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BIBLE STUDY #468 – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Cayey, Puerto Rico
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Good afternoon to all those who are connected through the Amazonas satellite and the Eutelsat 8 satellite, in the different countries; there in Cadereyta, in the congregation that Reverend Oscar Carrillo pastors, in Mexico, where Missionary Miguel Bermudez Marin is located; and in every place that is connected on this occasion today, Friday, November 29th of this year 2024.
Let’s search in the book of Ephesians, in chapter 4, verse 7 on, where it tells us:
Ephesians 4:7
7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
[JBP] There he draws a Star of David on the left.
9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
[JBP] There on the left he draws a Star of David.
And also, in this other Bible, he draws a Cornerstone and the ages there on the left.
13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
[JBP] And there, in that space, he writes: [WSS] «Ephesians 4:30».
And on the right he draws a Cornerstone and the ages.
14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
[JBP] And there he draws a Star of David on the right.
THE STATURE OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST
(Minister’s Meeting)
Dr. William Soto Santiago
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Bogota, Colombia
Scripture: Ephesians 4:7-13
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] In the message “THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH,” preached by Dr. William Soto Santiago on November 16, 2012, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he tells us:
THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH
Dr. William Soto Santiago
Friday, November 16, 2012
Buenos Aires, Argentina
“THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH.” The Coming of the Lord, the Coming of Christ the Angel of the Covenant. That is the greatest mystery, promised to be fulfilled at the Last Day, which more was spoken about than about First Coming of Christ; but more clear details were given for the First Coming of Christ, like that He would be born of a virgin: that He would be born in the midst of the Hebrew people, of the tribe of Judah and the descendants of David, and that He would be born in Bethlehem of Judea, and all these things.
But for the Second Coming of Christ…, which there are more prophecies about, but it is more secret, less explanation. It doesn’t say: “He will be or He will come or such-and-such a thing”; there are no details, but there are prophecies, the Second Coming of Christ was prophesied, was spoken about more, than the First Coming of Christ.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] In the book of The Seals, on page 448 [p. 521 in Eng. (Seventh Seal)], it tells us…, halfway down the page, it says:
77 Now, the—the 8th chapter only reveals the scene of the—scene of the Seventh Seal, where nothing else is revealed, now, nothing. Is not revealed in the Seventh Seal…now, has nothing to do with the 7th chapter of—of Revelation. Its revealing, of the Seventh Seal, is perfectly mute. And if I only had time…I’ll try a few places, to show you.
78 All the way back, from Genesis, this Seventh chap-…
[JBP] And he writes: [WSS] «2nd Coming of Christ», above that.
And on the right he writes: [WSS] «mute», a little bit above that sentence, on the right.
[78] …or this Seventh Seal is—is—is spoke of. From the very beginning…
[JBP] Now notice what brother William tells us here: that [WSS] “there aren’t many details, but there are prophecies. The Second Coming of Christ was prophesied, was spoken about more.” Since when? Since Genesis. It says:
[79] Couldn’t you remember, this morning, bringing these things up? And watch, tonight, bringing them up. And you find out, when it gets to that Seventh Seal, she cuts off.
[JBP] At the beginning of this paragraph that we are reading, there on page 448, on the left, at the beginning of that paragraph, he writes: [WSS] «Rev. 8:1».
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, our brother William continues to say here [“THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH”]:
[WSS] That is the Seventh Seal of Revelation, chapter 8, verse 1; and those are the Thunders ([JBP] What is Revelation 8? The Thunders), the Voice of the Mighty Angel who comes down from Heaven in Revelation, chapter 10, who will speak with that Voice “as when a lion roars and seven thunders uttered their voices,” revealing that mystery and thus giving the believers in Christ the faith to be transformed and taken with Christ to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
That mystery will be opened in the Third Pull…
[JBP] When will that mystery be opened? Our brother William says there?: “In the Third Pull.” And what is God carrying out at this end time in the fulfillment of that prophecy? Well, making known the Seventh Seal. Everything is being fulfilled according to what was prophesied.
[WSS] That mystery will be opened in the Third Pull (mentioned by Reverend William Branham), a sample of which [He gives] is given in the ministry of Reverend William Branham…
[JBP] In other words, the sample He gave was the five manifestations of God’s power.* He says:
*[Compilation of excerpts “The Introduction of Christ’s Second Coming to His Church”: Healing Sister Meda Branham: 64-0120 – “His unfailing Words of promise,” pp. 10-17, paras. 71-136 / Stops the Storm: 63-1110E – “He That Is In You,” pp. 20-24, paras. 86-122 / Resurrection of the Little Fish: 57-0623 – “Believe From The Heart,” pp. 17-20, paras. 130-157 / Squirrel Creation: 59-1123 – “Speak To This Mountain,” pp. 15-24, paras. 33-52 / Salvation of Hattie Wright’s children: 60-0417M – “Go, Tell,” pp. 26-28, paras. 170-188]
[WSS] … and then it will be manifested in the midst of the Church, that Third Pull will be manifested in all His fullness.
[JBP] That’s why he said: [WMB] “What you’ve seen partially…” He says:
[WSS] Where? Reverend William Branham was shown that it will be in a Great Tent Cathedral…
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Look, in the book of Quotations on page 119… I’m going to read from here, from the book where there was a part added that isn’t here, in this other book that our brother William used, a small portion here in this paragraph; and here (in the book that you have), the summary, in other words, the excerpt, is complete. And let’s see here…, I have the one that he used open, because of the writings there. But I’m going to read to you from here then, from that version that you have, so we can read the whole content of that excerpt all together; because here there are some pauses in… ellipses, where the editor placed another… a little bit further ahead of what he’s talking about; but it’s all together here. So we are going to be taking a look, and we are going to be reading the writings there as well. Look, it says… page 119, paragraph 1057:
[63-1229E - “Look Away to Jesus,” pp. 5-7, paras. 38-49] [Study “Getting Into the Kingdom Positionally,” 5/Aug/2023 (Saturday), pp. 42-44]
1057 - “38 So now I am going to say something to you, now, that I haven’t said all along. And, that is, the thing that we have looked forward to for so long (for at least many years, four or five years, or maybe longer), the Third Pull, has now been vindicated, and I’m sure you all know what it is.
39 Now remember, there’ll never be an impersonation of that, ’cause it can’t be. See, it cannot be.”
[JBP] And he writes above: [WSS] «There will be no personifications», on top of the paragraph.
And on top of the paragraph he also writes there: [WSS] «The Rapturing Faith for the Bride, the Church and the lost».
[WSS] «The Third Pull and the squeeze», he writes above.
1057 - “[39] Now it’s in existent. And I have… I am warned of this, that soon… Right at this time now it’s just happened, so it could identify its presence among you, see, but it will not be used in a great way until this Council begins to tighten up. And when it does, when that does…The Pentecostals, and so forth, can almost impersonate anything can be done. But when that time comes, when the squeeze comes down, then you’ll see, what you’ve seen temporarily…”
[JBP] And here in the book of Quotations, he… (since it ends at the bottom here, below… that part, here in the other version is higher up), there at the bottom he writes: [WSS] «the 4th Elijah».
In other words, that manifestation of God was temporary at that time, meaning, partial, in the manifestation of the Holy Spirit in brother Branham; [in] whom the Holy Spirit has been operating the ministry of Elijah in his fourth manifestation, that’s why he writes there: [WSS] «the 4th Elijah».
1057 - “[39] … what you’ve seen temporarily, be manifested in the fullness of its power. See?”
[JBP] “What you’ve seen partially (brother Branham said), you will see manifested in the fullness of its power already.”
1057 - “[39] See? See? See?
40 Now I must continue in evangelism ([JBP] and he writes): [WSS] «Elijah continues / evangelism». Just as I was commissioned, first, I must continue on. Therefore, you’ve had the Word, and you know what to look for, how to stand. I must continue on in evangelism. And, friends of mine, keep still, and just keep moving on, for the hour is approaching swiftly, see, that when something is going to be done.
41 Now, you might see some little odd things happen for me. Nothing sinful; I don’t mean that. But, I mean, something odd to what the regular trend. Because, where I reached to now, in the ministry, I am dropping back here, watching that spot and waiting for the time to use it.”
[JBP] What spot? We already know what it is. For what? To use it; that is, to carry out everything relevant to that Work that would be carried out at that time, in that place. He says:
1057 - “[41] But, it’s going to be used.
42 And everyone knows that, for, as certain as the First was identified, so has the Second been identified. And if you’ll think real closely, you who are spiritual. As the Bible said, ‘Here is to him that has wisdom.’”
[JBP] And above “wisdom,” he writes: [WSS] «Moses and Elijah».
[JBP] Because notice that the Rapturing Faith is the revelation that the Thunders bring and the Thunders are spoken by the ministries of Moses and Elijah; therefore, that instrument in which the Holy Spirit is operating the ministries of Moses and Eljah, is the divine wisdom of God, which is giving the people, the Bride, that Rapturing Faith.
1057 - “[42] ‘Here is to him that has wisdom.’ ([JBP] and he writes): [WSS] «Moses and Elijah» The Third is properly identified. See? We know where it is. So, the Third Pull is here.
43 It is so sacred ([JBP] and again he writes): [WSS] «Moses and Elijah».”
[JBP] Now, remember, in The Seals he speaks about all this as well.
Look, he continues to say:
1057 - “43 It is so sacred ([JBP] and he writes): [WSS] «Moses and Elijah», that, I mustn’t say much about it. As He told me in the beginning, said, ‘This, say nothing of it.’ You remember that, years ago? It speaks for itself.”
[JBP] Above there, in the margin above, he writes: [WSS] «for the lost, the church and the Bride».
And he writes: [WSS] «The 3rd Pull speaks for Itself».
1057 - “[43] See? But you… I’ve tried to explain the others, and I made a mistake ([JBP] and there on the left upwards he writes): [WSS] «I made a mistake». This will be the thing, that, to my opinion…I don’t say the Lord tells me this. This will be a thing that will start the Rapturing faith…”
[JBP] And he writes: [WSS] «Rapturing Faith», twice, one right after the other.
[WSS] «Rapturing Faith, Rapturing Faith».
First he writes: [WSS] «Rapturing Faith», and then: [WSS] «Faith for the Rapture», there to the… one right after the other there.
[WSS] «Rapturing Faith, Faith for the Rapture».
[JBP] Now notice, what will begin the Rapturing Faith or Faith for the Rapture? The fulfillment of the Third Pull, the fulfillment of the Tent Vision, which was going to begin progressively. See? It was going to start; in other words, it says: [WMB] “The Rapturing Faith will start”; because God was going to be giving the revelation as the Holy Spirit was giving us all that Teaching, all that content, all the revelation of the Seventh Seal.
1057 - “[43] This will be a thing that will start the Rapturing faith, for the going away. See? See? And it…
44 I must lay quiet for just a little while. Now remember, and who is listening to this tape, you might see such a change in my ministry right away, dropping back, not going up; dropping back. We’re right at the age now, and it can’t be, can’t go any further…”
[JBP] And he writes: [WSS] «I will decrease and he will increase».
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] What he told us in the book of The Seals, on page 474 [p. 552 in Eng. (Seventh Seal)], at the bottom, he says:
[326] I don’t know who is going to…what’s going to take place. I do not know. I just know that those Seven Thunders holds that mystery. The Heavens was quiet. Everybody understand? It may be time, it may be the hour now, that this great person that we’re expecting to rise on the scene may arise on the scene.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now look, on page 134… Notice, he says: [WMB] “maybe this great person that we’re expecting to rise on the scene may arise on the scene.” And on page 134 [p. 154 in Eng. (First Seal)], when he tells us about the Holy Spirit, which there he is saying that He will also come. And how will He come? Look [The Seals]:
[302] Notice! And when this Holy Spirit that we have becomes incarnate to us, the One that’s in our midst now in the form of the Holy Ghost, becomes incarnate to us, in the Person…
[JBP] Here, in this book, he writes: [WSS] «= Angel».
[JBP] But notice, he is the instrument, he is the veil of flesh, in which the Angel of the Lord, the Holy Spirit, would be incarnate. Brother Branham says here:
[302] …becomes incarnate to us, in the Person of Jesus Christ…
[JBP] What is he announcing here on page 474? He is announcing that the One who is coming after him is the fulfillment of the Second Coming of the Lord. Like John, when he presented Jesus, he said: “He must increase, and I must decrease.” [John 3:22-30] The One forerun must increase, and the forerunner must decrease.
Now, notice here in “THE SEVENTH SEAL,” he already speaks a little more plainly; and in “THE FIRST SEAL,” he is speaking to us about that person in which the Holy Spirit would become incarnate, and that it would be Jesus Christ, in other words, the ministering spirit of Jesus, in other words, it is the ministry of the Lord in His Second Coming.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] 474, where we left off [The Seals] [P. 552]:
[326] It may be time, it may be the hour now, that this great person…
[JBP] And there He is… Who is that person? It’s the Holy Spirit incarnate in the Person of Jesus Christ.
[326] “Everybody understand? It may be time, it may be the hour now, that this great person that we’re expecting to rise on the scene may arise on the scene.
[JBP] Where it says: “It may be time, it may be the hour,” above that he writes: [WSS] «the Hour».
327 Maybe this ministry, that I have tried to take people back to the Word, has laid a foundation ([JBP] and he writes on the right there): [WSS] «foundation»; and if it has, I’ll be leaving you, for good. There won’t be two of us here the same time. See? If it is, he’ll increase; I’ll decrease. I don’t know.
328 But I have been privileged, by God, to look and see what It was, see, see unfold to that much.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now look a what it continues to say here in the book of Quotations, where we left off, on page 119, paragraph 1057:
1057 - “[44] We’re right at the age now, and it can’t be, can’t go any further ([JBP] and there is where he writes on the right): [WSS] «I will decrease and he will increase». We have to wait just a minute until this happens over here, to catch up, then the time comes. But, it’s thoroughly identified.
45 There is coming a time upon, in this nation, to where this nation is going to exercise all the power that the beast had before it, which was pagan Rome when it become papal Rome, see, that this nation will do that.
46 Revelation 13 plainly explains it. ‘The lamb come up out of the earth. The other beast come up out of water,’ thickness and multitudes of people. This lamb come up where there were no people. A lamb represents a religion. The Lamb of God… And, remember, it spoke like a lamb. It was a lamb.
47 And then, after a while, it be-...received power, and spoke like a dragon; and exercised all the—the dragon, power the dragon had before him. And the dragon is ‘Rome,’ always ([JBP] Who is the dragon? Rome). So don’t you see? Roman denomination; ‘a mark,’ Protestant denomination; ‘a image unto the beast,’ ([JBP] What is the Roman denomination? Notice, a mark. And the image of the beast? A protestant denomination), making a power that’ll force all Protestants, like a union. You’ll have to be into this Council of Churches, or you won’t be able to have fellowship.
[JBP] In “THE PHILADELPHIAN CHURCH AGE,” there in the message, in the book of The Ages, he tells us about all this: about the hour of temptation.
1057 - “[47] …or you won’t be able to have fellowship. Or to—to…
48 Well, it’s—it’s practically that way now. You can’t go to a church and preach unless you have a fellowship card or some identification. And now, on persons like ourselves, we’re going to be cut out of all that, altogether, that’s exactly, ’cause they won’t be able to do it.
49 It’s tightening. And then when that time comes, and the press comes to a place to where you’re pressed out, then watch what I’m fixing to tell you in a few minutes. Watch the Third Pull then, see, and it’ll be absolutely to the total lost, but it—it will be for the Bride and the Church.”
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, notice what our brother William is telling us here, in the message that we are reading “THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH”; he says:
[WSS] … and then it will be manifested in the midst of the Church, that Third Pull will be manifested in all His fullness. Where? Reverend William Branham was shown that it will be in a Great Tent Cathedral; therefore, it will appear somewhere.
And therefore, that is a divine project that the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ will be working on; they are the ones who will see the Coming of the Lord, they are the ones who will see the Seventh Seal, which is the Coming of the Lord at the Last Day.
[JBP] Who will see the Coming of the Lord? Who would see the Seventh Seal? The chosen ones.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, that is why He said: [WSS] “When you see that prophet messenger…” Let’s look for it here, in the writing that he left for us, which was written on August 13, 2017; he says:
Sunday, August 13, 2017
Cayey, Puerto Rico
(Lines of text come directly from the pen of Dr. William Soto Santiago)
When you see that prophet messenger of the Seventh Seal, you will be seeing the Coming of the Lord with Moses and Elijah…
[JBP] Notice, “when you see that prophet messenger of the Seventh Seal.”
Now, notice, here he told us: [WSS] “they are the ones who will see the Coming of the Lord, they are the ones who will see the Seventh Seal;” and that was in 2012. And here, when he returned then, in 2017, he was already getting better, and he wrote these lines, and notice, he tells us exactly what he had said would happen in the fulfillment of the Third Pull in the Tent Vision.
When you see that prophet messenger of the Seventh Seal, you will be seeing the Coming of the Lord with Moses and Elijah fulfilling the prophecies ([JBP] What prophecies? Those that were spoken from Genesis to the present day) of the Third Pull in the Vision of The Great Tent Cathedral; and you will see me there again. I love you very much. May God bless you.
William.
[JBP] Where would the Holy Spirit be seen again operating the ministries relevant to the fulfillment of the Tent Vision in a man? He would be seen in a Great Tent Cathedral. There the Holy Spirit would be seen working incarnate in that instrument, in the Person of Jesus Christ, again. As simple as that.
And then we will see all those who will resurrect in the resurrection; and our beloved brother William Soto Santiago will also be there, and all the messengers of the ages and their groups. See how simple it all is?
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now he goes on to say [“THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH”]:
[WSS] It is a mystery. How He will come and when He will come and where He will come and what will the details be?
[JBP] That is in the message “CHRIST IS THE MYSTERY OF GOD REVEALED,” where he speaks to us…; that is on page 14. And in the book of Quotations, that portion of that excerpt is on page… (let’s see here), it’s on page 106, paragraph 923*; there he speaks to us about this, which our brother William is telling us here.
*[63-0728 - “Christ Is The Mystery Of God Revealed,” pp. 15-16, paras. 105-107]
He says:
[WSS] It is a mystery. How He will come and when He will come and where He will come and what will the details be? We are going to know that when that Seventh Seal is opened at the Last Day in the midst of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, which is the One who has the promise of the Coming of the Lord, for our transformation.
So, the New Testament saints are going to be with us in glorified bodies, and then all together we will go with Christ to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
Therefore, we have to be watching for His Coming…
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now notice, if he tells us that we have to be watching for His Coming… Notice, in the messages that Dr. William Soto Santiago preached to us, in several messages he tells us… Look, in this one (let’s read from these three), where he told us… look, in 2004, where the subject was “FROM HEAVEN THEY ARE RUSHING US; LET’S DO EVERYTHING QUICKLY AND WELL DONE,” December 4th, 2004; look, he says:
FROM HEAVEN THEY ARE RUSHING US; LET’S DO EVERYTHING QUICKLY AND WELL DONE
(Ministers’ Meeting)
Dr. William Soto Santiago
Saturday, December 4, 2004
Bogota, Colombia
Now, we can see why the Second Coming of Christ as Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King of kings and Lord of lords, coming and resurrecting the dead in Christ and transforming those of us who are alive, we can see why it has not yet been fulfilled ([JBP] see?): because there are still people that have to be called and placed in the Mystical Body of Christ.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] And look, in 2005, on May 4th, in Talcahuano, Chile, there he also tells us:
[Message from Sunday’s study, August 13, 2023]
THE VOICE THAT WILL SHAKE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH
(Ministers’ Meeting)
Dr. William Soto Santiago
Wednesday, May 4, 2005
(Third activity)
Talcahuano, Biobío, Chile
[P. 38] Christ is still in Heaven, on His Throne of Intercession; the Second Coming of Christ has not taken place yet…
[JBP] See? In other words, that Messianic ministry wasn’t in operation yet in the instrument for the fulfillment of the Coming of the Lord.
[WSS] … the Second Coming of Christ has not taken place yet; the Coming of the Mighty Angel has not taken place yet; because Christ is still on the Father’s Throne making intercession with His Blood.
He is High Priest until the very last elect has come into His Church.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] And also on March 1st, 2013, in the message titled “THE SIGN OF THE SON OF MAN,” there he also tells us, he says:
[Message from Sunday’s study, August 20, 2023]
THE SIGN OF THE SON OF MAN
Dr. William Soto Santiago
Friday, March 1, 2013
Cayey, Puerto Rico
[P. 24] And at that time, the manifestation of that Angel who was different from the rest, who has the Seventh Seal, had still not been carried out in human flesh among the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ…
[JBP] He is talking about ‘63, when the sign of the Son of Man appeared in Heaven. Notice, that Angel, his manifestation in human flesh in the midst of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ had not taken place yet.
[WSS] … as the fulfillment relevant to and in the Age of the Cornerstone. That is the Angel who is connected to the Age of the Cornerstone.
[JBP] Therefore, if it is the Angel that has the Seventh Seal, if it is the Angel in whom the Second Coming of the Lord is fulfilled…; and in 2004, 2005, even in 2018 he was still telling us that the Dispensation of Grace, the Door was still open and It was about to close, then that ministry of that Angel, who has the Seventh Seal, was not yet manifested in human flesh in the midst of the Church.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] And that is why he also tells us here in the year 2012, he says [“THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH”]:
[WSS] Therefore, we have to be watching for His Coming, with our eyes wide open to the Scriptures, to what the Scriptures say and to what God said through the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ, because he is the one who came preparing the way for Him; and he said: “This Message will introduce Christ to the world.”
“It will introduce Christ,” because the Message and the messenger are the same thing. The messenger-forerunner introduces, foreruns, the Coming of the Lord with his Message. And although the messenger-forerunner left, his Message remains, what he said remains; and therefore it will be the way that event promised for the Last Day, for the benefit of the believers in Christ, was forerun.
[JBP] Therefore, notice, he left us the Message: that is the platform, the foundation, of what would be carried out by the Holy Spirit in the fulfillment of the Second Coming of the Lord.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now look, in the message “DESPERATIONS,” on page 6, it tells us:
[63-0901E - “Desperations,” pp. 6-7, paras. 28-29, 32-35] [Bible Study #443, 1-2/Sep/2024 (Sunday), p. 9]
[28] … I believe, with all the Message that I ever brought, that absolute was ordained of God, outside of the… Course, the regular commission, like the Seven Seals and things, that was directly the Word of God. I’m talking about a Message to preach; I believe that one ([JBP] that morning the message “TOKEN,”* had been preached) was it, see ([JBP] and he writes there): [WSS] «after the Seals», on the right), that—that, the one that’s needed to follow those Seven Seals.
*[63-0901M - “Token”]
29 Now watch what’s come after the Seven Seals: the uniting of the people…
[JBP] See?
And he draws a little Cornerstone on the right there.
[29] …the uniting of the people, united signs, the red light flashing in the last days, the sign of women getting prettier, and man, what they would do.
[JBP] Now, in “uniting of the people,” there on the left he also writes upwards: [WSS] «The Cornerstone».
[29] All these signs of the Holy Spirit leading up, then come right back here to the capping-off of all those Messages since the Seven Seals. It’s capped off in this one thing, the Token, that we are all right, see, just check ourselves and see if we’re in the Faith.
[JBP] Now a little bit further, on page 7, look, halfway down the page in this message, he says:
[Bible Study #442, 30-2/Aug/2024 (Friday), pp. 72-75]
32 I—I truly believe that we’re on the—the verge of one of the most mightiest things that ever struck the earth since the days of the Lord Jesus. See? See? But now we can only be known as…It’ll be so humble ([JBP] and on the left he writes upwards): [WSS] «it’ll be so humble». See? See, what man calls mighty, God calls “abomination.” But what man calls foolish, God calls “mighty.” See? So now watch it, see, it’ll be so humble that you’ll never miss…that you’ll miss it if you’re not got the Token there to examine it, you see. See? ([JBP] and there on the left he draws a Cornerstone and the ages).
33 Who would a ever thought that the mountains was skipping like little rams, and the leaves were clapping their hands, when a prophet came forth from the wilderness; that was spoken by Isaiah, twelve hundred…or seven hundred and twelve years before. With whiskers all over his face, and a piece of sheepskin, not even a pulpit to preach in, excommunicated from all the churches, and standing on the bank of the Jordan, screaming, “Repent!” And called the people a bunch of “vipers,” snakes. But that’s what God said, that when He come, “the mountains would skip like little rams.” See? The humble saw it and was glad.
34 How could they understand that a…that great Messiah, that was prophesied from the very beginning of the Book, in Genesis, that He would come, a Saviour? All sacrifices, and all prophets, and everything had pointed to Him. And then when He come, supposingly to be a illegitimate birth; a father that was not even married to His mother, supposingly. See? And the woman was found pregnant with the baby before they was even married. And He come up in such, and born in a—a little…Well, it says a stable, in the Bible. But a stable in them days was a cave back in the—back in the wall. I met such a place out in Arizona one time, hunting. There was a stable back under a clift of rocks. And that’s the way Jesus was born, back in this little cliff-stable on a manger of hay and straw, in a cow barn, see, where stock was.
35 And was raised up as a carpenter’s Helper ([JBP] to the honor of carpenters), and how could That be the mighty Jehovah?
[JBP] As he told us in some messages: [WSS] “What if God fulfills the Second Coming in a construction worker? Would they believe It, would you receive It?”*
*• [Message from Sunday’s study, June 5, 2022: 1997-09-01-2 “The Mystery of the Fulfilled Prophecy,” p. 31] [Bible Study #373, 31-2/Dec/2023 (Sunday), pp. 34-35: 1998-02-08 “The time of Redemption for Israel,” p. 17] • [Bible Study #356, 3/Nov/2023 (Friday), p. 35]: 1996-11-30 “Breaking barriers, Part 3”: [WSS] Will the same thing happen to Christianity as what happened to the Hebrew people, at the Last Day? What if God fulfills that promise as He fulfilled the First Coming of Christ: in a construction worker? Would Christianity receive It or reject It?
Now he goes on to say:
[35] But It was, see. It was. See? Very odd sort of a Person. But, oh, when He was just a Boy, He astounded the priests by knowing that Word. Because why? He was the Word. See? He was the Word.
He never wrote a book ([JBP] see, He never wrote a book). He never wrote a—He never wrote a word. The only word He ever wrote, I guess, He erased it out, in the—in the sand, when a woman had been taken in adultery. He never wrote a word.
[JBP] Now, at some point we are going to know what He wrote there.
Now look, he goes on to say:
[35] Why? He was the Word. See? He was the Word. He didn’t have to write It; His life lived It. He was the Word. If He…“If I do not the works of My Father, then believe Me not.” See? “If I don’t do exactly what the Word said I would do, then I’m not the Word. But if…” That’s what He meant. He is the Word.
[JBP] Meaning, He, in His First Coming, was the fulfillment of the Word that was spoken by the prophets, the prophecies that spoke of the First Coming of the Lord. He didn’t have to write anything, because He Himself was the fulfillment. He was the Word!, He was the fulfillment of what was spoken! And that is how it is with the Second Coming of the Lord, because it’s all parallel.
[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now he continues saying [“THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH”]:
[WSS] When the Jews see Christ coming for His Church, they will say: “This is the One we are waiting for!”
Where [did] do the believers in Christ see the First Coming of Christ? Fulfilled with the Jews. The Jews will see the Coming of Christ at the Last Day being fulfilled with the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
[JBP] In other words, look, the… I am going to repeat that part:
[WSS] Where [did] do the believers in Christ see the First Coming of Christ? Fulfilled with the Jews. The Jews will see the Coming of Christ at the Last Day being fulfilled with the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
[JBP] That is, in the midst of the gentiles.
“THE STATURE OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST.”
Let’s stand and thus leave on this occasion, in this subject: “THE STATURE OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST,” our beloved brother and friend, Dr. William Soto Santiago.