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BIBLE STUDY #279
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2023
THE MYSTERY OF THE WATCHES Dr. William Soto Santiago Thursday, November 13, 1997 São Paulo, Brazil
Scripture: Luke 12:35-44[Rev. Jose B. Perez] We read this portion here, of Mark, chapter 13, verse 34: 34 For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
THE FOURTH WATCH Dr. William Soto Santiago Sunday, August 26, 2007 Buenos Aires, Argentina
And now, the Church entered that stage. From the Day of Pentecost onwards, the Church entered the first watch:
• from 6:00 to 9:00 at night, according to the Roman watches;
• or from 6:00 to 10:00 at night, according to the Jewish or Hebrew watches.
JBPJBPThe apostles and all the people of those past times were waiting for the Coming of the Lord, why? Because He didn’t tell them if it would be at the first watch or at the second watch, or at the third watch (which is the watch of the rooster crowing) or in the morning, which corresponds to the watch from 3:00 to 6:00 in the morning, which is the only watch that ends with dawn, it ends bringing a new day of light for the human beings.
Now, He says: “At even, or at midnight.” The midnight watch is the second watch:
• In the Jewish watches that is from 10:00 to 2:00 in the morning,
• but in the Roman watches it is different, in the Roman watches it is from 9:00 to 12:00 midnight.
“Or at the cockcrowing.” The watch of the rooster crowing is the third watch, and it is:
• from 12:00 to 3:00 in the morning; and those who have been there at those times, have heard when the rooster crows.
Do you remember when Christ said to Peter: “The rooster shall not crow three times, without you having denied me”?
Now, Christ doesn’t want… He still didn’t know when it would be either, until He was resurrected glorified. That is why He said that no one knew when the day and the hour would be, neither the angels nor even the Son.
“Or in the morning.” In the morning; the morning watch is from:
• 3:00 to 6:00 in the morning, which is the fourth watch; in which Christ appeared to His disciples on one occasion walking on the waters, when they were in grave danger, under a storm; their ship was about to sink under that storm; evil spirits had provoked that storm to destroy the disciples of the Lord.
Which typifies, also, that evil spiritual hosts have tried to destroy the believers in Christ throughout the different times.
And in the fourth watch, which is the last of the watches, the evil one will also try to destroy the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. But in the fourth watch He appears walking on the waters; and they thought He was a ghost.
Remember that, Christ speaking of the Coming of the Son of Man, He tells that it will be as a thief in the night. Also in Revelation, chapter 3 and also in chapter 22, verse 12, it tells us that it will be as a thief in the night.
JBPAnd now, for Israel, the Coming of the Lord, the Coming of the Messiah, will be like the dawn; therefore, it will be dawn, dawn breaking: a new dawn for Israel and a new dawn for the believers in Christ.
Christ said: “Watch ye, for ye know not: for ye know not what hour he shall come, whether in the second watch, or in the third watch.” The Roman watches are different from the Hebrew watches.
([JBP] Which is what we saw there).
(...) Therefore, watching… He said to watch. Watching, He said: “For you do not know at what hour (which of the hours of the watches?), at what hour the Son of Man is coming.”
Remember that the different ages correspond to different times of the watches, but He will come at the glorious hour of the Coming of the Lord, which corresponds to the Age of the Cornerstone; and there it will already be a time that corresponds to daytime, to the Light, where we are all going to see face to face all these prophecies relevant to the Last Day.
And what we saw “as in a mirror in darkness”3: we saw in the Bible (that it is the Divine Mirror) but in darkness, in night time, in time of the different stages or ages of the Church. Where mankind, the kingdom of the gentiles, is at night, it is in darkness, well we saw here —in the Bible— what it said, but being at night, with no light, then it is being seen as in a mirror in darkness.
Look at yourself in the mirror in your house at night, when the light is off, you will not see well, you will see everything dark; but now, when the Light of day comes out for the Last Day, we will see face to face what we saw before as in a mirror in darkness; and then we will see what those prophecies of the Coming of the Messiah, the Coming of the Lord, the Coming of the Angels of the Son of Man, the Coming of the Two Olive Trees, the Coming of the Morning Star… of which I am one of them. And who else? Each one of you, see?
*Rev. Jose B. Perez*511 ‘I will restore, saith the Lord.’ Hallelujah! Glory! Praise be to God. The fourth Light is to come, that will bring forth the same signs.”
JBPSanctification brought back the bark, doctrine of holiness.
512 What brought back the leaf? Pentecostals. What is it? Pentecostals, leaves, clap their hand, joy, rejoicing, Pentecostal.
513 What? The fourth was the Word, Itself. The Word made flesh, fruits of the proof of the resurrection sign that Christ has finally, after justification been planted, sanctification been planted, baptism of the Holy Ghost. Organizations died out. And Christ has again centered Himself like that cap of the pyramid. First line, justification; sanctification; baptism of the Holy Ghost; then coming of the Cap ([JBP] and he draws a little Cornerstone. He lists all the different stages there).
514 What is it? That Holy Ghost bunch being honed out so that it can fit with the same kind of ministry He had when He went away, that, when He comes back ([JBP] and he writes): [WSS] «in His Coming», it’ll catch the whole thing in the Rapture…”
JBPTHE SERVANT KING Dr. William Soto Santiago Sunday, December 24, 1995 (Second activity) Cayey, Puerto Rico
Now, we saw, on Friday night also ([JBP] that is, he is referring to that past Friday), that the departure of our beloved brother Branham was on December 24, 1965.
In some places, writings, in the comments or in the reports that they gave about the departure of our brother Branham, Billy Paul says an hour and brother Green says another hour, but they are more or less around there; it was in the early morning of December 24.
Like saying, this morning from 4:00 to 5 something in the morning. In a place it is said that it was at 4:37, if I remember correctly, where Billy Paul tells us; and brother Green says it was at 5:49 around there. But that is not a problem. It was rather in the early morning; and I will tell you at what biblical hour it was:
It was in the third watch; and there is no room for mistakes there. It was in the third watch, to then move on to the fourth watch.
Since he was a messenger not for the fourth watch, he left before the fourth watch began; which begins at 6 in the morning.
And the fourth watch is at daytime: it is the watch that has light, that has sun; it is the watch from 6 to 9 in the morning, which is type and figure of the Age of the Cornerstone and the Dispensation of the Kingdom, which is at the dawn of a new dispensational day.
And the ministry that was seen in the third watch, then it is seen in the fourth watch, that resurrected ministry; not the veil of flesh, but the ministry: it appears again in the fourth watch…
[JBP] That is why when he said: [WMB] “We will ride this trail again,”5 many are still waiting for brother Branham, to make or fulfill that promise. But it is not the veil of flesh that comes back to fulfill that which was spoken by himself, but it is the ministry that was in him. God changing His mask, God in morphe (as we spoke yesterday).
[WSS] …but the ministry: appears again in the fourth watch, walking on the waters, as it says in Revelation, chapter 10, verse 1 and on, and as it is in Mark, chapter 6: Christ walking upon the waters in the fourth watch (Matthew also shows it so), at the time when there was a great tempest, which almost destroyed the disciples, to His Church represented there.
And that great tempest is the one that comes on this Last Day.
It is the storm that has been all night long, where the children of God have been persecuted and many have been killed, millions of children of God, but on the Last Day the tempest will try to completely destroy the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. But Christ, walking on the sea, will stop that storm that will come against His Church; and there will be a transformation for the elect of God, and a rapture, and a departure in the rapture to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb for all the children of God who are kings, servants of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.
*Rev. Jose B. Perez*JBP60 Then we find, over there, death struck the family, and they started back. Kill… The boy died, both boys died, and the father died. And Ruth started back, Orpah, and Naomi.
61 Now, I want to liken, this morning, Naomi, the elder lady, to the Orthodox church, the Jewish Orthodox church. Ruth, the Moabite, a Gentile, being the Christian Church, the New Church.
62 And I want to approach it, from four different phases, Ruth. I got it wrote here. Ruth, deciding, making her decision…
JBP[62] [WSS] «1» Ruth—Deciding (making her decision), «2» Ruth—Serving, «3» Ruth—Resting, «4» Ruth—Rewarded.
[WSS] «1» «Deciding — ».
«2» «Serving — In the 7 Ages».
«3» «Resting — 1963-1974».
«4» «Rewarded — 1974-1977».
JBPAnd now, in the morning, when the seven ages of the gentile Church have passed, which correspond to the night and the watches of the night, now we are at the fourth watch; and in the fourth watch is that Jesus Christ appears walking upon the sea; and the sea was enraged because the wind was contrary.
The sea, or the waters, represent nations, peoples and tongues. And you can see how the nations currently are: with wars and many problems of all kinds; so the waters are enraged because the wind is contrary.
The wind is contrary and that is why the sea, the nations, are enraged, each nation is in a great storm.
JBPBut Christ appeared walking on the sea in the fourth watch, which corresponds to the morning of a new day, to the morning of a new dispensational day, to the morning of the Dispensation of the Kingdom, Christ appears walking on the sea with His face like the sun.
(...) Christ in the Last Day walking on the sea with His face like the sun, in the Last Day, in the fourth watch, in other words, at the beginning of the Last Day, He will be coming to His Church, which is His House, which is His ship, where His disciples are, where the believers in Jesus Christ are in the Last Day.
Some will think He is a ghost, but He will be identifying Himself as He did there telling the disciples: “Fear not, I Am!” He will be identifying Himself in the Scriptures according to all the promises He made for the Last Day.
*Rev. Jose B. Perez*JBPJesus, being the Keystone, now, He bare record. See? He was the Keystone between the Old and New Testament, ’cause He had to first die and then rapture.
JBP«Jesus — Moses and Elijah».
JBP([JBP] that is, Old Testament)
Elijah — the Bride N.T. ([JBP] New Testament)
Jesus — Moses and Elijah».
[“THE RAPTURE”] [167] He was the Keystone between the Old and New Testament, ’cause He had to first die and then rapture. He died; come to life and walked around here with us; and then was raptured up. Because, He was the Keystone that tied the two together.
JBP*Rev. Jose B. Perez*232 Yes, it’ll do it someday, but I’m waiting that hour when it’s finished.
233 Some sister just had a dream. She sent it to me, said, ‘I seen them, that church fixed a way,’ is going to kill me, secretly, sometime, I’m getting out of my car, ‘going in, be fired from… [WSS] «explosion»’ but said, ‘then the Spirit said, ‘Not at this time [WSS] «4th Elijah», but it’ll come later [WSS] «5th Elijah. Rev. 11:3-7».’
234 God forbid that I compromise on anything. I know nothing but Jesus Christ and Him crucified. We’re living in a horrible day. Sin has did this. Yep. They—they stoned Stephen. They had John’s head cut off, she did. I don’t know how we’ll give ours, but it’ll be someday.”
JBPThree has happened in the Old Testament, of them prepared, who the Word of the Lord came to. See? The Word of the Lord came to Enoch. The Word of the Lord came to Elijah, His prophet. See? The Word of the Lord was Jesus. See?
170 Watch in the Old Testament, them Old Testament saints now, when this rapture first taken place. Notice verse 50. His loud voice awakened the Old Testament saints just exactly like the loud voice wakened Jesus… or wakened Lazarus. See? The loud voice awakened.
And the second is fulfilled in Second Thessalonians, the 4th chapter. Let’s just take a read, read it. We just read, a few minutes ago. See?
…I would not have you…ignorant, brethren, concerning those… asleep, that you sorrow not, even…
That’s First Thessalonians 4:12 to 18. That, that will be the second Rapture. The second Rapture will be the catching away of the Bride.
171 The Old Testament saints has gone into His Presence, paradise done away. And the Old Testament saints ascended up, at His loud voice, when He screamed and give up the ghost; because (why?) the Sacrifice, the propitiation of their sins, that they had waited on, believing that perfect Lamb was coming. They had offered the Sacrifice, the Lamb. And when He died and yielded up the ghost, He screamed with a loud voice, and the Old Testament saints awoke.
Watch the shout and the voice over here, the same thing at His Coming. See?
“Yielded up the ghost.” And when He did, the Sacrifice was perfect, and paradise emptied out.
JBPTHE LORD JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED ON CALVARY’S CROSS Dr. William Soto Santiago Friday, March 28, 1997 Cayey, Puerto Rico
We find that the death of Christ has been the fulfillment of the Divine Program for our salvation, for our restoration to eternal life; which was typified in the Hebrew people coming out of Egypt. But before their coming out of bondage they had the passover lamb, which was slain on the eve of the Passover.
And the passover lamb there, in the midst of the Hebrew people, we find that while they were in Egypt, it was killed on the eve of the Passover; and that lamb was eaten roasted with fire, it was eaten during the night of the Passover; and the next day, already in the morning, the Hebrew people were coming out in the fourth watch.
See the importance the fourth watch has, because it is the watch of deliverance.
Now, we can see that all this is type and figure of the deliverance of the sons and daughters of God for the Last Day.
*Rev. Jose B. Perez*[JBP] There He was already, notice, God making the promise to Abraham and his descendants, who would be delivered in the fourth generation.
16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
[JBP] And there he draws a Star of David, right there to the side.
*Rev. Jose B. Perez*267 And four is the number of earth. Did you know that? How many knows now before we have to go into it, four is an earthly number? Sure! Like the four Hebrew…I t’s an earth-…I t’s a number of earth, of “deliverance, deliverance.” Now, keep that in your mind, “deliverance,” ’cause I’m going to strike it, just a minute, real hard. See, “Deliverance!” Now, there was three Hebrew children in the fiery furnace, but the fourth One come, it was deliverance. Lazarus was in the grave three days, but when the fourth one come ([JBP] that is, the fourth day) he was delivered. Four is God’s number of “deliverance,” so it showed that these Beings must have been something about the earth.
JBPJBP28 Watch the voice that come from it. If it hadn’t been a Scriptural voice, Moses wouldn’t have believed it. The sign attracted the attention, and the sign was to attract the attention of the prophet.
29 A prophet, hisself, is a sign. When God sends a prophet, look out, judgment follows it; it always has, it always will. There is no way around it. And it—it goes right over the top of the people, and they never know it until it’s too far. No wonder Jesus said, “You build the tombs of the prophets, and whitened, but, and you’re the one that put them in there. And as your fathers did, so will you.” And they did it.
30 Now we see coming on the scene now, we see Moses rising up here. And he seen that bush, and he drew near it. And a voice come from it, said, “Take off your shoes…”
JBP[WSS] «taking off the shoes = taking off your education».
[30] “Take off your shoes for the ground on where you’re standing is holy.” He took off his shoes and knelt down. And He said, “I’m ([JBP] that is, God) the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” There come a Scriptural voice. “And I remember My promise, and I see the afflictions of My people. I remember My promise, and I’m sending you down there to do it. And I’m making you as My voice.
JBPJBPJBP32 We’ve had the first, and got the second. I wonder if the next isn’t a drenching of the blood. Wonder where we’re standing, tonight? Voices and signs, God giving them signs. No, just—just think of how that the things that we’ve seen done, Scriptural Voices, interpretation.
33 Now in this great glare that the people is laying under, their eyes glared out, “I belong to this. I belong to that.” That has no more to do with God than nothing else, not at all.
34 God, in every generation has sent His signs. Jesus said, before His Coming He would show signs, before His Coming. People are always, remember, to believe Scriptural signs. They must be identified Scripture signs. God always…
35 As I said last night, the church gets things mixed up and gone out, then He anoints one person. Every man differents from the other. He anoints one. God is one, and so He anoints a person. He never did use a group. He always uses one; always has. He never changes His course. He uses one. And He sends that forth, preaches a Message. It’s rejected, flatly; but all that will come, will come, from that generation. First watch, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, then seventh, and then the Bridegroom come. And we’re in the seventh ([JBP] brother Branham says there).
JBP“Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning.”
“At even” we have the first age or first ages of the Church, then “at midnight” we have the dark stages, then “at the cockcrowing” we have the stages of Luther, Wesley and William Branham, mainly the last phase.
But notice, each watch is 3 hours long, and there, at the time of the cockcrowing, we have: Luther, Wesley and William Branham; there we have the 3 hours of the third watch.
*Rev. Jose B. Perez*JBPJBP«2nd watch — Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia».
«3rd watch — Laodicea».
[JBP] And all that we have already read of all those writings, which are also in those Studies.22Now look at Mark, he writes there (to have it there also): Mark 13, which is what we read at the beginning of the Scripture of Mark, chapter 13, from 34 to 37. Above there he writes: 35 …at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning…
[WSS] «At nightfall — ».
«At midnight — ages of Obscurantism».
«Cockcrowing — age of the 7th angel».
«In the morning — Age of the Cornerstone, the 4th watch».
JBPThat is why he was looking at the Light of the East, which is the Light that Christ brings in His Second Coming, which is the Light of the Sun of Righteousness rising and giving us… illuminating us, giving us Light at this end time; the same Light which the Hebrew people will receive.
(...) Do you also remember when Jesus told him: “The cock shall not crow three times before you have denied Me, Peter”? So, Peter must know a lot about what the cockcrowing is, what Christ is speaking about here.
[JBP] Someday we are going to know what that means, to those who will be in that time denying the Lord.
[WSS] Now notice, the cockcrowing pertains to this third watch, and our brother Branham lived in that stage of the cockcrowing; but if it was not in the first, second or third watch, then by process of elimination we must know that the Second Coming of Christ is in the fourth watch; because that is how it is prophesied as well when Malachi says in chapter 4, verse 2:
“But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings…”
When does the sun rise? Well, it rises in the fourth watch. This is in countries where the day begins at 6 in the morning, the daylight (in other words, when the sun rises at 6 in the morning); there are countries that set their clocks ahead or behind, depending on whether it is summer or winter. But as far as God’s Program, 6 in the morning is set as the beginning of the fourth watch; and the fourth watch is three hours long, just as the other previous watches are also three hours long; and the fourth watch is from 6 to 9 in the morning.
*Rev. Jose B. Perez*[334] You know that. So Enoch just kept walking in the Light. So one day he felt his feet getting off the ground, he just kept walking, and he walked on into Glory without even dying ([JBP] what will happen to us!). That’s right. God took him away because he was walking in the Light, with a testimony that “he walked in the Light of God.”
JBP*Rev. Jose B. Perez*«In a new dispensational day».
[WSS] «The rapture = from 6:00 am to 9:00 am».
JBP