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BIBLE STUDY #287
SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2023
*Rev. Jose B. Perez**Rev. Jose B. Perez*[*Rev. Jose B. PerezUsing our God given rule of choosing the messenger for each age, we unhesitatingly declare that Irenaeus was exalted by the Lord to that position. He was the disciple of that great saint and warrior of faith, Polycarp. And it is no doubt as he sat at the feet of that great man he learned the Christian graces that flowed from his consecrated life, for Polycarp was one of the truly illustrious saints of all ages when viewed in the light of a blameless life. You will remember from your own reading that Polycarp was martyred. Too old to flee, and too sincere a man to allow another to hide him and then suffer a penalty for doing so, he gave himself up to death. But before he did, he asked for and was granted permission to pray two hours for his brethren in the Lord, for the governor, for his enemies and his captors. Like the great saints of all ages, and desiring a better resurrection, he stood firm, refusing to deny the Lord, and died with a free conscience. He was placed at the stake (untied at his own request) and the fire was lit. The fire bent away from his body, refusing to touch him. He was then pierced through with a sword. As this was done, water gushed from his side drowning the flames. His spirit was actually seen to depart in the form of a white dove released from his bosom. Yet for all this great testimony, this student of John the Revelator was not militant against the Nicolaitane system, for he himself leaned toward organization, not realizing that the desire for fellowship and what appeared like a good plan to foster the work of God was really a trick of the enemy.[JBP] Now see, that inclination to denomination cost Polycarp that position. Just like every minister who has inclined towards that —no matter how faultless his life may be—, but has that inclination to denomination: he is going to lose that blessing of being one of the princes in the Kingdom of God.[Rev. Jose B. Perez] Our brother William goes on to say here [“THE PRINCES OF GOD”]:[WSS] Therefore, surely he worked with the believers of that time in that denominational form, and so he lost the blessing of being the angel messenger of his age, of his time.Now, the Church in our time has been delivered, as Mary Magdalene was; and as she followed Christ and served Him, the Church in our time follows Christ and serves Him and works in His Work; and the Church of Jesus Christ of our age will be the one that will see the dead resurrected.Now, we find that later on other people saw Him, but the first one to see Christ was Mary Magdalene, Christ resurrected.Now, we are living in the greatest and most glorious time of our time, where we will be seeing on Earth, just as the elect of the past times saw the veil of flesh where the Holy Spirit manifested Himself; and many perhaps saw Him since He was born; and among those who saw Him, two were able to say: “This is our son.”But now, for this end time, look at what God says through Reverend William Branham:12“196 But when our Lord appears here on earth, He’ll be riding on a snow-white horse. And He’ll be completely, fully, the Emmanuel, the Word of God incarnate in a Man.”Therefore, that man, that messenger, has to be on Earth at the Last Day; and he has to grow; and he has to be a messenger of Jesus Christ in His Church, he has to be one of the princes of Christ in His Church.And now, we find that for this end time he has to, in the life of that veil of flesh, the whole Program of Christ must go in a progressive way: increasing, growing until it reaches the fullness.And how many know that he is going to arrive? We all know it. And there will be fulfilled the blessing for the faithful and wise servant: “Who is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord when He comes shall find so doing? Verily I say unto you, that He will set him over all His goods.”13The same as the Father did with Christ when He ascended victorious: That He sat Him on His Throne, when this messenger obtains the Great Victory in Divine Love: Christ will seat him with Him on His Throne; and that Throne is the Throne of David.[Rev. Jose B. Perez] And in the message:THE FULLNESS OF THE GENTILES (Ministers Meeting) Dr. William Soto Santiago Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Quito, EcuadorWe are living in a very important moment, where from one moment to the next the Church will be completed, and then Christ will take the Title Deed ([JBP] the Church is already completed, and He already took the Title Deed); and from then on there will be no more opportunity for salvation, because Christ will no longer be as High Priest in Heaven. He will take that Title Deed, He will bring it to Earth in Revelation 10, and then He will give it to a man in whom He will become flesh; and therefore, that man will have the Word, the Title Deed, for the restoration to eternal life of each one of God’s elect.And that will be the Sword; the Sword that fell into the hand of the Reverend William Branham, in that vision that he had. And the Sword is the Word of God, that is the Sword of the King. And the Book of the Seals, that Title Deed, is the Word of God. And, therefore, he will have the Sword in his hand and also coming out of his mouth.That is why Reverend William Branham said: “Let me pass this Sword to him that is faithful, when my time comes, when the waves come to me, and I must depart.” That is around there on page 470 something ([JBP] our brother William says there) around there, of The Seals.[JBP] Let’s say the exact page: page 479 [p. 571, para 373 in Eng. (Seventh Seal)] (at the bottom).[WSS] In other words, that creative Word, that we saw manifested in Reverend William Branham, with which —by speaking it— he was able to create, will be in another person who will obtain that Sword, the creative Word of God.[Rev. Jose B. Perez] And in the writing we read recently, where he wrote there:14[WSS] «After me comes another messenger».And here a little further down he wrote: [WSS] «How can I hand over this Sword to another who carries** the truth?».[JBP] There in the Study they placed “who bears,” but it is [WSS] «who carries the truth». That is what he wrote there.See, our brother William has already left written that after him would come another one. But if he would have said that before, a lot of ministers would have risen and said: “That (for sure) is me.”But the mystery of the Seventh Seal, the mystery of the Coming of the Son of Man, was going to be opened in a Great Tent Cathedral. And there the enemy can start inventing; but the chosen one is already sealed and is looking at the one to whom he passed the Sword to, the Word; and there will be no way to confuse them.[Rev. Jose B. Perez] He goes on to say [“THE FULLNESS OF THE GENTILES”]:[WSS] That is why the Tent Vision will be fulfilled in the time that the person to whom the Sword has been given will be on Earth…[JBP] It had to be, that character that was on Earth: already had grown up, had his childhood, his youth; and being trained for when there was also, what? The Tent; then God would use him.[WSS] That is why the Tent Vision will be fulfilled in the time when the person to whom that Sword, the Word of God, has been delivered to for the Last Day, will be on Earth.And the Trumpet sounding, that is the Voice of God sounding through that instrument. That is the Great Voice of Trumpet with which all the elect will be called and gathered, 144,000 Hebrews; but first the elect of the Church, so that the fullness of the gentiles may be completed in the Church of Jesus Christ, so that the Church of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ may be completed.[JBP] Further on, in that same message:[WSS] (...) I thank you for everything you are doing for Puerto Rico, your prayers, and everything you are doing so that a large auditorium can be built there.Also, this Third Pull we do not know if we will also see it in other countries or if it will only be in one place; but people always want the best for their country; but it may happen that in some countries there will also be some moments when this Third Pull will be seen.[JBP] Pray to God so that this Third Pull will be also manifested in your country, if it is in the Divine Program, so be it. But remember that it will be in places where they are not denominationalized.And before it gets to that time it has to be, or the time has to come (as it has been happening), where that segregation, the test, is taking place. Because if it had all started to happen right there, then God would have had followers of signs in the Age of the Cornerstone. And the first thing is the Word.And there, that time, you are getting to know who is who, whose spirit they are from.Look, Polycarp, having a faultless life, and only for that small inclination lost a very, very great blessing: to be the messenger of the second age of the gentile Church.[“THE FULLNESS OF THE GENTILES”][WSS] But it will be seen in all countries at the same time: through the satellite and the screens that they will have in different countries, churches, governments as well and all those things. When that time comes, radio and television companies will surely want to connect to those transmissions. In other words, there will come a time when all that will happen.[JBP] That is why we tell you: Have the antennas and everything well adjusted, and the corresponding equipment in your auditoriums; as he always recommended us: [WSS] “To have good screens, good sound.”15 Because what is the point of having a good screen and people not being able to hear well? A good sound too, so that when the time comes, you will not be running looking for antennas and transmission equipment.[WSS] All that change will be seen, that connection with Israel, will also be seen on television as well.So we have to keep our eyes open; because before you had the height you have, you started small. Let us watch the beginning in a simple way; let us watch how he will grow, grow, grow, until he reaches the top, until he fulfills what was prophesied.But first it has to start in simplicity. Reverend William Branham says that the Seventh Seal, when it begins it will be something simple, simple but it will be a complete secret.16So the world will not know what will be happening at the beginning of the Seventh Seal, and neither the churches ([JBP] the denominational world); and if we are careless we will not see it either, we will not understand that first stage that comes in simplicity, simple.But after it is completely opened, then anyone will see it. And some people will say: “Now I can see it.” It is because they did not have good eyesight, they were asleep, in the simple stage when it started.Well, we are waiting for every last one of the elect to enter the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ ([JBP] and he already entered), we are waiting for the fullness of the gentiles to come in; and then all Israel will be saved.[Rev. Jose B. Perez] Now look, in the book of Quotations,17 on page 38, where it says… paragraph 312… he says: 312 - “[76] But, brother, we are waiting for the manifestations of the sons of God who will come back and take it over again. Waiting for the fulness of time, when the pyramid gets up to the top, when the full sons of God will be manifested, when the power of God will walk out ([JBP] And there he draws a Pyramid on one side; and on the other side another Pyramid and an arrow towards it) (hallelujah) and will take every power that Satan’s got away from him.[77] He made man a god, a god in his domain. And his domain goes from sea to sea, from shore to shore; he has the control of it.78 And when Jesus came, being the One God without sin, He proved it. When the winds blowed, He said, ‘Peace, be still!’ Amen. And when the tree, He said, ‘No man eat from thee.’79 ‘Verily, I say unto you, you that’s little gods, if you’ll say to this mountain, ‘Be moved,’ and don’t doubt in your heart, but believe that what you’ve said will come to pass, you can have what you’ve said.’80 Go right back to Genesis, to the original, what is it? Now the world and nature is groaning, crying, everything’s moving. What? For the manifestation of the sons of God, when true sons, born sons, filled sons speak and their word is backed. I believe we’re on the border of it right now.”[Rev. Jose B. Perez] In the book of The Seals, there he speaks about that, on page 254 [p. 301 in Eng. (Fourth Seal)]:179 Now, we had him coming, last night, with his great sword, to kill.180 We find out that he gets killed with the sword, too, the sword of the Word. God’s Word, sharp, two-edged sword, slays him, puts him right down. Wait till them Seven Thunders utter Their voices to that group who really can take the Word of God and hand It there, It’ll slice and cut. And they can close the heavens. They can shut this, or do that, whatever they want to.[JBP] And there, all the writings that you already have, which we have talked about.18[Rev. Jose B. Perez] That was in “THE FOURTH SEAL.” In “THE SIXTH SEAL,” which is page 362 [p. 427 in Eng.], it says [The Seals]:[289] God put the Words in Moses’ mouth, see, it’s God’s thoughts going into Moses’ heart, he goes over now to express it, then it becomes the Word. Stretched his hand forth, said, “Let there be flies,” and here come flies. Look here.And if any man hurts them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemy:…290 See? There it is. They can speak what they want to, and there it happens. Amen!…and if any man… hurt them, they must in this manner be killed.[WSS] «The mouth of God. The mouth of Moses» [JBP] he writes. And also there: [WSS] «Elijah and Moses have the spoken Word»19. 291 Brother, God rides on the scene here! ([JBP] As God has been on the scene, in every age and in every dispensation, through the messenger whom He has sent). They have power to—power to shut the heavens, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy:…292 Elijah, he knows how to do it; he’s done it before. Amen! Moses knows how to do it; he’s done it before. That’s the reason they was kept back. Now… Amen!293 I could say something awful good right here, but I better—better hold it until tomorrow night. See? All right.…and have power over the waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with…plagues, as oft as they will.294 What is it? What can bring these things but the Word? They can do nature any way they want to.[JBP] There is the power over nature.[294] Here it is. ([JBP] There he writes): [WSS] «Rev. 11:3-15». They’re the one who brings on this Sixth Seal. They uncover and open it up ([JBP] and we have already seen what it is and what it means, that of “They uncover and open it up”20); It’s the Power of God, to interrupt nature. See, the Sixth Seal is completely an interruption of nature.[JBP] Now look at something: nature will be interrupted by that which speaks – that which will be spoken through those ministries; and the physical body that we have, that nature will be interrupted.In other words, every microsecond it is getting older, this nature, and the days go by and it is getting older; it will be interrupted, that nature, and it will be changed to an eternal and glorified body: by the spoken Word.Is it not by the spoken Word that the dead will hear the Voice of the Son of God and will arise? It will be interrupted, then, the nature of death: “Death, I will be your death,” it says (Hosea, I think it is) [Hosea 13:14]. So even that is going to be interrupted in this end time.If the person continues to grow old: that will soon be stopped, when God gives us the eternal and glorified body.[The Seals][294] Do you get it now? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] There is your Seal. Who does it? It’s the prophets, the other side of the Rapture. With the Power of God, the Word of God, they just condemn nature. They can send earthquakes, turn the moon into blood, the sun can go down, or anything, at their command.[Rev. Jose B. Perez] All that… Let’s look it up in Hosea. (Hosea, it is after Daniel, it is those books that are close together there, one after the other there close together after Daniel; in other words, Joel, and all those books that are short). Hosea 13:14, it says:14 _I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes._ [Rev. Jose B. Perez] See that, at the same time that the spirit of the devil falls from heaven and becomes incarnate in a man, the Holy Spirit ascends and comes incarnate in a man. The Seals*,* page 146… And in 352 he says that [WMB] “He is coming to redeem us.” Page 352 [p. 416 in Eng. (Sixth Seal)] it says:[202] And just about the time the antichrist moves hisself fully on the stre-… on the scene; God moves Hisself fully on, to redeem it all ([JBP] that is, transform us).[JBP] And nature will be interrupted there in that part of old age.“THE MYSTERY OF THE FULLNESS OF THE GENTILES.”Let us stand up, and let us leave immediately with us, in this topic: “THE MYSTERY OF THE FULLNESS OF THE GENTILES,” our dear brother and friend, Dr. William Soto Santiago.* * *