MAKING GOOD USE OF THE TIME THAT REMAINS FOR US. Dr. William Soto Santiago Friday August 2, 2013 Monterrey, Mexico

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1 MAKING GOOD USE OF THE TIME THAT REMAINS FOR US Dr. William Soto Santiago Friday August 2, 2013 Monterrey, Mexico

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3 MAKING GOOD USE OF THE TIME THAT REMAINS FOR US Dr. William Soto Santiago Friday August 2, 2013 Monterrey, Mexico G ood afternoon dear friends and brothers present. It is for me a great privilege to be with you all on this occasion to share with you moments of fellowship around the Word of God and His Program pertaining to this end time. I wish to congratulate Miguel, and Ruth and Ruty, for what they have been speaking in favor of each one of you, in relation to the business of 4Life, in which business you can obtain great benefits; we always look for the spiritual benefit, the economic benefit, and for the health benefit of the people, and also the benefit for the young people, so that they may study at university and may obtain a professional title, always looking for the things that help for the peace and progress of the human being. And a business is a great help for them to study, in which there is money for them to study, and they can go to the university and so forth; and also for them to buy food, to have good nourishment; and also to buy clothes, shoes and so forth; and to fix the house, to make it bigger, and to have the needs of the house for the family. And for those that are always saying: If I had more money, if I earn more money, I would help the Work of the Lord more. In this business you have the opportunity, and we should not overlook the opportunities that come once in a lifetime to the people, and those that miss that opportunity then when they see

4 4 DR. WILLIAM SOTO SANTIAGO the ones that took advantage with better cars, better homes, well fixed and painted, and with their children going to university, then they say: I lost the opportunity, and then say: I will start now in the business, but now they are behind those that began at the beginning; then they have to make a greater effort to reach those that started at the beginning, which is then more difficult. Therefore, those opportunities that emerge in the life of the person are very important. Always in the life of the person those opportunities arrive, those that take advantage of them succeed; those that lose them, will always remain in the same situation, and the way things are increasing in price life each day becomes more difficult. So therefore, is good to do as Miguel and Ruth say, for they know what they are talking about. The Bible tells us that God gives power to make riches, therefore, the mechanism of that power has to be known, just as to make a good meal of beans cooked with frayed meat, one must know the way to cook it; and to make riches there is a formula in the Bible; which formula, if one uses it, it functions; and if the person is a believer in the God of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob, notice, it is God s obligation to do as He says; if one does according to what God says. That s found in Deuteronomy chapter 8, verse 18. It says: But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. There we have the promise of the Lord. The rest is up to you, and me. And since the goal is to work more in God s Work: it is a good goal, and in it our children, our family are benefitted, under the blessing of God. And now we read in...this which I have spoken is my comment in relation to what Miguel and Ruth have spoken; I m a hundred per cent in accordance with what Miguel and Ruth have spoken, and also Ruty. Ephesians chapter 5, verses 13, to 20, says: But all things that are reproved are made manifest by MAKING GOOD USE OF THE TIME THAT I leave you again with the missionary, doctor, Miguel Bermudez Marin, to end our part, and to have a little recess for your meal; and them we will meet again right here at this place, to continue chatting. I believe I paid the debt I owed you of the history of Abraham, the history of Zechariah, and of virgin Mary, and now I owe you tonight s topic. May God bless you and keep you, and now with you the missionary Miguel Bermudez Marin. He always tarries a little, because he says that the things that are spoken after the meeting ends, is as a dessert. Which we already had; therefore, may God bless and keep you all. MAKING GOOD USE OF THE TIME THAT REMAINS FOR US.

5 24 DR. WILLIAM SOTO SANTIAGO are lacking to come to the Feet of Christ may come, and that way the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ may be completed; and also working in the construction of the Great Tent Cathedral. So that afterwards we can say: In the construction of that project that we can now see, I have a little part in it. Others may say: I have a big part in it, not a little part but a big part. May God permit you all to have a big part in that project. MAKING GOOD USE OF THE TIME, the time remaining for us, which is very short. Back in Puerto Rico they are making good use of the time. In addition to the regular hours, which is normally eight hours, many of them remain working to continue offering in voluntary work, because they love that project and they wish for it to be raised very soon, the project of the Great Tent Cathedral being built in Puerto Rico. And how many of you are working in favor of that project? All of you are working in that project with your prayers and economically also. May God bless you and prosper you for the work you all have been doing, and may He give you all more to work in that project; and may He increase in you spirit of prayer to pray more each day, and God will bless that project, and will bless the people that are working physically in it, and to deliver them from dangers; so that every thing comes out well, and may that construction be finished to perfection. That will be a Masterpiece. As the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ as a spiritual Temple is a Masterpiece, which is being constructed by means of the Holy Spirit creating His Church as a spiritual Temple. For which, we are making good use of the time that remains for us. May the blessings of Christ the Angel of the Covenant be upon you all and upon me also, we will meet again at 6:00 pm, God willing, to continue. Continue having a happy afternoon filled with the blessings of Christ our Savior. MAKING GOOD USE OF THE TIME THAT... 5 light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. MAKING GOOD USE OF THE TIME THAT REMAINS FOR US. If there is a time of which can be said that it is the end time, that s our time; although St. Paul would say that those days were the last days, which was spoken in Hebrews chapter 1, verses 1, to 3, and in the book of Acts chapter 2, verses 14, to 29, we can see why they said that those were the last days. It is that the last days before God are the last millenniums; and the last millenniums are the fifth millennium, sixth millennium and seventh millennium; but no one at that time could say: we are in the Last Day. It is that a day before the Lord is as a thousand years for the human beings; the fifth millenniums consists of one thousand years, the sixth millennium consist of a thousand years and the seventh millennium consists of a thousand years, which for the Lord and before the Lord are only three days. Even the Lord Jesus Christ Himself in St. John chapter 6, verses 39, to 40, and in the same chapter 6, verses 41, to 58, speaks to us of the resurrection He will carry out for the believers in Him that have died physically. Says: I will raise them up at

6 6 DR. WILLIAM SOTO SANTIAGO the last day. He already established in which of the last days before God, in which day of the last days before God He will carry out the resurrection of the believers in Him that have died in past times and those that have died in our time also; and to those that remain alive, He will change. He says it is for the Last Day. And only the persons that are living in this time can say: We are living in the Last Day. No one of the past ages could say that. Except whom? us. Although in past times, since the days of the apostles, they were waiting for the Coming of the Lord and the resurrection of the dead in Christ; but notice, the number of the believers in Christ that will be resurrected is so great, that it could not be carried out in the time of St. Paul and of St. Peter, because if it was carried out at that time only a little group written in the Lamb s Book of Life would be resurrected; and then if the number was greater, they could not be manifested on Earth because the divine cycle of the gathering of the elect to be raptured to the Wedding Supper of the Lamb would have taken place two thousand years ago. But they had to wait until the last ones written in Heaven in the Lamb s Book of Life had entered; they had to wait for us, those that died had to remain waiting in Paradise. Each group of each age with its messenger are in Paradise. When the reverend William Branham was at Paradise (before leaving permanently to Paradise), he met with all the believers that God had given him and had believed the Word, the Message God had given him for the people. It does not say that he saw there the believers of other ages, the messengers with their group as a nation. And who knows if upon the nation, the nation that corresponded to the messenger in that dimension is in the same area where his nation is on Earth; because Abraham was searching for a city which foundation: the city of God, and he was looking for it because he saw it in vision, that city was over him. MAKING GOOD USE OF THE TIME THAT Angel that accompanied the reverend William Branham also went there and took the reverend William Branham with Him to that wooden room where he saw all the things that were taking place in that wooden room; and he even saw a name there or heard a name there, which name he was then searching for. The Angel reminds him: Remember the name you were searching for when you were in the vision (in other words, the Tent Vision)? Which means there is an important name in there. It should be the Name of the Lord, and probably the New Name of the Lord, for He says He has a New Name. In other words, there is a great blessing that will be manifested in a Great Tent Cathedral; and from there that blessing will spread to other nations, through satellites, through the radio, television, and the press, booklets and so forth; and every eye will be able to see the things that will be taking place in the fulfillment of the Tent Vision, for communications are extended to all nations. That will be the most important construction in the midst of Christianity. The Third Pull will fulfill there, and consequently the Thunders will be uttering their voices there, and the Thunders reveal the New Name and the Coming of Christ, the Coming of the Lord with a New Name; and there is where the faith to be transformed and raptured will be given. All these things were spoken by the reverend William Branham; therefore, some place in the world, and it should be the place pertaining to the manifestation of God for the Last Day. They might build many tent constructions, tent cathedrals in all the countries, but one of them will be the true one; and it will be in the correct territory. If it is built in the wrong territory: the Holy Spirit, the Pillar of Fire will not fly there. For there is a great number of things that are related to that promise, and I will not explain them for now. Therefore, we must be making good use of the time that remains for us: by working in all the divine projects, preaching the Gospel, working in the missionary work so the people that

7 22 DR. WILLIAM SOTO SANTIAGO wherein the Name of God was. And the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ as a spiritual Temple is the greatest, the most important construction that has been carried out; which will be crowned in this end time with the stage of the Age of the Cornerstone; in It will be placed, God will place the Cornerstone upon that construction; which is the Age of the Cornerstone, and then also with the Coming of the Cornerstone which is Christ. And many constructions have been made by Christianity. In the time of the apostles, for instance, the upper room was the most important place for those days, because it was the place where the Holy Spirit descended and baptized 120 persons; and then they continued to preach and more people came to Christ; and it is said that that is the place where Christ spent the last supper with His disciples. Then, throughout the history of the Church, we know many temples have been built for Christ to dwell in them in Holy Spirit to bless His people and for His people to gather together from age to age, to be praising God, Christ with songs, and for the Word to be preached and the calling to the altar so the people may come to the Feet of Christ and to be baptized; and to remain persevering as Christians, in the Gospel of Christ, and being taught, in order to grow spiritually each day. Of all the temples, which are also called churches, there will be one that will crown them all; and It was shown to the reverend William Branham in vision; and he saw It and he said it was a building, he said It was a Huge Tent Cathedral, a Tent or Cathedral; therefore, a Huge Tent Cathedral: that will be the construction of a Temple in Christianity which will be the most important of all, because the reverend William Branham saw the Gospel being preached there, and he also saw altar calling, and miracles and wonders, he saw the Pillar of Fire that accompanied him, which was hither from him speaking to another person, whom he did not know, was speaking to another person; and then went into the little wooden room and remained there; and the MAKING GOOD USE OF THE TIME THAT... 7 Notice, when the reverend William Branham went to Paradise, he looked and saw his physical body upon the bed; in other words, he was above his house, a little higher, in space, 12 feet high. Now notice, probably each age, each group is with its messenger in that dimension is in an the area above the nation in which the messenger and his group lived. For us would be, you already know, the Western part. Now: Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. And how can a person arise from the dead, for Paul is speaking to people which are alive and says to them: Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead...? He is telling them that they are dead being alive. It is that the human being since the fall at the Garden of Eden, died. God said: The day you eat of it, you will die. And they ate of it and continued to live, but they died unto eternal Life, and consequently they lost eternal Life, and only temporary life remained for them, which is the inheritance we have received from Adam and Eve: temporary life, but good, because it gives us the opportunity to make contact with eternal Life, and to awake unto eternal Life by hearing the preaching of the Gospel of Christ and to receive Him as Savior; because He is the Savior, the Redeemer that rescues us and transfers us from the kingdom of darkness, the kingdom of the dead, and consequently the kingdom of darkness, the kingdom of the prince of darkness, and places us in His Kingdom with eternal Life, the Kingdom of the Son of God, the Kingdom of God, and therefore, the Kingdom of Light, of which Christ is the Light. He said: I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life (eternal Life). And now we know why the Gospel of Christ is preached: it is preached to awaken the dead, the ones that are dead unto eternal Life, so they may live eternally, and be awaken unto

8 8 DR. WILLIAM SOTO SANTIAGO eternal Life; and so to be part of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, which is a race being created by God unto eternal Life. They receive eternal Life when they receive Him as Savior, and receive the spiritual redemption, the redemption of the soul; and consequently they receive the Spirit of Christ, the angelical Spirit of Christ and already have the first part, which is the spiritual part, and already have eternal Life. But their physical body literally does not have eternal Life, because they will receive the physical part in the resurrection of the dead in Christ in glorified bodies, and the transformation of the living; but potentially their body has eternal Life, potentially. That s why although one may die physically, will resurrect in glorified body, if the person died physically, if he remains alive he will be transformed: the atoms of his body will be changed into eternal atoms in order for the person to live with Christ in a glorified body like the glorified body of Jesus Christ. While being in these earthly bodies is that we can lay up treasures in Heaven; striving, but with the blessing of the Lord Jesus Christ through His Spirit. It is while being in these bodies that we work and will continue to work in the Lord s Work or Vineyard of the Lord. After we are transformed anyone can do... all the things you do in a lifetime, you will do them in one day, but that work will not be rewarded; that work will be counted as the work that must be done in the Divine Program after receiving the glorified body. But that which we ll receive as reward, will be the work that we do in these bodies, wherein we have to be courageous, and striving being filled with divine love within our soul; loving Christ will all of our soul and working in Christ s Work; and to say as Christ would say: I must be in my Father s business. Which were the Father s business? To work in the fulfillment of that which God had promised for that time. Which are the businesses of the Lord Jesus Christ? Those businesses are the Work of Christ in His Church and through His Church, wherein each believer in Christ works according to what MAKING GOOD USE OF THE TIME THAT from bondage in Egypt, unto paganism, with the golden calf, which represents Nimrod, the calf with horns of the pagan religion established by Cush and his son Nimrod. In other words, the construction of that golden calf meant more than what many people think or imagine. The ones that built the golden calf, were changing the religion, they were changing from the True God unto paganism; and consequently they were changing from God unto the enemy of God; and were changing from kingdom: from the Kingdom of God unto the kingdom of darkness. And we will leave that alone, we will leave that for another occasion-and perhaps for the Jews-, what the construction of the golden calf meant. And Aaron was also found responsible, because he built it with the gold the people had, which was the great substance that God said would give them, they would come out of Egypt with great substance. We have to know how to use the riches God gives us, to always use them in favor of the Work of God for the time in which we live; and not to use them in the things of the world. To use them in things of the world, is to use them in the kingdom of darkness. There are people that should never have riches, for they would use them incorrectly; but there are people that should be millionaires, because they love God and would use them correctly. That happened also in the time of Solomon. I said to you that in the time of Moses, the tabernacle was the most important, the greatest project of the whole world: which was a house, a tabernacle for God to dwell in it. And wherever God the Almighty, Creator of Heavens and Earth is dwelling, that place becomes the greatest, because in it is the Greatest Being: God. When Solomon built the temple at Jerusalem, that was the greatest most important construction of all the world; for he built a house a temple for the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob,

9 20 DR. WILLIAM SOTO SANTIAGO accord working in that which God promised to do in the midst of His Church at the Last Day. The reverend William Branham was taken to a Great Tent Cathedral. And It must appear at a certain place. And all the believers wish it would be at their continent; because each stage of the Church was fulfilled at a certain territory. Each messenger would have wished it would be in his age, and in his territory, but it has to be in the territory where the Holy Spirit is carrying out that part of the Divine Program, that stage of the Divine Program. And the only stage remaining is not the first age, nor second, nor third, nor fourth, neither the fifth, the sixth, nor the seventh; the time for those messengers ended. If it was to be fulfilled in the first age, it had to be in the time of Paul, while he was alive; and thus for each stage of the Church. And at the present was remains is the stage of the Age of the Cornerstone, the Golden Age of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. It cannot be another stage. Already the other stages ended, those stages had their messengers, and they finished their ministries on Earth. It has to be for the time of the ministry of the messenger for the age pertaining to the fulfillment of the Tent Vision; and we cannot explain much of that. All the believers in Christ of the Last Day will be working hard, and with irrevocable faith in that project. And when it is fulfilled, we will all say: It was worthwhile to work in that project!, as it was worth while to work in the construction of the tabernacle in the wilderness, supporting Moses; it was constructed with the economical help of the people. For that purpose God gave them riches before leaving Egypt; and they wanted to waste them by making a golden calf; for all that gold was needed to built the most holy place and all the things that were to be built, which things had to be made of gold. And other people came to take the gold to build a golden calf; which was to change the True God, that delivered them MAKING GOOD USE OF THE TIME THAT... 9 God promised for His Church in each time; through the members of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, Christ by means of His Spirit fulfills each promise pertaining to each stage of His Church. For this time, just as in each time the messenger and the group of each age could have said: I am working in the businesses of the Lord, we are working in the businesses of the Lord; and it behooves us to be working in them. Being how? Active, working in the things pertaining to each age. And for us: working in the things pertaining to this time. It has been said to us that the things pertaining to our time will be made known to us; and they are made known to us, and we have been told how to work so those promises come to fulfillment. For instance, in the time of Noah: Noah was a faithful believer in the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, and he believed all the things God had promised; and he preached it, as Enoch and the ones that preceded Noah: they spoke of the judgment that would come from behalf of God. Noah worked in the Work of the Lord when he preached about the divine judgement that would come, its time had come, the divine cycle for the divine judgement had come; but he announced the way to escape from it. And Noah by divine revelation knew the way to escape from that judgement: he built an ark God showed him. And by working in that ark, he could say: I must be about my Father s business: He told me to build and ark, and that s what I m doing. As Moses, God told him to build a tabernacle and by working in its construction with the support of the people, of which and to which God had said to Moses: Tell the people to bring offerings for the construction of the tabernacle. Every person that offered for that construction was working in that Divine Project. It was a Divine Project for the glory of God, wherein God was to manifest and would bless the people. Then we find Moses with the group of workers of such an

10 10 DR. WILLIAM SOTO SANTIAGO important labor. At that time the most important construction was not the pyramids nor the other things that were constructed in Egypt; the most important thing was that which was being constructed in the wilderness, and it could be moved: which they could take with them throughout their journey in the wilderness; and God was with them enlightening the way at night, and in the daytime would overshadow the people so that they would not get tired. How would the temperature be in the wilderness? In the wilderness in this part of the season the temperature would be over a 100 degrees, here in the Mexican Republic. A shade... you look every where and the little trees don t have much shade. We remember Jonah s case: for surely it was summer time, for he sought for a shade and did not find it; and God prepared a gourd; and when Jonah saw the shade he went under it, and did not want to come out. And who wants to leave the shade and stand in the sun? No one. And whoever does it is because there is no other remedy, he has to work, but he must have water not to dehydrate, because that s dangerous. And then Jonah was angered with God, or was angered because the gourd withered away because a worm ate it, ate its leafs, and Jonah was left without a shade; and that gourd was representing the people of Niniveh. And now we also find the case of Abraham; as it seems, it was also summer time. Summer time is time of harvest, Niniveh was to harvest judgement, Abraham was to harvest the divine promise that was given him relevant to his son; for which, God with His Archangels Michael and Gabriel appeared; because when God is to do something great on Earth the Angel Gabriel and the Angel Michael appear; they are the Angels of the right hand of God; which means, when God is to do something, they appear. When He was about to do something in the time of Daniel, the Archangel Gabriel appeared, and Michael would help Gabriel. When John the Baptist was to be born, Gabriel also MAKING GOOD USE OF THE TIME THAT It was not impossible for her cousin Elizabeth to have a child, although she was barren and advanced in age, or advanced in age and barren (as you wish to read it). And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And then what happened? And the angel departed from her. Those were words of faith expressed by virgin Mary; Be it unto me according to thy word, showing that she believed. We have promises for our time, and somehow God will fulfill them, for with God nothing is impossible. LET IT BE DONE ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF THE LORD. He has promised a Great Tent Cathedral: Let it be done according to the will of the Lord! And that will be done in the midst of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ at the Last Day. Let it be done according to the will of the Lord! Do we need much money for that? God will provide: Let it be done according to the will of the Lord! God will provide everything, He will place in our hands all the things needed; and the fulfillment of what He promised will be carried out. It will be God working by means of each one of the believers in Him, the will of the Lord will be carried out. And those that will be working in It: will be instruments of Christ, so much as those that support It economically as those that work physically there under the sun. What do you prefer, to be working there under the sun at summer, or to be working with your earnings from your work, or from a part time job, in order to help, to support the Work that is being carried out? The place is not big enough for the whole Church to be working there physically, one will stumble with the other, and the work will not be done. But we can all work; some with the economic help, others praying; everyone praying, and by everyone praying, and everyone collaborating; even those that are working literally are also collaborating. Therefore, all in one

11 18 DR. WILLIAM SOTO SANTIAGO be no end. Let s see if it is so, here, St. Luke chapter 1, verse 30, and on: And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his Kingdom there shall be no end. Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And behold... An to increase her faith, notice what the Angel says to her. For she asked: How shall this be? Her question was, if she had to do something. How shall this be? And the Angel explains to her: And behold, thy cousin Elizabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren... She was barren, and to top it of, she was advanced in age. In other words, the problem for Zechariah her husband was huge, for they could not have children because she was barren; and now, when the child is promised to them, says: She was barren and to top it of, advanced in age, only two little problems. But God has the answer to all the problems, for there is nothing impossible for God. That s what the Angel said to Zechariah. That increased her faith to such a level that...and tells her:...for with God nothing shall be impossible. MAKING GOOD USE OF THE TIME THAT appeared. That s why I have always called Him: the Angel prophet of God, the Angel with the divine revelation to give It to the relevant messenger, who will make it known to the people; and He is the One that is sent from the presence of God to announces divine events. To be in the presence of God in Heaven, is to be in the most important place. In the days in which John the Baptist had to be born (I still owe you that of Abraham, remind me later on), the Angel Gabriel appears to the priest Zechariah, who was to offer the incense before God in the altar of incense; and tells him, when He appears Zechariah sees Him, the Angel says to him...zechariah did not know He was the Angel Gabriel, but at appearing in the altar of incense, at the right of the altar, He is the Angel that receives the petitions, the prayers of the people, and brings them to the presence of God; as Angel messenger, He comes with the Message of God to Zechariah: the answer to the request of the prayer made by Zechariah and his wife for many years, they had asked God for a son; and the longer the answer tarries, the greater the blessing. If God had given him the son right away, he would already be advanced in age, maybe a priest; but Zechariah received him at the right moment, because he was to be the greatest of the prophets: He shall be great before God, and shall come in the spirit and power of Elijah (the ministry of Elijah for the third occasion). Every time God promises to send a prophet, whether Moses or Elijah or whoever, it is the Spirit of God operating the same ministry in another man. And He tells Zechariah that he shall be great before God, and tells him he will be a prophet and tells him that he shall turn the hearts of the fathers unto the children, and...let s read it here: Chapter 1, verse 11, and on, St. Luke says: And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. And when Zechariah saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell

12 12 DR. WILLIAM SOTO SANTIAGO upon him (anyone would feel the same or worse, Daniel would become weakened each time the Archangel Gabriel appeared to him). But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zechariah: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shall call his name John. Even with the name they would give him there would come a blessing, so that they by mistake would give him a name that did not have to do with the work John was to do. And shall have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord. Although he was poor economically, he was great at the sight of God; because being great does not depend of the riches or the size of the person; it is being great in God s sight; and to be a prophet is the greatest thing a person can be, because he comes with the two consciences together in order to be an instrument of God for the people, John the Baptist would be great at the sight of God: And shall drink neither wine not strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother s womb. When Mary greeted Elizabeth, the child leaped within Elizabeth s womb, the wife of Zechariah, and there he was filled with the Holy Ghost while being in Elizabeth s womb. They though there was no life in him, but when he heard the voice of virgin Mary... It is that the babies hear within the womb also. Imagine, sometimes when there is a conversation at a certain home, and the person on the other side of the wall wants to hear...there are ways to do it (I will not tell you how so that you will not do it)... Remember Sarah s case. She was attentive to what the Angels were saying to Abraham: they were speaking to him about the promised son, because the Angel of God came in Whom God dwelt, with the Archangels Michael and Gabriel, and said to him: I will certainly return unto thee according to the MAKING GOOD USE OF THE TIME THAT promised. For it was the answer to Zechariah s prayer. In other words, he made the prayer to God to give him a son, and now when the promise is confirmed to him, he did not believe. Therefore, remember, even if God tarries in fulfilling your prayer, He will fulfill it; God will answer your request. And the longer it takes, the blessing will be greater. Remember when Moses said he was a stutterer, that he did not speak well, that he was not eloquent, and told God to send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou will send: send whom Thou will send. And God was angered with Moses; and gave him an assistant (which in certain occasions brought problems to Moses). And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to show thee these glad tidings. And now he identifies himself with the name of Gabriel. The same that had identified himself to the prophet Daniel, the very one who had appeared to Daniel, who was sent from God to teach him and to give him knowledge and wisdom of the things that are to take place. And the majority of them were visions, revelations that the Angel gave him concerning politics; for the Angel Gabriel, as we see, has the revelations of the spiritual field, and also of the political field; and works together with the Archangel Michael to materialize what God thought to carry out. And behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season. In other words, He brings blessings and can also bring judgment. That was shown also in the book of Daniel. Then later on He also appears to virgin Mary, six months later, and gives her the good tidings that she is to bear a child and will be called Son of God, and to name Him Jesus, and that God will give Him the Throne of His father David, and will reign upon the house of Israel for ever, and of His Kingdom there shall

13 16 DR. WILLIAM SOTO SANTIAGO that that prophet, that forerunner comes to prepare the people, not to remain with him, with John, but to receive, to welcome the One coming after him. John says: He must increase, I must decrease. And with whom will the person stay with: with the one that must decrease or with the one that must increase? The person should stay with the One that must increase, which is the greater One, for which He sent a messenger to prepare His way. Afterwards, in the time of St. Paul and St. Peter, those that followed John began to come. How were you baptized? In John s baptism. Then it was said to them: John baptized in water saying to the people to believe in the One coming after him. And then they were baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Let us continue reading here: And Zechariah said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years (in other words, the time for them to have children was over). And when the stage for women to have children is over, the husband must understand that his time to have children is over. Now, Elizabeth and Zechariah were well stricken in years, it says he was old. He did not remember the time when the Angel with His two angels Michael and Gabriel appeared to Abraham. At first Abraham was 75 years of age, when God appeared to him and gave him the promise, and he believed it, and then at different periods of time He appeared to him to confirm him the promise; and that strengthened his faith; and he did not dismay at any moment, believing that the One that made him the promise was powerful enough to fulfill it; for there is nothing impossible for God. Zechariah thought it was impossible. If it was not impossible for Abraham and Sarah, it would not be impossible to whom the Angel Gabriel is saying that he would have a son. Therefore, the age of Zechariah the priest and his wife Elizabeth would not hinder the fulfillment of what was being MAKING GOOD USE OF THE TIME THAT time of life; and lo, Sara thy wife shall have a son. In other words, the promise would be fulfilled to him, the time was revealed to him, the year of the birth of the child: the following year. And Abraham was already 99 years of age and Sarah was 89. And Sarah said: After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? And God, Elohim said unto Abraham: Wherefore did Sarah laugh, because Sarah laughed within her heart, at the thought of it, she did not speak it. Remember that our thoughts speak louder in Heaven than our words. When you speak lowly, it is heard lowly, but in your thought, it is heard as shouting; that s how the thoughts are heard in Heaven. And if you hear the thoughts of a person, you would hear them at high volume. Remember, each person has to answer God for his thoughts, because He discerns the thoughts of our heart, and will reward each one according to the thoughts of the heart. That s why when negative thoughts come to our mind we ask God for forgiveness, so that Christ with His Blood may cleanse us of all sin, of every incorrect thing that we think; because whatever bad thing you think of, it counts as if you have done it, because it was done in the spiritual field. And that is potentially what you will do physically, if you do not ask forgiveness to Christ and He forgives you; and you replace it with a positive thought. Thinking positively you cast out the negative thoughts. When negative thoughts come to you: replace it with a positive thought related to whatever you are thinking of. For instance, if a person thinks that a promise God has made will not be fulfilled, replace it by thinking: This promise of God will be fulfilled, and I will see it with my own eyes. And that will cast out whatever negative thought you had. It will be fulfilled because God has promised it, and He fulfills what He promises. Remember that to Abraham was confirmed the promise of the promised son: Isaac. When Abraham would be 100 years old

14 14 DR. WILLIAM SOTO SANTIAGO he would receive the promised son, and Sarah would be 90 years old. In there are two cycles of jubilees in the life of Abraham. Every 50 years, the fiftieth year is a year of jubilee. And Abraham passed the first year of jubilee when he was fifty years of age, and the son did not come, the son was promised to him after he was fifty years old, his first jubilee, he received the promise of having a son when he was 75 years old. Then when the other year of jubilee came, the other cycle of 50 years he would be a 100 years old, and the promised would be fulfilled to him; in other words, the fulfillment of the promise would come in the second cycle of jubilee. The second Coming of Christ will be for the second Year of Jubilee. Already in the first Year of Jubilee, two thousand ago, the first Coming of Christ was fulfilled, and the second Coming of Christ will be fulfilled in the other Year of Jubilee, which will be the divine cycle pertaining to the Age of the Cornerstone. That s the year of Jubilee for the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Jubilee Age. The Age of the Cornerstone is reflected in the year of jubilee. And now, that s why the Coming of the Lord could not be fulfilled in other ages, it is for the Jubilee Age of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. I think I paid you the debt related to Abraham. Now notice how that time is fulfilled, is repeated in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. And how Sarah laughed, perhaps part of Christianity laughs concerning the second Coming of Christ. It is that that promise was not for past ages. Som would say: Since the time of the apostles they have been preaching about the second Coming of Christ. Thus it had to be. But now we know that it is for this end time. Abraham had to always testify of the promise of the promised son; until it was confirmed at the end, where it was said to him: I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and you will have the promised son. In other words, the son would come at summer time, it MAKING GOOD USE OF THE TIME THAT seems also; for it was very hot...when the three Angels visited Abraham it says it was in the heat of the day; and Abraham was sitting at the tent door, as we also stand at the door of the house or at the window where the air flows, so not to feel so much heat. Abraham, the father of Faith: type and figure of God. Isaac: type and figure of Christ. We have seen that God fulfills His promises, and He appeared unto Abraham in many occasions and spoke to him of the promise; also to Christianity, the Holy Spirit by means of the messengers has been speaking concerning the promise of the second Coming of Christ, the promised Isaac, the son of Abraham that would come: the Messiah. God sent the Angel Gabriel to Zechariah to give him the good news that Elijah would be sent again, and would be the son of Zechariah through Elizabeth the cousin of virgin Mary....For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine not strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother s womb. And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people for the Lord. This speaks to us of a people made ready for the Lord; and when we see the group that followed John, it was not a big group; and those that were made ready and received the Messiah, was a small group also, the rest remained with John. John would say: This is of Whom I said: He that comes after me is greater than I, of Whom I am not worthy to unloose His shoe latchet. And nevertheless, not all of John s disciples followed Jesus. They were called to follow Jesus, because when the forerunner comes announcing that after him comes One who is greater, and would be the Messiah, then everyone understands