BIBLE STUDY #216 – FRIDAY, JULY 1, 2022
TITLE: THE MYSTERY OF THE RAPTURE OF THE ELECT
Dr. William Soto Santiago
Friday, August 29, 1997
(Second activity)
Candelaria, Campeche, Mexico
Scripture: John 14:1-3
THE SEVENTH SEAL AND THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH
Dr. William Soto Santiago
Sunday, March 15, 1998
Asuncion, Paraguay
How can we be prepared to be raptured? The first thing is that it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God, who has mercy.1 The people who are going to be transformed and raptured, as well as those who are going to be resurrected, are already chosen by God since before the foundation of the world; that is why they are called the elect or chosen of God; they are written in Heaven, in the Lamb’s Book of Life, since before the foundation of the world, and they come to this planet Earth in the time assigned by God for them; and they live in the age that corresponds to them under the ministry that corresponds to that age, of Christ through the angel messenger of each age.
In other words, a person cannot say: “I want to be transformed and raptured,” and for God to say: “As you wish, it will be granted to you.” It is not like that.
The person will have the desire to be transformed and raptured, but he will be written in the Lamb’s Book of Life since before the foundation of the world. That means that a person who is not written in the Lamb’s Book of Life since before the foundation of the world, will not be able to be transformed and raptured, and go to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb; God already has a program designed since before the foundation of the world.
(…) We have seen how to be prepared to be raptured:
• To be part of the Mystical Body of Christ (that is, to be an elect of God, a chosen of God, written in Heaven, in the Lamb’s Book of Life, since before the foundation of the world), and to be redeemed here on Earth by believing in Christ as our Savior, and washing our sins in the Blood of Christ; and thus to be born into the Mystical Body of Christ.
• Number 2: To see and receive the Coming of the Son of Man with His Angels at the Last Day, in the manifestation of the Angel of the Covenant, of the Angel of the Lord, of Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit through His Angel Messenger.
• To hear the Great Voice of Trumpet of the Gospel of the Kingdom revealing the Coming of the Son of Man with His Angels in human flesh in His Angel Messenger.
• And to persevere in the Mystical Body of Christ, and to work in the Work of the Lord, and to live according to the will of God: Christian lives, pleasing to our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.
• And to always persevere in the Mystical Body of Christ, to persevere in Christ by remaining in the Mystical Body of Christ, and always attending the activities to worship God, sing to Him, glorify Him and listen to His Voice, His Word, in the congregation where God has placed you, where you will have the spiritual food of which there is in abundance for all the children of God.
(…) Every person who will be transformed and raptured will see His Coming, will understand It (to see is to understand), will receive It, will believe It, and will hear His Voice as a Great Voice of Trumpet making known to us all these things that must happen soon; and will say: “This is what I was waiting for; and now I really can understand all these things that would be happening in this end time.”
And after we are transformed, it will be the Hebrew people’s turn, for their opportunity: how to be prepared to be raptured.
THE ANOINTED ONE WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD
Dr. William Soto Santiago
Friday, February 11, 2005
Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil
Many people of this end time have received the promise that Simeon received: That they will not see death until they have seen the Lord’s Anointed One, until they have seen the Anointed One with the Spirit of the Lord.
And who are those people who have that promise and who will be seeing the Anointed One with the Spirit of the Lord at the Last Day? It is us. And then we can say: “Lord, send thy servant away in peace, from this earthly physical body to the glorified body; for mine eyes have seen the Lord’s Anointed One, the Anointed One with the Spirit of the Lord, with the Holy Spirit.”
Simeon knew that he would not die until he saw the Lord’s Anointed One; therefore, Simeon’s death would be after he saw the Lord’s Anointed One. And he did see Him, being a baby being presented to be circumcised at eight days old. After he had already seen Him, he knew that his departure from this earthly dimension would occur at a moment’s notice.
And God’s elect of the Last Day, after they have seen the Anointed One with the Spirit of the Lord, will understand that their departure from this Earth, from this earthly dimension, will be very near; their departure for the Marriage Supper of the Lamb in an eternal, immortal, incorruptible and glorified body.
None of those people who will be alive at the Last Day can be transformed without first seeing the Anointed One with the Spirit of the Lord, without first seeing the Anointed One with the Spirit of Christ of the Last Day, where Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, will be manifesting Himself in all His fullness, and will be making known to us all these things that must happen soon, in this end time.
Christ, being the Anointed One with the Holy Spirit, when He read the reading of Isaiah, chapter 61, verse 1 to 2, which said: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed me…,” and He began to list the things for which He had been anointed, which He would be carrying out.
Therefore, the Anointed One has a ministerial work to carry out, where He will fulfill the promises of God for that time. So it has also been for the Anointed One with the Spirit of the Lord of every age, and so it will also be for the Anointed One with the Spirit of the Lord for the Age of the Cornerstone.
THE RISING SUN
Dr. William Soto Santiago
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
We are all waiting for the same person! There are theological differences, but the one we are waiting for is the same person.
It is important not to be in arguments, in fights, with one another, but with our heart and mind set on that divine promise, and praying to God that we may be counted worthy to avoid the judgments of the great tribulation that are to come, and to stand before the Son of Man, to stand before the Lord at His Coming.
The Coming of the Lord is the greatest mystery of the entire Bible and of all times; it is the mystery of which Christ said that neither the angels nor any person knew when that time would be; it is the mystery for which there was silence in Heaven for about half an hour, when the Seventh Seal was opened in Revelation, chapter 8; but it will be something simple in the midst of the people of God; and we will see the Jews saying: “This is the one we have been waiting for.”
There is going to be a great blessing for Christianity: We are going to see the greatest revival of all times.
A great blessing is coming for the believers in Christ, to obtain the faith to be transformed and taken with Christ to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb; because the born again Christians will not go through the great tribulation, they will go with Christ to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb; that is why the Coming of the Rising Sun is so important, the Sun of Righteousness, which is the Coming of Christ our Savior.
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1 Romans 9:16