June 6, 2025 Activity

BIBLE STUDY #522 – FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2025
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Good afternoon. Greetings to Missionary Miguel Bermudez Marin, and to all the brothers and sisters, and ministers from different countries that are connected today, through the Amazonas satellite and the Eutelsat 8 satellite, today, Friday, June 6th of this year, 2025.

Our subject is:

TIME TO RIPEN IN THE LIGHT OF THE WORD
(Ministers’ Meeting)
Dr. William Soto Santiago
Friday, May 13, 2011
Talcahuano, Biobio, Chile

Scripture: Mark 4:26-29

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] And there he read to us the Scripture from the Gospel according to Mark, chapter 4, 26, where it tells us:

Mark 4:26

26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade ([JBP] he numbers it there): [WSS] «1» ([JBP] and he writes): [WSS] «2», then the ear, after that ([JBP] he writes): [WSS] «3» the full corn in the ear.

29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

[JBP] And there he writes: [WSS] «4».

TIME TO RIPEN
IN THE LIGHT OF THE WORD

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] In the message “TIME TO BEAR FRUIT FOR GOD,” which was preached on March 17, 2001, in Paraguay, by Dr. William Soto Santiago, it tells us:

TIME TO BEAR FRUIT FOR GOD
(Ministers’ Meeting)
Dr. William Soto Santiago
Saturday, March 17, 2001
Asuncion, Paraguay

And now, we can see that the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ has had sons and daughters of God potentially, but they have not been manifested as sons and daughters of God physically, they have not been adopted; everything has taken place in the spiritual realm, but physically, they have not received their adoption, they have not been transformed.

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] In the edited book of The Ages, on page 418, Reverend William Branham tells us (here it’s about halfway down the page), it says [P. 368]:

What was planted in the first age will develop in the second age and in all other ages until it comes to maturity and harvest.

[JBP] There he draws a Cornerstone and the ages on the right.

And he writes, in a part of the Notes here, he writes: [WSS] «What was (that is, would be «sown») sow- in the 1st age now ripens and is harvested».

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Our brother William continues saying in the message we’re reading [(MM) “TIME TO BEAR FRUIT FOR GOD”]:

[WSS] But in the Age of the Corn of Wheat, the Corn of Wheat must come to maturity through the Sun, which is Christ; and the sun comes out in the daytime.

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] In the message “THE INVISIBLE UNION OF THE BRIDE OF CHRIST,” on page 30, Reverend William Branham tells us…; here it’s on paragraph 137; in this version of the booklet, it says:

[65-1125 - “The Invisible Union Of The Bride Of Christ,” pp. 25-26, paras. 183-193] [Bible Study #248, 21/Oct/2022 (Friday), pp. 27-29]

183 You cannot preach Luther’s message today. It goes in It, but that’s the feet. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Cannot preach Wesley. Cannot preach Pentecostal. We’re plumb beyond that. They denominated and died. They’re the stalk.

184 The stalk come up with the blade, that’s the first condition of the church. Now, that there don’t look like the first grain that went in the ground, the wheat.

185 The second come forth is a pollen. That still don’t look like the grain. Looks more like it. It’s coming more in the image of the real grain. But the blades don’t sure look like the grain that went in the ground. It’s a carrier of the life that was in the grain. But what did it do? It denominated, just like all other nature fits in with it. It died.

186 Then what? The life run right up into the tassel. It’s got whole lots of little—little balls hanging on it, looks like little—little grains in it. Look like it’s a real grain, but it isn’t.

187 Then it drops down into the shuck. And what does it bring forth? A shuck.

188 Now, you take a grain of wheat, when the wheat is first coming forth. And Jesus said, “A corn of wheat…” And you take that wheat and open it up. You pull it off the stalk. You look at it. You say, “We got a grain of wheat.” Be careful. It’s just exactly like the grain, but there’s not a bit of grain in it. It’s the shuck.

189 There’s the Pentecostals, “So much,” as Matthew 24:24 said, “deceive the very Elected in the last days, if it was possible.” But you pull leaf by leaf back, you ain’t got no grain. The grain is right back in the back of it. See?

190 And then the Life comes out of that denomination, goes into the grain. Then what happens? When the grain begins to grow, and to get bigger so It can cover over something, the denomination pulls away from It. Why ain’t we got a denomination out of This? They never will be. It’s the grain. It can’t go no farther. We’re at the end time. So what does It have to do now? Lay in the Presence of the Son, to be ripened, that’s exact…

[JBP] Now, notice how brother Branham speaks to us there about that stage, about that time where the wheat was going to be ripened in the presence of the Sun, which is where it would be ripening for the final harvest.

Now, he goes on to say:

[190] Lay in the Presence of the Son, to be ripened, that’s exact, the Word to be ripened into your heart, to bring forth and live what we’re talking about. Yes, sir.

191 Then you’ll have no more doubts, if you let the Holy Spirit reveal It to you, like the queen said about Daniel.

[JBP] And there he writes: [WSS] «The Word has to ripen in your heart».

[JBP] Now, notice how the Word has to ripen in your heart. (This is a good subject: “The Word has to ripen in your heart”). Because in the soul of the person is where that Word, that Seed that was sown, that revelation —which is where the Thunders are being given—, it’s in the soul, in the heart, where it will produce the effect, it will produce everything that Word has been brought for there; and that’s where It is brought to life, that’s where It will produce that new birth, that’s where It will produce the effect of the transformation.

Now, remember that the new birth is in the soul.

While It was in the Dispensation of Grace, the Holy Spirit was working in the Holy Place; but at the Last Day —which is the seventh millennium from Adam to this day— in the Most Holy Place, at this end time, is where the Holy Spirit would be working, would be bringing forth that new birth in the Church as a Mystical Body of Believers and also as individuals, as an age: the Age of the Cornerstone.

Now, in the heart, it’s in the soul, both of the human being, of the individual, as well as in the soul of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, is where that Word would ripen; and that’s where it is ripening.

And why is it ripening today? And why is it already at that harvest to be presented before the heavenly Father, and to be placed as adopted children there, and be presented before the world: “These are my beloved children, in whom I am pleased to dwell”? Because there, in the Most Holy Place, is where He would be reigning in the heart of each son and daughter of God; just as He is reigning in the soul, in the heart of the Church of the Lord.

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now look, he continues to say here, brother William says… I’m going back to the message “TIME TO BEAR FRUIT FOR GOD”; and he is now going to read the Scripture of Malachi, chapter 4, it says:

[WSS] “But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.” [Malachi 4:2]

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, let’s turn to the message “THE GOD OF THIS EVIL AGE,” on page 50, Reverend William Branham tells us there, already ending the message, and he is praying, and in the prayer he says:

[65-0801M - “The God Of This Evil Age,” pp. 45-46, para. 193] [Bible Study #256, 18/Nov/2022 (Friday), pp. 5-6]

[193] As Your servant, that stands between the living and the dead, pointing them, with a finger, to the Word of God.

[JBP] Now, remember, each messenger is one that stands between God and the people; meaning, from age to age, from dispensation to dispensation, the messengers are instruments of God; and the ones that stand between God and the people.

[193] … pointing them, with a finger, to the Word of God. I cannot save them, Lord, but they want to be saved. And, Father, as I have said many times, the sun rises in the morning; and as it comes up across the earth, it’s sent by God to ripen the grain, to make natural food for natural living. But, O God, You said, “To them that fear His Name shall the Sun of righteousness rise with healing in His wings.” Let the Sun of righteousness, the Word of God, rise in the hearts of the people…

[JBP] Notice again there where that Word must come forth, which is brought through each messenger; and at this end time is when It is brought and It is placed in the heart of all the elect of God; and notice what for:

[193] … rise in the hearts of the people, and the healing rays of faith ([JBP] the healing rays of faith) in that Word cure every disobedient to the Word, and bring them to the fullness of the sons and daughters of God.

[JBP] That faith is the faith of which brother Branham said: [WMB] “we barely have enough faith for divine healing.”*

*[The Seals, “The First Seal,” p. 123, para. 75]

Now, notice, those healing rays of faith are the ones the Church-Bride is receiving, because the greatest miracle is spiritual healing.

Now, where there were always difficulties was with the ministers (it was always…), and where situations happened, was with the ministers.

Therefore, at this end time, each minister must look at his life in the mirror of the Word; and must have those healing rays of faith in his heart and in his soul to cure all disobedience that any minister or leader of a church may still have.

They are and will be of great blessing for the sons and daughters of God, when they are in the right position. And in order for God to use them, they must look at themselves in the mirror of the Word, be sincere and be obedient to the Divine Program; and to remove all strange fire from their life and of their ministry so that God may use them in favor of the Church, in favor of the elect.

The next position after a prophet on Earth is the pastor, being a minister of the Lord’s Fold; but it is a very, very great responsibility, for which we all have to give an account; because they are not of your sheep - they are not your sheep, they are the Lord’s.

[JBP] Now look there, on page 50 of this message “THE GOD OF THIS EVIL AGE,” he writes: [WSS] «The Morning Sun = ripens the Grain. The fullness…».

[JBP] It is the Sun of Righteousness that ripens the grain in the morning.

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, he goes on to say here in the message “TIME TO BEAR FRUIT FOR GOD,” Dr. William Soto goes on to say:

[WSS] Therefore, in the Age of the Cornerstone is where Christ, the Sun of Righteousness, ripens the grain through the Teaching of the Second Coming of Christ; because it’s the Teaching of the Coming of the Sun of Righteousness for the salvation of the elect of God, for the adoption of the elect of God, to ripen the sons and daughters of God in a perfect age.

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] On page 69, of the book of Quotations, paragraph 593, he says:

[62-0422 - “The Restoration Of The Bride Tree,” p. 67, paras. 518-520] [Study “The Jewish Age,” 2/Sep/2023 (Saturday), pp. 74-75 / Bible Study #459, 27-3/Oct/2024 (Sunday), pp. 47-48]

593 - “[518] There will come a Light, will rise.

519 Whereabouts, over in Jerusalem? No, sir. Evening Lights will not rise in Jerusalem. The evening Lights goes (where?) in the West. They had their day and refused It.

520 But the evening Light ([JBP] and there he writes): [WSS] «summer» ([JBP] above) shall rise in the West (what for?), to shine upon the Word (what?), to ripen the fruit, bring forth the Bride Tree with the same signs, wonders, and fruits that they had at the beginning.”

[JBP] And on the right he writes going upwards: [WSS] «The Sun».

And he writes: [WSS] «West».

And a Cornerstone and the ages, and an arrow towards the Cornerstone.

And on the left going upwards, in the margin, he writes: [WSS] «The Sun will ripen the grain in the West».

And he also writes above that paragraph in the margin: [WSS] «The Light in the West».

There, where… on the left, towards the top, where he writes «the Sun ripens», at the beginning of the sentence he draws some rays, like corns of wheat.

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, our brother William goes on to say, in the message we are reading [(MM) “TIME TO BEAR FRUIT FOR GOD”]:

[WSS] And now, this is the same thing that happens with the Church as group, it happens with each elect, each son and daughter of God: they have to grow until they reach perfection.

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Look, on page 167 of the book of Quotations, paragraph 1486, he tells us:

[65-1128M - “God’s Only Provided Place Of Worship,” pp. 5-6, para. 40] [Bible Study #286, 3-2/Mar/2023 (Friday), pp. 31-34 / Bible Study #450, 27/Sep/2024 (Friday), pp. 16-17]

1486 - “40 I believe the Church is beginning to hear the Message, and begin to understand. But, friends, listen, we’ve got to lay in the Presence of the Son, we’ve got to be ripened ([JBP] where do we have to lay? In the presence of the Son) Our faith isn’t ripe. Intellectually we’re hearing the Message that God has give us, and seeing the signs that He showed us, and proving it by the Bible, it’s there, but, oh, how the church needs to lay in His Presence till it tenders up…”

[JBP] There, again he… Because in the heart, in the soul, is where that Word —which is theophany— reaches the very depths of the heart of every elect; and those powerful rays of light, of faith, strike the heart there and tender up that heart.

1486 - “[40] …it tenders up, you know, and gets sweet in the Spirit so that it can bathe down. Sometimes in speaking the Message, you get harsh, have to break it in like that, because you’ve got to clinch a nail to make it hold.”

[JBP] And there he draws a Cornerstone on the right.

And he draws 3 little nails, and he writes: [WSS] «nail».

As if he were driving the nail into the Cornerstone.

1486 - “[40] But when the Church once gets It, the Elected is called out and separated ([JBP] because it is the time of separation), then in the Presence of God, I know it’ll be something like the people was There [in Paradise] when It takes Its Rapture.”

[JBP] And there he writes: [WSS] «Rapture».

And he draws a Cornerstone and the ages, and he writes: [WSS] «8», and [WSS] «7» on the seventh age.

And below, he writes a sentence: [WSS] «It’ll be like the people there in Paradise and the Rapture».

And on the left going upwards he writes: [WSS] «The Sun to ripen our faith».

[JBP] And if He is the Sun of Righteousness, well then, what will ripen the faith of God’s elect? Well, the Son; meaning, God’s human Throne.

[WSS] «The Sun to ripen our faith».

[WSS] «The Sun / The Light», he writes there.

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, brother William continues saying…, I am in the message “TIME TO BEAR FRUIT FOR GOD”; it goes on to say:

[WSS] And now, Christ wants a Church that bears the fruit and ripens that fruit, allows that fruit to ripen; in other words, the Church has to let Christ, the Sun of Righteousness, ripen all the sons and daughters of God that He has in His Church.

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] In the message of “THERE IS A MAN HERE THAT CAN TURN ON THE LIGHT,” on page 48, Reverend William Branham tells us:

[63-1229M - “There Is A Man Here That Can Turn On The Light,” pp 40-41, paras. 226, 230-231] [Bible Study #278, 3/Feb/2023 (Friday), pp. 28-30, 35]

226 Oh, false light, yes, it’s cost the church the greatest robbery it ever had. Cold denominational creeds, brother, won’t ripen a vindicated Word, a grain. The Bible said, Jesus said, “The Word of God is a—a Seed that a sower sowed.” See? And cold creeds won’t ripen that Word. No, no!

Cold blizzardy days won’t ripen the wheat. No, indeedy! It takes the warmth of the sunlight, because it was God’s spoken Word to do such a thing with.

And it’ll take the Word spoken of God, today, to show the saints of God that Jesus Christ lives. Just the same as He was yesterday, He is today. Creeds and denominations will never do it. They’re cold and indifference, and the grain will rot right in the ground. It can’t come forth under that.

[JBP] In other words, if it is not before the sun, the Sun of Righteousness at this Last Day, at this end time, it will rot; that grain will rot and will not bring forth fruit.

Meaning that any minister who starts to shine on that group with flashlights, creeds, dogmas and traditions, when he is not the Leader, the Holy Spirit: that group will rot. As simple as that.

Look, he writes there on the left going upwards: [WSS] «The Sunlight to ripen the Grain».

And there’s only one Sun, and it’s the Sun of Righteousness: it is the Angel of the Covenant in His Coming.

And there he draws a Cornerstone and the ages, and rays around the Cornerstone.

And above he writes: [WSS] «It’s a false light». «A glare = the denominations».

[JBP] Further below, on that same page 48, it says [P. 41]:

230 Now, just think now where we’re at. Look at the promises for the day, rejected again. How the churches has done in this last day, the denomination glare!

[JBP] And on the left he writes: [WSS] «The promises for today have been rejected».

231 Living in the false glare is the reason that It won’t ripe. That’s the reason that, this Word, you don’t see the miracles.

[JBP] And there he writes on the left: [WSS] «It won’t ripen with a glare».

[JBP] Meaning, whoever is not following the Light of the Sun of Righteousness —the Light, which is Christ in His Coming— he won’t ripen. Therefore, he is being enlightened with a glare; and a glare won’t ripen you; therefore, you will rot.

In order to ripen, you have to go to the Sun; and there is only one Sun. The rest are battery-run flashlights, which, some are already running out of battery, or some are turned off and trying to shine, which causes that grain to rot.

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, our brother William continues saying [(MM) “TIME TO BEAR FRUIT FOR GOD”]:

[WSS] Now, let’s see something here. [On] Page 128 says (of the book of Quotations), paragraph 1145 (it’s the one that has two parts there)...

[JBP] Let’s look for that paragraph, from page 128; where reverend William Branham… And it’s because there are two paragraphs with the same number, but he reads both paragraphs; look he says… and he begins to read:

[64-0719M - “The Feast Of The Trumpets,” pp. 24-25, paras. 189-191]

1145a - “189 Notice the loosing of this ecclesiastical spirit. Now twenty years later, after that war, we see the loosing of the ecclesiastical spirit. What under? The Seventh Seal; the Seventh Trumpet to the Jew…”

[JBP] Brother William says:

[WSS] Notice, under the Seventh Seal, which is for the Church, and the Seventh Trumpet for the Hebrew people, that spirit is loosened again.

[JBP] Notice when that Spirit is loosened: it’s when the Coming of the Lord, which is the Seventh Seal to the Church; and is the Seventh Trumpet to Israel, which are two prophets: Moses and Elijah, those two ministries; that is when is it loosened again. Meaning, at this time in which we are living.

[WSS] And now, we’re going to see ([JBP] he continues reading):

1145a - “190 Look at the moon darkening out. Where under? See it drawn out, the Son of man being drove from the church.

191 What is it? Joining in with the ecclesiastical bunch.”

[JBP] Brother William says:

[WSS] Meaning, the Church of the seventh age joining with the ecclesiastical group.

[JBP] And look, in that paragraph, that first paragraph 1145, he writes above:

[WSS] «7th Seal = The 7th Trumpet».

[WSS] «The ecclesiastical spirit is loosened against…».

[WSS] «7th Seal = The 7th Trumpet».

Because what the Seventh Seal is is the Seventh Trumpet. What the Seventh Seal is to the Church, is the Seventh Trumpet to Israel.

And that is where it says:

[WSS] «7th Seal = The 7th Trumpet».

[WSS] «The ecclesiastical spirit is loosened against…».

And also on the right going upwards he writes: [WSS] «The moon — Church darkening».

[JBP] Now, brother William continues to say…, he’s now reading the next paragraph 1145, also there on page 128; and he reads [(MM) “TIME TO BEAR FRUIT FOR GOD”]:

[64-0719M - “The Feast Of The Trumpets,” p. 26, para. 207]

1145b - “[207] It’s been bound, not at the river Euphrates, but at the door of creeds and dogmas, that the Holy Spirit can’t work in the church because of man-made systems. But She is going to be liberated, She is coming back, that’s what the Bible said. And those two meet one another on the battlegrounds, Lucifer and Michael again, like in the beginning.”

[JBP] And there he writes on the right: [WSS] «Moses and Elijah», going upwards.

And above he writes: [WSS] «Liberation = through the Archangel Michael».

[JBP] It is through the Archangel Michael —which we know that Michael, brother Branham says, [WMB] is Christ*—, as Daniel says: “At that time shall Michael stand up,” [Daniel 12:1] see? In other words, when Daniel was saying that there, he was referring to this end time where He already came forth from the Throne of Intercession, He rose, and He comes to carry out (in Revelation 10) and to proclaim that time is no more, and comes to carry out the deliverance.

*[55-0109E - “Beginning And Ending Of The Gentile Dispensation,” pp. 12-13 paras. 112-113] [Bible Study #209, 5/June/2022 (Sunday), p. 8: 55-0109E - “Beginning And Ending Of The Gentile Dispensation,” p. 12, para. 112 - [WSS] «Michael = Michael is Christ»».]

[JBP] Now, Dr. William Soto continues to say here, in the message we’re reading “TIME TO BEAR FRUIT FOR GOD”:

[WSS] That will be the showdown that Reverend William Branham says on page 270 of the book of The Seals, that there will be a showdown; just as there was one in Heaven, there will be one here on Earth. He says ([JBP] and he’s going to quote the book of The Seals [p. 310 in Eng. (Fourth Seal)]):

“321 Here we see Life and death coming to the final struggle. The white horse, of true Life; the pale-horse, of mixed creed. They see the thing coming to the—to the real showdown.”

[JBP] There’s a place on page 92, of the book of Quotations, which belongs to paragraph 800*, where, at the bottom of that paragraph, he writes:

*[The Seals, “The Fourth Seal,” pp. 307-312, paras. 304-305, 307-308, 312, 315, 321, 334-338]

[WSS] «On the white horse — comes Christ, Life».

«On the pale horse — comes the devil, death».

[JBP] Now, our brother William goes on to say [(MM) “TIME TO BEAR FRUIT FOR GOD”]:

[WSS] (We’re going to see another place…) Now notice, it says that the Holy Spirit was bound during the ages to denominational creeds, [or] to denominations, but the Holy Spirit is loosened because It comes out of the seven ages and is now free in the Age of the Cornerstone.

Let’s look at another place, if we can find it… there are more places where Reverend William Branham talks about that… Here: page 129, paragraph 1147, it says ([JBP] and let’s look for that page: page 129, paragraph 1147, and he reads) [Quotations]:

[64-0719M - “The Feast Of The Trumpets,” p. 32, paras. 243]

1147 - “243 The Holy Spirit has been bound by these denominational rivers, for almost two thousand years, but is to be loosed in the evening time, by the evening-time Message. The Holy Spirit back in the Church again; Christ, Himself, revealed in human flesh, in the evening time.”

[JBP] And he writes there, look, in the book of Quotations in that portion, above he writes:

[WSS] «The Holy Spirit will be loosened from the denominational rivers in the Evening time».

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Our brother William continues to say [(MM) “TIME TO BEAR FRUIT FOR GOD”]:

[WSS] Now we can see that mystery, where the Holy Spirit is freed of those denominational rivers. And here, in the Age of the Cornerstone, It is set free from those denominational rivers.

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] On page 410, from the book of The Ages, Reverend William Branham tells us [P. 362]:

The wheat and the tares, which from the first age until now have grown side by side, are harvested. What Nicaea set out to accomplish has finally come to pass. With all the might of organization the false church turns from any vestige of truth and with political might reinforces herself with state backing and sets out to eradicate forever the true believer ([JBP] and there he draws a Star of David on the right). But just when she is about to accomplish her cowardly plot the wheat is gathered into the garner ([JBP] and there he draws a Cornerstone on the left, and he writes): [WSS] «the Throne». No longer will the wheat and tares grow side by side. No longer will the tares receive of the blessing of God because of the presence of the wheat, for the wheat will be gone and the wrath of God will be poured out in the sixth seal which will end in the utter destruction of the wicked.

[JBP] And upwards he writes: [WSS] «The wheat and the tares will never grow side by side».

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, how can we understand here that “the wheat and the tares won’t grow side by side,” when we have seen the wheat and the tares side by side throughout the ages? When there in Matthew, in chapter 13, verse 24, it says:

Matthew 13:24

24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

30 Let both grow together until the harvest ([JBP] now, they are growing side by side there; during the Dispensation of Grace they were growing side by side: the wheat and the tares): and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers ([JBP] which those are the ministries of Moses and Elijah), Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

[JBP] That’s also what in the same chapter 13, verse 38 on, it says: “The fields…,” verse 36, because look, there on 36, it says:

Matthew 13:36

36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

[JBP] Where did Jesus enter to explain the parable of the wheat and the tares? He went into the house.

In the Most Holy Place is where the Lord comes in, and He is with His elect at the Supper; and that is where He gives them the Food in due season, and makes known the mysteries of the Kingdom of God; and shows them, teaches them, explains to them everything that was brought in the Dispensation of Grace by the forerunner of the Second Coming of the Lord, and by the Good Tidings of that mighty Archangel who was in the midst of the Church-Bride.

Now, He was outside, but He has come in. He has knocked on the door of each of God’s elect, in each heart, and God’s elect has opened the door to Him, and He has been speaking to him from heart to heart.

Now look:

36 …and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

[JBP] Whom were necessary at one point; which we will read a little later somewhere.

42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.

[JBP] Now notice that also… A bit further on it speaks again here in verse 47; it says:

Matthew 13:47

47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:

48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth ([JBP] and there he draws a Star of David on the left), and sever the wicked from among the just,

50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now notice how here, brother Branham says: “But…” I am on page 410 from the edited book of The Ages [P. 362]:

But just when she is about to accomplish her cowardly plot the wheat is gathered into the garner. No longer will the wheat and tares grow side by side. No longer will the tares receive of the blessing of God because of the presence of the wheat, for the wheat will be gone…

[JBP] Now notice, there he writes: [WSS] «The wheat and the tares will never grow side by side».

[JBP] In the Age of the Cornerstone, in the Dispensation of the Kingdom and Age of the Cornerstone, there the wheat and the tares will never grow side by side!

The blessing and the blessings of the Dispensation of the Kingdom and of the Age of the Cornerstone are exclusively for the elect of God; therefore, in the Dispensation of the Kingdom, the wheat and the tares won’t grow side by side and are not growing side by side.

But in the Dispensation of Grace they were growing side by side; but by Him sending the Reaping Angels, and putting the wheat in the Storehouse to receive the blessings of the Dispensation of the Kingdom, the tares are not there, the wheat is there. That is why he says: [WMB] “They won’t grow side by side.” That Rapturing Faith, which God’s elect are receiving, won’t grow, the tares won’t receive it.

No longer will the wheat and tares grow side by side. No longer will the tares receive of the blessing of God because of the presence of the wheat, for the wheat will be gone and the wrath of God will be poured out in the sixth seal which will end in the utter destruction of the wicked.

Now I said a moment ago that the false vine came into full fruition in this age. Her fruit would mature and ripen. That is correct. This evil-spirited church, full of iniquity, will be revealed as the mustard seed that grew into a tree wherein lodged the fouls of the air. At her head will be the antichrist, the mystery of iniquity. All this is true. And if this is true, then it must also be true that the Bride Church will mature…

[JBP] And there he draws a Cornerstone and the ages.

And on the left going upwards he writes: [WSS] «World Confederation of Churches».

…and her ripeness shall be an identification with her Lord by means of the Word, and her Head Who will come to her is the Mystery of Godliness, Which indeed is Christ. And as the false church with all cunning and diabolical power made up of political force, physical force and demons of darkness come against this true vine, the true vine with the fullness of the Spirit and the Word will do the very acts of power that Jesus did. Then as she nears her Headstone, becoming like Him through the Word, Jesus will come that the bride and Groom may be forever united as one.

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, our brother William continues to say, the message we’re reading [(MM) “TIME TO BEAR FRUIT FOR GOD”]:

[WSS] That’s why any person that tries to establish a denomination in the Age of the Cornerstone is asking for serious trouble before God…

[JBP] Now, how can a minister establish a denomination in our age: the Age of the Cornerstone? Firstly: the Leader, which is the Holy Spirit, is not there and they don’t have Him among that group; and secondly: what they are doing is against what God is carrying out; therefore, they are creating a denomination, like any other denomination or religious group or sect.

And the worst, brother Branham says, are the groups that leave: [WMB] “The independents are the worst; worse than the denominations themselves.”*

*Study “Free through the Spirit of God,” 2/Dec/2023 (Saturday), p. 48: 63-0901M - “Token,” p. 27, para. 207 - [WSS] «The independent groups are worse than the denominations».

Now, he says:

[WSS] … is asking for serious trouble before God, because he is trying to bind the Holy Spirit to a denomination, a denominational river. That person will have great problems before God.

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] On page 148 of the book of Quotations, paragraph 1317, he says:

[65-0427 - “Does God Change His Mind?” p. 25, para. 213] [Bible Study #418, 7/June/2024 (Friday), p. 6]

1317 - “213 I certainly honor the Lutheran for their stand in their day, the Methodist for sanctification in their day, and the Pentecostal for their stand in their day, but we’re living in another day. We’re living when there has been stalk, tassel, shuck, almost like the Wheat, but the Wheat is inside the shuck. The shuck has just supported the Wheat, kept the hot sun from burning It. And now the denomination is pulling away from It, so It can lay in the Presence of the Son, to get ripe.”

[JBP] And there he draws a Cornerstone and the ages, and rays from the Cornerstone; and numbers them from 1 to 7 - from 1 to 8.

And above he writes: [WSS] «The wheat», and he draws some sun rays, like wheat.

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, our brother William continues to say here; I am in the message “TIME TO BEAR FRUIT FOR GOD”]:

[WSS] Now, no one will be able to bind the Holy Spirit to denominational rivers in our time.

[JBP] And whoever does that: he will find themselves in serious trouble; or whoever is doing that: he is already in serious trouble before God.

[WSS] Now, no one will be able to bind the Holy Spirit to denominational rivers in our time.

And now, notice: whenever they have always bound the Holy Spirit to denominational rivers, it has been when an age has come, God has sent a messenger, he has brought a Message, the messenger has departed, and then the people who are left, then try to organize what they believe the messenger meant to say and to establish a denomination, they claim, to protect all that work ([JBP] Ha! Hehe, look at that); but what they make is a denominational river, in which they don’t allow the Holy Spirit to work.

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] On page 62 of the book of Quotations, paragraph 542, it tells us:

[62-0211 - “Oneness,” pp. 32-33, paras. 182-184] [Bible Study #389, 25-2/Feb/2024 (Sunday), pp. 56-57, 60]

542 - “182 Now, the Coming is so imminent, the Second Coming of Jesus, He’s gathering His Elected together. I believe that. Oh, they’ll come from the East and West. Where the carcass is, the eagles will gather.”

[JBP] And on the left he writes: [WSS] «Gathering / The Angels: Moses and Elijah».

And he draws a Cornerstone and the ages.

And on top of the Cornerstone he writes: [WSS] «West», and below: [WSS] «East».

542 - “[182] Oh, my, what is it? He’s got His oneness, His true oneness, showing Hisself among them; out of every denomination, bringing His Elect together from all kinds of churches, from everywhere, bringing out His children, falling right in line with His Word ([JBP] and he draws a Cornerstone on the left). What?

183 Now, the Coming of the Lord Jesus is so imminent, the coming of judgment ([JBP] and he writes above there, in the margin above): [WSS] «The Coming of the Lord = The Coming of Judgment», He’s calling His Elected together in oneness with Himself, with the same kind of a ministry He had. (...) He’s calling the Elect pentecostals out, to make the headstone to come into it ([JBP] and he draws a Cornerstone on the left). A very same kind of a ministry dropping right in on it, calling His children from all denominations and all walks of life.

184 What has He done? He has placed with them a true teachers, true prophets who stay with His Word, the Bible ([JBP] and there he writes on the right going upwards): [WSS] «Teacher = prophet / the Voice». ‘My sheep hear My Voice,’ said Jesus. If that was His Voice then, it’s His Voice now. Anything contrary to that Voice, it’s not sheep food. They won’t follow it. Oh, brother. From East, from West, out of every denomination, out of every organization, they’ve come from the East and West, gathering together!”

[JBP] And below he writes:

[WSS] «East — Palestine — 1st dispensation, Law».

«West — USA, 2nd dispensation, Grace».

[JBP] And Latin America and the Caribbean, which is the Dispensation of the Kingdom.

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, he continues saying there…, let’s read that paragraph again [(MM) “TIME TO BEAR FRUIT FOR GOD”]:

[WSS] And now, notice: whenever they have always bound the Holy Spirit to denominational rivers, it has been when an age has come, God has sent a messenger, he has brought a Message, the messenger has departed, and then the people who are left, then try to organize what they believe the messenger meant to say and to establish a denomination, they claim, to protect all that work; but what they make is a denominational river, in which they don’t allow the Holy Spirit to work.

And what does the Holy Spirit do? It leaves that group and continues onward, and It opens a new age, with a new messenger. That has always been the Program that He has carried out from age to age, and that is how the fruit of Christ has come through His Church.

[JBP] It is not that He comes and we wait for Him to decide to send the same messenger again; which is not even scriptural.

Because the only one who went and passed by Paradise, and brought the Old Testament saints and came back, was Jesus; He went for three days and came back. «No messenger announced - no religious leader (our brother William wrote) announced that he would die and that in three days he would resurrect».

He, in His Second Coming, is the only one who will be able to be absent for three and a half days, pass by the sixth dimension, carry out the judgment there, and return and bring the saints who have departed.

Meaning that in that writing, he wrote*: [WSS] «No religious leader (prophesied) (said) that he would die and resurrect after three (3) days».

*[Bible Study #297, 9/Apr/2023 (Sunday), p. 5 / Bible Study #348, 6-3/Oct/2023 (Friday), p. 14]

[JBP] And the second one who has said it, the second leader who has said it, is the ministry of Moses and Elijah. No other messenger has prophesied that it will happen to him.

And when God takes a messenger and puts him to rest, he doesn’t raise him up again to carry out the work that is left to be carried out.

Like some denominational rivers who have gone on saying that they are waiting for brother William to return to preach the messages in the Tent. That is a denomination, because they are adding, putting on private revelations, private interpretations, which is against the Divine Program, and they will be in serious trouble before God, if they don’t repent.

[(MM) “TIME TO BEAR FRUIT FOR GOD”]

[WSS] And what does the Holy Spirit do? It leaves that group and continues onward, and It opens a new age, with a new messenger. That has always been the Program that He has carried out from age to age, and that is how the fruit of Christ has come through His Church.

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] In the book of The Ages, on page 426 (edited), Reverend William Branham tells us [P. 375]:

Harvest time. Have you noticed that in the harvest time, though there is a real acceleration in the ripening, there is consequently a slowing of growth until there is no growth? Is that not exactly what we are seeing now? The false vine is losing multitudes to the Communists and various other types of belief. Her numbers are not increasing as she would like us to think. Her hold on the people is not what it used to be, and in so many cases going to church is just a show. And the true vine? What about her? Is she growing? Where are those vast numbers that keep coming to revivals and answer altar calls? Are not most of them merely emotional in their approach, or desirous of something physical rather than desiring that which is truly Spiritual? Is this age not like the day in which Noah entered the ark, and the door was shut, but yet God tarried in judgment seven days? No one was literally turned to God in those silent days.

[JBP] And there he writes: [WSS] «The days of Noah», on the left.

[WSS] «Door».

He writes: [WSS] «Noah» also.

And he writes: [WSS] «7 days of silence».

And he draws a Cornerstone.

And he also writes there on the right:

[WSS] «The Door shut 7 days before the judgment [silence]».

[WSS] «The ½ hour of silence = 7th Seal, 7 Thunders, 7 consecutive stages».

[WSS] «The Door shut 7 days before the judgment», and he writes: [WSS] «[silence]» above.

And he also writes: [WSS] «The ½ hour of silence = 7th Seal, 7 Thunders, 7 consecutive stages».

And yet it is the harvest time. There then must come upon the scene in this age those who will bring the wheat and tares to maturity. The tares are already maturing very fast under corrupt teachers who turn the people from the Word. But the wheat also must mature. And to her, God is sending the Prophet-Messenger with the vindicated ministry that he might be accepted by the elect. They will hear him as the first church heard Paul, and she will mature ([JBP] and there he draws a Cornerstone on the right) in the Word until becoming a Word Bride the mighty works will be found in her that are always attendant upon the pure Word and faith ([JBP] and he draws a Cornerstone on the left as well).

The false church groups will come together in a world council of churches. This world council of churches is the IMAGE ERECTED TO THE BEAST.

[JBP] And there on the left he writes: [WSS] «World Council».

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, our brother William continues saying here [(MM) “TIME TO BEAR FRUIT FOR GOD”]:

[WSS] The Church has been bearing fruit from age to age: sons and daughters of God, but the Church of Jesus Christ has not yet brought forth God’s sons and daughters in glorified bodies; they have only come in bodies of flesh and have received the new birth and obtained the theophanic body, but they still need to receive the physical, immortal, incorruptible and glorified body.

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] On page 41 of the message “THE INVISIBLE UNION OF THE BRIDE OF CHRIST,” Reverend William Branham tells us:

[65-1125 - “The Invisible Union Of The Bride Of Christ,” p. 34, paras. 262-264] [Bible Study #324, 14-2/July/2023 (Friday), pp. 69-71 / Study “The Adoption at the Summit,” 2024/jun/15 (Saturday), pp. 30-32]

[263] This is my Message to the Church now. As you…as we go off the air, just in a minute. You are standing, if you’re standing on God’s Word ([JBP] he writes): [WSS] «7th Seal» and with God’s Word ([JBP] and on the right he draws a Cornerstone and the ages. And now, let’s see what he wrote there):, every amen, every jot, every tittle. Where you standing? I’m trying to tell you, pull away from them shucks. And get out here in the wheat, where you can get ripe before the Son. I hear the coming of the combine ([JBP] and he writes): [WSS] «Moses and Elijah». You’re standing complete, justified, like you never did it in the first place. Hallelujah!

264 Talk about a thanksgiving!

[JBP] And on the left he writes, going upwards: [WSS] «To ripen the wheat: the Sun and the Harvest».

And in the Cornerstone and the ages he drew on the right:

In the seventh age he writes: [WSS] «shuck».

And twice he writes: [WSS] «wheat», in the Cornerstone and a little below that.

And above he writes, in the margin above he writes: [WSS] «Justified: as if you had never sinned».

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, notice in this part here, a bit before (I didn’t read that previous sentence), it says [“THE INVISIBLE UNION OF THE BRIDE OF CHRIST”]:

[262] “By the washing of the Water by the Word.” In the Word! See? By the…

263 You are standing completely justified, as though you never did it at the beginning.

[JBP] And there he draws a Star of David on the right.

That is the sentence before the paragraph I read.

And there he writes above: [WSS] «Justified: as if you had never sinned».

[JBP] He is the one that justifies before the heavenly Father, at His First Coming and at His Second Coming as well; because you’re standing in the Word; and He is the Word.

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] Now, our brother William goes on to say here [(MM) “TIME TO BEAR FRUIT FOR GOD”]:

[WSS] And that is why, in the Age of the Cornerstone, we will all be maturing: to be transformed and to be harvested; and to have sons and daughters of God in the image and likeness of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] On page 406 of the edited book of The Ages, Reverend William Branham tells us [P. 359]:

Now we can see why there were two vines, one true and one false. Now we can see why Abraham had two sons, one after the flesh (that persecuted Isaac) and one after promise. Now we can see how that out of the same parents two boys came forth as twins, one knowing and loving the things of God, and the other knowing much of the same truth, but not of the same Spirit ([JBP] hmph!), and hence persecuted the child that was elect. God did not reprobate for the sake of reprobation. He reprobated for the sake of the elect. ELECT CANNOT persecute elect. ELECT CANNOT harm elect. It is the reprobates that persecute and destroy the elect. Oh, those reprobates are religious. They are smart. They are of the Cain line, the serpent seed. They build their Babels, they build their cities, they build their empires, and all the while calling on God. They hate the true seed, and they will do all they can, (even in the Name of the Lord) to destroy God’s elect ones. But they are needed.

[JBP] That is why we can’t be complaining that they speak and they mock and criticize, and say all sorts of blasphemy of the Holy Spirit working at this end time, in the instrument as well as in the elect of God, as well as in the Work that God is carrying out; and we can see how they don’t hold back regarding what they do on social media, and on all available media.

Now, you can understand that they have that place, and they are needed. So, don’t be complaining, rather focus on yourself; and let them continue doing their work, the work that they are doing, because it’s necessary: from ministers, that from the pulpits, have crucified the Lord again, even in those who do it in the way they do it.

But they are needed.

[JBP] And you can already identify them.

Every attack against the ministry under the Tent and of The Great Tent Cathedral, and against what God is carrying out: the reviv-... the revival in every place that the Third Pull goes to; whoever attacks the ministry of the Seventh Seal is considered to be part of this group; they have that place and are needed. Each elect of God has already identified them.

“What is the chaff to the wheat?” [Jeremiah 23:28] No chaff, no wheat. But at the end, what happens to the chaff? It is burned with fire unquenchable. And the wheat? Where is it? It is gathered in His garner. It is where He is.

Oh elect of God, beware. Study closely. Be careful. Work out your salvation with fear and trembling. [Philippians 2:12] Rely upon God and be strong in His might. Your adversary, the devil, is even now going about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. Watch unto prayer and be steadfast. This is the end time. Both the true and false vine are coming into maturity, but before the wheat matures, those ripened tares must be bound for the burning. See, they are all joining the World Council Of Churches. That is the binding. Soon the garnering of the wheat will come. But right now the two spirits are at work in two vines. Come out from among the tares. Start to overcome that you may be considered praiseworthy for your Lord, and fit to reign and rule with Him.

[JBP] Blessed be the Lord forever! May you be considered praiseworthy, so that you are fit to reign and rule with Him, when? In the glorious Messianic Kingdom, in the glorious Millennium Kingdom; and for all eternity.

[Dr. Jose B. Perez] And he continues saying, our brother William, in this message that we were reading: “TIME TO BEAR FRUIT FOR GOD”:

[WSS] And now, that’s why the Latter Rain of the Teaching of the Second Coming of Christ comes.

[JBP] That is why It comes at this end time.

And that Teaching, it was shown to us that It would be given in a Great Tent Cathedral, where the Thunders would be uttering their voices; which is what God is carrying out today, thus bringing fulfillment - fulfilling that Scripture of Matthew, chapter 13, where the Reaping Angels are carrying out that segregation, that separation; because the tares won’t be receiving the blessings of the Dispensation of the Kingdom, of the Age of the Cornerstone.

“TIME TO RIPEN IN THE LIGHT OF THE WORD.”

That is the subject that we will be watching on this occasion.

Let’s stand and thus leave, in this subject “TIME TO RIPEN IN THE LIGHT OF THE WORD,” our beloved brother and friend, Dr. William Soto Santiago.