Month: August 2021

( Revelation  10:7 ) But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

The mystery of God is hinted both in the old testament and then coming to the new testament . 

The “ *Mystery of God* ” is actually hinted in the Old Testament. It had been wrapped in mystery in the prophecies, by the prophets, on how God would show His Mercy to the Gentiles . (Isaiah 11:10, Isaiah 42:6, Isaiah 49:6,Isaiah 49:22 , Isaiah 60:3, Isaiah 62:2, Jeremiah 16: 19)

*As it was declared to his servants the prophets* 
 To Abraham the prophet of the LORD, God established His Covenant :

(Genesis  17:7) And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
 

(Galatians  3:29) And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise
Progressively this declaration concerning the Gentiles being grafted into the promised word of God in the old testament are read as follows : 

 (Isaiah  11:10) And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

 (Isaiah  42:6) I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles.
 

(Isaiah  49:22 ) Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

(Isaiah  60:3) And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
 

(Jeremiah  16:19) O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
 

In the New Testament, Paul revealed that God had made known to him this mystery, which was hidden before the foundation of the world, “that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ by the Gospel” (Eph.3:6).

 (Ephesians  3:2-6) If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:  How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,  Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) . Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;  That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel.

 (Romans  16:25-26) Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,  But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith.

 (Romans  11:24-25) For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree? For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

Now, the purpose of the precious message of the Seventh Church Age Messenger, William Marrion Branham is to separate the Wheat from the Tares, and the True Believers from the Make-believers and Unbelievers. (Read Matthew 13.)

It aims to lead the Elect out of darkness and out of the bondage of the world and its religious systems into God’s Divine Word .
And as the true elected members of the Body of Christ are being gathered into the WORD, the “ *Mystery of God* ” ( *which is the Dispensation of Grace to the Gentiles* ) shall be drawn to a close. So, the “ *Mystery of God” should be (not is) finished* . Yes, the grafting of the wild olive tree would have been accomplished. And until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in, the Gospel cannot be returned to Israel. (Read Romans 11.)

Note: It is clear that in the “Mystery of God” the Gentile Church has become a part of THE COVENANT which God had made with Abraham, and which He had declared unto His Old Testament prophets .

Yes, “In the days” of the ministry of the Seventh Angel (to the Laodicean Church Age) when he shall begin to sound forth his voice , *his message* – the “Mystery of God”, which God had made known to His prophets of old, should (ought to) be finished (accomplished, fulfilled). And when that happens, time shall no longer delay the return of the Lord’s Christ. Hence, the “Mystery of God” is the period of time which God had allocated for the grafting of the Gentiles into His Promised Word, just “as He had declared to His servants, the (Old Testament) prophets* ”. 

Shalom to the Wife of Christ The  Lord Jesus .

Bro Stephen Awittor, Cape Coast, Ghana.

by Paul Luecke – May 4, 2020 

If God created everything, did God create the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19? Why is it so destructive? Is it God’s fault? 

Genesis 1:31 tells us that immediately after creation week, “Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good” (emphasis added throughout). If that is true, did God create the COVID-19 virus? The answer is both “yes” and “no.” 

What we know and don’t know about microorganisms 

First, we need to remember that God created all life-forms on earth, and all life is extremely complex. 

“There’s been a huge amount of progress in the past several decades as well as ongoing studies in cell biology labs around the world to understand how aspects of our cells work and what happens when they stop working properly in disease and aging, but there’s still an astonishing amount that we don’t understand about this fundamental unit of life” (“5 Things We (Still) Don’t Know About Cells,” Allen Institute for Cell Science, Sept. 24, 2018). 

Within this complex world of “life,” God created microscopic entities called bacteria. Bacteria are essential to the survival of higher life-forms, including humans. However, many types of bacteria can be either beneficial or detrimental, depending on where they are and how many there are. 

For a human to be in perfect health, the thousands of species of bacteria—totaling trillions of bacterial cells—must all be in an enormously complex, harmonious balance. Likewise, the bacteria in the plant and animal world—including our environment and food sources—must all be in perfect, harmonious balance. Of course we know that is not always the case in our world. 

God also created viruses. We typically think of a virus as being only harmful; but there are beneficial viruses that assist in the development of our immune systems, and others that destroy harmful bacteria or even other dangerous viruses. 

As defined by the MedicineNet article “Medical Definition of Virus,” a virus is “a microorganism that is smaller than a bacterium that cannot grow or reproduce apart from a living cell. A virus invades living cells and uses their chemical machinery to keep itself alive and to replicate itself. It may reproduce with fidelity or with errors (mutations); this ability to mutate is responsible for the ability of some viruses to change slightly.” 

Notice the part about reproducing with errors (mutations). A built-in capacity to become modified was a part of the original viruses God created. 

 
Notice the part about reproducing with errors (mutations). A built-in capacity to become modified was a part of the original viruses God created. 

 
A world cursed and cut off from God 

Also remember that ever since the first humans rejected God’s authority (see Genesis 3), the world has been cut off from God and not functioning under His rule. 

As Christ told His disciples shortly before His death, “I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me” (John 14:30). The ruler of this world is Satan, from whose mind all the evils and suffering of this world have sprung. 

This world of futility will be replaced by a better world 

Romans 8:20-21 describes this current world in contrast to a perfect world that is coming in the future, with the establishment of God’s Kingdom on earth: 

“For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.” 

God allowed the creation to be “subjected to futility” and under the “bondage of corruption” because mankind rejected His rule and the blessings it brought. But when Jesus Christ returns and God’s rule is restored on earth, the world will be freed from “futility” and “corruption”—as mankind learns to obey God and enjoy the blessings obedience brings. 

“The LORD will take away from you all sickness” 

After God delivered Israel from slavery in Egypt, He told them, “Then it shall come to pass, because you listen to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the LORD your God will keep with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers. And He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flock, in the land of which He swore to your fathers to give you. 

“You shall be blessed above all peoples; there shall not be a male or female barren among you or among your livestock. And the LORD will take away from you all sickness” (Deuteronomy 7:12-15). 

The perfect, ingenious Designer has built into His creation the dynamic—or law—of cause and effect, which is predicated upon His eternal, living laws. In ways far above our understanding, the bottom line is that when God’s laws are obeyed, the creation is in harmonious balance and provides health, happiness and every good thing. When God’s laws are defied, the intricate balance of those wondrous systems breaks down, and every unpleasant consequence results. 

Yes, God created viruses, but no, COVID-19 is not His fault 

Did God create the virus that causes COVID-19? Yes and no. Yes, God originally created viruses as part of His astoundingly intricate—and good—creation. But the novel coronavirus—and its rapid global spread—came about as a result of the capacity for viruses to become modified, along with a world cursed by the consequences of sin and led by its ruler, Satan the devil. 

In this world, the wonderful balance God intended for His creation has been devastated on many levels. In the world to come, that balance will be restored as part of the future “restoration of all things” (Acts 3:21). 

COVID-19 is yet another reason we should pray daily, “Your kingdom come” (Matthew 6:10). 

SHALOM GOD BLESS YOU!