The coming in a visible way
cloud of glory which covered us , and the Father spoke to them from the cloud : « This is My beloved Son , in Whom I am well pleased . Listen to Him !» ( Matt : 17 / 5 ) Oh , and then the wonderful moment passed and I told them to keep silent about everything that happened there , until they could tell everyone , and that moment has remained as a memorial , My sons , as well as a memorial for Me and My disciples .
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Oh , sons , oh , sons , this is believed , and the fulfillments promised by God are not believed in another way . No one was waiting for Messiah at that time , no one . And because no one was waiting for Him , oh , no one believed when He really came . No one knew to make the connection with the prophecy in the Scriptures for the appearance of John the Baptist , for the preparation of the Lord ’ s way , for he prepared people at that time , and not in any way , but he cleansed them from sins and from their bad habits , to make them worthy of the kingdom of the heavens . They came out of fear , many came to the baptism with water and repentance , oh , but they did not come out of love and therefore John rebuked them to repent .
Oh , this is the preparation of the man , who receives the Lord to come . And so it is today , My sons , for the way of the Lord is to be prepared for man , and man needs refreshment , repentance , and he also needs holiness , for the Lord is holy , and few have understood this from those who have past the bed of this river in these so many years , sixty-five years of word , by which I have been calling man to repentance , oh , and all have wanted to live in sin , and so many have not known the work of repentance as it is .
Oh , and that is what John did and what he put in the people , for he was sent to level the way between God and man . Oh , sons , and this is what I also do when I come and leave My word to prepare a holy people by it , and I urge every man to be born from above by My word from above , I urge him to repentance . And as it came to pass then , that the Lord appeared in a visible way , the same it will be now , and this faith has to be strengthened more and more in power and steadfastness , sons , but without the loss of the long-endurance , My sons , for patience has no end in all things and for all things . Oh , who could prove his steadfastness in faith if he did not have endless patience for God and between man and God ?
When you are a Christian and know well your encounter with God , then you always work for this encounter , and you work beyond that , you do not stop , you do not lose your patience , because patience ends in God ’ s arms when you come to look at Him , because then you are like Him , and then you see .
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Oh , it is a day of Sunday , the second Sunday after the Holy Passover , and I am writing Myself down into My today ’ s book , with the days and the work of My resurrection from the dead , and on this Sunday I am reminding man of the happiness that I promised to those with a pure heart and I said : « Blessed are the pure in heart , for they shall see God !» ( Matt : 5 / 8 )
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