Close the umbrella - the latter rain is coming

The Lord has done precious things, but he is going to confirm and continue what he has already begun. Then the Lord put it in my heart, in my spirit to preach from the book of Joel.

Joel chapter 2, and we are going to read verses from 23 to 29, and when they find it they can say praise the Lord, how beautiful the Lord is, praise the name of Jesus, praise God. Joel 2 from 23 to 29, and if you would be so kind, stand up with me, and we are going to read this word in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, because the Lord, brothers, is going to do things, he has already done them, but the Lord is going to continue doing powerful things on this day, he knows that the Lord is moving, and he is moving in a way that he has never moved before, the Lord told Isaiah, that the last days, and you brothers Excuse me men, but he told Isaiah that in the last days he was going to rise up like a woman who was ready to push her son out. And you who have given birth when the child is about to be born and the doctor tells you, push! push it out, for the Lord said that to the prophet, in the last days, I myself will rise like a woman who is going to give birth, and when I push, the nations are going to have to move. Because the Lord is doing mighty things.

Then in the book of Joel, verses 23 to 29, and thus they read: "you also, sons of Zion, rejoice and be glad in the Lord your God, for he has given you the first rain in its season. And he will bring rain down on you early and latter rain, as at the beginning. The heras will be filled, the hagars will be filled with wine and oil, and I will restore to you the years that the caterpillar, the hopper, the revolt and the locust, my great army that I sent against you, ate. you will eat until you are satisfied, you will praise the name of the Lord your God who did wonders for you, and my people will never again be ashamed. You will know that in the midst of my people Israel I am, and I am your God, and there is no other, and my people will never again be ashamed, and after these days, I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions, and also on all the servants and on all the handmaids I will pour out mySpirit in those days.

And the message is this, close the umbrella, the latter rain is coming, close the umbrella, close your umbrella, because the late rain is coming pouring out, which we have already tried, experienced in this place, that the Lord is going to continue pouring out, because the Lord is moving in the midst of his people. And he says in the middle of the town I am, and there is no other God like me, and my people will never ever be ashamed. So Father Jesus of Nazareth, praised we bless you, we glorify you for what you have done, for what you are doing, and what you have in mind to do for your people. We say to you come Holy Spirit, do what you want to do, cast on us that latter rain, wet us, entrap us, drench us, cover us, fill us, lift us up, empower us, fill us with all your power and glory, so that your people will never again be ashamed , because the latter rain is here, and we want to taste it in the name of Jesus. And the people say (amen), tell two or three brothers, close that umbrella, close the umbrella, take off your cape.

Get ready, take off your wig, sister, take off your hat, drop your handkerchief, brother, take off your chupei, take it off because the Lord is moving, and we don't want to lose a drop of what the Lord has, right? Interesting, the book of Joel, it is a book that has two aspects, it is an apocalyptic book, which means that it has a lot of symbolism, like the book of Ezekiel, like the book of Zechariah, like the book of Daniel, like the book of Revelation There is a lot of symbolism, but also the other aspect is that it is a prophetic book, because although Joel lived thousands of years ago, the Lord gave him a clear vision of what was going to happen in these last days, and Joel was able to see a time that there was going to be destruction, that there was going to be chaos, that there was going to be a crisis, that there was going to be a shudder, shaking up, that very thing, of the world, Joel saw it thousands of years ago, we know my brothers, if you put the six o'clock news, you know we are in those days, there are earthquakes, there are tsunamis, there are tornadoes, there are things happening in a way that the scientists themselves do not understand what is happening.

Years ago, the tornadoes were in the open places, the cornfields where the farmers were, but now the scientists are saying what, that these tornadoes are getting closer to the cities, to the urban area, you had one right here in Massachusetts, A friend's brother undid everything, what he and his wife worked on in five years, in five seconds everything blew up, and that's how we are living in those days, and Joel saw in that time that things were going to be happening quickly, We don't know when the next tornado is coming, last year in the Bronx, I had never seen a twister like that, but when I looked out my window, I couldn't see anything, it was black ash everywhere, I was shocked, thirty seconds, but when it happened, the trees were overturned, the cars were on the road, it had never been seen in the Bronx before.

So we are in this, but Joel saw in those days, in the midst of the time of tribulation, of chaos, of crisis, of complete insecurity, the Lord tells him in verse 1, blow the trumpet in Zion, to gather the people, so that they convert to me again, so that they begin to play and fast, because I am going to do great things in their midst, because God takes care of his own, brothers, there has always been a remnant, since the days of the old testament Until now, there is a remnant that remains firm to the Lord, I know that some do not believe in this, that they do not believe what they do not believe, but I continue to believe in the power of the Lord Jesus Christ, you know my testimony, right? I arrived to the Lord Jesus Christ because my mother was diagnosed with stomach cancer, my father had a nervous disorder, he lost his mind, he went to a psychiatrist, there was no shock therapy, there was no medicine, there was no treatment, but the Christ of power arrived to my house, he healed my mom, he healed my dad, that happened thirty years ago, my mom is 86 now, my dad just died at 92, but to the glory of Christ, there is a God who still works miracles, and he said to Joel, gather the people, I'm going to bring them together, they're going to search , they are going to walk in obedience, and they are going to see my powerful hand move, and he tells them I am going to send the latter rain in a way that they have never seen, in Israel and that part of the world there are two climates, the dry climate where everything it is dry, it does not rain, and the rainy climate where it rains, the dry climate that is in the autumn, certain rains fall to be able to plow the land, to be able to plow, sow and harvest, but the rainy climate that is at this time of the spring fell what was called the latter rain, which was a heavy rain, sometimes it would last for weeks when a torrential rain fell, heavy, but you know what, that rain was to saturate the earth in such a way that when the hot summer came, long and hard, the earth did not dry out, but remained moist underneath. So the Lord is saying on the other days I send the first rain because the people needed it to enliven it, to moisten it, to value it again, but in the last days, I am going to send the latter rain, which is my strongest presence. , more intensive, so that my people are prepared, and when the tsunami arrives, they do not allow themselves to drown with the others, when the earthquake shakes, they do not deviate like the others, even if a tornado arrives, nothing happens to them while standing still, in the last days we need the latter rain, may the Lord wet us.

I don't know if it's correct but since I'm Puerto Rican, may the Lord enter us, may the Lord smear us, that's what the anointing means precisely, smear, the word anointing, annoint, means to cover, and it means to smear . You know when the little boys use the pamper, you say that it is muddy, the Lord says I am going to send them the latter rain so that they are muddy from my presence, when the devil wants to catch them, he has to let them go because they are very oily, they are very wet from my presence, they are covered with my power, they are covered with my presence, they have the authority that I have given them to stand firm, to stand strong, to put a, send the devil to the curve, send him to the sidewalk that here it doesn't belong, do like those who are bad, throw it out on the street, take it to the housing court, throw it out, you have seen it, I know it, and you know that Don Francisco when the moment of the competition arrives, when the person stops to sing and doesn't know how to sing, the Jackal comes and says boom, out. So tell the devil as Don Francisco says, out, out, we don't want you here anymore!

And the Lord said I am going to send that rain, and He knows what is going to happen, my people are going to be blessed, in the midst of chaos, they are not going to stray, they are not going to be destroyed, they are not going to lose the blessings, On the contrary, it says I am going to prosper them, it says that the sidewalks will be full of wheat, the wheat here symbolizes physical needs, food, house, home, what you need, to the Lord that I serve, the God who provides. When God gave Abraham faith, the Lord took him to the mountain, when he was about to offer Isaac, the Lord told him no, you don't have to do it anymore, and when he looked, he saw the lamb in the salt, because the God that I serve provides what you need.

My first pastor was from Cuba, his wife was from Costa Rica, they founded churches in Cuba, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, New York, Boston, he is already with the Lord but that man was a man of God, and he said that he lived in a place that was so poor, that the brothers could not bring him offerings, they brought him clothes, things because they had no money, and he sat with his wife at the table every night, and his three daughters began to read the word They would pray, they would start singing songs and suddenly someone would come to the door with a meal for all of them, and they never lacked food. On one occasion he looked at his shoe, and it had a very large tear under the shoe, the only pair of shoes he had, and he said Lord, as I am going to preach your prosperity to your people, that You are Jehovah Ovajire, look the tear in my shoe. Well, he went to town to run some errands, there in town he was crossing the street, and a very dressed man had stopped at the post, a similar man, a European, and he was standing there and the reverend passed by and said sir Sir, come here for a moment, he asked him how I can help you, and he told him what shoe size are you?, and he said look, I'm from Italy, I'm a seller here, I finished my business, but I have a pair left of shoes that cost three hundred dollars, and I don't want to put them on the plane, here they are for you, and that Sunday when he preached to his people, he was able to testify that God not only gives, but gives good, and he preached with his Italian, and look, in 1950 when that happened, shoes for three hundred dollars is like Manolo now wearing, Couch, something from thousands, and the brothers increased their faith when they saw the hand of the Lord, you are going to have what you need, don't worry, the economy is bad, I am bigger than the economy, work is lazy, I can When opening doors for work, things are hard, but I am harder than hard things, the wine will overflow, the wine represents joy.

There is a joy in our being, that no matter what comes, we have the hope that the Lord will help us, that joy God gave it to us and the world cannot take it away from us, that joy is only deposited by God, and as God he deposits it, he is the only one who can take it out, David said that in your presence there is fullness and joy, when David said that, David was listening to the enemy to the point of chaos, he was in a crisis, but when he said I am in your presence , I feel a joy that makes me sing, makes me wait, makes me think that You are going to help me, that I am not alone, that even though my mother or father abandon me, and that joy no one can take away, that joy God puts and God increases it, and he said they will have enough joy that when they see a tornado pass by, they will raise their voices and give thanks to God, Paul and Sila were in jail, but at midnight the joy of the Lord moved to sing, they did not sit down to say oh poor things, I know that Puerto Ricans say oh blessed, lo de bless outside, they did not say oh blessed, they said we serve a powerful Christ, in whom we have believed, we know that God can help us, God is our refuge and our strength, our quick help in tribulation, and even if they are transferred the mountains to the sea, we're going to sing anyway, and when we started to sing, everything in that place shook, for even the jailer had to do something to be saved because this is good, because if it's Goya it has to be good.

Excuse me, I couldn't resist, but since I'm going back to the Bronx tonight, they stay with the pastor, he also says that I'm going to fill them up, they're going to overflow the oil, the anointing, the joy, the psalmist said in 92 You will increase my strength like the buffalo, and I will be anointed with fresh oil, and you know that the weaker one feels, Paul said the weaker I am, the stronger I feel, because when I feel that in my humanity, my physical capacity I can no longer more, then the Lord gets in there and lifts me up and teaches me who He is, then Paul said if it is so, I glory in my problems, I glory in my tribulations, I glory in this disease, because I know that when I am weak , then I will be strong, because the power of Christ is perfected in weakness, in other words, the power of Christ is poured out when there are needs, while things are good well happy dory you keep going, but when things are hard, the Lord presents himself as a giant, I don't know about you or I serve a great and powerful Lord.

When I was little, I had an uncle who had a huge car, a Cadillac, that he had up there, there were Santa Teresa, Santo Tomás, well, all the saints were with the carousel, there was even a Christ in the middle, I don't serve him, I serve a majestic Christ, I serve a Christ that is bigger than a car, I serve a Christ of power and majesty, that when God speaks God complies, God says I am going to raise up my people, I am going to sound the trumpet from heaven, which is really the zofar, when they sounded to gather the people, to make announcements, to give direction, or to prepare for war, and the Lord is blowing the trumpet in Zion so that we prepare for the war we have, we are at war, and I am not talking about Iraq, or Afghanistan, or Yemen, I am talking about the war we are in, the devil does not want you or me to live, nor that we are serving the Lord, but since the Lord has the power to keep us, he says, I am going to call them. I am going to send you my presence, that latter rain, that you are going to stay strong in Christ Jesus, and I am going to bless you. And it also says something here that fascinates me, and I will restore the years that the caterpillar, the hopper, the flurry, and the locust ate. What is this, and of course the theologians have a great deal of opinion, there were insects that literally damaged the harvest, that ate everything and damaged everything that was in the town, some say they were not insects, it was perhaps a single insect, sometimes different stages of its development, it was a caterpillar, it became a hopper, it became a wriggling, it ended up being a locust, that is one opinion, the second opinion is, those represent countries that did harm to Israel, Babylon, Greece, Persia, Rome , countries that came and brought destruction. But there is another group that comes and says no, they represent spiritual invasions that are going to attack the people in the last days, but God is going to restore what those spiritual entities are going to try to steal. And if you look at the caterpillar, the caterpillar is slimy, sticky, it doesn't want to let go of what it grabs. And there are times, my brothers, that there are certain influences, such as demonic, that very thing, that sticks to one, there are certain demons that stick to one, we cannot be possessed, but we can be oppressed in such a way that the charge is as if we were possessed.

And there are certain demons that want to stick to one, and they don't want to let go. There are certain demons that have entered our family, there are generational demons, we do not know what our ancestors were, where they returned, or in what spiritual places they were, there are certain demons that stick to families, that continue from generation to generation. generation, his great-grandfather was an alcoholic, his grandfather was an alcoholic, but Jesus said I am going to restore anything that the devil wanted to take from him, that's why ahurita I loved the song arrebartar, take it back by force, this is Lord in the name of Christ Jesus, this curse is going to end here today, my children are not going to be alcoholics, my children are not going to be addicted to drugs, my husband is not going to divorce me, in this family there is not going to be adultery, in this house there will be no witchcraft, in this house there will only be unity, and we have to tell the caterpillar out, you have nothing else to do from here.

The second bug says the hopper, you know what the hopper does, jump over it and grab things first, and if you read in Daniel, Daniel prayed and the Lord spoke to him, and the angel said look as soon as you prayed, the Lord He sent you the answer, but a demon jumped before you and grabbed him and held him up there in the air, and the angel Gabriel, who is a messenger angel, had to seek the help of the angel Michael, who is a warrior angel. and now we both make war against that demon and now you are going to receive the blessing, and since we are in a war, we have to seek the strength of the Lord, there are forces, there are times when you want to fight things alone, don't fight alone , come to church, look for the books, look for the pastor, look for brothers, when something happens to me, believe me, I look for people and I find them, the list begins, Sister Rosa, I know they pray, they know how to intercede, I I'm not a long ranger.

Precisely long ranger had a fool, say I'm not stupid, because in this life and on this road you can not walk alone, we are called to be a body, say we are a body. And there are no Christians here, my brother tells me he is an independent Christian, but when his shoe pinches he calls my mom, he calls me, he calls everyone. And I told God you asked him, yes but pray for me, oh well, ok. We are here, we need you, and there are certain entities that want to grab the blessings. The revoltón is also an insect that gets entangled in the vine to drown the vine, to take life. I know that the Ahurita brother said it, I know that the devil comes to steal, kill, but I have come so that they may have life, and life in abundance, the Lord does not want us to be here alone, the world exists, I told us I came so that they may have life, I am, that means so that they reach a high capacity, that is why I have come, not so that they remain seated, but so that they move, so that they see, so that they receive, so that they experience who I am, what I am, and we have to walk in the life of Christ, but the last one says the lobster, and this is not the lobster they serve at Red Lobster, its not a lobster, this is what they call it in Spanish the lobster, and the lobster has the power to change its appearance, so it is very deceptive, that is why Paul told the Corinthians to be very careful that Satan disguise himself as an angel of light, and then as my Cuban pastor said, not everything that shines is pure gold.

Because there are many things that appear to be very beautiful, but inside, crap. I told my sisters yesterday, when the devil appeared to me he did not present himself with his horns, with a fork, he appeared to me like a three-piece subway, a mustache but well sharpened, a very deep voice, " Hallelujah", I'm not going to tell you why, but period, my pastor, whom the Lord gave him discernment, called me into the office and told me, look, daughter, I'm going to tell you one thing: do your homework, do your homework , so you can see what's there, and when he did the homework he found a stream of children, from ex-wives over there, wow, but that's how Satan presents himself, like an angel of light, be careful, but the Lord said in those days I am going to open the eyes of my people, the Lord said, and in those days, in those times, I am going to pour out my Spirit in such a way that my people are going to prophesy again, they are going to have visions again, they are going to return to have dreams, old men, young men, women, old Christians and young Christians, veterans and novices, I am going to pour out my Spirit in such a way, v I am going to present that latter rain in such a way, I am going to present myself in the midst of my people in such a way, that my people are going to rise up once more with the power of the Spirit of God.

Brothers I have nothing against alcoholics anonymous, all those things are wonderful, but there is a Christ of power that can liberate a soul in a second, the man who ordained me, was a born Jew, he grew up in the Bronx area , all very orthodox jews, but when he was a teenager, he made bad friends, ended up being a heroin addict for twelve years, the family of course threw him out of the house, he lived on the train, he said that in 1960, there weren't that many dispossessed, he was one of the first in New York, he lived addicted to drugs, after a few years, one day he was so desperate to receive money for drugs, there was a Pentecostal church, a small church, it was open, the pastor called her Mama Leo, maybe you know her, the Lord at nineteen told her to go to the Bronx and I'm going to use you there with addicts and street people, she was preaching, he came in and said let's see what wallet I'm going to steal , for that he entered to steal money for the drug, but he counts, and counted, he is already with the Lord, that he does not know what happened to him that when he entered the door, suddenly he found himself on his knees at the altar, Mama Leo came down, and only put him hands like this, he told all his testimony every year, this is it, I don't know if that woman prayed in Spanish or in languages, because since he didn't speak Spanish he didn't understand, he said I don't know if you are praying in Spanish or in tongues, but he said he knew, all he knew is that when he got up from that floor, he was completely drug free, he didn't even need a program.

From there she sent him to a designated drugs program, after three years when he returned to the Bronx he started my church, that is the power that is in Christ Jesus, and that is why he said I am going to pour out my Spirit in such a way that when the wicked enter through the door, without anyone speaking to them or testifying to them, they will end up at the altar, I am going to present myself in such a way, I am going to send them my powerful rain in such a way, that when someone arrives with cancer, when the doctors tell him he has three months to live, that just by standing in my presence they will receive the healing they need, I am going to pour myself out in such a way, that when the children are straying, when there is apparently no hope, they show up at home of Christ Jesus, in this way the Lord says, that he is going to present himself in these days. In the book of Acts, what is called the day of Pentecost, chapter 2, right? When the spirits were praying, the Spirit was poured out, it says they were like tongues of fire, they began to speak with tongues, people looked and said they will be drunk, and the apostle Peter said no, these people are not drunk, this is the prophecy from the book of Joel, which says that in the last days he will pour out his Spirit, and men will prophesy in tongues, this is the day of Pentecost.

And theologians say that was the early rain, that was the first outpouring that took place in those days, but here it says and in those days, and in those days, and in these days, and in the last days, I am going to be poured out. in such a way, that it will be greater than the former rain, it will be the latter rain, the power of my Spirit, a river that will flow from the front to the back, a river that will be unleashed from the throne of Christ Jesus, Ezekiel said it in his book, I saw that the water flowed out, and everyone who passes wherever that river passes will live, be healed, be free, there will be hope, there will be joy, there will be authority, there will be new life in Christ Jesus, and the Lord is saying in these days, for these days, at this moment, on this great day of Pentecost, I am going to do wonderful things, and he said and therefore, when they are in the midst of my people and I tell them here is the great I Am, I love that name, I am that I am, you know why I like that name, because when God He said that name to Moses in Egypt, there were five hundred gods, and Moses asked him, are you the five hundred and one god? I have to be the God of the river, I am the God of the river, if I have to be the God of the branches, I am the God of the branches, if I have to be the God of fertility, I am the God of fertility, If I have to be the God of gold, I am the God of gold, in other words, I am what I am, and I do what I do, and I move how I move, and I say what I say, and how I have no other

What's more, there isn't even one that looks like me, you can compare me with other gods, he didn't say, don't compare me with anyone, because there is no one like me, there is no one who does what I do, there is no one that can move mountains as I move them, there is no God as great as I, and that's why he said, my people will never be ashamed, they will never be ashamed, if the neighbors laugh, let them laugh, if your supervisor laughs Let them laugh, if your friends laugh at you, let them laugh. When I testified to the teachers, when I worked in education, on many occasions the teachers called me stupid, there you are a Christian of those evangelical fanatics, but when the husbands were unfaithful, where did they go for prayer, and when the children they took drugs, where they went for prayer, and when their daughters left with their sons, and they became pregnant, where they went for prayer.

And that is why he says when I present myself in such a way, when I fill them in such a way that I am going to fill them, they will never, ever be ashamed. I don't know if I ever told you, my younger sister's husband worked for a company on Long Island, he is a young but pure Christian, serious, standing right there, and at work they made fun of him, they made red jokes at him , they tormented him, they said dirty things to him, they bothered him, but Pier stood firm, his face held high, he kept his testimony as a Christian man, the company was closed, everyone lost their job, we prayed for him, we helped him with the mortgage on the house, well, it took a while but he held on, I know that God is going to open the door for me for a job, I know that God is going to supply me with a job, he sent about two hundred resumes, he went to many interviews, Well, the day came when a new company opened in that place, he went for an interview, the man told him wow, I'm very impressed with you, look what I'm going to do, I'm going to increase the salary I offered you for thirty thousand dollars more, and another thing, I'm going to put you as the manager of a group of men, and most of them that I interviewed are already here, and they are here looking, come with me so you can meet them, and when they entered the conference room, he turned the table, there was his former supervisor, there they were his former colleagues, there were those who harassed him, who used dirty words in front of him, and looked at him with wide eyes and told the boss this is your new supervisor, and they all looked at him, and he looked at them, and He has a very serious character, and he told them: God bless you everybody, and the Lord blesses you all, and they all had to lower their eyes, because we will never ever be ashamed, because God is a God of justice.

God is a God of justice, and when we stand in obedience, when we are faithful to him, when we keep our testimony up, there is no devil that can touch us, there is no demon, there is no caterpillar, there is no bulge, there is no riot, There is no lobster that can bother us, they can sting us a little, but God said get out, caterpillar get out, jumpy wag its tail, riot get out, lobster get out, because the Lord said I am going to restore what the devil stole from you, the devil wanted to kill you, he sent you a tumor, Christ has the power to solve it, and he says you will be healthy, because I am your healer, you will be free, because I am your liberator. You will be blessed, because I am God who prospers his people, and they will overflow with oil, with wine, they will overflow with blessings, and the joy of the Lord will be our strength. The joy of the Lord will be our strength, and even if a tornado comes, even if a tsunami comes, even if the winds blow, in Christ Jesus I will stand, and in Him I will stand.

He knows that the Lord we serve him is great and powerful, and this Lord tells him to close the umbrella, that you are a little dry, I am dry, close the umbrella, that I am going to unleash my presence like never before, I am going to unleash that latter rain, so that they prepare for what is to come, and when it comes no one will be frightened, but will remain in Christ Jesus, amen?. So get up where you are, I know we're a little late, but sorry, it's that in the presence of the Lord, it's here, we don't want to waste it, raise your arms, if you're looking for healing, the Lord says I am the healer , if you need liberation, he says I am the liberator, if you need finances He says I am the God who prospers, if you are in a trial He is the God of justice, and the day the Lord says never again you will be ashamed because the Lord it will be your help, your support, your help, your pure and precious moment, the Lord is moving, grab it, snatch it, in English I like it because it says take it by force, hold it, snatch it, and don't let go for anything or anyone.

There are blessings with your name, don't let a jumper steal it from you, don't let the caterpillar stick to you, get rid of, the word says get rid of all sin, everything that besieges you, so that you can be what Christ wants you to be . Look, raise your hands, the more you raise them, the more you are going to get wet on this day, get wet, soak yourself, fill yourself with the presence, that war is hard, but we serve a warrior who will have victory, and in the end from this victory will be ours, the battle is strong but we will have victory, we will have victory, because there is power in Christ Jesus, praise him praise him that the Lord offers precious, thank you.