Acknowledgments 

Acknowledgments

I want to express my sincerest gratitude to all those who, in one way or another, have contributed to making this magnificent work possible, in its original Spanish version, thanks to which I have been able to carry out the present one. Thank you, even if it was just with a word of encouragement.

My most expressive feelings of gratitude go first to my wife, for her valuable support in general, which granted me the privilege to study at the Seminary of Theology, something of much value to me in persevering in my Christian career and in the exposition of this important treatise. Thanks to my dear children, for allowing me to deprive them of the precious time I should have dedicated to them, to devote myself full-time to the elaboration of this most valuable work, which I hope will positively impact their future lives and those of other generations. I never intended to leave you a legacy of temporal goods, but rather a legacy for eternal life.

My faithful gratitude goes to the teaching commission of the School of Theology of Our Church in Cuba, where I undertook my first theological studies, for their initial valuable contribution to the enrichment of this treatise. My cordial gratitude to Joaquín Abreu, my exceptional professor and director of the School, for authorizing the course of the activity, and the contribution of the teachers including his ingenious intervention. Another invaluable contribution came from information taken from other works in Christian literature, including those of Bishop Buena Ventura Luis and others.

I specifically thank Joyce Stone, for having reconstructed through the art of typing, my first draft extracted from this work, when I arrived in the United States, it was a mere pamphlet, consisting of only 12 pages. Likewise, I express genuine and satisfactory gratitude for the generous attention and appreciated contribution of our venerable and dear brother, Apostle Florentino Almeida, for reviewing and positively valuing each theme concerning the first two manual editions of the same.

I sincerely recognize the words of encouragement and approval, from our dear and honorable brothers, now deceased, Apostles Luis Cruz and Joel Mondéjar.

I cannot conclude this relationship without first expressing my sincere gratitude to our dear brother, Evangelist Héctor Herrera, for his effective advice on the correct interpretation of some topics of the Holy Doctrine.

My most earnest and sincere gratitude to our late brother, Bishop José Ramón Salas (1989) for his great encouragement and support in the realization of this work and for his help in the transcription of the first two units.

I deeply thank my good friend, Dr. Sergio González, for his encouragement and great support in the restart of my studies, through which I was able to pursue a Master’s in Theology at the Global Theological University UTMPR-Puerto Rico. This has allowed me to provide a better theological contribution to the content of this new edition.

My highest recognition goes to our late brother, Supervisor José Duménigo Fabregat, honorable founder of our School of Theology in Cuba, who, with his example and selflessness, opened a door for us towards the knowledge of great historical and cultural truths in relation to the Holy Bible and everything concerning it. Knowledge that constitutes a great support point for the faith of all faithful and sincere believers.

Finally, I am pleased to express my utmost gratitude to Apostle Cecilio García, who after reading and valuing the previous version of this treatise, granted me the pleasant experience of receiving a call from him to congratulate me with words of recognition and encouragement for my modest and appreciated work. May God bless him for such an admirable gesture!

May all be recipients of deep and sincere gratitude.