The Rapture part 3

The Rapture part 3 Samuel Bonaya Buya March 2, 2024 Contents The different dimensions of the rapture The Rapture from the dimension of rest. The rapture as a rest given at full redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scripture : the rapture sends the children of the bride chamber (Luke 5:34) to their rest with the bridegroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Full redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . We are already partially redeemed, redemption of the soul. The soul has been given rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . We now have the earnest of our redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quote earnest of our redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Our spiritual rest is a type of Canaan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . We are waiting for the redemption of the body when we shall be clothed with our houses from above and these mortal bodies swallowed up in life . . . The rest of the saints when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven Children of the bridechamber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eternal rest in Christ Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Holy spirit is the rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eternal rest for the redeemed soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The rapture takes place at the day of redemption.The day of Redemption is the day in which the children of God will be delivered from bondage to corruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Death shall be swallowed in victory, mortality shall be swallowed up of life when we are clothed with our house which is from heaven . . . . . . . . . Quote 1 the day of redemption when sickness and pain cease . . . . . . . . . . Quote 2 the day of redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The rapture from the dimension of reward at the end of the road. The rapture from a dimension of a reward for overcoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The reward of overcoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesus Christ will change our bodies according to the working where He will subdue all things unto himself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elijah’s ministry was crowned with a chariot ride home. The crowning day . . Song: Is it the crowning the crowning day? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The word subdue in Genesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Power to control all things given to Adam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 11 12 13 13 14 15 15 16 17 17 It is the working of his power that does it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . He will Subdue our iniquities by the same power that is able to subdue all things unto himself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . He will subdue our enemies. The last enemy is death. To be carnally Minded is death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All enemies will be put under his feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Friendship with the world is enmity with God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carnal mind is enmity against God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . He has abolished death and hath brought life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam was given power to subdue the earth (Genesis 1:28); The secret power to subdue is God in us doing the works (John 14:10) . . . . . 17 18 18 18 19 19 19 20 Preliminary introduction and keynote words 22 Rapturing faith Rapturing faith has to be in the heart to make one a partaker of the rapture. Rapturing faith is in seed sons and daughters of God by virtue of the fact that they are born of the incorruptible word of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dove of Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The super sense is the Holy Spirit, the faith of God that dwells in you . . . . . Get ready for the rapture by getting into the ark of safety . . . . . . . . . . . . Every soul magnetized to him will be in the rapture by the magnetism of the Holy spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . We’ve got to be magnetized to the headstone which is the Holy Ghost, Christ 22 22 23 23 23 24 24 The starting point of the rapture is the birth of the Word and the faith of the word 25 Birth of the word - scripture references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 The power of the most high overshadowed Mary to bring forth a son of God 25 The same power that overshadowed Mary to bring forth a son of God is given to those that receive him in order to bring forth sons of God 26 Birth of the word - Message references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 The bride church will be brought to the full depth of God . . . . . . . . . . 29 Spiritual and physical dimensions of the rapture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 In order to be the bride we have to enter his rest, spiritual rest. She, the bride is in the haven of rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Spiritual rest in Christ Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 We that believe enter into rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 No rest for those who have the mark of the beast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 The rapture takes us to our land of rest in heaven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Heaven is a land of rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 The rapture is a revelation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 The testimony that God has about us is the determinant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Enoch was a type of a bride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 The timing of the rapture. The message and the messenger . . . . . . . . 34 Qualities of the bride going to the rapture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Regenerated , sealed into the kingdom of God by the Holy spirit. This is a true translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 2 Spiritual heart diseases that need healing have to receive the word for heart faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The message of Malachi 4:5-6 to restore the heart faith . . . . . . . . . . . The threefold mystery of the rapture, physical and spiritual . . . . . . . . . . . Raised up by the glory of the father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The shout is the message that calls out the bride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On Revelation 20:4 and the Rapture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gathering unto him at the dispensation of fulness of times . . . . . . . . . A shout scripture references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quote on the shout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Voice of the archangel , scripture references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Voice of the archangel quotes from the message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The trump call, scripture reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quotes on trump call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Querry and message to ponder: when the son of man cometh will he find the faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The end -time message is a message of restoration of the faith . . . . . . The main heart is the message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The bride lives for him not for herself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Difference between intellectual and heart faith scripture reference on intellectual and heart faith . . . Quotes on intellectual and heart faith . . . . . . . . . . The manifestation of his name in this our day . . . . . . . . Quotes on manifestation of the virtues of Jesus Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 36 36 37 37 37 38 38 39 39 40 41 42 42 43 43 44 44 44 45 46 46 You are not converted until you receive the holy Ghost 49 The bride in the last days will be brought to experience the depth of God Depth of Satan and depth of God m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scripture reading on depth of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . That the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be un them . . . . . . . 49 50 51 51 Rapturing faith is the faith of operation of God Risen with him through the faith of operation of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Message quote on faith of operation of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 51 51 Quotes on spiritual resurrection and follow up scriptures First fruits of spiritual resurrection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . We are resurrected from inside out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . We already got spiritual resurrection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The earnest of my complete physical, spiritual resurrection, everything . . . . 52 52 52 53 53 Quotes on physical and spiritual resurrection scriptures translated into the kingdom of his Dear son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Translation of Enoch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . We are comw unto mount Sion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 54 54 54 The rapture will take place at the time of the plagues 54 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . Timing of the rapture He comes to rapture the church in the time of the plagues . . . . . . . . . Communism and the seventh vial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scripture on events preceeding the seventh vial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The seven angels with the seven last plagues given seven golden vials full of the wrath of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The message in between the sixth and seventh vial . . . . . . . . . . . . . The seventh vial, destruction of great Babylon, Armageddon . . . . . . . . Scriptures connected to battle of Armageddon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 55 55 55 55 56 56 57 Some quotes on Rapturing faith 57 Your big muscles wont meet the challenges of this hour, the rapturing rapturing faith to take the church out before judgment strikes the earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Looking for another surge of the Holy Spirit into the church for a rapturing faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Harvest rain or rapturing faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Seven thunders will be revealed in the last days inorder to get the bride together for a rapturing faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 The rapturing faith of Enoch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 The third pull is the thing that brings rapturing faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 The holy gives us rapturing faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 The inside of the inside has to be changed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 We have to be transformed into sons and daughters of God . . . . . . . . 60 An outside whitewash wont make a difference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 The inside of the inside has to be magnetized to him . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Third Pull is the opening of the Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Third pull will be a mystery that would open up to bring power to the Church? 63 Divinely revealeth mystery truths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 With the restoration of the word will come the restoration of the power . 63 He is able to achieve himself a bride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Meditation, the word becoming flesh in the bride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Quote of the new birth from the prince of the house of David . . . . . . . . . . 64 Becoming part of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 You have eternal life by spiritual birth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 The rapture is in the bride right now The rapture is in the bride right now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . planted together in the likeness of his death and his resurrection . . . . . The voice of the son of God is the voice of ressurrection. It brings eternal life, life of the word to the believer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . His workmanship created in Christ Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . If you are in the bride then you are already translated into heaveny places . . 65 65 66 The bride is already in the spiritual ressurrection A resurrection from inside out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesus is the resurrection and the life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . We are in him that is the resurrection and the life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 69 69 70 4 67 67 67 The Holy spirit uniting in a body of flesh produced the son of God . . . . . 70 What makes the church the bride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Return of the Capstone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 An inoculation for sin disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Being soothed by the devil, enticing spirits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 God has to circumcise your heart from the things of the world before he can recognize your faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 A house whose foundation is founded upon the rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 A foundation laid on the rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 The church of Christ going to the rapture is built upon the rock of revelation 72 Revelation of the mystery hid in God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 The mystery is only revealed by God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 A hidden wisdom spoken in a mystery only revealed and taught only by the Holy spirit, the hidden teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Builded together for the habitation of God through the spirit . . . . . . . . 74 Subject: The Rapture Part 3 The different dimensions of the rapture The Rapture from the dimension of rest. The rapture as a rest given at full redemption A rest involves involves some ceasing (Hebrews 4:10); Their is a rest ceasing from from one’s own work; There is a rest that involves passing from death unto life, the rest unto the redeemed soul. When sin is taken away from our lives, is ended (Daniel 9:24) we cease from the works of sin. Sin ceases to reign (Romans 6:12 -14). Sin has no dominion on those under grace. Those under grace have been given rest for their souls. There is a rest when mortality ceases, groaning ceases at the redemption of our bodies. When mortality ceases immortality reigns. Remember the prophet taught us that every scripture has a compound meaning. Just do exact quote search of either: ‘compound meaning’ or compound revelation’. The believer who receives God’s word enters into his rest. The unbeliever does not for hardening his heart when he hears the voice of God in his day. (Hebrews 3:15 - 19; 4: 1 - 11; 12:22-24; Mathew 11:28 - 30; Psalms 95:8-10; 71:23) The believer that dies in the Lord goes to rest from his labours (Revelation 14:3) The believer who is already in his eternal rest in his soul enters into his rest at the second coming (2 Thessalonians 1: 6 - 10). He rests from the tribulation received from the world. 5 Scripture : the rapture sends the children of the bride chamber (Luke 5:34) to their rest with the bridegroom Full redemption 119 Now we are waiting for that resurrection. Well, now, do you understand? Say, “Amen,” if you do, what I mean by saying “the earnest.” [Congregation says, “Amen.”— Ed.] We’ve been…We—we know we have passed from death unto Life because we’re lifted up. We are lifted up not in ourselves, but lifted up from the things of the world, that we love everybody. And God loves us, and we know it. And we watch our lives and see that It is the Holy Spirit, because we don’t no more care for the things of the world. See? There you are. As long as you love the world or the things of the world, then the love of God is not in you yet. See? But as long as you’re above that, then you know you have your inheritance, see, you’re—you’re on your road to your full redemption. 61-0611 - Revelation, Chapter Five Part I Rev. William Marrion Branham We are already partially redeemed, redemption of the soul. The soul has been given rest 82 Oh, when we have been sealed by the Holy Spirit (I keep quoting it because I don’t want you to miss it), it is God’s seal of approval that everything that Christ died for belongs to us. It’s God saying, “I have received you now, and I’ll give you this Seal that you’re just waiting for that time,” to our full redemption, and that is that we have been partially already redeemed. 61-0618 - Revelation, Chapter Five Part II Rev. William Marrion Branham We now have the earnest of our redemption Ephesians 1:13, 14 13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. 6 Quote earnest of our redemption 117 That’s what the Church did. It entered into justification, under Luther. It went into sanctification, under Wesley. Went into the baptism of the Holy Ghost, in this last days. And now resting with the earnest of our inheritance that we know that something happened in us, we’ve passed from death unto Life, and waiting, groaning with nature, for that time when we will receive an immortal Life, an immortal fulness; our bodies will be redeemed. Everything’s redeemed, and we’re just waiting from Him to return back from the gate. Amen! 61-0618 - Revelation, Chapter Five Part II Rev. William Marrion Branham Our spiritual rest is a type of Canaan 175 How many read back in Deuteronomy 1 there, where the spies went right in there and tasted of the things from Canaan, which Canaan is not a type of the Millennium. How many knows that? You mean, just one hand? Junie. That’s right. Canaan is not the type of the Millennium, because they had wars, fightings, killings, and everything else in Canaan. Typed the Holy—Canaan is a type of the Holy Ghost. Egypt is the world that they come out of. The wilderness is where they were a sanctified, called out Church. Canaan is where they settled down with the Holy Spirit (see, see?), ’cause they still had wars. And if you don’t believe you have wars, just get the Holy Spirit once. 59-1223 - Questions And Answers Rev. William Marrion Branham We are waiting for the redemption of the body when we shall be clothed with our houses from above and these mortal bodies swallowed up in life Romans 8:22, 23 22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. 7 The rest of the saints when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven 2 Thessalonians 1:4-10 4 So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: 5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. Children of the bridechamber Luke 5:34, 35 34 And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? 35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. Eternal rest in Christ Jesus 12 Now, as it is in the natural, so is it in the spiritual. When a woman brings forth a baby, the first thing comes is water. The second thing come is blood. The third thing comes is life. And when Jesus died at the cross, the elements came from His body to cleanse His Church and to bring it into Himself. When they speared His side there was water, Blood, “And into Thy hands I commend My Spirit.” That’s how by one Spirit we are all baptized into one body and are at rest. Oh, what can the world do? I’m so glad God got a hold of me before the church did with all of its doctrine. I’ve found a resting place. Oh, that sweet abiding place “where there is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus,” that’s found that eternal rest. 8 59-0708M - Dedication Of Building, To The Lord Branham Rev. William Marrion The Holy spirit is the rest 220 The Bible said, “With stammering lips and other tongues will I speak to this people, and this is the Rest, of the soul. This is the thing that will come.” Isaiah 28:18, read it. “With stammering lips and other tongues will I speak to this people. This is the Rest.” Not Sunday; ain’t the Rest day. The Holy Spirit is the Rest day. You Advent brethren; not the seventh-day sabbath is the Rest. The Holy Spirit is the Rest! “With stammering lips and other tongues will I speak to this people. And this is the Sabbath. This is!” Sabbath means “Rest.” This is the Rest, to the soul, you have Eternal Rest. 60-0626 - The Unfailing Realities Of The Living God Branham Rev. William Marrion Eternal rest for the redeemed soul that He might be both Saviour and Lord, that He could guide them through life’s smoky pitfalls and lead them unto the fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel’s veins. Where sinners plunged beneath the flood lose all their guilty stains. 43 And from there unto the great home of the living God where the soul never dies, where there’s no sickness, sorrow, or old age…No death there cannot enter that blissful, holy place. Lord, let their soul take it’s eternal rest from this hour on upon that great promise. “All that the Father has given Me will come to Me. And he that comes to Me, I will in no wise cast out. I’ll raise him up at the last day, give him Eternal Life.” And again, it is written, “He that heareth My Words and believeth on Him that sent Me hath (present tense) Eternal Life, shall not come to the judgment, but is passed from death unto Life.” 60-0312 - Door To The Heart Rev. William Marrion Branham The rapture takes place at the day of redemption.The day of Redemption is the day in which the children of God will be delivered from bondage to corruption Deliverance from power of darkness and deliverance from bondage to corruption Right now the redeemed of the Lord (Isaiah 51:11; 35:8-9) are delivered from the 9 power of darkness and translated into the kingdom of his dear son (Colossians 1:13). They are waiting for the redemption of their body. Ephesians 4:30 30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Romans 8:19-23 19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. Quote waiting for the adoption 76 Again, in Romans 8:22 and 23. Let’s get that, and we’ll give this background, then I think we’ll understand It a little better if each person reads It for themselves. I’m giving you a few Scriptures here, so we can—we can look upon Them, and while the hour is still young. Now, 8, Romans 8:22, to begin. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. 77 Oh, my! Oh, my! Don’t that make us old folks feel good? It ought to make us all feel good, waiting for this hour. We understand this will take place at the first resurrection. See? Nature is groaning. We are groaning. Everything is groaning, because we realize there is something not right. And the only way you can groan, and wait for it, is because there has been new Life come in here, that speaks of a new World. 63-0317E - The Breach Between The Seven Church Ages And The Seven Seals Rev. William Marrion Branham 10 Death shall be swallowed in victory, mortality shall be swallowed up of life when we are clothed with our house which is from heaven 1 Corinthians 15:51-54 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 2 Corinthians 5:1-4 1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: 3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. 4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. Quote 2 Now, you know, when Jesus died on the cross, “His soul descended into hell and preached to the souls that were in prison, that repented not in the longsuffering days of Noah.” His body went into the grave. But, before He died, He committed His Spirit into the hands of God. Into the hand…“Into Thy hands commend My Spirit.” So, you see, His Spirit went to God; His soul went to hell; His body went to the grave. 3 Now, that Spirit that was in Him was the Spirit of God. “That Spirit, in sundry times and divers manners, anointed the prophets, to bring the Message to the people; in the last days, through Christ; and now, in these days here, through the Gospel.” Now, when we receive Christ into our heart, there’s all that we have need of. There’s Eternal Life. 4 Now, Christ could not come back until three days was fulfilled. Because, His Spirit was behind a screen, like a bar, like this, that He could not cross over that bar, because it was the spoken Word of God, that, “He was to lay in the grave for three days and three nights.” Now, He could not come back until that three days and nights was up. Then when three days and nights was up, His Spirit was loosed. It went directly to His soul, and His soul came back and picked up the body, and fulfilled what He said, “I have power to lay My life down. I have power to take it up again. I have power.” 11 5 Now, each one of you have power, the same way, because you are sons and daughters of God. And the very Spirit that’s in you, this morning, the Holy Spirit that’s in you this morning, that same Holy Spirit will raise you up. So, you have power to raise yourself back up. 6 When you die, your soul will go in the—the…under the altar of God, not in…right in the Presence of God. Now, your spirit will go to God, but you cannot come back. Remember, in the Bible, It said the spirit…“The souls under the altar, crying, ‘Lord, how long, how long?’ ” And they could not return until the Scriptures fulfill, and, like Christ, could not return till the Scriptures fulfill. Then, after the, all that had been done, all the suffering is over, and the brethren has suffered the same things, or we’ve suffered like they suffered, and so forth; then, on that day, you’ll know exactly where you’re buried, your spirit will be turned loose from God and will come to the soul. 7 Now, the soul is that part of you who knows and understands, your intelligence. You remember the vision I had not long ago, or the little translation, went into that place and saw those people? [Congregation says, “Amen.”— Ed.] Now, your spirit will come back to that body, and that—that kind of a body, the soul, which is a body that does not have to eat and so forth. “If this earthly tabernacle be dissolved, we have one already waiting,” a celestial body. And with that spirit, and that soul and celestial body, you’ll raise up again this natural body for that great Millennium. See? You have the power in you now, to do that, now, but that power that you have in you now could make a new world. God doesn’t have little, weak spots, and big, heavy spots that’s powerful, the least little touch of God is omnipotent, see, the least, little touch of God. 61-0813 - Faith Rev. William Marrion Branham Quote 1 the day of redemption when sickness and pain cease 3 We think of one time we were aliens, cut off from God without mercy. And Christ died in our stead, the Innocent for guilty. And now, we are the sons and daughters of God. And it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know we’ll have a body like His own glorious body, for we shall see Him as He is, free from sickness, free from pain. God, that glorious day of redemption is coming; for all nature is groaning for that day. Now, we’re on the very threshold of the door to break forth into that great golden age that all the prophets has spoke of. Signs and wonders has been wrought by Thy servants throughout the land to turn the people back to a knowledge of the Presence of Jehovah God in our midst. Bless us tonight. Bless all the sufferers. And anoint Thy servant, Lord, to pray for the sick, and anoint the sick to believe You. For we ask it in the Name of Thy beloved Child, Jesus Christ. Amen. 12 50-0808 - Healing And What Sickness Is Rev. William Marrion Branham Quote 2 the day of redemption And now that man coming to Jesus Christ today, and coming through the Blood, comes into the Blood Cell in fellowship by the Holy Spirit, becomes a part of God, has God’s Life in him, becomes a son and daughter of God. It’s just as impossible for that man to be lost, as it is for God Himself to be lost. 31 “For I will give them everlasting Life.” Everlasting comes from the Greek word Zoe, “God’s Own Life.” God’s Life is in the individual. And you’re sealed by It until the day of redemption. That’s the seal of God. And when you do, you become Christ-like: you love those that hate you; you’re for one purpose, do the will of the Father; bring in all the brothers; put your arms around your enemies and love them; and the great works of the Holy Spirit; rejoice not in iniquity, but rejoice in truth, and… 55-0312 - The Seal Of The Christ Rev. William Marrion Branham The rapture from the dimension of reward at the end of the road. The rapture from a dimension of a reward for overcoming Revelation 22:12 12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. Revelation 11:15-18 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. 16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, 17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. 18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. 13 Revelation 20:4, 6 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. Reward at the end of the road 30 Now, and so then, something begin to talk to me, and said, “Just keep pressing on.” And I said, “Well, I’ve been pressing on.” It said, “The reward is at the end of the road. The reward is at the end of the road.” 60-0803 - Abraham Rev. William Marrion Branham The reward of overcoming THE REWARD FOR OVERCOMING Revelation 2:11, “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.” Now, once again the Spirit is talking to all the ages. This message is to comfort us today even as it has comforted our brethren of all the other ages. And He says to us that the second death will not hurt us. We all know that the second death is the lake of fire. Revelation 20:14, “And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.” Of course that means all those who were therein, were cast into the lake of fire. An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages (4 - The Smyrnaean Church Age) Rev. William Marrion Branham 14 Jesus Christ will change our bodies according to the working where He will subdue all things unto himself ♣Philippians 3:20, 21 20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: 21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. Verse 21 is telling how we will be Changed. He is able to subdue all things unto himself. The word ability here means power to perform. Subdue means to conquer, to bring under control, to bring into permanent subjection. Dominion means power to direct, control, use and dispose at pleasure. 1 Peter 5:4 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. Elijah’s ministry was crowned with a chariot ride home. The crowning day But it was at this time that God stepped in on the scene, because any man that knows the Word will stay with the Word, knowing that the Word is God. See? And the Word has to unfold Itself. The unfailing Word must unfold Itself. It’s got to, in order, because the Word is God. And if It worked on others all down through the age, It’ll work the same way right now, because It’s God. Don’t never forget that. For Jesus knowed that He being the fullness of the Word, He was not only a Prophet, He was God Himself. He was the Word. That’s the reason not only man forsook Him, but also nature forsook Him. The whole creation forsook Him, everything, the stars, the moon, and no light when He died. Everything forsaken Him, see, because He was Creator of all things. “He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not.” See? He was Creator of all things. All things! Now, the only thing, that we…We don’t create but we try to convert, and those who we try to convert is the ones who forsakes and walks away. See? When the time comes for the Word to make Its real show, it has to be that way. Now, just remember, is then that God steps in on the scene. 109 And in the life of our Lord Jesus, the mighty works that He done for the first year and six months of His life, oh, how He was a mighty Man! There never was nothing like Him on earth, never was since, never will be after. But what happened? He got more mockery than any, all the rest of them put together. Mocked by nature and mocked by creation, mocked by everything, because it was in a perverted condition. That’s the 15 reason men’s hearts mock the true servant of God, because it’s perverted. Nature is perverted, that’s the reason. 110 If nature is as pretty as what it is, being perverted, what will it be when it gets converted back to the will of God? If a land can bear grapes that takes two man to pack them on their back, what will it be, and that a perverted land, what will it be when it’s converted back to God? Christ comes, the desert shall blossom as a rose. It’ll be a conversion. And the dry places will spring up from the water, and the earth shall bloom and blossom. Oh, that will be a time, and when men’s hearts shall be converted into godly men, that’s been to making their choice now, will live in that place. Amen. 111 “That dark hour, mid rending rocks and darkening skies,” said the poet, “my Saviour bowed His head and died; the opening veil revealed the way to Heaven’s joys and endless day.” He had to do that in order to make a way for us. Right. But what did God do? He was true to the Word and He embraced the cross. But was it the end of His ministry? Was His ministry washed up? God crowned it with the greatest crown that ever could been crowned. He crowned it on Easter morning, on the resurrection. He crowned the ministry of our Lord Jesus, He raised from the dead and is alive for evermore. He wasn’t washed up because all men forsook Him, He was crowned! Yes, sir. Yes, sir. He was crowned because that He was, had been forsaken, and He must do that when He raised Him from the dead. 112 The same was with Elijah. We spoke of him a few moments ago. Elijah, that poor old broke down prophet laying out there in the wilderness, and had to be fed by what the birds would bring him. And his little old skinny drawed up, brown-looking body, little cruse of oil hanging on his side, his whiskers all out, and head probably bald and sunburned, crippling, going down on a stick like this, but down beneath that little old heart beat the Spirit of God. When God seen His little old tired servant getting down to the end, everybody forsaking him, and everything else, did He let him down? He sent a chariot down, picked up His tired servant, “You don’t even have to walk up like Enoch did, I’ll just take you home in a chariot.” That’s right. He crowned his ministry with a chariot ride home. That’s not so bad, you know. Yeah. Yes, he didn’t have to walk home, He just sent a chariot and picked him up ’cause he was tired. I like that. Amen. Poor, little, old tired servant, He picked him up and took him Home. 62-0908 - Present Stage Of My Ministry Rev. William Marrion Branham Song: Is it the crowning the crowning day? Jesus may come today, Glad day! Glad day! And I would see my Friend; Dangers and troubles would end If Jesus would come today. Glad day! Glad day! Is it the crowning day? I’ll live for today, nor anxious be; Jesus, my Lord I soon shall see. Glad day! Glad day! Is it the crowning day? 2. I may go home today, Glad day! Glad day! Seemeth I hear their song; Hail to the radiant throng! If I should go home today. 16 3. Why should I anxious be? Glad day, Glad day! Lights appear on the shore, Storms will affright nevermore, For He is at hand today. 4. Faithful I’ll be today, Glad day Glad day! And I will freely tell Why I should love Him so well, For He is my all today. The word subdue in Genesis Genesis 1:27, 28 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Power to control all things given to Adam 23 Man was made as a secondary god on earth, he was given the power to control all things, all elements of the earth, that was Adam. Adam was given these great powers, but then the power that he was given to make his choice is where he fell. 24 And Adam could speak to the winds, and it would stop; he could speak to the trees, and they would obey him; he could speak to the wildlife, it would obey him; he could speak to the waters, ever what it was, everything obeyed Adam. 25 Now, that is the beginning of man. That’s what God give him, power over everything on the earth. 26 Now, through the fall he lost that power, then he become unconscious of the fact, after losing his relationship, and friendship, fellowship with the Father, then he lost that, and all of his great channels become clogged up, and he couldn’t get through. 55-0113 - The Fundamental Foundation For Faith Branham Rev. William Marrion It is the working of his power that does it Ephesians 1:15-22 15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 17 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Ephesians 3:20 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, He will Subdue our iniquities by the same power that is able to subdue all things unto himself Micah 7:18, 19 18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. 19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. He will subdue our enemies. The last enemy is death. To be carnally Minded is death ♠To subdue is to overcome, quieten or bring under control; 1 Chronicles 17:10 10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house. All enemies will be put under his feet 1 Corinthians 15:25-28, 51-54 25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 18 27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. 28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. Friendship with the world is enmity with God James 4:4 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Carnal mind is enmity against God Romans 8:6-9 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. He has abolished death and hath brought life 2 Timothy 1:10 10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: Romans 7:14 14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. 19 Adam was given power to subdue the earth (Genesis 1:28); The secret power to subdue is God in us doing the works (John 14:10) John 14:10 10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. ♣God made his church oneness under his dominion, but the devil makes them oneness under his dominion (para 18, 58-0128 the oneness of unity ); Let not iniquity have no dominion over me (Psalms 119:133; 19:13); Sin shall have no dominion over you (Romans 6:14); brought under the dominion of Christ, the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe, put all things under his feet (1:17 - 23); All things shall be subdued unto him (1 Corinthians 15: 27 - 28); ♣The third pull created squirrels, instantly healed tumours; gave salvation to the children of sister Hattie who had turned wild; stilled the raging Colorado storm; ♣Starting point of restoring the power to subdue is the restoration of the faith; With the restoration of the word will come the restoration of the power (An exposition of the seven church ages); ♣The restitution of all things which God hath spoken by the mouth of his servants the prophets; Elias shall truly first come and restore all things(Acts 3:21; Mathew 17:11; Malachi 4: 5 - 6) ; ♣The preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret since the world began made manifest and by the scripture of the prophets, according to the commandments of the everlasting God (Romans 16:27; Revelation 10:7) ; ♣Fulfillment of obedience (2 Corinthians 10:6), obeying God to fulness ( search:fully obeyed ; full obedience); Full obedience to the whole word, which is Christ, brings you into Christ; ♣Fulfilment of all righteousness (Mathew 3:15; 5:17-20; Romans 8:14; 2Corinthians 5:21; 1 Corinthians 1:30); ♣Readiness of His church (2 Corinthians 10:6; Luke 1:17; Revelation 19:7); The voice of the son of God; The resurrection; The translation of the saints; a shout ; The voice of the archangel; Trump call of God; 20 ♣Rapturing faith; heart faith; intellectual faith; wisdom of men verses wisdom of God; Inward work of regeneration; regeneration or conversion; the new birth; life of the word; theophany; glorious or glorified body; the rapture takes place at the time of the plagues or vials; ♣The sixth vial and the message between the sixth and the seventh vial; The seventh vial; the message preceding(going before, infront of) the seventh vial; the wise and foolish virgin; ♣The spiritual ressurrection; spiritual translation; ♣Physical resurrection in the awakening of those that sleep in the dust; physical translation; ♣▪Lesson from the translation of Enoch; ♣Rapture of the soul and rapture of the body; till my raptured soul shall find rest; spiritual rest and spiritual translation; ♣The Bride; the entering into rest of the bride when the Lord Jesus Christ shall be revealed from heaven; ♣Message of the son of man of restoring the faith; restoration of the power; ♣When the son of man comes he will find faith in the bride; because our testimony was believed in that day; ♣He shall come to be glorified in his saints and admired in all them that believe; ♣The endtime bride will be brought to the depth of God; The manifestation or declaration of his name in this our day; ♠The sending of Jesus after the times of restitution of all things which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began; Repent and be converted; 21 ♠Regeneration literally means a new birth; The word regeneration is equivalent to restitution of all things, resurrection from the dead, being quickened, passing from death to life, change of heart; saved by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost; ♠Invasion by annointed ones of the end time; ♠He will swallow death in victory (Isaiah 25:8; 1 Corinthians 15:54) and wipe away all tears (Isaiah 25:8;Revelation 21:4) ; ♠faith our victory ♠One of the seven angels with the seven vials full of the seven last plagues (Revelation 21: 9 -21; 22: 1 - 10; Rev 17: 1 - 7 ) is a fellow servant and our brethren the prophets; fellowservant (Mathew 18: 23 - 35; Colossians 1:7; 4:5;Revelation 19:10; 22:9); ♠Sign in heaven great and marvellous (Revelation 15:1; Mathew 24:30); spadesuit The sea of glass mingled with fire and those standing on it (Revelation 15: 2- 4); ♠Lord God of his servants the prophets (Revelation 10:7; 22:6; Amos 3:7; Daniel 9:10; Ezekiel 38:17); ♠Mount Carmel, mount Zion and mount transfiguration showdowns; ♠The consummation or the end (Mathew 24:14; Revelation 11:15 - 19; 16: 26 - 21; Preliminary introduction and keynote words Rapturing faith Rapturing faith has to be in the heart to make one a partaker of the rapture. Rapturing faith is in seed sons and daughters of God by virtue of the fact that they are born of the incorruptible word of God Before the rapture can take place there has to be a people with rapturing faith. Only the bride of Jesus Christ chosen in him before the foundation of the world will have rapturing faith. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. The Word is in the bride and the mind of Christ to know what he wants done with the word. The Word in the bride makes Him, the Word, the inside teacher. God has condescended into her and He is the source of her faith. The ‘dove of faith’ is in her heart. The Word is Christ and Christ is God and God is the Holy Ghost. 22 Dove of Faith 217 And, tonight, send down Your Message again, Lord, on the wings of the Dove of the Word. Grant it, dear Heavenly Father. And every one that passes through this platform, tonight, and out yonder in the meetings across the country, may Your great Dove of faith fall into their hearts and give them faith, Lord, for their healing. Remember that God is not a respect of person. He could send the Message to Noah, could send It to John the Baptist, could send It to me, can send It to others. 65-1128E - On The Wings Of A Snow-White Dove Branham Rev. William Marrion The super sense is the Holy Spirit, the faith of God that dwells in you 57 And the super sense is the Holy Spirit, the faith of God that dwells in you. And if you’ll let the five senses be yielded to the sixth sense, it’ll guide you and bring all the other five senses under control of that super sense. For it’s so far above the natural sense, as the spiritual man is above the natural. It’s as far, as high as the heavens is, above the natural man and his five senses. It makes you believe things that you cannot see. It makes you act where you do not think the five senses would ever think about it. The devil can get into these five senses and lie to you, but he cannot touch that super sense. That’s far beyond his reach. That come from God. It’s called faith. Faith is that great thing. 58 And the five senses does not control the sixth sense, but the sixth sense controls the five senses. The super sense controls the natural senses. And the—the five senses is see, taste, feel, smell, hear. And the super sense is something that’ll make you believe God’s Word, for that’s the only thing it’ll speak about. It’ll make you believe for things that you can’t see, taste, feel, smell, or hear, ’cause it’ll take God’s Word. And it will deliver that Word to you, and make you walk contrary to any other thing there is but God’s Word, by faith. Faith does it. 59-1227E - A Super Sense Rev. William Marrion Branham Get ready for the rapture by getting into the ark of safety 57 What was the Ark? The Word. Don’t travel your denominational routes now, stay right behind the Word, ’cause you haven’t passed this way before. And, brother, if there ever was a time that the Christian church ought to examine itself, is right now. We’re right now where this great meeting is going on in Rome right now, differences are being made, the confederation of churches, when all these denominations are confederated 23 together to form the image of the beast, just exactly what the Bible says. And you know what we said this morning in the Messages. And here we are, right everything right at the door, and people still following after creed. You better stay behind the Word! The Word will lead you across, because the Word is Christ, and Christ is God, and God is the Holy Ghost. 62-1014E - A Guide Rev. William Marrion Branham 252 And may we all be ready for the Rapture, all in the Ark of safety, in Christ Jesus, by one Spirit, baptized in there; up on the upper floor, where we can see the Light of the Gospel shining in, and punctuate every Word with “amen.” Grant it, Lord. Bless them and keep them. I claim them for jewels for Your crown, Lord, in Jesus’ Name. Amen. 62-0531 - The Conflict Between God And Satan Branham Rev. William Marrion Every soul magnetized to him will be in the rapture by the magnetism of the Holy spirit 166 I said, “Brother, way back yonder somewhere, in the Eternity’s, hallelujah, there is a great magnet. The Son of God is going to be turned loose, one of these mornings. He is sweeping down over this earth, like a magnet. And every soul that’s magnetized to Him will go up to meet Him in the air, and there be in the resurrection, to live with Him, be taken out yonder. And these old bodies that we now live in, or even like we have now, that’s getting old, and crinkling up, and dropping down; will be dropped over yonder into the cupola of the dust, and molded over, and made like unto His Own glorious body, in the final resurrection, when He comes again.” 53-0405S - Go, Tell My Disciples Rev. William Marrion Branham We’ve got to be magnetized to the headstone which is the Holy Ghost, Christ 140 I remember about being up here, watching that mill that time, where they was shaping out all them things. And all that scrap laying there, and they swept it out. That big stone come by and picked it, that big magnet stone, and picked it all up because it was magnetized to it. 24 We’ve got to be magnetized to that Headstone. That Headstone is the Holy Ghost, Christ. And every one of us has got that magnetism of the Holy Spirit. When that Stone strikes the image, the Church will flee to It, back into Glory. She will be taken up, at the Rapture of the saints, when She goes forth in that day. 61-0806 - The Seventieth Week Of Daniel Rev. William Marrion Branham The starting point of the rapture is the birth of the Word and the faith of the word Birth of the word - scripture references ♠Luke 1:26-32 26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. 29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. 30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. 31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: The power of the most high overshadowed Mary to bring forth a son of God Luke 1:34, 35 34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? 35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. 25 The same power that overshadowed Mary to bring forth a son of God is given to those that receive him in order to bring forth sons of God John 1:12-14 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. Birth of the word - Message references Spiritual womb for the conception of the word ♠Now, let’s go back now and pick up again, and come down for something. You remember what last Sunday’s service was? “The gate to the soul.” You remember? Now, there is a womb of the physical. There is a womb for the spirit. Did you believe that? There is a spiritual womb and a physical womb. And the mind is the womb to the spirit. Why? 157 Now remember. I told you last Sunday, and drawed it out here for you. These five senses that enters this seed from the outside; see, taste, feel, smell, hear. Five on the inside; conscience, and—and so forth, from the inside five. Now, on the Life side, there’s only one. That’s, you’re on the basis of free moral agency, to accept, take in or let out. See? That’s how adultery…[Blank spot on tape—Ed.] Just a minute. [Blank spot on tape.] 158 That’s how adultery is committed, spiritually; when you, knowing better, by the Word of God, by the intercourse of the mind, take in a lie of the devil, against the Word of God. 159 That’s exactly what Eve done, with a spiritual intercourse, first, that come by believing Satan’s lie, into the womb of her mind. That polluted her soul, set death in the soul, then the natural act taken place. 160 And that’s the only way that a woman ever can commit adultery against her husband, is to first let some man talk her into it, and then receive another man that’s not her husband. Then she’s committed adultery. 161 And when the bride of Jesus Christ lets man-made creeds and dogmas take the place of the Word of God, she is committing adultery. Did not Jesus say, “Whosoever looketh upon a woman…has committed adultery with her already in his heart; looketh upon a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already”? Why? She let it come into his mind. That’s the womb that starts the things moving. Satan come in. 162 We were sowed with the Word. “Some day, I’ll bring the Life into the earth and re-multi-…replenish the earth.” What Eve failed to do, Mary did. She took the 26 Word. Eve took Satan’s lie. Mary took God’s Word. And through Mary’s Seed, replenishes the earth again, through His Bride, through the Word, and will bring up the Millennium. Through that goes forth the Word, and the Word is planted into every predestinated heart. And the Spirit comes down and waters It, and they cannot die. “I’ll raise him up again at the last days.” Oh, brother, sister, that’s—that’s real. 163 What is it? The mind is the womb for the spirit, (What?) to take in or let out. That’s how they commit adultery, is taking, let some Satan, devil spirit put in them something against the Word of God. Then she’s committed adultery. 164 Eve received…Listen to this. Wrong seed-word, Satan’s lie against Jehovah’s Word, results was death. 62-0318 - The Spoken Word Is The Original Seed Branham Rev. William Marrion 175 How we thank the Lord that He remains God! Why don’t we thank Him because He—He gave His only Son, His only begotten Son, that He might bring many sons into the world, that He might show Himself alive today! Jesus died, the only begotten Son of God, that He might make us adopted children, that He might work His will through us. 62-0722 - Show Us The Father And It Will Suffice Us Branham Rev. William Marrion True and false births ♠129 Now, false teachers will bring false births. True prophets will bring the Word, the birth of the Word, Christ. False prophets will bring false birth, the birth of churches, the birth of creeds, the birth of denominations. And here you are, Pentecostal brother, false sen-…or sensations, and tell a man he’s got the Holy Ghost ’cause he speaks with tongues. I’ve seen devils speak with tongues; pencils lay down and write in unknown tongues. That don’t mean a thing. See, it’s got to be a life, by their fruit you shall know them. “Brother Branham, do you believe in speaking in tongues?” Yes, sir. “Do you believe in shouting?” Yes, sir. To be a Christian, I believe that. I believe God’s Word. But if the life isn’t there to back it up! 61-1231M - You Must Be Born Again 27 Rev. William Marrion Branham The birth of the word is Christ ♠132 Now, for the birth of the Word is Christ, not of polluted with denominations. The early Church, no denominations, just the Word, and Spirit irrigated. Brother, the…God laid the Word down like that, and the Holy Spirit irrigated It, and there She went. She brought forth children. Certainly. 62-0318 - The Spoken Word Is The Original Seed Branham Rev. William Marrion Christ is born in the heart 118 It takes a personal experience of passing from death unto Life, and becoming a new creature in Christ Jesus, with Christ in the heart. That’s the Holy Spirit. That’s where it began. 58-1002 - But From The Beginning It Was Not So Branham Rev. William Marrion Christ in the heart that changes you, makes you a different person, a new creation. 59-1125 - From The Beginning It Wasn’t So ham Rev. William Marrion Bran- Faith in the heart “There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ, that walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit.” Grant, Lord, that many flesh walkers tonight, looking after the things that the eye can see, may they turn and accept faith in the heart which cannot be seen, for it’s the evidence of things not seen. May they accept Jesus just now to come in and to take control of their whole being. 59-0706 - Thinking On Our Way Rev. William Marrion Branham Full word to be born into manifestation ♠101 Notice, and in the Pentecostal age. Through the Lutheran age, through the Wesleyan age, it’s been the same thing through this Pentecostal age. Now notice. But at the opening of the Seven Seals, Revelation 10, the full Word is to be born into manifestation again, and vindicated by the Spirit of God, in the full strength as It was when He was here on earth; manifested in 28 the same way, doing the same things that It did when It was here on earth. Amen! Hebrews 13:8, said, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” In Saint Luke 17:30, Jesus said, “In the last days, as it was in the days of Sodom, when the Son of man will be revealing Himself again, it’ll be the same thing.” 102 The world is in a Sodom condition. And the church has went into Sodom, with it, like Lot and his wife. And I say that there is a Elected Church somewhere in this world, that’s pulling out and set aside from those things, and the manifestation of God has attracted Its attention. We’re at the last days. 65-0218 - The Seed Is Not Heir With The Shuck Branham Rev. William Marrion The faith of the son of God gives victory ♠As today’s church is filled with mental believers who endorse the virgin birth, the shed blood, going to church and taking communion, and are not reborn at all, even so in that third age was the same problem. Human faith wasn’t enough then and it is not enough now. It takes the very faith of the Son of God to drop into a man’s heart so that he can receive the Lord of glory into the temple not made with hands. This was a living faith. “I live by the faith of the Son of God.” Paul did not say that he lived by faith IN the Son of God. It was the faith of the Son of God that had given him life and kept him living in Christian victory. An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages (5 - The Pergamean Church Age) Rev. William Marrion Branham The bride church will be brought to the full depth of God Depth of God from the scripture ♠We will examine what the prophet says on these things. As a help do exact quote search on: depth of God. There is the depth of God and there is also the depths of Satan. We will also have follow up scriptures reference on depth of God Ephesians 3: 14 - 21; I Corithians 2: 9 - 16; References on the depths of Satan Revelation 2:24 Spiritual and physical dimensions of the rapture Comments and scripture references ♠Without faith it is impossible to please God. Faith is a revelation and true genuine revelation is only given by Jesus Christ. The new 29 birth is revelation of Jesus personally to you. ♠The rapture is a revelation to the bride and revelation is faith. The rapture is coming for those who have experienced a spiritual resurrection and a spiritual translation. Those in the bride are already spiritually translated into the kingdom of his dear son (Colossians 1:13). They have entered his rest, they have a testimony of pleasing God before the spiritual translation, before entering his rest (Hebrews 4: 1 - 3; 3: 17 - 19; 1 Corinthians 1: 1 - 6) Notice God does not change his pattern of doing things. In the physical rapture we go to his rest too. 2 Thessalonians 1: 7, 1 - 10 In order to be the bride we have to enter his rest, spiritual rest. She, the bride is in the haven of rest Spiritual rest in Christ Jesus ♠40 The Sabbath is the “Rest” that we enter into, not by day, not by law, but by entering into Christ which is our Sabbath. He is our Sabbath. We run it all through the Old Testament, and showed that the time would come when the Word would come “line upon line, precept upon precept.” And He proved that we entered His Rest on the Day of Pentecost, “For this would cause the weary to rest, cease.” Promise of a spiritual rest 57-0908M - Hebrews, Chapter Five And Six #1 Rev. William Marrion Branham ♠Now we have a promise, ’cause our promise is spiritual Rest, where, theirs was physical rest. 60-0518 - Adoption #2 Rev. William Marrion Branham We that believe enter into rest ♠Hebrews 4:3 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. No rest for those who have the mark of the beast ♠Revelation 14:11 11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. The rapture takes us to our land of rest in heaven ♠2 Thessalonians 1:6, 7 30 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, Heaven is a land of rest 126 Just as sure as I stand on the platform I believe there’s a heaven to go to. I believe there’s a land of rest where we live at. I don’t care if I had to eat soda crackers and drink branch water, I wouldn’t compromise on this Gospel. It’s the truth of God. I don’t care if I’m called “Holy roller” or whatever you want to call me. That’s all right. I know it’s the truth. I’ve stood by them when they were dying and hear them say, 50-0820A - My Life Story Rev. William Marrion Branham The rapture is a revelation 65 But, to the Church, the Bride, the Rapture is a revelation to Her. It’s revealed to Her. That, the revelation, the true Bride of Christ will be waiting for that revelation of the Rapture. 66 Now, it is a revelation, for the revelation is faith. You cannot have a revelation without it being faith. Faith is a revelation, because it’s something that’s revealed to you. Faith is a revelation. Faith is something that has been revealed to you, like it was to Abraham, that could call anything contrary to what had been revealed to him, as though it wasn’t so. Now, faith, that’s what faith is, is the revelation of God. The Church is built upon a revelation, the whole entire Body. 65-1204 - The Rapture Rev. William Marrion Branham Two different kinds of rest, virtue, knowledge and so on ♠142 Patience, and so forth, there’s a mockery of it, a pretending to be; a nature-given faith; a nature-given virtue. There’s a nature-given temperance. All these things are nature given. 138 But it has to come from the inside out, and it produces Christianity; God, by the power of the Holy Spirit! 140 And here’s, now, get this lesson. Here is what’s wrong with the—with the…I turn on for this. Here is what’s wrong with the Branham Tabernacle. You see, there is two different kinds of faith. There is two different kinds 31 of virtue, as I had it the other day. Two different kinds of knowledge. Two different kinds of temperance. 142 Patience, and so forth, there’s a mockery of it, a pretending to be; a nature-given faith; a nature-given virtue. There’s a nature-given temperance. All these things are nature given. 62-1104M - Blasphemous Names Rev. William Marrion Branham The biggest part of our faith is mental faith 143 And the biggest part of our faith is mental faith. By hearing the Word, it brings us to a mental recognition of God. 144 But if This, coming from Above, oh, brother, if It ever strikes this, there is a godly spiritual faith. Then what does that faith do? That faith recognizes only the Word. No matter what anything else says, it only recognizes the Word, because, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” And the Word is still God. “And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.” And when the Word Itself is pouring into our faith, our mental faith becomes a spiritual revelation. 145 “And upon this foundation I’ll build My Church.” See? Not upon a mental conception of church joining, a mental conception of That; but upon the revelation, when them streams of grace has poured into that mental faith that you’ve got. Then, upon this, a spiritual revelation, “I’ll build My Church, and the gates of hell can’t prevail against It.” See? That shows they would be against It, but it’ll never prevail. Oh, what a glorious thing! Now see the faith. These five streams… I had a piece of chalk here, but I guess he never brought it out. 146 But the five streams you see coming down through here, tempers this together. It has been the Holy Spirit that made the Ephesus church. It was the Holy Spirit that birthed the Smyrnaean church. The Holy Spirit that give the Pergamos church, and the Thyatira church, in the Dark Ages. It’s the Holy Spirit that’s built that Bride, the Elect that’s pulled out of all the organization systems down through the ages, like that. There’s an Elected, a predestinated Bride of Jesus Christ, that the Holy Spirit has called out the Elect. And it’s been the Holy Ghost in this age, that age, that age, that, that, that, that, on up to the top, the Holy Spirit. 147 And now as in the individuals, these virtues and things, are knowledge and temperance, is added to our faith. Then when the Capstone comes, the Holy Spirit cements It together. There is the baptism of the Holy Spirit. That’s why it’s so short today. 148 Me see here, I got some texts wrote down here. Let’s see. I had a picture drawed here, for her dream. See? You can’t see it from there. 32 149 Now, coming from the Holy Spirit, what is come? Then He will give to you, supernatural faith, spiritual faith, that here at the bottom. Then that spiritual faith recognizes only the Word. No matter what anybody else says, it don’t—it don’t do no good. That only knows the Word. If somebody say, “The days of miracles is past.” That faith only knows the Word. Somebody says, “There’s no such a thing as the baptism of the Holy Ghost.” That faith only knows the Word. That’s real, spiritual faith, you see. That’s right. See? It only knows the Word. 150 Then, that was number one. Number one, coming to you, your mental faith right here, comes the Holy Spirit coming down into your mental faith, making it a spiritual faith. Then the spiritual faith only recognizes the Word. 151 Now, and number two, three. Then you’ll have spiritual, you’ll be have the Holy Spirit, and will seal all these things into you, as that Holy Spirit covers this. From your faith, up to the Holy Spirit, seals you in with Christ. Then you become One. Amen. (Get this thing out of my way; it’s hard on your arms.) You become one. See, you and Christ live together. “At that day you’ll know that I’m in the Father, the Father in Me; I in you, and you in Me.” See? Then that’s a sealed unit of the Lord God. 62-1104M - Blasphemous Names Rev. William Marrion Branham Song on raptured soul ♠Song on the Rapture In the cross, in the cross, Be my glory ever; Till my raptured soul shall find Rest beyond the river. The testimony that God has about us is the determinant ♠Before we get into the physical translation we have to have the testimony that we pleased God and without rapturing faith we cannot please God. We are called walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing Hebrews 11:5 - 6; 1 Colossians 1:10, 9 - 10. Enoch was a type of a bride ♠ Enoch a type of the bride had rapturing faith. The prophet said ’he pleased God with rapturing faith 124 Enoch typed the Bride. Enoch! Noah went over, through the Bride…went over, through the tribulation period, and suffered, and become a drunk, and died. But Enoch walked before God, for five hundred years, and had a testimony, “he pleased God,” with rapturing faith; and just started walking right out, and went up through the skies, and went Home without even tasting death; never died, at all. 33 63-0318 - The First Seal Rev. William Marrion Branham The timing of the rapture. The message and the messenger ♠The rapture takes place at the time of the plagues. We will examine some quotes on this when we come to the subtopic. We will examine some quotes on it and follow up scriptures. We see things happening and we think it is business as usual, it is not. ♠How do we get rapturing faith? Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:17). How shall they hear without a preacher? (Romans 10:14) How shall they preach except they be sent? The message of the hour is a message sent to make a people ready for the rapture ♠If there is to be a rapturing faith in the people then a message and a messenger has to be sent from heaven (Malachi 4:5-6; Revelation 10:1-7; 16:15; 18:1 - 5; Luke 17:25-37; Mathew 25: 1 - 12). The message sent down from heaven is the shout. Qualities of the bride going to the rapture Those in the bride are already spiritually resurrected and spiritually translated. They are waiting for the physical translation. Notice the order, the physical resurrection is followed by physical translation. ♠The Rapture is for the Holy Ghost bride. You are not converted until you receive the holy Ghost. And no man is truly converted until he has been changed, and died to himself, and the Holy Spirit has control of that person. The unregenerated heat is full of evil and madness - Ecclesiastes 9:3 Regenerated , sealed into the kingdom of God by the Holy spirit. This is a true translation Men are regenerated and the life of Christ pressed into them ♠34 And men are regenerated, made a new person, sealed into the Kingdom of God by the Holy Spirit. The life of Christ pressed into them. All their drinking and immoral habits, and everything go out. The love of God is like a Notary Public: takes a seal and presses it until the inscription of that seal is pressed in the paper over the signature. Oh, my. And when Christ signs your name on the Book of Life, and the Holy Spirit presses It in there until the Life of Christ is formed in you (Hallelujah.) becomes deity. Men and women are sons and daughters of God. It does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know we’ll be like Him. For we shall see Him as He is, have a body like His own glorious body. And we’re waiting our perfect redemption. Amen. You believe it? 34 51-0508 - Faith Is The Substance Rev. William Marrion Branham Scriptural references on conversion Acts 3:19; 28:27; John 12:40; 39 - 41; Mathew 18:13; Luke 22: 31 - 32; Psalms 51:13; Isaiah 60:5; 6:9 - 10. Spiritual heart diseases that need healing have to receive the word for heart faith Madness in the hearts of the sons of men ♠Ecclesiastes 9:3 3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. ♠Ecclesiastes 8:11 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. ♠Hebrews 3:12 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. ♠Romans 10:5-8 5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. 6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) 7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) 8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; ♠Deuteronomy 30:11-14 11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? 14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. ♠Psalm 119:10, 11 35 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. 11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. The message of Malachi 4:5-6 to restore the heart faith ♠Malachi 4:5, 6 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. ♠The rapture is for those who tremble at his word; Isaiah 66:5, not for the indifferent. It is for those who are watching and waiting for him - Luke 12:37, 35 - 40; Ephesians 6:18; Proverbs 8:34 ♠Philippians 2:12, 13 12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling . 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. The threefold mystery of the rapture, physical and spiritual The starting point of the rapture is spiritual resurrection after hearing the voice of the son of God who is also the son of man followed by spiritual translation. Before there can be a spiritual resurrection one has to hear the voice of the son of God who hath been given life in himself and authority to execute judgment also because he is the son of man (John 5:24- 27). ♠The rapture is a revelation to the bride. Notice the three stages of the spiritual resurrection, voice of the son of God (John 5:24), spiritual resurrection for those who hear/believe his voice (John 5:25,24), spiritual translation for those that receive spiritual ressurrection (Ephesians 2:1-6; ; Colosians 1:13; 1 :13 Corinthians12: 13) . ♠The people left to see the millennium are spoken of in Isaiah 24:6 together with Zechariah 14:16 - 21 ♠Three stages of the rapture: the shout, the voice of the archangel, trump call of God (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17; 1 Corinthians 15:51 - 54; Isaiah 26:19 - 21; Psalms 27:1 5; 50:1 -3; Daniel 12: 1 - 4, 8 - 9; Isaiah 66:5-6 with 2 Thessalonians 1: 6 -10 With Phillipians 3:21 with Luke 17:34 - 36; with mathew 24:40 - 51; 25:1 - 12; With Malachi 4: 5 - 6: with Revelation 10: 1 - 11; 4:1; 14: 14-20; 4-5; Daniel 7: 21 - 22; 2Peter 3: 1 - 10; Revelation 3:3; 11: 15 - 18; 16: 15; 13 - 16 : I come as a thief ). Revelation 20: 4 was explained by the prophet thus quote: 36 Raised up by the glory of the father ♠1 Corinthians 6:14 14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. ♠1 Peter 1:21 21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. John 17:22 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: ♠Romans 6:4 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Colossians 2:12 12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. Romans 8:11 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. The shout is the message that calls out the bride 164 Therefore, the Message calls the Bride together, see, the shout. 65-1204 - The Rapture Rev. William Marrion Branham ♠The voice of the archangel will raise those that sleep in the dust, Daniel 12: 2; dwell in the dust Isaiah 26:19. The voice of the archangel: A call to the heavens above and to the earth On Revelation 20:4 and the Rapture 261. Could you please… (Well, it’s exactly the same question.)…Revelation 20:4, are they souls of the beheaded for the witness of Christ who would not worship the beast nor receive his mark in the (Oh, I see what they’re getting to now. This was just give to me, just handed to me.)…since it says they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years? So it’s puzzling, because the persecution of the Bride, but who else could they be and reign with Christ a thousand years? Would they—they…would they be the hundred and forty-four thousand? 37 No, no! They are the Bride. Now, remember, remember, they… 225 You said, “While they’re beheaded for the witness…” Now, you say, “For the…worship not the beast…” Sure! You say, “The beast is yet to come.” 226 The beast has been all the time; the beast was the one that fed them back there in them lions’ dens, fed them back there in that arena there in Rome. That was the antichrist; that was the beast right there, set up a form of religion. Just exactly like, almost, a pattern. The Roman church was taken right out of the Bible, and then…What they did that, they organized the thing and made a institution and made a—a universal church out of it, and all wouldn’t bow down to it had to be destroyed. See? It was. \paragraph{ 64-0823M - Questions And Answers #1 Rev. William Marrion Branham} Gathering unto him at the dispensation of fulness of times ♠Psalm 50:3-6 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. 4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. 5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah. ♠Ephesians 1:10 10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: Quote on Dispensation of fulness of times over it. Ephesians, 1st chapter, 10th verse. 68 And remember that, we just passed That in the dispensation of the fulness of time… 69 Now, we learned that the fulness of time is waiting for what? The fulness of all time, the time that when sin will cease, the time when death will cease, the time when sickness will cease, the time when sin will cease, the time when all of the perversions (that perverted things, that the devil has perverted) will cease, when time itself shall cease. Watch. That in the dispensation of the fulness of time that he might gather…in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on the earth; even in him: \paragraph{ 60-0522E - Adoption #4 Rev. William Marrion Branham} A shout scripture references ♠Matthew 25:6 38 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh ; go ye out to meet him. Revelation 16:15 15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. ♠Luke 17:26-30 26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. ♠Malachi 4:5, 6 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. Quote on the shout A shout, what is the shout? It’s the Message going forth, first, the living Bread of Life bringing forth the Bride. 131 Now, God has a way of doing things. And He never changes His policy. He never changes His po-…He’s the unchanging God. In Amos 3:7, He said He would do nothing on the earth until first He revealed it to His servants the prophets. And just as certain as He promised it, He’ll do it. 65-1204 - The Rapture Rev. William Marrion Branham Voice of the archangel , scripture references ♠Isaiah 26:19 19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. In type: John 11:11 11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. 39 ♠John 11:43 43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. ♠Daniel 12:1, 2 1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. ♠Revelation 20:4 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. ♠1 Corinthians 15:52 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. ♠John 5:28, 29 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. Voice of the archangel quotes from the message ♠262 We’ve all got a victory. We’ve fought through many victories. And a great victory is coming just soon, right around the corner. Our complete V-day will be soon, when the Son of God shall break the skies, and scream with the Voice of the Archangel, and He shall come again. And the graves shall open, and the dead shall walk out. 63-0421 - Victory Day Rev. William Marrion Branham ♠164 Therefore, the Message calls the Bride together, see, the shout. And the trumpet… The same One, He, with a loud voice, He screamed out with that shout and a voice, and woke Lazarus. With a loud voice He cried, “Lazarus, come forth.” See? And the voice wakes up—wakes up the sleeping Bride, the sleeping dead. 40 65-1204 - The Rapture Rev. William Marrion Branham ♠190 That same Son stood there, one day. He said, “Lazarus, come forth.” And a man that been dead four days, rotten, his nose fell in, stunk, he came forth. Said: Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, (Amen.) when all that’s in the grave will hear the voice of the Son of God, So, it’s done been spoke. It has to happen like that. There’s going to be a Rapture. Oh, my! 65-1204 - The Rapture Rev. William Marrion Branham The trump call, scripture reference ♠Isaiah 26:20 20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. ♠Psalm 27:5 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. * ♠Revelation 4:1 1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. ♠Revelation 14:14-16 14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. 15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. 16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. Matthew 25:10 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Revelation 19:7 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. 41 Quotes on trump call 153 Now, the third thing, is a trumpet, which, always, at the Feast of Trumpets, is calling the people to the feast. And that’ll be the Bride’s Supper, the Lamb’s Supper with the Bride, in the sky. See? 65-1204 - The Rapture Rev. William Marrion Branham ♠165 And the trumpet, “with the sound of a trumpet.” And, when it does, it calls. Always, a trumpet called Israel to the Feast of the Trumpets. See? Which, was a pentecostal Feast, the great Feast in the sky; and the Feast of the Trumpets. And, now, a trumpet do announce a calling together, “Come to the Feast.” And now that is the—the Lamb’s Supper in the sky. Now watch: The assembling together; and the Bride; the Feast of the Trumpets; the Wedding Supper. We have seen it in types. Now watch just a moment before we close. Notice. We seen it in types. 65-1204 - The Rapture Rev. William Marrion Branham Querry and message to ponder: when the son of man cometh will he find the faith ♠Luke 18:8 8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? ♠Matthew 24:44 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. ♠Matthew 24:21, 22 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened. ♠165 Now that’s the question. Here is where I wanted to get to: In Revelation 10 (We’ll get to it in a few minutes, to another Scripture, refer.), He said, “In the days of the Message of the seventh angel, the mystery of God ought to be finished.” Here is the question, is, if you follow in that line in this hour, will it be finished? “Will I find the Faith?” Will Malachi 4 be fulfilled in this time, “Restore the Faith of the children, back to the Faith of the fathers, the original, the Word”? See? 42 65-0725M - The Anointed Ones At The End Time Branham A message of restoration of the faith. Rev. William Marrion The end -time message is a message of restoration of the faith 36 exact quote searches on rapturing faith, church being put in order for rapturing faith, before it can go in the rapture, a faith given by the lamb of God, by the power of his resurrection. Without faith it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:5 - 6; 1 Corinthians 10: 1 -5). spadesuit 176 The end-time evangelist’s Message is from Malachi 4. It’s a restoring. The Message and messenger, both, will have to be a restoration of the Faith. Jude said, in the Book of Jude, just about thirty years after the crucifixion, he said, “Brethren, I give all diligence to write unto you of the common Faith, that you should earnestly contend for the Faith that was once delivered to the saints back there.” See? See? Malachi said, for the last days, the last prophet of the Old Testament, that “Before the great and terrible Day of the Lord shall come, I will send to you Elijah the prophet. And he will restore the Faith of the children back to, or the Faith of the children back to the fathers, just before the destruction time.” What is it? It’s a Message that goes forth, a Message and messenger of the last days, that’s not to bring them to a creed, but to jerk them out of those creeds and bring them back to the original Faith of the fathers, the pentecostal fathers, where the Church is to be in the last days. Not the Mosaic fathers, but the pentecostal fathers. 62-0603 - The End-Time Evangelism Rev. William Marrion Branham The main heart is the message ♠151 When I went forth into the meetings with you, praying for the sick, it was fine. But, when I come with a Message! If any Message goes forth, it’s a true Message… If it’s the true, genuine miracles of God, and hangs right in that organization, you know it’s not of God, ’cause that thing is already declared. Jesus went forth and healed the sick, in order to catch their eyes, the people, then His Message. That’s right. It has to have something that God is going to introduce. He just…Divine healing, His miracles like that, just catch the eyes of the people. The main heart of It is the Message. There’s what is, what comes from in here. He’s trying to get the favor of the people, so they’ll set and listen to Him, see, for there’s some in there that’s ordained to Life. Some of the grain, wheat, fell on ground, the birds picked it up. And others fell amongst thorns. And some was, went on prepared ground, pre-prepared ground, and brought forth. 43 The message will not work effectually in the heart of the indifferent ♠276 “It shall be Light about the evening time. The path to Glory you will surely find,” if you’re elected. That Seed falls upon dry grounds, or upon rocks, It’ll never do nothing; hard, stony hearts that wants to be indifferent. But if It’ll fall upon the soft, mellow ground of faith, It’ll bring forth a Christian, bearing fruits of the Spirit. 63-0630M - The Third Exodus Rev. William Marrion Branham The bride lives for him not for herself ♠2 Corinthians 5:15 15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. Matthew 16:24, 25 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. Difference between intellectual and heart faith ♠Intellectual faith verses heart faith. Intellectual faith stands in the wisdom of man while heart faith stands in the wisdom of God, power of God. Heart faith worketh by love, projects the life of the word, doeth the will of God, is projected from the a circumcised heart. Intellectual faith is not from the heart and therefore cannot project the life of the word, do the will of God. Heart faith is in the realms of the soul, the inside of the inside is changed. scripture reference on intellectual and heart faith 1 Corinthians 2:4, 5 4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. James 3:13-17 13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 44 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. Rapturing faith is a heart faith. Galatians 5:6 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. Quotes on intellectual and heart faith ♠ 109 Paul was down here in the natural realm with his Ph.D. See? He didn’t know. He had an intellectual faith, but he didn’t have a Divine faith. There’s quite a difference in me having an intellectual faith than a Divine faith. There’s where you, my Baptist friends, failed to go on. You get the intellectual faith by that, but it must be a Divine revelation of Jesus Christ to you that takes sin out of the heart. Intellectual faith is not enough. That’s all right, but it only brings you to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is a personal experience of the birth, the new birth, regeneration, making a new creature in Christ. 55-0123E - Earnestly Contend For The Faith Rev. William Marrion Branham ♠82 Now, you can have an intellectual faith by hearing the Word, and perceiving It in your mind, and accept It upon those basis, which is intellectual faith. But the faith that Jesus was speaking of, in Saint John 5:24, “He that heareth My Word and believeth on Him that sent Me, has everlasting Life”: that doesn’t come from intellectual faith, that comes from borned-again experience; as a man thinketh in his heart. He’s borned again, and from there comes forth his thoughts: his soul. Not from his mind, but from his soul: Something that tells him that “It’s right,” when his mind says, “It’s wrong.” Amen. I hope you get it. You know it anyhow. Not what the mind says, what the doctor says, what your pastor says, you know it anyhow. It’s in your soul. 55-0220A - The Second Coming Rev. William Marrion Branham ♠27 Look at Noah way back in Genesis. When God spoke to Noah that day, the Word of God came to Noah and told him to build an ark for the saving of his household. And you know, the world stood upright before the antediluvian destruction; it wasn’t leaning back like this to bring water. And when God told Noah He was going to send a flood, a rain, why, you know he had critics. But faith doesn’t look at what circumstances is; faith looks to what God says. Faith don’t try to reason. Faith just takes it at its face value. 45 Now, there’s two different kinds of what we call faith today. And I’m sorry to say this to my audience tonight, but I’m too sure of this—or real sure of this, that’s there’s too much intellectual faith in the stead of being heart faith. 55-1003 - Faith In Action Rev. William Marrion Branham The manifestation of his name in this our day THE MANIFESTATION OF GOD’S NAME IS THE REVELATION OF HIS WORD TO BRING THE LOVE OF GOD INTO THE HEARTS OF HIS ELECT. ♠John 17:6-8, 26 6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. 7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. 8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. 26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. Quotes on manifestation of the virtues of Jesus Christ ♠23 Now, if I don’t answer this correctly, well then, you ask me. I—I—I—I…and put it on my desk for tonight and then I—I’ll get a hold of it. Now, Christian friend, a person cannot be born again until they have received the Holy Spirit. See? You can’t. You are not even converted until you receive the Holy Ghost. I’m not say, “you’re lost,” before you receive the Holy Ghost; ’cause you’re not. There is three…there is one work of grace, only one work of grace, that’s the Holy Spirit. And it’s made in three manifestations. Just like there’s one God made in three manifestations: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. One God, only one. Now, there is three works of grace but three manifestations. There’s a manifestation of justification by faith. A man believes God, says, “Yes, sir, I believe that. I believe there’s a true God and now for my personal Saviour, I accept Jesus Christ, His Son, as my personal Saviour.” Now, that’s what’s called justification by faith, which the disciples received first. 54-0516 - Questions And Answers (Law Having A Shadow) Rev. William Marrion Branham ♠Add to your faith, virtue; add to your virtue, knowledge; to your knowledge, temperance; to your temperance, patience; to your patience, godliness; to your godliness, brotherly love; to your brotherly love, the Holy Spirit, and Christ will come. ’Cause, just beneath Him…The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Jesus Christ into the Church, to manifest those virtues. Oh, my! Here it is, quarter after twelve. I love…I love Him Because He first loved me Way down here, before you was anything. And purchased…(What did He do?)…my salvation On Calvary’s tree. How am I this? Because He loved me, first. I love Him, I love Him Because He first loved me (There is the cause.) 46 And purchased my salvation On Calvary’s tree. 452 I pledge, this morning, to Him, with all my heart, that, by His help and by His grace, I pray that I’ll seek daily, without ceasing, until I feel every one of these requirements flowing in this little old stature of mine, till I can be a manifestation of the living Christ. For, He became sin like me, that I might became…come righteousness of God, like Him. “He took my place; Lord, let me take His now.” Because, that’s the purpose He died for. How many will pledge that same thing, by the grace of God? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] With our heads bowed now, and our hands up. 62-1014M - The Stature Of A Perfect Man Rev. William Marrion Branham ♠351 I’m going to read some now. Just…I want you to listen real close to this. Here is where the Spirit said, “Pick up the pen.” I’d have to leave some of It go, but I’ve got to bring some of It to you. All right. [Brother Branham reads paragraphs 352 through 379—Ed.] 352 Now, here is what I’m trying to say to you. The law of reproduction, bring forth of its kind, Genesis 1:11. These last days, true Church-Bride comes to the Headstone, will be the super Church, a super Race, as the…nears the great Headstone. They will be much like, so much like Him, even they will be in His very image, in the order to be united with Him. They will be One. They will be the very manifestation of the Word of the living God. Denominations can never produce This. This will be…They will produce their creeds and dogmas, mixed with the Word, and—and brings a hybrid product. 62-0318 - The Spoken Word Is The Original Seed Rev. William Marrion Branham ♠206 And the Father now dwells in us, by His death. He sanctified a Church; that absolutely, this Church, the clean-…unclean, filthy. God condescending, from a Pillar of Fire; down to be made man; and then the Holy Spirit right in us. Don’t you see what it is? The same God coming down all the time, now. God above us; God with us; God in us. See? Like, the thoughts of God; the Word of God; and the manifestation of the Word. 207 Just the same thing, from the beginning, God thinking; a Father, He was; a Son, He was; a Saviour, He was; the Healer He was. 208 The Words were spoke, and It was manifested, “Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son; His Name shall be called Emmanuel, Counsellor, Prince of Peace, Mighty God, Everlasting Father,” and it was! 209 And from that, come forth, “That He might bring forth many sons unto God.” The whole thing is God, revealed! God above us; God with us; God in us. A paradox, indeed, that God would dwell in man, Himself. Sure. 64-0206B - Paradox Rev. William Marrion Branham ♠**And then when the Bride is being called out, how you going to put it out? It’s the revelation of the manifestation of the Word made true. And we’re living in that day**; praise be to God; the revelation of the mystery of Hisself. 47 81 Now, the Rapture is only…This Rapture that we’re talking about, is only for the Bride. Remember, the Bible said, “And the rest of the dead lived not for a thousand years.” This great Rapture! If there’s not a Rapture, friends, where are we at? What are we going to do? What age are we living in? What promise do we have? There is going to be a Rapture. The Bible says there will be. And it’ll be only for the Elected, the Elected Lady, the Bride in this day, that’s pulled out, the Church. 65-1204 - The Rapture Rev. William Marrion Branham 62 Now, you can be justified without being sanctified; you can be sanctified without having the Holy Ghost. See? The Holy Ghost is the indwelling Presence of Christ’s power, in the Spirit. Now, we see that the natural types the spiritual, so the Church is in its complete maturity now: justification, sanctification, baptism of the Holy Spirit. We just come through the Seven Church Ages, at home, typing that out beautifully. 63-0116 - The Evening Messenger Rev. William Marrion Branham But where He has spoken we had better speak, too, and say what He has already said. He told us the evidence, or what would happen after being baptized with the Holy Ghost was that we would have the Teacher come and teach all truth. But that Teacher was an INSIDE teacher, not an outside teacher. If the Spirit wasn’t inside, you wouldn’t hear the truth and receive it by revelation if you heard it every moment of the day. That was the sign of the indwelling Spirit in the days of Paul. Those who were filled with the Holy Ghost heard the Word, received it and lived by it. Those who did not have the Spirit heard it only as carnal men, put a wrong interpretation on it and went into sin. In every age, (and every age is the age of the Holy Ghost for the true believer) — I say, in every age the evidence was the same. Those who had the Spirit, the Teacher, heard the Word, and that Spirit in them took the Word and taught it (revealed it) to them; and they were of the group that heard the messenger and his message and took it and lived it. An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages (4 - The Smyrnaean Church Age) Rev. William Marrion Branham In I Corinthians 14:37, “If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.” Now see that. The proof of the indwelling Spirit was to acknowledge and FOLLOW what God’s prophet gave for his age as he set the church in order. Paul had to say to those who claimed another revelation, (verse 36) “What? came the Word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?” The evidence of a Spirit-filled Christian believer is not to produce the truth (Word), but to receive the truth (Word), and to believe and obey it. Have you noticed in Revelation 22:17, “And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come”? See, the bride speaks the same Word as does the Spirit. She is a Word bride proving she has the Spirit. In every church age we hear these words, “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the 48 churches.” The Spirit gives the Word. If you have the Spirit you will hear the Word for your age, as those true Christians took the Word for their age. An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages (5 - The Pergamean Church Age) Rev. William Marrion Branham You are not converted until you receive the holy Ghost 75 You’re not converted until you receive the Holy Ghost. The Bible said so. After Peter had both been saved and sanctified, give Power to cast out unclean spirits, and to preach the Gospel; Jesus plainly told him he was not converted, until he received the Holy Ghost. And He said, “After you are converted, then strengthen your brethren.” That was on the night of the betrayal, that he was not yet converted. And no man is truly converted until he has been changed, and died to himself, and the Holy Spirit has control of that person. They don’t want to do it. 76 Now the Holy Spirit will not misbehave Itself in one person, and behave Itself in another. It’ll make each person come into Its character, see, because it’s a Spirit that leads you. It brings, makes you subject to Its nature. You don’t bring It subject to your nature; It makes you subject to Its nature. And the Holy Spirit makes you live and love to do it. Oh, how you love to give up the things of the world, when the Holy Spirit comes in! How It cleanses you and washes you, and puts a desire in you to—to—to follow Him, and a thirst and a hunger for more of It, just bathing yourself. He brings realities. 60-0626 - The Unfailing Realities Of The Living God Rev. William Marrion Branham The bride in the last days will be brought to experience the depth of God DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EXPERIENCING THE DEPTH OF GOD AND DEPTH OF SATAN. THE BRIDE HAS TO BE BROUGHT TO THE EXPERIENCE OF THE DEPTH OF GOD (JOHN 17:26; EPHESIANS 3:16 - 19) AND THUS BE FILLED WITH ALL THE FULNESS OF GOD. ♠ Let us first know what the depth of God is, and the opposite will be true for the depth of Satan. In Ephesians 3:16. “That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.” Now according to these verses, when a man experiences the depth of God in his life, it is an actual personal experience of the Spirit of God indwelling him, and his mind is illuminated by the wisdom and knowledge of 49 God through the Word. But the depth of Satan will be in that he will attempt to destroy this. He will as always attempt to make a substitute for this reality of God. How will he do it? He will take away the knowledge of the truth of God — destroy the Word by putting forth his own, “Yea, hath God said?” He will then substitute the personal Christ in our spirits. He will do it, as he caused Israel to do the same; by a human being reigning as king instead of God. The born-again experience will be rejected in favor of church joining . An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages (6 - The Thyatirean Church Age) Rev. William Marrion Branham ♠ Depth of Satan and depth of God m The very name, Ephesus, has a strange compound meaning, “Aimed at,” and “Relaxed.” The high aspirations of this age that had begun with the fullness of the Spirit, “the depth of God,” whereby they were aiming at the high calling of God, began to give way to a less watchful attitude. A less ardent following of Jesus Christ began to manifest itself as an omen that in the future ages the physical vehicle called the church would sink to the awfulness of the “depth of Satan.” It had become relaxed and was drifting. Already the age was backsliding. It had left its first love. The tiny seed planted in that Ephesian Age would one day grow in the spirit of error until all foul birds of the air would roost in its branches. An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages (3 - The Ephesian Church Age) Rev. William Marrion Branham Quote This age had justification, but it had missed sanctification and the Baptism with the Holy Ghost. That is what God’s original plan was. That is what they had at Pentecost. They were justified, they were sanctified, and were filled with the Holy Ghost. Why, listen to me, the reason for being justified and sanctified is to the end that you might be baptized with the Holy Ghost. That is the reason that there is a church. It is the temple of God filled with God, even the Holy Ghost. The same Spirit that was in Jesus while He was here on earth, causing Him to do the mighty works which He did came back upon the church at Pentecost so that they did the works that He did. This age did not have those works. Oh, they had the written Word, (but not the revealed Word). This was the reformation period. But fear not little flock, God said, “I will restore,” and this reform was going to be the start of it. He was going to (according to His promise) take the church back from the depth of Satan in the Dark Ages to the Depth of God that they had at Pentecost and in the first few years of the existence of the church. An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages (7 - The Sardisean Church Age) Rev. William Marrion Branham 50 Scripture reading on depth of God ♠Ephesians 3:16-19 16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. ♠ That the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be un them John 17:25, 26 25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. 26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. Rapturing faith is the faith of operation of God RAPTURING FAITH IS THE FAITH OF THE OPERATION OF GOD. IT IS THE FAITH THAT GIVES US SPIRITUAL RESURRECTION ♠ Risen with him through the faith of operation of God Colossians 2:12 12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. Christ liveth in me Galatians 2:20 20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Message quote on faith of operation of God 50 Jesus was training some men that was going to take the gospel to all the world, twelve men. So He lived a sanctified life, and forfeited every worldly pleasure for their sake. We ought to forfeit our worldly dressing, and our worldly pleasures, and things like that, for the sake of the people we’re trying to lead to God, 51 the outside world. Let the Dove come in tonight. Sanctify yourself, that the Dove of real faith will come in and take His abode. 60-0805 - Lamb And Dove Rev. William Marrion Branham Quotes on spiritual resurrection and follow up scriptures ♠ First fruits of spiritual resurrection 77 No wonder they’re an odd and peculiar people. No wonder they act strange. They don’t have no more affairs of this world, for they are dead and buried in Christ, and have raised to a new life, to be the first fruits of them that enjoy the spiritual resurrection, that the Holy Spirit would go through every member, and to show forth the glory of God, like God showed Egypt when He brought forth the Vine. 59-0920 - Planting The Vine And Where To Plant It Branham ♠ Rev. William Marrion We are resurrected from inside out 114 Now we are resurrected today. Why can we have such a time over the things of God? Because we are resurrected. “Those who He foreknew, He called; those who He called, He justified; those who He justified, He has glorified.” Then we are now resurrected. We are resurrected from the inside out, not from the outside in. Oh! Do you notice? Not sealed out, this way, but sealed in. Oh, my, if the church could just see it! See, we’re not sealed out, we’re sealed in. Them days, when sin was—was abomination before God, and there was no appropriation to take it away, we were sealed away from it. Now when that ripped in two, and that seal was broke by a sinoffering being made from us, now we’re baptized inside, and sealed inside. We are resurrected. We are now resurrected, already resurrected. How do you know? The Bible said so! Amen. We are now resurrected. We are now raised with Him in spiritual resurrection. What does the word quickened mean? Quickened means “resurrection.” That’s right. We’re already resurrected, right now, sitting together in Heavenly places in Christ Jesus, enjoying the Easter Seal. Amen. That’s God’s true Easter Seal. How are we? By one Spirit baptized into the Body, and Sealed Eternally. We are now raised, spiritually. What did we raise from? From a life of sin, we were once sinners and loved the things of the world. 52 61-0402 - The True Easter Seal Rev. William Marrion Branham ♠ We already got spiritual resurrection 62 And when we strike Jordan, with Christ, we got one portion, but when we return, we’re coming with two portions. We got Eternal Life, resurrection from sin, now, in righteousness with the Holy Ghost. And then on the return, with Christ, we come back with both physical resurrection, and we already got spiritual resurrection. We have a double portion of it. Always a type of Christ and the Church: Elisha and Elijah. 62-0513M - The Way Of A True Prophet Of God Branham ♠ Rev. William Marrion The earnest of my complete physical, spiritual resurrection, everything 64 There ain’t no bother no more. Death is nothing. We got it. It’s ours. It can’t control me. I control it. How? Through Him Who made me an overcomer, because I’ve already overcome death. How did I do it? By believing on Him. See? Death is in sin, unbelief. I’m not an unbeliever. I’m a believer. I’ve raised from that thing, resurrected. It’s the earnest of all my complete physical, spiritual resurrection, everything. Yes, sir. You get it? So we do have death under our control, through Jesus Christ Who has overcome death, hell, grave, sickness, sorrow, everything else, triumphed over all. 62-0513M - The Way Of A True Prophet Of God Branham Rev. William Marrion Quotes on physical and spiritual resurrection ♠106 If you are filled with the Holy Ghost this morning, and God’s power is moving in every fiber of your body, what good would it do for you to stand in the Judgment? You’re already judged, and been received, and filled, and already—already translated into Heavenly places with Christ Jesus. Not you will be, you are now, right now translated! \paragraph{ 54-0103M - Questions And Answers #1 Rev. William Marrion Branham} 53 scriptures translated into the kingdom of his Dear son ♠Colossians 1:13 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: ♠ Translation of Enoch Hebrews 11:5, 6 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. ♠ We are comw unto mount Sion Hebrews 12:22, 23 22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, 23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, Ephesians 2:4-6 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: The rapture will take place at the time of the plagues ♠ Timing of the rapture HE COMES TO RAPTURE HER IN THE TIME OF THE PLAGUES. TIME OF THE RAPTURE. DESTRUCTION OF CATHOLICISM BY COMMUNISM IN THE SEVENTH VIAL, REVELATION 16 AND 18. RATURE BEFORE THE SEVENTH VIAL. THE EXODUS MESSAGE OF REVELATION 18:1-4 IS CONNECTED TO AND IS THE MESSAGE OF REVELATION 16:15 BETWEEN THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH VIAL. ♠ 54 He comes to rapture the church in the time of the plagues 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. 104 Christ comes three times. The first time, He came to redeem His Church. Is that right? The second time, He comes to receive His Church. The third time, He comes with His Church. See? He come to redeem Her; He comes to rapture Her and be caught away, in the time of the plagues and so forth; returns back for the Millennium, lives through the Millennium. \paragraph{ 54-0103M - Questions And Answers #1 Rev. William Marrion Branham} ♠ Communism and the seventh vial 216. You have said many times that communism was raised up by God, to serve His purpose, as King Nebuchadnezzar. Now where did the communism fit into the picture that will…it finally…will finally do? How does it wind up? Many scholars believe that in the kingdom of the north, Gog and Magog mentioned in the Scriptures, goes down against Israel in the—in the…(I can’t make out just what that is. Yeah. Yeah.) I believe, of the…some of the tapes taken, said, you said it would finally drop a…that communism would finally destroy Catholicism, or the Vatican, by an explosion. Is this right? 367 Yes. Revelation 16, you’ll find it, and Revelation 18:8 and 12. If the person is here, wants to take this piece of paper, on that, you can look it right up. Yeah. See, “Alas, alas that great city! For in one hour she has come to her end.” You see, the merchants, and everything else, that brought her merchandise. It will be. That’s right. And don’t… Scripture on events preceeding the seventh vial ♠THE SEVEN ANGELS GIVEN THE VIALS HAD THE PLAGUES - THE SEVENTH VIAL WILL BRING THE FIERCE WRATH OF GOD ON BABYLON. BEFORE THE SEVENTH VIAL A THIRD EXODUS MESSAGE IS GIVEN (Revelation 18:1- 4), There is a message forewarning of his as a thief (Revelation 16:15) Revelation 15:1 1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. The seven angels with the seven last plagues given seven golden vials full of the wrath of God Revelation 15:5-8 5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: 55 6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. 7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. 8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. The message in between the sixth and seventh vial ♠ Revelation 16:12-19 12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. 13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. 15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. 16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. 17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. 18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. 19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. The seventh vial, destruction of great Babylon, Armageddon ♠ Revelation 16:17-21 17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. 18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. 19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. 20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. 21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. 56 ♠ Scriptures connected to battle of Armageddon Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39 Zechariah chapters 12 - 14 and so on. Some quotes on Rapturing faith The seven mysterious thunders ♠75 And then there is coming forth seven mysterious Thunders that’s not even written at all. That’s right. And I believe that, through those Seven Thunders, will be revealed in the last days in order to get the Bride together for rapturing faith. Because, what we got right now, we—we wouldn’t be able to do it. There is something. We’ve got to step farther. We, we can’t have enough faith for Divine healing, hardly. We’ve got to have enough faith to be changed, in a moment, and be swept up out of this earth. And we’ll find that, after a while, the Lord willing, find where It’s written. 76 Then, all the judgments of these evil doers! Now, see, down through the ages of these Seals, has been breaking, until now the last Seal is broken. And now as they—as they have been watching in on these Seals and just presume, presuming what they were doing. Now, at the end of the ages, of the church ages, all these evil doers will take place and head up in the Tribulation; all of these evil doers of the Seven Seals, that’s been working mysterious in the church. 63-0318 - The First Seal Rev. William Marrion Branham Your big muscles wont meet the challenges of this hour, the rapturing rapturing faith to take the church out before judgment strikes the earth ♠201 We’ve got the members, but they’re weak. They love things of the world better than they do the things…You say I’m all…Oh? Look upon the churches and find out. Don’t try to deny it. Your actions speaks more than your words does, see. Oh, yeah, got more members, bigger muscles, but where is the strength of the Lord? Your big muscles won’t meet the challenge of this hour, the rapturing faith to take the Church out of this thing before judgment strikes the earth. 202 And judgment is fixing to strike. I’ll say, as my friend Jack Moore said; if God lets America get by with the things it’s doing now, He’ll be morally obligated to raise up Sodom and Gomorrah and apologize to it, for burning her up. Right! Judgment is next. 63-0628M - O Lord, Just Once More 57 Rev. William Marrion Branham Looking for another surge of the Holy Spirit into the church for a rapturing faith ♠24 And I am looking for a time of a break forth, of the Spirit of God, in these last days that we’re now living in; for another surge of the Holy Spirit, into the Church; for a rapturing faith, just before it comes. And everything is sitting straight in order for that. And I believe that we’re now at the time that the Word should have preeminence. I believe that the time to lay aside our creeds and our thoughts, and come back to the Word. 63-1128E - The Token Rev. William Marrion Branham Harvest rain or rapturing faith ♠The Pentecostal Age did not restore. But God has to restore for He cannot deny His Word. This is not the resurrection of the Church; it is the “Restoration.” God will take the Church right back to Pentecost of the beginning. Now notice in verse 25 it tells why we need restoration. The locust, cankerworm, caterpillar and palmerworm have eaten all but the root and a small bit of the stem. Now we are told that all these insects are all one and the same in different stages. That is right. They are the antichrist spirit manifested in organization, denomination and false doctrine through the ages. And that poor little root and stalk is going to be restored. God isn’t going to plant a new Church, but is going to bring His original planting back to original seed. He is doing it as stated in verse 23, by the teaching, or “former” rain. Next will come the harvest rain or rapturing faith. Thus at this very moment we are in the complete fulfillment of Matthew 24:24, “insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.” And who is it that shall attempt to deceive the very elect? Why, the spirit of antichrist in the “false anointed ones” of this last day. These false ones have already come in “Jesus’ Name” claiming that they have been anointed of God for the last day. They are the false Messiahs (anointed ones). They claim that they are prophets. But are they one with the Word? Never. They have added to it or taken from it. No one denies that the Spirit of God manifesting in gifts is upon them. But like Balaam they all have their programs, make their appeal for money, exercise gifts, but deny the Word or by-pass it for fear that a controversy might diminish their chances for greater gain. Yet they preach salvation and deliverance through the power of God, just like Judas, with a ministry imparted by Christ. But because they are wrong seed, consequently they have a wrong spirit motivating them. Religious? Oh my! They outshine the elect in effort and zeal, but it is Laodicean, not of Christ, for it looks for big crowds, big programs and startling signs amongst them. 58 An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages (10 - A Resume Of The Ages) William Marrion Branham Rev. Seven thunders will be revealed in the last days inorder to get the bride together for a rapturing faith That’s right. And I believe that, through those Seven Thunders, will be revealed in the last days in order to get the Bride together for rapturing faith. 63-0318 - The First Seal Rev. William Marrion Branham The rapturing faith of Enoch ♠But Enoch walked before God, for five hundred years, and had a testimony, “he pleased God,” with rapturing faith; and just started walking right out, and went up through the skies, and went Home without even tasting death; never died, at all. 63-0318 - The First Seal Rev. William Marrion Branham The third pull is the thing that brings rapturing faith 42 And everyone knows that, for, as certain as the First was identified, so has the Second been identified. And if you’ll think real closely, you who are spiritual. As the Bible said, “Here is to him that has wisdom.” The Third is properly identified. See? We know where it is. So, the Third Pull is here. 43 It is so sacred, that, I mustn’t say much about it. As He told me in the beginning, said, “This, say nothing of it.” You remember that, years ago? It speaks for itself. See? But you…I’ve tried to explain the others, and I made a mistake. This will be the thing, that, to my opinion…I don’t say the Lord tells me this. This will be a thing that will start the Rapturing faith, for the going away. See? See? And it… 63-1229E - Look Away To Jesus Rev. William Marrion Branham The holy gives us rapturing faith 175 Now, look, I’ve said some pretty rough things about airplane, automobile. Remember, they are horsepower, too. All of it is horsepower. The church is just moving up, Holy Ghost power: Is the Holy Ghost that we’re justified by. You ministers know that, don’t you? The Holy Ghost sanctifies us. The Holy Ghost fills us. The Holy Ghost gives us rapturing faith, see, as we move up. 59 64-0209 - Countdown Rev. William Marrion Branham The inside of the inside has to be changed ♠279 Just watch! Stay close to Christ. Let me warn you now, as a minister of the Gospel, of this. Don’t take any foolishness. Don’t imagine anything. Stay right there until this inside of the inside is anchored to the Word, that you’re right in Christ, ’cause that’s the only thing that’s going to…Cause, we’re in the most deceiving age that we ever lived in. “It would deceive the very Elected if it was possible,” because they have anointing, they can do anything like the rest of them. 65-0815 - And Knoweth It Not Rev. William Marrion Branham We have to be transformed into sons and daughters of God ♠311 That little inside of the inside, that’s where you start, which is your soul; then come from that, you’re a spirit; and then you become a living being. Now, the living being has five senses, to contact; the second has five senses. That’s the outside body: see, taste, feel, smell, and hear. The inside body has love and conscience, and so forth, five senses. But the inside of the inside, the control tower, it’s either God or Satan. 312 And you can mimic any of these things you can contact, like—like the, like a Christian; or you could cast out devils, like a Christian. But the inside control tower, the beginning, the origin, isn’t of God, it’ll never return to God. You understand it? Did not Judas cast out devils? Did not Caiaphas, the one who condemned Him and put Him to death, even prophesy? But he couldn’t stay with the Word. See? That’s right. 313 Transformed from the church and the world, into sons and daughters of God! Notice this, in closing now. 65-1031M - Power Of Transformation Rev. William Marrion Branham An outside whitewash wont make a difference ♠207 Now, notice that, it’s got to be. Five, f-a-i-t-h, outside; spirit, J-e-s-u-s; on the inside, y-o-u. See? That’s how standing here, looking at you, I don’t know a one of you. The spirit can anoint me, still I don’t know none of you. But when that inside of the inside breaks in, that’s God. 60 208 That’s where the outside can reason. You take a man, say, “Well, you know, I—I know I’m not supposed to commit adultery. But, you know, then the spirit tells me I shouldn’t commit adultery. But, you see, way down in there is still that thing in there.” See, it’ll kinda govern around, and better watch it. 209 But when it’s directed from the inside, it throws all the rest of it together. That’s the guidepost. That’s the control tower, the inside of the inside. The soul controls the spirit, the spirit controls the body. 210 So an outside whitewash don’t make any difference. Them religious people back there, that Paul called “whited-walls,” and so forth, they were, outward, just every way of a—a believer, and they had prophesies among them, and everything else but the inside of the inside (“the soul that disbelieveth”). 211 That’s the reason I say people can jump up and down, and speak in tongues, people can shout, lay hands on the sick, and heal the sick and so forth, by faith; all these great things there by the Spirit, still be lost. Anointed ones. 212 Notice, Jesus has said, “Only believe, for all things are possible to them that believe.” Faith and works are husband and wife, they work together. The husband works with the wife, the wife with the husband; they identify one another. 213 Like a man says he’s “married” and yet he can’t produce and show that he has a wife, you doubt his claims. Um-hum. A man said, “I’m married.” “Where’s your wife?” “Oh, oh, I—I don’t know about that.” See? See? Be kind of hard thing for me to believe him. I say, “Where is your wife?” “Well, I don’t know.” I—I ain’t going to believe it. 65-1126 - Works Is Faith Expressed Rev. William Marrion Branham The inside of the inside has to be magnetized to him 48 It can be feeled with that, felt with that inner charge that’s on the inside of the human body, called the new Birth. The soul has been magnetized unto Him. And once in a while, when you let your minds be concentrated on Him, believing on Him; after a while, Something, a reality, you can feel Something sweep over your being. That’s the vindication of His resurrection. It’s not a “guess so.” It’s not “I hope so.” 49 But, to every person that’s born again, it’s a “know so.” It’s, you know it. It’s right there, and when you become contact with Him. I’ve seen saints say, “Oh, can you…” The Presence of the Lord is near. They say, “Why, there is Something!” Why, certainly. 61 He is right there. Right up…He has rose from the dead, and He is standing right by you. 50 Now, someday, when we go to be with Him; these spirits in here, that can feel that Spirit, presses into That. Then, on the resurrection, when He makes Hisself visible, we’ll be made visible and have a body like His Own glorious body. For, when we come from the spirit world, He’ll bring us with Him. “All that are dead in Christ will God bring with Him in the resurrection.” Oh, what an enlightenment! What a blessed thing! 55-0410S - My Redeemer Liveth Rev. William Marrion Branham ♠ The inside of the inside has got to be changed 337 If there’s one in here this morning that doesn’t know Jesus Christ, doesn’t stand justified this morning, your sins all gone as though you never had sinned, and you want to be that way…’cause remember, one day, maybe today, maybe in the next five minutes, but one day that heart’s going to stop. And that inside of the inside is going to take its flight to stand in the Presence of God to be judged according to what you do with this Message this morning, according to this Message that you see. 65-1127B - Trying To Do God A Service Without It Being God’s Will William Marrion Branham ♠ Rev. Deception in the last days 318 If you believe me to be God’s prophet, you listen to my Words. See? That’s a deception in this day. Didn’t the Bible say, “It’d be so close it would deceive the Elected if possible”? The Elected, “down to the soul.” 319 But if you danced in the Spirit, still with the things of the world, there is something wrong. If you speak with tongues; Paul said, “I can speak with tongues of man and angels, and still not even be saved.” Uh-huh, both kinds, see. “I can do all the emotions, I can have faith, I can preach the Gospel, I can give all my goods to feed the poor, I can carry the Word in the mission fields across the…and still I’m nothing.” See? It’s that Inside of the inside, brother. That…Your spirit breaks up when you die, it takes its flight, but your soul lives. See? 65-1207 - Leadership Rev. William Marrion Branham 62 Third Pull is the opening of the Word ♠359 Notice, the very day when this messenger…Not when he starts on, but when he begins to declare his Message. See? The First Pull, healing; Second Pull, prophesying; Third Pull, the opening of the Word, the mysteries revealed. No more, there is no more higher order to reveal the Word, than prophets. But the only way the prophet can be vindicated is by the Word. And, remember, the Third Pull was the opening of them Seven Seals, to reveal the hidden Truth that’s been sealed in the Word. Do you see it? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] 65-0725M - The Anointed Ones At The End Time Rev. William Marrion Branham Third pull will be a mystery that would open up to bring power to the Church? ♠394 And then He said, “Now there’s a Third Pull coming, but don’t try to explain It.” You see how I approached This, tonight? I don’t know. But, I feel duty bound, to my church, to say something. You draw your own conclusion. 395 Now, will this be the mystery that would open up, that would bring Christ, bring a Power to the Church? See? We’ve already… 62-1230E - Is This The Sign Of The End, Sir? Rev. William Marrion Branham Divinely revealeth mystery truths ♠Now this messenger of Malachi 4 and Revelation 10:7 is going to do two things. One: According to Malachi 4 he will turn the hearts of the children to the fathers. Two: He will reveal the mysteries of the seven thunders in Revelation 10 which are the revelations contained in the seven seals. It will be these Divinely revealed “mystery-truths” that literally turn the hearts of the children to the Pentecostal fathers. Exactly so. An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages (9 - The Laodicean Church Age) Rev. William Marrion Branham With the restoration of the word will come the restoration of the power Already the visible manifestations of what I have been telling you are seen all around us. The ecumenical move of the tares is factual. But also it is a fact that the prophet for the last age must be bringing forth a message from God that will forerun the second coming of the Lord, for by his message will the hearts of the children be turned back to 63 the Pentecostal fathers, and with the restoration of the Word will come the restoration of the power. An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages (9 - The Laodicean Church Age) Rev. William Marrion Branham He is able to achieve himself a bride ♠60 He is able to achieve, to Himself, a Bride. He is going to, in the last days, be able to get a Bride, that with a ministry that’s so exactly, the…like a man and his wife becomes one. And when Jehovah gets His people like Him, then He lives in His people. They are one. 61 It fulfills the Scripture, exactly what He said in Saint John 14:12, “He that believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he also.” It also fulfill what Jesus said would take place, “As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be in the coming of the Son of man.” 64-0209 - Countdown Rev. William Marrion Branham Meditation, the word becoming flesh in the bride ♠MEDITATION: word made flesh by the bride (Rising of the sun 65- 0418m para 168) the word becoming the life of the bride; He fills you with his own divine nature, and changes your carnal nature into his divine nature. Then in this you become a new creation in Christ (The unity of one God in the one church - 581221e para 99 read the whole paragraph ); Spiritual nature and carnal nature; spiritual nature by the things of God and carnal nature after the things of the world (search spiritual nature). ♠ Exact message searches : procession of being converted; spiritual birth is growing into your heart; reason he has reborn again; before the actual, spiritual birth can take place, the word has to find itself through your mind, believe it. Quote of the new birth from the prince of the house of David ♠“ ‘Art thou a wise man of the Pharisees, and a master of Israel, and knowest not what I say?’ answered the Prophet. ‘Verily, verily I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit he cannot enter my kingdom. He who is born of Adam is of the flesh, and of Satan’s kingdom, of which Adam was; but he that is born again is born spiritual man, and is of my kingdom; for I come to build up a kingdom on the ruins of Satan’s seat. Marvel not, then, that I say that the sons of Adam must be born again to be sons of God. If ye would enter into my kingdom and live forever, ye must be 64 born again, even of water and of the Spirit.’ ”‘How can these things be? Pray, master, explain, that I may know what this mystery meaneth. How can a man be born when he is old?’ ”‘What! dost thou stumble at the very threshold of the doctrine of my kingdom, O Pharisee? If ye cannot believe earthly things, how shallye understand the heavenly thins which ye seek to know? He that would be my disciple must be born again! Your first birth is under Satan’s power, which rules the world, as it now is, in bondage; your second birth will be into His kingdom, who has come to destroy Satan’s and build up His own. This birth is spiritual.’ Becoming part of God ♠6 That’s why the—the borned-again Christian has never an end, because he has Eternal Life. And Eternal Life is a part of God’s Own Life, for God is Eternal. And the same word, Greek word Zoe that says “God’s Life,” when Jesus speaks and said, “I give unto them Eternal Life,” that same word is used again. Therefore, a man being borned again, his spirit has been changed, and he becomes a part of God, insomuch that he is a son of God. And he’s just as Eternal as God is Eternal, because he’s a part of God, by his Birth, spiritual Birth. 58-0108 - The Handwriting On The Wall Rev. William Marrion Branham You have eternal life by spiritual birth ♠189 There’s your woman, there’s your sex that brings death. Just as sure as there’s a sexual desire, there’s death left by it. And as sure as there’s a spiritual birth, there’s Eternal Life left by It. Death come through the birth of a woman, and Life come through the birth of a Man. Amen! There you are. 57-0925 - Questions And Answers On Hebrews Part I Rev. William Marrion Branham The rapture is in the bride right now ♠ The rapture is in the bride right now THE RAPTURE IS IN THE BRIDE RIGHT NOW. THE RAPTURE IS IN THE WISE VIRGIN PLANTED IN CHRIST. WHEN WE ARE IN CHRIST WE ARE IN THE RESURRECTION, WE ARE IN THE LIFE BECAUSE HE IS THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE. THE MESSAGE BRINGS THE BELIEVER, THE BRIDE INTO CHRIST. IT GATHERS THE BRIDE INTO CHRIST. 65 IN THE DISPENSATION OF FULNESS OF TIMES HE WILL GATHER TOGETHER IN ONE ALL THINGS IN CHRIST (EPHESIANS 1:10). IF THEN WE ARE TO BE GATHERED IN ONE IT IS THE DISPENSATION OF UNITY OF FAITH, IT IS THE DISPENSTION OF GLORIFICATION (JOHN 17:22, 26; 1:12-13; ROMANS 8:29-30; PHILLIPIANS 3:21). THE BRIDE OF CHRIST GOING FOR THE TREE THAT WAS MADE GOOD (MATHEW 12:33; LUKE 6:43-45) SEARCH: HEAVEN BOUND; PLANTED IN CHRIST ♠ Planted in Christ Jesus 85 What you have to do with the tree, you take the tree and you plant it in the ground, and then you have to water it; and as you water it, it doesn’t do nothing but drink, drink, drink. It has to drink more than its portion. And more it drinks the bigger it swells up. It just pushes out limbs. Then it pushes out leaves. Then it pushes out blossoms. Then it pushes out apples. Is that right? And that’s the way a Christian is. We are planted together in Christ Jesus, Who is the inexhaustible Fountain of Life. We’re planted in Christ, and we just drink, and drink, and drink, and push out; and everything we have need of for the earthly journey: Divine healing, the power of God, and all these other things is in every individual in here that’s received the baptism of the Holy Ghost, for you’re planted in Christ. Hallelujah. The Holy Ghost baptism, yes, sir, and everything you have need of for this life’s journey, even the rapture is right in you then. 86 Don’t resent that? That’s the truth. The rapture is in us now. I will prove it by the Gospel. “Those who He called He justified, and those who He justified, He hath glorified.” Hallelujah. Then in heaven today we’re a glorified in the Presence of God right now. I’m just pushing out to it. Amen. Glory. God’s in His Word. You believe it? All right. Got to hurry now. Many things we could say there, but God is in His Word. Every Word of God is a Seed. You get it? And you just have to hold on to it. Now, many people look at their symptoms. They say, “Oh, Brother Branham, my hand is no better. I still have this pain.” That don’t have nothing to do with it. It’s what mental attitude you got towards God and His promise. 53-0907A - Lord, Show Us The Father And It Sufficeth Us Branham Rev. William Marrion planted together in the likeness of his death and his resurrection Romans 6:3-5 ♠3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 66 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: The voice of the son of God is the voice of ressurrection. It brings eternal life, life of the word to the believer ♠ John 5:24-29 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; 27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; His workmanship created in Christ Jesus ♠ Ephesians 2:1-6 1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins: 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: Ephesians 2:10 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. If you are in the bride then you are already translated into heaveny places ♠106 If you are filled with the Holy Ghost this morning, and God’s power is moving in every fiber of your body, what good would it do for you to stand in the Judgment? You’re already judged, and been received, and filled, and already—already translated into 67 Heavenly places with Christ Jesus. Not you will be, you are now, right now translated! \paragraph{ 54-0103M - Questions And Answers #1 Rev. William Marrion Branham} Scripture references - spiritual and physical translations: The bride is already in the spiritual ressurrection THE BRIDE IS ALREADY IN THE SPIRITUAL RESSURRECTION. THE PHYSICAL RESURRECTION IS UNDER OUR FEET. IF THEN SHE IS IN THE SPIRITUAL RESSURRECTION SHE HAS HIS DIVINE NATURE , A WORD NATURE AND PROJECTS DIVINE VIRTUES ASSOCIATED ASSOCIATED WITH THE DIVINE NATURE IN HER. WHAT HE IS SHE IS BECAUSE SHE IS IN HIM AND THEREFORE SHE IS A PART OF HIM. THE SINFUL NATURE HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM HER AND SHE NOW HAS HIS NATURE. THE LIFE SHE LIVES PROJECTS HIS NATURE, IDENTIFIES HIS CHARACTERISTICS. ♠ QUOTE 1 60 And then He gave us all things. “Now we have the earnest of our inheritance. Insomuch…” Now listen close. And I ain’t preaching on that subject, but it just feels good to me right now. See? That, we have the earnest of that. For, one day we walked in sin; and after being baptized in His Name, and raised with Him in resurrection, we’ve been brought out of sin, never no more to want to go back again. See? We are raised from sin, with the evidence that we have. We’re potentially in the resurrection from all death. See? If we could raise up from sin, by faith in Him; and there is sin, who would want to go back to the garbage cans of sin again? See? We’ve passed from death to Life. See? And that’s the earnest. Amen. That’s the earnest of the complete resurrection. All death, physically and spiritual, we done overcome spiritual death, ’cause we’ve passed from death unto Life. 61 And as Elijah went down to Jordan one day, and struck it, with Elisha, and it parted back, and he crossed over. He come back with a double portion. 62 And when we strike Jordan, with Christ, we got one portion, but when we return, we’re coming with two portions. We got Eternal Life, resurrection from sin, now, in righteousness with the Holy Ghost. And then on the return, with Christ, we come back with both physical resurrection, and we already got spiritual resurrection. We have a double portion of it. Always a type of Christ and the Church: Elisha and Elijah. 63 Oh, I don’t want to get started on that. My, my, my, we’d never get on this six-hour Message here. [Brother Neville says, “Meat on the bone, yet.”—Ed.] Yes. My! “Meat on the bone,” Brother Neville. Still gnawing it. Oh, aren’t you glad? See? We don’t have… 64 There ain’t no bother no more. Death is nothing. We got it. It’s ours. It can’t control me. I control it. How? Through Him Who made me an overcomer, because I’ve already overcome death. How did I do it? By believing on Him. See? Death is in sin, unbelief. I’m not an unbeliever. I’m a believer. I’ve raised from that thing, resurrected. It’s the earnest of all my complete physical, spiritual resurrection, everything. Yes, sir. You get 68 it? So we do have death under our control, through Jesus Christ Who has overcome death, hell, grave, sickness, sorrow, everything else, triumphed over all. 65 And we are now risen with Him, setting in Heavenly places, spiritually speaking, in Christ Jesus, with all things under our feet. Even the physical resurrection is under our feet, ’cause we’re in Christ. Do—do you get it? If you do, raise your hands. Amen. That’s good. As long as you get it, that’s fine. See? Don’t let…Now just keep keeping it in your mind. See? “We have passed from death unto Life,” physical, spiritual, every way. 66 And everything, and all things, belongs to us now. Why, the world out here is saying we’re crazy, and yet the whole earth belongs to us. How you going to inherit it? 62-0513M - The Way Of A True Prophet Of God Rev. William Marrion Branham ♠ A resurrection from inside out 114 Now we are resurrected today. Why can we have such a time over the things of God? Because we are resurrected. “Those who He foreknew, He called; those who He called, He justified; those who He justified, He has glorified.” Then we are now resurrected. We are resurrected from the inside out, not from the outside in. Oh! Do you notice? Not sealed out, this way, but sealed in. Oh, my, if the church could just see it! See, we’re not sealed out, we’re sealed in. Them days, when sin was—was abomination before God, and there was no appropriation to take it away, we were sealed away from it. Now when that ripped in two, and that seal was broke by a sinoffering being made from us, now we’re baptized inside, and sealed inside. We are resurrected. We are now resurrected, already resurrected. How do you know? The Bible said so! Amen. We are now resurrected. We are now raised with Him in spiritual resurrection. What does the word quickened mean? Quickened means “resurrection.” That’s right. We’re already resurrected, right now, sitting together in Heavenly places in Christ Jesus, enjoying the Easter Seal. Amen. That’s God’s true Easter Seal. How are we? By one Spirit baptized into the Body, and Sealed Eternally. We are now raised, spiritually. What did we raise from? From a life of sin, we were once sinners and loved the things of the world. 61-0402 - The True Easter Seal Rev. William Marrion Branham Jesus is the resurrection and the life John 11:25, 26 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? 69 We are in him that is the resurrection and the life 1 John 5:20 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. The Holy spirit uniting in a body of flesh produced the son of God ♠131 Notice, God’s daughter, the Church, the Bride, is also a product, of God and His Word, uniting. The Holy Spirit uniting in a body of flesh, It produced the Son of God, a product of the righteousness of God. And in the last day, as we’re told, “as it was in the days of Sodom,” the Bride will be united by the Word of God made manifest in the flesh, the Holy Spirit sealing them into God, and sealing unbelief out, on the outside. 132 As I said, if the life of Beethoven was in you, you would live like Beethoven; if the life of Hitler was in you, you would live like Hitler. And when the Life of Christ is in you, you’ll live like Christ, and the works of Christ you do. And that’ll be. If Christ lived today, He would do exactly what the Word said He would do today. And the Word said that, “He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” Why can’t this blind ecclesiastical world see the time that they’re living? See? 63-1124M - What Shall I Do With Jesus Called Christ? Rev. William Marrion Branham What makes the church the bride Return of the Capstone 256 Sometime the Capstone will return, the Head of all of it, and receive the Bride unto Himself; which the woman is took from the man, a part of the man. Every…Genes of the man is in the woman, what makes the woman. And that’s the way the Word of God is in the Church, what makes the Church the Bride. Not a denomination, that’s of the devil, every one of them. I ain’t calling the people in there that; they are poor deceived people, like Jesus said, “Blind leading the blind.” And He could not call them out. 65-1128M - God’s Only Provided Place Of Worship Rev. William Marrion Branham An inoculation for sin disease ♠145 And today, men and women, don’t pay no attention to what the world has got for you, what entreatment it’s got, what kind of a bacteria inoculation they have, and claim, “If you join the church, you’ll be all right.” That’s a false inoculation. Why? 70 You still got the disease of sin. That’s right. But I tell you one thing, brother, that will inoculate you from sin, that’s, come to the precious Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ and be filled with the Holy Ghost, and that’ll inoculate you from all sin, and your desires will be Heaven bound, and you won’t have no time for the things of the world. 55-0724 - Enticing Spirits Rev. William Marrion Branham Being soothed by the devil, enticing spirits ♠146 Our Heavenly Father, when we see these enticing spirits upon people, and knowing that they are despising the things of God, I pray, God, that You’ll get a hold of every man and woman in here today. Let this be a day, Lord, that they’ll realize that their life doesn’t tally up with the Word. And they’ve been listening to the wrong thing, that the devil’s been soothing them down with old True Story magazines, old rotten tommyrot of the world, and old moving picture shows and unclean television. O God, such impossible things for a Christian to look at! God, it makes us sick. You said it made You sick, like vomit. You said, “A dog goes to its vomit, and a—and a hog goes to its wallow.” An old dog will vomit up something. See an old half born, supposed to be, hypocritical person come to the altar, and like you’re going to vomit up the world; still keeping right on, they come right back and eat the thing again. O God, cleanse Your House, Lord. Hallelujah! Send the Holy Ghost with such old-time conviction that will clean a man’s appetites and clean his soul, and clean him up and make him a Heaven-bound creature. Give him…Renew his youth and his vows like the eagle, that he might mount up and surpass the things of this world, and soar into Heavens yonder where he can see the troubles coming in the distance. Grant it, Lord. 55-0724 - Enticing Spirits Rev. William Marrion Branham God has to circumcise your heart from the things of the world before he can recognize your faith ♠ 48 I said, “That’s right. Father Abraham believed God, and it was imputed for righteousness, but—but He give him the circumcision as a sign that He had recognized his faith.” That’s right. And if God has never circumcised your heart from the things of the world, and recognized your faith, that you confessed in Him maybe forty years ago, and cut off the worldly things, and circumcised you from all the earthly things, and the doubts and scruples that you have, something’s happened. Your faith wasn’t recognized before God, for He would’ve cut away the surplus. “Circumcision” means “to cut off surplus flesh.” 71 That’s what God does when a man comes to Him upon the basis of the shed Blood of Christ, standing before Calvary, recognizing himself condemned, and standing there with the Word in his heart, saying, “God, I believe It.” God manifest His power and love to him, and cuts away the things of the world, and you’re no more a worldly creature; you’re a heaven bound son and daughter of God on the ladder to glory. Amen. I’m not amening myself, but “amen” means, “so be it,” and I know that’s the truth. 56-0120 - Fellowship With God Through Reconciliation Rev. William Marrion Branham A house whose foundation is founded upon the rock A foundation laid on the rock ♠Luke 6:46-49 46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? 47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: 48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. 49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great. The church of Christ going to the rapture is built upon the rock of revelation Matthew 16:18 [18]And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Nami nakuambia, Wewe ndiwe Petro, na juu ya mwamba huu nitalijenga kanisa langu; wala milango ya kuzimu haitalishinda. Revelation of the mystery hid in God Ephesians 3:9 9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: 72 The mystery is only revealed by God Matthew 11:25-27 25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. 26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. 27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. A hidden wisdom spoken in a mystery only revealed and taught only by the Holy spirit, the hidden teacher 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: 8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. 73 Builded together for the habitation of God through the spirit ♠ Ephesians 2:18-22 18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. 19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; 21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: 22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. 74