Godhead # 1

Godhead #1

Bro. Lee Vayle March 3, 1968

Gracious Heavenly Father, we ask You now to be with us, in our spirits, Lord, and in a great and wonderful way, so, that we may not only hear the Word, but, may receive the Word. Now, Lord, I know these people are anxious to know the Word of God, to receive It. And I, Lord, would be anxious also to give. And help me to have a right, and good, and proper spirit, Lord, in delivering Your Word, so, that there may be great understanding in Thy Word. Lord, help us all now, to be one, and in the Spirit. Especially, one with Thee. We just open our hearts, and our minds Lord, particular to Your Word. Now, Lord, by Your Spirit, may we be quickened until we have that Word in us, as our very divine energy. Our living energy, our all in all. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

1. I want to bring a message this morning, a little different perhaps than what you’re used to having received on the Oneness of the Godhead. And the reason I am going to bring such a message, is because this is the pertinent revelation of God Himself, in the midst of the seven candlesticks. Now, you will notice in the 1st chapter of Revelation, and I won’t give you time to read this…it’ll be on your tape.

(12) And I turned to see the voice that spake with me…

Notice, he did not say the person. But, he had to say the voice that spake with him. And I love that because this will be the Word.

(12) ...And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;

(13) And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man,

clothed with a garment, (and so on, and so on.) …

Now in verse 20,

(20) The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and

the seven golden candlesticks (are these;) The seven stars are the (seven

messengers; the seven messengers to) the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks…are the seven churches.

In every age, there are seven ages, there is one church. Who will be the true Bride, and in every age, there would be one true messenger to that age, who will faithfully teach the people the revelation that God has given him, that they may have that revelation for their age. Now, if Christ is in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks, and It’s His voice, that is giving by the Spirit, the Word to the seven messengers, what is He in the Seventh Age? In verse 14 of chapter 3: Jesus Christ speaking from the midst of the Seventh Age Church, [Revelation 3:]

(14) And unto the (messenger) of the church of the Laodiceans write; …

2. Now, ‘Laodicea’ means; ‘people’s rights’. The people of anarchy. The people who don’t care about God. The people who don’t care about anything but, themselves. Lovers of pleasure, lovers of self, incontinent, inordinate, without natural affection…this, is Laodicea. And this by the way, is the year following the Jewish year that I described in my preamble. They had theirs in 1967, we’re getting ours in ’68. Because the United Nations has designated this year, the twentieth anniversary of Human Rights Day, has now become a whole year celebration of human rights for the whole world. Then, you will see more riots, more problems, more anarchy, than you ever saw in your life, in 1968. And it may well cause the government of America to collapse, and I believe, our own financial system. There will be without a doubt in my mind, the dollar will be devalued. Though that won’t hurt us too terribly much. It’ll hurt some. But, it’ll be the bringing on of the collapse which we must go in to.

(14) (Now) unto (this) church…write; These things saith the Amen, the…

Wind-up, the concluder, I’m Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. “I Am the Amen”, saith the Lord. The Amen, the faithful and true martyr, ('witness' and 'marcurian' which means ‘witness’ and ‘martyr’) and the beginning of the creation of God. Now notice, this is the beginning of the creation of God saying, “Amen,” to the creation of God, which is, God creating Himself, in the form of human flesh, which He did in Christ, and now inhabiting human form. He’s saying, “Amen”, to it. The day of the baptism with the Holy Ghost, ends in this age. It’s all over. The last elected sheep, has been brought in and sealed.

3. Now, let’s go back and look at Isaiah 65: which is the end time Message, again. And It says here concerning Jerusalem restored in the Millennium, as concerning the great end time. We’ll go to about verse, well let’s take 13.

(13) Therefore, thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

(14) Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

(15) And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord

GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:

(16) (Now) That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in

the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.

(17) For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, …

(18) But be ye glad and rejoice forever in that which I create: (and so on) …

Notice in here, that God is jumping from a people who rejected Him, to a people who would be under His constant blessing…which is the Millennium. And He says here, (now watch it) …

(16) That he who (blesses) himself shall bless himself in the God of truth; …

4. Now, that is a mis-translation. It’s the God of the 'Amen'. So, the God of the 'amen' in the Old Testament, is the God of the 'Amen' in the New Testament…which is the Lord Jesus Christ. And the great revelation to the Laodicean Age is; that there is One God, Who is the Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal self-existent, omnipotent, omniscient God, He is One in number, and He is the Lord Jesus Christ. Now remember, that this is the end time revelation of God, to the church. This is what has been lost for five Ages. Two, Three, Four, Five, and Six.

But, if there’s going to be a restoration, it’s going to have to happen in the last Church Age. And the restoration is going to be a revelation. And the revelation is; that the One standing in the midst of the church, is the God of the 'Amen'. Just what It says here in that first chapter. Now notice, in Revelation 2:1

(1) Unto the (messenger) of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, (and) walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;

5. Now, [Revelation] 3:14 says that this one is the 'Amen', walking in those candlesticks. This same Jesus, Lord God of hosts, One God, is the same One as back here in 3:14. And He is the God of creation, and He is coming, for His people. Now, Bro. Branham said, that the most important revelation of the end time, was that God was One God, and His Name was the Lord Jesus Christ. And that it was paramount that everybody be baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Because as we all know, Father is not a name, and Son is not a name, and Holy Ghost is not a name…it tells what It is. What is the name singular, of Father and Son and Holy Ghost? It is Lord Jesus Christ. Even as It tells in the Book of Zechariah (I believe), there at the end time there’s to be One Lord, and His Name, One. See? Who is this One in the midst of the golden candlesticks?

He’s the 'Amen'. He’s also the Alpha. But, He’s the Omega now. He’s coming to end it all. The complete revelation, of the One God, in the end time. Now, since this is the most important revelation of the end-time, and it behooved everyone as 'Thus Saith the Lord' to be baptized correctly, signifying their understanding, it behooves us to study, the Scripture concerning One God.

6. And we’ll turn to the Book of John 10:

(22) And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.

(23) And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.

(24) Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

Now, if they had really known the Scripture concerning Him, they would’ve got it. Is that, right? See how dangerous it is brother/sister, not to know the Word for your day? See? They missed Him the first time. Will they miss Him the second? They’re going to miss Him the second. Even you and I are in danger brother/sister. We don’t get smarting off. See? No man can think himself, “I’ve arrived”, until he arrives. Let no man boast putting on his armor, like he who takes his armor off. See?

(24) …tell us plainly.

(25) Jesus answered them, I told you, and (you) believed not: the works that I do

in my Father's name, they (bore) witness…

You just turned them down too.

(26) But (you believed) not, because ye are not…my sheep, as I said unto you.

(27) My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

If He knows them, He goes where the sheep are. He never went everywhere, even in Jerusalem.

(28) And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

(29) My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

(30) I and my Father are one.

(31) Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.

(32) Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of (these) works do (you) stone me?

7. Notice, He’s going to put them right on the spot now. Watch it! Don’t let this get over your head. This has come to pass right in this last age, here. It’s in the article I read to you. He’s tricking them. He threw them a curve. See? He wanted them to consent, exactly who and what they were.

(33) (They) answered him, (and said), For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; …because…thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

Now, how did He make Himself God? By doing the works? No sir. By, saying He was. They said, “It’s what You said, it’s not what You did.” Now, if you don’t see Bro. Branham’s ministry right here, you don’t know anything. You haven’t been looking. Well, you’re not in my position to pick up the phones and make long distance phone calls, and talk to men.

They say, “Bro. Vayle, he’s a wonderful man, but, his doctrine.”

And I was just as sweet. And I said, “But sir, isn’t it true that our fathers came out of people who ridiculed our doctrine? Isn’t it possible that we could be wrong today, in the light of what this man teaches, even as forefathers were wrong?”

Oh, I had them cold turkey over a barrel, but, you couldn’t convince them. Same spirit. “But Bro. Vayle, these men are sweet, they’re religious.”

8. So, were these. What do you think these were? A bunch of bank robbers, with a Bonnie and Clyde [bank robbers in1930’s] disposition? No, they sure showed it. When it came to making a run on God’s people in God’s things, it showed what they had. This same group will show the same thing today. Can I stop here and say something… I want to tell you something right now, while I’ve got it in my mind. Do you want to know how easy you can be tricked, with the mark of the beast? You really want to know? Alright, I’m going to tell you. Two colored brethren in New York, went to go to these jails, in the hospitals. And they said, “What organization are you with?” And they said, “None.” Then they said, “You cannot get in.”

So, Mayor Lindsey, being a very chatty, outgoing type of person, has his office door opened to all on Sunday, that you may come with whom whatsoever. And they came with whatsoever.

And they said, “We can’t visit in the hospitals, and jails, but, we’d like to.”

“Why, (he said), this is astounding, why can’t you visit?”

“Well, (they said) because they won’t let us in. We don’t belong to any organization.”

9. Well now you see, Mayor Lindsey likes all the votes, so he wants everybody organized, or unorganized, which is very right in politics. But, not right in the church. That’s fine for politics.

So, he said, “I’ll just look into this thing.”

So, he calls in an executive, and they call in the World Council of Churches. And the World Council of Churches, says, “Send them over to us. We’ll help them get in.”

So, the two boys went to the World Council of Churches, and they said, “What do you belong to?”

They said, “Nothing.”

“Oh, (they said,) that’s your trouble. Just join with us.”

“What do you have to do?”

“Well, it doesn’t mean a thing.”

“What do you have to do that stuff for?”

“Well, it doesn’t mean a thing.”

“If you want to go to the jails and hospitals, it means just sign with us, and you can come right in”

10. And there’s where everybody’s going to get trapped in the end time. They’re going to say, "Just like it doesn’t matter you dear Methodists and Presbyterians, and Baptists and Pentecostals and God knows what, it doesn’t matter why… This is just the framework. Sign along here, that’s all there is to it." [Claps hands] Traps you just like that, death. Now you see what I’m talking about? If you’re in an organization brother/sister, you’re dead. You got your name on a church roll, …forget it. Oh, you may hate me for it. That’s alright, I don’t care if I’m hated or not, that’s beside the point. I’m just here for one thing, …to tell the truth. You’re dead. See? Jesus said, “They said you blasphemed.” Now, you can’t blaspheme unless you talk. You’ve got to talk to blaspheme. Oh you say, “A man can blaspheme by going down here and worshipping an idol. Or, offering to it.” Well, you can call it that if you want, but, Jesus never called that blasphemy, He called it, attributing to Satan the works of God.

That’s a vocal matter. And Jesus answered and said, “Is it not written in your law, you’re gods?” If He called them gods, to whom the Word of God came. Who did the Word of God come to? The prophets. And the Scripture cannot be broken. “Say ye of Him whom the Father has sanctified, and set apart, and put in the world.” [John 10:36] What is He saying? Then can you call Me not God, when I am the fulfillment of the very Word that came to the prophets. What are you saying? You say I blaspheme because I said I am the Son of God. “For if I do not the works of My Father, believe me not.” [John 10:37] He said, “You try and do it. Show me a prophet that did it.” See?

11. The best Moses could ever do is get delayed action. But this man, right now. Moses stretched forth his rod, that morning the Sea was opened. Christ said, “Storm, be still” …stopped. Moses said, “Let there be quails, and things.”

And all night the wind blew, …the quails came. Christ, had loaves and fishes… [snaps his fingers] just like that. The only two places you’ll find Moses getting instant results, as far as I know is, to the talking to the rock, and the smiting of the rock. Smiting the rock, and then smiting it a second time, when he should’ve spoken. And even then, Moses had to get behind the people and say, “I’m going to do this certain thing, because certain thing has taken place.” Christ said, “Here it is.” Nobody could stand. See? Now He said, “But if I do, though you believe me not, believe the works.” See? Believe the works. In other words, now first of all, let’s get this straight. Where did those works really come from? They’d have said, “Well they really came from God. Then this man came from God. This man came from God…listen.” See? You wouldn’t do it.

12. I’ve had people get up in meetings and say, “Bro. Branham did these things by psychic spirit.” That man, was in the Assemblies of God, and the Assemblies of God church down there in Florida, said that same thing. Yet, he had enough spiritual discernment in his day to say, “Bro. Branham, had something from the devil.” I wonder what he had? I know one thing, Bro. Branham’s devil, was bigger than his God. I would have switched allegiance, right there. Because I want to be on the winning side, when I’m in a fight. That’s right.

He had the nerve to say it, and people listened. “If I do not the works of My Father, believe not, but, if I do, though you believe me not, you don’t believe what I say, but, believe those works.” [Jn 10:37] That you may know, and believe. See? He knew if they’d start someplace, …start someplace with their faith, they’d get there. But you see, they’re not. They won’t start. “That you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in Him.” [Jn 10:38] Therefore of course, they thought to take Him again, and escape. Now, John 10: 33, listen to this verse,

(33) The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

Jesus Christ was accused of blasphemy against God. And actually, condemned to death, because the Jewish concept of what truth was forbade them to accept the possibility or any possibility, of God manifesting Himself in flesh. See? By natural birth of course. By birth.

13. Mark 14:60-64

(60) And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying,

Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

(61) But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again, the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the (Beloved)?

(62) And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

(63) Then the high priest rent his clothes, and (said), What need we any further (witness)?

(64) (You) have heard the blasphemy: what (do you) think? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.

Now please be careful here. When the high priest asked Jesus, if He (Jesus) were the Son of the Blessed, he was not saying that there was a Son of God. He was only inquiring if Jesus Christ made Himself, or set Himself forth, as being the Son of God. Now, the Jews could not accept that. They were too wise to accept the old fallacy, that gods come down and co-habit with women. And they knew that Jesus did not claim that either. For He said of Himself, “I came from God, and I go back to God.” See? So, He never said, the gods came down, or God came down and impregnated a woman. That He co-habited with her. That’s why Bro. Branham kept on saying that it was the outset of His birth, “It was pregnancy without sensation.” See? It wasn’t that God’s coming down to rape, or co-habit with women. See? That would be a demi-god.

14. He distinctly said, “I came from God, and I go back to God.” See? They knew He wasn’t saying this like He was like the Egyptian myth, and the Roman myth, and the Greek myth, where it is a corruption of the seed of the woman. Which the ancient knew that the woman would bear a child apart from male intervention, through the intervention of God. See? Then it got all warped in human mind because of the adoration of sex. It became their pleasurable pastime. So therefore, now they have the gods doing it. They knew only too well, that God appeared to Abraham, in the likeness of a man full grown. But, this Jesus, this is different. He never appeared as a man full grown. They knew where He was born. They knew His temple record of circumcision. They knew of His growth, from child to manhood. It was well documented. His mother was known in Joseph, never denied that she had brought Him forth.

And Jesus, never did call Mary…mother, He addressed her as Woman. Which is an endearing term in the Greek. But, does not signify a blood relationship. Or, give her the right to be called His own mother. However, …no, now, I said that neither the Jews, nor Jesus, were trying to set forth a Sonship based upon physical relation.

15. The proof of this is found in John 5:18. But, I’m going to read Dr. Wuest’s account of it.

(18) Therefore, the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

Now here, Wuest will explain it. On this account therefore, the Jews kept on seeking the more to kill Him off. Because not only was He continuing, to break …which in the Greek means to weaken the Sabbath…See? The Sabbath is weakened, it’s done away with. Our Sabbath is rest, which is the Holy Ghost. But also, …now listen…because He was saying that God was His privately owned, unique Father. A Father in a way in which, no one else had Him for a Father. Making Himself equal with Deity. See? That’s the literal translation.

16. Now, I’ll prove it to you. In John 8:39-41

(39) They answered and said unto him, (that’s the Pharisees) Abraham is our father. Jesus (said) unto them, If (you) were Abraham's children, (you) would do the works of Abraham.

(40) But now (you) seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

(41) (You) do the (lusts) of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

They traced themselves by their genealogy right back to Adam, who was the son of God. So, therefore, according to flesh they were the sons of God. They said, “Well, we can recognize the fact that we’re sons of God, because we’re born of His race. We’re Israelites. He said, “I’m not talking about that. I have God in a unique relationship to Him, that nobody else has, because I came from God, and I go back to God. I am set apart from this whole, rotten, corrupted, human mass, that you know it now. I’m different.” He was. He was the second Adam. Certainly. They said, “We won’t take that.” Now, the Jews, when they said He makes Himself equal to God, they were saying, “He’s making Himself God.” Because the word ‘equal’ in the Greek, means; ‘equal in size, and in number, and equality’. Now, if you’re equal in size, and number, and equality, concerning God, you’ve got to be God.

17. Now, let’s see if that’s right. Philippians 2: now, here’s this One God, God come down and dwell in flesh. Not two Gods, not three Gods, but, One God. Philippians 2:6

(6) Who, being in the form of God, …

Being, the word ‘being’ is a word denoting prior existence. The word ‘form’ is not shaped. But, the essential nature of absolute Deity. And already being God, (see?)

(6) …thought it not robbery…

No, that word is a ‘prize to be grasped. Something to go after, to be grabbed and retained. Thought it not a prize to be retained.

(6) … to be equal… (or to retain His previous form.)

Do you follow it now? Go over it, look at it. Already being, the essential matter, nature and all of God. He never desired to retain that, and selfishly maintain it, so that man could not be…reclaimed. He never maintained it. See? He never hung on to that. What did it do? He condescended now, by changing His outward appearance, masking Himself, in a human form. Now, Israel understood that. They knew the Scripture concerning Melchezidec. They knew the Scripture concerning Abraham. They knew the Scripture concerning Samson’s father Manoah. They knew that God appeared as a human being. But, He appeared, and went, as a full grown, man. And they said, “Just a minute here, this is kind of shady. Why we’ve got no Scriptural precedence for God appearing as a baby, growing up into manhood.”

Now, when This Man says that, now He’s got to be a liar. Because you see, when He says what He’s saying, He’s saying, “I’m God come in this peculiar way.” Now, if He were the real One, no man would know where He was coming from. And no man would know where He is going, to appear on the scene. See? That wasn’t really Scripture. And they were divided on that. And don’t think they weren’t because in the days of Herod when they began looking for Him, they said, "He’s going to be born out here." But, they weren’t looking for God to come down. They were just looking for a superman to come. They couldn’t take that.

18. Hebrews 1:3 Let’s see this,

(3) Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, …

Notice, who being the brightness of his glory. This is the fulness, or the outshining of God’s glory, and the express image, the expression of His substance. You can’t look on God and live. The expression of God’s substance, was a man. Certainly, you know that. Doesn’t that make clear to you what It says over here in the Book of John?

19. The Epistle of 1 John. It says,

(1) That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

(2) (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, …

Isn’t that It? That’s God, manifest as a man. Doesn’t say, two Gods, and one of them came down. It says, It’s God, the express image. Now, when Christ set Himself forth as that One indicated in the Word, ...the One like unto Moses, Emmanuel, God manifest in flesh. They knew that He meant that He was God come down amongst men. Dwelling as man amongst men. And they would not take it. They said, “We are not going to have this One, like this One says He is, as our Redeemer, our Messiah. No sir. In fact, He’s getting to be a problem now, where we’re going to lose our place, and our nation, so, we’re going to have to give it up.

20. Now, in John 12: 32-34

(32) …if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

(33) This he said, signifying what death he should die.

(34) The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ

abideth forever: …

See? And they knew that people who were born in this world, didn’t abide forever. They weren’t accepting anybody to come and give His life as a sacrificial lamb.

(34) ...and how sayest thou (then), The Son of man must be lifted up? who

is this Son of man (you’re talking about)?

You can’t be Messiah, and the Son of man can’t be Messiah. Or, if they were One, they wouldn't clash in our understanding of Scripture. “You’ve got us all balled up here”, they said.

21. Now, go back to the Book of Matthew 22:41-45

(41) While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

(42) …What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They (said)…, The

son of David.

(43) He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,

(44) The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?

(45) If David then (called) him Lord, how is he his son?

All right, here’s a good question, a very good question. How in the world can Jesus Christ be called ‘Son’ if He’s God? No man could answer Him. How does David in Spirit, call Him, ‘Lord,’ He said? Yet, this One you call the Lord, is the Son. Was that right? David in Spirit, called a coming one, ‘Lord’. Yet, it’s David’s son. How can a father call a son, ‘Lord’? How can a son be lord? Well, isn’t that it? If David called Him Lord, how could He be son? They couldn’t answer him. You ask the same question today. How can Jesus Christ be the Son of God, and yet, God? How could He be the Father? There’s your example right here actually in David. But, He is. They couldn’t figure it. It was the Holy Spirit in David, telling that this same Holy Spirit would come forth in a child. David’s own creator, …or course, being created back through Adam, I’m being in human lineage now…that He was God.

22. Now, John 11:47-50

(47) Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.

(48) If we let him … alone, all men will believe on him: …

See? They knew that. Christ said, “Believe for the works sake.” They begin to believe.

(48) …the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.

(49) And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, (You) know nothing at all,

(50) Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation (should) perish …

What was their concept of Christ? Their concept of Christ was not according to the Word. They had their own ideas. Now, where did they get this idea? Well, if you didn’t know it, they got it out of the Bible. You can get a lot of ideas out of the Bible. Right? In fact, the Baptist’s got Baptist ideas out of the Bible. The Methodist’s got Methodist ideas out of the Bible. The Nazarene’s got Nazarene ideas out of the Bible. The Pentecost’s got Pentecost ideas out of the Bible. Certainly. I won’t argue that point. I know that’s true. Israel did the same thing.

23. Look at Psalms 72:17,19

(17) His name shall endure forever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

(19) And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; … Amen.

They liked that Psalm. Christ abides forever. What about this Son of man being lifted up? See? That’s right. They couldn’t place the Scripture for its day. They had the right Scripture in the wrong place. Nothing wrong with the Bible. You just got to get it placed right.

24. Psalms 102:25-28

(25) Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

(26) They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

(27) But thou art the same, and thy years … have no end.

(28) The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee. (See?)

They said, “Look, they’re going to take away our place in our kingdom. Goodness me, this can’t happen. This couldn’t possibly be the One. We’ve got Scripture.” And they did, too. Oh, don’t think they never did have Scripture…they had It.

25. Isaiah 9:6-7

(6) For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

(7) Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

This is what they were banking upon. But brother/sister, they had Scripture, but in the wrong place. And therefore, It couldn’t happen. That’s why Bro. Branham kept saying, “The Message of Noah would not do in the day of Moses. The Message of Christ would not have done in the day of Noah. Neither would Moses’ Message do in the day of Christ.” And today it’s the same thing, there’s a Message for this day, and It wouldn’t have done in any other age. And the Message of Pentecost would not do for this age. Neither would Wesley’s Message do. And those who don’t want to take the new Word…the new message, the Message for their day…which is Scripture, properly placed for the age. They’re living in the glare of an age. And they’ll never make it. They won’t because when you reject the Word, you reject Christ.

People say, “Well Bro. Vayle, I don’t reject the Word. Yeah, well…I don’t understand it you see, I can’t place it.” Well, you’ve got a prophet for this day. The Bible says to believe His prophets, and you’ll be successful. They were thoroughly confused at the time of Christ because they could not interpret the Scripture, as God coming in flesh to redeem His people by sacrifice. They thought that God being a Spirit, He would simply send His Spirit upon men, and establish the Kingdom on earth, as He did through David. To them, the Spirit of Christ was a national Spirit. And Israel is so blinded, she believes that very thing right today. Israel right today, believes that Isaiah 53: is the suffering of the Jews.

26. Do you know what’s going to happen brother/sister? Jesus made a prophecy. Now, you listen carefully to what He said. He said, [Matthew 23:]

(39) (You) shall not see me henceforth (anymore, until you) …say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

He said, “There’s coming a time Israel, and you’re not going to see Me. Until you say, “Let God send somebody. I don’t care who He sends in His Name. Only let somebody come, we’ll listen this time.” They haven’t done it yet, but, they’re going to. Now if Israel brother/sister, is going to say that, what do you think of the people who are caught in the great tribulation? When they say, “Wasn’t that supposed to happen? Wasn’t that supposed to happen? And look where we are. Oh, my God, the Rapture must have taken place.”

Is Bible being fulfilled brother/sister? Have they ever said yet, “Blessed is He, who comes in the name of the Lord?” No sir, but they’re soon going to see it. They’re soon going to say, “Let anybody come.” Then, when they see Him come they’ll say, “Praise God, He came.” He did answer. Then, when they see the scars, … “Well, just a minute, You’re not what I hoped, or what I think. You couldn’t be that one, two thousand years ago, our fathers crucified him.” Oh yeah.

27. Always just the same, always did the same. They always did the same, and right today, don’t you understand that when Paul came on the scene, they tried to kill him. And the next age, when a man came on the scene, they tried to kill them. And the Third Age, and the Fourth Age, and Fifth Age, and right today the people are hateful against the prophet of God who came. All the time saying, “Well now, if he were really a prophet, he’d be accepted.” If he were really the prophet, he wouldn’t be accepted. That’s why when anyone says they’ve got a growing and blooming church in this Message,

I say, “Hold it, hold it, hold it, something’s wrong, somewhere.” You mean the people haven’t left you yet?

“No. sir.”

“Well there’s something wrong. You’re not preaching the truth brother then, somewhere down the line. Something’s messed up.”

Those who seek it, find it. The only time you get an in-gathering on any Word, is when it’s corrupted. Because the buzzards and the…yeah, the buzzards only eat carrion food, eagles got to have fresh food. I want to ask you a question. You don’t believe that’s true, is Isaiah 53: fresh food? No. It’s historical. Right? Amen, it’s historical. What’s the food for this day? Think it over. The only food for this day is, what will help us to survive in this period, to present us to Christ.

28. I want to ask you a question. Will the Feast of the Trumpets give you the food for It? Will the message in the Sixth Seal give It to you? You know about the earthquakes coming, don’t you? And the cataclysms? And our sea coasts will fall, until one sixth, blotted out like that? [snaps fingers] Fire from out of heaven? The sun scorching? Is that coming? Is it? Is that your message? Is that your warning? No. If we’re Bride, it has nothing to do with us. What has to do with us?

Now, that’s making us think, isn’t it? That gets us away from all the corruption and crass ignorance of these thigs we’ve been messing with for a long time. What do we need for this day? Says, “Elijah must first come.” Restoration has got to come. But, that’s not world revival. A man gets up, all men they send you their magazines, they send their anointed handkerchiefs, anointed pocketbooks. They say keep bleeping and blayling for money and this and that. And all the time they’re saying, “Give us the money”. Just had a guy the other day say, “Give us some money for the book, give us some money.” You go to hell with your money because that’s exactly what Peter said. If you think I’m swearing over this pulpit, I’ve got news for you, honey.

29. It says right in the Greek, when Simon the sorcerer went to Peter and said, “Give us those gifts, [Peter] said, “To hell with your money.” Not, ‘Your money perish with you.’ You call him cursing. Go ahead, if you want to. I wasn’t cursing or slandering, it's right in the Bible. You say, “You’ve got to use bad language?” No, I wasn’t using bad language, just waking you up a little bit. Because Peter said, that’s where your money is going. And any man comes today, and says he needs money to win the world for God, that man’s going where Peter said his money was going. “But, Bro. Vayle.” Don’t Bro. Vayle, me. “Oh, he’s a great man, Bro. Vayle. He does this. He does that.” Oh, does he? The Scripture says ‘many’ shall come in that day. Many, shall come in that day. Huh? Get your Bibles out. Discernment, they, turned down Jesus Christ. They were confused.

They were willing to accept men as prophets and kings, whose ministry by the Spirit of God, would restore Israel. Whose national stature, whose glory would never fail. Who would control the Gentiles…so called… the one language, the one people, would control all others. But, it didn’t work. Because they turned down God’s Message for the day. What did they turn down? Listen to me carefully, now. They turned down God’s manifested Word for His day. Now listen to me, God never sends His Word anytime, or to anybody for people to just blindly swallow It. God always raises up men, and gives them infallible proof of the ministry, whereby you can check it with the Word, and follow it. It happened in every age, and it happened in this age.

30. Just like Christ said, “Look at the works. Now, you believe Me.” If God Almighty needed works, He needed the thing from the right time to back up His Word. And I want to tell you brother/sister, there had to come a man in this day, with the very works that would give the people the clue, to what he was. But, everybody came on the scene impersonating him. And the one man said, “I saw in Bro. Branham that night up there in Oregon, when that man fell at his feet, that devil possessed man, fell at his feet, lay across his feet. And he said, something said, “You can do the very same works. That’s the way Christ did it.” And the same man preaching in a funeral oration, a memorial service as Bro. Branham said, he said the very same thing. “Now, arise up and do the same thing.” A lie, from the pit of hell. God sent Jesus Christ, with the works that gain the attention, so the Message would come forth, which was a message of death and Resurrection, that all men might believe that the Holy Ghost might fall.

Today, we have a Message of a prophet for the end time. The man came on the scene, and just like Simon the sorcerer, who said to those men…Peter, John, and James, “Let me have this same gift. Let me do these things that you’re doing.” And he said, “Your money, perish with you.” Because you’re missing it. This is eternal salvation we’re dealing with. And today brother/sister, we’re dealing with a group of people, who will not go up above those who are coming out of the ground. But, this people, their eyes will be open, and they will be changed, and they’ll see the living now, this in Paradise, come back and claim their bodies, they come out of the grave. That’s what we’re looking for. Say, “Bro. Vayle, then where is all this great compassion?” Why don’t you talk to God about it? I’m not God. What are we running, some kind of a stupid theater down here, where the act goes on, and on, and on, and we walk out finally?

31. Where’s their confirmation? Bring the curtain down sometime, and finales be blazed across it, that says, “It’s home time.” I didn’t write the Book. I’m only saying this, not only to get something to you. We’re at the end time brother/sister. At the end time, the curtain is ringing down. [taps on the pulpit] Walk, in that atmosphere of fear and dread. Walk with the hushed voice of solemnity. He’s right, that He’s right around the corner. One moment I’m face to face with the men coming out of the graves, and the women who love Jesus Christ. That’s right. You can’t have this going on forever and ever. It was this way with Jesus when He came on earth. He said, “It’s all over now, I’m ready, I’m here for the slaughter.” “Oh, (they said), it’s got to go on.” And it’s been going on. And for their pains, their names were taken out of the Book of Life.

In Psalms 59: He said, “Take their names out of the Book of Life.” Because they didn’t see the law was until John, and grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. Notice, what I said there. Did you catch it? The law was until John, it finished, didn’t it? The law was until. Until. It didn’t say the law was with John. It says the law was until John. And grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. In between was a transition period. There’s a transition period right now, brother/sister, going on. And the Jews, “Oh we like the old better.” We’ll stick with the Jews, the old way of doing it. Bless God, we’ve always had our way of doing things our own way. People say right today, “let’s get the great signs.”

32. Now, I’m not against signs, and miracles. But, I think you’d better watch it. Because God said He’d send prophets, with signs and wonders, to see if you could be led away. Did He? Is that what He said? Or, has He changed? Can somebody show me this morning, where God changed just once, when He said that? He said, “I’ll send a man among you with signs and wonders, to see if you can be led astray.” Did He say It? Come on, it’s in the Bible, either Deuteronomy either 13: or 18: He said It, didn’t He? Show me where He changed. You say, “Bro, Vayle I’m confused.” You don’t have to be confused. Because which man came with the sign of Messiah? William Branham, prophet of God. Nobody else. Oh, they’ll rise up and you’ll think they’ve got the same thing. You watch it, just watch it. They don’t have it.

You watch how they leave that Word. And watch the one thing they always do. They take up their offering. Say, “Bro. Vayle, they got to say that.” They’ve got to take it up? You put your churches in order. No man can take one cent. You get your preachers straightened out. Amen. You get the men that are called leaving the church, the pastors, the apostles, the prophets. You get them straightened out on money. You’ll never take up an offering. Other than what’s by ‘natural course.’ In other words, no pulling, no screaming, no straining. You find one person in a meeting, pulling for money…forget it. Let it be done just by the Scripture. There’s your golden calf. But, they turned down Christ. They turned it down today. Let us not be led astray here. It is not that the people of Israel, did not have the truth. The leaders of Israel, did have the truth. Now watch it. They had the truth, but, they lacked the revelation of the truth.

33. Let’s go to Matthew 12: Are you still with me? The preamble is too necessary here, because I can cover too many things that are needed in this end time.

(22) Then was brought unto (Jesus) one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both (saw and spake.)

(23) And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?

(24) (And) when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

(25) And Jesus knew their thoughts and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

(26) And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?

(27) … if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.

(28) But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.

(29) Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.

(30) He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.

(31) Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be

forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.

34. You see, Christ could forgive at that time. Why? Because He was the sacrificial Lamb of God. How could He hold anything against anybody?

They could say, “You’re a devil.”

“I’ll forgive you.”

“You’re two devils.”

“I forgive you.”

“ Oh, you talk about a rotten imposter.”

That’s all right, sacrificial Lamb.

But He said, “You wait until I come back as the Holy Ghost.”

Talk that way. Sure. Blaspheme. “You better be careful Bro. Vayle.” I don’t have to be careful, do you know why? Because I know the truth. I never said these men were doing things by the devil. I said they had the Holy Ghost, just like Judas had the Holy Ghost to cast out devils. Satan never cast out devils. Satan doesn’t heal the sick, only God does those things. These men have that power from God to do it. It’s God’s power, but, it’s prostituted. That’s why He said, “You depart you workers of iniquity. You took my good gifts, and led the people astray. All the time in My name.” How contemptible can a person get? Huh? No wonder He said, “Depart from Me, you that work iniquity.” You talk about the man that was fed by a family, then, he killed them all, and takes what little money they had. Huh? You talk about a woman who would marry a man for his money, then get his money and walk off.

35. You say, “How low can people get?” How low can a Christian get…so called…he takes the Spirit of God in his life, performs miracles, and has a golden calf scheme for people’s money? Lives in a lovely home, Cadillac cars, this, that and the everything. Oh, he’s got a real racquet going. And he’s always screaming, “This is for the poor even, give us some money and we’ll win them.” Well, the money is the Holy Ghost then.

Do you know what a philosopher…so called…told me, years ago? A man that studied numerology. He said the word ‘God’ in America, spells money. That is, God in America, is two-fold. It’s a piece of gold, and it’s a woman. The god is gold, and the god is a stripped female.

[Matthew 12:]

(32) And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

(33) Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

(34) O generation of vipers, …

Now, what seed brings forth fruit? What is seed? Word. See? If I’m not that tree in the Word, cut me down. That’s what John said, “Now the axe is laid to the root of all trees.” Whack them down. If I’m not that tree, cut me down. You can tell if I’m Word. And you know. They had the Word.

(34) O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? …

36. What’s the most important thing a man can bring you? His Word, nothing but Word. People walk out of Bro. Branham’s meetings where he’s just preaching Word…they wanted excitement. Preacher, tell us, give us a test and give us a bunch of stories. A man from New York whose people aggrandized, loved and acclaimed. I’m not against it, God bless him to help people. He helped alcoholics and drug addicts and everybody else like that. Several are doing it in New York, amongst Protestants, Catholics, men and women, both. But, he walked out of Bro. Branham’s meetings saying to a man, “I’ve had enough of this nonsense.” Soon as they’ve got a little ministry, they’re too big to listen. Moses, the giant law giver. But, as soon as Abiram, Dathan, and Korah, had a little ministry, just a little ministry, they rose up and said, “Well, who has to listen to you? We’ve got something too.”

I would challenge all the world to stand against William Branham. I did it before he died, and I’m doing it after he died. Let anybody dare to say any man could stand up in his meetings, do because I was in his presence when he said, “Bring me twenty-four of your worst cases. Bring them to me. I guarantee healing for all.” And he could do it. Where two thousand could walk down a line, and not one that wasn’t healed. “Bring them all, I said before God, bring them all.” Raise them all, from Paul on, everyone from the dead, and let them all come and stand against that one man. Nothing in history brother/sister, ca prove me wrong. He’s the only one who could do it. The only one who did do it. The only one who could and did. Nobody else [inaudible comments] …I wonder if they read their Bibles the way we’re reading ours this morning?

37. Seeing these things, and knowing they count. Now they’ve got the same Word brother/sister. They have, but, they’re not reading It, like we’re reading It. You know that …oftentimes you’ll read, and when you’re singing a song, it says sing with understanding, or play with understanding, you know? If a person has a violin and you’re supposed to cry, you don't make them gig do you? You let the violin cry. You’re supposed to read the Bible the same, read It with understanding. Read It for the day that you’re in. Don’t try to spread this Message back to Pentecost. And don’t try to bring Pentecost today. Don’t give me Moses. He is finished. Give me the light of the evening time. Oh Bro. Vayle, if it’s not too bright. That’s exactly what the Bible said, “There’ll be a day coming where it’s not even night nor day. But there’ll be light in that foggy period.” I want to tell you something brother/sister, when it’s neither light nor day, the best you can do is say it is light, a light that you see. Because a light never shines too good, except it gets dark. But, the day’s coming when it’s going to be plenty dark brother/sister, and we’ll thank God, we had that light.

And he said here Matthew 12:35-36

(35) A good man out of the (good treasure of his) heart bringeth forth good things:and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

(36) But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

Every word, every word of faith, and non-faith. Faith is the Word, and truth and all. But, they’re going to miss it. Now, the son of David according to the Scripture, would have to be the woman’s seed. That’s right. According to Scripture, the son of David would be the woman’s seed. Because it identifies. They knew the original promise in the garden, went to Israel. They understood it only too well. And it did. They made Him out to be the other seed. What other seed? The serpent’s. They said, “No, this is not the One, this is the other one.” They spiritualized the seed of God, and literalized the seed of the serpent. And today, you’ve got the same thing. Now think on it, how many people do you know outside of this Message that believe that there is a real serpent’s seed?

38. That came by Eve, through the serpent. And he’s a being, a human being just like us. No. No sir. They believe it’s a spiritual thing. They believe that we’re all sort of serpent seed, and when we get God, we become God’s seed. Well that’s like saying a goat becomes a sheep, and a pig becomes a sheep, and a dog becomes a sheep. Aint no such animal. A sheep always was a sheep, but he was a stray. We had the sinner’s nature, but we weren’t reprobate. And the Bible proves who the reprobate is. “Except you have the Spirit of Christ, you’re none of His.” [Romans 8:9] Oh, they literalize. They could literalize the serpent seed in that day say, “There he is, he’s a man. He’s that rotten one.”

Now, today we come along and say, “Isn’t it strange now, isn’t it wonderful, Jesus Christ is in the flesh, and us. But, you know that serpent seed, you can’t pay any attention to that, because you know how that is. You know, that serpent seed, that’s a spiritual thing.” It’s not. It’s a physical real thing, it’s people, who’ve got the wrong genes in them. Or, where do your genes come from if wasn’t Adam and Eve, and the serpent. Israel as a nation, missed the truth that God was being manifested in flesh before them.

39. They missed the fact that God was taking His Word, and bringing It to pass. Where? In a man. How will God bring His Word to pass for this day? He will bring It to pass in the Bride. The Bride will be God’s own Word manifested. Every Scripture, where God says, “As It was in the days of Noah,” those days will come back. “So, shall it be in the days of the coming of the Son of man.” Those days will come back. And they’ll come back in people because you can’t have Noah’s day without people.

Neither can you have the days of Jesus Christ without a man. Why? Noah was singular, his days came back. Son of man, singular, His days come back. What for? For people. “As it was in the days of Noah,” the multitude would not listen. Some went into the ark. In the days of Christ, what is it? Some will listen. They’re people. You can’t have a Word fulfilled without people. Why? Because this is a Book of people and more people. Now, what happened? Israel missed the truth. But, the true seed did not. Now, I’m going to take two or three more minutes, then, we’ll let you go. Then if you want to come back tonight, and we’ll get into some basic facts on this one God, that’s all right.

40. Luke 1:13-17 Notice what It said,

(13) … the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

(14) And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

Now, I want to tell you one thing. Old Zacharias, he didn’t think that God was hearing his prayers. I can tell you that. The Scripture says, the angel came and said, your prayers have been heard. But, poor old Zacharias didn’t know it. Didn’t even believe it. But, you see, God can delay a long time before your prayer gets heard. And It says here,

(15) For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. (Before he was born, he’d have the Holy Ghost.)

(16) And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. (See?)

(17) And he shall go before (God) in the spirit and power of (Elijah), to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

41. Now, that’s what this man Zacharias, he knew it. Luke 2:28, then verse 35, concerning Simeon.

(28) Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,

(29) Lord, now (let)… thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:

According to Your Word? What Word? The revealed Word of God that a woman should bear a baby apart from male intervention. According to Isaiah. According to Micah. According to all the Scripture concerning this Blessed One coming. He [Zacharias] said, Lord according to Your Word,

(30) For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

I saw Lord, what Your Word declared. Here It is. And he looked at the baby Jesus. This is the Word, this is what John taught. Right?

(30) For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

(31) Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;

(32) A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

Notice, a light to lighten the Gentiles, to receive the glory of Israel. Israel didn’t want that. They said, “Give us the glory, we’ll take care of the Gentiles.” God said, “No sir, the Gentiles come in first, then, you can have glory.”

(33) And Joseph and his mother marveled at those things which were spoken

of him.

42. Why did they marvel? Because how does this old boy know what we know? Who told him? How come he’s in on our secret? When Joseph found out that Mary was pregnant, no doubt she told him. She’d have to tell him to be honest. I don’t think she waited until she showed it.

He said, “Well, that’s a fine lot of talk, (he said,) that’s been going on for the ages.” He said, "This talk, (he said) that’s the old temple prostitute theory too, don’t worry, you weren’t touched by the gods, some man came up there in the dark.”

Angel of God appeared and said, “Joseph don’t be afraid, she told you exactly right.” She has not been touched by a man. The fact is, she is bearing a Holy Being in her. In other words, a flesh filled with God’s Blood, because God would be in that creature. A fit sacrifice. And he said, “Don’t be afraid to take her.”

So, he said, “I won’t put her away, I’ll take her.”

43. Do you think they told that secret far and wide? No, he’d cover up for his own sake, don’t worry. I don’t believe that was blabbed too much, until later on. How did these people know? What’s going on here, how does this old fellow know that? The very thing that the angel told us both, this fellow comes along and he ought to know something because he belonged in the temple there. Now, how did he know that?

(34) And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel;

Notice, the falling and rising again, of many in Israel.

(34) …and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

(35) (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts

of many hearts may be revealed.

(36) And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

(37) And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

(38) And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

44. They said, “How did she know?” What was it? She saw Him through prophecy. That’s scriptural, a woman can prophesy. But, she didn’t get any of the original revelation. But, there it was. They understood. Because God showed them. He showed Mary. He showed Joseph. He showed Simeon. He showed Anna, and He showed others.

And the seed, were the ones who had the Word for their day. Now as I said, Israel could not accept the one Great God, that’s tabernacle-ing in flesh. And the One whose name was Jesus. And today many people, cannot accept the one God precept of the Lord Jesus Christ. Israel could not accept Jesus, and Lord, and Christ. They could not take Him as Lord and Christ. The church today, cannot take Him as Lord and Christ. The best the church is willing to do is to accept Him as one of the three identical beings, except that He is Spirit nailed in flesh. Whereas the other two are unclothed Spirits. Isn’t that strange. They say that Jesus is Spirit clothed in flesh, but the other two are not clothed Spirits. As Israel made Him a man, and rejected Him, so now, does the church reject Him, as a complete revelation of the Godhead. See? Time’s up. Israel turned Him down. And the argument was, …you being a man, have made Yourself God.

45. Didn’t say two Gods. Didn’t say a second God. It says, You’re coming down here and telling us, You’re God. Now, Abraham, we know Abraham. And we know that he saw God manifested in a human being. But, he wasn’t a human being. We know the case of Melchezidec was the same thing. But, we know all about where You were born. So, don’t try to tell us now, that You’re that same One, come in human flesh. You are nothing but an illegitimate child, and You’re a perverted bum, and have nothing to do with You. In fact, from what we can see, You are of the wrong seed. And He said, “I’ll forgive you.” He couldn’t do anything else, but. But He said, “When that day comes, and I’m coming back as the Holy Ghost, and you turn that down, …said, “You haven’t got a chance.” Now brother/sister, It says, “The days of the Son of man would repeat.” It means that multitudes are going to miss the revelation, that God is the Lord Jesus Christ.

And the Lord Jesus Christ, is the One God. And when that revelation breaks, which is restoration, because the truth of the Godhead must be revealed. It’s timely, otherwise, you don’t know who you’re worshipping, or why. Like going to the well, she said, “You don’t even know who you worship, or why.” And He set her right just like that, she caught fire. And then, be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and then, be full of the Holy Ghost. I believe that many people today, who claim they’re full of the Holy Ghost, are not full of the Holy Ghost. I believe that multitudes that are baptized in Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, which is all right for their day, the revelation never came back. It’s back now, though. Many people think that they’re all right. They must be re-baptized, because the truth has come. It was all right for the disciples, was John in chapter19 of Acts, until the truth came, they were doing just fine, but, as soon as the truth came, …they had to go on, and be baptized right.

46. To be baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and then believe, to receive the Holy Ghost. There’ll be multitudes who think they have the Holy Ghost, that have not got the Holy Ghost. When this Word of truth comes, there’s just one thing to do. And that’s to listen to the Word of truth. I don’t know how far you’ve come. That’s not my business to know. God has not given me that…that’s the prophet’s, it’s not Lee Vayle. I’m just a little old two by four preacher, trying to preach a little bit.

But, I want you to know one thing brother/sister, that I told you the truth this morning. And I’ve showed you Israel had the truth. But, brother/sister, it wasn’t truth, until It was revealed. You can have all the food sitting here in this building, beautiful good food, but, until you eat it, and your body chemistry goes to work on it, it doesn’t become your energy. Neither will the Word become your energy, and you become that manifested Word, until you receive that Word, and the Holy Spirit brings It into life process in your being. Amen. That’s the only way It’s real.

47. Lord bless you. You’ve been very good. I know I’m never too good to people, it’s all right. And I’ve got a purpose in my ways, of being a little rough, but, that’s all right. I wouldn’t hurt anybody for anything, I'm only bold like Paul when I preach. I’ve got no time for argument, no time for fooling, I’m only bold up here. Because I know what I’ve got to say, and I say it in my way. I know it’s not too nice many times, but, believe me, I haven’t tried to hurt anybody. Hope you’ve seen It, and if you’ve been helped to see brother/sister, there is a Word for your day… don’t miss it. Don’t miss it. And in this day, there's one thing, we must be so careful. And that is, let us not be fooled by dissention amongst people. People say, “Well Bro. Vayle, you know the people that believe Bro. Branham, they pull in fifty different ways.” Yes, they pull in fifty different ways, and they’ll keep on doing it too. Until the mind of the Spirit, comes to each one who is in the Bride, and she’ll have the mind of God.

48. Just love each other. Go to church. And worship with each other. Especially, I know that I’m not worried about this church growing, because I’m not here to make this church grow. I believe that’s the last thing I’d ever want to do. But, do your best to fellowship, where there’s the closest mind you can go. If you have a church of good close minds in this Message, that’s fine. I wish I had one close to me. I don’t have it…that happy, little, aura there to work in. But, stay with the Word. Stay with the Word of the prophet. Not that you’re afraid of what other men may say.

No sir, that’s not it. But remember brother/sister, Israel went astray in majority. Remember Israel, was the only true people. Israel alone, had the Word. Israel alone, had God. Israel alone had it. Amongst those perverted ones, He said, “The kingdom of God is in the midst of you.” It wasn’t in Rome. It wasn’t in Athens. The kingdom was amongst Israel, only. Yet, they killed and crucified the Lord Jesus Christ. The most respected, spiritual people of the day. Beware in this end time brother/sister. Beware. There’s going to be a little group come out, that’s all. May God have pity on you now. Stir you up in your mind. Stir you up to show you, this is an end time Message. Be sure, you’re in the Word for your day. Not twenty years ago. Not fifty years ago. Not a thousand years ago.

Not trying to get back to Pentecost, that’s only for restoration. We’re standing here, waiting for the change. In a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, [BV claps his hands] …anytime. I mean it…anytime. Anytime the grace of God…may God have pity on you. And may our faith be great enough to be changed, because Enoch, took his long last walk by faith. And he pleased God. And he was taken. Amen. Let’s rise and be dismissed.

Gracious Heavenly Father, we want to thank You for allowing us to come together. This lovely, sweet, blessed people, Lord, could come out to hear Your Word. And I pray, my God, they will understand as they have not understood before. Especially my, Lord, that it’s not, trying to cram anything down anybody’s neck. It’s not trying to make anybody see something Lord. No, no, that’s not it. But, Lord, to just bring out Your truth this morning, which is true. To preached It, my God, even as Paul preached It. Not only for the people’s sake, for the sake of even the one that was preaching. Because it does so good, to bring out the truth of Almighty God. It is so sweet, to have illumination, moment by moment, and letter upon letter of Your Word, Lord, to know, we're growing deeper and deeper in the truth of the living God.

We thank You, Lord, for the Word for our day. That was a statement, Lord, we never understood, and we could not have understood in some time back. We would have the whole Word, we’d take it all. We do take it all. There’s only a part, Lord, that’s for us at this stage. And now, I just want to praise Your Name, Lord. And believe for God's people here this morning, O God. We are in the Word for our day, Hallelujah. And the Spirit of God is moving in us, until one day we become that manifested Word in its fulness. And we’ll have ‘Thus Saith the Lord’ in us, Lord. And we shall see the dead come out of the grave. And we shall be changed to rise with them.

Lord, this morning, we’re able to believe that on the grounds of the truth as it is in Jesus Christ, Who not only is our sacrifice, He rose for our justification. And even now, we can say within, and reality that He that believeth on You, and believes the Word that You gave, has passed from life unto death. We shall not come into the judgement. But, are even now passed from life unto death. Thank You, Lord, for that truth, so that no one can lay a charge against us. Lord, keep us ever mindful of this. Keep us ever rejoicing in It. And unto You shall we ascribe the honor and the glory, because Thou art worthy. In Jesus’ Name. Amen. God bless you.