Second Coming of Christ

Second Coming of Christ

Bro. Lee Vayle - December 10, 1969

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We want to thank You for a minute Lord, by thanking they that have lives dedicated to Thee Lord. Suffered and even died, going out to win souls. We know that it’s wonderful. You are the great …?... …?... my God. You said at this end time the Word that’s put forth, we know Lord God, that it was after a meeting, the interpretation of the Word would be right, not without... when what is amazing is, with somebody vindicated. So tonight, we have to understand this subject, but, that we are enter into it, that we may know it Lord according to Your Word. And thereby O God, go in grace in or Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, that we might be one with that Word, in the Spirit of God. We ask for these mercies Lord in Your Name, in Jesus Christ.

1. Now, I want to approach the subject tonight on the 'Second Coming of Christ', because it’s a very interesting topic. We will present it from Scriptures which I don’t think are generally used by many people. We could take a verse in 1 Thessalonians 4: concerning the actual coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, and It says here,

(15) For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, …

In other words, this is ‘Thus Saith the Lord’.

(15) … that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord…

Now, notice there… is the coming of the Lord. And so, we’re sure we're on the right topic

(15) …of the Lord shall not prevent (or, go before) them which are asleep.

(16) For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, …

This is the Lord coming down. This is the Coming.

(16) … with the voice of the archangel, …

That’s the voice of the chief messenger.

(16) … with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

(17) Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with

them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be

with the Lord.

2. Now, in 2 Thessalonians 1: some more on the Second Coming of Christ. And It says in the verse 7,

(7) And to you who are troubled rest with us,...

Now, this is the trouble that the world gives the Christian persecution, with various problems arising.

(7) … to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall

be revealed from heaven with his mighty (messengers, or) angels,

(8) In flaming fire taking vengeance on them (#1) that know not God, and

(#2) that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Now, this will show you complete coverage of destruction.

(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.

Now, you’ll notice in here, that He said in flaming fire, He was going to take judgement, and those would be punished with everlasting destruction from the Presence of the Lord. Now, always, the Coming of the Lord, and what pertains to the people, is usually mingled together as two events, and separated. Now, you’re going to see a peculiar construction here. When He comes in flaming fire taking vengeance, …this is Him literally coming at the end of the Great Tribulation. But, where It says, “Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction …” This is a thousand years later, or more, after the White Throne judgement. See? You’ve got to watch. You’ll never understand the Bible chronologically. Or, try to make Scripture dovetail, by trying to work out chronology.

3. Now, just keep your finger there. And keep in mind I said I’m going to illustrate. Although, this is not necessarily part of the sermon. In the Book of Isaiah 11:6-10

(6) The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, … the leopard …with the

kid; and the calf (with) the young lion and the fatling together; and a

little child (will) lead them.

(7) And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young…shall lie down

together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

(8) And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned

child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.

(9) They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth

shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

(10) And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an

ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be

glorious.

Now, according to this verse, you and I haven’t even got a hope of salvation, until this happens in the Holy Mountain. See? That’s what It says. Now, if you read this Bible without the advantage of history…(See?) …or revelation, it would never make sense. Couldn’t work. See? Now today we’re in the same place, over here in these 8th and 9th verses. He does not take everlasting destruction upon these people, because that is annihilation. You look up the Greek word for ‘destruction’, it means ‘an absolutely reducing to nothingness.’ It’s annihilation.

4. Now, this takes place after the Millennium. But, the flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, or obey not His gospel, is at the end of the Tribulation, and the start of the Millennium. So, I wanted to put it in there. See?

So, watch your Scripture, and don’t be confused. Because you’re going to read other Scriptures, and you’re going to get confused, and say, “Well, Bro. Branham might have made a mistake. Or, there might be a mistake here.” See? There’s no mistake, it just simply takes inspired interpretation. Or, to know where you stand, so the verses gel. Because remember, there is no punctuation in the Greek or the Hebrew. There are capitals in the Greek, which can make some difference. But, I just wanted to show you this. Now, this is the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ also.

5. Now, with it we’re going to read, the Book of Revelation 10:1-6

(1) And I saw another mighty (messenger) come down from heaven,

clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face

was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

(2) And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot

upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,

(3) And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he

had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.

(4) And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about

to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up

those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

(5) And the (messenger) which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the

earth lifted up his hand to heaven,

(6) And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven,

and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein

are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be

time no longer:

Now, for many years, the Fundamentalists had set forth the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, that’s His corporal return to earth, takes place in two phases. That way, they should have said two facets, but they say two phases, that’s all right. He shall first of all come for His Church, which is the Bride. They, call the Church, the Bride. …?... …?... it’s the same thing. In a secret Rapture. And then, according to their teaching, she is taken from the earth, along with those who have already come out of the graves in a Resurrection. And the living are changed like for the Resurrection, and together they’re caught up to meet the Lord, in the air. And there, the Fundamentalists say, they stay with Him for seven years.

6. Now, this is what they claim for 1 Thessalonians 4:16 which we read to you.

(16) For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the

voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise …

(17) Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with

them in the clouds, to meet…

That will be what you’d call a ‘direct confrontation’ with the Lord, in a corporal body. Now, this is according to what they say takes place, and is the Rapture. Then they say, that there is another phase to His Coming, which is where He returns to earth, and He has to wreak judgement upon the earth.

7. And this is over here in the 2 Thessalonians 1: which I read, where It says here,

(8) In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and

that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Now, to break this doctrine down as they do it, you’ll find the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus in His corporal body, has the two facets, of coming for His own in the Rapture, and then, coming with His own to establish His Millennial reign upon earth. Now however, you notice that I read to you tonight, some more Scripture in Revelation 10:1-6. And here’s a mighty messenger from heaven, whose description can only be that of the Lord Jesus Christ. And yet, He’s coming neither for His own, nor, is He coming with His own. And yet, He has descended to the earth, for His feet are on the land and on the sea.

8. Now of course, right away, we would have an argument, coming from the people who believe what I have just said…they believe. Because they would say, this cannot be Jesus Christ because there are only two facets to His Coming, to His Appearing. He appears to His own in the Rapture, then, He appears on earth as He comes down and is seen visibly. So, they say, “This mighty messenger, either cannot be the Lord Jesus Christ, or it might be something pertaining to Him in a picture. Like a little …?... or something. But, you see, this is where people go wrong. because once you establish His doctrine without vindication, that you’re absolutely right, then you are duty bound to try to make the Bible always say what you say It says, and you always run afoul. You know you never get away with it. Now, in the course then the other people try to explain it away, what various Scriptures say, because they say they don’t line up. Now, listen carefully, in the first place, Booth says, then the Word sets forth that Jesus ascended in His corporal body. That He could only descend once.

And that descend-tion, or, that descending, is in two phases, wherein He comes to somewhere near the atmosphere, if not in the atmosphere. Meeting His Bride in the air, and then later on, He comes on to the earth. Now, let’s just see where the folly of the Traditionalists go. Because remember, I repeat, is it true that Scripture states, that since Christ went away, He can only come back once more, and that’s in two phases? Where He descends for His own, then He descends all the way with His own. Now, let us see here, if this Scripture is borne out. Because remember, this is where our Fundamentalists have to stand.

9. Now, let me show you something in the Book of Ephesians 4:

(8) Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity

captive, and gave gifts unto men.

Notice now, verse 9.

(9) (Now he that ascended, (now, he that ascended) what is it but that he (the one that ascended) also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

Now, notice what It says.

(8) …When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, …

Now, how high did He ascend? See? He ascended above all principalities and powers, and all dominions. And this is the one who ascended…Jesus. And It says, what is it, but first of all He descended into the lower parts of the earth. Now, get your picture. The one that descended to the lower parts of the earth, is Jesus, who was called the Son of God. He died upon Calvary. His body went to the grave. His Spirit went back to God, the Spirit. The Spirit went down into Hades, picked up the soul, went into the body, brought out a Resurrection, took them up on High in the 8th Psalm. He led them up to His throne. It was His throne above every throne. See? That’s the one. Now, do you follow me? Now notice, verse 10.

(10) He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, …

Now, right away people they say, “This is repetition.” This is not repetition. This is not saying the same thing twice, in a different way. This is being two different things. That the one who came down, as a man, and died on the cross, and went up above all principalities and powers, came right back again.

10. Now, anybody knows, even every Trinitarian knows, that this is Jesus, coming back as the Holy Ghost, and fulfilling John 14: Now, let’s look at It. Because I’m not here to tell you a lie, I’m here to tell you the truth. John 14:16-18,23,26

(16) And I will pray the Father, and he (the Father) shall give you another

Comforter, that he (that Comforter) may abide with you forever;

(17) Even the Spirit of truth; …

Jesus said, “I am the truth.”

(17) …whom the world cannot receive, (and the world did not receive Him)

because it seeth him not, …

There was no Spirit to protect Him. The missed Him entirely. They walked up and said, “We believe our Messiah is the one we’re looking for”. Certainly. Where’s he going to come from? Why, right down in 2 …?... …?... a group is going to …?... See?

(17) …neither knoweth him: but (you) know him; for he (this Comforter,

is going to come back) dwell(s) with you, and shall be in you. (which

is Jesus Christ)

(18) I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

Notice now, in verse 23,

(23) Jesus answered and said…If a man love me, he will keep my words:

and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, …

See? Verse 26,

(26) But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will

send in my name, he shall teach you all things, …

He tells you right there, who the Holy Ghost is. It’s the very Spirit that is dwelling in Jesus. It’s the Father, Himself. It’s the Holy Ghost, Himself. There’s one God who would manifest in the flesh of a man, and then came back as a Spirit. Now, the Scripture distinctly says that, “He descended.” Jesus descended. Now, where does that leave all this talk about He went away and could only come back one more time? Oh, He already came back. If you go to your Fundamentalists, they’re going to deny, they’ll even deny this part of Ephesians. When did you ever hear that piece of …?... called the church? They’ll tell you the Comforter came, but, He’s another one. Oh boy, let’s just take a look at that first.

11. Let’s take a look at this thing now. 2 Corinthians 11:3-4

(3) But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

(4) For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, …

And they did. Why they say, “There’s three in the Trinity.” Eve came and said, “He was the Father.” Let me say something silly. There’s two of them. There’s another Jesus. See?

(4) …if ye receive another spirit, …

Well they say, “There’s three of them. We don’t get this, we get the second member of the Trinity.” Or the third member, the Holy Spirit.

(4) …which ye have not received, or another gospel, …

And they preach another gospel. See? The One that descended, was God Himself, Jehovah Holy Ghost Spirit. Because there’s one God, He’s a Spirit. He’s not, Spirit, He’s a Spirit. He took upon Himself the form of a man. He died upon Calvary. He presented His body as a sacrifice, using the shed Blood, and He came back at Pentecost as a Pillar of Fire, and He filled all the people at Pentecost. And there’s still enough Spirit left over…don’t worry about anybody else. See? Your dead traditions cannot accept that. Even though it is the truth, they defy it. And now however, since we know this is the truth, that He did come back as the Holy Ghost, here is where some more people go wrong. Because it is strange to say, there are those who believe in a Trinitarian God. And they unmitigatedly say, “He did come back, He came back as the Holy Ghost.”

12. So, now He will not come back again, in His corporal body. So, stop looking. But, what will you do with 1 Thessalonians 4:17? That says, He will come back, and you’ll meet Him in the air. See? See how people do? Always tradition, will mess you up. They may also say this, …this was said to me, I’m telling you the truth, because I was a Trinitarian in the Presbyterian Church, that was started by the Methodist church. And they say that Jesus does not come back anymore, since He came back as the Holy Ghost. But, you go to Him, and you don’t meet Him in the air. Because He doesn’t come back at all. Because you see, you go to meet Him. And when the world has been sufficiently well-versed with Christianity, and they have got tired of bothering for themselves, they turn wholeheartedly, to God.

Then you have the Millennium. In the ecumenical churches, the very same thing happens. If this is not sufficient to make you see the error of the Fundamentalist, isn’t that …?... then ask this question. Are there other Scriptures that refer to God appearing to His people.? Because remember, the Second Coming is an Appearing. What will you do with God Appearing in the Garden of Eden? Was that not an Appearing? What will you do with God Appearing to Abram, or rather to Samuel in Shiloh, is that an Appearing? What will we do about God Appearing to Abraham, and to Sarah? Because He certainly did Appear? He looked like a man. What would we do with God Appearing to Samson’s parents? Because He said, “Not, My name is secret.” But, He said, “My Name is Wonderful.” That’s one of the Names of God. What would you do with God Appearing as a man in the fiery furnace? What will you do with God Appearing as a blazing flame in a burning bush?

13. What will you do about God Appearing day after day as a Pillar of Cloud by day, and a Pillar of Fire by night to keep them warm? What will you do with God Appearing in the Pillar of Fire at Pentecost? And as a Pillar of Fire to Paul? All of these were absolute defense of Almighty God. Appearing to people, and yet they say, “It’s not in the Book, that God should Appear.” Except, He comes back to lead them in. Now, you know you were taught that. You don’t have a case tonight, the case is falling apart. What am I trying to carry it into the water soaked paper bag. All these occurred on earth, and they were not visions. There was no vision. Paul did not have a vision. Jarius did not have a vision. The parents of Samson did not have a vision. Abraham did not have a vision. Adam and Eve did not have a vision. Moses did not have a vision.

The hundred and twenty in the upper room, names, …there might have been five hundred for all I know, people say the same thing…they did not have a vision. It is true that God descended, and Appeared to His own. Thus, it is not strange to find, that Scripture sets forth not two facets of His Coming, but, three facets of His Coming, in regard to His corporal appearance. And this is wonderfully scriptural, because God, always works in threes.

14. Now, let’s go back to Revelation 10: and examine the evidence as to why this is the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.

(1) And I saw another mighty (messenger) come down from heaven, …

Now, the word ‘aggelos’ in the Greek is the ‘messenger’. He is the heavenly messenger, because the Bible says so. Or by the context in Scripture. Now, you will notice that this is a heavenly messenger. And He came down from heaven, He descended. To come down from heaven, is to descend.

(1) … clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, …

face was as it were the sun, …feet as pillars of fire:

(2) … in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot

upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,

(3) And cried (as) … a …voice, (of) a lion…cried, (the voice of

seven thunders) …

Lifting up His hand, and swearing by heaven, by the very Creator. These…this description, can only fit one person. That is the Lord Jesus Christ. To begin with, He is the messenger descending from heaven.

15. If you go to the Book of Malachi 3: we will notice what the Word of God says.

(1) Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way

before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come

to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, …

The Lord is a messenger Himself, of His own covenant. Remember, God Appeared to Abraham, as a smoking flax, and a fiery furnace, when He brought His covenant to Abraham. And notice It says here, that this Lord Himself, which is the Lord God of Israel, according to the Angel that approached Zachariah, and talked about John the Baptist. He did say here, this Lord God of Israel, is the messenger of the covenant. Now, keep that in mind. He is the messenger of the covenant. And notice, He came down from heaven, …which is where He must come from. The messenger comes, remember God, He is from heaven. And it also says, He’s clothed with a cloud. Now remember, the Scripture says this same Jesus is caught away in the cloud, shall return in like manner. And remember also, in the Book of Revelation 1: it says He was clothed with a cloud.

And remember also, Revelation 14:14 mentions the One seated upon a cloud. This Cloud belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ. And remember, a rainbow is upon His head. Now remember this. Where is the rainbow? The rainbow is over the Throne. So therefore, the One who is sitting on that Throne, has the rainbow. Because the rainbow is upon His head. It would have to be the One sitting upon the Throne. And Jesus said, “…I Am set down in My Father’s Throne.” [Rev 3:21] So therefore, He has the rainbow. Now, watch carefully, the rainbow, though beautiful. See? The rainbow, though lovely. And everybody talks how beautiful the rainbow is. And they think how lovely it is. And they talk about the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. And there’s always a rainbow, with the bluebird of happiness.

16. I’ve got news for you. The rainbow is nothing to be happy about. It is God’s covenant that He is going to absolutely destroy the world by fire, and not by a flood. So, the minute you see the One seated upon the Throne, with the rainbow over His head, and descending to earth, as the messenger of the covenant, He is coming now to tell His people of the covenant, “Look, I’m going to destroy the world, get ready.” Like I had the ark, before you. I’m going to take care of you. See? The rainbow covenant. Because it’s a covenant, “I’m going to destroy all by fire.” And that’s exactly what 2 Thessalonians says. “Flaming fire taking vengeance upon those who know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.” [2 Th 1:8] But remember, it’s a covenant of destruction, which has to do with the Second Coming of Christ. And remember, He Himself is going to do the destroying. There is no place where we find, that God will not destroy.

You say, “I believe God will use various means.” That does not matter, it’s God doing the destroying. Because it is His covenant, the rainbow, is a covenant of second world destruction by fire, pertaining to the people, who are going to be destroyed. See? And so, who has the rainbow? Jesus has the rainbow. No one else has it. Because it’s over His head. And the only one who could have it over His head, is the One seated upon the Throne. And remember, He’s seated upon the Throne. And again, It says, “His face, as it were the sun.” It is exactly Scriptural, according to Revelation 1: It is the same One that John saw. And again, It says, “His feet as pillars of fire.” This again, is what John saw, because the feet burn as they were in a fiery furnace. And He had in His hand a little book open. This is the little book, that the Lamb took. See?

17. The Lamb took and opened…it is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ, with the opened book, which is the open Book of Revelation. And it has many facets to it. See? And He set His right foot upon the sea, and His left foot upon the earth. Now, what is it? What did He see? There’s pillars of fire, and they’re upon the earth. And He cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth. There’s only One who has a lion’s voice, that’s the lion of the Tribe of Judah…which is Jesus Christ. And when He had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. Only God has a voice of thunder as known in John 12: when Jesus said, “Glorify Thy Son, with me, with the glory I had formerly.” And the Voice from heaven, said, “I both glorified Him, and will glorify it again, “And some people say it thundered. It was God speaking with the voice of thunder, as indeed the Psalm, and the prophets declared, “It is so.” And you will notice also, including the seven thunders which was absolutely completion.

It is absolute completion. God speaking in the seven thunders, denotes the absolute completion of this age. And you’ll notice, again It says, “The angel I saw, stands upon the sea and stands upon the earth. Lift up His hand to heaven, and He swear by the Creator.” And nobody but, God, can swear by God. There is no angel, there is no man, there is nobody swears by God, but, God. And the key is found in the Book of Hebrews [6:13] where It says, “God knowing no greater, swore by Himself.” Why? Because it had to do with the covenant. See? The covenant to Abraham. See? He’s swearing to the covenant people of Abraham, “Time has run out, it’s time to be gathered and caught up. Because fire is going to hit the land.” See? There it is. You cannot by any stretch of your imagination, believe this to be anybody, but, the Lord Jesus Christ.

18. Now, will you please notice something here. I did not say very much about the fact that His feet were upon the land and upon the sea. Now, notice, It says here, He has the rainbow around His shoulders. His face is the sun. There is a cloud there. What is this? This is in the upper atmosphere, way up here. There is where the face is. But notice the feet are upon the earth. So, if my face would resemble the face of the Lord Jesus Christ, and my elbow resembles the sea, and my stomach would resemble the earth, this is exactly what you would see. And a big God, the heavens could not contain neither the earth. Now, it’s not that God is that big, although no one could measure how big He is. Because bigness does not lie in the size of the article. Bigness lies in whatever the article is intrinsically.

So, what does this signify? This is signifying here, that this one still is manifesting, and using His sovereign authority in the heavens, while the same time, he is manifesting in the earth, just as though he were here corporally. Now, let’s show the picture.

19. This is the exact rebirth, of the Book of John, this is the gospel of John 3: Notice what Jesus says in verse 13,

(13) And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

Now, of course, this is the Word. This is the Word. Now, watch this. He said,

(13) … no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

What is this? This, is the picture of God, who has completely veiled Himself, in the flesh of a man. And is manifesting, through the flesh of a man, even Jesus. And He never created one thing while on earth. And never took anything in His hands, one bit of sovereignty. He only said, what the Father said, He only did what He saw the Father do. Now, watch this carefully. But, at the same time that He was on earth manifesting, and limiting Himself to the sacrificial Lamb, God giving Himself for sin to the people. He was at the very same time as He stood here as a man, manifesting Himself, completely in His sovereign power from the Throne. Because He’s the same God, although He dwells in this body, and veiled that part from Himself…(See?) ...to the world.

20. He was showing Nicodemus, that as God …because He was eternal God, although in the flesh, which was just …?... not at this moment…He was the One who pulled the stars in the night, and put them out in the morning. He was the One who was running all the affairs of the universe, just the same, although He hid it from the people. Now, today you have got an exact opposite of this very thing. There He is, up there He has not yet descended in the corporal body. See? He hasn’t done it. But, He has already now by the Pillar of Fire, descended to earth, and manifesting Himself, in the Pillar of Fire, and showing what He is, He’s God exactly the very same One that went away. But, He’s not here in the body doing it. but, that body is still there. And now, He’s manifesting on earth, everything that should be manifested on earth, yet retaining His sovereignty there.

It is just the complete reverse. See? That’s how you see that. Now, you notice, in this Scripture here, that He swears by Himself. See? God swears by Himself. And He says, what is He doing? He is saying that “Time is finishing up.” Now look it, in the beginning, He was the Alpha. And now He is saying, “I Am the Omega.” It is God finishing up His Omega time. And whatever God was, now whatever God was, has the manifestation of God in human form to the race, see, is now all ending. Which simply means and shows, that the time of the Gospel message is over. Now, notice here. Now, this is the Lord Jesus Christ, and He is manifesting in the heaven and earth. And since He has either come for His own, …because, He hasn’t. Nor, has He come with His own. What is He doing? Now, that’s the key to the whole thing.

21. What is He doing? According to the Word, He is crying out with the voice of Seven Thunders, the Seven Sealed mystery of Himself. See? The revelation of the Seven Sealed mystery in the Word, of Himself, and thereby designating the end of a certain given period of time. But again, as I say, you’ll notice where His Head is. See? That’s where the Throne is. See? Now if the Throne is there, and the Head is there, how can He speak? He can speak to us through the Pillar of Fire. See? The fact that God has spoken to us in the Son, that makes no difference. People say, “He always could do that, so there’s no possible way”. What about the Pillar of Fire? That, is the Son. The Rock that followed them was Christ. That Pillar of Fire was Jesus. You can’t deny it. See? Now, His feet are on earth, which in the language of Daniel…is the feet age, of the image. And they are pillars of fire.

So therefore, the significance of the feet standing on the earth, and all the rest, being up there, is that God is manifesting today that He is Jesus the same yesterday, today, and forever. Not in a corporal form, but by the Pillar of Fire. Now, how was it that God descended, to bring the Word to the people of Israel, when they stood below Sinai? He came by a Pillar of Fire, and the Voice of Thunder. How did God speak to John the Baptist? He was the Voice in the Pillar of Fire. How does God speak to Paul, and he receives the complete revelation, in that three year period in Arabia. It was by the Pillar of Fire. How do we know? Because the Pillar of Fire appeared, and said. "I am Jesus." And Paul categorically claims that Jesus revealed Himself, to Paul. It was by complete revelation. He had seen Jesus as One born out of due season. Then, how has He promised to do it today? He has promised to communicate with us, through the Pillar of Fire, by the prophet.

22. Because It says over here in Revelation 10:7 which follows the first six verses. But he said, “In the day of the Voice of the seventh messenger.” Now, this is not a heavenly messenger, this is simply the seventh messenger. And there’s only one place in the whole Bible, where you hear of messenger, one, two, three, four, five, six. Now if he’s the seventh messenger, now, there are six messengers ahead of him. See? And they have got to be identical to him, in the sense, of their position. Not office, but, position. In other words, you’ve only got one place in the Bible, that speaks of the messenger…that’s the First Age. And the Second Age, the Third Age, the Fourth Age, and the Fifth Age, and the Sixth Age, and now, the Seventh Age. So therefore, this is an ordinary man, he did not descend out of heaven. He is a human being, and he is the seventh one of the messengers.

And there are seven messengers, in Seven Church Ages. So therefore, this is the seventh Church Age messenger. And It said, “When he shall begin to sound,” which means to blow upon a trumpet. Now, we know right away, that blowing upon a trumpet, is a declaration of the gospel. See? Because Paul himself, said, “Who shall prepare himself to battle if the trumpet gives an uncertain sound.” [1 Cor 14:8] In other words, God sending messengers, that they may rouse the people with the trumpet call of the Gospel, to give the anointed Word for their day, and bring the people out. And get them ready. And remember again, Paul said, “Prepare for battle.” And in the end-time, the very word in the Greek which says in the Book of Thessalonians, “The Lord Himself descending with a Shout.”

23. That is actually, the Lord descending with a military command, but the Voice is not said to be His. See? The Lord is descending, with a military command. But the actual utterance to the people, is not by the Lord, Himself. It is by the messenger. Because that’s what He says. Now, It says here, It says now the seventh messenger, and the seventh messenger sounding will be upon the last Trump. See? And that’s what the Book of Corinthians says. “We shall all be changed at the last Trump, for the trumpet shall sound.” [1 Cor 15:52] Now, notice the emphasis. See? At the last Trump, which is the last gospel call. And why did he say, “For the trumpet shall sound,”? Because that’s what It says here. Here is where the double emphasis [inaudible comments] … Now he says the mystery of God should be finished.

As we read it in the Greek, it means 'consummated' and 'perfected' and brought to perfection, and brought to consummation. Now, what is the mystery of God? In the Book of 1 Corinthians 4: you’ll find what Paul had to say about that very thing. He said,

(1) Let a man so account of us, as the ministers of Christ, and stewards

of the mysteries of God. (See? Stewards of the mysteries.)

(2) Moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

Now, what was Paul’s ministry to the people? It was the Word. See? God revealed by the Word. So therefore, the mystery of God finished, is Paul’s Gospel, brought to an absolute consummation. Which was what? “I have presented you as a chaste virgin, …I’ve espoused you rather, as a chaste virgin, that I may present you to Christ.” [2 Cor 1:2] It is what Paul started in his espousal, that will now end in the presentation. This will be the complete consummation of the gospel. Because there has to come a time when the Bride is all in, and she is absolutely gathered with the Lord Jesus Christ, in the upper air. See?

24. This is the absolute consummation. There will be no more added to it. See? This is the gospel. Which is, the purpose of God standing in the …?... Now notice also, he says, “As God has declared.” And this word in the Greek, is ‘announce’ the good news of the gospel. So, it is in the days of the voice of the Seventh Church Messenger, when he shall begin to sound. When He shall be sounding. Bringing forth the last day Message, the mystery committed to Paul. See? To the Gentile, is going to be absolutely brought to a perfection and consummation. See? That and with this is according to the prophet, not one prophet, but, all of the prophets. See? Going right to the very back. He’s to look to the very first prophet. And this is, what God has warned by Himself, would end up the whole time. Now, the gospel of grace to the Gentiles, we know closes out as I said, in the Seventh Age.

And the Messenger to the Seventh Church Age, is this one who is bringing us, what the Seven Thunders are hitting through the Pillar of Fire, which has come in that day. Now, I meant to see already, this is all an ordinary human being, as far as the flesh is concerned. Just an ordinary human being, as far as God is concerned, because according to the stars in the Book of Revelation. The word ‘star’ means, the pre-eminent One, amongst many like Him. Therefore, this man, is an ordinary man, human being. He could preach the gospel, but God gave him the pre-eminence, among all his brethren. Of course, that is why people don’t like him. Now, you will notice of course, we said this Pillar of Fire, has descended. Now the Pillar of Fire, is the anointing, is Jesus Christ. As long as the Pillar of Fire is descended, Christ has descent, a literal descent to the earth.

25. Now remember, descent means He’s come back already. He’ll come back to meet us in the Pillar of Fire. Now, this Pillar of Fire then, gives the anointing. It is Christ. Is the prophet Himself. See? The Pillar of Fire is the prophet. Now Bro. Branham said, “I don’t call myself a prophet. You call me a prophet.” That’s right. Because Bro. Branham was not the prophet. The prophet, is the Lord Christ. And He came back as the Pillar of Fire. So, the prophet is the Pillar of Fire. William Branham, is the sounding board, the earthly prophet. But remember, that prophet is not the prophet, because it’s the fear of God, in the man that does the prophesying. And when you prophesy, you’re a prophet. See? So therefore, the real prophet is the Holy Ghost, which is Christ, which is the Pillar of Fire. Which is the anointing, which is God Himself, descended amongst the people. See?

Now, it is God Himself, amongst the people. He isrevealing Himself, He is making Himself known. He is appearing amongst men, as He appeared to Samuel, in Shiloh. Now, where’re we going? 1 Samuel 3:21. We’re going to verse 11, first of all, verse 7.

(7) Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of

the LORD yet revealed unto him.

Notice, now Samuel did not yet know the Lord. There was no experiential knowledge of God, at this time through Samuel. Why? Because the Word of the Lord, was not yet revealed. Now after, Samuel was talked to by God. And necessary to do that, notice what He said in verse 15.

(15) …And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.

Notice He calls the revealed Word of God, the vision. And the vision, is to see the real thing exactly as the real thing is. Without that being absolutely there. Now, just hold your finger there. I’m beginning to get into a little deep water here. Bro. Branham said, "We're going to have waters to swim in."

26. In the Book of Ezekiel, It says here in the 1st verse, where Ezekiel was called the son of man.

(1) Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in

the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river

of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

Didn’t say he saw a vision from God. It said he saw a vision of God. Now, if you see a vision of God, doesn’t mean you see God. See? But yet, you by Spirit, which is this vision constitutes a revelation, is just as accurate, as though you actually saw Him, for what He is. Now, if you see a vision of me here, and I was in Timbuktu, there’s no difference. You’d see everything just as though I was there. And you’re just as real as though I was there. See?

27. Now, notice he calls, he says, “This word that God brought to Samuel, is called a vision.” Says ...?.... it to you. But now watch [1 Samuel 3:] verse 21.

(21) And the LORD appeared again …

How many times is again? I don’t know. But, it’s got to be more than once. Now,

(21) …the Lord appeared again in Shiloh: (Now that’s the second time.)

…for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word

of the LORD.

Now notice, Samuel in verse 7, had not yet known God because God was not revealed to him. God had not appeared to him. See? Now God says, “Samuel, Samuel,” and gives him a message. And he calls it a vision. What vision? The vision of God. God appearing to him in a vision. Not that you could see with your eyes, like a vision you could see us, though we’re not here. But, it’s the Word, and it’s explained it’s the Word, because it’s a revelation of the Word. God revealing Himself by the Word. For It says,

(21) …(for) the LORD appeared again in (Samuel): for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel…by the word of the LORD.

Seeing God absolutely as God, is by the Word. Now, let’s look at the Hebrew. The word in the Hebrew for ‘appear’ is; ‘ra’ah’ which means, ‘to see’ or ‘appear’. See? And the word ‘revealed’, is the word ‘gelah’ which means ‘to be nude’ and it has a vulgar thought about it. Because it means to strip the body naked, so there’s no longer any mystery, or anything hidden. Just exactly, as when Christ hanged upon Calvary, absolutely stark naked and crucified. And the veil of the temple was rent from the top to the bottom. And there, they saw the Word of God, brought into full view, which was a crucified man hanging upon the cross.

28. Now, when the Holy of Holies was opened, what was seen? The Aaron’s rod that budded, was no longer there. The manna that did not corrupt, was no longer there. There was only one thing in the Holy of Holies. And that was the Word of God.

And so, when the veil was rent from top to bottom, the Word was absolutely brought into full view. Which was a man hanging upon the cross. See? Now, God is brought into full view, by His Word. See? Let me show you something here. In the Book of John 1: …and I think it’s verse 18, …It says here.

(18) No man hath seen God at any time, (you can’t see God miss.) the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, (See?

part of God) he hath declared him.

Scofield said, “Led Him forth into full revelation.” Now, I think Scofield’s a pretty smart scholar. But, he’s not quite that smart. Because the word ‘declare’, is ‘exegesis’. Which means; to bring into absolute understanding, through the explanation of Word. So, when God was exegeted, He is still exegeted. Because the Son is in the bosom of the Father. Not, He was in the bosom, He is in the bosom. So therefore, to bring God into absolute full view and see God, is by the revelation of Jesus Christ, to the Word. Which is exactly what happened down here in Samuel. See? God brought into full view. There is absolutely nothing hidden about God, any longer. When God appeared to Samuel in Shiloh, by the revealed Word. See? So therefore, no man can see God apart from His revealed Word. Now, notice, God is revealed, He is seen, …that’s what It says.

29. Now, listen carefully, to the following. The un-seeable Spirit, is closed in spoken Word, and thereby revealed. Now remember, Father, Word, and Spirit, are one. You and I don’t get this Word. The Holy Ghost Himself, in His anointing, brings God into full view to the prophet. Because God had ordained by man’s own request, that the Pillar of Fire cannot be seen by ordinary individuals. Neither can they hear the voice of God. That is why Bro. Branham said distinctly, “Don’t try to look for the Pillar of Fire. Don’t fool with It.” And said, “When the Seven Church Ages were completed, he said, “You saw only one Pillar of Fire, I saw two Pillars of Fire.” I saw the real one, and you saw the reflection. Because it’s given only to one of the Ages, for people to actually see that Pillar of Fire. The camera could catch It. They saw It at the river when He descended, and showed you then, it was going to happen. The people saw it, like on Sinai. But, people since then have not seen the Pillar of Fire. Oh, they say they’ve seen a reflection. And they have not heard the Voice.

If they had really seen the Pillar of Fire, they would have heard the Voice. At the river, the people heard something, but it wasn’t the Voice. See? So therefore now, we understand. So, the prophet receiving from the Pillar of Fire, the absolute revealed God. Now watch. Every Age, …every Age, brother/sister, and all Church Ages, every Age starts with a revelation of God. Paul said, “Who art Thou, Lord?” And He said, “I Am Jesus.” And notice, that when Paul received the revelation, the Message that came from John was, "these things said He that holds up the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks." This is a revelation of Jesus. The next Age has the revelation. "These things say the first and the last, that was dead and is alive." And at the very end Age, the revelation of God is the Amen. While the Amen, is the Omega swearing by Himself.

30. And the end time revelation, of the end time Messenger/prophet, is the actual revelation of Revelation 10:1-6. Which is God descending, not, for His people, not with His people, but, to gather His people. Which is by the Message. And that’s what Thessalonians said. "By His coming, and our gathering together unto Him." And always, it has taken a prophet, or a messenger, those ordained to gather the people. And at the end time, the end time revelation is; it’s over, it’s the end, this is it. And it’s the prophet, because he’s numbered with the prophets, whereas for the other five Church Ages, …there are not prophets. Only Paul, and the end time one, have that particular benefit. Now therefore, as I say, the Word of the Lord, came to this prophet. Not to us. He saw the Pillar of Fire. He saw God, revealed through the Word.

Which would constitute a vision. We don’t see it. But we see Him revealed, absolutely as He is, in spoken Word. Because the prophet, brings the Word to the people. Then, the Spirit of God, which has been loosed, having been bound two thousand years by the creeds and dogmas, can now teach the people what God really is, because it’s the Word revealed. See, for all these years, we have known there was a God. Our strongest proof is, God has healed the sick. God has raised the dead. We have seen the Word in power. But, this is not decision. It has only led to chaos, and misunderstanding. But at the end time, we see the Word revealed and thereby manifested revelation.

31. So therefore, I say that the unseeable Spirit, is clothed in spoken Word. And thereby, we see Him. He proves that you can see Himself, by manifesting Himself, exactly the same as when the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. (See?) He does the same thing, for He is Hebrews 13:8 which is Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever. Of course, someone might ask the question, “How do you know?” He does the same thing, proving that He is here. That He is doing the same thing. Now remember, there were two things happening. He is revealing Himself to the prophet, in the Pillar of Fire. He is revealing Himself exactly as He is to the prophet. Now, the next thing is, we now see God revealed through the flesh of a man. See? Because it’s got to come by flesh, for the simple reason that it’s the only way it comes. Of course, you know that’s a lie, so, that’s all right. Now, how do we know this is He? Because He is doing the same things that He did. See? Now, if Jesus does the very same things that He did when He was on earth, then we know He is here. There would be no doubt about it. Now, this of course is true, because it says in the Book of Luke 17: which we all are acquainted with. Beginning in the 20th verse.

(20) And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom

of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of

God cometh not with observation:

32. In plain English, it’s going to come, and you won’t even see It. You’ll miss it. ...?... And they don’t. It’s coming, and you’ll miss it. It’s already …?... it. And when it come up, it’s a man.

(21) Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, (for), the kingdom

of God is (amongst) you. (See?)

Don’t bother looking here and there. Because that’s true. They were looking everywhere, they weren’t looking to Him. And He stood amongst them. The same thing is going to happen at the end time. It is going to happen once more. They’re going to look here, they’re going to look there, they’re going to watch for the signs in the sky. But believe me, listen. When the signs in the sky, that’s one time you know, you’re going to miss it. You missed it, when those signs come, you missed it. But does everybody then … “God sent a prophet.” [inaudible comments] …See how foolish?

(22) And he said unto the disciples, …

He threw them a curve, because you know He threw them a curve when they wanted corrected titles. He said,

(22) … The days will come, (…?...) when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, (which means experiences, which those days produced) and ye shall not see (that).

Now listen, let’s be honest. There was no time right after His death, to His Resurrection, and after His Resurrection to Pentecost, that they ever looked for those days. They didn’t even look for Him. But He said, “To meet Me in a certain place”. It was by pure accident, that they met Him at Galilee, because they wanted to go fishing. They neither looked for Him, nor His days. And this pertains to the end time, when they won’t be here. So, this is something for you and me. And He said, “You’re going to look for one of those days, and you won’t even see it.” And they shall say to you, “See here, see there.” They never ever said that to the apostles. Go not after, nor follow them. When they say, “See here, see there.” He said, “Don’t grab Him, and don’t be pulling.” As the wind pushes the clouds. See? In the end time, they’re going to be people who try to put pressure on you.

33. So therefore, don’t you ever try to put pressure on anybody else, concerning this Message. If you don’t want them to put pressure on you. They try to put pressure on me all the time.

(24) (So) as the lightning, (cometh) out of the one part under heaven,

shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of

man be in his day.

Now watch all these places carefully. It says you’re going to look for one of the days, and you won’t see it. That’s a period of time. Then It says, “So, there’s going to be a time, there's going to be a blinding flash, and that’s it.” See? Day, days…slash…at the end. Now watch.

(25) But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.

(26) And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the

Son of man.

Now notice, It does not say, “coming”, It says, “days” of the Son of man. And I know we can take our Bibles and we can find where It says someplace else,

(26) … so shall it be also in the (coming of the) days of the Son of man.

Don't you dare ...?.... If you want to put ‘days’ in here, instead of the ‘coming’ of the Son of man. Well you see, this apostle left it out. Then, if this apostle left it out, it changes the whole meaning. So, if it changes the whole meaning, then he should’ve have put it in… then the Bible’s a liar. If you’ve got one lie, rip up your Bible, because God's not God. Because He said, in His …?… there is no shadow of turning. And if that’s the case, then He also said, “That according to the Word, that the Father and the Son and the Word are one.” So therefore, the Word cannot have one shadow or turning.

34. So, notice what It says here. It says, the days of Noah will repeat, but not Noah. And It says, the days of the Son of man, will repeat, but not the Son of man.

Now, He was the Son of man when He was clothed in flesh. So therefore, what He produced in the flesh, He is bound to produce, again. Without being here in His flesh. See? Now notice, He said,

(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.

Now that’s got to repeat. See? The old apostle, likewise in the days of Lot. Now, the days of Noah, was a long period of time. Even the ark sitting, was seven full days. But, the day of Lot was not so. They went down in the evening, and in the morning…wham…it’s all over, in a spit second. See? And these two events, have to do with the literal coming, or Appearing of Jesus, now. See? So, you can’t just lump these again, and say, “Well, I’ll take the qualities out of both that I think are right.” “And as it was in the days of Noe” they had some problems there, I can see where we got them marrying, and given in marriage and divorce. That’s saying …?... And then over here in the days of Sodom, we’ll take that out too. And we’ll say, “That’s in the Message”.

35. But, that’s exactly wrong. Because you get confused there. Now, that makes you think that He’s coming, and it doesn’t place the fact of how He’s coming. Which is the days of Noah repeat a period of time, and the ministry of Christ returns, in a period of time. And then, they both stop. And Jesus said at the end time, “You are going to want to see one of those days, and you won’t see them.” Now, if we believe that William Branham was the one God used to bring those days, because God had to work through the flesh of man, and we long to see one of those days again, and we won’t see one of those days. This is one of the reasons why I don’t believe he'll come back. Now, you may believe what you want. I won’t bug you. You are privileged, because many things he said, would indicate he would be coming back. But this Word says, you’re going to want one of those days.

And those days were produced by a man. because they’ve got to be produced by a man. Because if there’s no man here to produce them, then the whole thing becomes veiled in mystery. Where God is mysteriously, performing through manifestations. And nobody knows how it’s done. See? It wouldn’t work. Now, he says, “This will be over, and then, He will come like a flame of fire, and that’s exactly what the Bible teaches. He is coming as a messenger. See? And then…(See?) …He is coming in flaming fire and taking destruction. Now, you and I know, because we don’t need to go into it. And this would be a waste of my time…waste of your time. Just get out of it. That William Branham was absolutely vindicated as a prophet sent from God.

36. There is no problem there. There is only a problem, with the people who don’t believe it. Because they don’t want to accept the prophet. They have perverted the Word of God, they’re going to continue to pervert the Word of God, until they’ll be caught up in a perversion which is the lie, and will end up thinking they’re worshipping God, and they’ve sold out to the antichrist. Because that’s exactly what’s going to happen. Jesus said, “You have turned Me down, when I came in My Father’s name. There is one who’ll come in his own name, you won’t turn down.” Now, if the Pillar of Fire is turned down, having manifested the return of the Son of man by the Pillar of Fire, through a prophet, and that’s turned down, they’ll not turn down the one that comes in his own name. Hold on, I’ll show you something here. Hold on, we’re not through yet. It says, “The days of the Son of man, will repeat His very ministry.”

Now notice, in 1 Thessalonians 4:16 It says, the Lord Himself, God Himself, will stop up in the air, with the Old Testament resurrected saints, you see, and catch up the resurrected New Testament Bride. And in 2 Thessalonians 7:7-10, It says He comes down to earth with them, in flames of fire, taking destruction. But, in Revelation 10:1-6 He is a Messenger. He’s not called the ‘Bridegroom.’ He’s called the Messenger. He is the Messenger, and His Message is Himself. See? He is the Message, and He is revealing Himself. Because that’s what the Message does reveal. Therefore, the Message and the Messenger are one. Now, this is in the profound sense of the ministry of the day. Bro. Branham said, “The Message, and the Messenger are one.” This is the profound thing.

In the other sense, the Message and the Messenger are one, because as John the Baptist, …See? …was indicated in Scripture; in Isaiah 40:

37. And in Malachi 3:1-2, and a phrase of Malachi 4:6. And this is the Word of God. Follow me? This is the Word of God.

(1) Behold, I will send my messenger, …

[Malachi 4:]

(6) …he shall turn the heart… of the children to the fathers …

And again, It says, [Isaiah 40:]

(3) The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, …make straight (the way) …

That’s the Word of God. So, therefore, when John came on the scene, how get this carefully, he was the full Word of God revealed, as concerning those verses. He was just as much the revealed Word of God, or, the fulfilled and manifested Word of God, as when God said, “Let there be light.” And there was light. Tell me, is there a difference between God saying, “Let there be light”, and there was light? And the other thought, “Behold I send My messenger.” At the end. Now, at the end time He said, “Before the coming of the Lord, He would send Elijah. And he would turn the hearts of the children back to the fathers.”

38. And also, in Luke 17:30

(30) Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. (See?)

Because the revelation has got to come through a man. This is God revealed, the Word. If all of this came to an end. See? So therefore, at the end time, we are going to see the exact Word of God, for this day, brought into full manifestation. Which is, “I’m sending you a Seventh Church Age Messenger. I am sending you Elijah the prophet.” And that is that Word. See? It's brought into full revelation. Now, that’s how you… (See?) …the Message and the Messenger are one. That’s why the Bible says, it’s Moses’ law. And Paul, without arrogance, says, “According to my gospel, will this Word be given.” Yet notice, Paul also says, “The world will be judged by one Christ Jesus.” The complete identification of Paul with Christ, was by the revealed and given Word of God to Paul for the people. Now, the same thing happens today.

39. The complete revelation of God to the people, has been already given by the Messenger, and the Message being one, which is William Branham. Which means; turn down Paul, you’re lost. Turn down Moses, you’re lost. Turn down William Branham, you’re lost. You say, “You’re making him Jesus Christ.” I am not making him Jesus Christ. How would you like to be in Noah’s day, and turn down Noah, and see where it gets.

Now talk about turning down God. When they turned down Samuel, God said, “They have not rejected you, they have rejected Me.” He said, “He who receiveth whomever I send, receiveth Me.” And He said, “He who rejects you, has rejected Me.” You can talk all you want about an ark, or an identification with Jesus Christ, but, it is that much hogwash. It is nothing but a pedantic understanding. Has nothing to do with revelation. Because to turn down Paul, is to turn down God. To turn down Moses, under ‘dunamis,’ is absolute mandatory death.

40. Therefore, Jesus Christ, He depends according to the Word of God as a Messenger. And He brings His own covenant message to the people. To turn down the revealed God, which is the revealed Word, is absolutely to seal your own doom. Now, I’m going to take you under control. But, I’m not talking through my hat. There is nothing I tell you, that I can’t back up by Scriptures…or, I’m not going to tell you. In the 3rd chapter again, of the Book of Acts, Paul, Peter has just taught the people. They just killed the Prince of light. And he says in [Acts 3:] verse 17,

(17) And now, brethren, (to the Jews) I (know) that through ignorance

(you) did it, as did also your rulers.

(18) But those things, …

What things? What are things? You say, books are things, sects are things, and chairs, and everything. No. No, this is not things, the same as inanimate objects. These…what are these things? It says, things which

(18) …God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, …

What are the things? The things, are the Word of God. So therefore, the Word of God which God showed by the mouth of all His prophets,

(18) … that Christ should suffer, (God) hath so fulfilled (that Word See?)

(19) Repent (you) therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted

out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the

Lord.

41. Now, the word ‘refreshing’ means; as a cool blast is blown on a hot summer day. It’s a reviving, fresh, breeze. And there’s only one breeze that can blow to revive man, and that’s the breath of the Holy Ghost, as it blew in the Book of Ezekiel 37: in Ezekiel’s valley of dry bones. And remember, the word ‘presence’ is, the ‘face of the Lord’. So therefore, the face of the Lord, is going to come into view, with the Holy Spirit, and is going to bring a revival. Is what He will do. Because it is a revival. And that revival, is literally going to be Resurrection. Now notice, It says, and He (God) shall send Jesus Christ, before the beginning… Notice, this has got to come before this. And remember, Jesus Christ coming to this earth, comes for His own. And He comes with His own, the next time.

42. So, therefore, when the times of refreshing from the face of the Lord, this is absolutely Revelation 10:1-6. Which is the same as Malachi 4:5-6. God’s saying the same thing. There’s no difference. Then He says,

(20) (Then I`ll) send Jesus Christ, (this is Jesus now, this is human.)

which before was preached unto you:

(21) Whom the heaven must receive until the … (restoration) of all

things, (what things?) which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

In other words, there has got to be a full restoration of God’s Word. You say, “Who needs to restore what…it’s all here? “Okay, then, why does everybody interpret It wrong? Supposing I interpret this Word, which is the Word of God, and we agree, and I interpret It wrong. Is my interpretation the Word of God? No. It’s my word. So, the Word’s got to be restored. And there’s only one way to restore that Word, and that is by absolutely bringing forth the understanding of that Word to the people. There’s no other way. What that Word really means? And notice what He said, here now. All the prophets, so therefore, it’s a complete revelation of God. You see? For this day…you say, “Why is it for this day?” Hold your finger there.

43. Let’s go to Luke 24:25

(25) (Jesus) said (here) unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets (Now notice, believe all that the prophets) have spoken:

They weren’t going to believe they said, “Listen to me.”

(26) Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, …

What things? Suffer what the Word said. That’s what the Bible did back then in Acts 3:

(26) … and to enter into his glory?

(27) And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, …

What prophets? Right to Malachi. Not beyond Malachi, but, right to Malachi only. See?

(27) … he expounded… them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

What things concerning himself? That He, was the One who came to suffer and die, and to rise again. But, over in here now, It says what? This is all the Scripture from Moses to Revelation, concerning His Second Coming. How do you know It is? Because the Bible says, that the heavens are going to receive Him until He comes back. See? So, now It says, the restoration is going to be. What does the Word say about His Coming today? They were all amiss about what the Word said concerning His First Coming. Turned Him down flat. Crucified and killed Him. And even after His death, and Resurrection, the Apostles were going around with their mouths open. “Oh, that was so awful. That was so, terrible. My, my.”

And he comes along side and says, “What are you …?... ? You look like the kind that winds it up. Oh, but you must be a figure, haven’t you heard about the man in Jerusalem? Why, this one that everybody thought well could be the Messiah. It turned out that He was simply taken and crucified and killed. And “Oh that…even we thought He was Messiah.” And at the same time the truth is, don’t tell anybody, we’re His disciples. He said, “O fools and slow of heart. Can’t you see that’s the Scripture for this day?” Now, you’ve got the same thing happening. What about the Scripture for today? “Oh, I don’t know too well, Bro. Vayle, the Scriptures are for every day.” Bless God…this is the whole Bible. ...oh, shut up. I’m not sarcastic, now I get angry just thinking about it.

44. Let me show you something here in the Book of Titus. Titus 1:3

(3) But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Savior;

The literal translation of this Word, committed to Paul is this. But, in His own private, strategic, season, He made known His Word in a proclamation. God, always deals in a strategic season, and makes a proclamation concerning His Word. There is no Word that covers all Ages. This Word is for every separate Age. There’s always been a Word. If this Word was for every Age my brother/my sister, how come all of it, wasn’t written in the days of Moses? If this Word were for every Age, how come there’s a lot written back in other Ages, concerning the …?... ? And in God’s private, strategic, season, He makes known His Word, in a proclamation. Seven Messages, to Seven Church Ages. There’s a Message right today, concerning the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

45. And then turning aside, notice It says here, verse 22. [Acts 3:]

(22) For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your

God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall (you)

hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.

(23) And it shall come to pass, that every soul, (that) will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

Listen. Peter said, “That the prophet that we know to be Jesus the Christ.” See? You say, you, know that prophet, He’s the guy that actually suffered and died, and rose again. He said would have a repeat performance, concerning the Second Coming. And those that turned down the prophet the first time, It said, were destroyed from among the people.

46. In Psalm 69: he said,

(28) (Take their names off) the book (from among) the righteous.

And they were cast into tribulation, and the same thing happens today. Because that prophet, today is William Branham, not Jesus Christ Himself. Nope, nope, but there’s got to be a repeat. And there’s got to be a prophet. And John was more than a prophet, through the prophet messages. And if at any time you've got the prophet messages received, and you turn down from that man…you’re cut off. Now, not because I say so. But, because the Word says so. And Peter is talking to the people in that day, of what they had done. And there's going to be a repeat. And He said, “Moses told you He’d come, and He came.” And remember, at the time Moses spoke now, and Jesus said, “Take their names off of the Book.” Their names were off. They hadn’t been cast into Tribulation, because Matthew 24: is still true today.

[inaudible comments] Do what you want. Two time, names were taken out of the Book. Two times …?... And it has to do with that prophet. Now God, raised up a prophet from amongst the brethren, like unto Moses. And He does it once more at the end time. Who are the brethren? From among the elect. A prophet, sure He does. He shall literally manifest Christ, by the Word that’s descending by the prophet’s spirit. Even as He said He’d do it. See?

47. Notice, now It says…notice in [Acts 3:] verse 24. Because this is what I’m leading up to.

(24) Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel…

Why pick Samuel? He never wrote a book, all he did, was figure in history of Israel. Your preceding Book of Moses, are the words, which is the law. Joshua, is a history. Judges, is a history. Samuel, is a history. You see? But remember, Moses saw God. Is that ...?.... in a Pillar of Fire? But, Samuel didn’t. It was God revealed, by the Word. So, all the prophets who spoke, did not see God. Only Elijah, saw God. He didn’t speak. But, all these others, saw God just as though they saw a vision. In other words, God made Himself so clear that He prophesied the Word, that He could’ve stood in a vision before them. Because they couldn’t stand real…it would kill them. And they didn’t…now, notice Samuel, and all above Samuel…those that follow after, add millions of focus. Moses alone, saw and spoke. Elijah alone, saw but didn’t speak. He never …[inaudible]

But all of these others have spoken, and God revealed Himself by the spoken Word. Now notice, unspoken, have likewise foretold of these days. What days? The very days they’re living in. Come in the flesh. The very days Peter spoke of right now, they’re going to come forward, when He comes back. And it’s going to take a Word prophet, to bring the Lord into full realization, as the Messenger of the covenant, amongst the people, that I am Coming, and the next step is judgement.

48. Now, let’s look at this. And we go to 1 John 3: See? If It puts it in that day, you’ve got to take it for that day. Nobody wants a repeat. If It says ‘repeat’…repeat. If It says ‘no repeat’… it doesn’t repeat. Now the 3rd chapter, verse 2,

(2) Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it (hath) not (come into

being) what we shall be:

But we know …?..., but it’s coming into actual manifestation by experience. See?

(2) …but we know that, when he shall appear, …

That’s the very same word…speaking of the Second Coming of Christ. Just hold your finger there.

Turn back to John 21:

(1) After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples…

That’s the very same word here; ‘to appear’. And over here again, verse 13.

(13) Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.

This is now the third time that He showed Himself. That’s the very same word.

49. All right. 51. What was the other time? The other time was in [John 20:] verse 26 of chapter 20.

(26) And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with

them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, …and said, Peace be unto

you. (See?)

He showed Himself. Now according to the Greek, these words are identical to the ones over here, over here is where He Appeared. And they do not simply mean to be seen. As though I was going to put my hand in my pocket and say, “See my hand.” And …?... It goes beyond to a depth of a Spiritual revelation. Jesus, appearing, three times. He does. He appears in Revelation 10:1-6, He appears in 1Thessalonians 4:16, He appears in 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10. There’s your three. He appears three times here, after His Resurrection. Pertaining to the First Coming, manifesting exactly Who He was. Because they did not know before then. Now He appears again, showing exactly Who He is.

50. Now watch, It says here in [1] John 3:

(2) Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear

what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, (See? Each of them here and appear, right has a tremendous significance,) we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

Now, the guarantee of God’s people being changed to the likeness of Christ with the glorified body, depends upon them seeing it. Now remember, the ones who departed before, and they’re called the ‘asleep in Jesus’, they’re very alive in the Holy Ghost. Their bodies are asleep, but, they’re not. They are not in the Presence of Jesus. But, when He comes off that Throne for them, and they see Him, that is their guarantee of their glorified bodies. Because they come right on down, pick their bodies up, to walk on the earth. Now, we don’t see Him like they do. So, how are we going to get our change through Adam? Because you can’t be caught up in the air, until your life goes in the ground, to get caught up. So, you see, they came down to pick up their bodies. Now, what has never happened before is this; when we die, as saints, we go to pick up that body, which is Spiritual, waiting for us. But, that is 2 Corinthians is, so don’t try to make me explain it away.

51. The Bible says, and I believe it. As Paul said, we don’t try to be unclothed, to be clothed upon. When we leave here, we go to that body reserved. Which…this is pretty rough now…had to be part of God, because It says, it’s eternal. It goes right back where it was. Because we were in Him before the foundation of the world. Oh, I know the Fundamental doesn’t like this. You can say, “False doctrine.” Prove it. Get your Bibles. Can’t do it. I can take the Bible and prove it to you. I have no problem at all. People get scared. Always, scared. Why? Because it doesn’t agree with what somebody taught you. Where was their manifestation, giving them the right to teach you? Christ was ….?... "Gentleman, I have teaching!"Well…teach it. Where’s your proof?

He said, “Believe Me, for the very works sake.” He’s heading down, to prove He was God. The same thing happened in this Age. Now remember, 2 Corinthians 5: distinctly says, “We have reserved in Heaven, that body waiting for us. But, we don’t go from here to there to get it. It’s got to come down here. But, even then, you’ve got to see Him to be changed, to arrive. How can you see Him? He has come to earth at the last Age. As His own Messenger, the Pillar of Fire. He reveals Himself, as that Word. And the Bible says, concerning this end time, that God absolutely in the days of Samuel, this end time, has revealed Himself by that Word.

52. So therefore, when Elijah comes to restore all things, and all things spoken of the Christ for this time, is brought into full view. Then we have the complete and full revelation of Jesus Christ and see Him, and then we are changed, to be caught up to be in His Presence. Now you can’t change the Word. Because Paul said, “Beloved, I show you a mystery. We’re not all going to have to die to go to the Resurrection. But, we’re all going to be changed, in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, at the last trump.”

Which is the trumpet mentioned in Revelation 10:7. See? Then, this corruptible, this which perishes by rubbing it...keep wasting away. Will put on that which cannot be worn out. And this mortal, that which fades away, will put on that which cannot fade away. See? Then, and only then, … that word ‘then’, means to ‘put on’. That’s the same thing as a garment, which is an inner garment, by the way, not an outer garment. Then, shall come into existence, being brought back, that which is beyond the acme. [means; highest point, or stage] Which is a true Spiritual discernment. Because that’s the Greek, with many meanings all in there.

53. I know this sounds complicated to you. Sure, takes away the hope of getting ‘millions now living will never die’. How can millions living never die, when God said, they’d go whoring after the beast? When did you ever find one out of a million ever found Christ? Well, that changes a whole lot. It’s a revelation, I reckon that is on tape, anyway. …but notice, when we see Him, as He is. I want to ask you a question. You’re looking at me tonight. Now, I stand here, very simply, here I am. I could take my coat off. If I were that vulgar, I’d take all my clothes off. But tell me, do you really see me as I am? You don’t. If Jesus came here, and stood here in His flawless, seamless robe, would you see Him as He was? How can you see Him as He is? Already He tells you, and bares Himself, and explains Himself.

And even then, you cannot tell unless the same Spirit’s in you, that’s in Him. Because if I bared my heart to you, you could go out of here saying, “Bro. Vayle, wasn’t the church supposed to have to tell us something?” You’d have to have my spirit, to know me, if I’m dead. You can only see Him as He is, when you have the full revelation. And in the end time, that’s what the Bible says, “They that know their God, shall do exploits.” [Dan 1:32] That’s the wise. They that are wise. See? They wouldn’t …?... until the last one. They gave …?... unto God. But, those that are unwise, which are the foolish virgins, they will not know. And remember, in the twelfth hour of Matthew 25:

54. Now come on, let’s get it straight. Matthew 25: because that I’ve done nothing but absolutely the full Word of God, on this subject. Line upon line, precept upon precept. In the 6th verse It says,

(6) And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; …

Not, so. Take your pencil, and mark out the word, ‘cometh’. Because it should be in italics, it is not in the original. In either the Aramaic, or the Greek. It is ‘Behold, the bridegroom’. It doesn’t say He’s coming. It says, behold Him, go out. Not, ‘go out’, it’s ‘come out’. If the voice had said, ‘come out’, it means that somebody was there amongst them, who knew this. Never has there ever been a time when God did not call them out. There has never been any time when God’s people knew from within. It was always, calling, “Come out. Come out of her, My people.” [Rev 18:4]

55. Now notice, ‘go out to meet Him.’ It doesn’t say, “He’s coming.” But, you’re to go out to meet Him. Because now look, you’re confronting a person now. See? Now, the message, ‘Behold the bridegroom’, is as when we said, “Christ was pinioned upon the cross.” Screamed out, giving up the ghost. The veil in the temple was rent. And the full Word came into manifestation, which was a man hanging on the cross, and there they saw the sacrificial lamb. Now, let the veil of the temple be rent, and creeds and dogmas rent asunder. Let somebody scream, because somebody’s got to scream, “Behold, the Bridegroom,” it’s the midnight hour.

Then the Bridegroom will come into full view, by that scream. And that Shout, which is the Message. Now He says, “There’s your Bridegroom, go and meet Him.” What kind of a bridegroom is He?

56. All right, tonight, let’s stop and talk about the Bridegroom. Is Jesus, Jehovah of the Old Testament? If Jesus is not Jehovah of the Old Testament, then, Jesus is a fraud. Because Jesus is the Redeemer. Jesus, is our Righteousness. Jesus, is our Peace. He, is our Sanctification. He, is our Banner. He, is our Shepherd.

That’s what Jehovah is. He’s Jehovah. What’s Jehovah like? Jehovah hates some, and reprobates. They don’t have a chance. Jehovah loves some, and He makes them sure. “That’s not my Bridegroom. I wouldn’t have a God that took somebody I loved, and I would carry, and said, ‘I don’t want You’”. You can’t do that. You wouldn’t go up to Him, again. Follow me? Now, would you? Let’s just talk tonight, and just ask ourselves this question. Just supposing, Paul did tell the truth, when he said, when that God said to Pharaoh, “For this cause, have I raised thee up.” Now, if Paul were not telling the truth, then Moses should had gone home and said, “Israel, listen to me. We’ve got Israel, Jehovah God and Savior, is on this site. Behold. We can always explain how to be …?..., and we’ll pray and fast. Glory to God. The anointing, we’re going to pray and fast. And we’re going to bring it back. Hogwash.

57. Do you believe that kind of a God? No? You wouldn’t go to meet Him. He’s not your bridegroom. I say, “He is.” “Bro. Vayle, would you go meet Him?” Your own sons and daughters, …I’ll go meet Him. For though He slay me, yet I’ll trust Him. That’s my bridegroom. My Bridegroom, He takes this one. He says, “Take it all for them that don’t have any.” My bridegroom’s is going to find the pool at Bethsaida, near Siloam. And see a man lying there crippled, and thousands upon thousands, crippled. And He being God, could heal every one of them. And He goes by and says to one. “Is that your blanket? Now, that you behold Him, do you want to meet Him?” You’ve got to see Him as He is. Israel saw Him as He was. They hanged Him upon the cross, the Word’s God revealed. They saw their bridegroom, they saw their husband.

They didn’t like what they saw. They said, “That’s not my kind of a God. No-o-o-o-o, oh you better believe it. That’s not my God.” Did they go to meet Him? Crucified again. See? Go and meet Him. Now, everybody knows this is the end time. And all the virgins awoke, trimmed their lamps. What is lamp, trimming time? The Word. See It burning right then. Spent your life in the right direction.

58. Remember, Jesus said, “In vain do you worship Me, having for the Word of God, your word.” Do you mean to tell me that if I go to God, and say, “Lord God, I’ve done all these things, and I’ve worshipped, and then You’ll reject me?” What about on the day of judgement? He said those who used His name, and wrought miracles, that worked …?... He said, “Get out of My sight, you cursed.” Where does that leave you now? The foolish said to the wise, they caught on too late.

“Give us of your oil, our lamps are going out.” The wise answered saying, “Not so. Lest there not be enough for you and us. Go rather, and buy for yourself.” And while they went to buy, that is when the Bridegroom came. That’s when they saw Him. And they that were ready, for that kind of a Bridegroom, went in to the marriage supper. Because that’s what it is, and the door was shut. Afterwards, the virgins came, they said, “What’s this? What happened?” Remember, because when we go in, it is a literal Resurrection that takes place, right here on earth. Now, I don’t know, but what they’ll be people will recognize, the Bride has already been changed. And they’ll be mingling. “We’re coming in too.” They’ll say, “Lord, Lord, open to us. We want to be changed too. We want to be in this thing.” He’ll say, “Verily, I say, I know you not.”

59. This in the Greek is a very peculiar Scripture, … a word, and It does not say, ‘I know you not’, It says, ‘I used to know you as my wife, but, I don’t know you as my wife anymore.’ Watch it. In other words, you had your day. You said you belong, I said, “Okay, …?... …?...” but, when you saw your Bridegroom. "Behold." You said, “Uh, Uh, I couldn’t believe Him. That’s not my kind of a God.” I want to tell you something. If He’s not our kind of a God, we’re not His kind of a people. “I used to know them. I don’t know them now.” I’m not reading you something that I don't know what I'm talking about. I know what I’m talking about. This is Greek, now I’m not a Greek student, but, I’ve got access to Greek books. And one of the greatest Greek students in the world, Dr. Hoyer, preaches in the Greek and the Hebrew. Aside from other languages. Successor, to the late Dr. Ivan Patten, known as the greatest student of the Hebrew and the Greek, in the Twentieth Century.

This is it. Brother/sister, in mysterious times, when the Bible distinctly says, “A mighty Messenger came down.” And He came, and He is the Message, He is revealing Himself, amongst the people. And showing the people as He did, in the days of Jesus Christ. Yet, the Message and the Messenger, are one. The Lord amongst His people, is the revealed Word. And notice after Elijah, brought the Word of the Lord, to the widow. She could go to the barrel, and cruse, and get meal and oil every time. Meal represents, Christ. That bread sustained her. See? Now watch carefully now. That bread, is Christ. Follows Elijah’s word to her. Because Elijah’s word, was God’s Word to her. Now, isn’t it strange, we love to read the Bible. Glory to God, Hallelujah. How’s it come? Great prophet, bless God. What kind of a prophet? Well there was David, he was a man after God’s own heart. Beautiful, beautiful. Oh yeah.

60. He lusted after his neighbour’s wife. Committed adultery. Lied. Killed. Allowed incest amongst his own kids. Saved his son from [the] gallows…when he should’ve been hung. Yet, he spoke in the first person, and said, “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me. All my bones stare at me.” [Ps 22:1] “They wounded my hands and my feet, they parted my garments, and cast lots”. [Ps 22:18] Still going to read your Bible? Huh? Or, are you going to throw it in the garbage?

You say, you believe It, you say, “The prophet’s …?...” God said, “Holy men of God,” God said, “Moved by the Holy Ghost.” Holy men. And Moses, why when God distinctly says, “Don’t you dare, hit the rock. Speak to it.” And Moses climbed the rock, and he smote it. He took God’s glory, he took God’s honor, and showered it on himself, and said, “Why you better watch, you rebel. We bring you water out of the rock.” He was so much God to the people. He just even put God to one side. And walked out, and demonstrated God.

61. Now you have the nerve to turn down the prophet of God, called William Branham. I’m kind of mean at times. But believe me, it’s for your good, I’m tough. I haven’t told you one lie. You take your Bible and prove I told you a lie. You show me your holy prophet, just how holy he is. You even think you’re going to take John the Baptist, having the Holy Ghost from his mother’s womb, and set up such a big to do. "There’s the lamb of God, bless God," the voice said, “When, you see the dove descending as the Holy Ghost and saying, "That’s the One.” Glory to God, that’s my Jesus. "Hey boy, boy, go on down, and ask Him if He really is that One." Still believe in God’s answers? Still believe the prophet? I said, Elijah’s word to her was God’s Word, to her. And if God should send a prophet today, and there is no Word where He said He will not, but there is a Word, where He said He will.

Then his word is God’s Word to us. Today the Bread of Life, follows this Message. It is the Bread of Life that will sustain us. We are feeding on the Word. It is the children’s bread. It is life. It is Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever. And one day He will be brought into full manifestation, as the Bride becomes a Word Bride. And she can’t help it. Because she’s getting His Word.

62. He never appeared to the Gentiles, while on earth. And He preached to them, and came by a visitation of His Spirit to them. Now, He is revealing Himself, amongst them. That’s right. Because we’ve got to be in the Rapture, the Gentile Rapture. The question might arise. Why is He doing this? Well this is a necessity. The necessity is in Malachi 4:5-6, and Revelation 3:14-22. Because all tables are full of vomit. And everybody has become a little baby nursing at the breast.

And it’s time for meat. Because this is the day of the full stature of Jesus Christ. When the headstone comes to the Bride, and the headstone is the Word. And when that headstone, the full revealed Word, comes the Bride forming that capstone, then the Bride is absolutely ready, for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, when she will rise to meet Him in the air. Make no mistake about it. God has visited His people. The first half of the revealed Message is over. The Lord has descended with a Shout. God has descended by the prophet’s Spirit. And revealed Himself amongst us, and is making us ready for the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, which is the garments of the Word, they have made us ready, according to the Book of Revelation 19:

63. And in there, in verses 7-9 It says,

(7) Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage

of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

(8) And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: …

Remember, her condition before this, was she didn’t even have it. But, she thought she was wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked, she was naked.

(8) …for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

What is that fine linen of righteousness? Putting on the inner garment that takes the sin away, at the end time. What is it? The Word, the revealed Word. See?

(9) And he (said) unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto

the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he (said) unto me, These …

What is the call? The Word.

(9) …These are the true sayings of God.

64. The true sayings of God. What God truly said. Not, what we think He said. Oh, what He truly said, concerning this end time, will be the full manifestation, that would absolutely bring down those up there. And they’ll…remember, they’ll come with Christ saying, “Are these bodies reserved for Him? Come down.” See? Because now, it can happen. And then, their bodies will come out of the grave. Why? Because sin the sting of sin has been removed. Why? Because the saints have got the white righteous robes. You say, “Bro. Vayle, you’ve got reason?” Look, before He hanged upon Calvary, He said, “you’re sanctified by My Word.” Right? Then He went to the Mercy Seat. Right? But, now He’s off the Mercy Seat, back to the Word. Well? It is this Word ministry that gets the Bride ready. And when she is ready, the dead can come out of the ground in their glorified bodies.

And the living can be changed in their bodies, to be just like them, and together they can be caught up to be with the Lord in His corporal body, in the air. And they will sit down at the wedding supper for three and a half years, not seven. There are no verses in the Book of Revelation that even suggest seven years. It is three and a half. So where do you find in your …?... today? Now, when that three and a half years is over, they will return to the earth. Christ will return with the Bride in the balance. And they will follow Him. They’ll be following Him…?... He will make Himself known in flaming fire He’s destroying all but the 144,000 against whom the whole world comes up against Jerusalem.

65. And there, making Himself known, He will change them to become the servants of the Bride in the Millennium. Because the 144,000 are virgins. And virgins are eunuchs, when it comes to men. And they are the keepers of the Bride, in the kingdom. So, they will go into serve the Bride, for the thousand years. Brother/sister, the Second Coming of the Lord, has taken grace in heart, for the first facet, the Lord descending by a Shout, with the voice of the chief Messenger, tells you ...?.... Is the gathering of the Bride, and getting her ready because she does not taste death. A special ministry is absolutely necessary by Christ Himself, to stop death from taking her. Because she now, will walk to the Tree of Life, which was once guarded in the Garden, with a flaming sword for the cherubim. Lest they should stretch forth their hands and stretch forth, and become immortal.

Now this Bride walking along the earth, maybe some shrieking, some walking, some working. This line upon line, precept upon precept, coming to the revelation. Which pure revelation, gives us the perfect faith of God, bringing the creative Word to fashion the Bride, at God’s command. And she, being that perfect Word, one with the Word, …body, Word, Spirit, …Bride, Word, Spirit. Knowing their God, walking along. Just walking along. One day, that whole perfection, that which is beyond the acme. Beyond the acme, what is it? That’s the Word. Come into full existence in that Bride. That’s the time, that’s the time when they who are waiting, will have the graves opened. Because why? The sting of death, which is sin, is gone. Because the Bride is back right under that Word where Eve was originally. And while she was under that Word, she was absolutely sinless, and could not sin.

66. The minute the Word was perverted, she could, and did sin, and had to, sin. But once you get back to perfect, un-perverted Word, you cannot. That’s why the prophet came. He said, “Did I bring a perfect Word?” He sure did. Do we understand a perfect Word? We understand It is the perfect Word. Do we understand It all? Not yet, we’re coming. Line upon line, precept upon precept. Revealed to those who have quit drawing from the breast. Pentecostal sensation, speaking in tongues, acting like children, not knowing that speaking in tongues is no evidence of the baptism with the Holy Ghost. Devils can talk in tongues. All the …?... talks to her mother in tongues, in a genuine language. Praises our God, praise the Name of the Lord, praise Him for His wonderful healings. She’s of another spirit. Quit being babies.

Bro. Branham said, “This is the Laodicean Age. Which has come through, characterized by different spirits.” You go beyond that, we’re not knowing in part, anymore. It’s come to the full perfection. Knowing that whole Word in there, by God being revealed. Put away childish things. Because this is the move of the Bride. It is definitely, time to go. Well, I didn’t preach it as an argument. No argument. But, until Jesus comes remember, always there’s a group that is the heretics. When the anointed ones of Christ left Israel, they were hunted and persecuted, to be destroyed. And rightly, so. Because the religious ones who didn’t have God at all, thought they did, and were sure they did. And remember, they were casting out devils. Because Peter said, “By whom do your sons cast out devils?”

67. They killed the anointed One. They tried to kill Paul and finally they did. And when sin engulfed the church, somebody else came out, and they tried to kill those. And when sin came in again, others came out, and they tried to kill those. And now once more, the cry goes out to the true, five wise, virgins. “Come out.” Now, do you think that people, that they come out, are going to believe you? Who made it to the wedding supper? That’s all I know. If I never knew any more than what I just said there, that history repeats, and repeats, and repeats, and repeats, I know by the Bible, somebody’s got to come out and leave the rest. Somebody’s got to behold the Bridegroom, in order to go to meet Him. And you got to be changed to be up there where He is.

Because, flesh and blood can’t make it. So, you’ve got to see. I thank God for the prophet. I know he’s not God, but, I sure thank God for him. For I could be wandering in the dark. Over twenty years ago now, God spoke to me. And I said one day, …just, I don’t know why. I said, “Lord, show me Your…teach me Your Second Coming.” And He said, “Leave it alone, for the time being. I’ll teach you later.” What if God taught me His Word, and taught me by the prophet? He hasn’t changed His way of teaching. Well, the Lord love you, I know He does. You're always good and kind and sweet. But, listen to me, while I express my strong feelings. And I’m just going to give you a little word of warning. As I said before, you’d have to get inside me, to really know what I’m like.

68. So, I`ve got to confess what’s inside of me. I’m about four/fifths, Hungarian blood. Which is like alcohol, it’s very thin, and very volatile. And we never say, “A mouse crossed the bridge, we say a herd of elephants crossed the bridge.” So, I have always been more demonstrative, and always more excited, than I really am. So, you’ll please understand that now, when you hear me preach, and you heard me tonight. But though I may sound like I’m wanting to grind an axe, or, put anybody on the spot, it’s far from it. Because you’ll believe what you believe, and I’ll believe what I believe. And we’ll love each other doing it. For I would certainly hope, that in this day it could cause such lethargy, because remember, they’re all sleeping. As Paul said, “Awake …?... and arise from amongst the dead.” They weren’t dead, they were sleeping, amongst them. It could be that there are some sleeping. Not that they are dead, they’re sleeping.

And maybe by my racipis voice, and my boisterous manner, and even my cutting ways, it may be that we can …?... …?... and get you uncomfortable, to where you arise and not sleep. I hope so. Because I hope, that I’ve been slightly awakened, myself. Let’s pray. Let’s rise.

Gracious, Eternal Father, how good, and how precious it is for brethren to dwell in unity. Maybe that dwelling just means it’s like tonight, coming together. Here we are, together in the unity of the Word, we believe It. And Lord, we know tonight, that it’s line upon line, and precept upon precept, that we enter in to the rest, bless God, which is even beyond the Holy Ghost, because it takes in the Millennium. So, Lord tonight we’re bowed in Your Presence, not cowards, but bowed. Reverent, but not fearful. Wanting to be humble Lord, though we fail many times. And Lord, we just look up to You. And yet, we look within at You, and we’re longing for the day, where this corruptible shall put on incorruptibility. And this mortal shall finish putting on immortality. That it might be brought to pass, that Word of God that’s written, "Death, you’ve lost your sting. You’ve been swallowed up, mastered as a wild animal."

Now you want to leave here without dying, and those bodies come out of the graves. Lord, we didn’t know it was going to be this way. We were so fully identifying ourselves, in the way that was not right with the Word. But we thank You, that You sent a prophet. O God, tonight even in spite of that we know You’re very sweet, You’re very …?... In spite of it all, Lord, we’re still as we look at ourselves, so far below that great standard, which is ours, one day we'll measure up. Lord, help us, no matter what it takes, no matter what You’ve got to do. May we quickly come, Lord, gallantly come, fully expressing that fulness of the revelation. We’re looking for it, Lord, Your prophets, apostles, that God has given. And, Lord, chasten. Because You did say, Lord, that at the end time You had a Message, of repentance, and as many as You loved, You chasten. Lord, if You love us, lay the rod on, O God, lay it on, Lord. Amen, Lord.

I know the rod of bringing our thoughts under subjection, that would be something. But that Lord, was really easy. That’s really easy, Lord, to believe. And You want to see it all brought out and every facet of the Word. Lord, we know we were gullible, and lazy, …?... But we‘ve grown up to this revelation, Lord. Taste it, bring us to It. Full of God, reality. Not Lord, just because of any old reason, but, for the one great reason that’s seen Your Name glorified. We’d like to see Lord, when You come back for Your inheritance, that You're going to be really admired. O God, amen Lord, that’s what I want. That’s what I all want.

So, unto the Lord eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be all power and honor and glory in Jesus Christ’s Name. Amen. ...The Lord bless you.