Recognition of God in This Hour

Recognition of God in This Hour

Bro. Lee Vayle - July 14, 1985

Shall we pray: Heavenly Father, again we want to stand in Your Presence only by the Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Baptism with the Holy Ghost, pure grace, Lord, unmitigated, nothing added to It, nothing taken from It, Lord, just because of You. And nothing in our hands we bring simply to that Cross we cling. We know You've our 'Rock of Ages', our High Tower, our Fortress, the bulwarks of God, all of these things, Lord, we claim in You and nothing else. We claim You for our wisdom and our sanctification, all of these things, Lord.

And we thank You for Your Presence this morning. Something like, Lord, when You were there in Bethany at the grave of Lazarus when Martha said, "Even now all things are possible, because You're here." And that brought forth a Resurrection, and Lord, we believe that's the truth. We're singing of this hour, it's going to bring forth a Resurrection. This is a Resurrection song, a Resurrection understanding, Lord, and ever wrong in a lot of places we could be. Though, Lord, we don't believe we are, we don't know. But we know we are not wrong about this, because we've had the vindication of Him Who came down and set Himself at the Head of the Church in order to raise the dead. So we know where we stand. We don't have to worry about that, Lord, we know that we can say with Bro. Branham, "If we're not Bride, there's a Bride out there somewhere." We know that this is that hour.

So, we thank You for it, Lord, at least we know this much, and if we know this much, Lord, we know that You said to him that has shall be given. Him that hath not shall be taken, even that which he hath, Lord. And if we're aware of an hour that others are not aware of, God forbid that they would not be aware. And then, Lord, we'll have added to us, and added, and added. And we don't want to see anybody diminished, Lord, but that's Your Word. That's how Your Word goes. And we abide by It, Lord, and we thank You for Your wonderful mercy and grace in our behalf. Bless us in our studies, in Jesus' Name we pray. Amen. You may be seated.

1. Now, this morning not really deviating from where we are in following Bro. Branham's Message of 'Events Made Clear by Prophecy' and so on. We're still in that very same theme, but we're taking especially some thoughts on 'The Recognition of God in this Hour'. The recognition of God in this hour. And we're going to take it a little from the negative, about five major points that are in the negative, but are also positive, because to deal with Scripture in order to show you what that recognition is not, and then bring it to what that recognition is.

Now, first of all the recognition of God in this hour is not simply to recognize His existence as in contradistinction to some who will not recognize His existence. Now, in the two Psalms, especially Psalms 14:1, It says:

(1) The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God...

Now, there are those who will not recognize God. And there are those who say, "Yes there is a God. I believe in God. I believe there is a Supreme Being, I know there has to be a God somewhere."

2. Well, that's very fine, and that's very good to believe there is a God, but that's not the answer. That's too simplistic entirely. There is a God, and so to simply to recognize His existence as many people do and that's where you'll find people who recognize His existence usually tell about the travelling salesman who has been warned there are three things he must not do.

Number one: he must not discuss religion, or politics, or run with the boss's wife. All right. That's alright for the travelling salesman who's an atheist really underneath or there's something wrong with him. Something radically wrong with him. But to simply recognize God in this hour is not sufficient, you have to go way beyond that.

Now, if you'll notice as Bro. Branham brought out and is really true, "In the communistic states there are not very many atheists." There simply are not. I understand Russia has about four percent. People do believe in God. But that is not sufficient, it never was and it's very insufficient in this hour.

3. Secondly, the recognition of God in this hour is not simply to recognize His power and Godhead in creation. Now, people can look at nature and say, "Well, there's got to be a God, and I can look at nature and I can tell something about God."

That's very true. You can do something about that by looking at nature. But notice what It says in Romans 1:18 here:

(18) For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth (that is, who hold down the truth) in unrighteousness;

You notice here, that man has a natural propensity to veer away from the truth and to fight it. They'll hold it down. They don't want it to get out, because it's going to cause problems. And that's true, because "the Word of God in truth is a two edged sword and slashes in all manner." [Heb 4:12] And the fellow that holds it down doesn't want to get slashed, and slash the other fellow just like him that wants it held down. But notice the wording, "holds it down."

4. All right:

(9) Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; (and) God hath shewed it unto them.

(20) For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

(21) Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God... (and so on.)

Now, you see in here that God can be known from creation. In other words, look, it's like the head doctor where my wife used to work many, many years ago and when she took her training. And this man was an outstanding psychiatrist, and he said, "That anybody that tells you there's no God is a fool." He said, "Any doctor that says that is ridiculous, because all you got to do is study the human body, make an operation or two and you know there's got to be a God somewhere.

So, a man can look at nature and he knows there's something out there regulating things. Because there's nothing in nature that's haphazard. Now, they can talk about all they want about mutations. Find me a mutation. Now, if you're going to find mutations abroad on mankind, you're going to find a mutation that consistently was a mutation and remained in that form until there was a further mutation. You can't find it. I don't care how smart Darwin was, Darwin was a complete fool. The Bible said so. And I'm not running him down. Somebody said, "Well, Darwin got saved." I hope he did. If he didn't, the man would be a fool in the eyes of Almighty God. He's worse than a fool. Because a fool merely says, "There's no God," and walks away. This man tried to prove something. See?

5. Now, you simply cannot recognize God in this hour by nature. You can't simply say, "Well, there is a God. I know there is a God, because He's in nature."

Now, let's go a little further. Number three: the recognition of God in this hour is simply not recognize Him as a sovereign force in the lives of people in that He is dealing with all men, and with all men...that is all men must be responsible and answerable to Him and His will. Now, you're getting deeper. Not just there's a God, I know there's a God out there, because I can see there's a God, but now It becomes personalized.

And you know that He's a sovereign force in dealing with mankind, with all mankind, with mankind responsible.

6. Let's go to Acts 17:22. That sounds very good, you see, because we're really progressing. Now, Paul says here:

(22) Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.

(23) For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD...

Now, It tells you, that if you claim there's a God, you believe there's a God, and you do not rightly know that God, you merely have a superstition. Now, that doesn't sound good. People will look at nature and say there's a God, that's merely superstition. I'd say that Bro. Branham could one day say concerning Methodist, Baptist, witchcraft. Little tough, but if a prophet isn't tough what good is he?

(23) ...Whom therefore (you) ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

In other words, I will lead him forth and present Him to you so you have an understanding, so thereby you are not superstitious, but you know:

(24) God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

(25) Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

(26) And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

What happened that man upset them? White man's a wandering nomad. He goes everywhere and takes everything over, and when he does he messes up everything. Right now if the white man would have stayed out of Africa, the Africans would have been better off eating their bugs and whatever they're eating back there in their sort of way. You know, in certain sense of the word. But it's all predestination, God knew that it would have happened.

7. But, He determined the bounds:

(27) That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

(28) For in him we live, and move, and have our being;...

Now, these people are admitting to being created by God. They are admitting to a sovereign effect of God in their lives. They are admitting to the fact that they can be inspired by God is also certain:

(28) ...of your own (prophets) have said, For we are also his offspring. (And we are the children of God. And that should be a perfect sentence though it is not, because perversion crept in.)

(2) Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.

(30) And the times of this ignorance God winked at; (and) now commandeth all men every where to repent:

Now up until that time that Paul visited them they got away with it. So they that lived without the gospel, the knowledge of God will be judged without Him. But they'll be still responsible.

(31) Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the (Word. No. But now commands all men to repent, because He appointed a day in the which He will judge the) world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

(32) And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: others said, We will hear thee again (in) this matter.

8. All right, let's see where this goes. Where Paul's sermon goes in Romans 9:15. And you know all these thing I'm already talking about.

(15) For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and compassion on whom I will have compassion(ate).

(16) (And) then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

(17) For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.

(18) Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

(19) Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

(20) Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

I'm going to tell you something: right here is where all the people from the time of Wesley are taking something out of the Bible are in danger of their names being taken out of the Book of Life. Because they knowingly misinterpret. "You say, "I don't think they knowingly misinterpret it." How else could you read this? See, then you must understand then the language, God doesn't understand language, and God cannot communicate if this is not the truth. They don't believe in predestination and the sovereignty of God. They take that plumb away from Almighty God. And that makes man sovereign in a realm that God has not placed him in sovereign charge.

Turns right around here and says, "Why does he yet find fault? Who hath resisted his will?" Now, if you can't understand that, that's God...that's Paul answering your argument, and say, "Well, just a minute, I cannot believe in a God who deliberately predestinates a Pharaoh and a Moses, and then He's going to lower the boom on Pharaoh and hold him accountable in judgment."

And Paul turns right around and he said, "Who are you O man to speak against God." [Rom 9:20]

9. Now, where's that going to put all the Pentecostal's, Methodist, and Free-will Baptist and all the rest of them? Not naming names could be hard on anybody, I just want to know where they come in. I want to know where you stand. I have no problem here. My understanding is sovereignty gets clearer and clearer.

(20) ... Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

(21) Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

(22) (And) what if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

(23) ...that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

(24) Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

Now, isn't it strange that the very people who don't understand this will look around and say, "Well, God bless the tribes of Israel, and they came right on down through all the various tribes and they're the children of God."

Well, if that's not election, you tell me what is? Even set it up right there through races, through a race. Now it comes right down through the Gentiles. And this is tougher, because God has to trace all that seed down right through the ages.

Now, in here then we find something that even in this hour men do not respect in the Word of God, which is, that God is dealing sovereignly with every single person, and that person is ultimately responsible to Almighty God, and answerable. In spite of the fact that predestination enters therein.

10. Fourthly: the recognition of God in this hour is not simply to recognize Him as Ruler of the universe and all that is therein, so that He is known to be in complete charge and will work out all purposes, and they like to add especially that which is in a benevolent manner. "Oh, He's a good God." And He is a good God, and He works all things to good, and He does work all things to good. But there's a judgment in there too. There's a Sovereign God in there.

Now, let's go to the Scripture, Daniel 5:21. Now, this goes a step further than the first step of sovereignty. Because a lot of people think the devil has turned loose, and he's just taken over. He hasn't taken over. Notice in Daniel 5:21,

5:21 And he was driven from the sons of men; (that's Nebuchadnezzar) and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.

Nebuchadnezzar also said, "He rules in the armies of the heavens and the earth, and He sets up one, and brings down one, and He does exactly what He wants."

11. Now, a lot of people will not go along with an understanding that men like Hitler and Stalin were under the divine purpose and divine will of Almighty God. Not the perfect will, and perfect understanding in that particular sense; where the kingdom of God would be established on earth, but due to perversion, iniquity coming in, God knew these things, positively knew them before the foundation of the earth, and they came to pass. Now, He's a sovereign Ruler in every single thing that has taken place upon this earth.

Now, many people do not understand that. I do to a degree, but I do not appreciate it. And I know you don't either, because the fact of the matter is, you and I are always trying to get out from under controls that are imposed upon us by this system which is called democracy. Which is the best system there is, and it's lousy. Because, once anybody can get into your pocket, (tax-wise) there's no limit to what they're going to drain you.

12. Now the Reagan administration talks very nice, but it carries a wide open wallet. I think with six fingers on each hand, or hay-hooks on each finger. [laughter] Now, we don't like that. We don't like to realize that everyone of these things has to do with God, because we're right in the day. Let's just talk about taxes: we're right in the day where Hrrod imposed a tax. You've got the same thing going right today. You have Republicans that took taxes illegally. Try to buck the IRS, they can destroy you, and they do it. They drive people to bankruptcy. Look what happened in Canada, they suddenly wanted taxes, so they began going into people's stores, like Bro. Palberg a minister there, and they said, "You don't pay us enough, pay us."

He said, "No way."

So they dunged him, and he paid and he fought them back. And he got his money back. The government finally smartened up. People we're going bankrupt left and right. You talk about a mess in the States. Canada is way messier than we are. And you know what the heritage is and you'll find out. Our heritage came by a God based heritage, there's didn't. America is Revelation 13. You won't find Canada there. We're all under the papal system all these years. It was the papal system brought the downfall of France. It's the papal system brings the downfall of any nation. All you've got to do is take a map and put it in purple where the Catholic's are, both branches, and turn around and make a map in red, superimpose it, it fits perfect. Communism always follows that trend and that path. Now, people don't like it, but you better because God's in it, and He's behind it. He has a certain purpose being worked out. What all that purpose is I don't know, but that's why you honor governments, because those governments are of God. The Bible says so. Just like God has ministers in His kingdom, the opposite kingdom has ministers too, and it's all ordained of God and set up by God.

13. Psalms 76:10.

(10) Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

The wrath of man goes out in wars. The wrath of man goes out in private feuds. The wrath of man goes out in cities, and this and that. But God's behind it all, and God governs it all. God controls it all. He lets man ...?... go so far and pulls the net right back on him.

14. Psalms 19:1.

(1) The heavens declare the glory of God; the firmament (showed) his handywork.

There you see God is over man, He's over nature, He's over the universes. And man's trying to find something way out there in space. God will let him find certain things, he won't go beyond that. No, they can't do it.

15. Now, fifthly:

This is going deeper again, getting very serious to the point where people will get nervous, to just even contemplate this, and that is the recognition of God in this hour. Is simply not to recognize Him as Savior, Redeemer, Baptizer and Healer, though He is all that, and even more. And that's not enough.

16. Let's go to Hebrews 6:1-12, we'll see that instantly; to those that have eyes to see and ears to hear. Aw, people disregard this and they want to type It. And they want to get us away from It and they can't do it. Let's go into It:

(1) Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

(2) (And) of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and (the) resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

(3) And this will we do, if God permit. (What if God didn't permit?)

Now, the word 'completion' means 'finishing and polishing off', therefore, you cannot add to it, or you destroy it. You cannot take from it, or you mar it.

Remember, it's like my carrots I used to grow I told you when I was a kid. We had a garden. And we used to get seeds every year from the agricultural college, the government sponsored it. And of course I would enter my carrots that had two prongs and one head like. And I thought that's a dilly, I ought to get a first prize. Never got a prize until one year there was no rain hardly, and my carrots were all uniformed and nice and I got a bunch of first prizes and I was mad. [laughter] You can't prove and please an idiot.

Perfection. Perfection, you don't add to, or take from. It's come to a conclusion. The finality of it. And when God's in a finality then there's got to be a perfection. And that perfection is a beautiful thing and I'm not talking of perfection only in conclusion, I'm talking about the conclusion itself, the product, and it is absolutely wonderful, because it is a true reflection of God. Nature is not a true reflection of God.

17. How do you know there is a God? Man's no longer a true reflection of God, unless he's full of the Holy Ghost and walks in the Light. Not just lives in It, but walks in It. But there's something greater than that. Because reflection is on the other side of the veil, it is in the Resurrection. Now, he said, "We're going on to it if God permits." [Heb 6:3] Now, God did not permit at that time. There's only one time that God can permit this, and that is, if this is this hour where the Resurrection would take place. The manifestation of the sons of God taking over the Kingdom.

(4) For it is impossible for those who were once (for all) enlightened... (no more light to come, therefore, the light is perfect.)

You got people trying to follow this Message, they say, "It's not perfection, it's not come." I don't know where they are living. In the glare of the past.

You say, "Bro. Vayle, you're judgmental." I'm not judgmental, I'm only telling you what the Word says. And I've been backed up by a prophet, because I got my words from him. Not by some text book, or somebody's been dead for hundred and fifty years.

Look, I've got those text books, and I don't use them anymore. I can buy them right today for ninety nine dollars, a very rare volume. Which the people in the days of King James didn't like, because it had notes by Newton and different people in it. Bacon, great scholars, men that liked that Bible, so we've got the King James version. Some people say that version is the best old version.

Well, I'll tell you what: just because it's old, it doesn't mean anything to me. I'm getting old and I don't think I like it. Who needs it?

18. All right:

(4) For it is impossible for those who were once (for all) enlightened, (there's no more light to come forth at a certain hour.) and have tasted of the heavenly gift, (actually been a partaker experientially to know these things, partaking) of the Holy Ghost,

(5) ...tasted the good word of God, (even) the powers of the world to come,

(6) (Having fallen) away...

Now, the Bible tells you at the end time, the perfect Light is going to come, these people are going to enter into experiences that to them are absolutely legitimate unto salvation, the Baptism with the Holy Ghost, healings, remarkable experiences and they're fallen away, they're absolutely lost. And It says,

(6) (...they cannot be renewed to) repentance;...

Why? Because there's no further change of mind, there's nothing to change to. There's nothing to come up to. Hundreds of years the Roman Catholic church had some real saints in it, tremendous men of God that no doubt were truly born again, servants of the Lord Jesus Christ. But veiled and ...?... and stopped...within the dungeons of organization they could do but little, but notice they were coming up, and they were coming up through the Word by men learning the Word as Martin Luther a doctor of Divinity learned It. And he was encouraged by his superiors to preach It, and they encouraged him too much. He got a hold of "the just shall live by faith." [Rom 1:17] And he found out that everything the books had said were wrong. There was one Book that was right. And watch how the Light begin to spread, and to spread.

20. Then Wesley came on the scene, how the Lutherans hated him like the Catholics hated the Lutherans. Then the Pentecostal's came on the scene. Aw, you don't have to be my age to know what they went through. They were called every vile thing under God's high heaven. And they'd bring in Chinese or say they brought in Chinese to hear someone speaking in tongues and the Chinaman was supposed to have said that that man or woman was saying the most vile and filthy things under God's high heaven, and cursing God.

Now, that could be possible in some instances, but it wasn't God, it was the devil. But Pentecost went to seed too. Now, who do you think don't like us? I came out of Pentecost. I don't mind a least bit if anybody's angry with me from Pentecost, they can do what they want about it. But I see Scripture here that they never showed me when I was there. In fact, they showed me so little Scripture it's pitiful. They would have a good time, feel good, and that was the answer. It isn't the answer, because the devil's crowd feels good most of the time and they don't have an answer. They used to tell me the sinner wasn't happy. So I'd say, "Well sinner you're not happy." He's not happy? Why, he's like a hog eating his swill, he's having a great time. The pleasures of sin.

21. The Bible says, "The pleasures of sin." [Heb 11:25] And these preachers haven't got enough brains to know the Bible says that. So they try to cook up their own editions, and say, "You're not happy. You're not happy. You're not happy."

Let's go with what the Scriptures does say, "The wicked are like the troubled sea casting up dirt and mire. There's no peace, saith my God, to the wicked." [Isa 57:20-21] They're trying to drown themselves in their own idea what peace is. It won't come that way. He said, "My peace I give to you, not as the world give it unto you." [Jn 14:27] Different thing entirely. Now, you can be recognizing God today as Savior, Redeemer, Baptizer, Healer, It says so right here.

22. Let's keep reading: [Hebrews 6:]

(6) ...they (having falling) away, (it's impossible)to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

How much recognition then is there of God in the last hour that they literally crucify Him to themselves? You tell me! I'm not here to argue with you. I want your argument. I want you to tell me. Because right here, It says here, "You can taste the heavenly gift, partake of the Holy Ghost, taste the good Word to come and know the powers that are just around the corner." [Heb 6:4-5] Now, you tell me how much did they recognize God? Now, they put Him to an open shame.

(7) For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it...

Now, what is rain? That's Word. That's typical Word. It's not rain falling out there. That's the Word. How often did It come? Seven distinct times. There's Seven Messages in Seven Church Ages. That's the Bible. Anybody knows that that reads the Book of Revelation.

(7) ... that cometh oft upon it, bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receive(s) blessing from God:

Now, he's comparing us to vegetation, which is correct. Because we're born of spora, like a spore, a seed. All right:

(8) But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

Now, It tells you right there, this one people is going to get burnt, but there will be a people who don't get burned. Now, those who go on to perfection will not get burned, it is those that don't in the hour of Perfection. And the Perfection then, is a revelation of God Himself. And in entering in to that revelation of what that revelation supplies, what God has for this hour.

And people say, "Well, I believe all of these things." You believe all of those things and don't believe this? Where do you stand?

23. Let's go to Acts 2:16-20. Let's see what Peter said about the last days. Right at the day of Pentecost, you notice all the time, when God does something, He takes the beginning, then He shunts you right to the end. Shunts you right to the end.

John the Baptist, whose fan is in his hand thoroughly purges the floor, gathering wheat in the garner, and the chaff he'll burn up. What did He say about him? He said, "I'm preaching One Who will baptize you with the Holy Ghost and fire, He's the lamb of God." [Mt 3:11] He starts right at the beginning. "He's the One that's going to die for you. He's going to give you the Holy Ghost, and at the end-time He'll be here to burn you up if you're not one of them." You do what you want with it.

You say, "John was sadistic." That's your understanding, not mine. He said a bare fact.

24. Now listen: Here's Peter in [Acts] 2:

(16) But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; (What happened at Pentecost.)

(17) (It'll) come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: (He wasn't pouring His Spirit on all flesh that day,) and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

(18) And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

Now, you've got two groups of people there. And they're both doing the same thing, under the same power. Just like Hebrews 6. But one's right, and one's wrong.

(19) And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

(20) The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:

(21) And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Under what conditions? Under what condition they're going to be saved? Under those conditions. Under those conditions where there is going to be a mixed church. One is real and the other is not real. They'll be doing the same things, and saying the same things with a different understanding. One will be truly saved, truly born of God, the others will not be truly born of God. They will all have the same gifts. There will be no difference.

As Bro. Branham said, "They'll be anointed, but not to the truth, they're anointed to everything else but the truth." Now you do what you want. This is the Bible.

Oh, I know it's nice to skip it over. You say, "Well, Bro.Vayle, I don't think I see it that way." Just go ahead, be my guest. I don't have to see it the way the prophet taught it either. I don't have to see it the way it's written. Nobody is going to make you do it. Now, if you're seed in there, you will do it if you're elect of God.

25. Let's go to Psalms 68:18. This has to do with Korah, Dathan and Abiram by the way.

(18) Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also... (you've got gifts.)

Rebellion is the sin of witchcraft. Idolatry. Then if he rebel at the end-time against the light that is shed recognizing God in this hour, where are you? In idolatry. "Is your brother... I don't want to hear that." That's fine, you don't have to hear it.

You say, "That's in witchcraft." What is witchcraft anyway? It's only using perverted manner what God has already supplied.

You know, people don't understand that. There is no power outside of God. There is nothing outside of God. Satan has not one thing, even one word, but what God gave him. Satan doesn't have his own vocabulary. God has it all. What happened? Perversion, that's all. Misappropriation. I could talk more about that, I won't do it, time doesn't permit anyway.

Now, the rebellious have gifts. "You mean to tell me I can be rebelling against God the Light of the hour, what God is doing against God Himself and God will still give me gifts?"

Yes, yes, yes!

"So, I can't buy that."

That's fine with me, it's already been bought and sold, because God did it. God didn't consult you and me, He told us. Sovereign Authority does not consult. Sovereign Authority tells.

26. All right. Fundamentalism as well as modern Christianity will reject out of hand the premise of a special recognition of God, that contains all of what we've already said. But further Personalizes God in a more open revelation in this hour. They'll say, "No, we have It." But they don't. The Catholic's said, "We had It." They didn't. Luther had It. Luther said, "We have It." They didn't have It, the Wesleyan's got It. The Wesleyan's said, "We got It." They missed It. The Pentecostal's entered in. And when they close the door, there's only one place left to go, and that's a unique Bride that's got to come out of all of it.

Now, how does God ever get anybody of anything? By preaching a certain Word. It's ordained that man preach the gospel, but it must be God's gospel. It must be God's Light, it can't be man, because of the end-time It's gone.

They will fortify their denials by such Scriptures Hebrews 11:1. "Without faith it is impossible to please God." [Heb 11:6]

And they say, "Look, it's a faith proposition, like Abraham had faith. All I've got to do is believe and that takes care of me. Or they'll go to Romans 1:16-17.

(16) ...I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: (it's) the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also the Greek.

(17) For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

They say, "Look, I've got faith. I don't have to recognize God, except by faith. By faith I know there's a God out there. I know by what God has done in my life. I can tell. I can feel Him in my soul. I've seen what He's done to me, He's healed me, and He's done this and He's done that." That's fine, I'm not arguing.

27. Let's go to 1 Peter 1:8-9. And that's a real, real tough one. That's one that's tremendously beautiful verse of Scripture too. Alright, he says:

(8) Whom having not seen, (you) love; in whom, though now (you) see him not, yet believing, (you) rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

(9) Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

See, there you are right there. I know He's real, I love Him. I know He's a good God. I know all of these things. Starting verse 18.

(18) Forasmuch as (you) know (you) were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain (behavior) received by tradition from your fathers;

Now, that's not just your conduct of life, that's how your conduct and religion in spiritual matters.

(19) But with the precious blood of Jesus Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

(20) Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

(21) Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

(22) Seeing (you) have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that (you) love one another with a pure heart fervently:

(23) Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

Now, there's the whole thing right there. How do you know the Word that you believe is not corrupted? Wasn't that the first thing the devil did was corrupt the Word of God to Eve? What's the last thing he's going to do? The same thing.

We'll take 2 Thessalonians and show It. Now, If you're born of the uncorrupted Word that's fine. If you're born of the corrupted that's not fine, because you'll get everything else but what you're really looking for. "You'll partake of the Holy Ghost, the powers of the worlds to come." [Heb 6:5] You can be healed and everything else, administer gifts, and preach from the pulpit, and think you're seeing souls saved and everything else. And they may be saved to a degree. They'll come up to the White Throne judgment. I don't...deny or denigrate that for one minute. But the point is, we're talking about a Bride. We're talking about New Jerusalem, something beyond all that. And you have to be born of the revealed Word. See? We'll begin looking at this more and more.

28. All right. Let's also go to 1 Timothy 6:13-16. And It says here:

(13) I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;

(14) That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:

(15) Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

(16) Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting.

Now, you say, "All right now, all these things tell me that there's no way that I can look for a light at the end-time, that I can see God revealed in any manner other than He has been revealed, and is revealed to us. I see nothing there, because It tells me there is nothing to see and nothing to look forward, I have got it."

29. Now, all these Scriptures that are presented I will not deny any of them, because they all endorse without a doubt 1 Corinthians 2:1-14, where Paul tells them how he brought the revelation.

(1) ...I, brethren, came to you, came not with excellency of speech or wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

(2) For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

(3) ...I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

(4) And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

(5) That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

(6) Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to (nothing): (It's a special language.)

Now, that if you're ruled by a bunch of prince's and organization I can tell you right now, you don't know this Word and never will. You haven't got a prayer. You got to break with your organizations, your traditions. You got to break with your doctrines and all those things, you can't have it. It says right here.

(7) But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

(8) Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

(9) ...as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God prepared them that love him.

(10) But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

Now, it's fine if you've got a spiritual revelation, which is given in the proper channels.

(11) For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

(12) Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

30. Now, that's not you and me, that's Paul speaking. Use the editorial 'we'. People say, "Well, I think that includes me." Like fun it does. Never has and never will. You've got to be taught. The precept has always been: that God ordains a certain man for each age. And he will bring the truth of that hour, not some other truth, a truth that is kindred and will be additional augmenting what you have, but it won't be all of it. Till the end-time all the loose ends are tied in. That comes under your Seals.

(13) Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

(14) But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

The simplicity of John 3:16 says:

(16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Then, why is not the whole world saved then? How would you like to have somebody come to you and say, "Now look it here, I know that you owe an awful lot of money in your hospital bill. You owe sixty thousand dollars and I know you haven't got it. So now I'm going to take away the condemnation that's on you, because you got a debt."

That's condemnation, there's a debt there that hasn't been paid. And the law says you got to pay the debt. And I know you didn't ask for cancer, or whatever it is, or tuberculosis, something that's very bad, but you've got it. You've got the debt there.

31. Now I come along and I say, "I'm paying your bill."

Then the hospital sends you a bill. You say, "Just a minute, somebody's nuts and I ain't nuts. That bill was paid. And I will not pay it again." Then there's something wrong with God isn't there?

Because he said, "That the world should not be condemned, and Jesus died so the world wouldn't be condemned." And yet he says, "This is the condemnation." There is still condemnation.

Why does not the Blood of Jesus Christ pay the price? It cannot, unless men come by the Word, because Light is in the world and men will not come to the Light. Now, you do what you want with the Scripture, but there It is.

You wonder why the church is in the shape that it's in? You wonder why the world's continually gone down, down, down, the church has gone down until they sold everything out like a Judas? I'll tell you why, because they never want to come to the Light. They will hold the truth down. We started there in the Book of Romans, for It ends in condemnation and God destroys utterly, and the same thing is happening today, because men hold down. Who killed the Protestants? Roman Catholic's killed the Protestants. Now who's killing? Protestants. Not too much, but they'll be doing more if they get the chance. Like mother, like daughter. Why? Holding the truth down. Holding the truth down. Holding the truth down. How come the Blood of Jesus Christ can't work?

The Bible says, "This is the condemnation that Light came into the world and men loved darkness rather than Light, because their deeds were evil." [Jn 3:19]

What's the evil deed? Just what Cain did. He killed Abel to get rid of the truth. Let's be not children anymore, but understand the Word of God from cover to cover. And understand where we stand today. That's the only place that there is any grace. I wonder if you could say with me the last several years that your mind has taken on a complete new dimension, I'll say that you're getting true repentance for the first time. [End of side one]

32. So, there's a recognition in this hour, an end-time recognition. There's something there about God in the area of recognition, and it'll also be Presence and performance that men are missing. Now what is it? It is simply this: they were preaching there is another recognition of God beyond all these recognition's we're talking about. Because it isn't that God is not behind all of them, He is. But He is not in them per se, the way that they are disjointed, and sundered, mutilated, misinterpreted. There's another recognition of God beyond all these that has been reserved for this hour, and it is that recognition we are speaking of that identifies both God and the believer. Now, that's a simplistic definition, or the thesis.

There is a recognition in this hour. And that recognition strange to say, like all hours, every age identifies both God and the believer. When Luther came out with his understanding, and other men had the same understanding, but Luther was the messenger for the Age. Everybody knows that, there's nobody that understands Reformation history and all, but understands that. Now, Luther was not a perfect person. Schrier(?) I know likes to say how Luther said everyone of the Jews should be killed, and therefore Hitler performed it, and he stands back and smacks his lip. Well Schrier can smack his lips and do what he wants and into the lake of fire, that's his business. But God had already said there'd be a Hitler raised up, and he would do what he's supposed to do.

33.Luther didn't understand. Luther precipitated a war he didn't understand. There was no perfection in him. He took the church so far, the church could have gone right back and died. The Bible says so. Read your guide Book, it's in Revelation, the Fifth Church Age. See?

But, you try to tell me from that time on Light was in the Roman Catholic church, no way, shape and form. It really went back with the infallibility of the popes until men had to grovel in a false revelation, where pope Pius XII in spite of all his theologian, ...?... said, "Don't do it, don't do it, don't do it."

He said, "Yes, Mary has ascended into heaven. I have the revelation, she's up there bodily."

And so, the assumption of Mary came into being. Every Catholic has to bow to it. Tell me one thing pope Pius ever did that commended him to have a revelation from God. He's the one that let the Jews be destroyed. America is the one. It started was back there where America could have brought Jews out of Germany and places. So don't just look for America to turn on the Jews because of the oil. As soon as we got in oil difficulty, who was it, Mr. Rockefeller put big ads in the New York newspaper and all for America to turn on the Jews, befriend the Arabs so we get the oil. But why go to hell for a quart of oil? His billions were in trouble, that's it. Ready to use the whole American race as a pawn, but his dad built the Riverside Church. Who did he put in there, Fosdick, a modernist. You see where your church's are? Protestant, Catholic, the whole bunch of them. Every single time God sent Light, they turned It down. Recognizing God by what God does, they're not interested.

Now, the recognition of this hour, and there is a special recognition wherein both God and the believers are identified. And I say, "Well, just a minute I want you to show me some works." There's no way, because the Bible condemns them already. Says, "At that time you'll have all those works right there, and it doesn't mean a thing." Now where do you go?

34. That recognition that we are talking about, whereof we are speaking is Genesis 18:1-3. Now, here is where the stumbling block will come every single time, because men are not interested. They have their own ideas.

(1) And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: (as) he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

(2) And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself (to) the ground,

(3) And said, My LORD, (not Lords now, My LORD, one was God, Elohim.) if I now have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

Continuing, but going further beginning at verse 9.

(9) And (he) said, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

(10) And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. (She was in the tent behind Him, see?)

(11) Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

(12) Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, (with) my lord being old also?

(13) And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, (when) am old?

(14) Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, (and) according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

(15) (And) Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but (you did) laugh.

35. You realize something right there brother, that God stood there in a human form and she lied right in His face? It's not hard to lie to God. What fear does man really have of God? You examine your own heart, let me examine mine. How much fear do we really have of God? Well, you can sort of excuse yourself, this woman here, the one Elect woman we know of and the one Elect man that they were. The only two Elected at that particular time. You do what you want about it. That's the Word of God. And she lied right in His face. Well, she was afraid, you can't blame her, because she didn't know where the next thing would be found out. [laughter] Is this fellow going to take the whole book out? I'm in trouble. No doubt that's what she thought.

(16) ...the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

(17) ...the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I (would) do;

(18) Seeing Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

(19) For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. (That's blessing you see.)

(20) And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, because their sin is grievous;

(21) I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

(22) And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

And then of course he begins asking God to spare the city, and you'll know that God said when the plea came out, Abraham said, "Will you destroy the righteous with the wicked?"

And God's categorical answer was "no."

Now you see, he starts up there and he said, "If there's fifty there?"

God says, "Certainly not."

36. Well he could have started with one thousand and got down to one and God would never destroy the city, or the righteous with the wicked. If there's only one person in every town in America that's going to go into the Rapture and the rest are going to be destroyed in fire, God will not let that one person per city get away. There's only one hundred people in the whole North American continent, they will not be destroyed with the wicked. He'll get them out of the way. Literally, Abraham was wasting his time, because God was a billion years ahead of him, if not trillions. There was no way that God would destroy His Own. And there's no way that God will destroy everybody at the White Throne judgment, they'll be many come up and be allowed to go in. They will, they'll be allowed to be a part of the great wonderful economy of Almighty God, circle the Holy City and be a blessing. Absolutely. That's right there.

Now, I won't read the rest till [verse] 33, It said, "The Lord went His way, not communing with Abraham any further and the city was destroyed."

37. Now, the Genesis account which I have read was predicted by Jesus Christ Himself to repeat in this hour. Now, let's understand that. This Genesis account, not the verses that you want to pick out and I want to pick out; and I want to think that I see something which is, devolves into more or less just a little phrase or platitude [flat or dull remark] that's what it amounts to, not something real or definitive. That's not what counts. It's this scene in its entirety that Jesus was talking about. He, Himself predicted it. It would repeat.

So, we go to Luke 17:20, and we've seen this many, many times.

(20) ...he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: (He said, "It'll be there but you won't even see it.")

(21) Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is (in the midst of) you. (It's within you too, it's a seed, but it's in the midst of you and He's talking of Himself.)

(22) And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when (you) shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and shall not see it. (Now He said, "You're going to want to see it, you won't see it." When will they see it? Just keep listening.)

(23) And (they'll) say, See here; see there: go not after them, nor follow them.

(24) For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of one part under heaven, shineth the other part (of) heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. (Now, that is not necessarily lightening goes zap, zap, that's light period. The traveling of the sun.)

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

Now, It tells you that the days of the Son of man will not come and repeat before the Crucifixion. They've already had it. So this is going to be down the road somewhere. Where down the road?

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

38. Now, what's He talking about? Judgment! Complete judgment of the earth. That's when those days repeat, way down at the end-time.

(27) They (ate), they drank, married wives, (gave) in marriage, until Noe entered the ark, the flood came, and destroyed them all.

(28) Likewise... (What was it? The building of the ark. A sign. A matter of escape. A last day Message. A last day revelation. That's what [Noah] had. They got into the ark and they floated through.) as it was in the days of Lot; they (ate), they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

(29) But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

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

The days of Sodom, and that's the one that's got the clear account far better than the Genesis account of Noah. It tells you what happened; there was a man and his wife the only elect of God in all the world. There are many others that believed in God, but they were not elect. And God appeared in a visible form to them, and gave the promise of the Son in flesh which was merely before a spiritual promise. And before that Son could come upon earth to those two, Sodom was destroyed. See? Now, the Bible says that there's going to be a repeat of those days.

39. Now, the Bible scholars do not envision the Appearing of God in this hour, but only the destruction of the earth by fire. And this is in the face of their own theology that says, "There is an Appearing as well as a Coming." Because before the Son came there was an Appearing, but not of the Son, no, It was God. God manifesting in a human form as the Great Father, Who is not yet Father in the sense of how He is going to bring Him forth, self-forth manifesting. He was fulfilling it in part.

Now, to the fundamentalists and the other there's no believers that I know of in a total Word of this account, they'll just take a part of it. They won't take all of it. They'll isolate the Genesis account as some super phenomenon that does not repeat, because it doesn't have any need to repeat. Because to them, it's like Jacob wresting with an angel, and they say that was Abraham. It won't repeat. There's nothing there. Once acted out it is gone and not repeated. But we ask the question, who said so?

40. For an example: Abraham offered Isaac. That was a type of the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ. Then why should not Genesis 18, have an antitype? Didn't Jesus say, "Abraham rejoiced to see My day?" [Jn 8:56] Which day? The day in Israel, or the day now? Did Jesus have His day in Israel? Not really. Not really, they crucified Him. He never was accepted. Just a very, very few believed. A hundred and twenty at Pentecost maybe. In the form of the Holy Spirit though thousands received Him. What about this hour? Millions rejected Him. See? "They rejoiced to see My day."

And furthermore, Malachi 4:1-6 sets the scene for this hour as did Genesis 18, because Malachi 4, precedes the fire the same as Genesis did. We all know Malachi 4, let's read It.

(1) ...behold, the day (that) cometh, that shall burn as an oven; (there you are) all the proud, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, (it'll) leave neither root nor branch.

Now, the word 'wicked', is like Cain, he was the wicked one. He was very religious. God doesn't have a vendetta, [private feud] He's got a judgment.

(1) ...(they) shall be (as) stubble: the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, (it'll) leave neither root nor branch.

(2) But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; (It says that God is going to rise on the scene for the Elect and give them immortality,) and (you'll) go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

(3) ...(you'll trod) down the wicked; they (are going to) be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day (of the Appearing of immortality, where man can stretch forth his hand and take of the Tree of Life. It says categorically that the fire is going to fall.)

Now, every time you hear of fire falling, you know it's going to fall, because of judgment at the end of the Great Tribulation. And that Great Day of the Lord signifies a time of real problems and trouble. Tribulation and all coming on.

41. Now,

(4) Remember the law of Moses my servant, (where) I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

Now, he said, "Remember Horeb." Now remember, Sinai was the place where the law was given. It was in Horeb that grace came forth. You read It, and find out for yourself. Remember, all these things were laid down and man could not live up to them, he could not fill them. So God came by grace and He shed a Blood that they could look forward to. How much more can we look back?

(5) Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

What does that got to do with Horeb? Only a little bit, because He was upon Mt Horeb. But that's not the point he's talking about Moses on Horeb, not Elijah. And then he turns around and talks of Elijah coming. And remember now, this is two separate beings. One time it's Moses, one time it's Elijah. You got a difference, but at the end-time Moses and Elijah will come together. But not this time. No. "Before the great and dreadful day of the Lord."

(6) And he shall turn the (hearts of the children, back to the fathers, because the first part has already been fulfilled and the fire falls.)

42. So there you see Malachi 4:1-6 is the same as Genesis 18, because It precedes fire and destruction. Now here is what we're looking at in spite of the theologians. Abraham was a prophet. Jesus was a prophet. Until this Message spoke to our understanding, how many of us contemplated Jesus as the Prophet? The Prophet, the Prophet, the Prophet. No, oh we were too smart for that. We couldn't go back to the beginning. "A prophet shall I raise up unto you." [Acts 3:22]

Oh, we had to talk about a Savior, we were in the same trap, everybody else was in that trap.

"Far be it from you Lord, to be Prophet, You are the Savior, hallelujah. You shed Your Blood, glory to God. We'll adore Thee, we'll exalt Thee."

Oh, you will, and make Him less than He is? That's wonderful isn't it ? You decimate Him, chop off His right hand so to speak. You denude Him of His prophetic office. You say, "Thank you Lamb of God, shut Your mouth now. We'll sew it up with the thread of our own fabrications." And so they have. It's not a nice little picture I'm painting is it? But I'm telling you the truth. Why should you not make Him a Prophet? He is a Prophet. When did He ever change? When did He ever change? He can't change. He's the Lamb Prophet. He's the God Prophet. The Redeemer Prophet. The Holy Ghost Prophet. He's Prophet. This whole Book is prophecy. He's the theme of It. Why? Because He wrote the Book about Himself. He gave It through men.

Now watch: Abraham was a prophet. Jesus was that Prophet and Elijah is a prophet. So it is not incongruent, or incompatible with Scripture, that the days of the Son of man before destruction embraces a prophet and that is exactly right. That the days of the Son of man demand a prophet. You've got to stay continuous with the Word of God, because the Bible says, "God does not change." [Mal 3:6] Either in Himself essentially, or in His being essentially, or in His way of doing things. The Book of Ecclesiastes chapter 13,14,15 tell you absolutely that God cannot change, and you cannot change His works. They remain consistent in one.

43. Revelation 10: That's a tremendous chapter, we know It almost by heart I suppose. (Perhaps we might not want to try to quote It.)

(1) And I saw another mighty (messenger) come down from heaven, with a rainbow (around) his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

Who's that? That there's only One. That's the true Angel of the Covenant, God Almighty Himself in the form of the Spirit in a Pillar of Fire coming down.

(2) And he had in his hand a little book open: (that's the Book the Lamb opened, the Lamb's still there,) he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,

(3) ...cried a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: when (a lion roars that cause rumblings, thunders, when) he cried, seven thunders uttered... (there it is.)

(4) ...the seven thunders 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 angel 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:

(7) But in the days of the voice of the seventh (messenger), when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

Now, let's understand that Peter in the Book of Acts, he says right there that there's going to be a servant who understands the prophets. Now, you tell me anybody who understands the prophets without being a prophet, and I'll tell you your theology is a million miles off.

44. Now, let's go to 2 Peter, and we'll look at It right now, because strike while the iron is hot. All right, Peter is talking about the Mount of Transfiguration which has to do with the Saints being transfigured. And he says here in 2 Peter 1:18,

(18) And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

(19) We have also a more sure word of prophecy; (that's the word of prophecy made more sure) whereunto (you) do well that (you) take heed, as unto a light that (shines) in a dark place, until the day dawn, the day star arise in your hearts:

Now, all they had was a vision, we're going to get the Reality. Now what is he saying:

(20) Knowing this first, (this is the first thing you draw a conclusion from, and you stick with it, and don't you dare change it,) that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

(21) For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. (And he tells you right here, it takes a prophet to interpret this end-time.)

Who is it? Revelation 10:7. Who is it? Malachi 4:5-6. You do what you want about It, but the evidence is there.

45. So therefore, Revelation 10:1-7 blasts literally any theological adverse understanding of this age. So Revelation 10:1-7 is Malachi 4:1-6, which is also Luke 17:20-30. Make no mistake about it, which is Genesis 18. That has to be so, because It is all one time slot.

I've told you before, every time you ever hear of fire and see fire, it's got to be the end-time. It's got to be judgment, because He said,

"I will not destroy by water again, I'm going to use fire. Whose fan is in his hands thoroughly purges his floor and gather the wheat in the garner. (The chaff He burns unquenchable fire.) Before that day, behold I send you Elijah the prophet, because I'm coming to destroy, and at the same time there'll be an Appearing of the Son of man with healing in His wings, the Son of righteousness."

He's the same One, what do you want? You say, "That's the body."

Is it the body? Then why did Jesus say when they said, "Good master?"

"Why callest me good, there's none good but God." [Mt 19:16-17]

You can't hood-wink Jesus Christ. There's time to smarten up. We've got the Word of the hour brother/sister. People can do what they want with It. I'm going to do what I want with It, which is what I like. It's all one time-slot, it has to be this hour before the fire falls.

46. Now, let us understand this: God in human form discerned the heart of Sarah, back there in Genesis. And this is what all the scholars lose sight of. They lose sight of the positive, they only accentuate the negative. Sodom, this that, sin, degradation, no way, God was there with His Elect, the salt of the earth and He called them righteous. Even went down and helped poor old Lot out, whose righteous soul was vexed. He wasn't in election, he was in the second group.

God in the form of Jesus Christ, Who was a man did likewise. The woman at the well, discerned her heart. Discerned Simon, the Pharisees' heart. The woman who touched His garment. Time after time, and every time that little tiny sign that even a good spiritist could attempt to do, and could well do was a sign of the Messiah. You talk about a curve being thrown.

You say, "Just a minute."

I won't just a minute nothing...when Moses went down to Pharaoh's land Jannes and Jambres threw down their rods too and they became serpents. We're at the end-time where anything can be manifested. Even genuine gifts of discernment and those things. Not like the prophets, that's a different thing entirely. But you can see a lot of wonderful things. That's why He's misunderstood, because people don't understand. God was in both of these cases His Own Prophet.

47. He was back there in Genesis as His Own Prophet. He was as in the days of Jesus as His Own Prophet. And says in Hebrews 13:8, He's got to fulfill the Word that He is a Prophet. How does He do it? Through prophets in Hebrews 1:1. "God in various manners, in various times was in the prophets revealing Himself."

And you'll notice every single time it's God Who pronounces it. It's in Revelation. It's in Malachi. It's there in Luke. It's right down the line. It was there when He talked to Abraham. Now, be careful here, both these events are before destruction. Genesis and Malachi. And God took His people out. There was destruction also the Jerusalem, remember, a hundred and forty... dead, when Titus took over. God took His people out before that fire. And He took them out by His Presence, always.

So we look at Genesis 18. Here is God in Abraham. Abraham believes God. He recognizes God. Down in Sodom go two messengers, they are unrecognized. They don't even know what's going on down there. (Billy Graham, Oral Roberts.) Think of Jesus in Israel, who recognized Him? Very few. The others did not recognize Him. They were destroyed or they were scattered.

48. So, here's is what we're teaching: God appearing before judgment, and for recognition by His Elect. And we find that God is recognized by them, but also God is not recognized. And in not recognizing Him many people blaspheme Him, and they say that's the devil. Sure. They don't understand. There's no spirit in there that's moving back and forth. The Elect will recognize, just as Abraham recognized God, and just as God recognized Abraham. God recognizes Elect, and the Elect recognizes God. Only the Elect can do this, and they are the ones that go into the Wedding Supper. Remember the Voice at the end-time, the Voice said, "Come out and meet Him." Said, "Come on out." Come on out, go forth. See? Come on out. And these are the ones that go to the Wedding Supper, absolutely.

49. They are those of 2 Thessalonians 2. Let's take a look at them. See what happens in 2 Thessalonians 2:9. There's an understanding. It says,

(9) (Satan's) coming is after the working of Satan (the antichrist) with all power and signs and lying wonders,

Judas had a ministry. He could raise the dead, heal the sick, everything else, but he was a devil. So is this one. Why did the Roman Catholic church turn Charismatic? They had to. Wasn't enough to have shrines and things and that kind of prayer for the sick, and hit and miss. They'll increase in it. You watch.

(9) ...whose coming is after the working of Satan...

(10) ...with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

Now, listen, this is not for Ages gone by, this is for this Age. Where did the truth come from? How does it always come? From God through a prophet. Like Bro. Branham could say, "Just think how wonderful, the same Pillar of Fire that brought the truth to Paul is here revealing it." Absolutely true.

(10) ...they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

(1)1 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe (the) lie:

And what is the lie? "You shall not surely die." [Gen 3:4] But they will die. I actually get a ... not any pleasure, but I get a little stimulation out of the fact they said years ago there'd be saved engineers going down the railroad, and there'd be hundreds of people in these railroad cars and the engineer might be a born again Christian, God would take him out of the train, the train go hurling down. There's no trains anymore. Oh, how people try to double guess God. Always got the answer. They don't have an answer. Wait until it's in your lap then talk about it. Don't look back, don't look forward, what's under your nose?

That's what Paul said. That's how you make the Resurrection. You don't look back, you don't look forward, what's under observation? It's the truth of this hour.

50. And now It says:

(12) ...they all might be damned...

But listen:

(13) But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you (unto) salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

How are you going to make the Rapture? Through believing. That's the Shout, puts you in the Voice, puts you in the Trumpet. These are the true believers of God. All others are unbelievers, or they just don't know. Three kinds.

Now then, what does recognition mean? How will He be recognized? We have already said it, by what He characteristically has already done, making Him Hebrews 13:8, which is under discernment. A prophet under discernment.

51. Acts 3: Let's take a look at It. I want you to understand these things very carefully. Here's Jesus Christ Himself beginning in the middle of verse 19.

(19) (And) ...when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. (A revival will come from His Presence.)

(20) And (even) he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:

(21) Whom the heaven must receive until the times of (restoration)...

Now, It says there's going to be a revival sent by God by His very Own Presence. But It says that Jesus the Christ, the man cannot come until later on. Now you do what you want with It, It's what the Bible says.

(21) ...God (spoke) by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

Now watch, he's linking this with the prophets. Just the same as Peter did in the Book of Peter. He's linking It again with a prophet.

(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 (you'll) hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.

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

Now listen:

(24) Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after,...

Samuel was a long time after Moses. And Samuel had discernment. He did not have the Word of the Lord. The Word of God did not come to him in the original. It came to Moses. But Samuel could stand there and get the Word from God and read all men's hearts and know everything about them as God led him. And he stood there as a man between God and the people, and they recognized. And that's why we have the same thing right today beginning at Samuel. William Branham did not bring any Word of his own period. He could not. Because the Book was sealed and completed. But he could stand like Samuel with discernment and prove where he was, and who he was, what he was, and bring the attention of the people to Almighty God.

52. Now: "He's the same yesterday, today, and forever." [Heb 13:8] That's our Jesus Christ. The simplicity destroys the reasoning, but it remains true. You can't get the fundamentalists to believe this, he's not going to believe it. Look, I've been fundamental, I know what I'm talking about. I've preached for many, many years.

Our authority on this subject is the Word of a vindicated prophet. And it is not what the prophet says of himself, but it is by divine authority for God in his speech, that's exactly the Bible.

People say, "I don't believe in prophets." Then fine, you don't believe in God. You denied God's way. This is simple as that. "Well, I just can't see." I'm not criticizing anybody for not seeing. If they can't see, then they should just admit it. And say, "Well, I just don't understand it."

The prophet is only a voice, the Words are of God. Jesus said, "My Father doeth the works. Recognize Me by the works. See if the works are Scriptural, and if they are...if they aren't then it's alright. If they are Scriptural then you better abide by those Words.

53. Now listen, I'm going to show you something right here. This maybe what you came for this morning, I don't know. But I'm going to read It to you now. Now watch carefully. It says here in Acts 1:1.

(1) The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

Okay, everybody reads that and they say, "There you are. Don't you try to witness to anybody until first of all you live the life." That's very good, but that's not it. "That you begin doing, then you talk, show you're Christian." Not so.

"Jesus began to do and to teach." And that is not Mark 16, which you all know, "these signs follow them that believe."

54. And it is not Hebrews 2, the first few verses. Let me read It.

(1) Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

(2) For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;

(3) How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;

(4) God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?

That follows the gospel. What I have read in Acts does not follow preaching. It precedes preaching and establishes the grounds of veracity [truth or accuracy] that this is the Word of God; as Bro. Branham said, "There is no true healing revival unless it brings a different message." You understand what I'm saying? That why Bro. Branham could condemn the Melodist, Baptist and all the rest of them say, "What's the matter if you don't believe in healing?" And turned to Pentecost and say, "What makes you think you got it, because you do have healings?"

55. I thought, my God, what's going on here; first of all one corner of his mouth and the next corner of his mouth. He's like the guy that can eat watermelon and spit seeds out of both corners of his mouth. What kind of prophet is that? You see, I'm a tough cookie. It took me twenty years to find the answer to this one. It's simple. The miracles that William Branham, that Moses, that Jesus Christ, that Paul displayed did not follow any gospel. It preceded it to establish the veracity, where Paul said, "I did not come preaching, I came in power, then I brought you the Word." Jesus came in power and He brought the Word. Moses came in power and he brought the Word. William Branham came in power, and he brought the Word. It's simple as ABC.

There's your recognition of God, but people don't want to believe it. Why? Because recognition unto believing, is believing a Word and nothing else. But when you have a Word that's predicated upon the knowledge that this is something that man cannot do, when no man's lips can say a thing that verily is coming to pass. When you see that thing you know that you've got something, you're dealing with something entirely different. Yes, my brother, my sister, there's the big difference right there. You can recognize this as being Almighty God. We know It is God, and we see Him as such. We recognize 1 Corinthians 13, "that which is Perfect has come." It is face to face, recognize 2 Corinthians 2, the unveiled faces of the prophet, the unveiled faces of man. So, there it is, recognizing God for this hour.

56. And I'm going to take some random reading here, just some of the things we read already. All right, it says here concerning the people:

[God is Identified by His Characteristics 03-11-64]

[23] ...Who had any more fruits of the Spirit than them kind old priests, that circumcised the children, blessed them and kicked over the...

[24] And this guy Jesus kicked over their sacrifice blocks, looked upon them with anger, beat them, run them out, no identification nothing. The Scripture is His identification. He had no fellowship card; He belonged to no organization. But God spoke of Him; that was His identification...

In other words, what's written in Scripture here brother, is going to come to pass whether you and I want It or not. Whether you and I believe It or not.

57. Listen, this does not devolve upon you and me. Come on, it's God. He said, "I stand behind My Word to perform It." And when that Word is performed we're supposed to be smart enough to know it's in here. Don't ever fail to look for everything that Bro. Branham said, It's here. He never came with his own idea. Now listen:

That's the genuine identification of God in any hour, (what is it?) His identification. Not somebody else's. His identification. What He's doing.) That's what it is, the Scriptures that's promised made identified by the characteristic of the promise which is God, and God is the Word. And the characteristic of that promise being identified, that makes the believer...

You say, "Well, am I a believer?"

You've got your answer. Why do you think I took this long to preach this sermon? To get you down to simple things. It's not whether you can move mountains. It's not if you're some great person. Don't you know you can do all that and go to hell? Because there's no place in here to renew? Don't you understand that your thinking is getting changed in this hour? The Message to Laodicea 'repent'. Change your mind. Change your thinking. Not your feelings, your fine sentiments, all those things, your clothes. Get your minds changed. Get your understanding lined up. Now:

...that settles it. (Jesus said so.) Notice, now we find out, the characteristics identify Him. He said, "If it doesn't do it, then don't believe Me." (What is He? Is He God that was on the scene? Is it the devil doing those things? Or don't we know? Or shrug and leave it?) ...remember that in these days, these last days, said Hebrews 1:1, "God in sundry times and divers manners, spoke to the fathers through the prophets. In this last day has spoke to us through His Son, Jesus Christ."

58. Who is Jesus Christ? Who is Jesus Christ? I talked to brother ...?... one day. I said, "The minute I mentioned Jesus Christ as Bro. Branham mentioned, you're going to turn right now to the man that's on the Mercy Seat up there right now, the physical flesh." He nodded. I said, "You're entirely wrong."

When the Pillar of Fire struck Paul down. Paul said, "Who are you Lord?"

He said, "I Am Jesus."

Then who's Jesus? There's the picture right there, right there. [points to the two pictures on the wall]

You say, "I can't believe it."

Then please don't. I'm not forcing anybody. This is no inquisition here. I'm neither Protestant, nor Catholic. Well, I protest a lot, but I'm not a Protestant per se, so called, what you want to call it.

59. Who is Jesus? What's the revelation to you? This is the hour of the Son-ship and the Holy Spirit according to the Resurrection from the dead, He is the Son of God and He came back in the form of the Holy Ghost. The One Who said, "I give My Life, and take My Life was not a body. He was the One in the body. What is come back upon us? Don't ask me those theological questions. All I can say it's Spirit, you go from there. I'm not a spiritual person to understand these things like a prophet. Talk to William Branham in the sense of these Messages, go there. If I find an answer I'll let you know. I don't know.

[25] (See,) Identification of God Himself manifested in the same manner as He did in foretime, using His same characteristic. Amen. He's the same yesterday, today, and forever..

60. Read some more. [Recognizing Your Day - 07-29-64]

[34] And the same Spirit that spoke to Hosea spoke through John, and said the church in this last days would be naked and blind, and would put Him outside of the church. (How can you put outside the church what isn't there to put outside the church? See?) They failed to see the prophecies fulfilled. But being in there they realize that something has got to happen. They just don't get it. They don't realize it. Much like the Jews of old times, blinded Laodicea: riches, theology, hostile with the church, hostile towards the Message...

[35] Look how hostile those Jews were with John. Look how hostile they were with Jesus, He was the very One that they claimed that they were looking for.

Don't you know Hebrews [6:6] said, "They're going to crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh," and they're looking for Him?

61. [Who Do You Say This Is - 12-27-64]

[51] Here's a woman standing here. I'm a young man, waiting to get married. She met my specifications in every way. She's a lovely Christian: she looks like one, she dresses like one, she acts like one, she lives like one. I'll admit she'd make me a good wife. But she isn't mine till I take her for mine. That's the way the Message is. You can sympathize with It and say It's right. But you've got to take It to yourself to become part of It. And then you and the Message become one. Then the anointing's with you, as it is with the others...

You say, "Have I got the Holy Ghost?" How could you have otherwise? See, you're still back in the woods. Get out of the woods. Don't give way to funny feelings. I just read a great thing in 'Standing in the Gap', Bro. Branham talked of people getting old. He wasn't even old. I'm the guy that's getting old, aches and pains, and creaks and what have you. And I don't mean a little creek that's in the ground there. I mean creaks that creak, streaks just about.

"Well," he said, "you get all these little things begin to happen, you feel sensations and you don't like it at all." He said, "There's nothing wrong, (he said,) you're just getting old." Those things got to happen. Something has got to carry you out of here.

So I said, "Amen, get me a deluge and get me out of here." I didn't quite say that, but you know what I mean.

Look, there's nothing wrong, I'm trying to give you a clue. Don't bash your brains around, there's nothing to do with your brains. Just open them up. No one is asking you to produce, you're being asked to receive. Then if you've got the real thing it will produce, and it'll produce more and more as you learn to step aside.

62. All right. [Who Do You Say This Is - 12-27-64]

[52] The prophet of this day is this Word. (It says right here. Come on, not just a Book.) That's right. The Prophet today is not all these here different denominations. There's the Methodist prophet, Baptist prophet, Pentecostal prophet, (your Seven Day Adventist, all the rest,) all prophets around and across the country. But still remains: there's one true Prophet, the same yesterday, today, and forever. That's right. Jesus Christ, and He is the Word. That's right.

[53] He is the Word, the Anointed Word of the hour...

Now, Bro. Branham is talking of two things. First of all he said, "Printed page, Word." Then he said, "The Word is the Logos." This in manifestation is Logos. And remember, this whole Book does not come into manifestation at the end-time, the whole Person in the Book comes into manifestation. See, because He is, It all.

63. Okay. Reading further. [Who Do You Say This Is - 12-27-64]

[61] They say, "Who is this?" We know Who It is. It's Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever, the Pillar of Fire. (There you are.) In Moses time, look what it did: typed the Pillar of Fire today. (That's what it says.) Why did they not believe Jesus to be the Word? They had the wrong interpretation and understanding. Just as Eve did, so do they now...

[Who Do You Say This Is - 12-27-64]

[79] Lord, we know It's You. It's Jesus Christ, in the Person of the Holy Ghost. He is the Holy Ghost. "I come from God. I go to God." (There you are. He said so.) We see the great Pillar of Fire amongst us, Lord, the same as they did in the first part of the Bible with Moses. We seen It in the middle of the Bible when Paul was on his road to Damascus. We see It now. (Three times in six thousand years.)

Then you say, "He's not here?" Well, something's here. I ask, Who descended? Who answers to dimension? I don't care, if dimension, no dimension. Sure, up is dimension, down's dimension, width's dimension, breath's dimension. Short, fat, tall, those are dimensions. Skinny, even crazy. Neurotic, that's dimensions. So don't get carried with stupidity. Came down with a Shout.

"How do you know It's the Word of God?" Look at the works done. So, "He began to do, and began to teach." [Acts 1:1] Hand, sign in the hand, discerning hearts. Word. People understand, it's simple, very simple.

[80] ...we see It again. Three is confirmation. It's been the Message each time. God, may men and women no longer hold on to traditions and creeds. But may they come out of that thing, give their lives completely to God and believe, not trust just upon theory and trust in the living God. While these holidays are going on, the cry still is: "Who is this? What is it? What's it all about?" Religious people say that same thing. And It's the same Lord Jesus, made flesh in His people, anointing His Word for the Bride.

How is He made flesh in the people? Made flesh in a prophet, because God is in the prophets making it.

64. All right: [Recognizing Your Day - 07-26-64]

[52] "Surely, Moses said, I'll be with you." And not only... He didn't show Himself down in Egypt just only by miracles and signs, (watch that see, not by miracles and signs only,) but when He got them all gathered together... before the elected and called out. When that prophet had chopped them loose from that nation and brought them into a place, then the Pillar of Fire appeared again and on top of Mount Sinai. Parallel it with today. Amen. Praise be to God.

And he says right here, "God standing here with the vindication of the Pillar of Fire, and hundreds of thousands have seen It. There you are. Have you recognized Him today brother/ sister. Let's [end of side two] rise and be dismissed.

... we presented enough material, O God, from Your Word delineating upon It, we believe we're right in It, Lord, we believe what the prophet said. We have all these quotes here, not just based upon a man saying something, no way shape and form, but because we saw exactly what we see in Scripture that identifies the real truth "begin to do and then to teach."

Heavenly Father, we just pray in Jesus' mighty Name, that we'll never backslide from this truth, never back away from It, but from now on, Lord, let there be an increase, a fervor, a red-hot position of Your people. We cannot back up, we have recognized God in our hour. We know the Word in this hour, Lord, and we shall know It more and more. Not because we're anybody, no way shape and form, but because, Lord, by Your grace we are here and You have called us.

Now, Heavenly Father, we just pray that the Blood will be applied today, fill us so full of Your Holy Spirit, that we'll not only live in the Spirit, we'll walk in the Holy Spirit, that the love of God will be manifested in our hearts and shed abroad, Lord. And that same love will be manifested in a correct way in everybody, Lord, so that we can live as the prophet once told us before he departed. He said, "You're all in love with each other now, and everything is fine. But when I'm gone there'll come a time when you'll be separated, schism will come amongst you, these things will happen." But he said, "There'll be even some sent in by the enemy." And then he will say, "They'll walk in and the enemy fill them full of poison." He said, "Just do everything right, just love them until they either come in or go out." So there's no division, no separation, we know these things, Lord, we've experienced problems ourselves, Lord, not necessarily by the devil shooting people full of poison, we've had enough of ourselves to have our own problems.

But now, Lord, we want to come into You in such a manner that we give over to You entirely, Lord. We find of ourselves, Lord, there is no way, no way, no way. We just don't have it, O God, of ourselves. Father, You've got to mann this ship here, these little old ships at sea, You've got to take over our rudders, our lives, O Lord, You've got to work in our hearts and minds, Father, there's just nobody but You we call upon, because it just wouldn't work.

So, Father, help us to give us that gift in a measure that the prophet had being able to get out of the way. O God, just to get out of the way, Lord. You were so good to get in our way and give us the little seed that could see You, and understand, Lord, to this way we are today. But, Father, now we just want to get out of Your way, so that Your Word will be in us, and not our word anymore, not our ways, O God, and just humble ourselves, weaken right down, meeking right down, Lord, we believe it would be to come just real humble and sweet and kind. Not have any axes to grind, any animosity, but just stand with You, Lord, and stand firm on this Word if it costs our lives. We don't know, but it might, I don't know, Lord, but I know that there's grace in every time of need, and if there's a need at that time for a grace, Lord, that embraces the martyrdom then that's the way, Lord, that it will be. Because You're sovereign, we understand that to a degree. And we're willing, Lord, to learn more and more.

So, Father, we commend ourselves to You every single one of us, and may there not be one, Lord, who does not probe the depths of the heart and mind. Open it right up to the Holy Spirit to give this illumination, not to condemn, no way shape and form, but to edify, to strengthen by warning. And constantly, Lord, not bringing up reproach, but just bringing up the fact that there is a place where there is a firmer foundation than ever before in this Word.

So, Father, we commend ourselves to You as we already said, may Your grace go with us, and bring us back again, Lord, for service together. Bless the sick among us, Lord, if there be such, we pray that one of these days, Lord, if not today, there'd be no sick amongst us, not a feeble one, O God, in witness to the Resurrection, and that great Spirit of Love doing it.

Father God, in heaven, I know the prophet did warn us that any one of us here could hinder each other. And, Lord, that is certainly the truth, and I will certainly one to stand up and take blame for it, and pray, Lord, that my life would be such that I will not hinder anybody from getting anything from God. Father, I certainly need that, because I'm responsible, and I know that every single person here is responsible also, Lord. Let it be that we've all come to that place, just so walk in love and watch ourselves. Be so circumspect, not a lip service, Lord, and not a service of humanity, but a genuine leading of the Holy Spirit, something in us, Lord, that's truly of You from that new nature which is in Christ Jesus. So that the Spirit of God operates through the Word in our souls, comes right through our spirits right out in the manifestation open, and we walk in that love.

Father, let it be, that once more the testimony can be, how they love each other. How we love each other, Lord. So we look to You now at this time, cleanse us from all sin, all impurity, and put us on a new start in a new day in the Name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.

'The Lord bless you'.