Pre-Millennial Restortation (1470 )

Pre-Millennial Restoration

Bro. Lee Vayle - November 6, 1970

Happy to be here with you in the house of the Lord with you tonight, I trust you're all happy and comfortable. And a little bit like the old poem: 'The night before Christmas', you're well settled for the evening. No one's expected to go anywhere. Not to go to sleep however. But, to stay with us for awhile till the message is in.

I have a feeling I missed a question the other night. And I went home and I was going to bed and I was sure that a question that I read, but didn't answer. I'm sorry, I didn't intend to do that. You'll have to forgive me, because something went a little wrong.

The question here is:

"In the parable of the ten virgins are the foolish virgins lost?"

No, only in the sense of that they don't make the Bride, they have to go through the tribulation, or at least they'll die in it, or something will happen to them. They'll come up in the Second Resurrection, and according to their life they'll enter in to pursue Eternal Life. And they'll be a part of the throng that bring their glory and honor into the City. Now, you'll find that pretty well brought out in the Church Age Book.

"If a saved woman's desire is to go to church where the truth is preached and her unsaved husband refuses to let her go, should she obey him?"

No, she hasn't got a choice, she has to go where the truth is. Because, what you're telling me if I understand this question, the husband refuses the woman to assemble herself which is a commandment of God. No woman can be held back from praying and reading the Word and assembling herself in the house of God. If it means the loss of her husband, which is far better than the loss of her life. There's nothing you can do about these things, but you've got to obey God.

It's wonderful if you can pray and help the man all you can to be sweet. As Bro. Branham said, "If a man is kind to his wife and will not stand in her way, and says, 'look, I can't go the way you're going, but you go ahead, that's fine'." But, if he stands in her way, then God is her Head. The husband is the head only in the Lord, and as he acts like the Lord. I think there are some who sort of come into this Message and they have a little wrong idea about the woman.

Now, gentlemen, I'm very happy that we've been restored to our rightful places, the head of the house, and many other things. But, we cannot be happy about trying to make women a chunk of mud, a clod of dirt, or something filthy. Now, this is erroneous, it's despicable, it is not part of the Word of God. It is not part of the prophet's life. The man himself was most gentle and courteous to women. In fact he's the last type of man, he's the last breed of that fine considerate gentleman, he'd run and open doors for women, car door and all. He's about the last person I know, the results who is refined, and very sensible to the dear things of life. And to him womanhood was very sacred and beautiful, and he treated his sisters in such manner.

The only reason he has to speak as he did was because woman types the church, and this is what he was talking about. But as I say, some men got carried away for a while and they begin thinking the women was nothing, and she couldn't talk the Word, she couldn't do this, she couldn't do that and pretty soon it got to the place where he said, the different ones said, "The woman must obey the husband in all things."

And so a woman came to one of his brethren on day and said, "Must I obey my husband in all things?"

He said, "Madam you must."

She said, "My husband wants me to cut my hair."

You want to get tongued tied honey, just start peddling something other than the Word of God. Someone will tongue-tie. Now, a woman doesn't obey except in the Lord. Don't take away the Scripture and say she's got to obey and put the whole thing there.

I quit preaching many years ago, because I got very discouraged and so I quit. And all the things that happen to you when you quit, happened to me. And when I went back preaching later on and I said to my wife, "Look, girl, I'm going to tell you something, no matter what I do, or what I say, don't you ever be influenced by me, you serve God." And this is what you must understand and stand for. And as we stand for the Word of God, and we must not let anything get in between us and the Lord.

Now, I know you heard Bro. Branham talk of that sweet little lady we all read of many, many years ago, no doubt many tracts about her how her husband was a drunkard, and very iniquitous person, and he said, "I'll tell you one thing, (he said) when they were discussing there was no such thing as a true Christian." He said, "My wife is a true Christian."

So, he came home and put on a big act, very rude, very miserable and mean and she just served him with love and kindness; and went on singing those hymns like, 'Must Jesus bear the Cross alone," so on. And of course the story ends by the people getting converted. But, you notice in there he was merely a trial to his wife. He didn't say you can't serve God. Actually in his drunkard condition he was proud of his wife being a Christian lady. But, there's a big difference you see in these things. So, just acquainting you with it, knowing that this is a sore spot that I have to contend with, and I don't intend it to be a sore spot. Sometime a rough …?... will get a infected sliver, may be my nail was rougher tonight. Now, if you had the sliver I hope I hope I got it out.

Well, the Lord bless you. I was just thinking tonight I…brother mentioning that I was glad to have you for Sunday dinner. He said, "The cattle on a thousand hills were the Lord's." [Ps 50:10b] I don't think it's too wrong to tell you a little story that absolutely true to add a little humor to it.

There's a friend of mine in Florida who was a butcher. And a lady used to come in always grumbling to him about how bad things were.

"Aw, sister (he said) I have it just wonderful, (he said) my Father was given houses and land, the cattle on a thousand hills are His."

She said, "Ain't that wonderful and you a butcher yet." [laughter]

Well, it could only happen in Florida. One fellow said, "The cattle on the hills and the potatoes under the hill." Well, it all belongs to the Lord.

1. Now, I want to bring a message tonight, (and I'll try not to keep you too long, maybe just try to read my notes carefully and not full in too much so that we won't be too long.) but I feel the message is of vital interest to us in order to help us to understand, in case we have sometimes give a reason for our hope. It is not just sufficient to know something when in a bare outline on a subject when you are dealing with people who are genuinely concerned as to whether you are scriptural. So, I'm going to try to show you some things tonight to help you, to show how scriptural we are in our understanding of the restoration by the ministry of Elijah that must take place at this end time. And it's called, 'The Pre-Millennial Restoration'. And our reading will be found in the Book of Matthew 17: Now shall we bow our heads in a word of prayer.

Heavenly Father, we come now at this sacred moment, Lord, to read Your Word. And then, Lord, with Your help to be able to bring out many references relative to It. To show the truth, Lord, of exactly what this one verse that we might take as our text stands upon. So, now, Lord, we ask You to guide us into all truth. We pray the Word shall be spoken accurately and plainly by the Holy Spirit giving us guidance, and received in the very same manner. That we may be all one tonight by the Word identifying Itself among us by the Spirit of God in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.

[Matthew 17:] beginning at verse 9

(9) And (Jesus) came down from the mountain, (and he) charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.

(10) And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? (Of course, that's the Greek for Elijah.)

(11) And Jesus answered and said unto them, (Elijah) truly shall first come, and restore all things.

(12) But I say unto you, That (Elijah) is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.

(13) Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.

2. Now, according to these verses of Scripture here, we have what maybe called a 'pre-millennial restoration'. Or, we may also call it a 'pre-kingdom restoration' according to what is said in Matthew 16:28, and Matthew 17:1-5

Now, reading verse 28,

(28) (Surely) I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

[Matthew 17:]

(1) And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,

(2) And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

The words, "bring us up," actually in the Greek means to 'bear up'. This is actually a literal Rapture where neither of the four of them ascended by walking, they simply rose as gravity lost its control. And here's what they saw, in verse 3.

(3) And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.

(4) Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, (Master) it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for (Elijah.)

(5) While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear (you) him.

Now, it is this Messianic Kingdom that [correction] is described here that Israel is looking for, because Jesus said, "There will be some of you who will not taste death, or actually die before you see the Son of man coming in His Kingdom." [Lk 9:27] And behold they saw this Kingdom in a vision, or a prefigure as to what it was exactly like before it would descend here upon the earth. Now, this Messianic Kingdom is what Israel was looking for, but It was delayed until the fullness of the Gentiles, because God had also given the Gentiles a part in this Kingdom over which He, Jesus, would preside.

3. In Ephesians 2: beginning in verse 11

(11) Wherefore remember, that (you) being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

(12) That at that time (you) were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

(13) But now in Christ Jesus (you) who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

(14) For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition…

(15) Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments (and) ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

(16) …that he might reconcile both (that's Israel and Gentiles) unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

Now, you will notice that Israel's enmity was planned by the Cross. People have an idea that Israel was not an enemy of God. If that Cross had not come and Christ had not died Israel would be an enemy of God. When they look forward to the Cross, and we look back at It. (See?) And to make it Himself, (you see that one new man) slain the image thereby.

(17) And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

(18) For through him we both (Israel and Gentile) have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

(19) Now therefore (you) are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow- citizens with the saints, and (even) of the household of God;

(20) And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

(21) In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: (Notice, it's the whole thing.)

(22) In whom (you) also are builded (Gentiles) together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

4. Now, with that we also go to the Book of Acts 15: beginning at verse 13, and this is at the conference at Jerusalem.

(13) And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:

(14) Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, (or really, it means for the first time, did visit the Gentiles) to take out of them a people for his name.

(15) And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

(16) After this I will return, …

Notice, and people don't even know about the return of Jesus Christ and try to mix the Bride up, but Christ has already returned and there's no body returned, instead He has already returned. There's more return in this Book than you can shake a stick at, just start looking for them. He said,

(15) …I will return and build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:

(17) That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

(18) Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

Now, you can see in here that there is to be a Kingdom on earth. And it is to contain both Israel and the Gentiles where they're one body under the Lordship of the Lord Jesus Christ. So therefore, this destroys the thought that many people have about Israel coming back and main-taining a great empire in the Millennium. It puts the prophet exactly like which we know as he's always been right, concerning what He said, "the Millennium is the honeymoon."

5. Now, a further description of His Kingdom in found over in Revelation 20:4-6. Now notice, it's on earth, It's comprised of Israel and the Gentiles. It's presided over by Jesus Christ Himself. It is His Kingdom. Verse 4

(4) And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

(5) (And) the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

(6) Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him (for) a thousand years.

All right, Luke 22:30

(30) That (you) may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, …

What's He saying? That you may eat and drink in My table in My Kingdom.

(30) …and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (Same picture.)

6. Now, with this we go to 1 Corinthians 15:50

(50) Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption…

Now, you're looking at me, but you didn’t catch something, I just caught for the first time myself. Corruption does not "inherit incorruption." So, how can you have somebody living for a thousand years, or a hundred years and die? And where's your people in the Millennium? They're just natural normal born.

You say, "Well Bro. Vayle, this says it's the Kingdom of God, and you read to us in the Book of Matthew it was the Kingdom of the Son of man."

7. Well I'm glad that you thought of that. Let's go to the Book of Mark 9:1

(1) And he said…I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. (Right?)

Luke 9:27

(27) But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.

This kingdom is the Kingdom of God. It is the Kingdom of the Son of man. Flesh and blood cannot inherit It. Only those in the First Resurrection have a part of It. And remember, there are two parts to the First Resurrection. One has already taken place. When Jesus came forth from the dead, and led captivity captive. This is exactly why John saw human beings in a glorified form in the Book of Revelation. The next portion of the First Resurrection is about to come. When the rest of that Kingdom made up primarily of the Gentile Bride, will come forth from the dead and be joint-heirs with Israel and all the redeemed of the Lord Jesus Christ by election. And no one shall inherit it unto a flesh and blood premise. For corruption cannot inherit incorruption. Flesh and blood does not have a part in this kingdom which is upon earth, which is the honeymoon of the Bride and Groom. You follow that?

8. Listen to [Luke 9:] verse 28

(28) And it came to pass about an eight days after…

Matthew says, after six days. Luke says, after six days. After the days of man are finished, man's run its course. There is going to be an eighth day. And it was on the eighth day this kingdom came into existence. Because after the Seventh Church Ages, there's no age left. The next age, will be an eighth day. So, here's your Millennium, and it's going to be the Kingdom of God on earth, made up of His people who come into It through the Resurrection.

Now, we may also note that this Kingdom which will rule on earth has already started here in a mystery. And It is now reigning over spiritual things, and will soon reign over the earth with the Lord Jesus Christ.

9. Let's go to Daniel 2:43-44

(43) And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, (that's the feet) they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

(44) And in the days of these kings (the four kings, the four kingdoms, in those literal days) shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people,…

No sir, you miss the Bride, you miss the Resurrection. Bro. Branham said, "Be sure you don't miss that Resurrection, be sure you're in the Resurrection." And if you miss It, It says right here, you'll never be a part of that actual Kingdom, you'll be subjects. You'll bring your glory in the City, but you'll never be a part of It. No one will ever take this over. The die is cast, "he that is filthy is filthy still, he that is holy, is holy still." [Rev 22-11] There's no place to go, no place to turn.

But, It says,

(44) (It's in (those) days of (one of those) kings, (that) the God of heaven (shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.)

And it's in the time of the fourth king. It's in the time of the Roman Empire, that the God of this heaven, the God that we know, the Lord Jesus Christ. For the Bible says, "God will bring forth with Him." Just as God raised Jesus from the dead. So, there'll be a group of people raised from the dead at the end time. And they're going to stand here as a living Bride right here on this earth to take this Kingdom over. Of course, they'll be caught up for awhile and brought back.

10. But, the Bride will literally stand here on earth. She was now reigning with spiritual things, will actually stand here as a physical component, of the complete body, the mystical body of the Lord Jesus Christ. And they'll be all here on earth as the same time standing here in the days of the fourth kingdom. And then God will take her away in order to renovate the earth, because He must walk upon the ashes of the wicked, just as Noah walked over the bones and the bodies of those people who were covered with layers and layers of silt. So, will God's people come back to an earth that that has been purified, as the waters purified the earth, so will the Fire of God purify the earth at this time, and the Saints shall walk upon the ashes of the wicked.

Now listen, watch, we're still with my text. According to Matthew 17: Jesus said that Elijah has to precede this. Right, he's got to precede it. He's got to come before it. (See?) Now remember, that Kingdom's got to be here. It says right here that Kingdom has got to be here on this earth. That's right. Standing right here at the end time. The complete Gentile body, the last day body of the Lord Jesus Christ will stand here. I wouldn't even be surprised if all the others that He brought with Him could defend here for Him, I wouldn't say they do at that time, (nothing would surprise me at that time, it's going to be a great day) even though we've got to come back, that resurrection will take place here, that Kingdom will be right upon earth. Because the Kingdom is made up of glorified human beings. Right? I hope you're getting this picture now carefully, because we want to show you how Elijah positively comes to the Gentile Bride, which she most certainly do, most certainly does.

11. Now, listen to what I said. Elijah must precede this. And this is exactly according to Malachi 4:5-6. For It says:

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

(6) And he shall turn the heart of the… children (back) to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth (utterly) with a curse.

In other words, Christ will come, but the earth will not be smitten utterly. But! If Elijah does not precede His Coming, then His Coming is coming, He will smite utterly the earth. And remember, there's a little remnant here of Gentiles that came into the Bride, that is not smitten, but is caught up. So, therefore Elijah precedes this.

12. Now, let us watch this and not fail to get it. It says over here in Acts 3:20-21

(20) And he (God) shall send Jesus (the) Christ,... (that's a man)

Now, let's get the picture, you can be so mixed up as a Trinitarian wandering around what to believe, you can get so confused here, you'll wonder what this is all about. It's says, "God will send Jesus Christ." Jesus Christ is not God. Because God can't be born. God can't die. God doesn't have blood. Yet the Bible says that God was born. Yet, It says that He did die. Yet, It says he did shed blood. How was it? By the identification of that One with Whom He was identified. (See?) Jesus wasn't God, the day He stepped in River Jordan. But, when the Dove came down and the fullness of the Godhead indwelt Him, He was God. (See?)

When he wept, he wasn't God. When He said, "Lazarus come forth." It was God. Now, It says, "God that raised Jesus, that man is going to send Him, which was appointed unto Israel, because that word 'preach' was not to, it was appointed, unto you.

(21) Whom the heaven must (retain)…

Jesus has got to stay there. He cannot come down until the restoration of a-double-l [all] things:

(21) …which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

Now, It tells you that right here. That He cannot come down. (See?) He cannot fulfill that person, because It says, "I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I'll come again (and He said) I'll come again and receive you unto Myself. Where I am, there you may be also." [Jn 14:3]

"That cannot take place, (the Bible says) until there is a restoration." (See?)

13. Now remember, Jesus said, "Before His Kingdom, (See, which is made up of glorified human beings,) this Kingdom which cannot come until there's a Resurrection and a Rapture." It said, "Elijah has got to precede It." Because remember, in Matthew 17: they were glorified the faces shone as light, the garments like no fuller [soap] can make them white. It was the picture of the glorified company with the Lord Jesus Christ. It was a vision of it.

Now, I hope you caught that then. (See?) This proves that Elijah must come to the Gentile. And remember, Elijah has got to do it, therefore, kindly give credit where credit is due. Many people feel that they are honoring God by saying, "Well, it was their great smile of indulgence, because you know, we …?... It's too bad we're so fat-headed us people here. (See?) It's just too bad. And so they indulgently smile at us, because we're so soft brained. (See?) And they think they're giving great glory to God, hallelujah. Because all I need is Jesus.

If God said you've got healed of rabies by eating snakes, eat snakes. If God wrote the Talmud and said, "How do you heal your goiter was by taking a walnut shell and putting some dog down your neck, (hang on it) then do it. I get a little bit sick of people who bypass the Word of God and think they glorify the Lord. And you think that you just need Jesus, do you?

14. You say, "Well, I got a blood covenant Bro. Vayle, hallelujah." Where was Israel's blood covenant? They were lead out of Egypt when they turned down the Word and wouldn't enter Canaan Land there was no more sacrifice for sin. Don't think you can fool with God brother/sister.

"I don't need Elijah." God says you do need Elijah! "So, I got the sacrifice, I got this." I don't care what you think you've got. God says you got to have Elijah . He said Elijah has got to come first to restore that Kingdom to come. He said categorically it is specifically, and you cannot contradict it. He said, "If I do not send Elijah, I'll come and destroy the whole thing." There'll be no Rapture, there'll be no Resurrection, no Kingdom. [claps hands] Smite it.

You say, "Would God do that?" He said He would! I've got about fourteen hours and God give me the ability to preach one long sermon for fourteen hours, he sowed this thing up from Genesis to Revelation. And show you people are standing on a false hope, though they claim to believe Jesus Christ their Savior, and try to glorify Him apart from this Word. They can't do it.

15. Now listen, test the Kingdom, this Kingdom which we spoken of, cannot come before Elijah brings the ministry of restoration. And since Jesus cannot come back to reign on earth, until there's restoration; then this restoration ministry must be the setting right of those principles upon which the Kingdom depends, but because of some sort of dislocation veiled themselves in their conditions cannot effectively bring in that Kingdom. Did you hear what I said? You got to tell what I said. And I'll read it again.

Now, listen carefully: Since this Kingdom cannot come before Elijah brings the ministry of restoration. Is that correct? And said, "Jesus cannot come back and reign on earth, (the heavens receive Him) until this restoration." Is that right? Then this restoration ministry of Elijah, must be the setting rights of those principles upon which this Kingdom depends. But, because of some sort of dislocation in those principles they of themselves in their conditions cannot bring in the Kingdom. Is that right? It certainly is right.

Let me put it this way: If this Kingdom must be preceded by a restoration ministry, then some-thing has happened to wrap the original principle that Jesus set in motion to bring it to pass. Other-wise why did we need a restoration? Something's gone wrong. There is something that since the beginning of the New Testament Age has gone into dysfunction. Something has gone into dysfunction, just like it happened in Genesis, and it must be brought back. Now, we understand that, we understand what the Kingdom is. We understand who's going to be in It. We know how to get there. And It says Elijah has got to restore the very principle upon which that Kingdom was started, but where something went wrong. Now, there's got to be a restoration in those principles, because you can't change the principles. You got to bring them back. (See?) Now, we'll get a Kingdom.

16. Now, to begin our studies then, or to get into our studies of the restoration ministry of Elijah, we might do well, in fact we will do very well to study exactly why Peter brought up this subject. To do so, we get our background in the Book of Acts 3:1-16. All right, now:

(1) Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

(2) And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

(3) Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.

(4) And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.

(5) And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.

(6) Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth (notice, he indicated exactly who he was) rise up and walk.

(7) And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

(8) And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

(9) And all the people saw him walking and praising God:

(10) And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.

(11) And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

(12) And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, (You) men of Israel, why marvel (you) at this?

17. Isn't that something. That wasn't something to marvel at, then what he's marveling at? They sure must have missed the boat somewhere to get all choked up about this. (See?) Now:

(12) ...why look (on us) so earnestly, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?

(13) The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom (you) delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.

(14) But (you) denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

(15) And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

(16) And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom (you) see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

18. Now, the reason Peter spoke on the restoration after this great healing miracle, is because one of the meanings of restoration is this, according to restoration of the body through healing. And it's complete restoration of health, the restoring to its place of a dislocated joint. Complete restoration of health, the restoring to its place of a dislocated joint.

Now, let's look at this man. This man was a helpless cripple, he was born that way, and he's a perfect picture of Revelation 3:17, that says the Laodicean church is wretched, miserable, poor, and blind. And the word 'poor' in the Greek means 'an absolutely undone', and 'crouching as a beggar' hoping to get something. Exactly what God say about this Age. It's poor, it's a beggar, it's crouching, it's begging, it hasn't got anything, it's a picture of the man at the gate beautiful wanting something, because he's an absolute cripple, he's crouching there hoping to get some kind of an alms.

Now, but through the ministry of one man, Peter, his faith is turned to a true revelation of God, and God's promise for that day. (See?) And he received perfect soundness, which in the Greek means 'his entire allotment'. He never had the allotment before. But, now he gets his entire allotment, that which he was born unto. That which he was predestinated unto. But somehow, he was cheated out of by the enemy.

19. Now, isn't this exactly Revelation 10:7 says, "In the days of the seventh Church Age messenger, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God shall be perfected." Every mystery, the entire allotment shall come into absolute being through that Church Age people, wherein now they being able to receive their entire allotment will be restored to a perfect soundness.

Let me put it this way also: because this is also in the Greek what the word 'restoration' means. The body was brought back to integrity. The body was brought back to integrity and the promise that God gave was established and fulfilled. God gave a promise, (see?) the man there, Peter, established the promise of God. That's right, a man did it, because this man didn't know one thing about the promise of God. (See?) It was there, God gave it, Peter established it, and it was fulfilled in the man himself.

20. So therefore, the integrity of the body was complete. Exactly what we're going through today. Because brother/sister the integrity of the body is now in our midst, because Christ the Living Word came down as his Head to the body of the Word which we are. (See?)

Now, from what we had before is by illustration and definition. I think we can safely say that the ministry of restoration which precedes the heavens using up Jesus, though that He may return to earth, to establish His Millennium Kingdom is the Holy Spirit ministry by one man. Upon whom is the Holy Spirit in such a way after designate him Elijah the prophet. And that Holy Spirit ministry is to the Bride, or the body. And further, that ministry of the Spirit is a revelation ministry of the Word of God that establishes the promise of the Age to the Bride, and is fulfilled in the Bride, bringing her to a perfect health or soundness, which is her entire allotment. That's right. The restoration ministry of Elijah, then is to bring the Bride her entire allotment which we have.

21. Now, to break this down: I said that if restoration is necessary, then something must have gone wrong in order to require a restoration. Something really needs lining up to bring in this Kingdom reign. And if it doesn't happen, then as we said in the Book of Malachi, Jesus comes and over-shoots the whole thing. Which of course He will not do to the coming of Elijah .

Now, to me this is a perfect picture, the whole picture, look at the cripple again. He is cripple from birth. Now notice, nothing is missing, (that's right) but a joint is out of alignment. The error in his body is corrected, (now watch) and when the error in that body is corrected, remember, the error is in one place only. Right. Where? Feet. Where are we today? The feet, right? ...?.... Is that right? Keep your fingers.

When the error was corrected, (listen:) the whole body receives strength to walk. Not until that time could that body rise and walk, and neither will the Bride come out of the grave. Neither will there be a Bride walking on this earth to rise and be with Him until the error in the days of the feet are corrected. Nothing is missing, nothing is missing.

22. But! As that man did not have his entire allotment until the moment of the revealed Word taking hold of him at that time, neither does this Bride have her entire allotment. I say from the day the first one was born again till the last one, until this messenger Elijah comes to bring restoring, which is not to add to the Word, or take from the Word, but to correct the Word and bring it aligned with the whole body of truth, that the body may arise and walk. It's exactly what the prophet taught. With the error corrected in this man, something goes into operation. That though it was there, could not operate before. Here's where they don't understand why we have this Message. They say, "I've got it all. I've got a blood covenant, I've got the Holy Ghost. I've got this."

I don't care what we say we have, the Bible distinctly says, "Until that error is corrected we do not receive entire allotment, and the body then still is absolutely weak and unable to go there. Can't move. Can't have a Rapture, can't have a Resurrection. You can see from this what the prophet taught us. The Seals corrected the errors which brings the Holy Spirit from being bound for two thousand years by creeds and dogmas, and brought us into the full revelation of the seven thunders, which though they were there, were not operative. How can God Almighty possibly establish and fulfill His Word in the Bride until first of all that Word is there in the absolute truth of which God gave it. You think that's God cannot back up any man's word, but His Own Word? And He cannot back up half of these words, it must be that perfect Word of God that God backs up. (See?) Can't be otherwise.

23. Now, the error, in the Bride was corrected according to 2 Corinthians 11: 2-3

(2) For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you (to Christ) as a chaste virgin..

Now, …?... But Paul recognizes here a danger. That when it's time for her to be with Jesus, she is no longer a virgin. Now listen, now that's the next verse.

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

What is that simplicity? Well, you can tell this is a full revelation of the mystery of God right here, it's going to be revealed at the end time. Here's where the error comes. "For he that cometh, preaches another Jesus." Who is Jesus? Jehovah of the Old Testament. "I and My Father are one. "{Jn 10:30] "He that has seen Me hath seen the Father." [Jn 14:9b] "Have no other God beside Me." [Isa 45:5a]

You believe in one God, the devil also believe and tremble. But, they made Him the second person of the trinity. They've preached another Jesus that Paul did not preach, or received another spirit. What spirit did they receive? They received the Spirit of Jehovah God that indwelt Jesus Christ and came back as the Holy Ghost. But they made Him the third person of the trinity. Or another gospel which we have not preached the very perverting of the Word of God which is the Gospel of Jesus Christ to bring them into the glory of the Father. He said the Gospel is going to be perverted. He said, "I am afraid that your mind should be corrupted." [1 Cor 11:3]

24. You say, "Bro. Vayle, I worry about my heart."

Then you don't believe your Bible. You don't believe your God.

He said, 'mind' in the Greek. Not heart. Where does it put you now?

"Bro. Vayle, I've got heartfelt salvation."

Go ahead, be my guest, I ain't going with you. You go your way, I go mine, "mind." The seed of discernment is the seed of judgment. The seed of observation. The mental ability.

Paul said, "Here is where the error is."

"Bro. Vayle, I don't seem to care what that Word says. I don't care about this and that. I just want to know…"

You just want to know what? You just want to know one thing right now. You haven't got God in your life at all, or you'd agree with this Word.

"You preach tough."

I don't preach tough, I believe the Bible that's all.

Paul said, "Your mind, which takes you away from being a virgin of the Word of Almighty God."

I'm going to tell you something brother/sister, a lot of us can get away with a lot of things. There's a lot of illegal and double illegal crooks in this world. Some don't mean to be, some mean to be. They'll promise you anything. They'll give you a contract. There's no greater scandal in America than a mover's contract. They'll contract to move your goods and if you don' t read the fine print, they'll sting you forty different ways, and everybody in America knows it. The most talked about thing is skinning these people and it's these moving trucks and vans. And they get away with it.

But, if you think that you can come to Jesus Christ under a contract of being a virgin, and get in without being a virgin in your mind, I've got news for you. Christ doesn't accept any second hand junk. You may fool a law court, plead ignorance. Find yourself in a happy position of being able to get away with something, but not with God.

25. Paul said, "I've contracted to give Jesus a virgin of the Word. And that contract must be fulfilled, or God will not accept that hussy, that fornicating double dealing woman. So, she calls herself a Bride of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now, you can't read your Bible any other way, that's the way the Bible reads. And you can check it anyway you want, in the Greek or any translation you want, it's going to come out the same way. Because Paul said, "I'm afraid you're going to start fornicating in your mind."

Now, abiding by Revelation 22:18. Now listen, compared with Revelation 10:3-4, and Matthew 17:11 we find that this ministry is one of correction. Revelation and dynamism, for once the whole body of truth has been put in order, and the end time church revealed, the Holy Spirit can move the Bride into the Rapture and into the Kingdom. To me the dynamism of the Spirit is that part of restoration that's called establishing the promise and carrying it to fulfillment. I'm going to read those verses for you.

16. Revelation 22:18-19

(18) For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

And when did those plagues take place? At the end of the Seventh Church Age in three and one half years of great tribulation. Is that right? And what about all the people through the Ages added to this Book? Will He bring them up at the end time in a little resurrection of human beings, and then put into the tribulation? No, He won't do it. So, this Message is to one group of people and one group of people alone. It is the end time group.

Now listen: everything in God's Word is Alpha and Omega. Is that right? I'm Alpha, I'm Omega. Everything in Genesis is in Revelation. Right? The Bride in the Garden of Eden make it, the Bride at the end time make it. Right? The beast in the Garden, the beast at the end time. Jesus is Alpha and Omega, and so is the Bride Alpha and Omega. Now, Paul says, "I have espoused you to Christ as a Bride, as a virgin, Alpha. And she's got to be Omega if she is the Bride of Jesus Christ. She's got to come back to be a virgin of the Word the last time. Amen! I get real happy, haven't got time to go into it.

17. Listen, you hold that in mind, Alpha and Omega. Now listen, It says here, I tell you:

(18) …If any man add (to) these (words, I'll add) the plagues…

(19) And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part …

Now listen, it was upon Calvary's Cross. In Psalms 69: Jesus got to take the names out of the Book. And when they crucified the Son of God afresh that second time in Hebrews 6: they'll take the names out of the Book again. They'll die in the tribulation, they'll die in the lake of fire also.

Now listen, this Scripture can only take place I said at the end time. It cannot take place at any other time. So, I want you to notice here my brother, my sister, it is absolutely incumbent upon Almighty God to make this Word revealed at the end time, to make manifest. That you cannot add to It, you cannot take from It, therefore, God is absolutely…it's impossible for Him to deny the truth of this Word and He must then bring the revelation where no man can add to, and no man can take from It, which means the Word of God must be restored to us in Its absolute purity as Paul preached It. Because he said, "I made you a virgin back there." He's got to make you a virgin again.

18. Now, notice with this, Matthew 17:11, which we read awhile ago, and I suppose we don’t need to read It again. But…now, He said here:

(11) ….(Elijah) truly shall first come, and restore all things.

Now listen: Paul absolutely said, "Now, I'm afraid you're no longer be a virgin, because your minds will be corrupted, there's going to be a wrong teaching get to you." Is that right? Now, she's got to go back to being a virgin. Now listen, if Paul's teaching was right in the First Age, and she was a virgin, then no man added to the Word, and no man took from the Word, it was that one perfect Word, that though an angel of God come down and tells you clearly it would be a blasphemous thing to do so. You couldn't get your training, you had to take Paul's word. So therefore, God is duty bound at the end time. If He would so bring us the Word of God, as It was brought to Paul, so you cannot take one Word to It, you cannot take one Word from It. And you'll understand exactly the whole mystery of Almighty God. Which is 2 Corinthians, and Revelation 10:7.

19. Now, also I'll read It again then: Revelation 10:3-4

(3) And (he) cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.

(4) And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

Now listen, you can't add to the Book, and you can't take from It. So therefore, the Seven Thunders is the spiritually revealed revelation of the Word of Almighty God at the end time. You can't add to It, and you can't take from It. Every mystery is going to be revealed. So, if you can't add and you can't take to It, then what these Thunders said are right here in the Book of Almighty God, and the correction of the Word will bring about the revelation and the restoration.

Now listen, I started out by showing you that Kingdom. I told you who was in It. I told you what would happen from the Word of God if It didn't take place. Now, you can see what's taken place. Look it up my brother, my sister, don't be blind to these things, we're not children anymore. We're at the end days, when the full revelation, the mystery of God comes into being. We're not children tossed to and fro. We're not of that class who think they know. We know! We're in the infallible place of the Word of Almighty God.

20. Now, repeating, abiding by Revelation 22:18-19, which I read. Revelation 10:3-4, which I read. Matthew 17:11, which I read. We find that this ministry is one of correction. It's got to be. Because error came to the Bride by the mind. That's right. It's got to be corrected.

Now, it's a ministry of correction. Revelation and dynamism. For once the whole body of truth has been put in order, and the truth revealed for the end time. The Holy Spirit can move the Bride into the Rapture and into the Kingdom. That's absolutely 'Thus Saith the Scripture', and you know it, because I've take it point by point to show you. You cannot have a Resurrection and a Rapture. You cannot have a Kingdom of God. Because my brother, my sister the Bride has got to be a virgin at the end time, because she's Alpha and she's Omega. You say, "Why, that's Christ." No sir! The Bride is Christ. Because His body, the Bride is His Body.

And remember, the Bride comes out of the original body. And Eve was nothing but Adam in multiplied cells. Neither is the Bride anything but Jesus Christ in multiplied members. Stand right here in a mystical body. All right.

21. Now, I think we've made this reasonably clear. So, let's go back to the Scripture in Acts 3: again to clarifed Matthew 17: which we read. Now listen; [Acts 3:] verse 20

(20) And he shall send Jesus Christ, which… (was before appointed unto you) …

He's gone, you killed Him. God raised Him, and God is going to keep that One in that body behind the Throne on the Mercy Seat until a restoration period comes.

(21) …the heaven must receive (him. That word in the Greek better is pronounced 'retain') until the times of (restoration) of all things, (now listen,) which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

That's what the Bible says. The heavens must receive Him, or retain Him, until the time of restoration. Literally, until the restoration of all things that God spoke by the mouth of the holy prophets has come to pass.

22. Now, it clearly and definitely states, that Jesus is hindered from coming until there is a restoration. That's what It says. He's hindered, He can't come. He said, "I want you to come." It's a restoration, until there's restoration, He can't come. (See?) The Bible says so.

Now listen, get the picture here, that I'm leading up to. Because we're still leading up to what this message is all about. I'm back grounding and yet I'm taking long. If we look in the Scripture, therefore, and seek until we find those Scriptures that were spoken by the mouths of the prophets that tells us what hinders Him, we will know what has be restored and brought into a dynamic revelation to the Bride. Now, that's simple as a-b-c. Because God said, "All of the things that was spoken by the mouths of His holy prophets, must be restored." [Acts 3:21] (See?) The un-restored is what's hindering Him.

23. Now, let's go to our Bible and find out what the Bible says, is out of whack, or out of kilter, what's holding Jesus back. (See?) What does hold Him back? Nothing holds Him back. Now, that's what It says here, that the mouth of the holy prophet has already told us. I'll try to look for it. You follow me? This is the formula. Let me go over it again:

"The heavens must retain Him until the times of restoration of a-double-l [all] things, which God hath spoken by the mouths of all His holy prophets since the world began." [Acts 3:21]

In other words, what is wrong? What's wrong? Restore. Now listen: "I tell you Bro. Vayle, I believe this wrong."

I say, "Well now, I can't find that in the Bible." I got to find It in the Bible. If I don't find it in the Bible, I can't understand anybody else. I got to know what the Bible says at the end time is wrong. It's hindering Jesus.

24. Now, if you can't understand this principle, and… [blank spot on tape]

[2 Thessalonians 2:]

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

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

(12) That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Now notice, a casual reading which I just did for you, seems to say that the Coming of Jesus Christ is stopped by the fact that there has to be an apostasy first, then a revelation of the man of sin. That is correct. Let's ask the question: what's the apostasy? Anybody can die, here's where we're going to get in the real deep water, hot water, or cold water, depending on how you err. He says, there's got to be a falling away and the man of sin. There's got to be an apostasy. What is the apostasy? Verse 10

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

Now listen, I'm going to read to you verse 7 and give the lie to those who believe we always have had the truth and know the truth. [2 Thessalonians 2:] verse 7 says,

(7) …the mystery of iniquity doth already work:…

25. Now, where's your truth gone? What is that mystery? Hold your finger there, and go to Acts 20: I'm not making up a bunch of stories here now. Acts 20: beginning in verse 17.

(17) And from Miletus (Paul) sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

If God had not made Eve outside of the original creation she could not have fallen. If God had placed the elders and the deacons in the original ministry, elected ministry by the predestinated power of God to govern the church, the church never could not have fallen, because of its truly ordained pastors, evangelists, missionary, the apostles, apostles, teachers and so on. If he is truly ordained of God, he cannot teach an error. That's exactly why God added two members to the five-fold body to make up the number seven. Because, five is not complete. Neither was man complete without Eve. So, He allowed the two members to come in which would defile the body of Jesus Christ, he called the elders. (Now, hold on, I'm telling you the truth, don't get worried.)

26. Now listen, verse 26

(26) Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.

"Because I have the biggest radio and TV program in the world. I've erected all kinds of colleges. I've made my faith read by giving banquets in order to get more money from you. I've laid my soul on the line to get all the dough I could, sent out this Word. I trained everybody I could to send out with a testimony. I got a hold of every creature under God's high heaven almost below the earth to get this done." Is that what Paul said? And why do people act the way the way like I'm preaching?

Paul said,

(26) …I am pure from the blood of all men…(for one reason.)

(27) …I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

And my brother, my sister every man that preaches this Word and he does not preach It in spirit and in truth according to the divine revelation which God gives, according to the way in which God meant it when He gave It, that man is not free from the blood of men. But his hands are red with the blood of men. Because he seduce them just like Satan did.

27. Now listen:

(28) Take heed therefore unto yourselves, (elders) and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, …

You said you wanted to do a due and do it good. You wanted to be one of the ruling authorities by the Word. God says, "I'll make you that, now, I'm going to tell you." That's right.

(28) …(you) feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

There's your identification with God with Jesus. Because God doesn't have blood. But, when God identified Himself and indwelt that man you've got God. He is God. Now listen:

(29) For this I know,…(How? That God said so. God told. What's God going to tell him?) that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

(30) Also of your own selves (elders) shall men arise, speaking (perverted) things,…

Right? What's a perverted thing? It's a real thing, twists and turns, Cain's attitude taken from. Lots of things, perverse things. Pernicious things. To what for?

(30) …to draw away disciples after them.

And you don't believe that, do you? Oh, you do, but you don't. I do, but I don't. I mean it. I'm not trying to get you all loused up and that, I'm telling you the truth. You really don't believe it. "Oh, Bro. Vayle, that…you're a real sweet man that doesn't stick with the Gospel... I know he loves the Lord. I know he's so gracious and nice. And Bro. Vayle, don't tell me…"

28. Well, I am telling you. You didn't pay to get in, you may be glad to walk out. But, I'm telling you, don't give me that nonsense. Because God says He wants to draw away disciples after Himself.

"Oh, but he talks about Jesus, hallelujah. And oh, he's so…"

Oh, is he? The Bible said he's a wolf in sheep clothing, how dumb can you get? He's not a wolf in wolf's clothing, he's a wolf in sheep's clothing. He acts like it, he looks like it. And then he gets that Word and he draws you for his disciple. I thought I was Jesus' disciple. Led by the Holy Ghost identified by the Word. (See?)

"Aw, Mr. Vayle, you're tough."

You bet I'm tough and rough. I go through this across America. I go to Europe, any place I go, I got the same old story, men who will not bow to the Word of Almighty God by a vindicated, indicated, authenticated prophet with 'Thus Saith the Lord'. You stand with what you want, I'm going to stand on the ground of Almighty God. "Oh Vayle, you ain't so much." Neither was David. I'll stand with David with his five hundred wives and had to get somebody else, kill her husband to get her.

29. Aw, you didn't get that did you? Well get it. I don't care how sweet a man is, and how nice if he's off this Word, my Bible says he's a wolf in sheep's clothing, he wants you for his disciple. I said, "He wants you for his disciple. [Someone says 'that's right'.] (Thank you for some amen's, you're getting waked up now, good. I mean it.) I fight this across the country everywhere I go.

"Oh, it just doesn't really matter the things you read."

Well honey, do you read, it just doesn't matter, we worship the same God, hallelujah."

And you go…[makes a noise]

Listen. Satan never raped Eve. I said, the serpent never raped her. He seduced her. She was happy, she was interested, she was a ...?.... she was a dog. She loved it, and she died. There's a difference between rape and seduction, you better believe it. I'm not being dramatic don't worry, I just yell. I wish I could get over the habit of trying to impress, needing to press my point by yelling, when who needs to press any point by yelling? The Word of God doesn’t need to be yelled or anything else. I just learned that in the wrong place …?.... But, I want you to get it across my brother, my sister. That's what Paul said would take place. He said, "You listen to the wrong teaching, (he said) you won't be that virgin." Now, that's the truth. I don't care what anybody else preaches, I'm not interested in what anybody else preaches. I'm interested in what I got to preach according to what the prophet of God said.

30. I said, verse 7, in the Book of 2 Thessalonians 2: gave the lies to people who said they've got the truth. Now listen to me brother/sister: Israel had this Bible, the first thirty-nine Books. It was the truth per se. Right? And Jesus Christ came according to Scripture, but not according to their interpretation, and they died crucifying the King of glory. Now, you tell me you've got the truth, just because you got the Bible?

Look, look folk, it's alright to get mixed up and make a u-turn down town and get soaked twenty-five dollars, you had it coming to you. I can excuse some ignorance, that's fine. You can make a mistake and think you don't have to file your income-tax and spend two years in jail. That's alright. But, don't fool with the Word of God, because that's eternity. There's a difference. There's a difference, a big difference.

31. And he said here, "the mystery of iniquity has already come in." And iniquity is lawlessness. Now., let me tell you something right here brother/sister: let's get this straight, the Bible says, "Sin is a transgression of the law." Wrong. Doesn't say that. It says, "Sin is 'law-less-ness'."

Now let me tell you something right here: there ain't no such animal as lawlessness. There ain't no such animal. Because nothing in this world is without a law. If I blow my nose, something happens. If I lift my hands something happens. If I want to eat something happens, no matter what is done in this world, it's done according to a law. So, when God says sin is lawlessness, He's not saying what people think it is. Everything has a law. But every law of God must be according to the purpose and the will of Almighty God, and the minute that you get outside of that, you are lawless! Because you're trying to operate outside of the law of God, and that makes you a lawless one.

"The mystery of iniquity which is perverting the Word of Almighty God, is working, (said Paul) in my day, and it's going to come to such an end time that the people are going to drawn away into apostasy." And why? "Because they received not the love of the truth." [2 Th 2:10]

So, my Bible tells me at the end time God is going to restore the truth. And if what they already…what they fall away from, because they've already fallen before this truth comes on the scene, because of iniquity.

32. Now then, listen brother/sister, what needs to come to pass, what is hindering Jesus' coming? It is not the man of sin. It is not the apostasy. It is the restored Word first of all. So, everything that I have taught you is the truth, it's 'Thus Saith the Scripture'. The Kingdom of God cannot come on this earth until restoration. Is that right?

This Kingdom is inhabited by born again redeemed individuals that take place, comes through on a resurrection, right? Now, he says right here, "This gathering together that puts us in a Millennium cannot take place until the man of sin be revealed. That one which is iniquitous, and he cannot take come on until the falling away. Which in the Greek is a divorcement, (I'll talk about it another time if I get a chance, primarily a divorcement can take place) but you see, the thing is this, that cannot take place until the truth comes, because it's the falling away from the truth that brings the apostasy. And you don't have the virgin truth, because iniquity has already taken over.

Now then, what is it that needs restoring? The virgin needs restoring by the virgin Word to make her a virgin of the Word of Almighty God, by the gateway of the mind, which is the preaching of the unadulterated, neither added to, nor taken from established and absolute vindicated the promise of the Word of God for that Age. You'll never get back.

33. All right listen, secondly, because we know the two witnesses. We know now in James 5:7, (we took this last Sunday, we'll hit it again a different way now tonight.)

(7) Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

Now, right there It tells you what's hindering the Coming of the Lord. He's got to have a Resurrection, but he can't have a Resurrection, until the former and latter rain. What's hindering God? There's got to be a former and latter rain. It tells you. Now listen, if it's restoration you better believe this, God is not going to do a new thing, He's going to do the same old thing all over again, because it's restoration. And that's what He said, the former rain. But there's been rain before it, right? And the latter rain, the same old rain, but it's the last rain, because it's the end time. The last time the Holy Ghost pouring out, the seven spirits before the Throne it's the last time. Right?

34. Something went wrong here. Something's wrong with that rain. What is that rain? Joel 2: Oh, I don't care how good I nail this down, they won't believe it anyway. But, this is not for other people, it's for you. Increase your faith that knows just where you stand then nothing shake you. That's all. "Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God." [Rom 10:17] Not what somebody says is the Word of God. But what is the Word of God? (See?) Okay.

Let's read on, [Joel 2:]

(23) Be glad then, (you) children of Zion,…

What's Zion? Jerusalem. What's Jerusalem? New Jerusalem according to Galatians Book. What's New Jerusalem? The Bride. Then you that make up the Bride:

(23) …rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former, and the latter rain in the first …

Now, James says this takes place right before the Resurrection. Which takes place right before the Rapture, which is our complete gathering together.

35. Now then, in the Hebrew, what is that word 'former rain'? It is 'moreh," (m-o-r-e-h) which is what? Teaching, or teacher. So, God says, "I'm going to restore the teaching." What teaching? The teaching that Paul said, "If another comes he preaches to you another gospel, another Jesus, another spirit, you get a letter, you get a spirit, you get this…" [2 Cor 11:4] "Forget it, this is what I said," said Paul. (See?)

Now watch it, that's what he teaches here. Now listen, let's read further perhaps: [Joel 2:]

(24) And the floors shall be full of wheat,…

Now, when does that take place? At the harvest. Then when does this former and latter rain come? At the harvest. What for? To bring the harvest, otherwise Jesus won't come.

36. Now listen,

(25) And I will restore to you the years…(…?... is the time.)

All the years this took place. Same little …?... bug in four stages.

(25) …locust, cankerworm, caterpillar, palmerworm… my great army which I sent among you.

(26) And (you'll) eat in plenty,…

Now listen, look I'm glad I'm here in Saskatchewan, the greatest farming belt in the world. Now, I wouldn't have said that when I lived in Alberta. Aw, forget it. It's the second best. But, tonight it's the first best. Now that I've long gone to the States, I'll abide by the facts. The best native farming area in the country. The greatest in the world. Now, what do you farmers do, when a bug comes along and nibbles down your crop to the bare ground? What do you do? You stand back and say, "Well, I'll get a crop."

37. You say, "No, plow it under and plant it again."

Is that right? That's all you can do. That's just what God does here. He breaks up the fallow ground and re--sows the seed. Because when that little old bug ate that crop down so long, there was no use positively doing anything more than to break up the ground and plant it all over again. And that's exactly what God does here at the end time, He sends His Word right back the way It was the first time. Alpha and Omega. Brother, if Christ is the Word and He's Alpha then that Word is Alpha, and if Alpha It's got to be Omega. And if God had come the same way hallelujah, because the Pillar of Fire brought us the first Act, He'll bring us the last one.

Isn't He wonderful? You couldn't prove this Book wrong the way the prophet brought It if you tried. You might as well give up trying, just believe It, it's so good for your soul. How Jesus still gives.

38. All right, listen: Psalms 72:6, this rain which is the Word of God. It says here which I read last Sunday to you.

(6) (And) He (God) shall come down like rain upon the mown grass:…

What's mown grass? Harvest time. What's He? God! What's rain? Word! The Word, God the Word, shall come down upon the people at harvest time.

39. When did He do it? I'm glad you asked. Revelation 10:7. It says here verse 1.

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

What is His feet? The feet are pillars of fire. Where does the feet come? Upon the land, upon the sea. Then when descends out of heaven? Christ the Pillar of Fire. What's the Headship still in heaven? In other words, He hasn't come down to take His Kingdom. Listen:

(2) …in his hand a little book open: (right) …

What's that little Book? That Book of the seven mysteries, the mysteries, the Seven Seals upon it. And then what happened? The Voice thunders. What's the Thunders? It's always the Voice of God. What is the Voice of God? It's the Word of God. How does God bring His Voice at the end time? By the prophet. Just like He said He would. So, we see what It is, God comes down. The Word of the Lord, comes down which is the Lord. And He comes down upon His people. Now listen, this is necessary for the redemption of the human body.

40. Let's go to Romans 8: I'm dealing kind of fast, but it's okay. Another time we might be able to take more time on subject which will illuminate better. But just listen now, Romans 8:22-23

(22) For…the whole creation (groans) and (travails) in pain together until now.

(23) …not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

Nature is groaning, we're groaning, we're waiting for our bodies to be redeemed. Right?

41. Now listen, back to James 1:18

(18) Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth,…

Oh, I love this. Can't you just read It with me? Listen to It:

(18) Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.

What does He say we are? We're first-fruit.

42. Okay, 1 Corinthians 4:15, Now:

(15) For though (you) have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet (you) have not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus have I begotten you through the gospel.

All right listen, begotten how? How did Paul beget them? By the Word of truth. Now listen, what's over here in [James 1:] verse 18

(18) (He) …begat he us (of His Own will) with the word of truth, (why?) that we should be a kind of firstfruits …

Who's the first fruits? Jesus was at the Resurrection. Then we are in the Resurrection also, what grounds, that we have the same Word, the way He had It. The way Paul had It. You say, "What about Jesus?" Jesus gave it to Paul. Paul had It the way Jesus had it. And we also must be in that same Word, we're begotten.

43. Now, let's prove it. Over here in Revelation 1:5, listen:

(5) And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead,…

No sir! the first born, from among the dead. Right. Okay, let's hold it there 1 Corinthians 15:20, and I'll talk about It.

(20) But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

Now, It says right here that Jesus Christ is the first-born from amongst the dead. So therefore, my brother, my sister, you are not only born in this life, that's number one, you are born again from the Spirit of God. And if God does everything in three's, you got to be reborn the third time, which is born from that dust. Right. He begat us by the Word of truth. Right? Therefore at the end time there can only be a resurrection on this ground that the Word of truth comes back by the prophet Elijah, and settles in the Bride. And that Word in the Bride will bring the dead out of the ground. That's what the Bible teaches. You preach it how you want it, I'm telling you God's truth, so there it is.

44. And I say this tonight, if you want to make that Rapture, you have got to be born not of corruptible seed, but by the Word of God. Which lives and abides forever. Because He is that first-fruit. And if there's a first-fruit, there's got to be a second like it, and a third like it, and a fourth like it. Now, as God raised Him from the dead. (Right?) He was begat from amongst the dead. He was born, so it is that you and I also. But remember this Bride does not go to the ground. "Behold, I show you a mystery, we shall not all sleep, we'll all be changed." [1 Cor 15:51]

God doing something in this day, which He could not do in any other Age. Because it was decreed that they would die and fall in that dust. But at the end time there would be a group that would not die. So, there must be a group right now that are born of the Truth of Almighty God, that will not taste death.

45. You say, "Bro. Vayle, that could have happened back in the first century. Sure, but then the Word of God would have been misplaced. "Oh yeah, (you say) I believe this Word." No, you don't. The only way you can believe the Word of God is by divine revelation when the Holy Spirit by a prophet puts it in proper chronology.

I cannot understand when people follow Bro. Branham and saw vindicated ministry, and then try to interpret the Word of God themselves. And say, "Well, if he be here, he'd admit that he was wrong and I was right." I'd say, "Where's your vindication?" That's right. Where's your proof? See, nobody has it, but the prophet.

46. Now, we see the picture here then. The picture here is that Jesus cannot come until there's somebody to come for. (That's body.) Those bodies cannot come out of that ground until what? The former and latter rain. What's the former rain? It's the teaching. Now, you don't teach dead folk, forget it. They've done have their teaching. You teach serpent seed.

Paul said, "I'd rather teach a person, with the words of my mouth of understanding a few words, than ten thousand words they never get. At the end time the teacher comes with the unadulterated Omega of the Word of God. And the Bride comes back to being a virgin of the Word, now she was Alpha, she's Omega. That's right. She's ready, the Word came down for the Bride, He's ready, she's ready. (See?)

47. Now, the dead come out of the ground. Born out of that ground. You are born of one, two kinds of mortality. But now, you're going to be born by the Spirit of Almighty God taking you out of this dust and recreating you. And at the same time there'll be a group standing here that will not taste death, the sting of death will be gone. The sting of death is sin. Not one ounce of unbelief. Not one bit off that Word. That's right. It was taking away that Word that brought her into sin, where she had no strength but she did sin. Bring her back to where she's under that Word perfectly, she's got so much strength she's can't sin. (See?)

Now, the dead come out of the ground. …?... He said, "I'm hindered from coming, because the former rain hasn't come, and the latter rain has got to fall on it.” Thousands of people hear Bro. Branham. No doubt millions saw. His name was praised around the world as the great man of the Ages. They said that, "Bible days are here again."

Now, you go to those guys and say, "What do you mean Bible days are here?" Oh, you watch them squirm now. Oh you watch them squirm. Because Bible days meant the very ministry of Jesus Christ is back on earth. Luke 17:26.

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

The day's repeat, but not the person Himself. That is in the flesh. Comes by spirit in the flesh, another man. Oh, they'll squirm now. Isn't it strange the mouth that testifies like the Pharisees, that destroyed the very Christ crucified the Word afresh. It'll repeat, just repeat, don't worry.

48. Now, these are just two examples, because the Bible says, "In the mouths of two witnesses, let it be established." [2 Cor 13:1b] It is first of all the Word of God corrected, and given to the whosoever will that will listen, that's restoration.

Secondly: It is the Word of God in the Bride restoring her back to Eden. It comes by revelation, which the gates of hell could not prevail against, and death is one of those gates. Now, this sounds like a little …?... teaching I know. People say, "Well, Bro. Vayle, then you believe the mere return to the literal of the Word will do the works. It is not that at all. What the people that disagree with us lose sight of is this. Christ is that Word. Not a perverted Christ, but a real Christ. Not another Jesus, but the real Jesus. Not another spirit, but the real Spirit. Not another word, but the true Word. Christ revealed to the Bride is truth revealed, because He is the Truth. Christ revealed in the Bride is the Word identified Bride, and therefore Christ identified Bride, one with Him. "That they may be one with us, (said Jesus) that they may be one as we are one." [Jn 17:21] That's restoration.

49. For Christ the Word, is restored to His rightful place in the Bride. And by that union the Bride is restored to her rightful place. (See?) He's got to come back to her first. Now, never lose sight of this for one moment. It is Elijah who restores. And the Elijah for this day is the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Appearing and manifesting Himself amongst the Bride. Not a man, It is God, but It comes by a prophet. I didn't say William Branham was Jesus Christ, not for one minute, because he isn't Jesus Christ. I said, "It, this ministry Christ revealed, Christ manifested, comes by a prophet standing in the breach." Because if the Pillar of Fire came here tonight and was visible to all of us, if there be not a prophet here, the Pillar of Fire could do nothing more than scare the living daylights out of the whole bunch of us.

Couldn't do one thing for you. That's right, I mean what I said. You'd just be terror stricken and run. You couldn't do a thing about it. What do you mean a thing? One guy have this idea, one guy have that idea, another guy have other ideas. Always saying, "What's He come for?" There wouldn't be one of us know the answer. Just like Israel, all they could do is get terrified, It's the Pillar of Fire and thunder, and the earthquake and lightening. And they said, "God let Moses talk." He said, "That's exactly what I wanted you to say." That's exactly how it's going to be, it'll take a prophet. It comes by a prophet. The Word of God comes by the prophet, and Christ is that Word. (See?)

50. Now remember, also that Christ is outside of the church in the Laodicean Church Age. He must be restored to the church, or there is no life in her. What are you going to do about the Bible brother/ sister? You say, "Well, I'll tell you Bro. Vayle, I know why, because like, hallelujah I'll talk in tongues." The devil can talk in tongues so forget it.

Orgo(?) Warell(?) is a spiritist, a Greek Orthodox spiritist and she talks to her mother in other tongues. Her mother's dead. Your tongues evidence went down the drain that time with a bang. I just dropped the sewer lid on it. Not the tongues, but the evidence that you call it, it's impossible. It won't work.

Christ outside the church, and there's no life in the church, because Christ is your life. Now, something has got to happen. Remember, Christ is that Word. (See?) So, the Word must be restored to the Bride, otherwise Malachi 4:5-6, if Elijah doesn't restore then I come and destroy.

51. Now, I know that doesn't meet with my dear friends the fundamentalist's opinion. I know it doesn't. Oh, I know that, known that for a long time. They're going to make me wrong, because they're got to be right. I'm going to tell you one thing folk, I was wrong, but now I'm right. "Once I was blind, now I see."

Once I believed that ridiculous thing, "Millions now living will never die." And yet it always puzzled, if millions now living will never die, how come it's so secret, and how come it's so this and that? They've got about thirty million people going up. They wouldn't …?...

52. Now, let us see this restoration of Christ in the Word in the Bride. Okay, He descends in Revelation 10: in the Pillar of Fire, and becomes the manifested Word amongst the Bride, by the prophet's spirit. Oh yeah, by the prophet's spirit, not yours and mine. "Bro. Vayle, I got the Holy Ghost." Sure, I have too. "Well, that I tell you, I don't believe Bro. Branham was more baptized into Christ than I am." I agree, he is no more a part of the member of Christ than you or I are. I agree that, no problem there. But he's a prophet, and the Word comes by the prophet, not by anybody else. So, the Word descended by the prophet's spirit, not yours and mine. (See?)

Now, there Christ shows the Bride is potential and manifests that It is He Himself amongst her by showing that it is "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and forever." [Heb 13:8] He expresses Himself to the Bride in the end time as He which was to come. That's exactly right, "He which is, which was, and which was to come. He which was to come manifested Himself that it was "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and forever," the Living Word, because he did exactly what Jesus did when He was here on earth so happy …?..

53. All right, this is the Son of man revealed again. Because he did the same thing. Luke 17:26. The Word of God expresses Itself and he does the same works when He was on earth. 1 John 1: All right:

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

The only thing that we didn't do was handle the Word of Life, because He never came back in His flesh. We saw the rest of it. Everything that Jesus did when He was on earth, He did in the presence of the prophet of Almighty God. And remember, the voice of a man doesn't produce what William Branham produced. It was the Voice of God. Just like when Nicodemus came, "And Rabbi, we know You're a man sent from God, I'm looking at a man, but I see only what God can produce, and I'm confused." [Jn 3:2] Well, don't be confused honey child, it's God doing it, and the man there is the Son of man, and the man doing it here in the Twentieth Century is William Branham a prophet.

The prophet is not God, and God is not the prophet. God is there by the prophet in the Pillar of Fire, and is doing the very things that Jesus did when He was here on earth, and the prophet is instructing us, because he is that camera.

54. Okay, now remember, this is Elijah turning the hearts of the children back to the faith of the fathers. [Mal 4:6] And in that period, God expresses Himself in the fullness of His Godhead through the Church. Even through His creative signs and wonders. All these come by Elijah . You say, "How is the Church doing that Bro. Vayle, I thought Bro. Branham did it?"

Well honey, when my hand does something the body's doing it. The branch came forth. But, the prophet is part of the body, so the body is expressing Him the Lord. It is the proof that the Head has returned it takes the Headship of the body. How is she going to get into the Rapture without the Head? Have you ever seen a headless body rises? You better run if you do, and I'm right with you. [laughter] Christ heading up the Bride.

Now listen, the Bride now recognizes now Who He is for the sheep hear the Voice. One God, the Lord Jesus Christ. The defended Word, the manifested Son of man. The Bridegroom, for the cry says, "Behold the Bridegroom" [Mt 25:6b] Every sign points with the Voice to who He is, the Lord of glory, the Great I Am, the Pillar of Fire, the Altogether Lovely, and we're baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, becoming one with that Word by revelation.

55. Oh, the Bride, sure, she recognizes Who He is. She doesn't say, "I think there's a spooky spirit around this place. I think there's someone must be a fortune teller." I agree with Bro. Branham, no man can be under the Pillar of Fire and come out saying, that Jesus is a spirit. No man with the Holy Ghost could brand William Branham as having a false spirit. Because the Bible said, "When a man has 'Thus Saith the Lord', you fear Him."

Not a magazine. No. Not a bunch of tongue talking Pentecostal's, (although some time I do get scared of them, to be honest) not to run them down, but let's paint it just the way picture is. Because if they want to ridicule, I'll stand up here with a sharp tongue as I can get, because Paul was sarcastic, Christ was sarcastic. I can prove it by Scripture, if you challenge me. I'm not trying to justify myself, but I've got every right my brother, my sister to bite down as hard as I can to keep you from swallowing and be fooled by any melee mouth trick of the devil, because you see a few signs and wonders. And a lot of those are lied about.

56. How come one of the greatest ministries in this world never told the truth about a Cuban incident that another man claimed for that miracle down there, not the guy that wrote the book. How come he never confessed then? He couldn't. You like them apples? He doesn’t mind lying. You say, "He didn't lie." Then why didn't he bring the whole truth out that it wasn't his prayers that God honored that day. It was another man's prayers, but his book has the miracle in it.

Shall I bring you some books that show Bro. Branham's crowds? What about right here in Canada, a man goes to Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens, and takes pictures of the Salvation Army crowd of bands there and he said it was his crowd. You want sarcastic? You say, "Bro. Vayle, that's just some of them." Well, honey, "a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit." [Mt 7:18a] If a Pentecostal tree was really good it couldn't bring forth that evil stuff they call their fruit.

You're going to see the same thing in the Bride my brother, my sister, we'll stick with this Word as honest gentlemen, and ladies, God's fearing trusting servants. We won't be getting money, we won't have a golden calf. We won't have to tell lies, we'll be living with that Word in one, then what God does in us will be to His full honor and glory. And there will not be a tongue laid upon it, there won't be a Word laid upon it, it'll be all God to the glory of the Father.

57. I'm not condemning them, they've condemned themselves. You don't have to live by lies. (See?) "The sheep know the Voice and they follow." [Jn 10:27] Here is where fallen Eve, the iniquity already started, fallen Eve, (see?) took the wrong word. Starts her trip back to complete restoration, because her fall was caused by unbelief. As Eve was taken out of Adam and fell, so this Bride was taken out of Christ and fell also. We know that, that's Scripture.

As Adam stood with Eve, though it caused him to fall, so the Word comes to the Bride now and returns her to being the true Bride of the Word, and a true Word Bride through His total redemption. That's right. "Behold, I show you a mystery, we shall not all sleep." [1 Cor 15:51a] The total redemption of the living Bride. (See?) That's right, because if redemption takes the dead out of the ground, His total redemption on her behalf now keeps her from going into the ground. (See?) Christ the Word in the Church taking her back to Himself as a man and wife in the Garden. That is why He came. Can He fail in His mission? Man and woman are one. They are one again, because now she recognizes Him only. His body, His flesh, His Word, not a creed or a dogma, or one single thought of her own. She was in blind obedience to the man that stands the Head of her, which is Christ that Word. She has no thoughts, but His thoughts. She recognizes only Him.

58. All right, where does that leave these preachers who preach outside of this Word? They bring their own ideas. Just stick with what the prophet said. Don't you think he had good reason for saying it? Remember, he said, "If I tell you a lie, I'm a hypocrite." Amen. And the best hypocrite there ever was if he tells you a lie. Because he's the one man who could get to God to find out. Then finding out come back and tell you a mistake? Ho, forget it. I might as well close your book and forget it.

Brother/sister, we're dealing with prophets. We're dealing with the God Who said, "When a man comes in My Name with 'Thus Saith the Lord' and It comes to pass, and never fails, you listen to him, you fear him." That's right. I'm not talking now about men who feel they've got a sense of destiny, I'm talking about a man who's got the destiny. What destiny? Yours and mine in His hands, because God said you fear Him. Not the fellow down the road that can just talk. I can talk, I can talk up a storm you know that now. Can talk up several storms, just get me wound up, and give me my voice. I'll preach for the next three hours. I won't run down. That doesn't mean one thing. Anybody can talk, talk's cheap. Most of the time it is very expensive.

59. But, when you've got to back it up brother/sister, then how come those who yap in his feet, or heels in Chicago when he said, "Take your Bibles (to three hundred and fifty Pentecostal preachers there take your Bibles and stand beside me now." Why didn't they come? Now, I would have been glad to go. I said, "Bro. Branham, I don't understand this, will you help me?" I wouldn't have been carried out first by the Pillar of Fire. No. "Any one, (he said) if one man had dared to move against him, they'd have carried him out feet first." They were scared.

If they were so right, why didn't they come to him? He had 'Thus Saith the Lord', nobody else has got it. No. If anybody else ever gets It, they will say Word for Word what he said, or God lied, when He said, "You hear that man."

60. All right, let's go on. Now redeemed back, (that's the Bride) now redeemed back you can go home with Him to Eternal Life in a human body. That's right, human body, eating and drinking and living forever. Now listen, the Word takes her to His body of flesh as the camel took Rebekah to Isaac. Except Elijah restored He'll come only in wrath. The Head which is Christ is part of the body. Right? And as He rose in total redemption, so now the body, (the Bride) can follow Him up. Why? Because the Head has come down to her.

Remember, that God raised up the body of the Lord, because He, (Jesus) was justified, perfect so death could not hold Him. Now, this perfect Word Bride cannot be held either and she must rise with Him. Why? Because she's perfect! Isn't that right, what more do you want than a virgin? A virgin is an undefiled woman worthy of you, that she may produce your image. You don't need anything else, that's all. Whatever gave you those ideas about those sex-queens and this kind of junk and that kind of muck. Now, that's all He needs is a virgin, then let her be a virgin. And she's perfect. Virgin to what? Word of God. (See?)

61. Now, this perfect Bride cannot be held either, and she must rise with Him. As the Head is part of the Resurrection, (wasn't He part of the Resurrection?) so the Bride is also in the Resurrection, and must complete Him. Because He's the Head, just like Eve completed Adam. Christ the Word is back to His Bride of the Word, (that right, He is) and she being pregnated with His truth. The mind is the womb, and it's with the mind you commit your spiritual fornication. Don't listen to anything but the Word of God revealed by the prophet. Don't even take time for it, testify, confess, preach, don't argue. This is not an argument. I'm trying to teach you and show you where we stand. If we want to argue I could do that, but arguing has no place. Because arguing gets me fussing back and forth. Let's get to what the Word says. (See?)

Now listen, because of Christ the Word she is pregnant with His truth, her mind is closed, therefore her womb now, (which is the mind) is closed to all other seed. (See?) So, she cannot commit adultery. How can the Bride fall when she's pregnant by the Seed of Christ? She is confined to the Word now, (w-o-r-d) and the world, (w-o-r-l-d) has no place in her. She is now a prisoner of the Lord, and she will never denominate, or go into sin. In other words, she can never enter into unbelief.

62. Let me show you something here brother/sister, because I may never have another chance to preach another message on this. But remember, in the Old Testament when a man wondered if his woman that he got was a virgin, they went to the parents and they delivered to him the cloth of her virginity, which was the menstrual cloth. Now listen, what about a menstrual cloth? Let's say that the woman had intercourse but didn’t get pregnant, so she'd have a cycle. (See?) So, what is a true virgin? A true virgin is one who have never been made not only not touched by a man, but the real thing is, she's never been made pregnant by anybody but her husband. And that exactly where we stand as virgins.

It's not that we haven't fooled around with the world, we've fornicated with Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian and our own stupidity, or own ideas. But, I'm sure we only got… [tape cuts out]