Christ is the Mystery no. 109
The End-Time Chronology of Events part 4
Bride-Events
Aug 19 2013
Brian Kocourek
This morning I would
like to speak of the time of the Resurrection since there is much confusion by
many as to what when where and why of this great events.
Now, remember, the
Shout was the Message going forth, then the voice of God which is the time of
the resurrection, then after that the trump being another event which is the
literal catching away.
Now, remember, when we
began this study I read to you from the Rotherham
Bible what he said concerning the word Parousia, what
it meant and when it was to occur, and we noticed he defined it as The Presence
of the Lord coming wherein would be an "epochal and stragetic season", The "season of
His Presence". And the thig that stood
out the most to me was his decalring that this season
would be noted by a series of events would that take place, like a cluster,
like a Roman candle. one event coming out of another
event, then followed by another, and then another out of that until we would
see a whole cluster of events. We also found out that brother Branham's termed
it the great appearing of Christ.
This is what J. B. Rotherham wrote in his Bible called The Emphasized Bible; "In this edition the word Parousia is uniformly rendered
"Presence" ("Coming," as a representative of this word
being set aside.)" "The Parousia,...
is still in the future, and may therefore be enshrouded in a measure of
obscurity which only fulfillment can clear away: In other words,
God interprets his own word by bringing it to pass. He goes on, "It may in fine be both a period, more
or less extended, during which certain things shall happen,
an event, coming on and passing away as one of a series of
Divine interposition's, Christ is raised as a first fruit, that is one
event; He returns and vouchsafes His "Presence," (that's the vindication, which is another event) During which time He raises His own (This is
resurrection he's talking about and he says), That
is another event, However large and prolonged; and finally
comes another cluster of events constituting "The End."
Hence after all, "Presence" may be the most widely and permanently
satisfying translation of the looked for Parousia of the Son of Man."
From the chapter on the Introduction,
Revelation of Jesus Christ CPT 1 brother Branham said, Though this volume will concern itself with various major
doctrines (such as the Godhead, Water Baptism, etc.) found in Revelation,
chapters One through Three, its main theme is the setting forth of a detailed
study of the Seven Church Ages.
This is necessary in order to study and
understand the rest of the Revelation, for out of the Ages come the
Seals, and out of the Seals come the Trumpets, and out of the
Trumpets come the Vials. Like the first burst of a Roman candle, the
Church Ages come forth with a mighty initial illumination, without which there
could be no further light.
And if you have ever attended any great fire works, the best is saved
for the last and the fireworks always ends with a huge display beginning with
one lone Roman Candle going up, then out of it comes another and another until
the whole sky is illuminated and then silence, constituting the end. And that
is what we are now in the midst of at this moment.
Now all this takes place under the Parousia Presence or
Appearing as brother Branham called it.
The Appearing then is an introduction to His Second Coming, and without
it we would still be wondering How, When, Where, What and Why, etc.
The Appearing is that portion of time or season, "an epochal
season" whereby we are ushered into a transitory state, a rapture. It is the season where after coming out of Egypt
so to speak they had to reach a point where their coming out turned into an
entering in. To come out of Egypt was not enough. They had to enter in. It took
the Holy Spirit in form of Pillar of fire to lead them into the promised land. As John the Baptist's ministry fore ran the
first Coming, so too this ministry of Elijah in our day was to fore run the
Second Coming of Christ. An introduction. Johns ministry was not The Coming, but The Coming of Christ
was subsequent to it Then, as you can see, there is a difference between the
appearing and the coming, as Brother Branham said in the Message End-Time Evangelism" he said "Now, we have already seen and are witnessing
the appearing of the Lord.
Notice that is present tense he is talking about.
Now remember, appearing and coming are "two different words, to
appear and then" to come. Now is the appearing, He's already
appeared in these last few days. Right here with us in the last few years. Now, it's a sign" of His Coming."
And from his sermon, Convinced and then
concerned 62-0521 P:31 Now, John was so sure that he was going to see the Messiah,
till he said, "He's in our midst now." Now, watch. Notice.
There's a great big difference in the sign of Jesus appearing, and then Jesus
coming. There's two different words, means
two different things: the appearing of the Lord, and the coming
of the Lord. Now, the appearing of the Lord is now, when He's
appearing in His people, His Spirit working among them, proving
that it's Him with them, getting them ready for the rapture, for the coming
of the Lord to catch away His, the Bride (See?): the appearing and the
coming. All right. Now. Now,
the thing we have to do if we can believe it, and be concerned about it, first
we've got to be convinced that it is God. Then when we're convinced, then we
are concerned.
Notice that brother Branham cautions us to remember that these are in
fact two different words and being two different words they mean two different thins, two different events.
He says that The Appearing is a sign of
His Coming. Then he reminds us of the parable of the thief, "if the good man had known what hour the thief was coming he
would not have suffered his house to be broken into."
So in essence he is instructing u to be watchful, vigilant and careful.
And this sign of the appearing is a sign given that an epochal season is in
process or in motion. But remember, it is a sign only, it is not the event
itself."
Now,
remember the events unfold in 1 Thessalonians 4;13 to 18, which are a shout, a voice
and a trump, which is what the Lord Himself does. So if he does
them, then they can not be done without His presence being there to do them. But notice in Chapter 5 Paul tells us more
about the time of these three events.
1 Thessalonaians
5:1 But of the
times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write
unto you. 2 For
yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a
thief in the night. 3 For
when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh
upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Now, notice it is not you and I that say peace and
safety, but he says when they say it then sudden destruction cometh, and they
shall not escape. So what we have to understand about these events is that they
involve two groups of peoples. One who will be saved from the destruction that
comes, and the other who will be destroyed.
Then he tells us, 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness,
that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Now, notice the
language Paul uses here. He says, "But ye,
brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you
as a thief." In other words, " But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning
them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope",
and that is the same language he used in 1
Thessaolonians 4:13. And then he goes
on to tell us about three events that we need to be aware of, a Message, a resurrection, and a trump, and
they all make up an epochal season.
I Thessalonians 5:5 Ye are all the children of light, and the
children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 6 Therefore
let us not sleep, as do others; but
let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep sleep
in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. 8 But let
us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and
love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. 9 For God
hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus
Christ, 10 Who died for us, that, whether we
wake or sleep, we should live together with him. 11 Wherefore
comfort yourselves together, and edify (build up) one another, even as also ye do. 12 And we beseech you,
brethren, to know them which labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; 13 And to esteem
them very highly in love for their work's sake. And
be at peace among yourselves. 14 Now we exhort you,
brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the
weak, be patient toward all men. 15 See that none
render evil for evil unto any man; but ever
follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
Now, the Wuest
translation of 1 Thessalonians 5 reads this way. But concerning the duration of the successive intervals of
time, and the epoch-making periods of time, brethren, you have no
need that I should be writing unto you, for you yourselves know positively that
the day of the Lord comes in the same manner as a Thief in the night. etc.
And he warns them to be on the alert, to
know, and to understand what this season, this epochal season will bring forth,
both for them who believe bringing them a way of escape, but for all others it
will bring forth a complete destruction.
Now, how is it that Paul understood what was
going to eventually happen in this end time, nearly 2,000 years before we are actually
seeing it coming to pass? Because this is the law
of Blessing and Cursing that God gave through Moses in Deuteronomy 28. And anyone who claims to know
their Bible would understand that what we are seeing in this hour is the
complete fulfillment of Deuteronomy 28,
The Book of Two laws, the law of Blessing and the law of the Curse. and it all comes as a result of your attitude towards the
Word.
And if you would read Deuteronomy 28 which we do not have time this
morning to do, you will see the first 14
verses show us what the blessings will be and the entire rest of the chapter 54 more verses show what the curses will be.
Now, as for brother Vayle having used this
term in defining the Parousia as an epochal and strategic
season, you can see that he got it from the Wuest
translation.
Now, I know this because he told me in 1983
when he showed me his copy of this translation and encouraged me to get a
copy for myself.
And a season: is simply a period
of time, so it is not a flash, but a season is marked by certain
events, fall for example is a season marked with colors in the trees as
the leaves are dying. The air is cooling and the weather is dryer, and the air
is clear. The winter season also is marked with a different
characteristics in the weather. In the northern hemisphere we see snow,
in the southern hemisphere there is cold and lots of rain.
But a season is marked or noted by specified kinds of
characteristics that take place during a certain duration of time that the
season.
And the word epochal comes from the root
epoch which is a period of time considered in terms of
noteworthy and characteristic events, developments, persons, etc. Such as the characteristics and persons mentioned in the book of Malachi the fourth chapter. The person
mentioned is Elijah, and the events mentioned are the restoration
of the hearts of the children to the Fathers, and their being saved from the
wrath of God. But complete destruction of those whose hearts are not restorable.
so we see the events of a Message to restore the
hearts, we see a rejection of that Message, we see a saving and we see a
destruction for those not saved.
These are all events concerning the ministry of Elijah
at the end time.
Now, remember, brother Branham cautioned us to
remember that the Appearing and Coming are in fact two different words and two
different events. He says that it is a sign of His Coming. And he reminded us
of the parable of the Thief as Paul also warned us to be ever vigilant for he
said, "if the good man had known what hour the thief was coming he
would not have suffered his house to be broken into". And the
sign of the Appearing is a sign given that an epochal and strategic season
is in process or in motion. But remember, it is a sign only,
it is not the event itself.
And in 1 Peter we see that Peter deals with the time and
season of the rapture in a manner as he does in 2 Peter
1:1-11, but in the rest of 2nd Peter
he goes into the full mechanics which are left out in 1 Peter.
So we are looking at
the events of this season marked by its epochal nature
or characteristics identifying the season by the very characteristics of the
events that take place.
Now, this morning I
would like to continue looking at the events that have transpired under the
time of the Appearing and those events which are still in process of coming to
completion.
Now, before we begin to look at the time of the
resurrection, we must understand there are events happening right now that are
being set up for the time of the
resurrection and rapture of the church.
1) We've already
mentioned an Epiphanaea of Christ and we saw it.
2) We've already
mentioned the Apokalupsis of Christ which was his
unveiling, or revealing himself in this hour.
3) Then there has been a
Phaneroo of Christ as he revealed himself in his true
character,
4) But there must
also be a Phaneroo of the Bride of Christ. as Paul said, "when Christ
who is our Life shall Phaneroo, so shall we also phaneroo with him in the same doxa",
the same values, the same opinions, the same judgments. Colossians 3:4 And the word Phaneroo
means to manifest in ones true character. so there has
to be a Phaneroo of GHod
which was in His prophet to us, and then there has to be a response, and that
is God working in us to will and to do. The same God who worked through His
prophet now "working in You
to will and to do". Because it's the same Life, "when Christ who is our Life" see, then if it phaneroo'd in one vessel then that same life
must also phaneroo in any other vessel
that same life comes into.
As brother Branham said, in describing the Appearing,
he said, There's two
different words, means two different things: the appearing of the Lord,
and the coming of the Lord. Now, the appearing of the Lord is now,
when He's appearing in His people,(and people is plural, many. Then he says,) His Spirit working among them, proving
that it's Him with them, (notice His spirit working
among them is God through His prophet, proving that it's Him with them, is God
vindicating His prophet, but notice what it is for? He says,) getting them (plural, not singular, but
getting them the bride) ready for
the rapture, for the coming of the Lord
to catch away His, the Bride (See?): the appearing and the coming. All right. Now. Now, the thing we
have to do if we can believe it, and be concerned about it, first we've got to
be convinced that it is God. Then when we're convinced, then we are concerned.
5) We've already
mentioned that a time of gathering together is a characteristic or an epoch of
the season, Israel gathered to her homeland, The Bride gathered to the Word,
and the anti Christ people gathered politically into the United nations and spiritually in the world council of churches.
6) We saw a season of healing campaigns, the true Vine and
the false Vine, both with healing campaigns to identify the Presence of the
Great Physician as we saw in malachi 4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness
arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves
of the stall. And we know that William Branham interpreted that
scripture to us in his sermon, What is the attraction? 65-0725E P:48
Let us turn over to another Scripture in the Old Testament, Malachi, the
4th chapter, and read that little 4th chapter....But unto you that fear my name
shall the Sun of righteousness rise with healing campaigns, healing
in his wing;... you shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall...
7) Then we had the
opening of the Seals and all the mysteries being revealed.
8) Another event we have will be the adoption of children to Jesus Christ. We
know this will be completed at the time of the resurrection when we receive the
change of the body as Paul said in Romans 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves
also, which have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within
ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. And in
Ephesians 1:14 Which
is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased
possession, unto the praise of his glory.
But we know that we already have the spirit of
adoption in us, as Paul said in Romans 8:15 For ye have not received the
spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of
adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
So we already have this spirit of Adoption which is the baptism of the
Holy Ghost, but as brother Branham said, if we are not the right kind of son,
we will not be adopted.
Hear ye Him 57-0322 P:42 The father taken his son, which
had been his son since birth. Now, if the son had not been a good child, it
would never have any inheritance. That's right. It just went on as a son. But
the father couldn't trust the child; he had no inheritance.
Hear ye Him 62-0711 P:52 Now. Notice in the Old Testament
now, this boy when he was born into a family... Now, the first thing the father
did after he got old enough to begin to be taught... Now, he's a son when he's
born, certainly. He's the family name. He's got it. But he has no
inheritance yet. He has to find out what kind of a person that's going to be
before he has an inheritance.
Hear ye Him 60-0313 P:30 And then if that child (that son)
did not obey and was not obedient child, it never was no more than a son; it
remained a son, but yet it had no inheritance. Now, we don't want to stay
in that place. The church ought to be a thousand miles up the road farther than
it is tonight. The Pentecostal blessings has been
falling on the people here in America for fifty years; and if anything, we're
dwindling instead of going on. "What are you preaching such as this for,
Brother Branham?" I want to see the church of God in deep sincerity; I
want to see the old fashioned prayer meetings. I want to see them times when
they can't leave church; they just stay all night, and pray, and fast, and call
out till God answers. Instead of that, it seem like love has dwindled away from
us. The love of God... just love...Why, a real Christian can hardly wait: when
the bell rings, he's got the front seat, and there ready with the song book in
his hand. But now, we say, "Oh, my, I don't know." Oh, blest be the
tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love; The
fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. When we asunder part, It
gives us inward pain; But we shall still be joined in heart, And
hope to meet again. That's the way real Christianity is a living experience.
Pentecost is not a denomination; Pentecost is an experience that anybody can
have if they'll wish to have it. It's something that you experience, the Holy
Spirit.
Hear ye Him 60-0313 P:37 Now, you see, Jesus had proven
to God that He'd been the right kind of Son. And God took Him up on the top
of the mountain, brought witnesses out there--heavenly witnesses and earthly
witnesses--and He clothed Him in immortality. When they looked up, they said,
"His garments shined like the sun." A supernatural something taken
place. His garments glistened like the sun in its middle of the day, as white
as they could be. God placed on Him the robe of immortality, showing that He
had received Him. That's the thing that God will do to His sons here on
earth some day. He will call you aside, Church, if you'll only obey Him
and stay on the Word and believe it. And He will place into the Church,
before the coming of Jesus Christ... He will place into the Church...
All the powers that Christ had in Him will be in the Church. All that God
was, He poured into Jesus; all that Jesus was, He pours into the Church. God
wanting His work done, He sent it into His Son; the Son wanting the work
done, sent it into the Church. "At that day you'll know that I'm
in the Father, the Father in Me, and I in you, and you in Me." At that day, because
the same power of God, was in Jehovah God, rested in Jesus Christ. The same
power that rested in Jesus Christ, rests in the placed sons in the body of
Christ.
So we see this
is still part of the cluster of events constituting the Parousia or Appearing
of Christ. And we are yet to see this in the church, as he said here. I know
we've seen it in the prophet, but remember he was like the first fruit
offering, and so we are looking for God to see His own Life manifested in His
Bride as he did in the prophet, and in His own son.
But brother Branham was looking for the capstone ministry of the bride
as we see in his sermon, the Paradox 64-0418B P:79 Look at those
four patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. Abraham,
calling, Isaac, election, (or vice versa) Abraham, election, and Isaac,
calling, Jo--Jacob, grace, Joseph, perfection. Nothing
against him. That's God working His way out. Watch. Luther,
Wesley, Pentecost, and the capstone, when the church and the Word
becomes the same: same thing exactly, perfectly.
10) Another Event we are waiting on is the capstone ministry of Christ in
the bride, as Paul said, we must put on Christ and grow up into Christ, and as
John said 1
John 4:17
Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we
in this world. This doesn't speak of the Millennium, it speaks
of in this world we will be as he is.
1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we
shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear,(phaneroo) we shall be
like him; for we shall see him as he is. 3 And
every man that hath this hope in him purifies himself, even as he (God) is pure. And how do we purify ourselves? By the washing of water by the Word.
Psalms 119:9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Stature of a perfect man 62-1014M P:140 When a man or woman possess this,
then the Capstone comes down and seals them into the Kingdom of God which is
the Holy Ghost. Then the Word, coming from here, manifests Itself through each one of these beings (See?), and
makes its complete being a tabernacle of the living God, a walking, living
example of Christianity. What Christ was, these people are, because His
Life is in here; they are in Christ, and their life is dead and hid in Christ
through God, and sealed in there by the Holy Ghost: I Corinthians 12. That's right. See? You
reckon yourself dead. Then you're born of faith, then virtue, and these
other things that's added to you till you're a perfect
living image of God.
It is I be not afraid 60-0329 P:30 Now,
we're going just in above that for the capstone. The Church has got to be like...
The Spirit in the church and the Spirit that's in Him has to be the same.
11) And while we
are on this thought of not receiving the change of the body until we have
manifested ourselves as obedient sons, as Brother Branham said, we've got to be
the right kind of son, so that takes us to the next event which is the
manifestation of the sons of God. So I see this manifestation as our conforming
tot he Image of the first born son as we see in Roman
8.
Romans 8:16 The
Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that
we are the children of God: 17 And if children,
then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer
with him, that we may be also glorified together.18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this
present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed
in us. 19 For
the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for
the manifestation of the sons of God. 20 For the
creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who
hath subjected the same in hope, 21 Because
the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into
the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we
know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within
ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the
redemption of our body.... 29 For
whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be
conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover
whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also
justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
So we see another
series of Events is the manifestation of the sons of God. As I mentioned
before, I have several quotes where this seems to be placed in the millennium
by brother Branham but then we have several quotes where he places this
manifestation of sons in this hour before the body change. So we have to take
all of them and learn to balance out our doctrine with all the prophets have
said. Not just select the ones that fit our doctrine, but make our doctrine to
fit the quotes and scriptures.
Now, during this time of the Shout there is a whole lot of things that
have to take place including the Spirit of Adoption which is the Spirit of
Wisdom and Revelation in the knowledge of Him that we have already discussed,
then the manifestation or revealing of the sons of God as brother Branham said,
we come to a place where those who see us can see the Life revealed in us, and
manifested through us that we are sons of God, getting us ready for the
physical adoption, the change of the body change. That is to take place this
side of the resurrection, when sons will manifest themselves and find their
right position in the body of Christ. Then the fullness of the adoption when we
receive our body change, as Paul said, "The
adoption to whit the redemption of our body."
Now, as for the manifestation of the sons of God, brother Branham says
some things that seem to place this side of the resurrection and some things
that seem to place it in the millennium. Let me read for you some things he
says that seems to go either way, and then give you what I think he is saying.
Adoption or placing 60-0522E P:44 Go right back to Genesis, to the
original; what is it? Now, the world and nature is groaning, crying;
everything's a moving what? For the manifestation of the sons of God, when
true sons, born sons, filled sons speak and their word is backed. I believe
we're on the border of it right now. Yes, sir. Say to this mountain, let it be so." Brother, I desire so-and-so, a
certain thing done. I'm a believer in Jesus Christ.""I
give it to you in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ." There's a
manifestation." Oh, brother, my crops are burning up out yonder. I
haven't had any rain." "I'll send you a rain in the Name of the
Lord God...?... bless your crop." Oh,
waiting, groaning, all nature, waiting for the manifestations of the sons of
God. God ordained it at the beginning. He gave man the domain.
Now, we all know that took place in the life of William Branham. Look at
Haddie Wright and others who were give life, the
fishes given life, etc. As for the illustration brother Branham spoke of with
rain, I had an
experience years ago on my way to Rapid City South Dakota back when I was about
25, I was driving through South Dakota and they had been hit with a real hard
drought. I stopped into a small restaurant along the side of the road, and
ordered a hamburger. As I waited for it to cook, I over heard the farmers
talking about how bad the drought was. I didn't say anything to them, I just
listened. So as I got my hamburger from the cook, I turned to walk out the
door, and I said to the man sitting at the table, "You will have your
rain", and I opened the door and walked out to my car. And as I got in the
car and drove away, within a minute or so after speaking those words, the rain
started coming down real good.
When the rain started I said to myself,
"the Bible says you will entertain angels unawares". I wonder if
those men thought that young guy who told them they will get the rain they needed was an angel?
I've always wondered about that.
I remember another time we were to get off work at Otis Elevator in
Bloomington Indiana and about a half hour before we were to go home a huge rain
storm like a monsoon, huge drops of rain suddenly broke out. We finished our
work as the rain beat against our windows and as it got time to leave, no one
wanted to go out in that drenching rain. So
a guy I worked Gary Morgan, he came up to me and he said, "I
know you talk to God a lot, could you ask him to stop the rain long enough for
us to get to our cars?" I said, sure it won't hurt to ask. And so I
bowed my head and asked for our father to stop the rain long enough for us to
get to our cars. asked for God to stop the rain long
enough for us to get to our cars, and within seconds the wind stopped blowing,
the rain stopped coming down and we ran out of that place and got to our cars.
A few miunutes later the storm started up again.
Now, look, I don't claim to be a manifested son, at least not like we
will be with our body change in the Millennium, but I do believe that we are
supposed to manifest ourselves as sons of God, and so we do what sons of God
do. we live like sons of God because that is what we
are. Now, that doesn't mean that we have what we may manifest over there saying
to this mountain move over here and all, but if we are not manifesting
ourselves as sons of God in an obedient manner then how do we expect to receive
a body change which is the consummation of our adoption.
Didn't brother Branham tell us "what you are here is a reflection
of what you are somewhere else?
Position in Christ 60-0522M P:111 I want us to see how well you
know your Scripture. Tell me when I get off the line. And He said unto the
them, "Go ye into all the world, preach the Gospel to
every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved. He that
believeth not shall be damned. These signs shall follow them that believe; In
My Name they shall cast out devils (Is that all true?), speak with new tongues, take up serpents." Now, I'm going to quote to you in
Matthew...Now, and listen. I ask any historian. Now, this is on tape; this goes
to all the world. I ask any historian to come to me and
bring me any text of Scripture, any text of--or not Scripture, any text of
Scripture or any history, any verse of history that ever showed that any
Protestant, that anybody ever baptized in the name of "Father, Son, Holy
Ghost" until the Catholic church ordained it in the Nicene Council. Now,
that's on tape; it goes across the world, thirty-seven different languages
they're translated in. I'll pay your way across the ocean. That's right.
"Father Son, and Holy Ghost" is a false,
bogus Catholic dogma, and not a Christian baptism. Right.
Luther brought it from the Catholic church with
catechism; Wesley adopted and come on. But this is the day of the
manifestation of the sons of God, when the mysteries that been hid since the
foundation of the world is to be made known. This is the hour. Sure.
Manifested sons of God 60-0518 P:27 Now, and in the Bible, we're
living in the last days, the top of the pyramid, the crossed fishes of the
cancer age in the zodiac, in the time of the coming of the Leo the lion, in the
capping Stone, and in the days of the manifestation of the sons of God in
the Bible. See? See where we're at? We're right at the end time.
Now, I have read three quotes where brother Branham said this is the day
for the manifestation of the sons of God, and now I am going to read two where
it appears from the quotes that we will manifest as sons in the millennium.
To whom would we go 60-0606 P:61 The whole world is waiting for
the coming of the Lord Jesus, when men will again take the domain on the earth
here, and all trees and everything else will live, and all animal life and
everything else, waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God. Oh,
brother, this...
This quote appears that the coming of the Lord Jesus is a precursor to
the manifestation of the sons of God. But he is actually talking about the
return to like it was in Eden, which is Millennium. But that does not negate
our manifesting our selves as sons, because as we have already read the quotes
and scriptures, that unless we manifest true sonship, we will not get a body
change or inheritance.
Questions and answers COD 62-0527 P:72 Where is that one that's going to
sow that seed for that end-time church? Where is that ripening seed, that promised Elijah? And immediately after his days
shall the great tribulation set in and burn the earth.
And then at the return of the church and the Bride, the Bride and Christ
shall walk out upon their ashes in the millennium, when the earth is
purified by fire. And there they shall reign. And the
heathens that's never heard the Gospel shall be raised in that
time, and the sons of God will be manifested. If he's to reign, he's got to
have something to reign over; he's got a domain. "And they
ruled and reigned with Christ," and Christ ruled with a rod of
iron the nations. Then the Gospel... Then the manifested sons of God with
the authority just like He had when He was here (See?), there will come
the millennium in that reign (See?), upon the ashes.
Hear ye Him 60-0806 P:46 God put people on the earth, man
to control the earth. The Bible said that a man is a god. Did you know that? He
sure is. Jesus said, "Is it not written in your laws, that you are
gods?" And if they're gods, the prophets, who in the Word God came to, how
can you condemn Me when I say, 'I'm the Son of
God?'" See? They're gods, fallen gods. They get a domain, the world.
They're supposed to take care of it. The trees and the animal life, everything's
waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God, when'll
they'll be manifested on the earth. Oh come, Lord Jesus, is my
prayer. Oh, for the great millennium when they'll be manifested. We're
getting ready now for this time to come. The church has got to get ready.
Now, as I see it, we are to press toward the mark of the high calling
now, and what I believe we need for adoption is an obedient nature as any good son
has. Remember, brother Branham taught us that unless we are the right kind of
son, we will not be adopted. So that in essence is unless we manifest the right
attitude as sons.
Now, I know that manifesting obedience is what The Son of God manifested,
and I know that he could do nothing of Himself but what God showed him to do.
So as for us going around and rearranging nature to suite our own fancy, I do
not see it. But should God call on us to do whatever pleases him to be done,
then we already have enough power to create worlds into existence and go live
on them according to Br. Branham, and Jesus himself who said, "if you have the faith to do it, you could say to this
mountain be moved and don't doubt and it will move."
God's prophet's all had that sort of faith. And beside until you manifest
your sonship there is no way you will get a body
change. So we are still waiting the Transformation Spiritual to finish, that is
our laying in the presence of the son to ripen, then our body change at the
voice of the resurrection, then the catching up.
Now, remember each of these is a series of events, so we should not look for the resurrection
to be instantaneous, because in Jesus day at the first half of the first
resurrection, he spent 6 weeks with the brethren and the resurrected saints
which had come up were seen by many witnesses.
Wednesday night we will look
at the time of the Resurrection, and the events that coi9ncide with it, because
while we are going through that series of events there is a whole lot of
economical catastrophe taking place in the earth that coincides with the going
home of the gentile bride, as brother Branham explains in the first Seal.
Then there is the
tribulation and plagues and the greatest depression and all, but we will be gone
when these things happen, so look how close it is at hand my brothers and
sisters,
Let us pray.