Christ is the Mystery no. 116
Chronology of End Time Events part 11
The Tribulation and Armageddon
September 11, 2013
Brian Kocourek
Revelations 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon
the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of
the kings of the east might be prepared. 13 And I saw three unclean
spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the
dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 For they are the spirits of devils,
working miracles, which go forth unto the kings
of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great
day of God Almighty. 15 Behold, I come as a thief.
Blessed is he that watcheth,
and keepeth his garments, lest he walk
naked, and they see his shame. 16 And he gathered them
together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. 17 And the
seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice
out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
It is interesting that since
the mid 70's the military has been preparing their
officer corpse for the last war WWIII which they have believed will take place in
the middle east.
In the summer of 1975 I went
through officer candidate school for ten weeks (basically my entire summer
vacation). During the course of our training the emphasis was given to us that
we were no longer being trained for jungle warfare but for warfare in the middle east. So what we see taking place over the last dozen
or so years with dessert storm and Afghanistan, and Libya, and now Syria, and soon to be Iran, is a war plan that was drawn up more
than 40 years ago, (an entire generation ago).
What is interesting is that the
Bible predicted this great battle over two thousands years ago to come at the
end of time before the Millennium, and we are seeing the fulfillment of it in
this end time season.
223 QA
on Genesis COD 11-58 -- 53-0729 Look how the "abomination" of
Daniel, and so forth, you know, when Jesus said. "When the great Prince shall come, He will
prophesy a thousand and two hundred and threescore days," which was three years and six
months. And that's exactly what Jesus preached. He come
to the Jews alone, then He will be cut off for a sacrifice for the people.
"And that abomination maketh desolation,"
the Mohammedans set up the Moslem of Omar there. "And they would
tread down the walls of Jerusalem until" (Whew! Until
what?) "the Gentile dispensation be
fulfilled." And then He will return to the Jews again, and there's when
the Battle of Armageddon takes... There He called the Gentiles, to take a
people out for His Name, His Bride, Notice. Yes, sir.
The hundred and forty-four thousand are all redeemed Jews that's got to stand
there yet.
QA Image of the Beast 54-0515 P:129 47. Will
the prophecy of Ezekiel 38 and 39 be fulfilled before the rapture? I think not. I think the next thing we
look for is the rapture of the church. And then that's when Gog and Magog comes down is the
Russian armies who comes in after...Look. Mr. Bohanon,
who used to be the superintendent here in the Public Service Company, a very
fine Christian man... And he talked to me one day; he said, "Billy, I
tried to read, and I tried to ask my pastor to explain Revelation." Said,
"We got over there and we got it all mixed up." Said, "John
must've been eating some--something that night and had a dream." I said,
"Mr. Bohanon, shame on you." I said...He
said, "Well, no one can understand that." I said, "Not no natural man, but the Holy Spirit can reveal it."
He said, "Well, looky here, Billy." He
said, "The Bride was standing on Mount Sinai. And here was the water
spurted out of the mouth where the dragon was making and brought war with the
Bride. And the Bride was in heaven at the same time. Figure that out."
211 Questions and Answers 54-0103.1M Then what come? Now, look! Oh, when I think of
this, my heart jumps. Now He said, "Hold the four winds until" (in
other words) "we seal the servants of our God in their forehead." The servants, the "Jews." (John
turned, said, "I seen a hundred and forty-four thousand sealed
away.") Now, the winds all started in, and they would have covered the
earth and the battle of Armageddon would have took
place in the First World War, but...
Questions
and Answers 54-0103.1M Red Sea and all these things they're putting
out in the fields that's there, the Jews, real rich, then that same thing will
pollute their camp again. Yeah! They'll come right down, the cities of the
world. Russia will come down, say,
"We just got to have that stuff. That's uranium and everything down there, we got to go get it." And as they go down, then
will be the battle of Armageddon. That'll be when God will stand like He
did in the valley for the children of Israel and fight again. But that'll
take place until the Gentile dispensation will be finished. And when that time
is finished, she's cut off.
259 The
Mark of the Beast 54-0513
Now, oh, when I read this, sometime my heart leaps
for joy, all right, when I think of how that we're living here in the last day.
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings,
which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with
the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength to the
beast. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them. There comes the Battle of Armageddon; ready
for the Millennium. For he is the Lord of lord, and the
King of king. (Don't be shook up) And they that are with him are called,
the chosen. Not you; He has. You got the Holy Ghost, you ought to shout
victory. God chose you before the foundation of the world. If you can't see
Gospel Light, it's because you're just blind. Chosen,
and faithful. And he said unto me, The waters which
thou sawest, where the whore sits, are peoples,
multitudes, and nations, and tongues. In
other words, this woman setting here, the church, is going to give out her
doctrine to every people, multitude, and tongue. There she is. She had
rule over them. She is setting over them, the power dominating them.
She is setting on seven hills, clothed in scarlet, decked
the richest in the world. There she is. And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall...Watch now, you're
coming into the powers of communism. These shall hate the whore, and shall make
her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
The Mark of the Beast 54-0513 E-42 Notice, the very next verse, the 12--13th verse, "Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord."
What's the next? Armageddon.
Church is gone then after the third angel's message. We was preaching
the other day in the church, of them angels, and giving the seven last angels, and
the angel's message. And this special anointing come of those three ages, those
three last angels. Notice now in
Revelations 7. John, packed away in the Spirit, into glory, and he saw this
coming, he said, "I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the
earth, holding the four winds." Now, listen close, keep your
Scriptures ready to be written. "Holding the four winds, that the
wind should not blow up on the earth, until they had sealed the servants of our
God in their forehead."
Now, compare that with Ezekiel 9.
See Him come forth with slaughtering weapons and hold until the writer went
forth and sealed.
E-32 Beginning
and Ending of the Gentile Dispensation 55-0109.2E Now, Daniel is given this assurance that at
the end of the Gentile dispensation... Read when you go home,
tomorrow read the 11th chapter. You can see how the king of the north is coming
down, which is nothing else but Russia. Coming down to
press against it, like a whirlwind. And
the great battle of Armageddon will be fought right there near the gates of
Jerusalem. Notice, oh, I love this.
"And at that time
thy people shall be delivered, every one that's been found written in that book," the Lamb's Book of Life. "Michael, the great prince, shall stand up." For what? For thy people. All right. "And many of them that sleep in the dust of
the earth shall awake."
When? When these times take place. "And some to everlasting life, and
some to shame and everlasting contemptment."
33 Just as sure as there's an Everlasting Life, there's an everlasting
departure. It determines on how you treat Jesus Christ in your life. If you love Him, and born again and got His Spirit, you've got
Everlasting Life. If you don't, you have not Everlasting Life. If your
name is written on the Lamb's Book of Life, you have immortal Life. If it's not
written there, you'll not be recognized. What is it? All those prophesies are
fulfilled, everything right down to this time.
34
The head of gold has passed away as Daniel said it would, the Babylonian
kingdom. Succeeding that He said would be the Medes and Persian. They succeeded
the Babylonian kingdom, and they fell away to who? The Grecians, Alexander the Great. And they fell away, to
what? The Romans. And the Romans broke up to all the world, the eastern and western Rome, the two legs.
And he said iron and clay was on the toes, the ten toes, the ten kingdoms. And
he said they wouldn't mix, and they'd intermarry among one another, Romanism
and Protestantism. And in that day when this thing exists, then the
Stone was hewed out of the mountain without hands and rolled in and broke the
thing to pieces. And it took the place of the image.
35
So, my brethren, we're having troubles tonight: wars, rumors of wars,
earthquakes in divers places, perplexed of time,
distress between nations. I've just come back from overseas, and I haven't
seen a nation but what's trembling in their shoes. They don't know
what's going to take place next. But aren't we thankful tonight that we do know
what's going take place next? The Lord Jesus Christ
shall come the second time in glory and majesty, and every one that ever was
found written in the Lamb's Book of Life shall rise with their loved ones to
meet the Lord in the air. Oh, what a marvelous thing. That's the reason
we say our hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' Blood with righteousness.
All around my soul gives way, He's all our hope and
stay.
36
"And at that time Michael shall stand, the great prince." Michael
was Christ, of course, Who fought the angelic wars
in heaven with the devil. Satan and Michael fought together, or fought against
each other, rather. And now... And at that time," He said, "as many was found written in the book was
delivered, and those who had done righteous..." Watch at this.
And they that--and they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the
firmament; and they that turn away many to righteousness as the stars for ever.
E-58 The Arrow of God's Deliverance 56-0801 Heavenly Father, now, the great strategic time is at hand. The time is at hand
when... I have witnessed to You with all my heart.
I've tried with all my heart to correct, and to exalt the Kingdom of God, and
to bring down judgments upon the people. And they have repented, Lord. Many
have raised their hands with honest confessions that they're ashamed of their
sinful life. God, I don't believe one raised their hands that You didn't forgive. And
now to show them that You're here, not that You have too, anymore, but may You
appear in here in such a physical manner tonight that they'll see and be happy
that they raised their hands to a God that lives. And when we're living in this
great strained time, we look at the
papers, we see the great Armageddon coming up. We see the tanks, the atomic
bombs. We see the end of the Gentiles is at hand. We see the world ripe.
We see sin on every hand. It's time now. It's at hand. God, we're so glad that we've got a living
God. We've got One who promises He's right here with
us, showing Himself visible among us. And
we thank Thee for it. Will You let Your humble
servant, by Your predestinated gift, represent You tonight before Your people,
I pray, as I humble myself before you. In the Name of Jesus,
Thy Son. Amen.
QA God being misunderstood COD
61-0723E P:44 143. Will Ezekiel 38 and 39 come to pass before the rapture? Now if you will notice, Ezekiel 38 and 39 deals with Gog and Magog, which is Russia, the north country. Now,
I do not say that this is correct, but to my way of teaching it, that, it comes
to pass after the rapture, after the church is taken up. And God deals with
Gog and Magog when they come down before Israel there. And I think that will come
to pass after the rapture. Now, that doesn't make it so. See? But that's
just my way of teaching it. I suppose that's what they wanted to know, what my
idea was.
83 Seventy
Weeks of Daniel DA 89-141 -- 61-0806
Now, let me stop right here just a minute. That you might know beyond
one shadow of doubt, I just wouldn't take that one place. I can take it through
the entire Scriptures and prove you that one week is seven years in the Bible.
I just did it over here in Revelation the 11th chapter and the 3rd verse. Them prophets will prophesy one thousand
two hundred and three-score days, which is in the midst of the last week of the
Jews. Then they're cut off and the
Armageddon sets in. Then if that be so, there it is again exactly
thirty days in a month. See? Then it's not no
thirty-one days and twenty-eight days and so forth--it's exactly thirty days in
a month each time.
215 Seventy
Weeks of Daniel DA 89-141 -- 61-0806 And,
oh, watch these two prophets, when they raise up here. And in the middle of the
week they're cut off like that, and then starts the
battle of Armageddon, then God begin to speak Himself. Then He stands and
begins to fight. That prophets are striking the earth.
They're preaching the Name of Jesus Christ. They're baptizing the same way.
They're doing the same thing that the first Pentecostals fathers did, and many
are following them. But that who's confederated, that organization moved right
on down, and even the power of those prophets didn't break it. And finally they
said, "We will make it all one organization," and he brings in (what
is it?) the abomination, Romanism, to over-spread the whole thing that makes
desolation. The abomination that maketh desolation
takes in everything, the filthiness.
220 Seventy Weeks of Daniel DA 89-141 -- 61-0806 DA 89-141 -- 61-0806 Now I just had you all to repeat it over:
"Keep your eyes on Russia."
You remember that? "Keep your eyes on Russia. She will all wind up in
Communism. And then it'll all wind up finally in Catholicism. Remember, it'll
all wind up in Catholicism in the end time. That's exactly right. That's
at the battle of Armageddon, right over in here when Christ comes Himself.
Now, Who would have ever
guessed that Communism a system void of God, would be swallowed up by
Catholicism? And I do not know how many of you are aware that Mikhail Gorbachev
back in 2008 told the world that he has always been a secret Christian, raised
and baptized in the Catholic faith. And his wife's parents were killed for
having a religious relic in their home by the communist party, and she was
raised up Catholic and it is said she was a very dedicated catholic. And he
said he didn't come out publicly about his faith until the Soviet Union was
dissolved for fear of his own political party. But He was the President of the
Soviet Union, and he was responsible for dissolving the Soviet Union, so that
she is back to being just Russia, and I believe that is so she may fulfill the
prophecies about Russia. And I think it is interesting that the only World
leader who has spoken up on behalf of the Christians being killed in the Middle
East by militant Muslems was Russia's President Vladimir
Putin.
Strange how that Russia is reviving Christianity in
it's country even hold a national holiday for the birth of Christianity in Russia, while the USA in its
legislature, Administration and Judicial cases does everything it can do
denounce Christianity.
In
an article called "New Russian holiday
marked as Kremlin boosts Church"...
Vladimir Putin
is quoted as saying, - "This was an event of colossal significance ...
Russia made a historical choice,"
MOSCOW - July 28,
was
celebrated in Russia en masse twice before -- in 1888 and 1988 -- but this
July 28th's holiday was the first time it was marked on a state level. Its millennium celebration in 1988 under
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was widely considered a turning point for the
church's revival while Russia still lived under Communism. In a stunning example of
the resurgence of Christianity in general and the Russian Orthodox
Church in particular, President Medvedev
marked the adoption of Christianity in 988 with a new public
holiday. This open demonstration of the
Kremlin's support for the Orthodox Catholic Church has grown increasingly
powerful since the fall of Communism.
Since the fall of the Soviet Union almost 20 years ago, the
Orthodox Catholic Church has undergone a revival as Russia's leaders have
endorsed it as the country's main faith. Vladimir Putin, Russia's
leader and Mr. tough guy, after lighting a candle in Veliky
Novgorod's Saint Sophia Cathedral, said "This
was an event of colossal significance ... Russia made a historical choice"
This official State recognition of
a religious event would be impossible in the United States because of our
separation of church and state laws.
Recently in the New York Times Vladimir Putin
invoked God quite emphatically when he wrote "We are all different,
but when we ask for the Lord’s blessings, we must not forget that God created
us equal." Earlier
this year Barack Obama skipped Church on Christmas Day while the
President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, attended mid-night
mass celebrating the Russian Orthodox Christmas in Saint Christ the
Saviour Cathedral in the presence of 4,000 people, including the church
Patriarch Kirill.
And now Russia
is investing $100 million to rebuild Christian churches throughout the country,
and its coming from Russian tax payers. You could never expect to see this in the
USA because of our church and state separation laws. Instead of being outraged
the Russians citizens are all for it.
from a
website entitled, MinistryValues.com they wrote, "In addition to the formal
exchange of wishes and thanks with the Patriarchate of Moscow, the Russian
government gave the Christian Church a dramatic Christmas gift. Meeting with
the patriarch at the Danilov Monastery, Russian Prime
Minister Vladimir Putin announced that the government
would provide 2 billion Rubles which is equivalent to about $100 million US
dollars to restore holy sites, monasteries and churches destroyed during last
century's atheist drive by the Soviet Union against religion. He also said that
the Novodevichy Convent, one of most beautiful and
important in the country, would be given back to the Patriarchate."
Vladimir
Putin and Dmitry Medvedeve the two main leaders in Russia today, go
to Church frequently, are seen kissing icons of the Virgin Mary, and actually seek
political and moral counsel from the Russian Orthodox Clergy. Furthermore, Vladimir
Putin wears a Christian cross with him at all
times. Meanwhile our president wears a ring that praises the false god Allah as
being the one true God. What a curse on America, and the people "love to
have it so," as the Bible said they would. America has become aetheistic while Russia in becoming Catholic.
But
remember, brother Branham said communism would give way to Catholicism, and
accordingly this year, the Russia Justice Ministry plans to amend the laws on "Freedom
of Conscience and Religious Organisations", which,
if approved, will restrict activities against other Christian communities, such
as Evangelical Christians and I am sure Message churches. The new law plans to add religious
education in public schools as well as hiring chaplains for the armed forces
paid for by tax money. The Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow is said to be
granted the right to vet parliamentary bills before they go to the Duma.
If that happens then they are no more
a communist nation but have
become a Catholic nation like brother Branham said would happen.
From his sermon, Experiences 2 47-1214 P:20 Now, there's coming a confederation of churches. It's already
national. You know, and confederating. And there's two great powers a moving
in the world. You know what they are without telling. There's one combination
of power, and the other one is Catholicism and communism coming
together. One against Christ, the other, the Catholic church.
Those two powers are coming together. Every person in the world is going to
be under obligation to take sides with one or the other. That's when the little
Holy Ghost Church will come together. And I believe that God is going to hang It in the hall of fame one of these days. Persecutions...
Seventy weeks of Daniel 61-0806 P:116 "There's
three isms" trying to take ahold of the world
today: Fascism, Nazism, and Communism." And what'd I say? They would all
wind up in Communism. Now, I just had you all to repeat it over:
"Keep your eyes on Russia." You remember that? "Keep your eyes
on Russia. She'll all wind up in Communism. And then it'll all wind up
finally in Catholicism. Remember, it'll all wind up in Catholicism in
the end time. That's exactly right. That's at the battle of Armageddon,
right over in here when Christ comes Himself.
Indictment the 63-0707M P:132 Why did
Russia become communism? Because of vulgar and dirtiness and the non-power of
the Catholic church. That's exactly why this nation is
taking over communism in a federation of churches and joining itself up with
the Catholic church, which communism and Catholicism
will unite together, you know. And here they are doing it. Why? Because they have rejected the Gospel that separates them and makes
them a different people. Nonsense. That's
exactly the reason. And ministers in the pulpit's putting up with it for a meal
ticket, for a social standing of some creed, say, "I belong to
So-and-so," swapping education for the power of God.
Now, it is interesting that communism will come under
Catholicism and is already doing it, but I do not know what the motives are for
doing so, except that it is Russia's Catholic Orthodox Church, and not the
Vatican they are giving allegiance to. But when Rome tries to take total
control Russia will be the instrument of God to blast her out of existence once
and for all.
Mark of the beast 54-0513 P:48 There's that red dragon, the
Devil. Where's his seat at? Not in Russia; in Rome. And said, "The
Devil give him his seat and his authority, red dragon," not Russia. I hear
great ministers saying, "The Russian is the antichrist." Why, the Russian
has nothing to do with the antichrist. That's communism. The faltry of Protestantism and Catholicism has produced
communism. The reason the Russians drove them out of there, because they had
all the money, and had all the prayers said to them saints, so they built the
biggest buildings, and had all the wealth of the people, and bundled it up like
that. And they seen they lived no different, and was no different from any of
the rest of the world, and they spued it out and
formed communism. Now, if you'll give me one more night, if God does, I'll
prove to you that communism is working straight in the hands of Almighty God to
destroy the Roman... And remember, I say this as God's prophet: The
Russian empire will drop an atomic bomb of some sort on the Vatican City and
destroy it in one hour. THUS SAITH THE LORD. And the Bible said that God
took them cruel-hearted men and put them in His hands, and they were
instruments in His hands to fulfill His will, and to bring back to her exactly
what she had coming to her. That's exactly. That's the Word.
And that is exactly what John was told would be her
fate while he was on the Isle of Patmos.
Revelations
18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come
down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice,
saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of
devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and
hateful bird. 3 For all nations have drunk of the
wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed
fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the
abundance of her delicacies.
4 And
I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye
be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
5 For
her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
6 Reward
her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her
works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. 7 How much
she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow
give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall
see no sorrow. 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day,
death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with
fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. 9 And the kings of the earth,
who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail
her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, 10 Standing afar off
for the fear of her torment,
(notice they stand afar off because of the radiation poisoning) saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty
city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. An entire square
mile burnt and consumed in one hour. A fire will last for days, but not this
fire which will rise up in a mushroom cloud to be seen afar off. It will take
seconds to totally destroy that Vatican city. 11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her;
for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: Why?
Because there is no gold to back up the currency any more.
Now, in moving forward to the Armageddon, brother Branham
spoke of it in his sermon,
E-72 Thy House 61-0808 Now, the Bible predicts that in the last days
that He will trap Catholicism, Romanism, and all those things, and communism,
and all of them together in the valleys of Megiddo there, until there will
be such a slaughter amongst them, until the blood will flow to a horse's
bit--horse's bridle. See, that's in Revela... That'll be in... But thanks be to the
heavenly Father, I don't think we will be here. By His grace, we won't. We
will be in glory then. See? That will be right after the two prophets has prophesied in the battle of Armageddon. That's when
these Gentile nations gets so wicked, just keep on, and the confederation of
churches, and all this come together, and God will take the Church, the Elect
Church home out of every one. And all the sleeping
virgin will be wait... Now, that
bridle's bit there will come out from the sleeping virgins and all them back in
that day. And Communism, when they're all meet there, and God said He'd plead
with them like He did in the days gone by, you know, there in that valley. And
that's where it'll ride to the bridle bits of the horses.
E-74
Thy House 61-0808 But it is three spirits, just like communism,
fascism... And we brought that out years ago, you know. Remember, I told you, I
said it would be a thing would take place, would all wind up in communism.
And that's where it's done. That's the same way it'll be at that time. You see?
It'll be three unclean spirits that'll go forth. It'll... I really, truly believe right now, just to kindly outline it, if you don't mind... And if I add a
little more to it when I go to explain it, well, you'll say, "You didn't
explain it all together down there that night." See? If
I do that. Here's what I think
it'd be. I believe it's a spirit, the sleeping virgin, confederation of
church, Judaism on the rejecting of Christ, the Jews that rejected it,
and Catholicism. Because you see where it come out of the false prophet (See?), out of the
mouth of the false prophet which was popery, from out of the beast. See?
And all that where it come out of, you can see the
backgrounds where it is. And that's the
three unclean spirits that sets the whole world to Armageddon. See? And that's
them three unclean spirits. Then you get that right in with the three woes.
You remember the other day, I just brought it in. I said... Be seven last plagues, seven seals, and
three woes, and three unclean spirits, and
that comes through that.
E-75 Thy House 61-0808 Okay, have you got another one, have you?
"What significance does the Euphrates river have
through Bible spiritually speaking?"
Yeah. The Euphrates river,
it's always been a great river, because the Euphrates river
has a great place in the Bible. The first place we find, that it run right through Eden: Euphrates river did. The Bible says it come right through Eden. The
next thing we find out, the Euphrates river also was a
river that come right straight down through Babylon--same river. See? Euphrates
river come right through Babylon. Now, we find out that the Angel poured out
his vial upon the Euphrates river and dried it
up, that the king of the north might come down. And I think what that
will actually be, will be at the end time when they come into Armageddon.
See, they have to come right down through Egypt there, to get into it. Right
down through them countries, they'll have to cross the Euphrates to get in
there.
E-76
Thy House 61-0808 And the--the Euphrates river is when this
great... made way for it to come down. See, making way for the
king of the north to come down, the kings. That'll take place during the time of the
battle of Armageddon in the last days. You see? That Euphrates river...
Restoration of Bride Bree 62-0422 P:162 Now, now, therefore we find out that it's communism that's gathered
together. God said Gog and Magog there will gather together (sure) to bring about the
battle. That's exactly true, 'cause it's going to bring these forces
together. It has to come; the Bible said it would.
Ezekiel 38:1 And the
word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of
man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech
and Tubal, and prophesy against
him, 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against
thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: 4 And
I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee
forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen all of
them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great
company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: 5 Persia,
(Iran) Ethiopia,
and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: 6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his
bands: and many people with thee. 7 Be
thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are
assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. 8 After
many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter
years thou shalt come into the land that is brought
back from the sword and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains
of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the
nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. 9 Thou
shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all
thy bands, and many people with thee. 10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It
shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind,
and thou shalt think an evil thought: 11 And
thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest that
dwell safely all of them dwelling without walls and having neither bars nor gates, 12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to
turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now
inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations,
which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. 13 Sheba,
and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall
say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast
thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry
away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? 14 Therefore,
son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus
saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth
safely, shalt thou not know it? 15 And
thou shalt come from thy place out of the north
parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon
horses, a great company, and a mighty army: 16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to
cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee
against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified
in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. 17 Thus
saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants
the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them? 18 And it shall come to
pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the
land of Israel saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face. 19 For
in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day
there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; 20 So
that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the
field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that
are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the
mountains shall be thrown down and the steep places shall fall, and every
wall shall fall to the ground. 21 And I will call for a sword
against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword
shall be against his brother. 22 And I will plead against
him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his
bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great
hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 23 Thus
will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of
many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Now, as we see there
will be a very supernatural thing take place, with all this earth quakes and
hailstones of fire and brimstone, and not to take time today but the next time
we meet I will go into all the climate and astrological phenomena that will
take place at the time they assemble for this great battle. But remember we will be long gone from here when
that takes place. So let's continue with Ezekiel 39...
Ezekiel 39:1 Therefore, thou son of
man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord
GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief
prince of Meshech and Tubal: 2 And I will turn thee back and
leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north
parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: 3 And
I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine
arrows to fall out of thy right hand. 4 Thou shalt
fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that
is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort and to the
beasts of the field to be devoured. 5 Thou shalt
fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And
I will send a fire on Magog and among them that dwell
carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD. 7 So will I
make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let
them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the
LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
Victory day 63-0421 P:50 It'll finally wind up into the great battle of
Armageddon. That'll be the last of it.
When she comes to the battle of Armageddon, that'll settle
the whole thing. Just before the great millennium, Armageddon
is to clean off the earth. She re-purifies herself with this atomic blowing,
and the volcanic ash,
and thing sinks this soaked blood of men upon the earth, and sin, and crime.
She sinks beneath the earth. The volcanic breaks out again, and
renews, and cleans the earth for the great millennium. He cleans His church
during that time for a people to live here. Amen. I say, I like that. Yes, sir.
Notice Armageddon atomic bombs, asteroids, comets,
wormwood. It's all part of the cleaning house for His bride. Oh how terrible
yet how wonderful it all is. God cleaning the earth once more
for his Seed so we can come back and live in peace here on earth for a thousand
years honeymoon. And why a thousand years or more? To prove the
curse has been removed, because when the curse came, the day you eat thereof is
the day you die, and since no mane has lived to be a thousand years we will
have a millennium here on earth to prove the curse is over. And then we will
live in the new Jerusalem and travel out the four corners
of the new earth in and out of the city for an eternity.
317-3 The Fourth Seal 63-0321 Notice. What is this all coming to? Look what
this is all coming to. What is it? It's going right back the way it did. It
started in Heaven; it's coming to the end-time battle. The first thing in Heaven was a battle.
Lucifer was kicked out and come to the earth; then he polluted Eden. Then he's
been polluting ever since. And now, from
the battle in Heaven, it's coming to the battle on earth, and it is to be
finished on earth at the end-time in a battle called Armageddon. Anyone
knows that. So there it started in Heaven. so, they
kicked them out. Michael and his angels over-throwed
them--just run out. And when they did, dropped right down in Eden, and here started
the battle down here.
318-1 The Fourth Seal 63-0321 Now, the
battle started in Heaven. It will be finished on earth in the form of
Armageddon.
325-1 The Fourth Seal 63-0321 Here comes Satan with all four corners of the
earth with his Protestants and with his Catholics and all together, marching
right up to the battle of Armageddon. All right. And
here comes Jesus coming down from Heaven with resurrected saints--vindicated
Word.
QA on the seals 63-0324M P:165 38. Would
you please explain about Satan being bound a thousand years, and being loosed
for the battle of Revelations 20 and 8. What relationship does this have
with the battle of Armageddon as mentioned in the Fourth Seal? Will Gog and Magog be gathered from the people of the new earth? Well, this is a long one,
and I'll just have to hit the spot of it. See? Now, the first
thing. Will... Now, maybe I can't explain it. I'll do my best.
QA on the seals 63-0324M P:166 38a.
Would you please explain how Satan is bound a thousand years, being loosed
again for the battle of Revelations
20 and 8.That is not the battle of
Armageddon. The battle of Armageddon takes place on this side when the
tribulation period is ended. 38b. Now, what relation does this have with
the battle of Gog and Magog?
None. One is this thousand years, and the other
one is the end of the--the end of the thousand years. 38c... as mentioned in
the Fourth Seal, will Gog and Magog
be gathered from peoples on the new earth? Satan was loosed out of his
prison and went to gather all the people, the wicked, to bring them to this
place, and God rained fire and brimstone out of heaven, and they were
consumed (See?), two battles altogether.
Now, so you are not confused by this
question, the people are asking about the great battle spoken of in Revelations 20:8 and they want to know if this is
the battle of Armageddon when Gog and Magog come down to battle against Israel. He says, no there
is a millennium between the two battles. The battle of Armageddon is right
before the millennium and the battle of Revelations
20:8 is after the millennium is over and the general resurrection
takes place and then Satan will try to gather together all that are his and
come against the encampment of Christ and His Elect. You see, they are not
going to want to come willingly to the white thrown judgment because they know
what is in store for them.
Revelations 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired,
Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8 And shall
go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to
gather them together to battle: the number of whom is
as the sand of the sea.
Now, this is after the general resurrection when all
flesh comes up before the white throne judgment is set.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth,
and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came
down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. 10 And the
devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where
the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be
tormented day and night for ever and ever. 11 And I
saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth
and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small
and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book
was opened, which is the book of life: and the
dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according
to their works. 13 And the sea gave
up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which
were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This
is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not
found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Now, in case you are wondering what the
second death is, brother Branham said in his sermon, Pergamean
church age 60-1207 P:26 that the second
death is the death of the soul. "Now, if there's one death, and we know about it, then
there's got to be another death somewhere; 'cause one death we die it here
in the flesh; the second death we died it in the spirit, the soul.
It's, "And the soul that sinneth, it shall surely die."
Die is just absolutely go out from everything (See?),
Death means to be taken away; it's carried away, hid away. Then when our loved
ones die, they're out of existence as far as we know. We call that death. But a
Christian does not die. There's no Scripture that a Christian dies, because
he's got Eternal Life. When a sinner dies, he's finished, and his soul will
finally die. But when a Christian dies, he's just waiting with Jesus to the
return back again.
Smyrnaean church age 60-1206 P:77 Here's what the Bible said. See, see? He that overcometh shall not be
hurt by the second death. The first death is separating from our loved ones.
We'll go in the Presence of God, never out of His Presence. See? Now, if there's
a second death, then it has to be the death of the soul. And then he that
overcomes the world, or overcomes the things of the world, has Eternal Life and
shall not be touched by the second death. There you are: Eternal Life. But the sinner... The Bible said, "The woman that lives
in pleasure is dead while she is alive." That right? "The soul that sinneth, it shall surely die." What is die? Completely separate, no
more. See? Now, it's cut off, is right. It's cut off; there's no more to it.
How long will it be to take that? It'll go down through the same process it
come in, and it'll come to a place till there will neither be nothing left of
it. It'll just go back from ever what it's made out of.
72 Victory Day 63-0421 It'll finally wind up into the great battle
of Armageddon. That'll be the last of it. When she
comes to the battle of Armageddon, that'll settle the whole thing. 73 Just
before the great millennium, Armageddon is to clean off the earth.
She re-purifies herself with this atomic blowing, and the volcanic ash, and
things sinks this soaked... blood of men upon the earth, and sin, and crime. She
sinks beneath the earth. The volcanic breaks out
again, and renews, and cleans the earth for the great millennium. He cleans his church during that time for
a people to live here.
89 The Uniting Time and Sign 63-0818 Notice,
they're right now uniting. You say, "Brother Branham,
is that true?" They're coming to the Battle of Armageddon; exactly
what they will do. See? And they're uniting for that right now. That's
why we got the U.N. and everything we have. The Western World's uniting
against the Eastern World, Communism and so forth, it's all uniting together.
The churches are uniting together. Everything seems to be uniting.
Uniting, uniting themselves together, we see that.
Now, have you ever stopped
to think of that? The western world is uniting against the eastern world? And
we are trying to take down all of Russia's allies. Have you noticed that? We
have had war mongers in the administration for the last four presidents at
least. George H. Bush, where did his war lead to? The east.
And Bill Clinton in Baznia, and
George W. Bush in Afghanistan and Iraq, and now, Obama
in Libya, Yemen, Syria, and Iran. These are all allies of Russia, that's
what this is all about. We are trying to isolate Russia and surround them. It's
all leading to a final conflict between the only two super powers on earth. The
cold war has just become a hot war that's what's happening.
That is what ting look
what's taking place today, we are interfering in the eastern world
, and we are interfering with Russia's allies in the east, like Libya,
Yemen, Syria, and Iran, and it's all gravitating to a showdown at Armageddon.
And if Armageddon is after the rapture then how close are we brothers and
sisters. And what kind of persons ought we to be. And how we should be in
prayer constantly, but you don't pray because the revival fires are out. But
knowing how close we are to the going home, how ought we to be never ceasing
from prayer.
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his
promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not
willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in
the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements
shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein
shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these things
shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy
conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of
the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the
elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according
to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 14 Wherefore,
beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found
of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. 15 And
account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according
to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
Brother Branham said in his
sermon 224 Ashamed of Him 65-0711 Way back in the jungles of Africa, on
safari hunters, they had to take high-powered radios to hear Elvis Presley, Pat
Boone, and them guys with that rock-and-roll and twist. And the natives, trying
to see them act along, jerking their head and acting like that, the natives
stood and looked at it. But, you see, they're not Americans like Pat Boone, and
Elvis Presley, and Ricky Nelson, and them guys are.
They're not Judases of that type, but they're... See, it's a spirit. And the
spirit is not only in America, it has spread itself out over the world, to
bring them to the battle of Armageddon. They act like that, whether they
are... Whatever nation they come from, Africa, India, wherever it is, that
vulgar and stuff has spread all over the earth, by just one man starting it.
Let us pray...