Christ is the Mystery no 210
Review no 33 Twins no 8
Identification of the two natures
Brian Kocourek
Ephesian
Church Age 60-1205 113 Now, as
I said to begin, 'fore we start off on this again, every revival produces a
pair of twins. One is a spiritual man; the other one is a natural man of the
earth, "I joined the church; I'm just as good as anybody." And that's
what this revival produced. That's what, every revival. That's what Luther's
produced; that's what Irenaeus' produced; that's what
Saint Martin's produced; that's what Columba's produced;
that's what Wesley's produced; and that's what Pentecost
produced. Just exactly.
Therefore, so far in our study of Twins we have found
that every revival produces Twins, one who is spiritual and another who is carnal
believers, but both are believers.
Hearing
Receiving and Acting 60-0607 E-16
So we find out, that in every revival that's ever been
borned in the world, it produces twins. That's right. Every revival has twins.
They have a bunch in there that's carnal believers and a bunch of spiritual
believers. Every revival produces that: an Esau and Jacob. And as
they go along, first thing you know, the carnal begins to think, "Well,
these guys are getting off of the deep end. I better separate myself from them."
They go back to the intellectual part. They want a pastor that'll speak to them
of pleasant things. They don't want that Spirit-filled pastor, that'll obey
the Holy Spirit from the platform, just preach the Word just like It is. As John said, "Lay the axe to the root of the tree and let
the chips fall where it will." Most of the churches today will vote that out of their
pulpit. That's right. It'll come a separation, always does that. It did it in the Methodist age; it did it in the
Baptist age; it did it in the Pentecostal age; it'll do it in every age.
So there must come a separation between The two vines even in this Message, because every revival produces Twins, and the Revival
this Message brought can be no different.
Galatians
Brother
Branham said in Revelation Chapter One p5 60-1204M And these last four days, especially,
studying for this, upon the historical part of the Book of Revelations, I have
run into things that I never thought was really ever happened. And it's even
brought to me a feeling that, after this Seven Church Ages, I have been through
that, I would like to
have another such series of bringing up the true church and the false church together
and just through the history and Scripture; as one time I endeavored
on a sermon to take the true vine and the false vine found in the Bible.
We have also found the following attributes exist
between both the True Vine and false:
|
God's Seed |
Attribute and Characteristic |
Serpent's Seed |
|
X |
Both are Given
birth in the same revival, same church, etc. |
X |
|
X |
Both are Religious |
X |
|
X |
Both Eat from the
same Table of the Lord |
X |
|
X |
Both Believe in
God, even One God, therefore are a Believer |
X |
|
X |
Both Quote from the
Word of God |
X |
|
X |
Both Sincerely
offer Sacrifice to God |
X |
|
X |
Both Worship God in
sincerity |
X |
|
X |
Both Offer praise
to God |
X |
|
X |
Both Do works to
please God |
X |
|
X |
Both Receive a mark
in their forehead and in their right hand |
X |
|
X |
Both bear fruit,
and by their fruit you shall know them |
X |
Branham also said in 366-2 The Resume
of the Ages - CAB CHPTR 10 From our studies we have already learned that much of
the Revelation is totally misunderstood because we have not formerly known that
the `church' spoken of and spoken to in this book does not refer to the
pure `ekklesia'
the `elect',
the `body of Christ',
the `bride',
but it speaks to the entire body of people who are called Christians, whether
they be true or merely nominal. As all
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Anointed
Ones at the end Time 65-0725M These trees--the true
vine and false vine... You've heard me preach on that since--from years ago,
how they growed up together. Brought them in
individuals and showed that from Cain and Abel, the two vines that met at an
altar, both of them religious,
both of them anointed, both of them desiring life and worshipping the same God,
and one was rejected and the other received. And the only way that the
one that was received could've done anything different from his brother, it
was revealed to him, for the Bible said, "By faith (Hebrews 11th chapter)--by faith Abel offered unto God a more
excellent sacrifice than that of Cain, which God testified that he was
righteous." Jesus said (the spiritual revelation of Who He was), "Who does man say I, the Son of man am?"
He said, Peter said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God."
"Blessed art
thou, Simon son of Jonas; flesh and blood never revealed this to you; My Father
which is in heaven has revealed it. Upon this rock I'll build My church." What? The true revelation of the Word.
There's the True Vine again. "Abel, by faith..."
E-30 True
Vine and The False Vine 55-0607 Notice those two spirits, leaving
from there. Watch how it's dominated the world. Here they come out of Genesis.
Watch any thing you want to; watch the world order; watch everything. As it
comes through Genesis, it comes up through a process, and now, it's done gone
up here, and blooming out in the seed to produce the same thing it was in
Genesis. Here's the false vine; here's the true vine. And they're both growing
side by side. Did you realize, that Judas Iscariot was
treasurer of the church, out of the same tribe of the Lord Jesus? He was a big
man, brothers with the rest of them, set in the same pew, sang the same songs, worshipped
the same God,
preached the same Gospel,
and was Judas? Do you
realize that same spirit moves right up through the church? But
where Judas showed his colors was at Pentecost, just before Pentecost,
before they really got borned again.
People don't believe tonight, many of the people don't believe there is such as a thing
as an experience of being born again. They say, "It's all in
you mind." No, it's in you heart, brother. That's right.
Above
as we did last week, we showed you a chart of the attributes where the two
vines shared in common some of the same attributes. That is because they share
the same revival, same mother so to speak. But our next chart shows the
identifiable characteristics that identify the father source of life, in other
words, these identify whose seed you are.
|
Ordained to
Eternal Life, believe Acts
13:48, 1Jn2:20, Jn3:15 |
Have
no place for the Word John |
|
Love Vindicated
Word for their season Eph 4:
15, 1 Pet 1:22 |
Do not love the Word for the
season 2 Thess 2:10-12 |
|
These come to walk
in the light and will not walk in darkness Isa 60:3, Ps 56:13/89:15
Jn 3: 21, 12:46/ 1Jn 1:7 |
These
won't come to the Light, keep others from it. Mt |
|
Only God's Sons
can understand the Word John
8: 31, 42 & 47, Isa 50:4-10 Mt 13:11&16 Mk 4:11 Lk
8:10 1Cor |
Can't
understand the Word of God John 8:
38-39, 43-45 Mt 13:11-15 Mk |
|
Gathered to the Revealed Word of God
Eph 1:10, Mk13:27, Lk |
Gathered
by organization thru false word 2
Corinthians 11: 4-13 Mt 13:24-30, 36-43,
Gal 2:4, Acts 13:45, 15:5 |
|
Receive Mark of God, Seal of God in
forehead and hands Jn6:27 2Tim2:19, Ez9:4,Eph4:30 Rev15:2,Rev9:4, 2Tim4:8 |
Receive Mark of the
Beast, in forehead - hands.
Gen 4:15, Rev13:7, 14:9-11,
16:2, |
|
Have Eternal Life 1Jn5:11-13,20,Jn6:54,1Jn2:25,68,1Jn3:1-2,
Col3:4,Jn5:26,Hb7:16,1Pt1:23,Jn10:28,17:3,Ac13:48,Rm6:23 |
No eternal Life, earthy,
sensual Isa
40:7-8, James 1:11 Jude1:12 1Pet1:23-25, Isa1:28-31 Isa24:1-6, 40:7-8, 29:14 |
|
Do nothing but what the Father shows them
first Ps37:9, Ps145:15,Isa40:31, Acts1:4 Jn5:19-20,30 |
Have
zeal but without knowledge Phil3:6,
Lk13:24, 1Cor9:25, Prov25:8, Lk13:24 Matt7:22-23, Gal5:7-9, Rom10:2, Jn2:16-17 |
|
Born of Incorruptible Seed, Revealed- vindicated Word of
God. Mt18:14, Lk13;3-5
1Pet1:23, 3:4, Jn3:3-8,15-6
1Cor15:53-54, Lk21:18 |
Born of corruptible seed, The
word for another age Ps1:6, Ps9:3, 37:20, 68:2,
Acts13:41 1Pet1:23, 1Cor9:25, Gal1:6-9, 2Cor11:2-6 |
|
Hold only to a
vindicated word Heb3:6, |
Hold
to own ideas Ps1:5 10:4 103:6-7, Is55:7-11, Ez18:29,
Gen6:5
Prov14:12, |
|
This Seed is Obedient to the Word of God Acts5:32, 2Cor10:5-6,
Heb5:8, 1Pet1:2 1 Pet |
This seed is Disobedient to
the Word of God.
2Thess 1:8-9, 1Pet4:17, Deut11:28Eph
2:2, 5:6, |
|
Love and His Word.
John 7:17-18 1Jn2:5, 5:2-3, Jn 14:15, 23, Jn 15:10, |
These
hate God and His Word . Jn 10:32-39 Jn14:24, 1Jn2:4,
Jn8:42-7 Jn 5:42-47
1Cor2:14 |
|
Love God's Presence Abide in it, and
point others to it Jn8:12,
2Tim4:8, Isa63:9 1Thess2:19,1Cor8:3,Rm8:28 |
Won't
live in God's Presence Ps101:4,
Job1:12, 2:7 Gen |
|
Understands
Godhood and relationship of Father and Son. John6:45, 2Jn1:3 Ps9:10, Acts22:14, Jer24:7 31:34,
Heb8:11, Isa54:13 |
Not
able to understand the Godhood of God
because they wish to be equal with God Jer9:6,
Jn8:19, Matt7:23, Jn8:16-19, Jn5:31-37 |
|
Will know the two spirits and will not be
deceived Matt24:24, 1Jn4:1-6, Heb5:141Jn3:7 Mt16:3,
Lk12:56, Mal3:16-18, Ez44:23-24 |
Never able to discern the two
spirits, there-fore are deceived & persecute True Seed Gal4:29, 2Tim3:7-8,13, 2Pet2:1-3,2Jn1:7,2ths2:3 |
|
Will understand that Alpha has become
Omega. Rev1:8,11, 21:6, |
Look
forward or backward and fail to see the Word for their day. Jn8:18-19, 1 Cor 2:8, Jn 9:28-29, Acts 6:10-12 |
|
God only recognizes his Seed. 1Cor8:3 Rom 8:29-30, Gal 4:6, Heb12:7
Acts17:28-29 Jn14:7, Jn20:17, Jn10:27 Jn1:12, 1Jn3:1-2, Rom |
God will never recognize this
seed even when doing good
works. Mt8:12,Lk13:25 Mt7:23, MK12:24,
Jn4:22, Jn15:21, 2Thes1:8 |
The
first chart showed similar attributes, this chart shows the difference between
seed life.
57 Anointed One at the end Time 65-0725M The true vine and the false vine both had
the same anointing. The water fell on both of them. No wonder He warned us it would
deceive the very elected if it was possible.
Notice. They looked the same; they're anointed the same.
But notice, "By
their fruit..."
How do you know that isn't an orange? Because it's bearing a
grapefruit. That vine's all right; it's living in the tree; but it's
bearing a grapefruit. It isn't like the first one. And if a church says they believe
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever, and deny His power, deny
His works, deny His Word... The church that believes in Jesus Christ will do the
works of Jesus Christ; it'll have the Life of Jesus Christ. And
if it isn't... No matter if the life is pouring into it, if it isn't
predestinated from the roots, it'll bear grapefruit every time or something
different. But if it's the predestinated Life in the Roots, it'll bear Jesus
Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever, if it's the Word coming up
through the Root, which He is the Root, the beginning of time.
Notice that brother Branham lists three things here
that show a difference between the two vines. Power, Works
and Word.
Notice
the warning Paul gives us in 2 Timothy 3:5 He
tells us the end time church will Have a form of godliness, but they will deny the power thereof:
from such turn away.
Notice
we're commanded not to partake with them, and in fact we should turn away from
them. Then he adds, 6 For of
this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women
(remember, always in the Bible the woman always represents churches)
laden with sins, (and sin is unbelieve) led away with divers lusts, (and these sort of churches will be
)7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the
truth.
Notice
Paul's description of such churches. He calls them captive, and the word
captive means, a : taken and held as or as if a prisoner of war b
(1) : kept
within bounds : in other
words they are confined. 2:
held under control of another but having the appearance of independence;
3: being such involuntarily
because of a situation that makes free choice or departure difficult.
And that is why the big churches get bigger while the
True church of the living God get's smaller and smaller. because
Jesus warned us that the tares would be bound and being bound they are afraid
to leave. But where liberty is preached the people can come and go as they
choose. And so they are not afraid to leave, even if it they are wrong in doing
so.
Again brother Branham said in 85-2 Ephesian Church Age Book
Now, tonight before we
get into our chart and study each attribute to see the differences between the
two vines, I would like to focus on just one more attribute that brother
Branham mentions which we do not see in our chart but is worthy of our
examination.
359-1 Laodicean
Church Age - CAB CHPTR 9 Now we can see why there were two
vines, one true and one false. Now we can see why Abraham had two sons, one
after the flesh (who persecuted Isaac who was the one after promise). Now we
can see how that out of the same parents two boys came forth as twins, one
knowing and loving the things of God, and the other knowing much of the same
truth, but not of the same Spirit, and hence persecuted the child that was
elect. God did not reprobate for the sake of reprobation. He reprobated for the
sake of the elect. ELECT
CANNOT persecute elect. ELECT CANNOT harm elect. It is the reprobates that
persecute and destroy the elect. Oh, those reprobates are
religious. They are smart. They are of the Cain line, the serpent
seed. They build their Babels, they build their
cities, they build their empires, and all the while calling on God. They hate the true seed,
and they will do all
they can, (even in the Name of the Lord) to destroy God's elect ones.
But they are needed. "What is the chaff to the wheat?" No chaff, no
wheat. But at the end, what happens to the chaff? It is burned with fire
unquenchable. And the wheat? Where is it? It is
gathered in His garner. It is where He is.
John 15:20 Remember
the word that I said unto you, The servant is not
greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will
also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
21 But
all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they
know not him that sent me.
So
who is this "they" that Jesus
is referring to here? It is the religious, the false vine, Those
who would think they are dong God a service without it being His Will. And
since they are of the flesh, they like to use fleshly means persecute the true
vine. And they will do so thinking they
are doing this for the sake of Jesus name's. so they will be so-called followers of Jesus. Christians,
they will call themselves.
Spoken word original seed 62-0318E P:11 I believe it is 68,000,000 on the
martyrology that the Roman Catholic church has put to death since
Again
we see this warning from Jesus in Luke 21:12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you,
and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons,
being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. 13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony. 14 Settle it
therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: 15 For
I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be
able to gainsay nor resist. 16 And ye shall be betrayed both
by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends;
and some of you shall
they cause to be put to death. 17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. 18 But there shall not an hair
of your head perish. 19 In your patience possess ye
your souls.
Again,
listen to what brother Branham says here concerning this religious spirit.
Harvest time 64-1212 P:122 You know, Jesus said, "It'll come to pass that they'll even kill
you, thinking they're doing God a service." Wait till this new book of mine comes out. They shot
at some people the other night, for saying that it was wrong to unite the Roman
Catholic church with the Protestant. Three shots went
through a building of a friend of mine, just barely missed them. Wait till this
book gets in circulation. Don't think they are sinning; they think they're
doing the right thing. They think they're--they're doing that for a cause for
God, not knowing it. The
Jews killed Jesus,
thinking they were doing the right thing, because their church doctrine
said He was wrong. Oh, said for them He... They crucified the very Bread
that they were supposed to live by.
The
Muslems, killing Muslems
that disagree with their doctrine, and it will come
down to that even among those who claim to believe this Message. Don't fool
yourselves if you think everyone who claims to believe This Message is saved,
they're not. Jesus said, "By their fruits you
shall know them."
And Jesus warned us these things would
happen.
In
Luke 11:49 Therefore
also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles,
and some of them they shall slay and persecute: 50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the
foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; 51 From
the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar
and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation. 52 Woe unto you, lawyers!
for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye
entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
I like the Message
Translation which says, 52 “You’re hopeless, you
religion scholars! You took the key of knowledge, but instead of unlocking
doors, you locked them. You won’t go in yourself, and won’t let
anyone else in either.”
53 And as he said these things unto them, the
scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him
vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: 54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch
something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
Church Age Book
Chapter 9 - The Laodicean Church Age
P:52 Now He has cried
out to this last age, "You have the Word. You have more Bibles than ever,
but you are not doing anything about the Word except dividing and hacking it
into pieces, taking what you want and leaving out what you don't want. You are not
interested in LIVING it, but debating it. I would sooner you were
cold or hot. If you were cold and rejected it, I could stand that. If you would
get white hot to know
its truth and
live it, I would praise you for that. But when you simply take My
Word and don't honor it, I in return must refuse to honor you. I will spue you out for you nauseate Me."
Matthew 23:34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets,
and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some
of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from
city to city:
But
brothers, you don't have to hang around and let them do this to you. Jesus also
told us in Matthew
That
is why I think the believers in countries that persecute them for their beliefs
should leave those countries, or cities, and move somewhere else. I know it is
not easy to take up roots and move elsewhere, but we did it. Brother Don Hoffman has families in His church
from
But
concerning Twins Brother Branham said "Bride
will not persecute Bride".
Church Age Book Chapter 7 -
The Sardisean Church Age P:55 I want to read another translation (Wuest) of this verse, "Be remembering, therefore, in what way you have received (the truth
as a permanent deposit) and what way you heard (it) and be safeguarding (it),
and have a change of mind at once." It is very evident from this verse that God had given
them truth as a permanent deposit. It was received and is irrevocably
theirs. It now remains to be seen what they will do with it, whether they
will regard it or not. And that is true. They had been given the basic
truth of the whole Gospel, "The just shall live by faith", "Salvation is of the Lord." They had heard the truth of the Bible which cast down the
doctrines of
Matthew 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless
them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which
despitefully use you, and persecute you;
And
he even taught us to consider our persecution as a blessing which will bring
heavenly rewards.
Matthew 5:11 Blessed
are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner
of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad:
for great is your
reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
In
closing I would like to read tow more quotes from the Church Age Book Chapter 9 - The Laodicean
Church Age P:71 "I have need of
nothing." Now when anybody says, "I have need of nothing," he
could very well be saying, "I have everything", or he could be
saying, "I don't want any more as I am full now". You can
express this any way you want, and it all adds up to the fact that the church is complacent.
She is satisfied with what she has. She either figures she has it all or
has enough. And that is exactly what we find today. What denomination is not claiming that IT has the
revelation and the power and the truth? Listen to the Baptists, and
they have it all. Listen to the Methodists, and they have it all. Listen to the
Church Age Book
Chapter 9 - The Laodicean Church Age
P:78 The attitude of
this age is exactly what it was then. People have it all. They know it all. They
cannot be taught. If
a point of truth from the Word comes up and a man tries to explain his view to
one with an opposing view, the listener is not at all listening that he might
learn, but is listening only to refute what is being said. Now I
want to ask a fair question. Can Scripture fight Scripture? Does the
Bible contradict the Bible? Can there be two doctrines of truth in the
Word that say the opposite or oppose the other? NO. IT CANNOT BE SO.
Yet how many of God's people have their eyes open
to that truth? Not even one percent, as far as I know, have learned that
Let us pray