will there be another revival

God’s Only Provided Place of Worship # 3

Will there be another Revival

Sunday Morning November 13, 1994

6 GOD'S.PROVIDED.PLACE.WORSHIP - SHP.LA - V-7 N-4 - 65-1128.1M Now, there's... I was... getting pretty old, and I thought, "Will I... Will there be another revival, I will see another time?" And just remember, from the west will come a white horse rider. We will ride this trail again. That's right. Soon as we’re about ready. It's a promise, you see.

I believe this is a serious issue that we must deal with, because if we do not understand what is going on now, then we can not have the rest we are promised. Now, all the mysteries have been revealed, right? Then this thought of whether there will be another revival or not has been cleared up for us. But remember every answer is in the book.

1 Peter 1: 3 - 7 We are to receive the trial of our faith which is a revelation, but since it is revealed to us and the revelation is what is being tested, then we already have the answers.

Wuest: 1 PETER 1: 6 - 8 “In which last season you are to be constantly rejoicing with a joy that expresses itself in a triumphant exuberance, although for a little while at the present time if perchance there is a need for it, you have been made sorrowful in the midst of many different kinds of testings in order that the approval of your faith, which faith was examined by testing for the purpose of being approved, that the approval being much more precious than the approval of Gold which perishes, even though that gold be approved by fire testing, may be discovered after scrutiny to result in praise and Glory and Honor at the time of the Revelation of Jesus Christ.”

So we see the test is given in order for an approval to be given. Why? Because not only is this test a test of our Faith which is the revelation of Jesus Christ that we have received in this hour, but if it is truly revealed, then we have the answers.

Habakkuk 2: 1 Not, I shall answer, but I will listen to hear what answer I am to give. If you are given a test and the one testing you tells you what the questions will be on the test and then also tells you what the answers you should reply, then how can you fail the test.

Revelations 10: 1 - 7 He has come down with the book open. Then the trial of our faith is an open book test. And since time shall be no more, this is not a timed test. We stay here till we pass.

Habakkuk 2: 2 - 3

1 Peter 1: 13

Hebrews 4: 9 - 11 Study to enter into His rest.

Now this test is to test the revelation we have received. And it has to deal with the Revelation of Jesus Christ. And a test is always given out to test the persons understanding. A test is an examination, experiment or trial used to prove the value or ascertain the nature of something. That is why we see the nature is predicted by God to come forth in Praise, Honor and Glory. And what is this particular thing that is being tested. The scripture says it is our faith. And Br. Branham taught us that Faith is what? A revelation. And doesn’t this scripture tell us what Revelation we will be tested on? It says, this test will come at the time of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. So we will be tested by God as to whether we understand the Revelation of Jesus Christ. In other words, Godhead. Now I could take a whole sermon on the importance of understanding the Godhead and what it does for you, but then I would be deviating from this subject matter that we find in this paragraph of Br. Branham’s.

And so we shall examine this thought here about Revival. We all long for a revival to sweep us off our feet and into the arms of Christ. I believe that is a feeling we all have. But Br. Branham asked a very important question here. Will there be another revival. So as we read in Habakkuk 2, we must go to the same Word that asked the question to find our answer.

It’s kind of like when David Pollard asked me back in 1981 or 82 a very pertinent question concerning the Presence of God among us. Now remember, in 1982 the Parousia or understanding of God’s Presence among us was not well known outside of those who associated with Brother Vayle. So his question came from a heart that wanted to know. He asked me this, “ If the fullness of God has come down and is here, is the body of Jesus lifeless on the altar of God?

Now, I answered his question like this. You see actually, I didn’t have the answer and so silently I was praying to God for the answer. And so I thought I will just ask him a question, ( you see I was just stalling, hoping God would give me the answer) and what came out of my mouth amazed even me because I had never even thought of it before. But I said, Dave, I’ll answer your question with a question. “ If you can tell me with what Spirit Jesus went from Gethsemane to the Cross, I’ll tell you it was that same spirit that is in Him now making intercession for our confession, because Br. Branham told us that the Fullness of God left Him in Gethsemany”.

I never realized then that this question I asked Dave was actually God’s answer to the Revelation of the Mystery of the Godhead.

In Luke 12: 11 - 12 Jesus said, Take no thought what ye shall say, for the Holy Ghost will teach you in that same hour what ye ought to say”.

In Proverbs 16:1 says, the preparation of the heart in man and the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

In Isaiah 61: 24 He said, “and it shall come to pass that before they call I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear....

That’s Malachi 3: 16 He is hearing and writing a book of remembrance of it.

HABAKKUK 2: 1 - 2 NIV “I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what He will say to me, and what answer I am to give...Then the Lord replied: Write down the Revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the Revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false, though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and not delay”.

Now we are looking at this revival, or this thought on whether there will be another or not. And we were driving home a point that the same Word source that asked the question is also that which has the answers. Remember, He came down and has given us an open book exam. So here are a few things Br. Branham said about whether or not there will be another revival.

E-96 BE.NOT.AFRAID -- TUCSON.AZ -- 63-0607 And now, he sees us sitting like this out here. The revival's over. We... here not long ago, why, the revival was burning. And now it seems like it's kind of hard to get the church filled up. The pastors tell me that it's hard nowadays. And the people won't go to church. They'd rather stay home and watch television, or something. The love has gone out of their heart. And Satan has seen us go off on this tantrum, and... went off without Jesus. And he thinks it's his opportunity. He said, "Now I will sink them. When I've got them off, I will sink them. That's... just be the thing that I will do. I caught them now without Christ. They left Him behind."

That’s the problem with the people in this message. They went off without Jesus, because they don’t even know Who came down. Jesus is the Revival. He is “the Way, the Truth and the Life. He said, I am the resurrection and the Life!”

E-58 AWAKENING.JESUS -- TEMPE.AZ -- 63-0117 “ about fifteen years ago we come through this country and there was a revival. My! And you know what we're doing today? Just talking about it. The revival's over. It's been over a long time. We're just living on the results of it, waiting.”

So waiting for what? What must we wait for? Remember. When we are in a position where we are not sure or we just don’t know, we can not be at rest. So we have got to know what this waiting is all about. Then we can sit back and watch and wait. Looking for the thing we are waiting on. Because the word wait suggests a looking for. Then you must know what you are waiting for or it could come and you would miss it. So, would anyone like to take an uneducated guess as to what He says we are waiting on?

E-7 THEN JESUS CAME AND CALLED 64-0417 We wonder why the revival's not going on right now, why we don't see the enthusiasm with the people. I don't know why, but let's just think. What if it's like this? Maybe there's a little boy in here tonight, or a little girl, was born over in Seattle, Washington. Now that book holds her name. He come to redeem whose name was on that book. "Redeem" means bring back from where it fell from, and in the human race she was fell. And she can't accept it now--she's too young. So the church will slug right along, just play along. We will have meetings, and so forth, till that last person is brought in. Then that book is closed. There's no more added. Then it's all over until... When that time will be, none of us knows, but let's just keep doing all that we can to his glory until that time is over.

What an answer. We are simply waiting for that last one to come in and be child trained. Could it be one of the little one here this morning? I hope so.

155 CHRIST REVEALED IN HIS OWN WORD 65-0822.1M Now, let's take John--or St. Luke 17:30 and watch what Jesus prophesied there, saying that, "As it was in the days of Sodom, it'll be the same..." Now remember... Notice. This is at the time that the Son of man would be revealed, the revealing of the Son of man. Now, the Son of man was actually revealed potentially just for a few moments there, just before Sodom was burned. Now, that Man was Elohim. That was God, and Jesus is God. And God was revealed potentially right there for a few moments to talk to Abraham in the investigation judgment, just for a little bit. The Son of man was revealed, the Son of man Elohim. Do you see it, church? The Son of man, Elohim, was revealed just for a few minutes, for the very next morning she was burned. When? Before the sun could come up again. So there can't be no organization left, neither can there be any further advancement than what’s going right now, for she will burn before the day breaks again. The revival's over across the nation. There ain't going to be no more revivals. Big sweeping revival, this nation will never receive it. You might have intellectual gathering, but I mean a Spiritual revival. We're seen all of it. I hope you're catching it. I'm saying it in such a way that--that I hope you get it. See? It's over. A fine minister said awhile ago, said, "Brother Branham, if I could just have the joy of the Lord in my heart."

156 I said, "Son, the revival's over." See? Now, the stabilizers is been put on the ship. Great fearful waves are out here before us, but we know just beyond that wave yonder we're nearing the shore. See? We're nearing the shore. Just stay stable. Just stay in the Word, stay with God. No matter how you feel, what anything else, stay right with the Word. Let--let--let it stay stable. When you see all these great big old clouds around us, and storms a-coming, and atomic bombs, and everything else they're talking about, but our stabilizer is right straight in the Word. God said it would be here; and we will crest every one of them. Yeah! We will go right over the top of them. Yes, indeed! They--they can't sink us; they can't drown us. You put us in the grave; we will come out again. That's just all there is to it. There ain't no way in the world to keep it down there. We will crest every one of them, 'cause our great Chief Captain is calling at the other side. We're anchored in Jesus, The storms of life I will brave; I've anchored in Jesus, I will fear no wind or wave;

157 Whatever it might be, let it come, what may, what it will, doesn't make any difference, we're anchored right there in Jesus. If I live, I will live to the glory of God. If I die, I die to the glory of God. I--I--I just want... Just--just to the glory of God is what I want to do. When that's all over, I don't want to stay any longer. I want to go to where--to my reward that He bought for me, not what I earned, but what He bought for me, what He give to me by His grace.

158 So we see the evening Light's here. And what does it do to have light, if you don't have any eyes to see how to get around in it. What is the evening Light? The Light comes on to reveal something. Is that right? If there's something here you're feeling, and you can't understand what it is in the darkness, then turn a light on. It's to reveal. What's Malachi 4 to do? See? Do the same thing. What was the opening of the Seven Seals to do? What are all these denominations staggering around in this...?... ? It's to reveal, bring out. If you haven't got any eyes, then what's the use to reveal. There has to be eyes first to see. Is that right? To reveal Malachi 4, reveal St. Luke 17:30, St. John 14:12, also John 15:24; 16:13, and to also reveal Revelation 10:1-7, the opening of the Seven Seals and the Seventh Angel's Message, to open up, to reveal when the evening Light's come.

159 Now, if a man... In the Laodicean Age the people were what? Naked. Are they? Blind. What good does light do to a blind man? If the blind leads the blind, don't they all fall in the ditch? Naked, blind, and don't know it. Even their mental faculties are gone, their spiritual faculties of mental--spiritual understanding. See? Heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, and despisers of those that are good, having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof (the power of revelation they don't even believe in it. See?)... They don't believe in such things as prophets, and so... They don't believe in it. They believe that--that Malachi 4 is to be a certain church or certain organization. When he come the first time he was a man. When he come the second time with a double portion, he was a man. When he come in the form of John the Baptist, he was a man. See? In the last days when the evening Lights and--begin to shine, eyes will become open and you'll see where you're going. Then the Body is already formed, standing upon it's feet, taking motion, moving by the Holy Spirit. What? The same One that moved upon the prophets that wrote the Bible, the same Holy Ghost moving in a Body, filled with the Holy Ghost, moved in the Holy Ghost out of every organization and every kindred, tongue, and people.