God’s Only Provided Place of Worship # 87            

Brian Kocourek, October 18, 1995

The Capstone Return

 

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  Sometime the Capstone will return, the head of all of it, and receive the Bride unto Himself;

 

Tonight I would like to focus on this thought here of "Sometime the Capstone will return, which the Capstone is the head of all of it, and It will return in order to receive the Bride to Himself;"

 

Now, there is an awful lot that is said here! But by God's Grace I would like to break this down and examine this thoroughly.  He said, "Sometime the Capstone will return, the head of all of it, and receive the Bride unto Himself;" And we find that this statement consists of 5 points.

 

I)   Brother Branham begins by saying, "Sometime" - so we are looking at a specific time or season for something to happen, and that something is...

 

II)  "The Cap Stone shall return"

 

III)  "In order to receive Something" and that something is called ...

 

IV)   "The Bride"  and where is this Bride going to be received?

 

  V)   "To Himself"  And that is the focus of the Message. "To Declare Him, that He is Here!"

 

So let's begin with our first point in tonight,...

 

 I)   The word... "Sometime", He said, "Sometime", In other words, we are looking at a specific time or 

       season for something to happen.

 

[ Ecclesiastes 3: 1] "to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven:"  but we are not interested in every time for everything. More specifically, we are interested  in a specific thing with a specific time or season. So then, the season must have earmarks or marks of distinction. Like we see in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Each of these seasons have earmarks or specific characteristics that we are aware of and that we know and of which we use to identify the season we are in. So we see, that the characteristics identify the season.

 

[ 1 Peter 1: 5 - 13] You who are kept by the power of God [ Romans 1: 16 = The Word]  through Faith [ which is Revelation] that brings you to a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time, [ a season which is epochal and strategic in it's nature according to the Wuest Translation]. Wherein ye greatly rejoice though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold testings: That the trial of your Faith [Revelation], being much more precious than gold that perishes, although the gold must also go through testing by fire as well, but that you may be found after such testing to have your Faith [Revelation ] come to the place of Praise, Honor and Glory at the Appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having not seen, you love; in Whom, though now you see Him not, yet believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of Glory: Receiving the end [Goal or outcome]  of your Faith [Revelation] even the salvation [final deliverance and setting free ] of your souls. Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the [Grace] that should come unto you: Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which  was in them did signify [to show or make manifest], when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ [ His first Coming], and the Glory that should follow [ His second Coming in which He comes in Glory]. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the Gospel unto you in which the Holy Spirit Himself was sent down from heaven ; which things even the angels desire to look into. Wherefore, gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the [Grace ] that is to be revealed [unto You] at the Revelation of Jesus Christ."  Notice here, we see that a season of Grace is to come at the time of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. And what does this Grace do? It identifies the Revelation of Jesus Christ! Grace, then will be an earmark of this Message or this Revealing of Christ.

 

Now, the season is very important to us, and we must know and understand what season we are in, because each season has specific earmarks, identifiable characteristics, or what we shall call fruits.  Each season has specific fruits that will come forth and you must know what season you are in so that you will know what fruits to expect. Strawberries are harvested in June, so if you were to look for them in October, you will miss out on the strawberry harvest. Just the same as Apples are best harvested in September or October and if you look for them in June you will not be too satisfied with the fruit that  you find. You must know what fruits are to accompany each season and then you plant accordingly and you also harvest the same manner.

 

[ Psalms 1: 1 - 4 ] Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the Word of the Lord; and in His Word does he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree that is planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away." You'll notice here that the scripture tells us we are to have the right fruit for the right season.  We see this also in

 

[ Matthew 7: 16 - 20 ] Ye shall know them by their fruits! Do men gather grapes off of thorns, or figs from thistles?  Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corruptible tree [ see 1 Peter 1:23 ] bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth god  fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them."  And what are these fruits Jesus is talking about?  Well, we know that Jesus said, " As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he, and out from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh" Therefore as a man is so shall he think and speak. Therefore his fruits show what He is just as an apple hanging on a tree shows what type of tree it is. When Jesus told His disciples to beware the leaven of the Pharisees, they thought he was speaking of bread, but he was not speaking of bread, he was speaking of Doctrine. And so a man's doctrine will declare what that man is in his heart.  

 

From [ Anointed Ones at the End - Time pg. 15 ] Brother Branham said, when referring to Matthew 7, "What is the fruit? It is the teaching of the season."  

 

So we see then, that the season is all important as to what fruit is to be manifested. And since the fruit is the teaching of the season, then the teaching will identify the season as well. Right? So we see that the season has characteristics which identify it. And these characteristics that we are looking at here, is the fruit or teachings that are being presented to the people. So then, we must ask ourselves what identifiable characteristics is Brother Branham speaking of here, when he says, "Some time".  Some time, what? And we follow this up with ...

 

Point # 2)  "Some time the Cap Stone shall return."  So then, we are looking at the season when the Cap Stone shall return. OK! Good - now what is the Cap Stone you ask?  I'm glad you asked that question, because that is a very important question to ask. Now we do not find this word Cap Stone even used in the Scriptures.   So we must ask ourselves, what he means by the word cap. He has already told us that the foundation stone was laid in us before the worlds were even framed, and we found that  was Christ.

 

But if you will notice how Brother Branham used this word Cap Stone, right after he used it, he immediately qualified the use of this word by saying, " the Head of it all." Let's just read it together now, "Some time the Cap Stone shall return,  the Head of it all."  And as I said, we do not find anywhere in scripture the word capstone but we do find the word headstone, and that is what he is referring to here as he ties the cap with the head. And actually, that is where you wear a cap. On your head. You do not where it around your waste, nor  do you wear it on your arms or legs, or hands or feet. But on your head. So we see that a cap is for the head. And as I said, we do find the scripture speaking of the Headstone.

 

[ Zechariah 4 : 4-7] Then the angel that talked to me answered and said unto me, 'knowest thou not what these be?' And I said, 'No, My Lord.' Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, 'This is the Word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, 'Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit' saith the Lord of Hosts. Who art thou, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with Shoutings, crying Grace, Grace unto it!'   So we see here that the scripture speaks of the Cap Stone as the headstone and we find a very peculiar thing about the time or season  of the Head Stone. The people will be involved in a SHOUT! And their cry will go forth as an echo of the Shout crying, "Grace, Grace unto It!" Grace, Grace unto what? Unto It! Unto the Head Stone!

 

From [ Jesus keeps all of His Appointments pg. 21]  brother Branham says, " As it gets closer and closer, the negative and positive are coming together, until they both become the same thing. And that's exactly when the church and the Word has to be One, like Jesus and God was One, just exactly. "God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself." And so will Christ have to be in the church, the anointed of the Word, to make everything fulfilled. And that's the Capstone that comes upon the last church age. Not Laodicea, now - it's a call out of that, a Bride out of a church, church out of a church, otherwise. Just like He called a nation out of a nation in Egypt. And now we're living in that day, and we're grateful for these great things that we've been seeing."  Now, notice how he said,  " and so Christ will have to be in His church, the Anointed of the Word, [ or rather The Anointed Word ] to make every thing fulfilled. And that's the Capstone that comes upon the last church age."

 

And from [ The Paradox  pp. 149 ] He said,  watch, Luther - Wesley - Pentecost and the Cap Stone, when the church and Word becomes the Same. Same thing, exactly, perfectly."  So we see the time of the Cap Stone will be marked by certain characteristics - and these characteristics will bring forth a shout in the people crying, "Grace, Grace unto the It!"

 

Now, remember, Grace will be an earmark or an identifiable characteristic of the Cap Stone season.

 

[ 1 Peter 1: 13 ] Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the [Grace] that us to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ."  Now, if you will notice the admonition in verses [14 - 16] As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as He which hath called you is Holy, so be ye Holy in all manner of conversation [manner of life ], Because it is written, "Be Ye holy for I am holy."  Now, we are told here to be holy even as He is holy, yet we know that [ Romans 3: 10]  tells us, "There is none that are righteous, no not one."  Yet we have found out by this message and through the scripture over the past few weeks that our holiness comes from being righteous, and we found that our righteousness is not something we have an ability to produce. It is one of the many blessings we found in [ Ephesians 1" 3 - 4 ]  That was allotted to us before the world was even framed and that He predestinated us to enter into this state of righteousness and blameless at His Appearing as we also found in [ 1 Thessalonians 3: 13]  where it states that He will establish our hearts unblameable and in holiness in the Presence of God, even our Father, at the Parousia of our Lord Jesus Christ."  So we see our holiness does not come from anything that we can do, but simply from what He said about you.

 

[ Romans 4: 7 - 8] " Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin."  So we find then, the identifiable characteristic of the Cap Stone season is that the people will be caught up into the Revelation of Jesus Christ as spoken in [ 1 Peter 1: 13 ]  and as in this Revelation breaks, we'll understand the Grace that comes with it, bringing us into the same mindset so that we might all cry out  in One accord, " Grace, Grace, unto It!" which we find in the following scripture...

 

[ 1 Corinthians 1; 3 - 10] Grace be unto you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank My God always on your behalf, for the [Grace] of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; that in every thing you are to be enriched [ this Grace brings on a maturity like fertilizer] by Him, in all utterance [Logos] and in all knowledge; Even as the testimony of Jesus Christ was confirmed in you:  [ This is the same as in 2 Thessalonians 1: 10 ] And the reason fort this is so that you will not come behind in no gift [Charisma which is a spiritual endowment]; waiting for the Apokalupsis [ Revealing or unveiling] of our Lord Jesus Christ. Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. [ Ephesians 1: 3-4 & 1 Thessalonians 3: 13]. God is faithful, by Whom ye were called unto the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment."

 

Now, I want you to  notice that the Grace here, lies in the fact that He gives you a special endowment to be able to understand and perceive the Unveiling of Christ when it comes among us.    

 

Jesus said in [ Matthew 13: 10 - 16] "Blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear and perceive what is happening."  So we see then that this [Grace] or the special blessings of God upon the Elect in this season is that our eyes and ears will be opened to hear and see and understand.

 

[ 1 Peter 2: 6] Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, " Behold, I lay in Zion a Chief Corner Stone, Elect, Precious: And He that believeth on Him shall not be confounded. Now notice, first this Cap Stone or Head Stone was the Corner Stone that was rejected in the Alpha ministry. And also those who are Elect and believers will not be confounded or confused. And that is because they will understand. They will understand Godhead, and Vindication. Therefore they will know Who it is that has come down.

 

[1 Peter 2: 7] Unto you therefore which believe, He is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the Stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the Head of the Corner, Now if you will notice here, He did not say He is made the Corner, but He is made the Head of the Corner. Jesus the Man came in the Alpha, and He is the Lamb that will be at the top of the Holy Mountain. But above Him will be the Pillar of Fire which will contain or house God Himself. And it is that Same Spirit of God that was in Jesus reconciling the world to Himself that comes back as the Cap Stone or Headstone at this hour.

 

[1 Peter 2: 8] And a Stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, even to them which stumble at the Word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. The key here is that only those who are in the Election will not stumble at the Word.

 

[1 Peter 2: 9]  But ye are a chosen generation, [ the word here is genos which we get the word gene  from and which refers to Lineage, seed  or offspring ] an Holy nation, a peculiar people: that ye should show forth the praises of Him Who hath called you out of darkness unto His marvelous light: Which in times past [ a previous time or season] were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained Mercy, but now have obtained Mercy.

 

Notice how Brother Branham was speaking of "a time when the Cap Stone would return." And we know what he told us this Cap Stone would do. He said, "The anointed Word which is Christ would come amongst the Bride and even enter into the Bride making her One with the Father."  We find this in ...

 

[ 2 Thessalonians 1: 7, 10 - 12] And to you who are troubled, rest with us when the lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, ...When He shall come to be glorified in His Saints, and to be admired in all them that believe, because our testimony among you  was believed in that day. Where also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness, and work of Faith with power. That the name of the Lord Jesus Christ be Glorified in you, and ye in Him, according to the [Grace] of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. Notice how He comes to be [ endoxad in the saints. This is when the very mind of God comes into the saints.]

 

[ 1 Corinthians 13: 10] When that which is perfect is come then that which is in part shall be done away. And the COD book, pg. 1005 Brother Branham quoted this scripture and then  added, "and we have today by God's help, the perfect interpretation of the Word with Divine vindication. Then that which is in part is done away with. "   And if this is true and we believe that it is, then notice the relationship between the Word and the Bride.  We find in [ 1 Corinthians 3: 18 ] a process that begins when we come face to face with the Revealed word. And notice in  [ 1 John 4: 17-19] , this brings us into an assurance that has no fear.  We see that this revelation of Jesus Christ is to take over in us and bring us into a rest and relaxation knowing that our days of working out our own salvation with fear and trembling are over forever. This perfect Love which is God manifested and revealed casts out all uncertainty and fear. Because we know as brother Branham put it, "There is coming a time when the Cap Stone returns with the purpose of receiving a Bride back unto Himself." And so we must then look at ...

 

point #3)  Which is the "Receiving or reception We get from Him."  And we know that this receiving us is already taking place as He is gathering us unto Him according to [ 2 Thessalonians 2: 1 & Matthew 3: 12] Now, remember, the churches reception of Him was not so good. He was rejected and put out of the church and He is standing at the door knocking trying to get back in. So talk about Grace. But we can be thankful that He first placed within us a welcoming spirit and He came to turn the hearts of the children to the hearts of the fathers.   He placed that foundation Seed in us before the foundations of the world and we could not help but respond to His Grace in this Hour because that is the fruit of the season of the Cap Stone. We found in [ Matthew 13 as well as Luke 8, Mark 4, John 6 & 8  as well as the book of  Isaiah]  that he has made us in such a way as to respond to Him  and be drawn to Him as we see in [ John 3: 21]  For every one that doeth Truth cometh to the Light, that His deeds may be manifest, that they had their source in God. We find then that our genetic makeup has been predispositioned to believe Him when He comes in this Cap Stone ministry. Brother Branham said, from [ I know my Redeemer Liveth, ] "His presence is here. It can be felt with the inner charge that's on the inside if the human body called the new birth."  So we see that we are predispositioned by the gene seed that is already in us by predestination and Election since before the framing of the worlds.

 

So now, he said there is a certain season in which the Cap Stone Himself shall return and receive or gather a Bride to Himself. This is what we are striving for. This is what it is all about. And how does He receive us? By bringing forth in us the manifested Word.

 

[ 1 Corinthians 2: 14 ]  So therefore, those who do see it, can cry out only one thing, " Grace, Grace, unto It!"

[ John 16: 12 - 15] (read) That is why no man can come unto the Father but through Him.

[ John 13: 20 ] (read)                  Let's just bow our hearts in prayer....