MASTERPIECE No. 23
The Word is a Lamp that brings us into His Presence
Sunday morning, September 18,
2005
Rev. Brian Kocourek
This morning we will continue in our Study of Br.
Branham’s sermon called THE MASTERPIECE 64-0705 and this will be number 23 in our series.
We will pick up this morning at paragraph 25 and read.
THE
MASTERPIECE 64-0705 25 Father God, Thy Word is a Lamp, the
Light that lights the path of every believer into the Presence of God, as
It carries us like a lantern in our hand. You've not provided enough that we
should see the end from the beginning, and I walk with faith. But as a man
would travel through a dark forest at night (And that's where we are.), the light that he holds only provides step
by step. But the path, though leading upward, just walk with the Light. And may The Light shine today upon the Word to lead us one step farther to
the
Now in this preamble to his message after reading
the Scripture from Isaiah 53 for his text, brother Branham says some very
interesting things here concerning the Word of God and how we are to walk in
it.
Notice
that he begins here by addressing God as our Father, and then acknowledges that
the Word of God is a lamp. Now we know that is scriptural for we find it in Psalms 119:105
where David says, Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Now, I want you to notice that brother
Branham does not stop here but goes on to give us a little more information as
to How the Word of God is to be used as this lamp to guide us in the way.
Father God, Thy Word is a Lamp, the Light that lights the path of every
believer into the Presence of God
Now this then tell us that without this
Light to light the path into the Presence of God we will not have the necessary
equipment to ensure our journey into that presence and without the light of
that lamp we will not know when we have arrived at His Pre4sence or not.
Jesus tells us the same thing in Matthew 25:1-13 which
deals with The Ten Virgins.
MATTHEW 25:1 ¶ Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins,
which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
Now
I am not going to go into the same detail that I did when I preached on the Ten
Virgins in our Parables series, but I will bring up some things that I did
cover in that series, so bear with me if you do not like some repetition. If you will recall the number ten is one of
the perfect numbers and it is significant because it is the first decade and represents the entire numerical system
coming to a completion. 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, and 10 starts is all over again,
because the fist two numbers 0, and 1 are both used in this first decade
showing there are no more numbers to be used. And the number ten signifies that
the whole cycle is now complete.
Therefore
in referring to the number ten concerning the virgins, Jesus is speaking of the conclusion of the church, and the
time when the Groom comes to take out a portion of that number, Five to be
exact, which number five represents “Grace”.
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins,
which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
Notice
also that Jesus was speaking of virgins
which means they have not been with men, and have not been impregnated by mans
dogmas and creeds.
156
Ten Virgins 60-1211M] Now,
watch, they, both of them were virgins. Now, let me get this Here, let's take
these two right here. This is a virgin and this is a virgin. This was a foolish
virgin and this was a wise virgin, but both of them are virgins. Now, if you'll take that name
"virgin" and run it down, it means “holy, clean, sanctified.” The word “sanctify”
comes from the word “sainted,” which means “clean.” Like the Hebrew word… Now,
that’s a Greek word; “sanctify” means “clean.”
So
then, these ten virgins which are virgins in Word and deed, have not been
corrupted by man’s seed or man’s doctrine.
Now,
that we have established a few details in order to understand this parable,
let’s now get to the heart of what this parable is all about. Notice that all
ten virgins have lamps. Now we have
already read in Psalm
119:105 that The Word of God is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our
path, So we see that the ten virgins are Bible toting Virgins. Now
remember, a woman in the Bible always types a church. Brother Branham taught us
that.
WHY WE ARE NOT A DENOMINATION? 58-0927
31 Now, a woman, in the Bible, represents "church." How
many knows that? We are a Bride; the Church is a Bride.
Now in getting back to
brother Branham’s statement this morning in The Masterpiece, he said, Father God, Thy
Word is a Lamp, the Light that
lights the path of every believer into the Presence of God, as It carries
us like a lantern in our hand.
Now from his sermon Conflict Between God and Satan 62-0531 pp. 73 brother
Branham said, Fire is
the confirmation of the Light coming from the Word. The smart virgin,
the wise virgin, had oil in her lamp, and she trimmed her lamp and lit it. Now, what is it? Now, God is the Word; the Oil is the Spirit;
and the Fire is the Gospel Light on that
Oil. Amen. God said so. See? That's the vessel. All right. The Oil is in the vessel, and the Fire burning it, shows that it's reflecting the Light of what the
Word said. See? That's the reflection. Now, that wise virgin could do that;
but that other, foolish virgin, was on the outside, had no Oil. And they
couldn't reflect nothing but just their church and their denomination. See?
Now, "You say the Word... You said the Word was Spirit?" Yes, sir. God said, "My word is Spirit."
That's right. The true Bride must be unified by the Word.
Now, remember, if she is a part of
Christ, she has to be the Word of Christ. In order to be the Word of Christ,
you have to be baptized into Christ. And when you're in Christ, you believe
Christ and Christ is the Word. “
So
we see that these ten virgins represent the church in its purity, and within
this called out group, there are not all these believers are the same. One has
oil in their vessel which is the baptism of the Holy Spirit and therefore they
can see the
We
showed you that brother Branham define4d the new birth evidence as being able
to understand the
From the sermon
Key to the
door 62-1007 P: 68 Brother Branham said, No man can understand the Word outside the baptism
of the Holy Ghost. And when a man says he's got the baptism of the Holy Ghost,
and disputes the Word being right, there's something wrong.
And from his
sermon called Calling of Abraham 55-1116 P:29 Brother Branham said, Jesus said to Nicodemus, "Except the man be
born again he cannot see the
So
you see the oil in the vessel tells us that those 5 virgins were born again and
therefore were considered wise because they knew and could understand the Word
of God. Therefore the wise virgin are born again and the five that are foolish
are not. Because they can not see nor do they understand the word of God.
Now, the question came up while we were in
Well, if they
are in denomination and abiding by their system they certainly could not be
virgins. Also I want you to notice that all ten or in other words the full
complete cycle of virgins at the end-time all hear the midnight cry which is
come out of her my people, Behold I stand at the door and knock, if any man
hear my Voice and open I will sup with Him and He with me.
Now, from the
sermon Handwriting on the wall 58-0618 P:3 brother
Branham said, “You know there were virgins that went out to meet Him. And five
were still virgins, but were foolish
virgins that didn't keep oil in their lamps. And though they were virgins, just the same as the others, they were not permitted to the wedding
supper. So far be it, from any people here tonight, to be included, so they'd be excluded from the Presence of
the Lord, included in that group of the virgins with no oil in their lamps.
Now, hold that thought in your mind for a
while. Brother Branham said “They are excluded from the Presence of the Lord”. Why?
Because although they heard the midnight cry that said, “come out
of her my people”, and they came out, yet because they could not
see who was there on the outside, they did not focus on the One standing in
their midst, but focused their thoughts on the other virgins and asked of them
for some of their oil. So because they could not understand Who it was that His
Presence was there, they reaped none of the benefits of His Presence. Yet they
were standing in the very same presence of the Lord as the wise virgins but
they did not know it.
Now, just think of that. The same One
that called them out of darkness was standing there in their midst and because
they had no oil in their lamp, meaning because they were not born again, they
could not recognize the one who had made that midnight cry. The wise knew He
was standing there, and they went in with Him into the wedding supper, but the
Foolish did not know whose presence they had come out to see because they could
not see anyone standing there. That midnight cry attracted their attention just
like it did the wise virgins, but when they went out to see what it was about,
they saw nothing.
And so too today, we see this scene
unfolding all over the world. All
ten virgins had only one thing in mind, and that was to meet the Bride Groom. They were all waiting for
Him to come, and Jesus speaks nothing of
these ten having eyes for another man. These are not adulterous women. They are
pure and have eyes only for the Groom. And yet when they came out of
denomination to come into the presence of the One who came down with a Shout,
or a midnight cry, the wise saw him because they had oil in their vessels. They
saw His presence and they understood what they saw, for they went with Him into
the wedding supper. But the others saw nothing. No Presence, just darkness and
thus absence. They had no understanding of the one who was in their midst.
Now, according to Matthew 13: 10-17 and Mark 4: 10-12
there is a certain Group of predestinated people who are ordained to know, to
understand, and to perceive. And we know by the same parables that all others
are not ordained to know and to understand, and therefore will get nothing
because of their blindness.
And we know also by what Jesus told us in those two
scriptures that no one outside of those ordained individuals is capable of
knowing, and understanding the Word. If
you want to know whether you are born again or not, you will know you are born
again when the Word of God comes alive to you. Paul said, “Ephesians 2: 1 And you
hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; and again in Colossians 2: 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of
your flesh, hath he quickened together
with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; And the word quickened
means to come alive.
And that is your key, together with Him, for if His
Life is living and abiding in you, then you are alive to His word and can see
it as it comes to pass. Colossians 3:4 When Christ, who is
our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
Audio letter to Lee Vayle 64-0500 P:2 Because if they only see
it in the hour past, then there's no hope for the church. The church must see it in the present tense. So God sends His
prophet to manifest, present tense of it. You see? And then, after it's over,
then history is.
Anointed ones at end time 65-0725M P:158
Said, "I
AM sent me." I AM, not I was, or will be, I AM, present tense, the Word
now. Not the Word that was, the Word that will come, the Word that's now. See?
You get it?
Anointed ones at end time 65-0725M P:168
"For it is impossible for those which were
once enlightened and didn't move on with the Word as it come to pass..."
They're dead, gone.
Now
this word "wise" that Jesus uses here
is a Greek word Phronimos which means to be prudent or sensible in a
practical sense. We see Him use the same
word in Matthew 7:24-27 where he says, Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth
them,( in other words, puts them into practice) I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon
a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and
beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded ( it's
foundation ) was
upon a rock.( and we know that this rock is Revelation, and Paul
told us that no other foundation can be laid than what is already laid and that
is Christ.)
And
so we read on, And
every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, (does
not put them into practice) shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house
upon the sand: (You'll notice here that he has no foundation) And the rain
descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house;
and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
The
Wise are those who not only hear but put into action what they hear. This is
considered the prudent or sensible thing to do. And of course we see the
foolish are those who also hear, but they do not do, and because they do not
put into action what they hear, they are not considered wise or prudent, but
foolish, because they could have taken action and saved their home, but they
did not, and therefore their homes were destroyed. Oh, how many believers today
are watching their own children going down the wrong road and are headed for
destruction only because they did not apply the Token. Brother Branham said it
won't do you any good unless you apply it, it must be applied!, and that means
it has got to be put into use or it won't do you any good. Now the only
difference between the Wise and Foolish is that One had their foundation built
on The Revelation of Jesus Christ, while the other didn't. The same winds of
doctrine blew down upon them both, they were both subjected to the same rain and wind and
flooding which [ Isaiah 59: 19 ] warns us that "when the enemy comes in
like a flood the Spirit of the Lord
shall lift up a standard against him".
But the thing I want you to notice is that the same trials will come
upon both the wise and foolish alike, but the wise won't falter during this
testing time because they have a foundation built upon a rock which is
revelation.
But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
In other words, the Word was anointed to them which makes all the difference in
the world, because to those whom the Word is anointed, it becomes a living
Word, whereas to the others it is not a living Word, but a set of rules and
regulations in which they must follow.
In Isaiah
28: 9-13 NIV we see what happens to them who hear this
Message but understand it not. Who is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His
Message? To children weaned from their milk, to those just taken from the
breast? For it is: Do and do, do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule; a little
here, a little there. Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues God
will speak to this people, to whom He said, "This is the resting place,
let the weary rest"; and "This is the place of repose"- but they
would not listen. So then, the Word of the Lord to them will become: Do and do,
do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule; as little here, and a little there- so
then they will go and fall backward, be injured and snared and captured."
And
so we see the foolish virgin did not have the Word of God anointed to them and
so when they realized how late it was they went to those who did understand the
Midnight Cry or Shout and they began to seek this anointing so they might
understand but it was too late. And so when they realized they did not have it
they went into a works program and tried everything they could to work
themselves up into a condition of anointing but it was to no avail. So let's
read on and see what happens to them.
3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with
them: Now, here is the scene He is building up in our
minds. These ten virgins, all of them
are on their way to meet the Bride Groom with lamps in hand, but five of them
have no oil in their lamps to keep the lamps lit. Thus the lamps or the Word of God has become
useless to them. Now, the significance of this is that the lamp is used to
light the path before you so you don’t loose your way. But it’s got to be lit
or it becomes of no use to you, just a bunch of extra weight which represents
extra burden to carry which is legalism.
Now, in the same manner as the lamp without oil, if
the Word of God is not lit up in our heart it will do you no good. And so we
see these Bible toting young ladies out in the dark with no light. They are
carrying a lamp, but apparently they do not know how to use it, or what it is
for? Otherwise they would have made sure it had oil in it. And how many people profess
to have the Message, they have all the sermons on MP3 or on their computer and
yet because they have no oil, they do not know how to utilize this great Lamp
of God. And thus they still walk in darkness and the lamp, or Message does them
no good, for they do not know how to use it to see clearly the one who is
Present.
25:4 But the wise took oil in
their vessels with their lamps. Notice the significance
of the words Jesus says and how he says it. The wise took oil in their vessels.
That means that they had a vessel that was separate from the Lamp. Now, the
vessel represents their person. The Apostle Paul told us in I THESSALONIANS 4:3 For this is the
will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
4 That every one of you should know how to
possess his vessel in sanctification and honour.
In other words, we should know how to keep our
vessel sanctified. And the vessel represent your body, your person. And again
we read in ACTS
9:15 when God spoke to Ananias about Paul, But the
Lord said unto him, (God is speaking to Ananias here,) Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me,
to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of
So we see that the five wise took oil in their vessel and we know that
oil represents the Holy Spirit or the anointing of God. I SAMUEL 16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward.
Now, let me show you further that this oil
represents not only the Holy Spirit in the believer, but an ability given to
the believer by the Holy spirit to know and to understand the Word of God,
because the anointing is for that very purpose of shining forth the light of
God just as the oil in the lamp is to shine forth light from the lamp.
In I JOHN 2:20 we read, ¶ But ye
have an unction (that
means anointing,) from the Holy One, and ye know all things. Then John makes it
clear when he says, 21 I have not written unto you because ye know
not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
And notice how specific John becomes concerning what this anointing will do for
you, and also what a lack of it will not do. He says, 22 Who is a liar? but he that denieth that Jesus
is the Christ. (is the Anointed,)
then notice how John becomes very, very specific as to what that lie is. He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
So John is very specific about what that antichrist
spirit is. Then John makes it more clear what He is driving at, when he says, 1 John 2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not
the Father: But he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. You
see because if you deny that Jesus is the Son of God, then you make Him God the
Son, and now you have two Gods. And further if you deny that He is the Son of
God, then how can God be a Father? A Father has at least one child or he isn’t
a father. And without a Son God is just
God, but He could not be a Father. Then to say Jesus is his own Father denies
that He is a son, and thus denies that God is a Father and you see where it
leads to? Confusion! And John says, if you do not have the son you
do not have the Father, but if you acknowledge the son then you by definition
also acknowledge the Father. Notice also that he says, Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not
the Father: (and that word hath is the Greek word echo, and thus you
can not echo or reflect the Father if He doesn’t have children.) But he that
acknowledgeth the Son hath (echoes or reflects the son, reflects) the Father also. Oh
how beautiful the Scriptures come together.
Matthew 25: 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, and
at the very end of the day, when there is no more time left it is midnight… and
don’t we see that same implication in Revelations 10:7 when time shall be no more?
Now I want you to notice, they all heard the
midnight cry, right? So it had to be pretty loud, and this word cry here means
to speak loudly or with a loud voice, which is called a shout. So we can say
that all the virgins both wise and foolish heard this Midnight Shout? And what
was the Shout? "Behold,"
which means "Look and See”, The Bridegroom cometh, He’s on His way… And who
was standing there knocking at the door? "Behold I
stand at the door and knock," That’s Revelation chapter 3, and "Behold the Judge
standeth at the door." That’s James chapter 5. We see the same thing in Revelations Chapter 10: where the
same root word is used to express this great cry in verse 3. In verse 1 The Lord
Himself comes down and in verse 3 He cried with a loud voice, (which is a
shout) as when a
lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. And we know the Loud voice like a lion
represents a prophetic voice, or that of a prophet. God speaking through His
Prophet as we see in AMOS 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his
secret unto his servants the prophets. 8 The
lion hath roared, Not squeaked, but roared,) who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but
prophesy? Look the prophet couldn’t even help it.
…Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Now,
notice what that shout was…Not, behold the Bride Groom is here, but that word
cometh is the word erchomai which means “yet to come”, not Parousia which means
present already. No, that midnight cry is speaking of the Coming of the Bride
Groom, Then if it speaks of the coming of the Bride Groom, then the Bride Groom
is not here yet at this time. Then who gave the midnight cry? Certainly it is
not the Bride Groom, but another declaring his soon arrival. And when the king
called forth a wedding for His Son, notice He is the One who called forth the
wedding, it was Him calling forth, it was Him, the king that gave forth the
Shout. And brother Branham said in his sermon,
DIVINE
HEALING 54-1219M 283 I'm so happy today to know that God is in our
midst; the shout of the King is here,… WAY OF A TRUE PROPHET 63-0119 E-66 There
was a shout of the king in the camp. God was with them
HEAR YE HIM 57-0125 E-78 O God, how we love You. How we worship You.
You are in our midst. The shout of the King is here. The great Jehovah
UNITED UNDER ONE HEAD
58-0326 E-50 I believe that His Presence
is here. The King, there's a shout of the King.
TIME OF DECISION 59-0418
E-44 But what did he fail to
see? He failed to hear the shout of the King in the camp down there. They had a
smitten rock. They had a Pillar of Fire, a supernatural sign. They failed to
see that. That's what's the matter with the world today, they fail to see It.
CONDEMNATION BY REPRESENTATION
60-1113 35-2 And we believe that there
is to be a church in these last days, that will receive both former and latter
rain. It'll be scattered throughout the world in this Laodicean Age. It'll be a
church that's called back to the original faith in God. It'll be a church
that'll have Jesus Christ walking in it, manifesting Himself; the shout of the King will be in it.
Matthew 25: 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom;
come out to meet him. And in 2 Corinthians 6: 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye
separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive
you, 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith
the Lord Almighty.
We see the same thing in Revelations 18: 4 where God says,
“Come out of her my people that ye be not partakers of her plagues.
He is the same and changes not. God said, I am that I am, and if he changes
not, then every time we see the Scripture proclaim come out we know that it is
the Father calling for us to come, just as we saw the Father King calling for
the people to come to the wedding of the Bridegroom.
25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. It’s lamp trimming time. Now,
remember the lamp is the Word of God. So what does it mean to trim the lamp?
Notice when they all began to trim their lamps, which I believe they began to search the Word for an understanding
of what this Midnight Shout was all about, it is then that the real difference
between them comes into view. The Wise, were made ready, while the foolish
realized they did not have the oil which we know always in scripture, oil
represents the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit. And this is the difference
between them. And this is also the reason why the Wise knew who it was at the
door and the Foolish did not. I think
this also speaks of the Wise having an understanding of the Headstone returning
with shouting of Grace, Grace unto it.
Because the foolish were not aware of this grace. And remember as we
studied the Grace of God at the time of the revelation of Jesus Christ is a
special anointing upon the believer making them to know and understand.
E-35 Sudden Secret
Going Away of the Church 58-1012 They were ready to go
meet Him, but some of them let their oil go out. Don't let that be your case.
Keep oil in your lamp. Oil is the Spirit, the Holy Spirit. Never let it drain
from you. When you feel your love dying
away, your sincerity to Christ, and
to the cause, quickly go to Him Who has the Fountain of Oil and buy for
yourself a filling of the Holy Spirit.
LAMB'S
BOOK OF LIFE 56-0603 E-28 028
Noah was a type that was carried
over like the sleeping virgin. But Enoch was translated just before the
tribulation struck. And Enoch was took up, and was found not, because God took
him: the type of the going forth of the going forth of the church. And Noah
watched him. When he seen Enoch go, he knew it was time to enter the ark, for
to be carried through the tribulation. The Bible said there was ten virgins
went out to meet the bridegroom, and five were wise; five were foolish. And
they were all virgins, every one of them. But five was wise. And they had oil
in their lamp. And they went out to meet the bridegroom. And the bridegroom
came. And the ones that had oil, went in.
See, the translation, going with the Bridegroom. But those who were left behind, they come and wanted in too just like those
who come and knocked on the door of the ark. "Noah, let us in." But
God closed the door. No, friend of mine, one of these days God's going to
give you your final call, then the door's going to be closed between mercy, and
judgment. Don't be left out. Get in now while you can. Don't pay no attention
to what the world says. Get into Christ, for
those that are in Christ will God bring with Him. See?
Now, I want you to notice something here. While the
others who were considered foolish went out looking to try and find some
understanding of this Midnight Shout, the others went into the Marriage in the
Presence of the Bridegroom as it says, They went in with Him.)
Matthew 25:11 Afterward came also the
other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. Afterwards,
the others realized who it was that was knocking and who it was that was
Present, but it was too late then, they missed Him because they had not been
ready. The Word had not been anointed to them and they missed the Revelation of
Jesus Christ. They were left behind for the tribulation period.) 12 But he answered
and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. This word know here
is a Greek word which means to fully know but in the context that Jesus is
using it, it would suggest that He's saying, "I never really had a
consummate relationship with you" and therefore, (as Doctor Hoyer from Wheaton Illinois who
was at one time considered the greatest U.S. student of the Greek said, "this should be translated as " I
used to know you as my wife, but I do not know you as my wife any longer.
"In other words, we never consummated our relationship together and
therefore I really never knew you in a conjugal sense of the word.
And
what is the evidence that He has filled you with His Spirit, that you have been
baptized in the Spirit of the Living God? ,
"when you have been truly baptized by the Holy Spirit, then the Message
is no longer a mystery to you, it is no longer a secret to you, you know
it!" "It's all lit up before you".
1032-Q-306 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 64-0823E 306. After the Bride is raptured will any of the foolish virgin be saved
or will they all be lost? No. See, everything will be finished for the Gentile
church when the Bride is taken from the earth. The Spirit of God leaves the
earth: "He that's filthy is filthy still; he that's righteous is righteous
still; he that's holy is holy still." In other words the sanctuary becomes
smoky, where the Attorney stands to plead the case. Christ leaves the
sanctuary; His day of mediatorial is over. The rapture comes; He leaves from
the sanctuary, goes forth and takes the Book of Redemption, and claims
everything He redeemed. There's no more mediatorial work. How many understands
that? I got it on one of the Seals--or one of the... Yeah, the Seals, I believe
it was, that Christ comes forth to claim His mediatorial work., just a minute.
"Will the foolish virgin be saved." No. Whatever happens, happens
now. After that time she's in the state... Now, she will have to go
through the tribulation period. And the reason of it is, is because she
has rejected the Atonement in Its fullness. She is a believer, a professed
believer, but she will have to go through the tribulation period.
Notice brother Branham
said, THE
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Father God, Thy Word is a Lamp,
the Light that lights the path of every
believer into the Presence of God, as It carries us like a lantern in our
hand. You've not provided enough that we should see the end from the beginning,
and I walk with faith. But as a man would travel through a dark forest at night
(And that's where we are.), the light
that he holds only provides step by step. But the path, though leading
upward, just walk with the Light.
And may The Light shine today upon
the Word to lead us one step farther to the
Next week, Lord willing, we will look at this next
thought here that he says, You've not provided enough that we should see the end from
the beginning, and he added the light that he holds only provides step by step. So
we will examine the progressive way in which the Lord reveals himself to us,
word by word, and attribute by attribute, step by step. Amen.