The Masterpiece 92

The Gathering of the World Council of Churches

October 28th, 2006

 

 

Let us read for our text from Brother Branham’s sermon on The  Masterpiece 64-0705 169  Stalk, tassel, husk is dead and dried now. There's only one thing that has to happen to that, it's to be gathered in the World Council of Churches for its burning.

 

This evening I would like to talk about this one short thought that brother Branham has made concerning the drying up of the shuck and the world council of churches.

 

Now, we know he is speaking of organization and the gathering of the tares here. For he says, it's to be gathered in the World Council of Churches for its burning.

 

Therefore he is referencing the parable Jesus spoke of in Matthew chapter 13. So let’s read that parable again for ourselves to see what Jesus is talking about.

 

MATTHEW 13:24 ¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:  25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.  26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then, hath it tares? 28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

 

Notice Jesus points out the fact that two very different types of life (seed) will be planted alongside of each other in the same field. The field represents the world, and the sowing is done first by the owner of the field, and then his enemy comes into his field and imitates his sowing, but with a different life (seed).

 

The facts of this parable are as follows:

1)   There is one field that the seed is placed; ie, a woman, we are husbandry,

2)   There are two sewers, or sources of seed the owner of the field, and his enemy

3)   There are two seeds sown, identifying two different life forms and natures

4)   The tares are an intrusion but allowed to grow up alongside of the wheat until the

       harvest, for the sake of the wheat, until the wheat is mature enough to withstand a

       separation.

5)   Separation warfare always

6)   There is both a binding and bundling of these tares, and these are two different words.

7)   The tares are destined for burning.

8)   The Wheat is to be gathered, not bundled, then placed in the storehouse of  the owner.

 

Notice the two seeds are allowed to grow up side by side until the time of the harvest. Then a separation takes place, which comes via the organization of the church, not the Bride, the church, and this organization is a process of gathering for the burning.

Uncertain sound 62-0714 P:47  You know, the Bible said let the wheat and tares grow together, and He would bundle up the tares at the end. They are. They're getting bundled up in one great big bunch, all of them coming together to form the image of the beast, an ecclesiastical power, an image like Rome. Oh, it's coming. Don't you worry. It's going to be here, and you're going to see it. You won't die of old age, none of you I don't think, till you'll see it. We've got the head of it setting here now, Jezebel, turning every Ahab's neck, and... Remember the days of that, don't you? How many of you ever heard my tape on "Jezebel Religion"?

 

Restoration of bride tree 62-0422 P:201 …the Bible said that the wheat and the tares would grow together until the last day, then He would bind the tares (Is that right?) first, and burn them. And the wheat would go to the garner. Is that right? The tares are binding themselves together in organization: Confederation of Churches, for the atomic burning. Exactly right. But the church is getting ready to go to the garner, just as sure as the world, in the rapture, for the freewoman won't be heir with the bondwoman.

 

Notice how brother Branham describes this binding together as organization that is doing this. Well, Jesus uses the word "deo" in describing this binding together. The word actually means to bind by placing under obligation.  Now, this binding is necessary to organize and thus control the assembly of tares.  And by placing the people under obligations, which take them from the Word, we see that organization has bound the people, keeping them from searching further for more light than what is available in their church. This is done through programs… Look at every big church and you will see that the people are not content to come and here the minister preach the Word, but you will find many programs going on in those churches, and the larger the congregation, the more programs to keep the people content.

 

Then, after the tares are bound, Jesus tells us they are then placed into bundles. Now in using the word bundle, Jesus is telling us that there is a certain characteristic concerning the binding together. Although the word for bundle, is a word which can mean "binding," Jesus used two different words in describing the process which is to take place.  

 

He says the reapers will bind them into bundles. He never said into one bundle, but into bundles. Thus we see the word "bundles" further defines the process that these tares must go through, before they are ready for the burning. They are bound first and then bundled. The use of the plural tells us that there will be many different bundles, just as we see there are many different denominations. They are gathered first. This gathering could suggest a very loose coming together, but by adding the word bundle to further define the binding process, Jesus shows us "form and symmetry" and "purpose" will be involved in how they will be presented for the burning.

 

A bundle is not just a collection of sticks thrown together in any direction. No, a bundle suggests to us that all the tares in each bundle are lined up in the same direction. They are organized into this bundle in the same direction and that makes it easier to cast it into the fire, for that is the main purpose of the gathering together and bundling is to make the time of burning much more efficient.

Now, this means that the gathering and binding and bundling takes more time but then the time for burning can take very little time. If you took one stick at a time and through it into the flames it would take a very long time, but to gather them all together and then light the fire, it will come into a great blazing fire, reaching extreme heat, but then will not take so long to burn.

 

Peter tells us in 2 Peter 3:10-17 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; 16  As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. 17  Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. 18  But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

 

And so we see how it is organization, that is the means by which the tares are gathered and assembled together. The church is bound first by a false word, and then by organizing around that false word, they assemble the people into a more efficient, and profitable means by which the whole group can be readied for the burning. Thus we should see clearly that the False-Vine is the organized church. For organization is what binds them together. Then, if this be so, one of the main attributes of the false vine will be its ability to organize in numbers and thus utilize efficiencies to preach their false Gospel.

 

 Restoration of bride tree 62-0422 P:224 Then He bound them up, laid them off, said, "Now, one of these days they'll be burned." Bind them up in their organizations..

 

It wasn't so from the beginning 61-0411 P:47 In them churches, there are fine people. But it's the system that binds them. It's not the church itself; it's the people in the church. It's the system behind it that binds them, puts them into a place, breaks out fellowship, won't let them go on with God. And it's a pitiful thing. But that's what does...That's what God hates. Not the people in there, but the system that's binding them is what He hates, is that organization that tells them if they go to another church they're going to be excommunicated. And the people don't know what to do. They'll pay for it someday.

 

You wouldn’t think that right in this message we would have that same organizational spirit that would cause men to travel half way around the world just to influence other men to away from being taught the truth. You wouldn’t think that could happen but it did.

Now a bundle does not represent a loose knit organization, but one, which has structure and has symmetry.  Every stick faces the same direction, and they are there for the same purpose, and they must conform to some standard in order to fit within that bundle. Notice that Jesus Himself speaks of this organizational spirit concerning the two seeds.

 

MATTHEW 13:36, Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. 37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

 

Now, we know that this is the hour in which the Son of Man has come with a shout, and that is a Message and that is the sowing of the Seed. This title, Son of Man, signifies a prophet. Therefore we see that a Prophet will come forth, sewing seed.

 

38 The field is the world;(Not just America but the entire world) the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked [one]; 39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels (that is a small a meaning messengers). 40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire (by messengers to the tares); so shall it be in the end of this world. 41    The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend (Those who would stumble others) , and them which do iniquity; (Those who know to do right and will not do it). 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. (This weeping and gnashing of teeth signifies the tribulation period which ends in the total burning of the earth) 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun IN the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

 

Now, in the Epistles of Paul, we are told of two types of children. Obedient children and children of disobedience.

 

I PETER 1:14  As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

 

EPHESIANS 2:1   And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and sins;  2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

 

EPHESIANS 5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

 

COLOSSIANS 3:6  For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:

 

Now, Paul is not talking about children who are disobedient verses children who are obedient. But rather we must understand that Paul was speaking about children of disobedience, and he called them children of disobedience.  In other words these are children who were brought into this world through a disobedient act. Thus they were the product of disobedience. And if the product of disobedience, they then are the seed of disobedience. We now know that the seed-life pictured here in this parable speaks of real people, the children of God and the children of the wicked one, sown by the devil.

 

These then would have to be serpent seed as John tells us in I JOHN 3:12  Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.  

 

Now there are many Hebrew Biblical Scholars that believe the serpent had a seed because God said he had a seed in the Book of Genesis.

 

The 1904 Jewish Encyclopedia vol 9. p 70 said, “The chief functions of satan are. As already noted , those of temptation, accusation, and punishment. He was an active agent in the fall of man and was the father of Cain.”

 

Again in the The 1904 Jewish Encyclopedia vol 5. p 275 it says, “eve became pregnant and bore Cain and Abel on the very day of her creation and expulsion from eden. Cain’s real father was not Adam, but one of the demons.”

 

And in the The 1905 Jewish Encyclopedia vol XI. p 69  “Satan was the seducer and paramour of Eve.”  And the word paramour means: 1. A lover, especially one in an adulterous relationship.

 

And in the Encyclopedia Britannica Vol. VIII – 1910 p. 122 it said, (Jewish interpretations of scripture): “The birth of Cain is ascribed to a union of Satan with Eve.”

 

And from Legends of the Bible, by Louis Ginsberg, p. 54 “Satan, in his guise of the serpent, approached her and the fruit of their union was Cain, the ancestor of all impious generations that were rebellious toward God, and rose up against Him.

 

And in the Jewish Talmud Yebamoth 103b: Rabbi Johanan stated: “when the serpent copulaed with eve, he infused he with lust.”

 

In the Haye Sarah 126a: it reads, “another rabbi states: “Thus  I have learnt, that when the serpent had intercourse with Eve he injected into her defilement.”

 

And in Haye Sarah 126b: It reads, another stated: “You rightly said that when the serpent had carnal intercourse with eve he injected into her feilement.”

 

And in Yevamot 103b: “according to the Midrash. The snake seduced her to commit adultery with him. Thus a thrice repeated saying of Rbbi Yohanan has t that at the time that the snake had intercourse with Eve, he introduced filth into her…”

 

From Ahare Moth 76b: One rabbinic source stated: “Eve bore Cain from the filth of the Serpent, and therefore from him were descended all the wiked generations, and from his side is the abode of spirits and demons.”

 

Bereshith 36b: “For two beings had intercourse with Eve, and she conceived and bore two children. Each followed one of the male parents, to this side and one to the other, ans similarly their characteristics.”

 

Shabboth 146a: “For when the serpent came upon eve he injected lust into her.”

 

Yevamot 103b: “at the time that the snake had intercourse with eve, he introduced filth into her.”

 

Zohar 1, 28b: “For they are the children of the ancient serpent wjhich seduced Eve…”

 

Now, we all understand the Two Vines or Twins according to Scripture, but what we are looking at here is that the seed that gravitates towards organization rather than the Word of God, are those seeds produced by the serpent in the garden.

 

Now, remember in Genesis 1:11 we are told that every seed must bring forth after its kind. That mean that every seed must come forth in the same nature or characteristics of its source. And so we see in the genealogy of Cain the attributes of the serpent, his cunning nature and his organizational abilities.

 

Genesis 5:16  And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, And that si the first attribute right there. He can’t live in the presence of the Lord. and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

 

Now, let’s examine this seed of Cain and see what attributes they possessed. 17  And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. 

 

Notice this son of Cain was named Enoch Cain was religious and he named his son after the name that God had written in the Stars of Heaven because that is where God placed his first bible. And Cain had offered unto God an excellent sacrifice when he offered a first fruit sacrifice which is Deuteronomy 26 which is a harvest sacrifice representing a rapture of the saints. But notice how then he named his son Enoch knowing Enoch was to be the first son of God take up in a Rapture. But look at the attributes of this son.

 

He built a city. Now in order to build a city you must first plan out that city and then you must organize the streets and housing and water supply and of getting rid of the refuse etc.. And we all know that a city is for the purpose of organizing a people to pool energies in order to produce more with more efficiencies of effort. So he had an organizational spirit.

 

It wasn't so from the beginning 61-0411 P:34 So therefore, if you would take time, go back in the Scriptures and chase the lineage of Cain and then the lineage of Seth; you will find out that the lineage of Cain were the smart men, the scientists, the workers of wood, the workers of metal, scientists. And they all perished in the antediluvian destruction. But the lineage of Seth were humble: farmers, sheep raisers.

 

Abraham's covenant confirmed 61-0318 P:51 So, many today: You'll give your intellectuals to God: "I'll build You a big house," "I'll make You an organization.", "I'll do this," "I'll do that..." Don't you realize that's the same thing Cain did, it was rejected. Cain built himself an altar, and made a sacrifice, and said, "Here it is. I'll worship you. I believe you. There's my sacrifice. There's my altar, take it or leave it." That's the man today, the religious man. Esau the same way. And the church the same way.

 

Mark of the beast 54-0513 P:71 She's acting like her mother back there, a harlot. She organized. That's the very principle of the beginning of the trouble when the Catholic church organized. Then the Lutheran church organized after her. Then the Methodist church organized after her. Then the Baptist church organized. And now there's six hundred and ninety-six different organizations. And Pentecost did the same thing. Glory. What is the matter? God's proving that He's not in a organization.

 

I will restore 54-0620A P:15 Now, these spirits that you see moving, anything today, just like a government, a church or anything, it's controlled by a spirit. Organizations are controlled by a spirit. Church organizations are controlled by a spirit. Churches are controlled by spirits. Individuals are controlled by spirits. Nations are controlled by spirits. And spirit was made, before the cosmic matters and life, that were made.

 

So we see that the spirit of organization that is controlling the churches and nations today is the same spirit that was in Cain, and in his descendants, and it is the seed of discrepancy. The False Vine and their main attribute is to organize, for that is where they began.

 

In the beginning before the fall in heaven, Lucifer wanted to build a greater kingdom than that of Michael. That is what brother taught. It was Lucifer trying to organize a better and brighter class of angels together, and that led to his expulsion from heaven.

 

From his sermon Separation from unbelief 55-0228 P:25 brother Branham said, remember, in heaven what made Lucifer jealous? He goes over in the north and puts him up a better kingdom; he wanted a bigger kingdom, more brighter, better, prettier. The devil always works in beauty. Sure he does. That's the reason Cain offered what he did for his offering. But there was no beauty in Abel bringing his lamb, but Abel had a spiritual revelation from God, that that's what God would be pleased with. And as we have said, only through spiritual revelation, can you ever know God. You'll never know Him by knowledge.

 

And again from Christ is the mystery 63-0728 P:257 Brother Branham said, Now, the big fancy intellectual denominations are doing the very same thing, gathering themselves together to do the same thing. See? They are gathering and denominating themselves, each one trying to beat the other. And now they got so much splendor they don't know what to do but to unite it with the Catholic church. See? Lucifer again building a bigger kingdom to push out people that don't believe in denominations, and even take their church buildings and make storerooms, and the pastors of such has no rights at all. And a man that is a God-sent man would never stay in a denomination after hearing this or seeing it, if he's got enough to go out and look at it. Certainly. See? I don't say that critically; I say that truthfully (See?) to see that revealed.

 

Let your light so shine before men 61-0903 P:59 When Jesus come, what kind of a class of people did He have to get? Uneducated fisherman, men, Peter, apostle, the great saint, who was given the keys to the heavens could not even sign his own name. Stunk with fish from the old fish supposed to make the old greasy apron on. Jesus took that class of a man. Today they'd kick him out of the church, if he come in (Right.) to worship. See, the people are looking for class. And did you know the devil lives in class? Do you know what caused the first battle in heaven, was when Lucifer set up a greater class of people, got a better class of angels, he thought, big, a bigger kingdom, a more brighter, shinier kingdom than Michael had. And he was kicked out of heaven. See where class comes from? Stay away from class. The hungry don't want class; the hungry wants food. Yes, sir.

 

Christ is the mystery 63-0728 P:259 Now, listen close. Fallen angels, what kind of angels? Luther, Wesley, Catholic, Pentecostal who kept not their first estate like the angels did and has fell into organizations like Lucifer's main hold at Nicaea... And what have they done? Organized a great ecumenical association of ministers to make an image unto the beast, as the Bible said, and building a Christian economy that'll close the doors of this church and others like it. See Lucifer at his work? I'm trying to bring you the threefold revelation or mystery of God. What did they do? sold out to reasoning’s of wisdom and education like Eve did, fallen angels did.

 

Christ is the mystery 63-0728 P:260 Wesley was a man of God, but what followed him? Fallen angels got into it. What was the angels first? Created beings of God that fell for Lucifer's wisdom, fell for Lucifer's wisdom. And you see what they become? Fallen angels. And organizations from man of God who's went forth to establish truths in the earth, before that truth could go along and proclamate and get on to the real revelation of Christ, fallen angels come in and took it over and made denominations out of it. That's the reason the revelation of the Seven Seal mystery had to be unfolded. Now, you see it? What they left off... If Luther would've went on, it'd been here. If Wesley would've went on, if Pentecost would've went on, what would they'd done?

 

What shall I do with Jesus 63-1124M P:57 Now, He's tried today, or just has been tried, and on trial for a world system to be formed of what's called The Council of churches, to form in the World Council of Church. Now, and what have they done? They have voted that they will absolutely unite themselves together and have a council of churches. And in this council of churches... That all churches must belong to this council, or if they don't, you're not even allowed to preach. You're not even allowed to have a prayer for the sick. And your church could be used for anything they want to use it for. If they want to store boxes in it, or ammunition, or whatever they want to do, you have no control of it at all. You either belong to The Council of Churches or you don't belong at all. And that's the system, that's being formed here in the United States, that fulfills the Scripture to the dot. It fulfills what the Lord spoke to me in 1933. See?

 

Just once more Lord 63-1201E P:28 This Jezebel system, now blind spiritually (I'm saying) to the Word of God, joining themselves right into the Council of Churches... Everything, our great evangelical teaching, we have to forfeit that to be an organization. 'Cause all organizations that isn't in this Council of Churches... I got the paper on it, that even if your church is not in this Council of Churches, in time of trouble, they can use your church to store ammunition or anything they want to. And if any man is caught having a prayer for anybody, outside of affiliating with this Council of Churches, can be shot, as a federal offense. That's right. I got the papers on it from Washington. See, see? They're going to force you into it. That's why I've been against this organizational system. That's it. I had to keep it quiet about it being the mark of the beast, but it's late enough now till you can know it's the truth. Uh-huh. See? It is. It's exactly that.

 

Spoken word original seed 62-0318E P:8 All right, I predict that the two denominational groups, Pentecostal and the Evangelical groups, will work together in a denomination, will unite themselves together, and will become a member (all of them) of the Federation of the Council of Churches or the Council of Churches. They already belong to it--all of them. And there will come through them a forcing or a boycott, that'll stop everything but what belongs to that union of churches. That's what a... The Bible said that there would be a boycott, even to such a way it would cause people to not buy or sell unless they had received this, the mark of the beast, which is Romanism, and the image of the beast, which is Protestantism, that the image... The beast had power, authority to give the image life to speak, and it did. And that's the Confederation of Churches, when they confederate themselves together.

 

Recognizing your day 64-0726M P:89 The church has not recognized her day, like Israel back in her promised land. She don't know how she got back there. She was just automatically put back there. Why? National force put her in her place. Now, I'm going to say something. National force put Israel in her homeland. National force will put the church in the World Council of Churches. But the power of God will put the people in the Bride. The world forces this way, and the world forces that way, but God forces upward, the Spirit of God, which is the Word of God ("My Word is Spirit and Life will put the Bride in her place, 'cause she'll recognize her position in the Word; then she's in Christ.") will put her in her place. No national force will do it. But the national force did drive Israel to the homeland. The national forces of the council of churches will drive every organization into it, but the power of God will raise the Bride into glory, out of it. Oh, people, recognize your day, as Jesus warned you, the sign of Sodom, and the church's conditions of this day.