Who is This Melchisedec # 130

Waters of Life

May 28, 2002

 

148   So while Jesus was setting there, this woman come out about eleven o'clock. See, she couldn't come with the virgins when they come in the morning to get their wash water; she had to wait till they all... They didn't mix like they do now. She was marked. So then she come out to get some water. So she just took the old windle, and put the hooks over the jar, and started to let it down; she heard Somebody say, "Woman, bring Me a drink." Now, remember, this is Melchisedec; this is Jesus yesterday, the Son of man. And she looked around, and she saw a Jew. So she said, "Sir, it's not proper for a Jew to ask a Samaritan for anything. I'm a woman of Samaria, so you have spoken out of your place. You shouldn't have ask me such a thing as that; we have no dealings with one another." He said, "But if you knew Who was talking to you, you'd ask Me for a drink." She said, "How You going to draw it? The well's deep, and You have nothing to draw with." He said, "The water that I give is water of Life springing up into Eternal Life." He talked to her till He found what her condition was. And then told--watch what He said to her now. "Go get your husband and come here." And she said, "I have no husband." He said, "You've said the truth, for you've had five, and the one you now are living with is not yours; so in this you've said the truth." Watch the difference between that woman and that bunch of priests. She knowed more about God than that whole bunch of priests did put together. 

 

 153   She said, "Sir, I perceive that You are a Prophet." She said, "We haven't had one for four hundred years. Now, we know that the Messiah's coming, and when the Messiah comes, that's what He's going to do." That was the sign of the Messiah, for He was the Son of man. Said, "That's what He's going to do when He comes; You must be His Prophet."He said, "I am He." Nobody else could say that. She dropped that water pot, and run into the city, and said, "Come, see a Man Who told me what I done. Isn't this the very Messiah?" Now, remember, He promised to do that same thing at the end of the Gentile race. The Jews had had four thousand years to look for that Messiah, four thousand years of teaching He was coming, and what He would do when He got there; and they failed to see Him, failed to recognize it. And when He made Hisself known in the very Bible terms that He said He would, when He'd been a theophany and then become flesh and dwelled among them, they failed to see it, and called His works the works of the devil. 

 

156   Now, we've had two thousand years of teaching, coming down through the Roman Catholic church, after the apostles. Then we come down through the Roman Catholic, the Greek, and so forth, on down to Luther's age, and Wesley, whatmore, nine hundred different organizations. Coming down, they had all these ages' teaching. Now, He promised just before the end time would come that the picture of Sodom and Gomorrah would again... "As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be in the coming of the end time, the Son of man will reveal Himself again." [Blank spot on tape--Ed.] "Yet a little while and the world won't see Me no more, yet ye shall see Me, for I (a personal pronoun)--I will be with you, even in you to the consummation, the end of the world. I'll be with you." He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. You see--you see the Samaritan was actually--from my last night's sermon--was Hagar (See?) a perverted type. The Jew was Sarah—or was Sarahite; but the Gentile is of Mary the Royal Seed, Abraham’s Royal Seed.

 

  158   Now, it's promised that in these last days that this same God, this same Christ, would come back here and reveal Hisself as Son of man. Why? He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. And if He let those Jews go by with--and give them that Messiahic sign, and then come to the end of the Gentile's teachings and let them just go in on theology, He would be unjust. He's got to do the same thing, because the Bible said in 13--Hebrews 13:8, He is the same. And He's promised in Malachi 4 and all the different Scriptures that the last days the church would be setting just exactly like it is today and the world would be.Look at the world today. Look at the Sodom condition. Look at the earthquakes in divers places and the things that's taking place. Look at the church in the mess it's in of Babylon. Look at the messenger to it, an Oral Roberts and a Billy Graham: G-r-a-h-a-m. First time we ever had a messenger to all the churches that his name ever end in h-a-m like Abraham. A-b-r-a-h-a-m is seven letters; G-r-a-h-a-m is six letters. Where's he at? To the world. Six is man's number. Man was created on the sixth day. But seven's God's number

 

Now, for tonight we will once again look into this Message of Who is this Melchisedec and focus our thoughts on the main theme that Brother Branham seems to be weaving in these paragraphs and that is the same theme he has woven so beautifully through out this Message and that is WHO IS THIS MELCHISEDEC? Notice in paragraph 148 Brother Branham says, “Now, remember, this is Melchisedec; this is Jesus yesterday, the Son of man.”

 

Now, this ought to tell you two things. Number one, he is not speaking of the Son of God, but of God Himself, that Jesus Who is the Same, Yesterday, Today and Forever. And number two, we know that the title Son of Man refers to God Himself in the office of a prophet, who is that Jesus of Yesterday that Brother Branham is speaking of. If you will remember, a few weeks ago we took a message called “God in the role of Son of Man”, and proved by the Scripture that God Is the One Who haS come down in this END-TIME role of Prophet. For He is the God prophet.

 

Now as we continue in our thoughts tonight, I would like to look at some other things that brother Branham is saying here. Now, notice that he is quoting from John chapter 4 where Jesus says, But if you knew Who was talking to you, you'd ask Me for a drink. Now, remember, Jesus said Himself that He only speaks what His Father tells Him to say.  John Chapter  12: 50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak. So we must realize that the Father is the One who told the Son to say what he did concerning, the Words, “If you only knew who you were talking to.”

 

Let’s just take a look at this scene that brother Branham is focusing his thought on for ourselves. If you will turn in your Bibles to St. John Chapter 4 and we will begin reading from verse number one.

 

St. JOHN 4:1 When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, 2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) 3 He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. 4 And he must needs go through Samaria. 5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. 7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. 8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) 9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. 10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

 

Now, let’s stop here and look at this scene. First of all it is no fluke that Jesus placed Himself at the well, waiting for this woman to come to the well. He knew that the time was well passed for the young virgins to come to the well. They came earlier in the morning, but the time Jesus came was about 11:00 a.m. in the morning. That means she was limited to when she could be in public, which 11:00 or the sixth hour of the day means the day would begin somewhere around 5:00 a.m. 

 

Rapture the  65-1204  P:72  Now, in the Bible times--talking about the watches--and nights were not divided into hours in the Bible time. (Now, listen closely, 'cause I'll hurry now cause they want the room.) No, the Bible was not divided--or the night was not divided in hours in the Bible time; it was divided in watches. There was three watches. Now, the first watch started at--from nine until twelve; the second watch started from twelve to three, and the third watch of the night was counted from three to six. 

 

Brother Branham clued us in on this in paragraph 148.

 

148   So while Jesus was setting there, this woman come out about eleven o'clock. See, she couldn't come with the virgins when they come in the morning to get their wash water; she had to wait till they all... They didn't mix like they do now. She was marked. So then she come out to get some water.

 

Now, let’s get back to this scene in St. John 4 and pick up at verse 11. The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? 12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? 13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

 

Now, what Jesus is telling her here is that He has tapped into the Eternal Great Fountain of Life which is God Himself.

 

Psalms Chapter  36:9  For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light

 

Hebrews Chapter 6  57-0908E  P:15 Now, this great Melchisedec, what a story on Him here. We want to read a little bit, this type. We had to run through it so fast; we're going to start back here on a certain part of the Scripture, and we're going to start about the 15th verse.And it is yet... more evident: that there... for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there arises another priest,
Now, Melchisedec was a priest? Was he? Here's what He was. We find out that God in the beginning was a great Fountain of Spirit. Is that right? He had no birthplace; He had no dying place; He had no beginning of days; He had no ending of years; He was just as eternal as eternity is eternal. He never was born; He never did die.
 Now, remember, I'm not saying there's not a burning hell. There is a burning hell, fire and brimstone, where the--the worm is--the fire isn't quenched and the worm never dies, of fire and brimstone, a punishment; it may last for a hundred billion years, but it has to have an end, for hell was created for the Devil and his angels. And everything that the very God Himself, which was in the beginning, everything come off of God.

 

So the woman then realizes she is speaking to the Messiah, Himself. 15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. 16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. 17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: 18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. 19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. 21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

 

What a statement. You worship what you know not. I am afraid that is a trait of the gentile people. They worship what they know not. The Apostle Paul made the same statement to the Greeks when he told them in Acts Chapter  17:16  Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.  17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. 18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.  19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?  20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.) 22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. 24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; 26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; 27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: 28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. 29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. 30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.  32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter. 33 So Paul departed from among them.

 

How many people even in this Message worship a God they know not. And if you do not know Him, then He is the unknown God. Paul said of that hour, “Now we see through a glass darkly, but he also told us there is coming a day when we shall know even as we are known. St. John told us that we will know him because we shall see Him as He really is. And yet with such a glorious Message as we have in this day and yet we have so called message churches filled with people who do not Know God. Therefore, if they do not know Him then they are still worshipping an unknown God. We have a message in this hour that has introduced us to Him, and has given us a thorough declaration of Him, even unveiling the Mighty God in our midst, and yet because of the pride of the heart or the pride of station, men have chosen rather to ignore what God has done in this hour, preferring not to know Him as He really is.

 

Brother Branham said in His message entitled 'A DECEIVED CHURCH' "But as Israel was bound by their Kings that they could not follow the real King; and the real King, when He came, they didn't recognize Him. So is it today, oh, Lord. The King of Glory has appeared in the form of the Holy Ghost and Lord, They don't know it. They don't recognize it. They're so organized so tight, that they do not understand it, because It's not in their organization. Lord this is a work of the devil that's done this to the people. May the Samson of God, may the True in heart, those who are longing and crying and pleading and holding on, may they stay with It, Lord, until this new crop grows out. Until there comes forth again a joy in Zion, and there comes forth a group that can recognize and understand. That can see the Messiah and the hidden power that's hid from the world, that they will not understand now. Grant, Lord, that they'll see this, for we ask It in Jesus name, a-man."

 

So we see that men choose rather to walk in darkness rather than opening themselves up to the correction of the Word.

 

PSALM 50:10 Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God. 11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

 

The NIV puts it this way.  10 Who among you fears the Lord  and obeys the word of his servant? Let him who walks in the dark,  who has no light,  trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.  11 But now, all you who light fires  and provide yourselves with flaming torches,  go, walk in the light of your fires  and of the torches you have set ablaze.  This is what you shall receive from my hand:
You will lie down in torment.

 

The Amplified version : 11Behold, all you [enemies of your own selves] who attempt to kindle your own fires [and work out your own plans of salvation], who surround and gird yourselves with momentary sparks, darts, and firebrands that you set aflame!--walk by the light of your self-made fire and of the sparks that you have kindled [for yourself, if you will]! But this shall you have from My hand: you shall lie down in grief and in torment.

 

Jesus even said in St. John 3: 19 that men love darkness rather than light. John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

 

AMPLIFIED John 3:19 The [basis of the] judgment (indictment, the test by which men are judged, the ground for the sentence) lies in this: the Light has come into the world, and people have loved the darkness rather than and more than the Light, for their works (deeds) were evil.(1)

 

Darkness and walking in darkness is associated with not knowing where you are going as we see in the following scriptures.

 

Psalms 82:5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

 

And again we hear Jesus Himself tell us this in JOHN 12:35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

 

JOHN 8:12 Jesus said, Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

 

Ephesians 4: 17 Having the understanding darkened, they being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

 

Romans Chapter  11:10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

 

Romans Chapter  1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. And remember the heart represents understanding, so we see their understanding becomes darkened.

 

Now in getting back to Jesus discussion with the woman at the well, we hear Jesus tell us there is coming an hour when God will require man to worship Him in Spirit and Truth, and that speaks of the Word, because Jesus said in John 6:63, My words  are spirit and they are Life. 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.(Notice he said, MUST. There is no other way. Anything outside of Spirit and Truth will not be accepted. You must worship in the Word of Truth. A false word will be as no worship at all.)  That is why Martin Luther in his Book on Romans, in quoting Paul from Romans 10:13-17 said the following.

 

Romans 10:13   For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

 

Now, here's the key,  He says, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.  In verse 9 & 10 he said, you've got to believe first in your heart that God raised up Jesus from the dead and then you've got to confess it. And now he says,  For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

 

Therefore, this believing and confessing is your calling upon the Lord. AT THY WORD LORD 54-1207  E-48    Only by your confession can you be saved. That's the most powerful weapon that God put in the hand of man, is a committal and a confession. It'll do it every time, if you'll believe it, accept it on those basis, and believe it and stay with it. Keep confessing it. When you confess it...

 

But what if you are not sure of what you believe? Can you be saved?

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH   55-0220E E-66    Jesus said, "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom." You can't understand it. It's a mystic, mythical thing until you're born again. There the very Life of God comes in you. Everlasting, Eternal Life, Zoe, God's own Life comes in you, and then you're a part of God. You're a Son of God or a daughter of God. And then you see as God sees. You believe as God believes.

This is the real issue then. How do you really know you are calling upon the right Lord? The Word Lord simply means master,  Jesus used the same word Kurios when he said MATTHEW 6:24  No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

 

Therefore, how will we know which Lord, Which Master to call upon?

 

Paul answers this question as we shall see in the next few verses.

 

ROMANS 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? (Martin Luther said, Even though they say they hear, thy boast in vain, unless they hear true preachers; for to hear false prophets means as much as not to hear. They hear and they do not hear; They have ears, but do not hear, nor do they preach the Word of God.  15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! ? This is directed against all conceited teachers and arrogant instructors .

 

 

If you will notice in verse 14-15 there are four statements that Paul makes that of which follow together in such a way that one leads to the other, but so that the last forms the foundation on which the others rest. Thus we see from what Paul said, that it is impossible that those preach who are not sent, It then is impossible for those to hear who are without a preacher, and it is impossible for them to believe who do not hear, and thus it would be impossible for them to call upon the name of the Lord who do not believe. And thus it would be impossible for them who do not call upon the name of the Lord to be saved. So then, the entire source and origin of salvation rests on this, that God sends out someone, ( A true minister of the Word).

 

1.       If He does not send out any, then they who preach,  preach falsely, and their preaching is no preaching at all. In fact, it would be better for them not to preach.

2.       Then also they who hear, hear error, and it would be better for them not to hear.

3.       Then also they who believe, would believe false doctrine, and it would be better for them not to believe.

4.       Then also they who call upon Him would call falsely (upon a false Lord),  and it would be better for them not to call.

1         1         For such preachers do not preach,

2         2         such hearers do not hear;

3         3         such believers do not believe;

4         4         such callers do not call;

5         5         they will be damned because they would be saved by falsehood.

 

Ø       Ø       Then we would see what is spoken of in Proverbs 1:28 which says, “Then shall they call upon me, But I ill not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: for that they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord.” 

 

  16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?  17 So then  faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. The true, revealed, and vindicated Word of God.

 

Then can you see the importance this evening of receiving a vindicated Ministry? Because if it is not vindicated, then how do you know what you are hearing is not error? And if it is error, then you would be believing error, and if you believe error, then you would be calling out to a wrong God, and if you call out to a wrong God, then how could you be saved?  Therefore, God has come down to vouch safe His own Presence among us. We know that we are the elect of God because He said so. It is not just something we have read in a book, but God Himself has come down and has spoken through the lips of His Prophet whom He has vindicated and that is what I am standing on this evening.

 

Can you imagine the mess the Mess-Age would be in if all of God's True Five fold ministry were to be called off the scene? It is going to happen one of these days, and when it does, you talk about a famine.

 

UNCERTAIN SOUND 61-0429E   E-51 One day God said, "Now, you prophesied enough against them, come on out of the field, and I'm going to let the judgments of your prophecy rain down on them." So Elijah went up on top the mountain, up there for three and half years, or three years when they was all 'bout gnawing their tongues for pain, but he was setting by a little brook. Little spring, had the spiritual revelation all the time, waters of life pouring up.  The rest of them... And listen, brother, sister, let me tell you. One of these days when God is,  just get enough of this around here, and He will take all the true off the field and then you'll want a revival. It has to come to pass. The prophet said there would be a time in the last days, when there would not be a famine only for bread and water, but for hearing of the Word of God. And the true servants will be taken off. And there'll be a famine in the last days. It sure will be.

 

25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. 26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. 27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? 28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, 29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?

 

It doesn’t take 20 years of hanging around this message to finally get it. When the light strike that is it.

 

Greater than Solomon is here  62-0628  P:28  She said, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. "What was it? That Light had caught it. Right quick that seed come to life. See? Something in there--in her, she seen it. She was ordained to see it. She was called of the Father, had been given... The life had been given from--from the foundation of the world. And as soon as that Light flashed across her... No matter how much ecclesiastical training had been seen, they was blind to it; but when that Light of God flashed across that little woman, she saw it.

 

Sign of this time  63-1113  P:76 When you come to find Jesus Christ to be reality, and you hear that He is alive, there's nothing going to stop you, when that hunger, that seed that's been predestinated before the foundation of the world. When the Light strikes that, it's coming to Life that quick.

 

Why cry speak  63-0714M  P:49  when that Light strikes it, they see the very vindication of God, that Pillar of Fire hanging there, and the signs and wonders that promised, the Scripture being laid in it, it comes to Life. No matter how little it is and how many in the minority; God's group has always been the minority. See? "Fear not little, little flock, it's your Father's good will to give you the Kingdom." See? They catch it.

 

Greater than Solomon is here  62-0628  P:27 But as soon as that eternal Light shone upon that predestinated seed, it come to life right quick. They saw it. They recognized it right quick

 

World's Falling Apart  63-0412M  P:79   There's a predestinated seed. When that Light strikes, they'll catch it like that. She'll bloom to blossom right now. Sure. Others will just go right over the top of it. They believe in their system, and that's just the way it's always... Like it was in the days of Noah, they believed the same thing. Those who are predestinated to Eternal Life, they got it. "No man can come to Me," said Jesus, "except My Father draws him. And all the Father hath given Me will come."

 

Forth seal the  63-0321  P:34 Something takes place; I tell you, friend. When the real, true, sincere, predestinated believer, when that Light strikes upon that seed, something burst forth to a new Life.

 

Super sign  63-1129  P:79 But wherever that Light strikes on that predestinated seed, it'll come to Life. Yes, indeed, you can't keep it...