Conclusion to Melchisedec the Series
Rev. Brian Kocourek
HEBREWS 7:1 ¶ For this
Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham
returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; 2 To whom also
Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of
righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; 3
Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of
days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest
continually. 4 Now consider how great this man [was], unto whom even the
patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
This series on Melchisedec has been taken from the
Sermon of William Branham's preached in 1965. The series began
The first messages we brought out the importance of
God’s Promises in our lives. This began as a statement in brother Branham’s
opening prayer and turned into a Mini-series. We preached the following
messages in this mini series, and you can tell by the subtitle basically what
those messages were all about.
We spoke # 01, on Inheriting the Promises ?
Then the next sermon # 02, was on Nurturing
the Promises ?
And then we brought out how to # 03 Nurture, Cherish and Respect the
Promises of God?
This then led into a sermon # 04 on The Marriage Atmosphere.
The next
paragraph led to sermon # 05 on The Great Power and Revelation of God’s word in this Hour.
Which led to the next # 06, speaking on The Safety Zone which is being fortified behind the Word of
God.
# 07 we spoke on The Love Offering
and in # 08, we spoke on how The Truth Hurts. Then in # 09 we spoke on the subject Deadly
Sincere #1 showing how people can
be completely sincere and still of the Word, and in fact because they are
sincere, and know it, they look to their sincerity as a sign that they are
right. Again in # 10, we spoke on
being Deadly Sincere #2. This then
led to a mini series on the sovereignty of God because it does not matter how sincere you are, if you do not believe
what God said, you are lost. God is sovereign, period. Therefore # 11 we
spoke on The Sovereign God and # 12 on the subject of Sovereignty #2,concerning
Love Mercy and Grace , and
then # 13 Sovereignty #3 Our Attitude concerning the Sovereignty
of God, # 14
Sovereignty #4 showing the The Personality of God and how it comes forth through His Sovereignty. # 15 Sovereignty
#5 we spoke on The Human Will and how it opposes the sovereignty of
God, and then # 16 which was number 6 in our series on
Sovereignty we spoke on Sovereignty and Prayer #1 and then in # 17
Sovereignty #7 we spoke again on Sovereignty and Prayer #2 and then # 18 Sovereignty #8 we
spoke on the Sovereignty of God in Salvation #1 and # 19 Sovereignty
#9 Sovereignty and Salvation #2.
# 20 Sovereignty which was #10 in our minis
series on Sovereignty, we spoke on The Role oft he Father in Salvation
and in # 21 Sovereignty #11 The Role
of the Son in Salvation and in # 22 Sovereignty #12 The Role of the
Indwelling Spirit in Salvation.
Then we turned a
corner and began to look at the other side of the picture
with # 23 in our series on Melchisedec and #13 in our mini series on
Sovereignty we spoke on Sovereignty
in Reprobation and then followed up
that sermon showing the other side again with # 24 Sovereignty #14 Sovereignty
of God in Election and closed the
minis series on sovereignty by preaching the next sermon # 25 of Who sis
This Melchisedec which was #15 in Sovereignty called The Revelation of God
is Sovereign and showing how that
God reveals to whom He will reveal, and blinds the minds of those whomsoever he
wishes.
The next
sermon in Who is This Melchisedec series was # 26 Body Celestial Body
Terrestrial #1 and then a follow up #
27 Body Celestial Body Terrestrial #2 .
# 28 we spoke on The Book of Life and then since we were on the subject of Life
we spoke # 29 called The Quickening which means to make alive, and how that quickening comes about in the
life of a believer.
Next, # 30 we preached a message called, Expectations and then in # 31 The Great Deception showing
how the expectations of many will actually lead to their own deception.
Then in # 32 we begin to address The Two
Natures and in #1 of a new mini series we addressed The Old Nature and then in # 33, The Two Natures #2 we spoke on the Two
Natures and in # 34 which was #3 in the mini series on The Two
Natures we addressed The New Nature and then in # 35 Who is This
Melchisedec, and #4 in the mini series on The Two Natures we showed the Warfare
between the Two Natures which led to a couple sermons # 36 & 37 on Righteousness and Unrighteousness.
Then # 38 & #39 we spoke on the subject
Awake Thou That Sleepest showing the end time call was to awaken the
Bride to the Presence of God in her midst.
# 40 we spoke on the Vindication
Revelation and in # 41 showing how Your Attitude makes a
Difference.
Then we begin to become more definitive on
the study of the man Melchisedec, with a mini series on the Man and who He was.
# 42 Melchisedec, Shalom, King and Priest of Peace. Then # 43 Melchisedec the Person,
# 44 The Hidden Wisdom and # 45 Revealed
to Children such as Will Learn and
then back to the study of the man Melchisedec with # 46 Melchisedec,
God En Morphe. # 47 The Difference Between God and His Son .
# 48 The Mask has been Pulled Off
# 49 The Mysteries of God and then # 50 Fellowship and then # 51 showing how you can only have true
Fellowship thru True Worship.
# 52 began to look at Presence with
the message called, The Pillar of
Fire is Here to Change our Hearts and then # 53 showing that the people do
not want their hearts changed and so they Reject the Word.
Next in # 54 we spoke on The Cross
and the Gene Seed and then in # 55
The Word Body Expression. This led
to # 56 Television and
the fourth Dimension showing how
brother Branham said that the 4th dimension is where television and
radio are as well as every disease comes from the same 4th
dimension.
In the next series of sermons we touched
more on the attributes of Melchisedec which is God Himself, and in # 57 we
spoke on The Three phases of God
becoming Known. Then in # 58 we spoke on Why Enmorphe and then in # 59 The Solitary God and in # 60 showing how that He is The
Father of Glory.
On Mothers day, we spoke # 61 on Motherhood, and the following week # 62 The Power of Revelation.
Then the focus became on the attributes of
Judge, as we spoke # 63 on the White Throne Judgment and then # 64 on the Righteous Judgment.
# 65 The Great Shepherd
# 66 Bypassing the Word Brings
Testing
# 67 Predestinated to Glory
# 68 Fatherhood
# 69 Subject to the Father and Live
# 70 Let This Attitude be in You
# 71 The Energeo (Energies) of God
# 72 My Spirit will not always
strive with man
Then we began another minis series with # 73
The witness of THE Spirit, # 74 The witness of THE Spirit no.
2 # 75 The witness of THE Spirit no. 3.
# 76 The First Doctrine Jesus
Taught
Again we entered into another mini series
which dealt with the life of the believer.# 77 Life Cycle of the Elect
# 78 Formed to the Word Image #1
# 79 Formed to the Word Image #2
God's is a Separator, not a mixer # 80
Expressed Attributes of God # 81
You've heard from your Theophany and
then for those on the other side, # 82 dealt with The Hardening Process.
The next sermon also began a mini series
which I had no idea how much we would begin to know and understand concerning
God and His great attributes in that great fountain of Life which He is. In # 83
we spoke on the Colors of the Living Fountain, 01 Rainbow Covenant, and then # 84 Colors of the Living Fountain,
02 Covenant colors showing
the colors of the rainbow and what they mean concerning God’s great covenant
with His elect. # 85
Colors of the Living Fountain, 03 Stones of the Breast Platenot only showed what the stones were but how
they each had a certain color which also testified to the attributes of God
which we found in # 86 Colors of
the Living Fountain, 04 Breast Plate Stones 02, The Colors. This took us to # 87 Colors of the Living
Fountain, 05 Breast Plate Stones 03, of Lucifer which compared the breast plate of the High
Priest of God to those in the breast plate of Lucifer. This study showed how
Lucifer is missing three very important stones and it showed the meaning of
those stones and what they stood for.
# 88 Colors of the
Living Fountain, 06 Foundation Stones 01dealt with the colors of the stones in the New Jerusalem, and the
significance of these stones. This was a two part sermon which was concluded in
# 89 Colors of the Living
Fountain, 07 Foundation Stones 02
The series of messages which came forth
from our sturdy of this wonderful message of brother Branham’s on Melchisedec
focused more upon the attributes of God once again. # 90 The Teaching
Ministry of The Holy Spirit and then # 91 Melchisedec, Was
God the Word . Then # 92 Melchisedec, King of Kings and
then # 93 Melchisedec, God the King, Jesus the Prince, and then # 94 Melchisedec, King of Peace and
# 95 Melchisedec, KIng of Righteousness and # 96
Melchisedec, Understanding One Lord # 97 Melchisedec and
Understanding Communion # 98 Melchisedec, The Unchanging God and # 99 Melchisedec, The Battle For
Life.
Next we saw a mini series on the end time
events in which # 100 dealt with the subject of The Wedding
Supper. # 101 The Time of
the Resurrection and Rapture, # 102 The Resurrection and Change of
the Body, # 103 The Resurrection and Change of the Body #2
Then our study turned inward as we examined
our own selves in # 104 Your Character is a Reflection, followed by# 105
Your Life in Predestination, # 106 The Perfecting of the Saints,
# 107 For the Perfecting of the Saints #2, # 108 Three Stages to Perfect the
Earth
# 109 Three Stages to our
Perfection
In # 110 we took a historical and
Biblical look into Prison Ministries.
In # 111we looked at how God perfects in Threes and then in # 112 we examined the Three stages of
Life. # 113 Only the
Predestinated are Redeemed # 114
Despised and Rejected of Men and then # 115 Three Reasons Jesus
Despised and Rejected. And # 116
How Jesus is Despised and Rejected.
In # 117 we examined The Process of
the Rapture #118 Name of the
Father and with all the fussing going on in the message concerning the letter
Joseph Branham had written we spoke # 119 Joseph The Prophet
The next couple messages I feel were ones
which should be dwelt upon in our hearts, as they concerned our family
devotions. In # 120 we spoke on Re-Establishing the Family Altar and in # 121 we spoke on An Unusual
God with an Unusual Message.
In # 122 we again focused on the
attributes of God, as we spoke on “God in the Role of Son of Man” and then we entered into a mini series
concerning the attributes of the Believer verses the unbeliever. In # 123
we showed the difference in the attributes of the believer verses the
unbeliever as we spoke on False Brethren Creeping in Unawares and
followed up with #124 “Only Those Ordained to Life Will Believe” and the # 125
God Is a Separator and # 126
Life Begins Through Separation # 127
He
came to His Own and His Own received Him not. # 128 Almost
Persuaded
In our next few messages we again took on
the subject of the Life of God that is in His word. # 129 The Waters of
Life # 130 Waters of Life
# 131 God Proving His People
# 132 The Reality of the Living
Word
Then we left for a week to
I thought it was significant that the same
month we went to Africa with our very limited budget, that the same month of
June, Cincinnati was deluged with a Billy Graham crusade that had a budget of
$2.5 million dollars spending it on Coca Cola give a-ways, and rock and roll
bands to entertain the mass of unbelievers that attend his meetings and get
nothing spiritually out of it, other than a good time listening to that kind of
music for free. And so we touched on this in
# 134 Billy Graham the Messenger of Man.
Next we took several messages dealing with
the end-time signs. In # 135 we showed that Doctrine, is The Voice of
the Sign. And then in # 136 we looked at The
Judge, which is the last Sign.
In # 137 the question was asked, Who
is This Melchisededec? And the
answer came, It is God the Word.
Then we took a minis series on the
crucifixion of the Word, and the Doctrine in # 138, #139, and # 140
As we begin to move closer to the end of
this series on Melchisedec we again came back to looking at the attributes of
God in # 141 The Immortal Father and His Mortal Son # 142 The
Unrecognized Presence, # 143 They
Know Their Creeds but don't Know Him
Then we looked at the end-time prophesies
concerning the Return of the Lord in this hour.
In # 144 we examined the thought of “As Prophesied by Malachi and Luke” and
then in # 145 we again examined God and His Promises to us, as we discussed
the subject, Will God Keep His Word?
And finally our acceptance of God’s promises in # 146 Thy Faith Hath
Saved Thee
In # 147 we studied Melchisedec in the role of the God Priest and then in # 148 The High
Priest of Our Profession.
# 149 we spoke on Vindication and followed up with # 150
do not focus on the Vessel, but on God which led to # 151 A
Supernatural God Among a Natural People and which helped us to consider # 152
Our Attitude is What Brings the Results and finally this series drew to
a close with a communion message # 153 examining Our Walk (Communion
Service) and then we closed in # 154 with examining the prayer line
and the God who healeth all our diseases..