WHO IS THIS MELCHISEDEC #5
Thy Great Power
and Revelation
Brian Kocourek
June 28, 2000
Last Sunday we again
examined a statement from Brother Branham's Message, WHO IS THIS
MELCHISEDEC. So far We have
focused our thoughts on his opening prayer.
We thank Thee for
Thy great power, Thy great revelation of Thyself to us in this last days.
Hebrews 5:5-6:14 Notice
verses 11-14 again.. Notice that it is not milk, but only a people of full age
will be able to handle this revelation which Paul calls strong meat.
VS 11: These people have an
inability to grasp it. They hear but do not hear, therefore it is not for these
people.
(Matt 13: 10-17) MATT
13:11 HE ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, BECAUSE IT IS GIVEN FOR YOU TO GINOSKO
THE MYSTERIES OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, BUT TO THEM IT IS NOT GIVEN. ( The disciples had just asked
Jesus why He spoke in parables to them <the great multitudes> and He
answered that His message was not for everyone. Only for a certain type of
person. A chosen Elect person. Notice in verse
12 he says that His Words are only for Whosoever HATH. That word Hath is
the Greek Word ECHO which means that He that is able to reflect back Gods Word.
Did not Jesus say, HE WHO CONFESSES ME BEFORE MEN, I SHALL CONFESS HIM BEFORE
MY FATHER Brother Branham said, " TO CONFESS MEANS TO SAY THE SAME
THING." The Word CONFESS is the
Greek words: HOMO and LOGOS. The SAME LOGOS.)
MARK 4:11 AND HE SAID UNTO
THEM, UNTO YOU IT IS GIVEN
TO GINOSKO THE
MYSTERIES OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD: BUT UNTO THEM THAT ARE WITHOUT, ALL THESE THINGS ARE DONE IN PARABLES: ( We
spoke of this in MATTHEW 13 earlier, but you will notice here that Jesus refers
to the great multitude as those that are without. This is a Greek word EXO
which denotes strangers, or they who do not have the same origin as the
"EX" denotes origin and the "O" ending means away from. So
these were not of Him, nor did they
have their source in God as Jesus made so clear in JOHN 8.)
1 Corinthians 13: 9-12
Ephesians 4: 12-15 A mature man - full age
JOHN 7:17 IF ANY MAN WILL DO HIS
WILL HE SHALL GINOSKO OF THE DOCTRINE WHETHER IT BE OF GOD OR WHETHER I SPEAK
OF MYSELF. ( Here we see that "GINOSKO" let's you see the origin. It
shows a discerning. Once you see where the Revealed Word comes from you will be
as Peter, who said those notable words,
" TO WHOM SHALL WE GO, FOR THOU ALONE HAS THE WORDS OF
ETERNAL LIFE." "NOTHING OUTSIDE THE REVEALED WORD CAN COME TO
LIFE.")
JOHN 13:7 JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID
UNTO HIM, WHAT I DO THOU GINOSKO NOT NOW; BUT THOU SHALT GINOSKO HEREAFTER. (It
is very apparent here that there was a certain knowledge about Him that was to
be held back from them and that was to revealed in another time. Then Peter got
into an argument with Jesus because he was not willing to wait as Jesus told
him to. How much like the believers today who are not just laying in the
presence of the SON as we were instructed by brother Branham just a month before he died. The people need
to learn to wait upon God. HE WHICH HAS BEGUN THE GOOD WORK IN YOU SHALL
PERFORM IT UNTO THE END.)
This is the time of the once
and for all enlightenment of Hebrews 6: 1-7
Hebrews 6:1 Someone's got to fit this
group. Vs 3 these are not ready yet. But notice, it is at this time there will
be a wresting of the scriptures.
JOHN 14:20 AT THAT DAY YE SHALL
GINOSKO THAT I AM IN MY FATHER, AND YE IN ME
AND I IN YOU. ( First of all we must ask ourselves, what day? Then we
must also examine what it is that we shall know. Now how was Christ in he
Father except the Word was in Him as a thought first, then it begin to come
forth into fulfillment. How were we in Him except it be the same thing. We were
in Him as a thought as we see in EPHESIANS 1. And How is He in us except it be
the same Word reflected into us as recipients of the very MIND of God. That is
How we enter His Glory which is His Opinion. That is how He can be Glorified in
the saints. The Eternal Mind of God coming into His Bride.)
2 Peter 3: 10-17
Now, it wasn't given to Paul
Hebrews 6: 3 if God permit,
but He didn't.
2 Corinthians 3: 1-4
Colossians 1:25 according to
the dispensation given to me. What is that ? Grace!
See, he was waiting for
something to happen.
Ephesians 1: 15-23 He was waiting for this to happen, he speaks
of it is a future tense.
2 Thessalonians 1: 10 He
says in that day it will happen.
His dispensational work was
that of Grace , not of resurrection.
LUKE 10:22 ALL THINGS ARE
DELIVERED TO ME OF MY FATHER: AND NO MAN
GINOSKO WHO THE SON IS, BUT THE FATHER; AND WHO THE FATHER IS, BUT THE SON, AND
HE TO WHOM THE SON WILL REVEAL HIM. ( Here we see a special use of the GINOSKO
that only a certain few may receive. The GINOSKO of the Father is not for
everyone. Only those chosen to receive it shall receive it. This
GINOSKO comes only by REVELATION, as Jesus tells us. )
JOHN 10:38 BUT IF I DO , THOUGH YE
BELIEVE NOT ME, BELIEVE THE WORKS: THAT YE MAY GINOSKO, AND BELIEVE, THAT THE
FATHER IS IN ME, AND I IN HIM. ( Not that the works will produce a belief, but
the combination of Word and Deed. Vindication is the Word following the sign.
John 14:12 and Mark 16:17 are not the same thing. One is The Word following the
sign, while the other is signs following, or, as a result of the Word.)
The vindication produces a
certain knowledge. A knowing source.
JOHN 14:7 IF YE HAD GINOSKO ME, YE
SHOULD HAVE GINOSKO MY FATHER ALSO: AND FROM HENCEFORTH YE GINOSKO HIM, AND
HAVE SEEN HIM...JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, HAVE I BEEN SO LONG TIME WITH YOU, AND
YET HAST THOU NOT GINOSKO ME, PHILIP? HE THAT HATH SEEN ME HATH SEEN THE FATHER:
AND HOW SAYEST THOU THEN, SHOW US THE FATHER? ( This scripture packs a mighty
message about the importance of the GINOSKO and how it affects our relationship
with the Father. It also keys us into the manner in which this knowledge is
transferred from Father to Son. That is, via the Attributes and
Characteristics that came forth from
the Father to the Son. We also see here that Vindication is so very important
in identifying the source of these Attributes and Characteristics. For without
Jesus being Vindicated as to Who He was, the disciples could have only made an
assumption, but what would their assumption be based on what?)
JOHN 17:3 AND THIS IS LIFE ETERNAL, THAT THEY MIGHT GINOSKO THEE,
THE ONLY TRUE GOD, AND JESUS CHRIST,
WHOM THOU HAST SENT. ( Eternal Life is to GINOSKO God. To GINOSKO GOD, our
Father is the Evidence that we have been quickened to Eternal Life.)
JOHN 17:8 FOR I HAVE GIVEN UNTO THEM THE WORDS WHICH THOU GAVEST ME
: AND THEY HAVE RECEIVED THEM, AND HAVE GINOSKO SURELY THAT I CAME OUT FROM
THEE, AND THEY HAVE BELIEVED THAT THOU DIDST SEND ME. ( The Word of the Father
which the SON passes onto us is that which brings us into this GINOSKO condition
which is an assurance of Eternal Life.
JOHN 17:25 O RIGHTEOUS FATHER, THE WORLD HATH NOT GINOSKO THEE, BUT
I HAVE GINOSKO THEE, AND THESE HAVE GINOSKO
THAT THOU HAST
SENT ME.( Jesus firmly
establishes His relationship with the Father that the world could never have,
except those of His Elect, who also GINOSKO the Father through the SON.)