The Mask has Been
Pulled Off
March 14, 2001
Brian Kocourek
WHO IS THIS
MELCHISEDEC 65-0221E 42
Notice, like the sculptor, he hides with a mask over it. That's what
God's done to this age. It's been hid. All these things has been hid, and is
supposed to be revealed in this age. Now, the Bible says they would be revealed
in the latter times. It's like a sculptor keeping his piece of work all covered
over until the time he takes the mask off of it and there it is. And that's
what the Bible has been. It has been a work of God that's been covered up. And
it's been hid since the foundation of the world, and its sevenfold mystery, and
God promised in this day, at the age of this Laodicea church, He would take the
mask off the whole thing and we could see it.
He said it's all
been hid since the foundations of the world and was ordained to have the mask
taken off in this day. Just think of that, The great intellectual giants of the
Wesleyan era and they could only guess at it. The great scholars who knew the
Greek and could read the Hebrew and the Aramaic and they could only guess at it
and they were wrong!
And out of the
back woods of Kentucky comes this little man with hardly an eighth grade
education and He comes with Thus Saith the Lord. And all the mysteries that
were covered over have been revealed through a ministry that was spurned at
because of his lack of education. What a laugh, but the joke is on them. The
haughty and the puffed up church institutions, who rejected the outward
appearance and did not judge righteous judgment.
I CORINTHIANS 2:6
¶ Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of
this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: 7 But we
speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, [even] the hidden [wisdom], which God
ordained before the world unto our glory: 8 Which none of the princes of this
world knew: for had they known [it], they would not have crucified the Lord of
glory.
REVELATION 2:17
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To
him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a
white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving
he that receiveth [it].
MATTHEW 11:25
¶ At that time Jesus answered and said,
I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these
things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
This section will deal with the Greek
word apokalupsis which is mainly used in the Scripture as the words reveal or
revelation. We have a tendency however, when using the word revelation, to
think only in terms of having a [ mental concept or idea ]. This
word apokalupsis goes beyond
simply having an understanding. In addition to the concept of understanding,
it also places an emphasis on the source of that understanding and the
reason that one is able to understand. The revelation is therefore (
induced ) by an unveiling or an uncovering that gives the revelation Life.
In the Church Age
book: [Revelation of Jesus Christ]
(CAB) pg. 13 pp. 3
chapter 1, brother Branham said, "Now the Greek word for revelation is apocalypse which means
'unveiling.' This unveiling is perfectly described in the example of a sculptor
unveiling his work of statuary, exposing it to the onlooker. It is an
uncovering, revealing what was previously hidden." We therefore see that the unveiling itself
is the stimulus for the revelation, because the unveiling is the action that
reveals. Once hidden, but now brought into plain view. This is the essence
of apokalupsis.
[Luke 2: 25 -
32] "And
behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and the same man
was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost
was upon him. And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should
not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. And he came by the Spirit
into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for Him
after the custom of the law, then took he Him up in his arms, and blessed God,
and said, Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, according to Thy
Word. For mine eyes have seen Thy salvation. Which Thou hast prepared before
the face of all Thy people; A light to apokalupsis the Gentiles, and the glory
of Thy people Israel."
The King James
version uses " A light to
apokalupsis the Gentiles " which is actually to enlighten or reveal to
them, but if you will notice the wording here let's you know that this
enlightening [from this light], comes as a result of the light being prepared
before, and manifested openly to the people of Israel. A light is always thought of as that which
manifests. In [Ephesians 5:13] it says,
"for whatsoever doth make manifest is Light." In fact Brother Branham
said in the [Indictment] pg. 9, " And
today, by the light of the Gospel reflecting from a Light, a Pillar of Fire
visibly among us... This shows that the light or message has it's source in
the unveiled Presence of Christ among us. Simeon had already received
revelation by the Holy Ghost that he would not die until he had seen the Lord's
Christ, but He was still unsure of Who It would be or in what fashion. He did
not know this until He came into the presence of Jesus Christ Himself.
Our examination
of the scripture and Brother Branham's quotes on this Unveiling will hopefully
allow us to see the difference between [revelation as an entity of it's
own], and [revelation as it comes forth
from this great unveiling]. This unveiling brings into view not only that which
was hidden from view, but it also brings into light and puts an emphasis on
those hidden attributes and characteristics that are so essential in fully
disclosing the true nature of the Person of Christ.
[II Corinthians
12: 7] "And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the
apokalupsis, there was given unto me a thorn in my flesh, the messenger of
Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure." Paul speaks here not only of the abundance
of the revelation he received from the
unveiling of the Holy Spirit, but this revelation also came as a result of the
Pillar of Fire manifesting Himself to Paul alone. Remember, the other men did
not see The Pillar of Fire. Only Paul saw It, and was blinded by it long enough
for God to get a hold of him. Each of
us who have come into the light of this hour have experienced the same thing in
that this Word temporarily blinds us in
a way which we must stop and reexamine our doctrine. This is why the Parousia
of Christ is so important. We see the Bible in a new way and the Word becomes
alive to us, and we become established in the Present Day Truth. Brother
Branham posted above his pulpit the words, "be still and know"...
because we must stop and be still before we can properly know and understand.
[Galatians 1:
12] "For
I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the Apokalupsis
of Jesus Christ." Again we see that Paul is not just speaking of
revelation as if it were his ability within his mental faculties to receive and sort out knowledge and
understanding. He let's you know that he received this revelation or
understanding as a direct result of the Appearing and unveiling of the Mighty
God before him. It was Christ that
revealed Himself. It was not Paul using his mental prowess and figuring it out.
Brother Branham has always stated that no
man has a right to interpret God's Word. God interprets His own Word by
bringing it to pass, and then when we see this Word coming to pass, those
who are ordained to receive the revelation or understanding of His Word for
their season, will also be able to see the manifestation that vindicates the
revelation when it comes. One other thing. You will notice that Paul says he
did not receive it, nor was he taught it by man. Then this let's you know he
was taught it, and the source of the teaching was the actual apokalupsis or the
act of unveiling itself.
[Unveiling of
God] PP. 122 6-14-64 "And
God needs no interpreter, He does His own interpretation. He manifests it
and...He gives the interpretation. God unveiling Himself. Oh, My! Right in the
midst of us, we see His great hand telling these things, doing these
things."
[ Identified
Christ of all Ages] pg. 42 6-17-64 "And
until you come in behind that badger skin, until you get out of your old skin,
your old thoughts, your old creeds, and come into the Presence of God; then the
Word becomes a living reality to you, then you're awakened to the Shekinah
Glory, then the Bible becomes a new book, then Jesus Christ is the same yesterday,
today and forever. You're living in His Presence, eating the shewbread that's
only provided that day for believers, priests only. "And we are priests,
royal priesthood, a holy nation, peculiar people, giving spiritual sacrifices
to God." But you must come into, behind the veil, to see the unveiled God.
And God is veiled. That's His Word made manifest."
[Galatians
2:2]" And I went up by apokalupsis
and communicated unto them that Gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but
privately to them that were of reputation, lest by any means I should have run,
or had run, in vain." We see
this story further unravel in [Acts 15]. If you carefully observe what took
place here, you will notice that some men whom Paul called false brethren, who
were still Pharisees ( at least in
their thinking), had come into the message of the hour. These men had heard
what Paul was teaching and had come
down from Jerusalem to Galatia to set the people straight. They began teaching
the people to be circumcised which was contrary to what Paul was teaching. Now,
these men had some pull at the headquarters in Jerusalem, so Paul not only went up by revelation to
declare his revelation of Christ to the Apostles. The outcome was that Paul had
the true revelation of what was going on and the Apostles were basically
backslid concerning the truth. Why?
Because they had listened to the opinion of man rather than the opinion
of God. As alpha repeats in omega, this must also repeat in this hour. Paul did not receive His revelation from
man. He received it from the very Presence of Jesus Christ Himself, and all the
other Apostles had to admit that Paul had met with the resurrected Lord Jesus
Christ. The same can be said in this hour with William Branham.
[The Mighty God
Unveiled] pg. 14 pp. 2 6-29-64
" I'm afraid
that the traditions of the fathers, the church
fathers, has hid this from too many people. Since the Holy Ghost is come in
this last days as prophesied, and the veil has been rent, too many people try
to hang to their traditions of their fathers; and that's why they can't see
this extreme joy, and peace, and things that the church has today. Yet it's in
plain view of those who believe. He hid the Word, the promised Word of this
day."
[Ephesians 3:
3]" How that by apokalupsis He made
known unto me the mystery,..."
In this scripture the apokalupsis was Christ's appearing in the form of
the Pillar of Fire unveiling and
revealing Himself to Paul. He then took this appearing of Christ to the
scripture and God anointed the eyes of his heart to see that the Pillar of Fire
who called Himself "Jesus",
was actually Jehovah, the Almighty God of Israel, in another form, alive
forever more. Paul let you know without a doubt by this Scripture that God had
unveiled Himself to him, and not to the others and because of this unveiling,
he was able to declare the mystery of Christ.
In [ 1 Timothy 3: 16] he declares,
"And without controversy great is the mystery of Godliness: God was
manifested in the flesh..." Now,
although Jesus Himself had come back to the Apostles in a body form on several
occasions, it was through the identifiable characteristics of the Pillar of
Fire that Paul was able to take the scripture and show Jesus Christ from
Genesis to Malachi. Notice once again how Paul let's you know that it was by
and through the apokalupsis that the mystery of God was made known. So the
unveiling is what actually does the revealing. The unveiling then, is what
actually gives the understanding.
[Revelations
1:1] "The apokalupsis of Jesus Christ which God gave unto Him, to shew
His servants things which must shortly come to pass; and He sent and signified
it by His angel unto His servant John:" Brother Branham refers to this scripture in his message:
[Revelation of Jesus Christ] pp. 106
12-04-60 "The 1st verse is unveiling Christ. The
Revelation or the uncovering. Oh, how the last age and the coming of the
Lord was covered up to the apostles! They asked the question, but only one
lived to have the revelation; and still he didn't understand it, because the
history was not yet made." As
we said in our study of the word Parousia, the Apostles were not aware of a
first coming much less a second coming. They were looking for Him to disclose
Himself publicly to the people. Notice also that brother Branham let's you know
candidly that you can not possibly understand fully what the scripture is
telling you until God actually performs that portion of Scripture. That is why
he never taught much on the millennium and the New Jerusalem and the other
things which are future events. If they have not unfolded, then we can only
"presume" and you know what
he said about that. He said, "to
presume is to venture without authority". Now, as for the Appearing or
Parousia; God vindicated it by bringing it to pass. And once again notice the
wording of this verse of scripture. "The
apokalupsis of Jesus Christ which God gave unto Him, to shew His servants
things which must shortly come to pass. We see that the purpose of God providing an apokalupsis is
"to show", which means to teach. So we see that the Apokalupsis is a
tool God uses to teach, to instruct, to make known His ways to the people.
[Revelation of
Jesus Christ] pp. 104 12-04-60 " Now, unveiling, the Greek word, something
that's been hid, revealing Christ."
[Romans 8:19] For the earnest expectation of the creature
waiteth for the apokalupsis of the sons of God. The use of this scripture is good in that it let's you know
that it is not merely a revelation that the sons of God have, but the fact that
there is an unveiling or manifestation of them that will set off, or spark
off the rest of God's creation. The KJV
version uses the word, "manifestation" here, because it is not just a
revelation but an outward disclosure or unveiling. The question we should ask
ourselves as we read this is, "What brings on this manifestation? We find
the answer in [I John 3: 2] where It says,
"Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we
shall be: but we know that when He shall Appear, we shall be like Him: for we
shall see Him as He is." It is seeing Him as He is, that causes us
to come into manifestation to what we
are. [Romans 12:1-2] tells us, "we
are transformed by the renewing of our minds."[II Corinthians 3:18]
tells us the actual process of the transformation comes by the renewing of our
minds. This renewing of our mind brings
us into the Glory or the "opinion" of The Father. Finally in
[Colossians 3: 4] we see the very Life of the Father which has already
come into the Elect by the new birth, becoming manifested in it's true character when He Appears and
manifests His true character.
[Romans 16: 25] "Now to Him that is of power to stablish you according to my
Gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the apokalupsis of the
mystery, which was kept secret since the world began." Notice the apokalupsis had been kept
secret but was revealed to Paul. Paul is stating three things here, 1) There is to come a time of establishing
you, 2) It will happen according to His
Gospel, 3) It will happen in accordance with the revealing of the mysteries.
The mysteries
will be revealed at the time of [Rev 10: 1-7] in which Christ will reveal
Himself through a prophet, and that prophet will be declaring the same message
Paul declared, which Paul said would take place in [II Thes 1:10].
[Unveiling of God] pp. 367 6-14-64 "
Father, we pray today that these, Lord, who are not yet through that veil.
They're standing out there like Israel, they're watching. They believe, but
they've never broke into this yet, to see that great Shekinah Light, both
Spiritual and physical, insomuch that a mechanical eye of the camera keeps
taking the pictures. Just two weeks ago caught it again. You're revealing
Yourself, Lord. The Mighty God unveiled to the believer; still veiled to the
unbeliever, but unveiled to the believer. May they break through today, Lord,
see His great splendor and Glory. May their hearts be changed before we even
get back to this church tonight. May they all be filled with your Spirit, Your
Presence. May the Master take up the faith that they've got, streak it across
the Word; may the tune come back, "Thou has been ordained before the
foundation of the world to believe this. Believe my child and be saved."
[Works is Faith
Expressed] pp. 128 11-26-65 " It was God revealing Himself to the individual. While others laughed,
these were rejoicing. It was an individual revelation.."
[The Mighty God
Unveiled] pg. 15 pp. 5 6-29-64" You can see the unveiling of this great and
mighty One. Traditions has blinded the people again to these things that's been
prophesied."
[Unveiling of God] pp. 343 6-14-64 "And
you will see, if you'll just do that, break those old traditions and things and
come to Him, you'll see Him standing, the Mighty Conqueror, The Word of promise
for this age made manifest. You'll see the Mighty God unveiled, see Him
right among us here, unveiled, the Mighty God, unconquered by
traditions."
[Unveiling of God
pp. 360 6-14-64 " Break through every veil of selfishness,
and every veil of unbelief, and see the Mighty Conqueror unveiled before the
believers."
[ I Corinthians
1: 4 - 10]" So that you come behind
in no Spiritual gift; waiting for the apokalupsis of our Lord Jesus
Christ:" In this Scripture we
see a great revealing of Christ or unveiling that is to come. In order to
become a beneficiary of this great unveiling, Paul tells us that there is to
come forth a dispensation of Grace that will prepare our minds by enriching
them (like fertilizer enriches the soil, preparing the mind to receive this
great unveiling of Christ. We see this dispensation of Grace also in [I Peter
1:10 - 13]. And how does God reveal Himself?
[Amos 3:7] tells us that it must come through a prophetic ministry.
[The Mighty God Unveiled] pg. 4
pp. 3 6-29-64 "
I'm identified with a group of people that feels the Spirit of God. I'm identified with a group of people that
knows He's unveiled, that knows He's the same yesterday, today, and forever,
and knows that this is not fanaticism; It's Jesus Christ the same yesterday,
today, and forever. I'm identified with that group here tonight, yet they're called a bunch of heretics, yet
a bunch of fanaticism on account of the Word of God. But I'm not ashamed of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ for It is the power of God unto salvation to them
ones."
[Unveiling of God] pp. 360 6-14-64 " Show Yourself among us, Lord, as You
have been doing. Ever remain that way until we're visibly before You, when the
en-morphe has been changed and You become again Son of Man and Son of
David..."
[Man running from
the Presence of God] pp. 40 2-17-65 " May all the great mysteries that
we're supposed to know at this age, Lord, be unveiled to us and we'll see the
plainness of God, so that we'll know how to behave ourselves and act,
correcting ourselves and bringing the members
of our body into discipline to the Word, that we might know how to
live in this present day at the approaching of the Lord Jesus."
[The Trial] 4-27-64
" It's God unveiling Himself,
bringing Himself down so He can be...He was above in the Pillar of Fire. Then
He manifested in His Son, Jesus Christ. And now revealed to us by the Holy
Ghost."
[The Mighty God
Unveiled] pg. 31 pp. 3 6-29-64
"Oh, great God of heaven,
unveiling Yourself, unfolding Yourself, making Yourself known, the Mighty King
of Glory..."
[Proving His
Word] pp. 236 8-16-64 " Now, remember, that was not Jesus
talking to Abraham there, that could discern the thoughts in Sarah's mind
behind him. That was not Jesus, He had not yet been born. But it was a man in
Human flesh, that Abraham called, "Elohim, the great Almighty."
[Ephesians 1:
17] " That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, The Father of Glory, may
give unto you the Spirit of Wisdom and apokalupsis in the knowledge of Him." This Scripture tells us that the Spirit of
God Himself is to descend with a message that will make us to know Him better.
In the [Rapture] tape, brother Branham tells us that the shout of [I Thes 4:
15-18], is the message. This scripture tells us the Lord descends Himself with
a message, and Jesus told us "as a man thinketh in His heart, so is he.
And out of the abundance of his heart, the mouth speaks. So if God has
descended from heaven with a shout, then it must be a declaration of Himself.
In [I John 3:2] we see that this message brings us into a knowledge of Him
which transforms us by the renewing of our mind as in [Romans 12:1-2].
[Adoption] pp. 181 pt. 4 5-22-60 "That
the Father of Glory may give unto you the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation in
the knowledge of Him." Just keep revealing Himself to you all the time,
growing from grace to grace, from power to power, glory to glory. Not fall
back, but from glory to glory, keep moving on. Notice how he ties
together [ Eph 1:17] with [ 2 Cor 3: 18]?
[Seventy Weeks of
Daniel] pp. 167 7-30-61" The Spirit of Wisdom comes into the
church to make known to the church by the revelation of the Holy Ghost,
bringing the church in and revealing what day that we're living in. Just the
same as Gabriel come to Daniel, the Holy Spirit comes to the church in the last
days to reveal these great, deep, secret things. Do you understand
now?" Here we must ask
ourselves this question. What was there about how Gabriel came to Daniel that
is to repeat in this hour. It was one angel coming to one prophet. And brother
Branham let's you know that it will be that way again, only this time that
angel will represent the very Presence of the Holy Spirit coming to one
Prophet.
[II Thes 1:7] " And to you who are
troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be apokalupsis from Heaven
with His mighty angels," If
you will notice also in verse 10 it says this unveiling will come by the
preaching and receiving of Paul's Gospel. Notice also this revealing comes as
Christ The Judge, accompanied by Angels, as brother Branham illustrated by
pointing out the white wig of the Supreme Judge when showing the Life magazine
photo of the cloud.
[ Revelation of
Jesus Christ ] pp. 129 12-04-60 " But to those who know what it is, oh,
what a blessing! What is it? A revelation. A revelation of Who? Of the man in
the pulpit? Jesus Christ in this last church age! Revealing Himself like He
promised He would do. It's a revelation. See?"
[ Revelation of
Jesus Christ] pp. 146 12-04-60 "
So then you see why Satan is so against the book of Revelation. Anything that's
revealed, spiritual revelation, Satan's against it. That's why he's so against
the ministry today."
[ Will the Church
go through the Tribulation ] 1-9-58 " Jesus said, "When the Son of Man
is revealed from Heaven." Let me close by saying this, that, the Son of
Man is now being revealed from Heaven. 'Will it come after awhile, brother
Branham?' It is now! And I hope I won't have to make this so personal of this
own meeting, but that your spirit within you, that's give you by God, can read
what I'm talking about. The Son of Man has already come from Glory and is
revealing Himself, for the past few years, to His church in mercy, showing
them His great Presence, doing the same things that He did when He was here
on earth, Revealing Himself like He did to Abraham before the destruction. He
has come now in mercy , revealing Himself to the church. It's being laughed at
and scoffed at. The next time He reveals Himself, It'll be in judgment on the
world and the nations that forgot God and sinned their day of Grace
away."
[ Questions and Answers ] pg. 114 COD
993-1060 8-23-64 "
Now, we say this with reverence, and love and respect. See? As Jesus Christ the
same yesterday, today, and forever, and also that in the last days, as it was
before Lot's time, or in Lot's time in Sodom, so shall it be in the day that
the Son of Man reveals Himself again. Revealing Himself. Now, in this last day
the Logos that was upon Jesus, which He has become from that back to the Pillar
of Fire again and has descended down on the earth to (I was going to say
something, but I watch the tape. They wouldn't believe that if you told them.
It wouldn't make any difference. They...people wouldn't believe it, but I'll
omit that) but has come down for an investigating judgment goes on."
[ Just Once More
Lord] pp. 63 12-01-63 "
We have as big a machinery as we ever had, and as many members; but what good
does it do, if you're blind to the very thing that's going on in front of you,
and you can't see it? What's happening here day by day, along with the people.
The Holy Spirit revealing Himself, and people don't see it. That's blind,
spiritual blind."
[ God's Provided
Place of Worship] pp. 239 4-25-65 "
Can't you see the Son of Man, the Son of Man in the form of prophetic message,
returning back again in His church, in prophecy, revealing Jesus Christ the
same yesterday, today, and forever? It's never been done through the age, till
this time. See? There is the proof of it."
[I Peter
1:7] " That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than gold
that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto Praise, Honor
and Glory at the apokalupsis of Jesus Christ." This scripture makes it very plain that there will come a
revealing or unveiling of Christ and when this happens something happens in
the Elect. What happens is this. The
Elect come through a cycle of Praise, then Honor and finally into the very
Glory of God. We know the Praise is
defined in [Heb 13:15] and [Malachi 3: 16 - 18] where the people will talk this
revealed truth and express this
revelation of Christ one to another. Then when this happens, the Elect
will move into Honor, which is a Greek word Tim-e which means that they will
place the right value and assessment upon this revelation and this will be
capped off by the very Glory of God which is His Doxa, [His very opinion, and
judgment, and assessment of Himself] which He brings with Him and declares in
His shout, [ 1 Thes 4: 16] and this Glory [the very mind of God], comes into
the Elect as seen in [II Thes 1:10] This is all to happen at the apokalupsis of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[A Trial] 4-27-64 " And He said, "As it was in the days
of Sodom, so shall it be in the coming when the Son of Man shall be
revealed." The Son of Man being revealed, not the Son of God in the church
age. He's put out of that. Now He's the Son of Man revealing Himself. The Word
is becoming flesh among us. Oh, my friend! Open your eyes, court, before
you make your decision. Make your decision, and believe it with all your heart.
He's justified in writing this in the scriptures. He's justified in what He
says. I can prove it. I know He's right. God does prove it. He needs nobody to interpret, say,
"This is that," "This is that." He says He will do it and
He does it, and that settles it. He's His own interpreter."
[ The Rising of
the Sun ] pg. 45 pp. 3 4-18-65
" He is the One Who opened
those seals; He is those Seals. For the whole Word of God is Christ, and Christ
is the Seals that was open. What is the opening of those Seals then?
Revealing Christ. And the very seven angels which represented the Seven
Churches was all completed, and we couldn't even see it. They took the picture,
not us. And there He is standing there, Supreme Judge, showing that He is Alpha
and Omega, the beginning and the end. What Identification!"
[ Proving His Word ] pp. 222 8-16-64 "
And the Son of Man is revealing Himself in the same power that He was, (Not
down through the church age, through justification, sanctification, all these
things here) but the Son of Man. Who is the Son of Man? The Word! And the Word
is quicker than, powerful than a
two-edged sword, and discerns the thoughts that's in the heart. What did He
have to do? He has to prove that Word. What will He do? Notice it when we see
it happening, look at It in the same form that He was in the beginning, the
Pillar of Fire. My! Proving that He's [Hebrews 13:8] "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and
forever." What is it? Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, that was Christ
that was in the wilderness with Moses. How many knows that the bible said that?
Yesterday! That was Christ when Paul was speaking here today (you believe
that?) in the new testament. Then the same Son of Man, the same Christ, in the
last day. See? all right."
[ Revelations
Chapter 5 ] pt. 2 pp. 199 6-18-61
" And in the last days He's
revealing It by His own Presence among His people."
[ This Day This
Scripture is Fulfilled ] pg. 30 pp.
4 2-19-65 "That was the royal
Seed of Abraham. And here that Royal seed of Abraham (which come because of
that Identification of that man sitting here with Abraham) come to prove it was
the same God promised in this day, as it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it
be in the coming of the Son of Man, when He is revealing Himself as Son of Man!
Amen! This is the day for this scripture to be fulfilled."
[ God's Chosen
Place of Worship ]. 2-20-65 " Then, my brother, I want to ask you
something in closing. We might say this: In [Malachi 4] aren't we also promised
another Eagle, a Pillar of Light to be following to show the erring church this
day that He's [Hebrews 13:8], the same yesterday, today, and forever! Aren't we
promised another One to come flying from the wilderness! Amen! That's exactly
the truth! How fitting and matching it is to [Luke 17:30] where the Son of Man
Eagle will be revealing Himself to bring to naught all other worship places
such as denominations and so forth."
[I Peter 1:13] " Wherefore, gird up
the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end, for the grace
that is to be brought unto you at the apokalupsis of Jesus Christ." You will notice that this scripture not only
speaks in terms of a great apokalupsis in the future tense, but this apokalupsis will be accompanied
by a special measure of grace
from our Lord that will allow the
believer to receive this great unveiling and understand it. We find this also in
[1 Cor 1: 4 - 10].
[Romans]
2:5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself
wrath against the day of wrath and apokalupsis of the righteous Judgment of God; Now if this word truly means unveiling or
uncovering as brother Branham said, then the day of wrath and the righteous
Judgment of God must also be unveiled or uncovered if this scripture is to make
any sense. Did not Jesus say in [John 12:48] that His Word shall judge in the
last day? [James 5: 7- 9] and [Revelations 3: 20] tell us that the Judge will
be knocking at the door in the Laodicean age. Does not the very word Doxa which
is spoken of as the Glory in which He is to come, mean the Opinion, The
estimate or Judgment of God? Did not brother Branham also tell us that the
Judgments are now in the earth. What is Aids?
What is the Legionnaire disease and all these
strains of Herpes that have overtaken this wicked and adulterous generation?
And what about Ebola? Are they not the plagues and judgment of God as spoken of
in the scripture? In the message entitled [5 Junctures of Time] 656, brother Branham said, " One day, the bible says that things will
break out on this earth and diseases and things. And all the people will
p?...and their flesh will rot right on them and so forth. But the Bible says,
"Don't you come near any of these who have the Seal of God in their
foreheads. And the seal of God is the Baptism of the Holy Ghost." We
find this in[ Zech 14]. The same thing took place in Egypt back in Moses day,
and [Deuteronomy 28] says that these plagues will come upon them and overtake
them.
[Q & A in
C.O.D.]. pg. 919 -992, pp. 288
8-23-64 " The Bible said He will judge the World by Jesus Christ, and
Jesus Christ is the Word. So to me, it's the Word of God that He will judge the
world by. That's right. And I believe His judgments are in the earth now, and
I believe...let us seek Him with all our heart to escape the wrath of the
damnation of the wrath of God that's going to be poured out upon this
unbelieving world; and there's no way at all for it to escape it."
[Perfect
Faith] pp. 189 8-25-63 " And I'm standing here right before the white throne now, and pointing
my finger to the bloody sacrifice there, and speaking through His name that it's
done."
[ Thy Loving
Kindness ] 2-28-58 " Jesus said Himself, "In that day when the Son of Man
reveals Himself from heaven," He's revealing Himself now in mercy to His
church. The next revealing will be in Judgment on those who's rejected
Him."
[ I Peter
4:13] "But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings that,
when His GLORY shall be Apokalupsis, ye may be glad with exceeding joy.
[The Mighty God
Unveiled pg. 30 pp. 4 6-29-64 " You'll see the full value and see the
unveiled God come right in view, that He's just the same as He was when He fell
on the day of Pentecost upon the people, when He kenos Himself, emptied right
into them."
[Unveiling of God ] pp. 370 6-14-64
" How many sees Him standing,
The Mighty Conqueror, the Word made flesh, unveiled before us, the Alpha and
Omega..."
[ Shalom ] pp. 161 1-12-64 " God revealed it, manifested it, and is
among us today. He showed Himself here with us , and proved and a-vindicated
His Word."
[Unveiling of God
] pp. 136 6-14-64 " But this is Spirit that comes upon the
promised Word for this age, and brings forth and manifests, (not to tables of
stone) but the Presence of the living God. Not a mythical thought somebody made
up or some Houdini trick, but the very promise of God revealed and made manifest right before us."