WHO IS THIS MELCHISEDEC #62

The Power of Revelation ”

Brian Kocourek

May  16th,  2001

 

 

This Evening I would like to examine brother Branham’s thoughts where he said,   “In the Laodicean age the people were what? Naked (Are they?), blind. What good does light do to a blind man? If the blind leads the blind, don't they all fall in the ditch? Naked, blind, and don't know it. Even their mental faculties are gone, their spiritual faculties of mental--spiritual understanding. See? Heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, and despisers of those that are good, having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof, The power of revelation, they don't even believe in it. See?”) They don't believe in such things as prophets, and so... They don't believe in it.

 

Hebrews 11 which is commonly known as the Faith chapter of the Bible and in our examination of this chapter we looked very closely at each verse and made notation of the different characteristics of Faith, or the power of Faith, which is the power of Revelation, and we listed them so that we might see that the Power of Revelation is not just limited to giving us Spiritual sight, but it is the same power that created the worlds.  And as we have already seen that the eyesalve which is to restore our sight is an anointing oil, and this anointing oil in the process of giving sight will also sanctify and make Holy the Believer, for our righteousness is but filthy rags, but we are the righteousness of God, made that way by the Power of Revelation.

 

[Hebrews 11:1] Faith is an actual substance and an evidence.

[Hebrews 11:2] It will produce a good report.

[Hebrews 11:3] By Faith the Worlds were created

[Hebrews 11:4] Causes us to be found righteous

[Hebrews 11:5]  It will translate and Rapture us.

[Hebrews 11:6] It causes us to be pleasing to God.

[Hebrews 11:7]  It warns us of things to come....

[Hebrews 11:8]  It calls us and directs us to our inheritance

[Hebrews 11:9]  It keeps and preserves you. It keeps alive the hope that is given you by the Word of God.

[Hebrews 11:10] It allows you to see the works of God.

[Hebrews 11:11] It gives us strength and ability to receive New Life and a new birth.

[Hebrews 11:12]  It brings forth a multiplication of blessings, peace and Grace.

[Hebrews 11:13]  It keeps us going, it persuades us, it brings forth confession from our lips.

[Hebrews 11:14]  It keeps you focused.

[Hebrews 11:16]  It causes us no shame. God identifies & claims those who have it..

[Hebrews 11:17]  It carries you through the trials and testings.

[Hebrews 11:18]  And brings a purpose and focus to our tests.

[Hebrews 11:19]  It doesn’t look at the test, only at the promise.

[Hebrews 11:20]  It allows us to see things to come and to accept them as already coming to pass.

[Hebrews 11:21]  Allows us to bless and worship.

[Hebrews 11:22]  It directs us for our future. Why did He want His bones sent back to the Promised land?

[Hebrews 11:23]  Notice again how they just knew and foresaw things to come. Direction and insight.

[Hebrews 11:24]  It brings forth a true identity, and helps us to manifest in our true identity.

[Hebrews 11:25]  Again we see how it gives us power to look past the tests

[Hebrews 11:26]  It brings us respect for God’s plans

[Hebrews 11:27]  It brings us to the place of having no fear.

[Hebrews 11:28]  It gives us power to keep the commands of God.

[Hebrews 11:29]  It conquers the laws of physics/nature,

[Hebrews 11:31]  It brings you peace where no peace can be seen.

[Hebrews 11:35]   Raises the dead, endures hardships, and keeps you focused.

[Hebrews 11:36]   keeps you focused

[Hebrews 11:39]   Energy to keep moving forward regardless of the present result.

[Hebrews 11:40]    It provides a good report

 

We also found that the Message, The shout, which is the Revelation of Jesus Christ has come forth as a work of Faith with Power.  [2 Thess 1: 7, 10-12] Notice we are told that this work of faith is with Power. And in [Luke 21:27] we are told that when He comes in a Cloud it will be with Great Power and Glory. Therefore it must be the Power of Revelation for it is the greatest power that is given to the believer.

 

Now, you might ask. What kind of power does Faith have? Well, we know that through Faith we receive Spiritual sight, right? Therefore through Faith we are justified, sanctified and given new birth. Therefore Faith has within it the power of Life itself. And not just life but Eternal Life. But beyond that, we know that through the exercise of Faith we have seen many people healed from whatever ailments they’ve had, whether it was a tumor, or cancer, or leukemia, or misaligned body joints, or a broken back, or broken bones, or paralysis, or hearing loss, or gang green.

 

And beyond this we’ve been made partakers and eye witnesses to what the effectual prayer of a righteous  man can do, [James 5: 16-18] And we’ve seen this power of Faith in action our selves turn the weather condition which not only had an effect upon your lives, but millions of others who knew nothing about it received the blessings as well, Nature turned upside down, the laws of physic made of no effect. Therefore we find the power of Revelation has the Power to heal; and the power to save; the power to sustain; and the power to raise from the dead and make alive; the power to give new birth; and the power to discern ; power over the elements; and power over nature; as well as the power to create. (“squirrels”)

 

And yet brother Branham said, “they don’t even believe in the Power of Revelation.” What an indictment, when the very God of Heaven has descended with a Shout and has performed miracle after miracle and yet they still wander in their own unbelief. Now wonder they are lost. They couldn’t find their way if they were given clear and implicit instructions. Why? Because they have a mental deficiency, and they are devil possessed.  That’s Laodicea.

 

187-235  QA Image of the Beast  54-0515  The church was built upon the Divine revelation of God. "Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, Peter, but My Father which is in heaven has revealed it to you. And upon this rock (spiritual revelation of the Word of God) I'll build My church, and the gates of hell will never prevail against it." ... when the church of God moves on in the power of the inspiration, she'll move right on and on and on and on, and no denomination stop it; nothing in the world will stop it. "Upon this rock I'll build My church, and the gates of hell cannot prevail against it": spiritual, revealed truth.

 

E-13  I Know My Redeemer Liveth 58-0406S  God's purpose can never be defeated. There is nothing can defeat it. So how happy ought we to be today, resting upon that beautiful revelation of the Word of the living God, that there is neither things present nor things that can come; there's no sickness, no sorrow, no death, no perils, nor nothing can separate us from the purpose of the living God. What God has imagined in His mind, what God has purposed in His heart to bring to pass, there is no demon, there's no power, there is nothing can ever separate God's great immortal inter--eternal plan. It must be as God has said.

 

82  Discernment of the Spirit  60-0308 It's all right, but flesh and blood has not revealed this to you. It's not a intellectual conception of how you can make your speech, how you must bow yourself, how or what great thing you must do here on earth. That isn't what it is. It isn't build a great thing or do a great thing. What it is a revelation of the Word of God. He was the Word. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made manifest and dwelt among us."

 

46-4  The Absolute  62-1230M Watch the words now. "Blessed are thou, Simon, son of Jonas; flesh and blood has not revealed this to you (You never learned it by some priest; you never learned it by some seminary.), but My Father which is in heaven has revealed it to you. And upon this rock (spiritual revelation of the Word), I'll build My Church, and the gates of hell cannot prevail against It."

E-47  God Keeps His Word 57-0407M   Way down in Egypt God said, "I have given you that land and all that's in it." Now, He never just said, "I'm going to pick you up, take you up there, and set you down." They had to fight for every inch of ground they had. God when commanding Joshua there, He said, "Be of good courage. Be not afraid; neither be thou dismayed for the Lord thy God is with thee wheresoever thou goest."  The Lord thy God is with thee, wheresoever thou goest. No matter what it is, how hard it is, how great the obstacle is, that doesn't matter. If it's down through the valley of the shadow of death, the Lord thy God is with thee wheresoever thou goest.   Oh, how Joshua could call Israel together and say, "Stand here and watch the glory of God." God is with His Word.  God made the promise. God said to Joshua, "Every place that the soles of your foot set, that yours. That's give to you." Amen. If it's for salvation, if it's for Divine healing, if it's for more blessings, if it's for peace, if it's for anything, it's God promise, make footprints. Amen. "Every place that the sole of your foot sets, that have I given you for a possession."  God promised it, God keeps His Word. God's Word is everlasting truth. I believe it; you believe it. Brothers, it's time for us to make footprints. We can't stay right here in this same camp; the fire's a moving on. Let's move on from glory to glory, from Bible experience to Bible experience. Let's unfold and open up our hearts, raise up our hands to God, keep sane. Stay in the Bible; don't get outside of that; stay right there. Follow...   We've got the prophet of God; we've got the Word of God, and we've got the Angel of God. He's a leading this Church just exactly like He led in them days. That's exactly right. The Word of God is before us, and the Prophet of God is the Holy Spirit; the Angel of God is leading the Church. We're moving in the Pillar of Fire, in the glory of God, setting together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Now we are sons and daughters of God, and the great revelation of the Word of the Holy Spirit sinks it into the hearts and bringing forth the trees of salvation, righteous living, love, joy, peace, long-suffering, goodness, gentleness, patience. Sure it is. It just only won't happen to a Branham Tabernacle, or to another tabernacle; it happens to individuals. If the whole Branham Tabernacle gets together in that one accord, the whole thing will be moving in one big unit for God. But if there's only one in that Branham Tabernacle moving like that, God will move with that one. And only one way to do it; that's fall in line with it, march right on. Blessed be the Name of the Lord. God keeps His Word.  Why those fellows said, "We can't do that. We can't have a revival over there. Everything's against us." Oh, my. "The Amorites are there, and oh, the Herites, and all those are all walled up; we look like grasshoppers."  But little old Joshua, about forty years old, beating hisself in the chest and Caleb saying... Caleb standing there saying... Caleb said, "You know what? We are more than able to do it." Oh, brother, a little bitty hook nosed Jew standing there, bouncing up-and-down, saying, "We're more than able. We're not only able, but we're more than able." Why? God said so. That settles it.

 

55  Palmerworm, Locust and Caterpillar 59-0823   The other day I was talking, and we were thinking of Scripture. I said, "Why can't people see that?" I said, "There it is," and I happened to think. I don't care how clear it is, how much the Scripture teaches it, you'll never be able to see it until God Himself shows it to you. I don't care how clear it is. And the whole Bible is built, and the whole Church of the living God is built upon a spiritual revelation of the Word. Why did Abel offer a more excellent sacrifice than Cain? Why didn't Abel follow Cain? He had the most beautiful church? But it was revealed to him. When Jesus came from Mount Transfiguration, and they... Said, "Who does man say I the Son of man am?" "One said 'Elias,' and one said You're the prophet, and so forth."  He said, "But who do you say I am?"  Peter said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God."  He said, "Blessed art thou, Simon, the son of Jonas, for flesh and blood never revealed this to you. You never learned it with some books, or by some seminary, or some station of manmade scheme. But My Father in heaven has revealed that to you, and upon this rock I'll build My Church, and the gates of hell cannot prevail against it." There you are: spiritual revelation of the Word of God.

 

E-64  Identification 63-0123  But now, looky here. What it is, is the spiritual revelation of the Word of God, that everything else is wrong but that Word, and you believe it. He was the Word, and He is the Word, and He'll always be the Word. And when God can open that channel, then He can flow freely through that sanctified body.

 

306  Harvest Time 64-1212  By revelation of the Word, God's Word before It was even written, "Abel by faith offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than that of Cain, which testified that he was righteous," the Word reflecting Itself through him by his offering.

74  Communion  62-0204   We see that the astronomers are predicting, sometime in this early part or the first part of the month, beginning on the second or the fifth, or somewhere along this month, the Indian astronomers predict the world to blow to pieces. And the American newspapers make fun of it. I do not believe the world's going to blow to pieces, but I do say it's wrong to make fun of it. Because something's fixing to happen one of these days, something similar to that, when the five planets, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus, and--and so forth comes into their--their... They never have did it. Oh, they claim maybe twenty-five thousand years ago, but who was back there to know it? I predict that this has a spiritual application. I believe it's the coming in of the issue of God, that the great revelation of the Word will be opened during this time. Remember, they claim it was three stars came into the orbit when Jesus was born. And this is five, and five is grace, the number of grace. Three is the number of perfection. Five is the number of grace: J-e-s-u-s, g-r-a-c-e, f-a-i-t-h, so forth, number of grace. God ever sends His power to the church, it'll be His grace; it won't be the obedience of the people. And Isaiah said in the 40th chapter, how to cry to Jerusalem, that her warfare was over, yet she was guilty of idolatry, but it was God's grace that was sending it. God sends anything to us, it'll be His grace and not our merits.  So it may mean something. I predict that there will be a change. I don't know what it'll be, but I believe it's fixing to happen. We're on the--right on the eve of it now.

 

288-1  {64}  The Fourth Seal 63-0321  Now, the power of revelation brings stimulation to the believer, for the power of wine, natural wine is to stimulate. See? It's to  bring a person that's all slumped down to a stimulation. See, see?  Well then, now there's a power of the revelation of the Word gives stimulation of joy to the believer, stimulation of satisfaction, the stimulation that it's vindicated, it's proved. It's called in the Scripture, as we want to refer to it, as new wine. We always refer to it like that as "These are drunk on new wine," (See?), all right, or spiritual wine. I think the best interpretation would be--would be on spiritual wine.

 

41  His Unfailing Words of Promise 64-0120   Each age has had its allotment of Word to be fulfilled. God always sends a prophet. The Word comes to the prophet, the written Word, a Discerner of the thoughts of the heart. Did you always notice? The prophet, being that he knowed that he was a prophet, is because that the Word of God discerns the thought that's in the heart, foretells things, forth-teller and teller-forth. Did you ever take the dictionary, the old Hebrew dictionary, and see what the word "seer" means? It's the one that has the Divine revelation of the written Word. And how it's vindicated, he foresees things that he foretells, and they come to pass.   Now, how does that type in with the Scripture? Just exactly. "If there be one among you, who's spiritual or a prophet, I the Lord will make Myself known to him, speak to him in visions. And if these things comes to pass, then it's God. If they don't come to pass, then don't hear him; don't fear him at all, but just ignore it." But God's Word is always right. Therefore, that's how they knew of the man that was speaking, whether he had the right revelation of the Word or not. The Divine Word that's written, is because he had the Word of the Lord come to him. Now, we stay there; we place ourselves and our confidence upon this Word.

 

  25-1  It is the Rising of the Sun 65-0418M  Upon this Rock I'll build My church; the gates of hell can't prevail against It. And I give unto thee the keys. Whatever you bind on earth, I'll bind it in heaven; what you loose on earth...'" That's that Divine revelation of the Word made flesh. If it was flesh in that day by the Son, the Groom, it's of flesh today by the Bride.

 

 164  God of this Evil Age 65-0801M  As She is part of the Groom, true to Him in every point, waiting the Wedding, uniting, not at the ecumenical council, but in the sky, the wedding supper. She has been given (This is for our own church.) the... She has been given and revealed to Her the Seven Sealed mysteries of the Bible. She--she sees the folly of the deceiver, so very close to the Truth that almost deceive the Elected; She sees it.  She... See the two opposing spirits at work in this evil age? Can you see it? Each very religious, Cain and Abel, spirits again coming to their heads, still same as they started: one worshipping by beauty, and by knowledge, and by education, and by science, and by ethics; and the other one by faith of the revelation of the Word of God. Both of them is standing right in this building this morning. That's right.

 

E-40  What does it take to make a Christian Life?  57-0113   May you take me to record this morning, friend. There isn't enough power in all hell can ever defeat the purpose of God. God will do it anyhow.

23-3  Invisible Union of the Bride 65-1125  You can't be virtuous to Christ, the Word of God, and serve a manmade denomination at the same time. It's contrary to the Word. Paul said here. "Where about?" Romans 7.   Neither can you bare God's sons of His Word to this illegitimate denominational group. You cannot do it. In your incubator you cannot bring forth a Word son of God. I'm speaking to the church. But still you claim to be very religious. So was Cain, the prostitute Eve's, son: very religious, built altars, and offered sacrifice, and paid his tithes, and done everything that any other religious man would do; but he failed to keep that Word. He failed to have the revelation. And the revelation is the only thing: the revelation of the Word. What is a revelation? Jesus said, "Upon this Rock I'll build My church, and the gates of hell can't prevail against it." Faith is a revelation, because faith has been revealed to you. Abel, by faith offered by revelation (faith) offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than that of Cain.

 

70 The Rapture  65-1204    Cain and Abel didn't have a Bible to read, but it was revealed to Abel by faith, which is a revelation. Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than that of Cain, which God testified that he was righteous. When Jesus was asked here in Matthew 16:17 and 18... We haven't time to read it, but if you want to write it down. He said, "Who does man say I, the Son of man, am?"   One of them said, "You're Moses, Elias, or someone." He said, "But who do you say I am?"  He said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God."  He said, "Blessed art thou, Simon, son of Jonas, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you; My Father which is in heaven has revealed this to you. Upon this rock..." The spiritual revelation of Who God is, Who Jesus is, and He is the revelation of God, God made in flesh and revealed to the world. He was in the world; God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, revealing what God was in a body of flesh. "Thou art the Christ, the Anointed One, the Son of God."  He said, "Flesh and blood never revealed this to you, but My Father which is in heaven has revealed this to you. Upon this rock, I'll build My church (the revelation of the Word in It's season)--I'll build My church and the gates of hell cannot prevail against it."  The Book of the Revelation is the last Book of the Bible. It's sealed to unbelievers. In there the Bible says in the 22nd chapter, "Whosoever shall take one word from It or add one word to It, I'll take his part from the Book of Life." We realize that then It was altogether given for believers. And it opens the Book of Revelation and reveals Who the Author of this entire Book is (He's to look upon as Alpha and Omega, from Genesis to Revelations, Jesus Christ just the same right straight through), and reveals His complete mystery of Himself and His plans for His church ages that's to come, and was sealed in there by seven seals. Now, the Book was written, but then remember, It was sealed with seven seals. And these seven seals was not to be opened, Revelations 10, until the sounding of the last earthly angel on earth, Revelations 10:7. See? "And in the days of the sounding of the last angel's Message, seventh angel, the mystery of God should be finished in that age." That's... And that's the age that we're living in.   We all know we're living the Laodicea age. There will never be another age to it; it can't be. So we're living in the Laodicea age, and these seven seals that's held that Book is a mystery to people, should be open at that day. That's what He promised. Now, it won't be nothing outside the Word, because you can't add to the Word or take from the Word. It's got to remain always the Word. But the revelation is to reveal the Truth of It, what It is, to make It fit with the rest of the Scripture. And then God vindicates that to be the Truth.

 

  309  Harvest Time  64-1212  Riches, Laodicea, great name, great person, rich. "But dead, and naked, and don't know it." That's what the church age ended in.  But she denies the Word. To make Matt 24:24 real to her, she tries to move in with a lot of noise, and a lot of this, and a lot of social standings, and things like this, trying to say, "Well, we got power. Glory to God. Hallelujah. We got power." Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof, so close that it would deceive the very elected... How can a man dance in the Spirit and speak in tongues, and deny the Word of God being the Truth, and be the Holy Ghost? It just can't be done.  Every Word... God says one thing, that's just exactly what He means. Don't interpret It no other way. The Bible says that It's of no private interpretation. Say it the way He said It   E-50  Identification 63-0123   We are invited to shape our own character to His by His grace. We are invited (Think of it.) to become characters like His, if we're ready to lay our character down and the molding that we had: "heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God, false accusers and incontinent, despisers of those that are trying to do right, having a form of godliness and denying the power of the Word"... How can God come into a place like that when they deny the Word? When He watches over His Word to vindicate It, to make it come to pass, and the Word is pushed out, how can He identify Himself with something like that?