Colors of the Great Living Fountain - Breastplate stones, of
Lucifer
October 28th, 2001
Last
night we examined the breastplate of Judgment that God designed and told Moses
that Aaron, the High priest was to wear.
Exodus 28:29 And Aaron shall bear the names
of Israel in the Breastplate of judgment upon his heart when he goeth unto the
holy Place for a memorial before the Lord continually". 30 And thou shalt
put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be
upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the
judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.
God
designed this breastplate of Judgment and gave it to Moses. It was to be worn
over the heart of Aaron the High priest as He entered into the presence of God.
Now, how do you think Moses
was shown this design? Do you think God just spoke the Words, and Moses wrote
down what He said, and then the craftsment then had to decifer what it was to
look like? I can read for you what Moses wrote hear, and if I asked each of you
to draw me a picture, I would gather that your pictures might all have 4 rows
of 3 stones each, but the shape of the stones, the size and weight of the
stones, etc would not be the same.
EXODUS 28:17 And thou shalt set in it
settings of stones, [even] four rows of stones: [the first] row [shall be] a
sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: [this shall be] the first row. 18
And the second row [shall be] an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
19 And the third row a ligure, an
agate, and an amethyst. 20 And the
fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in
their inclosings. 21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of
Israel, twelve, according to their names, [like] the engravings of a signet;
every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
And so we ask the question
again, how did God give this Design to Moses? And the Apostle Paul gives us our
answer in HEBREWS 8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as
Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See,
saith he, [that] thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to
thee in the mount. And if God told him to make all things pertaining
to the Tabernacle from the pattern that he saw in heaven, then Moses was shown
the pattern also of the Breastplate of judgment. Therefore, Moses was able to
see it, and then when God spoke to him the Words recorded in exodus 28, he
understood perfectly what God had in mind by those Words.
The breastplate was designed
with the names of the twelve tribes engraved on the stones that were placed in
four rows of three stones each. Each of the twelve stones represented one tribe
of Israel and therefore all the people of Israel. As the high priest came into
the presence of God, he carried over his heart the names of each tribe of
Israel, which is God's heritage. The breastplate contained 12 gemstones.
The breastplate consisted of two pieces, which formed a pouch, and in which were kept the two sacred stones, named the Urim (representing light and excellence) and the Thummim (representing perfection and completion).
LEVITICUS 8:8 And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.
These stones were God ordained instruments in which the High Priest used to inquire God in matters concerning the children of Israel.
The Urim and Thummim were two
Precious stones. When someone needed an answer from God before making an
important decision, they would go to the high priest, and enquire of him to
take their request into the presence of God for an answer.
HEBREWS
CHAPTER 1 57-0821 8-52 Now, in the Old Testament they had three
different ways they can know a message. First the law, that was just the law.
Then they had a prophet, a dreamer, and they had the Urim Thummim. Now, that
may be a little deep. The Urim Thummim was the breastplate that Aaron wore on
his breast. In there was twelve stones: jasper, sardius, carbuncle, so forth,
on down. They got all twelve of the big stones that was in the breastplate,
showing that he was the high priest of every tribe, the twelve tribes of
Israel. This breastplate hung on a pillar in the church, and when a prophet
prophesied, and they wanted to be sure it was right or not, the prophet or the
dreamer stood before this Urim Thummim; and he told his dream or his vision,
whatever he had saw. And if the sacred lights... Oh, do you see it? God's
always dwelt in the supernatural realm. The conglomeration, those lights were
just normal until this voice went forth. And when the voice struck those
stones, if it wasn't supernatural, she laid dormant. But if it was
supernatural, those lights all reflected the rainbow color together. Amen. Then
that was God speaking, "That is My prophet. That dream came from Me."
It was according to the Urim Thummim that they judged.
Today we have the Word of God as our Urim and Thummim. Just as there were two stones, so have we two parts, the Old testament and the New Testament, and when the sermon, or dream, or vision, or revelations is spoken, if it doesn't line up with all the books, from genesis to Revelations, then the lamp doesn't light up, there is no oil, so leave it alone.
II TIMOTHY 3:16 All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
BAPTISM
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 58-0928M 25 In the Old
Testament they had three ways of knowing a message: first of course, was the
law, next was by a prophet, next was by a dream. Now, the law was the written
oracles that was kept in the ark. And that was the commandments and the laws on
the commandments. And then, a prophet could prophesy, or a dreamer could dream
a dream, which God deals both ways, with prophets and with dreams. "If
there be one among you who's spiritual or a prophet, I the Lord will make Myself
known to him in--in--in--in dreams, and will reveal Myself to him in visions.
And if what he says comes to pass, then hear him, for I'm with him. If it
doesn't then don't hear him." Now, when they took a prophesier, prophet,
or a dreamer and they--He had a dream or prophecy, and they wanted to find out
whether that was the truth or not, they took him up to what was called the Urim
Thummim.
27 Now, I know that may be to some--some maybe a little hard
word, but what it was was actually the... Aaron being the high priest over
the--the twelve tribes of Israel, he had six stones on each side of a
breastplate. And each stone was the birthstone of the tribe, like the tribe of
Judah, the tribe of Gad, tribe of Reuben, tribe of Benjamin. Each one had a
birthstone. And then when they... Birthstone, it would be hanging on one of the
plates in the church or the pilaster. And then when they brought this prophet
who had a prophecy that he said the Lord was going to do a certain thing... And
they brought him before here, and he told his prophecy or he told his dream.
Now, if God was in that dream or in that prophecy, them lights begin to mingle
together and make like a rainbow color a flecting, a answer of supernatural
(See? That's right.), agreeing with ever stone in there, every stone blending
its part together reflecting back with the answer of God, "That man is a
prophet; he's telling the truth," or, "That dream was sent by
Me." But if it just stayed dormant and didn't move, I don't care how real
it seemed, it was wrong. They didn't receive it.
28 What a beautiful illustration
today. Now, the Old Testament Urim Thummim has been done away with, because it
changed priesthoods. Now the Urim Thummim is the Word of God, the Bible. Yes,
sir. In here, the Bible said, "Let every man's word be a lie and Mine be
true." And no matter how real it seems when a man's a-telling it or how
real his dream is or his revelation is, if it--every book in the Bible, the
entire Bible doesn't reflect the light on it, that it's the truth, leave it
alone. Leave it alone. Now, you can take a little piece of Scripture here, say,
"Jesus did so-and-so and we ought to do the same." You can make It
say anything you want to make It say, but it's got to come all the way through
and line up perfectly with the Word of God. Then it's right. That's God saying
so. This is His Urim Thummim.
Now, the Urim and Thummim were two stones, but there were also the twelve stones which represented the Children of Israel, and when the light would come in contact with the Urim and Thummim, and then reflect onto the 12 stones which represented the twelve tribes, if it became a lively stone, then it showed that God was in it. Now, as the 12 stones in the breastplate were a representation of the 12 tribes, so today, we are represented in Scripture as Lively stones.
I PETER 2:4 ¶ To whom coming, [as unto] a living stone, disallowed
indeed of men, but chosen of God, [and] precious, 5 Ye also, as lively
stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer
up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. (Peter
is typing the Church here with the Breast Plate stones in which Christ the word
reflects through them, making them a holy Priesthood) 6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I
lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: (Notice
this Chief corner stone is called Elect by Peter and that is the name of the.
The Hebrew words, Urim and Thummim, began with the first and closed with the
last letter of the Hebrew alphabet reversed in Deut 33:8. The alpha and Tau
were the letters of the Urim and Thummim meaning the 1st and last,
or alpha and omega. Rev 21:12 He is Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.
In
the Vulgate the URIM is translated as doctrine meaning teaching and instruction.
The
same word in Urim meaning light is used in Gen 1:3,
let there be light.
1 Peter 2:6 Wherefore also it is contained
in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect,
precious (The Urim and Thummim were considered precious
stones): and he that believeth on him shall not be
confounded (shall not be confused. Why? Because, they have the Urim
which is the doctrine, and the confusion is all gone.) 7 Unto you therefore which believe [he is] precious:
but unto them which be disobedient, the stone (He's still a
stone, but he is a rejected stone). which the
builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 8 And a stone
of stumbling, and a rock of offence, [even to them] which stumble at
the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. 9 But ye [are]
a chosen generation (and did you know that the Hebrew word
for breast plate in the Authorized Version of the Bible translated the Hebrew
word “chosen" as breastplate?, a royal
priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the
praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Most scholars agree
that the Urim and Thummim best translated as “Light” and “Perfection”. Notice
this marvelous light from the Urim is the Doctrine or light, and the Thummim,
is the perfection.
I
hope we can see the representation of the Elect or chosen with the
breast-plate, which by the way, the Hebrew word for Breastplate is actually the
Hebrew Word "chosen". And I hope we understand, Christ is the
precious stone, he is the Urim, He is the Doctrine, and He is the Perfection.
Now, from here I wish to compare the breast plate of Judgment to the breastplate worn by Lucifer in the beginning.
Now, both the breastplate of judgment worn by Aaron, and the one worn by Lucifer had 9 similar stones. In fact the first Upon the breastplate were four rows of precious stones with three stones in each row. Each stone had the name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The Jewish historian Josephus described these stones were laid in the breastplate "in the order of their birth". Now, brother Branham said in order to study the breastplate stones we must study the Book of Ezekiel as well, and in Ezekiel it does not speak of Aaron's Breastplate but of Lucifer's.
REVELATION
CHAP FOUR PT 1 60-1231 184 Oh, tomorrow we got a great lesson, the
Lord willing. Tomorrow we take the judgments; we take the sardine stone, see
what it represents, what part it played. And we take the jasper, and we take
all the different stones, and we take these all down through Ezekiel,
back into Genesis, back over to Revelations, come down in the middle of the
Bible, tie it together, these different stones and colors, and so forth. And
then we bring it right straight back to that and see if that ain't right. See?
See if it ain't the same color and everything, just the same thing. And the
same Holy Spirit, the same God, showing the same signs, same wonders, doing the
same thing just as He promised...
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Sardius - odem –redness From the root of adam
= Red skins of rams ex 25:5 26:14,
35:7,23 36:19,34 Proverbs 23:31 Isa 1:18 red & white striped
chalcedony |
Topaz - pitdah Job 28:19 foreign derivation of dchiy = A stumbling or falling |
Diamond -
yahalom from halam = known for hardness to smite,strike, hammer strike
down – yahalom precious stone known for hardness, from halam - to smite could
be crystal quartz…? |
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Beryl – tarshiysh- yellow jasper pure beryl
is colorless and transparent and actually has a sweet taste. Beryl
crystalizes in the hexagonal system. 7.5-8 hd |
Onyx - shoham - to blanch..From root of
chavach , rock crevice hiding place to pierce, thorn, brier, bramble,
alternating bands parallel black & white stripes of chalcedony
7 opal. |
Jasper - yashphew – meaning to polish. Dark
green opalescent stone Ex 28:20 &
Rev 21:18 |
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Sapphire - cappiyr sap- peer - root caphar = to
recount, count, scribe, enumerator, talk, rehearse |
Emerald nophek = 1391 To glisten . a beryl that is colored green by
small specs of chromium. |
Carbuncle - bareqeth = lightning, flashing, fig.
A flashing arrow-head.to cast forth lightning. |
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Gold as a stone |
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EZ 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the
garden of God; every precious stone [was] thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and
the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald,
and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy
pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
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Judah-Sardius-(Red) Sardius - odem –redness From the root of adam = Red skins of rams ex 25:5 26:14, 35:7,23 36:19,34 Proverbs 23:31 Isa 1:18 red & white striped chalcedony 1 |
Issachar-Topaz-(Pale green) Topaz - pitdah Job 28:19 foreign
derivation of dchiy = A stumbling or
falling 2 |
Zebulon-Carbuncle (Deep red) Carbuncle - bareqeth = lightning,
flashing, fig. A flashing arrow-head.to cast forth lightning 9 |
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Reuben-Emerald-(Green) Emerald nophek = 1391 To glisten . a
beryl that is colored green by small specs of chromium 8 |
Simeon-Sapphire-(Deep
blue) Sapphire - cappiyr sap- peer - root caphar = to recount, count, scribe,
enumerator, talk, rehearse 7 |
Gad-Diamond-(Transparent)
Diamond - yahalom from halam = known
for hardness to smite,strike, hammer strike down – yahalom precious stone
known for hardness, from halam - to smite 3 |
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Ephraim Ligure (Dull red) Ligure – leshem - hadad – mighty Jacinth
yellow, orange or red, used to engrave seals and difficult to polish |
Manasseh-Agate (white and red) Agate - shbho - from unused root to flashes and streamers whose meaning may
suggest a flame. Called blood-stone |
Benjamin-Amethyst (Purple) Amethyst - achlamah –
violet-purple color stone from root of chalam, to dream to be healthy, restore to health |
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Dan - Beryl - (bluish green) Beryl – tarshiysh- yellow jasper pure beryl is colorless and transparent
and actually has a sweet taste. Beryl crystalizes in the hexagonal system.
7.5-8 hd 4 |
Asher - Onyx - (Bluish white) Onyx
- shoham - to blanch..From root of chavach , rock crevice hiding place to
pierce, thorn, brier, bramble, alternating bands parallel black & white
stripes of chalcedony . 5 |
Naphtali
- Jasper - (Green Jasper - yashphew – meaning to
polish. Dark green opalescent stone
Ex 28:20 & Rev 21:18 6 |
Notice, there were 12 stones in the breastplate of
the high priest, and in Lucifer's, breastplate there were only 9.
EX 39:10 And they set in it four
rows of stones: [the first] row [was] a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this
[was] the first row. EX 39:11 And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. EX 39:12 And the third row, a ligure,
an agate, and an amethyst. EX 39:13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: [they were]
inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings. EX 39:14 And
the stones [were] according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve,
according to their names, [like] the engravings of a signet, every one with his
name, according to the twelve tribes.
The three that were missing was the third row altogether. The 7th,
8th and 9th stones. And we want to examine these stones
to see what was different about his breatplate than the one Michael wore. For
Michael was Christ, and He and Lucifer led in the Worship of God in the very
beginning.
7th stone =
Leshem = ligure or jacinth a stone for
engraving seals and difficult to polish. With an attractive power like
amber. The electric attractiveness of
amber. Leshem was a foreign word to
Hebrew tongue.
8th stone =
agate = in all sept. vulgate, KJV1611 etc. = shebho which is foreign to Hebrew language. Legend says agate made
wearer more agreeable and persuasive and gave him favor with God. Gave strength
and cured insomnia to give him pleasant dreams and gain riches. shbuw
{sheb-oo'} from an unused root (probably identical with that of 7617 through
the idea of subdivision into flashes or streamers [compare 7632] meaning to flame; 1) a precious stone (in the high priest's
breastplate) 1a) probably an agate
shabah {shaw-baw'} 1) to take
captive 1a) (Qal)1a1) to take captive
1a2) captive (participle) 1a3) to lead captive
1b) (Niph) to be taken captive
7632 shabiyb {shaw-beeb'} 1) flame
1a) meaning dubious
9th stone
Amethyst = achlamar and in sept is
called amethyst meaning not drunken. Same in vulgate. Purple in color.
Theophrastus said it Resembled red wine in color. An ancient claim said one who
drank wine from a cup masde of amethyst would not get drunk. A pale violet or
deep purple. The purple quartz. Thought to quicken the intelligence of the
owner. Protect from disease, give soldier victory protect owner from harm.
Today worn by bishops of Roman church. achlamah
{akh-law'-maw} perhaps from 2492 (and
thus dream-stone); 1) amethyst, a gem
in the third row on the ephod, breastplate of
judgment worn by the high priest.
Transliteration of the
Septuagint word. Identification is not
certain but is a purple stone perhaps a corundum or red or brown jasper.
EZ 28:12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say
unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and
perfect in beauty. 13 Thou hast been
in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone [was] thy covering, the
sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire,
the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of
thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. 14 Thou [art] the anointed cherub that
covereth; and I have set thee [so]: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God;
thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. 15 Thou [wast]
perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was
found in thee. 16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the
midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee
as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering
cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
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Judah-Sardius-(Red) Sardius - odem –redness From the root
of adam = Red skins of rams ex 25:5
26:14, 35:7,23 36:19,34 Proverbs
23:31 Isa 1:18 red & white
striped chalcedony |
Issachar-Topaz-(Pale
green) Topaz - pitdah Job 28:19 foreign derivation of dchiy = A stumbling or falling |
Zebulon-Carbuncle (Deep red) Carbuncle - bareqeth = lightning,
flashing, fig. A flashing arrow-head.to cast forth lightning |
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Reuben-Emerald-(Green) Emerald nophek = 1391 To glisten . a beryl that is colored green by small specs of chromium. |
Simeon-Sapphire-(Deep
blue) Sapphire - cappiyr sap- peer - root caphar = to recount, count, scribe, enumerator, talk, rehearse |
Gad-Diamond-(Transparent) Diamond - yahalom from halam = known for hardness to smite,strike, hammer
strike down – yahalom precious stone known for hardness, from halam - to
smite could be crystal quartz…? |
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Dan - Beryl -
(bluish green) Beryl – tarshiysh- yellow jasper pure
beryl is colorless and transparent and actually has a sweet taste. Beryl
crystalizes in the hexagonal system. 7.5-8 hd |
Asher - Onyx -
(Bluish white) Onyx - shoham - to blanch..From root of
chavach , rock crevice hiding place to pierce, thorn, brier, bramble,
alternating bands parallel black & white stripes of chalcedony
7 opal. |
Naphtali - Jasper - (Green Jasper - yashphew – meaning to polish. Dark green opalescent stone Ex 28:20 & Rev 21:18 |
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Gold as a stone |
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The stones which were not in the breastplate of Lucifer were
the following:
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Ephraim Ligure (Dull red) - Seal Ligure – leshem - hadad – mighty Jacinth
yellow, orange or red, used to engrave seals and difficult to polish |
Manasseh Agate (white and red) Purity by Blood Agate - shbho - from unused root to
flashes and streamers whose meaning may suggest a flame. Called blood-stone |
Benjamin Amethyst (Purple) - Healing Amethyst - achlamah – violet-purple
color stone from root of chalam, to
dream to be healthy, restore to health |
leshem {leh'-shem} from an unused root of uncertain meaning;
1) a precious stone
1a) a precious stone in the high priest's breast-plate 1a1) probably jacinth or ligure
shbuw {sheb-oo'} from an unused root (probably
identical with that of 7617 through the idea of subdivision into flashes or
streamers [compare 7632] meaning to
flame; 1) a precious stone (in the high
priest's breastplate) 1a) probably an agate shabah
{shaw-baw'} 1) to take captive 1a)
(Qal)1a1) to take captive 1a2) captive (participle) 1a3) to lead captive 1b) (Niph) to be taken captive 7632 shabiyb {shaw-beeb'} 1) flame
achlamah {akh-law'-maw} perhaps from 2492 (and thus dream-stone); 1) amethyst, a gem in the third row
on the ephod, breastplate of judgment
worn by the high priest.
Transliteration of the
Septuagint word. Identification is not
certain but is a purple stone perhaps a corundum or red or brown jasper.
EZEKIEL 28:12 Thus saith the
Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum,
full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 13 Thou hast
been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone [was] thy covering,
the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the
sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy
tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast
created. 14 Thou [art] the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have
set thee [so]: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up
and down in the midst of the stones of fire. 15 Thou [wast] perfect in thy
ways from the day that thou was created, till iniquity was found
in thee.
Let's stop here
for a moment and break down the attributes of this created being. "Thou sealest up the sum"… sealest = chattham meaning
to affix a seal. Brother Branham said the seal could not be placed until the
item was full. Therefore he filled up the sum. SUM = tokniyth from the root
word, To'-ken, which means the pattern.
Next we read he was "full of wisdom" … FULL = maw-lay which means fullness…. Wisdom comes from Hebrew
word chokmah hok-mah, wisdom in administration, and comes from the root word
chakam hawk-ham meaning to teach wisdom. So we see he was a leader in
the administration and in teaching in worship. In Marriage and Divorce
65-0221M 17-5, brother Branham
said: Did you know Satan was coequal with God one day? Sure was, all but a
creator; he was everything, stood at the right hand of God in the heavens, a
great leading cherubim.
Seal Of The Antichrist
55-0311 E-18 The right hand man
of Almighty God was Lucifer, the son of the morning. The first, God granted him
almost co-workers with Him; he was a co-worker, partly equal with Him; only
Satan could not create. God is the only Creator, but Satan took something
that God created and perverted it back into something else, evil. And now
notice, when Cain and Abel, a very beautiful picture of it... Cain and Abel was
nothing more than the prefigure of Judas and Jesus.
God's Servant
Job 55-0223 E-12 As soon as
Satan... You know the old--the argument is: why couldn't God have by-passed all
this, and not had any of it? But God putting Satan almost coequal with Him,
Satan taking the things of God and perverted them into the evil thoughts, and
through there began to pervert things into evil instead of good.
LET YOUR LIGHT SO
SHINE BEFORE MEN 61-0903 Do you know what caused the first battle in
heaven, was when Lucifer set up a greater class of people, got a better
class of angels, he thought, big a bigger kingdom, a more brighter, shinier
kingdom than Michael had. And he was kicked out of heaven. See where class
comes from? Stay away from class.
CHRIST IS THE MYSTERY 63-0728 79-1 Notice, in
this last days, Lucifer's doing the same thing. Can you see it? The devil doing
the same thing, building up a hybrid church, by hybrid members, hybrid by
knowledge instead of the Word, by intellectual men instead of born again men,
building an intellectual kingdom that'll outshine Christ's little bitty
flock. See? What is it that did that? Fallen angels. The Bible said
it was fallen angels who listened to Lucifer instead of Christ, who they once
belonged to? Is that right? Now, listen close. Fallen angels, what kind of
angels? Luther, Wesley, Catholic, Pentecostal who kept not their first estate
like the angels did and has fell into organizations like Lucifer's main hold at
Nicaea... And what have they done? Organized a great ecumenical association of
ministers to make an image unto the beast, as the Bible said, and building a
Christian economy that'll close the doors of this church and others like it.
See Lucifer at his work? I'm trying to bring you the threefold revelation or
mystery of God. What did they do? sold out to reasonings of wisdom and
education like Eve did, fallen angels did. Wesley was a man of God, but
what followed him? Fallen angels got into it. What was the angels first?
Created beings of God that fell for Lucifer's wisdom. And you see what they
become? Fallen angels. And organizations from man of God who's went forth to
establish truths in the earth, before that truth could go along and
proclamate and get on to the real
revelation of Christ, fallen angels come in and took it over and made
denominations out of it.
Only One Way
Provided By God 63-0731 56 Lucifer, at the beginning, wanted
to build himself a kingdom which was greater and more beautiful than Michael's
Kingdom, Christ. That was his ambitions to achieve something like that. And
what did he get to do it by? He took fallen angels who had lost their first
estate. He took that to do it with. And today Lucifer has got into the
church, and taken away the Word, and injected denominations, and he's building
a church, the ecumenical move that's going on now, to unite all the Protestants
together, and altogether come into Catholic. And this pope they got in now,
to do the same thing, exactly what the Scripture said it would do. And what's
he doing it by? He's doing it by men of those great ecumenical moves, who does
not know God; and the many of them in the Pentecostals, 'cause they're doing
the same. What is it? He's doing it with fallen angels, fallen Lutherans,
fallen Methodists, fallen Pentecostals, that lost their original estate from
the Word of God, and going right back in to make a great big ecumenical
move. Fallen messengers, messengers who once stayed with the Word, but sold out
their birthrights and joined in with the world...
God of this Evil
Age 65-0801M 79 Sin never begin in the garden of Eden; it begin in
heaven when Lucifer, the son of the morning, exalted himself in beauty and
wanted a more beautiful kingdom than that of Michael. And he thought that God
dwelled in beauty. And notice Cain. He didn't want no blood sacrifice. He
come down and offered the fruit or the fields of beauty upon his altar. Very
religious, done everything just exactly like Abel done, offered a sacrifice,
fell down before God in worship, obedient in every way, but without the
revelation of the Word. And the Word was from the beginning, God's plan. But
God revealed by revelation the very thing that He vindicated and punctuated
that that was right: not religion, not an altar, not belonging to church, not
making a sacrifice, not being sincere, but by the revelation of the Word of
God, God revealing to him what his mother did not take a apple that a snake
give her, but she had a sexual affair with the person of Satan in the form of
the beast, not a reptile, but the most smartest, subtlest of all the field,…
'Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth"
He was the anointed or
consecrated cherub that covereth. The word is cakak means to overshadow or lay
over…. "and I have set thee [so]"…God made him
this way. God created him to lead in the worship with Michael, and God placed
him on free moral agency knowing this would bring on his own fall, and the fall
of others. If you don't believe this, then you do not believe God knew all
things beforehand and ordained some to condemnation, in which case there are
several scriptures you will need to rip out of your Bible.
SERPENT'S SEED 58-0928E 13-5 Which is the
strongest, as I said, the Saviour or sinner? Which has got the most strength?
Then the stronger had to permit the lesser. And He only does it for His glory. When
He made Lucifer, He knowed he would be the devil. And He had to let it be there
to show that He was the Saviour, the Christ. He had to let it happen that
way.
"Thou was perfect
(complete, entire, finished off) in all thy ways (course of life).
"Until iniquity was found in thee" This word
iniquity means un-right-wise-ness. To
deviate. This one deviated from the
truth, and he is the progenitor of those who do deviate from the truth. Jesus tells us how these two forms of life
came to grow up side by side with one another in his parable of the wheat and
tares.
Now, we know that in the
beginning God first gave birth to His Son Jesus. He was not God the Son,
but He was the Son of God. Then immediately this Son of God, Who came
forth like a little light, began to be used by God in bringing forth the
creation of God.
In continuing with Q & A pp. 26,
brother Branham went on to say, Now, "No man
has seen the Father at anytime." No man can see God in the bodily form,
because God is not in body form; God is a Spirit. See? All right. "No
man has seen the Father, but the only begotten of the Father hath declared
Him," I John... See? Now, but notice now, there's nothing; there's just
space. There's no light; there's no dark; there's no nothing; it's just seems
nothing. But in there is a great supernatural Being, Jehovah God, PP. 28 Now, notice. Then after while I begin to see a little sacred
Light begin to form, like a little halo or something; you could only see it by
spiritual eyes to look now, while we're looking, the whole church now. We're
standing on a great big banister, watching what God's doing. And we'll get
right down to this question here and you'll see how He brings it in. Now, no
one has seen God. And now, the next thing we begin to see, by eyes of
supernatural looking, we see a little white Light forming out there.
What is that? That was called, by Bible readers, "Logos," or
"the anointed," or "the anointing," or the--as I was
going to say, the part of God begin to develop into something so human
beings could have some type of an idea what It was: it was a little Light
moving. That was the Word of God. Now, God gave Himself birth to this
Son which was before there was even an atom or air to make an atom. That
was... See, Jesus said, "Glorify Me, Father, with the glory that We had
before the foundation of the world." See, way back in yonder...
Notice that brother Branham points out that it was a part of God
which came forth in a birth process and brought forth a Son.
As Brother Branham continued in
Q & A on Genesis, in
pp. 32 he goes on to say, "Now, in St. John 1
He said, "In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was God. And the
Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." God unfolding Himself down to
a human being, now, watch how He did it. Now, back there, then, when
this little halo comes... Now, we can't see nothing yet, but just by eyes of
just supernatural we see a halo standing there. Now, that's the Son of God,
the Logos, Now, I can see Him playing around like a little child before the
Father's door, with all eternity. See? And now, then in His imaginary
make-up He begin to think of what things would be, and I can hear Him say,
"Let there be light." And when He did, an atom burst and the sun came
into existence.
The Son of God was the first Born of God, but the first creation were the angels.
Five
identifications 60-0911E 177 The first thing He created was angels
to worship Him, then He become God.
Identified Christ
of all Ages 64-0409 E-25 "In the beginning was the Word." Before It was even
expressed, It was a thought, attribute. In this thinking He was to be God.
Probably created angels first, then He was worshipped, He was God.
Now, I believe the first
thing created was Lucifer, because he was called son of the morning, and we know
the morning or morning star is The Son of God.
Influence 64-0315 E-37 Note the
heavenly Seraphims with coverings over their faces. Now, the Seraphims is the
burners of the sacrifice, which is one of the highest orders of angels. They're
next to the cherubims. There is angels, and then Seraphims, and then cherubims.
And Seraphims is actually the burner of the sacrifice, making the way for the
sinners' approach, a real high order of holiness in the temple of God.
Rev. Chptr. 4 PT
3Throne Mercy 61-0108 298
Cain and Abel come up here to worship. So it must've been an altar
that they guard (Is that right?), these Cherubims.
REV Ch 4 Pt 3
Throne of Mercy 61-0108 301
Moses was taken up into
heaven: Moses, taken from the earth up into heaven and saw the altar of God. Is
that right? I'm trying to prove my point here. You know what I'm trying to do,
don't you? All right. He went up in the Presence of God. And when he descended
from the Presence of God, he said... God told Moses, "Make everything on
earth as patterned after heaven." Is that right? All right. Now, then when
he did, when he made the ark of the covenant, he put two Cherubims to guard
the ark. See what it is? It was the temple... It was the altar, the throne
guards. The two Cherubims, He said, "Mold them out of brass and put
their wings a touching like this," because that's exactly what he saw in
heaven. That's exactly what John saw in heaven, these four Cherubims on the
four sides of the ark of the throne in heaven. They were the guards of the ark.
Cherubims, guards at the mercy seat. If you want to read that Scripture (We
ain't got time to go to it.), put down Exodus 25:10 to 22. Now, they guard the
mercy seat when God is in His Shekinah Glory. Where was the Shekinah Glory? At
the mercy seat. Is that right? They guard that Shekinah Glory. Um.
Now, to this point I believe
we can establish that Lucifer was a co-partner leading in the worship of
God. He taught, therefore he was a
teacher. He knows the Word of God, but where he went off was by adding his own
thoughts to what God said. He was
perfect in all his ways until iniquity was found in him. He perverted the Word.
He twisted it for his own self interest. He was not satisfied with being a good
steward of the Word of God. He wanted a bigger kingdom than Michael (Christ)
had.
Notice, Paul calls
him an angel of Light in II CORINTHIANS 11:13 For such [are] false
apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of
Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of
light. 15 Therefore [it is] no great thing if his ministers also be
transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to
their works.
And when Satan came to
Jesus, what did he come with? The Word of God, only twisted. He came to Eve in
the Garden as a indwelling spirit in the serpent and what did he come to Eve
with? The Word of God, only twisted. He is always that way. It is His nature.
LUKE 10:17 ¶ And the seventy returned again with joy,
saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. 18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as
lightning fall from heaven.
So we see that the first
Light that come forth was the Son of God and then we find the cherubims were
created to guard the altar of God. And Lucifer was the leading, anointed
Cherub. He was anointed for a ministry of the word and he blew it by adding his
own thoughts.
EZEKIEL 28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy
beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: Notice it was his brightness
that corrupted his wisdom. This word brightness is the Hebrew word, yiph'ah
{yif-aw'} meaning; splendor, brightness, shining and
comes from the root word yapha which is the same word which
describes the Shekinah Presence.
DEUTERONOMY 33:2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and
rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he
came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand [went] a fiery law for
them.
JOB
37:15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light
of his cloud to shine?
PSALMS
50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
PSALMS 80:1 ¶ To the chief Musician upon Shoshannimeduth,
A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like
a flock; thou that dwellest [between] the cherubims, shine forth.
So we see that
Lucifer shown forth as a light. And since the Son of God was that first light,
we can see how that Lucifer, who also was a light, and was made to fill the pattern,
was the same in every detail except without Eternal Life or God life, for he
was a created being, and being that he had a beginning he will surely have an
end.
And so we see the great
falling away begin in Heaven when Lucifer, now referred to as Satan, was cast
out along with 1/3 of the host of heaven who followed his wrong teaching. Then
he came down to earth to continue the war against the sons of God.
Revelation 12:7 And there was war
in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon
fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any
more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon
was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were
cast out with him.