ONENESS
# 49
The
Judge Standeth at the Door
Brian
Kocourek
This
morning I wish to speak to you from PP.'s 184 to 185.
PP. 184 <read>
Now in this pp. we see brother Branham mention a
gathering and he
let's us know that this gathering will be around a true
teacher
of the Word. Not that we gather around the man,
but the man and
his message are one. Therefore we identify with the
True Ministry
God has placed in the church.
As we saw Wednesday night, for those who were not
here, That the
pp. 180 - 183 brother Branham was speaking to us about this great
gathering. We saw that the gathering is unto
Christ. Let's just
take a few minutes and look again to the scripture to
re‑fresh our minds about this gathering.
You know, we keep hammering the fact that God Himself
has descended
with a shout, and yet the people in this message keep
looking for something else to happen. And that
is how they are
missing the things God is doing right now. They are
still looking
for a greater light. Something always on the
horizon, something
always just beyond our grasp. But I tell you this
morning that He
is here. What more could we ever hope for. He is
our Hope. The
Scripture says, He is our blessed Hope. So we
must get focused
upon The One Who is here if we are to do anything.
Now in looking at what He is doing while He is here,
we must look
at the fact that He has come in the form of the Word.
1 THES 4: 15 - 18 <read>
Shout: keleusma : a call or summons. So we must
ask ourselves
this question. A call to what?
To a gathering, of course. That's
what a summons is. It's a call to come and appear
before a judge.
The judge. Webster says: In law, it is an official order to come
and appear in court. It also says, it is a call,
a command or a
knock, or other signal that summons.
Behold I stand at the door and knock. What is it? It
is a summons
to appear in court. So who's at the door knocking, but
the Judge
Himself.
JAMES 5: 7 - 9 <read>
So when John saw Him in Revelations chapter one He saw
Him in the
fullness of His Deity, Supreme Judge.
And when bother Branham asked Jack Moore what
The white wig
represented, he said Jesus in His glorified
condition. Brother
Branham said, that never rang the bell. But later the Holy Ghost
told Him the white wig represented Supreme deity as
Judge. So we
see the same one we see in James chapter 5 is the same
one we see
in Revelations chapter one. It had to be.
Now, I know that brothers in this message will take an
old quote
of brother Branham's from 1954 that he said the
one walking in
the midst of the church was the bride because he
thought at that
time that the girdle over the paps was the way a woman would
where it, but later, even after God interpreted it by
bringing it
to pass in the heavens, He later said the girdle
over the paps
represented the authority of Judge.
204 THE.SEVEN.CHURCH.AGES JEFF.IN 54-0512
Now, that's the Bible. That's what the Spirit said, see.
"The
candlesticks." All right. Now, the 13th verse. And in the
midst
of the seven golden candlesticks one like the Son of
man...
What? One like Him. Who was this? His
Bride. One like Him.
Watch how it was. Clothed with a garment down to the foot...
The holiness
of Jesus Christ covering Her. "Has washed us from
our sins, with His Own Blood." All
right. Girted about the
paps
(not a man; a
woman) with a golden girdle. (The Gospel that held
the Power and glory of God over the Body of
Christ!) Oh, what a
beautiful picture we got here under consideration! Looky here.
Down to the foot, and a
girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
His head and his hair was white as wool... white as snow (right
eousness, holiness; white
speaks of); and his eyes like flames of
fire; (Looks right through it!) Don't try to hide from Him. He
knows who you are, where you are, and what you done. Yes, sir.
He
sees everything. Oh, God...
Now contrast that with this next quote from ...
168 THE
Now here's more proof that this doctrine is right
about being
the Lord's day. Did you notice Him? He was not a priest during
this time, neither was He a king, He
was a judge. Notice, a
priest, a high priest, when he went into the sanctuary or
went in
to minister, to service, he tied himself around the
waist. Tying
his girdle around the waist, meant that he was
serving; never
tied it over his shoulder. But here He
comes out, walking out
with the girdle tied around the top, with
a sash over His
shoulder; girded about the paps, the breast, with a golden
girdle, girded up high. What is it? An
attorney, a judge. The
judge with his sash over his shoulder, girded up here, not
down
as a priest. See, that shows He wasn't in His priesthood now,
John went all the way over into the
Lord's day and saw Him coming
as the judge.
So we must ask ourselves, when is the Lord's day and then we
will know that he is to come as Judge.
41 THYATIREAN.CHURCH.AGE -- JEFF.IN -- ROJC 287-327 --
60-1208
Another thing, He was not Priest then, 'cause the
Priest was
tied around the middle, means service. But He was tied
around the
paps, up here, which meant that He was a Judge. Amen! And we see
Him walking in the
midst of the seven golden candlesticks.
67
LAODICEAN.CHURCH.AGE - JEFF.IN - ROJC 493-550 60-1211
"Where do we find "in the Lord's Day"? At the
end of the age! That's
when the world is going to be burned. You remember how
we took Him with a white wig on, you know, and--and His
breast, and girded about the paps. You
remember that? And we proved by the Bible, it wasn't
a sabbath day neither a Sunday, it
was the Lord's Day. Is that right? And that's the day that He comes
as a judge, "And will smite the earth
with a curse." Is that right? And I will
send to you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and
dreadful day of the LORD:"
So then what day does he smite the earth with a curse?
In the day
when He sends Elijah the prophet. Malachi 4 this day.
44 TRYING.DO.GOD.A.SERVICE -- SHP.LA -- V-7 N-2 -- 65-1127.1M
"I just preached the Seven Church Ages. That's where I had
called our gallant, little Brother Jack Moore to ask him
about
this, Jesus, in Revelation 1, standing there with white
hair and
everything. I
said, "He was a young
revelation come about that being a wig on, and not
Him; He's
wigged (and I couldn't understand it), as being Supreme
Deity.
And the old judges used to do it in
headed. And the white stands for purity. And the English judges
to this day, in supreme courts of
when they come up, because there's no other law above theirs
on
earth. See? And they're supreme judge."
3-2
THE.RISING.OF THE.SUN -- JEFF.IN - V-3 N-12 - 65-0418.1M
"Well, if you'll turn the picture like this and look (and
you
can probably see it from the audience), it's Christ. See
His eyes
looking here just as perfect as it could be,
wearing the white
wig of Supreme Deity and Judge of all heavens and earth? Can you
see His eyes, nose, His mouth? Just turn the picture from this
(the way
they had it), this a-way, the way it's supposed to be.
And you... Can you see it? He is Supreme Judge; there's none
other but Him. And that is a perfect
identification again, a
vindication that this Message is the Truth. It is Truth. And
making Him, not a third person, but the only Person
with the
white..."
DANIEL 7 : 9 - 10, 13 - 14
<read>
NIV In my vision at night i
looked, and there before me was One
Like the Son of Man, coming with the clouds of Heaven.
he ap
proached the Ancient of Days and was led into His Presence. He
was
given authority, glory and sovereign power...
Now, notice this setting. The Ancient of days, one
like unto the
Son of Man? Who was that? The Judge.
Notice ten thousand times
ten thousand ministered to Him and the books were open. when is
this?
This is exactly the same setting as REV 5: 1 to 6: 1
<read>
JOHN 12: 48 <read>
His Word is the Judge. And that is how He has come in this hour.
His Word, and He is the Word. JN 1: 1. Also "as a
man thinketh in
His heart, so is He." So then He is what he thinks. You can not
separate His Word from Himself. Then if you can not separate Him
from His Word, then neither can a man be separate from
His Minis
try unless he has no word ministry. As a man thinketh so is he.
And out of the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaketh. You are
identified with your Word whether you want to believe it or not.
MATT 12: 33 - 37 <read>
Either it's all good or all bad. None of this
"I believe the
doctrine but I can't take the man stuff." That's so contrary to
scripture.
142 WHAT IS THE
ATTRACTION? 65-0725.2E
"And the other day, standing there, turned the picture
to the
right, and there's Jesus as He was in the Seven Church
Ages, the
white wig on, showing Supreme Deity. He's Alpha and Omega; He's
the First and the Last; He is the Supreme Judge of all
Eternity,
standing there, confirmed the Message of
this hour. And there
shall be Light about the evening time! What's it all about?
What
was it? I went westward. Upon that same mountain, passing
up with
Banks Wood there, said, "Throw up a
rock. Say to Mr. Wood, `THUS
SAITH THE LORD, you'll see the Glory of
God.'" The
very next
day, standing there, a whirlwind came down and blasted
the moun
tains out. Rocks cut the top of the trees off, about three or
four feet above my head. Made three big blasts, and the brethren
come running over. There was about fifteen man
standing there,
preachers and everything else. "What was it?" He
said, "What was
it?" I said, "Judgment is striking the West
Coast."
Oh, how cruel can you
be brother Branham. You call the judgment
of God striking the earth the Glory of God
Is that what he said? And what is the Glory or doxa of God, It's
his own personal opinion or assessment. Webster says, " In Law,
an opinion is the formal statement by the Judge."
So we see Him standing at the door knocking, which we see
is a
summons to stand before the Judge. Oh, don't you see the day we
are living. He's here, Supreme deity and Judge.
And yet this summons is also a gathering together as
we see in
1 Thes 4.
1 THES 4: 16 and 17 <read>
Caught up together. Now the word "together" means "in or
into one
gathering, a union." And we know a
which is what brother Branham is speaking here and we have
been
speaking to you for 49 sermons. And notice as we
continue on with
this verse of Scripture.
1 THES 4: 18 <read>
It should bring Comfort. And why
not. He is the Father and God of
all comfort. <read> 1 JOHN 2:1 .
And He is the Father of All
Glory.
]
EPHESIANS 1: 17 - 18 <read>
So we see here then a gathering that is to take
place at His
Appearing. The Judge sends forth a summons which
is a knock at
the door and the Bride comes forth into manifestation of
who she
really is, His seed. But all other will also come forth into
manifestation of what they really are also.
2 THES 2: 1 <read>
Now, notice as
I've said so many times. The scripture
wasn't
written with chapters and verses, so this gathering is
referring
to earlier verses. Let's read
2 THES 1: 7 - 2: 1 <read>
Then it goes on to say, don't just take any man's word
for it.
The day of the Lord will come but there are earmarks that it
is
upon you. There will be a great falling away first. Well, if
there is a falling away, then they had to be somewhere in
order
to fall away, right? So where were they. Where did they
fall
from.
HEB 6: 4<read> WUEST "For
it is impossible for those who were once for all
enlightened,
and have been made companions of the Holy Ghost and have tasted
of the World to come." What
world? the millennium. What did
we see before us as a man had power over nature to tell the storms
to stop and the killer bull to go lie down and the bees to turn back and
the possums that came for prayer. That's as close to a
millennial man that we'll ever see this
side of the resurrection.
So what do they fall away from. The Truth.
They can only go so
far and then they begin to buck. I've watched them do it with
brother Vayle. The
first thing they've done is to criticize His
wife. Why? Because if they can criticize the wife they can
attack
the man backhanded. Then watch what they did.
They then get
bolder and attack the character of the man. Finally they will
attack the doctrine because after all that is really
what agitat
ed them to begin with. They do the same thing with
Christ and His
Bride.
Didn't Cain attack Abel first? Why? Because
of the doctrine.
Instead of attacking the doctrine he
attacked the man. I hope you
can see it.
Now notice in pp. 184 he said, "What has He done? He has
placed with them a True Teacher. True prophets who stay with
His Word, the Bible." Then he says, " If that was His voice then, It's His voice now." What Voice? His Bible.
They don't want it so they say, I'll take the quotes above
the
bible and they don't even know what they are talking
about. If
God sent us a Word prophet, then everything He
taught has to be
in this Bible or He isn't a Word prophet. Even
Brother Branham
said the Seals couldn't be on the Backside of the bible,
because
what was to be revealed was already in the book,
only it was
sealed up so man couldn't under‑stand it.
PP. 185 <read>
E-2 AUDIO LETTER TO LEE VAYLE 64-0500
"Would
it be, you think, advisable in here, to say that
God then, in order to proclaim this, has to send a prophet in
order to inject this, make this real again, show the people
the hour we're living in? Because if they only see it in the hour past, then there's no hope for
the church. The church must see it in the
present tense. So God sends His prophet to manifest,
present tense of it. You see? And then, after it's over, then
history is.
Now, you might inject
that, Brother Lee. I don't know whether
that's any good or not, but it's just--just a thought right
here.
Thanks a lot.
EPH 1: 9 - 10 <read>
In ONE. There's your oneness. Outside of Christ there can be no
ONENESS. And He is the
Word. And noticed He gathers together.
That's what He is here for. Are you being
gathered.
MATT 3: 11 - 12 ,read>
And Who does the gathering? His harvest
angels. His messengers.
And when? At the harvest time. When
all are becoming manifest as
to who and what they really are.
MATT 13: 36 - 43 <read>
And how do these reapers gather together the
people. Remember
this, that the gathering together is to one place and that
is in
Christ and He is the Word. So these reapers
must be bringing
people to the Word of God for the day which they live.
1 COR
Where then will we be gathered into. The same Mind and the same
Judgment. That word means the same opinion. God's
opinion.
The Judge has summoned us to appear before Him. What
will be the
verdict today?
2 COR
We don't know Him after the flesh. The other Apostles
knew Christ
after the flesh, but not Paul. He knew Him in the Pillar of
Fire.
That's why we need "THUS SAITH THE LORD" It gives
us assurance
that we could not possibly otherwise have.
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