Alpha and Omega Comparisons
no. 10
God raises up a teaching
ministry to place the people
August 12th, 2007
Brian Kocourek, Pastor
For the past couple months we have been studying the
alpha and Omega Comparisons of the Three Exoduses where God came down
manifesting Himself in the form of the Pillar of Fire and leading the
people.
Last week as you know I was in
Now, we know that the son is placed under tutors and
governors until the time appointed of the father. That time is when the son has
the mind of the Father and the Father has enough confidence in the son that the
son will not do his own will but will do the will of the father that the father
can now trust his son with his name on the check book, so to speak.
Most people think we teach the Godhead because we got
some kind of hang up on it. But they just don’t understand that unless we have
the same mind that was in Christ we will never make an adoption though we may
be sons. The son in order to be adopted had to know his place and have the will
of the father a supreme in his mind. In fact when he came to the place that he
so thought like and acted like, and spoke like his father, then the father
would then have the son adopted before all to let the world know that his son
was now heir to what the father owned.
We could go into that again but we covered that toward
the end of our Masterpiece series and I have spoke on that subject at Br. Jack
bell’s church in
At the convention there was 150 pastors of which about
38 were from 8 additional countries other than the host country
After speaking I was asked to come to
The host pastor is Br. Juan Francisco Algian who
preached the finest sermon I have heard on Fellowship. I liked it because he
spoke from 1 John 1:7 but also showed the other side from Genesis chapter 11
where God said the people are now one, but God was not pleased because their
oneness was not based on His word but on their own thinking, so God came down
to separate them. That was a very fine sermon. And he also believe the doctrine
and Godhead like we do.
Also, there are pastors in southern Peru that would
like for us to come and teach the doctrine along with church order and conduct
next year to the other ministers in that region. They are near the
Now, last week since I was away in
And so far in our Alpha and Omega comparisons, we have
looked at the following characteristics which took place in all three Exoduses
under the Pillar of Fire.
I)
There was a
system or organizational spirit that held the people in Bondage. It showed it’s
ugly head as either a civil or ecclesiastical organizational system.
II)
The people needed
to be delivered from that system of organization but were incapable of doing so
themselves, and so they cried out to God for help.
III) God
therefore came down Himself to deliver His people in each of these three
Exodus’s. Here we find the Presence of God is the sole essence of each
exodus.
IV)
At each exodus
God then chose a man to deliver His Message of deliverance to the people. The
Message was the avenue of deliverance. If the people followed that Message they
would be delivered. If they did not, they would not be delivered, and
furthermore, they would receive a temporary judgment for failing to obey the
Voice of God.
V)
The Message that
God came with He delivered first to a Prophet and then from that prophet to men
who would be faithfully taught. Then out from those faithfully taught men, the
Message would go out to the world and deliver the world from that organization
system that held them in bondage. This second part of the Exodus was the
teaching ministry of the Holy Spirit. This is the part that bring the people in.
First we saw how that in each Exodus the Pillar of Fire anointed a prophet to
lead the people out, using the supernatural Presence of God performing
supernatural feats that attracted the peoples attention to the message of
deliverance. Once the people came out of that system of bondage we then found
in each Exodus God removed the prophet Messenger but did not go off the scene
Himself. Then came a period of testing, where we find the Pillar of Fire
remained on the scene in a teaching or placing ministry. The First exodus with
Joshua, the second with Paul a teacher to the gentiles, and the Third Exodus we
once again see the Holy Spirit Who is the Teacher using a five fold ministry to
place the people. Which we see in Ephesians chapter 4:8-16 which we shall read
later.
VI)
We found that God
gave the Prophet of each Exodus a Message of deliverance and then God
vindicated that Message with His very own presence.
VII)
Once that Message
was delivered by the Prophet the prophet was taken from the scene and God
tested the people’s faithfulness to that Message. He did not leave the people
without a witness, for the Holy Spirit in the form of the Pillar of Fire
remained on the scene and anointed men who were faithfully taught by the
prophet Messenger to teach others. It is at this time we see the full rejection
and drifting away from the original Message that was Given by the Mouth of God
to the people. Because the Supernatural was pulled back in its fullness the
people were now open to testing to see I it is the Word that caused them to
follow the Messenger or the Supernatural itself. It is at this time that those
who faithfully teach the Message are rejected by the people because the people,
most of them came out following the supernatural, but paid no attention to the Words
that had been delivered by that Prophet messenger.
The Pillar of Fire remains on the scene after the
prophet messenger is taken off the scene but God leaves His word in the hands
of men who have been faithfully taught to continue to present that word before
the people. During this time false brethren come in and sit down among the
believers and bring in alongside of true doctrine destructive heresies, evening
denying the One that bought them.
This evening I would like to examine this scene of how
the false brethren come in, and what they do to take over the Message populace
and bring rejection to the true understanding of the Message for the hour.
VIII) God takes His prophet off the scene to test the people
to see whether they will stay
true
to His Message, or were they just following a man.
IX)
We found that False
brethren came into the assembly of people following the
prophet and His message. In each age we found that these men brought
into the
Message their own teaching which was contrary to what God’s prophet for
that
age
had taught.
X)
Although God
takes His prophet from the scene God remains on the scene in the
form
of the Pillar of Fire to continue to lead the people into the promise.
XI)
God then uses men
who have been faithfully taught to continue teaching His Message and holding fast to what the prophet
messenger taught. It is during this time that the false brethren come in and
try to take over the movement of God to control it via that same organizational
spirit that God took the people out from.
1st Exodus: God raises up a ministry behind the
prophet to positionally place the people.
Position in Christ 60-0522M P:15 The purpose of this study in this Book of
Ephesians is to positionally place the church where it absolutely stands in
Christ. It is a type of the Old
Testament and the Book of Joshua, where Joshua lotted the land to each man.
And he done it by inspiration. How Moses brought the people out of Egypt, the
garlic, leek, out, and gave them a place to where God had promised four hundred
years before, that He would bring them into a place, a goodly land flow with
milk and honey. And Moses led the children of
Ephesians parallels Joshua 60-0515E P:35 Joshua,
that great warrior, anointed of God, positionally placed into the land, like
Ephesians to the new church, possessing the land, taking it over.
Ephesians parallels Joshua 60-0515E P:19 Now, the Book of Ephesians, as I was just
saying, to my opinion, is one of the greatest Books of the New Testament. It
leaves us on where Calvinism runs out on one limb, and Arminianism runs out on
the other limb, but the Book of Ephesian
draws it together and positionally places the church. Now, I've typed it with Joshua. If you
notice,
Manifested sons of God 60-0518 P:10 Then did you notice Moses, that great
miracle performer that brought down Israel down through the land, and brought
them up to the promised land, but did
not place their inheritance to them? He
did not give them their inheritance; he
led them up to the land, but Joshua divided the land to the people. Is that
right? And Christ brought the church up to the place to where their possession
was made to them, was given to them, just the Jordan to cross, but the Holy Spirit is the One Who sets the
church in order, the Joshua of today puts the church in its order, giving
to each one, gifts, places, position. And He is the Voice of God speaking to
the inner man that Christ has saved: the Holy Spirit. Now, do you get that much
of it? Now, we're getting over into the Book of Ephesians. Now, the same way,
He's positionally placing the church where they belong. Now, Joshua placed them in the natural land.
Now, the Holy Spirit is placing the
church positionally, in the position that they belong in, their inheritance.
Adoption or placing 60-0522E P:57 ... after you heard the truth, the Gospel of
your salvation...What
was the salvation he was trying to tell them? Predestinated before the
foundation of the earth (Is that right?) to
adoption of sons, predestinated to Eternal Life. Now, after you come into
Eternal Life, after you been saved,
sanctified, filled with the Holy Spirit, you're sons. Now, God wanting to place you positionally, oh,
so that you can work for His Kingdom and His glory. That's the Gospel.
Being first, hear the Word, "Repent, be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of
sins." Taking away all your
sins, calling on the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, for the promise is unto
every sojourner that's on your road. If you left your home tonight, a sinner,
saying, "I'll walk over to the Branham Tabernacle," God gives you the
opportunity tonight. There's one thing lays between you and the promised Land.
What is the promised Land? The Holy
Ghost. What laid between Joshua and the promised land was the
Ephesians
parallels Joshua 60-0515E P:15 I'd like to say this, that this
Book of Ephesians perfectly parallels the Old Testament Joshua: Ephesians,
the Book of Ephesians...
2nd Exodus:
After God takes Jesus the God prophet off the scene he remains behind as the
Pillar of Fire and then sends a Paul to positionally place the people.
2
Timothy 1: 11 Whereunto
I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
1
Timothy 2: 7 Whereunto
I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie
not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
Acts 26: 12 Whereupon as I went to
3rd Exodus:
After God takes His prophet off the scene he then sends a five fold ministry to
teach and positionally place the people.
A couple months ago when
I talked to brother Vayle about this I said, I said, you know brother Vayle
after every Messenger there was a teacher who held to the Message despite all
the fanaticism that followed. Wesley had Fletcher, Luther had Melanchthon,
Jesus had Paul, and Moses had Joshua. Then I said, can I say that You are that
teaching ministry under the Pillar of Fire that was to follow Br. Branham’s
ministry/ And he said, Just place it in the five fold ministry. So that is what
I will do.
Ephesians 4:7 But unto every one of us is given grace
according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8 Wherefore
he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts
unto men. 9 (Now
that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower
parts of the earth? 10 He that descended is the
same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) 11 And
he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some,
pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the
saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith,
and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of
the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and
carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow
up into him in all things, which is the head, even
Christ: 16 From
whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every
joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every
part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
Why are we not a denomination? 58-0927 P:43 Why, here's a far greater gift right here.
Which would be the best, the gift of the
Holy Ghost of wisdom to put the Word of God together and to show the church
where we're standing, than just to get somebody healed? We all want to be
well; but I'd rather have my soul well, than my body well anytime. Oh, my.
Greater than Solomon is here 62-0725 P:6 Prophets have the Word of God, and are born
a prophet. A gift of prophecy is different. That's a gift. Now, there's five
ordained gifts in the church: apostles, prophets, teachers, pastors,
evangelists. Now, that is the five gifts that God places in the church by His
foreknowledge. Then there's nine gifts that's locally in the church: speaking
in tongues, interpretation of tongues, and gifts of wisdom, and knowledge,
and--and prophecy, and so forth. Them's nine spiritual gifts that operates
through the church. But then there's
five office gifts that God puts in the church. And, oh, how we love to see
them all operating in the...One of them is the pastor, teacher, and those
things. Then the others comes along in confirmation. Gifts are to magnify. And God's
just got it so even a fool will not be excused, will he? He will... It's so
simple the way God has made them. And I like that. The more simpler you become, the greater you'll become before God.
That's right. Don't never try to lift yourself up. When you do, you're bringing
yourself down. See? He that exalts himself shall be abased.
Tested faith produces goods 58-0518 P:51 The Bible said there's five gifts in the
church. God has set in the church
Apostles, or missionaries, apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelists, pastors.
Truly. If there's apostle, there's a
prophet. If there's a prophet,
there's a teacher. If there's a
teacher, there's a pastor or a evangelist. See. You can't just say there's
a pastor and evangelist, no prophet or apostle. God still sets... As long as
He's got His church, He's still got His church setting. Certainly.
God keeps His Word 57-0115 P:90 Now, there's five gifts that's set into the
church: apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelists, pastors. That's the
branches. And God pours His energy into
that, some of them to preach, some of them to be evangelists, some to be
pastors, teachers, seer. And apostles
are missionaries, either one, it's both the same, same word.
Perseverance 62-0608 P:95 Did you know that the Bible speaks of the
appearing of the Lord, and also the coming of the Lord, and it's two different
works? Search it and find out if that's right. The appearing and the coming is two different things. The appearing of
the Lord is now. He's appearing amongst His people. We see Him in His same
works, the appearing, His Holy Spirit. But
His coming will be in a physical being. It'll be to catch the church up. But
see, we've been down through the Word, justification, sanctification, baptism
of the Holy Ghost. And now the church is getting in such a condition, ready,
waiting. And the offices of the church
is coming into its place. The
teachers are placing the places. The gifts are manifesting themselves. Oh,
there's a lot of impersonations. That's right. We expect that. But there's real
too. Before there can be a bogus dollar
there has to be a real one for it to be made off of. That's right. We have
all those carnal comparisons, but that don't take away from the real. It only
makes the real shine out.
As
I was with Moses 60-0911M P:35 I want you to notice what taken place. Joshua, when he come to his
first campaign, his first time to prove that he was the real Joshua...
Escape hither come quickly 58-0202 P:29 Notice. Each time that the messenger come, the messenger was always rejected by the
church. Now, you go back through history and find out. There never was a time that God ever sent a message in any age, but
what the church rejected it. It's true. Look at Martin Luther, John Wesley.
What about you Mennonite brethren, you Amish? When the message come forth, the
church rejects it. Certainly it does. And we grow and grow and grow and grow,
and that little remnant that's coming up into the seed form again. Oh, bless
His Name. We're at the end.
That's
right. Judgment is... You can look out and see the handwriting on the wall. And
every time the messengers that went forth, brought
a message of love, grace, and deliverance. God's message has always been a
message of deliverance before judgment. Noah had deliverance.
XIII) Next week we
will bring out how it is the Teaching ministry that God has placed to follow up
with the prophets message that is confronted by false brethren
1st Exodus: That teaching ministry is confronted
by false brethren from within.
2nd Exodus:
That teaching ministry is confronted by false brethren from within.
3rd Exodus:
That teaching ministry is confronted by false brethren from within.
XIV) And then we will
see how that the majority of people reject the teaching ministry.
1st Exodus: The majority of people reject the
teaching ministry under the pillar of Fire.
Will church go before tribulation 58-0309E
P:14 Although each time, angels
appeared, prophets arose, and their
message has always been grace, mercy, and deliverance. God's message has always been deliverance, just before the end
time. Check it through the Scriptures, how Noah preached deliverance, and they
laughed at them, and made fun of them, and were scoffed at. And as it was in
them days, so is it today. And when
you go forth with a message that Christ has raised from the dead, as He
promised He would show Hisself forth, and they
do today to that message, just like they did to the message in the other
day...Lot went out into Sodom and tried his best to get his kindred to listen
to the Angel's message, but they mocked at him, and said that he was making
fun. Oh, what a picture of this day. When you bring to them the message of
God's deliverance, they say, "You're making fun of religion. You're trying
to impersonate something." Same type of a group. What a hour we're living
in. Why, they think that they're the only ones that's going to be saved. They
think they're the only ones that's preaching the Gospel. Jesus said,
"These signs shall follow them that believe." It isn't my word; it's His Word.
Spoken word original seed 62-0318E P:158 Listen, let's bypass some of it. God's
messengers always has been rejected. You believe that? Moses was rejected. Is
that right? Jesus was rejected. And Luke said in 10:16 (if you want to write
that down, all right)--rejected; I Samuel 8:7, God's message was rejected. God
had a messenger, a prophet called Samuel. You believe it? Rejected him and his
message, they took the world.This is the law of--of God. This is going... I
don't know whether to say this or not. This is a law of God. God's law is to
receive a vindicated servant. Let's just--let's just prove that a minute. I
want to take one of the Scriptures here: John 13:20. Let's just see; I got
something wrote down here, I just--kind of--I get in my mind just then. Oh
yeah, here you are.Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receives whosoever I
send receives me; and he that receives me receives him that sent me.A
vindicated servant... Oh, brother, there's a thousand sermons laying right here
now. See? That's right. Oh, my, it's a law of God; receive it.
Escape
hither come quickly 58-0202 P:29 Notice. Each time that the
messenger come, the messenger was always rejected by the church. Now, you
go back through history and find out. There never was a time that God ever sent
a message in any age, but what the church rejected it. It's true. Look at
Martin Luther, John Wesley. What about you Mennonite brethren, you Amish? When
the message come forth, the church rejects it. Certainly it does. And we grow
and grow and grow and grow, and--and that little remnant that's coming up into
the seed form again. Oh, bless His Name. We're at the end. That's right.
Judgment is... You can look out and see the handwriting on the wall. And every
time the messengers that went forth, brought a message of love, grace, and
deliverance. God's message has always
been a message of deliverance before judgment. Noah had deliverance.
Queen of
2nd Exodus:
The majority of people reject the teaching ministry under the pillar of Fire.
3rd Exodus:
The majority of people reject the teaching ministry under the pillar of Fire.
XV) The Believers
enter into the promise.
1st Exodus: Those that believe the teaching
ministry enter into the promise for the hour.
2nd Exodus:
Those that believe the teaching ministry enter into the promise for the hour.
3rd Exodus:
Those that believe the teaching ministry enter into the promise for the hour.
XVI) God sends
judgment to those who reject His teaching.
1st Exodus: Those that do not accept it, God
sends judgment on those people.
2nd Exodus:
Those that do not accept it, God sends judgment on those people.
3rd Exodus:
Those that do not accept it, God sends judgment on those people.