Satan’s Eden no 51
Twins
- The Breast plates of Aaron vs Satan
June 12, 2022
Brian Kocourek, pastor
This morning I would like to begin examining the
Gospel doctrine of Twins. In order
to better understand the Mark of the
beast and how the two spirit’s would be so close that it would deceive even
the elect if it were possible, we first must understand the Bible doctrine of Twins.
Branham said in his sermon, Mark
of the beast 61-0217 P:31 Now, therefore the great church making itself ready.
We find out that “Esau and Jacob, before
either child was born, God said He loved one and hated the other.” And remember, they
were twins: same mother, same father. Get it? Twins.
Then brother Branham brings it home to this hour and this Message when he
says, “Every revival produces twins. Certainly does.”
And that is where I would like to focus our attention for the next few
sermons. “Every Revival produces Twins.” And that
tells you there is no exception. So even the revival His Message spearheaded
produced twins. And the problem is that not everyone really believes that.
Because if they did they would be more on the watch for ministers and churches
who teach not everything the prophet taught.
He goes on to say, “There's twins born in natural man and the spiritual man.
Now, what does that mean? It means as the Apostle Paul said in 1
Corinthians 2 that the natural man cannot understand the things of God. And if
he cannot understand them, then what he believes and teaches will also come in
contrast to the things of God.
As Jesus said, “by their fruits you shall know them” and William
Branham taught us in his sermon anointed ones at the end time, that the fruit
is their teaching for the season, He said God’s Teaching for the season or
man’s.
Let’s continue reading…”It was back in the garden of Eden, Cain and Abel, the
same thing. Started from there, just keeps coming on down. And look at
the church, Jesus the Pastor, Judas the treasurer, brothers, out
of the same tribe, so forth, right in the same group, same church. One
the Pastor, and the other one the treasurer. One a devil and one God.
That's the way it goes. Jesus said, "In
the last days the two spirits would be so close it would deceive the very
elected if it was possible." Amen. (Matthew 24:24) If
it was possible, but it isn't. And it... They'll never do it. All right.
Blind
Bartimaeus 61-0124 P:49 Every revival produces twins. The two sons
of Isaac is well represented. Every time there's a revival, there's a Esau
born and a Jacob born. One religious man of the world gets starchy, and
takes some seminary experience; and the other one wants that birthright
regardless of how he has to get it. If he has to be a holy-roller, or anything
else, he wants the birthright, I don't care.
That's what's
the matter with the people today. They're afraid of that birthright. Oh,
how that they hate that. But it produces twins. The men of the world,
very religious inclined, do good alms and things, but cares nothing about the
birthright... Those two great factions has been fighting since the world
begin.
And they're
about ready to come to a head right now, where something that Jesus said,
"they'd be so close alike they'd deceive the very elected if it was
possible." It's true. You see what a deceiving hour
that we're living in. Stay with the Word, brother. Don't leave that Word.
That's right. The Word will speak for Itself.
Therefore this morning as we begin a miniseries
concerning the doctrine of Twins, I
want to show you the first Bible twins
which were Michael, and Lucifer. Both were anointed by God to lead in the
worship. 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 He gave the design 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 craftsmen then had to decipher 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 enclosing. 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.
So you see each of the twelve stones was
specific to the name of one of the 12 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.
So it is very apparent that Moses received a
vision from God instructing him as to how to layout out the breast plate, which
was a shadow of what was in the heavens. 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 first, and
then when God had spoken to him He recorded those Words in Exodus
28. Therefore, Moses
understood perfectly what God had in mind to design and make the breast plate. 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.
Other Scriptures that spoke of their use were Numbers
27:21, Deuteronomy
33:8, and in Ezra and
Nehemiah. 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.
We
would see Jesus 62-0727 P:18 Now some of you brethren,
remember in the Old Testament they had a way of finding out whether a prophet was telling the truth, or a dreamer was
dreaming right, his dream was from God. They taken him to the temple where
the breastplate of Aaron was hanging, and it was called Urim Thummim.
Many of you people know about it, reading in the
Bible. And when this prophet begin to prophesy, and those supernatural lights didn't register back off of that, like a rainbow across that, making the Urim Thummim from that breastplate, no matter how real it sound, they didn't believe
it. No, sir. It had to be answered back by God. Now, the Old Testament was done
away with and fulfilled, not done away, but fulfilled.
And when it did, we took a New Testament. Now,
the old Urim Thummim was back in the Levitical priesthood under Aaron's
breast. But this time we have two more
tables of law--the New and Old Testament. And that's God's Urim Thummim to me. If
God doesn't speak back through His Word when we see something, then just leave
it alone. But as long as It's the Word, then I know that heavens and earth
will pass away but His Word will never fail.
Therefore, I believe the Bible to be the absolute
truth of God, and it isn't to be added to or taken away from, but just lived
preached in Its simplicity, lived the way It's wrote, and God is... If He ever
was God, He's still God. And if This is His Word, and He made a promise that He
cannot back up, then He isn't God.
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,
thoroughly 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, 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
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 reflecting, 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 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 Deuteronomy 33:8. The alpha and Tau were the letters of the Urim and Thummim meaning the 1st and last, or alpha and
omega.
Revelations 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 Genesis 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…
That means they 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.
Judah-Sardius-(Red) Sardius - |
Issachar-Topaz-(Pale
green) Topaz - |
Zebulon-Carbuncle (Deep
red) Carbuncle - |
Reuben-Emerald-(Green) Emerald |
Simeon-Sapphire-(Deep blue) Sapphire - |
Gad-Diamond-(Transparent) Diamond - |
Ephraim
Ligure (Dull
red) Ligure – |
Manasseh-Agate (white
and red) Agate |
Benjamin-Amethyst (Purple) Amethyst |
Dan -
Beryl - (bluish green) Beryl – |
Asher
- Onyx - (Bluish white) Onyx - |
Naphtali - Jasper - (Green Jasper |
Notice, there were 12 stones in the breastplate of the high
priest, but in Lucifer's, breastplate there’s only 9.
Sardius - |
Topaz - |
Diamond |
Beryl – |
Onyx - |
Jasper - |
Sapphire - |
Emerald |
Carbuncle - |
Gold as
a stone |
Revelation chapter 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...
Ezekiel 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.
Exodus 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. Exodus 39:11 And the second row, an emerald, a
sapphire, and a diamond. Exodus
39:12 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an
amethyst. Exodus 39:13 And
the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of
gold in their inclosings. Exodus 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, everyone 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
breastplate than the one Michael wore. For Michael was Christ, and He and
Lucifer led in the Worship of God in the very beginning.
Ezekiel 28:12b 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, (that’s row one)
the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, (that’s
row two) the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, (that is
row three) and gold (inset in gold which represents judgment and deity) 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. And iniquity is
to know to do and you won’t do it, or to know not to do and you do it anyway.
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. 17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy
beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast
thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
18 Thou hast defiled thy
sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy
traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall
devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all
them that behold thee. 19 All they that know thee among the people
shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
The stones which were not in the breastplate of
Lucifer were the following:
Ephraim Ligure (Dull red) - Seal Ligure – leshem - Jacinth yellow, orange or red, used to engrave seals |
Manasseh Agate (white and red) Purity by Blood Agate Called
blood-stone |
Benjamin - Amethyst (Purple) - Healing Amethyst violet-purple
color Stimulation of the grape |
So you see the three stones that were not in
Lucifer’s breastplate had functions which Satan does not have. The first had to
do with seals, the second was the blood stone or the blood and the third was
the stimulation of revelation.
Another interesting bit of information is that
the three tribes associated with the three stones, were Ephraim, Manasseh and
Benjamin. The tribe of Benjamin at the Exodus was the smallest tribe aside from the tribe of
Manasseh, which was split off from the tribe of Joseph (Numbers 1:34-1:37;
Psalms 68:27).
During the march its place was along with Manasseh
and Ephraim on the west of the
tabernacle. Being that “it shall be light about
the evening time” which is in the west,
I wonder if there is any significance here.
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 pronounced 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 reasoning’s 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 cherub that ‘covereth’.
The word is anointed is from ‘cakak’
which 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 Savior 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, intellectually, but no revelation. 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
(masquerading
themselves) into the apostles of Christ. 14 And no
marvel; for Satan himself is transformed (masquerading) 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 an
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 cherubim’s 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.
Let us pray…