Spoken word no 24

Spoken Word #24

“The Oncoming Judgments and the Plagues of Egypt”

Brian Kocourek

May 25 th, 2008

Luke 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; : 26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. 29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; 30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. 31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. 32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Matthew 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man (1) deceive you.

So we see the number one sign of the end-time is deception. We could take a whole message or more just on this end-time attribute, but for the sake of continuity this morning we must put that off. But noticed Jesus warns us here first of all about deception in the end-time. And this warning is followed by an example of how that deception will come. We are warned that this deception will come in the form of anointed ones who are preaching falsely, proclaiming a Gospel that Paul calls another Gospel, which the word another he used in 2 Corinthians 11 is the Greek word heteros which means of an other nature. And in Galatians he tells us that other Gospel is a perverted Gospel, because it has been altered to make it a super duper gospel.

You know this altering is peculiar to the same spirit that is producing gene splicing and producing hybrid crops, and by the way the father of hybridization was a catholic monk, so that shows you where the hybridization spirit comes from. And they teach a hybrid Jesus trying to make him more than God indwelling His Son. So they make the man himself God, and that is wrong, or false but it is being presented by anointed ones with a genuine Holy Ghost anointing. But they are characterized by their false teaching, preaching a Gospel that has been altered, thus producing a spirit which is not the Holy Spirit.) To save time see 2 Corinthians 11 and Galatians chapter 1.

Now, in getting back to Matthew 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

Now, this leads us to the next end-time attribute, which we find inverse 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of (2) wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:

And so we see WW I come and go and then WWII, and then the Korean war, and then the Vietnam war, and then the War in the Middle East which is still ongoing and has been since 1990 in the Dessert Storm. And let’s face it, these are all world wars because the whole world is caught up into them whether they want to be or not. And we see what they call the coalition forces which is none other than many countries coming together to war on smaller countries that do not wish to get in lock step with the rest of the United Nations. And that is the goal of the united Nations as it was with the League of Nations is to bring about a one world government so the Beast and antichrist system can be enforced upon all nations, thus eliminating sovereignty of nations as a thing of the past.

Now, the third attribute we find in verse 7 and there shall be (3) famines,(yes, famines as in not enough food to eat and there are ten’s of millions of people in this world today that are starving to death, and if conglomerates like Con Agra, Cargill and Monsanto who are vying for world domination of the food supply, and especially Monsanto who has been allowed to patent the seeds and now is allowed to patent the genes of Pigs that have been around for several hundre years, and this has the farmers in America and Europe all upset because they do not know aht to do.

And Monsanto has been working to get their employees into very powerful positions in the U.S. government such as ex Monsanto lawyer who is now a chief justice on the supreme Court and also people who have headed up the FDA. And our courts have allowed for them to patent the DNA of the seeds, and holding the patents they can suit you if you do not have a contract with them to grow their seed. In fact from what I have seen on the internet, about 130 farmers so far have lost their farms through such lawsuits. What happens is they do not hold a contract with Monsanto, then the neighbor plants his Monsanto seeds, and those seeds pollinate and the pollen is carried by the wind next door to the farmer who is not contracted with Monsanto. The pollen makes contact with his crops and alters the DNA of his crop hybreeding what was a good crop, and then Minsanto comes onto his farm and takes a sample and analyzes it in the lab and sure enough it shows their strains of DNA and they suit the farmer and take all he owns for infringement of patent rights.

So you think we are seeing starvation now, just wait after a while when the entire worlds supply of grains are hybridized and owned by these world conglomerates. And you won’t be able to buy or sell without their permission. And they won’t give you their permission if their mother church has anything to say about it.

And then that brings us to attribute number 4. and (4) pestilences, Now, this morning Lord willing I would like to begin looking at the pestilence that is beginning to emerge throughout the world, and I want to being in and tie it back to the Alpha or first exodus to show you what we can expect during this Third Exodus. Because many of the plagues of Egypt are already engulfing populations around the world.

And then we have number 5 which we have been seeing more and more over the past few years. Jesus said in Matthew 24: 7, and (5) earthquakes, in divers places.

And we have seen several 7.7 and above earthquakes that have totally demolished homes and schools and even churches in South America and China recently. And you can do a Google search on the web for earthquake activity in the past seven days and you will be surprised at all the earthquakes that are hitting the world on a daily basis. I am talking about 100’s per day and very large ones at that. And Jesus said, 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. And we know he also said in Luke 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; (and I am told that there is a phenomina called the blood moon that has only occurred several times over the past 2000 years and we are getting ready for one to come here shortly, and there is talk of things happening to the sun, and all these natural changes in the weather are caused by abnormalities in the sun, and Jesus went on to say). and upon the earth distress of nations,(that’s anxieties throughout the nations, and anxiety is caused by worrying about what might happen.) with perplexity(that’s confusion and uncertainty); the sea and the waves roaring;(look at all the hurricanes that have totally destroyed many populated places in Asia, and the title waves or great sunamies that have come ripping up coastal cities and killing hundreds of thousands of people and leaving even more homeless and starving. Look at the effect’s it is having on the crops drowning out millions of acreage of fertile land. No wonder Jesus added ) 26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Then Jesus adds in Matthew 24: and verse 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

And at last count we are now into 180 countries with only 10 to go. At least that I am aware of. The Voice of God recordings shows 177 countries they have entered through their work and website, and we now have 180. The UN states there are only 190, so we have 10 to go and all the world will have been introduced to the End-Time Message Doctrine vindicated by the very presence of God Himself having come down with a shout which is the Message.

Now, I would like to look at Matthew 24 and Luke 21 this morning and see how these signs are coming about and how the plagues of the First Exodus are all but repeating in this last Omega Exodus which is the Third Exodus of the Pillar of Fire among the people.

In Exodus number one, Pharaoh refused to let the Hebrew people leave Egypt. The 10 plagues were a divine demonstration of God’s power and displeasure designed to persuade Pharaoh to "let my people go".

Brother Branham said,

#34) 126-3 {61} The First Seal 63-0318 He come in the first age, the Ephesian Age, revealed, sent the messenger. Notice what happened as we go along. Here's the plan of it: The first thing happens, there is an announcement in the heavens first. What happened? A Seal is opened. What is that? A mystery is unfolded. See? And when a mystery unfolds, then a trumpet sounds. It declares a war. Or a plague falls, and a church age opened. See? What is the war part? The angel of the Church catches the mystery of God, not fully yet revealed, but when he does, he catches this mystery of God, and then he goes forth to the people (after the mystery has been given to him), goes forth to the people. What does he do out there? He begins to proclaim that message, and what does it start? A war, a spiritual war.

OK, then what happens? Those who believe that message and enter into it, are sealed away and hidden from the plagues or judgment. But those who reject are sent the plagues to destroy them for rejecting The Message for their age. And why does Brother Branham call these plagues a temporary judgment? Because they are just showing what is in store for them at the White throne Judgment.

#35) 126-5 {65} The First Seal 63-0318 And then God takes His messenger with the elect of that age, and lays them away asleep, and then He drops a plague upon them who rejected it: a temporary judgment. And then, after that is over, then he goes on, and they denominate, and bring in denominations, and start off with that man's work like of Wesley and all the rest of them, and then it gets all in a scrapple again; and then another mystery comes forth. Then what happens? Another messenger arrives on earth for a church age. See? Then when he arrives, the trumpet sounds. He declares war. See? And then what happens? Finally then he's caught away. And then when he's laid away, then plague falls destroys them. Spiritual death hits the church and she's gone, that group. Then He goes on to another one. Oh, it's a great plan until it comes to that last angel. Now, he has no certain mystery, but he gathers up all that's been lost in them other ages, all the truths that wasn't truly revealed yet (See?), as the revelation come. Then he reveals those things in his day. If you want to read it, there it is: A Revelations 10:1 to about 4. You'll get it. All right. See?

Notice that Brother Branham speaks of God having a plan...He says... Here's the plan of it: The first thing happens, there is an announcement in the heavens first. What happened? A Seal is opened. What is that? A mystery is unfolded. See? And when a mystery unfolds, then a trumpet sounds. It declares a war. Or a plague falls. Now if there is a plan, then these things are foreknown, right? And if they are foreknown, then God also foreknows those who will receive this Seal, and those who will not, right? Then when the Seal is broken and declared, it seals in one group and seals out all others.

Now, the Plan is this: #1) A Seal is opened, right? That’s number One, and what does a seal being broken do? It allows you to see what was locked up and kept previously from view. Therefore, by Faith we are able to see what God is revealing, because Faith is the first thing, it is the foundation stone. And all that can not receive the revelation for the hour they live are therefore faithless.

#2) When the Seal is broken, It actually allows for us to see and by seeing it seals us in, but by rejecting to look, the others, all others become sealed out. Then what is happening here? One group is locked in and the other is locked out. What would we call this? Separation, right? Let’s see if we’re not right.

59 The Token 64-0208 Likewise, we must remember that God is long-suffering, not willing that any should perish. He always sends His signs, His wonders. And then when He gets ready to do anything, He separates the believer from the unbeliever. And notice then how He provided for His promised-land people. Look what He did for His promised-land people there, to be sure that they would not be mixed up in some kind of an ism. What did He do? He sent a prophet to them, Moses, with a message identifying God's Word. And to identify Moses, He sent a Pillar of Fire that hung over him. Amen. Then to give him the perfect assurance, He required a token. Amen. There's a messenger, the message, and the vindication, and the token, the perfect assurance that they had nothing to worry about. No matter how many plagues strike, what everybody else says they are sealed away.

The separation by revelation always begins a warfare, a Spiritual warfare. It always has. In the beginning Michael disputed with Lucifer and then warfare broke out. Then on earth, Cain disputed with Abel. And really, who did He really dispute with? God! Then after the dispute, Cain killed Abel. Warfare! It’s been the same in every age. Look at Jacob and Esau. Revelation received by one and rejected by the other. A dispute, then warfare. Look at Joseph and His Brothers, Revelation received by one, the same revelation rejected by others. A dispute and then warfare. The same in Moses day, Revelation received by one, the same revelation rejected by others. A dispute and then warfare. Daniel’s day, the same. Elijah’s day, the same. David’s day, the same. In fact we find this example entirely throughout the scriptures from Genesis through Revelations. A Revelation, a dispute over that revelation, then warfare. Then what?

#3) Those who are sealed in are protected from the judgments that are to follow, and those who are sealed out, are fitted for destruction. They fit themselves. Notice [Romans 9:22] [What] if God, willing to shew [his] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: Now, what does this word fitted to destruction mean? The word fitted to is a Greek word which means they are prepared for. If I fit something to something else, then what I am doing is preparing that thing to match the other. Then the judgment matches the judged? Remember, where there is a deep calling there is a deep to respond. Brother Branham said, that there couldn’t have been a fish with a fin until there had been first a water to swim in. Then who prepares them? God made them for destruction. But He has left them with a free moral agency to prepare themselves. And how do they do they prepare themselves for destruction? [Proverbs 14:12] says, There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. They take their own way above God’s way.

E-16 Preparation 53-1111 I believe that the people are in the preparation of the last great destruction this world will ever know. I believe we're at the end. You can speak to people; you could put a Billy Graham in every city in the United States; they'd drink whiskey and smoke cigarettes and laugh at you and everything else just the same. They are in the spirit of the last days. And God cannot send destruction before the people are in the spirit for destruction. God never did destroy anything. Man always destroys himself. The Message Trumpet is declaring, Grace and Mercy for all that would receive it, and to reject Mercy leaves only judgment.

E-14 Planting the Vine and Where to Plant It 59-0920 In the Scriptures, we find that Jambres and Jannes withstood Moses by doing practically the same things he did, by casting down the rod and turning to a serpent. Moses called for plagues, and they could call plagues too

. They couldn't heal, because God is the only Healer. But they could cause plagues to come; then Moses took them away.

E-63 5 Junctures of Time 56-0122 We got the impersonators. We got people pretending to be, when they're not. And the Bible said, "As Jambres and Jannes withstood Moses, so will these men of reprobated mind concerning the truth," in the last days at the junction we're at now And there stood Jambres and Jannes when Moses threw down and performed a miracle of God. They impersonated it and done a miracle too with their stick. And Moses called for plagues, and they called plagues. It's the devils turned loose. And notice that they are called reprobates concerning the truth, and they have a reprobate mind, and this is what Paul is also speaking of concerning the wrath of God coming against all the would hold back the truth in unrighteousness which is a wrong understanding.

And as he goes down into Egypt, he took his stick, and cast it down, and healed his hand with leprosy, and done those things, then I want you to notice every time the miraculous was done, Satan's always there to counterfeit it. And as he was counterfeiting it that day, he's still the same counterfeiter today. Even his counterfeits only point to the end time at the junction. He had some old soothsayers and--down there by the name of Jambres and Jannes, who stood up and they could throw their rods down, turn them to serpents and so forth and do just like they did. But God vindicated who was God's. They could bring plagues, but they could not perform Divine healing

Now, this then brings us to another thought. We can see that God has a plan, and in this plan He is to bring forth a Message, and He knows those few who will receive it, because He has ordained for them to receive it. In [Acts 13:48] we read, "As many as were ordained to eternal life believed." [II Timothy 2:19] Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, ( What Seal?) The Lord knoweth them that are his.