Token no 38
The Blood speaks
November 22, 2015
Brian Kocourek, pastor
148 Paul tells us that the
blood speaks. That... Anyone knows
that the blood actually itself, can't speak. It's a chemistry. Is that
right? How many knows that? But how many knows that the blood
speaks? If you want to put that down: Genesis 4:10. God said, "What about your brother?" Said, "His blood cries from the earth against you." Amen. Is that right? His blood's a speaking.
Hallelujah. God said, "What about him?" He said, "I'm not my brother's keeper." He said, "His blood's crying out. His blood's a crying out." It's a token. It's a token that he'd been killed. His blood was
crying out against him.
149 Now, if you get that in Genesis 4:10, then
in Hebrews 12:24, start reading. In Hebrews
12:4 said, "The Blood of Jesus speaketh better things
than that of Abel."
See, Abel, he was a righteous man. He died; he died innocent because he was in
the way. He was in the way, standing for the real revelation he had. He spoke;
it's cried out; the justice blood of Abel cried out against Cain. But the Blood of Jesus Christ not only cried
out, It redeemed. Amen. It speaketh better things. It makes you
sons and daughters. It hides you from the wrath of God.
See, the blood of Abel could not hide Cain (See?), but the Blood of Jesus can.
Amen. So Cain come out today. If you've been a persecutor against the Word, and
say, "Days of miracles are passed.
And this thing's all nonsense, and things..." It's crying out. See? The Blood of Jesus Christ cries out, that
there's forgiveness in It, if you'll just accept It. Wish we could stay a
little while on that (See?): Blood speaketh better things.
Therefore this morning we will take our thoughts on
the wrath of God which is coming, and the only way of escape is to be in Christ
when it comes.
Romans
1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed (apokolupsis - laid open, made
known, uncovered) from heaven against (in opposition to) all ungodliness (Those who lack
reverence toward God) and the un-right-wise-ness of men, who
hold down or suppress, the truth in order to restrain and
hinder it , holding it back in un-right-wise-ness;
In other words, we are warned that the Wrath of God
will come against all who oppose the truth and willfully try to suppress the
truth by holding it back from the people. So, whoever they may be, anyone who
uses whatever manner of deceit to try to hold back the truth, these will be the
targets of God's wrath one day.
19 Because
that which may be known of God is manifest to them; for God hath phaneroo'd
it unto them.
And that word phaneroo
means "to
manifest in it’s true character". Listen, what took place in
the ministry of William Branham was, "the Appearing of the Lord", and this was
not done in a corner. Not when hundreds of thousands of people coming from all
over the country came to his meetings. Almost half a million in Africa and
three hundred thousand in India in one
set of meetings. So the nations are without excuse. When God comes down and
appears before men and proves that it is God Himself, by doing what no man
could do, and then people turn that down because it wasn't sponsored by their
own organization? That attitude qualifies people for the wrath of God.
20 For
the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made,
even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are
without excuse:
Now, the AMPLIFIED: version is better worded. It says, For that which is known about God is evident
to them and made plain in their inner
consciousness, because
God Himself has shown it to them.
In other words, there has to be a phaneroo for this to
take place. Then this speaks of the once for all enlightenment that must take place
according to
Amplified
Version: Hebrews
6:1 Therefore let us go on and get past the elementary stage in the teachings and doctrine
of Christ, advancing steadily toward
the completeness and perfection that belongs to spiritual maturity.
Spiritual maturity, that's adoption ready. Paul is
talking about people growing from just being babies on milk to fully mature
sons and daughters of God who come to maturity through strong meat, and are
ready for adoption.
Paul continues, Let us not again be laying
the foundation work of repentance and abandonment of dead works (dead
formalism) and of
faith by which you turned to God, With teachings about purifying, the laying on
of hands, the resurrection from the dead, the eternal judgment and punishment.
These matters of which you should have been fully aware long, long ago.
And then Paul concludes, If indeed God permits we will now
proceed to advanced teaching. For it is impossible to restore
and bring again to repentance those who have been once for all
enlightened, who have consciously tasted the heavenly gift, and
have become companions of the Holy
Spirit, (that means people who have walked in the light as he is
in the Light, they have walked alongside of Him) and have felt how good the Word of
God is and the mighty powers of the age and world to come. (These
are people who have witnessed the millennial power of bees turning away from
their attack by a spoken word, or a killer bull turned away and lays down by
the Spoken Word, and squirrels spoken into existence, and storms stopped, and
nature overturned by the spoken Word. Yes, it is speaking of The age to come,
people being made aware of God's presence here doing such things, and changing
the weather, calling off storms, etc. And it tells us if people have witnessed
these things, and then walk away there is no more opportunity to repent.) If they deviate from
The Faith and turn away from allegiance; it is impossible to bring them
back to repentance, for because, while as long as they nail up
on the cross the Son of God afresh, as far as they are concerned, and are
holding Him up in contempt and shame and public disgrace.
You say, "Nobody is nailing up Jesus on the cross all
over again?
well, if you have thought that it shows you can't even
read your Bible right. The Bible never said Jesus, it said "son of
God". They are crucifying the son of God afresh.
And Paul said in Romans 8:11 "But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from
the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also
quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you."
It did not say they are crucifying Jesus all over
again. But they are crucifying "the son of God" all over again. And I have
news for them, Romans 8:29 tells us there are many sons of God in His vast
family of sons.
William Branham is a son of God, and we have seen this
millennial power of God stopping storms, creating squirrels, giving fish back
their life, and wild animals like possums coming up brother Branham's driveway
and laying at his door until he came out to pray for their healing. And we seen
angry bees turned away by the spoken word, and a raging killer bull turned away
by the spoken word, and he even went and laid down by, just like the lion will
lay down with the lamb during the millennium. And yet men still mock William
Branham's name.
And let me bring this closer to home. If we believe
the Pillar of fire is still leading us to the millennium, then God is still
here with His millennial power, and if So, the He will be still doing the same
things like stopping storms, and changing extreme temperature by the same
Spoken Word.
I know, because I'm a witness to what He has done, and
I am also a son of God who has been verbally crucified for testifying that God
is still the same and changes not and is still doing the same things as he did
when His First born son was here 2000 years ago, and when William Branham
another son was here more than 50 years ago. And God is still doing the same
things, because I have seen God stop storms, and change weather, and drop
extreme temperatures by a simple Spoken Word. And I am also a son of God being
crucified verbally for testifying what God is still doing.
Listen to this next quote from brother Branham. from
his sermon, Spoken word original
seed 62-0318E P:175 "Notice, what
harmony. Jesus never did anything
until seen of the Father or the Father showed Him first: (Harmony between God and Christ. See? John
5:19) So will the Bride, and He shows Her His Word of Life (He shows Her),
and she receives It. She never doubts it. Nothing can harm Her, not even death;
for if the Seed be planted, the water will raise it up again. Amen. (Now, I got
a great big "Hallelujah.") Here is the secret:
the Word is in the Bride and the mind of Christ to know
what He wants done with the Word, and She does it in His Name.
She has THUS SAITH THE LORD. Then it is germitized; so the Holy Spirit waters
it until it is grown and serves its purpose. They do only His will.
(Amen. I'll believe that.) No one can persuade them different. They have THUS SAITH THE LORD, or they keep still. Then they will do the works of God. For it is Himself in them, continuing
His Word to fulfill as He did complete in His day. All things when He was here,
He did not complete all when He was here, for it was not time yet.
Speak to this mountain
57-1215 P:25 I would've no more
spoke to that fish than nothing, if Something hadn't have spoke first. What was
it? He spoke those secondarily, by the Holy Spirit through human lips become
the creative power of Almighty God, because God said so. If that taken place
that way, how much more could He through
the written Word of the Lord God that was spoke through human lips as it
was through...?... "If
thou canst believe." How simple.
Just don't doubt It. But believe that what you say shall come to pass; you
shall have what you say. Believe it, friend of mine. Now, let us pray.
60-0313
Hear Ye Him There'll be
a power put into the Church, and now is
coming in, that the Holy Spirit will so anoint
the people, till they'll speak the Word and It'll create Itself
right there. We haven't seen powers like's coming into the Church now. I know
it for a fact. "Say unto this mountain be moved. Don't doubt in your heart,
but believe that what you've said shall come to pass, you can have what you
have said": the
placing of the Church in position, where
the fullness of the power of the Holy Ghost comes into the Church. Then critics' mouths will be shut. It'll be a short time. Jesus
come right off the mountain, went straight to Calvary. Notice, it won't last long, but it'll be here.
Now,
listen, if he said that the Holy Spirit will do the same things in the church
then when the same Holy Spirit does those same things, won't the same
punishment be upon those who speak against it?
Queen of Sheba 61-0219
P:85 Is that what Jesus said? When the Holy Ghost comes, speak a word against It,
will never be forgiven, no matter who you are. You say, "But I preach the Gospel, Brother
Branham." So did them priests. They were raised through generations of
priests and had preached the Gospel and Jesus strictly told them. And they lost
their lives. That's right. Just one way to God, that's all. That's the way of
truth and light.
So we are looking at the judgment that is to come via
the wrath of God upon them who would willfully turn away from the Truth, or
willfully withhold this Truth from others.
21 Because
that, when they knew God, they glorified him not
as God, (and you know this word
doxazo, means they did not magnify and uphold his opinions and values as though
he is God. So I ask the question? Whose opinions and values do they uphold?)
And Paul continues, "neither were thankful; but became vain (idolatrous) in their
imaginations, (reasoning) and their foolish
(lack of understanding in their) heart (thoughts and feelings) became darkened.
Now, before we go any further, let's just stop here
and examine this scene. The Apostle Paul is saying, "When God comes on the
scene and demonstrates His power through one of His sons He's called to reflect
His Shout, His Message, and because of a wrong motive, usually an
organizational spirit which lacks understanding, When they turn that
supernatural demonstration of God's presence down, that is when their heart
becomes darkened. Then "Ichabod" and the presence of
God leaves them right then and there, and they will never again be able to
repent.
The Apostle Paul continues, 22 "Professing themselves to be
wise, they became fools, 23 And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made
like to corruptible man, and to
birds, and four footed beasts, and creeping things. 24
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own
hearts, to dishonour their own bodies
between themselves: 25 Who
changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for
ever. Amen.
Now, we will begin to see the wrath of God begin its
work in the next verse.
26
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: (that means immoral and base affections) for even their women
did change the natural use into that which is against
nature: 27 And likewise
also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one
toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving
in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet.
Nobody can tell me a person is born with a sodomite
condition. They receive this condition because they have turned down God's
Word. All you have to do is read the next verse.
28 And
even as they did not like to retain God
in their knowledge, God gave them
over to a reprobate (worthless)
mind, to do those things which are not
convenient; 29 Being filled with all
un-right-wise-ness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness;
full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity;
whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters
of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient
to parents, 31 Without understanding,
covenant breakers, without natural affection,
implacable, unmerciful: 32 Who knowing the
judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy
of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do
them. and that is their agenda to back those of like
mind.
Now we are promised that God’s wrath will deal with
these people at the end-time. And as you know, the judgments are brought to
earth at the time of the seventh angel.
Revelation
21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven
vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come
hither, I will shew thee the bride, the
Lamb's wife.
Now, notice, this angel that comes with seven vials
full of the seven last plagues, is the same angel who is to show or present the Bride of
Christ, and he is the same one that brings forth the seven last
vials containing the seven last plagues.
278 Modern
Events Made Clear by Prophecy 65-1206 “there
will come on this earth, by God's promise, a genuine servant of God, identified by God, by His Word being
the answer of this day, that'll set the
Bride in order (a real little minority of the church) and take it up. That's right. He'll introduce, "Behold, there's the One I talked about
(See?), that'll come."
120-1 The
Spoken Word is the Original Seed 62-0318E Then from a little group of the true Seed of the
Word, God will present Christ a beloved Bride, a Virgin, a Virgin of
His Word.
269 Anointed
Ones at the End-Time 65-0725M Now, I want
you to know this is sure. And you that listen to this tape, you might have
thought today that I was trying to say that about myself, being that I was
packing this Message. I have no more to
do with it than nothing, no more than just a voice. And my voice, even
against my better judgment... I wanted to be a trapper. But it's the will of my
Father that I declare to do, and determined to do. I wasn't the One that appeared down on the river; I was only standing
there when He appeared. I'm not the One that performs these things and
foretells these things that happens as perfect as they are; I'm only one that's
near when He does it. I was only a voice that He used to say it. It wasn't what I knew; it's what I just
surrendered myself to, that He spoke through. It isn't me. It wasn't the seventh angel, oh, no; it was
a manifestation of the Son of man. It wasn't the angel, his Message; it
was the mystery that God unfolded. It's not a man; it's God. The angel
was not the Son of man; he was a messenger from the Son of man. The Son of man is Christ. He's the One that you're feeding on. You're
not feeding on a man. A man, his words will fail, but you're feeding on the
unfailing Body-Word of the Son of man. If you
haven't fed fully on every Word to give yourself strength to fly above all
these denominations and things of the world, will you at this time do it, while
we pray?
Revelation 17:1 And
there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked
with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the
great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
Revelation 16:1 And
I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
Revelation 21:9 And
there came unto me one of the seven
angels which had the seven vials
full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I
will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
Revelation 22:18 For
I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this
book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the
plagues that are written in this book:
Revelation 18:4 And
I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people,
that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her
plagues.
Revelation 18:8 Therefore
shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning,
and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong
[is] the Lord God who judgeth her.
Zechariah
14:12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the
LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they
stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their
tongue shall consume away in their mouth. Sounds like ebola to me.
13 And
it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall
be among them; and they shall lay hold
every one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the
hand of his neighbor. 14 And Judah also shall fight
at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the
heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel,
in great abundance. 15 And so shall be the plague of
the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts
that shall be in these tents, as this plague.
Psalms
91:9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
Psalms
91:10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give
his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
Psalms
106:28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the
sacrifices of the dead. Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions:
and the plague brake in upon them.
Revelation 9:20 And the
rest of the men which were not killed by
these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they
should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone,
and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Revelation 11:6 These have power to shut heaven, that
it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn
them to blood, and to smite the
earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
Revelation 15:6 And
the seven angels came out of the temple,
having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having
their breasts girded with golden girdles.
Revelation 15:8 And
the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and
no man was able to enter into the temple, till the
seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
Revelation 16:9 And men
were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath
power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
Revelation 16:21 And
there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, [every stone] about
the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of
the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
Patmos vision
60-1204E P:33 And we
are so happy to know that in this hour of confusion when the world don't know
what to do, they're digging holes in the
ground, and they're fortifying themselves in concrete, but, O God, they cannot hide from the wrath of God.
There's only one remedy, Lord, and we're so glad that we accepted It: "When I see the Blood, I'll pass over you." Oh, how glad we are for that
all-sufficient protection tonight of the Blood of the Lamb of God, the High
Priest, standing in glory tonight, making intercessions upon
our profession.
We are so happy to have Him with us tonight, the great Speaker, the great Holy
Spirit, the great unction Giver, the great Life Giver.A nd now, Lord God, as I
have called these people together here under this roof tonight, and we've
assembled here as the church or a portion of it, we assemble not in the name of
this tabernacle, in the name of any individual, but in the Name of Jesus Christ. Let
the Spirit that dominated His body and His mind, and controlled Him, come into
us tonight and interpret the Word, and preach the Word, and give It to our
hungry hearts as we wait on Him. For we ask it in His Name and for His
glory. Amen. (Be seated.)
Letting off
the pressure 62-0518 P:38 Now, I believe that a man coming to Christ, and Christ is our Refuge. Now, that's the
New Testament Refuge, is Christ. Now, a man coming to this refuge must want to
come. And he must remember another thing, he's got to stay there.
Oh, my. He can't just run in till the pursuers get by and then go out again.
He's got to be satisfied. And I believe if a man with his right mind could see
that the death was galloping behind him, and the devil's hell he's going to,
and could find a place of refuge, and then
want to go out again, there's something wrong with that man. And as long as he's in the refuge, he's safe.
And if he ever goes out again, he's
subject to his slayers. And in Christ we have a refuge and
are secured, that we have
safety from the wrath of God, and the wrath of hell that's coming upon us.
Redemption by
power 54-0329 P:68 Then
I seen myself. I seen my Lord Jesus standing there with a crown of thorns on
His head, and the tears running down, mixed up with Blood, as it washed off of
His beard. And I seen my sins coming before Him. And every time they would come
before Him like that... till He was shaking. The thorns would stick in His brow
more. He'd stagger back. He'd say, "Father, forgive him; he don't know what he's doing." And again I would do something,
and then His Blood was like the bumper on the car, protecting the car, a
shielding me from the wrath of God, undeserving. And I come to Him slowly,
knelt down to Him. I said... Looked down there, laying in front of me, and
there was an old book of sin, and my name wrote across the top. I said,
"Lord, will You forgive me?""Certainly," He said with
loving eyes; reached to His side, got
some Blood out, and wrote on it, "Pardoned," and threw it back in
the Sea of Forgetfulness. He said, "Now..."I said, "Thank You,
Lord."He said, "Now, I forgive you; and you're condemning her."
Oh, that changed the picture for me.
Looking unto Jesus
64-0122 P:27 Noah looked.
We find out here, there was another man looked by the name of Noah. He looked
and saw the judgment of God, upon a wicked Word-denying generation, was being
poured out. In his vision, as Noah was a prophet, God had give him a vision of
how to build the ark, and instructed him how to make the construction, how it
must be built. In this, how could Noah, unless this vision being the Word of
God, when he seen this wrath and making a way of preparation... Always, before coming judgment, there
is a preparation made. It always is the Word of God. And when he was
constructing the Word of God together, bearing record that his vision was true
and he believed in it, scoffers made fun of him, and so forth. But Noah had
looked ahead and seen the justice of God had to require the judgment upon the
people, and he constructed an ark to save his own household. When he looked, he
saw the coming wrath of God, and he made preparations for the people to escape
this thing. So did John the Baptist, he made preparation for the escape.
And so is the Holy Ghost, today, forerunning the coming of Jesus Christ, is
making a construction, the Body of Jesus Christ. We are baptized into it,
not by a creed, not by denomination or a handshake, but by the Spirit of God we are baptized into the
Body of Jesus Christ, a
construction that'll stand the judgments; because It's already been judged.
"When I see the
Blood, I'll pass over you." Yes.
Noah, he looked and he saw what was coming.
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.
195 Revelations
Chptr 5 Part 2 61-0618 When the first seal was opened up,
the first trumpet sounded and the first
plague fell. When the sixth seal
opened up, the sixth sounded and the sixth plague fell. Just watch it; it's
the most beautiful thing that you ever seen. And when I do, I'm going to
get me a big, great big blackboard, bring it up here and just teach it right
across here, so we just take plenty of time on each seal, and go back
and take up the history and things, and prove just when it happened,
and show right here in the Bible when It said it would take place, and
right exactly when it happened, just the date and everything else. I got
it (See?), got it from Him. That's right. There's the seals.
30 Seven
Church ages 54-0512 When the sixth one
sound... We'll get on that maybe the sealing away on Friday night. When the First World War, why, that Sixth
Trumpet sounded exactly according to the time God spoke of it, exactly,
geographically, following the seal before that. And when the mystery
was revealed in there, for the baptism of the Holy Ghost, and the people then,
how the Church did not move up; and those
who were moving refused to walk in Light, and went back; and the plague was opened at that time, and
poured out upon the earth, which was influenza,
that killed all the people as it did, the thousands times thousands... And
then coming down into this last age where we are here... And just come and
listen what the Lord has to say about it in His Word. Now, that isn't my
makeup. I’m just reading it like a newspaper right out of the
Word of God. So this is His direct revelation to the Church, to the Church: The
Revelation of Jesus Christ to the Church.
Revelations 15:1 And
I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the
seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
|
Paul |
Irenaeus |
Justin Martin |
Columba |
Martin Luther |
John Wesley |
William Branham |
|
Ephesian CA |
Smyrna |
Pergamean |
Thyatira |
Sardis |
Philadelphia |
Laodicean |
|
53 ==> |
170 ==> |
312 ==> |
606 ==> |
1520 ==> |
1750 ==> |
1906 ==> |
|
White horse-bluff -a lie |
Red horse conquers |
Black horse- death |
Pale horse |
|
Baptism of Holy Spirit rejected |
7th angel 7 seals |
|
Anti-Christ |
False Prophet |
Vicar Crowned |
Bubonic Plague |
Bubonic Plague |
Spanish- Influenza |
7 vials |
|
Jerusalem sacked Matt 23 |
Bubonic plague Black death |
Huns sack Europe |
Black death1348 75 million die |
2/3 of european cities perish 1700 |
kills 37-40 million 1 billion infected |
7 plagues |
|
starvation, ate children |
begins in Asia Council Nicea, trinity |
Bubonic Plague 90 % fatality 100million die |
1/2 European die
|
Tuberculosis kills 1 in 4 people |
|
1/3 world die |
420-4 {198} The
First Seal 63-0323 He sent forth
the first messenger, and he preached, and the
trumpet sounded (as we pick it up after while); and then the trumpet was declaring war. Trumpet
always denotes war. The messenger, the angel come on earth, the messenger
of the hour, like Luther's, like any of the messengers that we've talked of.
What does he do? He arrives, and a Seal opened, reveals; a trumpet
sounds, war declared, and away they go. And then the messenger dies. He
seals away this group; they're put in; and a plague falls upon those
who rejected it. See? And then it goes on, then they organize, get another
organization.
Revelations 15:7 And
one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden
vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and
ever. Now, here we see more
specifically that these last plagues are contained in seven golden vials.
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.
Notice 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, the Plan is
this: #1) A Seal is opened, right? What does a seal
being broken do? It allows you to see what was kept previously from view.
Therefore, by Faith we see what God is revealing, because Faith is the first
thing, the foundation stone. Those who can’t receive the revelation for their
hour are faithless.
#2) When the Seal is broken, It allows us to see,
it seals us in. But by rejecting it, the others become sealed out. One group is
locked in and the other is locked out which is God Separating His
People, 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.
Revelation
22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of
the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God
shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
Romans
2:1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, (this word actually means without defense, or
defenseless and isn’t it strange that they not only left without an advocate or
a defense as far as their justification is concerned, but I think that it I
also interesting to note that the plagues that are coming forth are also
plagues which affect the immune system which is the body's defense system,
leaving the victim defenseless and open or exposed. whosoever thou art
that judgest: Now, the liberal would say that we should not
judge, but that is not what Paul is saying here. Jesus never told us not to
judge, but He said we should judge with righteous judgment.
John
7:24 Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous
judgment.
Luke
12:56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and
of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? 57 Yea, and why even of
yourselves judge ye not what is right?
So we see therefore, that judging is not the issue,
but how we judge is altogether the issue. And these people that the wrath of
God is coming against because they without the Word are condemned for the way
in which they judge, because they are using un-right-wise-ness to judge in
complete disobedience to God’s command.
“for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself;
for thou that judgest doest the same things."
Here he is not saying that they are using the Word to
judge wit, but they are looking at the outward appearance only and not at what
the Word of God says. Notice how Paul clarifies this in the next verse. 2:2 But we are sure (What are we sure
of?) that the
judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such
things.
Therefore we find that God’s judgment stems forth from
Truth. Even Peter tells us that Michael the Archangel, when He was
disputing with the devil, said, “the Lord rebuke thee”.
In other words, it’s not my opinion, but it’s God’s
opinion that counts. 2:3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest
them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the
judgment of God? 2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and
forbearance and longsuffering;
Now, what does Paul mean when he says that these men
despise the forbearance and long suffering of God? How is it that they despise
God’s long-suffering? It is because they do not redeem the time that has been
given to them to repent. That is why Paul says here), “not knowing
that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
Repentance is what God’s long-suffering is all about.
That's why Paul tells them that they are not using the time allotted for the
right thing. We should be using this time of God’s long-suffering to come to a
repentance which is a change of the mind. Because it is not what we hold as
valuable, or to be the right way, but it is what God holds to be valuable and
the right way that counts.
Notice that Paul tells us that these guys have
hardened their hearts toward God and His Word. These are the guys who hold back
His Word from the people by using a word which has been altered. A Word which
is un-rightly-wise.
2:5 But after thy hardness (Stubborn,
obstinate) and
impenitent heart (impenitent means admitting no change of mind,
unrepented) But
after or according to thy own Stubborn, obstinate) and unrepented
heart, treasurest up or store up, or prepare for
yourself wrath against the day of wrath, and revelation of the righteous
judgment of God;
These guys don’t realize it, but what they sew is what
they are storing up as payback, and that’s what they’re going to reap. 6 Who will
render to every man according to his deeds: (There’s your
sewing and reaping). 7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for
glory and honour and immortality, (Your payback will be) eternal life: 8 But
unto them that are contentious,
Now this word does not mean one who likes to
disagrees, but it actually means one who desires to put themselves forward and
who courts distinction, one who electioneers, which means they are those who
are looking for popularity. And notice their attributes that follow them,
They “do not
obey the truth, but they obey unrighteousness,
And what can these guys look forward too?) indignation and
wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth
evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 10 But
glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew
first, and also to the Gentile: 11 For there is no respect of
persons with God. 12 For as many as have sinned without or
apart from the law shall also perish without the law: and as many as
have sinned within the law shall be judged by the law;
I believe the judgments have begun. and the squeeze is
about to begin as well. And what does that mean? Well, for all without the baptism
of the Holy Spirit it means judgment. For the bride it means the third pull is
about to manifest in the bride.
Look away to Jesus 63-1229E P:16 So
now, I am going to say something to you now, that I haven't said all along. And
that is, the thing that we have looked forward to for so long, or at least many
years, four or five years or maybe longer, the
third pull has now been vindicated, and I'm sure you all know what it is.
Now, remember, there'll never be any
impersonation of that, 'cause it can't be. It cannot be. Now, it's in
existence, and I have, I am warned of this, that soon, right at this time now,
it's just happened, so it could identify its presence among you. See? But it will not be used in a great way, until
this council begins to tighten up. And when it does, when that does... The
Pentecostals and so forth can almost impersonate anything could be done, but when that time comes, when the squeeze
comes down, then you'll see what you
have seen temporarily, be manifested in the fullness of its power.
See...?... see?
let us pray...