What the Holy Ghost was Given
for no 28
Resurrection, The
Omega Holy Convocation
Brian Kocourek, Pastor
Matthew 27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over
all the land unto the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour
Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to
say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 47 Some of
them that stood there, when they heard that,
said, This man calleth for Elias. 48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with
vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. 49 The
rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
50 Jesus,
when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And,
behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom;
and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 And the graves were opened;
and many (Polus, many, much , a great
deal of) bodies
of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came
out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many, (a
great deal of people)
Let us pray.. Gracious and
Loving father we have read this morning of the resurrection which took place at
the time when you raised up your First born Son Jesus and also the old testament saints. And we saw father that there were so
many that you raised and so many who were witness to that resurrection. So we
ask with all that is in us this morning that you will allow us to be witnesses
to the next portion of that first resurrection which is to take place shortly
and we will see all the saints which have slept in Christ for these past 2,000
years. Help us to be prepared for when you move from the Shout tot he Voice and may we be partakers of that great turn, for we
ask it in Jesus Christ's name. Amen.
You may be seated...
Wednesday night we examined the Holy Convocation that
took place at the Alpha Ministry of Christ as we saw the first half of the
first resurrection take place in Matthew 27.
This morning we will look at the Omega Holy Convocation which is mentioned in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18.
But now, we have a promise of another Holy
Convocation, another Holy Gathering that I wouldn't want to miss for the world.
I Thessalonians
Now,
Wednesday night we spoke concerning the first Holy Convocation which is
mentioned in Matthew 27, where the Old testament saints were raised from the dead, and were seen by
many witnesses. I called that "The Holy Convocation at the Alpha
resurrection", and now we have read in 1 Thessalonians concerning the Omega
Resurrection, and what I want to speak on this morning concerns that Holy
Convocation which will take place at the Omega Resurrection. So therefore, there must be Scriptures concerning
this Holy Convocation or Gathering that is to take place in this seventh age as
well.
Matthew 24:28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.
Matthew 22:10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered
together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was
furnished with guests.
Matthew 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound
of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds,
from one end of heaven to the other.
2 Thessalonians 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming (parousia)
of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering
together unto him,
Ephesians 1:10 That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather
together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which
are on earth; even in him:
Now, if you recall Wednesday night we showed you that 1 Corinthians 15: verses 1-22 speaks of the first resurrection. But the
rest of the chapter speaks of the Omega resurrection. So with that in mind,
let's examine what the Apostle Paul had to say about the resurrection and the
body change.
23 But
every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits;
afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. (parousia) 24 Then cometh
the end, when he
shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when
he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. 25 For he
must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26 The last
enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 27 For he hath put all things
under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted,
which did put all things under him. 28 And when all things shall
be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that
put all things under him, that God may be all in all. 29 Else what
shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? Now, I am going to
read the next two verses 30-31 from the translation called the voice. It's
beautiful.
30 Why are we putting our lives on the line all
the time if there’s no resurrection? 31 I die every day! I swear that it’s true!
That’s something you take pride in, brothers and sisters, as I do in Jesus the
Anointed, our Lord.
The Paul says, 32 If after the manner of men I have fought with
beasts at
Then Paul admonishes
them by saying, 33 Be not deceived: evil communications
corrupt good manners. Don't get that negative confession on you like the
world has, it will only tear you down.
34 Awake to righteousness, (right-wise-ness, a right
thinking) and sin not; (or disbelieve
not, for sin is disbelief) for some have not the
knowledge of God: I speak this
to your shame.
35 But some man will
say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? Now, those are good
questions and Paul will give us the answer in this chapter and we will find
also more answer given by William Branham in a few minutes. Then Paul begins to
explain how the the quickening in the body can not
happen until the body dies to itself.
36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest
is not quickened, except it die:
Now, that is exactly
what brother Branham was saying in paragraph 82
of What the Holy
Ghost is Given for pp. 82. One more
Scripture, if you want to write it down: John
12:24. Let me quote it to you right
quick. Jesus said, "If a
corn of wheat falls into the ground, except it die, it cannot bring
forth another life."
Then after reading
from this Scripture brother Branham says, If that
corn hasn't got the germ of life in it, no matter how beautiful it looks, it'll
never raise. It'll go to the ground
and rot, and that's it.
Now, let's continue
to hear what Paul tells us concerning any seed that is sown...
37 And that which thou sowest,
thou sowest not that body that shall be, but
bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: 38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased
him, and to every seed his own body. 39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there
is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh
of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. 40 There are also
celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory
of the terrestrial is another. 41 There is one glory
of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. 42 So
also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown
in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 43 It is sown in dis-honor;
it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a
spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living
soul; the last Adam was made a
quickening spirit. 46 Howbeit
that was not first which is spiritual, but that
which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. 47 The first man is of the earth,
earthy: the second man is the Lord
from heaven. 48 As
is the earthy, such are
they also that are earthy: and as is the
heavenly, such are they also that
are heavenly. 49 And as
we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the
image of the heavenly. 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot
inherit the
Now, brother Branham said in his sermon, Who Is this Melchisedek 65-0221E 109 Notice again, Melchisedec went to meet Abraham
before He got back home. What a beautiful type here we have: Melchisedec
meeting Abraham before he got back home after the battle. We meet Jesus in the
air before we get home. That's right. II Thessalonians tells us that, for we
meet Him in the air. A beautiful type of Rebecca meeting
Isaac in the field in the cool of the day. We meet Him in the air;
I Thessalonians tells us so: "For we
which are alive and remain shall not prevent (or hinder) those which are
asleep; for the trumpet of God shall sound; the dead in Christ shall rise
first; we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them to
meet the Lord in the air." Perfect, all
these types... Therefore the theophany, if you
have died and entered into that theophany, what
happens? The theophany comes to the earth to pick up
the redeemed body. And if you're here in the air, you take the body to meet the
theophany (There you are.), and caught up and go to
meet the Lord in the air. Who is this Melchisedec but God?
Notice Br. Branham's talking about our body change.
#1) he says, if you are among those who have already died, then you
enter first into that theophany. Then with that theophany, you come forth to get your redeemed body. if you have died and entered into that theophany,
what happens? The theophany comes to the earth to
pick up the redeemed body. Then once that redeemed body is
joined to the Theophany, it becomes a glorified body.
#2) On the
other hand, those of us who are among the living, will
get our body change and then go to that theophany to
complete the glorification process. And if
you're here in the air, you take the body to meet the theophany
(There you are.), and caught up and go to meet the Lord in the air.
Uniting Time and Sign 63-0818 123 All right. We find that
now the time comes when the Trumpet sounds, and those
sleeping saints back there that could not be made perfect without us... There's many of those, Hebrew 11, and when they come together, they unite with the living ones.
The
Church uniting with the Word, then the Church and the Word uniting together,
being come one. The dead saints with the
living saints uniting together to be one, and all going together to unite with
Christ yonder for the wedding supper of the Lamb.
Now, never forget there is a time and a
season to plant every seed, and there is a time and a season for every seed to
be harvested. And the planting has been going on, it began with the Son
of Man ministry sowing the seed in this end time. Then came later ministries
anointed by the same Holy Spirit and watered that seed that had been sown. Just
like we plant in the Spring time, and then water all
summer long, until the time of the harvest and then we harvest what seed had
been sown which is now fully ripe for the picking. So too God has sown His Word
Seed with His Shout, His Message, and there had to be then a time of watering
which has taken place since around 1977 when the teaching ministry of the Holy
Spirit began to water the Seed of the Message.
But there is also a
time of harvest and as there is a season for sowing there is also a season for
reaping. And just as there are indicators when to sow, and there must also be
indicators when to reap. And we find this in 2
Thessalonians 2.
2
Thessalonians 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming (parousia) of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
Notice
Paul begins with, "We beseech you,
brethren, and this word beseech means to beg for
urgently or anxiously: to
request earnestly : to implore . In other words Paul is making a very
serious emotional request to the brethren concerning the Parousia of Christ and
concerning the gathering that is to take place at His Presence.
Then he let's us
know why he is so seriously and emotionally trying to get their attention. 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be
troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the
day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deceive you by
any means: for that day shall not come,
except there come a falling away first,
So Paul is telling us that his concern is not that
there is coming a day when Christ shall Appear, His Presence or Parousia is not
what Caused Paul's concern. Nor is the gathering to Christ at that time what
concerned Paul. But his concern is there will come a falling away at that time,
and then the wicked one will reveal or unveil himself, and step in to take
over.
"and that man of sin be revealed, the
son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth
and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or
that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the
temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 5 Remember
ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
So Paul is telling us the identifiable characteristic
of the Harvest will be 1) God's Presence will be on the scene. 2) There will be
a gathering together unto Him. 3) and after this
gathering, there will be a shaking take place that will cause many to fall
away. Then the one who sits in the
Now, this
next couple verses of Scripture are very hard for most people to
understand what exactly they mean. Let's read them now.
6 And now ye know what withholdeth
that he might be revealed in his time. (and now you know Who is
holding back until he has everything in place for his takeover of planet earth.
But he is holding back until it is time.) 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work:
For you see, he is already playing out his scheme, but
it is behind the scenes, until he has everything he has been working on in
place. That is why Paul says, the mystery which a mystery is something that is
hidden, and he says this mystery of iniquity is already at work, but it is
hidden, it is behind the scenes but one day when he is ready to reveal himself,
then it's all over.
And then Paul says, ) only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
Now, who is this "He that now is letting? Letting
what? He that is now letting the hidden mystery go undetected,
is God Himself. He who now letteth.
the Words He and Who tell us this is a person. And a
person who has the power to let happen what is happening. Only God can allow
these things to take place because they are to fulfill the entire plan of
redemption, and allow the earth and its peoples to be judged worthy of burning.
What Paul is telling us here is that It is God who is
allowing the mystery of iniquity to go on unchecked, until God Himself leaves
the midst of humanity, and when His spirit that is now in our midst leaves the
earth, He will take His Elect who have been gathering to Him, and all hell will
break forth on the earth and man will destroy himself.
Let me read this from the Wuest
Translation II Thessalonians 2: 5-7
Do you not remember that while I was still with you I kept on
telling you these things? And now you know with a positive assurance that which
namely, the departure of the church, the saints being assembled to the Lord, is
preventing his being disclosed as to his true identity, in his strategic, appointed
time, for the mystery of the aforementioned lawlessness is now operating. Only
He, the Holy Spirit, who is holding the lawlessness down, will do so, until He
goes out from the midst of humanity. And then shall the lawless one be disclosed
in his true identity...
So we see here that this Scripture speaks
first of the Saints gathering to the Lord, that is what the Shout has produced,
a Holy Convocation, a gathering together unto Him.
And then Paul speaks of the departure
from the earth of the saints. Then, as if in the same breath, Paul also tells
us this will happen when the Holy Spirit departs from the midst of humanity.
Now, the Holy spirit could not depart from the midst
of humanity if He were not here. And if we are to be gathered together to Him
first, then when he goes we go, for nowhere in
scripture does it speak contrary to this. Nowhere in Scripture does it speak of
the Lord leaving from the earth at a different time than when the saints leave.
So, if we are gathered together unto Him first, then it is He that takes us up
from the midst of humanity just like Jesus took Peter James and John up into
the Mountain.
And in The First Seal
63-0318 161-3 {301} brother Branham tells
us exactly the same thing. "Notice,
and when this Holy Spirit that we have, becomes incarnate to us, the One
that's in our midst now in the form of the Holy Ghost, becomes incarnate to us
in the Person of Jesus Christ, we'll crown Him King of king...?... That's
right. See?"
See, that is at the last trump when we are caught away
and go to meet the Son of God in the air.
Now, let's look at some more quotes concerning this
time of the resurrectyion which we are now in that
season based on what Paul said in 2 Thessalonians, the indicators being 1) the
Parousia, 2) The Gathering together unto Him. 3) The great falling away which
has began.
In his sermon, Mother's Day 59-0510M 81 And as the light begins to
spread we'll know as we're known; we'll understand. And we'll remember our
acquaintance and the ones that's been there. And there'll
be many there that we didn't even think would be there, for you know it's
at that time that I believe that the bread that we have cast upon the human
troubled waters will return to us, on that day. When we see the effects of
our testimony on people that we didn't understand their actions towards it,
will probably be there. What a day that will be!
And then the seeds that we sowed not even thinking what they would do, but
here they are. They brought forth precious fruits and we'll see them on
that day.
And a few minutes later in that same sermon, Mother's Day 59-0510M 86 brother Branham says, "As that great light begins to spread all - as we begin to look around,
and the great circle will be getting and greater and greater; it's all just
reflecting the approach of Jesus. And after while, as the song said, And I shall we see Jesus at last. He will be waiting
for me, Jesus so kind and true, On His beautiful Throne, He'll welcome
me Home After this day is through. Then as we see Him...and
we'll not be as we are now. We'll know how to love Him more. We'll not stand
back with a little fear, because we'll be like Him. He'll be more of a relative to us than He is now.
We'll understand Him better, because we're so far away in the mortal
bodies. Then we'll have a body like His glorious body. We'll know how to
worship Him. And when we see what the Presence of His Being has
done to us, changed us, the old back young, all the deformed straightened out,
oh, we'll understand then why His power healed us. The questions that's been in our mind, "How can He do
it? What would this?" somehow, mysteriously, they'll all fade away. The knots that's been tied in the back of our minds, "Will it
be this? How could it be?" somehow, or another, majestic fingers
will just untangle, unravel those knots, and it'll all fade into the one big
crown of love.
Jehovah Jireh #1 - 62-0705 And then,
remember, if we go before He comes, we will be up and in His Presence, or, raised before
the others are changed. (I
hope you caught this. He said they will be up before we who have not died are
changed.) "The trumpet of the Lord shall sound, the dead in Christ
shall rise first. Then we which alive and remain shall be changed in a moment, in a twinkling
of an eye, and be caught up together with them, to meet the Lord in the air." Look at the order of the resurrection. See, God knows that
we long to see our loved ones. And if we got there to meet Him first, we'd
be looking around to see if mother or dad and the rest of them was there. But
see how, the Holy Spirit in His wisdom? We meet one another first, and then when we get
there and sing "Amazing Grace," that's when there's going to be a
time of worship.
You know, I saw this in my dream when I was in that
big tent. I remember looking around and seeing everyone I knew that made it,
and I remember saying to myself "we all made it" And I knew you, but
after I awoke God withheld from me those I saw except my family members. But I
saw you people there. It was as real to me as it is standing here in this
pulpit. And then Billy Paul came in and stood three feet away from me and said
His daddy had arrived and would be coming through the side doors in a couple
hours.
When Their Eyes Were Opened - 56-0420 Soon there's
something greater that this coming; it'll soon be here. It'll be marvelous
then, if the Lord willing. How many ever read my last vision that's
been wrote up in the magazine? Wait till you see that take place. Then
this'll be minor, what the Lord's fix - you'll just keep on and on, on and on.
Jesus is coming. The time of the gathering of the people is at hand, and
we must look forward to great things to happen. How many read the
sermon, "When Omnipotence Speaks, Miracles Happen?"
Did you believe that? Certainly! Omnipotence spoke at every junction. And when
the church cooled off then Omnipotence spoke; miracles takes
place. And this is the junction of all junctions; this is the end time.
The end of the whole history of the world is right now at hand. So you can
expect Omnipotence to speak, and you can expect the greatest and mightiest miracles that's ever happened on the earth will
happen in the next few years to come, Jesus tarries. It will be!
God In Simplicity - 63-0317 1M 58-5 God just speaks and the
Rapture will come. It ain't going out there and them
Angels come down and shovel out the grave and get out an old dead carcass here.
What is it? It is born of sin to begin with - but a new one made in
its likeness. If we have this, we will die again. See? Nobody can say,
"The graves will open. The dead shall walk out." That may be true,
but not open the way you say open. That's right. See? It won't be like
that. It'll be a secret, because He said He would come like a thief in the
night. He's already told
us this, the Rapture, then judgments will strike -
sins, plagues, sickness, and everything. The people will cry for death
to take them from the judgment. "Lord, why is this judgment upon us
when You said that there would be a Rapture
first?" He will say, "It's
already come, and you didn't know it."
God hiding Himself in simplicity. Oh, my! All
right. "It's already happened and you knew it not." Why don't believers believe the simple signs of His
coming? They're expecting all this things that's spoke of by the Scripture,
and the moon is going to go down in the middle - the sun in the middle of the
day, and there's going to be all kinds of things... Why don't believers
believe the simple signs of His coming? They're expecting all this things
that's spoke of by the Scripture, and the moon's going to go down in the middle
of, the sun in the middle of the day, and there's going to be all kinds of
things.
You see that is what the whole Christian world is
looking for, and they are missing what He is doing now, by looking for those
things. Those signs are not for us, they
are for them that believe not the vindicated Word for this hour.
Oh, if we just had... I got the notes wrote
here on it (See?), to show what them things are, and we'll get it on the
breaking of these Seals this week anyhow. See, see? There it is, just where
it's already passed and you didn't know it. See? See if it is. If the Angel of
the Lord will break them Seals forth to us...
Remember, it's sealed with them seven mysterious thunders. See? Now, why can't people
believe the simple simplicity of a humble bunch of people and the Voice of the
signs of God? Why can't they believe
it? Just like it always been. The true Word of God being made manifest.
They're too smart and too educated to believe the simple form of the written
Word. They want to put their own interpretation to it. "It don't mean this." "It don't
mean that." It
DOES mean that. Listen. May I say this right quick now? Even the visions
that God gives here at the place, it's so misunderstood. That's the reason you
hear me on the tapes say, "Say what the tapes say. Say what the visions say."
Hebrews Ch7 - 57-0922 359-422 And He took His dead body from the grave
on the first day of the week, and brought it up into Heaven; and sat it there
as a High Priest, as a memorial, setting there perfect, forever. And He sent
the Spirit that He tore out of that body, right back down on the Church.
And that Church will have to have the same Spirit that was in that body, or it won't dovetail with It in the resurrection.
Those two pieces must come perfectly together; and if this church isn't
perfectly (just
exactly) the same Spirit that was in Christ, you'll never go in the Rapture.
There's the
everlasting covenant, brother. Seek it out yourself, what's in your own heart. Love
the Lord! Really be sure you're saved, don't take a chance on it. You're
gambling! No, you... We American people love to gamble, but don't you gamble
on That. You be sure that you're right; not
because you joined church, but because that you're truly borned again, Christ has come to you in the person of the Holy
Ghost.
Greater
Than Solomon Is Here - 58-
0625 So I pray that someday I'll see
that great uniting together of all the body of Jesus Christ coming together
at one great big body; then the rapture shall come.
What Is The Holy Ghost? - 59-1216
Now, the Spirit of God has worked under Justification under Luther,
Sanctification under Wesley, the Baptism of the Holy Ghost under Pentecost; and
here It is in the last day performing and doing the very same things that It
did when It was in Christ! What is it? The Church and Christ has become One. And as soon as They
connect together, that last link, She will go through the sky shouting. Up will
come Wesley, Luther, all the rest of them back in those days there. He that's first will be last; he that's last
will be first; and there'll come the resurrection.
Questions & Answers - 59-1223 And
then, when God's people begins to gather back together, there's unity,
there's power. See? And whenever God's people gets
together completely, I believe the resurrection will take place then.
There'll be a rapturing time when the Holy Spirit
begins to gather it up. It'll be in the minority, of course, but there will
be a great gathering.
Invisible
Uniting Time & Sign - 63-0818 We find that now the time comes when the
Trumpet sounds, and those sleeping saints back there that could not be made
perfect without us (there's many of those Hebrew brethren), and when
they come together, they unite with the living ones. The
Church uniting with the Word, then the Church and the Word uniting together,
being come one. The dead saints with the living saints
uniting together to be one; and all going together to unite with Christ yonder,
for the Wedding Supper of the Lamb. And to think of us standing, (in a moment, in a
twinkling of an eye, when
the world won't know what's going on), but all of a sudden, you'll
see appear before you, your loved ones that's gone on has come to unite with
you again. And we'll be changed in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye; and
be caught up, together, to meet our Lord in the air. Let's get ready Let's get ready for this
So those who think the tent will be universal, to the
world once again, they are mistaken. The Omega resurrection will be only for
the elect. be ready and be watching for it. be expecting it and you will partake of it. For he comes to them who are expecting Him.
How Can I Overcome - 63-0825 1M Sooner or later we're going
to have to give each other up. But that won't hurt the rapture now. See? No. They
come first then. Them are privileged
that's gone on. They come first, See, we which are alive and remain to the coming of the Lord will
not hinder or prevent those that are asleep. The trumpet of God shall sound,
and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then when our eyes behold our loved ones, then we'll be
changed in a moment in a twinkling of an eye, and with them shall be caught
up together.
Going Beyond The Camp - 64-0719 2E And you know, we'll be caught up
together to meet the Lord in the air. Think of it! Missing people, they
can't see you no more, but you're getting together with the rest of the group.
"They which are
alive and remain to the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (or `hinder,' the word is) those which are asleep." Not dead, no, Christians don't die.
They're just taking a little rest (see?); that's all. Oh, my! "And the trump of God shall sound, and the
dead in Christ shall rise first, appear to many.." And all at once you happen to stand and look, and "Well, there's a brother..." And you know it ain't long. In a
few minutes we'll be changed in a moment in a twinkling of an eye, and together
with them be missing on earth, caught up to meet the Lord in the air.
Questions & Answers - 64-0823 1M Then you believe that Jesus Christ is that
Word, and that Word is made flesh now among us, fulfilling exactly what He said
He would do in this age. Now, the first
thing happens when we're resurrected ... The ones which are a-living will just
still remain ... The resurrection will set in first, the resurrection of
those that are asleep. There'll be a wakening time, and those which are
asleep in the dust now ... will be awakened first, and they'll - these
corruptible bodies will put on incorruption in the rapturing
grace of the Lord. And then we'll all get together. And when they
begin to get together, then we which are alive and remain shall be changed.
These mortal bodies will not see death, but just of a sudden, there'll be
like a sweep go over us, and you're changed. You're turned back like
Abraham was, from an old man to a young man, from an old woman to a young
woman. What's this sudden change? And after while you're
traveling like a thought, and you can see those then who are already
resurrected. Oh, what a hour! Then we'll
gather with them and then be caught up with them to meet the Lord in the air.
Yes, the Church will all be
together, but after, after the resurrection and the rapture has set in.
Luke
Now, my dear friend. See? Now, I think here that you got a good
statement. Yes, sir! Yes, sir! Now, that would be so. You said, "Brother
Branham..." In other words, here's what I'm... I don't think that it's...
I can... I believe I... Not polishing up what you
said, but I believe I can make it a little clearer to people. See? You are believing, because of the Spoken Words and things like
that that He said about. And all of you here witnessed the squirrels and all
these other things that's been done. But did you notice, that was Sovereignly given! I never asked
Him, "Lord, let me do this, speak these things in like that, do these things
there." I never asked Him that. He by His own Divine will came to me
and said, "You
go do this."
Questions & Answers - 64-0823 1M The time of the
rapture will be the awakening of the dead and the get together with the living,
for the rapture to take place. And
Jesus can not come until a church, a body of believers and the ministry that He
once...?... will have to be the same as it was then
to... And then, that brings... "Them without us is not
made perfect," Paul said, Hebrews 11. "Without us they cannot be perfected." They must have this ministry to raise
up the Lutheran, Wesleys, and all them down through
their ages.
Questions & Answers - 64-0823 1M And then shall he send his
angels, and ... gather together his elect from the four winds, and the utmost
parts of the earth to the uttermost parts of heaven. That's talking of the
resurrection, the translation, going up. He will send forth His angels to
gather. Did you ever think what the angels are? Huh? Messengers. He will gather them together, congregate
them together (see?), bringing them, bind them together from the utmost
parts of the earth to the utmost parts of Heaven, the Word that was been made
manifest on earth. See? Get it? The Word's been spoken; here It's
manifested.
Easter Seal - 65-0410 And now, if that same Spirit
that was upon Him to be the Redeemer in that age, that we have accepted... Now,
the promise of in this last days what would take place, if you become part
of that Word, you are redeemed with Him, because the same Spirit that dwelt in
Christ is dwelling in you, quickening your life to this age. And it will
also in the end time quicken your mortal bodies, resurrect them, bring them up
again. That takes the gloom away when we look at it in that, and that's the
truth. Romans here, Paul has proved it to us. See? "If the Spirit that raised up Jesus
from the dead dwells in you, it will also quicken your mortal bodies." This is the same Spirit that raised Him up that
quickened the true believer to Eternal Life. The Spirit that raised up Jesus from the dead dwells into the believer,
quickens the believer to Eternal Life.
Rising of the Sun - 65-0418 1M 50-6And now (see?), now you are
already resurrected. When God raised Him up, He raised you; the Son is just
now on you. And now you're growing into a blossom Life like He was, to be
resurrected completely in that last day. Your potentials you have now.
Why do you know? Your soul changed, didn't it? Your body come in obedience to It, didn't it? Into obedience to what? A Church?
The Word, which is the Life. Then you are now
resurrected from the dead. You potentially
have the Earnest, the waiting. Now, when you get the Dynamics, you have been
quickened from mortal to immortality. It makes the whole body come subject
to the Word. It'll make you act different, look different, live
different; It'll just make you different. Then (notice now,
as we close; notice this) notice, it's just like a little seed laying in the ground. Now, potentially, you are resurrected.
You're resurrected when you receive the Holy Spirit in you; you're
resurrected right then. Your body's potentially resurrected.
Notice brother Branham said, It
makes the whole body come subject to the Word. It'll make you act different, look different, live
different; It'll just make you different. ...And You're
resurrected when you receive the Holy Spirit in you; you're resurrected right
then. Your body's potentially resurrected.
Notice, that is the very same language brother Branham
uses in referring to John
Faith once delivered to the saints 57-0610
P:38 Jesus said, "If
I do not the works of God, then don't believe Me."
But He did the works of God. And He said, "I do not do nothing in Myself, till I see the Father do it first. Whatever I see
the Father doing, then the Son does likewise."
He said, "He that believeth on Me,
the works that I do shall he do also." That was the Church. Christ left this that His Church would have
His Spirit. And the Spirit of Christ will perform, and act, and live like
Christ.
And if that is what John
14:12 will produce in us, then it will also produce a resurrection
in us, because Paul said if the same Spirit that raised up Jesus from the dead
dwells in us it will make us alive, resurrected so to speak while we are yet in
the bodies of this death.
Questions & Answers - 64-0823 1M I'm saying to you in the name
of a prophet (see?) - in the name of a prophet, the
resurrection and rapture will be general all over the entire world! No
matter where you're at, when that hour comes, you'll be caught up to meet
Him! That's all! There's nothing going to stop you, no matter where you
are. And I only hope that I'm there, one of them. I just only trust and
hope in God that I'll be one of them and each one of you will be in the - in
the same.
Questions & Answers - 64-0823 1M Across the world, they won't be gathered
in one place to have things in common. But little groups of them will be
scattered all over the earth. I believe, maybe if the Lord permits, this is
a little group of It. Maybe another
little group in
Letting Off the Pressure 62-0518 Can't you see we're at the end
time? It's all over. The next thing will be a sweep of getting that little
group together, and in a month or so she'll be gone - as soon as she's gathered
together. We're at the end; there's no hopes left anywhere. Run to Christ,
people!
Seven Church Ages - 54-0512 "Behold He cometh with
clouds." Now, let me stop here just a moment. Clouds
doesn't mean that He's coming on a big thunderhead as mama, bless her
heart - she's sitting here somewhere. I remember her voice, she used to set and
tell me, said, He's coming on a great big cloud, gonna
raise someday and God's gonna come on. Now the Cloud that He's coming is, if we just
had the time to get this back, and get the real background and the whole thing.
Now the Cloud
He's coming in is not a cloud, like a thunderhead, but it's a Cloud of Glory
He's coming in. See? Now, when
Jesus was overshadowed by God on
I Know - 60-0417 1S And if
Job by a vision could stand so firmly upon a promise, how much more ought we to
do, after Christ has raised from the dead and become the First Fruits of those
that slept, and sent back the Holy Spirit as a seal of promise, upon us, that
we too shall live. "Because, I live, you live also!" Seeing His great Presence among
us, working, doing the same signs and wonders that He did on earth, giving us a
hope. And we come to the resurrection, and then remain on our ash
heaps? Let's get off the ash heap today, with a new vision, with a new
Power, with a new determination that we see God in His Power. We see the
resurrection of the things coming.
The Entombment - 57-0420 Our own life is
just a pattern. It's just a shadow, and not the real thing. It's the
negative side. It takes death to develop the picture, to put us back in the theophany we come from. Then in the resurrection we come
in His likeness, a resurrected body, what a beautiful, not only
beautiful but it's the real, solemn truth of God's eternal Word,
that we'll be like Him.
Let us pray..