The Rapture #2

The Rapture # 2

Bro. Lee Vayle October ?? 1967

Well now, that fellow’s a real diplomat. I don’t think I’d hire him, if I had anything to hire with. [laughter] Nice to see nice people, I don’t think I quite qualify there, but, always nice to meet them, when they’re nice. Let’s bow our heads in a little prayer. Shall we? Bro. Branham said, “Talk to the author of the Book.”

Our Father, again we look to You tonight, knowing Lord God, that what has been set before us is so true, that there isn’t any man knows the things of God, save the Spirit of God. That is, in God, of God, and that is God. We pray now Lord, that Your Spirit will be in our lives here, and we will be honest enough to give Him the exact pre-eminence, that He is due. Which is that He is to teach us, and lead us into all truth. Lord, we would not be guilty of comparing spiritual with carnal. But Lord, we would be honorable, and compare spiritual to spiritual. Help us Lord therefore, to receive Your Word, as It is written to understand It, and may that same Word have Its full course in our lives, that You might be glorified. We commit ourselves into Your hands Lord, unreservedly believing that we shall receive Word from You tonight. Not thoughts of man, but indeed, the Word of God. And Lord God, we know then we’ll be right. We ask this for Your glory Lord. And hang upon Your mercy, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

1. Now, this morning we took the first phase of the Rapture. Using as the Scripture…the Scripture that Bro. Branham taught in Yuma, just previous to his death, when he said, he read to us, [1 Thessalonians 4:]

(15) For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are

alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not (go before) them

which are asleep.

(16) For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the

voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ

shall rise first:

(17) Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them

in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the

Lord.

Now, he taught that the Rapture would be a secret Rapture, but, in three phases. And that the Shout was a Message, and that the voice of the archangel was the raising of the dead, the bodies coming out of the grave, and with the trump of God, which would be the summoning to the marriage supper. And this seemed to be a difficult thing to attempt to believe, except when you look in the Word you find that we are understanding of the word ‘shout’, is entirely foreign to the Scriptural meaning. The word ‘shout’ to us, is a large or great noise, that attracts attention. But, that is not the meaning of the word. And so therefore, you’ll find some modern versions which attempt to correctly set it forth, for the Lord Himself, shall descend from heaven, with the voice of command.

2. Well, that sounds interesting, but, that’s still very vague. Command what? He already commanded men to repent everywhere, having winked at their ignorance. Command men, what? What is the command? Does it signify that this is as a general descending, and thereby, somehow with His Voice, bringing the people into proper marching order? Well, that could well be it. It must be something, because it is not simply a noise, it’s a command. It is actually the command of assembling. Now, I want you to notice here, the thought of command. Because this is very, very important. You know, if it has a command, then there is a command to be obeyed. There is something that must be known, and adhered to. What is this command of assembling?

Now, the Lord has to assemble the people, because It says over here in 2 Thessalonians [2:]

(1) Now we beseech you, …by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,

and by our gathering together (to) him,

There is an assembling. Now, if the people are going to assemble, the assembling has to start with whatever the Lord is bringing by means of this Shout, or this voice. Now also, It tells us, that not only is this not just a noise that would attract attention. But the voice, is not even the voice of the Lord. Now, that sounds strange to say the Lord Himself will descend. And it’s not even going to be His voice, …that’s the actual truth. So, it should be, written here, the Lord Himself, shall come down from heaven, and there will be a voice that He will use. Because that is so. Now, God spoke to Moses and said, “I’m going to go down and deliver Israel out of Egypt.” And then He sent Moses to do it. He also said, “I’m going to go down and see if the cry of Sodom is altogether as I’ve heard.” And he sent two angels. So, the Lord’s coming down, is not necessarily signifying the personal Presence of God appearing visibly, and manifesting Himself to the people coming down. But, that it is God coming down by a special means.

3. And the special means, with God delivering Israel was, by a man, a prophet. And the special means of God investigating Sodom and Gomorrah, was by angels. Now, also in the Book of John when Jesus mentioned He came down, He designated Himself as the bread of heaven. Now, we know that the bread is the Word of God, for “Man shall not live by bread alone, but, every word that proceeds out of the mouth Of God.” [Mt 4:4] It’s the food of the believer, is the Word of God. “I esteem Thy Word, more than (my)necessary meat.” [Jn 23:12] So, we see here then, bringing out Scripture, which has been veiled until this time, …that’s within the last couple of years…that though the Greek scholars knew this, and they were able to translate it, and those in the Aramaic, it was absolutely unrevealed to them. Now, I know what I’m talking about, because I have got the Greek references.

I didn’t hatch this up by my own thinking. It didn’t come out simply because Bro. Branham said so. I received It, because he said It, but I began searching and cross referencing in the Scripture. Now, many people don’t like that. But, as I said this morning, if he sat in that room for one week in Jeffersonville, in his home, the Pillar of Fire hung in that room, and taught him, yet, his own words were that he immediately cross referenced everything the Pillar of Fire said, to know he wasn’t being deceived. And don’t me, you or I are going to get any bigger than he, so, you just take what he said, and forget it. You find out what it’s about. You search it. Many people don’t understand this, and here’s where the Laodicea spirit comes in. Because they say, “We don’t need anybody, we’ve got the tapes, we heard the prophet, that’s that.” And just about every place you go, everybody’s got a different idea. So, hogwash.

4. You need some, you need people. Now, I’m not vindicating myself, because you never called me to preach, God did. One woman from here, told me I should quit preaching. She said, “Maybe not you, but maybe more of you should quit preaching.” I said, “Sister, God called me to preach, you didn’t.” Almost killed me once for quitting, I’m going on this time. If I preach, I’ll preach, 'till I die. And nobody likes it…who cares. Evidently you seem to be a least happy in a way, because you’re here, and I appreciate that very much. Not that somebody comes and gives you a line to swallow, and says, “You take it.” Find out if these things be so. The people found out that even Apollo was right. They studied, you see. They were commended for it. So, he taught us, and said this was the Message. And that’s exactly what it is. It’s Christ coming down by the prophet, the bread broken to the people of this day.

That’s right. And there was a special manifestation given, because of the Pillar of Fire appeared in June 11, 1933. And the feet of the mighty angel of Revelation, were as Pillars of Fire, and it’s in the end time age that the feet of the image are exposed. Clay and iron mingled. See? And in fire, represents judgement. Because his feet were as brass, burnt in the furnace. Why do I say that? Because when the Bride goes, judgement has to hit the earth. And it’s going to. The retributive wrath of God, will come upon this earth in the Great Tribulation. So that the Scripture saying, “The Lord Himself, descending from heaven with a Shout.” [1 Th 4:16] Is the Lord Himself, bringing a particular revelation, for this age. And it’s not His voice. So, it’s got to be the voice of somebody. Now, you know that God, does not deliver His ministry to angels, which ministry, is for the Bride. Never.

5. When He came down, He never took upon Himself the form of an angel. The Scripture absolutely denies that He did. He took upon Himself, the form of a man. And God became flesh. Not our flesh. But, I think you might call it the original flesh of Adam… as for all I know. Because he was yet another way, different. Because this time was the Blood of God, though Adam and Eve did have the life of God in them. The son of God…you can’t deny that. Adam was the first man. Christ was the second. And God brought down His revelation of redemption to mankind. Because He was their redemption. And He doesn’t minister by angels…that is, heavenly beings. He ministers by human beings, that are called angels. Messengers, ‘angelos’ in the Greek, but it’s a messenger. And so He will have a messenger bringing a Message to the people, which is the first step to the Rapture, because it gets them in motion to be caught up.

And if you don’t get in motion to be caught up, forget it. Now, here’s where we’re going to have a real divergence of opinion. And I’ll be called ‘bigoted’, and so will you. And you’ll be excoriated, just like me, and they’ll think we’re a bunch of frauds and nin-cum-poops, and God know what. But I challenge any man living, to prove to me, that if this is the real Word of God which we know it to be, just exactly what we were taught, if this is the first step of the Rapture, don’t tell me you can have step number two and three, without getting step number one. Now, you may have people think you can.

6. Now, that’s fine by me. Because they can do what they want to. Because I’m not responsible. Every man bears his own burden at Judgement Day. But, I take the unequivocal stand tonight, that if you reject step number one of the Rapture, you have automatically destroyed yourself as pertaining to being at the great marriage supper of the Lamb. You haven’t got a chance.

Now, it’s just that hard. You’re say, “Well, you’re destroying Christ.” That’s a lie from hell. I am not destroying Christ, I’m exalting Him. You say you’re going to meet around Jesus. Hogwash! You meet around His Word. People at Pentecost, if you’ve got a Pentecostal background anymore, …I’ve got one too. And people say, “I sought God.” How did you seek God? How did you seek Him? Well… I got God, …you don’t even know how. “I worship God.” You lie. From your soul up, in your boots. You can’t worship God without Spirit and truth. And truth, is the Word. You say, “I’m going to pray to God.” How do you pray to God? You can’t pray without the Word. You can’t seek God without the Word. You don’t know God without the Word. You have nothing without the Word. It is this Word or perish, because God is the Word.

7. Now, He even revealed Himself in the Word. Samuel, that’s one of my favorite verses. I’m also sorry Bro. Branham didn’t use it. …Well just because I think it’s a verse he should have used. Maybe it didn’t come to his attention. But, he preached so hard on this. God is the Word.

[1 Samuel 3:]

(21) And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh…

Now, notice this, let me give you an illustration here. Now, I’ve got my glass case here, it just now appeared, right? It appears again, right? That’s what It says,

(21) And the LORD appeared (twice) …

And He did it by the Word. See? That’s why, when God revealed Himself in flesh, it was the Word revealed in flesh. And when He comes again, it’s the Word riding upon the white horse. See? Certainly, it is. So, when we talk tonight about the Rapture, and the three phases, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself descending, bringing with Him that other portion. The dead coming out of the grave. We would say to you by the Word of the Lord, this is “Thus Saith the Lord”, there has got to be the voice of God come in this last day with a message, that begins to put the Bride in motion. The living Bride on earth. Right. She’s not put in motion, [but] by the Lord’s Word. And it’s got to be now. Not in the ages which are past. It’s now, because we’re talking about the living, that’ll be caught up. And anyone who denies that, will never take a part in the real Rapture, just otherwise, as far as I’m concerned, if I didn’t believe what I preach tonight, and see It, I’d just throw this in the gutter and say, "Forget it."

8. Talk about rallying around Jesus Christ. Never mind the dogma, never mind the Word. That Jesus said to the Pharisees, “You worship Me in vain. Having your own ideas, instead of the Word of God.” Now, I want to show you something here. They were not the bunch of apostates that you might think they were. If as they were vulgar heathen. They were the elite, the spiritual elite of the day, and they were God’s children according to election. And they missed it.

Now, come on, I didn’t tell you that…that’s the truth. If they weren’t, who were? Was it the Romans? No. Was it the Greeks? No. Was it the Africans? The Abyssinians? No. Was it the English people? The French? No. Who was it? The only, of all nations, have I had respect to. Nobody but Israel was in the covenant. And they missed Jesus Christ, one hundred percent. Now it wasn’t the generation before them missed it. And it wasn’t the generation before them, that missed it. It was Christ’s own generation, that missed it.

And do you know what He said, when they hung Him on the cross? Blot their names out of the Book of Life. He was that revealed Word. Why? Because He was what the prophets were talking about. Now, we’ve got the same thing again in the last days. The Lord Himself, is descending from heaven, coming down. That’s what the Bible says. Now, is this Scriptural, that there should be a Message of the last day? Let’s find out.

9. The Book of Revelation 10:7 tells us there is going to appear a prophet.

(7) …in the days of the voice of the seventh [messenger], when he shall begin to sound, (notice) the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

What mystery? The Word revealed. That’s right. The Word revealed.

(7) …in the days of the voice of the seventh [messenger], when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

Why? Because the mighty angel that came down, Christ in Spirit, revealing Himself through the ministry, and the word of the prophet said, “Time will be no longer delayed.” Once this preacher, this prophet hits the scene, and begins to reveal God in the Word, and the mysteries of the Word, by a preaching, teaching ministry. Corroborated as I brought out this morning, by the supernatural. It says, “This is it.” It started, and you’ll not stop it. Adam alone in the end, with the Bride being Raptured. Now, so what is the Seventh angel, or Seventh Messenger? There’s only one Seventh Messenger in the Bible that speaks. It’s the Seventh Age Messenger, the Laodicean Age Messenger. And he’s a prophet. And remember, there are only two messengers mentioned in the Word of God to the Gentiles, that are prophets. Paul, a Jew. And now in this last Age, the Messenger will be a prophet. Why? Because God brings His Word to the prophet.

10. Let’s take a look at Malachi again. Malachi, let’s read chapter 3, first. Malachi 3:1-4

(1) Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom (you) seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom (you) delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

(2) But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: (and so on)

Do you know something? That the two comings of Jesus Christ, are right in those two verses. The time of Christ’s appearing in His body here on the earth, as Redeemer. And the time He appears to the 144,000, and He judges the earth. In other words, He destroys all those that come up against Israel. Now, notice in [Malachi] chapter 4.

(5) Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

(6) And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

Do you know that in there, is the first and second coming of Christ? Certainly. We know the first coming is mentioned, because Jesus, the angel of the Lord, brought this to Zachariah.

11. In Luke 1:16-17, speaking of John the Baptist,

(16) And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

(17) And he shall go before (God) in the spirit and power of (Elijah), to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, …

And he doesn’t repeat the second part. That takes place at the end of the age. Notice, he

(17) … turns the hearts of the fathers to the children. (even) …the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

There’s no place in the Bible about a prepared people, except, the Gentiles, under election. In the Book of Romans. And It says right here, He’s going to turn,

(17) … the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; …

Now, what’s a disobedient person? How do you know you disobeyed God, only unless you know the Word. What’s the wisdom of God? The Word is God. Then, what was wrong with these people? They were off the Word, and yet, they were the Elect of God. Do you know, that for hundreds of years Israel never had four prophet? Same thing right today. We had reformers. Do you realize Israel didn’t have a prophet in my understanding for four hundred years? And do you know God, gave us a reformer four undred years ago, and brought us up to the end time to the prophet just like He did in the end time through John? He brought in John, the prophet/messenger. It worked out like clockwork…exactly.

Everything just dove-tailed, everything is paralleled. Israel had seven ages, we had seven ages. Israel didn’t have a prophet for four hundred years…we didn’t have anything. We had reformers, the best we could get. Then came the one prophet, roughly four hundred years later. Now, notice in here, that these ones were to be turned back to the Word of God. Now, the Scripture says in the end time, there’s going to be somebody to turn the hearts of the children to the fathers.

12. Now, what in the world is the children of the father’s situation? It tells us here in the Book of Acts 3:25, Peter speaking

(25) (You) are the children of the prophets, …

How are you children of the prophets? Because you are the children of the Word, and you are what the Word spoke of. See? So, what’s it going to be in the end day, when the hearts of the children are turned to the fathers? They’re going to be turned back to the prophets, upon what is the foundation of the Church, built. The Apostles, and the prophets because they brought us the Word. Then, where are the hearts of the children going to be turned? They’ve got to be turned back to the word of the prophets and Apostles, as we know the doctrine of the New Testament. And you know that as well as I do because if anybody came and turned their hearts back to Moses, they would be doing dishonor to the Word of God, because you can’t go back to Moses. He’s finished. The law and the prophets was until John, and grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

And if you go back to the law, the Bible says, “Grace is of none effect, and Christ is of none effect.” You’re going to hell in your sins, turn down this Message. And I proved to you again, you’re lost and undone. You can’t have your cake and eat it. You’ve got a prophet coming on the scene and turning the hearts of Israel back to the law. And you don’t even know your Bible, you don’t know anything because when Moses and Elijah are going to come, they’re going to talk about Jesus Christ.

13. And when Christ comes and appears, they’re going to find out that He appeared ...?... And they’re going to find what Jesus said about Himself, and what Paul said about Him…and the other apostle is exactly right. And He’s not going to say, “Well, let's go back to the law. You’re just sweet little people didn’t know any better, we’ll just go back and we’ll sacrifice bulls and goats, take your time, it’s all right.” Because if you go back to Moses, you go back to a blood offering, of bulls and goats. Moses was just a servant in the house. He wasn’t the builder. Christ is the builder. You don’t go back and worship the servant once you get the man of the house. So, the hearts are not turned back to the law.

The hearts must be turned back to the pure Word of God, in order for the faith of God to have control in this end time. Because perfect faith is predicated upon the perfect Word. With everybody with so many ideas in this last day, and those ideas are prevalent, and will be even amongst us, until God works the thing out because it’s by revelation. There’s no such thing as a dynamism of faith, until that Word becomes absolutely clear to exactly what It means. They're split every which way. But, the Scripture says He’s going to turn the hearts back. When John the Baptist came, he laid out that Word.

14. And there was a group of people who heard the Word, and they said they were wrong, and they went to the Word. In the end time there has to be a prophet also, who brings the Word. And the people say, “That’s exactly right, and we believe He said we were wrong in what we said.” And that’s what we find right here in the Book of Thessalonians, where we have been taught the Lord is going to descend with a big Shout. How can there be a secret Rapture, with this great big noise? This word in the Greek is never used to attract attention. Just alone, everything attracts attention. This microphone attracts attention. The lights attract attention. The dog running down the street, attracts attention. Little kids playing in the street, attracts attention. Radio going, attracts attention. But was it meant to attract attention? No.

He is not attracting attention, basically. It is the Word coming to the people, in order that the hearts be turned back. So, we’ve got three complete references in the Word of God. The Lord descending, the start of the Rapture with God bringing His own Word to the people by a prophet. One: first witness. Secondly: Revelation 10:7. Thirdly: Malachi 4:5-6. Which is perfection. “Let it be in the mouth of three witnesses.” [2 Cor 13:1] Then, you’ve got to take it, because that’s perfection. That’s God. Now, remember this, when John came he didn’t do miracles. So, when John was on the scene, they didn’t know who or what he really was. There were those who, because of the Spirit, elected, were drawn to John, and believed him. But, he did no miracles. Why? Because Christ was coming, with miracles. Now, in this age, Christ does not appear to the Bride on earth, in a human form. He, Himself.

15. So therefore, God cannot send a prophet and then vindicate him, by God appearing on the scene. The fact that God has appeared on the scene by revelation, and that will soon be appearing in clouds of glory, after the tribulation takes place, and the Bride has caught away. He will now send His prophet thoroughly vindicated by a supernatural ministry of the Holy Ghost. God revealing Himself in a prophet, as the proof that this is what’s true. Now, if you don’t believe that, …which I believe you do believe though.

Luke 17:26

(26) And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the

Coming of the Son of man.

This, tells me here, that the days of Christ will repeat. But, not Christ. Now, I talked this over with Dave Mamalis Dave Mamalis is a native-born Greek. He studied the classic Greek for many, many years, in Europe. Because they have to, over there. The very Greek, this Bible was written in. Not being a theologian, thank God, he didn’t have any axes to grind. So, I said, “Dave, said from your encyclopedia”, …which is simply a Greek dictionary, this many volumes, paid $100 in postage alone to bring it over…

I said, “What does it mean to say the ‘days of the Son of man’?”

Well, he got out his big old dictionary, went through, and said,

“Well, it’s this way. Supposing you and I went for a picnic, (and he said), later on we got to feeling like we’d like to talk about the picnic. And we’d say, “My, I wish we had those days again.” (He said,) what you’re saying is this according to the Greek verbatim, ‘I wish we could duplicate those experiences.’”

16. All right. Christ came, and experientially showed to the people that He was God. He read their hearts, giving them the sign of Messiah. He showed the tremendous and mighty miracles, He could do. Two things He did not do. He did not superimpose upon the people His sovereignty, nor His creative power. Though, He was both. Because He came as the Lamb of God, to redeem the world. It is not strange therefore in this age, when His ministry returns, but, He Himself, does not. To vindicate the prophet who will bring the Message, who has the voice of the sign, then, the voice of the Word. I say, it is not strange that this time, because it is God Himself coming, bringing those in Christ, that the prophet would have the sign of creation, which He did. Which He did.

There’s no doubt. The days of Christ, the prophet would return to this earth. They would be of course, predominant over any creative act. Because Son of man does not refer to creative acts. It refers to the prophetic ministry. Son of man, Son of David, Son of God. Son of man is the prophet. “The Lord your God will raise up a prophet like unto Me, (said Moses), and him (you will hear, or be cutoff).” [Deut 18:15] Again, Son of David, the anointed One, sitting upon the throne. And we know Son of God now, the Holy Spirit, the Great One, Who is governing now from the Mercy Seat. I use that terminology, now He could be off the Mercy Seat. But, I use it as theological terminology, Word terminology.

17. Now it says, [Luke 17:]

(26) And as it was in the days of Noe, so (it’s going to be) in the days …

Period, d-a-y-s plural. Days of Noah, days of the Son of man. A period of time. Now, that’s exactly what Revelation says over here in the days of the voice of the Seventh Messenger, when He is going to begin to sound, the mysteries of God open up.

The vindicated prophet would come with a great ministry. Which would be the literal ministry of Christ on earth. And that’s exactly what we saw. You’ve got that, you look around, you’ll see a lot of people have healing ministries. You show me, listen you put all the ministries of healing together, from the time of the Apostle Paul, to William Branham, and you will not find all of them put together could stand and say, “Bring me twenty-four of your worst cases, I guarantee healing for all.” Show me all of them` put together, had a trance and vision like he did. I’ve got an article right here by a fellow who’s a Trinitarian, claims he’s a prophet. Well, it’s here somewhere. Yeah. Hogwash. I can show you, he lied in the very things he said Christ told him. I’m not smart, but, I’m no fool either.

I can prove he’s had the same thing happen to him, as the days of St. Martin. When a highly beautiful angel came in and said, “I’m Jesus Christ, worship Me.” Because this one did not say what the Word of God says. And Paul says, “…though…an angel from heaven, (sayeth anything different than me), let him be accursed.” [Gal 1:8] If some of them are okay with a Trinitarian Pentecostal, it’s sure not going to rank in my books, or, any of God’s books, as a man of God for this day.

18. It says over here in [Luke 17:] verse 22, the same Book.

(22) …The days will come, when (you) shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and (you) shall not see it.

(23) And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after …

It’s not going to happen. Once the days of the Son of man come, there’s only one thing left. And that is, that He Himself, will appear in clouds of glory, after the Rapture. We have seen those days upon this earth. And we will not see them again according to this Scripture. There’s no use looking for them. The only thing you can look for now, is it’s for the Word of God to become effective in the Bride. And the next step is for the graves to open.

19. Now, it’s mentioned this morning, that when this man was upon earth here, there was going to be a time according to Matthew 24:24 that the Spirit of God would literally anoint false prophets. Just like Balaam. Just like Judas. And they would deceive everybody but those who were called out by the Word.

(24) For there shall arise false Christs, (even lying) prophets, …

What’s a lying prophet? He’s a man that God allows to come on the scene with a genuine sign and wonder, to test you, whether you will leave the Word. Now, God said in the Book of Deuteronomy, “I’m going to send a man amongst you, and they’ll come with signs and wonders. They’ll come with genuine signs, and they’ll have genuine vision. It will come to pass, and then, they’ll lead you from it.” Now, I want to ask you a question. How do you get led from God? There’s only one way you can get led from God. That’s by getting away from His Word. Because you don’t know It, otherwise. How do you know if you’re led by God? You’re in the Word. Woman said, “I was led of God,” and she preaches. She was nuts. Sure, obvious as she is, the devil told her, to go preach, God didn’t tell her to preach. When she made up her mind she was going to preach, God said, “Go ahead” just like Balaam.

20. How could she say what God’s Word didn’t say? Talked to a young colored boy, where I was preaching one time. He believed in women preachers, because he loved this woman under whose ministry he was converted. I said, “Alright then son, just answer me one question. Paul told us in the Word of God that a woman couldn’t preach. Do you think that maybe Paul made a mistake?

He said, “I think, maybe he did.” I said, “I’m sorry, it’s in the Bible, …?...”

Said, “You denied God to his face, you’ve had it. You’re finished.”

Rocked him right back on his heels, he stuttered, and mumbled, and said, “I didn’t really mean that.”

Said, “You better not.” I said, “I only said that not to your faith, but shake you, kid.”

You’d better smarten up, doesn’t matter what you think or what I think, or what we feel, It’s what God said. So therefore, a prophet can come, and he’ll show genuine signs and wonders, and It will be God testing the people. But, He said, “The Elect won’t be fooled.” Why? Because they’ll check the prophet, that he’s in the Word. So, the first step then, to the Rapture, is that there will be a great period of time. Great, in the sense of duration compared to the next two phases of the Rapture. That the people of God cannot be caught up, with the dead coming out of the grave, until a prophet with the vindicated ministry of Christ returning to earth, comes on the scene, and brings the people the revealed mysteries of the Seven Thunders, which is the mysteries of the Word of God, given by the prophet. He himself, being one. And It says that this Message, will put the people in motion to the Rapture.

21. Now, what if this Message scatters them? Or, they don’t take the Word? They won’t make it. Now, I know it sounds very strange because they say that means it makes man the criterion. Just come and hear me preach the prophet. A fallible man, with the infallible Word of God. Then I’ll prove to you, your idea of a prophet, isn’t God’s idea. So, somebody’s got to go, and it won’t be God. Because he said, “I’ll remain forever.” Hallelujah. He didn’t say that about you. And He said, “His Word remains with us.” In fact, His Word is probably above His Name. In fact, He backs up His Word. So, somebody’s got to be wrong. The reason I put it this way so strong, is because I had the same problem. I figured if God sent a prophet, he would send a prophet the way I wanted a prophet. My idea. But, I searched the Scriptures diligently, and I found that my idea didn’t work. And I knew He wouldn’t listen. Because I don’t believe you can twist God’s arm.

If I can twist God’s arm, I’m bigger than God. Now, let’s go back again to the Book of 1 Thessalonians. It says, that this will take place, it will be this Word, and this is a command. A command is a command. Now, the next is a voice of the archangel. Now, we are acquainted with the fact that Bro. Branham taught us the voice of the archangel, was the dead coming out of the grave. Now, this seemed to be quite a stickler to me, until I traced it through the Scripture, …to the best of my ability, because there isn’t a great deal on it.

22. And I found out, where the archangel was mentioned, which is in the Book of Jude, the little Book before Revelation. And in the verse 9 It says,

(9) Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body…

And that’s what comes out of the grave. So, I knew I was on good ground.

(9) … (and he) durst not bring against him a railing accusation (against him) but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

Now, what is the archangel got to do with the body coming out of the ground? Well, what’s it got to do with God sending an angel to get it, and the devil saying he can’t have it? That’s the question. What’s the devil got to do with this, anyway? Now, it's a dead body, so we’re on good ground, to find out if Bro. Branham was right. What the Lord showed him. That the voice of the archangel, was the dead coming out of the grave. All right. Let’s check our Scripture. What’s the dead coming out of the grave? Resurrection. Right? Okay.

23. Let’s go to the Book of Resurrection, which is the Book of, 1 Corinthians. I think that would be the logical thing to do, under the circumstances. And we may just find something… and I believe we do. Because It says here, 1 Corinthians 15:25

(25) For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.

(26) (and) The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

The last enemy to go, is death. Hold that in mind. Now, let’s go and find out some more about this old enemy, death. Who in the world’s got power in death? What’s this all about?

24. Turn to Hebrews 2:14

(14) Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part (a part, not all of it. See?) …that through death he might (not) destroy (but paralyze, render impotent) him that has the power of death, that is, the devil;

Now, when does the devil get put away? He gets bound after Armageddon. All right, why then did the archangel have a job with Satan? Because the devil has got the power of death. And once death is set in, and it’s over, not going to be raised by God, not until the Resurrection. And that body…the soul and spirit’s gone, the devil is the possessor of that body. Because he has the power of death. Now, he can’t take the soul and spirit, that’s in God’s jurisdiction. But remember, the Scripture says the body is dead because of sin. So, the spirit is life, because of righteousness. There’s a distinction there. He has the power of death. And he’s not put away. No sir. He’s not destroyed. He’s not bound. He is merely brought to naught. In other words, he can’t take the soul of the person, and keep it. Because if you and I die being Christians, we would go to the Paradise of God. We wouldn’t go in the Presence of God, we’d be caught up in Paradise.

We would not be in Hades, down there where the dead were before, waiting for Christ to come. No sir. He wouldn’t go into souls again, like people try to tell you. No sir. You’re fully alive and awake.

25. Right now, there’s a body according to 2 Corinthians 5:1

(1) … we have a (body eternal, not made with hands, that is waiting in heaven for you right now).

And if you were to go, you’d be up there right now, in that Spirit body. Yes sir. You wouldn’t be eating and drinking, but, you’d be enjoying fellowship. You’d look like you were many years ago…young looking. But, you wouldn’t have a physical body. Why? Because your body does not belong to God at this moment. It’s just been bought. Your body’s not been redeemed yet. Satan’s got the power of death. And so, when He said to Satan, “I want that body, and bury it myself.” Satan said, “You’re not going to take it.” And Michael the archangel knew it. He recognized who had the power of death. God’s not the death-giver, He’s that life-giver.

The devil’s got death. Why? Because death is life perverted. The devil took life and perverted it. Went away from the Word. Right, that’s why the church that hasn’t got the Word, is the purveyor of death. That’s why those who don’t believe the last day Message, will never be in, they can’t do it. Death will set in. So, death was in the body. See? The archangel was sent. But, death is in his domain. And as long as the devil is not bound, there can’t be a true Resurrection.

26. Now, let’s look at the Book of Revelation, 12:7, and see that, if that’s true.

(7) And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels…

Notice, who is it? Michael, the archangel. And his angels,

(7) … fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

(8) And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more…

Why? The Bride is going to go up there now. She’s not going to be cohorting with the old devil. It’s bad enough that old boy with just the devil and his angels down here, bothering us. We don’t need to be bothered up there. No siree. The old dragon was cast out, the old serpent called the devil, in Satan. He gives you the whole genealogy here. Which deceived the whole world…he was cast upon the earth, and his angels with him.

(10) And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

There it is. Why? Because there’s got to be a Rapture take place. And Satan having the power of death, he’s cast down. Why? Who? But, how? By God sending Michael, and His angels. Now, let’s see if this is right.

27. Let’s turn to the Book of 1 Corinthians, again. 1 Corinthians 15:51-54

(51) Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

(52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, …

That’s in the atoms, in the shortest space of time we know of, …that’s the duration of an atom, you might say. But, it also means; ‘in the atoms’, too.

(52) …at the last trump: …

What trump…what trump is going to sound? The trump of the last Messenger, after the Word of God has gone forth.

(52) … and the dead (in Christ) shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

(53) For this (corruption) must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

Now, notice.

(54) So, when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, (and I’m going to change the Bible) Death (has been defeated.)

Is that what it says? No. It doesn’t say that. It says, “…swallowed up...” Death has been surrounded and just nullified, like a great big sand…bulldozer come in to cover with sand. He’s under cover, but he’s there. Doesn’t say, “death is destroyed.” Doesn’t say, “He’s done away with.” Because the last to go into the Lake of Fire at the end, is death and the devil. Death and hell follow the antichrist, waits with the pallid horse. And death and hell do not ride into the Lake of Fire, except at the end of the Sixth Seal.

28. And right now, you’re under the Fourth Seal… those are the Seven Church Ages. So, the Rapture does not destroy death. The righteous coming out of the grave who died in Christ, does not destroy death. Why? You’re going to see the biggest death the world ever saw, when billions are destroyed, when Jesus Christ comes back. That’s right. Death is not done away with. No sir. It’s swallowed. It’s just pushed aside like the bulldozer piling sand on top of a snake. As long as you’ve got him covered in sand, he can’t bite, can’t coil and strike you, or do a thing.

Notice, It said, [1 Corinthians 15:]

(54) …Death is swallowed up in victory. (Not destroyed.)

(55) O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

(56) The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

(57) But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

29. Now, turn with me to Philippians 3: Let me read this. Paul speaking.

(10) That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, …

Notice, It does not say ‘the Resurrection’, it says, ‘his Resurrection’. What happened at His Resurrection? Tell me. Does anybody know? The dead came out of the grave. Right? The bodies came out of the grave, the Bible said. Right? Matthew 26: somewhere in there. The dead came, the bodies came out. They were seen walking the streets. Right? That was after His Resurrection. Paul says, [Philippians 3:]

(10) That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, (not these) and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

What is that? Death, itself.

(11) If by any means I (may) attain (to) the resurrection of the dead.

Now, that’s a contradiction. In the first place, you don’t have to try to attain to the Resurrection. You’re going to be there whether you want to or not. That’s as simple as a-b-c because the Bible says that Jesus died and rose again. And this is a witness that every man will stand in the Resurrection. There won’t be one missing, great and small, you can try and miss it. They walk... But, I’m going to say, with death, don't bring me out of the grave, just come on up. So, you know that this cannot be a proper translation. It couldn’t possibly be a proper translation, and it’s not because it doesn’t say that.

30. It says here,

(11) If by any means I might attain unto the (out) resurrection…

I won’t be in the Resurrection, but, I’ll come up, and I’ll be in it. I’ll be out of it. I’ll prove it to you. The Bible says there’s two Resurrections. Right? The first and second, is that correct? Entirely wrong. Entirely wrong. Because first of all, they came out with Christ. Is that a zero, or a minus one? No sir, that’s a Resurrection. But, it’s not ‘the’ Resurrection. The dead who come out when Christ, descends with the Bride is not ‘the Resurrection.’ It’s ‘out’ Resurrection. There’s only one Resurrection. And you hear Bro. Branham say it. “It’s the general Resurrection of Daniel 12: and Revelation 20:” When the sheep…so called, and the goats…so called, they’re like them, they’re not real sheep. The sheep never come into the judgement.

31. But, Matthew 25: also, is the Resurrection, and the White Throne. Daniel 12: Matthew 25: and Revelation 20: But, this is not it. This is His Resurrection. For He went down and shook His fist under the devil’s nose, and said, “I’m taking them anyway,” and brought them up. And He does the same thing right now. He sends His archangels down, they clean out the heavens to get the graves ready, and they say, “Graves raise them up.”

And, then devil is mad and says, “I don’t want to let them up. You know they’re mine,”

And God says, “I’m sovereign, I’ll take what I want... and bags. Just put them on the way.”

He said, “Deal with the crowd, there you are.”

Then, the dead come out of the graves. So, what is it? The voice of the archangel, is exactly what Bro. Branham said, “It is the dead, coming out of the graves.” With their glorified bodies. So, search the Scripture, It'll all work out. Now, what’s the third phase? Well, before the third phase comes, remember that the bodies of the dead saints were seen walking the streets of Jerusalem… and let them come back. Do you know something? I don’t think they were too happy though. [Bro. Vayle laughs] I can’t feature those old patriarchs coming out of the graves. You know, Joseph said, “Take my bones back.” Why? Because he was a prophet, he knew there’s a Resurrection. Where? In Jerusalem, no place else. Abraham said, “Bury me in a certain spot.” Jacob said, “Bury me in a certain spot.” Isaac in a certain spot. Job in a certain spot.

32. The people who came out with Jesus, were all buried right in a small area in Palestine. And they came right up into Jerusalem, and walked the streets. Who saw them? Only the Apostles, and those who the Elect were God. So, the dead will come out, and here is who will come first. Not Paul’s group. No sir. If God allows us to see them, before we’re changed. Although, one place Bro. Branham did say, “that we’d only see them when we’re changed.” In other places he told us, “that when the Apostles saw the dead come out of the graves, they sure got Resurrection faith in a hurry.” And he was hinting, that we’d sure get Resurrection faith in a hurry, if we saw them too. Well, I won’t argue the point. I’m not really interested in it because it doesn’t do anything for me in the sense that I have got to know at this time.

But, stick with the fact that they will be seen only by the Elect, when they’re changed. Remember, that the dead walk the streets, and believe, forty days, when Christ was here upon earth. Because there can be no Scripture to satisfy me that there is, that Psalms 24: was fulfilled immediately after He said to Mary, “…Touch me not, for I (must first ascend) …to My God, and your God.” [Jn 20:17] I am convinced, that He only went up in the triumphal shout and march, after the forty days, with the clouds received Him out of sight. They never saw the dead go in with Him. No sir. They just saw Him. But, they were invisible to them, but, they went up. And the triumphal shout of Psalms 24: after the forty days. So, the dead will literally walk the streets… those that were dead, I mean. Resurrected bodies, will literally walk the streets. And there is no doubt that they will be here in that very same period of time.

33. Whatever those days were, when they were seen upon earth. And they were recognized, as those coming out of the grave. Now, at this time of course, …at this time, in very short order, there will be the next thing which is, the Trump of God. Now, what is the Trump of God? The Trump of God is the Feast of the Trumpet, summoning God’s people to the Wedding Supper. Not the wedding, there is no wedding. It’s already consummated. That’s why it’s all over. You’re married to Christ…or, you’re not. See? There’s only one Bridegroom, to the Bride of all the Ages, …the Seven Ages…and they are already married. Now, I said a while ago, …(I forgot what I was going to say). Is when all the Ages come up, that those in the First Age, will be last. The Bible said, “The first shall be last, and the last shall be first.”

So therefore, the Bride in the First Age will come up last. Paul’s group. There, will be the Bride of this Age, and the man that God sent will be upon the earth first of all. And there will be absolutely no doubt, that under the truth of Bro. Branham being the last day Messenger, who brought the Word of God, he will appear first. And then, there’ll be Wesley; and Luther; and Columba; and Martin; and Irenaeus; and down into Paul. The Messenger that God gave in this Age, they will all present the Bride to Christ.

34. And remember, she will be a virgin of Word Bride. Because that’s the reason she must have the Word is, …as I’ll explain a little later on again, …remember, that all through Scripture, the type is that you can only marry your kinsman. Because the Redeemer is a kinsman. And Christ is the Word, so therefore, He will be married only to a Word Bride. We’ll go into that fully, in show you the ramifications of that on another night. But, this Wedding Supper of the Lamb, will be for three and one-half years. And they will be in the atmosphere, in a dimension, which we do not even pretend to guess about. Because if our eyes were opened today, we would literally see spirits in this building.

Not the spirits of just men departed, but, you’d see wicked spirits, and even good spirits, guardian angels, are in this building at this time. You might even see some manifestation of God, by Pillar of Fire, if your eyes were opened. I say, I don’t…I don’t know ...because I don’t know what God would do. But, I do know that is a dimension, of which we speak.

And they will be with Isaac, Abraham, and Jacob, sitting down at the Table of the Lord, for three and one-half years. Now, during that period, remember the devil’s been cast down. Now notice, the sleeping virgin that didn’t have oil, doesn’t make it.

35. Now, I want to tell you something about this. Maybe Bro. Lawrie can tell us when he comes, but, I know Bishop Elia is a good friend of mine, and he is a Hindu by birth, and he is one of the cleverest men in the Word of God, and in Church history, and in Oriental customs, that I’ve ever met. If any man can show you the beauty of the Shepherd’s, “I am the door of the sheep,” that man surely can. A very dedicated Christian. And when I asked him about this, because I was wondering concerning the doctrine of election, and perseverance, which we often call, ‘eternal security’.

It puzzled me to think that these women said, “Our oil has run out.” And I asked him, and I wish I had made a verbatim copy of what he told me. Because he said, “Bro. Vayle, they lied, they never had the oil in the first place.” He explained exactly why from the customs of the Oriental, and the Bible, how they never did have oil. They said they did, but, they didn’t. And that’s what Bro. Branham told us. She never had the Holy Ghost. Now, if you don’t have Him, and He leaks out because without the Holy Ghost, you’re what? Sealed until the day of redemption. And the bleach of the Blood of Christ, makes it so that John 5:24 comes into existence. Not John 5: and the rest of It, where he's mentioned the second Resurrection. Because in John 5: there are two Resurrections. I might as well go into it, because you’ll see what the out Resurrection is there, we've been talking about. We get a little out of chronology here. But who cares? I’m not much of a theologian, anyway. And I don't suppose, you are either. So, that takes care of all of it.

36. It says here, [John 5:24]

(24) Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that (even) heareth my word, (the called out ones, by the Word, the Elect) and believeth on him that s ent me, (and that believes) hath everlasting life, (already has it. You see?) and shall not come into (the judgement); but is (permanently) passed from death unto life.

Notice. They shall never come to a judgement. See? Now, notice :25,

(25) Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

They sure did too, they come out of the grave. It’s going to happen again.

(26) (Whereas) as the Father hath life in himself; (and so on)

Notice in verse 28, this is different from 25,

(28) Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all (a-double-l, all) that are in the graves (not those that) hear (the) voice,

37. No sir…all. Two different Resurrections, shall come forth. They that have done good, unto the Resurrection of life. And they that have done evil, unto the Resurrection of judgement, damnation. But, this group here that believes, already has life and is never in the judgement. And these down here, come up and are. What is this group? This is the out Resurrection, called the First Resurrection, just to type it out at the time. See? What are these women back here, these sleeping virgins? They never had the oil…never did. Never had the Holy Ghost, they lied about it. They said, “Our oil has run out.” Didn’t have it in the first place. You go out and look at the Fundamentalist churches right today…they say. But, “We’ve got the Holy Ghost.” Talked to a man right today, believed you get the Holy Ghost when you’re born again. And he thinks you’re born again, when you, believe. I said, “That’s not so. You believe, then, you’re born again.” Don’t read your Bibles wrong. Read It right. Sleeping virgins, they’re good people, they do their best to believe the Word. But, they’re not seed unto God. They don’t come in.

Now, what happened during that time? That’s the time on earth, the devil becomes incarnate in a man. This is now 2 Thessalonians 2: See? The man of sin being revealed. The devil himself, incarnate. The beast and the false prophet. Just as your ecumenical move to complete fruition, bringing the man of sin in, and they’re all religious doing it, and they’re all claiming to be worshipping God, while they’re doing it. And if you don’t think brother/sister, this day is a bad day, that Bro. Branham mentioned the two spirits so close.

38. Let me just tell you what happened now down in Notre Dame, where they’re claiming the Spirit of God is falling, and was supposed to have fallen in Harvard, with tongues and everything else, going on. What happened out there? Where Father O’Connor…so called…don’t like to use it, I’ll call him Priest O’Connor, talked to Bro. Martin, and Bro. Baker, two Christian preacher friends of mine. He said, one morning as they came out of devotion, this group that speaks in tongues and all, there was like an accident right by the front door. Two boys were hit by a car, and one was completely broken to pieces, dying, unconscious. And the other, was lying there with two legs broken, crisscrossed like broken broomsticks, and cursing God.

They walked over to the first boy, and prayed, and [claps his hands] raised up like that, perfectly normal. They went to the second boy, laid hands on him and rebuked him, and then prayed, he grew stiff as a poker and then suddenly got up on his feet by some kind of power, and there he walked straight. Not a thing wrong with him. But, the same people by the spirit that’s operating in them, was told to go to the altar and worship the wafer…the host, for one hour.

39. And the same Spirit in them, told them, to pray to Mary, because that was the way to do it. Then, where’s your evidence of the Holy Ghost gone now? There’s no evidence, except you’re in the Word. If Christ is the Holy Ghost, and He is the fulfillment of that Word, then, if you have the Holy Ghost, the Word of God becomes fulfilled in you. They certainly had the Holy Ghost back in Luther’s day, but, not like we’re going to have. Because remember, the Word, and the Spirit is one. That’s coming in our Age. Well now, that’s been the Bride before she goes. We’ll talk about that another time. But you see, down here on earth, that sleeping virgin, when she finds out she’s compromised, because the devil will say, “Take my mark.” In other words, the mark in the hand, is to do his will. The mark in the forehead, to believe the doctrine. And she’ll find out she’s trapped, she’ll say, “No.”

And there’ll be multitudes of people that give their lives, and they die. And they will then stay under the altar. Now, they won’t be cast away, but, they will be put in the place of detention, …not like you and I. If we go today, we’ll walk around, we’ll be in a different place entirely. But, they won’t have that freedom. They’ll be placed away until the end of the thousand years, and then, they’ll come back. But you see, the antichrist force’s now in power, and this was a strange thing brother/sister. It’s the hardest thing in the world to get into the human mind, why it is, that the devil hates the little group of people so badly, as he does. That he will stop at nothing to gain the complete worship of the world. He’s already got everybody but, the 144,000 Jews. Because you see, Moses and Elijah come back as natural men on this earth, to bring the Word of God to the 144,000 that are sealed.

40. Twelve thousand out of each side. Except, Ephraim and Dan. Because they sinned, and their names are not now under heaven at this time. But, they’re rejected, and they’re killed. And the Rapture takes place, to take them out. And the people are amazed. Hallucination, because hundreds of thousands of devils are released, …they’ve been released already, but, hundreds of thousands more, will be. And these are spirits of hallucination, more than anything else in this world. Because the world’s going mad. It’s already on its way. LSD is rearranging the chromosomes. The birth control pill is absolutely destroying people. There isn’t anything that’s not killing the people…drugs and all. Until the people are so saturated with accumulated drugs, there’s nothing left in this world. And so, with devil power now, it’s going to be the most terrible thing in the world to be in that Tribulation.

You talk about…I believe a lot of Scriptures mention how things are going to hit you and all. Listen, I want to tell you one thing. Have you ever been hit with nerves? You’ll find out some day. You won’t need disease, kid…or a germ, or a bug. Nervousness will kill you. Hives and everything else, break out in your body. Let’s see, you want to talk about being enervated, and your energy going. Look at your diet right now. Most people right now, have hypoglycemia, because of too much sugar and starch. Did you know your diet would put you in the insane house? You know why? Because your nervous energy goes so low, let’s say it gets down past eighty. And you don’t know it. You wash the window one day, rubbing off dirt, and suddenly, your energy goes right down, and you go insane, and you’ll find yourself in a padded cell trying to clean everything in the house, trying to rub that dirt off. Because that’s when you went insane.

41. Just get that rotten junk out of your blood. This will bring you back to normalcy. I’m telling you the truth, I’m not lying. I’ve got my doctor books, I read this stuff. But, this thing the devil caused, that hundreds of thousands of devils cast down. Man already, dietary, he’s a mess physically, he’s a mess, mentally, he’s a mess, his mind is off the Word of God. The Bride is gone. That which hinders to be taken out of the way. The Holy Spirit is out of the church now. Christ outside standing there, they rejected Him. The devil’s thrown down upon earth. What do you expect? Picnic? No sir. And the devil gets everybody worshipping him. And whom he can’t he kills, and he hates the 144,000, and he says, “I’ll go ahead and take them, and I don’t care what happens.” And he tries it too. Do you know something? It's just an act. This says, all the armies of the world go up against Israel.

They don’t all have to go up against Him. That’s a token expression. All the world is against Israel right now, politically. Because even the States wouldn’t stand with her, when she took Jerusalem back. They’ll say, “Give the land back to the Arabs.” Who are the United States, to tell them, to do what God gave us? Tell... to shut his mouth. They wouldn’t listen to a prophet, and the prophet is the greatest man in the land…he’s greater than kings, and princes, and presidents. Certainly, they wouldn’t listen. Now, the devil, we just can’t fathom this, how he hates the 144,000. And he hates anything that agrees with God. And he can’t stand not being worshipped. So, he goes up to Jerusalem, having broken his covenant. Turning the armies loose. That’s the time that the Communists who are in league with the western bloc, turn on the harlot to burn her flesh, like she’d been doing everywhere in the Catholic church today.

42. They’d say, “How in the world did the Commies get with the Roman Catholics?” Because of this, the Communists cannot exist by themselves. They have to have world trade. And they can’t feed themselves, and they never will feed themselves. Because you can’t organize the farmer…he’s a funny breed of men. He’s the one man that nobody can do anything with. And he was meant to be that way by God, because we’re all meant to be that way by God.

He said, “Stay on the land, and have your own fig tree, and plum tree, and I’ll take care of you, pretty nice.” Couple of sheep around to make, …and the little sheep going baa baa, you know…wool. That’s right. So, you can’t fool with the farmer. But, the Communist farmers can not feed themselves. And India will soon be Commie, and she can’t feed herself because we spoiled her. We gave her food, now they just want to sit around with a big fat old tummy. Just burp, and what have you. That’s right.

43. That’s right. You read up exactly what the political agronomists tell you. The Hindus… Indians themselves admit, that they have been destroyed by welfare. The people that could raise it, don’t raise it anymore. Their starvation is coming, because of indolence. And God said, that if a man doesn’t work, he can’t eat. Yes sir, amen…I believe that. See, now with all this going on, the Commies cannot feed themselves. Back in the hungry thirties, [the great depression of the 1930’s] they laughed at us, and said, “You crazy Americans, want gold? We’ll give you gold…they shipped it over unrefined by boatloads, unloaded in Seattle. We took their gold. When they needed the wheat out of America, they had to give us…I think, what was it? Two hundred and fifty tons of gold, to buy our wheat. And we could destroy all the Commies right now, if we told Canada, “Look Canada, we’ll subsidize your wheat, if you send one boatload, we’ll torpedo it.” And the Commies would starve, right today. But, that’s not God’s plan.

The kings of the north, are the Communists, the kings of the east, are the eastern Commies. We’re kidding ourselves, we’re fighting against God everyday, and believe not. I still say, “I believe, that what God showed me is true. That’s a trap there, brother/sister, and it’ll be one of the biggest, terrible disasters we’ve ever faced.” I’m not saying I know it’s God, but I believe it was God. Just like He showed me, in China was standing back watching India. You watch, they’ll soon move. But, they can’t feed themselves. But, they’re determined to take the world, just like the harlot’s daughter.

44. So, they’re standing back waiting, and when they see the right moment, they loose bombs on the Vatican, they loose bombs on America. We, loose bombs back, and there’ll be nothing but the Holocaust, that Bro. Branham saw. Nothing but craters. But, Christ comes, warding it all off, at Armageddon, atomic power, that’s what he called it when the blood flows. And he stands by the 144,000 covered by the atonement.

And they say, “There’s our God.” And oh, the world screams, they’re fearful. Though the world is demented now, they don’t understand a thing. They’ve gone into some type of heathen worship. That God knows what it’s like. Look at the heathen how they do it. They see lightning and thunder and they get so scared. The same thing will happen upon the world. Christ comes, and pulls His hand off. Reveals Himself, and then they say, “There’s our God, wonderful.” And He just let’s them look at the hand, and then they say, “Oh, just a minute now. This isn’t quite what we thought it was ...Isn't that what the children of Joseph's brother said? He said, Satan is here to destroy, …you know a mockery out of it. But, Joseph said, “God is here for a purpose.” He sent me. And Christ today, comes and says, “I got these wounds in the house of My friends.” He then held them up and said, “That’s all right.” And Israel will mourn the 144,000.

45. Now listen, remember that the Bride is just out here, in a dimension. See? Now, Christ will take the 144,000 members. The Scripture says, “We don’t know what manner of men we shall be, but, when we see Him, we’ll be like Him.” [1 Jn 3:2] When you see Him truly revealed, you’ll say, you’ll turn and your bodies will change, like His. And when they see Him, their bodies will be changed…now, that’s right. Because they, the Scripture says, “They are virgins, and they follow the Lamb.” [Rev 14:4] Now, if you’re virgin, you’re a eunuch. Or, vice a versa. See? And it’s the eunuch that takes care of the bridal chamber. So, Christ will renovate, bring us back to the original Garden of Eden, primordial state. Bring the Bride here on earth, and the 144,000 will be servants in the honeymoon period of one thousand years. And I still maintain, there will be no births in that area.

I stand with what Bro. Branham taught, and I have no faith that he changed it. That he based it upon Isaiah, when he said, “One shall build, and another shall not inhabit. And one shall plant, and another shall not eat thereof.” [Isa 65:21] Which would take successive generations. Don’t ask me to explain what one is going to die at a hundred years, because that could be an interpolation, go on someplace else. Scripture doesn’t run by chronology. Let me prove it to you. You still with me? Let me show you something here. I’ll read in Isaiah, and you don’t have to agree, that’s okay, you don’t have to. I’m just going to show you what I’m basing on.

46. Let’s go to Isaiah 11:1-4

(1) And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

(2) And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;

(3) And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

Why? Because we’ve got the Word ...

(4) But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

Notice, that’s coming. Isn’t it?

(5) And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

(6) The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

(7) And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

(8) And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.

(9) They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

That’s the Millennium. Notice verse 10,

(10) And in that day (What day? The day when there’ll be no hurt in the holy mountain) there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; (and) to it the Gentiles (shall) seek: and his rest…be glorious.

47. If that’s the case, you and I are lost, because no Gentile can be saved until the Millennium. Why? It tells you that right here. You want to study chronology, you say, “I can read the Bible and know what It says by just reading it, why, it’s all laid out." Is it? It says in that day there shall be the root of Jesse. So, who was Christ? An imposter, or a bastard? We’re all lost. The Jews are right, nothing to ...?... Because It says, that doesn’t come to this here. No, It doesn’t say that at all. You’ve got to know by the Holy Ghost where Scripture goes, because the Greek nor the Hebrew has come to it. And let me tell you brother/sister, you and I can’t wait for history, to find out what chronology was. We’ve got to know today. How are we to know? God sent a prophet. If the church depends on looking back at where she was, how does she know where she is?

If you can all the time tell what God was, and what He might be, you don’t know what He is, where are you at? You’re lost. You haven’t got a hope. God had to send a prophet. He had to send someone who could tell us the time of day, and know what it was. Have to have a man to tell us what this was. Because nobody knew in Israel when Christ was here, except John the Baptist, and Christ. Nobody, except those to whom God had revealed. Educated men couldn’t see it. It’s because why? The chronology was all wrong. Well you say ...[inaudible comments] … Where are we? Takes a prophet. See where we’re at? We’re just about at the end of the first phase of the Rapture.

48. What’s the next thing? God turning to Israel. Which He does when the Mosque of Omar gets cleaned off. That’s anytime, take a bulldozer in and in twenty-four hours. That prophet might have that bulldozer right now. In fact, you’ve got enough Jews right now, to pick up the stones, and throw it off. If they didn’t mind opening the door on poor Bro. ...?... over there shooting him down, the keeper of the tomb, I don’t see why they’d have any problem kicking them out of the Mosque of Omar. Because it’s far better to have the Arab mad at you, then to have as it is now than the Christian…so called. And people do not take lightly to how... That’s right. This is a political situation my brother/sister. And it’s a religious political situation, because Israel right now says, “We’ll preserve the shrine, let’s all be buddies. Just, keep the land.” Oh, what can you do? It’s all over. You see, if any of us here need this written on the wall to get an actual picture, let’s go home now and play chopsticks, and watch TV or something.

Eat, drink, and be merry, before the world turns heads up, anyway. It’s all over. Time has run out. We’re already finishing step number one of the Rapture. The next thing, the dead come out of the grave. How many days? Could be a maximum of thirty, forty days. In six weeks, it’d be all over. That’s right. Six weeks. Ask me, I’m not fooling. The fact of the matter is, the dead may be walking the streets right now. And it could be over in five minutes. Because I do not know any Scripture, where those of us that are changed in our bodies, will walk the earth for any length of time. I have no Scripture. I believe this is almost an instant thing, to accomplish that. Now, in that Millennium, what happens? The honeymoon for a thousand years. What happens at the end? At the end of that time, the open graves of all the people, the dead come out. Satan comes up. The White Throne Judgement. At the White Throne Judgement, Satan will find millions of people, billions of them rejected, just like he is.

49. Now remember, there’s people, they’ve come back in bodies. Not, glorified bodies. They come back in bodies. And Satan is there, I believe Satan has got that body he picked up. But somebody stands there, unshackled. He was bound by circumstances, nobody was there to sin, and who could bother them. But now, he’s free. And now he says, “It’s do or die. Because it’s the Lake of Fire for us…everlasting destruction…or, we’re going to take the kingdom. Let’s give it one more try.”

And they absolutely do, come against Almighty God, …that’s true, and God’s holy people. Whatever city is there, whatever buildings, whatever, I don't know what’s there. Exactly where they’ll come against them. That’s right. The Bible says that, “God destroys them.” He’s calling fire down upon them. And it’s after that, is when He takes the people of God off the earth, where they go up to New Jerusalem, which is the great City, which is a people, which is buildings.

50. Now, I don’t understand it, but, it’s true. Jasper, sardonyx stone, diamond, emerald, all that. God’s people. And there is when He recreates the earth, to the explosion rights it back on its axis and all, makes renovated, all the atmosphere, and all. Remember, the atmosphere is garbage, every time you breathe, you breathe garbage. Then, a woman goes into an office where the men smoke, she gets a tobacco heart. We just walked into a building last night, Larry, Bro. Smith and I did, and walked out in about three minutes. Said, “Where’s that smoke?” I said, “I can smell my feet, as well as smoke…I smell smoke here.” He said, you’re just so full of garbage. Your water’s full of garbage. There’s nothing left. See? So, God, even though He has renovated the earth partially, before the Millennium, He is now going to do it all over again. See?

And the earth dissolving with a fervent heat, doesn’t mean it’s annihilated, and goes back to nothingness. The dissolving, is just like the volcanic ashes, just about the richest stuff in the world to grow vegetables in. I don’t know, but, they say it is. I understand that, and tell me they understand that...agriculture. So, the whole earth being renovated, then that’s when New Jerusalem itself, will come on down, fifteen hundred miles square. And be there for all. That’s no wonder, Paul said, “Wherefore, comfort one another with these words.” [1 Th 4:18] Because this is the end time. He said, “Don’t be deceived by letters from my hand or any spirit, anything like that telling you, and knoweth it not …?... But I tell you why. This spirit, not, this antichrist spirit that’s in the world now, has got to be in a man.

51. And it’s got to go down through the ages, until the man of sin himself, is raised up. Where is he? There’s somebody’s right here now, without a doubt. A Gentile, who is he? The pope, old antichrist himself. This is the end, brother/sister. This, is the end. What is it? The first phase… descended in the process. It could be completely finished, closing in. But, what’s going to happen with that Message? The Message was meant for God’s people. The Message will bring God’s people in step to put them in motion, for the end. Oh, we’ve been listening for years, for a big scream.

It’s a secret Rapture. How’s there going to be a secret Rapture, if there’s going to be a big scream? How’s there going to be a secret Rapture if the Son of man gets revealed, coming like ninety? It’s not that at all. It’s the Word, that comes by the prophet, which is the command putting God’s people in motion for the final rising. See? That’s it.

52. And the Son of man revealed, has been now in the ministry of a prophet, Christ’s own ministry, God revealing Himself through the flesh of a man. Which is exactly what He did. Doesn’t make the man God. No siree. No. Just a ministry, ‘Thus Saith the Lord’, bringing that Word out. Why? That the Word may now, do what? Go into the Bride. That’s right. That’s where It goes, that the Bride, may be ready for that day. If that’s what the Lord has for us, brother/sister. Now, I hope you’ve been able to see what I can see tonight. I certainly believe what Bro. Branham taught. I know that when I was in Yuma, and heard him, I sat there…I was a little bit sorry that they had the man at the banqueting table, …which is never good. I’d just as soon have a meeting room where Bro. Branham could’ve been. But, when he got up that night and he said, “The Shout is the Message.”

I was startled, and I said in myself, “Bro. Branham? I’ve heard you say a lot of things, but, this is the furthest out I have ever heard. I can’t take this.” And so, he went on and I guess he felt my spirit, and the rest in there, because he said that night, “If Christ had of come, no one would make the Rapture. Not one in the building.” Not one person would have gone. True. And he said again, he said, “The Shout, is the Message.” And I said, “Man, I wish he wouldn’t say that. Because that is nothing short of ridiculous.” And he said it the third time, and I said, “Hold it, when was he ever wrong?” So, I said, “Okay, the Shout is the Message.” And It is.

53. You know something? I was surprised as a man without too much money, he says to his wife, “Honey, I’m going to buy you a mink coat.” And she says, “Ah, yeah, I know you wish you could.” The old boy brings a mink coat home. He says, “There you are.” I want to tell you, I was even more surprised than, that. But, just before I close, I want to tell you. Years ago, I told you this, …many years ago, I quit preaching. I didn’t mean to quit preaching, I thought I’d keep preaching, but, I worked as well. And it didn’t work, because the first thing I did, I never preached…period. And I just…?... I just left the ministry a long time.

I didn’t fantacize, like a lot of people might. But, as far as I’m concerned, things changed. What I did was just as wrong as anybody else may do something that’s seems a thousand times ‘wronger’. The fact that I quit in unbelief, is what did it. But anyway, after Bro. Branham I saw and heard him in Canada, I knew that I’d have to go back and serve God. And back in the ministry…which I wasn’t happy about but, I knew it would take place.

54. And when I came to healing, I almost dead, you see I was dying, in the process of getting a nervous breakdown. Or, I had one and didn’t know it, or something. I don’t know. That God gave me a complete deliverance, and He opened my eyes to doctrine, sovereignty, Godhead and in all. And one day I said, “Lord, …I don’t why I said it, because I shouldn’t have said it…what about the Second Coming?” And He said, “Leave It alone, and I will teach you when the time comes. Well, a tract fell into my hands, about the Last Trump, and this and that. And it so I became a convert to believing the saints go through the Tribulation.

And I could preach an awful wicked case for this because I had my notes and I dug it out, because I tried to be as logical and analytical, as I can. Which, could be a downfall. And I was so sold, so absolutely certain concerning it, that when Bro. Branham taught the Rapture, in the Seals, and brought it to a head, I had to go to him and say, “Bro. Branham, I want to talk to you about the Rapture.” So, we begin going back and forth.

55. And the more he went back, the more I went forth. And the more he went forth, the more I went back. It got desperate. We weren’t getting anywhere. I just seemed to take everything he said, and throw it back at him. And I didn’t want to do that because I knew that if he was right, I couldn’t be. And I knew that he would be more right, than I’d ever be. So, I was trying to get things…

I said, “Bro. Branham, I’m not trying to argue, and I’m not trying to disbelieve. All I want to know is…just tell me one thing.”

“What is it?”

“Before God, is it really ‘Thus Saith the Lord’, that there’s a Rapture, and we don’t go through the Tribulation?”

He said, “Thus Saith the Lord”.

I said, “That’s all I want to know Bro. Branham, if you say so, I believe it. And God will give me the Scriptures.”

And do you know? He did. And I believe that’s the reason, when he preached the Rapture, and I couldn’t take it, is when it came back, God said, “I will show you, don’t figure it out yourself.” See? I shouldn’t have tried it. And I did, and when I humbled myself, and said, “All right, God sent a prophet. If that’s what it is, that’s what it is.” And that’s when I could open the Book, which are books of instruction and Word study. And I could open it and God’s led me, and showed me, that the prophet was right.

56. The Shout is the Message, brother/sister. And the Voice is the opening of the graves. Just what I showed you. It’s got to be that. …If it isn’t what I said, tell me what it is. Just tell me. Because if what I said is wrong, you tell me, how would that Voice would be opening the graves? It is. Because it’s God sending His army, to judge Satan. Death is not …?… There is an out Resurrection, brother/sister. Amen.

I don’t want to be in the ‘the’ Resurrection, I want to be in the ‘out’ Resurrection. Because if I’m in ‘the’ Resurrection, I’ve got to go through the judgement. But, if I’m in the ‘out’ Resurrection, which is His Resurrection, because He’s not coming down to get them out of the grave. No sir. He did that once, “Come on up.” That’s not good, this time. The Scripture say, “Come on up. Angels, clear the atmosphere, then come on up.” He did it. And the trumpet is what? The …?... One of these days, by faith, we’ll sing, not just speaking with my Lord here. We’ll be able to say, “The trumpet has sounded. We’ll go up to that meeting with the Lord.” Amen. God bless you.

Let’s rise. Let’s sing some of those songs. Let’s face it, he may be gone, but, his influence isn’t. Because we are his influence. Amen. I don’t look for to walk in the door, but my, it sure would certainly be wonderful if he did. If he were walking around, I guess we’d be changed too. All right. Let’s sing a couple of those old songs before we go. Now, let’s bow our heads and humbly ask the Lord to dismiss ...?... Just praise the Lord. [Audio ends]e