A Prophet like Moses (0982A ) 

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Bro. Lee Vayle   -     July 08, 1982

	Shall we pray again.  Heavenly Father, we’re so grateful that
You’re here.  That You’re not a God that is a far off.  You said
that many times in Your Word, but today, there is a reality that has not
been known to the Gentiles for two thousand years.  That You are here to
raise the dead, here to do many wonderful things.  And we’re grateful
for that, because we know in whom we have believed.  And have come to a
persuasion which I had not had before.  And we’re so grateful for
that, Lord, that we speak not as men who have been condemned to death,
but men who have been privileged to live.  We seek, Lord, in a way, and
understand in a way we have not known to seek and understand than before
and we’re grateful. 

	Only hoping and praying, Lord, that people will not misunderstand how
we stand, Lord, over that.  We cannot escape for that must be.  But,
Lord, amongst the Bride there must be a growth and an understanding. 
And we’re looking for that tonigh,t Lord, as a part of the way in
which we walk.  Now, Father, we’re just commending ourselves to You
tonight, with joy and great gratitude.  For Your love and for Your
mercy, for the wondrous way in which You help us.  In Jesus’ name we
pray.  Amen.  You may be seated.

1.	Certainly, a great privilege to be here with you tonight.  This
meeting, I just don’t understand it myself.  It was not planned, and
you can tell I had quite a bit to do with it.  There’s no song sheets,
no books, and…nothing is set in order as to…sort of an order that
you know, you’d think we’d have perhaps…but, we’re just grateful
to be here.  And very grateful especially, to Bro. Bell’s church from
Beaumont.  I suppose if anyone is the backbone of it, I guess I’d have
to put that right with Bro. Bell in Beaumont, because they were praying
so seriously, and desiring so seriously to have a meeting.  And so, we
have the meeting. 

	 I’m very grateful for the minister that…especially appreciate Bro.
Palmer leading the song service.  Song service is so important.  Because
it has its own special anointing, preparing for the Word.  And I
certainly do say with Bro. Palmer, I never heard Bro. Ungren sing any
better.  It’s beautiful, I appreciate it.  [omit comments] But, I do
appreciate very, very intensely, the brethren and those that carry on
the tradition of Bro. Branham.  I don’t know…I know the world would
never see another man like him, until the Millennium.  But, maybe to the
Jews, but not for us.  We see, Bro. Branham said, “You saw your last
sign.”  I’m going to tell you something too.  You saw your last man.
 And I don’t mind seeing the last sign.  Pretty rough to see the last
man go off the scene.  

2.	But, he was that man.  We’re grateful for what he’s done for us,
by being faithful to God, bringing us the Word. Very glad for the
Sproule’s coming down from Edmonton.  Bro. and Sis. Guenther, his
assistant pastor Bro. Hildebrand.  Bro. Walter come on down.  We’re
very grateful, to have all these brethren come…It’s a tribute to the
prophet, not to me.  I appreciate having been with Bro. Branham.  Never
have I known a man like him.  Often, I have said many times, I’m a
little different from most people perhaps, in eulogizing him.  Because,
my eulogy goes not always to the extreme of where he was God’s
servant.  And the spiritual things that were entailed, but, I saw in him
a man that I can only say comes the closest to what I believe a man will
be in the Millennium.  

	I think that’s as complimentary as you can ever get to anybody. 
Because, in the Millennium, Satan is bound by virtue of one thing,
circumstances.  There’s nothing there to bug you.  I never saw a rock
get up you know, and run away from a man that wanted to dig him up. 
Rock just sit there, well, that old rock doesn’t have a nature to
respond to anything.  Well, you and I will be that way.  We don’t have
a nature to respond to anything, but what is beautiful and good.  Every
deep that’s within you, is going to be opened up, to the deep without.
 There’s not going to be a thing to stop it.  You think things are
good here.  Listen, things are good here.  There’s nothing wrong with
being a human being.  I don’t understand, people want to be angels,
they want to be a little pony or something.  Come on.  

3.	You’ll never be in His image, or get anything but what you get. 
Or, you’ll never be anything but what you are.  People should thank
God for what they are.  Really, they should.  What a tremendous
opportunity, to begin to understand these things.   Puts a new light on
everything that has be transpiring.  My own testimony is, over the years
I have never spent roughly two years in my life, that’s been so
glorious and wonderful.  Never knowing His grace, and His mercy, and
understanding as I know today.  You might not know this, but, you’re
looking at a different man than you looked at eight months ago.  

	You say, “Well Bro. Vayle, I don’t see anything different.” 
That’s fine, I’m glad you don’t it’s all inside.  See, the outer
man may be perishing, but the inner man being renewed.  That’s right. 
To know in a way, I’ve never known.  Assurance.  And the assurance my
brother/sister, faith is over with, because hope is what you see, then
you’ll hope no longer.  You’ve already seen it.   There’s only one
thing left, and that’s love.  And He is here.  That’s the truth.  So
hard, for people to grasp it perhaps, but, it’s the truth.  We’re
going to speak on that tonight now.  And you’ve kind of got to forgive
my voice, it’s not too good.  Been real good up until now.  But, just
a little bit…shot.  Should be like Bro. Ungren, his gets better with
usage, mine gets worse.  Well, can’t have it all.  He’s got the
voice and the talent, and I’ll just get up here and do a little
preaching. 

4.	The message this evening is, ‘The Prophet like unto Moses’.  A
prophet like unto Moses, and of course we’ll read in the Book of Acts
3:19b-26.  We will not start at 19, we’ll start about the middle of
it.  Where Peter is speaking to the people.  And you see, I feel in the
middle of verse 19 he’s closed out a certain time, and era, and he is
into something which is different.  And he says; 

	[Acts 3:19b-26]

		(19)	…when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of
the 					Lord.

	Now remember, “His fan is in His hand”[Mt 3:12]  Said positively,
this Word tells us there is a refreshing breeze, from the Presence of
the Lord.  And that word ‘Presence’ of course, means, ‘anything
which is visible to the eye’.  Now, in He, (even He) I don’t like
the word, ‘kai’ in there, as a conjunction, I like it as a
preposition.  

		(19)	… from the presence of the Lord.

		(20)     (Even he) shall send Jesus Christ, … 

5.	Now notice, Presence of the Lord, even He shall send Jesus Christ. 
Somebody Is sending somebody.  The Man is not sending Himself.  So, we
see a difference here.  Let’s not, (you know) get our understanding
wrong.  Somebody is going to send Jesus Christ,

		(20)	…which before was preached…  

	No, the word is not ‘preached’, it is ‘was appointed’.  Jesus
was not preached, He was there.  He, did it.  So, this is not something
that was preached, and then it went down the drain.  He’s talking
about reality.  So, there’s going to come a time, when God can be
recognized, as on the scene.  Even that One, shall send Jesus Christ,
who was that appointed One.  Now, watch:  

		(21)    Whom the heaven must (retain) until the times of (restoration)
of all 					things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy
prophets 					since the world began.

		(22)    	For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the
Lord your 					God raise unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him
shall (you) 						hear in all things whatsoever he shall (speak) unto
you.

		(23)    	And (it'll) come to pass, that every soul, which will not
hear that 						prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

6.	I want to ask you a question:  when Jesus was on earth, did He say it
all, or was there something left to be said?  Did you catch what I said?
 Then you’re thinking with me.  Good,              I like people who
think.  

		(23)    	(Now) it (will) come to pass, that every soul, which will not
hear 						that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

		(24     	(In) all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow
after, as 						many as have spoken, (and) foretold of these days.

		(25)    	(You're) the children of the prophets, and the covenant which
						God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed 		
			shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

		(26)    	Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him
to 						bless you, in turning away every one of you from his
iniquities.

	I want to ask you a question: if Jesus Christ had lived and not died,
would their iniquities had been rescinded?  The answer is, no.  Then He
was raised up in the Resurrection, to Israel first.  Not a birth from
the womb, but a birth from the ground.  The first born from the dead. 
Are you listening?  Verse 22,   

		(22)    	For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the
Lord your 					God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him
(you) shall  					hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.

7.	In 1959, both in Jeffersonville, and in San Jose, Bro. Branham used
this very same topic that I am using tonight.  But he spoke of it in the
context of the disciples realizing that Jesus, though not performing
identically to Moses, was performing in such a manner, even as Moses had
performed supernaturally in his manner, that this must be that One.  And
I suppose when they saw Him break the bread, they thought of Moses
calling down the manna from above.  And they saw Him, raising the dead,
and walking upon the water and doing those great things that He did. 
They would say, “There was only one, who would say anything like that.
 That, has got to be that prophet.”  

	And Bro. Branham spoke on that.  That is not my purpose tonight.  My
purpose is to show the events as Isaiah 61:1-2  involves the anointing
of Jesus, the two distinct commissions and the two distinct periods, two
thousand years apart.  So, do these verses of Acts 3:22-23 set forth His
prophetic offices.  Being comprised of two separate sections, or events,
again two thousand years apart.  

8.   So, we go to Isaiah 61: [should be 61] so you’ll know exactly
what I am saying.  And this is confirmed by every student, and Bro.
Branham, himself a prophet, said it’s so. Isaiah 61:1

		(1)	The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me;…

	Now, this is what was quoted over the in the temple in Luke.

		(1)	… because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings to 		
			the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim 	
			liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that
are 					bound;

		(2)       To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD…

 	And He sat down.  He couldn’t finish the other section.  Though it
referred to Him explicitly, and no one else can fulfill it.  But it
cannot be fulfilled, until the 144,000 are brought in.  So, therefore,
there was roughly a two thousand year division, in that portion of
Scripture.  And I maintain tonight, there is a two thousand year
division, concerning that prophet, who would speak to the people, as
noted in verses 22 and 23.  

	[Acts 3:]    

		(22)    For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the
Lord your 					God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him
(you) shall  					hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.

		(23)    And (it'll) come to pass,…

	Not only will everything He says come to pass, but, this will come to
pass too.  You know, people don’t want to believe this part. 
They’ll say “We have a faithful savior, hallelujah.”  Let one of
us say, as Bro. Branham said, “God is no dotey grandfather Who looks
down with some supercilious perverted type of love, but  He’s a God of
judgment.”  

 

		(22)	… A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your 	
				brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever
he 					shall say unto you.

		(23)     And it shall come to pass, that every soul, (that) will not
hear that 

                        prophet, shall be destroyed from among the
people.

 	Now, one of the key verses I use to substantiate my claim, that this
prophecy is broken in two, started back when Jesus was on earth, and
reappears at the end-time. The same prophet, we use the verse 24, where
it says;

		(24)	Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow
after, 						as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these
days.                     					(These days.)

9.  Now, these days, signify a plurality, more than one day and one
time, one period.  Now, we’ll take a look, or take our time, look at
the truth of these periods.  And we’ll start reading, so that you’ll
understand, why I’m basing not a conjecture, but a true understanding
of the 3rd chapter.  So, we go and read;  

	Acts 3: 1-11. 

		(1)	Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour 		
			of prayer, being the ninth hour.

		(2)       And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried,
whom 					they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called
Beautiful, to 					ask alms of them that  entered into the temple;

		(3)       Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked
an 						alms.

		(4)       And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look
on us.

 	I’m going to tell you something. I believe, there were two very
unlikely people that set their eyes on him, that wanted something.  I
don’t believe they looked on the outside, what they had the inside,
for one minute.  It proves the old saying, ‘You can’t judge a book
by the cover.’ Neither can you judge by appearances.  How many people
did Bro. Branham fool?  How many did Jesus fool?  What did John [the
Baptist] look like as that great prophet coming on the scene.  They
looked on him, they took a calculated chance. I’m glad they did. 
Faith to me is to put it vulgarly, is a calculated chance, so to speak. 

10.  In other words, you stick your neck out.  You get it every time you
use the faith, you literally stick your neck out.  Because, faith
doesn’t have a thing to do with the physical, it's you standing there
in spite of the physical.  And they say, “Look at that guy.”  Oh,
this fellow, he had to be seed.  Now listen, let’s face it, this man
had to be royal seed.  And he saw these two unlikely men come up.  He
just was, “Gimme, gimme, gimme.”  Oh, they saw Jesus get away, get
away, get away.  Hoped the seed didn't.  I hope you’re getting what
I’m driving at. Here's  a little something thrown in. 

 

            (5)       (Now he expected) to receive something ...

            (6)      (And) Peter said, Silver and gold (I don’t have);
but such as I have 						give (unto) thee:…

 	You know what? I’ll tell you what: some of the greatest things in
life, have been the most unlikeliest. Oh my…some of the greatest
things in life.  Step aside to see the bush burn.  Take a chance on
these two guys going in the temple.  They’re going in the temple
aren’t they?  They’re going in the right direction aren’t they? 
They’re doing to right thing aren’t they?  Well come on, there could
be something in there then.  Okay.  

		(6)	… In the name of Jesus … rise up and walk.

		(7)      	And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and
immediately 					his feet and ankle bones received strength.

		(8)      	And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them
into 						the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

		(9)      	And all the people saw him walking and praising God:

		(10)    	And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the
Beautiful						 gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and
amazement 					at that which had happened unto him.

		(11)    	And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all
the 					people ran together unto them in the porch that is called
Solomon's, 					greatly wondering.

		(12)    	And when Peter saw it, (here, another man took the
opportunity) Ye 					men of Israel, why marvel (you) at this? 

	Why shouldn’t they?  Do you realize that this man Peter said, “Hey,
you don’t happen to notice, but you’re letting in on a little secret
that is normal today.”  Oh brother.

		(12)      … why look (for any sign), as…(though) by our own power
or 						holiness …

11.	Come on, you legalists.  Why don’t you get up and walk?  Why does
a prostitute get in Bro. Branham’s prayer line, she gets healed
quicker than the fellow, “Bless God, I haven’t done a thing but,
serve Jesus.  Hallelujah.”  You’re too holy, to get any help. The
full, never get any food.  And I’m not putting a premium on being a
hokey person.  I’m just putting the truth…if you’re self-
righteous inside, that’s what you’ve got, you’ve got your reward. 
But if you’re crying tonight for Him, let me assure you, He is your
reward. I know what I’m talking about. I wished I had time for an
assembly like this, for one solid week, for at least sixty hours of
solid preaching.  I haven’t got it, I’ve just got to do my best to
hit some spots, and pass on.  

	

	But, if what He is tonight to me, He's never been in sixty-eight years,
or he's been denied I waited forty-five years and didn’t believe it
would happen and he made it happen. You don’t walk any more as though
we walk uncertainly.  We don’t beat the air as we know what we’re
talking about today.  That’s all of God, it hasn’t had a thing to do
with man.  He said, "Don’t look at us." He said, “Can we stopped
looking at ourselves a long time ago.”  I threw that in, but that’s
the truth.  Listen, he said, “We didn’t do this to make the man
walk.”  

		(13)	The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our 		
			fathers, (has) glorified his Son Jesus; whom (you) delivered up, and 
				denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let 
				him go.

		(14)      But (you) denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a
murderer 					to be granted unto you;

		(15)	…killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead;
						whereof we are witnesses.

            (16)     	And (He, Jesus' Name)  through faith in (Jesus'
Name) hath made this 					man strong, whom (you) see and know: yea, the
faith which is by (Jesus) 					hath given him this perfect  soundness in
the presence of you all.

		(17)	And now, brethren, I (know) that through ignorance (you) did it,
as 					did also your rulers.  

		(18)     But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of
						all his (holy) prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so
fulfilled.

		(19)     Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be
blotted 

                        out…(Period) 

12.	Now, that’s what he has drew here, was this picture of that hour,
where God had raised Jesus Christ, and the miracles substantiated it. 
That the same Spirit that was in Jesus, when He was here on earth in the
flesh, was now there Present, and doing the same things that Jesus did
when He was on earth in the flesh.  And He said, “You better recognize
it, because I’m calling you to repentance.”  Then, he said, and
there’s a period in there: "When the times of refreshing shall come
way down the road' even God, will send this One, who was appointed unto
you, and you killed Him."   

	Listen, He was appointed as king of Israel, Messiah.  I’m glad that
they turned down the appointing.  One day, Israel will stand there and
say, “We don’t want to think so, but it looks like we’re going to
have to be believe, just…where did you get those nail prints, in your
hands?”  

	“Oh, I got them, in the house of my friends, it was an accident.” 
[Zech13:16]

	‘Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me.  I
once was lost, but, now I’m found, was blind, and now I see.’ 
Heaven’s going to continue to keep Him there.  Heaven’s got to keep
Him there, until the restoration of all things.  Spoken by the mouths of
all the holy prophets, since the world began.  

 	I want to tell you something: you killed Him, there’s judgement. 
He’s not demanding an ounce of flesh, but He’s got to have justice. 
Got to have judgment.  And I want to tell you something, He’s coming. 
Down the road, He doesn’t change.  Down the road, He’s going to come
back.  Down the road, there’s going to be an accounting.  And
everybody is going to be accountable, that doesn’t listen to Him.  

13.  Now, verses 19-21, in my understanding which I refer to the future
visitation of that One, risen from the dead.  After the fulfillment of a
required condition.  And the required condition, of course is, that
there should be restoration.  But we’ll just let that slide for a
moment.  So, we’re looking at two sections here in the Scripture, as I
understand it. 

	 Two sections of past and future.  Prophetic ministry, that is two
sections,  past and future ministries, (hat’s the prophetic ministry
of the prophet) are attributed to the same person.  Because in verse 22,
It says, [Acts 3:]

		(22)	For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord
your 					God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him
(you’re 						going to) hear in all things…

14.  Now, let’s notice exactly about that prophet. By going to
Deuteronomy 18: because that’s where he is quoting from.  If he’s
quoting from there, that’s the place to go.  Verse 15.

		(15)	The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst
					of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him (you)  shall
hearken;

		(16)	According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb
					in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the
voice…

15.	That’s the literal voice, understand it’s literal Voice.  There
was nothing said about a second-hand voice.  You understand I’m using
that term in modern English.  Because that’s what they wanted.  We
don’t want to hear from God directly, we want to hear indirectly.  

		(16)	…Let me not hear again the direct voice of (God) the Lord my
God, 					Neither let me see this great fire… (anymore) that I die
not.

	There’s a great misunderstanding concerning God.  God is not death,
He is life.  The old psalmist said, “Look and live my brother, look
and live is truth.”  They were wrong in their assumption.  To turn
down the voice and the Presence which is the face of God, is death. 
“When he that heareth not, will be utterly destroyed”. [Acts 3:23]
The word is, akin to annihilation.  

		(17)	And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken, that which 				
	they have spoken.

		(18)	I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like
unto 						thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak
unto 						them all (the things) that I shall command him.

		(19)     And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken
unto 						my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it
of him.

 .	Jesus said, “I come in My Father’s Name, (and you turned me
down)” [Jn 5:43] 

16.  Now, we go to Acts 3:24 for the reiteration.  And you notice, I’m
taking my time, weaving Scripture back and forth.   That is how I do it,
that is the only way I know how to do Scripture.  Teaching,  so we just
do it, parsing the reiteration.   

BV misreads Acts 2:24; he intended to read Act 3:24]

		(24)	Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow
after, 						(though) many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of
these days.

	Now listen, you notice right in there, there's not just one prophecy,
not one statement concerning him.  But all the prophets have spoken. 
(See?)  Now It says, spoken of these days, now remember, Peter was
talking about two sets of days.  The day when He was on earth, they
crucified Him, and God raised Him.  And the day the Scripture says,
He’s going to come back.  (See? ) That God is going to send Him back. 
And He talks concerning both of those periods of time, concerning a
prophet, raised up amongst the brethren.  Now, this is where the tricky
thing is, and this is where people will not understand outside of this
Message.  

17.  Now then, let us immediately define, what a prophet is.  Or, what
makes a man to be a prophet.  And apply that to Jesus. So, we go to the
book of Hebrews 1: 1-3.  

		(1)	God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past 
				unto the Fathers (not) by (but, in) the prophets,

	Even the translators could not help themselves, they interjected their
own theology.  God did not speak by the prophets, nearly as much as He
spoke in the prophets, and therefore, by.  

		(2)       Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, (or, in
His Son, 						in Son is what it literally says) whom he hath appointed
heir of all 						things, by whom also he made the (ages);

	That’s not ‘worlds’ as though He created the worlds.  That’s
concerning the ‘ages’. 

		(3)      Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image
of his 						person, and upholding all things by the word of his power,
when 						he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand
of 						the Majesty on high:

	Now, it’s clearly seen in these verses, that a prophet is a man, who
is indwelt by God.  Now, I didn’t say that, the Bible did.  I do not
make any claims for anything, I simply repeat what the Bible says. 
God…the prophet is a man, who is indwelt by God, who is Spirit.  For
the express purpose of transmitting the Word of God, and the
interpretation of the Word of God to the people.  And is delegated by
God, even to the extent of a fulfillment of a measure of the Word. 
Because  through them God lets people know, what He is about to do. 
Want me to repeat it for you?  I’m going to repeat my notes.  I
usually just read, then I’ll get moving later on a little faster.  

18.	From these Scriptures, it is clearly seen, that a prophet is a man
that is indwelt by God, who is Spirit.  No way could God indwell you if
He was flesh.  Flesh cannot simply get into your skin and all, it's 
impossible.  Spirit.  All right, God indwells that person for the
purpose of transmitting the Word of God.  And the interpretation of the
Word of God to the people.  And is delegated by God, even to the extent
of a fulfillment in a measure of the Word.  When John [the Baptist]
said, “I am the Word fulfilled.” Which says in Isaiah, you know, the
voice of one crying in the wilderness.  And over in Malachi 3: in a
measure, the fulfillment of the Word.  Because through them, God lets
the people know what He is about to do.  

	Except for the office of a prophet, there could be no communication of
divine law, or purpose and intent, and requirement, from God.  Man,
would be directed any divine knowledge in the form of Scripture, as we
know it in the Bible.  Jesus was a prophet, but more than a prophet. 
For He was the redeemer prophet.  His Name is linked with the prophet,
showing that this is That prophet who is about to come.  But, notice
what it says. [Heb. 1:3]

		

		(3)	Who being the (prophet, the) brightness of his glory, and the
express 					image of his person, (even) upholding all things by the
word of his 						power, when he had by himself purged our sins,…

19.	A prophet cannot purge sin from anybody.  He can condemn sin and
show how sins may be relieved, but that’s as far as he can go.  This
One, relieved it.  And He was a Prophet, because God was in the
prophets.  God was in this man, and He was the redeemer.  We go over to 
                 2 Corinthians 5: and see it explicitly before us again,
and in verses 18-19.

		(18)	And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by 	
				Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

		(19)     To (this end), that God was in Christ, reconciling the world
unto 						himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath
committed 					unto us the word of reconciliation.

20.  All right.  Now, according to Heb. 1:1  

		(1)	God, who in sundry times (No, God who in many parts, and in 					
many ways, spoke) in time past (in) the fathers …

	According therefore, to the literal translation, each prophet was a
revealer in part, of God.  According to the size of the portion of the
Word allotted to them, which they gave out.  That right?  I’m very
explicit.  Want me to read it again?  Okay.  I’ll read it again. 
According to Hebrews 1:1 which we read, more in the vernacular, but
expressed terminology; each prophet was a revealer in part, and at a
certain time, of God.  According to the size of the portion, and I might
add, the importance, the relevancy, of the Word allotted to them, which
they gave out. 

 	The measure of the Word of revelation, would be the measure of the
Spirit.  Each prophet would be a measure of the living Word of God,
manifested.  You know, people don’t like that.  But you talk to them
personally in a relationship, they’ve got to blow your head off, if
you try to tell them they weren’t a part of the living manifestation. 
You thinking?  Are you thinking?  Don’t be guilty, just keep thinking.
 Listen, never denigrate yourself in the sight of God.  Forty-five years
ago, I was so humble, oh, I was the sweetest, humblest Pentecostal, and
you know my language, I’m not going to…you’re too sweet for me to
use bad language. [laughter]  Nobody gets called a jackass tonight. 
Not, even me.  

21.  I was talking to the Lord, about myself.  How undone I was, and how
horrible, unclean, and all the rest of it.  And a voice inside of me,
spoke, “Call not uncommon, or unclean which God has cleansed.”   

	And I said, “Thank you Lord, that’s very sweet. But You see, I know
myself.”  

	You say, “Vayle, you were the rottenest, (oh pardon my language)
filthiest, hypocrite.”  You talk about being born again, and throw
that back on God, when God said that for forty-five years.  But it’s
not true anymore, I am, clean, and I’m not uncommon.  No guilt, no
fear.  

	You say, “How did you get it?”  I said, “I got it from God.” 
Because He said, so.  You telling me, the Word of God has failed?  No
way.  

 	You said, “Well Bro. Vayle, there could be a little chance
somewhere.”   

	When the prophet said, “God knew every flea, and how many times
he’d bat his eyeballs, and how many it’d take to make a pound of
tallow.”  And you tell me that God could make a mistake.  No… uh,
uh… brother/sister, I’m dealing with a different God than I’ve
been dealing with for sixty-eight years.  I love Him.  He’s altogether
lovely.  There’s nothing like it.  (See?)  Each prophet would be a
measure of the living Word of God manifested.  As seen and comparing
John 1: 1-2 and verse 14.  

22.  Let’s take a little look at It.  

		(1)	In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and 				
	the Word was God.

		(2) 	The same was in the beginning with God.

		(14)	And the Word was made flesh, (became flesh) and dwelt…

	Show me where the prophet misses the little measure.  Doesn’t do it. 
I love it.  Don’t you?   Jesus Christ, was the fullness of the Godhead
bodily.  Whereas no prophet ever carried the fullness, only a part. 
I’m not saying, God Almighty, is God Almighty, and God complete,
couldn’t dwell in a man.  I’m talking about this in comparison. 
There’s a big difference because, Jesus stood there.  "And he that
hath seen Me, hath seen the Father. He didn't say temporarily.  A
prophet was temporary.  Bro. Branham so correctly said, “When that
Word was in Moses, he was God to those people.  And when that Word came
forth, he was back to being Moses again.”  Oh yeah, no problem, no
problem.  My theology is very correct.  

 	Jesus was God totally manifest in flesh.  God in Jesus were one.  And
he that saw Him Jesus, saw God.  And God indwelt Jesus, that was all of
It.  He manifested, and was all of It.  But each prophet a part of It. 
The same God.  Same wholeness of Word.  But a part.  (Uh?)  Come on now,
little greedy people, we see this lovely strawberry pie, with whipped
cream on top.  Oooh, boy.  Now, when I was a kid, I did wrong.  Because,
my sisters learned to cook wrong, not from Ma, but, from themselves. 
And I would sit down and eat a whole caramel pie, at one sitting.  No
wonder I’ve got sinus trouble right to this day. [laughter] There was
no way I could escape it.  

23.  Now look, no prophet was the whole strawberry pie.  He was a slice
of it, so to speak.  No prophet would ever aspire to be the whole pie. 
But he would be a portion of the whole.  And the whole would be doing
it.  There’s a difference, the fullness.  No single prophet who
received a part of the Word, was a redeemer.  He might type the
Redeemer. But he would not be the Redeemer.  He might forerun the
Redeemer, but, not be the Redeemer.  But every single prophet who had a
part of the that Word, now listen:  Every single prophet who had a part
of that Word, pointed to, and told about, the Redeemer.  So, that though
none but Christ was the Redeemer-prophet.  Every prophet,  that talked
of His stature, revealed the Redeemer.  And listen, though Elohim’s
Spirit given to any man, be he prophet or not, will do anything but
point to the Redeemer by his acknowledging of prophetic words, that
point to that Redeemer.  

 	Prophets and believers are one.  I keep a little saying before you
that I love, I’d like to talk about it all the time.  And that is, I
say ‘The very Manna that Moses brought down from heaven, he ate with
the people.’  People will say the same thing as the prophet, or,
they’re liars.  People will say the same thing as the prophet, or
they’re not full of the Holy Ghost.  Signs and wonders, and omens and
miracles, can only make you aware of a presence.  They cannot reveal,
only the words of the prophet can reveal.  And Bro. Branham correctly
said, “A prophet was not basically the bringer of the Word, although
that was true.  He was the revealer.”  Because if a prophet brought a
Word, he could not tell you the truth of what he was saying, then he is
in as bad condition, and you and everybody, would be made worse.

24.  Go back in your history and chronology, and you will find that
actually, a prophet is a revealer.  Notice, what Jesus said, “Moses
wrote of Me.”  What did Moses write?  He wrote what God told him to
write.  Again, at the beginning of Moses and all the prophets, He
expounded unto them and all the Scripture, the things concerning
Himself.  I’m speaking therefore, of Word, and revealed Word.  It
takes a prophet, and without that prophet, we are bereft.  Now listen
carefully, Jesus the Prophet was God in flesh communicating Himself, to
the people.  Wasn’t He?  “He that hath seen Me, hath seen the
Father.” [Jn 14:9] Oh, but just a minute, He cleansed the temple.  God
wouldn’t do that, wouldn’t He?  He did it.  He did it.  Then maybe I
should correct God, and say, “Lord, You shouldn’t have done it.”  

 	Jesus the Prophet, was God in flesh communicating Himself.  That’s
communicating God to the people.   Tell me, how much communicating did
He do, as to pertaining to future events?  Very little.  Very little. 
Hardly any at all.  Hardly.  What He did say, referred to what was
already written.  But He revealed what it was about, when He used it. 
So, we learned what I think was a very valuable lesson.  Prophets take
up little time about future events.  That kind of blows the Charismatic
doesn't it?  Future events do not make up much prophetic utterance. 
That is, we’re talking about the Bible.  Prophets speak from God, and
for God.  And their words and work, are a present time, and state, work
or treatise, on God’s defined purpose of the hour for a time and
state, or conditions go together.  

25.	Therefore, we don’t guess as Bro. Branham said, “When God has a
juncture, He sends a prophet.”  When you turn the corner, the prophet
has turned the corner for you.  Want me to read it again?  I know you
do.  Sure, I wrote it just as he gave it, I believe it.  Prophets speak
from God, and for God, and their words and work are a present time and
state work, or treatise, on God’s defined purpose of the hour. 
Jeremiah lying on his side all those days, and so on.  For time, and
state, or condition, go together.  In other words, could Moses come with
Noah’s message?  Oh yes, we’ll build an ark and float it down the
Nile and we’ll go over the Red Sea, with our barque. [boat] Why not? 
Times change.  A Word for an hour.  (Huh?)  Isn’t it nice understand
the things of God.  

 	Apply that to Moses. His ministry was not to stand up before men and
proclaim a future series of events.  But to declare God’s faithfulness
to His Word already given, and be a part in the fulfillment of that
Word. And the events only proved it, that is a series of miracles. 
Moses could have said, “I met with the burning bush.  Hallelujah.” 
Ah… Nobody [Heather, blank spot on tape repeats some again] needs the
Word anymore, because I’m Pentecostal latter rain.  I’m sorry I’m
getting sarcastic, I’ll take that back. Forgive me.

	Moses could have said, “Look, I have to say it again.”  Let me put
it nicely.  Moses didn’t say, “Hey look, I met with the burning
bush, and I got a new revelation.” You see why Bro. Branham said, "The
Message was what is was."  It’s not a new Message, it’s the same old
message of Luther, and Wesley and Pentecost, brought up to date.  And he
said, “If there’s a glory back there that’s faded, what will this
glory do?”  And I’m going to stop right there, because  I’m going
to start preaching, and I’ll never stop.  It’s no use.  Jesus was
the same in His office.  (See?)  He was the same.  He said, “I am that
one spoken of.”  He never came with a new revelation.  He never came
with anything new.  Oh, He’d have just stood up there and wow’d
them.  

26.  Do you remember what God told Bro. Branham?   I want to tell you
something.  If any man was sober and sincere, look, here’s something I
loved about Bro. Branham.  When he talked about God, it was realer than
that case I’m looking at.  God was like a substance, and that that man
was engaged in with.  A Reality.  Yet, that same God, sent His angel and
said, “You’ve made a side show.” And Bro. Branham said it wasn’t
some cheap Houdini trick, that Jesus engages in.  And pastor Pharaoh
said, “Well, we’ve got cheap magicians here that can do cheap
tricks.  Come on, Jannes and Jambres, throw down your stick.”  No,
cheap tricks. [end of side one of tape- some words missing on the turn
over] 

	Jesus stood there, and He fulfilled the Word written.  “Is it not
written of Me.  Show me where I failed in one Word.”  Now, He
could’ve stood up and said, “Bless God, tomorrow morning, the stars
will not shine.  In the afternoon. there will be little drops of blood.
They’ll be this and that.”  But  that would’ve only been to
confirm  who He was of whom whatever was written.  Oh listen, if you
don’t think the prophets were powerful servants of God, you’re
beginning to think so now…I hope.  When Jesus…when God sends the
prophet, He’s actually sending an indicator, or a revealer of His
living purpose, presently being fulfilled.  Then, he might predict that
basis.  

27.  Prophet comes in the Name of the Lord, thus and thus will happen. 
What for?  To show who He is.  Only, indicating the man, but the Words
are what are important.  We’ve been led in on God’s most precious
secret brother/sister.  You say, “Bro. Vayle, I wish I…was like
Abraham.”  You are like Abraham.  A master does not reveal his secrets
to his servants, but to his friends.  And  Abraham was a friend of God. 
Bro Branham said, when the Bride knew who she was, she’d be gone.  Do
you know tonight, you are a friend to God?  “Bro. Vayle, I’m
unfinished.”  You’re a liar.  Oh, I’m getting rough, I’m sorry. 
Do you want to call my bluff? “Let every man’s word be a lie, but
His be true.” [Rom 3:4] I don’t mean to be abrupt.  One day,
you’ll see something different.  I’ll no longer be abrupt.  When
that sweet Spirit comes into the Church, and I’m here, you won’t
recognize me.  And it’s not a joking matter, it’s the truth. 
Ain’t He wonderful?  

	Now, when God sends a prophet, He’s actually sending an indicator, or
revealer of His living purpose, presently being fulfilled.   Or why
would He send him?  I don’t care what’s back there.  I don’t care
what’s down the road.  I agree with the prophet, “Always looking
back, always looking forward, never know what’s going on.”  By
God’s grace I declare, I do know what’s going on at this moment. 
And I’m a part of It.  I’m not boasting, I’m merely testifying. 
Kind of a rude way to do it.  God sends a prophet, He’s actually
sending an indicator, a revealer of His living purpose, presently being
fulfilled.  That’s how a prophet is closely made, part of the Word,
the  man and the messenger are one.  God is actually on the scene.  God
is Present, and performing His Word.  

28.	The prophet has the revelation of it and passes it on. As Bro.
Branham said, "I was just a voice."  As Bro. Branham said wonderfully,
'Feast of the Trumpets' [64-07-19]“Jesus the Son of God, revealing
Himself by the Scripture.” Making the Scripture that has been
predestinated to this day like it was in that day.  And all the other
days live, and to believe it is the evidence of the Holy Ghost. 
Righteousness.  You tell me you’re full of the Holy Ghost and don’t
recognize Him.  I tell you, Bro. Branham said, and I repeat, “He is
here.”  

	And I say Elohim the creator, is here.  The One who made the trees and
people stand back and say, “Bro. Vayle, what a wonderful tree. Give me
the tree”. I said, “Don’t you understand,” I said, “He is
here.”  

	“Oh, what a beautiful tree.” (Yeah)  Quoting again:  Jesus the Son
of God.  Now, He was using in the tent of that risen One, who was called
the Son of God, because He’s returned to Spirit.  Is that correct? 
Romans 1:4. Jesus the Son of God revealed Himself by the Scripture
making Scripture that has been predestinated to this day, like it was in
that day, Jesus’ day.  And that all other days live, and to believe it
is the evidence of the Holy Ghost.  Righteousness, and He screams it out
in prophecy.  I now interject this with that marvelous statement, ‘but
how could you get that without a prophet?’ How can you get it without
a prophet?  Say, “Well Bro. Vayle, I can tell. ”  You can tell.    

29.	Don’t ever make a revelation by the Spirit a community project.  I
came out of Pentecost, and Pentecost came out of me.  Let me quote you
what Bro. Branham said,  from Daniel's Seventieth Week , [61-08-06]
concerning this very topic we have in mind.  

[68]	 The Spirit of Wisdom comes into the Church, to make known to the
Church 				by the revelation of the Holy Spirit.

	 Now you say, “Bro. Branham is redundant, he’s a foolish talker.”
He is exactly right in his language.  I don’t care if he had a
seventh-grade education, and called himself a ‘hillbilly’. Let me
tell you this is one hundred percent Scripture, 

 		The Spirit of Wisdom comes into the Church, to make known to the
Church 				by the revelation of the Holy Ghost.  

	 Not a group, not a people, not anything else, but God Himself. “No
man knows the things of God, says the Spirit of God.” [1 Cor 2:11]
I’ll repeat it again.

 	 	The Spirit of Wisdom comes into the church, to make known to the
Church 				by the revelation of the Holy  Spirit - bringing the church
in and revealing 					what day we’re living in.  Just the same as
Gabriel come to Daniel, the 					Holy Spirit comes to the church in the
last days to reveal these deep, 					secret things.  

 	Who is the Holy Spirit, I ask you the question?  God.  Now then, from
what we have gone into to define the prophet, we are ready to make a
very accurate assessment, about prophets. We will put the honor where it
is due.  For the office of a Word prophet is unparalleled.  We’re
going to look at it.  And we’re going to have to use examples to build
this up to where we’re going.  So, please be careful how you listen to
what I’m saying.  Or you could be misled.  

30.  In Ephesians 4:3-16 there is…but I’m going to read verse 4.  

		(4)	There is one body, and one Spirit, even as (you're) called in one 
					hope of your calling; (Where did you get it? One Spirit.)

		(5) 	One Lord, one faith, one baptism, (Where did you get it? One
Spirit.)

		(6)	 One God and Father of all, (even Father of all) who is above all,
and 					through all, and in you all. 

	How is He in you?  By One Spirit. So, we're talking about the Spirit,
we’re defining Spirit.  We are eulogizing Spirit.  

		(7)	 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure 
					of the gift of Christ.

		(8) 	Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity
					captive, and gave gifts unto men.

	Now, let’s go into this very carefully.  Even a Trinitarian knows it,
but denies it.  Because it was a Trinitarian that revealed it to me, Dr.
Vincent.  I’ll tell you where I get my material, don’t worry.   

		(9)	 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended
first 						into the lower parts of the earth?

Now get this flat.  Now, He that went up, what is it? But He is the One,
that went down into the earth.  Do you understand?  

31.  All right.  

		(10) 	He that descended is the same …that ascended…

     So, the One that went up, came down.  Then, you lost one God. 
Because Vincent said, Jesus came back as the Holy Spirit. But God
doesn’t change.  Does He?  Then, who was here in the first place?  You
know, the Word is really so simple, when you just let your own thinking
go.  When you want to become involved and become…it’s just too much.
 Becomes just too much.  Now listen, He came back as the Holy Ghost.  

		(10) 	He that descended… up far above all heavens, that he might
fill 						all things.)

	He had to die in the form of a man, to come back and fill all things,
and take the ascendancy, that’s what God did for us.  

		(11) 	And he (this Holy Spirit) gave some, apostles; and some,
prophets; 					and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

	This is five-fold, don’t forget this.  Now, we’re not talking about
the Word prophet.  I want you to understand that, but I’m just trying
to draw something out of here.  

		(12) 	For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry,
for the 					edifying of the body of Christ:

	Now, you keep that in mind, until He comes and shows you how it’s
done.  

		(13)	 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, (even) of the
knowledge 						of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, (that’s
finished, completed, 						consummated…that’s of the works) unto the
measure of the stature 					of the fullness of Christ:

		(14)	 That we … be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried
about 					with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and
cunning 						craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

		(15)	 But (holding, not) speaking the truth in love, may grow up (unto
						him not) into him (you wouldn’t get to first base unless you
were 						in Him. It’s unto Him) in all things, which is the head,
even Christ:

32.  Now listen, do you realize with the great issue here, is…is being
off the Word. The great issue of perfection, is being on the Word.  Now,
how do you get it?  By God Himself through men’s ministries… (which
we’ll read about in a minute I'm going to read from my notes, but,
I’m just drawing your attention here.  Now,

		(16)	 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted 			
		by that which every joint supplieth,…

		How many joints have there been in the body of Christ?  Seven.  Seven
Church Ages make up the body.  All right.  Everyone’s got to supply,
bringing in the members, bringing in to the place of the completion,
which will be in the Resurrection.  

		(16)	 …that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual 
					working in the measure…

 	Every man a measure of grace.  Every age a measure, everything is in
measure, and he's talking about the Holy Ghost in the Word.  So, the
measure of the Holy Ghost  is the measure of the Word. You can’t
separate them. You see how Bro. Branham’s language is perfect
theology.  It’s the theologians that are wrong.  It’s not the
prophet William Branham.   Call him a hillbilly, call him what you want.
 God in human flesh, in the office of a prophet.  Not redeemer raiser
from the dead.  Or a mediator, but prophet we’re talking about.  

33.  All right.  Now, this is something to consider, we’ll look at
12-16 that’s the end result. 12-16 those verses that are the end
result of a certain ministry, without which, there could be no end
result as in verse 16.  Now we read verse 16, and you’ll understand
what I’m saying.  

		(16)	 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted 			
		by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual 					
working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the 						body
unto the edifying of itself in love.

	And we’re talking about a perfection.  Now remember, it doesn’t get
there without a means. The hard-shell Baptist’s say, ‘We have a
hope'. And we’ve got to wait until we die and come in the
Resurrection.”   That’s antinomianism.  That means salvation without
a means.  That’s a lie from the pit of hell.  And anybody that tries
to tell you there’s a perfection here, outside of the Holy Ghost in
certain ministries, they don’t know what they’re saying.  They’re
saying wrong.  

	Now just wait, we’ll put it all back on God.  Now, but, and I
emphasize but, what is behind these ministries of ministers, for men of
themselves, designated ministers, cannot ever bring the church to
perfection.  Now, these men of God, have got to bring the church to
perfection, but man of himself, cannot do it.  "For no man knows the
things of man, outside the spirit of man. And no man knows the things of
God, save the Spirit of God". [1 Cor.2:11] And no man can know the
things of God, except to whom God, will reveal it.  

34.  Now, the answer lies in [Ephesians] verses 4-11 which I was reading
there. You know there’s one God, and so on.  Now:

		(4)	…one body, and one (Lord)… one hope of your calling; 

		(5)	 One Lord, one faith…” 

	Everything comes from God.  The answer is God is doing something,
because God is the answer.  Not only is God doing something, God is
doing everything.  Now, how is He doing it?  Verses 8-10, He ascended up
on high, He couldn’t come back here as a man again, so, He came back
as the Holy Ghost.  And He still filled men, for the sake of men, and
for the sake of God.  And the filling was not a baptism with the Holy
Ghost, it was a designation of the Spirit of God in ministry.  Do you
understand what I’m saying?  So, the ministers are designated by the
name of their calling; apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelists,
pastors. They’re designated.  But the reality or life of that
ministry, is not of the man, but the Holy Ghost.  No gift per se, would
ever do that.  

	Now remember, I’m talking of gifts like tongues, interpretation, and
all those things.  That’s not five-fold ministry.  Because those gifts
are complimentary to the ministers, and the ministers carry the Word. 
That’s what the prophet said, I’m not arguing with anybody.  No gift
per se would do that, it is only the Holy Spirit out working in men. 
True apostles are men in whom the Spirit, Holy Spirit is working in a
certain manner, and all points to Christ.  Now, let’s be very honest,
and I will be very rude,   but please don’t flash your tippy, tippy,
torso across this stage, to ever get attention to yourself.  I’m not
interested.  

35.	Organization, genuine gifts are even used to a wrong end to deceive
and to destroy.  Some people don’t even understand church order, they
don’t even want to understand it.  Yet Bro. Branham said, “One of
the greatest catastrophes, (and I’m paraphrasing to a degree) could
happen in the church, is for a genuine born again man, with genuine gift
of the Spirit, to be used of the devil.”  I didn’t say that, the
prophet did.  He used many pages, in getting around to it.  But, he said
it.  He’s polite.  Prophets are men in whom the Holy Spirit is working
in a certain manner.  And all points to Christ.  Teachers, evangelists,
pastors, are men in whom the Spirit of God is working in a certain
manner, pointing to Christ.  

	They never point to organization, or, to themselves.  “Come and join
my church. Believe what I teach.”   Look brother/sister, I’ve never
ever told you to believe what I teach.  Best of my knowledge, I teach
what the prophet taught us.  I can’t prove anything.  No man can prove
anything.  The world is in such a condition, Bro. Branham said, “The
man sits in the cellar, and another man says there’s light outside,
brother.  He says, ‘I won’t go outside, I won’t believe it.  You
couldn’t get me to believe it.’”  I didn’t say it, he did.  

  	So then, listen.  Let’s go over this again: So, the ministers are
designated by the name of their calling, but the reality, your life of
that ministry is not of the man, but the Holy Spirit.  True apostles are
men in whom the Holy Spirit working in a certain manner.  I know men who
call themselves apostles.  I have another name for it.  Prophets are men
in whom the Holy Spirit is working in a certain manner, and it all
points to Christ.  So then, God is His Own apostle.  As Bro. Branham
said, “God is His Own prophet.” Now, I’ve been
going…listen…I’m taking you a long way around, but you’re
catching it, I hope.  “…it is God in you willing and doing His good
pleasure.”  [Phil 2:13] 

36.  See if I can find this here in the Book of Ephesians, [3:20] to
help a little more. (I don’t know if I can find It.)  I never can find
anything, very easily.  I guess maybe, I’m not supposed to tell you.  

 		(20)	Now unto him that is able to do exceeding (abundant) above all 	
				that we ask or think… (and that’s not true.)  

	It’s unto Him, who is able to do that exceeding abundant above all
you’re able to ask or think.  Is He that is exercising His power, that
is at work within you.  You don’t do it even with what He gives you. 
He does it with what He gives you, and you let Him.  As the prophet
said, “I’ve learned to step aside.”  You know, I hope you’re
catching something tonight brother/sister,  I’m trying to get across
to you.  William Branham, was right.  I don’t care what he said about
Scripture, he’s right.  I can take every place he said, “God reveals
it to me.”  Right down the line, down the line, down the line, down
the line.  And listen, the very fact I feed on It, and It lifts me right
up, and it brings me up toward Him.  All the things that it’s doing,
proves that It's for this hour.  He didn’t speak back in Moses’ day.
 He didn’t speak back in Wesley’s day.  Why should He speak back in
those days?  They’re dead. 

 37.  You know, a certain fellow one day said, when he's preaching he
said, “Pastor, what does it mean to be dead?”

     “Look son, you go up there to the graveyard,” (and he said) you
tell those people all the lovely things you ever heard about anybody.”


     The guy went out there, and just said all the lovely things, said,
“You’re the loveliest people, (he said) you're the most marvelous
people, without you God, I’d be lost, and all the things.”  He came
back and said, “I did it preacher.” 

     The preacher said, “What did they say back?” 

     He said, “Nothing.”  

     Well he said, “You go out there and cuss them.  You know, call
them every dirty thing under high heaven.”  

     And he came back , and the preacher said, “What did they say?”

     He said, “Nothing.”  

     He said, “That’s dead.”  

      Hope you caught the point.  If you didn’t I’m not going to
talk about it.  

38.  Now, all right listen, God is His own prophet.  What made Moses a
prophet?  The Holy Spirit in the person of His prophetic office in
Moses.  What made Jesus the prophet?  God, in His office an attribute in
Him, in the flesh of Jesus.  Jesus himself said, “I do nothing but
what I see the Father do.”  [Jn 5:19] Amos said, “…the Lord has
spoken, who can but prophesy?” [Amos 3:8] And “Surely the
Lord…will do nothing but He revealeth His secret unto His servants the
prophets.” [Amos 3:7]  

      God said to Jeremiah.  “…Behold I (will) put My Words, in thy
mouth.” [Jer 1:9] Jeremiah was God to the people though he himself,
was not God.  Even Balaam said, “Not having any power at all to say
anything.  The Word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.”
[Num 22:38] Oh, Balaam was sure ahead of this generation. 

     Now…we know conclusively, that our God prophet, who incarnated
Himself in Jesus, while Jesus was on earth, withdrew from that body and
raised that body up to heaven.  Where Jesus is now, high priest and
mediator, intercessor, but not prophet.  You find where He called it. 
And that Spirit, took on again the form of a Pillar of Fire, and met
Paul and identified Himself to Paul as that same Jesus, Jehovah Savior. 


 39.  Now, I want to pass something onto you brother/sister, if you are
smart from this moment on, from what I tell you.  And you will be…
hopefully, I will do it with you, never you use the word ‘Christ’ in
the Greek again.  Call it Messiah, because people get confused.  Is
Messiah, Christ?   Is Christ, Messiah, what’s going on here?  Bro.
Branham said, “Messiah was Logos.”  Bro. Branham said, “Messiah
was Melchezidec.” Bro. Branham said, “Melchezidec was Christ.”  
And too many people got a funny idea about Christ.  But if you see He is
that Messiah, if you see that He is that One, you get a little bit of
help in your understanding.  Don’t take Word, and make a mess.  Our
son had a little sign and he put it in the car.  And he left it there
for me.  It said, “All misunderstandings comes by words.” But so is
all understanding.  If the Holy Ghost breathes on it. 

40.  All right.  Listen.  Let me repeat.  Here, we know conclusively,
that our God prophet who incarnated Himself in Jesus, while Jesus, was
on earth, withdrew from that body, and raised that body up to heaven
where Jesus is now our high priest, mediator, and intercessor, but not
prophet.  Although He still is prophet, don’t misunderstand me.  And
that Spirit took again the form of a Pillar of Fire, and met Paul and
identified Himself to Paul as that same Jesus, Jehovah Savior.  He said,
“I’m Jesus.”  And until He reincarnates Himself in that Body, He
must ever have a vessel like Paul, if there is ever to be an other
prophet to meet God in a Pillar of Fire.  Now, there’s where the
theologians rebel.  That’s because, they're theologians. If they were
just born again, they wouldn’t rebel.  

      Now, Paul said that Jehovah king, came back not in flesh, but in
Spirit.  We saw that in Ephesians 4:  Jesus said in John 14:6, that is
exactly what It'll be. The Father will send another comforter, He’s
the Spirit of truth, I will come back.  We will come back.  He
identified.  Now,   it happened at Pentecost.  Now, don’t get confused
here, because  you could be thrown.  I’m just telling you, the Spirit
per se, came back at Pentecost…I didn’t say anything about the
prophet.     I didn’t say a thing about ministry.  But you can’t be
in the body of Christ, until you’re born again, through that Spirit
that comes to even the prophet.  We’re talking the general, there is
one body, there is one Spirit, there is one faith.  And anyone onto
ministry, so I'm right right back to the original.  You understand?

41.  Okay.  Very good.  It happened at Pentecost, that’s men making up
a body by the Spirit.  But, they aren’t prophets as we know Word
prophet.  But they’re the only ones that can receive the Word, of the
prophet.  Bro. Branham said, “That Logos came back in a Pillar of
Fire, dividing Himself upon all.”  So therefore, God could speak today
to anybody in Africa, in China, or any place else, but you better have a
prophet to know that you’re right.  All right.  Now, that’s men
making up a body by the spirit, but they aren’t prophets as we know a
Word prophet to be.  Then in Ephesians 4: He sets in ministries by the
same Holy Ghost, but…I’m going to let me be honest with you…the
Holy Spirit does not minister in the pews.  He ministers in five-fold
brethren. 

      And I don’t want to stand here and make myself different, but,
God as my judge.  I’ve got to read this Bible the way that it’s
written.  I never called myself.  Do you think I want to be here
tonight?  I’ll tell you, I’d like to be just in the flesh…naw, I
wouldn’t, I’d sooner be any place under high heaven.  Let’s be
honest.  I’m talking about the flesh.  I’d be someplace cooler, and
nice.  I’m talking about climate, not people.  I would not want to be
with any people outside the people here tonight.  And I’m not trying
to flatter you, I just mean it.  Because I don’t feel one bit of
conflict in you, or I don’t feel anything out of sorts, in anyway. 
And you can tell I’m more calmed down than usual.  And I’m sweeter
than usual.  With one teaspoon of sugar in four gallons of lemonade
isn’t too much, especially if it’s got a lot of lemons in there. 
So, I’ve got you over a barrel tonight.  See, I don’t have any
problem with anybody.  

42.  Listen:  It’s just not in a man brother/sister, to be a minister,
you know that...  Look, there’s nobody here takes me for a fool, or
you wouldn’t be here.  And I’m not a fool.  I watch every minister
closely as I watch myself.  And believe me, I’m a man who denigrates
himself, and I prefer my brethren above me.  There’s no way I can say
otherwise, until you cross to a place, then forget it.  You say, “Bro
Vayle...” I’m going to tell you something, I knew the prophet, none
of you knew him as I knew him, in this building.  And don’t tell me
you did, or I’ll call your bluff.  You try to pull a deal on him, you
were finished.  Now look here,  I don’t aggrandize myself, or anybody.
 

     And I hate to say this in one way, but I’m not in another way. 
I’ll come out fighting at the drop of a hat from now on.  I know
it’s not a nice thing to say ,maybe, but I’m going to tell you the
truth.  I know where I stand.  There is no five-fold minister of himself
who has anything.  It’s got to be the Holy Ghost, in a special
ministry.  Certain man in our area one day said, “Lee Vayle can’t do
nothing to me.”  I took my wallet out before the people, and said,
“I …?... the one thing I can do is give a little bit of money.” 
And if you’re looking for something else, you’ve missed it.  But
I’ve got to be honest, if God didn’t give me the money to give to
you, … I’ve got nothing for you.  But I’d be a fool to stand here,
if I didn’t have something for you.  Word.  Ephesians 4: He set in
ministries, but that’s not what we’re looking at.  Though, they’re
not too bad to look at.  I’m talking about a ministry which is even
beyond the ministry of a five-fold.  

43.  Let me go to 1 Corinthians 14: Let me show you something.  Paul,
the apostle says in verse 36;

	(36)	What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you 				
only?

     Where does the Word come, and how does it come? 

	(37)	If any man think himself to be a prophet…

    Five-fold. I’ve seen them. I’ve seen them.  They call themselves
prophets, and can’t stand the presence of William Branham, and turn
around in disbelief.  I can name names, Jack.  A lot of people sort of
sell me short in this respect… I gave everything to Bro. Branham I
ever had, I did with all my heart.  My life, every cent, everything.  I
only have withheld one thing, and that was, my wife.  And I’m not
ashamed to say, if he’d have said he wanted her, I would’ve prayed
to God, if his wife would’ve died, I would’ve died, he could’ve
had her.  You can’t do anymore than that.  But I give my life to
nobody else.  I’m not a patsy to any man.  Let’s get that straight. 
When Bro. Branham died, a certain man called himself a prophet, phoned
me up. and he thought he could take me in tow, a lot of preachers in
this Message thought, they could take me in tow and on or off, I prefer
my brother, but don’t press it.  And he said his ...?... said, “Bro.
Vayle, God doesn’t smear a prophet across the road.”  I said “He
fed them to lions, and their body was dung upon the earth as
fertilizer” [bolded for BV’s emphasis]  I lost that head, because I
decapitated it. 

	(36)	What? came the Word of God… unto you only? (Sure, never 				
came out of you, didn’t come out of me.) 

      Moses’ law; Paul’s gospel; William Branham’s Message; love
it.  I’m not ashamed.  I’m not ashamed.  

	(37)	If any man (thinks) himself to be a prophet, or spiritual…

      That would mean, full of the Holy Ghost.  Admit it.  And of you
can’t said Paul, you ain’t got it.  You see Bro. Vayle, there’s a
man up there like that came on the scene.  There was.  

44.  Let me tell you about Paul, how he thought about himself, in the
sense of the Message.  We go to the Book of  Galatians 1:11-12

	(11)	But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of
					me is not after man. (And he was a man) 

	(12)	 For I neither (I) received it of man, neither was I taught it,
but by 					the revelation…

     The very appearing of the Holy Spirit, God in a Pillar of Fire, so
He could be apprehended.  And then listen to what he says in 6-9 of the
same chapter.

	(6)	I marvel (you're) are so soon removed from him that called you 				
(under) the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

     He said, “I marvel that you’ve left me.” And he wasn’t
thinking of his pocketbook either.  That you’ve left me…unto another
gospel, 

	(7) 	Which is not another; (gospel)…(there is only one.)

45. That’s what  Bro, Branham said, “There’s only one Message.” 
What are you trying to pin a new message on me for?   Why are you trying
to get me to write a new Bible?  What’s the matter with you guys. 
There’s only one.  Let’s get down to the truth of that one.  Pull
off the masks of creeds and dogmas.  Loose the Holy Ghost from
organizations, see what happens.  See the flaming sword in the powerful
hand of a man who can hold it.  And when he’s slashed with the sword,
and hewed with the axe, they saw the same thing that John saw, a Lamb
coming from behind the throne, to open the Seals.  

     Yeah.  Which is not  another gospel, but some would trouble you,
and would I pervert the gospel of Christ.  

            (8)       But though (myself), or an angel from heaven,
preach any other 					(thing than I) preached unto you, (we're all)
accursed.

            (9)       As we said …(I) say (it) again, (if anybody
whatsoever, myself 					included, preaches anything other than I have
given you)…(cursed!)            

46.  Now, let’s go back to Acts 3: we’re getting there before
midnight…wonderful.  I thought this was going to be a long, long road
down the mountain.  And a long road up…Acts 3:  we’re going to go
back now, because we know what a prophet is.  It’s God in a man.  At a
certain time, for a certain reason, with a certain Word, under
manifestation, under revelation, for that time.  How could the Seventh
Day Adventists go back to Moses’ law?  How could we go back to
Pentecost?  Come on.  I’ll tell you how you go back, if there’s
anything in you to go back.  

     You know I have a very facile system, physiologically, and this is
going to sound crude.  But one time my mother, and my sister, were
poisoned along with me.  And I have the facile ability to develop
instant diarrhea, and vomiting.  And I got better in a hurry.  Have you
been purged tonight?  I’m serious now, I’m a little vulgar, but I
don’t care if I am, because you only get the point in this day, by
bringing things right out in the open.  Have you been purged tonight? 
Has Pentecost thoroughly left you?  Your Methodism, and your Missionary
Alliance, your Nazarene, your legalism.  Or, are you still somebody? 
Are you still somebody?  Hard to understand, isn’t it?  

       I’m sixty-eight going on, forty-five years ago, I spit in His
face.  I made Him a liar.  But not anymore.  Not anymore.  No.  Purged. 
Not every sin must go today it’s already gone by the Blood, now,
it’s the Word, purging.  Yep.  

47.  Back to Acts 3: All right, He says in verse 20.

	(20)	And He shall send Jesus Christ, (Even God shall send Jesus Christ)
				which before was (appointed) unto you:

     He will be sent back …but hold it!  He’d love to come back, but
something is stopping Him.  Even at this time.  What is it? 
Restoration.  That’s what It said.  There’s got to be a restoration.
 

46.  Okay, we’ll hurriedly turn, if we can hurry, to Joel.  Because
that’s where the restoration is all about.  And we start with Joel
2:25.

	(25)	And I will restore (unto) you the years that the locust (has)
eaten, 					the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my
great 				army which I sent among you.

     All right. Now, the thing is restore what?  What are you going to
restore?  Listen. Verse 23.

	(23)	Be glad then, (you) children of Zion… 

     That’s the ones that make up the Bride, New Jerusalem.  They blow
the trumpet in Zion  says verse 15 of chapter 2.   

	(15)	…sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:

     Get them together.  Blow that trumpet, prophet, blow the trumpet. 
Get the children of God together.  Well a prophet can’t do it, unless
God is there.  Okay, God’s on the scene.  

	(23)	Be glad … (you) children of (the Bride) and rejoice in the LORD 
				your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, … 				
cause to come down for you … the former rain, and the latter rain 				
in the first…

      And they’ve got the word ‘month’ in there.  Month should not
be in there, it’s not in the original. He’s telling you, It’s
coming down now, as It came down the first time.  The first time It came
down with the prophet, in a Pillar of Fire.  Who had an infallible Word,
if any man speak differently, he’s cursed.  Bro. Branham said, “Say,
what I say.”  

48.  All right.  Now, what is being restored.  Okay, we find what’s
being restored.  The former and latter rain.  And the former rain of
course we know, is the morem? which is the teaching rain.  Now, we go
down to 26.

	(26)	And (you) shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the
name 					of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and
					my people shall never be ashamed.

     That’s not eating bread.  That’s eating the Word, "For man doth
not live by bread alone, but every word that proceeds out of the mouth
of God." And that Word must be that which proceeds out of His mouth."
[Mt 4:4] Not a corrected Word, not an amended Word, not a perverted
Word.  But the Word which was always correct.  Get it back as it was in
the first.  

     Now, you tell me, who’s going to do that, but God.  I don’t
care if the man’s a prophet, forty prophets, five million prophets
rolled into one, he’s not going to do it, except God does it.  But
when God speaks, when the voice of God thunders, there’s got to be a
prophet.  (See?) No way can you change it.  Now, verse 27.

	(27)	And (you) shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I
am 				the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be 		
		ashamed.

       And let me confront you tonight, with the very fact here, that it
is God that the prophet points to.  God never gave any church a bunch of
people, a bunch of gifts, to say “Hallelujah, we are the
Charismatics.”  Now, you can say it.  Nobody’s going to stop you. 
But you’ll wish you hadn’t.  (See?)  Points to God.  If the prophet
ever failed to point to God, by reason of that Word, which lines with
every other word; and it’s another prophet, it’s another God, it’s
a fallacy.  Get back to the original.  That’s what He’s talking
about.  Now, my people shall never be ashamed.  And the Bible distinctly
says… (forget it, I’m going to get another sermon. We’ll come
back.  We’ll get into that tomorrow night.)

  

49.  Now listen, we’ll just leave it there.  When this prophet points
to God. there comes to a place, and I’ll put it this way, the people
will never be ashamed.  Now listen, every single generation, God has had
His work, and every single generation, men have died.  And man has
always gone down to the earth ashamed.  But there’s a people standing
here tonight, who will be as righteous as God.  Not just imputed, but
they’ll stand there, as gems for His crown.  And they’ll walk to the
Tree of Life, eat, and live forever.  Every generation but this
generation has gone down in shame.  

       But this generation, shall not, and when that blessed hope is
amongst us, to the extent, who will be as righteous as God.  Not just
imputed, but they’ll stand there as gems for His crown.  And they’ll
walk to the Tree of Life, and eat and live forever.  Every generation
but this generation has gone down and changed. But this generation shall
not, and when that blessed hope is amongst us to the extent that the
dead can come up, we’ll be changed and God’s people will never be
ashamed again.  No, they will never be disrobed again.  Never again
brother/sister. They’ll keep the integrity of that flesh, because the
flesh has gained the integrity through the righteousness of Christ.  

     All right, now watch.  God said, “I God, will restore.”  It
said, “I will restore said God.” The Lord God of Israel said, “I
will restore.”  The Lord God, said, “I will restore and you will
know it is I that am restoring.”

50.  Now, let’s just get over here in Matthew 17: we read verses
10-11. This has to do with the very period we’re looking in. "Some of
you shall not die till you see the Son of man coming in his kingdom." 
[Mt. 16:28]

   Now listen, he said here:

	(10)	And his disciples (said) Why then say the scribes that Elias must 
				First come?

	(11)     And Jesus answered and said … Elias truly shall first come,
and restore… 

      Now you say, “Hey, God’s divided.”  God says, “I will
restore, Elijah restore.”  Well I’ve been telling you all along, the
prophet was nothing without God.  He doesn’t mean a thing without God.
 The only reason he’s a prophet, because God is in that particular
minister.  Ministry which sets him apart from every other ministry.  The
apostle has nothing to go with, unless there’s a prophet.  A Word
prophet.  And the prophet, I don’t care who he is, he’s always
judged by that same Word.  Five-fold, minister, prophet, that teacher,
that evangelist, that pastor, do you get it?  “I will restore, Elijah
will restore.”  That is true but, I will be there to say it, God tells
him what to say, and when to say, and how to say.  As Bro. Branham said,
“The Elijah at this hour is the Lord Jesus, Himself. Not a man, but
God.”  But, it comes through the man, the prophet.  I’m not getting
that quote a hundred percent right.  It’ll come to my mind later, if I
have to use it.  

51.  Now, let’s be adamantly, realistic, and read again.  Acts 3:
20-21 Let’s notice, because the Bible is written a certain way, that
must be apprehended, or it’s looked at.  Now;

	(20)	And he shall send (even God shall send) Jesus Christ, which (was) 
				appointed) unto you: (but, you killed Him.)

	(21)	Whom the (heavens now) must (retain) until (there is a restoration
					of that Word,) which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy 	
			prophets since the world began.

    And notice, every single prophet in His Book, and every prophesy
proclaims, that One.  There is a continuity which is remarkable, and
unbreakable.  Never deviate.  Now, 21, now notice: ‘for Moses said’.
Now, verse 22, 12:, tells the truth and the secret of 20-21.  Now,  

	(20)	(This God) shall send Jesus Christ, (in the flesh) which before
was 					(appointed) unto you:

	(21)	Whom the (heavens) must (keep Him there,) until (there be a 				
restoration of the former rain, and the latter rain together, until 				
all this Word comes back to where it was originally, for all intents 			
	and purposes.  And the purpose being fulfilled.).  

	

	(22) 	For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord 	
			your God raise up…

     Now, in that word ‘for’ in there, It tells you how who’s
going to do it.  God Himself, is His own prophet, and going to do It. 
Oh, come on.  Who gave the Word?  Who knows the Word?  Who can interpret
the Word?  Who can give It back?  You say, “Some prophet’s going to
rise up and say, ‘Hallelujah, I’m going to be that man.’” Oh
brother/sister, fire will come out of the ground and eat him up, live. 
Going to come in the last days, don’t you worry.  Bro. Branham said,
“I’m not fire, going to appear again.”  My heart and my soul has
come to my understanding less than a year ago.  Something came to me and
said, “You’re going to see it, you watch.”  

52:  Now listen, I’m standing up here, and I’m going to tell you one
thing.  When I get through preaching, if I preach.  How many times have
I preached?... Two times a week.  If I say certain things, I know
exactly what things are going to happen.  I’m going to say certain
things, and certain p are going to sit here and say. “Praise God, if
dirty old Lee Vayle can get it, 'hallelujah' I’m going to grab some
too ”  The next bunch are going to sit back and going to be scared. 
The third bunch is going to say, “Who does he think he is?”  I’ve
already told you.  Now, I don’t want to get too tough with you, you do
what you want.  See, I’ve lived amongst people preaching, I’m
sixty-eight years of age.  ...?...  I’m not fooling with this Word
tonight brother/sister.  I’m just where the apostles was when Jesus
said:

     “Give them a little test, why don’t you go too?”

     “Where would we go?”

     He said, “ You could go back.”   

     They said. “Look, we just come out.” 

     “Well, you should agreed you could go forward.”

     “Hold it.  Ain’t no way. We didn’t have enough brains. [end
of side two- missed some on the tape turn over to the underlined below]
We’ll keep what we got in here.  And now we got out, where do we
go?”     

     They’re going to stick with You.  I’m standing on it.  Well you
say, “I don’t believe I’m going to make it.”  As far as I’m
concerned, I have made it.  Now, that’s talking, that’s talking
strong.  You do what you want with it.  Oh God, I wish I had six nights
here with you. I can’t crowd in …a hundred hours preaching at least.
 The coloured lights to tell you, to show you some Scriptures, to show 
what’s happening, what's happening. And I'm no prophet, I just keep,
but I know what the prophet said I believe. I know I know what’s in
the Word here.  It says, ‘God is going to do it’.  For Moses said,
“God, is going to raise up that prophet.”  God raised up Jesus.  

53.  Now, verse 22  tells the secret of verses 20-21.  God is His own
prophet.  But a man must seek.  God must have a voice to reach the
Bride. And if that voice is disregarded, watch verse 23. 

	(23)	And  it (will) come to pass, that every soul, will not hear that 	
			prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

      Now anybody knows that even a herald that rode in the days of
messages for the king, he merely approached the other residents in the
castle, and he said, “A message by the herald from the king.”  And
he gave the message.  He didn’t even explain it.  He rode on.  The
rest is up to you.  The king never came near the castle.  The president,
who has ambassadors doesn’t go to foreign lands.  He sends
ambassadors, now we are ambassadors for Christ.  We are in God’s shed
but, we’re not in God’s stead like Paul.  In the editorial we, was
saying,  “I Paul and God said to you,  and I pass onto you from God, a
ministry where you to your brethren become the literal Voice of God to
them.”  God’s got to have a Voice.  (See?)  

54.  Now, the Word of that Voice carries life and death.  Because there
is utter destruction to those who won’t hear; but those who do hear
lives.  Here is the type of Moses for this hour,  and the Spirit is
doing it.  Now listen, Jesus back there in the flesh, nobody dies
because of it.  He died within.  But,  He said, "There’s a day coming,
when your blasphemy will end everything."  And He said, “You’ll
never be forgiven.”   Now listen, we still have ...?...  He still
Mediates. We’ve got Someone though He's left the Mercy Seat and 
climbs upon the Father’s Throne, remember He’s still Mediator.  And
the temple cannot fill with smoke until He comes down, to pick that
Bride up.  And that’s for the Gentiles.  It’s still a period of
grace you know. There’s a difference there.  Now, in this hour, to he
that doesn’t hear it, is going to be the same.  Now, let’s watch
very carefully. 

55.  And let’s find out, if we’re on the right trail or not. 
Because now we’re going to go to the Book of Malachi 4:  Now, watch
carefully, as I read.  

	(1)	For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and 				
all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble:...

     Now, when are the wicked here?  When the Seals are opened and that
which is righteous is righteous, and that which is filthy is filthy. 
So, the Seals are opened.  You believe that?  That’s the truth.  I
don’t care about anybody, I’m not testing it.  I just want you to
really know where you really stand tonight.  Because this is when that
happens.  

     Because in  Revelations 22:10 It says, “Seal not (up) the
(prophecies of the sayings) of this book: ….”  And right afterwards,
“… he that is righteous, let him be righteous still:” 

      But in Revelations 10:4 It says, “Seal not…”  So, between
Revelation 10:4 and 22:10, the Seals are open.  Now, let’s find out
who opens them. (See?) 

       Look,  I told you Scripture weaves back and forth.  (All right,
is everybody having a good time tonight?  Can you follow what I’m
saying, teaching?)  Because look, that’s my job, 

weave Scripture back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. 
That’s my job, and I’m trying to do it tonight.  Not trying to be a
Philadelphia lawyer confuse anybody.   I’m just trying to show what
the prophet said, is so one hundred percent minute.  

     Now, I’m going to tell you something:  There’s a lot of people
that missed this. One speck of sea water tests the same as billions and
billions and trillions of tons of sea water.  But we don’t have one
speck of sea water of the Word.  We’ve got the billions of tons
tonight.  So, let’s pour it on.  Amen.  

56.  Listen,   [Malachi 4:]

	(1)	For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all
the 					proud, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble:…

   	“Whose fan is in His hand, will thoroughly purge his floor and
gather his wheat 			into the garner;"  (Right?) [Mt 3:12]  

	(1)	...and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of 		
		hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. (Now,
that’s 					annihilation, that's the human race is gone.) 

 

	(2)	 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness
arise 				with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up
as calves 				of the stall.

	(3) 	And … tread down the wicked…

     Now He’s telling you flat.  At the time that He comes, there’s
mercy, and this destruction. And He tells you who’s doing it.  The Son
of righteousness, is doing it.  And the Son of righteousness, the
prophet said, which is true, indicates immortality.  So, the wicked in
their righteousness, are separated by  chapter 22 of the Book of
Revelation.  The wicked go to their destruction, the righteous go to the
Tree of Life.  And the righteous that go to the Tree of Life with the
risen dead, are caught up and come back and they tread upon the ashes of
the wicked; “Whose fan is in his hand, thoroughly purge his floor,
gather his wheat into the garner…”     Who’s doing it?  That’s
that prophet.  God is doing it. We’re getting to the nitty gritty.  

57.  All right,  now watch:  

	(3) 	(You) shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under
… 

                   	your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the
LORD of hosts.

       The Lord of hosts, is the great leader of the army, of Revelation
19:  What’s the host?  The army.  

	(4) 	Remember … the law of Moses … which I commanded unto him 

		in Horeb…

      What's the law of Moses? A prophet unto Moses.  You ran from Me,
you fled from Me. He said,  “I had a name, therefore a man has got to
be here when this is being done.”  Oh, you might say, “Well Bro.
Vayle, I don’t know about that.”  Then let me tell you, you are not
coming back on a white horse with Jesus.  You just blew it my brother my
sister sitting here, you just blew it.  Because the righteous tread down
the wicked, He said, “I’m going to do it.”  You deny a prophet,
you cut your throat.  And I’m getting the same thing in me again.  I
should end it.  

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

     But, He doesn’t say, that He doesn’t send Elijah in the day,
when the righteous get saved. Now, watch it.

	(6) 	And he shall turn the heart(s) of the... children, back to the
fathers.  				(because John, fulfilled that first part) lest I come and
smite…

 

58. He said, “I’m here with Elijah, and I will not smite.  I come
back without Elijah, and I do smite.”  I’ve had time, I preached the
three distinct sermons on it. (Don't have time) And I’m not boasting,
I’m just telling you flat.  I preached Moses, to the church over here.
 They throw the whole thing out.  Listen, take that back to Revelation
10: and you will see God come down, another mighty Messenger come down. 
Who’s in the Presence of God?  His own prophet, His own Messenger.
Who’s got the rainbow?  God’s got the rainbow.  Who’s on the
Fhrone?  God was on the Throne.   Who came down?  God come down.  Who
was there?  A prophet was there.  Seventh Church Age messenger was
there.  

     What was He there for?  He was there to be when time ran out. When
He that swore to Abraham, swore by Himself. The same One is here,
swearing to the same children of Abraham.  It’s over!  The days of the
voice of the Seventh Church Age messenger.  Because, there’s only
seven messengers in the Bible.  One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
Church Ages messengers.  Every message finished.  What does 'finished',
mean?  It means completed and polished, you can’t add, you can’t
take.  That which is perfect is come. (I’ll get into that tomorrow
night.)  Forget the bloodhound interpretation.  So, that went over your
head, with me too.  I’m angry.  I’m not kidding.  Don’t tell me
the prophet made a mistake.  

     The big mistake made, was that guy opened his mouth.  Let me tell
you, if God said concerning  Mary, and her father should have spit in
her face.  I know what I’m talking about.     I spit in God’s face;
I paid a price.  No more, by the grace of God, no more.  I’m a liar,
but He’s not.  I’m a deceiver, but He’s not.  But only because of
Him, I’m neither one.  If He wasn’t standing there, I wouldn’t be
standing here.  

59.  Let’s go back to  Acts 3: 24.  

	(24)	Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after,
					as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

     Now, tell me here where Samuel fits in?  Tell me what he wrote. 
Where does he fit with Moses?  Moses wrote it.  Where did Samuel write
even in type about the Redeemer? I don’t know anything.  I went
through it, I couldn’t find anything.  Well you know it’s tells you
of my understanding.  Samuel was a child prophet, but Moses wasn’t. 
He was born that way, but no manifestation.  Not that we know of, no
record.   Jesus was.  Joseph was.  William Branham was.  And
discernment, full of it.  Also, he was a prophet/priest, Samuel was.  So
was Jesus.  Samuel stood as God stood there.  Now watch, Samuel typing. 
Stood there as God stood there.  And when Samuel was rejected, God was
rejected.  The prophet Samuel, was rejected for  organization.  Well,
was he?  

60.  Laodicea and Israel took up a Nicolaitan head.  How many people,
have come out of organization, but not come into the Word?  They’ll
have a head.  You have to see it in the Bible…a type.  And when the
man who stood for God, through the revealed Word which was Samuel, was
rejected, God was rejected.  Now understand when Jesus was rejected, by
Israel refusing to hear, all were not destroyed.  For Israel, is still
with us, under the Fifth Seal perhaps millions are saved, and will live
in the ages to come.  And 144,000 will join us in the New Jerusalem, and
Millennium.  And being eunuchs, those who care for the Bride, but after
this last time, when He the Holy Spirit, Logos amongst us, as indeed He
is, to fail to hear Him via the prophet, is to bring utter destruction. 
Because, that’s what Malachi says.  

     Elijah, if you don’t hear Elijah, you don’t hear Me.  Today, we
are in a repeat of Spiritual history.  Omega repeats the Alpha.  (See?) 
Not, introducing, but finishing.  Now, that’s the … Alpha Omega
principle.  We all know, I’m sure.  God in a prophet, to lead a Bride
out of Babylon, unto glory.  And to reject that Word, is to reject the
prophet.  Is to not hear God, and the tribulation sets in.  

 

61.  Let’s go to John 13:  This has become such a favorite …with me.
 The prophet used it, but it’s taken a depth I never realized until
this hour.  

	(20)	(Truly, truly), I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I
send 				receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent
me.

      Tell me, why was Jesus sent to be the Word?  Why does He send the
prophet to bring the Word, to bring the people in?  So therefore,
refusing the prophet, refuses to be brought in. (You see?)  I love it. 
And when I receive him that Jesus sent, (or God, put it any way you
want, the Holy Spirit is what is really doing it, not the corporal body)
when I receive that one that He sent.  Then I am a part of Jesus.  I am
a part of God.  I am a part of the Word.  We’re all one together. 
“When you receive the Word, you become the living Word in your
body,” said the prophet of God.  And that’s exactly what it says
here.  Don’t stumble about it, just be glad about it.  Go ahead and
tell it.  Listen, you’ll die without telling it.  You’ll live by
telling it.  Don’t say, “Bro. Vayle, I want you to prove it.” 
I’m sure glad you said that.  I’m sure glad you said that. 

62.   Listen, to me. [Malachi 3:]

	(16)     Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and
					the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance 				
was written before him for  them that feared the LORD, and that 				
thought upon his name.

	(17)	And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when 
				I make up my jewels; and I will spare them… 

     Bride, talks a certain language to Bride.  And God listens, it’s
not you talking to God, it’s you talking about God. (Yeah)  I quoted
you the Bible, didn’t I?  That's all I did.

63.  All right.  Listen, over here in  John 8: let’s go to 8:37 
here’s what Jesus said;

	(37)	I know (you're) Abraham's seed; but (you) seek to kill me, because
					my word hath no place in you.

     (23-24 same chapter)

	(23) 	And he said unto them, (you) are from beneath; I am from above: 	
			(you) are of this world; I am not of this world.

	(24)	 I said therefore unto you, that (you) shall die in your sins: for
if 

		(you) believe not that I am … (you) shall die in your sins.

	(25)	Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus (said) unto them,
				Even the same that I said unto you (at) the beginning.

      Now, He said, “Look it, death has set in, you don’t believe,
you don’t believe that I am amongst you.  Do you  hear what I’m
saying tonight?  You don’t just have a prophet brother/sister, you
don’t just have a prophet, “Behold I’m standing at the door,
knocking. [knocks on the pulpit] I am here, I am here.”  I have a
controversy with many people, and I am sorry, I should have to carry it.
 But, I cannot respect Him standing at the door, and people say,
“Hello, who are you?” 

     “I am Jesus the Christ, step aside boy, Bro. Branham, Bro.
Branham.”  

64.  Now, I love Bro. Branham, you heard me say all tonight, who he is,
and what he is.  But let me tell you something: The God that raises Bro.
Branham, is the God that I worship.  I want anyone here tonight, to tell
me that Bro. Branham ever pointed to anybody but God.  When that woman
under that spirit of hell that was brought in from a certain area, fell
down and confessed William Branham is Jesus Christ, I saw the results.
It looked like one of the most awful nervous breakdowns I ever seen in
my life, when he reeled back and forth, and said, “Oh, Lee, I failed
God.  Lee, I failed God.”   There’s your god of hell, that raised
up.  You talk about loving a prophet, then, crucify him, by making him
an antichrist. Don’t tell me. 

      You say you loved him.  How do you love?  I knew William Branham. 
Never a man like him, to stand up for God in this generation never knew.
 Do you think that man would take one ounce of glory from Almighty God? 
You didn’t know the William Branham I knew, not for one minute.  No
way, shape or form.  Don’t be deceived.  As we have approach the First
Resurrection, we are approaching the Bride city New Jerusalem, Mount
Zion.  

65.  Let’s go to Hebrews 12: let’s talk about It, from the
Scripture.  

	(18)	For (you) are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and 	
			that burned with fire, unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, 

     That’s all it brought.  Get away from your legalism.  

	(19)	… the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice 		
		they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to 				
them any more:

     The Gentiles stand back and say, “Get that Branham away, with his
ranting and raving,” as one man said.  

	(19) 	…which voice they… heard … (words could not) be spoken … 
				any more:

	(20)	… (where they could not endure that which was commanded… 				
And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, 				
or thrust through with a dart:

     They said, “Why didn’t God do it?”  He wanted to see if
they’d live up to it. 

	(21)	And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I fear and quake 	
			(exceedingly:)

	(22)	But (you) are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the
living 				God, (Abraham saw it) the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an
innumerable 				company of angels, (Oh boy, what day that’s going to
be.  I’m plumb 				lazy, I’m going to love this.)  

	(23) 	To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, (you see,
the 					church of the firstborn) which are written in heaven, and to
God 					the Judge of all,… 

       He has passed it all, it has to be.  Yet the world is judged by
Christ Jesus.  And I am judged by Christ Jesus.  They don’t fit in His
mold, no way fit in His mold. They say, “How do you line up?”  Well
let me step right here into the mold of Jesus.  He said, “Come on
in.”  Some of you got unbelief, stick around.  And I see by your
decisions.   Don’t doubt me, I’m not telling you a lie.  I can prove
everything I say, I prove anything by Scriptures.  You say, “Not to
me, Bro. Vayle.”  Well, who cares?  I can’t win them all. [Bro.
Vayle chuckles]  Heaven…I’m not better than a prophet.  Look. you
went down the drain.  Praise God, for that open drain.  You go down for
Jesus.  I tell you what.  Jordan never was a pretty sight, but it sure
gets you across. A birth never was a nice thing, but, it sure nice to be
born.  And I tell you what, I love the Lord.  

66.   Now, 

	

	(23) 	To the general assembly (even the) church of the firstborn, (you
see, 				the church of the firstborn) which are written in heaven,
(even) to 					God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made
perfect,

	(24) 	And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, (that’s where we
					come in) and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better
things 					that that of Abel.

	(25)	See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not 
				who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we 				
escape, if we turn away from him (not) that speaketh from heaven: 				
(But that One from heaven)

    That’s the Word interpolated there.  It’s not in the original
Greek.  It’s the One from heaven. 

	(26) 	Whose voice then shook the earth: (Wasn’t it the One from
heaven 					shook the earth…Huh? Whose voice then shook the earth) but
now 				he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth
only, 				but also heaven.

     How?  By speaking.  The One from heaven, speaking.  The thunders
were on earth.  They were uttered on earth.  The Seals were opened
typically in heaven, but atypically here.  The fulfillment here.  Now
listen.  

	(27)	And …Yet once more,(signifies) the removing of those things that
					are  Shaken, as of things that are made, (but) those things (that)
cannot 				be shaken may remain.

	(28)	Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us 			
	have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence 					and
godly fear:

	(29)	 For our God is a consuming fire.

     God is not a consuming fire until this hour.  So therefore, He’s
speaking now, the One from heaven, is here.  Revelation 10:1, Malachi 4:
you can’t change the Word brother/sister.  And if you can’t change
them, then join them.  

67.  Now, I hope you caught, the thing in my message, that I want above
all, you to get.  Bro. Branham was just a reflection of the real
prophet.  He said he was reflected.  He was the clay body for the Spirit
to use.  He was here to point us to Christ.  How often we hear Bro.
Branham say, “We’ll ask Him to come, we don’t know if He’ll
come.  We’ll ask Him to come.”  And he’d say, “He is here.” 
And He was.  Our prophet is here.  Our deliverer is here.  "His fan is
in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor."  [Mt. 3:12]
Bringing life to the dead and immortality to us.  

      I love to tell it how Bro. Branham said, “I’m not riding the
midnight trail, screaming ‘He’s coming’, He’s already done
come.” He’s here.  Behold Him, tonight He is here.  He said, “I
must decrease, but He must increase.” Now, I hope you caught the
message.  God has a prophet.  The prophet is not God, except to the
people in the transferred sense.  But God Himself, must be there.  

68.  Bro. Branham, authenticated, identified himself with Moses, when he
quoted from Numbers, where he said:  "If a man be spiritual, a prophet
speaking in vision, and dreams. And My servant Moses is not so, I speak
lip to ear to him." [Numbers 12:6-8]

   And Bro. Branham placed himself there.  Now listen to me, in your
possession today is a tape if you’ve got it.  Given to Bro. Lee Vayle
personally by Bro. Branham which he said, “Either destroy this tape,
or, you will clear it up and use it again if you want.”  A certain man
took my mail, and took that tape, and that tape is out in the world
today.  And in there it said, “Lee, you know no man has heard the
Voice of God for two thousand years, until this time as Moses heard It
.”  Now, that man did a wrong thing.  You get me people, know what
I’m saying?  I’m looking you in the eye and I’ve over a sacred
pulpit here tonight.   Over this sacred Word, I do not lie to you.
It’s right on that tape, that Bro. Branham said, “Destroy it.”   
But the tape went out.  And it’s a good thing it did. Because the man
in adultery, over in Germany.  

      Now, look me in the eye you guys, because I don’t pull my
punches.  He did his best to destroy the  ‘Church Age Book’. When
that tape went out yet, they thought they were speaking of the ‘Church
Age Book’, it was on ‘Twentieth Century Prophet’.  You with me? 
Don’t fool with God.  You fool with God, by fooling with His servant. 
 Bro. Branham took a little wig, and put it on his head, in order to
keep the cold away.  I met him with that hairpiece in Edmonton, I never
said one word.  He bought it up in conversation.

	He said, “Lee,” he said, “I’m disturbed about it.” 

	 I said, “What for?” 

	“Well”, he said, “People don’t think it’s good.  What do you
think?” 

	I said, “Bro. Branham, didn’t you say you think you can preach with
it?  But, you get sick without it?”

	He said, “Yes.” 

	I said, “Wear it.” 

       Billy Paul one day stood there in front of his dad, and he took a
mop and put it on his head, and pretended he was a Beatle, began dancing
up and down.  Bro. Branham whirled, went into his room and came back and
said, “Billy, I’m sorry, but I didn’t know what had happened to
you. Because, you were mocking me.”  Now, you sit here tonight. Where
was God?  Right by the prophet.  God came down.  William Branham was
what he was because of God, and without God he was nothing.  

69.  Let me tell you what the prophet himself said.  [Anointed Ones at
the End Time 65-07-25]

[269]	Now, I want you to know that this is sure, and you that listen to
this tape

         	might have thought I was trying to say  this about myself,
being that I 

      	 am packing this Message.  I have more to do with it than
nothing… no 

       	more than just my voice.  And, my voice, even against my better 
judgment; 			I wanted to be a trapper.” To skin skunks and smell like
a skunk.  

      You say, “Bro. Vayle you said that the prophet himself said he
skinned skunks.” Anybody ever butchered a cow?  You smell like a cow. 
You butcher your dog, you’ll smell like a dog. Right?  Oh, come on. 
You kill a skunk and skin it, you smell like a skunk.  “Well no Bro.
Vayle, I smell like, Chanel No. 5.  What channel are you tuned in on? 
Oh brother, 

[269]	 …“even against my better judgement; I wanted to be a trapper.
But, it’s 

          	the will of my Father that I declare to do, and determined to
do.				

	 

	I wasn’t the One that appeared down on the river; I was only standing
				there when He appeared. 

70.  Bro. Branham, who was he?  Well, Bro. Valye it could be one of
those flying saucers. Could be identified, but I think it might sit
around here some day. He! God!  If you hear me downtown, it’s your
tough luck.  You should have left town.  

	I’m not the One that performs these things and foretells these things
that

	happens as perfect as they are;

     He told me why that happened, because he told it exactly as it was.
 

	I’m only one that’s near when He does it.

   	Who Bro Branham?  “Well, my wife, she’s almost clairvoyant.” 

	I was only the voice that He used, to say It. 

    Who Bro. Branham?  John Kennedy.  I’m doing this on purpose, to
get you to see what I’m talking about.  He’s here.  That’s why
they sang ‘He’s Here’.  Jesus is here, brother/sister.  Jehovah
Savior, Elohim is here.  Creator God is here.  The prophet decreased
that He might increase.  Bro. Branham categorically said, in 'Christ is
the Mystery of God Revealed'.  [63-07-28] 

 	God wants to reveal Himself, get the pre-eminence, Bring the dead,
bring us			 back to Eden.  But they won’t give Him pre-eminence.   

      When are we going to give Him pre-eminence?  If that’s what this
Message is all about, then this will be the last time I’ll ever point
you to Him.  Pre-eminence of God, let God get the glory.  Let God be
alive amongst us.  Oh, Moses stood there that day, and he said, “Let
God arise. Let God arise.  God, you proceed us.  God come down and hover
us.”  He didn’t say, “Hallelujah, look at me, boy I was down there
with that old fiery serpent, eat up their serpents.  Praise God I had
them swords in my hands when I got those guys up.  Whew… God look what
I did.”  Pentecostal hogwash,  Charismatic nonsense.  …?...  Clap
trap and balderdash.  Looking at men as though they are somebody.  Moses
stood there. And Moses tried to glorify himself, instead of God.  He
died.  When men rose up against Moses, they died.  

71.  Let’s understand, I’m talking about God tonight.  None other
that Elohim.  Bro. Branham said, that word ‘God’ said, that is a
funny word.  And he couldn’t explain, but I knew what he was doing. 
He didn’t go to Strong’s concordance like I did.  Page after page,
hundreds of times the word God is there.  The word Lord is there, and it
means ‘master’ or magistrate or one in authority.’ Or king, or
even God.  But when you come to ‘Elohim’, anything can be a god,
that piano can be a god, that piano over here, anything can be a god. 
When you come to Elohim, that’s different.  I’m talking about Elohim
tonight.  You bet I am.  And I’m talking about Him who is here.  Just
like the prophet, I believe that prophet. I’m a hundred percent with
him. It isn't me he said.    He said: 

[269]	 I was only the voice that He used, to say It.  It isn’t what I
knew; it’s just

        	 what I surrendered myself to, that He spoke through. It
isn’t me, it wasn’t 

           	the seventh messenger, oh no; it was the manifestation of
the Son of man.  

       	 It wasn’t the angel, his message; it was the mystery that God
unfolded. It’s 

      	not a man; it’s God.  The angel was not the Son of man; … the
messenger 

      	was not the Son of man. (He was the messenger from the Son of
man.)  

          	The Son of man is Christ; He is the One that you’re feeding
on.  You’re not 

      	feeding on a man; a man, his word will fail.  But you’re
feeding on (listen) 

    	the unfailing Body-Word of the Lord Jesus Christ.

     Then what is the flesh of the Holy Spirit tonight?  Word!  A man
who says living Word tonight is the Holy Ghost, is transforming Him, and
transfusing Him.  Transfiguring Him under the Resurrection and the
Rapture.  Let’s understand where we stand brother/sister.  

   Now, I’m going to close by reading these quotes that Bro. Branham
said.  The prophet of God, is the One who is here.  Listen. I culled
these from all over.  Got a lot of there from Bro. Jack, they’re just
tremendous.   

72.  Listen:

[174]      And today He is standing amongst us, in the person of the
Holy (Spirit),  

          	 manifesting Himself more and more, coming into His Church,
making 

        	Himself) known. ('That's Doing God a Service' , way back in
‘58)

[E24]    …The Son of man has already come from glory, and is revealing
Himself for 

         	 the past few years to His Church in mercy showing showing
them His great 

      	Presence, doing the same thing He did, when He was here on earth,
revealing 

      	Himself, like He did to Abraham.  Before the destruction, He has
come now in 

        	 mercy, revealing Himself to the Church…The next time He
reveals Himself, 

      	it’ll be in judgement on the world and the nations that forgot
God.  

 

     The headship is here.  What will New York do that one? I want to
ask a question.  [inaudible sentence] That makes it easy sometimes. 
…?... cross with that one.  Find somebody.  If I can’t knock you
down, I’ll hire somebody.  [laughter]  [inaudible comments] The
Headship is here,  Christ the risen Lord.  "He’s here with the same
power as His Resurrection. As He ever was, manifesting Himself. Now, we
know that Christ is here, maybe you don't see with your eyes, but
through vision I tell you He's here."  When the Seals are broken, the
mystery's revealed, down comes the angel the Messenger Christ setting
His foot on land and sea, the rainbow over his head.

     Now the angel of the Seventh Seal is on earth at the time of His
Coming. So, you see what Bro. Branham was drawing attention to himself.
He's …?... " Hers I am, here I am."  Did he ever?  …?...
brother/sister.  The Seventh Seal brings Him back to earth.  [inaudible
comments] He’s already here now in Spirit, and He comes back when He
said.  Because the Seventh Seal was silence, no one knew it was the
literal Christ come with the …?... 

73.  I want you to read the Seventh Seal, then you can go home. You’re
going to find the thing I've been preaching here is right in that
Seventh Seal. You're going to see Him like you’ve never seen Him
before.  You might see it possibly, what I think I see, because who
knows? So much about the Tent Vision. After almost two thousand years,
God has visited again.  That’s not Pentecost brother sister.  That's
talking …?... The Elijah is …?... The Elijah of this day is the Lord
Jesus Christ.  He is to come according to Luke 17:30. Jesus the Son of
man is that's revealed Himself among the people. Not the man, God, but
it will come through a prophet.  The Headstone coming into the body,
that’s the Redeemer coming to take His own, He is here with us. The
life is Present here tonight.  That’s why the Holy Spirit.  Christ, in
Spirit form. His Spirit the anointing is here.  Now, how It's said, that
He shall appear in this last day, (he said) to bring the people back to
the Word, so the Bride will know her husband, her Maker, the revealed
Word.   

      When this Holy Spirit to me has become incarnate to us, the One
that in our midst now in the form of the Holy Spirit becomes incarnate
to us in the Person of Jesus Christ, we'll count Him King of kings.  
Now, you know that’s not the baptism with the Holy Ghost,
brother/sister, because that means …?... have Him crowned.  I’ve
said before, and I’ll say it again to Adam, if he had enough wives,
could have brought forth as many, even because of the sperm count
content, attract the number of... ( what?) maybe twelve billion, that's
been on this earth, at the time of Adam.  And if Adam stood here with
twelve billion progeny, the twelve billion, would not constitute Adam. 
He still stands alone.  So, we know what we’re talking about.  Don’t
be worried,  Jesus is here. He’s here to manifest Himself, doing the
things that he did, and he did the very same things and He's among the
...?...  He shows Himself with us and proves and vindicate 

[poor audio] and that when comes Christ.

74.  Now, watch the word He uses, all accurate. The Christ, the Holy
Spirit gives us. Remember, Jesus is Jehovah God.  He comes down, sets
Himself as the head of the Church.  Then He'll resurrect the Church
being His own body.  Now, I want to ask you a question:  Has the
resurrection taken place?  No, He’s here.  He’s here.  ...?...
that's when comes Christ He comes down. That's the evening time light,
Christ is the Light. The Light that went to meet Job.

      "When you see God come from the heavens, stand before groups of
men, stand there and declare Himself as ever He did." Abraham,  (you
know), yeah, that’s the truth, this Bible open before me, that's in
the Rapture tape. I can quote where he's coming from. ...?...every place
else. That’s right, the Holy Spirit, Christ is here in Spirit form,
His Spirit the anointing is His. Now, there's anointing goes back to
Christ. That's the …?... of God, the Logos. there will be a Bride just
as ...?... as I'm standing here in this pulpit. There will be a Bride
that walks in the Blood of the Lamb, and that Lamb will be living
amongst them, showing super signs of His Resurrection after two thousand
years, the same thing He did when He was here on earth. 

[Heather most of the below is not clear too much echo for me either,
perhaps on your cassette player

75.   Now, listen, be very sincere,  now watch …?.. now watch and see
where the gates of hell are against. I had ...?... and I wished I had
written it down, because I laughed and I laughed, and I'd do through
maybe fifty years ago, I found where Bro. Branham made a little peculiar
remark which is a hundred percent agreed.  I was with him, and I found
it, but I found it.  ...?... a little old remark in modern vernacular
what I say about William Branham, who preached the Bible in Twentieth
Century American English,. and that’s the way Jesus and Paul would
have done it if they were here today.  Let’s face it. 

      Now watch it where the gates of hell are against it is
denominations, the government recognizes that. The world recognizes our
denominations all of them. We have the right, each one of us as American
citizens, we got the right to denomination, which is fine.  We
appreciate that.  But that's not …?... the hell is against. If it was
spiritual revelation of Christ being here now, and it’s the same
yesterday, today and forever.  That's what it's against. The gates of
hell ...?... it will never prevail. Now, it didn't say, "The gates of
hell is against the prophecies."   

     Now you see, people take these mysteries, for all these years,
it’s over the prophet.  It’s not the prophet, it’s God, Himself. 
You see the prophet will always get the brunt of it. “Who is this   
Moses guy, anyway?  Who's this Jesus guy anyway.  Who’s this Branham
guy anyway?  Who’s these guys anyway? It is God. ...?... Bro. Branham
said, "Oh great Healer, great Holy Spirit, before You take Your flight
into the skies with Your Church."  See, the confidence? Jesus, the Son
of God ...?... [too fast and unclear] Now, we know He's with us, we
believe that. His Word made manifest by photographs, by Scripture, by
declaration of heaven and earth.  …?...  he said, “Not one time, did
it fail.”  

[Audio clears up dramatically]

76.  All right.  We’re finished, preached all I meant to, I love to be
with you.  And I’m happy.  Now listen, let’s go over this thought
again.  What is this Message all about?  It is not William Branham, it
is about God.  And he was placing the fact, you don’t have a Word
prophet, outside of the Word, Himself.  He is a Communicator between,
because that is what God is duty bound.  Now, a Communicator between,
means that are at least two parties involved, beside the Communicator. 
God and mankind is involved.  God and mankind cannot get together,
because man made a great boo-boo.  

      He made a horrible mistake when he turned down the Presence of
God.  Which literally means in the Greek, he did not approve of God
Himself.  Now, get this people, because I’ll be preaching tomorrow
night, and then that likely, will be it.  Now, let’s understand this,
in the Book of Hebrews, they tempted Me, and they proved Me.  That is
not what It says, It says. “They did not approve of Me.”  Now,
Israel did not approve of God.  And they tried to bump Moses off, too. 
Take his position and everything else.  And the people today, do not
approve of God.  They’re turning Him down, my brother/sister.  Forgive
me, one more Scripture.  I’ll use the perhaps tomorrow, let me read it
for you, because look, we’re not that late, you’re not that tired,
nice air conditioning and everything.  

77.  Let’s get this thing covered as best we can, with the time
we’ve got.  Now listen, Bro. Branham…this is the Word test. [Matthew
23:]

	(33)	(You) serpents, (you) generation of vipers, how can ye escape the 
				damnation of  hell?

	(34)     (Now listen) Wherefore,…

   Now, watch carefully the ‘wherefore’ see?   Because that’s
telling you, something… over here is for a reason.

	(34)	…behold, I send unto you prophets, (now that’s the man, to
whom the 				Word comes) … wise men, (in the Greek means; men who can
take 				the Word, handle it)…scribes: (means; those who just take the
Word, 				because they can’t handle it) and some of them (you’ll)
kill and crucify; 				and some of them shall ye scourge in your
synagogues, and persecute 				them from city to city:

     Now notice, He says, “I’m going to send you prophets”.  Now
watch.  

	(35)	That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the
earth, 				from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias
son of 				Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

78. Now listen, it tells you because of them, destruction is going to
come.  Because of Elijah, destruction is going to come.  I’m sorry,
but that’s what the Bible says.  Do you understand what I’m saying? 
Well, let’s understand our language, because we’re not playing
church.  I’m not going to tell you two and two make four, and you go
out of here trying to make two and two make four and a half, or three
and a half.  Let’s get what He said.  “I’m sending you.” These
men…and because I send this man, that is the reason that judgment is
going to fall.  

	(36)	Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this
generation.

     Now listen. 

	(37)	O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and
stonest 					them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have
gathered…

     Who does the gathering?  God does.  Who does the gathering?
Prophets.  Can God gather without prophets?  No!  Can prophets gather
without God?  No!  Then could William Branham stand here and not point
to the Presence of God?  No!!  But look at the place where God placed
that man.  Look at the pre-eminence.  Because of him, judgment comes. 
Now you say, “Hold it. William Branham was born to a young couple.” 
Just as simple as any man.   Absolutely.  Murderer, except, God stopped
him.  What made the difference?  God.  See how it lines up so perfect? 

	(37)	…how (I) would … have gathered (your) children together, as a 
				hen (gathered) her (chicks) …, and ye (wouldn’t)!

	(38)      (Now), your house is left unto you desolate. 

	(39)	For I say unto you, (You'll) not see me henceforth, till (you)
shall say, 				Blessed is he that cometh… 

 79.    And one day Israel is going to say, “Oh God, I don’t know if
we blew it, but something went wrong somewhere.  And if we boo-booed
back there, we’re ready for it.  But blessed is He that cometh.” 
And do you know who’s going to come?  That One.  And they’re going
to say, “I’m a little afraid it’s so, but I hope it’s not.  Tell
me, where did you get those wounds.”  “Oh, that’s all right.”
Say, “That’s all right.”  Seeing it had to be that way, so the
Gentiles could come in.   Today, the Gentiles are blinded, no listen.  I
want to let you go now, so, it’s just a few minutes after ten, see? 
We’ve been here two and a half hours.  But listen, I want this, the
best two and a half hours you’ve ever spent together.  He is here. 
Jehovah God, is here.  The Lord God of Israel is here.  Elohim is here. 


     You tell me He’s not, when squirrels were created.  Now listen,
I’ve got a bit of trouble with that squirrel bit.  Because, I’ve got
a bit of a foggy head.  And you know, I’m a bad man. But down in
Florida, I told you people and demonstrated.  When I was there, Bro.
Branham… Billy Paul said, “Now, daddy hates that mike around the
throat. Now,” he said, “Please hold the cord, so he won’t get
tangled.”  And I was holding that cord, as gingerly as I could, and I
told you.  How, Bro. Branham got excited, spun around and picked up the
chair, whirled three times around, and here he is, it’s wrapped twice
around here.  The cord here, and he’s here, right down past his knee. 
And I said, “Oh God.”  You talk about a man feeling down and low,
and washed out.  I was that man.

80.  I looked, and I sort of prayed.  I don’t know if I prayed or not.
 But there was sure a lot of wishful thinking going on.  And I looked at
that thing there, without blinking my eye.  Then I thought, well what
I’ll do, I’ll give it a little pull, and just maybe it’ll work
right, and it’ll fall down nicely.  It fell down around his ankle. 
Now, you now the law of a fulcrum.  If you put the fulcrum… you know
how you fry up something if you put a fulcrum here, and put it under the
weight, and you put a long stick, about fourteen feet long, it comes up
pretty easy.  That’s a fulcrum.  And that’s the way that triangle
was, around his ankle.  One little push…phfft…he’s gone.  Man, if
I did wishful thinking before, you should think of the wishful thinking
that I thought I thought.  And wishfully think.  And prayed. 

       I was sick.  I looked at that cord, and suddenly, the cord was
right beside his feet.  He hadn’t moved.  The cord hadn’t moved. 
You say, ‘Well, I don’t believe it.”  You don’t believe the
Creator is here either. Look me in the eye and tell me you believe it,
or, tell me you don’t. It's up to  you.  I’m not your judge, but,
there is a judge, that is already here.  “Whose fan is in His hand,
separating.” [Mt 3:12] I didn’t write the Book.  I preach it, I
believe it.  You love Him tonight?  I love Him.  I love Him as I never
loved Him before.  He’s altogether beautiful.  I’m glad He’s here.
 No fear.  No guilt.  No problem.  In myself, forget it.  But one day
you got to take a last look at yourself, and then keep looking at Him. 
[end of side one of tape 2] 

81.  The little boy that rode the bike, he said, “I’m not looking at
all the little things that goes down the middle.  I was looking at the
end.”  And Jesus is the end, to all the believers, we’ll be like
Him, wondrously like Him in His image we shine.  Brother/sister, it’s
not…no longer Word form, He’s here.  I preach it everywhere.  I try
to get it across.  As Bro. Branham said one day, “He said, let there
be light. But, it was just the Word.  Then the light came, it was no
longer Word.”  We’ve heard about it, we’ve talked about it, but,
He’s here tonight.  As Bro. Branham said, “This Bible open before
me, what I see, I declare unto you. He’s here.  I’m not riding the
midnight trail screaming He's coming,  He’s already done come, He’s
here.”  What’s He here for?  He’s here for a Bride.  He’s here
to raise the dead.  He’s here to pick up you and me, and change us and
take us up. Brother/sister, that Spirit amongst us, be reincarnated in
Him.  It’s the lily of the valley, the Rose of Sharon, the altogether
lovely.  He’s that tonight.  And a million more.  (See?)  No wonder we
love Him. 

      Let’s rise.  Let’s go.  I don't want to go home.  I am home. 
You say, “How are you home?” The Kingdom of God is in the midst of
you.  Listen, don’t run here, and don’t run there.  He said,
“It’s under your nose. And you don’t see it under your nose.” 
It won’t be anyplace else.  You take your nose with you. Oh, I love
the Bible, it’s so simple, so, beautiful.  But I love Him, who wrote
It.  Love the prophet that brought us the Word.  I’m not afraid to
love everybody, and that’s beyond Lee Vayle.  My, the Resurrection is
at hand.  And I am not laughing, it had better be at hand.  I haven’t
felt this way in my life.

     Heavenly Father, we're so grateful, we're so grateful for Your
love. It's just what You said, Lord, we love you because, You loved us
first.  And these things are dawning upon us, Lord, they’re breaking
like John said, “I don’t write a new commandment, it’s an old
commandment.” Like the prophet said, "It’s not a new Message, it’s
the old Message."  It’s a Resurrection from creeds and dogmas.   For a
spiritual misunderstanding, It’s life in the midst of death.  Oh God,
we’re so thankful.  And Lord I know that vehements, and loud cryings,
and these ...?... is not in us.  But the vehement and crying in process,
comes from the life in whom we have believed, and are persuaded by the
very Presence and revelation of God. 

     Lord, we love You tonight.  We don’t know how much we love You. 
There may be a test to just show we don’t love You half enough.  But,
Lord, we can say this, never have we loved You, as we love You now at
this point.  Lord, we may be like that dear old girl, who wasn’t what
she wanted to be, and she wasn’t what she’s going to be, but she
sure wasn’t what she used to be, Lord.  And I believe we all qualify
tonight, as we’re marching to Zion.  It becomes more and more clear
what Zion is all about.  The King on the Throne.  O we’re like Him
tonight.  We’re so grateful, Lord.  We’re happy for everybody here. 
For everyone dealt in the service, just by listening attentively, meant
so much, Lord, for Bro. Miller helping us, and for Bro. Jack leading the
songs.  

     For Bro. Bell, and different ones playing.  Bro. Ungren singing. 
It’s so good, Lord, it’s so, good of You.  It may be that Bro.
Branham was right in our midst, in these little theophonic bodies.  We
don’t know it, I don’t know, Lord.  But, that sweet Spirit amongst
us, signifies, “It’s coming, it’s coming.” If It hasn’t
already come.  And, Lord, we’re so grateful tonight, we’re so happy.
 God bless this people, Lord.  Bless this people, God of heaven, with
the dew of the Word, with the mercy of our Christ.  With the former and
latter rain, in the midst O God.  Bless them I pray, the grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ, be with them, Lord, with the blessing of Almighty
God.  

     The transformation, and the transfusion bringing on the
transfiguration.  Until a Resurrection, in these human bodies.  O God,
right to the Tree of Life.  Call down the blessing of God upon them. 
Arise amongst us, with healing in Your wings, Lord.  O thank God, we can
have physical healings, but thank God for the great healing of
immortality.  Father, we just praise You.  Don’t know how to praise
You now.  Continue with us, Lord.  Bless us, and guide us, and You’ll
have the honor and glory in Jesus Name. Amen.  

	I’m not going to let you go, because, Jack is going to help you sing
another song.  Come on.  You know, I think this was just wonderful.  I
don’t know about you people, but I had a marvelous, marvelous time.  

			

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