Divine Order # 1

Bro. Lee Vayle   - April 22, 1981

	…gathered here as people who love you hear You Word, Lord. And we
pray now that …?... to that end that we may know the things of God,
and know them right, Lord. And we know that things that are mysterious,
things going on that we should be aware of. We say, Lord, that we'll
begin to be aware of those things that we ought to know. So, help us
tonight, Lord, You alone can help us. And You said You would so easily,
You will, in Jesus' Name we pray. Amen.

1.	Now, what I want to do before I get into the message proper, is to
take a little pre-amble of which you might not be able to follow so
easily, because I am going to delete a message which would take about
ninety minutes on the Alpha and the Omega Chronology of Ages One and
Seven.

	Now, Age Seven is a repeat of Age One, and therefore is actually the
consummation of Age One. Now, you'll notice that Bro. Branham mentioned
correctly that there could have been a Rapture in the First Church Age,
but there wasn't, because the Bride was not all in.

	So therefore, Age Seven, is actually the second half, or conclusion of
Age One. Now, this shouldn't seem too hard to get, because man is never
actually in a seven. God deals in sevens, but not man. Man's number is
six. So, if you put one and seven together, you come up with a six. So,
you have Age two, three, four, five, six and you go back to one, because
seven is consummation of one. 

	So, I'm not saying there aren't Six Ages, I'm just saying God deals
with man in six, that's his number. And Age Seven is actually not a
repeat, but a continuation of what started there and got aborted. And
then got back to where it got off track.

2.	Now, I think you might have heard me say Sunday. When I preach
different places I never know what I said to whom. But I think perhaps
you heard me say in these meetings at this point, that the Bride got off
a track in 2 Corinthians 11. She lost her stature as the fifth Bride of
the Lord Jesus Christ. So, she has to come back where she was at the
point that she was the fifth Bride, before she fell away in the First
Age.

	So, if you went back to where she was in the First Age, it would be a
continuation. I'm not trying to sell you on Six Ages against Seven. I'm
just trying to tell you how this works that Alpha and Omega is a
legitimate principle. And how Bro. Branham said, "It's not so important
what comes in the middle, you've got to get the two ends exactly right."
So, this will help you to see that.

3.	Now, these Church Ages are identical in that both churches are set in
order by a prophet/ apostle to the end that a resurrection of the dead
and change of the living may occur. Now, the reason I said that, is
because in 1 Corinthians 11, Paul begins to set the church in order. And
he continues to chapter 15 when he immediately hits the Resurrection.
And that's exactly what takes place in our age is that the church must
be put in 'Divine Order'. And when the church is in order, "because they
without us cannot be made perfect," [Heb 11:40] the Resurrection takes
place prepatory to the catching away of the Bride. (You follow me?) A
prophet/apostle put the church in order. 

	And you'll notice the chapters [1 Corinthians] 11 to 15. Now, this is
where I don't have time for, to go into these chapters. (I'll talk about
them later on.)  But Paul ends up from putting the church in order
simplistically doctrine and so on, and he comes to the Resurrection, the
Parousia. The prophet in our day did the same thing and people still
hate church order. Of course, church order is not simply that little
room, we'll find more about that later.

4.	Now, the Corinthians (First Age) charismatic church was in a state of
disorder from a lack of knowledge of true authority and ranking of that
authority. Now, Paul was the apostle to the Gentiles and he said, "You
may have many masters, or teachers, but you have one father in the
gospel. The church was immediately out of order in the failure to
recognize Paul as the one and only legitimate apostle/prophet to the
Gentiles. And they begin harping on Peter and Apollos and many other
people. And it's no doubt that these brethren had something worthwhile,
but they weren't anointed to that position. And Paul had to state his
authority and let the people know that he was that one, even to the
extent of going to Jerusalem where the issue was perhaps settled to a
degree. So, the church was out of order as to understanding of
authority, and the ranking of authority from Paul on down. In fact, they
didn't  even understand the authority of God.  

	Now, there was a lack of knowledge as to proper keeping of ordinances.
There was a lack of understanding of the ministry of gifts which were
complimentary and in no way superior to the ministry of the Word. They
couldn't place the Word and the gifts together to give proper ministry
in the church, so there was a constant conflict and disorder. And even
as they could not discern which sprit was which, in 1 Corinthians 12,
they never developed a proper family relationship to now concerning
spiritual gifts they wouldn't have ignorance. They evidently had gotten
into some bad times there, and they couldn't tell the devil from God and
who was doing what.

5.	And this caused more strife, and they never did develop the family
experience of love of             1 Corinthians 13, of which Bro.
Branham himself mentioned, "If the spirit of love was in the church, the
gifts would be put as it were, on the shelf." And I want to ask you a
question: who put the gifts on the shelf to put there? If Bro. Branham
did, he could have taken them off. Id God did it, I challenge you to
take them off. Any smarty pants here tonight?  (Uh?) I'm in a good mood
to give you. (Yeah) If God put them on, who's going to take them off? 

	I'm going to tell you something: I've been learning an awful lot
recently how God deals with people. And don't smart off with God, and
don't take Him lightly. I paid a big price for making God a liar, to
make somebody else true. That's all over. You could all sit here and be
liars in my place tonight. I wouldn't …?... you one minute, not in the
face of God. I paid too big a price for it.

6.	Well, they couldn't tell their left hand from their right hand. Tells
you right here that…listen, anybody full of the Holy Ghost ought to
know that you know God from the devil, and how God acts, and the devil
acts. These people didn't. Paul had to make a comparison. (We'll talk
about it later) 

	They never had that family love and appreciation of each member,
regardless of manifestation, they fought. They fought each other,
self-aggrandizement was right. When Paul got to instructing them in
chapters 11, 12, 13, 14, as I mentioned he went right into the
Resurrection doctrine and the Parousia. Which doctrine of the
Resurrection was improperly taught and denied as to a future
Resurrection, for some said It was over. Do you know, that's amongst us
right today? The people believe the Resurrection is over. It's a repeat
of Age number One,  is Age number Seven.

7.	Then Paul went into the mysteries in chapter 15:20-28, giving the
details of the Resurrection change to immortality, and a brief resume,
or a brief picture of human history as it would end as per the
revelation of that hour. 

	Now, in Age Seven our prophet/apostle, William Branham does exactly
what Paul did. Now, we'll show you this at this moment. For Paul says,
in [1 Corinthians 15:] 23, 

		(23) 	But every man in his own order: (concerning the Resurrection) 		
			Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his
(Presence 					or Parousia.)

		(24) 	Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom
					to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and
all 					authority and power.

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

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

		(27) 	For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all
things 					are put under him, it is manifest that he is (left out)
which did put all 					things under him.

		(28) 	And when all things shall be subdued unto him…

	That word, 'subdued' is wrong, it's 'put under'. Subdued means: 'to
take a wild animal and beat it down, and get rid of it'. It's not  it at
all. The word is a wrong word, period. It should be 'rank' or 'put
under', the foot of. Now:         

 		(28)	Then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all
things 					under him, that God may be all in all.

8.	Now, you notice the thought there: "Then cometh the end, when he
shall have…" All right, let's see if Bro. Branham did that. Revelation
10: 5-7. 

		(5) 	And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth 	
				lifted up his hand to heaven,

		(6) 	And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created
heaven, 					and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the
things that therein 					are, and the sea, and the things which are
therein, that there should be 					time no longer: (Same thing.)

		(7) 	But in the days of the voice of the seventh (messenger), when he
shall 					begin to sound, (He's over there in 1 Corinthians 15:53-54 in
there,) 					when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be
(consummated, 				perfected,) finished, (you know what it's all about,)
as (God)  hath declared 				(the good news of the Gospel by) his
servants the prophets.

	You can see that our prophet deals with the consummation in a reality.
The same reality that Paul set forth in 1 Corinthians 15, but could not
at that point be consummated.

	Now, that's a horrible little treatise I've given you. Because it tells
you everything, and it tells you nothing. And I'm sorry about that,
we'll try to fill it in now from 1 Corinthians 15. (But I'm struck for
time, and I simply can't take time to preach the various messages that
would be necessary. But you have enough background.)

9.	In 1 Corinthians 15:12,

		(12) 	Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say
some 					among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

		(13) 	(And) if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ
not risen:

		(14) 	And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, your
faith is 						also vain.

		(15) 	Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have
testified 					of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up,
if so be that the 					dead rise not.

		(16) 	For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:

		(17) 	And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; (you) are yet
in your sins.

		(18) 	Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. 	
				(Now listen:)

		(19) 	If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men
most						 miserable.

	Now, you know he's talking about the Resurrection. Paul does not place
life in the plan of God, anywhere but in the glorified body, immortal in
the Resurrection. To believe anything else is a fallacy. (Now, that's
tape # 4 of the Holy Spirit series. If you've heard it, that's fine, if
you haven't  I care less for nothing, it's up to you.

	But, you cannot in my estimation ever talk about Eternal Life outside
of a body. This is why the Resurrection is so important. And Paul said,
"If I fought animals and I miss the Resurrection, (he said) who wants
anything?"

10.	So, the Resurrection is very, very important, and therefore the
rebirth is the Resurrection guaranteed. Say, "All right."  Now he says:

		(20) 	But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the
firstfruits of them 					that slept. (That is true, the first part of
the First Resurrection.)

		(21) 	For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection
of 					the dead.

	In other words, man was the fault of death, and man is the cause of
resurrection.

		(22) 	For as in Adam all die, even (in identical manner, same thing,)
so in 					Christ shall all be made alive.

		(23) 	But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits;
afterward they 					that are Christ's at his (Parousia.)

	Now, It tells you right there, there cannot be a resurrection unless He
is here to raise the dead. And remember, the Word is Christ's anointing.
You can take it either way from Messiah, or someplace else. But you must
be careful, he's dealing with the Spirit here.

		(24) 	Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom
					to God…

	Now, he's starting with the Parousia and he goes way down to the end of
time. And in here, he's filling in a little resume, a boiled down
condensation of what is to take place after He comes on the earth, and
is here for the Resurrection.

 	Bro. Branham said, "He sets Himself at the Head of the Church in order
to bring forth a resurrection." And he said, "The body must follow the
Head." Okay.

		(24) 	Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom
					to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and
all 					authority and power.

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

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

		(27) 	For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all
things 					are put under (his feet), it is manifest that he is (left
out) excepted, 						which did put all things under him.

		(28) 	And when all things shall be subdued unto him, (that's brought
in proper 					rank or subject) then shall the Son also himself be
subject unto him that 					put all things under him, that God may be all
in all.

11.	Now, the verses of course we're looking at are mainly 22 to 28,
which I don't think I need to read again, but we go now back to 1
Corinthians 11: though we won't take too much time on It. But he starts
in 1 Corinthians 11:3,  Paul starts putting the church in its proper
order and rank. And just that one little glance, he says here:

		(3) 	(I want) you to know, that the head of every man is Christ; the 	
				head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

	So, he's putting the church in…he's putting all humanity in proper
ranks, and he says, "God, Jesus the Christ, man and woman."

12.	Now, we go to Ephesians in order to see the place of the church in
this ranking, and It's Ephesians 5:21-32. 

		(21) 	Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

		(22) 	Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the
Lord.

		(23) 	For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the
head of 					the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

		(24) 	Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives
be to 					their own husbands in every thing.

		(25) 	Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church,
and 					gave himself for it;

		(26) 	That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water
by the 					word,

		(27) 	That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not
having spot, or 					wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be
holy and without blemish.

		(28) 	So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that
loveth his 					wife loveth himself.

		(29) 	For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and
cherisheth 					it, (now, here's where he gets into this:) even as the
Lord the church: 

		(30) 	For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

		(31) 	For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and
shall be 					joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

		(32) 	This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the
church.

	So, you can see here now, if the church is going to get in order, a
Divine Order in nature, and the church of course, (the woman) represents
the Bride, man represents Christ. So, you have a Headship here at this
hour, wherein the Headship is God, not Jesus. The Head of Christ is God,
and we find then Jesus as the Head of the Bride which is the Church.
Before you had in human ranking, God, Jesus the Christ, man, woman

 	So, when you're dealing with the church, you're dealing with the
symbols that the woman types the Bride, the man types Jesus, and the
Head of Jesus is God. So therefore, the Head, actually the Headship
resides in Almighty God Who is Holy Spirit. Now, we want to see what
revealed or manifested Headship is. And by revealed, or manifested we
simply mean we want to see how God has ordered things and set them
forth.

13.	So, we go back to 1 Corinthians 11:again, (and we should be able to
get this strengthen out now) and Paul says here in verse 2, 	

		(2) 	Now I praise you, brethren, that (you) remember me in all things,
						and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them (unto) you.

	Now, here is where Paul said in verse 1,

		(1)	Be followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

	Now, what we often do in our lives, because we're familiar with a
certain understanding of what a Christian could be, we feel that a man
who is exemplary in his character, and qualities that are good
characteristic, we say, "Now, you follow that fellow, because you see
he's a follower of Christ." But that's not what Paul said. He said, "Be
followers of me, even as I'm also of Christ." 

	Now, how would you know that you're following Christ, unless something
was said by him, or giving you a set of rules whereby you could know
what to do? So, the secret lies in this. "Now, I praise you brethren,"
because he's going to praise Him if they follow him. Now, he said,
"You're to follow me, as I follow Christ." Now, he said, "I praise you
brethren that you're doing this, bcause you remember me in all things
and keep the ordinances as I delivered them to you." 

	So, the following of the apostle/prophet of the First Age was to line
with the Word. And the lining with the Word is not simply a matter of
conduct, it is a matter of understanding. That's the most important
thing.

14.	Now, we're going to compare this over here, where he said, "Now, I
praise you brethren that you remember me in all things and keep the
ordinances, (the commandments) even as I delivered them to you." Now, we
go over to verse 17 and 20, same chapter. I'm missing things.

		(17) 	Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that (you)
come 					together not for the better, but for the worse.

		(18) 	For first of all, when (you) come together in the church, I hear
that 						there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

	Now, that is absolutely contrary to Scripture that there be schisms, or
there be divisions there. Now, a person might come along with his own
understanding and say, "Well, you know, I tell you what, it's easy to
understand that strength lies in unity. As the old saying once was, 'If
we don't hang together, we'll hang separately'."

	Now, you can come along and make a statement like that based upon a
pretty fair philosophy. But the Scripture is greater than philosophy,
because this is the commandment from God that there be no division which
are made through men who try to be authoritative, because Paul was the
authority. Now he said, "I believe there's division amongst you."   

		(19) 	(Also) there must be also heresies (that's wrong ways of
worship, 						sects, schisms) that they which are approved may be made
manifest 					among you.

		(20) 	When (you) come together therefore into one place, this is not
to eat the 					Lord's supper.

		(21) 	For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and
one is 					hungry, and another is drunken.

15.	Now, I'm just sort of weaving that in there on the thought that they
had left the Word of the Living God, and they were actually not living
on the Word as they ought to live on It, but they're living on their own
creeds and dogmas. Just the same as they were refusing the ordinances to
do them right, there was something originally wrong with their
understanding of the Word.

	Now, I'm going to tell you something: and I want you to get this flat.
I'm talking from experience, and I'm talking from the Word. The first
thing a man goes off the Word, he lies. I don't care what person there
is, when he goes off the Word there's a manifestation. The first thing,
he lies. Because if you didn't lie, you couldn't cause divisions. Ha,
preach It Bro. Vayle, we're getting down to the nitty-gritty red hot
stuff tonight.

	And later on, they'll get adultery in the church. (See?) Because you
get off that Word. There's nobody here tonight can look me in the eye
and lie to me, and live a certain kind of a life, and you say you
believe this Message. Let me tell you flat, you're a liar. You've either
deceived yourself or someone else has deceived you. Because there's got
to be a manifestation. And the manifestation came right here. Bang!
Right out of the cannon. As soon as they got off that Word, they showed
it.

	Now, you're not stupid. You've gone through some pretty rough
experiences the same as I had. And you've learned a few things. Learn a
few more. There is nothing that will not manifest. (See?) Now, there's a
conduct in the church. But that conduct is not according to a battery of
statements that man line up to. It's a personal revealed faith. And when
you go cock-eyed you get into sin. You can't help it, it's right here.
You see. They begin taking their old ways.

16.	Now, let's see what else It is. 1 Corinthians 12:1-3, 

		(1)	…concerning (the charismatic's, the gifts, the divine energies)
…I would 					not have you ignorant.

		(2) 	(You) know that (you) were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb
					idols, (that's blindly hurried along.)  

		(3) 	Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the
Spirit 					of God (calls) Jesus accursed: and (even) no man can say
that Jesus is the 					Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

	Now, evidently at this particular time that great confusion has come
into the church. Because spirit manifestations is a peculiar thing. Like
that …?... Bro. Branham stand up for someone do some actual
discerning. I could take you to what they call the great 'Mayrus' down
there in Miami, Florida. And he would allow people to put…there'd be
questions put nto a fish bowl. And he wouldn't even bother reading the
questions, he'd tell you what was on that piece of paper, and give you
the answer. And he did, time after time. Now, you know that there is
manifestation in the spirit world that is a complete counterfeit as well
as there is those who are anointed falsely to the Word, but correctly to
the power.  

17.	Now, this First Church Age had that trouble. They couldn't even tell
which spirit it was, that was manifesting. And Paul had to tell them. He
said, "There's no parallel between the two." And yet they were carrying
on as though that everything was just right. That's why Bro. Branham
said, "Before you even go into that room, you must have the gift of
discerning of spirits in order to even separate them." (See?) Never mind
even the proper attitudes that must be there before you even go in
there.

	Now, the church had got all messed up in this particular instant. And
so Paul had to correct them, and teach them exactly what was what in
both worlds of the spirit. And he was able to do so, thank God. In 1
Corinthians 12:28, he says:

		(28) 	And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily
						prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of
healings, 					helps, governments, diversities of tongues.

	Now, in this age here, the people who were literally blessed in the
congregation with some of these magnificent gifts, such as there could
be prophecy, interpretation of tongues and faith, or healing of
miracles, a word of wisdom and a word of knowledge, and those things as
Bro. Branham explained, were complimentary to the Word ministry. But
these are quite spectacular, they're drawing cards, and therefore they
got all puffed up within themselves that they were somebody very, very
important.

18.	Now, you notice in here that Paul begins to set the church in order,
and he ranks what is first within the body of Christ. Apostles,
secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers. Then he stops numbering. And of
course the number would be 'fourthly' evangelists, and fifth pastors,
and then there'd be the elders, and then there'd be the deacons. Then he
quits numbering and he says in importance of manifestations as to power
would be miracles, gifts of healings, helps in government.

	Now, where do you find helps in government up there in those first nine
manifestations? You don't find them. There could be a combination, or
could be some special wisdom that God gave, and gives it at a particular
time. But none of that would be paramount to what is actually a Word
ministry. and then he says: 	 

		(29) 	Are all apostles? all prophets? all teachers? all workers of
miracles?

		(30) 	(Do) all the gifts of healing? … (No!)

	Because they wouldn't all do that and comprise a true functioning body
So, what he does here, he's showing the superiority of the Word over
gifts. 

19.	Now, if that could still stumble some of you, let's go to 1
Corinthians 14:1.

		(1) 	Follow after (love, but then) desire spiritual gifts, but rather
that (you) 					may prophesy.

	Then in verse 12.

		(12) 	Even so, forasmuch as (you) are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek
that 					(you) may excel to the edifying of the church.

	So therefore, there's an edification which is far beyond that which
lies in the gifts. And that which lies in the supreme edifying of the
church, is that where the Holy Spirit puts the church in order, and
bringing it to perfection. That's over here in Ephesians 4:9, and It
says:

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

		(10) 	He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above
all 						heavens, that he might fill all things.)

	Now, that tells you that the Jesus that died and rose again, came back
as the Holy Spirit. And when He came back in the ministry of the apostle
Paul as the Pillar of Fire to give the Word, He set the church in order
as to what He so desired.

		(11) 	And he gave (them), apostles; and prophets; and evangelists; and
						pastors and teachers;

	Now, the proper order numbering is: apostles, and prophets, and
teachers, and evangelists, and pastors. Now, that doesn't mean that one
is greater than the other. That just means the Divine Order that God put
them in. And he said they are:

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

		(13) 	Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge
of the 					Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the
stature of the 					fulness of Christ:

20.	Now, you notice in Corinthians that Paul separated those gifts from
those that were ordained to minister in the Word. So therefore, God
established the superiority of the Word over any manifestation
whatsoever. And this is what bugs me. All you got to do is someone with
a lousy Polaroid camera that lets in a bit of light in, take a picture
with some stupid thing on it, and they go into shock, and they go
screaming down the street as though they're second William Branham's.
Hogwash! There was one William Branham, no more! 

	There's not even a …?... as they've tried to make his son Joseph.
There is no way that you can take anything superior to the Word. I don't
care what sign or what wonder there is. Especially a Polaroid camera.
Forget it!

21.	Now, over here in 1 Corinthians 13:9, we also noticed where It says:


		(9) 	For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

	Remember, also prophecy is also a type of preaching, not just simply
getting up and using something predictive. 

		(10) 	But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in
part 						shall be done away.

		(11) 	When I was a child, I (spoke) as a child, understood as a child,
thought 					as a child: (certainly, if you think as a child, you'll
understand as a child 					and you'll speak as a child.) but when I
became a man, (hopefully, you 					think like a man, you understand like
a man, and you speak like a man. 					So therefore the childish things
are) put away.

	Which is that, the limited understanding. And those things which draw
immature conclusions. Men come to a place where they're solid in the
Word according to Ephesians. He said:

		(12) 	…now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face:
now 						I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

	Now, It tells you there, that there is a stability that is coming to
the Bride that Paul could not possibly have in that Age, as the church
began falling away. No matter how hard he tried to put it into position,
he could not get it back. But there had to come a time when the
church…and has to come a time, (I say had, which is true, because that
time is here now) and there has to be a time in the sense that this is
still going to work out. That there is going to be a church which is in
a Divine Order. (See?)

22.	Now, you understand what I'm talking about tonight? If you don't,
let's go back and look at              1 Corinthians 15 again, where It
says here:

		(22) 	For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ  all be made alive.

		(23) 	But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits;
afterward 						they that are Christ's at his coming. (Which is His
Parousia) 

	Then It says:

		(24) 	Then cometh the end, (now It says) when he shall have
delivered…

	Now, between the time of Jesus said that's the Holy Ghost coming down
here, setting Himself at the Head of the Church, and setting Himself
right down here on earth until the time the Kingdom is handed back to
Him, on the top of Mount Zion when Jesus sits on the Throne above the
Pyramidal City, (which is Mount Zion) fifteen hundred miles square at
the base and high. And the Father takes over. Certain things are going
to happen, and in that happening is setting in a Divine Order. So a
Divine Order has already started with the Presence of God. (See?) Now,
that's what you understand.

23.	Now, we want to stop for a second and notice, the two very
meaningful words comes together in the time slot. The first is
'Parousia', or 'Presence', and the second is 'perfection'. Now, Parousia
is              1 Corinthians 15:23.  

		(23) 	But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; (and)
afterward 					they that are Christ's at his (Parousia).

	Okay, we looked at the word 'perfection' is over here in 1 Corinthians
13, but I read the one over here in Ephesians. And It tells you flat,
"As it was in the days of Paul, the Holy Spirit came down." Now, I
always used to read Ephesians 4 as though It were Acts 2. Ephesians 4 is
not           Acts 2.  Ephesians 4 is God veiled in a Pillar of Fire,
bringing Paul the Word and setting the church in order. He had access to
God the same as William Branham did. There was an actual confrontation,
a lip to ear in a conversational manner as John had it. 

24.	Now, notice over here in the Book of Revelation 1: (I just winged
it) and he says here:

		(12) 	And I turned to see the voice that spake (unto) me….

	That means 'conversational'. He could speak, and God could speak. And
as Bro. Branham said, "If I ever tell you a lie, I'm a hypocrite." Paul
had the same access.

	In other words, anything to be resolved was able to be resolved, so
this Book, especially as we view the Pauline epistles for our hour, (all
the epistles really) it's absolutely perfect when you have one here at
the end time with the correct revelation. Which means that the same One
veiled in the Pillar of Fire that gave the Word, would have to be here
revealing the Word. Because the Word has fallen into a mystery.

25.	Now, that One that came down sets the church in order. And He sets
the church in order with Word ministry to perfect the Saints. Now, that
doesn't say the other gifts have to be thrown out. They become
complementary. But the minute you get your eyes on the peripheral, you
get your eyes off the central, and the central is Christ the Word. (You
see?)

	Now, this One Who came down set ministries in the church to perfect the
Saints. (See?) For the work of the ministry, for the edifying, the
building up the body of Christ until we all come in the unity of
faith..." [Eph 4:12-13a] 

	There is going to be a union of faith. There is going to be a true
revelation in the Bride, that each one in his own degree and measure
will attain to, and it will not differ from the other's revelation. Now,
there will be a degree of intensity, and a degree of necessity. As It
was back here when Paul said he wants his elders apt to teach. Well,
everybody in the congregation wasn't apt to teach, so therefore, he
wouldn't have to know specifically what those men would have to know.
But whatever he did know would be perfect alignment with what is truth,
because what they had was the truth. Like the washer woman with one tape
that Bro. Branham mentioned it. Now,  "…even the knowledge of the Son
of God, "  [Eph 4:13b] Now, there's only one way to get It, that's by
the Word, It's got to be a revelation of Himself. If God doesn't reveal
Himself, which is by Word, nobody is going to get It.  

26.	And I'm going to prove that to you. Over here in 1 Corinthians 2:
Paul is speaking and he says here: (Now talking about the things of
God.)

		(10) 	But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit
						searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 

		(11) 	For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man
						which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the
					Spirit of God.

	He tells you flat, "No man can know the things of God, only God knows
the things of God."

		(12) 	Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the
spirit which 					is God; that we might know the things that are freely
given to us of God.

	It takes the Holy Ghost to reveal God, because God is the Holy Ghost.

		(13) 	Which things also we speak,…

	So therefore, if you are going to know God, if you are going to know
the things of God, if there's anything about God, you're going to know,
it has got to come by Word. 

27.	Now, if I had a flock of flaming pigeons fly through here and I had
that Cloud reproduced in fire and the face of Jesus peeking out, tell
me, what would it be? Tell me! I want someone to tell me, but you ain't
over the hump yet, neither am I. And I want to shake you up tonight if I
can shake you for your own good. Tell me, what would it mean? Same
dream. Hogwash! Some vision? Tell it, what does it mean? You got no
idea, right. Then go back to what God said, "Word."

	Which Jesus …?...  speak. Didn't say, "Paint picture." Didn't say
take cameras. Didn't say, "Try to get gifts." What do you need Him for?
I want to tell you something: If you ever get cut right down to that
Word you're lucky. Because all things are made by the Word, and all
things are maintained by the Word. And that's a might good living. And
it's a might good place to be.

		(13) 	Which things also Paul said, "we speak."… (not you, but we.)

	Not the local gentry, but Paul. Oh, you got a lot of teachers if you
got one Father.

		(13)	Which things we speak…

28.	You don't think that's right? Hold your finger. Let's go back to 1
Corinthians 14: …that part there. 

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

	Now listen:

		(37) 	If any man think himself to be a prophet, (not like Paul, or
William 					Branham, or Isaiah, Jeremiah, but an ordinary five-fold
member 						prophet) or spiritual, (full of the Holy Ghost) let him
acknowledge 						that the things that I write unto you are the
commandments of the 						Lord.

	Now, where does that leave you? But, "the Holy Ghost teaches comparing
spiritual things with spiritual." [1 Cor 2:13b] 

29.	Going back to Ephesians. Now, just because there's a five-fold
ministry doesn't mean you're going to have the truth. You can have a
phony five-fold ministry, there's phony prophets, there's phony
apostles, there's false pastors, there's false evangelists, there's
false teachers. There's a proliferation and a super abundance of the
phony teachers I can tell you that. I can be phony as a three dollar
bill myself, and fooling the whole bunch of you. Now where are you at? I
can't prove anything, and I don't intend to. I got no proof.

	Listen, "All come in the unity of that faith, (the true faith) the
knowledge of the Son of God can only come by the Word unto a perfect
man, (that's a complete and finished, polished off,) unto the measure of
a stature of a fullness of Christ." [Eph 4:13] In other words,
everything that God poured into Christ will be poured in that Bride and
she'll measure up to it. 

	Now listen, (To the end) "we henceforth be no more children, (so we can
go out and manifest and do miracles and tear up the world and prove
we've got God, hallelujah. It doesn't say that.) "no longer tossed to
and fro, carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of
men, (leisured them on. You know the …?... pulled the rabbit out of
the hat.) and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait (to bless you
and get you to God; no,) to deceive." [Eph 4:14]

30.	You know what? I challenge you. That's a thought of my own
challenge, I preached twenty more years, I'll keep saying, "Eve was
seduced, not raped, but everyone wants to believe rape, not seduced. You
know, nobody would do that to poor sweet Eve, and Eve wouldn't be so
foolish." Wouldn't she? And wouldn't they? You think people right in
this age wouldn't lie and wait to deceive? You got to be a bunch of
fruit cakes.

	What do you think the Bible is talking about? What are they trying to
get you off of? Not manifestation. They're trying to get you off the
Word. They'll pour manifestation on you till you drown in it. Comes out
your ears. "But holding the truth in love, may grow up... unto…(cross
that word 'into' out it's) unto Him…(If you're not in Him, you ain't
going to grow up unto Him. You'll never be caught up in a Rapture. No
way!) …in all things, which is the head, even Christ."                
  [Eph 5:15]  

	"From whom the whole body…" Now listen, what's he talking about? Who
is the head? According to the gift of Christ, the Holy Ghost came back,
God, very God, and He is Head of the Church. Right here. And we're
looking for the Godlikeness of that Word to be in the Bride. "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." [Eph 4:16]

 	Now listen, what I've tried to show you here, the Holy Ghost came down
to start a resurrection. The same Holy Ghost that came down, is trying
to put the church in order. And it started with the grosser element of
condemning the tongues, interpretation, and the baloney that's on the
floor. And said, "Kick out what you've got." And don't let everything
just go, because everything's not God, because you're not of the
extreme, the very extreme place where the razor blade edge is, that the
mule will outwork the horse. And out-character the finest, out-fruit the
best, out-manifest Paul. (You follow what I am saying?)  

	[Bro, Vayle sets up a drawing board]

31.	Now look, we'll draw this down here, and this is life, and this is
light. (Okay)  Now, the prophet said there's two kinds of life. And
there's a razor blade difference. Now, he called it spirit, but all
spirit is life, and all life is spirit. That's right. Because God is
life, God is spirit.

	Okay, now let's say over here is the right-life. Over here is the
wrong-life. (Do you follow what I'm saying?) Now, we're not a bunch of
boobs here tonight. I think a kid in grade five could understand me. So,
if you don't understand me, you're in bad shape. Go back to school. Now,
I ain't kidding. We are trying to identify the Light. This the Holy
Spirit, and this is the enemy. (You follow me?) Trying to identify that
person, what's in there. 

	All right, let's watch: this one… [end of side one of tape] …this
produces just fruit. This one over here can impersonate, or take any
gifts, even deceive, raise the dead. So, he's got manifested power,
manifested power, this is plus, and this is just …?...  This fellow
here has got all kinds of love, that's the beautiful little old priest.
And Jesus over here acting like a pretty wild guy, just beat the tar out
of a bunch of them, threw them out of the temple. Love, well, …?...
"Many more are the children of she that is desolate." [Isa 54:1] 

 	All right, now if I was going to add a life to the Word, I'd have to
pick this one. I would, I'd have picked this one. Because this one over
here that's right, he goes Word by word, by Word, by Word, by Word. Now,
this one over here: He can maybe miss just one little word. That's all
that happened at the beginning. So, how are you going have some kind of
an evidence here of believing the Word of the hour, plus the life, when
you're trying to figure which life it is? You don't look at anything but
the Word. (You follow what I'm trying to say? All right, good enough)

32.	Okay, we're looking at two words, 'perfection' and 'conclusion'.
Which, 'perfection' which is 'conclusion', polishing and refining. The
Parousia was  found in 1 Corinthians that said, "It's the beginning of
the end." It starts with God coming down to set Himself at the Head of
the Church, to put the Church in order, to raise the dead, to change the
saints, and from that time on to plumb into eternity to the very end.
(You follow me?) Okay, the same One that comes down here, in Ephesians
4, is the same Parousia, puts the Church in order, under the Word to
bring her to a perfection.

	Now, perfection means 'the product is finished'. Nothing more can be
done, or needs to be done. It is ready for acceptance and therefore
delivery. Now, notice a real difference, these believers were sealed in
and what I am talking about. In  Ephesians 1:12-14,

		(12) 	That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted
in 						Christ.

		(13) 	In whom (you) also trusted, after that (you) heard the word of
truth, 					the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that (you)
believed, 					(you) were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

		(14) 	Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of
the 						purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

33.	Now, that's telling you about the individuals that are sealed in.
(See?) But when you deal with the Parousia, you deal with the succeeding
verses of the same chapter. "Wherefore…(because you're born again.
Because you're sealed in individually,) I'm praying to God, (and he
said) you show the love unto all saints, you got the good family spirit,
I'm praying for you. That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father
of glory, may give unto you (collectively, not individually,
collectively) the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of
Him." [Eph 4:15-17]

	In other words, he explains that the Spirit of God now comes down, (the
same Spirit that sealed each one individually as a Father) now comes
down and stands amongst them as the Father of each one of them. And what
does He say: "The revelation is going to come, a resurrection is going
to come, and a Rapture is going to come." 

34.	Now, this section here deals merely with the simplicity of the
Parousia up to the place of the Rapture. But when you deal with 1
Corinthians 15, you're going far beyond the Rapture. Now, let's go back
again. Now verse 24, after the Parousia. Now watch 23.

		(23) 	…every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; (that
happened, 					He's already risen) afterward (New Testament saints) they
that are 						Christ's at his (Presence.)   

	Now:

		(24) 	Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom
					to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and 	
				all authority and power.

	Now, you will notice here, the Parousia starts the beginning of the
end. (You follow me?) It starts the beginning of the end. Now, don't you
understand, that's exactly what's over here in the Book of Revelation
chapter 10, when that Mighty One comes down, puts His foot upon land and
sea. Roars like a lion, the Thunders come forth. And then raises His
hands and swears time has run out. And It says, "Everything that belongs
to salvation is revealed in the Gospel, it's finished." 

35.	The Parousia is the beginning of the end, or It starts the end of
the end. All that is to be under Him, will be under Him as to all
things. And by that I mean it's no mystery, it simply means every single
thing that God's planned in this section of Redemption and eternity
starts to be fulfilled and will be fulfilled, and there's nothing you
can do to stop It. We are on a one-way Bride up. There's no way you're
going to turn the clock back brother/sister. A lot of people think it's
going to be done, but it's not going to be done. Only the mercy of God
hold the wrath back at this time. That's all it is.

 	Now, the long suffering in this hour is very great, because if God
suffered a long time in the days of Noah, and this is far more crucial,
except for the abundant revelation. And no one ever did have the
revelation that we have, not even Enoch. Not in that hour. That's the
one thing that's been haste in judgment as in 2 Thessalonians, It says
it will. Because they turned down the love of the truth. But otherwise
God is long suffering and holding on.

36.	Now, let's just take a look at those all things in there. Now,
notice 1 Corinthians 15:35-49.

		(35) 	But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? what body do 
					they come?

		(36) 	Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it
die:

		(37) 	And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall
be, 					but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

		(38) 	But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every
seed 						his own body.

		(39) 	All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh
of men, 					another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of
birds.

		(40) 	There are also celestial bodies, bodies terrestrial: the glory
of the 						celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is
another.

		(41) 	There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon,
and 						another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from
another star 						in glory.

		(42) 	So also is the resurrection of the dead….

	Now, he tells you the Resurrection goes beyond merely bringing people
out of the ground. He is going to transform the earth. And at a later
date, He's going to melt the earth and the entire universe and bring it
all back again. He's going to bring back the sun, the moon, the stars.
They're going to be the same beautiful and wonderful and glorious stars
and moon which can never be defiled again. And he's going to bring back
the fishes, He's going to bring back beasts, He's going to bring back
the birds, He's going to bring it all back. It says right here.

37.	How can you even think that Eternal Life is just floating around in
some kind of a body that's not like you've got? Man, we're going to eat
and drink and have a wonderful time. This is the age to be the happiest
days in all the world. That's right.

		(42) 	So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in
corruption; it 						is raised in incorruption:

		(43) 	It is sown in dishonour;  raised in glory: sown in weakness;
raised 						in power:

		(44) 	…sown a natural body;…

	That's …?... all these things are dying. The earth is dying, the sun
is dying, the moon is dying, everything's dying, and all nature is
dying. They tell me there's as many as ten species per day. There could
be as many as many as ten species per day dying right now. How long can
it last? Well, God will destroy those who destroy the earth. (See?) 

38.	These fellows that study in college they're not dumb bunnies. Adam
would have been in good shape if he let God keep to the rule of ecology.
He only got as far as the animals. Never got any further. Do you realize
the way God is in nature could out man and actually bring him billions
of years to even learn of the plant life? And billions more to learn
about the insect life. He better have the Holy Ghost and come back in a
glorified body in the new age, or they'd messed this thing up too.
There's no way. You see, there's a Divine Order and a harmony. And God's
starting a Bride back to Divine Order and harmony right now. That's the
natural body.

		(45) 	And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul;
						the last Adam a quickening spirit.

		(46) 	Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is
natural; 					and afterward that which is spiritual.

		(47) 	The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the
Lord from 					heaven.

		(48) 	As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is
the heavenly, 					such are they also that are heavenly.

		(49) 	And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear
the 					image of the heavenly. (And be like Christ.)

		(50)	Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the
kingdom 					of God;… 

 	Now, this is part of what is set in order when Jesus comes, when the
Holy Spirit, God, takes over the Headship of the Church of the Lord
Jesus Christ.

39.	Now, notice [1 Corinthians 15:] in verse 26,   

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

	Now, we're talking about the First Resurrection taking care of those
who have died, although they're born again. Now:

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

	Now, you  compare that with 1 Corinthians 15: 54-58, and It says here:

		(54) 	So when this corruptible shall have put on (incorruptibility),
and this 					mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be
brought to pass the 					saying that is written, Death is swallowed up
in victory.

	Now, you notice that the swallowed in death is not the destruction of
death. The destruction of death means even…a death means 'separation
from God'. So therefore the last enemy, the last thing blotted out is
entire separation from God by annihilation, the last thing to go. Now,
It says, the last enemy here. So, we're looking at the very end when
everything is put under the feet of Jesus. 

  	Now, thus we see that God Himself has taken Headship in order to
place Christ in the Bride in their proper ranks which is Husband and
Wife. Now, that's what He's done at this particular time. He has placed
them in the Kingship of their love one for another, and their literal
union. Now, the Wedding Supper signifies a return to Eden and to the
Millennium. Now, God has come down as Head of the Church in order to
start this.

40.  Now, watch [1 Corinthians 15:] in verse 28, the last portion.

		(28) 	…then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put
all 						things under him, that God may be all in all.

	Now, what is he talking about? He's talking about God is bringing
everything under Divine Order, and putting it under the feet of Jesus.
Now, the question is: who in the world is under the feet of Jesus? The
Bride is. So therefore, everything is coming into line where the Bride
can absolutely have revealed in her, and maybe not so much…well,
there'd be revelation, but also he will inherit all those things which
has been procured for her by the price that Jesus paid, and everything
else that God wants to do for her. Now, you see God is doing this very
thing, and He's putting everything under the feet of Jesus, and we're
with Him, so everything also becomes part of that which is under our
feet.

	Now, this event is the start of Christ and that which is Christ. Now I
hope you're following me here. I'll try to go over this again. Now look:
[1Corinthians 15] in verse 23, It says,

		(23) 	… afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.

	Now watch: "Afterward they that are Christ's at Christ's coming." So
therefore, Christ and Christ's, what He owns.  (See?) Everything that is
His at that particular time the Resurrection taking place, all of this
is put in a Divine Order, so that all things can be brought in
subjection, (or in a proper order) that God may be All in all. 

41.	So, the whole plan of God starts…that is, the things of the whole
plan of God starts with this Parousia. And the Parousia is definitely
geared to bring about that Resurrection. Now, this is the start of
Christ and Christ's at His Presence.

	Now, I read over here in 1 Corinthians. (I'm going to go back to It,)
in chapter 15:28. Now, I started out by telling you…let me go over It
again.

		(28)	…when all things shall be (brought in their proper order and
rank, and 					that's going to go way down the line) then shall the Son
also himself be 					(brought into His proper order and rank, under the
One) that put all 					things under (that Son, which was God) that God
may be all in all.

	Now, right here, if you don't understand doctrine and understand what's
going on, you can be just as confused as anybody can be confused. So,
I'm going to read It to you again. Now, watch in verse 24.

		(24) 	Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom
					to God, even the Father; (now, you know that's when Jesus hands the
					Kingdom back. Right? Now watch,) when he shall have put down 					
all rule and all authority and power.

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

	Now, right there is where you think that's talking about Jesus doing
the reigning. Just keep reading:  

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

		(27) 	For he hath put all things under his feet… 

	Read Psalms 8, (that's God putting all things under the feet of Jesus.)
That's not Jesus putting all things under His feet. It's God putting all
things at the feet of Jesus. Who's God? Holy Spirit. Who's Jesus? Man. 

		(27) 	For he hath put all things under his feet. (That means, the
promise 						is there, and it's got to happen. Now,) But when he saith
all things 						are put under him, it is manifest that he is (left
out,) which is put all 					things under him. 

	There's never a time when God is under the feet of Jesus. Never.

42.  Now, let's keep listening: Now:

		(28) 	And when all things shall be (brought into proper order under)
him, 					then shall the Son also himself be (brought into proper order,
under) 					him that put all things under (the Son), that God may be all
in all.

	In other words, God is standing back and doing everything for Jesus.
It's outlined in that Word, and nothing will be left undone, because
Jesus paid the price of Redemption. There is nothing that God will not
do for Him compatible within Godhead Itself. And the one thing that God
will not do, is put Himself under the Son. The Son is under the Father.
And you know, a lot of people have an idea the Bride is going to be so
great she'll do this, and she'll do that, don't you ever believe it,
it's only if God wants it. No way are you going to be running around
just thinking you're going to do this, and do that. (You follow me what
we're talking about?)

 	All right, now here's here is what we're looking at: When the Parousia
starts you are looking forward to the wrap up, the end up, which will
take you right to New Jerusalem with the Son becoming absolutely in
perfect harmony with God and with man right down the line.

43.	Now, you go to Ephesians 1:17, (which I read to you) I got down
here, 		

		(17)	…the revelation and knowledge of him:

	Now watch:

		(18)	The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; (About what? 		
			A revelation of God Himself to the Bride.) that (we) may know 					
what is the hope of his calling, (and the calling that He has, we are 		
			a part of It, the same calling.) and what (is) the riches of the
glory 						of his inheritance in the saints.

	Now, I don't have time to preach on It, I will sometime, that's the
next message that's coming up. I got seven prepared, and this is number
eight. The only thing I know in all Scripture that Jesus inherited was
'the Name'. And that Name is now in the Bride. And that will be one of
the best messages I'll ever preach, because I know I have an idea what
lies in it now. Now, It says right there, that revelation is to the
living Bride. And that can only happen when He's here. And that is going
to bring about the Resurrection. And what…next step.

		(19) 	And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who 
					believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

		(20) 	Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead… 

44.	If the Bride wasn't ready to be changed, the dead could not come out
of the ground, they're waiting on us. Here It is right here. (See?) When
raised from the dead:

		(20)	…and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
(that's 						the Rapture.)

		(21) 	(And) above all principality, and power, and might, and
dominion, 						and every name that is named, not only in this world,
but (the world) 					to come: (See?)

		Now, Who is doing that? God is doing it, He started it now by getting
the Bride in Divine Order. And it'll keep on going right to New
Jerusalem. And you can't turn it back. (See?) This is the true ushering
in of the Millennium, it's started. People can say what they want, but
they're not saying the Word of God. Then It says here: 

		(22) 	And hath put all things under his feet, (see? now,) and gave him
to 						be the head over all things to the church,

	Always, Jesus is on that Throne above the New Jerusalem, the Bride. No
way is the Bride ever on her own. It's always through a delegation of
authority.

45.	Now, let's go to Philippians 3: begin to see the things in here:
Okay, start with verse 10.

		(10) 	That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the 
					fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his 					
death;

		(11) 	If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the
dead.

	Now, I don't care who you are, you're going to be there whether you
want to be there or not. But that's not what It is saying. "That I may
attain to the out-resurrection from among the dead. I want to be a part
of the First Resurrection."

		(12) 	Not as though I had already attained, either were already
perfect:…

	Now you see, Paul believed for the First Resurrection and a Rapture in
the First Age. That's why Age number one, and seven are the same Age.
It's not two different Ages really. Seven is going back on the track
where the bullet got off track. Going back to where a man got off track.
Saved to be put back of virginity, virgin of the Word to be allowed to
come in to the Wedding Supper. Not just allowed to a Wedding Supper, but
to be a Bride.

46.	 Let's face it, Christ doesn't want some hashed over street walker.
The Bride must be right with the Word. 

		(12) 	Not as though I had already attained, either were already
perfect: 						but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for
which also I am 						apprehended of Christ Jesus.

		(13) 	Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one
thing 					I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching
forth unto 					those things which are before,

		(14) 	I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God
in Christ 					Jesus.

		(15) 	Let us therefore, as many as be perfect… (Now, see he said,
"I'm not 					perfect, but I am perfect.")

	In other words, the whole seed was there, but it wasn't finishing off
time. (See?) It wasn't all over.

		(15)	…be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded,
God 					shall reveal even this unto you.

		(16) 	Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by
the same 					rule, let us mind the same thing.

		(17) 	Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk
so 					as ye have us for an ensample. (See, that's by the Word, you
always 					play to the Word.)

		(18) 	(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you
even 					weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ.

		(19) 	Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose
glory 					is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

	I don't think he's talking to a bunch of back-sliders. I think he's
talking about those who have left the Word. You have back-slidden of
course, but I mean talking about irreverent and terribly pervert people
like cutting up and doing terrible things.

		(20) 	For our (citizenship) is in heaven; from whence also we look for
						the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

		(21)	 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like
unto 					(the body of) his (glory, that's like a resurrected body,
because that's 					the only God has when it comes to humanity, and
that's a living 						Person Jesus,) , according to the working whereby
(now listen) he 						is able even to subdue… (no sir at all, it's
bring under orders, if the 						Word is not subdued, is bring under
orders.)

	 Now, what does It say? We're looking for Him in order that He will
bring these bodies under order of Divine Order. Now, what is the Divine
order of this hour? Resurrection and a changed Bride. Now He's doing it.
Doesn't say anybody else is doing it. There's no way anybody else can do
it, because this is how it's done.

47.	Now, this is the Seventh Seal of Revelation 10:1-7.

		(1) 	And I saw another mighty (messenger) come down from heaven, 					
clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face 				
was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

		(2) 	And he had in his hand a little book open: his right foot upon
the 						sea, left foot on the earth,

		(3) 	…cried with a loud voice, when a lion roareth: and when he had 
					cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.

	Now, you know as well as I do that the First Age was a lion roareth,
but that's not the Seventh Age. The last half ends up with an eagle. It
only says here, "It cried as if a lion roars." All right, the eagle has
got to tell us what the lion said, or what the roar was. Okay?

		(4) 	And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about
						to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up 
					those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

		(5) 	And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth 	
				lifted up his hand to heaven,

		(6) 	And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, (that's God
swearing 					by Himself. That's over in the Book of Hebrews) who
created heaven, 					and the things that therein are, and the earth, and
the things that 						therein are, and the sea, and the things which are
therein, that there 						should be time no longer:

	And actually, a better translation is: "that would be delayed no
longer." What's going to be delayed no longer? See, there you are. Oh,
what is it? Well, when He comes down He starts to rank and put
everything in Divine Order, so that nothing will stop the complete
running out until the Bride is in New Jerusalem.

48.	Where's that Scripture way back there that mentions that…the Book
of Ruth, where she's been counseled by her mother in-law. She said, "You
just do certain few things here, you watch, (she said) that man won't
put it off any longer." That's just what happened here. When Jesus
comes, when the Holy Ghost comes down there's no putting off. There's no
turning back. There's no stopping. God's swearing by Himself. Listen
now: 

		(7) 	But in the days of the voice of the seventh (messenger), when he 
					shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be (perfected) 				
	finished, (consummated, run out, no more to go, signed, sealed, 					
delivered), as he hath declared (the good news by) his servants the 				
	prophets.

	Notice in verse 7, It's finished.

49.	Now, notice [Revelation] 1:4, we won't read It again. But in there,
It says the Mighty One with the Lion's Voice, the roar, the thunders,
the sealing, now sealed up.

	Now, what does it mean, 'to be sealed up'? It means, 'kept from view'.
You can't get a revelation on it, even though it could even be in
progress. You're being hindered from getting the truth, or understanding
It. What else does it mean? It means 'it's kept from happening'. (See?)
If you've  got a seal it does two things: It'll obscure the vision,
it'll keep it from happening. In other words, it becomes confined. Okay,
that's just like 2 Thessalonians 2, It says I'm going to tell you about
the antichrist, and I'm going to tell you why it hasn't happened, it's
sealed up, stopped from happening.

50.	Okay, let's go back to Revelation 22:10 (and this, you know) this
has become a very favorite portion of Scripture. And I know you're going
to hear It until you like It as much as I do when you memorize It. Now:

		(10)	 …he (said) unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of
this book: 					for the time is at hand. (Now, time is at hand.)

	Now look, from Revelation 10:4, to Revelation 22:10, the Book becomes
unsealed. And He says, "For the time is at hand." Now what time? Well,
the time is at hand wherein the mystery is going to be finished, the
Gospel runs out. And It hits a vein where nothing can stop its
consummation right up to the 'past the White Throne judgment', right to
the top of Mount Zion.

51.	Now watch:

		(11) 	He that is unjust, (is) unjust still: …filthy, (is) filthy
still:… 						(and so on.) 

		(12) 	…I come quickly; my reward is with me, to give every man
according 					as his work shall be.

		(13) 	I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and
the 					last.

		(14) 	Blessed are they that (wash their robes),  that they may have
right to 					the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into
the city.

		(15) 	For without are dogs,… 

	The dogs actually are the male prostitutes. And male prostitutes in my
books are preachers, both male and female. They're carrying their
felonious messages of adultery and prostitution with the organized
churches, their creeds and dogmas. Now, I'm typing it. I don't think
Bro. Branham typed it that way, but I think I've got her down pat.

		(15)	…and sorcerers,… 

	That means 'druggists'. The word 'sorcerers' is where you get the word
'druggist' comes from. It means they write prescriptions. They've
written the wrong prescriptions, they've got the wrong thing.  

		(15)	…whoremongers,…(Well, you know what that is? That's the 					
preachers in the field who love the churches.) …murderers,…					
(they'll sell your soul.) …idolaters, (they've got three gods, ) 					
whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. (They won't take the Word, 						they
just lie about It.)

		(16) 	I Jesus have sent mine angel (messenger) to testify unto you
these 						things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of
David, 						and the bright and morning star.

		(17) 	And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that
heareth…, 					Come. …let him that is athirst come. And whosoever
will, let him 						take the water of life freely.

		(18) 	For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the
prophecy 					of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God
shall add 						unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
(Now, that's the 						Great Tribulation.)

52.	So therefore, just before the Great Tribulation comes, the Seals got
to open. (Yep) And when the Thing's into effect…now listen, that told
you something here now: notice, when this happens, and He's come down
here, this Thing starts and you can't stop It. Now, this is part of It.

	So therefore, the Resurrection takes place, the Bride gets changed, and
the whole bunch get caught away. Then the tribulation comes. And there's
a line of separation right here. You see, there's no way you're going to
stop this thing moving. You see, we've living in a very exciting time,
but nobody knows what to get excited about. They're trying to get
excited about gifts and everything else. But it's not working, because
the false anointed are doing a better job. 

	You better get your excitement here in the Word, because Bro. Branham
said, "That's where the stimulation is." And the Angel has told, "Don't
you dare destroy the oil and the wine." It's a tiny bit of oil, the Holy
Spirit, and a tiny bit of stimulation, but you don't need much if you
got the right amount, you got the right thing. If you've got the proper
distilled wine, you'll be stimulated don't worry. You don't, just a drop
of the Holy Ghost, no more. But the whole Presence is here.

53.	Now, It says:

		(19) 	…if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this
						prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life,
and 						out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in
this book.

	Now, it's unsealing time. It is also time for verse 14, which it the
"right to the Tree of Life, which gives the Bride living at this moment
immortality, not the dead to come out of the ground. But when the Bride
has this right and is qualified through what God Himself does for her,
the dead can come out of the ground. But she's got to be qualified
first.

	Now, you can't have it apart from what God is doing in the individual
and to the individual. Now, I realize that it's nice that you pray forty
five minutes a day, and you fast two days a week, and you testify twenty
minutes a day, and you read the Bible forty five minutes a day. And you
do a lot of those things, that's wonderful, but that's not going to do
it.

	Now, it's not that you shouldn't do those things, it's fine to do them,
I hope you do them. But that's not the answer. The answer is God
Himself. And if He's not here, it's not going to be done. Because you
can fast and pray yourself black and blue, and deaf and dumb and die.
You can't add one cubit to your stature, one hair to your head. So, you
can't do one thing about this. Now, He's got to be here to do it.

54.	Now, the question is: is He here, or is He not here? And if He's
here, He's doing It. Now, this is where you've got to let your minds go
and let your faith take over. Because everybody looks, and see what I
drew up here, everybody wants to look on the wrong side of the board.
You got too much of the wrong guys teaching you. I'm not talking about
your pastor, I'm talking about somebody entirely different.

	You've got to come to the place where you believe this Word, and that's
all you do believe I'm telling you what God  taught me. And you do what
you want. But this is where I've come to. I've come to the place where
God told me you don't need signs in the sky. I know …?... (you know)
signs on the earth, you're in the Word. Now, if you're in the Word,
that's all that counts. Now, you do what you want. I'm just trying to
tell you these things.

55.	Now listen: now back here in Genesis 3:21-24, God put Cherubim
before the Tree, and they were denied the right to immortality. But in
Revelation 22:14, they have been given the right to immortality. And
Genesis 3:22 is restored. We are not in restoration. 

	Now, that's exactly what It said in Acts 3. What gives the restoration?
It's the Message of Elijah that gives the restoration. And people are
looking for Jerusalem, and they're looking for this. You can have
Jerusalem, and the Dead Sea. Take it, be my guest! Love it! Live with
it, die with it! I want the Tree of Life. 

	Now, if you want Jerusalem over here in Israel and the Dead Sea, look,
I'll write you a check and send you over there. Not all of you, but one
of you. So, you can come back and say, "I boo-booed like the idiot I
am."  Then I want twice my money back. It ought to be worth it to you.
You got a lesson.

	The Tree is restored with the Seals opened. Now the question is: who
did the Seals? God Himself reveals Himself. But it takes a prophet to
stand there. Nobody wants to connect Revelation 10:1 with Revelation
10:7 and they just fit. I'm glad the prophet did.

56.	Now, that which has been denied has been restored, the greatest
restoration has taken place. Now, what does It take place under? It
takes place under Christ revealing Himself, as Bro. Branham placed the
Shout as being the Message. (Now, we'll tell you how it is a little
later on.)

	Now, Revelation 22:14 is Genesis 3:22 restored. And 1 Corinthians
15:51-58, puts It in the Parousia. Now, let's take a look at It. Now,
let's get this very clear.                                              
              

	[1 Corinthians 15:]

		(23) 	But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits;
afterward they 					that are Christ's at his (Parousia).

	Now, the Bride that's changed in the living flesh here and doesn't die,
is just as much a first-fruit as the ones that do die, because it's all
First Resurrection, and First Resurrection is all first-fruit. (You
follow me why?) Because they're the only ones that come up in His image.
First-fruits means 'the first of more to come'. Now, in the first-fruit
is all the Old Testament Saints that were full of the Holy Ghost, to
whatever it took to get them that way, (get them up out of the ground.)
The next bunch, is our bunch going up. The next ones are the two
witnesses and the 144,000. So, the First Resurrection has several parts
within It, but they all get there. And they all follow the Lamb, and
they will be in the Millennium. That's the big thing right there.

567	Okay, now the Millennial first-fruits, (and Friday night I'll talk
about the Millennial Jesus, because it's right here.) Now, He is born to
have many more follow Him at the time of the Presence of God, because
God raises the dead. That's what the Bible said. Now, if you're in doubt
of that, you think Jesus raises the dead let me just get you back and
show you that isn't true.

	It tells you over here, I read It in Ephesians, I'll read It in Romans
[8:]

		(11) 	But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead
dwell in 						you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall quicken
your 						mortal bodies…

	So, the same One that raised Jesus is going to raise us. That's God,
right? Because remember, Jesus is a man. And no man can raise himself.
The only way Jesus could say, "I take …?... my life, and I raise it
again, because God was in Him, and no other way. Now, God was duty bound
to raise Him.

	Now, right at this point we see here the Parousia and the Presence, and
It's going to be resurrected, and It says… Paul said, "Look I'm going
to tell you, you got to die, then you're going to be raised." 

	And the question came up, "Well Paul, does that mean we're all going to
die, I understand now, we all got to die, we all go to the grave?" 

	He said, "No, no, no. I'm going to show you a mystery. You don't have
to die to get changed. But you have to have Him here before you get your
change." Everything is in the Parousia.

58.	Now notice: Revelation 10:1-3. (We go back again, I like this one.) 

		(1) 	And I saw another mighty (messenger) come down from heaven, 					
clothed with a cloud: a rainbow was upon his head, his face was as 					
it were the sun, his feet as pillars of fire:

		(2) 	And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his foot
upon 						the sea, and (he set his)  foot (upon) the earth,

		(3) 	And cried with a loud voice, (he taught) as when a lion
roareth:… 

	He got attention, they knew He was there. You tell me that people don't
know He's here after a ministry like Bro. Branham? I'll tell you again,
look if this is written let me tell you flat, that I've got the books,
I've read them. If history were written after this age, say the next
fifty, sixty years and people began researching Bro. Branham, (which
they will) there will be more said about him in more books than any
Christian that ever lived in six thousand years. That's right from Adam
to this present day, because the record will be in. It wasn't done
secretly, he roareth, it is open. It was manifested. 

		(3)	…thunders (thundering) their voices. (Okay, the Mighty One came 
				down.)

59.	All right, let's go to 1 Thessalonians 4:16.

		(16) 	For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout,… 
                                              			(thunder without a
doubt.) 

	What's the difference? The same person. I don't care if you use
different words, it's going to be the same thing. His Voice thundered.
His  Voice shouted. Well, hallelujah with a loud Voice. No problem, came
down. On earth yet, …?... up there. Came down, right?

	Okay, this is in the context, that where…"But I would not have you
ignorant, concerning them which are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as
others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose
again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring forth with
Him. (Just like He brought forth, Jesus bring him forth) For this we say
unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain
unto the Presence of the Lord shall not go before them which are
asleep." [1 Th 4:13-15] That's 1 Corinthians 15, that's Revelation 10.

	You see what I'm trying to show you here? The Parousia is on at this
moment, and It has started a chain of events which just about everybody
is thinking …?... And that's par for the course. Because Jesus was on
earth and it took John the Baptist to expose Him. The Holy Spirit came
down and it took William Branham to expose Him. And now with what he
taught, and here revealed in the Word, we can go to the Word and see
what's happening when He comes down. Bro. Branham did not live long
enough to preach the whole of the detailed revelation, he preached the
revelation, and he said, "You preach, just fill it in."

	Now, all I've got to do is see where he is, and what follows in
context, and I know what's going on. All right, that's not hard to
understand. In fact, it's very, very simple, because it can't be
otherwise.

60.	Okay, back to 1 Corinthians 15:23,

		(23) 	But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits;
afterward they 					that are…his (Presence.) 

	Okay, now we match this with 1 Thessalonians 4:13-15, His Presence. And
that's this verse in 1 Corinthians 15:23.

61.	Now, let's go back to Revelation 5: which I could have brought this
chapter in before. No problem. Let's read It.

		(1) 	And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book
written 					within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. (Now,
there's that 					sealing up there.)

	In other words, you can't find out something that's in there, and
something that's in there can't come to pass. You got to rip the seals
off. Then when you know what's in there, the thing can begin to come to
pasts. (Uh?) 

		(2) 	And I saw a strong (messenger) proclaiming with a loud voice,
(there 					He is again, loud voice, lots of loud voices.)

	It wasn't whispered. [Bro Vayle whispers something] Forget it! Why it
ripped…it ripped the world! Man alive, trouble is they didn't pay
attention to It. 

		(2)	…Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?

		(3) 	And no man in heaven, nor in earth, under the earth, was able to 
					open the book, (or even) look on it.)

	How the Word say, they just passed It by, it's no use.

		(4) 	And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and 				
	to read the book, neither to look thereon.

	Now, John was concerned (you see) because something in his heart hit
him. The rest of guys just passed on, …?...  

		(5) 	And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion 	
				of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the 
					book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

		(6) 	And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne…the four
beasts, 						and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had
been slain, 						having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven
Spirits of 						God sent forth into all the earth.

62.	Now, you notice, he relates this right away to the churches, the
Seven Church Ages, the Bride's candlesticks. He relates it right to it
right there. The One that was in the midst and being the work in the
Bride, was the One that was going to finish It. Now you tell me Who was
doing It. The Holy Ghost. Absolutely, no One else but God can do It.

		(7) 	And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that
sat 					upon the throne.

		(8) 	And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and
twenty 					elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them
harps, and 					golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of
saints.

		(9) 	And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the
book, 					and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast
redeemed 					us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue,
and people, 					and nation;

		(10) 	And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall
reign 					on the earth.

	Now notice, they say He's done that. Said, you've done It. And It's
going to take place. Why? Because the same is necessary to be done was
done, and set the whole thing in order. And there's no way that these
are not going to be priests and kings and reign on the earth.

 	 Now, before that time It stood in abeyance. And before that time It
was merely a potential. But today It's on! The curtains have been pulled
up! And the act, the scene is going on.  

		(11) 	And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about
the 					throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them
was 						ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

		(12) 	Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to
receive 					power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour,
and glory, 					and blessing.

		(13) 	And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and
under 					the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in
them, heard 						I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power,
be unto him that 					sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for
ever and ever.

		(14) 	And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders
fell 					down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.

63.	 Now remember, the Lamb in Revelation 5 which I read does not come
down. But the One in Revelation 4:1-11 does.

		(1) 	After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven:
and 						the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet
talking with 					me; said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things
which must be 					hereafter.

		(2) 	And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was
set in 					heaven, and one sat on the throne.

		(3) 	And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine
stone: …					a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an
emerald. 

	Now, that's the Pillar of Fire. Veiled in the Pillar of Fire. The same
thing that Ezekiel saw, the likeness appearance of a man.

		(4) 	And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon 	
				the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white
raiment; 					they had on their heads crowns of gold.

	Now, It doesn't say that about the One on the Throne, He's got a
rainbow. No crown. You see, He can't be crowned until He's incarnated.
When He's incarnated He gets crowned.

		(5) 	And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and
voices: 					and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the
throne, which 					are the seven Spirits of God.

		(6) 	And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal:
and 					in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were
four 						beasts full of eyes before and behind.

		(7) 	And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a
calf, 						and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth
beast was 						like a flying eagle. (That's for the Rapture, see?)

		(8) 	And the four beasts had each of them (those types of)
wings…(and 					so on. And they worshipped the Lord upon the Throne.)

	Now, that's the One that comes down. It is Revelation 4:3, It is
Revelation 10:1. And the One veiled in a Pillar of Fire, that One comes
down. And He is proving that the order of 1 Corinthians 11, is what I've
been reading is now in effect. God, Christ, Bride.

64.	Let's go to 1 Timothy 6:12-21.  Now, I know you won't catch all of
this tonight. You got to study this and It's got to begin to form in
your mind to what we're really looking at. There's something going on.
And the World does not know what's going on, and I'm afraid many people
in this Message do not know what is going on. I myself do not pretend to
know what is going on, too distinctly, but I caught a glimpse of it. He
said:

		(12) 	Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life,
whereunto thou 					art also called, and hast professed a good
profession before many 						witnesses.

		(13) 	I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all
things, 						and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate…  

	[tape ends]

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