Immortality and the Kingdom

				       Bro. Lee Vayle -  May 15, 1983

	Heavenly Father we're very very glad that that One who hovered Israel,
who came abiding over them because of the Blood now, because the same
that washing cleansing Blood, the Presence is here.  And we are safe in
that Presence and no way in ourselves fit, but, through that Blood we
have become perfect unto you. And we're very happy that this is also a
part of perfection.  "When that which is perfect is come" then
perfection comes to a Bride.  And, we see then, all things are perfect,
going back to another perfection upon the earth, and  going to future
perfections, which reveal always by greatness, and we're very glad for
that.  Now be with us we pray in the study of Your Word.  May we not
find it tedious, and may we find it joyful.  May it be illuminating, may
it build us up in the most Holy Faith.  Coming more and more to that
full assurance, that's going to take us right into that which we have
just the barest little clue and inkling, but we will unfold to us.  We
commend ourselves therefore to You, by grace in Jesus name, we pray. 
Amen.  You may be seated.

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1.	Now, we are going to talk this morning on 'Immortality and the
Kingdom'.  This will be about #4 on that subject of immortality, and
we're not finished yet.  But, we want to take more thoughts on 
'Immortality and the Kingdom' of God which is coming to earth.  We went
into it a little bit,  then we dropped it, now  I want  to go back to
it.  So we're going to read in  Luke, and here's where we start reading
with lots of Scripture.  

	 Luke 22:14 -20.

	(14)  	And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles
with him.

	(15)  	And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this
passover with 			you before I suffer:

	(16) 	 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be
fulfilled in 				the kingdom of God.

	(17)  	And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and
divide it 				among yourselves:

	(18) 	 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine,
until the 				kingdom of God shall come.

	(19)  	And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto
them, 				saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in
remembrance 				of me.

	(20)  	Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new
testament                                		in my blood, which is shed
for you.

	Now over in 1 Corinthians  15: 50  Now, remember what he said:  he
said, “The kingdom of God.”  All right.

	(50) 	Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot (sit down
with 				me and eat in)  the kingdom of God;...

	You say, “That's not reading Scripture.”  That is, reading
Scripture right.  Because, I'm talking about the kingdom and
immortality.  Now I'll read it the way it's in your Bible.  Not based
upon Luke, although it's got to be based upon Luke.  

		

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

	I put it this way, flesh and blood won't even be in the kingdom. So if
flesh and blood, if it's not in the kingdom, cannot sit down and eat
with Him.  So, you see, I don't trust Scripture.

	(50)	...neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

2.	In other words, it's an entirely different  kingdom, inhabited by an
entirely different kind of people, not doing entirely different things,
altogether.  But, in a different way.  1 Corinthians 15: 22-23.

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

	(23)  	But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; (the One
who 				came first out of the grave from the dead, with an immortal
body, 					never to die again) afterward 	they that are Christ's at his
(Presence)

   	(24)  	Then cometh the end...

3.	All right, 1 Corinthians 15:51-53

	(51)  	Behold, I shew you a mystery; (concerning you, that are alive, 	
			and that will be in that kingdom. How  we're going to get there. 				
I'll show you a mystery) We shall not all (die), but we shall all 				
be changed, (You say, “That's sleep.”  You're right, but that means 
			death.) 

	(52) 	In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for
the 					trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, (the 				sleeping ones are going to come out of the
ground) [edited last phrase 				for easier reading] and we shall be
changed. 

	Those of us who do not sleep, and those that do sleep are going to have
a change. The will not come back the way they were. For God will create
again, bodies.  So when this corruptibility ...speaking 

	(53) 	For this (corruptibility) must put on (incorruptibility, speaking
					concerning the body of the dead and the living, period.) and this 	
			(mortality) must put on immortality.

 	Now, that's what he tells you.  All right,  Matthew 16:28.

	(28)  	Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall
not 				taste of death, 	till they see the Son of man coming in his
kingdom.

4.	You want to see what it's like?  All right, let's read. [ Matthew
17:1-5]

    	(1) 	 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his
brother, 				and (beareth them, lifts them up)  them up into an high
mountain apart,

	 (2 ) 	And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the
sun, 				and his raiment was white as the light.

	Now, that's what you get in Revelations 1:12 also remember. Be the same
thing that comes down in Revelation 10:1.   Not that you and I can
behold Him, but this would be an actual picture.   

 

	(3) 	And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with
				him.

	One represents the law those that died and one represents those that
are taken up with Him.

	(4) 	Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us
to 				be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one
for 					(you), and one for Moses, and one for (Elijah).

	(5) 	While he (spoke), behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and 		
	behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved 				
Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear (you) him.

	And, then It says over here in  verse 9.

	(9 )	...(He) charged them, saying, Tell no man (the vision ), until the
Son 				of man be risen again from the dead.

5.	Now, this is a picture of the future kingdom.  Which is after the
resurrection of all people, based on the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
who is the the original first fruit. Now remember Luke 22:14 -20  He
said, “We are going to eat and drink again.” And, you'll notice what
form they are going to be in.  Now, my understanding of the doctrine of
the coming kingdom of God on earth, as taught by Bro. Branham is vastly
different from that which is taught by the fundamentalist, who has his
own viewpoint.   Now, the fundamental viewpoint sketchily presented is
that Matthew  25:31- 46 is the result of  Revelation 19: 11-21 and
Revelation 20: 1-6 which then coincides with Zechariah chapters 12 -14:
so, let's take a look at them.  Because you didn't get what I said. (I
don't even get what I said, all I have my notes down)

	 Okay, I said, “ The viewpoint of the fundamentalist is in beginning
Matthew 25: 31-46 as

pertaining to how  this kingdom comes to earth, and what it really
is.”  Do you follow me?   Okay.  Their viewpoint differs  from my
viewpoint  because I have studied previously, and believed their
viewpoint.  But I've been converted to Bro. Branham's viewpoint. Now
this is why I'm teaching this, because ten to one a lot of you don't
know what it's all about. You've come out of this church and that church
and you know really nothing.  I don't mean to insult you, but let's face
it, you don't.  You just don't have a background of it.  Whereas I have
been quite improperly, fairly just to know thoroughly, on their
viewpoint.  

6.	Okay, let's go to Matthew 25:  and we'll start here  31-46. 

		

	(31) 	When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy
angels 				with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

	(32)	 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall
separate 				them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep
from the 					goats:

 	Now  categorically they are telling you that this is after the battle
of Armageddon.  When nations which we'll talk about in the further
Scripture I will read to you, will be there. And, they will be permitted
to stand in a non glorified form, and be separated as nations.  And,
those nations which are a called as sheep (not real sheep now, but,
allowed as sheep) they will be allowed to be in the Millennium, for one
thousand years. Now, this is the fundamental viewpoint.  So, I want to
warn you. 

	(33) 	And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on
the left.

	(34) 	Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye
blessed 				of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation 				of the world:

	(35) 	For I was an hungred, and (you) gave me meat: I was thirsty, and
(you) 				gave me drink: I was a stranger, and (you) took me in:

	(36) 	Naked, and (you) clothed me: I was sick, and (you) visited me: I
was 				in prison, and (you) came unto me.

	(37) 	Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we
thee 				an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

	(38) 	When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and
clothed 				thee?

	(39) 	Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

	(40) 	And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto
you, 				Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my
brethren, 				(you) have done it unto me.

	(41) 	Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from
me, 				(you) cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and
his angels:

	(42) 	For I was (hungry), and (you) gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and
					(you) gave me no drink:

	(43) 	I was a stranger, and (you) took me not in: naked, and ye clothed
me 				not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

	(44) 	Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee 	
			(hungry), or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison,
and 				did not minister...  

				

	(45) 	Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch 				as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it
not to me.

	(46) 	And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the
righteous 				into eternal (life).

7. 	Now, you see, they say this is at the beginning of the Millenium. 
And, these are nations, which have treated the Jews well.  Which, would
count America, up to this point.   What if they turned now?  And, they
will.   Now, England treated the Jews very well.  And, there's still a
sentiment there, that they will treat them very well, but, what if the
Jews make so much trouble that for their own good they've got to get rid
of them? Now, this leaves out Russia and Germany, and perhaps Austria,
and no doubt Hungary now, because they are under Communist rule.
Although, the strange thing is, the Communists are Jews in Hungary, and
they are running everything.  Lock, stock and barrel.  And, you could
kill any Russian during the '56 rebellion, and go back and they'll  make
you almost the president.  But, if you kill a Jew, your head goes off. 
So, Hungary really, loves the Jews.  Are they going to make the
Millennium?  Now, come on.  This is the White Throne judgement, at the
end of the Millennium, in the second resurrection.  Which is the general
resurrection.  It has nothing to do with the advent, or the
implementation of the Millennium. Period.

 	But, the fundamentalists say, “Oh no, oh no, this is all the nations
that were there at the end time.  These goody goodies will be allowed to
go in, but, the baddy baddies will be exterminated.”  Now, this is the
result  of Revelation 19: 11-16.  Now, let's take a look at It.  In
other words, this is the King of (Rev 19:11-16) who comes back and does
this of (Mt 25: 31-36), let's see Him come back.

8.	 [ Revelation 19: 11-16 ]

	(11)  	And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that
sat 				upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he
doth 				judge and make war.

	(12) 	His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many
crowns; 				(so He had to be king) and he had a 	name written, that no
man knew, 				but he himself.

	(13) 	And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name
is 				called The Word of God.

	(14) 	And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white
horses, 				clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

	(15) 	And out of his mouth (goes) a sharp sword, that with it he should
smite 				the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he
treadeth 				the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

	(16) 	And ... on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF 	
			KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

 	Now, they say, “See, that is at the time of Armageddon. He comes
back, upsets the whole plan of the nations, the antichrist, the beast,
the whole system.  And, throws them into the pit, the lake of fire, and
so on.  And, He takes over, and then judges those nations.” That's
what they say.  

9.	All right.  And, Revelation 20:1-6 let's read it too.

	(1)  	And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the 	
		bottomless pit 	and a great chain in his hand.

	(2)  	And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the
Devil, 				and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

	(3)  	And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a
seal 				upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the 
				thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed
				a little season.

	(4)  	And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given
				unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the 		
	witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not 				
worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his 				
mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and 				
reigned with Christ a thousand years.

	(5)  	But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years
were 				finished. This is the first resurrection.

	(6)  	Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection:
on such 				the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of
God and 				of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

	Now, they're mixed up on the thrones there.  See?  They're mixed up on
the thrones.  They think the throne of (Mt 25:) is the same as this one
here.  And, that is not so.  All right.  This what they say in (Mt 25:)
and (Rev 19:) and (Rev 20:) coincides with Zechariah, this is a
tremendous portion of Scripture... Zechariah chapters 12: to 14:  (Now
this is where we hit some of these lengthy readings.)  

10.	[ Zechariah 12:]

	(1) 	The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, 			
	which stretcheth forth the heavens, and (lays) the foundation of 				
the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. 

	So that spirit is outside of you, waiting for the baby to be born, then
comes in.  See? It's permitted of God, but, not of 	God.

	(2) 	Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the
people 				round about, when they shall be in the siege both against
Judah 					and against Jerusalem.

	Now, notice, watch what he's saying here; there's going to be a siege
against Judah and Jerusalem.

	(3) 	And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all 	
			people:...    

 	Now, that sounds pretty good right now, because Jerusalem is a
burdensome stone right now. See, they're trying to get Syria I guess out
of there.  And, unless they get out, Israel is not going to get out. And
is looks like Schultz [American Secretary of Defense] and his boys have
broken down. Hey, Rabin [Israel leader] and Schultz aren't going to get
any good, because, the old drop off boy from Russia may be behind the
whole thing.  Not sure, but, there's a mess going on right now.  Yes,
Andrupov, [Russian leader '82-'84] is certainly behind a lot of it. 

11.	Now, it says here that:

 

	(3)	...all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces,
though all 				the people of the earth be gathered together against it.

	Now, you see, the people aren't going to take their hands off. Now,
United States has put his hands on in the name of peace.  Russia is
putting his hands on, in the name of peace.  And, God said, “I'm going
to cut them to pieces.”   Now, you believe the Bible, or don't believe
the Bible.  It's just that simple.  See?  You see, we're going to read
this Bible with intelligence, which God gives us, not fundamental
knowledge gives us.

	(4) 	In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with
astonishment, 				and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes
upon the house 				of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people
with blindness.

 12.	You know that word 'horse' signifies a power.  Power gone mad, and
those in control gone mad.  Atomic bombs. I've got a tape in my
possession right now, where the man actually lived, (one of the smartest
men in the Hebrew) he's an American, archaeologist, and he figures he's
going to find the ashes of  the 'red heifer'.  In fact, every indication
is that he's stumbled upon it  already.  Which will turn the priesthood
loose in...over there.  And, he was used during the 'Seven Day War' as a
lookout.  Because the Arabs and those left him alone, because he was an
archaeologist.  And, he had a secret code arranged, right now he says,
“Actually,” he said, “That Israel does have the atomic bomb.  And,
they have weapons, that I'm not allowed to talk about, which could
destroy the world.”  He said, “They could destroy Russia,” he
said, “They know they could.”  I don't know, I wasn't there Charlie.
 But, it gives you room to think.  And, this guy is nobody's fool. 

	(5)	 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The
inhabitants 				of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts
their God.

	(6) 	In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of
fire 				among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they
shall 					devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on
the left: 				and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place,
even in 					Jerusalem.

13.	Now you say, “They're putting that, way down the line.”  I want
to tell you one thing, if you can find anybody that's more a 'flame if
fire' than Moshe Dayan [ Israeli military leader and politician] was,
and now Ariel, and Sharon is to see who they are and Begin.  Oh, they
can incinerate just about anything.  Don't tell me they can't.  See? So
we're not talking about a guy like Ghandi who upset the British Empire. 
We're talking about  these firebrands.  They know how to light a fire
under the fox's tail, and put all the grains.  Like the day of Samson,
these boys learned a lesson back in Samson's day. You aren't going to
kid them.

	(7) 	(And) the LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the
glory 				of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of
Jerusalem do 				not magnify themselves against Judah.

	(8) 	In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
and				he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David;
(phfff... 				man, see?) and the house of David shall be as God,(they're
going 					to call 'destiny') as the angel of the LORD before them.

 	Now, see what we're looking at is Scripture, that makes everybody say,
“Hey, I've got this thing all figured out.  This is exactly what is
going to happen at the time of Armageddon, the end of the Gentiles, and
ready for the setting up of the kingdom.”  Now, they've got this all
figured out.  

	(9) 	And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy
all the 				nations that come against Jerusalem.

14.	Now you say, “Why is it going to be this way? What is going to
happen there, that one person shall be as David, and the house of David
shall be as God?”  Because, God is in it.  See, they're looking for
God to come to their rescue.  They're looking for (Rev 19:11-16).  See?
They're looking for (Mt 25:31-46).  And, they say, “This is it.”  

	(10) 	And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants
of 				Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they
shall 					look upon me whom they have pierced, ...

	That's very good.  Oh this great one coming, hey, who are you anyway? 
Shows His nail prints.  Oh they say, “My goodness, I hope not, really
I hope not.”  Yes, this was the atonement of mourning.

	(10)	...and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced,  and they
shall 				mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be
in bitterness 			for him, as one that is in bitterness for his
firstborn.

	(11) 	(And) in that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem,
as the 				mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.

	(12) 	And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the
house 				of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house
of Nathan 				apart, and their wives apart;

	(13) 	The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the
family 				of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;

	(14) 	All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives
apart.

 	I tell you they are going to forget wife and kids and everybody. 
Dealing absolutely with one, in a revelation.                           
                                  

15.	[ Zechariah 13:]

	

	(1)  	In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of
David and 				to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for
uncleanness. (All right, 				that would be the 144,000 sealed in.)  

	(2)  	And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts,
that I 				will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they
shall no 				more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and
the 					unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

	(3)  	And it shall come to pass, that when any shall... prophesy, then
his 				father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou
shalt 				not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and
his 					father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through
when 				he prophesieth.

	If you say,  “That's the way it's going to be, then God is going to
set up a pretty tough kingdom.”   Now you keep these things in mind,
because I'll be going back over some Scripture.

	(4)  	And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be
					ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither 	
		shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:

	(5)  	But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man 		
		taught me to keep cattle from my youth.  

16.	 What in the world would you need a prophet for, if He's there? 
Well, how visible is He, is everyone is going around prophesying, and
they've got to thrust Him through, if He is there?  Having showed His
hands.  Oh I'll tell you why, just wait awhile. We'll tell you how
they've got this thing figured out.  They haven't got it figured out at
all.  

	

	(6)  	And one shall say ... What are these wounds in thine hands? Then
he 				shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my 	
		friends.

	(7)  	Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is	
			 my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the
sheep 				shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little
ones.

	That is the prophecy of the Messiah who came, and died upon Calvary. 
Now, you see, they are being informed, that that Scripture has been
fulfilled. And yet,  He's supposed to be there as the king in the land,
and yet, all this muck-muck is going on.  Then who needs it?  If that's
the best there is coming  up, you can have it.  I'll just tell you right
now, that's my stance.  I'm not a fundamentalist.  I'm not a
fundamentalist or a 'phony-mentalist'.  I'm a 'renewed-mentalist'.  

	(8)  	And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD,
two 				parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be
left therein.

	(9)  	And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine
them 				as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they
shall call 				on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my
people: and they	 			shall say, The LORD is my God.

 	All right, now that's got to be Israel.  Something's going to happen
down there somewhere, because for this reason, because in His name, the
Gentiles have already trusted.  So, I think we're getting on pretty
slippery water, when we believe what the fundamentalists say.  Are you
catching everything I say?  If you're not catching, don't worry about
it. I mean, I understand that.  

17.	[ Zechariah 14:]    

	(1)	Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided 
			in the midst of thee.    

	(2) 	(And) I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and
the 					city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women
ravished; 				and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and
the residue of 					the people shall not (come out of) the city. (Now,
one place He's 					going to save, the next place He's not.)

	(3)	Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as 	
			when he fought in the day of battle.

	(4)	And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives,
which 				is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall
cleave 				in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and
there 				shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall
remove 				toward the north, and half of it toward the south.  

	Do you know the San Andreas fault goes all the way over there. The
earth is just like a.. (you know those marbles they put the heat to, and
they look like they're full of nothing but cracks, (you know,) and the
outside is pretty firm looking. They use them for decorations.  You
know....) Okay, if you ever get a picture of the world, where the
earthquake zones are marked, that's just what it looks like.   India
will fall off.  You talk about...over on the west coast, California
falling off.  Fap!  That ain't nothing.  India is going to fall off. 
There's a tremendous divide there.   And, what do you think about here? 
We got a nice one up here toward Erie, and we got another one in
Chicago, and there's some more right around here.  There's no place
where it isn't.

 

18.	Well what happened out in California, that big earthquake?  It's
hotter than a firecracker, they found there's a volcano coming up.   So
I said, “Just a minute, we've got a lot of thermal energy out
there.”  Who can harness it?  And, do you know what?  It wasn't the
San Andreas fault at all that shook it.  It's a new fault they just
discovered, thirty miles  down.  Man, this world ain't got a prayer. 
Why pray for it?  You know, a lot of people are wasting their time. 
God's time and their time.  God's not listening to a prayer that can't
go through.  It's like people make false vows.  Yeah. You know, people
say they make a vow to God, and for certain it's false.  They shoot
their mouth off.

 19.	Like Ruby Wood, Bro. Branham said, “Sis. Wood, you've got to get
that tumour taken out.”  She said, “Bro. Branham, I made a vow to
God” she said, “That I wouldn't let a doctor's hand touch my body,
I'd just as soon commit adultery.”  He said, “Sister, that is the
wrong vow.” So the day was coming when Ruby Wood was dying (after Bro.
Branham was dead) years later.  And, now that tumour is so bad, only God
knows what will happen with all the arteries, and veins and things all
around it. So what do they do?  The boy said, the father said, “We're
going to take you in, whether you want it or not.”  And, the tumour
was taken out, her life was saved. Now where's her vow gone?  You say,
“She's ...?...”   No she's not, it was a false vow.  It was a wrong
vow.  I'm going to tell you something, there's only one person that
doesn't back up, and that's God.  But every other person had better back
up, and it's only the fool that won't.  See?  Because, God doesn't have
to back up.  

 	There's some funny vows made by some of the people around  this church
here.   Don't...I won't let you forget certain things brother/sister.  
Not as long as Lee Vayle lives, because, I am responsible.  You'll face
up.  I don't say you did, but, there were.  They were wrong.  Don't
stick your neck out.  You notice, I'll never say, “I'll never go
there.”  Unless God tells me.   I've learned never, to say never. 
Calls come right behind, and qualify.  By the grace of God, I'll stay
that way too.  

20.	Now al lright, listen,  it says here;

	(5)	And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; (there's a fellow
					out west that thought that was Tuscon) for the valley of the
mountains 				shall reach unto Azal:...

  	Where's Azal? All I know, Bro. Branham said Phoenix was Jericho. He
was up there in Tucson, which is Jerusalem. Shee shee, Boy, oh boy, oh
boy.  You know, if it weren't for people's mouths, they could walk
better.  It's pretty hard to walk around with your feet in your mouth. 
(laughter)

	(5) 	... like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of 
Uzziah king 				of Judah: and the LORD My God shall come, and all the
saints with 				thee.   

	(6)	And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be
clear, 				nor dark:

        	(7) 	But it shall be ... known to the LORD, (neither) day, nor
night: (that's 				now)... at evening time it shall be light.

	You say, “Could that repeat, Bro. Vayle? ”  Sure, under the Seventh
Trumpet.  Seventh Seal, and Seventh Trumpet same thing.  “ at evening
time it shall be light. ”

                          

	(8) 	And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from
Jerusalem; 			half of 	them toward the former sea, and half of them
toward the hinder 				sea: in 	summer and in winter shall it be.

      	 (9)  	And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day
shall there 				be one LORD and his name one.

         	(10) 	All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to
Rimmon south of 				Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited
in her place, from 				Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate,
unto the corner gate, 				and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's
winepresses.

                                                           

     	 (11) 	And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter
destruction; 				but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited

        	(12) 	And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will
smite all the 				people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh
shall consume 				away while they stand upon their feet, (that sounds
like the atomic 				bomb, 	right? Yuh.) and their eyes shall consume
away in their 					holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their
mouth.

     	(13)  	And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult
from the LORD 				shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one
on the hand of 				his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the
hand of his neighbour.

        	 (14) 	And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth
of all the heathen 				round about shall be gathered together, gold, and
silver, and apparel, in 				great abundance.

	(15)  	And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the
camel, and 				of the ass and of all the beasts that shall be in these
tents, as (in) this 				plague.

21.	Now do you think for one minute there's going to be atomic bombs,
and all this stuff there too? Well they might as well bring in horses
and cows and ride on pigs.  There's a lot of..what you call 'symbology'
here. A lot of simile, comparison.  You've just got to leave it, but you
can see right here that there is literally, as though there's a conflict
concerning the city, as to what happens, would be at different times. 
Now the question is.  What  is really ahead of us?   That's what we're
looking at.   And, we want to find out from Scripture, what really lies
there.   Not with the fundamentalists, without a prophet, attacked in
good faith, and came up with very oblique, impartial and actually not
answers, but non- answers.  For the question becomes compounded.

   	 (16)  	And it (will) come to pass, that every one that is left of
all the nations 				(watch what they use here) which came against
Jerusalem shall even 				go up from year to year to worship the  King,
the LORD of hosts, and 				to keep the feast of tabernacles

	(17) 	And it shall be,(also) that who... will not come up of all the
families 				of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD
of hosts, 				even upon them shall be no rain.

	Now it looks like you've got a thousand years down the road of
hodge-podge.  You've got one thousand years of 'hain't' and 'saint'.
See?  Now, if  that's the way it's to be, then, fine.  Let's just read
some more. See?

     	 (18) 	 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, (says,
if they 				don't, they won't get any rain); there (will) be the plague,
(and) the 				LORD will smite the heathen that (will) not... keep the
feast of 					tabernacles.

22.	What is the feast of tabernacles?  The feast of tabernacles, is
where they got in and they had (what is it?) their little cottages made
of willow wands and things, and it was a  'symbology.'  Why do you need
symbolization, when He is there?  See?  What good are washing pots and
pans, and this and that? See, because all going to be done away in
Christ.  

           	(19) 	This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the
punishment of all 					nations that come not up to keep the feast of
tabernacles.

        	(20) 	In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses,
HOLINESS 				UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD's house shall be
like 				the bowls (upon) the altar.

                                    

        	 (21) 	.. every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness
unto the LORD 				of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and
take of them, and 				seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no
more the Caananite in 				the house of the LORD of hosts.   

 

 	Now, they take verses like this and they  say, “See, this is the
Millenium.  This is the kingdom of God on earth.”    And, it is a
hodge-podge.   It's a compilation, a composite of the saint and the
sinner. See?  All right.  

23.	Let's go to Joel 3: look these are a lot of Scriptures they use. 
And, if you like it, you can have it. It's alright by me if you want to
be a fundamentalist.  Well you say, “Hey they've got a lot of truth
there.”  Somehow,... because, (listen to me,) this is exactly where
that man in Germany went haywire.  He couldn't believe the prophet.  He
had his own idea. And, his wife ended up with phony visions of him
carrying the sword.  He ends up ...?... adultery.  So blatant,...  that
he flaunts it before the world's face.  Then people have the nerve to
criticize college kids in Chicago, for having intercourse right in
public on the grass. When a so-called man of God, will have filth like
that in his life.  profitious 

	

	I'm tough, I'm sorry about that.  I hang tough, you do what you want. 
But I believe the prophet.  Now these boys, have taken  these Scriptures
and say, “Hold it, the prophet cannot be right because.”  Because
why?   The guy had a vision so-called, I guess it was,  because he said
he saw stored up food, before Bro. Branham did.  But, he came to Bro.
Branham for the answer.  I said, “So what, so did Nebuchadnezzar.” 
He had the vision before Daniel, let him come to Daniel.  What's all
this hogwash?  You make yourself some big shot?   

24.	All right,  Joel  3:

  

	(1)  	For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring
again 				the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

	(2) 	I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the
valley 				of Jehoshaphat, (now you see this corresponds with
Revelation) and 				will plead with them there for my people and for my
heritage Israel, 				whom they have scattered among the nations, and
parted my land.

	(3) 	And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an
				harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

	(4) 	Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all
the 				coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye
recompense 			me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence
upon your 					own head;

	(5) 	Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into
				your temples my goodly pleasant things:

	(6) 	The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye
sold 				unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them...from their
border.

	(7) 	Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold
them, 				and will return your recompence upon your own head:

	(8) 	And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the
children 			of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a
people far off: 				for the LORD hath spoken it.

	(9)  	Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the
mighty 				men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:

	(10) 	Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into
spears: 				let the weak say, I am strong.

	(11) 	Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather
yourselves 				together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to
come down, O 				LORD.

	(12) 	Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of
Jehoshaphat: 				for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round
about. (See, that's your 				Matthew 25: the throne, the judging.)

	(13) 	Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you
down; for the 				press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness
is great.

	(14) 	Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of
the LORD 			is near in the valley of decision.

	(15) 	The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall
withdraw 				their shining.

 25. 	That's great tribulation.  But, you notice very strange thing
here, is this out of chronology here?  Because, Armageddon then
evidently, is going to precede this.  I thought this went through for
three and a half years before Armageddon.

	(15) 	The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall
withdraw 				their shining.

	(16) 	The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from
Jerusalem; 			and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD
will be the 				hope of his people, and the strength of the children of
Israel.

	If that's the case, then God has already established Himself in
Jerusalem.  How did He get there?  Under what conditions?  See the
fundamentalists can be very glib and say this and this and this.  Well
prove it.    Where do you get it?  See?   

	(17) 	So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my
				holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no
strangers 				pass through her any more. (now, evidently they don't know
this, 					because now He's going to prove that He is there.)

	 (18) 	And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall
drop 				down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the
rivers 				of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come
forth out 				of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of
Shittim. 

	Is that when the mountain splits in two, and the waters go sweetly from
the Dead Sea from now on? The Mount of Olives, is that when it splits? 

	(19) 	Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate
wilderness, 				for the 	violence against the children of Judah, because
they have 					shed innocent blood in their land.

	(20) 	But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to 
				generation.

	(21) 	For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the
LORD 				dwelleth in Zion.

26.	Okay. Let's go to Isaiah 54:  Now, see what they do; they take all
of these Scripture and put It together and come up with a computerized
formula.   What if the information put in the computer is wrong?  What
if somebody put a bunch of information under B when it should go under
Z?  Now the computer can only come up with, what is fed into it.    

	So, okay, Isaiah 54:1-3.

	(1) 	Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into
singing, and 				cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for
more are the 					children of the desolate than the children of the
married wife, saith 				the LORD.

	(2) 	Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the
curtains of 				thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and
strengthen thy stakes;

	(3) 	For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and
thy 				seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to
be inhabited.

	“Fear not…” and so on, read the rest if you want.  That's what
they say there again. This is Israel in her glory, over shining all the
Gentiles, because God has established her.  She is going to ride high
and mighty upon the people.   The people shall be a horse, and she shall
dig her spurs in. And, she shall have the sanction of God.  Now, come
on, you get it right out of these verses....You're not sitting here as
ignorant people who can't understand.   You can follow in your Bible
(I'm not reading that fast)  And, you can understand what is being said.
 And this is what they're saying.  So just keep it in mind.  

267	Let's go to Isaiah 60, these are just some of the verses:

	(1) 	Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is
risen 				upon thee.

	(2) 	For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross
darkness the 				people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his
glory shall be seen 				upon thee.

	(3) 	And the Gentiles (nations) shall come to thy light, and kings to
the 				brightness of thy rising. (Now, they got that future.)

  	Okay, let's keep reading;

	(4) 	Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather
themselves 				together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from
far, and thy 					daughters shall be nursed at thy side.

	(5) 	Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall
fear, and 				be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be
converted unto 				thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto
thee.

	(6) 	The multitude of camels ...

	And so on, and so on.  Now, 11-22;

	(11) 	Therefore thy gates shall be open (continue); they shall not be
shut 				day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the
Gentiles, 				and that their kings may be brought.

	(12) 	For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish;
yea, 				those nations shall be utterly wasted. 

	If during the thoudand years, somebody rebels, (phfft) they're gone. 
Well come on. That's what the Millennium is. I kid you not. 

28.	Now watch:

	(13) 	The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine
tree, 				and the box together, (this is just one of the big theories,
there could 				be dozens more.) to beautify the place of my sanctuary;
and I will 					make the place of my 	feet glorious.

	(14) 	The sons also of them (also) that afflicted thee shall come
bending 				unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow
themselves down 				at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee;
The city of the LORD, 				The Zion of the Holy One of 	Israel.

	(15) 	Whereas thou has been forsaken and hated, so that no man went
through 				thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many
generations.

	(16) 	Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the
breast 				of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour
and thy 				Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

	(17) 	For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver,
and for wood 				brass, and for stones iron: (in other words, He just
ups everything.) 				I will also make thy officers peace, and thine
exactors righteousness.

	In other words, everything is going to be fine with them, a wonderful,
wonderful nation.  And the  rest of the people outside will be kind of
filthy, filthy, mucky, mucky, murky, murky maybe not so bad., maybe
pretty good.    And, those that don't qualify, they are going to have
something bopped over their heads, called a 'rod of iron'  

	(18) 	Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, (other places can be
there)  				wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt
call thy 					walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

	(19) 	The sun shall... no more light (thee) by day;...

 	Now hold it, I thought as long as the earth shall last, there's going
to be sun.  Could this be metaphor concerning New Jerusalem?   

	(20) 	Thy sun shall no more go down; (you can't have continual day)
neither 				shall the moon withdraw itself: ( In other words, you've got
two lights 				up there, going continuously.  Is that symbolical? )...
the days of thy 				mourning shall be ended.

	(21) 	Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the
land for 				ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that
I may 					be glorified.

	(22) 	A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong
nation: 				I the LORD will hasten it in his time.

29.	Let's go to  61: let's go to the  verse  ;

	(6) 	But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you 
			the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles,
and 				in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

	(7) 	For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall 
			rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess 
				the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.

	(8) 	For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering;
(burnt 				offerings?) and I will direct their work in truth, and I will
make an 					everlasting covenant with them.

	(9) 	And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their
offspring 				among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge
them, that they 				are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.

30.	Okay.  Let's go back to Numbers 24:15-19.	

	(15) 	And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath
				said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

	(16) 	He hath said, which heard the words of (the Lord), and knew the 	
			knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, 			
falling into a trance, but having his 	eyes open:

	(17) 	I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh:
there shall 				come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out
of Israel, and shall 				smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the
children of Sheth.  (That 				word 'Sheth' means 'tumultous'.)

	(18) 	And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession
for his 				enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.

	(19) 	Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall
destroy 				him that remaineth of the city.  

	(20) 	And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable,...(That's 	
			enough right there.)

31.	Let's go back to Hosea 3:1-5.	   

	(1)  	Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her 	
		friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward 		
	the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of
wine.

	(2) 	So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an
homer of 				barley, and an half homer of barley: (that's about a homer
and a half.)

	(3) 	And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt
not 				play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will
I also be 				for thee.

	(4) 	For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king,
and 				without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image,
and 				without an ephod, and without teraphim:

	(5) 	Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD
their 				God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his
goodness 				in the latter days.

 	Now, these are some of the many, many Scriptures that they used to
preach a restored kingdom to Israel.  The understanding they present is
that the first coming of Jesus as Messiah to Israel was turned down.  As
indeed it had to be in order for Christ to redeem them enough from sin.

 	Now, as Israel spiritualized  Isaiah 53: that is concerning His
sacrifice.  They spiritualize it, calling it the sacrifice and the
spirit of a nation that was brought low.  They do demand however,
literally, I say though they turn down Isaiah 53: and spiritualize it,
they demand literally, Isaiah 9:6-7 and so do the fundamentalists.      
  

	 (6) 	For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the
government 				shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called
Wonderful, 				Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The
Prince of Peace.

	(7) 	Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end,
upon 				the throne of David, (there's no end of peace upon the throne
of David)  				and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it
with judgment 				and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The
zeal of the LORD 				of hosts will perform this.

32.	All right, the fundamentalists treats, and he treats it correctly,
that Israel never understood the coming of the Messiah, as redeemer from
sin.   But, they did want Him as Him to sit upon the throne.  The
Evangelicals or fundamentalists say, “That as in His return as Messiah
King, He will set up His kingdom on earth.   He will judge the nations,
and let all those nations who help Israel, at the outset of Armageddon
remain alive and bear children for one thousand years.”  In other
words, the kingdom of God  will on earth be inherited by flesh and
blood.  Now that's their statement.  And these nations that have been
good to Israel.  Now how could all nations come up against Israel, three
billion people?  It'll be token. That's why you've got a United Nations
right now.   Therefore everybody represented at that time, against
Israel, or for Israel, will be blotted out or saved, according to the
stand they took for or against.

33.	   Understand, all are against it.  Well, so much for that.  That
one thousand years, of those nations existing under Christ, and the
Bride, are taken from which I  read; in  Revelation 19: or started to
read. When He comes as King of kings, continuing now 17-21.  

	(17)  	And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud
voice, 				saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come
and gather 				yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;

	(18) 	That (you) may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains,
and the 				flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them
that sit on 				them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both
small and great.

	Now notice, He's calling for the fowl of the air, the carrion birds,
and so there's been a tract written, concerning Israel, that the
vultures have  multiplied until they say, “Where did they come
from?”   That 's a lie. They haven't multiplied.  So much for
Fundamental Christianity.  When you've got to tell lies, to hope you're
bringing Scripture to pass.  Hogwash!  I don't need to tell lies, and
God doesn't tell lies.  And, Paul said, he doesn't give God any glory by
lying.  Like a fellow used to run around telling of all the miracles he
saw in his ministry.  My wife said, “Just a minute, how can you get
away with that, when that wasn't the way it happened?”   Well he said,
“What's the difference, as long as the people's faith is increased.”
        

34.	 So much for soggy fundamentalism.  Now, I hope I don't hurt your
feelings, but let's get this flat, some of you people may be kind of
young in this thing in here, and you better understand that there's a
lot of 'phony baloney'.  There's a lot of hyprocites. The devil himself,
makes himself an angel of light.  An impersonator.  You know, the first
encounter that human beings had with Satan was through the serpent.  A
very slick individual.  He wasn't covered with hair.  Ever see a snake
covered with hair?  Or on four feet?  People have to understand, he's
very slick.  Very smooth.  And, he could talk.  We don't need to tell
lies.  They told lies when they wrote the tract.  

  

	(19) 	And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their
armies, gathered 			together to make war against him that sat on the
horse, and against his				army.

	(20) 	And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that
wrought 				miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had
received 				the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image.
(that's the 				church system) Those	both were cast alive into a lake of
fire burning 				with brimstone.

	(21) 	And the remnant were slain with the sword ... that sat upon the
horse, 				which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls
were 					filled with their flesh.

	Symbolical.  How much flesh is left after atomic bombs?  Brother/sister
it doesn't add up, it doesn't add up.  It tells you right there, they
consume.  There's a lot of symbology here.  All right, it's like an end
to it.  How do you get those people standing there in the Millennium? 

35.	Revelation 20:1-6.

	(1) 	And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the 		
	bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

	(2)	 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the
Devil, and 				Satan,  and bound him a thousand years,

	(3) 	And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a
seal 				upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the
thousand 				years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed
a little season.

	(4) 	And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given 
			unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the
witness 			of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not
worshipped the 				beast, neither his image, neither had received his
mark upon their 					foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and
reigned with Christ a 				thousand years.

	(5) 	But the rest of the dead lived not again...  

	(6) 	Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection:
on such the 				second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of
God and of Christ, a			nd shall reign with him a thousand years.

36.	They say, “That's the Millennium.” God comes down, and sets His
throne up with the Lord Jesus Christ the Lamb.  The Bride is around. 
And, the Bride and He are ruling the earth.  And they are ruling the
people that are in the earth, in the city of Jerusalem.  And, Jerusalem
is the chosen city, and so God sits there, the Lamb, and the Bride in
Jerusalem.  And, all the fine Jewish people that God has saved, and is
keeping, and these are mortal people, they are not immortal people.  And
they are raising families throughout  the whole earth.  That's what they
[fundamentalists] teach. I know, because that is what they taught me.  

	Now, Revelation 19:15.

	(15) 	And out of his mouth (goes) a sharp sword, that with it he should
smite 				the nations: and ... rule them with a rod of iron:...

 

 	At this time, this thousand years of  Christ, the Bride and Israel, He
lays the law down.  So if therefore there's adultery, wfft... you're
gone, just like that.  Well I don't want to embarrass anybody, but, I'll
say with Bro. Branham, that if God killed everybody that committed
adultery, there wouldn't be enough people living to bury the dead.  I
won't raise my eyes to look at anybody.  You're forgiven anyway.  But,
you won't be then.  You tell a lie wfft.. you're gone.  You make one
move  wfft... you're gone.  That's the rod of iron.  That's what they
say,  “He's going to rule, going to put them under the law.   But,
being born the way they are, even though the devil has been removed,
being born, you'll still have your sin nature.”  So you'll hate the
things of God.  Unless of course, something happens to you.

37.	Nice. Would be like redemption.  Now, come on,  put yourself there.
Put yourself there.  What are they going to do to get help?   Well the
glory of the Lord, covers the nation. But, you say, “That won't be
enough to bring them in.” No, still they just won't like that, bearing
down with the law. Got a bunch of Seventh Day Adventists, that's what we
got around the country.  Bunch of legalists.  Now, come on, I'm telling
you what they tell, how they put the Scripture together.   It'll be one
thousand years of strict rule by enforced decree.  And, those who
disobey will endure the severity and the penalty of the law.  The old
Puritan regime of the stocks, will look like chicken feed, alongside of
this pile of hay. This will make the rebellious very angry against  God
and His Elect.  

	So when Revelation 20:7 takes place.

 

	(7) 	And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out
				of his 	prison,

	(8) 	And (he'll) go out to deceive the nations which are in the four
quarters 				of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to
battle: the 				number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

	In one thousand years, there will be billions of people born. Phfft,
and will they be livid with rage against  God.  And, here He is, and
they could see the glory. Like the beacon house.  The beacon light. 
(Phfff!)  Come on! I'm a vulgar preacher, but, I do it on purpose.  Come
on.  Is He going to be so veiled in that hour?  So, after a thousand
years, there's going to be billions of people there.  I..I..I.. thought
it'd be kind of a Garden of Eden.  Shee, man, there's something wrong
here somewhere.  And, so they encompass...upon the camp of the Saints. 
And, this is just called a camp.  Beloved city.  Fire comes down and
destroys them.  See?  Now, that's where they've got it all figured out. 
So, this will make the rebellious very angry against God and His Elect.

38.	So, whatever  Revelation  20:7 down to about verse 10-11, read the
whole thing through.  The living in that one thousand year period, come
up against the King. And, He and the Saints will destroy them.  Then
will come the new heavens and the earth, and the righteous will reign
eternally.  While the rest of them will suffer eternally. Now, we do not
pit Scripture against Scripture.  But, we believe in revealed Word. 
Where in Scripture it is correctly divided.  The Word cannot say one
thing, then another thing that's directly opposite.   Nothing is wrong
with the Word.  The trouble lies in the false interpreters.   Or the
false interpretation by so-called 'prophets and teachers' who are in
themselves evidently wrong.

	To begin with, let us just go to Daniel.  Daniel is the Jewish prophet,
and his life was one of prayer to God for his people Israel, as we see
in Daniel 9:3-6, verses 16-19. Now let's go back, now here is what he is
talking to God about, he is worried about his people.  

“What about my people?”  I set my face unto the Lord.  Daniel 9:3.

	(3) 	And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and
supplications, 			with asting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

	(4) 	And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and 			
said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and 			
mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;

	(5) 	We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done
wickedly, 				and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and
from thy 				judgments:

	(6) 	Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which
(spoke) 			in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and
to all the 				people of the land.

	All right, 16-19.

	(16)  	O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let
thine 				anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy
holy 				mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our
fathers, 				Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that
are about us.

	(17)  	Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and
his 					supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary
that is 				desolate, for the Lord's sake.

	(18)  	O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and
behold our 				desolations, and the city which is called by thy name:
for we do not 				present our supplications before thee for our
(righteousness), but for 				thy great mercies.

	(19)  	O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer
not, for 				thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and (for) thy people
(that) are 				called by thy name.

39.	Now, he is in agony for his people.  Then notice reading on;  

	(20)  	And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin
and the 				sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication
before the 				LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;

	(21) 	Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom
I had 				seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly
swiftly, touched 				me about the time of the evening oblation. (some
people say angels 				don't have wings. What did they fly with?)

	(22) 	And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am 
			now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.

	(23) 	At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth,
				and I am (came) to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved:
therefore 				understand the matter, and consider the vision.

	(24) 	Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy city,
to 				finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make
					reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting
righteousness, 				and to seal up the vision and 	prophecy, and to
anoint the most (High). 

	Seventy weeks is all they've got left, which is 490 years. Period. From
that time, until it's all over as to pertaining to Jewish history as a
nation per se. 

 	(25) 	Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the 
				commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem (and) to the Messiah 	
		the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two
weeks:(Alright, 				how many is that?  Sixty-two...there's seven, that's
sixty-nine. Sixty -seven. 			There's two to go.) the street shall be
built again, and the wall, even in 				troublous times.

	(26) 	And after threescore and two weeks (that tells you right there)
shall 				Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the
prince 				that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and
the end 				...shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war
desolations are 				determined.

	Now, know therefore and understand, from the going forth of the
commandments, to the rebuilding of Jerusalem unto Messiah, will be seven
weeks, and three score and two weeks.  Seven weeks is seven, and three
score is sixty, and two to go makes you sixty-nine.  Now, It tells you
distinctly, that this is divided into segments.   Of which only, there
are seventy or four hundred and ninety years, and, It tells you when it
starts.  And we saw it absolutely start when God gave permission to
Nehemiah and Israel go back and do something about it.  So it started
way back there.  So now;

 	(26) 	And after threescore and two weeks...(now that's your sixty-two
and 				two have gone by)  Messiah  (shall) be cut off, but not for
himself:...

40.	 Now notice, what comes after sixty-nine? Seventy. So that's all
they've got left. So it's in the seventieth week that Messiah gets cut
off.  Alright, now the last week is seven years.  And, Jesus had three
and a half years of prophecy, because He was the prophet, and this is
the prophecy.  So now there's three and a half years to go. Now people
can do what they want with it.  And It tells you;

	 (26) 	…and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy
the city 				and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a
flood, and unto 				the end of the war desolations are determined.

 

	Titus comes in and blows the whole thing up.  Now you have three and a
half years to go. This is where everybody makes their mistake, because,
they dig into all the Scripture, they say, “Now just a minute, it says
here in Hosea, and Isaiah says this, and  Zechariah says this, and 
Ezekiel says this,  and somebody says this, and that says that.  I don't
care what anybody says.  Then Daniel is wrong.  Daniel's wrong. 
Because, they make it seven years, instead of three and a half years. 
They don't realize that seventy follows six-nine.  Because, that's the
way it's supposed to go.  They think sixty-nine, then somewhere
waaaaaaaaaaaay down the road, comes seventy.  Not so.  Seventy follows
sixty-nine, gets cut off.  Now here's where William Branham had the
truth and the rest didn't.  Now, of course they say, “Just a
minute.” But, we don't have to worry about 'just a minute' because, we
know what is being said here.  Now, seventy weeks are determined upon
the people.  Okay, now watch.  

 

	(27) 	And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in
the 				midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation
to cease, 				and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it
desolate, 				even until the consummation, and that determined shall be
poured 				upon the desolate.

41.	Now right away, they say, “Hold it, we know we are right because,
it's says here “in the midst of the week he shall cause a
sacrifice”...but It doesn't say that.  Actually, with the seventieth
week left, one half of it gone, it's going to absolutely duplicate what
took place.   He was cut-off in a half, and, a covenant in a second
half, (that's half of the second half) get's cut off.   There is a
covenant.  And, right in the very middle of that period, of three and
one half years, of twelve, thirty day months, (what's that 1260 days,
per year, multiply it by that three, take the number of days)  And
exactly in the middle of those number of days, the covenant will be
cut-off.  Because, Israel will have to enter into a covenant with the
anti-christ, same as every other nation will too.   Because there's no
way she can maintain her economic integrity unless she does it.

	Now, okay that's the consummation tells you it's all over.  Now, there
is no hint here.  Now watch, there is no hint here of a kingdom restored
to Israel, wherein she reigns and rules over all the earth.  There is no
hint. Doesn't say she will. Said, “It's all over.”  The history is
gone.  That's what people don't want to realize, that there are central
truths in the Bible, that you have got to recognize, and close your eyes
to everything that looks contrary,until it moves together.  Now they
have to set this aside, to get where they're going.  There is no way
they can do it, but, set it aside.  They've got to set it aside, and
they have done it.  

42.	Now, let's go back to Daniel  7:  Here is the history of Israel,
from Babylon, to the end.  Daniel 7:1-28  (we have to read the whole
chapter here.) 

	(1)  	In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a
dream and 				visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream,
and told the 				sum of the matters.

	(2) 	Daniel (spoke) and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold,
					the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. 

	(3) 	And four great beasts came up (out of) the sea, diverse one from 	
			another. 

				 

	In other words, great political movements, came up out of the people,
and they were only four of them. Doesn't say five and six, it says four.
 

	(4) 	The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till
the 					wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the
earth, 					and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was
					given to it.

	(5) 	And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised
up 				itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it
between the 				teeth of it: and they said thus 	unto it, Arise, devour
much .... 

	That's number two that came up, those great forces that caused
problems, that literally swept the people, whether which way.

	(6) 	After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had
upon the 				back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four
heads; and 					dominion was given to it.

	(7) 	After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast,
(now 				these are not at the same time, they follow each other,
notice,) dreadful 				and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had
great iron teeth: it 					devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the
residue with the feet 				of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts
that were before it; and it 				had ten horns.

	(8) 	I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them
another 				little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns
plucked up 				by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like
the eyes of man, 				and a mouth speaking great things. (Now listen;)

		

	(9)  	I beheld till the thrones were (placed, doesn't say cast down,
until thrones 			were placed), and the Ancient of days did sit, whose
garment was white 				as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure
wool: his throne was like 				the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning
fire.

	(10) 	A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand 		
		thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand 			
stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.

	(11) 	I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the
horn 				spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body
destroyed, 				and given to the burning flame. (Now look, he
interpolates this in 					order to let you know, where this is all
going.  See?)

	(12) 	As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion
taken 				away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
(Now, 					he saw where this fourth thing ends up.)  

	(13) 	I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man
came 				with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and
they 				brought him near before him.

	(14) 	And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that 
			all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion 		
	is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom 
			that which shall not be destroyed.

43.	Now hold it, he said, after the fourth kingdom, he looked way down
the line and saw  the end.  Then he takes us back to the fourth kingdom
, (where the other three have gone, they're finished) the fourth kingdom
has gone on until he sees Christ established in a kingdom.  Now I want
you to tell me where It says Israel?  I want you to tell me where It
says there's more than four kingdoms.  All right.

	(15) 	I ...was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the
visions 				of my head troubled me.

	(16) 	I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the
truth 				of all this. So he told me, and made me know the
interpretation of 					the things.

	(17) 	These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall
arise 				out of the earth. (That's the people.)

	(18) 	But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and
possess 				the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.

	Now who is going to take the kingdom?  The saints of the most High. Oh
you say, “Daniel, he was praying, to know about Israel.” Well he is
going to know about Israel.  And, he's showing them where it went to.
Israel has only got four hundred and ninety years left it.

	(19) 	Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was
diverse 				from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of
iron, 					and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and
stamped 				the residue with his feet;

	(20) 	And of the ten horns (on) his head, and of the other which came
up, 				and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and
a 					mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout
than 				his fellows. (more fierce of course.)

	(21) 	I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and
prevailed 				against them;

	(22) 	Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the
saints 				of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed
the 					kingdom.

44.	So I want to ask you a question:  who's going to possess the
kingdom?  The haints or saints.  “Well you see, what that really means
is that they're going to take over the kingdom, and rule over all these
people.”  I want you to prove it.  Because, they're gone.  The fourth
kingdom ends.  It doesn't say, that it goes on.   It says the saints
possess it at the end of the fourth kingdom.  Right at the very end,
while the whole thing is going on, the saints are in absolute authority
and power, come right down, shhh just wipe her out.  Now listen, you
always have to fight, for everything you get in this world.  A  lot of
people are a little bit squeamish  about a fixed battle.  About coming
back and taking over, I'm not .  Because they represent the devil.  They
don't represent my God.  And I've got no truck and trade with the enemy.
 A lot of women (you know) during the war, they'll kiss the enemy
soldiers to make out with them.  No Bride is in the kissing business,
she's in the  sword business.  

	(21) 	I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints,...

	(22) 	Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given... (now to
				verse 23)

	(23) 	Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon
earth, 				which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour
the whole 				earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

45.	Now let's get it.  That fourth one is going to own it all in the
cosmos system.   The Bride is going to come with her Lord and Savior,
and take it all back, in the future system.  

	(24) 	And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall
arise: and 				another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse
from the first, and 				he shall subdue three kings.

	(25) 	And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall
wear 				out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and
laws: 				and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times
and the 				dividing of time.

46.	Notice, the three and a half years.  Three and a half years.  Now,
you can tell right there that something is going to happen at the time
of Israel.  Three and one half years.  And, during that three and a half
years, remember that Elijah and Moses return to Israel.  And, there will
be a conversion of 144,000 sealed in.  So all right,  in the three and a
half years left Israel, you're going to find 144,000 of them, will
become a part of the first resurrection, though, they will not be Bride.
  

	(26) 	(And) judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion,
to 				consume and to destroy it unto the end.

	All right.  After the end of the three and a half years, the 144,000
sealed in, the whole thing gives way.  

	(27) 	And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom
under 				the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints
of the most 				High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all
dominions 				shall 	serve and obey him.

	(28) 	Hitherto is the end of the matter...

 	Now he tells you right there, the end of the matter is that Israel has
three and one half years left, at a certain period of time, wherein the
anti-christ rises up.  Confirms a covenant which he breaks, in the
middle of the three and one half years. Now in that period of time, the
144,000 are going to be sealed in.  Now remember, the  saints are coming
with Him at the time of the destruction of the anti-christ.  So,
Revelation 19: does not refer to the Jewish element. (Or the Hebrew,
call it what you want)  It refers to the Gentile element, when they are
coming down to take over.  And, at this time there is only 144,000 in
that three and one half year period.

47.	That's all.  Now therefore, there will be nothing go into the
Millennium except, those who have died  and are resurrected, or those
who are standing here and will not taste of death.  Because, that says,
“This is the end of the matter.”  There isn't any more matter.  See?
 There's just isn't no more matter.  Now, I hope you understand that.  
Because that's what Bro. Branham taught.  There is no mention here of a
fifth kingdom on earth, as we know kingdoms today.    Wherein Israel
would be the head of the fifth kingdom.  Well, what they teach is;
Israel with God as the head.  What is the difference?  See, what is the
difference?  You can't have it, because He is  the King, and she is the
Queen, and queen's don't rule.  They're consorts, as it were.   They
share in the prestige.  Now verse 28 says;

	(28) 	Hitherto is the end of the matter...

 	He says, “That's it.” So after this, there is the fifth kingdom of
grace.  

48.	Look at Daniel 7: 14.

	(14)  	And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that
				all people, nations, and languages, should serve him:(that right,
all 				those that come up)  his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
which 				shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be
destroyed.

	No way.  After the one thousand years, when the devil comes against it,
the devil gets pushed aside, and he's destroyed.  

49.	 [Daniel 7:] 21-22]

	(21)  	I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and
prevailed 				against them;

	(22) 	Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the
saints 				of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed
the 					kingdom.

	Now, there's no difference. You say, “Just a minute, I believe that
there is a difference.”  Let's find out.  Let's go to Ephesians. 
Here's the man that had the revelation on it.  Oh I know the
fundamentalist sees this too, but he doesn't see it the way we see it. 
Ephesians 2:  Now he says  concerning the Gentiles.  

	(11) 	...(You) who are called Uncircumcision ...

	(12) 	...(Without hope), being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel,
and 				strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and
without 				God in the world:

	(13) 	But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made
nigh 				by the blood of Christ.

		

50.	Now who's going to rule the Millenium?  Christ.  How is the Jew
going to get there?  By the same blood.  Same offering.  

		

       	(14)  	For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath
broken down 				the middle wall of partition between us;

	(15) 	Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of
commandments 			contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain
one new man, 				so making peace;

	(16) 	And that he might reconcile both ( what?  Both Jew and Gentile)
unto 				God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

	(17)  	And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to
them 				that were (near)

	

	(18) 	For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the
Father.

	(19) 	Now therefore (ye) are no more strangers and foreigners, but
fellowcitizens 			with the saints, and of the household of God;

	(20) 	...built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus
Christ 				himself being the chief corner stone;

	(21) 	In whom all the building fitly (joined) together ... (into) an
holy temple 				in (Christ) 

	(22) 	In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God...

51.	And that's according to;  Ephesians 1:10

	(10) 	That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather
together 				in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and
which are on 				earth; ... (There's your kingdom. It's not what they
say.  It's what the 				Word of God says.)

  

 	All right. Let's move to the end of the matter. Or the history of
Israel.  Without reading chapter 10 and 11, (that's of Daniel), except
to say, that they refer to the last kingdom, and its influence on
Israel.  We go to chapter 12 of Daniel. Verse 1

	(1) 	And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince (that
stands) 				for... thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble,
such as never was 				since there was a nation even to that same time:
and at that time thy 				people shall be delivered, every one (of them),
that shall be found 					written in the book.

	And how many?  144,000, that's all.  And remember, Daniel was left out
because of idolatry, and does not get back until New Jerusalem. They're
left out.  Only 144,000, that's all that there are.  That's all they're
going to be.  

52.	Now, that goes to Revelation 6:  Those whose names were in the Book.
 

	(12) 	And I beheld (I behold the sixth seal open) ...(now) a great
earthquake;

		(Now here's some of the things that  are said that we read in the
Scriptures 			previously.) ...the sun became black as sackcloth of hair,
and the moon... 				as blood;

	(14) 	And the heaven (rolled back) as a scroll...

	(15) 	And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men,
and the 				chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and
every free 				man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the
mountains;

	(16) 	And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from
the 				face of him that (sits) on the throne, and from the wrath of the
Lamb:

	(17) 	For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to
(abide it)?

53.	Now, reading on: [Revelation 7: 1- 3]

	(1)  	And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four
corners 				(on) the earth, holding the four winds of the earth,(now
notice, holding 				the four winds, just like back in Daniel's time. 
Empires to rise up, 				problems to come.)  that the wind should not
blow on the earth,... 	

				

	(2) 	And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal
of 				the living God: (there you go, the Holy Ghost, coming down with) 
			a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the 			
	earth and the sea,

	(3) 	Saying, Hurt not the earth, (and so on) till we have sealed the
servants 				of our God in their foreheads.

 	 [Now,] 144,000 Israelites get sealed in, no more and no less.  Now,
remember, the book of redemption is opened under the sixth seal.  

54.	Now, going back to Daniel.  Daniel 12: (just hold that in your mind
if you can)

 	(2) 	And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
some 				to everlasting life, and some to (everlasting)...contempt.

	(3) 	And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the
firmament; 				and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for
ever and ever.

	Now in there, he's telling you the same thing that Jesus said.  There
is a first resurrection, and there is a second resurrection.  And, in
the first resurrection, only the righteous ones will come up, in the
Bride, and the 144,000  will come up also with them, the Old Testament
saints.  And those who have been predestinated by God, there'll be a
second resurrection, and there they'll be, some  allowed to come in. 
Some will be eternally put to one side.    

	(4) 	But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to
the 				time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall
be 				increased.

	(5) 	(And) I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one
on 				this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of
the bank 				of the river.

	(6) 	And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the
waters 				of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these
wonders?

	(7) 	And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of
				the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto
heaven, 				and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a
time, times, 				and an half; (three and a half years) when he shall
have accomplished 				to scatter the power of the holy people, all these
things shall be 					finished.

55.	Now, he doesn't tell you that Israel is going to be gathered again. 
He said, it's all over.  See?  It's going to be finished.   

	(8) 	And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what
shall be 				the end of these things?

	(9) 	And he said, Go thy way, (because) the (book is) closed ...

	Now, how in the world is anybody in his right mind, that's born again,
full of the Holy Ghost, going to go to this Word, is going to find an
answer outside the end time, when the Seals are taken off the Book?  You
can't do it.  That's what's wrong.  You see, when you put seven seals on
the back of a book, those seven seals do not obliterate, everything that
is in the book.  Now, it means the book is closed.  

	But those seals... (look you take a big scroll, and you roll it all up,
and it comes to like a round thing that you poke a calendar in. You know
how you roll a calendar up? You poke it into a cylinder. the scroll
makes a cylinder. Now you take that one sheet, because it's one sheet
all wound up written on both sides and you put a seal on it. what you're
looking at then is that you can see words that you can understand, but
certain words you can't understand, and there's certain things you'll
guess at.)  That's exactly what Scripture has done all these years. 
They probed at it.  

56.	Bro. Branham used the exact words; “they probed at it.” Now, we
have probed Scripture, now you can't tell and know, until the spirit of
wisdom and revelation comes into the Church  under the Seventh Seal,
which rips the seals off  the Bible.  I'll prove it to you.  Revelation
22:10,  It categorically says;

 

	(10)  	Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book, for the time
is at 				hand.   

	So the Seals are ripped off somewhere between Daniel 12 for the Jews,
and, also the Gentiles and, for us Gentiles and Jews, from Revelation
10:4 when the Thunders were sealed.  The Seal's ripped off.  And, when
it's ripped off, what does it tell you?  He that is righteous is
righteous still.  Right?  The names are in the book, 144,000 so the Jews
are sealed in.  But, we're already sealed in,we're gone.  Now you show
me then, that Israel has a nation left?  It doesn't, it's all over.  You
see?  So therefore, they misplaced the Scriptures  of the Old Testament,
where they  go.  And they say, “What about this, what about that?”
Look it, even Daniel said, “What about Jeremiah?”  All right,
listen.  It's sealed, then, what happens to Ezekiel?  It's sealed. What
happens to Hosea? Sealed. What happens to Malachi? Sealed. What happened
to Isaiah? Sealed.  The understanding was sealed.  

57.	Now, let's find out if it was sealed.  What was the fact that Jesus
Christ came born of a virgin, born of the virgin Mary.   And, Nicodemus
stood up for Him one day, said, “Now listen, our laws don't condemn a
man before it hears him.”  They said, “Shut up.  You're supposed to
be one of the Sanhedrin, a smart man.  Well come on, bird brain.  Show
me where a prophet ever came out of Galilee.”  Well Jesus never came
out of Galilee.  He was born in Bethlehem of Judea.  And, don't think
for one minute they didn't know it. Do you think that after a mere
thirty years, that they had forgotten that Herod had killed all the
babies, because of one person born down there in Bethlehem?  They were
blinded, they were sealed...the Word was sealed to them.

	That's why they rejected Isaiah 53: they were blinded.  Now, you've got
a lot of people right today amongst the Gentiles are blinded.  They're
wretched, miserable, naked, blind and don't know it.   They say, “We
see.”  Jesus said, “The minute you say 'you see', your sins are
unforgiven.”  Let any man attempt to, now at this end time, apart from
the Seals, go into this Word, he will be lost!  Because he says, “I
see”   and he's blind.  The Bible says so.  You say, “Oh, Bro.
Vayle”   Don't Bro. Vayle me.  Grow up, you are no longer babies and
children. Grow up and take your places as men, and stand with the Word
of God. Or go home and stay there the rest of your life.   Don't bug me.
 I can tell you that right now.  I'd rather preach to six people, than
sixty anyway.  Not trying to get rid of anybody, I'm just telling you
flat, my sentiments.  

58.	 I never lied to you.  I'm not going to lie to you.   But, what I
preach, goes plumb around the world.  If I'm wrong, I don't mind for
this one reason, I at least will be used of God, to scatter some more
away.  But, I'm going to tell you one thing, you can't go wrong,
preaching about Him, and His Presence.  At least you're going to give
Him that kind of glory.  And I'll face Him so on Judgement Day, Lord, at
least I tried.  

	My tongue is confessing to Your Presence, my tongue confessed Your
glory. I've done it.  He'll say, “ Well, you better confess a little
more right this time. It's too bad, because I've got to send you away
then.” Fine.  If He wants to send me away, that's His business.  You
see, we don't believe in fooling anymore. Everything was sealed until
that time.  And, you could look, you could probe, there were loose ends.
What about this?  What about that?  And, it tells you, there aren't
seven years left, there's three and one half.  And it's in the middle of
the three and one half left, that that is when it's cut off.  And,
that's all Israel's got left.  See, don't have all the time, people
think.

 59.	All right. We were back here, reading in Daniel 12:2-13.  Now, I
don't want to read the whole thing. There's Israel's history, they were
scattered from 70 AD until Romans 11:25 where the fullness of the
Gentiles come in. And, when the Gentiles come in, (which Israel was
blind to) then the Gentiles, at the end, are thoroughly blind to Israel.
 Sure.  Can't be otherwise. They're  thoroughly blinded.  Now, God gets
Israel back in the homeland.  Let's look at Romans 11: 25.     

	(25) 	...I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this
mystery, 				lest ye 	should 	be wise in your own conceits; (notice
that, lest you get 					puffed up in your own conceits, and think you
know something.  					You're wrong.) that blindness in part is happened
to Israel, until 					the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

 	And, they won't be blind any longer.  Why? Because, the Seal will be
taken off.  And, the last three and a half years to go, are their's.
Then they'll understand the purpose and the plan of God.  And, the
Millenium coming up.  The seventh day that God missed.  The seventh day
is not Israel's day.  It's God's day.  He wished to get His rest, and
never got it.  

60.	Okay, go back to Daniel 12:2  now, with what we just read here, and
what I read to you in Romans.

		

	(2) 	And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
some 				to everlasting life, (Why?  Because the resurrection has set
in) and (the 				rest will come up later to ever lasting shame and
discontent.) 

	All right.  Now, Israel's back in the land, and we saw that in 
Revelation 7: 1-8 where they are all sealed in, the 144,000.   Under the
sixth seal, we see the two witnesses  of Revelation 11,  how that they
are responsible for the Word of God coming to Israel.  Where the Lord
appears to Israel in a symbol.  Until later on, He appears in His own
majestic form as the incarnation.  All right. It is thus you can see I
believe, that all Scripture points to.  It is that Israel will be
gathered...in Ezekiel 28:25- 26 and Jeremiah 6:13-16. 

	

61.	Let's go back to Ezekiel 28:25-26.

		(25)  	Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house 	
			of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and 				
shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall 				
they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.

		(26) 	And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and
					plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I 				
have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round 				
about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.

	

 	Now, that doesn't say one thing outside the Millennium.  Now look it,
if Israel's going to be ruling over nations, the way people think she's
going to be, what happens to the cosmos system that God is determined to
destroy?  It'll be right here.  Won't work.  

62.	Let's go back to Jeremiah 16: 13-16. 

	(13)  	Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that
(you) know 				not, neither ye nor your fathers...that you'll) serve
other gods day and 				night; where I will not shew you favour.

	(14) 	Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall
no more 				be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of
Israel out of 				the land of Egypt;

	(15) 	But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from
the 				land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven
them: 				and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto
their fathers.

	(16) 	Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they
shall 				fish them; (see?  That's with bait, to tempt them home)  and
after (that  				I will hunt with)  hunters, (in other words, that's
when Hitler came in 				and Stalin with a shot gun, and they were only
too glad to run)... and 				from every hill, and out of the holes of the
rocks.

	(17) 	For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my
face, 				neither is ... iniquity hid from mine eyes.

	(18) 	And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double;
(in other 				words, He is going to forgive it, and put it away.) 
(since) they have 				defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance
with the carcases 				of their detestable and abominable things.

63.	Now It tells you that God is going to bring Israel back into the
land. Now that's what we're looking at.  It is then that the last half
of the seventieth week comes forth.  And, by the time it breaks, the
Gentile Bride will be at the Wedding Supper in the palace. Now, the
fourth (and remember that there's only four empires) that tries to
destroy Israel, is well documented in Revelation 13: and it comes to the
end, according to Daniel 2:34-35 and Daniel 7:12-14 and 2 Thessalonians
7:19-28   Now, you all  know Revelation 13. Now this was the beast that
came up.  This is the one that looked like a leopard. Feet of a bear,
mouth of a lion.  Great, and he is the seat of the enemy, the devil
himself.  This is his kingdom.   And, it's got to be a religious
kingdom, because, remember, everything is founded in religion.  

 	  The devil's kingdom was not founded in cosmos, as we know it today. 
He was the one who, one was of the cherubs that covered, it was a
spiritual or religious thing. Now he is here, this chapter 13 ...is the
empire that comes back to life.   When Rome was literally dissolved, it
came back as a religious institution, and is now over the whole world. 
There is no place where Rome is not.   The two legs have gone out, and
of course, the Greek Orthodox section, has given away to Communism,
which will come back under the great church system.  It's got to come
back, there's no way it won't come back.  Because there's  no way they
can exist without the system of the world. There's no way. And, they'll
have to come back for a time, to burn the flesh of the harlot. Now, in
here, this is literally America building  the image to the beast.  It's
America's money.  And, it's America's know-how, and  it's America's
finances.  Now, this same one, this same head of this great nation,
which is a church set up, or great nations a world empire of churches. 
It's going to be confronted in 2 Thessalonians 2 wherein God Himself,
will literally destroy them all.

64.	Now, I've read Daniel enough for you to understand it.  Now, you can
see why Jesus answered as He did in Acts 1:6. 

	(6)	... Lord, (will You)... restore again the kingdom to Israel? (Now,
He 				does not answer them. He says here, the same thing that was said
to 				Daniel. )

	(7)	…It is not for you to know the times or the seasons,...

 	In other words, you're talking of epochs, and a change down the road.
That's exactly what Israel..Daniel talked about. When is that change?
And these men say to Jesus, “When is there going to be a change?   He
said, “Forget it, it is not for you to know the times or the
seasons.”  But remember your season, as Christians, is the
dispensation of the Holy Ghost. When that runs out, and no more will be
baptized with the Holy Ghost, that is the time that God turns to Israel
because the fullness of the Gentiles is in.  Do you follow what He said
here?   All right.  Now, that's what we're looking at.  Now. There is no
way...He could've answered otherwise.  There's no way.  Now, let's go
back to

 65.	Matthew 24:3, now:

	(3)  	And as he sat upon the (mountain)...(they) came (and
said)...privately... 				Tell us, when shall these things be? (that's
the end of the earth; the temple 			ripped down; and Your Presence. 				
 	

	Now, watch verse 14;

	

	(14) 	And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world
					for a witness unto all nations; and then ...the end (will) come.

	There's no more.  It starts with a tremendous revival, of Holy Ghost
power, and healing and miracles.   It did on Pentecost.  Acts 3:...Acts
2:...Acts 8: right down 10:...right to the end of the book of Acts. 
Fantastic.  It ends according to Acts 3 when in the Presence of God, He
is literally seen in miraculous manifestation, a healing revival that
sweeps the world.  And, it's been going on since 1946.  Thirty-seven
solid years.  Is there three to go?  Don't ask me.  I'm not a prophet,
and I don't deal with numbers. All I know is,  this is the evidence that
 times of the Gentiles, is literally running out, because, at the time
of that Spirit, the Baptizer Himself, the baptism with the Holy Ghost,
gives way.  It's all over.  So I don't know if any one person is going
to come in and be born again.  Don't ask me.  And, I'm not saying anyone
can't.  Because, it's a mystery.  And, when the last one's in and child
trained.  You say, “Well, is that the time then God ...”  Yes, He's
already  turned to Israel, bringing them in the homeland.  It's petering
out.  Listen, twenty solid years it took, at least, for God to leave
Israel and turn to the Gentiles.  

66.	Will it take twenty years for God to leave the Gentiles, and turn to
Israel?  I don't know, but, there's silence in heaven for roughly twenty
years.  Thirty minutes is about twenty years, and about ten months.  I
don't know.  I don't have those answers.  My answer this morning is
dealing with the question.  What about it?  Is the Millennium a place of
immortality, or is it not a place of immortality?  And, I'm telling you
flat from Scripture, it's a place of immortality.  That these people
have cut the Word up like a hunk of bologna.  It won't work.  Now, it
tells you,  When will these things be?  He couldn't tell them anymore
than this.  When the times of the Gentiles, run out.  When the Holy
Ghost is no longer available to the Gentiles.  But, the Spirit Himself
is here, to lead them in.  See?  The same One that comes incarnate to 
lead them in, and, take them in.  It's the same one, because it's just
one great  big family in heaven and on earth.  

67.	Now, notice Matthew 24:3 'B' part.  Get back to Matthew.  

	(3) 	...what shall be the sign of thy (Presence),...

	Okay, we go to Matthew 24:27.

	(27)  	For as the lightning (comes) out of the east, and shineth even
unto 				the west; so shall also the (Presence) of the Son of man be.

	It's going to be a light. It's going to be revelation.  And, it's going
to gather together the people, because they gather around the Message. 
Then It says, right after that is going to come a tribulation. True. 
Then, 29-42 tribulation's coming. Sign of the Son of man.   Angel sent
to gather in. Learn the parable of the fig tree.  Now He tells you, the
fig tree is the emblem or the symbol of Israel.  Now, when they're back
in the homeland, He's putting forth a branch.  See?  Now remember,  just
as His branch.  Why?  Because, He always was a root.  When God now puts
forth the new branch, remember, in the book of Romans, he said,
“Israel was a branch that was cut off.”  You're grafted in.  When
it's time for God to re-graft Israel, He cuts off the Gentiles, and He
puts the branch in.   So Israel's back in the homeland. He's gathered
them.  

68.	As we read in Ezekiel and Jeremiah, we could read other places, bear
them upon eagle wings.  He fished them, He gave them bait.  The Zionist
movement rose up, and said, “Hey, we'll get you back here, we'll buy
the land.”  “We'll help you.”  They raised billions of dollars. 
And, the Jews were too happy where they were.  They were like a bunch of
toads in a puddle. So God said, “Get out the hunters.” So they
brought out the shotgun. They went bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!  Hitler
came along, the gas chamber, they said, “Open the door's boys, we
can't get out of here fast enough.” He gave them bait, they wouldn't
take much.  Oh, they want to be coaxed.  And, the rest of them had it
too good to be coaxed.  Well, He said, "I'll getcha." It's like over
there, God had an enemy of Israel and Israel didn't have any weapons, so
God raised up, He created a whole bunch of hornets.  And the song said,
“He did not compel them to go against their will, He just made them
willing to go.”  You get a whole bunch of  bumblebees, or wasps up
your pant leg, yes sir,...

	But the truth of the matter is, he was at a camp meeting, he was out
there in the woods, praying. And, some of those red ants crawled up his
pant leg, and he began making a mad dash, gyrating, leaping he went. 
And, people in the camp said, “That man is sure full of the Holy
Ghost, having himself a ball.”  He was being bit to death by a bunch
of red ants.  Now, he wasn't compelled to get off his knees, but, he was
mighty willing.  Maybe it's both.  

69.	All right.  Now, It says here, in this same portion of Scripture,
[Matthew 24:33]

	(33) 	So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it
is near, 				even at the doors.  (What?)  

  	Well, what he said here. Tell us, when shall these things be?  Not
one stone, the sign of Your  Presence, the end of the world systems. 
Now, world systems over, is not a nation ruling by the grace of God, it
is God Himself in control.  Now what's His subjects?  You're going to
sit with Me, eating and drinking.  Flesh and blood cannot inherit the
kingdom of God. See?  Here's the sign of the kingdom coming.   

 	Now brother/sister listen,  let's understand this flat.  There's
somebody's got something wrong somewhere. 

70.	Then It says here; [Matthew 24:]

 	(37) 	But as (it was in) the days of...so shall also (be in) the
(Presence) 					of the Son of man...

	As is was at the time of  Sodom and Gomorrah, it's going to be the same
way.  And they won't even know that He's here.  And, they are going to
say, “He's not here.”   Jesus stood there, and they said,  “Who
are You?”  He said, “I am He that was to come, written of by Moses. 
Here I am.”   They said, “You're not here.” Oh, you think people
change.   People got an idea Gentiles differ from Jews.  Ha!  Prick them
with a pin, watch, they'll bleed the same blood.  Pass a dollar bill
under their nose, a Gentile grab it just as quick as a Jew, any day.
(Phfft!)  Give him a chance to wallow in his corruption, Gentile and Jew
do the same thing.  You show me one bit of difference, and I'll laugh at
you. You say, “Well their noses.”  Fap!  

 	I've got a Jewish nose, and I'm no more Jew that nothing, as far as I
know.  Just like Lee Miller, we called him 'Millerstein', so he calls me
'Vaylestein.'  And we both go to 'shoppingstein.' That's where the
bargains are.  Oh come on.

71.	[Matthew 24:40-41]

	(40)	...two be in the field; the one ... taken, and (one) left.

	(41)	Two ... grinding at (one table) (The Word of God separating.)

   	Sure, right in this hour brother/sister.   Just as there is four
kingdoms.  The fourth is where we get delivered,  the fifth is grace. 
Resurrection, immortality, and the kingdom, that is exactly. 1
Corinthians 15: 

 	(50)  	...flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God;

				

	Forget it. Oh you say, “Well you see really, I don't possess it, I'm
there with the Possessor.”  Oh come on. (Phfft!)  Come on.  Well you
see, my kids live in my house, they can't sleep in my bed and they can't
eat my food.  What are you?  Some kind of a jerk.  My wife, I tell
people, “Look,  and she's a responsible person, she's been good to me,
and she works harder than I've ever worked.  But, her name's on the
check on the check-book?  Absolutely.  Sometimes she says she wants
this, I say, “You ain't exactly stupid, you can write your name can't
you?” You know where the money is, you know where the chequebook is.  
If I didn't trust her, why bother.  That's my kingdom.  What do you
think God's got a kingdom that's worse than mine? Fap!  Well you say,
“He can trust the Bride, but He can't trust the...”   Ha ha.  That's
exactly right. That's why they won't be there. [laughter]

 	Goodness me. The prophet didn't teach, that kind of stuff
brother/sister.  Make  no mistake about it. The end of the ages, means
immortality.  And, we are ready, for the hour of the Shout is here.  Now
look, I'm just going to let this Scripture go. Because you're here long
enough now... But I want to get you to here, because some of you won't 
be back, is this conclusion in the sense of the Word.   Everything that
Bro. Branham preached, and I'm trying to get across, is all in the Word.
 It's all there.  

72.	[1 Corinthians 13:10]

	

	(10) 	...that which is perfect is come,...

	And shadow has given way to substance, so today, mortality is out of
date.  Mortality has run its course.  See, I took you back to Genesis,
and showed you, that He stood there and said, “Lest he stretch forth
his hand and live forever.”   That's from the ages to the ages.  And,
there's six thousand years of ages.   So He said, “He's not going to
live for six thousand years.  I'll kill him in the first one thousand
years, and raise him up in the seventh.”  If Adam was standing here
for six thousand years, inviolate by the enemy, God would still have to
change him.  Well you say, “Well Bro. Vayle, you don't understand you
see, what happened way back there in heaven, there was three gods, and
the number one Father God, He went and did all this thing here, and, the
devil crept in.  He shouldn't have made the devil.  And, the devil crept
in and he got things all messed up.  And the Son said, “I'll just iron
it  out by giving My life. ” and the Holy Spirit said, “You  do that
boy, and I'll see that they come in.” Sheee! Then you see what He did,
He had to let Paul write this later on.  

73.	Hogwash.  It was all in Him.  Trillions and trillions of years ago
when He sat by Himself in His own solitude, He plumbed His own depths. 
Yep.  He is the Word.  He is faith, as it were.  He's sovereign, it was
all in Him.  And, He saw way back there, because He was resurrection, In
Him was that great ability. He would make a man who would fall in a
certain way through the woman who was under him, because, remember Adam
wasn't righteous, he was just innocent. And, there He knew there would
come a time when He would raise those people. It was already set that,
after six thousand years, a new plan would come in. Mortality has gone
by the board, in my books.  

 	 You say, “Bro. Vayle, what if it happened because Bro. Branham did
say in August of '64,  they asked him if children can be born; he said
“sometimes it looks like it does, sometimes it looks like it won't'”
“If I ever get an answer, I'll tell you.” Well,  he told me before.
Already, he said, “Look Lee, how can a man build, and another not
inhabit if there's children? How can a man sow and another not eat if
there's children?” If flesh and blood cannot inherit it, in the
kingdom of God, Satan is going to be bound. Then how about those
children if there were children born and there were people here?  How
could they be tempted to do anything that was wrong? If Satan was
already bound by circumstance, a chain of circumstances, there wouldn't
be anybody he could affect.   I can't buy it brother/sister, I can just
take the simple Scripture, the way the prophet taught It.  

74.	It's in the word of God, “Flesh and blood cannot inherit the
kingdom of God.” [1 Cor 15:50] And he said, “We're going to eat and
drink.” Bro. Branham said, “It's a honeymoon period.”  And, he
said, who would be there, would be those 144,000 Israelites.  They were
eunuchs, they were virgin eunuchs, and they take care of the Bride.  I
see mortality, as far as I am concerned,  is out of date.   It has to go
by the boards.  The Word up to but not including immortality, has run
its course.   It is now time for the Word of immortality.    All before
immortality, we're at this hour, has run its course. Six thousand years
are gone by.

	 There's got to be a change.  And, every Word, as far as I know this
Bible, my own life and what the prophet taught, my own heart, whatever
God would show me,  from what the prophet taught.  I say that from this
point on, everything is immortality.  Do you believe that?  Come on
then, let's understand it.   It says here, “Flesh and blood will not
inherit. ” I'm going to show you a mystery.  We'll not sleep, we are
going to be changed within the atoms, instantaneously, the corruptible
will be raised incorruptible.  The mortal will put on immortality. 
We'll no longer be death doomed.  When this is done, it'll be under the
understanding, death has been temporarily put aside.  That's one of the
things that He is doing right now.   

	How is He doing it?   He is doing it by the Word, that we received.  It
becomes the Word of God in our flesh, and He's building around our
atoms, this very Word.  Until it's not just a matter of saying, (as He
said before) He said, “Let the earth bring forth.”  When the earth
did bring forth those bodies, at His  command.  But, He took His own
loving hands, and He formed a body for Adam, and then formed one for Eve
 and so, He's doing the same thing right now.  By the Word, that has
come down in our midst.    

75.	There you are brother/sister.  The hour of  immortality is at hand. 
The hours of mortality have run out.  Yep.  The Resurrection is here,
with His quickening power.  To bring forth new, and glorified bodies. 
Just like Israel going in the exodus, out in the exodus, out of Egypt
into the promised land.  He said, “Get the lamb. Eat.”  Jesus said,
“Eat my flesh and drink my blood.”    Like the vision, that opened
the door to the Gentiles. “Rise Peter, eat.”   See?  Like Bro.
Branham said, “Meat in due season, Spiritual food. Like he said,
You're not feeding on the words of man, you're feeding on the body Word,
of the Lord Jesus Christ.” It is more than just a privilege,
brother/sister. It is a command.  To rise and eat, for the journey is
ahead.  That's right.   And, when you rise to eat,  what you have in
this Word, just understand this one thing, the Pillar of Fire is here,
to lead you into the Millenium.  The Pillar of Fire was here to instruct
the prophet, to give him a revelation, which he passed on to us.  But,
the Spirit is here, to take us in.  The same Spirit will take him in
also.  That same One, will raise him first.  That same One that brought
that Word, is the same One, that's going to raise that prophet.  That's
right, He's going to change you and me. See?  

76.	Now let's understand this flat brother/sister.  You and I might not
know the very moment that a Bride is going to be caught away.  But, that
Great, Son of God,  you call Him Son of man really, the One is the body,
or, the incarnation of  Almighty God.  We don't know when that One steps
right down.  We're going to meet Him in the air.   I'm going to tell you
one thing.  That's going to be wonderful.   Sure it is, because, that
means, look.   You know, we're going to get out of here.  Even if we're
changed, we will be changed in our body, we won't want to stick around
here.  How would...it be, if a little rabbit, he always wanted to be a
nice trout.  And one day he got his wish.  He got turned into a trout,
but, there was no water to swim in.  Well look, I'm going to tell you
something.  I don't like this milieu [setting]that I am in. When I get
glorified, I want to get out of here.  The way, the world state is in. 
I want something commensurate , you know, to what I am. Because, Bro.
Branham said, “God never made a fish with a fin, until He made water
to swim in.”  So I know, when you and I get our change, there's
something right out there.  

77.	Because, when we leave this body, there's something right out there.
 See?  Let's understand this, we're getting ready for that, that's out
there.  Flesh and blood can't inherit it.  And, it's ready to be taken
over.  So, He's going to change us.  The kingdom coming, demands
immortality, as far as I know.  You say, “Well Bro. Vayle what if you
made a mistake?”  Well, I'll put it this way, if you and I aren't
immortal, just know this one thing, there ain't no way we're going to
make it anyway, even if a bunch of other's do make it without being
immortal.  Now, think that statement over.  But, I want you to
understand that.  The Bride will only get out of here, immortal.  And,
if you're not immortal, you ain't Bride.  Huh?  So therefore, as far as
you and I are concerned, the kingdom still has one great premise, we've
got to be immortal.  

	If there's a million mortals down the road, which I don't believe for
one second, if there's a billion down that road, which I cannot conceive
by Scripture, and the prophet did not say there were.  Let me just tell
you this one thing, flesh and blood cannot possess It.  Cannot own It. 
Cannot have It.  If there's going to be anybody there but a Bride, and,
an immortal group,  they're simply going to be sitting around there with
their tongues hanging out, wishing they had It.  I'm not interested.  My
tongue has been hanging out long enough, just to get this.  It's been
hanging out long enough on a promise, that's right.  Which having not
seen, I still believe in.  I wouldn't want to stand there and see It,
and not own It.   So, there you are.  Immortality, I'm on my way.  Let's
rise.  As the man said, “There's somebody  better make a place for me
to jump, because, I'm going to jump.”  I look at the same thing.  Lord
I'm coming.  You get that place ready.

	Heavenly Father, we know that we don't have to prod you in any way,
shape or form.  Just say, “Lord get that place ready.”  The only
reason that we are hankering at this time in such a way, to have such a
thing in our minds, is because there is a place ready, and we're anxious
to go to It.  A little prematurely perhaps, but, we would very dearly
love to be out of here, to be changed in our atoms.  And, to get out of
here, not simply for the sake of getting out of here, Lord, but, we know
there is something there that is so wonderful, that we would never be
worthy of it in the first place.   And, since we're depending upon it in
 every place by Your grace, then, Lord, we're thinking in the same
manner in this hour.  By grace, could we not get out of here, pretty
quick Lord?  We know that certain things have got to transpire.  

	  Some have already got their appetite's more than wetted by being
taken out of here into the  Paradise of God.  And there in our Spirit
bodies,  and it is a place of such tremendous love and vibration of
beauty and spiritual things, that compared to this, they wouldn't want
to ...get back around us again.   They wouldn't want to.  But, we know,
that even they are longing, for the hour when they come back here upon
the earth and take over.  So,, Lord, we know this one thing anyway, if
we're going to be a part of Your  real kingdom, and we're going to sit
and eat with You, we believe without a doubt that it's going to be on
the grounds of immortality.  And if there should be something over 
there on the other side, that people just might simply  come in yet,
that they could be in a human structure, we still believe that Word. 
They couldn't inherit that kingdom,  apart from It then.  

	Lord, the best we know at this time is nothing left but the fifth great
kingdom coming up.  Your kingdom on earth.   But, we come back in the
Edenic condition, having gone to the Tree of Life, Lord, we just doubt
that there's anything else that we should look for other than what we
look for now.  Or believe that there's something anybody could believe
for, other than the great kingdom of eternality, with even eternal
bodies, glorified by Your Presence.  Lord God, in this last hour in
which we are living, when thoughts and understanding, and personal  joy
at the thought of, respect and reverence for this great kingdom. 
Because of Your Presence,  our part, and the great miracle of the
resurrection, how sober we ought to be, concerning It.  How reverent we
ought to be, Lord. And I ask You to help us this day.  That there might
be a consuming desire amongst us, not that which comes upon us from our
own willfulness, which  we could certainly inject in there, but from the
genuine revelation of that Reality,  which is now extant within our very
reach and as even as Paul said, “I have been apprehended for It, It
apprehended me.”

	We're apprehended for It, caught up by iI, as even the Apostle Paul, to
be in that first resurrection.  He said, “I count everything but loss,
that somehow I might gain, that out resurrection from among  the
dead.”   Lord, I've looked at It.  I know that It's there.   I've
preached It.  And, I realize it, but it hasn't caught fire yet. Maybe
it'll never catch anymore fire.   Maybe it's not supposed to, until the
day the change comes. But, I would pray if it's possible, that You could
receive this prayer, not a thought, not a false one, not outside Your
Word, that You will hasten among us, Lord.  The depth of that
realization, the reality of that true, First Resurrection, that is
amongst us now.  That we're being changed into, and, what it means. So
that nothing else could ever mean anything, that That, means it all.  

	Lord, I know when we get there, and there's just nothing, but nothing,
will ever touch us again.   And, we're looking at that.  We ask You,
Lord, that if You would just mind hearing us, and we know if it's
according to Your Word, You are hear us, and You'll do it for as if it's
not, all the way we would like it, (I don't know) I believe, Lord, that
You can give us an understanding, and Your own Spiritual communication
of it, as becomes a saint, so that appreciation will be there.  The
integrity concerning It, Reality.  And, the coming of It.  Lord, You
know what I mean.  Father, I want to get away from all the sham, all the
willfulness, anything of myself, and ourselves here as people, and see
it single to Your eye.  To see It somehow the way You see It.

	God, I don't believe it's asking too much, I believe You're helping us
to that very end.  And it will be, so in our minds, and gets right down
to the very fiber and core of our being.  I believe,  Lord, that You do
hear me pray in this way.  You don't mind it, that You will help us. 
And now, unto the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only wise
God, be all power and honour and glory, through Jesus Christ out Lord. 
Amen.

	And now let's sing 'We'll walk in the Light'.  And remember that if He
is in the Light, and we're in the Light as He is in the Light, if we
have fellowship one with another, and that's where the Blood cleanses,
the Blood of Christ does not cleanse outside of that Light. God gave His
Son, a ransom for sin, that man might not be condemned.  And yet, this
is the condemnation, but, Light has come into the world, and men love
darkness.  How is the Blood going to cleanse you, outside of the Light? 
People don't want to face questions like that brother/sister.  But,
you've got to face  them, because, that's the Word of God.  You don't
run anymore, this is where you stand still and face reality.  I want to
tell you something, it pays. I've never had it so good, since I learned
to stand still.  Don't duck the truth.  Now, no, don't duck truth. 
Stand there.  Stand there, looking at It one day, It'll look back at
you. Yeah. Okay.  'We'll walk in the Light.'

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