Jesus’ Name in the Bride
Bro. Lee Vayle – October 14, 1981
[Open prayer not available]
1. Paul, the apostle, made the dynamic statement he made in 2nd
Corinthians 11, and now John says the same thing, but you won't get
people to believe It. No way. Bro. Branham came on the scene with gifts
and that did it, right there, just turned them all to gifts. They were
supposed to. It was God sending strong delusion to believe the lie. So,
it doesn't matter anymore to them.
Notice, what It says in various Scriptures about that Name. John
5:43.
(43) I come in my Father's name…
And back, also, in John 17 and in verse 6.
(6) I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out
of the world: thine they were, and thou (gave) them me; and they have
kept thy word.
Now, you notice the Word and the Name have everything to go
together. Then how in the world could it be anything other than the fact
that the man and the Word manifested would reveal that great Name. No
way could they be made to take that mark of the beast. No way. No way
could…they turn around from this. Why? Because they had seen It. They
were familiar.
(6) I have manifested thy name...
That word is 'phaneroo' which absolutely means it's proven that
there wasn't any name but that Name, that that was that Name that had
been signified.
John 14:11.
(11) Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else
believe me for the very works' sake.
(See?) Showing them that that Name was in there. John 12:12-19.
(12) …the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they
heard that Jesus was coming,
(13) (They) took palm branches, and went to meet him, cried, Hosanna:
Blessed is the King of Israel (coming) in the
Lord.
(14) Jesus, when he found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,
(15) Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an
ass's colt.
(16) These things understood not his disciples at first: but when Jesus
was
glorified, then remembered they these things were written of him, and
they that had done these things unto him.
(17) The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out
of the grave, and raised him from the dead, bare
record.
(18) For this cause the people also met him, for they (had) heard he had
done this miracle.
(19) (And) The Pharisees therefore said, Perceive ye how ye prevail
nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
2. Now, with that I want to read over here in…Matthew 16:13-14.
(13) ...Whom do (you) say that (men) say that I the Son of man
am?
(14) And they said, Some say (you're) John the Baptist: some (Elijah);
(some Jeremiah),
All right, listen. It's identical. They were calling Him different
things, but they didn't have a revelation of Who He was. He was their
King, as in John 12 and 15, but they denied Him. Now, some figured Him
as a prophet who would be made a king, the coming One in the Name of the
Lord from the Book of Deuteronomy, chapter 18.
Now, listen, He was just as much King that He ever would be
intrinsically, because He was the Logos, God in flesh, but all He got
was a crown of thorns. That same Spirit and the same Name is here, but
as Spirit He is still uncrowned, but not for long. The King is here, and
the Kingdom on earth is in development.
3. Now, that's, absolutely, over here in Luke 17. Showed you that many
times. Look at verse 20:
(20) ...the Pharisees demanded, when the kingdom of God should come,
he said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
He said It will be here and you won't even know it. It was there
and they didn't know it.
(21) Neither shall say, Lo here! lo there! behold, the kingdom of God
is (in the midst of) you. (See?)
Just like the days of the Son of man. They didn't understand it.
There was no revelation there.
Now, you've got the same thing right today. The King is here uncrowned.
He was there in flesh uncrowned. And when He was there, He was no less
King than the day He will be crowned. Why? Because that Name Jesus -
everything lay in It. He was just, at this time, proving out that Name
so when the Name was proved out, It would take over. (See?) There'd be
no headship, there'd be nothing.
Now, the same thing is right today. The Logos is here, waiting
to take the Kingdom over. And they don't even understand it. They don't
know what's gone on.
4. Now, let's go back to Ephesians again. I don't have to go back,
particularly, just remember what It says in the verse 18.
(18) ...and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the
saints,
In other words, what is the actual worth, in catalog assets, Who's
assessment God Himself has placed on that Name now in the Bride. In
other words, what lies in God, that Name expresses, that is the Word.
That Name, to be manifested has to be the Word revealed. Now, I don't
know if you're catching this, but that's the Truth. Way back there, and
even today, we saw the miracles, but that doesn't do it, because the
Name is Jehovah Savior, and it will take what the Word says about Who He
is and what He did, and what He's doing and what He's going to do to
reveal that Name. No other way. In other words, to bring It into
manifestation, so that you will know what lies in It.
Or, we might say…how much is that Name worth to the Bride?
That's the question. What does it mean in God's eyes? If…It is as
great as It appears to be, what must that Bride be worth, in God's Own
estimation, to give her such an inheritance to even allow the Name
that's great, let alone give It to her. Now, that she can use that
Name is pretty good.
5. Now remember, Jesus was that Name. (See?) Doesn't say we are that
Name. It says, "He was." We're allowed to use that Name. That Name was
not ours until this age. Is that why It says, "I do not say that you
should ask anything in my name?" Are we in that period right now, or
coming into it? Where there is such harmony in the Bride, spoken of in
John 17? That even the world will know something is going on.
Oh, they won't identify, don't worry. You can't pick one word
against the other word. (See?) They won't understand. They'll know
something's going on. They'll never identify. I don't see how they
possibly could. See, they just know something's there.
6. So, we see some principles, then, involved in this Name in the
Bride. One, the inestimable assessment of the Name. In other words, you
will never be able assess It and to put It's true value in It. The
inestimable honor placed in the Bride to receive that Name. What kind of
an honored person is she to have that Name? First of all, how great is
that Name and what kind of a person gets to receive that Name? (See?)
Well, we know immediately, that being It is God's Own Name,
there can be nothing higher. No way. Bring that to the Bride. And being
that the Bride has that Name, then she is married to her Maker.
7. Now, there's the wife of God. Roman Catholic church says she is.
Denominations say they are. How come her name is Roman Catholic? How
come her name is Lutheran? How come Pentecost? How come this and that? I
thought the Name was Jesus? She is married to her Maker. Being that she
is God's Own choice she must be, as the prophet preached, 'His
Masterpiece'. Do you think God would be anything less than a
Masterpiece?
Listen, seeing she is both chosen and married, she is now ready
for Eden, because He and she are back to the original, as when Eve came
out of Adam, and she that was once in Him, then separated, then brought
back and presented to Him, learned that she never ever had a name other
than His – “for God called their name Adam.” [Gen 5:2] That's why
he said, "Little Bride, you didn't do it in the first place."
8. Now listen, it was Adam that called her Eve in her fallen condition
for she was the mother of all living. (Yup) Now, Eve is restored and is
no longer Eve. She has lost her identity of sin, and now has no identity
but of Jesus Christ the Righteous, which is over here again in 1
Corinthians 1: 7-8.
(7) So that ye come behind in no gift; (In other words, something by
grace that God is doing) waiting for the (apocalypses) of
(the) Lord Jesus Christ:
(8) Who (in that apocalypses) shall confirm you (establish you) unto
the end, that you may be blameless
In other words, at that time there cannot even be a finger raised
against you as to bring an accusation. In other words…you'll never
have any trouble in the Great Tribulation. No way. No way. It's all been
settled. Why? Because the Great Tribulation is the wrath of God visited
upon sin. How great, then, is the value and assessment of that Name?
Well, whatever it is, It loses nothing when the Bride becomes the
repository of It, for this time she is wedded. And He Who gave her the
Name, keeps her in the full effect of that Name. As Bro. Branham said,
"This one won't denominate; this is one Eve that will not fall."
9. Now, let us look at some of that assessment. We go to Hebrews the
1st chapter, and we read verses 4 and 5.
(4) Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance
obtained a more excellent name than they.
(5) For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou are my Son,
this day have I begotten thee? And
again, I will be to him a Father, and he
shall be to me a Son?
Now, you begin to put the full effect of that Name into reality
and you go right to the Book of Revelation - called male. She's lost her
identification. There is nothing what so ever that will, (under any
condition) ever associate her with what she was. "For every tear shall
be dried and there'll be no more remembrance of the former things," [Rev
21:4] even in the Throne with Him in the Millennium. There's no way
anybody can bring a charge against her.
10. The 8th verse:
(8) But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and
ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy
kingdom.
God manifested once more in the incarnation and in the Throne; the
Bride with the Bridegroom. [Hebrews] Chapter 2, 5-8.
(5) For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come,
whereof we speak.
(6) But in one certain place testified, What is man, that thou art
mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest him?
(7) Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; crowned with honour
and glory, set him over the works of thy hands:
(8) ...put all things under...put all things in subjection under
his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under
him, he left nothing that is not under him. But now we see
not yet all things put under him.
All right, transfer that immediately to a joint ownership where
Bro. Branham said, "Adam and Eve had a joint jurisdiction over all
creation. They were rulers together."
11. Bring that, again, way back to Revelation 3 and 21, where we
went before.
(21) To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne…
also overcame, and set… with my Father in his
throne.
Now, that's a part of the assessment. Where does it come from? It
comes from Philippians, the 2nd chapter, and verses 5-11. Now, we don't
need to read the 5th to 8th because we got it. Now, when He died It says
here:
(9) Wherefore God also highly...hath highly exalted him, (now watch)
and given him a name which is above every name:
Now, you'll notice that He came to be the Savior, and He did it.
Now, what does God do? He confirms that Name to Him. (See?) So, there is
no way that there can be any change or anything under God's jurisdiction
that could ever change this, but God Himself stands behind it.
Now listen, notice what he said. When He was Jesus, that Savior,
knees did not bow, he bowed the knee; backs did not bend, his back bent;
all things weren't under him, all things were on top of him; he had no
control, he was under control. He was still Jesus, Savior, but now that
He is raised and the work fulfilled, every tongue must confess, every
knee must bow. There is nothing but nothing that is not under Him,
because the Name is proven.
Now, you bring this into a Bride, and she's in Revelation 20, all
through those twenty centuries she has never taken the wrong name,
she’s had His Name. She's never taken the mark; she's never worshiped
the beast. (See?)
12. Now, with this end time, you have a little nucleus that's getting
ready for the Resurrection change and a Rapture, and they will be seated
with Him in the Millennial Throne. It won't be much of a throne. The
actual fact of the matter is, it's just simply going to be like Adam and
Eve, as far as I know. A perfect harmony with nature; everybody in
harmony. It's a wonder... it's going to wonderful. I don't even pretend
to know about it, but I'm very suspicious myself that we're missing
pretty well ninety nine percent in revelation, (because God won't give
it) of what the Millennium's going to really be, because it's got to go
back what was missed. And it's going to be taken right back and we're
going to see it in all its glory and that Bride is going to be there
with that one Name, and all nature will be under her because it's under
Him. (See?) That Name, when He proved out the Name, that He was that
Savior, now God can give Him the Name, which was above every name.
Look at, He thought it not a thing to be grasped and retained to
have it. He came right down here. What happened? He said, "I take My
life down, I pick it up again." He said, "I've shown that Name, I've
manifested It, I've declared It." And now... and God says, "Yes, you
have. Now," He said, "I'm going to give you that glory." In other words,
everything in that Name cost Him a price. Now, everything in that Name
comes back on Him.
Now, you just wait until the squeeze comes down, because you and
I are baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ and believe in one
God with that Name. You think it's not going to come? It's going to
come. Just give it time. (You see?)
13. Now, placing this with Ephesians 1, notice what It says here.
(18) ...and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the
saints,
And when that is fully revealed into its recognition, (notice what
happens) releasing the power of God. Now look…you can surely follow
it, what I'm saying. He was Jehovah Savior. He laid aside everything
that was a part of It in order to bring a redemption. He literally lay
down what was in that Name and died. (You follow me?)
Now, then came a resurrection. The Church has been in the grave
since the fourth... since the time of Catholicism. That would be the
fourth, the middle, central age where she went in to her death, under
Catholicism. She's been coming back and the Name has been coming up. But
the Name that was responsible for His Resurrection, this here, the full
effect of It, "I put it down, I take it up," God raised It. That Name
now, revealed in the Bride, having come up from death, to the living
Name in the Bride, will bring about a resurrection. No way you can
change it, because there was Jesus Who said, "I am the Resurrection, and
the Life: he that liveth and believeth in me, though he were dead, yet
shall he live." [Jn 11:25] And that's for our hour. That did not happen
back at the time of Lazarus. No way. Though it was a resurrection, it
was not a resurrection under Light.
14. So, I want you to see here, in... what we're looking at is the
complete metamorphosis in the Bride, as it was in Jesus. Now, that same
Name that allowed Him to die, where men could spit in his face, and take
all manner of abuse, that same Name at the end time is going to cause
the squeeze to come down. But, that same Name is going to get a Bride
out of here, because that's the step after the revelation of what that
Name means in the Bride. I'm looking at it. I won't say I've got all the
answers. Now, [Ephesians 1:] [correction made below]
(19) And what is the exceeding power to us-ward who believe, according
to the working of his
mighty power,
(20) Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, set
his own right hand in the heavenly places,
(21) Far above all principality, and power,
Notice the same thing is happening to the Bride. The full
identification: Mrs. Jesus; the full understanding what we're talking
about. Bro. Branham said, "If ten people had that under-standing," and
I'm pinning it down to this : he didn't qualify it, he just said "one
mind." I'm going to ask you, what is marriage but a contract? And what
is a contract but the merging of the minds. What did Bro. Branham talk
about when he meant they'd be thinking the same thing, believing the
same thing?
"Well, it just happens as a car went by and it's red, we all
thought a red car went by."
Going to make the Rapture? Don't be ridiculous. It has to do with
revelation. (See? Yup.)
(21) Far above all principality...
(22) And put all things under his feet, gave him to be heard over all
things to the church,
(23) Which is his body…
Notice the identification. All right, we get a glimpse of that
today when we see the Name in the Bride.
15. All right, I'm going to close with reading a little Scripture
back here in the Book of Exodus, then the Book of Acts. Now, thinking on
these things is where we're going to get the…and believing them, and
associating ourselves with them, putting to God's seal that He is true,
is where this Truth will begin to break amongst us to its tremendous
value.
Exodus 6:1-8.
(1) Then the Lord said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to
Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, with a strong
hand shall he drive them out of his land.
(2) And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord:
(3) And I appeared unto Abraham, (and) unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by
the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not
known to them.
Yet, in Genesis, He's called Jehovah-jireh. But evidently the
revelation was not meant to come until this time of the Exodus.
(4) And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them
(to give them the) land of Canaan, the land of
their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
(5) I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the
Egyptians keep in bondage; and (I've)
remembered my covenant.
(6) Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and will
bring you out from under the burdens of the
Egyptians, and I will rid you out of
their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched
out arm, and with great judgements:
(7) And I will take you for a people, and I will be to you a God, and
(you) shall know that I am the LORD your
God, which bringeth you out from under the
burdens of the Egyptians.
(8) And I will bring you unto the land, concerning the which I did swear
to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob;
and I will give it (to thee) for an
(inheritance): I am the LORD.
16. Let's just go back to Acts 7:1-7. I think we're going to see
something here that's just a little bit different.
(2) And (Stephen) said, Men, (and) brethren, and fathers, hearken; The
God of glory appeared unto our father
Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, (when) he
dwelt in (the land of) Charran,
(3) And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy
kindred, and come into the land which I
shall shew thee.
(4) Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in
Charran: and from thence, when his father was
dead, he removed him into this land, wherein
(you) now dwell.
(5) And he gave him none inheritance in it, not so much as to set his
foot on: yet he promised he would give it to him
for a possession, and to his seed
after him, when as yet he had no child.
(6) …God spake on this wise. That his seed should sojourn in a strange
land; and bring into bondage, and entreat them
evil four hundred years. (And so on.)
17. Let's go back to the Book of Hebrews, chapter 11. Let's find out
what It says, about Abraham.
(8) By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which
he should after receive for an inheritance,
obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he
went.
(9) (And) By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange
country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac
and Jacob, the heirs with him the same
promise:
(10) For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose
builder and maker is God.
What I'm trying to bring you here, is this thought: At this end
time, God has Appeared amongst us, revealing Himself and He has revealed
His Name, given us His Name in marriage, called us who we are, and has
sworn that it's all over. Then if it's all over, there's only one place
that's left, and that's to be called out from the world systems as we
know it today, into God's Own true system of government - righteous
government, which will be upon this land for one thousand years. And
that's still not what we're looking for. That's only in between. We're
looking for the same City that Abraham's looking for - he's still
looking for it - which has foundations, which is the New Jerusalem.
18. So, here we are, tonight, in my understanding and estimation, at
this particular juncture, where God has come to reveal Himself in an
intimate way. And there is nothing more intimate than marriage, because
if the man doesn't know the woman and the woman doesn't know the man in
marriage, let me tell you flat, you will never know each other. Give it
up and get lost.
And that's what we're looking at today. The revelation of Him,
Who is the Logos; God come down in a manifested form with this great
Word, uniting the Bride to Himself, revealing Himself to her. She knows
Him as husband; He knows her as wife, the Bride. And it's at this time,
therefore, that there will be a coming out of the graves, there will be
a change in the Bride here, there will be a catching up in a Rapture,
there'll be a reigning and a ruling. We will possess the land.
19. Now, the world doesn't understand what we believe. They've got
Matthew 25 as a judgement in the nations, where all the world comes
against Israel, except a few that don't. So, God kills everybody that
comes against Israel, saves a few that don't. They go to the Millennium.
In there, the glorified people will rule and reign with Jesus, while a
bunch of people breed for another thousand years. And of course, they'll
be bred in sin, as they've got enough brains to know that, at least. And
because the right judgement of God and the Bride is strictly by a rod of
iron, they will hate Him and they'll hate us, for after one thousand
years when there's a resurrection and the devil can come on the scene,
then they'll try to mob us. They're a hundred percent wrong. Ain't no
such animal.
What we're looking forward to, and they don't realize, that's
the White Throne. What they don't realize is this: God never gave
Abraham the seed, and in him - you know, typifying himself, "In thy seed
shall all nations of the earth be blessed," [Gen 22:18] never gave him
the land of Canaan, except as a pilgrim.
20. And if anybody thinks that the Jews, in my understanding, are going
to get Palestine for one thousand years while we beat the drums and play
"Ring Around the Rosie" around him, in my books they are totally insane,
as far as the Scripture's concerned, because there's neither Jew nor
Gentile anymore. It's all in one body, and it designates that that body
is one, the Old and New Testament Bride is one and they will be here on
a renovated earth, and dwelling and ruling in righteousness. And it's
after the thousand years that Satan is loosed, and all the dead come up,
and they are in bodies, pretty well more human than glorified, as far as
I understand, and they will attempt to take the world over and they
can't do it. But you see, the world does not understand, nor does
fundamentalists understand what is going on at this point. They do not
understand that He is here in marriage to a living Bride, which must
produce the Name.
Then you tell me, what Name does the Man have that we're getting
married to, or whoever that Bride is? See, there it is. The Name that He
inherited is now in the Bride and what lies in that Name that was in
Him, (see?) not just identifying... look, I hope you're catching what
I'm saying, because it's what Bro. Branham taught. They were one. They
were... Adam and Eve was one. Even in separation, he did not look upon
her as Eve or somebody else. It was still Adam. Because, their name
Adam. Therefore, He calls the Bride and Jesus, "Their name Jesus." How?
On the same grounds that He had to say concerning Eve, because she came
out of Adam. No difference.
21. Now, when are we going to get together physically? When His flesh
and our flesh is identical, because flesh and blood cannot inherit the
Kingdom. And no, He's not coming down here except to take over
physically. The Logos is here putting all things under His feet who is
physical. He's doing it now. He's bringing a Bride into subjection,
which word I've faltered for some time, to try to get you to understand
my understanding of subjection in marriage is what Bro. Branham called
in 'Spoken Word’s Original Seed', where he gave the writing God gave
him - it was a 'harmony'. (I don't know why I couldn't think of that
word. I preached it all around and talk all around it. I think maybe my
fortieth attempt to explain it, I finally remembered it was 'harmony'.)
You see, we're coming into a harmony. We're coming into a
harmony as never before. This is what I see in that Name. That's why I
keep telling you people, it isn't in fruit. It can't be in fruit. It
isn't that the fruit isn't there, but that's not it. It cannot be in
gifts. It doesn't mean that the spectacular won't be there. It doesn't
mean that, but that's not where it is. It's not in obedience, although
it will be there. It's not getting nearer to God, though certainly it'll
be there. What is it? The Holy Spirit Himself doing something. I want to
ask you a question. What did you have to do with anything? "Where were
you in all this morning stars - the sons of God came here and the
morning stars sang and rejoiced" [Job 38:7]- where were you?
Well, the best you can say, "I was in Christ."
22. Did you have a body? No, you bypassed it. I want to ask you how
did you get to birth? Did you bring yourself to birth? Did you choose
your parents? Did you desire the features in your personality and those
things that you have? What accounts for it? You don't account for it.
You give account for it, but you didn't account for it. There's no way.
(See?) How did you get called? Did you call yourself? Or did God call
you? If you called yourself then you must have saved yourself, because,
"No man can come, except the Father call him." [Jn 6:44] "Blessed is the
man whom thou choose, and cause approach unto thy throne." [Ps 65:4]
"Blessed is the man who dwells in the courts of your glory."
So, if the whole thing lay in a Divine calling and worketh the
Spirit, tell me, is this going to be different? No way. No way. "As many
as were ordained unto eternal life believed." [Acts 13:48] And believed
what? Unto Eternal life and we're baptized with the Holy Ghost. Why?
Because they had something in here to receive. In here, was that egg
that could take the life, the sperm, and it takes the two to make a
seed. See, not just one.
(There's a statement Bro. Branham made out in Beaumont. If I can
just get the tape, you'll find where he said it. I can't remember exact
words but it's likely to... taped in 1962, but I'm not positive... think
he was down in 1962, I think, so you might find that.)
23. So, there we are today, my brother/my sister, the Name in the
Bride. No organization's going to make it.
Say, "I'm the Bride of Jesus Christ."
"Well, what church do you go to?"
"I go to the Methodist."
No way.
"I'm Baptist."
“I'm Presbyterian."
Nope, I'm Christian.
Christians married to Jesus. Mrs. Jesus is now on the scene,
getting ready when all the Bride comes together and the glory of the
Millennial reign sets in, preparatory for the ages and ages. Kind of
boggles the mind. In fact, every time I think of what's way down the
road, the mind just splatters…. There's no way to focus, there's no
way to zero in. You know something's there, but you can't zero in on it.
You know why? Because the Bride zeros in a step at a time. You don't
climb rung number two before you're on one. The Capstone never came down
till the Seventh Church Age, and the building blocks had to come around
that living Word at the end time. That's where there's a super, super
Church; a super Race, approaching unto the Headstone. I'm using
Headstone and Capstone as two different things… I'm using Headstone as
a fact of a human body. I'm using Capstone as the fulness of the Holy
Spirit in Word form in this hour. And around It, is what we're building.
(See?)
24. The perfect Bride. She's got a perfection which... look, you just
got to come to face you admit it. It's got to be in Him. It's got to be
His attributes, and it's not even necessarily His attributes manifested.
It's His attributes accepted. What manifestation? I don't know. But the
harmony, brother/sister, that goes into the Millennium, that harmony is
starting here and now, and will be right on this earth.
You say, "How do you mean?"
Because the Bride's going to be changed right on this earth
before you even get up there to the Wedding Supper.
The Lord bless you. Think upon these things, and begin to let
your mind go in praise and adoration toward Him Who gave His Name to the
Bride, and all that lies, lies in there.
Now, if I taught you something wrong, about this being that
inheritance, I'm going to tell you something, brother/sister, I haven't
taught you wrong about the Name. No way. If there's something else, I'd
like to know what it is. I can't find it, and I can't step outside the
Word. Go to your concordance and you see if there's anything that He
inherited outside of Hebrews 1: and 4.
Now, you look, you'll find as I said Sunday morning, explaining
- or was it - Hebrews 1: 2. That's not the same thing. (See?) But It's
here, today. The Lord bless you. Let's rise.
Kind Heavenly Father, we're grateful for the Lord Jesus Christ,
Who died upon Calvary's Cross, Who was raised up by You, and is now
actually on the Throne, while, the Presence of the Almighty, here in our
midst, bringing all things into a divine order, a harmony. And that is
what is so thrilling and is so wonderful, Lord, in our eyes tonight,
that that harmony, what we’ve looked for, this reconciliation, this
restoration, right here, coming into a fulness. The Bride, the
recipient of the harmony of God, and she in harmony with Him.
What a time it must have been back there in the Garden of Eden
with Adam and Eve in harmony, in all nature. How fantastic. And yet,
Lord, we can think upon this, that they started from good and went to
bad. And here we are, starting with all the heaped up, corruption of six
thousand years of bad, going on to good. And that is going to be better
still, better still.
Lord, I believe if men had not known pain, how could they have
possibly known ..?.. and rest from pain. As Your Own prophet said, "It
takes a bad woman to show up the good woman." What would be a good
woman if there weren't bad ones?
So, Father, we thank You that the Bride is come through these
two thousand years, and now it's coming to a place where there's going
to be a Bride standing here that shall not see death. Lord, we are so
grateful to know back in harmony, and God doing It. God doing It. Lord,
tonight, we simply lift our hands up to You and surrender and say, "In
no way are we responsible for this." No way, Lord, do we take any credit
or part on our own. And, Lord, we know that…this is Your doings. And
Lord, if there's any one thing we know that we're supposed to do and we
will do, as Bride, and that's just to say "Amen" to every word and
believe It and receive It and we're coming more into It.
Well, Father, I want to thank You for my own personal
understanding, gratitude out of my heart. I thank you, Lord, that this
is going on at this moment, and by faith and thoughts of grace, Lord, we
people here count ourselves as part of that, that You are bringing us
into a harmony. And it shall be even as the prophet said, on that great
Rapture tape three times, "Thus it has been spoken, thus it shall be,"
absolutely that's what's going to happen; there is going to be this
great and wondrous thing take place in our midst, bringing forth a
Bride.
Now, Father, be with each one, we pray. Bring us back again,
Lord, we pray, on Your great day of worship on Sunday, Lord. Feed the
souls of the people, we pray, O God. Bless Your churches everywhere,
Lord, especially those that try to hold up the great Name of the Lord
Jesus Christ, that great Name, which is that Word brought into view. Oh
my, just to even try to plumb it leaves us undone, and yet, Lord, we're
going to keep looking, for in there, there is understanding and
richness. There is a vast wealth that we've never even begun to assess,
but we're looking at It. God in Heaven, I'm anxious to know more of It,
and see It, Lord, by faith applied to us here. We believe It tonight,
Lord. So now, Father, we thank You for Your Presence. And unto the King,
eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be all power and honor
and glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Lord bless you. Let's just sing a little song and you know
what it is: 'We'll Walk in The Light'.
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