Our Historical Place in the Ages  

Preliminary done - Needs Final proofing

Bro. Lee Vayle - July 19, 1977

		…knowing this hour of God there is none beside thee. Therefore, we
direct ourselves to Thee, we know in Whom we have believed, we know Whom
we're speaking to, that Thy art the Lord God of the Bible that
manifested Himself in these last days. That showed Who He was,
therefore, Lord, as we come to You we know exactly Whom we approach.
Your Word told us that we ask in faith that you'd give us the desire of
our hearts. And, Lord, tonight we're believing that You'd guide us in
Your Word, that we might be truth tonight, O God, and not in any heresy,
anything which is outside Your Scripture. We want that our minds, Lord,
understand what You have placed there in Your Word in the end hour. Now
grant, Lord, that our heart be lift up in You in great faith, Lord, be
amongst this evening hour. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen. You may be
seated.

1.	Sunday morning I was reading some Scripture in the Book of Matthew
24: and I was to read to verse 29 and I forgot to. We discussed the fact
that those verses showed that Christ would have to be Present, which He
is. But in verse 27 onward It says: 

		(27) 	For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even
(to) 						the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

		(28) 	For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be
gathered 						together.

	This verse of Scripture of course is highly misunderstood, because It
seems to change. That the Coming of the Lord is instantaneous as a flash
of lightning, this is absolutely erroneous. The actual fact is that Bro.
Branham never gave us one thought of the Greek. Never gave us any
insight. He said, "The same light that shone in the east had to
absolutely appear in the west." And that word 'coming' is 'parousia',
which shows the Presence. "Where the carcass is, there's an eagle."  

 	So, as I mentioned to you, he's the only man living, that ever lived
outside of the apostle Paul of any books I've found extant, or any
theologian that actually put the Greek words together, many didn't even
try. I thought you'd be interested in knowing that, because that Light
that Appeared  under Paul, came back at the end proving He's Alpla and
Omega, proving the Scripture entirely correct. Proving there was one at
the end time who was able by the grace of God to restore the Word. Of
course, this does not ring a bell with many, but that is alright. We
believe, because of what we saw, and what we saw was the Scripture
manifested.

2.	Now, tonight I want to bring a message on 'Our Historical Place in
the Ages'. And we're going to read from Daniel 9: our subject then is:
'Our Historical Place in the Ages', based upon what Bro. Branham taught.
Daniel 9:23-27, will be our reading and many, many, Scriptures there
after.

		(23) 	At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came
forth, 					and I am come 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 holy 	
				city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, make 
					reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting
righteousness, 					seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the
most Holy.

		(25)	 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the 
					commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah 				
	the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the 				
street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

		(26) 	And after threescore and two weeks 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 thereof shall be
with a flood, 					and unto the end of the war desolations are
determined.

	Now, there are four things that we'll have to notice immediately before
we launch into our studies here, and that is the first thing have we
have  brought to our attention is that what I have read here is actually
a thumbnail sketch of all time in history left for the world's systems,
from the day of Daniel's visitation of the angels in Revelation, until
the system's destruction. So, that's the first thing to understand. We
have a thumbnail sketch of all time in history left for the cosmos's
world system, from that time that Daniel received his revelation to the
time those systems went into oblivion. 

3.	But secondly, must also be sure to see that though the systems run
out at Armageddon, we find in Daniel 9:23-27 actually revealed the
history of the church right up to the New Jerusalem, and we find that in
Daniel 7:13-14.  Because  this also is part of the visions.  It said:

		(13) 	I saw in the night visions, and 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.

	Well, the everlasting Kingdom of course is the New Jerusalem, because
the one on earth even during the Millennium is set to one side, while
there's a dissolution of the elements. And the new elements are brought
in. So, we can see here when we're speaking of the thumbnail sketch of
history left on earth, the Bride doesn't stop there. She goes right one
into Eternity, as we notice that.

4.	 And the third thing we notice all through is that though the earth
be history of man as we know it today, ends at Armageddon. It' will
reappear at the end of the Millennium, and then it goes on to the Lake
of Fire after the White Throne judgment. And you can read that yourself
in Revelation 20: we might just look a little bit at verse 11.  

		(11) 	And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from
whose 						face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found
no 						place for them.

		(12) 	And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the 	
				books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the 					
book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which 					
were written in the books, according to their works.

		(13) 	And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and
hell 						delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were
judged 						every man according to their works.

		(14) 	And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the
second 					death.

		(15) 	And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast
						into the lake of fire.

	Now, you can see then that though Daniel 9 is referring to the world
system extermination, time has run out. There is definitely a
reappearance due to the Second Resurrection, or General Resurrection
where they all come before God again. And then there's a Judgment where
those that are…they're judged as separated as a sheep from goats, and
some were allowed to come in, and then the rest are set to one side to
the Lake of Fire. So, this system, the world's system in what we know
today must reappear at the White Throne judgment and be judged.

5.	Then the fourth thing we want to realize and understand is: that the
Seventy Weeks of earthly history is dealing only with Israel as It says
over here in Daniel 9:24,  let's read, just caught a little time ago.  

		(24) 	Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy 	
				city…(and so on.) 

	Now, you'll notice that the Seventy Weeks are cut into three periods of
time that do not necessarily run consecutively all the way through to
the end. That would be then if they were consecutive, the Millennium
would have had to come into being in four hundred and ninety years. But
it didn't. So, they do not run consecutively.

	Now, the three periods of course are seven weeks, sixty-two weeks and
one week. And each week is of course one year. And Ezra and Nehemiah
were responsible for rebuilding the wall in troublous times about
forty-nine years. And then they were to be four hundred and thirty-four
years of nation history had to elapse as another period of time looking
forward to the Messiah.

	Now, there is no way that I could possibly understand the chronology of
that. I don't know how it works, but there's a time lapse in between.
There also shows that week…the seven weeks in the sixty-two are not
necessary purely consecutive, or chronological order as we might think
they were going to be.

6.	Now then, after that those two have expired, the Messiah was to
Appear in the Seventieth Week and therein be cut off. And this would
leave a part of the Seventieth Week unfulfilled  for another indefinite
period of time. Now I think we can see this in Daniel 12:1-7.  [omit]
And here's where the thinking of many people is entirely different from
Bro. Branham's and what we think.

		(1) 	And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which 	
				standeth for the children of 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 that shall be found written in the book. 

	Now that's not everyone, but everyone written in the Book. That goes
right back to chapter 7       of  Revelation.

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

	That's right, because after the Great Tribulation, (see?) after the
Millennium they come up in a resurrection.  [verse 3 omitted]

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

		(5) 	Then 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, 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; and when he shall have accomplished to
scatter the power of 					the holy people, all these things shall be
finished.

7.	Now, you can see right here there's three and one-half year left to
the scattered people. Not seven. Now, as I say that's a little bit of a
problem there to some, but we understand there's only three and a half
years to go. And I think that's not too hard to see, if we go to Daniel
9:26.

		(26) 	And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off,…

	Now watch, how many periods? There's six, there's a seven [correction]
week period, and a sixty-two week period, and a one week period. Now if
you add seven to sixty-two, you get sixty-nine. After threescore and two
weeks, the seventh been fulfilled. After sixty-nine week Messiah is
going to be cut off. Well after sixty-nine, what follows sixty-nine?
Seventy. So therefore, during seventy Messiah will be cut off. (See?)
So, there's three and a half years to go, because He's cut off within
the middle.

	Now, furthermore after Daniel 9:26, there is no more mentioned again of
seven years, only three and a half. And there is no mention of seven in
the Book of Revelation, only three and one half years. So, no matter how
you look at it, there's three and a half years to go.

8.	Now, as I said, there are many people today even in this Message do
no not believe that there are three and a half years left, but they
believe there's seven. But as I read here in Daniel 9:25-26, which I can
read again:

		(25) 	Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the 
					commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah…		
		shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: …(right?)       
             				(Seven weeks, threescore and two, and)… the street
shall be built 						again…in troublous times. 

		(26)	…after the threescore….(for remember, seven came before 
three-						score and two. So, now you've got sixty-nine, right? So
therefore,)						 Messiah (is) cut off… 

	When? Seventy coming next. He's got to be, He's cut off in the seventy.
There's no place else to go in my understanding, because remember, He
was numbered with Israel. And there's only three and a half left in
Revelation, three and a half in Daniel. Except for Daniel allows thirty
to seventy-five days which could be the Resurrection period. …?..
time, there's enough, but it could be. So, you have the three and a half
years. 

9.	Now, with that under-standing we want to get a picture of God dealing
with the entire world history with Israel and His time piece, because
that's what it's all about. Israel has the time piece. Now, we go to
Luke 21:24.

		(24) 	And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and (they) shall
be led 					away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be
trodden down 					of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be
fulfilled.

	Now, right here you can see that after Messiah is cut off, which He
was, Israel must be trodden down, which it was, under the Romans in
70AD, Jerusalem trodden down. And It says, that this must be so until
the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. So therefore, between the
first-half of the last week, and the last-half of the last week, the
times of the Gentiles must run their full course. Not that they weren't
running before, because the Gentiles are in history. But remember,
Israel is entirely left out period, and God will return to Israel later
on.  

10.	Now, let’s go to the Book Daniel again, chapter 7: and we're going
to look at some of the four hundred and ninety years, and then that
which is carried on into the future. Daniel 7: and we'll begin at verse
1. And this is the great vision,

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

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

	And the great seas of course we understand peoples, there's mighty
influences coming, controlling the great peoples of the earth.

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

	In other words the…well we'll just keep reading, because the beast
represents powers.

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

		(5)	(And the second beast came up out of the sea, which shows great 		
			influence and power, like) a bear, raised up itself on one side, and
it 					had three ribs in (his) mouth…between the teeth, and they
said, Arise, 					devour much flesh. (That's the second beast.)

		(6)	(The third beast comes up) 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.

11. 	Now, number one beast was a lion with eagles wings. Number two, was
a bear, number three was a leopard, it had four wings also. And we come
down to number four which is verse 7. And each of these is world
empires, dominions, given  to the people over the world, the then know
world. 

		(7) 	After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast,
						dreadful,  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) 	(And) 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.

		(9) 	(And) I beheld till the thrones were cast down, (now, that's what
						we're looking at there, then after) the thrones were cast down,
the 						Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, 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, (that's Bride) and ten thousand times
					ten thousand stood before him: (that's to be judge) judgment set, 	
				the books opened.

		(11) 	(And) 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.

12.	Now, you notice this is like a recap, going back a bit. He's telling
you, he's bring you right up to the Millennium, Armageddon, the
Millennium, Great White Throne judgment. And then he says here, now
notice, he is talking about the four empire, the four beasts. Then he
recaps to the others as concerning the rest of the beasts the other
three. "I saw, (he said) and I'll just tell you frank,  (although not
much point) their dominion was taken away." Their kingdoms went down.

	Number one kingdom went down. Number two kingdom went down. Number
three went down. But number four did not go down. God allowed those
other one, two, three to flaw prolong until He's finished. Notice he
said,

		(12)	… (their lives were) prolonged for a season (at a) time.

	Doesn't tell you when they started, when they stopped. Tell you when
they started, didn't tell when they stopped. They just went on to number
four. And number four goes plain plumb on to the White Throne. Just like
I said. (See?) Goes right on, it's blotted out, but reappeared at the
end. (See?) After the Millennium, comes right up in the Second
Resurrection. Stands right there, says so. It'll be held till that time,
see, a continuation.   

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

	This One you see came on clouds, is the same One back here, the same
mighty One entering now as I understand this, ...?...,  eternal, …?...
eternal. This is where He gets,

		(14) 	…dominion, and kingdom,  all people, nations, languages serve 
					him:…(Something that's for the Millennium.)

 	I don't believe that's the Millennium. That's right down at the end
where there's no passing away, because the Millennium does pass down. In
a sense it doesn't. It's merely step, step, step. But I look at this and
I can see here way into the future where God has done all things new.
I'm looking at that in this way.

13.	Now,  as I mentioned a while ago, you notice that the first great
power, and the beast is a power a first great kingdom, and Daniel
recognizes it, is Babylon with Nebuchadnezzar as the head, He is a might
man, he rebelled against God, he turned like into a beast, his hair on
his flesh grew like feathers. He was an insane person, ate grass like an
animal. Then God stood him upon his feet, gave his a heart of a man
again and he recognized the God of heaven. (See?) That's number one.
Then comes another great power, and another great power and so on down
the line.

	Now notice, this vision of Daniel's is identical to Nebuchadnezzar's
vision which is in  chapter 2. You're warned very strenuously by all
teachers of homiletics if you never digress when you're preaching. I
never obey any law of homiletics. So I can draw up a little something
maybe that'll pin your ears back, or make your eyes go out like this. 
(Uh?) 

	There's a certain man from Europe that claims that Bro. Branham
vindicated him by him having a vision first of stored up food. The
appearance is a little bit greater then Bro. Branham at this time, I
want to ask you a question: who had the vision first, Nebuchadnezzar or
Daniel? Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel told him what the vision was. Then who
was the great man? (Uh?) Well, a word to the wise.  

14.	So, back to our study. There's always a Scripture answer honey, if
you look for it. If you don't look, shame on you. Shame on you right?
All right, settle right down now, got your little time. Vision number
two, is identical vision, I mean, chapter 2 is identical to vision the
7th chapter. So, let's take a look at It. We go to verse 37, (I think
we'll start there, yeah) Here's after he had this great dream, this
great vision in the night, and Daniel of course told him the
interpretation. He said: [Daniel 2:]

		(7) 	Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath 			
		given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.

		(38) 	….the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the
fowls 						of heaven hath he given into thine hand, and (He) made thee
ruler					 	over them all. Thou art this head of gold.

	That's right, who is he? Nebuchadnezzar, where is he? King of Babylon.
Good.

		(39) 	…after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and 
					(a) third kingdom of brass, shall bear rule over the earth.

		(40) 	And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as
iron 						(breaks) in pieces and (subdues) all things: as iron that
breaketh all 						these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.

		(41) 	…whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay,
part 						of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in
it (as) 						strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron
mixed with 						miry clay.

		(42) 	And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay,
so the 					kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

		(43) 	And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall
mingle 					themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave
one to 						another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

  	Now listen:

		(44) 	And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a 
					kingdom, which shall never be destroyed:… 

	Now see, there it is right there. That kingdom is coming, you can't
kill it now, it'll got right through to the Millennium, and on and on
where it comes to eternality. Right to the end, and that's what all can
pour into the great Holy City, and so on. Now, he said:

		(44)	…the kingdom shall not be left to other people, (no sir, the
Bride's 						going to have it) it shall break in pieces and consume all
these 						kingdoms, it shall stand for ever.

		(45) 	Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the
mountain 					without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the
brass, the clay, 					the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made
known to the king 					what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream
is certain, and the 					interpretation (is) sure.

	Now, right there we see that the very same thing that Nebuchadnezzar
saw in a dream, God revealed again to Daniel in a vision to him. Which
is a more thoroughly explanation perhaps then the original number one
explanation.

 	Now, in verses 37-39 we saw "thou art his head of gold," (see?) what
was it? The Babylonian empire under Nebuchadnezzar.

15.	All right, let's go a little further now, we see here in verse 39, 

		(39) 	And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and
						another third kingdom of brass,…

	Now, look it here, there's silver, and then there's this brass here.
Now, there's two kingdoms mentioned there. Right? And who are they? What
does history show? Medo-Persia, and Greece. Exactly.  No other kingdom,
because number one is pointed out.  Right?  Who is he? 	                
    Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon. What followed Babylon? Medo-Persia. What
followed Medo-Persia, Greece. Right? Okay, let's keep reading:

		(40) 	And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron:…

	Now, what followed Greece? Rome. (Right?) Rome. Now, there's no need to
…?... If you don't believe the Bible it's okay by me, you won't
believe this. But if you believe the Bible, if you believe the Bible,
you might have to lay down some of your thinking. But that’s alright,
no problem.

	Now, let's read a bit:

		(40) 	And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as
iron 						(breaks) in pieces and (subdues) all things: as iron that
(breaks) all 						these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.

		(41) 	…whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay,
(that's 					going way, way down, and) part of iron, the kingdom shall
be 						divided;…

	Now, what is the bottom part of the statue? Toes, right?  So, he's
showing the last part of the kingdom. Now remember, you got up here a
head, and you got silver and brass. And from the sides down you got
iron. And it goes down, down, down until it peters out into clay mixed
with iron at the tail end. And the kingdom then goes into kaput, because
the stone cut without hands comes down, strikes the whole thing upon the
feet and it's all gone. That's Armageddon into the Millennium, great
White Throne judgment, again there's destruction, and then the pure are
all taken in to the Eternal City. (See?)

16.	Now, this is what you're seeing right here. And there's no guess
work, you don't have to let your thinking go and try to figure things
out, it's already been figured for you. Right? Babylon and Persia and
Greece and Rome, no guess work. And then you'll notice in here as we
read along right to verse 44. 

		(44) 	And in the days of these kings… 

	Well, that's got to be the last king. (See?) Got to be the tail end,
there's going to be a kingdom that'll not be destroyed.  

		(45) 	Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone (cut) without hands
(come 					down) and brake in pieces… (the whole thing, God had shown
you 					now what's going to happen. He says, the whole thing is going
to 						run out.)

	Now remember, these are Gentile kingdoms, they are not Israel. But
Israel has a lot to do with it, because they have a lot to do with
Israel, we're bound up together. Just like Paul said, "We're grafted
into a single root or trunk." Just can't help yourself, we're all part
of the whole thing. (See?)

17.	Now, let's just go over something: the first kingdom is Babylon the
lion. (Right?) Next is Medo-Persia the bear. And the third is Greece the
leopard, and fourth Rome. Why? Her beast is not designated. It just says
as all of these different differ from each other, the fourth differs
greatly from all the other three that differed from each other. And It
says, "This is the worse of the whole works."

	Now, what beast is it? The beast is not mentioned here, but what is it?
Let's go to Daniel 7:7, [omit] now here is this beast. 

		(7) 	After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast,
					dreadful and terrible, strong exceedingly; had great iron teeth: 		
			devoured and brake in pieces, stamped the residue with the feet…			
		diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

		(8) 	(And) 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.

	In other words, in this kingdom here he's given you a thumbnail sketch
or great people arising within it who perpetuate this kingdom and are
great and worthy note in the kingdom. And this one down here sounds like
a very horrendous person. Now:

		(9) 	(And) I beheld till the thrones were cast down, (now, the whole 	
				thing then, the whole government of earth which expires under 					
government number four is finished, then) the Ancient of days… 					
(God can begin to take over.) 

18.	 Now, let's read verses 11-12.

		(11) 	I beheld then because (the word) the voice of the great words
which 					the horn spake: (and) I beheld even till the beast was slain,
and his 						body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.

	Now, you know right away that's in the Book of Revelation where the
beast and the false prophets are thrown into the Lake of Fire.

		(12) 	As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion
taken 						away: (and) their lives were prolonged for a season… 

	Now, the reason I've take you through this in here at the end, is to
just let you know that those other three great kingdoms with their great
rulers…well, they just had their time too. But you'll notice in this
fourth one there's a succession of headship. (See?) And it's different
from any other. It's diverse, and it's worse than any of the rest.

19.	Now, let's go and compare Revelation 13:1-10. We got to do that to
see what this is all about.

		(1) 	And I stood upon the sand of the sea, (there we are again, watch)
						and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, (there you are again,
another 					beast) having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns
ten 						crowns, upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

		(2) 	And the beast which I saw was like (what?) a leopard, (ho, ho)
and 						his feet were as the feet of a bear, and (the) mouth the mouth
of a 						lion: the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great
authority.

		(3) 	And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his 	
				deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

	Now, you know right now, that this beast is a different beast from all
the others, because this is a composite of all the beasts that Daniel
saw, and Nebuchadnezzar saw. (See?) Tells you right here. He's not…he
is different, because he's a combination, (or a composite) of all the
rest. And you'll notice that this fellow lived all the way down. That is
this government goes all the way down, because when he should have died
as the rest died, he gets healed. Do you follow? That which would have
killed him. You notice how it's brought in here? Well, back in Daniel,
he said now this one here goes all the way, the others had their time,
but this one doesn't have a time, he goes all the way.

     Now, here's a secret: he should have had his time, but he doesn't
have his time, because something happens to him, when he should have
expired. When he should have gone. When it should have been Rome no
more, with the fourth empire no more. He's healed. Now, he's not talking
of a man, per se, he's talking of the beast which the government, the
great power. And the last one is the great beast empire, and It tells
you what he is. And what Daniel left out describing him, we're told here
by John. He's the lion, the leopard, and the bear. (See?) Just exactly.

20.	Now:

		(4) 	And they worshipped the dragon which gave power (to) the beast: 	
				they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like (to) the beast? who 	
				(can) make war with him?

		(5) 	…there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and 			
		blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and 					
two months.

	And you trace that right down to Daniel 12: you got the same thing
right there again. The same thing is going to hound the holy people.

		(6) 	…he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his
					name, his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

		(7) 	And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, to
overcome					them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and
tongues, and 					nations.

	Notice there again, the great empire.

		(8) 	And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names
are 					not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the
foundation 					of the world.

		(9) 	If any man have an ear, let him hear.

		(10) 	He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that
killeth 						with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the
patience 						and the faith of the saints.

		(11) 	And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he
had 						two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

		(12) 	…he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,…

 	Now watch, this fellow here is coming out after he saw verse number 1,
he sees verse number 11. And verse number 11 is like this old boy back
there. (See?) The fellow we got, his deadly wound healed. He tells you
what's in there, and he tells you the same thing is right down here. No
difference. (See?) 

		(12) 	…he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,
and 						causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the
first 						beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

		(13) 	And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down
from 					heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

		(14) 	And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those
						miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast;
saying 						to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an
image to 						the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

		(15) 	And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that
the 						image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many
as 						would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

 	Now, he's giving you the secret of how this old empire that died, that
should have been gone, actually lives on today. This is what he's
telling your right here. (See?)

21.	Now, here in according to what we read in this Book of Revelation
chapter 13, (the first ten verses were really sufficient) here we see
all earthly Gentile pagan religious government poured into one power
which is Rome. Because Rome was the power. Not Italy, per se, Rome.
(See?) Although Italy was under Rome. You don’t need to worry about
Italy, per se, it was Rome.

	It is just exactly like the Seals, for the Seals are masks or
disguises. There was a white horse, a red horse and a black horse,
turned into a brindled horse. It was the same thing coming on down. So,
we see Babylon religious, …?... Nimrod, religious empire coming on
down into Babylon, into Medo-Persia, into Greece, and finally into Rome.
And now at the very end time. And at the very end time you have this
system poured into one which is Rome.

22.	 Now, notice her further description and the revelation of whom she
really is. Now, that over here in chapter 17, of the Book of Revelation
and in verse 9, and It says:

		(9) 	And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven
					mountains, on which the woman (sits.)

	Now, you can't say that that is communism. You can't do it. Some people
say, "Well, that's over there in Russia." Well, I got news for you, when
did Russia rule the world? When is Russia the fourth empire? Never was.
Well they say that's Cincinnati. Well, Cincinnati is nothing, that's a
hundred and something years old. That never was. Say, what of Jerusalem?
That's got seven hills. Has it? How do you know, because somebody said
so? Pretty well that's about all, because somebody said so. I've never
heard, nor the geography Jerusalem had seven hills. When did Jerusalem
ever run the world?  When did she ever have a great empire? She is
merely a local empire, but she was never a great worldwide empire, never
was. (See?) Now, we're talking about great empires, Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece, then comes Rome, right down to the end.

 	Now, seven mountains. Who's got seven mountains that was a world
empire? Rome! It's known as a city of seven hills. Everything shows us
that. Now he said, "Here's wisdom." And he said, "This great world
empire is going to be consolidated in to one spot, a city, so therefore
a city with tentacles as an octopus running, ruling and controlling."
(See?) In other words, this will be able to govern the hearts and minds
of men as not even the power of politics, although it combines.

23.	Let's go back to Daniel 7:  this time I'll read 15-27. 

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

		(16) 	(And) 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.

	See, the empires are always embodied in one person. Always headed up in
one, but then if he gets it petered out, peter out, then it goes down.
Peter out. (See?) Notice, after Nebuchadnezzar came another king. (See?)
 Then, and pretty soon it goes down. Listen:

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

		(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, 						nails of brass; devoured, brake in pieces, stamped the
residue with 						his feet;

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

		(21) 	(And) 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 (him,
to) 					the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints
possessed 					the kingdom.

		(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.

24.	Now, It tells you right there that the fourth kingdom will go the
very end and has an absolute control. And that fourth kingdom will boil
down till one city that has mountains on, and is going to control the
world from there. And it's positively going to  be against the Truth of
Almighty God, against Jesus Christ. In other words, there's going to be
an antichrist setup.

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

		(25)	(He'll) speak great words against the most High…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. 

	So, you've got your three and a half years in there at the end time. It
takes you right to the end time when God turns back to the Jews and
three and a half years.

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

	There you are back to the Book of Revelation where they're thrown into
the Lake of Fire.

		(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.

	And that takes you right to the very end, past the White Throne
judgment up to the…even eternities of God.

25.	Now, we can see her description right here, this is Rome. Also
notice that God says the roots or Rome, and the head of Rome was in
Babylon not in Jerusalem. Let's go back to the Book of Revelation 18:1-2

		(1) 	And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven,
					having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

		(2) 	And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the
great 					is fallen, is fallen, become the habitation of devils, the
hold of every 					foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful
bird. (See?)

	Just what I said a while ago. Just like the Seals, it starts with a
white horse, red horse, a black horse poured into one. You got Babylon,
you've got Medo-Persia, you got Greece, you got Rome poured into one in
Rome. The whole thing gets poured into one at the very end time. And
that which was in Babylon is going to come to the very end here, and
we'll see it in our day. And it comes right to Rome, and Rome will
always has done the very same thing that Babylon did. It traces right on
down. Ending not only now, in one nation of Babylon that controls
perfectly what it had under its clutches. It had physical, political,
spiritual domain. 

	You watch now, and the same thing reappears at the end time. That's why
it's called 'Babylon' at the end time, or mystery Babylon, or spiritual
Babylon. (see?) Not Israel, not by any stretch of the imagination.

26.	 Now, we're going to keep reading on now, verses 3-39. Now, let's
watch this great thing Babylon. Well, It says here it's:  

		(2) 	…the habitation of devils, the hold of every foul spirit, (the)
cage 						of every unclean and hateful bird. 

		(3)	(And) all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her
fornication, 					the kings of the earth commit fornication with her,
the merchants of 					the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of
her delicacies.

		(4) 	…I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my
						people, that (you) be not partakers of her sins, and that ye
receive not 					of her plagues.

	Now, this has gone to simply a nation to a church. Now Rome is a church
today. You show me where she hasn't got powers somewhere.

		(5) 	…her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her
					iniquities.

		(6) 	Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double 	
				according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her
						double.

		(7) 	How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so
much 					torment and sorrow give her: for she (said) in her heart, I
sit a queen, 					(in other words, I'm the husband of the king, I'm the
Bride of Christ, 					I'm) no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

		(8) 	Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning,
						and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: (now, what
do 					you burn with fire? Whores) strong is the Lord God who judgeth 	
				her.

		(9) 	…the kings of the earth, have committed fornication (with her)
and 					lived deliciously with her,… (delicately, and so on,
luxuriously) 						shall bewail her, lament  her, when they shall see
the smoke of her						burning,

		(10) 	Standing afar off…saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon,
that 						mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

		(11) 	And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her;
[omit]for 					no man (buys) their merchandise any more:

		(12) 	The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of
						pearls, 	and fine linen, purple, silk, scarlet…all manner of
ivory…						[omit] precious wood, brass, iron, marble,

		(13) 	…cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, frankincense, wine, oil,
fine 					flour, wheat, beasts, sheep, horses, chariots, slaves, souls
of men.

27.	There you are:

		(14) 	…the (fruit of) that thy soul lusted after are departed from
thee, all 						things which were dainty and goodly are departed from
thee,…  [omit]

		(15) 	The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her,
shall 						stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and
wailing,

		(16) 	And saying, Alas, alas that great city,…(and so on.)  

	What we're showing you here, is that this world empire is not based
upon armies and militancy, it's base upon the ability to deal in the
lives of people and control them regardless of the government over them.
And to manipulate them, because of the power of the dominion …?...
That this church at the end is going to absolutely control the world by
the manipulation  and gold and silver and those things, because It says
right here. In other words, the lying signs and wonders of the
antichrist first off the bat to straighten out the money system. (See?)

	Now, this great money system is what's going to control the world. Now
listen: the Babylon head of gold, golden calf cosmos  empire mixed with
religion is still here. (See?) It started its present form under
Constantine, Revelation 13:3. 

		(3) 	And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; …

	One of his heads, what does that mean? One of the men of great
authority in the Roman Empire is able to revive the Roman Empire. He is
Satan when he was going down. Now, when did that happen? When
Constantine turned to the Christians and then he decided to help the
Christians and show them how to run their business. So, he said,
"Everybody get together and I'll take care of you. We'll dip in the
taxpayer pocket and finance you, and we'll set up a kingdom in this
respect." 

28.	So, the Roman Empire got its second wind and its reprieve from
entire destruction by going into religion instead of armies that control
the whole world. And if you study history you're going to find that they
have done it, and done it by every way they can. Even armies destroying
nations, over that was in a minor way, until at the end time as a city
of power, its tentacles' through religion.  And manipulation of finances
will control the whole world.

	Now, if you think they can't do it, you take a trip to Mexico. And you
go to the huge basilica there, and you'll find (I understand, I believe
it's twenty-seven, or twenty-two gates, something like that) that's just
before the altar that contain roughly fifteen tons of gold apiece, and
that's just the start of it. And when gold skyrockets, (which it will
shortly) to perhaps a thousand dollars an ounce, you'll see they're
going to run the whole world and no one is going to have a prayer. It's
the financial system doing it. Remember, they have the gold.

29.  It's hardly a few years ago I was reading there's hardly a Roman
Catholic church that doesn't have cross worth seventy-five thousand
dollars. That was at thirty-three dollars an ounce, about a hundred and
twenty-five right now.  I'd say roughly four times the price, two
hundred thousand dollars in one church alone. When I was in just across
the line in Juarez, they had gold leaf on basilica there which was one
million dollars. And that was thirty-three dollars an ounce. It's over
four million now. And they just were playing along at that time, they
had so much more.

 	So, here we can see what it is, it's not a militant empire with vast
armies. Not for one minute, it's something far superior. And what is
superior? That which controls the hearts and minds of men. Because if
you control those hearts and minds you'd have a successful army. But if
you cannot control it, you have no army. An army though great with no
will to fight can be  routed in a minute. They'll run. That's why
America made so many mistakes and tried arm certain nations. There's no
will to fight, forget it. Just leave be. Anybody come and take them over
just fine, they don't care as long as you have a bowl of rice or
something. Oh, they do care, but they don't really. So, this is the
control that is vastly different from what went on previously, because
this is different, the Bible said so. But it's just a horrible and even
more so then was the others.

30.	Now, and the fourth beast runs this all. The last stage of the last
empire is controlled by a religious dictator who takes over the whole
world by his ability to force all nations, (see?) by his power within
the nation. Remember how they said that we have a fourth column? They
had a fourth column, because there were people dedicated to the cause of
exterior nation. Rome has a fourth column in every nation in this world,
a quisling,  if you want to put that way. And if you don't think so,
kindly read the history before you answer back in your mind. Kindly read
your history. And ask yourself, why was Trotsky killed in …?... Mexico
and who did it? 

	And you will find he was killed by a Roman Catholic, granted absolution
by the pope if he would kill the man. A immediate tether for killing
him. And they killed him. (See?) Now, that's a word to the wise. Read
your history. Four nations only, and the last identified with a city of
seven mountains. A woman, which is always a church controlling and
nothing controls like religion. Nothing. Because you have a conscience
of men and destiny of the future in your hands. And they're doing it.
(See?) And they're different from all the rest, and in it, it's as
horrible and cruel and …?... in Jesus.

31.	Now, you Canadians know enough what happened years ago before Rome
smarten up to try to win the prostitute  back. The Baptist preaching
…?... was stoned or killed.  My landlord was shocked, he's married to
a Catholic girl, and he was shocked when he saw a Roman Catholic priest
egging the Vietnamese's on to destroy the Mohammedans. Not saying
they're all that way, but the roots are there. (See?) Right back to
Babylon where it came from. We'll see a little more about shortly we'll
see it.   

	Now listen, the last stage of the last empire is controlled by
religious dictator, who takes over the whole world by his ability, and
he'll force all nations and commerce to join into a complete world
alliance, [Revelation] 17:8 

		(8) 	The beast that thou sawest (which) was, and is not; shall ascend 
					out of the bottomless pit, go into perdition: and they that dwell
on 						the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the
(Lamb's) 					book of life from the foundation of the world, when they
behold the 					beast that was, and is not, and yet (shall be.)

	Now, that's exactly what this empire is ever since it went religious.
Of hope, he was God to the people. Died off the scene. He was not.
Another one comes on the scene, he is. And the same one shall be in the
future. Always a secession of people who say, "We are it." Now, you find
any Protestant that ever claimed to the exclusion of all others that
they were it. No, they were …?... As the Roman Catholic church stands
and said, "We are it."

32.	And until recently she would not accept any Protestants, until she
finally remembered that she was the one that innovated that doctrine,
'Father, Son and Holy Ghost' baptism. So, now any Protestant that's
baptized in Father, Son and Holy Ghost, you're a Catholic. I'm sorry,
you better look at your records now. Trace your pedigree back, there's
something wrong with you somewhere. Rome will tell you flat, that is her
baptism. Look at us. And if you haven't got enough understanding to read
your Bible, then write 'Time Magazine' and you say, "Please send me a
copy of what you once printed concerning the genealogy of all churches
for every organization have come out of Rome." Go and see it, I got it a
home, see for yourself.

	Ask them also to send you a copy of when Marcus the woodcutter …?...
a communicant in the church in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Never
ever Father, Son and Holy Ghost. It's a Roman doctrine. (See?) So,
daughters are going back to mama. 

	You don’t think they are, let me just tell you something: I was in
London not long ago and over there is a great Full Gospel Business
meeting. And a Roman Catholic priest, (charismatic) speaking in tongues,
(wonderful man, fine man) stood before the people, and he had a great
ministry praying for the sick. He looked down at the Gospel men there,
he said, "Well, well this is …?...  My, (he said) look a Roman
Catholic priest praying for Pentecostal …?... it was once otherwise.;
why don't you come home to mother?"   Ring the wedding bells, you're
already home and don't know it. Dance in the streets. 

33.	Daniel chapter 2, now here's something Bro. Branham brought to us,
we're going to take a real good look at it. Daniel 2:46-49

		(46) 	Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped 
					Daniel,… 

	Oh my, when Daniel brought that dream …?...  isn't this beautiful,
here's a fellow had a dream, he said, "Oh, (he said) I had a dream, oh I
had a dream. Oh that dream it was some dream, but I don't know what it
was." He said, "I think I'll call the wise men. They'll tell me if
they're real wise men, because, come in boys."

	"What is it  O king, bacon and eggs breakfast?"

	"No, (he said) no breakfast this morning. I'm puzzled I've got a
dream."

	"Well, tell it." 

	He's said, "That's asked the whole thing, (he said) I forgot, I want
you to tell me."

	They said, "What's going on here, and so early in the morning? Nobody
ever heard this nonsense that we're supposed to tell you a dream you
forgot. You tell us the dream we'll tell you."

	He said, "Ha, ha, caught you, you tell me and then I'll know you got
the answer. Now, (he said) you get down to business there boys or you're
going to have your heads lopped off."

	"Well…"  they said... they were in terrible shape. Somebody said,
"Say, there's a fellow called Daniel, I think that he might have the
answer."

	Daniel's dream said,  "Oh king, live forever, and I'm going to live
with you." He said, "I know, I got answers as God is going to tell me
your dream."

34.	Now listen, everybody talks about one man who recalled one dream,
for one man that forgot it, and it's here in the Book and everybody
screams about it, but they forget William Marrion Branham recalled many
dreams for many people. 

	And I saw myself in Waterloo Iowa, when  Paul Boyd came in to Bro.
Branham, "I've got a trouble dream I want to tell you."

	He said, "No Paul, I'll tell you, and I'll tell you what it means."

	And I heard him tell the dream. Paul stood there in amazement. (See?)
Showed him the dream.  So you see, if I should quote William Branham
tonight you can see why. And I'll quote you, and see if you can tell me
what I dreamed this afternoon, and I lay down on my bed and I slept.
It's a very crazy dream. I'll even give you a hint. It's about my
raincoat. Do you want to take it from there? [laughter] 

	And a brief case. Want to take it from there?  Now, where was I? And I
was in an elevator.  What did the elevator do? (Huh?)

 35.  Now, some of you might disagree. I'm putting you on the spot now.
You've got answers? You haven't got any answers. Not trying to hurt your
feelings, but let me tell you something, I've been through these books
for years and years. And one man had an answer, his name is William
Branham, he was …?... They don't want his name mentioned. Why? Why?
Well, I'll tell you why, when people can't produce fruit like one man
can produce fruit then you've got to …?...   So, that's not here of
course.

 	 Now, It says here:

		(46)	… (that this fellow) Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face,
(because 						you know Daniel gave him that answer and that they bring)
an 						oblation (unto him) sweet odours, (and get the whole bit.)

		(47) 	(And) the king answered unto Daniel, Of a truth it is, that your
God 					is a God of gods, a Lord of kings, a revealer of secrets,
seeing thou 						couldest reveal this secret.

		(48) 	Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great 	
				gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and 		
			chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

		(49) 	Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach,
						and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but
Daniel 					sat in the gate…  

36.  Now,  [Daniel 3:] 

		(1) 	Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was 	
			threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up
in 						the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

		(2) 	Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the 
					governors, and the captains, (and) judges, treasurers, counsellors,
						sheriffs, (and) rulers…(they) come to the dedication of the
image 						which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

		(3) 	Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the
treasurers, 					the counselors…and all the rulers of the provinces,
were gathered 						together (to) dedication the image that
Nebuchadnezzar the king						 had set up; and they stood before the
image that Nebuchadnezzar 						had set up.

		(4) 	Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, 			
		nations, and languages,

		(5) 	That at what time (you) hear the sound of the cornet, flute,
harp, 						sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, (you)
fall 						down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the
king 						hath set up:

		(6) 	And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour 		
			be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

		(7) 	Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of
the 						cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of
musick, all 						the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down
and worshipped 					the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had
set up.

37.	Now what was that image? Daniel's. You know why? Because, "In you
Daniel (he said) is the spirit of that great God." Now, he couldn't see
God, nobody can see God. But he saw Daniel. Well naturally, he made an
image of Daniel. And he set the great image right up there and said,
"Now listen, I'm going to tell you something: you got to worship that
image, (because you see, Daniel can't be everywhere he set up his image
up there …?...) and you'll have to worship God through that image
which you see right there." And of course they did it.

	Now, the reason he did it was because here was a great man of spiritual
stature. A man that could literally be worshiped as God, you literally
make him God. See, that was what was doing.

38.	Now, with that in mind let's go back to Revelation 13:11-18

		(11) 	And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; (having) 
					horns like a lamb, and spake as a dragon.

	Now, notice in here that the beast over here came up out of the waters.
That's typical of back in Daniel. But over here he comes up like an
lamb, which is showing you very few people. Now, what great nation at
the end is here? Close to L-I-P Europe, because it have to be to Rome,
the whole bunch, because it would have to the people of Europe in it, in
majority. And there are very few people in the beginning that's United
States of America. And the beast comes up and he has two horns like a
lamb, but feet like a dragon. That's America. Civil, ecclesiastical
horns. He exercises now.

		(12) 	…he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,
causeth 						the earth and them (that) dwell therein to worship the
first beast, 						whose deadly wound was healed.

		(13) 	And he doeth great wonders, (and) he (makes) fire come down from
					heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

	Now, what was that? The atomic bomb. True. America that made the atomic
bomb. Now, It says He maketh fire come down. That's where it came, right
from heavens, …?... 

		(14) 	And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those
						miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast;
saying 						to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an
image to 						the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

39. Now, let's take a picture here. You're going to notice that this is
mentioned twice. Not just once, that a wounded beast. Now, let's face
it, who came to the rescue of Rome when Hitler could have walked in, and
after Hitler, Stalin. America. American money saved Europe for the Roman
…?... for the Catholics, but he gave Asia into the hands of the
communists. 

	Under Roosevelt, and then under Truman and the great arch enemy,
(what's his name again now?) [Henry Morgenthau Jr.] and Harry Dexter
White… refused to give the gold the American government
allotted……?...  he refused to give the money, the gold, and …?...
Joe Stillwell the then commanding general  said, "I signed  away with
one stroke of my pen, …?...  But anyway, he actually signed away the
army of  Chiang Kai-shek. And from that time on the communists has taken
control.

	Remember, Bro. Branham vision was, the kings of the north was
communism. It would be my thinking it would be kings east then the way
it's going, would well also be communistic in some type of alliance
there.

40.	So, what did America do? America by creating the World Council of
Churches with the American Council of Churches, and American money, and
American knowhow has saved for the very end time the Roman Empire.

	Now, let's take a look at it. What will  Rome do in order to honor
America?  Just as king Nebuchadnezzar…we're looking at it now, he made
an image because of Daniel. Daniel has certain …?...  Daniel was a
great man, did a great thing. We're going to put an image to him, we're
going to worship. And he will be a regular pope, because here we have a
vicar of Christ, he stands in the place of Almighty God.

	Now, the pope has always said, "I the vicar, I am in the stead of Jesus
Christ." Now, what is he going to do at the end time here in America?
From this Scripture He will positively allow America to have a pope.
That's right. America will have a pope, because It says, "He comes out
of here." 

41. Now, whether he is the antichrist himself I am not prepared to say.
But if he is not the antichrist he will certainly be a forerunner. 
Because It tells you right here it's going to happen. Another beast
comes up, where there are no vast people. Now, what can he come up out
of? He has got to come up out of what was the fourth empire. Right? What
did they come over here for? To get away from the fourth empire. But
they can't do it, because they are of the fourth empire, they're in it.
[end of side one]…will be honored, because it's the Americans. It's
the Protestants that are going back to Catholicism.

	The pope stood still. He never said we're going to bow and come to you,
nor has he ever come to them. It is been the Anglican head of the church
that went to Rome recently. And he said, "I will hand over my headship
to the pope, because he has precedence by being head of it." Right. But
where did the pope go?  To one meeting, he went either to Zurich, or was
it Geneva? He went to Geneva to the World Council of Union Members, and
he addressed them. Looking for union. What are the Protestant's doing?
They're all coming back and going to Rome. All coming back and going to
Rome.

 42.  Now, one day when they all get together, (which they will) and
they're all but there now, because Rome has changed drastically, (see?)
they come together for the people. They will have it very shortly a pope
rise up out of America who could well be the antichrist. I don't know
that he is, but he sure will forerun it. And Bro. Branham getting it
right from this chapter here said, "You watch when that pope comes out
of America."

	A certain brother prophesied  not long ago near Montreal, (a brother
out of New York) he made a very great boo-boo of course, because he
prophesied a pope coming to America. And a pope didn't come. Now, we
don't care two cents about the newspaper telling about a pope coming to
America. But the prophet said, "Watch when he comes out…" (See?) A big
difference. Anybody can talk, but the thing is, better go to your
Scripture. Now, Bro. Branham said in 1955, or '56, he said, "You watch
when he comes out of America." And you can see right here from this
Scripture he is either the antichrist, or he will certainly forerun.

43.	 Now, we're going to keep reading here, [Revelation 13:] verse 15,

		(15)	 …he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that
the 						image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many
as 						would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

	Now, what's an image? It's something looks exactly like it.  And
denomination with its head is exactly like it. And America way, way
back, when …?... Goss was still living, (the ex-convict) who knew more
what was going on than most people ever thought was going on. He had the
secret documents was already lined up where anybody outside of the World
Council would not be allowed to give any, or comfort to any prisoner
under sentence of death.

	And Bro. Branham correctly quoted that what will happen if that man is
caught. They said, "We will kill him." That's right. Religion is going
to be so tied up again, you can be killed for having something opposite
to what It says here. Outside of that image, outside of the organization
the mark in your hand to do the will, the mark in the forehead is
believe the will. You will end up dying. They'll not necessarily kill
you, they'll just give you …?... kill themselves. 

	"Well, why, what do you mean? 

	"Well, you could give them all this good food, but he wouldn't eat it."

	"Well, what do you mean, was something wrong with his mouth?" 

	"No, he wouldn't come into us, and join us."

	That's what it is. (See?) 

		(16) 	And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free
and 						bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their
foreheads:

		(17) 	And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or
						the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

	What's the number of the name? Six hundred and sixty-six. You show me
one person outside of the pope who's got six hundred and sixty-six
…?... It's the number of a man, (See?)

44.	Now, this is the very same thing you find in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4.
I wish the old timer Phillips book was still on the market, called 'The
Black Pope' …?... I don't think anybody's got it now, so likely
nobody's got one anymore.

	Listen, [2 Thessalonians 2:] 3-4,  [omit?]

		(3)	Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, 
				except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be 					
revealed, the son of perdition;

		(4) 	Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, 	
				or that is worshipped; so that he as God (sits) in the temple of 			
		God, shewing himself that he is God. 

	Now, you tell me, when did they get mad a Jesus? When he forgave sin.
And they said, "Haw, haw, He made Himself God." Who forgives sins? Pope,
Roman Catholic church. (See?) 

45.	Now, on 'Look Away to Jesus', [63-1229] Bro. Branham…I'll just
read this part, I won't read it all.

	19.	There's coming a time in this nation, to where this nation is going
to exercise 				all the power that the beast had before…(now,
Revelation 13's book is America, 				which it is, it's going to do it,
don't think it won't)…which was pagan Rome, 				when it become papal
Rome, and this nation will do that. Revelations 13 plainly 				explains
it. The lamb came up out of the earth. The other beast came up out of 		
	water, thickness and multitudes of people. This lamb came up where
there was 				no people. (That's right) A lamb represents religion--the
Lamb of God. And 				remember, it spoke like a lamb; it was a lamb, then
after while it received power 				and spoke like a dragon, and exercised
all the power the dragon  the dragon had 				before him; and the dragon
is Rome always. 

	I'm going to tell you something right now, I never had much to do with
the policies in a lot of Protestantism. And I have found  Protestantism
isn't just as tough, or tougher than Catholicism. Until I'm ready listen
to mama more than her daughters. And take a chance on the old girl than
the Protestant. (Yeah) They got everything and arguing everything,
identical to what they came out of. Because the …?... is there, and
they'll do worse. Because they are making the image. Not Rome, let's get
this straight, it is not Rome doing it, it is America has done it, with
all the denominations in coming together.

	And in Canada as I said to you many times here, man you'd be …?... 
When I was a little tiny gaffer they …?... the Methodist and the
Presbyterian together in United, and out of it came the C.C.F.
[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]  This is stronger Catholic nation
than America was, you always were a Catholic nation. United States only
became Catholic a few years ago, when fifty one percent of the
population are designated Roman Catholics, or some type of Catholics,
for the first time. So, you should know what I'm talking about.

		So don't you see, Roman denomination, a marked Protestant
denomination, 				an image unto the beast, making a power that'll force
all Protestants like a 				union. (And it will, it's doing it.)

46.	Carson Blake said many years ago, "The church hand must and will
control the finances of the world."  They will. What happened to United
States many years ago when Teddy [Robert?] Kennedy was blowing and
snuffing really hard about the commies, and putting on a big front? And
so, he went to [omit] the universities, and (you know) kind of a little
witch-hunt or something, trying to mark the communists and they got away
with it. What he said, "Now (he said) we're going to take a crack at 
the pulpit."  

	Carson Blake in his …?... said, "Very nice, very nice Mr. President,
Mr. Attorney General,     I got news for you, you investigate the Pulpit
and we'll boycott every senator and congress, good day Sir," last word
said. The church has got power. The same power lies in Rome that
controls the hearts and minds of the people. When it's exhorted, when
it's exerting, and it certainly is exerting.

47.	Now, [omit]  

		You'll have to be into this council of churches, or you won't be able
to have 				fellowship.   Well, it's practically that way now. You can't
go to a church 					and preach, 'less you have a fellowship card or some
identification. (Well, 				we know all about that.)

	 	And now, on persons like ourselves, we're going to be cut out of all
that 					altogether. That is exactly, because they won't be able to do
it. It is tightening; 				and then when that time comes, and the press
comes to a place to where 					you're pressed out, then watch (what I am
fixing to tell you) watch the third 				pull then. It'll be absolutely
to the total lost, but it will be for the Bride and 				the church. 

	So, you see…right down there by a man who was vindicated as a
prophet, absolutely tells us what's ahead of us.

48.	Now, let's go back to Daniel 8:15-26. I have nothing against the
Roman Catholic people in the church, it's against the churches. As I
say, and I'm much against the Protestants church in the sense of their
hierarchy, as I am against any other, because it's all the same mess.
People can say what they want, but it's a pot calling the kettle black.
They got to give it, see? That's where the Scripture says, "Come out of
her My people."  [Rev 18:4] Out of what?  The system. (You see?) If
you're in there, get out.  [omit] 

		(15) 	And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision,
						and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me 		
			as the appearance of a man.

		(16) 	And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which
called, 					and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.

		(17) 	So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid,
and 					fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of
man: 						for at the time of the end shall be the vision. (Not right
now, but later 					on.)

		(18) 	Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face
					toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.

		(19) 	And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the
last 					end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end
shall be. 						(In other words, this at the end time.)

		(20) 	The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of
Media 					and Persia.

		(21) 	And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn
that is 						between his eyes is the first king.

		(22) 	Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four
kingdoms 					shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. 

49.	See, he's telling you how these kingdoms will go down through the
ages, hadn't even happen yet. That's why he could ask, call My Sheppard
Cyrus, and Cyrus was born four-hundred years later. That's the Book of
Isaiah. 

		(23) 	And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors
are 						come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and
understanding 						dark sentences, shall stand up.

		(24) 	And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he 
					shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and
shall 					destroy the mighty and the holy people.

		(25) 	And through his policy (shall he) cause craft to prosper in his 
					hand; magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy 				
	many: (and) he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; 					
but he shall be broken without hand.

		(26) 	And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told 			
		is true: 	(therefore) shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for
many 						days.

 	Now, he tells you right here what's going to happen at the end on the
confrontation of                   antichrist at the end time. There's a
long, long, long way off.  And remember, Israel  becomes deeply involved
at the time of the antichrist, but not before. She becomes a nation just
before that time. Now notice, in each case the entire kingdom is reduced
to a man, or embodied into a man, or personalized in a man spiritual
dictator at the end time with full force of a world empire. Daniel 2:38,
we saw that back here. "Thou art that head of gold." You, symbolize the
empire. End time, the antichrist does the same thing.

50.	 Let's go back to Revelation 13:2 and see the same thing there. He
said here, 

		(1) 	(I saw) the sand of the sea, and a beast rise up…  

		(2) 	And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, feet (like) a	
				bear, mouth as mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his 					
power, and his seat, and great authority. (See?)

	There he is right there, simple it's personified in the man heads-up in
one man.

51.	 Now, we'll just get a little insight into further here by going
back to Daniel 2:40-43. I hope you just caught my point there showing
you how you can talk of a man, you can talk about Rome signifies the
whole thing taught by antichrist signifies the whole thing taught by
Nebuchadnezzar signifies the whole thing. Now, Daniel 2:40-43.

		(40) 	And the fourth kingdom (that you saw, was) strong as iron:…

	And then goes down here in verse 41,

		(41) 	…the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, part of iron,
kingdom 						shall be divided; (it) shall be (as strong as) iron, (not
be as strong 						as iron, but it'd have some strength of iron in it,
because it's) mixed 					with miry clay.

		(42) 	And the toes are part… (clay and part of iron, and so on.)   

	And then It says here:… that he will…see, it's a different thing.
It's a different kind of an empire.

52.	Now listen, there are two legs to the Roman empire, but he knows it.
The eastern and the western.  That became also Eastern Greek Orthodox,
Catholic, and then there was also the Western. And we know today that
[correction]communism is nothing but Greek Orthodoxy, Catholicism gone
to seed, because of the corrupt priesthood. And hardly four percent are
unbelievers, or atheists. So therefore, they're still Orthodox Roman.
Rome has her tentacles there, and already with dialogue with Moscow.
When the pressure's on, and Moscow cannot succeed without the world
system.

	Now, it's a known fact that anybody that missed it, that without the
United States he foes and her friends cannot exist. I know it might be
quite a blow to  your pride, but if United States pulled out of here
with all her industries where would you be? You might as well admit it.
God has set America up and there's nothing you and I can do about it,
it's in the driver's seat. And her foes cannot do without her.

53.	 What I've been preaching for years finally one of the brains of the
world, (we call them that, the journalists, you know the all seeing eye
of the universe, they think they are anyway have finally written an
editorial) isn't it strange that America who controls the bread-bins of
the world, and could also control the rest of the bread-bins, has not
said to communalism, you will die in your tracks, because we're not
giving you anymore food. But we give them all the food they want, give
them all the credit they want. …?...  You see? It's a very peculiar
situation, the communists are living because of us. They're sending
their wheat, the money, see, grain, industrial equipment over there.
They know they have to play ball with us, before they can finally
destroy us, which they will.

	Like Eisenhower said, "It's a foolish calf who picks its own butcher,
and a group of people fatten the cobra so it can bite harder and deeper,
this time get your head off, tells you just a little thing. [not sure on
this line] We've done it, because it's been raised up of God as
Nebuchadnezzar came against Israel for what they did, so America have 
been grossly and deeply, and they're going to get paid for what they've
done. 

54.	Now, this nation will put the whole North American Continent has
been blessed as no people on earth has ever been blessed. Had the chance
to serve God, and tuned down flat. Had the spoil of the land in such rap
rapidity as to stagger your imagination. Where are those lakes that were
pure and clean when I was a kid? And quite a bit more than a kid too,
let's face it. Over the last thirty years, that's really gone down,
destruction. Even God's obligated to destroy those that destroy the
earth.

	But you see a situation here, there's no use saying, "Well this is
communism." It's not, it is Catholicism, because communism is not
religion, it is anti religion. And the word 'anti' does not mean
'against,' it means 'instead of '. Antichrist is not against, it is
'instead of '. Now, who is instead of God? The pope and the Romish
church, and the Protestant have done the same thing identical. They come
right together again, it's all been worked out perfectly. So, you've got
America is in the Western side, the Eastern side it's all part.

55.	But notice, this part, miry clay and iron do not mix. Certainly, it
doesn't need to. It doesn't work upon …?... , it works upon détente,
on talk, some kind of liaison. Religion is permeating the whole thing.
It doesn't matter, the whole spirit's there. You can be a rough and
tumble nation, you can be more or less democratic, you can be
dictatorial, the whole thing runs through there, they are governing,
they are controlling. And when the world finances bust and Rome takes
over, there'll be nothing anybody can do but join. I don't care what the
commies say, it matters not to me. They’ll be forced to it.

	I remember back in the thirties when communism was just beginning to
perk up and go places. Oh they sneered, and they said, "What you
Americans want gold? We'll send you gold." Sure they did. They sent gold
to get our merchandise. How come you can send it over for merchandise?
Then a few years ago, what was it, two-hundred tons of gold or
something, they released in Europe to buy the wheat. …?... they can't
do without us. There's no nation survive alone now, it's everything
going into one big pot, one world affair, and the churches behind it,
it'll be done with the money that Rome has.  Too bad America let the
gold go. They had all the gold after the Second World War, and Mr.
Roosevelt foolishly peg it at thirty-nine dollars an ounce or so,
because the economist was blind picking something else, the let the gold
all go. If America had kept that gold and raised the prices to
two-hundred an ounce she could have blessed the whole world with the
blessings of God. But she let it go to the devil.

 	Brother/sister let me tell you, don't have any faith in anything
anymore, because the silver and the gold is corrupted. They'll never
work …?...  You better trust God, don’t trust that buck, live in
your houses and enjoy them, you don't own them anyway. You say, "My
mortgage is paid off." I don't care if it is, there's a government that
collect taxes. They'll take you out in fifteen minutes if you haven't
got that plug nickel and pay your taxes. Better wake up. Get close to
God, because who knows when that squeeze comes down. We'll be here for
part of it. There's not a doubt about it.

56.	Now, here we are, now then that is the history by revelation of God
dealing with Israel at that time and showing how she's left out of the
picture, and what nation, what government are going on and on, until
Israel comes back for three and a half years. That's the picture right
there, (see?) for the three and a half years.

	Now, what was Israel's history during the three and a half years…I
mean, before the three and a half years, or the times for the Gentiles
were going on? That means that the time of Titus until now, what is her
history?  Her history is Romans 11:13-38. Now:

		(13) 	For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the
						Gentiles, I magnify mine office:

		(14) 	If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my 			
		flesh, and might save some of them. (That's just Israel.)

		(15) 	For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world,
						what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

	Now remember, Israel is blinded, not dead. So, this means when the
Resurrection, when Israel goes back to Palestine and God begins to look
down upon them, there has got to be a resurrection from the dead. Any
time now can be a resurrection.

		(16) 	For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: the root
be holy, 						so are the branches.

57.	Now, I like what he says there, Now don't try to fuss about it, just
believe it.

	[keep verse 17 as is]

		(17) 	And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a
wild 						olive tree,  graffed in among them, and…partakest of the
root and 						fatness of the olive tree;

		(18) 	Boast not against the branches. (Say, what about Israel, those
crazy 					bunch of Jews, they ain't nothing, no now. Now, you watch
now, 						listen:) But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but
the root thee.

		(19) 	Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might
be 						graffed in.

		(200 	Well; because of unbelief (they're) broken off, and thou
standest by 					faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

		(21) 	For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he
spare 						not thee (also.)

		(22) 	Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which
					fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his
goodness: 					otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

		(23) 	And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be
graffed in: for					 God is able to graff them in.

		(24) 	For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by
nature, and 					graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how
much more shall 					these, which be the natural branches, be graffed
into their own olive tree?

		(25) 	For I would not, (have you) ignorant of this mystery, lest (you)
should 					be wise in your own conceits; blindness (not death, they're
not dead, 					they're blind, it) happened to Israel, until the fulness
of the Gentiles be 					come in.

	Willfully blinded by God that the Gentile Bride come in. Listen:

		(26) 	And so all Israel shall be saved: …

	Not one elect Israelite will go to the Lake of Fire and suffer loss,
not one. For at the White Throne judgment they'll come up and be judged
as blinded under the Fifth Seal. Why? Because there was a Deliverer
during the …?... And though they did know Him, the flood still stands
there, and by grace they'll not be one.  

		(27) 	For this is my covenant unto them, (yet) I shall take away their
sins.

	Yes sir!   

		(28)	As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as
						touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes.

	God loves us, and there won't be one of those elected will miss out.
They will not be in the Bride, but they'll come up to bring their glory
into the Holy City. But under the Fifth Seal every single elected one
will come in.

58.	Now, where are we in that period we looked from? Way back there
Gentile one through four great empires, three and a half years to go.
Now, what are we in the period that we're looking at this minute? Where
do we stand in relationship to the three and a half years that Israel is
going to start into? Well, let's just bring it up, just take a look at
It. Go back to Matthew 23:37-39

		(37) 	O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and
stonest 						them (that) sent thee, how often would I have gathered thy
children 					together, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings,
and (you) 					would not!

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

		(39) 	For I say unto you, (You) shall not see me henceforth, till
(you) shall 					say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

	Now, that is going to take something to make Him say that. You know
who's going to do it? The Spirit of Elijah and Moses and the two
witnesses preaching the Gospel, is going to make them safe. Going to do
it. I know right now they're groaning and they're crying for Messiah,
but they're going to have get something coming greater than just that,
because God is going to come.

59.	Now, Matthew 24:1-2,

		(1) 	Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: his disciples 					
	came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

		(2) 	And Jesus said…See ye not all these things? verily I say unto
you…					not one stone (left) upon another, that shall not be thrown
down.

	That's going to happen. The temple is going to be destroyed, and Israel
is going to be scattered, scattered, scattered.

60.	All right, Luke 21:20-24  which we read, same idea, just read the
picture …?... a bit. Now:

		(20) 	(We) see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know the
desolation 					thereof is nigh.

	Now listen,

		(21) 	( Don't) let them which are in Judaea (go further out, go) to
the 						mountains; …in the midst of it (get out of) the (country
entirely,  						get away, see?)

		(22) 	…these be the days of vengeance, that (what I told you are
going 						to) be fulfilled.

	Now, here's the sign, when you see Jerusalem encompassed with armies,
(70AD Titus) you can hear mountains, he said, "Go further in the city,
go further till you get out. Get out of the city, get away from it
entirely." Because he said: "This is when Israel is going to fall and be
carried away into all nations and trodden down to the time of the
Gentiles."  

61.	Now, let's go to Acts 13:44-48, here's where God turned from them.
Blindness sets in.

		(44)	And the next sabbath day came the whole city together to hear the
						word of God.

		(45) 	…the Jews saw the multitudes, filled with envy, spake against
those 					things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and
blaspheming.

		(46) 	Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary
that 					the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but
seeing 						(you) put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of
everlasting 					life, we turn to the Gentiles.

		(47) 	For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be
a 						light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto
the ends 					of the earth.

		(48) 	And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified
the 					word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained (unto) eternal
life 						(amongst the Gentiles) believed. ( And the Word of the Lord
went to 					the Gentiles.)

62.	God turned from the Gentiles. Let's find out about it. Deuteronomy
28: 63-68 [omit]

		(63) 	And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to
						do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over 		
			you to destroy you, to bring you to (nothing); and (you) shall be 			
		plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.

		(64) 	…the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one
end 						of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve
other gods, 					which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even
wood and stone.

		(65) 	And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall
the 						sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there
a trembling 					heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:

		(66) 	And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt
fear day 					and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
(That's what 						they've gone through for all these years.)

		(67) 	In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at
even 					thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of
thine heart 					wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine
eyes which thou 					shalt see.

		(68) 	And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by
the 						way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more
again: and 					there (you'll) be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and
bondwomen, 					and no man shall buy you.

	In other words, they …?... to them. 

63.	What does He say in Jeremiah 31:10> Let's go back and look at It.
That's what he said is going to happen, it happened. Now, let's see what
else he said, because you see, Paul said something. Take it out, grafted
back in. [omit]

		(10) 	Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the
isles 					afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him,
and keep 						him, as a shepherd doth his flock. (There you are. Israel
has got to 						come back, which she does.)

	Now listen, Israel is back in the home land after nineteen hundred
years, and it its own nation after twenty-six to twenty-seven hundred
years. It is therefore time for Revelation 10:7, because It says right
here:

		(7) 	…in the days of the voice the seventh (messenger), begin to
sound, 					the mystery of God should be finished, as (God) hath
declared (the 						good news of His Gospel by) his servants the
prophets.

	The Gospel has to wind up. That means, the time of the Gentiles got to
be entirely finished,  the mystery of Israel must be completed, they got
to be turned back to God. Zachariah chapter 12, must be completely
fulfilled, ( I won't take time to read it, you can read It for
yourselves) and placing us into the Millennium.

64.	Now, where does this place us in the plan of the ages? We've seen
the ages in a thumb-nail sketch. Try to show what's going on, what will
take place at the end time. Where are we in the plan of the ages? We are
right here in the hour of the Resurrection waiting for our change,
because Israel is back in the homeland. And what shall be the receiving
of her, but life from the dead. Israel is not dead, (uh uh) no sir,
they're blind. Blind men aren't dead, so it's resurrection time. We are
right here moments from the last half of the Seventieth Week. We are as
a virgin Bride amongst harlots; eagles amongst all filthy birds; true
branches amongst the grafted in branches waiting for the Lord to
descend; for the Voice of the Trumpet to carry us to the Wedding Supper.

	All ready we have heard the Shout and have been summoned to the Supper,
putting on wedding garments. We have disassociated ourselves from
Babylon and cosmos. We have had our old marriage dissolved by death from
creeds and dogmas. And now stand united with the sinless Son of God Who
is the Word. As the souls of men and women cleave together…so our
souls are joined to His Soul now. 

65.  We are under the Seventh Seal of Revelation 10:1-7, truly, and you
know what that is. 

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

	That mighty One came down. They saw Him on the Ohio River, He was seen
by thousands of people. The Voice that said to the prophet, "As John the
Baptist foreran the first Coming, so your Message shall forerun the
second."  People of course don't agree with that, but he's vindicated.
He had 'Thus saith the Lord', and God answered back to him. What God
would answer back to a man and be God, the God we know if he was a
deceiver?  Truth, He can't do that.

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

		(3) 	…cried with a loud voice, as when a lion (roars): (didn't say
the 						ion was roaring, said as when he roars) when he had cried,
seven 						thunders uttered their voices.

	Where were the seven thunders? Not in heaven but now on earth. All
right:

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

		(5) 	(Then) the angel (stood) upon the (land and) sea…(raised) his 	
				hand (to) heaven,

		(6)   	…(said,) time (should be no more, and so on.) 

		(7) 	But in the days of the voice of the seventh (messenger), when he 
					shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as 			
		(God) hath declared (the good news, the Gospel by) his servants 					
the prophets.

66.	 Now, It says …?...  He says, "The mystery of the Gospel will wind
up." Now, just hold that finger at the end of that Revelation 22:10.

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

	Just before Jesus comes the Book that was sealed must be unsealed, and
cannot be further sealed. (See?) That's when, "That's when he's that's
filthy is filthy still, he's that's righteous is righteous still," [Rev
22:11] and you cannot add or take from the Book, because the Book is
finished during that period now.

67.  Now, let's just remember, look at this here: [Revelation 10:]

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

		(6) 	And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created
heaven, 					and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the
things that 						therein are, and the sea, (and so on) that time (shall
be) no longer:

	Okay,

		(7) 	But in the days of the voice of the seventh (messenger), when he 
					shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, (and 	
				God said, by) his servants the prophets.

68.	Let's go to Daniel 12:7. Okay, to look at It. All right:

		(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 left hand unto
heaven, 					and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for
a time, times, 					and an half; when he shall have accomplished to
scatter the power 						of the holy people, all these things shall be
finished.

	In other words, it's all over. Three and a half years to go.

	Now, in the Book of Revelation It says the same thing, just before the
three and a half years. Of course doesn't mean instantaneously. He said,
"Just between that period, after a period of time." There's got to be
One who is able, comes down. The One Who opens the Book, declaring the
Seals, placing It. He's got to… in other words, what Daniel did here
by sealing up there has got to be a prophet come and take over to unseal
in order to bring in the last three and one half years. Because that’s
what it seals in.  Now, at the end time, someone will come. At that time
the Pillar of Fire descends. (See?) What's the Pillar of Fire do? And in
Moses' day, spake verbally, and in Paul's day, spake verbally lip to
ear. Same thing Appears at the end time, a vindicated prophet. Has to be
vindicated, otherwise how can you have Him? It's got to take place at
the end time.

	We believe by faith, by the vindicated which we have seen. It's in my
heart, I think most of the hearts here believe has been vindicated,
faith enough for me to believe that we had an end time prophet who was
able to do these things, open the Book to us.

69.	Now, let's compare Revelation 22:10, which we just read a minute ago
here. Keep your finger back there in Daniel, and It says here:  

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

	Go back to Daniel 12:9

		(9) 	And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and 
					sealed till the time of the end.

	That's what It said, "Seal it there." It says, "Don't seal it here."
Therefore, what was sealed up back here in Revelation 10:4, is unsealed
before the end time. It's got to be. (See?)

	Now, what is It sealing to? It's the sealing to the three and one half
years. Because soon as that's opened, (the three and one half years)
it's all finished. So, there would be then evidently a prophet  stand
upon the …?... land, who'd have it? 

	Now listen, what's It say about the end time  

		(10) 	Many shall be purified, made white, and tried; the wicked shall 
					do wickedly: none of the wicked understand; but the wise shall 				
	understand.

	What's I say over here in Revelation 22:11-15? 

		(11) 	He that is unjust, unjust still: filthy…filthy still:
righteous…righteous 					still: 

	What's it say? "Wicked, wicked still. White, white still." [Daniel
12:10] (Sure) At the end time you've got the same thing.

70.	Now listen, Daniel is love. Why? Because one king had a dream and
forgot. (Right?) Beautiful. And Daniel said, "I've got the Spirit of
God, I'll tell you your dream okay, have no problem. God gave me that
dream, I'll tell you who it is."

	He [Nebuchadnezzar] said, "Wonderful, that's the dream, now tell me
what it is."

	"Why, (he said) certainly I can tell you what it is." 

	And the king said, "I know you can tell me, not problem there, because
you told me what I have forgot."  

	Any man can recall a dream, could tell what it means. We had a man do
that dozens of times.  But better than that, we had a man according to
Deuteronomy 18, who had 'Thus saith the Lord', and It never failed.

	You say, "Bro. Vayle, you can believe it." Thank you, very gracious of
you, I do. But I invite you to believe it too. If you don't, It's
alright. I don’t try to force anybody, it's up to you entirely. But I
say, "What are you looking?" What are you looking?  Oh, you ask for a
sign at the end time. We're at the end time, let's face it, Israel's
back in the homeland. We're not guessing any longer.

71.	 And remember, the Scripture says, "Israel is going to be a thorn in
the eye of every nation." And you show me a nation that Israel's not a
thorn in any right now.  If we can get rid of Israel for our own good,
(humanly speaking, you better shake me right now) for that's where all
the trouble is. H.G. Wells, that miserable so called great
historian…he might have been a great historian but he's miserable. I
say that with contempt, and I'm not fooling. 

	He said many, many years ago, "In Palestine nothing ever happens, it is
no consequence and nothing will ever happen." I wish he could resurrect
right today and see what a fool he was. Yeah, this Scripture doesn't
mean a thing. Scripture is all but over.  We're at the age of the three
and a half years. (See?) Because that prophet appeared according to the
Word of God, and once He Appeared restores the Word there can be nothing
but destruction. And when that Sixth Seal opens which belongs to Israel,
where and a half years under the two witnesses, a prophecy and place
it'll go right on, hammer, jolt, jolt, jolt, till Armageddon. The earth
is cleansed, and a Bride comes down. One thousand years of peace, then
chaos again with the Second Resurrection. Satan trying to take over,
he'll never do it. And a Bride lifted up to the very Thorne of God till
the earth is completely renovated. And the Bride comes down for
eternity. 

72.	Brother/sister, let me tell you something: you might not know this,
but you ought to know it, we're in It now. Not tomorrow, where men are
looking down that road looking for some great thing, let me tell you
know, you're either in it now, or you …?...  Because that stone made
without hands has started to descend. And It will break and destroy
everything that is against the Word of Almighty God.

	Not because I say so, I've nothing to do with it, but let's go back to
the Bible and find what other way could have come, for It's already
come. That's really …?...  Now, the Gentile days are numbered, the
Great Tribulation is ready to set in. True. 

	Now why have I brought this message? I bring it of course for a certain
type of people that believes this type of message, which we're all in
together, the majority I suppose here for one reason. Bro. Branham said,
"You will never understand the …?... until you understand Daniel's
Seventieth Weeks, nor can you." There had to be an opening of that which
was sealed. What was sealed? The time of the Gentiles to the three and a
half years. 

73.	Now, our history's over. The Gentiles are winding up, there's not
much left, I don't know how long, month, could be this month, any sixty
to ninety days I believe could put us in a resurrection. Sure. You say,
"Why?" Well, I live in 1929 when the bottom fell out of the market.
Overnight they jumped out of windows in New York like hailstones coming
out of heaven, it was risky to walk in the streets someone could land on
you and kill you. Not just a guy jumping, the fellow he jumped on
falling down. What if the market broke tomorrow? Who knows what tomorrow
could bring? Nations fall overnight, you don't have to wait years, they
fall …?... Dictators arise. (See?) Who knows what it'll take? 

	Tomorrow's dawning,  maybe the dawn of a criminal day a score on
tragedy, a pressure. (See?) Oh, we're happy tonight, very happy lots of
money, lots of food, lots of everything. What if it suddenly stopped? Do
you think people would stand still for one minute when the food goes
down in America? They'll take it over, America would. Nobody in Canada
or United States will stand still to see food stored up and then not get
it. (Uh?) The churches will not stand still, they'll unionize overnight.
I don't know, it won't take long. And we're right here at the very end,
and you can see history has been fulfilled. 

74.	And I'm looking myself, I don’t know what's going to happen with
this next pope on the throne now. He's just trying to promote somebody
else, but over the period of years he's been touting for years now an
American, the pope's body guard could be the next pope. This pope is not
infallible that the college of cardinals general override him, they're
the ones that have the vote.  

	What if that next pope comes out of America? I don’t say he will,
what if he would? Then you're right in Revelation 13: (what is it, verse
10?) What if he's to be the antichrist? What if he wouldn't? I don't say
he'll be, sure looks like in having read the book. (See?) Now, what's
the next step? Well, there's got to be squeeze. How long will that be?
Not very long. When could that take place? Sixty to ninety days. Could
there be a Rapture in 1977? Sure, I don't say there will be, but could.
You see brother/sister history has run out. Literally. We're in the last
throws of history as we know it, the next thing the earth's got to be
purified, so God can have that day He lost, because He never got His
day.  This time He'll get it. So, I trust you'll understand now Daniel's
Seventy Weeks, a period of history is we're into …?... but now we're
at the end, that's all summed up. The Lord bless you. Shall we rise at
this time.

	Our dear Lord, we praise and thank You for Your love to us, Your mercy,
Lord, which is extended, some might not think it's mercy to be in the
end time when these things come upon the earth, diabolical, cunning
pressure, a repeat of all diabolical cunning as the prophet told us.
Vindication, but, Lord, it is a great time, because You put us here for
it, and so we thank You in Your wisdom that You reserve at this hour.
And I pray, Lord, that not one fail in any way, That, You have set us
here to minister the manifest that these are Your children. No way, Lord
God, to miss that which is ahead of us, which is glory, and to surely
miss what also is ahead which is the Great Tribulation, because we know 
that You said, come out of her, that you be not partaker of her plagues,
which is the Great Tribulation. 

	Lord, we have come out of her we know that, because we have nothing to
do it whatsoever. And we believe, Lord, at this time though we cannot
tell exactly how we perform when the press is down.  That we do believe,
my God, that we are out of her, and to have no place in a sin ridden
death someway. Father, it's a rough thing to say, because we don't know
what will come, we don't, we don't just know how we receive it by grace.
Be believe, Lord, that Your grace is sufficient. What You did for Daniel
in that day, Lord, was to give the three Hebrew children wouldn't bow,
You can do the same for us. You can take us out, O God, I believe Your
hand is with us.

	So Father, we praise You that You made known that this is that day.
That the Spirit of God has come amongst us in order to reveal the hour
in which we live. And show the deep secrets things of Almighty God which
was sealed up. And here we are, Lord, not caring what anybody else, no,
not for one minute. But only, Lord, because of  Thee, do we know these
things You've sent a prophet  in our day. And we thank You, Lord, that
he which is merely Your servant, not somebody great that we look to, in
a way that other men might look to great religion …?... We look to
him, Lord, only as a voice, as a mouth piece, as one that You used and
we thank You for him.

	And we pray, Lord that the Word that came from him which we stand upon
tonight might be …?... on our lives, and then manifested, O God, as
time goes on until we could be part of those who are just …?... and
holy ready to go into the Rapture. For, Lord, we know of ourselves we
have nothing, never will be anything, but because of Thee, Lord, and all
things ending we can look to You for this also. So, Father, bless Your
people today, may they have strength, may they have great courage,
determination, O God, …?... better than ever, day by day until we meet
at Jesus' feet. Now, unto the King immortal, invisible, the only wise
God, be all honor and power in glory in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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