Revelation of the Rapture #1 Let us pray. Heavenly Father, again we are very grateful, rejoicing in Your Presence, thanking You for the reality of this hour, God appearing amongst the people, coming to the Gentiles by the Holy Spirit to bless the people called out for His Name, even as You went to Israel. And we thank You, Lord, that now we are not one whit behind, but alpha has become omega and even greater for we know that this time that which has never yet happened will happen. The end of this six thousand years, man will walk into immortality--a group of people. We are very grateful for that. We thank you, Lord, that we have the assurance of this hour, the faith that has risen in our hearts to this end, and, Lord, we know it has nothing to do with us as though we ourselves did it, for we rejoice in Thee, and Thy great Word, the great Word of manifested promise. We commend ourselves into this hour that we might know Thy ways more perfectly. In Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen. You may be seated. 1. Now I didn’t bring a letter from some good friends of ours, the Hockenberrys saying how much they enjoyed the meeting, but you met Sis. Marge Glasser. She writes to the whole church: “Brother and Sister and them that helped made my stay a very lovely and happy one; Just want to thank you for all your kindness and hospitality making me, as well as all the others so welcomed in your midst. It was the happiest weekend of my life. The services that ministered to me and the fellowship and last, but not least, the food was wonderful. Such great cooks! Thank you again for everything. God bless you all in Christ. Sis. Marge Glasser.” “You’ve been so nice and thoughtful too. A special thanks to all of you.” 2. So, that was the way they all felt, and I’m very proud of you. I commend you. I remember way back in Quincy I used to… I won’t feel offended now because I will speak my mind and somebody would get hurt. I used to remember we used to come together with our little get togethers with food I wondered if you brought enough for yourselves let alone for anyone else, but, you know, you’ve developed fantastically. And I want to tell you, you’re over the hump and far beyond. You bring lots for everybody and you cook beautifully, good hospitality, and that’s part of the Gospel, you know. 3. Many people don’t put much premium in hospitality. But you read your bibles, you’ll find out that a big premium was put upon it. There must be hospitality. Of course alot of that devolves upon those that take leadership of the church. That’s part of their job. A lot devolves upon the women. They have to do extra work, but then again you’ll be rewarded. Not even a glass of cold water will lose its reward. 4. Lot of people, you know, just don’t believe the Bible. The simplicity gets over their heads, and I [they] think they’re very erudite spiritually very wonderful in many ways, that’s some great thing. Nah, nah, that’s not it. The simplicity is what it’s all about. 5. Now, let’s see. Why don’t I just go along here before I get to reading out of “The Rapture” book and make a little clarification of something Bro Branham brought to our attention, and that is… And I might as well sit down and be real friendly. Can’t get too mad when you sit down, right? I could learn to sing like they do in the opera, you know, you can’t get too cantankerous singing like [ ] said how do you sing to a man I’m gonna beat your head off and then knife you three times in the ribs, you know, by the time he got done singing that be so in Congress like he laugh at the guy, throw a cream puff at him and walk out so you sit down you don’t… Naw, wasn’t going to say anything anyway about you. 6. Bro. Branham made a statement that I think that pretty well goes over a lot of peoples’ understanding. It’s not that they don’t understand it, but it is that they don’t understand it, so that in a never-never land, you accept what is said, and then you don’t know how to apply it. Now one of those statements [ ] this: “You must let your own thinking go.” So, right away they’re going to go into a [seance] or sort of think they’re mystics from the orient where you look at the end of your nose and you try to blank out see how long you can remain thoughtless. Like a women one day she phoned her pastor, (I think I told you this supposed to be a true story back in Pentecost) and she says “Oh pastor,” she said, “I’ve had such a wonderful day because of such a great revelation.” Well, he thought this must be fantastic. “What was it?” She said, “You know the Scripture says ‘In such a moment as you think not, he cometh,’ and I’ve been trying all day long not to think.” Now that’s not what the prophet said! 7. ‘To let your thinking go’ means this: When he brings a subject to your attention, act and think as though you’ve never heard of it, because you’re all messed up.” So, if you don’t let your thinking go, everything that that man says… And I’ve got the same trouble trying to deal with people: [ ] They’re always trying to figure and evaluate and put into context what I am saying in the light of their understanding. Forget it! You will never understand the Presence on the baptism with the Holy Ghost which proves that you ain’t got the baptism of the Holy Ghost in the first place as far as I’m concerned. Not trying to put anyone in or out. That’s not my job. But, when you come to certain things that Bro. Branham taught, then you have to go ‘bleww’ and forget what you ever heard. 8. Now he categorically said the Rapture was a revelation. Then, if it’s a revelation, we don’t got it! Huh? We don’t got it. So, if you don’t got it, put everything out of your mind, because, if you think you’ve got it, you’ve got it wrong, because you don’t got it! Right? Do you really believe that? That’s nice here, because ninety percent don’t. And they care less. 9. Now how far did I get on the baptism with the Holy Ghost [with Bro. Branham] until I finally said, “Are you trying to tell me that the baptism with the Holy Ghost and the rebirth is one in the same thing?” I had to let my whole thinking go. “Is that what you’re saying? My god is that what you’re saying”? “Now you got it, Doc!” Oh yie yie yie yie yie, murder on the [orient???] or on the shanghai express! I was shanghaied on my verbosity and my brain kicking four and a half hours, and I couldn’t believe… Shut up and forget what you think you know, because you know nothing. Paul the apostle one day got veryyyy nice, and he said, ‘No man knows anything he ought to know.’ And he said, “What came the Word of God it came out of you said it came you [check???]. Shut up and listen. 10. Now, see what we’re getting at her. When a prophet comes on the scene, it’s because all tables at the end time are full of vomit. It’s burpy food. Now it’s bad enough to eat food that is sorta predigested by someone else, and you burp it because it’s sauerkraut and wieners that’s firsthand burp, well at the secondhand burp. Well, we’ve had years of first, second, third, and fourth hand burped food. That’s what’s wrong with the people in this message. They can’t sit still. And when the prophet says, ‘Now, listen; I’m gonna tell you something that is not known,’ or, ‘I’m gonna put you right.’ they all evaluate it by what they think they know. Why don’t you evaluate everything by what he said? Now that famous [ ] fellow that’s full of adultery, now he’s trying to cloak a [ ]. I might as well. I care less about what I say, because I don’t care. We know what he is. He never could take what Bro. Branham said. Never believe there’s three and a half years left to Israel. Never believe these things that Bro. Branham said. So, he goes to Scripture, and, of course, when he goes to Scripture he evaluates everything in the light of what Bro. Branham didn’t say, and what maybe he thought he should say. Big mouth. No, you can’t do that. All right. 11. Bro. Branham said there [are] three and a half years left. He said the new heavens and the new earth is created after the White Throne, which is New Jerusalem. He put everything in the context. Now, if you read certain portions of Scripture, for instance, “Behold I create a new heavens and earth,” (That’s Isa 65:17.) “and the former shall not be remembered nor come into mind,” well, that’s at the great time when he wipes every tear, and there’s no remembrance. That goes to the Book of Revelation; so, It tells you: (18) Be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people of joy.” Now he tells you right there: that’s Mt. Zion come down from the new heavens to the new earth, so you know what it is. Now, watch this one go: (20) There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor (the) old man that has not fulfilled his days: for the child shall die a hundred years old; and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed (21) And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. (22) They shall not build, another inhabit; they shall not plant, another eat: for as the days of the tree are the days of my people, and my elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. (23) They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth in trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed…and their offspring with them. (24) It will come to pass, before they call, I will answer; while they are speaking, I will yet hear. Now, that’s at the New Jerusalem when the Pillar of Fire is over Jesus Christ, the Lamb. Now, that’s verse 25 already. 12. Now, let’s come back over here now. (20) There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that has not (fulfilled) his days. Now right away the mind goes [ ] there’s [going to] be a lot of kids born the name therefore. He’s talking about New Jerusalem for the child shall die a hundred years old. Now, listen; let’s read this to just show how stupid you and I get when we just have our own thinking. Now, watch: (20) There shall no more be an infant of days, nor an old man that has not (fulfilled) his days. Now that tells you something. Then they said for the child shall die at a hundred years old. That oughta tell you something. And that oughta tell you, you don’t know what that means, so don’t try to figure it. But the sinner being a hundred years old… Now It tells you here, you’ll be a baby at a hundred years. You’ll be a sinner in a hundred years, an old man. Make up your mind. Well, you say that that… Well, tell me what it is. Go ahead! Without a prophet, you’re shot. Now you know there’s something in there we’re not getting. Then, why try to get it? We say, “Bro. Vayle, we oughta know all things.” Tell God that. Tell God that. See look, when you’re young, you’re young. Smarten up and leave it alone. Just leave it alone. Because he’s running back and forth in here, in the new heavens and the new earth and he’s telling you various things that you just gotta let alone. Why? Because the light the prophet shed for this hour is this three and half years left to Israel. 13. Now you go on reading Chapter 66. (1) Heaven is my throne, earth my footstool: where is the house you built me? Where is the place of my rest? That’s all been taking place that’s Christ the head of his own house that he’s building. You don’t build it I don’t build it. Why because we’re the stones that are being built in. (2) All these things that my hands made… (3) He that kills an ox as (though) he slew a man. That’s human sacrifice taking swine’s blood. Abomination. Uhm, that’s idolatry hear the word of the Lord and [ ]the word you’re brethren hated you cast you out for my names sake said let the lord be glorified they’ll kill you for my names sake he said. But he shall appear to your joy and they shall be ashamed. That’s right there’s coming a time he when he did appear and the rest don’t get the appearing and the appearing will bring you to the rapture. A voice and noise in the city a voice in the temple a voice of the lord that renders recompense to enemies well that tells you that’s happening in third and second Thessalonians before she travails she brought forth. before King James delivered a man child. Certainly the bride is going to get out of here before the great tribulation. ‘who has heard such things and seen such things shall the earth be made to bring forth in a day? Shall a nation be born at once?’ Certainly. Israel is going to come as a nation. ‘Rejoice with ye Jerusalem be glad with her all ye that love her rejoice with her all ye that mourn for her that you may suck then and be satisfied with the breast of consolation that you may milk out and be delighted with the abundance of her glory for thus saith the Lord behold I will extend [ ] and the glory of the gentiles like a flowing stream then shall ye suck ye shall be born upon size and be dandled upon knees and as one who his mother comforts so will I comfort you and be covered in Jerusalem and when you see this you will heartily rejoice and [ ] shall be heard and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants his indignation toward his enemies for behold the Lord will come with fire and with chariots with the whirlwind to render his hand with fury and rebuke with flames of fire’ Now he tells you right there that’s revelation 19. And so the rod of iron destroys the gentiles. That’s what he comes to ruin and he comes back having made himself known to Israel, the hundred and forty four thousand, and now the bride comes forth and she’s blessed. Now you can put a lot of things in here and say now what does this mean? what does that mean? I don’t care what it means I can only interpret scripture by what has been given by a prophet. Anything else I gotta put out of my mind. You don’t read the bible anymore with an understanding you once had. that’s one of the toughest things in all the world to get away from. There’s no way. There’s no way you can mix this message with anything. There is no way. The minute you try to mix this word you are completely finished and wipe yourself off the mat. So alright the rapture is a revelation. That’s what we’re lookin at so we’re gonna take the book on the rapture and I’m gonna read some of it for you. The beginning of page 27, ‘I would not have you ignorant brethren concerning them which are asleep that you sorrow not even as others who have no hope for we believe that Jesus died and rose again even so them which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him’ (that’s God will bring forth with him .) For we [ ] by the word of the Lord that we which are alive and remain of the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (the word prevent means to hinder) them that are asleep For the Lord himself shall descend (now listen close) the Lord himself shall descend from the heavens with a shout with the voice of the archangel the trump of God and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Now I want you to notice a great thing taking place here now don’t miss this see now notice the Word says here in Thess that there’s three things notice , from thirteen to sixteenth verse where there’s three things that happen before the Lord Himself appears. Do you hear what he said? Now either he’s all screwed up or he knows what he’s talking about. He’s a man that’s so pitiful in expressions he should’ve shut up and sat down. Now here’s where you gotta let your thinking go number one, see? Notice, from verse thirteen to sixteen there’s three things that has to happen before the Lord himself appears. Now what’s he talking about? Now right off the bat your mind is so used to thinking of the appearing of the Lord in the sense of fundamentalism, you can’t shake what you just heard unless you’ve really been sitting tight over these years. Now if you know anything about fundamental doctrine, you that know nothing about it, how fortunate you are. A good raw old heathen, especially Roman Catholic, is the best bet in this message there is. A fundamental Baptist or Pentecostal isn’t worth his salt. Unless he can get his brains knocked out or some more brains knocked in by God. Now I preach tough, and I’m hanging tough because this is what’s wrong with this message. Now listen again. Three things that has to happen before the lord himself appears quickly now so we can [ ] the first thing happens notice a shout, a voice, a trumpet. For the Lord himself (sixteenth verse of a [ ] voice of the archangel the trump of God.) Three things happened. A voice, a shout, a voice, a trumpet has to happen before Jesus appears. Now a shout. Jesus does all three of them when he’s descending. Now if that isn’t cockeyed language I never heard it. I’m gonna be honest with you. He’s gotta be talking about two different things. He can’t be talking about one thing. You can’t have them down at the same time. Three things has to happen before the Lord himself appears. Jesus does all three of them when he’s descending. Alright. A shout. What is a shout? It’s the message going forth first. The living bread of life bringing forth the bride. Now whose he gonna…now just a minute this is the message. Now let’s just go ahead a little step and acquaint you with the fact that the shout is that message but the voice is the resurrection. Right? So therefore you can’t get the shout and the voice mixed up. The shout goes one place and the voice goes another place. The shout does one thing and the voice does another thing. And you’re dealing with two groups of people living and dead. Now he does all three in descending. A shout what is a shout? It’s the message going forth first. The living bread of life bringing forth the bride. Now right off the bat you’ve got to let your thinking go. I ran in to that when I heard him say it Oh man I sat there that December the fourth in Arizona I said Brother Branham you’ve said a lot of funny things but this is the worst thing you’ve ever said in your life. This is the most cooped up thing I’ve ever heard [ ] suddenly said just a minute when has he ever said something wrong? So shouts the message. My thinking went. Now if you can’t let your thinking go you’re never going to get anywhere. You can’t interpret the word of this hour from fundamental hogwash claptrap balderdash puke vomit you name it. You can’t do it, you can’t put new patches on old garments. If you can’t start over again you’ve had your day in court. You can’t interpret. Anyway from a premise that’s [ ] if you start doing mathematics on the ground then a squared minus b squared is a plus. ..or a plus b into a plus b you’ve messed up [ ] it’s a minus b and a plus b. [ ] give ya a squared minus b squared. Right? Think that’s right pretty close. Naw cuz a squared plus b squared is a squared plus [ ] having fun, fun, fun, forgot a lot but not that much. Now listen what is a shout? A shout; it’s the message going forth first. The living bread of life bringing forth the Bride. Alright let’s just go and find out. Alright now I want you to know this is sure and you that listen to this tape you might have thought today that I was trying to say that about myself being that I was packing this message. How many messages are there? Who’s the author? How does he get here? And what time? I have no more to do with it then nothing no more than just a voice and my voice even against my better judgment I wanted to be a trapper old skunk skin the branham. I love these old boys sittin on the dump heap and on the --taking care of skunks. Ha, ha, ha. Wait till ya sit in the judgment with the father. Well it’s the will of my father I declared and [ ] determined to do I wasn’t the one that appeared down on the river. Now what’s he saying? There is a message I’m packing. I have nothing to do with any more than a voice. Then who’s packing the message? The one that appeared down on the river. I was only standing there when he appeared, I’m not the one that performs these things and foretells these things. Who’s doing the appearing? The son of man. Where is he doing the appearing? Down here on earth. These things that happen as perfect as they are I’m only one that’s near when He does it I was only a voice that He used to say it. It wasn’t what I knew. So shut up and sit down William Branham he says thank you I’ve been doing it for forty years what have you been doing well I’m not quite so successful feller but I’m trying to get there. Huh? Well come on. It’s what I surrendered myself to that he spoke through it isn’t me it wasn’t the seventh messenger, oh no it was the manifestation of the son of man, it wasn’t the messenger his message it was the mystery that God unfolded it’s not a man it’s God. The angel of the messenger was not the son of man he was the messenger from the son of man the son of man is Christ then who came down? Saw him down the river came right down over him. Wohoo up there. I’m not there I’m here. Now I’m not trying to be sacrilegious, you might think so, but I’m trying to get this point across brother, sister. I didn’t quite finish reading this is my favorite portion. He’s the one that you’re feeding on. You can’t even see him. How do you know you’re feeding on him? A man his words ok, but you’re feeding on the unfailing body word of the son of man. It’s the message going forth first. The living bread of life. You’re feeding on it. There is no word out --nothing outside of this message will come to light. Now God has a way of doing things He never changes His policy He never changes His He’s the unchanging God in Amos three and seven He said He would do nothing on the earth until first He revealed it to His servants the prophets just as He promised it He’ll do it. Now we come to the church ages but we’re promised the last days according to Malachi four there would be a return again. A prophet in the land that’s right. Notice his nature what he’d be like oh, God uses that spirit five times once in Elijah in Elijah, John the baptist call out the church the remnant of the Jews five times grace… Jesus, J-e-s-u-s, f-a-i-t-h for faith it’s the number grace, five times see five letters. Alright now remember the message is promised and when all these mysteries have been all so bundled up by the church of Ecclesiastes it will take a direct prophet from God to reveal it what the message! And what is the message that the mysteries. That’s exactly what he promised to do see. When? In Acts three. Yes. And in Ephesians one. Now remember the word of the Lord comes to the prophet not the theologian the prophet. so they want to make me a theologian. He’s the reflector of God’s word he can’t say nothing he can’t say his own thoughts. He can only speak what God reveals. And Bro Branham said he was the only one that could do it. He said everybody else couldn’t touch him. They could have their visions, they could have their dreams, they could have their revela--their discernment, they could have it all, but he was the only one who could tell it exactly as he saw it nobody could and he proved it by dreams he [ ] say junior didn’t tell me all of your dream. He said the Paul boy don’t tell me a dream. Paul I’ll tell you. And he told Paul things I think that Paul forgot. You’re dealing with a super, super man. Who when it [ ] his mind when God had superimposed his mind on William Branham, William Branham didn’t have a mind. Uh huh. Oh you say Bro Vayle I can’t take that, that’s spiritism. I’m gonna say what Peter said to Simon the sorcerer with his money. That’s where you’re going—right to the lake of fire. Your stinkin’ theology is gonna go with ya. If you can’t beat that don’t talk about the bible. Have at least the guts of a [ ] that’s right I mean it. There’s no time for make-believers. There’s no time for unbelievers. Probably got a little bit of time for foolish virgins, but not much. How bout a prophet say anything but what God puts in his mouth. Where’s he put it? In the mouth. It’s the thing that God does that you can’t say nothing else and you’re born that way. Anybody not born that way sure gotta have a lot of faith to be that way that’s right. That’s right. [ ] and no more than you could if you could say I can’t open my eyes when you’re lookin, see you can’t. You can’t reach your hand when you can see you can’t be a dog when you’re human you’re just made thus and God has always through in the ages through Isaiah, Jeremiah and all, and Elijah in the ages gone by and when the Ecclesiastes group would get all mixed up he would send a prophet raise him up from nowhere. He’s to belong to none of the situations speak his word, called off the scene and be gone just rugged man of the truth of God. Bro Branham got called off nobody would believe he would be if he was. Naw it’s just do what you want with what he had to say. Now let’s see if you get rid of your own mind. Let’s see if you can come to the prophets’ message with your own understanding. Junk it! You say Bro Vayle how far are you? Oh about nine tenths of one hundredth of a percent. If you get there. I ain’t very smart. I’ve got trouble. I tell you people I’m not a prophet. I gotta look at the word, go back and forth, know there’s something’s there. I just do something, I don’t eve--I don’t say I do the best I can even. And it’s always the way the way you can tell him he said if there’s one among you who’s a spiritual prophet now a prophet there’s just a gift there’s such a thing as a gift of prophecy in the church but a prophet is predestinated and foreordained for the hour see yes sir! Now if a prophecy goes forth two or three have to sit and judge whether that’s right or not before the church can receive it but nobody set before a prophet. because he was absolutely the word of God. Now tell that to a Baptist. How many Baptist-- used to be Baptist? You ain’t no more. Got two former Baptists here, cleansed by the Blood of the Lamb, purged by the word of God on their way to Glory. Halleluiah! Yes sir. One of these days-- I’m gonna tell you something, you talk about Bro Branham screaming around that stump cause he saw that eagle and heard the voice of God, as it were, in the universe. I say one of these days we’re gonna scream just like we’re beside ourselves. We will, don’t worry. Back in the old Pentecostal days Bro Branham said people got beside themselves they spoke in tongues they had no word [ ] they had to speak in tongues to give expression one day we’ll as it were strangled voices come out of our throats because there’s a depth of understanding there that cannot be expressed, a meeting of spirit with spirit, soul with soul a body just about ready to be glorified. I’m gonna tell you you think you’re gonna stand around saying [ ] the rafters tremble you know what it is to have thunders to thunder in your soul not a bunch of junk that people say is the thunders but the real word of God okay. He was the word of God in his age he seen God reflect. Member the reflection I told you about? Sure what’s he reflect? The only thing he is a mirror he reflects what God gave him and he reflects it to you and me and what do we-- we reflect it right back. Yup. if that’s living word he reflects, you reflect and he’s reflecting God’s image to you, which is the revelation of what image you are in what will you reflect back with what image you’ve got and what are you the image of God [ ] huh bro Vayle then you don’t believe the word of God. You just don’t believe it. You’re an unbeliever. Why cuz God said so. You say well I am humbled you’re a liar you’re an arrogant loud mouthed liar. What’s humility? Humility bro Vayle…humility is saying about yourself what God said. Made him a liar for 45 years spit in his face forget it thank you Jesus myyou talk about loving my soul I’ll never know his love I just no way just no no no way if I’d have been God I would’ve killed me. Stab my guts out and throw me in the lake of fire. That’s what I say if he wants to do that now I’ll just have to be resigned or something I’ve seen his love I know his love humility ha! Stinking rotten pride of the devil called humility. They tried to make Jesus what he was what he said if he said I haven’t seen him and don’t know him and I’m not the son of God and I’m just like you I said I have seen him I know I’m the son of God what are you going to do about it? They said we’ll kill you he said go ahead I’ll raise up again. Oh boy. Let’s just run around screaming and start screaming now amen! Bless God I tell you what just sets a person’s soul on fire. Now. If God has promised to send us that again at the last days to bring the bride out of the ecclesiastical mess, only way it can be done (otherwise it can never be done) the church can’t receive Christ, the Pentecostal we can’t carry this message on in the condition the church is in today how we gonna-- see he literally tumbles over his words he wants to get the whole thing out. How we gonna carry on-- carry out the end—out the end--how are we going to carry out the end time in the condition they’re in today when everyone against another-- other and everything else in ecclesiastically, oh mercy it’s a mess it’s got in the denominations and anytime I asked any historians to say different every time that a message went forth in the earth and when they organized it died right there and Pentecostal and same thing as they all did Pentecostal come out you assemblies of God when your forefathers and mothers come out of the organization back there in the old general counsel shoutin and praising God and talk all those things and you turn like a dog to its vomit and a hog to its wallow and done the same thing they did now so ecclesiate shut up your bowels and come pass it and you have a fellowship card before you