Thanksgiving 1990

Beaumont, Texas   

Bro. Lee Vayle   -  November 22, 1990

		...dear Lord, by Your help it shall be accomplished. Into Thy hands we
commend ourselves tonight in Jesus' Name we pray. Amen. You may be
seated.

	[Bro. Vayle comments about the microphone]

 1.	Well, it's nice to see you all, and of course one of the blessings
of old age is you don't see so good. So everybody looks so pretty.
[laughter] It helps. It helps a lot. Doesn't help me with my notes.

	You know, many times I get asked the question because I ponder it
myself, what is the present situation in the world particularly in the
near East. And we all know of course it's a war [gulf war] that's
imperialistic, the thought that it is based upon morals and we're trying
to rescue  little Kuwait from Saddam Hussein is not only a myth, it's an
outright lie that nobody is fooled by. Congress is waking up to the fact
if President Bush doesn't have the right to do what he's doing. All the
world is getting pretty edgy right now, and my personal opinion is it
could fall flat. I kind of really figured I really figured that
Feinstein was going to get in as governor of California. She didn't make
it, which we praise the Lord she didn't, but maybe someone worse will
come along the next time, because it's a very rough situation out there.
So, I'm not sure that I'm hundred percent right is what I see concerning
the Middle East.

	But you know... the whole world is against Saddam except a few Arab's
that don't know which way to flip-flop. And they can't get a conference
there. There's no way to peak it up to get the Arab's together. I don't
know if anybody really wants them together, but you've got a least
ninety eight nations that will come against Saddam right now, which
means that the whole world is against him in token.

2.	Many years ago when they used to talk about the whole armies of the
world coming against Israel, I said, I don't believe that's possible six
billion people on earth, and billions...you couldn't put billions of men
over there, it would be just ridiculous. It wouldn't work, but you could
put a token army of every nation represented. So, we've got ninety eight
nations lined up against it. And Hussein of Jordan he's completely in
league with Iraq on the principle he told me, "Hey," he said, "You left
an opened door, an honorable exit." Because they hook the Palestine
question now against Israel with all of the Arab situation.

	Now, what do you think we're going to do in that situation? We're going
to go against Israel. So, already whether you know it or not the seeds
of Armageddon are completely sown. Now, why I'm saying this, it Bro.
Branham said, "We're standing before the White Throne."

	Most people have never understood that statement. If you understand the
Word of God, you understand Abraham. "He believed God Who quickens the
dead, raises him, and calleth those things which are not as though they
were." [Rom 4:17] And the prophetic voice must always put in the present
or past tense the future.

3.	Now, you're already before the White Throne whether you know it or
not, because this is the end. There's nothing further. "The chaff will
be burnt out," Bro. Branham categorically said that. He said Malachi 4,
"Leaving neither root no branch." He said, "Where then do you get your
eternal hell from?" He put the burning at the end of the three and a
half year tribulation, right at the White Throne, at the Lake of Fire.
He put it all there, see?

	So, I believe when you begin to see the prophetic Word of God in Its
implication as to you're standing right in Its Presence, and what God
said is It. This is It. It doesn't matter. You see, He's not going to
speak a second Word brother/sister. Bro. Branham said, "When God said,
'Let there be light', He didn't have to be like that minute, whether it
took a billion years there would be light." 

	The Word was never was re-spoken. God didn't say, "Let there be light,"
and say, "Whoops, I think I made a mistake. Maybe I should change that.
Maybe I should say, 'Another time'." You see what I'm saying?

4.	Okay, now you go back to the Middle East situation. You've got the
world in token right now, it's not in token. This is it: you say, "Do
you believe this is Armageddon?" I didn't say it was, you're looking at
it. I don't think you're catching me. I hope you are, because this is
tragically serious amongst people. Not to know you aren't going
anywhere. You're not looking back. You're not even looking forward. It's
now. See?

	The hour in which we live is it. Now, I know I'm highly criticized as a
very tough preacher. Because people want me to exude the love that says,
"Hey, you're sitting on the fence. Hey, there's another tram coming by.
Hey, there might be another prophet. Hey..." 

	You know...look it, I... If this isn't it, you tell me what is? You
give me some kind of a sign. You produce something. I'm serious. Ain't
nobody going nowhere, we have done went. This is the Presence, the White
Throne. He's not going to have anymore. Please look, the world burns,
the flames destroys germs a thousand miles high. I couldn't understand,
how in the world do you want flames a thousand miles high for germs.
Look at those things orbiting around the space right now. What do you
think they're full of?

 	Now, you say, "What about my future?" 

	Hey, I got it, I've been looking for it. People two thousand years
looking for this hour, and when it comes they say, "What's going on?"
It's a real Thanksgiving, it's a turkey thanksgiving, the way the
turkey's are looking around. [laughter] I'm not as wicked as I sound,
don't worry. 

 	No, it's the Middle East is really believe is a picture of the total
wind down. The armies are there in token, and I believe really, I'm not
saying I know, because I don't know, I'm not a prophet. But I really
believe the hot-potato is going to be handed over to all the world the
situation: now you deal with Israel.

	I don't say they're going to walk in on a highway here, but they will
put pressure upon her more and more. And I think you'll find that Israel
believes that to the limit herself.

5.	Now, we want to talk tonight on a little message on 'Thanksgiving',
perhaps cheer our hearts up, I hope so. This is about the only time I
really take time to take a special message on a special subject. I know
that Bro. Branham usually did, except his last Thanksgiving Message
which was on The Invisible Union of the Bride in Christ,  the Bride in
Christ by the Word.

	But I want to go to a Thanksgiving, and I want to go back to the very
beginning of the Scripture where the thanksgiving was mentioned, and
It's in Leviticus 7, and maybe I'll just read my notes and that's all
we'll need. Now It says here in verses 11-17,

		(11) 	And this is the law of the sacrifice (sacrifice means:
'slaughter of an 					animal', that's the original meaning, 'slaughter
of an animal', so, 						that means something right there.) And this is
the law of the 						(slaughter of the animal, the) sacrifice of peace
offerings, which 						he shall offer unto the LORD.

		(12) 	If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the
sacrifice 					of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and
(the) unleavened 					wafers anointed with oil, and (the) cakes mingled
with oil, of fine flour,                 				fried.

		(13) 	Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened
bread with 					the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. 

	Notice, they're allowed leavened bread there, which you couldn't
possibly have that with the sacrifice. There's no way. It's something
that's been interjected, allowed by God with a special meaning of
course.

		(14) 	And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an
heave 						offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that
(sprinkle) the 					blood of the peace offerings.

		(15) 	And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for
thanksgiving 					shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; (and)
he shall not leave					 any of it until morning.

		(16) 	(And) if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary
offering, 					be eaten the same day that he (offers) his sacrifice: and
on the morrow 					(shall) the remainder be eaten:

		(17)	 (And) the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third
day shall 					be burnt with fire. (Now, you know that's quite a bit
different from 						the regular sacrificial Passover which we have.)

6.	Now, here we've just seen in Scripture the original Biblical
spiritual thanksgiving initiated by God Himself with the rules
completely laid down. Now, even as today, and this is Thanksgiving Day,
and I think it's November 22, Thursday, and it has a special
significance being based upon a vision of a free land, and a free people
in that land with the prospect of having this prospect they have in
mind, the free people, the free nation. They had it in their minds when
they were over there in Europe, and they were under the dominion of the
church and the governments of those days which were very antagonistic to
the citizens of the land who dared to disagree with them.

	Now, that was back there, see? So the original Thanksgiving Day of
Israel, which of course were God's elect, also is based upon not a
care-free celebration as we know today. Because we've forgotten where
our roots really were and what this day is all about.

	It was not a care-free celebration of an originally freed people, but a
people who had escaped bondage by a special process of  deliverance, and
they were now gladly demonstrating their freedom, by remembering their
deliverance. And that Thanksgiving was but the start of an eternal
Thanksgiving. Now, that's what thanksgiving is all about. That's why you
see the peace offering which is literally a Passover offering, the
shedding of the blood of the lamb. The people coming out of bondage
going into a place where they could express their gratitude eternally,
and were always thankful, eternally thankful for their freedom which God
had given them, a land and a freedom. Now, that was the start back here
in the Book of Leviticus.  

7.	Now, what I'm saying then is this: that worshipful thanksgiving unto
God in Leviticus 7, could not be acceptable unto God, it couldn't be
allowed, it could not be acceptable unto God from the people who did
not, or would not recognize God's personal achievement in behalf of
their deliverance. Now see what I'm looking at.

	Notice, they had to shed the blood, the lamb, and something was added
to it. But if you didn't take this basic peace offering you could not
have a thank offering, it was absolutely impossible. So, thanksgiving
was based entirely upon the peace offering which in itself had nothing
to do with the person personally. It was something that had a life of
its own, had a growth of its own. There was a relationship to the person
only perhaps in an ownership, but this was something that in God's
creation, God's domain, that God brought forth, and this peace-offering
was singular and solitary, nothing could be added to it.

8.	So, thanksgiving commemorated the blessing of deliverance, because
that's what it was. It was the blessing of deliverance by the shed blood
of the lamb. And basically then, there could be no true blessing, nor
any thanksgiving allowed for any blessing, (you understand what I'm
saying now, because my language is very, very precise,) I'm talking
about there could be no true blessing. Period.

	Neither could be there any reciprocal thanksgiving for any blessing
without the recognition of the peace-offering, the propitiation for sin,
making the peace-offering which would be then our peace with God by the
Blood and truly acceptable in righteousness before God. Now, you follow
what I said? 

	I'll read very carefully now: thanksgiving commemorated the blessing of
deliverance by the shed blood of the lamb. See? When God made His
arm-bearer and delivered the people from heathen darkness and
oppression, to glorious light and liberty in a land which was to be
theirs eternally. And without that peace-offering you didn't have a
thanksgiving offering.

	You couldn't go to God and bless Him for anything, even though you
wanted to. In other words, there could be no reciprocal thanksgiving on
our part, on Israel's part unless the Blood was paramount and present.
There was no recognition apart from It. See? Thankfulness is a very
particular peculiar subject then, showing us the peace-offering then,
bringing us nigh unto God, He made peace for us by His Blood, and He
made us perfectly righteous by what He could do after the shed Blood.

9.	Now, Cain tried this: he tried to come to God with an offering of
gratitude and thankfulness. The seed of the serpent actually invented
and tried this little scheme. And when he was condemned by God, he rose
up and slew his half brother Abel. Now let's look at the Bible, because
this is no fairy tale. Genesis 4, of course is what we're referring to.
And notice what happened now. And after his sacrificing (verse 8) Cain
talked with Abel his brother. 

	Now he talked with Abel and he said, "Now, this bit about you being
accepted, and me not being accepted, you can be called grateful, but I
cannot be called grateful. You can say that you have worshipped God, and
I cannot worship Him. I will not take it."

	"Well," you say, "Brother Vayle, I don't think that's the way it went."


	Well, that's the way it went. Because It said they talked about it.
When they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and
slew him. And the Lord said to Cain, "Where is Abel thy brother?"

	And he said, "I don't know, am I my brother's keeper? He'd be off
wandering somewhere."

	"What hast thou done? The Voice said, thy brother's blood crieth unto
Me from the  ground. Now, art thou cursed from the earth." Now, art thou
cursed, from the earth.

	What was he before? Simply rejected, now he's cursed. That doesn't
sound very good, does it? Now it just meant one solitary lamb made the
difference. One solitary lamb was all that was required. 

	He said, "Now you're cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth
to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. When thou tillest the
ground, it shall not henceforth yield into thee her strength." [Gen
4:11-12.] 

10.	I want to tell you something, the Caininites , the serpent seed have
tilled this land of ours till there's nothing left. And they're acting
as though they can make it work forever and ever. The pope has declared
himself the moral consciousness of the people. The Catholic church for
two thousand years has said, (or just about two thousand years,) has
said, we're going to make it so Jesus can come right back and sit on the
Throne, we're the representative, we're going to bring in the
Millennium.    

	I got news: the Vatican means, 'va-ti-ca-een', which is: 'the house of
Cain'. It says the earth is cursed, and you're cursed with it. Alpha is
Omega.

	Tell you what you do: invent a seed for me. I like the taste of corn,
but something's I don't like the taste of. But maybe you could invent
something in-between for me. "Well," you say, "we'll splice it." Ha, I
won't take it. You know why? It already is there. You can splice genes.
You can do a lot of things, go ahead and do it. You do something of
yourself. You start something. You know I'm not scolding you, I'm just
trying to open your minds to see something. This is original seed. You
don't go by it, you don't get around it, you don't get away from it.
When the carrier pigeon died that was it. Species are dying all around
us, that's it. You can hybridize, you can fraternize, you can do what
you want. Do something like this...that men stand back and they say
they're smarter but weaker. Bless God, we got a people that's stronger
and wiser, not smarter, because we know the Word of the Lord. 

11.	Now, He says right here, He said, "A fugitive and a vagabond shalt
thou be in the earth." [Gen 4:12] "Oh rocks fall on us and hide us from
the face of the Lamb." [Rev 6:16]  

	You think the earth's going to obey at this end-time? You think they're
going to reclaim the earth? Here it is: Listen, it's put before you,
they turned down the Blood. They turned down the peace-offering, and
they're trying to give a thanksgiving offering. And what's it degraded
to? Just a big fat hot turkey dinner, maybe rib roast thrown in like
down stairs. And I'm not against this motel doing it, I'm all for it. If
I'd have been hungry, I'd have gone there and the big meal. I just
couldn't hack it. You can have the ham if you want. I don't eat that
anymore. The rest of the things I would have enjoyed. But you see where
we're going today?

		"And Cain said to the Lord, my punishment is greater than I can bear.
Behold, 				thou has driven me out this day from the face of the earth;
and from thy face shall                    		I be hid; (and that's
true,) and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth;           
        		and it'll come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall
slay me. And the Lord 				said unto him, Therefore whosover slayeth
Cain, vengeance shall be taken upon 				him sevenfold. The Lord set a
mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill 				him."  [Gen
4:13-15] 

	Thank God, we've got our own mark which is the mark of Eternal Life.
Now, this shows how God judges people's efforts.

12.	Now all right, we'll read now in Leviticus 3:1-6, now we get a few
verses in there. 

		(1) 	And (this is the offering, that's oblation, means 'offering', and
						sacrifice, slaughter of an animal,) of (the) peace offering, if he
						offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall
offer 						it without blemish before the LORD.

		(2) 	And he shall lay his hands upon the head of his offering, and
kill 						it at the door of the tabernacle.. .

	Now the only difference between this and the offering which was the
Passover, it had to be a male. This would be anything at all, because
now it's the shedding of the blood. We're looking at a type. Just the
shedding of the blood, the life that was spent. 

		(2)	...and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the
altar 					round about.

		(3) 	...he shall offer of the sacrifice the peace offering an offering
made 					by fire unto the LORD; (and) the fat that covereth the
inwards, and                       				all the fat that is upon the
inwards,

		(4) 	And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, (and so on.)

	And It said:

		(5) 	...Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt
sacrifice, 						which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an
offering made 						by fire, (it's) a sweet savor unto the LORD.

		(6) 	And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the
LORD 					of the flock; male or female, it (will be) without blemish
(before the 					LORD.)

	We have the basic type here then set, the Scripture is saying, the
basic law, the peace-offering, is that God is declaring to the people:
"you are an enslaved people, but I'm going to get you out of your
bondage. I actually, have gotten you out of your bondage, and now you
are free to worship Me in spirit and in truth, so therefore, be you
grateful and thankful." And it's a solitary, or the singular offering of
the lamb that must be perfect from the flock. And there's no mention of 
any other requirement. There's no other mention. That's where you stand
with, and that's exactly from that point on, you can express yourself
and you then can be acceptable to Almighty God. A lot again, like the
Passover, a lamb, where's there's a lamb for the household. A Lamb lead
to the slaughter, rejected of men. You see a picture here then of the
peace-offering, and Christ of course, is our Passover, He is our Peace,
having broken down the middle wall of partition. He stood alone. He was
rejected of men. He was sacrificed.  In other words, It's that Life,
solitary Life that is given.

13.	Now, you'll notice here that It says, that no priest can officially
accept any peace offering other than the solitary beast burden with sin.
How come then the church is saying, "You got to come through the
church?"

	 How come a priest will say, "I forgive you your sins." How is there
anything outside of this one offering?

	So, somebody comes and says, "Okay, I will add to it. I will embellish
it. I will adorn it. I will take from it. I will do something to it. I
am going to become inventive concerning this thing."

	You see, there is no way that you can be accepted. There is no way that
you can worship. And there is no way that you can be thankful, because
He is Jehovah Shalom, and He is Jehovah Tsidkenu, which is our Peace and
our Righteousness.

	Now, Abel could not abide Cain's complex perverted sacrifice, and he
testified against it and he died for it. Now, here is where the Saint
has always had problems with the world. And the world doesn't
understand, "nothing in my hands I bring, simply to the Cross I cling,"
and neither do ninety percent of the Christians understand that. Because
we were brought up under the face of a man.

14.	Now, under the face of the man it was very good, because Luther was
an astute theologian. He really understood, "The just shall live by
faith." [Rom 1:17] He was completely exonerated before God. That was a
mighty man. But Wesley came on to correct the problem of Lutheranism,
which was Calvinism gone plumb to seed. And so the pendulum swung all
the way over to the right hand side. And at that particular time you saw
a little bit of Divine healing come into play, because Wesley was a
mighty man, very imaginative, (and I use that critically, correctly, at
this particular time) because the man was able to reason from the
Scripture and understand certain things, and put it in evangelical
light, until he was a dynamo for God, where historians will tell you
that Mr. Wesley was not known for his depth. He was known for his
otherwise deep, or profound ability to move people. He was a real
evangelist. And in that particular measure then, the teaching was lost.
So you have a legalist group of people that ends up in Pentecost, which
is complete chaff.  

	Now then: If nothing in my hands I bring, you can be nothing but an
'eternal security' believer. You say, "Well, I got something that God
gave me I'm going to work with." That has nothing to do with your
salvation. That has everything to do with the ministry and rewards down
the line. But this is the tragedy of the face of the man, it went from
the truth, the pendulum swung it to seed, then it went all the way over,
and now under the prophet we're getting right back to the very center.
We understand you can add nothing to your peace-offering. God Himself is
His Own peace and our peace. God Himself is His Own righteous and our
righteousness. Nothing in ourselves as Paul said, "Within my flesh there
is nothing."

15.	The only way that you could ever have anything is have something
from the family of God to be a family of God. You sit with people
that...well, most of you maybe know each other, sitting with each other,
but you're from different families. And not one would say, "Well, your
father was my father." You've got enough understanding where your seed
came from. Don't you understand that's a family principle. So it is with
Almighty God, He's got a family of principle, and it's a life. And we
are genetically and generically a family of God. We are God's family.

	If you say, "Well, I don't think I like the way you do things. I don't
think I like the way that you act and all." That has nothing to do with
it. And one way, another way it has everything to do with it. For this
reason: you will stay with the Scripture. Israel would not stay. Cain
would not stay. He would not accept that offering, but he said, "I can
go ahead and have a worshipful, thankful spirit unto God and I'm
alright."

	There you see, I bring you right back to the Word. And some say, "With
you Vayle is, Word, Word, Word. Oh, go and heal sick, raise the dead,
have miracles."

	One day if you're not in line with that Word, the test of the truth, He
said, "I never knew you."

	"But Lord, I did these miracles."

	He said, "Well, so did Judas, raise the dead. He betrayed Me." Satan
took him over.

	Why the stone made without hands is going to come down, and it's going
to hit the feet of clay, and it's going to go to chaff. My Bible says,
"The day when His fan is in His hand purging His floor, He gather's the
wheat in the garner, but the chaff He burns up with fire unquenchable." 
     [Lk 3:17] And Bro. Branham said, Pentecost was the chaff.

	Where are you identified this evening? Well, you'd make money, do
anything you want. No problem. Whose side are you on, Abel's or Cain?
Now you see, it's simple as ABC, and I'm not mad at anybody. Not
excoriating anybody. You do what you want. I got the privilege of doing
what I want. 

	Here was this offering. Peace-offering, just come and lay it on the
altar. You know, the priest's got out of line, they said, "Well, we'll
accept you, a little money on the side." The priest's son began getting
into an nefarious [immoral] affairs with women. The priesthood went down
the road, debauchery [excessive indulgence] claimed it. You got the same
thing today. There's nothing new under the sun. Just more of it.
Absolutely. All right, Abel couldn't abide it, or he didn't want that.
So, of course he died for it. He couldn't take what this fellow wanted
to offer him.

16.	Notice, Leviticus 7:11-15 again: It says here:

		(11) 	...this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings... 

	Now, notice It, that you've got to read It a particular way. "The
sacrifice of peace-offerings." That's what it is. It's like almost one
word. And he says here:

		(12) 	...for a thanksgiving, he (may) offer it with (a) sacrifice of
thanksgiving...					(See, a sacrifice of thanksgiving.)

	Now, you say, "I'm going to give God back something this thanksgiving,
which you see, I have absolutely of my own." You can't do it. 

	He said, "Here, it's got to be...I've got to be the One that you're
grateful to on the grounds of the shed Blood." It's something out of our
hands entirely. But once you begin, once you begin on that road which is
the road of redemption through the shed Blood of Jesus Christ. Of course
you know, there's the Baptism of the Holy Ghost, baptizing by the Lord
Jesus Christ. We don't negate those things, we just talk from the type
here.

17.	From that time on, then you may begin to present. Now what does that
do for you? That opens the door of a true consecration and a true joy,
and a true freedom. Because now, you don't have to worry about you. See?
You're out of the picture again. Yet you're in the picture. And the
beautiful thing is, you are perfectly acceptable to God.

	Which you say, "Then Lord, how am I going to do this, so that my
offering comes right?" Well. you just go to the Word. So you notice how
the Word here puts it.

	He said, "Now, this time you do it, you will notice that priest can
eat, and the one that is here giving the offering, he can eat. Now,
that's like the Passover. Now you see, you're really like more
enveloped, and more secure in the body of Christ. You're more definitely
a profound believer.

	See, now notice: Bro. Branham said, "You're not really allowed to
according to tradition." He went back, I think to didactically,
[intended for instruction] but speaking as a prophet. He said, "Until
you're baptized with the Holy Ghost, you don't have a right to partake
of the Communion." Oh, look at this here: they couldn't partake without
basically putting it all upon God.

	Now, that's what you're looking at as Christians. And when you put it
all upon God, which is the shed Blood, the Life in the Blood returning
upon you. Seeing the things of Almighty God. Then you present yourself,
and whatever you do in the Name of the Lord Scripturally, you see that
It is perfectly qualified. And you are perfectly qualified.

18.	Now, we read here these verses which I read previously here
concerning the sacrifice of thanksgiving being based upon the
peace-offering. Now, with that we go back to Leviticus 3: and just
quickly see again the peace-offering, offering your oblation, (your
offering,) the sacrifice, the peace-offering, he takes it from the herd,
no blemish, lays a hand upon it, identifies himself with it.

	So, now over here in Leviticus 7 again, you see that this person
literally shows that he is actually acknowledging the fact that he is a
partaker with the Lord Jesus Christ. Yet, you go in the world today, you
find people cannot identify with the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ,
yet Thanksgiving is everywhere.

	What has the church done? It turned the Thanksgiving worship of God
into a Santa Claus situation. That's why I guess today America's
absolutely showing forth that...already before Thanksgiving takes place
they're decorating everything up for Christmas. They've got it
completely botched up, even in the natural of this world.

19.	Now, notice again back in...this will bring it together to show what
I'm talking about.             Genesis 4. 

		(1) 	And Adam knew his wife (Eve;) and she conceived, and bare Cain, 	
			and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

		(2) 	And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of
sheep, 					but Cain a tiller of the ground.

		(3) 	And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the
fruit 					of the ground an offering unto the LORD.

		(4) 	And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of
the fat 					thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his
offering: (Now 					notice, He had respect unto Abel.)

	Now, where did the respect lie? It lay in the fact that this
acknowledged that Abel apart from himself offered unto God exclusively.
Singularly that offering meant one thing. This is not a part of me, I
offer it, I give it back to You. And that's exactly what Abel was able
to do. And this where you see the beauty of the Christian today. He
knows that he is standing here in the Presence of God, offering to God
the shed Blood of Jesus Christ and the Life therein.

	Now, this is not something that we view vaguely and wonder about. So
many people say, "Well, Bro. Branham said the Blood was off the Mercy
Seat." Then they say, "Well, the Blood went to the Word." There's many
things that you may say, many things you may think the prophet said.
Many things you may quote the prophet said, but to put it together and
really understand, let's go back to Scripture to really understand it.
You can't get away from it. "And without the shedding of blood, there is
no remission of sin." [Heb 9:22] There is no acknowledgment of anything,
unless we're first of all identified with the Blood and hold It in the
highest esteem, there is no place for any worship or any thanksgiving,
and you can run up and down the aisles and scream, do all you want, I'm
sorry. And I'll tell you why, because this is the Word.

20.	You say, "Bro. Vayle, let me tell you something, it's that shed
Blood."

	Let me tell you something, there was no shed Blood until there was a
Word for It. Talk all you want. You can't get away from It. There's
always been a Word for everything. There cannot be any exposure of any
of the thoughts of Almighty God, or what God wants until there is a Word
for It. You think what you want.

	Rhema, oh they go along and they try to tell you a story that Rhema is
not Logos. Rhema is absolutely Logos. It just simply means: that Logos
is in a form that we can apprehend It, appreciate It, and do something
about It. Without the Rhema there wouldn't be a Logos.

	In other words, there had to be that definitive in the mind of Almighty
God. And when God spoke It, then something could be done. So, you look
at your picture here, God Himself acquainted these two men with the
shedding of the blood of the lamb, putting them in position of the true
recognition of Sonship and worship before Almighty God. And what
happened to one? He was rejected. And what happened? He got very angry. 

21.	What about the great White Throne? You think these people have
changed? No! At the great White Throne just as soon as it's over and all
the resurrection has taken place, and all the judgment has taken place,
Satan will gather his armies and they will try to come right against God
to get rid of God and the people of God. You think it's changed? Seed
bears seed.  

		(5) 	...And (he) Cain was very wroth, and his countenance (fallen).

	You know, many people can hide their anger with a smile, and that's
Satan's cunning trick at the end-time.

		(6) 	And the LORD said, Why art thou wroth? why is (your) countenance 
				fallen?

	Notice:

		(7) 	If (you do) well, (won't you) be accepted?... 

	In other words, thou hast... as the Septuagint, I like what they say
better: "Thou has rightly offered, but if thou has not rightly divided,
hast thou not sinned?" 

	Now, Cain had a very good offering. The Bible says, "Cain's offering
was excellent." Because the Bible says, "Abel's was more excellent."
[Heb 11:4] And you cannot have a thing that is browner, unless you've
got a brown. You cannot have a think that is sweeter, unless you've got
something sweet. You cannot have a thing that is further, unless there
is something far. So, when It says that Abel's offering was a more
excellent sacrifice, there is absolutely no way out that Cain's offering
was not an excellent one, because it was an excellent sacrifice. But he
couldn't be accepted.

	You say, "Why, are you hammering this?" 

	I'll tell you at the end of the message. There's a little bit too much
prophet, prophet, and not enough God, God. The big argument, how close
was I to the prophet? It doesn't matter. How close are we to God? 

	What are you doing about the Word?

	"I follow Bro. Branham."

	 Do you? Many say that, they don't even know what he said.

22.	Now, before we proceed with any other thought, let us consider at
what time does this 'thank-offering' which is based upon, and is a part
of the peace-offering  took place. And this is very important. It could
only take place, and did take place when the Tabernacle, or the Church
of God in the wilderness was completed, and Church order by vindication
was set forth and practiced.

	Now, that's when it really could take place, because this is the
prelude to the making of the tabernacle, and the entering in to this
particular worship, and it was to be carried on into the land in which
they were going.

	Now, you know of course, that Deuteronomy 4, is a very excellent
chapter, and I like It very much, because It gives us some ideas about
the hour in which we live. And we could read all of It, but let's just
read a bit here, beginning in verse 1.

		(1) 	Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the 	
				judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that (you) may live...

	Now, you notice right here, that all of these sacrifices are set in
order. All the Word of God is pretty well set in order by the time you
get to Deuteronomy, all the various laws and things are in order. And he
said:

		(1)	... (Now, you're going to go in and live,) and (you) go in (to)   
                                  			possess the land which the LORD God
of your fathers giveth you. 

23.	Now notice again: these judgments and statute which I teach you to
do them. 

	"These here are given to you, taught to you that you may live by them,
and with it you'll go 	in to possess the land which the Lord God of your
father's gives you. And you'll not add 	unto the Word which I command
you, you'll not diminish that Word that you may keep 	the commandments
of the Lord your God which I command you."

		(2)	(You see, if you add one or take one, it's no longer the Word of
God. 					That's just the way it is.)

		(3) 	Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: (now, 
				that's where they had this sexual encounter, where they gave way to 
				the things of the flesh and into idolatry.) for all the men that
followed 					Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed from among you.
(I think 					twenty three thousand at one click.)

		(4) 	But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one
					of you this day.

		(5) 	Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the
LORD 					my God commanded me, that (you) should do so in the land
whither 					(you) go to possess it.

		(6) 	Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your 				
	understanding in the sight of the nations...

		 In other words, this law that you appreciate, this Word that you've
accepted in the face of the others who didn't, this Word that you
received, he said, this differentiates you from everybody else. And that
didn't mean just the mixed multitude, that meant entirely all the
nations of the world. Now, that's just what you're looking at. Now:

		(6) 	Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your 				
	understanding in the sight of the nations which shall (surely) hear 			
		all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and 		
			understanding people.

		(7) 	For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto
them, 						as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him
for?

		(8) 	And what nation is there so great, that hath (judgments and
statutes) 					so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this
day? 						(And so on.)

	So, you notice here your picture, it is a very powerful dissertation on
the Word of God, and I won't go through the whole chapter, or the 20
verses.

24.	 But, I want to take you back to Deuteronomy 3:23-24, so you can get
what I've got in mind here. And It says here: 

		(23) 	And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,

		(24) 	O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness,
and 					thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth,
that can 					do according to thy works, and according to thy might?

	Now, you notice why I want to bring out your attention here. Moses is
claiming a vindication of the authority, for the authority of the Word.

	Notice again:   

		(23) 	And I besought the LORD at that time, saying, (Now, Moses 					
wanted to go to the Promised Land, he couldn't do it.)

		(24) 	O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness, 	
				and thy mighty hand:...

	Now, what is this for? This is to go into the Promised Land in order to
worship God in spirit and in truth and offer continuously the sacrifice
of thanksgiving.

	In other words, a happy and beautiful relationship between God and the
people. And it could only exist upon the people understanding a Word
that's vindicated, this is It, you don't go any further. If you take
from It you're shot. If you put to It you're shot. This is It. You
understand what I'm saying? This is Exodus time we're talking of,
preparatory to going in. And without this, you don't go in, because
without this, not only can you not go in, it wouldn't do you any good to
go in without It. 

25.	I know you think, "Well Bro. Vayle, I just disagree with you,
because you see, hallelujah, when we get over there bless God, it'll be
so and so." 

	I've got news for you, "Bless God you're wrong." 

	You're not going to change God in the way He does things. This is the
Bible I'm reading from. And he said, "God, You've only begun to do the
things that's going to happen over there." Yeah! He said, "This
vindicated Word that I have brought the people shows how great You are
only infinitesimally to what how really great You are."    

	Why do you think Bro. Branham said, "The Millennium is a place of
further sanctification?" Are you getting jarred tonight? Did you
understand this Message? You got hope built upon hope, upon hope
brother/sister. And from glory unto glory, unto glory. Do you not a
little...heaven knows what? You got to expand your minds and understand
we're talking about. See? [End of side one] 

		(24)	...for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do
according 					to thy works, and according to thy might?

	There wasn't anybody could match Moses. The servants of Pharaoh came
forward, Jannes and Jambres, and they withstood Moses. And Moses let
them get away with it, and the showdown came. See? Always there's a
showdown. Look at the time of Elijah. There was a showdown. But when
there's a showdown you better watch out, because a showdown separates
the serpent seed from the true. Separates you.

	And the children that go in know how they're going in and why, because
they see vindication. Vindication is utmost important! You got a
vindicated prophet. You show me these prophets of Balaam they've got a
vindication.

25.	Remember, absolutely that Judas positively went on anointed, raised
the dead, but as Bro. Branham said, "He couldn't stick around for
Pentecost." 

	Well, somebody said, "Let's get back to Pentecost."

	My answer to you is: "Paul wasn't at Pentecost."

	There was no Word disseminated. When the day came the Pentecostal
leader Peter, Paul withstood in his face and said, "Peter, you're wrong.
Who's sinned, you or God?" You go back to Pentecost if you want
brother/sister, be my guest. 

	Do you ask for all your sacrifice of praise. I got one thing to say to
you, here's what really galls me: I believe I preach this Word of God
just as Bro. Branham laid It out taking cover to cover, and I don't ask
anybody to scream. But I wouldn't mind, at the end of a service like we
had one time with Bro. Branham in New York; five hundred and fifty
people rose to their feet simultaneously and screamed praises unto God. 
Bro. Branham liked it, I liked it too. I'm not against that, but I will
not accept fanaticism tomfoolery and repudiation of the Word of God,
that you say, "We got liberty, hallelujah." 

	You haven't got, your liberty comes from God Himself, liberating
through the Blood of Jesus Christ the power of His Own right arm. Now
you got something to thank for. Let's stay with the Word of Almighty
God. See?

26.	Now, this takes us right away, this Exodus here in this time, takes
us immediately over here to 1 Thessalonians 4: and this is a powerful
chapter that Bro. Branham brought us explaining the prerequisites, or
condition of the Rapture. 

		(16) 	For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout,
with 						the voice of the archangel, the trump of God: and the dead in
Christ 					shall rise first:

	And that Shout is 'kelusma'. Absolutely the kelusma, which is the
'command'. A military command, the command of the coxswain, (whatever
you want to put,) is getting the rowers in order. It's getting the
marching the troops in order. It's getting a thing in order.

	All right, now:

		(17) 	Then we which are alive and remain (are going to) to meet the
Lord 					in the air, (in the clouds, we'll) be with (him forever more.)

		(18)	 (So, you're to) comfort one another with (those) words.

27.	Okay, let's read on:  [Chapter 5:]

		(1) 	But of the times and the seasons, brethren, (we) have no need
that 						I write you.

		(2) 	For yourselves know perfectly the day of the Lord so (comes) as a
						thief in the night.

		(3) 	For when they shall say, Peace and safety; (comes) sudden
destruction 					upon them, as travail upon a [woman with] child; (and
so on.)

	Let's go a little further now:

		(5)	 (But now you're) the children of light, and the children of the
day: 						we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

		(6) 	Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be
sober.

		(7) 	For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken
are 						drunken in the night.

	 See, they get rowdy round, like Bro. Branham mentioned in Jezebel
Religion which we're studying back home. How that he was kept awake all
night long by people that were in a drunken stupor, carousing and
screaming, and women and everything else. And you know with their
key-clubs and all that junk. But he said, "If you people here praise God
they put you in jail." Paul is saying this now, so I'm not against true
spiritual emotion, but you can't put it in place of the truth. 

	And you can't say like Pentecostal, "Well, we had a great time last
night shouting, we'll shout tonight and we'll get the Presence of God."
You see, I'm not against emotion. I'm just against this stuff I came out
of so many years ago. Thank God Pentecost came out of me. I'm talking
about the Pentecostal doctrines.

		(7) 	...they that sleep sleep in the night; ... drunken...(and so on.)

		(8) 	But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the
breastplate of 					faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of
salvation.

		(9) 	For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation
by 						our Lord Jesus Christ,

	Now, how do you obtain salvation through? There's your peace-offering,
the Lord Jesus Christ

		(10) 	Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, (that's we die,
or 						continue,) we should live together with him.

	All right, so we see we were taken now to this place, where we are
ready to go in to the Promised Land which this time is not Canaan, but
it's into the Millennium which is a renewed earth. Now, Bro. Branham, I
asked him about it, I said, "How much is renewed?"

	He said, "Well," he said, "could be all." He said, "Maybe a portion." I
think you'll even find that on a tape. But he believed in renewal of it.
Now, doesn't believe in the dissolution which comes at the end of the
thousand years, The Future Home of the Bride.

28.	Now, let's go to Jeremiah 33: and we want to see some things in
there, which I know are important to us. Okay, reading:

		(1) 	Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time,

	All right, what does that make you think of? The Word given the second
time. Like Bro. Branham said. "Deuteronomy." This is the hour. He said,
"Just think, the same Pillar of Fire that brought the Word to Paul, is
here revealing It."

		(1)	(So,) the word of the LORD (comes to) Jeremiah the second time, 		
			while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison... (Now, here 			
		he's in prison.)

		(2) 	Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, 	
				to establish it; the LORD is his name;

		(3) 	Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and
mighty 					things, (that you don't know.) 

	In other words, here's vindication. He said, "I'm going to do things
for you." He said, "There's nothing outside this sphere of what you'll
ask Me for." And certainly not, because this man's a prophet. Formed in
the womb. Words put in his mouth. What do you think this man is going to
give back to God? He's going to give back to God exactly what God wants
to give him back to him in order to be vindicated as a servant of God. 

	That's why Bro. Branham could say, "If the Lord told me to go and
resurrect Abraham Lincoln, you think I'd be afraid to do it? Call the
armies of the earth..." And he also said, "George Washington." That
would be great. Go and resurrect George and Abe both at the same time.

	You say, "It couldn't be done."

	What are you trying to tell me it couldn't be done! 

	"Sure, I don't believe it could be done, because bless God, you see
that man was already mold in  the ground, and..."

	What do you know what God would do? You're just guessing.

 	I learned my lesson years ago, when I saw John the Baptist was full of
the Holy Ghost in his mother's womb and I was insulted. How come he got
It and I didn't? That's God's business. We don't tell God anything. Bro.
Branham said, "You ain't got a think coming."

29.	So, here's this man here now this vindicated servant of God.

		(4) 	For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, concerning the houses of
this 					city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which
are 						thrown down by the mounts, (that's they built mounds against
it,) and 					by the sword;

		(5) 	They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them
with the 					dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in
my fury, 					and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this
city.

	In other words, he said what went on there. He said, "I'm going to
destroy all these people."

		(6) 	Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them,
and will 					reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

	Now listen, this man is vindicated to bring this Message. 

	"Oh Jeremiah, you really didn't say so." [said somewhat mockingly] 

	Do you think Jeremiah didn't have vindication? Ain't no such thing as a
man not having vindication with 'Thus Saith the Lord' in his mouth,
because that's Deuteronomy 18. And he said positively flat, God Himself
said, "Look," He said, "you don't need to fear anybody that's not
vindicated. You just laugh at him."

	That's why I kind of get amused at the pope. He's all mouth. But the
devil will back him up. God allows it. 

		(7)	 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and of Israel to return,
and 						will build them, as at the first.

	That's what He said now, the second time I'm going to talk. And
remember, that's what Joel said concerning the former and latter rain.
"I will restore," [Joel 2:25] is in the former. And they got it down as
former month. That is exactly erroneous. They put the word month in
there.

30.	He said, "I'm going to do the second time what I did before." In
other words, I will now reveal what was said. Like, the same Pillar of
Fire revealing the Word that brought the Word. Now:

		(8) 	And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they
sinned 					against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby
they have 					sinned, and whereby they have transgressed... ( He said,
"Why you're 					the righteous sweet little Bride of Jesus Christ, you
didn't even do it."

		(9) 	And it shall be to me a name of joy, (and) praise and honour
before all 					the nations of the earth, which shall hear the good that
I do unto them: 					and they shall fear and tremble for all the
goodness and all the prosperity 					that I procure unto it.

		(10) 	Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place,
which 					ye say shall be desolate without man, without beast, even in
the cities 					of Judah, the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate,
without man, 						without inhabitant, without beast,

		(11) 	(And) the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of
the 						bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, and the voice of them
that 						say, Praise the LORD of hosts: (and) for the LORD is good;
(and) 						his mercy (endures) for ever: and of them that shall bring
the sacrifice 					of (thanksgiving, that word 'praise' is
'thanksgiving', look it up in the 					Hebrew.) into the house of the
LORD. For I will cause to return the 					captivity...as at the first,
(when Jerusalem was secured within the land, 					where three times
every year all the males went up to worship God, and 					never once was
Israel attacked.)  

	Every little town, every woman, every child was opened to molestation
and destruction by the marauding enemy that would have come in. But
never one time in history under the Pillar of Fire, because that's where
God was to Israel. They weren't attacked one time. (Just hold your
finger there.)

31.	Let's just quickly swing back to Revelation 18: and here's what he
says here:

		(20)	 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, (this is over Rome that falls)
(you) 						holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

		(21) 	And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and
cast 						it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great
city Babylon 					be thrown down, (I think that's your atomic bomb from
Russia) and 					shall be found no more at all.

		(22) 	And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and pipers, and
trumpeters, 					shall be heard no more in thee at all; and no
craftsman, whatsoever 						craft (shall) be, (...?...) shall be found
in thee anymore; and the sound 					of a millstone shall be heard no
more in thee;

		(23) 	And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee;
and the 						voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall no more be
heard at 						all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the
earth; for by 					thy sorceries... (that's your prescriptions, their
concoctions, their ideas, 					their formulations, their chemistry, all
this thing is business and 						science, Satan's Eden.)  	

		(24)	 And in her was found the blood of prophets, (that's Cain.)

	What blood? The Blood of the Word that was shed. These people are the
Word of God. If you're part of God, you're part Word. Your Rhema Logos
and your own little position. And the world has always shed the blood,
like the righteous blood of Abel.

32.	But notice back what It says over here again: It says, "God is going
to do this, (he said,) second time around." Second time around. That's
exactly right, because the first time around was by a flood when He took
them out. The next time He purges the earth by Fire. I'm not talking
about now...for the New Jerusalem. I'm talking about a purging. Because
Bro. Branham said, "At the end-time the church is purged, the Jews are
purged, and the earth is purged." Church, Jews and earth. Right.

	So, we're looking at this, coming into our day now. He's going to
return the captivity. He's going to free the people. Free the land. 
[Jeremiah 33:]

		(12) 	Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is
desolate 					without man, without beast, and in all the cities thereof,
shall be an 					habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie
down.

		(13) 	In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and
in the cities 					of the south, the land of Benjamin, in Jerusalem, in
Judah, shall the 					flocks pass again under the hands of him that
telleth them, saith the LORD.

		(14) 	Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, (I'll) perform that good
thing 					which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the
house of Judah.

		(15)	 In those days, and at that time, (now listen,) will I cause the
Branch... 					(Who's the Branch? Jesus Christ) of righteousness to grow
up unto David; 					(what's to grow up unto David? Christ Himself is
progressing.)

	He was back there: "Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee."
Another time: "How I have begotten Thee from the dead." Another time:
"You're a Priest unto Almighty God, the order of Melchisedec." Now, He
said, "Sit upon my right hand. Sit upon My Throne." And now, he said,
"You come up to the Headship, where we're all mankind, the true Bride of
God, and You're sitting on the Throne of David."  Come on, you're
looking at the Millennium. That's where the real Thanksgiving comes in.
I know, people don't understand, "Where's all this joy? Where's all the
hoopla?" 

33.	A young man came to Bro. Branham and said, "Bro. Branham, here I'm
so dead, this and that..."

	He said, "Son, the revival's over." Hey, you're dead to everything, but
the Word of God! You want the super-duper feeling? Forget it! I'm not
against gifts or anything else, but I'm against all this hogwash, and
this rot that goes on. To me it is, you do what you want. Now listen:

		(15)	...he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.

		(16) 	In those days shall Judah be saved, Jerusalem shall dwell
safely: and 					this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The
LORD our 						righteousness. (Oh, mercy,)

	A full manifestation of righteousness of God and the people say, "Oh
God, I'm such a mess."

	Certainly you're a mess. I'm a mess. We're all a mess. "In the flesh
there dwelleth no good thing." [Rom 7:18] You're never going to live
perfect. William Branham never lived perfect. No man lived the Word of
God outside of Jesus Christ, but we've got a privilege to believe the
Word of God. And people turn It down flat when's It's vindicated. Hey,
do you see what I'm trying to tell you? If you turn this down what are
you looking forward to? Come on, be honest with me. I'm honest with you.
I spill my guts, that's why I'm under such stress and strain. I spill it
all over the place. I don't care if people hear me, or don't hear me.
I've got no place to go outside. Where would I go? Some of you
made...can you take it or not? I don't know if you can even take it or
not. It's up to you. I'm not your judge. It's enough God's my Judge, I
judge myself.  

		( 7) 	For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit
upon 					the throne of the house of Israel; (Certainly not.)

	British Israel, tries to take that and make it Great Britain. Ha, ha.
Bro. Branham blew in their cocked hats so fast it was pitiful.

		(18) 	Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to
offer 						burnt offerings, to kindle meat offerings, and to do
sacrifice continually. 					(No, they won't, because it's out of the
picture. The sacrifices of praises 					in there.)

		(19) 	...the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying,

		(20) 	Thus saith the LORD; If (you) can break my... (now listen, if
you can 					break  my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the
night, that there 					should not be night, and should not be day in
their season;

		(21) 	Then may also (may this) covenant... (we're walking into right
now, the 					covenant that God made eternally with Jesus Christ to sit
upon that 					Throne, to take over all the affairs of mankind. What's
going on right 					now brother/sister. We're stepping into it, and
stepping through it, to it.)

	He said, "Listen, if I break My vindication, if I break My Word, I got
one thing to tell you, there's neither going to be night nor day, it's
over."

34.	You want to start praying there's no more night? There's no more
day? I'm telling you something, day and night is broken with the
Millennium, and it goes plumb to New Jerusalem where there isn't any day
and night, or sun or moon, or anything else. You're not working anymore
by a clock. Work where a law set in order, you're working by the Lamb
Himself upon the Throne. When the Spirit that's amongst us becomes
incarnate to us at the Wedding Supper, we crown Him King of kings and
Lord of lords; Son of God, Son of David, Son of Man, the mighty God, the
everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, the altogether Lovely.

	You're not dealing brother/sister, with something superficial anymore.
He said, "Look," 

He said, "This covenant can be broken, that I have said to My Son, 'This
is the faith of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, we're resting upon'." 

	"The Father said to Me, 'This is yours'," He said, "I'm claiming It,
and you're a part of It."

	"Well Lord, I wonder. See, my faith isn't so great."

	You're right. Your faith is lousy. I'm not mean, I'm just trying to hit
you a little bit.

	Paul said, "I live by the faith of the Son of God." [Gal 2:20]

	He never said he lived in by the faith, in the Son of God, he was
living by Jesus' Own faith. He's the first and only begotten Son, the
lineage of God. He is the Son of God, He's not God the Son! Made It the
very substance, essence of Almighty God came forth in a Body
commensurate. Laid It aside, came down here, took on ours. Bled and died
for us that we might believe Him. And Bro. Branham comes and unveils a
Mighty God, shows us Melchesidec and all these people.

	"Well, I wonder?"

	You know what I wonder about? I wonder why I'm so stupid, I just can't
see more of it. I'm no great shot, trying to say I know a lot of things,
I don't.

35.	But he said right here, he said: [Jeremiah 33:]

		(21) 	...(If) my covenant (can) be broken... (night and day is gone.)

 		(22) 	As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of
the 						sea measured: so (I'll) multiply the seed of David my servant,
the 						Levites that minister unto me.

	Who is going to minister in that day? The Bride ministers to the Groom!
Giving back to her what He gave her, and you're getting in practice now.
And the Millennium is another thousand years of practice. I'm not
kidding you, Bro. Branham said it.

	"Well, I just want..." 

	I don't, he said it. Oh, not something like, "Well, want to have a
steak at your house or something," like that, you know. Well, I can take
what he said to the Bible.

		(23) 	Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,

		(24) 	Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, (and) saying,
The 					two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them
						off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no
more 					a nation before (me).

	Who are the two branches? Gentiles and Jews. People scorn the things of
Almighty God. They've got no use for Him. Turned down a vindicated
prophet, and listen to a pope that blabbers. Admits that he is not a
spiritual man. He's a geo-politician. But he speaks for the moral
consciousness of the world. 

	And the man says, "Well, what are you going to do about Saddam?"

	"We'll just crush him, no problem."

	And you sit here tonight wondering how long it's going to last. Dr.
[Malachi] Martin says, it's got to be whirling into it by '91, or '92.
And we're what? Forty days off from '91. Nineteen ninety nine he said.
Got to be a takeover by then. Why he said, "The pope doesn't claim
anything, he's just observing." And this Dr. Martin is observing the
pope.

	I'm going to tell you something, I observe Bro. Branham. That's why I
talk about him. Because I know he was observing God. Sure. 

36.	Now he said:  

		(25) 	Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night,
and 					if (I've) not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

		(26) 	Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant, so
that 					I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of
Abraham, 					Isaac, and (so on.)

	He tells you right there. He said, "Look, the sun is in heaven." He
said, "You've got night and day. Let me tell you flat, I said it that
way. And what I said right now is vindicated, it's going to happen."

	All the families of the earth, and there's the two branches, Jews and
Gentiles. "Other sheep I have which are not of this fold." [Jn 10:16]
The big dipper, the little dipper. And the trail of the serpent between
the two of them, they're bound by the serpent. "All Israel is not
Israel," and all Gentiles are not true Gentiles either, they don't all
belong to Abraham. You catch some thoughts in there anyway. 

37.	All right, now: if you think maybe that Jeremiah 33, is an isolated
case, which I'm sure you don't think it is, let's go to Isaiah 51, now
he said here:

		(1) 	Hearken to me, (you) that follow after righteousness, (you) that
seek 					the LORD: look unto the rock whence (you're) hewn, to the hole
of 					the pit whence (you) are digged.

	Now remember, the Rock made without hands is going to come down and
take over the fourth kingdom, we know that. Now, we're part of the Rock.
That's right. He does it, we take it.

		(2) 	Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you:
(Now, 					what's Sarah? She's New Jerusalem from heaven.) for I called
him 						alone, and blessed him, and increased him. (So, you got to
identify 						with Abraham.)

		(3) 	For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste
places; 					and he will make her wilderness like Eden, (there's your
going back 					to the Millennium) her desert like the garden of the
LORD; joy and 					gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and
the voice of melody.

	Now, you got the people thanking God in a melodious condition. Now, he
said, "This is what you're looking at." Now, as you look at that, you
know that you're looking at the Lamb. Why? You're looking at the shed
Blood, because remember, the Lamb is on the Throne, and there is no Lamb
without wounded hands, wounded feet, wounded brow, wounded side. I'm
sorry. But that's exactly...I'm not sorry, but that's the truth.

	So, how can you get away from the shed Blood? Now, what I'm trying to
get across is "resting on it." God would have to abrogate [cancel,
revoke] the principle of day and night on this earth before He would
abrogate the principle of the shed Blood and the Life there from. 

38.	Now you see, that's to make us secure. This is not something in here
to get you all wound up and scared, and make you wonder and puzzled.
This is to make you secure. The world is full of complexes. What a
horrible thing to have a complex with God. I'm not saying we're free of
them, because we're human beings and we're the product of this ratty
generation which is legalistic. They don't know how to depend. They
think they've got to do something. The peace thanksgiving-offering, the
first part, you do nothing, you accept what's in your hand and simply
present it. From there on you can talk. You can do various things if you
so care.

		(4) 	Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear (to) me, O my nation: 		
			for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to 					
rest for a light of the people.

	People say about Bro. Branham, "I don't understand a thing that he
teaches. I don't understand it." 

	You've got to focus your spiritual eyeballs in, honey. It said it's a
Light! 

	"Why, I just stumbled over what he said." 

	I can't believe that. The only joy I got in this life is this Word.

	You say, "Boy, you're sure restricted."

	I am. Don't feel sorry. I feel sorry for myself sometime you know.

		(5) 	My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, mine arms
shall 					judge the people...  (Now when? Now!)

	Why? Because it's the Judge that Bro. Branham presented in the series
in 1960 on The Church Ages, and repeated in The Seals. And Who was It
that appeared before the camera surrounded by Angels making the beard?
Judge! White Throne's on now. See, what I'm telling you. Look, White
Throne is merely the execution of what has been already stated and
judged.

39.	Who was It that did the miracles in the flesh? Son of man. What came
back upon earth proving that the Son of man was raised from the dead?
Son of man by the Holy Spirit manifesting the Word for this hour. And
Who is He? The Judge. Because all's committed unto the Judge. See, He's
already in that position.

		(6) 	Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth
beneath: 						for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, (now, he's
getting down 					to the very tail end) the earth shall wax old like a
garment, and they 					that dwell therein shall die in like manner:... 

	Now, what you got a picture of? You got a picture right here of the
very end-time. Notice how he takes from the one point to the other. And
that's what Bro. Branham did. That's exactly what Daniel did. Daniel
said, "O the Ancient of Days." Then five verses later he explains it. 

	Everything is completely out of chronology. So, you've got another
picture how prophets do, they look right down to the end, and say, "Hey,
the whole thing is gone." Annihilation, the earth is completely
dissolved, comes back, the rest are annihilated. See? 

		(6)	...my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not
be 						abolished.

		(7) 	Hearken unto me, (you) that know righteousness, the people in
whose					heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be
ye afraid 					of their revilings.

		(8)	 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, (and so on, right
down 					the line.)

		(9) 	Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in
the 					ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that
hath cut 						Rahab, and wounded the dragon? (And so on, right on down
the line, 					you can see the picture of this hour in your Bible.)

40.	Okay, with that let's go to Jeremiah 17, another little Scripture in
Jeremiah. Hope you're getting what I'm saying, because I'll try to wind
it up for you, so you really get what I'm driving at. Because I'm trying
to relate everything to this hour, because there's nothing in the Bible,
or in the universe, or in nature that does not belong to this hour.
Jeremiah 17:24.

	(24) 	And it shall come to pass, if (you) diligently hearken unto me,
saith 				the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city
on 					the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work
therein;

	(25) 	Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and
princes 					sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots on
horses, they, 					their princes, (of) the men of Judah, and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem: 				and this city shall remain for ever.

	(26)	 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places
				 about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, from the plain, and
				from the mountains, and from the south, (and) bringing burnt
offerings,				 and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and
bringing sacrifices				 of praise, (which is thanksgiving-offerings.
That word praise is thanks) 				unto the house of the LORD.

	See, there again you have the promise even to the material. He said,
"What I will do for you even now." Would have definitely happened to
them.

41.	Jeremiah 30:17-20.

		(17) 	(And) I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of
thy 						wounds, saith the LORD; because they (have) called thee an
Outcast, 					(sure they cast you out of their temples, everything
else.) This is Zion, 					(with) whom no man seeketh after. (There you
are.)

		(18) 	Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of
Jacob's 					tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city
shall be builded 					upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain
after the manner thereof.

		(19) 	And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving (there you are) voice
of them 					that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall
not be few; (I'll) 					also glorify them, they shall not be small.

		(20) 	Their children also shall be as aforetime, their congregation
shall be 					established before me, and I will punish all that oppress
them. (Now, 					you're looking at again the end-time.)

	Now, I'm sure you understand why I'm quoting especially from Jeremiah,
because not only because many quotes are there, but the fact is Jeremiah
was the prophet that foretold the capture of Israel and their
incarceration there in Babylon and other cities and all. But he
also...even though he was the weeping prophet, he looked for their
deliverance, and he prophesied concerning it. Now, remember the Bride
has been locked up in Babylon once more.

42.	Okay, let's go back to Revelation and see our day being brought
before us. Revelation 18:1-8.

		(1) 	And after these things I saw another (mighty) 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.

		(3) 	For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her
fornication, 					(absolutely, geo-political) the kings of the earth
have committed 						fornication with her, the merchants of the earth
are waxed rich through 					the abundance of her delicacies.

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

		(5) 	For 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, sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a
queen, am no 					widow, (said, I'm the Bride of Christ she said. I'm
the vicar of Christ, 					I'm the people, I) see no sorrow.

		(8) 	Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning,
and 					famine; and (she'll) be utterly burned with fire: for strong is
the Lord 					God (that) judgeth her.

	Verse 23.

		(23) 	...the light of a candle shall no more shine (on) thee at all;
the voice 					of the bridegroom and of the bride shall no more be heard
at all in 						thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth;
for by thy 						sorceries were all nations deceived.

		(24) 	And in her was found the blood of prophets, of (the) saints, and
of 						all that were slain upon the earth.

43.	Okay, now let's go to Revelation 20:6.

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

	Okay [Revelation] 21:1-8.

		(1)	 ...I saw a new heaven and a new earth: the first heaven and the
first 					earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

		(2) 	And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from 			
		God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

		(3) 	And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the
tabernacle 					of God is with men, he will dwell with them, and they
(would) be his 					people, and God himself shall be with them, (shall)
be their God.

		(4) 	And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; (there'll) be
no 						more death, (no more) sorrow, nor crying, neither there be any
more 					pain: the former things are passed away.

		(5) 	And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things
new. 					And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and
faithful.

		(6) 	And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the
beginning 					and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the
fountain of the 					water of life freely.

		(7) 	He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his
God, and 					he (will) be my son. (How do you overcome? By faith,
believing.)

		(8) 	(And) the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable,
murderers, 					whoremongers, sorcerers,  idolaters, liars, (they'll)
have (a place in 						the lake (of fire) which (will burn) with fire
and brimstone: which is 					the second death.

44.	Okay, over here in Revelation 22:10.

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

		(11) 	He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: he (that) is filthy,
(is) filthy 					still: he that is righteous, righteous still: he that
is holy, holy still.

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

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

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

		(15) 	For without are dogs, sorcerers, whoremongers, murderers,
idolaters, 					whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

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

	Now, how are you going to get there? He's talking about the Millennium.
You'll never want a Son to be upon the Throne, because the Eternal Son
is there. See? The Righteous Branch is there. You're looking at the
Millennium.

		(17) 	...the Spirit and the bride say, Come. (How can that happen?
She's 						out of Babylon. She's gone.) ...let him that heareth say,
Come. (What 					does it mean here? To understand. A lot of people can't
talk the 						Message, because they don't know It. They don't
understand It. You 					know, if you try to talk something you don't
understand, you get yourself 					in a pretty bad corner. See?) ...let
him that is athirst come. Whosoever					 will, let him take the water of
life freely.

		(18) 	For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the
prophecy of 					this book, If any man shall add (to) these things, God
shall add (to) 					him the plagues that are written in this book:
(That's what Moses said 					under the Exodus.)

		(19) 	...if any man shall take away the words... God (will) take away
his part 					out of the book of life, out of the holy city, the things
which are written 					(therein.)

45.	Now listen, there's three Exodus'. Moses, Christ, and now the
end-time. Now we went through two already. Now, I've read to you
elaborately, and elaborated upon the first Exodus what was there. The
second, we don't say much about. Bro. Branham said very little about it.
And we don't need to, because we understand the ministry of Christ, and
what He did. But you're looking at the end-time the third Exodus. And
remember, the prophet related the third Exodus wherein he was the
leader, the Elijah of this hour in order for a Mount Zion showdown. But
he said, "Everything that was revealed in the Seals, (everything came of
it,) there was a sufficiency of the revelation to put the Bride into the
Rapture, and the Rapture precedes the Millennium." 

	So, here you have again the perfect vindication that people can trust
implicitly. This is the division of God's people from those that aren't
God's people. These are the people can worship Him in Spirit and in
truth, knowing that this is only preparatory for the hour of immortality
wherein the true worship will come forth as has never come forth. And
it's a further period of sanctification, where we're being prepared
whether we believe it or not, for that day when we come all before the
White Throne. And the Bride and those which are of the Lord Jesus
Christ, which is the Bride. 

46.	Remember, the Bible distinctly said in Psalm 1, and Bro. Branham
related  the first Psalm concerning us and concerning the Bride. And in
there It says, "The righteous shall not stand in the judgment, but
they're like the chaff that is blown away."

	Now, what's chaff? 

	You say, "Bro. Vayle, you're twisting Scripture, because you're
relating chaff now to Pentecost. How do you know it's going to relate
it?"

	But you're perfectly right. What age does a Stone made without hands
strike? The Pentecostal age, of whom are rejoicing and worshipping, and
everything their own way; their own man-made, home-made religion, who
because of the tongues evidence, anybody speaking in tongues has to have
the Holy Ghost.

	Now, watch what's happened with the Trinitarian Pentecostal's. They
cannot deny their own subversive evidence which is in their text books.
Anybody speaking in tongues is now baptized with the Holy Ghost, because
that's the evidence. Now then, you can have anybody speaking in tongues
and blaspheme the Word of God. These men know it, but they don't dare go
back on their folly. They're trapped by their own word.

47.	Now then, the Bride is trapped by His Word. You say, "I don't
believe God does it." You don't believe your Bible. He tells you what
It'll do at the end-time. Read It yourself. When the Bride is in the
valley of Achor, the valley of bitterness, and God begins to look at her
in the terms of bringing her forth, enticing her, is what He actually
does.

	You know, you've been enticed. Not seduced. You've been enticed by the
goodness and grace of God, Who positively identified Himself through the
prophet having vindicated It in Himself and the prophet to us,
preparatory to a vindicated Word, and that's what it's all about.

	You see, I took the car to the airport. And I took the airplane to the
city. And I took from the airport the bus and I got to Houston. I wanted
to get to Houston. And I took successive ways of getting here. So does
God vindicating Himself to the prophet. Vindicating the prophet to the
people, because there's a Word.

	I want to ask you a question: what's important?

	You say, "Well, God's the most important."

 	Now you see, you've lost sight of the whole picture right there. I
never said that God wasn't important. I'm not talking about God, His
position and all. I'm talking about the God Who is, and has His
position, I'm talking about us. And that's the way He did it. He
vindicated Himself to Moses, to Paul, and to William Branham. He
vindicated the ministries that these were true prophets to the people in
order that we might know we can safely abide upon the Word, which was
'Thus Saith the Lord' the second time, which was the former rain
repeated at the time of the latter rain.

48.	Now, He said, "My covenant is this: You see the night out there? You
see the day out there?" He said, "If I've got rid of my covenant, there
won't be any more day, there won't be any more night."

	Then, I'm going to ask you a question: what's going to be? Now, let
your minds go. You're lost, aren't you? You're plumb bum-fools, but
you're lost.

	"Well," you say, "hey, the sun's got to rise tomorrow."

	That's exactly right.

	"The sun's got to set."

	That's exactly right.

	Then what about the exact God Who brought vindication to you? Is that
too simple? Is it too hard? You know where the hard part is? To get rid
of the layers of unbelief down here in this lousy rotten piece of flesh.


	Say, "God as sure as the sun rises." 

	You say, "I'm not sure it's going to rise."

	You got to be nuts. You couldn't go to bed and not know the sun is
going to rise. You might not know, that the sun is not going to rise
upon you, you could be dead, were upon your fortunes. But the sun is
going to rise, and the sun is going to set. And there's going to be day,
and there's going to be night. And the covenant of God is just that way.
If you can get rid of day and night, which boggles your mind, then let
this boggle your mind, "I can't get rid of the Word of God!"    I'm a
part of It. I'm going in. Now, you can run around, jump and scream, and
get healed sitting there. (I'm going to close pretty soon I hope.)

49.	Let's go to 1 Corinthians. Remember, the Lord Himself descends with
a Shout, the Voice of the Archangel, trump of God," [1 Th 4:16] and the
Shout is the Message. And that Message is Kelusma, which is a command.
And you notice in here positively It says here in 1 Corinthians 15:
deals with the Resurrection. 

		(20)	 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the
firstfruits 						of them that slept.

	"Who said so?" 

	Well, Paul said so! Okay big mouth, I don't know that you know, and I'm
not prepared to believe that you do know what you know. So that you can
positively convince me, because any man can talk and I've heard
bamboozlers like you before.

50.	Well, let's go over to the Bible. Paul says here: [Romans 15:]

		(15) 	Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you
in 						some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is
given 					to me of God,

		(16) 	That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles,
(and 						pardon my phony accent, but I'm doing this on purpose)
ministering 					the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles
might be 						acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

		(17) 	I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in
those 						things (that) pertain to God.

	Okay big mouth, I don't know what you're talking about. Have you had
some kind of hallucination? Now listen:

		(18) 	For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ
hath 					not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and
deed,

		(19) 	Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of
God; 					so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have
fully 					preached the gospel of Christ.

	He said, "I am vindicated." He said, "Do I know that Christ is risen?
You bet I do! And I'm vindicated to tell you that I met the Pillar of
Fire and through me God has vindicated the Word that's in me." And you
know something, those people believed. But in America, they sit here and
thanksgiving and believe nothing but their own stupid imaginations.

51.	[1 Corinthians 15:]	 

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

		(21) 	For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection 	
				(from amongst) the dead. (And from the dead.)

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

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

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

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

		(26) 	The last enemy (that's) destroyed is death.

		(27) 	For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all
things 					are under him, it is manifest that he is (left out, or)
excepted, 						(e-x-c-e-p-t-e-d) which did put all things under him.

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

	It tells you right here that at the final work, there's going to be a
work by Almighty God Himself, which will put everything under the feet
of Jesus Christ.. [End of side two of tape one]

	[1 Thessalonians 4:]

		(17)	...will be caught up together to meet the Lord in the air: and so
						ever be with the Lord.

52.	Now, what is he talking about? The Lord descends with a Shout, yet
you meet the Lord in the air. They cannot reconcile It, and the fact is
that Jesus Christ is Lord. And Jesus Christ is God on the grounds that
He is worshipped. He did not turn down worship, He knows Who He is. So
therefore, the Lord descends with a Shout. That is God Himself, Elohim
descending. Call it what you will, It was the same Spirit in Jesus
Christ when He was upon earth.

	Now, the Lord, He said, "Sit on my right hand." That's the One you're
going to meet in the air. When that Spirit that's in our midst will
incarnate to us. Takes us up. Because there's three things: there's
Shout, there's Voice, there's Trumpet. And that One with the Shout is
called 'Kelusma' which you'll find in here at this end time. Just at the
time of the second half of the Second Resurrection, the Church is put in
order. And that word 'subject' comes from the word 'kelusma', which
definitely means 'God is going to have a Bride in divine order'.

	There is going to be a Bride who understands Who the Lamb is.
Understands the sacrificial purpose's of Christ. Understands the program
and principles, the power of Almighty God. And they are the ones who are
worshipping, and they are offering the true thanksgiving unto God.

	You may feel dry in your soul. You may feel a lot of things, but you
are standing upon a vindicated Word by an Almighty God that said,
"Listen, I can no more rescind day and night, that I can rescind my
contract with My Son. And you're involved in It.

53.	That may not sound like a great Thanksgiving message, because I
ain't a whooped up person. But I can tell you one thing, I preached
everything I know concerning the end-time. I don't intend to preach
another Thanksgiving sermon anywhere, be honest with you. I don't intend
to go anywhere, except stay with my ministry as it is. But I want you to
know this: this is what God gave me for this meeting. It's dry, maybe
you don't even understand it. I've done my best to get it across to you.
There is a pattern in the Bible brother/sister, and you dare not try to
change it.

	There is a God Who made a promise to His Son. "This day, Thou art my
Son. This day have I begotten Thee." [Heb 5:5] He said, "This day, (He
said,) You are a Priest after the order of Melechisdec." [Heb 5:6] The
same One: "This day you sit upon my Throne." [Rev 3:21] [blank spot on
tape] And you're looking at a restored Word. And whether you know it or
not, your thankfulness, you're gratefulness, your worship is acceptable
unto God. It didn't have a thing to do with you as a person, in the
sense that you could accomplish something. It only had to do with you as
a person, because you had that seed within you. The gene of the soul.

	And if anybody can worship and praise God, it is a people who can do
it. And if you shout, that's great. I'm happy to have people shout. I
could shout myself. It's fine. I've got nothing against it. But, I've
got just this one thing against it, don't fool with God on the grounds
that you and I think the noise which can be nothing but a cover up. "Oh,
we've got a great worship going." And deny the Word? Deny the covenant?
Play down the Rhema Logos? 

54.	Let me tell you something brother/sister: this is God in print, the
Bible said so. We're not fooling anymore. It's a day of vindication, an
hour. The die has been cast. Where are you going brother/sister? Don't
talk to me about looking down the road. There's no road to look down.
Where were you five years ago? How fast has 1990 gone by? Come on, forty
days left? Where's it gone?

	Talk to even a child, where's time gone? It's accelerated. You talk
about what's going on in the world, nobody understands what's going on.
They can't figure it, so they call upon a pope and they say, "You're
going to be our moral conscious." He's already said it.

	Bro. Branham on ...?... I think is on page 14, paragraph 60 (something
like that) in Jezebel Religion, he named it, in 1960, the cruel woman,
beautiful woman, America, he saw rise up, and he called her Mary. And
the pope has declared, he's going to bring Mary-ology upon the world.

55.	Hey, listen: you're not reading history down the road. Bro. Branham
said there's no history down there. There's no books to be written.
You're reading what's going on now. He has declared himself. Why do you
think Bush went to see him? Why does Gorbachev go? Come on, tell me?

	Hey, old mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get...(a refrigerator
now I guess it is) to get her... (you know) where ever she goes to get
things. There was nothing there. When she got there, the cupboard was
bare. What is Gorbachev going to the pope for, what has he got? Why does
America go? We can buy and sell Europe. We can knock her into a ...?...
we've got enough bombs. We've got a lamb that speaks like a lion, a
dragon. That she'll never, never win another war. So they're scurrying
to a man that hasn't got anything. And he calls himself the moral
conscious of the world. And read history where the Catholic's wiped out
the Huguenots, sixty thousand on [Saint Bartholomew's Day in 1572 in
France] Why are they going there? You're there brother/sister.

	"So, old Vayle, you're just an old man."

	Yeah, I'm an old man. I could out live you too. Only the good die
young. [laughter] Where are you going? Well, answer me. Two years,
maybe, I don't know. But they say by 1999, we're in, you're out. What's
going to happen? 

56.	It's time to get really serious and pray, because Bro. Branham said,
"We will not escape the persecution." He said, "They'll close our
churches up." Was he just talking to be...to throwing it in (you know) a
little sense of what you might call, pressureJ I don't think prophets do
that. I can understand preachers doing it, but not a prophet. Well
because, if he messes up once he's gone thousands of times never miss,
every time it comes out in the Word.

	"So Bro. Vayle, I tell you, I don't know if I can be thankful." 

	"My Bible says when you see all this, look up and be thankful. Look up
and rejoice, because you're redemption draweth nigh."

	I'm going to tell you, that was said I think back in 1919. Today, our
redemption is here. Bro. Branham categorically told you when Adam sinned
in that Garden and Eve sinned. He said, He didn't trust an archangel. He
didn't trust anybody. He went down Himself.  And He said, "Even so at
this hour that same One came down with the Book opened in His hand." The
same One of Revelation 5, is the same One of Revelation 10. 

	And He had a prophet standing on land to enunciate the whole truth. And
He said, "Little Bride, I'm going to tell you what's goingto  happen."
And he laid it all out, and he said, "But hear you, (he said,) you're
the sinless righteous Bride of the Lord Jesus Christ, you didn't even do
it."

	And people say, "Well, let me just get excited about something else."

	I tell you, you get excited about That. [perhaps pointing to the Pillar
of Fire picture] That's our Thanksgiving. Bro. Branham preaches
Thanksgiving Message, he said, it's Invisible Union. I'm preaching the
same thing in my own manner. Let's rise to be dismissed.

	Kind gracious heavenly Father, we want to thank You. It's been a
privilege to be with your people. I hope, Lord, You've helped them. I
haven't been able to, I know that, it's kind of cut up and different
tonight, but I realize, Lord, that it isn't in my hands anyway, and yet
in another way it is, but really not. It's really a matter, Lord, of
Your Word and Your integrity. And if It's been presented with anything
that's truthful then that Word is going to bring forth in people a
difference, a change. Especially, Lord, the true sobriety of knowing
that maybe the world slipped by and didn't see it. But thank God, we saw
something. And what we saw, Lord, we attribute it to You, because Your
name is involved and Your integrity, and there wasn't one miss.

	Lord, we could miss a lot of words, and I know we are. I know we are
not applying ourselves a hundred percent that we would. But God, we know
it doesn't depend on our faithfulness, oh, but that's involved too a
little bit. But it depends on Your faithfulness, and You said, Lord,
I'll abrogate my contract with My Son. When the sun doesn't rise
anymore, and the sun doesn't set. And, Lord, I don't believe that's ever
really going to happen until the time of the dissolution of the earth,
and the reconstitution of the same heavens and earth wherein dwelleth
righteousness in a Bride and Groom in a New Jerusalem, and nations bring
in their glory in.

	And so, Lord, that means, Lord, we're going right through from this
moment on there's not going to be a hitch. Oh, I know we're going to
have troubles, I've got mine, and I know we're going to look at certain
things, Lord, and wonder why it isn't happening. But, Father, that's not
going to change one thing that You said. And we can stand on the
unchanging Word of the unchanging God, the unchanging sons on changing
faith, Who proved His faith by laying aside His heavenly form, taking
upon the form of a man, allowing You to tabernacle therein. I don't
understand it all, but I know You did, because the prophet said it.

	Shedding the Blood. Rising to bring His life back upon us, and then
come down here repeat His ministry, and show us I didn't fail My
Covenant. It was all there in Matthew 4 and Matthew 12, and the prophet
pointed It out, and you can rest on It.

	And Lord, I know tomorrow the sun is going to rise. I believe I'll be
here to see it rise. I believe that the people here not one is going to
miss it. Tomorrow night the sun is going to set, and Your Word is not
going to change. Your Covenant will not cease, and we're going to go
into the Holy City with You; having a little rest ...?... stopping place
in the Millennium. Just to get a little more something from You to put
us on the further glory and wonder that You're going to reveal to us.

	As the prophet often said, Lord, and I say tonight not because I want
to imitate him, that's not my desire, but it's a sure thing, Lord, he
said, "Lord, let there be no feeble one amongst us. That the sick may be
healed with the sweet Spirit of Jesus Christ coming amongst the folk."

	And we know, Lord, the conduit is always got to be the Word, because
there isn't any other conduit. Lord, let the Life in Your Word I pray
touch people tonight, and give them healing. There's people here, Lord,
that need healing. And I know old age doesn't have anything to do with
it. The prophet said it didn't matter how old you are, we can be
perfectly healed, perfectly healthy until You take our breath, the one
step between us and death, and that's step's finished. And we know,
Lord, You never cease to heal the sick, cleanse up the problems of the
eyes, the ears, all through the various parts of the body. You never did
take away Your promise that we could be like sheep lying in the green
pasture beside the still waters. Even in troublest times we know, Lord,
that Your Word has told us that there can be a Word of peace, in the
life of peace, and the Life of the Word, Lord, we know that.

	And we're just claiming tonight for everybody here, Lord, that every
barrier of our hearts be broken down. And there be a union in our family
of people tonight, Lord God, in the Spirit. And let's each one recognize
each other for their value and worth of coming together, Lord, to hear
the Word that a vindicated prophet got. Believing to the very end having
hope and faith ...?... as never before, that this is indeed the Word of
the Lord, and this is indeed hour of which we're coming to that place of
entering in to the place, Lord, where the Church has set them in order
which we have never seen before for the glory of the Lord in a true
spirit of worship.

	But, Lord, we'd all love to really love You just the way we should.
We'd like to truly worship and praise You, and be really free, Lord, as
we want to. We don't believe that we're asking and feeling something we
shouldn't feel, but we believe, Lord, we're able to do it tonight, and
say, "Father, we want to be real, because we know You're real, we know
the prophet was real. We know the Word was real. We saw real evidence,
and we want the reality of It." That's where we're putting ourselves
tonight. We're asking You humbly that what's been accomplished through
Jesus Christ our Lord, the shed Blood, the risen Life, that Life coming
back upon us. The very God Himself vindicated. The prophet vindicated,
the Word vindicated. And we just really rest in that and go our way,
Lord, as You want us to. Walking in love, one toward another. Seeking
each other's benefit and not our own. But just going on in simplicity
that You'd laid out before us. With that full assurance that can't lie
in our heart, we saw it in the prophet. We're not trying to be prophets.
But just, Lord, have those things which we feel that not even entitled
to, though perhaps we are, but there's a deep calling for it, that we
should be just real genuine Christians.

	There won't be a hypocrite amongst us. There won't be a make believer
amongst us, Lord. But just honestly genuine sincerity. This condition,
Lord, that Bro. Branham might have called 'holy decency' amongst the
people, O God. That's what we're praying for tonight, that we might
truly worship You in spirit and in truth.

	These things, Lord, we could talk on and on tonight in prayer, but we
know You can read our hearts, You know our hearts, we're not going to be
heard for much speaking, for repetition, what's in our heart, Lord, you
know, and we're praying sincerely that we don't miss anything of what is
offered by You, and what You are for us in this age. That's what we
really honestly desire, and desire it for everybody here.

	Go with us tonight, Father, we pray. Keep us in the Spirit of the
Living God. Help us in all measure of truth. And unto Thee Lord, we will
certainly ascribe the glory, because we ask in the Name of Jesus Christ
our Savior. Amen.

	'Take the Name of Jesus with you'.  

  

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