The Continuing Prophetic Office 

Bro. Lee Vayle   -   October 13, 1982

	Heavenly Father, we're so grateful tonight that You're here in our
midst, You're amongst us, not having left us to our own devices. Man
never has been left to his own devices, so we know that he takes it upon
himself to act many times as though it has been left within his power
apart from You. And yet seemingly given by You according to his thinking
that he can do this. But, we know that's not true, it's not in man to
know the way, that even his own ways.

	So, we're grateful, Lord, we have not been left to our own devices, no
way shape or form, but You're here clothed in Your Word. And that Word
is Alive amongst us, indwelling us, changing us and very grateful for
that. We're certainly grateful, Lord, that it was proven that you have
come down amongst us now to put all the enemies under the feet of Jesus,
you doing it. Proving that you are here having creating the squirrels
two times, showing therefore you will now create anew bodies from the
elements which have gone on down to dust, gases for all we know.

	And in divine Resurrection and power, Lord, You're going bring forth
another race of people, and we're part of that tonight. We believe that
with all of our hearts, and we stand on it. And we're just grateful,
Lord, that You're here doing that. We appreciate it so much. Just thank
You for grace that You've extended towards us in this hour.

	Now, help us in the study of Your Word, may we get great joy and
rejoicing from It, and great strength, may It feed us, we know It will,
for the journey that lies ahead. It'll change us for the journey that
lies ahead, because we know that we that could never go from one
dimension to another without that change. And we know that change is
coming, it's already started in us. There is no doubt at all we're so
grateful, Lord. We know that people doubt and they might even laugh at
it, they might think many things and say many things.  But, that doesn't
affect it at all, it's what You've said, and it's what we believe in
this hour that counts. And that's where our strength is, Lord, that's
where everything is, we're just grateful for it.

	So, we commend ourselves to You this evening hour in Jesus' Name. Amen.
You may be seated.

	Well, it's certainly nice to be here with you. In fact I don't know
that I'm very astute, and I wouldn't know if you'd know that I was
astute if I was astute. But, I caught something tonight in the song
service, the spirit has changed. It's back where it was when we had the
freedom over yonder, and I can start talking again next Sunday,
hopefully by the grace of God to show you those things that why the
prophet said them, and it's just fantastic what's in the Word.

1.	We're going to continue tonight on, 'The Continuing Prophetic
Office', and like we took last Sunday. And we're going to start reading
in Deuteronomy 18:15-19, beginning:

		(15) 	The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the
midst 					of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him (you) shall
hearken;

		(16) 	According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in
Horeb 					in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the
voice 						of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any
more, 						that I die not.

		(17) 	And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which 				
	they have spoken.

		(18) 	I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like
unto 						thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak
unto 						them all that I shall command him.

		(19) 	And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto 
					my words (that) he shall speak in my name, I will require it of
him.

2.	Now, let's go to Hebrews 1:1-3, and we'll read as we usually do.

		(1) 	God, who (in many parts and many ways) spake in time past unto 		
			the fathers (in) the prophets, (God in the prophets speaking to the 	
				people in many ways and many parts.)

		(2) 	Hath in these last days spoken unto us (in) his Son, whom he hath
						appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

		(3) 	Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express (copy) of 
					his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, 				
	when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right 					
hand of the Majesty on high:

3.	Now, with that we go back to Luke 24:19-27.

		(19) 	And he said unto them, What things? And they said… Concerning 
					Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word 				
	before God and all the people:

		(20) 	And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be 			
		condemned to death, and have crucified him.

		(21) 	(When) we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed
					Israel: and beside all this, today is the third day since these
things 						were done.

		(22) 	Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, 	
				which were early at the sepulchre;

		(23) 	And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they 	
				had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.

		(24) 	And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre,
and 					found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.

		(25) 	Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe
all 						that the prophets have spoken:

		(26) 	Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter
into his	 					glory?

		(27) 	And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto 	
				them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

	Of course that would be what was pertinent to Him at that time.

4.	And over in John 1:19-27.  

		(19) 	And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and 	
				Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

		(20) 	And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the
Christ.

		(21) 	And they asked him, What then? Art thou (Elijah)? And he (said),
I 					am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

		(22) 	Then said they unto him, Who (are you)? that we may give an
answer 					to them that sent us. What (do you say) of (yourself)?

		(23)	…I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight
the 					way of the Lord, as said the prophet (Isaiah).

		(24) 	And they which were sent of the Pharisees.

		(25) 	…asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if
thou 						be not that Christ, nor (Elijah), (nor) that prophet?

		(26) 	(And) John answered, saying, I baptize with water: but there
standeth 					one among you, whom (you) know not;

		(27) 	He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose
shoe's 						latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

5.	Now, to begin tonight our study on the 'Prophetic Ministry', (same as
last Sunday) we first note that from Luke 24, and John 1, neither the
leaders of Israel, or the apostles understood that in One person God had
placed the ministries of the predicted;

	  	1:   Prophet. 

		2:   Messiah.

		3:   King. 

		4:   Redeemer from sin.

		5:   High Priest.

		6:   God with them (which is Immanuel).

		7:   The given Son.

		8:   The Restorer.

		9:   The righteous branch.

	    10:   The Son of David. (And you can go on, and on, and on.)

	They didn't realize that God had made this One all of those, because,
you'll notice they said, "Are you Christ? Are you Elijah? Are you that
Prophet?

	Now, the distinction of Elijah is more or less inconsequential, he
would be a forerunner to Christ. But, when the say Christ in that
prophet, you will notice that they did not really know that the ministry
of the two was in the One person. And I have read to you as least ten of
the very ministries that lay in the One Person Who came to be our
Redeemer. He wasn't just Prophet, He was Messiah, He's king. He's High
Priest. He's the given Son. He's God with us. Restorer of the breach.
Righteous branch, and so on.

6.	Now, perhaps two passages that the Jews relied on as their definition
of the expectation of Israel, (because that's what this One was also,
the expectation of Israel) would be chapters 59, and chapter 9 of
Isaiah.

	So, we'll look at those to see what Israel projected as to be the
expectation of Israel, or what they were looking for. Isaiah 59:20 and
21.

		(20) 	And the Redeemer… 

	That word is looser, it doesn't mean that this man is going to redeem
from sin. Israel did not have that conception. As you understand, they
could not believe in a blood sacrifice of a human. This means 'the
looser' from bondage, liberator. 

		(20) 	(So) the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn
from 					transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.

		(21) 	As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My
spirit 					that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy
mouth, shall 					not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of
thy seed, nor 						out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD,
from henceforth 					and forever.

	So, they were looking for a redeemer who would establish them.

7.	Then we look at Isaiah 9:6-7. And in there we see:

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

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

	I would say, that those two passages give you a good idea of what
Israel was looking for, rather than, for what came to them. Their
consolation was once more their glory that they once had would be
restored, and would be greater than even Solomon. 

8.	And I supposed they would take such Scripture as Isaiah 66:5,
beginning:

		(5) 	Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your 				
	brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, 		
			Let the LORD be glorified: (and) he shall appear to your joy, and 			
		they shall be ashamed.

		(6) 	A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice
of 						the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.

		(7) 	Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came,
she 						was delivered of a man child.

		(8) 	Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the
					earth be made to bring forth in one day? shall a nation be born at 
					once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her
children.

	You see, that doesn't belong to them at all, but they think it does.
That is back in those days, it belongs to the fact that a nation is born
in one day at this hour. They were looking for something different,
entirely different, looking for a great Messiah to come and put them on
the map. (See?)

		(9) 	Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith
the LORD: 					shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith
God.

		(10) 	Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, be glad with her, all ye that love
her: rejoice 					for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:

		(11) 	That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her
consolations; 					ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance
of her glory.	

		(12) 	For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like
						a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then
						shall (you) suck, (you) shall be borne upon her sides, and be
dandled 					upon her knees.

		(13) 	As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and 		
			(you'll) be comforted in Jerusalem.

		(14) 	And when (you) see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your
bones 						shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall
be known 					toward his servants, and his indignation toward his
enemies.

		(15) 	For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots
like 					a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke
with flames 					of fire.

		(16) 	For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh:
and 					the slain of the LORD shall be many.

	Now, you can see that they would believe Scripture like this, and in
believing Scripture like that, they would not be interested in other
Scripture that would seem to contradict what they definitely wanted.

	Now, even after Jesus said Who He was, and that His Kingdom was not of
this world, the apostles after the Resurrection, but before Pentecost,
even they asked Him, "Will you at this time restore the kingdom to
Israel?" They themselves were looking for a kingdom. They simply
couldn't focus the attention upon what God really was doing. They
couldn't accept God's interpretation of His Own Word by Him, bringing
that Word to pass, and manifesting It. (See?)

9.	So, it is evident that the Jews misunderstood the Scripture of
Genesis 13:14, and Genesis 15:5-7. Now, let's go back to that. Genesis
13:14.

		(14) 	And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from 
				him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou 				
	art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

		(15) 	For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and
to thy seed 					forever.

		(16) 	And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a
man can 					number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be
numbered.

		(17) 	Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the
breadth of 					it; for I will give it unto thee.

		(18) 	Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of 
					Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

 	Now, Genesis 15:5-7.

		(5) 	And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward
heaven, 					and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he
said unto him, 					So shall thy seed be.

		(6) 	And he believed in the LORD; and he counted…him for
righteousness.

		(7) 	And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur
of 					the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

	Now, they applied this Scripture to themselves as a nation under divine
leadership turning the world to God with them pre-eminent as head nation
with God as their own personal ruler, so that God and redemption came to
the Gentiles through their nation. God governing Israel and they in turn
governing the world. Now, that's what they took from the Scriptures and
they still have that same idea.

10.	Now, their concept therefore of a Messiah was a strong militant,
militating and leading and producing victory nationally, and then
spiritually, which would be a forced revelation under the law. And I
don’t think Israel has ever given up on that. There's something in
them that still says, "We're going to own it all, we're going to rule it
all, and there's nothing you can do about it.

	Now, if this Messiah was a Prophet, this is what their thinking would
be. If this Messiah was a Prophet, He would have to be like Moses with
authority over Rome as Moses had over Egypt. If He were to rule, He
would destroy the enemy as did David. If He were to produce power over a
community of nations, He would have to be a Solomon with his ability to
legislate, to govern, to control. And the only place that Isaiah 53: fit
in, (which we're not going to read, because that's the suffering Lamb)
was that if this was the broken spirit, and the crying spirit of a
nation that one day must rise to take its rightful place under the
dynamic leadership of a Messiah, Who must come in order to bring these
poor bleeding ones forth into their rightful position.

11.	 So, it is evident that Deuteronomy 18:15-19, did not hold out much
hope to Israel in the face of all the other prophesies that seemed
grander and more accommodating to their desires. ( I hope you're
catching what I'm saying, because the same thing applies right to the
Gentiles this hour.)  Always you will find what is more grand and
accommodating to you. I don't care who you are. I don't care who you
are, unless God does something that you are privy to, that you yourself
know exclusively from God. You will fit this pattern like Israel did,
and every Gentile fits it.

	So, I'm going to read it again. It is evident that Deuteronomy
18:15-19, did not hold out much hope (or any glory, or anything really
important, or too vital, dynamically necessary, see?) in the face of all
the other prophesies that seemed grander and more accommodating to their
desires. The prophesies they coveted for themselves outweighed the
prophets. (All right, gifts and everything else.) Yet the visitation of
that prophet in Deuteronomy 18 to Israel was the great basic and
distinct national promise to those Jews that superseded the other
promises in Genesis made to Abraham, and that were largely for the
Gentiles, not Israel. (Did you hear what I said?) 

12.	The promises that God gave in Genesis are not basic to Israel. No,
they have a part in them, but they are not basic as though they are
exclusive, or that, that promise is based upon the exclusivity of God
dealing with a nation. (I don't think I can repeat that, I'll have to
get the tape and roll it back) But, I'm trying to get across to you
this: that, that promise is not an exclusive to the Jew primarily then
going to the Gentiles, it was to all of the election then came the
physical election to the Jews. (You see what I mean?)

	So, it was not a promise rich in its exclusiveness, though Israel may
try to hog it. They tried to make theirs what was not exclusively
theirs, and bypass what was theirs. (That good, eh?) You talk about some
people, not very smart. (See?) Reach out to grab and bypass what's
yours.

13.	I wonder tonight…we got to learn to let our hair down more and
more, and get more and more (you know) in rapport with each other. Look
back in your own lives, what have you as denominational people and
there's nobody here outside of myself that's got, except maybe Norman,
and I guess Jim has a strong Pentecostal background. (I guess your folk
were too, yeah) And they're the best of the works. But, doing this (you
know) always want to grab what isn't theirs, and let go of this? See,
that's where they get all messed up with these ministries.

	And you see, Israel was the same way. See, we run true to form, Israel
(listen) wanted to be the redeemer instead of the carrier. Instead of
the womb for the Redeemer. That's what it's all about, Israel. (See?)
The promises were there way before Israel. Because remember, Jacob is
the son (way down the line) to Abraham, Isaac, Abraham was his [Jacob's]
grand-dad, now we come to the nation. They're spring out and becoming a
nation.

14.	Now, "In thee shall all nations of the earth be blessed," [Gen
22:18] is not spoken to Israel per se. Now, that's where everybody's
still messed up. They think that Israel is going to be restored in great
grandeur and glory, and the world is going to continue. Israel has three
and a half years. (See?) So, Israel rejected being what God wanted her
to be, and she tried to be what God doesn't want her to be, and she's
being paying a big price for it ever since. She was to be the womb, the
carrier of the Redeemer.

	The image of a prophet was not sufficient in magnitude for the Roman
candle event, out of which all else would come. Instead of being a Roman
candle, he fizzled out like a half lit match, as far as Israel is
concerned. You see, what I'm trying to get across, this looking for
these big things? Looking for the big these things. Looking for the big
things. Deciding you going to grab on to a certain bunch of Scripture
and say, "This is the way it is." And you'll bypass every single time
exactly what is. (See?)

 	When you reach out for what is not your own, (see?) you will miss
every time what is your own. That's the law that's laid down. They just
couldn't see that prophet being that Roman candle, out of whom is all
things. Israel therefore, could not accept a prophet that did not
acknowledge their interpretation of Scripture. And, especially their
understanding of the advent and ministry of Messiah, And, neither can
the Gentiles. Neither can anybody. (See?) No way. No way. Notice, the
prophet always fizzles. (Well he does) He is the Roman candle. (See?) 

15.	Now, though He was perfectly vindicated and fulfilled all Scripture
concerning Himself, they could not change their minds, they were blinded
by tradition. Notice how He came to them. We go to John 5:43.  

		(43) 	I am come in my Father's name, and (you) receive me not: (now 		
			watch:) if another shall come in his own name, him (you) will 					
receive.

	Now, they weren't suppose to receive Him that's going to come in
another name. They were supposed to receive Him Who came in His Father's
Name. Now, notice how He was supposed to come. He said, "I have come in
my Father's Name." 

16.	Let's find out how He's supposed to come. Deuteronomy 18:15.

		(15) 	The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the 				
	midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him (you) shall 				
	hearken;

		(16) 	According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in
Horeb 					in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the
voice 						of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any
more… 

		(17) 	And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken (what they've) 
				spoken.

		(18) 	I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like
unto 						thee, (I'll) put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak
unto them 					all that I shall command him.

		(19) 	And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto
my 					words which he shall speak in my name…  

	He came, in the Father's Name. "Oh, that's not big enough." (See?)
Fizzles.

	How would you like to be a prophet that fizzled? Not one of them ever
did. But, everyone does.

17.	Notice, what is yet to happen. Now, let's watch. "Oh," you say,
"they really messed things up, they got away with that one didn't they?"
Let's find out, Matthew 23: 

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

	It's going to happen. Don't worry, I think they've been saying it
already. Finally, they will give up on their traditions. The will give
up on their human reasonings. They will say, as the Book tells us In
Isaiah, they'll look at the Book and somebody will say, "Read it."

	He said, "I can't do it, It's sealed."

	"Tell us what's in there, I'm ignorant, I'm not educated. Somebody do
something."

	Forget it. What are you waiting for? 

	"Blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord." [Mat. 23:39]
Israel will.

	Today, Israel wants a prophet, because Israel needs a prophet. And they
will get two of them. The two witnesses.

18.	All right, where Israel went astray in denying the first rung in
God's ladder, a prophet, so now do the Gentiles. That Elijah the prophet
should come to the Gentiles is folly in Christendom. Absolute folly.
Wherein lies their folly? Stop and think, it is self evident. Israel
delivered from Egypt, God in a prophet. Israel redeemed, God in a
Prophet, Jesus. The separation of the righteous from the wicked before
the burning, God in the prophet. (Malachi 4:1-6) 

	Before the Millennium could start, prophet. Before the Gentile could
have any light, prophet. Always God in a prophet. Now, the prophets are
prophets because of the Prophetic Office. And the Prophetic Office is
Hebrews 1:1-2.

God, who (in many parts in many) times…spake unto the fathers (in) 	  
                the prophets,

Hath in these last days (made) his Son…(a Prophet, the greatest of
all.)

	And Hebrews 1:2, "Hath in these last days spoken unto us (in) his Son,"
that says, "These last days." 

	Now, may people confuse that and they think, "Well, that's the end of
all time." Don't be ridiculous. We'll show you that's wrong thinking.

19	Hebrews 1:2, is Isaiah 61:1,

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me
to preach good tidings… (to the poor and so on.) 

	It is also [Isaiah] 42:1, as we're well aware.

		(1) 	Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul 			
		delighteth;… 

	Now, Hebrews 1:2, and Isaiah 61:1, Isaiah 42:1 is Matthew 12:8.

		(8) 	For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

	Now notice, He was that Prophet. And as the Prophet He was Lord of the
Sabbath day. He came with the Word and the authority that changed the
dispensation. (See?) He had it. The prophet is the supreme authority of
God to man, Jesus had to be a prophet. 

	Notice, what It said about Him in Deuteronomy 18:18-19. Let's go back
and look at It.

		(18)	I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like
unto 						thee, and will put my words in his mouth; he shall speak unto
them 					all that I shall command him.

		(19) 	(It'll) come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my
words 					which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

	All right, notice what He calls Himself in verse 8 of Matthew 12: then:

		(8) 	For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

	He is therefore the Prophet to all mankind. He's Son of man, He's known
as the second Adam, the last man, the Son of man, that's His humanity.
And God in humanity is a prophet. And He's a Prophet to all, because He
identifies Himself as coming to Israel. We showed you that in the two
genealogies, one of Luke and one of Matthew. In Luke it goes all the way
back to Adam. In Matthew it simply goes to Abraham where the flesh of
Israel starts. So, here He is the Son of man. He is the Prophet to all
mankind. He is the Prophet to Israel in the flesh. He is the Prophet
beyond Israel by virtue of the fact of the Holy Spirit.

20.	Now, here's what we're coming to and what this Message is about: the
Jews could not take the prophetic ministry. No way. They wanted it their
way. And those who rejected Him paid, now the Gentiles do the same. They
don't want His Prophetic Office of God in a man telling the revelation
of God. They don't want it. 

	So, you understand what is going on in this hour we go to the Book of
Luke 17:20-28.

		(20) 	And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom 				
	of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of 						God
cometh not with observation:

	Now, Israel's understanding of a kingdom which I have been referring to
where the Prophet would fizzle. Where if that Prophet was Messiah, He
fizzled. There is no way Israel could receive Him, and He is debunking
their understanding of a kingdom. 

	Now watch, He said, "The Kingdom of God cometh not with observation."
And their understanding of the Kingdom of God was right here on earth,
then pre-eminent amongst all nations, ruling all nations through the
supreme authority of God in them by their Messiah.

21.	Now, He said, "Sure it's coming, but you won't see it." Now, what
kind of a Kingdom is that? Sure not what they had in mind. Now, if
that's not the Kingdom that they had in mind, that could possibly come
to pass, how can anybody reconcile their traditional teaching of the
Millennium to the Word of God right here? They must know that their
understanding is simply is simply a Hebrew tradition, and has nothing to
do with the revealed Word of God.

		(21) 	Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the
kingdom 					of God is (in the midst of) you.

	It was already there, and they couldn't see it. Why? Because, the
Prophet was there. So, if you can't see the Prophet, you can't see the
King. Now, think it over, I don't care what you say. He was the Prophet.

		(22) 	And he said unto the disciples, (prophesying) The days will
come, 						when (you) shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of
man, 						and (you'll) not see it.

	You'll desire to see the very Prophetic Office in total manifestation
and total power.

		(23) 	And they shall say…, See here; see there: go not after them,
nor 						follow... (Yeah)

	You know what they're going to do? They're going to make up their own
traditions on it. Israel made up their traditions based upon Scripture
that the preferred above other Scripture. So, they became
traditionalist, they lost out. Now, He said, "Don't go."

		(24) 	For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part (of)
heaven, 						shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also
the Son of 						man be in his day.

22.	Light! How does Light come? By the Word. How does the Word come? By
a prophet. He's telling them the prophetic ministry has to repeat. And
It will be a prophetic ministry. It'll be under their noses, and they'll
say, "Ha, out!" They'll say, "If this is it, forget it, because we have
grander Scripture by far." (Hope you're thinking.) 

		(25) 	But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this 		
			generation.

	But remember, those days are coming back, because It said so. And it's
going to be just the same as it was then, It'll be right amongst them, a
prophetic ministry and they'll say, "Oh no, we've got Scripture, we
understand that the far greater Roman candle, it's got far more inner
grandeur, it is something that suits us, we don't want that, and we're
going to have this!" Like hogwash they're going to have it. Like they
got Titus in 70AD, it's what's going to happen. (Yes you bet.)

		(26) 	And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the
days of 						the Son of man.

		(27) 	They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in
						marriage…

	What should they have been doing? Running to the prophets to find out
about the Kingdom. That's what Bro. Branham warned. He said, "I've got a
fear that people are going to get too careless. They're not sincere
enough, not sober enough. They're going to put the Word aside for a lot
of things."

23.	Now, of course I'm going to get criticized, but I'm staying home for
a while. And you're going to work with me, because it's going to show
what you've got. Because, we're going to get together more than what
we've got together before, we're going to talk about these things. And
we're going to make this the theme of our lives. And they'll say, "Well,
you're a legalist." No, I'm not a legalist. I can read the Bible. I'm
not a jackass, I wasn't born yesterday. I am a jackass in this respect,
I haven't got enough on the ball to be sober and sincere and do it.
Here's where it belongs. Not you think you're  going to pray yourself
this way and fast yourself, or do the other thing.

	It says, "You're going to be together, you're going to talk a certain
way." [Mal 3:16] (See?)

24.	Now, but these people were just too busy with the daily amenities.
Eating, drinking. People never had so much to eat and drink with either.

		(28) 	Likewise…in the days of Lot; (eating and drinking, buying and 
					selling, building…) (See?)

	The Prophetic Office ministry, was neglected. Let's go a little
further. "So, shall it be in Laodicea, they'll be speaking in tongues
and discerning, and prophesying, and laying on of hands and healing the
sick," and they'll miss It. They'll be too busy talking their own
traditions and creeds and dogmas, instead of becoming a holy nation
under God, where people come together and talk these things. I am a
little bit gratified by some of you women for the…I'm going to say
this to you people, and you know that I say things very horribly and I
do it on purpose. I'm going to close my eyes when I say it. [laughter] I
don't want to see things sometimes, some sisters, and they might not be
present, they might be. They might not be part of us, they may be part
of us, they have brains like a chicken. That's their intelligence. But,
you know something? They surprise me, they come back with the truth,
they're eagles. 

	I want us to learn to talk the eagle language. You can't get it any
other way, except the Scripture tells you, "they come together often,
spake often, them that feared His Name, thought often upon Him," There's
not enough thinking upon Him. (See?)

	This is why these Messages have one theme, and have had for going on
two years. Give Him pre-eminence, He deserves it. Because, He's going to
get it anyway. And He's already got it, because the Father stepped off
the Throne to see that everything goes under His feet.

25.	I'm going to tell you something: there won't be one person in the
Resurrection who is outside this Word. Because, you see, the prophet is
the basic rung of the ladder. He is the Roman candle, out of which
immortality, Resurrection, Rapture, Wedding Supper, Millennium and all
come. (Yeah) Don't forget, the prophet stood there and they said, "Okay,
prophet, tell us what about the Kingdom?"

	He said, "It's here, and you missed It." Living Word, they missed It,"
Bro. Branham said, "When God said, "Let there be light." It was just a
word. But when light came, it was Reality. The Word wasn't needed any
more.

	There is Reality today. You are no longer looking for fulfillment. It
is being fulfilled. (See?) People turning aside.

 	Now, and It said, "In the days of that prophesy, Fire comes down." In
other words, there won't be another Message. This is the Message that
foreruns the Fire. That are coming down to earth of our great God and
Savior. (Sure, absolutely) 

26.	Now, [Luke 17:] 22-25. (I read this:)

		(22) 	And he said unto the disciples, The days will come…

	They're going to want to see it, this generation will go, the
generation coming in Laodicea will do exactly what the Israelites did,
blinded to the prophet.

	(Now, we read to 25, read to 26 to 30)

		(26) 	(Even thus it will be) in the (day when) the Son of man (is
revealed.)

	And that word absolutely means, when the veil is torn aside, and there
He stands before us. Now, what is the Son of man? Prophet! When the
prophetic ministry comes back to earth veiled in human flesh…I want to
ask you a question: people say, "Well, you know, Bro. Vayle, it wasn't
Bro. Branham did those works, it was God."

	Sure, what if Bro. Branham hadn't been there? Just the same with Jesus.
Jesus said, "The Father doeth the works." What if Jesus hadn't been
there? Did Moses ever came to do the works? No way! 

27.	All right, this is exactly the same period and event with the
emphasis placed in a different manner as in Matthew 24:23-28. In other
words, what I read in Luke is exactly Matthew 24: based on the third
part,

		(3) 	…what shall be the sign of thy (presence)…,  

	[Verses] 23-28.

		(23)	 Then if any man shall say…, Lo, here is Christ, or there;
believe 						it not.

		(24) 	For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and
shall (show) 					great signs and wonders;… 

	In other words, "Our church has the Holy Ghost. Our church has God. Our
church has go this."

	He said, "Hold it, they're all going to be saying it, but who's got
it?"

		(24) 	(They'll even show)…great signs and wonders; insomuch, (that) 
					if it were possible, (thank God it isn't possible) they the very
elect 						(would be deceived.)

		(25) 	Behold, I have told you… (that, back in Matthew 7:)

		(26) 	Wherefore if they say, Behold, (he's) in the desert; (don't
bother 						going to look, if) he is in the secret chamber…(and men
tell you 						they're going to produce it, don't you) believe (it.)

	That's happened in this Message already.

		(27) 	For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and (shines) even
unto 						the west; so shall also the (presence) of the Son of man be.

	Once more light, you're back to the prophet.

		(28) 	(Where) the carcass is, the eagles (will) be gathered together.

28.	Now notice, Matthew 24:29-30, follows 23 to 28. Now, It says: (now
this in sequence, chronologically so:) 

		(29) 	Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be
						darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, stars shall fall 
					from heaven, the powers of the heavens be shaken:

		(30) 	…then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and
then 						shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and (they'll) see
the Son of 						man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great
glory.

		(31) 	And he shall send his (messengers) with a great sound of a
trumpet						…gather together his elect from the four winds, one end
of heaven 						to the other.

	Now, you notice in here, It says positively there has to come the Light
before the Great Tribulation, a prophetic ministry. The Great Prophet
must come on the scene by the Holy Spirit before the tribulation comes.
Before there will be those signs set forth in the earth that make people
to know they're in dire straits and in trouble.   

29. Now, [verses] 32 and on:

		(32) 	…learn a parable of the fig tree; his branch is tender, (puts)
forth 						leaves, summer is nigh:

		(33) 	…likewise (you know) when (you) shall see all these things, it
is near, 					even at the doors.

		(34) 	…I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all
these things 					be fulfilled.

		(35) 	Heaven and earth (are going to) pass away, but my words shall
not 						pass away.

		(36) 	But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of
heaven, 					but my Father only.

	But, I ask you a question: who knew about that day at the River Jordan?
John didn't. John just knew it had to happen. He never picked the day or
the hour. He had to be watching, watching, watching, and one day it
struck. What about June 11, 1933, who knew that day and that hour?
(See?) Nobody, no way.

		(37) 	But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the (presence) of the
						Son of man be.

	Now notice, the Presence of the Son of man. (See?) The Presence of the
Prophetic Office, and Son of man is not just Prophetic Office, It's
identified with all men. Because the genealogy took Him right back to
Adam. And remember, He is the last…Adam, (the second Adam) He's the
last man. So, when you identify here, "As in Adam all died, so in Christ
all are made alive,"       [1 Cor. 15:22] you're looking at this One Who
was a man.

30.	Now, It says, the Prophetic Office has to come back, and It will be
revealed. That It is the same One in the Spirit Who did what He did here
in the flesh. (See?) 

		(38) 	For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating 	
				and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that 		
			Noe (went) into the ark,

		(39) 	…knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so
shall 						also the (presence) of the Son of man be.

	And It says right there, the Son of man's Presence will be there. The
Prophetic Ministry will be there, and they'll say, "Well, (phfft!) who
needs It? Glory to God, I'm going to see the dead come out of the grave,
hallelujah, I'm going to be changed, bless God, I'm going to be a
manifested son; you ought to see the fireworks I'm going to have."

	Yeah, you'll have the alright, in the Lake of Fire.

	The Prophetic Office is too tame. It fizzles. Every prophet fizzled.
Jesus fizzled. Moses fizzled. Elijah fizzled. Every prophet fizzles.
Why? Just does. Nobody believes the report. Nobody. Oh, a few Elect.
Nobody wants It. They want the fireworks. They want their creeds and
their dogmas. They want their big show.

31.	I'm going to tell you something: I don't care what any preacher
preaches, I'm going to stick with what I believe, because I seen it come
back on me. I know it's coming back on me. I'll set upon any ministry,
of anything, anybody, any place else. I set it all on Him, or I forget
it. Because, I have seen and recognized and know that Prophetic Ministry
amongst us. Though I'm not holding It as sacred as I should. Not as
sincere and sober as I should. Yet, I know those days are coming. It may
be the rebuke that Sarah got, God's going to put us right, but thank
God, we'll be there.

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

		(41) 	Two women grinding at the mill; one taken, (one) left. 						
(Now, this is separation time.)

		(42) 	Watch therefore: for (you) know not what hour your Lord doth 			
		come.

		(43) 	But know this, the goodman of the house had known in what watch 
				the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have 				
	suffered his house to be broken up.

	Now, It tells you right there, that only those that see the unveiling
will not have their houses broken up. Oh, what's a broken house? (I
don't know, maybe I can find it, maybe I can't.)

32.	[Matthew 7:]

		(24) 	Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth 			
		them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house 					
upon a rock:

		(25) 	…the rain descended, the floods came, the winds blew, and beat
						upon (the) house; it fell not: it was founded upon a rock.

		(26) 	And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them
						not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house
upon 					the sand:

		(27) 	…he rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew,
and 					beat upon (the) house; and it fell: and great was the fall of
it.

		(28) 	And…Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished
at 					his doctrine:

	You can see right here what He's talking about. (See?) The house would
not have suffered dissolution. (See?)

33.	Let's go to Hebrews 12:25.  (It just strikes my mind.)

		(25) 	See that (you) refuse not him that speaketh. (At the time, we're
						getting ready to go up in the Rapture.) For if they escaped not 		
			who refused him …spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, 			
	if we turn away from him that (speaks) from heaven:

		(26) 	Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised,
saying, 					Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

		(27) 	And this word, once more, (signifies) the removing of those
things 						that are shaken, as of things that are made, that… cannot
be shaken…					(What does a thief do? He removes things doesn't he?)

	There you are, oh, the good man wasn't looking. The good man didn't
know about it. The good man closed his eyes to the Prophetic Ministry,
and he got shook down. The thief shook him down. So it is the Prophetic
Ministry, nothing shall stand but that which hears this Word at the
end-time. That's the house that's built upon the Rock, which is
revelation. And when it's built upon a revelation, everything gets
shaken down, but you, because you're part of that Word. There you are,
(see?) the Word of God doesn't lie. Everything dove-tails, you never
knew it dove-tailed that good did you? I didn't know this minute either.
[laughter] Just keep your minds open, anything could come, you just let
it come. What Spirit wrote this Bible? We're one Spirit tonight. Should
come out, should it? Sure! 

34.	[Matthew 24:]

		(44) 	(Now) Therefore be (you) also ready; for in such an hour as
(you) 						think not the Son of man cometh.

	(Okay, verse 46)

		(46) 	Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find
so 					doing.

	What? Listen to the Prophetic Office. Got his eyes opened for a
prophet. Knows that this is the first rung, and this is the entire
(pardon the expression) guts of the Roman candle. This is the complete
powder keg, and the complete keg of powder, but they don't know it.
Because, unless it comes out of the Prophetic Office it can't happen.

	Now, It tells you, Prophetic Office has to return. Same one that He had
when He was here upon earth. All right, and then It says in verse 51,

		(51) 	…shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the 	
				hypocrites:…weeping and gnashing of teeth. (That is the Great 				
	Tribulation.)

	It says right there, that: "Before the Great Tribulation sets in, the
Prophetic Office Ministry returns to this earth, the Son of man is
Present by means of the Holy Spirit, and the Son of man is manifesting
by means of the Prophetic Office."

	And remember, there cannot be God in Prophetic Office outside of a man.
The Holy Spirit returning in the form of human flesh once more in this
hour. People still don't want to recognize the fact, 'God in a prophet'.
But, they sure tell you God's in them, when He might not be in them,
because they might be swine flesh. God doesn't deal with pigs and dogs.
God deals with sheep. I'm not saying that unkindly, I'm just saying it
as a thought. So, I hope you see it.

35.	Everything is, so missed by rejecting the prophet, and therefore God
so now turns to the Gentiles. This great God, Elohim ordained that His
Own revelation of Himself come by prophets, as to both what He is, and
what He is doing. And one day became the Great Prophet, God Himself in
the flesh of a man.

	Now, it is back to the Holy Spirit and the prophet Elijah that turns us
back. And then comes separation, deliverance, and the Kingdom. (See?)
There's got to be separation before the deliverance. How could Israel
stay in Egypt without separation and be delivered? God separating right
down the line. The Light was in Goshen, not in Egypt. Watch the Light.

36.	He is Hebrews 13:8, He is the Prophet. And what He is doing and
about to do can never change from its ordained pattern of Amos 3:6-7.

		(6) 	Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be
afraid? 						shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done
it?

		(7) 	Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret 
					unto his servants the prophets.

	Now, It tells you right there, that God cannot change the order of
things. And God cannot hold back from revealing what is secret or what
is divisive, or what is misunderstood from the people, He's got to make
it clear. How does He make it clear? He makes it clear by a prophet. God
still has to be His Own Prophet, and He uses a man as His Voice. A man
cannot be a prophet in himself, it is not man, that is the prophet. It
is God that is the Prophet.

	All right, now, (we’ll close in a few minutes here, or however long
that's going to take) but we want to take a good look at some Scripture
for comparison. 

37.	So, we go to Hebrews 1:1-2 again. This time this will help us to run
situation.

		(1) 	God, who (in many parts and many ways; many sections of the Word 
				under many conditions, in many) times…spake (unto) the fathers 			
		(in) the prophets,

		(2) 	Hath in these last days …(delivered Himself unto the) Son, 				
		(speaking in Him) whom he appointed heir of all things, by whom 					
also he made the (ages.)

	In other words, this One is a line of demarcation within Himself. And
only prophets can make lines of demarcation. Nobody else could do it.
You want a juncture, you take a prophet.

38.	Now, with this [Hebrews 1:] 1 and 2, we go to Isaiah 42:8-9. (Now,
look at the Words that I'm going to read to you.)

		(8)	I am the LORD: that is my name: my glory will I not give to
another, 					neither my praise to graven images.

		(9) 	Behold, the former things are come to pass, (even) new things do
I 						declare: before they spring forth I tell (them to you.)

	Now, right there is exactly how God does things. Now, how can He tell
you anything except by a prophet.

39.	Okay, Matthew 11:13-14. (Because this is in conjunction with what
I'm reading. We read It the other day. We read It anew.) Now, watch what
It says. 

		(13) 	For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

	All right, if they prophesied until, then, that's it. Prophecy drops,
something ends. Something has got to take over. Evidently something
passes away by being fulfilled.

		(14) 	And if (you) receive it, this is (Elijah), which was for to
come.

	Now, over in Isaiah He said, "The previous things are gone, the past
things are gone now, something new is about to happen, I'm going to tell
you about it. Now, therefore up until John, certain things were
transpiring which ended with John. Now, ending with John something else
will come forth.

	Now, before John every prophet screamed, "He's coming, He's coming,
He's coming." 

	John said, "He's here, He's here, He's here." It's all over. 

	Every prophet prophesies. Now, that's right. Jesus Himself, absolutely
in the Book of Luke said it. He laid it out, and He took every prophecy
concerning Himself that had to do with this His suffering, and entering
into His glory. Every single one.

40.	So therefore, something transpired. And it transpired at the time of
John, because John was the last one to speak of His coming. And he said,
"I know He's out there somewhere, the coming One has come, but He hasn't
come this far yet into observation and identification.” But, he said,
"I'll know who He is, don't worry; because, when I see that Pillar of
Fire come down like a dove, that's the One." And he did!

	And at that time It was fulfilled. What was fulfilled? I read It to
you. Let's go back and look at It again. Hebrews 1:1-2.

		(1) 	God, who (in many parts) and in (many ways) …in time past
(spake) 					unto the fathers by the prophets, (proclaiming the coming
Messiah. 					See?)

Hath in these last days… (fulfilled the Word of the coming Messiah.)

	And here He is, and it's this One upon Whom the Ages are patterned. Do
you realize that the blood of bulls and goats never took anybody out of
the ground, but this Man's death and Resurrection did? (See?) He made
all the Ages. All right, He's here.

 	Now, there were many prophesies for the Seventh Church Age. "They're
coming, they're coming, they're coming. This is to happen, this is to
happen, this is to happen." And I will admit there was too much talk
concerning the this, and the that, of which was to happen, and very
little of whom it was to happen; or the event that He was involved in.
And He's put aside to one side by simply saying, "Well, not man knows
the day or the hour, but He's coming at strange times, and that takes
care of that." Well, that's not true.

41.	Now, let's go to 1 Corinthians 13: (and we'll try to put this
together for what I've got in mind) beginning at verse 9.

		(9) 	For we know in part, and we prophesy in part

		(10) 	But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in
part 						shall be done away.

	It's the word 'perfect' is the same as 'usual', completed, finished,
polished off, that's it, of perfection. It can't be added to, can't be
taken from, this is what you're looking for, this is what was in the
eyes of God. God having done it, perfect, seal it, gone, finished.

	Now:

		(11) 	When I was a child, I (spoke) as a child, I understood as a
child, I 						thought as a child: when I became a man, I put away
childish things.

	Now, that's over there when we stop the milk age, and go to the meat
age, which is the carcass age of the eagle under Melechisedec. When the
Great One Himself comes down, that was here in a theophany upon the
earth; with Whom Abraham had fellowship before the coming of the son and
the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. (All right)

		(12) 	…now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face:
now 						I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

	Now, It tells you there that the very same thing that happened in the
Old Testament, "He's coming, He's coming, He's coming; a part, a part, a
part." Seven Church Ages, "He's going to come, He's going to come, He's
going to come, a part, a part, a part." There comes to the time where
there's no more parts, and He's got to be here.

	Now, what way? Prophetic Office. And If He's the same yesterday, today,
and forever, and Alpha is Omega, It has got to be once more the prophet.
It can't be anything else. Because, that's Hebrews 1:1. You didn't catch
it. I'll tell you why.

42.	John the Baptist turned the hearts of the children to the fathers,
and today, the children go back to the fathers. So therefore, every
single thing the Father said when Jesus was there in the flesh, John the
Baptist took and brought it to the attention, so that the children could
say, "There is the One of Whom the father's spoke." 

	Now, today the children have got to be back brought to the fathers, who
are our fathers, the apostolic fathers, with Paul in the majority. So,
we've got to be turned back. Now, we've had Seven Church Ages of
piece-meal to bring Him to totality. This is where people don't
understand what we're talking about, what Bro. Branham said: "The
fullness of the Holy Spirit is now back in the Church." (See?)

	And each Age had a measure of the Word which is the flesh of the Holy
Spirit. In the First Age, they had It all. But, only a part of It
belonged to it. The very first promise: "In thee shall nations of the
earth be blessed." [Gen. 22:18] That's the whole thing. There's going to
be a man child born, and He's It. Now, write a million books, go ahead!
I'll bring It to one word, 'Jesus'.

43.	You say, "Well, we've got to have thoughts about it." So what, all
the thoughts are contained in Him. "We've got to know what He can do."
So what? Everything is in Him. But, you see, He was dealt piece-meal.
(Right) Seven Church Ages, the same thing.

	Now, you take seven ingredients over a period of time, if that's what a
loaf of bread takes you, you get your loaf of bread when you get your
seventh ingredient. For seven Church Ages we have known a part. But,
when there's no more parts, then He's got to be here. He's here in the
form of the Holy Spirit, the whole Word. And this time we're not looking
through a glass darkly, but face to face. That is the Presence and the
revelation. (See?)

 	Now, let's ask a question: how is It going to come? How did It always
come? God in parts and ways used a prophet. (See?) So through the Ages,
God had to use a prophet to start it, and God has to use a prophet to
finish it. 

	Now, what's in the Church is what I've been preaching on; for oh,
sermon after sermon. I know some people get bored with it, but I'm sorry
for you. You're just ignorant, that's all. Something wrong somewhere. 

44.	[Ephesians 1:]

		(15) 	Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus,
and 						love unto all the saints, (and that's the highest order there
is, humanly 					speaking.)

		(16) 	Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my 		
			prayers;

		(17) 	That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may 
					give unto you (that are full of the Holy Ghost something you don't 
					have collectively,) the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the 				
	knowledge of him:

		(18) 	The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that (you) may
						know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the
glory 					of his inheritance in the saints, (no period. - a coma,)

		(19) 	And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who 
					believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

		(20) 	Which he wrought in Christ… 

	That could not be fulfilled until just one minute before the
Resurrection. There’s no way. That Spirit is in the Church. And that
Spirit is revealing Him. (See?) And it's the last revelation. Why?
Because, It's the full Word returned, the full Spirit of God in our
midst. Elohim Himself here to raise the dead. The same power which was
wroth in Christ, which was an uncorrupted Body. (See?) Was changed to
immortality. Our bodies will not corrupt, they're going to be changed.
The dead have to come out of the ground, and the same Rapture that He
took the Old Testament Saints up, will take place so that we will be
taken up. And that is because, of the Prophetic Office by the Holy
Ghost. Because, it's a juncture.

45.	You say, "When is this Resurrection going to take place?" It's going
to take place anytime now. The generation is not going to pass away,
because this Message has come. And this Message of revelation of Him,
and the riches of the mysteries of Almighty God for this hour has been
exposed, and it’s going to bring forth a Resurrection. Now, you can
say what you want. You can pray and fast and do all you want, and you
can get tired of hearing it. I say what I like about the fact the day is
if you get tired of hearing it, you may leave and not even bother coming
back. I won't go. You can go. Because, someone will sit around here and
want to hear for hour after hour, going to hear about Him.

	Because, you've got to understand, that's how you're going to get your
change. I'm sorry, if you're trying to get your change some other way,
as far as I am concern, you are completely out. It is a Prophetic
Office, the Roman candle that fizzled. Yes, fizzled! Yes, fizzled! They
don't want to hear about His Presence. Other's say, "Oh, let's have
tongues and interpretations and anything else," says a certain guy in
Canada.

46.	The gloves are off. I'm telling you, Bro. Branham said, "Get the
gloves off." The gloves are off. I'm staking everything in my life on
the fact that this Word has come back. (See?) It's come back as a double
portion. Not just the portion that He gave us and we give to Him and
minister, but He brings It back on us. So, now with the double it's not
just the Word of the prophet that God gave him, it's the Word that God
gave me. Now, I and the prophet are one. And the prophet and God are
one. So, God and the Word and the prophet and the people are one. 

	And people could sneer and say, "Well Lee, maybe be saying, 'I and my
Father are one." Yes, I and my Father are one! Sure! 

	"Why," you say, "you ain't fit to be."

	I never said I was. He said, "You don't know your Scripture. He takes
the beggar off the dung hill and makes him a prince." And if you haven't
sat on a dung hill, you better get dung filled, because you're filth and
don't even know it. Stink like a horse stable.

	Khrushchev said to Nixon, he said, "Nothing stinks worse than a horse."
And you know what he's talking about.

	And Nixon said, "I beg your pardon, Mr. President, pigs smell worse." I
think Nixon was right. You better sit on a manure heap. Now, God can't
take you from many place but a manure heap.

	I'm not saying go out here and live like the devil. Never said there
wasn't character and fruit and all these things, I'm just telling you
the truth. You'll never be happy with yourself. The more you see Him and
more, you know what He's done for you and doing for you, the more you'll
be disgusted, but the more you'll say, "I and my Father are one." Oh,
thank God, it's true, because, oh brother, if it weren't, forget it. Yes
sir!

47.	This is 1 John 4:1-6. Let's look at It:  

		(1) 	…believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are
of 						God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 

	That's where the spirit is that runs the church, that's in prophets,
because they come to reveal the word. Oh, they don't come right into the
Bible, they just tell you what the Bible says, according to them. Ho,
you talk about Pentecostal hogwash and Baptist hogwash.

		(2) 	Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth
that 					Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: (It tells you
right there:)

		(3) 	…every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in
the 						flesh is not of God: this is that spirit of antichrist,
(you've) heard 						(of) that it should come; and even now already is
it in the world.

		(4) 	Ye are of God, little children, overcome them: because greater is
he 					that is in you, than he that is in the world.

	Now listen…now watch, don't just stop back there, read the whole
thing through.

		(5) 	They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the
						world heareth them.

		(6) 	We are of God: he that knoweth God (hears) us; he that is not of 
					God heareth not us… 

	So, there's two groups of Bible teachers and prophets and the whole bit
of them. One's of God and one's not of God. And how are you going to
know? Well, all through the Ages, the first Age they had a vindicated
prophet. Through the other Ages, they had the convicted Spirit of God
and they turned to God. Nobody knew. And now at the end-time they got a
prophet again.

		(6)	…Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

	It tells you right there, it couldn't be plainer. That's the same
spirit, now John is talking about the first Age, they were ready for a
Rapture. But, the Bible was not given to them that said, "Whosoever
liveth and believeth in Me should never perish." That was the promise
for the Seventh Church Age; not for another Age, only for the Seventh
Church Age.

	One, two, three, four, five, six went through, "He that believeth in
Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live." [John 11:25] “But, he
that liveth and believeth in Me shall never perish," should only come to
one Age, which is the Ephesian Age, which follows when the baptism with
the Holy Ghost peter's out, because it's temporary.

48.	Let's just leave your finger there, and go back to Ephesians, you
kind of missed that, and I'll give it back to you. All right look,
[Ephesians 1:] 13,

		(13) 	In whom ye also (hoped), after that (you) heard the word of
truth, 						the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that (you)
believed, 					(you) were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

		(14) 	Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of
the 						purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

	Now, that's got to stop for the other to come. The last Age, when the
last measure of the Word, the last measure of the Holy Ghost is given.
Then, All in all steps right into His Church as He did in March of 1963,
when the Seals were opened. There He stood. Now, that has taken place.
Paul wrote in his day the same as John, "Hereby know we the Spirit of
truth." [1 John 4:6] And the spirit of error depends on who you're
listening to.

49.	Now, there were false prophets and true prophets back there. And the
same repeats in Matthew 24: Now, the question arises, who is the true
prophet? The one that comes in the Name of the Lord, just like Jesus
did. Coming in the Name of the Lord vindicated, absolutely vindicated,
in him is that Spirit of Almighty God that is bringing the last Message.
That out of which will come everything else.

	Now, let's prove it to you. You already know It, let's prove it.
Revelation 10:

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

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

		(3) 	…cried with a loud voice, when a lion roareth: when he cried,
seven 					thunders uttered their voices.

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

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

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

	Now:

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

	Now, it tells you right there, that the prophets are involved. And they
were involved in giving the Word. Now then, at that time every mystery
gets cleared up, so a prophet is involved. Now, he's involved when this
Mighty One comes down.

50.	Now, let's come and take a look at that Mighty One. Revelation
22:10, All right, he says:

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

		(11) 	He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: …

	Now, look at It, It says, "The mystery time should be no longer, it
winds up. It's all over when that One comes down, there's a winding up
time." There was a winding up time when Jesus came on earth as a human
being. The law was until John. "He's coming, He's coming, He's coming.
He's here, He's here, He's here."

	Now, to the time of this messenger, "He's coming, He's coming, He's
coming. He's here, He's here, He's here." Who's here? Son of man,
prophetic ministry. Why? Because Alpha is Omega. That's the way it was,
that's the way it's got to be. Without this prophetic ministry, (you
see) without it, there is no more redemption. There is no more anything.

	It's not that redemption is done away with, 144,000 Jews come in. It is
not that nobody else will get the Holy Ghost, 144,000 Jews get It.
There's nobody fussing at that. We're just telling you a fact that
people don't understand. It's right under their noses and they don't see
it. Why? Because, it's a prophetic ministry. They don't want a prophetic
ministry. And they'll do everything they can to discredit it. Bro.
Branham alone had 'Thus Saith the Lord', but, every Pentecostal jerk
will tell you, he's got thus saith the Lord.

	Well, if that's the case, throw your Bible in the gutter. For God's
sake, let's go out and get drunk before it's too late. You want to kill
a few people, kill a few people, ain't going to do you any harm. If they
don't kill you first. Who needs God, who needs anything? You got a God
that lies, you got a book that tells lies? Oh no, no way, shape, or
form.

	Eternal Life does not deal in generalities. Eternal Life does not deal
in hit and miss. Eternal Life is not going through revolving doors.
Eternal Life is going through a straight gate, one door open in, and the
door is shut. "No man pluck them out of My Father's hand." [John 10:29]
No, we got a sure Word of prophecy brother/sister, then even those who
were with Him on that Mount. (Yeah) More sure Word.

51.	You know why? Because, there's two thousand years to go back there,
ain't no time left, hallelujah, it's all run out. Prophetic ministry.

	That's the great Roman candle that fizzled according to everybody. But,
the prophet screamed out in the 'Rapture' tape, "Thus it has been
spoken, thus it shall be." And let me tell you flat: I say with the
prophet in dealing with the mighty God, once It was just a Word, but
today it's Reality.

	We're not looking down the pipe brother/sister. I told you all these
years, I've kept one thing above anything else, the prophet said, "All
the time looking back, all the time looking forward." Nobody knows
what's going on.  Let me tell you, we do know what's going on. He's
here, and I'm telling what He's doing.

	Bro. Branham said, "Find that Bride. Find the woman, she's got a
character to stand still and listen to a Message." Stand still in the
waters of separation until she gets a new dress on her. Stand still, and
see the salvation of the Lord. Now, who said that?  A prophet.

	Remember my servant Moses, he stood there with the Pillar of Fire,
Elijah's got the same thing. Same God, same One, no difference, it lies
in the Prophetic Office. It couldn't be plainer.

52.	The Christ of Isaiah 42: is still the prophetic ministry. Still the
same One, but, it's all over except for the child training. How long? I
don't know, the prophet said, "Maybe ten years, maybe twenty, maybe a
hundred, maybe tonight." Well, it couldn't have been tonight, no way.
The signs weren't in. But, they're coming in pretty fast now. Coming in
faster all the time. Israel's in the homeland. Getting more and more
hated, America about to turn on her. The pope about to come out of
America? I don't know. 

	All I say is look: I'm not here to say what day and what hour these
things are going to happen. But, I'm here to know this one thing, He's
here. And out of this Prophetic Office where the Jews missed it, and the
Gentiles missed it, knocking at the door, the great Prophet is back.
[Bro. Vayle knocks on the pulpit] The Son of man standing right under
their noses and they miss it. But, out of it comes everything, because
He is the Word. Let's rise.

	Heavenly Father, God of gods, Lord of lords, King of kings, mighty God,
our God tonight we praise Thee, and bless Thy Holy Name, for Thou has
ridden in majesty, Lord. Thou hast declared Thyself. We just praise Thee
tonight, O God, form the fullness of our hearts, the full assurance of
faith. The love and the knowledge and every consideration that You
placed within us, Lord. You did it, and we stand here tonight knowing
that within ourselves we have nothing of ourselves that is worse than
ever, but, in Thee, Lord, it is more glorious than ever. And we see Thy
glory more clearly, even as Your Own Word said, our faithfulness all the
more clearly declares the faithfulness of Almighty God.   

	Lord, we don't want to run any gambit of being fools and stupid,
running off, trying to commit some kind of terrocious, or ridiculous
some type of sin to prove the grace of God more. No, we prove the grace
of God by triumphing over sin, and walking in the mystery of the love of
Jesus Christ, knowing that He is here. Knowing that our God is
sufficient, knowing that all things are of Him. And the great Roman
candle did not fizzle, no way, it fizzled to them, because they turned
off and walked off, they wouldn't wait and see the glory of the Lord.
And He pleaded, wait and see the glory of the Lord as Moses screamed
out. And You screamed to Moses, "Stand still and see the glory of the
Lord." They wouldn't stand still. But, tonight, Lord, there is a people
who will stand still for the rebirth out of the ground.

	There is a people who will not be like Your prophet Hosea screamed out
against Ephraim. He could not stand still to see the dead come out of
the ground. America can't do it, but there's a remnant within America
that can. Will stand still, Lord, and see those dead come out of the
ground, hallelujah. And we shall be changed in every corpuscle down
within the very atoms, and be whisked away in chariots of light, because
that's the promise of Almighty God.

	We know, Lord, tonight, this is not something to get enthused about
within ourselves, because, within ourselves we could not more get
enthused about it than nothing. Because, it is so far, and so bizarre
from anything anybody would teach. Kill every traditions and creed and
dogma. And well might it, well might it, for it is the flaming sword of
life. But, Lord, we have risen from amongst the dead and we're very glad
we have. And hopefully now, Lord, we set our faces and our hearts to
begin to come together more and more often to just talk about the things
of God.  To reduce ourselves to a one Word people. There is one Word,
the prophet's Word, that end-time Message. And all the glory, and all
the grace and all…that everything is coming out of it. 

	We thank You for It, Lord, we don't understand it all. We may never,
that is certainly true, but we understand this one thing, Lord, that we
are a part of It. And we have certainly entered into Thy Presence, and
we have faced Thee, and seen Thee face to face, (as it were) and we've
acknowledged Thee in grace, and grace, and grace multiplied has come
down upon us. We thank You for that, Lord.

	Now, my God, and my Father, because we would live for You, and we want
to live for You in such character and life and light as never before, we
pray, Lord, that You will help us, O God. That You would just keep
transforming us somehow until…not that men should know, that is not
what we want, but that is what You want, that would be what we would
want too. For this one thing that we want within ourselves, Lord, that
is: Paul the apostle said, "If we live in the Spirit, we may walk in It
also." So, that is what we're looking at. To walk in that Spirit of God,
knowing that there is a calling within a calling, within a calling.
There's many callings out there, Lord. Many ways we're called to our
vocation in Thee. But, that great call which You gave at the end-time
revealing Yourself to us, the Great One.

	We just don't want to have anything about us, that would cast an
aspersion upon that. And the Bride, Lord, must be without spot, without
wrinkle. We're claiming that. We're not only claiming it, Lord, by the
ministry of the out-working of the Blood scattering sin, all that,
that's true, the Bride is perfected by the Blood. We thank You for that.
But, Lord, we're also believing that there is a witness, and there is a
testimony in the grace and the characteristics and those natures, that
you have placed in us by the Holy Spirit to reflect that Word. And
that's exactly where we want to stand.

	And we commit ourselves, commend ourselves to You, to that very
principle and purpose, Lord, and we just praise You that You're hear us
tonight. And we're getting closer and closer to the great day of the
Resurrection. Closer and closer to the time of healings sweeping amongst
us. And so many having so much of the goodness of the Lord devolve upon
them.

	Lord, just may everyone in the building be blessed. I know already they
have been blessed, but maybe keep the blessing that they have received
tonight. May the Living Word of Almighty God penetrate so deep within
the hearts to become the very warp and woof of their existence, the very
life. The very life within the Blood. For one day that Blood must go and
become a spirit. Absolutely just a spirit remain, for the life is in the
blood. And the body changed to a spirit body, which would be a glorified
body.

	How wonderful, and how marvelous, Lord. We're dealing with it right
now. May each one in Your Presence, because You are here. Know that this
is a surety, this is absolutely a fact. And this fact absolutely begin
to work upon us in a new and wonderful way. Commensurate, Lord, with
Your will, and Your way. Not with our understanding, lest we get into
creeds and dogmas. We just hunger and thirst, Lord, after righteousness
and a manifestation of our own lives, that men may realize that there is
this greater life.

	That's all we're talking tonight, Lord, and we believe that You hear
us. And we believe You're helping us. We open our hearts to You, Lord,
in faith tonight. In trust tonight, O God, our hearts are opened, and we
believe that You do help us from this time on.

	Forgive us for every sin, Lord, help us to be more acute to pitfalls
and trials ahead. That we, like a clever boxer, may carry every thrust
of the devil. And we may know how to rebuke him. And stand still and see
the glory of the Lord.

	And unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible the only wise God, be
all power and honor and glory through Jesus Christ our Lord, world
without end. Amen.

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