The Mighty God's Achievement on Display 

Bro. Lee Vayle - ???  1971  (Toronto)

	Dear God that we can say, we pray God that we can this morning, the
truth of this Word, Lord, not, O God, that we would obligate You beyond
what You said You would do, for we cannot do that. We have to be very,
very patient and understanding there are only certain things revealed to
us, and others remain hidden. So, Lord, we know this morning some still
remain hidden to what we speak, and yet there'll be enough revealed, O
God, that we will stand in the truth as it has been brought to us.

	So, help us, Lord, by Your Spirit now that the truth may be made
manifest by revelation of the Word of the Holy Ghost, that the [blank
spot] Lord, may be Your Word. May be a lamp brightly burning, O God, may
we see light and rejoice in it and walk therein. Lord, now may the
speaking and the hearing therefore be of You, we ask It in Jesus' Name.
Amen.

1.	Now, if you have your Bibles, (and there's a sufficient number here)
you can turn to Ephesians 3: and we'll read about the first 12 verses.

		(1) 	For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you
Gentiles,

		(2) 	If (you) have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which
						is given me to you-ward:

		(3) 	How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I 	
				wrote afore in few words,

		(4) 	Whereby, when (you) read, (you) may understand my knowledge in 		
		the mystery of Christ)

		(5) 	Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as 	
				it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the
Spirit;

		(6) 	That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body,
and 					partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

	Now, you notice that Paul admits here that there was a revelation
given, or that was not even begun to be understood as it was understood
in the day in which he brought it, when he was bringing it. (See?) The
revelation was there already in the Old Testament, but now there is a
real definite revelation of it in his day. And you'll have the same
thing of course in ever age, and particularly in the last time when God
is revealing the fullness of His Word. 

		(7) 	Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace
						of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

		(8) 	Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace
given, 					that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable
riches of 						Christ;

		(9) 	And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery,
which 					from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who
created all 					things by Jesus Christ:

		(10) 	To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in
heavenly 					places might be (made) known by the church the manifold
wisdom 					of God,

		(11) 	According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ
Jesus 					our Lord:

		(12) 	In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith
					of him.

2.	Now, there are two very important things that we know about God above
all the other things that we know about God, and one is, that He is
omniscient. And secondly, He is omnipotent. Now, you will not find
anything in Scripture that God is omnipresent. Many people use that term
'omnipresent', not as though they believe that He were everywhere, but
that since He knows every-thing and is all powerful He doesn't need to
be omnipresent. Or as the Presbyterian say, "All things are present to
God." That the very fact that He knows everything and has all power,
obviates any necessity of God being all present. 

	Because, if He knows everything and has all power, He doesn't have to
be there, He can just do it. Omnipresence would indicate pantheism,
which is heathenism. So, He's not omnipresent, He's omniscient and He is
omnipotent. In other words, He knows everything, and never having
learned. Many people think that God is omniscient, they say, "yes, He
knows everything, He knows what is going on, He knows what you're doing,
He knows what I'm doing.

3.	Well, that isn't what omniscience means. Omniscience means 'that He
knows everything that ever will be known'. He knows all about it. In
other words, as Bro. Branham said, "He knew how many fleas there would
be on every plant, and how many times that little plant flea would bat
its eye." (See?) 

	Now, that's omniscience. Now, He's omnipotent, He can do anything. Is
no matter what it is, but God can do it, because He has the great
ability. His ability or power, (which is His omnipotence) guarantees the
manifestation of His knowledge, which is His omniscience. If He didn't
have omnipotence, it wouldn't matter how much He could think, He could
never bring to pass, or bring into manifestation His knowledge. That's
the thing that most people don't realize when they talk about God's
knowledge, His foreknowledge that God would simply know something.

	How could God simply know something that is going to take place if He
didn’t have the ability to see that it did take place? So, His
ability, or His omnipotence guarantees that His omniscience will brought
into full manifestation on display. He can perform what He desires to do
whatever His desires are. As Nebuchadnezzar said, "Whatever He desires
to do in the armies in the heavens and the earth, whatever He wants to
do He does it." He can perform it, (see?) because He's got that ability.
He can achieve any plan or purpose that He conceives. Whatever this
great mind of God conceives then God can do it. 

4.	Now, we're going to call the omniscience of God His wisdom. Because
that is exactly what It would be. The omniscience is decidedly wisdom.
And here then is the all wise God, Who is not only all Wise, but He is
Almighty. Now, He is never anything but wise. (See?) God cannot be
accused of being anything but wise. Why? Because He is all wise. He is
omniscient, and His wisdom is perfect.

	Now, because His wisdom is perfect, then all His ways are perfect.
Because His power brings into manifestation His wisdom which
demonstrates His ways. His thoughts are perfect wisdom. He cannot make a
mistake. He cannot be accused of any error. And since He can only put
into action perfect wisdom, because that makes all of His ways perfect,
everything He does is perfect. Nothing about Him is not perfect. James
understood this in the 1st chapter in the Book of James 16-17.

		(16) 	Do not err, my beloved brethren.

		(17) 	Every good…and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh 		
			down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, 					
neither shadow of turning. (See?)  

	You can't find anything in God that is not perfect. His thoughts are
perfect, His wisdom is perfect, everything about Him intrinsically is
perfect. And then all He can do is put into action by His power what is
perfection of wisdom is. So therefore, how could God do anything but
what is perfect? There is absolutely nothing but what God does is
absolutely perfect. Why? Because His wisdom is perfect, His omniscience
is perfect, perfect wisdom, and His power puts into action and
transforms His knowledge into ways in fact. So therefore, everything God
does, everything God is, is absolute perfection. Perfection in God.

5.	Now, God can speak the universe. (See?) He spoke it forth and it was
perfect. Every last in infinitesimal detail about the universe, which is
just now in terms of the world themselves. He could see and He brought
it forth. That's why the Bible says what He made was not made in vain.
It was perfect in the beginning.

	Today, we never get through admiring the wonders of a snowflake. They
say that every snowflake and there's billions of tons of them I guess,
since the ages began. Every snowflake different from every other
snowflake. Every leaf on every tree is different from every other leaf
on every other tree. And we appreciate that, the infinitesimal detail,
the magnificence of it. We appreciate the beauty of creation, the
sunsets, and the life that’s earth here. In a million ways, in a
million days, we would never get through examining the wisdom and
greatness of Almighty God that's set forth in His simple creation.

6.	But, God lets us in on something, He makes a point-blank statement
from His Intelligence to our intelligence, about what He considers the
greatest manifestation of His wisdom on display. And He spells out for
us His Own assessment of His achievement here, (which I read) in
Ephesians 3:1-12. Especially where he says in verse 10   

		(10) 	To the intent now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly
						places might be (made) known by the church the manifold wisdom 			
	of God,

	He cries out here, "let all the principalities and government in the
heavenlies." Now, they of course would be the greatest government. They
would have the greatest appreciation of God being with him, knowing him
and realizing his tremendous wisdom and his tremendous manifestation of
that wisdom. So, he says, "Let all principalities and government of the
heavenly, see my diversified." 

7.	Now, diversified means 'the whole panorama', or the 'multi-faceted
wisdom of God', by observing, or observing this multi-faceted wisdom, by
means of observing it in the church. Now, just think of that. God called
on His wisdom as Creator to make the universe. And that was all there
was to it. He used that one facet, His creatorial wisdom and in His
power to bring it into evidence. He called on His wisdom as a giver of
light. And as a giver of light, that went into play. All His wisdom
there, and He created all the range of life as we see it today, and it's
absolutely magnificent, and He spoke it into existence. 

	He called on His wisdom, His great knowledge to produce plants and
birds and animals, and that was brought into existence, He spoke in
existence. He called on His wisdom to separate the various kinds of
life. Some are so close together, you just believe in evolution. Some
are so far apart you'd wonder how there could be such a little life
here, and such an infinitesimal type of life.  A little cell dividing
itself. 

	And then over here you see another type of life so complex, that you
examine a human body, every cell is a city of factories. And yet, all of
this was done by just calling upon His wisdom, is here, a facet here, a
facet there, and then bringing it to pass, because He had the ability.
But when summoned all His great wisdom, and all His great power to bring
forth His crowning achievement, He brought into manifestation before all
dominion and all might, and everything of note, a church, a congregation
into which was channeled all the facets of the entire wisdom of Almighty
God.

8.	Now see, we never begun to plumb what nature is like. We can't even
get to the bottom of the cell. There is nothing that humanity can plumb
which God has made. It just can't be done. You can examine it, you can
rejoice in it, you can break it down, you can come to basic facts, and
it's all tremendous. But, when you want to see, or what God reserved for
all the Ages to see His tremendous divine wisdom. All the facets brought
into exhibition, then He created and ordained that is should be done by
the church.

	If God's greatest work is ever seen to be appreciated, it will not be
in a sunset, that's fine. It will not be in a beautiful mountain. It
will not be in a desert scene, or million other delights. It will not be
as man uses every facet of his brain and accumulates all the knowledge
of all the ages. And then brings forth something in detail of how great
creation is, that isn't going to do it. It'll only come forth, God's
manifested wisdom, and all its facets can only come forth as it is
channeled through the church.

9.	Now, let us analyze this, and let us go to Hebrews here so see what
this is all about. How can the Church by the masterpiece of God? Now,
I'm not running contradicting Bro. Branham which said Christ is a
Masterpiece of God. I'm talking about two different things entirely,
where we got these. I'm something else in mind here entirely.

	Now, how can the Church be His Masterpiece? How can it be His greatest
achievement? Well  now, this is actually not too difficult if we just
stop to think a little bit. Everything a man thinks and does is exactly
a manifestation of one of more of His attributes. (See?) Everything a
man does is actually a manifestation of one or more attributes. If I
paint a lovely picture I am simply expressing one of my attributes, or
part of me. (See?) 

	I'm not a painter of course, and maybe no one here is, is a
professional when it comes to art. But, we look at a masterpiece by
someone like by a 'Raphael', or by a 'da Vinci', or somebody of great
ability, even great American painter. We've had many of them here, and
we look at that. And what is that picture? That picture is actually a
manifestation of an attribute, or some of the attributes of the person
who set forth that picture. Now, if I could sing a lovely song, or sing
beautifully some song. What is it? What comes forth is a manifestation
of the attributes, or part of that person. 

10.	Now, thus I am my own masterpiece or failure. As I take my
attributes and express them to the highest, or I fail to get them
across, I failed to express them. That does the Church then, is God's
greatest expression of His attributes, for in bringing her into
manifestation, He placed all His godly characteristics and attributes
into the act. Whatever God was, He had to actually place into the act of
bringing forth this masterpiece of creation which is the Church. It is
the supreme achievement and the finest manifestation of God that He can
produce.

	Now, of course right there that is something that somebody right away
with an unreasoning mind, and not spiritual mind would challenge. 
Because we look around and we say, "Now, see there's nature, beautiful
nature," Now, who messed it up? Man messed it up. (See?) Look at all
this wonderful acreage. To think of when the Pilgrim Fathers first came
here, and they saw Pennsylvania.

	Well, Penn of course (I guess) is the name of what? William Penn, some
Penn. And then 'sylvania' of course refers to a sylvan glade, it means
beautiful nature like, grades and hills and I suppose all these things.
You say, "What a beautiful country it was when the first came here. How
wonderful, and how their hearts must have thrilled to see hundreds of
thousands of acres of magnificent virgin territory to come and reside
in. And you say, "Now, look at that, that was wonderful, that's
marvelous, that's God's masterpiece."  And then man came along and
messed it up. You've got it all messed up folk. You're all wrong. And
you may think you're right, but you're wrong.

11.	This is merely one facet. This is just one facet when God drew on
Himself as Creator to produce this. Maybe several facets are involved to
do it all. But, if you want to see the full faceted wisdom of God
brought into manifestation, you're going to have to come to a place you
wouldn't have thought to look, which is in the congregation, or the
Church of the Almighty God.

	So, it is His supreme achievement, and finest manifestation that He
could produce. As the picture produced is not the man himself. As the
picture produced that is the beautiful picture that I might produce as
this creation here that God created, is not the Creator Himself, as the
picture produced is not the man himself, but the masterpiece of the man.
(See?) So, is the Church not God. But God masterminded masterpiece.
(See?) See, that's the difference between Christ, that was God Himself.
But the Church is not God. (See?) So, this is the Church is God's
masterminded masterpiece.

12.	Now, before we go for further, we want to see a Scripture backs up
what Ephesians says. We'll read Ephesians 3:10 again.

		(10) 	To the intent now unto the principalities and powers in (the 			
			heavenlies) might be (made) known by the church the manifold 					
wisdom of God.

	Let's go to the Book of Hebrews 2:11-14,  

		(11)	 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all
of 						one (source)…

	Now, who is the sanctifier? Jesus the Christ.

		(11)	 For both (Jesus, the Sanctifier) and they who are sanctified are
all 						of one: (they have one source, which is what? God.) for which
cause 					he (Jesus) is not ashamed to call them… (sanctified, the
sanctified 						One, His) brethren,

	Why? Because they are. They're out of one source.

		(12) 	(See,) I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of
						the church will I sing praise unto thee. (See?) 

	Where is it that the voluble praise is going to come forth? It's going
to come forth in the midst of the Church which is of course the Church
and it's literally surround as it were, Christ. He said, "I'm going to
sing the praises of God in the midst of the Church." No place else. In
the midst of creation, it cannot be done. I the midst of government, it
cannot be done. In the midst of many things, it cannot be done. There is
only one place that is going to manifestly set forth and sound forth the
complete perfect praise of God through the Son it'll be in the midst of
the Church. There is no place else it can be done. No place else, that's
the one place. (See?) 

		(13) 	And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and
the 						children which God hath given me. (See?) 

		(14) 	Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood,
he also 					himself likewise took part of the same; that through death
he might 					(bring to naught, or paralyze) him that had the power of
death, that 						is, the devil;

13.	Now, let's go back to Ephesians 1:22-23

		(22) 	And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the
head 						over all things to the church,

		(23) 	Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

	You noticed here what It said. As the old kenosis theory is a
statement: that God poured Himself into Christ, and Christ poured
Himself into the church. There is no place else that demonstrates the
fullness of God. (See?) No place. And if you're going to demonstrate the
fullness of God, you're going to have to demonstrate the multi-faceted
characteristic of Almighty God. (See?) And quality, attributes, and
there is no place that can do it. Absolutely none outside of the Church.
(See?) 

	What God was, poured into Christ. That's fine, but the fullness had to
be poured elsewhere, which is into the Church and nowhere else. So
therefore, only God could be praised sufficiently. In other words, what
is praise? Praise is to acclaim that the superlative quality of what is
in the person. (See?) All right, where can the praise come forth? It can
only come forth in the Church, in the midst of the Church. There is no
place else.

14.	Ephesians 1:9-10, notice what It says here: 

		(9) 	Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to 	
				his good pleasure which he … purposed in himself:

		(10) 	That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather
						together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven,
and 						which are on earth; even in him:

	Now, where is He going to be gathered? (See?) They're going to be
gathered only of those things which are in Him. For anything that is
going to be gathered, that means that God has a right having done all of
this, that everything will be expendable except what He's gathered
together in Him. 

	So, there you see again, what is it? What is in Christ? It's the Bride
which is in Jesus Christ. Everything else becomes absolutely expendable,
and God can do what He wants with it. He can take it right back to
nothingness, or He can preserve it according to His will.

	But, see what is gathered in Him which God therefore declares as that
which He will keep, must have God's most a penetrating approval upon
what is done, because everything else becomes expendable. What is not
expendable? Gathering together that would be in Him. Which is what? By
one Spirit you're baptized into one body, which is the Body of Jesus
Christ. Right? 

15. All right, Ephesians 1:18	

		(18) 	The eyes of your understanding being enlightened (now watch
this:) 					The eyes of your understanding being enlightened that (you)
may 						know… (how many gifts you can have to turn the world upside
down, 					absolutely.)

	How many souls you can bring in. How much money you can get. and it's
perfectly justified, because you're going to bring in a lot of souls to
Jesus Christ. Glory to God. Doesn't say that at all. (See?) It doesn't
talk about a revelation that's different what I'm talking about. It
talks about the same revelation I'm talking about, because It has to, or
the Bible lied someplace. It says:

		(18) 	The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that (you) may
						know what is the hope of his calling, …

	What is the hope of His calling? To be a part of that, which through
the eternal ages will demonstrate the multi-faceted all the wisdom of
God brought into focus in one place. (See?) And nothing left over. Now:

 		(18)	…and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the
saints,

	Now, what does that mean? Christ’s inheritance, is the Saints which
is the Bride. In other words, this is what He inherits. This is what He
gets of everything. Now, what greater gift could God possibly give
Jesus? Now remember, we’ve got itself in terms of Father and Son here.
Because remember, Jesus was a man, as well as He was Divinity. It was
Divinity poured into the Man. (See?) Because, by man came death, By Man
came Life. By man came sin, by Man came righteousness. See, by one Man
came this federal Headship in Adam as they call it, we got this in
Jesus. 

	Now, therefore in this mighty plan of God, we have therefore God
reserving for the Son this which is the most limitless, the most
priceless, the most everything. (See?) In other words, what could God
possible conceive to present to Himself of His creation? Well, there it
is, it's the Bride. So therefore, we know we're speaking the truth.

16.	Let's go to Revelation 21:9-10

		(9) 	And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the 				
	seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, 					
saying, Come hither, I will shew (you) the bride, the Lamb's wife.

		(10) 	And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high
mountain, 						and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem,
descending 						out of heaven from God,

	Now, with this let's go back to Ephesians 5:30-33

		(30)	For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

		(31) 	For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and (to)
						be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

		(32) 	This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the 	
				church.

		(33) 	Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular so love his
wife 						even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her
husband.

	Now, you can see here, then what is it? That God has joined to Himself
out of everything that God has brought forth, he joins unto Himself
only, and become one with the Bride. (See?) So, there you have your
picture again of what we are talking about. This is the masterpiece of
God's mighty achievement that is reserved through the Ages to show forth
Him wisdom unto the then government and principalities in the
heavenlies. 

 	Now, let us get back to our thought that what God produces, is God
reflected. Just like I said, if          I paint a picture that is
myself reflected. As Bro. Branham said, "If I come into your home, I can
tell  by what literature you've got around, what music you've got,
everything else, I can tell what kind of  a man he is?" Even if I walked
into your office, will all these pin-up girls in the nude he said, is no
use you telling me something other than you're something other than what
you are, because that's exactly what you are.

17.	All right, let's go to Romans 1:19-20, to get our thoughts of what
God produces reflects God. It says, 

		(19) 	Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; 				
	(is manifest really I image to them, not only in them, but to them, 			
		then in them) for God hath shewed it unto them.

		(20) 	For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world
are 						clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made,
even 						his eternal power and Godhead; …

	Now, just the Eternal power and Godhead are visible to mankind by
creation. In other words, creation manifests God. What God is, is seen,
what God is, is partially seen, (see?) out here by the demonstration of
nature. So, it is with the Bride. (See?) God will be manifesting Himself
by what He produces in that Bride. He will be a manifestation of His
attributes. (See?) He's going to be a manifestation of His attributes,
and indeed she is.

18.	Going back to Ephesians 1:3-9

		(3) 	Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath 
					blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in
Christ:

	Now, what is Paul speaking here? He's speaking of the federal Headship
of the human Bride through Jesus. That's why he said, "Blessed be God,
even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." It doesn't make a God in the
Father, and in the Son. What he's doing here is showing the relationship
of God, to man, is in this One that He created, and bore through Mary.
"Who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in the heavenlies."
Now, Adam didn't do that. Adam brought us into a cursed land, into a
place of hardship and toil, an existence full of problems, but He
brought us into the heaveanlies.

		(4) 	According as he hath chosen us in him before (before) the
foundation 					of the world, …

	Before He made one speck out of here in the universes, of planets and
stars, and all these things we were chosen in Him before the foundation
of the world.

		(4)	…that we should be holy and without blame before him. (Period.)

		(5)	(In love) Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children 		
			by Jesus Christ to himself, (see?) according to the good pleasure 			
		of his will.

19.	Now, what is His will? His will is according to His wisdom. And what
He does with His omnipotence is to bring that One into manifestation.
And His will was, that we should be placed as His children in Jesus
Christ, through Himself. (reading) In Whom we have to the praise,
notice:

		(6) 	To the praise of the glory of his grace, (where's the praise
going 						to come forth from? In Christ, in the midst of the Church.)
wherein 					he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

		(7) 	In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of 
				sins, according to the riches of his grace;

		(8) 	Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
(See?) 

	The abounding of God toward the Bride takes all of His wisdom, in order
to bring forth this masterpiece, it absolutely takes all the wisdom of
Almighty God. And all of His grace, all of His prudence. (See?) 

		(9) 	Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to 	
				his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

	What was it? To bring forth His Bride which would be the perfect
manifestation of all the wisdom of Almighty God before all the Ages. In
other words, all the facets of God's great wisdom and great power, great
ability, He brings forth in the Bride. This is the crowning achievement
of God.

20.	Now, with this we go to Romans 8:28-30.

		(28) 	And we know that all things work together for good to them that
love 					God, (Now, who are they that love God?) to them who are the
called 					according to his purpose.

	What's His purpose? To bring forth a Bride that would demonstrate all
the mighty wisdom of Almighty God and put it on display for all the Ages
to come, so that all the governments and principalities may marvel at
It. Now, if we'd have had an ounce of brains we've got marveling right
now too. (See?) Instead of wondering about it, just marvel at it instead
of fussing at it, accept it. Notice:

		(29) 	For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be
conformed 					to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn
among many 					brethren. (See?) 

	Now, He's going to be the first born, to have many more like Him.

		(30) 	Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and
whom 					he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them
he also 					glorified.

		(31) 	What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who
can be 					against us?

		(32) 	He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all,
						how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

21.	Now, in 2 Timothy 1:9

		(9) 	Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not
according 					to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace,
which 						was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

	Romans 9:11, now, who is it given to? Us, the Bride. (See?)

		(11) 	(For the children being not yet born, (being not yet born)
neither 						having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God
according 						to election might stand, not of works, but of him that
calleth; See?)

	Now:

		(11)	For the children being not yet born, (they weren't born) neither 
					having done good or evil, (they didn't have done one thing. No sir,
						they weren't old enough to know when to do good or evil.) that the
					purpose of God (which is, that the multi-faceted wisdom of God in 	
				the Bride, which can come only) according to election, might
stand… 					(see, in other words, be worked out) not of works, but of
him that 						calleth. (See, here.)

	Now, you can see here what God is doing. He is manifesting all His
attributes, His mighty wisdom, (because that's what it is, is His mighty
wisdom all His attributes are His wisdom) and He's got the power to
carry it out.

 	Now notice about this, what He said. The true Church, or Bride was
conceived in the mind of God. She was eternally in His thinking before
there was one speck of stardust. (See?) And every other thought and all
wisdom was gathered unto this place to bring it to pass. (See?)
Everything was gathered together to bring it to pass. Not one thing was
left out to bring this into a life.

22.	Now, let us look at verses 8-10 of Ephesians 1:

		(8) 	Wherein he hath abounded toward us (that word 'abounded' is 					
'overflowed') he hath (overflowed) toward us in all wisdom and 					
prudence;

		(9) 	Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according					
 to (the) good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself.

		(10) 	That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather
						together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven,
and 						which are on earth; even in him:

	Now, just hold the thought there what He has done. This is what God
said he has done, Paul speaking. 

23.	Now, hold out thought there and go over to Revelation 21: (See?)
Now, hold your finger there and listen again while I read over here in
Ephesians, just to keep the thought in mind. 

		(8) 	Wherein he hath abounded toward us toward us in all wisdom and 		
			prudence;

		(9) 	Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, (that's to get
a 					Bride) according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in 	
				himself. (That's His Own wisdom.)

		(10) 	That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather
						together in one all things in Christ, both which in heaven, (see?)
 						and which are on earth; …

	Now, what is that? It's what we read in Revelation 21: 9-10

		(9) 	…and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the 
					bride, the Lamb's wife.

		(10) 	And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high
mountain, 						and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem,
descending out 						of heaven from God,

	Why? Because He’s gathered together in it everything in the heavens
and in the earth, which are in Christ Jesus. Now, with that verse 22. 

		(22) 	And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the 	
				Lamb are the temple of it.

24.	Now [Revelation] 22: 3-5

		(3) 	And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of
the 						Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

		(4) 	And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their
foreheads.

		(5) 	And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle,
neither 						light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and
they shall 						reign for ever and (for) ever. (See?) 

	Now, there is no more record. This is the end of the record. This is
the fullness of time. This is the complete gathering together. (See?)
This is it. This is that purpose fully expressed. What is it? To have a
Church, and absolute perfect Church, a Bride forever. 

25.	This is that mystery of Ephesians 5:30-32

		(30) 	For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

		(31) 	For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and be
joined 					unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

		(32) 	This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the
church.

	And this is the Bride that actually becomes one with Christ.
Inseparable, (see?) the masterpiece. And this masterpiece is what is on
display through all Ages, demonstrating God's great wisdom. (See?) 

	Now, thus to my thinking and my understanding of the Word of God, the
glorious Bride forever with the King like Him, in all His perfection and
enjoying all of Himself and His goodness is the purpose of God. (See?)
This is a full revelation of Himself in the Bride. You follow me? Now
remember, the Bride isn’t Jesus. He's Jesus, we're Bride. He's Lamb,
is the Lamb's Bride. But, the Bride is the full revelation of Himself,
in that, in all the attributes. (See?) The Bride is not He. He is not
the Bride, but they're one. (See?) 

26.	Now, this is like something like your Father, Son and Holy Ghost
doctrine, if there were two of them. Father and the Son that would be
fine. This is a Bride, and a Bridegroom. This is not the Bridegroom who
is the Bride. This is not the Father who is the Son, and the Son who is
the Father. (See?) This is what comes from God manifesting through His
great creatorial and all facets of wisdom to put on display exactly what
God can produce. Because remember, when God produced, the Son produced
Himself in human form. But, when He produces the Bride this is
different. Because the Bride is not the Son, a full revelation of
Himself in the Bride is what we're talking about. See, that's the
masterpiece. Follow me?      

	Now, so getting back to the Father of the original plan, the Bride was
in the mind of Christ. He was placing this facet of wisdom, in the…she
was in the mind of God. She was His eternal special thought. And what is
a thought? It is simply something unexpressed. (See?) Not just a word. A
word usually, but there's more than one way to express a thought. You go
up and hit a person in the nose, that’s what you think of. (See?) You
get him a bouquet of flowers, give her a bouquet of flowers. Little boy
goes by and…goes down and buys a chocolate bar for him. Say one word
and too shy, but he's expressing himself, a thought. The thought is
manifested by the action. A thought is manifested, there must be an
expression to bring out that thought. (See?) 

 	All right, it is something unexpressed. Usually a word. Now, these
thoughts must be expressed to be brought into manifestation. You've got
to do something about it. (See?) Let us see how the first children of
God came into being. 

27.	Let's go back to Genesis 1: now, you see, we're starting on how this
was in the mind of God in bringing it up now today. Genesis 1:26-27

		(26)	And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: 	
				and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the 		
			fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and
over 						every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

		(27) 	So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created
					he him; male and female created he them. (See?) 

	Now, notice God said. When He said it, they had to come into being. But
He only said what was in His mind. He could not say other than what was
in His mind anymore than you and I can say it. If I told you to say
something in Russian, like, "open the door quickly, because there's a
man outside." How can I say it if that's not in my mind? It's utterly
impossible. (See?) It's got to be there. If there's something in front
of you expressed, there must be something behind it. There's got to be a
well-spring to produce the spring. So, when He said it, it came into
existence, they came forth. But, He only said what was in His mind, and
when He said It, it had to be done. (See?) As long as it was there in
the mind unspoken, that's all there was to it. But, when He said it, it
had to come forth. 

 	Adam was God's thought expressed. (See?) Adam became the Word, or
thought expressed and brought into view. This existence in the mind is
foreknowledge. Now, let's get that straight. (See?) Foreknowledge. This
is foreknowledge. Fore known, in the mind. Thought unexpressed.

28.	Now, Romans 8:29   

		(29) 	For whom he did foreknow, he also did (give a) predestinate 				
	(which is to) be conformed to the image of his Son, that he (Jesus) 			
		might be the firstborn among (the) many brethren. (What brethren?  			
	That died.  Does the first born…the first born from among the dead.) 

	Now notice, the unexpressed as yet, for whom God did foreknow. (See?)
Foreknowledge, they're unexpressed in His mind. (See?) If I foreknew
you, it is like me painting a picture. Before           I produce the
picture physically it is already produced in my mind. And I have the
ability to transmit it, or it'll never be produced. It is already there
and can be produced if I have the ability to do it. It is conception,
(See?) seed.  Seed, thoughts (See?) conception. I need strength to bring
it to birth.

29.	Now, please note carefully as we read Romans 8:28-30  

		(28) 	And we know that all things work together for good to them that 
					love God, (now who are they that love God?) them who are the 					
called according to his purpose.

	Now, what's His purpose? The purpose is to bring forth the masterpiece.
(See?) The masterpiece, which is what? The Bride!  Now:

		(29) 	For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be
conformed 					to the image of his Son, …

	Now, he's telling you what the end is, conformation, conforming to the
image of the Son, which is that all the attributes of God would be
manifested in the Bride. (See?) See, now He did this, starting with
foreknowledge predestinating, a destiny means 'an end'. Your destiny is
what you're cut out for and you've got to fill it. And that takes care
of what you came for. (See?) Now, he said they were foreknown. Now,
watch this:

		(30) 	Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he called: …

	Now, where was foreknowledge? In the mind. Where was pre-destiny? In
the mind. Now, where is the calling? On earth. (See?) 

		(30)	…whom he called, them he justified: and whom he justified, them
						he glorified.

	What's the glorification? That's the end of the conformation conforming
to the Son. Why? Because that's what He is, is glorified. (See?) 

30.	Now, watch this: "All things work together for good to them who are
the called" [Rom 8:28] Now, what about them? Foreknown, predestinated.
Now, that's before. Now, when He calls them, what does He do? He
justifies and glorifies. Not watch this carefully, the called is in the
middle, five fingers, foreknown, (see?) predestinated, called,
justified, glorified.

	All right, what did He foreknow you for? To show forth all of His
attributes. What did He predestinate you for? To make sure you got into
that destiny of being like the Son. All right, that's before you were
born, before they had done good of evil or had been born, this was this.
Now, the calling. He calls the man that's born, justifies, and
glorifies, it was wisdom right here. This could then be the first born
of many. (See?) Brings her right in there. Perfect. Five, grace. (See?)
Right there.

31.	Now, foreknown and predestinated are certain ones. Certain ones only
are foreknown and predestinated to be conformed in His image. Who are
they? The called ones. (See?) The called ones then to fill the plan of
God are justified and glorified. (See?) Foreknown and predestinated.
Then He called them, justified them, "and all things work together for
their good." Why? Because they are the masterpiece of God. Can't help
it. Everything has got to work for that. Follow me? God brings into,
into full play His manifestations in the Bride. Now then, everything has
got to work toward it.  Nothing can happen by chance. The full wisdom
and ability of God, is brought into play. Now then, let us see if we can
sort of fortify our thinking on this. Here are special people foreknown
and predestinated to the plan. 

31.	Now, we go back to Adam in Genesis 1:26-27 again:

		(26)	And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: 	
				and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the fowl		
			of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over 			
		every creeping thing that (creeps) upon the earth.

		(27) 	So, God created man in his own image, in the image of God
created 					he him; male and female created he them

	Now notice, that they were spirit beings to start with. And they were
both male and female. (See?) One person, a spirit being.

32.	Now, go to Genesis 2:5 

		(5) 	And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and
every 						herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not
caused 						it to rain upon the earth, and there was (no) man to till
the ground. 						(See?) 

	There was no man to till the ground. And verse 7

		(7) 	And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and 					
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living 	
			soul.

	Now, Adam was both foreknown and predestinated and called to the plan.
What was the plan? A man to till the soil. (See?) Foreknown and
predestinated. Made in a spirit being. (See?) Then brought into physical
manifestation in order to get the job done.

	Now notice, he was individually called. So are we just as individually
called as Adam to the plan. That makes foreknowledge and election
personal just like as it was with Adam. You see, many people do not
believe in personal election. They say, "that foreknowledge was only in
God, and we're elected in Christ, that mean that in Christ was in the
beginning of the world. And our election takes place in Him, because He
was the One that brings us in, and He came down here to do it." That is
absolutely, antichrist. Absolutely, antichrist. 

 	The choosing of the Bride is according to foreknowledge. Notice, the
choosing is according to foreknowledge. Individual, like with Adam,
predestinated to the plan. Brought into physical manifestation, God
carrying us through.

33.	Ephesians 1:3-4 

		(3) 	Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath 
					blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly in Christ:

	Now, notice that. What is it through all the Ages is going to marvel at
the wisdom of God? The heavenlies. (See?) The Bride in Christ. Notice
verse 4.

		(4) 	According… 

	According, (see?) this manifestation according to what? According as he
has… [blank spot on tape] …the Jews already knew about serpent seed.
And they haven't got enough brains in the schools to teach exactly the
history the way it's written.

	It's just like the Roman Catholics they go around and try to tell you
now the Protestants killed the Catholics, and not the Catholics the
Protestants. And they turn around and try to tell you election is merely
some little old plan. No wonder the whole word is going to hell.

	Turn around and try to tell you that anybody can get saved. Then how
come Moses didn't go down and pray Pharaoh in? How come they didn't pray
Hitler in?  (See?) It's says, "The wisdom of God could only be revealed
in the Bride." There's no wisdom out here in your fundamental dead
churches. They're not sleeping, they're dead. The Spirit of God left
them long ago. Like Wesley said, "I'm never afraid the name, Methodist
will leave the earth, but I'm afraid the Spirit will leave them." The
dove will fly off, and all we got left is the dove dung. Proving the
dove was there. What is the dung? The dead of history. (See?) 

34.	Foreknowledge, is of the individual. It says, "We were before there
was a speck of stardust, you were already chosen in Him." Paul says,
"The Bride was chosen." Now, that makes foreknowledge,   election and
less than personal. Which it is. The choosing of the Bride.

	Now, watch this: the word 'choose' means to 'pick out for one self '.
To choose out from preference, favor and love.  All right, supposing
let's just take this word then 'chosen'. All right, let's say it was
chosen before the foundation of the world. That means I’ll break it
down here in a form, never mind the form up there. That means God looks
down upon a man right here and says, "I like you, and I hate you. I'll
choose you, and I won't choose you."

	You still can't get away from choice. The choice doesn't have a thing
to do with you, it has to do with God. (See?) Now, when you think of
choosing, there is a choice involved. (See?) Now, there can be no choice
unless there is more than one to choose from. (See?) 

	Now, remember in the old days a man didn't choose his bride, the bride
was chosen by the parents. He didn't have a choice. (See?) Now, neither
does Jesus have a choice. This was already way back in the foreknowledge
of God. Now, were speaking of Spirit, different from Jesus the man now,
because He'll be the one with the evidence with the Bride, because
remember, New Jerusalem Bro. Branham said, "The Lamb is on the Throne,
and the Pillar of Fire of God is over the top of the Mountain." That’s
right. (See?) Let's face it, it’s a man and a bride. Some of these
things don't penetrate our minds, it's alright, I could say a few things
here, but I'd only confuse you. So, leave him alone. (See?) 

35.	Now, there must have been more than one to choose from. (See?)
Certainly, here is where we find something to enlighten us. It's over in
Romans 9:1-23, let's read It. 

		(1) 	I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing
me 						witness in the Holy Ghost,

		(2) 	That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

		(3) 	For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my 			
		brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: (Speaking like Moses 				
now see?)

		(4) 	Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, the glory,
and 					the covenants, and the giving of the law, the service of God,
and the 					promises;

		(5) 	Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ
						came, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

		(6) 	Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect… (See?) 

	"Not as though the Word of God hath taken none effect."  How can you
have a Word of God that in not effective? Not as though the Word haven't
taken effect. Look at Israel, say the elected of God, God's people, God
gives the Word, and now the Word of God displayed.  And they turned It
down flat. Now listen: what did he say?

		(6)	…For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:

	"Well, Paul the Word of God didn't take effect." Oh, It didn't? I've
got news for you, all Israel is not Israel.

		(7) 	Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all
children: …

36.	Now, hold it, if Abraham has a baby by a woman and has sixteen
babies by …?... they're all his children. I don't care what anybody
says. (See?) That's right, they're all children, but they're not all
children. (See?) They're not all children. I don’t care if Abraham has
five thousand children, they're not all his children. God won't count
them. He has one by Hagar, he had seven by Keturah. Right? That's nine.
The perfect number. Now you can't go past nine. You'll never go past
nine. You go back to one again. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven,
eight, nine, ten? What is that? What is ten? That's one. What is eleven?
That's two, one and one. That is twelve? That's three, one’s. Why not?
There's only nine numbers. Nine altogether. And all of the whole number
signifying billions and billions, and billions, because all the numbers
in the world are made of those nine numbers. Zero, is only put in there
for only mathematical computation, because there's no zero, not nothing
that's anywhere. (See?) What is it? One. One chosen. One with that
child. (See?) 

 37.	Now notice why? 

		(7)	…In Isaac shall thy seed be called. (Billions there, but one.)

		(8) 	That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not
the 						children of God: but the children of the promise are counted
for... 						the seed. (See, what's the promise? The Word of God.) 

		(9) 	For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and
Sarah 					shall have a son.

		(10) 	And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one,
even 					by our father Isaac;

		(11) 	(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any
good 						or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might
stand, not 					of works, but of him that calleth;)

38.	Now, whose is He going to call? The foreknown, chosen way back
there.

		(12) 	It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

		(13) 	As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

	How could God hate prematurely? Now, I'd like you to meet this girl,
say, "I'm an atheist, how I have her, don't you want to meet her?"

	You say, "Boy, that guy's sure a fool." Sure, he's a fool. How can you
hate what you don't even know? You think God is in that category?
Certainly not.

		(14) 	What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God 	
				forbid.

	Say, "All right, this is a…what you call a cut and dry case." Before
it ever took place, before the judge even open the door, they were going
to hang the guy. 

39.	Just like they said to Sam Sheppard they guy that was judging the
case to Dan Doherty, "He's as guilty as h-e-l-l."  That guy's rotten.
He's dead now, but he's rotten. A blot on the history of jurisprudence
around the world. He should have been kicked out of his office and
thrown in jail. But no, this government let him sit there. Then you
think God is that kind of a God?  You can’t kill him on righteousness.


	Why? Because all the multi-faceted, and wisdom of Almighty God is
coming into full play in this plan that He's got. See, I said, "God
cannot be wrong." He could not possibly do anything wrong. It's
impossible, for God to be wrong.

40.	Now:

		(15) 	For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have
mercy					and I will (compassionate) on whom I will have
(compassionate).

		(16) 	So, then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth,
but of 					God that sheweth mercy.

		(17) 	For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh,…for this same purpose
…

	"For this same purpose?" What is His purpose? To bring forth a Bride in
whom is the midst of Christ to show forth the multi-faceted wisdom, all
the wisdom all the power of God. Now, He said, "I've got to raise Sarah
up as a part of it."    

		(17)	… that I might shew my power in thee, (see?) and that my name 	
				might be declared throughout all the earth.

		(18) 	Therefore, hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom 		
			he will he hardeneth. (He blinds.) 

		(19) 	Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who 
					hath resisted his will?

		(20) 	Nay but, O man, who art (you) that repliest against God? Shall
the 						thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me
thus?

41. See, the more you hear this Message and understand It, the more you
get to see what Bro. Branham was talking about.  How in the name can you
possibly say you worship God, and not be one with the Word?  How can you
say you're a child of God and be out of the Word? How can you say you've
got the Holy Ghost, and be out of the Word? How dare you talk at all?

	You know what they do in Siam when the mother in law opens her mouth
too much? They sew her mouth up. The Bride needs to have her mouth sewed
up. Let everybody stand dumb before the exonerated vindicated manifested
Word of Almighty God by the prophet.

	But, did they do it? No, come sneaking in your back door. Sure, filthy
seducers. And who get's seduced? Women mostly. This Gospel has brought a
return of the men to the truth. For once, we see men heading up the
house.  The women as a church has exposed herself in the end days, and
the same time Christ has exposed Himself by the Word. And they'll turn
down the Word, and they’ll go to their adulteries and everything else.
Don't get caught up in this now. It's wrong thing, you stick with the
Word of God. Wear your hair long, wear your dress that’s becoming. In
other wise, God is going to judge you. Not that I say so. But remember,
if God has typed this, and this is the way the types run. The Book is a
funny Book, it's satirical, it's full of types (See?) 

42.	Now, we're reading in here: and we're reading the 23 verses, we
haven't finished it. Now, he said here:

		(19) 	Thou wilt say…Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath
resisted his 					will?

		(20) 	Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall
the thing 					formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me
thus?

	In answer here, He made this, this way in order to bring out His
complete multi-faceted wisdom. Which can be demonstrated only through
the Bride. (See?) 

		(21) 	Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to
make 						one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

		(22) 	What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power
known, 					endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted
to 						destruction:

	Now, the Greek student, oh my he screams at this verse. And he says,
"Yes, but Bro. Vayle, that says there in the original Greek that the
vessels fitted themselves." All right, go ahead, I'll agree with you a
hundred percent. They sure did. That's why God can judge him. But, you
read verse 23.

		(23) 	…that he might make known the riches of his glory on the
vessels…					which he had afore prepared unto (knowledge),

	How can you do anything before you're born, honey? Now, where does that
leave the Elect? Right where they were in the beginning. God had already
got those vessels lined up. As I said, before I can paint a masterpiece
on a canvas, it's got to be there to produce it. I'm merely bringing
into manifestation what's there. So, it is with God. He brings into
manifestation what was already hidden within Himself, which was the
Bride, even as the Bride was hidden in Adam.

43.	Now, look at [Romans] 9:6, again.

		(6) 	…as though the word of God hath taken none effect….

	If you were to judge God today by the effect of His Word, you'd say,
"Hogwash." Truly, forget it. Forget it. What's Christianity? Nothing. A
little segment, I'm not talking about nominal Christianity, I'm talking
about something real. You got such a tiny segment it's not even worth
bothering with. (See?) It's a failure.

	Guy's going to government. Like one fellow we've got in government now,
very lazy senator.           I think, he even made reference of the
Bible. And now he talks so moral. Oh brother, I wouldn't trust him with
my dead cat behind the barn, he might sell the pelt. Every lobbyist goes
in, that's got an ear. All these senators down south are like the oil
depletion, they'll skin you and me. The only guys that pay taxes, and
the little honest guy with a pay check, while millionaires go away free,
with oil depletion, so called. It costs you more to run your car down
the road, to run to you jobs. So, these righteous sanctimonious,
hypocrite heathens, that talk about…it's almost as they got a
bellyache the way the talk about the [makes a slow sound] gramophone
running down. So, sanctimonious. Hypocrites. (See?) 

	Does the Word of God take effect? You bet, you bet, you bet. You think
the purpose of God is going to fall through? You can differ with one of
the facets, that can show the multi-faceted wisdom of Almighty God in
the Bride. See, sure. The Word of God. And notice, It's the Word, and
only the Bride will listen to the Word.

44.	Let's go back now to read chapter 3 and see this. Luke 3:23-24   

		(23) 	And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being
(as 						was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,

		(24) 	Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, the son
						of Melchi, … (and so on.) 

	And then get down now to 37-38

		(37) 	Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch,
which 					was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which
was the 					son of Cainan,

		(38) 	Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was
the 					son of Adam, which was the son of God. (See?) 

	Now, that's the genealogy of Christ from His foster-father, His
step-father as it were Joseph. Tracing back genealogy. Now…or I see He
could be through Mary, one of the two. But anyway, after the flesh He
goes right back.

45.	Now, let's go to Genesis 4:1

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

	Genesis 5:4 

		(4) 	And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight 					
hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:

	Now, you'll notice in here that Cain comes on the scene, Cain kills
Abel, then Seth is born, and the genealogy goes by Seth. Now, let's look
at this, we see a picture here. Cain is born, no trace of genealogy. The
genealogy comes by Seth, which goes through Adam. But there is no trace
of Cain to Adam.  

46.	Now, just hold that in mind, because here's the start of the
genealogical record which is eight. Now, if God has a choice before
creation, then there must have been many to choose from. The chosen were
in Christ. They were in union with Him. That is why we see two
descriptions of Adamic life, plus the introjection of serpent seed.
(See?) 

	Now, first of all Adam was made spirit, then he was made flesh. And
then he produced sons. (See?) Then Cain was produced. But there is no
record of Cain in the genealogy. In fact, the Bible distinctly says that
Eve was the mother of all living, which makes you to know that Adam was
not the father of all living. But, notice also, there is no record, or
genealogy of any of Adam's descendents, but of Seth. Now, he had many
sons and daughters, but there's no record. (See?) So therefore, you have
got where Adam's got it in spirit, (see?) reproducing the flesh. Cain is
nowhere found and he is not called Adam's son, but there is many of his
sons upon earth. Now, here is your Lamb's Book of Life, and your Book of
Life, and life with no record. (See?)  

47.	Now, let's go to Revelation now, 21:27, and I'll bring a little more
about this in Adam and the offspring’s.  Revelation 21:27

		(27) 	And there shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth,
						neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but 					
they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

	Now, chapter 20:12

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

	Verse 15

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

	Now, notice this: on earth, we have here demonstrated that Adam was a
son of God. Adam was, definitely a son of God. So therefore, the Life of
God was in Adam. Now therefore, whoever get's that Life, (see?) will be
a son of God. But remember, Cain is not in the genealogy of God. He is
not the son of Adam. And there are other sons of Adam that do not have a
record. So therefore, you will see here then the Book of Life, the
Lamb's Book of Life, which is the record of Adam through Seth, and that
genealogy, then there is the record of life which is Adam's other sons.
Then there is no record. Lamb's Book of Life, Book of Life, and no
record. See, because they never had it in the first place.

 	You say, "Well, how come that this man Cain was the son of Eve, then
he would have to also have some life in him." No sir, that is
perversion. See, because remember, Adam gave Eve his life. Eve had
Adam's life. So therefore, now the serpent coming along brings forth a
child, that is not Adam's life. That is merely Adam's counterpart of
flesh. His life is not in it. (See?) 

48.	Now listen, what you see here, all of this was in the mind of God.
All of it, was in the mind of God. Otherwise, how is it here? If this
wasn't in the mind of God, how is it going to be? It had to be there.
Because God can only bring forth what was in His mind.

	Now, all of this was in the mind of God as necessary to the purpose,
but only a part was in union with Him. All of this was necessary to the
purpose and plan of God. But the purpose and plan of God for the Bride
is unique in that it was already in Christ like the Life of God was in
God and put in Adam, which went down to what? Seth, which comes on down.
(See?) 

49.	Now, only a part chosen for a Bride, because this is Ephesians
5:22-32. Let's look at it now. We're reading more verses now. 

		(22) 	Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the
Lord.

		(23) 	For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the
head of 					the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

		(24) 	Therefore, as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the
wives be 						to their own husbands in every thing.

		(25) 	Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church,
						and gave himself for it;

		(26) 	That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water
by 						the word, (in order)  

		(27) 	That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not
having (a) 					spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should
be holy and 						without blemish.

	Now, where did they get that? Through election, what he says here.
"According has He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the
world, that we should be holy and without blemish before Him in love,
having predestinated us." [Eph 1:4-5a] And the purpose of God stands in
election. Can't stand any other way. Without election, everybody in the
world will just go down here messed up in the flesh. There wouldn't be
one to have made it had it not be for election. Why? because it's a one
lump. But the seed is in there.

		(28) 	So, ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that
loveth 					his wife loveth himself. 

50.  That speaks of Christ too. Sure.

		(29) 	For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and 				
	cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

		(30) 	For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

		(31) 	For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and be 	
				joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

	Remember, Eve came out of Adam and was joined to Adam. The Bride comes
out of Christ and is joined to Christ. The rest don't, they don't,
they're part of the plan they're necessary to the plan. Because without
them God could not show His many faceted wisdom, only show part of it.
(See?) Christ and the Bride are one, in that she was in Him as Eve was
in Adam. Eve was Adam's own creation, as it were. His Own offspring or
daughter. She was in him, she became separated from him a part of his
life was missing being separated by flesh. You've got the same thing in
the Bride. That is the Bride also. She was in him and became separated
by flesh. But one day he will get her back. 

51.	But Christ had to become flesh in order to get her back. Hebrews
2:9-18 

		(9) 	But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for
						the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by 
					the grace of God should taste death for every man. 

	Not every man there, that word has got to be crossed out of your
Bibles, it's not in the Greek. It should be in italics. But they didn't
even put it in italics, it should be. "For every." Every what? It tells
you, it's every 'son'.  

		(10) 	(Which) became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are 			
		all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, (It doesn't say every 		
			son unto glory, like every son of man, every one born. It says, many 
				unto glory) to make the captain of their salvation perfect through 	
				sufferings.

		(11) 	For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all
of 						one: (the rest aren't) for which cause he is not ashamed to
call them 					brethren, (Why? Because they're not brethren, only Jesus
is your 						brethren.)

		(12) 	Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst
of 						the church will I sing praise unto thee.

		(13) 	And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and
the 						children which God hath given me. (See?) 

		(14) 	Forasmuch then as the children are…flesh and blood, he also
likewise 					took part of the same; (He didn't become sinful flesh, He
was made 					in the likeness of sinful flesh, the second, the last
Adam) that 						through death he might (paralyze, or bring to naught)
him that had 						the power of death, that is, the devil;

		(15) 	And deliver them who through fear of death were all their
lifetime 						subject to bondage.

		(16) 	For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; (He didn't
become 					an angel) but he took on him the seed of Abraham.

52.	What's the seed of Abraham? Isaac. How many seed has Abraham got?
One. Not eight, eight is in the Book of Life. There's only one, Lamb's
life. (See?) That life coming down. Remember, there is nothing that is
not original. There is nothing that is not original. Everything is
original. What we think is not original, or counterfeit is the real
thing perverted. Is nothing. Original life is Lamb life. That's what
came down in Adam, original Lamb life. The minute he went into sex, then
ordinary life came in. Flesh came in.

	Now, you've got two in reality, you've got flesh and reality. You got
the two. Then when the serpent came on you've got an absolute intrusion
into it. See, because remember Eve was step-down life.

 	Now, He took on Himself the nature not to be an angel, but He became
the Seed of Abraham, a man. (See?)   

		(17) 	Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his 
					brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in 	
				things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the
						people.

		(18) 	For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able
to (help) 					them that are tempted. (See?) 

53.	Now, now to get more light on this, let's go back to Romans 9:
again, 1-7

		(1) 	I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing
me 						witness in the Holy Ghost,

		(2) 	That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

		(3) 	For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my 			
		brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

	In other words, you can have a desperate passion for souls and your
loved ones, that's absolutely natural. You can think of their numbers
and how many there are and say, "Aright, I'll be glad to give up what
I've got if I could bring them in." (See?)  

		(6) 	Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect….

	Just like Israel they are. They've got everything laid out in front of
them. Why don't the take it? Why don't they believe? Why don't they
listen? Can’t do anything with them. Plead with them, cried for them.
Won't do you a bit of good. But, there's a promise,  

		(6) 	Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they 		
			are not all Israel, which are of Israel:

	Tells you right there. Always God allows through this channel,
positively are not in the election. (See?)  

		(7) 	… but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

	Only those foreknown in Christ. (See?) They’re the ones. Be it the
Word of God only effects the Bride. (See?) 

53.	A man said to Bro. Branham, "Smite me blind." 

	He said, "You're already blind."

	"Why, (he said) if I saw a miracle I wouldn't believe."

	He said, "Certainly not, it wasn’t meant for unbelievers." 

	See, it wasn't meant for them. (See?) 

	The Word of God, the plan or purpose of God is only in effect in the
Seed which is in Him, Christ, and released through Adam into the human
race, and then got back by the foreknowledge and election of God based
upon decree. (See?) Had to come through Adam. No other way it could
come. Wouldn't happen to any sons, He got to be the first born from the
dead. The only way it could happen. So, therefore let me read it again: 

	The Word of God, the plan or purpose of God is only in effect in the
Seed which is in Him, Christ, and released through Adam into the human
race, and then got back by the foreknowledge and election of God based
upon decree.

54.	All right, Acts 13:48

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

	Who believed? Those who were ordained to life. It didn't say they
believed and then got life. It says they were ordained to life and then
they believed. They couldn't believe unless they were ordained to it.
(See?) 

	Now, belief of truth which is Word. Now, that is your Lamb's Book of
Life. So, it was ordained. So, is election. They believed. Because
Lamb's Life is original. Lamb will follow lamb. People follow shepherds.
(See?) Adam was the son of God. More correctly, Adam was of God, or out
of God, because God was his source. Then to Adam was given an ability to
produce life, which actually only God can do. So, in Adam comes down two
lines, those born after the will of God, and those born after the will
of man, but none the less, born in this channel.

55.	All right, let's go to John 1: (Oh I know this is pretty deep. You
may be grasping for air about now, it's alright, just keep hearing the
tape over, you'll get it.)  John 1:12-13, let's read that:

		(11) 	He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

	That's right, they were all here.

		(12) 	But as many as received him, to them gave he (the authority, see
the 					stamp, the Holy Ghost is what He got) become the sons of God,
even 					to them that believe on his name:

	Now, who believes on His Name? Those that were ordained eternal life.
Now listen:

		(13) 	Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor
of 						the will of man, but of God.

	Now listen, what's of blood? Abraham married his half sister. Right.
Isaac married a cousin. Jacob married cousins. That's blood. You can
take the blood of half brother and sister, Abraham and Sarah, and you'll
still get a match, now she only had one child. We know that, the blood
lines were there. They have to be there. Just like only Eve and Adam
could produce that Seth. You got to have blood lines. But blood lines
don't account for all of it. Because here is an Isaac, and a Rebecca.
She has twins. And the blood line show one elect and one not elect. One
reprobate. (See?) He's not of blood, nor the will of the flesh. See,
that's sexual desire. They produce children, they're all produced that
way now. But the point is normally speaking, it shouldn't be that way.
It should be for reproduction only, rather than an act of pleasure.

56.	So, is the will of the flesh which is pleasurable. That' doesn't do
it. (See?) Now, the will of man. All right, I'm going to pray for this
child. There's a positive desire for the child. You might get a
revelation you're going to have son or daughter. That doesn't mean it's
going to be elect. (See?)  There's only one election, and that's the
will of God. And the will of God is, He previously chose knowing all of
these would be here, and He planned it and forced it all by destiny that
say, "would be here." And He made sure He would be here. And by His Own
election, He chose out that Bride.

 	Now notice, "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us" [Jn
1:14a] And the Word is still made flesh, because it's a Word Bride.
Lamb's Book of Life members. Members of Life, the Book of Life, and
serpent seed are all here in one lump. (See?) Blood, will of flesh, will
of man. What was the flesh that got Eve? The serpent, he was the will
after flesh. He has a sexual desire, is what it was, (see?) and she was
fooled. Adam didn't have sexual desire. He wasn't fooled, but he had it.
She didn't have sexual desire, he fooled her. And sexual desire came
later. (See?) Now, they got one lump producing three. Lamb's Life, Book
of life, (Book of life) no record. (See?) Sons of God, ordinary, serpent
seed. All one lump. (See?) 

57.	Now, thus we can see Romans 9:9-23, begin to open up,  

		(9) 	For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and
Sarah 					shall have a son.

		(10) 	And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one,
even 					by our father Isaac;

	See, there you are. One father, one mother, one who is absolutely in
the Book of Life, and one is in the Lamb's Book of Life. (See?) 

		(12) 	It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

		(13) 	As it is written, Jacob have I loved, (I've elected, and) Esau
have 						I hated. (I have reprobated. When? Before the foundation of
the 						world.)

		(14) 	What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God 	
				forbid. 

	Certainly, there's no unrighteous God. See, because God is all His
wisdom and His perfect ability must make the same perfect. There is not
flaw, there is nothing wrong, it's exactly right. (See?) That's why He
said:

		(15) 	…I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, …

	Look at Pharaoh, serpent seed. What mercy are you going to have on a
dog? Why should He have mercy on serpent seed? (See?) Created for the
very end. (See?) For that purpose.

58.	Now, let's go back again then and stick to Genesis 3:14-15, just
keep going back and forth till you get the picture.

		(14) 	And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done 	
				this, thou art cursed above all cattle, every beast of the field;
upon 						thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days
of thy life:

		(15) 	(I'll) put enmity between thee and the woman, between thy seed
and 					her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his
heel.

	Genesis 3: 16-20, Now:

		(16) 	Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and
thy 					conception; in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children; and thy
desire 					shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

		(17) 	And (to) Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the
voice 					of thy wife, eaten of the tree, which I commanded thee,
saying, Thou 					shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy
sake; in sorrow shalt 					thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

		(18) 	Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou
shalt eat 					the herb of the field;

		(19) 	In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the 					ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art,
and unto dust 					shalt thou return.

		(20) 	And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother 
				of all living.

	You can see right here how the children came forth. Came by serpent
seed, it came by Adam's seed, and now we've got this one lump.

59.	This brings us, (what we're talking about now) this brings us in
Matthew 25:31-45. Now notice:

		(31) 	When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy 		
			(messengers) with him… (who are they? The messengers and the 					
Bride are sitting on the Throne of glory with the Lamb.)  

		(32) 	And before him shall be gathered all… (…?... all tribes,
every tribe.) 

	And that means you'll be traced right back to the original source,
whether you came out of Seth, or whether you came out of one of the
other sons of Adam, or whether you came out of Cain. You'll get raced
all the way back. Then It says, "He's going to judge them." (See?) He's
going to judge them according to works. And there are going to be those
that go in, and those who do not go in. (See?) 

	Now, the one group is going to be called cursed. "Depart from me you
cursed." [Mt 25:41] Now, there's only one thing is that was cursed and
that was the serpent, and Cain was cursed. God cannot curse that which
came out of Adam. He can only curse what came out of the serpent and was
brought through Eve. And the cursing is because of perversion. No animal
was cursed ordinarily, but this is.

60.	Now, watch, Lamb's Book of Life, Book of Life, no record. Lamb's
Book of Life, God transmitted through human destiny, the others
transmitted a human destiny, and not human destiny, serpent seed, all in
one life. All that the judgment. The Bride is not judged because she
does have Lamb's Life, for she, (the brothers you see of Christ) the
others are good, because there is an affinity to do good towards them,
the other taken would not do good. They're …?... there's the record.
And there's your full purpose of God brought into view at the judgment.
And there's the Bride against no one can speak against her, she is Lamb
Life.

	There you are, elect, elect whosoever, and chaff.  (See?) Elect, flesh,
and serpent seed. To trace it by natural election I can only guess. I
can't tell you all about this. I told you all I can do. If anybody can
tell you more, I…they’d better tell you. But notice what you see
here: you have seen the Bride and now God is giving her attendants. What
good is a queen and a king without subjects? (See?)  All right, God
raises these up in the flesh in order that they would come and been
subject and attend and wait upon the Bride and the Groom. (See?) 

61.	Now, here then is your complete picture. God in His many-faceted
wisdom and His great ability has brought forth this demonstration in the
Bride, and everything He did is contingent to it. Now, let's go a little
further, and we can hurry over these facets, because we'll make them
simple. But notice, let us go back now to Ephesians 3:8-11 

		(8) 	Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace 
					given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable 			
		riches of Christ;

		(9) 	And to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, (see?)
						which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who 		
			created all things by Christ: 

		(10) 	To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in
heavenly 					places might be (made) known by the church the manifold
wisdom 					of God,

	Now, he said, "Very thing." Why God did anything at all, why it's all
out there. It was all done in conjunction with manifesting God's wisdom
channeling in the Bride. (See?) And without all of this the entre wisdom
of God would not be brought into manifestation in the Bride. Now, the
manifold wisdom of God. God's full wisdom coming into place to bring
this Bride to Himself. So great is this wisdom that all eternity can
only wonder at it.  

62.	Now what were some of the other facets of His wisdom demonstrating
His attributes? (See?)            If God had many things, and all of
this will demonstrate all of His attributes. 

	In Him was to be Father: (See?) He was Father. What about these?
They're His

      children. (See?) Actually, the Bride are the true children of God.
And thereby He 

      satisfies Himself, and satisfies in Himself the Fatherhood aspect.


	In Him is to be Husband: so what does He do? Typing in Adam, He brings 
			the many faceted, the many numbered membered Bride to Himself as one 
		Bride, and demonstrates His great Husband to us, as well as Father.

	In Him was salvation: How He demonstrated. He demonstrates His
salvation, 				on the grounds of allowing the membership of His Bride
and Himself to come 			down to human channels, and thereby to be defiled
by sin and bring them back. 

	In Him was to be merciful: How was He merciful. He was merciful to His
Bride, 		because as we say, "He came into sin through the agency of Bro.
Branham's 				expression, to free moral choice." And then as she went
into sin does God redeems 			her. 

	In Him was judgment: This to satisfy on the grounds that not only was
Christ just, 		but now He can judge the world, because He begins to
judge and He has those 		qualities to manifest.

 	In Him was grace: He demonstrates His grace in the Bride. And not only
so, but in 		those who were not in the Bride, because by grace, because
they've been good to the 		Bride, He lets them into eternal life. 

	In Him was love: He demonstrates His love, which is election, and He
may pour		upon him His great love. 

	In Him was life: So, He demonstrates His Life, by pouring It into human
vessels.  

	In Him was resurrection: So He allows her to die in order that He might
her from 		the dead. 

	In Him was anger at wickedness: So, He brings the wicked on the scene, 
		and the serpent seed, that they may be cursed and He damns when they
fall upon 		them, and not be depended upon the Bride, because who dares
lay a charge against 		the Elect of God, even though they murder like
David and defiled the things of 		God, like many of his patriarchs.

63.	God is the complete fullness. This fullness was in Christ. And that
fullness descended upon the Bride. One facet of His wisdom could not do
it. Creator, making creation could not do it. How would that manifest
His wisdom? It cannot, it takes the Bride, there is no other way.

	In Him was demonstrated creation:  She was taken from the dust, and
created her 		again. And for the living He will bypass death, and take
her to be glorified in a 		body apart from that death.

	In Him is complete Righteousness:  Or He takes a Bride and demonstrates
His 			perfect righteousness by imputation.

	In Him is forgiveness:  and all these things we've talked about.

	Everyone of them is manifested only in and through the Bride. (See?) No
matter what facet God has of His great wisdom, and His great knowledge,
and all His great powers, He brings it all into focus in the Bride. It's
all manifested. The very fact that Christ Himself rose from the dead, He
can only be truly manifested by God bringing up a Bride. (See?)
Everything that God did.

64.  And now in the last day, this last day just for one moment. Think
about this last day, He is going to come to be glorified in His Saints
and admired in all them that believe, because of this Word. And no doubt
this will be manifested seen in the Millennium, when Christ sits on the
Throne and the Bride, the mystery of their, inter…their relationship
in Christ the Word, is got to be shown to the world there, all the
world…not to the world, but I mean all the people marveled at it. And
then the judgment will bring out even more than that.

65.	But, right today there's a mystery going on in the wisdom of
Almighty God. And the church is missing it. The foolish virgin are
missing it. (That's what the tribulation (See?) …not the White Throne
judgment.)  But Christ will have a virgin of His Word in the last day.
See, here is what the world is missing right today the wisdom of God.
The wisdom of God right at this moment is bringing a Bride out that will
not see death. She's the very wisdom of God.

	Now, how can it be done? In the wisdom of God, it will not be done by a
great revival as people think. It will not be done in many ways that
people think. What is it? It is the wisdom of God, by God sending a
prophet to reveal the Word, to restore the Word, to restore the Bride,
so that she can bypass death. People get to wondering what lies ahead
after the Millennium and the New Jerusalem.  

66.	Well, here it is: what lies ahead is what we're talking about this
morning. That's the absolute, complete, multi-faceted, total wisdom of
Almighty God, backed up by His omnipotence to bring it into full force
and effect, is absolutely demonstrated in the Bride. (See?)  Now,
brother/sister, we stop and realize this and understand we're going to
get a picture of the grace of God. And what it is to know that the
surety which is in Jesus Christ.

	Today in this age we take it almost unaware of what God has provided
for us. And what we are in and through Him. Which He has already laid
down for the purpose of God stands in election. If we are one of the
Elect, and Paul said, "Make your calling an election sure." [2 Pet 1:10]
How are you going to do it? Well, do what the Word said to this day,
"repent, of every creed and dogma." Repent of every thought, and bring
every thought into captivity to Jesus Christ, believing what the prophet
said. Not trying to figure it necessarily, but waiting for God to reveal
it. And that's the only way you and I bring it under submission to
Almighty God.

	Fasting won't do it. Praying won't do it. Both of those are good, a
little short fast, and be proper praying, that's good, but that won't do
it. That isn't going to do it. There's only one thing that'll do it, and
that is God Himself can do it, we can't do it if we're not part of the
election, we'll never make it. If we're part of the others, well we can
be attendant to the Bride and Groom, then that's fine that would be our
lot. Thank God for that much.  

67.	But remember, It says here, that this little group, (this little
Bride) is going to manifest, she's going to be channeled to earth for
all ages the complete and entire multi-faceted wisdom of Almighty God.
(See?) The world cannot understand it. We don't understand it. We cannot
under- stand it. But brother/sister, for us to believe it today the best
we can, and depend upon God for revelation will be what will give us
what Paul said, "The eyes of our understanding being opened, we may know
what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His
inheritance in the saints." [Eph1:18] It cannot be known except by
revelation. And it is this revelation where Paul [Peter] said, "Will
make your calling an election sure." [2 Pet 1:10] There's nothing else,
not in the least.

	So, you see that's why the prophet kept warning you, don't pull apart
and don't deny. Do everything you can to stick together. No matter what
comes up. He said, "Put everything under the control of this Message."
You know, we need to do that. We need to do it in our homes. See, I
pastored for many years. And as a pastor I found this, is one of the
hardest things in the world was for the people to come together in a
church service with their minds off of their dishes, and their duties,
and their dinners, and everything else. It is. You can be so fussed up
with your kids, you can spoil a service for yourself and everybody else
in the building.  You can be so tidy, that you can mess things up here
and there.

	Now, I'm talking to you as a pastor, because I've pastored. And I've
been so broken up and hardly with people who come to church with nothing
spiritual to offer. That you have to dig, and to drive, and to sweat for
thirty minutes to get any kind of anointing to put the Word out. And
then when the atmosphere broke it was alright.

68.	Now listen, you operate in a home. So therefore, when you come
together, you're in a worse place in the church. Because when you walk
in the church you need to have an atmosphere there. Which is true. I'm
not saying that there's any bad apples there, I'm just telling you, I'm
warning you, I know what I know. What I know all over the country. The
thing is…let's see, when you come together be sure that you have given
yourself time to meet, you're at least prayed up to a certain part, and
you come to hear a tape, or whatever it is. See, I'm trying to show you
this. There's only one thing that can do anything for you today, and
that's this Word! Revealed by the Holy Ghost. There's nothing else is
going to do it. (See?) 

	So therefore, everything must be brought into subjection to this. As
Bro. Branham said, "I wish these thoughts must be upon it." The very job
we have is secondary to it. There is nothing that takes precedence to
it, because this is that Life. (See?) And he said, "So much the more you
see the day approach." [Heb10:25b] Now remember, the Bride and the Bride
alone, has the revealed Word. The Bride and the Bride alone, will be
revealed the mufti-faceted wisdom of Almighty God. (See?) 

69.	Now, let's face it, no dismembered, disjointed, warring, factious,
Bride is ever going to return glory to God by pure reaction. (See?)
That's why the prophet said, "Come together, and don't let anything
distract you. In other words, you set up a church order. And the church
order was a proper reverence. Sanctify the room. Get in the room…come
with a reverent spirit.  Maintain a reverence here. Keep one of all
humility. Then, you see, He sets not only the church in order, but He
sets the people in order. And he said, "Listen, don't you fuss. If any
man comes in amongst you with a strange doctrine, just everybody treat
him sweet until he becomes one of you. Or, he can't stand it and gets
out. But you see, don’t take up with factions.

	Right today we're split. Now, I make no bones about it, because it's
the truth. But, I don't want to be fractioned over what I disagree with
my brothers. I want to be friendly with him and I want to love him, and
I want to be nice to him, and him to me. And I don't want to say, "Well,
I've got it, and you don't." Because I'm not vindicated and he's not
vindicated. There's only one thing you can do, and that is stay with the
Word as he taught it. And when you find what he thought it's part of
that Word, then you are on safe ground. And what you cannot find what he
taught in this Word, leave it alone, because you're not on safe ground.
You don't know how to handle it. (See?) Leave it alone.

70.	But, by all means people with attitudes don't say,  "Well, I believe
this." 

	 "Fine, that's alright." 

	What is it? 

	"Well, I believe it."

	Well, that's okay, if you believe that, you believe this? Leave it
alone. Just to prove he's right. (See?)   Here's what we must have. Why?
Because this Bride is to demonstrate the complete wisdom of God in the
ages to come. Then she ought to have a little bit down here,
demonstrated. (See?) You ought to do with it. 

	So therefore, the prophet taught us now, and we have this insight.  So,
let us go on to be with the Word, put It first. Let everything be
subject to the Word. Whatever He can do, will do it. But above all,
bring our thoughts and our mind with it, because Bro. Branham brought us
that revealed Word. And remember, only the Bride has the Word. This, in
the wisdom of God, is the mystery of the Rapture. That's right. It's the
mystery. Everybody bypasses it. Everybody's singing, "Glory to God,
going to be changed in a minute, with millions now living will never
die." That's the biggest lie that ever was told. And they're all falling
for it. The majority of Christians lock, stock, and barrel have fallen
for it.

71.	So, those that believe it's all in the Rapture, with a second Coming
of Christ has fallen for it, lock, stock and barrel. They've taken the
devil's lie. Why? Because they turned down the love of the truth. Why?
Because the love of the truth is not in them, it's only in the Bride.
Why? Because she alone is going on with Christ. Christ is that Word.
Christ the Headship, the Word. Coming back to the Bride. Christ joined
to the Bride, now she's the Word in the Holy Ghost. Becoming one. (See?)
Christ Appearing in the midst of the Church right now in the revealed
Word. Christ having descended from that.  

	How has He come back?  Back by the Word gathering. (See?) He said, "I
will restore, Elijah will restore." He said, "I will descend upon
the…" He said, I'm going to come down. I'm that Word coming down." Not
that Word made flesh, no, That's going to meet us in the air. But, the
Word revealed to human flesh.  Son of man revealed in flesh by the
Spirit in the prophecy. That's been our portion, that's the mystery of
God at this end age, only to the Bride sees It.  (See?) There It is. 

72.	Now, let's just examine this one minute and I'm closing. It says,
"To all Ages the wisdom of God will be manifested and seen in that
Bride. Is that right? And the wisdom of God at the end days with Elijah,
the prophet, right? Himself the Word, Pillar of Fire coming back
restoring His Own Bride by the …?... Is that, right? All Ages there
will be attendants standing around. All Ages, the reprobates are
destroyed. All Ages, here the Kingdom of God manifested, and they're all
looking at the Bride. That was what? The Word. All looking at that see?
There is the wisdom of God made manifested right to all Ages. 

	What about you people? We heard the prophet William Branham. See, He
espouses us to Christ. He presented us to Christ. We took the Word. What
about these out here? They never took the Word. There's the wisdom of
God right there. (See?) What did they do? They turned It down. They
didn't have Oil. They didn’t resent It, they just turned It down. A
lot of them don't fuss. They don't go out and say, "Don't say Bro.
Branham is a false prophet." They can't understand it. "Oh no, I can't
see that and walk off. (See?) But there is the wisdom of God.

	Now then, look at His mercy and grace. There It stands in the Bride
manifested. (See?) What about this? There It is manifested, those came
in another judgment. Those that bearing gifts, oh mercy yes, there's
more than that, it was grace. Because we didn't even know we're doing
good when we came in. (See?) See it all? The whole picture laid out
there in all wisdom. Only through the Bride. This is the mighty God’s
wisdom, brought into manifestation revealing His wisdom in His
Masterpiece.  Which is what? The Son surrounded by the Bride. Amen. The
Lord bless you. All right, let us rise and be dismissed.

	Gracious Eternal Father, we do praise and thank You for having allowed
us come together to hear the Word of the Lord God. This, Lord, we know
is good for us, which is our food in due season, for He giveth His
children food in due season. And this is the season, Lord, to have the
latter rain, and the former rain. And we believe now, Lord God, the
former rain has come, actually the rain is over, and now we are having
brought into evidence by revelation this Word of God which will separate
us now entirely. Not only from the world, but He'll separate us entirely
from sin, so that death has lost its sting which is sin. And then we
will then be caught up, transformed, even as those who are brought out
of the grave.

	O Lord God, we pray that somehow the truth of what we're talking about
today will take a hold of us. So, Lord, we …?...spirit is very, very
strong every place in this world. Can't seem to go one place, O God, not
even within the solitude of prayer can we properly capture the solemnity
of the hour of which we live. And the waiting has been attended to us O
God, which is here today, and yet unmanifested. Lord, help us that we
brought You praise, and we know that it's going to take You over we
pray. O God, bring us we pray by the Spirit revealed Word, to this place
O my God. The revealed our… of one accorded Word, O Lord. So, lay it
down that nothing else matters. Grant, O God, that our whole life shall
be dedicated hearing from You to be the Word of God by the Spirit.

	We pray this, Lord, help us now that this may come into existence and
have granted, O God, because we ask this, Lord, for Your glory. But not
only for Your glory, Lord, we ask it because we know we need it, we are
such a needy people in Jesus' Name. Amen.

 

 

 

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