Parousia

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Bro. Lee Vayle   -   July 17, 1977

	Just remain standing for prayer. Heavenly Father, again we come into
Thy Presence through the Lord Jesus Christ. Knowing, that by the Blood
we have boldness to enter into Thy very Presence, not just secondary
presences, not just some inner doors but, which leads into other inner
doors, hoping that we might get there, but actually into the very
Presence of Almighty God. Now quicken part of us, Lord, and cause fear
to come upon our hearts that we should say and do those things, Lord,
which are not right. Help us my God to keep a constant mind of Your
Presence, Lord, Your goodness and mercy to us and the grace You had
given us. The responsibility which is ours, Lord, that we walk softly
before You. Help us this morning, Lord Jesus, to know what is in Your
Word, some of the hard things, Lord, which have been said that end time.
Difficult to understand to the people who will not let their minds go
but, by simple faith, those who let their minds go it’s not difficult.
So, Lord, we just believe You are with us now so, help us to listen to
all truth and guide us in the Name of Jesus Christ we pray.  Amen. You
may be seated.   

1.	Now, this last week we been doing our best to minister on lines which
usually I normally feel are exclusive to the pastor. But, because we are
in a little bit of a camp meeting with many people with us, it seems to
me wise to bring thoughts of grace and mercy and faith, from the Word of
God but, this morning to deal in doctrine because, that’s essentially
why I am here. 

	Now, the message this morning is one that is most unusual, one that the
prophet taught and it will require the letting our thinking go. It is
not difficult it will not go over your heads if you are simple minded
enough to be simplistic in your faith to believe it? You know, many
times I go to a place and… I shouldn’t say many times, it has
occurred, especially in one place I went and gave a number of messages
and the people seemed quite happy. They were getting a picture of what I
was saying, about four years later I came back and I was met in
Jeffersonville and they told me they are replaying my tapes and for the
first time they understood them. 

	Well, that might sound flattering to those who wish to be highly
praised for an academic approach but, to me it was very unflattering.
Because, I like to believe that you are catching what I am saying. So,
don’t think this is going to go over your head now, because it simply
will not, because, this is what the prophet taught. It will not go over
your heads it will illuminate what He has already said from 1 Th
4:13-18.

2.	And that’s our subject this morning, 1 Th 4:13-18 or the Parousia.
That’s a Greek word which is used by many students.                   
                          

		(13) 	But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning
them 					which are asleep, that you sorrow not. Even as others which
have no					hope.

		(14) 	For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them
also    					which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

		(15) 	For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which 
					are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent 
					them which are asleep. (Go before them which are asleep.)

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

		(17) 	Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together
with 					them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall
we ever be 					with the Lord.

		(18) 	Wherefore comfort one another with these words. 

	Now, let’s read again verse 13.

		(13) 	But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning
them 					which are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others which
have no					hope. 

	Now, Paul is addressing the living concerning the dead, so we
immediately see that the following verses will deal with the
relationship of both the living and the dead Christians at Christ’s
return. That’s number one. He is talking to the living concerning the
dead. So therefore,  in verse 13, we find what is to follow will deal
with the relationship of the living and dead Christians at Christ’s
coming. 

3.	Verse 14,

		(14) 	For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them  
                             				also which sleep in Jesus will God
bring with him. 

	Now, it’s said here, “If we believe that Jesus died and rose again,
even so also, we believe we know that them that sleep in Jesus will God
bring with Him.” In other words, verse 14 is the saying as concerning
the dead at the death and resurrection of Jesus the Man. A return to
this earth of the sleeping saints where they will mingle with the
living. That is what he tells you there. Going on to 15 to 17. 

		(15) 	For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which
are 					alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not (go
before)                      				them which are asleep. 

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

		(17) 	(And) we which are alive and remain (unto the coming of the
Lord…)                   				shall be caught up with them in the
clouds, so as we ever be with the                        			Lord.       
            

	Now, these verses then describe how the living and the dead will be
gathered to the Wedding Supper. It tells you that it will be brought
forth by Jesus. They will be on earth with the living and then together
they will be caught up. The former dead going first to met the Lord in
the air and they will go to the Wedding Supper.   

        

	So, we learn here the time and conditions of this great coming together
at the gathering of the entire Bride. So they are set forth in these
verses. Now, first we want to examine the time when this is going to
happen. Again reading in verse 15.	

		(15) 	For this we say unto to you by the word of the Lord, that we
which               				are alive and remain unto the coming of the
Lord… 

4.	Now, that’s the secret right there. It takes place at the coming of
the Lord. The living at the last age will be heirs to 1 Cor 15: 51-54,
Paul tells us over here,

		(51) 	Behold I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we
shall                  				all be changed.

	Now, we saw that the dead are going to get a changed. We are not told
that the believing standing there would get a change but, it tells you
they do.

		(52) 	In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for
the 						trumpet shall sound, (That’s the gospel trumpet by the way,
not 						the trump that’s spoken of there in the other verse and also
in 						revelations.) and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and
we 						shall all be changed. 

		(53) 	For this corruptible must put on (incorruptibility,) and this
mortal             					must put on immortality. 

		(54) 	So when this (corruptiblity) shall have put on 
(incorruptibility,) and 					this mortal shall have put on immortality,
then shall be brought to 						pass the saying that is written, Death is
swallowed up in victory. 

5.	The dead fulfil Rom 8:11 and 23. 

		(11) 	But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead
dwell in 						you, (That’s what he said over in Thessalonians, see)
he that raised 					up Christ from the dead shall quicken your mortal
bodies by his 						Spirit that dwelleth in you. 

		(23) 	And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the
firstfruits of 						the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within
ourselves, waiting for 						the adoption, the redemption of (the) body.
             

	The bodies are to be redeemed out of the dust, made immortal. Those
that have not gone to the dust standing there will be made immortal.    
    

6.	Now, but what does the word ‘coming’ actually mean? That’s what
we are talking about, what takes place at the Coming. What will takes
place at that Coming; this is right what we are talking about? By the
Coming of the Lord, He speaks to the living, He speaks concerning the
dead. They’re coming together, there will be Rapture, there will be a
Marriage Supper. The dead come out of the ground immortal, the living
are changed; this is at His Coming. 

	But, what does the word ‘coming’ mean? That’s the point right
there. It is from the Greek word ‘parousia,’ which does not actually
mean coming at all. It is from the Greek word ‘parousia,’ it does
not actually mean coming at all. It comes from the Greek word
‘pareimi’ which means, ‘to be present’. Not coming, but to be
present. As in Lk 13.1, let us look at it. 

		(1) 	There were present at that season some that told him of the 					
	Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 					
(It didn’t say the people came there, they were already come, 					
they were present.)

	We go to Jn 11:28 and it says,

		(28) 	And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary 				
	her sister secretly, saying, “The Master is come.” (The Master 				
	is ‘present’ is the actual rendition, He has already come,) and 			
		calleth for thee. 

7.	Act 10, is the best of all, verse 33.

		(33) 	Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done 		
			that thou art come. (That you are here, you are present.) Now 					
therefore are we all here present before God, (Then God is present. 				
Cornelius is present; he was there already. Peter came, having 					
arrived he is present. God is there.) to hear all things that are 					
commanded thee of God.   

	This word means, ‘A being present with’. Not the act of arriving,
but a period of time more or less extended, ‘a being with’. It fixes
the attention, on the stay which follows the arrival. The person of
course could not be present without having first come. Thus, it should
never be used with the idea of the actual specific time of arrival
concerning Jesus return to earth. Now that settles the question right
there. But it certainly refers to a definite period when it is relative
to His coming and is a part of His coming.   

8.	We will go to 2 Pet 1:16. 

		(16) 	For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we 					
made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus 						Christ,
but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.  

	And then he tells you the story of Mt 17:1-8, on the Mount of
Transfiguration. I want to ask you a question; “Did Jesus come upon
the Mount of Transfiguration?” No! He was already there. He never
came, He was there. So he said, “I am telling you about that coming. I
am telling you of that presence.” Because: He had already come.       
       

9.	Thus, we see in 1 Th 4:15. (We might as well go back to it.) 

		(15) 	For we say unto you by the word of the Lord, (This is Thus Saith
						the Lord, we are telling you something) that we who are alive and 
 					remain unto the (presence,) (the time when He’s present on earth
						shall still not go before) them which are asleep. 

	Then it tells you what is going to happen. There shall be a Shout, a
Voice, a Trumpet, the dead rising out of the ground first, being with
us, we’re changed, then we are caught up to meet the Lord in the air. 

	Thus, we see in 1 Th 4:15, an indefinite, I said an indefinite period
of time takes place and embraces the events of verses 16 and 17.
“Shout, Voice, Trumpet.” We can easily see then that this Parousia
of the Lord, or Presence of the Lord, is a period with a beginning, a
course or a chain of events and a conclusion, which is the whole
picture. 

 

10.	Its beginning is definitively 1 Th 4:15, as you read. Its
conclusion, I believe, from where I stand is Rev 19:11 to 20:3.  

		(11) 	And I saw heaven opened and behold a white horse; and he that 		
			sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness   			
		he doth judge and make war. 

		(12) 	His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many 				
	crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew; but he 					
himself. 

		(13) 	And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name	
				is called The Word of God. 

		(14) 	And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white 				
	horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. (That’s the Saints, 	
				the Bride.)

		(15) 	Out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should
smite 						the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and
he treadeth 					the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty
God. (That’s 					when they have the rod of iron also, the Saints do.)

		(16) 	And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING
					 	OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

		(17) 	And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud
						voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven,
Come 						and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great
God. 

		(18) 	That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains,
and the                          			flesh of mighty men, and the flesh
of horses, and of them that sit on them,                       			and
the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. 

		(19) 	And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their
armies, 	                         			gathered together to make war
against him that sat on the horse, 						and against his army. 

		(20) 	And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that
wrought 					miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had
received 					the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image.
These both 					were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with
brimstone. 

		(21) 	And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon
the 					horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the
fowls 						were filled with their flesh. 

		[Revelation 20:]

		(1) 	And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the 	
			bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 

		(2) 	And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the
Devil, 					and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. 

		(3) 	And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a 
					seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the
						thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be
loosed 					a little season.                 

	Now, I see what starts by the actual Presence of the Lord, in this our
day, will continue right through until He comes back and not only to
meet the Lord, the people in the air, God, incarnate, in human flesh,
but right down here on earth; as David upon the throne and our Lord. 

11.	Now, let’s just stop a moment to reemphasis our understanding of
the word ‘parousia’, which erroneously is called ‘coming.’ And
then in the calibre of Dr. Vine, suggest that the word should never have
even been translated. They suggested that’s it such a peculiar word
with its own definite meaning, that it could be called ‘parousia’
with the actual Greek meaning outlined for us, so that we would
instinctively automatically know what is being spoken of. Now, it is not
the events of arrival, the exact time the person came. But, the person
having come, that same person is remaining present for an extended
period of time, perhaps not even leaving. Then how could anybody know
the day or the hour He comes? You can’t do it. Utterly impossible! 

	Now, thus we note that the Lord, according to verse 15, has already
arrived, and is presently with the living even before one dead is raised
physically to immorality. This parousia or being present with the living
is by the Lord Himself descending, because, that is what the Scripture
said. He actually comes down and is present. Now, please note that is
not Acts 2:4, where the Holy Ghost descends, as a Pillar of Fire and
indwells believers. It is not Mt 28:20. For when He said, “Lo, I am
with you always, even unto the end of the world.”  

12.	It is not the coming of the Holy Spirit that baptize individuals
into the Body of the Lord Jesus Christ; it is something other than that.
And it must be a known definite presence, of which the saints are aware.
That He is present with them by descent and staying with them, with the
advent of what we saw in Acts 10.33. Let’s look at it once more.   

 		 (33)	Immediately therefore, I sent to thee; and thou hast well done 
					that thou art come. (That you are present.)

	Cornelius might not of even seen him come. Some servant open the door,
enter him in, and so on. I don’t say that’s the record, but I’m
just saying to let you know that Cornelius doesn’t have to be aware
that the man is there, or having come through the gate at that moment,
but a servant could have called him and Peter and the men are sitting
within the house. And he could say, “I am glad to see you are here.”
Didn’t say, “Glad I saw you come,” “I am glad to see you
here.” Because, that is the thought, you are present, you are here.

		(33)	…Now therefore, we are all here present, (and God is present. 	
				And notice the beautiful thought here,) to hear all things that 				
	are commanded thee of God.

	If you are not letting your mind go, you should have caught this. If
you are letting your mind go, that this is exactly like William Branham,
giving us what God told him to give us. 

13.	Now, let’s go to 1 Cor 16:17, to see the same thing, which is just
checking His Words out to show you that they run in continuity. They
don’t have hidden secret meanings the meaning is the same, 17th verse
and chapter 16.   

		(16)	I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus. (No!  I am  
                      				glad that they are present. Because it
wasn’t their coming, see, it’s their                    			presence,
they rejoice over, the fact that they are there. That is what           
            			we are looking at.)

14.	We go also to 2 Corinthians the 7th chapter and there we read two
verses 6-7.

		(6) 	Nevertheless God, who comforteth those that are cast down, 					
comforted us by the coming of Titus.( Not the ‘coming’, the         
           					‘presence’. He’s glad that he’s there see?) 

		(7) 	And not by his (presence or) coming only, but by the consolation 
                       				wherewith he was comforted in you, when he
told us your earnest 						desire, your mourning, your fervent…(and so
on.)  

	What I am presenting here is absolutely foreign to all present day
teaching. And nowhere as far as I know in any extant book of theology or
eschatology, it is not there. It is the revealed teaching of a
vindicated prophet, who said, and I am paraphrasing. “I am not riding
the midnight trail crying, ‘He’s coming’. He’s already come.” 

15.	Who said in the Rapture tape, quote verbatim, “When you see God
come from the Heavens stand before groups of men, stand there and
declare Himself, just has He ever did. That’s the Truth, and this
Bible open.” He said, “That’s the truth, and it’s right here in
the Word of God that proclaims It.”

 1)	 Let me quote to you further. “And today He’s standing amongst
us, in the Person of the 	Holy Ghost, manifesting Himself more and more,
coming into His Church, making Himself 	known.” That’s, Doing God a
Service. 

2)	The Son of Man has already come from Glory and is revealing Himself
for the past few 	years, 	years, to His Church in mercy: Showing them
His Great Presence. He did not know 	the first thing about a Greek word,
or a Greek duck, or a Greek horse or, a Trojan horse. 	Doing the same
things He did when He was here on earth. Revealing Himself like He did  
to Abraham before the destruction. He has come down now; He has come now
with mercy, 	revealing Himself to the Church. The next time He reveals
Himself it will be judgment in 	the world on nations that forgot God.
See, I told you when it’s closed up. That was said in 	1958.  Will the
Church go through the Tribulation?

 3) 	The Headship is here. Amen. Christ the risen Lord is here in the
same power of His 	resurrection, that He ever was manifesting Himself.

 4)   Now we know that Christ is here. Maybe you don’t see Him with
your eyes, but through 	vision, I tell you He is here.  Souls in Prison.
  

 5)	And when the Seals are broken, and the mystery is revealed, down
comes the Angel, the 	Messenger, Christ, setting His foot upon the land
and upon the sea with a rainbow over 	His head. Now, remember, the
seventh angel is on earth, (that’s the messenger,) at the time 	of
this coming.  The Breach, page 74. 

 6) 	The Seventh Seal brings Him back to earth.  Souls in Prison. 

7)	Because of the Seventh Seal, there was silence; no one knew that was
the minute or hour 	Christ would come. (What did I tell you? I didn’t
even know he said this, when I put that in 	my notes.) “He revealed it
to us.”  First Seal. 

 8) 	After almost two thousand years, God has visited us again.  Going
beyond the Camp.  

9)  	That brings the entire fullness of the Godhead Bodily amongst us,
among you. 

	God’s only Provided Place of Worship. 

10) The Elijah of this day is The Lord Jesus Christ. He’s to come
according to Lk 17.30. He’s 	The Son of Man tha’st to reveal Himself
among His people. Not a man, God that will come 	by a prophet.  Doing
God a Service. 

11)	The Headship is coming to the body, that’s the Redeemer coming to
take His own. He is 	here with us.  Future Home.

12) That Light is present here tonight. That’s right. The Holy Ghost
is here. It’s Christ in Spirit 	form. His Spirit, the Anointing is
here.  Leadership: page 16.

	Thirteen quotes I have given you, and fourteen, two times seven,
fourteen quotes, no doubt there’s others. 

16.	Now, we will take some of the other verses of Scriptures that we
have always used to express the sudden advent or coming of a person, and
especially Jesus. But in the Greek does not express it for this
Parousia, “He already present, having come.”

	Let us look at the Scripture therefore, for the beginning, in a
beautiful Scripture. Mt 24:3. (We are going to see something good here.)


		(3) 	And has he sat upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came unto 
					him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and
what 					shall be the sign of thy coming and of the end of the world?
(What 						will be the sign of Your presence?)          

		(4) 	Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive
you.

		(5) 	For many shall come in my name, saying I am (the one who was to  
                        			be presence.)

	 Puts it in an entirely different light does it? Doesn’t sound like
the old Bible anymore, it’s a new Bible. See? This never made sense
before; couldn’t. How’s anybody going to tell me, “I am the
corporate God, the incarnated God.” They would laugh you out of town.
They always were coots, idiots, devil possessed, God knows what? But if
He’s here, (See?)  …“I am that One.” 

	Now, notice. They could not say that until He was here. The genuine
before the counterfeit, always takes place. “What’s going to be the
sign when You are present with us? Like You said. Well He said I will
tell you, “Frankly, let no man deceive you because, it’s a every
risky age, when that time, when I am here, is going to be the most
deadly of all: The most deceiving. And many shall come in My Name,
saying, “I am that anointing one. I’m that present one,” and shall
deceive many.”

17.	Now let’s… we notice here, that this verse 3 is based upon
verses 1 and 2. [Matthew 24:] 

		(1) 	Jesus went out and departed from the temple; and his disciples 		
			came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. 

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

	Now, you realize it takes a little while to throw things down and get
things corrupted. He’s showing them here what happens by chains of
events. He’s not talking of something that’s instantaneous; He’s
actually talking of a period of time. How could you couple this with
that, which is instantaneous, if you are going to have a progression of
things going on? Of people saying, “I am that one.” You can tell
right there this consumes a period of time. And it’s the end time, and
it can’t take place until the real One is with us.    

	So, therefore, when you see a bunch of people rising up, pointing to
themselves as revealing and manifesting Him Who is Present with us.
That’s the time that you know He is present. See? That’s the time,
the only time that it can come forward. 

18.	Now, let’s keep reading here. We read 4 and 5, let’s take 23 to
28. [Matthew 24:]

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

		(24) 	For there shall arise false Christs, (even lying) prophets, and
shall 						show great signs and wonders, insomuch that, if it were
possible, 						they shall deceive the very elect. (Now that’s a
period of time.) 

		(25) 	Behold, I told you before. 

		(26) 	Wherefore, if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the
desert, 						go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers,
believe it not.

	 Secret chambers, is when three or more men come together and make a
decision. Bro. Branham said, “Ever be by more than one man.” It
can’t be. So it said, “All this here is going on.” There’d be
something going on to deceive. Great deception. And all but the very
Elect are going to miss it. Because, they are going to attribute to
Christ what should not be attributed. And they will attribute to others
what should not be attributed, but should be attributed to Christ.

	Now see, go back in your mind with Bro. Branham’s ministry, and see
how that was completely fulfilled, to the very letter; a prolonging of
days, a period. Not signs pointing to His coming, but signs pointing to
His presence, having already arrived and amongst us. That’s right! 

19.	1 Cor 15: 23.

		(23) 	But every man in his own order: Christ the first fruits;
afterward 						they that are Christ’s at his coming. (Christ’s at
His coming.)

	Well, that’s the resurrection. Christ came out of the grave first,
now the other guy come out of  the grave. 

	Let me ask you a question. “Where was Jesus when the first halve of
the first resurrection took place?” Right with them; right? Sure He
was. Now where will He be if He is the same yesterday, today  and for
ever? That the second half, right with them. Right with them, now let
your thinking go, don’t bother asking questions, just believe It. As
for anybody makes mistakes on a subject like this they always got to ask
questions. I don’t ask any questions. See? When I start reading, I
read, I read, I read. And I go to my Bible. Entirely I am a reader. And
I wait and something happening and I start writing, writing, writing. I
could no more preach this sermon without notes than nothing, I don’t
even know what it said, except vaguely. Let your thinking go. 

	We are not here to ask questions, we are to believe what the prophet
taught what the Word said. I have checked every Scripture, every quote;
we are taking It back and forth, right? Then It can’t be wrong, got to
be right, See? You got to let your thinking go. You say, “How can it
be?” What do I care how can It be, as long as It is, I got no problem.
I have always told you, Rockefeller let me sign checks, with power of
attorney, I don’t try and make money, I just sign checks. No problem.
He is here with us, and He will be here, this is part of His descent. 

20.	Let’s now go to 1 Th 2:19. 

		(19) 	For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not
even 						ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

	 The same word the presence. At that time where Paul to see those to
come out of the grave with him. And the hour when Christ is doing all
this concerning bringing the dead out of the graves, changing the
living, Wedding Supper, coming back to reign upon the earth. 

	Now, no doubt about this being a continuing presence of the One who
came: The One who is here now and the same One which we will see that
will be in the bodily presence of the incarnate Almighty God. 

21.	1 Thessalonians 3:

		(13) 	To the end he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness 
					before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus 					
Christ with all 	his saints.

	Now watch, to the end... All grace and love to abound; “To the end,
that he may establish your  hearts unblameable in holiness before God,
even our Father.” When? At the coming of our Lord Jesus  Christ with
all his saints: Now at that time the living are going to be establish in
unblameable, with all the saints; have no problem, because they have
gone on at His presence. At His presence! Not coming, having come. In
other words, there could be people standing on the earth here, that are
absolutely perfect in the sight of God. For as the prophet said; “They
without us cannot be made perfect!” There’s got to have something
take place that brings us a perfection. And that perfection has got to
be in His Presence. It cannot come apart from His Presence. You follow
me? 

22.	All right, listen. I read to you 1 Th 3:13 and see how Rev 22:10-15
follows it: Unblameable at the time of His Presence. Okay. Revelation
22, watch:  

		(10) 	And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of
this 						book; for the time is at hand.

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

	Holy and unblameable at this time when the Book is opened to be sealed
no more and He alone opens the Book. His Presence does it! The Book came
down! Uh? Revelation 5. Revelation 10.  In the hand, came down; Right?
Exactly what He said!    

23.	Now, thus I believe, that 1 Th 3:13, read again. 

		(13) 	To the end he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness 
					before God, even our Father, at the (presence) of our Lord Jesus 		
			Christ with all his saints.

	Now it’s going to be too late up there to be established, you got to
get established down here. It’s not the Presence up there it’s the
Presence down here. He’s already here, right? That’s right. Sure
it’s right, no problem, not at all. 

 	Now, listen. That’s what He said He wanted. Could this be, this
prayer of 1 Th 3:13 actually be 1 Cor 13:9 and Eph 4:13?  

24.	Let’s go to 1 Cor 13:9. And hear what it says. And of course we
read on. 

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

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

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

	 What things? The speaking and the thinking! And you can only speak as
you think. So          the major thing then is your thinking. And the
Angel of God said, “Your thoughts in heaven speak louder than your
words.” So therefore, your thoughts are more important than words. Uh?
Okay. Remember at the end-time thinking is what? By the mind, right? All
right, now we are going places. 

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

	There’s coming a confrontation when God reveals Himself as thoroughly
as we are revealed to God. Why, if I don’t ...?... I don’t read my
Bible right. “But then I shall know even as also I am known.”

	Well you could say, “Bro.Vayle that could refer to the Word.” 

	Find and dandy, I take it to the Word, but He is the Word. Comes the
full revelation, right? Well he said, “I see through a glass darkly, I
know in part.” What is prophecy? And remember, the end time the book
of Revelation opens and closes with the Spirit of Prophecy, which is the
testimony of Jesus Christ, right? Whether you are seeing it or not,
don’t worry, I am telling you the truth. I will read it to you. I am
telling you ipens and closes with it. Actually it does, that Spirit of
prophecy. 

25.	Now, I said could it be that 1 Th 3:13, is 1 Cor 13:9-12 plus,
Ephesians 4, let’s read it. And verse 14. 

		(14) 	That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and  
                   				carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the
sleight of men,                        				and cunning craftiness, by
which they lie in wait to deceive. 

		(15) 	But speaking the truth in love may grow up into him in all
things, who 					is the head, even Christ. (Listen, did not I read you
quotes on that?) 

		(16) 	From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by
that 					which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual
working in the				 	measure of every part, maketh increase of the body
unto the edifying 					of itself in love.

	That’s right. That’s our day. See, what going to do it? The
Presence! Nothing else could         do it. 

26.	Now, let’s continue. 2 Thessalonians 2:

		(8) 	And then shall that wicked one be revealed whom the Lord shall 		
			consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the 				
	brightness of his coming.

	Now, here is that shining One, shining forth. The very One, the
revealed Word, that reveals           the anti-Christ in our time in
this hour, is the very thing that puts the anti-Christ out of the way.
See?             

	2 Thessalonians 2:

		(9) 	Even Him whose coming is after the working of Satan with power 		
			and signs and lying wonders.

	Now looking at the coming of Satan, is the coming of Satan in this hour
all over? No! It’s the presence of Satan that does this. Is that the
Presence of God first; followed by the presence of Satan? And, neither
one is right here and the devil incarnates himself, that is true. See?
God does not incarnate Himself at this very moment. 

27.	Now let’s go to Jas 5:7-8.

		(7) 	Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord.
Behold,					the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth,
and hath 					long patience for it, until he receive the early and
latter rain.

	 Now, we are to wait for the Presence of God, the Presence of Jesus,
and He will receive the early and latter rain; when He brings us
together. 

		(8) 	Be ye also patient establish your hearts; for the coming of the
Lord 					draweth near.

	There’s coming a time when He is going to receive the authority over
the Word. See? That’s that former rain and the latter rain. 

	Now, it tells you right here, there’s going to be a teaching rain and
there’s going to be a harvest rain. Which means, there’s going to be
a re-sowing, there’s going to be a gathering of the harvest. Does that
take over night, is that an instant? No, that’s a period of time. Who
is doing it? Jesus is doing it!  Why? Who’s got it? He has got it!  

	Notice, it said, “The husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of
the earth, until he Jesus receive the former and latter rain.” He’s
got to do it, He’s got to have it, and He will do it being here
amongst us. What the prophet said. 

28.	Okay, let’s go to 2 Peter 3. And I am using just about every
single verse of Scripture that’s in the Bible on this subject. Now,
verse 4, 

		(4) 	And saying, where is the promise of his coming? For since the 			
		fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the        
                       			beginning of the creation. 

 	Okay. Let’s read 5-9.

		(5) 	For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God
the 						heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water
and in                                  			the water.

		(6) 	Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, 			
		perished.

		(7) 	But now the heavens and the earth which are now, by the same word
					are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the Day of Judgment
and 					perdition of ungodly men.

		(8) 	But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is
with 					the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

		(9) 	The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count 	
				slackness, but is longsuffering (toward us,) not willing that any 		
			should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

	Now, there you are right there, he’s telling you right here, that the
coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is absolutely compared with what has
taken place before, which is the process of time. It’s a period of
time. The earth was destroyed in the flood, not instanteously, Noah
preached for quite a long time, then the flood came, that was it. True.
And remember, that same Spirit was Presence there, preaching to those
souls condemned, that ever had a chance, because they couldn’t
believe; Presence of Almighty God, the same One. 

29.	Now, let’s go to 1 Jn 2:28.        

		(28) 	And now, little children, abide in him, that, when he shall
appear, 						you may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at
his 						coming.

	Now watch what it said here, he’s talking about being in the wrong
word, wrong anointing. See? Now, there isn’t one of us at the
end-time, who was not ashamed at the appearing of the Lord Jesus Christ,
for everyone had to repent. That’s why Bro. Branham put the emphasis
on “Ashamed of Him,” especially this Message. Now, John brings it
out right here, he said, “Little children, I want to warn you
something right now, (he said,) there’s strange things coming upon the
earth the major of which is a false doctrine.”

	 Now he said, “You better watch what you’re getting. Check the
spirit by the Word on every occasion.” There’s people amongst us
still at this hour do not understand, that you do not check the Word by
the spirit but, you check the spirit by the Word. See? If you get your
wires crossed, you will never make it, you’ll be deceived every time. 

	Now, he said, “Look, check that spirit by the Word. That you won’t
be ashamed when He appears on that Day.” You find [not] one of us that
did not need correction, the prophet himself. There wasn’t one that
had to be ashamed; that could stand before God and say, “Lord, I had
the correct revelation.” There wasn’t one. And John was warning, you
watch, that shame will come. See? A period of time, a period of
checking, the whole thing, see?             

30.	Now, with this understanding that 1Th 4:15 is an indefinite period
of time rather than a momentary arrival, we can do verse 16, let’s
take a look at verse 16. We go back to it. For now we know what to look
for, something going on. Now, 

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

	Jesus will do three things in His descent. In other words, descending
He does three things actual descending. There will be a ‘Shout’
which is a military command, there will be the ‘Voice’ of the Chief
Messenger; there will be the ‘Trumpet’ of God. After the trumpet
sounds, the resurrected ones will be snatched up into the air. Then the
living ones will be caught up (that’s the Seventh Church Age group) to
meet them in clouds to go to the Marriage Supper.             

	Now, by Divine Revelation the prophet said, “That the ‘Shout’ was
the Message, sent forth to get the Bride ready.” “As John the
Baptist foreran the first coming of Christ, so your Message will forerun
the Second Coming.” Now, notice, John was there, when Jesus was there
and John revealed Him who was Presence, but unknown amongst them. So it
must be now! 

31.	Feast of the Trumpet page 15 p113, And I checked my tape very, very
thoroughly because this is not what the manuscript says. Now, how It
said, not what the book said, Now, how It said, “He shall appear in
the last day, in the last days, is to bring the people back to the
Word.” You follow me? Never mind your own thinking, you’re stuck.
This is why you say what the prophet said. This why I’m saying what
the prophet said. And I am breaking It down point by point as the
prophet said to do it, and I am not going to used a bunch of quotes that
go against this. Many people have run with what I’m teaching this
morning and believe that the resurrection is over and we are in the
Millennium now. Some are trying to run to Israel because they don’t
understand what I am talking about. See?

 	Repeat. “Now, how It said, “He shall appear in the last days, is
to bring the people back to the Word, (that’s Christ) so that the
Bride will know Her Husband, Her Mate, the revealed Word.” See?
Identification is now waiting to be brought into full dynamics or
reality. 

	I repeat,  Feast of the Trumpets  “Now, how It said, (that’s the
Word. The Holy Spirit, how God wanted It) He shall appear in the last
days.” Not instantaneous, days! “Is to bring the people back to the
Word so, the Bride will know Her Husband, Her Mate, Who is the revealed
Word.” That’s the Presence.    

32.	So, now we see right here what the Shout is. It is Christ, the
Anointed, Living Word, descended, declaring and vindicating Himself and
showing that He is that One, even Jesus the Husband, even the Son of man
revealed, manifesting Himself amongst us. That is right. 

	That means, now listen, that means it is got to be Marriage Supper
Time. For what is a Bride and Groom all about but marriage? Now, we know
the Rapture is going to bring the marriage supper, right? Okay. True.
But all the Bride is not here. No, not all here. Now, listen carefully,
She’s got to be revealed to the living, right? Not the dead, the
living. She’s got to know Her Mate, the Word revealed. She’s got to
know who She’s marrying. Now, but hold it, all the Bride is not here.
So, the next step has got to be a resurrection. See? 

33.	Thus, if the Shout is the Message for the gathering of those on
earth, then the Voice has to be the resurrection. Has to be! We are not
pulling this out of thin air now we are getting It out of Scripture.
Because that’s what It said. You’re here, the dead got to mingle
with you, right. And Paul said, “By our gathering together, the
Message, so you will be righteous and holy, the anti-Christ doesn’t
deceive you.” In 2 Thessalonians, you are getting ready for Revelation
22. “They without us cannot be made perfect.” That is the Shout!
That has to be! You couldn’t get It any other way. 

	Then there’ got to be, you’re looking for the Marriage, but the
rest of the dead ain’t here, now they got to come up. That’s got to
be the Shout. …?... got the attention. When Bro. Branham said that,
“Our eyeballs spinned and our heads went out, there’s nothing to
it.” He didn’t pull a cat out of the bag or, a rabbit out of the
hat. No, he just gave us Scripture. He always said, “It’s in there,
It’s in there, It’s in there. Look in there, It is there.” I know
I am cautious, I am a Canadian by birth, let me tell you something flat,
I became a Yankee. I want to tell something, all you Canadians are not
half as conservative as Lee Vayle, who became Yankee. The words of the
wise are sufficient, I hope? I am not scolding you I am trying to help
you. Anybody can talk, but only the prophet knew. And I know I shock
folks when I say, “I am not an authority.” And I can prove nothing.
I only got one hope, and I take it back to the Word. 

	Now, you do what you want, for I am cautious. And if I miss it being
cautious, I have a whole lot less trouble on the other side than a
fellow that went haywire. See? 

34.	Now, it’s got to be a resurrection. Thus, if the Shout is the
Message, the Voice has to be the resurrection, and this is true.
Because, we go to Jn 11:19-26, that’s where the prophet took us. Say
what the prophet said. Okay, 19-26.  

		(19) 	And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them 		
			concerning their brother. 

		(20) 	Then, Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went
and 					met him; but Mary sat in the house.

		(21) 	Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my
brother 					had not died.

		(22) 	But I know that even now whatever thou wilt ask of God, God will
give					 it (to) thee.

		(23) 	Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.

		(24) 	Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the 		
			resurrection at the last day. 

		(25) 	(And) Jesus said, (I am not talking about that,) I am the
resurrection 					and life: and he that believeth in me, (even Lazarus,
though he believed 					in me, and you	 believe. Let me tell you
something, there’s going to						be a resurrection.) He that believeth
in me, though he were dead, 						(Lazarus) yet shall he live. (And I
made a special promise to you; you 					are going to be standing right
here while I make a resurrection.)

		(26) 	And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never died. 

35.	Now, 38-44. [John 11:]

		(38) 	Jesus, therefore, again groaning in himself, cometh to the
grave. 						(That word ‘groaning’ is actually I wish I remember the
exact 						term but, it’s a term of literal disgust, almost anger at
the people; 						for I believe it. He really, He’s in a bad mood
here, like the 							prophet lashing out.) It was a cave, and a stone
lay upon it.

		(39) 	Jesus said, take away the stone. Martha (said, “hold it, hold
it,) 						Lord, by this time he stinketh, for he hath been (gone) four
days.

		(40) 	(He said, didn’t I tell you that you see the glory of God if
you 						believed? Aren’t you a believer and Lazarus a believer? Take
that 						stone away.)

		(41) 	Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead 				
	was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank 					
thee that thou hast heard me.

		(42) 	And I knew that thou hearest me always; but, because of the
people 					who stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast
sent me. 

		(43) 	And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice,
Lazarus, 					come forth. 

		(44) 	And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave 
					clothes; and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith 		
			unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

36.	Mt 27:50-53.

		(50) 	Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the
ghost. 

		(51) 	And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the
top to 					bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent.

		(52) 	And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints that
slept 					arose.

		(53) 	And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into
the 					holy city, and appeared unto many. 

	Now, that Voice on Calvary woke up the sleeping dead preparatory for
the bodies to come out in the resurrection. For Christ came out first,
then, He called those others out.  

37.	Now, notice, Jesus crying with a loud voice woke up the dead
preparatory in bringing the bodies out of the grave. Okay, 1 Th 4:14,

		(14) 	For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them
also 						which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. (Bring with
Whom? 

			Bring with Jesus.)

	All right, that Shout, that rise’s the dead literally first of all
awakens the dead. For in the vision, they said, He will come to you
first then you will go down to them.  

	So, as in the Old Testament saints, they were awakened, so the Shout
will waken the living, they will be prepared to be brought forth with
Jesus, which they will, for He will come to them in His physical Body,
God will bring them forth. 

	But, remember, when He consorts with them, and they come down to the
atmosphere or, to some, you might call, some dimension out here, call it
what ever you want. Remember, that He does not come down with them, He
sends them in their theophonic bodies, which is really not the right
term it is a spiritual body. And they come down here without those
physical bodies and they will be amongst us. Yeah! Because, they don’t
get their bodies instantaneously, they got to come down. Now, those
bodies can leap out of the graves and meet them instantaneously but,
what if they didn’t? Now, one place Bro. Branham said, “Moses
decayed,” in another place he said, “God preserved the body.” I
don’t know which He did, wouldn’t matter, nothing to God performing
a resurrection, no problem at all. 

38.	What if those dead walk among us, not in glorified bodies but, in
bodies which they went to because, we know, when we leave here we
clothed upon by that which is eternal in the heavens, that Bro. Branham
called, “A theophonic body.” It’s not theophonic, because
‘theo’ means: ‘God.’ And ‘phaneroo’ means: ‘to show
forth’. Paul called it a “spirit body.” But, Bro. Branham gave it
the best name that would suit our intelligence. And, I don’t think
anybody could do any better? 

Now, what if they are down here walking amongst us? Bro. Branham said,
“They could hug you, you felt something, shake your hand, they are
real. But, they couldn’t eat.” 

	Now, I don’t know too much about the subject, I just sit and wonder,
“Why I am saying this?” Because, look I don’t fight anybody, I
don’t fight anybody who believes Bro .Branham going to come back in
the resurrection, have a ministry or anything else. I won’t do it.
because  he’s coming back, no doubt about it. See?

	What if he came back for a while and you all have the non resurrection
body? You know something? that would cause such chaos on one side and
such faith on the other. That’s to drive people almost insane. I
don’t know! I am just saying from Scripture and what the prophet
taught. Don’t think you have the answers, if you really don’t. Just
stand back and watch it. Just live a good Christian life, see? Not
saying anybody’s wrong, they could be hundred percent right, could be
hundred percent right, nothing to fight about, just watch your spirits!
Because, this Message was to bring us together, not scatter us. And if
we are being scattered by this Message, then it’s not The Message or,
it’s the wrong spirit! You just keep yourselves in control.

39.	I am branded as a kind of a fool because I want the middle of the
road. But, I do with all my heart because, if I don’t know, I don’t
know! I also know that it was during the squeeze in the resurrection
that the disciples hid and Jesus appeared. I don’t know what’s going
to happen? But I can see glimmers of light and I stand with your pastor
hundred percent. Don’t fuss at anybody, and don’t judge, don’t
…?...  “We are Bride!” Honey, the Rapture ain’t done took place
yet! And Bro. Branham said, “There’s going to be people who are so
sure they are going to make it known, and they felt so bad because they
felt so rotten they wouldn’t make it.” And they do make it! So, when
you think you know, you going to have to produce. I don’t know, so I
don’t have to produce! Stick your neck out it is going to get chopped
off! See? 

	Anybody can be right; we’re all believing the same Message, the same
prophecy and the different things. Remember, Bro. Branham gave the
example, he said, “If any man draw a circle and draw me out, I just
draw another circle, draw them right back in again.” And he did it and
he meant it. See, you do not fuss at anybody and think you earned
anything, because you don’t. How, if you say, “I believe It but, I
don’t understand It,” that’s wonderful. And nobody is going to
say, “Now, look here, what are you trying to convince me for?” Hmm?
So, a little word to the wise, talking about this very wicked thing. I
don’t have an axe to grind with anybody, believe me when  I hear men
bring doctrine on the Seed, I love to listen, because It opens my eyes
to things I’ve not… even by way of the ear… to what I am not
looking at. I enjoy it, I appreciate it and I watch it. See? 

40.	So, let’s be very careful here, because I don’t think any of
them have mention the fact, you got to come down to get your body. What
if something took place in that period of time? Bro. Branham said, “A
minimum of thirty days.” Where did he get it? I don’t see …?...
Daniel 12 and I see seventy-five here too. …?... What’s that…
seventy-five days the resurrection takes place? In other words, I am
saying this, “Look, don’t guess, don’t guess, don’t presume,
watch.” Look, don’t turn anybody aside, just watch. Don’t fuss,
the minute you fuss, you have not got the right spirit. So, if your
doctrine is right, for get it, you are still messed-up! See, you want to
bring this here now …?...   

	Now, listen, our theophanies come down to us! Oh, my! Yeah! Strange,
what’s going to go on? See? The Bible’s clear and unclear, but
there’s one place where you and I don’t need to be unclear. It’s
going to get us there and that’s see no more darkly Him, Who is our
Bridegroom. That’s right! These other things are unclear, we look at
them, we don’t know. But, the Bride is to know her Mate, the revealed
Word! That’s the main thing, follow me? 

41.	So, what is ever going to come, is going to come anyway. But, if you
and I aren’t ready for it, if we don’t get into that Shout, and pass
the Shout, well, I don’t know what’s going to happen? So, keep your
spirits, be gentle, sweet and kind, because, we just may have to sit
awhile. Then, the prophet said, “These things are revealed by
manifestation.” What if you and I don’t know until the dead come out
of the ground? 

	We might not see theophonic forms, then again we might, what’s to
stop us? What about that man that got hit by a car out there in Tucson,
in the desert of Arizona? And, Bro. Branham said, “That was that, in
the spirit, saw the very thing in the car, went, ‘bump.’ And the
body went, ‘bump’.” Though, that happened five years ago. We are
trying to make you think. I don’t have the answers, that don’t mean
somebody else hasn’t got it. Sure, somebody has all the answers sure,
‘Praise God,’ I know God does. But, just watch, see? Just watch,
don’t jump to things, just watch!           

42.	Now, that Jesus Himself does this, as the prophet said, He is going
to do this brining forth the resurrection is in Philippians the 3rd
chapter 20-21. Now, let’s look at it.

		(20) 	For our (citizenship) is in heaven: from whence also we look for
						the Saviour; the Lord Jesus Christ:

		(21) 	Who shall change our vile bodi(es)… 

	Now, watch this, our bodies have got to be changed before the Rapture.
Our citizenship is in heaven, from whence we look for Jesus to come on
down and do it. Shout, Voice done by Jesus.

 		(21)	Who shall change our vile bodi(es) that they may be fashioned
like 					unto his glorious (Notice, its ‘fashioning, fashioning,
fashioning; 					 	fashioning. Putting on, putting on; growing-up into,
drawing closer, 					more and more.) according to the working whereby…

	What working and what the Word, all things made by the Word, fashioned
by the Word. That’s why you had to have the Shout, get your eyes on
that Shout keep it there until God somehow works the next step out. I am
not afraid of any next step that does not concern me. I got my lesson,
that Bro. Branham could not preach the Trumpet, till God said,
“That’s none of your business, you’re done be gone.” You say,
“I will let you in on a few clues,” don’t look down that road,
backward, forward look now! Some people got noses eighteen miles longs,
looking down the road. Come on, put your nose back. Watch! Bro. Branham
under that Seventh Seal, watched, something couldn’t get it. Lots of
things on the Seventh Seal, I can’t, I tell you right now, a lot of
things I preach, as far as I know, I am right, but I also said, “Look,
I am no authority, I am not. 

	Look at what I am saying; if you don’t like it, praise God, just miss
it, no problem, I am happy. Yes, sir, Christ is going to do it. Then the
trumpet blast that catches all up to meet in the cloud and go to the
Marriage Supper then its face-to-face physically. See, He physically
does not come to us, we go to Him. Right! He physically does not come to
us, we go to Him. “Behold, the Bridegroom’s coming, go and meet Him
Bridegroom, Bride rather.” Not go, come out, no word in the Greek says
‘go,’ no place, it said, ‘come, come.’ What does He say, “Go
unto Me all you that are weary.” Hogwash! “Come unto Me that are
weary. Come out of her, come out and meet Him.” Certainly, as long as
you say “go,” that means someone amongst us has got something.
That’s why God sent a prophet, get him out, and get the rest of us
out.                                                                    
                  

43.	Now, listen. We go to Him, His coming see? His coming, that which,
His coming; that which we was discussing, is not His physical
resurrection form, no sir; let us just see that. In 1 Th 4:16 again,
now, let’s watch this, because this is fantastic, not because I am
saying it, because the prophet said it! Don’t look at me.

		(16) 	For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout,

	Now, the Greek plainly states that the shout is not said to be the
Voice of Jesus. It just said, “He descends with a shout.” And the
Word always descends by the spirit of the prophet! 

Quote; where, Heaven’s knows, I don’t know, I just quote it. 

	Now, the voice is not said to be the Voice of Jesus. Quote: “Now, I
want you to know this is sure,(said Bro. Branham) that you that listen
to this tape, you might have thought today that I was trying to say that
about myself, being that I was packing (or preaching) this Message. I
have no more to do with this (Message) than nothing, no more than just a
voice.” 

	Deuteronomy 18. How are we going to know the voice? “Thus Saith the
Lord, when a man prophecy a thing and the thing come to pass, then from
now on, that’s the man you listen to. That is God to you.” 

	When was Bro. Branham God? When the veil; the Word was veiled in him,
but as soon as the Word was unveiled, he was more God. But, he was only
God to us, he wasn’t God. The works was God. 

44.	Next: “Who could it be that has the Voice of the Chief Messenger
and raise the dead?” Well, the prophet said, “Jesus does all
three.” Let’s just take a peek at Jn 5, 25; if I can find it here,
some-where? Now, we try and take it slow so you understand; easier on my
throat. If I can slow down through sickness and anything else, it’s
better for all of us, but listens:

		(25) 	(Truly, truly), I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is,
when 					the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that
hear 						shall live.

	This took place, of because, Matthew 27, which we read  and it is yet
to take place in the last half of the first resurrection. Bro. Branham
also said, “There is two half’s.” 

	Now, we must know here the dead hear the Voice of the Son of God, not
the voice of the Son of man. We hear the voice of the Son of man,
can’t hear the Voice of the Son of God. Now, that to me shows that the
prophetic days of the voice of the prophet are over, the Son of man has
been revealed. But, I am not going to try to build a doctrine on it,
it’s just… it appears to me that’s the way it is. 

	The last one to come into Christ, which is true or, the dead cannot be
raised and Bro. Branham also said, “There be a time of training.” He
never rescinded the training from anybody. But, since God does a short
quick work, I will say this, “I never seen anybody come to this
Message and live lives like the people that come to this Message, never
has It been produced in other ages outside age number one, I don’t
believe.” They’re  fantastic people, especially you young people.   
                

45.	Now, I know no statement of the prophet that defines this Voice
other than what he said in John 11, Matthew 27, so I can’t go any
further. But, we could look at Jas 5:7, just a minute. Now, we know what
that is, we read it.

		(7)	 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. 				
	Behold, the husband, (which is Jesus) waiteth for the precious 					
fruit of the earth, (He’s got long patience for it.) Until He 						
(Jesus) receive the early and latter rain. 

	And here is evidence that Jesus Himself, as the prophet said, brought
the Shout and former rain or, teaching rain because, Jesus is the
Husband and He is to get the teaching… He is to get the teaching rain
and then the latter… during the time of the latter rain. Now, this is
guarantees to bring up the precious fruit of the earth. The bodies of
dust, that lay in the dust, because the Bible said so. Then It said in
verse 8, which is what we should look out for! 

		(8) 	Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the
Lord 						draweth nigh. 

	If your hearts ready because, when you are ready, that’s when the
Voice can take place, the dead can come out of the ground. And, notice
in verse 9 it warns us: 

		(9) 	Grudge not one against another brethren, lest you be condemned:

	The Judge is at the door, who can be in the Rapture or not? You and I
don’t settle it. I have been put out of the Rapture many times, it’s
very beautiful. The Rapture this day is a revolving door, in, out, in,
out, depending who’s swinging the door. I never had any man put me in
how can I get put out? I didn’t put anybody in, how can I put anybody
out? It’s hard to hold your spirit brother/ sister. But this to me is
a far greater test, whether you know the full Word of God or not and can
quote, quote, quote. You know something? I believe a lot of folks living
today can out quote the prophet and say Bro. Branham, “What did you
say on tape so and so?” “Oooh, he said,   I forgot.”  Well I’ll
tell you, “I told the prophet,” I’m not trying to be sarcastic,
but  it’s just something for a thought.

	Thoughts aren’t too hot, but God really said it, let’s watch verse
8.

		(8) 	Be patient, stablish your hearts… 

46.	How did He do you do it? By the Shout! Thus the latter rain has
already been waiting for the former rain. Brother Branham said that the
former rain… latter rain started in 1906 the latter rain of Zach 10:1.
Back here the second last book in the Bible, the Old Testament.

		(1) 	Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; the LORD 
					will send bright clouds. (Why? Because, the Light is coming.) 					
And give showers of rain, (which is the Word of God) to every 						one
grass in the field. 

	All right!  So, at the end-time the former rain lights… unites with
the latter rain so, mechanics and dynamics come together. And this in my
mind could be the Third Pull in the Bride. And if there is a ministry,
symptomatic of signs and power, I believe at is the time it will be
according to ‘Spoken Word is the Original Seed.’ Because, he said
the Bride would have the Word. That doesn’t mean She simply got tapes
and things. That means, She believes That Word, abiding by faith in the
Word, the Word abiding in Her, when you receive the Word, your flesh
becomes, the Word in flesh. That’s what we are taking about, see? 

	Then, certainty She will say, only what God would have Her say and that
thing would come to pass. So, whatever ministry lies there, I believe
that is that time. You say, “Pre-Resurrection,” Bro. Vayle,
“Post-Resurrection,” it could be both, I will not argue any side, I
don’t have the answer. Because, Bro. Branham said, “The fullness of
the adoption comes in the resurrection.” I don’t know if he meant
the manifestation preceded the raising of the body to immortality or,
just what he was saying, I don’t know, I can’t say! I leave it
there, somebody else might be able to tell you, praise God if they can
that’s fine, I am not an authority. 

47.	Now, this then would be the perfection or finished work of Christ,
in the Bride. So, that the dead can come forth: for they without us
cannot be made perfect. Some feel since the Word and the Voice is in the
Bride, She will bring about a resurrection. I have no word for that, in
other words, go to the graveyard and say, “Come out.” I have no word
for it. I know the Word in the Bride will bring the resurrection, on the
grounds of the fruit is now available to come out. That much I do know.
How it is going to be one, I cannot tell you, but we will look at some
scriptures some people think they have a little thought upon. Rev
18:20-24. Let’s take a look at it. Now, It said,

		(20) 	Rejoice over her, thou heavens, (and so on but, I not going to 	
				read that part there, except It said here in verse 23,)

		(23) 	And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee;
and 						the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard
(in 						thee at all no more.)

48.	Okay, and then go on down, I don’t have to read the rest of it.
Rev 22:17, as we look at right here but, just a second. And It says
here,

		(17) 	And the spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth
						say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, 	
				let him take the water of life freely. 

	They believe from this Scripture here that the Word of God is so in the
Bride that the, that the Shout could become the Voice, that actually
they could call the dead to come out of the grave.  I will not argue
that, I haven’t the foggiest idea. My thinking is ‘no.’ It’s
little difference from that. But, I am just going to say, people think
that, but I know this one thing here, that Jesus is going to do it,
whether He does it in the Spirit Form He came to us in, whether He does
it in the Bride, how He does it is His business, He hasn’t told me, I
find no tape for it, if somebody does that’s fine. But, I know there
is going to be a resurrection, when the standing Bride is ready. Until
She’s ready, there will not be one, see? And I know that this is the
age of the adoption, the mark, the move the Bride is on. I know these
things but, I cannot describe it, I will not be caught describing it. I
know, up to this point in Scripture, it’s every clear to me. Point
number two and three is not clear. If I must wait until the
manifestation comes for my revelation, I will do it. If in the mean
time, God show me something, I will be glad to know it. But, at this
point, I am not going to tell you. 

	Now, after that will come the Wedding Supper. And this takes place when
the Bride ascends and sees the Bridegroom in His Resurrection flesh,
even as She is in Her Resurrection flesh. He is the Word; She is the
Word, in immortal flesh. And you have to have Life Seed to bring forth
the Word of God. So, Christ now can have the Marriage Supper with His
Bride; at that particular time. 

49.	Now, this has to be so, as we read it in Mt 22:8-14. See? Now we
know this said here; 

		(8) 	Then said he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they 				
	which were bidden were not (ready.)

		(9) 	Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall 						
find, bid to the marriage.

		(10) 	And the servants went (and did so and so. And I said here,) 				
		the wedding was furnished with guests.

		(11) 	And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a 				
	man which had not on a wedding garment (on.) 

		(12) 	And he said unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not 				
	having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. 

		(13) 	Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and	
				take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be 				
	weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

		(14) 	For many are called, but few are chosen. (That’s the Great 			
			Tribulation.)

	Now, what’s happening? The meaning just like this, where Bro. Branham
said, the Word of God is preached, the unadulterated Word, many will
come in but, they will not literally put on the Wedding Robe of the
Word, they won’t do it. Then on the last time on earth, when the
people are all together here, God is going to have to separate them.
And, it’s at that time, because remember, this is preparatory for the
Wedding Supper, it’s part of the wedding. And the king is… he is
inspecting the people and he said, “You cannot be in it; you cannot be
in it.” That’s what Bro. Branham said, “The showdown is Mount
Zion.” 

50.	Many people believe it, see? Wrong motive, not really taking it;
Bro. Branham said, “Every place, believes, un-believes,
make-believes.” So, there’s always those who say, “I believe”
but, they are not dedicated to It. They are not dedicated. You got to be
dedicated brother/sister, that’s first step. It starts with the
prophet with ‘Thus Saith the Lord,’ William Branham. If you don’t
see ‘Thus Saith the Lord’, you do not see this Message. To my hearts
cry, I’ve seen people I have known for years, have no more
understanding of ‘Thus Saith the Lord’, than nothing. It is not a
final call of …?... oh no. You got men right now riding clean around
this world that Bro. Branham condemns, saying they will turn nations
upside down even, outside of this Message? How gullible are you my
people? How gullible? Are you right in this Word? Can you hold your
spirit? We are going through some tests, my brother, my sister, whether
we got garments on. That Judge at the door is already here separating
and dividing. I am not saying this what Lee Vayle thinks, I am telling
you what the Word said, He’s right here and He said, they are go to
tribulation and from tribulation they go to the Lake of Fire. Bro.
Branham put this in …?... But, now we can be righteous and prefect
with Him. Not of ourselves, mind you. No! But by Seed! See? 

51.	Now, listen, here we are, “Many are called, few are chosen.” Of
course you know what the Wedding Garment is? It is 1 Corinthians 15,
putting on the inner garment and remember, Bro. Branham took that Sword
and he screamed a prophecy He said, “The Sword of The King.” He said
“Bring on His Holy Vesture, with the Holy Word of God standing by.”
How could a man say that except in prophecy? Sword and dress! You
don’t dress with a sword, you knight with a sword. But, it wasn’t
even that, he thought it was some knighting, but it wasn’t knighting,
it was the dressing of a Bride. 

	Now, that Holy Word cuts away all the creeds and the slash, slash,
slash, creeds and dogmas. Misunderstanding, people misunderstanding puts
us out, gets the …?... on it. 1st chapter of Luke, when John came.
Misunderstanding even, not disobedience willful, but misunderstanding.
How can there be a misunderstanding with ‘Thus Saith the Lord’? Come
on, tell me? With His Presence here and He revealing Himself?
Misunderstanding? It’s willful disobedience as Hebrews said. What is
left but judgment? Hebrews 6 and so on, see? All right!

52.	Now, for a moment, we are going to for awhile, not a moment that’s
the wrong word, for awhile. Now, we are going to consider what we call
His coming or, His actual arrival. In His immortal Body and we will
start with Mt 16:28. 

		(28) 	Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall
not 					taste of death, till they see the Son of Man coming in his
kingdom.

	That’s the actual fact of what it’s going to be like when He takes
power on earth, glorified and all; see? He was transfigured and He was
glorified. Now, remember, Peter saw in His coming, the Presence,
denoting he would see, without dying the actual figure of what was going
to take place. Glorified Immortality! See, there it is? Okay. 

	Now, with that let’s go to Mt 24:30.

		(30) 	And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; 				
	(not on earth, in heaven) and then shall all the tribes of the 						
earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in 							(what)
clouds of heaven with 	power and great glory.

	 Okay, 25: 27.

		(27) 	Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, 
					and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

	 True, something that could be useful in the future. 26:64: You got the
same idea again.

		(64) 	Jesus saith unto (them,) Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto
						you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right 		
			hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

	Notice how these verses line up. Clouds of Heaven, clouds of glory:
Coming, you know with His people, He can reward them and so on. 

53.	Okay, let’s go again to Mark the 13th chapter doing this quickly,
24-27.

		(24) 	But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be
darkened, 						and the moon shall not give her light.

		(25) 	And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in
heaven 					shall be shaken. 

		(26) 	And then shall they see the Son of man coming (where) in clouds 
					with great power and glory. (See, that’s that Incarnate One,
that’s 						different.)

	 Okay, 14: and 62.

		(62) 	And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on
the						right hand of power; and coming in the clouds of heaven.

 	That’s not Rapture, that’s another, see? When He comes back,
taking authority. 

54.	Lk 21: 27. Notice, every single time power, clouds of glory and so
on, so on. Maybe that cloud of Glory is white horses? Clouds of white
horses, who knows? 21: 27: and it said,

		(27) 	And then shall they see the Son of man coming in cloud with
power 					and great glory. (All the same, that’s the One you see but,
different.) 

	Now, we can see that does not take place until the end of the
tribulation, as we already noted, See? as we saw in Rev 19:11-26. Then
the saints come back with Him dressed in robes of white, to take over.  
            

	Now, I wanted to bring this message to make you aware once more of what
the prophet said. People are all mixed up over the Appearing and Coming.
The Fundamentalist say, the Appearing is the Rapture and the Coming is
after the Tribulation. And that is not so. The Appearing is on earth and
precedes the Rapture. And He has already appeared amongst us and that
Appearing was His Revelation of the Word Bridegroom to a Word Bride.
Here it is actually as we have already noted in Lk 17:26-30. 

55.	Now, let’s take a look at it. Now, read it this time with greater
insight then ever. 

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

		(27) 	They eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in 			
		marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the 					
flood came, and destroyed them all. (Until, a process of time.)

		(28) 	Likewise, also as it was in the days of Lot; they (were buying,
they                    				were selling, they were drinking, they were
selling, they were doing 					everything, building and planting.) ( A
process of time.)

		(29) 	But, the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and 
					brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 

            (30)     (Thus) even thus shall it be in the day when the
Son of man is revealed. 

            A process of time which will wind up in what? The Great
Tribulation and final destruction. See, look how the words are perfect,
Okay.   

56.	Colossians the 3rd chapter and the 4th verse; 

		(4) 	When Christ, who is our life, shall appear; then shall ye also 		
			appear with him in glory. 

	When Christ, Who is our Life shall Appear, when He shall appear, His
Presence is here upon earth that is the time when we know positively the
resurrection is at hand, immortally sets in, and the Rapture take place,
the Wedding Supper, the Great Tribulation, the coming back to earth.
Bro. Branham… brother/sister the Son of Man has been revealed and
absolutely proven, I know that’s true and I never intended to include
it. 

57.	Let’s go back to Acts the 3rd chapter, I am giving you this so
many, many times, but I get it in your ears, until you just can’t
stand it, maybe? I don’t mind. For, It said right here in the 19th
verse in the middle;

		(19) 	…times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.

	A revival is going to break forth, from that which is visible to the
eye, the parts you can see God and Jesus said in Jn 15: 24, He said, 

		(24)	If I had not done the works which none other man did, they had			
		not had sin; but now have they both seen and hated me and my 					
Father.” 

	What was it? The works; which no other man can do. The Word… The
works which nobody could speak, and come to pass, but God and when that
takes place that is the Presence of God. That is God manifested, that is
The Son of Man revealed on earth in His Ministry. But, not until the
Word comes is He fully revealed. You see, the ministry is the Honey or,
the Flower, the colour of the flower or, the scent that attracts the
bee. The Word is the Honey and the Flower, see? The Word’s the Honey
in the rock, the rock which is so impregnable you can’t doubt It. You
say, “Well, what man has what William Branham had?” Right today they
tell you what man had what William Branham had. “You see, he spoilt,
he got so big, this guy’s Elijah.” Well, Elijah got to come. Well,
find your Elijah, hot-shot! Some Gordon Lindsay, or Du Plessis, or Oral
Roberts Bible School. Bring them out, try them out, let’s see them. I
would like to see it, those guys, I tell you they are like the
Pharisee’s. Jesus said, they knew Jesus was coming according to the
Scripture but, their understanding of Scripture was not the way
Scripture was to be understood. Nothing against the guy but, here it is.

58.	Said right here, “It’s going to be revealed.” And the ministry
is to attract your attention until the Word comes and that Word is your
Mate. And if you say, “Yes, yes, yes,” you’re going into the
Marriage Ceremony, of uniting time, because you are coming under the
authority of the Word. You don’t have the wedding supper until you are
married. Bro. Branham said, “You are already married.” It’s the
marriage supper! I wonder if a hail stone came in, and the poor old
bride and groom had to sit here, getting married and waiting for the
wedding supper and the caterer couldn’t come and they couldn’t go to
the wedding supper, sit and they are already married. Pretty soon a
flood comes, and, oh my, they can’t get out of the building, the crowd
can’t get out of the building and pretty, and say, “We are pretty
hungry and pretty thirsted.” Well, that’s alright it will be over
after awhile, maybe five days from then, everybody pretty, looking
pretty gaunt. You say, “Well you can come on now.” What’s the
difference, you done got married, you went into the wedding supper. No
problem! 

59.	Okay, 1 John, well, we read that, 2: and 28, we showed you that.
Let’ go to 1 Peter 5: and 4, Oh, these verses; some of these I am
showing you again. Here we just take them back, looking at them.   1 Pet
5: 4; listen,

		(4) 	And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a 				
	crown of glory that fadeth not away.

	 But, He’s got to appear! The Chief Shepherd must come amongst us.
See? And He does. And He did. Do you realize… I never did finish that
series here last year on Melchisedec, so I never did get to show you
number four and of course, I preached a separate message on Melchisedec.
But, do you realize Bro. Branham quit preaching the Hebrews series on
chapter 7? Because Melchisedec runs out; there’s no point in going any
further. It’s the age of strong meat and Melchisedec can appear
amongst it and reveal. This is the age of strong meat and who is
Melchisedec? He is the One who breaks the bread and the wine after the
heat of the battle. He is the ascended risen Jesus Christ, the High
Priest. He is the One that died and rose as the executive of His Own
will, to ensure we get It and He came down and proved It. 

	He said, “Here I am!” He revealed and then He took the Word and
threw It open before us. 

	Brother/sister, anybody wants anything else, be my guest, hop to it, I
am satisfied. I am content right now, what ever God wants to do, if He
wants future ministry, hallelujah! I don’t mind, if He doesn’t want
future ministry, hallelujah! I still don’t mind. Whatever God wants, I
want. Hopefully, because He’s God, He’s going to get it anyway. No
use trying to tell God what to do, figure things out. Okay.     

60.	1 Jn 2:28, read a little while ago, take a look again, just look at
our selves here and It said:

		(28) 	And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall 				
		appear, that ye my have confidence. 

	I am going to tell you something, I get more and more content about
this Message all the time, sure. And this is the time you have got to
have your confidence, right now in the Appearing, because this is the
full assurance of Faith in Abraham’s day. This is the wind-up, if you
can’t, you and I don’t have full assurance of Faith now we got to
keep looking down the road. I am got saying something not coming down
the road but, you better be happy with what you got now, certainly! I
like to see a quick fill here, this guy, after awhile, this row here,
this row here, you know, is crooked, but you know, I am going to build a
row up here later on that’s every straight. I got news, that’s a lot
of Hogwash! You are going to have crooked rows all the way through. Back
to the hogwash, times …?... Yes sir!

	Listen, now, this is a beautiful story here in 1 Jn 2:28 see? Stay in
the Word so, that when the Word comes amongst us and proves Who He is,
it will be one with Him. And not be rebuked before Him and be ashamed.
John knew they would leave the Word, but thank God we are back to the
Word.         

61.	Now, we are going to look at some more Scripture and these final
Scriptures, these are the final ones another five minutes or so here,
will give us further insight. Let’s go back to Lk 17:30, check these
through now, yes, we are coming. I went too far… Scriptures, I went
too far that time and I went right pass it that will happen if you get
all mixed up. Bro. Branham said, “The Angel said, you watch your lines
in this day.” What where those lines? He said, “You got messed up
because you are trying to teach Pentecostal baby talk.” Hope you
caught something, if you didn’t I am not going to explain it to you, I
get in trouble. Alright look at it, 17:30. 

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

	What? Apocalypse! When the revelation of the Son of Man comes it will
be a period of time in away and Sodom condition. It will come! 

62.	Right. 2 Thessalonians 2nd chapter and the 3rd verse.               
        

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

	He’s going to have his apocalypse, and he’s going to pull the veil
back, and it was pulled back and he’s the pope! And you watch the one
that comes out of America we will talk about him, Tuesday if we get a
chance? 

		(6) 	(That you may) know what withholdeth that he might be revealed 		
			in his time. 

	Notice, the same thing, in Revelation. [2 Thessalonians 2:]        

		(8) 	…destroyed by the brightness of his… (even that wicked one   
                                  			should be revealed.) 

	Every single time that word is apocalypse, see? And that is what we are
talking about now that Son of Man revealed on earth not revealed from
heaven. The Son of Man revealed on earth takes the period of time which
is the vindicated Message, which in turn cause’s us to know Who the
Bridegroom is, to know our Mate, the revealed Word. See, that’s it! 

63.	Now, we go back to 1 Peter the 1st chapter and I am using all the
same words, just to let you know that for the first time in my life the
Greek comes together and I never thought any theologian to put it
together until this hour. I am not a theologian, a prophet did it. But,
I got the books, and you can take books by all the various great men in
the world and this bunch preach rapture in pre-tribulation, this one
believes post-tribulation, believes that and this believes that and they
all got different understandings of this Word. And none of them
understand what we are talking about right now. Not one understands. No
sir, they don’t! 

	1 Peter 1:5. Okay.

		(5) 	Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation 			
		ready to be revealed in the last time.

	It tells you right there, there’s going to be a revelation of the
apocalypse at the end-time. And it’s going to be revealed who are in
the faith? See, they are going to believe this Message here and you got
the 12th verse:

		(12) 	Unto whom it was revealed, but not unto themselves, but unto us 
					they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by 		
			them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost 					
sent down from heaven. 

	In other words, it said right here that, that that the Word of God is a
true revelation and at the end-time, we know that that revelation of
that Word has got to come forth at the end-time, as Bro. Branham said,
“All mysteries that even angels wanted to look into and the angels
were forbidden.” That’s why there was silence in heaven that angels
and nothing could know about it. 

64.	See, it said right here, 1 Pet 5:1, at least that’s what I get out
of it.            

		(1) 	The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, 		
			and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of 			
		the glory that shall be revealed.  

	And it tells you right here that there’s a revelation coming that’s
tell the glory that’s going to be upon this earth and Bro. Branham was
given a certain amount to tell us of that were Paul had to shut the Book
up and Daniel shut the book up. And Bro. Branham could open the book and
tell us certain things.

65.	1 Cor 1:7-8. I am going kind of fast now but, it’s alright. Okay,
it’s said here:

		(7) 	So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the (revelation,
that 						is the coming, that, that not just the coming, a flashing
across the 						sky and all,) the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

		(8) 	Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless
					in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

	And it’s tells you right here that the end-time that the revelation,
apocalypse, at the unveiling, we will come behind in nothing. 

	In other words, this Church is going to catch every single thing up and
be ready for the Rapture! We come behind nothing, a perfect Bride so the
dead can come out of the ground waiting for Christ to appear. 

66.	Now, one more verse of Scripture before I close and that’s in 1
John the 3rd chapter: I have given you many, many times, 2nd verse:

		(2)	Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear 		
			what we shall be: but we know that when he shall appear, we shall				
	be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 

	Now, everybody but us quotes that verse entirely wrong. They said,
“Alright, we are going to get changed, we are going to get caught up
and we are going to see Him.” That’s absolutely wrong. If you
don’t get changed down here by seeing Him, you will not get caught up
there. It’s said right here, you are going to get changed because, you
see Him as He is. 

	We saw Him as One God and His right baptism, we saw the truth and the
world said, “Hogwash, I wouldn’t have that, drop dead.” 

	I say, “Hallelujah, that’s the love of my soul!”

	You know what? I’ll take them on any day of the week. Yes sir, I am
not looking for anymore sweethearts, fap, that’s finished. To me
He’s is altogether lovely. I love predestination, I love election, I
love foreknowledge, love no eternal fire, I love One God, love one
baptism, love the whole thing. No problem at all, I love serpent seed,
Oh, that, that not just love that intrigues  me. I got a sermon on that
you never heard. Maybe I’ll come back and preach it, I don’t know
when, though, so don’t try and hold me down.

67.	Alright listen, in closing, this message to help you see the truth
of what I am talking about, Bro. Branham said, “Justification,
sanctification, baptism, the return of the Holy Spirit.”  Now, listen
to this quote, “This is the hour to where the Holy Spirit has come
down in the form of a Light like He was at the beginning, a Pillar of
Fire and has manifested Himself.”  (Remember, like he said, “I am
Jesus, see,” proved it.) “Doing the every same things He did when He
was on earth.” That’s what we are talking about, that’s the
Presence, that’s the Jesus that descended, that’s when the Word
came, that’s the Mate, that’s the whole thing. 

	I saw God my brother, sister, I don’t know about you? But, I saw God.
That’s my guarantee that one day, this heart, this life is going to
have a changed and be like Him, for having seen Him as He was. And let
me tell you, He is altogether lovely. We might not be but He is. It’s
not your word and mine word that counts, it’s not your revelation or,
my revelation, it’s His Word that counts, it’s His revelation.
Because, remember, it’s the Bride that chooses the Bridegroom. He
said, “You’ve have not chosen Me but, I have chosen you.” Why sure
we choose Him after He chooses us. We’d be a fool to turn him down. 

68.	So, there you are brother, sister, do what the prophet said, no gaps
no problems, Scripture lining up everything, like what He said. And this
is what I keep telling you, I take my stance, you do what you want. But,
he said, “Once you see this Message, that’s all you see in the
Word.” And if he couldn’t add or take a Word, then I believe every
doctrine has got to be his. You do what you want, you follow your pastor
I am not your pastor. Now, if I’m here and up-setting, I tell you one
thing, if he doesn’t believe what I have said, you listen to him. I am
not ordained to carry you through, he is! 

 	So, therefore, some way somehow, God will see that your pastor carry
you through. Don’t be high-minded you come down where you belong
honey. Or, you can get messed up like you didn’t believe you could get
messed up. Whether you like it or not, whether I like it or don’t like
it, frankly, I don’t like it, in my flesh, I don’t. Because, it
makes a responsibility, it’s takes a Five-Fold Ministry to see you
through. That’s true! Not that it might create one family, the
ministry. I didn’t say it, He said it. I didn’t want to be apart I
tried to duck it, A little bit of fandaning, I be out tomorrow. See!
Follow me, just be real sweet Christians. Go back to where we didn’t
divide and fuss and clans. Because, I don’t care what anybody
believes, we’re all identified, whether right or wrong, the same
Message, same prophet, same God.

	We be brethren, why fight like strangers? Right? The Lord bless you,
shall we rise? 

	Dear Lord Jesus again we praise and thank You for your goodness and
mercy, such a great thing Lord to have the Bible come together. You
know, Lord, how I studied for a long time on this subject years ago.
Took every Greek reference, took everybody I could find. Finally threw
it all down in disgust and said they are all crazy, nothing comes
together and here it is all again. All the error, everything lined up,
no confusion. That same One that appeared to Paul came down, He appeared
we saw Him. Son of Man revealed. By thoughts of grace, now all of us can
say we seen Him as He is. I pray we have? Shall be like Him, shall be
changed, yes sir, caught up to meet You. Not what we did but, what You
did. 

	Oh, Lord, we magnify Your Name. Because, of grace, ‘Amazing Grace how
sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me,” and even though saved,
we are completely blind to the truth. Now, You have opened our eyes by
way of eye salve. The same Holy Spirit, praise God. Now, we see, getting
ready, getting ready getting ready.                                     
                                                                        
                                                                   

	Father, may we conform more and more to Thy Spirit, grant it, Lord. Not
one weak in faith amongst us, not one weak in body, coming out by Your
strength by the Pillar of Fire. Oh, God! Lord, I don’t know what lies
down the road, there’s many things, mysterious to me, I wouldn’t try
and look into it one minute, Lord. But, if You by chance gave me a
glimpse, I would be happy. Then I would be fine, but kick everyone one
of us, oh God, under the ‘Old Rugged Cross’, under Your Blood, under
the shadow of the Almighty, under the Spirit of wisdom and grace and
knowledge, which came to us. 

	Help us, O God, and undo the high and mighty, in honor preferring each
other. Sweeten us, Lord, sweet communion break us all this morning,
Lord. Little children, I know that psychologist tell us, Lord, they all
want discipline they all want to be brought into line. And I just
thought, Lord, this morning, as we sang that song, break me and mould
me. We are little children, just; we are giving way, Lord, to what is
innately is in us by the Holy Spirit that we come under the Truth, O
God. Help us therefore, O Lord, don’t let one of us fail, Jesus. Wake
us all up, O Lord, to righteousness, to sin not. Mortify the flesh that
must be mortified, but to come out in that which much come out in. Bless
each one, Lord. God, bless the sick amongst us this morning, Lord. 

	You know, I haven’t taken time to pray for sick, Lord. Tried to build
up your faith, but Father, I know this morning they can and be healed. I
believe healing is amongst us, not afar off but now. You proved
Yourself, You proved Your Word by doing It. Then, Lord, how much more
can that same Word even reveal, do greater things than these. Greater
than this shall you do. 

	Thank you Lord for helping us, You helped me, Lord, now, I look, Lord,
for greater help still. 

	Lord, that I may have a greater fire and zeal to preach Thy Word and go
anywhere You ask me to go, want me to go, if someone can be helped,
grant it, Lord, this morning. We just give You ourselves, Lord. May it
be unreservedly, may it be once for all, may You have the honor? 

	Now, unto the King Eternal, the Only Wise God, be all power and all
glory, in the Name of Jesus Christ, Our Lord.  Amen.                    
                                        

	 

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