What the Holy Spirit Has Been Doing 

 

Bro. Lee Vayle - February 10, 1978

	Father, again we look unto You, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,
who is our great mediator, who brought us in.  This intercessor that
keeps us in has given us faithfully the Holy Spirit to whereby we might
be led into all truth. And we pray now that You might fulfill His office
work amongst us by bring us the Word of the Lord, and showing us those
things which are presently now amongst us. And also know perhaps
something of that which is ahead, because we know that He faithfully
shows us those things which are down the road. So Father, we commend
ourselves to you now especially the Word of Your grace in Jesus' Name we
pray. Amen. You may be seated.

1.	Now, Sunday morning I want to bring another message on the … how
the Christian is motivated and how he conducts himself. And then also
Sunday night I will take the question and answers the best I can. You
know me, I don't guarantee any answers, I'm not an authority, but maybe
one or two things we happen to run across by now and might be able to
help you. So, I trust that's the way it will be.

 	Now, we're going to take a little time tonight and I'll try to take
the Scriptures slowly and the message slowly. And sort of either way
John was, just pretend you're snowed in Moose Jaw, or snowed here at
Kinistino, I mean at Grenthal, that's where we're at Grenthal. I'll get
you someplace in a minute, and you can pretend where you're at, I don't
care as long as you realize you're here listening, we're not going to
carry this too far. But just let you know just take advantage of
whatever cushions you have there. And the back of the seats are a little
uncomfortable, lean forward every now and then. If you're like me,
you'll have a job. I'm fidgety. I was born fidgety.     I cross my legs,
uncross them, and I guess when I go to bed at night I roll back and
forth and every-thing else. So, if you get restless it's alright, I'll
try not to look at you. I'll pretend you're not there. I just keep
trying to bring the Word of the Lord.

2.	Now, I want to bring the message on 'What the Holy Spirit Has Been
Doing'. Now, we know that the Holy Spirit was given for a particular
purpose, many purposes actually, and we're going to look in the Word
tonight as to what the Holy Spirit has been doing, and we'll start
reading in the Book of Acts chapter 2:1-21. And in here we're going to
find three divisions, actually four that I consider worthy of note. And
the first four verses will give us the historical account of how the
Holy Spirit descended at Pentecost with special emphasis on a special
manifestation, which of course is tongues.

	[Acts 2:]

		(1) 	And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with 
					one accord in one place.

		(2) 	And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing 					
mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

		(3) 	And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and 
					it sat upon each of them.

		(4) 	And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak 
					with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

	Now, in here is the historical account of how the Holy Spirit fell and
visible manifestation amongst them, the Pillar of Fire and then the
audible one they were speaking with other tongues.

3.	Then 5-13, we see the reaction of the audience. 

		(5) 	…there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of
every 					nation…  

		(6) 	(And) Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came
together, …					(and this is no longer the upper-room now, they're
down below in 						the temple) and (they) were confounded, because
every man heard 						them speak in his own language.  

		(7) 	And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying…Behold, are not 
				all these (that) speak Galilaeans? (They were talking in their
native 					language.)

		(8) 	(Then) how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were 	
			born?

		(9) 	Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and (so on) … 

	Verse 11,

		(11)	 …(and) we hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works 	
				of God.

		(12) 	And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to
another, 					What meaneth this?

		(13) 	Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

4.	So, the reaction was mixed.  Some, were greatly surprised, other were
scorning. And then in          14-21. Peter gives a bird's eye view what
the Spirit will be doing until the notable day of the Lord. And he said,


		(14) 	…Ye men of Judaea, and all that dwell at Jerusalem, be this
known 					unto you, and hearken to my words:

		(15)	For these are not drunken, as (you) suppose, seeing it is but the
third 					hour of the day. (Nine o'clock in the morning.) 

		(16) 	But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

		(17) 	And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will
pour out 					of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your
daughters shall 						prophesy, your young men shall see visions, old
men dream dreams:

		(18) 	And on my servants and on my hand maidens will I pour out in
those 					days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

		(19) 	And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth 
					beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

		(20) 	The sun shall be turned into darkness, the moon into blood,
before					 	the great and notable day of the Lord come:

		(21) 	And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name
of 						the Lord shall be saved.

	So, you can see what the Spirit will doing until the great and notable
day of the Lord. Which is bringing souls to Christ, or bring in both Jew
and Gentile into salvation. 

5.	Then there'll come the Millennium, and that's 25-31.		

		(25) 	For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always 			
		before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be 					
moved:

		(26) 	Therefore, did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad;
moreover 					also my flesh shall rest in hope:

		(27) 	Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou
suffer 					thine Holy One to see corruption.

		(28) 	Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me 
					full of joy with thy countenance.

		(29) 	Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch 
					David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with 	
				us unto this day.

		(30) 	Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with 
					an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the
flesh, 						he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; (now there's
the 						Millennium.)

		(31) 	He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that
his 						soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see
corruption.

	Now, from what I read tonight you can see what the subject actually is.
What the Holy Spirit has been doing to bring in the Millennium, because
that's what the thought is at this moment. Now, this is actually a
series of messages, but number one tonight is the Holy Spirit has been
bringing in converts, actually bringing in the seed to the Millennium.
So, what the Holy Spirit has been doing to actually bring in the
Millennium is our subject.

 	Now, we might just say that… you could dismiss It, that He has been
fulfilling the Word of God by calling a people out of people, and
calling a people to God. That would be true, but it would not be the
complete revelation. Because it does not spell out who are being called,
and to what end. It just merely says that they're being called. And we
want as complete a revelation as possible, especially of this last hour,
because this is the moment in which we are living.

6.	Now, as always, we got back to Genesis, and as I did the other night
I'll do again tonight by means of illustration to bring this to the
thought where we have in mind. So back to [Genesis]                     
 chapter 1:1-3.  

		(1) 	In the beginning God created the heaven(s) and the earth.

		(2) 	And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon 	
				the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of 	
				the waters.

		(3) 	And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

	Verse 9, 

		(9) 	And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered
together 					unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was
so. (That 						happened exactly.)

	Then in verse 11, It says:

		(11) 	…God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding
seed, 						the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is
in itself, 						upon the earth: and it was so.

	Now, here we have examples what God Who is the Holy Spirit is doing by
speaking. And of course, He is speaking the creative Word, and the Word
forms Itself into a substance. As we said, "Let there be light, there
was light. Let there be cattle, there were cattle. Let there be seed,
there were seed." Whatever God said that Word literally formed itself
into what you call a creature form. Or that which man being in a certain
creature form himself could see that Word manifested. And actually, have
something to do with it, which he couldn't have to do with in this
spirit form entirely.

7.	Now, we're going to go verses 26-31 now, and see the same thing.

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

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

		(28) 	And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and 	
				multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion 
				over the fish of the sea, over the fowl of the air, and over every 	
				living thing that moveth upon the earth.

		(29) 	And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, 
					which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the
which 						is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for
meat.

		(30) 	And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air,
and to 						every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is
life, I have 					given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

		(31) 	And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was
very 					good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

	Now, here is God speaking again, and so therefore the Word of God of
necessity would have to take upon itself a creature form just as true,
and as infallible as when He said, "Let there be light." If you're going
to give credit to one Word Spoken, you have to give credit to all Words
Spoken. There simply cannot be a failure. So, let us notice though, what
God does about the Word of promise in command that He is given, which I
just read here in those 26-31st verses.

8.	And to do so, we go to Genesis 2: and read verses 4-9.

		(4) 	These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when
they 					were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and
the 					heavens,

		(5) 	And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and
every herb 					of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not
caused it to 						rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till
the ground.

	Now, you can see here that part of what God said was in a creature's
substance different from another substance that he made man. Watch
carefully:

		(6)	But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole
face 					of the ground.

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

		(8) 	And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; (where) he 		
		put the man whom he had formed.

		(9) 	And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that 	
			is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in
the 					midst of the garden, and the tree of (the) knowledge of good
and evil.

	Now, you can see what God did here about bringing this Word into the
further substance form in order for His command of be "fruitful and
multiply," and bring forth a race that would inherit, inhabit and
control the earth.

9.	Now, we especially want to notice verse 7.

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

	Now, here we see that God breathed into Adam His Own breath, His Own
Life, which of course is the Holy Spirit, His Own genes. And in there
the rendition is a little poor, it should really read, "and God breathed
into man, Adam, the breath of lives." Not the breath of life, but the
breath of lives. "And man became a living soul." 

	Now, with the simplistic plan of God, which was on earth filled with
God's Own sons, who were fit and able to reign over the earth now lay in
Adam. Because this is what He said here. The Scripture says: "When He
breathed into his nostrils the breath of lives." Those lives were in the
Holy Spirit and placed in Adam in order to bring forth the sons. I trust
you see that, because it's very simple. That's what Bro. Branham said.
He said, "God breathed into Adam the Holy Spirit." Which is God Eternal.


	And He said, "But you say, 'Adam died'." But he said, "Before he died
the sacrifice lay there."

10.	So, what we're looking at here is the picture of predestination,
which is simple as a-b-c, if you see this. Because everyone of the sons
was already in the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit was in Adam and
thereby he was able to produce all those sons unto Almighty God.

	So, as we see here then, the plan that God outlined by His Word, which
was, 'replenish the earth, (multiply, replenish) and bring forth these
children which can govern and control the world all lay in Adam, but lay
there by the Holy Spirit. Then of course God gave Adam a wife made in
Adam's image, even as Adam was in God's image. And I might be taking a
little bit of liberty to say that, but we'll got to Genesis 5: and just
take a couple verses.  

		(1) 	This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God 
					created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

	Now, that's the original, that's where Adam had a spirit form that he
was not sensate and visible as the rest of creation, because God was
going to take this in two steps. "In the likeness of God made he him."

		(2) 	Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called
their 					name Adam, in the day when they were created.

	Then of course we know what happened, that God took from the side of
Adam, a part of a bone. And you know that in the bone lies the marrow,
and the marrow's made the blood. So, in therefore was everything,
because it's in the blood that life is. So therefore, everything was
already in that substance that he took from Adam. So therefore, Eve
became a step-down, and she was not taken directly from the soil as was
Adam and completely governed by God. But she was take as a by-product,
the same as we are today. We are products of the soil through the human
factory of our parent's bodies, and we therefore come that way.

 	Well Eve was pretty well in that same way. So, God formed her so that
she and Adam together would bring forth these sons and daughters unto
Almighty God, who would rule the earth. But always remember your key
lies is 2 and 7. Where It says: "And God breathed into Adam the breath
of lives, and therefore he became a living soul."

	That is why the Scripture says, "All souls are mine." [Ezek 18:4] And
you can refer to that in the sense of the intrinsic soul within the man,
or you can refer to that as all people having souls, become souls before
Almighty God.

11.  Now, of course we realize by means of the flesh they sin. And they
temporarily thwarted this plan of dominion. Now, they did not thwart the
plan of bringing a population into existence.  But, they thwarted the
complete of bring in a dominion. But ultimate victory must come, and the
ultimate victory starts in Genesis 3:15.  

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

	Now, you notice in here of course the woman does not have seed. It is
the woman who is of the man, positively, and yet the man is by the
woman. But you see, the woman was of the man in the first place, so
therefore the woman of herself is not of herself. She is not necessarily
a by-product, that is true, but really, she is actually the male in
another form. (See?) It'll take two to make the one.

12.	So, when Paul explains this in Corinthians he says, "The woman is of
the man, the woman was made for the man, not the man for the woman, but
also the man comes by the woman Because that's ordained. And I'm not
going to go into theory here, but it would be interesting if we just had
time to begin to trace some of this through. We'll just let that be.
Just want to see here. That it comes from here now that she will bear a
seed. But you will notice that it is the woman of herself cannot do
this, and so therefore it is going to take somebody else to do it with
her. And we know of course Who that Seed was. It had nothing to do with
her as a female, she simply became the one who was the mother, (as Bro.
Branham put it, he put it in a way which I think many people thought he
was crude, but he hit the nail right on the head) she was an incubator
is what it really was. She was the one who was the chemical provider, or
the chemical factory to bring forth what God Himself put there. You see,
because it was already there in God in the first place.

13.	Now, we’ll just leave that though for the time being and get to
Isaiah 53: to get this picture in a much better perspective, because
back there in Genesis it's the whole thing in a nutshell. And it's so
abstract and so covered you couldn't get it by itself. Notice in verse
10,

		(10) 	…it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: 
					when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see…	
				seed, (the word 'his' in there of course is not in the original, but
it's 						alright,) see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the
pleasure 						of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

	Now remember, the original pleasure of the Lord. "Be fruitful,
multiply, inhabit and govern the earth," [Gen 1:28] Now, we know that
they failed temporarily, but you can see in here that in this One who's
seed is going to be seen who's days shall be prolonged in order to bring
God's original purpose into full view, that One Himself was put to
death. 

	So therefore, He does not produce any seed physically, because He was
not married. (See?) So, this Seed here is this One here, the Seed of the
woman who make it right, (that is, not w-r-i-t-e, but rights,
r-i-g-h-t-s, who rights it, or brings it to pass, is going to do this by
His own death. So, all the placed sons in Adam, every single one that
was to come forth, will now come forth in the proper way, under the
proper conditions to do the proper thing that God wanted done.

14.	Now, we can see some more of this in 1 Corinthians 15:20-25. 

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

	Now, what's the first fruits? That's the first One with many more like
Him to follow. How many? Nobody knows. Because when you start with one
and you start using numbers you can go to infinity. And actually,
numbers that you and I could use will even supersede the number of seed
that will be in the Kingdom. Because there might be a billion of seed in
the Kingdom, and we can count to multiplied trillions. Now, He is the
first of the many that are going to come forth. 

		(21) 	For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection 	
				of the dead.

	Now, notice It doesn't say by God, It says by a man.

		(22) 	For as in Adam all die, …

	They have to be in Adam to all die in Adam. Now, don't get the idea
that serpent seed is in there, because It doesn't say one thing about
the seed in the serpent. They never were in Adam. Now remember, Eve was
in Adam, and Enos was in Adam, and Abel was in Adam, but Cain wasn't. 

15.	 So, It says, "All that were in Adam that died. And they did die
physically. Every single one is going to come back. And what are they
going to come back to? They're going to come back to the original
purpose, which is to reign and rule on this earth, because that's how
it's supposed to be. 	Now, everyone that was placed in Adam, every seed
in there, and he failed through the sin of sex, (which we understand
serpent seed and all) all of those come back now in Christ.

		(22) 	For as in Adam all die, even so (that means in identical
manner.)

	Now, here's where the restoration of all things is fooled just about
everybody. Remember, Bro. Branham's good friend Booth Clibborn, he was a
man who believed in restoration of all things. He said, "Even the devil
will walk hand and hand on the streets of glory with Jesus Christ."
Hogwash. The devil is going to be destroyed in the lake of fire, while
Jesus is on the Throne in the New Jerusalem. What those men failed to
realize that everything is not in Adam. "Eve was the mother of all
living," [Gen 3:20b] but Adam was not the father of all living.  (You
see?)

		(22)	…so (in identical manner) all shall be made alive. 

	In other words, as every son fell and had no choice or any hand in it,
so in the reverse by grace without one hand in it, every one of those
sons are going to come back. That's why Bro. Branham said that, "the
Rapture is by election." 

	People kept coming saying, "Bro. Branham, what about my child?"

	He said, "I don't know about your child."

	"What about the end time,"

	"Well, there's going to be a Rapture."

	"How can you tell?"

	"It's by election as in Adam.?"  (See?) 

	They've got to been there all by election. They were back there in the
beginning.  

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

 	Now, 

		(24) 	Then (will come) the end, (and) he shall have delivered up the 	
				kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down 					
all rule and all 	authority and power. (you see He's got to do that					
in order that the children will be able to take over the Kingdom.) 

16.	 Now, we can see the same thing here in a measure in Revelation
20:4-6.

		(4) 	And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was 					
given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded 					
for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had 					
not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received 					
his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and 			
	reigned with Christ a thousand years.

		(5) 	But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years
were 					finished. This is the first resurrection.

		(6) 	Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection:
on 						such the second death hath no power, (they'll) be priests of
God 						and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

	Now remember, everyday was a thousand years. And remember, God never
got His thousand years. That was the earth set aside in order that man
would reign and rule. And then he could have kept on going of course.
But God never got the thousand years in. So therefore, the thousand
years are going to come when resurrected man is going to come back to
this earth and reign.

	So, there has to be a return to Eden, a replenished Eden, the whole
earth is an Eden with the children of God reigning and ruling overall
creation. And the Holy Spirit was given to do this. He was give to do
this back in Genesis 2-7. (See?) And you show me one place He's ever
failed.

     Now, when Bro. Branham said when God said, "Let there be light, it
could have been a million years from that time there was light." That
was a good true statement, because no Word of God is void of power, and
no Word of God can help but be fulfilled. (See?) It's impossible that
that Word not be fulfilled. So, the Holy Spirit was given to do this,
even back in Genesis 2:7, and He will yet do it to completion. Because
everyone of those sons is going to come forth and take his place upon
the earth. And He will bring back every fallen son to God. And place him
on a throne.

17.	Now, let's go to Ephesians 1:3-5, looking at the Scripture. 

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

		(4) 	According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of
the 					world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in
love:

	Because where were they? They were in Him, see before the foundation of
the world. And these were the ones in Adam that were to be those who
were ruling the earth. Now:

		(4)	… that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

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

	Now, there again we see what we said awhile ago about Genesis 2:7. Now,
God placed the spirit in there, they were already assigned before the
foundation of the world. It was already in God's foreknowledge, His
Blueprint, and then by Adam and Eve, by the Spirit of Almighty God they
were to bring fourth those children. They failed and now Christ is going
to bring them forth, which is predestination.

	In other words, there is a destiny there. And that destiny was a
'pre-destiny'. And the pre-destiny was in the foreknowledge. So, unto
the foreknowledge comes the predestination where God takes and literally
raises up a people that are going to be there where He specifies they
should be.

18.	Now, we go to 1 Corinthians 15: again, as I read to you in 22, 

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

	Every single one that died in Adam, is made alive in Jesus Christ the
Lord.

19.	Going back to John 6:44,

		(44) 	No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw
					him: and I will raise him up at the last day. (Notice, the raising
up at 					the last day.) 

20.	What does this apply to? Romans 8: (we can give you many, many, more
verses, but it's not necessary, just take some verses here,) 18-23.

		(18) 	For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not
worthy 						to be compared with the glory (that) shall be revealed in
us.

	Now, you just hold your finger there a minute. And just swing back to
the Book of Genesis for a second or two. Let's go way back there to
chapter 3:15.

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

	In other words, It says right here that the thralldom of Satan must end
at a certain time, and his headship be taken away from him through the
seed. Now, watch what He says here: 

		(16) 	Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow thy 	
				conception; (you'll) bring forth children (in sorrow);
desire…(your) 					husband, (he'll) rule over (you).

	You can see how perverted the world is today, the women don't want to
take headship ruling. Of course, if a man is going to use a woman like a
piece of dirt, then that's a different story. But a proper husband will
and a proper wife will be in this order.  

		(17) 	…Because (you) hearkened (to) the voice of (your) wife, eaten
of 						the tree, (I corrected a man saying, don't… eat of it: cursed
is the ground 					for (your) sake; in sorrow (you'll) eat of it all the
days of (your) life;

		(18) 	Thorns also and thistles (will) bring forth to (you); and
(you'll) eat 						the herb of the field;

		(19) 	In the sweat of thy face (you'll) eat bread, till (you) return
(to) the 						ground; out of it (you're) taken: (and out of it you'll)
return. 

		Now, It says right here Romans 8:18

		(18)	For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not
worthy 						to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in
us.

	What is the glory? The serpent being bruised in God's children in
Christ being brought to reign and rule for the thousand years. (See?) 

21.	Now, I'll prove it to you: [1 Corinthians 15:]

		(19) 	For the earnest expectation of (creation) waiteth for the
manifestation 					of the sons of God.

	Notice, the earnest expectation. What earnest expectation? The seed
will bruise the head, and bring it all back. So, the Word of God is
going to come out perfect, sons reigning and ruling.  Now, but they got
to wait for the sons to get redeemed. Because it was the fallen sons
that cause the earth to fall bringing forth the curse, bring forth the
problems. Now, when the sons are restored, then automatically the rest
is going to be restored.

		(20) 	For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but
by 						reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

	In other words, it lays it right back on God, Its great purpose to do
this thing so no one should fuss about. But be very happy. And you get
very happy about it, you get very happy about election. Because the
Bible said, "It's great cause for rejoicing." So, everybody should be
very happy. Now:

		(21) 	Because (creation) itself also shall be delivered from the
bondage of 					corruption into the … liberty of the (glory of the)
children of God.

	And then you get your liberty only finally in the real glory which is
when you become like it. And then nothing is ever going to touch you
again. (See?) 

		(22) 	For we know that the whole creation…

	There's nobody, but nobody and nothing but nothing, is not going
through the process of decay and wasting in problem. Even the rocks that
seem impregnable out there. You just let a little the carbon dioxide, or
the carbons out there in the air, dissolve in the water and it slowly
wears away the rock. Why infinitesimally until the rock is eroded. Rock
which seemed so strong. Let the wind blow upon it, it'll begin to erode
somehow. Might take countless centuries, but all creation is in a state,
a state of decay and going down. And it's only kept by the Word of God.
But what Word of God is keeping it? The promise that there's going to be
a change over it. (See?) So, beautiful isn't it, how it all works out.  


22.	Now, over the six thousand years from the fall in Eden concerning
all human history, the Holy Spirit has been doing His work and today it
is almost completed. For the last two thousand years, or since two
thousand years He has been building the Gentile church into the body of
Christ, as It says over here in,

	 1 Corinthians 12:13.

		(13) 	For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we
be 		 				Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been
all 						made to drink into one Spirit.

	You see, God never leaves one thing to chance. He doesn't say, "Well,
the earth is going to be full of these children, if. I just get this
done over here, and I get this done here, and I can get the folks
somehow come along by the Holy Spirit. And oh my, I'll somehow…" 
Somehow? My foot. There's no more somehow than nothing. The Word of God
cannot fail. That's not going to fail. And it isn't in your hands or
mine, it's in His hands. (See?) And God Himself is doing it.

23.	So, He has made us to drink into one body. Why, He told that bunch
of people back there in Israel.  He said, "You can't tell unless the
Father draws you." And said, "I see that you ain't got nothing to draw
with. Why, (He said) there's no place in you for the Word. How are you
going to get the Word if there's no place in you for the Word?" Don't
get upset when people turn this Message down. Just say, "Hallelujah, I'm
sure glad I've got a place in my heart for It." You get all fussed up.
That's a sign of being inferior with your understanding. Now, you can
feel sorry that they can't, but don't ever get fussed up. See, God's in
the driver's seat, that's sovereignty.

 	Now, this baptism into the body of the Lord Jesus Christ, building up
the body, this is our assurance of the First Resurrection we read about.
"We're priests and kings unto God and reigning with Him." [Rev 5:10] You
see? Now, and it assures us our part in the Millennium.

24.	So, we look at,

	 Ephesians 1:13-14.   

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

		(14) 	Which is the earnest, (or the down payment, or the fruit) of our
inheritance. Now what was the inheritance?  The inheritance is what
Jesus bought for us. And the Holy Spirit is the fruit that you own a
portion of. (See?) And if you have Him you've been sealed into It. 

25.	Romans 8:11, brings us the very same thing. 

		(11) 	But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead
dwell in 						you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also
quicken your 						mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

	It says right there, "If that Spirit that raised up Jesus dwells in
you," you have the guarantee that God Himself is going to see to your
resurrection. So, today this has been going on for two thousand years is
what I said. Now, if tapering off until today we're closer and closer to
our predestinated purpose in Christ.

26.	So, we go back to Ephesians 1: again, and we look at It. And we
start with verse 5.

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

	Now, you noticed that the good pleasure was; many sons and daughters
reining and ruling the earth, but we became sons of Adam through the
fall. Those sons of God now all fallen in Adam. The genes were lying in
us, they need redemption. And notice what it is now, it's going to take
God Himself to place us there. God is going to place these sons. Always
were His sons, but fallen sons, now He's going to place them, begotten
and manifested.

		(5)	…according to the good pleasure of his will,

	And His will was to have the earth full with His glory by glorified
people. Isn't that a beautiful thought right there? 

		(6) 	To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us 
					accepted in the beloved.

	Now, we weren't acceptable before, but now we are acceptable. And
remember, it's in the beloved. Nobody can ever have an acceptation of
himself. It's got to be only in Christ.

27.	Now:

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

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

	Now notice, that the wisdom and prudence of God is manifested here over
the fact that Adam ruined it. You know, as it were temporally toward the
plan of God. And this was the prudent plan of Almighty God, and if you
can find anything more prudent than that then a person who loves his
children, then to make sure they get and have what He wants them to
have, that's wonderful. There's nothing better than that. Now,

		(8)	…he abounded towards us in all wisdom and prudence;

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

	There again you see all the revelation lies in God, and if you don't
get it from God by the Holy Ghost you'll never get It.

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

	Well, do you know that Jesus already has performed the first part of
the First Resurrection? And I don't know how many people are already
raised from the dead. Where are they? They're with Him. They're already
in Heaven. Now, He's going to see that all in Heaven and all in earth
come into one place, one big Bride. Old Testament and New Testament. 

		(10)	…which are in heaven and earth even in him.

		(11) 	In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, … 

	Now, you see they've already got the inheritance of the glorified body
preparatory for taking over a recondition earth. And you know right now
to whether you believe it or not if you're full of the Holy Ghost,
you've got all you need to put you right with Abraham, and Isaac and
Jacob, and Enoch, and Abel, all of them. (See?) Because the promise is
fulfilled the Word of God in the earth. There's a Bride that's got to
take down, take over a new Eden.

28.	Now:

		(11) 	In whom also (you) have obtained an inheritance, being
predestinated 					according to the purpose of him…

	What purpose? To have an earth full of children inheriting and running
the world. See, a demigod. In other words, it's just like God stepping
aside and saying, "Here, you take over." As Bro. Branham brought out,
the manifestation of the Son of God, or the adoption. Here are the
proven children, so the Father said, "It's fine the boy can run the
business the same as I can. His name on the check is as good as Mine,
take it over." And the fullness of the adoption is in the Resurrection.
It always has been, and always will be. So, you see what we're coming
to.

		(11)	… (and he) worketh all things after the counsel of his own
will:

	Always notice it in God's hands not yours and mine the superior wisdom
and intellect takes over. As the Scripture says, "The part is blessed of
the whole." Or, the lesser is blessed of the greater. So, here we are.

		(12) 	That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted
in Christ.

	You see, it's a matter of faith. And of course, we know, "as many as
were ordained unto eternal life believe." [Acts 13:48] (Now, I want to
just try to…get you something here, not changing your thought, but
just hold on now.) 

29.	Now, as a shadow of the Old Testament came to reality, that seed, it
was a Word promised. Then you had shadows of red heifers and goats, and
turtle doves, and ordinances and all those things. (See?) As a shadow of
the Old Testament came to reality, or as Christ, the substance appeared.
That is Jesus, God in human form Appeared, and the Word became flesh.
Which It did. The Holy Spirit Himself, now becoming flesh. (See?) When
God put the spirit in Adam, Adam failed. See, though the spirit became
flesh at that time literally. Now, when He became flesh the second time,
(which is the last time) that's not going to fail. So, the spirit became
flesh, a great Holy Spirit ministry of vindication came
forth…approving as it were, or manifesting, that Jesus was the
Promised Seed Who would deliver the imprison sons by His Blood, and
restore them back to eternal, immortal redemption by His Resurrection
which was accomplished by God's Spirit.

30.	Now, what I'm trying to show you here, (so we don’t lose our
thoughts) is that we're looking to see a restoration to Eden. Oh, how is
it done?  It's done by Jesus. But with Jesus there was a tremendous
ministry that came on the scene that would show that He was the One Who
was able to save us by His Blood, then redeem us back to this earth, and
the ministry proved that He was the One Who would die and rise again to
do it. (See?)

	So, His ministry proved He was. Now, the Scripture always take for that
of course, is over here in John 15:24, which is a fantastic Scripture.

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

	And then over in Acts 3, where Peter is speaking concerning the healing
of the man at the gate Beautiful, he says the same thing.  

		(12) 	And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of 		
			Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, 			
		as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man 						to
walk?

	Now notice, he doesn't deny his power or holiness, just denies the
enemy. 

		(13) 	The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our 	
				fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom (you) delivered up, 				
	and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined 					
to let him go.

		(14) 	But (you) denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a
murderer 					to be granted unto you;

		(15) 	And (you) killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from
the 					dead; whereof we are witnesses.

		(16) 	And his (faith) through faith in his name (that is in Jesus'
Name had) 					made this man strong, …

	In other words, the Name of Jesus that's backed up by the Holy Ghost is
no different from the man that’s backed up by the Holy Ghost. No
different, because It's the same Spirit. Now,  

		(16) 	And (Jesus) name through faith in (Jesus) name hath made this 		
			(weak) man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which 					
is by (Jesus, or by Jesus) hath given him this (man) perfect 						
soundness in the presence of you all.

31.	Now, that's what was back in that day. In the time of the Coming and
the Resurrection of Christ. There was a ministry that identified Him.
(See?) There had to be. But you wouldn't have a man just coming on the
scene and say, "I’m the Messiah." 

	Well they said, "Well, (fap) we've heard that for ages." 

	They were smart, they said, "Give us a sign."

	That wasn't so dumb, except they're spiritually bankrupt. They said the
sign was already here, the Scripture sign was there. 

	"Well, (He said) I'm not going to give you a sign." But He said, "I'll
tell you what, Jonas was three days and three nights in the belly of the
whale, so will the Son of man lie three days and three nights within the
three days and nights." [Mat. 12:40] And come forth proving your
justification by the Blood that this is That One. And He did it.

32.	Now, with that in mind we are in another 'coming' and another
'resurrection'. You follow me? We're in another one. (See?) Another
coming, another resurrection. And since Hebrews 13:8, says, "He's the
same yesterday, and today, and forever."  He has got to do what He did
then. Now, He’s not going to come back and do it in His flesh, it's
impossible. 

	Remember, He was to do three things way back there when He did come.
There's the proclaiming the separate year of the Lord. Then He had to
announce the day of judgment and so on. It'll be done, but it'll be done
by the Holy Spirit, as it was in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ way
back in the day of Peter.

	So therefore, if He's the same "yesterday, today and forever," He will
have to conduct Himself identically in order that we can know that It is
Jesus. You can't have it otherwise. So, there has to be a great ministry
of the Holy Spirit in this hour to forerun, or demonstrate the
Resurrection and the Coming. And Jesus will do It Himself, because Peter
did not do it. When Jesus was here in flesh He did it. John the Baptist
didn't do it. (See?) Jesus did. Then when Jesus rose and the Spirit of
God fell, It wasn't Peter healing the sick. Instantly he denied it, he
said, "Look, (he said) it wasn't my power or my holiness." But it was
based upon power and holiness. But it was based upon the holiness where
it was based upon power and holiness. But it was based upon the holiness
wherein God raised Jesus, because He was holy, then demonstrated the
power in the mighty healing, showing the Resurrection.  

33.	So, in Hebrews 13:8, and Alpha and Omega stand the test of the Word
of God, there has got to be the same thing happen today. See?  It just
wouldn't work otherwise. Now, we have already shown, because the prophet
proved that Christ has already come. And that the Holy Spirit is here in
the same form, doing the same thing as He did after Pentecost appearing
to Paul. For He came as a Pillar of Fire and reveled Himself through the
Word. So therefore, Paul had a perfect revelation and understanding of
Jesus Christ.

	So, the Son of man has appeared and been revealed, and we saw that in
the Book of Luke 17:26-30. Now It says:

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

	Future tense, He wasn't speaking of His time on earth. Those were not
the days of Sodom and Gomorrah. No sir, they're immoral. Now It says,
"As there were days of Noah, there were going to be future days of Son
of man." And the Son of man of course was the visible manifestation of
God in the flesh, demonstrating that He was the Son of God through the
supernatural ministry, which was the prophetic ministry, and as the
ministry dovetailed with the Scripture, It showed that He was that Word
Who had become flesh.

34.	All right:  

		(27) 	They (ate), they drank, they married wives, they (gave) in
marriage, 					until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the
flood came, and 						destroyed them all.

		(28) 	Likewise also, as it was in the days of Lot; they (ate), they
drank, 						they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

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

	And notice right here they're combining the two things. As God did,
they would not destroy the earth by water again, He had to bring in
Sodom which was destroyed by fire. So therefore, this earth is going to
be purged by fire, before there can be a Millennium. Then of course,
it's going to be a completely reconstituted by a greater Fire for the
new heavens and the new earth. 

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

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

	In other words, in that period of time, (see?) there would be the days
of the Son of man revealed, which would be the Spirit of God doing the
very things He's supposed to do, (just as Jesus did here in the flesh)
and then He would be revealed. And we know that the revelation that Paul
received was absolutely the Word. 

35.	So therefore, there's going to be, there's has to be a time like
that appear at the end time where there'll be a mighty tremendous
ministry come forth, and the Word of the Lord revealed. You've got the
same thing in Acts 3:19, "When times of refreshing shall come from the
Presence of the Lord." That's the time He'll send Jesus Christ which is
appointed to you. "But the heaven must retain Him until the restoration
of all things which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets
since the world began." [Acts 3:21]

	And It tells you right there that there has simply going to be a
tremendous worldwide ministry of power. Then there is going to be a
revelation of the Word of Almighty God. And after that revelation of
that Word, then can come Jesus Christ in the flesh, and then the saints
will be back here on earth in order to be here in the Millennium which
up to this point they have missed. 

356	Now, so today we have seen this ministry and the revelation has
come. It is therefore the hour of the tremendous fulfillment of
Ephesians 1:15-23. Now, you noticed that this man Paul had proclaimed
the mystery of the inheritance which was the purpose of God, which was
to put us in the Millennium. Now, let's watch Ephesians 1:15.

		(15) 	Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus,
… (that 					you could hear what was preached, you're sealed in by the
Holy Ghost. 

                        So, you're one of us, because you believe.)

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

	Now, that you people full of the Holy Ghost, and you are waiting for
this great inheritance which you have been sealed in for to put you back
here on the earth.

		(17) 	… the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may
give 						unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge
of him:

	Now, there's not two spirits, but what it really is, "may give unto you
the spirit of wisdom, even the revelation of the knowledge of Him."

	It says at the end time the Holy Spirit will not come and baptize the
church, but the Holy Spirit will come to the Church. These are already
baptized into Christ. So now the Holy Spirit will come to the Church and
It'll be the spirit of wisdom and revelation. That was the spirit of
wisdom and revelation, you know positively it's going to have to do with
your redemption. Because it's in wisdom and prudence of God that
redemption comes forth. 

37.	 Now, here's what he said is going to happen:

		(18) 	The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that (you) may
						know what is the hope of his calling, (not yours, your calling is
up 						here in first fourteen verses, this is His calling. I'll preach
on that 						sometime) what the riches of the glory of his inheritance
in the 						saints, (that we are His inheritance.)

	Our inheritance is to come back here on earth, and His inheritance is
the Bride. Now listen:

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

		(20) 	Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead,
(then 					It says,) and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly
places, (See?)

	 Following this will be a resurrection, and the power that took Jesus
out of the grave, the same power is going to visit the earth and put
glorified bodies on the saints that are with up there in paradise, and
change our mortal members now. Then what is It going to do? The same
power that took Him from the grave, (the Holy Spirit) is the same One
that raised Him and put Him at His Own right hand in heavenly places:  

		(21) 	Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion,
and 					every name that is named, not only in this world, but (the
world) also 					to come:

38.	Now, you know that we cannot even begin to take authority and power
in this world, over this earth unto we're glorified. So, there's going
to be a glorification here. But it doesn't just stop there. It says
we're going to be put up where He is. So that's the Rapture. And when
you're in the Rapture that's when you literally begin to your ruling and
reigning with Christ, because you come down here as Bride on white
horses to take the world over. And break in shivers with a rod of iron
the nations that come against God, (you know) and against Jerusalem.

	Now, and It says,

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

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

	In other words, at this time and this time only can the whole Word of
God be fulfilled in a Bride, so that she is definitely and infinitely
the Word of God. Now, that's going to be clean into the Rapture. (See?)

39.  Now, this is exactly as it should be, because It gives you the
mechanics of it over here in  Ephesians 4:8-14 

		(8) 	Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity
					captive, and gave gifts unto men.

	Now, Who is he talking about? Jesus. 

		(9) 	(Now that he ascended, (went up) what is it but he also descended
						first into the lower parts of the earth?

	Now, Who did that? Jesus as a man. They put his body in a grave, the
soul went down, the spirit went to God. Now, now listen:

		(10) 	He that descended is the same also that ascended…

	Now, It tells you right here that the One that went down went up there,
came back. He came back how? As the Holy Spirit. Now, 

		(10)	…ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all
things.)

	In other words, He came back as the Holy Spirit in order that the
church would come to the place where it fulfilled the whole Word of God
of which step number one, is inherit this earth for one thousand years.
That's the first step, (you see) even go to greater glory. Now, how does
He do? He does not leave Himself non-incarnated. It is not a
disembodiment.

		(11) 	(But) he gave some, apostles; prophets; evangelists; pastors,
teachers; …

	 Five-fold ministries, He gave it. Of course, you know, there's
prophets and prophets. The Word comes to the prophet which is a major.
Then other prophets have ministries. Apostles … 

	Listen, 

		(13) 	Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge
of 						the Son of God, (now, hold it, that's back there in Ephesians 	
				1:17, see? All right:) unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the 	
				stature of the fulness of Christ:

	And what's the fullness of Christ? The whole complete body of the Lord
Jesus Christ, not one member missing. You'll never take one out, you'll
never add one. It's going to be perfect.

	Now, It says, 

		(14) 	That we …be no more children, tossed to and fro, carried about
with 

                         every wind of doctrine, 

	That started back in the Garden of Eden. Satan came as an angel of
light and he seduced Eve, he didn't rape her. Now, if there's two
spirits in the church, I don't like one is seduction and one's rape, but
I'd sooner have rape than seduction, because you can always rape artist.
He'll just drill in and drill in until you're going to believe, bless
for the glory of God what he believes. Well, hallelujah you can keep it.
You ain't going to convince me of nothing. Nobody is trying to boring
tactics on me. There's a two spirit, one's rape, and one's seduction.
But out of millions and millions of pregnant women that got pregnant the
wrong way, I can tell you flat that not even one percent were raped,
ninety-nine and a hundred percent were seduced. 

40.	Now, not carried about tossed this way and that way. There comes a
time when that sheer knowledge of Christ that Word so anchors a person,
all hell could break loose, because the gates of hell won't prevail
anyway. Nobody's going to buzz you. Nobody's going to bug you. Nope,
nobody is going to bother you. (See?) I'm trying to get a picture across
here, because I have the utmost confidence in the way that Bro. Branham
conducted himself, but he never once pushed any issues it was always the
Word. Just backed away in a minute. Any argument, just back right away.
Nobody can show anybody anything. The Holy Ghost doesn't do it, it's not
going to be seen. 

	Now, It says here that at that time, there is going to be a maturing in
the Bride, because of that revelation of Christ Himself. 

		(14)	(So that there be) no slight of men and cunning craftiness, (It
says)						whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

	Ninety percent of the people don't believe this verse. Because, they
say nobody could in wait to deceive. They don't believe for one minute
that there could be people in this late hour who would deliberately plan
to take you away from God by a doctrine. Now, I didn't write the Bible,
I'm reading It. I don't care if I ever see you again, this …?...
didn't. Now, I'm going to be mean and anything, tough, but let's face
it, I've got my two feet to stand on, I'll stand on it and you're going
to stand on yours, I am not responsible for you, nor you for me. This is
the age of growing up. Because before every man…any man begins to be
in that army of Joel 2: which is the Rapture, the leaping over the wall.
Brave man is like an army with his face in it. You're going to have to
come to this place. Read It sometime, you'll find what It says in
chapter 2, that's the Rapture, not some latter-rain stuff.

41.	 Men can lie and wait to deceive, literally plan. You say, "Bro.
Vayle, you wouldn't know anything about the records?" I know enough this
about myself if I had the ambition to be somebody, I might lie awake
myself and plan something. But I can take you tapes of men's own words
that show conclusively the lion there is waiting. "Come into my parlor
said the spider to the fly." Well, I've no parlor to take you to thank
God, you do what you want. 

	Ephesians 4:15-16

		(15) 	But (holding) the truth. ...(not speaking so much, but holding
as a 						…?..., the truth)  in love, may grow up into him in all
things, which 					is the...(Word, the whole Word, see?) 

	The whole Word, and that Word guaranteed to put you in the Millennium
will take you anywhere. I don't care if God's got a thousand Millenniums
after that. We've got a thousand New Jerusalem's as it were, per se, and
a million universes. I don't care that much in the sense that I've got
it made. Let me be in that original purpose. I care not how many
millions of purposes God had. I've got it made. (See?) The purpose…
(See?)…grow up in Him in all things which is the Head. 

42.	Now, we had a headship under Adam, Bible, theologians, (and the what
you call a fundamental say) the federal headship of Adam. And he has
more or less coined by the late Dr. Newell. And they called it the
'Federal Headship of Christ'. Nice terms I guess, they don’t mean too
much to me. But It says:

		(15)	… (we're coming to this head, which is Christ, unto Him.)

		(16) 	From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted…

	Remember, we came the process by Adam, the flesh. But in this now from
Christ the Head. Now where do children come from? Loins, this comes from
head. Children aren't born from God by loins, He doesn't take any credit
in the man's legs or loins, which men do. You know, men's virility,
becomes a very strong symbol. The Bible reverses that from the head,
where we were in the mind of Christ. The Blueprint, the Word. Not one
brick in this building is out of line. Not one brick but what's precut,
preordained. And the Blueprints never change. (See?)

	Now, from the head.

		(16)	…fitly joined… 

	Fitly joined, nothing is going to be out of cater, nothing is going to
be out of line, nothing is going to spoil it. Together and compacted
welded in there. Put in such a way you couldn't put anything in, you
couldn't take anything out.

		(16)	…by that which every joint supplieth, …

43.	Every Church Age, Seven Church Ages from the Word has continuously
brought in this Bride. The Holy Spirit doing it, so there's not one
member going to miss. Like at that Wedding Supper. Look how…I mean
illustrated by the Lord, the wedding invitation went out. They didn't
want to come, but finally there was one who went out and forced them to
come. Then we see somebody sitting there without a garment on. And the
person didn't say, "Well, you're sitting here it's okay. You're an odd
brick, but well just pull one brick to one side, instead of putting
these bricks this way. Now, I'll tell you what we'll do, we'll put them
this way." (You know, this way see?) Short end, instead of the
brick…say, what is a brick four by eight, somewhere in there, take a
four by eight brick instead of putting the brick eight inches long,
we'll put two four's in there.

	"Oh no, (he said) get out you can't stay here." It wasn't in the
Blueprint, coming from the head down.

		(16)	… (works) in the measure of every part, (the number that God
allotted 					for each Age, the number of people, the Word) maketh
increase of the 					body unto the edifying of itself in (the) love (of
God.)

 	God's love making sure that not one son is missed, and not one that's
not son is in there according to the blueprint. Absolute perfection.
(See?)

44.	Now, let's just look at this. Go to verses [Ephesians 4:] 9-10

		(9) 	(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended
first 						into the lower parts of the earth?

		(10) 	(And) He that descended is the same also that ascended up far 		
			above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

	Now, you'll notice it is the Holy Spirit here that is bringing in the
mighty Headship of Jesus Christ. So, the Bride has been growing up into
the Head, and the Head is the fullness of God. And God is releasing that
fullness more and more in a Bride. He's got to, because she's coming to
full maturity. He's releasing the fullness more and more until there's
none left. Until the whole Word is played out at that point for the
Bride. (See?) 

45.	Now, this is based upon verse 16. 

		(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. (See?)

	Now, "according to the working the effectual working in the measure of
every part."

	Look at verse 13.

		(13) 	Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and the knowledge of
the 						Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the
stature of 						the fulness of Christ:

	Now, there's going to be a full stature of Christ, a complete body the
Word fulfilled, and that is going on at this very hour. 

46.	This is the same as we saw in Ephesians 1.

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

	In other words, Christ Himself is the Word to the Church, because He is
the Word. And that Church will get nothing but the Word. That's why
she's a virgin. That's why she's a Bride. And that Bride is made up of
the Word, so therefore she is the body of Truth, the same as Christ is
the body. And if everything is coming from the Head and He is the Head
to her, and He is the Word, then she can be nothing but the Word. So
therefore, there will be a full measure of the Word in the last day.
See, there's no way around it.

	Now watch: Who or what went down? What went down in verse 9-10,
[Ephesians 4;] we read It a while ago. It was the Holy Spirit. But what
is coming up? Verses 12-13.

		(12)	For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry,
for the 					edifying of the body of Christ:

		(13) 	Till we all come in the unity of the faith, of the knowledge of
the Son 					of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature
of the fulness 					of Christ:

	So, what's coming up, the seed. The seed is coming up when the Holy
Ghost came down, It guaranteed that the seed would come up. Now, there's
no seed has come up to maturity and to the Resurrection, (or rather
failed to come up, there's none failed) because the original seed that
came up with Christ, that is come up. Now, this seed is going to come
up, because the Holy Spirit is guaranteeing it.   

 	Now, what is she coming up into? She is coming up unto the very Head
which is Jesus Christ Himself. In other Words, she is leaving Adam,
because Adam cannot put her there. There comes a day when she's got to
pull entirely away from Adam. And when she's entirely away from Adam she
can go where she belongs which is in the Millennium. Adam can't do it.
(See?) Isn't possible.

47.	Now, we go into this by 1 Corinthians 15:42-56	 

		(42) 	So, also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in
corruption; it is 					raised in incorruption:

		(43) 	It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in
weakness; 					it is raised in power:   

		(44) 	It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There
is a 						natural body, there is a spiritual body.

		(45) 	…so, it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul;
the 						last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

	Why? Because all the sons that died in Adam were quicken by the Holy
Ghost. All the genes there that couldn't made up to bring forth the Son,
they were half there as it were. Just like a woman is half man. She's
half the man. That's what Eve was, but even though the cohabited,
they're wrong is doing it. When Eve and Adam got together with the ova
that was there, the ovum and the sperm wroth forth the child. So, as in
Adam the same thing happened. That word gene down in there come to life
by the Holy Ghost. Positively will bring forth a child in the
Resurrection, not a son unto Adam, but a Son unto Almighty God. Because
Christ's a quickening spirit, all the lives were in Adam. That's not too
hard to understand.

48.	Now:

		(46) 	Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is
natural; 					afterward that which is spiritual.

	See, we're all born unto nature, now we're reborn. (funny)

		(47) 	The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the
Lord from 					heaven.

	And It says here, As we have born…

		(48) 	(And such) is the earthy, they also are earthy: and as is the
heavenly, 					such are they also that are heavenly.

	Now, you say, "How are we going to get there?"

		(49)	 …as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear
the 						image of the heavenly.

	Now, just as sure as sure as you have been and earth born creature, you
are going to be a heavenly born creature. (See?)

		(50) 	Now this I say, brethren, flesh and blood cannot inherit the 			
			kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

		(51) 	Behold, I shew you a mystery; (we'll) not all sleep, (we'll) all
be 						changed,

		(52) 	In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for
the 						trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, 						and we shall be changed.

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

		(54) 	So, when this (corruptibility, see that's the living people)
have put on 					(incorruptibility), …

	Now, nobody else would do this they'll all die. There's only one people
standing here that's going to have it. Now remember, this has got to
come from the head, which every joint gets a supply from the head, and
the last joint has got to get a supply of immortality. You figure it
anyway you want, you can't figure past this, what I'm telling you,
because I'm telling you the truth. It's at the last Trump, the last
Church Age messenger. The last Message, the Word is going to supply,
well, It's just going to supply the Word. Then what's that Word going to
do? It's going to give Itself a Body. (See?) It's going to give Itself a
materialism, It's going to materialize. 

	Now, what's It going to materialize to? Immortality, and
incorruptibility. There will be bodies standing here that won't die, and
cannot corrupt. In other words, suddenly life processes are going to
stop the direction they're going as it was in Abraham and Sarah. Just
suddenly stop, like that! Suddenly brand  new people. (See?) Now, the
Head supplies it. The Word supplies it, it's the Word of this hour
supplying it. Because He is the Word.

49.	Now, 

		(54) 	(And)…when this (corruptibility) 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… (like an 						animal catcher, catches a wild animal
hold it there. Doesn't kill it,   						holds it there.)

 	Now listen, doctors they're doing their best, they're scratching their
poor heads, (and that's why their fingers are full of slivers) they're
trying to figure out how in the world…just can't figure. I don't care
how healthy you are, you're going to die. But there's going to come a
day when those healthy people aren't going to die. And even the sick
people aren't going to die.

	Now, there's guys like the late Dr. Jackson. Now he's a Canadian
doctor. Remember Dr. Jackson was dying and the late Dr. William Alstrom
went to him and couldn't help him any. Greatest doctor living at that
time, John Hopkins University.  "Well, (he said) I'm going to fix myself
up." (See?)

50.	So, he began to began getting the theory, there were too acidy, he
began alkalizing his body, he got such wonderful shape at the age of
about ninety years old. You could put him between two chairs and two
hundred pound man, jump up and down on him. Well he had a stomach like a
hunk of steel, like reinforced concrete. And he'd go to West Palm Beach
in hundred and five degrees in the shade and put his little light suit
on, and come up to Winnipeg where it was forty-five below. No problem,
just walked the same way. He didn't have to put a winter over top and
summer coat on, he just felt good all the time. But one day he didn't
wake up. Died! Why? Nobody knows. Dead. Science can't figure it. Oh,
they say, "It's this there, and it's that there.  ,It's not, it's death!
But it says, "One day it's going to be swallowed." 

 	That means they're going to be stopped. And when it's going to be
stopped, it's just like your clock, no electricity it'll stopped. Well
then if it stopped what happens? The body just can't die anymore for a
Bride, nobody else. The rest are going to die. (See?)  Now, that's
what's going to happen here. 

		(55) 	O death, where is (your) sting? O grave, where is (your)
victory?

	"Well, (he said) He didn't take these down, got everybody else." (See?)
But it's not going to take them down. 

51.	 Now, that's based upon 1 Corinthians 15:35-38.

		(35) 	But some…will say, How are the dead raised up? with what body
do 					they come?

		(36) 	…fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

		(37) 	And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall
be, 					but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

		(38) 	But God (gives) it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every
seed his 					own body.

	That's the secret. If you're the seed of Christ, you're going to get
Christ's body. If you're not the seed of Christ you won't get the Christ
body. (See?) You've got to have that combination in there, which is that
gene that was in there from the time of Adam, come down to human flesh
has been brought together. As Bro. Branham said, "You get the proper
fertilized seed in the proper ground, the rain and the sun will bring it
forth. That's exactly the Scripture. We are God's husbandry. We are
God's planting. In other words, we are God's property.  

52.	Now, so what went down, and what was planted? Let's go to Galatians
3:16

		(16) 	Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. (And) He 			
		saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, 	
				which is Christ.

Now, let's look at this: 

		(16)	Now to Abraham and His seed were the promises made. He saith 				
	not, And to seeds, as of many; but as on one, And to thy seed, 					
which is Christ.

	I want to ask you a question, did you get the promise as a seed, or did
Christ get the promise being the Seed?  Now, look at your Bibles. That
is not even your promise, you didn't have a thing to do with it. Not one
thing to do with it. If you belong to Christ, you got it, if you don't
belong to Christ you haven't got it. If you weren't in the Lamb's Book
of Life the foundation of the world, you'll never get it. It's
impossible. Everyone that fell in Adam, everyone is going to come back.
And the promise was made to him.

53.  Now, let's just take a look at this. Now, we're going to just hold
your finger there, because I want to read another verse. We're going to
go to Romans 6: and here's where you're going to find identification,
and not just identification, but reality. Beginning at verse 5.

		(5)	For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death,
						we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

		(6) 	Knowing this, that our old man (not) is crucified (but was
crucified) 					with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that
henceforth 						we should not serve sin.

		(7) 	For he that is dead is freed from sin.

		(8) 	Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live
						with him:

		(9) 	Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more;
death					hath no more dominion over him.

		(10) 	For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he
liveth, he 						liveth unto God.

	Now, there's many more Scriptures, but we know as Bro. Branham said,
"When He died,            I died."  He said, "I am identified as
American in all her glory and all her shame." He said, "I was there in
Iwo Jima when they raised the flag, I was with Lincoln at Gettysburg
address, I was with George Washington when he crossed the Potomac." And
he said, "I was there when Christ died upon Calvary's Cross, and rose
again."   And that's exactly where it is brother/sister, if you were in
Him and are in Him, the promise is yours, you will reign and rule on
this earth, the Millennium.

54.	Now, Galatians 3:29 

		(29)	And if (you) be Christ's, then (you're) Abraham's seed, and heirs
						according to the (same) promise.

	And remember, Abraham looked for a City Who's builder and maker was
God." [Heb 11:10] God in one breath jumped the Millennium and put him
clean over into the Mount Zion, which is New Jerusalem. For Abraham
never had one place that he could call his own. There was never one of
the patriarchs, not one of Israel's can make claims that this land now,
and the Jews can't do it either. It's going to take Christ to put him
here for one thousand years, (the seed of God) and then bring him back
for the millions of years later on. 

	Yes sir. Why? Because the promise was made to Abraham. (See?) And
Abraham is a type of the election. Therefore, every elected child of God
the promise is Christ. And because you are Christ's you have everything
that Christ purchased, which is the heritance.

 	People are struggling today. When Bro. Branham said, "Under the Seven
Seal there came relaxation." But where is the peace? The people stood
there, there is still no peace amongst us. There's too much fighting
over doctrine, instead of coming right to Christ and seeing what Christ
purchased and did for us. Quit trying to position yourself in what you
believe. It's what Christ did and you believe It. Simplicity has gone so
far over our heads it's pitiful. 

55.	Let's go back to Isaiah 53:8, 

		(8) 	He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall 					
declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the 					
living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

	Now, a generation means His children every …?... Adam attained
immortality, and would  have immortality through his children providing
time went on. He's one of them that gained   immortality by our
offspring, that's our generation. Now, who shall declare his generation?
In other words, who is it that's going to rise up and say I'm a child of
this one? There's nobody can do it, because he died. But in his death
the Life released from the Blood, water's the seed, unites with the seed
and brings it back. (See?) Always on the same principle. (See?)

 	Now, that Seed which was planted in Christ, He died, we died, now
watered by the Holy Ghost. The seed is coming to maturity in this hour,
and there is going to be a virgin Word Bride Church on the earth that
will cause the dead to rise. Now, I know people don't believe that. But
remember, the church has got to go back from whence she was fallen,
because she fell in the first Age. And Paul said that she fell, because
she let her mind be taking doctrines that were false.

56.	Before we hit Hebrews chapter 11, let's go to 2 Corinthians 11: to
see It. Paul speaking and he said:

	

		(2) 	…(I'm) jealous over you with godly jealousy: (the law of the
husband 					of jealousy, the woman is fooling around with somebody
else) for I 					have espoused you to one husband, that I may present
you as a chaste 					virgin to Christ.

		(3) 	But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve
through 						his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the
simplicity 						that is in Christ.

	And listen, they missed a simplicity there, and Bro. Branham said,
"We're going to do the same thing in this hour." Sorry about that,
history's got to repeat, or He's not the "same yesterday, today and
forever."  Now:

		(4) 	For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, … (and they sure
did)

	To Paul He was Jehovah God manifest in flesh, and the next man that
came preaching, there was three gods. He was the Son of God, just one of
them.  If you receive another spirit, the Spirit with Jesus come back is
a spirit. They said there's a Father, Son and the Holy Ghost. Then they
made another gospel, they brought their creeds and their dogmas in.
(See?) So, she was not a virgin Bride, and she must be a virgin Bride to
raise the dead.

57.	Now, let's talk about raising the dead. Hebrews 11:40, after the
great chapter on faith, where there is not one thing about their human
record. Why look it, look like Moses caused his own birth.

		(23) 	By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his 		
			parents, because they saw he was a proper child; … 

	So, Moses took a look and said, "I'm a fine looking boy," he saved
himself, sounds like it.  Moses was almost a dud in many places. It says
right here: 

 		(24) 	…(that he) refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's
daughter;

		(25)	(And chose) to suffer affliction…

	The Bible story said he ran off, because he got scared. But this record
here is God's record, where there's no sin and no condemnation and
nothing that could point a finger at us, guiltless. The record of faith
right here is God's record. Now, at the end great record is as God
having provided some better thing for us, "they without us should not be
made perfect." [Heb 11:40] 

58.	Then It tells you down here how that you're put through a school of
training, that you can come forth as a legitimate manifested son of God.
Now watch, starting at [Hebrews 12:] verse 18. 

		(18) 	For (you) are not come unto the mount that might be touched, 			
		that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and 					
tempest,

		(19) 	And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice 
					they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to 			
		them any more:

		(20) 	(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if 				
	so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust 		
			through with a dart:

		(21) 	And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly
fear 						and quake:)

		(22) 	But (you) are come unto mount Sion, …

	Now, It says right here that they went the route where they went
through death and looking for the Resurrection. And a bunch of those are
in the Resurrection already. But It says there's coming a time when the
people aren't going to go that route. They're going to go direct to
Mount Zion which is the Rapture.

		(22)	… (of ) the city of the living God, (of) the heavenly
Jerusalem, 						and an innumerable company of angels, (myriads of
angels)

		(23) 	To the general assembly (even the) church of the firstborn,
which 						are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and the
spirits 						of just men made perfect,

		(24) 	And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood
of 					sprinkling, that speaketh better things that that of Abel.

59.	 Now, It tells you right there that we're looking for the Rapture.
So therefore, there's a people who receive their training, and the
training is faith. The faith training. Now, and they're coming right to
the Rapture. And It says:

		(25) 	See that (you) refuse not him that speaketh…

	Not that spoke, but speaketh. How are you going to make the Rapture?
Here is your sign, don't you refuse Him that speaks. This is the same
thing in Hebrews 6, the once for all revelation. The once for all Word.
"The rain that cometh oft from heaven." [Heb 6:7] There comes a time
when that Word ceases and becomes the end time rain which is a former
rain during the latter rain which brings forth the dead. But It says to
the people in that rain, "you're not going to die." 

		(25)	(Don't) refuse him that speaketh, For if they escaped not who
refused 					him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if
we turn 						away from him that speaketh from heaven:

	Now, where did He do His speaking from heaven? Under the Seven Seals.
It was all done in heaven, but the Thunders came down to earth.

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

	Which is true, because under the Seven Seals comes the Rapture, comes
the Sixth Seal, comes the whole thing.

		(27) 	And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those 	
				things that are (spoken) shaken, as of things that are made, (and)		
			those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

		(28) 	Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let 				
	us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence 				
and godly fear:

		(29) 	For our God is a consuming fire.

	Showing you at the end time God reveals Himself as a Pillar of Fire,
with the Voice speaking. And how does the Voice come forth? By a
prophet. I want to ask you, where were those thunders, in heaven or on
earth? They were on earth. The Seventh Seal was on earth, and so are
the: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six revealed. But so happens, One,
Two, Three, Four, Five, Six where all under Seven. 

60.	Now, here we are, exactly the dead are going to be raised. And we
are exactly in Ephesians 1:15-23, I read, and Ephesians 4:12-16 which we
read also. This is the completed church and all the members of the body
have now come in. (See?) Right up to the very end time. You say, "Do you
believe everybody is in tonight? I don't know. But I know one thing,
everybody that comes in has got to be child trained. And people are
getting nervous, they're worried about 1977. But I'm going to tell you
flat, I did not believe all during '77 when '77 ended. And I'm not going
to even espouse '78. Although it sure feels more like it’s going to
get a touchdown pretty soon in this game of life. We're getting closer.

	People got to be trained as long as people are guessing, and if and
that, and I think and supposing, they're presuming. There's child
training going on, there's nothing going to shake a Bride. A lot of
people send their tapes and their books back. A lot have got a lot of
funny excuses then too. Oh, it's best to keep your mouth shut if you
don't know. It's not bad to talk about, it could be this or that. What
if it isn’t, we’re feeding our children on some of this or that.
(See?) …?... don't worry. Imagine standing in the shadow the presence
of Mount Zion. What's the building? Lies for a people under the Seven
Seal we're sealed under which is opened.  Don't think It wasn't opened,
it's open. I can't explain it all, may never.

61.	Now, I'm going to bring a point here, so listen. Some of this
doesn't seem to fit in too good, but    it's the best I can do. (See?)
Not taking away your thoughts we're talking about, but I just wanted  
to add something to your thought to bring it back again.

	Now, you can't separate the Holy Spirit from the Holy Spirit's purpose
that He is to accomplish. (See?) Or the purpose to accomplish. What I'm
saying here is, it takes the Holy Spirit to do it. And if something is
done, the Holy Spirit's done it, it's in the Word.

	Now, the Presence is here, and vindicated.  There is nobody can deny
that the Spirit’s here.  That’s been proven, manifested.  Even the
Greek scholars knew it, but they didn’t know the prophet knew it.  It
took the prophet, as I showed you in many Scripture.  See?  Now, neither
can you separate the Bride, who’s the body of Christ, by the Spirit,
from manifesting or having accomplished in earth, what’s supposed to
be accomplished.  As you can’t separate the hour of the Word’s
manifestation, from the Presence.  Neither will you be able to separate
the manifestation from the Bride, from what is to be accomplished in
her.  I know that doesn’t sound too …?... just stick with it. 
That’s the best I can tell you.  

 	What I’m saying is the Bride Church is an adopted place church.  
She is the proper sons of God, ready for the Millennium.  That’s what
she’s coming into, she’s at this point now.  Because, she’s one
half into the Resurrection, and one third into the Rapture.  Now,
let’s begin to …?... the Word of God, and begin to look at the Bride
in the light of the Word.   

62. Okay we go back to Ephesians 4.  Now, Ephesians parallels Joshua,
or, Joshua parallels Ephesians.  It’s an end time book.  We showed you
the blue print, of the Word of God, in Ephesians 1: Now, in chapter4 ,
we showed the mechanics, of coming up unto the very head.  The Holy
Spirit bringing a Bride, to a virtuous virgin of the Word, as in the
days of Paul.  

	Now notice, after verse 16, Ephesians 4:17 

		(17)	This I say therefore, …

	Now, Paul can only say that ‘therefore’ based upon what he already
said.  So, what we’re going to look at now, is that which is
necessary, for a Bride to see in Bride.  Do you follow me?  This I say
therefore, (because of this …?... of Christ, here we stand, in the
shadow of the Mount Zion showdown.  A Bride, …?... , virgin, that you
henceforth not as Gentiles walked, in the vanity of the mind.  

63.  Okay, Revelation 3: 1

		(1)	… unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; 

	Proving that again, the creation of God, for Resurrection, God creating
flesh.  The seed having the same body.  

		(15)	I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: …

 	I know you’re just sitting on the fence, you bunch of …?... Yeah. 
Like a reed shaken in the wind.  This down the fence, that down the
fence, this down the fence.  No stability. 

		(17)	Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and
have 					need of nothing; …

	This is their mind.  These beautiful churches are asked to do…go by
Pentecostal [poor audio quality…inaudible comments]…I know Jesus
just can’t wait to come down.  Yeah.  Million dollar churches, big
universities, He just can’t come down and take over.  

	

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