Why is He Here? Bro. Lee Vayle - August 22,1982 Heavenly Father, it’s so good to be here with Your people. Nice little group here Lord, and we’re so grateful to be counted amongst the folk here, as one of them, and they one, with us. And by faith one all together with You, which we know by the Word, that’s absolutely true, for this is that hour, when they are one. That the people can say, “I and my Father are one.” And we know that had to happen sometime, we believe that it’s that hour, we believe we’re that people, very grateful to You for this hope we have within us. This earnest expectation, Lord, which is manifested to this hour. So, Father may we have a time together, of rejoicing in Your Word, in Your Presence. Teach us, lead us, in Jesus name we pray. Amen. 1. Now, I was on the phone the other day to Bro. Evans, and I admit this is more my fault, than your fault, so don’t feel bad. And we were talking about the message I had brought the Sunday, that I left the other little place over there. And I said, "Bro. Evans, I am willing to bet, (now don’t use the word ‘bet’)I’m willing to produce twenty thousand dollars, for the first person who can name seven of the eleven points, I brought in, ‘Why He Is Here’. I feel perfectly happy with myself, that there’s not one of you get me to go to the bank and borrow some money, to make up the difference. If there’s a difference between the two bank accounts I’ve got, because, you can’t do it. And furthermore, it would take me a little head scratching, to name all the eleven also. Now, I realize we were under a strain the last time. And whatever you learned that day, it worked out that you would forget, what I had said. Now, we’re going to start over again. We’re going to take the same message, and we’ll take our time with it, and when I get so far, I will quit. But I want you, from now on, utilize all our time together, to just talk to you, in the realm of a teaching ministry. And to literally, bring out the best I possibly can, what I have in my mind, what I see in Scripture, and will give you also the opportunity to discuss it. Now, this will not put us into utopia. This will not put us into heaven. 2. Because, unless the Lord quickens His Word, …look, it’s just a word. When God said, “Let there be light,” if He didn’t have the power to dynamize the Word, which Word was light, and bring It into production, just a word. I could ask you today, “What is light?” You can’t really tell me. Nobody can, nobody really knows. Well you say, “Scientifically, we have studied and we can bring forth definitions and understanding. And even actually, bring forth light ourselves. Wonderful. But who put the materials there? Who is it that keeps everything in law and order? So really, we come to the understanding, that unless God Himself reveals, puts things in the Light, which is a revelation, nothing will transpire, which is vital to us, in the realm of salvation. I’ll just show you this here. We’ll take our time this morning. And we’re not going to fuss about anything. We’re just going to try to be real home folk. And get down to business. Now, John 3:16 is perhaps the greatest verse in the Bible, according to the people who believe in salvation through the Blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ. “For God so loved the world He gave His only begotten Son. That whosoever believe in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.” And then It tells you, what it’s all about. “For God sent not His Son into the world, to condemn the world. But, that the world through Him might be saved.” [Jn 3:17] Now, that tells you a little bit about verse 16. 3. Now, verse 18 goes further. “He that believeth on Him is not condemned.” Now, watch the switch. “But he that believeth not, is condemned already.” Now see, right there It doesn’t tell you that God loved the world, and everybody is scot free. It lays down the condition, the condition is believing. (See?) Now, when you get so far in believing, It tells you. “Because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” Now, hold it. Now, hold it right there. It says, “God gave His Son as a Blood sacrifice.” And It says, “You believe on Him, or you don’t believe on Him, before the Blood sacrifice works.” Now, It goes even further, and It doesn’t just say, ‘You believe on Him, for the Blood sacrifice.” It believes in the Name. Now, you’ve got to contend with the Name. So, it’s not just, God sends His Son, hallelujah, we’re all scot free. (See?) Now watch. What is the name you believe in? He said, “I came in my Father’s name, and you don’t believe.” Now, you tell me this morning, that He's different. He isn’t different. He came in His Father’s name, …what is His Father’s name? Well now we’ve got to go back to the Father. Now, let’s go a little further. “And this is the condemnation.” 4. Now watch, He said, “He is condemned that doesn’t believe.” Now It tells you what disbelief is. This is the condemnation, that light has come into the world. Now, hold it. I thought God sent His Son, and they murdered him, which constituted a Blood sacrifice. And, if you can go that far, you’ve got it. He said, “No, it isn’t.” Now, you’ve got to go to a Name. Now, you’ve got to go to Light. I’m not trying to take away your salvation. I’m trying to smarten you up. You see, if you take one verse of Scripture, and think you can run the whole Bible by It, you’re wrong. Now, what is light? “This is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men love darkness, rather that light, because their deeds were evil.” [Jn 3:19] Now, hold it. What constitutes an evil deed? Now we’re right up against it. Right? Okay. 5. Let’s go find out. The same man that wrote this book, also wrote another book, it’s called 1 John. All right in, 1 John 3:11. (11) For this is the message that (we) heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. (12) Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, … Now listen, don’t get your chronology all messed up. Everybody reads It, “Oh, yes, Cain did an evil work. He killed his brother.” That’s a lie from the pit of hell. That is not what the Bible said. It says, “His evil work, brought on, murder of his brother.” What was his evil work? I’m glad you asked the question, I asked it for you. Hebrews 11:4. (4) By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, … If Abel’s sacrifice was more excellent, then Cain’s was excellent. (Right?) An excellent sacrifice was evil. (Yeah) The man followed the Bible. 6. Genesis 4:2b (2b) …And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. (3) And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. Well that’s wonderful, everybody should. You’re supposed to give the first-fruits, the tithes, and everything else to God. God said It, do it. Wrong, right, good and evil, has now mixed us up. Let’s read further. (4) And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: (5) But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very (angry)… Because, God had two offerings set forth. One was the blood, that was demanded, because of sin. The second was the first-fruit offering, which meant ‘I have come under the blood’. I can now offer to God acceptably, because I myself am acceptable through the blood. And Cain said, “Who needs blood? I will offer my sacrifice and my praise unto God. I will now take the rest of the Word.” Now, you understand that Cain did right, in the fact that he didn’t commit adultery. Right. That, he didn’t deny God. He didn’t curse. He didn’t do a lot of things. But he was a sinner, without the blood. And no matter what he did without the blood offering, there was no place for anything else. Now, why did Cain fail? Let me tell you why, in verse 7. (7) If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door… All right, the literal translation from the Septuagint, is categorically, ‘that you have done well, but you have not rightly divided.’ You have not rightly divided. In other words, what you did was not according, to the Light that God Himself, shed on His own Word. 7. All right. “Study to shew thyself approved unto God…” [2 Tim 2:15] (See?) Rightly dividing the Word of truth. If the Bible is not rightly divided, it is no longer truth, it is error. Now, that’s where Cain went haywire. Now that’s what we’re talking about over here. “God so loved the world, He gave His only begotten Son.” [Jn 3:16] Nobody has a problem with that. Jesus Christ dies upon Calvary, and His Resurrection has been proven century after century, has been manifested. And that that Blood sacrifice was efficacious, is proven by the fact that God raised Him, because if the sacrifice was not efficacious, God would not have raised Him. In other words, He was the perfect sacrifice. Now It tells you categorically, over in here, and we make no mistake about it. This is the condemnation, there is condemnation in spite of the fact that Jesus died, and rose again. And what is that condemnation? Revelation goes with it. No revelation, no Light. That’s what people don’t want us to understand today. They don’t want to have anybody tell you, it takes a revelation. Well, all right, what’s the Holy Ghost given for? The Holy Ghost is Life Himself, and answers to the Blood. And if anybody is absolutely under the Blood, that person will, will absolutely, categorically, must receive the Holy Ghost. 8. We go to the Book of, Hebrews 10:12 (12) But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God; (13) From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. (14) For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified. (15) Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: … You can turn around and say, “I received the Blood of Jesus Christ, for the remission of my sins. I stand under that Blood.” But you absolutely have no evidence of the truth that God has received you, until you are full of the Holy Ghost. And the Holy Ghost is your evidence, that you’re under the Blood. And once you’re full of the Holy Ghost there’s no way you’ll ever be from under the Blood. That’s the eternal security of the Saint. I’ll show it to you. 9. Ephesians 1:13 (13) In whom ye also (hoped; that’s not ‘trusted’ it’s hoped…because of the precedent), that (you) heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that (you) believed, (you) were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, (14) Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, … It tells you right there, that you came to God for Eternal Life. That you came to Him for immortality, is what you really came for. Immortality. (See?) 10. All right. Now, the Baptism with the Holy Ghost, proves and shows that you have been redeemed. The Blood falling upon the earth, and you being made of earth. And the Blood being upon the Mercy Seat. Because you’re a sinner, and cannot approach unto God, because death is separation from God. Now, you’re joined back to God with the promise of immortality. And the Holy Ghost falling upon you, proves you are going to be immortal. And that holds good, until the time of the Resurrection. And It died. It’s lost. It’s gone. (See?) All right: We’re beginning to understand here then this morning, that you cannot, there is no way, that anybody, as a born again believer, can walk outside of Light. It’s just that revelation is involved. Absolutely revelation is involved. There is no way anybody can be identified, outside of a revelation. 11. Let’s go back again and see it in John. Because that’s what we’re going to talk about this morning, we’re going to find out how revelation can come. We’ve got to settle some questions, which I’m afraid too many people, never settled in their minds. Because they’re still under the creeds and dogmas of organization, which repudiates the Word of God, and say, “We’re perfectly all right.” They say, “Well, we believe in a sacrifice. We believe in some kind of a feeling.” Well, that's fine I’m not against some kind of a feeling. But I am against a feeling without revelation. Now, he says, [John 3:] (19) … this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, … Now, that’s the thing, that without that Light, there is no Blood offering. And without the Blood offering, there is no Baptism with the Holy Ghost. So, a person has to understand this, that anytime we have anything to do with God, Light has to strike the believer, as concerning God’s will, in worship, and are doing with Him. There is no way anyone can do with God, outside of a revelation. Because that’s exactly what Cain tried to pull off. He said, “Look, I can reason, I can understand the Word of God for myself. I don’t need the Blood.” It says Blood, It says, first-fruit. Abel said, “Look, it takes Blood first, then, first-fruits.” And Cain said, “No way am I going to come under that revelation.” And the Bible said, ‘You missed… you have wrongly divided the Word.’ And if we wrongly divided the Word, the access to God through Jesus Christ, is cut off. And God says, “You’re not accepted.” 12. Now, I’m just going to give you some history right now. Let’s understand this flat. Why was Israel cut off, blinded, no revelation? Now, if you’re going to accept that this morning, you’ve got to accept it all the way down through the Bible. Why was Egypt cut off, blinded, no revelation? Why was Cain cutoff, blind as no revelation? (See?) All through Scripture, there is this…not a tenet, it’s a principle, that God laid down. No revelation, no access. You say, “Well Bro. Vayle, I’ve got to have my access first.” That’s very good, you could can have access but, the access is proven through revelation. I hope you didn’t stumble on that one. Because I want to tell you something: pear tree without pears, is a lot of hogwash. You’ve got to have pears, to make it a pear tree. Now, if a Christian is truly born again, there has got to be the revelation, that God has put in His Word for that people. 13. Now, let’s go back to the First Church Age, it was an absolute complete revelation, that Paul Himself, said he had. All right. Let’s go take a look at it. That’s in the Book of Galatians 1:11. Now, Paul is talking from the fact that his own experience, and proven when he went to Jerusalem. (11) But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. (12) For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. I want to ask you. What Jesus Christ taught Paul? The Holy Ghost. God in a Pillar of Fire. The Pillar of Fire came to Paul and said, “…Saul, Saul why persecutest thou me?” [Acts 9:4] Who talked to Saul from that time on, and called him, ‘Paul’. The Pillar of Fire. Who was in the Pillar of Fire? The Lord God of Israel, is in the Pillar of Fire. Jehovah, Elohim. Call Him what you want, He was there. 14. All right. What’s the identification of Jesus Christ then? Holy Ghost. Listen, this I just showed you… hold your finger there. Go on back, 2 Corinthians 5: I usually carry it a little too fast. Sometimes my mind goes so fast I don’t fill in all the points, but I hope you’re following me this morning. Okay verse 16. (16) Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. (after the flesh) How do you get to know Him? Just like this; “In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh.” [Jn 1:1] “He that hath seen Me, hath seen the Father.” [Jn 14:9] “God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself.” [2 Cor 5:19] Giving us the same ministry, that we say the same thing. All right. Who talked to the apostle Paul? Jesus Christ in the form of the Holy Spirit, …which was His original form. 15. Let’s go to Philippians 2:5. (5) Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: (6) Who, being in the form of God, thought it not (a prize) to be (grasped and retained) equal with God: Which means: to stay in the form of God, the Pillar of Fire. (7) But made himself of no reputation, and took upon (himself) the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: God, in the form of a Pillar of Fire, in the form of a Cloud, in the Voice in the whirlwind, in the Voice that was within the earthquake, because that’s what attracted people. That same One Holy Spirit, took upon Himself the form of man, then put the form of a man on a Mercy Seat. 16. Revelation 4:1, let’s go look at It. (1) After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will (show) thee things which must be hereafter. (just a voice) (2) And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. (now he’s looking at things) (3) And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like…an emerald. That’s the throne. Who sits on the throne? God, sits on the throne. Okay. Verse 6 of chapter 5. (6) And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, (it doesn’t say ‘on’ the throne, it says in the ‘midst’ of the throne) … stood a Lamb as it had been slain, … All right. The one that was in the midst of the throne, was not on the throne. Who was in the midst of the throne? In other words, surrounded by the whole thing. Jesus was. Who was on the throne? God was. What is He? A Pillar of Fire. Veiled in the Pillar of Fire, the rainbow around His head. All right. That One, talked to Paul. That same One talked to Paul. You say, “Well, just a minute now, how did He talk to Paul?” He came down. 17. All right. Let’s take a look over here in Exodus. We want to be begin to understand things. That God, is His own revealer, of His own Word. And He’s got certain channels to do it. Okay. [Exodus] 3:1 (1) Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. (2) And the (messenger) of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. (3) And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. (4) And when the LORD… I thought it was a messenger, everybody gets so confused. So, precise in their language, that they think they can understand the Bible, by just using a little bit of…normal exegesis grammar, and English combined. Hogwash. 18. Let’s just ask yourselves the question. Just hold your finger, let’s go back to Genesis 1: (1) In the beginning God created the heaven 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. So now, right away the human mind says, “Aha, there’s God who is Spirit, and He sent another spirit out.” You’ve got to be kidding. You’ve got to be kidding. It tells you distinctly, all through Scripture, that God Himself, did the making and the reforming, and the restoration. It wasn’t the Spirit that went out of God, it was God Himself the Spirit, that came and did it. Now, right now, you can let your mind boggle down and say, “Vayle, you told us a lie.” You go ahead, be my guest. Because I’m not telling you a lie. Because I’m not taking time this morning to go into Isaiah. And we can show you Scripture, after Scripture where the Scripture distinctly says, “Also Jeremiah, that the Lord created the earth. And He created it, not in vain.” 19. And that’s what iI says here, the earth was vain. So, something happened during that time. Then God Himself, did the reforming of it. And the same God that said, “Behold I create new heavens and new earth.” [Isa 65:17] Is the same Jesus, that said It. The promise in Isaiah he would do the same thing. What we’re talking about, is one God, who is Spirit, and He deals in a manner, with the people whereby He can transmit His Own understanding of Himself, to the people. Now, that’s why the term ‘Logos’ comes into be. Because Logos means the expression plus the thought that lies within It. So, God expressing Himself in a form is God Himself doing It, to get Himself across to the people. That’s why It says here, “The Angel, the Messenger of the Lord.” The Messenger of the Lord came down. In other words, he’s telling you, “God has now a Message to deliver, and He is designating Himself, as the Messenger.” And since God Himself, is inviolate, …and He is inviolate…in other words, He stands there all by Himself. He, Himself comes down to deal with that person. So therefore, It says, “The Lord spake out of the bush.” God was His Own Messenger. God Himself, was revealing Himself. 20. Now, you’ll have to go back to John again, so you’ll understand what I’m saying. Because if you don’t understand what I’m saying, I want to do my best to help you. A little later on, we’ll let you ask questions, but not this morning. I want you to try to get a continuous theme that I’m going into here. All right. It says here, God sends His Son into the world. All right. We accept the Blood sacrifice, but, hold it. The Blood sacrifice does not work. No way. It merely brings condemnation. There has to be a Light go with It. All right. Let’s think of that Light. John 1: (1) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (2) The same was in the beginning with God. (3) All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. (4) In him was life; and the life was the light of men. God Himself, Holy Spirit giving Light. The Life, is what gives Light. In Him is Light, and no darkness at all. In other words, God says, “I make myself so plain to you, you cannot get into error. The Elect cannot be deceived, there is no darkness in Me.” So, I’ll tell you, if you ever get in that revelation from God, you’ve got it made. Every single thing that God stands for and is, becomes yours. Now you see what I’m trying to tell you. Without a revelation, the things of God are dead. And I don’t care what you and I claim. They lie there dormant. 21. Before I go back to John, go to Ephesians 5:13. (13) But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light … That word ‘manifest’ is the word that means ‘absolutely proves’ in its true character, as to what it is. Now, I could come to you with a mask on my face. I could come to you as a hypocrite. I could come to you as something I want to fool you with. But the Bible distinctly says, “God unmasked that hypocrite.” And when God reveals Himself, there is no mask. There is no fooling. There is not 'yes' and 'no' with God. Or, 'nay' and 'amen'. But everything is 'amen' with God. So, God says, “Listen, when I bring Light, I bring Light. Because I Myself, bring Light. And I will reveal Myself.” Now look it, we can turn around and say, “But Bro. Vayle, It’s this.” Take your experience. And you better burn it now, before it burns you in the lake of fire. Because your experience ain’t worth two bits in the face of God. Now, if you’ve got an experience that lines up with the Word of God, wonderful. But if your experience doesn’t line with the Word of God, you’ve got something false. You’ve got a false fire. Because even Cain, who justified himself, was saying, “Look, You said a first-fruit offering. [BV raps the pulpit] I’ve done it.” But He said, “You didn’t walk in the Light. The Light is, It requires blood, to negate the sin, to even get back to Me, even a sacrifice here.” (See?) He mis-divided the Word. 22. Now, I’m going to tell you something. You go to every single Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Pentecostal, you name it, everybody in the world today of the hundreds of denominations. And I don’t mean there’s hundreds of denominations per se. I mean your little off shoots here, and little off shoots there. Everybody has his own little thought. Now, you go to them and you say, “What is the Light, and if there’s seven hundred different thoughts, or people with different thoughts, you’ll have seven hundred lights. Now, that’s asinine. That’s asinine. To begin with, the Scripture, limits God to seven lamps. What seven lamps? Seven lamps that God Himself, lit, through Seven Church Ages. In other words, distinctly telling you, that the Holy Spirit continuously gave a revelation for Seven Church Ages. God bringing the Light. 23. Now, It says, “But, all things that are reproved.” In other words, God Himself said, “Look, I’m going to turn the spotlight on what’s wrong.” And He said, “It’ll be made manifest.” [Ephesians 5:] (13b) …for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. (14) Wherefore he (said), Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, (that's from amongst the dead) and Christ (will) give thee light. A dead man can’t see Light. The reprobate cannot see Light. He’s giving a warning here to the Christian in the First Church Age. And this is the Ephesian church, he says, “Listen, you better understand one thing, without revelation, there is nothing but nothing.” Now, a man says, “Well, just a minute, how in the world am I going to get revelation?” Now, that’s the great question, right there. Seven Church Ages, seven lamps. Seven Church Ages, seven Lights. And all the same Light because it’s Christ in the midst. Remember, it’s one lamp with seven branches, with one oil in the lamps. Right? So therefore, Christ gives revelation, the revelation of Himself, that guarantees the Seven solid Church Ages, Eternal Life that makes up a Bride. And that every one of those Ages, will walk in the Light as He is in the Light. I’m going to get a quote of Brian Kocourek on that, because he talked about that, over at the other place, about what walking in the Light is, and Bro. Branham backed me one hundred percent. I’ll get the quote…I should have written it down. I didn’t know I’d use it this morning, well I can’t use the quote, because it’s not here. But let me assure you, I never lied to you. That walking in the Light is not doing good works and thinking you’re doing something. Walking in the Light is absolutely walking in a revelation. All right. Because you can’t walk without a revelation. You say, “Cain walked.” Sure he did, right into hell, killed his brother. 24. Now, let’s watch this Light. (See?) If this Light that comes totally from the Word, without adding or subtracting, and you cannot add or subtract, that’s what the Bible tells us. Then you will find categorically, … now let’s get this understood…the minute God sends Light to the Abel’s, the Cain’s will rise up to kill them. Who rose up against the Gentiles, to destroy the work of Paul? The Jews did. And the rest of the birds that were blind to the Gentiles. All right. Now, get this very, very carefully. Because we’re dealing with our own Age, now with history. The Dark Ages, when the world went into eclipse, was because of the Roman Catholic church. Now, under Luther there came a glimmer of light called ‘justification’. Now right, who flocked to his banner? The Elect. Who turned on Him? The Canaanites did. The Roman Catholic church, when Wesley came. who turned on them? The Lutherans. When the Pentecostals came, who turned on them? The Methodists. …?... now when this Light came, and William Branham came on the scene, …and we’ll talk about a prophet shortly… when he came on with an absolute manifestation of Light, who turned on him? The Pentecostals. Now if there’s anything down the road as if future Light…which there’s not…they’ll turn on us. But they’ve already done it anyway. Now, I said awhile ago, if it comes from the Scripture, and God has always stayed with His Word. (See?) Now, did the Mormon church come from Scripture? No, the Mormon church did not come from Scripture. They added their own gospel. You can’t add to It. Look, every time there is a continuity, and God has in Seven Church Ages, has given Light. Now, let’s go back to the beginning. How did God give Light to Israel? He sent a prophet. Before He gave Light to Israel as a nation, there was Light. When God begin to deal very carefully with mankind, Abraham was called a prophet. And he said to Abimilech, he said, “My prophet will pray for you or you're gone.” There’s a lot of power in a prophet. 25. Now, let’s go back to the Garden of Eden. Who was the One that stood there, when God brought Eve to Adam, and He said, “For this cause will man leave father and mother.” God, was His own Prophet. And He said, “Let me tell you something Adam, You are going to leave Me for her. You’re going to separate yourself from Me. He also said, to them, “You don’t eat of the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil or you die,” And death is separation. So therefore, separation from God through the woman, was absolutely eating of the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil, was eating it, and getting away from God. All right. God was His own Prophet, and He made the prophecy. Then when It came into effect, God explained exactly concerning His Own Word. Now, where do you find anything in Scripture, that is contrary, or anything in Scripture that would lead you to deny that God has always used prophets. Now, that’s what we’re looking at. Now you say, “What about those Seven Church Ages?” All right. I’ve got news for you, the same news that you know. There is nothing said in Scripture, that God would use a prophet in any other ages, but the first and the last. Now, a prophet brings the pure Word of God, or he’s got nothing. 26. We go back to the Book of Deuteronomy, to see. Then we’ll get back to John again, don’t worry. I’m keeping in mind everything I said. I don’t know that you are, but that’s why I try to bring it together for you. Deuteronomy 18:15, now this is after God, Israel turns down God communicating to the people en masse. (15) The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him (you) shall hearken; (16) According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. (17) (Now, )and the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. God said, “That’s absolutely how I’m going to deal with them.” I will deal with the people, giving revelation from Me, to a prophet. Now then, do you understand why Jesus was called “That prophet.” Because if He wasn’t a prophet, somebody boo booed. Somebody boo booed very badly. Now, I want to ask you a question: What makes a man a prophet? Oh, you say, “He’s got a gift.” I beg to differ with you. It’s not because he’s got a gift at all. Because we’re talking in terms of how God gives revelation by special prophets who bring the Word. And the fact of the matter is, what makes the prophet is nothing to do with himself at all, it's, God Himself. 27. God, is His own Prophet. The prophet is not a prophet per se, because he has got nothing to say. Balaam himself said, “I can say neither good in my own mind.” The other prophets said, “Thine Word, is altogether in my mouth.” Paul himself said, “I did not get this from myself, I did not get it from a man, I got it from God.” Then, who is the prophet? God, is the Prophet. He’s His own Prophet, He’s His own Messenger. Which is a prophet. So, God Himself reveals Himself, but He has a channel. Now, here’s the channel right here. [Deuteronomy 18:] (15) (I) will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst… of thy brethren… Now, He’s talking about Jesus coming as the great prophet. (19) And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. Now, they’re not the words of a man. Jesus said, “What I saw my Father do I do, and what I hear Him say I say.” [Jn 12:49] No prophet can say anything, good or bad in himself. Now watch, in verse 20. This is the category of all prophets. (20) But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. (God said, “He’s finished.”) Now listen: (21) And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? Now, He’s talking about prophets. There’s an earmark. There’s a manifestation, because Light is manifested. It’s a prover. Do you believe that? 28. Let’s find out. Now, here’s where I might go completely haywire, because I’ve such a lousy memory. It’s in the Book of Numbers. All right. Okay, chapter 16. (1) Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: (2) …they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, (now remember, Moses is that prophet that God vindicated. That he alone would speak for God, to the people) two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: Always watch, if you’ve got a smart man in the congregation. (Pffft!) Always watch him. For some prestige, or something. Didn’t the apostle Paul say, “If you want something, done in the church…” And if there’s a question, bring the poorest, sloppiest man, according to pride and zeal, and everything else, bringing in the lowest man. And he’ll tell you what’s right, because he’s got to depend on God. The other guy’s too sharp. The devil’s already got him. How come the Bible said, there’s not many great, not many mighty, not many wise. And every church is full of them. Ha. “This wisdom cometh not from above.” [James 3:15] (3) … they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, (and) every one of them, and the LORD is among them: (therefore) then lift (you) up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD? (Hallelujah, we’re it.) 29. Moses got mad. So, if Lee Vayle gets mad, forget it. Because if Moses could get mad, I can get twice as mad, and God won’t even wink an eyelash. [laughter] I’m just telling you flat. I don’t understand why people get so fussed up about it. I’ve had people try to prostitute me, and my ministry. You think I don’t resent it? Merciful God, I resent it, that’s all I’m hanging on to. I’ll tell you about that later. (4) And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: (5) And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will show who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him. God’s got a man. When He sends a prophet, don’t you dare raise up against him. Then you better know what the earmarks of a prophet are. And the earmark(s) of a prophet is vindication. He comes in the Name of the Lord. And what he says, comes to pass. Now let’s get this flat, God, has integrity. If He doesn’t have integrity, who needs Him? Who needs Him? You’ll come and say, “Lee Vayle told me to tell you, that he’s going to give you one hundred dollars.” And you come and you say, “Lee I want the hundred dollars.” And I’ll say, “Who told you?” Oh, you say, “George Bush told me.” I said, “George Bush is a liar, you’re aren’t going to get the hundred dollars.” Because I never told him. You think I’ll give that guy a hundred dollars? Even if I’ve got fifty thousand dollars, if I had fifty million dollars…no way! No way. Because I didn’t say it. Then a man comes and says, “Thus Saith the Lord,” and God brings that thing to pass for him. And he’s not God’s prophet? Ha. Then I’ve got more integrity than God. More guts, or whatever you want to call it. Let me tell you something: God’s not stupid brother/sister. I’m not dealing with a God that’s a fool. So, I deal with One who understands His Word, and gives His own revelation. Moses stood up, and he said, “ God, either I am your prophet, or I am not your prophet.” And the showdown came. All right. 30. Let’s just go over here to the Book of 1 Corinthians 2: (1) And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony (the facts and the dates) of God. (2) For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. (That’s the thing you don’t want.) (3) And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. (4) And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: Paul said, “I came to you with ‘Thus Saith the Lord’ vindicated. You know where you stand. He said, “You know where you stand.” God turned down Cain, on a false revelation. God exalted Abel, unto the right revelation. He said, “Let me tell you flat,” He said, “I stand here as a saver of life. Life on life unto death. When you hear me preach, you’re either going straight to Eternal Life, or going straight to hell.” He said, “I’m not telling you, because you see it. I’m, telling you because, it’s the truth.” That’s a revelation. Now let’s get this flat. Let’s understand something, about how God gives revelation. He gives it in certain times when there is a necessity to have a prophet. There is only certain times that God does has a prophet. 31. Let’s find out when those times are. Let’s go back to Amos 3:7. (7) Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. Now, that tells you flat right there. When the Word of God lies in a limbo, in the state of men’s minds, but they at that time must know what it is, and don’t know. God will bring the prophet on the scene. Now, let’s just go back in history for a little bit, people have looked forward to the Resurrection for roughly two thousand years, because that’s the great event. Right? Now, if you think It’s some other event, you’re sure mixed up this morning honey. You’re not born again, you're not saved, you’re nothing. Because you don’t know nothing. You say, “Just a minute Bro. Vayle, I think you're very unkind." Just a minute, I think you’re very dense. I don’t think you belong here this morning. Because I thought by now, we were talking to mature people. 32. Paul the apostle said, [1 Corinthians15:] (12) Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? (13) But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: (14) And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. (15) Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. (16) For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: (17) And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; (you're) yet in your sins. (18) Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. (19) If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. He said, “If there’s not Resurrection. Forget it.” What have we been waiting for two thousand years? Resurrection. 33. Okay. 1 Thessalonians 4:13. All right. Paul speaks concerning the dead and living. (13) But I would not have you (and your brethren) concerning them which are asleep, (he’s talking to the living) that (you, living) sorrow not, (as them) as others which have no hope. (14) For if we (living) 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, ('Thus Saith the Lord'.) Come on, Paul what right have you got to say ‘Thus Saith the Lord’? Based upon the fact they already said It time and time again, never once did It fail. “I’m God’s servant speaking to you” said, the apostle Paul, “I’m the Holy Ghost to you. I’m the true vicar of Christ.” Ha. That’ll get down with you with a Baptist background. I don’t know who you are, because I’ve got lots of the Baptist in me. I wasn’t just Pentecostal buddy. I went the whole gamut, Presbyterian, United Church, Pentecostal, Baptist, you name it. I know the doctrine. I know what they do, and how they convict themselves. All right listen, 'Thus Saith the Lord', (15) … that we which are alive and remain (and that’s you people, as it were) unto the (Presence) of the Lord shall not (go before them or take any precedence, or pre-eminence over) them which are asleep. (16) For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel…trump of God: dead in Christ shall rise first: 34. Now listen, that’s a period that you’ve got to wonder about, because now we’ve got a Resurrection period, now we’ve got an immortality period, now we’ve got the whole thing, and it’s secret. Now, "the Lord will do nothing about these things, unless there’s a prophet." [Amos 3:7] That’s what He said. You say, “I don’t believe It.” Fine, you don’t have to believe nothing. I’m not here to crack your head and pour something in it. What, do you think I could give you a revelation? Ha. I can’t even give myself revelation honey. What are you talking about? Now, if I could levitate myself, by pulling on my bootstraps, because I'm still out of luck, because I’ve only got two pair of shoes, one pair with shoelaces, and I don’t think that one shoelace is too good. If I could do a bit of pulling, I’d find I pulled a weed out here and my arthritis is so bad I can’t pull a weed. So, you’re looking at a complete dumb dumb. Because unless God does it, ain’t no way. Now come on. 35. Let’s go back to Amos. Because you see, I don’t know that you’re seeing what I’m seeing. Amos 3: 7. (7) (For) Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. Now listen. He says, “I’m going to reveal my secret.” Now, you can’t add to the Book, or take from It. So, what lies in there which is secret, or hidden as to a time element, that’s what It’s all about, because He’s not going to do a thing, that's time element. Till this time, He’s got a prophet to do it. Right? Prophet’s dead. All right. He had a prophet called John. He had a prophet called Paul. He had a prophet called John, the revelator, who gave us those things. And in there, there are things that are secret, such as the Seals. What’s below the Seals? What’s in the Thunders? Now you can’t add or you can’t take, so It’s in there. Now, what’s going to happen at the time of the Seals? 36. Okay, let’s find out. Oh, I’m so glad we’re getting hot this morning. Do you follow what I’m saying? Now look, this is as clear as crystal in water this morning. Okay in Revelation 22:10. (10) And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. Hold it! Revelation 10:4 (4) And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and (don’t list them). Then, between Revelation 10:4 and Revelation 22:10 the Seals are opened. Come on. You can’t have your cake and eat it. You can’t stay smart and stupid. You can’t say dark and light. We’re not running a half way house here. I stand in the hope of the Resurrection. Now, let’s keep reading. Now listen: [Revelation 22:] (10) (He said,) Seal not the sayings…for the time is at hand. (11) He that is unjust, (is) unjust still: he (that's) filthy, filthy still: he (that's) righteous, righteous still: he (that's) holy, holy still. This is the time of separation. What separation? From those that go in the Rapture, and those that don’t. Those that take the antichrist, and those that don’t. Those that are here for the judgements of Malachi. 37. Hold your hand there. I’m going to have you so many hands pretty soon, you can’t hold it. Because I had you way back there in Numbers. I forgive you. The Lord forgive you, why shouldn't I? He didn’t put you on a spot, why should I? Okay, Malachi 4:1. (1) For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, (it'll) leave them neither root nor branch. (2) But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and (you) shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. (3) And … tread down the wicked; (there'll) be ashes under …your feet (at the time the judgement strikes, the righteous are separated from the wicked. The wicked die, and the righteous live.) … 38. Okay. Revelation 22: My question is, who is doing this? God, is doing it. Who is separating? God, is doing it. When’s He going to do it? I don’t know. But you better know, because it’s the secret at the juncture. So what happened? God sends a prophet. You say, “I don’t believe that.” Well, I’m sorry for you. Keep your hand there. Put one more hand out, because you need seven or eight hands now. I’m really going to bind you up in a bind. You go back to the Book of Malachi…it doesn’t hurt you to laugh a bit and get relaxed. Look, Okay. (5) Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: (6) And he shall turn the heart of…the children, (back) to their fathers, (because John the Baptist did the first part) lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. God guarantees the smiting, and He guarantees a prophet. Now, you tell me there’s no prophet here. In chapter 22, I’ll tell you, you don’t know the things of God, from nothing. Because you’re telling me, you’re so smart and somebody’s so smart with you, you’ve got it figured out. Call your conclave. But God’s already said, “It takes a prophet to really reveal My secret.” And this is a secret. The whole church world says, “We’re born again.” They talk about the secret Rapture, the secret Rapture. God says, “No secret, without a prophet.” What’s wrong with the church world? Poor old Lee Vayle, the Pentecostal died. Poor old Lee Vayle, the Baptist, he double died. Poor old Lee Vayle the Presbyterian he never even got his eyes opened. And poor old Lee Vayle the United Church, that came out of Canada, ...my God, he missed hell by forty miles, even hell was too good for him. [laughter] I know what I was talking about, I was there. I’ve seen it all, I’m not kidding you. You’re not talking… man up here is not talking to you as though…you know, a little clown out there in the streets, that hadn’t been some place. I’ve been through it brother/sister. I haven’t preached all these years, for nothing. I know what they say, and why they say it. (See?) 39. Now, listen It tells you right here, “Behold, I come quickly, and My reward is with Me.” [Rev 22:12] And the Coming is supposed to be secret, and God says He tells His secret. Well you say, “I don’t believe anybody’s going to know the exact day and the hour.” What has that got to do with it? For It says, “The Lord’s going to be Present.” “For the Lord Himself shall descend.” [1 Th 4:16] Now, descend is descend. Oh, we’ve got some mothers here, and I know you’re just as stupid as the theologians. So, your kid climbs up on the roof up here, and his name is Johnny. “Johnny, come down.” So, Johnny takes two steps. “I’m down, Mommy.” “Have you descended Johnny?” “Yes, I descended.” She looks. “Johnny! Get down!” He no more came down than nothing. The Lord Himself shall descend, so they keep Him up in the air. Come on. Come on. So much for the smart guys. Merciful God, a three-year old kid knows that. You think little Johnny didn’t know he was lying? Sure, he did. He wanted to stay up there. Wanted to fool his mother. Who does the theologian expect to fool? People. Don’t you know the earmarks of the last Age is deceit, deceit, deceit, fool, fool, fool. But the Elect cannot be fooled. Now, how are they not going to be fooled? God’s got to tell them. How’s He going to tell him? 40. Now, come on, let’s see Matthew 24: Let’s nail the thing down here. You see, we have got to come to a place where we have an absolute, or shut up and get out. Too late in life, I’m tired of the humbug. Too late in life. Because I don’t feel like boozing it up. Can’t stand the thought of a headache. [laughter] I like to relax like the pig in the swill. I told you years ago, we had a couple of pigs. We decided to make some choke cherry wine. Oh, that’s very good stuff too, if you don’t make it too stout. But we didn’t drink it, we just made it, and gave it away. Well, I poured the mash out to the pigs. And you know? I didn’t know why they were so happy. They’d sit there and grin. [laughter] They were all wallowing, and running, rolling in space. Till I suddenly realized, those hogs were drunk. [laughter] But you know, I got an idea once they started to wake up, they weren’t so happy. Well look, I’d just like to go…hmm, hmm, hmm…with a bottle of booze, if this is all there is to it. But it’s too late. I’ve got these stupid habits. 41. I’m like the guy that came over to America and Canada, he came from somewhere in the Ukraine, or Poland or somewhere. And he came over with a piece of bread, and a hunk of garlic sausage. And so he worked his fool head off, he finally came to the place he had a lot of money. And do you know, by the time he got seventy years of age and could enjoy himself, all he could eat was bread and garlic, because that’s all he liked. [laughter] I'm in that …?... You know I can’t go out and get drunk, merry. Would be nice to go and get tight. No way. There’s nothing nice about it. I’ve got the other way too long. There’s got to be something brother/sister, that’s an absolute. There’s got to be. There’s got to be a juncture time. There’s got to be a Resurrection, there’s got to be a Rapture. Israel’s got to be back in the homeland. God has got to do what He said, or shut up. Now, at a juncture time, He said, “I’m going to do something.” Now you tell me, when He’s done something, the Resurrection, and put the apostle Paul here to tell us. Nothing! Nothing! What did both Paul and John say were going to happen? Resurrection, and Rapture. And that’s the secret, and they all say it’s a secret. And let’s get this flat, He had better send a prophet, or God boo booed. I know the world says, “Oh, just a minute now Bro. Vayle.” 42. You just hold your horses. Keep your eighth hand here. While I take your ninth hand, over to the Book of Hebrews 1: Oh, you’re going to get out of here shortly, which means, within two hours. I might get tired by that time. See, when I don’t have notes, I don’t have to worry about nothing. It’s when I wind down, and I preached…I talked to one fellow from 8:30 to 1:30 in the morning. So, you sit here, you’d liable to be here …well, 12:30 which is…30 minutes to go, forty. Okay. Listen, Hebrews 1:1 (1) God, who at (many parts…because that’s what the translation literally says, ‘sundry times and divers manners’ does not say that. It says ‘in many parts and in many ways,)… spake in time past unto (unto) the fathers (in) the prophets, Now, God was in the prophets, and He did It in parts and in different ways. I’m just going to show you, God’s not changed, even in dealing with you and me. That part you can forget. 43. Now, let's roll back to…1 Corinthians 12: All right. (4) Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. (5) …differences of administrations, but the same Lord. (6) …diversities of operations, but it is the same God … He tells you, even in the body. God does different things in different ways, but it’s the same Spirit. God deals with the prophets at different times and different manners. When did He tell every prophet to lie on your side for so many days and eat cow manure? How may prophets did He tell to get a couple of prostitutes and marry them? How many prophets, throw down your rods and I’ll turn it to a serpent? You know what I’m talking about. You know what I’m saying. You said He did it in many ways, but It’s the same God doing It all the time. Now, He says right here, He said, “Look, positively there is something that’s going to go on.” 44. Now, all right now…I’m going to go to Matthew 24: I’m going to take you back there. Now listen, in the end of verse 3. (3b) … what shall be the sign of thy (Presence), … Not, Your coming, but that You’re here. That’s not the Millennium. You’re here. “The Lord will descend with a shout.” [1 Th 4:16] Okay. Keep your finger there. My heavens, I’m going to run out of fingers even now. 2 Thessalonians 2: you look at, all these verses all go together, there is not even one hitch, tiny hitch in the Scripture. Listen, 2Thessalonians 2:1. (1) Now we beseech you, brethren, by the (Presence) of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, It says, we’re going to be gathered when He comes down. But that’s not the Millennium. That’s not the body. What is it? The Holy Spirit. That’s all It can be. That’s all It is. Because that’s what Jesus is. Not the body, that was just a man. A special kind of a man. A God man. We’re talking about God. There’s not three gods, you know. A Father, a Son and the Holy Ghost, that’s the most stupid thing in all the world. Just sit and think a while. God decided to create everything, He made man, but He made a boo-boo, because He made the devil too. Oh my, the devil gets in there and he takes the poor man over, and he says, “What am I going to do, what am I going to do? When the Son says “Father, I’ll go down and take care of it.” So, the Son goes down and dies, now the Holy Ghost said, “It would be a botch until I take over.” How stupid can people get? Three gods, my foot. One God. Holy Spirit, that’s what He is. And the same God appeared in a human body. A very special body. And Jesus was the Blood of God. The Bible says so. But He wasn’t God, because the Bible says, ‘the God of our Lord Jesus Christ’, and how can God have a God? Unless it’s Big God, little God, middle God, that’s the three bears. Forget it. You not dealing in theology, you’re dealing in Christ. 45. Now, all right. What's the sign of Your Presence? He said, “What is It? I'm going to tell you what It is, (He said,) Confusion, confusion, confusion, confusion.” Oh, merciful God, we’ve got that already. Yeah, but there’s going to be more. "Yeah, but Lord, that’s not Your pattern. Because You promised, that You Yourself would not confuse." "That’s right, I’m sending a prophet." See, God cannot operate in the realm of time junctures, when those things must take place, they’re not known to man in the sense of their revelation. God has got to send a prophet. (See?) 46. Now, let’s go back to Hebrews 1, again. Okay, 1 and 2 verses, (1) God, (in many parts) in (many ways) spake in time past unto the fathers (in) the prophets, (2) Hath in these last days spoken unto us (in) Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the (ages; not the worlds. No, no, no it’s ages. Cosmos, ages. Who being the brightness.) Right away people say, “See, see what it is. There’s no more prophets.” Well, well, well. Well, well, well. How did the Word come to Paul, if he’s not a prophet? So, you just killed yourself right there. See, that’s Baptist theology, that’s Pentecostal women preachers especially, crud. Don’t talk to me about women preachers. I just spit tacks, every time I think of one certain woman, who got fifteen hundred dollars of my money, to go down to the Islands, on account of my wife, I laid it right on her, I said, “I’m going to make them give me my money.” Because they sold the building on me. Fifteen hundred dollars in wages. And she wanted to be a nicer Christian than me, so she prevailed upon me, and a woman went down to the Islands, and spread rot, corruption, and filth. 47. So Mom, if you pay a price, you know why. Just like I pay my prices. Now people, let’s get this flat. I’m not here hitting my wife here for her sake. Because I’m angry, we’ve been through this before. I’m hitting for your sakes. Because it’ll backfire on you. And you’ll stand in judgment. Now, you won’t as a Bride, but you’ll get your lumps right here. That’s why a lot of you folk had better not start praying for any kind of a healing, until your record is clear. See, I don’t worry too much about my arthritis anymore. Because I disobeyed God, and spit right in His face. And I know I did it. So, I just roll with the punches now, and go to the doctor, and he says, “Well, that’s not too bad.” I say, “Praise the Lord, that’s not too bad.” And I start to feel better right now. I’m not worried about my health. Not like I used to be. Because I’m going to pay my debt. Because, there’s no judgement ahead of me. But you see, things go wrong, because we lay rotten eggs. You plant wrong seeds. All right. They say, “There’s no prophets.” I hit this woman preacher, what I said a little while ago. Because, she’s the one who denied Bro. Branham. A vindicated man stood there, and she …hm, hm, the Holy Ghost… (Fap!) Holy Ghost my foot! 48. Revelation. … I’m a mean guy, I never said I wasn’t. [laughter] Don’t give me this stuff about Jesus being all sweet. Why did He cleanse the temple? Why did John call them a generation of vipers? And Jesus said, “Whitened sepulchers.” Why is God going to have a judgment? I’m supposed to stand here sweeter than God, Hallelujah. Okay verse [Revelation] 22:9. (9) Then he (said) to me, See thou do it not: (when John tried to fall down and worship) for I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, … John, was a prophet. Okay, you big-mouthed Pentecostal hogwashers and Baptist, Presbyterian witchcraft. Don’t tell me, there aren’t any prophets. Who said so? Some big senate, or some big conclave? Or some big overseer, that couldn’t see past his nose when it comes to the things of God. Yes, you bet there are prophets. But, not many. Not, many. One prophet must come according to Jesus, in Matthew 17: I just wanted to preach this out, so I could give you every chance to understand what’s in my heart, what Bro. Branham taught. To let you know, listen here: there are genuine prophets, all through the church history. But they have an earmark, and the earmark is right in the Word of God. 49. And as I said, time after time, I was born in Canada, I didn’t …I don’t have a bit of trouble telling you. That I left that place with hilarity, and high hopes and ‘glory to God’ in my soul. I’d never go back to being a Canadian. I love being down here with you Yankees. I’ve identified myself with you, and you’re stuck. But I’m going to tell you about this being a Canadian. I never saw a cardinal in my life. I think the cardinal…I love those red birds. Man, not because they’re indigenous to Ohio, and we have them say here, as a …you know, a little old bird of the state. Even if we are buck-eyed…more dead-eyed I guess. But when it comes to the things of God, but, I love those birds. And do you know what? I never had a bit of trouble recognizing the cardinal, from the pictures in the book. Now look, the Bible must be better than that. When I first saw Bro. Branham… I’m not boasting, this is me…I never had a bit of trouble knowing this is one fellow to listen to, if you’re ever going to listen to anybody. And I kept listening, and listening. And I couldn’t put anything together. Until one day, the Light struck. But when I knew who he was, everything just went into line. You see brother/sister, don’t sell yourself short, don’t listen to creeds and dogmas as something you’ve been taught. When the Word of God blares out in the bright burning light of the noon day, as it struck the apostle Paul. 50. There are prophets, all through the ages, Elijah, and Moses, whether they are the original or not, it doesn’t mean anything. But they’re designated as prophets in the last three and a half years. God has not failed to deal with us by prophets. Or how did the Gentiles get anything? Who was it that said the Gentiles would receive Christ? Abraham, that’s before there was a nation. And you can pin him with Noah. You can pin him with Enoch. “The Lord come with myriads of His hosted saints.” [Deut 33:2] You can pin it right down. People will say, if they try to tell us, “Oh, you see a prophet, was just given to Israel.” Hogwash! A prophet was given to God’s people, to reveal His secret. Anybody can tie you into knots. Oh, listen. If they argue, just go down the road. Say, “I haven’t got time for that nonsense” Remember one day, John Wesley was walking down the street, and a guy stood in his way, and he said, “I don’t get off the sidewalk for fools.” And John said, “I do.” And he stepped to one side. [laughter] Don’t try to be a Peter Cartwright, you know, the fellow that says, “You’ve got to lick me first.” Except, I’d beat the tar out of him. He should’ve been like John Wesley, and just side step it. That’s more to my liking. I don’t know if I’d do it or not though. [laughter] I might if you look big enough. But I’d regret once he hit me. That’s what it really would be. I’d like to hit his mouth if he hit me, that would be that. 51. Listen, Jesus said here, concerning the coming of His Kingdom, which is the Millennium, “Elijah truly shall first come, and restore all things.” [Mal 4:4] Right? Okay. Who was Elijah? A prophet. Who was John the Baptist? One, in the spirit of Elijah, so therefore, one in the spirit of Elijah, has got to come again. Acts 3:19 (19) … when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. (20) (Even God) shall send Jesus Christ, which before was ( before appointed) unto you: Now, hold it. (21) Whom the heaven(s) must (retain) until the (restoration) of all things, … Now, who’s to do the restoring? Elijah. Now, if the Gentiles have one hope. Now, let’s see if they do. Come on. Gentiles, how many Gentiles? I’ve got a nose, but, I’m not Jewish. Hold it right there. Don’t you dare, I’m an Israelite indeed, by the Spirit. But other than that, don’t you dare talk about me. Come on. … 52. [1 Corinthians15:] (51) Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, (that’s 1 Thessalonians 4) (52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, (in the atoms) at the last trump: for the trumpet (will) sound, … There’s one trumpet for every Church Age. Seven, seven messages. (52) and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, … (53) For this corruptible must put on (incorruptibility), this mortal put on immortality. (54) (And when this happens It says,) Death is swallowed up in victory 53. Okay, let’s go to, Hosea 1: Before we do that, let’s go to the chapter 1. (1) The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri… (and) Ahaz, (and so on), in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. (2) The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea…the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee (so and so, and so and so, and do such and such, and such and such. ) All right, verse 6. (6) …And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; (I'll) take (away utterly.) them away. (7) …I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them… All right. Who’s He talking to? To Judah, and Israel. Wonderful. Let’s get over here then to chapter 13. [Hosea] verse 9. (9) O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. What about that? You destroyed yourself, when I said I would help you. I’m going to get you out of your own rubble. (10) I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom (those said), Give me a king and princes? (11) I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath. (12) The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. (13) The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children. (Now listen:) (14) I will ransom (thee) from the power of the grave; I will redeem (thee) from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. Now, that’s to the Gentiles. You say, “Well, it's given to Ephraim. It's given to the Gentiles.” I could tell you one thing, if you don’t see this, and understand that no man can arbitrarily say, “Hey this belongs here, and that belongs there.” Without a distinct revelation by somebody who is in the know, which would have to be a prophet. You’ve just cut your own throat. Because if Paul was not a prophet, there is no way that he could put what is over in Hosea, over in here, and give it to the Gentiles. That was not written for Israel, after the flesh. It was written for Israel, after the spirit. But who could tell, unless a prophet. So, what I’m trying to tell you here, is there has to be a prophet at the end-time. The Bible distinctly says so. There has got to be one. 54. Now, remember we were talking about light in John 3: Okay, let’s go back to John 3: (and we’ll be out of here pretty quick, I promise you. I’m not going to stay after this. Because I want to go home myself.) (19) …this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. Now, Jesus Christ said, “I indeed am the Son of God. The Son of man that takes away the sin of the world. I am indeed that One, but I’ve got news for you. I am also the One that brought Light.” Now, you turn me down, you turn everything down, when you turn down that Light. Now he said, “If you believe that I am, (not He, but I am) you die in your sins.” (See?) Now, let’s read it again. (16) …God so loved the world…(they did) not perish, but have everlasting life. (17) For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (18) He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name… 55. What’s His name? I and my Father are one. People don’t believe in one God, they believe in three gods. They try to tell you they do. Well, you see, like it is, “He’s a pitcher of water poured into three glasses.” I said, "Hold it, you got three glasses. Well, where do you pray?" “Well I pray to God, through the Son, by the Holy Ghost.” That’s three people. You’ve got three gods, not one. There was one God, He gave Himself a body through a woman without sex. Creating the egg and the sperm, so that he became the seed of the woman. And at the River Jordan, God came down and indwelt the Son. People say, “Oh, just a minute, what about that voice, that said, 'This is My beloved Son'?” It was, the beloved Son. And the dove, which John alone saw, a fiery dove, was that Holy Spirit that went into him and stayed there, that was God. Because God cannot be born. God cannot die. I don’t understand what all this jazz and this foolish talk about. “There was a voice, and there was this.” So what. What has that got to do with it? They try to make like he’s some kind of ventriloquist. Why do you need any ventriloquist? “This is My Son.” Jesus, is the Son of God. God had a Son. And that’s how God Himself became Son, …was producing this one, in whom He was. Then, if God put Himself in that Son, what was he? He was Son, in attributes of sons. That’s no big deal. Don’t get your minds all clobbered up, like sour milk with gnats and flies in it. There’s nothing to it. It’s simple as a-b-c, just let your thinking go. And believe the Word of God for a change. 56. That’s all, there’s nothing to it. Now, if you still don’t believe in a name, then you still haven’t got it. What’s the name? “I came in my Father’s Name.” What was his name? Jesus. What is Jesus? Jehovah, Savior. There’s not three gods, there’s one God. There’s one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. Why don’t you read It, ‘the God Christ Jesus?’ I worked with a man for ten years over here. He went over to the church one night, he said, “Bro. Vayle is wrong.” He said, “He believes in two gods.” [blank spot on tape] He was Jesus only. He never believed this Message, he never come to the Light. Come on, I’m hitting hard this morning, and I care less. If you don’t like it, that’s fine. Go someplace else. It’s just that simple. I’m not here to betray you, the way other men have betrayed you. I’ve never betrayed you. Haven't taken your money or anything. When have I not stood up for the Word of Almighty God? (See?) There’s one God. There’s one God. (See?) Jesus only, doesn’t understand that. Their doctrine is the lie of hell, that Bro. Branham had to correct. I want to ask you a question, how are you baptized? In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, or Jesus’ name, or what? Father, Son, and Holy Ghost? That’s no name. That’s titles. What’s His name? Jesus. What Jesus? Not some Jesus from Mexico, or Spain. There’s lots of Jesuses, [Hay-soos-es] around the country. What Jesus? Who was both Lord and Christ. Lord Jesus Christ, that’s a Name. And God hath made this one that you killed, both Lord and Christ. 57. Oneness doctrine has got some stupid, sucking the body up, and this and that. Merciful God. What hogwash. (Yeah) Ever heard such nonsense in your life? Funny, the man didn’t come and tell me. Now you see, I’ve opened the whole thing for an argument, a showdown, right down this morning…you’ll get it. Because you’re going to have your chance to speak up, if you’ve got guts. Because from now on, the gloves are off, as far as I’m concerned. And we will sit here, and we will learn. And when you don’t understand, stand up and tell me. And say, “Bro. Vayle, run that by me again.” And I’ll find seven different ways to tell you, as God help me to tell you. Who alone hath immortality, is here. He alone, can give It. Now, I’m not tough on you. You might think I am, but listen, I get reports by telephone. All around the country now. They’re really descending on us, because we believe that He is here. And it’s, “So what?” A certain man that runs around the world, has radio and TV and everything else, he criticizes me as though I’m running around the world. Where have I gone the last little while? I’ve got tickets that I send back, to Africa, to Australia, and any time I need to let Europe know, I’ve got tickets waiting. Wouldn’t you like to have tickets to go to Europe? I’m not interested. I’ve been there. [laughter] And I paid my way. And I paid my own expense. My wife and I, spent $3600 at the time when the dollar was really worth something. For twenty-one days. I took another brother one time, we spent about $2400 to $3000 of my money. I don’t take anything from anybody. Why run? 58. Do you think God needs me? I need God. What’s the use in going, unless He tells me to go? I was going to go to Australia, New Zealand, and I suddenly remembered, “Hey, I didn’t ask God about this.” I said, “Hey Lord, should I go?” Because I didn’t feel a nudge. And a voice inside said, “It’s not the time now.” And it wasn’t. If I’d have gone there, I’d a gone erroneously right into the midst of another man’s camp meeting. They’d have said, “That Lee Vayle, that’s the kind of jerk he is.” Yeah, he’d come over here and disrupt, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And the Lord said, “Stay home boy.” And I stayed home ever since. Now, I feel just bad enough to have an excuse to stay home. [laughter] So, I can bug you. Now come on, listen. He that believeth not, is condemned already. Because he hath not believed in the name. He hasn’t…let me tell you something. Jesus never was a man to us. Never, never, never, never. What will He be, until we see Him face to face? He has been Spirit, and a name. He’s never been flesh to you. Never has been, or will be. He was only flesh to Israel. And Paul said, “You knew Him once after the flesh. But you don’t know Him anymore.” Then if you don’t know that One, after the flesh, who is he? Because there’s still a flesh up there. Bro. Branham said, “He raised the body.” If you don’t understand that Bro. Branham was teaching the truth, that God was in that man, and if that body was literally God how could a prophecy raise the body? You say, “Body” They called Marilyn Monroe ‘the body’. You don’t go around calling people ‘body.’ He was telling you. God had a body. The same One was in the Pillar of Fire. 59. He left that body. That body hanged upon Calvary’s Cross and shed his Blood, and thereby became the Blood of God, to us. Because God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself. Jesus by himself, could not have done it. He was a special, special man that God sent. Adam fell, everybody falls. But he didn’t fall. Then, He’s immortal, and He’s given the highest position in heaven, so that everything that God is, comes through Him. And one day, God is going to go back into Him. (Yeah) He’ll put aside the Pillar of Fire, temporarily. And when we rise and meet Him. Because, He’s a Spirit that’s here now, that proceeds us. And when He incarnates Himself, He’ll be King of kings, and Lord of lords, and God of gods, and the Lily of the valley, the Rose of Sharon, the altogether lovely. The form of a man. And we’ll sing and shout and dance about. Yeah, it’ll be wonderful. Ninety minutes? I’m not going to do that… Listen, and this is the condemnation, that light came to reveal who he is, that died upon Calvary. I’m going to tell you brother/sister, if you’re truly born again, the light of your need of regeneration has already struck. The light of your need of not only cleansing by the Blood, but the washing of water, not for sins now, but your testimony to God, into the world, you get baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, which brings on the Baptism with the Holy Ghost. Light, Light, everything is Light, everything is revelation. Or how come so many people, don’t go past the fact that Jesus died upon Calvary? And they never get the Baptism with the Holy Ghost. They're not even baptized in water, they’re sprinkled. Where are they? 60. It won’t work. Then when that Light strikes, as to the name and who He is, that’s when everything else begins to pour in. ( See?) We don’t only have a Light brother/sister, we walk in the Light, we live in the Light. And it’s revelation. And I brought the question up, who is going to tell us? What man is going to stand up? When Luther came on the scene, the Roman Catholics said, “Kill him.” They couldn’t, he was God’s man. They could kill Hus, and get rid of a few more. And then the Protestants, oh my they rose up in high judges, they were wonderful. Calvin, he was no more, full of the Holy Ghost than nothing, as far as I’m concerned. Because Publius came by and preached one God and proved it. And Publius said, “We better get rid of him.” So, they turned him in. Who was in the Light? Not Calvin. Now, come on, don’t kid me. No, the Holy Ghost doesn’t kill men with Light. It’s Cain, because his deeds were evil. Now, what deeds were evil? He brought some first-fruits. Oh, you say, “Wow, that’s beautiful.” God said, “Yup, sure is, but it won’t work.” Hey Cain, that’s excellent. You bet it’s excellent. How would you like to go back to the days of the Garden, when they had fresh carrots? Hey listen, I want to tell you, a properly fertilized garden with natural and not synthetic fertilizer, that’s the leaves and all those goodies, and oh, you talk about good carrots, and good tomatoes. How’d you like to have been back there when your taste was not degenerated by crud and corruption. And the food was of the pure seed, and the life in it. How’d you like to have a bunch of carrots like that? Can’t wait for the Millennium. 61. There he stood right there. On the altar. “Um…that's good. Ooh, that’s beautiful.” …wrong revelation. Evil deeds. And what happened? He killed his brother. Now…I’m giving you a lesson this morning. The squeeze has not come down. But it’s coming down. When a man says, “Parousia, Parousia, Parousia, I’m sick of it.” Forget it. You’re nice and silent. It was a silent Cain, who picked up a silent rock, after the wrong revelation, and silently killed his brother. After God manifested Who He was, in the former man, and spilled His guts. You’re going to like the Millennium, ...you’d better like it…because no other Word, will get across to you. If I speak in the sweet dulcet tones of the theologian, you’ll sit here and go to sleep, and go to hell on me. I’m going to wake you up. I said, “He split his guts.” Which means, right in here. All came out. He put it on the altar in from if him. “Kill Him” Now, you and I aren’t even nice. We don’t ever leave, to spill our guts. Reserve to ourselves that little shade of hypocrisy. God didn’t. And in this last hour, He didn’t. And I’m running scared, yep. I can talk pretty brave, then when it comes time to come to tell you the truth, I will tell you the truth. I’m running scared. I’ve been through one depression. I been through my own little private problems. And though, I’ll say this, that I’ve never been so encouraged in all my life, to have you men stand with me. And I will say this, “I am one of the most fortunate men in six thousand years of God’s history. Because David had an entire kingdom, and had only ten mighty men…I might have got six or eight people…I’ve got three mighty men, to stand with me. I’m still running scared. 62. Because for what little has come forth, the repercussions, are tremendously high. (See?) Terribly high. And they’ll get higher, they’ll get worse, and worse, and worse. Now, I don’t know, I hope I’m set for the defense of the Gospel, in more ways than one. I hope I’m set for everything that’s going to come down. Because I want to tell you. As the Bride goes out in a blaze of light, the world goes down as Egypt, in the darkness of death. And a man in his death struggles as in war, and it is war on the Bride. That war will be as intense as any darkness ever hit this world. And Bro. Branham said, “In this age comes the repeat of all diabolical cunning, and everything the devil threw in seven ages.” Under four faces, under Seven Seals, will hit us. But let me tell you, everything that God was, and is raised up at this hour as our standard, and our banner. "So, fear not little flock, it is still your Father’s good pleasure, to give you the kingdom." [lK 12:32] We have had raised up irrevocably, indubitably, absolutely proven that a prophet was in the land. And that man with ‘Thus Saith the Lord’ absolutely, had to be the reflector and the mouthpiece of Almighty God. And whatever he said it's come to pass in Scripture. Not only come to pass so much as, be revealed, I've caught everything he said to this point, that I’ve been really interested in. Later on, God may show me more, I found everything he said in this Word is perfectly as this word says in the Greek. And he didn’t know any more about the Greek than I did, even as much. And I know next to nothing, but I’ve got the Greek books. 63. I can say here to your consolation, you’re doing the right thing by staying with the Word of God. Don’t desert it. I can say with this, if I’m off the Word, you come to me, it’s your duty. You bet your sweet life. Because I don’t want to be off that Word. I can make mistakes, anybody can make mistakes. I just want to tell you one thing, the Word always comes behind, and correct the error when a Christian has any problem. (See?) So, you’re in good hands this morning, in the hands of God, not in my hands, but in His. And Light has come into the world. And here’s the beautiful thing. We are not condemned. Because we stood and looked at the Light and said, “Lord, if there something here, I want it.” Don’t ever let the devil tell you, “You’re condemned.” Because you’re not. I talked to a young boy in Buffalo just the other day, …I told some of you people…I sat up, he could hardly wait to get over to my table, his face shining like a light of forty suns. And he was just grinning and smiling at me, just like Jack Bell’s (you know) famous quote on eating buckberry bushes. And do you know why he grinned? Because he doesn’t want his lips to get the prickles, he’s using his teeth to get the buckberries. This kid sat there his face lit up, …not… just talking about. But there he said, “Bro. Vayle,” he said, “It sure is light, the last few months,” he said, “My” he said, “I don’t have any condemnation, I don’t have any” …now get this, he said, “Not that I’m a wonderful creature, I’m not,” he said, “I know when I do wrong things” but, he said. “There’s no condemnation, there’s no fear. Because, I know, it’s all in Him.” (See?) Listen. 64. That’s what the Light’s all about. There is no condemnation, if you come to the Light. What are people trying to tell you? What if you’ve been told by a certain preacher around this area and certain other places that you’re condemned if you don’t do so and so. If, you’ve come to the Light, you’re not condemned. I like what Bro. Evans said, I don’t know if I already quoted him on it or not. Maybe he already said, it, about the fact that he said, that you commit adultery, We’ll pick you up and put you on your feet, and dust you off. But you leave that Word, forget it. What was that one hundred and ninety-two quotes on light? [someone speaks from the audience] Oh my, that’s wonderful. A hundred and ninety-two quotes or more on light. And I’ll bring you the one that Bro. …?... half past, come on. Get on your feet. Let’s get out of here. Get up, then we all go eat. Right? All right. Heavenly Father, we’re so grateful that we can be here. As a happy group of people rejoicing in you, knowing, Lord, that we have come to the light. And coming to the light, Lord, God means every single thing, You said in that Word. There is now no condemnation, because the deeds are not evil as though we are out there, breaking people’s necks, and robbing banks and committing adultery, murder and everything else. But you said, Lord God, categorically, “That man’s deeds were evil”, and that man was Cain, because he was off the revelation, he wouldn’t come to the Light. Therefore, Lord, anything he did in any manner whatsoever, was evil in Your sight. Though he might scream the loudest, and shout the most, and praise the most, and fast the most. And give alms and every other thing. Just what Jesus said, “Full of dead men’s bones. Sepulchers, whited on the outside, but wrong on the inside.” Because they never came to the Light. Lord, we’re so happy in this last hour, we have risen from amongst the dead. We have heard the Shout that came forth that great message that gave us revelation and Light. And, Lord, today we stand here in It, not condemned, we’re grateful for the truth that come our way. And the truth has set us free, and we are free indeed. And You said, “Where that Spirit is, there is liberty.” And we’re changed from the image of man, to the image of God. And that’s all we see today. We’re tired of the old image. We don’t see it anymore. We see that new image which is Christ. We’re so grateful, for these things, Lord. Scripture coming out before us, the prophet’s message coming out before us/ We’re so happy, Lord. We know that there are men around the world, who share that happiness. There’s Bride everywhere in this universe, and one’s here and one’s there, Lord, and we know because of this hour we live, we don’t have one bit of pre-eminence. You get the glory, Lord, because we said it from the very start, it is God, Who is His Own interpreter. God, who is His own Messenger. It is God, who is His Own Prophet. God revealing Himself, and we are just the recipients thereof. We, are so happy, Lord, today, that it is all of grace and we understand it. And, Lord, there’s not one thing of ourselves, that we rejoice in, and boast in. But, Lord, in You we rejoice. Hallelujah, we’re so glad for You, Lord. We are so happy for You, Lord. Today, we are so thankful. Now Heavenly Father, be with each one. If there’s been any questions raised, you know it’s here on tape what was said. I might not have said things too clear, but, Lord, we know that when we come together again, to ask questions, and look into the things which are necessary for us to know, in this hour. We thank You for that opportunity, Lord, knit together by Word, in the Holy bonds of the Light. Walking in the Light having fellowship, Communion, we praise you for it in Jesus’ name. Amen. All right. Wednesday 7:30, we’ll attempt to go into the various reasons why He is Here. What is He doing? We’ll co-ordinate some, I’ve got eleven written down, just haphazardly. Because with just a very quick notation. But we’ll start Wednesday night, with going into it. And you that wonder when we’re going to talk about Church Order, I’ve got news for you, we’re not going to talk about it, until at least Labour Day. Then, we enter into our labours. But today is a day of jubilee and resting, as far as we’re concerned we’re just going to take it nice and easy. And we’ll talk about how to do things in the church and this and that, and what we’re going to do. But I want you to know one thing, I might as well make this abundantly clear. I have witnesses on various occasions, I stood in my back yard, and I said to my wife, and I said to Brian Kocourek, I said to Bro. Evans, before anything ever came of this place here, I said, “There’s something just north east of me, I don’t know what it is.” That’s where I'm going to be, I believe. There’s some kind of a move. I looked at my map, I got my map out. I looked at Fos Storek, because I knew he knew some people up there. I said, “No way, I’ll drive that far.” I looked at another place and I said, “Maybe there’s some names over there, I can get ‘The Spoken Word’ but I want to tell you something. Draw a map in quadrants, you’ll find this place is exactly north east of my house. You do what you want, I’m here. Now, Bro. Evans will try to kick me out, but he has no way to do it. [laughter] Because God said, I’m going to be here. And I’m going to be here, I’m not going to be down there. I’ll be here. (See?) I’ve only got one interest in the building. I’m interested in where God wants me. You know I prayed and prayed before God, “God, where do You want me?” Now, I’m not saying I can’t move out of here. I’m not saying I can’t go someplace, I’m not saying that. I’m just telling you, the only leading I had, was north east. And this is north east. You say, “Bro. Vayle, you say that must be miles.” You’ve got to be kidding, north east, is north east. And if it’s one foot, two feet, or twenty thousand miles. And it can’t be twenty thousand miles because, you’re in another direction by that time. Right? You bet your life, you’re right. So, it’s got to be right here. Here, is where I am, and Here’s where I stay. And as far as I’m concerned, that’s the way the cookie crumbles. It’s done crumbled. You’re dismissed. All right. 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