An Elusive Characteristic of the Restored Christian Church and the reason why it is so!

By Bernard Cox

Without seeming to be sanctimonious, (Def. - Excessively or hypocritically pious; self-righteous) I humbly present this message to who-so-ever takes their election serious enough to receive an admonition in the best of spirits. This message is directed specifically to the called-out, end-time message believers. It is to those who week-in and week-out assemble, (whenever possible) to fellowship together, hoping that they will hear a manna fresh message directly from the mouth of God; and also to those who dont even know that such a divine message is part and parcel of the Christian fellowship. This particular aspect of Christian worship is missing in most instances. The church universal, in general, is hearing the words of men and that is the reason why the expected unity in the Word, (the invisible union of the Bride) of the believers; has all but failed. The shepherds, most of whom are doing God a service without it being His will are failing Him and also His Bride. They fail to diligently wait upon the Lord in patience and longsuffering; and until, they HEAR from their Saviour; a message for His Bride in due season. But instead, they offer to the flock their interpretation of the message as per their vision, their understanding, their personal interpretation, or even the interpretation, which they have learned to understand in conferences with men. In so doing, they have therefore deviated somewhat intermingled with

man-made dogmas, (Def. - 1. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof; and 2. A doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative) which contradict some of the very teachings the messenger prophet they claim to follow considered pertinent, in order to make their dogmas work. I beseech everyone who reads this message to first consider the lateness of the hour, and then to ask this vital question, Am I witnessing the promised full restoration of the original Pentecostal Church as was experienced onwards from the day of Pentecost (until the Spirit was thwarted by the antichrist spirit through falsely anointed men) including all the gifts, and all the inspired Word preaching under the anointing of the Holy Ghost, (with vindication), and especially, are we witnessing, enjoying and benefiting from the interaction with God that the original church enjoyed, inside and outside the assembly? In fact, are you witnessing the conduct, order and doctrine as prescribed by the prophet William Branham? Stop for a moment and answer those questions! Your election may well depend upon your reaction to your answer. Let me ask you to enquire of the elders of your assembly why the gifted saints in your midst are not assembling together before each meeting, to meet with the Lord to receive guidance through tongues, interpretation of tongues and prophecy;... if it is not instituted. If it isnt, your God is being muted by men; and your church is no better than the Roman Catholic Church or a lodge! But that isnt the reason for this document. Before we address the core issue and then some relevant issues also, allow me to present some scripture and message quotes to substantiate the harmony of the revealed Word and your prophet in what I am about to present to you. You will notice that I have listed quotations mainly from 1965 in an attempt to qualify the final beliefs of Brother Branham to avoid argument and dissension. MATTHEW 17:10 - 11 10 11 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.

65-0119 THE.GOD.WHO.IS.RICH.IN.MERCY_ PHOENIX.AZ V-19 N-2 TUESDAY_ 157 What was it? Jesus said, in Saint Luke 17:30, that, "In the days like it was in the days of Lot," same situation, before the Gentile world is burned up, He said, "the Son of man will reveal Himself in that day." He made the promise, that Malachi 4 promised us it would say. A Message would come forth that would restore the people back to the original Pentecostal Message, and with the same blessings they had on the day of... What is it? It's a two-winged eagle, both New and Old Testament, flopping its promises together, of God, to fulfill what the promises of the Bible said it would do. Amen. 65-0425 GOD'S.PROVIDED.PLACE.OF.WORSHIP_ LOS.ANGELES.CA V-18 N-2 SUNDAY_ 165 There was Philip, another one full of the quickening power. We find him down there at Samaria, holding a great revival. This great quickening power, after he was in Christ, come where he had thousands of people listening at him. And He said, "Now leave here, Philip, I want you to go out into this desert, Gaza, here. I got a man out there, want you to meet." And no question, no question at all, he was full of that quickening power. He was in Christ, he was in the provided place where

God could talk to

him. God spoke to him. There was no question.

This above, my dear brothers and sisters, is what I desire to bring to your attention. We wonder why it was that the prophet saw in the vision of the Bride marching onward to heaven; that they began to wander astray to the point of distressing him to tears; causing him to cry out to her to get back into line. The reason is this; they failed to conform to, and stay in accord with, the revealed Word. They failed to defend the original faith as was delivered to them, and thus it is that they failed to maintain the presence of the Holy Spirit and His gifts in their midst through this behaviour. That vision depicted events relative to this very moment in time! 65-1125 THE.INVISIBLE.UNION.OF.THE.BRIDE.OF.CHRIST_ SHREVEPORT.LA V-2 N-15 THURSDAY_ 273 What is sin? Sin is "unbelief." Unbelief in (what?) the Word; unbelief in God, which is the Word. 274 Pure, unadulterated; oh, hallelujah; leaving soon for the skies; amen; standing ready. Think. Your garments, washed by the Water of the bleeding Word! The Word become Blood. The Word bled for you, and you are washed in bleeding Word. The Word, bleeding! The Life of God in the Word, and the Word was bled for you, that you might be washed from the filth of these prostitutes, and be cleaned and sanctified by the washing of the Water of the Word, and makes your mind and heart stayed on God and on His Word. 275 Now, how you know It's true? When God comes down and vindicates It and prove. 276 You say, "Well, I didn't believe It that way." They didn't believe It Jesus' way, but God proved It. They didn't believe It Noah's way. They didn't believe It Moses' way. They was willing to take Balaam's word for It, "We're all the same, so let's just associate together." "Separate yourself," the Bible said, "from unbelief." Now you say that you believe the message as God delivered it to us through His prophet. Well, let us see? Can you agree with what the prophet said regarding the whereabouts, the venue where the wedding of the Bride and Groom will take place? This following quote, taken from just days before the prophet died, indicates his final belief regarding this issue. You either believe the prophet or you dont! 65-1125 THE.INVISIBLE.UNION.OF.THE.BRIDE.OF.CHRIST_ SHREVEPORT.LA V-2 N-15 THURSDAY_ 277 Hallelujah! Now notice. You're not only that, but you're going to the Wedding

in the sky. And you are wearing the wedding band of predestinated, unmerited grace, a wedding band of
grace unmerited of your own. God did it, Himself. He knew you before the foundation of the world, so He slipped the wedding band on you There, put your name on a Book. What a thanksgiving! Hallelujah! Praise our God! You must be aware of the dogma circulating the globe that the Bride is already married; some claiming that a marriage ceremony took place on the earth - in this generation. Well! The prophet didnt see things the way some others do! If that isnt sufficient to convince you, then what do you make of the following... 65-0220X WEDDING.CEREMONY_ JEFFERSONVILLE.IN SATURDAY_ E-5 ..Though He tarry, yet He'll be here. And as we leave today, then may this be reunited in our minds and our hearts, and may we pledge ourself to Thee anew, to live undefiled from the world, that we might someday be a partaker of that great Ceremony that's soon to come. We ask this in Jesus' Name. Amen. Brothers and sisters, look at the date of that quotation. The prophet was referring to the wedding in the sky not a mystical uniting with the Word here on earth... need I add that the dogma in question relates to a marriage that apparently took place prior to 1965. 57-1006 QUESTIONS.AND.ANSWERS.ON.HEBREWS.3_ JEFFERSONVILLE.IN COD SUNDAY_

 718 And Christ becomes... God dwells in that perfect...?... marred body completely forever and through eternity. When the Lamb and the Bride is married in heaven, she walks out in full possession.

while this ceremony is going on in heaven of the Bride, the Gentile Bride being married to the Prince, God's Son, in glory...
Absolutely. Isaac and Rebekah came forth in full possession. And

While they're being married, there's three and a half years that takes place while the--Moses and
Elijah... QUESTIONS.AND.ANSWERS.1_ JEFF.IN COD SUNDAY_ 64-0823M 952-147 Now, this is my own thoughts, minister brethren, in my own way that I feel the Holy Spirit has revealed to me. Now, the next thing is to happen is the Jewish--or the Gentile elected Bride to be caught up with the rest of the Gentile elected Bride that's been down through the ages--be caught up in the Presence of Christ in the heavens. The dead raises; the ones that's alive and remain is changed; and they're caught up together in the air to meet the Lord. Then, because...

After the wedding ceremony in glory, Jesus--after that has caught

up into the skies, Jesus returns onto the earth and makes Hisself known to His people in the type
of like Joseph made hisself known to his brothers. And his wife, no Gentile was present, nobody but Joseph alone, when he made hisself known to his brethren. All understand that now? THE.GOD.OF.THIS.EVIL.AGE_ JEFF.IN V-4 N-9 SUNDAY_ 65-0801M 31 Now, notice closely now as we study the Word, the god of this evil age that we're now living. It may seem strange, a very strange thing in this age of grace, when God is taking a people for His Name's sake, that is, His Bride, in this evil age that should be called the age of evil. The very age that God is calling a people for His Name's sake, by grace, out and is called an evil age. Now, we'll prove it by the Bible that this is the age that He was speaking of. Very strange thing to think that, that in a evil age like this that God then would be calling His Bride. Did you notice? He said a people, not a church. Why? Yet it's called the church, but He would call a people. Now, a church is a gathering of many people of all different makeups. But God is calling one here. He didn't say, "I'll call the Methodist, Baptist, Pentecostal"; He said He'd call a people, what for? His Name (See?), a people. One from the Methodist, one from the Baptist, one from the Lutheran, one from the Catholic (See?), but He's calling not a church group, but a people for His Name, that receives His

in His Name, going to a wedding to be married to Him, to become part of Him (See?) by predestination. Just as a man that chooses a right wife in life, was
Name, engaged ordained to be part of his body, so that is, the Bride of Christ will be and is now from old ordained by God to be a part of that Body. See? Oh, the Scriptures are so rich, full of honey. LEADERSHIP_ COVINA.CA V-7 N-7 TUESDAY_ 65-1207 8 Dear God, we are grateful to You tonight for the privilege of knowing Jesus Christ our Saviour Your Son, and the free pardoning of our sins, and to know that His Blood is sufficient that's covered all of our sins and our iniquities. They're

so blotted out and put in the sea of God's forgetfulness and His Bride will stand at the wedding supper, pure, unadulterated, to marry the Son of God.

If those quotations do not put that dogma to rest... then nothing will! Then you dont believe the prophet. By rights, you should declare before your congregation this fact of your faith so any true believers might be aware of your unbelief and separate themselves from your sin. Still, that is not the reason for the presentation of this document. That is simply to place you in a situation whereby you are forced, for your own good, to present this to your shepherd should he be entangled in this particular dogma. This, precious reader, which follows is what I want to present to you ACTS 8:26 26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.

ACTS 8:29 29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.

ACTS 9:4-7 4 5 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.

ACTS 10:1-6 1 2 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway. He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.

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ACTS 10:13-15 13 14 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

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And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

ACTS 10:19 & 20 19 20 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee. Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.

ACTS 11:12 12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house:

ACTS 12:7-8 7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.

ACTS 13:2 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

ACTS 13:47 47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.

That, my precious reader, is what is missing in the restored church. God, speaking audibly to His Bride-tobe! He SPOKE to His Bride either in the office of the Angel of the Covenant, or in the office of the Holy Spirit. Yes! The Lord did in fact interact with His Bride in a way that He is not currently engaging in. In which ever form, the fact is that the Lord spoke to His Bride in an audible voice giving guidance and instruction; followed by the miraculous. What is the reason for the lack of this phenomenon in this age? You have to find the answer! It is your dilemma! I can hear some saying, It isnt season yet! Based upon the state that the message assemblies find themselves, there couldnt be a better time... considering that TIME IS RUNNING OUT FAST. Again, let me shake your conscience and your very being regarding what the prophet believed relative to the number of elect souls who will be alive, reflecting the mirror-image of their Bridegroom; at the advent of the rapture. 63-0317M GOD.HIDING.HIMSELF.IN.SIMPLICITY.THEN.REVEALING.HIMSELF.IN.THE.SAME_ JEFFERSONVILLE.IN SUNDAY_ 373 Now, this week we're going to get in some awful deep teaching on the Word. Now, notice. The rapture will be... So few go in that Bride. It'll not be... Now, see how the teachers has got it? They've got charts, and they go to show ten million people coming up here, and all the Methodists, if it's a Methodist preacher; and if it's a Pentecostal, all the Pentecostals coming. It will never touch it. It'll be, maybe one leave Jeffersonville, just somebody come

up missing. They'll say, "Well, you never..." The rest of them won't know. There'll be one leave Georgia. See? There'll be one leave in Africa. And

let's say there'd be five

hundred people a-living will go in the translation. Now, that ain't--that ain't
the church body; this is the Bride. That ain't the church; this is the Bride. See? The--the church will come up by the thousands, but that's in the next resurrection. They lived not for the space of a thousand years. See? But in the Bride if five hundred people left the earth this very minute, the world would know nothing about it. Now! That should frighten every so-called message-believer in South Africa; from the whole world for that matter. Based upon the fact that many charlatans shall come in the guise of true saints, false anointed ones at the end time, (AND YES, even among the message), teaching the gospel of men, (lets face it, Satan and his army are not sleeping). As was the case with Eve, we can assuredly expect that somewhere along the way, one Word changed will be sufficient to beguile a whole assembly of message folk. If Eve was adjudged unfaithful to the statute of the Lord in her time, and separation resulted from her accepting the addition of a single word to the unadulterated Word of God; to turn the Gospel of her day into a dogma of man, you my reader will be foolhardy to think that we are immune to the same judgement. It is only the ignorant slumbering foolish virgins who are convinced that Satan stopped using that same strategy. The injection of dogmas into ones faith serves only to achieve the forming of denominations, (Def. - 1. Identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others; and 2. A group of religious congregations/assemblies having their own organization and distinctive faith). One would think that even the foolish virgin would realise that a dogma believing assembly is void of the Holy Spirit and is spiritually nothing more than a denomination; a harlot, who has forsaken her first love and thus has become an adulterer and will not be ready for the rapture and that the Holy Spirit withdraws from among them the moment that untruth enters in and is accepted in the faith of the church... history substantiates this fact. Be wary! What if Brother Branham was correct when he said that there would only living soul who would experience the body-change and be raptured from Africa? From what I have witnessed, I believe he may well be on the nail. The message churches are riddled with dogmas and false doctrines. They have become so corrupt that I can no longer find an assembly wherein I can fellowship as a result of the unbelief that I witness. The entire body seems to have lost the plot. We need to give God an opportunity to speak to His Bride! He must be given the opportunity to demonstrate His pre-eminence in His body; resulting in the presence of the Holy Ghost, if not the Logos, the Pillar of Fire; descending into the midst of His Bride. Every member of any assembly must, as a matter of necessity, yield and submit their entire being to the Lord as a living sacrifice. In order to achieve this condition, the Bride must expel all unbelief. Her doctrines must be one hundred percent in accordance with the Word as revealed by the prophet. In addition, once that condition is achieved, woe betide those souls who gossip, or harbour un-confessed sin, or bear hardness of heart, or have bitterness toward another, lacking charity and compassion, etc, etc, who tempt the Lord by gathering among the saints, for they will be exposed - as was the case with Ananias, with Sapphira his wife! What Im saying is that the Bride will have to present herself with the nature of the Lamb in order for the dove to abide upon her. Im referring to the Lambs who hear the voice of the Shepherd and faithfully follow Him only. Lambs shouldnt have to be herded, (Def. - Keep, move, or drive animals) as they are in South Africa. Their dependence upon together with their love for their shepherd is the driving force within their heart. Where He goes, they will follow without hesitance or doubt. He is the door to their sheepfold and He protects them from the wiles of the ravenous wolves.

So the question is raised, with the coming of the Lord being so close, (See Daniel seventy weeks in conjunction with the parable of the blossoming of the fig tree) how are things in your assembly? Are you comfortable with where you stand at this moment before the Lord? Are you going to be the one from Africa who aligns yourself with the necessary requirements to attract the Lord into your presence by virtue of being one hundred percent reflective of His Word it has to be that way because the Holy Ghost is the Author, Tutor and Revealer of His Own Word, hence He cannot teach you one truth of the Gospel and another a different version of the same truth; and both of you go in the rapture. The hour is very late and you have to make the correct decision... now. These are trying times. It is time to conscientiously analyse, to take diligent account regarding what you and your assembly believes. Its time to scrupulously judge all that is being taught over the pulpits and to get serious regarding the teachings of the Lord in Word and deed. We know that it takes just one Word to cause you to fail. One false interpretation of the Word results in death. One misinterpretation of, one contradiction to, what the prophet taught brings separation from God. That is the reality facing you right now. It is the same which is being ignored by all the slumbering virgins. Do we have to go into the dogmas of the Cloud or the dogmas relating to the Seven Thunders, the prophecies of the roaring lion? Nay! There is sufficient dogma therein to disqualify just about every living believer. Go back to the prophets teachings yourself. Call on the Holy Spirit for correction. Dont rely on any man! Hear them, but always retire to the Word and the message yourself in the presence of the Holy Spirit and lay your questions upon His altar. He is faithful to all of His promises. He will answer all that you ask. MATTHEW 7:7-8 7 8 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Following is the area of immense consternation. This is the very instruction of the prophet that has been ignored resulting in the sheepfold door being left vacant; offering access to multitudes of demons... 63-0317M GOD.HIDING.HIMSELF.IN.SIMPLICITY.THEN.REVEALING.HIMSELF.IN.THE.SAME_ JEFFERSONVILLE.IN SUNDAY_ 106 And now, this is just a little service that--it--it'll blend right in with it though, so listen to every word. Catch it. And--and if you're taking it on tapes or anything, then you stay right with that tape teaching. Don't say nothing but what that tape says. Just say just exactly what the tape says (See?), now because some of those things... We're going to understand a whole lot about this now, why it's misunderstood. See? And you be sure to say just what the tape says. Don't say nothing else (See?), 'cause... I don't say that of my own. It's Him that says it. You see? And... So many times confusion, people will raise up and say, "Well, so-and-so said it meant so-and-so." Let's just leave it just the way it is. 63-0317M GOD.HIDING.HIMSELF.IN.SIMPLICITY.THEN.REVEALING.HIMSELF.IN.THE.SAME_ JEFFERSONVILLE.IN SUNDAY_ 107 See, that's the way we want the Bible. Just the way the Bible says it, that's the way we want it, just--just like that. Don't put own--no interpretation to it. It's already interpreted. See? 63-0318 THE.FIRST.SEAL_ JEFFERSONVILLE.IN MONDAY_ 405.Those who are making tapes or--or--or hearing the tapes, may they study It; not put their own interpretation to It now, but

just study the Word. Grant it, Father. In Jesus' Name, I commit it all to You, and for Your glory. Amen. I long to fellowship among believers but how does one "Separate yourself," (the Bible said) "from unbelief." and fellowship when one cannot find a pastor who is diligent enough to stand fast on all the Word, vindicated by all the message; and is always determined to wait on the Lord UNTIL GOD SPEAKS TO HIM - that he may be used of the Holy Spirit to deliver manna in due season? How does one sit under the ministry of a man who refuses to accept what the prophet said? And how does one fellowship with the believers who sit under the ministry of a man who you know is off the Word and/or the message? How do you contend with people who hold the Bible under one arm and the exposition of the Seven Church Ages under the other? This book is the source of great confusion having been corrupted by the injection of Baptist dogma by the author who was commissioned to only correct the grammar of the transcripts of the sermons on the subject of the Seven Church Ages. Prior to the commissioning of Dr. Vayle to correct the grammar of the transcripts, the prophet had this to say on the issue of grammar... PARADOX_ JEFF.IN V-15 N-8 SUNDAY_ 61-1210 206 It was a real paradox when God chose the foolishness of inspired preaching instead of high-polished theology. A man that don't know, hardly, use "hit, hain't, tote, fetch, carry," all such words as that, and--and say all kinds of--of things out of his grammar, and ungrammarized, and everything else like that, and God chose that instead of taking the great scholarly polished, who can really pronounce the words and say it just right. But it pleased God to take the foolishness of inspired preaching, some little old plowboy don't know his abc's, and take that man and win souls by him. When, deceivers, all polished up, just leading the blind leading the blind. A real paradox. I now wonder what inspired the prophet to suspect that human intervention could enhance the anointed, spoken Word of God through a son of man. I thank the Lord that He did not allow the same fate upon the series of sermons on the Revelation of the Seven Seals; it was on the cards at one time... A.MAN.RUNNING.FROM.THE.PRESENCE.OF.THE.LORD_ JEFF.IN V-5 N-8 WEDNESDAY_ 650217 26 First, we took it right off of the tape, the way it was written or spoken. You know, you can preach a sermon, is one thing, and then write a book is another. See, like I'd happen to touch on a subject, like I'd say to you, you'd understand, I'd say, "Now, the serpent's seed," see. Well, now, the reader of that book, if you took that off, would wonder, "What is the serpent's seed?" See? And they wouldn't know. If that happened to go into such a place like Princeton or somewhere, and they-they would think we were unintelligent people. So I got Brother Vayle to kind of help me with this and keep the line of the same thought, and give it grammar. And I'm sure my grammar they would... It would be a mystery to them, sure enough. So the... Brother Vayle is really good on that, so he's as a... II SAMUEL 6:6 6 And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. 7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.

If you think Im out of order here, allow me to present to you what the prophet said to Mr. Lee Vayle, Baptist Theologian; regarding the manner in which Mr. Vayle was injecting his dogma into the book... The Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages changing such teachings as serious as the Seven Thunders and the New Birth versus the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. These are vital subjects, which you my reader must confront with the intention of addressing the controversial teachings which Lee Vayle injected into the book in question; for it is here where the confusion among message folk, related to these subjects, are born. Had they never read that book, but stayed faithful to the audio sermons, they would be far better off. If you dont believe me, make your own study and prove me wrong. Until then, you have a dilemma in this regard. The following, are unabridged, quotations extracted from an audio letter from the prophet delivered to Mr. Lee Vayle... Now, there was... Now--now look, Lee. Any of these things that I have injected here... We think the book is wonderful. So if--if it doesn't fit in, you think it would be unfitting for a man to read it in this way I've got it fixed out here, then omit it.
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It's your book, and I want you to write it. It's your opinion of being in the meetings and--and what you've seen, and by tapes what you've heard, and so forth. And I think it's a going to make a grand masterpiece for the

meetings. I think it will be one of the greatest assets that we've had since I've been in the field, this book will be. And I--I'd like for it to be just as dandy as could be. Now, these things that I'm saying, my--my brother, is not to try to let you think that I know more about something than you do. But it's just in the--the spirit of--of better understanding, and--and fellowship, and... You know what I mean? The discerning reader will pick up on the uneasiness of the prophet regarding what was going on thus he distanced himself from the book saying that it is Lee Vayles book; and that it is his opinions of what he has seen and heard. Following, you will note how Lee Vayle stepped out beyond his commission having adopted poetic license in that he was asking permission of the prophet to state that the prophet had said such and such when he in fact hadnt. Can you imagine the prophet sanctioning such a thing? This indicates the distance between the men on the issue of where the originally agreed boundaries of grammarization had been established, and to where said boundaries were about to be extended. Personally, I do not think that the prophet, (who really didnt have time for nonsense, and repeated re-editing) was satisfied with the course of events. Anyone who takes the trouble to earnestly, and with an open mind, study the teachings of the prophet on the Seven Thunders and the New Birth versus the Baptism of the Holy Spirit will soon confirm that the reading and re-reading of the transcripts of this book as they passed back and forth between the prophet and Lee Vayle caused the prophet much confusion, which he didnt notice immediately but it is there to be seen in the time-line of the messages for all to see. This confusion will be addressed as we go forward. Finally, I have previously sent Lee Vayle a request, from his own website, with a view to interact with him regarding the controversial and confusing issues he has caused as a result of this book only to be ignored! I didnt even receive a reply or a confirmation of receipt of my request. In fact, I first brought these issues to the attention of Br. Billy-Paul Branham who humbly referred me to take it up with Lee Vayle. The audio letter continues saying Now, and in the millennium, He will be Son of David, Son of David, 'cause He will set on the throne of His Father, David. And then in there, this writing that you said, "No one..." You want to say it in there
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that you'd heard me say this, why, all right. See? And then God, as I told you, being the Eternal, and His attributes being displayed, how that... In there, like when Jesus was on earth here, He said... The blind Bartimaeus called to Him, "Thou Son of David." And that's what He will be in the millennium, the Son of David. Not, "Thou Son of man," what He claimed to be, "Thou Son of David." Well, that's what He will be in the millennium to these Jews, of course. Now, we find out he got his request. But when this Syrophenician woman cried to Him, "Thou Son of David," she had no claims on Him as Son of David. But when she said, "Lord," which is Son of God, then she got what she asked for. See? But it's the self same person all the time. Allow me to list some quotes wherein you will see what the prophet believed regarding the relationship between the New Birth and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit

THIS.GREAT.WARRIOR.DAVID_ CHICAGO.IL TUESDAY_ 55-0118 E-44 He knowed where he was at. Hallelujah. Every David setting here tonight, youre positionally in Christ. God has confirmed it. Election, calling, anointing, placing: He elected you and called you. He elected you and called you. Then He anointed you with the Holy Spirit, and now, Hes placed you in the body of Christ, each one of these Davids. QUESTIONS.AND.ANSWERS.ON.HEBREWS.2_ JEFF.IN COD WEDNESDAY_ 571002 270-370 Now, the question is... Let's answer it just one by one; there's three questions. By one Spirit we are all baptized into the body of Christ. That's correct, I Corinthians 12 would give the answer to that. All right. At that time we receive the new birth, this takes place? Is that when? That's what they want to know. Yes. "By one Spirit..." No. No. By one Spirit we're all baptized into one body. See, that isn't when the new birth begins; the new birth begins when you believe on the Lord Jesus. COUNTDOWN_ JEFF.IN V-11 N-3 SUNDAY_ 62-0909M 37........................................... And the new birth, as people talks that the baptism of the Holy Ghost is the new birth. Now, that's wrong. The baptism of the Holy Ghost is different from the new birth. The new birth is when you're born again. But the Holy Ghost is when power comes into that birth for service. That's exact. See? The Holy Ghost is--baptized into the Holy Ghost. COUNTDOWN_ JEFF.IN V-11 N-3 SUNDAY_ 62-0909M 38 The new birth, you have the new birth by being--believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. See? By having faith and accepting Him as your Saviour, that's birth (See?), because you've passed from death unto Life. Now, if you want to back that up, take St. John 5:24, "He that heareth My Words and believeth on Him that sent Me, has Everlasting Life." See, he's got Life because he believes. And that same group had to go to Pentecost to be baptized with the Holy Ghost. Exact. Holy Ghost is power for service. And the new birth, as people talks that the baptism of the Holy Ghost is the new birth. Now, that's wrong. The baptism of the Holy Ghost is

different from the new birth. The new birth is when you're born again. But the Holy Ghost is when power comes into that birth for service. That's exact. See? THE.MARK.OF.THE.BEAST.AND.THE.SEAL.OF.GOD.2_ LONG.BEACH.CA FRIDAY_ 61-0217 E-17 Now, the Holy Spirit is the Seal of God. Now, if you say you believe and haven't received the Holy Ghost, then God's never recognized your faith yet. That's right. Because the Seal is the recognition that God has completed and finished His work in you (That's right.), that He recognized, sure. Someone said, "Why do you make it so loose, Brother Branham, saying, Saint John 5:24?" That's the beginning of the Spirit. That's right. I believe that a man, as soon as you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, it's a portion of the Holy Spirit. When you're sanctified, another part of the Holy Spirit cleans you. Then you're filled with the Holy Ghost. Right. Now, "But he that heareth My words, and believeth on Him that sent Me, has Eternal Life." There's only one type of it; that's God's life. THINGS.THAT.ARE.TO.BE_ RIALTO.CA V-4 N-6 SUNDAY_ 65-1205 112 "I got the baptism, the Holy Spirit." That still has nothing to do with it. That's just only a temporal gift for you. The real gift is your soul down in there, see, that was born of God, and that controls the whole thing to the Word of God and the will of God. And there you grow up, see, then you're a son and daughter of God. You're a child of God. And these things, as you come up... Like the mother, now you're in the bowels of the earth, trying to come forth. You're a son of God, coming forth, and you see the Word says, "I should do this. I should be born-again." "Well, I belong to church." That don't mean one thing. See? "I'm Methodist; my mother." That's good for your mother. 113 "Well, my, I'm Pentecostal. I belong." That, if you don't line with that Word, there is something wrong. See? Then, you see, your real father ain't God. See? Because, that real start in your soul, before there even was a spirit, it was your soul. That soul didn't come from God, then it wasn't a germ of God, to begin. You're deceived. You're in a patch of weeds and bearing the world's record of the weeds coming forth. Acting like the world, loving the world, is because the love of God is not in you.

THINGS.THAT.ARE.TO.BE_ RIALTO.CA V-4 N-6 SUNDAY_ 65-1205 114 And now there'll be false anointed-ones in the last days, not false Jesus. They wouldn't stand for that. But, "false," anointed. They are anointed, yes, sir, but they're anti-Christ. They're anointed with the Spirit, to do the signs and wonders that Christ did, but won't line up with His Word. See? "Many will come to Me, that Day, and say, 'Lord, have not I prophesied, and cast out devils, in Your Name?'"

He say, "Depart from Me, you that work iniquity. I never even knew you." "I was Pentecostal, Lord. Glory to God! I shouted. I spoke with tongues. And I laid hands on the sick, and healed them, cast out devils." "Depart from Me, you that work iniquity. I never knew you." THINGS.THAT.ARE.TO.BE_ RIALTO.CA V-4 N-6 SUNDAY_ 65-1205 115 See what I mean? Oh, little children, do you feel the need of that vitamin tonight, that something? There's a body waiting yonder. There's a body waiting to be received. People, don't be deceived. Don't be deceived. The Devil is a deceiver. Even the--the wedding garment, you must wear It. It must be. 116 Now we're at the evening time. The earthly body is now ready to be dissolved, and we're preparing to enter into the Heavenly. And we now feel the strange call, of God, to go to this great Eden. And before we can be born here, our little bodies cried for something that--that had to be provided, or we'd be an afflicted child here if we wasn't. God has no afflictions up there. They're, every one, perfectly lined up, the Bride just exactly like the Groom was, the Word manifested in Its season. God grant, tonight, children, each and every one of you! There is a Heaven to go to. There's a hell to stay away from. LEADERSHIP_ COVINA.CA V-7 N-7 TUESDAY_ 65-1207 162 The choice of your conduct. You could... You can't mix it now. You're either for God or against God, and the outward expressions shows exactly what's on the inside. See? The cocklebur... Many of you think, "I got the baptism of the Holy Ghost, I'm going to Heaven." That don't mean one thing that you're going to Heaven. No, sir. You can have the baptism of the Holy Ghost every hour in your life, and still be lost and go to hell. The Bible says so. Uh-huh, that's exactly right. LEADERSHIP_ COVINA.CA V-7 N-7 TUESDAY_ 65-1207 162 The choice of your conduct. You could... You can't mix it now. You're either for God or against God, and the outward expressions shows exactly what's on the inside. See? The cocklebur... Many of you think, "I got the baptism of the Holy Ghost, I'm going to Heaven." That don't mean one thing that you're going to Heaven. No, sir. You can have the baptism of the Holy Ghost every hour in your life, and still be lost and go to hell. The Bible says so. Uh-huh, that's exactly right. COMMUNION_ TUCSON.AZ V-8 N-4 SUNDAY_ 65-1212 49 What was it? There was another William Branham. See? A little spot of Eternal Life down there, from the-the--the genes of God, the Word of God that was placed in there. Each one of you can think of similar things. See, It was working.

50 Then look up to the trees, and I think, "Leaf, I seen you fall off last year, and why are you back there again? Where'd you come from? What brought you here?" See, It was that Eternal Life working in the body. 51 Now, then one day as I walked on, that Voice talking, "Don't never smoke, drink, so forth." And the young fellows and all got older. See, there was Something moving. 52 But yet all at once I looked up, and I said, "I'm not the son of Charles and Ella Branham. There's Something calling." Like my little eagle, "I'm not a chicken. There's Something up yonder, somewhere. O Great Jehovah, Whoever You are, open up! I want to come home. There's Something in me, calling." 53 Then I was born again. That little Life was laying there, the life of water was poured upon It, then It begin to grow. Now, that old life was forgiven, put in the sea of God's forgetfulness, to never be remembered against me no more. See? Now we stand justified (as though we never had sinned) in the Presence of God.
Let me assure you that the prophet wasnt speaking of the moment in time when he received the baptism of the Holy Ghost. So, is it fair to say that the prophet believed that the born again experience is an experience in time when a soul accepts the shed blood of the slain sacrifice as his or her atonement for sin; believing unto everlasting life and at that moment, God having called the soul, receives a measure of the eternal Spirit of God into their being and that it is this newness of life which leads and guides him or her unto all truth and shows them things to come; and once the Lord has sanctified the body in question by the Tutoring by the measure of Eternal life, and tried the faith to His satisfaction, bringing the person into obedience, then accepts the faith of the once repentant sinner, He then seals their soul with the baptism of the Holy Ghost; and sets the vessel aside for service with power? Is that correct? A simple yes or no will suffice. I now ask you to explain something which has caused so much contention and disunity. I remind you that the Lord God is not the author of confusion; but the devil is. I remind you also that the devil is hardly able to cause this complexity of confusion, disunity and discrepancy within a world-wide church, while all they have to do is believe what the prophet said; if it were not for man, members of the five-fold ministry, offering Satan their services... be it willingly or unwillingly. Now let me list what Lee Vayle wrote in the book, The Exposition of the Seven Church Ages. Let me assure you that no portion of what you are about to read was uttered by the prophet during the sermons; and it is safe to say, that he never ever believed or taught what Lee Vayle wrote in the book as follows You will notice something of the contradiction. Need I spell out the vital importance of the understanding of the born again experience? I believe it will benefit all who read the document if I do. But first, read carefully the following... I would like you to note that these following words are not the prophets words and cannot be found in the sermon by the same name. 144-2 SMYRNAEAN.CHURCH.AGE - CHURCH.AGE.BOOK CPT.4

Now before we leave this subject I want to make myself very clear on what the Baptism with the Holy Ghost is according to the Word.

It is not according to me, and it is not according to

you. It has to be according to

"Thus saith the Lord,"

or

we are

falsely led. Amen.

144-3

SMYRNAEAN.CHURCH.AGE - CHURCH.AGE.BOOK CPT.4

To begin with you will notice that in my meetings when I have finished preaching an evangelistic service, or some teaching message, I cast the net and invite a response from the people. I ask them to come forward and receive the Holy Spirit. My Pentecostal friends, upon hearing me say this believe that I am inviting people to come forward to be baptized with the Holy Ghost because they are already born again. So when I invite those who are Spirit-filled to come and deal with those who have answered the invitation to receive the Spirit, these dear ones surge forward and deal with the people in such manner as to encourage them to yield to God and believe to speak in tongues. This has caused a great deal of confusion and I want to tell you

I mean for the sinner to come forward and be born again, which is to be baptized into the body of Christ by the Holy Ghost which is exactly what took place at Pentecost when the church was launched. In other words, to be born of the Spirit is to be truly baptized with the Holy Ghost. It is one and the same.
exactly what I mean. 144-4 SMYRNAEAN.CHURCH.AGE - CHURCH.AGE.BOOK CPT.4 Now I realize that it is going to be confusing for a moment here, as most people know that I was ordained a Baptist preacher and I have steadfastly declared that the Baptists have missed it for saying you receive the Holy Ghost WHEN you believe, for that is not so. You receive Him "SINCE you believed." Acts 19:2-6. "He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance saying unto the people, that they should believe on Him Which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. When they heard this, they were baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came upon them: and they spake with tongues, and prophesied." There it is. Paul asked, "Have you received SINCE, NOT WHEN you believed." And there is a great difference there, for it is AFTER we believe that we receive. Ephesians 1:13 is an exact word repeat of what happened in Ephesus according to Acts 19, "In Whom ye also trusted, AFTER that ye heard the Word of truth, the Gospel of your salvation; in Whom also AFTER that ye believed (not when ye believed), ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise." Now here is my point. Too many of our modernists and even our fundamentalists (so-called) believe unto salvation at a certain specific time which in many cases is called "making a decision," and that has been called receiving Christ or being born again. Now to receive Christ is to receive His Spirit. To receive His Spirit is to be born again. To receive His Spirit is to be baptized with the Holy Ghost. Amen. These folks believe. That is wonderful. But they stop there. You receive the Holy Ghost AFTER you believe. It has always been that way and always will be.

Now, analyse these statements made in the book The Exposition of the Seven Church Ages. Read it again and then page back to the previous quote taken from the countdown sermon and try to make sense of the two as far as unity in the faith is concerned. Are both statements conducive to unity of one doctrinal faith? Do what you like, you cannot have a drunk-sober man and insomuch, you cannot have a true false teaching come from the same mouth except the speaker was in error, he was anointed of a false spirit, or his revelation was changed and then changed again towards the end of his ministry. If that is the case, then I would like to know why God, Who is an unchanging God and His truth never changes, would do such a thing? I put it to you that the quotes above, taken from the book The Exposition of the Seven Church Ages are not the words of the prophet. He never said these words or anything of the like in the sermons from which the book was complied. These are the dogmatic injections of the man, Doctor Lee Vayle who saw fit to insert his beliefs into the book. Does that not reduce the book to Thus saith the Lord, the prophet and Dr. Lee Vayle; and be careful, they do not all agree? Yes it does! Some of it is of the Lord, some of the Prophet and some of Dr. Lee Vayle and I have made it my business, the Lord willing, to expose the dogmatic injections of the good doctor, who was placed in a position of trust, for the purpose of correcting grammatical errors and nothing else. That may just hurt a little, but; so far, my suspicions of the fact have been verified in several serious topics. And on the note of serious, let me explain something, which has been key in prompting me to make this investigative study and to present it to the world. Lets play out a couple of scenarios. We have a person called by God from sin. The atonement is revealed to him. He accepts it and receives it inviting the Holy Ghost into his life. The Word, the very Lamb Who was slain has said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. He believes it! Then he finds that Dr. Lee Vayle has declared that what he has read is a lie. That shakes him and his faith in Christianity is hindered. When he dies the next day, we have to wonder of his faith; by which we are saved. Then we have the next man who also goes through the motions as described above and believes that the experience which he had at the cross was

It is one and the same and doesnt go on to

receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost. The rapture comes and he is left with the mark of the beast to pay with his own blood for his salvation. Both the above have missed the opportunity to have been elected as Bride from the foundations of the world because God had seen that they didnt overcome unto the end because of a deception. The point Im making is that Satan will do what he can to pervert the Word of the Lord and today, we have Pastors who have become dogmatic and swearing that this book The Exposition of the Seven Church Ages, is THUS SAITH THE LORD. I want to tell those who are so convinced, and are teaching the dogmas that the Doctor injected into the book, to be warned of the consequences, which I neednt go into. I will reveal the errors and prove, where ever I can, the injections, which were not the words of the prophet as he spoke the sermons. The doctrine of Lee Vayle regarding the New Birth versus the Baptism of the Holy Spirit totally contradicts the teachings of the Prophet! I strongly suggest that everyone who reads that book be diligent in taking the advice of the prophet you claim to follow, and to take everything back to the Bible and to prove all things, making sure that it all dovetails with the unadulterated Word of God; THE BIBLE. You have been warned.

As a result of this discovery, and some other disturbing statements found in the book in question, some which blatantly contradict the beliefs and the teachings of the prophet; I was led to investigate, a little deeper, the topics which I simply couldnt firmly establish solid grounding on, because of uncertainties which, I found, even the prophet was alluding to in later sermons. I had found that the prophet was steadfast and solid on some teachings of vital importance early in his ministry, but was later swayed in a subtle, if not uncanny way, to embrace teachings which leaned to cause dissension, and/or discrepancy in his belief and his teaching, which always led to conjecture by some, and eventually to contentions, which have even led to the separating of fellowships and the disunity, if not; the breaking up of assemblies. Naturally Satan enjoys this situation and capitalized on the play of words since he saw the opportunity to cause great discontentment among the called out, and thereby orchestrate a severe and destructive initiative, knowing that to add a word to, or take away a word, or to even put a private interpretation to the Word; spells death. Needless to say, the true believer tends to believe every word that proceeds from the mouth of God and based upon, Amos 3; 7 the Word for this age came to the prophet William Branham. And I add what Paul taught, But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. GALATIANS 1:8 and repeated in verse 9 for the sake of those hard of learning. You may consider me disrespectful to the man who the prophet respected but, I will refer you to Paul and the other believers who saw fit to name and shame, and to reject as heretic - those wolves in sheep clothing. I have no choice but to name the editor since it is a well known fact that he edited the book. I seek not to shame him but to warn him and the believers of a series of injections of teachings, which the prophet did not agree with yet they found their way into the book. I further believe that the prophet would have taken more care in his proofreading had he been aware that the Doctor had done more than simply address the issue of correcting the grammatical errors of speech in the original transcripts. My prayer is that the good Doctor will acknowledge the fact that he laboured beyond the call of his duty and repent thereof for, I personally was stumbled by the sway from original Gospel teaching as taught by Jesus, the apostles, Paul and the prophet who spoke the Word under the anointing in the series of sermons from which this book is derived. This book should have resulted in a THUS SAITH THE LORD historical account, presenting a solid doctrinal foundation; of the original church of Jesus Christ over the past 2000 years... BUT IT ISNT! It is corrupt thanks to the doctor. Had the book been left unabridged as was the Revelation of the Seven Seals was, we would have had THUS SAITH THE LORD on the seven church ages. It is a pity that the prophet allowed this to occur. I thank God that we still have the audio sermons and the original unabridged transcripts. So, having said that, I admonish all who have placed absolute trust in what was written in that published book to seriously consider what you are about to read in this document and go back to the original sermons to determine what in the book is anointed truth and what is adulterated dogma. EVENTS.MADE.CLEAR.BY.PROPHECY_ JEFF.IN V-12 N-3 SUNDAY_ 65-0801E 16 For the Bible is a living, foretold witness of Jesus Christ. And as the earth has growed into its fullness, and also vines grow into their fullness, the day grows into its fullness, the Bible was manifested in Its fullness in the Person of Jesus Christ. He was the Word of God revealed, the whole complete Book of Redemption. The Bible is God's Word, forthtelling the future events. Its believers is commanded by Its Author to read and believe every Word of It, not just part of It. One Word, to disbelieve It, you might as well quit trying until you believe that Word. Every Word is absolutely a part of Almighty God; God made manifest, wound into His Word, to show forth Who He is. We are commanded, as believers, to believe every Word of It. And It's wrote by the Author of God Himself.

There is nobody can add anything to It or take anything from It. If you would, it would be a freak body of God. It would have, maybe like six fingers on one hand, or--or three arms, or something, to add something, to take something away from it and be one arm short, one finger short. It's the complete Body of Jesus Christ. And in Christ, being the Male, the Groom, the Bride is represented in Him also. And these two are One. "At that day you'll know that I am in the Father, the Father in Me, I in you and you in Me." What a complete picture! 17 And the true believers in this Word, who accept It that way, believe It, and with patience wait for Its prophesied promises, every one of them to be manifested in its age. Every believer has watched for it. Every believer that's been on the toes, watching, is the one that's been revealed to. The scripture and the prophet warned that in the last days they would depart from the true faith. Do you think that Satan didnt see a brilliant opportunity to corrupt the very book which the prophet was to endorse and thereby cause millions to stumble? If you cannot see that, then you have yet to get to know your enemy. Talking of organized religion, the prophet implied that this is where the likes good doctor learned their vast intellectual knowledge. Paul was the same but he was taken aside and corrected by the Pillar of Fire and the Holy Ghost tutored him. I have to ask how sincerely the good doctor repented of his institutional taught theories, and how willingly did he die to his dogmas of men. Lets face it; he is on record contesting the prophet when corrected. Let us now address the issue of the Seven, (unwritten) Thunders which are attached to the back-side of the Book of Redemption The Bible. First we must recognize that God, (in His fullness) did not indwell the Prophet. The prophet is on record saying that he has the same Holy Spirit that we all have. The difference is that he was ordained a prophet from before the foundations of the world which qualifies him to be used in a mightier way in order to fulfil his ministry as the Lord wills. JESUS.CHRIST.THE.SAME.YESTERDAY.TODAY.AND.FOREVER_ SIOUX.FALLS.SD SATURDAY_ 56-0225 E-18 God in the beginning, in the--the Christ, in the Pillar of Fire, He settled on top of the mountain. And even when His Presence so close, that even the--a beast would touch that mountain it'd have to be killed with a--with a dart. Yes, sir, no one could touch Him. Now watch, first He could not be seen; then here He comes in a mystic Light, and they could see Him. But no one could get close to Him. Then He reveals Himself, and comes down, and puts on human flesh, though borned a virgin birth, different from man, ordinary man. No one was ever born like that before. That was that same One was on the--and to Moses in the bush. He was a Rock that was with Moses in the wilderness. He was the Angel that was at the burning bush; He was the I AM. And so, here He was here in a human body then, manifesting Hisself in a body of flesh. He came down into

because He's pure and holy, and He couldn't come in anything that was defiled.
this virgin body, THE.TIME.OF.DECISION_ CHICAGO.IL THURSDAY_ 59-0611 E-11 And the time had come for Abraham, the great patriarch and servant of God, to make a decision. And this decision was, that he was to decide just on who his son, Isaac, that he'd waited twenty-five years for, and had received him as one from the dead, and knowed that he was a called and separated messenger of God... And there was a time come when he had to make the decision: Who would be his helpmate to carry on the plan of God? You see, God don't make all of our decisions. And there's many times that God doesn't tell His

prophets just what to do, because they have to make the decision. If there is no decision

that we have to make, just wait every move on God, then there is no overcoming on our part. And sometimes, they make the wrong decision.

God's anointed prophets

makes the wrong decisions, and many times are deceived.

THE.TRUE.VINE.AND.A.FALSE.VINE_ MACON.GA TUESDAY_ 55-0607 E-79 But God, in His prophets and in His seers and so forth, absolutely knows that these things as God will reveal it.

There's many things He don't reveal to His servants . Look at--look at old Jacob setting on a
stoned. Setting up there and brought his boy's coat back... And you knowed he was a prophet. Brought his coat back and said, "A beast killed your boy." That was wrong. He didn't know the difference for forty years. Look at Isaac, setting up there total blind, and here come Jacob up and said, "I'm Esau." He blessed him, for Esau--and a prophet... Look at the--this Elijah, setting there and--and here come the Shunammite women and fell down by

They don't know all things. They just know as God will let them know. They're not infallible people.
him like that. Said, "God's troubled her heart and kept it from me."

The Bible said, "Elijah was man subject to like such passions as we are," his up and downs, and differences.
QUESTIONS.AND.ANSWERS.2_ JEFF.IN COD SUNDAY_ 64-0823E 1018-Q-291 291. Some

say Brother Branham is the Son of man. I thought the Pillar of Fire was the Son of man. Am I mistaken?
Well, that's a good question, very good. But I am not the Son of man, but a son of man. There's quite a difference. Jesus Christ was the Son of man, the Son of God, the Son of man, the Son of David. Now, the reason that question probably was asked this person or been said, because people regard me as a seer, which I have never... I've got a question in here just blasting me on that. See? But I--I--I--you--you... When I read these questions you'll see why I answer things the way I do. Until I am definitely led to do something (See?), then I--I say what I must say. But that hour hasn't arrived. So I am not the--the--the anointed Son of man. QUESTIONS.AND.ANSWERS.2_ JEFF.IN COD SUNDAY_ 64-0823E 1019-105 And now, what was that other question? I get so wound up in these, I forget what the things were. One of them was, "Was I the Son of man?" and... Here it is I believe. "... the Son of man or was the Pillar of Fire the Son of

man?"
No. The Pillar of Fire is the Anointing. The Pillar of Fire... Now, this may go a little deep unless it's some of you theologians, Dr. Vayle, probably Brother here, and some of these ministers here from Arkansas, and the--my good friends around, they'd probably know.

Now, that Pillar of Fire is the Logos that went out of God, the Logos, which is actually the attribute of the Fullness of God. When God become into a form to where It could be

seen, It was the anointing of the great Spirit that went forth, It's condescending, coming
down, God, the Father, the Logos that was up over Israel, that... He was holy, could not bear sin. There had to be a blood offering right in Eden. Then that Logos become flesh and dwelt among us; and where this Logos dwelt in a human body, which was the Sacrifice... QUESTIONS.AND.ANSWERS.2_ JEFF.IN COD SUNDAY_ 64-0823E 1021-117

I am not He; I

am His servant. And the Pillar of Fire is not He; It's in Spirit form (See?) which was upon the
Son of man and has come now to anoint sons of men, to bring back a ministry just exactly like He said it would be, in order for the Head and the rest of the Body to connect together. Just like the--like the pyramid as Enoch built. And we find in that pyramid, they never did get the headstone on it. Why? The Headstone's yet to come. THE.RAPTURE_ YUMA.AZ V-5 N-14 SATURDAY_ 65-1204 117 Now, it's all to be manifested in the grain of wheat at the end. Another come back... Now, if you take Luke the 17th chapter and the 30th verse, He said, "As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be in the coming of the Son of man, when the Son of man begins to reveal Himself." What is reveal? Make His revelation of what He is in this day, revealed out to the people, the Word that's made known for the day, revealed to the people

by

the manifestation of the Holy Spirit, making that Jesus live among us.
Now, keep an eye on the phrase from the quote below, when

the inspiration struck him,

that did it. There is an important significance attached to that, which is relative to the revealing of the
Son of man. It applied to the ministry of Moses, Job, and Br. Branham; in fact it applies not only to all the prophets, but to all the sons and daughters of God as the office of the Son of man becomes manifested in all their lives; the Bride becoming one with her future Husband-to-be. If you think that statement is out of order then your revelation of Luke 17:28-30 requires some attention. Speaking of the elect seed of God, His Bride the prophet said... HEARD.BUT.NOW.I.SEE_ SHREVEPORT.LA V-7 N-3 SATURDAY_ 65-1127E 105

Now,

when the inspiration struck him, that did it. He had It then. Now, we find out, there
comes a time of these crisis when the press is right on. And you look around today, look at the condition we're living in. Aren't we living in a modern Sodom and Gomorrah? Hasn't the world come back? That was a Gentile world that was destroyed then by fire. Didn't Jesus say in St. Luke the 17th chapter, the 28th, 29th, and 30th verse, that, "As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be in the coming of the Son of man, when the Son of man is being revealed"? What is a "revealed"? Is a secret made known, a revelation; is to reveal or make known a secret. Now, these things that's been hid all through the church ages is now being revealed, made known. Now, we could say that, and if God didn't back that up, that's wrong. See? God don't need anybody to interpret His Word; He's His Own interpreter. He said, "A virgin shall conceive," and she did. He said, "Let there be light," and there was. And we are not living in Luther's age, Wesley age, or the Pentecostal age. The Pentecostal age was only a restoration of the gifts coming back to the church, but we're living in the evening time; we're living in a time of the calling out of the Bride. Just a thought regarding the popular teachings that the appearance of the cloud in February 1963 was the coming/appearing/revealing/parousia of the Lord and also the one that teaches that by the indwelling of the prophet by God, he then ministered the sign of Melchisedec, (the discerning of the inner most thoughts

of the heart) just like with Abraham and Sarah. If that dogma be true, then please qualify that by explaining how Br. Branham did it before the appearance of the cloud... Br. Branham again identifies the sign of the discernment being manifested by the Holy Ghost. He explains that the same Holy Ghost that indwells you and me now is the same Holy Ghost that dwelled in him; no more and no different. God manifested in all of us. Not the Pillar of Fire stepping into the prophet like Elohiym stepped into the body He created from the dust when He came down from heaven to visit with Abram - as some people are teaching. See the following quote... from after the seals were preached. Br. Branham did not believe that dogma. THE.SUPER.SIGN_ SHREVEPORT.LA V-17 N-7 FRIDAY_ 63-1129 166 Brother, sister, we are living in the days of super markets, super jets, super highways, super races, super everything else. And there is a super sign. We've had the sign of religion. We've had the sign of revivals. We've had the sign of getting together. We've had the sign of speaking in tongues. We've had the sign of healing the sick. We've had all these signs. But yet, we find in the Bible that the last sign before the promised Son arrived, it was a super sign. Jesus said, "As it was then; before the promised Son arrives again, that super sign would come on the earth again." I declare to you tonight, in the Name of Jesus Christ; it's on earth now. Not only that, but it's right here among us tonight: the Holy Ghost, God's super sign, the resurrected Jesus Christ. It cannot fail. It's an eternal sign. It can never be changed. "Heavens and earth will pass away, but that'll never change." It's an eternal, everlasting sign,

God manifested in human

flesh...?...
Brother Branham was referring to the Holy Spirit in all of us. Didnt Jesus say that the works that He, (Jesus) did we shall do also? That will be done by the power that is within us having been set aside for service WITH POWER. Didnt the prophet teach that a assembly without these gifts of power is nothing more than a lodge? See in the following quote as the prophet continues... how he says that we mustnt thwart or hinder the Holy Spirit entering in THE.SUPER.SIGN_ SHREVEPORT.LA V-17 N-7 FRIDAY_ 63-1129 168 God made Hisself known in human flesh. Do you believe that to be the Truth? With all your heart, you believe it? Don't shut yourself up like a turtle in a shell. If there's any turtle in you, take the shell out. Let the Holy Spirit come in. Don't close yourself to some creed or denomination. Brother, sister, the hour has arrived.

The next thing is action of the church or either we're going to be lost.
I believe that God's done as much as He's going to do. I just ask anybody to dispute that to be so. I've asked it around and around the world, and not one time has everybody--anybody ever tried it. They know better. They know better, because it's the Word, and God proves It's His Word. Then why not accept it? Amen. If it's the time, don't put it off too long. Having set about building a foundation, let us now go on to discuss and expose the errors which have become evident, some which I have so far found in this book much revered by many; a book, the grammarization of which, was entrusted to Dr. Lee Vayle, a Baptist theologian - to correct. A man who is on record disputing with the prophet over the prophets teaching that the Bride is raptured from the earth before the tribulation period, and does not go through the tribulation with the denominational churches. Brother Branham thought that that was the only thing that they disagreed upon; he was wrong!

ONENESS_ JEFF.IN V-10 N-2 SUNDAY_ 62-0211 194 Like in past times, in past times when man done this, it brought God's judgment to the world. The tower of Babel, the union of Cain's children with Seth's children brought judgment. It always brings God's judgment to the world. See? Oh, the true oneness with Him will rise in the judgment, above it, like Noah did in that judgment with his family. Righteous Noah and his family went above the judgments. What did they do? They went...

Brother Lee Vayle, if you get ahold of this, here it is. That's the only question we disagree on; he believes the church will go through the judgment. I don't see it. I don't believe it.
Noah never went through no judgments; he went above the judgment. Abraham never had no fire; he was out of the fire. Israel wasn't in the judgments of Israel; it was separated out of the fire, out of the judgments. The church will ride above the judgment in the Ark of the Holy Ghost, raised up from the earth. Having read how prophets make mistakes... the very type of Noah above, as not going through judgment, isnt quite correct as compared to the type he immediately thereafter presented of Abram. Abram typed the Bride; and Lot, the make-believer, and the people of the cities - the unbelievers! In Noahs day, Enoch typed the Bride; while Noah typed the make-believing church, and did go through judgment, (tribulation) as the denominations will go through the tribulation in this age and will be saved. Then there the unbelievers of this last age, who will not be saved; but will die during the Tribulation just as did the unbelievers of Sodom and Gomorrah and those in the day of the Antediluvian Flood. The doctor was entrusted to correct the grammatical errors and nothing else. But, it is my opinion and contention that he ventured unto injecting his Baptist dogma into the mix and the prophet, (Once trained as a Baptist Preacher) didnt notice; yet, when studying the sermons, that the prophet preached after reading and re-editing of the manuscripts of the taped transcripts, one becomes a little perplexed when the prophet begins to change his teachings in ever so small a way and then also in a substantial way... only to be corrected again by the Holy Spirit. You will find that the Lord was not slack in correcting the prophet and He saw to it that the unadulterated Word would remain untainted, uncorrupted and blemish free. The elect will discern the truth from the error. We all know that nothing occurs by accident. God must have allowed this to happen to leave a stumbling block for the wise and the prudent. You will perceive what it is that Im referring to as we proceed. For example; there is currently a very complicated dogma built around the cloud appearing at Sunset Mountain on the 28th February 1963 just shortly before the preaching of the sermons wherein the mysteries of the seven seals that were written in the Book of Revelations was revealed. This dogma has taken on a title, (if not a life) of its own called the Parousia doctrine; and has continued to grow unabated with further complications in order to maintain its livelihood. The prophet never ever recognized the appearance of this cloud as anything other than the manifestation of the Pillar of Fire meeting with him in the foothills of the said mountains and a supernatural sign in the sky resulting from the seven angels roaring out their voices. See below... O.LORD.JUST.ONCE.MORE_ HOT.SPRINGS.AR V-20 N-10 FRIDAY_ 63-0628M 42 Now science took the picture of It, you seen It, went on Associated Press. They didn't know what It was. There is a Cloud hanging, twenty-six miles high. That's fifteen miles, or twenty, above even where vapor is at. They don't know what it's all going about, and they are trying to investigate It. And there, right under It, I was standing. And those seven Angels roaring out their voices, of those Seven Seals, standing there. And the

witness, three of us, as a witness of the things that was prophesied on the tape, Sirs, What Time Is It? And there now they're trying to find out. It's a mystery to them. The dogma I refer to is the false teaching that that was the coming or appearing of the Lord. Some termed it the coming but eventually over time changed it to the appearing because they couldnt get it to tie in with the scripture; personally, I still cannot see how they claim to tie it in with scripture without bending the meanings of the scripture to imply that the coming of the Lord is a process which started at the appearing of the cloud. They are also mistakenly tying it to the descending of the mighty Angel of the Lord of Revelations 10; 1 6 disregarding, among many other scriptural contradictions, the fact that This mighty Angel cries out the voice that manifests seven thundering utterances, which the prophet and the Bible taught would end time on the earth for the Bride; and issuing in the tribulation, the millennium, the Great white Throne Judgement and also eternity. They are also ignoring the fact that no angel, and not even Jesus would know of the time of His coming; yet they are prepared to trample upon the Word of God and believe a dogma of man. Allow me to insert this quote of the prophet which confirms that he had been swayed into believing that he would reveal the mysteries of the seven thunders... Note that the prophet had by this time read and re-read the edited transcripts which had already been injected with the Baptist theology of Lee Vayle. QUESTIONS.AND.ANSWERS.4_ JEFF.IN COD SUNDAY_ 64-0830E 1161-Q-395 395. Have the seven thunders which equals seven mysteries already been revealed? Were they revealed in the seven Seals, but are yet--but are yet not known to us as the thunders yet? No, they were revealed in the seven Seals; that's what the thunders was about. They was to reveal... The seven thunders that had uttered their voices and no one could make out what it was... John knew what it was, but he was forbidden to write it. He said, "But the seventh angel, in the days of his sounding, the seven mysteries of the seven thunders would be revealed." And the seventh angel is a messenger of the seventh church age. See? Excuse me just a little while I defend the Word of God. Did John say that? No! He said, But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he begins to sound the MYSTERY OF GOD would be revealed. The mystery of God had to do with the restoration of the original Pentecostal teachings, which constitutes the SHOUT which attracts the attention of the elect Bride. It had nothing to do with the seven thunders. Br. Branham is on record making it clear that his ministry was to reveal the mysteries of the WRITTEN Word. The seven thunders were never written but are spoken by the Angel of the Lord Himself at the appointed time; just before time ends for the Bride... Well that is what the prophet taught... and what the Bible teaches. Now let me show you what it was that the prophet had read in the transcripts that Lee Vayle had injected with dogmas... This is what had confused the prophet. Keep in mind, the prophet had no reason to believe that what he was reading in the transcripts was not what was on the tapes of the sermon... for he had commissioned the theologian to correct the grammar... nothing else! 327-1 LAODICEAN.CHURCH.AGE - CHURCH.AGE.BOOK CPT.9

Now this messenger of Malachi 4 and Revelation 10:7 is going to do two things. One: According to Malachi 4 he will turn the hearts of the children to the fathers. Two: He will reveal the mysteries of the seven thunders in Revelation 10 which are the revelations contained in the seven seals. It will be these Divinely revealed 'mystery-truths' that literally turn the hearts of the children to the Pentecostal fathers. Exactly so.

These were not the words of the prophet and search as you please you will not find the prophet saying these words in the relevant sermon or any sermon for that matter! Now, again I point out that the injected quote by Doctor Lee Vayle, that the seventh angel messenger would reveal the mysteries of the seven thunders, swayed the thinking of the prophet into believing that he would. That contradicts all that he had previously taught on the topic and what the Bible taught - that no man, angel or even Jesus would know what the seven thunders said until they are spoken into manifestation; in case Satan gets hold of it and does great damage. Now continuing with our exposition of the cloud being a/the coming of the Lord, they will argue their case, but I have the scripture and the prophets quotes and pure logic which confirms my revelation on this subject while they have their reading between the lines, and the addition of their additional dogmas such as a process has begun since the cloud appeared, and that the mercy seat moved down into the Bride, and that Jesus has taken the Book of Life from the holder thus leaving the mercy seat vacant and therefore He is no longer the intercessor; that the prophet became the intercessor, and if you dont see things their way, you are lost. Oh! My dear reader! The plot gets ever so thick and complicated and confusing that no child, (or adult for that matter) can or will understand it completely thus they shall also not come into perfect unity with it. Thousands of dedicated message folk have given up trying to understand the revelation surrounding the Cloud dogma and comfortably sit in the pews trusting that their salvation is secure because they diligently attend these denominationalized message churches; trusting that the pastor was called to the ministry and is doing his job properly. Seek your salvation in fear and trembling. Satan isnt your friend hes your enemy. His task is so simple! He simply has to get you to agree with some dogma that contradicts Gods Word for your hour. If you cannot make total and complete sense of the teaching in your church, you had better spend more time on your knees before the Lord. I JOHN 4:1 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

I TIMOTHY 4:1 1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

II JOHN 1:9-11 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

Jesus cannot be intercessor and have left heaven to come and fetch His Bride at the same time. He doesnt need years to travel from heaven to the earth. While Jesus remain on the Mercy Seat, Revelation 10:1-6 commences. The first of the seven thunder utterances provide for the resurrection of the sleeping Bride, The changing of the bodies of the elect living Bride, (the wise virgins) and then also rapturing faith. At that point in time, the Bride on the earth is immortal, sealed with eternal life and has no need for Jesus to remain on the Mercy Seat. She is secure from Satans onslaught! In fact, she, at that point, has the mind of God and also possesses Spoken Word Power...

the manifestation of the Third Pull in their being. Satan cannot harm her. It is at this time when She will be hunted down and persecuted by the World Council of Churches to no avail... She also witnesses the disappointment of the foolish virgins who attempt to solicit the Holy Spirit from Her. Time will be cut short with Jesus appearing in the sky in the twinkle of an eye; and She is gone. So where does the extended coming of the Lord fit in with the scriptures? God is not the author of confusion and His Word of truth is hidden in simplicity from the wise and the prudent. His Word never changes and He is the same yesterday, today and forever. If He had to change His prescription He would never leave it to reading between the lines because man could never learn when to stop and Satan would encourage man to continue until he falls over the edge into an abyss and is lost. MATTHEW 11:25 - 26 25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, (prudent = intelligent, having understanding, wise, learned; Careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment) and hast revealed them unto babes. 26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.

Knowing this, now look at the following injection in the book. The words you are about to read were not the words spoken in the sermon or anywhere throughout the message and therefore are not the words of the prophet and therefore cannot be the anointed Word of God. This is perhaps where the cloud dogma originated. 128-2 SMYRNAEAN.CHURCH.AGE - CHURCH.AGE.BOOK CPT.4

Now you might desire to scold me right here for what I have said. All right. They call themselves Pentecostal and Full Gospel. Let them prove it. At Pentecost the fire came over each of them like a tongue, and fell on each one. If you do a search of the Bible [Pentecost the fire came in a cloud] you will find zero hits. Then remove all except [fire cloud] and one hit appears and that is... REVELATION 10:1 1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: Now, should you do a search [Pentecost the fire came in a cloud] of the entire message, you will find one hit and that is the one listed above, and it is the one injected into the edited book; the final publication. Lets narrow the search criteria down a bit and see where this statement originated from. Lets search [fire came in a cloud]. This search presented 9 hits. None are relevant to this except again the published one in question. Why am I highlighting this particular quote from the book? Im doing it because it offers credibility to Dr. Lee Vayles dogma of the coming of the Parousia at the appearing of the cloud in 1963. Take notice of the first verse of the scripture below and you will notice that the Angel of the Lord, when He descends to cry out with a loud voice, after which seven thunders utter, He is clothed with a cloud and has a rainbow upon His head. We notice that He has feet. None of these characteristics are relative to the cloud of 1963. He had a little book in His hand and his one foot was on the sea and the other was on the land. This

in a cloud and separated

1963 cloud didnt cry out with a loud voice and the office of the Lion of the tribe of Judah hasnt commenced or the Bride would be gone and the Holy Ghosts office would be ministering to the 144,000 Jews; and we, by virtue of our not having been raptured, would now be in the, (seriously extended) tribulation period. The prophet makes it very clear that this mighty angel of Rev. 10:1-6 is the Angel of the Covenant and descends to minister to the Jews in the tribulation period in the office of the Loin of the tribe of Judah; not to the Gentiles alone. THE.BREACH.BETWEEN.THE.SEVEN.CHURCH.AGES.AND.THE.SEVEN.SEALS_ JEFF.IN SUNDAY_ 63-0317E 72-1 {29} This seven-sealed Book is revealed at the time of the Seven Thunders of Revelations 10. If you're marking it down... Let's turn to Revelations 10 just a moment, so you'll get a understanding before we get into it. Now, this is at the end time, for listen. ... I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow... upon his head,... If you notice that's Christ (See?), 'cause He in the Old Testament was called the Angel of the Covenant,

and He's directly coming to the Jews now, for the Church is finished. See? All right.
... and his face... as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

You remember that Angel in Revelations 1? Same thing. Angel is a messenger, and He's a Messenger to Israel. See? The Church has been raptured. See? Now, or fixing to be
raptured. He comes for His Church. So I ask you, How could that have taken place in 1963? It is impossible! It is just as impossible as the Roman Catholic dogma of three gods in one yet, billions of fools believe it even though they cannot make any sense of it. So it stands to reason why those who believe this dogma are called the foolish virgin and will miss the rapture. For the sake of continuity and assurance, I also searched [desire to scold me] from the same paragraph of text in the published book which presented just the one hit; from the published book. Nothing else! Not a single hit in the entirety of the sermons. Isnt that strange? Is this what we term grammarizing? Foolish virgins! Not content to take any chances, I then searched [separated over each of them like a tongue] and got only the same published hit. I then narrowed the search criteria down to [each of them like a tongue] and got 7 hits and none were found among the series of sermons relative to the Seven Church Ages. None were relevant except the one in the published book. This must raise some questions as to why such would be injected by Dr. Lee Vayle. Did he invent or succumb to the dogma and inject it with the intent of sanctioning it; or implying that the prophet endorsed it? That is a question that you my dear reader must answer for yourself. I have already presented where he asked permission of the prophet to inject things which the prophet didnt say, implying that the prophet did say it. I can understand the relationship of the sound of a rushing mighty wind tying up with the separating of the Pillar of Fire as it divided up into licks of fire and anointed the Pentecostal believers in the upper room; but to imply; that the fire came in a cloud is added conjecture, sublimely tainted to suggest that the appearing of the cloud at sunset mountain was the fulfillment of a scriptural prophecy; while in essence, it can only give credence to a manufactured dogma which the prophet himself couldnt have believed since he was still awaiting the manifestation of the descending of the mighty Angel of Rev. 10; 1 6 when he died. See the following quote taken from the sermon... SHALOM_ PHOENIX.AZ V-22 N-1 SUNDAY_ 64-0119

243 Didn't God say, "All things work together for good to them that love Him, while I'm beating out My Symphony"? And you find that then you're afflicted and struck down, and persecuted, made fun of. Remember, that's the part that goes that way. If that isn't like that, then the Symphony is out of tune. 244 The great Composer knows exactly what's in it. He knows. He knowed you, from the beginning. He put your name on the Lamb's Book of Life, before the foundation of the world. Do you believe that? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] He knows what you're supposed to do. No matter how low it goes, and how dark it looks, it's got to be that way. 245 But, remember, if it goes plumb into the shadows of death, "I am the resurrection and Life; I'll raise

And when the great Director comes down and bears that stick down, then, "time shall be no more." When that Angel, of Revelation the 10th chapter, puts one foot on land and one on the sea, and a rainbow over His head, He swore, "time shall be no more." When that time comes, you'll rise up from among the dead. While the rest of them lay there, you'll go in.
him up again." SHALOM_ SIERRA.VISTA.AZ V-13 N-5 SUNDAY_ 64-0112 64 But did you notice before the Seven Seals was revealed, before the great mysterious Light showed forth in the heavens up here at above Tucson, Flagstaff, where we were? Brother Fred, two of the man that was... the two men was with me that morning. When, that had been told months and months ahead of time, would happen. Both Brother Fred Sothmann and Brother Gene Norman sitting here this morning, when it... was there when the blast went off, and not knowing these things would take place. And He sent me back, said that the time was at hand for these Seven Seals which held the seven mysteries of the entire Bible, was sealed in with these Seven Seals. And how these angels down along the road, messengers of the Church Ages, opened to a certain part of that. But in the seventh hour, the seventh messenger, that all these mysteries should be finished. See? The seventh earthly messenger, see, this angel that He speaks of then was

on earth. An angel means "messenger." And then, after that, he saw another Angel
coming down,

not the earthly angel that had been given the Message

here, but the (another) mighty Angel came from Heaven with a rainbow
over Him, and set His foot on the land and sea, and swore by Him that lives forever and ever, "Time shall be no more." See? But before He broke forth on those
Seven Seals (Referring to the seven written seals of the book of Revelations chapters 5 through 8) to reveal them, that He showed miraculous, He showed it first in the heavens. Referring to the cloud. 65 That day they took pictures all across southern United States and Mexico. There it hangs now in the Life Magazine, still a mystery to them. But He declares it in the heavens before He does it on earth. He always does that. He shows His signs in the heavens first. Notice that the prophet described the event as a sign in the sky. This is stated on the 12th. January 1964. Close enough to the actual event and also close to the end of the prophets ministry. He didnt imply that it was the coming of the Lord in any way or form. He had perfect opportunity to, several years to for that matter; yet he didnt. I cannot find anywhere where he indicated, let alone blatantly said, that the Lord had come in 1963. The Holy Ghost had been here since Pentecost and nowhere can it be shown that the Holy

Ghost forsook the saints and left them. The Pillar of Fire was also here! Paul saw it and the angel of the Lord visited St. Martin when he had torn his coat in half and given half to the beggar. THE.PERGAMEAN.CHURCH.AGE_ JEFF.IN ROJC 229-285 WEDNESDAY_ 60-1207 61 The life of Saint Martin wasis one of the greatest miracle filled lives of anybody in the church ages. From all the way from Saint Paul out, he was one of the most spiritual men. He was... One of his first miracles was... He was a soldier to begin with, I believe. And then one day he was coming by and there was someone, aa man laying cold and shivering, and all the people that was willing, or, not willing, but was able to help the man, they just passed him by like thethe priest and the Levites did in the Good Samaritan. But when Saint Martin come by, realizing his duty as a Christian believer, he had one coat, a cloak over his shoulders; he cut it in two with his sword and gave half of it to the beggar; he took the other half. And that night begin his career, for Jesus Christ appeared to him in a vision, wrapped in that same robe that he cut half in two; which fulfilled the Scripture, Insomuch as you have done unto these, you have did it unto Me. That investigation has led to the subject of the Seven Thunders which, according to the Word and the prophet is a manifestation following the outcry of the mighty Angel of the Lord of Rev. 10; 1 6. He taught that at the advent of this fulfilling of scripture, the Bride receives body changing, and rapturing faith; and time comes to an end for the Bride as a result of the first of the thunders uttering. That hasnt occurred yet lest we are not the Bride. Having said that, allow me to again return to a quote by Lee Vayle, (previously presented above) an injection, relative to this subject, into the very same book under scrutiny. See the following... 327-1 LAODICEAN.CHURCH.AGE - CHURCH.AGE.BOOK CPT.9

Now this messenger of Malachi 4 and Revelation 10:7 is going to do two things. One: According to Malachi 4 he will turn the hearts of the children to the fathers. Two: He will reveal the mysteries of the seven thunders in Revelation 10 which are the revelations contained in the seven seals. It will be these Divinely revealed 'mystery-truths' that literally turn the hearts of the children to the Pentecostal fathers. Exactly so. Point number one above is absolutely scriptural - but point number two, is totally unscriptural. If you study brother Branhams teachings before he began editing the so-called grammarized manuscripts of the Exposition of the Seven Church Ages, you will find, without a doubt, that the prophet did not believe that the seventh earthly angel, Malachi 4; 5 & 6 would reveal the mysteries hidden in the utterances of the seven thunders. This teaching is contrary to what the prophet taught before he read the EDITED manuscripts of the taped sermons. You will find that from the moment he began reading the manuscripts, he too became convinced that the cry of God was going to be cried to him and that he will deliver it to the Bride. He even refers at a point in time to Amos 3;7. So, what happened to change his mind from what the Lord had previously revealed to him under the anointing? He had read the above statement which Dr. Lee Vayle had injected into the manuscript and that in conjunction with the fact that he had no reason not to believe that what he had read wasnt what he had said under the inspiration of the anointing during the relevant sermon many months ago. I know Im repeating myself, but some people just cannot grasp the facts. I did a few searches to verify the validity of the statement in question and found the following...

I searched the entire message for [messenger of Malachi 4 and Revelation 10:7 is going to do two things] and found only the published statement. I narrowed it down to [going to do two things] with the same results. Nowhere does the prophet say anything like that. So, I searched the statement [He will reveal the mysteries of the seven thunders] and found only the published statement. So, I thought to establish if the prophet made the statement that the seven thunder mysteries are the revelations contained in the seven seals and Im referring there to the written seven seals - which are inside the book. So I searched for [which are the revelations contained in the seven seals] and found only the published statement. I narrowed it down to [the revelations contained] and still found only the published statement. I narrowed these search criteria every which way and couldnt find anything that I could attribute to the prophet. I became convinced that Dr. Lee Vayle had injected his beliefs into the book that the prophet had entrusted into his care for grammatical correcting. Did brother Branham ever realize what the doctor had done? I think not based upon the manner in which the prophets teachings were swayed by these injections. I say these because I have already exposed a few Im not even including the dogma of the cloud or the dogma that the fullness of God indwelled brother Branham or that he was the Son of Man. The fact remains that he spent the rest of his life expecting the mighty Angel of Rev. 10:1-6 to descend at any time throughout the remainder of his ministry... until he died. But, before we proceed, let us quickly search the final aspect of the above quote with a view to be thorough in my determination; for I would not seek to be found in error myself. So we shall search [It will be these Divinely revealed 'mystery-truths' that literally turn the hearts of the children to the Pentecostal fathers. Exactly so] Found what I expected so decided to narrow it down again to [It will be these Divinely revealed 'mystery-truths'] Still I came up with the one solitary hit; the one published. Needless to say I searched [that literally turn the hearts of the children to the Pentecostal fathers] only to find the same single hit. I further searched for [turn the hearts of the children to the Pentecostal fathers]. I found the published one among (17) others; none of which had any bearing on the subject under investigation. In conclusion, I have little doubt that the doctor injected his dogma into the Holy Ghost anointed teachings of the prophet. I will display quotes into 1965 where the Lord corrects the prophet regarding the manifestation of the seven thunders being a Supernatural event that God Himself will orchestrate after the ministry of the seventh earthly angel, (Br. Branham) has finished his restoration shout ministry. In a study of this topic, it can be easily determined that the prophet did, at a point in time, come to believe that he would have the tent vision meeting manifested, and that he actually believed that the Angel of the Lord was going to meet him inside the little wooden building and reveal these secret mysteries, (which Satan must not find out about lest he cause much damage) to him. Now; you tell me how God could reveal these secrets to anyone, with the intention of that someone speaking them to the Bride globally in order to give her body changing and rapturing faith; without Satan finding out? Logic screams out at the true believer telling him and her that these cannot be delivered to the Bride via a third party, and especially before the appointed time for their manifestation; which is at the very time when the Brides bodies are to be changed and time will be no more for the Bride. These utterances are a manifestation at the very moment before the short, powerful demonstration of the manifested sons and daughters of God; just before the rapture. Let me ask you a question. How many of the seven written seals have been physically opened to date? You may say all of them! You will be wrong! You say brother Branham opened them in 1963. Wrong again! The Lamb opens the seals. The Holy Ghost revealed all the mysteries to brother Branham in 1963. The mystery of the seventh seal is the physical, corporal coming of the Lord; the time of which no man, no angel and not even Jesus knows. And, since the Bride hasnt yet been raptured, simple logic dectates that the

Lamb who opens the seals, has yet to open the seventh one so that the relevant manifestation on Earth takes place... just as was the case when the first seal was torn open 2000 years ago and the White Horse Rider commenced his persecution. You see! There has to be a physical manifestation on Earth corresponding to the mystery of each of the seven written seals. We know that the sixth seal is the ministry of the Holy Ghost to the 144,000 Jews in the tribulation period, (the physical manifestation as previously mentiones) and that hasnt happened yet so therefore, the sixth seal has not been opened yet. The fifth seal is the revelation of the souls under the altar. That is where we are now. So, the fourth and the fifth seals, as the prophet taught, over-lap. The martyred Jews, throughout the Gentile dispensation are crying out for retribution for being martyred throughout the past two thousand years but the cup of the iniquity of the Gentiles is not yet full and the last elected member of the Bride is not yet ready for the rapture. Jesus ascended into heaven 2000 years ago and sent the Holy Ghost back to inaugurate and Tutor the church. Then Jesus tore the first seal open and the White horse rider rode out to conquer the church. That was the beginning. The second, third, fourth and the fifth has also been torn open. The sixth and the seventh, just as the fourth and the fifth, occur simultaneously. The one is the coming of the Lord to fetch His Bride and the sixth seal initiates the ministry of the Holy Ghost; ministering to the 144,000 Jews in the Elijah and Moses ministries during the tribulation The seals overlap! The continuation of the Seven Thunders utter forth into the tribulation, ushering in the Battle of Armageddon, the Millennium, the White Throne Judgement and even Eternity thus it is that the sixth seal occupies but just a short space of time within the seventh seals manifest duration. Well thats what the prophet taught! But, just when those last two seals are opened, (and time ends for the Gentiles, transferring grace back to the Jews) the mighty Angel of the Lord of Revelations 10:1-6 must descend with the loud cry. The first of the manifestations of the seven thunder utterances, are to cry to the ten virgins, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him! - and to give the Bride body-changing and rapturing faith; and to end her time on the earth, while the other thunders manifest for the benefit of the balance of Gods will unto the advent of eternity again. That is how Br. Branham taught the written seals within the Bible, and the unwritten, Spoken seals that were sealed on the back-side of the Bible. Im aware that some people believe that the seven thundering seals are the mysteries which were hidden in the seven written seals but the prophet didnt believe or teach that though he once said that in a question and answer meeting as presented above in a quote where I demonstrated his confusion regarding him revealing the mysteries of the seven thunders to the Bride... according to Dr. Lee Vayles dogma in the book under scrutiny. See following... Great controversy surrounds the scripture Revelations 10:7. Friends, families, brothers and sisters are divided because of the interpretations of this verse of scripture. Without getting involved with the various interpretations, Id like to present to the reader what the prophets interpretation was regarding the mysteries referred to by this scripture. For one thing, he made it clear that they were the mysteries that Malachi 4:5 and 6 would deliver revelation on. That they are the mysteries, which he stated were either lost since Pentecost or were to be revealed in this season; but he specifically stated that they were different to the mysteries which was locked up under the seals which were upon the back side of the Bible, that they were different to the mysteries hidden in the seals which hold the utterances that seven thunders manifested. THE.BREACH.BETWEEN.THE.SEVEN.CHURCH.AGES.AND.THE.SEVEN.SEALS_ SUNDAY_ 63-0317E JEFF.IN

Now, notice, the Seven Seals holds the mystery of the Book. Until we can see what those Seven Seals has sealed in, we're only presuming them things. Because as I've told you this morning, upon my little message this morning of "God Hiding in
75-2 {48}

Simplicity,"... You see, we are--we are--we

are sure to miss the thing unless it is absolutely, genuinely revealed by the Holy Spirit and vindicated the same. See? If the prophet rises and tells you that this is just that, and God don't vindicate the thing, forget it. See? But God in every statement, in everything has to vindicate it to
make it right. See, see? So His children will watch those things (See?), and be

alert.
IS.THIS.THE.SIGN.OF.THE.END.SIR_ JEFF.IN V-2 N-11 SUNDAY_ 62-1230E 30-3 Now, listen close. The seventh angel of Revelations 10:7 is the seventh church age messenger. See? Now, watch. And in the days... Now, watch here. But in the day's of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished... Now, sounding forth, this messenger, the seventh angel here, is sounding forth his message to the Laodicean church. Notice his type of message. Now, it wasn't to the first angel (wasn't given that), second angel, third, fourth, fifth, sixth; but it is the seventh angel that had this type of message. What

finishing all the mysteries of God that are written in the Book. The seventh angel is winding up all the mysteries that's lain loose-ended, all out through these organizations and denominations. The seventh angel gathers them up and finishes the entire mystery. That's what the Bible said: finishes the mystery of the written Book.
was it? Notice, his type of message: IS.THIS.THE.SIGN.OF.THE.END.SIR_ JEFF.IN V-2 N-11 SUNDAY_ 62-1230E 30-5

Now,

let's note a few of these mysteries. And if you want to, write them down. First, I'll take
what Scofield says here in Matthew 13. If you would like to--to type some of them down... If you haven't got a Scofield Bible, you might read what he thinks some of the mysteries are. Now, in the 11th verse: He answered and said unto them, Because it's given to you... (his disciples)... Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but not to them... but to them it is not given. (The mysteries)

Here's the mystery: A "mystery" is Scripture--is "a previously hidden truth, now

which is a supernatural element still remains despite the revelation."

Divinely revealed, but

The greater mysteries and the great mysteries are:

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Number 1. The mystery of the Kingdom of heaven. That's the one we are talking on now, 13... Matthew 13:3-15.

Now, 2nd mystery is the mystery of Israel's blindness during this age: Romans 11:25 with the context. 3rd--3rd mystery is the mystery of the translation of the living saints at the end time of this age: I Corinthians 15 and also Thessalonians 4:14-17. The 4th mystery, of the New Testament church as One Body, composed of both Jews and Gentiles: Ephesians 3:1-11, Romans 16:25, and also Ephesians 6:19, Colossians 4:3. The 5th mystery is of the church, as the Bride of Christ: Ephesians 5:28-32. 6th mystery is of the living Christ, same yesterday, today and forever: Galatians 2:20, and Hebrews 13:8, many places like that. The 7th mystery is of God, even Christ, as the incarnate Fullness of the Godhead embodied, in Whom all Divine wisdom and godliness is restored to man. 9th mystery is the mystery of iniquity found in II Thessalonians and so forth. The 10th mystery is of the seven stars of Revelation 1:20. We just been through that. The seven stars are the seven churches, the seven messengers, and so forth. And the 11th mystery is mystery Babylon, the prostitute: Revelations 17:5-7.
IS.THIS.THE.SIGN.OF.THE.END.SIR_ JEFF.IN V-2 N-11 SUNDAY_ 62-1230E 31-2

That's some of the mysteries that this angel is supposed to wind up, all the mystery--all the mysteries of God... And the other one... May I say this with reverence, and not referring to myself, but referring to the Angel of God.

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The serpent's seed, that's been a hidden mystery all through the years. The grace straightened out, not disgrace, but real true grace.

No such a thing as an eternal burning hell. You'll burn for millions of years, but anything that was eternal had never beginning or end, and hell was created. All these mysteries. The mystery of the baptism of the Holy Ghost without sensation, but the Person of Christ performing in you the same works that He did. The mystery of water baptism, where the extreme trinitarianism has brought it into titles of Father, Son, Holy Ghost, and the mystery of the Godhead being fulfilled in the baptism in the Name of Jesus Christ according to the Book of the Revelations, that the church in this time was to receive. There's some of the mysteries. The Pillar of Fire returning back. Amen.
That's the thing that is supposed to take place, and we see it. THE.BREACH.BETWEEN.THE.SEVEN.CHURCH.AGES.AND.THE.SEVEN.SEALS_ JEFF.IN SUNDAY_ 63-0317E 74-4 {44} Now, we see that this seven-sealed Book now, is the mystery of redemption. It's a Book of Redemption from God. Now, all the mysteries at this time should be finished at the sounding of this messenger. Now,

here's the angel on earth, and another Angel, mighty Messenger come down. See, this angel was a earthly angel, messenger. But here comes One down from heaven: a rainbow, covenant. See? Only Christ, it could be; (The Angel of the Covenant not Br. Branham) just exactly like it was in Revelations 1st chapter, standing in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks with a rainbow to look upon as jasper and sardius stone.
THE.BREACH.BETWEEN.THE.SEVEN.CHURCH.AGES.AND.THE.SEVEN.SEALS_ SUNDAY_ 63-0317E 75-1 {47} And here He returns back in the 10th chapter JEFF.IN

after the coming

time, that all the mysteries is to be finished, (AFTER the shout of the seventh earthly angel, (Br. Branham) as presented above) and the Seals are to be broke, (Referring to the seven thundering seals attached to the back-side of the book are to be opened... Not revealed; but commence their manifestation) and proclaiming that its time is no more. And he (John) said, "When the seventh angel has begin to sound, then the mysteries should be finished (the shout) and time for the Angel to appear. We're close, somewhere. That's right. Now, that quote was made after the advent of the cloud; and the prophet was still expecting the event to be manifested. That, in itself, eliminates the cloud as being the coming of the Lord issue from being anything but a lie of the devil, as a dogma of false anointed men who will mislead souls into the Tribulation. 62-0909E IN.HIS.PRESENCE_ JEFFERSONVILLE.IN V-11 N-4 SUNDAY_ 2 And now we will, just as soon as I can, I will announce when we are going to maybe start, I've had some calls this afternoon,

knowing when we was going to start on these books, or this chapters. And I think, if the Lord willing, I want to take, the next time that we start, on the Seven Seals of Revelations, and the seven natural seals. And, then if we get through in time, take the seven seals on the back of the Book, see. Now, that may take a little time. See, there's seven seals that's opened; there's seven plagues, seven trumpets, all those sevens; and them seals we could take first. But then on the back of the Book is sealed with seven seals. Daniel heard the Voice as the thunders, and was forbidden to write it. John was forbidden to write it. But it was sealed on the backside of the Book, that is, after all of the mysteries of the Book has been given out and revealed. You notice Daniel said there, "The mysteries in the days of these voices, the mystery of God should be unfolded by that time." See, "the mystery," Who God is, how He was made flesh, all these things should be unfolded by that time. And then--then

we're ready for the Seven Seals on the backside of the Book, that's not even revealed to man, not even wrote in the Bible, but they'll have to be just exactly compare with the rest of the Bible, and I
think it'll be a great thing. THE.BREACH.BETWEEN.THE.SEVEN.CHURCH.AGES.AND.THE.SEVEN.SEALS_ JEFF.IN

SUNDAY_ 63-0317E 75-3 {49} Notice, Seven Seals on the Book has the... These Seven Seals has the Book sealed. See? The Book is absolutely sealed. Do you see it? The Book is absolutely a sealed Book until the Seven Seals is broken. It is sealed up with Seven Seals. (The restoration message of the seventh angel...The shout) Now, that's a different from the Seven Thunders. See? This is Seven Seals on the Book, and the Book will not--the Seals will not be released until the message of the seventh angel. See? So we--we are presuming, but the genuine revelation of God will be made perfect in that sounding and vindicated Truth. Now, that's exactly what the Word said. The mysteries should be finished at that time. (The shout) And this seven-sealed Book, remember, it was closed here in Revelations the 5th chapter, and in Revelations the 10th chapter it is opened. REVELATION.CHAPTER.FIVE.2_ JEFF.IN ROJC 747-793 SUNDAY_ 61-0618 207

The seven

and last one (silence in heaven) of these seals, when they're opened, (Not revealed; but torn open) is found in Revelations the 10th chapter; there was a mighty Angel (which was Christ) came down and put one foot on the land and one on the sea, and raised up His hand, and says, "The day is finished. Time is run out. It's all over. Time shall be no more." And He said at the sounding of the... At this time the mystery of God should be
finished: (The shout) Who

God is, and how He was made manifest; how when that seal was opened, how we begin to understand now how that He was the Son of God; He was God Himself made flesh; and the revelation of Who He is; that should be finished before this Angel can put His feet upon the land and sea and swear that there'll be time no more when this time comes. We're right in that front yard of it right now. See? The last one of them is Revelations 10, foot on land and on sea; time had run out; redemption is over; now He comes in as the Lion. He was a Lamb then; now He comes in as Lion of the tribe of Juda.

This mighty Angel of the Lord is descending to minister to the 144,000 Jews in the office of the Lion of the tribe of Judah; but first, He has to awaken the slumbering Bride, give her body-changing and rapturing faith and send Her out to meet Her Bridegroom. As I said earlier, the prophet became confused after reading the edited manuscript of the book The Exposition of the Seven Church Ages. You can notice it in the following text quoted from August 1965. Notice that he was still expecting to receive the revelation of the seven thunders at this point in time leading and confirming that in 1965, he believed that the already revealed written seven seals are not the seven thunder seals... and that the cloud wasnt the mighty Angel of Rev. 10:1-6 and that since the prophet died in expectation of this event occurring any time as of 1st. August 1965, and it didnt and still hasnt, it is time for the believers of these dogmas to reconsider where they stand within the Word and the message that was delivered to them by the prophet they claim to follow. THE.GOD.OF.THIS.EVIL.AGE_ JEFF.IN V-4 N-9 SUNDAY_ 65-0801M 16 Now, in doing this, I have come here for the purpose of teaching the last Vials, last Seven Vials, and the last Seven Trumpets, and the last Seven Thunders, of the Book of Revelation, tying them together in this hour that we're now living; to follow the opening of the Seven Seals, the Seven Church Ages. So, we couldn't get

room to do it. So I--I hope that, soon as I can, we'll... can get a place sufficient for that, either here or in Louisville, New Albany, or either put up a tent, so we can just stay as long as the Lord leads us to do.
The Lord didnt lead him to. Did He? No! So how about the validity of the injected dogma that the seventh angel of Revelations 3:14-22 and 10:7 will reveal the mysteries of the seven thunders. Where did the prophet eventually get the notion from; that these seven thunder mysteries must come to the servant of God the prophet? He got it from the book under scrutiny. Check out the following and again, these are not the words of the prophet but the words of Lee Vayle... 324-1 LAODICEAN.CHURCH.AGE - CHURCH.AGE.BOOK CPT.9

It was in the end-time period that the seven thunders of Jesus came forth. Revelation 10:3-4, "And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not." What was in those thunders no one knows. But we need to know. And it will take a prophet to get the revelation because God has no other way of bringing out His Scriptural revelations except by a prophet. The Word always came by a prophet and always will. That this is the law of God is evident by even a casual search of Scripture. The unchanging God with unchanging ways invariably sent His prophet in every age where the people had strayed from Divine order. With both the theologians and the people having departed from the Word, God always sent His servant to these people (but apart from the theologians) in order to correct false teaching and lead the people back to God. The first thing that needs attention in that above statement is the fact that the seven thunders are not scriptural writings. They are spoken statements. These have nothing to do with being restored to the original or to scripture for they were never before revealed or spoken except in vision form. John on the Isle of Patmos knew what was said but wasnt permitted to write it. It remains a secret till today and even

Jesus doesnt know. Br. Branham, in his room also heard what the thunders said IN A VISION BUT IT WAS SPOKEN IN A HEAVENLY TONGUE THAT HE COULDNT UNDERSTAND). These are creative spoken Words by the Angel of the Lord God; which does not need interpretation as you will shortly find is what the prophet William Branham said. Referring back to the previous quotation I did a search [What was in those thunders no one knows] and got one insignificant hit from 53-1212 and the one usual hit from the book under scrutiny. That wasnt a statement that the prophet made. Then I searched [But we need to know] and got 994 hits with only 9 from the series of sermons which were incorporated into the book under scrutiny. None of these hits were relevant. As shocked as I was to read a man of God place a limit to Gods ability, I then searched [because God has no other way of bringing out] and got the usual one hit so I narrowed it down a bit to [it will take a prophet to get the revelation] I got three hits. The usual one and two from sermons other that the ones in question; also without any relevance. Then I searched [God has no other way of bringing out

His

Scriptural revelations] only to get the published one; none from the sermons. So I searched [God
has no other way of bringing out] and got four hits of which three were irrelevant while one was again the published one. I have little doubt that as I investigate this book, which the prophet once termed the book God gave me, I will find that it is really the book the doctor gave him while the anointed sermons are what God gave the prophet. Here is what the prophet, the seventh angel, expected from his ministry in 1963 IS.THIS.THE.SIGN.OF.THE.END.SIR_ JEFFERSONVILLE.IN V-2 N-11 SUNDAY_62-1230E 281 Notice, now, the Laodicean church. The messenger (will finish) of the Laodicean, the seventh angel, will finish all of the mysteries that's been lost in the battles, before, for the Truth. 282 Luther raised up, but he didn't have all the Truth. He only had justification. Right.

283 Along come another messenger, named John Wesley, with sanctification. He didn't have It. The Bible said. The Philadelphian church!

But they messed It all up, and went right back into formalism like they did the first place.
284 Then comes the Laodicean church age, with the baptism of the Spirit. THE.RAPTURE_ YUMA.AZ V-5 N-14 SATURDAY_ 65-1204 75 Now, the Book was written, but then, remember, It was sealed with Seven Seals. And these Seven Seals was not to be opened (Revelations 10) until the sounding of the last earthly angel on earth, Revelations 10:7. See? "And in the days of the sounding of the last angel's Message, seventh angel, the mystery of God should be finished in that age." That, and that's the age that we're living in. May I interject in the midst of this quotation, which was recorded just 2 weeks before the fatal accident that ended the prophets ministry? Having said that, we must agree that the Lord was satisfied that His message to the Laodicean church age had been adequately dispensed by His servant and that His Brides faith will be aptly tried in discerning that the words that the prophet had said was sufficient to separate the sheep from the goats. So! We can safely say that the manifestation of Revelations 10: 1-6 did not take place during the next two weeks I.E. between this sermon and the accident and this is vindicated by the fact that the Bride still till today remains in her mortal body, the resurrection has yet to take place and that time continues unabated now we continue with the analysis of the quotation. You will notice that the prophet was still expecting, (not knowing that he was about to die) to receive the mysteries of the seven thunders from the Mighty Angel of Revelations 10: 1-6.

76 We all know we're living in the Laodicea Age. There will never be another age to it. It can't be. So, we're living in the Laodicea Age. And these Seven Seals that's held that Book, is a mystery to people, should be opened at that day. That's what He promised. Now, it won't be nothing outside the Word, because you can't add to the Word or take from the Word. It's got to remain always the Word. But the revelation is to reveal the Truth of It, what It is, to make It fit with the rest the Scripture. And then God vindicates that to be the Truth. See? THE.RAPTURE_ YUMA.AZ V-5 N-14 SATURDAY_ 65-1204 77 God don't need no interpreter. He is His Own interpreter. He does His Own interpretation by bringing to pass the things that He said would happen. Like, in the beginning, He said, "Let there be light," and there was light. That don't need any interpretation. It was vindicated. (Like I said, these utterances are creative spoken Words of God Himself.) 78 Now, He promised certain things in this last day, in the Scripture. Why, there it was.

That's how Jesus was the Son of God. He promised to send Him. When He was in His days here on earth, and the people couldn't believe Him, He said, "Search the Scripture, for in Them you think you have Eternal Life, and They are They that testify of Me. If I do not the works of My Father, then believe Me not. But if you can't believe Me, believe the works that I do, 'cause they testify Who I am." Well, having stated all the above, I fear not for lack of fellowship; for I believe that I am the one from Africa who will be raptured. Maybe the prophet was supposing that there will only be one from Africa; if you, dear reader, can stand in unity with me believing the quotations presented above and disregard all dogma then maybe we will see one another in the rapture but you too will have to "Separate yourself, from unbelief." as I have done even if it means that you walk alone (but with Him) In the same vein, How does one continue spitting out the pips, (or pick out the bones) indefinitely, the pips and bones being false doctrines, dogmas, creeds and misinterpretations; while sitting among the unbelievers or make-believers; and continue to honour the Word by separating yourself from such? How can you do both? There was a context wherein the prophet stated that you must spit out the pips and/or the bones. He knew that the Lord would provide eventually. He was speaking to those souls who didnt have a local message church to go to at the time; for the message was still being delivered. God was still seeking suitable shepherds among those who heard the message and believed. GALATIANS 1:8-9 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. Unfortunately, there were multitudes who felt the urge to carry the message and acted upon that urge while unknowingly and unwittingly persisted in doing God a service without it being Gods will thus we encounter the mess among message denominations today; pounding at their precious dogmas to make them fit into their exclusive denominationalized creed while squabbling among one another about whose dogma is the correct one all void of the Holy Spirit in their church and many void of Him even within their being having grieved Him so; having been beguiled into believing that the baptism of the Holy Spirit and the New Birth are one and the same thing as presented in the book The Exposition of the Seven Church Ages.. God is looking for quality not quantity! Forgive me, but I didnt make the rules! Even your prophet said the same.

May the Lord bless you! May He give you the strength and desire to receive correction and may He continue to guide you unto all truth and show you the things which are still to come. Wishfully your brother in Christ, Bernard Cox +27 788 757 255 +27 11 917 4620 cops@telkomsa.net