Blood of the Eternal Covenant #01

Shall we pray.

Heavenly Father, we know that Jesus is actually Joshua of the Old Testament, meaning Jehovah Saviour. And when He came in flesh, which he did, they did not know He was there. And when He upset the money changers and cleansed the temple, they were absolutely sure that He wasn’t there.

And then, at the day of Pentecost, hovering the people and giving forth of His Own life to them, they were sure He wasn’t there; but others were sure. And then Paul… How many believe that He was there with Paul, Lord? We know that very few did.

And today very few believe that He was with Brother Branham. And I suppose, Lord, even fewer believe that You are here in a Pillar of Fire to lead us into the Millennium.

I don’t understand all these things, Lord, but I know You’re here. And I know You’re here to the degree, to the extent that the prophet identified You, whoever You are, and said that You were here. And we receive that. We apprehended, Lord, we stand on it.

We don’t understand everything and we may never, but we’re asking You, Lord, to help us to understand what we need to understand. And grow in grace through the Word of God, the life of which is released in us to our souls, that we may prosper therein.

And then blessing upon blessing, be in health, and prosper in the way we should prosper, physically, maybe financially. I don’t know. We know that’s not so important, but we know it’s necessary to a degree. These things are ours according to truth, according to truth, Lord.

It is also the Truth that, “If we walk in the light, as You’re in the light, we have fellowship one with another, the blood of Jesus Christ God’s Son cleanses us.” These things we know. And You said in one place, “Happy are you if you know them, and happier if you do them.”

There’s some things, Lord, we can’t do. No way we can do them. We can’t give ourselves a revelation, Lord. We can’t elevate ourselves by our bootstraps. We can’t do many things, but Lord, there’s things we can do.

That is, we can believe the Word until whatever we’re supposed to do, we’re enabled to do it. That much we know, and we thank You for it.

Bless us in our studies therefore today. May, because of Your Presence, all things be possible as we saw in the Scripture with Mary, going to bring forth the child. And we saw with Brother Branham even to creating of squirrels, Lord.

We have to believe that because that’s true. Help us then with Your Word this morning.

We give You the praise. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

You may be seated.

Now, relative to the message before I started, a little thought came to me as I was sitting there, thinking in terms of talking the Word to each other and getting into it on the grounds of how much you understand.

It would be very easy for someone to say, “Well look, I’m just not going to talk the Word, because I could add to it or take from it.”

Well, that’s not going to do one bit of good. Because the angel of God said to Brother Branham, “The thoughts of your heart speak louder in heaven than the words of your mouth.” That’s why the Bible could say, “By your words you’re justified, and by your words you’re condemned.

Because out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.” Maybe we just don’t have enough heartfelt or heartness in it. But let me tell you something, it’s there. You just keep going on and these things will begin to strike you more and more.

Now, we’re going to start in on the “Blood of the Everlasting Covenant”. Now I don’t know how far we’ll get. It doesn’t really much matter. Hebrews the 13th chapter, verses 20-21.

Now, all of this is by the Blood. Now, the Dr. Weiss translation… I’ll just read it.

“Now the peace of God–now the God of peace, the one who brought out from among the dead, that’s a very good translation, the Shepherd of the sheep, the Great One, in the blood of an eternal testament, our Lord Jesus Christ equip you in every good thing to do His will, doing that in you which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever.”

And it tells you positively that the eternal covenant wouldn’t have a conception, a continuation with no ending, except for the Blood.

Now, as we study this subject, let us be aware that the originator of this covenant is God–Elohim, El Elah, El–in a specific title or role, which is evidently shown.

Which evidently goes back to the time when God met Abraham in the form of the King of peace and righteousness before even Isaac was born, or the covenant doubly confirmed to him.

So even though this is a Jehovah title complex, it’s not really recognized as that. So you’re going back to where Brother Branham said, “This King of peace, the God of peace, is God Himself Elohim,” and he said, “Shalom.”

Now, Paul calls him Elohim, the God of peace, but he also uses other titles and roles. As in Romans 15:5, the God of patience and consolation. Romans 15:13, the God of hope. 2 Corinthians 1:3, the God of all comfort. 2 Corinthians 13:11, the God of love and peace, that’s the God of love, the God of peace. And as John in Revelation 11:4 and 13, God of the earth and God of the heavens.

Now, I do not believe that we have any right to equate the God of peace to the peace of God as though they could be one and the same. And we simply, though recognizing they are not the same, we pay no attention to them and leave them literally without meaning to, and yet meaning to, categorically the same.

It’s not the same. The God of peace is not the same as the peace of God. But it is indeed accurate that the peace of God comes from the God of peace. It’s derived thereby, therefrom.

Thus the God of peace is actually, now listen carefully and I hope you can follow me, thus the God of peace is actually Logos in the respect that we are viewing what truly is intrinsically God, and comes into manifestation or demonstration of being that kind of God according to covenant and promised benefits.

Now, what I’m saying is, intrinsically, we are looking at Elohim, the God of peace. Now, what does it really mean? Well, what does it mean? It means that somehow God must come forth in that role and demonstrate such Himself to be. See?

Now, while… the peace of God, what is it? It is only a grace of God sent from God and available to His children. Which would designate in our particular condition that He is a God of peace and will (pardon the expression) I’m going to coin the phrase ‘Logos it’.

In other words, when the intrinsic elements become expressed you’ll find that’s exactly what He is.

Now, we’re looking at it in a picture. Now you see what we’re trying to do, is to apprehend and at the same time do a little comprehending. See? Okay. Herein is another battle of the senses against revealed faith as seen in Matthew 10:34.

Now let’s look at Matthew 10:34 and see this God of peace.

Now here’s what He said. Here is the God of peace doing violence as in the parable of the ten pounds–ten, five and one; and the servants to whom He entrusted the vineyard.

And the one man put the one pound in a napkin and hid it; he wouldn’t use it. The other said, “Let’s kill the son and take the vineyard over.” And God said, “What am I going to do with that people?”

And here’s what He says in Luke 19:27

Now, you’re getting something there. You’re looking at a reign. How much peace have you got with mosquitos buzzing you? And you’re outside trying to work.

That’s just a little mosquito bite. How much peace have you got with people constantly climbing your spiritual frame? Not too much. Do you follow me what I’m saying? God of peace said they don’t want Me to reign over them.

Now I’m going to give you my own thinking on the God of peace. Brother Branham said, That–my own thinking.” I’m going to give you mine. So don’t try to hold me to it in the sense I can’t come back and do a little changing; not much, but a little. Maybe I don’t have to.

To me it is the very same as God of the earth. It better be. And God of the heavens, which speak of a totality, a finality, a veritable, eternal God Kingdom. Do you follow? Have God of heavens and earth. That’s a veritable Kingdom. You’re looking at the God of peace in the same context in my thinking.

Now, let me say it again. To me it is the very same as God of the earth, God of the heavens, which speaks of a totality, a finality, a veritable, eternal God Kingdom; and therein we will find a Logos God as it says in 1 Corinthians 15:28, “That God may be all and in all.”

Intrinsically, what He is will come forth in us at that time, when everything is finally put under the feet of Jesus, and He finally turns it back to the Father.

Or as in Isaiah 65:24-25

And as it was spoken by God, so God Himself manifests it. Yeah. Was it Damon Runyon? It wasn’t Heck, so it must have been Runyon. But I think he was a Jew. I suppose they’re nearly all Jews anyway. And he said, “They say the wolf and the lamb will lie down together, and when they do, I don’t want to be the lamb.” I do.

I don’t want to be typed just as a part of nature. I want to be typed as that part of nature which God said, “You’re the sheep of my pasture… the flock of my hands.”

Now, this comes by Matthew the 3rd chapter, 7-12.

Now let me tell you something, and I’m not vulgar here. What do they call the male’s primary sex organs as to that generation? They call them stones. They don’t call them testicles in the Bible.

What about stones being raised up? Abraham was given absolutely a youthful body, regenerating sexual organs, perfect reproductive organs, and so was Sarah. And John going right back there said, “Listen, God rejuvenated Abraham.”

He will rejuvenate you! How? By a resurrection. Better still, He will bring Jesus Christ from the dead in a rejuvenation and He’s called a stone also. Revelation’s called a stone. We’re called stones–little stones.

He wasn’t going to just raise up stones as pebbles out there. He was going to raise up his own little stones. This little metaphor here, little figure of speech, whatever… Listen, “God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.”

Every single group. And the Sadducees and Pharisees are there. And Brother Branham named the Herodians. Just like the Bible does. It says every one of those trees is going to be cut down; every organization. I said this morning in my little preamble to you people, I said, “Get with it.”

If you add to the Word you get the plagues in the white throne; you take from the Word, you’re name goes off the book. What do you think this is talking about? Why is the way narrow? The way’s narrow and the road is strait. Why? Because of this very thing, listen, it’s cast into the fire.

This is the God of peace. People don’t believe “He’s the same yesterday, today, and for ever.” They don’t believe the ‘God of an eye for an eye, and a tooth for the tooth’ is the same One that was manifested in the Lord Jesus Christ; and manifested now.

But let me tell you, He said to the whorish church, He said, “Double unto her double.” Bring her to the fourth power. Pay her back.

You know what? Everybody’s trying to get peace without the Prince of Peace. Everybody love each other. “Brother Vayle, you filthy swine. You’ve got to stand up there and hit these lovely brethren.”

I’m not hitting anybody. This is not my Word, it’s God’s Word. Now let’s get that flat. Don’t you dare judge me for anything; or you’re sitting there a hypocrite. And I mean nothing but a hypocrite.

And if I stood up here as this with a club to club you, I’d be a hypocrite. I’m positively emphasizing the Word of God. I’m not out to club anybody. But I’m not going to betray God if I can help it.

My own nature betrays Him. That’s where His nature stands for mine. His nature stands for you. No man ever lived this Word or will live this Word outside of Jesus Christ; but we can believe the Word.

That’s the trouble. A bunch of Seven-Day Adventists and holy rollers, Pentecostals, legalists, stand up, pretend they live the Word. They don’t even believe it.

Some of you sitting here this morning, you know what I’m talking about, because in your hearts you’re already rebellious. Not some of you older ones, some of you younger ones. You can’t take it.

They go, “Lee Vayle, have your fuddy old duddy out of the pulpit and sing us lullabies.” I’m seventy-five pretty quick, but I tell you what, don’t ever kid yourself, if the next man filling this pulpit will give you lullabies either.

There’s too many men in this church that are strong for the Word of God. It’s not my Word, it’s His Word. See?

It comes by Matthew 3:7 and 12. Now if you don’t believe this, let’s go back to the Old Testament; we’ll prove it to you. Isaiah the 9th chapter. And of course this is fantastic because it talks about that Great One. Lets start at 6.

Notice, the prince of Peace can only come after the apprehending of Him who is Wonderful. His counselling that you recognize to be of God, the mighty God proven by vindication, it is God, the everlasting Father, the great covenantor. And now you’re coming to the Prince of Peace; but not before.

Now listen, God is my judge. I did not realize till this minute what I said and wrote down on a piece of paper here concerning, ‘I view this as the totality of the Logos of God in His Own Kingdom’. Here it’s right here.

You say, “Well, Vayle, you’re boasting. Call it what you want. I don’t care what you call me. I’ll meet you as I’m meeting you now before the White Throne. I’m not afraid of anything when it comes to this Word. Not boasting. I’m not boasting. Don’t ever get that in your head you got to hear me. You don’t.

Why? Because He was God manifest in flesh. And as a man demonstrated, manifested, he said, “I take counsel from nobody.” William Branham, God in Him… ugly little jerk, isn’t he? Independent as a hog on ice. Kentucky hillbilly. Who needs him? He never came to us. He never asked our advice.

He came with a great ministry and blasted us. And says Du Plessis, “Now judgment hit that false prophet who judged others.” Whoopee! Now why don’t you talk about Jesus? He hung on a cross with malefactors. Something’s wrong.

Who shall declare? Where is His firstborn? Where’s his kids? Where’s his babies? Who did he marry? Never had a wife. He might as well been like Abraham. Emasculated is the word. Never touched a woman. No way to procreate. He’ll see His seed. Raise up those little stones.

A generation of two thousand years whose names are inscribed in no human manual as were the Jews, but in a Lamb’s book of life and the book of redemption when that Pillar of Fire brought it down and identified His own.

“Is my name written there, in print bold and clear?” Sure. If you identify with the Word of God. And don’t try to hedge about it. Identify.

So when Paul was speaking of the God of Peace, he is saying, “Now, the God of Peace that you Hebrews are looking forward to and who will bring peace and prosperity on earth by His Presence, Him being here. That is the very one you’re looking for.

That’s the very one who raised Jesus from out amongst the dead– Jesus the Shepherd of the sheep, (the Lord’s my shepherd, said David) Jesus the Great One, that’s the Scripture, even our Lord Jesus Christ.

May this God of Shalom, because of the Blood of Jesus Christ and through Jesus Christ, because of the blood, perfect you to the coming into and the possessing of the kingdom by reason of Elohim’s everlasting covenant established to you and made available by the Blood of Jesus unto the King and kingdom of peace.”

I’ll read it to you to prove I said it right. Hebrews the 13th chapter, 20 and 21. Oh they’ll get me down ranting and raving like Brother Branham. But I’m in good company. Who gives a care.

Now, the God of peace, Himself becoming functional to you by means of the death of the testator, who died by the shedding of his blood to bring into effect the benefits of his legacy to his heirs, Himself now perfects you, making you well-pleasing to Himself and the heirs compatible to the eternal covenant of promise which is as stated in 1 Corinthians 15:28, and Isaiah 65, where God becomes all and in all, and completely and perfectly Logos unto His own and His own ultimate which is His purpose for you.

Let me read it to you again.

Now, the God of peace, Himself becoming functional to you (that’s what it is) by means of the death of the testator, who died by the shedding of his blood to bring into effect the benefits of his legacy to his heirs, because you’re looking to the kingdom, Himself now perfects you, making you well-pleasing to Himself and heirs compatible to the eternal covenant of promise which is as stated, God becoming all and in all. God all in all and completely and perfectly Logos.

What we’re just dreaming about. What we apprehend on a Word of promise. What we see vindicated in this hour. We’re stepping into it. We’re apprehending it, brother/sister. We’ve apprehended it. The first step of apprehension is the descent with the message. “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.”

What Lord Jesus Christ? The second person of the Godhead? What are you talking about? That’s it. Turned back to a Pillar of Fire. I can’t explain it. I’m not interested in explaining it. I’ve apprehended it. And I talk it and I talk it. What else can I do?

Let’s go to Hebrews the 1st chapter, because this is the book of Hebrews. I can see why Brother Branham started it. I wish he’d finished it. Hebrews 1, God in the prophets. Verse 2.

Of what is the actual assessment. Can I assess God? He that has seen me has seen the father. Believest thou I am in the father and the father in me? There’s an assessment there.

And the assessment is based on vindication as it’s handed to us to apprehend it and say the same thing until there’s comprehension to the degree that God desires to give it.

This is in the beginning of God before there is one speck of creation. And Brother Branham said, “A light came out of Him.” Then if a light came out of Elohim, tell me this: Was that light intrinsically any different from Elohim? No.

“Well, bless God we got a fountain now and two Gods.” Hogwash! Or horse feathers! There’s no… that’s stupid. You’ve got a Son. And Brother Branham described how the Son did it. You are intrinsically and basically human being… uh, uh. You got an animal in you.

Then if your soul wasn’t a gene from God, you’re a hybrid. You’re looking at something different here. This is intrinsically God. Son of God. The dynasty of God.

The firstborn that Brother Branham said, He was in the beginning and He was in a theophonic form. That’s why He remembered and said I want to get back to it. He laid that aside to become a man.

You say, “Explain it.” How can I explain it? I do my best and I still fall short, but I know it’s there. And the more I talk it the more I begin to see it. You know why? Because I’m stuck with the Truth. What do I care. All that’s going to endure is the Truth. See?

Now listen, then it said here, that this same one:

Now hold it, back when He did what Paul said He did, there wasn’t a speck of flesh, there wasn’t a speck of stardust until He brought it into being. Now this same One becomes flesh like John said. Logos, now starts descending into flesh and He starts way back there.

And Logos… remember in the beginning was the Logos, the Logos with God and the Logos was God. Brother Branham said you dare make that Jesus Christ, you got three gods. You’re talking about God expressing Himself.

Now the Trinitarians say that’s great. And God does. And out of the fountain God comes a Son. Hogwash! That’s not God the Son. That’s the Son of God. That’s right.

And He makes a covenant. And the covenant is all the angels are going to worship Him. He’s going to have a scepter of righteousness.

The very foundation of the earth laid is going to come back to him in the government of God, and only then will it be the government of peace. The God of peace, the God of all consolation, wipe away every tear.

The God of love. You see, “There it is.” We are beholding all of these things through eyes that are veiled. But now that we’re coming face to face and we did then that’s face to face right now, brother/sister. I’m sorry, but it’s face to face. Because what you’re looking at is looking at you.

You see a picture… uh, uh, I’m gone beyond the picture. I’m way beyond the picture. I see the picture, but what’s behind the picture sees me, reads my heart.

Then He said, “You made him lower than the angels.” You gave him a part of the flesh, but not all of it; and due to that, because He died and shed His Blood, He’s now in the midst of the church singing praise to God.

And ends up in New Jerusalem, Revelation 22, the Tree of Life, with the leaves giving healing to the nations. And Brother Branham said it was peace, keeping peace. Right to the end.

All right, back in Hebrews 13:20, the everlasting covenant. Paul does not specify what it is, but he must have been talking about it to the Hebrews or he could not mention it. For him to now mention something about it without having talked about it would be folly. No author interjects a character out of nowhere.

Uh, uh. You got to introduce him. You got to bring him in the script. Paul doesn’t throw something in the script here and say, “Now figure that one out guys.” He tells you what it is.

Let’s take a look at some of this. Hebrews 7:23-24.

Okay, compare this with 7:16.

Now, over here in Hebrews same book, watch what He says. In Hebrews 13:12-14.

Because without the camp there is a continuing city. Because of the shed blood, the covenant. What was His covenant?

You are my Son, this day have I begotten You.

Sit thou at my right hand and make the enemies Your footstool.

Let the angels of God worship You.

The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand.

The Lord God said your King is a King of righteousness, your scepter it’s scepter of righteousness and peace.

You’re exactly what I patterned in Melchisedec;

You’re patterned on me;

You’re my expression; You’re my continuity, as it were.

You’re my Son as no other Son ever was or ever will be.

I’m giving you many sons, giving you many children.

They in turn will make a Bride.

You’ll be in the midst of them.

I’ll bring all things under Your feet.

And You’ll turn the kingdom back to me, because I’m the One that really did it.

The agnostics didn’t understand it. When this Scripture came around and their turn to understand and there in the first ages, they couldn’t understand it. And so they said there was a God.

And he began saying, “Well, I did this, and I did that.” And a female voice shouted, “Shut up, I’m the one that did it all. I just let you have a hand in it.”

Trinitarian hogwash. Captivating dogma of the filthy, human minds. The excrements of a human mind. Phfft! No wonder Paul called it dung. There’s not a better word for it. If you can find one let me know.

The covenant of God that started way back there in the mind of God, and God doing it all. The blood of the Everlasting Covenant.

We’ll just skip that. There’s enough in Hebrews here. Well, let me go back to Hebrews 1. I don’t think I better leave this out for you. I’ll just go in it and then we can quit. Then I can read my notes and start over.

We read Hebrews 1 in the sense of the Word, 2-13, which is talking about Him as the Son of God, the very outraying of God.

And this is the promise down the line from creation to the ultimate of creation. Then he speaks of Him becoming flesh in order to shed His Blood, thereby saving the Bride, giving Himself a Bride, paying for the Bride, bringing her to where He is, and so on and so forth. Very good.

Now, with that we go to Hebrews 5:5-6.

Now just a minute. In the beginning He did not glorify Himself to say, “Now God, I want to tell you something, I’m Your firstborn son, everything comes down to me.”

And remember the Jews said, “When he called himself the Son of God, He made Himself equal with God” They understood the firstborn. But he gets one-half of his father’s kingdom.

That’s right. Equal with God. He didn’t say. “Now Father, I’m going tell you what you’re going to say.” The Father said it. You understand? He did not glorify Himself. It says in Philippians he laid it aside. He would not keep His role. Right? That’s what he said.

Philippians 2nd chapter.

Now watch. “Neither did he glorify Himself to be made a high priest.” He didn’t. The Father did. Thou art my Son, today have I begotten Thee.” That was from the dead. Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. Without father, without mother, beginning of days and end of life.

No genealogy as pertaining a father and a mother. Jesus’ genealogy was in God who created the sperm and the egg, and put His life in it in the womb of Mary. That same one’s life actually went into that egg and that sperm and brought forth that body.

That’s where Brother Branham said He made Himself so teeny. He never made Himself so teeny, like the Puss and Boots, who said to the giant, “You are so wonderful, I really believe, but, ah, ah, ah, you couldn’t, you couldn’t possibly, such a great person as you turn into a mouse.”

He said, “Can’t I?” So he turned into a mouse and she ate him. This is no Puss and Boots. Now God not making Himself so low, the devil can take Him over. God, brother/sister, never changes. He’s got all power and might and the devil only operates at the will of Almighty God. Don’t ever kid yourself.

Hebrews 6:13-20.

God’s Word can’t fail to begin with. Then God came down and said, “Listen to me, I’m telling you it’s true. Right there look at it. Look at it. The Bible open before you. Look at it. Never lied, never made a mistake, never failed, and He came right down.

You believe that? That’s exactly what it says. Because in the Greek it says here, “He interposed Himself.” Confirmed it by an oath. He interposed Himself. Paul, by the Word of God said, “The Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout.” He interposed Himself.

Then people can’t understand the Presence. People, what’s the matter? “Who do you think that is?” Oh, God have pity, brother/sister. Something wrong with people. I’m not going to cry about it. I’m sorry for them. But I’m going to rejoice in what God did for me.

Hey, I got a brand new Buick out there. Oh I feel so bad I can’t drive that car because nobody else has a brand new Buick. I hope you got the picture. That was a gift. So was this. Don’t be self righteous mockers of God, brother/sister.

I know people think I’m a dirty, mean guy. I am a dirty, mean guy. I admit it. But with this Word I am not. Listen, God said bring mine enemies, He that doesn’t, scatter with me. Simply sits on his butt in the pew, is against Him. “I’m going to be neutral.” Ho, God, you say you can sit on a fence.

You can’t be neutral. The rug has been pulled from underneath you. “He that scattereth not with me, is against me.”

Boy, I hope you… if you get touchy with each other, please don’t get touchy with me because I don’t want you touchy with me to hurt anybody’s feeling. But man, I’m not going to change the Word of God for anybody. I couldn’t do it. No way.

The fact that God raised Him, we’ve got it made. But, he didn’t stop there. Look what came down. In the power of the resurrection. And you sit here and say I’m not going to make it, it’s not going to happen.

It’s already happened. It’s already happened. Hallelujah! I’m telling you.

You say, “Why do you say it, Brother Vayle?” Because God calls those things which are not as though they were because they are. Prophecy is always in the past tense. Prophecy is always in the past tense, because the Word of God can’t fail once spoken. Amen. That’s the truth.

I said, Hebrews 6:13. Okay. Now, Hebrews 9:23-28.

Listen, let’s read it here. Verse 20.

So what did He do with the Blood? He purged the tabernacle; He purged the vessels, every single one of us; He sprinkled Blood upon the book, giving life to the Word–eternal life to the eternal covenants. He can’t fail.

The end of what ages? The ages when the blood of a bull and goat signified the coming blood. No more blood. And so they’re looking for the ashes of the red heifer, and they think when they get the ashes, they can sacrifice and the blood will take effect in Israel. Hogwash! Wasting time. You got a prophet. Listen to the prophet.

Those who look for Him, He’ll appear to them. Now I want to ask you a question. Tell me anybody who was really looking outside the prophet. Oh, there was a spirit in the land like in Israel, the Christ’s first coming.

They say, “It’s got to be, it’s got to be, it’s got to be, it’s got to be, right soon, right soon, right soon.” And some said, “My eyes are going to behold it. Yes sir, I’ll be there.” And you bet that’s true. But the majority failed to get it. So far, so good.

Now we go back to Hebrews 13. I would say so far so good, but it is to me anyway. I’ll say it is. Hebrews 13:20-21.

What’s God–what’s Jesus doing in you, the Holy Spirit? He’s giving you the Word. That’s right. Now notice, here is the God of peace making out a will and irrevocable eternal legacy, but functional only by the shed blood for the remission of sins. Right.

Hebrews the 3rd chapter:

It all depends on what you do with the Word of God revealed to you. Because what is your earnest expectation? Hope is beyond faith. Faith is what you believe for. And you know it’s there.

Then you come to the place where you can earnestly expect; and that’s got to be based upon something that you see, because Paul said what do we yet hope for when we’ve seen it.

Wheew! There it is. Don’t talk about Him coming. Don’t talk about Him appearing. He already has. Now the blood’s effective. Now it’s on the door posts and lintels. Now you can talk back and forth to Him.

And that’s what we do when we talk the Word in the light of the true revelation by the Holy Spirit. A real communion.

Hebrews 8:1st verse.

What true tabernacle? Some little thing in heaven? No. He’s building a true tabernacle. For what day? When you don’t need a tabernacle, a temple. There’s no temple, because God and the Lamb are the light. And we form the building around it. New Jerusalem.

Now notice, our covenant as we’re being led out is a covenant that we regard. Brother Branham said, “The Bride at the endtime would not fail.” Our minds would be set. Radar locked in. Zooming right to the Son. The Son of righteousness. Locked in.

Unless you’re a hypocrite. And I don’t think you are. And I’m not a betting man, but I got a thousand bucks that says there’s no way you can leave this message. Anybody want to win the thousand dollars for leaving it? You couldn’t. You got a mind set. Or have you? Well that’s the secret. The mind set.

They all sing, “Where could I go but to my Lord?” And they’re not going within a million miles of Him. Yet they can have the peace of God, but not the God of peace. You can talk with tongues, genuine gifts, but not have the Holy Ghost.

You can have the prosperity of God, but not the God of prosperity. You can have the consolation of God, but not the God of consolation. You can have the love of God, but not the God of love. Right? Interesting, isn’t it? I thought it was.

Okay. He said here in verse 11,

Now listen, it tells you when that’s going to happen. In Hebrews the 12th chapter, when God speaks the last time the One from heaven comes down, God is a consuming fire, everything gets shaken down. You follow?

Now listen, you should be able to follow me when I said that because you know what Hebrews 12 said.

Now, right on down the line here to the 24th verse, let’s go to 16.

Every single thing and pattern depended upon blood. And so blood is going to get us there because the blood of bulls and goats obtained until the true Blood was shed and it got them there already, but not to the Holy City.

Abraham and Sarah, and the lovely Bride of Christ in the Old Testament are already glorified. Where they are, don’t ask me. I don’t know.

Now hold it. Listen carefully. The testator has to die or there is no will, there is no legacy, there is no house, there is no building of God, there is nothing that God said.

Now who is the testator? The man that died, the God of peace. The one who raised Jesus. But hold it. Did the God of peace die or did He pull off some stunt.

He killed Jesus and just pretend everything is legal? No way. If the will maker did not die, there is no legacy. I can’t make a will and then have you die and the will go into effect. So how did God die? Now that’s the question.

That’s the steamy question that leaves us all with our spiritual tongue hanging out, because it seems that nobody has an answer, that can really tell us is there one God, two gods, or three gods? What’s it all about? How could God actually die? Now it tells you here how it’s done.

In 2 Corinthians 5:18-19.

Jesus said, “It’s the Father in me doing the works.” Then it was the Father in him creating the world and everything else. Then it was God in Christ doing this. This is exactly the same as it says in Philippians the 2nd chapter.

And Brother Branham used the pattern of the kenosis which every single theologian uses and that is that God emptied Himself into Christ all that He was and Christ emptied it all into the church.

Say what you want about it. He said it. The theologians… I make no bones, I say nothing. I just say what they say. But what happened?

Now it tells you right here, the first begotten, equal with Almighty God, and God in him doing all of this. Just like it says, “God in you willing and doing His own good pleasure.” It’s watered down to you and me, trickle on down. It says that’s where it is. And that’s how He was able to do it.

In other words, the one of Luke 1:35 that said to Mary the angel said, with God being present, all things are possible. And it never did tell us how God was present. But He was right there doing it.

He Himself was right there creating the egg and the sperm right in Mary’s womb. You say what you want. And that was that One, that Son, that life to come forth. And He was that One.

This is the same One as whom is said in Luke 1:16-17, concerning John, who was going to forerun the Lord God of Israel. And it said John shall go before the Lord God of Israel. You do what you want about it. It’s a mystery. I can’t explain it. I don’t understand it all.

But I’m going to read you something. Now hold on to your hats and just listen. Page 520, the “Questions and Answers” in the Seven Seals. He’s talking to a man.

If God is one personality, why and how could He talk to Himself on Mount Transfiguration? I just explained that. I’d like to ask you this, I’m going to… When Jesus prayed to the Father, you see? I believe you have the baptism of the Holy Ghost, don’t you brother? Won’t you stand up a minute? [That’s the preacher.]

You claim to have the Baptism of the Holy Ghost? I do too. Then what is that? Then I don’t claim that I have… That I have the powers within myself to unfold these mysteries. I don’t have the power to heal the sick. It’s God. I believe you’re a minister. If I’m not mistaken, from Arkansas. All right.

And you–and in you… is to preach the Gospel. Ordinarily you were raised on a farm, around like that. You just don’t know anything about it. But something came into you to preach the Gospel. You don’t claim that to be yourself at all. That’s another person, called the Holy Ghost. Is that right?

Now that’s not the Holy Ghost, or if anybody here has got the Holy Ghost, then where is God? You can’t… you got to understand what’s going on here.

Now Brother Branham was no different from the rest of us, or something really messed up. Now you don’t claim that. That’s another person; that’s the Holy Ghost. Right? Okay.

Now I want to ask you. That Holy Ghost dwells within you, is that right? Do you talk to Him? Speak to Him? Pray to Him? All right, that’s all I want… Thank you very much. Now, do you get it?

I’ll ask you one: How did it come that when Jesus in St. John 3: said, “When the Son of man shall be, which was now in Heaven…” [that is] …now in Heaven, shall come to earth.” [And then being on earth said], “Now is in Heaven,” and He stood right there talking to the person. Now, you answer me that.

Jesus and the Father was the selfsame person, just the same as the Holy Spirit in me. [Didn’t say that guy just the same as the Holy spirit in me.] You’re looking at me preaching, but it’s not me. It’s not me can speak a word that could bring… you know, an animal; sat there and looked at it, killed the animal, ate it. That’s creative power. That doesn’t lay in human beings.

Now I don’t care if you like this or not, this is what he said. This is the comp-prehension of the apprehension. And the comprehension still bamboozles us.

It’s not me could take a little boy here, and the doctors laying him on his back, with heart trouble tonight, and say, “Thus saith William Branham…” No! “THUS SAITH THE LORD, it’s finished.” And bring him down to the doctor the next day and (can’t find it) it’s all gone.

A kid with leukemia, ‘til its eyes were bulged out, and yellow all over, and its stomach… [And all bulged out, starvation] until they took him to the hospital to give him blood and things to even get it there; and the doctor next day say “I can’t even find a trace of it.” That’s Thus Saith William Branham? That’s “THUS SAITH THE LORD!” Yet He is an individual different from me, but the only way He’s expressed is through me.

That’s how Jesus and the Father (were one). Jesus said, “It’s not Me that does the works, it’s My Father that dwells in Me.” Now, the Son shall ascend [descend] from Heaven, [he should say, he says ascend] which is now in Heaven. See? What is it?– He was omnipresent because He was God.

Now Brother Branham admits that God isn’t omnipresent. He’s able to do that because He’s Spirit, and all things are present to Him. But that’s where Brother Branham lays it out.

Now look, see that Pillar of Fire above him? That Pillar of Fire actually got into Brother Branham; or God at times just simply moved through Brother Branham using his mouth and that Pillar of Fire up there did it. He had to be baptized with the Holy Ghost before there’s a move.

Now remember, they said, “Brother Branham, I thought you were the Pillar of Fire was the Son of man. People say you are.” He said, “No”. He said, “I’m not the Son of man, the Pillar of Fire’s not the Son of man.” He said, “It’s in the form of the Holy Ghost, but it comes through a man.” 

So the Son of man ministry was God Himself operating through a man. But you can’t deny that Brother Branham categorically said, “As God was in that Son, Jesus Christ, so in me, God in the prophet.”

Do we understand the whole mystery? We don’t. But this begins to clarify the mystery why the testator could shed His Own Blood to guarantee His Own will and testament and truly only guarantee it by coming back and executing it. The God of Peace through the Blood, give you the everlasting covenant–a will made out.

Stop and think a minute, I’m going to let you go. Got your Bibles?

Okay. Let’s go back to the book of Genesis, the very first book. Chapter 1: verse 26.

I’m giving you my will. Right? Right? Right. Here’s My will. Here’s My will all made out. There it is. Man fell into sin, then God went back to the original records. He went right back to His Son. He said, “It’s all Yours. You’re going to pay a price. I’m going to pay the price through You.” The shedding of His Own Blood.

You say, “Brother Vayle, can you tell us more?” No. Jesus one day said, to the disciples, he said, “Believest thou not that I am in the Father and the Father in me?” He said, “Who doeth the works?”

He said, “Don’t you believe the Father in Me is doing the works?” He said, “The Word I speak are the Father’s words. Look, let me tell you something. Greater than this shall you see one day.”

“Well, Brother Vayle, any theologian knows that that’s a whole lot of people doing the same thing.” They’re a bunch of liars. It said, “He, He.”

And the theologians ain’t so hot. When God raised up, or allowed Amy McPherson to be raised up and she had more healings than most of the men; and no right to handle the Word.

You believe what Brother Branham’s taught? It’s all in here. I don’t care what anybody says. You take anything he said, it’s right here. He was the one that God used. Literally, a physical Joshua in the sense that the Word came out of his mouth exactly what was in here. Now the Holy Ghost has taken over.

And he says, “Now listen, don’t you dare move from the Word that I have vindicated, which was already here vindicated. I came down one time and interposed myself, and swore by myself and I’ve done it again.”

You got a legacy this morning, brother/sister. You and I got that legacy from the original. And it’s been proven, vindicated. I’m glad that one of these mornings we won’t be mush-headed… because we are.

Now we’re not manure-headed, we’re mush-headed. We’re a little like the music that’s coming by the speakers, and they’re distorted. Not the music, it’s the speakers, that’ll rattle.

One of these mornings we’re going to wake up like Abraham, you know. He woke up one morning, and he said, “Hey man, it’s pretty rotten here.” And it was. He was one day older and worse shape and his wife was too. Then one morning he opened his eyes feeling good.

Man, he said, slept like a log. Feel like a million. And he saw Sarah. And he knew the promise of God had come to pass, thoroughly transpired.

You know, Brother Branham said those people sure had resurrection faith when they saw the dead. Don’t try to get ahead of schedule, brother/sister. Stick with this Word. Stick with this Word. Stick with this Word.

Let’s all pray for each other to stick with this Word and talk this Word, and talk this Word, until everything else becomes oblivious to it.

Ask God to make us like the day after Jesus was raised from the dead. And on the road to Emmaus, they couldn’t tell why, but their hearts began to burn.

And oh, brother/sister, when they recognized, really recognized, when the revelation really struck, and it was vindicated by the Presence Himself, God help us to get there, they were flaming fires, flaming bushes. You couldn’t stop them. They’re like a haystack in a wind storm on fire.

You know what heat does, brother/sister? Begins sucking things up. Ever see a bonfire? That’s why Elijah rose in a chariot of–a whirlwind of fire. It is the fire of God, brother/sister. Moves us upward. The same fire of God is going to clean this earth for us. Anyway, that’s part of the everlasting covenant.

Let’s rise at this time.

Father, we thank You for Your love and Your mercy, giving us Your Word, Lord. And we know that it’s the Blood that sealed the everlasting covenant. Lord, it’s marvelous to see the whole thing from Genesis 1 right through to Revelation 22.

And there it is: An everlasting covenant. And You interposed Yourself right down to the end. And then at the endtime we see it all brought into focus.

Lord, we are not asking You for one more sign, one more anything as concerning Your Word, but we’re asking concerning us.

If You wouldn’t mind, if it’s not hastening anything, we’re out of order, we pray, Lord, that You’ll take what Brother Branham said, and we’re trying to look at in the light of taking everything He said to Your mouth, which is Your Word here, Lord would you please quicken it to us in a way we haven’t had it quickened before.

We would all dearly love, Lord, to come to that place of a real genuine quickening in the Holy Spirit, according to this hour. Which already we have read that this covenant is not like the time You took them out of Egypt. No way.

This is one where there won’t be any adultery, there won’t be any idolatry, fornication. There won’t be these things because You got a Bride and the prophet said, “She is not going to turn from this Word.”

Now Lord, You’re the only One that can do it. And Lord, we’re asking that You do it for us. And in gratitude then, Lord, may brotherly kindness come into this church to such an extent that You Who are love can begin to rule our hearts and our minds as one people as far as we can possibly go.

That the grace of God be manifested in every facet according to the Word. And unto You we give the honour and the glory. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.