Facts Of Our Faith #05

Shall we pray.

Our Lord Jesus, You said that You came into the world and then You were going out of the world and then You went and come back into it, which You did by your birth and death and resurrection after the days of the Son of man. And now, after the days of the Son of man we believe You’re coming back in again, making it three times, knowing this is surely of the Lord.

We believe Your physical appearance is drawing nigh very rapidly, Lord, and there’ll be those of this generation shall not pass away until all these things be fulfilled. And there’s much in Your Word, Lord, You’ve given us by Your prophet. And if we study it we pray that You’ll reveal it to us in such a way we shall be impressed with understanding, not just a knowledge but a true understanding, definitive revelation, Lord, that we accept as by vindication.

Help us in our studies therefore tonight, and the doctrine which You set before us, we give You the praise.

In Jesus Name. Amen.

You may be seated.

Now we’re into number five on “Facts Of Our Faith”.

And last Sunday we began to look into those Scriptures that Paul said referred to Jesus as the Son of God, which Scriptures were contained in the Old Testament. We noticed that Paul was vindicated as a prophet, otherwise he would not have been able to reveal the Truth to Israel. Now, in speaking of that, the vindication was very vital, because no matter how diligently you’ll study the Scripture – and we’ll study some tonight – without an actual revelation, there really isn’t much hope of anyone becoming definitive as to the fact that the Godhead is one God, and that same God had a Son.

And that Son, of course, took upon Himself a human flesh – body – which God indwelt at the River Jordan and then left him, of course, the garden of Gethsemane, and then he had to face the flogging, the torture, the trial, and then the execution. But God raised Him from the dead. 

Now, Paul was – Paul took us to the book of Hebrews to give us the basic understanding, and we were just about to do that last Sunday when our time ran out. And in there he shows us that though there is only one God, there is enough Scripture substantially in the Old Testament to show that indeed God did have a Son. 

Now, what Paul set forth is none other than the answer by revelation to Psalms 110:1-7, and 2 Samuel 7:4-17, which, both Psalms 110 and 2 Samuel were asked by Jesus of the Pharisees in Matthew 22:41-46. Now that sounded kind of involved didn’t it? But what I’m saying here is that Matthew 22:41-46, Jesus asked the Pharisees a question which they could not answer, and He was taking them actually to Psalms 110: 1-7 and in 2 Samuel 7:4-17, which they did not have an understanding of. 

So Matthew 22:41-46 you’ll notice,

In other words, if David called this One Lord, how could David be the Son? See it wouldn’t be – it wouldn’t be possible that the honor would defer to the Son, when the honor belongs to the Father. So there’s quite a problem here with this particular question.

Now this evidently was the tongue twister, the real problem that Jesus set to the Pharisees, because they were asking Him many questions and they never were satisfied. And now He asked them, “All right then, how do you – how is this David in the Psalms by the Holy Ghost calls Him Lord?

If David then called Him Lord, how is He his son? In other words, you could also bring out the question, “Well is this – is – is David his own father? So you get into an abstract type of philosophy which isn’t good, and it takes a definitive revelation by vindication to prove that the person answering the question is able to actually deliver the correct answer. In other words, whoever is doing the miracle ministry through the individual will be the one speaking through the individual. 

And you’ll notice that’s how it was with Moses. He came with signs and wonders which told the people this man had something, you better listen to him. And then of course, it went far beyond just listening to him, placing him as to who he is, and placing God as to who He is, then there came a Word forth. And when the Word came forth, that became the standard of life because life was in it, and that became the Judge and the judgment. 

All things were wrapped up in that Word, so you can see you’re looking at Rhema Logos again. There’s no such thing as a Word that doesn’t have a power. A word written in a book stays there until God wants it manifested and the life that is in that begins to rise up and manifest itself. That’s why I use the terms – Rhema Logos so much.

Now, let’s go back then to Psalms 110, and we’ll begin to look at some Scripture. And what… I don’t know how far we’ll get tonight, we’ll do our best, anyway, to see how much we can finish. And Psalms 110, beginning at verse 1.

Now of course, you and I right away have the answer because we know that the – the head of a woman is the man, and the head of man is Christ, and head of Christ is God. So therefore the Lord would say to the Lord, as the Lord God Jehovah would say to our head and master which is Jesus the Christ, “Sit here, until I make your enemies my footstool.” Now you see, they didn’t have a clue to that.

And – and of course, they weren’t willing to listen. And when Jesus got their attention and said, “Well, what about it?” They said, “We don’t know.” And they didn’t say, “Well, how would you like to give us your opinion?” They weren’t the least interested.

Now you see, I’m talking on the grounds of vindication. Jesus was vindicated. He said, “If I had not done the works no other man did, they had not sinned, but now they both seen and hated both me and my Father.” You see, He said, it is not I that do the works, but the father doeth the works in me. He’s the one that tells me what to say and what to do. Now if you cannot believe that which I am saying, then believe me for the very works sake.

You got to pin something on me. Now what are you going to pin on me? Well, you’re a great guy, there’s a great God, hallelujah. See, that is entirely wrong. Understand what we’re saying. That’s entirely wrong. You got to go back to the beginning. It’s the Word, the Word, the Word. What does God want to tell you now that He’s got your attention; or did He indeed get your attention? And if He did, did you misread it? They said, “Well, he’s the devil.” See?

So:

Now you wouldn’t think this one would have an enemy in the world.

Now those are peculiar statements. And – and yet the whole Psalm is taken up with those couple of quotes that you see in Jesus saying and then Paul says them later on again.

All right, now let’s go to 2 Samuel 7:4-14. All right.

Now you see how it is, the Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand. See, now you’re looking at a picture here of David who is the son, and Christ the greater Son. See? And they’re the Sons of God.

Now:

Now if you just peruse those verses you’re going to find they’re lies. Unless there’s a man who can tell you by divine vindication actually what God meant. Because as Brother Branham said so correctly, all Scripture has more than one meaning, it has compound meanings. And so if you read this without having someone to actually give you by vindication a true understanding, you are not going to get it. There is no way, because it’s absolutely contradictory, because Israel, Judah, has not had a king for God knows how long.

You see? So you got contradictory statements in here letting you know that there is something in the way of a meaning that is hidden. There is something down in there. As it says, “Except the Son reveal the father, vice versa, there is no revelation.” It’s intricate, but it will absolutely demand someone who is vindicated here.

Now, I made a note here concerning John 14, which I already quoted you, but let’s go to it for just a second here. And in John 14, you notice that this is that Lamb of God, this One that John the Baptist baptized, saw coming up out of the water, the Spirit of God descending on him like a dove, and remaining upon him, and the voice from heaven saying, “This is my beloved Son.” Also it says, “In whom I am pleased to dwell.” And notice the Father indwelt Him. 

And you notice there in John 14 it said:

Now he’s telling you right there if this is incomprehensible, and you cannot begin to put it together to really understand what it’s saying here, “I am in the Father, the Father in me, and he that’s seen the Father has seen me, has seen me has seen the Father,” then you must go back to vindication. And this is why I preach vindication so strong, because these things are beyond the human mind.

Paul says God reveals them to us, but the human mind cannot grasp ‘em, unless there’s given a special dispensation of revelation and grace to us, a revelation by grace. And so you go back and you say, “Listen, that’s what he said.” And this person was vindicated. And they’ll try to appeal to your reason. They’ll try to do many things, and you say, “Listen, Get thee behind me, Satan.” 

And you got to stand with vindication because you haven’t got the brains, and no one has the brains to figure this thing out and lay it out there so it falls into line with the perfection of the wisdom that lies in man. God counts man’s wisdom as nothing. He calls it the best you can produce is foolishness, and this is a tough proposition we are looking at.

But let’s go back to John chapter 1 now. And we’ll see what it says here because this is the same book of John written by the scribe and it’s all got to come together.

And Brother Branham said if you make the Word Jesus Christ, then he said, you are a Trinitarian. So this evidently is Elohim. El, El Ela, Elohim.

Now it tells you right there, in Him was that ability to create and to manifest Himself in creation so that anybody who denied God in creation was simply a fool. And a fool just goes to hell. You don’t take time with him. The fool is – there’s no use even talking about it. You don’t call him a reprobate, you don’t give him a nice name, you say fool. “For the fool has said in his heart, there is no God.”

Of course that’s when the New Testament says, don’t call a man fool, he’s talking about that. Of course, if a man comes and says, “I’m an atheist,” say “You’re a fool.” You’re not going – how would you condemn yourself? You’re just quoting the Bible. You’re not quoting it out of context, because “The fool has said in his heart there is no God.” 

And there’s also a fool, the rich man that Brother Branham said was that young rich ruler. He got so much money, so many – so much – many farms he took over, so many crops, he –  said, “All right, I’ll build more barns and he said – he said, “Soul, take thine ease, eat, drink and be merry.” He mistook his soul for his body. And God thundered out of heaven, “Fool, this day thou – thy soul is required of thee.”

So a man – a man is a fool that puts everything aside because he’s just too smart. He’s got too much. He doesn’t need God. A lot of fools in this world. It’s not unscriptural to stay with what the Bible says is a fool, too. A foolish person is a bit – lot different.

Now notice in here, he says, “In him – in him was life;” in Him was this ability to be completely identified Himself and perform Himself into life which is manifested. Because Zoe is a word that goes from God to all creation, takes everything in. And – well, I – well, I read it to you.

He’s identified with it all because it was in Him. And in Him, being a Spirit that cannot be seen, was also the – not the propensity so much, but the essentiality that He could manifest. Now this life was the light of men, this Zoe. As I said, if you can’t tell there’s a God by creation, forget it. Just forget it. You got no time for that asininity. It’s – it’s hardly diabolical. I say it’s hardly diabolical because the devil believes.

What are these guys like that don’t even believe? See? Then you wonder why we take a tough stand up here and people are hard against vindication. They can’t understand vindication, just say what the prophet said. See?

All right. And – now he said:

Now it tells you right… Now somebody say, “Well, that means the darkness can’t do a thing about it.” What’s he talking about? The person that categorically denies God and says there isn’t any God, it’s all over with him. You don’t even worry about him blaspheming this and that. There’s nothing to blaspheme. It’s shot, finished, that’s pooh. That’s why you can talk about lake of fire right today and White Throne. See, the finality. 

Now, well, see I’m reading concerning this One that made Himself flesh. And that same One came down in human form to make Himself flesh again in the days of the Son of man. Used a prophet. 

Now:

So what’s He talking about? He’s talking about the physical manifestation of God identified thoroughly with man and the entire creation. Because it’s all His. All things were made by Him and all things are maintained by Him.

Now:

Now these were born of God. Now He’s talking about… You’ll notice here He’s going to be talking about one that was born of God and these that were born of God. That’s why He says, Paul said in the midst of the church he’ll sing – stand up and sing praises and he’s not ashamed to call them brethren because they’re all of one source. Now you’re looking at it.

Now watch:

And it tells you that as you beheld Him you beheld God. As you beheld the Son, you beheld the Father. Now that’s what Paul said. The very essentiality of God was that one that came forth from Him, the only begotten, that means one of a kind. “In this day I’ve started my lineage in You.” See? And that One came in that one to all of His own. And at that time Israel was His own. Name, brand, lock, stock and barrel according to seed. And they could prove it by genealogy. They turned and said, “We’re Abraham’s children. We got the genealogy.” And he said, “You bet, but you’re not really His children.

You may be a seed physically, so is Ishmael and the whole bunch down there.” But He said, “You’re not seed.” See why? Because election was taking place. And out of one lump He was bringing forth a people unto His name because the only living man at the time of the flood that was of true human being was Noah. His wife was not human being, his children were not. Now you got a big lump, see? 

Now they’re coming forth. All Israel is not Israel, but all Israel shall be saved. All of Israel that’s Israel shall be saved. Now He came unto His own, which they were His own people Israel and they turned Him down. But as many as did not, that saw something, and stood still and watched it, and associated the Creator with the creation, said, “This has got to be God.” What is this anyway? Something here. Those he took in. 

So now, the Word, God Himself became flesh, the beginning of the creation of God, forming in this One. And we beheld his total estimation, we beheld the totality of God. Israel beheld the totality of God said, “Oh, it’s just only a man. And by George, we’re as good as he is. In fact, I think we’re a whole lot better. He’s trying to mess us up.” Come on, you got a repeat right today. Only a man. See, how are you doing it? Now, “Full of grace and truth.”

Grace and truth is the Word of God’s own description concerning that One. But it wasn’t Israel’s description. Because they said, “He’s going to destroy our kingdom.” Then where is grace? Where is truth? Oh they figure he lied.

Now you see when vindication comes, you say, “Bless God that’s grace, and that’s truth.” I wonder if I’m hammering it home tonight so you really understand. ‘Cause that’s what you got to depend upon. You got to get rid of your thinking. And I’m not talking for Lee Vayle, I’m trying to explain certain things.

And I can be million miles off of what I’m teaching you what Brother Branham taught, but I’m a hundred percent on target with what I’m teaching now. ‘Cause I tell you, if I don’t know the Saviour, I sure know His mechanics. That much I’ll not back down for for anybody ‘cause it’s all the way through the Word of Almighty God. 

Now, this One stood there. He claimed to be the Son of God. He said God was His Father. Which is absolutely true. And Paul sets this forth in the book of Hebrews. 

But before we go any further, we can go to 1 John, the 2nd chapter, 22-24 and we’ll notice.

And you’re going to find that people hate the Jews and they hate Zionism, all these things, and they call them Christ haters. And the Bible does say, they both crucify and kill the Lord Jesus Christ. But I’m going to tell you what: Rome did it. The Roman soldiers. Actually the whole world did it. Then Satan came against Him and God allowed that destruction at that particular time.

Now:

Now he lets you know flat, plump and plain there, he… and this man John was a Jew, one of the twelve apostles, same as Peter and the rest of them. He’s speaking out concerning the fact of the Sonship of the Lord Jesus Christ being the literal only begotten Son of Almighty God. And these people were denying it. And categorically then in the denial of this race of the Sonship of Jesus Christ, then they stepped in and say “No, we are.”

Because we are now talking about salvation. Remember, Jesus Himself says salvation is of the Jews. It wasn’t to the Samaritans. So you just keep this in mind. 

Now, we all know that Israel categorically rejected this generation and subsequently chose to believe that the Sonship of God was identified in Israel as a nation.

Now lets go back to Hosea. Hosea the 11th chapter.

Now there you have – you have – composite Israel is mentioned as one person as a son; also as a servant. So, thus in 2 Samuel 7:13-17 would be counted to be the Jews themselves. Inextricably wound up with a head man such as would be David. 

So 2 Samuel the 7th chapter, beginning at verse 13.

Now you notice in there he – this is swinging back and forth from the singular to the multiple. From an individual person to a group. This is how they were looking at and translating it. Because you’ll see how Israel believes there the nation that suffers and everything else, and yet they’re the Messiahs.

Now, of course, there’s no kingdom there, they have no king. What are they saying then? They say, all right, the roots are there. We have been disobedient. Now the rod of men are chastening us, but we are those. See? They become antichrist, because they denied the Son and they still deny the Son.

Right today you go and you pick up a magazine, pick up BAR, B-A-R, that’s the, you know the, what is it anyway? Biblical Archaeological Record and Research. And in there you’ll see they’re always using BCE, and it doesn’t mean before Christ, it means before the common era. They have taken the name of Christ out. It’s no longer AD. The world science doesn’t recognize Jesus anymore. The Jews hate him.

They still can’t understand, they can’t take Him. That’s why when they see His hands, you watch what’s going to happen. And only the very elect will be… Listen, only the very elect even at that time of crisis could believe Him. They’re not going to want Him. See? 

Now, they say, “We’ve got the kingdom. We own it. We’re going back to it now to show you that we are going to milk the breasts of the nations. We are the ones that’s going to rule the world. And we will have upon our throne that Messiah who will render to us, not only the possibility, but actually give us the rights to do it and we’re going to do it.”

All right. Now let’s go to Isaiah 53. Much more we could read. We’ll just take Isaiah 53, and as we do we’ll take a couple of verses in 52 up there. Verse 13.

Now Israel believes that. They stand right up and they say, “This is us as a nation. We are the ones.”

Now notice:

Well, if God’s going to do all the authoritative ruling by Israel with the Messiah upon the throne and the glory of God there, then who’s the arm of the Lord? Israel’s the arm of the Lord.

Now that’s what they say, that’s – the Gentiles look on Israel.

Now because Israel was given that Davidic covenant back there in 2 Samuel they can take it from that point on and relate to themselves. And you can see the good and the bad always balancing each other out, so to speak. You don’t see the perfection’s of Christ the man. One mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. You see a nation and you see the nation going away from God, and therefore God chastising them, putting them under the rod, eventually to bring them forth when they’re totally cured under the Messiah to rule and reign in the earth. 

And you have got people believing that right now today that think that Israel is going to be delivered by Almighty God. We are going to come back here and the judgment of nations is where people who loved Israel are going to be allowed as sheep to come in, the goats put aside to one – one side, and Israel will rule – will reign in the Millennium and Christ being upon the throne will rule with a rod of iron. And the children being born will so hate the rod of iron, that they’ll finally rebel at the great White Throne and all that hogwash.

And I’m going to tell you something, except the prophet had of taught us different through vindication we’d all be in that kind of junk. There wouldn’t be one of us understanding. The rod of iron is coming back at the end of the great tribulation and setting this earth in order. ‘Cause He’s going to break them. But you see, you’ve got to have somebody vindicated to tell you, or you’re just guessing.

And the funny thing is, you – you believe this if you’re… don’t have to believe, but at age 22 I knew it would take a prophet. Then when he came I didn’t even know who he was. But I found out. It’s funny I had brains when I was 22 years of age and lost ‘em all in between. Usually that’s how you do it. 

Now it says way down there, they will see their seed. Yet how much do they believe in a resurrection? Is there anybody knows anything about modern Jewery where you have absolutely an article written where they’re looking for a resurrection? Yet they know Job said it, yet they know Abraham said it, Isaac, Jacob was taken back and Joseph taken back to be buried, so there’d be a resurrection in – in Jerusalem. The resurrection, of course, took place and they missed it. See?

And you’ll find right there, Israel stands up and absolutely tells you that it’s mediating the same as the Catholic church. I don’t know how people can’t understand the prophet said the Catholics got the gold and the Jews got the paper. So you’ve got two systems today in the world diametrically opposed and trying to take over power, and everybody stand there uh-uh-uh-uh-uh. Like a bunch of stupid seals looking for fish.

They haven’t got a clue. I get papers all the time and read them concerning, “Oh yes, the antichrist is Rome, oh yes, yes, yes.” Not one’s got a clue concerning the gold and the system. And the people are all in idolatry under a trinity. 

As the poor guy down there in South America. He really understands some things, but he doesn’t understand the doctrine. He has no understanding of election or the doctrine of predestination. He fights it. And – and all the time he fights Rome and he’s a Trinitarian. Just like a bastard child fighting his own blood father. ‘Cause he’s a bastard child. But he’s still his father’s son. And that’s what this guy’s down there in the south. I’d like to send him some money some time, but I wouldn’t dare. 

All right. Today the spiritual concept that Judaism is that Israel’s God’s means that the God of Israel means, or Israel God’s means of mediation and intercession for salvation of all nations is by the nation Israel. And that’s why the argument was as I said and you can read it by their outstanding Rabbis. What is it, they say, is it the land that counts or is it the Word that counts? And the argument goes on. And there’s a real fight over there about it.

One says, “Well, just a minute, who cares about the Word if it’s not in the land?” Other guy said, “Who cares about the land if you haven’t got the Word?” Now the beautiful thing is they got the land and they got the Word, and they’re still sitting there. So what’s wrong with them? Well, they’re waiting for Messiah. See? In the mean time, to the world, they’re the Messiah, but they really can’t fulfill their destiny until such and such a time as it occurs. 

Now this concept of Sonship of Israel thrives on such Scripture also as Psalms 72:89. So let’s go to Psalms 72. You can see there’s all kinds of things about Son in the Word of God. But to place it. All right. Beginning at Psalms 72.

Now the thing is this: The Catholics under – under St. Augustine said, “Well, Paul – Saul in his raging, raging against God.” God struck him down in grace. He subdued him. So the Catholic church, the church ought to be able to strike people down to make them see their folly. In other words, hit ‘em so hard that… That’s what they did in South America. And what happened? The Indians, “Oh, we’re all Christians, Christians, Christians.”

And they brought their idols with them. And today the Roman Catholic church finally admits our trouble is this: We allowed the people to convert to Catholicism without changing their idols. So they’re a hodgepodge of God knows what. Well, there’s a saying from Europe, I could tell you what it is, but I won’t. I could tell you. Americans don’t have those good sayings sometime, especially the ones the Hungarians have.

All right:

Notice that. You’ve got just what the crazy Gentiles believe in. And Israel is going to be established and – and force the people to come into a situation and say, “That’s God.” I’ve got news for you. The Holy City can come down upon this earth here and shine with the glory of God and the judgment of God. You call it God, very God, God, God, and they’ll look back, and they’ll stare it right down because there’s not one thing in them to respond, except hatred. Now put it down.

Oh you’re too nice, I know. Then you answer me this: How come the devil after the second resurrection insights the people with resurrected bodies, not like ours to come against the holy encampment and try to destroy it and pull God off His throne and destroy us? You tell me. Where’d they get it? Right down here on earth. They haven’t changed. It’s time for a change. That comes by the mind. Jump and squeal and holler all you want and feel good and shout like a maniac, amen, amen, amen. I don’t care two bits. Your emotions aren’t worth a plugged nickel unless they’re based according to the Word of God.

Just the other day I was thinking, isn’t it strange that people are so funny? The women were weeping when Jesus was being led away to be crucified, and he said, “Woman – women, don’t weep for me, weep for yourselves.” Yet back in Pentecost, a young fellow, I remember he’d say when they talked about the Lord’s supper and Jesus dying upon the cross – and it’s not bad really, I’m not – I’m not panning as though it’s something filthy – we’d sit there and we’d cry and cry and feel so remorseful that Jesus had to die, and just weep and weep and weep.

Yet he said to people looking at Him on the cross, “Don’t weep for me, weep for yourself.” 

Now what about it? What’s the Bible? Am I telling you Bible or am I not telling you Bible? Who said it? Did I say it? Jesus said it. Crucified afresh, it’s the last day here. Weep for yourself. You say, “I should weep for others.” Oh yeah, a little bit of weeping won’t hurt you any. But you better remember the chips are down, kiddo, and the judgment begins at the house of God.

Now I remember Brother Branham said the truth, he said the earth is judged, Israel’s judged and the church is judged. You bet they’re judged.

Now 89th Psalm. Ooh, that’s a big, big, long one.

There you are. How are you going to get around it? They believe what they believe. You see they couldn’t accept revelation. They couldn’t do it. And you know – you know where revelation was turned to begin with? It was turned down by Korah, Dathan and Abiram. People that spoke in tongues and prophesied. Gifted people. They turned down the vindicated man Moses. And they got a few gifts.

Hold your finger here. Just suddenly struck me. Let’s go back to Hebrews. Hebrews the 2nd chapter delineating upon the Godhead, delineating upon Jesus the Son.

That’s why you can’t judge a prophet. You say, “Amen, amen, amen.” Now, Brother Branham as a human being could make a mistake, but not about the Word. 

That’s why people I guess, around the Branham bunch, don’t like me so much – because I don’t talk about the tent vision; which was a composite. There’s three – three visions in a composite. Number 2 was where he was fishing. And there were big fish. And you know what he told me what his own thinking was way back, he never did change it. Of course I think he did change it in his own mind. He said, “I believe those big fishermen like Billy Graham are going to come into the Word.” They never did. You say, “Well, that made the vision wrong. No it didn’t. I don’t know what it means. 

You bring me this Word, that’s all I care about. That’s like a lead balloon. Some of you might get scared right now. If you are so scared, get out of here, you don’t belong here. No, because you see, you’re – you’re out in the boondocks somewhere. Word? You can’t take one thing or add one thing to it. That vision’s correct. At that time he didn’t have the correct answer to it. Before he died I’m sure he did. 

The tent, I don’t know what it means. All I want to know is this man’s vindicated concerning this Word. What’s in this Word? Because this is the book he went to. This is the one that spoke that said, “I’m Jehovah.” See? Sure, I’ve got no fuss with visions or anything else. But the prophet has one use and that is Word. He brings it or he reveals it, or in Moses’s case he did both. But the Word that Paul brought was strictly a revealed Word that was already there. And the mystery was enlarged by revelation.

So all right, we are looking at the Scripture here. 

Now that’s just partial in the life of David. You’re looking at a covenant again coming on down.

Now who’s is talking about there? The greater Son of David, as they call him.

Now notice right down in here. This is when you’re coming down through genealogy.

So what he’s telling you here? There’s a natural progression all down through life, Israel and Christians, doesn’t matter what it is. Brother Branham said we got seven church ages, Israel had seven church ages. You see the thing comes up over a period of time. And in there, there is always has been and will be the just judgment of God upon those who do not live correctly.

But you can not say that concerning Jesus because He was the One righteous One. “Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity, therefore God has established thy kingdom.” Now you can say David absolutely hated iniquity, but he not – he not – he hated it but he got into it. Like I said before, he wasn’t a son of disobedience, he was a disobedient son. There’s a big difference. See?

Now 36:

Come on. They haven’t had a throne for hundreds of years. Two thousand years or better. They didn’t have a throne back there in the time of Herod. They got wiped out after they got carried off into Babylon. They never could get back. They couldn’t find the ashes of the red heifer that Jeremiah hid. They couldn’t establish their worship and God’s own Word did not say He’s going to leave them sit there, He destroyed it.

But the Gentiles, He comes on the scene in the book of Matthew, and He does not destroy them, he woos them back. Going right into immortality. Now who is upon the throne? Jesus Himself is. There’s the One that’s established by Almighty God. But you got to come up through all these ages. And you can see these things.

Now verse 38:

See, you’re looking at Israel. Now they take that and they say, “There you are.” What’s he talking about? He’s talking about the Messianic people who are still looking for the Messiah. “And when we get a Him, you watch, we will reign and rule over the whole world because of the glory of God in a man like unto Moses, like unto David.” Yeah, they’ve got it all figured out, and they’re all wrong. 

Now, to the Messianic Jew, the Old Testament abounds with sonship status of Israel. They are looking for one from the lineage of David to rise from amongst them and lead them into mighty deliverance and authority which there was once over Israel at the time of David and at the time of Moses. Now you see, I showed you in the Old Testament, there’s all kinds of material concerning sonship, but it all depends on who you are and where you want to place it. So Israel placed it right upon themselves.

Now Brother Branham told us that sonship does not belong to Israel, they are now servants. Called servants, but they’re also called sons back there. But they lost it. Why? Because they turned from their Maker. And they could not identify with the God of Israel though they said they did. And that’s exactly what they – what the Gentiles are doing, the so-called Christians, they are identifying with Babylonian gods and calling it God the same as they – the Muslims.

And oh, Saddam praying to God, and wreaking vengeance, praying to god upon us. It’s the funniest thing in the world because the Americans were praying to the devil, and he’s praying to the devil, and they are all praying to the devil. And they’re all praying to the devil except a little handful of folk like us. But they believe it’s God. 

I don’t care what you believe. You can believe this is a gold spoon, this little like a door knob thing with light in it, that’s all it is. You can believe that’s hippopotamus. I don’t care what you believe. Go ahead and believe it. See how stupid it is when you put your faith somewhere it’s not vindicated? We’re the only ones with a vindicated faith. And that doesn’t mean we’re vindicated, it simply means that faith is vindicated.

“And faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.” What does that mean? Faith cometh by hearing and understanding the Word. Faith comes by an understanding. What understanding? The Word. How does that come? By the Holy Spirit. 

Well, just a minute. There’s six thousand people sitting around here. Everyone’s got a different idea. Bring down God. How’s He come down? By a prophet. No other way, come on. People – people don’t believe that. Who cares what they believe? We have nothing – nothing to do with what they believe. It’s a private affair. Try to get inside of my brain. Renewing of the mind. That’s why Word’s so important. 

Okay. Now Paul was the apostle to the Gentiles, but he spoke to his own people, in Romans, concerning the fact of who and what they were and why they were at that particular time. In the book of Hebrews he attempts to show the Sonship of Jesus and the work of that One in the Old Testament Scripture, that it is not a tribe, it is a person.

And if you’ve got anybody believing in Elijah today, “Oh, it’s a – it’s a – it’s a group, it’s a – a ministry.” Hogwash! It’s one person. Elijah of this hour is the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, not man, God. It comes by a prophet.

All right, let’s read then in Hebrews, and that’s maybe as far as we’ll get tonight. I don’t know, time goes so fast. Hebrews, 1st chapter:

Because that’s the reason the – the works are given in order to substantiate the Word. They didn’t listen. “Oh, they said we got Moses.” Oh, he said, if you had Moses, you’d listen to me.” They’re a bunch of Korah, Dathan and Abirams. They didn’t have a clue anymore how man comes on the scene, vindicated by God to say, this is THUS SAITH THE LORD. Didn’t have the clue. They haven’t got a clue today.

Yet the same people read the same Bible I’m reading. I found first of all in Romans, then I found it here. I find it there, everywhere I read now. Paul – I find Paul boasting, not boasting, but he is talking about his vindication. Proclaiming it.

Now it tells you right there that this One didn’t sit on His own hand or on His right hand. It says this particular One, who absolutely is not declared to be God but the Son of God, and God moving in and through Him, in the beginning created, upholds all things; and that same one became flesh and purged the Word by His blood.

Now you can become a Jesus only if you want to become a Jesus only. I am not a Jesus only. Because Brother Branham he either – he was a liar or there’s some kind of God that’s so fishy, I don’t know, and I might as well forget it. Just say, “Well, who cares, who knows?” Why should you bust your brains? Nothing you can do anything about it if this one that stood behind Brother Branham just lied to us. But in Melchisedec he said categorically that one of the great things about it was, he said, “We came just like Jesus, except for one thing, he did not bypass His theophonic form, we did.”

What are you going to do? Say, “Well, I believe it.” If that’s the way it is, that’s the way it is. Now you see, you got to – you got to be in that position. Otherwise you’re going to get completely messed up. You see why Brother Branham preached vindication so hard?

Now:

Now where do you get your name from? You get it from your father. “And I came in my father’s name.” There’s no angel with the name of Jesus. Now Jesus can take on an angel form, like Gabriel. But Gabriel’s still Gabriel, Jesus is Jesus. He can inhabit that form; do what He wants to.

Now that’s like a lot of double talk and Jesus only. Except the prophet said we’re not Jesus only, he said we’re not oneness, we’re not threeness, neither are we twoness. We’re not one and a half and one and three quarters either. One God. Now He’s talking about the Father and His Son.

Now this is somebody speaking to somebody. That’s why Paul said all things are made by Him. Colossians, all things are made by – and maintained by Him. And you find in Ephesians, God created all things by Christ Jesus. So He’s telling you something here. And yet when He created all things by Christ Jesus… Let’s understand this: If He created them by Christ Jesus and reconciled the world by Christ Jesus, then who did it?

God did it. And this is modus operandi, if you want to call it. Why those Jehovah Witnesses came pretty close when they said Jesus was a – an agent of creation. That’s not – that’s lie, He’s a Son. Jesus is not an agent of creation, He’s a Son. Now he is an agent the same as is any legate. Representative. You can use all those terms, but you got to use ‘em the way God’s Word put them.

Now:

In other words, He’s saying right here, “Hey, He said, “All the angels can do is minister.” They’re not ministered unto, they’re minister – they’re ministers to minister to. But this one is being ministered to. That’s why Jesus said, David, his spirit said, “Lord, he said, “sit on my right hand.” Now he said if David in spirit called him Son, whose son – whose son is he? What’s this – what’s this anyway?

This is what you’re looking at. “The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand.” God said to the head of the church sit over here. God’s not the head of the church, Christ is the head of the church. And yet the fact is God is head of the church because we’re dealing with spirit. 

Now notice there is an interpolation in here. Now Paul is hitting vindication and also substantially calling upon all eleven of the other apostles to back him up. Because not one could contradict him, and Paul was tough.

Now:

Now who brings sons? Fathers bring sons. Who’s the captain? Christ.

That’s what Brother Branham said. No, only difference is He didn’t bypass his body you did. And remember at the same time the fulness of the Godhead was not poured into us because the position didn’t warrant it, but infinitesimally it was all there. As Brother Branham said, If you can hook onto faith, what’s in you now, you could create worlds. And he illustrated. An ocean of water is no different from one drop that comes out of the ocean. It’s all the same. Hope you’re catching this. We’re going pretty fast.

Now He set him forth as what? Son of God, not God the Son, Son of God. Though essentially and substantially of the sameness of God, He had a beginning. Therefore, as Sons have beginning, He’s Son. This is not God the Son. This is the Son of God, what we are looking at.

Now, let’s go back to Hebrews 1:5. Now first of all he mentioned the first little bit, he said, “Being made much better.” In other words, everything about him was greater.

Now in verse 5:

So we go back to Psalm 2. And anybody with a concordance can look it up. Okay.

Now that has – that can have different fulfillment’s. That can be the time right there where after the –  White Throne judgment and the holy encampment is there, and they come against Him then. It could be during the great tribulation, the time they’re all coming against Jerusalem, all of these things.

Now He never said that to an angel. Why? How do you know? Because there’s no angel mentioned there. And He couldn’t anyway because angels have one function alone, and that is to minister, not be ministered to. So He couldn’t minister to them. 

Now if you don’t believe it, try to feed a rock. Hey, try to feed this. Come up here. Anybody got any carrots or cookies, baby bottle, try to feed this thing. You can’t. Neither can angels be ministered to. And if you try it you go into idolatry, the Bible warns you. See? Notice how people try to capture you. Angels are spirits, angels a messenger. Also, notice how people try to capture you. When did Brother Branham try to capture anybody?

He could have filled his church, a great big church, he just turned them aside. Of course it’s unfortunate for the people.

Now here we turn them aside, but we do that for ourselves. We’re not trying to win the world. Not interested. If they come, they come, if they don’t, they come and they leave. Well, because I’m not sweet enough. I should smile and tell you some lies maybe. Well drop dead. One thing I don’t want to be is a liar. I used to lie like the devil when I was a kid. It’s a shameful thing. See, deceit lies in the devil.

Now, notice back here, “This day have I begotten thee. I’ll be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son.” Now that’s over in 2 Samuel. And I’m not smart, I didn’t find it on my own, so don’t think I did. I had to look it up like you had to look it up, too. 

So 2 Samuel 7th chapter, and 4-17, we read it.

Now, Lord of hosts, this is a very special title. Now David was a man of war and the – and the captain over the host of Israel. So now God is identifying Himself as the captain over the captain, the supreme commander. Now he said, you were over the sheep and I made you ruler over Israel, my sheep:

There won’t be anybody there to afflict them. He’s going – he’s going get rid of ‘em. Hey, you don’t – you – if you don’t have to scratch, you don’t have the itch. So the itch is gone no more scratching, right? No more poverty, you eat. No enemies, no fight.

Now notice. Now remember the – he said – Jesus said now, whose son, who – whose son shall this Messiah be? They said David’s. He tells you right here.

In other words, God has promised that absolutely David’s lineage, and that refers to Christ for ever and ever. Absolutely there’s got to be a man sitting upon a throne at some time that has a tremendous kingdom which is all his own. He said, “I will be to him a father.” Yeah, he said, “I – And I will be his father, and he shall be my son.”

Now he said which angel did he say that to? You’re not looking now at this particular place which Paul says generically. You are not looking at the human race, although he’s a part of the human race. That’s the 2nd chapter. Made like unto the sons of men, visage more marred, all the suffering of Christ. But He was that One and He’s the One in what they call the Davidic covenant. Christ in the Davidic covenant, coming right on down, down, down.

And remember at the time that Jesus was born into the tribe of David, from his mother’s side and also from his Dad’s side, which wasn’t his Dad but the figurehead of the house, Mary’s husband. But he had not touched her, he was not his child. Absolutely there was no king. And when the people said this is the king of Israel, the Pharisees said we have no king but Caesar. 

So they had to look for somebody absolutely who could trace his genealogy from David, and that one person there would positively be the one that he be the Messiah. That is why there’s two records, in Luke and in Matthew concerning the genealogy of Jesus Christ.

Now, let’s go to the 6th verse. How much time have we got? No we haven’t got enough time. What we’re going to do is go to the communion service because you won’t have it next week, you won’t have a Wednesday service. We’ll make a little quick review here and we’ll go into this particular portion here and maybe we can finish up and take your questions by Sunday morning. I don’t know. But we won’t have time to get – to get this finished, so there’s no use trying to do it. 

So all right, you’ve got enough to think about. I talked very fast tonight, it’s all right. If you got twenty percent, that’s good. I got my notes.

Let’s rise and be dismissed. You can borrow my notes. Won’t be any good I can tell you that. Better get a tape.

Heavenly Father, we thank You again for Your love and mercy. Lord, You answered our prayer helping us to see these things which are in the Word. To look upon them, O God, and know that – that is exactly as You said, exactly as a prophet came, it has to be revelation. It has to be that which can discern the Word and know the truth and pick out that which is for this hour so it is not rested, and is not put in another category, is not debased. And we see the terrible things that happen, Lord. We just – it just – exactly, exactly, exactly, every single Word in Your book has proved itself because there’s life in it. There’s not one contradiction. 

Now Father, help us to exceed – receive as never, never have received before, the validity of the revelation which we had and the – and the joy we can have and the peace, the satisfaction, the firm foundation, O God. And there will not be any moving or shaking because we’re built upon the firm foundation. Let the floods come, whatever they may be, this that and the other thing, we know that these things don’t mean very much to us at all, because already You just said, “Look up, your redemption draweth nigh.” That’s what it means because the Word has been – is preached unto us.

And so now with grace in our hearts, Lord, because of – because of You we receive the truth and grace, and truth can flourish. And may it come forth in moderate, beautiful, temperate lives, Lord, that give Thee honor and glory, that show the love of Jesus Christ in our midst, the love of God to each other, the blood of Jesus Christ cleansing us as we all walk in the light, looking and going forward, hastening to that great day which know certainly has come upon us. 

Lord, we – we know in our hearts, we don’t dare say this and that, Father, but surely, Lord, this is the last hour. This has to be when all nations are there, showing in token they could go against Jerusalem in fifteen minutes, it wouldn’t matter. Things could break overnight, Lord, and that’s fine, they will too one of these days. Be just like the – the veil lifted off the stature and there it is all the time, suddenly the clouds roll away, the mists roll away and there it is all the time. Father, we – we know that’s true, we know You’re working, and You’re mightily working in this hour, Father. 

So we commend ourselves to You this night and to the life and the love that’s in the Word, O God as nothing else. Let it be our portion and a portion of life come through it. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be all power, honor and glory for ever. Through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. 

‘Take the name of Jesus with you.’