Shalom #13

Shall we pray.

Gracious heavenly Father, we implore You tonight that You might instruct us concerning these words of wisdom which have been given us by vindication, Lord, we know they’re true. But perhaps we do not know the truth of them, Lord, we should know what they say, else how will we know the direction to take, Lord, or how will we know what to believe.

But You’re able to help us and You said You would, Lord. You’d bring it to our remembrance, but bringing to our remembrance is not sufficient, Lord, we must have understanding.

We pray You’ll give us understanding which is revelation, Lord, concerning what the prophet said, and we’ll give You the glory, in Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen.

You may be seated.

Now, we’re up to about number thirteen on Shalom, and last Sunday we read where Brother Branham informed us that he was now going to speak about the light that has come, which he said presses upon the darkness, and according to him, thereby separates the people and forms two groups of people.

And when we follow his thought we can believe none other, than that light is a generation or seed unto God, and that darkness is another kind of generation or seed that flees from the pressing light.

Now of course they’re identified by what they believe. The acceptance of the vindicated Word of God reveals or manifests those who are the children of light or the children of God, and the same Word’s rejection classifies the rejecters as the children of darkness, or those seed sown by the enemy.

Now let’s just read some scripture so you’ll know what we’re looking at here. And we go to 1 John the 1st chapter, and read verse 5, says:

All right, 1 Thessalonians the 5th chapter and the 5th verse,

Now with 2 Corinthians 6 and 14,

Then in Ephesians the 5th chapter the 8th verse,

Also in Matthew 6th chapter and 22-23,

And then over in Luke the 11 chapter 33-36,

Now this is a vindication theorem and reveals how and why that Revelation 5:1-5, is followed by Revelation 10:1-7, and produces a Bride of Malachi 3:16, which in turn are the Omega of 2 Corinthians 11:1-3, which in turn are the wise virgins of Matthew 25.

Now what we’re saying there is, having read this scripture, to show you that God is light and therefore in him is no darkness, and Brother Branham has categorized, whether you noticed it or not, the particular fact that the gathering together of darkness and being pressed by the light, is not necessarily and only a matter of simply the Word, but it is a matter of the light-holders themselves, because it says, “In God is no darkness.”

And it mentions that these are children of darkness, and so therefore in God is no serpent seed, in God is nothing which at all would be anything outside of that Word, we’re talking in terms of a Bride now, and we find that the children of light thoroughly identified with God as His seed.

We saw all the scripture that shows that. And what we’re looking at here in Brother Branham speaking of this Message, and especially in Shalom here, we are into a vindication theorem that has an Alpha and Omega.

Now, let’s go to Revelation the 5th chapter, and perhaps we’ll read the first 5 verses.

And then over here in Revelation 10:1-7, notice that the same One with the rainbow over His head, comes down to earth, and He has in His hand a little book which opens, and out of it comes the thunders and out of it comes the mysteries.

Now, this produces, this produces a Bride of Malachi 3:16. We looked at this many times, that’s why we’re not going into it very deep tonight.

Now we took you then to 2 Corinthians 11, and Paul is speaking there to what was a virgin Bride. He said here,

So what we’re seeing here is coming down from our genealogy of God Who is all light, and God is the Word, they’re synonymous, one and the same, Logos and Rhema.

You’re coming down to a group of people who are identified such as the children of light, and there was a virgin church in the beginning, wherein they were all children of light, though they were in darkness the same as we were in darkness, they came to a place of virginity at the time when Paul brought them the Word which was the vindicated Word of Almighty God.

And that has to happen at the very end time, and it does happen according to Matthew 25, because over in 2 Corinthians 11, there is great doubt as to whether they are going to make it.

And it says here in chapter 25 of Matthew:

They didn’t have a container for the oil, which is the Word of God, they had the old Word and the oil leaked out. And while they went to make ready, the door was shut, they went into the marriage. And you’ll notice in verse 11,

But there was a group there that went in. So all right. They go to God in the great Wedding Supper of the Lamb. Now the separation of the wise and foolish and unbelievers, is also categorically seen in 2 Thessalonians, the actually, the whole book. And what we’re looking at are people separated.

There are people separated at the end time. And there’s a group that’s going to go in, there’s a group that’s not going to go in, and we want to find out exactly what that difference is. And Brother Branham said, “One group is light and one group is darkness.” Now what makes the difference? Well, we’re seeing, of course, it is the Word of God.

Now let’s read in 2 Thessalonians, we can sort of take our time here. Paul says,

And remember there’s two things going on there. He’s coming to two groups of people. One which are suffering, as Paul suffered as a heretic for the Word of God, ‘cause that’s why they suffered.

Wasn’t what they did, it’s what they believed and what they said. The other group here are in opposition. So two things are happening then. First of all, one thing is happening. Someone is coming, that’s God is coming to recompense, to deliver those, His Own, and to judge those who are not.

Now let’s keep reading to see about it.

2 Thessalonians 2:

Now therefore this gathering has something to do with the Word, with the Spirit. And some information that somebody’s purported to bring. As though saying, “Well, alright now, we’ve got something different we want to bring you from what Paul brought you.” See that’s what Brother Branham said, “I brought what Paul brought.”

Now you notice, up in here there’s a gathering together and there is another gathering together which signifies a separation based upon what Brother Branham categorically told us was the angels coming down, and Christ in the midst of them. All right.

In other words, you will notice that it is not just the truth, it is the love of the truth; now there’s where real love starts. If you really don’t love this Word, there’s no place you’re going to go from that point on.

Because the separation is already taking place because of that. That’s why every church must be based upon the Word. You’ve got to start there as your love that unifies you. And if you’re critical of that which is brought forth, all you do is hurt yourself.

There’s no way there’s going to be a unity. Now, I know many churches are striving for unity in a way that we’re not striving. And I’m not saying we’re different, to try to be different.

But this is the only way I can see this. I cannot see it any other way. If it doesn’t come out of here, it’s not going to come. Or if what does come, you won’t want it. Because that’s not what God wants. See?

In other words, the great separation takes place because they hate the truth, see? All right.

Now when they hate the truth, they will love the lie. And I don’t care who you are, you can say, “Well, I’m going to sit on a fence.” I’ve told you for years, you can’t sit on a fence.

It’s not only mighty uncomfortable, there’s no fence to sit on. The corner’s been turned. And whether you think you’re on a fence or not, you’re wrong. It’s time to awake to righteousness and know what righteousness is all about.

Then what is unrighteousness? Being off the truth! Just what Brother Branham said, just what John says. Now look it over here. He’s coming in flames of fire. He’s going to avenge or judge between. This sets it up for the time when he speaks of here, the punishment and destruction.

But that doesn’t come until there’s a time for the people to decide ‘what are we going to believe at the end time?’ And that makes the difference.

Now, watch it says in 13:

Now he tells you here. One’s going to be destroyed. [2 Thessalonians] 1st chapter, 10th verse.

See? So he’s telling you here, the whole thing depends upon your attitude to what is the truth and to what is the lie. That’s where you start. And from that time on your attitude will take you in either direction. Alright.

Now Paul’s taking this from the very first to the very end. He started with the virgin Bride. He said, “I’m already fearful that…” he said, “you’re going to be all messed up.

I’ve espoused you, but you’ve gone astray.” And the Bride goes astray for seven church ages. But it’s got to come back. And the coming back depends upon that happening there. [Brother Vayle points to the picture of the Cloud on the wall] The angels coming down, the mighty messenger coming down at the end time, Revelation 10:1-7.

With of course Revelation 10:7 standing there, which is over here, the prophet. And the Pillar of Fire over him, see? Now you are… the division comes in this way.

Notice that word comes first, not works.

Notice, once he said there. “The Word of the Lord may not be bound.” See? “And be glorified, even as it is with you.” In other words, you give it the preeminence it deserves, where Rhema and Logos are one and the same.

Now you’ll get people running around, and they’re, “Oh Logos, Logos, Logos!” And say, then, you see they don’t want the Rhema, “Oh Brother Branham made mistakes.

I got to set him right.” Oh, don’t come around me with that, because you’re liable to have your head knocked off with a four by four, and if I can’t get it, I’ve got enough people here that would be just as mean as mean. They’ll be glad to help me.

Because I’m not playing some foolish thing with this. This is life and death. You may wonder why this pulpit is carefully guarded, it’s because that very thing right there. I don’t know what everybody believes, I hear things that makes me wonder.

I hear what kids believe, preacher’s kids believe, my God, I wonder what that preacher believes when I hear what his kids say. No way get in this pulpit here. Or I come right behind. Come right behind.

Listen, if I’ve got a stand here, and account for people’s lives, spiritual life and death, then I’m going to know what I’m doing and I’m going to do it. Says right here,

In other words, a disorderly walk, to begin with, is absolutely disorderly according to revealed faith. It’s what it is. That’s exactly where Cain went. Now remember, you can many times use that word ‘Kai’ which is conjunction as a preposition. And use the word as even.

See, now what did Paul say? He said, “They’re after me because I worship according to a certain way. The understanding, the true tradition, which they call a heresy.”

That’s exactly the same with Jesus. “We do not kill you because of a good deed that you’re doing, we kill you because you dared to open your mouth and say something contrary.” Why did the Roman Catholic Church kill people? They killed them because the doctrine was fought.

Exactly why did Calvin bring Servetus before the judges and he was burnt at the stake? Calvin said he didn’t want him burnt. Because he defied Calvin on the doctrine of the Godhead.

It wasn’t what Servetus did, he was a doctor. An actual medical doctor, a very brilliant person, I think he was a Spaniard. But he was burnt at the stake for his faith. Now Paul says, “You received of us…”

Now what is he talking about? He’s talking about people who should be holding down jobs, and not running around trying to tell people what the Word of God says.

Now that may be pretty tough talk, but I’ve seen it in a lot of places. Man can many times… I heard a man say, “Well, if I don’t do you any good, it won’t do you any harm.” Well, who needs a person that can’t do somebody some good in the pulpit?

If I wanted something neutral, I don’t know what I’d be really wanting, but why would I want something neutral? The people aren’t to be put into neutral position, Paul has already said, “Awake thou that sleepest and arise from amongst the dead and Christ shall give thee light.”

It’s to get the people in the position where they’re moving forward. And you cannot move forward outside of this Word, I don’t care who you are. Now you may have your own ideas and you can harbor them, but I tell you, one of us is going to miss the Rapture.

Because you can’t… my understanding, you just can’t bypass this Word of God. Brother Branham was a hundred percent with Paul. See?

In other words, let’s put this flat. If you don’t understand this Word, you’re just better to work, and this goes for a congregation, and don’t try to tell anybody something you don’t know.

That’s what Brother Branham said, “You should always go to the pastor for doctrine.” But Paul the Apostle said in one place, “By the time you ought to be teachers, you still need to be taught.”

And although that’s true in this church here, I feel myself there are those who are well able to instruct others, especially in the milk of the doctrine, and show them those things which the prophet certainly set forth, and we understand vindication and all those things.

But there’s a warning here for people, that to be… actually many times it is best to keep the mouth shut, keep the sweat pouring from the brow, and the hands calloused, then to think, “Well, I’m going to take a lot of time off and talk to people.”

That’s not it at all. You’ve got to know what you’re saying, because you could lead somebody astray.

So you’ve got to be very careful, and that’s why talking together at nights in your meetings is very good, and you can pretty well tell which way anybody’s going. Now I don’t try to snoop around and find did anybody say this or that, because I’m not interested.

That’s up to you to see what you do with it. I like to let you just know where you’re going. How far are you in this Word? See? ‘Cause you can see the crux of the whole thing. See? There’s… Brother Branham speaking of light and darkness. He said, the light is pressing the darkness.

Now you just cannot put this in terms of a figure of speech, you’ve got to get it right down to where something is going on. It’s actually the Bride is coming together. And they are light in the Lord, they are children of light, they are light, because they are a part of the Word.

They’re light, and together the Bride constitutes a great light, they constitute that real great light of God. Now the darkness are those people also that are coming together and they are turning from the Word, and the Word is what is making the decision.

Now,

You can take that both ways there. And that is to say, if a man doesn’t… he say, “Well, I only believe the Word this much, don’t believe all the way,” well, Brother Branham said, don’t unchristianize him, but at the same time, you’re not going to throw your lot with him, you’ve got to let the person know where you stand.

Until the person can… if he is going to have something he feels is right, then he’ll respect your stand.

Both people, I don’t say that they’ll both get to the same Ultimate, but both people will come where Brother Branham finally came, where he said that, he said, it’s not that I’m going hate that person or rise up against him, or have any inner feeling toward him, because he said, because the Holy Spirit won’t be with me to help. He said, I’ve got to keep my love and my attitude correct toward that man.

But remember, the correct attitude to begin with is an unshakeable faith in a vindicated Word. And if you don’t have that, and then you talk to people, you’ll get snowed right away, they’ll just take you over. And nobody wants that to happen, that would be a very, very bad thing.

All right, now, these three chapters we read here, bring us right back to Revelation 5, where we see the mighty One Who takes the book in Revelation 10, where it comes down to earth, and then, where the Seals are broken,

and the Thunders thunder, bringing forth what has been unrevealed in the Word of Almighty God. That is how the darkness is separated from the light. In other words, we find truth separated from error, we find people separated from people.

Now, let’s go back to the book of Luke 10:1-24.

Now according to the actual old ancient tradition, that really means this: that the dust of malice of that place against the Word and the vindication of God, means you shake it off. In other words, don’t let anything stick to you.

See? Now, I’ve seen it happen with people who get zealous, and they engage in argument and talk over this Word, and they can’t handle it. And the first thing, from that person, begins to stick on them.

I was in California, oh years ago now, just right after Brother Branham deceased. This fellow, he was some kind of a preacher with his brother in some kind of oneness church, and he was supposed to believe the Message.

And so, he went up into the Interior, ways up around, past Redding, California, up near the wilderness area, beautiful area, and there was a guy named, I think his name was Hodge, a Seventh Day Adventist, came in, to talk with him.

And this man began talking about Brother Branham. And before it was over, this guy Hodge, had this guy that said he believed Brother Branham, worshipping on Saturday. See, he let the dust of malice. He let the dust of the rottenness of that get onto him.

How in the world can you believe in Seventh Day Adventism and believe in William Branham? You can’t even be in your right mind to believe that a day would take the place of the Holy Ghost. Well, you might as well just eat something and say, “Well that’s it.”

You might as well be Roman Catholic, “Well I’m going to turn this water into wine and bread, I’ve got the blood and body of Jesus, look at me now, hallelujah.” You’re crazier than a hoot owl. The same people excoriate the Catholics, can’t they see their own folly?

No, they can’t see their folly, they’re blinded. They have a woman prophetess. No woman ever had the Word of God. Politics, yes, but never the Word of God, she can’t handle it. See, won’t do it, church never could handle it, they’ve got to have the Holy Ghost.

Now we’re reading a little further here.

Brother Branham said, that was the power of the early church, when He sent these people out. Absolutely shook Satan’s kingdom right to the core, and shook him from the high places. See? What about in this end time then?

Now, this was Omega. This is what happened back there in the days of Jesus Christ.

Now let’s go back to Matthew 12, I mean that was Alpha back there, I think I said Omega, that was Alpha. Let’s go back and see Omega. That was the Alpha. Okay? The Omega is based upon the Alpha. Beginning at verse 15.

Now, what are you looking at in all of that? You are looking at the fact of a vindicated Word. Because that’s exactly how the judgment takes place, that’s how the people are separated. It’s a Word that does it. The Word of the Lord God. It happened back there, it’s got to happen now, it was vindicated back there, it’s vindicated now today.

Now, we have seen who the light in the Lord are. Those that are light in the Lord are differentiated as true seed, truly born again, and by them we can see who the darkness is, they’re the ones outside the Lord.

So it’s a matter of seed. It’s a matter of seed and revealed Word, it’s a matter of non-seed with unrevealed Word, having rather, dogma and creeds.

Okay, so I think that’s what we’re looking at for awhile, concerning what Brother Branham said, the darkness being separated from the light, and we know there are two groups of people, we know a Word is doing it, we saw all through scripture what does it, it’s a revelation that does it.

All right. Now we can take time for something else Brother Branham said, and it’s on page 20. We read it last Sunday. Paragraph 112 and 113.

[112]  When we see darkness settling, darkness just before day, we know that the morning star is hanging yonder to introduce the coming sun. That’s when the morning star shines.

It’s the going-between. It’s always darkest just a few minutes before day, the blackout comes, the moon fails to shine. The darkest before day, is because the light is pressing the darkness. But the morning star comes out and says, “Good morning. Shalom.”

[113]  That’s He amongst us, His Word being identified. Shalom. The great day is fixing to break, when the morning breaks Eternal, bright and fair, when His chosen ones shall gather to their home beyond the sky. When the roll is called up yonder, I will be there. Our names are on His Book, [we’ll] be there. “Shalom. Good morning. Peace be unto you.”

Now we notice that Brother Branham mentions two sources of light. And one light, which is the morning star, indicates that the sun or great and true source of light, which comes with the day, is now upon us or close upon us.

It’s in actual proximity, and we should be in fact, soon in its full light and one with it. In fact, the coming of the Son is identified with the coming of the day. So that we can readily say that they’re actually the same for God is light and light is day.

So we’re looking at the fact of that great coming. Now that’s one way we’re looking at it, remember when Brother Branham used language that you can take in various ways. God is all in all, and so the Millennium or new day is in God. That’s what He is, everything’s in Christ, Brother Branham said.

Thus we wait on God to come, for with and in Him is the Millennium. And that’s when it starts. Now Brother Branham says this about the morning star. It is the darkest before day, because the light is pressing the darkness.

But the morning star comes out and says, “ Shalom.” What does that mean? That is He amongst us, His Word identified. Shalom. The great day is fixing to break.

Now, in other words, we are not yet in the Millennium. But according to Brother Branham, we are being ushered in under the Seventh Seal, it is going on now, and it is taking place, strangely, as Omega, the same as it did in the Alpha. And that’s over in Luke 1:17. Concerning John the Baptist, let’s take 16.

Now this is a perfect truth as seen in 1 Thessalonians 4. Now what he said here, about the morning star. He said, That is He amongst us, His Word identified. All right. The great day is in the breaking process. Now, Brother Branham took this for the Rapture.

Okay. 2 Thessalonians. You could read the 1st verse.

All right. With that, which I’ve already read, is that first verse, “By our gathering.” Now, you’ll notice in here as I already previously showed you, that the gathering of the Bride is the coming out of the wise virgin, to behold the Bridegroom, is the receiving of truth, that will put them in the Millennium.

It’s a call by the gospel. Now, we’ll put this all together as time goes on, because I have a tremendous amount of scripture, of course, reading to you. We’re going to go to 2 Peter 1:15-21. Because we’re looking at this One that’s in our midst,

He’s the One that came down, He came down with a Shout, the Shout has to be the revealed Word of Truth, because it’s going to separate the people, it’s going to gather one group to Him, it’s going to push the other group to the anti-Christ.

All right, in 2 Peter 1:15, beginning.

In other words, if that was sure back there, what is coming is even more sure. Now you notice he says,

Now, you’re to look at this as a light until something happens to you. Whatever this is, that makes the prophecy, concerning this time, far more sure than the time when Peter, James, and John, had it brought to them,

concerning the coming of the Kingdom, which was only Jesus revealed in His power, but not the Kingdom. The Kingdom wasn’t there. Only He was revealed, as the coming figure for the coming Kingdom.

And he’s telling us here that there has got to be somebody moved by the Holy Ghost, that’s going to be responsible for whatever is necessary to make this a greater surety, then what was even back there. Now, this is what Brother Branham was quoting from, what I read.

Now, notice first of all, verse 18.

Now number one: there was an actual transfiguration before him. Then there was an actual voice of explanation. That put the two together.

So this is what Peter’s emphasizing, the voice from heaven, proceeding, or preceding, the glorification that is necessary for the Millennium. He’s telling you here, something took place according to scripture. We were there. It was a tremendous thing.

There was a manifestation. There was a voice from heaven. That is all true, we’re telling you the truth, but there’s something far greater than that, and what is greater than that? The actual coming and the Kingdom. This here, is merely type. You’re looking for anti-type.

Now, where do you go for that? You go to another witness in the Bible, which is Hebrews the 12th chapter. Reading from verse 18. All right.

Now listen, what’d he come to? You’re not come to that.

You’ve come right to that place, and they without us cannot be made perfect.

All right. The voice from heaven. The voice from heaven comes down in Revelation 10:1, and opens the Seals.

What’s he talking about? This is the renewing of the heavens and the earth. When that took place, it all started to fall into place. And there’s nothing more to be done.

Everything that happened there, and the Word that came, must now follow through. You can’t change it, you can’t turn the clock back, there’s no way you can stop it. Time and eternity have joined.

That’s what He is in 2 Thessalonians 1. The One that came down with the voice, see?

All right. Now also note that according to Peter, we go back to Peter there. In verse 19, that the Word of prophecy is made more sure. Even more sure than what he saw and testifies to us. Now watch what he says. [2 Peter 1:]

Okay, the Day Star arising in our heart. And Brother Branham said this means Christ among us. His Word being identified, which of course brings us to the Millennium. So, the Day Star arising in our hearts has to do, what Brother Branham said, Christ among us. I’ll read it right here.

[112]  But the morning star comes out and says, “Good morning. Shalom.”

Now what does that mean? That’s He amongst us, His Word being identified. Shalom.

So, there is a period of time in here that’s called the time of the morning star, before the actual sun comes, that people know to be greater than the Mount Transfiguration, and they can hang onto it, knowing that it will bring them where they’re supposed to be.

Now, this brings us Christ identified amongst us, brings us to the Millennium. This recalls to us the third Exodus, when Brother Branham said God did not only accompany Moses into Egypt to manifest by signs and wonders only, but He Himself appeared as a Pillar of Fire on Mount Sinai, so today, He has His picture taken.

All right? Now what is Christ here for? To vindicate His Word that must come forth. He is here to prove that He Himself is to give the vindicated Message.

Thus, Word or Logos was here first, as in 1933, to come more and more into the Church, until He’s the head of it, according to Revelation 10:1, ending up with Revelation 22:10, and to the end of the chapter.

Now you see, when the Seals were open, the Thunders came, the book cannot be resealed! So from that time on, there is nothing left but moving right into the future. See, the Millennium and the eternity.

There’s something that has to do with the robes. That gets you to immortality. And that’s 1 Corinthians 15. We must put it on. And Brother Branham said, bring on your holy vesture with the Holy Word of God standing there. Brother Branham dressing a Bride. Getting her ready.

Making ready a people prepared for the Lord. They were prepared but they weren’t ready. In John’s day they were prepared but they weren’t ready.

So something has to come to get them ready. Now, what was it that got the wise virgins ready? Come out! Behold the Bridegroom, come out! There was a separation.

What does the separating? The Word does the separating! How do you know it’s the right Word? Because it’s a vindicated Word. See?

He’s identifying Himself as to Who He is! What is rising in our hearts? What is rising in our hearts, number one, because these things can change, is the absolute conviction of a revealed Word of Almighty God.

Now, notice that Peter says there’s something at the end time even greater in the sense of the positiveness of what is to transpire! Because Jesus said, “Some of you shall not taste death, until you see the Son of man come in His power,

in His Kingdom,” and all they did was get a glimpse of it! But that was a picture of the Son of man, and He’s going to come in His Kingdom! That’s the great thing!

And it’s going to be made a hundred percent sure by the voice that spoke from heaven that causes the Day Star to arise in our hearts, until we literally meet Him in the air and come back here in the Millennium. Now that’s one way you’re looking at this thing, so let’s just follow that through.

All right, listen. The Logos came here in 1933. Now, back to 2 Peter, I read it to you and talked about it. 1:19.

Now Brother Branham told us what that Day Star was, and we already quoted you over here in Luke 1:17,

This man, this prophet at the end time, is going to be in the spirit of Elijah, he’ll have to be a prophet, and he’s going to turn the hearts of the children back to the fathers, which is give them a Word of revelation, which will make them prepared to go in the Rapture.

Now you can look at this any way you want, and you say, “Well I’m going to do so and so to make it come to pass,” you’ll find in here where Brother Branham says you don’t do a thing about it.

Now, the Day Star to us then is number one: accepting the vindicated Presence of Christ, the Logos. Because before that came, it was a sign in the hand, a little teeny bird.

Then it was the reading of men’s hearts, which was discernment, which was the doves. But when it came to the Word of God, it was a bunch of angels that came, which were Holy Ghost embodiment, representing the Seventh Church Age messengers, or the seven spirits from before the throne, because Brother Branham said the Holy Spirit swept into the room, and then called it one of those angels. So you can’t go by what the prophet said.

All right. Number one: the Day Star to us then is accepting the vindicated Presence of Christ. That was ‘Thus Saith The Lord’, never failed. Number two: then in turn, this opened the way to the vindicated and revealed Rhema.

Notice, Logos was before Rhema. It’s always been that way. Listen closely. Number one: first is the vindicated Logos just as it was before the Word came to Moses. Logos was in the burning bush. Logos was in the wonderful signs.

Then Logos Himself stood there in a Pillar of Fire [Points to the picture on the wall] and talked to Moses. Scared the people two-thirds to death. Just the same as it was in Paul’s time. The Logos appeared and says, “I am Jesus,” then took him to the wilderness and gave him Rhema! See? Because Rhema’s that Word.

Now, that first step if accepted, is the light pointing to another and greater light. That is the Day Star, vindication theorem. And here He is among us, absolutely, thoroughly, and positively revealed. Two: second is revealed Rhema, based on two vindications.

The two vindications was the sign in the hand and the discerning. See? Number three: Logos and Rhema are one, and we are one with Logos and Rhema, and therefore we see ourselves as the answered prayer of Jesus,

Who could only pray according as His Father led Him, because in John 14:10, He said, “I can only say…” let me read it to you. Then I’ll get it right. 14:10.

Now listen, right there stood the Son and the Father was in Him! What do you think is in there? [Points to the Picture of the Pillar of Fire] I don’t care what form and manifestation He comes in, what office, it’s still God behind it. Now he said, “All I can say is what the Father tells me to say.”

Now listen to Him pray in John 17:20-26.

Now never mind ‘through their word’, let’s put it right down to the fact of Word. Because though people did believe because of their Word, it was a witness. But how many people during the Ages had the witness of the apostles?

They couldn’t do it. It was simply God moving their hearts and bringing them by the gospel message, by the Word. Now we’ve got a Word at the end time. Now listen. Now watch.

Now that isn’t just a mixed up bunch of words you ever heard in your life! What’s He saying?

Listen, let’s read up here:

World isn’t going to know. Light pressing the darkness. That’s all I can see here.

That’s at the end time. The name to the Gentiles. You’re right back here. To a super manifestation at the end time that declares the full glory of God by an absolute perfect vindication.

Brother Branham speaks of identification later on, but here you can see at this time, we have an absolute identification with God. See? So therefore, as I said already, Logos and Rhema are one, and we are one with Logos and Rhema, and therefore, we see ourselves as the answered prayer of Jesus, Who could only say and pray according to the Father’s words.

See the identification? That we are one! And the world will know it! At what time are they going to know it? When we bring the Word? No! They’ll come against it! And the Bride gets out of here they’ll know something happened. Absolutely, you got to take the thing in turn.

Just like this here coming down, [Points to the picture of the Cloud] did we know what it was all about, till it was explained to us, when it was all over? There’s was no way we did. This is the identification Brother Branham speaks of later.

Now that vindication has come, it is no longer necessary, having served its purpose. Now there you are right there. I don’t know how many people can take that in this Message here. No.

They’ve got to have something more, something more, something more. When vindication has served its purpose which it has for the Word has come, and Brother Branham said, under the Seventh Seal, the Seals which broke, “We have everything already to put us into the Rapture, what more you looking for”?

There’s no way brother/sister. Now that vindication has come, it is no longer necessary, having served its purpose. The Word is here and takes all precedence and nothing else obtains!

Now let’s go back to the book of Romans the 4th chapter 13-25.

And he hasn’t got it yet even! So there’s got to be somebody here to claim it, till he gets back! Somebody’s got to be here, some seed of Abraham’s got to be standing here, walking on it. See?

Now it tells you right here it’s faith that it might be by grace, and that cinches the promise for us to get the earth back.

Now the sure Word of prophecy is this: have we come to the place where we know positively that this is it, this is the end of it? There’s got to come a people, whose faith is so monumentally of God, that it puts every single thing to one side.

There is nothing that can change the person’s mind, as the seed of Abraham, absolutely, there is no staggering, there is no unbelief, there is giving glory to God, it is a full persuasion, based on the voice from heaven!

Thoroughly vindicated. That that back there was the Alpha, the type, and this is the Omega, which is the anti-type. See, look. You cannot separate White Throne from this hour, you cannot separate the Millennium, you cannot separate New Jerusalem.

Because God calls those things which are not as though they were at the time of the raising of the dead, and this is it! And everybody’s looking down the road! This church cannot afford to look down the road, you look here! Abraham said, “I’ve got that son.” Said it for twenty-five years, until God Himself came down, just like that, with two angels flanked.

And said, “This is it.” And you couldn’t switch Abraham. There was no more any chance that he could even touch his wife sexually, to procreate a child, wouldn’t have done him any good anyway, his wife was completely shot. Didn’t phase him one bit. He said, “It’s vindicated.”

Now listen brother/sister, that’s the Day Star rising in your heart and mind, that’s when God begins to move and take over, based upon a vindication. In other words, it’s all in the hands of God and we look at it. Are we the Bride being prepared? Are we that prepared Bride being made ready?

Say, “Well, I’m looking for this, and I’m looking for that,” that’s exactly where you’re wrong! Brother Branham said, sit right here and look at this till I come back. That has a two-fold purpose.

When the writing inside from that great mountain of Word of God, the cap ripped off, like that pyramid, looking inside and bringing out the truth of the Word of God, now he said, ‘stand there and look at that’. And that’s what we do, we stand there, and wait till he comes back, and he will be back, he’ll be the first one up according to my understanding of scripture, the last first and first last.

The dead of the Seventh Church Age coming back, and we stand and look at this Word right here, and we know it’s the Word of God, because it is vindicated.

Now let’s keep reading.

Man alive! Abraham right there, and God comes down flanked by two angels! And he’s given credit for complete righteousness for believing it! “That this is the hour,” he said, “and my wife’s and my resurrection, our bodies changed to bring forth that son.” A church changed in the flesh to bring forth God! Why listen!

If he couldn’t believe that, what’s he going to believe? You say, “Well, man, that’s not hard to believe, you mean to say I stand right here in that kind of faith of Abraham, by believing a vindication of this hour?” Well, I don’t see any way you could be any different. Now notice.

If we believe on Him, what are you talking about? Under these conditions right here! [Points to the picture of the Pillar of Fire] ‘Cause that’s the One Who came down to set the church in order!

Can you believe on Him? See, people aren’t doing it, they’re in a fog! You know what it’s going to be? Twenty more years before the Bride gets out of here. You may look at me as though I don’t know what I’m talking about. I don’t, but I do know what I’m talking about, the way we’re going right now. Going to be twenty more years.

Unless something really strikes our hearts. See? Oh we get a little glimpse every now and then, somebody gets healed, we appreciate that, we know what we’re talking about, we know what we’re dealing at here. But listen I’m going to tell you. It’s not as real as it should be, it’s not as real as it’s going to be. See?

Now it tells you right there, in the book of Ephesians 1:17, the One that raised Him up from the dead. [Points to the picture of the Cloud and the Pillar of Fire] Can you believe in it? Brother Branham was so sold on that, and so sold on that, and the people just say, “Oh well, oh well.”

And I’m afraid the spirit of the world’s got a hold of us. We don’t have the same spirit that William Branham had, as to his utter conviction of Abraham. What’s going to do it? God’s going to do it, brother/sister. Now:

Now notice what he said, let’s go to chapter 5. And then we’ll be able to quit right away, here.

Now this tells us right here, that there is a walk in faith, whereby we begin to add, as Peter said concerning the virtues, we began to cause the faith that’s in us to come into a more compelling position.

In other words, look, as we look at the Message and hear it, and we talk it, and we realize more and more that it’s based upon a perfect vindication, as Brother Branham said, we have the perfect revelation of the hour, identifying with it, talking it, it begins to increase as the pressure comes towards us,

the great battle of our minds, like outside influences and various thoughts, discouraging things come our way, you just dig your heels in, and you just stand there with the Word of God, and it begins to move, it becomes a muscular exercise in spiritual things.

Your spiritual muscles become enlarged, your spiritual faith become enlarged, and you notice what it does, it goes all the way from faith through a process of an earnest expectation, which absolutely gives way to the love of God which is the Holy Ghost dominating our lives.

Now where do you start in a Holy Ghost dominated life? It starts in this age in a vindicated Message! And that’s what must be in the heart! That’s what gives us the light!

Because if you’re not a hundred percent sold on vindication, a prophet coming back and telling everything, even to the creation of squirrels, which as I say in my books, can that be possibly greater than when a microphone cord is wrapped around Brother Branham’s two feet?

And I watched that thing. Did it disintegrate and come together? Tell me what happened. What happened? The man didn’t move and the cord didn’t move. Nothing in my hand moved. You say, “Well, I think maybe that’s hallucination.”

Good for you, I was there, it’s not hallucination, I don’t hallucinate. I’m a very poor person I don’t have an imagination either. I can tell a one dollar bill from a two dollar bill. I never kid myself unless I’m crooked or somebody gives me a bargain, that one dollar buys as much as two dollars.

I know what happened. I couldn’t be more convinced with squirrels created under my nose than what I saw right there. But if I can believe that, I can believe squirrels being created. I can believe in a vindicated Word of God.

And that’s that light that takes you to the big light. If you cannot assimilate vindication, that’s why I’ve been preaching it very strong for months now, but I can see, every sermon is leading more and more into it. Where Brother Branham knew his vindication and the power of it in his very own life.

Now, this is one complete view of the Day Star and the day, and there’ll be other meanings coming out as we see all scripture has compound meanings.

And you’ll find here that Brother Branham will be going back and forth with some of his thoughts on what the Day Star is and the day, but you’ll always come to the understanding this: it’s got to be Shalom, is because Christ is in the midst of His people, vindicating, backing up His Own Word.

That is your light, brother/sister, and the rest don’t see it. And when they saw it, it didn’t register. Like when the shepherds saw the birth, came to the birth. And the wise men came to worship.

They forgot it. Even forgot the slaughter of the innocence. They turned from it. But there were a few people that understood vindication. Brother/sister, I trust that we’re that few people here in this country.

In America, around the world, out of… going on to six billion people, we understand vindication, let it rise in our hearts. Shalom, He is amongst us vindicating His Word. Now His Word’s vindicated, but He hasn’t gone. Now can you stand with Abraham? Right ready for the burning, the whole thing, knowing that He’s coming back soon to take us away, in the Millennium. Let’s rise and be dismissed.

Heavenly Father, we’ve looked at this thing as many ways as we can, and we trust Lord, it was clear enough and inspiration enough for the people to understand what we’re saying, scripture after scripture, Lord, showing the pattern, and showing Lord, that this is the hour that prophecy is…

we have a prophecy that’s made more sure to us, coming up and here it is, Lord, at this very hour. And Father, it’s very difficult for us as people, having read the Bible and the things in it, to not look back and say, “Well, what He did back there, if He’d only do today.”

And what a miscalculated thing that is, because Father we know that You did the same thing today, and the power of the Holy Spirit, with the prophet standing there. We know Lord, that it was a greater ministry, because You said, “He that believeth will do greater things than these.”

And we know that happened, Father. We know it did, because what can we say? But Lord, the big thing, it’s got to be more and more real to us.

So we pray that the Day Star rise in our hearts, turning the hearts of the children back to the fathers, knowing that’s what it means. We can understand vindication, Lord. God proving Himself, proving His Word. And Lord, we know we’re going to stand like Abraham.

And we’re going to be here on this earth, Lord, when all the rest come out of the ground to join us and we ascend to the great Wedding Supper, where all the others, no doubt, will be collected also, in that great and wonderful day.

Father, if there’s any things in our minds, channels to our soul, and anything at all that’s clogging the way, so there’s something stopping up us from receiving the dynamism, the impact of vindication, Father. We are not so gross, but what we know we need help. We have enough light to say, “Give us more light.”

Enough understanding, to give us more under-standing. Enough truth to say, “Give us more truth O God,” and dynamize it to such a condition that though the world would turn, and whatever they might do to us, Lord. They crucified Peter, and Andrew, chopped off Paul’s head, finally had to leave John go.

But many people were destroyed, always have been destroyed for the Word, Lord. But Father, if the light of the Word was enough then, the Day Star, the vindication, the light, was enough then, it’s more than enough now. Because we’ve seen the great works that culminate at the end time.

Let there not be one person here, Lord, not even a child, that misses the understanding that’s before us in this hour Lord, that the Day Star amongst us has risen, and I trust it’s risen within our hearts the way Peter said.

That the very core and fiber of our being is motivated by this reality, we have seen You appear in our midst, and You appeared not only in signs and wonders, but You had Your very picture taken. And thousands saw the great descent, Lord, with the cloud of angels.

And thousands in Tucson saw the Pillar of Fire out there, on the mountain, and also saw that dark cloud moving up and down as it did in the days of Moses, Lord, knowing that truly we have come to the end of time, and into the very Millennium.

Lord, where we are not enthused and we are not in a place of Rapture concerning this and a place of great faith, help us now. You’ve heard our prayer, Lord, we’re just turning it all over to You, that You work that work through Your Word.

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be all power and honor and glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Let’s sing

‘Take the Name of Jesus With You.’