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1. IS THIS THE SIGN OF THE END, SIR? — 1962-12-30

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• ¶64–¶64 Now, in the 10th chapter of the Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, I wish to read the first few verses, the first seven verses, 1 to 7. And listen close now, and pray for me. And I saw another mighty—another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face…as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the earth, And he cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. And the angel which I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hands to heaven, And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heavens, and the thing that in them are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which… therein, that there should be time no longer: But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he has declared to his servants the prophets.

• ¶236–¶239 This may be the answer here. I don’t know. “Until He changes me,” do you remember the vision about three weeks ago, “standing in the sun, preaching to the congregation”? You all been here last Sunday. Many Sundays, you people here that gets the tapes, and—and is here when it’s made, you understand these things. Because, now I’ll just strike these places, and you watch it. Just even every bit of that that’s been said, types right into this, so it must be the interpretation. I don’t know. That’s why I’m saying, “Sirs, is this it?” I believe that “the seventh angel” of Revelation 10 is the seventh church-age messenger of Revelation 3:14. Remember. Now let me read. Look where I can read. Now, this was the seventh angel. But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, (7th verse) when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he has declared to his servants the prophets. Now, you notice, this was a angel. And it’s the angel of the seventh church age, because it says here, it is “the seventh angel,” of the seventh church age. Found that, if you want to see who the…where the angel is, Revelation 3:14, it’s, “The angel to the Laodicean church.” Now, you remember when that was told there, the angels and the church ages. And now, in this, it’ll dovetail right into these Seven Seals that we’re coming to speak. And the Seven Seals that we’re trying to speak of, when they come this time, is the seven written Seals. And these Seven Seals, as you know, is just the manifestation of the seven angels of the seven churches; but, there are seven other Seals that’s on the backside of the Book, It’s outside the Bible. Notice. We’ll get to it in a moment.

• ¶240–¶243 Now, before I start this, are you tired? Would you like to stand, change position? [Congregation says, “No.”—Ed.] Now listen close. The seventh angel of Revelation 10:7 is the seventh church-age messenger. See? Now watch. “And in the days…” Now watch here: But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished,… Now, sounding forth, this messenger, the seventh angel here is sounding forth his Message to the Laodicean church. Notice his type of Message. Now, it wasn’t to the first angel, wasn’t given That; second angel, third, fourth, fifth, sixth. But it is the seventh angel that had this type of Message. What was it? Notice his type of Message, “Finishing all the mysteries of God, that are written in the Book.” The seventh angel is winding up all the mysteries that’s laying loose-ended, all out through these organizations and denominations. The seventh angel gathers them up, and finishes the entire mystery. That’s what the Bible said, “Finishes the mystery of the written Book.” Now let’s note a few of these mysteries, and if you want to write them down. First, I’ll take what Scofield says here, in Matthew 13. If you’d like to type some of them down, if you haven’t got a Scofield Bible, you might read what he thinks some of the mysteries are. Now, in the 11th verse: And he answered and said unto them, Because it’s given to you (His disciples), because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but not to them, but to them it is not given.

• ¶244–¶256 The mysteries, here is “the mystery.” A mystery is Scripture, is a previously hidden Truth now Divinely revealed, but (which is) a supernatural element still remains despite the revelation. The greater mysteries and the great mysteries are: Number one, the mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven. That’s the one we’re talking on now. 13, Matthew 13:3 to 50. Now, second mystery is the mystery of Israel’s blindness during this age. Romans 11:25, with the context. Third, third mystery is the mystery of the translation of the living saints at the end time of this age. First Corinthians 15, and also Thessalonians 4:14 to 17. The fourth, mystery of the New Testament Church as one Body composed of both, Jews and Gentiles. Ephesians 3:1 to 11, Romans 16:25, and also Ephesians 6:19, Colossians 4:3. The fifth mystery is of the Church as the Bride of Christ. Ephesians 5:28 to 32. Sixth mystery is of the living Christ, same yesterday, today, and forever. Galatians 2:20, and Hebrews 13:8, and many places like that. The seventh mystery is of God, even Christ as the incarnate fulness of the Godhead embodied, in Whom all Divine wisdom… …and godliness is restored to man. Ninth mystery is the mystery of iniquity, found in Second Thessalonians, and so forth. The tenth mystery is of the seven stars of Revelation 1:20. We just been through that, “The seven stars of the seven churches, the seven messengers,” and so forth. And the eleventh mystery is mystery Babylon, the prostitute. Revelation 17:5 to 7. That’s some of the mysteries that this angel is supposed to wind up, all “the mystery,” all the mysteries of God. And the other, and may I say this with reverence, and not referring to myself, but referring to the Angel of God:

• ¶454–¶454 You follow, Brother Neville. I’m going back. Announce the time for the meeting.

2. THE FEAST OF THE TRUMPETS — 1964-07-19

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• ¶126–¶130 I said, “The lantern won’t show the light right on the house. Oh, no. But that path will lead to the house. But that lantern will only show light for one step at a time.” We’ll walk in the Light, the beautiful Light; one step at a time, Lord, coming closer to Him. Yeah. Children of the Light, accept His Word, keep walking and watch more unfold. Don’t leave It, no matter what somebody else says. Stay right in That and just keep walking with It, watch It unfold and reveal Itself. The Word is a Seed; a seed in the right kind of ground will bring forth its kind. Notice Revelation 10:1 to 7, all the mysteries are to be revealed to the Bride, by the messenger of the Laodicea Church. Has anybody got a Revised Version Bible? If you have, you’ll notice there where it said, “the angel,” it’s in parenthesis it says, “the eagle.” See? Uh-huh. Uh- huh. See? The messenger to the—the Laodicea Church, see, Revelation 10:1 to 7. And he said that this…in that day that he seen Him come down, and he eat up the little book. And there was…“He put one foot on land, and one on the sea, and swore by Him that lives, and ever and ever, that, ‘Time shall be no more.’” And when He did, Seven Thunders uttered their voices. And when the Seven Thunders uttered their voices, John said he was about to write. And He said, “Don’t write It.” Uh-huh. See? And he sealed It. Now, someone said, “Well, that Seven Seals, then, Brother Branham, that will be revealed in the last days, some great mystery how we get closer to God?” No, sir, it can’t be.

• ¶244–¶247 There was three stages of it, as I said. The martyrs, age of the martyr, for it; and then the stage of the reformers; and now the calling- out time. When finished, at Laodicean Age, according to Revelation 10, the mystery of all the Bible would be knowed to the Bride. Is that right? Revelation 10. Listen close now. Uh-huh. Bride, called out by the Word; Christ Himself calling out the Bride, making plain Hebrews 13:8, that He’s “the same yesterday, today, and forever,” does the same, is the same. “He that believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he do also.” See? Luke 22…Or, Luke 17:30, and also Malachi 4, Hebrews 4:12, all these Scriptures that’s promised, this is to be between the Sixth and the Seventh Seal, and the Sixth and the Seventh Trumpet. Pentecost feast finishes at the period of the Seventh Trumpet, for the next is the Coming of…Seventh Seal, for the next is the mystery of the Coming of Christ, and, also, the Trumpet is sound for the Jews. Their Sixth Trumpet is sound, and, when it does, it makes known to them the revealed Son of God; one-half hour of space. Remember, all Trumpets sound on this Sixth Seal. The Sixth Seal finishes the mystery, under the Sixth Seal, just before the Seventh is opened. Notice, here is Leviticus 23:26. How in order is the Scripture! After the long period of pentecost, which Israel did reject back there; and He called the Gentile Church out, through this pentecostal feast. How many understand what the pentecostal feast is? It’s the fruit of… firstfruit of the harvest, the firstfruit of the resurrection, the pentecostal feast. Don’t miss this, people! And, you on tape, listen close!

3. THE SEVENTH SEAL — 1963-03-24

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• ¶304–¶307 That shows It’s from God, for, see, It fits exactly in the promises of God, from the end of the—the Message. You notice. Notice now, for the end-of-time Message, this Seal. After all, He—He has revealed all the six Seals, but He don’t say nothing about the Seventh. And the end- time Seal, when It starts, will be absolutely a total secret, according to the Bible, before knowing That. And remember, Revelation 10:1-7, 1 to 7, chapter 10:1 to 7, “At the end of the seventh angel’s Message, all the mysteries of God would be known.” We’re at the end time, the opening of the Seventh Seal. Now, how did I know? The other day, last Sunday, a week ago today, when I was preaching on “Be humble! Be humble! Remember, God deals in little things,” I didn’t realize what it really was talking about, and now I see it. It is in such a humble way! You would think that something like that would be revealed to the Vatican or…But It comes just like John the Baptist. It comes like the birth of our Lord, in a stable. Glory to God! So help me, the hour is at hand! Amen! We’re here. Oh, my! Now do you see it, the Truth of God’s vision, the seven Angels bringing me from the west? They were coming from the west, coming back east, bringing here for this Message tonight. Oh, my! Now, the Voice of that great thunder, and the mission that was brought here, has been revealed, that It…and proven that It was of God. Just think now. I knew not these Seals, and they been revealed this week. Did anybody think of that, of those seven Angels being This, being the Message that was coming forth, them Angels bringing me back here for That? See?

• ¶324–¶329 But, It’s moving into that cycle, see. It’s coming up close. So, the thing for you to do is to remember that I speak to you in the Name of the Lord. Be prepared, for you don’t know what time something can happen. Now, when that gets on tape, which It is, that’ll probably send ten thousand of my friends away from me. Cause, they’re going to say, that, “Brother Branham is trying to put himself, and make himself, a— a servant or a prophet, or something, before God.” Let me tell you, my brethren, that is an error. I’m only telling you what I seen and what has been told to me. And now you—you do whatever you want to. I don’t know who is going to…what’s going to take place. I do not know. I just know that those Seven Thunders holds that mystery. The Heavens was quiet. Everybody understand? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] It may be time, it may be the hour now, that this great person that we’re expecting to rise on the scene may arise on the scene. Maybe this ministry, that I have tried to take people back to the Word, has laid a foundation; and if it has, I’ll be leaving you, for good. There won’t be two of us here the same time. See? If it is, he’ll increase; I’ll decrease. I don’t know. But I have been privileged, by God, to look and see what It was, see, see unfold to that much. Now, that is the Truth. And I’m sure that you’ve noticed the things that’s been happening this week. I’m sure you noticed that little Collins boy laying there, dying, the other night; that little, leukemia girl.

• ¶385–¶388 Now did you notice? Every…No wonder that the people of these days still live in the hangover, like it was from the reformers’ age, because they just see it in the—the ecclesiastical way of looking at it. They see it in the way that the seminaries has taught it. That was God’s way at one time, but we’ve lived apast that. Now we’re into the age of the eagle, the revelation to be revealed, the whole thing. Now compare this with Revelation the 10th chapter, verse 1 to 7. And we’ll see here in this Revelation, the Revelation here, 10:1 to 7, that, “In the days of the sounding of the seventh angel’s Message, was to finish up all the mysteries of God.” Now we find out, also, in this, that the Sixth Seal, now being open, it was for a threefold purpose. Now, here was the purposes. The first thing, was, that the sleeping virgin had to go through the Tribulation period for purification. She had to be purged of her sins of unbelief and rejecting the Message. This, she was done in the Tribulation period. We see they wind up over here in Revelation 7, between the 6th and 7th chapter here, that she had been purged, and she had been given her robes. Now, she is not the Bride. But it’s the church, the pure people that—that—that didn’t have the opportunity, maybe, to receive the Message, or in some way that they were blinded by these false prophets. And they—they didn’t get a chance, and yet they’re really sincere in heart. And God knows their heart. And here they are purged, during this time.

• ¶411–¶415 The interpretation come just as I had need of It, that was in the room, and I gave It out just as He give It. Now, you see, friends, visions doesn’t fail. They’re always perfect. They’re just exactly true. Now, the vision, plus the Word, plus the history, plus the church ages, and all, blend together. So, I could truly say, that, to the best of my understanding, and according to the Word of God, and the vision, and the revelation, the interpretation thereof is THUS SAITH THE LORD. Now, may the Lord bless you all, each one, real richly, as we stand now and sing this good old song of the church. God bless you, each one. Amen. [Brother Branham adds the following four lines, taken from paragraph 374-375 of his Message last evening, March 24, 1963—Ed.] I…(God bless you!)…I love Him, (with all my heart), Because He first loved me. God bless you, Brother Neville…?…Stay at the post of duty…?…

4. THE FIRST SEAL — 1963-03-18

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• ¶67–¶69 And then another mystery comes forth. Then what happened? Another messenger arrives on earth, for a church age. See? Then, when he arrives, he the—the trumpet sounds. He declares war. See? And then what happens? Finally, then, he is caught away. And then when he is laid away, then plague falls, destroys them. Spiritual death hits the church, and she is gone, that group. Then He goes on to another one. Oh, it’s a great plan! Until, it comes to that last angel. Now, he has no certain mystery. But he gathers up all that’s been lost in them other ages, all the Truths that wasn’t truly revealed yet, see, as the revelation come, then he reveals those things in his day. If you want to read it, there it is. Revelation 10, 1 to…1 to about 4, you’ll get it. All right. See? “Takes the Book and, of Seals, and breaks them,” and shows the seventh angel; for this alone, the mysteries of God, is the ministry of the seventh angel. Now, we just come through the church ages, with even history, and prove that. See? It is the—the angel’s Message, of the seventh church, all right, reveals all the mysteries that’s been in the past, all the things in the past. Revelation 10:1-7, that’s to be. Now, remember, “In the days of the seventh angel, his sounding forth, blasting forth the Gospel trumpet, he is to finish all the mysteries of God.” Just like, here come forth in the early church ages, we’ll get it after a while, a doctrine, then it become…a saying first, then a doctrine, and then become a statute, then become a church, through the dark ages.

• ¶201–¶206 The entire mystery is unfolded. That’s the ministry of that angel. See? Be so simple, people just drop over the top of it. But, yet, it’ll be perfectly a vindicated. It’ll just be perfectly known. See? Everybody that wants to see it can see it. See? That’s right. But those… Jesus said, as He said when He come, said, “You got eyes, and can’t see. Isaiah said you did. See? And you got ears, and you can’t hear.” Now, so we find out that… That scared me. I looked back there at that clock and I thought it was ten o’clock. But, it’s, I—I got…It ain’t even nine, yet, see. All right. Oh, my! Let’s get it now. Notice. I love this. Others, reformers, but, by being great men of God, seen the need of the day, and brought forth reformation. But Revelation 10 said his Message was to reveal, not reform; reveal the secrets. Reveal secrets! It’s the Word in the man. Hebrews 4 said, that, “The Word of God is sharper than a two-edged sword, piercing even to the asunder of bone, and a Revealer of the secrets of the heart.” See? This man is not a reformer. He is a revealer, revealer of (what?) the mysteries of God. Where the churches has got It all tied up and everything, he is to come forth with the Word of God and reveal the thing out. Because, he is to “restore the Faith of the children back to the father.” The original Bible Faith is to be restored by the seventh angel. Now, oh, how I love this! All the mysteries of the Seals, that the reformers never understood fully! See? Now look at Malachi 4, just a minute. Well, you just mark it down. He is a prophet, and, “restores the original Faith of the fathers.” Now we’re looking for that person to appear on the scene. He’ll be so humble that ten millions times ten millions will…Well, there’ll be a little group that will understand It.

5. BLASPHEMOUS NAMES — 1962-11-04

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• ¶40–¶42 And we hope to get the church up, so I can get these Church Ages in, before—before the winter sets in, if possible. If I don’t, or when I have to come back from over there, if the Lord Jesus tarries. I was listening yesterday when I was taking, believe it was day before yesterday, of a tape. I thought I heard it playing out here this morning. Some little Southern brother had…His mother had come into the meeting. She had a malignancy on her breast, and she was shadowed to death. And the Holy Spirit, in one of the recent meetings, at the Southern Pines, I believe it was, or somewhere, told her, said about her malignancy, and who she was, and where she come from. And said she had a boy that was a backslider, and he was going to have an accident, and be for manslaughter. And a whole lot of things like that. And this fellow… It all happened just the way. And her malignant cancer, or malignant growth, rather, left her. Which is, malignant growth is a cancer, you know. So then it—it left her. And the boy was up for manslaughter, and everything just the way the Holy Spirit said it. And he was led to Christ, back again. And he made a tape of it, and I—I heard it playing. Did you enjoy that little, old Southern talk? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] Said, “Down here in North Carolin’er,” he said. Oh, I just love that, them old Southern people. And he had…The Lord just blessed him on. He said, “I know you say you don’t preach doctrine, Brother Branham; only to your congregation.” Said, “We’re part of your congregation.” So that was right cute in him, to say that.

• ¶298–¶302 Directly, I noticed the people begin to get like they was physically hungry. And so they had enough spiritual, so they started walking away. And some of them [Brother Branham yawns—Ed.] started walking away. I thought, “What’s the matter with everybody?” And—and I looked, and here some young couples going along, to my side. I thought…I said, “Just a minute, friend! Just a minute! You’ll be back again when the evening shadows fall.” See? I said, “You’ll be back again. But let me give you this first climax. Where does all these things come from, that I’ve showed you? Where are they from?” I said, “Here they are. They are in the Word of God. They are THUS SAITH THE LORD, His promise. Cause,” I said, “all of you bear me record, witness this, that my commission is, ‘Stay with the Word.’” I said, “What’s the matter with all of you? Can’t you understand the Word? You must understand It.” And some of them said, “Man, I’d like to have some biscuits,” and so like that. Well, I just thought, “Well, glory to God! If they want biscuits, let them go get them.” So I—I turned around. I thought, “Oh, but, you know what? The shadows is going to fall, after while, right away.” I said, “Then, tonight, when that congregation gathers in again, I’ll put the climax to them, and told them that the things that they have seen me do is found in the Word of God, not in some mythical book or some organization. It’s found in the Word. See? Every bit of it, in the Word, ’cause I’m commissioned to That.”

6. THE RAPTURE — 1965-12-04

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• ¶74–¶76 The Book of the Revelation is the last Book of the Bible. It’s sealed to unbelievers. In there, the Bible says, in 22nd chapter, “Whosoever shall take one Word from It, or add one word to It, I’ll take his part from the Book of Life.” We realize that, then, it was altogether given for believers. And It opens the Book of Revelation and reveals Who the Author of this entire Book is. “He is to look upon as Alpha and Omega,” from Genesis to Revelation, Jesus Christ just the same, right straight through. And reveals His complete mystery of Himself, and His plans for His church ages that’s to come, and was sealed in there by Seven Seals. Now, the Book was written, but then, remember, It was sealed with Seven Seals. And these Seven Seals was not to be opened (Revelation 10) until the sounding of the last earthly angel on earth, Revelation 10:7. See? “And in the days of the sounding of the last angel’s Message, seventh angel, the mystery of God should be finished in that age.” That, and that’s the age that we’re living in. We all know we’re living in the Laodicea Age. There will never be another age to it. It can’t be. So, we’re living in the Laodicea Age. And these Seven Seals that’s held that Book, is a mystery to people, should be opened at that day. That’s what He promised. Now, it won’t be nothing outside the Word, because you can’t add to the Word or take from the Word. It’s got to remain always the Word. But the revelation is to reveal the Truth of It, what It is, to make It fit with the rest the Scripture. And then God vindicates that to be the Truth. See?

• ¶106–¶108 Now, it’s the seventh church age that takes the Rapture. All of the other six died. But Enoch was translated, because, “He was not found. God took him.” But Enoch, raptured, was a type of all of the rest of them dying. But the—the end-time Bride will be called out of the… The rapturing, without death, will be called out of the seventh church age, which we are now bearing record of that age. Oh, my! Let’s dig in now, real deep. See? Now, here, also, a type of the seven church ages, which, in Revelation 10:7, that the great mystery of the Book was to be unfolded by the seventh angel’s Message. Now, there’s a Messenger above, always, and a messenger on earth. The English word angel means “a messenger.” And in the seventh angel’s Message, while he was making his proclaiming, his ministry, “then when he begin to sound forth his ministry,” not when he started out. Jesus, when He started out, He started healing the sick and afflicted. “Oh, that great Rabbi! He’s a Prophet.” Everybody wanted Him in his church. But when He set down one day, and said, “I and My Father are One,” that was different. That was different. “And except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His Blood, you have no Life in you.” “Why, He’s a vampire!” See? See? That was different. He didn’t explain it. They had already seen the manifestation, the vindication of the Word of God for His age, made real and proved to them that He was that Messenger of that age. And He didn’t have to explain nothing.

7. THE ANOINTED ONES AT THE END TIME — 1965-07-25

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• ¶165–¶167 Now that’s the question. Here is where I wanted to get to: In Revelation 10 (We’ll get to it in a few minutes, to another Scripture, refer.), He said, “In the days of the Message of the seventh angel, the mystery of God ought to be finished.” Here is the question, is, if you follow in that line in this hour, will it be finished? “Will I find the Faith?” Will Malachi 4 be fulfilled in this time, “Restore the Faith of the children, back to the Faith of the fathers, the original, the Word”? See? “Reprobates, Jambres and Jannes, as they withstood.” Now, also, listen, Second Timothy 3:8. “As Jan-…withstood Moses, also in the last days these same reprobates would come,” now see where It says here, “having a form of godliness,” anointed ones. Now let’s just… You go back and—and read it when you get home, so that I can finish out this, this morning, if I can. “Reprobates concerning…” Not reprobates in—in—in living; they’re fine, cultured men. Now notice, when Moses went down to Egypt, with a message of THUS SAITH THE LORD, and was vindicated; called on Israel, which was a people, not a church. Israel was a people; they never was a church. Cause, the word church means “called-out ones.” They were the people of God. Then when they become anointed under the Word, and called out, they become the church of God. And then backslid, because they believed not the Word of God, and listened to a false prophet. I hope that sinks in.

• ¶354–¶358 Notice, compare them together now when you get home. Notice Matthew 24:24, Jesus speaking; Paul, Second Timothy 3:8; many others. And now compare that. And then put another Scripture, Luke 17:30, Malachi 4. “As Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses,” the anointed Word of the hour, “so will these men,” not man, “men,” anointed ones, “resist the Truth.” “In the very day that the Son of man is revealed.” Revelation 10:1 to 7, read it when you get home, “the seventh angel’s Message, opening up the Seals.” What is it? Not the angel is the Son of man; but the messenger is revealing the Son of man. Can you get it separated now? That’s where it seems to be so hard for you, you see. Not the Son of man, Himself; but the seventh angel, the seventh messenger, is revealing to the public the Son of man, because It’s left the shuck. He can’t organize It. It’s the Grain, Itself, again. “And in that day, Jannes and Jambres will withstand,” anointed ones (make-believers and unbelievers, the church formal and the Pentecostals) stand up against the true Grain, “but let them alone; their folly will be made manifest, as theirs was.” See? You understand now? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] Revelation 10, said, “In the days of the sounding of the seventh angel.” Now remember, seventh, Laodicea Church Age. “The sounding of that angel,” when that church age is done denominated and become a church age, when it’s done in its Pentecostal organization; when the messenger to that… What was each messenger? What was Martin Luther? A rebuke to the Catholic. What was Wesley? A rebuke to them Lutherans. What was the Pentecost? A rebuke to them others. Where has the Life gone now? Away from an organization. No more shuck; it’s Grain. What is it? A rebuke to the Pentecost, see, to fulfill the Scripture of this hour. See?

8. THE FOURTH SEAL — 1963-03-21

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• ¶43–¶46 They didn’t know. John was weeping. He couldn’t find nobody, in Heaven, in earth, ’cause all was other side of the chasm, see, sin. There was no man…And an Angel, course, He would be worthy, but, after all, it had to be a Kinsman. It had to be human being. And there was no such a thing, ’cause every man had been born by sex. Had to take Him One born without it. So God Himself took that, in the virgin birth, and become Emmanuel. His Blood was, well, the One what was worthy. Then when He crossed this chasm, Hisself, and paid the price and bridged the way for the rest of us, then He set down, to be Mediator. And He’s been sitting there. And the Book has actually been closed, all that time. It’s there, but It’s still in symbols. They seen It. John even saw It. The announcement, when the first come forth, he said, “A white horse went forth; he had a rider on him; had a bow in his hand.” That’s a symbol. That isn’t revealed. No. It’s just a symbol. And, as far as any man upon the earth, that’s all he could say. That’s right. He might stumble and stagger, no doubt, hit somewhere here or there, and after a while. But we find out, then, that in the Book of the Revelation, “At the seventh angel’s Message, the mysteries (all the mysteries of It) should already be revealed by that time.” Now, that’s Revelation 10:1-7, that It should be revealed according to that time, at that time when He did.

• ¶377–¶381 We had to go, of different places of the Scripture, to Revelation 19, to show the Coming of Christ will slay the antichrist. That’s the reason I had to leave these, just take them two verses. I had to go to different parts of the Scriptures, to prove these things. So that’s the reason I went to Revelation 19, to show the end of antichrist, will be the slaying; of Christ, when He comes, He will slay the antichrist. To Revelation 10, to show that the seventh angel’s Message will be a person, in this last days, anointed of God for a ministry just like Elijah the prophet has, as is predicted in Malachi 4, to reveal the true Word of (original) God in this generation, the original Word of God in this generation. Like he did to the natural Jezebel, so will this man do it to spiritual Jezebel, the denominational churches. I had to go to the 7th chapter…the 10th chapter, 1 to 7 verses, to prove that it was right. And over to Malachi, and Amos, and so forth, to prove that. Elijah was a prophet that prophesied and condemned Jezebel, in that particular generation. And Elijah never died. He certainly didn’t. He appeared again, some eight hundred years later, by the side of Jesus Christ, on Mount Transfiguration. He isn’t dead. Now, we find out that his Spirit is to anoint a man, according to the promise of God, in the last days; promised to do the same in spirit Jezebel, as it did in natural Jezebel, in the last age.

9. SOULS THAT ARE IN PRISON NOW — 1963-11-10

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• ¶157–¶160 “And he saw this Angel come down, put His foot on the land and on the sea,” that was Christ, “had a rainbow over His head.” Notice Him, you’ll find Him in Revelation 1, again, “with the rainbow over His head; look upon as jasper and sardius,” and so forth. Here He come, put one hand…“One foot upon the land, one upon the water; raised up His hand. He had a rainbow over His head,” yet. That’s a covenant. He was the Covenant Angel, which was Christ; made a little lower than the Angels, to suffer. There He come, “And put His hands up to Heaven, and swore by Him that lives forever and ever,” the Eternal One, the Father God, “that time shall be no more,” when this takes place. It’s run out. It’s done. It’s finished. And then the Scripture says, “And at—at the Message of the seventh earthly angel,” the messenger on earth, the seventh and last Church Age, “at the beginning of his ministry,” when it starts off into the earth, at that time, “the mystery of God, of these Seven Seals, should be made known by that time.” Now we see where we’re at. Could it be, friends, could it be? Notice, all possible. All that had been redeemed in the Book, He come forth for redemption. All that was to be redeemed was in the Book, predestinated before the foundation of the world. He come to redeem It. All He had redeemed was written therein. I want to ask you a question now. And you people on tape, listen close. Them hideous eyes, that hideous head, could that be why that this Message has been so against women of modern age? Could this be that last angel’s Message? What did He say down there at the river, about thirty-three years ago? “As John was sent forth,” see, “to announce the first coming of Christ, your Message will announce the second Coming.” Around the world, and that’s what it’s done, then the Coming must be at hand. Watch what’s happens now.

• ¶261–¶268 I’m an American, too. And I’m riding, this midnight hour, not saying the enemy is coming, but he’s here! He ain’t coming; he’s already here! He has done conquered. I’m afraid it’s over; conquering, this midnight hour. Remember, at Tucson, the seven Angels, what the Message was, “The finishing of the mystery of God.” Immediately after that, coming down the range… You all heard about the mountains. Notice. Brother Fred got some pictures of it, and Brother Tom. And I got some pictures, some movies, everything. We’re going to show it here someday, show you just where it was at. You all know the story. Watch, the three peaks. He said, “There is your First, Second, and Third.” And Brother Fred has got an outstanding picture of it, when he and Sister Martha passed. The clouds had come up from the moisture of the ground, and had hid all the rest of them, and it just showing the Three Pulls; one here, one here, and one there. See? The seven! Watch, the First, three. Three is perfection. That’s when the ministry went forth. The Second Pull was the discernment of spirits, the prophecy. (First was the healing of the sick.) The Second was the prophecy that went forth, and it knowed the secret of the thoughts, when the Word Itself was made manifest. Which, that’s grace. But, remember, the seventh is the finish. Could this be the finish Pull, it’s all over? Could it be? Think of it now. Just think. Where you at? See? Seven is always the finish. Three Pulls!

10. ESCAPE HITHER, COME QUICKLY — 1958-02-02

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• ¶8–¶10a And that was the first time that I ever heard that come. And then the other night, standing right on this platform, when I heard it, when I was praying. And now, I got one more Message, that’s tonight, before I leave the city. And I want to say this—this. I do believe that shortly, that next step in my ministry is coming up right now, which will be far beyond this now. How…Is there anybody here that remembers the first beginning of my ministry when I put my hand on somebody? You remember that? All right. How many remembers that the Lord promised right then if I’d be sincere I would know the secrets of their heart? How many knows it was said back there? See it happen? Now, there’s something else coming right now. It’s coming right away now. And it’s going to be still greater, and I think will be the last. It may not this…All of it works together just the same. But now, this afternoon I would like to call your attention to some Scripture, just for a few moments that we would speak, God willing, upon a—a subject here that we hope that the Lord will bless. And that will be found in Saint Luke, for a Scripture reading, Saint Luke and the 17th chapter and the 20th verse. I wish to read this as to get a context. [Brother Branham reads St. Luke 17:26-29—Ed.] And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat,…drink, and married wives, and they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the floods came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot, they did…(Now, watch what they did.) …they did eat,…drink, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built, And the…day—the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone—fire and brimstone…, and destroyed them all. Now, over in Genesis, the—in the Book of Genesis and in the, I believe it’s the 19th chapter and the 22nd verse, I wish to get a text.

11. THE MARK OF THE BEAST — 1956-07-15

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• ¶209–¶211 And now, upon the sovereign grace of God, upon the witness of the Holy Ghost, and upon the vindication of a worldwide ministry that You have granted to Your unprofitable servant, as an unworthy person, and one who is unable, but a believer, I now challenge this mute spirit in the Name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. And with a sincere heart, I say, come out of the man. For I adjure thee, by the living God, that you depart from him that he’ll be well. In Christ’s Name, I challenge thee to come out of the man, through the Blood of the Lord Jesus. Every eye closed, every head bowed. [Brother Branham claps his hands—Ed.] Hear me? Hear me? You hear me? He’s hearing. Now just keep your head bowed. Say, “Praise God.” [The brother says, “Praise God.”—Ed.] Say, “I love Jesus.” [“I love Jesus.”] “Praise God.” [“Praise God.”] Now, you can raise your head. [The brother says, “Raise head.”—Ed.] Raise your head now. “Praise the Lord.” [The brother says, “Praise the Lord.”—Ed.] “I love Jesus.” [“I love Jesus.”] “Hallelujah!” [“Hallelujah!”] Let us say, “Praise the Lord.” [Congregation says, “Praise the Lord.”—Ed.] Let’s give God praise. Let’s stand up to our feet just a minute. Almighty God, Author of Everlasting Life, Giver of every good gift, send Thy blessings upon this children. I pray that You’ll anoint them. Give them the desire of their hearts by filling them with the Holy Ghost. Great signs and wonders might be done for the glory of God, through Jesus’ Name. Amen. Now, you be seated. He—he says, through the microphone, he can hear me a little through the microphone.

12. EXPERIENCES — 1948-03-02

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• ¶13–¶14 Now, remember, you get this. When Brother Branham leaves, don’t…I don’t know what His Name is. He’s never told me. He’s a large Man. He weigh over two hundred pounds, I guess, in human weight, wears a white robe, and got dark hair. And He stands just like this. And He was standing to my right. And He said, “Can that baby live?” And I said, “I—I…Sir, I know not.” He said, “You pray for it.” The father brought it to me. And I laid my hands upon it like this and prayed for it. It dropped out of its father’s arms, and it hit on one of those little crooked legs. And when it hit on that little leg, it just went to unwinding. First leg unwound. It made another step, and another leg unwound, the left leg. And it got into the corner, and it made its next step, and his little body unwound. It come walking back to me and put its little hands up to mine, said, “Brother Branham, I’m perfectly whole.” And I said, “Well, praise the Lord.” And then this Angel walked to my right again. And He picked me up, and I set down on a little old country road. And was standing there, He said…He showed me a graveyard. He said, “Take the numbers off of it.” And I did. He set me down next, and I was at a little place where there’s just a little gasoline station and a store a yellow front store. And there was an old man walked out with a pair of blue corduroy overalls, or blue overalls with a yellow corduroy cap and a white mustache. He said, “He will show you the way.” Then He taken me into a house this a way, turning to from the north coming south. And when I walked in there, there was a…I walked in, there was a old stove setting there, old wood burner, what they call chunk stove. I don’t think you have them here in Arizona. How many knows what a chunk stove is, let…? Are you from Arkansas? That’s where they have plenty of them. How many Arkansas’ers are here, let’s? I thought so. See? All right.

13. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS — 1964-08-30

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• ¶152–¶156 I told you I’d answer that privately. You that’s got these questions, come to me privately. Dear Brother Branham, we have a teacher that you know that the Scripture say… Yeah, I got that. Just a minute now. Brother Branham, at one time we had our name put on the book of a certain… Yeah, I got that. It about how they had taken it off now, did they do wrong? 421. What…Would you endorse birth control? No, I can’t endorse it. No, sir. See? 422. It…Is the seventh angel, as spoken of, of Revelation 10, the same person as Elijah of Malachi 4? Did I answer that? That don’t sound like I answered that. Yes, it’s the same person. Revelation 10 is the seventh angel’s Message, which…seventh angel messenger of the Seventh Church Age, which is Malachi 4. Is birth control… I have a lot on that. I just throwed these back, and I—I didn’t want to answer; I’d rather see you privately. 423. Where do we find where Noah preached for a hundred and twenty years and built the ark in a hundred and twenty years? Did I answer that? A generation, or a lotted time, a man’s lotted time on earth was one hundred and twenty years, which took Noah, the period, to build the ark, which was considered a generation in that day. One hundred and twenty years was a man’s lotted time. And he preached, according… Genesis 6:3, he preached to that generation, which was one hundred and twenty years; Noah did. All right. Let’s see now. 424. In Malachi 4, this Elijah is to take the hearts of the father to the children, and then the hearts of the children to the fathers. Is this the same person?

14. WHAT IS THE ATTRACTION ON THE MOUNTAIN? — 1965-07-25

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• ¶147–¶150 Everything that…That shall never die. It’s constantly unrolling Itself. From the very thing happening, to the picture being Jesus standing looking at us; and now exactly on Sunset Mountain, and the sunset Light. The evening Light has come, God vindicating Himself. What is it? It is the facts that God and Christ are one. The “white,” how many seen it, the white wig upon Him, as we talked in Revelation 1? See, the Supreme Deity, Supreme Authority; no other voice, no other god, no other nothing! “In Him dwells the fullness of the Godhead bodily.” The Angels Themselves was His wig. Amen. What’s happened upon Mount Sunset? God confirming His Word. That’s what all this noise is about. Notice, it’s God fulfilling His promised Word again, of Revelation 10:1 to 7, “And in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel’s Message, the mystery of God should be finished.” The hidden mystery of Revelation 10:1 to 7, the last Message to the last church age. Fulfills exactly, in this age, Saint Luke 17:30, “The day when the Son of man shall be revealed.” “And there shall rise false prophets and false Christs, show great signs and wonders, insomuch it’d deceive the Elected if possible.” The people still in doubt. And, as usual, the church is just as puzzled. And the science, all through Tucson yet, they’re writing pieces and put in the paper. Way back over there on Mount Lemmon, them big cameras didn’t see It rising up from where we was standing; drifting on towards the West, showing the time is over. It can’t go but a little piece there; it’s at the West Coast. Judgment struck just in the very way it went. Going right up over Phoenix and right on across, on to Prescott and across the mountains to the West Coast, right on up into…Where was they going? Right on up into Alaska, and she is thundering, heading right that way.

15. THE SECOND SEAL — 1963-03-19

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• ¶73–¶76 Now, watch this now, if “God does not do nothing,” said Amos, “until first He reveals it to His servants the prophets.” And, then, we see what He is doing. It must be that He’s fixing to do something, what He is revealing now. God is fixing to move on the scene, in judgment, I believe. He is fixing to do something. And one thing again, it testifies surely, we are in the last days. We’re at the end of the age, the Laodicea Church Age now, for these things were to be revealed only at the last day. Now, just think of that now. Let’s just—just try to soak in what we believe that the Holy Spirit would have us know. Now remember, “Nothing to be revealed; God will do nothing, at all, until first He reveals it to His servants, the prophets.” And before He does anything, He reveals it. And when He reveals it, you can remember this, something is on its road. See, it’s being revealed. And these things that we’re talking about was to be revealed at the last day, just before the last Trumpet, at the end of the Message of the last church age. That’s right. If you want to read that now, you can turn to…You, I just referred to you, last night, three times, Revelation 10:1-7, see. “And in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel’s Message, the mystery of God would be revealed and finished.” And there’s only one thing left. When this seven-sealed Book is opened, then the entire mystery of God…

16. THE ONCOMING STORM — 1960-02-29

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• ¶176–¶180 God bless you, Sister…?…[Brother Branham prays with the people at the altar, many of his words are indiscernible—Ed.]…?… Oh, nevermore… Won’t you just raise up, and come down with these others standing around the altar here? Come. It’s coming to judgment now. Won’t you come? Come now, your sins confess now, you won’t have to go to the judgment. God bless this couple that just come. God bless you, sir. That’s good. God bless you, young lady. Come right on down. Come, sir. I’ve wandered far… Come on, my Spanish brother. …away from God, Now I’m coming… Won’t you raise up now, and come down here? Let’s pray. Come to the Shelter. …of sin too long I’ve trod, O Lord, I’m coming home. May I say this, just while the organ is continually playing. The Message, tonight, is a Message of love, grace, and warning. Tomorrow night, this Message may be in your ears somewhere else, a Message of condemnation and judgment. While It has mercy in It, come and receive It. Won’t you, friends? I’ve got to meet you with This, what I’ve said tonight, someday. Won’t you come? Let It speak for mercy, for you. While we sing once more, “Now I’m Coming Home,” won’t you do it? Just stay right here, sister, dear. You all stay right here if you will, just a moment. We want to have prayer with these at the altar. Just let them stay right where they are. Once more now. I’ve wandered far… Rise up, come. Won’t you? I invite you. Now I’m coming home; The path of sin too long I’ve trod, Lord, I’m coming home. Christians, pray now. Coming home…

17. THE UNITING TIME AND SIGN — 1963-08-18

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• ¶98–¶100 Jesus said, “If ye abide in Me and My Word in you, then ask what you will, it shall be done unto you.” Uniting the Bride back with the Word, which is God. The Church and the Word, not Church and the creed, Church and the Word; the Bride and the Word united together. Oh, my! What a…Restore back what? The Faith of the original pentecostal fathers, see, that had been scattered by Luther’s group. Not Luther himself; not Luther, not Wesley, not those great founders. But after their going away, there was a church raised up, and they…what they did with that then, they made a organization out of it. They accepted creeds and so forth, and away they went. And look at them today, now they’ve come into that World Council of Churches. Now, you see, but in the last days, you see, we see things happening now that has never happened before. See, it’s God’s sign, and all this uniting is the time sign. Now, we want to look at that carefully and be real sure that we get it. Leaving…they leave the true Word for denominations; to accept creed and opinions of different men instead of taking the Word. Revelation 10 said, “The seventh angel’s Message.” Now remember, that’s right at the Seven Trumpets, and there’s seven angels blow Seven Trumpets. That’s what we’re coming to next. But remember where, very specifically It said, “The angel’s…,” not the seventh angel’s Trumpet, but the “seventh angel’s Message.” See, not the Trumpet angel, the Message angel! See, the angel only sounded the trumpet, that seventh angel, the Trumpet angel. But this says, “In the days of the Message of the seventh angel,” see, when his Message is finished. See, that’s the church age Message. In this time, then he would…the Message, not the Trumpet, and “the mystery of God (that’s written in the Word) should be finished.”

18. GOD KEEPS HIS WORD — 1957-01-15

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• ¶24–¶27 So we…This was—this was dinnertime for us. And so we went out there, and they had a great, oh, a beautiful place, hundreds of acres where the students could work their way through and so forth, pay their tuition. And he had seventy-something students setting there. And we, after we had our dinner, he said, “I want to ask you a question, Mr. Branham.” I said, “Yes, sir?” And I thought, “Oh, my, here it comes now, Lutheran dean.” He said, “I’ve been down to the Pentecostals, and see them kick the furniture around, and everything like that.” Said, “I want to ask you, is anything to it?” I said, “Yes, sir, there is.” I said, “It’s like a little kid, when he gets a toy, he just falls.” And I said, “Like Ezekiel said, there’s a valley full of dry bones. He said, ‘Can these live?’ He said, ‘Thou knowest.’ So he said, ‘Prophesy to the dry bones.’ And when the bones come together, there was a rattling and a shaking, lot of noise. But then, when the skin come on them, the meat come on them, there wasn’t much noise. He said, ‘Prophesy to the spirit now.’ See? I think that’s what’s going on. See?” So I said, “They…I see them make a lot of noise.” I said, “I think the bones are coming together.” And so, he said, “We’re hungering and thirsting for God.” I said, “That’s fine.” Said, “And we want you to tell us how to receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost.” He said, “Now,” said, “we believe that—that in, we receive the Holy Ghost when we believe.” And I said, “Well, did you ever read Acts 19?” And he said, “Yes.”

19. THE SIXTH SEAL — 1963-03-23

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• ¶473–¶475 Now, with our hearts…[Brother Branham hums I Love Him—Ed.] Just think of His goodness and mercy. …I love Him (Amen!) …He first loved… Now see how much better it is? Amen! That’s it. Now…?…Go and be well. Amen! The grace of God has appeared to you, to make you well. Amen. …on Calvary’s tree. Oh, glory to God! I love Him,… All right, your pastor. I… [Someone says, “Brother Branham, tomorrow starts at nine- thirty?”—Ed.] Nine to nine-thirty. Nine o’clock, somewhere in there. [“After breakfast? Nine o’clock?”] You start at nine. I’ll start at nine- thirty.

20. I PERCEIVE THAT THOU ART A PROPHET — 1953-06-14

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• ¶46–¶47 I said, “Now, you keep your lids closed over your eyes.” I said, “Now, you raise your head just about to where you think my voice is coming. And I’ll tell you what to do. She said, “Yes, suh.” Said, “Something cold went over me.” I said, “Just raise your head.” I said, “Now, open your eyes for THUS SAITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, you’ve received your sight.” And she opened her eyes. And she said, “Is that lights?” And I said, “Yes.” She said, “Is them black dots there, is that people?” And it begin coming plainer. “O,” she says, “O Lord, I who was once blind can now see.” She let out a big scream. And then…they’d been…some people had been standing there watching it. And here they come. My! You talk about… And I happened to look. And there was an old man standing there with a cane, an old club in his hand. His leg was twisted sideways. He said, “Brother Branham, I know you.” He said, “I been standing in this rain for eight or ten days here.” Said, “You wouldn’t pass me, would you, Brother Branham?” Said, “I got a bunch of kiddies at home.” Said, “They need me.” Said, “A wagon run over me and I’m…twisted my leg like this.” I said, “Do you believe?” “With all my heart.” I said, “Then in the Name of the Lord Jesus, give me your cane.” And God, Who is my sovereign Judge, when the man in an act of faith handed the cane, his leg come straight, and he jumped into the air and screamed to the top of his voice.

21. THE KINSMAN REDEEMER — 1960-10-02

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• ¶1–¶2 Thank you, Brother Neville. The Lord bless you. So good to be back again, this morning, back in the house of the Lord. I believe it was said, one time, “I was happy when they said unto me, ‘Let us go into the house of the Lord.’” Charlie, come out behind that post, and come up here and get you a chair. Come on up here. Sister, is there a chair back in there, somewhere, we could squeeze in? Here’s a place right up here, lady. Come right up here. Here, Charlie, come here and sit down by Banks up here, so you won’t have to stand up. Every time that boy comes from way down in Kentucky, gets up here, he stands up every morning. And we’ll get him right up here. Here’s a place here, on the end of the seat here, for someone else. [Brother Neville says, “There’s a lady back here, too.”—Ed.] There’s a lady standing up in the back, back there. Come right up here. Here’s a seat right here, sister, right up close. Come right ahead. And I suppose somebody is in the wheel chair there. Are they? [A sister says, “Brother Branham?”] Yes. [“There’s a seat right here.”] There’s another seat right over here. If someone wants one, back there in the back, right here is a seat right here. [A brother says, “And here is one, Brother Branham.”] Here’s one right up here, also, just suit yourself. [“Another one, over here.”] Yes. You can have one right here. Now, come right on, take your seats. And just feel real…

22. A MAN RUNNING FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD — 1965-02-17

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• ¶86–¶89 And I seen his mother take off one of her stockings and hold her foot out, with little tumors hanging down between her toes, up and down her leg, and said, “If you see Brother Branham, tell him to pray for this.” I said, “Your mother hand her…stuck her foot out like that, and said she had…has got little tumors all over her—her toes, and like that, and said, ‘Have Brother Branham pray.’” He said, “Brother Branham, that’s the truth.” I looked back. When I did, I seen him standing there looking at me, like that, with his eyes just as bright. I met him this fall; he had better eyes than anybody in the camp. The Lord had healed him and made him well. While I was standing there, the Lord said, showed me what was going to happen. “Judgment is fixing to strike the West Coast.” And He said, “Get over there, beside of that fireplace.” And I had a shovel in my hand; walked over there. And Brother Roy Roberson, all of us know him here. He’s not here tonight, as I know of; he’s in Arizona out there. He’s the chairman of the trustees here, and I knowed him being a veteran. And something was going to happen; a real pretty, still morning, about ten o’clock in the morning. The boys all around there, ten or twelve of us, letting down tents, and skinning out pigs, and things. So we…I walked around, I said, “Roy, hide, quick. Something is fixing to happen.” I couldn’t tell him no more. But just the time I got over there… And coming down from the heavens come the whirlwind of God, and clapped, like, shook the hills, running inside of that mountain, cut a streak plumb around it, about five feet above my head, and cut all the tops of them trees off, as the rocks went out. Went up in the air and come down again, with another big baptism, and struck across the mountain, and throwed the rocks out like that. Did it three times, and then went up in the air. And Brother Banks come over to me, said, “That’s what you said yesterday?” I said, “Yes, sir, that’s exactly it.” See?

23. THE FIFTH SEAL — 1963-03-22

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• ¶334–¶339 But remember, Elijah, he just got tired, ’cause he had a lot of work ahead of him. [Brother Branham pauses. Congregation laughs—Ed.] So he was pretty well wore out, and God just sent him a ride Home, that’s right, sent a chariot. Is that right? Took him up. He never died, ’cause He kept him alive. He had a future work for him. Let him anoint a man, too, see, come forth in his Spirit. But they must taste death. Now Revelation, the 11th chapter. Now, let’s go, I’m right here anyhow. Let’s just hit it, Revelation 11. Watch and see if they’re not both killed. Yes, sir. They both have to taste death. Yes, sir. After their ministry is finished, they taste death. Revelation 11, and let’s start at 7. And when they…have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pits…makes war against them,… Oh, my, he can’t stand it; them holy-rollers are back again, see. All right. All right. …out of the bottomless pit…makes war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. But watch what happens. They’re perfectly typed now. And their dead bodies shall lie in the street—in the street of that great city,…spiritually…called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified, (Jerusalem, see). Now they have to taste death, (don’t they?) that’s right, after their ministry is finished. Why? The seventh angel’s ministry, the seventh angel’s ministry, Elijah’s ministry to the seventh angel, not…Why don’t, why could not, rather, I’m trying to say, the seventh angel’s ministry then be by Moses, if he’s immortal, the same as it could be by Elijah? Why don’t they…Why didn’t God just send, said, “Elijah, you—you done worked so hard, I…and everything, all these different places. I—I believe I’ll just send Moses down”? Why?

24. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS — 1954-01-03

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• ¶171–¶175 I can prove by the Bible that “The first time the Angel of God went over the lands to seal with the Holy Ghost, He only sealed those who cried and sighed for the abominations done in the city,” Ezekiel, the 9th chapter. Is that right? Set a seal upon the forehead of those who sigh and cry for the abominations that’s done in the city. Now, I want to ask you a question, I’ll ask you this question. (Now we’ll close just as quick as I can.) What would take place today if the Holy Ghost went through Jeffersonville, New Albany, and Louisville, to seal those this afternoon who would be at home, “God, send a revival, just so hungry for a meeting. O God, look at the sins of the city. Oh, isn’t it terrible, God? Oh, won’t You please send a revival, God? Send some good preacher, send someone. O Lord, let the Holy Ghost…” Where, where would He seal? Think of that. Now, “Well, Brother Branham, what do you mean?” I mean this, and I say this now reverent, walking on brittle threads. I believe that day is about finished, them that’s in is in. See? See? The doors are closing together, you don’t have that burden no more. Billy Graham’s had meetings all across the country, and Oral Roberts, and all the rest of us. We’ve cried, and prayed and prayed, and everything else. But, you see, the doors are closing. “Let him that’s filthy,” I’m quoting Scripture, “be filthy still. Let him that’s righteous, righteous still. Him that’s holy, holy still.” And I believe the doors of the Gentiles is closing together. See? The day of the time of the season is just about over, just a few more to come in. The reason you can’t have no kind of a meeting like that, there’s no travail of soul. You don’t— you don’t get that burden.

25. PARADOX — 1961-12-10

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• ¶298–¶303 Well, this great minister of the biggest Pentecostal organization we have, was standing there, and resented It, see, said that I didn’t mean it that way. But I got back and said, “I do mean it that way, see. I said exactly! I take nothing back.” The other day when I spoke about those altars, not knowing, never seeing that in history. I never have said nothing yet, from the platform, under inspiration that I ever had to take back. Now you can call that, Seed Of The Serpent, or whatever you wish to, whatever them Messages was, or, The Great Harlot, that so much kick is against. Just come, and…Why don’t you come to me with the Scriptures, with it? See? See whether it’s right. This man come up there, put his arms around me, and was going to say…He said, “Brother Branham, not to be sacrilegious, but that could have made the 23rd chapter of Revelation. You know, another Book added. Of course,” he said, “that wouldn’t be right, of course, we’re not supposed to add anything to It.” And just as he started to say that, he started speaking in tongues. And the boy didn’t know what speaking in tongues meant. And as soon as he did, right out in front of me was a French woman, from Louisiana, she said, “That needed no interpretation. That was pure French.” And a man over here got up and said, “That’s right.” And way back in the back was the interpreter for the UN, give his name, never been there before. He said, “Correctly. That’s right.”

26. THE FLASHING RED LIGHT OF THE SIGN OF HIS COMING — 1963-06-23

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• ¶24–¶25 And he was trying to open his mouth to say something to me. And trying to get his mouth, and gurgling, kind of, to try to say it. And he got out the words, “Brother Branham.” Then it looked like he would go back to sleep or something, and I waited just a moment again, checked his pulse again; it was beating normally. And then again I looked, and he looked over at me. And he was kind of, I seen, beside himself; he didn’t know where he was at, but his heart beating normal. And God had called back his life to him again. So I—I say that in honor of Jesus Christ, Who It is the same God, that when…This morning I had preached at length, way over my time, and tired and worn. And there could be two things. He either got tired, or when I spoke of having a complex, not just to—to mess my brother up, as we’d say it, because I had…I was making my confession of having complex. And I guess if I’d ask tonight, in this audience of people, “How many in here knows you have complex?” practically every hand would go up. That you might know, Brother Way, just let me show you whether it’s discernment or not. How many knows that you got a complex, raise your hand. Look at there! See? But I—I don’t know if that shock of me saying that to Brother Way, taking it like I might be rebuking him or something, then, that he fell into this condition, and the Lord Jesus brought him back.

27. A TRUE SIGN THAT’S OVERLOOKED — 1961-11-12

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• ¶308–¶309 I’d do the same to him, if he was going to speak. I’d say, “Brother Neville, will you excuse me? God has give me a message. I got to say it to the people, right now.” And he, Brother Neville, would step right out of the way; either one of us, to one another. See? That’s the way we do. And then if we, if I don’t have any certain thing, then I… I just love to hear him preach. I heard him. How many heard him, last Sunday night? Such a wonderful message, I tell you. It tied right in, what was said in the morning. And, people, I’m telling you, you’ve got enough Word of God that you surely should live right and be right. God bless you now, Brother Neville.

28. LIFTING HIM UP OUT OF HISTORY — 1958-10-01

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• ¶5–¶7 And then some time ago, I was in a vision and I saw a—a large tent. Oh, it was a mammoth, big affair. And I had just been speaking, and many souls were at the altar, and were just kind of weeping with their hands up, quietly and softly. A nice gentle-spoken man came out to the platform and said, “Now they will form the prayer line while Brother Branham is making ready.” And I was standing that way, of course, the prayer line would been to my left. And I noticed a crowd of people that seemed to cover a city block or more, that was standing in line. There was a little building, a wooden building, inside of this tent. And there was a woman standing there, a man, one taking names, and people were going in on crutches and stretchers, and coming out the other side, walking. Well, I wondered what all taken place in there. And then that Angel of the Lord, Whose picture you see here, It went from me, and went right over that little building, and stood there, then went down. And a Voice spoke, and said, “I’ll meet you in that place.” Well, now, I’ve looked forward for that time. I been off, some time now, resting, because of overwork. I come back. And the last weekend, we had a little, kind of a church doctrine for three nights here. That’s, last Saturday night, Sunday morning, and Sunday night, prior this meeting. Kind of get the church shook in condition, so we could go ahead with this meeting coming on now. And then immediately after this, Sunday night will be my farewell night to the tabernacle for some time, as far as I know. And now…

29. THE BREACH BETWEEN THE SEVEN CHURCH AGES AND THE SEVEN SEALS — 1963-03-17

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• ¶38–¶41 Now, these points will be important in the Seals, I’m sure, ’cause It must, every bit, tie together. Now, It’s wrote mysterious, because no man nowhere knows It, God alone, Jesus Christ, see. Now, but is…It is a Book, a mysterious Book, It’s the Book of Redemption. We’ll get into that in a little while. And now we know that this Book of Redemption will not be thoroughly understood, It’s progged at through six church ages, but at the end when the seventh angel begins to sound his mystery, he winds up all of the loose ends that these fellows progged at, and the mysteries comes down from God, as the Word of God, and reveals the entire revelation of God, then the Godhead and everything else is settled. All the mysteries, serpent’s seed, and whatever more, is to be revealed. Now, you see, I’m just not making that up. That’s what…It’s THUS SAITH THE LORD. I’ll read It to you out of the Book, “The sounding of the seventh angel’s Message, the mystery of God should be finished, that’s been declared by His holy prophets,” that’s the prophets who has wrote the Word. At the sounding, of the seventh church age, the last church age, all the loose ends, that through these church ages has been progged at, will be wound up together. And when the Seals are broke, and the mystery is revealed, down comes the Angel, the Messenger, Christ, setting His foot upon the land and upon the sea, with a rainbow over His head. Now, remember, this seventh angel is on earth at the time of this Coming.

30. HOW THE ANGEL CAME TO ME, AND HIS COMMISSION — 1955-01-17

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• ¶118–¶120 So then I come out and there laid my Bible where I had had It the day before, and it was turned to Hebrews, the 6th chapter. And I begin to read there, “Let us lay aside…on…go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance and dead works and faith towards God,” and so forth. “For it is impossible for those which were once enlightened, made partakers of the heavenly gift, and the callings,” and so forth. But said, “But thorns and thistles which is nigh unto rejection, whose end…water…the rain cometh oft upon the earth to dress it and prepare it for that which is—that which is nigh unto rejection, with thorns and thistles, whose end is to be burned.” And Something went, “Whoooossssh!” I thought, “Here It is. I’ll hear now whatever He…He woke me up here, He’s fixing to give me a vision right now.” I waited there on the end of that log, and waited. I got up and walked back and forth, up and down. Walked back, nothing happened. Walked back to my cave again, nothing happened. I stood there, I thought, “Well, what is this?” I walked over to my Bible again, and, oh, It just come all over me again. I picked It up, and I thought, “What’s in there He wants me to read?” I kept reading on down about “repentance towards God, and faith,” and so forth, and I read on down where It said, “The rain cometh oft upon the earth to dress it and prepare it for what it’s meant for, for here, but the thorns and thistles which is nigh unto rejection whose end is to be burned.” And, oh, It would just shake me!

31. THE THIRD SEAL — 1963-03-20

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• ¶176–¶180 Now notice, now, and here we are at the end time. And spiritual Eve, just as nat-…as Hebrew Eve was promised, the Hebrew bride was promised the Word to return. And the spiritual bride from Pentecost, when she fell at Nicaea, then she is promised in the last days that the Word will come again. Now you say, then… You want another Scripture, take over here, Revelation 10. And said, “In the hour, the time of the—the last angel, the seventh angel (seventh messenger) begins to sound, the mystery of God is finished.” See? The restoration back to the Word! The Bible said that this messenger of the last days would be, “Restore them back to the original Faith again, back to the Faith of the fathers.” But do you think they receive It? No, sir. “Last days, He would restore the original Word again,” as He said in Malachi 4. But she had forfeited. Now, she had forfeit that Word at Nicaea. Eve forfeited in Eden; Eve rejected hers at Calvary. And Nicaea’s group is rejecting It in the last days, just the same. My! But when the Word came in human flesh, she, Eve, the Hebrew church, mother of all spiritual living at then, she rejected It. She was so dead, in her traditions and dogmas, that she missed It. So is this one, exactly. All right. They miss Him, the living Word manifested in the flesh, by the Word that is promised. The Word promised to do these things. The promise was made, that it’ll be like this in the last days. “As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be in the Coming of the Son of man.” Now watch what happened at Sodom. “As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the coming of the Son of man.” See? Watch what happened then. See? Now, He said it would be the same thing, and we live in that day. Well, and it could be, I guess, I could get six hundred promises of them like that, out of the Scripture, just referring to it. See? Now, but, they reject It.

32. IS THE ORIGINAL SEED 1 — 1962-03-18

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• ¶405b–¶411 Brother Branham tells it, ‘They all got to building little walls of partition between one another, and they can’t have a revival.’ That’s right. He’s right about that.”—Ed.] That’s just it. Brother Ed, that’s what it did. Oh, isn’t that wonderful? I like that little testimony, brother. Now the car radio is hooked up, is what they say in here, this part here. Everybody feeling good now? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] Well, now, we’ll start right in now until midnight, then we’ll… [“Amen.”] We are so happy that the Lord has helped us and blessed us. Now, before we start again, let’s just have a little word of prayer to the One Who we’re talking to now. Gracious Heavenly Father, You hear the testimony of this godly, saintly, old man. Down through the age, him and his little wife, working together, and how that she had to hold onto You, and beg You to make a preacher out of her husband, and here he is. And then when he was laying there, dying, the best doctors in the country saying, that, “He’s gone. He can’t live but a few hours. It’s done. His body is eat up with cancer. He could never walk another step. The infection in his ankles, and so forth, has done took him away.” Here he is, years later, still Now we pray, Father, that You’ll let us lay out the Words this afternoon, from Thy Word. It is Thy Word, and we want to lay It out just the way It is. And then You water It, Lord, with the Spirit. We ask, as we commit ourselves, with the Message, to You, that You use us, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

33. VISION FROM THE LORD — 1962-10-30

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• ¶1a–¶1a It came to pass while I lay on my bed, this morning about five o’clock A.M., that this vision appeared to me, but I do not understand at this time. It seemed to me that I saw myself preaching, and that I was standing in the sun. I was preaching to a huge congregation which was seated in a wooded area where just portions of the sun was coming through. I was rejoicing deep in my heart, all thrilled, because of the text that I was preaching from. The subject would have two climaxes. I was laying a background for my first climax, when all of a sudden I noticed that it was getting late, near the noon hour, and my congregation began to get physically hungry. And they started getting up and walking out, with the intention of returning, but they must have physical food according to their thinking, and some were just getting tired of listening. I noticed to my right side some young married people were leaving, and I screamed out to them, “Don’t go! For all these wonderful things that I have showed you, you don’t know where they have come from or where you can find them!” Then that was to be my first climax. I grabbed my Bible and screamed, making the climax, “They are found in the Bible, for I am commissioned to preach only the Bible!” But the congregation walked on. I looked towards the forest church, and no one was there. Then I turned, and I said that was the first climax, but in my heart I knew that they would be back for the evening service, and all I would have to do would be lay a little background of my morning service, then I could reach that great climax for the evening service. And my heart was so thrilled, as I turned from my forest cathedral, to wait for the evening service to begin. Brother William Marrion Branham

34. REVELATION, BOOK OF SYMBOLS — 1956-06-17

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• ¶59–¶62 Watch all those names, they mean something, every name in the Bible. When you see one name in the Bible, it means something. Did you know, Israel’s wives, when they gave birth to the twelve patriarchs…Each one of those mothers, when they were having the baby, and the baby was being born, and them groaning; the groans that they came out, and named those boys. And the very groans that they give, signified the nature of the child and the place they’d make their final resting place. Every groan, amen, under the power of the Holy Ghost! That’s the reason we should be groaning in the Spirit. Now, that don’t mean a lot of this put on, but I mean really in travail for the Church. Then the Holy Spirit…Then you can get some real speaking with tongues and interpretation. “The Holy Spirit making utterance, that tells through groans and prayer,” be real truth, too. It’ll be something right now, that you’ll see take place. Then Daniel, closing, at the last, he seen, “An Angel come down, put one foot on the land and one on the sea, a rainbow over His head. He raised up His hands, and swore by Him that lived forever and ever, that, ‘Time shall be no more,’” at the finishing of that time that he told him. In other words, this, the body of time that we’re living in now, from the time and coming of the Prince, until this day. And said, “At that time, the mystery of God should be finished.” And the world is groaning, waiting today. People don’t know the mystery of God. Why? They’ve not been taught the mystery of God. The only thing they been taught, “Join church, put your name on the book, be a good fellow, treat your neighbor right.” That’s all right, but you must know the mystery of God! No man can reveal it to you but the One that had the Book. And the Bible said, “No man can call Jesus ‘the Christ,’ only by the Holy Ghost.” This grand, old Holy Ghost Church is going to come out one of these days and shine like you’ve never seen!

35. THE UNCERTAIN SOUND — 1960-12-18

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• ¶483–¶486 How many has ever seen the discernment, raise your hand. All right, all of you. That’s right, so you know what it is. Now do you believe, this morning, that you’ve heard the Voice of God? Now I’m going to ask for Brother Wood, Brother Fred Sothmann, and some of the trustees, to come here just a moment. Some of you trustee brothers, or deacons, or whatever, come here just a moment. Now it’s going to be rather congested here, and I want you to help. Now to you, you people on this, my right side, that’s going to be prayed for, I want you to come on this side here. And brother, Brother Collins, stand right down in there, if you will. And come right down here, so they can come by and be prayed for. I’m going to ask you little children on this side of the altar, if you’ll go over on this side just for a few minutes, for Brother Branham; not for me, but for the Lord Jesus. Now you brethren stand here so that the people can come right through, and then—then we’ll take all on this other side. Now from this first row right here…Brother Charlie, I wonder if you brethren, David and you, if you want to come up here, or move kind of back towards the back? All right. Now the first ones here in this row, just raise up like that; just start from that side, over and against the wall, as we pray, now, when we get ready to start. Now, not yet. Then when this side over here, we’ll have you all to go back to this side; and then, and then come on out to that side, and then come down. Now the trustees and them will get you in the right position.