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1. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS HEBREWS PART I — 1957-09-25

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• ¶31–¶33 Now, the Scripture Itself that the—the dear person answered… Now if you’ll take it in the lexicon, “And these shall go forth into ainion, cutting off, and into everla-…and to fire, the lake of fire.” Now, the word a-i-n-i-o-n means “a space of punishment.” In the Greek lexicon, right here, “space of punishment,” or, “time of punishment.” See, “They shall go away into a time of punishment.” The word is used, a-i-n-i-o-n. Ainion, which means “times, a time, a limited time.” Then take it back into the—into the translation here, the English, everlasting is “a limited of time.” See, it comes from the Greek, “a limit of time.” The word ainion, or a-i-n-i-o-n, ainion means “a limited time of punishment.” But then read the others, “But these shall go into Eternal.” That’s a different. See, Eternal Life. Eternal comes from the word of “Eternity,” and Eternity had neither beginning nor end. It’s forever and forever. Now that should answer that, see, because if you’ll just read the Scripture real close, you’ll see. “And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous…” The wicked shall go into everlasting punishment, be punished for a space of time; maybe a billion years, I don’t know, but you’ll certainly be punished for your sins. But as certain as sin had a beginning, sin has an end. Punishment had a beginning, and punishment has an end. And hell was created for the devil and his angels. See? All right. Now, I got another one down here to answer into that, just in a few minutes, which is a beautiful one, tie into it. Now, but these here: “But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into darkness,” is that about the same as casting them out of the mind of God?

• ¶224–¶227 And someone even got the question, say, “Well, the son…he said she was going…As Cain was born, said she ‘got a son of the Lord.’” Absolutely, certainly, it had to be. It was the law of nature. That’s just exactly the way you are today. When you’re borned, God just doesn’t come down and make you. You’re an offspring of your father and mother. And you’ll be a…there’ll be a…your children will be offsprings of you. It’s a reproduction all the time, right on down, like seed trees and things like that; but back to the original. I hope that explains it. How much time we got? Haven’t got any more. Listen to this good one for next…that we’re getting Sunday: “By one Spirit we are all baptized into one Body…” (We’d like to know that.) “…Christ.” At the time…Now, I think I get up some Scriptures, good Scriptures on that [Brother Branham answers this in Part II, question 60—Ed.]. Here’s a good one, just like…Would you suffer me just one more minute or two, to answer this? It can answer itself. 59. When—when you say “the wicked shall not burn Eternally,”… (Well, now I got Jehovah Witness on the run, haven’t I?)…When you say the wicked will not burn Eternally, do you mean in hell or in the lake of fire? I know it says in Revelation (that’s the 20th chapter) that hell will be cast into the lake of fire. If they do not burn Eternally, then what becomes of them? Just as I have just got through saying, brother or sister, whoever it was; they become extinct, there’s no more to them. They had a beginning, and there they end; they’re just nothing no more. How will…how long they will burn, that’s just hard telling. But, look, there…

• ¶228–¶231 If you can just get this in your mind, see, it’s very simple. There is but one type of Eternal Life, and that comes through God Himself. And God alone is Eternal Life. If you’ll just get here in the lexicon, look up the Greek word Zoe. Zoe is “Eternal Life.” Eternal Life is “God.” And Jesus said, “I give unto them Eternal Life.” And if you’ll look here at the lexicon, it said, “Zoe.” That’s the only Eternal Life there is. No place in the Bible where It ever says there’ll be an Eternal hell, it said they’ll burn “forever and ever.” Now, to get the word forever, look at the, aeon. Did you notice here, in the Bible? How many has ever heard it said, “And aeons and ae-…”? How many knows that aeon is “a space of time”? Why, sure, anybody knows that aeon is “a space of time.” “And they shall burn for aeons,” that’s spaces of time. “Cast into the lake of fire, and shall burn for aeons.” Aeons means the “spaces of time.” They may burn for a hundred million years in punishment but, finally, they have to come to an end; to be extinct, altogether. See, because everything that is not perfect is the perverted off of the Perfect; and it had a beginning, so it must have an end. But we who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ has Zoe, “God’s Own Life” in us, and have Eternal Life. Not have life forever and ever, the sinner has life forever and ever, but we have “Eternal Life.”

• ¶232–¶237 Brother Cox, not long ago, was setting on my runway before we put the…after we had the rocks there, and he picked up a little, old fossil, and he said, “Brother Branham, how old is that?” “Oh,” I said, “chronologically, you might say it’s ten thousand years old. Some kind of a little, old sea monster that lived at one time, a little sea animal, might have lived way back in the ages gone by.” He said, “Just think how short human life is to that life.” I said, “Oh, but, brother, that thing has an end, but the Life that we have in Christ has no end. That may live two or three forevers, but it’ll never have Eternal Life, ’cause Eternal Life comes from God alone.” Eternal, “He that heareth My Words and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath Eternal Life and shall NEVER come to the judgment but passed from death unto Life.” There you are, you get Eternal Life by being a believer. An unbeliever has life forever. An Eternal…a believer has Eternal Life, and cannot perish because It’s Eternal. But a believer, he will go…An unbeliever will go through the world, he’ll have miseries, woes; what he calls having a big time, “whoopee, having a big time.” Women, wine, and big time, he thinks he’s going on. He’ll die, he’ll go into a lake of fire and brimstone which burns, where burning is going on forever and forever, and maybe for a hundred million years his soul may be tormented in a lake of fire and brimstone.

• ¶238–¶243 I…You say, “Will it be just like regular brimstone?” I believe it’ll be a million times worse than that. I believe you couldn’t describe it by fire, by a literal fire. The only reason it’s put “by fire,” that fire is the most consuming thing that we have. It absolutely consumes and destroys everything, fire does. Well, then, it’ll be in there, but you’ll have a soul that’ll have to be punished through some kind… Now, you have to watch the word fire, because the Holy Ghost is used “the Holy Ghost and fire”; ’cause Holy Ghost fire burns sin out, see, and makes clean. But this fire, it comes from hell, it said a “lake of fire.” And ever what it is, it’s a punishment with torment. The rich man lifted up his eyes, being in hell, and said, “Send Lazarus with a little water on his fingers, to put on my lips, for this flames are tormenting me.” Don’t think there isn’t a burning hell, and a literal hell, there is. If there’s a literal devil, there’s a literal hell. But, you see, everything that’s perverted has a end to it, because it finally must come back to that purity and holiness of God. And God is Eternal; and if we have Eternal Life, God is in us, and we can no more die than God can die. There you are. Now, the text really explains Itself, see, and makes it right. Now, let’s see, I had a…I don’t know whether…Yes: “What will—what will become of them?” They become extinct, there’s no more to them: the soul goes, the spirit goes, the life goes, the body goes, the thoughts goes, the memory goes.

2. THE SMYRNAEAN CHURCH AGE — 1960-12-06

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• ¶116–¶119 Now, now, there…Now, you’re going to…Be many disagree with this, but I want you to think real hard before you make your decision. See? I’m going to say something now: That’s the reason I don’t believe that there is an Eternal hell. There cannot be an Eternal hell. Cause if there ever was an Eternal hell, then there always was an Eternal hell, ’cause Eternal…There’s only one form of Eternal Life, and that’s what we’re all striving for. And if you’re going to burn forever and for Eternity, then you’ll have to have Eternal Life burning, and then it’d be God burning. You can’t have Eternal hell, and the Bible plainly says that “hell was created.” And if it’s created, it isn’t Eternal. Anything that’s Eternal never was created; it always was, it’s Eternal. And the Bible says that “Hell was created for the devil and his angels.” Hell was created, it isn’t Eternal. And I do not believe that a person will be Eternally punished. I believe that the Bible plainly states here, that, “He that overcometh shall not be hurt by the second death.” Now “death.” The word death comes from the…is this, is “separation.” Now, when we are separated from God, in sin, we’re already dead; the Bible said so. We’re alienated from God, we’re cut off, we’re dead in sin and trespasses; we’re an alien to God and to His commonwealth. And then when we receive God and have Eternal Life, we are His children and a part of Him. My little boy there, Joseph, is part of me, no matter what I…he’d ever do. He…I might…He might not have…If I was a great rich man and had a lot of inheritance, he might, he even inherits anything; but still he’s a son, he’s part of me. Sure, he’s part of me. Now, I can no more deny him than I can deny myself, because he’s part of me. The blood test would show that he’s mine. See?

• ¶139–¶141 Now, “hell,” we’ll go back to that awhile. I tell you that—that there cannot be…I do believe in a burning hell. Yes, sir, the Bible said so, the lake of fire. Now, but that cannot be an everla-…it cannot be an Eternal. It could be…The Bible never says it’s Eternal, It says “everlasting” hell. Don’t say the word Eternal, it says an “everlasting” hell. Now, it’s prepared for the devil and his angels; an everlasting hell, not an Eternal one. Now, after…That soul may be tormented there for its doings for ten million years, for all I know. I don’t know what everlasting might be in God’s sight. It might be for five minutes, it might be for a million years, it might be for ten million years, but there will come a time when that soul will cease to be. Here’s what the Bible said, see: …He that overcometh shall not be hurt by the second death. The first death is separating from our loved ones. We’re go in the Presence of God, never out of His Presence. See? Now, if there’s a second death, then it’d have to be the death of the soul. And then he that overcomes the world, or overcomes the things of the world, has Eternal Life and shall not be touched by the second death. There you are, Eternal Life. But the—the sinner…The Bible said, “The woman that lives in pleasure is dead while she is alive.” That right? “The soul that sinneth, it shall surely die.” What is die? Completely “separate,” “no more.” See? Now, it’s cut off, is right. It’s cut off, there’s no more to it. How long will it be to take that? It’ll go down through the same process it come in, and it’ll come to a place till there will neither be nothing left of it. It’ll just go back from ever what it’s made out of.

• ¶142–¶145 We could take the cell, and break the cell to one cell, to another cell, till you’d come down to the first cell; break into that cell, then you got the chemistry of the blood; you come into different chemistries of the blood, and then you come down to a little part in that cell: that’s life. They can’t find that. They don’t know nothing about it. Now, that life will finally come to a spot till it is no more; whatever the chemistry of that life, I don’t believe it has any chemistry. It’d be spiritual. And then, in that, finally it’ll completely separate and be no more. That’s what the Bible said, “The soul that sinneth, it shall die.” “And they that overcome in these church ages here shall not be hurt by the second death.” The body dies first, the soul dies next and it will be no more. See? That’s…do you believe that’s the Bible that says that? Now remember, if hell is Eternal, then the Bible’s wrong when it said “hell was created.” And then if a man’s going to burn for Eternity, in hell, then he’d have to have Eternal Life to be conscious, to burn. Is that right? Well, how many forms of Eternal Life is there? One. That’s right. Just one Eternal Life. Now, don’t go away and say, “Brother Branham don’t believe in hell.” Brother Branham does believe in hell. The Bible teaches there’s a hell. Just as sure as there’s a—a place for rest, there’s a place of— of punishment. And God will certainly make a soul that sins against Him be punished. And for rejecting Jesus Christ as your Saviour, you’ll certainly will be punished for it. But there’ll be a time when you’ll be no more. But how many million years that’ll take for you to go back to that, I don’t know. But sometime…

3. HEBREWS, CHAPTER SIX 2 — 1957-09-08

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• ¶251–¶254 We found out that man never seeks after God. It’s God seeking after man. And we found out, then, that God is the only resource of Eternal Life. We found out that everything that is Eternal has no beginning or no end. Therefore, we find out that hell had a beginning, and it has an end. And there’s only…No one can ever say that hell is forever; forever, yes, forever, but not Eternal. Forever is “a space of time.” The Bible says, “Forever and forever.” And you look it up and find out if forever doesn’t mean “a space of time.” Jonah said he was in the belly of the whale “forever.” And many other Scriptures, forever only means “a space of time.” But, Eternal, that’s “forever”; that’s forever and forever and forever and forever and forever. It’s the Eternal. And we find out that hell isn’t Eternal, but it’s forever. And the reason, you have to watch those words, now. If you don’t, you get mixed up. Now, remember, just those things which had no beginning, has no end. Therefore, Jesus said, “He that heareth My Words and believeth on Him that sent Me, has Life,” forever? Does that sound right? No. “Has Eternal Life.” And the word Eternal is “God.” The word, here it is right here in the Greek lexicon: Zoe, “God’s Life” in you. And you’re just as Eternal as God is Eternal, because you’ve got God in you. Your old nature died, the nature of the world, and you become a new creation. And your desires, that old life that had a beginning when God breathed the breath into your nostrils, when you were born, that life of carnal nature died. And it had a beginning and it had an end, and it died and was done away with forever, the old nature. And God came in with the new Nature. Then, love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, peace, patience, and meekness, and kindness, that entered; and taken the place of malice, and temper, and hatred, and—and emulation, strife, and all those things. It took its place, when you passed from death unto Life. You get it, real close, now? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.]

• ¶255–¶259 So, listen. There is only one form of Eternal Life. Find It. That is, God alone has Eternal Life. The Bible said so. God alone has Eternal Life. And if a man is going to suffer in hell, forever, he’s got to have God, Eternal. But I say that there… Now, remember, I’m not saying there’s not a burning hell. There is a burning hell, fire and brimstone. “Where the—the worm is…the fire isn’t quenched and the worm never dies,” of fire and brimstone, a punishment. It may last for a hundred billion years. But it has to have an end, for hell was created for the devil and his angels. And everything that the very God, Himself, which was in the beginning, everything come off of God. When the very Spirit… Just take the Spirit of love, that was the great fountain of God, pure, unadulterated. From that, come in a perverted love. Then it come into 6 human love. Then it come into sexual love. Then it come into other loves, loves and loves, and just keeps perverting down till it becomes to just filth. But all those things had a beginning. And someday it’ll wind right straight back to the original; it’s Eternal; where lust, human love, passionate love, all those loves will have to cease. All these make-beliefs of Faith will have to cease. There’s one true Faith. All others will have to cease. They were perverts off of this real fountain. So, therefore, hell, suffering, suffering is not Eternal. Suffering was brought about because of sin, and sin introduced suffering. And when sin is finished, suffering will have to finish, too. And there’ll be a time where sinners, that’s never accepted Christ, after they have been punished maybe for a hundred billion years,…I don’t know, maybe for ten hundred million billion year. I couldn’t say. But it’ll have to come to an end, sometime, ’cause it’s not Eternal.

4. REVELATION, CHAPTER FIVE PART II — 1961-06-18

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• ¶153–¶156 Now, it’s a Book of the Revelation, God revealing Himself. And now through these great mysteries, He’s revealing the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ in baptism, He’s revealing that there’s no such a thing as an Eternal Hell (it cannot be, there’s no Scripture in the Bible says there’s such a thing). Now, there’s a hell, and there’s a lake of fire, and where the wicked they’re punished, but they’re finally consumed. Maybe ten hundred million years, but they’re finally consumed. ’Cause you cannot have Eternal Life unless you’re saved. And if you burn Eternally, you got to have Eternal Life. Why, common sense would show you that. See? How can you have Eter-…? How many knows when you got Eternal Life you’re saved? Well, if you burn for Eternal, won’t you have to have Eternal Life to recognize it? So, see, it just don’t even make sense. See? Now, “security.” Those who He foreknew, He called; those who He called, He has justified; those who He has justified, He has already glorified. Paul told us, in the 1st chapter of Ephesians, that “God, before the foundation of the world, has predestinated us unto the adoption of sons through Christ Jesus.” John tells us here in Revelation, that “The enemy in the last days, that religious enemy, would get amongst people and have organizations and so forth, and cults and so forth,” as they have today, “and would deceive the very Elected if it was possible, and would deceive all whose names are not put on the Lamb’s Book of Life since the very foundation of the world.”

• ¶186–¶189 How many ever read it? All right, you’ve read it, you’ve read it then. All right. Now, he took and sealed it just exactly the way these scrolls was sealed here. It’s a most beautiful, outstanding thing that you ever seen. Now, I’m going to try to illustrate it with this piece of paper, I don’t know whether I can or not. Now, here’s the way it was wrote up, like this. Now, he done it and he sealed it like this, each down. Now, what happened, on each one of these seals was wrote around here his inheritance and what taken place, and all the ones that fell before him and how he come to inherit it. It was all sealed like that. Now, that’s the way God has got His seven-sealed Book. Now, just as He tears this off, that revelation comes plumb back around and runs all the way around to the backside of the Book. That’s why you can take the Name of Jesus Christ and run It from Genesis to Revelation and show there’s no such a thing as “Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” See? See, it goes all the way around through the Bible, It reveals it. Then you take like, “There is an Eternal hell.” You pull that off and run it all the way around; there never was an Eternal hell ’cause in the beginning God said that hell was created for the devil and his angels, for their future punishment. Then if hell is Eternal, how could it be created? The word creation never did…The word Eternal, “never did begin and never can end.” Then there always was a hell if it’s an Eternal hell, “there was a hell all the same time, the same time there was a God there was a hell, before there was any sin there was still a hell.” Huh! Oh, my! See, you can’t make it.

5. THE CRUELTY OF SIN, AND THE PENALTY THAT IT COST TO RID SIN FROM OUR LIVES — 1953-04-03

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• ¶221–¶221 [Brother Branham continues to quietly pray for the people for two minutes and forty-seven seconds, many of his words are indiscernible—Ed.]…?…

6. HEBREWS, CHAPTER FOUR — 1957-09-01

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• ¶226–¶228 That’s what I say. Every time you see a person that’s…You see a little couple walking down the street, sweethearts, maybe they’re eighty years old. It only speaks that in Heaven there’s a young couple that represent them, in Heaven. “If this earthly tabernacle dissolve, we have one There.” If you see a man that’s cheating, stealing, lying, just remember, his part is waiting in hell, for him, his place where he’ll be tormented in the Presence of God and the holy Angels, with fire and brimstone. He’ll be tormented there. Not forever, he can’t be tormented forever, forever don’t mean all, for all times. Eternity is forever, Eternity is… has no beginning or end. But forever is “a space of time.” The Bible said, “Forever and,” conjunction, “forever.” Jonah said he was in the belly of the whale “forever.” Is a space of time. But, look, there’s only one Eternal Life, and that’s God. And if you’re going to be tormented forever, and can never die, you got Eternal Life. You can’t be tormented forever…You may be tormented for a hundred million years, in the Presence of God and the holy Angels, with fire and brimstone. I don’t know how long it’s designated. But it’s finally got to come to an end because it had a beginning. And God alone has Eternal Life. “He that heareth My Words, and believeth on Him that sent Me,” doesn’t have forever life, “he has Eternal Life.” That Life that begin, not nothing along here. But all the way up There, Eternal Life, Zoe, God’s Own Life comes down and dwells in the man, and he is Eternal with God, and can’t die. That’s what the Word said.

7. 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.

8. 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…

9. THE SERPENT’S SEED — 1958-09-28

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• ¶325–¶331 We believe in the second Coming of Christ, the visibles, corporal body of the Lord; not Spirit, but the corporal body of the Lord Jesus coming again in glory. We believe in the physical resurrection of the dead, to receive a body, not old and wrinkled as we go into the grave; but a new one, in the very bliss of youth, to live forever. We believe in the immortality of the soul, absolutely. We believe there is only one form of Eternal Life, and that’s the Life that you get from Christ Jesus. That’s exactly right. Therefore, we do not believe in an Eternal punishment. We believe in a hell fire, brimstone burning, but we don’t believe it burns forever; if it does, you got Eternal Life. There’s only one Eternal Life; That comes from God. And that’s right. You’ll be burnt, maybe for a million years, ten million years, I don’t know, but you can’t have Eternal Life. You can’t burn forever…You can burn forever, but not Eternal. See, there’s a difference between Eternal and forever. Forever is forever and forever, a conjunction, means a “space of time.” But, Eternal, you do not have Eternal punishment. You have Eternal Life, ’cause there’s only one form of Eternal Life. And he that has Eternal Life, lives and is blessed of God forever. “But the soul that sinneth, that soul shall…” What? [Congregation says, “Die.”—Ed.] That’s right. Then, it hasn’t Eternal Life. Certainly. It has—it has its punishment, but not Eternal Life. So, you see, there is many things yet to be taught, we’ll get later on. The Lord bless you.

10. 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…

11. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE SEALS — 1963-03-24

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• ¶191–¶195 No. Hell, translation in the Bible, I believe…Now, there is scholars sitting here, and I want to honor that. Our Brother Iverson sitting here, and Brother Vayle, and many of these brethren who are really theologians. The word translated, hades, means the “grave.” Is that right? The Greek word for the grave. But the Lake of Fire is something else. Because, over in Revelation, “Both, hades and all, was cast into the Lake of Fire.” See? All right. Now let’s see. 186. If not, is the Lake of Fire, and hell, Eternal? No, sir. No, sir. Anything that was created is not Eternal. No. Anything that’s created…That’s the reason there cannot be an Eternal hell. If anybody ever tells you that you’re going to burn in an Eternal hell, I want the Scripture for it. See? There’s no such a thing as that. Hell was created for the devil and his angels, for the antichrist and his people; that was the devil, incarnate devil. It was created for that, to destroy. And anything that had…Anything… There’s only one thing, at all, out of everything there is, the whole world and everything else, there’s only one thing Eternal, and that’s God. Before there was a atom, or electrons, or before there was even cosmic light, electrons or anything, He was God. He’s a Creator. And that’s the only way you can be Eternal, is to receive Eternal Life. That Greek word there, I think, is Zoe. Isn’t that right? Zoe. Zoe. And then, that—that Life, God imparts to you. As the father, your father, imparts his life to you, through the—the marriage vow with the mother; and he, by that, imparts, the—the joy of imparting (Catch me.), of the imparting life for a son. And that’s the way God does, joy in imparting His Life to a son. See? And then you become part of Him, which is Zoe, God’s Own Life. “I give to…unto them Eternal Life.”

12. THIRSTING FOR LIFE — 1957-07-28

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• ¶47–¶48a Someone else would say, “Remember me, Brother Branham, in prayer. God, I’m a—I want to accept You just now, accept Your Son as my personal Saviour.” Would you put up your hand, someone else on the bottom floor? God bless you back there, my brother. Somebody… God bless you over here, my brother. God bless you down here, brother. God bless you back there, brother. That’s good. Back over to my right, the Lord bless you, back here. Somebody else now would raise your hand and say, “Brother Branham, remember me in prayer just now”? As we’re just about to close the service, say, “Remember me, I want to here accept Christ as my personal Saviour.” Would you raise your hand, saying, “Remember me, Brother Branham”? That’s right. God bless you, sister. God bless you, sister. I know there’s plenty of them in here. Would you just put up your hand? You can do that much. On the bottom floor now, will you do it before we go to the balconies? Been about fifteen. God bless you back there. I see your hand. God bless you. God bless you, my brother back there. That’s good. “Oh, Brother Branham, I know I go to church, but I—I…” God bless you, sister here. God bless you here, lady. “I go to church, but I—I know—I know I’m not right. And I want to be right. God knows I want to be right.” Will you put up your hand? The balconies to my right, someone up there say, “Brother Branham, remember me”? God bless you, young man. God bless you, lady. Someone else say…God—God bless you, lady. That’s good. “Remember me, Brother Branham, just now in prayer, as you go to prayer. I believe in you.” God bless you, brother. I now want to raise my hand and say, “I believe in Jesus Christ, and, Brother Branham, remember me in prayer. Just before you leave this building tonight, won’t you do it?” Put up your hand, and I’ll certainly do it, that God will see you. Won’t you do it? Up here’s the balcony to the right. Just one more time across. God bless you, sir, right here. I see your hand.

13. CONDEMNATION BY REPRESENTATION — 1960-11-13

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• ¶306–¶310 And the shouts and praises will raise up, from all over the city, around different places where these people will go. “You know, I once had stomach trouble, but it’s gone. I once had so-and-so, certain diseases, but it’s gone. I just heard that Message that morning, ‘Breeding back to the Word,’ and I come back to the Word. And I believe the Word, and now I’m well.” Grant it, Father. I commit them to You, in Jesus Christ’s Name. Now with our heads bowed. I want the elder to go forward. Let the… Teddy, if you will. Some of you sing Only Believe, just as you can now. And let the ones, has passed, right to their seat, as we anoint and pray for them!…?… In the Name of Jesus Christ, I now…?… Father in Heaven, as I lay my hands upon this woman, with anointing oil still on her…

14. THIRSTING FOR LIFE — 1957-06-30

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• ¶5–¶5 I said, “You might have had it and maybe you had a—a faith and was healed.” “Oh,” he said, “That’s what it is, is it,” turned around. And just then I looked and there was a vision. I said, “Why has the devil put in your heart to do that?” I said, “You are…” Now, if this is a person of that is in this building, I’m not speaking against your church. I said, “You’re a Church of Christ minister.” They love to fuss. I said, “You’re a Church of Christ preacher. Last night you set with a man with a gray suit and a red tie. And you set at a table had a little green cloth hanging over it; there was a blond-headed woman setting next to you, and you said it was telepathy. And you come to this meeting today and wrote that on there, thinking you could pass it through and make a telepathy out of it to up trip God’s Spirit.” I said, “You’re the one exposed.” And just then the man setting up there; he said, “Mr. Branham, I’m the guy that was with him.” Said, “That’s my wife setting right here, was with him.” And I said, “The things that you put on your card, you have. Both cancer and TB.” And he fell down on the platform. But the last time I heard him, I never heard no more, just a letter from some of the people, that he was in a serious condition. So we’re not playing church.

15. WHY I’M AGAINST ORGANIZED RELIGION — 1962-11-11

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• ¶26–¶28 The Lord add His blessing unto the reading of His Words. Now, as a Sunday school class, I would like to say that we want to try to be as— as attentive as we can to the Word. And we know that—that sometimes things are said, (and certain churches), that stumble someone who has been taught contrary to what they have…are hearing. For instance, a man told me the other day, who is a friend of mine sitting present now, he said, “When you said, Brother Branham, as much faith as I’ve had in you, and believe, when you said there wasn’t ‘no Eternal hell,’” said, “I like to have fell out of my seat. And I said, ‘Surely the man is wrong.’” And then said, “You let us stand for quite a while. And then you said, ‘There is only one form of Eternal Life, and that comes from God.’” And that’s what we all seek, see. And there’s no Scripture that says there is an Eternal hell. Cause, Eternal never did begin, neither does it ever end. So the Bible said “hell was created for the devil and his angels,” so it isn’t Eternal. There was a time when it wasn’t, and there’ll be a time when it’s not, again. But they may be punished in there, through fire and brimstone, and the pits of fire, for aeons of time, but it finally will end because hell is not Eternal. And if there was an Eternal hell, you’d have to have Eternal Life to live in an Eternal hell. And if it was Eternal, it always was, and you always was in hell and you’ll always be in hell. See, so there is no such a thing.

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

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• ¶410–¶412 God bless you, Brother Neville. [Brother Neville says, “Bless you, Brother Branham.”—Ed.] Fifty-nine years old. [“That’s right.”] A long ways! God bless you, Brother…?… Now let’s raise our hands up to Him. When we asunder part, It gives us inward pain; But we shall still be joined in heart, And hope to meet again. Now let us bow our heads, and, together, not knowing what the future holds, at this moment, not knowing but what it’s over. I don’t know. I can’t say. I can’t say. I don’t know. But in the face of what facts that we have revealed this morning, let us pray the prayer the Lord told us to. Even if it is, “Thy Kingdom come. Thine will be done.” Let us do it together: Our Father Who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thine will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us of our trespasses, as we forgive those that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. Now with our hearts bowed. The Bible said, “They sang a hymn, and went out.” Remember, when they did that in the Scripture, it was because they had crucified the ministry of our Lord’s Second Pull, and the Third Pull was ready to enter. A few hours after that, He descended into hell and preached to the lost that had rejected their mercy.

17. 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.

18. TESTIMONY — 1950-08-14

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• ¶7–¶8 We were talking this afternoon. Brother Lindsay looked over to me. We’ve been together for four years, and I never heard that tone of voice. The Spirit of God must have said it, or I caught it in that way. Said, “Brother Branham,” he said, “with a measure of time,” said, “I’ve said for a long time: fifty-three would probably be the—something great.” Said, “I believe we’ve got about one more year to go.” Now, remember friends, we’re going to look at the thing right straight in the face. God never sends judgment until first He sends His mercy. But after His mercy, it’s bound to be judgment. To reject the mercy is the bringing in of judgment, always. And now, at no… Through the ages, since the apostolic age in the beginning, there’s never been such signs and wonders that God’s put before the people. Surely, thousands way off, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God…See? For Jesus said they would be that way. Like they were in the days of Noah, so will it be in the coming of the Son of man. Now remember, I am an American. Generation after generation, back to the third or fourth generation, been American. Many Branham has planted…And the other day when I was walking through France, many of them are laying there, fell in war. I had four brothers this last war. One of them helped me in the prayer line, where he was four years in the Navy, and give up as a hopeless case. Hundreds are sent disabled, never to get up out of a chair. Another one’s burnt through with a piece of shrapnel. The other one hit something, and it put a pressure on his spine that they said they’d have to tap his spine every so many weeks during his whole life, went into a gully with a—with Patton in his tank. I wanted to go. If it was again, I’d try to go again. If this country ain’t worth fighting for, it ain’t worth living in. That’s right. I’m an American. But just as sure as I’m the minister standing in this platform, we are heading for judgment. That’s…

19. HEBREWS, CHAPTER SEVEN 2 — 1957-09-22

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• ¶303–¶305 But, Eternity, and there’s only one type of Eternal Life, we found. Is that right? God has that Eternal Life, alone. Is that right? Only one type of Eternal Life. There is no such a word as “Eternal punishment.” Cause, if you’re to be punished for Eternity, you’ve got to have Eternal 10 Life to be punished Eternally. You’d have to have Eter-…And if you got Eternal Life, you can’t be punished, see, if you got Eternal. “He that heareth My Words, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting Life.” Is that right? Eternal Life, because you believe. Well, if you’ve got Eternal Life, you can’t be punished, because you got Eternal Life. So, then, if you’re going to suffer in hell forever and forever, you got to have Eternal Life. But, now, I do believe that the Bible teaches of a literal burning hell. The Bible teaches that, that the sins and wickedness will be punished, forever and forever. That’s not Eternity, now. That’s maybe for ten billion years. It may be for a hundred billion years, but sometimes it has to have an end. For, everything that had a beginning, has an end. It’s those things which has not a beginning, it has no end. You remember that lesson now? How we went back and found out that everything that had a beginning was perverted, see, a perversion off of the main. And, finally, it winds back up to an Eternity. And then all hell, all suffering, and all memory of such, will be vanished for Eternity. Everything that begin, ends.

20. IS YOUR LIFE WORTHY OF THE GOSPEL? — 1963-06-30

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• ¶233–¶235 I said, “Last night the Lord told me. You’re going down there today, and you find out you’re not going to get that building. You’re going to another building. Doctor Mead will be setting on this side. That colored man, his wife, that sings, will be setting right here, and so forth, where they’ll all be setting.” I said, “There’ll be a Buddha priest there.” And I said, “Now find out. They got it against me because I preach the water baptism in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. They got it against me ’cause I preach the serpent’s seed; and against the evidence, that, every man speaks with tongues has got the Holy Ghost, and things.” I said, “Come down and watch God.” Got in there…They went down there, and the very two hours from then, or better, some time that afternoon, they called up Brother Carlson. And he said, “The guy that let him have that, and paid a down payment on it, said, ‘We have to cancel, because the manager said he had already promised it to a band for that night, or that morning.’” And they couldn’t have it. So we went out to the Town and Country. And that morning when we got in there, and stood in there, and—and Brother Carlson said, “There’s one thing. You brethren might disagree with Brother Branham, but,” said, “he’s not scared to say what he believes.” He said, “He told me these things would happen just exactly the way they are.” He said, “Now here he is. Let him speak for hisself.”

21. HEBREWS, CHAPTER FIVE AND SIX 1 — 1957-09-08

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• ¶57–¶59 And so, therefore, Melchisedec, the great Priest, like a man, He had no beginning and He has no end. And when we, through that theophany, that, we were made in the image of God before the world was ever made; when that theophany has been made flesh and dwelt among us, then, through His death, we ourselves receive His Spirit and we have no end; Eternal Life; not Angels, but men and women. Oh, I…Somehow, if I could only get it in a way that my—my audience would catch it! You will never be an Angel. God made Angels, but God made man. And what God does is off of God, which is as Eternal as God is. And man is just as Eternal as his Creator, because he was made from Eternity. But sin has an end, suffering has an end. Therefore, there cannot be an Eternal hell. There’s a hell, fire and brimstone, we know that, but there’s no Eternal hell. There’s only one type of Eternal Life and that belongs to God. If you’re to suffer forever, you got Eternal Life. Hell has an end, it may be billions of years, but it’ll finally come to an end. The Bible doesn’t say, anywhere, that they suffered Eternally, said, “Forever and forever.” Jonah thought he was in the belly of the whale “forever,” too. Forever has a distance or a time limit. But Eternal is perpetual, it has no beginning or end. It’s like a ring, a circle. And as our time moves on, we’re only in revolving around the great motives of God.

22. BROKEN CISTERNS — 1964-07-26

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• ¶91–¶95 I’m looking at a man now, setting in the back of the room here. I remember telling him that, on an old barn stall one day, by a manger. And he said, “But I’m no good.” I said, “I know you’re not.” And I said, “I’m not, either.” But I said, “You’re looking at what you are. And quit looking at what you are, and look what He is.” He said, “If I could just get rid of these cigarettes, Brother Branham, I—I—I would be a Christian.” I said, “Don’t get rid of them. You’re trying to get good and then come to Him. He never come to save good man; He come to save bad man that knowed they were bad.” He said, “Well…” I said, “Listen, you don’t want to go to hell, do you?” He said, “No.” I said, “Well, you don’t have to. He died that you might not have to go.” He said, “What do I have to do?” I said, “Nothing. It’s just that simple.” He said, “But if I can ever…” I said, “There you go, back to that cigarette again. Quit thinking about that cigarette. Just remember, think about Him, what He did, what He is; not what you are. You’re no good; and you never was, and never will be. But, what He is, He’s the One!” And I said, “Now, the only one thing you have to do; if He took your place down there, you just willingly accept what He did. Only thing you have to do is just accept it.” “Why,” he said, “that’s simple. I’ll do that.”

23. 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.

24. JESUS ON THE AUTHORITY OF THE WORD — 1954-02-17

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• ¶31–¶31 And then Mr. Hall had been converted. Which was a very, very foul man. And he was converted in that same meeting. And he’s the pastor down there now. And so… She said, “Mr. Hall has been pronounced with a cancer of the liver.” And said, “He is laying at his sister’s house, and his sister married the judge of the city’s brother, and is down at his house. They brought him up here. He’s dying. He’d been calling for you.” And I said, “Well, let’s go down and see him.” And I went down to see Brother Hall. And he was just as yellow as the color. Cancer in the liver, started off with a liver sclerosis, and it went into cancer. I said, “Who is your doctor, Brother Hall?” He said, “Dr. Dillman.” Dr. Dillman is a bosom friend of mine. I said, “What about it, Brother Hall?” He said, “Well, Brother Branham, I guess it’s just the end of the road for me.” Said, “I guess that’s just about all that can be done, ’less the Lord undertakes for me.” I said, “Well, I’ll pray, Brother Hall.” And we prayed. And the next day, I went back; he was worse. The second day he was still worse. Looked like he was dying. Mrs. Hall come out and said, “Brother Branham, do you know anything?” I said, “Sister Hall, I pleaded with God, just with all my heart.” The Word’s still the Word of God. But it just hadn’t fell right then. See? It hadn’t been given to me. It hadn’t been given to him. But it’s still the Word of God, just hadn’t anchored right.

25. THE FOURTH SEAL — 1963-03-21

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• ¶271–¶276 Then what do they do? They finally form up in the image unto the beast, another power; notice, and act, to the Lamb’s Bride, like she did in Revelation 13:14. That’s what they do, just persecute, just the same thing. The churches make just as fun of the true Bride of Christ, as Rome ever did. Just exactly. Yes, sir. Acts to the—the real Lamb’s Bride just exactly like she did in Revelation 13:14. Now notice. We see, by God’s Word of promise, He will—He will kill her children, the denominations, her daughters, with spiritual death. Now, that’s Revelation 2:22. Don’t forget it. To kill, is to put to death. And death is “Eternal separation from the Presence of God.” Think of that, friends. Think of that. Don’t you trust in any man-made creeds. Anything that’s contrary to the Word, you keep away from it. Now watch, watch in the Bible here. It said his name was Hell, and…I mean: …his name was Death, and hell followed after him. Now, hell always follows death, in the natural. When the natural man dies, hell follows him; that’s the grave, hades, see, that in the natural. But in the spiritual, it’s the Lake of Fire, see, all right, into Eternal separation, where they’re burnt up. And—and Malachi 4 said, “Don’t even leave them stubble, or branch, or nothing else.” It’s the way the world has of purifying itself again, for the Millennium. See? Have you noticed, the rider is a “he”? And “he” had in “his” hand; “man,” false prophet. But his bride is called the church, “she,” Jezebel. Ahab; Jezebel. Why, it’s just as perfect as anything. See? See?

26. THE ARK — 1955-05-22

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• ¶169–¶171 See this darling little girl, we’re so thankful You did so much for her, Father. You helped us, not long ago. I pray that You’ll make this child completely well, and a revelation to others, that they can believe on You. I bless this child, this morning, in the Name of Jesus Christ, and curse the disease of her body!…?… Bless my beloved brother, today, Lord. May his faith never fail, as he looks yonder at Calvary, knowing You there, faith, whatever faith is laid there, God will confirm it and bring it to pass! (You can go back now.) Bless my Brother Morgan. Give him the desire of his heart. Whatever he asks for, today, may You give it, in the Name of the Lord. Bless my sister…?…Lord, and give to her those things which she desires, through Jesus Christ. Father God, my brother, I pray unto Thee, for the desire of his heart, it may be fulfilled…?… Our brother here from Ohio camp meeting,…?…Heavenly Father, may the desire of his heart…?…May he find that desire in Jesus Christ. And thank You for the healing, Lord. Father God, I pray, with hands laid upon my brother, for the desire of his heart to be granted…?… Bless my little brother, Father!…?… Here’s a little girl, Father, I bless her. In the Name of the Lord Jesus, may she get what she asks for, in Jesus’ Name. Grant it. Bless my sister, Lord, in Jesus’ Name…?…[Brother Branham prays with the people at the altar for another two minutes, many of his words are indiscernible—Ed.]

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

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• ¶297–¶300 “The Book that is written within” is then completed when this angel ceases, (now please understand this), when the seventh angel’s Message is completed; the Godhead mystery, the serpent’s seed mystery, all the other mysteries of all these things. Eternal Sonship, as they talk about. How can He be an Eternal Son, when Eternity never begin or never ends; and a son is something that’s begotten of? How can it make sense? How can there be an Eternal hell, when hell was created? I believe in a burning hell. Certainly, the Bible said so. But, it’s to destroy. The Bible said, “Blessed is he that has not part in the second death.” See? See, you won’t be destroyed by second death. The first is a physical. The second is a spiritual death, when everything is finished. “The soul that sinneth, that soul shall die.” You’ll punish for your sins, maybe through the hundreds of year, thousands of years. But there can’t be an Eternal hell, because the Bible said hell was created. How can it be created and be Eternal? If there ever was…The Bible said, “Hell was created for the devil and his angels.” And then, if it was created, it can’t be Eternal. Cause, Eternal, anything Eternal, never had a beginning or had an end. That’s how we can never die, because we was always. We’re a part of God, the offspring of God, and He’s the only Eternal thing there is. Amen. You can no more die than God can die, because you’re Eternal, with Him. Amen! Let it come! Hallelujah! Kind of getting tired of this old pesthouse, anyhow.

28. DOYOU NOW BELIEVE? — 1954-07-25

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• ¶35–¶36 Would you come, sir. I suppose we are strangers to each other. You’re conscious that you’re standing in the Presence of Something besides your brother? That’s the Lord Jesus Christ in His resurrected power. Sir, you are a very sick man. You’ve been attending doctors, and they’ve been examining you. And I hear one tell you that you have between six months and two years to live, because you are dying with cancer. That is the truth. You believe me as God’s prophet or His servant? You believe if I would ask God along with His church, that you would get well? I hear someone…Your—your name is— is Glen, and your last name is Hill. And you live at 2647 Melvin Ave…Something like that…Me—Mel—Melver or Me— [The patient pronounces it Menarr, for Brother Branham—Ed.] Avenue, Chicago. Is that true? Return to your home now, shouting and praising God. Satan, I condemn you in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, come out of the man…and make him well, through Jesus Name. Brother Ekberg, put a band around your leg tonight, a string, the one that’s swollen. Measure your limb. And in seventy-two hours, put the same band around it and cut off how much it’s shrunk and bring it to me in California for a testimony. Amen…?… Do you believe me to be His servant? With all your heart you believe it? You suffer with a trouble that’s in your chest. You—you have developed that. And you work in a—some kind of a place like a factory or something like that; you had been working. You are not from this country. You come—you’re Scandinavian, Norwegian. You come over here from Norway. And you went to work in a place and has developed a lung trouble. In Norway you was a woman minister. You preached and so forth over there. I see blue waters between us and you have crossed them. That is true. Come near and receive the blessing of God. O Lord God, Creator of heavens and earth, let Thy Spirit come upon this woman now, and bless her, and take this curse off of her in Jesus Christ’s Name. Amen. Cursed be thou, Satan. Leave the woman. Return to your ministry.

29. THE EVIDENCE OF THE RESURRECTION — 1958-04-06

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• ¶28–¶32 You say unto me, then, “Preacher, is there remembrance in hell?” Jesus said there was. He said the rich man that lifted up his eyes, in hell, and saw Abraham, and Lazarus in His bosom. “And he said, ‘Remember, in your lifetime…’” There is a remembrance. And how, the lost, what an awful thing that would be, to know that the great meetings that they had set in, and had heard the mighty sermons of the anointed ministers of God; and not only that, but to see the anointed signs and wonders that God had performed among the people; and then to remember all these warning, and yet be lost. Why, it would haunt them forever. After the death of Jesus, the Bible tells us, that, “He went and preached to the souls that were in prison, that repented not in the longsuffering of the days of Noah.” And to bring to their remembrance that Noah, and Enoch, and the great prophets of their days, witnessed that there was coming a Messiah, and they rejected the Message. Oh, it will be a terrible thing, my lost friend, for you, in that day, to remember. When you die, here, your works follow you. And they will either haunt you through Eternity, or bless you through Eternity. But, remember, what a great thing it must be, and a joy, for those who are saved, and can bring, to face the facts, these Angels who are in the building tonight, to bring to remembrance the great meetings and the great times, and the great joy that we’ve had together. What a time it must be ahead, for both groups, both saved and unsaved!

30. 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.

31. THIRSTING FOR LIFE — 1959-06-13

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• ¶116–¶118 Is there a backslider here? Yes, back in there, sister, God bless you. Is there a backslider here would say, “Brother Branham, I’ve wandered away, I don’t want to think I was a hypocrite, Brother Branham, but I— I really am not living where I should live, if I would leave this building tonight and go home, and I’d feel my heart acting real funny, I’d call the doctor, and he’d come up, say, ‘It’s a heart attack, she’s dying, he’s dying,’ it might be that way, Brother Branham, I—I don’t want it to happen like that, I—I’m not ready yet to go, I—I’m not prayed up with God, I—I want a little closer walk”? Would you raise your hands, say, “God, remember me”? God bless you, that’s good. Hands everywhere. I’m going to ask the pianist or the organist, whichever it is, to come to the organ just a moment, or the piano, one. And I’m going to pray. Is there some here would really just, that’s living with God, but would like to have a little closer walk with God, just say, “Lord, remember me, my soul is thirsting, O Lord, I…My…I’m just—I’m just so thirsty, I don’t know what I’ll do, Lord, help me, I’m—I’m in desperate need, I—I want You, come”? There is a Fountain filled with Blood, Drawn from Emmanuel’s veins, (No other fountain.) Where sinners plunged beneath the flood, Lose all their guilty stains. A dying thief, he rejoiced to see That Fountain in his day; There may I, though vile as he, Wash all my sins away.

32. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS HEBREWS PART II — 1957-10-02

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• ¶377–¶382 And now, the first place, when Jesus died…When you die, your body dies. The word death means to “separate,” just to be separated from your loved ones. But here He said this, in Saint John, the 11th chapter, “He that heareth…” Not…I beg your pardon; that’s in Saint John 5:24, “He that heareth My Words has Eternal Life.” Jesus said to Martha, who come to meet Him,…She said, “If Thou would have been here, my brother would not have died. But even now, whatsoever You ask God, God will give it to You.” He said, “I am the Resurrection and Life.” See? “He that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in Me, shall never die.” Now—now, there’s a part of us that does not die. And as I’ve just come through the line of Scriptures, everything that has a beginning has an end. It’s the things which has not a beginning, that has no end. Therefore when we accept Christ, God, we become sons and daughters of God, and our Life is just as endless as God’s Life is endless; we have Eternal. Now, the word forever, we’ve been through it. The word forever is “a space of time,” forever and (conjunction) forever. And we found out here that it has—it has an end, just like all the sufferings, and all the sickness, and all the sorrow, and all the punishment, and hell itself has an end. But Eternal Life has no end, ’cause It had no beginning. It never can die because It never was borned. It had no beginning of days, It has no ending of time. Now, the only way that we can live Eternally, I 13 is through receiving something that is Eternal. And God was; before there was anything, it was God. God never had a beginning or an end.

33. 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.”

34. THE TEN VIRGINS, AND THE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND JEWS — 1960-12-11

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• ¶281–¶283 A condemned…in the chains of sin, in the prison house of hell, condemned, guilty, going away to be destroyed forever, and Somebody took my place. And then they…Plowing out here when I was a k-…; it was about eighteen, twenty years old, one day the Holy Spirit…I said, “Well, who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going?” He said, “He took your place, you were going there. He took your place, there He is.” I said, “O Lamb of God! O Lamb of God, I come! I come! Nothing in my arms I bring, I have nothing to offer You, Lord, just simply to Thy cross I cling; that’s all I got.” And He took me in. He clothed me like the father with the prodigal son, put a new garment upon me, the garment not of mine, His garment of His righteousness He put upon me; and a wedding ring upon my finger, that I’ll be with the Bride that day. Now the fatted calf has been killed, and we’re rejoicing because I was once dead and now I’m alive, I was once lost and now I’m found. Amazing grace! how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me! (A worse than Barabbas.) I once was lost, but now I’m found, I was blind, but now I see. It was grace that taught my heart to fear, It was grace my fears relieved; How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed! When we’ve been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun; (No more stars, the Sun.) We’ll have no less days to sing His praise Than when we first begun. (We’re in Eternity then.)

35. THE RESULTS OF DECISION — 1955-10-08

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• ¶102b–¶103 Did you ever see the picture of the Angel of the Lord they got here on a picture? That’s this Thing that’s right on you now, moving right around. I see you going somewhere. There’s somebody giving you an examination, something another. It looks like that you—you stumbled; you fell. You hurt your left side and left shoulder. That’s right. Then you have a dropped bladder. That is true. You believe it’s over now? Go right on the road, and it’ll…And now, you take this to your…?… That’s right, yeah. [The woman speaks to Brother Branham—Ed.] Go, give it to him in the Name of the Lord Jesus. Will you come, my brother? Come believing, having faith. I’m a stranger to you, never seen you in my life, as I know of. But Jesus knows you, doesn’t He? You believe if He will let me know what your trouble is, that you’d get well? You do. Well, my brother, as quick as that anointing strikes you, I see a shadow of death hanging near you. It’s a cancer. I don’t know whether you’re aware of that or not. You’re…Yes, you have. It’s an examination, and that was in the prostate glands. You have a cancer in the prostate. That’s true. God be merciful. Come here, brother. Kind Heavenly Father, as Your Holy Spirit here now, the loving Lord Jesus, I hold my body against my brother and condemn the devil that’s trying to take his life, and cast him away from the man. In Jesus Christ’s Name may he go. Amen. God bless you, my brother. Go, happy now and rejoicing. Don’t doubt.

36. THE WATER BAPTISM — 1961-01-20

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• ¶82–¶86 It’s just like the Catholic says, “Eternal sonship,” the Eternal sonship of Christ. How can the word make sense? How can He be Eternal and be a Son? Son: that was “borned off of.” Eternal had no beginning nor end. If they say there’s a Eternal hell, Bible said hell was created, then how can it be Eternal? There’s no Eternal hell; hell was created for the devil and his angels; not an Eternal hell. Everything begin, ends. Hell may burn for a hundred billion years, but it has to have an end, because everything begins, ends. That’s the reason we can’t die, because we are part of God, offsprings of His, sons and daughters. We got Eternal Life, God’s Life. It never did begin, never will end. See? Now, this is pretty strong. If you don’t understand it and I’m afraid I’ll get you out on a limb here somewhere, like I was talking to clergymen. Now, if you don’t understand, you tell me, ’cause usually you talk to clergymen like this. You see? But, see you women, you just asked me, and you’re my friends. [The sisters reply—Ed.] All right now, I’m trying…You’re—you’re all educated, and you’re—you’re all smart. And I—I don’t want you to take this “because Brother Branham said so.” Now, I’m a human being. Yeah, I want you to take the Word. And if you can find anybody that’ll down that Word, you bring them to me; if you can find anybody that says there’s a contradiction in the Word of God, bring him to me. It’s…it—it— it just won’t be. It—it won’t, there’s no need of trying, ’cause it ain’t there, see.

37. PRODIGAL — 1950-08-27

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• ¶32–¶39 And there was…I walked up where they were at, they were talking, and one of them had a great big chew of tobacco, almost looked like that big sticking out the side of his mouth, jaw puffed out, he was just the head speaker. When I walked up, I said, “Hello.” And they turned around, this big fellow looked at me, swallowed that chew tobacco, took off his hat, and said, “Good morning, Parson Branham.” I thought, “My, that was enough to kill him, almost,” that great big wad of tobacco like that. But while speaking in the afternoon, dinner had been served. Course I believe, to the people up here that would have been lunch, but it’s dinner, I eat three meals a day, breakfast, dinner, and supper down there in the south. So, I got mixed up when they begin to say dinnertime up here at suppertime, I—I missed out supper. So, anyhow, the horses were chomping down in the woods, and I was speaking on the subject of the resurrection of Christ, and when a big ol’ boy standing back there, the place was crowded and full, and he ran to the altar, and hollered, “God, have mercy on my soul!” And when he came up, why, he never got halfway to the altar, “If God would save me,” why, there was about fifty of those old mammies out there, grabbed him around the neck and down at the altar they went with him. There was about fifty-some-odd conversions that afternoon. And now, they didn’t get down there and just make a dry-eyed confession and get up, they prayed through, about two hours of it. They got up, their clothes were so wet you could just wring them out where they had perspired. They got up shouting, and down through the woods and up over the hills they went hollering, “Hallelujah! Hallelujah!”

38. BEING LED OF THE HOLY SPIRIT — 1956-02-19

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• ¶70–¶71 And all of them begin to say, “Yes, that’s right.” And I let her up. And when I let her up, she…Them little opossums was gathered, and away she went as hard as she could dragging that leg, and went right up to my steps, and fell down and exhausted there, passed out. I went up. We pushed her. That right? We pushed her and tried to get her to move, and she just wouldn’t. She just laid there. Well, Mrs. Wood come up. She said, “Brother Branham…” And her pocket…’Course when she lay down, let out; the little babies was there a nursing. And said, “Brother Branham,” Mrs. Wood said, being a veterinary, she said, “now look, go kill that opossum. See? Them little opossums, just pick them up and throw them against the ground and kill them,” said, “ ’cause the poor little things,” said, “that old curdled milk and stuff, her dead,” said, “they’ll—they’ll—it’ll…She’ll die, or the little fellows will die, and die an awful death.” Said, “They’re too little to put on a bottle. They got a round mouth anyhow. Said, “You can’t do it.” Said, “You just might as well kill them.” I said, “I—I just can’t do it, Sister Wood.” She said, “You’re a hunter, aren’t you?” I said, “Yeah, but I’m not a killer.” And—and she said—she said, “Well—well, look, Brother Branham, why don’t you go in and get one of your guns and shoot them?” I said, “I just can’t do it.” She said, “Well, let Banks.” That’s her husband. “Let—let him kill them.” And I said, “No, I don’t want him to.” Said, “You mean you’re going to let that poor thing lay there in that sun, them poor little things nurse on that dead mother?” I said, “She’s not all the way dead.” I’d kick her, and every once in a while you’d see a little, kind of a little move in her jaw there. Why, said, “Look at the poor thing. She’s dying. She’s passed out. She’ll never come to.” Well, I said, “I just can’t help it. I just can’t kill her.”

39. THE SIXTH SEAL — 1963-03-23

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• ¶367–¶371 And on the basis of this, if I go any farther, I’ll have to come right into that Plague, all that, tomorrow night’s service. And now I can’t do it, can’t go any farther. I got it marked down here, a cross, “stop here,” see. So, then, I—I got to wait till tomorrow. Now let us bow our heads just a moment. If you haven’t, my precious friend, haven’t—haven’t accepted the love of this God that I’m talking about! If you haven’t…Listen to this close now. If you haven’t accepted His love and mercy, you’ll have to stand His judgments and wrath. Now, you, tonight, are in the same place that Adam and Eve was in the garden of Eden. You have a right. You’re a free moral agent. You can go to the Tree of Life, or you can take the plan of the judgment. But, today, while you’re sensible, in your right mind, and you’re healthy enough to—to rise and accept it, why don’t you do that if you haven’t done it? Is there them people in here that hasn’t, as yet, did that? If that be so, would you just raise up your hand? Say, “Pray for me, Brother Branham. I now want to do it. I don’t want this to come.” Now remember, friends…God bless you. That’s good. I have… These are not my ideas of This. I—I…This is not what I have been thinking; this is altogether from me. So help me, the Holy Spirit knows it. And you wait, if the Lord willing, tomorrow night, I want to show you a mystery that’s been going all the time, right here in this meeting. I doubt very much whether you’ve ever seen it or not, see, what’s— what’s took place. It’s been something that’s laid right here before you. And I’ve watched, each night, this, for it to rise, for somebody to say, “I see it.” See?

40. THE MIGHTY CONQUEROR — 1958-01-10

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• ¶17b–¶18 So the Bible said that He went and preached to the souls that were in prison, that rejected the message of Enoch, and of Noah, that we spoke about last night, and of all the others, of those in Sodom, and those who had rejected the prophets. He witnessed to them that He was the Answer to every prophet’s message, the Mighty Conqueror. But they had passed between death and life, the separating line and there was no hopes for them. He went into the regions of the devils, demons, He scattered them. And right to the very pits of dark hell He went, still in existence. Though His body was quiet on the cross, He was still the great and Mighty Conqueror. And after nineteen hundred years has passed, He’s still the Mighty Conqueror. And He will forever be the Mighty Conqueror. Then when He got to the very doors of hell, if we could use a little drama here, the devil step out and say, “So I finally got You. So You’ve finally arrived. I tried to destroy that Seed all along. I destroyed Abel, I thought I had You. When I destroyed the prophets, I thought I had You. I was sure when I got John that I got You. But now, here You are, and You’re in my kingdom, and You’re under my domain, and You’re in my power, for You died as a sinner.” I can hear Him say, “Satan, I am the virgin-born Son of God. My Blood’s still wet on the cross. I have met every just requirement for Adam’s fallen race, and I’ve come down here to conquer and to take over.” Amen. Reached to the devil and grabbed the keys of death and hell, and hung them on His Own side, and kicked him into the pits where he belongs. Still the Mighty Conqueror.

41. THIRSTING FOR LIFE — 1959-04-14

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• ¶113–¶116 I’m waiting, holding off just a little while longer. Well, who would raise up their hand, say, “Brother Branham, I know I’m wrong, pray for me to have courage enough to come”? We don’t believe in going back and getting people now, I don’t do that. If the Holy Spirit can’t convince you enough that you’re wrong, to come down here and be right… Now, what if just now, you would feel something moving, this temple would go to falling in, or an earthquake had struck this city, or a bomb had struck somewhere, it’s just turning to powder, you’re going to be gone? What would you do? Are you all ready to go? God bless you, lady. God bless you, sir. That’s right. God bless you. Yeah, whole family coming. That’s good. Come. That’s right. God bless you, lady. Come right on down now to the altar. Listen, it’s the most gallant thing that you ever done, was to come to Christ. If you’re not sure you’re right with God, don’t wait too long. There’s going to be a resurrection one of these days, and Jesus is coming. I… You say, “I’ve heard that for a long time, Brother Branham.” But this may be the last time you ever hear it. Remember, this may be the end of the time for you tonight, you may never have an opportunity. Before morning, you may be pressing a dying pillow, and the veins cooling off in your arms. Come. That’s right. That’s right. Come right out. That’s good.