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Bro Branham taught that the true Bride of Christ is predestinated and elected, like Mary who was chosen as a virgin to bring forth the Word without denominational mixture, remaining pure and separate from hybrid churches that join councils and creeds. Evidence: [THE SPOKEN WORD IS THE ORIGINAL SEED 1 — 62-0318: ¶534–¶540]
He described the elect as those pulled out by the Holy Spirit through revivals in every age, forming the true Church that God gathers from denominations, which die once they organize, while the Bride receives the pure original Seed-Word without leaven or creed. Evidence: [THE SPOKEN WORD IS THE ORIGINAL SEED 1 — 62-0318: ¶832–¶836]; [GOD’S ONLY PROVIDED PLACE OF WORSHIP — 65-1128M: ¶154–¶157]
Separation from denomination is essential, as the Bride cannot be married to Christ the Word while joined to worldly creeds or boards; she must die to one or the other, reflecting Christ's character through obedience to the Holy Ghost-led Word for the hour, not man-made systems. Evidence: [THE INVISIBLE UNION OF THE BRIDE OF CHRIST — 65-1125: ¶53–¶59]; [THE CHOOSING OF A BRIDE — 65-0429E: ¶78–¶86]
The true Church opposes denominational hybrids like Christ's Bride opposed Eve's mixture, manifesting as a virgin Word-Bride in this age, positioned in heavenly places by attributes of God, displaying the present-hour revelation against Laodicean formality. Evidence: [THE FOURTH SEAL — 63-0321: ¶282–¶292]; [THINGS THAT ARE TO BE — 65-1205: ¶32b–¶35]
The true Bride, hallelujah, there’s going to be One. Why? She’s predestinated. She won’t be denominated, because She’s predestinated. [...] When Christ, the Word, comes to the Bride, She’ll be the same as He is, a virgin by the Word. [THE SPOKEN WORD IS THE ORIGINAL SEED 1 — 62-0318: ¶534–¶540]
So is the church, when she tries to mix creed and denomination with the Word of God. She can’t be married to a denomination, and be the Bride of Christ, at the same time. [THE INVISIBLE UNION OF THE BRIDE OF CHRIST — 65-1125: ¶57–¶59]
Christ ain’t going to take a Bride like that. [...] She must have His character in her. The real, true, borned-again Church must have the—the character that was in Christ. [THE CHOOSING OF A BRIDE — 65-0429E: ¶78–¶82a]
For full context and to verify wording, read the full sermon and cited paragraphs in The Table: The Table (plain link: https://table.branham.org/)
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