THE MOST IMPORTANT DETAILS OF THE LORD'S COMING

 

1 In 1933 at the Ohio river at Jeffersonville, while Bro. Branham was baptising some of his new converts, the Angel of the Lord descended from the sky, and He said: " As John the Baptist forerun the first coming of Christ, YOUR MESSAGE will FORERUN the second coming of Christ. We understand to FORERUN means to teach and explain the coming of the Lord BEFORE it actually takes place.

 

2 Bro. Branham said that the Second Coming of the Lord is the greatest event that ever happens in ALL human history, or ever will. In the Breach he said “this is the most sublime thing in the Scriptures.” There are descriptions of this event all over the message, but the clearest and best explanations are in the opening of the 7 written Seals in March 1963. It really started in December 1962 already when Bro. Branham had a vision at his house, he saw little birds sitting in a bush, and then they flew away. Then bigger birds came to sit there, and they also flew away. He said those birds represent the first and the second pull in his ministry.

 

3 Then there came a terrific blast, and 7 Angels appeared. He said They were mighty Angels dressed in white, and an anointing came on him that he could hardly move, and for a whole week he was in a daze because of that anointing. He did not know what this visitation meant, he thought it might be his end. Then the Lord told him to move from Jeffersonville to Tucson, which he did, but he was still worried about the meaning of that blast. Then he went up on top of a mountain to pray, and as he put his hands up, and asking the Lord what that great blast meant, a sword came into his hand. He said it was razor sharp at the front and at the back. Later he explained that means that in one way it cuts the unbelievers off, and the other side of the sword is to circumcise our hearts and understanding, and to cut off the worldly distractions. Then a voice said, this is not your end, it means there is a further part of your ministry coming. He was very happy and he went home, and he told his wife that he is not going to die.

 

4 Shortly after that, while he and 2 brothers hunted wild pigs on Sunset mountain, another huge blast happened, and the 7 Angels appeared to him again. This time they took him into their midst and told him to go back to Jeffersonville for the opening of the 7 Seals. Then those Angels ascended up into the sky, and as he was watching them going up, they formed that cloud of which we have the picture, showing us that the Lord will come as a Judge.

 

5 21 ONE.IN.A.MILLION 65-0424 Seven Angels, just as clear as you're standing here, came sweeping down from Heaven. The rocks in the mountains rolled out and down the hills, and--and people standing there were screaming and going on, you know, and the dust flying everywhere. And when it was, He said, "Return to your home. Now will be, each Angel will be one of the Seals of the Seven Seals."

 

6 In the Seals book, paragraph 141 in the BREACH gives us a very important explanation of what the opening of these 7 written Seals is all about, and what the real purpose is. Bro. Branham says that ALL what Christ WILL DO at the END will be revealed to us THIS WEEK... as the Seals BREAK and are released to us, THEN we can see what this GREAT PLAN of Redemption is, and WHEN and HOW it's GOING to be DONE. The opening of the 7 written Seals is exactly fulfilling what the Angel of the Lord told Bro. Branham in 1933 at the Ohio river, that this is that previously sealed forerunning mystery which will be revealed in detail BEFORE it will actually take place in real life. There are at least 70 quotes in his preaching in that week which clearly explain that AFTER the last one has come into the fold, then the church ages will be finished, and the Lord will gather together ALL the saints of all ages, the living and the dead at His Throne in the third Heaven. This is one of the greatest mysteries in the message, which is that translation of the living saints up to the third Heaven.

 

The making of the Midnight Cry

 

7 Bro. Branham does not say much about this translation of the living endtime saints. In 247 IS THIS THE SIGN...62-1230E he says that this translation of the living saints at the end of this age is one of the greatest mysteries, and in par. 293 he warns us that only a very few will understand it, and be saved and translated at that time. In 226 ABSOLUTE 62-1230M, he says that to be ready for the final climax yonder, we must have this rapturing faith, and it is laying in the message. For this final climax, the Lord will send His Angels to gather together His elect Bride (Mark 13:27), the LIVING saints from the uttermost parts of the earth, from every nation, kindred and tongue, and the DEAD in Christ who are spread all over the uttermost parts of Heaven. All the elect saints will be waiting for that midnight cry to gather us together, which is also described in Matt. 25:1+6+10 and 24:31, and in Ephesians 1:10. Psalm 50:4-6 is another Scripture which explains this call to gather together the LIVING and the DEAD, and to be judged in righteousness, and to be fully redeemed by God. Isaiah 1:27 also confirms the reason for this gathering of the completed Bride.

 

8 Mt. Transfiguration is another perfect example to confirm the presence of the living saints and the dead saints at the coming of the Lord. In 388 UNCERTAIN SOUND 60-1218, Bro. Branham said that Moses represented the ones that had died, and was sleeping in the grave, and Elijah represented the translated ones, who didn't have to die. In 315 IT IS THE RISING OF THE SUN 65-0418M, Bro. Branham says, “Now look at transfiguration. We was, every one, represented there. There was the living saints that had raptured, there was Elijah standing there; and there stood Moses, the dead saints repre-... Also, both of them had quickening Power. Whether one died, and the other didn't die, they're ALL there.” In 227 EASTER SEAL 65-0410 Bro. Branham said that it was quickening power that took him behind the curtain of time, and “It's quickening power that'll catch US away,” and quickening power come in these last days. The KJV Bible mentions this Judgment of the QUICK and the DEAD 3 times, which means the quick are the LIVING saints who will be translated to Heaven by that same quickening power which translated Bro. Branham in 1960 behind the curtain of time.

 

9 Then at that time, the Lord Jesus will leave the Mercy Seat, the blood on the Altar will be removed, and all intercessions and Grace and Mercy will end. Then the Lord, the Lamb of God will appear in His nail-scarred body "as It had been slain," as Rev. 5:6 tells us, and then He will walk up to the Throne and take the Book out of the right hand of Him that's sitting upon the Throne. In those 70 quotes in the Seals book, which explain the second coming of the Lord time and again and over and over, 25 of them mention that the Lord will "take the Book" at that time and place. That timing of “TAKE THE BOOK” is the greatest stumbling block which causes the greater majority of the worldwide message following to ignore this most important part, as if it does not exist. But our Prophet calls that the GREATEST EVENT in all human HISTORY, or ever will be, and the most SUBLIME thing in the Scriptures. But they disregard it because they missed or dispute the fact that there are 2 times 7 Seals opened at different times.

 

10 In Rev. 5:1, John saw in the hand of God a Book written within, AND on the backside, sealed with 7 Seals. There are 2 entities, the first one “written within,” and then the other one on the back side. Bro. Branham tells us that on the backside means when the first "written within" section is completed, then AFTER that, then the second event will take place, on the back (or after) of the first section. He said that to reveal and explain the "written within" section is his ministry, as Rev.10:7 tells us, that is to open up, and reveal and “unseal” the written word in the Bible. Bro. Branham's prophetic ministry cannot add anything which is not written in the Bible, as Rev. 22:18 says. His "written within" taped message was preached over 18 years, and it was fulfilled in December 1965. But it did not end there, this message still has to go into every nation, and kindred and tongue, and only AFTER the last sheep has come into the fold, then on the back of that, only then the second event will literally take place, as the FORERUNNING messenger has explained it from the LITTLE BOOK, which is the Bible. Bro. Branham explains the opening of the Little Book in the first Seal at par.197 and 198, he says we are breaking THEM NOW. He also refers to the 7 written Seals as the “Seals of the Bible.”

 

11 There are 2 options to the interpretation of Rev. 5:1, even so it only mentions 7 Seals. The first option is that those 7 Seals includes both sections, to apply all 7 to the "written within," AND the "backside” section. The second option is that there are 7 Seals to reveal the mystery of the section "written within" in the LITTLE BOOK, the Bible, to the end time Bride only, AND the 7 LAST or 7 DIFFERENT Seals to reveal the mysteries on the "backside" which are sealed in the GREAT BOOK, which is the Lamb's Book of Life, which will be loosed to ALL the saints of All ages, from Adam to the last one. Both options are possible, so which one is the right one? If the first option would be the right one, as just about everybody believes it is, and when all 7 of the Seals were opened in March 1963, then there are no more Seals left to be opened at the manifestation of the second section at the backside of the Book. Yes, there are certainly 2 times 7 Seals opened at different times, there are hundreds of million fellow Bride members who have died over the past 6000 years, and all of them are waiting all over the uttermost parts of Heaven for that greatest day to be gathered together (Mark 13:27) with the translated living saints before the Throne. We, the LIVING and the DEAD, we will witness and see with our OWN EYES (par.137 Breach) our Kinsman Redeemer to take that GREAT BOOK out of the right hand of God on the Throne, and judge and fully redeem each and every one individually and personally as OVERCOMER of sin and unbelief. Our righteous Holy Spirit directed works, which are recorded and SEALED in the Lamb's Book of Life will be shown like a film on the canvas of the sky, as they were foreseen by God since before the foundation of the world.

 

12 As Bro. Branham said in many places, the Breach is placed BETWEEN the seven church ages and the 7 Seals. We are still in the church ages, the Breach is still a future event, it will start AFTER the church ages have ended. Rev. 4:1 is the start of the Breach, it says AFTER these things... AFTER the church ages! Can the 5 fold ministry not see that there are still 7 Seals to be opened, which has to take place AFTER the Breach? The message and the Bible are very clear about that, or where else can you put Revelation 5:6 and 7? That will be those 7 LAST (193 61-0806), or 7 OTHER (239 62-1230E) or 7 DIFFERENT (145 63-0317E) Seals, as Bro. Branham calls it? This is surely confirmed in the Bible, and in the message, this makes Revelation chapter 5 the greatest chapter in the Bible, and in verses 6 and 7 John describes and explains the very minutes of the actual LITERAL second coming of the Lord in Glory.

 

13 We are still in the 7 church ages, but very near the end of it. But as we are told, we are studying the great PLAN of Redemption which was unsealed in March 1963 to correctly understand what Christ will do at the END, and WHEN and HOW it's going to be done, as we are told in par.141 in the Breach. In Rev. chapter 5 we get the Scriptural report of it, and in the Breach from par. 155 to 160 Bro. Branham gives us his version of the same event, which he has most likely seen in a vision. On the tape 175 60-1231 he says that John represented the entire church; that every man or woman, boy or girl that ever believed in Christ... he'll be summoned someday to "Come up hither," and be caught UP before the tribulation.

 

14 In par.155 in the Breach, Bro. Branham confirmed this translation of John once again. To be part of that occasion, we must have that great translation faith, and not pull back, or else we will be left behind, as Matth. 24:40 tells us. Then John did, or rather WE will SEE God on His Throne with this Book in His hand, which is the Lamb's Book of Life, which also includes the TITLE DEED of Redemption, and it is sealed with 7 Seals. Let us not forget, this will take place AFTER the church ages have ceased, these facts are those forerunning explanations.

 

“Here is the ONLY WAY you will ever be REDEEMED”

 

15 In par. 157, the Prophet mentions a strong Angel to proclaim with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to take and to open this Book, who was able to do it?" Then Bro. Branham gets very excited, and he says, "Here is the Book of Redemption, here is the Plan of Redemption, here is the ONLY WAY you'll EVER be REDEEMED..." Can we really fully comprehend what that means? The ONLY WAY means the only time, the only place, the only possibility, the only chance! There is no question that ALL those who John saw, who will be standing there in their Theophany bodies at that time, who got that far, they have already made it, and none of them can fail any more. But looking at the Internet and other informations about what is preached all over in the worldwide message, then the picture looks very SCARY. In most parts these vital facts of the message and the Bible are completely disregarded. Some "spiritualise" it, they use a quote which says that "We are the Book," and then they are saying when you are in the message, and you eat the Book, then you are in the Book, and you are already included in Rev. chapter 5. That has no relation whatsoever with this event as it is explained in Rev. chapter 5.

 

16 In par.158, Bro. Branham explains that John said that no man IN heaven, and no man ON earth was found worthy, no man BENEATH the earth, that ever lived and died was found worthy. In the Bible we see it in the verses Rev. 5:3 and 13, but how can we all be gathered in Heaven, and all of us at the same time to be ON the earth, and UNDER the earth, and IN the sea? I never seen an explanation from Bro. Branham of those Scriptures, but we have a perfect example which shows us what it means. In 1960, the Lord took Bro. Branham out of his body, and he tells us that he was translated to the first Heaven to meet his converts who had died. From up there, looking behind him, he saw his corporal body ON the earth, next to his sleeping wife. While he was UP there, HE represented the translated living saints, and as he turned, he saw thousands of Brothers and Sisters coming, all of them running towards him, they are referred to as the DEAD in Christ, and they called Bro. Branham “Our precious brother.”

 

17 Those brothers and sisters hugged him, and they were very happy to see him, and he could feel them. All of them were in their Theophany bodies, while their corporal bodies still remain UNDER the earth in their graves, and some IN the SEA where they perished. They told him that they are waiting there for the coming of the Lord, and then he will be judged first, and he will be accepted, and then they all will be judged and accepted, and fully redeemed. After that, then we all together will come back to the earth to receive our GLORIFIED bodies. That is what they told Bro. Branham when he visited them behind the curtain of time. That will be when "death is swallowed up in victory," as Paul said in 1 Cor.15:54. At Genesis chapter 3:19, God sentenced Adam and Eve to death in the flesh for their sins, and they did go back to the dust UNDER the earth, and later others died also IN the sea. Romans 5:12 tells us that by one man's sin death entered into the world, and passed upon all men. But on that day of our full redemption, the same Judge will reverse that Judgment, and He will tell us OVERCOMERS individually: “Well done my good and faithful servant... enter into the joys of the Lord.”

 

No full Redemption without the Kinsman Redeemer

 

18 Only a Kinsman can take that Book out of the right hand of Almighty God, no Angel or anything else can do it. As John 1:14 tells us, God made eventually His own Word flesh, to be the only begotten of the Father, and He qualified to be that perfect Kinsman Redeemer. Then in par.160 in the Breach, Bro. Branham must have seen in the vision this huge gathering before the Throne, he tells us that it came from Adam all the way down through all the Apostles, and prophets and everyone else. Referring to the Apostles, that reminds me of Acts 1:9 to11 when the Lord Jesus had summoned the Apostles for the last time, and after He had spoken to them, He was taken up till the clouds covered Him. Then 2 Angels appeared to the Apostles and informed them that just as they saw Him going up to Heaven, in like manner they will see Him coming back. That promise will also be fulfilled at that greatest event in human history, on the day of our full Redemption. Continuing in par.160, Bro. Branham also mentions Elijah and Moses, and all those who had died, all the holy men, and Job and the Sages.

 

19 We read that Job saw the flowers die down, and then they sprout again. But when a man dies and is buried in the grave, then he is gone and never to be seen again. Elihu told Job that the flowers did not sin, that is why they sprouting again. But man has sinned, and therefore he can not rise again. Then Elihu told Job that one day the Holy One will come, and He will step into the Breach and reach out to the holy God, and to sinful man, and then reconcile them together again, and only then shall men rise again. This will happen when the Kinsman Redeemer will come forth and step into the Breach, and reach out to the Holy God and take the Book out of His right hand, and He will show our Holy Spirit directed, righteous works on the canvas of the sky. They are recorded and sealed in that Book, which is the Lamb's Book of Life, and our Kinsman Redeemer in His nail-scarred body will be standing there as our attorney to declare that we are faultless and blameless, and that all our confessed sins are forgiven, and that He suffered for our sins that we can be declared totally sinless on THAT DAY.

 

20 There is another connection with Job and the day of Redemption. In 1936 at a Jesus only convention, Bro. Branham admired a minister preaching from Job chapter 38. God speaking to Job, when God asked him: “Where were you when the morning stars sang together, and ALL the sons of God shouted for joy?” Then Bro. Branham said that “He brought them down the horizontal rainbow to the second COMING.” ALL the sons of God shouting for joy can only happen at the second coming of the Lord, because that will be AFTER the very last one has come in, when the “purchased possession” is complete, as Eph.1:14 tells us. Then it will happen, then ALL the Morning stars will be gathered together, the living and the dead. We all will sing together, and ALL the sons of God will shout for joy at the Lord's coming, as explained in Revelation 5:9 to 14, when we will be fully redeemed by our Kinsman Redeemer.

 

21 REVELATION 5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

 

22 From Adam to the very last one, each and every one will be personally and individually confirmed (1 Cor.1:8) to be blameless and faultless on that glorious day, with exceeding joy, as Jude 24 says. How sure can we be that all this is true? At Questions and Answers on the Seals, in par. 266, a brother asked: In Rev. verse 5:9, who are these found singing when the Lamb takes the Book... are these the raptured saints? At that time it was very late already, and Bro. Branham had promised to still pray for the sick, and under that pressure he did not answer that question correctly. He said NO, these are NOT the saints, that's the heavenly group...

 

23 When he was trying to answer the next question, he realised that there was something wrong. Then a brother asked him to read that first question again, and when he read it again he saw the mistake, and he corrected it, saying: “I was wrong on that... Sure it was the Bride...” and he apologised profusely for this error. That slip was embarrassing for him, but for us to see the Lord stopping His Prophet, and to make him to correct that error, that is a sure sign that Rev. 5:9 is absolutely one of the correct descriptions of the second coming of the Lord, and it was confirmed by the Lord Himself. About 3500 years ago, the Lord told Job about the day when ALL the sons of God will be shouting for joy, and today he is still waiting somewhere in Heaven with the other hundreds of millions predestinated saints for that day of our full redemption to arrive. But that is not all of it, there is still another infallible confirmation from the Lord Jesus about His second coming at that greatest event in ALL human history.

 

24 In the Gospel of John, at the end of chapter 21, the Lord told Peter 3 times to feed His sheep. Then in verse 21 Peter asked Jesus what John will do? Jesus answered and said: "If he tarry till I come, what is that to you?" John truly did not die till he had seen the coming of the Lord in Glory. He had to tarry 62 years, from AD 33 to AD 95 till the time when he was banished to the island of Patmos, and from there he was translated in the Spirit into the Lord's day (Rev.1:10) which is the day of the Coming of the Lord, which is still a future event. There he saw and experienced the second coming of the Lord in every detail, and about 1930 years ago, he added it to the Bible at Revelation chapters 4 and 5, that now we can also see it in these FORERUNNING Scriptures just BEFORE it will actually take place. Now we can see again that the explanation of the Lord's coming in Rev. 5 is absolutely the truth, because we see that about 2000 years ago it was already endorsed and confirmed by the Lord Jesus Himself.

 

25 Let us come back to the last 2 lines at par.160 in the Breach, it says EVERYONE was standing there, and nobody was worthy to look at the Book, let alone take It and break the Seals. To me, that means EVERYONE will have to include me, and this promise is confirmed in par.137 in the Breach. There Bro. Branham explains that God took on the form of a man, so He could die, to redeem man. Then he said: “Wait till WE SEE HIM, when there's nobody worthy.” Isn't this wonderful? I can hardly wait any longer. Oh what a day THAT will be, when my Jesus I will see, and I look upon His face, the One Who saved me by His Grace... I wonder what my new name will be? And what the Lord's new name will be? At Q.+A. in the Seals, par. 98, somebody asked what the new name will be on the people of Rev. 3:12? He gave them the obvious answer, he said: “I DON'T know what that is, It will be made known when we GET THERE.” Let us make sure that we know how to GET there, and be ready and able to meet our Lord. That will be the only time and place, and the only possibility to meet Him. Nobody knows when, could it be before the end of 2026? We don't know, but it's possible!

 

The Scriptural continuation from the 7 written Seals to the 7 last Seals

 

26 At 359 IS THIS THE SIGN... 62-1230E, Bro. Branham indicated that there is a Scriptural continuation from the opening of the 7 Seals in 1963 to the opening of the 7 last Seals. We learned from the opening of the 7 written Seals in 1963 that the 4 horse riders are satanic powers that try to deceive the Bride, the same as the serpent deceived Eve. In the first 3 ages, a lion like Holy Spirit baptism was given to the church to stand up to the evil white horse rider, and in the 4th age an ox like Holy Spirit baptism was given to the church to rather accept death by the red horse rider and to be sacrificed, than to compromise on the word of God. The black horse rider tried to pervert the word of God in the next 3 ages, and the church was given a man like Holy Spirit baptism to know which is right and which is wrong. One of these days the pale horse rider will take over the whole world, and we with the supernatural flying eagle baptism at the promised short and powerful latter rain outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and with the help of the 3^rd pull we will withstand him for some time, till the Rapture will take us out of here. These explanations of the 7 Seals which are written in the Bible do not give us much information, most of them are only 2 verses, and they can be explained in a few minutes. Most of it is historic, which has taken place during the past 2000 years. But there is more to it.

 

27 Next in this Scriptural continuation is Revelation chapters 2 and 3, which show us a short description of all 7 church ages. The Lord Jesus told John to address each age to the angel messenger, and end each age with a personal promise, saying: “To HIM that overcometh.” We know that every message produces true believers, but also make-believers and unbelievers. The true believers are those who are predestinated to be part of the Bride, they are justified, and sanctified and baptised with the Holy Spirit to be anointed, and to be led to OVERCOME the perversions of God's word by the relevant satanic horse riders. In the first 3 ages, with that lion like Holy Spirit anointing of strength and fearlessness, they resisted and overcame the white horse riders deceiving actions. As history tells us, in the 4th age millions overcame that horrible red horse rider with their ox like leading of the Holy Spirit, to rather accept death than to compromise on God's Word. The same principle applies to the saints of every other age, all those heroic deeds of every individual OVERCOMER are recorded in the Lamb's Book of Life. At the end of every age, the Lord Jesus Himself says that to “HIM (or HE) that OVERCOMETH, I will give...” He promised that HE will give EVERY overcomer personally and individually a reward. That ought to be a huge incentive for each of us individual saints to prepare our hearts and our souls, and our mind to make sure not to miss that gathering.

 

28 From there, the Scriptural continuation leads us to Ephesians 1:13+14. To be baptised and sealed with the Holy Spirit is essential, because that is the earnest of our inheritance. What will our inheritance be? In Genesis 1:28, after God had created man, He said to Adam: Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over everything. That was what is called the Title Deed of the whole earth, which God gave to Adam. After the fall, God took it back again to Himself. Later on, when Jesus rose from the dead, and Mary wanted to touch Him, He said: “Touch me not... I ascend unto my Father and your Father; and unto my God and your God.” The Spirit of the fullness of God had left Him at Gethsemane that He could die as a man, because God cannot be tortured and killed, and sent to hell to meet Satan. On that Easter Sunday morning Jesus ascended up to Heaven, and He was judged and accepted as overcomer of death, hell and the grave. He had also redeemed the Title Deed back again to Himself, and there and then He could have taken it out of the right hand of God, but as Bro. Branham says, He wants to share that inheritance with His Bride. Then the Spirit of God's fullness that had left Him, It came back into Him again, and He came back to earth again to His disciples, and He told them: “All power is given unto Me in Heaven and in earth...”

 

29 Our predestinated inheritance is registered in that Title Deed, but up to now we have only the earnest of that promise, as Ephesians 1:14 says. We have to wait till the last one is brought into the fold, then the Bride, the purchased possession will be complete. Then the earnest will become reality on that glorious day of our full Redemption. In Eph. 4:30, the Bible says: And grieve not the Holy Spirit, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of Redemption. No not the resurrection, the full redemption has to be BEFORE the resurrection. Bro Branham says most times unto YOUR Redemption, and also unto the day when Jesus comes for YOU. Then the Scriptural continuation brings us to THAT DAY, which is explained in Revelation chapter 22. Verse 10 says, “Seal not the sayings...” Daniel wanted to know when the end will be, and in Daniel 12:13 he was told: “Thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. In Rev.10:4 John was not allowed to write what he heard, he was told to SEAL IT. In Rev. 22:10, the same Voice told John: Seal NOT the sayings of the prophecy... the time is at hand. That means that then the loosening of the 7 LAST Seals will be at hand, at that time.

 

30 Verse 11 mentions the unjust, the filthy, the righteous and the holy ones. Bro. Branham mentions this verse most times when he describes what the situation will be when Christ has left the Mercy seat. Then the unjust and the filthy cannot change any more to become righteous or holy, without the blood and grace and mercy, such changes are no more possible. Then in verse 12 we see the actual coming of the Lord, the day of our full Redemption, which is the manifestation of the 7th Seal, and the Adoption, the Judgment of the righteous saints, as also revealed behind the curtain of time, the same event as Rev. 5, and the opening of the 7 LAST Seals, and the only way, time, place, and possibility to ever be redeemed. This is also the greatest event in all human history, that ever will be, and the most sublime in the Bible.

 

31 Let us come back to the Easter Sunday morning, after the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. He told Mary not to touch Him, because His redeeming task was not yet complete. The anointing of the fullness of God had left Him at Gethsemane, and now came the last part which He had to do as a man on His own. He ascended up to God, to be judged as a OVERCOMER of death, hell and the grave. He passed every test, and He was accepted to take back the Title Deed which Adam lost. Right there, He could have taken it from the right hand of Almighty God, but He wants to share it with His Bride. Therefore every predestinated saint has to qualify first like He did, as an OVERCOMER of sin and unbelief. After the last one has come in, we all together will face the same Judgment before the Throne of God like He did. Nobody can fail when we will be judged, all our works will be accepted. And what will be our inheritance? As Joshua divided the inheritance to the Israelites in the promised land, so will the Lord on that day divide the whole earth to His Bride, according to the predestinated portions which are recorded in the Title Deed. Could any true believer afford to miss that day? And lose their inheritance?

 

32 Isaiah 53:10 says that it pleased the LORD to bruise Him, and to make His soul an offering for sin, but on that day He shall see His seed, for each and every one of us He did bear our iniquities. In Rev. 22:12 He tells us that He will come quickly, and His reward with Him, as He has promised us in Rev. chapters 2 and 3, to every OVERCOMER, to give us personally and individually our REWARD. It says that those rewards are according as our works shall be. All over the message, Bro. Branham explains that our actions are recorded in Heaven, and our thoughts, our words we speak, and our deeds. He says that will be shown like a film on the canvas of the sky, on that day. There we will see how the saints suffered during the dark ages, every individual will have his own story, we will see Luther saying at the council that he will not recant his revelation, and all those millions of testimonies of those brave brothers and sisters throughout all the ages, all of it will be openly displayed, from Adam to the last one.

 

33 On that glorious day we will receive our new name, and that name will have a meaning, which will reveal our individual characteristics. There is an interesting quote in the sermon 79 THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 58-0928M, it says: When the body has been formed, and that last name that's on the Book will be recognised here on earth, the Books are closed, for it is completed, the STORY of redemption has been READ completely. Then we go to SEE Him and to meet Him in the resurrection. Bro. Branham taught us that the true believers will know that we become an attribute of God. He tells us that we become God's thoughts expressed into word, and we become what we are. That's the reason our new names were put into the Lamb's Book of Life before the foundation of the world. All the new names which the hundreds of million saints will receive will make up all of the completed attributes of God, and expressed already by the Bride of all ages. All our new names together, all the hundreds of millions in the right order will spell out the full redemption story, at that time and place. That is the reason that there cannot be one more, or one less on that glorious day of our full redemption, because that would throw out the exact order of the redemption story.

 

34 Bro. Branham said that Revelation chapter 5 is the most important chapter in the entire Bible. The climax of the 18 years of Bro. Branham's taped message preaching was the opening of the 7 Seals in March 1963. Later he said that Christ is the one who opened those Seals, and Christ IS those Seals. But up to now, I have never heard of anyone in the worldwide Message following who understands the second coming of the Lord as explained in this chapter. In 1963, the Message as we know it was not yet established, therefore the opening of the 7 Seals at that time was mostly for the Pentecostals, who completely rejected it. But why do the Message followers also reject it, as the Pentecostals did? That rejection of the Lord's coming puts Christ on the outside, and crucifies Him again, as Bro. Branham said in his INDICTMENT sermon. We can bring this great tragedy down to one sentence, in the BREACH par.157 he said: “HERE IS THE ONLY WAY YOU'LL EVER BE REDEEMED,” that will be the only possibility, the only place, and the only TIME. Could anybody ignore, omit and disregard these true facts and still claim to be a message believer? I trust that this chapter will be helpful for many who still search and study with a sincere heart to be ready for that greatest event that ever was or ever will be, the second Coming of the Lord Jesus in glory, as told in Rev. chapter 5. God bless you.

 

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