"There is popular doctrine which is taught worldwide that says, "Since the perfect Word came, gifts are done away from the Church," did Brother Branham say so?"

Answer:: This is a heresy which is built upon misinterpreted statements of Brother Branham. I would draw your attention to where this doctrine is based. Brother Branham said something like that. Now people with carnal minds, who are not born again and out of the spirit, try to figure out the Word of God. When you try to figure out the Word of God with a carnal mind you are going to make a heresy. Anytime you are not born again and you think that you know something, think you could interpret the Bible, could lead yourself, lead your family and break down the Word of God to them, remember the Word of God. "Except a man be born again, he cannot see (UNDERSTAND) the kingdom of God." (John 3:3). And if you are not born again, you are the biggest fool to try to interpret the scripture and lead somebody else. The Bible says you're blind, so that settles the case. Alright, notice the kinds of seeds that were in people's minds after the opening of the Seals. Those seeds from back there grew into trees and bore fruits right around the world. They asked Brother Branham this question:

Quote: 1030-Q-302 "Please explain I Corinthians 13:8-12. Now that the perfect Word is restored to the church are these verses fulfilled?

Now, is there anything perfect but God? No, sir. Is God the perfect? In the beginning was the [Congregation replies, "Word."--Ed.] and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Word's still God. See? All right. When that which is perfect is come, that which is in part is done away with." (Questions and Answers 64-0823e).

Now this person in asking this question has in mind the gifts being done away with, so they asked Brother Branham this question and he answered. Now Brother Branham did not go on to explain 1 Corinthian 13: 8-12 and put a dividing line, but said that the perfect Word has come, and the Word is God.

Quote: 1005-56 "I Corinthians 13 says this: "When that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away with." So all these little things of jumping up-and-down like a kid, trying to talk in tongues, and all these other things, when that which is perfect... And we do have today, by God's help, the perfect interpretation of the Word with Divine vindication. Then that which is in part is done away with." (Questions and answers 64-0823E).

Now men have arisen since that time and took these little quotations here as their basis and the interpretation that follows is that, "Since the full Word was restored, the Church has no more gifts." This is a Seals related heresy. They went a little further and said, "Since the opening of the Seals the Church don't have any gifts, the reason for that is that the perfect Word of God has come."

For a little enlightenment, this is the Scripture under discussion: "Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away." (1 Corinthians 13: 8-10). Upon those verses this heresy is built, they say that, "The perfect Word is now come by Malachi 4 at the opening of the Seals, and because of that the gifts has ceased in the Church,"

They perverted the scripture. Number one, they limited "that which is perfect" to be the Word only, which is wrong. "The letter killeth but the spirit giveth life." "That which is Now if the gifts ceased in 1963 when the Seals were opened, why did Brother Branham continue to work signs, wonders and miracles? Why did he go on having meetings, having discernment lines, healing the sick and all kinds of miracles until the time of his departure? Now, that alone shows it's a wrong interpretation, it's a heresy and it's a lie of the devil and that they have misinterpreted the scriptures!perfect" is not only the letter of the Word, but it is God.

What was Brother Paul trying to achieve when he divided the gifts of the Spirit in 1 Corinthians 12 and then in the thirteenth chapter show that there is a greater gift called charity? I will tell you the truth. The Corinthian church was a church like the one that was produced in 1906. Carnal, unregenerated people were partaking of spiritual gifts, because "gifts and callings are without repentance." (Romans 11:29). The Corinthian church was one of the worst churches that Paul had to deal with, and in that church the people who were now saved and came from idolatry, started to partake of the gifts of the spirit, speak in tongues and prophesy. One fellow was living with his stepmother. The women got ambitious and they wanted to preach. He had to set those things in order. They were like children. They came to Christianity and were more interested in the gifts of the Spirit, which is a direct type of so-called Pentecost of 1906.

Paul, finding that problem, he said, "How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying (1 Corinthian 14: 26). He told them how to behave in the House of God. The Corinthian church is a direct type of so-called Pentecost of 1906 and what we have today upon the earth. When you come into the church, one fellow rises up without any order and say, "I have an interpretation", the next fellow would say, "I have a Psalm," the next fellow would say, "I want to sing a special." One woman will rise and say, "I want to preach." Over there a next fellow say, "I have a revelation; I got a dream last night." The preacher would be preaching and the next fellow get up and started prophesying.

Paul knew what was the problem in the Corinth church. The problem is the same that Brother Branham met when he came to the so-called Pentecostal church. The people were built upon signs, wonders and miracles, tongues, interpretations and prophesy; never mind the Word. Do you get the picture? [Congregation say, "Amen!"] Brother Paul had to set this in order now. So being a wise man, he said, "Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. (1 Corinthians 12: 1-3). Brother Paul setting these gifts in order, he said, "Listen to me; you have a problem. You have just been converted from old dumb idol religions, you worshipped wood and stone. You dealt with demons. You used to prophesy, speak in tongues and write in tongues. You were devil worshippers. Now I want you to understand about these things. The church of God doesn't run like that."

The whole thing is that the people were manifesting gifts without the "Giver" in them. 1 Corinthians 12 is bringing out that the people were manifesting gifts without the true Seal of God, the article of Pentecost. When Brother Branham came on the scene he found the Corinthian church worldwide; (so-called Pentecost.) He found them manifesting gifts and preaching the gospel on the radio, on the television and on the field without the article of Pentecost. Brother Branham was not able to set those gifts in order all the days of his life.

Brother Paul finding the same problem said, "Listen to me brethren, this is the way that this is done. But I'm going to tell you something now, "Covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way." These gifts in 1 Corinthians 12 were operating without the Giver inside of them; without the article of Pentecost. Now the thirteenth chapter is only telling you about the Giver coming down inside of the people to operate the gifts. So this is the dividing line here. Charity is none other than the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the Pentecostal blessing. Charity is none other than the Capstone, and if you doubt me then look up at the Pyramid diagram. When Brother Branham preached Stature of a Perfect Man, he put "Holy Spirit on top." He put "Love" and there in the scripture he interpreted "Charity" to be the Capstone.

Brother Paul said, "Listen to me brethren, you are using those gifts out there without the Giver inside of you. God is love. Do what you're doing; I'm not going to condemn you, but I'm going to show you a better way." When you get God down inside of you the article of Pentecost, then you would operate these gifts in a perfect manner. Alright, hold it right there. You said, "Perfect manner?" Before the Apostles and whoever went up to Pentecost, those gifts were not being operated in a perfect manner. It was the unrighteous partaking of spiritual gifts. One time they brought a lunatic to the disciples and they could not cast the demon out. And from the time that devil seen Jesus coming straightway he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. And Jesus rebuked the devil. He departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, "Why could not we cast him out?" And Jesus said unto them, "Because of your unbelief." (Matthew 17:14-20, Mark 9:14-29). Now that goes to show that the gifts that were operated back in that time, were not set in order and were mixed with unbelief. They had some imperfection in the disciples and the Apostles.

Now these people in the Corinth church were operating these gifts without the Giver inside of them.

The Thirteenth chapter is telling you and giving you the evidence of when the Giver comes down inside of you, how you'll behave as a Christian. It tells you what is Charity. Charity is Love. Love is God.

Quote: "But when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part will be done away with." See, that's perfect. What is perfect? Love. What is love? God. Let us…go on to perfection. We're perfected through Christ. How do we get into It? By Holy Spirit baptism. (Hebrews.Chapter.5 57-0908m).

Quote: 45-5 "Brotherly kindness, the seventh thing… Next thing then add charity, which is love. That's the capping stone. One of these days in the church". (Stature.Of.A.Perfect.Man 62-1014m).

Brother Branham is confirming that Charity is Love, in accordance with the teaching of the Pyramid, the Capping Stone, which is the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. He says, "It is God." And how do we understand this scripture here today? "But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away." From 1906 right unto the present time, the Pentecostal world used all these nine divers gifts without the Giver inside of them. Now that the Seals are opened we have the perfect Word of God. Now that we have the perfect Word of God, we are about to receive the Capstone, which is Charity, which is Perfection, and when that which is perfect is come then all theses kinds of gifts from so-called Pentecost would be done away with. It's not the gifts going away from the Church but the gifts will be used by the Giver himself. The gift will be used by the Capstone itself. It will be in a perfect manner. I wish you get that as you should.

Alright, let me prove that again. These people in Corinth were using the gifts without the article of Pentecost. Brother Paul is saying, "Go ahead and do what you're doing, but when you get the article of Pentecost that's the time you would stop using those gifts in the way that you are using them." He said, "Right now you are misusing those gifts, because you are using them without the Giver in you. But when you get the Giver inside of you, then that would change the picture because the Giver is going to operate the gifts."

Quote: 1079-82 "So get Christ in your heart... Christ and the Holy Spirit's the same thing… And the Holy Spirit is that Anointing… And it's Christ in you anointing you…Then you got the right thing. Then He can use you to anything He wants to use you in, 'cause you're in the body and subject to any of those gifts. But see, to have one of the gifts outside of the body, it would do you no good. "Though I speak with tongues of men and Angels, have not charity, it profit me nothing. Though I have faith and can understand all the mysteries of God, profit me nothing. Though I give my body to be burnt as a sacrifice, give all my goods to the poor, though I have faith to move a mountain, I am nothing." See? Don't depend on those things. The Holy Spirit is a Being; It's God, God in you." (Questions And Answers 64-0830m).

Quote: E-28 "He could speak with tongues, both of men and of Angels, and still not have the Holy Ghost." Cause Paul says, 'Though I can speak with tongues of man and of angels and have not charity, I'm nothing. Though I can understand all knowledge and can interpret the Scriptures exactly right, without this baptism, I'm nothing." (Debate On Tongues 60-0807).

Additional quotations to prove that Charity is the article of Pentecost, the Capstone, the Giver himself, and the Love of the Holy Ghost can be found on: God in Simplicity 63-0317: 'Charity is the Holy Ghost', Revelation Book Of Symbols 56-0617: 'That which is perfect is the Love of The Holy Ghost', Identified With Christ 59-1220e: 'Charity is the Holy Ghost', Will I Find Faith When I Return 51-0508: 'Charity is the Giver', Works That I Do Bear Witness Of Me 51-0413: 'Charity, the Love of God makes us one in Christ.'

Quote: 290-1 {78} "Though I speak with tongue of men and angels and have not charity, it profit me nothing." See? So those things doesn't mean that you have the Holy Spirit. (Fourth Seal The 63-0321).

One thing that is going to stop all the fanaticism and "gifts in part," 1906 which the Prophet had to fight with all the days of his life, and that is, "When that which is perfect is come then that which is in part shall be done away with." What is perfect? God. And He comes into the Bride in the form of the Capstone by another Outpouring of the Holy Spirit. When that happens, the Giver comes down inside of the Bride in the full measure of the Holy Spirit, and at that time, every spiritual gift that belongs to the Church would be restored within one hour's time, and you and I would not be operating that but the Giver has come down inside of us to operate the gifts.

Quote: E-2 "I know the next thing to happen is the restoration of the gifts to the Church... God cannot give back the gifts to the Church as long as His Church is divided. We've got to get the Church together first 'fore the gifts can come. And every spiritual gift would be in the Church within a hour's time after it took place. Signs and wonders that was done by the apostles would be a minor thing to what would be if we could just get the Church together...O Christian people, bind yourselves together with one heart and one accord. For God cannot no more send the gifts to the Church while the Church is separated, than He can send the Holy Ghost unless we're in one accord. That's right. For it comes by the Holy Ghost. Believe it." (Angel Of God 48-0304). it

Quote: E-18 "I would rather have a church that knows nothing about any spiritual gift, and just be so in love with each other and with Christ, I'd rather have that than every spiritual gift operating in the church. Now, that might sound hard in a Pentecostal group, but I would rather have it. Where there is gifts, they'll fail. Where there is gifts, they'll bring confusion. Where there is gifts, they can be questioned. But where there is love, it is perfect. That's right. And if you had perfect love you'd have perfect gifts. That's right. So work first with love. That brings fellowship, and fellowship brings gifts." (Way to have fellowship 55-1009).

This is what Brother Branham wanted, not that dead thing that travelled up from 1906. He said, "I would rather do without the gifts that are being manifested today and wait until the Church comes to that Love, that Love Stone, that Capstone, and when that happens perfect gifts will follow."

Now Brother Branham was expecting the Capstone "Love." You could try to muster up how much Divine Love that you could muster up, there is only one thing that is going to bring Divine Love into you and that is the Capstone.

Quote: E-77 "I believe the time is coming... The manifestation of the gifts that's give to every man that profit with all. That's true. I believe gifts are wonderful, and we need them and respect them. But I believe the time's coming when it's going to be on a higher standard than that. Why, after all these things is done away, that which is love will endure forever. See? It's the love of God... We'll just be standing preaching like this or talking, and just the love will just settle over the building." (God keeps His Word 57-0407M).

Quote: 21-4 "And I heard a voice then that spoke to me that was in the room, said, "This is what you preached was the Holy Ghost. This is perfect love. And nothing can enter here without it. I am more determined than ever in my life that it takes perfect love to enter there… But whatever you do, friends, lay aside everything else till you get perfect love. Get to a spot that you can love everybody, every enemy, everything else. " (Rejected King 60-0515m).

I am saying, "Without Divine Love you would never go in the Rapture. You've got to have the Capstone, which is Divine Love, to go in the Rapture."

When I expose and preach against heresies, they try to use these quotations and say, "Love one another brother; without love you will never enter there." You are talking about "comprise" fellow. The Love of God is corrective. The only way that you will have the Love of God is to have a return of Pentecost and have the Capstone coming upon the Bride. Then and only then can you say, "Forgive them Father for they know not what they do." Only then you could be like Stephen and say, "Lay not this sin to their charge." Right now, my brothers and sisters, this old evil nature is ready to fight. You better talk the truth. Don't play a Christian and tell me you have Divine Love. The Capstone has got to come upon you for you to have Divine Love.

When I get Divine Love, I would know that I have Divine Love. Yes. I had an experience many years ago of that Divine Love. And in this experience, the Lord appeared to me and he was in a humble little place and he was sending forth his preachers two by two saying, "And you and you." And as he kept pointing out, two and two would run into different directions. And then I bowed my head and said, "The Lord is not telling me anything." Then he said, "And you." And immediately when he said that, Divine love settled over me that I could love my deadliest enemy and feel sorry for my worst enemy. And after I came out of that experience,

Nobody is going to fool me on Divine Love. I tell you right now friend, I haven't got what I experienced at that time with the Lord. The only thing would bring that love into you and the Church of God is that Capstone. Unless that Capstone comes, you are not going nowhere. Nobody is going to enter there without Divine Love. Nobody is going to enter there without the Capstone of God. So don't make-believe nothing friend. Don't let anybody fool you. When that love comes and settles over you it will operate the gifts in a perfect way. Did you notice how perfect Brother Branham's gifts were? Something was causing them to operate in a perfect way. Did you notice that Brother Branham had Divine Love? You ever read the book called 'The Eleventh Commandment?' And he counted out many miracles that were done only through Divine Love. The Church must come to that otherwise you are going nowhere.

"Did 1906 Pentecostals have the gifts without the Giver? They had the Holy Ghost; how can it be so?"

Answer:Brothers and sisters, the twelve Apostles and the seventy preachers had the Holy Ghost and the gifts, but they did not have the Giver inside of them. How can it be so? It was the age that they were living in. You could have the anointing of the Holy Spirit and you could manifest any gift of the Spirit; you could preach the Gospel, raise the dead, heal the sick and do any kind of miracle, and the Giver is not inside of you. The twelve and the seventy who manifested the gifts and the devils were subject to them, there came a time in their ministry that the Lord told them, "I would send you another Comforter and he would be in you, and in that day ask what you will and it shall be granted to you." (St. John 14:1-18). Right there I am proving to you my brothers and sisters overseas, that you could manifest these gifts by the Holy Ghost but the Holy Ghost is not in you. And that is what happened in 1906.

Quote: E-33 "Oh, you can say, "Now, Brother Branham, I tell you: I know what I've got it because I can pray for the sick and they can be healed. Brother Branham, God just revealed the Word to me like this, and that, and the other. I have a knowledge of the Word. You're wrong. I heal the sick. I speak with tongues. I do these things. I cast out devils." Jesus said, "Many will come to Me in that day with that same story. 'Lord, haven't I cast out devils in Your Name. Have I not prophesied in Your Name? In Your Name, have I done many mighty works?' And then I will confess to them, 'Depart from Me, you workers of iniquity. I don't even know you.'" That kind of changes the picture, doesn't it, brother?...

Don't never look at a man by what he can do in the sign of works. That's where he's nothing. He might heal the sick. He might have gifts of prophecy. He might understand all the knowledge…Prophesying is good; speaking in tongues is right. Interpretations is right. Shouting is right. But you can do those things without being first fundamentally baptized into Christ...That's not fruits of the Spirit; that's the gifts of the Spirit….Through faith you can do great things and yet not be borned again of the Spirit of God. Be careful there. It's a danger line, Pentecostal people. Don't claim everything you hear of God." (Position Of A Believer In Christ 55-0227a).

In 1906 there came a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit (Church Ages, page 377), and it anointed the people to do many signs and wonders. When the Prophet came, those same people rejected the Word. It goes to show they were not born again and did not have the Comforter inside of them. It goes to show that was not a return of Pentecost, nor the article of Pentecost. It goes to show that was not the Capstone, because if it was it would receive the Word by Malachi 4. It will say 'amen' to everything and it will believe that message; but they rejected Brother Branham, therefore, their natures were evil.

Quote: 162 "Many of you think, "I got the baptism of the Holy Ghost; I'm going to heaven." That don't mean one thing that you're going to heaven. No, sir. You can have the baptism of the Holy Ghost every hour in your life and still be lost and go to hell. The Bible says so. See? It's exactly right." (Leadership 65-1207).

Which Baptism that you could have every hour of your life and go to hell together with it? Brothers and sisters, that is not the article of Pentecost, because the article of Pentecost seals a man to the day of his redemption. (Ephesians 4:30).

Quote:E-93"The Seal of God is the baptism of the Holy Ghost… Ephesians 4:30 says, "Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God whereby you're sealed till the day of your redemption." (Five Junctions Of Time 56-0122).

So now that Baptism that Brother Branham was talking about that you could have every hour in your life and go to hell with it, is the article that they received in 1906. That article was a baptism on the flesh. That is what the twelve apostles and the seventy received. But all those elected men who received that baptism, had to go up to Pentecost for the Corner Stone. The article of Pentecost is now called the Capstone because we have come to the end of the age.

"Yes, 1906 Pentecostals had the gifts without the Giver". I hope you understand who is the Giver by now? God, Christ; He gave these gifts, and they had the gifts. Like the Prophet of God said, "I could give you an apple but you don't have the tree." Now I could give you thousands of gifts but you don't have me. And God could give men many gifts, because gifts and callings are without repentance, but they don't have God.

How many believe that Balaam had a great gift, and what he prophesied is coming to past even today for Israel? [Congregation says, "Amen!"] But the man was a hireling prophet. The gift was genuine but he was a seed of the serpent. The gift that Judas got was correct, but he was a seed of the serpent. The gift was so genuine that it passed on to Paul. Every epistle that was written by Paul, Judas was supposed to write it; and the great apostolic ministry that was given to Paul, Judas was supposed to have that.

Quote: 145 "Paul was not an apostle according to the twelve. But did you ever notice, they chose Matthias, to take Judas' place… Never hear no more of him. But God chose Paul to take his place… it shows the difference between the choosing of man and the choosing of God." (Word Became Flesh India Trip 54-1003m).

On the Day of Pentecost they cast lots and chose Matthias. Where in the Word you ever heard that Jesus chose the Apostles by lots? That was man's doing in the Upper Room; but God's choice was Paul later on. God never chose the Apostles by casting lots; what is the matter with you? He passed by and hand-picked them. He said, "Follow me and I will make you fishers of men." The one that was missing who would take Judas' place, the Lord appeared to him in a Pillar of Fire and called him as he called the other Apostles. Brother Paul was hand-picked to be that Apostle and he got the bishopric of Judas. That is why you never heard anything about the Book of Matthias in the Bible. That is why you never heard about an apostolic ministry for Matthias. That was done through gambling. You don't have gifts by gambling. Notice they cast lots for the coat of our Lord. That was gambling. That was Roman gambling and they brought that into the upper room.

"Some say that all nine gifts are in full operation in the message but only need setting in order."

Answer:What! "Nine gifts are in full operation but it only needs a little trimming up here and there and setting in order?" I am asking these deceivers, "Where?" Where are these nine divers gifts that you are boasting about? Is it in Coleman's church in New York? Is it in C.W. Woods' Church in Arkansas? Is it in China, is it in India? I am telling you that it is not here in Trinidad. Is it in America? Where is it? This claim that "Nine divers gifts are in full operation but only need setting in order" is a lie of the devil! If you are talking about the gifts that travelled down from 1906 and are still in the church, it is impossible to set that in order! Brother Branham tried to set that in order in his church in 1963 and failed. Do you know why he could not set that in order brothers and sisters? They were from the 1906 era and nobody could set that in order. It was a wild, barbarous operation, and that is still operating today in the Pentecostal circles, and that is what the followers of the message has embraced because they deny a return of Pentecost and deny the coming of the capstone. They said that the capstone is already here because Jesus came at the Seals. It's a lie!

Now when you deny the genuine article that is promised to you, you will have to embrace a counterfeit. So what they are boasting about now is somebody speaking in tongues and somebody prophesying here and there and they want to say that these gifts are in the church now, and all that they need is a little setting in order. Where can you find it? You cannot find it! Brother Branham tried to set those gifts in order and failed. Nobody can set them in order. It produced corruption and fanaticism, and those are the same gifts that governs the entire so-called Pentecostal system up to today, and the biggest mistake that the followers of Malachi 4 made were to encourage those kinds of gifts in the church instead of waiting for the genuine and instead of waiting for charity, which is the capstone.

Every person in this message is supposed to be cleaning their life, seeking the love of God and have a vision of the coming capstone in order to have these perfect gifts operated by perfect love. That's the vision and command of the Prophet.

Why would Brother Branham say something like that? He said, "That might sound hard in a Pentecostal group." Even because they were based on those gifts from 1906. Brothers and sisters, away with those gifts from 1906. All these gifts that travelled down cannot do the job. Perfect gifts are going to come by perfect love and that is what we are going to have. Until then, keep the church loving one another, with a vision of eternal life and a vision of the coming capstone.

That's the coming capstone. So now, this disorder is worldwide; it's the gifts without the giver and Brother Branham failed to set them in order, because it was a wild, barbarous operation and the people that were operating those gifts were not born again nor had the baptism of the Holy Ghost because they blew up in the prophet's face and went their way. They were 'pretended gifts' according to what Brother Branham said.

Quote: E-15 "Now, in His Church in the last days, He's portraying His Divine will through the operation of spiritual gifts, and so forth, in His Church, by the gift of preaching, teaching, and so forth, prophecy, and other Divine gifts that He has. Now, dear beloved friends, we have to admit that many of those gifts are impersonated. Why, we know that they are just pretended. But yet there is a real gift." (Darkest Hour Jesus Comes 55-1114).

So there are 'pretended gifts', and so called Pentecost is built upon 'pretended gifts', and we have a bunch of sign seekers in this age. That is what the Holy Ghost said through prophesy.

Quote: 175-4 "But what do we have in this our day? Multitudes are working signs until we have a generation of sign seekers that know little or nothing about the Word, or a true move of the Spirit of God. If they see blood, oil and fire they are happy; it matters not what is in the Word. They will support any sign, even unscriptural ones. But God has warned us about that. He said in Matthew 24 that in the last days the two spirits would be so close together that only the very elect could tell them apart, for they alone would not be deceived." (Church ages book).

1906 has produced a generation of sign seekers who know nothing about the Word of God. Give them any kind of sign and wonder they will fall for that. The people who heard the message from so-called Pentecost and came over and started believing and preaching the message, brought over that kind of conception, those kinds of gifts, and they still rely upon the same article of 1906, to go in the rapture. They cannot go in the rapture with the article of 1906.

"In our church, ministers are led by prophecies from the prophets; should they do that?"

Answer:Oh, you have prophets? A minister should be led only by the Word of God and by the Spirit of God and any prophecy that he obeys should dovetail with the Word of God and the message of the hour, and if a prophecy is contrary to the Word of God then that minister should not obey that prophecy. First thing I would ask here, how do you determine who are prophets in your church? There is a difference of a man prophesying and a prophet. A man who prophesies does not necessarily have to be a prophet and Brother Branham made that very clear. And I am sure that because somebody prophesies in your churches in Africa and India they titled them and gave them the credentials of a prophet. Prophets are not determined because a man gets up and prophesies.

Now this is the operation of the gifts. There are gifts that belong to the church, the mystical body of Jesus Christ. When the Church of God is gathered, and these nine gifts of the Spirit start moving, if you were born in a certain way, let us take prophecy for example, the Holy Spirit could come and abide upon this brother here tonight and the gift of prophecy could operate through him and he could speak for the Spirit and never have that again in life. That never made him a prophet; it was the gift of prophecy that belongs to the church. The gift of prophecy could fall on a next brother tomorrow night, and he could prophesy and that don't make him a prophet; and the same gift of prophecy could fall on a sister over there and she prophesies, and all three of them never prophesy again in their lives. The Spirit of God could fall on a brother tonight and he could lay his hand upon somebody and they could be healed and it never come to him again. Now but when you talk about a prophet, you are talking about a prophet who is born a prophet. "If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream."(Numbers 12:6).

Let me show you the difference between the gift of prophecy and a prophet. When the gift of prophecy operates in a man in the church, it must be judge by three people to see that prophecy is right, according to first Corinthian 14:29. But when a prophet comes from God like Isaiah or William Branham, and he speaks the word of God, nobody judges that. You take it and live, or reject it and die. That's the difference of a prophet and the gift of prophecy working in a man. The gift of prophecy working in a man must be judged, but nobody judges a prophet. And when the gift of prophecy operates in a man, that don't make him a prophet. He may never prophesy again in his life. He could prophesy by the Spirit of God tonight, and tomorrow an evil spirit jump on him, and he prophesies a lie. You say, "Brother Bruce how could that ever be?" Tell me why two or three people must judge it then? Why do you have the gift of discernment of spirits in the church then? Even because that man has knowledge of the difference of spirits and if they have one or two fellows like them, they choose them out to discern what kind of spirit that just spoke on the man. So that is why it must be judged by two or three people, and when they judge they say, "It is not according to the Word. The man said to baptize in titles of Father, Son and Holy Ghost." So they reject that prophet.

Quote: 1022-Q-292. "Brother Branham, can Satan use a gift of tongues or prophecy in a person who has the Holy Ghost?
In 1 Corinthians 14:29 we find out that any gift in the church has got to be judged first. See? You have to watch, 'cause evil spirits slip in. Because remember, the rain falls on the just and the unjust." (Ques. & Ans. 64-0823e).

Quote: 880-40 "When these people meet together, let them who have wisdom first come. Because if one speaks in tongues and gives an interpretation according to Scripture, that cannot be received unless it be witnessed by two or three people…Because... And sometimes in these minor ministries, just like in any other ministry, you get spirits that's wrong (See?); they'll fly in there. And we don't want that." (Church Order 63-1226).

Quote: 136 "Now, if a prophecy goes forth, two or three have to set and judge whether that's right or not 'fore the church can receive it." (The Rapture 65/12/04).

The first thing I will ask here, my beloved brethren who are following these prophecies in the church of God, did they come in a scriptural manner? When the prophecy came forth from your prophet, whom you call a prophet; did you have three spiritual men to judge the prophecy? Did you have another spiritual man with the discernment of spirits to confirm whether that is a right spirit or a wrong spirit, before you accepted that? Whatever was prophesied to you to lead you to go to Japan or go to China, marry a sister in the church, go out as an evangelist or go out as an apostle; did you put that prophecy under test of the word of God, before you as a minister obeyed that?

Quote: 39-6 "They were prophets, but if they'd have stopped and examined their prophecy with the Word... They reasoned; they said, "That belongs to us, so we'll go up to Ramoth Gilead and we'll take it…That's what's the matter today. You don't examine your visions your prophecy and your doctrine with God's Word." (Way of a true prophet 62-0513m).

Now the devil could come into the church through prophecy, minister brothers, and sweeten you up by many prophecies and make you get a big "swellhead", as Ahab's head was swollen through four hundred prophets. An evil spirit from God came upon Ahab's prophets and they all prophesied that they should go to war, and will take Ramoth Gilead and have the victory, and there was only one prophet called Micaiah who was speaking by the Spirit of God. Now I would have you to know that those four hundred prophets whom Ahab had were not false prophets, they were genuine Jewish prophets, but they had the wrong spirit, because they were backslidden; and God allowed that evil spirit to speak through the mouths of those prophets to deceive Ahab that he might fall in battle.

All these things are deceptions ministers. You've got to watch for deception. Yes! Gifts that travel down from 1906 is right under the message today, and in order to deceive backslidden preachers to go to battle, to fight at Ramoth Gilead, telling them that they are going to win thousands of souls. Prophecies could come to the church and start swelling your head: "My servant had spoken tonight; obey him or perish. I will lift him up and send him around the world. I love my servant." And another person prophesies tomorrow night, and a next man prophesies another night, and another fellow prophesies the next week, and that could be a devil, just for that minister to start thinking that he is someone great. And his shoulders start raising, and he goes around with a big chest and say, "I have thus saith the Lord!" Where did you get your thus saith the Lord from? "A Sister spoke last week. A Brother spoke last week!" Did you check that out? "I have thus saith the Lord that I am an Evangelist, I have thus saith the Lord that I am an Apostle." Yes friends, and he got his head big and swollen. The devil deceiving him right on the pulpit.

A next prophecy comes forth: "Whosoever comes against my servant, I will cut them off." Oh, he thinks he has great power. "I will use him in a mighty way throughout the world." The devil is speaking in the church to overthrow that minister with pride, ambition and self. Then, after a while, that same woman who was prophesying falls in adultery, and that same man who was prophesying falls in adultery. Try the spirits. "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." (1 Thessalonians 5:21). "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God." (1 John 4:1).

Then another sister says, "Oh pastor, when I was sitting over there I saw a light over you." That fellow gets blown up. He says, "I have vindication from God. The Pillar of Fire is with me." Watch out friends, a devil is setting a trap for you ministers.

Now, let us examine these things that I just said, by what Brother Branham had to say on this subject of prophets and prophesy.

Quote: 63 "Now, here's where the Latter Day Rain...Where you got off, was this, you're making prophets out of them men and things that's not prophets… Prophets are borned. See? In the Bible there's a gift of prophecy. There's where your mistake was between the gift of prophecy and a prophet… the Body of Christ has nine spiritual gifts operating in it. And it might be on this woman tonight, prophecy, may never be the rest of her life. It may be on this woman the next night, may be on this man the next time, may be on that one back there the next time. That doesn't make her a prophet, doesn't make no one a prophet. It's a gift of prophecy in you. And before that man or that prophecy can be given to the church, it has to be judged before two or three spiritual judges… Paul said, "You all may prophesy one by one."… Well, that would make the whole bunch prophets then according to the teaching of today. No, Pentecostal church, we've got things all scrupled up. And that's the reason God can't come in, till we get the thing straightened out and on the Bible…A prophet is born. Gifts and calling without repentance. That's the foreordination of God from the baby up. Everything was perfectly right along, exactly what he said was the truth and vindicated and brought out. It's the Word of God comes to the prophet. But a gift of prophecy is in the church…And the gift of healing and all those gifts, my Pentecostal friend, you got it mixed up. The gifts are in the church, are subject to any person that's in the church, anybody that's baptized into the body." (Demonology 2 Religious 53-0609).

Quote: E-10 "There's nine spiritual gifts in the church. They operate anywhere in the church… They are here in the body. Gifts of healing, gifts of prophecy, it might fall upon someone here tonight, this lady setting here, this man, or this man; and he may give a prophecy and it would be true. But it would never work on him maybe again....See, that doesn't make him a prophet. That makes... We're in the body. By one Spirit we're baptized in the body and subject to these gifts. That gift of healing might be on them tonight. It might be upon this lady here tomorrow night, and upon this man over here the next night. It might come back to her. It's in the church--the body." (Expectations 50-0810).

Do you see how these gifts operate? But that don't make the man a prophet. Similar quotations can be found on: Voice of the sign 64-0214: "There's a million miles difference between a gift of prophecy and a prophet.' "Expectations 50-0810, Be Of Good Cheer 54-0721, I Perceive You Are A Prophet 53-0614e, I Will Restore 53-1110, We Would See Jesus 62-0712, Angel And The Commission 50-0821, Influence Of Another62-1013."

All those quotations are saying the same thing over here that the gift of prophecy is different from a prophet. {Quote WMB None Judas prophets}That divides the prophet from the gift of prophecy. My Brother overseas, there is where I believe that you are making a terrible mistake by calling men prophets because they got up in the church and prophesied. That doesn't make them prophets. Brother Branham condemned that error and said that the gift of prophecy is a million miles away from a prophet.

Many ministers are being led by these "prophets" of the church. You first have to distinguish whether they are prophets or they prophesied. How do you determine whether a man is a prophet? Was that man born a prophet? The Word of the Lord comes to the prophet. Did the Word of the Lord come to him? There is a great difference between a prophet and a prophesier. God do not have his gifted ministers dependant upon a gift of prophecy and a prophesier. He speaks to him directly and may confirm that revelation by other gifts. God spoke to Saul of Tarsus, and confirmed the same by Ananias. God spoke to Peter and confirmed that revelation by Cornelius. He does not have his servants as dumb driven cattles through the gifts of prophecy, or dream as they are secondary and uncertain and can fail, be wrong and deceptive.

"Our prophets' gifts are being perfected; they are now learning to speak. Thus some things don't come to pass. The gifts are not yet perfected, Brother Branham said."

Answer:This is a heresy and nonsense! Brother Branham never said no such thing. This kind of old talk came from church order where Brother Branham said that gifts are coming into the church and we have babies here that don't know how to control the gifts. He said.

Quote: 876-23 "The first thing a baby does is try to talk when he can't talk… And if you try to correct that baby and spank him a little bit because he's "gooing" and trying to talk, you'll ruin the child (See?) and you'll hurt him… that's just the same thing we find with gifts today. That's the reason God cannot trust too many spiritual gifts with people; they don't know how to control them." (Church Order 63-1226).

So now they are relating the control of gifts to the fulfilment of prophecies, and they are saying on this heresy concerning gifts, that the prophecies are failing because the gifts are not yet perfected. It's a heresy, and it's a lie of the devil! Any prophecy that does not come to pass is of the devil. That's the words of William Branham invested in the scriptures. Every prophecy has got to come to pass, and if they don't come to pass you have an evil spirit in you that need casting out. It must not be vain repetition of words: "The Lord is coming soon." Etc.

Quote: 880-39 "Now, we all know that the Lord is coming; we're aware of that. And if Brother Neville got up each night and said, "Behold, the Lord is coming. Behold, the Lord is coming," that would be all right. See?... prophecy, or a prophet speaking; that's something that's not written in the Word… Like, for instance, "Tell Brother Wheeler, THUS SAITH THE LORD, 'Tomorrow, in his sand pit, not to go to it, because there'll be a truck turn over,'" or something like that, and it's got to be done. (Church Order 63-1226).

Quote: "Now, then if someone writes a message that's been given in tongues or given in prophecy, and laid upon the platform, it must be read by the pastor before the service starts, of "THUS SAITH THE LORD" from these people who spoke and interpreted it… If it doesn't come to pass, then don't do it any more till that evil spirit's out of you. God don't lie; He's always Truth. Then, you see, you're old enough now to act like men, not children: "Goo, goo, goo," you got to have some meaning to something." (Church Order 63-1226).

This here straightens out this heresy. The prophet of God said that whether you are saying , "Goo, goo, goo" as children and you prophesy false, you have an evil devil inside of you, that you need to get out. So the excuse that you are making by this heresy is that your 'prophets' are goo, gooing and the preachers and the church are yet goo, gooing, and that is why your prophecies fail. You lied! You are making an excuse for your lying prophecies.

Quote: 63 "Now, and there's how demons sometimes working… "If one speaks with tongues and the other one interpret, and whatever he said, let it be judged first 'fore the church can receive it."… If that doesn't come to pass, what that said, then you've got a evil spirit among you… Now, that's where you have to watch and be careful. So don't try to press... Now, there's where demons work in the realm of spiritual people." (Demonology 2 Religious 53-0609).

Quote: 563-Q-118 "Can a message be called prophesy that does not foretell future events? No, sir. "Prophesy" is "to foretell." (Questions & Answers 61-0112).

Similar Quotations can be found on: Birth pains 65-012 'Carnal impersonations and bogus prophecy", Darkest Hour Jesus Comes 55-1114 'Many of those gifts are impersonated and pretended', Questions and Answers 64-0823e 'Any gift has to be judged first 'cause evil spirits slip in', Debate on tongues 60-0807 'Satan can impersonate any of those gifts', Voice of the sign 64-0214 'He goes by impression and says, THUS SAITH THE LORD' Demonology 2 Religious 53-0609 'Demons impersonating Christianity'.

All these nonsense we heard in so-called Pentecost in the name of prophecy that the Lord is coming soon, the Bible already said that. If you want to know what is genuine prophecy check your Bible. So every prophesy must come to pass, otherwise it's an evil spirit working in you. In so-called Pentecost they prophecy thousands of prophesies that don't come to pass and they just go on preaching. One man said that, "The gift is not perfected yet." God is not a liar. If God is speaking to you it must come to pass.

"Some speak in tongues without interpretation in the open congregation and defies William Branham's teaching on church order; is that right? Some say the Lord is coming soon."

Answer:No, that is deadly wrong! Brother Branham condemned that throughout his teaching. Prophecy has got to be a direct message. A prophesy or anything else must be according to the word or it is wrong.

Quote: 533-Q-112 "In what order is tongues and prophecies to be used during the service... (It is not to be used at all during the service. See?)... The Bible says, "The spirit of the prophets is subject to the prophet." Exactly. Spiritual speaking in tongues and prophesying is to edify the church, but it has its service of its own. See?" (Questions And Answers 61-0112).

Quote: 553-Q-115 115. "Is it all right for a person to speak with tongues when praying for others about the altar without interpretation?
I Corinthians 14th chapter and the 28th verse: If there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church…All right. Now, if there be no interpreter anytime in the church, anywhere in the church, keep silent if there's no interpreter." (Questions And Answers 61-0112).

The prophet of God did set the church in order. He said no open speaking of tongues in the congregation. All those with tongues, interpretations or prophesy must gather into a room before the service; prophesy, speak in tongues and interpret, put it on the pulpit, mark 'Thus saith the Lord under that', let the pastor read it, and if it don't come to pass you have an evil spirit.

Brother Branham caged all those unclean spirits when he set the church in order. He was a wise man. He knew that those gifts were travelling down from 1906 under the message. He wanted to cage all those unclean spirits. He said, "Now I have a little room and you must go in there." You talk about the wisdom of God. He said, "Make your prophecy and I will send in three men in there to judge whether they are right or not, and if these three men pass it as right, bring it to the pulpit, we will put it here as 'Thus saith the Lord'. If it doesn't come to pass you have an evil devil in you. You have to go and get that evil devil out of you and don't prophesy again."

I doubt that lasted for many services. He caged all those spirits and they left and ran down to Junior Jackson. Now, one fellow was too outspoken. He said: "They went down amongst the 'dead birds… the reason of it, because when I set the church here in a certain order, when I come back, to see if I could get the manifestation of the gifts, half of them pulled away from it." (Questions & Answers 64-0823E). How could you be following a message, and a prophet of God stand up and tell you what to do and you have a better idea than the prophet? You have an evil spirit!

"Some are offended when corrected on tongues and prophecy."

Answer:Brother Branham said that anyone who is offended when they are corrected for misuse of a gift has an evil spirit, and if that was the Spirit of God it will obey the Word of God.

Quote: 535-150 When you ministers are correcting someone about a gift, when you're correcting them, are Scripturally correcting them, and they get offended, remember, it wasn't the Spirit of God; 'cause the Spirit of God cannot be offended by His Word… And if it's of God, he'll stand correction with the Word. See?" (Questions And Answers 61-0112).

Quote: 1022-124 "I believe that those tongues and people that got them gifts… They got a ministry of their own, but it don't belong here in the middle of the audience where the sinners are being dealt with… but I let them go ahead awhile… I told the brethren "Let it alone. After while we'll find out whether it's of God or not. If it cannot stand chastisement, then it's a bastard child." Exactly what the Bible said." (Questions And Answers 64-0823e).

"Our pastor speaks in tongues from the pulpit without interpretations; is it wrong or right?"

Answer: Wrong! "If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God." (1 Corinthians 14:27-28).

You must have an interpreter before you speak in tongues, and only two or three persons can speak at a time. There were so many gifts in the church back in the early time that Brother Paul had to regulate them. He said, "Only two or three people can speak in tongues and interpret. Only three prophets can prophesy, and the other hundreds sit down." Possibly five hundred people speaking in tongues and interpreting genuine prophecies had to sit down yet. Where is the church like that today? You don't have it. Don't take a counterfeit when the heavens are filled with the genuine gifts of God. It comes by the next outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

"Some who had demons in their idol religions in Africa and India came to the message and continue to prophesy. They fall down, prostrate themselves, foam at their mouths, act funny, their eyes bulge and get red, and they look very fierce; is that the Holy Ghost or not?"

Answer:With all sincerity my brother, I cannot say that is the Holy Ghost because this resembles, very much, the voodoo religion, the shango religion, and the so-called Baptist religion: Their eyes get red and they pick up a cutlass and do all kinds of a magic. I never read in the scripture where the Holy Spirit caused anybody to foam at their mouth, but I read in the scripture where Jesus cast a devil out and the devil threw down the boy and he was foaming at the mouth.

All such prostrating is not of God. Christians do not prostrate. Heathens prostrate before idols. Brother Branham said that Christians should not prostrate themselves, like heathen do yet they prostrate their souls before the spirit of God in repentance.

Quote: 32"the history of the early church, that the reason there was no altars in the church. Because falling prostrate at an altar is a pagan form of worship and is not a Christian idea at all." (Paradox 61-1210).

Quote: "May this altar find them laying prostrate upon it, begging mercy for their sinful soul." (The Messiah 61-0117E-11 ).

Quote: E-67 "And the sinner man, woman, boy, or girl, who doesn't know Thee, may they come, lay themselves prostrate at the altar just now and say, "Dear God, I now, by faith, receive Jesus Christ, Thy Sacrifice for my sins. He died in my stead." (Jehovah Jireh 56-0224).

As for their eyes looking demonic, blood-shot, bulging out and getting red, I cannot describe that as the Holy Spirit but I will describe that as a shango man's manifestations in this country, but again, the test is the Word of God: hear what the man is prophesying see if it adds up with the Word of God, and before he frightens the people in the congregation put him in a room, otherwise people might run out of the church.

Let him speak, let him foam and watch your case while you are inside there with him. I am serious friends! Sit down by the door. You may lose your life. The first funny action you see, run for your life. Some of these spirits are dangerous my friends. But don't matter what manifestation a man has, we all come back to the Word of God. See what he says about the Word of God. The Bible said, "Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light." (2 Corinthians:11: 14).

Question#226:"How are Gifts set in order in the church of God?"

Answer:The gifts were being operated by the Apostles and the seventy when Jesus came the first time. Those gifts were never set in order at that time. We never heard of divers gifts set in order while Jesus was on earth. How were the gifts set in order? Everybody could answer that question. Beloved, the answer is very, very simple; these gifts were set in order by an Outpouring of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost, and it only takes the Outpouring of the Holy Ghost to set these gifts in order again.

Quote: 119-4"These last days, true church Bride comes to the Headstone, will be the super church, a super race. As they near the great Headstone they will be so much like Him, even they will be in His very image in the order to be united with Him. They will be One. They will be the very manifestation of the Word of the living God… Notice, what harmony. Jesus never did anything until seen of the Father or the Father showed Him first: (Harmony between God and Christ. See? John 5:19) So will the Bride… They do only His will… They have THUS SAITH THE LORD, or they keep still. Then they will do the works of God. For it is Himself in them, continuing His Word to fulfill as He did complete in His day." (Spoken Word Original Seed 62-0318e).

Brother Branham related all of these gifts to the super church and a super race by the coming of the Capstone. The only time that you will see the gifts set in order is when the Capstone of Love does come; it sets the gifts in order. And we are going to have them. In one hour time, when the Capstone comes you will have every spiritual gift in the House of God. Yes! That's the truth of God's Word.

Now friends, I am going to give an example of a true prophecy. Not a bogus one. This is the most marvellous prophecy that I have ever read about, and it is a good example of what a true prophecy is. This man may not have been a prophet. It dates back to the reformation age in 1619. Nobody knows who made this prophecy, but on sure thing, the Holy Spirit made it.

This prophecy was found amongst the papers of a wonderful man who Brother Branham spoke about called Charles Price (Is your life worthy 63-0630E). How it got to him, nobody knows. It's proven to be one hundred percent truth by the opening of the seven seals, 1963.

"There shall be a total and full redemption by Christ. This is a hidden mystery not to be understood without the revelation of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is at hand to reveal the same unto all holy seekers and loving enquirers. The completion of such a redemption is withheld and abstracted by the apocalyptical seals. Wherefore as the Spirit of God shall open seal after seal, so shall this redemption come to be revealed, both particularly and universally. In the gradual opening of the mystery of redemption in Christ, doth consist the unsearchable wisdom of God which may continually reveal new and fresh things to the worthy seeker in order to which the ark of the testimony in heaven shall be opened before the end of this age and the living testimony herein contained shall be unsealed.

The presence of the divine ark will constitute the life of this virgin church and wherever this body is, there must the ark of necessity be. The unsealing of the living testimony with the ark of God must begin the proclamation of the testimony will be as the sounding of a trumpet to alarm the nations of professed Christendom. Authority shall be given by Christ to the putting an end to all controversies concerning the true church that is born of the New Jerusalem mother. His decision will be the actual sealing of the body of Christ with the name (or authority) of God, giving them a commission to act by the same. This new name (or authority) will distinguish them from the seven thousand names of Babylon.

The election and preparation of this virgin church is to be after a secret and hidden manner. As David in his ministry was chosen and appointed by the prophet of the Lord; yet was not admitted to the outward profession of the kingdom for a considerable time. Afterward of the stem of David a virgin church, which hath known nothing of a man or human constitution is to be born, and it will require some time for it to get out of the minority and arrive at full and mature age. The birth of the virgin church was typified by St. John's vision where the great wonder appeared in heaven bring forth the first born that was caught up to the throne of God, (or identified with the authority of God). For as a virgin woman brought forth Christ after the flesh, so shall a virgin-church bring forth the first born after the Spirit, who shall be endowed with the seven spirits of God. This church so brought forth and sealed with the mark of divine authority, will have no bonds or impositions, but the holy unction among these new born spirits will be all and all.

There is not at this day (1619) visible upon the earth such a church, all profession being found light when weighed in the balances, therefore they are rejected by the supreme judge, which rejection will be for this cause that out of them may come a new and glorious church. Then shall the glory of God and the Lamb so rest upon this typical tabernacle, so that it shall be called the tabernacle of wisdom, and though it is not now known in visibility, yet it shall be seen as coming out of the wilderness within a short time, then will it go on to multiply and propagate itself universally, not only to the number of the first born (144,000) but also to the remnant of the seed, against whom the dragon will make war continually. Wherefore the spirit of David shall revive in this church, the most especially in some elect members of it as the blossoming root. These will have might given to them to overcome the dragon and his angels, even as David overcame goliath and the philistine army.

This will be the standing up of the great Prince Michael, and will be as the appearing of Moses against pharaoh, in order that the chosen seed may be brought out of hard servitude. Egypt doth figure this servile duration under which Abraham's seed groans, but a prophet and the most prophetical general will the most high raise up who shall deliver his people by the force of spiritual arms, for which there must be raised certain head powers to bear the first office, who are to be persons in favor with God whose dread and fear shall fall on all nations, visible and invisible, because of the mighty acting power of the Holy Spirit which shall rest upon them; for Christ will appear in some chosen vessels to bring into the promised land the new creation states. Thus Moses, Joshua and Aaron may be considered types of some upon whom the Spirit will come; yet in greater proportion. Whereby they shall make way for the ransomed of the Lord to return to Mt. Zion; but none shall stand under God but those who have become the "tried" stones, after the pattern and similitude of Christ.

This will be a fiery trial through which a very few will be able to pass or bear up in it, whereby the waiters for this visible breaking forth are strictly charged to hold fast and wait together in the unity of pure love. This trial will be of absolute necessity to all for the clearing away of all remaining infirmities of the natural mind, and the burning away of all wood and stubble, for nothing must remain in the fire, for as a refiner shall he purify the sons of the kingdom.

There will be some who will be fully redeemed, being clothed upon with priestly garment after the Melchisidec order. This will qualify them for governing authority. Therefore it is required on their part to suffer the spirit of burning and fanning of the fiery breath, searching every part within them until they arrive at a fixed body from whence the wonders are to flow out.

Upon this body will be the fixation of the urim and thummin that are the portion of the Melchisedec priesthood whose descent is not counted in the genealogy which is the new creation. Hence these priests will have a deep inward search and divine sight into secret things of deity; will be able to prophesy in a clear ground, not darkly and enigmatically, for they will know what is couched in the first originality of all beings, in the eternal antitype of nature, and will be able to bring them forth according to the divine counsel and ordination. The Lord sweareth in truth and righteousness that from Abraham's line, according to the spirit, there shall rise a holy seed, produced and manifested in the last age. The mighty spirit of Cyrus is appointed to lay the foundation of this third temple and support it in the building.

There are characteristics and marks whereby the pure, virgin church shall be known and distinguished from all others that are low, false, and counterfeit. There must be a manifestation of the spirit whereby bringing heaven down upon the earth, (to edify and raise up this church) and representing here the new Jerusalem state, in order to which spirits are thus begotten and born of God, ascend to New Jerusalem above, where their head in majesty doth reign. None but those who have risen with Christ in the regeneration can thus ascend, and none but those who have ascended and received of his glory can condescend and communicate the same, being thereby his representative on the earth and subordinate priests under him now; he that has ascended and glorified has made himself as it were, our debtor, consequently he will not be wanting in qualifying and furnishing certain high and principal instruments who shall be most humble, and as little regarded as David was; who he will dignify with honour and priestly sovereignty for drawing to them the scattered flocks, and gathering them into one fold out of all nations. Therefore there should be a holy emulation and ambition stirred up among the bands of believers that they may be of the first fruits unto him that is risen from the dead, and so be made principal agents for him and with him, that they may be, if possible, of the number of the first born of the new Jerusalem mother. All true waiters of his kingdom in spirit under whatsoever profession they may be, ought to be numbered among this message appertains. Be watchful and quicken your pace."

I don't believe that the man who wrote this prophecy understood very much about what he wrote. Let me tell you the truth, the only people who could understand this prophecy are those who are exposed to this revelation of Brother Branham's message and the opening of the Seals. And if you are not born again, this prophecy would not mean very much to you. It's a total impossibility for a man to write that by himself in 1619; it is a total impossibility for an organizational man to fabricate this, and it is a total impossibility for a man in the message to fabricate this, because this is speaking our language, that came from the opening of the Seals.

Every single item in this prophecy is of great importance. Messages that were preached over the years dovetail exactly with this: The Melchisedec order, the coming of the Capstone, which is foreign even to the people who follow this message. There is no theologian that could put that together. It exposes the organisational system. You could know that it's divinely inspired of the Holy Spirit. Our brethren overseas will benefit, to a great extent. They will rejoice when they hear these tapes and when they read this book.