The Original Restored Gospel

I’m afraid that too often as message believers we proclaim a sectarian gospel. That is, as Paul rebuked the Corinthians who stated, “I am of Paul.”

For it has been reported to me by Chloe’s people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers. What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.” Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? 1 Corinthians 1:11-13

Our purpose as believers in Christ should not be to identify ourselves with a man. In our time we say, I am following brother Branham or I am following Lee Vayle or Lonnie Jenkins or Junior Jackson of Richard Gan. This shows that we are still carnal. This is no different than those that say I am a Lutheran or I am a Baptist or Pentecostal. It means nothing to God whether you are following a denomination or William Branham or Lonnie Jenkins. Its all sectarianism and carnality. Our purpose should be to follow Christ and be identified with him. We can follow those other men, but only as they follow Christ Jesus. But our purpose should be to first follow the Scriptures and the leadership of the Holy Spirit. We must be born again and be forgiven by the blood of Jesus Christ. Without this we are not saved, then we must continue in the word of Christ so that we prove we are his disciples. John 8:31, 32.

We need a new beginning and that new beginning should be to proclaim the Original Gospel as it was declared by the apostles. The nations still need to hear it and many in the denominations who have not heard the original-restored gospel need to hear it as well. In fact, many who are following William Branham need to repent and come back to the Gospel and be born again.

There is too much of a desire to please others in us and to follow a so-called message based theology. Our purpose should be to follow the word of God and stand for the Gospel of Christ. Your standing before God has nothing to do with what man you follow and everything to do with your relationship with the word of God, Jesus Christ. No doubt God uses men to speak his word, as Paul wrote, faith comes from hearing and hearing through the word of God. Romans 10:17. But the men are merely a means and not an end, neither are they to be considered an absolute, for only Christ is the perfect man and only Christ made no mistakes. All the prophets in history have sinned and made mistakes thus it behooves us to judge all teachings by the Bible for it is the final authority and the final words from God. God certainly works in and through the mistakes so that they honor his perfect will, but either way we must go back to the bible and judge all things for “the spiritual man judges all things.”

The Pre-Existence of Messiah In The Mind of God

I wanted to write an article about the pre-existence of the Messiah. That is, his existence before his birth. How can you exist before your are born? Well, literally you don’t, but the following is a quote from Rabbinical writings in regards to the Messiah. It demonstrates the thought world that was in existence at the time of the apostles’ writings. The apostles were immersed in this thought world. Their understanding and teaching about the origins of the Messiah is in line with what was taught by the Rabbi’s of their day. They were Jews and they thought like Jews. Their thought paradigm was Jewish and it was immersed in the bible. They had two things in view, that God is one and that he calls those things that don’t exist as though they do. They had no knowledge of a three person God, but a simple un-divided unity. God’s thoughts are real and they are infused with life even before they come into existence in time and space.

“The belief was general that the sending of the Messiah was part of the Creator’s plan at the inception of the Universe. “Seven things were created before the world was created: Torah, repentance, the Garden of Eden (i.e. Paradise), Gehinnom, the Throne of Glory, the Temple, and the name of the Messiah” (Pes. 54a). In a later work there is the observation: “From the beginning of the creation of the world king Messiah was born, for he entered the mind (of God) before even the world was created” (Pesikta Rab. 152b)

This was their view point towards “pre-existence” and I believe what Paul and John had hidden in their hearts as they wrote “he that came after me was preferred before me for he was before me” and “he is the image of the invisible God the firstborn of every creature, for by him were all things created…” Writing under inspiration in the gospel and epistles they understood Jesus was born before time when he entered the mind/plan of God. Messiah was born in the mind of God before the creation of the world and he was God’s perfect man, so all things were made by this perfect man, who was still a thought in the mind of the Creator. This Jewish understanding was lost and thus ensued the Greek philosophical trinity of persons. The Greeks understood these scriptures in terms of a pre-existent second divine person whereas the apostles that wrote the words understand they were referring to the pre-eminent thought and purpose of God, the Messiah.

Brother Branham stated this, “Jesus is the beginning of the creation of God. How did he begin? In the womb of a virgin.” [Future Home]

Paul said that God calls those things that are not as though they were. Another rendering of the verse is “calls the things which do not exist as existing.” God’s thoughts are real and they have life in them, even if they have not been manifested or brought to pass yet. Thus all things were made by God through Messiah who was born in the mind/plan of God before creation. It is not a contradiction to say that Messiah created all things when in fact at the creation of the world he had not yet been born. He was merely born in the plan or mind of God before the creation of the world.

Some may say that Jesus is the word of John 1:1. Brother Branham said that if you make the word a separate person from God you make him one out of three. [Christ Revealed In His Own Word] I want to take a closer look at this. From the Encyclopedia Britanica. “Greek: “word,” “reason,” “plan”) In Greek philosophy and theology, the divine reason that orders the cosmos and gives it form and meaning.” Logos can literally mean the divine plan. We could render John 1:1-3, 14 as this, “in the beginning was the divine plan and the divine plan was with God and the divine plan was God. The same was in the beginning with God. In it was life and the life was the light of men. The divine plan became flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth.” The great divine plan prior to the incarnation was with God and was God himself. God’s revelation is God, you cannot separate God from his self-revelation and plan. God’s plan reveals him and his nature and invisible attributes. This divine plan became flesh. That is when the Son was born (brought into existence) the plan was made flesh. All the prophecies concerning Messiah and what God planned to do through the Messiah became flesh. The prophecies literally took on flesh. This is not a second pre-existent person, but rather the divine plan or prophecies becoming flesh.

Oil and Natural Gas Discovered in Israel

Remember, brother Branham made the statement that Russia would come down for the oil. We know that oil and natural gas reserves have been discovered in Israel. The way things are shaping up they may come down against Israel for two reasons;

1. oil, natural gas
2. to disarm a nuclear state that has failed to comply with the UN

http://flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/u-s-government-report-israel-has-122-trillion-cubic-feet-of-natural-gas-offshore/

I love seeing prophecy coming to pass-the prophecies of William Branham and Ezekiel are beginning to take shape.

Logos: Father or Son?

I’m hoping that this makes a little more sense to those of you who were questioning some things that I wrote previously. It explains the process I went through.

I’ve been asked several times to further explain myself in regards to what I was teaching on “let us make man in our own image.” I apologize for the mis-undertanding I have caused. This happened because I have went through a change of thought and mind that others have not witnessed. My writings online are typically for the purpose of causing those outside of the message to think about their beliefs and present teaches based on scripture alone.  However, many more message believers are beginning to read what I have written so I want to change my approach at this point in time.

There are several different understandings of the beginning of the Son, whether he had a pre-incarnate existence or had his beginning in the womb of Mary. However, since how I came to my understanding should genuinely be questioned I wanted to submit the quotes and explanation below. This is not intended to tie all the loose ends together. This is the journey of understanding the Lord led me through.

Most who are questioning already believe that there is one God and His Son, the Lord Jesus. Those who believe the Trinity or Jesus-only may be thrown for a loop by this, so approach this with that.

I went through a process in understanding the Logos and the beginning of the Son of God. When I first began my walk in the message I viewed the Son as having a pre-incarnate state. However, there were several quotes that I began reading that made me uneasy with that understanding. Believe me, I wanted to keep things simple, but as I read these quotes my conscience began to be pricked that for some reason I was not seeing the whole picture. Basically, what began to get me thinking was the places you see below where bro. Branham states that the Logos is the Father, the Logos was the anointing upon Jesus and also that Melchisedec is the Father not the Son. How could I reconcile this with the fact that bro. Branham stated that the Logos that went out from God was the Son of God? I will submit to you the quotes below.

Hebrews Chapter 1 57-0821 P:48

Now, here’s what happened. Oh… Excuse me; I–I–I just get on this… This just gets me right where I love it. See? The Logos, and this great Fountain; this great Fountain of Spirit which had no beginning or no end, this great Spirit begin to form in the creation; and the Logos that went out from It was the Son of God. It was the only visible form that this Spirit had. And It was a theophany, which means a body, and the body was like a man.Moses saw It when It passed through the–by–by the rock. And he looked at It, said, “It looked like the hind part of a man.” It’s the same type of body that we receive when we die here, “If this earthly tabernacle be dissolved, we have one already waiting.” That was it. And that was the Theophany which was the Son of God. That Son, that Logos became flesh because we were put in flesh. And the Theophany, theLogos, became flesh here among us, and It was nothing else but the dwelling place; for that entire Fountain dwelt in Him. Oh, do you see it? There it is. That was the One that in…

HEBREWS_CHAPTER_FOUR  JEFF_IN 09-01-57 Evening

43 Jesus said, “Hear ye, O Israel, I’m the Lord your God,” one God, not three gods. In Africa they baptize once for the Father, and once for the Son, and once for the Holy Ghost. And then a poor Jew comes around and say, “Which one of them is your God?” Which one is, the Father, Son, or Holy Ghost?” They’re all three One. The Bible said they were One. Jesus was a house that God lived in; the Bible said that–that, I Timothy 3:16, “Without controversy (That’s argument.) great is the mystery of godliness. For God was manifested in the flesh, seen of angels, received on, and preached, believed on, and received up into glory.” God was. The Bible said, “His Name shall be called Emmanuel,” which is by interpretation, “God with us.” The Bible said that Jesus, in Him dwelt the Fullness of the Godhead bodily. As we had it the other night, God in the beginning was Spirit. And then from God went out the Logos, or the Theophany which was a form of a man called the Son of God (prefigured). He came in earth in a body of flesh, even before He came in Jesus Christ. Now, swallow that one once, brother. I’ll prove it to you. When–when Moses saw Him, he said, “Let me see Your form, Lord.” And God hid him in a rock.

CHRIST_REVEALED_IN_HIS_OWN_WORD  JEFF_IN 08-22-65 Morning

37 To misinterpret Jesus in the form of God in a man you would make Him–you would make Him one god out of three. To misinterpret Jesus Christ being the Word, you’d make Him one god out of three, or you’d make Him the second person in a godhead. And to do that, you’d mess the whole Scripture up. You’d never get nowhere. So It must not be misinterpreted. And if you say that a certain thing, you put an interpretation on It, and you apply It to another time or It’s been applied to another time, you also make an incorrect interpreting. If anybody misinterpret Jesus Christ in the Bible of not being God Himself, make Him the second person, or, one god out of three, this would upset every Word in the entire Bible. It would break the first commandment, “Thou shalt not have any other god before Me.” All right. It would make the whole Christian race a bunch of pagan worshippers worshipping three different gods. See what kind of a Bible you’d have? Then it’d make us what the Jews say we are: said, “Which one of them gods is your god?” See? So you see, you can’t–you mustn’t misinterpret the Bible, for Jesus Himself is the Interpretation of the Bible when He’s made manifest in the age that the part of His Body is being made manifest. If it’s a hand age, it must be a hand; it can’t be a head age. If it’s a voice age, well then, it can’t be a foot age. See? And now, we’re at the eye age.

The Logos was the Son and the Logos is the only visible form of the invisible God. There are not two logos or three logos, just one. Then we find out that the Logos was called the prefigured Son of God. Also, to misinterpret the Son of God being the Logos would make him one God of out three. Of course, he said the Logos was the Son, but here he says there is a right way to interpret it and a wrong way to interpret it. Again, he says the Logos was the Son “prefigured.” Here is the definition of prefigured.

pre·fig·ured, pre·fig·ur·ing, pre·fig·ures

1. To suggest, indicate, or represent by an antecedent form or model; presage or foreshadow: The paintings of Paul Cézanne prefigured the rise of cubism in the early 20th century.

2. To imagine or picture to oneself in advance.

To follow that example of cubism; it did not exist at the time of Paul Cezanne, but his work spoke of it before hand and was the precursor to it. The Son of God had not been born at the time of Melchisidec or the time of the creation of the world, but the logos spoke of the Son of God before his birth. How can I saw the Son wasn’t born yet? Please withhold judgment for now and wait until you read a few of the quotes below. The logos was the antecedant form or the model that foreshadowed the Son of God that was brought forth in the fulness of time, made of a woman, made under the law. (Gal. 4:4) God appointed the ages in the Son (Heb 1:2), God created the world by Jesus Christ (Eph. 3:9) and he is firstborn of all creation, the first born from the dead, he is before all things and by him all things consist. He was glorified before the world began. We also were glorified before the world began. (Rom 8:30, Heb. 4:3, John 17:22) We existed with him in the mind of God. The Lamb was slain in the mind of God before the world began. We were chosen in Christ before the world began.

THE_SEED_SHALL_NOT_BE_HEIR_WITH_THE_SHUCK  LA_CA 04-29-65 Breakfast

28 ‘Cause all this was in the Logos: the whole Word of God, the whole Bible, for every age. And as the Logos begin to breathe upon the earth, there come marine life, and building up to bird life, on up to animal life. And finally there come something in the representation, or looked like the thing that was brewing–brooding over it: God, a man in the very image of God. That man fell, like the seed has to fall. And then God begin to brood over that after the fall. He brought up a–a Enoch; He brought up Elijah; He brought up a Moses; He brought up prophet after prophet, trying to restore that image again. And, finally, upon the earth came the genuine Image of God Himself again, which was God, the Logos made flesh and dwelt among us. Now, that same Logos has a part; He’s got a Bride, and the same Logos, this Word that cannot be tampered with, is brooding over the churches today, trying to bring back the Word to Its full manifestation. Which the–the prophets was carriers to that Seed, and the church denominations has been carriers to the Seed now. Now, notice quickly, but like the shuck hugs, holds in the Seed now, then it leaves her… Jesus was God. He was. His Father was the great Logos Itself. And He could not pour It all in Moses, for he was a prophet.

The Son of God, who was born of a woman in the fullness of time, under the Law, is not one for one with the logos. The logos went forth in the beginning of time and that logos was the revelation of the Father and it was in fact the Father, but it foreshadowed or prefigured the Son of God. The Logos was in, upon and anointed Jesus.

QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS_2  JEFF_IN 08-23-64 Evening

49 So I don’t want to call myself anything but your brother. I am your brother, and you just regard me as Brother Bill, or Brother Branham, or whatever you want to do about that. That–that’s fine. That’s–that’s any… What you believe, keep that to yourself. You see? And now, what was that other question? I get so wound up in these, I forget what the things were. One of them was, “Was I the Son of man?” and… Here it is I believe. “… the Son of man or was the Pillar of Fire the Son of man?” No. The Pillar of Fire is the Anointing. The Pillar of Fire… Now, this may go a little deep unless it’s some of you theologians, Dr. Vayle, probably Brother here, and some of these ministers here from Arkansas, and the–my good friends around, they’d probably know. Now, that Pillar of Fire is the Logos that went out of God, the Logos, which is actually the attribute of the Fullness of God. When God become into a form to where It could be seen, It was the anointing of the great Spirit that went forth, Its condescending, coming down, God, the Father, the Logos that was up over Israel, that…

QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS_2  JEFF_IN 08-23-64 Evening

50 He was holy, could not bear sin. There had to be a blood offering right in Eden. Then that Logos become flesh and dwelt among us; and where this Logos dwelt in a human body, which was the Sacrifice… When man was made in the image of God… And then God came down in the image of man to redeem man; that brought man and God together. Heavens and earth hugged and kissed each other; God and man embraced each other as Fatherhood and Sonship when the Logos became flesh and dwelled among us. Jesus said, “I came from God, and I go to God.” Is that right? After His death, burial, resurrection, and ascension, when the body was taken up to set at the right hand of God… Now, I don’t mean God’s got a right hand; God’s a spirit. But at the “right hand” means “in power and authority of God.” That in that Name everything in heaven is named after It and subject to It. Everything in earth is named after It and subject to It, a Name above all names, Jesus Christ. Now, this Logos that was in Him, which was the Spirit of God, the Anointing, through the sanctifying grace of the Blood, brought many sons to God, which is anointed with this same Logos.

QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS_2  JEFF_IN 08-23-64 Evening

51 Now, on the day of Pentecost It come down, that Pillar of Fire, and broke apart like that, and tongues of fire set upon each of them, not their tongues, but tongues of fire set upon each of them, a elected, selected group, identified by this Pillar of Fire, showing that God had separated Himself into man. Do you get it? God, the Logos, separating Himself into men; God, not in one person, He’s in His Church universal. That’s the reason Jesus said, “The works that I do shall you also, more…” Now, I know the King James says, “greater,” but the right translation there is “more than this shall you do.” God was bottled and confined in one Man, Jesus Christ. But now He’s bottled and confined in the whole universal Church of the living God. Right now, while God is here speaking with us in our hearts, He’s in Africa; He’s in Asia; He’s in Europe; He’s in England. Wherever believers are gathered together, there He is in the midst of them. Now, after His death, burial, and ascension, and the coming of the Holy Ghost, Paul on his road down–which was Saul–to Damascus, he was struck down by a Pillar of Fire, the Logos. And that Jew would’ve never called that Pillar of Fire, “Lord,” unless he knew It was the same Logos that his people followed through the wilderness. See? Now, that was not the Son of man; that was the Logos.

QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS_2  JEFF_IN 08-23-64 Evening

52 Now, we say this with reverence, and love, and respect. See? As Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever, and also that in the last days, as it was before Lot’s time, or in Lot’s time in Sodom, so shall it be in the day that the Son of man reveals Himself again, revealing Himself. Now, in this last day the Logos that was upon Jesus–which He has become from that back to the Pillar of Fire again and has descended down on the earth to (I was going to say something, but I watch the tape. They wouldn’t believe that if you told them. It wouldn’t make any difference. They… People wouldn’t believe it, but I’ll omit that)–but has come down for, like an investigating judgment goes on. And now, this great Pillar of Fire that’s absolutely identified even by scientific cameras, that’s here on the earth today. There’s the picture of It hanging there. I believe it’s still there, isn’t that right? Is it there? Scientifically proven by the best we got. George J. Lacy, the head of the FBI for fingerprint and documents, said, “I called it psychology myself, Reverend Branham, but,” said, “the light struck the lens. I put it under ultra ray lights and had an examination here for four or five days. And the light struck the lens. And this lens won’t take psychology.” Now, that’s identified.

Here we see the Logos spoken of by William Branham as being the following;

1. God the Father

2. in Jesus

3. the Spirit of God

4. the Anointing

5. upon Jesus

6. not the Son of man

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^18-43 He got all those things together, and made…?… made all the other things, all the animal life, the birds, the bees, the monkeys, and whatever it was, put them all here on earth. And then He asked this question now. “ Let us ( Who ? Father and Son ) make man in Our own image.”

Now, if a man was made something like that little sacred Light yonder, or something like that, It could not be seen (which is a spiritual Being). He manifested or unfolded Himself a little more to make a trinity of Himself by Father , Son , and Holy Spirit. And here was God, unfolded Himself now, down into “ let us make man (which was His son , an offspring from Him) man in Our own image (He was a supernatural being.), and let him have dominion over the cattles of the field, and so forth.”

Now, the man led the man–led the–the cattle and everything, just like the Holy Spirit leads a real true believer today. The Voice of God out there… The voice of man, rather, would speak and say… call the cattle this way, call the sheep over to this pasture, call the fishes to this water. See, he had dominion; everything obeyed him.

In 1953 he states that the “let us” was Father and Son.

A_SUPER_SIGN  JEFF_IN 12-27-59 Morning

26 That’s a sign, that every unrepented sinner will perish in the judgment, that the righteous shall be saved by the mercy of God. He gave another sign at the burning bush. What was it when He caught His runaway prophet? “I have heard the cries of My people, and I’ve remembered My covenant”? He gave another sign there, that He was a covenant-keeping God, that He remembered everything that He said, every promise that He made. He gave a sign at the burning bush, “And I’ve come down to deliver them.” Watch God in His ways of work. When He created the heavens and earth, He called the Angels together, and He said, “Let us.” Every place in the Scripture where He did anything mostly, “Not Me, but My Father.” But when it come to the plan of redemption, He came alone; nobody was with Him. He was the only One that could come. An Angel couldn’t do it. Another man called His son, couldn’t do it. One called something else, a holy virgin, or a holy mother, or–or some saint, couldn’t do it. God had to come.

Here in 1959 he said he gathered his angels together and said, “let us…”

CHRIST_REVEALED_IN_HIS_OWN_WORD  JEFF_IN 08-22-65 Morning

70 And He ever lives to make His Word live what It said It would do for that age. He is alive. He was alive in the Old Testament, manifested. I just want to–to let you see a little something here if you can stand it. Watch. When Jesus was manifested in the Old Testament as we believe it… Now, you preachers out there, you can argue with it, do whatever you want to, but I’m talking from my–what I think. See? When Jesus was manifested in the Old Testament in a theophany, in the Person of Melchisedec, not a priesthood, but the Person, the Man… See? For this Man had yet not been born, but He was in a theophany so He had no father, no mother. He was God Himself. He was manifested in the form of a Man called King of Salem, which is King of Peace and King of Righteousness. See? He was Melchisedec. He had neither father nor mother, beginning of days of ending of life. See? It was Jesus in a theophany in the form of a man. Could you go that? All right.

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²³ Now, now if you’ll notice as we read the next verse. See? “First, being by interpretation, King of righteousness.” That’s not where I want to do. The–the 3rd verse, “Nor end of life.”

		… but made like unto the Son of God;…

Now, He was not the Son of God, for, if He was the Son, He had a beginning. And this Man had no beginning. If He was the Son, he had to have both father and mother. “And this Man had neither father nor mother. But He was made like unto the Son of God.”

		… abideth a priest continually.

FUTURE_HOME_OF_THE_BRIDE  JEFF_IN 08-02-64

76 Just exactly like it did on there, upon the earth. Jesus was part of that earth that the Holy Ghost descended upon (Is that right?) and remained upon Him forever. It never can leave Him, It’s always there (He and God are one.), always has to remain. And so John saw the holy City, the New Jerusalem descending like a comet or a–a dove, coming down out of heaven and settling upon a redeemed entire earth. To do what? To claim every attribute that He made the earth for; every man that was represented in the eternity and every woman is redeemed then. She’s been scoured and burned by fire; Jesus in His fiery temptations in the wilderness for forty days… After that, notice, it was ready for His ministry then. Think of it, the Holy Ghost descending upon earth, Jesus, and that holy Blood. Now watch. I hope I don’t go too deep for you. See? The holy Blood that was created by God, the Blood, the Life, the Creation of God: Jesus was the beginning of the creation of God. Oh, my. You see it? God made in creation… He was Spirit. The Bible said He’s the beginning of the creation of God. How did He begin? In the wombs of a woman, which is what? The woman is… not like… How them blind people can’t see the serpent’s seed right here. See? Eve was put here on the earth, and before Satan ever touched her or anything else, God said to them, “Multiply and replenish the earth.” It’s right.

Here he states that 1. Jesus had not yet been born and 2. that he had his beginning in the womb of a virgin. So, to find the balance, the theophany there is Jesus yes, but before he was brought forth in birth as a separate person from God. Melchisidec was the logos that went out from God. The manifestation of God himself. That manifestation in fact is Jesus, but not Jesus as a separate person from God himself. It was simply the theophany of God, the logos. It was Jesus pre-figured or you could say it was Jesus proleptically. Now, this can be somewhat confusing, it was for me for years, but another way to say it is that it was the life of the Son that was in the Logos, but the Logos itself was the Father’s manifestation and expression. The only visible form the Father had. That life of the Son that was in the Logos later had a beginning and was born through a virgin.

Proleptical means the anachronistic representation of something as existing before its proper or historical time, as in the precolonial United States.

The logos was the going forth of the Son of God, but not in the sense that it was a separate person from God or a pre-incarnate Son. It was the self-manifestation and revelation of God. It was the only way the invisible Spirit could be seen to the spiritual eye. It was God limiting himself to a form in which he could be revealed to mankind. Again, the life of the Son was in the Logos. He was prefigured by the various appearances of God in the form of the logos.

To put it all together;

1. the Logos was the Son – the only visible form the invisible Spirit had

2. the Logos prefigures the Son

3. the Logos is the Father’s self-revelation and visible expression – it is the Father

4. the Logos was upon, in and anointed the Son

5. Melchisedec was Jesus in theophany in a man even though Jesus had not yet been born

6. When did Jesus begin? In the womb of a virgin.

7. the Logos was not the Son of man

I can’t expect anyone to simply take what I said as being the final authority. Take it back to the bible, take it back to the message, pray over it and come to your own understanding. It’s important for all of us to be convinced in our own hearts.

The First Seal

And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. (Revelation 6:1-2, King James Version)

Notice that it is the Lamb that opens up the seals not brother William Branham. There are many on the internet who believe that he taught that he opened up the seals, but he did not teach that. He taught that the Lamb opened the Seals and this is what we clearly read in the Bible. Only the Lamb was worthy.

Some teachers correspond the seals to the seven thunders of Revelation 10 because in the 1st verse we read that John heard the noise of a thunder. However, each subsequent seal does not have the noise of a thunder so we should not correspond the seals and the thunders. They are two separate events in the book of Revelation. The noise of a thunder is what Jesus heard after a prayer signifying that God was speaking to him. In 1963 just prior to brother Branham receiving the revelation of what the seven seals were there was a loud explosion that occurred when  seven angels visited him and was witnessed by two brothers who were out hunting with him. This event in Revelation corresponds to the loud explosion that he heard. It simply signifies that God is going to speak.

The four beasts would be better called four living creature. They correspond to the four cherubim who cover the throne of God. They reflect the glory of God and when they speak it thunders because they are speaking the words of God. This cheribum or living creature says “come and see” and John hears it as a loud thunder or explosion.

As soon as that seal is opened the living being thunders forth come and see. Then based upon that seal opening a revelation is given.

Then a vision breaks forth for John and he sees a white horse. White signifies purity and holiness. But then you see that the being that sat upon the horse has a bow, but it says nothing of arrows. Someone with a bow and no arrows is a bluff. It’s like a gun with no bullets, they pretend to have the real thing, but all they have is a toy.

This shows that it is not Jesus Christ that riding on the horse, but it is the devil because Jesus is not a bluff. He has the power and authority. The devil is then crowned and goes forth to conquer.

What event does this correspond to?

You will see that these events show a progression of how Satan worked to pervert God’s word and power throughout the church age. It started out at the beginning of the church age in white as an innocent and “holy” work.  Paul warned that wolves would come in to deceive the flock and so they did.  He also wrote “For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.” (2 Thessalonians 2:7) John wrote that the spirit of antichrist was already at work (1 John 4:3) perverting the work of God purporting to be believers, but they were not.

The white horse was that innocent looking start to the spirit of antichrist working in the church to pull it away from the apostolic faith and doctrine. It was a subtle thing because it was working right in the middle of the church claiming to be the church, but it was the spirit of antichrist imitating Christ riding a white horse and carrying a bow without any arrows. A bluff, a deceiver pretending to be the Spirit of Christ.

This corresponds to the 1st Church Age, the church at Ephesus.

But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate. Revelation 2:6

The word Nicolaitanes comes from the Greek nikao which means “to conquer” and laitanes which means “the laity.” The first church age still hated the deeds of those who sought to conquer the laity. This white horse is how the divide between the laity and the bishops or pastors started. They sought to take away the gifts of the Spirit working amongst the entire church and keep the laity down. This was how the devil began to work to build up his church that has a pope, cardinals and arch-bishops. He used this tactic to take away the experience that each of us must have with God, the Holy Ghost baptism. It’s for all of us and the gifts of the Spirit that come along with it are for each and every believer.

This was Satan’s first work in the church age, pervert the gospel just a little bit and elevate the preachers to a higher position than they really hold.

So the white horse is the spirit of antichrist seeking to imitate and thus stand in the place of Christ, but he’s revealed to be a false christ in that he has a bow, but no arrows to make the bow effectual and he is seeking to conquer the laity.

Now, I want to go back to discuss the first beast and how that corresponds to this seal. The first beast or living creature that says, “Come and see” is the one with a face like a lion. I gather that this living creature is the one with the face like a lion because in Revelation 4:7 it is called “the first beast” and in the second seal the beast or living creature is called “the second beast” even though here he is called “one of the four beasts.”

The living creatures are the cherubim that cover or guard the throne of God. They are so close to the throne of God that they too reflect the glory of God. This first living creature with the face of a lion embodies the strength, power and untamed nature of God. The attribute of this living creature corresponds with how the Holy Spirit worked against antichrist spirit. The power of God went forth and worked through the true church of the living God of that time. Through this untamed and powerful nature the elect overcame the deceit of the antichrist spirit.

William Branham – Visions and Discernment

Watch as the Holy Spirit works through brother Branham to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart. You are witnessing Jesus Christ on display to the world. This is a manifestation of the Spirit of God in a way that has not been done since the times of the apostles.

Brother William Branham – 20th Century Prophet

Brother Branham was commissioned by an angel to take a message of healing and deliverance to the world. The Holy Spirit worked powerfully in salvation, healing and deliverance through his ministry. Listen as he describes his calling.

Pray For Your Enemies

I received this question from a sister on Facebook. It’s a great question because this is not an easy thing to do in the natural.

“towards the end of the sermon brother Branham, mentions “We shall pray for our enemies and love them; do good to them that do bad to us.”

Now i would like to ask simple question: How is it possible to pray for enemies whose mission is to hurt one? or when we pray to God for our enemies, what do we tell Him about them? Especially enemies who do not fear the Lord and are always trying to discourage a christian’s faith?”

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. Matthew 5:44

How is it possible to pray for someone whose mission is your hurt? It certainly isn’t an easy thing to do, but the first thing to do if you do not feel able to pray for them then you have to ask God to take away any bitterness you might have towards them and to give you a spirit that is willing to be obedient and pray for them. It is not easy because there can be years of hurt in your heart, but if you want to be obedient to the word of God – pray that he will help you overcome the hurt you have in your heart and pray for that person.

When we pray to God for our enemies it is in a spirit of meekness and fear not in a spirit of self-righteousness like the Pharisee that said, “God I thank you that I am not like these sinners over there.” Pray that the Holy Spirit would soften their hearts and change them. Pray that their hearts would be converted to hear and believe the word of God. Pray that they would make things right in their life so that Satan would no longer have dominion over them. There are many other things you can pray for, but none greater than their salvation.

Those enemies who are discouraging will not and cannot have dominion over you. Greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. Pray that the Holy Spirit would convert their hearts to receive Jesus. God is omnipotent and able to do all things. We need to pray and have faith that He will. Jesus prayed for those who crucified him as an example, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” My, what love the Son of God showed and gave as an example! When you pray for those who discourage and use you pray that the Father in heaven would forgive them and grant them repentance.

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God bless you.

Jason DeMars

The Bible is THE Absolute

Back To The Gospel

In my time of prayer and meditation on the word throughout the day I feel a definite leading in the Holy Spirit that I am not focusing on bringing the word of God to people the right way.

While I do not feel at all convicted for teaching on the deeper things of the word of God I do feel that my focus that back to the Gospel.

What I mean by that is not simply that all I focus on should be the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ and proclaiming that to the lost, though that should be a huge focus. I mean focusing as a minister on the Gospel and the major doctrines surrounding that. As in justification by faith alone, sanctification through the Spirit, the baptism of the Holy Spirit, the doctrine of Christ, adoption, predestination, the inerrancy of scripture, etc, etc. Brother Branham taught extensively on and focused primarily on these issues. He certainly taught about the 7 seals, the presence of Christ, the 7 church ages, the serpent’s seed, his ministry, etc., but he never left off the preaching of the Gospel to the lost. This is something I’m feeling I have left. My focus is bringing people to the message but in doing that it’s a fine line of balance in my heart. How much different is that than a Pentecostal going out and trying to make people Pentecostal?

You could say, well you have the truth and the Pentecostal does not. However, what is in my heart? Is it a love for that person to bring them to biblical truth or is it a pride in my heart because I believe the message of brother Branham and I want to point people to him?

Certainly it depends on what is in my heart, but really, what is my focus? Are we doing all we can to get people to Christ or are we trying to make them a convert to our religion?
My desire and my purpose has to be to get people to Christ. First, they must know him as their Savior then you can show them what He has done in this day.

The doctrine that William Branham taught was pure and it brings us back to the bible. Somehow I wonder if in proclaiming the message we have lost some of the focus and balance that brother Branham had through the Holy Spirit.

I need to rebuild the foundation of scriptural teaching in my life and to approach others with the leadership of the Holy Spirit in bringing them the Gospel. For those of us who believe this message we have been restored to the pure Gospel as taught by the apostles.

Let’s place our focus on it and bring it to the world. The Bride should have a greater passion and greater desire to bring this pure Gospel to the world because we are being led by the Holy Spirit himself who is here for us in this day. The same Holy Spirit that vindicated the ministry of William Branham is here to work in us and bring the same Gospel to the world.

That is my passion and that is the direction that I want to go in my focus.