Mystery of Iniquity

Mystery of Iniquity

Bro. Lee Vayle - May 21, 1971

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a. …It's very nice to be back in the house of the Lord again tonight to study this Word, we have a perfect Bride now to the ministry of the prophet of God. No one else has that ability as we have. That is that the people could be convinced, but you see it's so simple they're over looking it. That's the problem. They just…don't listen in their Bibles. I've often said I'm out of Canada and I never did see a red bird in my life. But I saw in a book a red bird. And I thought that would be one of the prettiest things to see. And then, you know, one day I saw a red bird and it was easy to recognize it. Because I'd already seen from a book what that red bird would be like.

Now, when it comes to a prophet, people bog down. They don't study the Scripture to see if there be such a thing as a prophet and what that prophet would be like. Then if they'd do that, should such a person should come along, then they would know that, that was that person. But the prophet would thoroughly be revealed in Scripture, and we know that Acts 3: is the fulfillment of Deuteronomy 18: And such a man came and they didn't recognize him. You know, John the Baptist came, and they didn't recognize him. So, it's a pity that people are missing simplicity.

b. Just like Bro. Branham said, "We all the time look at the past, we all the time look at the future, and they're missing what's going on." And you know, there’re even people in this Message are doing the same thing. They wish that they had the very ministry back, that Bro. Branham had when he was here. Which ministry was to setting before us so that we would accept the Word which was vindicated by the ministry. Now we’re, looking forward to great things down the road. Well, that is not what Bro. Branham taught us. He said, "You don't look back, and you don't look forward, you look at what is going on now." You have to stay with the hour in which you live. And prepare again is the same thing he taught us, listen, because it's so simple.

What is more simple than a farmer planting a grain of wheat. The Bible says, "We know not how, the day and night something is working in that seed." Why? He's got confidence that the full potential of the desired manifestation lies in that seed according to the laws of God laid down. You take that sermon on 'Spiritual Food in Due Season' [65-07-18] he brought that very thing out. The former rain which is the Word of God has been sown.

c. Now, there is nothing you and I can do about it, except nourish it by our undying faith in that Word. Explain It, not all of It. I don't know that we'll ever explain It all. I don't know that any prophet was ever able to explain It all. That is, explain It right down to the 'nth' degree whether it's nothing to uncover. When there's nothing left to uncover, I believe as far as the prophetic Message is concerned, because this Message would uncover anything that God wanted uncovered. But to repeat that back to God, the way God said it. Maybe no one in this world would ever accomplish that.

Moses would take so much of the Word. Moses had to go to God many times to find out just what his conduct should be relative to that Word. Like a man picking up sticks on the Sabbath. Now, they said, "What will we do about that Sabbath?" Something was in the Word concerning, said must not labor on that day. And yet they had to go to God for the revelation, even though the Word had been given.

d. So, that was in the day the hadn't made a very accurate count, but today we number of Christians is seven hundred million so far. That would raise it to seven hundred at the end time. Just counting, but, nobody knows for sure. Remember, Elijah had seven thousand that hadn't bowed the knee, that would be, election. Seven hundred, seven thousand. I don't know. Bro. Branham never said positively. He showed us where it could be. So too the squeeze at this end time. Hear what that squeeze is going to be? That'd have to be in a child-like faith, that’s indicative. That's all, I see no other hope, just believe this Word. What we don’t see, Jesus paid for. Don't… positively wonder, don't try to probe where you’re not supposed to probe. That's right. Don't try to make the thing come to pass, it won't work. Then you’ll see that. Just let it lie in the sun. Just get admonished to the people. Sure, many seeds …?...

That's what Paul warned us. All these teachers warned us. John warned us, of the mouth of every business. It's just stay with that Word the best you know. Because you can only know it according to revelation. I must pick at it, try to learn it. A theologian, he could do fine, but he'll never bring it to revelation with the Spirit of God …?... And that's what we have to have, to stay with that Word in simplicity, in Jesus.

e. Now, I want to bring a message tonight following, there's Wednesday night, as I spoke on 'The Mysteries of God', and I want to take one mystery tonight, 'The Mystery of Iniquity'. So, let us bow our heads in a word of prayer.

Heavenly Father, we praise and thank You that You've given us grace and truth through Jesus Christ, given all until John, that grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. Now, Lord, we realize that, grace and truth. You by Your grace, wanted to give us the truth, and it was grace and truth that brings us and leads Eternal Life. And we thank You for it, Lord. Because we know we're not born of the perishable seed, the corruptible, but we're born of the incorruptible. And we thank You for it, O God.

And tonight, Lord, we rest upon the fact that, He who has began a good work in us, will perform It, until the day of the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe, Lord, that that grain has been sown. The Word of God has been re-sown for the end time. Christ Twice the authorize now do it. And we know, Lord, that the Spirit must fall upon us, and it's going to bring forth a harvest in one short season, and it is the season of Resurrection.

May we understand that, Lord, and just stand fast in the faith of this Word. God, help us to bring everybody into captivity tonight, to the obedience of Jesus Christ. That we might not be deceived, inviolate, and thereby be destroyed. Lord, I pray that every mind has been absolutely closed down to everything but the Word of God. Something that caught fire, something called holy. And that's that Word tonight.

O God, help us we pray. Give me the word to speak tonight, Lord, because I know myself I've been through nothing but can say nothing at all. May the Word come, Lord, accordingly received in the same manner. Grant us tonight, Lord, according to grace and truth, and we'll be careful to give You the praise in Jesus' Name. Amen.

1. Now, the other night we're speaking about the fact that God's Word has many mysteries in It. And because they're mysteries, we fully realize that they can be made known to us by the Holy Spirit. And we can know what these mysteries are, which are indeed the great truths of the Word of God. As Bro. Branham said, "The 'Third Pull' was the opening of the Seventh Seal, to reveal the hidden truths that has been sealed in the Word." That's right.

Hidden how? It wasn't hidden, because of the fact that it was in between the lines. It wasn't that at all. It was hidden, because what was said was not revealed to us. It was hidden under a curtain, but the word 'reveal' means to pull back as a curtain and see what is there. It was in the Word, is the Word, but It wasn't made known to us as to what God meant when He said It.

He also said in 'The Breach ' [63-03-17] the mystery, (what we're talking about the Word of God) came down from God as the Word of God. What are the mysteries? It's the Word of God, and revealed the entire revelation of God. When all the mystery of God has been completely brought by that end time prophet, God will stand revealed in full view, and that's the entire mystery, they're all brought up. (See?) The truth. And remember, Jesus is the truth, the Word.

2. Remember, Jesus is the Word. As Bro. Branham said, "Every Word in this Book reveals Jesus Christ. In the Psalms, in the Epistles, in the history, in the prophesies." And he said, "If you fail to see Jesus in one of those verses, go over it again until you see Christ." And that may sound strange concerning the history. But really it is not, because the Book, this Bible, reveres the Bible is literally the revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ. Who is that Seventh Seal? Christ is. (See?) Every place you go is a revelation of that Word.

Now, one of those mysteries, one of the major doctrines, one of the great truths, would have to be brought to us, (and they're always brought to us) there's a mystery of iniquity.

3. Now, let's turn to that in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-10

(1) Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,

(2) That (you) be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

(3) Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

(4) Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

(5) Remember (you) not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

(6) And now (you) know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

(7) For the mystery of iniquity (is) already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

(8) …then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

(9) Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

(10) And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

Now, this mystery of iniquity which is to be brought into full view in revelation at this end time, has already started in the days of the apostle Paul that could not be fully revealed as It is today, because it was not time for the manifestation. Now remember, Paul was speaking before, I believe in the Book of Ephesians, he said that his mystery that he was teaching was more thoroughly revealed than that had been previously. Now, when you receive a portion of a revelation, you stand in doubt as to whether you are absolutely correct, though you could be correct.

5. Now, the revelation which we'll speak of tonight given us by Bro. Branham has been known previously, but they could not know it for sure. They were only barely looking at it. Remember, those Seven Seals was seal up the scroll. Now, those Seals, (I mean by Seal Book) was a manuscript, they were scrolls written within and without. Now, some of those manuscripts were written within, but not without. This one was written within and without, so therefore no man could add to It, or no man could take from It.

So, let's say we have a manuscript such as that, and it's sealed. Now, you know that between the seals you can lose some words. And say, "I caught a word in there. I've been listening, therefore is speaking of this." Somebody else comes along and he looks at that manuscript that's all rolled up. And he's to read between those seals and he says, "I think you've got a point there, but I view it like this."

6. Now, each of those persons could have the revelation basically correct, but it's only at the end time that you would really know what is correct and you would get the fullness in order to know the truth. Years ago, people realized that city sitting upon seven hills and that antichrist system will be an ecumenical system. They knew it, but they didn't know what we know today, because this end time man is to bring in all the mysteries. And when he does the whole Book becomes a complete dove-tail revelation. As I said the other night, "No Scripture from then on, fights Scripture." It all dovetails, it's all perfectly revealed to us, and there's no second opinion of what I believe we were arguing against this segment over here. It is a revelation where the Bride comes together all as one. And here stands the full revelation, and the full manifestation of Christ. (See?)

Now, it's only in this day that, that could happen. It could not happen before. But, the mystery of iniquity as we know it today, was always started and revealed in the days of Paul in a promise. But today of course we come into the very fullness of it.

7. Now, let us examine the truth of the mystery of iniquity the best we can from these Scriptures, which we have before us. Now, you'll notice the mystery of iniquity is manifested in a man. In 2 Thessalonians 2:] verses 7-8,

(7) For the mystery of iniquity does already work: (it's already started, but it hasn't come into its full fledge power) only he (that) letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

(8) …then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

You'll notice that this mystery of iniquity, though started way back there, (see?) as a seed could not come into full manifestation and revelation until the end time when this mystery, this spirit would be incarnated in a man. Now, you remember what Bro. Branham said in a nut shell, "The mystery of iniquity is the people worshipping Satan through a church system." (See?) Now, it started way back in the days of Paul. But there had to come a time, and there will come a time when this thing will be actually headed up and manifested in a man, (in whom Satan lives) and the people will worship him as God. It will be an embodiment of Satan, because It says, "He works exactly in Satan's ways." And remember, Satan is dealing with mankind. (See?) Remember, God planted those original seeds, the enemy came by, and improved himself right into human race, thereby bringing on a serpent seed.

Now, notice also this mystery is related to the coming of the Lord. That's right, the mystery of iniquity cannot come to pass, be fulfilled, be manifested, except at about the very time that the Lord Jesus Christ comes. Now, notice that in that in verse 2. [blank spot on tape] …these it to the Greek, which I believe I spoke the other night, Peter quoted, John quoted, Jesus quoted, Paul quoted, the Septuagint.

8. Now, with this Jehovah is found in Jeremiah 46:10

(10) For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: (and) the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

All right, you get a picture there, what the day of the Lord is.

Isaiah 2:12

(12) For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

Acts 2:20

(20) The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:

See, you can see exactly where it is.

2 Peter 3:10

(10) But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; … (and so on.)

We noticed in here that the day of the Lord, which is the day of Jehovah usually signifies that God is defending Israel and destroying the enemy of Israel. You can see where we stand, that this antichrist coming, (this mystery of iniquity as you find in the Scripture) can only come when it's full being, at the same time that the Lord Jesus Christ is coming to bring vengeance and destruction upon the earth. That's what It says In Zechariah. This is our Lord, He will state it, and he comes and destroys those who come up against Jerusalem as He saves the 144,000.

Now, you'll notice of course that the Bride is already Raptured before this manifestation comes into being. The Bride is going to be gone. That man of sin will not be opposing God, and exalting himself and showing that he is God when the Bride is here. It is then, the three and a half years of the Great Tribulation, (he calls it) that this man is going to be shown forth what he shows himself forth as though he is God. And he'll showed forth what he is, because he'll be destroyed by the very coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

9. Now, notice also about this mystery and the day of the Lord over here in,

Acts 1:6-7, It says:

(6) When they therefore were come together, (and) they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

(7) And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

Now, you see this is part of the mystery. No one knows the exact date concerning it.

10. Now, over here in 2 Thessalonians 2:6, It says:

(6) And now (you) know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

There is a certain specific time for the coming of the day of the Lord. A certain specific time for antichrist to be on the scene, and… they miss their time so to speak, ...they're coming in that same period. Now, all you can do is wait. You don't know what day or hour Jesus came. We don't know what day or hour the Great Tribulation is going to start. We don't know these things, we just have to wait and see them come into this earth. But, we're warned the hour which this has been happening, in the sense we know this is the generation for whom these things are falling now as they're lost.

Now, notice also in verse 3, It says that, "There cannot be the day of the Lord either, except there be a falling away first." [2 Th 2:3] Now, there's got to be a great apostasy before the day of the Lord. There's got to be a great apostasy before this man of sin is able to be revealed in his takeover. Because he doesn't tip his hand of course immediately, but he'll show who he is. Now, there is going to be a falling away, or an apostasy.

11. Now, let's go to the Book of Joshua 22:22. Now, this also is the Septuagint, 22: and 22.

(22) The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if (it be) in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,)

Now, the word in the Greek of the New Testament, it is translated as 'apostasy', is the very same word that is used for 'rebellion' in the Hebrew. Now, what rebellion would constitute apostasy was going on at this time. Well, I'll tell you, Israel had passed over and became …?... But before this pass over some of the tribes said, "We don't want to go in there." Now, we'll help you fight the battle, we'll help you take possession. But, we want to live on this side of Jordan.

Well, they said, "If that's the way you feel about it, you go ahead and do that. But, you help us according to what you're supposed to do. So then, after Israel received the land from God, and the other tribes went back over on the other side of the flood, they built an altar. Now, you know that Israel could not possibly worship God outside of the Ark of the Covenant where they erected their altar. There was no worship, except in this one place.

12. Now, when Israel saw…that the major portion of the tribe in Canaan's land saw… an altar being built, they said, "Look what you're trying to do, you are trying to worship God away and apart from God's ordained way, which was the way laid down by Moses."

They said, "This is rebellion which is apostasy."

Now, those people said, "No, you don't understand. We are not building an altar to worship apart from you. We are not building an altar in order to go about worshipping the way we want to worship." (See?) Now, this is not that they were doing it, they'd be worshipping God. But God would call it apostasy. (See?)

Now then, they said, "No, we're not doing that. What we're doing, we're building an altar as a covenant here that we belong with you."

They said, "Alright, we'll accept that."

Then you see, what we're showing you here is that this falling away has to do with a worship of God which is just we would call unconstitutional, unacceptable. And even though there are worshipping, they're worshipping in rebellion, or in apostasy. In other words, it's a wisdom that God will not …?... (See?) He turns it down, He does not want it.

Now, there is only one place where we can meet God, that's in Jesus Christ, Who is the Word. There is only one place where we can worship God, and that is Jesus Christ the Word. Bro. Branham said that, "There is nobody, absolutely nobody who can truly worship God apart from the messenger which God sends." Why? Because God sends the messenger with the Message, so therefore as Paul said, "Peter is nothing, Paul is nothing, the Word of God is everything." So, they have fallen away from the Word and thereby, and therefore, they cannot worship God acceptably. They can't so it.

13. Now, notice also this Word is found in 2 Chronicles 29:19 Now:

(19) Moreover, all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, we have prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.

Now, notice in here the word 'transgression' is the same thing, 'apostasy'. Now, It says, this verse 19, that Ahaz apostasized. Now, how can Ahaz apostasize? He apostasized by taking away the sacred vessel. He took away that which the people were performing in their worship of God.

Now, the same thing stands today, when did they take away water baptism? Water baptism means absolute immersion. How many have it? Water baptism means 'immersing in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ'. How many have it? (See?) How many people take today partake of communion? They say they believe this Message. Now, if I'm cutting this off anything you believe. I ask my wife to preach it, when I'm gone, to touch it.

So, where do you find that you get the water baptism is no longer advocated today? Water baptism in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I find no Scripture that's taken it away until the Bride is Raptured. Why have they done away with foot-washing? Why have they done away with communion? (See?) Why have they done away with these things? Brother/sister, this is the very same thing that we're talking about. This is the apostasy as far as I'm concerned. You see, you can see it, dovetails in the Word of God, just go to your Bibles and trace it through. You don' find it here, reading in the newspaper. You find it by getting into the Bible and see just what they do,

14. Now remember, Bro. Branham said, "Israel had Seven Church Ages." They dovetailed with our Seven Church Ages. (See?) This Word of God is one whole Book. So, we get our illustrations as the apostle Paul said, "These things are written for our admonition that we might learn by them." [Rom 15:4] And you can see here, we do not have the right to take away.

What about those people that say, "I'm going to just stay home and hear tapes, because there is no five-fold ministry?" Why don't you read it in 'Stature of a Perfect Man' [ 62 10 14] where Bro. Branham brings out perfection comes by five-fold ministry. Now, I'm not defending myself, because as far as I'm concerned, I could quit preaching tomorrow, I could stop tonight. Well, yeah, suits me fine. You just thought God will let me do this. I'll be happy, I've no worries about the job. I've laid the foundation where God's going to take care of me…I know. A lot of folk will lie to me, but God won't lie to me. A lot of folk will let me down, but God won't let me down. No worry there. But you see, you can't do these things and not be a part of the apostasy. Why? Because it's in rebellion to the Word of God. Now, you follow me? Okay.

15. Now, there's a third one here, (but I won't give you the quote on it) it's in Jeremiah. And the Bible said that, "Jeremiah turned to idols and went down to Egypt." [Jer 44:1] Now, what's he doing to go down to Egypt? You go to the world, it's the world's system. And what is the world's system? The world's system is organization. Jesus said, "The Gentiles seek to exercise authority that so shall not be named among you." Organization, system, programs, and all these things. And you know what? Jeremiah said, "You've gone down there and …God did before.

Now, listen to me: the last day, the Laodicean church ends up with Jesus Christ outside the church, because Laodicea is in rebellion against the Word, it is apostasizes, in rebellion. Now, the Bible says, "This has got to happen before the antichrist is manifested." Certainly, it does, because the antichrist himself is in absolute rebellion against God, because the antichrist is nothing but the devil incarnated in a man. And remember, it's this spirit that brings him on. It's this spirit of rebellion that brings on the great rebeller. And that spirit's in the people, and it's in the church system. (See?)

16. Now, it is in the church, it's in apostasy, it's this apostasy that brings on this man of sin. The mystery of iniquity in the church! The mystery of iniquity in the church. That's where it was. Paul said, "It's already working." It doesn't drown amongst them. How in the name of common sense can you get that interruption? They weren't in Adam. It's in the church! That mystery of iniquity was in the church. And that mystery of iniquity in the church brings out the man of iniquity. That's right. The mystery of iniquity brings out the man of iniquity. Over here in 2 Thessalonians 2:10, we’re reading from, It says in verse 10,

(10) And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

Now, they received not the love of the truth. That's the apostasy in a nutshell. They don't want the truth, but they want the worship without it. (Is that right, do you follow me?) And they're going to worship without it. That's right. And they're going to end up worshipping the devil through a church system while they think It's God. That's right.

17. Now, notice what Paul just said: "You call him the antichrist."

Look in, 2 Thessalonians 2:] 3.

(3) Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

Notice, he was called the man of sin. He was called the son of perdition. And in verse 8, he is called, that wicked, or that wicked one. Now, through a beast, titles are identical. Man of sin, and wicked one are actually 'lawless one'. That's what It says in the Greek, 'lawless'. Here's a lawless person.

18. All right, let's go find out about this lawless condition. It's in 1 John 3:4

(4) Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

Now, that is not correct. Sin, is not the transgression of the law. (Although that's true in a sense.) The literal correct translation is, 'sin is law-less-ness'. Now, let's watch this, lawlessness, there is no such thing that anybody can do without a law. Right.) So therefore, humanly speaking there is nothing that is lawless in itself. Let's see my hand carrying a bucket of water, turning the heat up, every single thing has to do with a law. Yes sir. Every single thing in this Word, I don’t care if you kill, I don't care if you take your last breath and scream curses in God's face, it's all done by law. Something is there that gives you the power to do it.

Now, God made everything the law. He made every single law. There isn't anything that God didn't make. There is nothing that you and I can do, the devil or anybody else can do, but it's based upon what one God put here, and what He did it by. But there is no such thing as lawlessness, per se. Neither can you break a law. If you broke a law, you would be destroying what God laid down. If I can break the law of gravity, there's no more gravity. (See?) (You follow what I'm driving at?)

19. So, let's get back to what his is talking about. It's not what people think it is, it can't be that. For if I could break the law it could destroy it. If I could do something that's lawless, how come I can do it? There's got to be a principle behind it, or it couldn't be done at all. What are we talking about? We're talking about the fact here, if you take the very laws that God laid down for an intended purpose. You take those very laws, that very power, then you do something contrary, so what God wants revealed in His Word, but you do it anyway. (See?)

You take those very laws God laid down for an intended purpose and you use them for some-thing else, or you try to attain to some purpose God wants, by using some other law that God never ordained. That's why women can't preach. The Bible said, "Go into all the world and preach the Gospel." [Mk 16:15]

But He said, "Woman stay home."

She says, "Well, I'm going to do it, I'm a soul winner."

No, she’s not, not under those conditions. How's the work you think she's doing? (See?) It can't be done.

Now, you say, "That woman is lawless like the devil.' That's right! She was using laws that God laid down, but she used them to a purpose that God didn't intend it. So that's your idea here, that's why the curse ends up thinking it’s worshipping God, when it's not worshipping God, because it's taking the Word and the thorn that God laid down; like water baptism, foot washing and all these things. And it ends up perverted so that God turns it away, she’ll have no part in it.

20. Now, this original lawlessness (we're talking about) is found over in Genesis 2: (let me just keep showing it to you so you get the point here. Sometimes these things a little bit of hard to understand, there is not.)

Genesis 2:9-17

(9) And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Notice 17,

(17) But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof (dying) thou shalt surely die.

Now, listen here, the Bible said, that God made everything good, then He rested. Then how can God didn't make this tree? Just like Cain, thou is perfect in all thy ways until iniquity was found in thee. What was it? Everything that God made was good. That's right, absolutely perfect, absolutely good.

21. Now then, if a single …?… is not good, yet the Bible said, "God made everything good." So therefore, it's got to be the wrong use of what is good. (You see it?) That's your problem right here in the Bible. People refuse to understand to see what the prophet was talking about. It's perversion that God can't stand. It was perversion… the seed of Cain. I mean, the seed of the serpent was brought forth, it was a perversion. Everything he’s done is perversion. He has patience and wrongly used, every single thing God created. Now then, turn back, they're different in the sense we put one against the other. Life and death, the same thing.

All right, the Tree of Life was in the Garden. (Right?) Now, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was death. Is that, right? Then what is life? Life is good, which is the knowledge of good. Now, what is evil, or death? Death, has to be the misrepresentation of that which is right in order to bring death. Because death was not there in the first place. And death won't be there in the second place, because God is going to destroy death in hell. Only that which is perfect will remain.

22. Now, (I hope you're catching this now) death was perverted truth. And you can't do anything against the truth, but for the truth, so what is it? It's the mishandling, and the misrepresentation of that which is the truth. (You following where we're getting today?) It's what they're doing today, they thrown this Bible in the gutter. They don't want go get rid of your churches. I'm talking about the whole about the ‘holy mass’. Our faith they will be yet. You don't find a trinity in this Word. Like they're doing right now.

I was just an article in the 'Truth for Tomorrow', a magazine, or …?... in there, there's a man wrote of the …?... mountain. How that they thought they saw, there were two creators, one was a creator, one was a former, and the two together made the whole world. And they said, "See the mountain had a better revelation than even Israel did, because there's two gods. I thought where's the truth then honey? Oh the dirty trick, to leave out the third. (See?) You follow me? It is perversion that kills you.

23. Now, I'll prove my point further, (come on now, I'm not just talking through my hat here) let's go to 1 John 3: now, I want to get the truth, right down to where it is. Now, I'm teaching you something. "So, did Bro. Branham teach that?" Bro. Branham sure did, I'm just bring out more Scripture on it that's all. Now 1 John 3:9-13

(9) Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; … (that's pretty nice isn't?)

All right, if you're born of God and don't commit sin, then you don't need an Intercessor. Why have you got one? Paul said we got One. John said we got One. Yet, John said, "A man born of God does not commit sin." So, if you don't commit sin, you don't need an Intercessor. He's not talking about the kind of sin that people think he's talking about. Where your Methodist went all haywire. Of course, don’t never let them talk to…don't let anybody tell you just to talk the nonsense that you hear today. He never talk that nonsense. We never talk that kind of perfection that people talk about.

Now listen, It said:

(9) Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; …

In other word, there's something this man cannot do, it's a sin that this man cannot commit. And you know why that he can't commit It? It's because he's born of God. (See?) A horse cannot cluck like a chicken. And never did cluck like a chicken, because it can't cluck like a chicken. And all I ever would fly to take off like a bee, 747, because let's face it, I can't do it. And I'll not sit down and play that piano. And never will, I can't do that. And I'll never sing like Caruso. Why? There's no danger, I can't. And I'll never preach like Bro. Branham. No danger, I can't. Don't even need to worry about it. You see? Something in here this man can do. So, he doesn't need an Intercessor for this.

24. Now, let's keep moving. Now, It says in this, in this very thing we're talking about.

[1 John 3:10-2]

(10) …the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he loveth not his brother.

(11) For this is the message (you) heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

(12) Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, (or unrighteous) and his brother's righteous.

Now, It doesn’t say that when Cain killed his brother that was the unrighteous work. It said he already done an unrighteous work, and his brother Able had done a righteous work. And it was the unrighteous work in contradistinction to the righteous work that made Cain so mad he killed his brother. Is that, right? See, the unrighteous work was not his killing. The unrighteous work led up to the killing. Is tha,t right?

25. All right, what was that unrighteous work? Okay, Genesis 4: now, it may look like giving you a long hard job on this mystery tonight. But remember, this is exactly how Bro. Branham taught us to do. Go on back and find out what it's all about, but just don't talk. (Right?) So, we can't tell you a thing unless we go to Genesis, it’s just got to be there. [ Genesis 4:]

(2) …Abel was a keeper of sheep, Cain was a tiller of the (soil). (Faith against work.)

(3) And in process of time it came to pass, Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.

(4) And Abel, also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

That was the righteous work. As today. Now, was Abel of God? You bet he was of God, because he was of Adam, and Adam was the son of God. Now, Cain was of that wicked one. Is that, right? Let's find out what he did.

(5) But… Cain and to his offering he had not respect….

What was the unrighteous work? The offering that Cain brought was the unrighteous service to God. Now, let' go on:

(5) …And Cain was very wroth, …

Oh, he hates his brother now. That is something to think about. We've got something to think about right here. (See?)

(5) … his countenance fell. (Murder was in the old boy.)

(6) And the LORD said, Why (are you mad?) why is (your) countenance fallen?

(7) If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

Now, right away this doesn't mean one thing in the King James version. Let me read It to you please, from the Septuagint. Listen:

(7) God said, thou hast offered right. Yet if thou hast not rightly divided, hast thou not sinned?

26. Oh, hold your finger there, turn to 2 Timothy 2:15 (All right we already know what it is.)

(15) Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, (Cain was ashamed, Able was not ashamed) rightly dividing the word of truth.

Now, God said, "Cain, you have wrongly divided the Word, so therefore your service, your worship is unrighteous." (Right?) Let's prove it. "Cain, you offered right, but you divided the Word wrong."

Now, how did Cain offer right? Simple as a-b-c. Have you ever heard of the first-fruit offering? Have you? Did Cain offer it? He did. Was it a right offering? It was. Was it a good thing? It was? Was it beautiful? It was. What was wrong with it? It was about the blood. The wrong dividing of the Word of God, which Abel had divided right, and he came and brought the blood. The next thing he would have brought was what? The first-fruit, which is the wave -offering, signifying the Resurrection, because the blood signifies death and cleansing. You see tonight, he offered right. Perfect. But it wasn't perfect with the Word.

27. Now, there is your unrighteousness. There is your wickedness. (See?) This is why many shall come in that day and He'll say, "I never knew you." [Mt 7:23] Now, God was doing healing. All the things were being done by the Word of God, and by faith in God. But remember, He said, "You worked iniquity. It is this wrong division of the Word of God, that in the end time will end up with Christ outside the church, and people actually worshipping the devil saying he's God. And they'll be basing it right upon this Word, and it will be absolutely perverted.

Now, the Bible says so, because at the end time they turned down the truth. And when you turn down the division of the Word of God, the word for your day. I don't care how you say you're going to make out, you will not make out, because we took it right back to the beginning. (See?) No matter how you work this out. No matter how you say, "I know I got it made." (See?) It won't work.

28. Now notice how Jesus called Israel the same seed as Cain. Now remember, Bro. Branham said, "The devil got into that bunch of Jews."

John 8: 44-47

(44) (You) are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father (you) will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he (speaks) of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

What did Bro. Branham say a lie was? The truth perverted. You think for one minute the devil's got knowledge outside of God? No sir! The devil could not have knowledge apart from God, because God enforces the law. He has all knowledge. So, what does the devil do? Perverts them. What is spiritism? The real thing perverted. What's fortunetelling? The real discernment perverted. What is a medium? It's a real office perverted. (See?) Always there's a matter of perversion.

29. Now, let's keep reading:

(45) And because I tell you the truth, (you) believe me not.

(46) Which of you convinceth me of sin…?

Which of you… can find Me wrong in one Word? Because the Word ‘convince’ is; ‘confute’. And confute has to do with arguing. You can work if you can the judgment of the day. William Branham did the same thing to discern the Bibles right now, and debate it. They sure did, like a bunch of dogs and ran. All the time promising, “All of us are going to come down and get baptized.” Why, I'm going to take two hundred pesos, and give it to my friend. Hogwash.

Not one came down and got baptized. Not one preacher as far as I know. And then why whoever it was, took it off…took the challenge off that Bro. Branham said the one time he could have had a challenge on tape was taken off. Don't tell me that was God. Why was God doing that to the Elect? But, in a certain sense, of a Supreme Being. So, you see, they didn't want the challenge and he stood there revealing the Son of man in flesh. They didn't want that challenge. Didn't want that ministry, all the way down the line.

If, which they had to be, because that's the Bible. …?...70: 26-30, identical, and that would have to have progress there too. …?...

30. Now listen, "If I say the truth, why do you not believe Me?"

(47) He that is of God heareth God's words: (that's understands It, you) therefore hear them not, because (you) are not of God.

And they turned and they said,

(48) … (didn't we say why you've got) a devil, (you’re noting but a Samaritan?)

In other words, they said, "You're a bastard Jew." Or you're a bastard Christian. (That's right) The one man that was Seed in Jesus' day was Jesus, and prove that He was Seed and they called Him a bastard. And it would be the same thing with William Branham the one man that could prove that he was Seed with 'Thus Saith the Lord', nobody else had It, nobody. That's right, they said, "You got a devil, you're a bastard." But, when he laid down church order, what did he say, he said, "Let's see if it's legitimate." Did he? I'll stick with the prophet. I may not understand anything, but I know so much of what He said in my heart so thoroughly from the Word of God, I stick to God, no matter what. There's no place else to go."

31. Now, Matthew 15:3-13. Hard to read all these, we're going to do it anyway.

(3) But he answered and said unto them, Why do (you) also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

Now, where did they get those traditions? Originally from the law of Moses, but fulfilled by the scholars that there was no revelation, because they hadn't had a prophet for hundreds of years. Now:

(4) For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

(5) But (you) say, …

I think they're going to have their own meaning for it now, and get their own meaning to suit themselves. You talk about people perverting the Word of God. I have never heard such perversion as come from some people that say they've got the Holy Ghost.

I remember, years ago a man told me, "They said historically there was no such thing as baptism in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ." It was some new innovation. And yet we can take the books of history and go back and prove that for about the first two and a half centuries there was no such thing as a baptism, Father, Son, Holy Ghost. They'll say, any book, and twist anything, to bring out their lies. Now, that's what they did then.

32. Now, let's read on further, it's getting into on how He talked to them. Now, verse 6,

(6) …Thus have (you) made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

In other words, the very promise that God that they were relying on, could not be effective to them, because of a traditional understanding. Now, what about the end time of the Coming of Jesus Christ and the Rapture? Supposing you got a position, instead of the Word of God, can you make the Rapture? Impossible. Now, right away, "Oh, Bro. Vayle, that's unkind." Then you better call Jesus unkind. You better blast Him, don't blast me, because I'm just going to preach what the Bible teaches. (See?)

(7) (You) hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy…

Now remember, the antichrist is a hypocrite. We're sorry, that's Scripture. You can't have a hypocrite until first of all you've got a hypocrite spirit. The whole spirit was wrong. That's why they didn't have any revelation. Because if you've got the Holy Ghost, you've got to have a revelation.

(7) … well did Esaias prophesy…saying,

(8) This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, (that's all, mouth) and (honor) me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

(9) But in vain they do worship me, (why?) because they've got their teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

(10) And he (said to) the multitude, …Hear, and understand:

(11) Not that which (goes) into the mouth (defiles) a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this (defiles) a man.

(12) Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

(13) But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

And you can't find one time that God ever planted a hypocrite. God never planted a make-believer. A make-believer is nothing but the real thing basically warped, that's all. In other words, it's a counterfeit, and there is no such thing as a counterfeit unless there is an original. But there is fake off of the original. But it doesn't stick with the original, it's a fake off from it. Now, it's an old tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

33. Now, I said a while ago this lawless one could only come at a certain period of time. And that's exactly true. You can only come at a certain period of time in Matthew 7:21-23.

(21) Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

(22) Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name, have cast out devils? and in thy name done wonderful works?

(23) And (I'll) profess…I never (never, never, never, knew you follow the triple negative 'never one', the Greek is never single, it's always triple. They shall never, never, never perish, I never, never, never) knew you: (see? not like …?...) depart from me, (you) that work iniquity.

Now, notice in here: "He that doeth the will of my Father which is given him." (Right?) Now, what's the will of God? You can't deny it is the will of God to cast out devils. It is the will of God to heal the sick. It is the will of God to raise the dead. How come it's iniquity? Because they're doing it under the wrong condition in the wrong place, or by the wrong people. What…you know… you know people got the funniest idea, they can read this Bible and just go off half cocked with their own ideas every single time.

Why is it your organization in the Bible school, seem to want to make everybody a certain character? It's just like putting a fellow on time he said, "When God made the golden bowl of the temple, He didn't promise hand work." But it said, "When it comes to this modern Methodist turning out Christians, it's nothing but a pottery factory." No longer there's a spinning wheel, (you know, the potter's wheel) when you make the vessel, but it just whoosh-pop, they all look like a bunch of mugs. And you know, isn’t that the truth? Christians have the idea that you've got to be just like them.

34. People can never understand my jargon, or why I say I am not an evangelist. I do not have the flaming passages that it takes to be an evangelist. I was never told to do the work of an evangelist, or I'd have it. I teach, I've only one concern, you and the Word of God, nothing else matters. And I never asked you to even do what I’m doing. (See?)

People don't understand it. Go into all the world and preach the Gospel. Yes, but not when... yes, but not unless you are really are ordained of God to do it. Deal with it, yes, but only if you're called of God to do it. You say, "Well what about fifty or sixty down in their faith?” That's fine, because at that moment God told you to do it. But remember, the Bible said, "First of all apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles. [1 Cor 12:28] That's just as much a ministry of itself as a man preaching the Gospel ordained to be an evangelist. (See?)

God has made this in such a way that the finger is not the eye, and the eye is not the toe, and the toe is not the liver, and the liver is not the tongue. And, you can't get Christians to do that. No, they're always trying to jump in here and jump in there and do what God never called them to do. Rebellion, see?

35. Now, God says here, "There's many are going to be doing these very things which is the will of God." Because He did say, "Don't do it, don't do it, don't do it." But, did we try to do it, under what condition? You say, "Bro. Branham, you've got the power, take that disease off the man.” He said, "What if that man got that from God, because he’s in sin? (See?)

What if he sticks it out, and tries to pummel you? How would you like to try to be the person who would take Bro. Branham’s nervousness out of his stomach? And he told us once, "I would sooner be in bed for months, with my body crushed, and me up in traction in a hospital, and it doesn't matter what goes on inside of you. Well, let's go take it out. [inaudible comments] … See, what I mean? You can't do that. (See?) These conditions are laid down it’s God’s business. …?... Just like it was with Cain. …?... now you go here. (See?)

How many times do you get through to confess your faults? The angel of God said, "Get the people to confess their sin." And then you call sin and walk off the platform, you shut the door on them. (See?) God's Word my brother my sister, has laws laid down in It. And we must abide by It, or we are outside the …?... of safety.

36. Now notice also, over in Matthew 24:24, (which we don't need to read, we read It many times) false prophets, shall arise, with signs and wonders. Those deceive everybody but the Very Elected. Sure. they will. With this Acts 2:16-17, Peter said,

(17) …in the last days, (not the first day, not Pentecost, it didn’t happen at Pentecost, no sir, it happened in the last day,) I will pour out of my Spirit upon (a - double - l) flesh: (all) your sons and your daughters prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams:

(18) And on my (men) servants and on my (women servants) I will pour out…my Spirit; … (they're all going to be prophesying.)

Now, what's the spirit of prophecy? The testimony of Jesus Christ. They’re both sides. They're both testifying to Jesus. But one of them has got the true prophecy, spirit. And that's lining up with that Word as the prophet gave us. (See?) They're the ones that have that flame of fire over their heads which is the spirit of prophecy. Sure, they're the ones that have it. You got a bunch out there testifying the see the church. Oh, they love Jesus, just talk in tongues, we got the Holy Ghost. Go ahead and go to mass. Ha, go to mass and say, "This is the body of Jesus Christ." And you got the Holy Ghost? You can speak for yourself, but not me. I'm not just saying that brother/sister, I got delivered. I believe He’s sitting there waiting for us.

37. I want to take my ancestors right back to God by staying with this Word. God said, "At the end time there would be two groups prophesying." And those with the testimony of Jesus Christ have the true Spirit, and there is no true testimony outside of that Word. But they both will be testifying. Sure, they will.

One will have the Word. Bro. Branham said, "Try them, give them the Word test." You don't give them a power test. What's the matter with the people who live in this community around here? They want to give a power test. Bro. Branham said, "The Word is going to reveal in power years and years, and years ago, now it's revelation." Don't look for the power, power, power. We've been told that enough by William Branham to stand the hell-fires a million years, and come out as pure gold standing in our faith. How do you stand with that Word? (See?) That's what counts. Stick to the Word of God.

38. Now, notice [Acts 2:]

(20) The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of (that) Lord come:

Now, notice what It said: It said that these …this condition of the anointing, leads to the Great Tribulation and antichrist, not to the Millennium. Or does it? Or does it, or doesn’t it? This is the same time that going to show from heaven, and signs of the earth beneath, blood and fire and vapor of smoke. Before that great day come? Before that great day come. Of what great day? When God comes down to the individual. When He comes down, and they say, "This is our God." He'll say, "We knew You were coming." That Pillar of Fire comes roaring and roaring down there, and the sword in His mouth destroys the multitude round about Jesus, the 144,000 singing, hallelujah, this is our God." …?... …?...

And that left that Pillar of Fire that one with the wounded hand. I believe that's how it's going to be. I can't prove it by Scripture, but brother/sister, I've seen too Scriptures to make me think that I do.

Bro. Branham said, "Christ would appear evil in a symbol." And I believe that symbol He always appeared, in the middle of that Pillar of Fire. Then you see Him in the next thing they say, "Where did you get those wounds?" Just like Joseph, (see?) revealing himself to the Bride in the palace. You follow me? There, Joseph said, …?... He said, "No, no, no, I've got a Gentile Bride, to be sending down here." Jesus said, "I've got a Gentile Bride, these are in the house of my friends. These wounds …?... " See, sure. Only I can put it together. If I'm wrong, but I can't see it.

39. Now, listen to me here, at this end time, (what we're talking about) the work of the people are lawless. The acts are genuine, but they are lawless, because they are outside the framework of the Word. Oh, brother /sister you see what they’re doing. Not to bring them to God, to bring away from God. Does not the Bible say, those false prophets with genuine signs and wonders takes away from God? Certainly, they will. That's exactly what happened, these are false prophets. They are false to the Word. But the sign is genuine. Sure, they're flashing the devil.

Th fact is, they come along and say, "Now, I want to tell you what, Pentecost's casting out devils by the devil." And you trying to get back the Holy Ghost. You trying to tell me they talk that way? When Jesus said, "If Satan casts out Satan, then his kingdom is divided." [Matthew 12:26] Satan can't heal. God heals. Satan doesn't cast out devils, God casts out devils. And He said, "This is what will be done." And He said, "At the end time, (just before Jesus comes in flames of fire take to destruction in that tribulation period of the antichrist, He said,) people are going to be doing these signs and wonders in order to bring the antichrist on."

40. Now notice, Pentecostal shuck foreruns the antichrist, because all the poison of all things are poured into her. Let's find out, Matthew 23: God said to Israel, after He scolded them as hypocrites, verse 35.

(35) That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom (you) slew between the temple and the altar.

(36) Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

All right, let's go to Revelation 18:24,

(24) (All) in her was found… (what was found? In her, who her? Babylon, world system, antichrist religion) …in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and all that were slain upon the earth.

When? At that day. Now, all the wrath that God had saved up from all time, to when they crucified Him upon the Cross was poured out upon Israel in their great tribulation. They had a great tribulation. Titus came to destroy the city, blood flowed like water. So many crosses, they were put on crosses, they couldn't find more wood. What a terrible time, the rest disbursed. At the end time what happened? Babylon is destroyed. Because in her is washed all the blood of all the prophets, and all the saints of God fulfilled. What is it? It’s God is pouring out His wrath upon all the accumulated sin and poison in that age which is the corrupt age, which is the Pentecostal age. Which is what? Restored gifts and signs and wonders, without the Word, without true light. Without a death and baptism with the Holy Ghost with a minority. Away from reality.

41. Brother/sister remember, the last plague that strikes Israel and in Egypt before Israel was taken, the spiritual death, physical death rather. And so, this day the last plague, the last thing that happened to this world before the Bride is taken the spiritual death is for them. Where is it? It's right here in these ministries. The Pentecostal shuck. So, there you have your ministry, you're looking at it right tonight. The mystery of iniquity been going on for years and years under our noses. And we knew that something was wrong. We know it's terribly wrong, because we could not figure this thing. And a prophet came and he spoke.

Now, listen to me, the prophet could not tell us until the thing was being done. William Branham did not preach, 'The Anointed Ones at the End Time' [65-07-25] that I think of all that he preached in 1965. He preached 'The Serpent’s Seed' [58-09-28] which is where you'd have to start, because he was to preach to plant the seed of the entire Bible, from the serpent to the prophet in the former rain. And the prophet in the former rain is the real, against the unreal. And the serpent was September 28, 1958. Seven years of preaching, to bring out what was that prophet was supposed to do plant the seed of the entire Bible. And he did it.

42. Now, remember Mr. Pentecost said. Mr. Pentecost said when he was in Rome, not too many years ago. And in there, he said, "It was a breath of spring air." Well, I can understand just where your nose has been, something else might smell better.

I often tell a story I read years ago, (this is the truth) a fellow got into person's home when that person was away. He found a ladder he got into the attic. He kept the trap door closed. … nose was raw at times, thought it was some air sneaking in a crack there. Until one day a neighbor said, "I saw a man go in your house, I didn't see him leave. They got the cops. The fellow said he must be in here, nobody could hear him.

So, one…finally the cop said, "What about that attic up there?"

"Oh, (he said) yes sir, there's kind of a descending stair case to it." And he said, "Go up there."

So, they went up there. The minute they pulled that lid off, the stench was so strong they had to use gas-masks, because the man defecated up there, and just wonderful somehow the smell never got down below. The gas, the smell of the stench, actually made those fellows sick. Well, as I say, if you were living up there you wouldn’t notice it.

43. But, I wonder when the fellow got to Rome, Rome smelled good. Don't mean to make a joke, but it's the truth just the same. such a thing. (See?) That's what Mr. Pentecost did. He said it was a breath of fresh air like spring. And he said, "God is going to pour out the Charismatic blessing which is Pentecostal gifts amongst the Roman Catholics, and they will bring revival to the world. My Bible says, it's going to bring death. It does bring death. What does it? That this movement of the end time where the spirits are so close, that they end up worshipping the devil thinking it's God.

Now, how close would the devil get to becoming God? How close? Brother/sister, just think of Jesus, how He stood amongst men. And then get your sights set if another man comes on the scene, and he's going to walk as a savior amongst men. That's right. (See?) If his messengers are wolves in sheep clothing, he will be the great wolf in the great sequel. He's got to be. He's got to be. Not because I say so, doesn't matter what I say, it matters…it's what the Bible says.

44. Now, you will notice it is a man finally, because you cannot crown a spirit. He's going to be crowned. Notice, how you could not teach Pentecostal church order. You couldn't do it. Could you? You couldn't do it. Now, what did Paul the apostle say? Paul said, "Get those gifts in a separate room. Women, put your hair down and keep it down, don't even snip those frizzy ends." You had it. Not one snip. "Take those men's clothes off."

And the Pentecostal people said, "Don't teach us those nothing things, you teach us the big things.”

Paul the apostle laid his sole apostolic authority on the line in the Corinthian church to put the church in order with gifts. And he challenges them said, "What did the Word of God come to you, or did the Word of God come out of you?" [1 Cor 14:36] Now, if It came to you only, if you’re spiritual, you got the Holy Ghost. And if you're a prophet you will admit what I say is the command of God, put those gifts in that room and keep them there. And they say, "Ha, ha, ha, ha, listen, you should listen to that old sucker, why this has got to be God, because it just working through the people." And they all talk in tongues, and our women can preach, and you can do this, and you can do this, and you can do that, because those things really don't amount to anything. You must have the spiritual things.

45. What did Bro. Branham say? "The angel of God said you can't teach Pentecostal babies doctrine." And what does Isaiah say, "You can only teach those that's gotten off that breath and get them on to the Word of God.” They don't want to commune with the Word of God. If there was a time for me, it's got to be in the end time prophet comes, because he reveals all of it. And I'm going to tell you something, you better have a big mouth and a big throat, not to talk with, but to eat with and swallow with, because it's going to come along and be a …?... And he's soaked the majority of them.

And who got soaked that shouldn't have got soaked? The shuck, because they were the only ones he could have come to. They rest, weren't even in the picture. Why? Because that's this generation. You don't go back to Wesley’s day, and Luther’s day. How could you, that's ridiculous. You never go back there. You go back to debate that generation. "This generation shall not pass away." [Mt 24:34] All right, that's the one in whom all the blood is, the martyrs. Why? Because you see they were the last ones to organize. And now everything that they have, falls as a doctrine through the present church organize, they take you right to the antichrist.

46. Now, let us take some of the many of the more signs, some more of these names, more signs of what he’s called initially, and so on. Now, we look at this. Over here in Matthew 23: (because this is mystery of iniquity now) all right, [Matthew] 23:27-28

(27) Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for (you) are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

Well, that’s the wolf in sheep’s clothing.

(28) Even so (you) also appear outwardly righteous…but within (you're) full of hypocrisy and iniquity. (Lawlessness)

Now remember, where does this come from? Now, please answer the question carefully. Where does this come from? It comes from Cain and Abel. "Even so outwardly you appear righteous." Cain, oh what a beautiful sacrifice he gave…first-fruits. Yeah, I'm in the Resurrection, hallelujah, I'm fine with God, look at my lovely life, and don't talk about that Blood. Don't talk about that prophet, don't talk about things in my church. Now look, we're doing just fine. Sure, he said sure.

Now, what is it? He appears righteous. Now, come on, two groups of men doing the same thing. Preaching the Word. Honoring Jesus. One fellow said, "Glory to God, I want to tell you Jesus died upon Calvary, open up that gate wide, justification took away my sins. I know that I've been born again, because I spoke with tongues, and there’s the power of God demonstrated, hallelujah." I believe in that we've been persecuted. Oh sure, and he carries off signs, wonders, miracles.

47. Over here in Matthew says, "Hallelujah, I'm recently born again, I did not speak in tongues, but I got God's life. I know this One, the Lord Jesus Christ, hallelujah, He's one God, I baptize in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. You’ve got five …?... (Yeah) Do the same thing, saying the same thing. This Trinitarian, he gives his life for God. This Oneness, gives his life for God. This fellow, dies over here, all he's got is Trinitarian, he gives it all away, this Oneness gives it all away. Most do it that way. Okay. What are you going to do? Give them the Word test. One's full of dead men's bones. What is that? …?... One has the living Word of God. (See?)

One is a hypocrite. He's a make believer. He's full if iniquity, lawlessness. He's lawless. He takes that Word of God and perverts It. (See?) He hasn't got the truth. He's got a manifestation, but he hasn't got the truth. Look, you don't need that much for manifestation. I don't care if any people, …?... we got in this building. I can go out in nature and show you God a thousand times stronger than some people right today. I don't care if a lot of folk get healed. That's good, I'm all for it. I can see that there's a God out here a thousand ways in nature. Don't worry about pleasing God. That's all been done proved. Because we had a man with 'Thus Saith the Lord'. It's not worked since. (See?)

48. Now, listen: Matthew 23:29-32

(29) Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because (you) build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

Spirits, for all the time looking in the dead recent past, the whole thing is dead. And the forget the living man for the hour. God sent a messenger in every Age. They're all the time screaming, 'hallelujah, glory to God', wasn’t that a great fellow we had back there?" What about the guys out here today? No, he's of the devil.

Now, they said, listen:

(31) Wherefore be witnesses unto yourselves, that (you) are the children of them which killed the prophets.

He said, "You're the children of the whore in whom was all the blood of all the Ages." Why? Because you keep looking back at her. And the frogs look backwards, they see where they're coming from, not where they're going. Yeah, you better not have a frog spirit on you, looking ahead, looking backwards. You better look right where you're at there's the Word of God.

Now listen,

(31) Wherefore be witnesses…that (you) are the children of them which killed the prophets.

Why? You won't take Message today.

(32) Fill (you) up then the measure of your fathers.

Go ahead, sit with them, and take the wrath of the Catholic church. (See?) Listen, add one word, and you get the blast of all the plagues, three and a half years. That is the delight. "But, oh God, I-I-I don't want to be one of those guys that…"

He said, "You've identified with them, you wouldn't come to the truth, you've identified with the sins, you've identified with iniquity." You've identified with that spirit, so you're one of them, by your identification. (Right?) Go ahead.

49. What are we identified with? We are identified with righteousness which is the grasp of the Word of God through revelation, and service according to it. Yes sir, as you get older and refined, we find that we learn more and more lessons. And I'm learning. One lesson I learned by not watching the prophet, I watched him and I couldn't see what he was getting at. In fact, I got a little rebuke going, because, maybe I thought I was a little more, nicer. You show me one man that Bro. Branham said was …?..

That kind of a sanity, go over all the tapes, and go everywhere, where's he's ever got behind a crook, or any individual. And he'd have been doing God a service without God's will. Because if you're a true child of God, you'll make your own ways, you’re own gift will make room for you. All you need is love, from those that are with you. But I took, people's souls, and grouped them up, and I paid the price in every church. But I thought that I was doing a great service.

Brother/sister, you don't do God a service, unless it's right with His will. I don't care how you and I are thinking, or how sweet it is. And people get so …?.... Remember, Bro. Branham said, "Compassion was Christ going to the pool for one man, and He'd leave thousands sit there." Compassion was Christ waving that whip, and cleansing the temple…the others, had become polluted.

Brother/sister, you're going to be identified with this Word until we are Word. And every inlet to the soul is entirely plugged, so nobody goes by senses anymore. But like Abraham in blind faith, he strove and laid down and goes fruitful, and comes into a resurrection. Why? He wasn't ready to die. That's rough, that's for you, that's mean.

50. Iniquity, notice verse 28, as I said, "You appear, these Pharisees, but they're full of hypocrisy." They're wearing a mask, they're lawless. They're the lawless, apart from that Word. Doing God a service without His will. They don't care about that Word.

I’ve got a to… a very good Pentecostal friend, Pentecostal brother up in Canada. He went home to visit his dad in Newfoundland not long ago. And he truly believes this Word. And his dad gets so mad at him. So, one day brings it out, "All right Jack, (he said) if you think the prophet told a lie, (he said) here's what the Bible said."

"You can put the Bible down. I don't care what the Bible said."

He said, "He's they got the little black book I go by.

Now, I'm not running the guy down, and judging all Pentecost by him. But, I want you to know brother/sister, where did he get that tape? He had to get somewhere to get it. That's right. He got it from the church. He never got that down here…he doesn't fool with the horses, he could have fooled them years ago. He didn't have that spirit on him, when he played that tape for them. He got that spirit of truth. Not Christianity, but church-ian-ity.

51. Now listen, "hypocrites," that's what Jesus called them. Send the …?.... a make-believer, 2 Thessalonians 2: 4

(4) Who opposeth and (exalts) himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God (sits) in the temple of God, (manifesting) that he is God. (The dirty hypocrite.)

Remember, the Bible definition of hypocrite: He said, "It's full of dead men's bones." Oh, it looks like a great thing, on the outside. But He said, "All you got is that dead stuff from centuries back, the dead manna.” You didn't want any organization. You're going by your glare. It's death.

Listen, there's only one manna of God my brother/sister that does not corrupt. And that's the manna that's behind the veil. And once in every age, a high priest…so to speak…the messenger, goes behind that veil and get to brings the sword. And remember, the people and the prophet, see the ten men. Oh, these men, that makes me feel, real good. Doesn't make me a prophet, it makes me feel, real good. Yes sir. God gave them all angel food.

52. Now, this hypocritical spirit that's in the church brings on the great hypocrite, because it's always got to be a spirit before there is a man. A …?... spirit, (now listen carefully, that's what Bro. Branham …?... of spirit) any spirit given a man to work with, will go right into that man, and he'll cause trouble like it didn’t believe possible. All it takes is a spirit to come along and look for the one man, William Branham the Lord Jesus Christ, if that man is available that Spirit's got a temple right there. You invite Jack Palmer up here some time.

You ask Jack Palmer what happened to him. One night in a motel they were, Spirit woke them up and said, "Worship William Branham, he's the Lord Jesus Christ."

He said, "You lying spirit." I challenged that all night long that spirit challenged him to work with William Branham the Lord Jesus Christ. And this was Bro. Branham.

He said, "Bro. Branham, why did that thing happen?"

Bro. Branham had a vision. And he said, "Jack, a certain man from down south, just arrived in Tucson the day before (we) did, he believed that I am the Lord Jesus Christ."

You told him Jack, and you ask him, the easiest manner to get around him, what motel and what room he stopped in, the night before we were there. And Jack found out that that man with that spirit was in that same motel, that same room the night before.

I'm not trying to run anybody down, I'm just trying to show you something brother/sister. You don't get an incarnation, you just don't have things happen like an antichrist. There's got to be a spirit there, and that spirits’ got to be in the church, and the people love that spirit, they made that spirit, and that spirit takes them over. Until, the Holy Spirit gets in that one man and controls the whole thing. Now, you've got an antichrist. It's not easy…doing this. This is not a calling, this is the church, doing this. (See?)

53. Now notice, Jesus although He could have, He never had iniquity in His life. No sir! He said, "What I see My Father do, I do. What is in My Father say, I say." Look at Hebrews 1:9

(9) Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Oh my, they're one person. It was absolutely one with that Word, because He as that Word manifest in flesh, it's now over the whole thing. Behold iniquity. He loves righteousness. What was It? What I see Him do, I do, what I hear Him say, I say, absolutely one with that Word.

Now, ten thousand people need healing. Today the prophet said, heal them all. Tomorrow, he said, "One man."

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