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In
publishing this page, our goal is to magnify the Name of the
Lord Jesus-Christ and to make known unto you The Mighty works
of God in relation to his plan of salvation, which extends
to our days.
Prophets and apostles
will be mentioned only to show how the divine action is acting
through their ministries as we find it described in the Bible
(The old and new Testament).
The Lord always sends
his prophets and messengers to bring back the people to the
original word: “And the
Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers,
rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion
on his people, and on his dwelling place". (2
Chron.36:15)
God uses the ministry
of a prophet to make known to his children the promises of
their Today. Abraham, Moses, Elijah, John the Baptist and
many other Prophets were given such comissions for their Times.
God is bound to his promises; and he has promised:"
Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but He revealeth his
secret unto his servants the prophets." (Amos
3:7)
According to Numbers
12:6, the true prophets have access to realms inaccessible
to others and can penetrate them:
“And he said, hear now my words: If there be a prophet
among you, I The Lord will make myself Known unto him in a
vision, and will speak unto him in a dream."
Throughout all the ages,
the word of the Lord concerning his plan of redemption has
reached the main prophets. Before the flood, God revealed
his word to his prophet: “But
Noah found grace in the eyes of The Lord".
(Gen 6: 8). "And God said
unto Noah, ..." "Make thee an ark of gopher wood;
rooms shalt thou make in the ark, ..." "And this
is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: ..." (Gen
6: 13,14,15). Noah's activities did look quite strange in
the eyes of the people. He was misunderstood, moqued, ridiculed,
but he acted according to the authority of the word, which
was made known to him. God had decided to put an end to every
flesh because the blessed seed of Seth did mingle with the
seed of Cain. It grieved God that He had made man on the earth
and the judgement fell.
The greatest mixture
of all times is taking place now and has reached its culmination
at the World Council of Churches. But just before the door
is shut and the judgement falls, God sent a mighty prophet
with the final call:" come
out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins,
and that ye receive not of her plagues." (Rev.
18: 4)
God had a prophet to
whom he gave directly a commission and a message before the
judgement falls upon the earth in that time. "Thus
did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did
he." (Gen.6: 22). Jesus
told his disciples: “And
as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the
days of The Son of Man." (Luke
17:26). Many Christians compare the wickedness of that generation
to our generation. But to have a complete picture, one must
also consider the promises made to the believers. People doubted
about Noah's commission, because he was the only one to whom
the word and the will of God where revealed.
Abraham was the prophet
of God in the time of Sodom and Gomorrah’s destruction.
Jesus referring to that time said:
“Like wise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did
eat, they drunk, bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire
and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. Even thus
shall it be in the days when the Son of Man is revealed."
(Luke 17: 28,29,30). Once more,
we can put in parallel that time with ours.
Many compare the sins
of Sodom with the sins of our time, but fail to see the vital
importance of the prophetic ministry. The elect of that time
were not in Sodom and were not partaking to the perversity,
which was found there. They were with Abraham, the true prophet
of God and received the last supernatural sign before the
destruction of Sodom. According to Gen. 18, The Lord visited
Abraham and confirmed the promise. It is the same for the
royal seed of Abraham in this generation, like it was the
case for the elect of the time of the first coming of Christ.
The last supernatural sign, which is the gift of discernment,
was shown to Abraham, to the Jews of the time of Christ and
repeated once more at the end time of the dispensation of
the gentiles.
Sarah was in the tent
listening to what the lord was telling Abraham, and she started
laughing within herself, so then the thoughts of her heart
were revealed. "And the
Lord said to Abraham, wherefore did Sarah laugh..." (Gen.
18: 13). This is how the gift of discernment was manifested
in the time of Abraham. By the ministry of Christ, we can
understand that the same Lord has done the same things in
this last generation. In John 1:42; when Andrew brought his
brother to Jesus; in the same chapter when Philip brings Nathanael
to Christ (john 1: 49); the life of the Samaritan women was
revealed by Jesus at the well (John4: 19-29). The true seed
of God is not upset by the gift of discernment. They have
never called the Lord "belzebul"; they rather recognised
their saviour in his prophetic ministry.
Now in this last generation,
we are confronted to the same prophetic gift of discernment,
which was reported in the ministry of Br. Branham. Many people
where saved, tens of thousands were healed of all kinds of
diseases- the blinds were seeing, the lame were walking, the
speech and hearing given back to the deafs and dumps, the
dead resurrected and even the miracles of creation were happening.
John 14:12 is literally fulfilled. -"Verily,
verily, I say unto you, he that beleiveth on me, the works
that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall
he do...”
By divine revelation
he could tell the people the secrets of their hearts; where
they came from and even their needs of the time-(Heb.4: 12).
Not a single time the Almighty God failed to justify his Word
and his prophet.
Elijah the prophet, who was placed under the direct authority
of the Almighty God, took twelve stones, representing the
twelve tribes of Israel to rebuild the altar of the Lord.
"And it came to pass at the time
of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the
prophet came near, and said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and
Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel,
and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these
things at thy Word."(1kings18:
36)
Now is the evening time for the church, the promise of Zach.
14:7 must be fulfilled before midnight. "We
have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well
that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark
place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your
hearts:" (2Peter 1: 19).
By the revelation of the word of prophecy, the light has shined;
God by the prophetic ministry of Br. Branham has brought back
all his children to the faith of the apostolic fathers, to
the doctrine of the twelve apostles. This coincides with what
Malachi says: “Behold,
I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the
great and dreadful day of the Lord" (Mal.4:
5). This is the promise for our time. The Lord himself confirms
it in Marc 9:12 "...Elias
verily cometh first, and restoreth all things." This
is the promise for our time. -Joel 2:25-
"And I will restore to you the years that the Locust
hath eaten...” The message
of this hour is the message of complete restoration.
This ministry, which
was the trigger of almost all charismatic and healing movements,
was admired by many people, even here in South Africa where
Br. Branham came more than once (Durban, Kimberley, Johannesburg.)
but was unfortunately misunderstood and criticised concerning
the purpose for which the Lord had sent him.
But the grace of God
had wanted that a remnant hears, understands, sees and take
this precious message and this messenger as a gift of the
Lord to this generation for the preparation of his return
(Rev.19: 7-10).
To all those who receive this sent one of the Lord, is reserved
a reward: “He that receiveth
a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's
reward...". (Matth.10: 41).
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