In times of special supernatural visitations from the Lord, the people, who had come out of bondage hat to be very careful to remain sober and in the right Spirit and attitude towards the things of God. It is easy to accept a substitute and grieve the Holy Spirit away from us. If people neglect to stay in line with the Word, they can easily slide into idolatry without realising it.

The children of Israel turned away and brought reproach upon God and His Word when they made themselves a golden calf. It is beyond comprehension to thing of how Aaron, the one closest to the prophet, could possibly gather the people together and bring idolatry into Israel. Their eyes were blinded by carnal comparisons and they discredited the ministry of the God–sent prophet.

What an important lesson for us to learn! God is no respecter of persons. To have been with the prophet brings even more responsibility upon us. The time of temptation always comes after such a ministry. We are obligated to check all things with the Word of God. The Israelites were not aware of actually discrediting the prophetic ministry through their actions, they did not realise that they were bringing reproach upon what God had done. The Word is still valid, “I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory ill I not give to another …”(Isa. 42: 8).

Could it be that history is repeating itself within the ranks of the called–out believers? The true Bride stays with the Word; she believes and obeys it. She is not side-tracked by any fanaticism. She believes that God will bring all things to pass according to His plan and purpose.

Whenever something is done by the commission of God, it is a blessing, but the very thing can turn into a curse, if the spirit of idolatry creeps in and carnal significance is being ascribed to it. It is therefore essential that all believers line up with the Word of God.

The endtime message in itself is the whole counsel of God made known by divine revelation and must be placed correctly within the unfolding of the great divine plan. We do not build upon a statement taken out of context, but upon the solid foundation of the Holy Scripture, which is our ultimate. All the messages of Bro. Branham must be identified and placed properly within the Bible. Anyone, who is not willing to let the Word of God be the final authority is not guided by His Spirit and will sooner or later deviate from the Truth.

God has not started a new religion, neither has He given another Bible. Bro. Branham stood between all the denominations and religious movements, preaching the true Word of God to call out a people for the Lord. Whatever he preached, must be seen in the proper connection with God’s Word, whereunto nothing can be added or taken away. There has not been a time on earth, in which the plan of redemption was made known to such detail as now, but the enemy comes right behind to sow his seed of discrepancy (Mt. 13). We must not be distracted and perturbed by this, for thus is has been since the garden of Eden throughout the Old and the New Testament. Whenever true men of God came on the scene, impersonators followed. Even in the days of Paul, men were preaching perverse doctrines.

According to the Word of Christ, we are to let these things grow until the time of the harvest, when the grain of wheat will be separated from the tares. Until then, the rain falls upon both seeds — the just and the unjust; the sun shines upon the good and the evil.

The members of the body of Christ refrain from all private interpretations of the Word, visions or predictions. We preach the Word and leave the rest in the hands of Almighty God. If the Lord gives a vision or a promise, He alone will take care of it. He needs absolutely no one to go around to talk about it, for He Himself will bring it to pass. Whatever the Lord speaks or shows in a vision is solely His responsibility. He will disclose its meaning in His time and season.

Some feel that certain things Bro. Branham saw by vision are still outstanding. We must take into consideration, that sometimes natural things convey a spiritual meaning. Although prophets have spoken in the first person of things that were to come to pass, they were not necessarily living at the time of the fulfilment thereof. Their visions, however, were “Thus saith the Lord!”

While Peter was on the housetop, he had a peculiar vision. He saw all manner of four footed beasts, creeping things, etc. — a very strange sight to behold. He was told, “Kill and eat!” The saying, “God means what He says and says what He means” only applies to the spiritual mind. The Lord frequently shows natural things in a vision to type out a spiritual significance. Peter didn’t understand the meaning of his vision at first, but God gave the answer. He moves on both ends of the line (Acts 10).

Just think of what damage any carnal interpretation of that vision would have caused! What if he or others had spoken or preached about it? It was given to Peter for personal guidance.

When the Lord spoke to me on April 2, 1962 at sunrise about the storing up of the food and the oncoming famine, He named all kinds of groceries and vegetables such as potatoes, flour, oil, carrots, etc. We thought a natural famine was coming, not knowing that the Word of God speaks of such a famine in Amos 8: 11. We took the Words of the Lord literally and stored these groceries up.

I didn’t understand the spiritual meaning until I met Br. Branham on December 3, 1962, and he told me by divine revelation that the famine was not a natural one, but a spiritual famine would come for the hearing of the Word of God. He told me that the food I was to store up is the revealed Word of God for this hour, which is kept on the tapes. God Himself will complete His work according to His divine plan. If only we could rest in Him and keep“… looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith …” (Heb. 12: 2).

Let us proclaim the whole counsel of God, the full Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, and serve Him with all our heart. Until Jesus comes, we shall preach salvation to the lost, healing to the sick and deliverance to those, who are bound and oppressed by the enemy. We shall baptise those who have accepted Christ and have repented of their sins, and pray for them to receive the Holy Spirit. We shall have the Lord’s supper and observe the foot washing — do all His commandments.

Should you come in contact with individuals or groups, who have lost their balance, don’t throw the precious Word aside. We don’t do away with Peter simply because his statue was put up in the Vatican and millions idolise it by kissing its feet publicly. I just shook my head when I saw it, but went on praising the Lord for the great apostle, who was used of God in such a wonderful way.

Regrettably, some have gone overboard in regards to Bro. Branham. Let us not look upon that. Wherever God is at work, the enemy is overactive and tries to lure us away to distract our attention from what God is about to accomplish.

The Lord Jesus Christ must be the centre of our conversations, our singing, preaching and praying. He must have the pre-eminence in all things. He is the One walking amidst the seven golden candlesticks. Although His servants and prophets are to be respected for the ministry and position He has placed them in, the Lord Jesus Christ alone deserves our admiration and adoration, our worship and our praise.

“Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God, our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.” (Jude 24–25).

By His commission

Ewald Frank

In times of special supernatural visitations from the Lord, the people, who had come out of bondage hat to be very careful to remain sober and in the right Spirit and attitude towards the things of God. It is easy to accept a substitute and grieve the Holy Spirit away from us. If people neglect to stay in line with the Word, they can easily slide into idolatry without realising it.

The children of Israel turned away and brought reproach upon God and His Word when they made themselves a golden calf. It is beyond comprehension to thing of how Aaron, the one closest to the prophet, could possibly gather the people together and bring idolatry into Israel. Their eyes were blinded by carnal comparisons and they discredited the ministry of the God–sent prophet.

What an important lesson for us to learn! God is no respecter of persons. To have been with the prophet brings even more responsibility upon us. The time of temptation always comes after such a ministry. We are obligated to check all things with the Word of God. The Israelites were not aware of actually discrediting the prophetic ministry through their actions, they did not realise that they were bringing reproach upon what God had done. The Word is still valid, “I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory ill I not give to another …”(Isa. 42: 8).

Could it be that history is repeating itself within the ranks of the called–out believers? The true Bride stays with the Word; she believes and obeys it. She is not side-tracked by any fanaticism. She believes that God will bring all things to pass according to His plan and purpose.

Whenever something is done by the commission of God, it is a blessing, but the very thing can turn into a curse, if the spirit of idolatry creeps in and carnal significance is being ascribed to it. It is therefore essential that all believers line up with the Word of God.

The endtime message in itself is the whole counsel of God made known by divine revelation and must be placed correctly within the unfolding of the great divine plan. We do not build upon a statement taken out of context, but upon the solid foundation of the Holy Scripture, which is our ultimate. All the messages of Bro. Branham must be identified and placed properly within the Bible. Anyone, who is not willing to let the Word of God be the final authority is not guided by His Spirit and will sooner or later deviate from the Truth.

God has not started a new religion, neither has He given another Bible. Bro. Branham stood between all the denominations and religious movements, preaching the true Word of God to call out a people for the Lord. Whatever he preached, must be seen in the proper connection with God’s Word, whereunto nothing can be added or taken away. There has not been a time on earth, in which the plan of redemption was made known to such detail as now, but the enemy comes right behind to sow his seed of discrepancy (Mt. 13). We must not be distracted and perturbed by this, for thus is has been since the garden of Eden throughout the Old and the New Testament. Whenever true men of God came on the scene, impersonators followed. Even in the days of Paul, men were preaching perverse doctrines.

According to the Word of Christ, we are to let these things grow until the time of the harvest, when the grain of wheat will be separated from the tares. Until then, the rain falls upon both seeds — the just and the unjust; the sun shines upon the good and the evil.

The members of the body of Christ refrain from all private interpretations of the Word, visions or predictions. We preach the Word and leave the rest in the hands of Almighty God. If the Lord gives a vision or a promise, He alone will take care of it. He needs absolutely no one to go around to talk about it, for He Himself will bring it to pass. Whatever the Lord speaks or shows in a vision is solely His responsibility. He will disclose its meaning in His time and season.

Some feel that certain things Bro. Branham saw by vision are still outstanding. We must take into consideration, that sometimes natural things convey a spiritual meaning. Although prophets have spoken in the first person of things that were to come to pass, they were not necessarily living at the time of the fulfilment thereof. Their visions, however, were “Thus saith the Lord!”

While Peter was on the housetop, he had a peculiar vision. He saw all manner of four footed beasts, creeping things, etc. — a very strange sight to behold. He was told, “Kill and eat!” The saying, “God means what He says and says what He means” only applies to the spiritual mind. The Lord frequently shows natural things in a vision to type out a spiritual significance. Peter didn’t understand the meaning of his vision at first, but God gave the answer. He moves on both ends of the line (Acts 10).

Just think of what damage any carnal interpretation of that vision would have caused! What if he or others had spoken or preached about it? It was given to Peter for personal guidance.

When the Lord spoke to me on April 2, 1962 at sunrise about the storing up of the food and the oncoming famine, He named all kinds of groceries and vegetables such as potatoes, flour, oil, carrots, etc. We thought a natural famine was coming, not knowing that the Word of God speaks of such a famine in Amos 8: 11. We took the Words of the Lord literally and stored these groceries up.

I didn’t understand the spiritual meaning until I met Br. Branham on December 3, 1962, and he told me by divine revelation that the famine was not a natural one, but a spiritual famine would come for the hearing of the Word of God. He told me that the food I was to store up is the revealed Word of God for this hour, which is kept on the tapes. God Himself will complete His work according to His divine plan. If only we could rest in Him and keep“… looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith …” (Heb. 12: 2).

Let us proclaim the whole counsel of God, the full Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, and serve Him with all our heart. Until Jesus comes, we shall preach salvation to the lost, healing to the sick and deliverance to those, who are bound and oppressed by the enemy. We shall baptise those who have accepted Christ and have repented of their sins, and pray for them to receive the Holy Spirit. We shall have the Lord’s supper and observe the foot washing — do all His commandments.

Should you come in contact with individuals or groups, who have lost their balance, don’t throw the precious Word aside. We don’t do away with Peter simply because his statue was put up in the Vatican and millions idolise it by kissing its feet publicly. I just shook my head when I saw it, but went on praising the Lord for the great apostle, who was used of God in such a wonderful way.

Regrettably, some have gone overboard in regards to Bro. Branham. Let us not look upon that. Wherever God is at work, the enemy is overactive and tries to lure us away to distract our attention from what God is about to accomplish.

The Lord Jesus Christ must be the centre of our conversations, our singing, preaching and praying. He must have the pre-eminence in all things. He is the One walking amidst the seven golden candlesticks. Although His servants and prophets are to be respected for the ministry and position He has placed them in, the Lord Jesus Christ alone deserves our admiration and adoration, our worship and our praise.

“Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God, our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.” (Jude 24–25).

By His commission

Ewald Frank