Circular Letter Year End 2018
With great gratitude we may praise the grace of God. Despite all the incomprehensible slander and the deliberate character assassination since 1979, the faithful Lord has bestowed grace upon us. Not only the local church, but the worldwide missionary work has been blessed once again. Between 200 and 300 brothers and sisters from the entire surrounding area attend the regular weekly meetings. On the first weekend of every month, there are up to 1,200 believers from all over Europe, even from the most distant countries of the world, who come to hear the Word of God. The online connections to the livestream of these monthly meetings have increased substantially in recent months, so now there are thousands of them in 172 countries.
The extraordinary ministry of Brother Branham ended in 1965. Then came the blessed years from 1966 to 1979, and now we can look back on nearly 40 years during which God has been with us in ways that are beyond all measure.
Do you know how Brother Branham left the Bible he kept at home? It was lying open on his desk, showing the last page of Deuteronomy, chapter 34, and the page of Joshua, chapter 1. Under Moses, the Exodus out of the bondage of Egypt took place; under Joshua, the people of Israel entered into the Promised Land. Through the ministry of Brother Branham, we were led out of the bondage of the denominations, and now the children of God are entering into all of the promises.
Brother Branham prayed the following in the last minutes of his sermon about the seventh seal: “Then, Lord, I pray that You’ll help me. I’m beginning to fade away, Lord. I know my days can’t be too many more, and I pray that You’ll help me. Let me be true, Lord, and honest and sincere that I might be able to bear the message as far as it’s ordained for me to bear. And when it comes to the time that I must lay down, when I get down to the river, and the waves begin to come in, O God, may I be able to hand this old Sword over to somebody else that’ll be honest with It, Lord, and will pack the truth.”
May I ask, who was the first to carry the message to Western and Eastern Europe, to Asia and Africa, even into all the world? Is there anyone else on earth who has heard the Voice of the Lord, received a divine calling, and carried out the commission as part of the Plan of Salvation? All those who are of God hear the Word of God (Jn 8:47) and have recognized that it is the last message of calling out, restoration, separation, and preparation before the imminent Return of Christ. All those who believe that a direct commission is now being carried out as part of God’s Plan of Salvation have blessed eyes with which they see, and blessed ears with which they hear (Lk 10:23), and will participate in the Rapture as the blessed of the Lord.
Brother Branham did not carry the message to any other country. After the opening of the Seals in March 1963, he did not preach outside of his home country. I may now look back on many years in which, by a direct commission of God, I have proclaimed the biblical message personally in 165 countries and in many cities around the world – including Moscow, Beijing, Cairo, and Damascus. Taking into account all of the TV broadcasts, I have preached more than eleven thousand sermons. At present, the sermons recorded for the TV programs are still being broadcast regularly in 72 countries, and according to official statistics, they are being heard by 10 to 12 million people.
The Lord God further granted extraordinary grace so that I could translate Brother Branham’s sermons and also write all of the books, brochures, and circular letters. I tried to make good use of my time and, by now, have exceeded 15 million air miles with the monthly missionary trips. Only one thing saddens me deeply: that after 1979 multiple so-called message churches have been established in many cities. According to the Bible, there should only be one Church of the living God in any given city. All the rest of them are homemade groups that are under the influence of individuals who disseminate their own special doctrines while invoking the prophet. Paul gave the following warning: “Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.” (Rom 16:17).
God Himself established the ministries in the Church (Eph 4:11; 1 Cor 12:28). He also personally ordained this last commission. All of the brothers who have turned away now go their own ways and despise the Word. Everyone just keeps referring to quotes, causing the creation of the many different factions. As far as I am concerned, only what is written in the Word remains forever valid: “For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. … 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 …” (2 Pt 1:16-19).
Not once have I entered a discussion about any of the quotes in all these years; I have only proclaimed the Word. We read and listen to the sermons and leave them just as they are. Gratitude is owed to the faithful Lord, for I may rely on the Word in 2 Tim 4:17: “Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.”
We serve the chosen ones across the globe, who believe God’s promises, with the spiritual food for this time. The Lord said the following about the ones He sent: “He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.” (Lk 10:16). Amen. That is the way it is.
We can see Mt 24:14 being fulfilled before our very eyes: “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”
All nations – this is unprecedented. And it must be the everlasting, original Gospel: “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people …” (Rev 14:6).
With great gratitude we may praise the grace of God. Despite all the incomprehensible slander and the deliberate character assassination since 1979, the faithful Lord has bestowed grace upon us. Not only the local church, but the worldwide missionary work has been blessed once again. Between 200 and 300 brothers and sisters from the entire surrounding area attend the regular weekly meetings. On the first weekend of every month, there are up to 1,200 believers from all over Europe, even from the most distant countries of the world, who come to hear the Word of God. The online connections to the livestream of these monthly meetings have increased substantially in recent months, so now there are thousands of them in 172 countries.
The extraordinary ministry of Brother Branham ended in 1965. Then came the blessed years from 1966 to 1979, and now we can look back on nearly 40 years during which God has been with us in ways that are beyond all measure.
Do you know how Brother Branham left the Bible he kept at home? It was lying open on his desk, showing the last page of Deuteronomy, chapter 34, and the page of Joshua, chapter 1. Under Moses, the Exodus out of the bondage of Egypt took place; under Joshua, the people of Israel entered into the Promised Land. Through the ministry of Brother Branham, we were led out of the bondage of the denominations, and now the children of God are entering into all of the promises.
Brother Branham prayed the following in the last minutes of his sermon about the seventh seal: “Then, Lord, I pray that You’ll help me. I’m beginning to fade away, Lord. I know my days can’t be too many more, and I pray that You’ll help me. Let me be true, Lord, and honest and sincere that I might be able to bear the message as far as it’s ordained for me to bear. And when it comes to the time that I must lay down, when I get down to the river, and the waves begin to come in, O God, may I be able to hand this old Sword over to somebody else that’ll be honest with It, Lord, and will pack the truth.”
May I ask, who was the first to carry the message to Western and Eastern Europe, to Asia and Africa, even into all the world? Is there anyone else on earth who has heard the Voice of the Lord, received a divine calling, and carried out the commission as part of the Plan of Salvation? All those who are of God hear the Word of God (Jn 8:47) and have recognized that it is the last message of calling out, restoration, separation, and preparation before the imminent Return of Christ. All those who believe that a direct commission is now being carried out as part of God’s Plan of Salvation have blessed eyes with which they see, and blessed ears with which they hear (Lk 10:23), and will participate in the Rapture as the blessed of the Lord.
Brother Branham did not carry the message to any other country. After the opening of the Seals in March 1963, he did not preach outside of his home country. I may now look back on many years in which, by a direct commission of God, I have proclaimed the biblical message personally in 165 countries and in many cities around the world – including Moscow, Beijing, Cairo, and Damascus. Taking into account all of the TV broadcasts, I have preached more than eleven thousand sermons. At present, the sermons recorded for the TV programs are still being broadcast regularly in 72 countries, and according to official statistics, they are being heard by 10 to 12 million people.
The Lord God further granted extraordinary grace so that I could translate Brother Branham’s sermons and also write all of the books, brochures, and circular letters. I tried to make good use of my time and, by now, have exceeded 15 million air miles with the monthly missionary trips. Only one thing saddens me deeply: that after 1979 multiple so-called message churches have been established in many cities. According to the Bible, there should only be one Church of the living God in any given city. All the rest of them are homemade groups that are under the influence of individuals who disseminate their own special doctrines while invoking the prophet. Paul gave the following warning: “Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.” (Rom 16:17).
God Himself established the ministries in the Church (Eph 4:11; 1 Cor 12:28). He also personally ordained this last commission. All of the brothers who have turned away now go their own ways and despise the Word. Everyone just keeps referring to quotes, causing the creation of the many different factions. As far as I am concerned, only what is written in the Word remains forever valid: “For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. … 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 …” (2 Pt 1:16-19).
Not once have I entered a discussion about any of the quotes in all these years; I have only proclaimed the Word. We read and listen to the sermons and leave them just as they are. Gratitude is owed to the faithful Lord, for I may rely on the Word in 2 Tim 4:17: “Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.”
We serve the chosen ones across the globe, who believe God’s promises, with the spiritual food for this time. The Lord said the following about the ones He sent: “He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.” (Lk 10:16). Amen. That is the way it is.
We can see Mt 24:14 being fulfilled before our very eyes: “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”
All nations – this is unprecedented. And it must be the everlasting, original Gospel: “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people …” (Rev 14:6).