In 1 Kgs 18 we are told that the Prophet Elijah gathered the people of God on Mount Carmel. What did he do first? Elijah called on the assembled crowd to make a decision: “How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lordﾊbe God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him.” (1 Kgs 18:21).Then he took 12 stones and built the altar of the Lord. What takes place through the Elijah-ministry in our time? The doctrine of the 12 apostles has been placed on the candlestick once again and has been newly illuminated; the foundation of the true faith has been laid anew, so that everything in the Church is restored to its original state and experienced in reality. Even today, the true Church is still “built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone …” (Eph 2:20).

The Lord God answered: The fire of God consumed the sacrifice and the altar: “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 of 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. Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.” (1 Kgs 18:36-38).

Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.” (v. 41). We are told that the rain was pouring down. How is it going to be now? Back then, the people were gathered and their hearts were turned to repentance. The same is true now, according to the commandment of the Lord: “Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words …” (Ps 50:5; Deut 4:10).

The Apostle James wrote: “Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly …” (5:17). John the Baptist was a human being like us. Brother Branham was also a human being like us. It is about the commission, the sending. Matthew reported about the ministry of the prophet who was sent: “Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.” (Mt 3:5-6).

The people came together. All those who believed the sermon repented and confessed their sins and were baptized. It is the same today: The people of God come from the East and West, from the North and South. All who believe the divine message repent and are baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Those who were baptized back then heard and believed what the messenger told them: “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire …” (v. 11).

On the day of Pentecost, first the 120 believers who had gathered and then 3,000 more people who came to join them experienced the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and thereafter many more in many other places. That was in the beginning; the same is promised for the end. All those who truly believe and are baptized will partake in the mighty outpouring of the Spirit, when the early and latter rains fall at the same time (Jas 5:7). The time is near. God has restored everything through the last message and will victoriously complete His Work of Redemption with the Bride Church.

In 1 Kgs 18 we are told that the Prophet Elijah gathered the people of God on Mount Carmel. What did he do first? Elijah called on the assembled crowd to make a decision: “How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lordﾊbe God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him.” (1 Kgs 18:21).  Then he took 12 stones and built the altar of the Lord. What takes place through the Elijah-ministry in our time? The doctrine of the 12 apostles has been placed on the candlestick once again and has been newly illuminated; the foundation of the true faith has been laid anew, so that everything in the Church is restored to its original state and experienced in reality. Even today, the true Church is still “built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone …” (Eph 2:20).

The Lord God answered: The fire of God consumed the sacrifice and the altar: “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 of 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. Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.” (1 Kgs 18:36-38).

Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.” (v. 41). We are told that the rain was pouring down. How is it going to be now? Back then, the people were gathered and their hearts were turned to repentance. The same is true now, according to the commandment of the Lord: “Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words …” (Ps 50:5; Deut 4:10).

The Apostle James wrote: “Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly …” (5:17). John the Baptist was a human being like us. Brother Branham was also a human being like us. It is about the commission, the sending. Matthew reported about the ministry of the prophet who was sent: “Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.” (Mt 3:5-6).

The people came together. All those who believed the sermon repented and confessed their sins and were baptized. It is the same today: The people of God come from the East and West, from the North and South. All who believe the divine message repent and are baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Those who were baptized back then heard and believed what the messenger told them: “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire …” (v. 11).

On the day of Pentecost, first the 120 believers who had gathered and then 3,000 more people who came to join them experienced the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and thereafter many more in many other places. That was in the beginning; the same is promised for the end. All those who truly believe and are baptized will partake in the mighty outpouring of the Spirit, when the early and latter rains fall at the same time (Jas 5:7). The time is near. God has restored everything through the last message and will victoriously complete His Work of Redemption with the Bride Church.