All those who remain in the deception are bypassing what God is presently doing. They believe according to the falsified text that along with the prophet also the message has found its end before the second coming of Christ. Likewise, they deny the calling which the Lord Himself gave and the prophet confirmed. From their perspective, the matter is settled; some even assert that the Lamb has already left the mercy seat, that the Lord has come and is claiming His Own, and many other things. But thanks be to God, the true message is still being preached in accordance with the Bible, and everything the prophet said is harmoniously placed in its proper order. The Holy Scripture was the “absolute” for Brother Branham, and it is our only absolute as well.

Brother Branham mentioned Rev 22:18-19 more than a hundred times and emphasized that nothing may be added to or taken away from the Word and that Satan added just a single Word with Eve, which ultimately brought about death. “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” (2 Cor 11:3). Whosoever adds to or takes away from the Word is under the influence of the serpent, has been deceived, and has absolutely no share of the tree of life. It is worthwhile to read up on what Brother Branham said in holy earnest about this subject. The following are only three quotes of many: On February 1, 1956, he said, “He that’ll take away or add to anything that’s in this Book, God will take his name out of the Book of Life.” On November 12, 1961, he said, “Showed he had his name there all right, but it’ll be taken out.” And on April 18, 1965, “We want what God said at the beginning, and anything added to it or taken away from it, even your name will be taken off the Book of Life.” In Mat 4:4 our Lord answered the tempter with these words: “It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”

God led it in such a way that I could also scripturally place the quotes which are hard to understand. There is not a single problem, not even with Rev 10, if one first reads chapters 8 and 9 and afterward chapter 11. After all, it is always the Same One Who revealed Himself to Moses and the people of Israel in the pillar of fire and in the cloud and accompanied them for 40 years (Ex 40:34-38). On February 28, 1963, while the prophet was still on earth, the Same One also revealed Himself in the ministry of Brother Branham in the cloud, when seven mighty thunderclaps shook the entire region. He is the Same One who will descend as the Angel of the Covenant in Rev 10 and put His feet upon land and sea. We cannot be grateful enough that the faithful God has given us the understanding for the complete agreement of the written Word and the preached message!

The false doctrines cannot be placed biblically at all. All those who present strange doctrines agree on one point, namely wanting to destroy the divine influence of the called servant and to present him as untrustworthy through character assassination in order to advance their own agenda. They also have this in common: They believe that the falsified text is true and that the true text is false.

In spite of everything, the Lord builds His Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. There is only one true Church in the message, and that is the Word-Bride. Anybody who believes some special revelation or the many other interpretations is under the influence of the evil one, is outside of the Word, and is not part of the Bride Church. But all true children of God worldwide who were carried away under the wrong influence of the intended destruction will now find their way back and believe that the message which the prophet brought is still forerunning the second coming of Christ until the last one is called.

Brother Branham made this point several times: Many speak of what God has done and are on the lookout for what He is going to do, but bypass what He is presently doing. After all, what He has done connects us to what He is doing right now and prepares us for what He is still going to do.

The Victor of Calvary completes His work of redemption in His Own. At the end, the following words, which Paul directed already on his first missionary journey to the ones who did not believe, will also be fulfilled: “Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.” (Acts 13:41).

What was Paul referring to when he drew the comparison to the despisers? To Num 16, where well-respected men gathered together against Moses and Aaron. Moses fell upon his face, prayed, and said, “For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?” (v. 11).

Moses invited them, but they did not come and said, “… wilt thou put out the eyes of these men?” The story went on; then Moses called the men in Korah’s company “wicked men” and announced the judgment: “… then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.” (v. 30). So, not despisers of the prophet or the one who had to convey the words of the prophet, but provokers/despisers of the Lord God. That is an important lesson. Moses could say, “I AM hath sent me unto you.” (Ex 3:14). He had a calling, a commission in connection with the Plan of Salvation, and he was to put the words of God in the mouth of Aaron (Ex 4:15). The despisers did not despise Moses and Aaron; they mocked and despised God.

That is what Paul meant when he spoke about the despisers in connection with the work which God will do in our days. Indeed, that Word was written for our time. Not the messenger and not the carrier of the message are blasphemed, but God, Who has given a commission in connection with the Plan of Salvation. Those who truly believe the sending of the prophet cannot help but believe that the message will accomplish what it was sent to do. Those who do not accept a divine calling and sending are despisers of God, from Whose mouth the commission came forth.

As sure as the Lord spoke everything into existence by His almighty Word and completed the work of creation, He Himself is now completing His work of redemption within the flock of the firstborn that was bought with His blood, in accordance with the promises of the Word and by the power of the Holy Spirit. “For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.” (Rom 9:28).

In the last phase, when the former and latter rain will fall at the same time, when the last moving of the Spirit takes place and the power of God is visibly manifested, all true believers will be of one heart and one soul – in the message, in the Word, and in the Will of God, as it was in the beginning at Pentecost.

What Paul wrote in Rom 8:31-39 applies to the elect, who are not taking sides with the accuser: “Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.” The overcomers remain under the blood of the Lamb, and the Word is their testimony. They believe every Word from the first to the last chapter, whether it is written in Mal 4, Lk 17, in Mat 24:14, in verse 24 or in the verses 45-47, whether in Mat 25:1-10 or in Rev 10.

Sadly, the accuser and deceiver of the whole world will only be cast down to earth right at the very end. The elect, however, cannot be deceived. Only at the Rapture and the proclamation of the Millennial Reign will Rev 12:7-11 be fulfilled: “And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.”

All those who remain in the deception are bypassing what God is presently doing. They believe according to the falsified text that along with the prophet also the message has found its end before the second coming of Christ. Likewise, they deny the calling which the Lord Himself gave and the prophet confirmed. From their perspective, the matter is settled; some even assert that the Lamb has already left the mercy seat, that the Lord has come and is claiming His Own, and many other things. But thanks be to God, the true message is still being preached in accordance with the Bible, and everything the prophet said is harmoniously placed in its proper order. The Holy Scripture was the “absolute” for Brother Branham, and it is our only absolute as well.

Brother Branham mentioned Rev 22:18-19 more than a hundred times and emphasized that nothing may be added to or taken away from the Word and that Satan added just a single Word with Eve, which ultimately brought about death. “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” (2 Cor 11:3). Whosoever adds to or takes away from the Word is under the influence of the serpent, has been deceived, and has absolutely no share of the tree of life. It is worthwhile to read up on what Brother Branham said in holy earnest about this subject. The following are only three quotes of many: On February 1, 1956, he said, “He that’ll take away or add to anything that’s in this Book, God will take his name out of the Book of Life.” On November 12, 1961, he said, “Showed he had his name there all right, but it’ll be taken out.” And on April 18, 1965, “We want what God said at the beginning, and anything added to it or taken away from it, even your name will be taken off the Book of Life.” In Mat 4:4 our Lord answered the tempter with these words: “It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”

God led it in such a way that I could also scripturally place the quotes which are hard to understand. There is not a single problem, not even with Rev 10, if one first reads chapters 8 and 9 and afterward chapter 11. After all, it is always the Same One Who revealed Himself to Moses and the people of Israel in the pillar of fire and in the cloud and accompanied them for 40 years (Ex 40:34-38). On February 28, 1963, while the prophet was still on earth, the Same One also revealed Himself in the ministry of Brother Branham in the cloud, when seven mighty thunderclaps shook the entire region. He is the Same One who will descend as the Angel of the Covenant in Rev 10 and put His feet upon land and sea. We cannot be grateful enough that the faithful God has given us the understanding for the complete agreement of the written Word and the preached message!

The false doctrines cannot be placed biblically at all. All those who present strange doctrines agree on one point, namely wanting to destroy the divine influence of the called servant and to present him as untrustworthy through character assassination in order to advance their own agenda. They also have this in common: They believe that the falsified text is true and that the true text is false.

In spite of everything, the Lord builds His Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. There is only one true Church in the message, and that is the Word-Bride. Anybody who believes some special revelation or the many other interpretations is under the influence of the evil one, is outside of the Word, and is not part of the Bride Church. But all true children of God worldwide who were carried away under the wrong influence of the intended destruction will now find their way back and believe that the message which the prophet brought is still forerunning the second coming of Christ until the last one is called.

Brother Branham made this point several times: Many speak of what God has done and are on the lookout for what He is going to do, but bypass what He is presently doing. After all, what He has done connects us to what He is doing right now and prepares us for what He is still going to do.

The Victor of Calvary completes His work of redemption in His Own. At the end, the following words, which Paul directed already on his first missionary journey to the ones who did not believe, will also be fulfilled: “Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.” (Acts 13:41).

What was Paul referring to when he drew the comparison to the despisers? To Num 16, where well-respected men gathered together against Moses and Aaron. Moses fell upon his face, prayed, and said, “For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?” (v. 11).

Moses invited them, but they did not come and said, “… wilt thou put out the eyes of these men?” The story went on; then Moses called the men in Korah’s company “wicked men” and announced the judgment: “… then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.” (v. 30). So, not despisers of the prophet or the one who had to convey the words of the prophet, but provokers/despisers of the Lord God. That is an important lesson. Moses could say, “I AM hath sent me unto you.” (Ex 3:14). He had a calling, a commission in connection with the Plan of Salvation, and he was to put the words of God in the mouth of Aaron (Ex 4:15). The despisers did not despise Moses and Aaron; they mocked and despised God.

That is what Paul meant when he spoke about the despisers in connection with the work which God will do in our days. Indeed, that Word was written for our time. Not the messenger and not the carrier of the message are blasphemed, but God, Who has given a commission in connection with the Plan of Salvation. Those who truly believe the sending of the prophet cannot help but believe that the message will accomplish what it was sent to do. Those who do not accept a divine calling and sending are despisers of God, from Whose mouth the commission came forth.

As sure as the Lord spoke everything into existence by His almighty Word and completed the work of creation, He Himself is now completing His work of redemption within the flock of the firstborn that was bought with His blood, in accordance with the promises of the Word and by the power of the Holy Spirit. “For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.” (Rom 9:28).

In the last phase, when the former and latter rain will fall at the same time, when the last moving of the Spirit takes place and the power of God is visibly manifested, all true believers will be of one heart and one soul – in the message, in the Word, and in the Will of God, as it was in the beginning at Pentecost.

What Paul wrote in Rom 8:31-39 applies to the elect, who are not taking sides with the accuser: “Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.” The overcomers remain under the blood of the Lamb, and the Word is their testimony. They believe every Word from the first to the last chapter, whether it is written in Mal 4, Lk 17, in Mat 24:14, in verse 24 or in the verses 45-47, whether in Mat 25:1-10 or in Rev 10.

Sadly, the accuser and deceiver of the whole world will only be cast down to earth right at the very end. The elect, however, cannot be deceived. Only at the Rapture and the proclamation of the Millennial Reign will Rev 12:7-11 be fulfilled: “And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.”