From the beginning, the Lord God has revealed Himself to His Own in a manifold way: Already in the Garden of Eden, He visited Adam and Eve in the cool of the day and had fellowship with them (Gen. 3). The Bible reports that Enoch walked with God, that God was well-pleased with him, and that he was raptured (Gen. 5:24; Heb. 11:5). We read about Noah, about the establishment of the covenant after the flood, about the rainbow as the sign of the covenant (Gen. 9), and about Abraham, to whom God gave the promise to bless all of the nations that believe as he believed. God established the covenant of circumcision with him as well (Gen. 17:13). All of the prophets in the Old Testament and all men of God knew the Lord God personally and obeyed his instructions. All throughout the Bible, we find testimonies about the personal revelations of God as Creator, King, Saviour, etc. In the New Testament, we see the personal revelation of God in our Redeemer, through Whom we have received the adoption as sons (Gal. 4:4-7). He reveals Himself for each specific task according to the divine Plan of Salvation as Lamb of God, as Mediator, as Advocate, etc.

The main purpose of this exposition is to show that the Lord has revealed Himself in our time through the ministry of Brother Branham just as He did in the Old Testament. Brother Branham had the same supernatural experiences as Abraham, Moses, and the prophets were granted back in their time. He often mentioned the “Angel of the Lord” when He descended in the light in connection with the prayer for the sick. Repeatedly, he spoke of the “Angel of the Covenant” with reference to the appearance of the Lord in the supernatural pillar of fire. He emphasized that it was the same “Angel of the Lord” Who had accompanied Israel in the cloud and in the pillar of fire.

To Abraham, God revealed Himself as “Angel of the Lord” when he was ready to sacrifice his promised son Isaac: “And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.” (Gen. 22:11-18).

In the days of Moses, it was about a significant event within the Plan of Salvation: the calling out and Exodus of Israel, just as God promised it to Abraham (Gen. 15:13). “And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush … And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses.” (Ex. 3:2+4). Here we have three designations, namely “Angel of the Lord,” Lord, and God, for the One Who then introduced Himself like this: “I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.” (v. 6).

In the shape of an Angel He appeared in the fire; as Lord He saw Moses approaching; as God He spoke to him. Yet it was only One because there is only one God. For our salvation, the one God revealed Himself in the New Testament as Father in heaven, on earth in the Son, and in the Church by the Holy Spirit.

Moses wanted to know the Name of the One who was sending him: “And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.” (Ex. 3:13‑15).

The Eternal is always present as the I AM when He reveals Himself. The I AM is the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth. At the proclamation of the Ten Commandments, we read: “And God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God …” In Isa. 44:6 it states: “Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.” All the way up to the last book of the Bible, the Book of Revelation, the Lord introduces Himself as the I AM: “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.” (1:8). “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.” (22:13).

From the many “I AM” whereby the Lord revealed Himself in the Old Testament and in the New Testament, we recognize that He is always the same. “Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.” (Jn. 8:58). The Lord/Yahweh of the Old Testament is the Lord Jesus/Yahshua of the New Testament. “… and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.” (1. Cor. 12:3).

In Joel 2:32 it states: “… whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord/Yahweh shall be delivered …” In Rom. 10:13 we find the same Word in reference to Jesus once again, for whosoever calls upon the Name of the Lord Jesus/Yahshua shall be saved.

All of the miraculous signs that Moses presented to Pharaoh had a single purpose: “Let my people go, that they may serve me.” (Ex. 7:26; 8:16; 9:1; 9:13; 10:3). When God made the covenant with Israel, the Lord was the “Angel of the Covenant” because He gave His people the commandments of the covenant.

“And the Lord said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.” (Ex. 34:27-28).

Through Moses, God provided the called-out Church with binding commandments and said: “Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.” (Ex. 19:5-6). The Exodus was solely God’s responsibility, but then obedience had to follow the faith of the called-out ones to thereby keep the covenant. Thus, the called-out Church of Israel became a kingdom and priesthood of God.

That is also the divine purpose of the redeemed and called-out Church of the New Testament: “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light …” (1. Pt. 2:9). “And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.” (Rev. 5:10).

As “Angel of the Covenant,” He led His people in a visible form, namely in the shape of the supernatural cloud. “And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.” (Ex. 13:21-22). That is how He accompanied His people Israel during the forty years.

In Neh. 9:12-13 we are told: “Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments …” The Lord God can visibly reveal Himself on earth and still let His voice sound from heaven. God is Spirit – He is omnipresent.

In Ex. 40:33-38 the cloud is mentioned five times: “So Moses finished the work. Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.”

At the consecration of the temple, the Lord descended once again in the supernatural cloud: “So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.” (1. Ki. 8:10-21).

From the beginning, the Lord God has revealed Himself to His Own in a manifold way: Already in the Garden of Eden, He visited Adam and Eve in the cool of the day and had fellowship with them (Gen. 3). The Bible reports that Enoch walked with God, that God was well-pleased with him, and that he was raptured (Gen. 5:24; Heb. 11:5). We read about Noah, about the establishment of the covenant after the flood, about the rainbow as the sign of the covenant (Gen. 9), and about Abraham, to whom God gave the promise to bless all of the nations that believe as he believed. God established the covenant of circumcision with him as well (Gen. 17:13). All of the prophets in the Old Testament and all men of God knew the Lord God personally and obeyed his instructions. All throughout the Bible, we find testimonies about the personal revelations of God as Creator, King, Saviour, etc. In the New Testament, we see the personal revelation of God in our Redeemer, through Whom we have received the adoption as sons (Gal. 4:4-7). He reveals Himself for each specific task according to the divine Plan of Salvation as Lamb of God, as Mediator, as Advocate, etc.

The main purpose of this exposition is to show that the Lord has revealed Himself in our time through the ministry of Brother Branham just as He did in the Old Testament. Brother Branham had the same supernatural experiences as Abraham, Moses, and the prophets were granted back in their time. He often mentioned the “Angel of the Lord” when He descended in the light in connection with the prayer for the sick. Repeatedly, he spoke of the “Angel of the Covenant” with reference to the appearance of the Lord in the supernatural pillar of fire. He emphasized that it was the same “Angel of the Lord” Who had accompanied Israel in the cloud and in the pillar of fire.

To Abraham, God revealed Himself as “Angel of the Lord” when he was ready to sacrifice his promised son Isaac: “And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.” (Gen. 22:11-18).

In the days of Moses, it was about a significant event within the Plan of Salvation: the calling out and Exodus of Israel, just as God promised it to Abraham (Gen. 15:13). “And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush … And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses.” (Ex. 3:2+4). Here we have three designations, namely “Angel of the Lord,” Lord, and God, for the One Who then introduced Himself like this: “I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.” (v. 6).

In the shape of an Angel He appeared in the fire; as Lord He saw Moses approaching; as God He spoke to him. Yet it was only One because there is only one God. For our salvation, the one God revealed Himself in the New Testament as Father in heaven, on earth in the Son, and in the Church by the Holy Spirit.

Moses wanted to know the Name of the One who was sending him: “And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.” (Ex. 3:13‑15).

The Eternal is always present as the I AM when He reveals Himself. The I AM is the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth. At the proclamation of the Ten Commandments, we read: “And God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God …” In Isa. 44:6 it states: “Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.” All the way up to the last book of the Bible, the Book of Revelation, the Lord introduces Himself as the I AM: “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.” (1:8). “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.” (22:13).

From the many “I AM” whereby the Lord revealed Himself in the Old Testament and in the New Testament, we recognize that He is always the same. “Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.” (Jn. 8:58). The Lord/Yahweh of the Old Testament is the Lord Jesus/Yahshua of the New Testament. “… and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.” (1. Cor. 12:3).

In Joel 2:32 it states: “… whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord/Yahweh shall be delivered …” In Rom. 10:13 we find the same Word in reference to Jesus once again, for whosoever calls upon the Name of the Lord Jesus/Yahshua shall be saved.

All of the miraculous signs that Moses presented to Pharaoh had a single purpose: “Let my people go, that they may serve me.” (Ex. 7:26; 8:16; 9:1; 9:13; 10:3). When God made the covenant with Israel, the Lord was the “Angel of the Covenant” because He gave His people the commandments of the covenant.

“And the Lord said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.” (Ex. 34:27-28).

Through Moses, God provided the called-out Church with binding commandments and said: “Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.” (Ex. 19:5-6). The Exodus was solely God’s responsibility, but then obedience had to follow the faith of the called-out ones to thereby keep the covenant. Thus, the called-out Church of Israel became a kingdom and priesthood of God.

That is also the divine purpose of the redeemed and called-out Church of the New Testament: “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light …” (1. Pt. 2:9). “And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.” (Rev. 5:10).

As “Angel of the Covenant,” He led His people in a visible form, namely in the shape of the supernatural cloud. “And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.” (Ex. 13:21-22). That is how He accompanied His people Israel during the forty years.

In Neh. 9:12-13 we are told: “Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments …” The Lord God can visibly reveal Himself on earth and still let His voice sound from heaven. God is Spirit – He is omnipresent.

In Ex. 40:33-38 the cloud is mentioned five times: “So Moses finished the work. Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.”

At the consecration of the temple, the Lord descended once again in the supernatural cloud: “So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.” (1. Ki. 8:10-21).