There was also a confirmed commission in our days, in order to turn the hearts of the children of God back to the faith of the apostolic fathers. That is the fulfilment of the promise from Mal. 4:5-6, as our Lord confirmed it in Mat. 17:11 and Mk. 9:12: “Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.” This is presently the concern in the Church of the Lord: Just as Elijah then took the 12 stones according to the 12 tribes, rebuilt the altar of the Lord, and called the people together on Mount Carmel and their hearts were turned back again, so has the man of God in our time reintroduced the doctrine of the 12 apostles (Acts 2:42) and has turned our hearts back. The Church has to be restored to its original condition before Jesus can return, for this is the promise: “Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.” (Acts 3:21). It is also Thus saith the Lord.

Since the Reformation, there have been many revivals wherein the proclamation of the Gospel was the main focal point. At the beginning of the 20^th century, a mighty outpouring of the Spirit took place, similar to the one on the day of Pentecost. That brought forth the various Pentecostal churches. However, a genuine breakthrough to the original Christianity was not accomplished. After World War II, a man finally came on the scene who had a scriptural apostolic and prophetic ministry. It was William Branham, a man sent from God, through whom the mightiest salvation and healing revival since the days of Jesus and the apostles made its breakthrough.

On May 7, 1946, Brother Branham had the following experience: That evening, a supernatural light beamed from heaven into the room. Brother Branham saw how a messenger from God descended in this light and then came toward him. Frightened, he stood up and heard the first words: “Fear not, I am sent to you from the presence of God.” The visitor then explained to him all the details concerning his ministry. Among other things, Brother Branham was told: “As Moses was given two signs, so you are also given two signs.” The first sign was to appear when he took the right hand of the ailing person with his left hand. The suffering – for instance the cancer, the tumour – became visible on Brother Branham’s hand and disappeared again after the healing took place. The second sign was that something he absolutely could not have known was revealed to him from the life of the person for whom he was praying. To each person about whom something was shown to him in a vision, Brother Branham could say in the Name of the Lord: “You are healed by the power of God in the Name of Jesus Christ.” The Lord said to Moses: “… if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.” (Ex. 4:8).

Hundreds of thousands of people experienced and witnessed it in the years 1946 until 1965 that the blind received their sight, the lame could walk, the deaf could hear, and most notably the cancer sufferers were healed. It happened because the Angel of God said at the commission of Brother Branham: “If you will get the people to believe you, nothing shall stand before your prayer, not even cancer.”

In regard to His ministry, the Son of God was “that Prophet” who had been promised in Deut. 18:18, as it was further confirmed in Acts 3:22-23: “For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.” He saw in visions what would be, spoke it, and it happened, regardless whether the afflicted person was blind, lame, or leprous, etc.

The very same ministry was repeated in our time: Brother Branham was shown in visions what would take place; he spoke it, and it happened. Time and time again, the man of God therefore referred to Jn. 5:19 and applied it to his ministry: “Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.”

With reference to his ministry, Brother Branham also often made the comparison with Gen. 18, when the Lord together with two angels visited Abraham and gave the promise for the birth of Isaac. Sarah, who was in the tent and was listening, laughed within herself. The Lord looked at Abraham and asked, “Wherefore did Sarah laugh …?” Likewise, Brother Branham referred to Jn.1, when Andrew brought his brother to the Lord, Who then told him: “Thou art Simon the son of Jona …” To Nathanael He said: “Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.”

The woman at the well, whose past life He revealed, knew “… that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.” And the Messiah confirmed it: “I that speak unto thee am He.” This prophetic gift to see things in visions and have them revealed was for some people the greatest blessing, while others, the scribes and Pharisees in particular, took offense at it and hence called the Lord Beelzebub.

The ministry took place in our days, in this prophetic age in which the Son of Man revealed Himself (Lk. 17:26-30). We are still waiting for His coming (Lk. 17:34-37). His Return happens suddenly, on one day, in one hour. Then two will lie in one bed or be in the field; one will be taken and the other one left. This happens in an instant (1. Cor. 15:51-58), as the Lord explained it in the comparison with the lightening which shines from the East unto the West (Mt. 24:27; Lk. 17:24). He could not have said it more precisely. And we believe it the way it is written. Amen.

There was also a confirmed commission in our days, in order to turn the hearts of the children of God back to the faith of the apostolic fathers. That is the fulfilment of the promise from Mal. 4:5-6, as our Lord confirmed it in Mat. 17:11 and Mk. 9:12: “Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.” This is presently the concern in the Church of the Lord: Just as Elijah then took the 12 stones according to the 12 tribes, rebuilt the altar of the Lord, and called the people together on Mount Carmel and their hearts were turned back again, so has the man of God in our time reintroduced the doctrine of the 12 apostles (Acts 2:42) and has turned our hearts back. The Church has to be restored to its original condition before Jesus can return, for this is the promise: “Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.” (Acts 3:21). It is also Thus saith the Lord.

Since the Reformation, there have been many revivals wherein the proclamation of the Gospel was the main focal point. At the beginning of the 20th century, a mighty outpouring of the Spirit took place, similar to the one on the day of Pentecost. That brought forth the various Pentecostal churches. However, a genuine breakthrough to the original Christianity was not accomplished. After World War II, a man finally came on the scene who had a scriptural apostolic and prophetic ministry. It was William Branham, a man sent from God, through whom the mightiest salvation and healing revival since the days of Jesus and the apostles made its breakthrough.

On May 7, 1946, Brother Branham had the following experience: That evening, a supernatural light beamed from heaven into the room. Brother Branham saw how a messenger from God descended in this light and then came toward him. Frightened, he stood up and heard the first words: “Fear not, I am sent to you from the presence of God.” The visitor then explained to him all the details concerning his ministry. Among other things, Brother Branham was told: “As Moses was given two signs, so you are also given two signs.” The first sign was to appear when he took the right hand of the ailing person with his left hand. The suffering – for instance the cancer, the tumour – became visible on Brother Branham’s hand and disappeared again after the healing took place. The second sign was that something he absolutely could not have known was revealed to him from the life of the person for whom he was praying. To each person about whom something was shown to him in a vision, Brother Branham could say in the Name of the Lord: “You are healed by the power of God in the Name of Jesus Christ.” The Lord said to Moses: “… if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.” (Ex. 4:8).

Hundreds of thousands of people experienced and witnessed it in the years 1946 until 1965 that the blind received their sight, the lame could walk, the deaf could hear, and most notably the cancer sufferers were healed. It happened because the Angel of God said at the commission of Brother Branham: “If you will get the people to believe you, nothing shall stand before your prayer, not even cancer.”

In regard to His ministry, the Son of God was “that Prophet” who had been promised in Deut. 18:18, as it was further confirmed in Acts 3:22-23: “For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.” He saw in visions what would be, spoke it, and it happened, regardless whether the afflicted person was blind, lame, or leprous, etc.

The very same ministry was repeated in our time: Brother Branham was shown in visions what would take place; he spoke it, and it happened. Time and time again, the man of God therefore referred to Jn. 5:19 and applied it to his ministry: “Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.”

With reference to his ministry, Brother Branham also often made the comparison with Gen. 18, when the Lord together with two angels visited Abraham and gave the promise for the birth of Isaac. Sarah, who was in the tent and was listening, laughed within herself. The Lord looked at Abraham and asked, “Wherefore did Sarah laugh …?” Likewise, Brother Branham referred to Jn.1, when Andrew brought his brother to the Lord, Who then told him: “Thou art Simon the son of Jona …” To Nathanael He said: “Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.”

The woman at the well, whose past life He revealed, knew “… that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.” And the Messiah confirmed it: “I that speak unto thee am He.” This prophetic gift to see things in visions and have them revealed was for some people the greatest blessing, while others, the scribes and Pharisees in particular, took offense at it and hence called the Lord Beelzebub.

The ministry took place in our days, in this prophetic age in which the Son of Man revealed Himself (Lk. 17:26-30). We are still waiting for His coming (Lk. 17:34-37). His Return happens suddenly, on one day, in one hour. Then two will lie in one bed or be in the field; one will be taken and the other one left. This happens in an instant (1. Cor. 15:51-58), as the Lord explained it in the comparison with the lightening which shines from the East unto the West (Mt. 24:27; Lk. 17:24). He could not have said it more precisely. And we believe it the way it is written. Amen.