With utmost respect and filled with gratitude, we acknowledge what God has done in our time in a supernatural way. Thereby, He wanted to show us the way and bring us back to the beginning, to the original foundation, to the doctrines of the apostles, to the sole absolute of His Word. This is the only way for us to experience the perfect unity and our completion by His grace.

The single most important thing for the four evangelists was that everything that had taken place from Mt. 1 to Jn. 21 was correctly placed according to the Scripture: “Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled …” (Mt. 1:22a). “For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled …” (Jn. 19:36a). Peter did the same, even before the day of Pentecost: “For it is written in the book of Psalms, …” (Acts 1) and then especially after the outpouring of the Holy Spirit: “But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel …” (Acts 2). After the resurrection, our Lord said: “These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.” (Lk. 24:44). Indeed, and only in connection with the fulfilment did He then open His disciples’ understanding for the Scripture (v. 45).

Paul also referred repeatedly to the Holy Scripture and could correctly place his ministry in Isa. 49:6, even at the exact point in time, when the salvation passed from the Jews to the Gentiles: “For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.” (Acts 13:41‑51). He was commissioned to preach the Gospel of God to the Gentiles, “which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures …” (Rom. 1:1-5). Likewise, we can place the ministry of Brother Branham into the Holy Scripture. The Bible is also the sole foundation of my proclamation. I must refer to Mt. 24:45-47 because the Lord Himself audibly called it out to me. I must refer to 2. Tim. 4:1-5 because the Lord commanded it to me in a loud voice. The present ministry must be placed according to Scripture as well.

It does not suffice to be sincere and to refer to Brother Branham and his ministry. The most important thing is the correct scriptural placement of the written and revealed Word according to its divine order. Part of that is, for example, that we do not equate the revelation of the Seals in March 1963 with their fulfilment, let alone with the Return of Christ. The appearance of the cloud was simply the indicator for the impending opening of the Seals! Brother Branham made this abundantly clear. Future events were pronounced as if they had already taken place. But that is the case with all biblical prophecies. Isaiah saw in chapter 53 the crucifixion like it had already happened, although it was still 800 years in the future. The Apostle John saw all the things that were yet to come as if they had already occurred: He saw the marriage supper (chap. 19); in chap. 20 he saw the last judgement on the white throne, then in the next chapter even the new Jerusalem as it descended on the earth – and it is still above. He also saw the new heaven and the new earth (chap. 21).

It must be said in all clarity that we are still living in the time of grace. The blood of the New Covenant is still on the mercy seat. Jesus Christ is the Mediator of the New Covenant and remains our Advocate until the last elect has been called out (Heb. 9:11-22; a. o.). In every age, the Redeemer has always claimed the Redeemed. At His Return, He will complete this claim on His children through the changing of the bodies. “And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.” (Rom. 8:23). According to Rev. 7, even the innumerable multitude will wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb during the great tribulation (v. 14). Blessed is he who believes as the Scripture says and frees himself from every interpretation!

For many years we have scripturally illuminated the unique ministry of Brother Branham time and time again and have placed it one hundred percent upon the foundation of the Holy Scripture. Hence, it is abundantly clear that he was the messenger in the last of the seven church ages through whose ministry the mysteries were revealed and all doctrines, in fact, all things were restored back to their original condition, the way they were in the beginning. That he was still expecting more than what had already happened is also well-known to us. Who could know this better than I do, since I have been translating his sermons into the German language since 1958? When Brother Branham said on November 28, 1963, that his tapes were being translated and played in Germany before hundreds of people, he could not have meant anybody else, for there was no one else who was doing that.

Is the concern to exalt all of Brother Branham’s statements as an absolute above the Scripture and, as is sadly being done by many people, misappropriate a great many of his quotes in order to justify one’s own teaching? Can we see history repeat itself in regard to what the Apostle Peter wrote even back then, namely that the ones who are unstable in the Word twist the things that are hard to understand unto their own destruction (2. Pet. 3:14-18)? In many cases, his quotes are being recited with sincerity, but sadly without placement within the divine order of the Holy Scripture. Yes, one can be sincere and truly wrong at the same time, wanting to do God a service without being called to do so and hence without being in His Will.

The divine calling and commission, which the prophet confirmed in the presence of the witnesses Sothman and Wood on December 3, 1962, is irrevocable. My ministry is divinely connected to Brother Branham’s ministry within the Plan of Salvation. In response to certain expectations within the circles of the end-time message that are referring to particular quotes, it must be said once again: If there is no promise for something in the Bible, then there is also no fulfilment. Interpretations contain false hopes, which is exactly what we do not need, for they lead to disappointment. The ministry of Brother Branham is finished forever, just as the one of Moses, of Elijah, of John the Baptist, and as every other ministry is forever completed. The spiritual food, however, is now being given out according to Mt. 24:45-47 in cooperation with all of the ministers worldwide. But first it had to be stored in, as Brother Branham stated repeatedly. I can testify to have done both upon the command of the Lord: first the storing in and then the giving out. Never before could the following be said in reference to the Word, “Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.” (v. 47): “Today this Scripture is fulfilled.” The last message is directly connected to Mt. 25: “Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.” The wise virgins listen to it; they trim their lamps and fill their vessels. The foolish ones bypass it and therefore miss their preparation. Whoever rejects the successive ministry must ask himself whether he really understood the preceding one. What would have happened if the Lord Himself would not have seen to it years before that after the departure of the messenger the message could be carried into the entire world in the first place? 

With utmost respect and filled with gratitude, we acknowledge what God has done in our time in a supernatural way. Thereby, He wanted to show us the way and bring us back to the beginning, to the original foundation, to the doctrines of the apostles, to the sole absolute of His Word. This is the only way for us to experience the perfect unity and our completion by His grace.

The single most important thing for the four evangelists was that everything that had taken place from Mt. 1 to Jn. 21 was correctly placed according to the Scripture: “Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled …” (Mt. 1:22a). “For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled …” (Jn. 19:36a). Peter did the same, even before the day of Pentecost: “For it is written in the book of Psalms, …” (Acts 1) and then especially after the outpouring of the Holy Spirit: “But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel …” (Acts 2). After the resurrection, our Lord said: “These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.” (Lk. 24:44). Indeed, and only in connection with the fulfilment did He then open His disciples’ understanding for the Scripture (v. 45).

Paul also referred repeatedly to the Holy Scripture and could correctly place his ministry in Isa. 49:6, even at the exact point in time, when the salvation passed from the Jews to the Gentiles: “For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.” (Acts 13:41‑51). He was commissioned to preach the Gospel of God to the Gentiles, “which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures …” (Rom. 1:1-5). Likewise, we can place the ministry of Brother Branham into the Holy Scripture. The Bible is also the sole foundation of my proclamation. I must refer to Mt. 24:45-47 because the Lord Himself audibly called it out to me. I must refer to 2. Tim. 4:1-5 because the Lord commanded it to me in a loud voice. The present ministry must be placed according to Scripture as well.

It does not suffice to be sincere and to refer to Brother Branham and his ministry. The most important thing is the correct scriptural placement of the written and revealed Word according to its divine order. Part of that is, for example, that we do not equate the revelation of the Seals in March 1963 with their fulfilment, let alone with the Return of Christ. The appearance of the cloud was simply the indicator for the impending opening of the Seals! Brother Branham made this abundantly clear. Future events were pronounced as if they had already taken place. But that is the case with all biblical prophecies. Isaiah saw in chapter 53 the crucifixion like it had already happened, although it was still 800 years in the future. The Apostle John saw all the things that were yet to come as if they had already occurred: He saw the marriage supper (chap. 19); in chap. 20 he saw the last judgement on the white throne, then in the next chapter even the new Jerusalem as it descended on the earth – and it is still above. He also saw the new heaven and the new earth (chap. 21).

It must be said in all clarity that we are still living in the time of grace. The blood of the New Covenant is still on the mercy seat. Jesus Christ is the Mediator of the New Covenant and remains our Advocate until the last elect has been called out (Heb. 9:11-22; a. o.). In every age, the Redeemer has always claimed the Redeemed. At His Return, He will complete this claim on His children through the changing of the bodies. “And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.” (Rom. 8:23). According to Rev. 7, even the innumerable multitude will wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb during the great tribulation (v. 14). Blessed is he who believes as the Scripture says and frees himself from every interpretation!

For many years we have scripturally illuminated the unique ministry of Brother Branham time and time again and have placed it one hundred percent upon the foundation of the Holy Scripture. Hence, it is abundantly clear that he was the messenger in the last of the seven church ages through whose ministry the mysteries were revealed and all doctrines, in fact, all things were restored back to their original condition, the way they were in the beginning. That he was still expecting more than what had already happened is also well-known to us. Who could know this better than I do, since I have been translating his sermons into the German language since 1958? When Brother Branham said on November 28, 1963, that his tapes were being translated and played in Germany before hundreds of people, he could not have meant anybody else, for there was no one else who was doing that.

Is the concern to exalt all of Brother Branham’s statements as an absolute above the Scripture and, as is sadly being done by many people, misappropriate a great many of his quotes in order to justify one’s own teaching? Can we see history repeat itself in regard to what the Apostle Peter wrote even back then, namely that the ones who are unstable in the Word twist the things that are hard to understand unto their own destruction (2. Pet. 3:14-18)? In many cases, his quotes are being recited with sincerity, but sadly without placement within the divine order of the Holy Scripture. Yes, one can be sincere and truly wrong at the same time, wanting to do God a service without being called to do so and hence without being in His Will.

The divine calling and commission, which the prophet confirmed in the presence of the witnesses Sothman and Wood on December 3, 1962, is irrevocable. My ministry is divinely connected to Brother Branham’s ministry within the Plan of Salvation. In response to certain expectations within the circles of the end-time message that are referring to particular quotes, it must be said once again: If there is no promise for something in the Bible, then there is also no fulfilment. Interpretations contain false hopes, which is exactly what we do not need, for they lead to disappointment. The ministry of Brother Branham is finished forever, just as the one of Moses, of Elijah, of John the Baptist, and as every other ministry is forever completed. The spiritual food, however, is now being given out according to Mt. 24:45-47 in cooperation with all of the ministers worldwide. But first it had to be stored in, as Brother Branham stated repeatedly. I can testify to have done both upon the command of the Lord: first the storing in and then the giving out. Never before could the following be said in reference to the Word, “Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.” (v. 47): “Today this Scripture is fulfilled.” The last message is directly connected to Mt. 25: “Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.” The wise virgins listen to it; they trim their lamps and fill their vessels. The foolish ones bypass it and therefore miss their preparation. Whoever rejects the successive ministry must ask himself whether he really understood the preceding one. What would have happened if the Lord Himself would not have seen to it years before that after the departure of the messenger the message could be carried into the entire world in the first place?