In spite of their divine calling, men of God remained human beings, although they were called gods (Ps. 82:6; Jn. 10:34). The godly part in them was the Word, whereby they shared in the divine nature, as we do as well (2. Pet. 1:3-11). Right after this statement the Lord said, “The Scripture cannot be broken …” (Jn. 10:35). Indeed, the Scripture can never be broken. God’s callings and predestination are final, they cannot be reversed and are valid for ever — thus teaches the Holy Scripture (Rom. 8:28-39; Eph. 1; a. o.). The Scripture could not be broken because Noah once had too much wine (Gen. 9). Noah found grace with God, so it is written, and that is what counts. He remained the preacher of righteousness. He could be rejected and scoffed at, but no one could tell him to step down. The Lord Himself preached in hell to those who did not believe Noah’s message and remained in disobedience. The sons of God were among them (Gen. 6). In hell it was too late for the salvation of their souls (1. Pet. 3:18-22). Thus saith the Lord, “… and as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.” (Lk. 17:26).

Abraham could not be ordered to step down because he was with Hagar and then married Keturah. The Scripture says, “… I have made thee a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead …” (Rom. 4:17). The Scripture could not be broken when Moses took the Ethiopian woman as his wife. Miriam and Aaron had no right to speak against their brother Moses (Num. 12:1). Also Korah, Dathan and Abiram — the scoffers — had no right to demand for Moses to step down and to influence the whole church to turn against him and cause a split (Num. 16).

The Scripture could not be broken because David committed adultery. In the law God said nothing about polygamy. He only said, “If he take him another wife …” (Ex. 21:10). The Lord also said, “If a man have two wives …” (Deut. 21:15). But then He said, “If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die …” (Deut. 22:22). Marriage is placed under the direct protection of God and so is the family. David committed adultery and according to the law should have been stoned together with Bathsheba. David transgressed two commandments, “Thou shalt not kill!” and “Thou shalt not commit adultery!” David was an adulterer because he took the wife of Uriah, and he was a murderer because he had her husband killed. Thanks be to God that neither applies to me.

The Scripture cannot be broken. David remained a prophet, David remained a king, and all that he spoke as a prophet in the Spirit did and will for ever come to fulfilment. However, it stays for ever true that God made one Eve for Adam, and as Paul writes, “… let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.” (1. Cor. 7). Who would dare to condemn David and refuse to read the Psalms, when it is written, “Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity …” (Ps. 32:2). The forgiveness of all the transgressions is so perfect that the Lord remembers the sins no more. To pillory someone because of his transgressions means to blaspheme God and to tread on the Blood of the Lamb, the Blood of the New Covenant, and put the crucified Christ to shame.

In the natural life even servants of God did not always succeed in doing the well-pleasing and perfect Will of God. Sometimes also the permissive Will of God was done. Nevertheless, the Word they received and left unto us is now and for ever the perfect Word of God. God, Who knows all things, has made His choice in calling His servants. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was given the honorary title “Son of David”. Who would dare to question God’s decisions? Such a person is either possessed by evil spirits or rejected by God. Those despisers are spoken of in Acts 13:41, “Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days …” The important thing today is the work of God, even though the enemy is trying his best to stand in its way. Jesus has conquered all. He will not allow hell’s gateway to overpower the true Church. The despisers will always find a reason; they try to cause an uprising against those who have a God-ordained ministry. They sneak into the called-out Church (Gal. 2:4) and claim to also have a ministry. Even today they say, “The whole church is holy. Every brother has a calling. All have a ministry.” They accuse those who are placed by God by saying, “Where do you get your authority? You are throwing dust into the eyes of the people.” The opposite is the case. A divine calling includes what the Apostle Paul was told, “… for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in Me.” (Acts 26, 16-18).

Worldly kings are appointed and removed by God (Dan. 2:21). But men who are ordained to the spiritual realm are only appointed by Him. A servant of God must do what he was commissioned, whether it brings him honour or shame. For some we are “a savour of Christ to life”, for the others “a savour unto death” (2. Cor. 2:14-17). Even our Lord and Master was ordained for some to rise and for others to fall, for a sign that was spoken against, whereby the thoughts of the hearts were revealed (Lk. 2:34-35). Everyone should work out his own salvation with fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12). The following applies to the elect, without exception, “Nothing shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Rom. 8). Also applicable is what the apostle writes, “Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect …” (Tit. 1:1). The task at hand is to preach the everlasting Gospel of Jesus Christ, including everything that pertains to the Kingdom of God, to all nations. Equally important is the faith of the elect which was once and for all delivered to the saints (Jude 3).

It hurts when people within the end-time message apparently do not believe as the Scripture says, but rather hold to their own opinions and special revelations which they propagate. Life stories, hunting stories, etc., have nothing to do with the promised Word for this time, instead they are part of making a cult out of a man, exhibitions which are dedicated to a man. Wooden crosses, candies, and pieces of fabric are being distributed because they supposedly have a connection to a prophet — these things are superstition and can be likened to certain churches relic cults, but have nothing to do with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We place the ministry of Brother Branham in its scriptural order and distance ourselves from any group that refers to him but does not remain in the Word.

For the teaching that Brother Branham would have a tent ministry there is no promise in the Scriptures. Furthermore, the teaching that the Lord as the Angel of the Covenant according to Rev. 10 has already come down is not true, and neither are all the other wrong teachings about thunders, etc., which are being circulated everywhere. The coming of the Lord, be it as Bridegroom (Mt. 25:1-13) or as Son of man (Mt. 25: 31-36) or as the Angel of the Covenant (Rev. 10:1-7), is always in connection with reality and His personal, bodily presence (parousia). At every coming things did and will happen precisely as they are described for that occasion, right to the coming of the Lord God when He shall stand with His feet on the Mount of Olives (Zech. 14:4).

When God’s Word is disregarded, then what is called the “Voice of God” can never be the Voice of God. God expressed His thoughts of Salvation in His Word. Why do men who appointed themselves to a leading position have nothing to report from the years 1965 to 1985? Did God do nothing during that time span and not start up again until 1985? The Lord has taken His prophet, but prior to that He made provision that the message would be carried on without any interruptions. Who would dare to deny this?

It is useless to decorate the expensive grave of the prophet with its beautiful pyramid and arrange for places of pilgrimage, all the while disregarding what God is presently doing. Did not the Scribes and Pharisees back then adorn the tombs of the prophets? True children of God take to heart what the Lord Himself said about those He called and sent forth, “He that heareth you heareth Me; and he that despiseth you despiseth Me; and he that despiseth Me despiseth Him that sent Me.” (Lk. 10:16).

We are close to our destination. In regards to the Old Testament sacrifices it is written, “… that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience …” (Heb. 9:9). In view of the perfect sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary we read, “For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.” (Heb. 10:14).

“Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.” (Phil. 2:2-3).

“… I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded; and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.” (Phil. 3:14-15).

“Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.” (Heb. 4:1).

“To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” (Rev. 3:21).

Whoever recognises Bible prophecies coming to their fulfilment today and realises the importance of current, world-changing events will come to the conclusion that we are very close to our destination. One good look into the current events, another look to Israel, then into the Islamic world and also into the religious unification process as well as the political unification of Europe, a look into the globalisation, another into the world government and then a look to Rome — that only leaves us with needing to look up, for our Lord said, “And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.” (Lk. 21:28-36).

In spite of their divine calling, men of God remained human beings, although they were called gods (Ps. 82:6; Jn. 10:34). The godly part in them was the Word, whereby they shared in the divine nature, as we do as well (2. Pet. 1:3-11). Right after this statement the Lord said, “The Scripture cannot be broken …” (Jn. 10:35). Indeed, the Scripture can never be broken. God’s callings and predestination are final, they cannot be reversed and are valid for ever — thus teaches the Holy Scripture (Rom. 8:28-39; Eph. 1; a. o.). The Scripture could not be broken because Noah once had too much wine (Gen. 9). Noah found grace with God, so it is written, and that is what counts. He remained the preacher of righteousness. He could be rejected and scoffed at, but no one could tell him to step down. The Lord Himself preached in hell to those who did not believe Noah’s message and remained in disobedience. The sons of God were among them (Gen. 6). In hell it was too late for the salvation of their souls (1. Pet. 3:18-22). Thus saith the Lord, “… and as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.” (Lk. 17:26).

Abraham could not be ordered to step down because he was with Hagar and then married Keturah. The Scripture says, “… I have made thee a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead …” (Rom. 4:17). The Scripture could not be broken when Moses took the Ethiopian woman as his wife. Miriam and Aaron had no right to speak against their brother Moses (Num. 12:1). Also Korah, Dathan and Abiram — the scoffers — had no right to demand for Moses to step down and to influence the whole church to turn against him and cause a split (Num. 16).

The Scripture could not be broken because David committed adultery. In the law God said nothing about polygamy. He only said, “If he take him another wife …” (Ex. 21:10). The Lord also said, “If a man have two wives …” (Deut. 21:15). But then He said, “If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die …” (Deut. 22:22). Marriage is placed under the direct protection of God and so is the family. David committed adultery and according to the law should have been stoned together with Bathsheba. David transgressed two commandments, “Thou shalt not kill!” and “Thou shalt not commit adultery!” David was an adulterer because he took the wife of Uriah, and he was a murderer because he had her husband killed. Thanks be to God that neither applies to me.

The Scripture cannot be broken. David remained a prophet, David remained a king, and all that he spoke as a prophet in the Spirit did and will for ever come to fulfilment. However, it stays for ever true that God made one Eve for Adam, and as Paul writes, “… let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.” (1. Cor. 7). Who would dare to condemn David and refuse to read the Psalms, when it is written, “Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity …” (Ps. 32:2). The forgiveness of all the transgressions is so perfect that the Lord remembers the sins no more. To pillory someone because of his transgressions means to blaspheme God and to tread on the Blood of the Lamb, the Blood of the New Covenant, and put the crucified Christ to shame.

In the natural life even servants of God did not always succeed in doing the well-pleasing and perfect Will of God. Sometimes also the permissive Will of God was done. Nevertheless, the Word they received and left unto us is now and for ever the perfect Word of God. God, Who knows all things, has made His choice in calling His servants. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was given the honorary title “Son of David”. Who would dare to question God’s decisions? Such a person is either possessed by evil spirits or rejected by God. Those despisers are spoken of in Acts 13:41, “Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days …” The important thing today is the work of God, even though the enemy is trying his best to stand in its way. Jesus has conquered all. He will not allow hell’s gateway to overpower the true Church. The despisers will always find a reason; they try to cause an uprising against those who have a God-ordained ministry. They sneak into the called-out Church (Gal. 2:4) and claim to also have a ministry. Even today they say, “The whole church is holy. Every brother has a calling. All have a ministry.” They accuse those who are placed by God by saying, “Where do you get your authority? You are throwing dust into the eyes of the people.” The opposite is the case. A divine calling includes what the Apostle Paul was told, “… for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in Me.” (Acts 26, 16-18).

Worldly kings are appointed and removed by God (Dan. 2:21). But men who are ordained to the spiritual realm are only appointed by Him. A servant of God must do what he was commissioned, whether it brings him honour or shame. For some we are “a savour of Christ to life”, for the others “a savour unto death” (2. Cor. 2:14-17). Even our Lord and Master was ordained for some to rise and for others to fall, for a sign that was spoken against, whereby the thoughts of the hearts were revealed (Lk. 2:34-35). Everyone should work out his own salvation with fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12). The following applies to the elect, without exception, “Nothing shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Rom. 8). Also applicable is what the apostle writes, “Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect …” (Tit. 1:1). The task at hand is to preach the everlasting Gospel of Jesus Christ, including everything that pertains to the Kingdom of God, to all nations. Equally important is the faith of the elect which was once and for all delivered to the saints (Jude 3).

It hurts when people within the end-time message apparently do not believe as the Scripture says, but rather hold to their own opinions and special revelations which they propagate. Life stories, hunting stories, etc., have nothing to do with the promised Word for this time, instead they are part of making a cult out of a man, exhibitions which are dedicated to a man. Wooden crosses, candies, and pieces of fabric are being distributed because they supposedly have a connection to a prophet — these things are superstition and can be likened to certain churches relic cults, but have nothing to do with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We place the ministry of Brother Branham in its scriptural order and distance ourselves from any group that refers to him but does not remain in the Word.

For the teaching that Brother Branham would have a tent ministry there is no promise in the Scriptures. Furthermore, the teaching that the Lord as the Angel of the Covenant according to Rev. 10 has already come down is not true, and neither are all the other wrong teachings about thunders, etc., which are being circulated everywhere. The coming of the Lord, be it as Bridegroom (Mt. 25:1-13) or as Son of man (Mt. 25: 31-36) or as the Angel of the Covenant (Rev. 10:1-7), is always in connection with reality and His personal, bodily presence (parousia). At every coming things did and will happen precisely as they are described for that occasion, right to the coming of the Lord God when He shall stand with His feet on the Mount of Olives (Zech. 14:4).

When God’s Word is disregarded, then what is called the “Voice of God” can never be the Voice of God. God expressed His thoughts of Salvation in His Word. Why do men who appointed themselves to a leading position have nothing to report from the years 1965 to 1985? Did God do nothing during that time span and not start up again until 1985? The Lord has taken His prophet, but prior to that He made provision that the message would be carried on without any interruptions. Who would dare to deny this?

It is useless to decorate the expensive grave of the prophet with its beautiful pyramid and arrange for places of pilgrimage, all the while disregarding what God is presently doing. Did not the Scribes and Pharisees back then adorn the tombs of the prophets? True children of God take to heart what the Lord Himself said about those He called and sent forth, “He that heareth you heareth Me; and he that despiseth you despiseth Me; and he that despiseth Me despiseth Him that sent Me.” (Lk. 10:16).

We are close to our destination. In regards to the Old Testament sacrifices it is written, “… that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience …” (Heb. 9:9). In view of the perfect sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary we read, “For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.” (Heb. 10:14).

“Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.” (Phil. 2:2-3).

“… I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded; and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.” (Phil. 3:14-15).

“Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.” (Heb. 4:1).

“To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” (Rev. 3:21).

Whoever recognises Bible prophecies coming to their fulfilment today and realises the importance of current, world-changing events will come to the conclusion that we are very close to our destination. One good look into the current events, another look to Israel, then into the Islamic world and also into the religious unification process as well as the political unification of Europe, a look into the globalisation, another into the world government and then a look to Rome — that only leaves us with needing to look up, for our Lord said, “And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.” (Lk. 21:28-36).