Most of the believers seem to have completely overlooked the fact that God does not only send main prophets, but He also promised different ministries to the New Testament Church. THUS SAITH THE LORD, “Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes (teachers)…” (Mt 23:34). Luke also refers to the ministries, “Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles…” (11:49) Apostles, prophets and teachers have a special responsibility to share everything with the Church including the message God has sent through a main prophet for the age.

Because the ministry of a true prophet is so different to the rest of the established clergy, only those who find grace before God would receive him. Therefore, our Lord gave the promise, “He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward…” (Mt 10:41). Of those the Lord had sent He said, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me” (Jn 13:20). To those the Lord directly called and sent He said, “… as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you” (Jn 20:21).

The Lord kept His Word and has placed the promised ministries into the Church: “And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers…” (1Cor 12:28). In Eph. 4:11, evangelists and pastors are also mentioned. According to God’s holy Word, all these ministries are needed for the edification of the Body of Christ. The end-time message includes the restoration of the ministries and of all things which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the time began (Acts 3:21).

In the Book of Acts we find the confirmation of what the Lord promised, “And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch” (11:27). “Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers…” (13:1) “And Judas and Silas, being prophets…” (15:32) These were minor prophets sharing the ministry with the apostles and teachers. Yet the whole Church benefitted from the various ministries.

Now the Church needs those ministries just mentioned in the way they were originally placed into the Church. This includes men who had the ability to place a prophet’s commission so completely into the Scripture that even the critics could not defy. We don’t need men who feel that their calling is to introduce Bro. Branham through the sixties, seventies and eighties and maybe even through the nineties. What would anyone have said, if Peter or Paul would have introduced John the Baptist for ten, twenty or thirty years and always would have just repeated themselves continuously year after year? What then did the apostles do? They placed the ministry of the prophet God had sent biblically, and they themselves also became part of the continuous work of God according to the plan of salvation. Only someone who is placed by a direct supernatural call into a ministry that is ordained to the Church has the God-given ability to place the ministry of a major prophet. Otherwise he is just a reporter, story-teller or is playing religious politics.

It certainly is not enough to speak about a messenger and a message. We have to reach the final goal that a ministry was sent for, which is the total restoration of all things before the Return of Jesus Christ (Acts 3:19-21). As certain as the Lord said, “I will restore”, and as certain as He said, “I will send you the prophet Elijah who will restore all things”, we must expect a total restoration of the Church of the living God.

During the opening of the seven seals Bro. Branham was asked the following question: “Would the Bride of Christ have a ministry before the Rapture?” He answered, “Sure. That’s what’s going on right now. The Bride of Christ, certainly! It is the Message of the hour – the Bride of Christ. Sure, She consists of apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelists and pastors. Is that right? – that’s the Bride of Christ. Sure, She’s got a ministry, a great ministry – the ministry of the hour…”

First God uses one man to furnish the material for the rest of the ministries in the Body of Christ. In the light of the prophetic Word everything is placed where it belongs. “If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth…” (1Pt 4:11) There is no place for imagination, for philosophy, for interpretation, for assumptions. What we say, God must have already said in His Word.

From the Scriptures we clearly see, that God had prophets for special purposes connected to the plan of salvation and to them the Word for the hour came. We also understand that He had placed the ministries into the Church to take the Word revealed to a prophet and share it in the same Spirit and revelation with God’s people. “Now, there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administration, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God who worketh all in all” (1Cor. 12:4-6).

Most of the believers seem to have completely overlooked the fact that God does not only send main prophets, but He also promised different ministries to the New Testament Church. THUS SAITH THE LORD, “Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes (teachers)…” (Mt 23:34). Luke also refers to the ministries, “Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles…” (11:49) Apostles, prophets and teachers have a special responsibility to share everything with the Church including the message God has sent through a main prophet for the age.

Because the ministry of a true prophet is so different to the rest of the established clergy, only those who find grace before God would receive him. Therefore, our Lord gave the promise, “He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward…” (Mt 10:41). Of those the Lord had sent He said, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me” (Jn 13:20). To those the Lord directly called and sent He said, “… as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you” (Jn 20:21).

The Lord kept His Word and has placed the promised ministries into the Church: “And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers…” (1Cor 12:28). In Eph. 4:11, evangelists and pastors are also mentioned. According to God’s holy Word, all these ministries are needed for the edification of the Body of Christ. The end-time message includes the restoration of the ministries and of all things which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the time began (Acts 3:21).

In the Book of Acts we find the confirmation of what the Lord promised, “And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch” (11:27). “Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers…” (13:1) “And Judas and Silas, being prophets…” (15:32) These were minor prophets sharing the ministry with the apostles and teachers. Yet the whole Church benefitted from the various ministries.

Now the Church needs those ministries just mentioned in the way they were originally placed into the Church. This includes men who had the ability to place a prophet’s commission so completely into the Scripture that even the critics could not defy. We don’t need men who feel that their calling is to introduce Bro. Branham through the sixties, seventies and eighties and maybe even through the nineties. What would anyone have said, if Peter or Paul would have introduced John the Baptist for ten, twenty or thirty years and always would have just repeated themselves continuously year after year? What then did the apostles do? They placed the ministry of the prophet God had sent biblically, and they themselves also became part of the continuous work of God according to the plan of salvation. Only someone who is placed by a direct supernatural call into a ministry that is ordained to the Church has the God-given ability to place the ministry of a major prophet. Otherwise he is just a reporter, story-teller or is playing religious politics.

It certainly is not enough to speak about a messenger and a message. We have to reach the final goal that a ministry was sent for, which is the total restoration of all things before the Return of Jesus Christ (Acts 3:19-21). As certain as the Lord said, “I will restore”, and as certain as He said, “I will send you the prophet Elijah who will restore all things”, we must expect a total restoration of the Church of the living God.

During the opening of the seven seals Bro. Branham was asked the following question: “Would the Bride of Christ have a ministry before the Rapture?” He answered, “Sure. That’s what’s going on right now. The Bride of Christ, certainly! It is the Message of the hour – the Bride of Christ. Sure, She consists of apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelists and pastors. Is that right? – that’s the Bride of Christ. Sure, She’s got a ministry, a great ministry – the ministry of the hour…”

First God uses one man to furnish the material for the rest of the ministries in the Body of Christ. In the light of the prophetic Word everything is placed where it belongs. “If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth…” (1Pt 4:11) There is no place for imagination, for philosophy, for interpretation, for assumptions. What we say, God must have already said in His Word.

From the Scriptures we clearly see, that God had prophets for special purposes connected to the plan of salvation and to them the Word for the hour came. We also understand that He had placed the ministries into the Church to take the Word revealed to a prophet and share it in the same Spirit and revelation with God’s people. “Now, there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administration, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God who worketh all in all” (1Cor. 12:4-6).