Now we shall have to earnestly consider the purpose connected to the divine call and commission by following the footprints within the Holy Scripture. When Moses was called and sent, the promise that God gave to Abraham in Gen. 15: 13 was fulfilled. After the people of Israel had been in slavery for the four hundred years, they were delivered. The objective was certainly not to look up to Moses or even to preach about him, but to recognise the purpose connected to that commission, namely the delivery out of bondage.

The demand addressed to Pharaoh was, “Thus saith the LORD, Israel is My son, even my firstborn: And I say unto thee, Let My son go, that he may serve Me …” After this Pharaoh was repeatedly urged, “Let My people go!”, until the exodus finally took place.

At first Israel was the “firstborn son” and also “Israel, My people!” Then the “son” and the “people” became “Israel, the church” — the “ecclesia, the called-out ones”, who were to obey whatever the LORD would command. The paschal lamb was slain, the blood was applied at the doorposts, and the exodus took place. The same is being repeated now: An exodus, the calling-out of the firstborn who make up God’s people, i. e. the true Church of Jesus Christ in the end-time, takes place. Even now not one member of the Body of Jesus Christ shall remain behind, as it was then with Israel — not a hoof remained behind (Ex. 10:26). Just like Moses was the prophet back then, who received the Word that was placed into the Arc of the Covenant, it happened accordingly in our time through the ministry of the prophet. The written Word with all the mysteries hidden therein became the revealed and living Word to us. All who belong to the Church of the firstborn, who constitute God’s people, are under the blood of the New Covenant (Heb. 9:11-14), have their loins girded with truth (Eph. 6:10-20), and spiritually speaking have been taken out of the slavery and the Babylonian captivity and they return to Mount Zion (Heb. 12: 18-29). The Word of the LORD never came forth from Rome, but exclusively from Mount Zion — from Jerusalem (Isa. 2; Mic. 4; Acts 2).

The command of the message is this, “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the LORD, and touch not the unclean thing …” Only after this happens the promise God made is fulfilled, “I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.” (2. Cor. 6:14-18). In Rev. 17 we read about “THE MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” This description is followed immediately by the statement in Rev. 18:4, “Come out of her, My people …” The God-sent ministry must be accompanied by the calling-out. The message was not given to us for discussion, but rather for the greatest purpose in the end-time.

There is no sense in using many words, shouting, “The prophet …”, “The prophet …”, “The prophet said …” and then to present one’s own version of the message, the way it regretfully happens worldwide. We now have to know the Will of God through the revealed Word, for God’s purpose to be fulfilled. At the time of Moses the exodus took place. Then the service within the sanctuary was arranged in its proper manner. Everyone found his place within the divine order. But the goal was not yet accomplished. God had brought His people out with a mighty hand under the leadership of Moses — that was the first part. The second part — the actual fulfilment of the promise — happened after he was taken home. Moses gazed into the Promised Land while standing on Mount Nebo (Dt. 34), but he was not permitted to go in.

After this the entry into the Land of Canaan took place. Following the exodus, all the trials came upon the people wandering through the wilderness. Idolatry, murmuring, unbelief and disobedience multiplied. Forty years had to pass and only the newborn generation could enter the Promised Land, after the circumcision was done (Josh. 5). In 1. Cor. 10 we have the warning, “Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.” For our sake it is written that all who came out with Moses, “… were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and were all baptised unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and did all eat the same spiritual meat; and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.” What mighty blessings they experienced, but with most of them God was not pleased (Heb. 3: 7-18). In one single day twenty-three to twenty-four thousand died (Num. 25:9; 1. Cor. 10:8).

The coronation does not take place at the beginning but at the end of the race. We may ask, “What did all these special experiences given to Israel actually accomplish?” Furthermore we might pose the question, “What is accomplished with us, if we can only report things God has done during the time of the prophet and then continue to walk in our own ways, in direct disobedience to the Word?” What does baptism in the Name of the LORD Jesus Christ do for us? To what avail is the baptism of the Holy Spirit, or the knowledge of the Pillar of fire, the fresh manna, even the revealed Word, if God has to say to us now as He did back then, “Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways.” (Ps. 95:10; Heb. 3:7-19).

Here we find the most important lesson for our spiritual life. The ministry of the promised prophet is connected to the promise that all things must be restored and brought back into the original state (Mt. 17:11; Mk. 9:12). Unfortunately this is not yet the case. In the contrary: The chaos is bigger than ever before. According to Acts 3:21 Jesus must remain in heaven until the promise of the restoration back into the divine order is fulfilled. Only after that can He fulfil His promise of His return (Jn. 14). That is THUS SAITH THE LORD IN HIS WORD! Not until our hearts are truly brought back to the faith of our fathers and the original church order is restored will the blessings be manifested in the fruit. All other things are fruitless theories.

What about all the believers within the message who do not follow the Bible, but rather lend an ear to the strange voices and the many interpretations, which are nothing but fables? Only whoever respects God’s Word as the absolute has the Spirit of God which leads into all the truth. Therein we find the spiritual orientation to truly know the ways of God and to reach our final goal. Only then we can say towards the end of our race, like Paul did, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness …” Otherwise we shall be disappointed, if our calling-out was not connected with the going-in, then we ran the race in vain (1. Cor. 9:24).

The Pillar of fire and cloud was with Moses and Israel throughout the period of forty years. After that a new epoch set in. It was not only to be a coming-out, but also a going-in to the Promised Land. That was the promise of the Almighty to His prophet Abraham. The same Pillar of fire was with Brother Branham and the church throughout the entire time of his ministry. But now is our time, as the ones who were called out, to claim the whole land of promise. If there is no promise in the Holy Scripture, then there cannot be a fulfilment. But if we have promises, then God Himself guarantees the fulfilment thereof.

“Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath …” (Heb. 6:17). The true children of God are the children of promise, “… They who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.” (Rom. 9:8). “Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.” (Gal. 4:28). That is the divine order within God’s plan of Salvation: Children of the promise believe the Word of the promise and receive the Spirit of the promise (Gal. 3:14).

True faith is always anchored into the promises of God. At the end of his ministry Joshua could say, “… and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD our God promised concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.” (Josh. 23:14).

What took place in the time of Moses and Joshua, in the days of our LORD and the apostles is behind us. Now we are concerned with the things promised to the Church and to Israel. The Jews have returned from all the countries on earth into the land of their fathers, as God Himself said it would be (Isa. 14:1; Jer. 31:1-10; Ezech. 36:24; Hos. 6:1-3; Lk. 21:24; a. o.). All twelve tribes returned because they must be there to have part in the ministry of the two prophets (Rev. 11) and also in the sealing of the 144,000 (Rev. 7). That is their promise. The same is now happening with all of God’s true children in all the countries on earth. They are returning to the LORD, for they had been dispersed in all sorts of denominations. They believe the promises for this time and are being sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise (Eph. 1:13). What happens with Israel in the natural also takes place with the Church of Jesus Christ in the spiritual. Every expectation and hope presented to the people is senseless and misleading if there is no expressed promise for it in the Holy Scripture.

Now we shall have to earnestly consider the purpose connected to the divine call and commission by following the footprints within the Holy Scripture. When Moses was called and sent, the promise that God gave to Abraham in Gen. 15: 13 was fulfilled. After the people of Israel had been in slavery for the four hundred years, they were delivered. The objective was certainly not to look up to Moses or even to preach about him, but to recognise the purpose connected to that commission, namely the delivery out of bondage.

The demand addressed to Pharaoh was, “Thus saith the LORD, Israel is My son, even my firstborn: And I say unto thee, Let My son go, that he may serve Me …” After this Pharaoh was repeatedly urged, “Let My people go!”, until the exodus finally took place.

At first Israel was the “firstborn son” and also “Israel, My people!” Then the “son” and the “people” became “Israel, the church” — the “ecclesia, the called-out ones”, who were to obey whatever the LORD would command. The paschal lamb was slain, the blood was applied at the doorposts, and the exodus took place. The same is being repeated now: An exodus, the calling-out of the firstborn who make up God’s people, i. e. the true Church of Jesus Christ in the end-time, takes place. Even now not one member of the Body of Jesus Christ shall remain behind, as it was then with Israel — not a hoof remained behind (Ex. 10:26). Just like Moses was the prophet back then, who received the Word that was placed into the Arc of the Covenant, it happened accordingly in our time through the ministry of the prophet. The written Word with all the mysteries hidden therein became the revealed and living Word to us. All who belong to the Church of the firstborn, who constitute God’s people, are under the blood of the New Covenant (Heb. 9:11-14), have their loins girded with truth (Eph. 6:10-20), and spiritually speaking have been taken out of the slavery and the Babylonian captivity and they return to Mount Zion (Heb. 12: 18-29). The Word of the LORD never came forth from Rome, but exclusively from Mount Zion — from Jerusalem (Isa. 2; Mic. 4; Acts 2).

The command of the message is this, “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the LORD, and touch not the unclean thing …” Only after this happens the promise God made is fulfilled, “I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.” (2. Cor. 6:14-18). In Rev. 17 we read about “THE MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” This description is followed immediately by the statement in Rev. 18:4, “Come out of her, My people …” The God-sent ministry must be accompanied by the calling-out. The message was not given to us for discussion, but rather for the greatest purpose in the end-time.

There is no sense in using many words, shouting, “The prophet …”, “The prophet …”, “The prophet said …” and then to present one’s own version of the message, the way it regretfully happens worldwide. We now have to know the Will of God through the revealed Word, for God’s purpose to be fulfilled. At the time of Moses the exodus took place. Then the service within the sanctuary was arranged in its proper manner. Everyone found his place within the divine order. But the goal was not yet accomplished. God had brought His people out with a mighty hand under the leadership of Moses — that was the first part. The second part — the actual fulfilment of the promise — happened after he was taken home. Moses gazed into the Promised Land while standing on Mount Nebo (Dt. 34), but he was not permitted to go in.

After this the entry into the Land of Canaan took place. Following the exodus, all the trials came upon the people wandering through the wilderness. Idolatry, murmuring, unbelief and disobedience multiplied. Forty years had to pass and only the newborn generation could enter the Promised Land, after the circumcision was done (Josh. 5). In 1. Cor. 10 we have the warning, “Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.” For our sake it is written that all who came out with Moses, “… were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and were all baptised unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and did all eat the same spiritual meat; and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.” What mighty blessings they experienced, but with most of them God was not pleased (Heb. 3: 7-18). In one single day twenty-three to twenty-four thousand died (Num. 25:9; 1. Cor. 10:8).

The coronation does not take place at the beginning but at the end of the race. We may ask, “What did all these special experiences given to Israel actually accomplish?” Furthermore we might pose the question, “What is accomplished with us, if we can only report things God has done during the time of the prophet and then continue to walk in our own ways, in direct disobedience to the Word?” What does baptism in the Name of the LORD Jesus Christ do for us? To what avail is the baptism of the Holy Spirit, or the knowledge of the Pillar of fire, the fresh manna, even the revealed Word, if God has to say to us now as He did back then, “Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways.” (Ps. 95:10; Heb. 3:7-19).

Here we find the most important lesson for our spiritual life. The ministry of the promised prophet is connected to the promise that all things must be restored and brought back into the original state (Mt. 17:11; Mk. 9:12). Unfortunately this is not yet the case. In the contrary: The chaos is bigger than ever before. According to Acts 3:21 Jesus must remain in heaven until the promise of the restoration back into the divine order is fulfilled. Only after that can He fulfil His promise of His return (Jn. 14). That is THUS SAITH THE LORD IN HIS WORD! Not until our hearts are truly brought back to the faith of our fathers and the original church order is restored will the blessings be manifested in the fruit. All other things are fruitless theories.

What about all the believers within the message who do not follow the Bible, but rather lend an ear to the strange voices and the many interpretations, which are nothing but fables? Only whoever respects God’s Word as the absolute has the Spirit of God which leads into all the truth. Therein we find the spiritual orientation to truly know the ways of God and to reach our final goal. Only then we can say towards the end of our race, like Paul did, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness …” Otherwise we shall be disappointed, if our calling-out was not connected with the going-in, then we ran the race in vain (1. Cor. 9:24).

The Pillar of fire and cloud was with Moses and Israel throughout the period of forty years. After that a new epoch set in. It was not only to be a coming-out, but also a going-in to the Promised Land. That was the promise of the Almighty to His prophet Abraham. The same Pillar of fire was with Brother Branham and the church throughout the entire time of his ministry. But now is our time, as the ones who were called out, to claim the whole land of promise. If there is no promise in the Holy Scripture, then there cannot be a fulfilment. But if we have promises, then God Himself guarantees the fulfilment thereof.

“Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath …” (Heb. 6:17). The true children of God are the children of promise, “… They who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.” (Rom. 9:8). “Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.” (Gal. 4:28). That is the divine order within God’s plan of Salvation: Children of the promise believe the Word of the promise and receive the Spirit of the promise (Gal. 3:14).

True faith is always anchored into the promises of God. At the end of his ministry Joshua could say, “… and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD our God promised concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.” (Josh. 23:14).

What took place in the time of Moses and Joshua, in the days of our LORD and the apostles is behind us. Now we are concerned with the things promised to the Church and to Israel. The Jews have returned from all the countries on earth into the land of their fathers, as God Himself said it would be (Isa. 14:1; Jer. 31:1-10; Ezech. 36:24; Hos. 6:1-3; Lk. 21:24; a. o.). All twelve tribes returned because they must be there to have part in the ministry of the two prophets (Rev. 11) and also in the sealing of the 144,000 (Rev. 7). That is their promise. The same is now happening with all of God’s true children in all the countries on earth. They are returning to the LORD, for they had been dispersed in all sorts of denominations. They believe the promises for this time and are being sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise (Eph. 1:13). What happens with Israel in the natural also takes place with the Church of Jesus Christ in the spiritual. Every expectation and hope presented to the people is senseless and misleading if there is no expressed promise for it in the Holy Scripture.