Apostle Paul talks about the Christian church and her being likened to a “chaste virgin” espoused to one Husband, the Lord Jesus Christ. The church is considered to be the "Bride" of Jesus Christ.
In II Corinthians 11:2, Apostle Paul wrote: “For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one Husband, that I may present [you as] a chaste virgin to Christ”.
The church is supposed to be a “virgin” of the Word, free from man-made dogmas, creeds and traditions. Christ is coming for a Bride that is without spot, blameless, and without wrinkle. Jesus comes three times. First, to redeem His Bride at the Cross of Calvary. Second, to claim His Bride in the rapture. Third, to reign with His Bride in the millennium. The church, His bride, ought to be prepared with holiness and zeal right now in order for her to be counted worthy of the great “Marriage Supper of the Lamb in heaven.” She ought to have worn the wedding garment at this very moment, which is the robe of righteousness of Jesus Christ. Christ is coming like a thief in the night. The Bride must be ready and must free herself from any form of spiritual fornication.
Spiritual fornication takes place when the church accepts hybrid and man-made teachings that is not based on the Bible- the Word of God. A woman that lives not according to God's Word is considered a "whore" and a "harlot" before God's sight. The true church must walk in the Light of the Gospel and must be lead by the Holy Spirit. She must proclaim the pure Word of God to this generation. She must bear “the mind of Christ in her,” and not the mind of the world.
This perfect unity of the Bride and the Spirit has been written in the Book of Revelation 22:17 saying, “And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.”
John
the beloved saw the church in her position as Christ’s wife,
for she has been pregnated by the Word of God. In Revelation
19:7, the Word of God exhorts us saying: “Let us be glad
and rejoice, and give honour to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.” The Bride is truly "flesh
of Christ's flesh and bones of His bones".
The parable of the ten virgins of Matthew 25 talks about the
two categories of Christian believers in the church-body today.
One that’s dilatory and lukewarm,
(as evident in her having a lamp that’s gone out of
oil), and one that’s on fire for God, having her lamp
constantly burning.
"OIL" SYMBOLIZES THE "BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT"
“Oil” in the Scriptures symbolizes the “Baptism of the Holy Spirit”.The Bride of Christ needs "OIL” desperately today in order for her to walk in the Light, as "He is in the Light". Those virgins with “oil” in their lamps were able to make it to the rapture. While those virgins without the ‘oil” were left behind in the Tribulation Period, wailing, weeping and gnashing their teeth.
Christ, the Bridegroom, has already appeared today in Spirit form through the ministry of the end-time prophet Elijah as prophesied in Malachi 4:5-6. His ministry is to set and restore the hearts of the children back to the Apostolic fathers, before this earth is finally destroyed by fire. One day, Jesus will close the door of grace upon those that are without the "OIL" and will rapture only those that have been filled with it.
While the foolish virgins were away trying to find the "Baptism of the Holy Ghost" in their lives, Christ and the true Bride goes away for the "honeymoon" in heaven. She will be taken off the scene for three and a half years while this earth undergoes purging through the Tribulation Period. Today is the most critical hour wherein all the foolish virgins are looking for "oil". The foolish virgins are those Christians that still belong to the denominations and who are trying their best to be able to speak in tongues, shout and dance in the Spirit, and get into a spiritual revival. And while they are into that situation today, they didn't know that the wise virgins have already possessed the "OIL" that's required for the rapture. This "OIL" they have received through the "shout" - the End Time Message which gave them a clear understanding of the hidden mysteries of God, which in turn, gives them "rapturing faith" which is the true Baptism of the Holy Ghost. Once the rapture takes place, the foolish virgins will realize that they were left behind because the Tribulation Period had begun to set in. Caught between choosing whether to receive the "Mark of the Beast" or to die for their faith, the foolish virgins will give their lives in martyrdom and leave their denominations for all denominations will be controlled by the Beast (Rome) and the Image of the Beast (WCC). They will choose to die rather than be damned by the Antichrist system.
Who are the wise and the foolish virgins? Where do you position yourself amongst these two? Are you a wise virgin or a foolish virgin? Find out about it in the succeeding articles.
SCRIPTURE READING: MATTHEW 25:1-13
1
¶ Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten
virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the
bridegroom.
2 And five of them were wise, and five
[were] foolish.
3 They that [were] foolish
took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
4 But the wise
took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5 While the bridegroom tarried, they
all slumbered and slept.
6 And at midnight there was a cry
made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8 And the foolish said
unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
9 But the wise answered, saying, [Not so]; lest there
be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy
for yourselves.
10 And
while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went
in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord,
Lord, open to us.
12 But He answered and said, Verily I say unto you,
I know you not.
13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the
day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
A MIDNIGHT CRY
Take note that in the preceding Scriptures, there was a “cry” made in the evening time shouting, “Behold, the Bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet Him”. A “cry” symbolizes a calling out from a deep slumber or sleep. The people had been sleeping in man-made denominations, and God calls them out. A ‘cry” is a “shout” or a “Message” to call out the Bride from amongst the seven church ages.
Matthew 25: 1-13 parallels 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 which says “The Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a “shout”, with a “voice” of the archangel, and with the “trump” of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first, and we which are alive shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air”. This is about the rapture, the catching away of the wise virgins.
The parable of the wise and the foolish virgins applies to our generation, for we are now at the very brink of the coming of the Lord (His physical appearing). Every denomination today is looking for the ‘Baptism of the Holy Spirit.” But according to the Matthew 25, not everybody got it. The wise virgins went in, but the foolish virgins were left behind.
Here are some quotes gleaned from the different sermons of William Branham, shedding light on this “ten virgin” mystery:
THE WORD “VIRGIN” APPLIES TO ALL SANCTIFIED CHRISTIANS
“How many
of you, all perhaps, have read of the virgins? Some were wise and some were
foolish. "Virgin" means "purity." They
were all good people, everyone of them virgin, sanctified vessels of God.
But those who had oil in their lamps went in. And the others was left out.
They were all virgins, everyone people that you couldn't put your
finger on for anything wrong. They everyone believed in the coming
of the Lord. They were ready to go meet Him, but some of them let
their oil go out.
Don't let that be your case. Keep oil in your lamp. Oil is the Spirit,
the Holy Spirit. Never let it drain from you. When you feel
your love dying away, your sincerity to Christ, and to the--the cause, quickly
go to Him Who has the Fountain of Oil and buy for yourself a filling of the
Holy Spirit.
(SUDDEN.SECRET.GOING.AWAY.OF.CHURCH.title JEFF.IN
58-1012)
"A woman
will take a--a piece of goods and lay it down; well, now, that is what she's
cutting her--or takes her pattern and lays anywhere she desires, which way
she's going to cut that. And then what she has left over is called the
remnant, but she chooses to cut it from a certain place by her own
free thinking. But what's left over is called the remnant.
Now, if you notice, there were five foolish and five wise virgins; all
of them was virgins, made out of the same material. But by election,
God chose His Bride by election before the foundation of
the world, put their names on the Lamb's Book of Life slain before the foundation
of the world; before the world ever began, God in His mind, being infinite."
(PATMOS.VISION.title JEFF.IN ROJC 69-130 60-1204E)
“Ten virgins
went out to meet the Lord, ALL sanctified, all holy, every one of
them sanctified. FIVE were DILATORY and let their
lights go out. Five had OIL in their lamps. "And, behold the Bridegroom
cometh." And the five that had OIL in their lamps went INTO the wedding
supper. And the others was left outside, where they were weeping, and wailing,
and gnashing of teeth. Be ready, for you don't know what minute the Lord comes.
Have... What is the OIL represented in the Bible? Holy Spirit.”
(ADOPTION.OR.PLACING.title JEFF.IN AD.PT.4 60-0522E)
THE FOOLISH VIRGINS
DID NOT RECEIVE THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST
"Time was
over. For look, there was seven virgins--or ten virgins went out to meet the
Bridegroom, and half of them had oil in their lamp, half
of them didn't. That's the part of the body that's dead and the part that's
alive. The five's wise, when they--the cry come, "Behold the Bridegroom..."
they all trimmed--woke and trimmed their lamps to go into the wedding supper.
But when the foolish virgin said, "Give us some of your oil, our lamps
is gone out. (See?) Give us of your oil," they said, "Not so, we
just got enough for ourself. Go buy it." And while they went to buy it,
the Bridegroom came.
When the proclamation went out, the decree, "The Bridegroom's
coming," everybody wanted to get right, right quick. Ain't that
the hour when the handwriting's on the wall.
"Oh, we want the baptism of the Holy Ghost." "We
want this, that or the other." But while they went to buy It, the Bridegroom
came. The wise went in, and they were left outside where there'll be weeping,
wailing, and gnashing of teeth.
(QUESTIONS.AND.ANSWERS.title JEFF.IN COD 64-0823E)
ONLY THE WISE VIRGINS WENT INTO THE RAPTURE
"The
time is at hand, church. The time is at hand. Don't--don't--don't WAIT any
longer. See, how do you know the rapture's not going
on all the time? First thing you know it'll be past, one
disappearing here, and there. It'll be GONE the first thing you know, and
you'll--judgment will strike the world.
You say, "Well, I thought this..."
"It's too late now." You remember, they didn't know it until the
day they entered into the ark, and then it was too late. The FOOLISH
VIRGIN didn't know until she come back and found the WISE VIRGINS GONE. Then
she was LEFT for the tribulation period.
No good teacher believes that the church, the BRIDE... The church
goes through the tribulation, but NOT the Bride. The church goes
through for purification, sure, under the sixth seal. Right.
ISRAEL does the SAME thing, for the hundred and forty-four thousand,
but NOT the Bride. There's... The bride's forgiven.
She goes STRAIGHT to glory in a rapture. That's right. She's...
My opinion, the last member will be caught up one of these days. It might
come, and you wouldn't know nothing about it. Remember, it's a SECRET,
secret catching away. He'll come an hour that you think NOT. You won't know
nothing about it; she'll be gone, be too LATE then.”
(GOD.HIDING.HIMSELF.IN.SIMPLICITY.title ALBQ.NM 63-0412E)
THE FOOLISH VIRGINS WILL BE LEFT BEHIND IN THE TRIBULATION PERIOD
"Now, if
you were with us in the last teachings in Revelation, you find out there that
those virgins, the--the five foolish virgins were not lost;
but they were not permitted to go into the wedding supper,
but they suffered persecution, and was martyred, and raised again
at the general resurrection in the last day. Those are the people
where He separated the sheep from the goats (See?); they
stood before judgment.
You say, "Well, Brother Branham, don't we stand, the Church?"
No, sir. We do not stand before the judgment. We are now
standing before the Judgment. God put our sins upon Christ, and we... "He
that heareth My Word (St. John 5:24) and believeth on Him that sent Me has
Eternal Life, and shall not come into the judgment but has passed from death
unto Life." No more judgment for the Church, it's took
up in the rapture, and comes back to pass judgment upon the people who did
not receive the Holy Spirit. Does not Paul say that he dares any of us to
take a--a matter to the court, to the unjust magistrate, when, "know
ye not that the saints shall judge the earth?" We will set with Christ
and judge, kings, and priests, and judge these people that we preached to
and told them about the baptism of the Holy Ghost and they refused to receive
It. Think of it.
No, they were not lost, but they will never
be in the Bride. They were come
in the second resurrection, but never be in the Bride, to be judged according
to the way they treated the Light that they received. Now,
that part will be up to Christ. They were not lost though.”
(QA.GOD.BEING.MISUNDERSTOOD.title JEFF COD 61-0723E)
THE FOOLISH VIRGINS WILL REJECT THE ENDTIME MESSAGE AND WILL CLING TO THEIR OWN DENOMINATIONS
"Now,
we find out also in this that the Sixth Seal
now being opened, it was for a threefold purpose.
Now, here was the purposes: The first thing was that the sleeping
virgins had to go through the tribulation period for purification.
She had to be purged of her sins of unbelief
and rejecting the message. This she was done in the tribulation
period. We see they wind up over here in Revelations 7, between the 6th and
7th chapter here, that she had been purged, and she'd been given her robes.
Now, she's not the Bride, but it's the church, the pure people
that--that--that didn't have the opportunity, maybe,
to receive the message, or in some way that they were blinded
by these false prophets, and they--they didn't get a chance, and
yet they're really sincere in heart, and God knows their
heart, and here they're purged during this time."
(QUESTIONS.AND.ANSWERS.title JEFF.IN COD 64-0830E)
"Now,
she will have to go through the tribulation period. And the reason of it is,
is because she has rejected the Atonement in Its fullness. She is
a believer, a professed believer, but she will have to go through the tribulation
period. The Bible said, "And the rest of them, the dragon spurted
water out of his mouth to go and make war..." And what an hour that is...
There's never been a time in history where that the nominal churches
has become so hungry to find the baptism of the Holy Ghost. I--I
speak for the Christian Business Men. Constantly, it's Presbyterian,
Lutheran, Catholic, and all, Baptists
by the hundreds, Church of Christ,
Nazarenes, Pilgrim Holiness, Seventh Day Adventists, every
one of them flocking in trying to find...
See?
(QUESTIONS.AND.ANSWERS.title JEFF.IN COD 64-0823E)
THE FOOLISH VIRGINS WILL MISS THE RAPTURE
"How many
women here doesn't know that when you going to cut a piece of goods you lay
the goods out like this, and lay your pattern on it like
this, and you cut the goods just according to the pattern. Is that right?
And the rest of the goods is just the same kind of goods that's in
the pattern. Is that right? But this is the kind you take. You might
lay that away for farther use, but the--the goods that you cut out of...
Now, who places the pattern? God
by election. Amen. God by election places the pattern.
He said, "Now, I have chosen before the foundation of the world...
I place these..." Why, Jesus told the disciples that He was with them,
and He had chose them, and knew them before the foundation of the world was
ever laid. Is that right? So God places the pattern. Now, there'll
be an elect that'll go in the rapture. And there'll be a group
of people that's good, upright,
holy living, God saved people, that will NOT be in
the rapture; and they'll come up in the second resurrection.”
(QUESTIONS.AND.ANSWERS.title JEFF.IN COD 54-0103E)
"Noah
was a type that was carried over like the sleeping virgin.
But Enoch was translated just
before the tribulation struck. And Enoch was took up, and was found
not, because God took him: the type of the going forth of the going forth
of the church. And Noah watched him. When
he seen Enoch go, he knew it was time to enter the ark, for to be carried
through the tribulation.
The Bible said there was ten virgins went out to meet the bridegroom, and
five were wise; five were foolish. And they were all virgins, every one of
them. But five was wise. And they had oil in their lamp. And they went out
to meet the bridegroom. And the bridegroom came. And the ones that had oil,
went in.
See, the translation, going with the Bridegroom. But those who were left behind,
they come and wanted in too just like those who come and knocked on the door
of the ark. "Noah, let us in." But God closed the door."
(LAMB'S.BOOK.OF.LIFE.title JEFF.IN 56-0603)
THE FOOLISH VIRGINS WILL NOT TAKE THE “MARK OF THE BEAST” BUT WILL DIE FOR THEIR FAITH
"Their NAMES are also in the Book of Life and they will come up in the second resurrection. SUCH are the FOOLISH VIRGINS and the righteous as are spoken of in Matthew 25. In this class also are those who do NOT worship the BEAST or become involved in the antichrist system but DIE for their faith even though they are NOT in the Bride, NOT having been born again. But they will come up in the second resurrection and GO into eternal life.”
(279-3 SARDISEAN.CHURCH.AGE - CHURCH AGE BOOK CPT.7)
THE FOOLISH VIRGINS WILL BE SAVED DURING THE SECOND RESURRECTION
"It is the second resurrection wherein the five foolish virgins come up. Notice that they were virgins. They did not have the Holy Spirit so they missed being in the bride, while the five wise who had oil became a part of that bride. But these people, being a separated, God-loving people, and trying to abide in the Word, according to what they knew of it, and being a help in the work of the Lord will come up at the end of time. They will miss the millennium, which you can begin to see by these truths is much more important and wonderful than we have ever thought or believed.
(279-1
SARDISEAN.CHURCH.AGE - CHURCH.AGE.BOOK.CPT.7)
WILL THERE BE SOME FOOLISH VIRGINS AMONGST THE RANKS OF THE MESSAGE?
This is a salient question that needs a deep analysis. Basing it on the Message of Rev. William Branham, we find out that the FOOLISH VIRGINS will be SAVED during the Judgment Day. But they will go through the Tribulation Period because they never GOT the “OIL”, which is the Baptism of the Holy Ghost in our day. For this reason, they have missed the rapture and they will have to be purged during the Tribulation Period by the Anti-Christ system. They will be constrained to shed their own blood rather than to take the “Mark” of the Beast on their right hand or on their forehead. The following Scriptures speaks plainly of the penalty and curse that is reserved for those who will take the "MARK OF THE BEAST":
REVELATION 14:9-11:
9
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice,
If any man worship the beast and his image,
and receive [his] mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
10 The same shall drink
of the wine of the wrath of God,
which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he
shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels,
and in the presence of the Lamb:
11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever
and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who
worship the beast and his image, and whosoever
receiveth the mark
of his name."
"DILATORY" MEANS "LUKEWARM"
One characteristic of the FOOLISH VIRGINS is that of being “DILATORY”. “DILATORY” means living in a state of a “LUKEWARM” condition. The question comes up now, “Aren’t there also End-Time Message believers who are lukewarm?” Does not the prophet teach us that there are "THREE KINDS OF BELIEVERS" in the church?
Let us take note that not all Israelites who recognized Moses as a true prophet in the days of the Exodus has crossed over to the Promised Land. Let us also take note that not all who followed Jesus our Messiah or have sit under Jesus’ ministry in His days have lived and followed His teachings to the dot. I say, therefore, that not all who follow and believe in the teachings of William Branham will be saved in the same manner. Salvation is an individual affair with God and it has to bring forth a life lived that’s truly worthy of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Though the Message is broadcast to all, only the predestinated ones can manifest the life of the Message. Knowing the messenger of the Hour and symphatizing with the End-Time Message does not fully guarantee anyone of the rapture. By their fruits ye shall know them.The rapture will be "two in the bed, one will be taken, one left; two in the field, one will be taken, one left." The evidence of election and predestination must be a life of the Message lived through us, not just in "word only, but in deed" as well.
Jesus Christ is the Message-of-the-Hour. Brother Branham was just our Eliazar, bringing the Bride (Rebekah) to the full knowledge of Jesus Christ (Isaac). Brother Branham was a son of man (prophet) revealing the Son of Man (God in flesh). Brother Branham stood just like John the Baptist stood: "I must decrease, so that He, Jesus, the revealed Word, can increase." God wants to see in us the same life that Jesus had. That's what God is looking for in the Bride of today.
THE THREE KINDS OF BELIEVERS
In the Message of the Hour, Brother Branham said that there will be THREE KINDS of BELIEVERS, that’s in every assembly. Meaning, all THREE will be represented in EVERY LOCAL CHURCH anywhere around the world (with no exceptions).
1. THE UNBELIEVER
The UNBELIEVER just attends church for a show-off, “having a form of godliness” but denying the power thereof”. He/she looks at church-going as a mere obligation or a plain ritualistic tradition. The unbeliever goes to church just to please his mama or papa, or a boyfriend or girlfriend, who had invited them there. (Remember that God has no grandchildren. Everyone must experience the new birth or else you’re not saved). When they hear something that’s hard for them to take from the preaching of the Word, off they go as fast as they can. An unbeliever has no revelation of the Message and is blind to the actual truth.
2. THE MAKE BELIEVER
The MAKE-BELIEVER seemingly have the revelation of the Word, can show signs and wonders and gifts of the Spirit, but is a “borderline believer”. Just like Judas and Balaam, the make-believer will betray the Word, the pastor, and the cause of the church if given the big chance and opportunity.
3. THE TRUE BELIEVER
The TRUE BELIEVER is the only one that's considered in the rapture. He/she believes the full Word of God. Only he/she can manifest the life of Jesus Christ in him/her. The true believers are the ones that’s truly baptized with the TRUE Baptism of the Holy Ghost in the SOUL, and are considered by God as the “Wise Virgins” that will go in the rapture. She is elected and predestinated by God before the foundation of the world.
Brother Branham describes the TRUE BELIEVER as follows:
“FIRST
of all we know most assuredly that the purpose of God stands in ELECTION.
It was purposed in Himself. It was God's purpose to bring forth a people like
unto Himself that would be a WORD-BRIDE. She was chosen before
the foundation of the world IN HIM. She was foreknown and beloved before she
was ever brought forth during the ages upon the earth. She was redeemed
by His blood and can NEVER come into condemnation. She can never be in the
judgment because sin cannot be imputed unto her. Romans 4:8, "Blessed
is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin." But indeed she
shall be with Him in His throne of judgment, judging the world and even angels.
Her name (each of her members) was written in a section of
the Lamb's Book of Life before the foundation of the world.
(281-1 SARDISEAN.CHURCH.AGE - CHURCH.AGE.BOOK.CPT.7)
Once the RAPTURE had come and gone, those Christians that are LEFT BEHIND will include people who claim to believe this End Time Message yet belong to the first TWO CATEGORIES: (1) The UNBELIEVERS and the (2) MAKE-BELIEVERS. They have heard of the Message and were raised under it. They will undoubtedly, go on with their church rituals and will still believe they will be saved, even if the TRUE BELIEVERS are GONE already.
Right immediately after the Bride is gone in the rapture, the Mark of the Beast will be implemented throughout all the world. No man can buy and sell except those who have the MARK of the BEAST. Rome along with her daughters, the protestant Churches, will initiate its last and final INQUISITION and will persecute ALL PEOPLES who will not bow down to the IMAGE erected unto the BEAST. Once that happens, it will include in the persecution all so-called “Message Believers” who were LEFT BEHIND. This is a pitiful situation.
Brother Branham explained this scenario in the following quotes:
“For the church system of the Roman Catholic and the Protestant in coming together will CONTROL the whole wealth of the world system and force the whole earth into its religious trap, or will KILL them, by refusing them the privilege of buying and selling whereby they would make a living. This will be accomplished simply, for the harlot's daughters are all but gone back to her. In the meantime, Rome has acquired nearly all the supplies of gold. The Jews have the bonds and all the paper. At the right time, the harlot will DESTROY the present day money system by calling in all the paper, and demanding gold. With no gold, the system falls. The Jews will be trapped and come into the alliance, and the harlot church will TAKE OVER the whole world.”
(314-1 PHILADELPHIAN.CHURCH.AGE - CHURCH.AGE.BOOK.CPT.8)
“This
is so because in Revelation 17:3-6 it states that the WHORE, Mystery Babylon
is seated on the BEAST. She is controlling the last, or fourth empire.
This Roman Church is doing that. With the world church system under
her, Rome will be controlling, and this IMAGE (church system) will be obedient
to Rome because Rome controls the GOLD of the world. Thus ALL the people have
to BELONG to the world church system or be at the mercy of the elements for
they cannot buy or sell without the MARK of the beast in the HAND or HEAD.
This MARK in the HEAD means
that they will have to take the DOCTRINE of
the world church system which is TRINITARIANISM, etc., and
the MARK in the HAND which means
to DO the will of the world church.
With this great power the church systems will PERSECUTE the true BRIDE.
This image will try to keep the bride from preaching and
teaching, etc. Her ministers will be forbidden to give comfort and
truth to the people who need it. But BEFORE the ANTICHRIST (in person)
takes over this complete world system of churches the true church
will be taken AWAY from this world to be with the Lord. God
will CATCH away His BRIDE for the great Marriage Supper of the Lamb.”
(377-1 RESUME.OF.THE.AGES - CHURCH AGE BOOK CPT 10)
"DIE OR COMPROMISE"
The Anti-Christ BEAST SYSTEM will NOT tell people to “DENY JESUS CHRIST OR MEET YOUR DEATH”, just like they did during the Dark Ages in their most Un-Holy Inquisition when they burnt at stake, fed to lions, the true Christians that stood by the true Gospel. Why can I say this? It is because all denominations today, both Catholic and Protestants, all are claiming to serve and love JESUS. Undeniably, all denominations today serve a JESUS of their own creed.
But WHO and WHERE the REAL JESUS is today? JESUS is none other than the “REVEALED WORD” of the Hour (Luke 17:30) brought about by the End-Time Message of God’s prophet William Marrion Branham (Malachi 4:5-6/ Revelation 10:1-7). The true CHRIST ("ANOINTED ONE" - to whom the Word of the Lord comes to [Amos 3:7]) has always been persecuted by the people of the world. Every true servant and true prophet that God sent was hated, scorned and persecuted by the modern world. This same Jesus who lambasted the Pharisees and the Sadducees in His day has the same message unto all denominations of today. He is crying this same message of rebuke: “By your traditions (creeds and dogmas), you have made the Word of God of no effect to the people.”
THE MESSAGE OF THE ANTI-CHRIST will be...
The message of the Anti-Christ soon will then be to:“DENY THE TEACHINGS OF WILLIAM BRANHAM OR DIE THE DEATH.” That will be the "cry" of the Beast comes Tribulation Period. For there is only one Message that exposes the program of Satan today, and that's this end-time Message of the end-time prophet William Marrion Branham. Satan, who has been riding his trail for 2000 years, from the "antichrist spirit" to "Nicolaitanism" to "false prophet" and to the "Beast" incarnate, has been unveiled and exposed in the book of Rev. Branham entitled "The Revelation of the Seven Seals". These truths contain the revelation pertaining to the trail of the four horse riders, how they sowed lies and errors through cunningness and deception.
Those Message believers who will be left behind in the Tribulation period for the plain reason thay they were lukewarm and dilatory (wishy-washy), will have only TWO OPTIONS: One is TO TAKE THE "MARK" OF THE BEAST AND COMPROMISE in order to be able to buy and sell, (but their end will be in the Lake of Fire); OR two, TO DIE FOR THE FAITH, (which will entitle them to belong to the category of FOOLISH VIRGINS). They will be saved during the White Throne Judgment. They will be the sheeps that God will separate from the goats. But they will have no portion with Christ during the Millennial Kingdom.
MATTHEW 7:13-14 - "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."
PHILIPPIANS 2:12 - "Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling."
MATTHEW
10:22-"And ye shall be hated of all [men] for
my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved."
