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Revelation 10:1-3
1 And I saw ANOTHER MIGHTY ANGEL come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: AND A RAINBOW WAS UPON HIS HEAD, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
2 AND HE HAD IN HIS HAND A LITTLE BOOK OPEN: AND HE SET HIS RIGHT FOOT UPON THE SEA, AND HIS LEFT FOOT ON THE EARTH,
3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
Matthew 24:27
27 FOR AS THE LIGHTNING COMETH OUT OF THE EAST, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
East-Connecticut
East-Quotes
William M. Branham & Robert L. Lambert Jr.
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64-0705 – The Masterpiece
William Marrion Branham
21 Now I never thought, of this new auditorium just being built up here, it’s exactly where I saw Jesus the first time in vision. Now it’s built, auditorium built right over the same spot. I went right there the other day, to look. WHEN I LOOKED AND SEEN HIM LOOKING TOWARDS THE EAST, you remember hearing me tell it, when I was out there praying for my father; a—a little boy, just a boy preacher. That’s where I saw Him. Step, looking at Him; He’s had His head turned sideways from me. I kept walking around, clearing my throat, in a broom-sedge field. And I kept watching, and He never did turn. Then I called His Name, “Jesus.” And He turned around, held His arms out, and that’s all I remembered until daylight. And so I come back out of the field, along towards daylight.
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61-0108 – Revelation, Chapter Four #3
William Marrion Branham
101 Notice! Let’s go over to Leviticus 16, and read in the back, way back in the back of the Bible now, in the Levitical laws, and see over here of Leviticus—Leviticus the 16th chapter. And begin with the 14th verse of the 16th chapter. Oh, I—I love to take my time on these things, bring them out. Leviticus fourt-…or Leviticus 16:14. And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat (Upon the mercy seat! Watch, we’re going to get into this after a while.)…eastward;…102 DON’T FORGET THAT WORD “EASTWARD”! WHERE’S JESUS COMING FROM? THE EAST, IN A CLOUD OF GLORY. WHERE DOES THE S-U-N RISE? EAST. WHERE WILL THE S-O-N RISE? EAST. WHERE WAS THE MERCY SEAT SITTING? TOWARDS THE EAST. Why have I got you all sitting this way towards the east? Why? The altar is to the east. We’ll see it after while, how beautifully, I’m going to draw it out. I asked as many as I could to bring papers and so forth, to get these maps in a few minutes. All right: …sprinkle it…eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle…the blood with his finger seven times. 103 Oh, isn’t that beautiful? “Seven times towards the east.” What is it? The Seven Church Ages shall be covered by the Blood. Hallelujah! Jesus Christ’s Blood just as sufficient in it, yesterday, today, and forever, and to every age, to save every sinner, heal every sick person, bring every miracle, every sign to pass. “Seven times,” way back yonder in the Old Testament, fourteen hundred and ninety years before Christ come. Think of it! Symbol, “seven times shall…” Then shall he kill the goat…the sin-offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood with the…in the vail, to do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock,…sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because…the…of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their trespasses in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them that is in the midst of—of their uncleanness.104 What was it? “The mercy seat.” Where are they now? And there inside of the ark was the what? The law. And the law, to trespass one commandment was to die without mercy. But being that you could have mercy, the blood had to lay on the altar. They sprinkle the mercy seat. And the mercy seat is the altar where you kneel and ask for mercy. God forbid that we ever take it from our churches, the old-fashioned altar where men can kneel and call on God for mercy. And mercy is rich, and flowing free from the Blood of the Lord Jesus. Now, also, that’s the mercy. That’s mercy seat. 105 But you notice in here, it was not mercy seat, for there was “lightnings and thunder and voices.” There’s no lightning and thunders at mercy. That’s judgment. 106 Let’s turn to Exodus, 19 chapter of Exodus and the 16th verse. Exodus, 19 chapter of Exodus, and let’s begin with the 16th verse: And it came to pass… Listen what…when God ascended upon Mount Sinai: And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders…lightning, and a thick cloud upon the mountain, and the voice of a trumpet exceedingly loud; (What is the voice of the trumpet? Is the archangel.) so that all the people…(Listen!)…all the people…was in the camp trembled. 107 “Judgment!” Whew! They had marched out there and God had given them grace to travel by, but they had demanded a law. They…God wanted them to be interdenomination; they wanted to make a denomination out of it, something they could argue about, instead of just following God and living under His jurisdiction, under His power. Grace had provided a prophet, grace had provided an atonement (A LAMB), GRACE HAD PROVIDED ALL THESE THINGS, and yet they wanted judgment. They wanted something they could do. 108 God said, “Assemble them together, I’ll let them know what it is. I’ll show them what it is.” Read! Listen! And the voice of the trumpet got louder and louder until it shook the earth. You see what judgment is. I don’t want that. Give me mercy!
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53-0729 – Questions And Answers On Genesis
William Marrion Branham
113 Now, I want you to watch. They said that “He went to the land of Nod.” Now, Cain was in Eden. And Eden, the garden of Eden, laid east of Eden. Is that right? The garden of Eden was east in Eden, the east side of Eden. And the Cherubims was placed, AND THE TREE OF LIFE WAS AT THE EAST GATE OF THE GARDEN, and there’s where I think Cain and Abel made their sacrifice. And there’s where the Cherubim WITH THE FLAMING SWORD wouldn’t let them come in anymore, EAST OF THE GATE! 114 DID YOU NOTICE, JESUS WILL COME FROM THE EAST. THE LIGHT RISES FROM THE EAST. EVERYTHING COMING…Civilization started in the east and traveling west, until it revolves around and catches itself again. We are the Western Hemisphere. That’s the Eastern, the Eastern is the oldest civilization. China’s the oldest civilization known of, by historians, in the world today. East!
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61-0611 – Revelation, Chapter Five #1
William Marrion Branham
69 One of them was Reuben, he always camped to the—the south. He was the head of man. And Ephraim was to the west, with three tribes, he was the—the ox. The…THEN ON THE EAST WAS JUDAH, WHICH IS THE LION. And on the north was Dan, WHICH WAS THE EAGLE. Now, notice. You remember them? All of you remember them well, how we had them drawed out: the eagle, and the ox, and the—the man, and the lion. 70 Now, you notice, Judah guards the eastern gate. AND CHRIST IS “THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDA.” HE SHALL DESCEND FROM THE EASTERN SKIES, ENTER IN BY THE WAY OF THE GATE. HE COMES FROM THE EASTERN GATE FROM THE TRIBE OF JUDA. AND HE’S “THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDA.” 71 And we find out, over in our coming message this morning, that He still is proclaimed “The Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root, the very beginning of David.” David was the king, Eternally. And Christ sits on the throne of David in the Millennium, which is Eternal King. “There will never be one fail David.” Hallelujah! “Never be one fail David!” God promised that, said, “None would ever fail David, not one.” 72 You say, “What about today, where are those Jewish judges?” 73 He still has the Seed, Christ is his Son according to the flesh. There one sets there. “David shall not fail.” That’s right. And Christ is that “Lion of the tribe of Juda” from which David sprang from. 74 Now, we find out that they were the guards to the mercy seat. They watched the mercy seat. Nothing come to it, it crossed over the tribes first before it could get to the mercy seat. Every man willing to give his life, every Israelite in camp would die before anything could enter into that camp over there and take that mercy seat. And now we find out that was the Old Testament order. 75 And in the New Testament order we find the same thing, that it was guarded, the mercy seat. Oh, I hope you get it! The mercy seat is still guarded, still got the guards. We found out that those guards are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, guarding the Book of Acts, the acts of the Holy Spirit done amongst the apostles, which is the—the Book of Acts of the New of the New Testament. And the four writers of the Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, all guard that mercy seat to show that it is God, the Holy Spirit today. Each Scripture, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, every one of them will back up the true Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and the acts of the Holy Spirit. 76 Now, when we get beyond That then that’s not It. But It backs up the true Message! Like we find out in Acts 2:38, where, “Repent, and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins.”
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63-0317E – The Breach Between The Seven Church Ages And The Seven Seals
William Marrion Branham
9 But, now, I went up in the canyon, and I climbed way as high as I could go. And I—I—I asked the Lord, while sitting up in there, what all this meant, and so forth. I was kind of bothered, and didn’t know just what to do. 10 And so while I was praying; strange thing happened. I—I—I want to be honest. Now, I could have fallen asleep. It could have been like a trance, or it could have been a—a—a vision. I’m more or less inclined to believe that it was a vision. That, I had my hands out, saying, “Lord, what does this blast mean? And what does these seven Angels in a constellation of—of the pyramid, picking me up from off the ground AND TURNING EASTWARD, what does it mean?” 11 I was standing there, in prayer, and something happened. And, now, something fell in my hand. And I know, if you don’t understand spiritual things, it may seem very strange. But something struck in my hand. And, when I looked, it was a sword. And the handle was made of pearl, the prettiest pearl I ever seen. And the—the guard, you know, where…I guess it’s to keep your hands from being lanced, you know, while you’re…the—the people were dueling; was gold. And the saber’s blade wasn’t too long, but it was just razor sharp; and it was glistening silver. And it was the prettiest thing I ever seen. It just fit my hand exactly. And I was holding it. I said, “Isn’t that pretty!” I looked at it. And I thought, “But, you know, always afraid of a sword.” I was kind of glad that I lived out of the days that they used them, because I—I’m afraid of a knife. And so I—I thought, “What would I do with that?” 12 And while holding, in my hand, a Voice from somewhere said, “That is the King’s sword.” And then it left me. 13 Well, I—I wondered what it meant, “‘That is the King’s sword.’” And I thought, “If It would have said, ‘a king’s sword,’ it might have been that I would have understood it. But It said, ‘the King’s sword.’” So I may not have this right, but I thought, “There is only One, the King, that’s God. And His sword is This, ‘Sharper than a two-edged sword,’ see. ‘And ye abide in Me, and My Words…’” See? And I—I thought… 14 In dueling, you see, and as I under-…I don’t understand one word of it, but, or one principle of dueling. But, the best of my understanding, the knife striking across. And then, finally, the—the swords, if they lock, the enemy and you lock the swords, like this, then it takes the strength of the man dueling. Because, see, his sword would be pointed to my heart, and mine to his, but they’re locked, as our knives striking each other. And then they strike, and then the swords come together. And the one that can shove the other one down, the sword is straight to the heart. So it takes… 15 Even though the sword be the Word, it takes the hand of strong faith to hold It there, to bring It to the heart of the enemy. Now, not knowing these things, but just…All that I have received of Him, that I can tell, I have told you. So, that, you know, I believe it was…Wasn’t it our Lord said, all that He had received of the Father, that He had told, and withheld nothing? And—and so we want to do those things just as they come. Now, if you’ll be real wise, and pray, I’m sure you’ll understand something pretty soon, now, something that I hope is revealed. 16 Now, in this Book, let’s all turn now to the—the 5th chapter of the Book which is called The Revelation of Jesus Christ.
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53-1213E – Faith
William Marrion Branham
42 Listen, God bless you. I want to tell you just one thing. I know I’m holding long, but I just want this one little thing. I know, and I want you to remember. There’s something fixing to happen. Remember, I told you that. There’s a step up coming in the Church now. See? These things that you’re now seeing, are going to be just little things after while. Something’s a moving. And I say this by the power of the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom I… Every one in our doctrine, in our baptism, we’ve come to a place, BUT THERE’S SOME KEY THAT’LL UNLOCK SOMETHING HERE. NOW, HE SAW THE BOOK SEALED ON SEVEN SEALS. AND WHEN THE… DANIEL SAW THE SAME, AND WHEN THE THUNDERS UTTERED THEIR VOICES HE SAID, “DON’T WRITE,” WHAT THAT WAS IN THE SCRIPTURE, BUT IT’D BE REVEALED IN THE LAST DAYS. WE’RE AT THE TIME. We’re at Kadesh right now. 43 Here a few nights ago, I went into Brother Vibbert’s, over from—over at Paducah, Kentucky, crossed over into Evansville. Oh, Brother Bosworth was with me. And I said, that day I said… It just kept burning on my heart a message, that I knowed that something God had promised on the opening up of the power, yet I’m waiting now for Him, which I believe will appear to me visibly. I say it with reverence; I’ve seen Him twice. ’Course it was vision. He was standing in the air. One night I stood, and I even broke a straw off the field, put it in my mouth and chewed it. Looked again, I said, “Surely this is not vision.” I stood there in the broom sedge a looking. I’d been praying all night. AND I LOOKED AGAIN; I SEEN HIM WITH HIS FOOT LIKE THAT AND HIS HANDS FOLDED, LOOKING TOWARDS THE EAST. 44 And I walked around this way and cleared my throat. And when He looked around at me, raised out His arms, I fainted and didn’t come to till the next morning. And I have an idea what He looks like. And I’ve been feeling for the last few months that I’ll see Him again. Here in… pretty soon that He will reveal again His… something that’s fixing to come forth. Oh, brother, if I have it right, God forgive me if I’m wrong, but seeing it in the Scripture, seeing that WHEN HE ROSE AND ASCENDED UP, HE RECEIVED A NEW MAN… NAME THAT NO ONE KNOWED ABOUT. THEN I SEE HIM COMING IN HIS POWER. I went over, and I said, “Don’t no one bother me today. Let me stay alone.”
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An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages – 8 – The Philadelphian Church Age
William Marrion Branham
There isn’t anything in this life, satisfying as it may be, as good and as fine as it may be, but you will find the sum total of all perfection in Christ. Everything fades into insignificance beside Him. “He That hath the key of David.” This beautiful phrase follows and comes out of the preceding phrase, “He that is true.” — Christ, the Perfect Realization, contrasted with Partial Realization. Here it is. Moses was a prophet of God, but Jesus (like unto Moses) was THE Prophet of God. David (a man after God’s own heart) was king of Israel, but Jesus is the Greater David, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, God very God. Now David was born of the tribe of Judah out of whom no priests came, yet he ate of the shewbread reserved for priests. HE WAS THE GREAT WARRIOR OVERCOMING THE ENEMY, establishing the people; as king he sat on the throne. HE WAS A PROPHET. HE WAS A WONDERFUL TYPE OF CHRIST. Now it says in Isaiah 22:22, “And the key of the house of David will I lay upon His shoulder; so He shall open, and none shall shut; and He shall shut, and none shall open.” The Spirit uses this Old Testament reference concerning the Lord Jesus Christ and His ministry in the church. What the key of David signified at that time is mere shadow, which is now fulfilled in Jesus standing in the midst of the lampstands. IT HAS TO DO WITH OUR LORD AFTER HIS RESURRECTION and not His earthly pilgrimage. But what does this key signify? The answer lies in the POSITION of the key. It is NOT in His hand. It is not worn around His neck. It is not placed in the hands of other men, or the verse could not be saying that HE ALONE HAS THE USE OF THAT KEY — FOR HE ALONE OPENS AND SHUTS, AND NO MAN has that right but Jesus Himself. Isn’t that right? But where is the key? IT IS ON HIS SHOULDER. But what does SHOULDER have to do with it? Read Isaiah 9:6, “And the government shall be upon His shoulder.” But what does this mean? The answer is this. The phrase, “government upon His shoulder” COMES FROM THE WEDDING CEREMONY OF THE EAST. When the bride has been committed to the groom she takes off her veil and places it over the groom’s shoulders, signifying that not only is she under his dominion — that she has transferred her rights to him — that he is the head — but also that he bears the responsibility and the care and that HE AND HE ALONE — NO ONE ELSE — NO OTHER MAN — NO OTHER POWER — HAS ANY RIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITY. And that, beloved, is the KEY of David. God being Sovereign, He foreknew by Divine decree exactly who would be in His bride. He chose her. She did not choose Him. He called her. She did not come on her own. He died for her. He washed her in His own blood. He paid the price for her. She belongs to Him and to Him alone. She is wholly committed to Him and He accepts the obligation. He is her head, for Christ is the head of His church. As Sarah called Abraham, Lord, even so the bride is happy that He is her Lord. He speaks and she obeys for that is her delight. But have men heeded this truth? Have they esteemed His Person Who alone has the full sovereign authority over His church? I say, “NO.” For in every age the church has been governed by a hierarchy — a priesthood — an apostolic succession — closing the door of mercy and grace to whom it will, and instead of assuming the love and responsibility of the church it has with mercenary lust preyed upon her and destroyed her. The clergy lived in luxury while the poor church fed on the husks of abuse. And not one age did any different. Each bound itself to organization and put the government upon men and committed the church to that government. Dare let the people rise up, and they were brutally suppressed or cast out. Every denomination has the same spirit. Every denomination swears that it has the key to the government of the church. Every denomination claims that it opens the door. But that is not true. It is Jesus and Jesus, alone. He sets the members in the Body. He endows them with their ministries. He puts the gifts at her disposal. He cares for her and guides her. She is His sole property and He has no other one but her. What a far cry from reality is this church age in which we live. And one day soon these men that even now purport to speak for the church will be rising up in the ecumenical move to place a living antichrist at the head of their organization which deposes the Lord and we will find Him (Christ) outside the church, saying, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me.” Revelation 3:20. But let me say this. Our Lord is not defeated. Men claim to open the door to God and shut that door, but they are liars. All that the Father has given Him will come to Him, and he that cometh to Him in no wise will be cast out; He will lose NONE of them. John 6:37-39. And when that last elected member to the body of Christ comes in, then will our Lord appear. The key of David. Was not David the king of Israel — all Israel? And is not Jesus the Son of David according to the fact that He will sit upon the throne of David in the millennium and reign and rule over His heritage? Surely. So the key of David signifies that it is Jesus Who will bring in the millennium. He Who has the keys to death and hell will raise up His own that they may share in His reign of righteousness upon the earth. How wonderful that our Lord has all the answers. Truly in Him are all the promises of God fulfilled. Truly by being IN Him we are heirs to what He has purchased for us. Yes, there He stands, the Lord of Glory. Once as the Father, He was surrounded by the angels, the archangels, the cherubims, and seraphims, and the whole host of heaven, crying, “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God of Hosts.” Such was His holiness that no man could approach unto Him. But now we see Him in the church, sharing His own holiness with us, until in Him we have become the very righteousness of God. Yes, and there He stands, “Jesus, Perfect Everything,” — Lily of the Valley, the Bright and Morning Star, the Fairest of Ten Thousand, Alpha and Omega, Root and Offspring of David, Father, Son and Holy Ghost — the All and in All. Isaiah 9:6, “For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” In Him is perfect fulfillment. Though once we esteemed Him not, now we love Him with joy unspeakable and full of glory. In the midst of the church He stands, and we will sing His praise, for He the Mighty Conqueror is head over the church which is His bride. He bought that bride. He owns her. She is His and His alone and He cares for her. He is our king and we are His kingdom, His eternal possession. Now you will recall that at the beginning of verse 7, I said that verse 9 would help us to understand it. I hope you saw what I meant. Jesus set Himself forth as He That is holy, true, (or the only reality) the One with the key of David, the One Who opened and shut. And that is exactly true. Those phrases describe Him perfectly. But the Jews in His day refused Him and all He was. They rejected their Saviour and all He meant to them. And the nominal Christian has now done the same. They have done what the Jews did exactly. The Jews crucified Him and then turned on the true believer. The nominal Christian has crucified Him afresh and turned on the true church to destroy it. But God is true, and He Who is above all will yet return, and when He does He will show Who the only Potentate is. And as He proves Himself to the world, and all the world bows at His feet, at that time all the world will bow at the feet of the saints, proving that they were right in their stand with Him. Blessed be God forever!
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Endtime Bride About The Father’s Business 9/6/70 Am
Robert Lambert
You want a little more of “the East,” do you? The Bible said, “Lo,” they say, “He’s in the desert.” He said, “Don’t go down there, but where-so-ever the carcass is –.” What is the carcass? The carcass is the Word of God. There will the eagles be gathered around the carcass.
Come on now! Why did Brother Branham have to go west, if it didn’t make any difference?
Oh yeah, there is a reason. What gate did the Lion of Judah guard? What is the Mercy seat? The Bible said He’s coming as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah and Judah guarded the eastern gate.
They say, “Oh, come to the desert. God is moving in the desert.” Go not forth.
But as lightning cometh out of the East and shineth to the west, so shall the Second Coming of Jesus Christ be.
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As Lightning Shineth Out Of The East 12/07/70 Pm
Robert Lambert
Brother Branham said Christ Jesus would appear right after the days of his ministry and He would appear in the East and He would appear from the heavens. Now, I just don’t know what all that means, but there is going to be some tremendous thing take place here in the East. It will be revealed from heaven.
I know one thing, what that will be is the coming of that sealing Angel coming down out of heaven.
Brother Branham said, “It’s after the days of my ministry, there will be a God-ordained predestinated vessel that has a sounding device down on the inside, that is able to catch that Prophet’s message coming forth there and get the revelation of it.”
When he picks that revelation up it will come down inside him and begin to pulsate. God will begin to pulsate that thing night and day and that’s all he will preach and talk about and that will go out there and begin to create a faith in the people.
Because before the Lord Jesus Christ can descend from heaven, He’s got to have something to descend on and descend in. Before He can do that, there has got to be a ministry that’s pulsated by the Holy Spirit, that’s preaching that revelation of God that will produce a faith in the people. A faith to rise up to believe it.
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Why Judas Was Not Saved 12/22/71 Pm
Robert Lambert
Where is He coming at? He’s coming out of the East. I don’t believe it’s over in the East at Jerusalem, either. If it is, the Jews are going to have to come over here and bring us something. But the Gospel is leaving the West and going back to the East.
But is said He shall descend from the heavens in the East; “As lightning cometh out of the East and shineth unto the West.”
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Word Atonement For The Bride I 1/23/72 Am
Robert Lambert
(Here it is!) Where was He guarding His mercy seat?
Where was it at? It was in the East. Where did He say He was coming from? “Like lightning out of the East shining to the West, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be. Where so ever the carcass is, the full-bodied revealed Word, there will my eagles gather around.” Is it the Word?
I say, by the grace of God, the Lord has revealed to me why He was looking East. Because that was where He was coming from. He’s got to because He’s the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. Only believe! He said, “Behold the Lion of the Tribe of Judah hath prevailed to open the Book and loose the Seals thereof.”
Brother Branham said the seals loosed the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, the full bodied revealed Word. “Where so ever you find the full-bodied revealed Word, my carcass, there will be genuine eagles eating.”
They will say, “He’s out in the desert.”
Said, “Don’t you believe it. Not for a minute!”
Or, “He’s over here in this little secret group.”
Said, “Don’t you believe it!” You believe God’s in His Word?
Now notice here, He is to come by the east. Notice Ezekiel 47, where did the Holy Spirit pour out from? It came out of the eastern gate. The Son of Man looked and he saw waters issuing out, from where? Glory to God! It came out from under His throne and it came out in the east.
Don’t you try to figure it out. It will drive you crazy. You just say, “Lord, I believe.” Say what God said.
Now notice, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah–what was he doing? Guarding the eastern gate. Notice, that is what’s guarding His mercy seat today. The Lord is coming as the Lion of Judah, guarding His mercy seat. If you are going to get to the blood and find mercy, you have to come by that gate.
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Harvest Time 111 7-30-72 Pm
Robert Lambert
All right, children, let us say then, now, if the prophet-messenger of the seventh church age, the evening star, the lesser light. God dealt with all of his life to go west — then if this next ministry, following behind him is to reveal all them great mysterious things hidden from the foundation of the world — reveal the whole Bible to the elected Bride. All of it fitting into the Capstone, Token message. It looks to me like that person will have to find the geographic place to preach those mysteries. How many believe that’s so? You say, “Well, what difference does that make?” It makes a lot of difference with God.
Well, I don’t believe it’ll be in India. I don’t believe it’ll be in Palestine. I believe it’ll be in the United States. Why, is because Elijah, the prophet that was to forerun the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, in that ministry, was in the U.S. So, therefore, Christ would have to follow that man out of the same place that he came. Why, is because the Lord Jesus was the one that gave John his final vindication to those that he preached to. America was the one that Brother Branham preached to. Jesus was the one that vindicated that John was what the scriptures said he was. SO, THEREFORE, THIS MAN’S MINISTRY WILL HAVE TO COME OUT OF THE U.S. It won’t come out of India; hundreds have gone there, but let’s wait and see if it does.
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The Capstone 9/16/72 Pm
Robert Lambert
Now notice here, the seventh seal held the Second Coming of the Bridegroom. Now we already know that he will come in a prophet. It will be a prophet; He will come in a prophet. Notice — I believe with all my heart that His coming will be in the east.
Now I know some have pressed in and fasted and prayed, around the world. I’m acquainted with all these things that are going on. Many have left and went to another country, believing that the Bridegroom is appearing in another country across the ocean. I think, before I leave here tonight if you have any doubt about it, it’ll be driven away.
Notice — where does the Sun rise in the east? Not the S-o-n, but the S-u-n, rising in the east. As lightning shineth out of the east, goeth to the west, even so shall this prophet be, revealing the full-bodied carcass Word. There will the eagles be, tearing off that fresh bloody revelation!”
Rev. 10:1 said there was an Angel (here it is!) that had one foot upon the land — that was his left leg. His left foot was upon the land and His right one was upon the sea! In the east you’re facing the Atlantic Ocean in the east! He’s got one foot on the land and one on the Atlantic Ocean and He’s looking straight east. He’s got a little book open in His hand and seven thunders went out of His mouth!
Notice here, that this seventh church age messenger comes out of the U.S. Notice — John came out of Palestine, Jesus came out of Palestine. Mal. 4:5 came out of the U.S. and this Angel of Rev. 10:1 comes out of the U.S, too! Praise Him!
Here it is; that great White Eagle, by the grace of God, looks in on there and sees where that Capstone’s at, underneath that seventh seal! He finds the mystery of it.
The lesser light went west and THE GREATER LIGHT WENT BACK EAST — GOES BACK EAST TO GET THE REVELATION OF THE THUNDERS, TO TELL THE LITTLE EAGLES HOW TO GET THE CAPSTONE!
The Capstone was lost and was never found. Of course, not — the Lord hid it! But by His love and grace, He lets God’s prophet find it. That’s what you have been feeling tonight! Hosanna!
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A Chosen Spot (Mercy) 1/7/73 Am.
Robert Lambert
Now notice, God has got a chosen place somewhere in the U. S. (right?). Bro. Branham said if the Lord Jesus, that Angel of the Lord, doesn’t come right after my ministry, I am a liar and a false prophet. So somewhere in the U. S. there is a designated, chosen place where the Angel of Rev. 10:1 is standing with a prophet. I’m sure you see what is being said.
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63-0324E – The Seventh Seal
William Marrion Branham
402 Because, before we even went into It, and I left to go west, the Lord showed me a vision one day, about ten o’clock, one morning. And I come and explained it here, that I had seen it; didn’t know what it was. It was a constellation of seven Angels. We’ll remember that. You’ll get it on the tape, called, What Time Is It, Sir? Well, now, that is exactly what you’re seeing now. The seven Angels…I was in the west. 403 You remember, the little bitty messengers; they went east. The second messengers, the doves, little bit larger bird, they went east. And then I looked…They was with me, all the time. That was that First and Second Pull. 404 Now, the Third came from the west, sweeping forward with great, terrific speed, and They picked me up. That was coming back east, with the mystery of these Seven Seals. Just like it said in—in Junior Jackson’s dream, that the Lord let me interpret for him there, “On the inside of that pyramid, there was white Stone that wasn’t written on.” That’s the reason I had to go west, to connect with these Angels’ Message, to come back here to reveal It to the church. Remember, I said, “The next things that happen will be here at the church.” That’s just exactly. 405 Another thing, I want you to notice what taken place. And if you’re listening to the tape, of the What Time Is It, Sir?, you will notice that one Angel was very notable to me. The rest of Them just was seemed ordinarily. But this Angel was a noted Angel. He was to my left, in the constellation in the form of a pyramid. 406 And, remember, it was in the pyramid, where the mysterious white Rock was not written on. And the Angels took me into that pyramid of Themselves, the mysteries of God known only to Them. And, now, Them was the Messengers had come to interpret that pyramid, or THAT MESSAGE OF THE SECRET OF THESE SEVEN SEALS WHICH LAYS WITHINSIDE THE PYRAMID. 407 Now, the Angel, was to my left, would really be the last, or seventh Angel, if we would count Them from left to right. Because, He was on my left; me looking to Him, towards the west, HIM COMING TOWARDS THE EAST, would be on the left side. SO, THAT WOULD BE THE LAST ANGEL’S MESSAGE, VERY NOTABLE. REMEMBER HOW I SAID HE HAD HIS, GOT HIS HEAD BACK; AND HIS GREAT, SHARP WINGS; AND HOW HE FLEW RIGHT TO ME. NOW, THAT IS THIS SEVENTH SEAL. It still is a notable thing. And we are…We don’t know what It is, as yet, because IT’S NOT PERMITTED TO BE BROKEN.
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54-0103M – Questions And Answers #1
William Marrion Branham
232 Brother Beeler, this was what you was asking about. When they come to Jerusalem and stand out there, and say, “Now, if Jesus is the Son of God that raised from the dead, He knows the things just like He did back there in the beginning, HE CAN PRODUCE THE SAME LIFE THAT HE DID BACK THERE. And if He does, will you accept Him as your personal Saviour?” And then show that God by His great powers and things of His resurrected power, He’s with us. 233 Then when they do that, say, “Now, you that have received Him as your personal Saviour…” I hope there’ll be thousands of them. Say, “The same Holy Ghost that fell on the Day of Pentecost is right here for you.” 234 Then the Gospel goes back to the Jews right there at that time. Then there’ll be a revival amongst those Jews right there that’ll carry thousands and tens of thousands and…a hundred and forty-four thousand, into the Kingdom of God, will be sealed by the sealing Angel. 235 I TRUST THAT HE’S COMING FROM THE EAST. THAT’S THE WAY HE IS FROM US NOW, WITH HIS SEAL IN HIS HAND. Then, oh, I want to be gathered in there. “I’ve sent a persecution here and a persecution there, and I’ve run the Jews and drove them as hard as I could. And they’ve drove back in. Many Jews in the United States (which they won’t escape from) has already received the Holy Ghost. But I’ve got all of the hundred and forty-four thousand standing there that’s going to receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost.” 236 And right there, as soon as that sealing Angel begins to seal that hundred and forty-four thousand, the Gentile Church door is closed, and the Jews takes the Holy Ghost to the Jews. And they’ll have a revival that’ll sweep the entire world. Hallelujah! And the power of God will be manifested amongst the Jews. Oh, how marvelous! Whew! Oh, my!