Seeing Jesus and His Program Pt.3
LUKE 19:41-42 (Jesus is descending the Mount of Olives)
41 ¶ And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. Notice - “If thou hadst known” - The difference was in the Knowing – what you know can make all the difference to your life.
When you go for a job interview, the first thing they want to know is your qualifications because they want to see what you know, because what you know makes all the difference – "to you it is given to know". Knowledge is very Valuable.
Seeing Jesus and His Program Pt.3
MATTHEW 13:10-11
10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
LUKE 8:9-10
9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? A parable is symbols, like the book of Revelation – it takes the Holy Spirit Himself to interpret it to you.
10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
***God’s program for this hour it to unveil the entire word of the entire mystery of the bible to an end time elected people called the bride of Christ.
Very familiar quote – brother Eugene read this last Wednesday…
9-1 INTRODUCTION.THE.REVELATION.OF.JESUS.CHRIST - CHURCH.AGE.BOOK CPT.1
INTRODUCTION
Though this volume will concern itself with various major doctrines (such as the Godhead, Water Baptism, etc.) found in Revelation, chapters One through Three, its main theme is the setting forth of a detailed study of the Seven Church Ages. This is necessary in order to study and understand the rest of the Revelation, for out of the Ages come the Seals, out of the Seals come the Trumpets, and out of the Trumpets come the Vials. Like the first burst of a Roman candle, the Church Ages come forth with a mighty initial illumination, without which there could be no further light. But once the brilliance of the Seven Church Ages is given by Divine revelation, light upon light follows, until the whole of the Revelation opens wide before our wondering eyes (this is the eyes of our understanding); and we, edified and purified by its Spirit, are made ready for His glorious appearing, even our Lord and Saviour, the One True God, Jesus Christ.
*As believers of this message that God has sent to us us in this hour, it is very important for us to know what God’s program is for this age that we are living in, and not only know what His program is but we must look for these things to be manifested in our own personal experiences of life as we walk with God in the light of the word for this hour.
In William Branham’s personal life’s journey from birth to 56 years old, in those short 56 years, God took him from a totally unchurched Kentucky hillbilly kid who knew nothing about God, to where he came into a relationship with God where he could walk very closely with the Lord, and God would revealed himself to him greater and greater and bring him along in life’s experiences to a place of training and maturity so that he could speak things into existence just like Adam could at the beginning showing to us what God’s purpose is for each of us in this age because he was a first fruit showing that many others like him would follow.
***So if we can see how God dealt with William Branham in his life, then we can also see how God is dealing with us in our lives and our experiences in life to bring us to the same maturity. So this is actually God’s program for us in our personal walk with the Lord in this hour according to the prophecy for this age. (**By the way - The first thing that God has to deal with us is to get all the self-will out of us – That is why Joseph had to go to the prison house, Jonah had to go to the bottom of the sea, Nebuchadnezzar had to eat grass for seven years like a cow, William Branham had to lose his wife and baby - and so God will deal with us the same until we learn the same thing)
**God intends for us as students under the ministry of the Prophet of God for this generation to come to the same level of maturity as what God took him to.
*Remember - Three things that are a part of God’s program are being given back to us in this hour of what Adam lost…
“The correct relationship with God”
“Eternal life”
“Dominion over the Earth”
LOOK.AWAY.TO.JESUS_ JEFF.IN V-2 N-17 SUNDAY_ 63-1229E
47…and exercised all the--the dragon, power the dragon had before him. And the dragon is "Rome," always. So don't you see? Roman denomination; "a mark," Protestant denomination; "a image unto the beast," making a power that'll force all Protestants, like a union. You'll have to be into this Council of Churches, or you won't be able to have fellowship. Or to--to...
48 Well, it's--it's practically that way now. You can't go to a church and preach unless you have a fellowship card or some identification. And now, on persons like ourselves, we're going to be cut out of all that, altogether, that's exactly, 'cause they won't be able to do it.
49 It's tightening. And then when that time comes, and the press comes to a place to where you're pressed out, then watch what I'm fixing to tell you in a few minutes. Watch the Third Pull then, see, and it'll be absolutely to the total lost, but it--it will be for the Bride and the Church.
**Why will they be totally lost? - Because they have missed seeing Jesus and His program for this age. To know Him is life, not to know Him is death.
This quote is showing us that from 1963 to 2018 the bride has been on a journey through the prison house of this evil age to a maturity where we will rule and reign, so we know that when we get to this place when the world counsel of Church press us out, then that is also the time that it is prophesied that we will be a mature bride, we will be adopted sons that can sign the Father’s cheques. **So we are told our end right from the beginning.
**The elect of God are always told at the beginning of their end, and then they walk through their lives into that prophecy.
**David was told by the prophet Samuel that he would be the next king, but then David had to walk into the prophecy of that vision after he had had to run for his life from King Saul and live in exile – but he did become King.
**Joseph was told right from the beginning that he would become a ruler and that his Father and Mother and brothers would bow down to him, but he had to walk through all the troubles and lies and rejection and the prison house before that reality caught up with the vision.
**Abraham was told that he would be the father of many nations right at the beginning; he was told that he would have a son through Sarah, but then he had to walk for 25 more years in bareness until he was completely emptied of his own self ability, and then the promise was fulfilled.
**William Branham was told at the beginning that his message would forerun the second coming of Christ, and that his message would turn our hearts back to the original faith again – but he had to walk through all the rejection and the lies and the disappointments before that prophecy would become history, and that prophecy is still continuing on to its fulfilment this morning in the lives of a people.
*The elect of God are always told at the beginning of their end, but then they have to walk through their lives with all the disappointments and all the rejection into that prophecy – we must see these things in our own lives and understand that this is the pathway of all God’s elect.
***The bride is told at the beginning of what she will be at the end – a super church, a super race, an invincible army, a bride without spot or wrinkle, the squeeze that is coming and the third pull manifested amongst us. All these things have been told us from the beginning – this is God’s program for the end time bride.
LOOK.AWAY.TO.JESUS_ JEFF.IN V-2 N-17 SUNDAY_ 63-1229E
38 So now I am going to say something to you, now, that I haven't said all along. And, that is, the thing that we have looked forward to for so long (for at least many years, four or five years, or maybe longer), the Third Pull, has now been vindicated, and I'm sure you all know what it is.
39 Now remember, there'll never be an impersonation of that, 'cause it can't be. See, it cannot be. Now it's in existent. And I have... I am warned of this, that soon... Right at this time now it's just happened, so it could identify its presence among you, see, but it will not be used in a great way until this Council begins to tighten up. And when it does, when that does... The Pentecostals, and so forth, can almost impersonate anything can be done. But when that time comes, when the squeeze comes down, then you'll see, what you've seen temporarily, be manifested in the fullness of its power.