The Last Will and Testament of God Pt.3
MATTHEW 4:17
17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
(Repent is to change your thinking – to change your mind. We often connect repentances with the idea of turning away from sin, but sin is really just unbelief in the word. And so the purpose of the word is to correct our thinking to think the truth of the thoughts of God, and this is why that the level of your revelation of the word determines your level of relationship with God, because the more your thoughts agree with God’s thoughts, then the closer your walk will be with the Lord – like how Brother Branham spoke about the book of Ruth in the message “The Kinsman Redeemer”. that there is hidden revelation in there that if you catch the real meaning, It'll bring you real close to God.
MATTHEW 18:1-4
1 ¶ At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? (You would think that Jesus would say that He was the greatest?)
2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. (When a person is truly converted, it should bring humbleness into their life, because as your revelation of the word grows, then that is the word changing your thinking over time, and so you become more and more humbled by the revelation of God – the more God is revealed to you, the smaller you realize you are. And so the greater the revelation, the greater the humility.
When king Nebuchadnezzar was humbled after his proud boasting of how he thought that he was so great, we notice that he also possessed a much greater revelation of God along with his humility)
4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
By this scripture, we can know for sure that there are greater and lesser levels of categories of people that will be in the Kingdom of heaven – and these different categories will be categorized according to their revelation of and relationship to God.
MATTHEW 19:13-14
13 ¶ Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
(In other words, these children are some of those who will make up the inhabitances of that great kingdom of heaven)
MATTHEW 20:1
1 ¶ For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. (Notice – harvest time)
MATTHEW 22:2
2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, (the marriage also takes place at harvest time)
MATTHEW 25:1-2
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. (This also takes place at harvest time at the end of the world)
**On and on we could read, because the bible is the book of redemption, and so there are people’s names that are sealed under all these different scriptures, because it’s the last will and testament of God, and so when the mystery of the book was opened in March 1963, it revealed the names of every single person in mystery form that laid under all these different parables in the bible, of the citizens who will make up that great civilization that is to come.
The Last Will and Testament of God Pt.3
This phrase “kingdom of heaven” is used over 30 times in the book of Mathew and is actually exclusive to the book of Mathew – other gospels use the term “the kingdom of God” but the phrase “kingdom of heaven” is only found in the book of Mathew.
**We know that Abraham knew about this great kingdom of heaven that was to come upon the earth, and he was looking for that kingdom, because he had met its King in the form of Melchisedec, king of Salam, and also just before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
*And so there are many places in the bible that show us about this great eternal kingdom and civilization of God that we are to live in throughout eternity.
*And we know that we won’t be living in it alone all by ourselves, like with just our close message believing friends, but we will be living in it along with the angels and all the animals and the trees and flowers and the mountains and the rivers and lakes and also with all of the other different categories of people from this life that God has ordained to make up the citizens of that great place.
*And each angel and animal and plant and person will each have their specific place and purpose in that great kingdom.
*And so how are these categories clearly defined? – because when the last will and testament of God is opened and read out to the living descendants of the beneficiaries of the will, the will and testament has to clearly name each person as well as state their portion of inheritance.
**Last week we spoke about how that in the parable of the 10 virgins that by them having lamps, it showed us that it was at the evening time of when this event was taking place, and how that they needed light at evening time in order to see their way into the marriage with Christ, and so the difference that separated between the wise and the foolish was to do with the light that they either had or didn’t have – and light is the revealed truth of the word.
ZECHARIAH 14:7
7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
An age of light within an age of darkness like how that Egypt was in darkness, but there was light in Goshen – or to say it clearly in our terminology for our day, there is a bride age of light within the darkness of the Laodicea age.
*And so the prophet of God told us that the foolish virgin failed to receive the message (the light) of God for her day – and so this is the clear line that divides the wise from the foolish group.
THE.SEVENTH.SEAL_ JEFF.IN MONDAY_ 63-0324E
574-7 {386} Now, we're into the age of the Eagle, the revelation to be revealed, the whole thing. Now, compare this with Revelations the 10th chapter, verse 1 to 7, and we'll see here in this Revelations--the Revelations here, 10: 1-7, that in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel's message was to finish up all the mysteries of God.
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. (We remember how the Jews also rejected Christ and are also purged)
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.
575-2 {388} 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.
Notice – 3 things that qualified these foolish virgins and of what separated them from the wise.
1- Rejecting the message
2- No opportunity to receive the message
3- Blinded by tales preachers who preached against the message
**In all these parables of Mathew chapter 25, it is clear to us that these scriptures are not just showing us the wise and foolish virgin groups, but go on to discribe other groups of people who are to receive eternal life and inhabit the kingdom of heaven, and of whom each will have their varying levels and degrees of positions and inheritances.
**And so the secret that lays beneath all of these parables concerning the future kingdom of heaven is that there are names of people that are written under these scriptures in mystery form of which the title deed categorizes them very distinctly by the boundaries of their different characteristics.
****And so when the book of redemption is opened by the Lamb in Revelation Chapter 5, and then in Revelation chapter 10, that opened book is then given to the seventh angel to read out the last will and testament of God to an end time people of the living descendants of the bride of Christ, then that reading of the title deed has to contain all the information of all the details of the names and positions and inheritances of all those who will be in the future kingdom and in a clearly defined way.
**And so this is why that it is so important that there is an elected people on earth at the end time who are able to comprehend and understand what that title deed is saying – because you cannot judge the people of the earth correctly if you don’t know what is written in the last will and testament and who is who and who gets what and what group gets what inheritance.
QUESTIONS.AND.ANSWERS.ON.THE.SEALS_ JEFF.IN SUNDAY_ 63-0324M
473-2 {112} … See? That's all; the Book holds that mystery, and the Book is only unfolding it now, not each one's name, but what the mystery of the Book is while it's calling those names. You find... You understand that now? See?
473-4 {115} The Book doesn't say, "Now, Lee Vayle is to be saved in time of this church age," or--or, "Orman Neville..." or--or whoever. No, it don't say that. It just shows the mystery, unfolds the mystery of what the thing is. But we, ourselves, by faith believe it.
*The opening of the seven seals unlocked the entire mystery of the bible that reveals all these different categories of groups of people who are to be saved from the highest position of the bride of seven church ages, and then on down to the foolish virgins, and then on down to those who use their talents for the advancement of the things of God, and then on down to those that do good to the least of His brethren – this is Mathew 25.
*Because after the opening of the seven seals in Mathew CH 24 comes the reading of the last will and testament of God that reveals all of these different categories of eternal life.
Picking up from where we left off last week…
THE.SEVENTH.SEAL_ JEFF.IN SUNDAY_ 63-0324E
556-2 {233} …That's what the Seventh Seal; it just ends the time for the world. It ends the time for this. It means the time for that. It ends the time for this. It ends the time... Everything just ended up on that Seventh Seal.
****Remember that the seventh seal is the final and full disclosure of the opening of the word of the entire book of redemption.
And so everything is finished up with the opening of seventh seal – and it’s not that time literally stops, or that everything is over in the sense that it is completed, but it’s final in that it is the complete revelation of the last will and testament of God of which each person’s position in the future kingdom of heaven is settled forever and made known to His elected bride by revelation - and it has to be made known to them in order for them to know how to judge the people of the earth correctly into their respective positions and categories.
I CORINTHIANS 6:2
2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world?
*We know that it is during the great tribulation period that the 144,000 elected Jews are sealed in their foreheads by the revelation of the word that is opened up to their understanding by their two prophets Moses and Elijah of Revelation Ch.11 of which their message will reveal Christ to them (their seventh trumpet), just as our seventh seal has reveal Christ to us and sealed us in our foreheads by the revelation that we have received by our gentile prophet.
**But then also during this time of the tribulation period of when theses 144,000 Jews are to be martyred, there is also this other group of gentile people from all nations that no man can even number that will receive white robes (perfected human bodies), and these people will be saved out of the tribulation period and have positions in the great eternal kingdom of heaven that is to be established throughout eternity.
REVELATION 7:9-10
9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. Notice how that the words of their song is revealing their revelation limit “Salvation to our God”, because your song and words of worship reveals the level of your revelation – and so these were limited to basic salvation.
**And so we know that these gentile people that were saved in Revelation chapter 7 are the gentile version of when the fifth seal opened and showed us how that the Jews who were sincere and kept the law of Moses were saved due to being blinded to the light of the word and message for their day.
**Because God has to hide certain truth from certain categories, because it’s your revelation of the word that determines your relationship level to God, and that relationship level in turn determines your category of eternal life.
**And so we want to study a little more on this Revelation Chapter 7, because when Brother Branham begins to teach the seventh seal, he first begins by identifying these two groups in Revelation Chapter 7 during the tribulation period of the 144,000 elected and sealed Jews under their two prophets Moses and Elijah, and then also this other group that no man could number of a gentile people who are not the bride, but yet will be saved out of the great tribulation period after the rapture has taken place. And he makes this very clear throughout the seventh seal message.
*But up until this time of when Brother Branham had preached the seventh seal (as we have spoken about in pervious services), he had always taught very clearly that this gentile group of the second part of Revelation chapter seven was the gentile bride of Christ – but when the seals were opened and the true revelation was shown to him, it revealed that they were not the gentile bride but another gentile group made up of foolish virgins along with all these other categories of Mathew 25.
*Because when the title deed of the last and final testament of God was revealed by the opening of the seven seals, it first had to clearly identify each of these different groups of who they were.
**Because you can’t do anything with the literal giving out of inheritances without first clearly identifying the name of who it is that is to receive the inheritance, because there are these different categories of eternal life that will receive many different types of inheritances and rewards and positions.
***And the reason that we are laboring on this, is that the message of the hour shows us clearly of who we are and of what our inheritance is in this hour – and so we need to see our position clearly in this hour or we will never be able to have the faith to operated in our position and inheritance – and this is where we are heading to – to show you clearly who you are in this hour.