World’s money crisis in prophecy -

Questions and answers NO. 1

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Revelation 14: 9-13 <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,

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:

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.

Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

So gracious are the words of the Lord, we want to continue to read, if you have the time, to show why they are blessed in the Lord and their works do follow them. After the mark of the beast this is what follows:

Revelation 14:14-20 <And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud [one] sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.

And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.

And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast [it] into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand [and] six hundred furlongs.>

ANGEL SENT TO WARN ABOUT MARK OF THE BEAST

May the Lord add the blessing to the reading of his Holy Word, you may be seated. It’s so wonderful, the Word of the Lord is so revealing, so blessed, the prophecies of the Lord. And for your information, this scripture that I just read here, there was a particular angel that was ordained to warn the world about; one, the beast, two, the mark of the beast, three, the image of the beast. Now this third angel here is none other than the seventh angel of Revelation 10:7 and also Malachi 4:5-6. So it was none other than the man called William Branham. The third angel is the seventh angel of Revelation 10:7 and Revelation 3:14 and also it is connected with Malachi 4:5-6. It goes to show that it was not a flying angel but it was a man. His ministry upon the earth was to warn the people of God before the mark of the beast comes down; before the beast; before the mark of the beast and before the image is formed. This was his job. I am happy to announce to you that those scriptures were fulfilled. The prophet did come; warned the world about the beast, the mark of the beast and the image of the beast, and he died and went on. Those facts and those warnings are with us in eleven hundred and some tapes, and the things that you are hearing and will continue to hear is based upon the warning of that third angel. So it is none of our wisdom or opinions that are being expressed, no, it is the warning of the third angel, that is why we know those things.

Now a very peculiar thing that you want to look at, immediately after that warning, the Bible said, blessed are they that die from henceforth for they rest from their labours and their works do follow them. Now that is identifying the beast, the mark of the beast and the image for the end-time in which we are living, just before the Lord comes. So now there is no question about whether this thing was in the past or if it is going to be after the tribulation. It is identifying and saying that this belongs to the end-time and this third angel ministry will be upon the earth before the Lord comes so there is no doubt about it.

And it went on to clarify that there are two harvests. And right there you could see it’s the harvest of the tares and of the wheat. Because a sharp sickle which we know here in this country as a grass knife, and the Son of man trust in that sickle and he reaped the harvest of the earth. That was one harvest and there was another harvest and that harvest was for the wrath of God, and they were cast into the winepress of the wrath of God. So there are two harvests and that coincides with the parable of the wheat and the tares. Gather the wheat into the garner, which are the children of God that goes in the Rapture, and bind the tares into bundles to be burnt, that’s the wrath of God.

Now there is a strong warning concerning this mark of the beast and that is why I read this scripture before answering these questions, because we did not make full use of this scripture during our five day meetings. It tells you about the detriments of anybody who takes the mark of the beast. And I don’t want to repeat but the thing is that they have no rest day or night and they will face the wrath of God. Now this here is a very serious thing to consider, that all the wrath that is about to come upon the face of the earth, that is the plagues that are going to come for three and a half years, anybody that takes the mark of the beast will drink of the wine of the wrath of God. Now that is actually coming for the Catholic church, Rome, but any man that takes the mark of the beast will be fitted in right there. And then it says here that this punishment will be without mixture, there is no mercy in this judgment that is going to come, there is no mixture in it. And he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. Any man who takes this mark of the beast, he is tormented with fire and brimstone. That is not only here on the earth like Malachi 4:1 says, that the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. That is not only speaking of the destruction by fire, it is talking about the lake of fire, until their very souls are consumed after millions of years. So Malachi 4:1 is not limited to the destruction of the earth by fire, it shall leave them neither root nor branch, body or soul. The body is the branch, the root is your soul. And the smoke of their torment ascended up for ever and ever, a space of time, and they had no rest day nor night who worshipped the beast and his image and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Now this is enough to cause a sinner to repent. Now I am here to tell you that all this that we just read is connected with the world’s money crisis in prophecy. And while the world is thinking of how to Revive the economy and get things back on track, according to Bible prophecy, we are seeing much further and we are seeing that the church is getting ready to sail through troublous waters. So we have questions and answers on that subject tonight under the title of “World’s Money Crisis in Prophecy.”

So we dealt with this world’s money crisis in prophecy in five messages starting from the New Year Eve service and we finished up a few days ago and invited questions. Those questions we will answer tonight by the grace of the Lord. But in those five messages, we linked the world’s money crisis to the persecution of the true church of God. We linked it to the followers of the message of William Branham, to the third angel’s message, to the seventh angel’s message, to the message of Malachi 4:5-6, and the true believers. We linked this money crisis to another outpouring of the Spirit, which is the latter rain to come, which people and message believers think that the latter rain has already come. In ‘Spoken Word is the Original Seed,’ the prophet of God said:

Quote W.M.B.: “Now, what they're trying to do, they're trying to manufacture a latter rain. Nonsense. Why, that latter rain will sweep the world, brother. And then a former rain sowing Word... That's right. Now, you'll see what the latter rain produces.” (Spoken Word Original Seed 62-0318M).

So we linked it to another Outpouring of the Spirit which is the latter rain and then we linked this money crisis to the mark of the beast, a little later that will show up. We also linked this money crisis to Spoken Word power that is coming to the Bride, and that will give the Bride power to face her persecution. Now some people don’t know that this speak the Word ministry is in the Bible because they just read and sometimes in preaching we say, “third pull” and that confuses a lot of people. That might be okay for us but then it is not too good when you are speaking to an open congregation. So I seldom use the word ‘third pull’ again, moreso where these messages must go into books and they are on the internet, on our website, people are at a lost, they want to know what is the third pull. Now, you got to identify things in the Bible.

In Mark 11:13 the Spoken Word ministry was demonstrated, Jesus walked up to a fig tree and he did not find any figs on it and He cursed the fig tree, and when He cursed the fig tree He said, “No man eat of thee from henceforth.” That was Speak the Word. So he spoke and he cursed the fig tree, the next day the disciples were alarmed but Jesus was not because what he said came to pass. After the curse, the tree looked as normal as ever but in time the tree dried up, Now, that was speak the Word ministry. Now, I told you during those five messages that the third pull is a ministry of curses and blessings. Now, in Mark 11 the first thing that was demonstrated by the third pull or speak the word ministry was a curse. So that proves my point that the third pull, the speak the word ministry is a ministry of curses and blessings. So now, that was demonstrated and the early church did not come up to that ministry of, “If ye say unto this mountain.” Nowhere in the Bible recorded where any man commanded the mountains and the sycamore tree, but that ministry was promised in the Bible and it never happened throughout the seven church ages but it is here today, and it was demonstrated by the third angel, Malachi 4:5-6, to show us that the Bride will have that power. And some people isolate that ministry to Brother Branham and said that was only for Brother Branham. No sir! The very prophet said on “Speak to This Mountain”:

Quote W.M.B.: “I believe that the church of the living God is moving into a sphere now that's going to shake the whole world. That's the first time it's been since the days of Jesus of Nazareth to a human being. "Ask anything that you will, and it shall be given unto you, anything you desire." Don't you see the words of Jesus Christ being fulfilled? Oh, it's going to come to pass pretty soon. I'm looking for it to happen in this meeting. I'm wanting it to happen now, that that anointing will strike the whole church of the living God, and she'll rise to her feet like a mighty marching army. The sick will be healed by a word; the blind will see; the deaf will hear; the dead will be raised up; and the power of God will shake the world with the church of the living God. We're in the process of it now. I believe it's soon coming to pass. I believe it will be just exactly that way. I believe it's going to strike the church of God soon, and it's going to start a Revival that'll shake the world. I believe it.” (Speak To This Mountain 59-1123).

So now, this world’s money crisis in prophecy linked all these things together and we linked the Bride’s revival. We are promised a Bride’s revival on the Seven Seals page 253: The Bride has never had a revival, it will come by the seven thunders. Now some people think that it came in New York and it went around the world, what a big lie! The prophet of God said that when that comes you will be able to call for a billion tons of fleas and it will be there showing you that the seven thunders are linked to the speak the word ministry. So the third pull and the seven thunders are one and the same, it’s a speak the Word ministry. And then we linked, last of all, the world’s money crisis in prophecy to the rapture and the mark of the beast. But we had a certain statement to give in a nutshell to the entire world of what this money crisis is.

World’s money crisis in prophecy according to Bible prophecy, Revelation chapters 13 and 18, the end result of this world’s money crisis is the revival of the Roman Empire to rule all nations by a one-world government and a one-world church, Rome will control all commerce along with the USA, the World Trade Centre will be relocated to Rome.

This was fully established in five messages which are already transcribed and now I am going through a little bit and putting in the various quotations which will be up on the internet shortly. Try to secure your tapes and as I said this must go to those who want it. We don’t usually send out our tapes to everybody but I feel that it is necessary to give every person. I want to also say that you will be persecuted for these kinds of messages in the days to come. Soon it will go out in a book and I am hurrying up, I think I have finished my home lesson, I went through that and got it straightened out and now it is just to put the finishing touches.

So we invited questions concerning these five messages that we might have a better understanding and clarification concerning what was said and information that was left out, therefore we have a bunch of questions here tonight to answer concerning the world’s money crisis in prophecy. Now, I do not have all the answers, certain things we will have to wait and see, and I could only speak what I know and not even the prophet knew everything concerning it, he just said some things in certain places, speaking in a suggestive manner.

So tonight we are going to take these questions and see how far we could reach, we have a pile of them here. Some of them are on some mini paper like if they ran out of paper in the country. Now, use your sense, you are sending a question, you don’t send it on these kinds of scrap. Before you know it, it drops out from my Bible or something. That reflects how small people’s minds are. Now you do things according to the size of your mind and your mind must not be too small, neither too big. Anytime your mind becomes too big you want to become a millionaire and money is not enough. The Bible said to be contented, you have food and raiment be contented thereby. Be not high minded the Bible said, but condescend to men of low estate, bring it back, bring it right down, not too big, not too small. Alright, so we have a few questions from overseas and on the questions we do not identify the persons unless they want to be identified. It says here:

Question #795: “Is this current financial crisis the final crisis that leads to the depression, that leads to America and the rest of the world getting the Roman Catholic, the Pope, to help out of crisis and into full manifestation of the mark of the beast or at least the tightening of the World Council of Churches?”

E.O.D.H. Answer: So this is the first question here: “Is this the final money crisis?” Now, this is an important question. Now do you know that this money crisis was prophesied by the prophet as far back as forty to fifty years ago? And everything went very smoothly and it seemed like his prediction and prophecy had no value, even to message believers, everything went on smoothly. Now, this money crisis did not start last year. I want you to catch this as a whole and complete picture. Now this is in prophecy, the prophet of God even prophesied things that are not yet here, that has not been fulfilled concerning the money crisis. You may ask, what is that? He prophesied a complete bankruptcy and that bankruptcy is not here yet. He prophesied complete bankruptcy for United States and the world.

So now, this money crisis that started went through the world; they kept on calling it recession and deep recession. Now, it went on and they kept on propping up the money by the governments bailing out the banks and factories and different things. So it levelled out a little. Then after that it started going down again then it levelled out, until the end of last year the money prophets (the economists) started prophesying of one of the biggest recessions the world has ever seen.

Now, this money crisis that started way back there, each time that there was a recession, it became worse. Now, I believe that this is the worse recession, worse money crisis of all. So now, don’t lose me. The money crisis started way back there and it is still a crisis as far as prophecy is concerned.

So when they propped up the money the crisis was never over. It kept on travelling and down here it is the worst ever. You got it in the five messages. Five factories a day are closing in China; twenty million people went home in a couple of weeks. Now, one of the biggest banks folded up in America again. It is too much to go back into to tell you about the news. You listen to the BBC news 98.7; twenty-four hours. They bring very good news

So now, this money crisis is looking us in our faces in a way that it never happened since this money crisis started. Now, I must be honest with you. I cannot say that this money crisis is going to bring the depression right away, but I know that the money crisis that started years ago will finally turn into a depression. It is going to come to pass. Whether they prop this up and hold this up for another six months or another year, but it looks very dim to me, and I would say it looks very well like this crisis is it. Now, that is Brother Bruce, but I don’t know; it looks very well that way, and beloved, for the kinds of things that are happening around the world; it looks very well like this is it. It looks very well like it is.

Now, there are different stages of this money crisis. It is going to go deeper and deeper into what they are calling “recession.” Notice that they changed the word "recession" until they called it a "crunch" and all kinds of pretty names. Even our government said, that cannot affect us, and then they had to come and repent. They said, “Yes, it is going to hit this country hard, so tighten your belts.” I’ll tell you something, we are not only tightening our belts, we are tightening our souls because we know the result of this money crisis; it is just not going to be a shortage of food.

Now, notice something in this: first we heard of a ‘world food-crisis’. People forget that you know. “World food-crisis.” The second thing followed was a money crisis.

Now, this thing is heaping up and it is going straight to buying and selling.

Okay, so I cannot say that. I may be wrong because they could prop this thing up and hold it for another six months or another year. I am only saying, and I could only guess that this is it, and I want it to be that way. Yes, alright.

Question #796: “If so, should believers go ahead with major financial undertakings like getting home loans, study loans, car loans etc?”

E.O.D.H. Answer: Many years ago God’s servant, Brother Bob Lambert, said on the tape called, “Word of His Patience - The Great Temptation.” He said, “You, the church better be cutting back on these big investments and big loans. When the time comes and you cannot pay them, they will throw you in jail.”

Now, I am not setting a standard and saying here that nobody should take a loan, or nobody should do business, or we should shut down everything and we should just quit everything. No! But we should be precautious. We should be precautious.

“Should believers go ahead with major financial undertakings like getting home loans, etc?”

Now, one idea that I always establish is if you take a car loan, you take a loan for a house, you take a loan for this or that, when the time comes, then let them take it. When it is about time to go; well take your house, take your car, take your bicycle. Whatever you want to take, but now there is something there. Sometime the item that you mortgage, when the bank takes it back, according to how much they auction it for, you still owe them fifty percent and they will come after you for that fifty percent. Yes!

Brethren right here could not pay for their homes and they gave up the keys. After they gave up the keys; they calculated, and sold the house and they came for the car, and they came for this, and they come for the next. Yes. They had to use some wisdom to get away from that. Then if you don’t have the money and you lose your job during that time, then they will put you in jail for the fifty percent.

So this is the line here that you want to watch. I don’t think personally that I want to go into any kind of big loans or big investment at this time. No, because I don’t want the rapture to come and catch me in jail. I want to be free to preach the gospel, but whether you are in jail or not and you are born again, you are coming out. You are going up! Yes!

So I would leave that to your discretion. You are smart people. Many of you turned out to be big business men, big business women. You don’t have time to come to church. No, you have business over here. You are occupied. One went to his farm, and another went to his merchandise and they did not have time. So now some of you are big business men. You are smarter than me. You have more money than me. Yes. And some of you don’t have time to come and bring your family to church and sit down and hear the Word of God. I cannot hold you and hogtie you here, no. But you better watch what you are doing. Use your discretion. Use your business skill and hear the Words of God that I am preaching here and read between the lines. I don’t want to be the one to carry the blame that when you say, “Brother Bruce told me to shut down my business. Today everything levelled out and I have nothing to eat and nothing to drink. I could have been a millionaire by now!” No, I am not telling you to shut down your business, friend. Let it run but listen to the Word of God.

Question #797: “Should believers withdraw savings from banks or other financial institutions now, or wait till some appointed time? Does the experience of the prophet…” (Well there is a little quotation here.) “…prophet when he saw an eagle then took his gun to see what the eagle would do, and this eagle just flapped its wings and was confident of flying away in time if necessary, apply to this case of timing or withdrawal, if in case that is what we should do?”

E.O.D.H. Answer: Now again I will speak in the same manner as of taking loans and everything. All right! “What should believers do? Withdraw their savings from banks and everything?”

Now, you see we cannot shut down everything. The banks are still open but they are uncertain. You could go to the bank before this depression takes place and before the final closing of these banks, and you could find out that your bank that you trusted went bankrupt. Do you catch the line? Now, this is not a general closing down of banks: not at this present time but like I said the bigger banks swallow the smaller banks. Then the bigger banks come now and take these second sized banks and swallow them. It is moving for many years now where the bigger companies and the bigger banks are swallowing the smaller ones, and swallowing and swallowing. And one day that institution or that group of institutions will come into a place where they will still go bankrupt and then they would not have anybody to swallow them but the dragon. So the dragon is swallowing everything because the dragon has the money to swallow them.

For example, CLICO group of companies. Now how was that formed? A fellow there called Duprey and other fellows, now, they have all those companies that were closing down they kept swallowing those smaller companies. Big businessmen, great men and they swallowed all those smaller companies until you got the CLICO group of companies. Now brothers and sisters, information that came to me indicates that CLICO is having problems. They have a financial department that you could go to and they could give you more interest on your money, yes, more than the bank. Yes!

Now, do you know that the insurance companies have more money than the banks? Insurance companies are the richest in the world of those businesses. So I am hearing that they are having problems and people put all their money into CLICO because they are getting bigger interest. It was ten percent and they started dropping down a little bit. Then a lot of people dropped in their money into the credit union and then the credit union closed.

A man told me, he lost all his savings in the credit union. I said, “All your savings?” He said, “Yes, I just trusted them.” He said, “This is the ‘mark of the beast’ coming, this is the ‘mark of the beast’”

So there we are. Again I will speak in the same manner; you people are smart people you are business people, you know about your investment, then watch the banks. There are signs that you could see. Now but you cannot guarantee that. You cannot just watch those signs. You could go over to your bank like one brother here went to the credit union for his money. I told him several months ago, “Go get it out in small amounts.” He worried them to death: a little brother now going to get married, thirty thousand in there. I told him, “Go get it!” he worried them until they gave him. From the time they gave him they shut down. I said, “You are fortunate.”

Certain people had their money there, they don’t want to cry out so they are laughing but they are grinding. [Congregation laughs out loud.] Brethren what I have to say is take out some at least and make yourself happy. If you are stingy with your wife and family make them happy just before this token fall, [Congregation says, “Amen!”] Feed them up and get them fat before the persecution comes when they cannot get enough to eat and drink. So exercise your bowels of mercy and compassion. Where you were hording up for another five, or ten years, be generous. Yes! Be flexible! Yes! I don’t trust those banks with anything. Anything!

I am not telling you what to do with yours. No, no, save it up! I am telling you what I am going to do with God’s money. It will hurt me very badly to know that I locked up the money in the bank and my brothers wanted loans and the next one wanted a little something to go by and I was so mean that I did not give them something.

Okay, so yes this could be a little example concerning the eagle story, but I tell you this is more than that eagle type here. You had better be wise. Be discrete, watch what you are doing.

Question #798: “Brother Bruce, we are enjoying the messages and hope it’s not too late to ask a couple questions, not exactly on the financial crisis but the Bride’s ministry? After the outpouring, what would the ministry that the sisters have be like? If they are married will they be sent out together with their husbands? Will families with minor children stay together? Will the Bride see the ‘California earthquake’ that was prophesied by Brother William Branham? Thanking you so much.” Unquote, question from overseas.

E.O.D.H Answer: Alright, after the ‘Outpouring’ what would be the duties of the sisters like? Beloved, I don’t know. Things are not going to be so bright like you are sitting there and I preaching to you. Now by that time I anticipate that the doors will be closed. If one of our members- a little later on- will go and pray for somebody without a license they will be shot on the spot. That is what the prophet said.

So now it is not going to be so easy as to say what will be the ministry of sisters. Yes.

So this question is projected here in such a way as we are facing the persecution and that is right. What will happen to these people that have little children? Beloved when the persecution comes there is no saying what is going to happen. Jesus warned of this when that great disaster was going to come to Jerusalem. He said, “Woe unto them that are with child and to them that gives suck in those days.” My God! And then another thing, he said, when that time comes, “Blessed is the paps that never gave suck.” “Blessed are the paps that never gave suck.” And, “If they do that in the green tree what shall they do in the dry.”

Friends, terrible times are coming. Some of these things we really cannot forecast and you don’t know what kind of trial the Lord will give to the individual and what he is trying to work out in them. You might have two children and it might please the Lord down there to give you a trial with those two children in order to perfect you because you had not been doing your home lesson.

Alright, so the question is directed more to the ministry of the sisters. What will they be doing? What kind of a ministry will they have? Now there are nine diverse gifts in the Bible, yes, of wisdom, knowledge, healing, miracles, prophecy, tongues, interpretation of tongues, and discernment of spirits and a couple more. Now all such the sisters can share in, they cannot preach, that’s the only thing. They cannot preach.

Now, that is when the outpouring comes like the day of Pentecost, then you will be gifted by the Holy Ghost. You would not be as fearful as you are sitting there now you know. No! You will be bold. You will be brave, yes and you will be anointed by the Holy Ghost in a greater measure.

So now your ministry will be like that; more prophesy, tongues, interpretation and you will even have the gift of divine healing that you may pray for people and they get well, yes. And you will be like the prophetess in the church who prophesied; Anna. Do you remember that? She prophesied about the coming of the Lord. Okay, there we are, so your ministry will be sharing out of the nine gifts of the spirit.

Would you be on the fields with these children? You will have no houses, you will have no lands, you will have no church, you will have no assembling. It will be likely that you will be taking your children with you. The Lord may suffer that one of these children be taken away from you by the beast power to straighten you out and to purge you before you even get the token.

So there is something before the token and after the token, but, “I will keep you in the hour of temptation which shall come upon the whole world to try them.”(Revelation 3:10). So now, that is what we have to trust. We just have to commit ourselves into the hands of the Lord and trust him for everything. Pray as you never prayed before and pray in advance for that little child, that little son, that little daughter, that little grandson, that little granddaughter, this is the time to come to the throne boldly and make your request known! Not then friend, no, right here now! Put it in and when that time comes the Lord will pour out the vial with your prayer, yes. He stores these prayers in a spiritual vial and then pours them out at that great time. Pray as you never prayed before, alright.

Question #799: “Will we see the ‘California earthquake’ as prophesied by Brother Branham?”

E.O.D.H. Answer: Most likely. I heard the man of God say that when the tent starts in Old Mexico. Then it keeps moving and then the tent will hit the last place and that is California and they will get their last witness because there was a generation born since that first warning. Those poor people cannot be drowned and have a disaster without a warning. He said but it would not last long. It may cross through the United States in two weeks time, and then the last witness they will get and from the time the tent raises to go overseas, California will go down beneath the sea. So that is what he thinks will happen. Alright.

Question #800: “Dear Brother Bruce, I want to thank you so much for these wonderful messages. I believe that they are from the Lord. They bless my soul and I am rejoicing in my spirit knowing what is on the brink: just about to happen. On the last message; “Wrath of the Dragon”, you were talking about how the pope would be coming to make war with the Jews and Revelation. 10:1 would stand up for them. My question is, is that the battle of Armageddon or is this when the two prophets start judgment? And when does Russia bomb Rome and USA and the paratroopers fall on USA like in Brother Branham’s vision? And when does the great tribulation start? Thank you, your little sheep.”

E.O.D.H. Answer: Now, these are very good questions. “Will that great time that Michael stands up for his people be the Armageddon battle?” Yes it will be the Armageddon battle.

On questions and answers the prophet of God said that there are two great battles. One battle is before the Millennium is set up before the thousand year reign, that’s his teaching and the next battle at the end of the thousand years. He said so there is a great space of time between the Armageddon battle and Gog and Magog battle. So now this Armageddon battle is going to actually be the time that Michael stands up for his people. Now that is going to be with the return of the Bride upon white horses (Revelation. 19). So now, not only Michael stands for his people but the Bride will be standing for the people, yes, so it is the Armageddon battle (Daniel 12:1).

Now the servant of God Brother Bob, he looked for Israel to have an all out war, yes, that may bring down the mosque of Omar. He thought that there must be another war between the Jews and those gentiles.

Question #801: “And when does Russia bomb Rome?”

E.O.D.H. Answer: Well, around that same time, you know, it is not the beginning of the judgment of the two prophets. Now the judgment of those two prophets starts at a certain period and goes to three and a half years, so now, that is not the judgment there.

Now, but at the end of that is when the ten toes, the ten horns will burn Rome and I believe and anticipate that around that time they will burn the USA. I could be wrong on that. I am saying that because of something that came to me and that is, Brother Branham said that there are seven major visions that must be fulfilled before the Millennium sets up.

Alright, so the last vision was the burning of America that is why I placed that down there. But I am saying again that these things are yet to be unfolded. They are yet to be seen none of us are experts in these things. All that I can do is to take what the prophet of God says and detail what the prophet of God said. He was the one that came to warn the generation so we could only say what he said.

There are many popular opinions about this and that. I tell people straight forward, “I don’t know about that. It may be so but I cannot say that.” I must walk a straight line on this message, yes; I stay with the prophet’s message. Alright now.

Question #802: “Dear Brother Bruce, greetings in the name of Jesus. Thank you for those recent messages. May God bless you. I have a few questions. How long will the squeeze last for?”

E.O.D.H. Answer: Well I don’t know. I hope it finishes quickly. Alright, but it seems like the squeeze is going to be about six months or maybe a little more. I draw my conclusion, because Brother Branham said that the Revival of the Bride may last between three and six months. And I notice that the outpouring must come first before the squeeze really comes down on the Bride. So at least we are going to have a six months squeeze. So to tell you that it is going to be three months, six months or a year, then I could not do that. But if I go with the prophecy of Brother Branham then I could say at least it is going to be for six months plus. Alright.

Quote W.M.B.: 172-143 And I've got records, right out of the Durban paper; it said, "Even if one old man couldn't even know which was right and left hand, received the baptism of the Holy Ghost, and was baptizing on the average of a thousand a week." That's how the Gospel's going just in a little bit; it only needs about six months to cover the world. (QA. Image Of The Beast 54-0515).

Question #803: “In the time of the squeeze will there be brethren right amongst us who will betray us while we are hiding? If so, will we be powerless still, at that time?”

E.O.D.H. Answer: Well, that Judas is always around and I will put this scripture here, alright this is Luke 21: 16-19: <And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.

And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name's sake.

But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

In your patience possess ye your souls.>

Now, that spirit of Judas is always around, yes that spirit is always there.

Now, there are backsliders during that time that will rise up. Some of them will belong to the police force, some belong to the army who has information about us and it will be an opportunity for them to promote our persecution. Right now, if they get the chance they will put you in jail because of the hatred and the malice and because they are devil possessed.

So now, that is going to be a great time for them because all these will be seeds of the serpent that rejected the message, condemned William Branham, condemned the message, condemned the truth that you are hearing and we will have betrayers. The Bible went on to say that parents will betray brethren, that is your household brothers or sisters will do that.

If you are hiding in an old house, they will say, “Please deliver my father; deliver my mother from that cult, that Bruce cult. Look, they are hiding there. Please deliver them.” “They shall deliver you even unto death,” the Bible said.

So now, you will have betrayers that will betray you: a father turned from the Word, a mother turned from the Word, a brother turned from the Word and lives in the same house with you. They will be betrayers. Yes. But the Lord will take care of them. All right!

Question #804: “What attitude will unsaved family and friends have at this time, who were always good to us? Would they assist us in this time or would they turn against us?

E.O.D.H. Answer: Now, brethren, this mark of the beast is coming down so slick, so reasonable, so palatable, so acceptable that right in your own house, your village, your friends and family would not be able to understand why you should not accept such a wonderful plan. The first thing they would do is to consider you as a big fool, one of the biggest fools. They will consider you as a religious fanatic. They will be angry with you.

Now, do not forget that in that same house will be foolish virgins. They will understand what is going on. They will be merciful to you. They will support you, although they are not going in the rapture. They will support you.

So, you will have betrayers and they will tell everything they know about the church. A fellow in the army there will say, “This is a picture of Bruce. He could be found at such and such place.” The police will say, “This is a picture of the church.” So you have enemies within and without but the Lord is going to show them who is greater. “He that is in you (the outpouring of the Holy Spirit) is greater than he that is without.”

So now, when it gets like that and it comes down to that kind of squeeze, the Lord will intervene. Have no fear, He said, “I will keep you. I will raise a standard.” So now, much of this would not take place to say that you are running here and hiding and running there.”

So now, out of these people: your families, some of them are so goodhearted and love you so much, although they consider you as a fool, they will give the fool some food. They will say, “Give the fool some food, he is starving to death.” Now, the Lord will bless those people with eternal life later because you were in prison and they visited you, you were hungry and they fed you, you were naked and they clothed you. So although they consider you as a fool, they will have mercy upon you. And the Lord will use this period of time and that persecution to save some. Yes.

There are lovely families. Although they do not believe what you believe, they respect you for the life that you live. They consider the message as a cult and this church as a cult, and people that dress correctly as cult members but yet they respect you. That respect is going to come up on the day of judgement. The Lord will honour them for that. Yes.

Question #805: “Dear Brother Bruce, thank you for bringing life to my soul. I thank my God each day for you...” Thank you very much. “...If someone takes this card that will be given out to buy and sell, is there any hope for them again?”

E.O.D.H. Answer: All right! Let us answer that. We broke down the mark of the beast from being a tattoo in the forehead and in the hand, and we broke it down to a fellowship with the world council of churches, which is the image of the beast and we broke it down to your connection with Rome. But then we broke it down further in our messages to show that the card in itself is not the mark of the beast. No. It is the belief of the doctrine of the world council of churches, and the mark in the hand is to do the works of the world council of churches. Now, when you accept that and believe that, whether you know what you are doing or not, they give you a card that represents the mark of the beast, but the card in itself would not have 666. That is not the mark of the beast. It just goes to show that you are affiliated with the W.C.C. and Rome.

What I am saying is that there are millions of people who will ignorantly go into the world council of churches, not knowing what they teach, not knowing the doctrine. They will go in there for betterments, for food and raiment, and clothing and business. Yes! And then, when they see the Bride start preaching and exposing that as the mark of the beast, they will throw away their fellowship card and they will scream and come out by the millions. By that time it is a little too late for the foolish virgins. You see, they were soft and carefree, so they went in. Some of them will go in there and then jump back out. And when they jump back out, their eyes will be opened to the mark of the beast, and even organizational people who now think that it is a good idea and are not hearing what you are hearing tonight, will come out.

They are going to hear the Word in power. And then, these signs, wonders and miracles will confirm the Word, and then, the third-pull, the spoken Word ministry will confirm what we are saying. And in order to bring deliverance, certain priests will die, certain preachers, certain critics, certain heretics under this message who are preaching false doctrines will die. And when they see such display of power, they will realize that this certain fellow who was ranking as a white horse rider and an Indian chief: “Boy, he is not anything,” because he got crippled, fire burned him up. The Lord will have to do certain things to deliver His people. Yes. He must do certain things like that.

Then, on this Revival, while it is going on, some of these big men will come up here and start saying; “We have cast out devils, and we have spoken in tongues and in Thy name we have done many mighty works.” But then, Christ is in the Bride. He speaks out from there and will say, “I never knew you. Depart from me ye workers of iniquity.” You know about the holiness message of William Branham and you preach differently and you live contrary, you are cursed into everlasting fire. Don’t try to jump on this Revival here. And there will be some little brother speaking out. And he would not know that Christ is down inside of this fellow, just like God spoke out of Peter.

There will be an Ananias and Sapphira showdown. The Holy Ghost spoke out and then one person fell down and died, and then the other one died. He said, “You have not lied unto man but you have lied unto the Holy Ghost.” That was the Holy Ghost. The outpouring had now come and Christ was tabernacled inside of Peter, and he spoke like that and they died. The prophet of God said, “There will be another Ananias and Sapphira showdown in the house of God.”

Quote W.M.B.: 60 You know, the hour will soon arise when right among us the Holy Spirit will speak out like It did in Ananias and Sapphira...?... See, that hour is arriving. See?... Now, you just remember that (See?) that God is going to dwell among His people. That's what He wants to do now. (Communion 65-1212).

Quote: 240 If a real church was ordained of God, really filled with the Holy Spirit, if sin would appear in the church, it'd be another like Ananias and Sapphira. When a real church... I'd like to walk into one, see all the women and men under the power of the Holy Spirit. If somebody had done something wrong, the Holy Spirit rise right up and reveal it. They'd have to clean up. That's gifts of the Spirit in the church. (Perseverance 62-0218).

I Peter 4: 17-18 <...judgment must begin at the house of God... ...where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?>

Now, these things are real that I am telling you. These things are going to happen just the way that you are hearing them. Things are not going to be dead around this message like how people think, “All was in Brother Branham and just now we are going in the rapture.” You lie. There will be a persecution on the Bride as far as Brother Branham said on page 361 of the Seven Church Ages. Yes. And there is going to be a ministry. The Lord is going to come to your rescue from the time the squeeze comes down, from the time things start getting serious. “We want food to eat, we want shelter, we want clothing.”

Did He not shelter Israel under a cloud? [Congregation says, “Amen!”] I do not see why I should doubt. We have examples in the Bible. He shaded them by day with a cloud through the desert. You are not living in the desert. He gave them light by night with a pillar of fire. When you are thinking of that pillar of fire, friend, do not think of this small halo. They had to have enough light for two million people and it must be bright like daylight.

Hebrews 12: 29 <For our God is a consuming fire.>

And when you are talking about the cloud, don’t think about some small raincloud there. You are talking about a big mass of cloud to cover two million people, and when they went through the desert it was like an air condition. Yes. That is our God.

Do not start getting frighten and say, “Oh, what will I eat? What will I drink? How shall we be clothed?” Jesus said, “O ye of little faith, don’t I feed the sparrow? Ye are of more value than many sparrows. I will take care of you.” But you are not going to get it until you exercise your faith. He will force you to exercise your faith. And more so when you get the Token, you do not care anything.

There are many people that will just take the card. Yes. Everybody is taking a welfare card now, whether they are poor or not. It is going to be like a welfare card. “Are you suffering? Do you want food? Do you want shelter? Do you want clothing? All you have to do is to join this body.” “What? Yes, I will take one. Where are they giving out this thing?” “Right down the road.” All right, you get that, you go in and get a big sack of groceries and everything. You do not know that is the mark of the beast that you are getting into but actually you did not receive their doctrine. You did not turn against the truth. You did not deny the Holy Ghost. Denial of the seal of God, denial of the truth, blasphemy of the Holy Ghost is the mark of the beast: unbelief.

So there are millions that will take this card, but when they hear the Bride preach, they will come out. That is why the pope will be vex with this Bride because when they start preaching, people will start coming of the world council of churches, they will be coming out of Rome; they’ll have to stop this Bride. Yes. They will say, “What? They want to break up this kingdom?” They will pass laws overnight: “Get those heretics.” That is how they will call you. Not Branhamites again, you know? That is how the Catholic Church killed sixty-eight million martyrs. They killed them as heretics. Yes. So they will get rid of these heretics but they are going to run into a live wire this time. There is going to be a showdown. Brother Branham called it the Mount Zion showdown. There will be a Mount Zion showdown. Yes sir!

Question #806: “If unsaved people who have this card are willing to give us food, could we take it or will that be wrong to do?”

E.O.D.H. Answer: So this looks like a person who cannot stand hunger at all. So we will relieve you. Yes, take it. “If unsaved family who have this card is willing to give us food, could we take it?” Yes, eat the food. “Or would that be wrong?” No, no, no. Take the food. Eat it. Give your children some. Then the Lord might bless that person and save them in the end.

You are getting frighten. People are getting real frighten. What you have to do is to get down on your knees and remember that we serve a God who could multiply the bread again. Listen, God is going to jam you in a corner and make you exercise your faith. Don’t you know that God could multiply the bread again; and the God that created a squirrel could create a bigger animal, and we kill it and eat it and feed the whole camp? [Congregation says, “Amen!”] I’m believing for this thing. So you do not have to practise to eat less because the squeeze is coming. No. This is not coming by practice. It is coming by faith. When that time comes, you might do without food for a few days and that is good for you. You never fasted and your belly was too big. Yes. So that is good. You have to lighten up. So that is good. Some of us could do with forty days. We could do with forty days fasting right now.

Question #807: “If our families are on the field, some part of the world and we desire to see them, with having this great power of God, is it possible you could just think of seeing them and appear by them?”

E.O.D.H. Answer: Well, this may be possible later on in the ministry but people get the wrong idea. I heard people preached from the pulpit many years ago and said, “Just now we would not have to ride the aircrafts. All that we have to do is to go like Phillip.” No sir! There is no such promise. That is an isolated miracle in the Bible.

Acts 8:39 <...the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip...>

The Bible never said that none of us would have to travel in planes and everybody will be carried by angels. There is nothing like that. People are wrong. They get kind of carried away and they say, “We would not have planes.” You may travel in a plane. This is an isolated miracle, but what I think is that under the Bride’s ministry it will stretch out. And if it happened once in the Bible there, there may be ten thousand of that at that time, and more so because of not having transportation, motorcars and planes, I mean to say, the Lord will intervene. But to say that none of us will be riding a motorcar again is fanaticism. Yes. A serpent seed might give you a ride in his car. Yes, take it. Some foolish virgin might give you a ride in a motorcar. Some mysterious thing might happen: you get an airplane ride. The Lord is able to do everything. I will prove that.

Although Phillip had that miracle performed with him, the other disciples were walking. Paul walked for miles. The other disciples went by foot. The others went by different ways of transport. That was an isolated miracle, but I look for more of that today even because of the pressure that will come down on the Bride. Yes.

Question #808: “Would we be able to appear to them?”

E.O.D.H. Answer: That is not just something that will happen at will. Certain things happen because of certain conditions. Alright! Example: the Red Sea opened because of certain conditions. The army was behind, two mountains on the sides and Israel had to go forward. The Lord said, “Why cry? Speak!”

Miracles are not just like that, you could go over the road, and you have power, and you close your eyes and say, “I have power. I will cross the highway.” Now, God gave you two eyes and He gave you sense and He expects you to use your mental faculties, and where your mental faculties fail then the Lord intervenes. So you just cannot say, “I have power now, I will cross the highway and I will show them I have power.” If a car licks you down; your stupidness caused it.

I tried that many years ago when I was a little fellow. I said, “I wonder if I could cross this road without watching any side?” I closed my eyes and just walked. And I went across the road, but I will tell you something. I opened my ears big. I closed my eyes, but I was listening properly to hear if a car was coming. Yes, the Lord expects you to use your faculties that He gave to you.

Now look in the church ages. I think it was Martin. One brother could not make it in time to preach and he knelt down, while the congregation was waiting, I do not know how many miles away. He did not have the time to reach down there. So, he knelt down and started to pray and prayed to the Lord about that disappointment, and he appeared on the pulpit over there, while he was kneeling here. He preached his sermon, and they enjoyed the message and he disappeared. Now, do you see that miracle? [Congregation says, “Amen!”] He was late, he could not make it and he just wanted to preach his message, and his theophany appeared there and the theophany had the message. And the man preached a message and when they were looking for this messenger they could not find him anywhere. Then they found out that he was on his knees praying home, in his study or whatever; but he preached his sermon down there.

Things like that will happen. I am expecting like that to happen. If they would not give me a plane ride, my brothers and sisters, we want to pray, “Lord, let me preach in India.” I appear in India and preach.

But you see, that is not for everybody as some kind of a set standard that the Lord must have. It is going to happen in necessities. Yes. So, miracles are like that. Conditions bring you to a certain place where you are just in a certain situation and it will happen; these kinds of miracles. Okay.

Question #809: “Could you kindly enlighten us on the book of Daniel in relation to the global crisis, and its connection with the mark of the beast and the world council of churches?”

E.O.D.H. Answer #: Well, I did this. This question came in before the messages. This was fully explained in our five messages, however the book of Daniel. Yes, the world money crisis is hooked up in the book of Daniel where it says in Daniel 8:25,

Daniel 8:25 <...he shall cause craft to prosper...>

That is the pope. He will cause craft to prosper. Also, it is hooked up in the Daniel 2 where it shows the fourth kingdom of iron and clay. That is speaking of the Roman kingdom. And Rome will rule the world in the end time and the pope will cause craft to prosper.

Question #810: “Can we say that the global crisis is one of the greatest signs of the outpouring we long for and wait upon?”

E.O.D.H. Answer: Beyond a shadow of a doubt. Yes. It is one of the greatest signs of the outpouring. Yes. It’s one of the greatest sign of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

Question #811: “When the church doors are closed, how will we be scattered? Will we be gathered in groups? How should we stand in the absence of a shepherd in that hour?”

E.O.D.H. Answer: Oh beloved, this is a trying time for the church. At a certain point they will outlaw the church. They will outlaw Brother Branham’s messages. They will outlaw our tapes. They will outlaw our website. Yes. They will outlaw all the books and outlaw you. They will outlaw all the preachers. They will demand a license from the world council of churches to preach the gospel. They will outlaw everything. They will close down churches like this. That is all what the prophet of God taught us, you know. He said, “They will turn those churches into storehouses.” Yes.

Search for the quotations. Build it up. Help me preach. Search around. The quotations are right there.

CHURCHES STOREHOUSES – SHOT ON THE SPOT

Quote W.M.B.: 60-5 And they're going to bring a persecution on pretty soon and shut up all the churches. You see that. And churches like this who's not in denominations, they'll use them for storehouses then. And if any man goes and offer a prayer for anybody else that don't belong to the economical movement will be shot on the spot. It's already. That Lutheran minister, the head of it, said so. It's right here. You can read it right here in your magazines. It's right. (Christ Is The Mystery 63-0728).

This is not my fabrication. The prophet of God said, “They will turn that tabernacle into a storehouse.” The government will take over. We do not know just how it will be.

There might be certain brethren living in a certain area and they might meet together. Don’t think that you will call them with your cell phone. You cannot buy and sell. All these things will be limited. As it goes closer to the mark of the beast, more and more of your privileges will be taken away. You might be locked up in a house, if you still have one, and just with your family. You will have to remember these things. And if you are living there, the police is going to come and break your door open, three o’clock in the morning to see if you have any of these outlawed things. Yes. If you have one tape of Brother Branham, if you have one book of E.O.D.H., they will break down your door, and if they catch you they will throw you into prison. You better put those things down in your heart. You better listen properly, hear what is being taught. We will be scattered; in groups; you may not be. You may be alone running in the jungle. Yes.

Question #812: “How should we stand in the absence of a shepherd in that hour?”

E.O.D.H. Answer: Hold on to the great Shepherd. “The Lord is my shepherd.” They may put some of your shepherds to death by that time. Yes. They may die as martyrs. I am talking about just at the Token. Those brethren had the token and some of them died. Yes. We do not know what will happen. Do not depend upon a shepherd.

Isaiah 2: 22 <Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils...>

Hold to God’s unchanging hand.

Question #813: “Is it possible that this president to come in America may be the man to cause the image of the beast to speak?”

E.O.D.H. Answer: I do not know. But I tell you, friends, this is a mysterious election, the most mysterious concerning this man. Why the Lord put him up there is yet to be seen. It is too early to forecast. I am afraid for this man’s life, if he will even make it up to the White House because there is a slogan that says, “The White House belongs to the white man.” I will tell you this, friends. If God put that man there, no man touches him and he will have a great purpose in the plan of God. Bible prophesies will be fulfilled. I do not know what this new president could ever do in relationship to this financial crisis. He and a representative of the pope recently were having dinner. And he sounds very positive of what he wants to do, and he promised that he is going to deliver the people from this financial crisis. So it is yet to be seen.

Now, I found a quotation. Brother Jack, I do not know if you remember what message that is. But the prophet of God said, “The great woman of his vision, it will be either the Catholic Church or a woman president or a vice president.” I never heard it in that fashion. “...or a vice president or somebody else in authority.”

Now, I am looking at this woman, Hillary Clinton for many years. This woman stands out and she is going to be Secretary of State, which is one of the highest power in the political realm in America.

Now, I was surprised to read that for the first time. The prophet of God said, “Catholic Church, or a woman president, or vice president or somebody in authority, but she will be a cruel woman.”

Quote W.M.B.: 92 ...And remember, THUS SAITH THE LORD there will be a woman rule before the end time. She'll either be President, Vice President, or it'll be the Catholic Church as a woman. I've seen her: A great woman, the nation bowed to her. It'll be one before the end time. THUS SAITH THE LORD. Write it down and find out, you young people. See if it happens. If it isn't, I'm a false prophet. (From That Time 60-0716).

Quote W.M.B.: 322-2 Then in the sixth vision there arose up in America a most beautiful, but cruel woman. She held the people in her complete power. I believed that this was the rise of the Roman Catholic Church, though I knew it could possibly be a vision of some woman rising in great power in America due to a popular vote by women. (Laodicean Church Age - Church Age Book Cpt.9).

Quote: And ...there'll be a woman, that'll be a great ruler in this nation. She will either be president or something on that order, some great woman. (Faith Once Delivered To The Saints 55-0501).

Quote: 136 ...There'll be a great powerful woman raise up, either be President, or dictator, or some great powerful woman in this United States. And she'll sink under the influence of women. Now, you remember; that's THUS SAITH THE LORD." (Why Are We Not A Denomination).

Let us wait and see. It is too early to forecast. I have nothing against this man. If God put the man there, we accept him; and Bible prophecies could be fulfilled in him. Will this be the man to sell out America to Rome? I do not know. They could kill him tomorrow morning and something happens. Will he bring in the Catholic Church? It is highly possible. I do not know. So, let us wait and see. You don’t forecast things too quickly.

Question #814: “Could you enlighten us also on how slick and cunning the mark of the beast is coming to deceive this whole world. Thank you very much for the answers and the wisdom of God. Thank you.”

E.O.D.H. Answer: All right! How slick will the mark of the beast be? We already picked that up in five messages. It is going to come in as slick as this. You have money in the bank and they give you a credit card. You have an I.D. card. You have a driver’s license. So now, the mark of the beast is coming in just like an additional card for the people. You join this certain thing and they give you an identification card that you belong to the W.C.C. and you are free to buy and sell. That is how slick it comes in. People are familiar for years now with cards and everything involves cards.

They push one inside of there: money comes out. A bandit comes with a gun behind them: “Give me the money.” They have these Blue Machines in such foolish places that you could get killed stupidly in the night. I never used one in my life. When I see the locations of those things, I do not want to be around there. They take them from their homes, get their credit cards, kidnap them and carry them down to the Bank, make them punch in the number and take out the money and give it to them and leave them there. That is how dangerous that is. Keep your credit cards, work your magic card. It is a magic card. You just push it in and money pops out. Magic!

Well then this mark of the beast is going to be like a magic card. Yes, punch it in, you can buy and sell, you can make money, yes. We are not coming to that as the Bride. We are not coming down to that Mark of the Beast, but I’m just telling you how slick it will come.

Alright, now if you are not too tired, we can still take some more. Alright, these are some sensible questions here.

Question #815: “Christian greetings to you in the most wonderful name of the Lord Jesus. I cannot say how much I am grateful for the Word of God you preach, especially the teachings on the World’s Financial Crisis. Where there is uncertainty about something, there is usually doubt and fear. Your teachings from the Bible and the Message of Brother Branham have been so very informative, I feel greatly enlightened and more importantly, comforted in the knowledge of what to expect and in faith that God has already ordained since the foundation of the world, a mighty hand of deliverance for the chosen people… (“I guess many feel like that”)... Thank God for the mouth of God, His servants in the past and present who generously share wisdom and understanding and who have truly fulfilled Jesus’ commandment to feed the sheep. God bless you with riches which surpass what this present, evil, temporal world has to offer. I value the labours and sacrifices of the Ministry and will commit myself to preparing my soul for the coming of that great outpouring. Please allow me to ask just a few questions which come to mind from the preaching of your last series on The Financial Crisis.”

Isn’t that wonderful? Yes, I believe that a true and sincere heart could really express themselves in such a way that can encourage others, and also speak for others. Yes, you may not be able to express yourself but when you hear somebody express themselves you say, “I too.” And that is so wonderful. Alright, I may have to cut a little bit of this.

Question: “When the squeeze comes down will there be an automatic separation of the believers and children of the devil who are presently seated under the truth or will there still be some unbelievers, amongst the true believers to betray when we are hiding from the persecution?”

E.O.D.H Answer: Now, I noticed that Judas travelled right up unto the supper table and he did not make it up to Pentecost, because there will be so much power in the Bride, just like the Ananias and the Sapphira showdown. They would not be able to hide among us for very long. Yes, but I believe that they will be there and God will give His servants discernment, in any case, just as we have discernment of the devil right now. Right now, yes, with those people that are make believers, although their names are not often called out. But I believe that Judas, betrayers, these hypocrites, yes will make it right up to the token outpouring. Yes, and when they try to get on the bandwagon they will fall dead like Ananias and Sapphira, so they will be there.

Yes and there are three kinds of believers, always. They are going to make it up as far as the outpouring of the Spirit, but don’t forget that during that time of the pouring out of the Spirit, the prophet said in many places “that there will be an Ananias and Sapphira showdown”. So it will wean out these false seeds, these tares will be weaned out.

Question #816: “Is there any sign or evidence a true believer can look for to know who is a true or a false brother at that time. How will we know who to trust?”

E.O.D.H. Answers: Alright, it speaks of just before the Token comes and even after the Token. Now friends, right now how do we know the false brethren? It would not be any different. How do we know the false brethren now? They cannot stand correction; if you cannot receive chastisement then you are a bastard and not a son. So there are certain scriptures, not even signs but scriptures. When people will go out and live in fornication, lie, thief, cuss, gamble, speak evil of the Ministry and when you correct them they retaliate. More than that, they take you to the police, they take you to the Court; that is how you will know, yes. And you don’t have to wait for that time, they manifest themselves right now. Yes, people that cannot take correction on the Word of God are bastards and not children of God.

Now, how would you know it’s a true brother or a false brother? Well, friends, this is the way, there is a certain way that the Serpent Seed acts. Do you remember my messages “Traits of the Serpent Seed”? And there is a certain way a child of God acts, so we say, traits of the elect of God. Yes, so there is a certain way that they act. Alright, God is going to give us more power because some of them are very slick, and when the Holy Ghost comes down, though they come like Ananias and Sapphira with smooth words, they joined the Church and they got baptized: “We love the Lord and we sold all that we had and we are supporting.” Now, somebody will speak out because that’s the Holy Ghost that they are lying to, and He will call them out. Now, the Church will have the gift of discernment, the Word is a discerner, Hebrews 4:12. So you don’t have to be afraid of that. Alright.

Question #817: “How should we be prepared, naturally, for example, should we get valuable items, which we can, to obtain food when our money is taken away?”

E.O.D.H. Answers: Now, there was one time people believed that the Rapture was going to come and certain things would happen and they started stocking up food, yes, canned foods and everything like that. There are programs going on like that right now. And even some of the believers in the message got trapped in that and they were canning foods, and when I got down there, they had to eat out their food. That was twenty-five years ago. I said, “Start eating your food, this is not the program of God at all.” Yes, that is what the Third Pull is for; to prepare our food. Yes, where is our faith? Yes.

So then, “Should we be getting some valuable items?” Yes, there is a little line here; you don’t act stupidly. If you have some money, you want to divest that money, instead of leaving it in the bank, until it is closed. Yes, although you will lose your lands, lose your houses, or whatever, I feel that if you put it on a piece of land or you put it into something else, it is still safer than being sitting in the bank. You understand what I mean? Yes, that you might be able to sell this land, quickly, before they actually take it away. Or take a motorcar, or even if you convert it, into something that is valuable. You might be able to do something before the Token comes and before the Speak the Word power comes into action, you might be able to utilize some of it.

Now, catch my line that the speak the word ministry comes with the outpouring. And the Church will have a squeeze before that time comes, before that standard is raised. You will have a squeeze come down, and in that squeeze you will have to use a little wisdom. Some of us might be starving, some of us will be out of work, you know! We would not all lose our houses at the same time, you know, all the churches would not be closed down at the same time. They have to enact laws and they have to squeeze out people here, they squeezed you out of a job, squeezed you out of a school, “Where is your fellowship card to come to school? You belong to this college? Did you not hear that you have to get an affiliation? Christian is not a religion, you have to be joined to Pentecostal or Baptist or something.” That will be later on as we go along, they will throw children out of schools, you will lose your jobs, you will lose your houses, but another brother there, he still has his house because they didn’t go through the Court yet and families might be able to merge there. You might have to live together and you would live real good.

It’s hard for a man and wife to live in the same house right now because you know what? We have too much food, we have shelter and we have a lot of things to fuss about but when you see that thing tightens up, friend, you will be happy to have a neighbour come over at your home. You will bring another brother, he lost his house and another lost his house and out there they lost another one and you'll be merging together. Brother Branham said “The Church is at its highest in the time of persecution.” Yes, they have no time to fuss with one another about little things.

Alright so don’t go out getting canned foods and so on, alright? But if you have certain valuables then hold on to it. Yes, don’t leave that money in the bank like that, brethren. You might wake up one of these mornings before the Depression hits and come to find out that the bank you belong to is closed, like the Credit Union, yes. So watch out, watch out, use discretion and don’t bring it for me, I don’t have any place to put it.

Just how you were making it and not telling me, find a place to put it. Somebody’s afraid to disclose their account and the amount to the Pastor, they say “I have a certain amount of money,” never called the figure, “I did a certain wrong thing,” they wouldn’t call the nasty thing they did. “I did a certain wrong thing,” psychologists.

Question #818: Alright. “Could you explain what is the difference between the antichrist and the beast proper?”

E.O.D.H Answer: Alright, now friends, when you talk about the Beast you’re talking about Rome, and then certain times, it is used interchangeably, in the Scripture; the Beast becomes the man who is the head of the Roman Empire. So now, don’t get that confused. On my next message there from 2001, if you get it later, you will see I spoke on mark of the beast and explained that and then I spoke on the great temptation which should be about the image of the beast. Yes, so now the beast proper is this; the antichrist started in the early ages, that’s your White Horse Rider, okay? And then after that the antichrist Spirit was in a man called the Pope, and then it travelled down and he was the false prophet and is reigning up to today. So now, the Pope is considered as the false prophet and antichrist, because the antichrist, which is against Christ is living in him. Then later, what happens after the Rapture takes place, the Bride goes up and the Devil himself, who is the accuser of the brethren, comes down and devil-possess the Pope.

Now, that makes him the Beast and his throne will be setup after the Rapture takes place, that will be the Beast-man, that will be the Devil himself. So now, right now the Pope has a head demon in him, not the Devil although he’s controlled by the Devil. So now, he becomes the Beast when the Bride goes up, Satan, the accuser comes down and he says “Woe, woe, woe unto the inhabitants of the earth for the Accuser of the brethren, Satan, the Accuser of the brethren has come down upon the earth.” That’s Revelation, and then he takes his office as beast, that’s the beast proper. Fully incarnated! Yes and then he has the Pope’s crown, right, and that Pope’s crown is where you get the inscription of the mark of the beast. So now, you will find The mark of the beast from the beast! You understand? If you are looking for the mark of the beast, it got to come from the beast and the beast is Rome, and also the man that governs Rome. Alright, so that is your difference between the mark of the beast and the beast. Alright it speaks here about the third pull power.

Question #819: “If we are able to ask God for salvation for our loved ones, does that mean that these loved ones will be able to go into the Rapture too? What about if that loved one is a backslider presently?”

E.O.D.H Answer: Friends, there is little hope for a backslider. That will not be given to a backslider especially if they speak evil of this Message. And they fought this Message; I don’t see speak the word power working there to give them salvation. No sir! It would not! You see they have a free will, these people sat and heard the Word of God, and they denounce the Word of God. You would not even have faith for them, after knowing their lives. You would not have the faith for them, no!

Alright “would they go in the Rapture too?” Alright let us say that you are blessed to ask, you can ask for an old man, you can ask for a wife, you can ask for children. Yes, notice that Hattie Wright boys were big teenagers they were not under the age of accountability, they were big boys. They were just wallowing in sin and bound by the Devil. They were what? Fourteen, fifteen or something like that.

Now, this is an important question here! That is “If salvation is given to someone, through the spoken word ministry, would that person be going in the Rapture or could they go through the tribulation?” Friends, giving salvation to a boy or a girl does not necessarily mean that they are going in the Rapture. It saved them from Hell, “I give you the Salvation of your boys” yes; they may die and enter the Kingdom of God. Friends, although salvation is given to people, they must work out their salvation. They must work out their salvation with fear and trembling, to qualify for the Rapture.

So there is something about working out your salvation with fear and trembling. So there might be millions that are given that opportunity to be saved, by the Spoken Word. But would they be qualified for the Rapture in so short a time? And on the other hand, a baby might be given that blessing, to go in the Rapture, but then the baby is elected, and if the name is on the Book of Life from the foundation of the world and that is an Elect, then the baby is going in the Rapture, because that baby if given the chance to grow up and live on the earth, they would have manifested the thing that God chose them for. And that is complete sincerity and dedication and surrender! Don’t forget that word, unto God.

So only the Lord knows the heart, and out of these people that are given the chance to be saved, yes, they will be saved according to the Spoken Word, but “will they go through the Tribulation or would they go in the Rapture?” Friends, it is a decision for God. Whether the boys, whether these two boys of Hattie Wright go in the Rapture or not, we cannot say! We cannot say friend, “I give you the salvation of your boys”, and they may die here and enter the Kingdom of God. God will decide.

Let me tell you something, and don’t let it sound fanatical! For Hattie Wright boys, to go in the Rapture, they must hear this, what we are preaching. They must be contending for the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit because you will have the Token or perish! Hattie Wright boys are not yet ready for the Rapture. They must come and contend for the Token, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Before they go in the Rapture! They must work out their salvation with fear and trembling. Alright;

Question #820: Okay, it says “Could you please tell us what are the signs concerning Israel that we should be looking for?”

E.O.D.H Answer: Well, there are a lot of signs that already took place, Israel being the timepiece of God for the rest of the world, we look at that, and lots of things took place, they were scattered for 2000 years, I can’t go into that, then the Lord gathered his own. All those are signs and we can read the thing. So then that is why they made the great film that said “Three minutes to midnight.” That is when Israel started to gather back in her homeland. These were prophesies, so there are prophecies concerning Israel that are to be fulfilled, so now you got to watch those prophecies in line with Israel and how you know these prophecies are coming to pass. So they’re already in their homeland. Alright, then they ought to have their own temple, we may not see that and different things like that. They became a nation; they have the Star of David flying and all those things.

Now, when you see Israel go to war like that, watch out, certain prophecies must be fulfilled and then another great sign that will happen, about the time of the Rapture, they will receive the Gospel. You understand? That’s the last thing that will happen as a great sign to Israel and to the Bride concerning God’s timepiece, is; Brother Branham said, “Some Gentile prophet will go to Israel and the Jews will say, that is what we are looking for.” and a hundred and forty-four thousand will receive the gospel.

Quote W.M.B.: 277 Them hundred and forty-four thousand will stand yonder. And one of these days, some Divine, holy, anointed prophet of God will go over there with signs and wonders. Those Jews will say, "That's what I'm looking for." Yes, sir. And God will baptize a hundred and forty-four thousand Jews.

And the Rapture will come; the Gentile age will cease. The atomic bomb will explode and take the world. (Seal Of God 54-0514).

So there will be prophets in the Bride, yes, a five-fold ministry, and it might be a little insignificant brother who you never even thought about. And he goes down there to preach the Gospel, and they will receive it. Now, when they receive that; the clock strikes midnight, for the Gentiles days are numbered with horrors encumbered. Yes. Now, that’s one of your last sign for the Bride, when she receives the last sign Israel receives the Gospel! Then the foolish virgins will know that they are finished, they cannot go in the Rapture, by that time they did not receive the token, by that time it shows that they were not born again, at that time it shows that the Rapture is imminent.

Do you remember my message there, “Messianic Empire?” Around that time a lot of scriptures are being fulfilled. Daniel 70^th week starts there. Some people can’t understand Daniel 70^th week; the very Bible out here says “and He (the Anti-Christ), shall confirm the covenant for one week”, not three and a half years. Brother Branham said on 70^th Week, that “one week is left to the Jews” read that before you argue and open up your big mouth!

Alright; on the Seals Brother Branham told them, ask questions only pertaining to the Seals! They went and asked about Daniel 70^th Week. The Prophet of God tired and nervous from the fields; Brother Branham said, “No, I never said one week, no, no, no, no, no I never said one week”. But he did say on 70^th Week.

THERE’S ONE WEEK LEFT – THAT’S EXACTLY SEVEN YEARS

Quote W.M.B.: 165 ... Now, if these exactly was seven years, each one of the weeks, and we've already had sixty-nine weeks, then we have the Gentile age, and we know we're at the end of the Gentile age, then there's one more week left for the Jew. Is that right? And that's exactly seven years. If this was seven years, that's seven years, 'cause He said, "There's seventy weeks determined upon thy people." So we know we got seven years for the Jews. Is that true? Now, look at it. If there's a question, I want to know it. See? (Seventy Weeks Of Daniel 61-0806).

Quote: 513-2 {338} 35. Brother Branham, I noticed your referring to Daniel's seventy weeks on the First Seal message. I understand on the tape of Daniel when the Gospel returns to the Jews, the seventy weeks will begin. Is there a one week, seven years, left for the Jews, or yet is there only one-half week, one three and one-half years left for them?

Only one-half week: Jesus prophesied the first half week, as was predicted, only one-half week left for them. (QA. On The Seals 63-0324M).

So now, Brother Branham says it is three and a half years; so now here we have a contradiction in the message; once Brother Branham said “one week, seven years” and over here he said three and a half years. People hold to one side and leave the scriptures. You hold to the Scripture! The Bible said “He shall confirm the covenant with many for one week,” and they want to make a fuss now and split hairs over them little doctrines, saying that “it’s three and a half years, three and a half years! It’s not seven years.” Are you blind to the Scripture?! Come open your eyes and see the Scripture.

Yes, the Bible! The Word of God said that he, the Antichrist, the Pope shall confirm the covenant with many for one week! Which is seven years; yes alright let me ask this question? You want to be so accurate in the Message, here the prophet have two opposing statements, which one is correct? Which one is correct? You want to hold to three and a half years and my Bible says seven years, alright, which one is correct? You have to admit that the prophet was wrong in one of them! You have to admit the prophet was wrong on one of them, the seven years or the three and a half years. Who are you to say that he was right on the three and a half years and wrong on the seven years! No, the Bible is right! The prophet said “If I say anything contrary to the Word and you find that in the Bible you hold to the Word!” I am holding to the Word of God. The prophet of God said seven years, beside that, he drew a diagram, and right on the diagram he showed you that seven years is left to the Jews. Easy like that, a diagram, if you don’t believe the Word, believe the diagram! He drew that.

Alright so there we are, so now these are the signs concerning Israel and the greatest sign; when you see them moving up there brother and all these wars and everything. Watch out! Some thing drastic could happen. You know who is behind that war right now, fighting Israel? It is not that little group called Hamas you know. It is Iran and other Muslim nations supporting this war. Yes and when you see things like that happening watch out, it can escalate into a big war in the Middle East. Because those bigger nations are behind this and they are only pushing this little brother in front, and they say “cuff him, cuff him” yes “kick him, yes, and when he touches you we will come in”. You know how some fights start. Right, now that is what is happening, so now something could happen. You can have a full scale war breakout, if the time is here now; so you listen to the news attentively.

Question #821: “If the Bride gets the Outpouring and the Third Pull, right at the squeeze then why will she be on the run, and why would she be hiding?”

E.O.D.H Answer: Alright that is simple, now Jesus told them to run, even though they got the Token, He said to run; you never heard him say that? Yes. He told the early Church, after the outpouring comes; “When they persecute you in one city, flee to the next, yes, flee to the next.” That is what He said. Jesus said to run and he himself ran; yes so… it won’t be the way that you think that you can kill everybody. Now, don’t forget that the Lord is trying to save people. He is trying to be merciful even in that time of judgment. Alright, so before the outpouring, you will run even faster. After the token comes, Jesus said, “Flee to the next city.” That doesn’t mean to say that you will be locked up in a house and you will go and hide yourself in another city? No, you went down there to preach; you went down there to do signs, you went down there to do wonders. By the time they catch you there, flee to the next city, but that is how it is going to be. You are not going to hide, you will be more brave, you will have power in this great time. What will happen is a lot of people will die. It would not be like the first time. This Bride will not be shut up she will be taken up the prophet said, and then a lot of people will die under this great power of God.

Alright so now Jesus told them to flee to the next city instead of killing a whole bunch of people, “Just flee, move out .Yes I have more people down there, go down there.” Yes, so you are not running because you are a coward or because you are not doing the will of God or not fulfilling the will of God. Alright, it says here.

Question # 822: “What is wise for the Saints to do with their money now while we can still get our monies from the bank etc?”

E.O.D.H. Answer: Well, you use wisdom, use wisdom as I told you, watch these banks, don’t trust them. Take it out eat and enjoy yourself, do some little something that the Lord lead you to do right because you don’t want to leave all that money in there, no forget it, you watch out don’t trust them, watch how things are closing in listen to the news right. I’m not telling you to go and take out all your money from the bank now and you cannot function or anything watch out use discretion listen to the news see what is going on yes alright.

Question #823: “Will the stock market recover at all from here on?

E.O.D.H. Answer: Right now it is flat. Shares are not selling and shares are going down will they recover temporarily? I cannot guarantee that, I cannot say.

Question #824: “I have some shares in the stock market and I don’t know what to do with the money now if I take it out?”

E.O.D.H. Answer: Well friends, that is if you can sell it. I know people who are trying to sell their shares right now yes, there was a certain time I told one brother-no rebuke to him-I said, “Go sell now.” Something he told me; “I will hold on a little bit about a week or two, and when this certain thing happen I will sell.” Afterwards he came to repent; “Brother, they can’t sell, it went down.” Will it rise with this money propping up temporarily? Friends, it is left to be seen and if it rise and you get a chance to sell it don’t trust that stock market right, what to do with the money? I don’t know there are other things that people are doing, some people are investing in Euros, some are investing in the US money, some are investing in Gold. Yes so I can’t tell you what to do. Alright.

Question #825: “If we take out our money now and have it in cash somewhere, will that cash have value during the depression when it comes or will all paper money be worthless?”

E.O.D.H. Answer: That’s a very important question, now brethren it will have some value for sometime, it will have some value, now by the time the depression really hits very hard, it is about time that the Bride goes, so don’t sit down and wait for the depression you know, you are seeing enough to get ready. So don’t be stupid and wait until the depression hits, and say, “When I see the depression I will get into prayer, fasting and seeking the Lord.” It may be too late. Alright. So I would say yes if you have some money and you have it in notes you have it in euro you have it in gold it will value something. Now it will become worthless when the depression takes place, and then when the depression hits and it becomes worthless, then it is just paper that you are holding.

Now, Brother Branham said that they will not get rid of the paper. No, he said they would not write off the money like Castro did. People will be holding that in the banks. Most of them trust the banks and they will have it in the banks, and if you have it locked up in the banks then friends you will lose it. People who take out some of that and have it, then they might be able to buy, they might be able to sell because the mark of the beast would not have come down as yet. So when that depression hits, the millionaires have their monies locked up; locked up in stocks and bonds, then they have to find a deliverer, if they want worth for their money. But at that time, if you have your money in the bank, you cannot look for a deliverer because that is the mark of the beast. That deliverance is not for you and me. What ever you have to enjoy now, buy nice dresses and so on for your wives, and if you had been stingy, take out some and be a little generous, alright, be generous. So now, it will value something alright.

Question #826: “Please tell us what part the sisters have in the third pull ministry?”

E.O.D.H. Answer: The prophet of God said that the anointing will hit the whole church of the living God, and friends, I want to believe and I want it to be that way. I believe that ministry can be to sisters to speak the word also because they will have the gift of miracles, they will have the gift of healing and the third pull was for the healing of Sister Branham, it was for a miracle that stop the storm, it was for salvation to Hattie Wright’s boys, it was for resurrection to give the fish back it’s life and the squirrel the creation of squirrels, yes. So I don’t believe it is just isolated to men, I believe it’s something there to bring things into existence, I believe they could be used of God. Yes, that’s my faith that’s my belief. They will use the nine divers gifts. Brother Branham said the anointing will strike the whole church of the living God. Yes so I see you are bearing patience with me, but let me just take this and close then, alright musicians get ready.

Question #827: “Dear Brother Bruce, greetings in Jesus’ lovely name. Thank you for questions and answers. If I am wrong in asking these questions please forgive me. Alright. What part do the sisters play when the outpouring falls?

E.O.D.H. Answer: Alright, they still have to cook, they still have to wash, they still have to take care of their children, they have to take care of their husbands, and then the Lord might gift you with prophecy, miracles, healing, speak the word ministry, yes, you pass there and at the right time you will have power, you may curse some seed of the serpent. Such great power is coming alright.

Question #828: “If given a chance by God’s grace and you get your desire to get your loved ones saved over the age of accountability, will they have to go through the tribulation for their purging or will they be able to go in the rapture?”

E.O.D.H. Answer: They can go in the rapture alright, but there is no guarantee. They got to work out their salvation with fear and trembling and they have to qualify for the rapture or not qualify and go through the tribulation. The speak the word ministry can give you the salvation of your loved ones but they could be foolish virgins. Yes my friends, they could be foolish virgins and they are not willing to purge out what they are supposed to purge out but God had mercy upon them. Come musicians, let sing a song. Alright.

Question #829: “If a child was born in fornication and never reached the stage to be born again but is baptized and loves the Lord, what are the chances of that child going in the rapture or through the tribulation?”

E.O.D.H. Answer: Now, the prophet made this very clear that a bastard child cannot go in the rapture. It is a terrible thing to bring forth children in this hour without holy wedlock. He said, they could be saved but the rapture, no, he said, “I cannot see adultery connected with the rapture.”

Quote W.M.B.: 1035-Q-308 308. Dear Brother Branham, if a baby is born of out of wedlock, can this child ever be saved or go in the rapture?

Saved? Why sure, I believe the child could be... The child can't help what's been done. That is true. But About going in the rapture... Saved, I'd say, "Yes." But in the rapture it's a predestinated seed that goes in the rapture. And I can't believe that adultery was a predestinated seed. (Questions & Answers COD 64-0823E).

“What are the chances of the child going in the rapture or through the tribulation?” Alright, they are baptized in Christian baptism, and I will tell you this, that a child comes to the age of accountability, and some very early and some a little longer. So a child could be five years but pretty smart and come to the age of accountability and then that child, though born in fornication or adultery, can make their own decision and be born again. Is not that wonderful? So now, the born again experience removes the stigma and sin of being born in adultery. Yes, they are born again and that disannuls the bastard birth.

Now, you and I don’t know how smart that child is and the age of accountability. Brother Branham said that he saw visions when he was three years of age and he remembered them. He said, “You may tell me that I could not remember but I did remember.” Yes, so certain children are pretty smart, yes, three years, four years, five years, yes, and some are very stupid. Yes.

I was looking at my little granddaughter. I said, “Imagine I was so stupid that everything that she gets in her hands goes into the mouth, whether it is poison or whatever. That’s all that a child knows to do. A human being is born as one of the most helpless creatures in the world. It’s a sad thing when I look at how many stages a child have to go through to be independent, that child needs more attention, more than you could give that child for it to survive and come to adulthood. A mother’s work is plenty, plenty work, and it took a mother to bring all you strong men into existence. The Bible says the man is by the woman and without the woman is not the man, every man upon earth. You have to give credit to the woman, she brought you into existence. The man is not without the woman. There had to be a woman that brought you into existence and we ought to thank God, yes.

Alright, so this child that is born in fornication, you will cause to go through the tribulation. Because of your filthy lust and immorality, you will cause that child to suffer in the tribulation. May God have mercy upon some of these children. Some of these children that are dying, it is the mercy of God brethren, that’s the mercy of God expressed. You hear about five hundred died, you hear of the bombs in Israel just killed by the hundreds. The consolation that I have is “Lord, that’s your mercy; these children don’t know you and they might be going through the tribulation and your mercy took them home. Yes, that’s how you have to think. So now, all bastards are not going in the rapture. They will be saved, yes.

Question #830: “What can be the faith of a person, who have surrendered their will to God and never got born again, when this token falls?”

E.O.D.H. Answer: Huh! It is a total impossibility for you to surrender your whole will and not be born again and not get the token. That’s the key to the whole thing. The key to the born again experience, the key to divine revelation, the key to going in the rapture, the key to escape the tribulation is surrender. Your spirit must be surrendered to the Word of God and to the cause of Christ and eternal life. Yes, your spirit must be surrendered to those whom God has set over you to lead you. That will show that you are surrendered to God.

Total impossibility! Total impossibility for you to come to that place of total surrender and miss being born again. The example is in Mary. She came to a total surrender after her argument of “How can this thing happen to me seeing that I know not a man?” But she quickly came to herself and the explanation was given her. “The Holy Ghost shall overshadow thee.” Yes. “Be it unto me according to thy word.” “If such be the case, I yield, I give up. Let it happen.”

“How can I be born again?” Surrender. She brought forth a natural child, you will bring forth a spiritual child by the same surrender. Surrender, our wills are too strong, we are too strong headed, we know too much, we are too proud, yes, too proud. Humble your heart in the sight of the Lord. “Except a man humble himself and become as a little child he shall in no wise enter the kingdom of God.” Humble yourself as a little child and you will enter the kingdom of God. Don’t bother about birth, and token and baptism. Be bothered about if your life is totally surrendered to God. When I say that I mean that you have come down to the place where you have resigned to eternal life, “Come what may, I resign, I just resign to eternal life. Kill me beat me chew me, wife leave, husband leave, money is lost, financial crisis, it doesn’t matter what happens. Business is lost, do what you want with me, I want eternal life.” What shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul? What shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Surrender to God, that’s the greatest thing, yes.

Question #831: “Please explain a little more about a surrendered will?”

E.O.D.H. Answer: This was asked Brother Branham. A woman said, “I cannot surrender my will Brother Branham.” He said, “Do you surrender to your husband? The same way to surrender to God.” Do you surrender to your husband? Well that’s the same way surrender to God.

Yes, to surrender is so easy. You have to forget your own opinion, your self will and say, “I am after eternal life; who wants to go, go, who wants to come, come; who wants to go to hell, go to hell, who wants to go through the tribulation, go through. I am not following the crowd at all. I am following the Word of God, this has to do with my soul, I must escape hell, I must escape that lake of fire and I must go in the rapture. I want it. It doesn’t matter who doesn’t want it, and I am willing to pay the price.” Seed that in your heart and that is surrender. The new birth will follow, which is very important. The token will follow and you will be ready for the rapture.

I trust that you enjoyed that tonight. Yes, my beloved. Give us a song there brother. Let us stand brethren.