The Word was restored in Its’ fullness by the ministry of William Branham. This was the fulfillment of Malachi 4:5-6, Luke 17:30, and Rev 10:1-7. There are some who apply the Scripture, “when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away” to mean: since we have the “Perfect Word” there is no need for any manifestation or vindication of the Holy Spirit. A true believer will put away childish things such as fleshly behavior and carnal habits. He will worship and serve God the way the prophet taught us; in purity and Holiness. But does this mean we “deny the present day promise of the Word”? Does this mean the apostolic age has ceased? Does this mean there is no “Pentecostal experience” for the believer? Does this mean the gifts and callings of God are done away with? There is a fine line between Truth and error. It is important to remember this prophet’s message was that of restoration, not erosion.
QUESTIONS.AND.ANSWERS JEFF.IN COD 64-0823E
1005-56 I Corinthians 13 says this: "When that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away with." So all these little things of jumping up-and-down like a kid, trying to talk in tongues, and all these other things, when that which is perfect... And we do have today, by God's help, the perfect interpretation of the Word with Divine vindication. Then that which is in part is done away with. "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child; but when I become a man, I put away childish things."
REVELATION.BOOK.OF.SYMBOLS JEFF.IN V-13 N-6 56-0617
109 "Where there is tongues, they shall cease; where there is prophecy, it shall fail; where there is knowledge, it shall vanish. We know in part; we see in part; we prophesy in part. But when we see face to face, then we'll know as we are known. And that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part shall be done away with": perfect, redeeming, unadulterated love of the Holy Ghost into a human soul that's passed from death unto Life.
HEBREWS.CPT.5.&.6.PT.1 JEFF.IN HEB 57-0908M
188-128 Unless Christ has opened the door, and quickened it to your heart, and you become a place where sin is dead, and desire, it's all gone... Then He taketh away your own self-righteous, He may establish Himself in you. And it's Christ, the Son of God in you, the hope of glory. "Let us go on to perfection." How can we be perfect? Through the death of Christ, not through joining church, not through our good works, what we do (That's all all right), not because we were baptized this a-way or that way, not because that we been healed by laying on of hands, not because of any of these other things, "we believe in the death, burial, and resurrection." Paul said, "I could speak with tongue like men and Angels (that's both the tongues that is understood and the tongues that cannot be understood, has to be interpreted), I am nothing. Though I have the gift of knowledge and understand all the wisdom of God (to explain the Bible from... tie her together), I am nothing." Don't do much good to go to school then, does it? to learn the Bible? "Though I have faith that I can move mountains..." Healing campaigns don't mean very much then, does it? "I'm nothing, though I give my body to be burned as a sacrifice."
"Oh," they say, "that man's religious." "But he's nothing," Paul said, "never become nothing."
"For where there's tongues, they shall cease; where's prophecies, it shall fail; where there's all these other things, will fail. But when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part will be done away with." See, that's perfect. What is perfect? Love. What is love? God. Let us lay aside all these little dead works and ordinance and go on to perfection. You see it? We're perfected through Christ. How do we get into It? By Holy Spirit baptism. "All right, what happened?" You've passed from death unto Life. "Well, do I shake? Jump? Do...?" You--you don't have to do nothing. You've already done it. God brought you from death unto Life, and you're alive. Then your fruits of your life show it. A lot of you Methodists and Nazarenes shouted just as hard as you could shout, steal corn out of a man's patch (That's right.), and do everything that could be. A lot of you Pentecostals spoke in tongues like pouring peas on a cowhide, sure, went right out and run away with the next man's wife, done all kinds of things. That's not it, brother. Don't try to have any sensation, anything to take the place of the Holy Spirit. When the new birth is come, you are changed. You don't have to do anything to prove it; your life proves it. As you walk, your love, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, meekness, patience, that's what you are. And the whole world sees the reflection of Jesus Christ in you. Now, speaking in tongues, shouting there, that's just attributes that follow this kind of a life. And you can take and impersonate those attributes and never have that Life. We see it. How many knows that that's true? Sure you do; certainly you do. I can you see it all around you. So, there's nothing you say that's the evidence of the Holy Ghost, unless it's your life that you live. Now, if you want to speak with tongues, that's perfectly all right if you live the life to back it up. That's right. And if you want to shout, fine, that's good. I shout too, get so happy sometimes I can't hardly wear a pair of shoes; I like to jump out of them. And that's wonderful. I believe it.
And I've seen visions, and the sick healed, the dead raised. When they laying out there and the doctors walk away and say, "they're finished and gone," lay there a couple hours; and the Holy Spirit come right down and show a vision, go down there and raise that person up. I've seen those who are deaf, dumb, and blind, and crippled, walk. That doesn't... That's an attributes.
Brother, long time ago before the world was ever--had a foundation to it, God through His eternal grace, He looked down, and by foreknowledge He seen you and I. He knew what age we'd live in; He knew what we would be. Therefore, by election He chose us before the foundation of the world to be with Him without spot. Now, if He chose us before the foundation of the world to be in Him without spot, and we're borned all spotted and nothing else can--nothing can cleanse us, how we going to be without--how we going to be without spot? He sent His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not have an end of life, but have Eternal Life; should never perish, but have Eternal Life. Then when we come into Him, by faith, through grace are we saved, by the Holy Spirit calling to us.
CHOOSING.OF.A.BRIDE L.A.CA V-2 N-28 65-0429E 18-4 …you're putting on something that isn't real. Now, you can't get warm by a painted fire. Like some of these churches try to paint Pentecost of something that happened a thousand years ago or two thousand years ago. You can't get warmed by a painted fire. Pentecost is just as real today as it was then. See? It is. The fire's still falling. It ain't a painted fire; it's a real fire.
POSITION.IN.CHRIST JEFF.IN 60-0522M
65 I want you Pentecostal people to get this out of your heart. Pentecost is not a denomination. Pentecost is an experience. It's the Holy Ghost. It's not a organization. You couldn't organize the Holy Ghost. He won't stand for it. Now, you've got an organization that you call that, but the Holy Ghost moves right out and let's you set right where you're at, and just keeps on going.
WE.WOULD.SEE.JESUS PHOENIX.AZ 57-0226
30 Pentecost is nothing but the vindication of a resurrected Lord Jesus, which is the same yesterday, today, and forever. That's what it is. I know it's been misused. It's been misconstrued, and so forth, and impersonated. But that only shows out the real Christ much better to me.
EASTER.SEAL PHOENIX.AZ V-2 N-6 65-0410
8-1 Jesus said that, "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature."
"How far?" All the world. "Who to?" Every creature. They've never received it yet.
"And these signs shall follow them that believe." "How long?" All the world. "Who to?" Every creature. "These signs shall follow them in all the world and in every creature. These signs shall follow them. In My Name they shall cast out devils, speak with new tongues. If they taken up a deadly thing or serpent, or drinking a deadly thing, will not harm them. They'll lay their hands on the sick, and they shall recover." That was His last commission to the church: Mark the 16th chapter. Paul's, ordaining these gifts into the church thirty years later, and said in Galatians 1:8: "If an angel from heaven preaches to you any other Gospel than this which is already received (See?), already been preached, let him be accursed." I believe that Pentecost began without an ending. I believe it's to be to every creature, all times and all places. That Pentecost should always remain. The Pentecostal blessings should be upon the people. And now, what is this Pentecostal blessing? It's a confirmation of the resurrection.
ASHAMED.OF.HIM JEFF.IN V-3 N-9 65-0711
122 So "Whosoever is ashamed of Me and My Word," and He and His Word are One, so being ashamed of His Word in this sinful present generation, "I'll be ashamed of him." Now, we notice today, if somebody says, "Are--are you a Christian?" It's very much a popular thing, say, "Oh, I'm a Christian." See? "But do you believe the Word of God, where It said, `These signs shall follow them that believe it'?" "Oh," Even ministers' faces will blush. See? "Are you ashamed of, say, of Divine healing? Are you ashamed of the full Gospel? Are you ashamed of your Pentecostal experience?" That's being ashamed of His Word. That's His Word made flesh in you.
SEED.OF.DISCREPANCY PHOENIX.AZ 65-0118
45 A few nights ago, a certain minister, of Arizona, of a great, famous school here in this city, came to me and said, "I--I want to straighten you out on something" (I said... ) "when you get a chance." I said, "This is the best chance I know of. Come on over." And so he came over, he said, "Mr. Branham, you are trying," said, "I believe you're sincere and you're honest, but you're trying to introduce to a world an apostolic Doctrine." And said, "The apostolic age ceased with the apostles." I said, "The first thing I'd like to ask you, my brother, do you believe that every Word of God is inspired?" He said, "Yes, sir, I certainly do." I said, "Then, would you show me in the Word where the apostolic age ceased? Now, you show me where it is, I'll believe with you." And I said, "The writer of the apostolic, the one that had the keys to the Kingdom, on the day of Pentecost when the apostolic age was introduced, they said, `Man and brethren, what can we do to be saved?' He said, `Repent, every one of you, and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, for the promise is unto you and to your children, and to them that's far off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.' Now, how can the Word contradict Itself?"
…Now, you tell me, is God still calling? If God's still calling, then the apostolic age is still in existence. Certainly! As many as the Lord our God shall call, ever call, ever will call, as many as He shall call, it will still be the apostolic age, for Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever…
…Notice, He said, "In vain they do worship Me, teaching discrepancy for Doctrine. In vain do they worship Me, teaching for Doctrine the discrepancy, doctrine of man, creeds of man, teaching that to be the Word of God, when it has nothing to do with the Word of God." Look, each age produce such a crop, every age has did it, and ours is no excuse. We have the same thing, and a greater age of it than all the other ages put together, for this is the ending of world's history. This is the great discrepancy that's ever been upon the earth, is on the face of the earth today. Discrepancy in other ages pulled them away from the true and living God, to idols. Today, Jesus said in Matthew 24:24 that it would be so close till it would deceive the very Elected if it was possible. Talk about discrepancy! Oh, it's so cunning. Satan is among the people, and just such a theologian, such a Doctor of Divinity, can teach that Word almost perfectly. Jesus said so. But just watch him, there'll be somewhere. Said, "Well, now, that wasn't for this." Oh, yes, it is too, see, because God said it was…
… Moses stood as a vindication of the interpretation of the Word. Don't forget that! Moses was God's interpretation of His promise. He said He would do it; He was God's interpretation.
What happened? The church just got started out of Egypt, on its feet a few days, and what happened? Satan come along with his discrepancy in the person, the second Cain, which was Balaam, and he sowed discrepancy amongst them. We know that's right. That Balaam, the teaching of Balaam, that "we're all the same, we serve the same God you do," fundamentally, he was right, because he offered a sacrifice that God offered; seven rams, seven bullocks on seven altars, and prayed to the same God just as perfect as Moses did down in the wilderness,
just exactly the same. But they were not the same! Foreshadowing to us what would come to pass. There was, again, Cain manifested in the--the person of Balaam. And there was God manifested in the person of Moses, interpreting His Words through a human being, making Hisself known, His promise, through a human being. And the discrepancy raised up. So did it do it in the time of Judas, there he come with his discrepancy. And, remember, this sin that those people believed, that "we're all the same, we worship the same God, we should all belong to the same church, we should be the same people," that sin was never forgiven Israel! Jesus said, Himself, "They all are dead!" They perished, all but three of them, and that was the ones who held on and believed the promise. When the weakling said, "We cannot take the land, and it's too much for us," and so forth; Caleb and Joshua stilled the people, and said, "We're more than able to take it, because God promised It to us! I don't care what the opposition is!" And we still can preach Divine healing, and the baptism of the Holy Ghost, and still have the power of God to separate us from the things of the world. God said so! The apostolic age has never ceased, and it will not cease, it goes on. So we find the same old sower of discrepancy. And remember, that sin was never forgiven. Now, brother, if it was never forgiven then, what about now when the--the real seed of all the ages is coming together?
ANOINTED.ONES.AT.END.TIME JEFF.IN V-5 N-3 65-0725M
…just exactly like Balaam, on back, other false prophets... )... Having a form of godliness,... (Anointed. See? Having a form, anointed, ordained ministers)... having a form of godliness, but denying... That He's the same yesterday, today, and... denying His Word. How did they deny Jesus in that day? Who did they deny when they denied Jesus? The Word. They were religious. They taught from their Bible but denied the present day Word. What are they today? Same thing, anointed, preaching the Gospel of Pentecost, but denying the present day promise of the Word being vindicated: Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever.
SEED.OF.DISCREPANCY PHOENIX.AZ 65-0118
29 Anything that'll add anything to the Word of God, is still the seed of discrepancy! I don't care where it comes from, if it's from organization, if it's from military sources, if it's from political powers, anything that's contrary to the Word of God, is the seed of discrepancy! When a man stands and says he's a Gospel preacher, and says that the days of miracles is past, that's the seed of discrepancy. When a man stands and says that he's a minister, a pastor of a church of somewhere, and he does not believe that Jesus Christ is the same in every detail (except the physical body), same yesterday, today, and forever, that's the seed of discrepancy. When he says that miracles and apostolic age passed, that's seed of discrepancy. When they say, "There's no such a thing as Divine healing," that's seed of discrepancy. And the world is full of it. It crowds out and chokes out the wheat.
WHO.IS.THIS.MELCHISEDEC JEFF.IN V-5 N-10 65-0221E
72 If there is no Divine healing then there's no resurrection, 'cause Divine healing is the earnest of the resurrection. Amen!
CHRIST.IS.THE.MYSTERY JEFF.IN V-3 N-7 63-0728
37-1 …a glorious Bride, redeemed back, that will believe only in the Word of God and not swap It, like Eve did, for intellectual conceptions of men. You see it? That's Christ's idea. That's God's idea. The new birth reveals this. And if a man says he's borned again and try to place these promises of Christ in this last day to some other age, making Him Christ yesterday, but not today, then that man or that person has been in a--a delusion by Satan. And if that man says that he believes that, and it doesn't manifest itself through him... Jesus said in Mark 16, "These signs shall follow them that believe... into all the world and to every age." Casting out devils, and speaking with tongues, and--and all of these great manifestations of gifts that would follow, that they shall--not that they maybe, they ought to; they will. And heavens and earth will pass away, but His Word won't.
INVISIBLE.UNION.OF.THE.BRIDE SHP.LA V-2 N-15 65-1125
38-3 Whatever you are, you're servants of God. Whatever God wants you to do, where your place is... God placed in the church some apostles, prophets, teachers, pastors. He placed that by virtue of His own predestination. And you were that to begin with. [1]
FIFTH.SEAL.THE JEFF.IN 63-0322
347-2 So gifts and callings are predestinated of God. They are--they are God's gifts and callings, even without repentance, the Bible said. See? They were ordained before the foundation of the world. See?
SPEAK.TO.THIS.MOUNTAIN BROOKLYN.NY 57-1215
E-31 The Bible said there's five offices in the Church that is ordained of God and put in the Church--office holders. First is apostles, prophet, teachers, evangelists, pastors. They're God's foreordination. By predestination, by foreknowledge He saw it, placed it in the Church for every age.
QA.ON.THE.SEALS JEFF.IN 63-0324M
494-4 22. Would the Bride of Christ have a ministry before the rapture? Sure. That's what's going on right now. See? The Bride of Christ... Certainly. It is the Message of the hour (See?), the Bride of Christ. Sure, She's consist of apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelists, and pastors. Is that right? That's the Bride of Christ. Sure, She's got a ministry, great ministry; it's the ministry of the hour; it'll be so humble...
IDENTIFIED.CHRIST.OF.ALL.AGES BIRMINGHAM.AL 64-0409
E-50 You know, the religions today can explain it all away. "This happened, and that's gone." And "This was for another age. And this..." But a man that's ever met God face-to-face and talked to Him, there's no scientist, or no devil, or nothing else can come on that sacred ground, He was there where he met God, and he knows what he's talking about.
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END.TIME.EVANGELISM JEFF.IN V-10 N-5 62-0603
176 The end-time evangelist's message is from Malachi 4. It's a restoring. The message and messenger both will have to be a restoration of the faith.** …What is it? It's a message that goes forth, a message and messenger of the last days, that's not to bring them to a creed, but to jerk them out of those creeds and bring them back to the original faith of the fathers, the Pentecostal fathers, where the church is to be in the last days, not the Mosaic fathers, but the Pentecostal fathers.
** {Malachi 4:5-6 was to restore, not destroy, to bring back to the original, not do away with}
UNITING.TIME.AND.SIGN JEFF.IN V-6 N-10 63-0818
104 What did He say in Malachi 4? Would restore, restore back the original Pentecostal faith, back to the people with the same Pentecostal message, the same Pentecostal sign, the same Pentecostal evidence, the same God, the same power, the same teaching, everything exactly, with the vindication of the same Pillar of Fire that struck Paul down on the road, down to Damascus; among us today, doing the same things He did in that day.
MAN.RUNNING.FROM.PRESENCE JEFF.IN V-5 N-8 65-0217
132 Now, we believe that the hour has come that St. John 14:12 must be fulfilled. We--we believe that Malachi 4 must be fulfilled. We believe that Luke 17:30 must be fulfilled. We believe that all these prophecies that He said would come to pass in this day, we believe they must be fulfilled. And we believe we're seeing them fulfilled right now. That’s exactly right!
WHEN.THEIR.EYES.WERE.OPENED TAMPA.FL 64-0416
When we seen St. John 14:12, Hebrews 13:8, St. John 14:9, have we seen Luke 17:27-28, and all these Scriptures as promised, Malachi 4, all of them fulfilled right here before us? What has it done to our eyes? If it doesn't open them, it'll blind them eternally. It opens some, blinds the others. See? It opens them to it these last days, what He's promised to do this, what He said He would do it, restore back the faith.
UNVEILING.OF.GOD JEFF.IN V-9 N-1 64-0614M
Notice, same Pillar of Fire sent to Moses and to Paul that wrote the Bible, now sent to reveal It. The grace of God, the unchanging God fulfilling the promises of Matthew 28, "Lo, I am with you always," fulfilling St. John 14:12, "The works that I do, you also," fulfilling St. Luke 17:28-29, "In the last days the Son of man will be revealed," (See, see?) Malachi 4, "Behold, I send to you Elijah the prophet, that will restore the faith of the people back to the original Word." You see? See? How this... See? Oh, my.
FUTURE.HOME JEFF.IN V-3 N-5 64-0802
…the eternal One that came and redeemed us and taken us back, letting us recognize that we were a part of this. Now, how do you know you're a part? Because that the Word of the hour, the promise of the day. What is it? A restoration back to the first day, the first: "And he shall restore the hearts of the children back to the fathers," bringing a restoration again of the Pentecostal genuine, not sensations... and will manifest the Evening Light, the same sun that showed in the Morning Light. That's promised for the day. Amen, amen.
WHEN.THEIR.EYES.WERE.OPENED BEAUMONT.TX 64-0312
That's what the church is in such a condition tonight, that it's in. It's because we have failed to believe all that He said He would do. All the Scriptures that pertains to Him, WE FAIL TO BELIEVE IT ALL. We bang it around, mix it up, and put something else to it. If we'd believe the whole thing, there'd be a Spring of joy in our souls because we're raised with Him in the likeness of his resurrection, now sitting in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, with all principalities, and powers, and darkness under our feet…
DOORS.IN.DOOR FLAGSTAFF.AZ V-17 N-3 65-0206
182 They take the spirit of one another instead of the Holy Spirit. That's the reason we got so much perverted teaching of the Bible. Instead of coming back to the blueprint, they've taken the spirit of some denomination. See? But the Word is just as foreign to them as It was in the days when Jesus come forth, introducing the real true Gospel.
CHRIST.IS.THE.MYSTERY JEFF.IN V-3 N-7 63-0728
45-3 Watch God's great revelation unfolding. By lack of this revelation is why we have so many different divisions among us and so much mockery, so much division among us, is because the people lack that revelation. See, they lack that revelation: the teachers.
PERSEVERANCE S.PINES.NC 62-0608
E-95 Did you know that the Bible speaks of the appearing of the Lord, and also the coming of the Lord, and it's two different works? Search it and find out if that's right.** The appearing and the coming is two different things. The appearing of the Lord is now. He's appearing amongst His people. We see Him in His same works, the appearing, His Holy Spirit. But His coming will be in a physical being. It'll be to catch the church up.
JEHOVAH.JIREH.PART.2 GRASS.VALLEY.CA JJ 73-106 62-0706
174 This is the close of the royal Seed's waiting. He's here, the appearing of Christ. Did you ever try to divide... There's a place in the Bible **, you know, I ain't got time to go into it, says, the appearing of Christ, and then the coming of Christ. That's two different things altogether, the appearing and the coming. He's appearing now, working with us in the form of the Holy Spirit, making it just perfect, the Church; It has to.
** {If “there’s a place in the Bible” that clearly defines these “two works” lets “search it and find out if that’s right” ...see 1 JOHN 2:28}
CONVINCED.AND.THEN.CONCERNED CHICAGO.IL 62-0521
E-31 Notice. There's a great big difference in the sign of Jesus appearing, and then Jesus coming. There's two different words, means two different things: the appearing of the Lord, and the coming of the Lord.
Now, the appearing of the Lord is now, when He's appearing in His people, His Spirit working among them, proving that it's Him with them, getting them ready for the rapture, for the coming of the Lord to catch away His--the Bride (See?): the appearing and the coming. All right. Now.
GOD.HAS.A.PROVIDED.WAY VICTORIA.BC 62-0728
E-81 Even the disciples said, "Why does the scribes say Elias must first come?"
Said, "Elias has already come and you didn't know it." Goes over your head and you don't know it. Don't miss it. The Holy Spirit, Christ is here.
Now, remember these two words before I leave you: the appearing of Christ and the coming of Christ is two different things. Christ is now appearing in the fullness of His power. His coming will be afterwards: His appearing before His coming. God be merciful.
END.TIME.EVANGELISM JEFF.IN V-10 N-5 62-0603
50 Same thing today, when you see His work. Now, we have already seen and are witnessing the appearing of the Lord. Now remember, appearing and coming is two different words: to appear and then to come. Now is the appearing; He's already appeared in these last days, right here with us in the last few years. Now, it's a sign of His coming. He's appearing in His Church in the form of the Holy Spirit, showing that it's Him, 'cause people cannot do these things that you see the Holy Spirit doing; so that's the appearing of the Lord. Now, you remember, it spoke both places, "appearing" and "coming."
CALLED.OUT CHICAGO.IL 58-0109
E-24 Jesus said, "When the Son of man is revealed from heaven." Let me close by saying this: that the Son of man is now being revealed from heaven.
"Will it come after while, Brother Branham?"
It is now. And I hope I won't have to make this so personal of this own meeting, but that your spirit within you that's give you by God, can read what I'm talking about. The Son of man has already come from glory and is revealing Himself for the past few years to His Church in mercy, showing them His great Presence, doing the same things that He did when He was here on earth, revealing Himself like He did to Abraham. Before the destruction, He has come now in mercy, revealing Himself to the Church. It's being laughed at and scoffed at. The next time He reveals Hisself, it'll be in judgment on the world and the nations that's forgot God and sinned their way of grace--their day of grace, rather, away.
PERSEVERANCE S.PINES.NC 62-0608
E-98 Now, when that Angel of the Lord came to Abraham, there in the time before the destruction, now, that was God appearing in human flesh. And Jesus said, "As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the coming of the Son of man." As it was in the days of Lot... He give the morals of what they were doing in the days of Noah.
In the days of Lot, watch that Messenger to Abraham. Watch the messengers to Lot and the nominal church. Just, "Come out, come out," and Abraham pleading for them. Notice, the Angel, God, Elohim, appearing in a form of human flesh shows that Elohim in the last days will appear, not the coming of Christ, but the appearing of Christ in human flesh in His church, making His same signs and things that He did, and hasn't done it in the church for two thousand years (See?): the appearing of the Lord.
1 JOHN 2:28
28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, 5319 we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. 3952
GREEK LEXICON -- STRONG'S NUMBER
5319 phaneroo {fan-er-o'-o} from 5318;
AV -- make manifest (19)
-- appear (12)
-- manifest (9)
-- show (3)
-- be manifest (2)
-- show (one's) self (2)
-- manifestly declare (1)
-- manifest forth (1) [49]
1) to make manifest or visible or known what has been hidden or unknown, to manifest, whether by words, or deeds, or in any other way
1a) make actual and visible, realized; to make known by teaching; to become manifest, be made known; of a person, expose to view, make manifest, to show one's self, appear; to become known, to be plainly recognized, thoroughly understood: who and what one is
GREEK LEXICON –
STRONG'S NUMBER
3952 parousia {par-oo-see'-ah}
from the present participle of 3918;
AV -- coming (22)
-- presence (2) [24]
1) presence
2) the coming, arrival, advent; esp. the future visible return from heaven of Jesus, to raise the dead, hold the last judgment, and set up formally and gloriously the kingdom of God
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Brother Branham taught the “appearing” was “the revealing” of the Word for this age; (LK 17:30) and the “coming” as the literal, physical return or Advent of Christ. Note: he defined “appearing” as “His presence” not the word “parousia.” According to the prophet, the word 3952 “parousia,” in 1 JOHN 2:28, means “the coming.”
The distinction between the “appearing” and the “coming” is also specified in the two Greek definitions of the word “appearing.” Notice on the following page: the “appearing,” 602 or “the revealing;” and “appearing” 2015 the “brightness of His coming.” One meaning the revealing of the “son of man”…Christ, the Word, and the other meaning an event; the literal physical return of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the resurrection.
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PRESENCE.OF.GOD.UNRECOGNIZED TPK.KS V-20 N-2 64-0618
76 If we could only do that tonight, people! If we could only realize that He is appearing to us in these meetings, for one purpose, that's, to release our desires that we have in Him, to us. But we've got to recognize His Presence. And now how you recognize His Presence, is when the promised Word for this age is made manifest, not the promised Word of Moses' age or any other age. Is the promise of the Word for this age!
1 PETER 1:7-8
7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing 602 of Jesus Christ:
8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
GREEK LEXICON –
STRONG'S NUMBER
602 apokalupsis {ap-ok-al'-oop-sis}
à from 601; TDNT
AV -- revelation (12)
-- be revealed (2)
-- to lighten + 1519 (1)
-- manifestation (1)
-- coming (1)
-- appearing (1) [18]
1) a laying bear, making naked
1a) a disclosure of truth, instruction, concerning things before unknown
1b) used of events by which things or states or persons hitherto withdrawn from view are made visible to all manifestation, appearance
GREEK LEXICON –
STRONG'S NUMBER
601 apokalupto {ap-ok-al-oop'-to}
from 575 and 2572; TDNT
AV -- reveal (26)
1) to uncover, lay open what has been veiled or covered up;
disclose, make bare
2) to make known, make manifest, disclose what before was unknown
LUKE 17:30
30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. 601
(see LUKE 10:21-23)
TITUS 2:13 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing 2015 of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ
2 THESSALONIANS 2:8 (see DANIEL 12:2-3)
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness 2015 of his coming:
GREEK LEXICON -- STRONG'S NUMBER
2015 epiphaneia {ep-if-an'-i-ah} from 2016; TDNT
AV -- appearing (5)
-- brightness (1) [6]
1) an appearing, appearance; in the NT the advent of Christ, -- not only
that which has already taken place and by which his presence and power appear
in the saving light he has shed upon mankind, but also that illustrious return
from heaven to earth to occur in the future.
II TIMOTHY 1:9
9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
To do away with Divine healing, shall we do away with Calvary as well?
I PETER 2:24
24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
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