1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive [and] remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven [Revelation 10:1] with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
The Rapture
65-1204 · Yuma, Arizona
152 Now, it’s the first thing, is the sounding. The first thing is a trumpet and a…or a voice…A shout; and then a voice; and then a trumpet. Shout: a messenger getting the people ready. The second is a voice of the resurrection: the same voice, that, a loud voice in Saint John 11:38-44, that called Lazarus from the grave. Getting the Bride together; and then the resurrection of the dead, see; to be caught up with It. Now watch the three things takes place. The next is what? Was a trumpet. A voice…A shout; a voice; a trumpet.
153 Now, the third thing, is a trumpet, which, always, at the Feast of Trumpets, is calling the people to the feast. And that’ll be the Bride’s Supper, the Lamb’s Supper with the Bride, in the sky. See?
154 The first thing comes forth is His Message, calling the Bride together. The next thing is a resurrection of the sleeping Bride; the—the ones died, back in the other ages, they’re caught together. And the trumpet, the Feast in the heavens, in the sky. Why, that’s the thing that takes place, friends.
155 We’re right there, ready now. The only thing, the Church coming out, has got to lay before the Son, to ripen. The great combine will come by, after while. The wheat will be burned, the stalks, but the grain will be gathered into Its garner. See?
Revelation 10:7 7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
Revelation 11:3 3 And I will give [power] unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
Zechariah 4:1 1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, 2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: 3 And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
Zechariah 4:11 11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? 12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? 13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. 14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
Revelation 10:8-11 8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go [and] take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. 9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take [it], and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. 10 And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. 11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
Christ Is The Mystery Of God Revealed
63-0728
637 Not knowing…Of course, being spiritual, you watch spiritual things. Not knowing this; God knows it. But if you’ll turn and look at the clock, it’s on the dot, two o’clock, the end of the Second Pull. The Third Pull is at hand! See?
Why Are People So Tossed About?
56-0101· Jeffersonville, Indiana
34 But I went home, tired, weary, upset, crying, went to bed that night. And after the wife got to sleep, I went into the room, knelt down, said, “Dear Jesus, I don’t know what I’m going to do. Here I am right back where I started from again. See? I guess I made a failure.”
35 About two hours from then, He appeared to me. And He showed me a vision of such a panoramic view of people, I never seen. I was talking to my wife in the vision. Now, you people that know me, know I’m not a fanatic. I don’t say these things unless they’re the truth. That’s right. And I—I seen it.
36 And I seen Brother Arganbright standing there, and I went up to him. He said, “Brother Billy,” said, “we’ve give out all the prayer cards, and everything is ready now for the meeting. We got a way to take you in and out.”
I said, “Thank you, Brother Arganbright.”
37 I walked over to see some more brethren. And there was another brother preaching. I said, “Who is he?”
They said, “They put him up.”
38 And I said, “Who is ‘they’?” And they just turned around and walked away. And the man may…dismissed the audience and let them all go. And I said, “Oh, he shouldn’t do that, because there is—there is no altar call.”
39 “Oh,” he said, that other fellow spoke up and said, “we done took up the offering.”
40 I said, “When is the offering more important than souls, before Christ?” See?
41 And at that, the Angel of the Lord taken me out then, and He taken me to a real bright stream of water. It was the most beautiful blue water, and great fish were swimming around in it. He said, “I will make you a fisher.” And He said, “Now cast your lure into the water. When you do, pull it slow, first time. Next time, just give a little jerk, not too hard. And the next time, set your hook for the catch.”
42 And I started; throwed my line in the water. I pulled it. Everybody begin rejoicing, saying, “That’s wonderful. That’s wonderful.” I got all excited, and jerked it hard on the next one, was out. I pulled the fish, and all, out of the water. But, when it was, it was a little bitty fish, and it just about the size of the lure. And I got my line all tangled up, and I was straightening out my line.
43 And the Man which was talking behind me; walked around in front of me, dressed in Palestinian clothes, and a turban on His head. He had a white robe. He said, “Brother Branham, that’s it.”
44 I said, “I know I didn’t do right.” I said, “I jerked it when I oughtn’t to.”
45 He said, “Don’t get your line tangled up in these kind of times.”
46 And I said, “Well, I’m running it straight as I can. I’ll be very careful.”
47 And He said, “Now, the First time I spoke with you, you put your hands on the people and told them what was wrong with them. And the Second Pull, why, when you did, you would know the secrets of your hearts, and I made you a seer before the people. But you was always trying to explain it. You oughtn’t to have done that.” Said, “You’ve made a public show out of it.”
I said, “I’m very sorry.”
48 Then He taken me from there, and I seen a great huge tent. I never seen such a—a tent! And it was packed and lined everywhere, with people. And I walked out to the…looked like I was standing above the people, looking down; where I just made an altar call, and hundreds and hundreds of people were weeping and rejoicing after they had accepted the Lord Jesus as their Saviour. And I looked.
49 And then I heard a man get up and say, “Call the prayer line.” And people begin to line up over on this side, the left, from where I was looking down towards the platform. And they lined all the way up-and-down the street, for a prayer line.
50 I noticed to my left, which would have been to my right if I was on the platform, a little wooden building. And I seen that Light that they have the picture of, you know. It’s always in the meeting. I seen that Light leave me and go to that building, and go in that building. And a Voice said to me, “I’ll meet you in there. That’ll be the Third Pull.”
I said, “Why?”
51 He said, “Well, it won’t be a public show like the other.” And I came to. And I…
52 Now, at the beginning of this new year, back to my tabernacle where I started from, see, back to the beginning where I started. I—I am very grateful to God for these things.
53 And many of you know that just before leaving on the other crusade, about eight or ten years, I think around ten years since, well, nine years it has been. It was…These things were told exactly how the auditorium services, you remember; exactly how that Brother Lawton would live exactly three years and then be taken away; that Brother Ward would build a tabernacle down in this position, this direction here; and all just exactly. You know it, you old-timers. It happened just that way, and so will this, for it’s THUS SAITH THE LORD. And you’ll know.
54 And now, as I believe, that the…at the brink of the greatest meetings that’s ever…we’ve ever…I’ve ever held for the Lord Jesus, is laying right in the future, beginning now.
55 So, you know, I feel very happy this morning to—to come before you. And this is the first time the message has ever been given out, is right here on this, through this microphone to the tabernacle people. And now it’ll be in the papers, the religious papers, like Voice of Healing, Herald of His Coming, and all that, in a few days. It’s already typed and ready to go. Pray for me.
Why Are People So Tossed About?
62-1230E · Jeffersonville, IN
389 Could it be that, the mighty thunder, or the seventh Angel in the seven, constellation, seventh-period constellation, their pyramid made in a form (three on a side, and one on top), and they dropped from Eternity? Could it be?
390 Is this the mystery, of the Thunders, that will bring back the Headstone? You know, the pyramid never was capped. The Headstone is yet to come. It’s been rejected. Could it be, brethren, sisters?
391 Or, is this that Third Pull that He told me, three or four years ago?
392 The First Pull, you remember what happened? I tried to explain It. He said, “Don’t do that.”
393 The Second Pull, He said, “Don’t try.” And I pulled, anyhow. You remember? [Congregation says, “Yes.”—Ed.] All of you remember. It’s on tape and everything.
394 And then He said, “Now there’s a Third Pull coming, but don’t try to explain It.” You see how I approached This, tonight? I don’t know. But, I feel duty bound, to my church, to say something. You draw your own conclusion.
395 Now, will this be the mystery that would open up, that would bring Christ, bring a Power to the Church? See? We’ve already…
396 We believe in repentance, being baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ. We believe in receiving the Holy Ghost. We have signs, wonders, miracles, speaking in tongues, and the things that the early Church had. And, frankly, there’s been more done, right here, than is wrote in the Book of Acts, in this one little group of people, this little bitty ministry of ours here. What about the world over? See? More than is wrote in the Book of Acts, same kind! The raising of the dead! Remember, there was only about three people raised, of dead, by Jesus Christ. And we have on record, doctors’ record, five. See?
397 “Works that I do, more than this shall you do.” I know the King James says “greater,” but you couldn’t do nothing greater. More of it! He was in one Person then; He’s in the whole Church now. See? “More than this shall you do, for I go unto My Father.”
398 If this is the Third Pull, then there is a great ministry lying ahead. I don’t know. I can’t say. I—I don’t know.
399 Watch. Third Pull, let’s stop on that, a minute. In the vision, the first flight was little messenger birds; that was when we first started. It growed, from just taking a person by the hand.
400 And you remember what He told me? “If you’ll be sincere, it’ll come to pass that you know the very secret of their heart.” How many remembers that announced from here, and across the nations? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] And did it happen? [“Amen.”] Exactly. Then said, “Don’t fear. I’ll be with you.” See? And it shall go on.
401 Now, the First Pull was little, bitty birds; them flights. They went on to meet the time, meet the Coming of the Lord; the first Message.
402 The Second time, the secrets of the heart. From taking a person by the hand, and just standing there and saying what they had; the next time, it revealed their sins and told them what to do. And ma-…Is that right? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] Then, that come to pass, perfectly, just as God said it. And you are witnesses, and so is the world, so is the church.
403 When I said, “I saw an Angel, and It was an emerald Fire, burning,” people laughed and said, “Billy, get next to yourself.” The magic scientific eye of the camera took It. I wasn’t lying. I was telling the Truth: God vindicate.
404 I said, “Darkness overshadows; it’s death, black. And This is white. One is Life, the other one is death.” And there It is, on the picture back there. At the…
405 As George J. Lacy—Lacy said, “The mechanical eye of this camera won’t take psychology.” Are you following me? [Congregations says, “Amen.”—Ed.]
406 Notice, the first little flight; hand. The second was greater, whiter, doves; Holy Spirit revealing the secrets of the heart. And the third flight was Angels (not birds), Angels; and that’s the end time, that’s all of it. Will this be the time, brother? Is this the time?
407 Now listen real close, and don’t misinterpret this. I want to ask you something.
408 Let’s go back just a minute. The church knows it’s the truth. The scientific world knows it’s the truth. And people are sitting in here, tonight, and many still living, that were standing here on the river when that Voice spoke that out, and said, “As John was sent forth with a message of the first coming, so is this the second Message, of the second Coming.” Remember? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.]
409 And if It’s finished, what did John do? John was the one who said, “Behold, there’s the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. That’s Him.” Is the hour, has it arrived, my brethren? I don’t say it has. I don’t know. But, I’m asking you. I want you to think. Or, will this be the time when it will be again, “Behold the Lamb of God”?
410 Or, the time of Malachi 4, “To return the hearts of the children back to the Faith of our fathers”? Will it be such a blast that will—that will do such mighty things, until it will set the Church, that’s been sloping and cannot understand the mysteries of God, and so forth? When they see that mighty blast sweep forth, will it turn their hearts back to the Father, as the Bible said it would do? Or, was this the Message, already past, that should have done it? I don’t know.
411 This is the sign of the end time, sirs. Or, is this the sign that it’s over? It looks very Scriptural, to me. I don’t know. There was them Angels. There was a blast, like a thunder, that shook the whole earth. God knows I tell the truth.
412 Just remember, something is fixing to happen. I don’t know what it is. But could it be this? The reason I say this, prepare yourselves! Let us pray, (pray how?) take our position in the army of His believers, and prepare ourselves, for it may be later than we’re thinking.
What Is The Attraction On The Mountain?
65-0725E · Jeffersonville, Indiana
132 I went up in the canyon, climbed plumb up where the eagles was flying around. I was watching some deer standing there. I knelt down to pray, and raised up my hands, and a Sword struck my hand. I looked around. I thought, “What’s that? I’m not beside myself. Here is that Sword in my hand; bright, shiny, glistening in the sun.” I said, “Now, there’s not people in miles of me, way up here in this canyon. Where could that come from?”
I heard a Voice, said, “That’s the King’s Sword.”
I said, “A king knights a man with a sword.”
133 He, the Voice, come back, said, “Not a king’s sword, but, ‘The King’s Sword,’ the Word of the Lord.” Said, “Fear not. It’s only the Third Pull. It’s the vindication of your ministry.”
Revelation 10:10-11 10 And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. 11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
Psalms 34:8 8 O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is] the man [that] trusteth in him.
The Anointed Ones At The End Time
65-0725M· Jeffersonville, Indiana
262 Notice, the very day when this messenger…Not when he starts on, but when he begins to declare his Message. See? The First Pull, healing; Second Pull, prophesying; Third Pull, the opening of the Word, the mysteries revealed. No more, there is no more higher order to reveal the Word, than prophets. But the only way the prophet can be vindicated is by the Word. And, remember, the Third Pull was the opening of them Seven Seals, to reveal the hidden Truth that’s been sealed in the Word. Do you see it? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.]
It is then, in that day when this thing is to take place, that Jannes and Jambres, the impersonators, will appear again. Just like they did when Moses appeared with the original Word, to say It, they appear to impersonate It. Just exactly right. Now you see what Matthew 24:24 is? See, anointed ones!
1 Corinthians 8:1b Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
God Hiding Himself In Simplicity, Then Revealing Himself In The Same
63-0317M · Jeffersonville, Indiana
339 But now wait. In closing, we say this. But to reject God’s simple Message; to—to—to reject It, God’s simple way, is to be destroyed Eternally. Now, that’s how much…We talk how simple It is, and people think, well, they can laugh at It and run over It, and treat It any way they want to, but it’s Eternal separation from God.
340 Those who died in the days of Noah, and did not listen to his message, they perished. And Jesus went and preached to them in the chains of darkness, in His death, before He rose up. And He went to hell, and preached to the spirits was in prison, that repented not in the longsuffering of the days of Noah; while a simple message of God, by a simple man, was being preached. He went. He said, “Noah preached that I would be here, and here I am.” That’s right. See?
Souls That Are In Prison Now
63-1110M · Jeffersonville, Indiana
275 Jesus’ ministry, when He was healing the sick, “He was wonderful, that young Prophet of Galilee! Why, He makes the blind to see. He’s even raised the dead. We got three cases of it. He actually raised the dead.”
276 But one day He turned around, He said, “You generation of vipers. You make the outside of the platter clean. You appear to be holy, but the inside of you, you’re nothing but a bunch of snakes.” Oh, when that prophecy went forth, condemning that organization, then it changed. They turned against Him. That’s right. And finally, by rejecting Him, they crucified Him.
277 But you can’t kill the Ministry. It lives on. You can put the messenger to sleep, but you can’t put the Message. Uh-huh. Right. He lived on. And notice when the Third Pull of His ministry come. The First was healing the sick.
278 The Second was rebuking the organizations, and prophesying; what they had done, what they were, and what was coming. What is, what is, will come; and what was, what is, and what will come. That’s what He done. Is that right? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.]
279 But His Third Pull was when He preached to the lost that couldn’t be saved no more. They were down there where them big, painted eyes was, “Ooh, ooh!” Preached to the souls in hell, that did not accept mercy, but were Eternally separated from the Presence of God. But yet they had to recognize it, what He was, because God made Him there. 280 Wonder if His ministry climbs out the same way in the last days, as it was? “As the Father sent Me, so send I you. The works that I do shall you also.”
281 Lost could never be saved. They had rejected mercy. That was His Third Pull.
282 Now is there any question? His First Pull, He healed the sick. Is that right? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] His Second Ministry, He was prophesying. His Third Ministry was preaching to the Eternal lost. The three mountains, so forth; the lost, Eternal!
283 Noah’s ministry, all ministries, done the same. Noah preached. That exactly right. He went into the ark. And when he went into the ark, there were seven days that nothing happened. His testimony preached to the doomed.
284 Sodom and Gomorrah! Jesus referred to both of them as coming. “Before the coming of the Son of man, so shall it be like the days of Noah, so shall it be in like it was in the days of Sodom.” He referred to Noah.
285 Noah had Three Pulls, and his Third was to the lost after the door was shut. For, God let it sit right there, where nobody could enter or go out. They were inside. For, (as on the seventh mountain) the highest mountain, that’s where He settled the ark, mountain. See? That right?
286 In the days of Sodom, the First Pull was the righteous Lot. And the Bible said, “The sins of Sodom vexed his righteous soul daily,” how them women acted and done.
287 You remember, “As it was in the days of Noah.” What was they doing? “Eating, drinking, marrying, given in marriage.” Women, see, women. What was it in the days of—of Sodom? Women.
288 And the First message was Lot. They laughed him to scorn.
289 Then they sent another messengers, two of them, and they went down. That was His Second Pull for Lot…for Sodom.
290 But look at that One that went last, there’s more and more mercy. It was all over then, all over at that time. That third Messenger that went down there, the Third Pull, what was He? What kind of a ministry did He have? He set with the elected, and told them what was taking place behind Him. That right? But when He stepped off into Babylon, or into Sodom, He wanted to find…
291 Even Abraham, crying, “If I could find fifty righteous?” On down to “ten righteous?” God said, “Yes, find ten righteous.”
292 Let me tell you something, sister, just a minute. You might be old-fashioned, but you got something these sex queens hasn’t got. You’ve got something that she can never have. Right. You might be old-fashioned in your dressing, dress up like a lady. They might say, “Look at that old holy-roller.” Don’t you worry. She’s got something that that little old sex queen, that’s got all the world looking at her out there, she hasn’t got it. She can never have it. She is lost, Eternally. She is doomed. See? She’s never…You got moral; you got virtue. She’s got nothing. She’s got a bait that traps the lost souls into hell. The blind walks into it. Now, you’ve got something.
293 You know, you might not be even on a church book, but it might be your righteous life that’s holding the wrath of God from the world today. The world won’t believe it. You woman that’s called holy-roller, you little man that don’t hardly know anything, but you cry to God, day and night, for the sins of the country, you might be the one that’s holding off the wrath. “If I can find ten, I’ll spare it. If I can find ten!” “As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be.” See what I mean?
294 Not, “If I can find ten Methodists, if I can find ten Baptists, if I can find ten Pentecostals, if I can find ten athletes, if I can find ten senators, if I can find ten ministers.”
295 But, “If I can find ten righteous!” There is One righteous, that’s Christ. Christ living in One, them ten, see, “I’ll spare it.”
296 But that last Messenger preached to the doomed. You say…He went down there. Scripture don’t say what happened, but the fire fell the next morning, right, after He performed those signs, immediately after He performed His prophecy ministry. “Why did Sarah laugh?” She said, “I didn’t.” Said, “Yes, you did.” See?
297 Now, immediately after that, He entered Babylon, or went down into Sodom. He never found them, so the fire fell. He found Lot and his two daughters, said, “Get out of here right now.” See? It went out. He went down there. Remember, He was on His road down. He sent messengers before Him, but He went down Himself, right, to find out if all this thing was so. And He found it full of what? Painted-faced women. The Message to the doomed. What’d they do? Laughed at it.
298 What do they do today? The same thing. “I belong to the Assemblies. I belong to the Oneness. I’m—I’m…I’ve danced in the Spirit. Glory to God, I speak in…” All right, go ahead. “I’ll cut my hair if I want to. I’ll do this. I’ll—I’ll just say this. I don’t have to be baptized in Jesus’ Name. I—I don’t care what said. Paul is an old woman hater, anyhow. That’s a…” All right, go ahead.
299 One of these days, if you haven’t already, you’ll cross that line. You’ll never desire no more to do what’s right. Did you hear what I said? It’s a matter. Brother, sister, do you realize what’s been said? You’ll cross that line, and you’ll never want to do it. You’ll still hear the Gospel, sure, but you’ll never accept It. You can’t accept It. But the Gospel will be preached to the doomed, those that are Eternally lost, can’t get saved, no more. You’re already in that spot, and don’t know it. You think you’re living in pleasure, and dead while you’re alive.
Souls That Are In Prison Now
63-1110M · Jeffersonville, Indiana
345 What if it is? Look at the Scriptures piled in here. Could it be? Is the Third Pull to preach to the Eternal doomed that’s rejected the Message of salvation?
346 “Well,” you say, “the church is going…” Yeah, they will. They’ll go right on, just the same.
347 But, remember, all this time, Noah was in the ark. The Bride is sealed in with Christ, the last member has been redeemed. The Sixth Seal has produced itself. The Seventh Seal brings Him back to earth. The Lamb come and took the Book out of the right hand of Him, and set down and claimed what He owned, what He had redeemed. That right? It’s always been that Third Pull.
348 Three is perfection. The ministry come to its perfection when it reproduced Christ again in natural, amongst human beings, as was predicted, “As it was in the days of Lot.”