The Bible ForeWarns us of an oncoming apostasy wherein all people of the world will be forced to take a stand. It is prophesied that there will come a global deception to be perpetrated by an AntiChrist system which in turn will control and maneuver the finances of the world through an international treaty with all of the world’s religions. One needs to have a spiritual mind in order for him to discern the alluring tactics of this damnable heresy.
The Bible said that this antiChrist system will not be something that will go against Christianity but, “it will be so close to the truth that it would deceive the very elect if it were possible” (Matt. 24:24).
LET NO MAN DECEIVE YOU
II Thessalonians 2:3-4 warns us of this, saying, “Let No Man Deceive You By Any Means: For That Day Shall Not Come, Except There Come A Falling Away First And That MAN Of SIN Be Revealed, The Son Of Perdition; Who Opposeth And Exalteth Himself Above All That Is Called God, Or That Is Worshipped; So That He As God Sitteth In The Temple Of God, Shewing Himself That He Is God...”
A true Christian will agree that “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, (and) for instruction in righteousness; that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works” (11 Tim. 3:16).
Jesus said, “Search the Scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life: they are they which testify of Me” (John 5:39).
Let us therefore, study thoroughly the scriptural foundation of this AntiChrist system, in order to trace its very root and origin.
THE SPOKEN WORD IS THE ORIGINAL SEED
When God first set the human race on the earth, He told them to live by His Word. Just to break one Word, Eve did it, plunge the whole human race into a darkness of death. Satan, the serpent, beguiled her into believing his reasoning against what God has already told her. Eve disbelieved God even when God said: “But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it, for in the day that thou eatest thereof, THOU SHALT SURELY DIE.” (Gen. 2:17). The serpent twisted that Word, saying “Yea, hath not God said, ye shall not eat of every tree of the graden: And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall NOT surely die, for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil” (Genesis 3).
Clearly take note that it was the SERPENT who first PERVERTED the Word of God and MADE IT SAY SOMETHING IT DID NOT MEAN. That was the very first PERVERSION - that misconstruing of the Word. Jesus came in the middle of the Bible, and said that, “MAN shall not live by bread alone, but BY EVERY WORD that proceedeth out of the mouth of God”. Not just a part, or ninety- nine percent, but by every WORD we must live. He even said that, “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but MY WORD shall never pass away”. In fact, HE HIMSELF, IS THAT WORD. For “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the WORD WAS GOD, and the WORD was MADE FLESH and dwelt amongst us.” God’s BIBLE, therefore, is the PRINTED FORM of the Son of God.
ANTI-WORD MEANS ANTI- CHRIST
Anything that is CONTRARY to the WORD is therefore, contrary to Christ, for CHRIST is the WORD. Any doctrine, creed, or dogma of any church, that teaches contrary to what the WORD teaches, is therefore, FALSE TEACHING. To be Anti- WORD is to be potentially ANTI- CHRIST. Though this may seem to be a crude remark, but the Scriptures say that any word in the Bible that’s rejected, or any self- interpretation ADDED to it, is absolutely rejecting and committing spiritual adultery against God which is your Husband. For God has solemnly declared, “Let every man’s word be a lie, and my Word be the Truth” (Romans 3:3).
And at the ending of the Bible, the same warning was reminded of us by the angel of God saying, “Whosoever shall take one word Out of this Book or ADD one word to it, his part will be taken from the Book of Life” (Revelations 22:18). Thus, man is obligated by God to live by every Word that He has alloted to every age. This has to be borne in mind, for that is His absolute requirement. Jesus said, “Remember Lot’s wife” (Luke 17:32). And Lot’s wife, (If the Word is not that important), on a little insignificant thing as to turn and look back to Sodom, but Lot’s wife turned into a pillar of SALT, because of disobedience. God does not speak a word without Him meaning it to be so.
About 700 years even before Mary had the child Jesus, God had already spoken it through His prophet saying, “Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son, and shall call His Name Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:14). And that Word came to pass because it was the God’s WORD regardless if it took almost 800 years before that Word got hold of Mary. The advent of John the Baptist came in the same way. God said that “He was the voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord!” (Isa. 40:3).
Even so, the coming of Christ was spoken of God in the Old Testament, saying, “For unto us a Son is given, unto us a Child is born, and His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Prince of Peace, Mighty God the everlasting Father” (Isa. 9:6).
Every WORD of God happened as they were SPOKEN of God. You see, we are without excuse, no matter how small or insignificant that WORD is, that same word will be fulfilled and will Judge us in the day of Judgment, whether we believed it or not.
James 2:10 says, “For whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.” Obedience to the WORD, therefore, is better than sacrifice”.
THE DENOMINATIONS: MAN-MADE SYSTEMS OF WORSHIP
Witnessing today’s alarming growth of religious sects, churches, and denominations, many a- sincere individuals are quite confused as to which really of these organizations embraces the whole truth of God’s salvation. Nearly every denomination today claims to have the truth, and that they are of God, yet each one greatly differs in doctrines and principles from each other as far as basic key truth of the Scriptures is concerned.
People today say, “Oh, you have to belong to this or that, a sect, a religion, or a denomination. If your name is not on our book, you are lost.” This is nonsense. It’s a cult that says that. God never saved man on the basis of becoming a member of an organization, but on the basis of election through faith in the WORD. He “Who had 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” (11 Tim. 1:9).
God does not call His people by an organization. He calls them as individuals - whether you are a Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, Protestant, or what you are. Before the foundation of the world, God knew you, and predestinated you - either to eternal life or to eternal damnation.
WHO IS "WILLIAM MARRION BRANHAM?"
A PROPHET?
In the Bible, God always brought His Message to the people of the world through the prophet of the age. He spoke to Moses through a burning bush and gave him the commission to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt. The visible Pillar of Fire and other signs were given to vindicate his ministry. John the Baptist brought a Message preparing the world for the coming Messiah. While baptizing the Lord Jesus in the Jordan River, a Voice from Heaven confirmed John’s Ministry, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” Years later, the Lord’s Voice was again heard speaking to a prophet when He spoke to Paul through a blinding Light, and later gave him the commission to set the churches in order.
Throughout the New and Old Testaments, God has never spoken to His people through a denominational system. He has always spoken to the people through one man: His prophet. And He vindicated these prophets through supernatural signs.
But What About Today? Does God Still Reveal His Word To The Prophets? Are There Still Supernatural Signs? Would God Send A Modern-Day Prophet Into The World?
The answer is a most definite, “YES.”
But How Will We Know When A Prophet Arises? What Will He Look Like? How Will He Act? What Sign Will He Give Us? What Scriptures Will He Fulfill?
The Prophets Of Old Were Gallant Men Of God, And Were Not Afraid To Stand Against The Religious Organizations Of their Day. In Fact, they were almost always reviled by the clergy. Elijah challenged the Religious Organizations of his day, asking them if God would respect their offering or his. They Shouted. They Prophesied. They Jumped on top of the altar. They Cut themselves with knives. But God did not hear them. Elijah looked up to Heaven and said, “Let It Be Known This Day That Thou Art God In Israel, And That I Am Thy Servant, And That I Have Done All These Things At Thy Word.”
He then called fire down from Heaven to consume the offering.
Micaiah the prophet withstood the King of Israel and the entire priesthood when he rebuked the High Priest Zedekiah for prophesying a lie. The High Priest struck him in the face and the King imprisoned him for speaking the truth.
Even the Lord Jesus was so Hated by the religious organizations of His day that they crucified Him alongside the vilest of criminals. If there was a prophet in this modern day, how would he be accepted by the Catholic Church? The Baptist Church? The Lutheran Church? Any denomination? The Lord Jesus commissioned all that believe Him: “And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.” (Mark 16:17-18).
Is this Scripture true today? If it is not true, when did the Words of the Lord expire? Throughout the Bible, the prophets are able to heal the sick, cast out devils, and perform miracles. Moses set the brass serpent before the people of Israel to heal them from the bite of venomous snakes (Numbers 21:9). Naaman, one of the most powerful men in Syria, came to Elisha to be healed of leprosy (II Kings 5:9). When the young man fell to his death from the upper window, the prophet Paul embraced him and brought life back into the dead body (Acts 20:10). We only have record of about three years of our Lord Jesus’ life. During these few years, he continually healed the sick. The blind were made to see. Lepers were healed. The deaf received their hearing. The lame walked. Every manner of disease was healed (Matt 4:23). Even the most guarded secrets of the heart were made known to these men of God. King Nebuchadnezzar had a troubling dream, but he could not remember what it was about. The prophet Daniel told the King both the dream and the prophesy that followed (Dan 2:28). Nothing was hid from Solomon when the Queen of Sheba came before him. He was so filled with the Spirit that he told her the questions of her heart before she asked them (I Kings 10:3). Elisha told the King of Israel all the plans of the King of Syria, even to his words spoken in his bedroom (II Kings 6:12).
Through His own actions, the Lord Jesus showed that this Spirit of discernment is the Spirit of Christ. He discerned Nathanael’s nature when He said, “Behold An Israelite Indeed, In Whom Is No Guile!” And he went on to tell Nathanael where he was when Phillip told him about the Messiah (John 1:49). When he saw that Jesus knew his heart, Nathanael immediately recognized Him as the CHRIST.
The first time Jesus saw Peter, he told him the name of his father, Jona (John 1:42). Peter then forsook all and followed Jesus for the rest of his life. Jesus met the Samaritan woman at the well and told her of her past sins. Her first words were, “Sir, I Perceive That Thou Art A Prophet” (John 4:18). All three of these people were from different walks of life, yet they immediately recognized Jesus when He showed the gift of discernment.
Did This Gift Disappear When The Last Page Of The Bible Was Written?
If These Miracles Are So Plainly Written In The Bible, where Are They Today?
A Modern-Day Prophet Would Surely Be Vindicated By Miracles. Has God Forgotten His people?
Is He Still Able To Heal The Sick?
Does He Still Speak To Us Through His Prophets?
Did Any Of The Prophets Foresee This Day?
Are There Prophesies That Have Yet To Be Fulfilled? THE PROMISE OF A PROPHET IN THE LAST DAYS
The Lord told us in the book of Malachi, “Behold, I Will Send You Elijah The Prophet Before The Coming Of The Great And Dreadful Day Of The LORD.”
The great and dreadful day of the Lord has yet to come, so we should sincerely look for this prophet. If the Bible is true, then this prophet will not come to the mainstream religious organizations. He will come to a select, predestinated few. Imagine if this prophet came, and he was missed.
What If He Is Like The Prophets Of Old, And Only A Handful Of People Recognize Him?
If This Prophet Is To Return In The Last Day, How Will We Know Him?
The answer is plainly seen in the Scriptures. He will have the nature of a prophet. He will know the secrets of the heart. He will perform miracles.
The main-stream religious organizations will attempt to discredit him. But there will be a CHOSEN FEW that recognize him as the Promised Messenger for the Day.
How Will We Know When Elijah Returns? What Characteristics Will He Display, So We Can Recognize Him?
Elijah was a man of the wilderness. Great signs and wonders followed his ministry. He preached against the evils of his day. He especially preached against the immorality of Queen Jezebel. When Elijah was taken up to Heaven in a chariot of fire, his spirit fell upon Elisha. His ministry was then marked by great signs and wonders, and Elisha also preached against the sins of the world. Both prophets stood alone against the Religious Organizations of that day (I Kings 18:21).
Hundreds of years later, the same spirit returned to the earth in John the Baptist. The prophet Malachi predicted that Elijah would return to introduce the Lord: Behold, I Will Send My Messenger, And He Shall Prepare The Way Before Me... (Malachi 3:1).
John the Baptist was true to form as he called for repentance among the children of God. Like Elijah, he preached against the king and the modern religious organizations. The Lord Jesus confirmed that John the Baptist was the prophet of Malachi 3 in the book of Matthew: “For This Is He, Of Whom It Is Written, Behold, I Send My Messenger Before Thy Face, Which Shall Prepare Thy Way Before Thee.”Matt 11:10...
Two thousand years after John the Baptist, it is again time for the spirit of Elijah to return to earth. That day has come. In this age, we have seen the spirit of Elijah return to earth. He defied the modern denominational system. He stood against the sins of the world. He showed innumerable signs and wonders. He preached the Bible Word-For-Word from Genesis to Revelation. And by reading this article, you are responsible for knowing that God sent a prophet. The prophet of Malachi 4 has been among us, and he brought a Message from the Throne of the Almighty God. That prophet’s name is "WILLIAM MARRION BRANHAM.
Not since the Lord Jesus Christ walked the earth has a man affected the world in such a profound way. From a humble beginning in a one-room cabin in the hills of Kentucky, to Amarillo Texas where the Lord took him home, his life was continuously marked by supernatural events. At the direction of the Angel of the Lord in 1946, Brother Branham’s Ministry produced a spark that ignited a period of great healing revivals that swept across America and around the world. To this day, he is acknowledged by Christian historians as the “Father” and “Pacesetter” of the 1950s healing revival that transformed the Pentecostal Church and ultimately gave rise to the Charismatic movement, which today influences nearly every Protestant denomination. However, true to form, the denominations discount his teachings and deny his commission. Wherever he went, God proved that Brother Branham is the prophet to this generation.
Like Job, the Lord talked to him in a Whirlwind.
Like Moses, the Pillar of Fire was seen Leading Him.
Like Micaiah, he was Reviled by the Clergy.
Like Elijah, he was a man of the Wilderness.
Like Jeremiah, he was Commissioned by an Angel.
Like Daniel, he saw visions of the Future.
Like the Lord Jesus, he Knew the Secrets of the Heart.
And like Paul, he Healed the Sick.
The Lord has again visited His people through a prophet. In the Darkest Time in History, where Morality has Sunk to Depths never before seen and Weapons of Mass Destruction Loom on the Horizon, a humble man was sent from the presence of God to call a Dying Race to Repentance. His legacy is not simply in books and tapes. His legacy is in the Salvation Of Millions Of Souls That Accepted Christ Because Of His Gospel.
The beloved disciple John wrote about the Lord Jesus: And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
The same can be said about the life of Brother Branham. We have about 1200 taped sermons with thousands of stories about the life of this gallant man. Yet we continuously hear new testimonies of his influence on the lives of millions of people. This article could never scratch the surface of the impact this man of God had on the world.NOTE"JESUS CHRIST THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER." Heb. 13:8
The Forerunner has come and gone, leaving a Message, warning the Living Saints to redeem the time, enter into the Revelation of Christ's Second Coming FOR His Bride and the Resurrection and the Rapture.
ARE YOU " Looking For That Blessed Hope And Glorious Appearing Of Our Lord Jesus Christ "? Matthew 5:6, Titus 2:13.
Be Honest - ARE YOU REALLY Looking For It?
According to the SIGNS of the Times and God's LAST Message of WARNING and JUDGMENT to this sin-cursed world.....
1. The Forerunner to the Second Coming of Christ has come and gone.
2. The Lord Himself (as a thief in the night) has descended from Heaven with a Shout (Message), sitting all things in order for the Resurrection and Rapture. LOOK UP!
3. No one can deny that The Day of Vengeance of our God has in reality dawned upon the earth.
4. The world is on the threshold of the Great Tribulation and the Reign of the Anti-Christ - not a politician or the Muslim Religion, but a false impersonation of the True Christ and True Christianity in the form of one of the most powerful and influential religious leaders in the world - The Pope of Rome.
5. The emphasis on the "Forerunner", William Branham, must now "DECREASE" and "CHRIST, THE WORD" made flesh in His Bride must "INCREASE" in Preeminence in the TRUE Believer's life.
6. The Bible based MESSAGE of the Forerunner must be obeyed. It will create an anticipation of the Resurrection of the Dead IN Christ and give Faith for the Change of the Bodies of only a VERY FEW Living Saints.
7. As a "thief in the night" our Lord Jesus will take them into Eternity with Him to escape the full impact of the Fire of God's Wrath that is NOW being poured out upon the earth.
8. As a Vindicated prophet , William Branham, foreran the Second Coming Of Jesus Christ for His Bride, perhaps this present Pope is forerunning the Anti-Christ Papal Authority that will succeed him and RULE the world for a short season.
RUN for your life to the Christ of the Bible. REPENT of your sins (unbelief) and Line up with ALL HIS Word that you might escape the deception and damnation of the Age in which we live.
COME OUT of those Denominational prisons which prevent you from believing the Whole Word of God. Be found at your "Post of Duty" Praying, Worshipping and Calling on the HIM: "Even So, COME! Lord Jesus. Amen!"
In June 1933 William Branham was baptizing converts in the Ohio River; the Pillar of Fire descended over him, and A VOICE spoke and said: "As John The Baptist Was Sent Forth To Forerun The First Coming Of Christ, You Are Sent Forth With A Message To Forerun The Second Coming Of Christ."
Thus indicating that this man and his Message would "FORERUN" the Second Coming of Christ. God sent this ministry to "ANNOUNCE" to the True Believer the Second Coming of Christ - Hidden From The Wise And Prudent But Revealed To Babes, Such As Would Learn. Matthew 11:25.
I can assure you that We are not "Another Religion", looking for More members. We're looking for the "Seed" of God who, according to the foreknowledge of God are foreordained and predestinated to be a part of that SECRET, "as a thief in the night" Coming for His Bride.
1st. Thess. 5:2. THIS IS a direct fulfillment of Bible prophecy.
The "MESSIAH SIGN" our Lord manifested in His First Coming was manifested in the Ministry William Branham, the Forerunner, announcing the Second Coming. As John The Baptist Screamed " Prepare Ye The Way Of The Lord", even so Bro. William Branham Screamed Out "The Hour Is Here".
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