THE THIRD PULL, AND THE THREE STEPS INTO THE RAPTURE

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1 "Every Scribe which is instructed unto the Kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old" - Matthew 13:52 June 2007 THE THIRD PULL, AND THE THREE STEPS INTO THE RAPTURE The following message was preached by Brother Amos on Sunday, 19th November, during the 2006 Convention, at Bible Faith Tabernacle, Lagos. I want to take a message this morning that I will title, The Third Pull, And The Three Steps Into The Rapture. For a text, we want to look at 1 Thessalonians chapter 4. We will take it from verse 13: But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 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 (shall not hinder them) which are asleep. Paul is talking about the rapture, the translation of the saints of God, the great catching away. Paul in 64 A.D., is dealing with the saints concerning the translation that is coming. But look at chapter 5, from verse 1 straight through to verse 9, he says: But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and s a f e t y ; t h e n s u d d e n destruction cometh upon Ref. No.:

2 Page 2 June 2007 them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness... Why? Because we have a revelation of the truth concerning this event. S o w e a r e n o t i n darkness, because we are walking in a clear light. We have embraced the light of the evening time, which is the light of the Sun, which gives forth its brilliant but soothing light in the evening, just before the night falls. It is only at night the Moon comes. Can I hear Amen?! We have embraced the light of the day star, which is the evening light. For the Sunlight that rises in the east in the morning, is the same light that sets in the west in the evening t i m e. H e n c e, G o d promised in Zechariah 14, "at the evening time, it shall be light." That evening light, is the pure revelation of Jesus Christ, which broke forth in the first church age. Ve r s e 4 : B u t y e, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Why? He tells you why. Because, Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of t h e n i g h t, n o r o f darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others... Let us not sleep. Does that mean we should not go to bed at night? No! He is talking of spiritual sleep! I will rewrite it and say, Please do not play with truth. Let us not play with truth, or have a shabby attitude to truth, because if you play with truth, or have a negative attitude towards truth, you will be cut off from the flow of revelation, and when that h a p p e n s, y o u a r e plunged into darkness. When a person sleeps in the natural, like I always say, he is shut off from natural reality. When you are asleep, you do not know what is going on around you. You are in another world. We call it a dream world, if at all you are dreaming. But you know some can sleep so sound, until they do not even know anything. But a person that is spiritually asleep is also shut off from spiritual reality, just as a natural man who is asleep. And how do we attain spiritual reality? It is by following a true revelation. So when Paul says let us not sleep, he is simply saying do not play with truth, but let us take it seriously, because if you play with truth, you will be cut off, or put to sleep. Because those who are sleeping are shut off from access to true revelation! It is a negative attitude to truth that causes a person to be cut off. That is what p l u n g e s t h e m i n t o darkness. That is what m a k e s t h e m t o b e asleep. What did prophet Isaiah say to the nation of Israel? He said: For the Lord hath poured out upon you THE S P I R I T O F D E E P SLEEP, and hath closed y o u r e y e s : t h e p r o p h e t s a n d y o u r rulers, the seers hath he covered. What is the result of the sleep? And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is s e a l e d, w h i c h m e n deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their

3 June 2007 heart far from me (They have removed their heart from the truth), AND THEIR FEAR TOWARD ME IS T A U G H T B Y T H E PRECEPT OF MEN ( M e n ' s i d e a s a n d quotes): Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid, putting them in a serious state of slumber! (Isaiah 29:10-14). As such, you have to see that the spirit of sleep signifies the fact that God shut them off from truth! The Jews were cut off from true revelation! For about two thousand years, they have been shut off! As we continue in 1 Thessalonians, look at verse 5, as God speaks by His Spirit to the elect bride: Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but LET US WATCH A-N-D BE SOBER. The reality therefore is this: You cannot watch without a t r u e r e v e l a t i o n. Otherwise I will ask you: How do you watch? Is it by looking into the sky? Oh, The clouds are moving... Okay, let me look more closely into the sky, to see if I can see something, to see if I can see God move. That reminds me of a comic representation of two p e o p l e w a t c h i n g, a sketch portrayed in the Contender, of two people looking for the rapture. One went this way, and began to look into the clouds: Let me see if Jesus is coming... Let me see if Jesus is coming. He is looking into the cloud! The other one was looking for the rapture, with his head buried in the pages of the Bible. I ask you: Of the two, Who is truly looking for the r a p t u r e? B e c a u s e c h u r c h, i t t a k e s a r e v e l a t i o n t o k n o w a n y t h i n g a b o u t t h e r a p t u r e! A n d t h a t revelation comes strictly from the pages of the Bible! Moreover, you must realize that the revelation you have, is what keeps you awake and alert, that is, it keeps you aware, and posted! Because you are in the know! That is why we are children of light. We are children of the day. We are not children of the Page 3 n i g h t. W e a r e n o t children of darkness. Birds of darkness are strictly tares, but birds of the day are eagles, God's eagles. Eagles are not birds of the night. Birds of the night are Bats and Owls. But we are Eagles, children of the light. That is why Paul says in verse 6: Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that s leep s leep in t he night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. (He is using that only as a type). But let us, who are of the day, be sober. Be sober! That does not mean you are to look gloomy and sad, as if your whole world has collapsed, as if God just took away every joy from your soul. That is not what it means to be sober! To be sober is not to have a long drawn (sad) face. To be sober j u s t m e a n s t o b e levelheaded, knowing something! It does not mean when I get to church, and I see my brother, I should not give him a smile. Maybe he is even low in the spirit, and that smile may be what would lift him up. I ask: Who does not need love?

4 Page 4 Raise up your hand if you do not need love. Raise up your hand. (Nobody raised up his hand). So, we all need love. It is therefore good to love a n d b e l o v e d. S o brothers and sisters, to be sober does not mean you should be morose and frown your face. You get sad countenance from people who are in a burial service, because you do not go to a burial s e r v i c e, l a u g h i n g. Everybody goes there sad, with a long face. But we are not in a mortuary, are we? We are in a celebration house. We are celebrating truth, the truth of Jesus Christ. It is your liberty to express your joy. So if you are sober, it just means, you a r e l e v e l h e a d e d ; a wisdom is guiding your life. Just be alert. Let that revelation post you. But you can give your brother a smile. You should! Verse 8: But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. Look at verse 9: For God hath not appointed us to wrath (In other w o r d s, w e a r e n o t destined for the hour of t h e l a s t G r e a t Tribulation), but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ. R e m e m b e r, w e a r e talking about The Third Pull, And The Three Steps Into The Rapture. In this chapter, apostle Paul is saying we know something. That is why he says I do not need to r e m i n d y o u. W h y? Because they know the truth concerning the rapture, having already been dealt with on it. And s a i n t s, t o d a y, w e p o s s e s s t h e s a m e u n d e r s t a n d i n g concerning this matter. Because we are children of light! Every child of light is put in the know by the dealership of the S p i r i t o f t r u t h, t h e Comforter. He will give you an understanding, as an elected seed of God, ordained as bride. But in 1 Thessalonians chapter 4, Paul already warned them prior to verse 16, concerning the rapture, when he said, You don't need to be amazed. But for a background, we will take it from verse 15: For this we say unto you by the Word of the Lord, that we which are alive and r e m a i n u n t o t h e coming of the Lord... He said we, yet Paul is not here today, to be part of the living saints. Paul June 2007 is gone. Yet, he said, We which are alive. It is the Spirit of the Lord speaking through Paul, on behalf of the living element of the bride of that hour. It is exactly the s a m e a s B r o t h e r Branham stated in the quote of He That Is To Come: It may be the time, it may be the hour now that this great person that WE are expecting... He used the word, we, as well. It was also the Spirit of God speaking through the mouth of the prophet, on behalf of the bride of Christ. So also, it was the Spirit of Jesus Christ speaking through Paul, on behalf of the living element of the bride saints at the very end, w h o w o u l d b e beneficiaries of this promise. You have to see it like that because Paul is not part of the living saints. He is coming out of the grave. 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 (or shall not hinder) them which are asleep. For the Lord himself. For the Lord himself. I want to place e m p h a s i s o n t h a t prophetic statement.

5 June 2007 F o r t h e L o r d H I M S E L F... B u t remember, even as it is written, No word of prophecy is of any private interpretation. No word of prophecy is. The Bible says, For the Lord himself... not another. Church, this is the word that stumbles t h e d e n o m i n a t i o n a l w o r l d. S o t h e y a r e waiting for Jesus Christ to physically come down, and they would see him, literally, and as he is coming down, he does three things. Let me s h o w y o u h o w t h e religious world sees it: When Jesus Christ is c o m i n g d o w n f r o m h e a v e n, h e c o m e s visibly and literally with A SHOUT, and with a literal VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL, and with an audible TRUMP OF GOD, which everyone will hear around the earth, and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together w i t h t h e m i n t h e clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. That is the way they see it! Nevertheless, it is true t h a t G o d h a s n o t appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation, which is why we should comfort one another with these words of promise of translation which is to c o m e. T h a t i s o u r portion. Yet there is a truth in this promise we must understand, for the Lord will descend first with a shout, then with t h e v o i c e o f t h e archangel, and thirdly with the trump, and then the dead in Christ shall rise first, and we which are alive and remain, shall be caught u p w i t h t h e r i s e n saints. But before we are caught up, we shall f i r s t b e c h a n g e d, according to 1 Corinthians 15: Please note that. We shall first be changed before we are caught up with the resurrected saints. I am waiting earnestly for that change. We shall be changed whilst in this physical body. God gave the prophet a foretaste of it. The Lord told him one day, when he was in the wilderness: Walk with me, my son. He said, I k n e w t h e L o r d w a s beside me. And as he said, Alright Lord, I will w a l k w i t h y o u. Something happened to him: He was suddenly Page 5 changed, transformed b a c k i n t o a s w e e t sixteen. He lost all his baldness. You know Brother Branham had to use something to cover his head, because he always caught colds. C h u r c h, h e w a s changed. He went into a spiritual vision, and here came his wife too, a sweet sixteen, Sister Hope. You have read it. He was thrilled beyond measure. Church, that c h a n g e i s c o m i n g. Before the living saints are caught up, with the resurrected saints, we will first be changed. You h a v e t o a d d t h e Corinthian projection to this Thessalonian text, and you have a full picture concerning the translation. But this is where I am going. The religious world feel when Jesus Christ is coming back, he would come literally with a shout, and also with the voice of an archangel, and with a trump, and then we shall know what these three things mean. The question now is: How d o e s J e s u s h i m s e l f descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump? How does he fulfill it, or how

6 Page 6 does he come? These are the issues we want to consider. But remember, t h i s i s a p r o p h e c y. Church, the Spirit of the Lord, in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, simply gives us the three steps into the rapture, because these are the three steps the Spirit of God, would orchestrate, to bring the rapture into a reality, and we must realize that each event is by the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Yet, none of these events give us the physical manifestation of Jesus Christ in his flesh, for it is not Jesus himself in his physical, corporeal body, it is Jesus Christ by his Spirit, in a divine r e v e l a t i o n! Yo u a r e l o o k i n g a t a d i v i n e revelation of Christ! And these three steps, is what leads us right into the rapture. The rapture itself, as apostle Paul laid out by the Spirit of God, is a supernatural event, which happens immediately we are changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. Are you with me? That is an instantaneous supernatural event! That is why I call these t h r e e p r e c e d i n g prophetic events, the three steps into the rapture. As such, the first step, the second step, and the third step, are all by Jesus Christ, by his Spirit! It is a divine revelation! We will take that text again: For the L o r d h i m s e l f s h a l l descend from heaven with a S-H-O-U-T, with the V-O-I-C-E of the archangel, and with the T-R-U-M-P of God: AND the dead in Christ SHALL RISE FIRST: then we which are alive and remain shall b e C A U G H T U P T-O-G-E-T-H-E-R with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be w i t h t h e L o r d. Wherefore comfort one a n o t h e r w i t h t h e s e words. (1 Thess. 4:16-18). Church, the Lord shall descend himself, f i r s t w i t h a s h o u t. R e m e m b e r, w e a r e talking this morning on the Third Pull, In Relation To The Three Steps. Are you with me? The Third Pull, and the Three Steps into the rapture. Brothers and sisters, the first step into the rapture event, gives us a shout, for the Bible declares, Christ himself shall descend with a Shout. What therefore is a shout? It is a message! It is an awakening message! That is exactly what correlates to the Midnight June 2007 cry of Matthew 25:6, for what Paul called The Shout, Jesus had earlier r e f e r r e d t o a s t h e Midnight cry. They relate to the same thing! It is an awakening message! It is Jesus Christ by his Spirit, in a divine revelation! That is why Matthew 25:10 subsequently and categorically declared: And Jesus CAME! Because 1 Thessalonians 4 text states, he shall descend himself, but it is in the Spirit! It is by his Spirit! It is not a physical descent! It is preparatory to the rapture! As such, it is in a divine revelation that Christ descends, for it is a spiritual descent! Because Matthew 25:10 says, after the Midnight cry, And Jesus came. When did he come? In 1963! He came in a divine revelation! And it is this s p i r i t u a l, r e v e l a t o r y coming, that constitutes The Shout. It was Christ, by his Spirit, giving a S h o u t, t h r o u g h t h e message of Elijah of Malachi 4:6B of the end time. But remember, 1963 was not when The Shout started, but 1963 was the climax of The Shout, for it was in that year that supernatural revelations that would complete "the Voice of the Seventh A n g e l ", w e r e b e i n g

7 June 2007 added, and that dealing of God, lifted the message of the prophet, to its greatest spiritual level, as he entered into the Third Pull of his ministry. That was when Christ came spiritually! I therefore ask a g a i n : W h a t i s T h e S h o u t? T h e S h o u t, w h i c h i s a l s o t h e Midnight cry of Matthew 25, is an awakening, preparatory message! It is a divine revelation, ordained to catch a bride for Christ, from the organised religious world, and get her ready for the rapture, and it took Christ by his Spirit in a vessel at this end time, Elijah of Malachi 4:6B, to give it. But do not forget what we shared yesterday, and the day before. What is the Third Pull of Brother Branham's ministry? It is divine revelation! That is what gave you and I, The Shout, in its climax: Jesus is coming; Adorn yourself with his garment; Throw away creeds and dogma; Come out of manmade systems; Follow the revelation of truth; Stay with the Word. This made the bride to begin to throw away every dogma, every creed, and every t r a d i t i o n w e h a d embraced, straightening o u t o u r s e l v e s, a n d clothing ourselves with the pure revelation of truth, as we got engaged to Jesus, in a divine supernatural revelation, because a door of access was opened to us, to possess supernatural truths, revelations sealed up in the Scriptures, because that is when Christ came. It is not that C h r i s t w a s h e r e physically. It is Christ manifesting himself on earth, by his Spirit, in d i v i n e s u p e r n a t u r a l revelation. That is it! The Bible says he shall descend from heaven with a Shout, and in 1963 he did! But that was only the beginning of the Third Pull! And we know William Branham taught us on page 564 (509) paragraph 2 (299) of the Seven Seals Book, that there are three great things that go with the Third Pull: And in Sabino Canyon, He said, This is the Third P u l l. A n d t h e r e ' s THREE GREAT THINGS that goes with it, and one unfolded today... or yesterday, the other one unfolded today, and there's one thing that I c a n n o t i n t e r p r e t b e c a u s e i t ' s i n a n unknown language. As I stand right there and looked right straight at it, and THIS IS THE THIRD PULL C-O-M-I-N-G Page 7 UP. And the Holy Spirit of God... Oh my! THAT'S T H E R E A S O N A L L HEAVEN WAS SILENT! Saints, The third great t h i n g u n f o l d e d i n unknown tongues, which he could not make out. But he said it is coming up close, and that it is the Seventh Seal. He also revealed that the third great thing is the third phase, or the third stage of the Third Pull, which is the revelation of the Seven Thunders. I say that because the Seven Thunders will give us the revelation of the Seventh S e a l a t t h a t t i m e. Remember, the prophet showed that there are three great things, or three great phases, of the Third Pull. Therefore, the Third Pull starts with the prophet, but it does not end with him. Because he said, the third phase is coming up, the third great thing is coming up, and this third thing gives us the Seven Thunders! Listen now, because we are looking at the Third Pull, in relation to the Three Steps into the rapture. We know the first step into the rapture is a Shout. It is Jesus Christ revealed in a message, in a d i v i n e r e v e l a t i o n, getting a bride, calling her out of man-made

8 Page 8 systems, making her to embrace a truth, to adorn her soul for the translation that is just ahead. That is the Shout. That is what it accomplishes. But The Shout is also what gave us the beginning phase, or the first phase of the Third Pull, the first great thing, because The Shout in its revelatory climax, is the Third Pull! As such, The Shout, which is the first step into the rapture, translates to the Third Pull, in its first phase. Now we come to the second step into the rapture: The Voice of the archangel. But remember, it is Christ in everything! Christ shall descend himself, but by his Spirit, and not physically. And when he even comes in the rapture, only the bride will see him, because we will meet him in the clouds! It is up in the air we meet him, and only the raptured saints will see him! We know that the first step into the rapture, The Shout, is the Third Pull, in its first phase, for the Third Pull, in its first phase, gave us The Shout, in its climax, and is the message of William Branham, which is none other than the pure wholesome revelation of Jesus Christ, contained in the Scriptures, truths from which we derailed, after the first church age, truths which God used the prophet to restore us back to. But he also added other things from the pages of the Bible, truths buried through time, w h i c h w e d i d n o t understand. That is why it took him, under Christ, to take us into the rock of revealed truth, the rock of d i v i n e r e v e l a t i o n. Therefore, the message of the prophet, is The Shout; it is Jesus in a divine revelation; and this gives us the Third Pull, in its first phase. But what about the second step into the rapture, The Voice of the archangel? T h e V o i c e o f t h e archangel, is none other than the voice or the message of the mighty angel, the angel you see in Revelation 10:1-4, who comes down to earth in the Spirit realm, with the open scroll. His voice activates the voices of the Seven Thunders, after the Seventh Seal is broken, to prophetically instruct the elect bride concerning the rapture event itself. Therefore, t h e V o i c e o f t h e archangel, is the voice of the Seven Thunders! I said the Voice of the archangel, is the voice of June 2007 the Seven Thunders! It is p l a i n! I k n o w w h a t Richard Gan said! I care less for what he says! A n y b o d y c a n s a y a n y t h i n g! U n l e s s i t flashes with this Word, you are only making noise! I have already dealt with Richard Gan's erroneous teaching on this issue, in the light of the Scriptures, in another message, and as such, I am not going to waste my time on it, except to reinforce the truth, by touching his erroneous teaching, in a measure. From the last line of page 127, in his book titled, The Revelation of Jesus Christ, R i c h a r d G a n w r o t e concerning 1 Thess. 4:16, in parenthesis (i.e. in bracket): [Note: Each phase of Christ's Coming for His Bride is with a Spoken Word Ministry - with a Shout - Ministry of the Seventh Church Age Messenger, calling t h e s a i n t s o u t o f Babylonism; with the voice of an archangel - Ministry of the Ascension Gifts (Five-Fold Ministry), perfecting the saints in the Word; and with the trump of God - Ministry of the Seven Thunders, transforming the saints for the translation. It looks good the way he presented it, but it is

9 June 2007 nothing but blatant error! It is a lie! The voice of the archangel cannot be the ministry of the five fold ministry! There is no basis for such a wild assumption, for it is not! And neither is the Trump, the ministry of the Seven Thunders! It is not! This is a complete muddle up of the Bible prophetic picture! He wrote on page 116, paragraph 2: Having studied all the relevant portions of the Scriptures, I can say without a shadow of doubt that the Seven Thunders represent Seven men whom the Seven Spirits will identify with and work through JUST BEFORE THE RAPTURE of the True Church. I have to ask: If it is a work before the rapture, then how can it also constitute the Last Trump under which the dead rise first?! This does not make sense! Yet he concluded: The voices of the Seven Thunders will be heard by every True believer of Christ. IT WILL BE THE SOUNDING OF THE LAST TRUMP OF GOD TO THE WORD BRIDE TO BRING ABOUT A CHANGE IN HER BODY for her to meet her Word - Groom in the air...! This is not a revelation! This is a blatant muddling of Bible prophecy! I say that with respect to the man, but the souls of God's people is too precious to be subjected to s u c h w a r p e d c a r n a l interpretation! The day is too far spent to bear with men who pervert the truth of life, and by it subvert the souls of men! These men have brought nothing but confusion to the movement for the past decades, since the death of the prophet! But since it is Scripturally settled, that perfection, which is strictly by the five fold ministry, must be accomplished, before the Seventh Seal is broken, and before the Seven Thunders are ignited, to i n s t r u c t t h e b r i d e prophetically concerning the rapture event, I therefore have to ask: Just where in the Scriptures, and how can you relate the voice of the archangel to the five fold ministry?! And where in the Scriptures, and how can you also relate the Seven Thunders to the Last Trump? It does not make any Scriptural sense! Saints of God, you have to see, that this angel in Rev. 10: 1-4 is a mighty angel, an archangel, a n o i n t e d o f G o d t o convey, or characterize Christ's very image, and to deal and speak in his person! This angelic Page 9 r e v e l a t i o n a n d representation of Jesus Christ, is therefore what w i l l g i v e u s t h e revelation of the Seventh Seal silence, and instruct u s p r o p h e t i c a l l y concerning the rapture event proper, through the Seven Thunders. Period! Therefore, this m i g h t y a n g e l i n R e v e l a t i o n 1 0 : 1-4, manifesting as Jesus Christ, the angel of the covenant, is the archangel of 1 Thessalonians 4:16, who bears a voice, the voice, or the revelation of Jesus Christ, prophetically called, the Voice of the archangel!! You cannot get out of that Scripturally, for it is the same angel in both prophetic texts! And t h i s a r c h a n g e l characterizes Jesus the Christ! Therefore, the Voice of the archangel, is the message of the Seven Thunders, for it is the loud voice of the m i g h t y a n g e l i n Revelation 10:3, that ignites their ministry, and it is that same voice they bear for the bride. It is! It is not the five fold ministry! Church, Richard Gan does not know what he is talking about! Moreover, he also tells us, that when we look at Revelation 10, with the open scroll in the hand of

10 Page 10 J e s u s C h r i s t, s o m e p e o p l e a r e p u t t i n g emphasis on the wrong things. I have to ask: What is the thing that we should put emphasis on in Revelation 10:1-4? Now give it to me, if it is not the scroll! That is the book of redemption! For about two thousand years, Jesus Christ has been sitting on his mediatorial throne, to intercede for the contents of that scroll; the seeds of God, the subjects of the scroll. No man could even look at the scroll. No man could touch or take it, until John began to weep in the s p i r i t, b e c a u s e h e realized, man is lost, without a worthy person to take the scroll of redemption, the Title Deed. But an elder had to console him: Don't weep John, for the Lion of the t r i b e o f J u d a h h a s prevailed, and is worthy to take the book, and to break the Seals thereof. Praise God! That brought joy and peace of mind to John in the spirit. And Jesus took the scroll, sat on the throne, on the b a s i s o f w h a t h e accomplished for you and I, and began to break the Seals in Church, listen to me. You can break six Seals, but as long as one Seal is on that scroll, it is not yet fully opened; It is as such, not yet an open scroll. And if you think it is a lie, simply take a sheet of paper, roll it up, tie it with seven seals or strings, and loose six of the seals. I tell you, one seal still holds it. And until the seventh is broken, it is still not a fully open scroll. It is not! Thank God John also previewed the breaking of the Seventh Seal on the scroll of redemption in Revelation chapter 8 verse 1. Immediately thereafter we see him in Revelation chapter 10 verses 1-3, with the fully opened scroll in his hand, as he comes to prepare a people prophetically for the rapture. And you want to say that looking at the scroll, is looking at the wrong thing. What else do you want to look at in Revelation 10:1&2, Mr. Gan?! In this prophetic picture, Jesus Christ came down in the Spirit, as characterized by a mighty angel, with the open scroll in his hand, and with a rainbow upon his head. Then he made a stand, a Universal stand, on the sea and on the earth, and cried with a loud voice. That gives us precisely the Voice of the a r c h a n g e l!!! T h a t s y n c h r o n i z e s June 2007 Revelation10:1-4, with 1 Thessalonians 4:16! It does! Because it is Jesus Christ revealing himself in the Spirit, through an archangel! Paul declared: For the Lord himself shall descend...! It is Jesus Christ in The Shout! And it is Jesus Christ in the Voice of the a r c h a n g e l! A l l i s preparatory, and all is leading into the rapture! T h a t i s w h a t 1 Thessalonians 4:16 is all about! Therefore, the Voice of the archangel, is the voice of the Seven Thunders! You have to see it! It was Jesus Christ in an earthly ( h u m a n ) a n g e l (messenger), William Branham, giving forth The Shout, and it will be J e s u s C h r i s t, i n a heavenly (Spirit) angel, giving forth the Voice of the archangel, through the Thunders! It should be as plain as day! Therefore, the Voice of the archangel, the second step into the rapture, is the prophetic message of the Seven Thunders, and that is what will give us the third and final phase of the Third Pull! That is Scripturally incontestable! It holds, for the second step into the rapture, the Voice of the archangel, correlates with the third

11 June 2007 phase of the Third Pull! Amen and Amen! It is written: The Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a Shout. That is first! That gives you order! The Spirit of the Lord did not lump everything together at the same time, and dump it on our lap. The Bible gives us order, precise order. That is why we talk of three steps. Brother Isaac Ogadinma was telling us about a message he listened to on the television, by this man in Glory Christian Centre in Lagos. He went to 1 Thessalonians 4:16, read these three steps, and said, When the Lord comes on the day of rapture, we will know it. And there are people who believe that when the Lord comes, he will take some Baptists, he will take some Methodists, he w i l l t a k e s o m e Pentecostals etc... What babel that will create up in heaven! The Catholic will go up with his rosary, praying, Hail Mary, full of grace... And then the Anglican will go up with his thirty two articles of the Anglican Communion. Gentiles are a foolish p e o p l e! A n d y e t, according to the Bible, we are supposed to come into the unity of the faith, and also shine here on earth in Christ's image, before we go up there! Before we go in the rapture, we will shine here! That is what the quick short perfecting work will accomplish! God is going to make us as a wave sheaf before the world. He will say, Look at her. Look at the bride. Have you seen Christians like these before? This is the Book of Acts reenacted. Halleluyah! Church, to summarize what we have taken so far, on our chart, here is the Shout, colour coded red. It is the first phase of the Third Pull. It is Elijah's message. That is the first step into the rapture. It is Jesus Christ in a man, by h i s S p i r i t, u n v e i l i n g himself from the pages of the Scriptures, to the end time bride. The man is not Jesus, no more than Paul was Jesus. And if we know Paul was not Jesus, then he too was not Jesus. But Paul bore the r e v e l a t i o n o f J e s u s Christ, and he said, No other foundation can any man lay, other than what I have laid, as a wise master builder. Full stop! He said, God saved the Gentiles by my gospel. That did not make him our Page 11 Saviour, but it shows you who he was, and what he bore on behalf of the Gentile bride, and the truth of Christ he bore, is an absolute. The Lord himself shall descend, first with a Shout. That is the message of Elijah. It gives us the first phase of the Third Pull. But the next step into the rapture, is the Voice of the archangel, because The S h o u t g a v e u s t h e revelation of the first six Seals. But the Voice of the archangel, will give us the revelation of the Seventh Seal. It is the voice of the Thunders, because the Thunders, will bear the revelation of t h e S e v e n t h S e a l. Remember, the Voice of t h e a r c h a n g e l i s e x p r e s s e d i n t h e Thunders, because the antenna of seven men will catch the loud cry of the mighty angel, and they will log on to that which Jesus Christ speaks in the Spirit, through a mighty angel. A mighty a n g e l m e a n s a n Archangel, and he gave his cry in the Spirit with a loud voice. It is the Voice of the Archangel. But remember this, The Shout (the message) of William Branham, which is none other than Jesus in his divine revelation through

12 Page 12 the ministry of Elijah, gave us the first fold, or the first phase, or the first stage, of the Third Pull. But he told us, the third great thing of the Third Pull, flew across before him, and it is coming up, being a future event, but it flew across in an unknown tongue, which he couldn't make out. But he tied it to the Seventh Seal silence. And when he came to the Seventh Seal, he said, I s a w a m e s s a g e i n t o n g u e s, a n d t h e interpretation of it, but I still couldn't make it out, because it passed in unknown language, but church, the revelation of it will come through the Seven Thunders. He said it is something about the rapture, the coming of Jesus Christ, and no man knows that day. But it is an event concerning which, the whole of heaven hushed. The third phase of the Third Pull, is what I presented on the chart in black. The black has no significance. It is a mere colour code. It is a colour code, just to let you see the three phases of the Third Pull, because the red phase here is Elijah's input. The next phase in blue, is the second phase of the Third Pull, which in essence, is the phase that follows Elijah's input, and that is the input of our modern day chief apostle, the Paul of today, Raymond Jackson, and John, the s u c c e s s i v e s t a n d a r d bearer and lead apostle for today, because that gives you only one phase: W h i c h p h a s e? T h e apostolic phase, which is the second phase of the Third Pull! But the last phase of the Third Pull, which is the third phase, is in unknown tongues. And it is the message of the Seven Thunders. They will give us the revelation of the Seventh Seal. That is the Voice of the archangel, because the Seven Thunders will catch his message in the Spirit, and minister it to the bride. It is coming straight from heaven. For the Lord shall descend from heaven first, with a Shout, an awakening preparatory message: The message of Elijah, The first phase of the Third Pull; Then with the Voice of the archangel, g i v i n g u s p r o p h e t i c insight for the rapture event, the message of the Seven Thunders: The third phase of the Third Pull; And finally, And w i t h t h e Tr u m p o f God.... But remember, when the Trump sounds, June 2007 "The dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them..." Let me open up this third and final step into the rapture by saying this: The living saints hear The Shout; the living saints hear the Voice of the archangel; but when it comes to the Trump of God, the Last Trump, please note that no living saint will hear it. And it is not the Seven Thunders! The Seven Thunders have nothing to do with the Last Trump, except that they prepare us for the rapture! The T r u m p i s a d i v i n e message, ministered strictly in the corridors of heaven, to the souls of God's people waiting in p a r a d i s e, f o r t h e resurrection, the bride resurrection. It is to prepare them for that resurrection event. Are you with me? This is precisely the revelation of the chief apostle, Brother Jackson, and I will back it up with the Scriptures. Remember, the souls of God's people waiting in paradise, who are part of the bride, are the ones that make up the second p h a s e o f t h e f i r s t resurrection, the bride

13 June 2007 resurrection: They that are Christ's at his coming (1 Cor. 15:20-23). The Old Testament saints have already been resurrected in glorified bodies, according to Matthew 27:52-53, and 1 C o r i n t h i a n s 1 5 : 2 3 A, leaving the tribulation saints last. All bride saints sleeping in paradise in heaven, are all coming with Christ from heaven. Therefore, something has to prepare them for their descent to earth, in order to unite their spirits with their bodies, so that the quickening power can come upon their corrupt bodies, in the belly of the earth, for resurrection to take place! And that is exactly why they rise first! Because when the Trump would sound, do not forget, the dead in Christ rise first! I ask: What kind of message would that b e, w h e n t h o s e i n paradise would hear it, and under that Trump, under that message, their spirits would unite with their bodies, whilst as yet, no living saint is aware that anything of the sort is going on, until the dead subsequently rise, and manifest in a moment, to the living saints?! Think of it! Only then do the living saints receive a change, by the quickening power that subsequently and suddenly comes upon them! They hear nothing, but are simply changed, before being caught up! Then it concludes, that the Trump is a divine message that will be uttered to the saints in paradise, and no living saint will hear it! AND IF IN 1 PETER 3:18-19, C H R I S T A L S O PREACHED TO THE SOULS IN PRISON, WHO WERE DISOBEDIENT IN THE DAYS OF NOAH, YOU CANNOT TAKE AWAY THE MESSAGE OF CHRIST HERE TO THE SAINTS IN PARADISE! Do not forget, when the Old Testament saints rose from the dead, after Christ's resurrection, according to Matthew 27:52-53, no l i v i n g s a i n t s h e a r d anything! They did not hear the Trump that woke the dead saints up! The living saints only saw the resurrected saints, when they appeared to them! Prior to that, they heard nothing! They did not hear that Trump! And when the sleeping bride saints are resurrected in this our day, and they appear for a few seconds to the living bride saints, on that day and hour of rapture, we shall not hear the Last Trump either! With the resurrection having taken place, the quickening Page 13 power will simply and suddenly come upon the living saints, and we shall be changed first, before being caught up with the resurrected saints! Period! Yes, all these happen under the Last Trump, but the living saints will not hear it! Moreover, if under the Trump, the dead in Christ rise first, then the Trump is something that prepares the dead in Christ to unite with their bodies! Simple! It cannot be plainer! The Trump, therefore, is something that is uttered in the corridors of glory, to prepare them: You have been up here now in paradise for ages of time. Now is the time to go down. We are going down. Prepare for the descent. Don't forget, a trumpet in prophecy, speaks of the voice of God, for it is a divine message, bringing about a convocation. Therefore, there has to go forth a message in paradise, to gather all the sleeping bride saints, and prepare them for their descent to the earth! That is what the Trump is about! Those in heaven will hear it! That is why they rise first, ever before the living saints a r e a w a r e t h e resurrection has started! That is precisely what the

14 Page 14 Spirit of the Lord revealed to apostle Paul, when he declared prophetically, concerning our gathering together unto the Lord, in the rapture: For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so THEM ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS (i.e. T h e b r i d e s a i n t s i n paradise) WILL GOD BRING W-I-T-H HIM! Absolutely! Christ first brings their spirits! (1 Thess. 4:14). They have to be brought forth first, that they may be united first with their bodies, b e f o r e t h e y a r e resurrected! Moreover, they are resurrected first! Therefore, something (a trump), has to prepare them for this great event! Think about it! That trumpet prepares the sleeping saints for the r e s u r r e c t i o n e v e n t! Because their spirits will first be united with their bodies! And that is why as Christians, we do not believe in cremation. When some pagans die, they request: Burn me up, scatter my ashes to the ocean. It is because they do not have a hope! It is because they do not h a v e t h e h o p e o f resurrection! Why would you want them to burn up your bones, and burn up your flesh, and scatter your remains to the sea?! But I will tell you this, I do not care what you do with my flesh. Whether you have money to bury me, or you do not have money to bury me, just put me somewhere in the earth, let me rot there, because when the Trump sounds, Oh my, I am coming forth! It does not matter how I get in, getting out is w h a t m a t t e r s! E a s t Chicago church in the United States used to sing a song, Aint no grave can hold me down! No grave can hold the saints down! They are coming forth! First with a Shout, and then with the Voice of the archangel, finally with the Trump. But when the Trump sounds, then, first, the dead in Christ rise. How do they rise? Their spirits are first brought from heaven, to unite with their bodies, t h a t t h e p o w e r o f resurrection may come upon them, and they rise incorruptible, in the very image and likeness of Jesus the Christ. Amen! Brothers, when Jesus rose from the dead, here were the saints. They were so afraid of the Jews, because of the s e r i o u s s a t a n i c opposition the people of The Way faced. They shut the door, shut all the June 2007 w i n d o w s, l o c k e d themselves in the upper r o o m. A n d w i t h o u t opening the door, Jesus e n t e r e d a n d s a i d, Peace. They thought: Oh, he didn't open the door and yet he came in... This must be a ghost... This is a ghost. Because he did not open the door before coming in! He did not need to! Because he had a glorified body, the immortal Jesus! Brothers, he entered and said, Peace, and they began to quake, thinking, We have seen a ghost. He said, I am not a ghost. It is the same me. Do you have fish? Do you have bread? Let me eat with you, and you be calm. Only have faith. Thomas, Where are you? You said unless you put your finger... Now, come and put it. It is still the same me. I still have the holes. Only believe. Saints of God, when that hour comes, Jesus comes with their spirits. Brothers and sisters, the quickening power comes upon that flesh that has decayed and rotted, and that has turned back to earth. God calls back for the chemicals of it. He calls back for potash, calcium, whatever chemicals. Whatever composition you are made of, He brings

15 June 2007 everything back, and the power of the Spirit of life comes on it, and your spirit comes into that same body. But it is a body like Jesus' body. And like I would say, America is only a thought away. All you need when you are in that body, you think it, and in a second, you are there. Here you are in the Millennium, ruling over Nigeria, as Nigerian bride saints, just as the other saints, will rule over their nations, and when you look, you would be seeing exactly what is going on in America, because as you are in Nigeria, you might as well be in America! Because you see the streets of New York, and what is going on! You know why? You are a super human being, with a glorified body! One second you are here, another second you are already in Germany. It is a thought away! Distance is not a barrier to a spirit being. No mountains, no hills, no trees, stand in your way. Brothers, Japan is just as plain before you, as the country you are standing in. That is why they could close all the doors, close all the windows, and Jesus could breeze in without opening a latch, and they started fearing. Yet, in that glorified body, he could eat. He ate fish and bread! Elohim also met Abraham, and ate meat! And they say we must be vegetarians. But God ate m e a t! H e l i c k e d e v e r y t h i n g, w h i l s t discussing with Abraham, about the destruction of Sodom, with milk in His mouth! You say Brother Amos, we should not take too much milk. God took m i l k! I f y o u r b o d y constitution does not take milk like me, do not take it please. That is only common sense! Church, t h a t b o d y i s a supernatural body. It is no more just a natural body, that is, it is supernatural, it is immortal; it is glorified. You can come and go as you want. When a man, in the Millennium, is talking to you about the experiences of his life, his life is just before you as an open book! That is why in the Millennium, there will be no lawyers. There is no need! Because when those mortal subjects have a problem, and they are arguing before you, No, no, he was the one that did this... No, no, he stole my goods... No, I did not... But you know everything, how it started, what took place, all lays Page 15 before you, for you are looking at it all, for we are super human beings in that day. Nevertheless, the Trump will sound, and the dead in Christ will rise. It means their spirits will be united with their bodies, because that body will be glorified, and out of the graves they will rise, first, before we are even changed, because we will not prevent them, or hinder them. Only after this, will we be changed! Remember, when Christ rose from the dead, after his crucifixion, he rose with the spirits of saints already in paradise, which was then in the belly of the earth, that is in hell or in prison. And when he comes from heaven, he also comes with the souls of the bride saints in paradise, which is now in heaven. That is why I said, the Trump does not sound to any living saint. It is what prepares the dead saints for reunion with their bodies in the grave. They come down from heaven under that Trump. But brothers and sisters, listen. One thing stands clear: The mortals are the ones that are going to be blessed, and edified, by the first two steps into the rapture: The Shout, and the Voice of the archangel.

16 Page 16 And all that is giving you divine revelation. But the third step, the last Trump, is strictly for the sleeping saints. God is perfect in all His ways. Remember, it is not only the living saint that are going in rapture, the sleeping bride saints are also going up too, they will be caught up! But they must first unite with their bodies! That is why we living saints receive first a change, before we are caught up together with them, to meet the Lord in the air. So, I repeat, something must prepare the sleeping bride saints for that event. That is the last Trump. No living saints will hear that Trump. Now, we come back to the Third Pull. We have seen that there are three steps into the rapture, and the Third Pull also gives us three phases. The first phase of the Third Pull, which is Elijah's message, gave us The Shout, and the last phase of the Third Pull, w h i c h i s t h e S e v e n Thunders, will give us the Voice of the archangel. The first phase of the Third Pull gave us the revelation of the first six Seals, and the last phase will give us the revelation of the Seventh Seal. The first one ministered for a few years, but the last one will be for a prophetic time of about thirty minutes! But you may say: The first one ministered for a f e w y e a r s, B r o t h e r Amos? Yes! When he entered into the Third Pull of his ministry, it was only for a few years, about two a n d a h a l f y e a r s precisely! We are not talking of the period of the first two pulls of his ministry: Healing and Discernment. We are talking of the Third Pull of his ministry. It started in 1963, and in December, 1965, he passed away, and he left us for good, even as he forewarned us. But the longest phase of the Third Pull, which gives us the apostolic revelation input, is what has been going on now for decades, since 1966, up till this very hour, and it will continue on, till perfection is obtained, and the time is here, for us to enter into the ministry of the Seven Thunders, under the Seventh Seal. Church, the Seven Thunders, who constitute the Voice of the archangel in projection, o r i n m a n i f e s t a t i o n, minister only for about thirty prophetic minutes, because the silence in heaven, is for the space June 2007 of about half an hour, after the Seventh Seal is broken. This period of silence, therefore gives you the duration of their ministry. It is not that it would be half an hour, (or thirty minutes) exactly. That is why it says about! That translates prophetically to weeks and months. Whether three months, six months, only God knows. But it is for a very short prophetic period of about thirty minutes, wherein they will give divine instructions, prophetic instructions, to the bride. But this is not the Trump. It is not! Going back to Brother Branham's quote on the Third Pull, he declared: T h e r e a r e t h r e e phases, three great things that go with the Third Pull. The first unfolded yesterday. That was to let him know the Third Pull has three phases, and his own ministry started it. Then he added: The second one unfolded today. That is precisely the apostolic phase of the Third Pull, which is the second phase of the Third Pull. He saw this second phase that very day, before the message in an unknown tongue passed before him later that day,

17 June 2007 which is the third phase of the Third Pull, and which relates to the Seventh Seal silence! But he saw the second phase by divine revelation! That is what unfolded before him that day, which is what he said unfolded before him TO D AY! I t i s t h e apostolic ministry phase, bearing continuity divine revelation, constituting the second phase of the Third Pull. That was why he stated emphatically, on page 567, paragraph 4: It may be the time. It may be the hour now, that this great person that we're expecting to rise on the scene may rise on the scene... Right there he gave us the next phase of the Third Pull, which starts with the office of the chief apostle, Raymond Jackson! And that is why he ended by s a y i n g f i r m l y a n d categorically: I have been privileged to look and see to that extent! That is how he closed the projection of He That Is To Come! When he closed the projection of He That Is To Come, on page 567, he said precisely: But I have been privileged by God to look and see what it was - UNFOLD to that much. Now that is the truth! Why did he affirm that? Because he saw something unfold yesterday about his own ministry, and something else unfolded "today" about another ministry, all related to the Third Pull, the second great thing, or the second phase of it! And the other, the third thing, flew before him in an unknown tongue. And he said, It is the Third Pull coming up, so be prepared! He did not say we have it! He said, Be prepared for it! That is the voice of the Seven Thunders, which is the Voice of the archangel. Having said this much, there is a very material question we now have to ask: If The Shout is Elijah's message, and the Voice of the archangel, is the message of the Seven Thunders, how do we p l a c e t h e a p o s t o l i c ministry input? That is, What happened from 1966, to the era of time the Seven Thunders are ignited? What about the second phase of the Third P u l l, t h e a p o s t o l i c revelation of Raymond Jackson and John? What do we call it in relation to the three steps into the rapture? Are you with me? If the first phase of the Third Pull gives us The Shout, which is Elijah's message, and the third phase of the Third Page 17 Pull gives us the Voice of the archangel, which is the message of the Seven Thunders, What about the second phase of the Third Pull in relation to 1 Thessalonians 4, the three steps into the rapture? What does it give us? Doesn't it give us something? What does it give us in relation to the three steps into the rapture, knowing that the third step, the Trump, is strictly for the dead saints, (Are you with me?). That is: What relation is t h e r e b e t w e e n t h e apostolic revelation, the second great thing of the Third Pull, and the three steps into the rapture? It is this: Everything God w i l l a c c o m p l i s h, H e accomplishes it on the basis of the voice of the seventh angel. But let me say this, Elijah in his Third Pull, in its first phase, gives us the first step into the rapture, The Shout. The Seven Thunders, in the third phase of the Third Pull, will give us the second step into the rapture: The Voice of the archangel. The question we now want to answer is, since Elijah gave us the Shout, what does the second phase of the Third Pull give us? On our chart, the colour red gives us the first phase of the

18 Page 18 June 2007 Third Pull; the blue gives us the second phase of the Third Pull, and the black gives us the third phase of the Third Pull. These three colours, are mere colours, symbolizing the three phases of the Third Pull. Red, for the first phase of the Third Pull; blue, for the second phase of the Third Pull; and black, for the third and final phase of the Third Pull. Alright. When w e c o m e t o 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, we see the red, because we see The Shout, the message of Elijah, and then we see the black, because we see the Voice of the archangel, the message of the Seven Thunders. But we do not s e e t h e b l u e, t h e message of the apostles, the second phase of the T h i r d P u l l, i n 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17! W h y? W h a t i s t h e relation? Let me try and wrap up my message now. Listen closely. One thing we must understand, The Shout is different from the Voice of the archangel, yet, both is by the Spirit of Christ, and yet, both give us divine r e v e l a t i o n, a d i v i n e revelation which starts with The Shout, and ends with the Voice of the a r c h a n g e l. I t i s supernatural revelation. But we still have to ask: What of the second phase of the Third Pull, in relation to the three steps? Because only the first two steps of 1 Thessalonians 4, apply here on our chart, in relation to the Third Pull, and those two steps, apply to the first and third phases of the Third Pull! We see the Voice of the archangel, and we see The Shout, in the Third Pull. But what of the blue colour, the apostolic phase, the second phase, of the Third Pull? How do we relate to it? It is this: Saints of God, I repeat, do not forget, The Shout is different from the Voice of the archangel. Why? Because The Shout is salvational, but the Voice of the archangel is not salvational. It is strictly prophetic! Why do I call The Shout salvational? B e c a u s e u n d e r T h e Shout, brothers and sisters, God is saving souls, getting a bride from t h e r e l i g i o u s w o r l d, preparing them for glory, and the door is still open this morning. So the salvational testimony of Jesus is still being carried on. It is a Shout. But when the Thunders come, constituting the Voice of the archangel, because it is Jesus Christ by his Spirit, in the Thunders, when that prophetic picture becomes a reality, from then on, among the Gentiles, nobody can be saved (i.e. when the Thunders are on ground), because the Seventh Seal would have been broken prior to that time! Even the Jews that are to be saved in the Last Week of Daniel, would have already been interceded for, prior to the Last Week, because once Jesus breaks the Seventh Seal, he must leave the throne, and once he leaves the mediatorial throne, he does not return to it again. So, the Gentile foolish virgins that would remain, and pass into the Last Week of Daniel, would have been saved before the Seventh Seal is broken; and the Jewish saints that would be saved in the Last Week, would have all been fully interceded for. So as far as God is concerned, once the Last Week s t a r t s, s a l v a t i o n i s completely over for the Gentiles. It is! It is only for t h e J e w s s a l v a t i o n remains. As such, you must understand, once the Seven Thunders are h e r e, i t s h o w s t h e Seventh Seal has been broken, and Christ has

19 June 2007 l e f t t h e m e d i a t o r i a l throne. He would no longer be going back to that throne, for salvation is over for the Gentiles, and he is here in the Spirit, to prepare the bride for the rapture event. When would that be, Brother Amos? As I said before, it is in year 2000 plus! We do not know when. But one thing we know, it is for a short s p a c e o f t i m e t h e Thunders will minister, and then the rapture comes, because their ministry gives us the season of the rapture. So, you must understand, there is no salvation u n d e r t h e S e v e n Thunders. It is strictly a prophetic message, to instruct a people for the rapture event, a people who are already saved and built up in the spiritual image of Jesus Christ. But The Shout still gives man salvation, being the message of the cross, the message of Christ. Then, it means this, the ministry of the Paul of today, the chief apostle (Raymond Jackson), and that of John, the lead apostle, which give us apostolic continuity revelation, the second phase of the Third Pull, is still a carry-on of The Shout. I said, The continuity message that the apostolic ministry bears, in the second phase of the Third Pull, is still an extension of The Shout! Because brothers and sisters, God is still saving men in this second phase! There is salvation in the Third Pull, under the first phase, as well as under the second phase. That is why the apostolic phase, is still an extension of The Shout! It is still the voice of the seventh angel in continuity! That is why, when you come to 1 Thessalonians 4, you o n l y s e e t w o s t e p s applicable to the living saints, in relation to the Third Pull: You see The Shout, and you see the Voice of the archangel. You do not see the inbetween phase: The apostolic revelation. You know why? Because the in-between, which is the apostolic ministry, giving continuity light, is only an extension, a carry-on of The Shout! That is why it is written: But in the days of THE VOICE of the seventh angel (not in the days of his flesh, but it is in the days when h i s m e s s a g e h a s application, when it is going around the world, when his message is being published), when it shall begin to sound, The Mystery (definite Page 19 article, the, singular mystery not mysteries plural, but) the mystery of God, (the grafting in o f t h e G e n t i l e s f o r s a l v a t i o n ) w i l l b e completed. You are looking at a completion m e s s a g e, g i v i n g opportunity to men for salvation, because he did not start it, but he completes it. And church, it is on the basis of his voice everything is being wrapped up. But that voice gives us a chance to salvation, and a chance to be bride, and it is in the time of the application of his voice that God would wrap up the salvation of the Gentiles, both Wise and Foolish virgins. So, the second phase of the Third Pull, is an extension of The Shout, because it is still a message of salvation. We will not be hasty, and run ahead of God. We will all make it by the leadership of God. There is no seed that will be left behind. If you are able to run faster than others, remember the others coming behind will also make it. I say that because we can be very selfish and impatient with others. You may feel: Brother Amos, Please Move on... Move on. No, no, no. We do not want to lose anyone. Saints of

20 Page 20 June 2007 God, let me re-affirm: The Third Pull started with the prophet, and it ends with the Thunders. But the inb e t w e e n r e v e l a t o r i l y dealing of God, gives us the second phase of the Third Pull, the apostolic phase. And he warned us ahead of this phase, when he alerted us about the person that is to rise on the scene: He that is to come, the chief apostle, Raymond Jackson. But church, in December 2004, Brother Jackson passed away, leaving the apostolic input to John, to carry on the second phase of the Third Pull. That is why on the chart, you see both ministries bonded together by the same blue colour, for it gives us the same phase, or the same great thing. F o r a f t e r t h e c h i e f apostle's death, God still carried on the Third Pull, and He will carry on, right through to the Thunders. But this does not give us four phases of the Third Pull. It is still only three phases, because Paul and John give you the a p o s t o l i c i n p u t, t h e second phase. It gives continuity to the message of Elijah, brightening the picture, making it clearer, making it better, adding other truths to it, to give us a perfect revelation of t h e t r u t h o f C h r i s t. Everything comes to a climax with the Thunders. W h e n w e l o o k a t Revelation chapter 19, which is the last Scripture we are going to read, something happened. From verse 9: And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which ARE C-A-L-L-E-D unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And may I say this, the invitation for the marriage supper is going on right now. But what this text really means is, Blessed are those that are elected to attain unto that marriage, because it is up in heaven: And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. I am going to verse 10: And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant. He said that because he is only an angel! And angels are also ministers of God, but they minister in a higher capacity than human messengers. But both angelic messengers, and human messengers, of t h e A l m i g h t y G o d, minister in the various capacities God has given to them. Angels receive the revelation from God, and convey it to the human messenger, who would bear that revelation o r v o i c e, t o G o d ' s c h i l d r e n. I t i s a partnership. It is a team w o r k, e s t a b l i s h e d a c c o r d i n g t o G o d ' s ordination. That is why the angel rebuked John, saying: Don't worship m e : I a m y o u r fellowservant. In other words, I am a servant of God just like you. And then we have some end time message people, who say that this angel John tried to worship, is William Branham. William Branham, saints of God, was not even sixty years old when he died. Is that true? Yes, it is! William Branham was not sixty years before he died. He was born in April, 1909, and he died in December, He fell short of sixty years! How can a man born in 1909, deal with a man who lived in 96A.D.?! D o y o u s e e h o w ridiculous people can be? This angel is a heavenly angel. It is a spirit angel. B u t J o h n w a s s o overwhelmed with the fantastic experience he had, how he was taken from one corridor of heaven to the other, and taken through time, in a spiritual vision, beholding w o n d e r f u l p r o p h e t i c things that were beyond

21 June 2007 any human comprehension at that time. You know what he did? He just fell at the angel's feet, to worship him. The angel said Please, get up! And then the Yoruba people of Western Nigeria do it for their parents and elders! You did not hear me. I said, an act of worship which an angel rejected, t h e Yo r u b a p e o p l e accept: They prostrate: Good morning daddy. Yes, they do it out of respect, but prostrating is a n e x t r e m e a c t o f respect, for it amounts spiritually to an act of worship! It is pagan to do that! That is something to think about! It is such a shame that brethren cannot even shake one another in greetings, unless they prostrate! Old habits die hard. They die hard! They do! He fell down at the feet of the angel. I know some would say: Brother Amos, you are trying to bring in western influence. The angel too had "western influence"! I have to say it like that to make a point! Because in 96 A.D., there w a s n o w e s t e r n civilization yet! Rome was still in the days of its raw paganism, and the ten horns had not yet formed on its head! The angel said: Don't worship me. Why did he say that? I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus... What was his admonition?...worship God... He further says,...for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. T h a t s t a t e m e n t i s prophetic. It is the angel's way of showing John, You know why you had this fantastic experience? It is because the Spirit by which you bear the gospel of Christ, is the same Spirit that has given you this fantastic, prophetic e x p e r i e n c e. T h e testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. That l e t s y o u s e e, t h e t e s t i m o n y o f J e s u s, carries first a salvational a n o i n t i n g, a n d a salvational message, before it becomes a prophetic anointing, and a prophetic message. But because John had lived up to about the end of his ministry, his anointing had to change, into a prophetic one, setting a prophetic type for the end time apostolic ministry! The anointing upon his life c h a n g e d, f r o m a n a n o i n t i n g b e a r i n g a salvational message, to one bearing a prophetic message. The anointing upon John changed, from Page 21 a salvational anointing, to one that is prophetic. Do not forget, he was an apostle! But look at the prophetic experience he had! That is why in all the Bible, when you look at the experience Peter, James, Paul, Jude, had, none of them had that which John had. You know why? Because you are looking at a prophetic projection! Salvation was not over in John's day, but he was foreshadowing something, because this is the day salvation will be over. Wake up! Salvation was not over in 96A.D., but John's experience was foreshadowing a reality we are going to have at this evening time, because this is the day salvation will be over. And when it is over, we must enter into the third phase of the Third Pull. When this second phase of the Third Pull is over, when this apostolic phase is over, we will no longer b e a r a s a l v a t i o n a l message. It will be strictly a prophetic message. T h a t i s w h a t J o h n foreshadowed in his experience! We are going to be the beneficiaries of t h e r e a l i t y o f t h i s experience. Saints, what a day we live in! He was so perplexed at the enormity and the majesty

22 Page 22 June 2007 of the dealership of the Spirit, the experience, and the insight, the prophetic insight, he did not know what else to do, h o w t o s h o w h i s appreciation. He looked at the angel who was taking him round in the Spirit, and he fell down at his feet. In other words, Thank you! But the angel held him by the hand, and said: Get up! D o n ' t w o r s h i p m e, worship God. I am your fellowservant. But you know, it is the angel's way of telling John something, and I want to rub it in b e f o r e I b r i n g m y message to a close. It is the angel's way of telling John, This wonderful experience you had, is to show you that once salvation is over, that s a m e S p i r i t, w h i c h conveys a salvational message, will change into a prophetic anointing, b e a r i n g s t r i c t l y a prophetic voice. When Gentile salvation is over, the testimony of Jesus by which we are saved, must change to a prophetic Spirit. It is a simple s t a t e m e n t, b u t i t i s prophetic. That was why, as an apostle, after he had borne the revelation of truth for his day, as the standard bearer after Paul, (Are you with me?), his ministry changed into a prophetic one. It is foreshadowing the reality we will have. It was so fantastic, he wanted to worship the angel. The angel had to explain to h i m, i n p r o p h e t i c language: The reason you are having that experience, is because the testimony of Jesus, is the Spirit of prophecy. In o t h e r w o r d s, T h i s testimony you bear, this salvation testimony, this salvation Spirit you bear, is first a salvational a n o i n t i n g, b u t w h e n salvation is complete, it m u s t c h a n g e t o a prophetic anointing. That is why you must see, that t h e m i n i s t r y o f t h e apostles, at this end time, the second great thing of the Third Pull, is an extension of The Shout, b e c a u s e i t i s s t i l l salvational! You must see that the second phase of the Third Pull, is still a salvational phase! It is The Shout in extension! This is not abracadabra! But when s a l v a t i o n i s accomplished, and the Seventh Seal is broken, showing that the Gentile saints of God have been fully purchased, church, that message will change, f r o m a m e s s a g e o f salvation, strictly to that of p r o p h e c y, a n d t h e anointing will change, to a p r o p h e t i c a n o i n t i n g. Brothers and sisters, when an apostle, who bore the standard of truth, after the star messenger of his day, got to the end of his ministry, having b o r n e a s a l v a t i o n a l message, the anointing of God came upon his life, a n d t h e a n o i n t i n g changed, into a prophetic one. And I would have to say this: If John, an apostle, in 96A.D., a man who bore the standard, h a d h i s a n o i n t i n g changed into a prophetic o n e, f o r e s h a d o w i n g something, so will the John of today, a man, who also took over from the chief apostle, Raymond J a c k s o n. O n 2 5 t h December, 1965, God called away the prophet, ending the first phase of the Third Pull, and early in t h e f o l l o w i n g y e a r, because divine revelation continues, God anointed he that is to come, the Paul of today, leading us into the second phase of the Third Pull. Divine revelation continued, but it is still salvational. It is still the continuation of The Shout. But church, in December, 2004, the Paul of today died, for the Paul of today is not William Branham, but Raymond

23 June 2007 J a c k s o n, t h e c h i e f apostle. And I want the Branham movement to understand, that the Paul of today is not William Branham. The Paul of the New Testament was an apostle. William Branham was not an apostle. He was a prophet, and his m i n i s t r y l a i d t h e f o u n d a t i o n f o r t h e p r o j e c t i o n o f t h e Ephesian ministry, which starts first with apostles! Moreover, he was an Old Testament type prophet, for no New Testament prophet bore a revelation of truth! New Testament prophets came after apostles! They received from the apostles, the truth of Christ they stood for, and fed to the people. That was why, when that d i v i n e p r o p h e t i c r e v e l a t i o n b e a r i n g anointing was going to come, it did not come on a prophet of the New Testament. It came on an a p o s t l e, J o h n t h e beloved, showing that o n c e s a l v a t i o n i s complete, because it is f o r e s h a d o w i n g something, our anointing will also change into a p r o p h e t i c o n e. B u t church, Paul was the star messenger to that age, and so was Brother Branham to this age. That is the only similarity they have in terms of position! Brother Branham is the Paul of today, only in terms of being the star messenger to this age. However he is not Paul, in terms of office, because he (William Branham), is an Old Testament type prophet, a prophet higher than the New Testament prophets, for the New Te s t a m e n t p r o p h e t s come after the apostles in divine order or rank, and apostle Paul, was not a prophet at all, but was an apostle of Jesus C h r i s t, i n t h e N e w Testament church! And I challenge any man in the message, to bring just one verse of Scripture, to nullify that! The Paul of today, in terms of office, as the principal apostle, w i t h i n t h e E p h e s i a n ministry, is the chief apostle, and that is Raymond Jackson, the one William Branham said was to come! He said he saw the revelation of the Third Pull unfold to that much! He saw the second great thing! That started with the Paul of today! But remember, Brother Jackson is not Paul, in terms of being a star messenger, because he is not! But he is Paul, s t r i c t l y i n t e r m s o f essence of office, as an apostle; for he is not just Page 23 an apostle, he is the chief apostle, the principal o ff i c e o f t h e e n t i r e Ephesian ministry. When, God called him home, in year 2004, after having s h e d e x t e n s i v e a n d incredible depths of light upon light, light upon light, seriously extending The Shout, in 2005, God anointed the take-over ministry. But the chief apostle, before his death, just as Brother Branham did in 1963, also pointed ahead to the next voice! And church, in year 2005, another voice picked up. No, no, no, that did not give us a different phase of the Third Pull! It is still a c o n t i n u a t i o n o f t h e second phase of the Third Pull, because it still gives us apostolic revelation! It is still an extension of The Shout! Because salvation is still available! God is begging you today to come into the true light of Christ, if you are not already in. And I earnestly plead with you, Please come in. Receive the invitation, because that is how we are going to close this message, knowing that there is an invitation g o i n g f o r t h. P l e a s e receive it, so you can be p a r t o f t h e b r i d e. R e m e m b e r, t h e r e i s coming a day, just as John the beloved apostle

24 Page 24 June 2007 came to an era of time, when the anointing of God changed upon his life, into a prophetic one, so will it be with the John of this hour, a man who will bear the last portion of the continuity message needed to complete The Shout. And the anointing u p o n h i m w i l l a l s o change, as we are led into the Thunders. Remember that. It will change into what? Strictly a prophetic anointing! I do not care where you look in the Bible, whichever way, the John of today, has to be a Thunder. I do not care where you look. But before we move into the Thunders, which is the last phase of the Third Pull, together church, we will re-enact the Book of Acts, as God brings perfection to the bride, and off we go to glory, under the ministry of the Thunders. Halleluyah! We are here, church, in year 2006, in the latter half of the second phase of the Third Pull. Between here and the Seven Thunders, a lot must happen, for the bride of Christ. But that which will happen, will happen in a quick, short, perfecting work, through the live E p h e s i a n f i v e f o l d ministry. Even the Seven Thunders have only a very short period, within w h i c h t o m i n i s t e r, because it is no longer salvational. But as long as we are not yet in the Thunders, y o u m u s t understand, that the takeover ministry, from the Paul of today, had to be a man that is still carrying o n c o n t i n u i t y o f revelation, still giving us access to salvation. You have got to see that. Salvation does not stop until we enter into the ministry of the Thunders, and that is the third and final phase of the Third Pull. Therefore you must see, that the take-over ministry, the ministry that succeeds that of the chief apostle, still has to be an apostle, to carry on the second phase of the Third Pull. It has to be a Johntype apostolic ministry, the ministry that took over from apostle Paul. And he too still has to bear a salvational message, an extension of The Shout. He will bear it, until we enter the Thunders, for then, salvation will be o v e r, a n d t h e n t h e anointing upon John will change, as it will also change on six other apostles, to make up the Seven Thunders. As such, I do not care where you look, whether you open up the pages of the book of the prophet, or whether you come to the Scriptures, brothers, it will hold! It will hold! It will hold! And church, this latter part of the second phase of the Third Pull, is the hour of John, the hour God will accomplish the perfection of the bride, through the five fold ministry, as we are led i n t o t h e T h u n d e r s thereafter. As such, this day is a golden day, because Jesus is coming, and the Majesty of God will be expressed through t h e b r i d e. G o d h a s reserved the best for the last. And for that best, you are not looking at man, but God's anointing. You a r e l o o k i n g a t H i s d e a l e r s h i p. Yo u a r e looking at His grace. You are looking at His power. You are looking at His move. It will be a quick short perfecting work, but my, it will be wonderful! It is later than you think. Walk in the light, and you will not stumble. This is the hour of the second phase of the Third Pull, the apostolic phase, the second great thing, which is an extension of The Shout of 1Thess. 4:16. Receive it saints, for they lead us into the Thunders, the Voice of the archangel. This is the

25 June 2007 Bible Blueprint, for no living will hear the Trump. The last message we will hear as living saints, will be the u n w r i t t e n p r o p h e t i c message of the Seven Thunders, the voice of the archangel. This is the Word of the Lord. And when we walk in the light, as the children of light, we have nothing to fear. Let us Page 25 bow our heads in prayer. (Brother Amos prayed). May God bless you. Amen. The Chart Raymond Jackson "John" Seven Thunders The 3rd Pull Time Line 1963 William Branham 1st Phase Elijah's Revelation nd Phase Apostolic Revelation 2005 _ 200? 3rd Phase 7 Thunders' Revelation 200 _? The Resurrection The 3 Steps (1Thess. 4) The Shout (1st Step) Voice of Archangel (2nd Step) The Trump (3rd Step)

26 Page 26 June 2007 Testimonies on THE SCRIBE The following are a few excerpts from comments about the Scribe received from saints around the world. Brother Amos & Sister Joyce, We have been reading and have been set on fire from the Word that was preached. God is so Good to us to allow us to be able to see this Truth and be a part of the Bride of Christ. I praise him with all my heart. I don't know whether to run or shout or what. We are so grateful for you and all the five fold ministry. We praise Almighty God for loving us and leading us on in His truth. We can see that God did not miss a step. God Bless you Brother and your entire family, as well as the congregation. Bro. Grear & Sis. Priscilla Milton U.S.A. My Dear Brother Amos, We would like to thank you very much for the package of Scribe magazines you've sent to us. We received it last week, but I'm late to send you an , for you to know it. I've read it all. You've done a very wonderful work brother, really enlightening one. We would be praying someday the Lord will give you a leading in your heart, to come over or visit our places, so that you would be the one, to personally share to us those things that we need to know more, of what God is doing in our days... Pastor Loreto Evangelista. Philippines Letter: Brother Amos,... I am standing in this end-time truth by his grace. I really appreciate this end time truth that we are receiving through the apostolic Ministry... I believe without those apostles leading the way with the other folds, we cannot have a clear understanding of God's word. I thank God for The Scribe. It is/has been a blessing to my soul. I have received more knowledge and understanding by reading them... Praying that God would continue to anoint you to fulfil his calling upon your life... Love in Christ. Bro. Bobby Dodson U.S.A.

27 June 2007 Page 27 My dear Brother Amos, I should be thankful and grateful to God for guiding me to see the three moves of Him for the perfection of His Bride in this closing hour. Thank God for Bro. Branham {as a house holder scribe}, I thank God For Bro. Jackson {to give continuity light as a second scribe}, I thank God for the John of this day {to conclude the Bible account as the third scribe and to give seeds, a complete understanding of The Bible picture in an orderly manner}. Though you have expressed your inspiration to write books but not to publish a magazine like Bro. Jackson, I remember you added " I will do as God guides me ". Yes brother I feel happy and believe that God gave the perfect revelation and inspiration to publish THE SCRIBE magazine in time. It is surely present day's fresh Manna to the original seeds. As you permitted me to translate your books into our Language,I am also able to do so and stand for the present truth by the Grace of God in the middle of a big opposition here. Thank you for your encouragement and prayers. Pastor Daniel Komaravalli South India Text Message (SMS): God bless you Brother Amos. My soul rejoices in the Lord today for the Scribe Magazine, a tool of God that packs the PRESENT TRUTH in the light of continuity of revelation. Of a truth God will never leave his children without a witness. The revelations coming forth in the Scribe publications attests to the position of your ministry at this end of time and the leadership for the bride at this hour. Thank God for the Scribe!!! Bro. Bola Omooba Lagos, Nigeria EMBRACING THE SCRIBE. Greetings to the church of Lagos. To the glory of Christ's ministry; and a special thank you for the work producing The Scribe....Christ by one man's hand, set forth judgment, shut the mouth of critics, and initiated the time of perfection with books and a magazine soon to be born. To date three monthly editions of The Scribe magazine have graced my life, three stones of evening light... The unveiling of the Scribe January brought forth a comprehensive message which clarified and illuminated the 5fold ministry... With February editions of the Scribe... Something miraculous happened. In simplicity and quietly we witnessed an absolute rendition of Apostle John's GOSPEL, chapter 5, verses March came quickly, and with clarity I see Paul's ministry pattern, The Plot, and a great wind blew understanding of Apostle John's prophetic message, 'The Seven Thunders In Relation To The Five Fold Ministry.' For me the evening light is bright, the tree of Joel has fruit appearing at the top... Thank you Bro. Omoboriowo. His garment is seamless! In the love of JESUS Christ. Bro. Brian Neil U.S.A. Please write and let us know how the Lord is using the Scribe to bless your soul. We would love to hear from you.

28 Page 28 June 2007 Announcement Our Convention dates for 2007 are as follows: May Convention: 17th - 20th May, Nov. Convention: 15th - 18th Nov, All are welcome. If you need more information, or if you have any questions or any comments, please feel free to contact us at: pastor@bftchurch.org For Scribe requests, please send your to: b-requests@bftchurch.org Any prayer needs, please make your request to: p-requests@bftchurch.org For those who prefer to write, our postal address is at the bottom of this page. We look forward to hearing from you. DIRECTORY OF THE SCRIBE 1. The Foundation Of The Five Fold Ministry, Parts 1&2 (January 2007). 2. The Foundation Of The Five Fold Ministry, Part 3: The Uniqueness Of The Ministry (January 2007). 3. The Foundation Of The Five Fold Ministry, Parts 4&5: Testing For Faithfulness (January 2007). 4. Locating God: The Visitation Of God, Parts 1&2 (February 2007). 5. Affinity With Evil (February 2007). 6. Where Are We? (February 2007). 7. The Way Forward (February 2007). 8. The Plot, Parts 1-4 (March 2007). 9. The Seven Thunders In Relation To The Five Fold Ministry, Parts 1&2 (March 2007). 10. The Jewish Connection, Parts 1& 2 (April 2007). 11. The Third Pull (June 2007). 12. The Third Pull, And The Three Steps Into The Rapture (June 2007). The Scribe, except in the Convention months of May and November, is a monthly publication by Bible Faith Tabernacle, 30 Bajulaye Compound, Off Bajulaye Road, P. O. Box 3463 Shomolu, Lagos, Nigeria. It contains an edited version of a message preached by Bro. Amos Omoboriowo, and is distributed free of charge on request. Our Website: