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3 2017 by Ben Howard All rights reserved. This book cannot be sold, nor in any way be used for the soliciting of funds. All scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version Bible Published by the Sound Of Liberty 7286 Hwy 53W, Dawsonville, Georgia U.S.A.

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5 Paul announced This would Be here 5 TaBle of contents DOES CHRIST HAVE A WIFE, OR IS THE WIFE OF CHRIST A MISNOMER?...9 January 15, 2017 Dawsonville, Georgia IS THERE A GREATER THAN PAUL HERE? IN SUCH A ONE I WILL GLORY!...19 January 22, 2017 Dawsonville, Georgia WE CANNOT BE HID ANY LONGER...33 January 29, 2017 Dawsonville, Georgia THE BODY OF CHRIST DEVELOPS INTO THE FLESH AND BONES OF THE PERFECT MAN...47 February 19, 2017 Dawsonville, Georgia LIVING IN AND BRINGING TO PASS THE PROPHETIC PART OF PAUL S GOSPEL THAT STOPPED AT HIS DEATH...59 March 26, 2017 Dawsonville, Georgia THE MESSAGE THAT IS CONTRARIWISE TO ALL THAT HAS BEEN BEFORE IT AND ALL THAT IS AFTER IT...73 April 2, 2017 Dawsonville, Georgia THE REVELATION OF THE PERFECT MAN AND THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION...85 April 16, 2017 Dawsonville, Georgia THE MESSAGE THAT CAUSES A DILEMMA TO ALL WHOM IT IS NOT REVEALED...99 April 30, 2016 Dawsonville, Georgia WORKING WITH GOD TO CREATE THE HUMAN SOUL May 21, 2017 Dawsonville, Georgia

6 6 christ The wife GETTING AQUAINTED WITH THE WOMAN NAMED WISDOM May 28, 2017 Dawsonville, Georgia HAVE WE PASSED THE TIME WHERE IT IS NOT PROFITABLE TO BE BAPTIZED FOR THE DEAD? June 3, 2017 Glen Daniel, West Virginia THE GOSPEL THAT IS RECEIVED AND PREACHED (PROPHESIED) ONLY BY THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST June 11, 2017 Dawsonville, Georgia THE TRUMPET OF GOD MESSAGE BREAKS DOWN THE MIDDLE WALL OF SEPARATION BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE DEAD June 18, 2017 Dawsonville, Georgia UNDOING YOUR BAPTISM UNTO DEATH July 9, 2017 Dawsonville, Georgia THE LAST TRUMP PRODUCES A SUBSTANCE THAT DISSOLVES THE UNMOVABLE WALL OF DEATH FOR THE WIFE OF THE LAMB July 19, 2016 Dawsonville, Georgia

7 Paul announced This would Be here 7 This Testimony is a Witness Of the Last Trump of God Message Ministered By the Wife of the Lamb

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9 The GosPel For The wife in israel at This end TiMe 9 DOES CHRIST HAVE A WIFE, OR IS THE WIFE OF CHRIST A MISNOMER? Misnomer is a Word that Counts Today I am going to be reading in several places in the Word of God; but I want to bring in a few things first in leading up to my main text scripture, which is in 1 Corinthians, Chapter 12. There are so many good things in this one chapter that are so wonderful and refreshing and it deals with us, the body of Christ. So I want to take a thought that may sound a little strange and entitle it, Does Christ Have a Wife, Or is the Wife of Christ a Misnomer? This message will be very profitable to us; because it shows the revelation of what God is doing as He shapes our mentality here at the time of the resurrection and the physical translation of our mortal bodies, just before the rapture. Now let s pray before beginning our message. Heavenly Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, we come to you with praise, thanking you for your love, goodness, and mercy upon us. And we praise you for the mighty work that you are doing in this hour in the Word whose time has come and is being fulfilled, where we are expecting miracles every day, expecting the moving of your Spirit, and expecting leadership in a vivid way. And, Lord, you haven t disappointed us. And we praise you and thank you for leading us and guiding us by thy Spirit. Lord, we pray, that you will take this Word and use it for your glory. Amen. Many times I don t have a thought on what I am going to preach until I step out and start preaching; and then a thought will come and it will begin to grow. But occasionally a thought will come to me ahead of time. That is what happened when this word misnomer came to my mind. I immediately knew what it meant; even though I don t believe I have ever heard it used before. A thought began to form in my mind, and I said to my wife, I plan to preach on, Does Christ have a Wife, Or is the Wife of Christ a Misnomer? She looked at me rather strangely and asked, Who is Miss Nomer? She thought I was talking about someone named Miss Nomer. I said, No, it s not the name of a person; it is a word, and it means, a wrong or inaccurate use of a name when referring to a person, a thing, or a term. In other words, misnaming. She looked up the word to see for herself what it meant; and sure enough it meant exactly what came to me. Then she got a good laugh out of asking me, Who is Miss Nomer?

10 10 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION Now this word misnomer is a word that really counts; especially when speaking of who we are here at the end time. And the reason I am using this word misnomer is because many times it is said, We are the wife of Christ, when in fact, we are Christ the wife. And now, more than ever, we realize the statement of we are the wife of Christ is a misnomer. This means if we say, We are the wife of Christ, while identifying our position as Christ the wife, we are actually using the wrong wording or terminology. While on the other hand, if we say, we are the wife of the Lamb, or the Lamb s wife, or the wife of the Son of God, then we are one hundred percent correct in our statement in identifying who we are as the wife. In the Book of Acts, Chapter 9, Paul was struck down by a bright light; and by revelation he knew that this bright light was Christ the anointing, which had become part of the man Jesus, who was the Word made flesh. So when Paul accepted Jesus, the Son of God, through Christ the Mighty Light, he began to call Him Christ, or Christ Jesus, which was the revelational new name of the anointed Savior. It was soon after this great event that Paul began to speak of those that accepted his very own God-given message as the virgin who was to become the wife of the Lamb. Here, I want to say that this Christ anointing contained both the masculine and feminine attributes, as does God in His nature as the creator of both male and female. The Lord Jesus Christ had the same attributes in Him, also. God put these attributes in Adam, His created Son. Later, upon creating Adam s wife, God removed the feminine attributes from Adam and placed them within Eve. Thus leaving Adam with all the male attributes and Eve with the feminine attributes. So God then had a son with a wife, and they could come together in the intimate lovemaking way that made the female the flesh and bones of the male. This is the same with the body of Christ as we have become flesh and bone with our Husband as we are the feminine part of Jesus, the Lamb of God. When we received the baptism into the spiritual body of Christ, this trumpet message caused us to become bone of His bone, and flesh of His flesh, in our marriage to the Lamb. The revelation of the mystery of marriage began to shine through in Paul s writing in the Book of 2 Corinthians 11:2-3 as he spoke of the virgin that he had espoused to our Lord Jesus Christ. But it wasn t until he wrote the Book of Ephesians 5:30-32 that he began to project (or prophesy) about the virgin becoming the married wife of God s Son. And it is here that we begin to see what God had in His mind for the joy of His only begotten Son, and His Son s wife. After Paul s prophecy about this, some thirty years down the road, God used John to write the Book of Revelation; and he began to show

11 DOES CHRIST HAVE A WIFE, OR IS THE WIFE OF CHRIST A MISNOMER? 11 a furtherance of the mystery of marriage, starting in Revelation 10:1, as Christ the Mighty Angel came down from heaven in the fullness of His Spirit and brought to His espoused virgin the little book for the marriage. Then in Verses 8-10 of this same chapter, God spoke from heaven with the Voice of Authorization and told us to go to the angel and ask for the little book. We did; and we were given the little book, and we ate it up. And the marriage was on, as we were baptized into the fullness of the body of Christ as the wife. And we took our place in God s plan and began to speak (prophesy) for our Husband as seen in Revelation 10:11 and Ephesians 4:13-16, thus our joy is complete. The same Christ that had become one with Jesus, anointing Him as the Lamb of God, has now anointed us, which made for this high calling, the wife of the Lamb. (Revelation 19:7-8) The Apostle Paul was looking at this through a glass darkly (or in part) and he began to write about it. And one of the outstanding chapters that he wrote is 2 Corinthians, Chapter 3, where he said, Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. He started this process by the Word for the espoused virgin, which was the body of Christ that had begun to form in his day, by showing that this Word was to be written in their hearts. This was foreshadowing the little book of Revelation, Chapter 10, which could not be written in their hearts, because it is only for we which are alive and remain to be changed although they did get to eat of it during the seven church ages, by God sending a messenger to each age to give them the Word for that age in order to give them resurrection power to come forth. But we which are alive and remain ate the little book up, showing that we took possession of it by becoming one with it, and we are now sounding forth the last trumpet of 1 Corinthians 15: Now let s read our text scripture in the Book of 1 Corinthians 12: It says, For as the body is one, This is not talking about all the different religious groups that say, We believe in Christ; not knowing that in order to believe in Christ, they have to recognize who Christ is first, and that there is only one faith when dealing with the wife of the Lamb. Again, Verse 12, For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. We want to take this literally, so also is Christ. Verse 13, For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. Now watch. Paul is introducing something here that is so different from what Peter, James, John, and the other apostles to Israel brought; al-

12 12 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION though all who are born again have their place in the eternal Kingdom of God. But we see what Peter, James, and John said to Paul in Galatians 2:9, And when James, Cephas (Peter), and John, who seemed to be pillars (of the Jewish church), perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen (the Gentiles), and they unto the circumcision (the Jews). In other words, they were saying, Paul, what you have is a work of God; but it s not for us, because it is a different message, a different working of God. God sent Paul outside the realm of the twelve Jewish apostles, because his work was different. That is why Paul was not at Jerusalem with the twelve apostles on the day of Pentecost. It was later that Christ struck him down on the way to Damascus. And Paul even had a different mentality when speaking of Christ and the Kingdom of God than what Peter, James, and John had. In Acts, Chapter 3, we find Peter speaking about the coming of the Lord. Notice, he is telling them about His coming as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, to reign on this earth. (John shows this same coming of the Lord in Revelation 19:16.) So Peter said, in Verses 20-21, And he (God) shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive (hold) until the times of restitution of all things (this is the starting of the millennium), which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. Well, that is one hundred percent truth. Paul also spoke about this coming of the Lord Jesus; but prior to the Lord s coming as the King, he spoke about a spiritual coming, a mystery (a secret), a catching away, in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 and 1 Corinthians 15:51-57, where the wife goes up to meet her Husband at the throne which is the rapture. And we see that neither Peter nor any of the other eleven apostles spoke about this secret spiritual coming as Paul did. Let s continue our reading in 1 Corinthians 12:27. It says, Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. Notice that what he is saying here is different than what he says in Ephesians 5: Here, Paul takes ye are the body of Christ further by saying, ye are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones. Now this is different from just being born again; even though one has to be born again to be this. This revelation takes us beyond espousal unto marriage and the Word calls us the wife of the Lamb, who is taken up to the throne of God before the onset of the great tribulation. So does Christ have a wife? No, Christ is the wife. So it is a misnomer to say, We are the wife of Christ; but it is not when we say, We are the wife of the Lamb. That is the right wording in describing who we are. This puts a new light on our position in God s plan. Now we can

13 DOES CHRIST HAVE A WIFE, OR IS THE WIFE OF CHRIST A MISNOMER? 13 see why I am using the word misnomer. I thought it would be good to help us to appreciate who we are as the wife of God s own Son, now that we have come more into the perfect knowledge of being the Lamb s wife. Now with this perfect knowledge, by revelation we know that John was a type only of the wife of the Lamb until we came through the Tenth Chapter of the Book of Revelation and that part of God s plan was fulfilled. (That is where the Mighty Angel came down and brought us the little book. And the Mighty Angel showed us Christ in the fullness of His anointing that was just waiting to take on flesh and bones by our baptism into the Spirit of this message of the trump of God; thus making us the wife of the Son of God.) So John was still a type of the wife for a short season, until the eating up of the little book had taken place, which completed our marriage. But after we ate the little book, that type ends; and now there is no need for someone to represent us. Because if we stay with the type, and we keep saying, John is a representative for us, then that certainly is a misnomer. There is no way that can be; because now we are the wife of the Lamb. We are not John, because John fades out of the picture as a representative of the wife, which shows that part of John s work is finished. And now there is no further need for John to be a representative for us, because now it is just Husband and wife. So now the wife is here, and we will never again need anyone except our Husband to represent us, because of our marriage to the Lamb. When the little book was given to us, we knew that it was the Word sent from heaven that special part of the Word that Jesus was created from; and it caused us to become members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones, thus making us perfect in one. No longer are we twain, but one Spirit and one flesh. This is what happened when we ate that little book we became one, just as the Father and His Son are one. Thus we are part of the glorified man Jesus our Lord, who now glorifies our flesh and bones. After this, we no longer see John as being a type of us, the wife of the Lamb. We are the original, and here we are today. So there is no need for anyone, except our Husband whom we have become one with as the perfect man, to stand beside us. Now let s read in the Book of Ephesians, Chapter 5, starting with Verse 30. It says, For we (the Christ wife) are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones. Now I want you to watch a truth here. Here in Verse 30, Paul doesn t say that we are members of the body of Christ; but he says, we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones which is the perfect man of Ephesians 4:13. Let s compare this with what Paul said in 1 Corinthians 12: It says, For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many,

14 14 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. And in doing so, we see that the Word has grown from being just members of the body of Christ (the Spirit and the anointing from the Lord Jesus) to being members of the perfect man. This means we are now perfectly one with the Lord Jesus our Husband. Take special note, for this scripture says, For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. In other words, the body of Christ took on another form of His flesh and of His bones. And once we became His flesh and bones, we recognized that we were a part of the same Word that Jesus Christ was created from. Verse 31, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife (He begins to call her wife.), and they two shall be one flesh. That means we are the same flesh and bones of our Lord Jesus, making us His Christ. (Ephesians 4:13-16, Revelation 11:15, and Revelation 19:7-8) In the Book of Matthew 1:21, and Luke 1:31-33, it shows the Word being spoken to a virgin named Mary, which began the process of forming the Word child in Mary s womb, and nine months later she brought forth a Son, just as the angel Gabriel said unto her, Behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. Then in the Book of John 1:1-2, here is John giving witness of Jesus Christ, saying, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. John takes us further in the Word in Verse 14 of this same chapter, showing the Word going from the Spirit into the flesh and bones, saying, And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. Notice, the Word was made flesh (And we, as part of that same Word, became bone of His bone, and flesh of His flesh.) Paul is speaking about the same Word made flesh here in Ephesians 5:30-31; and he is speaking of the wife, using Adam and Eve as an example to show us what God had in His mind at the beginning. Verse 30 again, For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. Now it is very important for us to understand this before we move on in this message. Do we believe that we are bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh? Then that makes us part of the same flesh and bones of the Lord Jesus Christ. Meaning that we are both the spiritual Christ with the added flesh and bones, as members of His body. As was said earlier, Paul was getting a little glimpse of this when he

15 DOES CHRIST HAVE A WIFE, OR IS THE WIFE OF CHRIST A MISNOMER? 15 said, Ye are the epistles of Christ, written and read of all men; not written with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God. The letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life. Paul was planting a seed that would grow into the Word that we now have, which became flesh and bones in our marriage to the King, the Lord Jesus Christ, our Husband. This all happened because we ate the little book up; and by revelation, we now understand that Verse 31 has taken on a life of its own, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. And we can affirmatively say, We are now bone of His bone, and flesh of His flesh. And that denotes one thing and one thing only that is wife. God used those words in the beginning. When Adam saw Eve, he said, This is now bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh; for her spirit was in Adam from the beginning, showing that we were a part of Christ when God created this anointing at the beginning. And this anointing took on flesh and bones. This makes us one with the Lord, and makes us His Christ, as we see in Revelation 11:15 and Revelation 19:7-8. Praise be to God for His love for us! Continuing with Ephesians 5:32; it says, This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Now the espoused virgin had to develop into this place of being members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones. At first, when she heard Paul s message and received the Holy Ghost by the Word that Paul brought, she was engaged or espoused to the Lord Jesus Christ and received many mighty blessings. But it is only when the espoused virgin is baptized into the fullness of the body of Christ that she is recognized as Christ the wife. And this did not take place until we ate up the little book because the little book of Revelation, Chapter 10, was the Word for the creating of the wife of the Lamb, as both legs of Christ s spiritual coming took place. As we have received the revelation of these things about the wife, our thoughts are turned to our Husband, the man Jesus the Christ, who walked up to the tomb of a dead man and raised him. We find this great miracle in the Book of John, Chapter 11, of a resurrection that took place as Jesus went to the tomb of Lazarus, and He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth! That was the Christ in the man Jesus Christ calling for a resurrection; and it took place. It was the Christ in Him that did this miracle. And now it is the same Christ that brings on the resurrection for the dead members of the wife through us here at the end time, as Christ the wife speaks the Word and says unto them, Come forth! And they will do exactly like Lazarus, as Christ speaks the Word once again and a resurrection takes place in our very day and in our very hour. Our faith, which is the faith of the Son of God, will call them forth from the grave.

16 16 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION We all talk about Peter and Paul raising the dead; but no, they didn t, because they couldn t raise the dead, but it was the Christ in them doing the work. Likewise, we (the Christ wife) speak the Word, and a resurrection takes place. That is why we are seeing healing and many other miracles. Remember the leaves of the tree of life, which now has taken on (or has become) flesh and bones as the wife of the Lamb, is producing this healing as we are bearing our fruits. We see that in Ezekiel 47:12, where the prophet of God speaks about the leaves of this tree being used for medicine. Then in Revelation 22:2, we see that John points all the way over into eternity with the Word that says the leaves are for the healing of the nations. Again, let me say that being born again (or being saved, as some people call it), or being filled with the Holy Ghost, doesn t make someone the wife of the Lamb; because there are two legs (two parts) of the spiritual coming of the Lord. The first leg of the coming showed Christ coming as the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost, and that gave part of God s own life and connected the believers to the very eternal life that has always been. But that doesn t make someone the wife. For it took a different message for the wife, which was only the espoused virgin at the time that Paul preached. Paul came with a message to espouse (engage) a virgin to the Lord Jesus Christ by the Word for that day, just as we are married to Him here at the second leg of His coming in His fullness in this day by this trumpet message. Now the marriage has taken place in our day. Paul also wrote about this in 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, saying, Behold, I shew you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, at the last trump, for the trumpet of God shall sound, and the dead shall rise, and we shall be changed. Someone said to me recently, Are you saying that we don t have to die? I answered simply by asking this question, Do you believe in a rapture? And the answer was, Oh, yes, I believe in a rapture. Then I said, Do you believe it is near? Again, the answer was, I believe it is so near that one can almost taste it. I said, Then what is going to happen to the living saints? And I was told, Well, naturally, they will be changed. And then I asked, Are you saying that they don t have to die? He paused for a moment, then answered, Now I see what you are saying. Yes, we are that group that is living, that is alive and has remained till His coming. And we are rejoicing and shouting the victory! Now in order to see the perfect man, the Lord Jesus Christ, then just look at the wife, just look at His Christ; because we have all His attributes and gifts. And Christ the wife is going to call the other predestinated members of His wife from their graves, just like Jesus Christ did

17 DOES CHRIST HAVE A WIFE, OR IS THE WIFE OF CHRIST A MISNOMER? 17 Lazarus. And as said earlier, it wasn t Jesus the man that did that. Jesus was thirty years old and had never done one single miracle that we are aware of. He knew the Word; because He was the Word. He went into the temple when He was about twelve years old and the Pharisees and the Sadducees asked Him questions, and He confounded them by answering them, and then asking them questions they couldn t answer. How? Because He was the Word. But that Word didn t come alive in the sense of producing the purpose of God until God anointed that seed; then that life blossomed forth. So it was Christ in Him when He walked up to the tomb and said, Lazarus, come forth! And Lazarus came forth alive again. And now that same Christ is in the earth today as the wife of the Lamb. So the trumpet of God is sounding, and only the wife of the Lamb is hearing this sound, because the wife is the only one that can hear this trumpet by revelation. Glory to God! What is the trumpet? It is this message. This trumpet that you are hearing is sounding out right now, and through it Christ will raise the dead. Who is Christ? Christ is the wife of the Lamb, and will call forth from the dead the other members, which are members of His flesh and of His bones through marriage. Let s go to Revelation, Chapter 11, Verse 15; it says, And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ (The kingdom is ours; for we are fellow heirs with the one that owns it. We are co-owners of the whole kingdom. He redeemed it and He shares it with us.); and he shall reign for ever and ever. Notice, it says, The Lord, and His Christ. Now who is Christ? We know who the Lord is. There is no question. Jesus said, If you call me Lord, then do what I say. He is the Lord. And while He walked here, He was the Lord Jesus Christ. But here in Revelation, Chapter 11, we see by the scripture the Lord coming with His Christ (His anointed), which had been raptured before the great tribulation period took place. He is the Lord; and God gave Him a wife, and that is His Christ wife. Now before closing, I want to say again, there is one faith. All the members of the wife have one faith, as we are one and have one mind. Yes, we are baptized into the fullness of the body of Christ, thereby making us members of His flesh and of His bones, moving us (from glory to glory) from just being spiritual members of the body of Christ to the glorified flesh and bones. That is why we are not tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, because we are one in Him. Since we are here in the Book of Revelation, let s go to Chapter 19, Verses 7-8 (while keeping in mind Revelation 11:15, the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord, and His Christ ). It

18 18 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION says, Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. Now watch And His wife hath made herself ready. And to her it was granted that she (and only her; nobody else) should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white; for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. So we can say that we are the wife of the Son of God. So does Christ have a wife, or is the wife of Christ a misnomer? If we say, we are the body of Christ, married to Christ; well, that is a misnomer. We are Christ the wife, married to the Lamb. So in Revelation 11:15, it says, The Lord, and His Christ, and that settles it. We are the wife of the Lamb and are rejoicing in Him! God bless you. Amen

19 DOES CHRIST HAVE A WIFE, OR IS THE WIFE OF CHRIST A MISNOMER? 19 IS THERE A GREATER THAN PAUL HERE? In Such A One I Will Glory! We want to begin reading in the Word of God today from the Book of Matthew. I was thinking about the four gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), and I thought, The Book of John is my favorite of the four gospels; but then I thought, So is the Book of Luke. As sure as we think we have a favorite, we will think of something in one of the other books that we cannot do without. So we realize that we cannot leave any of the Word of God out. Because what one book doesn t say, in most cases one of the others will. That is just the way the Word is written. The Word of God is so wonderful and I appreciate it so much. The four gospels tell about Jesus Christ s earthly walk and Him being crucified and resurrected. But when we get over to the Book of Acts, here is where Christ came back to continue the Lord s work through the church. This was the first leg of His spiritual coming, which was in the form of the Holy Ghost, and it came on the Jewish Feast Day of Pentecost. It is here that God showed the first leg of His spiritual coming, which was, and is, a portion of the Spirit and soul of the Lord Jesus Christ. Then after the gift of the Holy Ghost was established in the hearts and minds of those Jewish believers, Christ manifested Himself to Paul and gave him a commission to preach a special part of the Word that would reveal the feminine part, or side, of Jesus Christ. When Paul began to preach his message, he first went to Jerusalem, but the Jews sent him away (and we see this in Acts 9:29-31). The reason being is because Paul s message was for a different purpose than the twelve apostles that were to preach to Israel. (Matthew, Chapter 10) Then after Paul left Jerusalem, he began to preach mostly to the Gentiles, which is shown in Acts 13:42-49, although there were some Jews that received his message and became part of it. And after his message began to go forth to the Gentiles, it became known to Paul by revelation that God would take from both the Jews and the Gentiles a special group of believers. This began the process of creating the wife of the Lamb, which would not be completed until here at the end time at the second leg of the spiritual coming of Christ in His fullness, shown as the Mighty Angel of Revelation, Chapter 10. This was all made possible because of the first leg of the spiritual coming of Christ known as the gift of the Holy Ghost. This has been Christ all along, but just manifesting Himself in another form. And the bringing of His Word here at the end time

20 20 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION shows the wife of the Lamb as the feminine part of the Lord Jesus Christ. Compare this with Adam and Eve as Paul spoke in Ephesians 5: So today I am going to take a text and entitle it, Is There a Greater Than Paul Here? In Such a One I will Glory! This is a very important message, because of the place where we have arrived, and of the time we are living in; for we now see Christ shining through all the members of the wife of the Lamb. We are a very special group, being baptized into the body of Christ, and we have become members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones. Much of the time we talk about Paul more than any of the other apostles; because God selected and elected him to be the apostle to the early Gentile church. He not only preached to the Gentiles, but he also preached to the Jews. The Gentiles didn t have the gospel preached to them prior to the calling of Paul; although, there were some Gentile proselytes that had come under the Law of Moses and were counted with the Jews. But at the time, they didn t know about the glorious gospel message of the Apostle Paul. In the Book of Acts 11:19, which was getting on down the road from the coming of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost, the twelve apostles that walked with Jesus Christ while He was in His earthly ministry went everywhere preaching the gospel to none but the Jews only. But when time came for someone to reach out and bring the Gentiles into the family of God, God raised up Paul, whom God used for this purpose. This is because the twelve Jewish apostles that walked with Jesus were ordained to preach to the Jews. So now as God had ordained, Paul went to the different cities preaching his special gospel that would take away the sin of the believers, and free them from the law of the old covenant. He found that in almost every city there was a Jewish colony. And some of those Jews, as he began to fulfill his calling, would hear him; and they loved what Paul was preaching, because he was preaching freedom from the law. He said in Galatians 5:4, Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. So Paul brought a message that would free the believers from the law. And some of those Jews began to realize that the keeping of the law had become just a traditional and demonstrational thing and that there was no salvation in the law. This they realized as they began to listen to what Paul preached to them about a living God that could live in them and the Gentiles as well. Paul s revelation of what happened to Jesus Christ on Calvary (Golgotha s hill) took on a greater meaning, which broke down the middle wall of partition between the Jews and the Gentiles, making both people one new man. This began to be called the body of Christ, where

21 IS THERE A GREATER THAN PAUL HERE? 21 there was neither Jew nor Gentile. (Ephesians 2:14-18) And when many of the Jews heard this, they began to come to Paul s message of salvation. So had Paul stayed with saying, I am the apostle to the Gentiles, his gospel would have lost its relevancy; because there were Jews that were part of the wife. This is brought out with great clarity in our book entitled, The Gospel for the Wife in Israel, in the chapter called, Is Our Gospel Relevant for the Time We Are In, Or Has it Become A Relic of the Past? Now there is a part of God s Word that is relevant to us for the time we are living in, and we must walk in the light of it. And that is a thought that we want to keep in mind as we continue in this message today. So let s pray before going into the Book of Matthew, Chapter 12. Heavenly Father, we come praising you and thanking you for another privilege to be identified with you, to be identified with the Word that is being sent forth in this hour of time, and to be identified as the wife of the Lamb. We thank you, Lord, that you counted us worthy for this, and clothed us in fine linen, clean and white, which is the righteousness of the saints. Lord, we love you with all of our hearts. Bless us and anoint us, the hearers of thy Word; we ask in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Here in Matthew, Chapter 12, we see Jesus healing the multitudes and speaking the Word of God. I want to begin reading in Verse 38. It says, Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee: These were religious people that were asking about a sign. Verse 39, But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas (or Jonah): Now watch what Jesus is calling this spirit that was upon the people that was moving them an evil and adulterous generation, seeking a sign. Verses 40-41, For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. Notice, Jesus is saying, A greater than Jonas is here now. Now who was Jesus talking about? He made it clear that He was not talking about Himself; because when they came to Him and called Him good master, He said, Why calleth thou me good? There is none good but one, and that is God. (Matthew 19:16-17) Do you know why He said this? Because there was one above Him that determines what righteousness is. That is the great God, the Eternal Spirit. Thus showing that all our goodness is from God through Christ. By this, we see that the Christ anointing of God had united with the human spirit and soul of Jesus, creating the Holy Ghost, which gives eternal life to all that hear the voice of God through the Word.

22 22 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION In Verse 42, Jesus says, The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. Now the point here is that she was willing to travel a long distance because she had heard that Solomon had the wisdom of God. She wanted to hear from God and see the wisdom of God manifested so much that she traveled many days through the desert country to see and talk to Solomon and be with him. Notice, the queen of the south shall rise up in judgment against this generation and condemn it for rejecting the precious Word of God. Now we can see that there is one greater amongst us, more than all the apostles and prophets. By one Spirit, according to 1 Corinthians 12:12-13, we were baptized into one body, and are members of Christ. And this revelation has produced a body of flesh and bones, as God in John 1:14 put flesh and bones on the Word. We can clearly see this in Ephesians 5:30-33, as we became members of His body, of his flesh and of his bones. Because the one that the flesh and bones belongs to is here and has given the fullness of Himself in marriage by this trumpet message, which is showing us Christ in the earth through the wife of the Lamb. So there is a greater one here! Recently I had a man say to me, You talk like you are greater than Paul. But Paul wasn t the one that was great. And if you get the revelation of what Paul preached, you will understand who the greater one was. Paul said, I am the least of the saints of God. But he knew Christ. He said, It is Christ in me, the Hope of Glory! In Galatians 1:24, Paul said, And they glorified God in me. Look, here was a vessel, a man that people saw God in so much that they glorified God in him. And he was a man that stood in Jesus Christ s stead. (2 Corinthians 5:20) So a greater than Paul is here now. It is Christ the wife of the Lamb. Notice in the Book of Jonah, Chapter 3, where God sent his prophet to the people of Nineveh, who were heathens, to speak God s Word unto them. As Jonah began to enter into the city, he cried out, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. And word of this happening came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry

23 IS THERE A GREATER THAN PAUL HERE? 23 mightily unto God: and let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger that we perish not? And God saw that they had repented and turned from their evil ways, so He spared the city. It was because they received the Word that Jonah preached to them. And as far as Jonah doing any miracles, there is none that we are aware of; but a great sign was wrought through his experience of being in a whale s belly for three days and nights, showing that Jesus Christ would be in the heart of the earth for three days and nights and then would be resurrected. Well, a greater than Jonah is here today. A greater than the man Jesus, before He was anointed, is here today. Because Jesus, a good man, walked thirty years here in this earth; and He was the Word. But the Word needed to be quickened, or woke up. And when He was baptized of John the Baptist in the River of Jordan, the fullness of Christ came into Him and was joined to Him; and from that moment on, He was called Jesus the Christ. Then He could say, It is not me that doeth the work; but it is the anointing (my Father) that doeth the work. It is God! And Jesus said, And call thou me not good (or righteous); because there is only one that can determine whether I am righteous or not. So He said, There is none good except the Father and those that He gives His righteousness unto. From hence comes all goodness. It is the same thing today Don t call me righteous. I mentioned earlier about the man saying, You talk like you are greater than Paul. No, I don t think that. And furthermore, Paul was not great at all; but it was the one within him that was great Christ. To show you about Paul, let s take a look at Acts, Chapter 21; because it is here that we see that God just pulled His Spirit back from him and let him go up to Jerusalem to visit James and the elders. And when Paul met him, James wrapped him around his little finger and said, Paul, you see how many thousands of Jews that are here and they all believe in Jesus and are very zealous of the Law of Moses. They will hear that you have come; so do this that we tell you. And James began to give Paul some instructions on how to be accepted by the Jewish believers, telling him to partake of their rituals of purification and also get a sacrifice offering for himself. And Paul went along with it. But God only let him go far enough to show that Paul was not the great one, but that it was Christ that was the great one. Paul went through the seven days of purification and would have gotten a sacrifice offering for himself, when one of the men recognized Paul as the man that was going about preaching to the Jews that they were no longer under the Law of Moses; and those righteous law-keeping Jews would have killed Paul, but God had soldiers

24 24 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION to come in and get him. And then Paul was taken from one prison to another, and eventually was put on a ship bound for Rome. And in Acts 23:11 we see the will of God for Paul; for it says, And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome. And on the way to Rome, I am sure that Paul did some serious thinking and praying. In Acts, Chapters 27 and 28, while Paul was getting ready to board the ship to Rome, he gave a message to the shipmaster not to leave port because of the oncoming weather. But the shipmaster didn t give heed to Paul, setting sail anyway. Then here came the storm. That old ship was just reeling and rocking. They were all praying and fasting. They hadn t eaten anything in fourteen days. They hadn t seen the sun. They were in bad shape physically. And while Paul was below deck praying, an angel of the Lord came to him with a message. Paul went and told the shipmaster, This ship is going to be destroyed; but the angel of the Lord stood by me this day and told me that all who stay aboard would be saved. This time, the shipmaster saw the life of the message that Paul gave him before leaving port. The shipmaster heeded the Word of the Lord, and told his crew to cut the life boats (in other words, don t trust in the natural things to save you). I tell you, sometimes the old ship gets to shaking; and God lets it shake. But all that look to Him, being in Him, all that have faith don t worry about it. Your natural ship and everything around you might get torn up, but God will bring you to the shore. So according to the Word of the Lord, which was brought by an angel, Paul and all the others survived the shipwreck and landed on an Island. Here, Paul was gathering sticks and a serpent bit him. And apparently it was one of those kind that is very poisonous, that a person could die within seconds of being bit; because the Bible says, When he should have fallen dead immediately, he just shook it off in the fire and went about picking up the sticks. And when the people saw that a serpent had bitten him, they said amongst themselves, This man is a criminal and he escaped the sea; but vengeance got him anyway. Well, they waited. And when he should have fallen dead and he didn t, they said, He is not a criminal, he is a god. And the chief of the Island just happened to be sick, and Paul went unto him and laid his hands on him and healed him. Then the others of the Island came for healing. The thing is, Christ was the one that was doing these miracles! So does Ben Howard think he is greater than Paul? Well, I think we are equal with Paul. Because Paul was not the great one; the great one was the one that Paul pointed us to. He said, I was taken into the third heaven and saw things that are not lawful to speak about. He said, I

25 IS THERE A GREATER THAN PAUL HERE? 25 have had all these things happen to me; but I am nothing. He knew where the power was. He knew it was Christ. And anytime you look at any human being and want to say how great they are, or how small they are, you are looking at the wrong thing, and you are going to come up with the wrong answer. There is only one that is great; and that is Christ He is the answer! Therefore, we must understand that God set in the church the ministry. And yes, there was much attention put on the ministry while God was bringing it out of the Dark Ages, because people had to have earthly leadership; because Christ had not come in His fullness yet, as seen in Revelation, Chapter 10. There was given a fivefold ministry for the perfecting of the saints; but when we passed the till of Ephesians 4:13, the ministry took on another roll (went into another form) that caused the ministers to preach a message that is relevant inside the body of Christ as helpers to all the other members, as they become one with the ministry. And now all the members are helpers of one another. And since we have passed the till in Ephesians 4:13, we came unto the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ (becoming Christ the wife); being no longer tossed to and fro, and every member supplying spiritual things that the body needs. Now that is when we are seeing Christ in His fullness. And if we see anything besides Christ, we are looking at the wrong thing, we are looking at a mirage, something that is not real. But it is Christ in us, the Hope of Glory! And now He is not only in us, but we are in Him, as we are the Lamb s wife. Here we see a great truth at the revealing of the wife of the Lamb, because we see the body of Christ in another form, clothed in fine linen, clean and white, as we have been made members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones, which is the righteousness of God. Prior to coming up to this time of our marriage, in the Book of 2 Corinthians, Chapter 11, Paul had to warn the espoused virgin about the serpent. He says in Verse 3, But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. Now watch; Paul was bringing the message that was relevant to what the Spirit of Christ was doing then. He even went as far as to say, If anyone preaches anything different than what I am preaching, let him be accursed. (Galatians 1:8-9) Well, that didn t apply to Peter, James, and John, because Paul was talking about those in the realm of the virgin that he was sent to in order to espouse a bride to the Lord Jesus Christ. God lifted Paul up and used him to be the voice for that purpose. God was vindicating, I have sent this man. You listen to what he has to say; and if you do, I will bless you. But Paul

26 26 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION didn t point them to himself by saying, Look what I can do! No, he always gave all the glory to God. Yes, sometimes God uses us to be a voice. And He puts some stature (puts teeth) behind that voice; and it is recognized that this is Christ. This is God s way of making the Christ anointing great. In the days of Paul s ministry, there were many of the preachers claiming they were more qualified than Paul to lead the church, and they were bragging about things that they thought would show them to be superior to Paul, whom God ordained to be the apostle to espouse the virgin to Jesus Christ. But Paul was the one that God was using to glorify Christ. Therefore, Paul thought it was necessary to show some of the things that he suffered for the name of Jesus Christ by speaking of things that he called folly. And that folly was in the will of God in order to stop the gainsayers from hindering the work of God. Paul was the one God was using. But some others that heard Paul, they wanted to claim leadership and even take the preeminence over God s plan. They had the wrong spirit; and they didn t know that what Paul was saying were the Words of Christ. We find this in Acts, Chapter 20, where Paul said, The Lord has shown me that He is going to take me home. But there are men among you right now, and just as soon as I am gone, they will rise up and draw disciples after themselves. In the Book of 2 Thessalonians 2:7, he tells about this as being the spirit of iniquity. And this spirit came from the great Lucifer who God said was perfect in all his ways, until iniquity was found in him. God had allowed Lucifer certain freedom to think. And he began to think like this, I can take all this power. I will raise my throne above the stars of God. (Isaiah, Chapter 14, and Ezekiel, Chapter 28) Right then and there, iniquity was found in him. And ever since that time, iniquity has been working in religious ways to hinder God s plan. In Matthew 7:22-23, Jesus said, Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? (In other words, they were saying something like this, Lord, you sure couldn t have done it without us. ) And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Yes, there are those that preach healing; but if you believe the Word, it doesn t matter if you read it, or hear it read, or how you get it. If you believe the Word by His stripes ye were healed that is the life of the Word healing you, and not the one reading the Word to you. So they preached this, and there were people that got healed. But that spirit of iniquity in them caused them to lift themselves up, to build a university or some denomination, to build something in

27 IS THERE A GREATER THAN PAUL HERE? 27 their own name. There is only one name that the wife of the Lamb is interested in, and it is the name of our Husband and our King, the Lord Jesus Christ; and we are going to sit by His side as His Christ. This brings to mind the scripture in Revelation 11:15, where it speaks about the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of the Lord and His Christ. Are we His Christ? Yes, we are. And that is where the works come from; not from man even though God uses human vessels; for He put this treasure in earthen vessels. But if that earthly vessel begins to feel like they are the one doing it, then God will let them know that He is the one, and it is not them. When looking at Paul, we see that he was given so much revelation of the Word of God; and God knew that he would need something to keep him humble as a human vessel, lest he should get exalted. I say this because Paul said in 2 Corinthians 12:7, And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. Then in Verses 8-9, he goes on to say, For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. In other words, this was for Paul s own good. The Word says the trying of our faith is more precious than pure gold and tribulation worketh patience; and patience worketh hope, and hope maketh not ashamed. This helps us to think right. We realize we are human beings who are members of His body, and we have the mind of Christ. We don t have the mind of the Almighty God; but we have the mind of Christ, and we know that it is Him that helps us. So we can say, A greater than Adam is here. A greater than Enoch is here. A greater than Abraham is here. A greater than Jonah is here. A greater than Elijah is here. A greater than Moses is here. A greater than Peter is here. A greater than Paul is here. A greater than all the apostles is here. And that greater one is Christ! Even Jesus was saying, It is not me that doeth the work; these are not my words, but it is the words of my Father through His Christ. Now we are seeing what the body of Christ is in all its glory. It is like Peter walking down the street with his shadow passing over the sick and them being healed by the power of God. It is like Paul preaching all night and a man falling out of a window and being killed; and Paul just laid himself on him, and he was raised back to life. It is like Paul on that ship that wrecked and the angel of the Lord came to him and said, Paul, don t worry, the ship is going to be torn up; but everyone that stays on board will be saved. It is like when a serpent bit him,

28 28 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION and he didn t worry; he just shook it off into the fire. That is Christ. And when he went to the sick chief on the Island and laid hands on the man, he rose up completely healed. Was that Paul? No, it wasn t Paul; because Paul just proved over at Jerusalem with James, in Acts, Chapter 21, who he was. Paul was a good man, in the sense of goodness in the human realm. But he wanted to blend with that denominational system a little bit, and did he ever get into trouble. Paul went through the seven days of purification; but he didn t get purified there, he got purified on the way to Rome. And while he was in Rome under house arrest, he wrote the Book of Ephesians, and the other books; saying such things as, we were with Him (God) before the foundation of the world, and God has revealed to us mysteries that have been kept secret before the world was. And he began to reveal that inside the body of Christ, there is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither male nor female; but in Christ we are one. Let s go back to 2 Corinthians, Chapter 11, and pick up in Verse 4. Here Paul says, For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him. Then in Verse 5, he says, For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. Here Paul is showing what God is doing through him. Then when he is finished, he says, I am a fool for doing this; for this is foolish talk. But because the people were looking for that, he was showing them how foolish it was. He said, I have become a fool in glorying. If I am going to glory at all (Verses 29 and 30 says it), I will glory in my infirmities. If we are going to glory in something, are we going to lift the preacher up? No, we say, There is not a great one among us, except Christ. Yes, in the sense of what Paul had to do, I honor him. The Bible says to give honor to those that give us the Word. But always glorify Christ! Continuing on with Verse 6, But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things. There were some saying, I have heard that Paul doesn t talk good; he doesn t say his words right. But Paul said, Try me in knowledge. Now I want to make this point, he was only doing this to cut off the occasion for the boasting of the false preachers. Verse 7, Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely? In Verses 8-13, Paul goes on to say, I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service. And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so

29 IS THERE A GREATER THAN PAUL HERE? 29 will I keep myself. As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia. Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth. But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we. For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. So what are false apostles? Those that deny this trumpet message that is now sounding forth. (1 Corinthians 15:51-52) Those that are boastful. Those that say, Look what we have done. You ought to come to our meetings. One preacher that came to our area, put up posters saying, Are you sick; are you weary; are you discouraged? Then these services are for you! Come and let us pray for you; and watch the power of God fall! Well, I am not concerned with such talk. But I am concerned about Christ in my life being baptized into Him. I am concerned about people seeing nothing but Christ and Christ alone. Amen. Verses 13-14, For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Lucifer was the angel of light; but now he has to transform himself. See, that pretending is of the devil, all the way through. Be what you are. Say it like this, If there is any good thing that comes from me, it is from Christ. And if someone is an apostle of Christ, they will be quick to tell you, I am nothing of my own self; He is everything. I know nothing, but He knows everything; and I draw from His knowledge. They will always say, These words are not my words, but the words of Him that sent me! That has been the theme all the way through. When we see goodness in a man, we keep it right, and we say, That is a good person, and I respect them. But when we put it in the realm of salvation, Christ is our righteousness and all the glory goes to Christ. So when we are in Christ, then we get the same glory He has, because He prayed to the Father, Give them the glory that thou hast given to me. (John 17:22) But you have to be in Christ and recognize Him. And not a single denomination has done that. They are operating and led by the spirit of iniquity, all of them, exception zero. Notice Verse 14 again, And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Verses 15-17, Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. Now watch, Paul is saying, I don t speak this after the Lord; but I am talking now. You have forced me into saying this because some of

30 30 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION you are getting your eyes on some of this junk that is going on out there. Now I am going to boast a little; but it is not of the Lord. But I have got to say this to let you see that they are glory seekers. Verses 18-21, Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face. I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also. Do you see what Paul is saying? I am not speaking this after the Lord; but I am speaking foolishly. Then why was he doing it? Look back at Verse 12, But what I do, I do to cut off occasion to the flesh; because that is the way they go so I am going to put a roadblock there. If they want to say, I am this or that, let them look at this before they start saying it. Verses 22-23, Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. He is saying, Put that out in the road and let the people look at that. See, God lifts up certain things that His Word will be glorified. And sometimes we bring these things out and those that want to brag about their ministry find themselves feeling ashamed. Verses 24-26, Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; And that is the worst of all, the false brethren. They come in and say, I am with you, Paul. I am standing with you, brother! Preach it! Paul said about these, They are sitting right in the congregation. Didn t he get bold and speak his heart? He said, There are men right among you now and they are going to rise up to draw disciples after themselves. But while this ministry is here, blazing forth, shining forth the glory of Christ, they have to sit back and wait. But when I say that God is taking me home, they begin to rejoice. They cannot wait, because they want to be the first one to say, I am here to take Paul s place. Do you see what he was saying? Verses 27-33, In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

31 IS THERE A GREATER THAN PAUL HERE? 31 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. Over and over, Paul brought forth these things, and let us know, I am speaking as a fool here. But what I do, that I do to cut off an occasion to the flesh. Why does he have to bear down on it? Because he is in the foundation realm and not in the fullness realm. He had to keep bearing down, and he almost had to take a stick to them to keep them in line. But that does not apply to the fullness of the body of Christ; because we are not there. We have come into a different time and a different place where Christ has come down in the fullness of His Spirit in Revelation, Chapter 10. We were baptized into His body as we ate the little book, and we are in perfect unity and we are prophesying again. And that again doesn t necessarily mean that we are saying it again, but we are bringing to pass that which was prophesied We which are alive and remain are not going to die; but we will be changed. Do you see that there is a greater than Paul here? A greater than William Branham is here. There is a fivefold ministry; and it has brought us to the place where we came into the unity as we entered into the fullness of the body of Christ. And if you see anything besides Christ, you are in trouble. Yes, there are apostles. But when you look, here comes Christ; not some man, but the members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones. God bless you. Do you love Him with all your heart? So if someone says, Ben thinks he is greater than Paul, then they just don t realize that that greater one is not Ben. Paul could have said, There is a greater than me here. Jesus said, There is a greater than Jonah here, there is a greater than Solomon here, there is a greater than Moses here, because the greater is Christ. He said, Calleth thou me not good; only the Father in heaven is good. Can you see it? What does that tell us? It tells us to walk humbly before Him, look to Him, and let Him lead us and guide us in all truth. Let us pray. Heavenly Father, in the glorious name of our Lord Jesus Christ, we come now to you. And as usual, Lord, I could have brought many other scriptures in here. But I pray that you will take these words, knowing that you can take them and quicken the scriptures, even those that I didn t even use today, and bring to their minds something that is so wonderful, that this will be a great light. Yes, there is a greater than Paul here. Yes, there is a greater than all twelve apostles here. Yes, it is Christ; and He is leading us and guiding us, and we are baptized into His body and we have His mind. Take these words, Lord, and use them for your glory, we pray. Amen.

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33 SILVER AND GOLD HAVE I NONE, BUT SUCH AS I HAVE, GIVE I THEE 33 WE CANNOT BE HID ANY LONGER Exposing Those That Honor Traditions Above The Word Today I am going to read from the Book of Mark to get our thought for this message. When looking at the first four gospels of the New Testament, we see that each writing shows certain characteristics of our Lord Jesus Christ, which helps us to understand God s plan better than we would if we had only one of the four gospels. Also, each one of these writings reflects the four beasts that guard the throne of God. The Book of Matthew reflects the lion; and the Book of Mark reflects the calf (or ox); with the Book of Luke reflecting the face of a man; and the Book of John reflecting the flying eagle, which shows the deep prophetic part of those four beasts. And those four beasts are shown as guarding powers in the Book of Revelation, Chapter 4, reflecting the power of Christ as His mercy and grace guarded His virgin that was in the field that also contained the tares. But God protected His seed, even in that dark time throughout the seven church ages. There are not literally four beasts; but God let John see it like this in order to hide His plan until the time came to reveal it. John had to see it this way so that he could write it in the Word of God. This gave God something that He could work with in giving the interpretation by using this pictorial scene to show us what it all meant and why certain things were the way they were during that mystery age of the seven church ages that we came through. (Matthew, Chapter 13) So before going any further, let s pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you for another privilege to come to you and stand before you with your Word open before us. And we thank you for your Word, and how by this Word and by the Holy Spirit you have led us and guided us and have brought us to this hour of time. Now bless us, Lord, as we minister your Word by the anointing; and anoint the hearers that we all may receive a benefit from it, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Now let s turn to the Book of Mark, Chapter 7. I am going to read quite a bit in this chapter, but first I want to read Verse 24 to get my main text scripture. It says, And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. I want you to notice that, but he could not be hid. (This will be highlighted more towards the last part of the message as we see the religious priests who tried to hide the true Word from the people.) Today it is the same thing with us and we cannot

34 34 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION be hid. So this being the case, I want to show some of the things that happened to the ministries of those that came before us, where Christ came and manifested Himself in them. They were unknown for quite a while; but then it reached a point where their ministry could not be hid any longer, for God put it on display and brought it out in the open. We see that in Brother William Branham s message. His ministry began in and around Jeffersonville, Indiana, and even his own neighbors didn t even know what it was all about. The only thing they knew was that there was a little preacher man that lived in the house next door. He was a good neighbor that never bothered anyone. But it wasn t long after his ministry started that people began to come to his home. God had begun to bless him in a mighty way; for he had met an angel of God, which told him to go forth in faith and that nothing would stand before him, not even cancer. After this, many miracles and healings began taking place. He began to hold meetings in different places and the meetings began to grow; they got bigger and bigger. And because he was just a common man, he would say to the people something like this, You folks come and see me sometime. Well, one morning he got up and there were cars lined up, people camping out all around; they came to see Brother Branham. So he had to change that saying. The message that he preached, which was the shout part of the spiritual coming of Lord of 1 Thessalonians 4:16, Matthew, Chapter 25, and Revelation 10:1-7, could not be hid any longer. And now it has gone over the entire world. The seven thunders could not be hid any longer! The mystery of God could not be hid any longer! This all happened in the days of the voice of the seventh angel as the mystery of God was finished; that whole mystery that is spoken of in Matthew, Chapter 13, which was the Seven Church Ages, all of that, it is not hid any longer. This makes me think of one of Brother Branham s favorite scriptures Hebrews 13:8, which says, Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever. And after seeing the many miracles that Jesus Christ did through his ministry, we understand why he loved this scripture so much. This scripture fit his ministry perfectly. Then following Brother Branham s part of the ministry, God raised up the ministry of Brother Raymond Jackson, Jr., a humble farmer, as God continued to breathe life in this message of the spiritual coming of the Lord, fulfilling the second part of this coming shown as the voice of the archangel, which took the espoused virgin on in the revelation of the Word. His message also showed Israel s place as they take all their land back here at this end time. He also showed the second part of the fifth seal in Revelation 6:11, and what the world will go through in the 70th Week of Daniel, which is the last seven years before the millennial reign

35 WE CANNOT BE HID ANY LONGER 35 begins. And when he began to preach these things, his ministry could not be hid any longer, as our Lord brought us another step towards our final destination. Now that left the trump of God (also known as the last trumpet in 1 Corinthians 15:51-52) which is the last phase of the spiritual coming of the Lord. This is now taking place, as He is here in the fullness of His Spirit and has taken on flesh and bones in us, the wife of the Lamb, which is His body in the earth. The last trumpet takes what God did in the first two parts of the message of this spiritual coming and brings it all together in the marriage of the Lamb, which was accomplished in our spiritual baptism into the fullness of Christ (which is a waterless baptism) where we became bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. And now this last trumpet message has brought us through Revelation 10:11 into Ephesians 4: And it has produced our marriage, which is shown in Ephesians 5:30-32 where the marriage is completed by this last trumpet part of the message. Now we are seen in Revelation 19:7-8 as we are the Lamb s wife dressed in fine linen, clean and white. And this message, with all the members working together, has become the finished work to the point that we have taken on the flesh and bones of the Word that the Son of God was created from. That, my friends, is bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh, which is the perfect marriage produced by this last trumpet, and we are now prophesying. And now what we see is the perfect message that God has produced which includes, and is made complete, by the life of the first two parts. And now this message cannot be hid any longer, as God has put the Word-wife of His Son on display by the great things that He is now doing through us in the sight of those that are His people, as well as those that are going contrary to this message. And those that do not want to move any further than the previous messages brought them, are shown for the lack of their revelational strength not to be part of the high calling of God. Their faith is not sufficient to produce a desire to move with the final step of God s plan for the wife of His Son, which means they would have to see and understand and accept this trumpet message. The part of this group of saints that are shown in Matthew, Chapter 25, as the foolish virgins, God s mercy has given them eternal life. They will also have a good place in the Kingdom; but not as the wife. When looking in our scripture reading today at what happened with Jesus Christ as He went forth, we see that He wasn t very well known. But when the dead began to be raised and the sick began to be healed, along with many other miracles that were taking place, the people came to see what was going on. And when He went out amongst the people

36 36 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION and preached the Word, they stayed as long as He was talking, because they wanted to hear what He had to say. In the Book of John 6:1-4, it tells of one such occasion where Jesus had come to the Sea of Galilee (or Sea of Tiberias) and a great multitude followed Him, because they saw the miracles which He did for those that were sick. Then Jesus went up into a mountain and sat with His disciples. The Passover was drawing neigh and Jesus looked out at the people, which were about five thousand in number, and said to Philip (who was one of His disciples), Where should we buy bread for these people that they may eat? Jesus asked this of Philip; even though Jesus already knew what He was going to do. Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread would not be sufficient; even if every one of them took a little. Then one of the other disciples named Andrew said unto Jesus, There is a lad here, which has five barley loaves, and two small fish; but what are they among so many? But to Jesus, it was enough. And Jesus took the bread and gave thanks; and He broke it and gave it out to the disciples, and likewise of the fish. And the bread and the fish were multiplied in the sight of the people. And when they all had eaten (and we call this, the first round eaters), the disciples took up twelve basketfuls that nothing would be wasted from the five loaves and two fish (this was for the second round eaters). So that is what our God can do. He took a little bit and multiplied it into much as He blessed the work of His Son. Then those men that saw this miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. Now Jesus could not be hid any longer. So with all of this being said, I want to title the message today, We Cannot Be Hid Any Longer: Exposing Those That Honor Traditions Above the Word. Now I am going to continue reading in the Book of Mark, Chapter 7, starting with Verse One. It says, Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. Now I want you to take note of this: These Pharisees and scribes were of the established religion of that day; and it is important to remember what they did when the Word was awakened and came alive, when the living Word began to live among them they were of those that said, Let Him be crucified. The Word had blinded them. Watch now. Verse 2, And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. You will notice, many of these things that they were condemning Jesus and His disciples for, wasn t so much in the Word of God, but it was their traditions. So the Pharisees and Sadducees caught Jesus disciples eating without first going through the ritual of washing their hands, and they condemned them for breaking their traditions.

37 WE CANNOT BE HID ANY LONGER 37 My wife, Barbarajean, and I were in a certain country and they invited us to eat with a group of them, so we did. But before we ate, they came around with a little bowl of water and a little towel. And all of us had to wash our hands before we ate. We couldn t eat anything until we first washed our hands. Well, they picked that up from traditions somewhere back in time. And, of course, we did wash our hands; but I tell you, by the time the small bowl of water was passed through a number of other people washing their hands, everybody washing in the same small bowl of water and drying with the same towel, you would probably be better off to eat with unwashed hands! But watch how this goes here. It was the Pharisees and the Sadducees that had problems with Jesus and His disciples. Verse 3, For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. Watch that holding the tradition, not the law, not the Word. Religious groups have formulated certain traditions all through time of what they should do, and what would look good and get the praise of men. So in this case, they came up with the tradition, You ought not eat unless your hands are washed. So they added that. In other words, the Word of God was there, but they had a stack of traditions hiding it. And in order to get to the Word, one would have to dig through a lot of traditions to get down to the Word. So it was the tradition of the elders instead of the Word that controlled them. Verse 4, And when they came from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brazen vessels, and of tables. In other words, they wanted to sanctify the outer man; but their hearts were not right. That is what religion tries to do; they try to sanctify themselves. But all of this is tradition, and not Word. The blood of Jesus Christ saves and sanctifies the believer! Verse 5 says, Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? Can you imagine that? They came to Jesus saying, Your disciples are not washing their hands before eating. Well, they were out there in the field where there probably wasn t any water around. Verse 6, He (Jesus Christ) answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites (Did you hear what Jesus called them? He called these people hypocrites the best people, and the most holy people that there was! But He said, You are the ones Esaias prophesied about, you hypocrites! ), as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. At another time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through a corn field, and His disciples were hungry and they plucked some ears of corn and ate it. And the Pharisees got angry about

38 38 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION that, because the disciples were doing that which they considered unlawful to do on the Sabbath day. And I want you to notice again the phrase tradition of the elders they were not breaking the Word, but they were breaking the tradition of the elders. These things were great offences to the Jews of that day. They could be stoned to death or punished in other ways for those offenses. So the Word didn t matter to them in that day, it was their traditions that they loved. And that is what Jesus has against all denominations and all religious systems (and so do we); they are built on certain traditions and that is what they live by traditions instead of the Word. But with their traditions they have a problem the Word contradicts their traditions. And denominations cannot move with truth, because here is why they have got their set way of believing things. It is fixed. And more revelation of the Word doesn t fit with their plan. The Word of God keeps moving us forward. And that is what those Pharisees had against Jesus. They were doing all right until Jesus came. In the Book of John 15:22-24, Jesus said, If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. You would not be in your sins except for the fact that someone has come and did things which no man has ever done and taught things that no man has ever taught, and you say you see it; and because you say you see it and will not accept it, you are in your sins. And now it is exactly the same with this last trumpet message that is being preached by the wife of the Lamb. There are those that say they see this message, but they will not loose themselves of their religious bondage and lay hold of it in its entirety. While others will not let go of the cares of this life to follow Christ in this day as they did in the Book of Matthew, Chapter 19, when they left all to follow Him. Therefore, God withholds revelation when He sees there is not a receiving heart to accept it and to embrace this Light of Life. Now we see the words of Jesus Christ that are now recorded as scriptures which condemned the Pharisees for not accepting them. Even though Jesus came unto His own covenanted people with the Word to set them free, they rejected this by saying, Let Him be crucified! Now apply that to those that say they see this part of the spiritual coming of the Lord. In other words it is like saying, We see it but we are not going to accept it, because our traditions (our church) tells us different. We see this in John 9:41, Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth. We see a good example of this in John, Chapter 3, where a man named

39 WE CANNOT BE HID ANY LONGER 39 Nicodemus, who was a Pharisee, a ruler of the Jews, came to see Jesus. And no doubt he took off his priestly robe, he slipped away in the darkness not wanting anyone to see him, and he went to Jesus by night. And he said to Him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no man can do these miracles, except that God is with Him. Jesus said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. Nicodemus said, Can I enter a second time in my mother s womb and be born? Jesus said, That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit, is spirit. Jesus was trying to tell him about a spiritual new birth. But Nicodemus left him and went back to the temple and took his place as one of the priests. And we really don t have scripture or history of what happened to him as he went down the road; but the point is, some of the priesthood knew that Jesus was right in what He was saying; but because their church taught differently, they could not move on with God. That is what we have got to do today. When the Word comes forth, anointed by the power of Christ, then we are responsible to that Word, not to our traditions, not to what the church teaches, not to what grandma, brother, or father taught or what someone else teaches. We are responsible only to the Word for our time, this means what He is giving for our day. All right, let s read Mark 7:6 again and Verse 7. It says, He (Jesus Christ) answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. People say in this day, Oh, we worship God at our church. We shout, and we do this and that. But they will not take the Word. There isn t a denomination that takes this trumpet message. So they get very angry at the thought of having to take this Word and leave their traditions; showing that the words of Jesus has no place in them, that they love darkness more than the light. Jesus Christ was crucified, and paid the price for this great plan of salvation. Yet the cry of the religious leaders was, Let Him be crucified. This was so extreme that even Pilate, the Roman Governor asked, Why? What evil has He done? Well, they couldn t tell what evil He had done. They said, He is a man and He claims to be the Son of God. He must die. And while Pilate was considering what to do, his wife sent a note to warn him, saying, Have nothing to do with this just man; for I have suffered many things in a dream because of Him. So Pilate came up with a scheme that should have worked, but it wasn t the will of God for it to work. He thought, I have a plan. It is a fool-proof plan;

40 40 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION it will work and get me off the hook. He had one man there named Barabbas that had a reputation that preceded him; he was guilty of insurrection and he had done many crimes. And he also had another man named Jesus; and the only thing they had against Jesus was that He said His father was God, making Himself the Son of God, which was (and is) the truth. So Pilate decided to put these two men up before the people and let them choose. So he said to the crowd, It is customary to show mercy on one of the prisoners this time of the year. I have got two men here. Here is Jesus of Nazareth. Here is Barabbas. Pilate thought, I have really got them. There is nothing they can do about this; because they don t want Barabbas back on the streets to continue his crime wave. This will be a way we all can get out of this with clean hands. So he asked the crowd, Which one of these men should I release? And to Pilate s surprise, without any disunity, they cried with one voice, Release Barabbas! And he said to the crowd, But I really don t have anything against Jesus to justify locking Him up. What should I do with this man Jesus who is called the Christ? Do you know what those priests did? They worked the crowd of people up and with one voice they cried, Let Him be crucified! Let Him be crucified! Why? Pilate asked; for Jesus had not committed any crime. He had not even broke the Word in any place; but He broke their traditions. That was the only thing religion had against Him, He broke their traditions. And religion had Him crucified. Let me read on. Verse 8, For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups and many other such like things ye do. Now watch, the commandment of God had nothing to do with what they had against Jesus; but they condemned Him for the sake of their traditions. And this was in the days of Jesus earthly walk, when the very Word was being shown, and they rejected the manifested Word and crucified the living Word for the sake of their traditions. Verse 9, And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. Religion will always take Barabbas and crucify Jesus; it takes traditions and crucifies the Word. Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. In other words, the commandment of God stood in the way of their traditions. So they chose their traditions over the Word. Watch now. If they took the Word of God, they could not carry through with their traditions. So they had to reject one and accept the other. They had to lay one of them aside. And their decision was, We will lay aside the Word and keep our traditions, because this is what the elders voted that we should do. In denominationalism, tradition always prevails over the Word. So Jesus Christ said, Full well you reject the

41 WE CANNOT BE HID ANY LONGER 41 Word in order to keep your traditions. Now to Verse 13, Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. Now we can see how the religious world was in the days when our Lord Jesus Christ walked on this earth in Jerusalem before it was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD. The spirit of the anti-god and antichrist were working to hide the real move of God as Jesus Christ condemned their evil ways cloaked in their religious robes. After Jesus exposed their religious ways, He could not be hid any longer. For by this time God had begun to bless and heal the sick; but that didn t bring one denominational person to it. Nicodemus came as close as he could without losing his position in that religious system. And there may be other isolated cases; I don t mean to say that there was not a single one, because that would be beyond my knowledge. But basically, the denominations stayed where they were. But the common people heard Jesus gladly. He talked their language as He told about the Word. He was not even dressed in the high priestly robe with that little cap on His head or any of that nonsense. Can you see? God let His Son be hid for a season until the time came for Him to be unveiled as to who He was. And then when a certain time came, He could not be hid any longer. When Paul came to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself to the disciples, but they were in doubt about him being a disciple of the Lord. But Barnabas assured them that Paul had met Jesus Christ. (Acts 9:26-29) After this, Paul began to give his testimony of how God dealt with him, as he told about how Christ smote him down with a big light while on the way to Damascus to persecute all the saints that called upon the name of Jesus. At first, no one would accept him; but as time passed, he went over to Ephesus, and the Bible says in the Book of Acts 19:10 that all Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus; both the Jews and the Greeks (Gentiles). And that is where he stayed for two years. And soon his message became known; it could not be hid any longer. It got the attention of the religious leaders. And then when he went back to Jerusalem to see James and the brethren, he was recognized by some of the Jews of Asia who then stirred the people up against him. And they cried out, Men of Israel, help! This is the man that teaches all men everywhere to forsake the Law of Moses. (Acts, Chapter 21) Then on another occasion, when Paul and Silas came into the city of Thessalonica, the people said, These are the two men that have turned the world upside down and they have come unto us, and they persecuted them. (Acts, Chapter 17) In other words, that present day gospel could not be hid any longer. And now we have this present day gospel, the prophetic Word living in and through us, the wife of the Lamb, and

42 42 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION now we cannot be hid any longer. So now the Word that we read in the Book of Ephesians, the Book of Colossians, and all these other prophetic books cannot be hid, because we are that Word. When Paul was explaining about Jesus coming, he said, This thing wasn t done in a corner. This he said, because his gospel got to the place where it could not be hid any longer. (Acts 26:26) And as we have become the Word made flesh, we have gotten to the place where we cannot be hid any longer. God has done this through recorded messages, books, and especially by way of the internet, for it includes this message in audio and written forms; many different ways He has provided the Word for us in this day. This Word cannot be hid. This message, this ministry of the last trump of God sounding forth through the wife of the Lamb, cannot be hid any longer. People go on our website and read about Ben Howard. They say, We have never heard of this man before. But now they have. It cannot be hid. It is in the cloud. And we are in the cloud with it. Anywhere in the world now, where they have internet, they can hear this message of the trump of God sounding forth. It cannot be hid any longer it is world known that Jesus Christ of Nazareth is the same yesterday, today, and forever! Hallelujah. I think of the night vision where an angelic being passed by me, and I was going to talk to him, but it came within my heart, Leave him alone. He has got a job to do. And the being walked right by me with a stern look on his face, dressed in the older type military clothes, not the fancy military suits like we see today, but more like an armor type uniform. And as he walked by, a voice said within me, Now that which is to be done, will now be done. (I bring this vision of this heavenly encounter in our book entitled, Now That Which Is to Be Done, Will Now Be Done.) And about three days later, that is when those demonstrations broke out in Egypt, and it started going from one Mid-Eastern country to another. And it is going to continue until the Word of God is fulfilled. Why? Because it cannot be hid any longer! It will be the same thing when the two witnesses (prophets) that are shown in the Book of Revelation, Chapter 11, who are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth begin to prophesy in Israel; it cannot be hid any longer that Israel is a chosen nation of God. These prophets will have power to shut heaven, and it will not rain in the days of their prophecy. And they have power over waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues as oft as they will; even closing the heavens, that there be not rain until the prophets call for it. Now the word plagues and as oft as they will means it is not confined to one certain time or thing. This means what-

43 WE CANNOT BE HID ANY LONGER 43 ever is needed for that day, at that time, that is what will be. In the Book of Joel 1:17, the prophet Joel speaks of this time of judgement, saying, The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. There will be a severe drought. All of that will be happening. Why? The Mighty God cannot be hid any longer. The Mighty God of the Old Testament is going to step out on the scene again, just like He did in days of old. It is just as the Mighty God spoke to us and we bear witness of this revelational voice speaking from heaven shown in our book entitled, The Voice of Authorization, and also in another book entitled, The Chronicles of the Tenth Chapter of the Book of Revelation and the Eating of a Bitter Meal. The Mighty God spoke. The Bible says in Revelation 10:8-11 that there was a voice from heaven. Now notice, Christ, in the form of the Mighty Angel, was here. But the voice spoke from heaven and told us (the espoused virgin the bride), Go, take the little book out of the hand of the angel. And we went unto the angel and said, Give me the little book. And he said, Take it, and eat it up. It shall make your belly bitter; but it shall be in your mouth sweet as honey. And we went and took the little book and ate it up. And true to the angel s words, it was sweet as honey, but bitter on the belly. And then he said, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. And this is the message that we read about in Ephesians 4:13-16, and it cannot be hid any longer. It is the message of the wife of the Lamb that cannot be hid any longer, because now we have become bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. Now before this time period, we preached about the fivefold ministry shown in Ephesians 4:11-12 of apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers, because at that time it was being highlighted. And we still have all five parts of this ministry; but now they have been (along with all the other members) baptized into the fullness of the body of Christ, and the wife is edifying one another. Coming up to this day, we had the fivefold ministry as our rulers in the things of God. But they, as well as all members, were outside the fullness of Christ, and only the male part was being highlighted. This was before our baptism into the fullness of Christ; and that was a time when we needed rulership. But now inside the fullness of Christ, the ministry is seen as our leader and all members are one and share in this leadership. I think about the way it was before we were all baptized into the fullness of Christ, some of the ministers were like the leader of the wolf pack, known as the Alpha Male. The Alpha Males were running things before Revelation, Chapter 10, was fulfilled. An example of this is in Galatians 1:8-9 where Paul said, But though we, or an angel from heaven,

44 44 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. See, the Alpha Males were keeping the church in line. But later we were baptized into the fullness of the body of Christ, and henceforth we are called the wife of the Lamb. And now, We are no longer tossed to and fro and carried about, and there is no more Alpha Males with their heads stuck up, barking, to keep us afraid of missing the things of God. And now it is the Christ of the Bible speaking to us in love as we are all working together in this ministry of Christ the wife, and we are walking in the light of this last trumpet of God sounding through us. This cannot be hid any longer; it is in the hand of the wife of the Lamb who is the Christ in the earth in the fullness of His Spirit. This means we have been spiritually translated (crossed over to the other side of the till of Ephesians 4:13) as we have come into the unity of the faith, and the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. We have been baptized into the perfect man that was, and are now the perfect man that is, because we are expressing all the attributes of the man Jesus Christ. We have reached the fullness of Christ. There are three wonderful messages you may want to read in our book entitled, The Gospel for the Wife in Israel. They are, We Have Come into the Perfect Knowledge of the Son of God, The Perfect Man of Ephesians 4:13, and Reaching the Stature of the Fullness of Christ. After reading them, it can only be said, This ministry of the wife of the Lamb, the last trumpet of God, cannot be hid any longer! Now before closing, I want to say this: We see in Mark 7:24-30, where Jesus entered into a house, and would have no man know it. He wanted to hide Himself away for a while; but He could not be hid any longer for someone saw Him go into the house. Here came a Gentile woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, and she had heard about Jesus, and she came into the house where He was and fell at His feet and besought Him to cast forth the devil out of her daughter. But Jesus said to her, Let the children first be filled; for it is not meet to take the children s bread and to cast it unto the dogs. And she answered and said unto Him, Yes, Lord; yet the dogs under the table eat of the children s crumbs. Then Jesus said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. And when she had come back to her house, she found the devil had gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed delivered. That is our Lord Jesus Christ, the Great Un-doer! So God bless you today. Now this last trump of God ministered by the wife of the Lamb cannot be hid! And this is the way that God ordained it. We are leaving witness of this gospel and these truths. And

45 WE CANNOT BE HID ANY LONGER 45 as far as getting anyone to see this, that is the job of the Holy Ghost. And we don t try to take the Holy Ghost s job. The Bible says, He will bring to your remembrance these things. And you need not that any man teach you, but that same anointing will teach you the things that you ought to know. So let s leave the revelation of these things to the anointing, and the job will be done right. Let s pray. Heavenly Father, we bless your name, we praise your name, and we pray that you will take these words that we have spoken today, and as they go out into all the world, every nation under the heavens, we pray that you will put your anointing upon them, that people will receive that which you have ordained to be received from this message. Lord, we thank you for the ways you have given us this Word, which has been brought to life to us and has helped us to get this gospel out to wherever you would have it to go. Now take these words and use them for your glory, we pray, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

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47 GOD HAS WELL EQUIPPED US FOR THE JOB HE HAS CALLED US TO DO 47 THE BODY OF CHRIST DEVELOPS INTO THE FLESH AND BONES OF THE PERFECT MAN I appreciate the Word, the songs, and the praises of God today! To put it all in a nutshell, I just appreciate the Lord and what He is doing. We can never tell the whole story of redemption. I like what the Queen of Sheba said when she came to Solomon. She had heard about the wisdom that he had from the Lord, and she didn t quite believe it; she thought that the story of the great things were blown out of proportion. But when she came and saw for herself, she said, Lo, the half has not been told! What she saw and heard went even beyond what was told to her. Well, that is the way it is among us. Many that have heard that this trumpet is sounding, think this thing has been blown out of proportion, but the predestinated understand that the Mighty God is moving. I think about Philip in the Book of Acts, Chapter 8, preaching Jesus Christ to a eunuch in the desert; and after giving witness to him, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and he was found in another place preaching the gospel. We can say that he took a plain air ride. He didn t take an airplane ride, but a plain air ride! This reminds me of when Barbarajean and I had been trying to make a decision on something and we just could not seem to get settled on what to do. We kept on for months, just going back and forth about what to do. Then one day we were driving down the road, talking about what to do, and lo and behold, our vehicle was just caught up off the ground and was given a good shake and then set back down. We knew that God had made the decision for us. There are so many things like this; we could take the whole service today and go over the things that we have seen and the things that have been done in the realm of the supernatural. Many times we don t tell a lot of these things, because people think we are exaggerating or that we have gone off the deep end, thinking that these things just could not happen. But they do happen! It is real. The Great God is moving by His Holy Spirit. Amen. Last week s message, entitled, The Preacher and Teacher in the Wife of the Lamb, showed us that it takes a revelation to know the things of the Spirit of God. Jesus was the best teacher that there was; but He said, It is going to take the teacher to reveal this to you, meaning the Spirit of God. He asked the disciples one time, Who do men say that I am? And the disciples told Him what some were saying about who He was.

48 48 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION Then Jesus asked them, But who do you say that I am? And Peter said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus said, Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, flesh and blood did not reveal this to you (watch the teacher), but my Father in heaven has revealed it to you. In other words, it took a revelation to understand. And it is still the same today. The written Word (the Bible) is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; and I thank God for the tree of knowledge, but it takes the tree of life to make it live! It takes the tree of life to wake up the Word and bring it forth to do what God said it would do. We see this same thing of it takes a revelation to understand the things of the Spirit in the Book of 1 Corinthians, Chapters One and 2, showing that no man can understand these things except by the Spirit of God. It doesn t matter how smart the natural man is or how much natural wisdom he has; God does things in simplicity. And many times, the scripture cannot be understood without a revelation. So where is the wise? Where are those that have the wisdom of the world? God took all of their wisdom and all of their knowledge and turned it all into foolishness. Even the foolishness of God is wiser than man. In other words, if there were any foolishness about God, it would be wiser than the wisest man in the world. That is the thing we are dealing with. We are not dealing in the natural realm now, but in the spiritual realm. And the blessings of God are flowing for those that look to Him for revelation. And now we don t attempt to understand many of these things by the natural mind. So when we are reading the Word of God, we know that the understanding of it has to be by revelation, which is the joining of the tree of life and the tree of knowledge together, just as it is with the joining of man and woman in marriage. And it is the same with us and the Lord Jesus Christ. This means that we are intimate with Him. And there is no way that we could know this truth without revelation, which has shown us that we are the wife of the Lamb. So let s pray before reading. Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, we come praising you and thanking you and glorifying you from the depths of our hearts. And we pray that you will have your precious way, that you will move by your Spirit, and that you will make this service one that will long be remembered that the Spirit of God has revealed unto us and made known the Word to the point that we have become bone of His bone, and flesh of His flesh. O God, we praise you! And the dream that Barbarajean had about the healing seed may it just come forth, and may there be healing all around us, and may the doctrine of the Lord fall like rain on the earth as you move in this day and in this hour. Amen. All right, let s turn first of all to 1 Corinthians, Chapter 12. Today I want to bring a message to show how we move by revelation, and how

49 THE BODY OF CHRIST DEVELOPS INTO THE FLESH AND BONES OF THE PERFECT MAN 49 the Holy Ghost reveals and quickens the Word to us. I want to entitle my thought, The Body of Christ Develops into the Flesh and Bones of the Perfect Man. Notice the word develops. You will see today, that when we talk about the body of Christ in this last day, we are speaking of the body of Christ after the little book (which we see in the Book of Revelation, Chapter 10) is open; because that is when the fullness of Christ came down and we were baptized into His body. And it is very important to notice that when He came down, it was all Spirit. We know that here (in Revelation, Chapter 10) the Word is only showing Christ in the Spirit as the Mighty Angel. So today I want to differentiate between the Lord Jesus and His Christ wife. But first I want to say something about what Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 11:2-3, about the virgin that became the wife. Here the Word says through the writing of Paul, That I may present you to one Husband. Also, I want to highlight the fact that when we read about the baptizing into the body of Christ in 1 Corinthians 12:12-13, and 27, it reads a little differently from what we read in Ephesians 5:30. There is an important difference in the wording of these scriptures; even though in both scriptures the subject is the same. So we conclude that Ephesians 5:30 is showing a furtherance of development of the fulfillment of the scripture, showing the body of Christ as the wife in the earth. Now we can see more about the time we are living in, where we recognize by revelation the body of Christ as flesh and bones. In the past, it was commonly said, We are members of the mystical body of Christ. In other words, our existence in the body of Christ was no more than just a spiritual body. Well, that was all right in days gone by; that was before our marriage. But now, the body has gotten to the place where we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones. And with this happening, it goes beyond mystical. Henceforth, when dealing with the body members, we say, His body. It is not just some mystical something; it is His body. It is the body of the Son of God, the perfect man walking here in the earth. And we are joined together here; even with the resurrected members, who are also bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh, (for they ate of the little book in their day, the part that was available to them in that hour). This all takes place before we are caught up to see the literal or physical Jesus Christ; and together we will sit with Him on His throne as His Christ wife. So the body of Christ that has now taken on flesh and bones is henceforth and forever called the wife, His Christ. This is very important as we go forward in the Word. That is why we say, We are Christ the wife of the Lamb. This is so, because we are now one with our Husband;

50 50 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION not only with Him spiritually, but also one flesh. So we are Christ the wife of the Lamb, not the wife of Christ; but the wife of the Son of God, the King of Glory. So now Christ has taken on flesh and bones again, even as Christ put on the literal body of Jesus the Son of God when He was baptized of John. (Matthew 3:13-17) So we are no more a mystical body; but the literal body, as we have taken the same Word into us that produced the body of the Son of God through the virgin named Mary, who believed the Word and said, Be it unto me according to thy Word. This is repeating itself in us, the wife of the Lamb, as we say the same. Let s read 1 Corinthians 12:12. It says, For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. That is showing how He came in the Spirit; but it is going to develop into a marriage of flesh and bones. Verse 13, For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body (Notice, it doesn t say anything about flesh and bones yet), whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many. And then Verse 27 says, Now ye are the body of Christ And that is the feminine part of the Lord Jesus as we become His Christ wife. The fullness of Christ is what we see (both legs) coming down in Revelation, Chapter 10. And now it is no longer in part; but it is the fullness that we are baptized into. Then we begin to develop into the flesh and bones of our Lord Jesus. We see this perfect man in Ephesians, Chapter 4. We will be reading in this chapter, because it will be very profitable when we get into Ephesians, Chapter 5, because this is where we see the fullness of our actual marriage; for it is here that we see with great clarity Christ, as the Christ wife. This brings to the forefront the fact that we have got to be baptized into Christ before we can be married to the Son of God. And that is when the fullness of Christ takes on flesh and bones; it is through our marriage to the Son of God. This is just like with Adam and Eve; when we read about Adam and Eve in the Book of Genesis, Chapter One, we find that God created both of them first in the spirit. Verses 27 and 28 says, So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Please notice here, man had not been created yet in a physical body. So until we get over into Genesis, Chapter 2, their bodies were only in a mystical (spiritual) existence; but later it was made flesh and bones in the literal existence as man and wife. That is when God

51 THE BODY OF CHRIST DEVELOPS INTO THE FLESH AND BONES OF THE PERFECT MAN 51 brought Adam into the beautiful garden that He had created for him and told him to be the keeper of this beautiful garden. And here in this end time, God gave me the dream of someone that had just been freshly crowned a king, and he was walking towards me. I walked up to him and said, I am ready to do whatever you bid me to do. He looked at me and said, You shall ride in my second chariot, and I want you to be keeper of my papers. O what a commission of the keeper of the king s papers that He has given to us. This is similar to Adam s commission at the beginning, of God sharing His authority with His family. Here it is important to keep in mind that God, in Genesis, Chapter One, created man and put all these things of be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth in his spirit first. But the spirit part had to manifest itself in the natural realm. And when we see what happened with Adam and Eve, it helps us to see what is taking place now, as we adjust to the manifesting of the Word itself in the fleshly realm as the Word has been made flesh in the wife. God told Adam and Eve to multiply and replenish the earth; but there was no Eve apart from Adam that he could reproduce himself with, because Eve had not been made flesh at that time. But when it came time for God to create her, she was not directly from the dust of the earth; but she was created from a rib taken from Adam s side bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. And that made her a part of Adam and a part of the earth through Adam, who was of the earth. And now there is something that has come directly from the Lamb down to us, as shown in Revelation 10:1. Here is where Christ came down, the Spirit shown as the Mighty Angel brought us the attributes of the Lord Jesus. And as we were baptized into Christ, we became a body of people in the earth who have been brought to a place where He says, You are members of my body, of my flesh, and of my bones. The Lord Jesus, the Lamb of God, sent the Christ Spirit down to us, so that we could become one with Him in the fullness of Christ. At first, the wife of the Lamb was called a virgin when she was in the espousal period. This is shown in 2 Corinthians 11:2-3; but then there was a marriage. Revelation 19:7-8 shows a snapshot of the wife of the Lamb, and it says, The Lamb s wife hath made herself ready. It shows here that she is clothed in fine linen. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white; for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And when we talk about wife, we are not talking about male. (I am not talking about this perversion that fallen

52 52 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION mankind uses in the world today.) A wife refers to the feminine species, not a male. Amen. Now let s read Ephesians, Chapter 4. What do we see here? We see this being put together for us as His body, His members. That is why our faith is growing exceedingly. It is Him manifesting Himself. We are part of Him through the marriage. Let s start with Verse 13. It says, Till we all come in the unity of the faith (that is the journey we have been on), and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: Here, I want to mention again, our book entitled, The Gospel for the Wife in Israel, there are three chapters (We Have Come into the Perfect Knowledge of the Son of God, Understanding the Perfect Man of Ephesians 4:13, and Reaching the Stature of the Fullness of Christ) that show the revelation of this in great detail, being linked and joined together, as only marriage connects man and wife. But here in Verse 14, the Word shows us that we have arrived home. That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; The Word here is talking about the feminine part. That is what Paul was talking about when he wrote in 2 Corinthians, Chapter 11; because he said, As the serpent beguiled Eve, I fear lest your mind should be corrupted from the simplicity (notice that word simplicity) that is in Christ. And now we know that he was talking to the espoused virgin and not the wife who has been baptized into the fullness of Christ. So you see, the Bible doesn t say anywhere that Jesus was deceived or that He is going to be deceived. Nor does it say that Adam was deceived. But Adam knowingly went along, because God would have killed Eve, because she sinned against God and broke God s law. And here was Adam without sin, but it was as though Adam said, I would rather live in Eve s world with her, than to live in my world without her. So he sinned, also. But Jesus Christ fixed all of this for us; and now He wants to live in us, walk in us, and talk in us. And Jesus, our Husband, makes us His Christ wife by a spiritual baptism into this trumpet message. And we realize where we are at, what is ours, and we lay claim on it. We lay hold on eternal life by this trumpet of God message for the changing of our mortal body that God has given us, His Son s wife. When He gave us the Holy Ghost, the teacher, it was all leading up to our spiritual baptism into the fullness of Christ. This is a double benefit or a second benefit! There is a wonderful message that I preached entitled, We Thank the Lord for a Second Benefit! It tells us that being the married wife is a double benefit from being the engaged virgin; for as the virgin we were waiting for this second benefit, which we now have.

53 THE BODY OF CHRIST DEVELOPS INTO THE FLESH AND BONES OF THE PERFECT MAN 53 Verse 15 says, But speaking the truth in love (that is all there is here, nothing but truth, it is spoken in love), may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: Now here is the thing. We begin to grow up in Him. Yes, we can still grow. That is because we are baptized into and have become the body of Christ; and because of this, we begin to realize who we are and it is not just a mystical body that someday is going to be caught up and then we will be married to our Lord. There was one preacher that said, There is no place on this earth clean enough for the wife to be married to the Lord. Well, I am telling you, we are not in that world anyway, so that doesn t count. Jesus said, You are not even of this world. (John 17:16) Also, Paul said in Colossians 1:13 that God has delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the Kingdom of His dear Son. So we are not in this world! And we are not of this world. The things of this world don t have much effect on us, because our heart and soul has already gone into the other world. Hallelujah! So we begin to see, to realize, who we are, what we are, and that we are not just some church, because the church world has another spirit. And we see that it is the same spirit that was using the serpent to beguile Eve, and Paul said he feared lest the virgin would be beguiled in that hour. (2 Corinthians, Chapter 11) That is because the spirit of the devil was sent out, that spirit of iniquity, which is so close to the real thing. Paul told the people that Satan at one time was an angel of light. He was Lucifer, the great angel of light. And he told them not to marvel that his ministers, apostles, be transformed also into angels of light. There is something so close, so deceiving; and the Bible says through the prophecy of the Lord Jesus Christ that in the last days all will be deceived except the elected, whatever part they are elected to. But there is a part elected to be the wife of the Lamb, and we cannot be deceived. And we come into all that was promised to us; and we are seeing it being manifested now, and it is picking up speed at a rapid pace. Amen. Things are changing, the things of God are moving, and we are ready to get out of here. And meanwhile, we see the world going into the things that have been prophesied for them. But for us, the wife, God has been moving us forward, a little at a time, and He has gotten us to the place where we have become the flesh and bones of His beloved Son. And we have come into this place where we are not just Christ the wife in the Spirit, a mystical body, but we are His very own flesh and bones. Continuing with Ephesians 4:16. It says, From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of

54 54 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION the body unto the edifying of itself in love. Now His body in the earth is edifying itself. In other words, we don t need external help out here in the sense of needing help from a denomination to fulfill our purpose. No, it is all in His body. And we see how it develops into of His flesh and of His bones, where we don t just look at it as just something spiritual, but it is a real manifestation of flesh and bones. We look at the body of Christ as a people, flesh and bone, on the earth, who are part of Him and who represent Him in the sense that when you see us, you see the married wife, expressing the perfect man Jesus Christ, walking right here in the earth. Now watch as we read this in the Word. This is something that is very important here. I want to read Ephesians 5:30. I made mention of this in a message a few weeks ago that we also put into a book entitled, Does Christ Have a Wife, Or is the Wife of Christ a Misnomer? I want you to watch here how important this is. Verse 30 says, For we are members of his body, (watch how the Word adds on flesh and bones to the Spirit, shown in 1 Corinthians 12:12-13, and Verse 27, thus showing the second or double benefit). It is here in Ephesians 5:30 that the Word adds of his flesh, and of his bones. That puts it more than just the Spirit. In other words, Christ becomes visible before the world, before people. It puts us as Christ, making us the wife of the Lamb. He becomes visible through us through our flesh and bones. So now we can say that what happens to us in the Spirit is happening to His flesh and bones, because we are His wife. And that makes a difference here as we, the wife, are not just spirit, we are His flesh and bones; we have been baptized into the Spirit. This is what Revelation, Chapter 10, is all about. We had to come through it to arrive at this place. We have got a book called, The Chronicles of the Tenth Chapter of the Book of Revelation and the Eating of a Bitter Meal, showing that we have come through that particular part of the Word. Yes, we ate the little book up. Christ came down, and in the first part of that chapter, the thunders uttered which revealed the church ages and the seals. Then a voice came from heaven, the Voice of Authorization, which said to us to go take the little book and eat it up. And that we did. And after eating the little book up, we are no longer a virgin; but to the glory of God, there is a marriage here and that is completion, showing that we have now come through the virgin stage and have entered into this perfect marriage. The marriage happened because the Lamb sent His Spirit down to get us baptized into Himself. And now, at last, He looks at us as bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. So our bones are very important. Our flesh is very important. Because our bones are His bones; our flesh is His flesh. So we are seeing this more and more, as it has become a re-

55 THE BODY OF CHRIST DEVELOPS INTO THE FLESH AND BONES OF THE PERFECT MAN 55 ality by the revelation of the Holy Ghost teaching us. We are part of Him; we have become a member of that perfect man of Ephesians 4:13. And we see all the attributes both the feminine and the masculine are on display, because we are showing forth the perfect man. And through us, you are seeing the Lord Jesus Christ. We are not just seeing a mystical body that will go up sometime and there will be a marriage somewhere in outer space and we become bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh there. We are that here, or we never go there! Can you hear what I am saying today? That is why we are seeing the great things that are taking place it is His Christ doing it. So when we talk about healing, we see that Jesus never had a failure. He never prayed for someone and they didn t get healed. In one place that He was having a meeting, the Bible says, They were healed, every one of them. (Matthew 12:15) But in one place, because of their unbelief, He could not do many miracles among them, except to place His hands on a few sick people and heal them. (Mark 6:5) Well, we are expressing that man part that Word made flesh, that has become one with us, and so the things that Jesus did, you see them right through His Christ wife. Now we are not just a young virgin walking here in the earth; we are grown. We are the fully matured wife of the Lord Jesus Christ. And now that the marriage has taken place, we have developed from the place where we are not just a mystical body, but we are real flesh and bones. When I say mystical, I am talking about Revelation, Chapter 10 the Mighty Angel coming down was spiritual. That is something that cannot be seen with the natural eye. The fact is, people don t even know that it has taken place, even in this very day. So many people are still waiting for the Mighty Angel to come. They are still waiting for the seventh seal to be opened. They talk about certain things like, When the seventh seal is opened, then seven men are going to come, who are the seven thunders. They are still waiting for those things. Well, I can tell them, It has already happened and you knew it not. God reveals these things by His Spirit, and He hides them the same way. So where is the wise of this world? God has taken all of their knowledge and all of their wisdom and He has made it become just foolishness. So here in this very end time, the living Word is speaking forth through a people that are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones; and that is not talking about just the Spirit here. This means the Spirit has materialized into another form, taking on the Word made flesh. It is talking about a people in the earth that have received Him, and are married to Him. That is when our desires become His. Our life becomes His. And He is everything that we are living for. In Matthew, Chapter 6, Jesus Christ spoke of our treasures. He said,

56 56 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. See, the things down here matter very little. Like the rich man (a natural man), he said, Oh, I am so blessed. I have got so much! Look what my hands have done. I have become so rich. Even my barns, I have to tear them down and build new ones to hold all of my wealth. Look what my hands have gained me. Well, what happened? That night the Lord spoke and said, Thou fool. See, the man had his mind on the wrong things. Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall these things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. (Luke 12:16-21) If we don t lay our treasures up in heaven, where are we going to put them? That is the only place to put them where they will have any eternal value whatsoever. The rich man s heart was in the wrong place. Thy soul shall be required of thee. What is going to happen to all of these material things you have gained? So we could ask, What is your life? Christ is our very life through the Holy Ghost as we are the wife of the Lamb. Amen. And that is where we have come to, the last phase of it, where Paul in his prophetic writings began to talk about becoming bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. He said, This is a great mystery, but I am not speaking about a natural marriage here, I am speaking of what happened in the Spirit. Glory to God! God took the feminine part of Adam out of him. See, at first, the whole thing was in one container, and that container was Adam. When Jesus Christ walked here, everything was in Him. His wife was in Him then just like Eve was in Adam. But just as God put Adam to sleep, He likewise put Christ to sleep on Calvary, and took a rib. They put a spear in His side, and blood and water came out, and Jesus gave up the ghost. He was dying to redeem all that Adam lost; He redeems all God s seed. And not only that, but He was dying to get His wife. He wouldn t have had to die Adam wouldn t have had to die; but he loved his wife and he wanted to be with her. So there on the cross, that Spirit came out, the Holy Ghost. The Bible says, Jesus cried with a loud voice and gave up the ghost. That is the very life of God in the soul and spirit of His Son which became one the Spirit of life that He could share with mankind. The Holy Ghost is an instrument created to connect mankind s spirit to God s Spirit. And that applies to all born again people. But there was a wife that was in Him. And no one knew about it, until there came a man that was not a part of the twelve apostles that were to the Jews. His name was Paul. And he began to talk about a virgin (her), saying, I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Jesus Christ. Why didn t Peter and the others talk about these

57 THE BODY OF CHRIST DEVELOPS INTO THE FLESH AND BONES OF THE PERFECT MAN 57 things? They had a different job to do. Now what God started there, He brought it all the way through to this marriage. Paul saw these things and prophesied them, and no doubt many times he thought it would be for his day and hour. But God knew better. Just like God knew that Adam wouldn t fulfill everything. But there was a Son that did, the Lord Jesus Christ, as He brought redemption to us all. And now what Paul prophesied has become a reality. See, Jesus took the Book of Redemption but watch now, do you see the importance of it being opened? Do you see the importance of the Lamb reaching into the Book of Redemption and getting a very small portion of it called the little book? He brought it down and gave it to us. The Book of Redemption applies to the redemption all the way through time; but the Lamb sent down to His wife the part called the little book, which He took from the Book of Redemption for His wife only. The remainder of the Book of Redemption is still there in heaven for those that are resurrected when we come back to this earth with our Lord and King to start the millennium. And it is also for those that stand before our Lord, whose names are in the Book of Life, at the end of the millennium. But this little part has become human flesh; it took on flesh and bones and is the wife of the Lord Jesus Christ, the perfect man in the earth. And we are expressing that. So we are bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh; and that was accomplished by a marriage which has taken place in our day. Do you see the Spirit of Christ coming down? And the Spirit has developed into what we are today, where we can say, I am bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh, and mean it! Remember the message I preached only a few months back where we brought in that John was a type of the wife, how that he received the little book and he ate it up, showing what the wife did. But once that took place, John s work of showing the wife was over, and he is no longer a type of the wife, but the wife stands up on her own two feet, saying, Here I am! And John said that he saw us dressed in fine linen, clean and white. His wife has made herself ready. Let us pray. Heavenly Father, we pray that you will take these words and you will bless them. And, Lord, last Sunday s message of, The Preacher and the Teacher in the Wife of the Lamb, opened the door for this, telling us that no man can know these things except the Spirit reveals them. We thank you, Lord, because the Spirit of God has made known the anointed Word, and your Spirit is still speaking today making that Word clear and making it live right in our midst. Lord, may this Word, as it goes forth, accomplish that which you have ordained. And we will be so careful to praise you for it, in the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

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59 IF THE CLOUDS BE FULL OF RAIN, THEY SHALL EMPTY THEMSELVES UPON THE EARTH 59 LIVING IN AND BRINGING TO PASS THE PROPHETIC PART OF PAUL S GOSPEL THAT STOPPED AT HIS DEATH Today I want to take a thought and entitle it, Living In and Bringing to Pass the Prophetic Part of Paul s Gospel that Stopped at His Death. Paul uttered forth prophecies that stopped at his death and could not be fulfilled at that time; therefore some of them were not understood until this hour that we are living in. But now it is very clear to us what God was (and is) doing as He brings these things into complete fulfillment in this day. So we are reading today in the Book of 1 Thessalonians, Chapter 4, and in the Book of 1 Corinthians, Chapter 15, to get our main text scriptures. These scriptures show where Paul laid in the Word of God this end time prophecy of the shout, the voice of the archangel, and the trump of God, showing the fullness of the spiritual coming of the Lord Himself. It is so beautiful how these scriptures have come into fulfillment in this day and hour in us (who have become bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh). This prophecy was hid; it was sleeping Word that no one knew about. But now it cannot be hid any longer. It is just like the scripture in the Book of Luke 17:30, which says, Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed; There was a time, years ago, that when I would read this scripture I thought it meant that it was the time when Jesus would come back to this earth as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. But here came a man that God used to fulfill that scripture; and when I heard this man explain the scriptures, I saw what God was doing. That is because this scripture was fulfilled in him. This man was Brother William Branham, who was the seventh church age messenger with the anointing of the spirit of Elijah on him. There is one particular message that Brother Branham preached, entitled, Perseverance, that I really love. And at the end of this message, he called people up to the platform and told each person things about them. He said to a young black man that was in the meeting, You are suffering from a trouble. Do you believe that God can tell me what is wrong with you? The young man said, Yes. Brother Branham said, It is an allergy. But another thing about you is this one of your greatest troubles is that you are backslid. You really need to turn back to God. If that is true, then raise up your hand. Then Brother Branham called him up to where he was standing and said to him, Your sins are forgiven you, my brother. Then he went on to say, You might ask, How do you

60 60 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION know that? I know it, because the same one that told me what is wrong with him, told me that his sins are forgiven him. Some people may think, How can this man forgive sins? Only God can forgive sins. But Brother Branham didn t say, I am going to forgive you. He said, God told me that your sins be forgiven you. This is exactly what Jesus Christ did when He was here in His earthly body. Jesus told Philip, I saw thee under the fig tree. (John 1:47-50) See, Jesus was showing forth the Son of man, a prophet. The Jews saw all these signs; but they rejected Him. But the Gentiles had not seen the Son of man manifested in this way. But God said that in the last days the Son of man would be revealed again. Notice that word revealed. This was not Jesus Christ in His original form as Son of man, but it was the Son of man being revealed again in another form, through an Old Testament type prophet that had come to a New Testament age, to show once again that Jesus Christ was still the same yesterday, today, and forever. Well, at the time, we didn t know how all of that would come about; but now we do, because it was made clear as God fulfilled that scripture of Luke 17:30 in our day through His prophet, William Branham. And we praise God for showing us this. After God took Brother Branham home, He raised up Brother Raymond Jackson Jr., to show forth another part of God s plan, to clear up many of the things that Brother Branham left unclear, and to bring the revelation of the second part of the fifth seal, showing what was going to happen to the nation of Israel at this end time. And seeing by revelation both of these ministries, we moved on into what God is doing now, as we have received the life of the Word. We thank God for Brother William Branham and for Brother Raymond Jackson and for all the messengers before us that did the heavy lifting which helped us get to the end of this journey. Their part of the Word was fulfilled, and we were left well equipped to move on with the light of God s Word that deals with another part of the Word that is for nobody else but us. Yes, there is a message that is just for us. It is not necessarily Paul s message altogether, because Paul laid the foundation; but he prophesied of things that would be, and now we are bringing them to pass. Notice the title of my message, Living In and Bringing to Pass the Prophetic Part of Paul s Gospel that Stopped at His Death. See, certain things stopped at Paul s death. Just like some of the things that Brother Branham said stopped at his death, as far as his message taking us into the next stage, or phase, of the spiritual coming of the Lord and so did Brother Jackson s message stop short of producing the last trumpet message for the rapture. Both Brother Branham and Brother Jackson knew about the little book (or tree of life) of Revelation, Chapter 10, and ate

61 LIVING IN AND BRINGING TO PASS THE PROPHETIC PART OF PAUL S GOSPEL THAT STOPPED AT HIS DEATH 61 of (notice, they ate of) their part of it, but were not told to go and take possession of it, as we which are alive and remain were told to do and we ate it up and are prophesying. I think about what God told Joshua, My servant Moses is dead, you rise up and go and possess the land. Sometimes it is hard for us as human beings to move on from a certain message, preacher, or movement. When God s light passes on to another stage, it is hard for us to turn loose and move with the Spirit of God. But the Word moves on and we, the wife of the Lamb, are cut from the cloth of the Word and will always move with the light. It is just like the sun; it rises and moves across the sky as the earth turns. And as the light moves from one part of the earth, it is leaving another part in darkness. That is how God s Word does. He lights up a certain part to fulfill His Word as the light moves on. That is why it is spoken in the Word of God to walk in the light. 1 Thessalonians 5:5 says, Ye are children of light. And we are to walk in the light. This means we have moved with the present-tense Word. So that is our forethought for what we are talking about today. Now I want to pray before going any further. Heavenly Father, we thank you that you have left this Word that we could read and that we could see in the Word what has been. And you gave us the Holy Ghost to teach us, to lead us, and to guide us. Thank you for showing us what has been fulfilled, what is being fulfilled, and even what is yet to be fulfilled. Many times, we as human beings praise you for what you have done, and look to the future and talk about what you are going to do, but ignore what is being done right in the present time when that is where the life is. And without you, we will miss it, Lord. But you have been good to us; you have revealed your Word, and you have shined the light on it, and we thank you for it. Now as we read your Word today, I pray that you will put your anointing on it. And may the Word go forth and be glorified, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Let s read 1 Thessalonians, Chapter 4, starting with Verse 13. It says, But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. He is telling the espoused virgin, Those people are not dead. The next verse is really good; it shows those that have gone on before us in death, their souls He brings back with Him. Verse 14 says, For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. We are speaking here of all those that are to be part of the wife of the Lamb. And they are here now. They are soon to take on their physical, glorified body. Right now they are in what is called a theophany, meaning a spiritual body. That body is not seen; and those in that spiritual body don t eat or anything of that nature. But when

62 62 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION there is a resurrection, that spiritual body, or theophany, will take on the natural part of the body that they lived in when they were actually here living, because the dead in Christ shall rise first, and then this mortal shall take on immortality. In Verse 14, I want you to notice sleep in Jesus. Paul interchanged the words dead in Christ and sleep in Jesus, so he said it both ways. Now the body is absolutely dead. The Book of Ecclesiastes 9:10 says, Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. So in the grave, the dead cannot glorify God. But that is only half of it; because half of it is not in the grave. And they are still glorifying God; they are still praising God, they are still rejoicing in the Lord, because they are still alive. When someone receives eternal life, the Holy Ghost, they receive the Spirit of God that became one with the spirit and soul of Jesus. This was God s way of creating this Spirit of eternal life that was compatible with the spirit of man, so that as mankind receives this Spirit, it gives eternal life to the soul. And right then and there, they become an eternal being and can no more die than God can die. Although when the spirit and soul leaves the body, yes, the body dies, and we can say, That man is dead, or That woman is dead. We say, They are gone, when that spirit and soul has left the body; but that is only part of it. See, the other part, which is their theophany, is alive in Jesus. Paul used the word asleep, because the body has no life while the spirit and soul are separated from it. In other words, they are dead in the body, but alive unto God; and more alive now than when they were in the natural body. We see Paul speaking of this in 2 Corinthians 5:5. He says, For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved (dies), we have a building (a spiritual body or theophany) of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. This is the same subject that Paul is explaining in 1 Thessalonians 4:14, saying, God is going to bring (or send) with Christ those that sleep in Jesus. These souls (spirits of just men) have come back to earth, waiting the resurrection of their bodies. This means that the living saints that are part of the wife have moved with God s Word and Spirit to the place where there is little distance between the inner man of we which are alive and remain, and the theophanies of those who have gone on. This means that their souls have been brought down to the same place that we have come to in revelation. In fact, Hebrews 12:22-24 says, But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which

63 LIVING IN AND BRINGING TO PASS THE PROPHETIC PART OF PAUL S GOSPEL THAT STOPPED AT HIS DEATH 63 are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. It is here in heavenly Jerusalem where we see all those that are part of the spiritual Kingdom of God gathered together, and each group of saints are in the place that is prepared for them. But in this message, I want to talk about the part of the saints that are the wife of the Lamb. And to these and these alone, there is a message that breaks down the middle wall of separation between the living and the dead members of this group of saints. Meaning this last trump is the new place where we all, both the living and the dead, gather together. It is a special place for our completion before the dead are raised and we the living are changed. In 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 it shows that those who were asleep in Jesus will God bring with Him (send with Christ). And to put this in a nutshell, it is Christ coming in His fullness with the trumpet message and bringing those departed souls, the part of the Lamb s wife who are asleep in Jesus, into this special place in the heavenly Jerusalem by this message. And not a single saint that is to fulfill another part of God s plan will be among them in this special place, which is the environment created by the sounding of this last trumpet. They are awakened by this last trump of 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 and brought to a realm where they are receiving, along with the living saints, this message which produces glorification for both the living and the dead. So the spirits of just men had to come first, before we could come to them. And they are here now, just waiting until the time that God has finished His work in us. Then the dead will be raised back to life in their glorified bodies, and then we which are alive and remain will be changed into our glorified bodies, and together we are caught up to the throne of our King and Husband, as His wife hath made herself ready. (Revelation 19:7-8) But as for now, we are still alive and in our natural bodies. So that makes us we which are alive and remain, because we have not been raptured yet, we have not been changed into glorification yet. So we which are alive and remain, which is the wife of the Lamb, God has put this last trumpet message in our hands. So we cannot look to Paul for the fullness, because he didn t have it. He only prophesied and told us that there would be a sounding of the trumpet. And what he said would be here, is now here. And you are part of this trumpet. When you open your mouth, speaking these words, if there is someone that is predestinated and ordained to be part of this Word and they have a place in their heart for this Word, they are going to hear a trumpet sounding. It doesn t have to be through a certain preacher; because it is Christ doing the blowing. I love that part! And He is blowing the

64 64 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION trumpet loud and clear right through His wife, which is His body in the earth. Remember in the message I preached recently entitled, We, the Lamb s Wife, Cannot Find in Our Minds the Way Back to the Former Things, I brought in about Moses bringing the children of Israel through the wilderness. And although some of the people came against everything he tried to do, Moses brought them up to the promised land before he died, but he didn t take them into it. God had someone else in the human realm to pick up the mantle and take it right on. When one of God s servants dies, we honor what they have done, we appreciate what they have done, for what they have done has helped us. We can look back and see that God always keeps His Word, and that gives us confidence in the promise that God has given us for this day as He continues to lead us and guide us by His Spirit. When Paul died, he could not help us anymore. But the Christ that revealed to him prophecies didn t die. He is still here, and He is talking just as loud as He ever talked. It is a matter of whether you can see and whether you can hear. The religious leaders came to Jesus and tried to come against him every way they could. But Jesus said unto them, My Word has no place in you. A person that the Word of God for this day and hour has no place in, that person is in real bad shape. Although it could be that the Holy Spirit has not revealed it and quickened it to them yet. But there are some that just don t want it and have turned it down. Yes, some have turned down this good gospel Word with the power of Christ sounding this last trumpet message. It doesn t matter how good it is, how much it opens the Word up, they are not going to have it, because it will pull them away from their established denominational and religious beliefs. In Revelation, Chapter 10, Christ came in the fullness of His Spirit in the form of the Mighty Angel, and John saw this in a vision while on the Isle of Patmos, which was showing a furtherance of what Paul prophesied in 1 Thessalonians 4:16. Notice, Christ came in the Spirit, and He brought back theophanies or spiritual beings no natural beings came back here, just spiritual ones. He is spiritual here, so He brought back spiritual bodies. They pick up their physical body from the grave, and then we are changed and caught up together in the rapture. But when Jesus Christ comes back physically in His glorified body, there will be physical people in glorified bodies coming back with Him. He is physical, so He will bring physical people back with Him. (Revelation 19:11-16)) But in Revelation, Chapter 10, He is Spirit, and He brings those spirits with Him spirits of just men that are made perfect by the sounding of this last trumpet. Hallelujah!

65 LIVING IN AND BRINGING TO PASS THE PROPHETIC PART OF PAUL S GOSPEL THAT STOPPED AT HIS DEATH 65 Let s continue on with 1 Thessalonians 4:15. It says, 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, Now I want you to notice here that Paul is speaking in a prophetic way. There is no other place in the Bible that this is spoken of in the form which Paul preached it; because it was to we which are alive and remain, the wife of the Lamb, which would be changed. So it wasn t Paul that was doing the talking, it was Christ in him; just as it was Christ that spoke through the mouth of Jesus. And although Jesus was and is the Son of God, the very Word whom God raised up, that Word was not anointed until Jesus was about thirty years old. That is why Jesus as a man could not walk up to the tomb of Lazarus and say, Lazarus, come forth! But the Christ in Him, using His voice said, Lazarus, come forth! And Lazarus came forth from the dead. Now bring that to our day. There is a message, it is the trumpet of God coming forth as we speak; for the Christ anointing is speaking that message through the wife of the Lamb. And it is actually going to resurrect the dead by the faith of the Son of God within us. We cannot have faith in the Word, Godly faith, Holy Spirit inspired faith, unless it is the Word being fulfilled for this time period. We are part of that Word that was brought down in Revelation, Chapter 10, in the form of the little book. That is what we have eaten up and have become. And that is what they that were a part of the wife in the church ages ate of they ate of it. And seeing the whole of Paul s message as the little book, the church age saints ate of the part that was ordained for them, leaving the prophetic part for we which are alive and remain. So we have received and eaten the whole book that the church age saints only ate of. Yes, they ate of the tree of life; they ate of this little book. But they could not take possession of it. But in Revelation, Chapter 10, for us, the living part of the wife, we were told to eat it up. Yes, we have eaten all of that little book and have become the Word made flesh. There are parts of the Bible that are chronicles; and it is good when you want to go back and refer to it. Many times we get a thought and wonder how something was in another age. Well, we have access to it because it was laid back in the chronicles of God s Word. We can go back and see what took place. We have a book entitled, The Chronicles of the Tenth Chapter of the Book of Revelation, which shows that we have come through this time of the eating of the little book, and are now doing the prophesying that Revelation 10:11 said would be taking place at the fulfillment of this chapter. This means we are fulfilling the trumpet sounding. It is this message. Let s read Verse 15 again, 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, Re-

66 66 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION member, we have to be alive, and have to remain, or this doesn t apply to us. We cannot do this part unless we are alive and remain. Those that come after us, and those that died before us, this has nothing to do with them, as to the bringing it to pass and making it live. This is for us to do. And praise God we are doing it! Is that not what Joshua and Caleb said about taking the land? All the rest of the children of Israel said it was impossible. They spoke like this: Those people over there have chariots of iron and all kinds of armaments; and compared to them, we look like grasshoppers. And they moaned and groaned all night, saying, We cannot do it! But there were two that thought differently. There is always just a few that think differently. God never leaves Himself without a witness. There was Joshua and Caleb, they stilled the people, saying, What is wrong with you people? You are acting like a bunch of heathens. God s Word said it! Has He ever failed us? Did He open up the Red Sea? Did He feed us in the wilderness? Then why do you doubt? Let s go take the land; we are well able! But they refused to go. And God told Moses, Take them back into the wilderness. They went back and wandered for forty years, until all that old generation, including Moses, died and were laid away. And only those that were twenty years old or younger, plus Joshua and Caleb of the older group, remained alive to go into the land. God had made the promise to the fathers; but the children are the ones that came in and fulfilled it. Likewise, there were promises made back in the days of Paul, but they didn t receive them. But here we are today; we are well able, and we are fulfilling it, and we are bringing it to pass, and you cannot smother out our faith! Hallelujah! Because it is anointed by the Holy Ghost. Now do you see where that puts us? Right in the present-tense where God is moving for us, the wife of the Lamb. Today we can hear the television ministers preaching about the tribulation saints, how they will go into the tribulation period, and how the world will be forced to take the mark of the beast. But let me tell you something, We are not going to be here when the mark of the beast is imposed. Now I know that there are preachers that have written books about the mark of the beast saying, If you read this, it will help you not to take the mark of the beast. Well, it might help them; but we are going to be gone before any of that takes place, because the mark of the beast is not imposed until about the middle of the 70th Week of Daniel. That is when the antichrist (the pope) will break the covenant that he made with Israel at the beginning of that week. I bring in all of this in my book entitled, The Interpreted Book of Revelation. These things will be, and we know about them; but they don t apply to us. And if that is what you are expecting and thinking about and worrying about, I pray

67 LIVING IN AND BRINGING TO PASS THE PROPHETIC PART OF PAUL S GOSPEL THAT STOPPED AT HIS DEATH 67 that you will have a safe journey, because you are going to need some prayer to get through all of it. But we, the wife of the Lamb, are not going to be here; for we are going to be rejoicing in the Lord. Why? Because we believe God. Hallelujah! We believe it shall be just like it was told us. If we believe God, and that faith is anointed faith, then it cannot be stopped. I have seen it too many times. The Word always comes to pass just as it is said. When God was dealing with the people that believed Brother Branham s message and also those that followed Brother Jackson s message, they received the benefit from the Word, and they will be in that first resurrection. Both of these men died, and their bodies are laid away. But here is the message of the last trump of God where there is no death, but we will be changed. Here is a people that fulfills that part of the Word in the Book of Romans, Chapter 8, where it speaks of the redemption of the body. Here is a message, here is the Word, and here is a people that believe it. We know that faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. That refers, not only to the Bible, but to this message that is inspired by God. That is why one needs to hear this Word. The Bible is not the only anointed writing, but so is this spoken Word by the anointing of God; for the wife is speaking for her Husband those treasures He has given to us. The Book of Acts, Chapters 9, 13, and 26 gives witness of how Christ appeared to Paul on the way to Damascus and told him, Paul, you are going to be a light to the Gentiles, and deliver them from the power of darkness to the power of the living God. Notice that Paul, you are going to be a light. But then over in the Book of Isaiah 42:6-7, Isaiah was prophesying about Jesus Christ, that He would be the light to the Gentiles. Well, who do you think was in Paul doing the talking? Who do you think is doing the talking now? When God ordains something, it shall be. And we are living in the fulfilling and bringing to pass of the prophetic Word that Paul said would be. So we which are alive and remain are speaking the anointed Word for this day. We have picked up where Paul left off at his death. Let s continue on with 1 Thessalonians 4:16. It says, For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God, Notice, there is a three part message here. There is a shout the midnight cry, to wake up the virgins. God used Brother Branham to bring the Word that fulfilled that part of this spiritual coming. The Lord Himself shall descend. Watch what else He does. with the voice of the archangel, If you will study this, the archangel always deals with the things concerning Israel. We see that the Book of Jude and the Book of Daniel, Chapter 12, mentions Michael the

68 68 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION archangel. Then in Revelation, Chapter 12, John also mentions the same. God used Brother Jackson to bring the revelation of the second part of the fifth seal, to show Israel s place at this end time. Now here is the third part of this spiritual coming, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: When will they rise? Not at the shout, not at the voice of the archangel, but at the trump of God. When Paul spoke of this same thing again in 1 Corinthians, Chapter 15, he left out the first two parts, the shout and the voice of the archangel, because God knew those parts would be fulfilled by the time the trumpet sounded. Paul was a man that grew in grace and in the knowledge of the Lord in revelation as God s time clock dictated. But on the things that he did not see clearly, he plainly let us know this by saying, For now we see through a glass darkly. But the time is coming when these things will be as clear as crystal. (1 Corinthians 13:12) Even Peter (who was a great teacher and a great leader) didn t get the picture of what Paul s ministry was about. According to the Book of Galatians 2:6-9, Paul went up to Jerusalem by revelation and found Peter and the other apostles (along with some other Jews) in conference. And he sat and listened to all their theories and all their revelation, which didn t add anything to the revelation that God had given him. Paul said, But they added nothing to me, but contrariwise. In other words, I am adding to them. They are not adding to me. They added nothing to me; but contrariwise. When they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship that we should go to the heathen, and they unto the circumcision. God opened their eyes to Paul s gospel. And if we can count to two, we come to this conclusion there were two gospels, one gospel for the circumcision, and another gospel for the uncircumcision. This means that Peter and Paul didn t preach the exact same thing. They preached two different gospels to two different people for two different purposes. But a short time after this, Paul was given the revelation of the middle wall of partition being broken down between a small number of saints from both the Jews and the Gentiles to make a new creation that he called one new man. (Ephesians 2:14-18) With this insight into this mystery that had been hid since the foundation of the world, Paul began to speak of one body, being baptized into the body of Christ, saying that in the body there is neither Jew nor Gentile. This was one of the greater revelations of that day, and still is even unto this day. So one of the differences between these two apostles was that Peter was not sent to engage a virgin to Christ. Paul was the one that did that.

69 LIVING IN AND BRINGING TO PASS THE PROPHETIC PART OF PAUL S GOSPEL THAT STOPPED AT HIS DEATH 69 I preached a message a few weeks back, entitled, Paul, The Man Who Introduced the Feminine Side of Jesus Christ, which showed that when Paul used words like her, she, virgin, the other apostles didn t even talk like this. Why didn t Peter and the other apostles that were to the Jews make just a little mention of this? They didn t because it was hid from their eyes. Paul said, God made known unto me mysteries that have been hid since the foundation of the world. And there are things that we are hearing today that have been hid since the foundation of the world. Take for instance when the seven seals were opened, the Lamb took from the Book of Redemption a little part of it and brought it down to earth. When it was brought down to earth it was called the little book. It was brought down by the Mighty Angel, and it was given to a specific group. John standing there as a type of the bride was given the little book. Watch. John was a type of the bride until he ate the little book. After this, we don t see John anymore; for we no longer need a type, because now we are the Lamb s wife. And that is when the angel said, Thou must prophesy again. And that is what is going on now. The things that Paul prophesied to be, we have picked up and are bringing them to fulfillment. Paul was ordained by a divine calling of God to go and get a virgin introduced; and he was ordained by a divine calling of God to break down the middle wall of partition between the Jew and Gentile for those of the espoused virgin of his day. And now the revelation of this trumpet message does the same for the wife of the Lamb. Today there is a living group that is called and chosen by a divine calling from the Almighty; and we are that people. And now we know that we were born for this purpose that is to preach the prophetic part of the little book. It is a divine revelation, and God has called me to preach to the wife with a divine calling. That is why it is living Word, because we are alive. Praise God! So God has authorized this message of the last trump of God. And when He authorizes something, just get out of the way! There is an old saying, Get in, or just get out of the way! Watch, Verse 16, again, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Verse 17, Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, In 1 Corinthians, Chapter 15, the Word is continuing to unfold into more details about being changed and raptured. Many times in reading one message we don t get it all; but when we start putting it all together, then it paints a beautiful picture. It is like a big puzzle; and only through the Holy Ghost are we able to put it together. When I was growing up, before the days of television, we would get a big puzzle and sit around the table and talk; and all the while we were

70 70 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION taking the pieces of the puzzle and trying to fit them together to make the beautiful picture that the puzzle contained. And eventually over time, we would get it all done. So if you say, Peter was part of Paul s message, in the sense of being part of the wife, then there is no way that you can get that piece to fit into the puzzle. You would have to cut the corners off to make it fit; and there are some preachers that try to do that. But everything fits just right if it is put in the right place. And this Word is being put in the right place, rightly divided by the sounding of the trumpet! And it could not be put in the right place until God anointed a people to put it in the right place that could see how it all fits together. And now we cannot see anything else but the perfect picture. Verse 17 again, Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Verse 18, Wherefore, comfort one another with these words. We are already comforted by knowing these things, so much that we can barely stay on the ground. Sometimes we feel like we have to tie a cement block to our legs to hold us down. We are more than conquerors; and we already have the victory! In the Book of 1 Corinthians, Chapter 15, Paul prophesies about a mystery; and this trumpet message is revealing it and bringing it to pass. This brings us back to the title, Living In and Bringing to Pass the Prophetic Part of Paul s Gospel that Stopped at His Death. Paul took it as far as he could take it when he wrote those last books. I have read different stories on how Paul died; but the point is, we don t die just because Paul died. We thank God that he sent Paul to prophesy these things; but we picked up the reins and are sounding forth this Word that is for the redemption of the body. And this time it is not one man doing the edifying; but it is the body of Christ that has become His flesh and bones by being joined unto our Husband, the Lord Jesus Christ. And as this trumpet sounds, there is resurrection power coming into those old dry bones of the saints that have been laid away, who are part of the wife of the Lamb. And there is translating power in our bones. Why? It is prophecy that has been awakened by the sounding of this last trumpet, that the dead in Christ shall rise first, and we which are alive and remain shall be changed. Do you believe it? That is a prophecy straight from God that cannot and will not fail. And it is taking place as we speak. Let s read 1 Corinthians, Chapter 15, starting with Verse 51. It says, Behold, I shew you a mystery; (Now if it is a mystery, the church world is not going to see it, because it is by revelation that these things are known, and they don t believe in receiving revelation.) I preached a message entitled, The Mystery of Area 51, which highlights this secret

71 LIVING IN AND BRINGING TO PASS THE PROPHETIC PART OF PAUL S GOSPEL THAT STOPPED AT HIS DEATH 71 place in God We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, And as this change is taking place, we are still going to be wide awake and preaching this gospel. We are not children of the night, but we are children of the day. We have been delivered from the power of darkness and have been translated into the Kingdom of His dear Son. (Colossians 1:12-13) Verses 52-53, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye (remember we are picking up where Paul left off), at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. (meaning that we have the same body, but it is in another form glorified). So I am going to quote my title and close this message, Living In and Bringing to Pass the Prophetic Part of Paul s Gospel that Stopped at His Death. So we are not trying to lay another foundation; for that was Paul s job. But God gave us a part of the Word that is brand new, that is exciting, that we are fulfilling day by day. Here is a ministry and here is the trumpet. And we are well able to do all that is written about us. Why? Because we are that part of the Word. Let us pray. Heavenly Father, we come praising you for your love, goodness, and mercy. I pray, Lord, that these words that we have spoken today, that you will take them in your hands and use them for your glory, and quicken them to the hearts of all those that are craving to be alive and remain and be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, in this hour. Bless us, we pray, as we send the Word forth, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

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73 73 THE MESSAGE THAT IS CONTRARIWISE To All That Has Been Before It And All That Is After It We thank God today for the record of the journey of mankind which is contained in the Bible; for it shows the part of the Word of God that is fulfilled, which is the chronicles of what God did in the different times in history. We see that much of the Bible is chronicles; and I love the chronicles part of it, because we can look back and see what has been, and it has helped us to arrive at the place where we are at now. Many years ago, when I was young in the Lord, I would read the Books of 1 Chronicles and 2 Chronicles, and I would say, Why do we need the Books of Chronicles? Well, over the years, I have grown to see how important all the Word of God is; we show this in our book entitled, The Chronicles of the Tenth Chapter of the Book of Revelation and the Eating of a Bitter Meal, which is a very profitable message to us, because it shows that we have moved with the light of God s Word through the Book of Revelation, Chapter 10, and we are continuing to move with the light of this trumpet sounding. So with this in mind, I want to entitle our message today, The Message that is Contrariwise to All that Has Been Before It And All that Is After It. Now this word contrariwise means in the opposite way or order or in direct opposition. And with this last trumpet message, which is going forth in this hour, we see that it is contrary to everything else; because it is present-tense Word of what God is doing in the day that we are living in. When looking back in the chronicles of God s Word, we can read about the message that the Apostle Paul brought, which espoused a virgin to Christ, who has now become the wife of the Lamb. Paul s message was very strange to the other apostles, and when he first went to them, they didn t want anything to do with him. In the Book of Acts 9:26-31, it shows Paul going in and out of Jerusalem and preaching boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus. There were those that went about to slay him, but the brethren got him out of Jerusalem and sent him forth to Tarsus. So after they got rid of Paul, the Jewish churches grew, and they had rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria. They were walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost. But once the Jewish apostles got understanding of Paul s place in the gospel, they realized why he could not come and just be one of them and preach only to the Jews as they did. (Acts 11:19) What Paul was preaching was

74 74 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION contrariwise to what they were doing. But God opened their hearts and let them see what the truth was, as to why Paul was preaching what he preached, and showing them that he was to be a light to the Gentiles by revealing Christ to them. But even after they knew this, they still felt the same way about the Gentiles. But the gospel that Paul preached just kept moving into even greater mysteries. And that is the way it is today. God has something else going on and the church world doesn t know it. It is contrariwise. Every time God sends a message, it is contrariwise to what has been, and what will be. But those that have a divine revelation can see by what has been that God was leading up to this present truth. Let us pray. Heavenly Father, we ask that you bless in the preaching of the Word, as we have brought these things in as a prelude to what we are about to say. I pray that you will anoint our minds, and that you will come and you will speak. And, Lord, I know that when you speak it goes contrary to this religious world, because they are led and moved by the spirit of iniquity and it is contrary to what you are doing. O God, I pray that you will move this morning by thy Holy Spirit, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Now I want to begin reading in the Book of Galatians, Chapter 2, Verses 1-6. It says, Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain. But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised: And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man s person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me: This is bold talk here. They couldn t add one thing to what Paul already had. He had been growing in grace and in the knowledge of the Lord, and he knew that the whole religious system was contrariwise, or contrary, to the revelation that God had given him. And the gospel that we have today is contrariwise. So don t expect everyone to see this truth. And don t be offended if they act like you have something that is strange, because it is supposed to be that way; that is the way it has always been when the truth moves on to include more revelation. So here in Galatians 2:6, Paul is listening to the apostles and the others speak, and after Paul listened to them, he said, They added nothing to me. But he knew, If they ever put me up there, I have got something

75 THE MESSAGE THAT IS CONTRARIWISE 75 to tell them! Here in Verse 7 is where I want to get my text scripture, and where the word contrariwise comes in. It says, But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; Now watch this there were two gospels there. There was a gospel for the circumcision and a gospel for the uncircumcision. Now what I am saying is that what Paul preached was so contrariwise (And if it was contrary then, why are you surprised if it is contrariwise now?), because he was bringing a gospel that said you didn t have to keep the law. And then, as his revelation progressed further, he began to bring in about the body of Christ, saying, There is neither Jew nor Gentile in the body of Christ. This meant that God took an element from each group of believers to make one new man. (Ephesians, Chapter 2) In the Old Testament, the Word of God shows that when the prophets of God came with a message, it was always contrariwise to what was going on in that day and that hour. For instance, when John the Baptist came forth preaching the Word of God, he said, (Matthew 3:2-3), And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. And people came from Jerusalem, Judaea, and all the region around Jordan, to be baptized of John in the River of Jordan, confessing their sins. Also, some of the Pharisees and Sadducees came to investigate what was going on, as they had been told, Go see who this man is, and find out why he is doing the things he is doing and saying such things as he is saying; for he is going contrariwise to all of us and our traditions, while he is out there in that muddy Jordan baptizing. Where does God s Word say anything like this? And when John saw these religious investigators who had come to his baptism, he said, O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth fruit that is meet (suitable) for repentance. John brought a message that was contrariwise to what has been and what was going to be. So they finally put John to death for what he was saying; and they were so glad to get rid of him. But they could not get rid of what John had prophesied about; because the one he had prophesied about had come on the scene. (Matthew, Chapter 3) Then here, again, came something else that was contrariwise, which was Jesus the Christ, the Son of God; and what He was saying was contrariwise to everything that was going on in Jerusalem amongst the high priest and the scribes and Pharisees. In the Book of John 8:38-40, we see Jesus with the Pharisees. He said to them, I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. They an-

76 76 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION swered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham s children, ye would do the works of Abraham. But now you seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. Jesus was telling them that Abraham believed God, so they were not Abraham s children because they believed not the truth of what He was telling them. And the reason they didn t was because the Word had no place in them. He tells them in Verse 44 whose children they really were, Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. Here was God manifested in the flesh of His Son, bringing them the Word of eternal life; and the religious leaders went about to crucify Him, because He came with something that was so contrariwise but it was the truth. It was what God was doing for that day and that hour; and it took a revelation to know who Jesus was. Even Peter and the apostles didn t know until God gave them a revelation; even though they saw Him walk on water and raise the dead. But He didn t act like a religious man, and the common people heard Him gladly. The fact is, the high priest wanted Him put to death, so he kept pushing his agenda until Jesus Christ was crucified. Now as we look at the Word for this hour, we see it is being crucified again, because it goes contrariwise to what is believed by all the religious systems. Today there are many people that believe that the church goes through the tribulation. And they have got scripture they use to substantiate that belief. They can show us a church in the Book of Revelation, Chapter 7, a number that no man can number, dressed in white robes. Here we see the angel asking John, Who are these? John looked at them, and he said, Thou knowest, Lord. The angel said, These are they which came out of great tribulation and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Notice, they were dressed in white robes. But I am going to tell you something contrariwise. There is a rapture. There is a group of saints that leaves this earth, and we are not dressed in white robes. We are dressed in fine linen, clean and white, which is the righteousness of the saints. Yes, the church world will go through tribulation. But not the wife of the Lamb, because He takes us out before the great tribulation period. And that is contrary to what many believe today. In the Book of Acts, Chapter 2, on the Jewish Feast day of Pentecost, Christ came in the form of the Holy Ghost in the first leg of His spiritual coming, which was the life of the Lord Jesus being spread out through every one that received the Holy Ghost as their portion of Christ for

77 THE MESSAGE THAT IS CONTRARIWISE 77 that day, not knowing that the fullness of Christ would follow. And now that we know about the fullness of Christ coming in the form of the Mighty Angel, which was the second leg of His spiritual coming, shown in Revelation, Chapter 10, it is contrariwise to say, Just receive the Holy Ghost and speak in tongues. Why? Because both legs of His spiritual coming has taken place, which is the fullness of Christ; and contrariwise to what people think, it is only for His wife. Did you hear what I said? It is only for the wife of the Lamb. It is not for anyone else. Now there are those that heard Brother William Branham s message and Brother Raymond Jackson s message that are arguing and fighting and saying, The seventh seal is not open; and Christ as the Mighty Angel hasn t come yet. But as I mentioned earlier, there is a book entitled, The Chronicles of the Tenth Chapter of the Book of Revelation and the Eating of a Bitter Meal, and it goes contrariwise to all of their nonsense. It shows the chronicles of what has happened in Revelation, Chapter 10. And it is contrariwise to what many are looking for and what they think will happen. There has been nothing like it before, and neither shall there be afterwards. Yes, this last trump of God message of the wife of the Lamb is contrary to what came before it, because we have taken the revelation of the Word further on. And it is Word that is upto-date, that is present tense, and as Paul said, They added nothing unto me! And they can add nothing unto us. Because we can see through it all by seeing and hearing the sounding of this trumpet. When we see this, we can see all that is behind and all that is yet to take place; and we know that what we are saying is contrariwise to anything that is behind or before. And in this message of the trumpet, we show where their errors are and why they didn t come to the Word. And we have got to show that in order to show that we are the wife of the Lamb expressing our Husband and King, the Lord Jesus Christ. When we speak about the wife of the Lamb, it is contrariwise to what the denominations and the religious systems of the world call church and being born again. We are more than born again; we are married to the Son of God by our baptism into the fullness of Christ. We are a small group that has become bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh by receiving both legs of His spiritual coming. Yes, we are the only group of saints that claim this position of His wife; and we possess all the attributes, the fruits, and everything that was in the man Jesus Christ. Hallelujah, this is because the fullness of Christ came down to earth! The Lamb opened the Book of Redemption and sent the little book down to us for the redemption of our bodies. My wife recently got a call from a lady that read our book entitled, The Gospel for the Wife in Israel. And the lady said, Now wait a minute

78 78 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION here; I thought that the Jews would not receive the gospel until two prophets begin prophesying in Israel. My wife answered her by saying, The two prophets have their place; and what we have does not interfere with their message. It is a different work of God, and what we are doing is contrariwise to their message, because they will be prophesying God s judgment on Israel. They will have power to turn the waters to blood and they will call for plagues upon the earth, as God shows His displeasure with Israel for working with the antichrist. So this message of the last trumpet of God that is going forth is contrariwise to their message. And here we come, the wife of the Lamb, walking right through the land, clothed in fine linen. We hear many preachers today say to the people, We re in the bathtub; we re getting these spots out of our garment. Well, why don t you just lay aside that garment and take on the fine linen and you won t have to worry about getting spots out, because there are no spots to get out, as we receive the revelation that our Lord Jesus Christ took all of our sins away at Calvary! He took our sins and gave us His righteousness, and now we are as righteous as He is righteous, because it is His righteousness. And we believe this by revelation. (2 Corinthians 5:21) When we take a look at the church world today, it is just like it was in the days of Paul. In reading the Book of Romans, Chapter 9, we see where the Jews went about to try to establish their own righteousness by keeping the law, which said, you can t do this and you can t do that, and you can t eat this and you can t eat that. When Jesus and his disciples went through a corn field on the Sabbath day, they were hungry; so they plucked ears of corn and ate. And some of the Pharisees saw them and got angry about it, condemning them for doing that which was unlawful to do on the Sabbath. See, they were going contrariwise to the religion of that day. Even when Jesus was healing the sick on the Sabbath, the religious Pharisees got angry and said to Him, There are six other days if you want to do that, but don t profane the Sabbath day. Contrariwise! He told them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. (Mark 2:27) That means it gives them a break after working throughout the week. But these religious leaders didn t know what the Sabbath was for. It was a day of rest. In the Book of Isaiah 28:11-12, the prophet spoke about a rest day and said, For with stammering lips and another tongue will God speak to this people. This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest, and this is the refreshing; yet they would not hear. This was a prophecy of the rest that was in the Holy Ghost that came on the day of Pentecost. And it went contrariwise to what their religious system was saying. And now what we are prophesying is contrariwise to the whole religious system

79 THE MESSAGE THAT IS CONTRARIWISE 79 as God keeps moving us forward in His Spirit and in the Power of His Word. This is God on the scene! And it is contrariwise to human thinking. In 1 Corinthians, Chapter 2, it plainly tells us that the natural man cannot even get into this realm. And the natural man cannot receive the things of the Spirit of God; they cannot understand, because it has to be revealed by the Spirit of God. And according to Ephesians, Chapter One, we had to be chosen in Him before the foundation of the world. Also, in Revelation, Chapter 13, it speaks of the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Although the crucifixion didn t take place before the foundation of the world to God it did. Because whom God did foreknow, He also did predestinate. And those He predestinated, He also called. And those that He called, He also justified. And to those He justified, them He also glorified. (Romans 8:28-31) See, He had foreknowledge, which means He already knew. He already knew about you. He knows why you are here. He knows why I am here. He knew who would come to Him by Jesus Christ. This makes me think of a picture I have hanging on my wall of a little boy sitting there barefooted, long hair, with a pair of overalls on, eight or nine years old. I lived in the mountains and didn t know one word from another, and didn t know left from right. And if you wrote the word the, I would not have known what it was. If you wrote my name down, I wouldn t have known that was my name. And then later as a young man, I said, I feel like the Lord wants me to preach. Everyone laughed me to scorn, because that sounded so ridiculous, so outlandish. A young man that does not even know the word the, how is he going to preach? But now look; all over the world, every nation under the heavens is hearing it. God is a miracle working God. And it went contrariwise to what everyone thought How are you going to preach; you cannot read. How are you going to do this? How are you going to do that? I don t know how. It is not for me to figure out how. My job is to do as I am told by the Lord Jesus Christ. When the children of Israel were in Egypt, I am sure it was asked many times, How is God going to bring us out of Egypt? It looked like an impossible situation. Pharaoh was killing all the male children; but there was one mother who bore a little baby boy and by revelation she took the baby and put him in a basket and set him out on the Nile River. And here came someone and found him; it was Pharaoh s daughter who was in the river taking a bath. She heard the little baby crying and sent one of the maids to get him. She said, He is mine. And the baby s name was Moses. He was raised up in Pharaoh s house; and God made a way that his real mother was to nurse him and care for him and got paid for it by Pharaoh himself! I love that! Because God was letting

80 80 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION something grow that was contrariwise right under Pharaoh s nose. What a God we serve! He did this wonderful miracle, and it consummated in the deliverance of the children of Israel from Egyptian bondage. Now in our day, what did God do here in the North Georgia Mountains? He performed a miracle. A little baby was born, and they said, He can t live; he only weighs about two and a half pounds. But God moved upon my older sister, and she said, I believe I can bring him through. And that is when she made what is called a sugar-tit to nourish me. It was a little cloth dipped in milk and sugar. She knew how to get me to take it so that I could get the milk. Well, that is what I lived on for a while. Other members of my family said, Poor little thing can t live. They put me in a shoe box for my bed. God was working a miracle. Now look what He has done! There is a message in this hour that has come as a thief in the night and it is contrariwise to what has been, and to what will be, but it is God showing His wonders in this sounding trumpet. Glory to God for all His wonderful workings! All right, let s get Verse 7 again, and also Verse 8 in Galatians, Chapter 2. It says, But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter, (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) Verse 9, And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision. Peter, James, and John saw it; and they told Paul and Barnabas to go to the Gentiles while they kept preaching to the Jews. Now watch, this is two different ways it was contrariwise. Watch what Peter, James, and John were confronted with. They had a problem on their hands. Their problem was this: They recognized that the gospel that Paul was preaching was of God. But it was contrariwise to what they were doing. It was contrariwise to what Jesus had told them, saying, Go not in the way of the Gentiles, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. (Matthew 10:5-8) It was contrariwise to everything they thought that God was going to do. But the thing is, God was going to get a wife for His Son. He started putting in motion the machinery back then to bring into being what is here right now both legs of the spiritual coming of the Lord; the fullness of Christ. That is what we are baptized into, the fullness of Christ; then we became bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. Yes, other people receive the same benefit of the Holy Ghost; but they don t receive the benefit of the two legs of His spiritual coming, the fullness of Christ!

81 THE MESSAGE THAT IS CONTRARIWISE 81 It has become very clear that the religious world doesn t want this trumpet message, because it is contrariwise to what they teach. And the only way that this can be seen is by revelation. No man knoweth these things except the Spirit of God reveals it, the Holy Ghost comparing spiritual things with spiritual things. Then there are the churches that are led by the spirit of iniquity, which is a religious spirit. They make their denominations and they cannot receive this because it goes contrariwise. How could the Pharisees and Sadducees receive Jesus when He said so many contrary things about their beautiful temple which they admired so much? He said, This beautiful place that you are looking at, there is coming a day that there will not be left one stone upon another. It is going to be torn down. The armies are going to surround Jerusalem and destroy this place. It is not going to be left standing. And you shall be led away captive into all nations. (Luke, Chapter 21) We see the fulfillment of that prophecy when the Roman Armies came in and destroyed Jerusalem in 70 AD, and the Jewish message of salvation ceased to exist in and around Jerusalem as they were scattered to many nations. But now this trumpet message is being given to the Jews that are part of the wife of the Lamb. And this message is contrariwise to the death angel! We thank God for anointing the Apostle Paul to lay in the Word of God this overcoming death message for us to believe and possess. Paul said, The trump of God is going to sound. And then the dead are going to rise first. And then we will be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, and caught up to meet the Lord in the air (at the throne of God). But we will be back here after about seven years, dressed in fine linen. Revelation 19:11-16 shows the heavens will open, and here He comes to earth, the Mighty King! But there is someone coming with Him. Think about that. It is contrariwise to those that say we are going through the tribulation. There is someone coming with Him, and we are clothed in fine linen, clean and white! Hallelujah! There is only one group in the Bible that is dressed like that, and it is the wife of the Lamb. Then in the Book of Matthew, Chapter 25, the Lord sends the angels forth to gather those that survive the tribulation period, and He will sit there on His throne, with His wife by His side, and separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goat. And right there it is determined who can live in the millennium to repopulate the earth. In Revelation 16:8-9, we find that when the plagues begin to fall, instead of repenting, the Bible says they cursed God that had the power over these plagues. And that is what people do when trouble starts hitting them, they start cursing God. The best thing to do is try to find out why trouble is hitting, why things are going the way they are going.

82 82 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION When the Lord Jesus Christ comes back to earth, there will be people still alive. They will be gathered together before the King, and He will speak the Word of life to the righteous, saying, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. But unto the unrighteous, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. Also, in the Book of Zechariah, Chapter 14, we see plagues that the Lord will smite the people with, who have fought against Jerusalem. For their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. But there will be a group of people on the earth, and the Bible calls them sheep people; they will repopulate the earth during the millennium as a natural people. Then will the words of the angels come to pass that came at the birth of Jesus. When the shepherds were out there watching their flocks by night, here came a heavenly choir down from heaven, and they sang, Glory to God in the Highest, Peace on Earth, and Goodwill towards Men. Well that peace on earth and goodwill towards men will be here in the kingdom age. For a thousand years there is peace on earth and goodwill towards men. In this hour, if you tell the majority of people anything about the Lord Jesus Christ and the truth for this hour, they will persecute you. So don t feel like you are being mistreated, because what we have is contrariwise to what everybody else has. They may look down their nose at you and secretly feel sorry for you, saying, Poor thing, they just cannot see it. But the poor thing is dressed in fine linen. And the poor thing is going to go up in the rapture. And the poor thing is coming back with Him. The poor thing is the wife of the Lamb. We are only a poor thing in their minds and in their hearts; but to our Lord, we are more than conquerors! My wife and I were in a meeting, and there was a preacher that sat there in the meeting; and when I got through preaching, he came and talked with me. He said, I have been in meetings for sixty-one years, but I saw something tonight that I have never seen before. I thought, Praise God. God is opening his eyes to truth. He said, While you were preaching, you were transformed before me. I have never seen anything like that in my life. And he wanted to hang right on to me after service. But when he had time to go back to his church and think about these things, by his actions he said, I better leave that alone. It is contrariwise to what we have got. This is contrariwise. Yes, God will give revelations. God will give visions. But He said that you must follow on to know the Lord, and you cannot follow on unless there is a revelation and there is something in your heart to correspond to that

83 THE MESSAGE THAT IS CONTRARIWISE 83 revelation. For many, there is no place in them for this Word. If there is a place in your heart for this last trumpet message, you were born with it, predestinated with it before the foundation of the world, and nothing else can fill that place in your heart. When you hear it, you cannot help but respond. Glory to God! This brings to mind the story about a little duck. A mother duck went through a grassy field with her ducklings. Down below the field was a stream of water. One little duck sensed that water; although it had never been in the water before, it was drawn to that stream which could not even be seen from the field. So it followed that yearning and went wobbling through the high grass, down the hill, and over the rocks; for nothing was going to keep that little duck from the water. He made his way into the stream and found his rest as he floated atop and bathed in his destiny. Something was calling! The prophet David, a man after God s own heart, said it so beautifully in his writings in the Book of Psalm 42:1, The deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. And also in Verse 7 of this same Psalm, And as the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Hallelujah! That is what this is all about! Yes! We are going contrariwise to everything else in the world; but we won! In the Book of 1 Samuel, Chapter 17, it tells about David s battle with Goliath. When the men of Israel saw Goliath, they fled from him in fear; for he was a giant of a man. But not David; he said, I shall kill this man that defies the armies of the living God, and take away the reproach from Israel. And when some men heard the words of David, they went and told Saul, and he sent for David. Saul told him, You cannot fight against this Philistine, because you are but a lad, and he is a man of war from his youth. But David said, As I kept my father s sheep, a lion and a bear took a lamb out of the flock; I went after them and killed them. The Lord delivered me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear, so shall He deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and the Lord be with thee. Then Saul put his armor and brass helmet on David; but David went contrariwise to what Saul did. He pulled that armor off and started walking off towards the giant, just a young boy. See, David went contrariwise to the art of fighting a battle. He went down by the brook and picked up five smooth stones and put them into his scrip bag (this is where we get the first hint of the word scripture as it came into being from the word scrip), and went out there without any kind of armor on, without any kind of weapon except a slingshot. He went and told that giant, I am going to kill you. I am going to take your head, and feed you to the fowls of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, so that all the earth will

84 84 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION know that there is a God in Israel. And the giant got so mad that he lost his composure and he dropped his guard, because that young boy took him by surprise; for David was contrariwise to anyone that Goliath had ever fought. David wound up that sling, and you could probably hear it whistling. He kept winding it up, and he turned that stone loose, and that stone hit the giant right in the forehead. Contrariwise to all the arts of fighting a battle, to all the learning of war, here went a little lad out there with a slingshot, going to kill that giant. David told him what he was going to do, and bless your heart, he did it! Contrariwise! Saul didn t think he could; for all the armies of Israel could not do anything with that giant. Therefore, no one thought it could be done. But contrariwise to their thinking, he did it. Then in the Book of Judges, we read about Samson going to the city of Gaza, and it was told to the Gazites that he was there. So they locked him in, and laid wait for him all night at the gate of the city, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him. But Samson arose at midnight and took the doors of the gate of the city and the two posts, and he went away with them upon his shoulders and kept on going contrariwise! Well, contrariwise to all the religious systems in the world, here we are today. And contrariwise to the law of gravity, it is going to lose its hold. First the dead are going to come out of the graves, and we will be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, and together we will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air, and forever we shall be with the Lord. And it is all contrariwise to the laws of nature. Heavenly Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, we thank you for granting us another opportunity to preach the Word of God. And we see it goes contrariwise to what the church world calls religion. Like we heard a man that was talking about another man, he said, There has to be something mentality wrong with him, because he does not believe in a trinity. He goes contrariwise; he only believes in one God. Well, we are contrariwise; we don t believe in a trinity, and we are the wife of the Lamb. We thank you, Lord, for your love and goodness and for this great grace that you have put upon us in this hour. Lord, take this Word and use it for your glory. Amen.

85 A LINE OR A BARRIER THAT DEATH CANNOT CROSS 85 THE REVELATION OF THE PERFECT MAN AND THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION Let s turn in the Word of God to the Book of Ephesians, Chapter 4. What I want to deal with in this chapter is the perfect man. God has given us a new thought, a furtherance of our understanding of the perfect man. So I am going to entitle the message, The Revelation of the Perfect Man and the Perfect Man s Revelation. As we begin our message, I want to draw a distinction between the revelation of the perfect man, and the perfect man s revelation, so that there will be no mistaking who Paul was writing about; for we will see that the revelation of the perfect man, and the perfect man s revelation are two different things. Here in Ephesians, Chapter 4, we see that Paul had the revelation of the perfect man and wrote about it; for he says in Verse 13, Till we all come into the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God (watch here), unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: Paul had the revelation of the perfect man, but he did not have the perfect man s revelation; because the perfect man had not come yet. And this perfect man only comes into being right here at the end time; because Revelation, Chapter 10, had to be fulfilled first, which was Christ coming down in the fullness of His Spirit in the form of the Mighty Angel and we were baptized into the fullness of Christ. Before this day of the perfect man s revelation, the church had its baptisms as spoken in Hebrews 6:1-2. But we have gone on unto this perfection that is now available to the wife of the Lamb. And now we have the fullness of this spiritual baptism that is for the one Paul called the perfect man, which is shown in the earth by the wife of God s Son. We are now expressing the perfect man by representing our Husband, the Lord Jesus Christ, which explains why Paul used the words perfect man. And in this last day, we are living in the entirety of our complete salvation inside the fullness of the body of Christ where we express the attributes of the Lord Jesus Christ. And that comes naturally when it is Christ in the fullness of His Spirit, revealing Himself through His wife, who is His flesh and bones. So the spiritual body of Christ that was seen in 1 Corinthians 12:12-13 is now seen in another form as it is connected to Ephesians 5:30-32; meaning that we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones, because of marriage. This happened as we understood by revelation that God the Father created us from that special part of the Word that Jesus was created from to be the wife of His Son. And that makes us the per-

86 86 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION fect mate of our Lord Jesus Christ, both being from the same Word. In the Book of 1 Thessalonians, Chapter 4, and the Book of 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, Paul laid in the Word of God the prophecy of the mystery of marriage and the changing of our mortal bodies, saying that we which are alive and remain would not precede them that have already gone on before; but they will be raised first, and then we shall be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. And we, the wife of the Lamb, are the only group that has the revelation that we are the ones that Paul is speaking about in this scripture of we which are alive and have remained until His coming. Because Christ came in Revelation, Chapter 10, in the fullness of His Spirit; and then we were baptized into the fullness of Christ as the living part of His wife. First, we got picked up (translated) in the Spirit into the Kingdom of His dear Son, as those that have gone on before us have now been brought back with Christ, who has brought us together, joining us with those spirits (souls) of just men. (Hebrews 12:22-23) In other words, Christ comes as the Word and He brings that part of the Word (those saints) with Him, in order to connect with the Word that is here (in us). Then we take on His flesh and bones in marriage together with those that are resurrected as we are changed into glorified members of the wife of the Lamb, with all being dressed in fine linen, clean and white. That is the completion of our marriage. Then our Lord Jesus calls us up physically to meet Him, where we stay while the world goes through the great tribulation period. We can now see that this world is coming into tribulation very rapidly. The fact is, each day if we watch the news, we wonder what is going to be next. But we have a revelation, an understanding, and have an unction from the Holy One that was not available until the perfect man came on the scene. We really could not talk about the perfect man until we were baptized into the fullness of His body. And now that we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones, we can identify with that perfect Word that is just for the wife. Those are some of things that we are going to be covering in this message today. But first, let us pray. Heavenly Father, we come asking you to bless and help us as we go forth in your Word. We thank you for the anointing that breaks every tether, the anointing that passes all understanding, and the anointing that even the angels look at and wonder about. Because it is through the anointing that you take and bring forth your Word and you make it live. You have brought the very life of Christ back to the Word and have given the Word of life that is for our time and our day that we are living in. Lord, bless us and help us all. Help me to minister the Word and the hearers to understand, and we will be so careful to praise you for this, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

87 THE REVELATION OF THE PERFECT MAN AND THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION 87 Let s read Ephesians 4:13 again. It says, Till we all come into the unity of the faith, This scripture has come to life as the members of the body have taken on the mind of Christ, which means that we are in the unity of the faith. And when I say, unity of the faith, I am speaking only of believing the same thing about this Word. We are of one mind in Him. Now we see the making of the perfect man and we have one mind, being no longer tossed to and fro. Continuing, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: I want you to hold these words, unto a perfect man. Now that does not mean that there is one man walking around here in the earth that is perfect no, it is all of us together that make up the one man, the perfect man, the fullness of Christ, knowing all the while that it is because of Christ that we can make this claim. Our own righteousness would be as filthy rags when compared with what God accepts as righteousness. Yes, there are times when we may stumble; and yes, there are times when we make our mistakes. But praise be to God for anointing Paul to lay something in the Word for us, that we could become the righteousness of God. For Jesus Christ took our sins and gave us His righteousness. This is not by works, lest any man should boast; it is strictly the work of the Lord. Salvation is of the Lord. The thing is, we believe and accept it. Many people say, Oh, that is easy to accept. No, to accept the righteousness of God takes a revelation, because our righteousness has no place at all in this blessing. Even though we have our stumblings and our misgivings, we know that has nothing to do with our righteousness, because He gave us His righteousness when He died on the cross. He, being without sin, took our sins and gave us His righteousness. So now we don t say, My righteousness is as filthy rags. Because we have given ourselves in marriage to Him, and we don t claim any righteousness of ourselves, but we claim His. That is our faith. In times past, people tried to produce righteousness by keeping the law or other such things; but the Word of God says in the Book of Romans 10:4, Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believeth. This verse shows where our righteousness is at. We want to put everything on Jesus Christ, as we are the members in Christ, thus making us Christ the wife of the Lamb. We are moving in Him, we are living in Him, and our whole being is caught up in Him. Our life is hid with Christ in God. So what we see in Revelation, Chapter 10, is the Spirit of Christ in the form of the Mighty Angel that came down. This is the fullness of Christ that was in Jesus, which is now manifested in us, His wife. Now Jesus as a person did not exist until He was born of a virgin

88 88 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION named Mary. So He wasn t the eternal Son of God before then; He only existed in God s mind as the Word. (John 1:1-2) So Jesus was born and came into this world the same route we came, with the exception that He was born of a virgin and His Father was the Word of God. He came into the world and suffered, and was tempted in all points like as we are, and yet without sin, because He was the Word. He lived right because He was the Lamb without spot and without blemish, and He offered Himself for us. And when John the Baptist saw Jesus there at the River of Jordan, he said, Behold, the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world. Yes, Jesus came and died for our sins and ascended back to heaven and then sent back to earth the Holy Ghost. Now in this last day, He sent the fullness of His Spirit down to us, and we have taken on His flesh and bones in our marriage to Him. Paul picked up this same thought in the Book of Ephesians 5:30-32 where he said that we are members of His flesh, and of His bones. Here, Paul was planting a seed of revelation by showing a type of the wife by making the comparison with Adam and Eve. So by looking at it in this manner, Adam was showing Jesus, who still sits with the Father on His throne in heaven. (Revelation 3:21) So in this end time, the Lamb sent His Spirit down to this earth as shown in Revelation, Chapter 10, at the second leg of the plan of God for getting a wife for His only begotten Son. This is where the perfect man comes in. We know that the Lord Jesus Christ was the perfect man that walked here on earth some two thousand years ago; but now the perfect man in this day is the members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones. And Paul called us the perfect man, because we have been baptized into Him which is perfect. The fact is, we are representing the Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, with all the attributes that He possessed as He walked here as a man in the earth and did the will of God. Now we, the wife of the Lamb, are doing the works of our Husband in His bodily absence. And our revelation is the prophetic part of what Paul preached, and we are bringing it to pass now. This began to come into being for the living part of the wife when the little book was brought back to earth. And when that happened, it was a signal that God s message for the wife of His Son had begun; although the eating of the Word for the church ages began in the Book of Revelation, Chapters 2 and 3, showing the seven churches of Asia, which corresponds to the period of time known as the seven church ages. Each one of these ages ate of the little book, and although the amount in the darkest age was small, it contained enough life for resurrection. Their portion of the Word that made them part of the wife will be enough to raise them from the dead to be joined with the living part of the wife

89 THE REVELATION OF THE PERFECT MAN AND THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION 89 who ate up the little book; which gave us a perfect understanding that our brothers and sisters that have gone on before us are fully part of us and will be raised from the dead and glorified just before we are changed into our glorified bodies. And together we will be physically caught up to our Husband. We see the message to the Ephesus Age was, To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. The message to the Smyrna Age, To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. The message to the Thyatira Age, And he that overcometh, and keepth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations (authority). And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. And I will give him the morning star. The message to the Sardis Age, He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. The message to the Philadelphia Age, Him that overcometh will I make a Pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon my new name. The message to the Laodicea Age, To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. So when the espoused virgin fell from her first love, she lost access to the eating up of the tree of life. She could not eat of it at will; but could only eat of it as given unto her by the angel s message of that particular age; for God sent each church age one of the seven spiritual angels. (Revelation 3:1) And through the seven earthly star messengers who were given by the Almighty, He sent a portion of the little book to give to their particular age. And in doing so that would give to their souls the life of Christ. This is the life given to bring them from the grave here at the end time. Also, this joins them to the living part of the body that took full possession of and ate the little book up, which empowered the living to speak the Word of life that came by eating it up. And now this brings forth those that are gone on before us, and will also change our bodies into glorified bodies. So the prophetic part of that little book was for no other group of saints; it was only for the wife of God s only begotten Son. And, of course, we could not eat it up until the Voice of Authorization spoke from heaven saying to the living part of the wife, Go and take the little book. By this time all the church ages were over and the seals had already been revealed. Then it was given for the living part of the wife to

90 90 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION eat up and prophesy again. Yes, He gave us the little book and said to eat it up. Now we know that we are the wife showing forth the perfect man. It is not Jesus, but it is us; as we are seen in the Book of Revelation 19:7-8 and we are the Lamb s wife, expressing the Lord Jesus Christ, our King and Husband. So now we see that the Lord Jesus has a wife; and God has given the attributes of Jesus Christ to His wife and we are expressing Him. Now that is who the perfect man is, and we can hear the perfect man talking, which is God s Word in the present-tense. This means the things that are coming forth for us in this day and hour is not all spelled out for us, meaning it is not written in the Bible. But what is written in the Bible, the Holy Word of God, is that it is to be thus. The Bible is the tree of knowledge. It is the Book of Knowledge, which shows where we came from, where we are at, and where we are going. And there is a life to it, which is the tree of life. But without the wisdom of the tree of life, it brings forth death. (2 Corinthians 3:6) Also, there is a life to the little book, and it is the tree of life to us; it is the same special part of the Word that Jesus was created from. And now it is Word made flesh again in the wife of the Lamb as we have become the tree of life, bearing our fruits. After we passed the till of Ephesians 4:13, we are no longer children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the sleight of men and cunning craftiness whereby they lie in wait to deceive; but we are now speaking the truth in love, that we may grow up into Him in all things, which is the head, even Christ. This is a reality to us, because the marriage has taken place; and here it is. There is leadership; and here it is. Paul spoke in the Book of Galatians 1:11-12, and said, I certify you brethren that the gospel which I preach is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. Likewise, this revelation of the prophetic part of the little book that is being preached is not after men, neither did I receive it of men, nor was I taught it by men; but it is by the revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ. As said earlier, Paul had the revelation of the perfect man and prophesied about it and laid it in the Word; but he didn t have the perfect man s revelation, because the perfect man had not come at that time. He said in Philippians 3:12-14, Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. But now the perfect

91 THE REVELATION OF THE PERFECT MAN AND THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION 91 man is here and is speaking the perfect man s revelation; and it is the spoken Word unwritten Word. Many times, it cannot be read out of the Bible. Why? Because it is coming forth in another form it is the Lord Jesus Christ speaking right through His wife in the earth today and giving Word that has not hitherto been spoken. I am speaking of the prophetic Word that was not written until now and has been brought to life; meaning we are speaking by inspiration. God gave us this privilege because we took possession of the little book and ate it up, and this woke up the Word that has not yet been fulfilled the Word that had been asleep until this end time. The wife knows as this trumpet is sounding that it is waking up the dead; because we are the ones that are doing the sounding. And until this time, this could not be. So the trumpet is sounding and the dead in Christ shall rise first, and then we will be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye; and we will be caught up together to be with the Lord. Those are things that didn t come to pass in Paul s day. First of all, we had to get the revelation of the perfect man, before it becomes the perfect man s revelation. We have to know who He is. And it s not any individual, it s not any church, it s not the pope, it s not a priest, it s not a preacher; but it is all of us together that are baptized into the fullness of the body of Christ. And inside the body of Christ there is neither Jew nor Gentile, bond nor free, male nor female. In other words, it is all of us together that make up the perfect man. So now we are in a new time where the spoken Word is coming forth. We are in a time when God is making His Word live in this day. It is living; and there are healings and blessings, as God is pouring out great grace upon the wife of His Son. Even missing limbs will be restored before we leave here. It is not said in the Bible so much about missing limbs being restored; but we find in one place that Jesus healed them all by faith in God, and we don t know what was wrong with each of them. And we cannot have faith unless He gives us faith. The Bible says that He gives every man the measure of faith and it is up to us to let it grow exceedingly. And we have been letting it grow exceedingly as we possess the faith of the Son of God, where we believe God against all odds! We are growing in grace and in the knowledge of the Lord, moving from faith to faith; which means moving with revelation as we grow up into Him this is the Ministry of the Perfect Man. Now we see that Paul laid these truths in the Word, when he said, There will come a time when we which are alive and remain are not going to die; but we are going to be changed and be caught up. So we could ask, Paul, please tell me where you got that? The thing is, in the form that he preached it, there was not a place where it was written.

92 92 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION It was spoken Word. It was the real Word of God coming forth. And that is what is taking place now. There is Word coming forth that has never been spoken before, because we are prophesying again. And when you are reading scripture, you are not prophesying. Prophesying is a direct voice from God coming and giving us what we need for the very day and the hour that we are living in. It s not what we had yesterday; it is what God is giving us now. So we are living in a new day! We are living in a new time! We are living in a time where He is moving by His Spirit. The perfect man has a revelation of these things. The perfect man knows it doesn t have to be written word-for-word in the Bible, because it is written in our hearts and minds. And the perfect man knows that God has mysteries hidden in His Spirit, which He reveals the same way. These are spoken by inspiration and they become the Word once spoken. The original seed is the spoken Word. The Law of Moses came after Abraham s day, after the children of Israel had been in Egypt four hundred years. The written Word was given to Israel as they came through the wilderness. But prior to that, there was no written Word to live by. Now this is the thing I want you to notice. There was not one Word written as far as what we call the Bible today. They lived by the leadership of the Lord, by the grace of God, before they began to fall away. And then God set a law in there to keep them straight until the time came when He would come and live in them as the Holy Ghost. In the days of Paul, the church didn t have a written Word for the espoused virgin. God gave it directly to Paul; it was only written later. Paul went forth preaching for several years; and then God sent Luke along. Luke was the one who wrote things down for him. Luke helped him with his writing. So at first the Word was not written. As Paul took his gospel forth, he was preaching Word that was unwritten, then he began to write letters. In most cases, Paul s letters were not written to be scripture. They were written to a particular church; if there was something he needed to deal with, many times he wrote a letter to them. Well, it was later on down the road when they compiled those writings; but it was all that God needed in order to get a virgin espoused to our Lord. And the virgin has become the wife in this last day. So there were about fourteen of these letters that Paul wrote that were put in the New Testament. But early on, they didn t have scripture; they just went by the leadership of the Holy Ghost. Paul was that apostle standing there in the place of Jesus Christ, so he spoke the Word. Even Jesus said, The Words that I speak unto you, they are Spirit and they are life. The religious leaders crucified Him because He came preach-

93 THE REVELATION OF THE PERFECT MAN AND THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION 93 ing things that went beyond what Moses said. They asked, Where is it at in the Word? He answered, I do what the Father shows me. What I am saying here is very important I am showing how the Word came into being, because the Word has come back the very same way. In this end time, we have come into the perfect man s revelation. It is unwritten Word being spoken that you cannot just turn to and read in a particular chapter and verse of the Bible. Even so, it is just as much Word; and it is quick and powerful Word. (Hebrews 4:12) Now let s go to Galatians, Chapter 3, and I want to begin reading with Verse 13. It says, Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: In other words, He took all the curse upon Himself and set us free. Now watch as we go on to Verses He said this That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. There is no way we add to God s spiritual Word. Remember here, I am not necessarily talking about the written Word, because the Word is Spirit and life, and it cannot be changed or added to because the Word is settled in heaven and not here on earth. Now on to Verse 16; it says, Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. See, that was the promise. That was way back there before Isaac was born. God foresaw this; He knows what is going to be tomorrow, because He has already been in tomorrow. He can tell us exactly. But watch as we read on, because here is what I want to get. Verse 17, And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. What he is saying here is that the law was not even written until four hundred and thirty years after the promise was made. Then what were they living by? They were walking by the Word of God that was revealed day by day. Now where did Moses, while coming through the wilderness, get his instructions on where to take the children of Israel and what to do? They walked by faith. And he waited on God to give him instructions on what to do. They would criticize Moses, saying, Moses led us out here to die in the wilderness. He doesn t know where he is going. He doesn t know what he is doing. Let us go back to Egypt! They threatened to turn around and go back. But the thing is, Moses just prayed and God gave him the Word, exactly what to do. The people were impatient; they said, Down in Egypt we had food. Now here we are; we have got nothing. We are

94 94 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION starving. Moses prayed and said, Tomorrow morning when you get up, there is going to be food for everyone. God let it rain manna down. Moses told them that God was going to do this every day as long as they were traveling through the wilderness. He told them to only gather what they needed for each present day. I like that part; you cannot hold this over. That is where a lot of people make mistakes; they try to hold a denominational teaching over. But God gives new revelation every day! Then, the people didn t have water to drink, and they began to say, Moses, you have led us out here to die. He prayed; and God said, Moses, take your rod and smite that stone; and Moses obeyed. And suddenly water began to gush out! See, that is living Word; not something that was written before it happened. There were no instructions to say that is the way it would be. Moses didn t know how it was going to be, but he knew he was walking with God. God said, Take them to the promised land. And God provided whatever was needed to get them there. And it is the same thing with us whatever we need to be in the rapture, God is giving it to us now. It is the living spoken Word for this hour that has come alive and is living in us; for in Him we live, move, and have our being. Now watch here. First, there was the covenant with Abraham; and then the law. I want us to understand this, because the grace came four hundred and thirty years before they ever had any written law. They walked strictly by the Word of God. Then he goes on to say in Galatians 3:18-19, For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Wherefore then serveth the law? (They asked Paul What is the law for? If it doesn t give life, if we are living under the promise, why do we need the written Word?) It was added The Word was added to something they already had. Notice, they had the promise and then the law was added to the promise. And why was the law added? Because when God came down and spoke, they said, Don t let God speak to us anymore. Speak to Moses, and let him speak to us, and we will obey. They decided they didn t want to be led by the Spirit of God, but they wanted a prophet to tell them what to do. God said, Moses, come up on the mountain. And there God gave him a written law. Then they realized they were better off like they were. You are better off walking in the light of the Word of God. You are better off being led by the Spirit; and that is the primary thing. Only later was the written Word added. The primary thing is to be led by the Holy Ghost. The Bible says concerning Paul s ministry, The Holy Spirit suffered him not to go to a certain place at the time he planned to go. But later,

95 THE REVELATION OF THE PERFECT MAN AND THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION 95 when the time came, there was a man standing there in a vision and said, Come over to Macedonia and help us. In other words, it was written in his heart, the Word, the spiritual law (love) of Christ. When Christ is in your heart, the Word is in your heart. The vision said, Come over to Macedonia and help us. Well, it wasn t written anywhere that Paul should go to Macedonia. It wasn t written anywhere that Paul shouldn t go into Asia. It was just things that happened and the Word was added to what Paul did. In other words, Paul did it first, and the record of it was made later a chronicle. Just like when we read the Book of Luke 1:1-4, he began to write, saying, I am writing the things that have been told to me by those that were with Jesus Christ from the beginning. It was written after the fact. So Paul came forth with a message, and only later was it written. The same in this hour the spoken Word is the original seed; it is the Spirit of God moving among us. Again, Verse 19, Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added (Why was it added?) because of transgressions, Now I want you to notice this. When the espoused virgin fell away, God added a Word for them to go by. Paul said, When you meet together, do this or do that. He also appointed bishops, elders, and deacons. He added a law, and a custom, and a system to guide until how long? Watch till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; That is how the Word came in the early church. And when it fell, again they were under the law that Paul put the church under, until the seed came again in Revelation 10:1. So the Word at first came through Moses, and then the same through Paul. And now the same thing is happening again with us, as we go forth prophesying again in this day. But the majority of the people want to stay under the church age law and say, We need to appoint deacons, we need elders, and we need to do this, and we need to do that. No, God calls His men and He anoints them and He gives them the living Word. And you cannot train someone to be a minister of God; they have got to be called and chosen. Let me tell you something. You cannot teach someone how to be predestinated. Paul said, I was ordained a minster (apostle) from my mother s womb. Then who trained him to be one? No one; the Lord called him. At first, Paul went right contrary to what he was ordained to do. He began to fight against the church. He began to persecute them. He was hauling them to prison. That is what he was doing on the way to Damascus when Christ came to him. (Acts, Chapter 9) And when Christ struck him down, he saw a bright light that was brighter than the noon day sun. It burnt a crust over his eyes and he could not see. And he went about seeking someone to lead him. The Spirit of the Lord said,

96 96 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION Arise, go into the city, and it shall be told thee what to do. And the men that were with him were speechless, because they heard a voice, but saw no man. Now watch, this wasn t written. And there was a man, Ananias, praying; and the Spirit of the Lord came and said, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth. And Ananias said, Lord, I heard about this man. This man is an evil man. He came to persecute us. He came to haul us to prison. And the Lord said, He is a chosen vessel unto me. Now that is the way God moves in the marriage of the Lamb. That is the perfect man s revelation. It is getting in the Spirit, being led by the Spirit, walking in the Spirit. And that is why we had the message entitled, Human Knowledge Has Reached Its End When it Comes to Spirituality in This Day. Schools of theology cannot teach you this. If you are predestinated, God will do the teaching. No one taught us to be predestinated. It is something God ordained. He predestinated us before the world was by His foreknowledge. (Romans, Chapter 8) I want to read in Romans, Chapter 8, to show you this predestination. Verse 28 says, And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. I could ask you this: Do you believe that? Now that is a hard one to believe All things work together for good to them that are ordained, to them that are predestinated. Well, if we look at it this way, it will help us to grow it was for our good. And in the whole scope of the thing, somehow or another it works out to be right. Can you believe that? But it is for those that love God, to those that are called according to His purpose. Somewhere or another down the road, you will say, If this hadn t happened, this wouldn t have happened. If this didn t happen here, this couldn t have happened there. So it works out for our good. Verse 29, For whom he did foreknow, He foreknew us before we were born. In the Book of Jeremiah 1:5, the prophet says, Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. He knew me before I was ever born. He knew me. Why? Because He has already been down here. He looked down here and saw what I would do. And He kept me safe. He kept me safe because He had some preaching for me to do. He had the perfect man s revelation that He wanted me to bring forth. Let s get the rest of Romans 8:29. It says, For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate, He foreknew us, then He predestinated us. What is predestination? It is predetermined destination. But how did He do it? Because He foreknew us. He saw what we would do when He

97 THE REVELATION OF THE PERFECT MAN AND THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION 97 called us. He knew that when this happens, it will cause you to do that; and when that happens, it will cause you to do this. And soon we will find ourselves saying, How did the Lord get me to where I am today? How did He do that? How did God give a message here in this end time that would go all over the entire planet? He foreknew. He foreknew there would be some that would just keep right on keeping on when everything around them was crying, Stop! Stop! It s no good. It s useless. It s not working. Then suddenly, He looked down here and made it right. That is the thing. That is the perfect man s revelation. We trust in Him, no matter what, let come what may. Because life eternal is in His hands. So here is what it says. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate (what did He predestinate them to do?) to be conformed to the image of his Son, (the perfect man) that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Now watch Verse 30, Moreover whom he did predestinate (now watch, He doesn t start something and stop it; He foreknew us, He predestinated us, and then watch the next step), them he also called: Why did you get a call? Why did you feel like you needed to serve God? Why did you feel like you needed to change your ways? Why did you feel like you needed to turn around? It was Him. He called us. Then we began to look towards God. And many of you have given testimonies to me of how that while you were yet in sin, before you were ever born again, that God moved you this way and that way. See, He was guiding you to come to a place. Whom He did predestinate, them He also called, and whom he called, them he also justified: Now who justified us? He did. We cannot justify ourselves. And justified has the meaning like we didn t do it to begin with. He cleans us up as though we never did it to begin with. We have a message on this entitled, Jesus Christ, The Great Un-Doer! That is why the wife is dressed in fine linen, clean and white; we traded off the old garment and we accepted the fine linen. What is it? It is this last trumpet of God message. It is the perfect man s revelation fine linen, clean and white; and there is no stain on it, no soil on it at all. It never needs to be washed, because His blood washed it at Calvary. So God predestinated us. He did it. He justifies us. No, we cannot make ourselves good enough. He is good enough; and that is all we need to know. And because we appreciate what He did for us, we want to do everything we can for Him to live for Him and please Him. Let s finish Verse 29. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. And now full redemption, both soul and body, has come as the perfect man s revelation is going forth waking up the dead and changing the living.

98 98 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION Let s pray. Heavenly Father, we come to you, thanking you and praising you for your Word, and for not only the revelation of the perfect man, but the perfect man s revelation. O God, we just praise you for it now. I pray you will take this Word and use it. May it go forth, and may it accomplish that which you have ordained. We ask this in the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

99 UNDERSTANDING THE PERFECT MAN OF EPHESIANS 4:13 99 THE MESSAGE THAT CAUSES A DILEMMA TO ALL WHOM IT IS NOT REVEALED Today I am going to tell about the gospel message that is going forth in this day and hour causing a great dilemma to whom it is not revealed. But first I want to look back to the Apostle Paul s message, showing that he put the people in that day in such a dilemma when he preached the Word, because it was so extraordinary. He didn t preach the things written in the Old Testament as a message to bring salvation. And the New Testament wasn t written at that time. So he preached a message by the revelation of Jesus Christ which was unwritten Word. He told the espoused virgin in 2 Corinthians 3:2, Ye are our epistle (living Word) written in our hearts, known and read of all men. So I want to take a thought and entitle it, The Message that Causes a Dilemma to All Whom it is Not Revealed. Before going any further, let s have a word of prayer. Heavenly Father, we stand here in witness of your Word and your ways and your plan. And I pray, God, that you will anoint me to speak the Word, and anoint the people to receive the Word. And we will be so careful to praise you for this, in the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Now I want to show you, when Paul came forth preaching, it upset the whole religious system in the realm of the Jews and those that were attempting to keep the law. But Paul s revelation led the people to a spiritual place beyond the Law of Moses, and even beyond what the twelve apostles were preaching to Israel; for he said in the Book of Galatians 5:4, Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. Circumcision was one of the main things the Jews had as a sign that they belonged to the God of Abraham and here came Paul saying in Galatians 5:6, For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. He even told them in Galatians 4:10-11, Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. And in the Book of Colossians 2:16-17, he so wonderfully showed forth salvation by faith alone, saying, Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath days. Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. And all these words were unspeakable words, until Christ spoke them through his servant Saint Paul. We see according to the scriptures that Paul went to Jerusalem with the message that was given to him of God, and it caused a dilemma to

100 100 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION the other apostles. So it is easy to imagine that they considered the consequences of accepting him. They knew, If we accept this man and his message, it is going to mess up everything for us. Paul s gospel was different from the group of the twelve that were to the Jews; and that brought an upheaval to the Jewish churches. So they soon parted ways. We see in Galatians, Chapter 2, when Paul went up again unto Jerusalem by revelation and was listening to the preaching of Peter and the other apostles at one of their meetings, he said, They added nothing to me, but contrariwise. So not only was his preaching contrary to them, but their preaching was contrary to Paul. And when Paul got through speaking to them at that meeting, they said, Paul, we see that what you are preaching is of God, but we cannot have it here. You and Barnabas go on out there and preach to the heathens. And another thing, when he came to Jerusalem he had brought Titus with him, and Titus had not been circumcised. It was here that some of the Jewish brethren commanded Paul, You have Titus circumcised. But thank God, Paul wouldn t do it. He said, To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. This caused such a dilemma to all those that heard him who were part of a religious system. It is just so wonderful how God moves and works His perfect will, while confounding the religious systems! So as we begin to follow Paul s ministry, we find that some of the Jews, as well as some of the Gentiles, began to fall in line with what God was doing through him. In Acts, Chapter 18, there was a man named Apollos, who was preaching about John, and he was mighty in the scriptures. Aquila and Priscilla heard him; and afterwards they expounded the way of the Lord more perfectly unto him, and then took him to Paul. And when Apollos heard Paul preaching his grace message, he heard words that he had never heard before. But it didn t produce a dilemma to him, because he heard and accepted it. And of course, it wasn t a dilemma to Aquila and Priscilla; because it brought joy to their hearts and made them realize they had to go beyond the law in order to be partakers of the Kingdom of Christ. Paul s preaching caused a dilemma to the Jews, because they wanted to stay with what Moses said, plus their traditions. But Paul came preaching something different, and it created such a dilemma for them. In the Book of Romans, we see how Paul told them about Christ and what was wrought at Calvary. He said, You are free from the law of sin and death through the righteousness that is in Christ. We see that the law was added to the grace covenant, which was by faith, four hundred and thirty years after the grace started. God gave the promise to Abraham by faith; and he, and all the other saints, throughout the years

101 THE MESSAGE THAT CAUSES A DILEMMA TO ALL WHOM IT IS NOT REVEALED 101 walked by the Spirit of God. This was a dilemma to Israel, because of their unbelief; they wanted to have written Word to go by, so God added law to grace. They told Moses, You go up on the mountain and talk to God, and let God give you the message, and we will listen to what you say. In other words, they didn t have faith to stand; because it takes a very spiritual person to stand, and they were carnal. They wanted to know what God was doing; but they didn t have the letter of the Word to go by, so they went astray. Likewise this was the same thing as when Paul came on the scene and began preaching the unwritten Word by revelation. At the first part of his ministry, he preached for a number of years when there was absolutely nothing written to go by. Paul just got out there and preached the gospel that God had given to him. He came to Jerusalem and told the other apostles that he was struck down by a bright light and that the Lord told him that He was going to make him a light to the Gentiles to deliver them from the power of Satan to the power of the living God. And after this encounter that Paul had, the Lord gave witness of it to Ananias, saying, He (Paul) is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel. (Acts, Chapters 9, 13, and 26) Well, this created a dilemma to all whom it was not revealed. In Acts, Chapter 10, while Peter was on the housetop praying, the Lord gave him a vision of certain beasts that were unclean, and the Spirit spoke to Peter and told him to rise, kill, and eat. Well, this presented such a dilemma to Peter that he actually argued with the Lord. He said, Lord, not so. I am just not going to do this. And here is why, Lord. And he began to tell the Lord why. He said, Nothing unclean has ever come into my mouth. And here you are, asking me to kill and eat these unclean beasts. Not so, Lord. Well, the vision lifted; then it came back again, and then again. And then the Spirit of the Lord spoke to Peter and said, There are some men at the gate waiting for you. Arise and go with them, doubting nothing. It was such a dilemma to him. But he eventually went to Cornelius house and preached the revelation of the Word that he had received on the Jewish Feast Day of Pentecost, and the Holy Ghost fell upon them, and the Gentiles received it. This was showing that the door was officially opened to the Gentiles. Well, Peter wasn t in a dilemma anymore until he got back to Jerusalem. In Acts, Chapter 11, it shows that when he got back to Jerusalem, the other apostles got on him heavily, saying, Peter, thou went in unto the unclean. Thou didst eat with them. And on and on they went like that, until Peter had to defend himself. He was in a dilemma. So we see that with every dilemma that is presented to us, there also

102 102 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION comes an opportunity for us to stand up and be identified with the Word for the day that we are living in. When looking at the spiritual coming of the Lord in 1 Thessalonians 4:16, which is also shown in Revelation, Chapter 10, it presents a dilemma to all whom it is not revealed. And the reason it presents a dilemma is because this trumpet of God message is saying that it has already taken place, while others are still waiting for it to happen. But they have missed the fullness of His spiritual coming, because the Lord has already made His descent. This coming was in a three part message, starting with the shout, as a message went forth through the prophet of God, William Branham. And then the continuation of that message was through the voice of the archangel, sounding through the apostolic office of Brother Raymond Jackson, which showed the nation of Israel s place in the scripture. And then here came the voice of the trump of God, which is this message; and it is being heard by both we which are alive and remain, and those that are in the graves who are part of the wife of the Lamb. The wife members who are in the graves are going to come forth first, and we are going to be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, for the rapture. In the Book of Luke, Chapter 17, Jesus Christ makes mention of the catching away. He said, I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Here, Jesus was planting a seed to grow into the revelation of the rapture that was hid in God, which Paul picked up and prophesied in another form to those of the espoused virgin. Now we have picked it up and are prophesying it again in yet another form, as this revelation has taken on flesh and bones in marriage in the wife of the Lamb, and we are fulfilling it and bringing it to pass. This presents a dilemma, because there are people who say, It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment. But there is a greater law, which is the Law of Life for God s Son wife. (1 Corinthians 15:51-53, Ephesians 4:13-16, and Ephesians 5:30-32.) It is the voice of the trumpet sounding forth, and it is saying that those things that Paul said would be here, are now here that we shall not die, but we shall be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. That is what is sounding forth right now, and it is a dilemma to all those that don t have a revelation of this rapturing message. Many don t know what to do with what they are hearing. But to the wife of the Lamb this revelation does not cause a dilemma, because this is the message that causes a dilemma to all except those to whom it is revealed. It is no more a dilemma to us; for we believe it shall be even as it is written.

103 THE MESSAGE THAT CAUSES A DILEMMA TO ALL WHOM IT IS NOT REVEALED 103 As said earlier, when God was moving in the days of Paul, he preached a message that wasn t written. I want you to notice that it wasn t written. He just had to get out there and preach it, because he couldn t go to the Law of Moses to get what he was preaching. So what Paul preached was a dilemma to those of that Jewish religion. We can see this so clearly in Acts, Chapter 15. When Paul and Barnabas went to Antioch and preached the Word, people began to repent; but here came some Jews from Judaea and told them differently. In Acts 15:1, it says, And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. Now that presented a dilemma to those that Paul was preaching his grace message to, because that was the law; these law keepers had Word for it. That is what caused the dilemma to be highlighted they had the written Word of the Old Testament. But Paul s preaching had to move beyond that in order to give them the gospel of their salvation that was without any works of the law, but was provided for them through the death of the Lamb of God. So why was this such a dilemma? It was a dilemma because throughout the history of Israel, from Abraham to Moses, and on down, circumcision was a token of the covenant; it was one of the great things they built on. Well, here came Paul saying, You don t have to be circumcised. You can be saved by the grace of God. So as soon as the Jews heard about it, they said, Not so! Watch what Paul did. It says here, Verse 2, When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation In other words, Paul and Barnabas were ready to fight for this truth. So those Jews began saying to the people, You have to be circumcised; you have to keep the law. But Paul said, Not so! Here was someone that stood up to be identified as having a greater revelation than that. They were in such a dilemma. But not Paul; he knew the great truth that was contained in the new covenant. And not Barnabas; he knew. But the people that heard it were wondering, Should we keep the law or not? And until it was cleared up, there was a dilemma. Now here in this day, we see another dilemma that has developed as we have moved forward into the fullness of Christ. This has come about because Paul said certain things and laid certain laws down for the church ages; but now we have passed the till of Ephesians 4:13, into the place where we have reached the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, which has left those church age laws behind and this presents a dilemma to many people. When we say, We are baptized into the fullness of Christ, and it is a waterless baptism that replaces water bap-

104 104 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION tism, it presents a dilemma to many. (Hebrews 6:1-2) Because they say, Well, I can go back to what Peter said on the day of Pentecost. Yes, and even Paul, when preaching to the Jews at the early beginning of his ministry, did as Peter said. But after a while, Paul found his own way; for he said, God sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Word. One of the things people don t understand now, just as they did not understand then, is that as we are moving from revelation to revelation, faith to faith, and we see more truth which is greater light on the scripture, we walk in it. Yes, we walk in the light of God s Word as we see more than we saw yesteryear. And anytime we move up a step, it presents a dilemma to all whom it is not revealed. But to those that the Holy Ghost has revealed it to, it produces joy unspeakable and full of glory! So this trumpet message either produces joy unspeakable and full of glory, a liberty to set you free, or it presents a dilemma whether to believe it or not. But when we are anointed and baptized into the fullness of the body of Christ, filled with the Holy Ghost, and receiving the revealed Word, then the dilemma ends and we get wonderful peace, peace, wonderful peace, coming down from the Father above. Yes, the heavenly Father gives us this peace as we see more truth and we begin to preach it. Sometimes it is not even written in the Bible; but is written in our hearts. The Word says that the new covenant is written in the heart of the wife of the Lamb in this day. As Paul s revelation grew, he began to say, Ye are the Word. Ye are my epistles read of all men. And then he told them this, The letter of the Word killeth, but it is the Spirit that giveth life. Here went a man preaching the Word of God, and much of it had never been heard of by the society of that day. He was preaching to the nations. He was preaching to the heathens who had never heard about Jesus Christ, and to the Jews that were under the law who had never heard the truth of it. And because Paul came out from among them, as far as they were concerned he was a renegade. He said, You don t have to be circumcised. The faith of the Son of God delivered you. And Christ is the end of the law to all that believe. What he was saying was causing such a dilemma. Then here came these men that were right from the very place where the Word came from up around Judaea. They came down and told the people, You cannot be saved if you don t keep the law. Can you imagine that? Now that right there was a shock to their spiritual system. I am sure it tore the people up that were just coming into it, learning, growing in the Lord, a young group that had just gotten the Word of God, and here comes someone saying, You cannot be saved by what Paul is preaching; you have got to be circumcised, and saying, Yes, you have got to take Christ; but you have got to add the law to

105 THE MESSAGE THAT CAUSES A DILEMMA TO ALL WHOM IT IS NOT REVEALED 105 it. And that is what the majority of the people are doing today. They are trying to add their law to the grace. Remember when John saw the city shown in the Book of Revelation, Chapters 21 and 22, it was as clear as crystal, as clear unto glass. And that is what God does; He ends the dilemma for us by more light. And that is the way it was with John when he was praying for understanding. God said, Come hither; I will show you the great whore. He showed him the old church there, which is Catholicism. When John first saw it, he marveled at such beauty. And it is easy to see why John would marvel when he saw this beautiful woman. A brother that had visited the Vatican said to me, Ben, you would not believe the paintings and things. It takes your breath away just looking around in there. He said, I thought about John. John marveled at it. Then God showed him the spiritual side of it. He saw a woman there that was drunk with the blood of all the saints all the way through; showing that she is the great whore that conquerors the earth with her religious fanaticism and her religious traditions. And she is guilty of the blood of all the saints. When John saw that, it was such a shock to his system. But he immediately saw what the truth of it was, and he moved on with God. And we are to move on with God when we hear the truth through this message, telling us that we don t have to be baptized in water, but we must be baptized into the fullness of Christ. And it is the Spirit of this trumpet message that baptizes us into the fullness of Christ. God has sent this message, it is the message of the last trumpet; and as it sounds, the Word comes forth, and we are baptized into it by hearing and accepting it, which makes us the wife of the Lamb. And then we begin to take on the very flesh and bones of the Word which causes us to become the Word made flesh bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. This is what happened when the angel Gabriel came to Mary. A child began to form in Mary s womb as she believed the Word of God. And that was none other than the Word it was made flesh. In the Book of John 1:1 and 14, he says, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh and dwelled among us. Now we have become that very same Word through this trumpet message; and it makes us bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh, which seals our marriage to Him, making us the wife of the Lamb. This presents a dilemma to all whom it is not revealed. I heard a minister say, The marriage is not on earth. There is no place on this earth clean enough for the marriage of the Lamb; we will be caught up somewhere to be married to God s Son. Well, we have been caught up somewhere! In the Book of Colossians 1:12-13, it says that we are translated (spiritually moved) into the Kingdom of God s dear

106 106 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION Son. And that is a perfectly clean place for our marriage to Him. We are in two places at the same time; while on this earth, we are in heavenly Jerusalem. And it is here where we become bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. In the Book of Ephesians, Chapter 5, Paul pointed right back to the Book of Genesis and tells us about Adam and Eve, and how that Adam said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. She is my wife! I tell you, brothers and sisters, there is a message going forth now, and it is presenting a dilemma to all whom it is not revealed. And it is a message that is not necessarily written in black and white, but it is written by the Spirit of God in our hearts. There is a little nucleus of people, the wife of the Lamb, that cling right to it. This message that is being preached today cannot be taken into the established denominational or independent churches that stay with outdated Word and their ideas and opinions, because it presents a dilemma to them. So they go right on, ignoring the Word for the hour, as it has no effect on them. It has no place in them. In Acts, Chapter 21, which was in about 60 AD, Paul went back to Jerusalem, and we see that the Jews had not moved one bit. They were accepting Jesus as the Messiah, but they held right on to many parts of the law with all their hearts. See, that is what they were telling the espoused virgin in Acts 15:1, Except ye be circumcised and keep the law, you cannot be saved. And when Paul and Barnabas went to Jerusalem to talk about this with the apostles, there was great disputing with the Christian Jews about whether they should keep the law or not. Watch Verse 7 of Acts, Chapter 15. It says, And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, Then Peter said in Verse 11, Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they. They were giving grace to the Gentiles; but the Jews went right on keeping part of the law. It presented a dilemma. Many places where Paul went, they began to say, Except ye be circumcised and keep the law, you are not the seed of Abraham. But Paul told them, Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. (Galatians 3:16) Isaac was a natural son that only typed out Jesus Christ, the Son that came by faith. Paul said that Christ was the faith Son of Abraham, and by accepting Christ, we get all the spiritual benefits of the promises of God; not through Isaac, but through our Lord Jesus Christ. In the Book of Galatians 5:1, Paul is writing to the church there and telling them about law and grace. Now these Galatians were mostly

107 THE MESSAGE THAT CAUSES A DILEMMA TO ALL WHOM IT IS NOT REVEALED 107 Gentiles. As in most every city, the Jews had a colony where they heard the gospel that Paul preached. And that is where the dilemma came in. The Jews wanted to bring part of their law and put it on the Gentiles and put them in bondage. Let s see what this says here, Galatians 5:1-2. It says, Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. Now watch what a dilemma they were in. Remember the men that came down and told the virgin which Paul had espoused to Christ, Except you be circumcised, you cannot be saved. Well, here Paul is saying, Christ will profit you nothing if you be circumcised. (And he was talking of circumcision there in the sense of applying it to salvation and applying it to their righteousness, making it part of the covenant.) But Paul told them that God had given them a new covenant. The law never did save one person; it came to show people that they were sinners. The blood of bulls and goats could not rid them of sin; it only covered them. But when Jesus Christ came and died on the cross, and shed that precious blood, it didn t cover their sins, but it totally remits the sins of every one that believes. Verse 2, again, Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. Verse 3, For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to the whole law. In other words he is saying, What is the use of keeping some of the law, if you cannot keep it all? You are doing these certain things like circumcision and keeping the Sabbath to try to make yourselves righteous, but your works cannot make you righteous. You are keeping some of the law so that you will be saved, but there is no saving power in the law. Your works are in vain. Salvation is only in Christ, and it is by the faith of the Son of God. So Paul put them in a dilemma, which gave an opportunity for the Holy Ghost to quicken the Word to each soul, to call out a people to be the ones that he espoused to Christ as a chaste virgin. (2 Corinthians 11:2-3) He called out a group as the virgin of his day. Now watch as we read a little further here. Verse 4, Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. As we see the Word more perfectly, we move with the Holy Ghost away from trying to be justified by any type of works. And now the trumpet of God is sounding. And some of the things the trumpet is sounding is not even written in the Word, because it is the message for this hour. It is the message for the wife of the Lamb that is going forth, and it is present-tense Word, as it is the fullness of Christ doing the talking, saying, But I say unto you. Jesus stood up to those religious leaders and said, I know Moses said this; but I say

108 108 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION unto you. He said, If an ox fall in the ditch, which one of you will not leave everything and go get that ox out of the ditch? In other words, Are you going to go by the letter of the Word and not do anything on the Sabbath? Are you going to wait until another day to get the ox out of the ditch? Not so! I preached a message, which is also in book form, entitled, The Rule Book and the Ox in the Ditch. We got a letter from a man in the state of Kentucky who said, That is the best book I have ever read. It just opened up so many things to me. The ox has been in the ditch in my life and I didn t know what to do. But the words of Jesus looses and sets free! Jesus said, I come that ye might be free, and free indeed. And if the Lord frees us, why go back under the law? That is what Paul is saying down here in another verse. Let me read it. Verse 4, again, Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. Verses 5-8 says, For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. And then he says in Verse 9, A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. Ye did run well; what is hindering you now? Some people do works as a substitute for righteousness. Well, Paul said, If you keep the law, you are fallen from grace. And to take works as a form of righteousness, one would have to disown all that Paul said. He said I am afraid of you. And he told them, If you keep the law, you are fallen from grace. He said, Don t become entangled! I really like that in Verse One. I am going to read it again. Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. It is so easy to get entangled again. All one has to do is take a few of these customs and traditions that has been taught down through the years, and begin to say, I feel like I ought to do this. I probably won t be pleasing to the Lord if I don t keep certain things, if I don t testify to this person, and if I don t testify to that person. Many times that is the worst thing you could do. If it is just you trying to do something because you think you ought to, they may just scold you and hurt your feelings. But if the Spirit of God is leading you and drawing them, it will come together and it will work out right and you will have a testimony that will produce results because it is God doing the work. Well, this is the trumpet of God message that is going forth; and it has produced a dilemma. To whom has it produced a dilemma? To those that are halted between two opinions. It was Joshua that said, Choose you this day whom you will serve. (Joshua 24:15) Also, Elijah came unto the people and said, How long halt you between two opinions?

109 THE MESSAGE THAT CAUSES A DILEMMA TO ALL WHOM IT IS NOT REVEALED 109 (1 Kings 18:21) But when the revelation comes, it takes those opinions away; and then we say, This is the way I am going, because it is the truth for our day. This message is sweeping out through the wife of the Lamb, and it is our joy! When we look back in our lives at the dilemmas that we have come through, we find that many times our dilemmas were because of bondages that the doctrines of men put on us, which took us away from God instead of making us closer to Him. But this trumpet message has settled all the dilemmas in the soul of the wife. So the wife of the Lamb is not bound by the law. We are not double-minded. We cannot be the wife and be in a dilemma about this trumpet of God message which is going forth today. Because this is the message that takes away all the dilemma by the power of the Holy Ghost. Paul called out a group and he said, For I am jealous over you with a godly jealously: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. That shows us right there that if something tries to get our mind all out of shape, causing a dilemma, we need to look at this truth to see if we are being attacked by the old devil as he can still come to our minds and cause certain dilemmas. That is when we say, This is the truth. This is the Word. This is Christ. I am baptized into the fullness of Christ. I have the mind of Christ. I am walking with Him. And that settles it! That ends all strife; then all your dilemma leaves. On the other hand, some people are in a dilemma because the Lord lets them start seeing that this message is the truth, but they don t want to accept it because it is unpopular to their religious world. When our blessed Lord Jesus Christ came into this world with the Words of life, it produced a dilemma to all those of the religious world; for He was going beyond the Law of Moses. Yes, He was showing the purpose of the law. And according to John, Chapter 3, this caught the attention of Nicodemus, who came to Jesus Christ by night to learn more about what was going on with Jesus and His disciples; and he saw that this was the work of God. And when he saw that it was right, it produced a dilemma for him. Here was the dilemma he was in: He said, Rabbi, we know you are a teacher sent from God; for no man can do these miracles, except God be with him. Jesus said, Except ye be born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God. So that produced even a greater dilemma for him, and he said, Can I enter a second time into my mother s womb and be born? And Jesus said to him, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the King-

110 110 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION dom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Then Nicodemus left and went back to the temple. It was a dilemma to him, because he could see enough to know that it was of God, yet he didn t want it bad enough to turn loose from the contrary beliefs that he held. He was in such a dilemma; but he did not have enough courage to do what he knew he should do. I am sure that afterwards, while he was doing his priestly work, he knew that he was just going through an act, and that there was no life in what he was doing. And it is the same thing with people today, because of their position in their church and in their social standing it is a dilemma! Let us pray. Heavenly Father, we come to you now, praising you and thanking you for your love, your goodness, and the great grace that you have bestowed upon us. And we thank you, Lord, for giving us the Word and for the ministry of the Perfect Man that is going forth, which is not even written in the Word. But you have got a people whose hearts it is written in, and it is written in our souls and in our minds, as Paul wrote in the Book of Hebrews, I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts. O God, thank you for blessing us today. And may you take this Word and use it for your glory, we pray, in the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

111 REACHING THE STATURE OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST 111 WORKING WITH GOD TO CREATE THE HUMAN SOUL We are reading today in the Book of Genesis, from Chapters One and 2, for our first scripture reading, and then we will go on to other scriptures as deemed appropriate for my thought, entitled, Working with God to Create the Human Soul, which is a very interesting thought indeed. I want to start our message by showing how everything had its seed (the starting place) in Genesis, which means genes. Many times we get more clarity on a subject when we show its beginning; and Genesis shows the beginning of God s original thought on other things shown in the Bible. So we will begin our thought today by going back to the time before the fall of mankind. In our message today, I feel a necessity to be somewhat repetitious on some of my statements. This is not an oversight or carelessness on my part, but it is done purposely, as this subject is somewhat misunderstood, because it has not been dealt with very extensively, or it has been dealt with from a doctrinal standpoint of a church system with the aim of staying within the closed borders of their denominational teachings. But in our message today, we want to deal with this in an uninhibited way. So some of the things that I will be saying is as Paul said in the Book of Philippians 3:1, To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. And now that we have this understanding, let us have a word of prayer before we begin our message. Heavenly Father, we come praising you and thanking you for your love, your goodness, and your mercy. And I pray, God, that your blessings will be upon us in the form of the anointing, that you will anoint us to speak words that will be of a benefiting nature to the hearer. And I pray that you will anoint each one that hears and reads this message. May we all receive from you the revelation that we are laborers together with you in this great thing you are doing, which is to present us perfect before you. This we pray, in the wonderful name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. In Genesis, Chapter One, it shows that God created both the man and the woman in spirit form first, and He put His plan in them at that time. God put the law of reproduction in their spirits before He created them a natural body. He told them to multiply and replenish the earth, which command could not be carried out at the time He spoke those words; for He had only created them male and female in spirit form. But God foresaw Adam and Eve in natural bodies, and He knew what they would do by His foreknowledge. And He deals with us the same way.

112 112 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION The Book of Ephesians 1:4-6, says, According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. But we didn t come into being until the time rolled around for God s Word to become active to produce what He foresaw. Yes, we were in God s mind already as to what He would do concerning us, because of His foreknowledge. God knew what would be before He ever spoke it. He spoke it as though the work was already done. God did the same thing when He told Abraham that he and Sarah would have a child; and although it didn t come to pass right then, Abraham claimed it anyway. And the Bible says, Abraham called those things which were not as though they were, because he knew that it was going to be just as God said. (Romans, Chapter 4) Let s begin reading in Genesis 1: It says, And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Now I want you to notice the latter part of this verse, created He him; male and female created He them. At this time, God put all the attributes that would be in mankind into Adam s spirit. He put the attributes of male and female together in one unit at that time. So everything was in Adam. We see that God does it the same way in most plant life. In order to produce, it has to pollinate (which means putting the male life into the planted seed) in order to have life in its seed. In a plant, there is male and female in the same stalk; and at the time of pollination, the male and female are mating. Here in this part of the United States, many people raise corn; and when they plant a grain of corn, if it has been pollenated, it will come forth and grow into a stalk. And once the stalk grows up, the ears of corn will begin to form, and silks will begin to come up from around the ear of corn; and at the very same time, it will begin to tassel. Then the tassel will produce pollen (which makes us sneeze, when it gets in the air), and it will fall down into those little silks. Every one of the silks is hollow and goes to a grain of corn to impregnate it. And if this is allowed to happen, then the corn can be planted and it will come up the next year. It will do the same thing over and over for a thousand years when it is allowed to pollinate. But if the tassel is cut off so that it cannot pollinate, then it stops this process of reproduction. Now in this day, we have many different brands of corn, and if one

113 WORKING WITH GOD TO CREATE THE HUMAN SOUL 113 cuts the tassel off of one brand, and leaves the tassel on the other brand, the bees and the wind will take the pollen from one brand of corn to the other brand, then they are mixed and will produce what is called hybrid corn. Many times it makes bigger corn faster; but the hybrid corn soon loses its ability to reproduce itself when replanting the same hybrid seed. So one needs to purchase new hybrid seed for every planting; for once it is hybrid, that stops the reproduction of the original corn seed. A preacher told me a story some years ago about his father buying some hybrid corn when it first came on the market. Everyone wanted some of that corn, because it produced more corn. But he tried planting it over, and it just didn t grow like it did the first time that he planted it. The reason being is, you have to get the new seed every year in order to have bumper crops (or an abundance of crops). I am telling you this in order to make a point, because it is the same with God s Word. His Word cannot be mixed with traditions, because it will produce hybrid Christianity, which is seen very clearly in the denominational and religious church systems. You can have a bigger church, and maybe preachers that can speak better, but in most cases, they will hybrid the Word with the doctrines and traditions of men. This invites the spirit of iniquity in, and it will not produce children of God. It might produce a big crowd, but not the children of God. Because if God has any of His children in these religious systems, after a while, they will begin to see what is going on, and they will get out. Let s continue reading in Genesis 1:28. God is telling Adam and Eve to be fruitful and multiply. It says, And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. See, at this time, they had not been created yet as natural human beings. Now watch as we read in Genesis, Chapter 2. Verse 7 says, And the Lord formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Here is a point that I want you to notice. Before God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, Adam was in spirit form; but he was not a living soul. And there was a body, a body that had just been created from the dust of the ground with no life in it; then He spoke the Word and put Adam s spirit into it. And then, and only then, did Adam become a living soul. The coming together of the body, and the spirit that God breathed into it, began the creation of the soul within him. Then God gave His work in the earth into the hands of Adam, who was created a grown man with a fleshly body. But he had not been tried and tested. Therefore, Adam s soul had not developed to the point where Adam could stand against the powers

114 114 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION of the enemy. Therefore, Adam s immature soul failed God. And henceforth, God never again put a soul in a full grown person. So from this point forward, when God gives life to the body of a child at birth, the building of that soul begins. We see in the Old Testament how God gave the law to Moses ye shall not do this, ye shall not do that. It was a law of do s and don ts, and this was to help mankind to work with God in the process of creating his soul to be responsible for his actions and train them in the way of the Lord. In the Book of Galatians, Chapter 3, Paul tells us that the law was a schoolmaster. It was to teach; and it was stern sometimes. It was to train and help the natural man to stay in line, to develop that person so that they could be someone that could accept God and walk with Him and do His will. This was to keep them in line until Jesus Christ, who was the seed of God, came. Then in the New Testament, we see where Jesus Christ came. And God put in Him a soul at birth, so that His soul could develop throughout His life as His body grew. And Jesus worked with God, His Father, and He developed the perfect soul. The Bible says in Isaiah, Chapter 53, Jesus Christ poured out His soul unto death. He poured out His soul that was developed throughout His earthly life, starting at birth and ending on the cross. He wasn t created a grown man with a soul put in Him. He came as a baby. And when God breathed the breath of life into Him as a new born baby, that put life in Him, not eternal life, just life to cause the body to live and the soul to come into Him. And throughout His life, He was working with God in developing that soul. He was tried and tested in all points like as we are. He had to be taught by Joseph and Mary. Remembering here that God was and is His Father, yet He had to develop that soul; and He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. And just as any child, He had to be corrected. He went with Joseph to his carpenter shop and learned the trade. He was a good carpenter; for even the Pharisees and Sadducees said, Is this not the carpenter? So He was a man who worked with God to develop His soul, and He was tried and tested like as we are. He became the Captain of our salvation. I have often said, I don t want to go into battle with someone who has not had some experience in battle. The Bible says, Jesus Christ is the Captain of our salvation, and we have not strived against blood like He did. Jesus went through everything that we could go through; He has already been there and overcome. He developed His soul, and that soul was perfect. It controlled His body perfectly, even while He was dying. Now as the soul of Jesus was developing, there was the time where, because of the commercialism in the house of God, He plated ropes and

115 WORKING WITH GOD TO CREATE THE HUMAN SOUL 115 made a whip and drove the men and the animals out of the temple, and overturned the tables, running out the money changers. And the Bible says, And the disciples remembered that it is written, the zeal of thine house has eaten thee up. (John, Chapter 2, and Psalm 69:9) In other words, the way they were doing got under His skin (we would say). That holy anger rose up in Him. So there is a holy anger. So we must have the temperance of the Lord to control it. I am not saying that He was wrong or that He needed to control Himself; but this was not His normal way of operating, because He usually just preached the Word and said what He had to say and went on about the Father s business. But on this one occasion, He came in and did it differently. As we see the way Jesus Christ was working with God, it shows us how to be a completely honest person in all things. And with God s help, we are also developing our soul to please God and the Lamb in every way. So in Genesis, Chapter One, there was no literal person there at all, until He created a man from the dust of the earth. It is important to see this before we move on. There was a spiritual realm that already existed before God created man in the natural realm. But then in Chapter 2, God created the natural man and breathed the breath of life into him. He was a full grown man, who had never been tested. And as we know, Adam and Eve failed the first test that was presented to them. And we find that this testing began with Eve and Mr. Serpent (who was not a crawling reptile at the beginning, but he was a man-like beast of the field), a servant-type creature that was very close to mankind in a form that could, and did, mix his seed with Eve, the mother of the human family. She became pregnant and produced Cain, who was a mixedbreed human being. This mixing produced a man-beast with no room in his soul for revelation. The serpent s seed was not a pure seed; for it was half animal and half human. But Adam s seed was pure, and it also impregnated Eve around the same time as did the serpent s. And that pure seed produced Abel. But Cain was of the evil one, and showed this by killing Abel. Eve was absolutely deceived by the wisdom of the serpent; but Adam knew that they were wrong. He listened to his wife Eve, and leaving God s Word, partook of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, without it being connected to the tree of life. Now the death sentence was on them both. It was as though Adam was saying, I would rather live in Eve s world with her, than to live in my world without her. He had waited for the love of his life and just could not lose her now. In a sense, that is what he was saying, and thus the fall of all mankind. Then God s grace provided a lamb to die in their stead. And God let them both live in the natural world. But they lost their contact with the spir-

116 116 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION itual realm where they could commune with God at their own will and time. They lost the benefits of eating of the tree of life at will. Then later, God gave Adam and Eve another offspring Seth. And those of his seed were called the sons of God, while Cain s seed was known as the sons of man. According to the Word of God, Cain s seed and Seth s seed were two completely separate groups of people. So this situation still didn t quite fit Satan s grand plan to repopulate the earth with a people that his fallen spirit could gain control of, as he did in the prehistoric times, at which time he influenced many of the angels to rebel against God; and this was long before the time of Adam and Eve. (If you would care to get more details on this subject, please read the books, entitled, The Trail of the Serpent, and The Great Falling Away: From the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.) These angels were disobedient to God, influenced by Lucifer s disobedience, and from there came forth the spirit of iniquity, which is the spirit of antichrist. Satan had souls (through Cain s seed) who were reduced down from the purity of the soul of Adam and Eve, to be compatible with this spirit that had fallen from its purity (in the prehistoric time) to become the spirit of iniquity, which to the carnal man appears to be the Spirit of God. This set the table for Satan to have a spirit that was not pure and a soul that was not pure, which blends together perfectly. From this transaction and through time, up to and after the flood, this spirit had almost free reign in the earth over the carnal man that walked in his own ways. And the carnal souls love it thus, even unto this very day. That is why religion, or what is called churchanity, is so prevalent today and is mislabeled as Christianity. But when the seven seals in the Book of Revelation were revealed to us, it showed the antichrist spirit as the impersonation of Christ. And because of this spirit of iniquity, only by revelation can God s people walk in God s plan, because of this spirit of antichrist trying to pervert God s ways. This being so, this spirit of the antichrist fit right into the people begotten by the serpent through Eve. Now Satan had a people and a spirit to work with to produce his ideal people for the spirit of the antichrist. So in Genesis, Chapter 6, which was before, and leading up to the flood, Satan s plan began to be manifested. So through Cain and Seth, the earth was populated again. There was the mixing (the coming together) of the sons of God (which was Seth s seed), and the daughters of men (which was Cain s seed). This mixing brought about the fall of the sons of God; and now all souls are in a fallen condition. That is why we only know God s children by revelation, and we are only known by revelation to the other children of God. And since the fall of mankind,

117 WORKING WITH GOD TO CREATE THE HUMAN SOUL 117 all of the humans on earth are hybrid to one degree or another, depending on who God foresaw as His children. That is why Jesus Christ had to come to earth, in order to die to pay the price for fallen man. And through our Lord Jesus Christ, God created a perfect soul that was tried in all points like as we are, and succeeded in overcoming the devil in every way. Then He gave His life to redeem both our soul and body by pouring out His soul unto death for God s lost children. (Isaiah 53:12) And on the Jewish Feast Day of Pentecost, God sent the Spirit of that soul back to this earth and gave each one of the people in the upper room a portion of that soul; and the Word says, They were filled with the Holy Ghost a part of the very soul of Jesus Christ. At this point, they began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. This great miracle began God s process of working together with His true seed in creating a soul, like unto the soul of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, as the Apostle John wrote in the Book of John 7: Here once again, God uses the soul (the Holy Ghost) that He created through Jesus Christ, and by this process, He makes us a part of God. Although the fall took place, God didn t change the part of His plan to bring children into the earth by using male and female. He said, Multiply and replenish. In other words, mankind was to work with God. The one exception was, from then until the curse is lifted off the earth and mankind, the woman would bring forth the child in sorrow (or pain), and God would multiply her conception (meaning the time would come, about every twenty-eight days, that she could conceive). But God s plan kept moving on in a survival way. He gave the job to mankind to replenish (repopulate) the earth, and that Word still holds; but it takes God breathing the breath of life into each child in order for them to become a living soul. But at the new birth, God added eternal life to the soul. So each person has the natural life that starts when we begin to breathe on our own out of the womb; but in order to have eternal life, we must have the life from the soul of Jesus Christ. That, and that alone, is what causes us to live eternally. Some time ago, I had someone ask me a question about what happens to animals when they die. The answer to that question is found in the Book of Ecclesiastes 3:21, where King Solomon tells us, The spirit of man goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast (any animal) goeth downward to the earth. So there is no afterlife for animals. But when man dies, the soul doesn t die at the death of the body. King Solomon, in his writing of the Word, clearly shows us that man s spirit goes up, but a beast s spirit does not. And then in Ecclesiastes 12:7, he says, Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. After I explained this, it was said unto me, Brother Ben, it

118 118 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION sounds to me like you are saying that everyone is going to be saved; and everyone is going back to God. I answered, No, that is not what I am saying at all; because the Word of God doesn t say that the soul will go back to God; but it is the spirit, which causes the soul of man to live that God gave to keep the soul alive while they lived upon this earth, that is what goes back to God not the soul. It is the spirit that gave that soul life which keeps mankind alive; and even if one goes to hell, it is that spirit that keeps the soul alive, as it does while they are in their physical body living here on the earth, because the soul has got to come up and stand before the judgment of God and give an account. The Bible says, The soul that sinneth, it shall die. And only God s spirit that kept the soul alive goes back to God who gave it. In the Book of Revelation, Chapter 20 (which is explained in depth in our book entitled, The Interpreted Book of Revelation), it speaks about the second death. The first death is the death of the body. When it dies, it goes into the earth from whence it came, and it decays away. But then there is the second death; and the Word says, Death and hell gives up the dead. That is the second death. Without the life of God in that soul, that soul dies; eventually it will go totally out of existence, and the spirit that caused the soul to live will go back to God who gave it but not the soul. The soul just completely goes out of existence and is no more. So there is no such thing as an eternal hell where souls that are lost burn throughout eternity. They will be judged at the great white throne, and there it will be determined how long their punishment will be before they go out of existence. Having said that, I want to refer back to the time in Genesis, Chapter One, where God created man; male and female created He him. But it was not to stay this way, because God intended to separate the female part of Adam s spirit and give to Eve, even as He took a rib from Adam s side to create a body for Eve, and then (for love s sake) brought them together again, making them one in the spirit. That was God beginning His plan of creation for mankind. And He created them, male and female, but He put it all in Adam first; and it was later that God separated that feminine part out of Adam and gave it unto Eve, and then she had a life of her own. And that is why Paul, in a prophetic utterance about the wife of God s Son, referred back to Adam and Eve, saying, For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones. He was speaking of the wife of the Lamb as seen in our day in Revelation 19:7-8, dressed in fine linen, clean and white, which is the righteousness of saints. Let s continue on with Genesis 2:8. It says, And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. God continued His creation He planted a garden in Eden and put

119 WORKING WITH GOD TO CREATE THE HUMAN SOUL 119 within it this man that He had just created by breathing the breath of life into him which caused him to become a living soul, a person. Verse 18, And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. Now I want you to notice that. A help meet means someone compatible (suitable) with Adam. God didn t create Eve to be a worker for Adam; He created for Adam a loving wife. And Adam said, She is bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh. She was part of him. She was the love of his life. We understand that God didn t make a woman to be a doormat or a servant, but a helpmeet. It is like Jesus Christ and His wife. We are bone of His bone, and flesh of His flesh. We are responsible to Him, and He is responsible to us. For no man yet ever hated his own flesh, but loves it and cherishes it, even as the Lord the church. (Ephesians 5:30-33) Let s read on. Verse 19, And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Now where was Eve while all this was happening? She was in Adam. Then we go on, Verse 20, And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; (Watch! Don t miss this!) but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. I want you to notice, it would appear in Genesis, Chapter One, that God created both Adam and Eve together. But He only created their spirit, which was one unit; and He had not yet created the body at the time that He created their spirit. It was later that He created the body, then put their spirit into it, breathing into Adam the breath of life. God put both the male attributes and the female attributes in the spirit of Adam; for he and Eve were one spirit. God had not created the woman yet and separated out the feminine spirit. And Verse 21 says, And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh instead thereof. Now let s make a comparison between God s only begotten Son and His wife, and Adam and Eve. What we are showing here is the wife is made from that same part of the Word that Jesus was made from. I am speaking here about a special part of the Word. And notice, Eve was part of Adam and was taken from him. She was not made from the ground directly. She was not taken from the dust of the earth, as Adam was, directly; but instead she was made from Adam. Thus showing that we are made from that part of the Word that Jesus Christ was made from, and that makes us part of Him. Therefore, it makes us bone of His bone, and flesh of His flesh. Verse 22, And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. Now I want you notice here, if

120 120 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION Genesis, Chapter One, was the creation of Adam and Eve in their natural earthly bodies, then the creation of those bodies would have been taken care of in Chapter One. No, He didn t create them in the natural realm right then. It was later that God created a body for Adam, and breathed the breath of life into him, and he became a living soul (a person); and then and only then did Adam begin creating his personality, which is part of the whole man. And then sometime after God created Adam s body, He took a rib from Adam and created Eve s body; for Eve was a part of Adam s spirit. Now compare that with the Lamb s wife made from the Word. And remember here, in Jesus Christ the Word was made flesh and dwelled among us. Paul picked up this truth and prophesied it in another form in Ephesians 5:30, saying, For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. And in a sense he was saying, If you don t understand what I am saying here, just read what Adam said about his wife. That is being one! That is the wife of the Lamb; not the virgin of the Lamb. Because when the wise virgins went in unto the Lord, shown in Matthew 25:10, there was a marriage, and it is no longer virgin, but wife. Watch here as we read this. God brought Eve unto Adam, and the very first words that came out of Adam s mouth Verse 23 says it, And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. Why did he say that? Because God took the rib from Adam and created Eve. And Adam recognized her as being of his flesh and of his bones. And then God took the feminine attributes that were part of Adam s spirit and put it in his beautiful wife, Eve. Now notice, Adam and Eve were made from the same thing. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. And now we are saying the Lamb s wife (His Christ) has been taken out of Jesus Christ, starting with the espousal message that Paul preached, and being completed by this marriage message that he envisioned would be. We were taken from the special part of the Word, and now we are the beautiful wife of the Lamb. That is why it is very easy to believe the Word for our day, such as, we which are alive and remain (have remained) shall be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, because the Lord Jesus Christ has come into our heart, and He brought in the Word that makes us part of Him. That is why God anointed Paul, who was a special apostle at the time of the espousal, and He has anointed this apostolic ministry now to take this trumpet of God message to the wife, and it has produced this marriage that we are part of. In the Book of Matthew, Chapter 13, Jesus Christ spoke a parable of a man who found a treasure in the field, and the treasure was very valu-

121 WORKING WITH GOD TO CREATE THE HUMAN SOUL 121 able. So He went and sold all that he had and purchased the whole field in order to get that treasure. I preached a message entitled, God s Gift to Mankind and God s Gift to His Son, which brings this revelation out in depth. And I also preached another message in Glen Daniel, West Virginia, entitled, Can We Recognize the Wonderful Counsel and Excellent Working of God? God Bless the Farmer!, concerning this parable about this treasure found in the field. Even in the church ages there was a special nugget of truth for each age. And just as Paul s message was that treasure which was found by the espoused virgin of his day, this trumpet message is our treasure! It is a message revealed for the wife of the Son of God. Now once again, I want you to notice that Eve was in Adam as Verse 23 shows, And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman (She became a living soul, and she began to build a personality of her own and it was compatible with Adam s personality and they were one and the perfect couple.), because she was taken out of Man. Verses 24-25, Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. Notice, they were one flesh. We are one flesh with our Husband, the Lord Jesus, who died for us. What is that one flesh? It is that Word made flesh. John 1:14 says it, And the Word was made flesh, and dwelled among us. So we became the Word made flesh as we fulfilled Revelation 10:8-11, 1 Corinthians 15:51-53, Ephesians 4:13-16, and Ephesians 5: Then in Genesis, Chapter 3, the serpent came on the scene; and it is here that God began to try His children. And that is when the soul began to develop through trials and testings. God allowed the serpent to come into the garden for a purpose, which was to accomplish the will of God. The Word of God says, The trying of our faith is more precious than pure gold that is tried in the fire. And to this day, God is building something within us. He is building a soul that can stand. He is building a soul that can be strong and overcome the body. God wants that soul to be strong enough to stand for truth spirit, soul, and body, the whole person in unity. For greater is He that is within us. And now, for the wife of the Lamb, that which is within us can conquer anything that comes upon this body, be it sickness or even death; for our body, soul, and spirit cannot be separated. In the beginning, man was not seen as being divided up in this sense spirit, soul, and body; for man was in perfect unity with himself. But today, many people in their heart want one thing, but in their mind, they want something else. Some may say, I know this is not right; but this is what I need to do in order to survive in this world. Talking like

122 122 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION that shows that the spirit, soul, and body have separate desires. But our entire being is to be one, and not separate entities going different directions. The Word says that the double-minded is unstable in all their ways. So when we look at salvation, one of the stories that I love, and refer to often, is about when Nicodemus went to Jesus by night. Nicodemus said to Jesus, Rabbi (master), what must I do to have eternal life? Jesus said, Ye must be born again. Meaning our first birth does not give us eternal life; for at birth God only puts the spirit of life in you. Yes, it is the spirit of life that God gives us to keep our soul alive until we receive the Holy Ghost, which is that Spirit of eternal life given by the Almighty God. Now in dealing with the soul of mankind, I want to say something about the second death (lake of fire). Death and hell gives up the souls that did not accept Jesus Christ as their Savior. The second death is what takes place in the lake of fire. Death and hell gives up the dead. And those that come forth, they are dead. Those souls do not have eternal life; they only have the spirit to keep that soul in existence until they are resurrected to stand before the judgment seat of God to answer for what they did in this life. They knew to do right, but they didn t do right. They knew what they needed to do, but didn t do it. They refused to accept the Lord Jesus Christ and accept the plan of salvation that He provided at Calvary. Therefore, that soul dies meaning that soul completely goes out of existence and there is nothing left of it; for without the life of God, it dies. But the spirit that caused the soul to live goes back to God from whence it came. The soul will die; unless it has been born again by the Spirit of God through Jesus Christ. Jesus came that we might have life and have it more abundantly. And that is the only life that there is for the soul. It is the life that came right through God s Son. And He gives it freely. Eternal life is something to be appreciated. It is something to praise God for! It is such a wonderful miracle for your soul to have eternal life. That is why you want to treat your soul good. There is a question that comes up every so often, and that is, If a baby is stillborn, does that baby have a soul? No, not unless God breathes the breath of life into it. But when a baby is born and God breathes the breath of life into it, then the baby takes on its own life. Before its birth, it is living by the mother s life. Its own life comes only after it begins to live outside the womb on its own; then that soul will begin to develop. That is where we work together. God gave the creation of the child to the mother and the father multiply and replenish the earth. Their bodies created a body of a child; but it always takes God to give life.

123 WORKING WITH GOD TO CREATE THE HUMAN SOUL 123 While the baby is in the mother s womb, it draws its life from the mother s body. But upon its birth, God gives the breath of its own life to the body. When God gives the life, that soul starts on a journey; and then it takes on its own characteristics. And as the child gets older, it comes into the age of accountability for its actions. Now at this point, the person begins to be responsible for his or her deeds, whether good or evil. God showed us, by Paul, that the law in the Old Testament was a teacher, which showed us the things that are needed to please God in the law age, according to the tree of knowledge. But God gave us the New Covenant, with the Spirit of Christ leading us, as our soul comes into maturity and partakes of the tree of life. So we were all born into a fallen world, everyone came in the same way; for we all needed a Savior. The father and mother (man and woman) produced the child; and God knew by His foreknowledge everything about its future. He even put our names in the Book of Life (the Book of Redemption) before the world was. And now for us, the wife of the Lamb, here is a gospel that teaches the Word, that makes us bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh; and we believe that Word, and we live by that Word. That is the way of God. It is the spiritual life of Christ; and we love it. 1 Corinthians, Chapter 3, says, For we are laborers together with God, ye are God s husbandry, ye are God s building. He didn t take away our part. He didn t just say, Go on out there, you are saved, you are all right. God didn t put us out here to do it by ourselves. We needed His help. Paul said, Pray without ceasing, and Bring your mind into captivity to the (spiritual) law of Christ, casting down imaginations. What are we doing? We are working with God, developing our soul and character to be just like His, by the things that He has put within us to please Him. Yes, He gave the Holy Ghost and He baptized us into the body; but until the human body is physically translated, it has to be dealt with. If our thoughts begin to go the wrong way, we pull them back; for He has given us His mind, and we choose to think on the things of the Lord. We think on these things because we are bone of His bone, and flesh of His flesh, and Spirit of His Spirit. He has given us His mind; but He has left us in this human flesh up until now for our testing. So in all things, we glory in the Lord! So in creating our souls, we have certain responsibilities. We are not just out here saying, I am saved, Hallelujah! We are part of this work, and we pray, Lord, help me to bring into unification, my soul and body; that as one unit, they are in complete harmony with Thee. We work with God to build a soul that is sure and steadfast; for we have

124 124 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION been baptized into the fullness of the body of Christ. Now when we received the Holy Ghost (our new birth) we still had some of our old nature that was contrary to the way of righteous living, things that were not compatible with the nature of Christ. But the Spirit of Christ began to show us how to please our Husband and King by replacing our attributes with His own attributes. The song says, To be like Jesus, and I want to be like Him. Well, that is the desire within us because we are the wife, and we want to please our Husband, so we do what is right. He gave us power to overcome. We are more than conquerors. We can conquer every foe; we can conquer every bad thought. We can conquer any part of our nature that doesn t want to yield to the Word of God. We are working with God to develop that soul. 2 Corinthians 6:1 says, We then as workers together with him (notice that, workers with Him), beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. In other words, what He has given us, what He has blessed us with, we don t treat lightly. Now when we begin to look at the spirits (which is referring to souls here) of just men made perfect, in the Book of Hebrews, Chapter 12, even if there is some lacking in them when they went down, they will all come forth completely perfect. And if there was knowledge that they had not received, they will receive it. They will be one with us, the living. Some might ask, Brother Howard, is it possible for someone to be resurrected and not know all the things that we know about the Word? Well, let me tell you something. In more than one place, after Jesus Christ rose from the dead, the disciples asked Him certain questions, and He said, This is not for me to know, because this is kept in the Father s power. In other words, He was saying, I don t know about this yet; He has not given this to me. And this was Jesus, who is the King and will be the Ruler in the great millennium. But when He needed to know it, God gave it. We also read this in Revelation 1:1, which says, The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John. (We have a recent message from this scripture that you may want to hear. It is entitled, Jesus Christ Shares the Revelation with Us that God Gave to Him.) God gave Jesus what He needed to know at that time, and then Jesus Christ in return gave it to His servant John. Just because Jesus died, just because He is the Savior, just because He resurrected, He didn t know all that God had to give. Even Paul, years after he was made a light to the Gentiles, was still getting revelation from God, even though he was the most enlightened man of his time. We see him in Colossians, Chapter One, and Ephesians, Chapter 3, where he said, God has revealed unto me mysteries

125 WORKING WITH GOD TO CREATE THE HUMAN SOUL 125 that have not been made known since the world was. There were things that were not even made known to Jesus Christ that God made known unto Paul, because he was to the espoused virgin, their Christ. Here, Paul was standing in the place of Jesus Christ, bringing God s Word to them. So what I am saying here is that we, the wife of the Lamb, are now that bright shining light; we are not careless, and we keep our minds open to the forthcoming truth that God gives as He raises the dead and changes the living. God breathed the breath of life into all souls. And here I am talking about the spirit of life that causes one to live, not the eternal life when God saves a soul at the new birth. The soul that has lived here by only the life that God gave each child at birth, has certain responsibilities to the One that gave it life; for each one will stand before the Lord and give an account of deeds done in that body at the judgment day. But one has to become born again to have eternal life. And to see the difference in the soul with eternal life and the soul that is living after the pleasures of this life, just look at the desires of the people in the world today they are dead while they liveth. But, I tell you, our heart and soul has already crossed over, hallelujah! That is the reason we don t feel at home in this world anymore. We just don t fit. Someone said to me, Brother Howard, I just don t fit in this world anymore. Well that is good, praise God! God will give you enough human sense to operate by in order to do the things you need to do; but we are not of this world. We don t love the things of the world, but we love God; for we cannot be of God and of the world at the same time. Paul said it best when he said, She that liveth in pleasure is dead while she yet liveth; and this applies to the man also. Yes, we are in an hour where we are in the world, but not of the world. Jesus was in the world, but not of the world. He was standing on earth, yet He was in a heavenly realm, as are we. So we work with God to develop our soul. We surrender ourselves to God and He gives eternal life to both our soul and our body, which are in harmony in the wife of the Lamb. Let us pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you for your love and goodness, and I pray that you will move by your Holy Spirit upon the hearers of this Word. These things that you have given us, I pray, Lord, that you will take them and use them for your glory. May we understand that we are responsible; for we are not a ship without a helm. But Lord, you have helped us, for you are our Captain, and you live within us, and you are able to guide us through all the white caps and all the rough waters, that we may land in thy harbor. We have come through everything that you ordained for us, and we have arrived

126 126 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION home; and we appreciate it, Lord. We are like a pilgrim that has arrived on that shore, and we have forgotten how the waves tossed our ship. And we hear Jesus saying, Well done, my wife. Take these words, and use them for your glory, and we will be careful to praise you for it, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

127 ANOTHER LIGHT FOR ISRAEL TO GIVE THEM ANOTHER CHANCE TO ACCEPT THE GOSPEL 127 GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE WOMAN NAMED WISDOM Today I want to take a thought and entitle it, Getting Acquainted with the Woman Named Wisdom. We will begin reading in the Book of Proverbs, showing how King Solomon talked about wisdom. In previous messages, we have been speaking much of the man Christ Jesus, and how that through Him we have become the perfect man. But now we want to look at the woman that it takes to make us the perfect man, the fullness of the man. And that woman is named Wisdom. Solomon spoke of this attribute as a woman, in order to project this wonderful characteristic of God in the feminine sense, even giving her a personality, and showing intimacy with her. We see that the Apostle Paul spoke much about the wisdom of God; not referring to it as a woman, but as one of the spiritual gifts of God that is in Christ Jesus. So when we join together the intimacy of the woman named Wisdom that Solomon spoke of, with the spiritual gift of God that is in Christ Jesus that Paul spoke of, then we see by revelation that these two have become one in this day, which is manifested in the wife of the Lamb. This is the line of thought that we are going into for our message. But first, let us pray before reading our scripture. Heavenly Father, we thank you for your love, goodness, and mercy. And as we open your Word and begin to read, we pray that you will anoint us to speak your Word. We always depend upon your anointing, because without it, it would be less than what you would desire to accomplish in this end time. And now we pray for wisdom, because when your wisdom is present, you always give us words to speak. You use wisdom when speaking to us, and you use it to bless thy people for your glory. Thank you for giving us your Word, and for giving us the ability to read your Word; I pray that you will give us the full meaning of it. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen. In Proverbs 4:1-5, it says, Hear ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. Solomon is talking and writing to his children. For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. He was anointed of God, which means that what he was saying didn t stop with just his own children; but he was speaking by inspiration coming from God, so we are included. I was my father s (David s) son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. (Solomon is referring back to what David told him.) He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. But in Verse 6,

128 128 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION notice how Solomon projected David s instruction in the feminine sense and begins to call wisdom a woman Forsake her not, (He is talking about the woman whose name is Wisdom.) And she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. Do you see the title now? Getting Acquainted with the Woman Named Wisdom. By inspiration Solomon began to call wisdom her. And it fits real well to call wisdom a woman, because it is shown very vividly in the wife of the Lamb. And after reading in the Book of the Song of Solomon, we can see why he used the word wisdom in a feminine sense here in the Book of Proverbs, for his thoughts and writings were geared that way. So it makes perfect sense for him to describe wisdom as her; saying, Forsake her not. Thus showing that we cannot do God s bidding without wisdom. And now that we have gotten acquainted with this woman, we shall never forsake her. Again Verse 6, and then Verses 7-8, Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee, love her, and she shall keep thee. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: with all thy getting get understanding. (Notice, here is wisdom and understanding together.) Exalt her, Don t push her down. Don t count her as insignificant exalt her! Solomon s writings give us a good picture of the Lamb s wife in many ways. After Solomon became the King of Israel and was anointed of God, his reign is shown as a type of the millennial reign of the Lord Jesus our King and His Christ wife. (Revelation 11:15) God appeared to Solomon in a dream and asked him, What shall I give thee? Solomon didn t ask for wealth or a long life; but he answered, Give your servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, so that I may discern good and bad; for who is able to judge such a great people? And God was pleased with Solomon s answer. So God gave him what he had asked for a wise and understanding heart. And because of this, Solomon was fairly heavy on wisdom. Also, God gave him the things that he had not asked for, which was wealth and honor; and there was not a man like him in all the world all the days of his life. (1 Kings, Chapter 3) One of the best examples of Solomon s wisdom is when two women came before him arguing over a baby. They both had babies; but during the night, one of the babies died, and each woman was claiming that the live baby was hers. So they came before Solomon to settle the matter. Now Solomon didn t know who the baby belonged to; he had no idea, and God didn t reveal it to him. But God did let Wisdom come on display in a mighty way. One woman said, It s my child! The other woman said, No, it s my child! So there stood Solomon with the women arguing back and forth with one another. Suddenly, Solomon said to his servant, Bring me my sword. (He not only had a natural

129 GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE WOMAN NAMED WISDOM 129 sword; but he had a spiritual sword.) He knew that the real mother would not want to see the child split in two, so he said, I am going to cut the child in half and give each of you half of the child. And he really could have done that, because he was the king. So he lifted the sword over the baby to cut it in half, when suddenly the real mother said, Don t hurt him! Give him to her. Then Solomon said, Take the child and give it to the woman who didn t want to hurt the baby, because she is the mother. So here came this woman named Wisdom on the scene. Do you see why Solomon said, Exalt her, love her, and don t forsake her. By the wisdom of God, Solomon found out who the baby belonged to and there was no doubt in his mind. And Solomon s fame spread abroad. Solomon was well acquainted with this woman named Wisdom. Notice the intimacy he had with her, saying, Love her. Don t forsake her, but exalt her! We see that Solomon was a woman s man anyway. He had about seven hundred wives and about three hundred concubines over the course of his time, so he knew much about women. He even gave instruction to his son about a bad woman, saying, It is better to live in the wilderness than with a contentious and an angry woman. God didn t rebuke him for having all those wives; even though God s Word said that a king should not have many wives. The Book of Deuteronomy 17:17 says, Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. So evidently, Solomon ignored that scripture, and so did David. And most of the other kings down through history did the same. And they are still ignoring it in the Middle East to this day. But God, during the Old Testament times, let it go; because they were living in a survival type law, waiting for the Christ to come and live in their hearts. God gave this attribute of wisdom to Solomon; and he got so intimate with this gift that he attributed it to a woman, even as a wife that he could not do without love her, and appreciate her. He said, When you find her, don t let her go! And that is so true for today. When it comes to a wife that God has given you be good to her, don t push her down, exalt her! Solomon had a great love for this woman named Wisdom, because he said, Love her; she will bring you to honor, and she will help you. And I can attest to that. He that finds a good wife, finds a good thing. So let s look at this wisdom that God has given. He has given us knowledge; but it has to be connected with wisdom in order to know what to do and how to do it. And just because we know something concerning a situation or a certain condition, does not necessarily mean we should say anything about it. This is like a situation that took place concerning

130 130 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION a man here at Dawsonville who testified during a meeting. He said, Brother Ben, the Lord gave me a revelation. He has shown me where demons come from. I said, Say on. He said, The Lord told me that when a sinner dies, their spirit becomes a demon. I didn t say anything; I just went on, not commenting on what he said, and I asked, Does anybody else have a testimony? Well, no sooner was service over, a brother, who was a minister, took me by the arm and said, Brother Ben, you knew what he said wasn t right and you let it go. Why didn t you rebuke him for that? That was not right. But I knew how this brother ticked, that if I would have commented on what he said, that it would have brought everyone s attention on him and he would have tried to prove that he was right, but if I just let it go, that he would back off and that would be the last we would hear about it. And wisdom prevailed we never heard about it again. Sometimes we know things about a certain condition or situation because we have knowledge; but we have got to have wisdom to know how to use that knowledge. And when this woman named Wisdom walks into the room, she will be good to you, she will bring you honor, she will treat you right; and with her, you can go places the sky is the limit with her, because she will honor you. That is the wisdom that comes from God. That is one of the gifts that God has given to the Lamb s wife as we continue to grow in our Lord. I love it when the Lord gives other members of the body, other than the ministers, things that bring glory to Him, things that help us and compliment the preaching of the Word. Many times, just like a vessel, I depend on the Lord to pour the Word in me by using other members of His body, as each one receives revelation that edifies us all. This does not mean that I don t study the Word, and it does not mean that I have not been praying; but it means that I don t have everything the body needs. My calling is to preach the Word, to be instant in season and out of season, whether it is convenient or not, no matter how I feel physically or spiritually. And she (wisdom) will take care of me. Let s read the rest of Verse 8, Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou doest embrace her. I tell you, Solomon was inspired. Verse 9, She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver thee. He is applying the wisdom that is from God s Word to the woman that makes the man complete. Notice again my title, Getting Acquainted with the Woman Named Wisdom. Are you acquainted with her? She will bring you to honor; she will give to you an ornament of grace and a crown of glory. In other words, she will make you; and without her you are not going to amount to much. Without Eve, Adam had about reached the end of his road. He looked

131 GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE WOMAN NAMED WISDOM 131 around and everything had a female mate, and here he was alone. It says in Genesis 2:20-24, And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. He couldn t go any further. He couldn t do anything else. And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. When Adam saw her, he knew this which he had been longing for was now made manifest, because it was what was in him, just in another form. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. I want you to notice, this flesh and bone was a type of that special part of the Word that God created Jesus with. And we, the wife of the Lamb, are created from the same. Here, we are showing that we are created by that special part of the Word and have become the wife of the Lamb. Now Adam came from the earth; but Eve did not come directly from the earth, she came from Adam. In other words, Jesus was the Word made flesh in the womb of Mary. But we didn t come that way; we became part of Him, bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh, as we were baptized in the fullness of Christ. So although we didn t come by a virgin birth, it was by accepting Him, and by being married to Him, and being one with Him who was born of a virgin, whose birth made us the same. This reminds me of the story of the cow lily that was in a picture that someone had taken during a meeting where Brother William Branham was preaching. Prior to knowing anything about the picture, Brother Cleveland had a vision. In the vision he was in a room, and there was a golden belt buckle and a regular belt buckle laying on a table. He saw a hand drop down from the ceiling and take this regular belt buckle and lay it over on the golden belt buckle, and it became the same. Well, Brother Branham was having another meeting, and Brother Cleveland went to it and told about the vision. Suddenly, Brother Branham stood to his feet (and this was the first time he mentioned the cow lily), and said, If you will notice on the picture where the pillar of fire is around the cow lily, you will see a golden belt buckle. That is showing the purity and deity of God. Buckle up with it. When you put the regular belt buckle on this Golden Belt Buckle, it becomes a Golden Belt Buckle, also. And this happened when Christ in the form of the Mighty Angel of Revelation, Chapter 10, descended from heaven and we were baptized into the fullness of His Spirit. We did this by accepting Him and

132 132 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION claiming our full redemption, for both soul and body, by taking possession of the little book and eating it up, thus becoming one with Him in marriage, making us what the Golden Belt Buckle was showing. It is taking that regular belt buckle and putting it on the Golden Belt Buckle, and we became the same as that Golden Belt Buckle the pure Word made flesh. God is a Spirit, and He is everywhere present at the same time. But within God, was a special part of the Word that He used to create His Son. In the Book of John, Chapter One, it says, In the beginning was the Word, and this Word was with God (it was part of God; for it was with God), and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh it was made the Golden Belt Buckle; it was deity. That was the original part of the Word that was with God. And through His Son, He created us, the wife. And being connected to the Lord Jesus Christ, the Word in Ephesians 5:30-32 comes to life, as it became bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. This is manifesting the wife of the Lamb, showing the perfect man in our daily walk as Christ, the King s wife, dressed in fine linen, clean and white His righteousness in us. Here is something that I make mention of quite often, because I love it; and it is so wonderful and so important to see and understand: Jesus Christ went through the things that we go through in order to become the Captain of our salvation, who has won every battle. So don t tell me how to fight a battle, if you have never fought a battle and won. Don t tell me how to build a house, if you have never built one. Don t tell me how to drive a nail, if you have never driven one. But here came one that went through it all. God let Him go through all temptations which are common to mankind. He was tempted and tested in all points. So we don t get a trial that He has not been through; for He was tested and He overcame in all points! He overcame; He conquered! When we accepted Him, He came into our hearts and all that He did, every victory He won, was applied to us, making us to be more than conquerors. He didn t take away our trials and temptations. Here is why. Because it takes that to make us. See, our flesh is going to live in a glorified state, and we are preparing for that now. We are tested for this by Him; and we stay true to God s Word. So we just go on growing in the Lord by working with Him to rid ourselves of our human impurities. And He gives us His righteousness, clearing the way for our glorification. Yes, this flesh will be purified and glorified. So Solomon was not calling this woman named Wisdom some unattractive female that had no value; but contrariwise, he was exalting her, saying, She will put a crown of glory on your head. In other words, when that woman is hanging on to your arm, you walk in a gathering

133 GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE WOMAN NAMED WISDOM 133 like you own the place, and she is easily seen (or discerned) by those that adore her. Much of the time we talk about the man, doing this or that, but that man is not going to be much without that woman. Knowledge is not going to be much without wisdom. So Solomon took the best thing he knew of to describe this wonderful attribute He that findeth a good wife, findeth a good thing. She will make you all that you can be, so he spoke of her as a woman. So I am going to follow his example, and say, I have gotten acquainted with this beautiful woman named Wisdom, and she has empowered me to be very successful in the biddings of the King. I want you to notice again what it says in Verse 8, Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou doest embrace her. There are those in the world that say, If a man succeeds in business, many times there is a good woman behind him. But we say, Behind every bit of knowledge that is going to be profitable to us, there is wisdom. Why? Because they go together, just like a horse and a carriage. There is an old song that says, Love and marriage, love and marriage, go together like a horse and a carriage. And we cannot have one without the other. Well, this is knowledge and wisdom, and we really cannot have one without the other. So we don t want to use our knowledge without wisdom, because it might destroy a weak brother or sister. Let that wisdom come in and guide us See, that is her. She will put a crown on your head, she will bring you to honor, and she will make you what you ought to be. It s God; and it is the gift of God. I am glad that we have gotten acquainted with this woman, and I am glad for the blessing she has been to us; because she has caused us to bring forth much fruit as the tree of life. Also, we can bring that down to a natural woman. Over the years, I have not learned how to color coordinate my clothes very well. We can get knowledge on how to dress ourselves; but it takes that wisdom to put that crown on your head. My wife matches up my shirt, tie, and suit, and lays them out for me; so that I don t have to wonder, Does this go with this or that? She has put a crown on my head. Yes, we have knowledge, but thank God for the wisdom that He has given us. And we cannot have one without the other. In Verses 8 and 9, I just love how Solomon is highlighting wisdom. We could not highlight wisdom and bring it to the forefront better than this! He knew what he was talking about. And in this hour, we know what we are talking about as we are riding in the second chariot with the wisdom to keep us grounded in this position with the King, being dressed in fine linen, clean and white. We said unto our King, the Lord Jesus, I m reporting for duty. Whatever you would have me to do, I am ready

134 134 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION to do thy bidding. And the King, the Lord Jesus Christ, said, You shall ride in my second chariot, and I want you to be keeper of my papers. And that is what we are doing. And we must have wisdom in order to do that. Look at the papers we are doing. No, I am not doing them by myself. I have got plenty of help; I ve got plenty of wisdom helping me. God is moving by His Spirit and He is making us what we ought to be. Verses 10-11, Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings: and the years of thy life shall be many. I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in the right paths. Notice that, the way of wisdom. Verse 12, When thou goes, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shall not stumble. With wisdom, we are going to conduct our lives right. There are so many things that we do that would get us in trouble without wisdom. I am very allergic to poison ivy and poison oak. If I walk through a field, and there is any poison ivy or poison oak around, I have to be careful not to get any on me. I have wisdom to know that when I see poison ivy or poison oak to stay away; because it really loves me. Also, there is something else that is so in love with me, and that is ticks. I can walk in the woods and they will get on me. I was with some other brothers, and I said, I want you to watch how many ticks get on me before we get through this field. There were seven ticks on me; and not a single one got on the other brothers. I don t know why ticks love me so much; but wisdom protects me from them. If I walk in the woods, that is the first thing I do, start searching for ticks and get them off of me. Verse 13, Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. He is saying, Don t forget the things I am teaching you. When you get her, don t let her go. There is an opposite saying that those in the world say, Love them and leave them! Well, those type things go on out there in the worldly realm. But when you find her, the wisdom, you don t let her go, you hold on to her. We often hear a man that is in love with a woman say, She is my life. Well, that is wisdom. Can a woman give a man instruction? Yes, she can. If the woman is right and the man is wrong yes, let her speak. So Solomon is saying here about wisdom, Don t be careless and lose her. Don t let her go. Be good to her; for she has become your life. I am so thankful that I am acquainted with this woman named Wisdom, because she shows us how the other spiritual gifts of God work. If someone says, I have got the gift of tongues, well, if you don t have this woman named Wisdom with it, you will probably make a fool out of yourself. If a visitor comes in and everybody is speaking in tongues, they will probably say, These people are mad! But with wisdom to use the gifts, it edifies

135 GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE WOMAN NAMED WISDOM 135 the body. And when interpreting tongues, it is not just quoting a scripture. Many times it is inspiration that gives the interpretation of it that is the wisdom of God. So we get wisdom first. Get understanding; forget it not, and do not depart from the words of my mouth. Get wisdom and you will be all right. When Paul spoke about the wisdom of God, he didn t attribute it to a woman as Solomon did; but Paul shows wisdom here as a spiritual gift of God. When it comes to the gifts in the wife, he didn t show any regard to whether they were male or female. And we can see that Paul knew by revelation how important this gift was, because of how he magnified it and brought it forth. In the Book of 1 Corinthians 1:24, it says, But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God, and the wisdom of God. So we have the wisdom of God and the power of God. Power and wisdom have to go together. God does not give us power to do things until wisdom is given to us, then the power will come into play; for without the wisdom, we would not know how to use the power. That is why in this day of our marriage to God s Son, what Solomon said about this woman named Wisdom fits us beautifully, as the King s wife has the wisdom of how to please the King. In the Book of Acts, Chapter 5, we see where Peter spoke the Word of judgment upon a man named Ananias and his wife Sapphira, who tried to bring deception into the congregation of the Lord, and they fell over dead for lying to the Holy Ghost. Peter didn t just go around speaking the Word and people falling dead. No, it was only from the quickening and unction of the Holy Ghost that he spoke the Word of judgment against them. Likewise, in Acts, Chapter 13, Paul spoke the Word of judgment upon a man that was trying to turn someone away from the faith. He said, Thou child of the devil, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. Meaning the man would be blind until he learned not to blaspheme. That man had to look for someone to lead him by the hand. But Paul put a little mercy in there also; for he said, not seeing the sun for a season, or until thou learn not to blaspheme. In other words, he was saying (and let this saying sink deep into your ears), When you have learned your lesson, you will be all right; this blindness will pass. Paul didn t go around smiting people blind; but it was by the inspiration and leadership of Christ. Let s read Verses in 1 Corinthians, Chapter 24. Here Paul goes further in magnifying this wisdom that is in Christ, saying, But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption. (All of it goes together.) That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. When we get

136 136 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION Christ Jesus, we get all of that; but it has to develop. Just like, your faith growth exceedingly God gave every man the measure of faith, a measure of the faith of the Son of God, and we let it grow. (2 Thessalonians 1:3, and Romans 12:3) That is just like God giving us muscles in our bodies; if we don t use them they will turn to fat. That is the way faith is keep it active, use it! Believe God in spite of everything. And, praise God, that is what we are doing as this trumpet message is now sounding forth! (1 Corinthians 15:51-53) We are doing as Abraham did, who called those things that were not, as though they were and it happened! So God has given us that perfect faith, which is the faith of the Son of God. So let us use that faith. If there is a need for food, all we need is two fish and five loaves of bread, and we can feed five thousand with much to spare. If we need to get somewhere and there is a lake between us and our destination just walk on the water. Can we do that? Yes, if it is within the will of God; because Jesus Christ said, These things that I do, you can do, and even greater (more) can you do. He has given us wisdom, and we love her, we walk with her, and we hold on to her. And I can tell you right now, We are not going to let her go. She has put a crown on our heads; she has helped us. Then in the Book of Colossians 1:9, we see the indwelling of wisdom and what it produces; for Paul says, For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. It all has to work together. I know that God has given us a big barrel full of knowledge; but then He comes back around and tops it off with a good dose of wisdom. This lets us know what to do with the knowledge that He has given us. In a recent message, entitled, He Giveth Us the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation in the Knowledge of Him, it was brought in wonderfully about how all these things working together is very important. We can have a revelation, but it has to be anchored right. It has to be anchored in wisdom to the foundation that Paul laid. This means that it is anchored in the knowledge of Him, and is magnifying the things that He is doing and what He has planned for us, the wife of the Lamb. So any revelation we get has to be in the knowledge of the Lord, in the knowledge of the Word. And He gives the wisdom to use it right. Let s go to the Book of Colossians 2:2-3 to show where this gift of wisdom comes from. It says, That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement for the mystery of God, and the Father, and of Christ: In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. See, she is hid in

137 GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE WOMAN NAMED WISDOM 137 God. She, who? Wisdom. She belongs to God, and He will give her to you you can walk with the wisdom of God. If I see a shining crown on your head, I say, She has put a crown on your head. If I see you have an ornament, she did it for you. We are not going to go through this world and come out unscathed without having the wisdom of God. Without her, we cannot be successful in the things of God. We will stumble and make shipwreck of our faith. But when she is within, she will guide us. I really do love this woman named Wisdom. Here in Colossians 3:16-17, we see the indwelling of wisdom. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; (Notice, the Word of Christ dwells in you, but you must be wise with it by having the power to discern and judge properly. Solomon knew that this woman, Wisdom, was priceless.) teaching and admonishing one another in psalms (the praise that God gives us) and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. That is why a woman that is happy, many times will be singing, which lifts up our spirit and makes our journey a joyous one. Even when she is cooking or cleaning or whatever she is doing, she will be humming or singing. She is rejoicing in the Lord. Verse 17 says it, And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. Now I want to read Romans 11:33-36 before closing. Here it tells us about the wisdom of God and how the gospel would return back to Israel. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things to whom be glory for ever. Amen. Notice, In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge He gives us these hidden treasures. We get our wisdom from God the Father through the Lord Jesus Christ. Let all things be done decently and orderly. If you have wisdom, be good to her, she will guide you through these things. Do you love Him with all your heart? Do you appreciate this woman named Wisdom? Solomon tells what she will do for you, She will put a crown on your head, so don t ever let her go. Let us pray. Heavenly Father, we come thanking you and praising you for your love and goodness and mercy, and for your great grace in this hour. Lord, we thank you for your Spirit today, and we thank you for letting us get acquainted with this woman named Wisdom. This is a beautiful woman that has put a crown on our heads. Oh, God, help us to treat that wisdom good, respect her. May you use this message for your glory, we pray in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

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139 THE LITTLE BOOK IN ANOTHER FORM 139 HAVE WE PASSED THE TIME WHERE IT IS NOT PROFITABLE TO BE BAPTIZED FOR THE DEAD? Let These Sayings Sink Down Into Your Ears I am so glad to be back in the mountains of West Virginia once again, to see and fellowship with the saints here. This evening I want to take a thought, and entitle it, Have We Passed the Time Where It is Not Profitable to Be Baptized for the Dead? Also, I want to add a subtitle to it, Let These Sayings Sink Down into Your Ears, which will be a very important part of this message to take notice of. I want to start my reading in the Book of 1 Corinthians, Chapter 15, and from there go on to some of the other scriptures, knowing that our Lord will pour His blessings on the Word, as He always does, to bless us all. And although this is a home meeting, we are calling it the house of the Lord for this meeting, as it is dedicated for this purpose. So it is good to be in the house of the Lord with everyone. Now before going any deeper into this message, let us have a word of prayer. Heavenly Father, we thank you for another privilege to come and stand before you right here at the end time as the trump of God is sounding, and we are expecting to see the dead being raised, just before we are changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. Oh, God, we thank you for the great things that you are doing right among us, and you are doing it all by your Word. It is all laid in your Word, and you have awakened the Word that has been asleep for two thousand years, because now it has come time to fulfill it. You have awakened it and are making it come to pass. And Lord, we thank you for it. May we rejoice in thee, as we read your Word, looking to you for revelation and leadership as we go along. Bless each one; may you give each one ears to hear for your glory, in the wonderful and precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Here in 1 Corinthians, Chapter 15, Paul is explaining to the espoused virgin about the resurrection, as there were those that were saying there was no resurrection of the dead. So he says in Verse 29, Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? In other words, he was saying to them, Why are you baptized for the dead, if you believe the dead rise not? And, of course, Mr. Joseph Smith of the Mormon Church thought this verse of scripture meant, If you have relatives that have died without being baptized, then you can be baptized for them. But Paul was not speaking of being baptized for those that had gone by the way of death; but

140 140 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION was speaking of those that were still living that had been baptized for their own resurrection from the dead and water baptism was representative of this. That Word was for the faith of the saints that were living in that time period. But then Paul began to prophesy about this last trumpet of God message, which is now being preached by the wife of the Lamb, saying, Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (1 Corinthians 15:51-52) The wife of the Lamb has reached forth and taken possession of this prophecy which the Spirit of God has given unto us. It is the sounding of this trumpet of God and it is for the changing of our mortal bodies and the raising of the dead in glorification. So now that God s Spirit has resurrected and quickened this trumpet of God part of the Word, it is no longer necessary for us to be baptized (unto death) for the resurrection. The Word shows that we shall be changed without going by the way of death. This means that we don t have to be baptized for the dead anymore, because we are hearing the trumpet sounding. This is for the wife and only for the wife. So whatever baptism one has, or whether one has been baptized at all, it doesn t matter now. Since this trumpet of God is sounding, we don t go back to being baptized for the dead. I am speaking here to those that are the living part that have now become the wife. While on the other hand, those which were the espoused virgins, God is now going to resurrect every one of them from the dead that walked in the light of truth for their time period; and we which are alive and have remained are going to be changed and joined together with them, and together with the resurrected we will all be raptured together. I want to deal with this resurrection and baptism and show that God s light has brought us to the place where we are hearing the trumpet of God sounding; and it is by God s Spirit and this message that says, We which are alive and remain shall not precede those that are asleep, but they shall come forth first. And then we shall be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. Paul explained baptism much like he did circumcision. Circumcision was a great thing to the Jews in Paul s day, and it still is in this day. But Paul said, Circumcision, nor uncircumcision availeth anything. (Galatians 5:6 and 6:15) If you have been circumcised, don t worry about it. If you haven t, don t worry about it; because we are in a new time, under the wife s covenant. So let us look at water baptism the same way. This means we don t fret about it, if we haven t been baptized or have been; it doesn t matter. Because when the trumpet sounds, Paul said, Stop!

141 HAVE WE PASSED THE TIME WHERE IT IS NOT PROFITABLE TO BE BAPTIZED FOR THE DEAD? 141 I want to show you a mystery (a secret), we are not all going to die; but we are all going to be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. Now seeing that we are living in this time after the Lord Himself has come in the fullness of His spiritual coming, why would we be baptized for resurrection, if we are going to be changed? The power of God will change us in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. Being baptized in water shows death, burial, and resurrection. It doesn t help those that are spiritually translated and soon to be physically translated, because if we don t die, we cannot be raised from the dead. Paul spoke of the resurrection, saying, But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ s at his coming. (1 Corinthians 15:23) But we don t have an order of the resurrection, because we will be changed. So again my title is, Have We Passed the Time Where It Is Not Profitable to Be Baptized for the Dead? See, it is not profitable for us to be baptized for the dead; we passed from the time where it was profitable unto a time where it is not profitable. In the Book of Romans, Paul likens being baptized, to Jesus death, burial, and resurrection. But since we have come into this time after the Lord has come in the fullness of His Spirit and is sounding the last trumpet for the resurrection and our physical translation, we are expecting to see the resurrection of the dead members and the changing of our mortal bodies for the rapture. In the Book of Luke, Chapter 9, Luke tells us this story about Jesus taking His disciples into the desert, and when the people knew it, they followed Him there. Jesus gladly received them all and spoke to them of the Kingdom of God, and healed those that were in need of healing. And when it became late in the day, His disciples came to Jesus wanting Him to send the people away so they could get food to eat. But Jesus said, Why don t you feed them? They said, We only have five loaves of bread and two fish. (John 6:9 tells us this food originally came from a little lad s lunch bag.) Should we go and buy food for them? There were about five thousand people. And Jesus took the bread and fish and broke them, and blessed them, and gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And they did eat, with twelve baskets full left over. Later, Jesus asked his disciples, Whom do the people say that I am? They answered, John the Baptist. But some say, Elias; and others say that you are one of the old prophets that has risen again. Jesus said to them, But whom do ye say that I am? And Peter said, The Christ of God. Then Jesus commanded them to tell no man that He was the Christ. He said, The Son of man must suffer many things and be rejected of the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be slain and be raised the third day. The disciples were all amazed at the mighty power of God and all the things which Jesus did. And as they

142 142 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION wondered at these things which He did, notice what He said to them in Verses 44-45, Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, (even though they heard Him say it) that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying. Of course, He was not talking so much about their natural ears, but their spiritual ears. Notice that again, Let these sayings sink down into your ears. But they understood not that Jesus was to be crucified and be raised the third day. We see this same thing in the Book of Matthew, Chapter 16, where Peter took Jesus aside and rebuked Him for saying how that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed and be raised again the third day. Peter said, Surely, Lord, this shall not be so! But Jesus said to Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan; for you are an offense unto me, because thou knoweth not the things that be of God, but those that be of man. He was not calling Peter the devil; but He was telling Peter that he was getting inspiration to say this from another source when he said, this shall not be so, because the Word said it would be so. (Isaiah, Chapter 53) And it happened just like Jesus prophesied. But they didn t understand until after He was crucified and resurrected. Now according to Luke, Chapter 24, after Jesus had resurrected, He met two of His disciples that were on their way to Emmaus. They were sad as they walked along and talked about what had happened to Jesus. And this gave Jesus the reason to ask, What manner of conversation are you having, and why are you so sad? They said, You must be a stranger in Jerusalem and don t know the things which have happened. And Jesus asked, What things? They said, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet, mighty in deed and Word before God and all the people. And the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him up to be condemned to death and have Him crucified. But we trusted that He was the one to redeem Israel. And besides all of this, today is the third day since these things were done. Then early this morning, some women went to His grave and found His body gone, and they came saying that they had seen a vision (but they didn t know that it was not just a vision) of angels, which said He was alive. But the women saw Him not. Then Jesus said, Thou fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken. Should not have Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into His glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, He expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself. But they were not getting it. He had just told them a few days prior to this what was going to happen

143 HAVE WE PASSED THE TIME WHERE IT IS NOT PROFITABLE TO BE BAPTIZED FOR THE DEAD? 143 to Him; and He said, Let these sayings sink down into your ears. He had only been crucified but a few days; but they didn t understand that He said this is what would be. All they knew was that they loved what this stranger was saying; and it was causing their hearts to burn within them as He spoke to them along the way. And when they got to the place where they were staying for the night, Jesus made as though He was going on; but they constrained Him to come in and abide with them and have food with them. So He relented and went in with them. And when they prepared the food, Jesus took the bread and broke it; and when they saw this their eyes were opened and they knew Him. And with great joy and light hearts, they ran back to Jerusalem, saying, Indeed, He has risen! So the Word of God was fulfilled, just as it was written, and just as Jesus had told them before His crucifixion. So in 1 Corinthians, Chapter 15, we see there were some that said there was no resurrection of the dead. And then there were others that said, How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come? Paul tells how God gives a body as it has pleased Him, and to every seed his own body. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial; and each one is given its own glory and they differ one from another. Let s read Verses 42-44, So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. Here Paul is only speaking of the resurrection. But then he stops talking about a resurrection and goes into something entirely different in Verse 51 as he prophesies about a group that would be living and would obtain the promise of physical translation, who would not go to the grave, but would be changed while yet living. Because that is the original plan according to Romans 8:23. It is here where he tells us about the redemption of the body. And then he tells us how we are to be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye in 1 Corinthians 15: And now we have come to the place in the Word where the life of this scripture has come and we are not looking for death, burial, and resurrection; but we are looking for a physical translation to be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, because the spiritual trumpet is now sounding out through Christ s flesh and bones in the earth, the wife of the Lamb, saying, Rejoice and be exceedingly glad for our redemption has come! Now these were some of the things that Paul was dealing with as he was prophesying to us about this end time picture. In this mighty revelation, we see that the last thing the angel tells John in the Book of Revelation, Chapter 10 (who at that time was typing out the wife of the

144 144 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION Lamb) is, Thou must prophesy again. In other words, bring these things into being. And we obeyed the angel s voice, as we took the little book and ate it up, and were spiritually translated (changed into another form virgin to wife) into Ephesians 4:13-16, where we have reached the stature of the fullness of Christ, unto a perfect man, being shown in Ephesians, Chapter 5, members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. Now what we are looking at today is the body of Christ as flesh and bones; not just a spiritual body, and certainly not someone that just says, I felt the Spirit, or I got baptized in the Spirit. That is good and that is part of it; but when we look at the Word, we begin to see a group that serves God, that loves God, and each one has their own place in this body of flesh and bones. When I was in the country of Malawi, I preached a message entitled, Two Types of Garments, which showed the groups of Christians that we see in this day and how they are clothed. In Revelation, Chapter 7, John wrote about a great number which were before the throne of God that were dressed in white robes; they are the foolish virgins and the tribulation saints, who will give their lives for their stand for God in that great tribulation period during the 70th Week of Daniel. Then in Revelation, Chapter 6, we see the Jews that were killed under Hitler and Eichmann that are shown under the first part of the fifth seal, which were naked before God; He had mercy upon them, and gave them, also, white robes. But then we come to another group in Revelation 19:7-8 that are different altogether, and this particular group is called the Lamb s wife. And only this group is dressed in fine linen, clean and white, which is the righteousness of saints. So God shows here the difference in the way the wife is dressed from all the others, as we are the only ones dressed in fine linen, and will be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, as He has sent this trumpet of God message to us, and we have been baptized into the fullness of Christ. The message of the spiritual coming of the Lord, which is the trumpet message, woke up that sleeping Word of 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, which is now living Word for the wife of the Lamb, and we are wide awake and ready to meet the resurrected saints and the changing of our mortal bodies into glorification. And now (and let these sayings sink down into your ears) the sounding of this trumpet of God message has put flesh and bones on the body of Christ, creating a bridge between the tree of knowledge and the tree of life, thus breaking down the wall of separation between the living and the dead for the rapture. Jesus Christ told His disciples, The Son of man must be crucified in Jerusalem and be raised the third day. And He said, Let these sayings

145 HAVE WE PASSED THE TIME WHERE IT IS NOT PROFITABLE TO BE BAPTIZED FOR THE DEAD? 145 sink down into your ears. But they didn t understand what He was talking about until after He had died and resurrected. After He was crucified, the disciples were going through a time of sadness; but Jesus woke up that Word that He had said unto them and showed them that He was the One. He had died and resurrected and was now back. And not only was Jesus Christ back, but He had gone down into hell (in which hell and paradise were together at that time) and preached to the spirits in prison and brought all those Old Testament saints back with Him, who had offered the proper sacrifice at that time to God. And they were present in the earth until He ascended back to the Father, at which time He took them to the place that was prepared for them. (Ephesians 4:8) Jesus could have said to those with Him, If you see Abraham, bid him Godspeed, and tell him that you are proud of the faith he had. The resurrected saints appeared unto many, as they were walking here on the earth together with the living. So Jesus woke up that Word that He had previously said to them (which was the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be slain and be raised the third day. ), when He spoke to the two disciples on the way to Emmaus and broke the bread and asked God to bless it. For suddenly something happened; that Word which He had spoken was quickened unto them. They realized what He had been saying all along, as they believed the scriptures and the Word which He had said. (John 2:22) That Word woke them up, and that Word began to live, and it so energized them that with light hearts and joy they ran back to Jerusalem to tell the apostles. See, that is what He gives us a light heart and joy! We are not heavy-hearted; we are not sad, because this is a marriage. And we are rejoicing and being exceedingly glad, because we have made ourselves ready by the sounding of the trumpet. And some of God s other saints may rejoice with us; even though they may not be willing to come amongst us, and that Word may not be woke up in them, but they are glad to see a people rejoicing in the Lord! Well, those disciples were so sad on their way to Emmaus; but after Jesus revealed Himself alive to them, you could not have tied them down with a big rope. When they saw what was going on, when their eyes were opened, they knew This is Him! We have been talking to Him all day! At first, their (spiritual) eyes were holden; for they thought He was just a man that knew scripture. But did they ever get a surprise! And in this hour, God has awakened a Word that has been asleep all these years. Paul prophesied the Word, but it was put to sleep when the espoused virgin fell from the Word and they could not receive it. But suddenly, here came Christ back on the scene with the same gifts,

146 146 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION including the apostolic office. And these blessings are not only with the apostolic office now, but He has given all the gifts to His wife, this includes the complete fivefold ministry, which is in the body of Christ the wife, and we have been made one with the ministry. He has baptized us into the fullness of His body, and we have taken on His Word in marriage this anointed Word has become His flesh and bones in the earth. Some might ask, How can that be, Brother Howard? Well, it is a simple fact that when the Holy Spirit overshadowed Mary, she became pregnant by a special part of the Word that was with the Father from the beginning. John speaks about this special part of the Word in the Book of John 1:1. It says, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (not just God; but the Word was with God). There was something with God He created it. God created the worlds with that special part of the Word. The Word says that He created it by Jesus Christ. It was the Word that would become Jesus Christ in the womb of a virgin named Mary. The creating was done by the Word that was still in the Father before the foundation of the world. So in God s great plan we, also, were with Him from before the foundation of the world. We were a part of that Word. God has already seen us there, and Paul told us about it. (Ephesians, Chapter One) He even let John see through the telescope of time what was going to happen all the way through to eternity. And now God has breathed life into that Word for the wife and awakened it; and now He is going to bring to pass the resurrection and our physical translation. Let s look at God s creation of Adam. That Word was just lying there; it was dead. Now that is the way this Word has been. Some of the prophecy that is laying in the Word of God has been laying there for hundreds of years, and it has been a dead letter of the Word, because it was in reserve, waiting for the time for God to breathe on it to give it life. When God breathed the Word of Life into Adam, he stood to his feet. And it wasn t too far down the road until Adam knew something was missing, because he was very lonely. He said, I should not be this lonely. The Bible says, There was found no helpmeet for him. He was desiring Eve. Now compare that with Jesus when He was here; for he didn t have a wife at first. He worked among the Jewish brethren until His crucifixion. But the wife that was within Him had to be taken from His side. And God used the great Apostle Paul to show us this and to take that feminine Word from His side to make up the wife. He is the one that spoke in Romans, Chapter 15, saying, Jesus Christ was the minister unto the circumcision. Jesus hands were tied, and He could not do

147 HAVE WE PASSED THE TIME WHERE IT IS NOT PROFITABLE TO BE BAPTIZED FOR THE DEAD? 147 anything for the Gentiles until the Jews rejected Him and crucified Him. But He rose from the dead and came back on the Jewish Feast Day of Pentecost in the first leg of His spiritual coming to the people of Israel. But the nation rejected Him in that form, also. This opened the door for the gospel to go to the Gentiles. This began to come into being as Paul was on his way to Damascus to persecute the saints. For a great light struck him down and the Lord Jesus told him what to do which was to preach to the Gentiles and show where it was hid in the scripture that all of those that sat in darkness would see a great light in the Lord. (Matthew 4:16) As concerning the Gentiles, Paul gave us many scriptures, such as Acts 13:47-48, and Romans 15:9-13, to name just a few of those wonderful enlightening scriptures. God woke up that sleeping Word and gave it to Paul. And Paul used words that the other apostles didn t use in their preaching, for he was bringing forth the Word that showed the feminine side of Jesus, His counterpart. He used words such as: her, she, virgin, wife, bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh, and I espouse you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But that Word was lost before the marriage of the Lamb could take place. The serpent came in, just like he did with Eve, and God gave a trial; because God gives everything a trial. That is why when our faith is tried, God says to rejoice! Because the trying of our faith is more precious than pure gold that has been tried in the fire. What would happen if we didn t have trials? Well, we saw that with Adam and Eve. They were created full grown, and Adam became a living soul when God breathed the breath of life into his nostrils; and later He created Eve, and did the same for her. But they had never had a trial. Everything was just perfect and going good; and then it came time for God to test them. See, God always gives us trials. He even gave His Son, Jesus, trials. He had to be tempted and tested in all points like as we are, before God would even anoint Him to begin His ministry. The Word of God says, The Spirit led Him into the wilderness to be tempted for forty days and nights. He was tempted of the devil, and He neither ate nor drank. And the devil was coming at Him from every angle. And the angels sat watching; for God would not let them go to Jesus to minister unto Him until He had overcome the trial. We had to have a captain that knew how to overcome. The Bible says, He is the Captain of our salvation. After the trial was over with, the angels came and ministered unto Him. They strengthened Him. Adam and Eve didn t have testing like Jesus Christ did. Jesus was born as a little baby; not created full grown like Adam and Eve were. He had to go through temptations and testings. He was tempted in all points like as we are, yet He neither sinned nor was guile found in His

148 148 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION mouth. He was in battle with Satan; but He won every battle. So I say this, If I am going to follow somebody into battle, I want to see some battle scars. Adam and Eve had never fought a battle until the devil came to them using the serpent to tempt Eve and she withered like a morning glory in the sun. And then she came to Adam, and he listened to her and fell, also. He didn t want to be alone again, so he stepped across the line with Eve. And it was as though he said, I am not going to live without Eve. So he yielded and fell, too. And since then, there was no man that was an overcomer in all things until Jesus Christ came, who was tempted and tested in every point, yet without sin. So because of the fall of mankind, all the children were born in sin and shaped in iniquity and came into the world speaking lies. In other words, everyone needs a Savior. O what a Savior we have! When I was on one of the Islands in the Philippines, I went to the park where General MacArthur came ashore and delivered the Pilipino people from Japan. He went there to fight. He didn t go there to play around and sign a covenant or make a pact with the Japanese that had invaded the Philippines. He didn t just pat them on the back; but he came there to take care of business. And a brother that fought with him said to me, There was not a man in our outfit that would not have died for him. He would not tell us to get out there and fight by ourselves, but he led us into battle. And everyone fought and got the job done. Now here I am talking about Jesus Christ, showing that is exactly what He did. He overcame; and got the job done. And, O what a Captain we have! The point is, we are overcomers through Him who overcame every trial to show us the way. And I am glad that I have gone through every trial I have gone through; for my faith has increased. I thank God that He has brought me into this part of the trumpet message where there is a people that are to be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. And since God has woke up this Word by this trumpet of God message that says, we shall not die, but we shall be changed, we say, There is a life-giving force and not even death can conquer it. Because the Bible says, The last enemy that shall be conquered is death. Paul spoke and said, This salvation is not only for the soul, but it is for the redemption of the body. And it is for us, the wife of the Lamb. In the Book of Romans 8:18-23, it says, For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectations of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into

149 HAVE WE PASSED THE TIME WHERE IT IS NOT PROFITABLE TO BE BAPTIZED FOR THE DEAD? 149 the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. Our redemption is not complete until the body is redeemed. And now there is a group, we which are alive and have remained, that are not going to the grave; for we are going be changed. For we are more than conquerors! Verses says, Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. That verse of scripture does not apply to us, because we are living above the law, as another law (the law of eternal life) has come into our members, to raise us above the law that says, It is appointed unto men once to die and after this the judgment. But there is another law that overrides that there is another Light that has come, which says, We which are alive and remain are not going to die when we hear the trumpet sound. And we are that people. Hallelujah! Because the trumpet is sounding and we are hearing it. So have we passed the time where it is not profitable to be baptized for the dead? Praise God, yes, we have! Notice Verse 26 of 1 Corinthians, Chapter 15, where Paul talks about death and resurrection; it says, The last enemy that shall be destroyed (or conquered) is death. Do you believe that death will be conquered? Do you believe you can conquer death? Well, Jesus Christ did. He got to the place where He had overcome death, and from that point on, He said, No man taketh my life; but I lay it down for you. He didn t have to die; but if He hadn t, we would have had to die. He said, I am going to die myself, so that you don t have to. After Paul got through explaining about resurrection, he said in Verses of 1 Corinthians, Chapter 15, Behold, I shew you a mystery, we shall not all sleep (or die); but we shall be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead in Christ shall be raised, and we shall be changed. For this corruption shall put on incorruption and this mortal shall put on immortality. O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. We are now being changed little by little, till one of these days, it will be like the twinkling of an eye. Throughout time, the espoused virgin could not be all that was within them to be in the Lord, because they were hindered by conditions cre-

150 150 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION ated by the fall. Although they were destined to become the wife, they died in their faith reaching for that life. Just like a tree in the wintertime, the life was in the roots, but watch what happens when the spring of the year comes up comes the sprout, just as the members of the wife will do. They are going to get up out of the ground as they are hearing this trumpet sound, because there isn t any grave that can hold their body down. Amen. And there is no death angel that can come and conquer us, because Jesus Christ overcame death for us. The Word of God says that Jesus tasted death for every man, so that we would not have to die. And this is the very part of the Word where our faith is tried, as we hear this trumpet message, which says, We will be changed without going through the channel of death. It is here in this secret place of 1 Corinthians 15: area 51 where we must let our faith grow. There is where we stand up for God. There is where we say that we are in the last day and there is a trumpet sounding. There is a message in the land that is going forth like has never been before, that picks up where Paul left off and pushes it on the trumpet is sounding! Do you love Him with all your heart? Have We Passed the Time Where it is not Profitable to be Baptized for the Dead? Yes! I want to say again, It is not like what Joseph Smith of the Mormon Church said, that if you have someone that was not baptized, then you get baptized for them. No. The scripture is referring to those that are baptized in the likeness of Jesus Christ, which is typical of death, burial, and resurrection they are going to rise in eternal life. Now I am telling you, and let these sayings sink down into your ears, The trumpet is sounding forth, and the dead in Christ are going to rise, and we are going to be changed! Don t be surprised if you see some of the saints come among us. You may even see some that you thought were not saints. But the Lord knows those that are His. Let us pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you for your Word and for your many, many blessings upon us. We thank you for letting us hear your Word, for faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. How can they hear without a preacher, and how can they preach, except they be sent? Lord, you have sent this trumpet message, and we believe it and we love it and we are standing with it. Lord, we thank you for it, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen.

151 IS OUR GOSPEL RELEVANT FOR THE TIME WE ARE IN, OR HAS IT BECOME A RELIC OF THE PAST? 151 THE GOSPEL THAT IS RECEIVED AND PREACHED (PROPHESIED) ONLY BY THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST Our starting scripture for this message is found in the Book of Galatians. And we are entitling the message, The Gospel that is Received and Preached (Prophesied) Only by the Revelation of Jesus Christ. We will see what Paul said about the revelation of Jesus Christ, how that he didn t receive it from man but from God. Meaning he didn t receive his gospel from the apostles that came before him, but his revelation came from God. So before the reading of the scriptures, let us ask God s blessing on the Word. Heavenly Father, we come to you today with a heart full of praise, thanking you for your goodness and mercy and your great grace that you have given us in this hour of time, and for being so good to each one of us, all the days of our lives. We thank you for this opportunity to stand up for you, to minister your Word. I pray that you will take this Word message and use it for your glory. This we pray in the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Now reading in Galatians 1:6-7. Here, Paul is writing to the Galatian people, and he says, I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another, but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. Now that was a warning in that day to them. But this does not apply to us, the wife of the Lamb, as we were baptized into the fullness of His body, being spiritually translated passed the till of Ephesians 4:13, where we are no longer tossed to and fro. And knowing this, it does not trouble us when we hear something contrary. But of course we don t hear anything contrary among the wife, because we all have the same mind, the same heart, and the same judgment. So we understand here that Paul was warning the virgin of his day of the dangers and pitfalls that were lurking in the shadows, and telling them to be vigilant, always abounding in the work of the Lord. Continuing our reading, Verse 8 says, But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. Notice here, Paul was so sure that what he was preaching was the only gospel for them, that he was giving a warning about anyone that came preaching anything different to them let them be accursed. How could he be so sure about this gospel? It was because of where it came from. It came straight from the Lord. It was not even written; it was spoken Word.

152 152 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION In most of the things Paul taught, he didn t quote Jesus very much, nor any of the other apostles. His message began to be manifested when he met Christ on the way to Damascus. In the Book of Acts, Chapter 9, it tells about him being struck down with a light that was brighter than the noonday sun, and the Lord speaking to him. The Lord let him know that he was going to send him to the Gentiles; and He gave him a message, which was a message that he could not get out of the law, because the Gentiles were not even under that covenant. According to the scriptures, Paul s gospel began just after this experience with the Lord. Henceforth, he went forth preaching his message to two different groups of people the Jews and the Gentiles. Then later on, God moved his gospel into a realm where it broke down the middle wall of partition, where it began to produce peace by showing to those that received his message that there is neither Jew nor Gentile inside the body of Christ. That is when he began to call together a people of both the Jews and the Gentiles, which kept his gospel relevant all the days of his life. And the furtherance of this revelation is brought out in its fullness in a message, entitled, Is Our Gospel Relevant for the Time we are in Or Has it Become a Relic of the Past?, which is one of the chapters within the book entitled, The Gospel for the Wife in Israel. The gospel has to be present tense to be relevant. So this was what Paul was telling the people there in that day, as he began to see the espoused virgin to Christ come into being. But the religious Jewish leaders didn t like Paul s method of doing things, because they were trying to get the believers entangled with the law, saying, Except ye be circumcised and keep the law, ye cannot be saved. But Paul came with a gospel; and this gospel wasn t taught to him by those before him. Let me read it to you in Verse 9; he is repeating the same thing. (Sometimes it is necessary to repeat some things.) As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. By repeating this, he was showing that he had full assurance of what he was saying. And it wasn t because of what Moses said. It wasn t because of what Jesus said. It wasn t because of what Peter said. It wasn t because of what John said. But it was because of what the Spirit of Christ said unto him. It was unwritten Word. Let s go on to Verse 10. He said, For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. That is a good lesson for us all to remember. If we seek to please men, if our aim is more to please man than God, then we are not a servant of Jesus Christ. We should not worry about pleasing man, only pleasing the Lord. So let us read the next verse. Here is the place

153 THE GOSPEL THAT IS RECEIVED AND PREACHED (PROPHESIED) ONLY BY THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST 153 where we get a glimpse of the unwritten Word. Notice the title of the message, The Gospel that is Received and Preached (Prophesied) Only by the Revelation of Jesus Christ. Watch what Verse 11 says, I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. Now watch; he is leading us into something. He had a gospel, and he said, I am not preaching this after men. Verse 12, For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. This was something that was not taught by men, that he didn t learn from men, but he was preaching by the revelation of Jesus Christ. And that is a very important thing here. And as we read further, he says in Verse 13, For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews religion (he is showing how he was in religion), how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: And profited in the Jews religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions (watch) of my fathers. He is not saying he was more zealous of the Word, but of the traditions. And basically, that is what churches are doing today. But Paul came with something unheard of, and it was radical. It was not written anywhere; he could not go back and get something that was written down. Because the Gentiles were not under a written covenant, and there was not a covenant made for the wife of the Lamb; so he had to bring a gospel message to call out both Jews and Gentiles to be a virgin espoused to Jesus Christ. And he said, I didn t receive this from those before me. I love that in Verse 12, For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. In other words, what Peter said didn t apply here. What James said, didn t apply here. What John said, didn t apply here. Because Paul was the apostle that was to call out a people, to espouse her as a chaste virgin to become the wife of the Lamb. Although she fell away, Paul was sent with the Word to begin this great work. He is the one that began to use words like her, she, virgin, wife, and bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. The other apostles didn t talk like that, because that was not their calling. But here was a man preaching by revelation, and the people had to have a revelational mind and a revelational heart to hear what he had to say. And, of course, when he began to do this, on his heels came the Jewish religion in there, trying to get them confused, trying to get them entangled with the law. (Galatians, Chapter 5) We cannot get entangled with any type of religion. Paul made it plain when he said, I was more zealous of the traditions. The Jews had a written law; but they so covered it up with traditions that when Jesus Christ came, they hated Him. But something else was moving in God s plan; the time had come for change. Here came the living Word. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and

154 154 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6) But they had Him killed, because He didn t honor their traditions. So we have got to have Christ Jesus, which was first seen in the form of the baptism of the Holy Ghost on the Jewish Feast Day of Pentecost. And through the Holy Ghost, we have the life of God. We don t get the revelation of Christ Jesus by just reading the scripture; because many things that God is doing in bringing His wife to completion for our physical translation in this hour is written only in our hearts; even as He has clothed us in fine linen, clean and white. Paul s message was the beginning of this message, but his message only laid the foundation for this trumpet of God message that is sounding forth in this hour, which he prophesied about, saying, Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (1 Corinthians 15:51-52) Paul didn t give all the details of how all of this would come about. But now the life of what he prophesied is here. The Spirit of this message has taken on flesh and bones in marriage and the wife is prophesying it in another form and bringing it to pass, as the Word clearly tells us that faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word. We hear the Word and it sparks that faith in our heart. Quite a few times we have listened to one of Brother William Branham s taped messages as he would preach about faith, saying, I want to build up your faith. I want your faith to reach a certain point that there won t be a one in here that is not healed. He preached many sermons on healing. He preached faith, faith, faith! He preached healing and deliverance. That was the message for that hour; and all the other ministers during that time preached basically the same thing because faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God, and the people heard it and they believed and they were healed! Now here is this trumpet of God message, which breaks down the middle wall of separation between the living and the dead, saying, There is a new body for us we which are alive and remain are going to be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye; and this Word is also going to raise the dead members of the wife from the grave. So what do we do? We talk about this part of God s plan of redemption. We testify about it. We preach about it. And that is our faith for this physical translation. When Paul came, he preached a message and he said, I didn t get this from man. He could not have, because the things he preached and taught, man had never said before. For instance, when he was talking about marriage and divorce in 1 Corinthians, Chapter 7, he said unto

155 THE GOSPEL THAT IS RECEIVED AND PREACHED (PROPHESIED) ONLY BY THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST 155 those that were under the law, Unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord. But then he said to those that were not under the law, But to the rest speak I. If an unbeliever depart, let him depart; the brother or sister is not in bondage. It was something that was not written in the law; it was the revelation of Jesus Christ coming to his heart. And there was a people that heard it, rallied to it, and believed it; because God had put the same thing in them before the foundation of the world. We were born with this in us. We were ordained from the foundation of the world to hear a message. If God s got a message, He has got a people to hear the message. Otherwise, there would be no need to have a message. So what He is doing is sending forth this message, and the preaching of this Word builds faith for the physical translation of our mortal body. And that is what we are talking about. That is what we are singing about. That is what we are rejoicing about. There is a message going forth through the land, and this message not only gives life to the soul and spirit, but it gives life to this mortal body and makes it eternal. Last week, I preached a message in Glen Daniel, West Virginia, entitled, Have We Passed the Time Where It Is Not Profitable to Be Baptized for the Dead? The answer is, yes, we have passed that point. Paul explained this in 1 Corinthians, Chapter 15, about being baptized for the dead and what it is for. But then he said, Now I want to show you a mystery we which are alive and remain are not going to die; but we shall be changed And this mystery (or secret) had not been said before in the form that he prophesied it; for it was Paul s job to tell us about this. And we are that people that can (and has) received it. That is why we have claimed it, that is why we are talking about it day and night, and that is why we are proclaiming it from the mountain tops! Because faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. And this is the living Word that God has given unto us specifically; and we praise God for it, even though we are persecuted for it. Notice, only by the revelation of Jesus Christ did Paul receive his message; not by being taught by man. Verse 15 says, But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother s womb, and called me by his grace, That is the difference. All the way through, the hand of God was on his life. We read in the Book of Jeremiah 1:5 where God spoke to Jeremiah and told him, Before you were formed in the belly, I knew thee; and before you came forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. So Paul is basically saying the same thing in the Book of Ephesians 1:4-5, According as God has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love. Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children

156 156 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION by Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will. He was showing that God chose him. I am sure there were better men; Paul was hauling Christians to prison and to death. And he said, I even blasphemed and caused saints to blaspheme. To be the apostle for this job was not my choice; I am what I am by the grace of God. Don t blame me for God calling me into this, because it was God that chose me; for He chose me from my mother s womb to come forth and do exactly what I am doing. And it is the same thing today. This message is going forth; and it was ordained of God all the way back from before the beginning of the world. And as said earlier, I am saying it again Paul even prophesied about it, calling it the last trumpet message, and showing that it is for the redemption of the body. It is the living Word of God made manifest in the wife of the Lamb. Now we know that the written Word is the Book of Knowledge. The Bible gives us knowledge of Adam and Eve, and the history of Israel, as well as the history of the world, and also the promises of the coming of the Messiah and how He came and what would happen; it is all in the realm of knowledge. And I am so glad that I have that knowledge. The tree of knowledge is good. I like to eat of the tree of knowledge; but not without the tree of life. Because if I eat of the tree of knowledge without it being connected to the tree of life, it only brings death; for we know that the letter kills without the Spirit of the Word to give us life. (2 Corinthians 3:6) It takes the Spirit of God to bring it out, and to make it live. Paul brought Word that hitherto had never been written. In 2 Corinthians 5:1, he says concerning those that would go by the way of death, For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. In other words, their soul does not go out there and float around in the air somewhere. It has a tabernacle (their theophany). And for us who are alive and remain, we are keeping God s Word now, and we don t have to die in order for our theophany to possess our mortal bodies, for we are creating that soul to be what the Lord wants us to be in His plan in this day and hour that we are living in. And we will never lose our soul. And we will never lose many of the attributes of this body. When we get our new body, we will probably love some of the things we love now before our translation, because we love the things of God. I am not talking about someone out here that loves the world; because if you love the world and the things of the world, the love of God is not even in you. But with the mind of Christ, we are loving the same thing that He is loving; so why should those things not be in the body when we are glorified? So let us keep shouting the victory, rejoicing in the Lord, which is well pleasing to our Lord.

157 THE GOSPEL THAT IS RECEIVED AND PREACHED (PROPHESIED) ONLY BY THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST 157 I brought it in recently about the mother of two apostles that came to Jesus. She said, Lord, I have a request. When you come into your kingdom, I want one of my sons to sit on your left hand and one on your right. Do you know what Jesus said? He said, Woman, you don t even know what you are asking. That is up to the Father. But what did we find out? Neither one of them will sit on the left or right side; because all of the twelve will sit on twelve thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Israel. It is His wife that sits by His side. We ride in His second chariot. And right now, we are keeper of His papers. Amen! Unwritten Word coming forth! Now Paul said, When it pleased God who separated me from my mother s womb, and called me for the job of espousing the virgin, I obeyed God. And God was looking after him way back there. Even while he was going through all the nonsense of persecuting the saints, the Lord knew about it. But God drew a line, and when he crossed that line bam! Something would happen. God would reveal Christ to him. And Paul would receive such a revelation that it would take from the side of Christ a message, (that special part of the Word, and it would be similar to God taking a rib from Adam s side to create his wife Eve), and there would be a virgin created as a part of Christ, for the making of us, the wife of the Lamb. And now in this day, with the sounding of this trumpet message, it has made us to become His flesh and bones, showing that we are the wife of the Lamb. Even though the wife was not created in Paul s day, she was espoused; and that was the beginning of this prophetic Word, which is now the trump of God message that we are receiving, which finishes the plan for the wife of becoming bone of His bone, and flesh of His flesh. Now we have come to the fullness of what began in Paul s time, and we are of one mind and one accord. When I am preaching this gospel, I can imagine seeing Paul saying, Yes! Yes! Yes! That is what I meant. Because we have come to the same place where they are now. When Christ came back in the fullness of His Spirit in the form of the Mighty Angel as shown in Revelation, Chapter 10, and 1 Thessalonians 4:14-16, He brought back those that were asleep in Christ. Paul used the terminology dead in Christ and asleep when speaking of the body of Christ members who have departed; so only the physical body is dead, but the soul is not dead or asleep. God sent those souls back with Christ when He came. Then in the Book of Hebrews, Chapter 12, it says that we have come to them, the souls (or spirits) of just men made perfect, as we were brought inside the spiritual Kingdom of heavenly Jerusalem by a spiritual translation into the fullness of the body of Christ. (Colossians 1:13) Praise God, we are translated out of the king-

158 158 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION dom of the world into the heavenly Kingdom. That is why the things of this world mean very little to us. Here I want to bring in a dream I had this week: In the dream, I was standing among some people, and there was a bag of gold dust in my hand. I didn t want any of it; so I was going to divide it out equally between four other people. I was going to give them the gold dust. So I said, I must get some bags to put it in. And while I was getting some small bags to divide it out, I overheard those that were to receive it talking; and they were saying, Ben will probably keep back most of it for himself and not give us all of it. They didn t know I had heard them talking. And then I said to them, I care nothing about any of these things; the perfect will of God is all I am interested in. Then I woke up. And now I want to say this, As far as your gold dust is concerned, the only gold that I have got is my faith that has been tried in the fire; and it is not gold dust, it is pure gold! It has already been melted down, refined and purified. Because Christ said, I give to you a faith that has been tried in the fire, and, The trying of your faith is more precious than pure gold, though it be tried in the fire. So take your gold dust and the things of this world, take it and go on and have a good time with it; because that is probably about all the good time you are going to have. I care about one thing the will of God. That is what my heart is saying. Other ministers might want some advantages some way or another, but Christ is the only advantage we will ever need. And if we are His, we cannot get anything better than that. We have got the best there is. Notice, Verse 15 again, But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother s womb, and called me by his grace, Then Verse 16, To reveal his Son, in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: Now watch. He was a man that was called to preach the gospel. What did he do? Did he go to a Bible school? No, God educated him in His own school. I used to go to a dentist (who was in one of the religious systems, and he came to church here a couple of times) who said to me, Ben, I like the way you preach. You start on something and tell a story, and then you will get back to what you started from. That is good. But let me tell you something. I see several areas where your presentation could use some improvement. Now there is a seminar in Atlanta, and a certain preacher is going to tell about the different gifts and how they should work, and how to get the gifts if you don t have them, and how to be a pastor, and how to reach out and work with the people. And on and on he went. And he said, I will tell you what I am going to do. I am going to pay all your expenses, your transportation, your room,

159 THE GOSPEL THAT IS RECEIVED AND PREACHED (PROPHESIED) ONLY BY THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST 159 your food, and all of that. I am going to supply all your needs in order for you to attend this seminar. I want you to learn all these good things this preacher teaches. He has got a big church and he can teach you how to make your church grow and how to do this and how to do that. I said, Thank you; but no thanks! Well, look here. Do you see what Paul said? Notice in Verse 16, he said, I conferred not with flesh and blood. Now watch Verse 17, Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. He got away from all religion so that the Lord could speak to him. When the Lord smote him down on the way to Damascus, He said, Paul, I have got a message for you. And what the Lord told him to do was totally contrary to what Paul had been doing. When Christ came to him and struck him down, it was totally contrary (listen to these next words), it was totally contrary to everything that he had been taught. So there was not anything for him to do but to go off and get with the Lord and find out all about this that God ordained for him to preach. He was taught by the revelation of Jesus Christ. Then when he came back three years later, he came back with a message, and over time it grew in revelation. And there was never a man in that time frame that had a message like he had. It went totally contrary to the Jews religion, and the Jews hated him for it. And if we start reading in the Book of Acts, Chapter 21, we will find that many years after this, the Jews still didn t want what Paul had to offer. The Jews would accuse him of things, like coming against Moses; but he was not coming against Moses, he was going beyond Moses in the revelation of God s Word for his day. So that is what this trumpet of God message for our day is doing. (1 Corinthians 15:51-52, Ephesians 4:13-16, and Ephesians, Chapter 5) It is not reaching back and just saying what those said before us; but it is taking what was said before us and going on, receiving things that have not even been written yet. That is what Paul did in his day. And it is no different in this day, as the perfect man s revelation is going forth in this hour. And it has to be taught by the revelation of Jesus Christ. I have got to preach by the revelation of Jesus Christ; and you have got to hear it by the revelation of Jesus Christ. Because no man in his own wisdom can teach these things. 1 Corinthians, Chapter 2, says, No man knoweth these things except by the Spirit of God. That is the only way we can know them. Now, over the years I have accumulated many translations of the Bible, including the Mormon and the Catholic translations and the Greek Diaglott. But when everything is said and done, I take the King James Version. If you have the baptism of the Holy Ghost and Christ living in

160 160 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION your heart and speaking to your soul, you will be all right with the King James. The written Word is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. And if you have the King James Version with the Scofield notes in it, that will also help you. But it has to be revealed to you by Jesus Christ. What did Galatians 1:11-12 say? I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. Paul said, And I didn t go up to Jerusalem to see what Peter preached. Do you know why he didn t? What Peter preached would not fit the job he had to do. It was for a different working of God. Peter was preaching to the Jews. Paul had a message for a different people just as this trumpet message is for a different people; it is not for any except the wife of the Lamb. Here we are talking about being physically translated, changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. That is why we are rejoicing in the Lord! In the Book of Ephesians 4:13-16, it shows the wife of the Lamb, saying, we grow up into Him which is the head. We are continuing to grow as we have a constant stream of revelation, which is the right food for us. We have this Holy Ghost anointed food. We have this revelation of Jesus Christ food, and our soul is growing fat on this revelation of our physical translation, which is the changing into our glorified body. All that many people want is natural food (or a tree of knowledge message) just like the children of Israel did while coming through the wilderness. They complained, We are starving to death out here. In Egypt we had garlic and onions. And now we want some meat. And a pillar of fire came down and Moses said, All right, God will give you plenty of meat. And God let quail begin to come by the thousands. They killed and ate the quail until they could not eat any more. And the Bible says that while they were doing this, that God slew the choicest (fattest) of them; because they didn t appreciate it. All they wanted was just flesh, just something for the outer man. The Bible said that He gave them their hearts desire. But do you know what He did? He sent leanness to their souls. I would rather for my soul to be fat, even if I had to eat saltine crackers and drink branch water. Lord, just let my soul be fat in Thee. But watch. In this hour, there is this trump of God message, which is the marriage message, and it only comes by the revelation of Jesus Christ. No man taught me this, I didn t go to the others that were before me to get this message that brings full redemption to both soul and body. We cannot live on what is in the past. See, that is what Paul said. No man taught me this. I didn t even go to the other apostles and ask them what I should preach. No, he preached by the revelation of Jesus

161 THE GOSPEL THAT IS RECEIVED AND PREACHED (PROPHESIED) ONLY BY THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST 161 Christ, the Word of God that was for the people that God ordained him to preach to. Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. Verse 18 says, Then after three years He was ready to go preach now. He had this thing straight in his mind. You might say, Preacher, you mean it took Paul three years down there? Well, let me tell you something; he was a very learned man, and he had to unlearn all those traditions before he could precede with the task that God had given him, clearing his mind for the new revelation. He learned at the feet of Gamaliel, a teacher of teachers. He knew the traditions inside and out, with a little Word mixed with it. So look at what Paul said, I was more zealous of the traditions. When Jesus was here, He didn t go by their traditions. They said, Your disciples eat with unwashed hands. Well, they observed all of those traditions, preaching, You have got to do this. You have got to do that. Where did Moses say any of that? Jesus said, It is not that which goes into the body that defiles a man, but it is that which cometh forth. So that is why we are told through the mouth of Saint Paul, Whatever is set before you, eat, drink, and ask no questions. The majority of the Jews didn t go along with that but the Gentiles did; and thank God there were some Jews that loved Paul s message who did, too. Continuing with Galatians 1:18, I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. Notice, Paul went up and talked to Peter some, but he didn t get his message there, he was not taught by him. In Verses 19-20, it says, But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord s brother. Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not. He said, I am not lying about these things. This is the way it happened. I didn t receive this from man; I only received it by revelation of Jesus Christ. But Peter and the other apostles could not receive it. Even years later, in the Book of Galatians 2:6-9, we find right there that they didn t want Paul to preach because he brought Titus with him, who was uncircumcised that was a big issue to them. And there were false brethren among them that said, You have got to take him and get him circumcised. Paul said, To whom we gave place by submission, not for an hour. But finally they did ask Paul to preach; and when he got through preaching, Peter, James, and John said, My God, this man does have something. We cannot say that God is not with him. They perceived that the gospel that Paul had was of God but that it was not for them. Why? Because they were the Jewish brethren. Paul was espousing a people of both the Jews and the Gentiles as a virgin to Jesus Christ. So they sent Paul and Barnabas out there to preach to the hea-

162 162 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION thens. But thank God some of the Jews heard what Paul preached and they believed and became part of those that were espoused as a virgin to the Lamb, to be part of His wife in the resurrection, while the twelve apostles preached to the Jewish brethren. I thank God, I am part of the wife of the Lamb in this day. It says here, Verses 21-24, Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ: But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. And they glorified God in me. Meaning he was preaching about Jesus Christ; and they were glorifying God in him. And that didn t make Paul God. But they recognized, This is a man of God. We glorify God, not so much in the person, the human, but it was Christ speaking through him. And Paul s message was life to all that heard it and received it by revelation, as it took revelation from God to understand it. He was preaching Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever. He told them about Christ, that Christ is the very one that came into Jesus and became part of His soul, and came down on the Jewish Feast Day of Pentecost. Although Paul s message of laying the foundation didn t explain in detail that the Holy Ghost was only the first leg of Christ s spiritual coming, it is here in the Book of Revelation, Chapter 10, and in the Book of 1 Thessalonians, Chapter 4, where the fullness or both legs are seen in His spiritual coming. When I was writing The Interpreted Book of Revelation during the latter part of the 1970 s, I had gotten to Chapter 10, where it speaks about the Mighty Angel and Him putting one foot on sea and the other foot on earth. And I was praying to the Lord about what it meant. Then I had a dream. I was walking through a pasture towards an old farm house, and as I came closer to it, suddenly a man came out with a bull-horn in his hand and put it up to his mouth, and said, Remember the feet! Thus giving me the revelation that there were two legs of the spiritual coming of the Lord. The Holy Ghost is not all of it; it is not the fullness. Because Christ has now come as the Spirit for us to be baptized into (producing His body), and we have become the same thus making us Christ the wife of the Lamb. We were baptized into the fullness of His spiritual coming. We have become what the Spirit of the Mighty Angel was, but in another form. In other words, when you see the wife, when you see us, you see the Christ. Now let us go to Ephesians, Chapter One. But before reading, keep in mind that Paul didn t go back and preach what the men said before him. He laid a foundation. Remember the vision God gave me one time. In the vision, I was wanting to cross a river, and it was so wide

163 THE GOSPEL THAT IS RECEIVED AND PREACHED (PROPHESIED) ONLY BY THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST 163 and so deep that I could not cross over it. But as I started to walk, I noticed a smooth stone in the water about eighteen inches round; and I stepped over on it. And it seemed as though something within me told me to wait. So I waited a few minutes; and another stone came up. And I stepped over on that, also. A little bit later, another stone came up. And I just kept stepping on those stones until I was across the river. And now I see that those stones were revelations. The stones kept coming up until I was able to cross the river into this trumpet message where there is no death. In the Book of Ephesians 1:12-13, it says, That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: Now I want you to notice, after that ye heard the word of truth, there is a your salvation for us. This is your salvation. It is not repent and get baptized and get sanctified and get the Holy Ghost. No, it is a message that has baptized us into the fullness of Christ. We are the wife of the Lamb. We are clothed in fine linen, clean and white. And the Word tells us to, Rejoice and be exceedingly glad. Rejoice and make merry unto the Lord, for our full redemption has come! And this is our salvation. Notice, he said here, ye also trusted, after that ye heard. What did I say to begin with? Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word. This is what we are hearing, and we trust in it, and it has become the gospel of our salvation because it is part of us. Nothing else will satisfy us. We are talking about marriage here. We are talking about the gospel after the thunders uttered and were cleared up. We are taking about the gospel after the Voice of Authorization spoke again from heaven. We are talking about the gospel after Revelation, Chapter 10. We are talking about the gospel after taking the little book and eating it up. We have gone from there; and there is a gospel of our salvation and here it is! It is sounding out, blasting forth around the world, bringing the wife this message of our physical translation. Again, Verse 13, In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise. Verse 14, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. In other words, the purchased possession includes our physical body. We pick that up in Romans 8:23, and also in Ephesians 4:30. It is the body! It gets redeemed! We are trusting in Him! That is the gospel of our salvation. Heavenly Father, we bless your name, we praise your name, and we thank you, Lord, for your glory and for your goodness and for your great grace. And we pray that you will take these words and use them for your glory. May they

164 164 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION go forth from continent to continent, across the sea, leaping over the skyscrapers, right into the little huts and into the jungles and the out-of-the-way places where we have been before, and where we have never been. Lord, take this Word and use it for your glory; and we will be so careful to praise you. In our Lord Jesus Christ s wonderful, wonderful name, we pray. Amen.

165 CHRIST THE WIFE OF THE LAMB WAKES UP THE SLEEPING WORD 165 THE TRUMPET MESSAGE BREAKS DOWN THE MIDDLE WALL OF SEPARATION BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE DEAD We are praising God this morning for anointing us to bring forth His will. The Book of Romans 12:2, says, And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Our choice of the three is to be in the perfect will of God. So my prayer this morning is that we will all be in the perfect will of God. Today we are reading in the Book of 1 Corinthians, Chapter 15, and I want to take a thought and entitle it, The Trumpet Message Breaks down the Middle Wall of Separation between the Living and the Dead. This trumpet message that is going forth in this hour is doing something wonderful for both the living and the dead, as it breaks down the middle wall of separation between us. And by this message, we are given a greater understanding of the saints that have passed on. This message is doing for the living and dead what the Apostle Paul s message was doing in breaking down the middle wall of separation (or partition) between the Jews and the Gentiles. Ephesians 2:14 shows that God, through Paul s message and the working of the Holy Ghost, did the job of breaking down the middle wall as the time came in God s plan for this to happen; meaning this was a body of believers that were neither Jew nor Gentile, male nor female, bond nor free, showing forth Christ in that day. And just as God kept His Word then, He is keeping His Word now (the Word that is for us) as His Spirit has awakened 1 Corinthians 15: And He is bringing it to pass by the sounding of this trumpet, which has taken on flesh and bones in the earth through the wife of the Lamb. According to the scriptures, the breaking down of the middle wall of separation between the Jews and the Gentiles by the gospel that Paul preached, did not affect all the Jews nor all the Gentiles, because that wall was only broken down to those that could (and did) hear the message that God sent to call out a virgin espoused to Jesus Christ, which would later become part of the wife of the Lamb in marriage here at the end time. And now as this last trumpet is sounding, only those that are part of the wife are hearing it and receiving it by revelation. I want to be sure that we all understand that Paul was speaking only of those virgins that were to be part of the wife of the Lamb, to be manifested here in this last day, who would be resurrected just before the living are changed. So this helps us much to understand that he was

166 166 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION speaking specifically of those that he engaged. He said, I have espoused you to one Husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Jesus Christ. (2 Corinthians 11:2) And now I am speaking specifically of a certain group that will be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, to be joined with the part of the wife that is resurrected; and together we will all have glorified bodies before we are caught up to meet our Husband at His throne. I want you to notice again, I am speaking specifically to those that are the wife of the Lamb. And here we understand that not all born again saints go in the rapture; but as we leave, there will be Christians left here to go through the great tribulation period, who were unable to be the wife whom John wrote about in Revelation 19:7-8, saying, Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. So having said that, let us have a word of prayer. Heavenly Father, in the glorious name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we come to you now. I pray, Lord, that you will bless and that you will anoint me to speak words that will benefit the wife of the Lamb. O God, help us as we take this journey in the Word of God, leaving all the by-gone days, and leaving the by-gone messages that you have used to get us this far and now going on with the Word that you are giving us. O God, we bless your name and praise you. Anoint us, we pray; and anoint the people to receive. And we will be careful to praise you, in our Lord Jesus Christ s wonderful, wonderful name. Amen. Now notice, as we read the Word of God, how it applies to what the title says. The Trumpet Message Breaks Down the Middle Wall of Separation Between the Living and the Dead. When the trumpet sounds, not only do the living hear it, but the dead, also. I said sometime back that as the dead members of the wife are hearing this, they have begun to move around, just as those bones did in the vision of the valley of dry bones that God gave to his prophet Ezekiel, shown in the Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 37, which shows the restoration of the nation of Israel. Likewise, this trumpet message is being sent to the wife of the Lamb, who is speaking unspeakable Words (which can only be heard by the Spirit) to those whose bodies are dead. Nevertheless, their souls are alive unto God, and they are gladly receiving us, as this living Word is being preached to them, which will raise them from the dead by the creative Word. In the Book of Hebrews 11:3, we even see the creative Word in the natural realm, which says, Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. God didn t create the world by taking a little

167 THE TRUMPET MESSAGE BREAKS DOWN THE MIDDLE WALL OF SEPARATION BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE DEAD 167 something from something else and making it. No, He spoke the Word and created it; and from that point, when God created something, He used something He already had to start the process, then He multiplied and created. A good example of this is in the Book of John, Chapter 6, where Jesus took five loaves of bread and two fish and gave thanks to God; then He gave it to His disciples to give to the people, and the two fish and five loaves were multiplied. This is the same thing that happens when missing limbs are restored. God takes whatever there is to work with and creates the missing limb. We speak God s Word and the creative power of the Word takes over and creates the missing limb. When God s Son, Jesus, came into this world, He came by God putting His Word into the womb of a virgin named Mary, creating Him by the 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 dwelled among us; and it happened right through the body of Mary, whose body was from the earth, as all others are. And that made Jesus part of God s earthly family and His heavenly family, also. So He took from something and made something. Notice again, when the great Almighty God started creating, He started without taking from anything. Because in the beginning there was nothing except His thoughts, the Word. God spoke the Word and the world came into existence; for the worlds were framed by the Word of God when there was nothing. So the point is, since then, God took something that He had already created, and with that He continued His creation. When God created Adam, He took some of what He already had, which was the dust of the earth, and made a body. And then when He created Eve, He again took something that He already had, which was a rib out of Adam s side, and created Eve s body. And then He took the feminine part of Adam s spirit to create her spirit. And concerning us, the wife of the Lamb, God takes from Himself, through Jesus Christ, to create us bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. God does not just speak the Word and say, Let there be a wife. No, we would not be part of Jesus like that. Recently I preached a message in Glen Daniel, West Virginia, entitled, All Are Redeemed by the Water and the Blood, but Only the Wife Becomes His Flesh and Bones, in which I read in the Book of John 19:33-36, But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. I like to think that God wanted to preserve Jesus precious bones, be-

168 168 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION cause we, His wife, would be made of His flesh and bones. His natural bones were not broken, signifying that the Word (made flesh) was not broken. And now we are created by the same Word that Jesus was created from, which makes us bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. The Word that became God s Son, is the same Word that became His Son s wife. For God took from Jesus a rib He creates. I am so happy that I am created from part of Him, rather than Him just saying, Let there be a man named Ben Howard. No, He didn t do it like that, because then I couldn t say, I am part of Him. I am part of that special part of the Word that Jesus was created from. But in the original creation of God, there was nothing but God and His thoughts. When there was absolutely nothing but God, and God is a Spirit, and His Word (His thoughts or logos) was with Him, He spoke the Word and His creation began. Over the years, I have heard scientists talk, and have watched programs on television of different scenarios of how God might have created the earth. I heard one man say, About fourteen billion years ago there was a big blast and it threw all those gases out into space, and over time it became solid and made the earth. We have all heard some of their crazy theories. But the point is, God created it when there was nothing. If God wanted to say, Let there be a big blast, that is all right. But for them to say it was so many billions of years ago, is ridiculous. They cannot even see back as far as the flood. There was an article telling how they were digging to see if there was really a place called Jericho, and if there really were two sinful cities named Sodom and Gomorrah that existed and were destroyed by God. They don t even know these things, and they want to tell me something they say happened fourteen billion years ago. I don t have any space in my mentality for that foolishness. So God has taken His revelational Word and built this message. He has put His life in it, along with His quickening power, joining it to the tree of life. And now the tree of life has swallowed up the tree of knowledge, and there is only one tree that is seen. We are one in Him, inseparable from God s Son as His Christ wife, because we are of His flesh, and of His bones. Notice the title again, The Trumpet Message Breaks down the Middle Wall of Separation between the Living and the Dead. I want to start reading in 1 Corinthians, Chapter 15, Verse 51. It says, Behold, I shew you a mystery; This (mystery) is something that wasn t readily known. And when God shows a mystery, it takes the Spirit of God to reveal it. In last week s message entitled, The Gospel that Is Received and Preached (Prophesied) Only by the Revelation of Jesus Christ, it showed that this trumpet message

169 THE TRUMPET MESSAGE BREAKS DOWN THE MIDDLE WALL OF SEPARATION BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE DEAD 169 is only given by the revelation of Jesus Christ. So here is a mystery; and it is a mystery that God hid in the Word to be revealed by the revelation of Jesus Christ, and it is called the trumpet message. In 1 Thessalonians, Chapter 4, Paul is prophesying about the fullness of the spiritual coming of the Lord, saying, The Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, (which woke up the virgins of Matthew, Chapter 25), and with the voice of the archangel, (which deals basically with the things that relate to Israel). But then there is the trump of God. The trumpet shall sound and the dead (second part of the first resurrection, those that are part of the wife of the Lamb) are going to rise. See, this trumpet message breaks down that middle wall of separation between the living and the dead. It is a message that is going forth right now, blasting around and around the world. Continuing Verses 51-52, We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. Now watch. Here is a mystery containing a revelation that everybody is not going to die; and only those that are part of this trumpet message, those that are hearing and receiving it, those that have let it become their very own life and are one with the Lord Jesus Christ as His wife, shall be changed. Meaning we have advanced in the Word of God, as we have come through the shout, and through the voice of the archangel. Those were steps that God used to get us this far; and we appreciate that. But now as this trumpet sounds, that and that alone tells us it is time for the dead to rise not under the shout, not under the voice of the archangel, but under the trump. But before we are changed, the dead will rise first. That is why in the Book of Revelation, Chapter 10, when Christ came to earth in the fullness of His Spirit, He brought them with Him, as shown in 1 Thessalonians 4:14, which says, them also which sleep in Jesus, shall God send (bring) with Him. He brings them to earth with Him. So they are here, and we are here to become one with them as we have become one with our Husband. But as of this moment, their bodies have not raised, yet. But here is a message! The letter of the Word we could not do without it. But without the Spirit of the Word, that knowledge would not benefit us very much personally. Because that knowledge is dormant until the Spirit comes upon it and gives it life. So when the season comes around, we begin to see it coming forth and it is manifested. It is just like planting a seed, it comes forth in its season. It is like in the woods, there are acorns and different nut and fruit seeds, they lay all winter long, and they have the life in them, but that life is not manifested until the season comes

170 170 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION around in the spring of the year, when the sun comes up and warms them; then they begin to resurrect. And there is a message that is resurrecting the dead, that they can hear, they can feel, just as that little acorn can feel that sun, and feel the spring, and feel the heat, those souls that have gone on before us, they begin to feel the heat from this message, the light from this message, the warmth from this message, and it is causing them to get that new body, which is the Word a Word body. And that Word body is coming forth. The Word body is the old body, but it is glorified. I love this this corruptible shall put on incorruption, this mortal shall put on immortality. Not something else apart and besides this it is you in another form. The resurrected body is the same; but in another form. I have begun to feel that warmth of the resurrection of those saints. I have begun to feel that spring season, we call it, when plants come forth. And those souls that are hearing this message, they are beginning to desire their body. Likewise, we have a strong desire now to be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye but that is not going to take place until they raise first. So we are now making preparations to meet those that are resurrected, and we have begun to build an expectancy for this portion of the Word that we are looking for and we have a precedence for this. In other words, it has happened before, and we know how it happened. In the Book of Matthew, Chapter 27, when Jesus Christ rose from the dead, those Old Testament saints rose with Him, and they were seen of many as they went into the city of Jerusalem. So it has already happened to the Old Testament saints. And now He is saying that it is going to happen to those that have gone on that are part of the wife of the Lamb. The dead in Christ are going to rise first, but not until, notice, not until the trumpet sounds. And this message is the trump of God. And it is sounding! And God has made it possible for it to go around and around the world before many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings. And now this is so very clear to us, the wife of the Lamb. So Paul in a prophetic utterance is telling us how this is going to be, and it shall be just as it is said, as the life has now come upon that portion of the Word and is making it live. The Word says, First, the trumpet is going to sound, and praise God it is now sounding. We knew by the wisdom of God not to even look for the mystery of resurrection and our translation until we could hear this trumpet sounding. And another point is, it is only for the wife of the Lamb members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones, those that have been baptized into the fullness of Christ. I am not talking about water baptism; but being baptized into the fullness of Christ as He came down as shown in Rev-

171 THE TRUMPET MESSAGE BREAKS DOWN THE MIDDLE WALL OF SEPARATION BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE DEAD 171 elation, Chapter 10, in the second leg of His spiritual coming, and we were spiritually translated (baptized) into Ephesians 4:13-16; no longer His virgin, but now His wife, as He has crowned us with the perfect man s revelation. So Paul says here, continuing Verse 52, for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. In other words, our bodies that are changed will be no different than those that are raised from the dead. As stated earlier, in the Book of Matthew, Chapter 27, there were many of the graves that were opened. So God took a little bit of that dust and produced a body. Regardless of how they died God knew where there was enough dust of their body to take that and build on it. He is going to build a glorified body in this up-coming resurrection for those that are part of the wife. And now, God by His Word, is building us a glorified body while we are still living, without going through the channel of death; and we the living are changed. And together we all go up in the rapture. The rest of the saved will come forth at the beginning of the millennium; but those that are part of the Lamb s wife come forth first. We are caught up to physically meet the Lord to sit by His side. It is here in 1 Thessalonians, Chapter 4, where it speaks of these souls that were brought down, that we have come to. They came to us and we have come to them. And they are made perfect by the same message that makes us (the living) perfect. What is it? It is the sound (the creative Word) of the trumpet message, and there is nothing like it in all the world and there never has been, and there never will be hereafter. Praise God, it is going forth bulldozing everything out of the way, making a clear road for us, a highway of holiness to walk on! Let s read some now from this particular chapter of 1 Thessalonians, Chapter 4. It clarifies these things very plainly here, along with the other scripture that I just read in 1 Corinthians 15:51. As this trumpet sounds, these things begin to take place God brings those that have gone on before us, so they are here to hear this sound. This message has pushed all these denominations and religious systems out of the way for the wife, and now we are rejoicing in this message and we are progressing in revelation as He is leading in this hour. This last trumpet message breaks down the wall of separation between the living and the dead, and those that Christ brought back with Him are hearing the same thing we are hearing. Watch what it says here. Beginning with Verse 14, it says, For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God (send) bring with him. Watch. Those that have died, those that are asleep, those theophanies He brings them

172 172 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION with Him. So they are not somewhere on another planet. They are here with us, because we have been spiritually translated into the Kingdom of Light. (Colossians 1:13) The trumpet message, this secret place in God, where the revelation of the mystery of marriage is made known, has brought us together as the wife of the Son of God. Verse 15 says, (Paul is speaking by revelation here.), For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. In other words, those that are asleep, we are not going to precede them. Verse 16 says, For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout (That is the first part of the three part message of the spiritual coming the Lord in His fullness.), with the voice of the archangel (Those two parts are already laid away. Those messages don t raise the dead; but they were steps to get us to where we are at.), and (I like that word and and with the trump of God. This is a totally separate thing now. It is part of the whole, but it does a new thing.) with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: The scripture in 1 Corinthians 15:51-53 tells about our changing before the dead raises. But when we put it together, here is the order of it the dead in Christ is going to rise first. So they are up walking around before we get our new body. They went into the grave, but praise be to God, they didn t lose anything. The body is going to be brought back, and God is going to set them at the head of the line! They stayed faithful to God unto death (as they were under that baptism for the dead, shown in 1 Corinthians 15:29). That is why Paul said, I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, and I have kept the faith. Henceforth, there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day; and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing. (2 Timothy 4:8) The Lord had shown Paul that he must put off his body. But now there is a body of people, the wife of the Lamb, who are faithful to God in this time of the physical translation, and He is showing us that we don t have to put off this body. There is a trumpet blasting forth that is going to bring them up and change us (the living) into glorified bodies. So here is a message that breaks down that separation between the living and the dead. It will be complete when we are all here gathered together, having a meeting in glorified bodies! Watch now. Verse 17, (Notice the dead rise first, then ) Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together (notice, together) with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. We will be together before we are ever caught up. The fact is, we are together now! The trumpet message breaks down that separation between the living and the dead. So they are not somewhere out

173 THE TRUMPET MESSAGE BREAKS DOWN THE MIDDLE WALL OF SEPARATION BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE DEAD 173 there in outer space; He brought them back with Him. And this voice of the trumpet message inside the heavenly Jerusalem, is heard by the ears of the Holy Ghost by those that are living, as well as those that are brought into this spiritual environment that is created by the living Word, and is being preached by Christ the wife of the Lamb. And that is where we are now. Hallelujah! The trumpet message is the only message that breaks down that middle wall. In the Book of John, Chapter 5, we find Jesus saying, All that are in the grave are going to hear the voice of the Son of God. But Paul brought a furtherance of these words of Jesus concerning the resurrecting of those in the grave, saying, But every man in his own order. Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ s at His coming. There are different phases or orders of the resurrection. And now the revelation of the resurrection has continued to grow inside this trumpet message. This order of the resurrection does not apply to us, the living, for we are changed without going into the grave. So everyone in his own order is a scripture that is for our brothers and sisters that are in the grave. That is why we appreciate this fine linen, clean and white, that we are clothed with; and because He clothed us with His very own righteousness, we walk worthy of this great grace. That is why all these denominational ideas and opinions or anything that is taking place around us does not move us. It is given unto us to be faithful, to be true, knowing that we have arrived home. Yes, we are in the safety of our home while all this nonsense is going on in the world; and we have peace, peace, wonderful peace coming down from the Father above. This trumpet of God message is ordained of God. I didn t receive it from men, neither was I taught it; but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. There are some people that want to criticize me and say different things. I cannot help it; I was not the one that called me. I wasn t the one that chose me and raised me up. I wasn t the one that protected me as a tiny baby, whom they said could not live. I wasn t the one that kept me progressing on through life. I wasn t the one that taught a fourth grader, who hardly knew his ABC s, how to read; but He taught me. He led me. He guided me. And now there are close to two thousands messages around the world that God has anointed me to preach, and over two hundred of them in book form. This message has gone all over the world over fifty years of messages. Although it has grown in revelation and wisdom and knowledge, it is the same calling of God that brought us here. Many have said over the years, and many are still saying it, This is not possible. It cannot be! It is possible. And it has happened! And we have arrived home with a message that has brought

174 174 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION the living and the dead together into a place where there is no middle wall of separation between us. We are in the same house. If you are living in the same house with someone, you get to know them. Now let us read in the Book of Hebrews, Chapter 12, starting with Verse 22. Pay real close attention here. Like I said in West Virginia, Let these sayings sink down into your ears, all the way down into your heart. Here is what it says, But ye (all the born again) are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God (meaning everyone that has accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior), We are in the spirit and we are fellowshipping together with God in the realm of God s spiritual Kingdom. And within this realm of God s spiritual Kingdom is a very special group of the redeemed saints that are here at the end time who are called the wife of the Lamb. This group of saints are hearing the trumpet sound and it is sinking down into their very being, along with their counterparts whose bodies are in the grave, who are in the same spiritual dimension; for the trump has broken down the middle wall of separation between us. And together we are bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. That is the reason we long to see those who have gone on before us it is because they are part of us. And when they get their body, we are going to get ours too, and our fellowship will not be just in the spirit then it will be flesh and bones. So do you see how that what I said at the beginning of this message plays in here, and how that in the beginning God used nothing but His Word to create with? Since then, He has used what He has created, that is why we are made from that special part of the Word that Jesus Christ was created from. Let s get back to our scripture, Verse 22, But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels. Now we are in the Spirit world. We have come to the heavenly Jerusalem, and there is where the angels are and there are more than angels there. It says in Verse 23, To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits (or souls) of just men made perfect. What makes them perfect? A message; a trumpet. It says when the trumpet sounds, they will rise from the dead. So they are moving around here; the trumpet is sounding. Then watch what it says in Verse 24. And to Jesus In other words, we are in this spiritual realm, and even this body will be changed. We are going to be where Jesus is. And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. It is time to close our message for today, I trust that it has been a blessing to you. The trumpet message breaks down that middle wall of sep-

175 THE TRUMPET MESSAGE BREAKS DOWN THE MIDDLE WALL OF SEPARATION BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE DEAD 175 aration between the living and the dead. It is the trump of God, and we recognize the trump of God, because it is speaking life to our hearts with words of the intimate kind. There is nothing that can even come close to this which God is doing, because this presents life. As Christ Jesus came to present life to the soul in the form of the Holy Ghost, now Christ has come in the fullness of His Spirit and has presented a baptism into the fullness of His body, making us Christ the wife, and changing our bodies, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, as this hour has arrived for the Lamb to present His Christ wife to God the Father in our glorified state. And all of this is taking place after we have eaten the little book of Revelation, Chapter 10. Let us pray. Heavenly Father, we come in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ; and I pray that you will move by your Holy Spirit today and that you will quicken these words to the hearts of the people. May we walk unto all pleasing, and may we hear and respect that sound that is going forth that only the wife can hear, which sound that also those who have gone on that are to be part of the wife of the Lamb can hear, and it will bring them up. And then all of us will be glorified together in perfection as one bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. In the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ, we commit this message into your hands. Use it for your glory, we pray. Amen.

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177 The GosPel For The wife in israel at This end TiMe 177 UNDOING YOUR BAPTISM UNTO DEATH Today our message is entitled, Undoing Your Baptism Unto Death. And I want to begin our message by saying that Paul (the apostle that told us about this baptism unto death, and also about the baptism into the body of Christ) was not one of the twelve apostles to Israel. I know that the traditional teaching of many people is that Paul was one of the twelve, but he wasn t. Paul was to the Gentiles, and then later in his ministry, as the Spirit of God took him into deeper revelation of the plan of God, he began to speak of the body of Christ, showing that his ministry had grown to where it was to both the Jews and the Gentiles to get a virgin espoused to the Lord Jesus Christ. But the twelve apostles went on preaching the gospel (their gospel) to none but the Jews only. (Acts 11:9) We have shown this truth in the past that when Paul first came among the Jews and preached, they soon began to tell him to go to the Gentiles. Even the Holy Ghost said the same thing; for in Acts 13:1-3, as the saints ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul (Paul) for the work whereunto I have called them. And those who were present laid hands on them, and sent them away, out into the Gentile world to preach the revelation that God gave Paul. Paul and Barnabas went to many different places preaching the gospel of Christ. Then on down the road, we read in Galatians, Chapter 2, where Paul and Barnabas went up to Jerusalem, and they took Titus with them. And when the Jews found that Titus was not circumcised, they didn t want anything to do with any of them. But then when Paul got the opportunity to speak and give his testimony, I suppose there was a great silence among them. I say this, because James, Cephas (Peter), and John, when they heard him speak, they perceived that the gospel of the uncircumcision was given unto Paul, just as the gospel of the circumcision was given unto Peter. And it was only then that they gave Paul and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship and told them to go and preach to the uncircumcised heathens and that they would go unto the circumcision. This clearly shows us that Paul was not one of the twelve. This has been very clearly established in the mind of the wife of the Lamb as we built on the foundation that Paul laid. (1 Corinthians 3:9-11) So before we read our scripture, let us have a word of prayer. Heavenly Father, it is in the glorious and great and precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ that we come to you once again this morning. And we thank you for the good service we have had thus far, Lord, and we praise your name and honor

178 178 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION you and glorify you. We give all the glory to Jesus, as the song says, and, Lord, we certainly want to do that. O God, when we glorify you, we also glorify Jesus Christ, because when we see the Father, we see the Son, and when we see the Son, we see the Father, if we see the Son right. And, Lord, I pray that you will move this morning and anoint us to speak words that will benefit your people in this closing hour for the wife of the Lamb. And we will be so careful to praise you for it. Amen. Again, the title of the message is, Undoing Your Baptism Unto Death. We will start reading from Paul s letter to the Corinthian Church, which was written some twenty-five years after Pentecost. So for some number of years, Paul had been out there amongst the nations preaching his gospel message, which by the time of his writing had begun to spread out among the Jews and the Gentiles. And now it had come time for Paul to begin to espouse a virgin to Christ called from all nations. (2 Corinthians 11:1-3) Then in 64 AD, he wrote to the Ephesians Church from prison; and this letter was amongst the first of his prison letters. There Paul tells them that God was creating a new man, the body of Christ, and his message had broken down the middle wall of partition (separation), and in this body there is neither Jew nor Gentile, male nor female; but that we are all one in Christ. Although, about six years earlier, Paul had already began to speak of these things in his letter to the Galatians, as he spoke in God s wisdom of the body of Christ. (Galatians 3:28). This letter was in preparation for the revelation of breaking down the middle wall of separation between the Jews and the Gentiles, making one new man, expressed in the wife of the Lamb. So having given you a little background of Paul s ministry, I want to begin reading in 1 Corinthians 15:29, where the saints were discussing the resurrection, as to whether the dead were going to rise or not. Here, Paul was busy trying to help the Corinthians to understand why the saints were being baptized in water at that time; for he was telling them, Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? Paul was letting them know that baptism has to do with death, burial, and resurrection. When Christ came back in the form of the Holy Ghost on the Jewish Feast Day of Pentecost in Acts, Chapter 2, we see this baptism for the dead taking place, for it says in Verse 38, Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Peter was saying that baptism was an outward sign showing that their sins would be remitted as they accepted the Lord Jesus Christ in their hearts. So water baptism was a great part of expressing their faith in what the apostles were preaching, as they gave witness of the Lord s resurrection,

179 UNDOING YOUR BAPTISM UNTO DEATH 179 telling them that they would be resurrected likewise. So they showed their faith in Jesus death, burial, and resurrection by being baptized in water. Even as Peter said, It is the answer of a good conscience towards God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 3:21) But for us, the wife of the Lamb, there is no glory in that baptism here at the end time. Here I am making a comparison between the church age law (with what Paul told us concerning the Law of Moses), and the grace and truth that came by Jesus Christ. (2 Corinthians, Chapter 3) Baptism in water is showing us what Jesus Christ was speaking of in Acts 1:5, saying, For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. That baptism was for the time that started on the day of Pentecost and lasted throughout time for the believers in Jesus Christ. Even now many Christians are still being baptized in water for the remitting of their sins, and to show their faith that through death they will be resurrected as Jesus Christ was. This is what Paul said in 1 Corinthians 15:29, when he said, If the dead rise not, then why are you baptized for that purpose, or baptized for death? That is so clear. So after Paul finished telling this truth of what water baptism was for, he goes into the prophetic Word and says that not all will die, but some will be changed. And he is telling about a mystery here, which means it would take a revelation to lift us up above being baptized for the dead. He shows that this law of the baptism unto death does not apply to everyone, because 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, says, Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, Notice but we shall all be changed. Now this is not talking about a people here that will die and be resurrected. It is talking about a people that does not even die at all, meaning we never die, that we are not under that law of baptism unto death, we are eternal beings, both soul and body. See, the original plan of salvation included the redemption of our body. We are sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise until the body is redeemed, and all that are sealed with the Holy Ghost will receive a fully redeemed body. Those that go by the way of death will receive a redeemed body in the resurrection. But here Paul was not talking about the body being redeemed through death; but he was talking about the body being redeemed through a physical translation by a spiritual baptism where our mortal body will be changed into glorification, fulfilling 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 and 1 Corinthians 15: Notice here, We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. And this changed body will be the same body that we now have, but in a different form. There was a time that I would get a little negative feedback about saying that it will be the same body; but the Word of God

180 180 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION says, this mortal body is going to take on immortality. Again, it will be the same body, but in another form. But before the living are changed into glorification, those that are part of the wife that went by the way of death will rise from the dead in glorified bodies, and we shall all be raptured together. Now when Jesus Christ came back from the dead, after being dead for three days and nights, He walked with His disciples and talked to them. And He talked just like He did before His death and resurrection. He even called the two disciples that He walked and talked with on the way to Emmaus, fools. Because Jesus had told them but a short time prior to this what would happen to Him. And here they were, walking along very sad, saying, We thought Jesus would be the one to deliver Israel. Jesus said to them, O fools and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken. Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into His glory? (Luke, Chapter 24) Yes, this was the same Lord Jesus Christ, but glorified. Later that day, the two disciples set out food and He broke the bread, and blessed it, and their eyes were opened. And they ran back to Jerusalem full of joy and light hearted. Then Jesus came also to visit the other apostles, and the first thing that He said when He got there was, Have you anything to eat? And they sat the food out and He ate. Well, it was the same Jesus, but He was glorified. He went through a change. Well, it is not necessary to die in order to go through that change in this hour. When speaking about the baptism unto death, or being baptized for the dead, we see that water baptism for the dead is a type of death, burial, and resurrection. (Romans, Chapter 6) And that was the order of things until the life of this mystery of marriage of 1 Corinthians 15:51-53 was revealed to the wife of the Lamb by the sounding of the trumpet. This mystery is a body change into a body that will never die. This mystery of marriage is also spoken of in the Book of Ephesians 5:30-32, For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. This is a great mystery that we become bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh by our baptism into the fullness of the body of Christ. So if we are part of that same Word that Jesus Christ was made from, then the Word fits us just like our hand fits a perfect fitting glove, and we know we are part of Him. This baptism is above all baptisms, as it is a spiritual baptism into this trump of God message where we have been spiritually translated into the Kingdom of God, into the glorification of Christ, in this last day. And when we look back to the day of Pentecost, we see first of all, the Holy Ghost baptism. But now

181 UNDOING YOUR BAPTISM UNTO DEATH 181 in this day of the coming of the fullness, we are baptized into the fullness of the body of Christ for the rapture. Paul talked about being baptized into the body of Christ as he began to get a revelation apart from the other apostles. And as God taught him the Word, he said in 1 Corinthians, Chapter One, God didn t send me to baptize; He sent me to preach the gospel. And I thank God that I didn t baptize any of you, except these (and he named a few people). Then Paul, and he alone (none of the twelve apostles even mentioned this, because it didn t apply to them) was preaching, For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. (1 Corinthians 12:12-13) Paul was talking about the spiritual body of Christ before this spiritual body took another step forward to becoming His flesh and bones in marriage. But then he prophesies in Ephesians 5:30, showing the adding on of the flesh and bones to this spiritual body, saying, For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. And Ephesians 4:13-16 shows us how we reach the fullness, and I do mean the fullness. Here I am talking about God s complete plan for us as the wife of His Son, as we came into the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. And now that is where we have arrived, as we are expressing the perfect man, being crowned with this last trumpet message, and sounding forth the perfect man s revelation. You might say, Brother Howard, I have already been baptized with the baptism unto death. How do I undo it? You undo that baptism by getting a greater baptism. And by revelation this baptism into this trumpet message has released you from the law of sin and death baptism. This baptism of the Spirit is unto the law of life. Now the baptism into the fullness of Christ is only for us His wife. And since Christ has come down in His fullness as the Mighty Angel in both legs of His spiritual coming, that is the fullness. (Revelation, Chapter 10) This is the baptism that we have been baptized into, which has put us into the fullness of Christ as the wife of the Lamb; and along with it comes the Word that was not even written but was prophesied to be here. Now that is where we are in this hour, and we are receiving words that are not even written, for we are speaking by inspiration. I want to inject a point here that I feel is important concerning the fact that all souls represented in the spiritual Kingdom of God are not in the same place spiritually, because there is a special people known as the wife of the Lamb, which is neither Jew nor Gentile. Paul showed this

182 182 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION in Ephesians 2:14-18 where there was a message that swept out amongst the believers of both the Jews and Gentiles and broke down the middle wall of partition between them, making just one group of saints whom Paul s message made virgin which he espoused to Jesus Christ to be married to God s Son in the end time. Now Christ s spiritual coming shown in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 is showing the gathering of the souls of those members of the body of Christ into a special message inside the spiritual Kingdom of God, which we have clearly shown is the gathering together by, and into, the last trumpet message. No other Word will gather the wife of the Lamb together. It is in this place where we are no longer in disunity or tossed to and fro. It is here where the spirits (or souls) of just men are made perfect by the hearing of the same trumpet message that we (the living) are hearing, as we (the living) have been spiritually translated into the same Kingdom of Light. (Colossians 1:13) Thus putting us all together spiritually, where soon the dead will be raised in glorified bodies, and our bodies will be changed into glorification. And now the dead and the living are being made ready for the rapture by hearing the sounding of the last (trump) trumpet of God. This means that together we have been spiritually picked up by revelation into this trumpet message. The Word of God always applies to the time and condition that it is written about. Meaning that as we realize the time we are living in, we immediately see the scriptures which apply to what is taking place, and the Word comes alive and produces exactly what is written for this particular time. Yes, this Word gets quickened to a people, and praise be to God, we are so thankful that we are the people that this trump of God has come alive to, because it came time for it to be fulfilled and we are the ones that are here for it to manifest itself in and through. So we are living in the days when these scriptures are being fulfilled; even the scriptures that deal with the natural realm, as well as here inside the body of Christ. We are definitely living in the time of the manifestation of the scripture which says, His wife hath made herself ready. For now we have been married to God s only begotten Son, and we are receiving the things that are promised to the wife. There is a promise that tells us that as the children of light, we will not be in darkness. (1 Thessalonians 5:1-5) And, thank God, there is a people that have faith to claim the promises, because they apply to us. So the wife is the light of God showing forth His glory by faith. How did we get faith? The Bible says, Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. There is someone that has now stepped out on the scene and is preaching it and declaring it and is saying that it is so, that the trumpet part of the Word is now being manifested in us, the

183 UNDOING YOUR BAPTISM UNTO DEATH 183 wife. And there are a people that is rallying to it. And we are that people that are rallying to it, and that Word is rallying back to us in its fulfillment. And we are now seeing the Word in action. So what the Word said would be here at this time, is here. This means that the wife of the Lamb has overcome; and for us, the baptism unto death is undone. So we passed the time for that baptism to be applicable to us, and we are living in the fulfillment of 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, as we are clearly hearing the sounding of the last trumpet as we understand that this is our time to be the light of the Lord. So we are not depending on the baptism for the dead. But we are showing forth something else a mystery, a great secret of what is happening to the wife of the Lamb, as another Light has come and there is more truth that has come upon this end time prophecy that is for we which are alive and remain. There are two places I want to read in Romans (Chapter 2 and Chapter 6), so that you will understand what the baptism unto death, or being baptized for the dead, is and what Paul is talking about. But first, I want to bring in Matthew 20:22, where Jesus asked his apostles, Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? (Meaning that they would be going to their death for the gospel and be resurrected at the time of their appointed resurrection.) They say unto him, We are able. And they did do that. They were baptized with the baptism unto death. We see this same thing in Revelation 2:10 as Christ Jesus walked among the church ages and He was shown as the High Priest. He said, Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. Notice the words unto death. That was the order for that time. The saints willingly accepted death, just as Jesus Christ did. In 1 Corinthians 12:29, Paul showed that the espoused virgin would go to the grave all the way through time, until we arrived at the sounding of this last trumpet as written in 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, Behold, I show you a mystery, we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. This baptism that I am talking about, it is only for the wife, as it is being manifested and put on display in this hour. No one could be baptized into the fullness of the Spirit, until the Lord came and ordained it. And then we could not help but to respond to the Spirit and the Word, because we are part of it. So, yes, you heard me right what I am saying is, no man can receive this baptism unless it is ordained of God; because it is this message of the trumpet of God, it is the Word that we are part of. This picture began forming when Christ, shown as the Mighty Angel, came down

184 184 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION in Revelation, Chapter 10, and we were baptized into this trump of God message, which makes us bone of His bone, and flesh of His flesh. It started out as a three part message. And the first two parts blended with the third part, completing the fullness of the ministry of the wife of the Lamb, known as the last trumpet message. Thus showing the full and the complete spiritual coming of Christ. And now He is not in the process of making His descent, but He is here now and has given us the little book and we have eaten it up. So His coming is fulfilled. In other words, the Mighty Angel s coming is not part of what we are expecting; because the Mighty Angel has been decreased so that the body of Christ that has taken on flesh and bones could be seen in all our glory. In John, Chapter 3, we read what John the Baptist said about himself and the ministry that God called him into in Verse 30; for he said, He must increase, but I must decrease. This he said because his work was done and he had to get out of the way so that Jesus Christ could do His work without being encumbered by a previous message in that day. And now once again, here in the end time, the same explanation applies to the ministry of the Mighty Angel of Revelation, Chapter 10, as the work of Christ has been accomplished through the Mighty Angel. And the Mighty Angel decreased, and the body of Christ has increased as we were baptized into Christ, and Christ has taken on flesh and bones in our marriage to the Lamb. And instead of the Mighty Angel showing Christ, we became Christ the wife of God s Son in the earth as the trumpet sounds. For the body of Christ took on flesh and bones as the message for this hour increased. Now the Mighty Angel, which was showing Christ s spiritual coming, is now seen as the body of Christ that we have been baptized into, and the light is shining from here, as this Spirit of eternal life took on flesh and bones, thus making us the wife of the Lamb. The trumpet message has shown us that we are Christ the wife that has taken on flesh and bones by our marriage. (Ephesians 5:30-31) Now the wife is experiencing the fullness shown in Ephesians 4:13-16; and inside here there is not a three part message but there is a body of people who is Christ the wife of the Lamb, the perfect man. This clearly shows that the Mighty Angel s spiritual coming has taken place, and is now shown as part of the chronicles of God s Word. So now it is the day of Christ the wife of the Lamb, and this is the part of the Word which is being highlighted. Paul told us exactly what would be when the trump of God sounds. So we are not dealing with virgins here, neither wise nor foolish. But we are dealing with the wife, who has become bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. That denotes wife; not virgin, but wife. Once the

185 UNDOING YOUR BAPTISM UNTO DEATH 185 bride was shown as the virgin, but now she is shown as the wife. God showed this in Genesis with Adam and Eve. Eve was absolutely bone of Adam s bone and flesh of his flesh. In other words, she was made from the same thing that Adam was made from, because God took from his side a rib and He created Eve; thus making Adam and Eve from the same flesh and bones. And now we have become the wife. That being made clear, let us move on to our other scriptures. As promised earlier, let s read in Romans 6:3, it says, Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death? which shows in a type Jesus Christ dying and resurrecting. This is repeated in every believer as they are baptized for the dead. (1 Corinthians 15:29) But the Apostle Paul shows another law by the anointing of Christ, and that law was a spiritual law. He said the Spirit of the law of life has made us free from the law of sin and death. (Romans, Chapter 8) This law of eternal life raised us up, and we are no longer under the law of sin and death, spiritually nor physically, as we are no longer under the baptism for the dead; for it has been done away with, as we have become one with the Word of Life that will change our mortal bodies, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. Praise God for our position of being the wife of the King of Saints. Then in Romans, Chapter 2, I am going to start with Verse 25. It says, For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. In the first part of this chapter, Paul is dealing with the law, and the Jews always had trouble realizing that Jesus Christ s death was the end of the law of sin and death to them that believe, as God had enacted the New Covenant (New Testament) at the death, burial, and resurrection of His Son. And chief among the things that were a stumbling block to Israel, were the things that Paul taught about this great doctrine of circumcision and God s righteousness without works. To them circumcision was a token that they were children of God. That was the sign in their flesh; and they would call the Philistines and the others uncircumcised dogs. They would say, We are circumcised. We are the children of God. Just as the foolish virgins of this past age are saying, We have been baptized in water. We have been baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Some will even say, I have been baptized in the River of Jordan. Many people take trips to Israel today, church groups take trips, because they want to go and get baptized in the River of Jordan. As far as helping their salvation, that amounts to one big zero. We have gone beyond water baptism and Holy Ghost baptism, to our baptism into the fullness of the body of Christ. This baptism into the fullness of Christ has lifted us above the law of

186 186 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION baptism for the dead, which is rejected by the religious systems. But it fits God s promises concerning us, the wife of the Lamb, perfectly. This Mighty Angel was none other than the Spirit of Christ, the same Spirit in its fullness that came into Jesus at the time He was baptized by John. After this, Jesus the carpenter, became Jesus the Christ. And for the next three and a half years, Jesus and Christ became inseparable as one being, and this was the case until Jesus was crucified. At which time, Jesus gave up the ghost, or as the prophet Isaiah said in the Book of Isaiah 53:12, He poured out His soul unto death. And when Jesus poured out His soul unto death there on Calvary s cross, thus was created the Holy Ghost as John 7:37-39 tells us. This Holy Ghost that came into being here, is God s way of connecting with all His predestinated children. That is why in Acts, Chapter 2, Peter said on the day of Pentecost that it was necessary to receive the Holy Ghost, and God s children there did just that. Then later down the road, Christ came on the scene again and showed Himself to Paul. It is here where we begin to see another part of God s plan come into being. For when Christ came into Paul, he began to preach to the Gentiles. Here he began to talk about the things that is associated with the wife of the Lamb. For he began to use words like, espouse, virgin, her, she, and wife. Then he said that we would become the very flesh and bones of our Lord Jesus Christ. So here was a gospel that excluded the Law of Moses; and from this point, the Jews had problems with Paul s preaching, because circumcision was to the Jews as water baptism is now to the saints of this time period. When God said, Go on to perfection, leaving the doctrines of baptisms and other doctrines, they refused to move on to the truth for this hour. So the Jews are very firm on circumcision. And I am showing you this in order to show you that Undoing Your Baptism Unto Death can only be accomplished by getting a greater baptism. And it is only to the wife of the Lamb. Likewise, the Jews may ask, How can we undo our natural circumcision? The answer is, By a spiritual circumcision. But how does a person undo what they have put their faith in? You undo your natural circumcision by the spiritual circumcision of your heart. It takes a spiritual revelation for the Jews to obey the revelation of circumcision. The first thing they did after coming through the wilderness before they went over Jordan into Canaan was to circumcise every one of the males. This started way back there in the days of Abraham and Moses, but I am not going to get into all the history of it in our message today. But I will say that it has become so ingrained in the Jewish religion that without it, in their minds, there was no salvation. That was the first sign of their salvation, along with the keeping of their Sabbath days. So that is what Paul was undoing here. He tells about a circum-

187 UNDOING YOUR BAPTISM UNTO DEATH 187 cision that will undo that circumcision. It is a spiritual circumcision. In other words, cut the old flesh away from your heart and don t worry about the circumcision in the natural. Again, Romans 2:25, says, For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: (Paul is saying, If you want to be a keeper of the law, even though there is no salvation in the law, go ahead and be circumcised. You can glory in that. That is the only glory you are going to get anyway, glorying in the flesh. ) but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. In other words, you are no better than those you are calling uncircumcised. Let s make the comparison with what is going on with those that are baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Many times they are no better than those that have not been baptized at all, because they are resting in their baptism, saying, I have been baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Sometimes a preacher will ask, Have you been born again? And the person will answer, Yes, this church, or that church, baptized me, or The priest came and put a little water on top of my head, or The priest dipped his finger in water and rubbed it across my forehead. The church world calls all these kinds of rituals baptisms! Paul said, Leaving the doctrine of baptisms. Notice that, doctrines of baptisms plural, many types of baptisms. He said, There is something better! Let us go on to perfection! Paul, thank you for telling us that. And now, Paul, I want you to know something we have already done what you said! We did like you said and came on to perfection. And after we got to perfection, we found that it is all in Christ; and then after accepting His righteousness, He then clothed us with fine linen, clean and white, and that is our righteousness. Verse 26 says, Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, Not the letter of the law, but keep the purpose of it. Jesus Christ came as the righteousness of the law. He came to fulfill that. And the law means nothing when the righteousness of God comes in. (Romans 10:3-4) Continuing on with Verse 26, Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? Watch. What Paul is saying here is that one does not have to be circumcised; keep the Word of God and it will be counted for that. And then he tells them about another circumcision, and that this natural one does not amount to anything. He said, But I am going to tell you about another circumcision, because natural circumcision does not mean anything when we are talking about salvation for the soul and body. Romans 2:29 tells us that the circumcision of the heart is the only one that means anything. So if the uncircumcised keep the pure Word, they are circumcised.

188 188 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION So we heard, and we became one with the Word that the trumpet is sounding, being baptized into this trumpet message; and natural water does not come into play here. We were baptized into the fullness of the body of Christ, because of the fulfillment of Revelation, Chapter 10. This means that He has taken us and filled us with His goodness and baptized us into His body. And not only that, but He has made us His wife. And now we are dressed in fine linen, and as His wife, we are bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh; and that only applies to the wife. Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? Do you see that? You don t have to be naturally circumcised. You keep the Word and you will be circumcised. It is the same thing with water baptism. You don t have to be baptized in the natural water. Get baptized in the Spirit and it is counted to us for baptism. In other words, what Paul is saying is, We undo that old circumcision, because we found a greater one. That circumcision means one big zero. But I am going to tell you about a circumcision that does count. And that is circumcision of the heart. And it is the same with water baptism; we have passed the time for being baptized for the dead 1 Corinthians 15:29. It is the sounding of the trumpet that eliminates all those baptisms. They are behind us now. That means we are not coming through the law or coming through the church ages; for that time is over. This message changes us from being the wise virgins into being the wife. Yes, there will be foolish virgins in the tribulation period. But I am talking about a group that are hearing this trumpet sounding, hearing this message, and only they are married to Him bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. And they are not virgins, neither wise nor foolish. They were wise virgins before they went in (Matthew 25:10), but once they went in, they went into the marriage being baptized into the body of Christ not into some denomination, not into some doctrine, not into some baptism of water, but baptized into the marriage of the fullness of Christ. And after this, we are not virgins anymore, because the Word says, We are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones, and that is marriage. I am telling about a mystery now. Nobody is going to understand this but those that are ordained, because this was put in us before the foundation of the world by our heavenly Father. The Book of Romans is a very enlightening book when it comes to being saved by God s grace rather than by the keeping of the laws of the Old Testament. In other words, if you are trying to keep the law to be saved by, or saying, I got baptized this way or that way, then sorry that amounts to one big zero! Actually that cancels out the righteousness of God, because you are depending on works instead of grace

189 UNDOING YOUR BAPTISM UNTO DEATH 189 for your salvation. And it is not by works! It is not by what we have done, or will do, or are doing; but it is what Jesus Christ did at Calvary. And we are part of Him. So we act like Him, talk like Him, and think like Him. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ. And in 1 Corinthians, Chapter One, it says, We have the mind of Christ. And if we have the mind of Christ, we can only think Christ thoughts. If your thoughts get going too much on other things, take heed. I know that some of you have jobs that require your thoughts and concentration, and you have to set aside time for that. But let us be mindful not to let anything hinder our minds; for even the thoughts of everyday life sometimes have to be pulled back and redirected so that we may keep our minds stayed upon Him, on this trumpet message, His work, and the righteousness He has given us, because that is the mind of Christ. It is Christ that thinks through us. You are the vessel that He thinks through. You have the mind that He uses. And that is where these messages come from. That is where this anointing comes from. As Paul said, I am going to talk to you about things that have been hid since the foundation of the world, and we must have His mind to receive those things. In Ephesians, and in Colossians, Paul said, These things have not been known; they have been hid. It says they were hid in God. But here came a man that told us about it. How did he get these things? Through Christ, God gave him mysteries that have been hid. He quickened this Word in Hebrews 4:12 which says, For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. We are the living Word. Paul hinted at that heavily. In 2 Corinthians, Chapter 3, he said, You are my epistles. You are the Word. You are written epistles read of all men. Then he said, I am going to tell you something else (buckle your seatbelts here), the letter of the Word will kill you; but it is the Spirit that giveth life. And without the life of the Word you are dead. Jesus said, They are twice dead and plucked up by the roots. Dead in every way you can be dead. But if we let that life of Christ flow, then we and the Word begin to live in unity. So in Paul s day, among the Jews the issue was circumcision. And in this day it is the baptism into the fullness of Christ that undoes the water baptism unto death. So when we look at the church world today, they will accept the Word that was available a hundred years ago or a thousand years ago; but God is a now God. This Word is ever present. This is is Word, not shall be Word, or was Word; this is is Word! Amen! In Revelation 1:4, the Bible says, He that is, and was, and is to come. He

190 190 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION that is; that is what we want the God that is; not the God that was, not the God that shall be, because He is the same always. But He keeps His Word up-to-date by revealing it unto us daily. In other words, He gives us our daily bread. Let s get the rest of this Verse 27. And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee (It judges you because that is what you have your salvation penned on.), who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law? In other words, that is the only thing you care about. One day the Pharisees said to Jesus, We pay our tithes. We do this. And we do that. And Jesus replied, You ought to do those things. But what about love, and goodness, and mercy; where are those things? And there in the Book of Luke, it talks about how in the Old Testament they had certain sacrifices and burnt offerings. But Jesus said, to have a good spirit and the love of God, and to treat your neighbor right is more acceptable to God than all your burnt offerings and sacrifices. In other words, we have moved on with God. Being baptized in the name of Jesus Christ was a good thing in its day, and still is; but the wife of the Lamb is given a greater baptism into the fullness of Christ, and for us that cancels out our baptism of being baptized for the dead, which was only done away with for the wife at the spiritual coming of Christ. And now we have become the wife of the Lamb, not a virgin, because we have moved on and have been baptized into the fullness of Christ, which has lifted us above the natural laws, and the ordinances, and all the traditions that were picked up from the church ages. Let s read Romans 2:28, For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly. In other words, an outward Jew is not necessarily the seed of Christ, because the promised seed was Isaac as the natural seed; but Christ is the spiritual seed of Abraham. (Galatians 3:16) neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: In other words, you may say, I am circumcised. Well, you are not circumcised at all, unless you are circumcised in your heart. There is a circumcision that lifts you above that fleshly circumcision. And then we read here, Verse 29, But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. See, the kind of circumcision that God gives now is circumcision that is of the heart, and in the spirit, and not in the letter. And only God can do this circumcision. That is what Paul was trying to get people to see Look beyond the letter of the Word to the Spirit of the Word. Look beyond natural circumcision, and have your heart circumcised. And now I am saying, Look beyond water baptism to the Holy Ghost baptism, then look beyond Holy Ghost baptism, to the fullness of our spiritual baptism into the body of Christ as the wife of the Lamb.

191 UNDOING YOUR BAPTISM UNTO DEATH 191 Christ has come in His fullness (both legs of His spiritual coming are here now), and now there is another baptism that is the perfect baptism, because it is by one Spirit that we were baptized into the fullness of the body of Christ, and then we became members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones. And we are edifying one another as we grow up in Him as the wife learning the ways to please our Husband. Amen, we cannot help it, because we are bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. And soon, and very soon, we shall be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, into our new body, which is this body in another form. Now let us go to Hebrews 6:1. It says, Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ (In other words, Paul laid the foundation. If you are building a house, you lay a foundation for it. Then you change gears and go get lumber and start building the house, beginning right on that foundation and working upward. And one day the house is completed, a finished product.), let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation (Meaning our message has to be more than just saying, Paul said this and Paul said that.) Well, praise God that he did say this and he did say that. But I will tell you something else, he said, leaving the foundation and going on to perfection. It does not mean getting off the foundation and getting out here on something else. It means to build straight up from the foundation. And we have went straight up to finish this plan for the wife. of repentance from dead works (If you don t move on in revelation, all you can do is produce dead works, if the foundation is as far as you go.), and of faith toward God. Verse 2 says, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. Well, we have gone much further than that. In the time of the deliverance revival, yes, we had laying on of hands in almost every service. People were lined up to get hands laid on them. Well, we have got to have more than that. There is more to this than laying on of hands. There is more to this than just being baptized. There is more to this than telling about the resurrection of the dead, because there is a physical translation to tell about. That is the peak of the whole building for the wife. And now we can sing that little song, I feel good. Yes, I feel good, and now even better; for now we feel like we can run through a troop and leap over a wall spiritually! Do you see how Paul took and undone that circumcision? He did it by showing them a greater circumcision that is of the heart; and that is the only circumcision that matters. And now we are telling about a baptism that has lifted us above the law of sin and death, that will change our mortal body, and this is the only baptism that matters for the wife of the Lamb. So now I have something better to tell you about than being baptized

192 192 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION for the dead. For here at the end time, we have something to talk about our baptism into the body of Christ, the Word made flesh, our translation, and the rapture. And as far as being a virgin, I have something better to tell you about that! The virgin became the wife; and we are bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh, and are dressed in fine linen, clean and white. And that means the marriage has come! Let us pray. Heavenly Father, it is in the blessed name of our Lord Jesus Christ, we pray. O God, as we come to you, I pray that you will take these words that we have spoken today, and that you will anoint the ears of the hearer, wherever they hear it around the world. And I pray that the anointing will come upon everyone that reads this message. Lord, every time I think about Thy spiritual Word for this hour, being baptized into the fullness of the body of Christ, I feel good, good, good! O God, use this message for your glory, we pray; and bless Thy saints wherever they are. May we be all that you have us to be. And as we said to the King, We are ready to do all Thy bidding. We appreciate you and love you, Lord Jesus. Amen.

193 The GosPel For The wife in israel at This end TiMe 193 THE LAST TRUMP PRODUCES A SUBSTANCE THAT DISSOLVES THE UNMOVEABLE WALL OF DEATH FOR THE WIFE OF THE LAMB We are starting our reading today in the Book of Hebrews, Chapter 11. This chapter is known as the faith chapter. But before reading, let us have a word of prayer. Heavenly Father, we thank you, Lord, this morning, for the blessings that you have already put upon us and for the broad smiles on the faces of your people, and the good testimonies that we have heard in this meeting. We thank you for your saints everywhere, (and especially the members of the wife of the Lamb), as we are rejoicing as per Revelation 19:7-8. We know by revelation that we are clothed in fine linen, clean and white, and have all the righteousness of God bestowed upon us, and we appreciate it, Lord. I praise you as we read your Word. I pray that you will put your anointing upon me to speak, and upon the people to hear, that we may receive from Thee what you are giving. Lord, help us to walk with you, and do the things which are pleasing unto you. These things we praise you for and thank you for, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen. The title of the message today is, The Last Trump Produces a Substance that Dissolves the Unmovable Wall of Death for the Wife of the Lamb. Notice, the last trump produces a substance. I want to concentrate momentarily on faith and the word substance. In Hebrews 11:1, it says, Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Now a substance is not necessarily something that is tangible. Some might think the word substance is something you can see, or a tangible something; but that is not necessarily so. But pure faith produces a substance, because faith itself is a substance that grows into a greater substance. There are some that might ask, How do I let my faith grow to produce this substance? The answer is, Faith cometh by hearing (hearing by revelation), and hearing by the Word of God for our day. That is the reason this trumpet message brings to the forefront His faith within us, which produces this substantive faith. In other words, faith cometh by hearing this living Word that is living within us. And He gave us this faith because we are in Him. It is just like 1 John 1:1-2, says, That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) And I love the part that reads, which we have seen with our eyes.

194 194 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION Let s continue on with Hebrews 11:2. It says, For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand Now watch! We read, faith is the substance, and here it says, through faith we understand. It is not that we hope it will be; but we understand it will be. How do we understand? By faith. And it was by faith that Enoch was translated; for he had a testimony that pleased God. His faith became a substance; and by it he overcame death. (Hebrews 11:5-6) This same faith was with Sarah; for she, by faith, had the child when she was old. (Hebrews 11:11-12) Abraham begot the child when they were as good as dead; for he considered not his own body now dead, nor the deadness of Sarah s womb. Abraham staggered not at God s promise, but was strong in faith; and it became a substance. (Romans 4:19-21) It is through faith that we understand. Some say, Brother Howard, I don t understand that. Well, through faith we do; then God will clear it up in our mentality. It becomes such a part of us that every time our mouth opens, we talk about this faith that becomes a substance. In Hebrews 11:3, it says, Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. I love that verse. It slaps scientists right in the face, those that want to go back fourteen billion years and tell about a big explosion, and give a step by step description of what happened. They are talking about something that is not provable; but they doubt the things that are written about in the Bible, such as God sending a flood and the other historical events. They deny the Word of God and make up their own theories about those things. But the Bible tells us what we need to know in Hebrews 11:3, saying, The worlds were framed by the Word of God. How long ago? The perfect answer is, God knoweth. The Bible says, By faith we understand. And if you believe the Word, you do understand that this is the way it is, and that is the way it happened. So there is nothing to argue about; because the Word of God is always right. The written Word of God is the tree of knowledge, so it gives us the knowledge that the worlds were framed by the Word of God. And now the tree of life is connected with the tree of knowledge, so we have life and knowledge joined together. And once we receive the knowledge from the tree of knowledge and are living in the realm of the tree of life, eating the fruit of it, then we find everything we will ever need revealed in this last trump of God message. It is for the wife of God s Son, who has become the tree of life that is blossoming forth and bringing forth our fruits. So, Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. When God started His creation, there was nothing, absolutely nothing,

195 THE LAST TRUMP PRODUCES A SUBSTANCE THAT DISSOLVES THE UNMOVEABLE WALL OF DEATH FOR THE WIFE OF THE LAMB 195 except God and His thoughts, which became His Word. But since creation, God takes what He initially created and creates and multiplies from that. That is the way Jesus did the fish and loaves. He didn t just speak the Word and say, Let there be enough fish and loaves to feed five thousand and have twelve baskets left over. No. A little lad came up with a lunch bag that contained five loaves and two fish. And Jesus took them and asked God s blessing on them and started breaking them. And the more He broke them, the more they multiplied. He took something and blessed it, and the fish and loaves began to multiply. Well, that is the way this Word does. That is the way this faith does. See, He gives to every man the measure of faith. It all starts from a measure of faith; and as we use it, He blesses that measure of faith, and causes it to grow exceedingly. Jesus said unto his disciples, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. (Mathew 17:20) A mustard seed is one of the smallest seeds, but then it grows up, to where the birds can come and land on its limbs. So that is the way it is with faith. Faith is like a little grain of mustard seed. It does not have to be a large amount to begin the process of letting our faith grow. Oftentimes people say, I believe in healing, but I just don t have the faith for it to happen! Well, you have some faith; all you need to do is let it grow. It is like muscles; we have got to use them or they will turn to fat! So exercising our faith will turn our lazy fat of doubt into faith muscles. And for us, the wife of the Lamb, our faith is growing exceedingly as this Word of we shall be changed in a moment, and in the twinkling of an eye, has taken on flesh and bones in marriage. The point is, by faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word, and there was nothing there but God and His Word. And according to the Book of Ephesians, Chapter One, we were there too, as that special part of the Word that was in the beginning with the Father. Before the world was, He chose us in Him. John 1:1 says, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Verse 14, And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. And now the Word has become flesh again in the wife of the Lamb, and the Word as flesh and bones is here again. And one cannot see Christ without seeing us. We are the wife of the Lamb, which is the Son s Christ. The Spirit of Christ, in the form of the Mighty Angel, came down in Revelation, Chapter 10, and we were baptized into His fullness. Now the Spirit of Christ is here in the earth in another form, as that Spirit took on flesh and bones. And that is who we are, His Christ, His wife the wife of the Lamb.

196 196 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION It is important here to remember that God is not the Lamb; but that it is His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who is God s Lamb. He is the Lamb, and we even find that He is still called the Lamb in the Book of Revelation, Chapter 22. And I love this part when John was taken over into eternity, he said in Verses 1-4, And He showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, there was the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month, and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and His servants shall serve him. And they shall see His face; and His name shall be in their foreheads. The point is, John only saw one throne, one Lamb, one name, one face. Whose face did John see if Jesus Christ is God and the Lamb? God is a Spirit, but the Lamb is visible. And He came and died as the Son of God; He obtained that right, according to the Book of Revelation, Chapter 5, where it is said, Worthy is the Lamb to receive power, glory, and honor, because He was slain. He paid the price for us. So there is one body in the Godhead; and that is our Lord Jesus Christ. And now through our marriage to Him, we are made part of the Godhead, by being one with our Lord Jesus Christ as His wife. Thus, we are the feminine part of our Lord Jesus. Let s read Hebrews 11:3 again. It says, Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. The Word is saying here that there was absolutely nothing but God and His Word. But in God s mind, we were there. That is how the Apostle Paul could say that God had revealed unto him the mystery that was hid in God before the foundation of world. (Colossians 1:26, and Ephesians, Chapter 3) And He told us that we were in God s mind, being chosen in Him before the foundation of the world. Then in Revelation, Chapter 20, the Word says that the Lamb was slain from the foundation of the world. God foresaw what would be, so He used a lamb to stand in the stead of the Old Testament saints. And while the lamb was being killed, He saw Jesus on the cross, and that sacrificial lamb signified a covering, an atonement for sins. The Old Testament saints went to their graves and waited in paradise, which was a part of hell before Calvary. One part of hell was paradise, and the other part was where the tormented souls are in waiting, and there was a great gulf between the righteous and those that are lost. And the wicked are still there in hell, and will be until the great white throne judgment at the end of the millennial reign. When Jesus Christ shed His blood on the cross, the first thing He did

197 THE LAST TRUMP PRODUCES A SUBSTANCE THAT DISSOLVES THE UNMOVEABLE WALL OF DEATH FOR THE WIFE OF THE LAMB 197 was to go down into hell and bring God s saints up. See, His body was there in the tomb for three days and nights. But the Christ, Jesus Christ in spirit form (His theophany), was down in hell preaching to spirits (souls) in prison. (1 Peter 3:19) So we see that it takes a spirit to preach to spirits. That is why we become one with our spirit, soul, and body, so that our theophany is able to preach to the souls that Christ brought down with Him to this special place shown by revelation that we have come to, where faith is the substance. They are now hearing this trumpet message, and it dissolves that wall of separation between the living and the dead. It dissolves that wall; it is a substance that this Word, through faith, has produced. Faith is a substance; that means it is real and not just an imagination. It s not an imagination; it is a substance. In Mark, Chapter 7, Jesus used faith is the substance when He went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and would have no man know it; but He could not be hid any longer. And lo, and behold, a Gentile woman, whose daughter had an unclean spirit, had heard of Jesus and saw Him go into the house. So she went in unto Him, falling at His feet, pleading for Him to cast the devil out of her daughter. But Jesus said to her, Let the children (the house of Israel) be filled first; for it is not meet (suitable) to take the children s bread and give it unto dogs (Gentiles). And she said unto Him, Yes, Lord, but the dogs under the table eat of the children s crumbs. And He said unto her, For this saying, go thy way; for the devil is gone out of thy daughter. Her faith in Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh, produced a substance; for when she got home, she found the devil had left her daughter. Also, in the Book of John, Chapter 11, we see again faith is the substance when Jesus went up to the tomb of Lazarus. His faith produced a substance when He spoke the Word, Lazarus, come forth. And here he came! He had been dead four days and even decaying. One said, By now he stinketh. Some church people have been dead so long, they stinketh in the nostrils of God with their denominational teachings. But when Jesus spoke the Word and said, Lazarus, come forth! there was a substance to cause that life to go back into him. Jesus spoke the Word by faith, and it happened. Then in Book of Acts, Chapter 13, we see faith is the substance when Paul had come unto a place called Paphos, and there was the deputy of the country whose name was Sergius Paulus, who had called for Barnabas and Saul and desired to hear the Word of God. But there was another man with him, who was a false prophet that withstood them, seeking to turn the deputy away from the faith. And Paul being filled with the Holy Ghost said to him, Thou child of the devil, thou enemy

198 198 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION of all righteousness, will thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. Immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord. Well, that was a substance. Paul was not speaking idle words. It took the substance, faith; and faith produced a substance. And when faith produces a substance, there is nothing that can stand before that substance, because we are not going to have the substance unless we have got revelational faith, knowing it is the will of God. And how do we know something is the will of God? Because it bears record in the Word. And when we preach the Word which bears record in the Word, it produces the substance. If we are the one to do it, and we are not out of our calling, when we preach the Word, it will always produce the desired results, because faith along with that Word produces the substance. Romans, Chapter 14, says, How can they believe if they have not heard? And how can they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach except they are sent? So it takes all of that together to produce that kind of substance. Now God has this apostolic ministry here inside the fullness of the body of Christ, which has now taken on flesh and bones in the wife of God s Son. He has living Word here, and His Word is going forth. And this Word does produce a substance. And nothing can stand before that substance. This substance is like an unstoppable force going against an unmovable object. And this substance melts that unmovable object away. In our day, what is that unmovable object? Hebrews 9:27 says it, And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: Paul was showing humanity as a whole that we were all born in sin and shapen in iniquity; and since we have all sinned, this says we have to die. Well, here comes a substance that moves that wall! It lifts us up above it. The law of life lifts us above the law of sin and death. In other words, it renders that law of sin and death powerless. And then he spoke of this special place for the wife of the Lamb, saying, But now I want to show you a mystery. This was a prophecy, telling us there is a substance that is going to erase that death sentence and lift us up above the law of sin and death where it does not exist anymore like it never was. And after telling about death and condemnation in Romans, Chapters 6 and 7, then Paul says in Romans, Chapter 8, There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. The law of life has made us free from the law of sin and death. That law of life is a substance which

199 THE LAST TRUMP PRODUCES A SUBSTANCE THAT DISSOLVES THE UNMOVEABLE WALL OF DEATH FOR THE WIFE OF THE LAMB 199 was produced by our faith. It dissolved that wall of sin and death and we walk through that wall shouting the victory! So the title is, The Last Trumpet Produces a Substance that Dissolves the Unmovable Wall of Death for the Wife of the Lamb. I am sure that many of us have heard this saying, There are only two things that are certain in this life; and that is taxes and death. But I am telling you, there is a substance that melts that wall, that unmovable wall of death. And without this substance, death is an unmovable wall. But here is a substance that dissolves that wall so that we can walk through. It is just like in the Book of Exodus, Chapter 14, when God delivered the children of Israel out of Egypt, and they came to the Red Sea. The armies were behind them and the Red Sea was in front of them and death was certain for them. And they said unto Moses, Look what you have done! You have brought us out here to die. There was a better way to go! We could have went another way, but you brought us this way; and now the sea is before us and the armies are behind us! What are you going to do, Moses? Moses didn t know what to do, but God told him what to do. He let him know which way to go; for Moses asked God, and God said, Moses, raise up your rod towards the sea. And here came faith is the substance in an east wind that blew on that sea all night, and was so strong that it blew the water back and dried a pathway right through the sea, and the children of Israel walked through on dry ground. The pathway stayed until the children of Israel got through, and then when the Egyptians tried to follow them, the sea closed up on them and they drowned. Nobody can follow in this pathway, unless they are following God s Word for this day. There is a substance that makes a way. He is the way-maker, and one day He made a way for us! Then in the Book of Joshua, Chapter 3, the children of Israel came to the River of Jordan which had overflowed out of its banks. God had already spoken to Joshua and told him what He was going to do. Joshua told the children of Israel, Hear the Word of the Lord, sanctify yourselves, because in three days we are going over. Now that was the most insane thing he could say when looking only through the natural eye. But he was obeying God s Word. And he had faith in that Word. He had no doubt about it they were going to cross the river just as God had told him, saying, Thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan. And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an

200 200 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION heap. Glory to God, here came faith is the substance as God opened up that river, and the water heaped up as if He had just built a dam there. That is exactly what happened. The water just kept heaping up, until the children of Israel walked through on dry ground, and then all the water came rushing down the river. Now do you see that death is an unmovable wall? The wall of death is there; and there is a saying, Just as sure as you are born, you are going to die. Well, that is true according to the normal trend. And by the normal trend, the Red Sea does not open up and people don t walk through on dry ground. And by the normal trend, you cannot put your feet in the River of Jordan and it stop the river at that point, but the river below just keeps running and the upper part just heaps up and you go through on dry land. That is not normal. We are in a day when things are not normal. Overcoming physical death is not normal; but now we have arrived inside this special place that is only for the wife of the Lamb, where the law of death does not apply to us, as the spiritual life of Paul s prophecy of we which are alive and remain has become the Word made flesh and bones. Let s read that in 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. What a message! The trumpet of God shall sound. And the dead in Christ are going to rise first. And then we shall be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. The trumpet produces a substance through faith, and it dissolves that whole wall of death, just like the Red Sea opened up, and we walk through praising God! Now let us go to Romans, Chapter 10, starting with Verse 4. It says, For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. How many believe that? Then we don t need all the rituals, the holidays, and the feast days. Verse 5 says, For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, that the man which doeth those things shall live by them. In other words, if you live by the Law of Moses, you will have to earn everything you get; and you will always come up short. God knew that mankind would never get to where they would have done enough to be righteous before God. He gave His righteousness only by faith in and through Jesus Christ; and to obtain it, we just accept what He has done for us. And that is our righteousness. And then we live right; for it is Christ living in us. We appreciate what our Lord Jesus Christ has done for us; therefore, we live to please Him. Verse 6 says, But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise (watch how Paul shows how faith works), say not in thine heart, who shall ascend into

201 THE LAST TRUMP PRODUCES A SUBSTANCE THAT DISSOLVES THE UNMOVEABLE WALL OF DEATH FOR THE WIFE OF THE LAMB 201 heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above) In other words, Who is going to do this? If Christ goes up, who is going to go up to get Him and bring Him back down? How is this going to work? By faith. It works by faith. Verse 7 says, Or, who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) See, that is talking about Him resurrecting, after three days and nights He will resurrect. Well, Who is going to bring Him up? By faith, the Word brought Him up. Verse 8, But what saith it? (That is talking about faith.) the word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, Where is the Word? Even in your mouth. This is the law of righteousness, this is the Word, and we are part of the Word it is even in our mouth. We don t have to wait for this or wait for that. That is what this trumpet is saying today. And in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; Now Verses 14-15, How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? (In other words, unless God has called a man to this position and sent him to preach, then the job won t get done he cannot do this! But if God has sent him, then it will work one hundred percent of the time, because being sent of God makes the difference. So, How shall they hear without a preacher? And, How shall they preach except they be sent? There are sent ones today.) as it is written, how beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! Then Verse 16 says, But they have not all obeyed the gospel, For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? And we could say the same thing today, Who hath believed our report? But watch Verse 17; I love this verse. It says, So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. It is living Word to them that are hearing by revelation, and to those who are sent to preach it. See, the trumpet sounds! The last trump produces a substance; and that substance is faith. It dissolves that wall of death when we hear it. We don t see a big wall out there that says, It is appointed unto men once to die, and we cannot get over it or around it. But we now hear a voice saying, The dead in Christ shall rise first, and then we shall be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. So to all that are hearing this by revelation, this wall of death is gone forever. Meaning that by this last trump message, another law has come and eliminated that law of sin and death for the wife of the Lamb. And we know it is the time, because this trumpet is sounding. This is the gospel that is. It is not will be or has been, but this is the gospel that is. God is. It is the present-tense living gospel that raises the dead and changes the living; and it is called the trumpet the last

202 202 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION trump of God. Behold, I want to make known a great mystery. For the trump of God shall sound, and the dead in Christ are going to rise, and then we shall be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. And this is the living Word that has come into flesh and bones. And there is one sent to make it live. There is one that preaches it in a way that it produces a substance. God is causing this message to produce a substance that undoes the wall of death before us, and then we possess faith is the substance to go through the sea of death on dry land, just like the children of Israel went through the Red Sea! See, faith becomes a substance. But it takes the sounding of the trumpet to turn this faith of overcoming physical death into this substance by the Word. And the Word says, How shall they preach except they be sent? And, How can the wife of the Lamb hear without a sent preacher? It has got to be by faith. So when God s elected hear this sound, this trumpet, it is music to our ears. We connect with it, and it grows within us, as that faith produces the substance that will glorify us. So we just love and appreciate Him so much for letting us see more clearly what He has done for us. He has shown us a substance which faith produces by hearing this trumpet message, being baptized into that Word that God sent to us. This message becomes a substance. Faith in this Word produces a substance when it is preached by the one God sent. See, faith is the substance. And that substance of faith produces a substance that dissolves that unmovable wall of death. It is the unstoppable force that comes against an unmovable object, and it goes right on through that wall of death. Hallelujah! Just think about that. An unstoppable force goes against an unmovable object. That is why we, the wife of the Lamb, are saying, We are not going to die. No, that does not even apply to us. As it is written in Romans, Chapter 8, We wait for the redemption of these bodies. I can now sound this trumpet and say, The wait is over! We have arrived in that hour! And this substance is going forth all over the earth! It is faith in this preached Word. It is a substance. So what do we have? We have the substance. There is a new spiritual law in town! And it says, The wall of death has had its day; for now we have the substance that melts that wall away for us. That is our title of the message today, The Last Trump Produces a Substance that Dissolves the Unmovable Wall of Death for the Wife of the Lamb. And who does the trumpet sound through? A preacher cannot preach [this] unless he is sent. Preachers that Mama called and Papa sent to some seminary, cannot preach this. They have to be sent of God. When you are sent of God, ordained of God, there is no wall that can stand before you, be-

203 THE LAST TRUMP PRODUCES A SUBSTANCE THAT DISSOLVES THE UNMOVEABLE WALL OF DEATH FOR THE WIFE OF THE LAMB 203 cause here is a substance that will melt all of that away. And we just keep walking through that wall as the children of Israel did through the Red Sea. Amen. In the Book of Matthew, Chapter 14, it shows that Jesus wanted to go out there to His disciples who were out on the sea, when there came up a storm and they were so scared. So here came Jesus walking on the water. The apostles said, It is a spirit! But Jesus said, It is I. And here came on the scene faith is the substance when He said to the sea, Peace be still. Right there was the substance that caused the sea to be calm! And it was the faith is the substance that caused the law of gravity to be lifted; for Jesus came to the apostles walking on the water. And that night, even our brother, Peter, walked on the water! I know we criticize Peter sometimes because he doubted and began to sink; but at least he had faith enough to step out, and that was a good beginning. He was doing just fine until he began to look around at the blusterous waves, and his thinking may have been, Lord, have mercy! Have I lost my mind? I have gotten out of this ship and I am out here on the water! I have never done this before! There he was, walking on the water. And when he began to reason it out, then he began to sink. He probably thought, This isn t possible. I can t walk on water. He began gradually sinking, but not so fast that Jesus could not get to him. Jesus just walked over to him, still on the water, and reached out and got him by the hand and said, Wherefore did you doubt? And doubt is contrary to faith. But now through the Spirit of Christ, Jesus gave us His faith, the faith of the Son of God; and we have been letting our faith grow as we continue to grow in grace and in the knowledge of God. Is your faith growing exceedingly, or are you still in the same place you were six months ago? Believe! Here is a substance! And this substance will melt that wall of unbelief and death. It is this trumpet sounding. It is this message. How can they preach except they be sent? Here it is! It is sent unto you! This is the Word of eternal life sent unto you for this hour. Not just life for the soul, but to change our body, to make us new again. When it comes to the old law, don t concern yourself with that, there is a new sheriff in town with a new law that is saying, We do it by faith! We are under the law of faith. And it is not by the mechanics of the law, not by do s and don ts, not by keeping Sabbaths, and not by getting people in to celebrate the Feast of Pentecost. No, there is a new law in town. It s a spiritual law; it is the law of life. Christ the wife of the Lamb is saying, The law of life makes us free from the law of sin and death. In Hebrews, Chapter 2, it says that Jesus destroyed the devil that had the power of death and that is for every man that by

204 204 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION revelation can believe what I am preaching. It is the last trump of God sounding. For every one that believes, He destroys death for you. And now, before He even changes us, He raises the dead those that are members of the wife of the Lamb, those that were faithful to the Word that was given in their day. And then He changes us in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. Hallelujah! There is a substance. It is this message. It brings faith. Because faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word. So if there is not someone that has enough God-given revelation, who will get out there and proclaim it, how are people going to believe? How can they believe in that which they have not heard, and how can they hear without a sent preacher? And if you are predestinated for this, it sounds good to you, and you will let these sayings sink down into your ears. I love the story about the Apostle Peter and one of the saints that had died named Dorcas. (Acts 9:36) The other saints were crying and showing what all good works she had done. And the Bible said that Peter put them forth (out of the room). He didn t want any unbelief in the room. They had already laid her out for burial; but Peter walked up to her bedside and took her by the hand and spoke her name, Dorcus. And when she heard Peter s voice (the voice of resurrection), he took her by the hand and she raised up; for there was that faith is the substance to his voice, and Peter presented her alive. And when those that had been put forth from the room came back into the room and saw what had happened, they gave glory to God! And they took the seed of this fruit and planted it so that it could grow. Well, in Acts, Chapter 20, Paul did the same thing when that man fell out of that window from the third loft. He was taken up and there was no life in him; he was dead. Paul just laid himself on the man and faith is the substance raised him from the dead, and Paul went back up and preached the rest of the night. Now notice this substance. This trumpet message, which is the voice of resurrection and translation, produces a substance. Do you see how that fits? Faith is the substance; and that faith produces a substance, a something that exists. Like we said earlier in this message God initially created, then that creation multiplies and creates. This message exists and it does a work in your heart, your soul, and your body; and you are hearing it now from someone that has been sent to preach it. It dissolves that unmovable wall of death; otherwise, that wall of death cannot be moved. But for the wife of the Lamb, it just dissolves away for us. Why? Because faith is the substance is produced by the hearing of this trumpet. So do you see a substance? This message is a substance. It is a spiritual substance, and it is going forth all around the world. It is a sub-

205 THE LAST TRUMP PRODUCES A SUBSTANCE THAT DISSOLVES THE UNMOVEABLE WALL OF DEATH FOR THE WIFE OF THE LAMB 205 stance which is doing that which God has ordained it to do. It is dissolving that old wall of death. There is a voice that is saying, The trumpet is sounding, being preached, and it gives us so much victory, even over death. We appreciate the things of God. We appreciate how God is moving by His Holy Spirit. Faith is the substance. It is not an imagination. It is a great substance of the Word of God that the Christ that was in Jesus has come to earth in His fullness and taken on flesh and bones in marriage; and within His wife here comes a voice out, saying, How can they hear without a preacher? How can they preach except they be sent? And it is going all over the world, blasting out. And there is absolutely nothing that can stop it now. It is already gone. It is the substance of things hoped for. And this substance dissolves every wall in your pathway. Just keep walking! Before God opened the Red Sea; Moses perhaps said to the children of Israel, Don t worry about it, just keep walking! And they might have argued with Joshua about crossing the River of Jordan. There are some that always wants to complain. But Joshua said, We are going to go across. He said, Take the Ark of the Covenant, you preachers, and hit that water. And as soon as a foot touched it, there was a substance came into being. There was a substance so powerful that it stopped that River of Jordan which was out of all its banks, and by faith is the substance, they walked across to the other side. Now don t tell me that faith is not a substance. It is. It is real. It works. I have seen it over and over. I was in the deliverance movement in the 1950 s, all the way into the 60 s, 70 s, and 80 s. I heard Brother William Branham s message. I heard Brother Raymond Jackson s message. And now those saints are laid away to come forth in the first resurrection; as they are hearing this trumpet sounding, they are going to get up first even Saint Paul, whom I admire so much. The fact is, we are preaching to them now; because this substance has broken down that middle wall of separation between the living and the dead. That is how the souls of just men are made perfect. And they went down doing works; up until the Fifteenth Century, it was works, works, works. After this, the saints began to preach works and faith together, even telling the saints that they had to get saved, sanctified, and filled with the Holy Ghost in order to have salvation, as the different denominations began to come on the scene. And most of them kept on preaching, Works, works, works. Well, I am here to tell you, those souls who are listening to this now, We don t have to do works anymore, for God s Son took our sins and gave us His righteousness without any works on our part. (2 Corinthians 5:21) Because here came the substance that washed us snow white

206 206 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION and clothed us in fine linen, that raised the dead and changed the living. So all who are hearing this last trump are saying, Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. (Revelation 19:7-8) The trumpet produces a substance. The same substance that Paul talked about in Hebrews, Chapter 11. It is faith. But how can they hear unless someone preaches it. It can be in our hearts; but when the preached Word comes, we are hearing it with our ears, because the Word says, How can they hear without a sent preacher? It has sunk down into our ears and found a home in our heart. It is faith in Christ, the Word made flesh, that has produced this substance that we now see and hear. Let us pray. Heavenly Father, we come praising you and thanking you for your love, goodness, and mercy. I pray that you will take these words, and that these words will produce a substance in all who hear, that they can see the wall of death just dissolve before them, just as that Red Sea just parted before them, and the River of Jordan parted back, and they walk through on dry land. For the last enemy that shall be conquered is death, and that is for the wife of the Lamb, who has overcome death itself. Here is the substance that does it. And we thank you for it, Lord. We praise you. Bless this message and bless the hearers, we pray, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

207 The GosPel For The wife in israel at This end TiMe 207 OTHER PUBLISHED BOOKS BY BEN HOWARD THE GOSPEL FOR THE WIFE IN ISRAEL A Compilation of Thirteen Sermons THE GOSPEL FOR THE WIFE IN ISRAEL AT THIS END TIME SILVER AND GOLD HAVE I NONE, BUT SUCH AS I HAVE, GIVE I THEE GOD HAS WELL EQUIPPED US FOR THE JOB HE HAS CALLED US TO DO IF THE CLOUDS BE FULL OF RAIN, THEY SHALL EMPTY THEMSELVES UPON THE EARTH THE QUICK AND POWERFUL WORD FOR RESURRECTION AND TRANSLATION A LINE OR A BARRIER THAT DEATH CANNOT CROSS WE HAVE COME INTO THE PERFECT KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD UNDERSTANDING THE PERFECT MAN OF EPHESIANS 4:13 REACHING THE STATURE OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST ANOTHER LIGHT FOR ISRAEL THE LITTLE BOOK IN ANOTHER FORM IS OUR GOSPEL RELEVANT FOR THE TIME WE ARE IN, OR HAS IT BECOME A RELIC OF THE PAST? CHRIST THE WIFE OF THE LAMB WAKES UP THE SLEEPING WORD THE WIFE S COVENANT A Compilation of Nine Sermons DON T MOVE THE BOUNDARY LINES BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS CHRIST THE GREAT CONNECTOR BETWEEN MELCHIZEDEK AND JESUS UTTERING THE THINGS CONCERNING MELCHIZEDEK THAT NEEDED TO BE TAUGHT AGAIN

208 208 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION CHOOSING THE TIME AND PLACE TO DEFEAT OUR LAST ENEMY CALLED DEATH INTRODUCING CHRIST TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE: Repaying Them for Introducing Jesus to Us THE MYSTERY OF AREA 51 THERE IS NOTHING MORE POWERFUL THAN THE WORD WHOSE TIME HAS COME TO BE FULFILLED MAKING THE FINAL PREPARATION FOR MEETING THE RESURRECTED MEMBERS OF THE WIFE OF THE LAMB THE SPIRITS OF JUST MEN ARE MADE PERFECT BY THE SOUNDING OF THIS LAST TRUMPET: A Covenant within the New Testament Covenant THE CHRONICLES OF THE TENTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION And the Eating of a Bitter Meal A Compilation of Seven Sermons THE CHRONICLES OF THE TENTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION: And the Eating of a Bitter Meal THE MIGHTY ANGEL HAS FINISHED HIS COMMISSION AT THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB GOD S FAMILY OF BOTH ANGELS AND MANKIND PROPHESYING AGAIN AFTER THE CHRONICLES OF REVELATION CHAPTER TEN THE THINGS THAT ARE MOST SURELY BELIEVED AMONG US ARRIVING HOME SAFELY AS THE SHAKING OF ALL THINGS BEGIN AGAIN, BUT TO THE REST SPEAK I, IN THE SOUNDING OF THE LAST TRUMPET

209 The GosPel For The wife in israel at This end TiMe 209 A SEAMLESS TRANSITION A Compilation of Twenty-Two Sermons OUR COURSE BEGAN WHERE PAUL S COURSE ENDED WE ARE DEAD TO THE CHURCH AGE LAW TWO PARTS DIE BUT THE THIRD PART IS BROUGHT THROUGH THE FIRE AND GLORIFIED CAN WE RECOGNIZE THE WONDERFUL COUNSEL AND THE EXCELLENT WORKING OF CHRIST? God Bless the Farmer THE WORD IS RESURRECTED BY THE SOUNDING OF THE LAST TRUMPET THE BOOK OF REDEMPTION AND THE WISDOM OF THE WIFE OF THE LAMB THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB PUTS THE WIFE BEYOND THE TIMES OF IGNORANCE AND CARNAL RITUALS: But Now IN CHRIST THE WIFE DWELLETH THE FULLNESS OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WHAT MANNER OF MAN IS THIS? The Knowledge of the Son of God THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE AND THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH RECOGNIZING THE END TIME CHRIST THE LORD JESUS AND HIS CHRIST WIFE CHRIST HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE GODHEAD A SEAMLESS TRANSITION FROM PAUL S MESSAGE TO THIS LAST TRUMPET MESSAGE OUR HIGH CALLING IS HAVING A WHITE STONE AND OUR NEW NAME CARVED IN IT THUNDERS 96, 60, 63, AND THE TRUMPET RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD A NEW AND EXCITING AND WONDERFUL WATAERLESS BAPTISM A MESSAGE TO FACILITATE THE FURTHERANCE OF OUR JOY AND FAITH: The Unconventional Facilitator A WAYWARD SAINT COMES HOME BY PAUL S MESSAGE OF LOVE: Bringing Life to the Book of Philemon REVELATIONAL FAITH FOR HEARING THE PROMISED WORD FOR YOU RAPTURING FAITH HAS COME! A SEAMLESS TRANSITION BETWEEN GOD S CHRIST AND GOD S SON

210 210 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION CHRIST THE WIFE A People Without A Country A Compilation of Twenty-Nine Sermons ENGLISH LANGUAGE WHAT WENT AROUND HAS COME AROUND THE APOSTOLIC MINISTRY INSIDE THE BODY OF CHRIST WE ARE GOD S WORKMANSHIP CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS PRESENTING YOUR BODY A LIVING SACRIFICE BEING IN THE FLESH WITH ITS EVIL WORKS OR HAVING THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT IN THE FLESH THE BODY OF CHRIST, THE LAMB S WIFE, IS A SANCTIFIED PEOPLE KEEPING YOUR SPIRIT AND SOUL AND BODY TOGETHER FOR ALL ETERNITY SUBMITTING OURSELVES TO THE MIGHTY CONQUEROR EATING HIS FLESH AND DRINKING HIS BLOOD CHRIST THE WIFE: A People Without A Country YE BELIEVED (TRUSTED) AFTER YE HEARD THE GOSPEL OF YOUR SALVATION GOD ADDED CHRIST TO JESUS AFTER HIS BAPTISM AND NOW JESUS HAS ADDED CHRIST TO HIS WIFE AFTER HER BAPTISM THE DOCTRINES OF BAPTISMS PRODUCES ONE BAPTISM EDIFIERS AND EXHORTERS INSIDE THE BODY OF CHRIST THE THIRD HEAVEN AND THE NEW MAN: Being in Two Places at the Same Time THE WIFE OF THE LAMB IS EXEMPT FROM THE DEATH SENTENCE PERFECT SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE PRODUCES A PERFECT FAITH AND A GOLDEN PATHWAY FOR THE WIFE GOD GLORIFIES THE LORD AND HIS CHRIST (WIFE) BEFORE ALL THE WORLD JESUS CHRIST THE GREAT UN-DOER! THE WIFE IS CELEBRATING THE END OF HER HAZARDOUS JOURNEY FROM THE NATURAL TO THE SPIRITUAL WE ARE BAPTIZED INTO A MESSAGE THE DAY STAR ARISING AND THE GOSPEL ANGEL SAYING, LO, WE TURN TO THE JEWS TWO APOSTLES TO THE WIFE AND HER LEADERSHIP YOU ARE BLESSED BY GOD WHEN YOU ARE HUNGRY AND THIRSTY KEEPERS OF THE KING S PAPERS A MESSAGE SO RADICAL THAT THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER FOUNDATION LAID FOR IT TO SIT UPON JESUS CHRIST WAS CREATED FROM THE SPECIAL PART OF THE WORD, WERE YOU?

211 The GosPel For The wife in israel at This end TiMe 211 DO YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO ENTER INTO SPIRITUAL EDEN? GOD HAS REVERSED HIS GOODNESS FROM THE GENTILES TO SEVERITY AND HIS SEVERITY ON ISRAEL TO HIS GOODNESS NOW THAT WHICH IS TO BE DONE WILL NOW BE DONE A Compilation of Nineteen Sermons ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAUL ANNOUNCED THIS WOULD BE HERE A VOICE THAT BOTH THE LIVING AND DEAD CAN HEAR THE DROP DOWN BOX FOR THE LOVE OF GOD: How God Put a Face on His Love THE MULTITUDES HEARD JESUS ON THE SEASHORE BUT THE PREDESTINATED FOLLOWED HIM INTO THE HOUSE JESUS WENT OUT OF THE HOUSE AND SPOKE TO THE MULTITUDES AND THEN RETURNED INTO THE HOUSE WITH HIS OWN MANY SAY WITH WORDS AND ACTIONS IT S OF GOD BUT IT S NOT FOR ME GOD S MESSAGE AND THE BEHIND THE SCENE POWERS TO BRING IT TO PASS CHRIST AND ANTICHRIST: DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE? GOD S SUCCESS IN ALL HIS FAILURES IF AT FIRST YOU DON T SUCCEED TRY AGAIN! BE NOT ASHAMED OF THE TESTIMONY OF THE LORD NOR HIS MESSAGE/MESSNGER THE PROPER APPROACH BY THE PROPER PEOPLE TO THEIR PART OF THE TREE OF LIFE DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN THE BODY OF CHRIST IN ENGAGEMENT AND MARRIAGE NOW THAT WHICH IS TO BE DONE WILL NOW BE DONE GIVING HONOR TO THOSE THAT DID THE HEAVY LIFTING FOR US RE-ENGAGED AFTER TWO DAYS AND IN THE SEASON OF THE THIRD DAY WE ARE MARRIED TO CHRIST HISTORY S GREATEST COVER UP HAS BEEN UNCOVERED TO US THE GREAT FALLING AWAY: From the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil IT TAKES A HEAVENLY CALLING TO ENTER INTO HEAVENLY PLACES

212 212 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION CHRIST CAME AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT AND IS VISIBLE AS THE WIFE OF THE LAMB A Compilation of Thirty Sermons ENGLISH AND CHICHEWA LANGUAGE UNLIKE EVE WE WAITED FOR THE VOICE OF AUTHORIZATION TO EAT HE CAME AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT TWO PARTS TO A WEDDING: Ceremonial and Consummation GOD S FOREKNOWLEDGE IN THE PRESENT JUSTIFIES HIS PREDESTINATION HE HAS MADE OF ONE BLOOD ALL NATIONS PAUL PLANTED, APOLLOS WATERED, AND GOD GAVE THE INCREASE AS WE LABORED TOGETHER WITH GOD HOW CHRIST THE MIGHTY ANGEL TAKES ON FLESH AND BONES IN THIS LAST DAY FINDING THE LITTLE BOOK WITHIN THE BIG BOOK REACHING FORTH YOUR HAND AND TAKING THE LITTLE BOOK THE WIFE IS THE LIVING EPISTLE: A Landmark Message HOW JESUS DISARMED THOSE THAT WERE ARMED WITH THE BIBLE GOD S REDEEMED FAMILY THE WIFE OF CHRIST RECEIVES BOTH LEGS OF THE COMING OF THE LORD: Remember the Feet! WHAT KIND OF A SIGN ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? SOMETHING WE ALL NEED BUT DON T HAVE I AM NOT A WHIT BEHIND THE VERY CHIEFEST APOSTLES IF YOU RECEIVE ANOTHER JESUS, ANOTHER SPIRIT, ANOTHER GOSPEL IT S NOT THIS WORD IF THE FOUNDATION BE DESTROYED WHAT CAN THE RIGHTEOUS DO? REACHING THE END TIME AND THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST MY GOSPEL BECOMES OUR GOSPEL THE LAST TRUMP MESSAGE IS DELIVERED BY THE WIFE OF THE LAMB RECOGNIZING IT S THE LORD HIMSELF TAKING HIS WIFE THE SEAL STAMPED ON YOUR PASSPORT AUTHORIZES YOU TO PASS THE GUARDS: The Gatekeepers to the Tree of Life ALL THAT EVER SAID CHRIST HAS ALREADY COME BEFORE THIS ARE THIEVES AND ROBBERS I SUPPOSED THEY WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD BUT THEY UNDER STOOD NOT A PERFECT COUPLE WITH A PERFECT MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN AND EXPRESSED IN THE EARTH THE GALILEAN AND THE REVELATION CHAPTER TEN COMING OF THE LORD

213 The GosPel For The wife in israel at This end TiMe 213 THE FINAL JOINING OF CHRIST TO THE ENGAGED VIRGIN/WIFE GOD GAVE IT ALL TO THE WIFE OF HIS SON PROPHESYING AGAIN BEFORE PAUL S PROJECTED PROPHECY COMES TO PASS: Beyond the Prophesying Unto Nations THE VOICE OF AUTHORIZATION A Compilation of Three Sermons ENGLISH AND CHICHEWA LANGUAGE WHEN AND HOW GOD SPEAKS AGAIN IN THIS LAST DAY THE FIVE FOLD MINISTRY FOR THE HOMELAND THE VOICE OF AUTHORIZATION THE INTERPRETED BOOK OF REVELATION ENGLISH AND CHICHEWA LANGUAGE INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTERS CHAPTERS ONE TWENTY PRELUDE TO CHAPTERS TWENTY-ONE and TWENTY-TWO CHAPTERS TWENTY-ONE TWENTY-TWO INDIVIDUAL BOOKS ENGLISH AND CHICHEWA LANGUAGE I WILL NOT SPEAK OF THOSE THINGS THAT GOD HAS NOT WROUGHT BY ME IS THERE A FIVE FOLD MINISTRY, IF SO WHERE? AFTER TWO DAYS WE LIFT UP THE VOICE TOGETHER! WHEN PREPAREDNESS MEETS OPPORTUNITY BAPTIZED WITH THE HOLY GHOST AND THEN BAPTIZED INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST BISHOPS, ELDERS, DEACONS, AND THE FIVE FOLD MINISTRY

214 214 CROWNED WITH THE PERFECT MAN S REVELATION BEWITCHED BY SATAN S RELIGION THE MERCY AND GRACE OF GOD WHENCE CAME THE WORD UNTO YOU HOW GOD LETS US SEE OUR FALLIBILITIES UNITY THROUGH LEADERSHIP THE FAITH OF THE SON OF GOD AN OLD TESTAMENT PROPHET COMES TO A NEW TESTAMENT AGE THE WORD BOTH DOCTRINAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL THE TWO AND S AND THE SEVEN SEALS ENGLISH AND TONGA LANGUAGE SUBMTTING YOURSELVES ONE TO ANOTHER ARE YOU A SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN CHRISTIAN? ENGLISH AND CEBUANO LANGUAGE AN OLD TESTAMENT PROPHET COMES TO A NEW TESTAMENT AGE THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT ENGLISH LANGUAGE CAN YOU TAKE IT? THE NATURAL CONSCIENCE AND THE SPIRIUTAL CONSCIENCE WHERE DWELLETH THOU IN THE MINISTRY OF HIS COMING? BEING JOINED UNTO THE LORD IN THE CITY OF TETE, MOZAMBIQUE CONNECTING THE DOTS ON THE COMING OF THE LORD THE HOLY GHOST AND PENTECOST GETTING THE EDGE THE CONNECT AND THE DISCONNECT OF THE JEWS AND GENTILES MINISTRIES OF/WITH SIMILARITIES THE BREAD BASKET: Who Has It? EATING THE LITTLE BOOK IN KALOMO ZAMBIA HAVING THE RIGHT SLANT ON THE GOSPEL THE MINISTRY AND REDEMPTION THE RULE BOOK AND THE OX IN THE DITCH THE DEEDS OF THE NICOLAITANS POSSESSING THE KINGDOM OF GOD THE CREATION OF THE SEVEN ANGELS AND THEIR PURPOSES FALLEN FROM GRACE WHY JESUS CHRIST BECAME A LIVING SOUL: The Great Plan of Salvation THEIR VOICES FINISHED THE MYSTERY OF GOD THEIR MYSTERY AND OUR MYSTERY THE ANOINTED CHURCH

215 The GosPel For The wife in israel at This end TiMe 215 LET US NOW TURN THE CORNER: Evening Light Before Sunrise TAKING ONLY WHAT BELONGS TO US AND LEAVING THE REST ALONE TRUTH, ERROR, AND APOSTACY THE MERCY AND GRACE OF GOD HOW CHRIST CONTINUED HIS MINISTRY TO THE JEWS AND TO THE GENTILES IT WON T MATTER AFTER WE MAKE THE CROSSING AND THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH PREDESTINATED AND MANIFESTED CHILDREN OF GOD LET S DO IT AGAIN BUT RIGHT THIS TIME

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217 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 1 Corinthians 2:6-8