Trees, Books, and Fountains
# 13
(The Fountain of the
Water of Life)
Bro. Lee Vayle
August 6, 1989
Heavenly Father, again we want to
express our appreciation, our gratitude, Lord, for giving us a part in the
Message of this last day, this last hour, Lord.
Surely it has been good for us, Father.
It has illumined our hearts and our minds, and given us an understanding
of real salvation, and how the Blood is applied and what the sacrifice is. All of these things, Lord, make us to know
Your Word is so correct that though You love the world --Your own cosmos, and
all cosmos -- that You gave Your only begotten Son, that whosoever believed in
Him should not perish but [have] everlasting life. You brought Him that we might not have
condemnation. Yet there is condemnation
because men have loved darkness rather than light.
Father, we know that we are in the
light. We’re believing it, and we know
therefore the Blood applies to us, in all its aspects, all of its views,
Lord. And we’re so grateful for it. Help us, Lord, to understand more of You and
Your ways, this morning. In Jesus’ Name
we pray. Amen. You may be seated.
Now, in the last two messages on Fountains,
we dwelt on the shedding of the blood of the lamb, particularly as it typed its
present-day efficacy to us. And we are
using, particularly (as we said last night) Zech 13:1, which mentions that the
fountain had been opened “unto the house of David for sin and uncleanness, and
for the inhabitants of
And, you’ll notice, that Adam was the
first-born of God, in the sense of the human race, because he is the son of
God. The Bible tell us that
distinctly. We make no mistake about
it. We have our lineage in him. He was the first-born of God. Now, right away the blood was shed for him in
order that he might have a communion.
But, you notice, he wasn’t able to go to the Tree of Life and receive
immortality. He couldn’t come and get a
part of the resurrection at that time.
And we see Jesus, the only-begotten
Son of God. And he’s the first-born, in
the other sense of the word, because he was
before time. He was before
beginnings; the Bible teaches that. Bro.
Branham concurred, absolutely, by divine revelation with John 17, lest people
would deny that Jesus was the Son of God and had a pre-existence. We can’t explain all these things but we know
it. And this ‘only begotten’ which means
‘born in a certain way that no other son was ever born, nor ever will be’, he
was the first-born one and he died upon
So we have, then, a Bride, as we found
in the Book of Hebrews. We read it last
night [Heb12:23]: “Unto the church of the first-born, the assembly of God, the
New Jerusalem” -- all of those things.
And we see, then, that the Blood has a special application for us: we’re
getting out of here, brother/sister. And
we know the application is special because we’ve got vindication. The Pillar of Fire is leading us, the same as
in that day, guaranteeing the Presence of Almighty God.
Now, that’s what we looked at last
night. And I don’t know if you caught
it, because, I know some things I said very rapidly, and went over Scripture;
you might not have gotten it. But I want
you to understand that, and put yourself in a position, realize that you are
one nation under God coming out of
In the two messages, we dwelt on that
-- “the fountain opened unto the house of David for sin and uncleanness”. But then, we found over in Ps 36:9 and two
places in Jeremiah, where the Scripture says, “For with thee is the fountain of
life”. And it’s speaking, here, in a
different term, I believe, entirely. And
in Jeremiah it says the same thing, where it says [Jer 2:13], “They have
forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and have hewed them out cisterns”…
which even the cisterns are broken. They
have nothing of value to them. So, here
we find God declaring Himself, that He is the fountain of Life. And brings us to see, therefore, that
salvation is not actually of God, so much as it is God Himself intervening
Himself for sinners. And He alone is
Savior. So, therefore, you must have Him
before you have salvation. You cannot
simply say that I am looking at salvation as a derivative. That is horrible! You can’t do that. You are looking at salvation; it lies in a
Person which is in the Person of God Himself.
So, then, we say, here, that salvation
is not actually of the Lord, so much as salvation is the Lord. And He is intervening Himself. That’s what the Scripture actually says: that
He interposed Himself. And He does
interpose Himself on the behalf of sinners, because He’s the only Savior there
is. And if He doesn’t do it, how is it
going to be done? Because, He’s the only
one that can do it. It’s a Person. He alone is called Jehovah, (see?)
manifesting every facet of redemption.
Not only delivering His sons from servitude, but eventually positioning
them in thrones of the highest government with dominion over the cosmos of God,
as God inspires them and empowers them.
This, of course, is the New Jerusalem in the new heavens and the new
earth, with the Lamb on the Throne, and the Pillar of Fire above the
Throne. And, you notice, we keep repeating
that because you must become aware of it; I must become aware of it. That’s the benefit of coming to church. That’s the benefit of talking in your homes. That’s the benefit of talking to each other,
until you get carried away with that; that the Life of it begins to take
over. Now, you think it doesn’t
work. Let me tell you: nothing else does
work, because God is in His Word, and His Word must be in the vessel!
I don’t want to yell and shout. Last night I just sort of … I wasn’t really
bawling you out. I was just making some
very heavy statements, because I’m that kind of a preacher. And I say it for myself, maybe more than I do
for you. Because, hey! I want to get out
of here and I want to go there. I want
to be a part of it. And I say, “Well, if
you want to tag along, fine. I’ve got to
get there somehow”. And it’s no longer a
part of my own mind, my own body, my own emotions. It’s, did God mean it or didn’t He mean
it? Now, we’ve got the proof of it. See, it’s out of our hands. I stand with Bro. Branham … absolutely,
categorically: if we’re not Bride, there’s a Bride out there somewhere. There’s something that answered back to
Reverend William Branham, prophet of God!
You can say what you want. You
say, “Why do you get vehement?” Because
it’s the same Spirit the prophet had.
The same vehement Spirit, knowing something is there. You can’t explain it! But something is there, and you can believe
it. Absolutely.
Now, just let us think of what a
fountain is, to begin with [Bro. Vayle reads from his notes]:
“A fountain is definitely not, of
itself and by itself, a prime source.
(In other words, a fountain is a fountain because it simply is a
fountain, and that’s all there is. It is
not a prime factor or a prime force.)
Without a reservoir of water and attendant conditions, there would be no
fountain. For, a fountain is a flow of
water which rises from the depth of the earth by a force greater than gravity,
and by certain regulatory or limiting encasements that causes it to surface
rather than dissipate below the ground.”
Now, that’s what a fountain is. And you can say what you want, but that’s the
truth. A fountain of itself, you don’t
look at it as a prime source. You’ve got
to go beyond it -- what’s behind it. And
what’s behind it is a reservoir of water.
And it’s coming up through the earth, and certain factors cause it to
come forth above the earth, so that it doesn’t dissipate below the surface
thereof.
“Then, if God calls Himself ‘a
fountain of Life’ and we apply to God what we see in nature -- which we can do,
according to Rom 1:19-20 (God can be seen in nature); and according to Bro.
Branham, he said the same thing -- we can safely say, that the ‘vast ocean
Life-God’ is restricted to a certain limited path, to a certain exact
location. And by its own power and
authority, comes to a position of availability or manifested flow that gives
whoever is there the opportunity to recognize what it encounters and receive
it. While, on the other hand, that which
is without a choice, which is the other zoe of God -- all the rest of it in
nature apart from mankind-- receives it sovereignly of God, whether it wants to
or not.”
Do you understand what I read? Do you want me to read it again? Okay, let me read it again, because all these
are written down very carefully. Let me
start at the beginning:
“A fountain is definitely not of
itself and by itself a prime source.
Without a reservoir of water and attendant conditions (or attending
conditions, or some extraneous factor which is necessarily there … limitations
-- call it whatever you want -- conduit), there would be no fountain. For, a fountain is a flow of water which
rises from the depth of the earth by a force greater than gravity, and by
certain regulatory or binding encasements causes it to surface rather than
dissipate itself below the ground”. (All
right.)
“Then, if God calls Himself ‘a
fountain of Life’ and we apply to God what we see in nature -- and we’re
entitled to do so by the Apostle Paul and the prophet William Branham -- we can
safely say that the ‘vast ocean God-Life’ is restricted to a certain limited
path, to a certain exact location. And
by its own power and authority comes to a position of availability, or manifested
flow that gives whatever is there the opportunity to recognize what it
encounters, and receive it. (And that’s
the human race.) While on the other
hand, that which is without choice, which is the rest of nature … (Animals
don’t have a choice. The trees and the
birds don’t have a choice. The rocks,
and all these things don’t have a choice.) which is called the zoe apart from
humanity, receive it by the sovereignty of God whether it wants it or not.”
And that’s the Scripture. Because, all nature is waiting upon man who
alone has the choice to recognize … and to avail itself of what is
available.
“Now, with this in mind, we must be
careful to see that a fountain is water coming up from below the earth and
surfacing on the earth. Thus, we see
God, the Creator and Maintainer of the heavens and earth and all that is
therein, Himself coming up through the earth to give the water of Life to our
lives … even to all the rest of the universe.”
Now, look what it says over here in
the Book of Romans (and we read it many, many times); it’s in the eighth
chapter [Romans 8]:
(14) For as
many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
We’re talking of a fountain of
Life. Because, the eighth chapter starts
out saying:
(1) There is
therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus …
(2) For the
law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
We’re talking, now, about the
fountain:
(15) For ye
have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the
Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, (Father), Father.
(16) The
Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
(17) And if
children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that
we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Now, you can leave that little part
out, there, if you want (the last part), because, although that is true, you
can suffer and still not be a child of God.
The big thing is “to be a child of God”.
We’ll talk about [it] later.
(18) 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.
(Not just to us, but in us).
(19) For the
earnest expectation of (creation) waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of
God.
(20) For the
(creation) was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who
hath subjected the same in hope.
You see, right there, nobody but man
had a choice. Everybody else was
subjected to a sovereignty which was at the discretion of God. And purely given by God, whether it wanted it
or not, and depending on man to lead the
way. Now:
(21) Because
(creation) itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into
the (liberty of the glory) of the children of God.
(22) For we
know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until
now,
(23) And not
only they, but ourselves also …
And … Hey! We’ve got the first-fruit
of the Spirit! We’re the
first-born! We’ve got the blood on the
door post and the lintels. Here we are
absolutely walking into first-fruit, like Jesus Christ, and we’re groaning more
than we ever groaned. Do you know why? Because nature has given way. There’s nothing left in nature. Do you know why you’re having a hard time? I’ll tell you … but it’s also a good
time. Bro. Branham said … listen, he
said, “There’s nothing left in the earth
out there. Therefore, if your bodies are turning to mush, what about your brains?”
Then, for God’s sake, you haven’t
got a brain worth listening to! Get it
out of the way! Bunch of stupid
mush-heads. [Laughter] But you’re not stupid enough yet to rely
fully on God. And neither am I.
I’m not pointing fingers at you. I’m just trying to get you to perk up and
understand: we’re all in the same boat.
I’m not preaching to you as though I’ve got something different. I’m just preaching the truth in a way, hoping
in a way that will catch fire in somebody.
And if I miss it, at least you won’t.
And I [can] come up in the second resurrection saying, “I helped a
sheep”. Right?
Listen, brother/sister, it’s the
truth. Our minds don’t need to get in
the way any longer to ponder anything.
But by sheer …[dint of faith]?… say, “My mind ain’t worth a plugged
nickel anyway!” That’s where Abraham
got. He was so old, and Sarah was so
old. He could hardly think anymore. Yup.
He wasn’t like Moses, 120 years old, living the way Moses lived. God didn’t say that about Abraham. Yes, sir, Abraham didn’t have it. But, do you know what? He could believe God. Sarah got the stuffings knocked out of her
brains, too. She began reasoning. Oh, she went “Ha-ha-ha-ha” …?… , I’m going to
have a baby”. Shut up, stupid. God said so.
“You mean God said so? Was that
God? Abraham, was that God?” “Bro. Branham, was that God?” Better watch it. She laughed.
She got rebuked for her laughing.
(See?) … whether nature wants it or not.
“Now, with this in mind, we must be
careful to see that a fountain is water coming up from below the earth, and
surfacing on the earth. Thus, we see
God, the Creator and Maintainer of the heavens and earth and all that is
therein, Himself coming up through the earth to give the water of Life to our
lives, even (as we’ve showed , here) the entire universe.”
“Now, it is evident, but nevertheless
… (I say, it is evident, but nevertheless) we’re going to make a note that a
fountain of water is exactly the same in quality as the body of water itself,
and will continue to flow as long as the body of water lasts and the vital conditions
that make it a fountain continue. It is
also true that the water must be compatible with what is there to receive
it.”
Let’s find out if it’s
compatible. Rev 21:1-7:
(1) And I saw
a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were
passed away; and there was no more sea.
(2) And I
John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
(3) And I
heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with
men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself
shall be with them, and be their God.
(4) And God
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the
former things are passed away.
(5) And he
that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words
are true and faithful.
(6) And he
said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and
Omega, the beginning and the end. I will
give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
(7) He that
overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my
son.
[Rev 21]:9-11:
(9) And there
came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the
seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee
the bride, the Lamb’s wife.
(10) And he
carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that
great city, the holy
(11) Having
the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious … (and so
on)
And right into [verses] 22-27:
(22) And I saw
no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of
it. (This is not the Millennium, now.)
(23) And the
city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory
of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof,
(24) And the
nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of
the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
(25) And the
gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
(26) And they
shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
(27) And there
shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth, neither whatsoever
worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s
book of life.
Continuing … [Revelation 22]:
(1) And he
shewed me a pure river of water of life … (that’s the source of the fountain --
underground river coming up now through the earth), clear as crystal,
proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
(2) In the
midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there 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.
Now, listen: remember, you can drink
and when you get there, there is a tree of life over it. That’s the water. God, the
Now, we’ll just pass over the
principles. We won’t talk too much about
them. We’ll just mention them for this
minute and then cover them:
1)
It’s coming up through the earth, which includes becoming flesh. God in the prophets, God in the Word --
thereby in the Bride and joined to the Bride.
2) Compatibility
3) Total redemption
4) God, present as a fountain of Life
(That’s a location, manifestation).
Offices. The fountain deserted
and now nothing but broken cisterns.
Now, that was just rapidly. We’re going to try to cover some of the
points, at least.
#1) We consider, first, the water coming up
through the earth by its prescribed
channels.
Instantly we know that this is not to
be received as the role of the Creator … no -- the one giving Life or
begetting, the great Source -- but rather, the role of the Sustainer, who is
making sure that the Life once given is not in vain but comes into the full
purpose of Almighty God. We read about
it. Do you understand what I said? You’re looking at ‘sustenance’. You’re not looking at ‘creation’. A fountain is not created. The fountain comes from what is already
created, and what is already there, under certain conditions, and then it
brings forth life. So, that’s what
you’re looking at.
That this is a fact that this is
sustainer, not creator, is proven … that boiled water poured on a piece of
baked soil in a sterile bottle brings forth nothing, and changes, actually,
nothing. It doesn’t. But you could take that same boiled water,
let it cool, and you can pour it on a plant that is living, it will help
it. Through the osmotic process, it’s
able to bring in, into itself, that it couldn’t do without that water. So, we’re not talking, now, about creation. We’re talking about … not pre-creation, but
post. Thus the fountain of Life is
basically Jehovah … not Elohim or El, Elah.
Now, we’re dealing with roles and
titles. One God -- many roles, many
titles. One God doing many things, but
always in an exact and perfect pattern so that Alpha is Omega. Never forget it. Thus, the fountain of Life is basically,
positively, Jehovah. And remember, that
God spoke to Moses and said, “I’m going to make known a Name by which I was not
known previously”. And it was
‘Jehovah’. And God did not tell a lie,
though He declared to Abraham centuries before, “I am Jehovah - Jireh!” As the students correctly say -- and I
believe they’re right, and Bro. Branham did not make comment -- that when God
revealed to Abraham His title, Jehovah, He was speaking to an individual. But when He spoke to Moses, He was speaking
to a nation. And thereby, just before
the Exodus, the Name of God was brought back to remembrance and true revelation
that it made manifest as ‘the great Sustainer’ of the people -- the begetter,
the sustainer -- bringing them into the Promised Land.
So, let’s look at Jehovah’s
titles. There are eight, though even
Bro. Branham said there were only seven.
It seems that all students say there are only seven. But that is not really correct; there are
eight. And we’ll tell you about them:
[3074]
Jehovah-Shammah … the Lord Ever-Present : is found in Ezech 48:35. (You can read these yourself).
[3072] Jehovah-Tsidkenu … the Lord our
Righteousness: Jer 23:5-6
[7462] Jehovah-Ra’ah … the Lord our
Shepherd: Psalm 23
[3073] Jehovah-Shalom … the Lord our
Peace: Judges 6:24
[6942] Jehovah-Qadash … (which is the
one they miss) the Lord who Sanctifies … (right): Lev 20:8
[3071] Jehovah-Nissi … the Lord our
Victor: Ex 17:15
[7495] Jehovah-Raphah … the Lord our
Healer: Ex 15:22-26
[3070]
Jehovah-Jireh … (of which Bro. Branham preached two complete series: one in
Not one thing to do with
creation. But everything to do with
sustaining. And remember, Colossians
tells us that Jesus both created and maintained. Now, then …
Herein, by these title roles, we see the Creator-Father standing with
and for His children! That’s true
predestination, brother/sister … true predestination. Standing with and for His children in an
everlasting covenant. Yes, in an
everlasting covenant, which according to the Scripture is by Blood. I believe it’s right over here, in Heb 13:20:
(20) Now, the
God of peace (Shalom!), that brought again from the dead (the Victorious One)
our Lord Jesus (Christ), that great shepherd … through the blood of the
everlasting covenant,
(21) Make you
perfect …
There you see several titles right in
one Scripture. Every one referring to
God in His relationship of ‘doing for His Own’, in order to position them. And Himself, thereby, and therein manifesting
what lies within Him! … bringing out His God-hood. As Iranaeus said it so perfectly, “God, being
a Savior, it was necessary to predestinate a man a sinner who would require
salvation, in order to give Himself a purpose and reason of being”. Oh, we don’t like that! Let’s face it. Why didn’t God do so and so? We whimper too much instead of rising to the
occasion, that we are the vessels whereby God can manifest Himself, living
epistles read and known of all men. You
say, “Bro. Vayle, if I could get that with you, like you’re preaching it,
knowing that Bro. Branham did have it (we know that), I’d come together more
often.” Then, why don’t you? Yah.
You say, “Well, at your age that’s all you’ve got left”. That’s right.
That’s all I’ve got left. That’s
all I want. But the Bible says,
“Remember now thy creator in the days of thy youth, lest evil years draw nigh”,
and you say, “I have no pleasure in that.”?
But you can have pleasure in this.
I don’t understand people. They’ll do everything but find a place for
the Word of God. They’ll do everything
they can to stay away from it. I’m happy
this morning than I’ve been all day.
Last night and all today … and I had maybe twenty minutes of sleep last
night. What did you have? I’m not saying I’m sacrificing a thing. It’s a joy to be here. And I’m so happy to have you, to look at
you. I’ve got someone to preach to. And someone pulling something out of me,
makes me to know there’s God in this place somehow, somewhere in this Word, in
vessels that are sanctified to Him by a sanctifying Word, by the sanctifying
Blood, by a sanctifying God! What more
does a person want?
It tells us, “the Blood of the
everlasting covenant”. Absolutely. Now, this fulfills (of course) as we go back
to John [1]:
(1) In the
beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God.
(2) The same
was in the beginning with God.
(3) All
things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
(4) In him
was life …
Now, it doesn’t say he is the life. It says, “In him was life”, as well as the
fact that he is the life. Now, you don’t say a living thing has got
life. If a thing is living it does have
life. So, you’re looking at something,
here, that’s a little bit different.
(See?)
(4) In him
was life; and the life was the light of men.
Now, what is light? That which makes manifest! God had within Him the ability to make Himself
manifest for His people. Like the water
coming out of the ground at the exact location, and the right place, doing the
right thing, which was a fountain.
Exactly what it is.
(5) [Paraphrased] The light shines in darkness, and
the darkness can’t comprehend it.
And in verse 14:
(14) And the
Word (became) flesh, and dwelt among us …
God Himself, the great Creator,
becoming a part of creation, which He absolutely was. Then, over here, in Lk 1:26-37, we find the
angel of God, Gabriel, coming to Mary, and he said:
(28) … blessed
art thou among women.
And he said, “The fruit of your womb
is going to be a child called Jesus. He
will be the Son of the Most High”, and so on, and so on. And she said, “How is this thing going to
be? I don’t know a man”. He said, “The Holy Ghost is going to come
upon you”. Exactly what he said here. Then, right down in [Lk 1] verse 37:
(37) For with
God (being present) …
“For with God being present” … Now
listen: God being present meant an exodus from heaven coming right down here
and mingling with men, creating the sperm and the egg in the womb of Mary to
bring forth a child who would be the great Redeemer. And right today God being present … there’s a
picture, right there [Bro. Vayle points to …].
You can say what you want about it.
That’s scientific! Something
caught the camera’s lens; it was a light.
The very thing Bro. Branham kept talking about, proved absolutely,
scientifically -- there it was. With God
being present, every single thing is possible -- all the sustaining grace and
power of Almighty God. What was He
doing? Jehovah was coming up through the
earth and in the prescribed channels, as it says in Lk 2:8-11 … let’s go look
at it:
(8) And there
were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over
their flock by night.
(9) And lo,
the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round
about them: and they were sore afraid.
(10) And the
angel said unto them, Fear not: for behold, I bring you good tidings of great
joy, which shall be to all people.
(11) For unto
you is born this day in the city of
Over
here to Jn 1:29-34:
(29) The next
day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which
taketh away the sin of the world.
(30) This is
he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he
was before me.
What did he say he was? Did he call him God or did he call him a
man? Where are your Trinitarians sitting
now? “One mediator between God and man,
the man Christ Jesus”. They can’t even
read; the Trinitarians can’t even read.
The god of this world has blinded their eyes, blinded and numbed their
minds, led them right into idolatry. How
we ought to thank God every morning, every night, and all the minutes in
between, we’ve been led out of
(31) And I
knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to
The great Source of Water coming up to
a fountain … manifested. That which
makes manifest is light. Right? Men won’t come to the light. They won’t come to what is manifested because
it blows to smithereens their Trinitarian doctrines, their dogmas. They won’t come to that light. They won’t come to any manifestation; they
turn it all to one side and blithely declare, “Well, William Branham, you know,
he didn’t understand the Blessed Holy Trinity”.
They refuse to admit the sheer fact that the Trinity was known in
(32) And John
bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and
it abode upon him.
And nobody else saw it but John. Any Bible student will tell you that. Then, why can’t you take that? [Bro. Vayle
points to …] And say you believe God …
Pbttt! That’s right. God, becoming flesh to redeem, came up by the
same earth that we did. Oh, yes.
Heb 2:14-18:
(14) Forasmuch
then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise
took (a) part … (not the whole part; there was no serpent flesh in him); that
through death he might destroy him (or bring to nothing him which) had the
power of death, that is the devil;
(15) And
deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to
bondage.
(16) For
verily he took not on him the nature of angels (and verily he didn’t become an
angel, but he became one with) the seed of Abraham.
(17) Wherefore
in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might
be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make
reconciliation for the sins of the people.
(18) For in
that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to (help) them that are
tempted.
[Hebrews 3]:
(1) Wherefore,
holy brethren …(remember him who came up through the earth, just like you did.)
Hebrews 5:
(1) For every
high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to
God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
(2) Who can
have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that
he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
(3) And by
reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for
sins.
(4) And no
man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was
Aaron.
(5) So also
Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto
him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee (the manifestation of the
fountain).
(6) As he
saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of
Melchisedec.
(7) Who in
the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with
strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was
heard in that he feared;
(8) Though he
were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
(9) And being
made perfect (completed), he became the author of eternal salvation unto all
them that obey him;
(10) Called of
God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec …
Listen, he was made at that time
perfect, completed; but at that time he did not complete every work. Bible says so. We’re waiting for a completion today, as it
says in Hebrews, “They without us cannot be made perfect”. Therefore …[we’ve]?… been growing up into Him
and growing up until the very Capstone.
The Holy Spirit in a Flame of Fire is here in our midst to lead us to
the Millennium. His Blood was poured out
upon the earth sanctifying it and preserving it for eternity. And then, by the resurrection, through the
Spirit, fills it up with life anew. Bro.
Branham said, “God will create again, not
through sex (… no), but by divine
creation. He will call the ashes from
the ashes, the dust from the dust, taking (he said) the calcium, the potash, the cosmic light”. And there is cosmic light in us. Don’t you think there isn’t because there
is. They just found it. Better think it over, brother/sister. God never made a prophet a scientific
man. When he made a statement, it was
right though. They’ll find every single
thing he said was right. There are no
mistakes there.
Herein, we have just seen the fountain
of blood cleansing, and the fountain of life restoring -- blood and water. We note with great satisfaction that not one
of these title roles are actually future, but are all in effect, have been [in]
effect, and in the last day at His Epiphany we see the greatness of His
personal Presence, and His wondrous works.
Consider first His Presence: Jehovah-Shammah, the Lord Present, Who is
that? [Bro. Vayle points to …] Consider the Lord, His Righteousness: we are,
and we have been declared His righteousness and we righteous with Him. No blame whatever. Consider Jehovah-Shalom, our Peace, as in 2
Thess 1:7-10. Consider our
Sanctification, which is John 17, Jehovah- …[ma]?… Qadash, through the
Sanctifying Word. Consider the Victory,
Jehovah-Nissi, even now is trampling death under His feet, rendering it null
and void, bringing His church in order.
And right now is working a victory.
Consider His healing: the ministry of Jesus Christ returned to earth for
a few short years. Consider Him a
Shepherd: the great Shepherd of the sheep, come for His sheep and to bring them
all forth into resurrection and take us up.
Consider His great Provision: Jehovah-Jireh. What has He failed to provide? There is nothing He hasn’t provided As the great prophet vindicated said, “Everything under the Seventh Seal is there
to put us in a rapture. We’ll not miss
it”. (And I could go on. You know, we don’t have time.)
And as we consider God coming up
through the earth, we cannot forget that He came up as the Holy Ghost through
the Word in His church, which is earthen vessels fitted unto Almighty God until
we’re all restored, as it says in Eph 4:16: “When the Capstone Himself”… and
the Capstone, remember, is the cornerstone which is to the Gentile church. Which is God in the form of the Holy Ghost
coming to the Apostle Paul, laid upon the foundation that was already there,
because there’s a continuity between the Old and the New Testament, right from
Adam plumb up to the last one coming into the fold. There is no difference. It’s Capstone time now.
And now, consider another way in which
He came up through the flesh, and that’s “God in the prophets”. How the world wants to forget it! How they love to aggrandize themselves in the
Scripture and say, “Bless God, Paul was a prophet! Bless God, Isaiah was a prophet! Bless God, this man a prophet …”. And they don’t even know what they said …
but, “Hallelujah, they’re prophets!” Well,
does God have a prophet today? “Oh, no
way!” Who said? Tell me where God said it? The same I want to find where God said,
there’s no five-fold ministry. Just
because people say it’s not there, does that make it not there? Am I supposed to hide my head in shame when
the prophet said, “Lee, you and I are just alike”. And I could have said, “Sure, I’ve got a
nose, not quite like yours … I’ve got nose, two ears, two eyes … what else is
new?” But I respected the prophet and
[said], “What do you mean, Bro. Branham?”
He said, “Well, I’ve got a little
gift of healing; nobody wants it. You’ve
got a little gift of teaching; nobody wants it.” So, am I supposed to listen to people now
running around, shooting off at the mouth?
[Am] I supposed to listen to the kind old priests (that aren’t so kind,
because I’ve mixed with them)? Their
kindness is: “Lick my feet” … and deny the Word. Their kindness is : “Don’t you dare say a word
against what I teach!”… though they know they’re in error. Honey, you’re looking at the wrong guy,
because I’m as stubborn and as proud as they are. Put it down.
I’m no whiz-kid up here, and you know it. God in the prophets, God in His Word …
[End
of side One]
God in
His prophets, God in His Word, and God in His people -- if they are His people
and the Word is in them. And remember,
the water must be compatible to what is receiving it. And what receives it must be compatible to
the gift, or it won’t take. As we read
the other day concerning fountains, in John: if there wasn’t Word in there in
the first place it’s because there wasn’t a place for the Word … for the Word
to be, for the Word to attract the Word.
Because, He is Word, and if we come from Him we are Word. And Bro. Branham said, “The whole thing is Word. That’s what makes it all”.
Surely,
we can see the God of zoe, Himself, which He is the God of zoe (life in the
flesh, and life in the universe) … So, surely, we can see the God of zoe
Himself as zoe and part with us in our zoe until it is all zoe, and the cosmos
of God in the New Jerusalem. Did you
hear what I said? In Him was life … in
Him was life -- a sharing of Himself, to beget and to bring forth in earthen
vessels. And He Himself became a part so
that the whole thing is now in perfect manifestation as zoe. Because, nothing unclean, nothing unholy,
therefore all of God, and only of God, is there. And even they which bring their glory in, and
the Lamb is on the Throne. He is
visible. And the Pillar of Fire is above
the Throne, and that is visible. That is
zoe! That’s God’s ability to come up
through the earth and make it all one.
And it definitely is all one.
#2) Now
listen: we mentioned the fountain of compatibility. What if the water had no use by reason of no
need? And when the water was available,
what would it be? Well, it would be
horrible not to have a true compatibility of which we have already spoken, to a
certain degree. Notice over here, in Jn
1:10-13:
(11) He came
unto his own, and his won received him not. (Incompatible. It didn’t do any good.)
(12) But as
many as received him …
Now,
why don’t they receive Him? Because they
can’t stand the light! They can’t stand
that which makes manifest! They said,
“Listen: we don’t stone you for good deeds”.
They’re liars! They did! Who are you going to believe? A bunch of hypocrites, [or] are you going to
believe Jesus? He said, “If I had not
done the works that no other man did, they had not sinned. But now they’ve both seen and hated both me
and my Father”. Are you going to believe
Jesus or a bunch of mealy-mouthed hypocrites called Saducees and Pharisees, and
general run of the church? You can
believe what you want.
(12) … as many
as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them
that believe on his name:
(13) Which
were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man,
but of God.
Let’s
go back to the Book of Luke, and let’s take a look at it. [Luke 1]:
(35) And the
angel … said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of
the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall
be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. (Right? What if it weren’t compatible?)
Let’s go to Eph 1:3-6:
(3) Blessed
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all
spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.
(4) According
as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world …
Now, He
didn’t say, “I’m choosing this, and I’m not choosing that”. Bro. Branham brought that very evident. “I’m going to take this and leave that” -- He
never said that. That’s at the end of
the time, “I’m going to take this and leave that”. Upon what grounds? “If you weren’t in Him then”,
Bro. Branham said, “And didn’t have representation then, you don’t have
it now”. So, what is he
saying? He’s quoting from Ephesians.
(4) … that we
should be holy and without blame before him,
(5) (In love)
having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to
himself, according to the good pleasure of his will.
(6) To the
praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the
beloved. (In other words, the sacrifice
of Christ [is] efficacious.)
Let’s
go back to Romans … (I don’t have two read it, Rom 8:28-34. I read it) but let’s just quickly go to
Galatians instead, the fourth chapter, and watch what it says in [Gal 4]:4-6:
(4) (And)
when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman,
made under the law,
(5) To redeem
them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
In
other words, there was no way we could possibly manifest by law! We could only manifest through grace. And how do we do it? By receiving the light -- that which made
manifest. And God was manifest in flesh,
the Bible said. They received it back there; we receive it today. And above all, we receive this and we receive
that [Bro. Vayle points to …], knowing that it’s vindicated.
Now
listen:
(6) And because you are sons (not that you
become sons, but because you are sons), God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying,
Abba, Father.
And
Bro. Branham preached on the basis of that understanding, that the Dove leads
the Lamb. The Dove does not alight upon
a wolf, because it’s got the wrong nature.
You say, “Well, bless God, I’ll get the Holy Ghost and I’m thoroughly
sanctified. When I can present myself
and I’m such a fine creature, somehow by the help I get, and somehow by what I
give, and the Holy Ghost will come”.
You’re crazy! You’re spiritually
crazy. You’re mad. It’s because you are sons. And if you’re not a son, you ain’t gonna get
it.
Now,
that’s just as simple as A-B-C. There is
a compatibility. The plant needs
it. The water is meant for it. They get together, and it grows what? To maturity!
To do what? To reproduce a seed
in death, which means “by dying we come forth in a resurrection”. But there’s a second death coming on the
earth right now -- spiritual death. And
by grace we escape it. So, without dying
we come forth into immortality. It’s all
very wonderful.
Read
the tenth chapter of John, concerning the sheep. Remember, Jehovah shepherds only sheep, and
nothing else. In Heb 13:20, He’s called
the great Shepherd of the sheep. Jehovah dies only for the sheep. In John 10, he tells you: “Jehovah and the
sheep-fold, New Jerusalem … all become One”.
#3)Thirdly,
we mentioned total redemption. Actually,
we’ve been dealing with it for years in Bro. Branham’s sermons. There is not, therefore, one lost child of
God. Let’s go back and look at the
sheep. We’re going to go to Jn10:27-30:
(27) My sheep
hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
Listen:
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them”… and it’s the knowing whereby they
follow. The water is compatible and it
pours itself on the plant and the plant responds, showing it’s the same
life. But this is the Great Sustainer --
Jehovah, the Redeemer-- bringing you out.
That’s why the Book of Redemption was open to us in the last day. Jehovah-Tsidkenu, our Righteousness … our
Peace, and all of those wonderful attributes.
(28) And I
give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish …
What
kind of eternal life? Unto zoe. Because He alone can glorify the body. You
wouldn’t get it -- a body like His -- if you didn’t have a Father like
His. It’s impossible. I’d like to see for one minute, any of you
people that are procreating … you [who] are young enough to have children, I
want you to do one thing: I want you to think very …(oh, you wouldn’t do it
anyway, so it’s just going to be a joke), I’d like you to think very seriously
before impregnation and during pregnancy, to think, “I’m going to have a cute
little slant-eyed yellow Chinese-faced baby”. Ain’t gonna work … won’t work. It’s not in the genes. If you’re not in the genes of God,
brother/sister, you’d never come forth a child of God. That’s right.
(And notice, the yellow man’s diet is different from ours. I’m not making skin a difference, now; I’m
just telling you what’s going on genetically and generically. And his isn’t like ours. Black, yellow, green, white -- I don’t care
what his color, he can be born-again if he’s a child of God.) But I’m just trying to tell you something:
there has got to be a source. And if the
source isn’t God, the fountain of Life which is manifested, the sustaining
virtue of God will not apply. True. God doesn’t invite the devil’s crowd to come
to His house and take over. They’re
trying it but it’s not going to work.
“No man can pluck them out of my hand. My Father which gave them to me is greater
than all. And no man is able to pluck
them out of my Father’s hand. I and my
Father are one [Jn 10:28-30]”… and so are the children, born in their
order. And every single solitary thing
that was created by God, for God and His children, will be totally
redeemed. As in Isa 65:17-25, which we
read of just the other night.
Now,
we’re going to start slowing down and closing with number four:
#4) We spoke
of the location of the fountain. The fountain
was located … when, we’re speaking now of this fountain, opened to the house of
David -- the fountain of Blood, the fountain of Life, which there would not
have been a resurrection of any Old Testament saints without this One -- this
fountain was located in the East. Where
is it located today? According to
Matthew 24, “As the sun rises in the east, so it sets in the West”. And the same One that cried, “All you that
are thirsty come unto me and drink”, gives the same invitation under the same
standard, exactly, of vindication, to let you know that He is here and He is
present. And the water of Life is
available, where it was not available at any other time from the time of Adam,
where men and women could walk, never having died, to the Tree of Life and
become entirely immortal. It manifested
to
(8) And at
that time Philip said [paraphrased], “Lord, if we could see the Father … you
show us Him somehow. That will take care
of the problem.
(9) And Jesus
[said], “Have I been so long with you, Philip, you’ve not known me? He that has seen me has seen… has seen the
Father. How do you say, then, ‘show us the Father’?”
And,
listen:
(10) Believest
thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak not of myself: but the
Father that dwelleth in me, and He is
the one doing the works.
There
it is right there. You want light on the
Godhead? You want to know what the truth
is? He told you. It’s right here: “It’s manifested that God is
in me. And when you’re looking at me,
you’re looking at the Father”. And Bro.
Branham said the same thing. “Oh,
horrors! Horrors, that a man should say,
‘I’m not looking at William Branham, I’m
looking at God’, Blasphemy! Blasphemy!”
Then, William Branham blasphemed … and he got away with it. And those who rose against him, some were
carried out feet first. You say, “Bro.
Vayle, you’d better watch your tongue”.
No, you’d better watch your language, because you’re not speaking God’s
language. And the same prophet on ‘Son
of man, Son of God, Son of David’ said, “You’d better learn to say the right thing or your
prayers aren’t getting through”.
And everybody is trying to find [out] about new names, this, and
everything else -- forget it. He said, “Say the
right thing!” H-m-m? What about it?
What
about Jn 14:12 at the end-time?
(12) … verily,
I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also;
and greater …than these … because I go (to) my Father.
Who was
talking? Jesus was. The man.
Who was making the promise? Not
Jesus the man, but God in him, concerning the greater works. Who came down? Just one of His titles … call it what you
want. Bro. Branham said, “It was
Elohim”. He said, “Jehovah”. Jesus Christ in the form of a Pillar of Fire. Calling it many roles … calling it ‘the
Judge’. He said, “The King is here”. Giving all the titles and roles. And in Lk 17:20, it says, “The
But,
here it is right today in the West. The
same Fountain in the East is here in the West.
It cannot bring forth Blood, brother/sister. The Blood was shed, as far as the mercy seat
was concerned. But the Blood was not
applied to the door post and the lintels till this hour. And if you’re looking for Blood on the mercy
seat, I’m going to tell you something: you’d better smarten up, because Bro.
Branham said, “It’s off the mercy seat”.
Not that it’s not efficacious for those coming in. But for the group, God’s family, to get out
of here, it’s on the door post and the lintels.
The
building is finished. It’s time for the
building to take its exodus. We’re the
building of God. It was prophet, judge,
and lamb, back there. Today it’s prophet
Elijah, proving that the King and the Judge is here. All the books have been opened. All the trees have been made evident. The Fountain-Head, Himself, has come down to
give water to the thirsty. History has
repeated itself, as it says over here in Jeremiah 2 (… and I think I’ve got the
right verse. I hope so. There’s another one in 17), but [Jer]2:13:
(13) For my
people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living
waters, and hewed themselves out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no
water.
What is
He telling you? Today the church -- yes,
the church out of which the Bride came -- is totally incompatible … totally
incompatible. And do you know what
people are doing? They’re doing with the
Word like the scientists are doing with the genes. Until now, heads of government say, “No, you
will not take a human sperm and egg, and then one of ape and put them together
and bring forth an ape-man”. They’ve got
it in their hands to do it. And I
believe Bro. Branham was talking of that when he said, “That’s when the end will come”. They’ve left that. There are no moral values. They even tell me,
now (which I don’t know; I’m not a scientist) … I read where they can even take
a plant and combine it with a human element.
Is that right? Can they take
plant elements and combine them? I don’t
know. Well, I read about it. Government stepped in. And politicians cannot make a right
decision. It’s all over.
They’re
hewing out cisterns -- a church system.
And they’re smart enough to know that God has got to work by a man! Do you think the Catholic church didn’t know
that in the beginning? Do you think in
Let’s
turn to the Book of Psalms … [Psalm]36, from which Bro. Branham read (and we’re
going to close):
(1) The
transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God
before his eyes.
(2) For he
flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
(3) The words
of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do
good.
(4) He
deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good;
he abhorreth not evil.
(5) Thy
mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the
clouds.
(6) Thy
righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O
LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
(Talking about the river right now, something in there. See?)
(7) How
excellent is thy loving kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put
their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
(8) They
shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt
make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
(9) For with
thee is the fountain of life: (and) in thy light shall we see light.