Trees, Books, and Fountains # 2
(The Book of
the Genealogy of the Sons of Adam)
Bro. Lee Vayle
July 1, 1989
Shall
we pray... Heavenly Father, we are grateful that we are in Your Presence
tonight through the shed Blood making a way for us, scattering sin till there
be no evidence whatsoever. The grace of
God calling us completely justified as though we'd never done it, and the
Prophet said we didn’t. And we
appreciate that, Lord. We thank You that
this is not addressed to the outer man which dabbled in sin, but to the inner
man which came from You, O God, -- names written in the Lamb’s Book of Life
from before the foundation of the world.
We pray
now, Lord, as we study Your Word that it shall do good to us, for us, Lord --
shall do something for us in the inner man, coming through in the outer man,
Lord, that which is ...[within]?... to shine forth through mortal flesh.
Help
us, Lord, to glorify You in this day of Your greater glorification where the
greater works have been manifested, and Your Presence made known to us. We commit ourselves to You in Jesus’ Name, we
pray. Amen. You may be seated.
Now, we
want to talk a little bit about what we mentioned, having finished with ‘trees’
a week ago last Sunday. And we’re going
to talk about ‘books’ which, as we said, are not really symbolic, whereas trees
and fountains are, but it’s really the real thing. He’s speaking of books which, of course, in
the Old and New Testament would be called scrolls.
Now,
just to get a reading, we’re going to go to Rev 20:11-15.
(11) And I saw
a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the
heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
(12) And I saw
the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened; and
another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged
out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
(13) And the
sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead
which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
(14) And death
and hell were cast into the lake of fire.
This is the second death.
(15) And
whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of
fire.
And
then over in Revelation 5, we read here the first few verses:
(1) And I saw
in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on
the backside sealed with seven seals.
(2) And I saw
a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book,
and to loose the seals thereof?
(3) And no
man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the
book, neither to look thereon.
(4) And I
wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book,
neither to look thereon.
(5) And one
of the elders (said unto) me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda,
the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven
seals thereof.
(6) And I
beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the
midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and
seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
(7) And he
came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
And then, of course, in Rev 10:1-2.
(1) And I saw
another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow
was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars
of fire:
(2) And he
had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and
his left foot (upon) the earth.
Now,
the actual purpose in reading these two sets of Scripture is simply to
establish the fact that there are several books that are mentioned in these
particular Scriptures, but there are only two places where they are positioned
-- many books, but only two places where they’re found, and that is: Heaven or
Earth. And strangely, and yet not so
strangely, there are more books on earth than in Heaven. And ultimately, even those books which are
seen in Heaven, actually come down to Earth.
Thus, we see here -- in absolute continuity with the Word -- thus, we
see here, in dealing with just books (because that’s all they are), there is
always a heavenly origin with it and everything else, with the ultimate
destination of being the Earth. The
heavenly origin finds itself ultimately down here on Earth. Even as we have seen with everything,
especially the ultimate plan of Almighty God ends with the glorified saints,
the Lamb, God Himself right down here upon Earth. So, you see, it’s not strange that what we
see in Heaven, actually in books, is here on Earth.
All
right, now. We also saw in Rev 5:1 and
Rev 10:2 how a sealed book, once in Heaven, was brought down to Earth from the
very Throne of God and is responsible, literally, for us to have the ability to
be caught up to that very Throne of God.
If the Book didn’t come down, there would be no way we could go up and
be a part of it, because we have to be in that Book to be a part; we’ll see
that. Actually, that Book is here, and
it is opened at this present time -- being the Book of Redemption (which we
don’t have time to touch tonight).
Now,
before we get into a detailed study of books (which may take several Messages),
I want us to get acquainted with some of the books that are mentioned in the
Bible, because they are presented by God to us (they’re made known to us), and
what their purposes are is very unique.
And you’ll be surprised at the number of books there are, and I won’t
even cover them all:
1. Of
course, there’s the Lamb’s Book of Life and the Book of Life, which actually
Bro. Branham taught us is ‘one’.
2. There is a Book recording the deeds of
all men.
3. There is a special Book of Records of
the Faithful.
4. There is a Book of Curses
5. There is a Book of Law
6. There is a Book of Remembrance
7. There is a Book of Confessions
8. There’s the Book of the Lord
9. There’s a Book of the King
10. There is a Book of Dividing the Land and
Titles
11. There’s a Book of Commissioned Judgment
Prophets
12. There’s a Book That Proceedeth out of God
(as God was seen by vision)
13. There is a Sealed Book (which is later
opened, only to be shut and reopened)
14. The Book of Foreknowledge, Election,
Predestination
15. The Seven Seal Book (which is a Book of
Redemption)
16) The Book of Covenants... (and on and on, any
number of books.)
Now, I’ve mentioned sixteen various ones. And, of course, there’s more mentioned in the
Word of God. And I might as well be
honest with you, I would consider that most of these books, by casual reading
(casual looking at Scripture) are, literally, sort of combined together. So that it’s not so many ‘books’ as it is
(more or less, you might say) ‘various doctrines and subjects’ that God has for
us.
So, I
have no idea how many books there really are, [to] be honest with you. And I do not know too much about them; that’s
very true. And I’ve never read where
anybody else knew too much about them.
But I think, by study, we can find quite a bit of information concerning
those books, which are very very real and very very definite. In other words, something is written which
cannot be changed. It’s more than the
Law of the Medes and Persians which cannot alter; it is, literally, God putting
Himself in the form of a contract -- an actual oath, a document that He Himself
signed by His Own Blood, liberating us by His Own Life. So they are very very important.
Now,
however, as much as we do not know too much about them, they are very
interesting (from what I’ve discovered), and some are very timely, because they
relate to this very hour, though their setting is back many many years, if not
thousands. Now, over the years it seems
that the only books we ever read about, or heard about by students of the
Scripture, were those books in Daniel and Revelation 5 where all the Bible
students and teachers (rather, so-called) were as dry as sawdust and as dead as
door nails as they tried to delineate upon Daniel and Revelation. And even amongst the best of them --and I’ve
heard, I guess, so-so and read so-so -- put you right to sleep. Just as dead as dead could be with no life
whatever, because the Life necessary for those books was not available at that
time. (See?)
Now, remember, it’s just like building the body of a
baby: Everything was there in the life, which is the soul which took the
elements to build a body, but each part was according to what was in the genes
-- the life released in the material to bring forth what was requisite. That’s exactly what we see today: God
building a body, a beautiful temple. And
there wasn’t any life at this time that could be released to build what is up
here, roughly around the neck structure, that Bro. Branham called the phlange on the pyramid, which, of
course, the Capstone was missing.
Now, of
course, some made a few erroneous comments about the Book of Life and the
Lamb’s Book of Life. And of course, like
all good Baptists -- and, I think, all good Presbyterians, and all good
Pentecostals (... all good for what?) -- all believe the same thing: That the
Lamb’s Book of Life and the Book of Life were two different books. And Bro. Branham said they’re not, and he
explained it to us. And we might go into
that a little bit.
Now,
today, as I see, I believe we can do better than what we would have done years
ago because we have been told the Truth by the Prophet of God, who is
vindicated. And what I propose to do is
simply start at the beginning of the Bible.
That’s about the best place I know to start (the beginning). And if we have good fortune, [the] leading of
the Lord, which ever way, we will take it chronologically as to the way the
Bible is laid out -- Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus... to Malachi, and then Matthew
to Revelation -- though [to] be honest with you, from what I’ve looked at
already, I don’t think we can really do
that. But we’ll do our best.
So,
tonight, I want to start in the Book of Genesis where I see that the title of
the first book … It’s the “Book of the Genealogy of the Sons of Adam”, (the
Book of the Genealogy of the Sons of Adam).
And this should be quite interesting to us, as the Lord helps us to look
at it. So, we’ll look at it and we’ll read
about eight verses.
[Genesis 5]
(1) This is
the book of the (genealogy) of Adam ... (There is a book, and it starts ...
it’s amazing that we’ve got this in our hands printed right before us. We see the beginning of a book of humanity,
right here.) ... In the day that God created (him), in the likeness of God made
he him;
(2) Male and
female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the
days when they were created.
(3) And Adam
lived an hundred and thirty years and begat a son in his own likeness, after
his image; and called his name Seth.
(4) And the
days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat
sons and daughters.
(5) And all
the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
(6) And Seth
lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
(7) And Seth
lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and
daughters:
And you know that right what you’re looking at is the
direct descendent, the direct descendent, and it’s the first-born (which this
is not a record of first-born). Direct
descendents are named here. So we’re
looking at that very carefully, and we go to [Gen 5:] 31-32 of the same
chapter:
(31) And all
the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
(32) And Noah
was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, (and) Ham and Japheth.
All
right, let’s continue about this Adamic race... this genealogy. [Genesis 6]:
(1) And it
came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and
daughters were born unto them,
(2) That the
sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and they took them
wives of all which they chose. (All
right, you’re looking at two groups of people, now, aren’t you?)
(3) ... the
LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is
flesh:
He
said, “Hey! This fellow’s got a part of him that isn’t working too good for
him.” He’s also flesh, as well as what?
Spirit --it’s got spirit there. And
spirit ... we do not mean a spirit, period; we mean ‘spiritual’ part. (Let’s
see, where are we going from here... Well, we’ll just keep reading a little
bit.)
[Genesis 6]
(4) There
were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of
God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, (and)
the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Now,
right here, the fundamentalist believes that these were spirit-beings or angels
that pressed themselves into human form and begat sons and daughters --
Hogwash! The Bible cannot be interpreted
by idiots, or smart people either. It’s
got to be brought to light by a vindicated prophet, or we simply don’t believe
it. These were great men, because the
Beast in the Garden of Eden was a giant, and his genes came right on down. They were great big men. And if you study anything about anthropology
or anything about the physical structure of men, [or] go to doctors, they’ll
tell you that these great big guys aren’t what they’re cracked up to be. Man
wasn’t meant to be giants; they’re much, much smaller. So, we understand that from physiology, and
so on.
(5) And God
saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every
imagination (... the reasonings; the reasonings) of the thoughts of his heart
(and that is from his entire mental-spiritual function) was ... evil (and then,
of course, they came out through the body) ...
(6) ... it
repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his
heart.
(7) And the
LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth;
both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it
repenteth me that I have made them.
(8) But Noah
found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
(9) These are
the generations of Noah: ...
Now, we
start with Adam, and we get ... not that we leave Adam, but we begin talking
about somebody else, now, in the lineage. [Genesis 6]
(8) Noah
found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
(9) These are
the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and (genetically perfect in his
generation -- that’s what it is in the Hebrew --[the] only complete man. So all
the rest were incomplete; they must have had an infusion. Something happened), and Noah walked with
God. (That’s right. He’s the only one that could walk with God.)
(10) And Noah
begat three sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth. (And they weren’t perfect.)
(11) The earth
(also) was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
You
notice right there, when the earth went to seed, went corrupt -- full of
pesticides and heaven-knows-what -- the people became violent. Now, if you think you’re going to stop
violence by putting more drug pushers out of existence, ... unh, unh. If everybody suddenly stopped taking drugs,
they would sniff enough lead, or something in the atmosphere, that is perfectly
legal, because the rich man says, “I’m going to dump everything on you poor
suckers, because I want money” ... and you’d be violent. So, you can commit suicide now and get it
over with, or begin a new phase of trusting God, because we’re going to have
to. Noah and his children had to escape
by one route -- upward. Because, as sure
as you are alive, even though they were children of God and marked, they would
have gone down in the ooze and slime if God hadn’t snatched them out. It’s true!
All
right, [Gen 6:] 17-18.
(17) And,
behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all
flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven: and every thing that
is in the earth shall die.
(18) But with
thee will I establish my covenant: and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and
thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee. (... and etc., etc. ...)
Now,
before we discuss this, we’re going to go to Luke 3... (because we’re going to
blow ourselves out, as usual; we’re going to take more time than I want). This is so interesting! I don’t care what it is; I get so interested
in these things here, that I figure preaching three and a half hours isn’t too
long, as long as we can both hold out ... except the tape’s going to run
out.
All right, in
Lk 3:23-25 it says:
(23) And Jesus
himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son
of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
(24) Which was
the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi,
which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph...
Now,
let’s jump right on down to where it ends.
And we go to [Lk 3:] 33.
(33) Which was
the son of Aminadab, ... the son of
(34) Which was
the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, ... the son of Abraham ... the
son of Thara ... the son of Nachor
(35) ... the
son of Saruch ... the son of Ragau .. the son of Phalec ... the son of Heber
... the son of Sala,
(36) Which was
the son of Cainan ... the son of Arphaxad ... the son of Sem ...(and) the son
of Noe ... the son of Lamech,
(37) ... the
son of Mathusala ... the son of Enoch ... the son of Jared ... the son of
Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
(38) Which was
the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which
was the son of God.
All
right. The emphasis is in verse 38 …
“which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.” And we go back to Gen 5:1-2, and listen:
(1) This is
the book of the generations of Adam. In
the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
(2) Male and
female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the
day (that) they were created.
All
right. Now, here is a genealogy, or a
genealogical record. It is the book of
Adam and his descendents on earth. And
we can actually trace it ( and we will) before it was even on earth). It is the record of Adamic life, because the
Bible tells us Adam was made in the likeness of God -- absolutely created. He’s a son of God, and he begat all these
children. Now, it is the record, then,
of Adamic life, with that life of Adam running its course through successive
generations until the seed runs out. And
there’s a cessation of bodies, then, that would be necessary for those sons. But they reappear immortal in the New Earth
and in a new and incorruptible human form.
Now, what you see here, then, is the Book of the Genealogy, the record
of Adam and his life. He being a son of
God, therefore then, he would propagate according to his own image which is in
the image of God regardless of what men may try to say.
Now, please be very careful, here, for we are going to
take Lk 3:38, “…Adam, which was the son
of God”, and we have to go back , as I’ve already shown you, in Gen 5:1-2. Let’s read it again:
(1) This is
the book of the generations of Adam. In
the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
(2) Male and
female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the
day (that) they were created.
Now, that’s Gen 1:26-29.
(26) And God
said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, ... over the fowl of the air, ... over the
cattle, ... over all the earth, ... over every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth.
(27) So God
created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and
female created he them.
(28) And God
blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish
the earth, and subdue it: ... have dominion over the fish of the sea, ... over
the fowl of the air, ... over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
(29) And (the
Lord) God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon
the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree
yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Now, this is not Gen 2:7.
(7) And the
LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
Gen 1:27 (26-29) is not Gen 2:7. And neither is Gen 2:7, Gen 5:1-2. Now let’s read [verses] 20-25. (We read [verse] 7)... so we go over here to
[Gen 2:] 20-25.
(20) And Adam
gave names to all (the) cattle, ... the fowl of the air, and ... every beast of
the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
(21) And the
LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: ... he took one
of his ribs (out), ... closed up the flesh instead thereof;
(22) And the
rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, ... brought her
unto the man.
(23) And Adam
said, This is now bone of my bones, ... flesh of my flesh: (she’ll) be called
Woman, because she was taken out of
(24) Therefore
shall a man leave his father and his mother, ... cleave unto his wife: ...
(they’ll) be one flesh ( ... and so on).
Now,
here we see something: The command that God gave to multiply and pass on life
was not given to Adam (and consequently Eve) in any form but their spirit-form
which they were in, of a single spirit person.
Now, that’s exactly what it says right here in Genesis 5, which is the
genealogy of the true sons of Adam. It’s
not what people think it is. Now,
according to
Genesis 5, this Adam -- this is Adam, right here, the
son of God, the only begotten of the Father according to that particular period
(that particular time) -- and to him is given a commission, and that
commission ... we go back to [Gen] l: (again)26-31. And we read it already:
(26) ... Let
us make man in our image...
(27) So God
(creates) man in His image, in the image of God (creates) he him; male and
female created he them.
(28) And God
blessed them and ... said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, ... replenish
the earth, and subdue it: ... have dominion over the fish of the sea ...
In
other words, to subdue is ‘keep it in order’.
We’re looking at the same word ‘subdue’ (as far as I’m concerned) is
where God brings everything into subjection.
And He’s subduing things now.
It’s bringing it under a Divine order and keeping it in that Divine
order. So what would there be for Adam
to come to an earth that’s perfectly at unity and at ease with him and God and
everything else, and having to subdue it?
To subdue it... the subjection could only be in his understanding and
his knowledge of it so that he could work the better with it. And it wouldn’t be so much a matter of
putting anything in subjection as ‘under him’; it would, rather, him be
learning to be in a unity. That’s where we’re
looking at here. And so He said, “I’ve
given you every tree that has the seed and the fruit of it and the herb of the
field”, and so on. Now, this is exactly
what his commission was and what his destination was to be upon earth.
Now, let’s go back and just see that quickly in Isaiah
65, and we’re just going to read a little bit of it, [verses] 22 to 25.
(22) They
shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat:
for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long
enjoy the work of their hands.
(23) They
shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of
the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them --the Adamic
genealogy. Now, see what he said back
there.)
(24) ...(it’ll)
come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet
speaking, I will hear.
(25) The wolf
and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the
bullock: and (the) dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my
holy mountain, saith the LORD.
Now,
that was exactly what God said was to happen to Adam (and Eve, being in him) at
the time of the creation of Gen 1:26-28 -- they were in that particular spirit
form. That’s how they were to have it. Now, the sonship has nothing to do with the
flesh. Adam’s sonship has nothing to do
with his flesh -- not at all. Now,
you’ve got to watch that and get away from any other thinking. Because if you don’t, you can’t go back to
the Lamb’s Book of Life from the foundation of the world and understand what we
taught when we saw Who is This Melchisedec?, and the placing of a
pre-existence which defies remembrance because of the bypassing of a theophanic
form. So, here was a form that was not
theophanic. And they were not yet in a
form which was commensurate, to a degree, (yes, I’ll say) -- ‘commensurate with the earth’, but not
further than that.
Thus, this sonship we’re speaking of has
nothing to do with his flesh, because Genesis 5 proves it, taking us back, not
to Gen 2:7 (plus) but, to Gen 1:26 and plus.
This sonship of which we speak is not sons after the flesh or the man
God formed from earth, but the very spirit-form son of God. And Eve was in Adam in this part and time of
the original creation. This explains how
that they can take her side of the family and trace it right back to Adam,
because, you’re not looking at the flesh; you’re looking to see what is back of
it. This also explains why the original
‘illegitimate’ child was not people conceiving wrongly out of wedlock, but it
was a man of the tribes of Israel taking a woman outside of the tribes of
Israel. (See?) That explains what it is. He wouldn’t be a matter as far as the flesh
is concerned; it’s a matter of the genealogy.
Now, to
understand this even more thoroughly, let’s go to the Book of John so we know
what we’re talking about because that’s exactly where we must keep ourselves in
Scripture.
Now, John 1: (the Gospel).
(11) He came
unto his own, and his own received him not.
(That’s his own because they were
His own by right of creation ... and so on. )
(12) But as
many as received him, to them gave he (the authority) to (be) the sons of God
(... in other words, the understanding and placing) even to them (which)
believe on his name (... now watch: They
believe on Him. If they’re not in
the beginning they won’t believe.)
(13) Which
were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man,
but of God. (In other words, we have a
resolute purpose here. And we find that
God is literally engaged in a production.
And the production cannot vary because God cannot change and the first
production was a spirit-form son and that cannot be changed regardless of how a
body is provided.)
Let’s
go over here now to 1 Corinthians 15, and we notice something else. It says in verse 22,
(22) For as in
Adam all die, even so in Christ (all shall be) made alive. (“For as in Adam all
have been separated, even so in Christ all shall be reunited.” See?)
How can
you make an eternal soul die. Bro. Branham explained what the theologians said,
that “death is separation”, which that’s exactly what it is. This corroborates what we’ve already read in
Isaiah 65. So we go back and read it
again, (... won’t take very long) the New Jerusalem, etc. [Isa 65:] 22-25:
(22) They
shall not build, and another inhabit ... (and so on. But notice what it says in [verse] 23... )
(23) They
shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of
the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring (is) with them.
There
you are. You see, what God had said in
the beginning, He said it to the spirit-man because that man couldn’t fail to
do what he was commanded. It was that
flesh that was the failure. Exactly as
Paul said, “In the flesh there dwelleth no good thing.” It was the flesh that sinned. Now, we watch again Gen 5:1-3. Let’s go back and take a look at Gen 5:1-3,
(which we read so many times already):
(1) (In)...
the book of the generations of Adam.
(Now, he starts right there and it goes plumb all the way down without a
hitch to the Lord Jesus Christ. Now,
this is a book written on Earth, but it’s going to be positively one that
dove-tails with whatever is written in Heaven.)
In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him.
(2) Male and
female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the
day ... they were created.
And he commanded them to be fruitful and
multiply and replenish the earth -- in other words: populate the Earth, and see
the Earth is well taken care of, and have a governorship and a sympathetic,
empathetic relationship with Nature, and right down the line. So that really, it is God moving upon the
face of the Earth and all that’s in the Earth by His Spirit in these people.
Now,
notice here that Gen 5:1-3 has no mention of Cain as being begotten of Adam,
and therefore he cannot be of
Adam. And as it says in 1 Jn 3:12, “Cain
was of that wicked one”. Now, all the
scholars want to tell you that’s the dative case, and it merely means he fell
in line absolutely with the enemy and, therefore, he was a pawn and so and
so. But that’s not what the Bible
teaches, nor a vindicated Prophet. The
fact of the matter is, they don’t know that the Bible teaches
predestination. And when it does teach
predestination, it cannot make God an arbitrary God who says, “I’ll take and
love this one, and I’ll hate the other guy.”
How in the world can God Almighty have a son called Adam to bear Him
sons, and then love one and hate the other?
And it even tells you in the Bible, He loved Jacob and He hated
Esau. [Of] course, they’ll try to tell
you (and they can do if they want to) it means He loved Esau less. Well, the fact of the matter is, how could He
love him less and do what He did to him?
The actual matter was, there’s a hatred there because the fellow was not
in the lineage of Almighty God. (Say
what you want to say.)
Now, to
those who would say that Cain simply lost the privilege of lineage by murder
using the examples of Esau and others concerning the Birthright, remember this:
That David was a lustful murderer who did a most tragic and deplorable thing,
and he never lost his lineage. And
Solomon, he was a mess also; he didn’t lose his lineage. And the man after him was far worse, and he
didn’t lose his lineage. So, let’s stop talking foolishly. This is not an account of the
Birthright. This is an account of the
lineage, according to the Word which we have read. It is the record of Adam -- his genealogy,
according to Gen 5:1-3. And that, then,
is the basis of what Paul teaches in Eph 1:2-3 (or a little more).
Let’s start at [Eph 1:] 3.
(3) Blessed
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, ... blessed us with all
spiritual blessings in heavenly places ...
(4) According
as he hath chosen us in him ( that’s in Christ, the Son of God -- the only
begotten, one-of-a-kind) before the foundation of the world, that we should be
holy and without blame before him …
(5) ( In
love) Having predestinated us ... (In other words, they were already there and
waiting to come forth.) ...
Then, going on to verse 12,
(12) That we
should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
And you
can fill all the rest in there. It talks
about the adoption. It talks about
redemption. It talks about fulfilling everything
in the dispensation of the time that God has already laid out there.
Now... [Eph 1:] 22-23.
(22) And hath
put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to
the church,
(23) Which is
his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Now,
that’s the Bride. That’s where she came
from; that’s what she ends up as. She
came out of Him, out of His loins (so to speak, spiritually), coming into
physical membership where He can be the Head, she becomes the body to Him.
You can see, now, what we are looking at, here, is the
replenishing of Gen 1:26-29 actually ends up in the Millennium, and the New
Heavens, and the New Earth -- but particularly the New Earth. Genesis 5, then, is the lineage of God via
human instrumentality. Can God actually
have a line? ( In other words, we’re talking descendents.) Can He actually produce children? Absolutely does! Where do they come from? Absolutely from God! Now, I know everybody wants to say, “Well,
you see, what God did [is] He created man and by man has a son by creation and
blah - blah - blah... and so on and so forth.
That’s just like you trying to sell me that you can adopt a child from
even a race -- let’s say you’ve got some Vietnamese over -- you adopt that
child, give him your name, give him everything you’ve got, and that is really
the child of you? Hogwash! That’s plumb stupid. And the smarter people get the more stupid
they get (evidently). That can be no
more yours than nothing, except the bond of the human race. Well, the Bible tells me, right here, that
Adam was the son of God, right in His image.
Now,
let’ say that you go to
(12) But as
many as received him, to them gave he (authority) to (be) the sons of God
In
other words, they have become authoritative sons. And anybody that doesn’t receive Jesus Christ
absolutely is not the authoritative
son. And you say, “Well, what about the
fact that when Jesus came back as a Pillar of Fire, He said, ‘I’m Jesus’? Had Paul not received him, he’d be no more an
authoritative son than a hog. What about
today? (Always got to throw that in;
don’t think I’ll ever miss that for a million dollars.) What about today? This is the work that you’re supposed to work
from God and for God: That you believe on those that God sends. Has there been anything like this in two
thousand years? No! But you can’t tell that to anybody because
they’ll go right around and talk all about Jesus just as though if they would
have been there they would have recognized him.
Hah! They wouldn’t know God if
they met Him in a bowl of porridge. (I’m
with the old Scotsman on that.)
Listen...
Let’s go now from John, here. Let’s go
to Galatians and see what Galatians says in the 4th chapter. Let’s see what it tells you, [Gal 4:] 1-7.
(1) Now I
say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, (differs) nothing from a servant,
though he be lord of all;
(2) But is
under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
(3) Even so
we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
(4) But when
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 (the ‘placing’
of sons, not ‘adoption’ as though God adopt you, some vile little varmint
running around -- dirty feet, full of iniquity.
So God just took pity and said, “Well, I’m going to make you My
son.” Hogwash! The adopting is placing of sons. This is what Jn 1:12 says.)
(6) And
because (you) are sons (... not ‘going to be made’ sons, but because you are
sons), God (has) sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying,
Abba, Father.
(7) Wherefore
thou art no more a servant, but (an authoritative son. You know who you are when you believe on him
what God has sent. That’s right; you
know who you are. Now you become
positioned. That which Adam lost is now
returned through the Baptism with the Holy Ghost.), then an heir of God through
Christ.
Now,
notice, it not only says ‘son restored’ but it says ‘heirship’. But you’ve got to wait for the Millennium and
the New Jerusalem. You can’t get beyond
that.
[End of side one]
All
right. And it’s ready to be revealed
into manifestation in this very Age as of
Romans 8. Now
watch ... everybody suffering; mankind is suffering ...[less]?... than the
earth.
(18) For I
reckon that sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with
the glory which shall be revealed in us.
(19) For the
earnest expectations of (creation waits) for the manifestation of the sons of
God. (Not just identified, but manifested.)
(20) For the
(creation) was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who
hath subjected the same in hope.
It says
that God was behind all of
this. Iraneus said, “God being a
Saviour, it was necessary to predestinate sons who would be sinners in order to
give Himself a purpose, or the out-working of His own purposeful Being”. Why, how can you believe in any other kind of
God? Why, you degrade your own
intelligence, if you have any (or I have any).
(21) Because
the (creation) itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption
into the glorious liberty (or the liberty which is in the glory) of the
children of God.
Complete
ruling. A creation, not as though it
were subject in a manner of oppression but it’s subject to the Life and the
Light, and that which flows from God.
Oh, if husbands could be that way, women wouldn’t have any trouble. But, if women could be that way, men wouldn’t
have any trouble; so don’t get too high-minded, ladies. See, we’ve got to lay it on both angles --
let’s face it.
(21) ... Because the (creation) itself … shall be
delivered from (that) … corruption ...[Notice, ‘corruption’) ...
(22) For we
know that the whole creation (groans) and travaileth in pain together (till)
now.
Earth-pains
... earth-pains of the earth -- not self-destructing, but man destroying
it. And if man didn’t destroy the earth,
then God couldn’t destroy those that do destroy the earth. And if the earth wasn’t destroyed and all
those people with it, we couldn’t have a new Earth and a new Heaven. Now, we’re groaning.
(23) And not
only they, but ourselves also, which have the first fruits of the Spirit, even
we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the
redemption of (the) body.
Now,
the first fruit of the Spirit ... what was the first fruit? Significant of the resurrection. So, therefore, we have the Spirit which
signifies we’ll be in the resurrection.
But what happens when the Spirit Himself comes to perform a
resurrection? Because, the same One which brings the
Shout -- which is the Word, which is the Message-- is the same One that brings
forth the dead. He’s called the
Archangel -- the Voice of the
Now, in
reading the Book of the Genealogy of Adam from Luke 3, we see every single male
named from Adam until Jesus. And we know
that there is an actual history in the Bible concerning many of them, as to
when and how they were born, and why they received such names; we understand
that. With this record in Luke, notice
that all earthly genealogies cease.
There are no more recordings of any more genealogies for the sons of God
via the flesh, for they are no longer chosen out of one particular nation but
from all nations, even according to the covenant that God made with Abraham ...
“In thee shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.”
Now, I
repeat: There is no earthly record.
There’s no earthly record of the genealogy of the ‘God-man race’ as
there once was. That is, there is no earthly
record. And here’s what you come
to: You come to 2 Tim 2:19.
(19) Nevertheless
the foundation of God standeth sure (there’s no genealogical record) having
this seal, the Lord knoweth them (which) are his. And ... every one that (names) the name of
(the Lord, will) depart from iniquity ( which is a false worship, and a false
understanding.)
Now,
listen, there is no earthly record, but the foundation of the genealogy of the
sons of God stands absolutely sure because God knows who those sons are.
Now... listen, however, to Hebrews 12. We’re reading at verse 18,
(18) For ye
are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire,
nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest.
(In other words, you’re not looking at something that is here physically
upon the earth.)
(19) And the
sound of a trumpet, ... the voice of words; which voice they that heard
intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more.
(20) (For they
could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the
mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
(21) And so
terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
(22) But (you)
are come unto
(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 of just men made perfect,
(24) And to
Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that
speaketh better things than that of Abel.
(25) See that
ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if
they escape not who refused him that (spoke) on earth, much more shall not we
escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven (or the One that’s
from Heaven that’s speaking).
(26) Whose
voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I
shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
(27) And this
word, Yet once more, signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as
of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
(28) Wherefore
we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may
serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.
(29) For our
God is a consuming fire.
Now, I’m
sure you caught what I said there, reading in verse 23,
(23) To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are
written in heaven ...
They’re
written in
(8) And all
that dwell upon the earth shall worship (the Antichrist, those) whose names are
not written in the book of the life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of
the world.
So
that’s the book that we’re looking at that is written in Heaven. Now ... and all these sons whose names are
written in Heaven and for some of the time names were written on earth as well
-- all the names in Heaven and all the names that were published on earth
(See?) -- all of those have their source in God, according to Heb 2:9-11.
(9) But we
see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of
death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste
death for every ... (not every man, but for every ‘son’).
(10) For it
became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing
many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through
(suffering).
(11) For both
he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one (source, or one
Father); for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren. (There is absolutely no difference -- except
in measure and position and the authority of God -- there is no difference
between Jesus Christ and us ... as pertaining to the Source who begot us is
there.)
Now,
also, we see the very same thing, as we read over here in Eph 1:3.
(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, that we should
be holy and without blame before him in love:
(5) Having
predestinated us unto the (placing) of children by Jesus Christ to himself
(Now, notice, we were in Him; separated and then placed. Placed what?
Back to where we should be, absolutely having repopulated the earth and
in control. Now, that’s absolutely THUS
SAITH THE LORD -- there’s no way.), according to the good pleasure of his
will. (Now watch ... “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 (Made an absolute way for perfect redemption).
All
right. You will recall, we saw this in
“Who is Melechisedec?” :
1. All the children of God were in God;
there’s no doubt about it.
2. Their
names were all recorded. It has to be written before it is spoken. So therefore, written and spoken is one and
the same, where Rema and Logos are the same.
3. Then, in
their time they were spoken or manifested on earth, as to their part and
place. Now it becomes recorded in flesh.
4. They
were purely predestinated, according to the book of Ps 139:13-17.
(13) For thou
hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
(14) I will
praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works;
and that my soul knowest right well.
(15) My
substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously
wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
(16) Thine
eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect (in other words, not finished);
and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were
fashioned when as yet there was none of them.
There you see the perfect plan of God in a Bride. Absolutely.
You can see foreknowledge, omniscience, and predestination by election
-- all those things brought together.
This is the same as in Jeremiah, when Jeremiah was told by God, “I knew
you before time. I knew you way back
when there was no knowledge. I knew you
before you were formed in your mother’s womb.
I know you, now that you have been formed and are on earth. I know all about you.”
5. The
predestination on earth was to be as stated in 2 Corinthians 3; so let’s go and
look at it. All we’re doing is looking
at Scripture to see how God did these things in the Adamic race which is the
sons of God, or the God-race. In 2 Cor 3:1-6:
(1) Do we
begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of
commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
(2) (You) are
our epistles written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
(3) Forasmuch
as ye are manifestly declared so 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 fleshly tables of the heart.
(4) And such
trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
(5) Not that
we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything... of ourselves: but our
sufficiency is of God.
Paul is
saying right here, “I have an actual part through my ministry in perfecting the
plan of God in all the sons of God who went astray, who fall under the sound of
my gospel.” And he said, “Here is how it
is: just the message going out.” Back in
those days there was a message to catch an early church. There’s a message in Seven Ages to catch the
Bride. And in the last Age there’s a
Message to catch the gathering of the coming-out to bring on a resurrection to
take us all away. And here’s a Message
right at this time.
Now reading on from there, we go to [2 Cor]:17-18
...?...
(17) Now the
Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
(18) But we
all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed
into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Who are
these? These are the children of God,
written in flesh -- in other words, the Word of God spoken and manifested in
every generation, starting with Paul, down there, in the First Church Age.
Now, listen ... [2 Corinthians 4]
(1) Therefore
seeing we have this ministry ...( a ministry that will bring the children of
God into the revelation of who they are and the authority to call themselves
thus, and a future authority which will bring them into the resurrection, and
so on. It’s a ministry.)
(2) But have
renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, (not) handling
the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending
ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of (Christ).
Now,
what we’re trying to say here is very very simple: If it worked back there with
Paul, it works here now. In other words, if the Word in that Age
could do that, the Word in this Age will bring a Bride into immortality; she
won’t even die.
6. Now …
The final predestination culminating, is in Jn 14:1-4.
(2) In my
Father’s house (you have) many mansions (... and so on): if it (weren’t) so,
(I’d) have told you. I go to prepare a
place for you.
(3) ... if I
go (again) ... I will come again and receive you unto myself; that where I am,
there ye may be also. (Now... )
(4) And
wither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
Now, notice [Jn 14:] 5-9.
(5) Thomas
saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the
way?
(6) Jesus
said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the
Father, but by me.
(7) If ye had
known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him,
and have seen him. (Now, this is for a
Trinitarian age).
(8) Philip
saith ... Lord, shew us the Father, ... (that will suffice) us.
(9) (And)
Jesus said unto him. Have I been so long
... with you (Philip), and (you’ve) not known me ...? he that hath seen me hath
seen the Father; ... how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father.
Now
that, to me, is absolutely the Book of Revelation (in the end-time):
3:14-18. So let’s go back and look at
it. This is that period in there that’s
an eerie light between darkness.
[Revelation 3]
(14) ... these
things saith (to the Messenger to the Church which is
(15) I know
thy works, ... (you’re neither hot nor cold): I would (you were hot or cold)
(16) (Because
you’re lukewarm ... not hot or cold, I’ll spew you out of my mouth.)
(17) Because
thou sayest, I am rich, ... increased with goods ... have need of nothing; and
knowest not ... (you’re) wretched ... miserable ... poor ... blend, and naked:
(18) I counsel
(you) to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that (you may) be rich;
Now,
listen: If they would have known him, they’d have known that condition. They didn’t know it. So, there, standing there, just like Philip did,
and the rest of them.
Now notice, you take [Jn 14:]10-12.
(10) Believest
thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you, I speak not
of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, … doeth the works.
(11) Believe
me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me, or else believe me for the
very work’s sake.
(12) ...
verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he
do … ; and greater works than these shall he do, because I go (to) my
Father.(That had to be fulfilled by somebody.
So, that is actually Lk 17:20-30, the
.
That takes us right down to Rev 3:20.
(20) Behold, I
stand at the door, and knock; if any man hear my voice... (He understands,
because hearing is understanding. And he
opens up the door) ... I will sup with him, and he with me (which positively is
the prayer of John 17 being answered -- the unity there is with us, each other,
and Almighty God.)
(21) (And) To
him that overcometh (I’ll grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also
overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
(22) He that
hath an ear, let him hear ...
Now,
what you’re looking at, then, is the ultimate from John, where he says, “Where
I am going to be, you are going to be with me also.” So we’re looking and seeing the Book of Adam
coming to a close, and seeing it’s the time of the end.
Now,
then, it is very interesting to note that the Book of Life and the last Book of
Life are one book. The Wise and Foolish
Virgin are made of one bolt of cloth and the same kind of vessels -- the Bible
teaches that. But only the Wise Virgin,
or sheep, hear the Voice. And we see
that in Heb 12:22-29 ... because we are supposed to listen. And the sheep hear the Voice. And in listening, we are actually coming to
New Jerusalem and being caught away before the tribulation. And it says, “Our God to whom we’re listening
-- the one that came from Him is speaking -- is a consuming fire.” Now, there’s your picture right there. [Bro.
Vayle points to ...?...]
2 Th 1:7-10.
(7) ... you
(that are in tribulation) rest with us, when the Lord Jesus (Christ) shall be
revealed from heaven with his might angels,
(8) In
(flames of fire taking judgment ... in other words, ‘vindicating’. Absolutely.)
It’s the same understanding of 2 Th 2:10-12,
where the Truth comes on the scene, and nobody takes the Truth except the Bride
which are the sheep that hear the Voice.
And remember, the Bible says, “My sheep hear my voice.” And it doesn’t say anything else about
anybody else hearing it. He doesn’t do
it.
And so,
the sons of Adam, the true genealogy from the sons which God brought forth from
Himself -- not in flesh, but placed
in flesh. That’s what’s happening right
now, though people ... they’ll never believe that for anything at all. They can’t see it. They say, “Well, [if] you believe in
pre-existence, you’re a Mormon.” I
believe in pre-existence, and I’m not a
Mormon. Just because a Mormon believes,
it makes it wrong? Just because Joe
...?... believed in no Eternal Hell, it makes it wrong? Because the Oneness people believe in
Jesus-only, does that make it wrong that there’s one God? That the carried-away Baptists [and]
Presbyterians believe in eternal security, does that make it wrong? I get so fed up with stupidity -- mine,
yours, or anybody elses ... most of the other guys, though, to be honest,
because I think I know the Word. (That
will knock them for a loop, won’t it?)
The Foolish
Virgin are not lost, except to the ultimate of God which is the New
Jerusalem. They are outside and inherit
eternal life. (See?) They can’t be sheep, but they’re not goats
either -- No sir! They are ‘likened’ to
sheep.
Now, at
this point we have another difficulty.
It is Rev 3:5 and [Rev] 22:19,
which speaks of the blotting out of the name out of the Book. But you will notice in Exodus... (Now, Rev
3:5 you can read yourself, and [Rev] 22:19, take the name out of the Book) but
let’s go back to Exodus because I want to get through here, if I possibly can,
tonight.
Exodus 32... and notice beginning at [verse] 32.
(32) (And) Yet
now (says Moses) if thou wilt forgive their sin --; and if not, blot me, I pray
thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
(God wrote a Book … full of names.)
(33) And the
LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever (has) sinned against me, him will I blot out of
my book. (See? The Book of Life.)
(34) Therefore
now go, lead the people unto the place ... which I have spoken unto thee:
behold, mine Angel shall go before thee; nevertheless in the day when I visit I
will visit their (sins) upon them ( ... get their names blotted out).
All
right, since Bro. Branham made the Lamb’s Book of Life and the Book of Life,
one Book, we see names can be removed even as idolatry caused the name of
Ephraim -- the two tribes, Ephraim and Dan -- to be removed from the
lineage. Now, idolatry started with Cain
by rejecting Revelation. And of course,
we see his lineage in Gen 4:16-19. His
lineage is not in Genesis 5, and has nothing to do with Adam.
So, the lineage in [Genesis] 4... and it says here
beginning in verse 16:
(16) ... Cain
went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the
(17) And Cain
knew his wife: and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and
called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
(18) And unto
Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and
Methusael begat Lamech.
(19) And
Lamech took unto him two wives: (There’s where polygamy starts in) the name of
the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. (There’s his lineage -- not Genesis 5.)
And you
see some more written about these fellows over here. They are found over here in the Book of Jude
(... little tiny Book before Revelation -- one little chapter). And it says [in] the third verse, beginning:
(3) Beloved,
when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was
needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly
contend for the faith with was once delivered unto the saints.
(4) For there
are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this
condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness,
and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
(5) It will
... put you in remembrance (therefore), though (you) once knew this, how that
the Lord having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed
them that believed not. (Because
lascivious corrupters were amongst them, even though they were called
Israelites.)
(6) And the
angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he
hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the (day of) judgment …
(7) Even as
Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves
over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an
example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Now, it
tells you right there: There’s absolutely two groups of people in this
world. There’s the lineage of Adam;
there’s the lineage of Cain. And you
can’t deny it. They’re right in
there. And Satan, who used the Beast as
an angel of light, transforms himself into an angel of light and has his own
ministers as angels of light. And they
come right into the church, and they can be anointed by God (as Korah, Dathan
and Abiram), and prophesy, and heal the sick, and raise the dead -- like
Judas. And they’re no more sons of God
than nothing. They are not in the
lineage, brother/sister. And they will
never be where Adam was commanded to go with the children of God, which was right
up there into the Millennium and beyond it.
Now …
Thus it is the most astute understanding that the Book of Life contains a
segment of names of the Beast-race, as
well as a Book containing their deeds (as said in
Rev 20:12, which we read). Now, let’s consider this: Since Adam was a
son of God, he possessed Lamb-life, or God-life. Remember, the Beast injected his life into
humanity, or the flesh of the God-race.
Thus we can actually see a vast Book (with no problems) containing all
those names in there, according to Romans 9 where it says [paraphrased], “The
potter out of one lump will make a vessel unto honour, and a vessel unto
dishonour. And what if God, willing in
the human race to show His glory and mercy on vessels He foreordained, and to
show His wrath on those other vessels that He had not afore ordained unto
glory? But they had prepared themselves
for wrath, whereas God prepared His Own for salvation.” That’s the Bible. And we’ve already seen and understood zoe and
cosmos.
Let’s go over here to 2 Peter. (How many minutes have I got? ... Unh? Eighteen?
Oh, I’ve got lots of time.) Let’s
go over here then, to Peter. I’m talking
aweful fast to get this done. But you
can understand; you’re used to fast-talking.
I’m not double-talking; I’m just a fast talker.
2 Pet 2: 4-5, and it said,
(4) (And) ...
God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and
delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
(5) And
spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of
righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; (while the
world of the godly was above it because Noah was given the same contract as
Adam was -- sons of God -- and God just killed the cosmos. He got rid of the ungodly cosmos.
Now,
let’s go to 2 Pet 3:10, and you read this:
(10) But the
day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in ... which the heavens
shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with ... heat,
the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Now,
what you’re looking at here is not only the zoe, as we looked at the zoe of God
(we’re looking at the zoe and the cosmos) ... they’re the same in this respect:
That the zoe of God considers all of creation of God. And there’s two cosmoses -- one’s of God and
one’s not of God. Remember, the devil
has got, for the time being, God’s cosmos which He have to us. We’re going to
get it back through the power of Almighty God.
Now, in
here, he tells you here that the works are going to be destroyed. And that’s what the Bible tells us over there
in Hebrews 12, “That which can be shaken, will be shaken until it’s shaken
down.” And remember, anything that God
does can only be shaken down by God. Man
can handle it, and man can fool with it, but man can never do very much with
it. And so, therefore, God is in
complete control of all of this, and He’s going to see that we inherit it --
take it over in a perfect state.
Now,
from all of this we can see one great Library of God with several books, or one
great Book with several sections -- call it what you want. This is the Genealogy of the God-family. The Lamb-Book, or the Book of the Lamb… the
Book of the Lamb’s Life or the Lamb’s Book of Life is the record of the
‘pedigreed sheep’. Jesus spoke of them
thusly in John 10. Now, we all know John
10; it speaks of the sheep.
[Jn 10:] 27-30.
(27) My sheep
hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
(28) And I
give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man
pluck them out of my hand.
(29) My
Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck
them out of my Father’s hand.
(30) I and my
Father are one.
This is
the security of the Elected -- the Wise Virgins. The others are not, actually, less
secure. But it is said about them in
Matthew 25 that they are only as sheep.
It doesn’t say they are sheep. As
sheep, distinct from goats -- because the goat is a smelly ‘budinsky’ and he
has nothing to do with salvation.
Remember that. So only a judgment
can tell them apart! In assessing this
Book, which we’re looking at -- the Book of Genealogy, the Book of Life -- we
can only say this: Whoever are written in Heaven (that’s their names) can never
be changed or turned from the ultimate of God, if they are a part of the
‘Lamb-Life’ as to the foreknowledge and election. There’s no way that you can ever change
it. Because God said to Adam, “This is
what you are supposed to have.” Then, as
he sinned in the flesh ... which he did sin in the flesh because it was the body
that contained the lust. The soul itself
is fine; it will always go toward God; it will turn toward God. But the body lead by a spirit foreign to God
-- allowed by God but not God’s Spirit -- will turn that person into a person
which will not be an accurate depiction of the true life that is within him.
So,
going back there, then … Adam, having sinned and fallen ... remember, at this
time God said, “You cannot go to the Tree of Life and live forever.” So, therefore, you can understand instantly
that the power and authority that Adam had was abrogated until the time that he
could now become immortal. And God is
seeing that the whole Adamic race … and I call it that, because in Adam all
were lost, all in Christ are made alive.
I cannot see where that Scripture can fail; I can’t see any reason that
it should fail, and it won’t fail. But
remember, between the Foolish and the Wise, Bro. Branham said, “They’re both Virgins.” There is no difference except remember
this: One had a vessel that contained oil.
The other vessels, the oil had leaked out, and was leaky and could not
contain fresh oil because you can’t put a new patch on an old garment. And you can’t put new wine in old skins, old
bottles. So, therefore, when the time of
the Appearing came, which we’ve gone through, and the days of the Son of Man,
the manifestation of this hour and the Word coming forth, the Foolish Virgin
didn’t have what it takes, which they didn’t have the Word of the hour as the
conduit of the Holy Ghost to perform the last act that God wanted, which was to
give us immortality to put us in the Kingdom -- because that was the plan of
God.
God stands behind His Word to perform it. And we are His Word. We’ve go to be! If He’s Word, we’re Word. Do you think cats bring forth anything but
kittens? You got them all mixed up. It’s after His kind. We’ve got to be the same kind that Jesus is. Absolutely, the Body of His glory -- we’re a
part of that. And we’re coming into it
and it’s going on now by the very Word of God, the Life that’s in it, changing
our atoms. (See?) That’s why Bro. Branham said, “I am
so fearful that the people will put something above the Word.” The very thing the world is crying for,
like Bro. Branham said, “They’re
screaming for a revival, and they’re fighting it.” Like poor old Bro. ...?... , “O God, send
a prophet. O God, send a prophet!” And the Prophet said, “Here I am!” Yah, God sent
him. The next day, screaming again,
“God, send a prophet!” Yah ... tragic.
That’s
right, the others of Adam’s race will come up in the General Resurrection --
not sheep -- and be judged and go into Eternal Life. And it would appear that their judgment,
based on gestures of good will and kindness that they performed, is a definite
manifestation of the grace of God. For
though blind to their prophetic hour, God has made a way for them to come
in. And as naturally as the sheep hear
the Voice and follow, these Foolish Virgins ... (and that’s kind of a
derogative name, but they’re good people) these naturally follow the sheep and
fulfill First John 3, “They work no hate” -- they don’t hate their brethren;
they don’t molest them; they just try to do good. And as Paul said, “They work no ill to their
neighbours.”
So here’s what you can see, then, exactly what we read
over here in 1 Corinthians 15 -- the hour of the Resurrection. And it said:
(20) But now
is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept.
(21) For since
by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead (and from
among the dead).
(22) For as in
Adam all die, even so in Christ ... all (shall) be made alive.
(23) But every
man in his own order: Christ the first fruits: afterward (what?) ... they that
are Christ’s at his (appearing. But how?
In
their order.)
That’s
the genealogy, the first Book. It’s a
Book of Genealogy. And I cannot conceive
that the Bible would start any other way, than start with the genealogy, and end with the genealogy; because that’s
what it does. At the White Throne, the
same Book is opened that started. The
same Book in Heaven is opened. Like Bro.
Branham said, “He brought down the Book
of Redemption and revealed the names.” How did He reveal the names? How do you know that your name is in there;
that my name is in there? How do you
know it? Because the sheep hear the
Voice and they follow the One from Heaven that speaks. The difference between deceit and non-deceit
is what? They of the sheep will listen
to the Truth where the others will believe the Lie. Right today, they’re screaming and shouting
and stopping and talking in tongues, saying their little prayers and
God-knows-what. They might as well be
spinning a prayer with the ... you know, whoever they are over there with the
Lamas. It’s not going to do them any
good … going through some little ritual.
And they’re saying, “Millions now living will never die.”
Tomorrow
morning we’re going to go into the Book of Cursing, and you’ll see that
millions are going to die. You see,
there’s a Book of Cursing ... you bet!
And you can’t have a Book of Life without a Book of Cursing, which is a
Book of Death. So, I’ll take the Book of
Death tomorrow morning -- the Book of Cursing.
But you can see the Books. The
Bible is full of books, books within books -- every one holding keys, every one
holding mysteries, every one holding secrets -- but every one holding
Revelation. (See?) So, there you are. There’s a big Book, each one ...?... a little
book -- God’s doing it. Let’s bow our
heads in prayer.
Heavenly
Father, we thank You for the time we’ve had together going into this. Understanding, not so much as we’d like to
understand, but knowing, Lord, we’re seeing Truth there, just exactly how the
Prophet taught it. It becomes clearer
and clearer, more and more evident from the Word which has been given to
us. And we thank You, Lord, that we see
these things in our hour that’s been revealed to us -- we who are not so wise
and prudent; we that weren’t so smart.
Everybody may criticize and be critical and call us a cult or a
heretic. That doesn’t matter, because we
see the Truth. And the Truth sets us
free, Lord … sets us free from the power of the antichrist, from the power of
the devil.
The
glorious liberty of the children of God being manifested in this hour, Lord,
that we know the righteous from the wicked and understand these things, and see
the Book, Lord, that wonderful Book -- the Genealogy, the Book of the
Generations of Adam -- the Book, Lord, of Your generations, Your seed that You
reserved for Yourself. And we appreciate
that so much: the righteous will not die with the wicked.
So,
Father, we just commend ourselves to You, now, at this time and thank You for
what we’ve learned. And may, somehow, it
all fit together more with this Message which we’ve been taught and bring forth
in us an understanding which will help us in the days to come, with strength
and power. In Jesus’ Name we pray, Amen.