<TITLE>07. Par 20-21</TITLE>L-20 What a beautiful type of God made flesh and dwelled among us, come down to suffer the death and the penalty: the Innocent for the guilty, the lovely One for the unlovely. How it'd break the man's heart to think of such that God had to do for lost sinners like you and I. An ensign must be lifted up. You said, "Brother Branham, you mean there, to place that snake: Jesus?" Yes, it represented Jesus, that brass serpent, the ensign; for Christ, knowing no sin, yet was made sin for us.
And look at Him now, when He was beaten. God's just judgment had to be paid: "The day you eat thereof, that day you die." God's Word has to be kept. There He is, standing in Pilate's judgment halls; with mockery spit hanging over His face; the hands that raised the widow's son; spoke peace to the harlot; the eyes that looked so tenderly upon the crowds, was now bleeding: blood running down His face and mockery spit from church members and soldiers.
There He goes. Look at Him. I see little red dots in His robe. Them little red dots begins to get bigger as He goes up the hill. After while they all go together. Then you hear a slapping on His side. It's His bloody robe. Then at Golgotha they nailed His hands up and lifted Him up as an Ensign. He redeemed the church. Redeemed her what? He said, "Just as Moses lifted up the brass serpent, so must the Son of Man be lifted up." Why? A compound reason: because she had sinned and was sick. And He lifted it up for their salvation and healing. And "He was wounded for our transgressions; with His stripes we were healed," the Ensign lifted up. Beautiful.

L-21 There's the Son of God lifted up for your Ensign. "As Moses lifted up the brass serpent in the wilderness, so must--and just the same way, same cause, same thing... Then what did He do when He lifted up there, when He--God lifted up the Ensign? To the world... He showed to this church tonight, He showed to the world that He had redeemed all the lost estate of the church and the peoples. And what is our loss? If you've lost your salvation, He's the En... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] ...sign for the sins of the world. What a pity. And then, do you mean to tell me that you could deny Divine healing? There it is in the Scripture. That's what Jesus said: "Just as Moses lifted the brass serpent, so must the Son of Man be lifted up for sin and sickness." And He's here tonight. He's still lifted up. And He was put into the grave, and God lifted Him up. And His Spirit is among us tonight, doing signs and wonders. Do you believe it?


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