<TITLE>29. Par -</TITLE>L-54-268 What is a remnant? The piece that's cut, left, same kind of goods. Is that right? You go to cut you a dress out of calico, and you spread out a big piece of calico and cut it out. It's your business where you lay the pattern. It's God's business where He lays the pattern; He cuts her right out. Is that right? And now this, rest of this calico left here, is just as good a calico as in the dress. Is that right? But it's God's election. God elects His church; God predestinates His church; God foreordained that, ordains His church; and He takes that church out. And the remnant is left to go through the tribulation period.

L-54-269 And that's where many Bible scholars today get mixed up, thinking that the Bride's over yonder in the tribulation. A fellow said to me, said, "I couldn't tell you, Brother Branham." Said, "I seen the Bride up in heaven. And the dragon spurting water out of his mouth to make war with the Bride. And the hundred and forty-four thousand, which is the Bride, standing on Mount Sinai."
I said, "Oh, no. No. No. No. You got it all mixed up. The Bride was in heaven." And the remnant of the woman's seed, not her, not the pattern, the remnant was there, and the persecution (the Roman Empire) when Catholicism will consolidate and they'll unite their powers together with the great church...

L-55-271 Why, they got it right... It was on television the other night. The Methodist church is trying to unite Methodist and Baptist; and all the full churches of Christ are trying to unite with Catholicism and stand before one plain altar. What did the bishop say when he was put on trial the other night, over there to be a Communist? I was standing, looking at it on television myself. All the bunches of them... And when that time comes, there'll be a persecution rise then and the Holy Ghost will fall and Methodist and Baptists, and all will speak with tongues, praise God, and heal the sick, and prophesy, and all the signs and wonders will be coming. The elect will go up, and the remnant will be left here to go through the tribulation period. And at the end of the time, when they see what has happened, they'll have to go down in martyrdom.

L-55-272 Then look. You say, "Well, now, Brother Branham, do you mean to tell me there's going to be--the--that people that's going to be there at the white throne judgment?" They'll... The Bride will never be judged. No, sir. She's in Christ. How do you get in Christ? "By one Spirit we are all baptized into one Body." Is that right?
Now, look, look here. The Bible said, "Judgment was set, and the Books were opened." Is that right? Books of sinners. "And another Book was opened," which is the Book of Life, and every man was judged thus. Is that right? And who was doing the judging? Jesus and the saints. He said, "He came and ministered unto the Ancient of Days Whose hair is like wool." And said, "Ten thousand times ten thousands come with Him, and ministered to Him in the judgment." Here Jesus returns as King and Queen; the wedding's over, and He's married. Here's King and Queen standing here. And there stands that sanctified bunch; God said, "Stand to My right side here." That's the Book was opened, was sinners, "Get over on My left." Here's the ones that had their names written in the Lamb's Book of Life.

L-55-274 You say, "Brother Branham, my name's written there, I'll go." Wait a minute. Judas Iscariot was sanctified. Whew. Brother, wake up now, pinch, so you can get this. You see?
Judas Iscariot, his spirit is the antichrist today. You know that. Jesus was the Son of God, came from God and returned to God; Judas was the son of perdition, came from hell and returned to hell. Jesus taken the repentant sinner with Him; Judas taken the unrepentant with him, "If thou be... If, if, if You be a Divine healer, do this. If thou be This, do this." (See, that question mark across God's Word.) "The days of miracles is past. If It is, show me this. If, if, if..." See? "It's all true," God said.


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