<TITLE>17. Par 63-66</TITLE>L-63 And Judas Iscariot, the wicked old hypocrite, when he throwed down the money before Caiaphas' feet and said, "I betrayed innocent blood," and hung himself... His enemies and everything else testified He was the Son of God.
When there He was, Pilate standing there, ready to condemn Him, to pass judgment, I hear the temple guard ride up. Jumped off his horse, and fell down, and run up and brought Pilate a little note. Said, "Here, your majesty."
Let's See? Pilate looks at it. He turns white. His lips turn white. His knees beat together. Let's look over his shoulder and see what it says. Have... His pagan wife now, "Have nothing to do with this just Man. For I have suffered many things today in a dream because of Him." Pilate said, "I wash my hands of Him."
That didn't clean him. That didn't take Him off his hands. No, he said, "I won't have nothing to do with Him. I won't go back to church no more." That don't clean your hands, brother. No, indeed. He's on your hands now. Yes, sir. What are you going to do with it is the next thing?

L-64 Now, when Jesus died, the Bible said He went and preached to the souls that were in prison that repented not in the long-suffering in the day of Noah. Is that the Scripture? You know it is. What was that? Jesus went and preached to the souls that were in prison. Why? He walked to the doors. I can see Him over yonder in that demon region, where those demons lay, those un... I mean those souls that didn't repent. In that dark place there called the chains of darkness. [Brother Branham knocks on the pulpit four times--Ed.] Knocked at the door. And He opened up the door and I looked in there.
There is a great mass of souls, lost and screaming. And beautiful girls and wrinkled hags and everything else, crying. Oh, my. If they only had a chance. The heavens has done said He was the Son of God. The earth said He was the Son of God. The atmosphere said He was the Son of God. The stars wouldn't shine. The moon wouldn't shine, and the sun went down. Everything said, "That's the Son of God."

L-65 The Roman said, "That's the Son of God." The earth belched out it's rocks, said, "It's the Son of God." And now, He is here to the lost souls and He knocks on the door. [Brother Branham knocks on the pulpit several times--Ed.]
I can hear Him when His Majesty--when He knocks on the door and they looked up at Him. He said, "I am the Son of God. I've just died at Calvary for sinners. Why didn't you believe Enoch and the rest of the prophets before the day of the destruction?" He had to witness to the lost that He was the Son of God.
And them screaming for mercy, He had to shut the door. 'Cause they had spurned mercy and they had to receive judgment. And He goes on down a past the demons. I can see Him go down to hell where the devil was. [Brother Branham knocks on the pulpit--Ed.] Knocked at the door. The devil said, "Who is there?"
Said, "Open up." And I can see the devil open up the door.
"Oh," he said, "You finally arrived, did You? Uh-huh." Said, "I finally got my hands on You." He said, "I thought I had You when I killed Abel. I thought I had You when I took the life of the prophets. I was sure I had You when I beheaded John. But now, I've got You."

L-66 I can hear him as he rattles that scary key there of hell and death on his side, the keys that he kept people shut up in. For all those years, he rattled it. Jesus said, "I am the Son of God. I am the virgin born Son of the Living God. You can't bluff people any longer. My Blood's still wet at the cross. I paid the full price of every one of them sinners. And now, they're free. Give Me that key of death and hell." Remember when He raised up, He had it. Yes, sir. "Give Me that key. You'll not scare them any more. My people will not be scared, that believes on Me, any more."
And I can see Him smite the devil in the face, and pull the keys off, and hang it on His side, and start to glory--start for the heavens.


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