<TITLE>15. Par 49-52</TITLE>L-49 Say, here is a line like this. And in here there's all mortals. On this side, or that side, men are influenced by one side. This side comes from God. This side comes from the devil. Now, let's just take it a great conglomeration of blackness, and gaiety, and muck, and sin, and divisiveness of this world. Every once in a while, you'll see a little white spot; that's a Christian, like a light. Now, those that are in darkness are influenced from beneath. Those that are lights are influenced from above. Now, when you leave either one of these channels, you go into the realm of spirit. This is the mortal realm, the dimensions that we live in.
Now, if you go this a way... Listen close. If you go this a way, the first dimension is the spirits of the dead. Peter spoke of it: "in prison, that repented not by long suffering in the days of Noah." The wicked unregenerated man, when he dies, his spirit goes into this realm.
The next realm below that is demons. The next realm below that is hell. I'm giving you a parable so you see it.

L-50 Now, what happened to that woman? She broke into that realm, to the people that absolutely are dead in sin and trespasses, and that's all they know about is the way the tree leans, that's the way it falls. And there she broke into that realm, talking to the spirits of the dead.
Now, going this a way, the first thing is the spirit of a man that died and rose again, Christ, the Holy Spirit. That's what influences the believer, going upward.
The next is angelic beings. The next is heaven itself, the third heaven. Amen. Oh, my. I see something, glorious. When Jesus died yonder at Calvary for a propitiation for our sins, he died not a just man but a sinner, not of His own, but mine and your sins sent Him to the regions of the lost. And I can see Him when He died yonder on Calvary, hanging between the malefactors, crying, "My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" And when He gave up the ghost and bowed His head, His Spirit went and preached to the spirits that were in prison, that repented not in the long-suffering of the days of Noah. The Scripture says so.

L-51 I can see Him go up to the regions of the lost, to a door. [Brother Branham makes a knocking sound--Ed.] And He opened the door. They begin screaming and wailing, those souls that repented not, He said, "You're of Enoch, I am he, that Enoch had a spiritual revelation of. I am He, that was preached before the antediluvian world. 'The Lord shall descend with ten thousands of His saints.' I'm the virgin born Son of God. And I've died at Calvary to redeem the lost. Why didn't you accept Enoch's message under the burnt offering? And the door was closed with a weeping and howling and gnashing of teeth. On down the road, demons, he got to the very door of hell [Brother Branham knocks--Ed.], knocked at the door. The devil opened the door, said, "Well, You finally arrived did You?" Said, "I thought I had You when I killed Abel. I thought I had You when I throwed the Hebrew children in the fiery furnace. I was positive I had You when I beheaded John. But after all, You arrived."

L-52 I can hear Him say, "Satan, I just took the key and give it to the Apostle Peter for the Kingdom of Heaven. But I come down to get the keys of death and hell, and you're going to give them up."
I can see Him reach over there, he said, "But wait a minute, wait a minute; there's a sin proposition, you remember. I caused Eve to sin."
But He said, "Just a minute. I am the virgin born Son of God. The price has been paid. My Blood's still wet on Calvary's cross. You can't bluff the people any more. I come to take over." Amen. See Him reach over there and jerk the keys off of his side, hang them on His own side. Getting near daylight, He's going back. And He just starts up.


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