<TITLE>09. Par 81-89</TITLE>L-81 But in that mournful place there, Jesus walked to the door. Everything had to witness that He was the Son of God, because they had been preached to in the long-suffering of the days of Noah. Knocks at the door, He said, "I am He Who Enoch spoke of. I am the Seed of the woman, that was to bruise the serpent's head. Every Word of God has been fulfilled; I've just died yonder at Calvary, and I have purchased My Church. And the One that Enoch spoke of, I'm He." And they was without mercy, without hope, because they had transgressed. And the door was shut in their face.

L-82 On down into the regions of demons, on down to the very gates of hell, He knocks at the door. [Brother Branham knocks--Ed.]
This is when He's in the tomb, His body is, waiting the resurrection. He visited the places that the just and unjust goes; where you'll go one of these days, to one or the other places.
And He knocks [Brother Branham knocks--Ed.] at the door of hell. And when He did, the devil come out. And I can just hear him say, "Oh, so finally you arrived. I sure thought I had you when I killed Abel."

L-85 You see, when that Seed was promised in the garden of Eden, the devil has constantly tried to destroy that Seed. And the death of Abel and the coming of Seth was just a death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. That Seed must continue. And he tried to destroy It.
He said, "I thought I had You when I destroyed Abel. I thought I had You when I destroyed the prophets. I was positive I had You when I beheaded John. But now, after all, You've arrived. I've got You now." Oh, my.

L-87 I can hear Him say, "Satan, come here." He's Boss now. Reaches over, grabs that key of death and hell off his side, hung it on His Own side. "I want to serve notice on you. You've been a bluff long enough. I am the virgin-born Son of the living God. My Blood is still wet on the cross, and the full debt is paid. You have no rights no more. You are stripped. Give me those keys." That's right. Turns around and gives him a good healthy kick, and slams the door together, and say, "Stay in there. I'm Boss from now on."
Now, He didn't have the keys to the Kingdom, 'cause He give them to Peter; we get on that in the morning in water baptism. But He had the keys to death and hell, and He took them; after His resurrection He said, "I got the keys of death and hell." Peter had the keys of the Kingdom. Satan had the keys of death and hell; but now Jesus has got them; He's Boss.

L-89 Here He starts up. It's getting Easter; time's passing fast. But there's another group. Where is Job? Where's Abraham? Where are they at? Where's those fellows that trusted God's Word? Has He forgotten them? Did death annihilate them? Was that all of it? Never, never; God has to keep His Word.
I can see Him. Let's take a little peep into Paradise, and look over there. And I see Sarah and Abraham walking around there, and after while [Brother Branham knocks--Ed.] something on the door. Abraham goes and opens the door, said, "Honey, come here. Looky here. Looky here; that's the very same One that stood with me under the oak that day." He's Abraham's God.
Just then I can see Daniel look over his shoulder and say, "That's the Rock that was hewed out of the mountain, just as certain as I am standing here."
I see Job raise up, said, "That's my Redeemer that I said I knew that lived, and someday He'd stand upon the earth. My body may not be but a little spoonful of ashes, but in fifteen minutes from now I'll be in it again. That's Him."
Ezekiel looks over the top, and said, "I seen that same Person as a Wheel in the middle of the Wheel, turning, way up in the middle of the air." Oh, my.
Then up comes Enoch. Enoch said, "I saw Him coming with ten thousands of His saints to execute judgment."


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