<TITLE>13. Par 94-103</TITLE>L-94 One day, three or four days after that, after He had ascended to the Father, had returned back, then some said, "Oh, He's a... He--He must be a spook. He must be kind of something spooky about that Guy. And when you seen, you seen a vision." "No, He was the real Jesus."
Thomas said, "Let me see His hands and everything, I'll tell you if it is."
He said, "Here I am." Said, "You got any fish and bread over there? Bring me a sandwich." And they brought Him a sandwich, and He stood there and eat it. Said, "Now, does a spirit eat like I eat? Does a spirit have flesh and bones like I got?" See? He said, "I am He. I'm that."

L-97 And Paul said, "It does not yet appear just exactly what kind of a body we'll have, but we know we'll have a body like His." What? Did He ever have that theophany body? Yes, sir. When He died, the Bible said that, "He," is a personal pronoun again, "He went to hell and preached to the souls in prison." Hallelujah. How did He do it? He had senses of feeling; He had senses of hearing; He had senses of speech; He preached with that same kind of body I saw those glorified ones in the other night. He preached to the souls that were in hell, that repented not in the long-suffering of the days of Noah.
But when He rose up on Easter, it was not possible that that Body should see corruption, 'cause David the prophet foresaw it, "I'll not leave His soul in hell, neither will I suffer My holy One to see corruption. Moreover My flesh shall rest in hope, because He will not leave My soul in hell, neither will He leave My holy One see corruption." And on seventy-two hours before corruption could set in, that theophany, that body that went and preached to the souls that were in prison, that repented not in the long-suffering of days of Noah, rose again, and the mortal put on immortality, and He stood and He eat, and He told us that He was a Man. Hallelujah.

L-99 That's how we'll see Him, Brother Evans. That's when He'll set on the throne of David. Hallelujah. That's when we'll walk up and down now, I'll--I'll take a trip with you across the mountains for a million years (See?), just a few days, just a few minutes, we'll go across there, set around over there.
And it comes time to eat, you know, first thing you know, Sister Wood said... I said, "Sister Wood, well, where have you been all this time? I haven't seen you for, seems to me like it's been fifteen minutes."
"Oh, that's two thousand years ago, Brother Branham."
"Uh-huh. How you feeling?" Oh, course you can't feel nothing but good.
"Hey, come here, boys, I'll show you all something, brethren, my darling brethren. Here's the--a fountain of water here, the best you ever drank. And, oh, we'll get a good cold drink. I will reach up there and get a great big bunch of grapes, and we'll all set down there and eat it." Won't that be wonderful? That's exactly what it is. That's just it.

L-103 How did we get this? How do we know it? God, before the foundation of the world predestinated us. Who? Those that are in the promised land.
... predestinated us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ... according to His good pleasure of his will,
To the praises of His glory... (That we might praise Him like He said. That's what He is, God, we want to praise Him.)... praises of His glory of his grace, wherein he has made us acceptable in the beloved. (In Christ we are accepted.)
In whom we have redemption through the blood, the forgiveness of s-i-n-s...


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