<TITLE>17. Par 60-63</TITLE>L-60 What does the word "sanctify" mean, you good Methodists? "Sanctification, do you believe it, Brother Branham?" I certainly do. It's God's Word."
"Do you believe John Wesley?" Absolutely, he was the angel of the covenant of his age, the Philadelphian Age. Luther was one of the Sardis back there. That's exactly right.
And we got one coming which is going to be a prophet. He will be in the Elijah. Exactly.
"Oh," you say, "he spoke of John there."
No, no. That's Malachi 3, "My... I send My messenger before Me." But remember, the--the Elijah was to come, the world was going to be burnt with fervent heat before the coming of that great day of the Lord; and it didn't burn before, when John came. Read the Bible, brother. See? Watch what He will do, the--watch Him how that last part of Malachi 4.
"And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children (Is that right?), and (conjunction) the hearts of the children to the father." See that dual coming of Elijah?

L-61 Now, I know these guys stand up today and say, "I'm Elijah; I'm Elijah." And oh, that's nonsense. Watch? Notice what happened. The heart of the what? The children, the hearts of the fathers to the children... John's first coming, he turned the hearts of the old orthodox fathers to this young message, the children. But in the second coming he's to take the hearts of the children now, and turn them back to the faith of the Pentecostal fathers at the beginning, trying to restore it back.

L-62 He will be a woman-hater, a wilderness lover. He won't belong to any organizations. Said, "Don't think to say within yourself, 'We have Abraham to our father.'" Neither did John, neither did Elijah. God's able of these stones rise children of Abraham. Going to come and say, "I'm Methodist, Baptist, or Presbyterian, or Pentecostal." He will lay the root, the tree--the axe to the root of the tree. He will appear on the scene one of these days. Just watch him; they'll hate him. But after his Message, then judgment will strike the earth. He will get away somewhere so the judgments can strike.
There's a little woman in there remember. And she had a husband, a man head. It died when the confederation of churches took it in. When Elijah come out, he was sent to her, and she was glad to receive the prophet's message then. So he sustained her by the help of God.

L-63 Now, watch Abraham, drawing, nourishing in all the strength of God, what? Bringing in strength to get ready to have this child at a hundred years old.
Not only is He the breasted One, but He's a Satisfier. The little baby when it's sick and real sick, the mother takes it up to her breast, and it begins to nurse her strength into the sick baby; and while it's getting well, it's satisfied. So is the real man that's got a hold of God and nursing in the Holy Spirit knowing that He's satisfied that God's going to make every word come to pass. It's Abraham's seed. That's the real true seed of Abraham. I don't care what anybody else says; he says, "If God said so, that settles it; I say, 'Amen' to it." And he's satisfied it's going to happen. You ain't buffeting him around.
The doctor might stand and say, "Let me take your pulse. You're dying."
"I'm not."


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