<TITLE>01. Par 1-5</TITLE>62-0908, Present Stage Of My Ministry, Branham Tabernacle, Jeffersonville, IN, 95 min
L-1 ... revival, being very tired and worn. We have had very much fellowship along the road, wonderful meetings, with greeting the Christians from place to place, from up the--down the east coast, and also up the west coast into Canada. And with fine cooperation among all the different denominational churches of the Assemblies of God, and the United Pentecostal, Church of God, Foursquare, and many of the other organizations which cooperated, having great meetings. A great success, as far as it could be called success today, and perhaps maybe many would call it great. But myself, I'm a--a--a revivalist. And the revival, nationally speaking, is just about ended. And we are... I like to see a revival where hearts are on fire, not adding members, but revival. Our Lord did many miracles of healing the people, and of course, several got saved. And now I'm home, resting for a little while, and going back into the service in a few weeks, the Lord willing.

L-2 And now, this is to the many peoples and friends of mine around the world. I wish to state tonight here in the Tabernacle, if you, any of you were present and could see, they're real warm in the Tabernacle tonight. People are packed in and all around, standing in doors, and outside in their cars and things, and it's very hot, it'll be difficult for the people and for myself also.
But I have come to this place that I want to explain what stage of time we're living in according to the ministry that the Lord give me. And I wanted to record it from the Tabernacle. It came on my heart last spring, but I waited till got back here so I could get a--a recording of it to send it to you peoples of the world.

L-4 It's been about thirty-two years ago, that when the Lord Jesus, within a hundred and fifty yards of where I'm present, standing now, here in Jeffersonville at Eighth and Penn Street, the morning when I laid the cornerstone on this Tabernacle, just being then merely a swamp. And I lived just across the way to my left here. It was before I was married. I was living with my father and mother. That the Lord Jesus woke me up the morning that the cornerstone was to be laid, about, early about six o'clock. And I had been lying in bed for some time, with my heart full of joy, thinking of this great time that the Lord God was going to give me a tabernacle to preach in. I was merely a young boy then. And that day I... The girl that I was going with, which was soon to be my wife the following year was to be with us the day we was to lay the cornerstone.

L-5 And I remember that morning when I'd wakened up, and laying in the room, the upstairs right here on Seventh Street, Something said, "Rise up to your feet." And I got up. And I saw, as it was, a great place, and it was like a--a big--a place where there was a river run in--in the valley. And I got down there to the river and I understood it was a place where John the Baptist had been baptizing the people, and they had turned it into a hog lot. And I was very critical of it, just saying that this should not be done.
And while I was there, there was a--a Voice spoke to me and took me up, and I noticed the Tabernacle in just about the state it's in right now, but there were so many people till they were just packed all in the Tabernacle in this condition, about the state it's at now. And I--I was happy, standing behind the pulpit, saying, "God, how good You are to give me a Tabernacle."
And at that time, the Angel of the Lord spake to me, and said, "But this is not your Tabernacle."


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