<TITLE>29. Par -</TITLE>L-40-3 And seven thunders right in the revelation here of Jesus Christ, is some mystery. Does not the Bible say that this is the revelation of Jesus Christ? Why, there's some hidden mystery then of it. What is it? The seven thunders have it. For John was just about to write, and a voice came down from heaven, said, "Don't write it. But seal it. Seal it up. Put it on the backside of the Book." It's got to be revealed. It's the mysteries.
Now, we solved out these things by the Holy Spirit. It's told us it wasn't apples; it was sexual. Told us these things... There's not no-one able to stand before it. I never seen a preacher in my life agreed with it. But I've asked them.

L-40-5 You know in Chicago, when we stood before them, about three hundred and fifty preachers. You women here from Chicago; you were there, heard about it. The Lord told me three nights before. Said, "They're going to set a trap for you." He said, "Stand at the window yonder, and I'll show you." He said, "Mr. Carlson and--and Tommy Hicks will meet you tomorrow morning and want to go to breakfast, and you tell Tommy to stay." But said, "Here's the way it will look: Tell them that they're not going to have that meeting in the place they're thinking about. They're going to be in another place." Said, "Don't you fear; I'll be with you." That's good enough for me.
The next morning Mr. Carlson, president of the Full Gospel Business Men, come said--called me up and said, "Brother Branham, I want to go to breakfast with you."
I said, "All right." I said, "Watch Tommy Hicks be there too."
Went down at Town and Country, and he said, "Well, Brother Branham, oh this is wonder..."
I said, "Tommy, would you do me a favor?"
"Sure, Brother Branham."
I said, "Wonder if you would speak for me?"
He said, "Oh, I--I couldn't do that."
I said, "Why? I'm just a seventh grade student and I--I'd say... I'd say empire instead of umpire." See? "I don't know how to speak before them, and there's going to be the Ministerial Association of Greater Chicago. How am I going to speak before them with my seventh grade education, Tommy? You're a Doctor of Divinity." I said, "You'd know how to talk; I don't."
He said, "Brother Branham, I couldn't do that."
I said, "Why? I've done you many a favor." And I just put it real straight.
And Brother Carlson said, "Oh, Brother Branham, he couldn't do that."
I said, "Why?"
He said, "Well... duh--duh--duh... it... uh."

L-41-2 I said, "You know why? You know why, but you don't want to tell me. They got a trap set for me." And I said, "Brother Carlson, you got that hotel room, haven't you, where we had the other banquet?"
"Yes."
I said, "You're not going to get it."
He said, "Well, Brother Branham, we done got the deposit on it."
I said, "I don't care what you got; it's not going to be there. That is a green-colored room. We're going to be in a brown-colored room. I'm going to be back in a corner. Dr. Mead will set to the right. That colored man and his wife will set here, and so-and-so. There'll be a Buddha priest setting to my extreme right, and how they'll be dressed." And I said, "You know what it is, Tommy. Your--your Greater Chicago Ministerial Association is going to challenge me on the baptism in the Name of Jesus Christ. The Greater Chicago Ministerial Association is going to challenge me on the evidence of the Holy Ghost speaking in tongues. They're going to challenge me on the serpent's seed, and on the preaching of grace."
Tommy looked over and said, "Mercy goodness." He said, "I don't think I'll even go." He said.
I said, "Yeah, you come on."


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