<TITLE>20. Par 219-231</TITLE>L-219 So has the royal Seed! That sounds harsh, but it's corrective, and it's love. The royal Seed today has done the same thing; try to call it "mental telepathy, or some devil." It's the Son of man, Christ.

L-220 That was Christ in Ezekiel; Christ in Moses; Christ in David. It was Jesus, the same yesterday, today, and forever. What? The Word being made manifest by these prophets.

L-221   Listen to it, court, before you make your decision. The Word comes to the prophet. Jesus said that your law says that your... that them the Word of the Lord come to is gods. And Jesus admitted they were gods. He said, "Then, if you can call them and recognize them, your law, as being "gods" who the Word of the Lord come to, the prophets, how will you condemn Me when I say I'm the Son of God?" When, He is the vindicated Word of that hour. They said they believed the prophets, and here was the Word in fullness. And still they didn't believe It, because they had their creed and their tradition.

L-222 Watch now, court, before you make your decision. Let's go just a little farther. Watch. The Son of man, they called Him a devil. But they wanted to make Him king, you know, by force.

L-223   Look, when blind Bartimaeus run after Him, said, "Thou Son of David, have mercy," he got what he asked.

L-224 But when the Syrophenician woman, a Greek, Gentile, run after Him and said, "Thou Son of David," He never even raised His head. She had no claims on Him as Son of David. He was no Son of David to her. But when she said, "Son of God," or "Lord," which is Son of God, she got what she asked for. See? The Gentiles has no claim on Him as Son of David. He was King. He is Lord, to us.

L-225 And when He revealed Hisself as Son of man, as the Scripture said He would be. "No, sir." They rejected It. "He wasn't no prophet." They couldn't believe It. They hadn't had one for hundreds of years, and they couldn't believe Him be a prophet.

L-226 When He told the little woman about how many husbands she had, and her in that condition, she was ordained to Life. She said, "Sir, I perceive that You're a prophet. I know when Messiah cometh. We haven't had a prophet for hundreds of years. But I know, when He comes, that's the sign He'll do, 'cause He'll be the Word. He knows what's in my heart."

L-227 He said, "I am He that speaks to you." And her testimony caused the whole city to come to Christ. Right. They all believed.

L-228   Now, look, as Son of David, He was with the Jew. But the Son of God... Now look. Son of man, prophet. See? Son of David, king. They recognized Him not a prophet. They wanted to make Him king. They wanted to be delivered out from under the Roman Empire.

L-229 But then in the church age, He is called the Son of God. Now, anyone knows that God is a Spirit. Is that right? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] And the Holy Ghost is the Son of God. He's supernatural. Son of man was a prophet, a man; David was a king; but God is a Spirit. And in the church age, He's revealed as Son of God. We believe that. You don't believe He's the Son of God, you're lost. He's the Son of God to the church age.

L-230   But bear me record. The seventh church age, which is the Laodicea church age! Well, we would admit that this is the Laodicea age? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] Remember, He, the Word, was put out of the church. Is that right? ["Amen."] Put out of the church! And He was on the outside, trying to get back in, "I stand and knock at the door." [Brother Branham knocks three times on the pulpit.] "And you say that, 'I'm rich, and I have need of nothing.' And knowest thou not that you're miserable, blind, naked, wretched, and don't know it." He was on the outside, the Word.

L-231 What is it? Our traditions. Our Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Pentecostal traditions has rejected the Word, and He can have no cooperation nowhere. Everybody is "hands off of It," and want to call It an evil spirit.


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