<TITLE>15. Par 134-145</TITLE>L-134   Now, Paul speaking here now, and in this--this sense, the Spirit-Word, "We are ministers, not of the letter, the law; but able ministers of the Spirit," that the Spirit takes the letter and manifests It.

L-135 That was just law, you had to go look at it, say, "Thou shall not commit adultery. Thou shall not steal. Thou shall not lie. Thou shall not do this, that, or the other." See? You had to look at that.

L-136 But this is Spirit that comes upon the promised Word for this age, and brings forth and manifests, not two tables of stone, but the Presence of the living God. Not a mythical thought somebody made up, or some Houdini, a trick; but the very promise of God revealed and made manifest right before us. What sort of a veil will that be behind? And to--to lose that...

L-137   See, that was so great till even the people said, they said when they seen Jehovah come down in this Pillar of Fire, and begin to shake the earth, and--and the things He done, and the mountain on fire. And even if anybody tried to go to that mountain, perished. It was so great till even Moses feared the quake. Then, if that time He shook just the mountain, this time He'll shake heavens and earth.

L-138 What about This Glory? If that was veiled by a natural veil, this is very... veiled by a spiritual veil. So don't try to look at the natural; break into the Spirit and see where you're at, see what hour we're living in.

L-139   Does It make sense to you? See, It's a spiritual veil that's over the people, say, "I'm Methodist. I'm as good as anybody. I'm Baptist. And I'm Pentecostal." Don't you realize it, that thing is a traditional veil? It's hiding God from you. That's the things that keeps you from enjoying all...
Oh, you say, "I shout and jump up-and-down."

L-140 He said, "Every Word!" Eve believed every Word but one. See? It's the full Word of God, the promise of this hour made manifest. See?

L-141 Notice now as we go on. Got plenty here to speak of, but I got about twenty pages, but it... of--of notes, but I--I just won't speak on them all. See, I'll hurry.

L-142   He is veiled with a natural veil before he could speak the Word to the people. Now, God has to veil Hisself, as He promised, in human flesh. God! Do you get It? [Congregation says, "Amen. "--Ed.] God has to veil Hisself in human flesh, and put a spiritual veil over them, (say, "Well, I'm this and I'm that"), in order to speak to the people. When that's veil, which is the traditional veil, is tore apart, then the... that what they say, "Why, the days of miracles is past."

L-143   A guy said to me the other day, a--a little Baptist preacher out there, come to me, Brother Green, and he said, "Brother Branham, here is one thing I got against you." He said, "You're trying to make the people..." It was down at the Ramada Inn, when we had the meeting down there. Said, "You're trying to make the people believe in an apostolic age, to live today like they were in the apostolic age." Said, "The apostolic age ceased with the apostles."
I said, "It did?"
"Yeah."
I said, "Who was the spokesman in the apostolic age?"
He said, "The twelve apostles in the upper room."

L-144 I said, "Then Paul was out." I said, "The spokesman was Peter. And Peter said, on the Day of Pentecost, when they seen all this going on, and the Holy Ghost working, he said, 'The promise is unto you, and to your children, and to them that's far off, even as many as the Lord our God shall ever call.' If He is still calling, then the same Thing is here. When did the apostolic age cease then? The apostolic age ceases when God ceases to call." He never said a thing but picked up his hat and walked away.

L-145 It takes the Word to do it. It's the Word. Jesus told Satan, "It's written." See? That's it, "It's written."


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