<TITLE>28. Par 280-289</TITLE>L-280   "Ye are written epistles, read of all man." Or, you are... I translate That, turn around this a way, see, just turn It around, "You are epistles that has been written," 'cause you can't add nothing to It, "that's read of all man; manifested Word of God," in other words.
And Peter and John, to show it, when they went up there, they perceived they were ignorant and unlearned, they had no education, but they taken notice they had been with Jesus. See? They were ignorant and unlearned, but they were written epistles, see, read that they had been with Jesus. Cause, Jesus was manifesting Himself through them, Christ veiled in their flesh; manifested, made alive.

L-281   Like He was in Moses. When the Word was in Moses, he was God in flesh. When It was in Jesus, It was God in flesh. See? Only thing He done was change His mask, not His Word, not His nature. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He only changed His form. He changed from Noah to Moses; He changed from Moses to David; from David, Joseph; on down till He come into the fullness of the Godhead bodily. See?

L-282 It's still the same God! Amen. Amen. I hope that gets through. See? It is the same God, but He just takes on another veil. See, He puts on another veil.

L-283   He did it in the reformers, taken on a veil, taken on a veil. Until, finally, It come down through the Lutheran age, down through the other age, then finally It comes out into the Complete. Just before It comes, a prophet arises again. What it does, it foreshadows the Word, showing back here, revealing what's been done, what's been left off, that the Church will be without... not without understanding. Then when this fades out, then, like John said, "I must decrease, He must increase," then all-in-all comes into Him. He is fully manifested, through Luther, Wesley, and Pentecostal age, and on down, on down. He is fully manifested, you see, come down, just the manifestation, God unfolding. See Him now, notice, fulfilled in His promises for this day, as they had.

L-284   Now Moses was the Word that day, because the Word was given to him for that day; Moses. Joseph was the Word in his days, portraying Christ exactly. See, each one of them was the Word.

L-285 And when Jesus came, He was the Word in Its fullness, because the whole plan of redemption laid in Him. The whole plan of redemption didn't lay in Moses, didn't lay in Joseph, didn't lay in Elijah. See, they were only part of the Word, pointing to It. See? Now notice, keep your thought; here It comes, as I say. See, the whole plan wasn't in them. They were pointing to It.

L-286   Therefore, after Him, the Fullness, we cannot point to something else. It points back to Him, the Word. [Brother Branham picks up his Bible--Ed.] This is the complete Revelation; nothing can be added or taken away from It. There is the complete Revelation. All that, a shadow of Him to come; but when He come, He was the Perfect. Hebrews 1, "God in sundry times spoke to the fathers through the prophets," God spoke through veils, the prophets, "but in this last days through His Son, Jesus Christ." There you are. Unveiled out there on Calvary, the Son of God, unveiled.

L-287   Notice, "made alive." And, today, when the Word is manifested in human vessels, veils, it's absolutely the Word fulfilled in that day, which comes back to God. Being baptized into Him, according to First Corinthians 12, we become identified with Him. Amen.

L-288   I said a half hour, but can I have just a little bit longer? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] See? Look, I just can't miss this right in here. Notice, identified with Him!

L-289   Now notice. How many American citizens is here? Raise up your hands. All right, you are an American citizen, then you are identified with this nation. Whatever this nation is, you must be. Is that right? You are all of her glory and you are all of her shame. You're identified with her. You are an American, so you take on America. Hallelujah!


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