<TITLE>38. Par 476-488</TITLE>L-476   See, there was the raptured Church then, represented; there was them that are asleep, represented. Whereabouts? [Brother Branham illustrates at the blackboard, for the next few paragraphs--Ed.] In the City; up on top of the mountain. See?

L-477 There was Peter, James, and John, looking on; three, a witness. There was Elijah, Moses, and Jesus; as a Heavenly witness. See?

L-478 And there was Moses, the dead, had been raised up. There was Elijah, the rapture, was still alive. And they was both represented on this holy mountain.

L-479 And, Jesus, the Redeemer. When God, up above Him like this, overshadowed Him, said, "This is My beloved Son."

L-480   Remember, Jesus said, about a day before that, He said, "Verily I say unto you, that some are standing here now, will not see death, until they see the Kingdom of God established in power."

L-481 What was it? The resurrected dead and the raptured saints, together, caught up together to meet Him in the air. With God overshadowing Him, and Jesus standing there in this shadow, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in Whom I'm well to please in," the order of the New Kingdom. Oh, brother, sister!

L-482   Death doesn't change you. Death only changes your dwelling place. See?

L-483 Remember, Samuel, when he was dead and been buried for two years, he was in Paradise. And the witch of Endor called him up, and Saul recognized him; and she did, too, and fell upon her face. He hadn't changed, one bit. He was still the same Samuel, after being dead two years, and he was still a prophet. He said, "Tomorrow you'll fall in battle, your son with you, and by this time tomorrow night you'll be with me." And that's just what happened.

L-484 See? And when Moses returns back, and Elijah, for Revelations 11, they'll still be prophets. Hallelujah!

L-485   And over yonder, in the Land, the City where the Lamb is the Light, I'll know you, Brother McKinney. I'll know you, my people, my jewels in the crown. When they come from the East and the West, to the City; when fifteen hundred miles square, she'll be setting there, and the City built foursquare. When you're setting there in the holy Mount, where God sets upon the Mount, and Jesus on the Throne. And the golden trumpet sounds when Joseph leaves, to walk down through the Paradise, and the children of God fall upon their knees and worship Him, knowing that they were redeemed. See? Amen! Hallelujah!
Sometimes I grow homesick for Heaven,
And the glory I There shall behold;
What a joy that will be when my Saviour I see,
In that beautiful City of gold!
I'm bound for that beautiful City
The Lord has prepared...
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L-486   Isaiah said, in Isaiah 9:6, "And of His peace and of His increase there shall be no end. The government shall be upon His shoulders; His Name will be called Counsellor, Prince of Peace, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father. And the government shall be upon His shoulders; and of His increase and of His peace there is no end." Even the animals is there. Oh, my!
The bear will be gentle, and the wolf will be tame;
And the lion shall lay down by the lamb,
And the beast from the wild, will be led by a child;
But I'm going to be changed.

L-487   I'll be changed from this creature that I am, when that Day comes, for I'm going to that City. I'm bound for that beautiful City! I feel the redeeming Power in my whole heart now.

L-488 If this isn't so, then I've throwed my life away; I've taught others deceitful things. But when I look down and see that the promise He made of this day, and see It vindicated; and look at this fifteen-hundred-mile-square congregation set here, an Elect that's been called from denominations and races and creeds and things, gathered together; as I see the Word vindicating Itself, I know, beyond one shadow of doubt, the jewels of my crown will outshine everything in the world, at that Day.


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