Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
This is Brother Frank speaking to you from the International Mission Center in Krefeld, Germany. It’s always a privilege to speak to you via TV programme. It’s our purpose and intention to reach the last ones with the message of the hour, because knowing the Return of Christ draws very near, the signs of the time do speak a very, very loud and clear language. And we can say and repeat, what our Lord said in Luke 21, “When you see all these things come to pass, then you know your redemption is drawing near.”, speaking of our bodily change at the Return of Christ. We have received redemption; in our soul we are redeemed. But as the Apostle Paul has written about it, we are waiting, waiting for the changing of our bodies. And I said it many times: before the body can be changed the soul must be changed, the inside must be changed first.
Beloved, our ministry is teaching and prophetic. We just have a commission to share with you the original Word of God, the original teachings of the apostles and prophets. And this we have to do without compromise. I hope you understand. And, Friends, God will never do what we tell Him to do, but we must do what He tells us to do. And therefore we have to take seriously every Word of God.
Coming back to what we said recently about the soul: Because our soul must be saved, man became a living soul. And our Lord, our Lord gave Himself fully and totally, not only His body, His spirit – His soul! And therefore His life, because life is in the soul. Many times, especially in the Old Testament, life and soul is given together. In Isaiah 53 we read about our Lord. First we shall read verse 10, “Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief. When thou shalt make his soul (his soul!) an offering for sin, he shall see his seed …” Brothers and Sisters, in this verse we are not only having a whole sermon, we have the essence of our salvation. “When thou shalt make his soul …” – when He shall give His life, pour His blood for us to redeem us. And then we read, “… an offering for sin …” And when that is done, “… he shall see his seed …” Glory to God Almighty for the redemption of our soul! Our Lord poured out His soul, gave His blood, gave His life, to redeem His seed, His sons, His daughters who would receive His life, eternal life.
Friends, we spoke to you about William Branham whom God used in our time in a very special way. He had a unique ministry given by Almighty God. And usually no one is offended if we speak about Martin Luther or John Wesley, if we speak about different denominations and revivals of the past. No one seems to be worried, when we speak about the last great revival which started about hundred years ago, known as the Pentecostal revival. An outpouring of the Holy Spirit has taken place. And, Friends, likewise we mention that God used Brother Branham after World War II to restore us back to the Word of God, not only to receive the Holy Spirit, but to be led by the Holy Spirit back into the Word of God which is the only Truth, to take us out of all interpretations, of our own ways and thoughts and bring us back to God and to His Word.
Please remember these precious Words, “When He shall give His life, pour out His soul as an offering for sin, he shall see His seed…” We are the seed of God. Every true child of God, son or daughter, is purchased by the blood of the Lamb of God. And therefore, we don’t belong to ourselves – we are Christ’s!
Then here in verse 11, “He shall see of the travail of his soul …” – again ‘soul’ – “… shall see the fruit, the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied; by his knowledge” – not by head knowledge, not by your knowledge – “…shall my righteous servant justify many …” Yes, He has justified you, if you believe; He has justified me. We are justified and there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ. Total justification followed by sanctification, followed by the direct leading of the Holy Spirit into all the Truth!
Beloved Friends, as I told you before, Wiliam Branham was a man sent from God, and in one of his sermons titled “The Anointed Ones at the Endtime” referring to the many charismatic personalities he was saying, “Friends, you must have your personal experience of salvation on the inside of the inside.” He drew three circles: the outside man seeing, feeling, smelling … The outside man and the second realm. But what about the soul, the soul, the inside of the inside? Here in the second realm you might be blessed, you might be anointed with the Holy Spirit, but still have your own ways. But if the inside, if your soul is changed and Christ dwells here in the heart, then you don’t have your own ways any more. And Brother Branham, a man of God, whom I knew personally, Beloved, he said, “You can be anointed in the second realm with the same Holy Spirit and not be saved in your soul.” Our Lord poured out His soul, He gave His life, He gave all He was and had that we should be totally saved and be justified and sanctified to walk in the will of God.
Beloved, we are speaking about the Rapture, about the taking away of the Bride Church. And, as the Scripture says, “They that were ready went in to the marriage, and the door was closed.” Beloved, there has never been a time on earth where the preaching must be so straight and so strict – no fanaticism, but at the same time emphasising that there is no compromise with God. If the Word of God falls into your soul, then you are the seed, because the Word is the seed. The supernatural part does not come from you, it comes from God, and the Word is supernatural. In Christ the Word was made flesh. But now we are His seed, and therefore the Word must be made flesh in you. You must live that Word of God.
Coming to another Scripture: Psalm 16, known by everyone, speaking in prophecy about our Lord, “I will not leave his soul in hell nor his body to see corruption.” So our Lord poured out His life, His soul, gave His blood, and then He went down to hell. He conquered death and hell and stripped Satan of every authority and rose victoriously on the third day. Let’s go to Psalm 22 to see what we were told in the prophetic Scripture of the Old Testament. Psalm 22 can be compared with Isaiah 53, speaking about our Lord and Saviour, redeeming us. Here in Psalms 22:22 we read, “I will declare thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.”
Jumping straightways to verse 30, “A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.” Beloved, “a seed” – His seed that was purchased, that was redeemed, “His seed will serve him.” No more your own ways, teachings and what have you, but one with Christ. As God was in Christ, so Christ now must be in us. In Psalms 89 we also have similar thoughts expressed. Psalms 89, in verse 30. Let’s start with verse 29. Psalms 89, verse 29, “His seed also will I make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.” “His seed will I make to endure forever!”
Beloved, the last promise to the overcomers in Revelation, chapter 3, the last two verses, “He that overcometh will sit with me on my throne, as I sat on my Father’s throne.” Beloved, the time has come for God’s people to fully surrender and submit to the will of God which is only expressed in the Word of God. And, Friends, I don’t apologise, I say this again: If you wish to be part in what God is doing right now, you must believe the promised Word for this day. You cannot continue to believe as you wish and do as you like and remain in your own traditions. Friends, it will not work. His seed will serve Him, walk in His ways, believe His Word, being one with Him – not with the churches, not with the World Council, but with Christ. “Father, thou in me and I in them, that we might be one.”
And then we come to John 16, where we are told, “When the Holy Spirit has come he will guide us into all the truth.“ Friends, I am about to tell you what God has done in our time to draw the attention of God’s people to Himself and to His precious Word. The last message is going forth, before the Return of Christ will be. And we do believe – I believe with all my heart that we are not only in the endtime, but we are at the end of the endtime. But listen to this, and please, do not be offended. If you cannot believe it at this moment, then just, just wait before the Lord. And if you are a child of God, the time will come, when God Himself will reveal to you the things which are now taking place according to the Plan of Salvation.
I show you this picture only with one intention: to let you know, that this man of God, William Branham, spoke about the supernatural light that was with Moses, appeared to him and led the children of Israel forty years by day and by night. And Brother Branham said, “Jesus Christ is the same today, yesterday and forever. The God of the Old Testament is the God of the New Testament.” And also saying, “When Saul was on his way to Damascus the supernatural light appeared, speaking to Saul, Why persecutest thou Me?” When Brother Branham was preaching to over 8,000 people in the Houston Coliseum in Texas on January 20th, 1950, the supernatural light came down. God Himself testified, “This is My servant whom I commissioned, whom I am sending.” And he was told, “As John the Baptist was sent to forerun the first coming of Christ, you are sent with a message that will forerun the second coming of Christ”
Friends, our time is moving so swiftly. Where do you stand spiritually? Have you ever heard about the things God has done in our time? Or are you still involved in a religious programme, in a church programme, or are you part of God’s Plan of Salvation at this time? Friends, I have to speak like this, because I also received a direct commission from the Lord to go from city to city, from country to country to preach the Word of God.
Let us summarize in this one minute: The Return of Christ is near, the last call is going forth, the New Testament Church must return to the very beginning in every way. Where do you stand? What do you believe? Please search the Scriptures, be informed of what God is doing right now. The Return of Christ is imminent. Our Lord paid the price. Now your turn has come to submit to Him and say, “Not my but Thy will be done. Not as I will, but as You will.“ Are you ready to follow Christ? Are you ready to believe the Word of God in its original form? God bless you and be with you in Jesus’ holy Name. Amen.