Ladies and Gentlemen, Brothers and Sisters in Christ, dear Friends,

This is Brother Frank speaking to you from the International Mission Center in Krefeld, Germany. I consider it a great privilege to have these meetings, these biblical teachings and evangelistic proclamation all over the earth. It’s God’s time for God’s people. And my impression is that Matthew 24:14 is being fulfilled, that this true Gospel that was preached by the Apostle Peter, by James, by John, by the Apostle Paul must be preached as a witness to all nations, and then the end will be. Therefore, beloved Friends, the emphasis must be on the original teachings. There is one foundation that was laid and we have to return to the original teachings of the apostles. We must believe as they believed, teach as they taught, baptize as they baptized, have the Lord’s Supper as they had it. All things must be returned, must be restored to the true believers before the Return of Christ. 

We have preached and taught about us, being born again and thereby becoming sons and daughters of God. And Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, is the Firstborn among many brethren. Adam was the created son of God in the image of God; Jesus Christ is the begotten Son of God. In the natural we all come after Adam, in the spiritual we all come after Christ. And Friends, this must become a reality with us. Just as we are born into this world, we must be born again. First the seed of God’s Word must be planted into our soul, and then we believe and the Holy Spirit comes upon us to create the new life in us. 

Let me share with you a few scriptures, so that you will know it’s not I who says these things, but it’s the Word of God. And we believe the Word of God to be the Truth. In Galatians, chapter 4, we are told about Jerusalem. And Friends, we are told about our position in Christ. Let us read Galatians, chapter 4, and here it’s verse 26, “But the Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.” There are two Jerusalems: one on earth, one in heaven. The one on earth is connected with Israel, with God’s natural covenant people; the heavenly Jerusalem is connected with the Church of the living God. And in Hebrews, chapter 12, this Church is being called “the Church of the Firstborn”. It’s Hebrews, chapter 12, verse 22, “But ye are come unto Mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first-born, who are written in heaven and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect …” Glory be to God! There is a church, a true church of the Firstborn, just like our Saviour the Firstborn among many brethren.

We share this with you from Colossians, chapter 1, where our Lord is shown as the first one in various connections. Here let me read this again in Colossians, chapter 1. It says in verse 17, “And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. And he is the head of the body, the church; who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead …” – always the Firstborn in connection with the Plan of Salvation. 

And if we go to Psalms 22, verse 22 and 23, there it is written, “I will make known thy name to my brethren …” Friends, we have to realize the high calling we received, the grace of God, the salvation of our soul, the eternal life that we have received through the new birth. I always have to emphasize: it’s not religion that saves, it’s not a church, and even as we recently heard, the Catholic Church claims to be the only church on earth where one can experience full salvation. And this is, of course, not true. Never! Salvation is not in a church, not in a Catholic Church, not in the Orthodox Church, not in the Anglican Church, in no church on earth! In no religion on earth is salvation! And some of those religions and churches have much blood on their hands. And if you go to Revelation 17, speaking about the city dressed with gold and precious stones, and all the blood of the martyrs was found in that great city that rules over the kings of the earth. 

So, Friends, eternity is very long, and we have to make sure that we have eternal life while on earth. The moment we go from here into the other dimension it is too late forever and ever. And therefore the preaching of the Word of God, the salvation of the soul is necessary, because there is no second chance. Then coming to the main point, that we must believe as the Scripture says. The grace of God you cannot interpret in your own ways. The grace of God is given to us through salvation by Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. And Friends, we are still in the time of grace, we are still in the day of salvation. 

But according to the Scripture the day of the Lord will come, when heaven and earth shall be on flames and all of men’s works shall go up in flames. Friends, and here we must emphasize, what God Himself said. It was not Isaiah or Jeremiah or Daniel or, in this case, Malachi, who said something. They had nothing to say. It was God using human lips, giving divine inspiration and revelation, foretelling the whole Plan of Salvation. And most of the time in my international meetings I try to share the whole Plan of Salvation, informing God’s people that God does all things according to His Word. And you can never correct God, but you can line up with the Word of God in the Plan of Salvation.

For instance, at the first coming of Christ over hundred prophecies were fulfilled. But only those who believed God recognized the day of their salvation, the day of their visitation, realizing that this is not just something happening with Jesus Christ of Nazareth or even with the ministry of John the Baptist, which was extraordinary. Not in the temple, not a highpriest, not a Pharisee, no scribe, nothing – a man, very humble, with a message of God, with the promised Word for the hour, sharing that message with the people who came to the Jordan River, to listen and to obey what the man of God had to say, who was sent to prepare the way of the Lord, prepare a bride for the Bridegroom. 

And Friends, the same is happening today. It happened in the days of the Apostle Paul. In 2 Corinthians, chapter 11, he wanted to present Christ a virgin. You know what that means, a virgin: clean, untouched – not a whore, untrue, but a virgin, true to God. And there we also have these two things, one in Revelation 12, one in Revelation 17. The true Church in Revelation 12, crowned with the doctrines of the apostles, crowned with twelve stars. And then you have Revelation 17: the woman riding the beast, holding the reins in her hands, deceiving the whole earth in the name of Christianity.

I have to say this over and again: We must make our decision, whether we are going to believe Jesus Christ or the antichrist; whether we are going to believe the apostolic doctrines as they are written in the Bible, or the so-called “apostolic creed” which came into existence in 325 and 381 (AD), formulated by people who didn’t know God, who didn’t know Jesus Christ, who didn’t know the Scripture. And Friends, we must make our decision. There are only two churches: One is the Church of Jesus Christ. And, as we read, His Church is the Church of the Firstborn. That which is born of flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. And Friends, every true child of God, born again, is connected by the divine nature with God, the heavenly Father. 

Today over one billion may pray every Sunday, “Our heavenly Father …” or “hallowed be Thy name …” But who is a child of God? The people are children of churches, but not sons and daughters of God. To me only two sons and two daughters can say “Father”. The rest cannot say “Father” to me. And Friends, you must be born again, for God, the heavenly Father, to be your God, your Father. And when our Lord in John 20, verse 17, said, “I go to My Father and to your Father, to My God and to your God”, He spoke as the Firstborn among many brethren to His brethren who are also firstborn by the Holy Spirit having the divine nature, believing every Word of God, never contradicting the Lord or His Word! And here we can try ourselves whether we agree with God and His Word and believe it in the original form, or wether we believe interpretations. 

And Friends, I say this with a broken heart. I am in the Kingdom of God since 1949. I look back to the many, many years. I came to know in the course of these years all or most of the denominations. And I also preached in over 150 countries, also in 14 Muslim countries. I was able to share the Word of God and show the Plan of Salvation. But, of course, I had to acknowledge that every church, every denomination have their own rules and regulations. 

Friends, coming back to the Scripture: Here in Hebrews, the 12^th chapter, the apostle said, “We have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem …” – not to Rome, not to any city on earth, but to the heavenly Jerusalem. And as we read in Galatians, the heavenly Jerusalem is our mother. We are born from above. This is not our home. We are just guests, we are pilgrims here, looking for the city whose builder is God. Already Abraham searched for this city. 

Where is your way leading? Where are you going? Where do you take your orientation from? Friends, I have to say this again: Please, if you wish to be ready for the Second Coming of Christ, you must have your personal experiences with the Lord. And you must recognize God’s promised Word for today! You must not be part of what churches or denominations or religions or Rome plans, you must be part of God’s Plan and Salvation. 

And Friends, God does not share His glory with anyone. Here we read in verse 23, we have come to the assembly, to the church of the firstborn, to those whose names are written in heaven – not anywhere in any church, but written in heaven, being part of the Church of the Firstborn and Jesus Christ the Firstborn among many brothers, and He is the Head of His Church. 

Friends, I must say this, that now before the Return of Christ in this prophetic age, where Bible prophecies are being fulfilled with Rome, with the European Union, with Israel, worldwide, everywhere things are taking place as written in Bible prophecy. But the main part is that God in our time has sent a prophet with a message: His name is William Branham. And as God has taken all the prophets and all the apostles, but the teachings, the message they brought is with us today, so it is with the ministry of Brother Branham. I knew him personally and God has blessed him in a very, very special way. His ministry was unique. But our attention was not to be drawn to a man but to God, to the message of God, to the ways of God, recognizing our day. And now the message of the hour is being taken to the end of the earth and all who are born of God will hear the Word of God. The natural man by natural birth will not receive the things of the Holy Spirit. You must be born again to have a contact, a connection to the things of the Holy Spirit. 

So, this I wish you, my beloved Friends, from all my heart, that you will be part of God’s Plan at this time, believing the revealed Word of God, what we call “the message of the hour” that is now reaching the ends of the earth. If we can be of any service to you, Friends, just let us know. But be serious, asking yourself the question: Am I in the Church of the Firstborn? Am I born again? And Friends, if you are born again, then you have to be led by the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit leads us into all the Truth of God’s Word.

May the blessings of God Almighty rest upon you in Jesus’ holy Name. Amen.