Beloved Friends, Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Again we are sharing the Word of God with you.
I am Brother Frank. This is the way the whole world knows me and the ministry the Lord God granted to me and to many of the brothers who share the same Word of God, the message of the hour. It is so precious to us that we need to share this Word of God with the nations. And this ministry goes into all the continents. Even right now we have twelve different stations on every continent. And our ministries refer to the apostolic-prophetic teaching ministry with one purpose: to go back to the Word of God and to only say what the Scripture says, to only teach what the Scripture has already taught.
Our main subject remains for every sermon the promised Return of our Lord, “I go to prepare the place, then I will return and take you to be where I am.” (John, chapter 14). And, Beloved, let me say this in love: At the first Coming of Christ 2,000 years ago the children of Israel waited for 4,000 years from the first promise in Genesis 3:15, that the seed of God would come through the woman to bruise the serpent’s head, that the Son of God would be manifested and give us redemption. All the promises from the Old Testament right to Psalms 2, verse 7, “Thou art My Son. Today have I begotten Thee.” All the promises, 2 Samuel 7:14, “I will be Father unto Him, and He shall be Son unto Me.” All the promises, right to Isaiah 7:14, “A virgin will conceive and bear a Son.” right to Micha 5, that the Saviour would be born in Bethlehem. And, Beloved, when the time was fulfilled, even those who saw His star in the east, followed this star right up to Jerusalem and up to Bethlehem.
But the Jews who waited, who had the promise, missed the day of their visitation. And in John, chapter 1, the Scripture says, “He came to His own, and His own received Him not.” This is heartbreaking: He came to His own. They sang about Him. Every sacrifice, every Sabbath, every Scripture reading, from wherever it was: the main purpose of all of the religious services and acts was the coming Messiah, the coming Saviour. And they even knew that Elijah would come first, because in Matthew 17 the disciples were asking our Lord in verse 10, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah will come first?” And then our Lord made a two-fold answer, granting to us the understanding that John the Baptist came in the spirit and power of Elijah and therefore was the Elijah of that day (verse 12 and 13). But our Lord in verse 11 emphasized and said, repeating the promise from Malachi 4, “Truly Elijah shall first come and restore all things.” John came to prepare the way of the Lord. But the teachers of that day not only were against his ministry, but they were against those who accepted the ministry of John. And then, of course, in every meeting the scribes and the Pharisees were present. Whatever our Lord did, it wasn’t right in their sight: nothing but arguments, nothing but criticism. Wherever our Lord was, they had something to say against Him, against what He was doing. Imagine: the Lord as Saviour coming to His own, and nothing but rejection and criticism. But then the second part in John, chapter 1: “As many as received Christ, to them God gave power to become the children of God.”
So it is in our day: The whole Christian world is against the Lord. In their own programs they have their own Bible seminars. Every church, every denomination, all they have everything of their own: their own teachings, their own statements of faith and belief. But, Friends, the time has come, the time has come: Even if the majority does not understand and receive the promised Word for this day, there is a remnant, there is a remnant in our time, as it was even in the days of Elijah, the Prophet, who thought at one moment that he was the only one who was left, because all the altars were torn down and some were marching after the Baal priests, the others after the Ashera priests. And then the Lord said, “There are 7,000 who have not bowed their knees before Baal.” So it is in our time. God has kept His promise: He has sent in this prophetic age a prophetic ministry. And no man of God decides for himself – God decides whom to call, what type of commission He would give according to the Plan of Salvation.
The ministry of John the Baptist was to prepare the ways of the Lord. The ministry of the prophet who was to come before the great and terrible Day of the Lord would be, was to restore, to restore. And you can read it in Matthew 17:11. You find the word “restore” in the Bible, also in Mark, chapter 9, verse 12. I would not dare to add one word to the Word of God, but I must emphasize those promises which are of greatest importance in our day and time.
Friends, let me say this as a personal testimony: Since 1949 I participated in the international conventions in the Pentecostal worldwide movement. I know all the great evangelists personally. Even in 1960 I was to become the then great and world renowned Missionary T. L. Osborne, I was supposed to be his European manager. I am acquainted, I translated for the great men, so-called great men. Not criticising. But it was William Branham, a man sent from God with the Word of God, with the message of restoration to bring us back and to reveal all the mysteries from what happened in the Garden of Eden. And this is very important for us to know, because the original sin happened, when the serpent beguiled Eve. That is when the first sin happened. First, unbelief in what God had said, and the serpent gave her interpretation or his interpretation rather, and then Eve was deceived, not only deceived – she was beguiled. She was beguiled. What does that mean? And then also Adam knew her. And when she gave birth, she gave birth to Cain, and she continued in the same process on the same day and gave birth to Abel. Two completely different sons were born! There was a deception, and this deception happened by the beguiling, and two different sons were born. Therefore, not once in the genealogies of the Old or the New Testament Cain is mentioned as the son of Adam. Not a single time! And John, the Apostle, writes and says that Cain was “of that wicked one”. You can read it. It’s all in God’s holy Word.
But the main point I must somehow underline is this, that because the first transgression, the first beguiling, the first sin in the Garden of Eden happened by begetting in natural, a sin in the flesh, and therefore our Saviour had to come into a body which was begotten by the Holy Spirit, as our Lord was promised. And Eve in the Old Testament was the mother of all living. It doesn’t say, Adam was the father of all living – it only says, Eve was the mother of all living. Oh, how precious is the Word of God! And then when Gabriel gave the promise to Mary, she believed that promise. And that was the moment the Son was begotten by the Holy Spirit. “The Holy Spirit will overshadow you, and that which is born of you is of the Holy Ghost.” So, there was a holy body begotten by the Holy Spirit. But it was a natural body, and there was natural blood in this natural body, and because life is in the blood, the eternal life of God was in the blood of the Saviour. And therefore, this blood had to be shed to redeem us, to bring us out of the fall, to bring us back to God and to give us eternal life again. Much could be said about this subject.
Now, Beloved, again to the main point: Our Lord promised to return, our Lord promised to prepare the place and come back and take us to where He is. But then He made the promise that before this takes place there would be a time of restoration, that He would send someone like Elijah who took the twelve stones according to the twelve tribes, restoring the altar of the Lord, putting the sacrifice upon the altar and pouring the water upon the sacrifice, calling God’s people together, asking, “How long will you move into this and that direction? If the Lord is God, follow Him!” And then he prayed, “Lord God, let it be known today, that you are the only true God and I am your servant.” And then God confirmed the message, his word, the direct commission. And the people’s heart was turned to the Lord.
Beloved, in the same way, and let me say this, and I would not dare to hide this from you. If I only knew what God did in the days of Elijah or in the time of John the Baptist or in any other time, I should not even waste your time. But, Friends, I can inform you about the promised Word for this day: I will send you Elijah, the Prophet, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. And if you go to Joel, chapter 2, verse 31: Before sun turns into darkness and the moon into blood, God promised to send someone like Elijah to restore us back to the Word of God, to God, to the very beginning, so that all things as they were 2,000 years ago at the beginning, that they should be restored in every way: the true teachings, the true power of God, the manifestation and restoration of all the gifts of the Holy Spirit, but not having our own ways any longer.
As we all know, since the outpouring of the Holy Spirit over 100 years ago, in the last century, people still were walking in their own ways, remaining in their own traditional teachings. But now it is God’s time. You cannot walk in your own ways and please God. It’s impossible. We must come out from all denominations, separate from all their teachings, come back to the Word of God and to be taught by the Holy Spirit of whom our Lord said in John 16, “When the Spirit of Truth is come, He will guide you into all the Truth.” It’s not the seminar experience – it’s to be led by the Holy Spirit. It doesn’t say, “Those who are filled with the Holy Spirit will make it”, but “Those who are led by the Holy Spirit …”
There are so many – I think they believe, there are 550 Million who claim to be Pentecostal, who claim to be charismatic. And all walk in their own ways! They don’t care what God said. They just care what the charismatic personality says, even taking off the jacket, waving it like this and saying, “Thus the Holy Spirit is moving.” No, the man is moving his coat, not the Holy Spirit! But people are deceived. And this brings us, honestly, to Matthew, chapter 25, “Behold, the Bridegroom cometh. Go ye out to meet him.” But it also takes us to Matthew 24, “There will be false Christs, false prophets, and they will deceive many.” All who do not believe the written Word as the final authority, all who are not agreeing with one God, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, all who walk in their own ways, they don’t need to be deceived, they are already fallen into deception. And God is not the altar of confusion. Satan is the deceiver of the whole world. And every wrong teaching is a deception, whether it’s about the Godhead, or baptism, or Lord’s Supper. Just imagine, believing, if you have a cup with wine, that this cup changes into the blood of Christ. No, Jesus Christ with His own Blood as High Priest went into the Holy Sanctuary in Heaven and put the Blood on the mercy seat. Everything has been changed: the teaching about Godhead, about Water Baptism, about the Lord’s Supper, about all these Bible doctrines. Everything was changed.
But, Beloved, the time has come, and this is God’s time, and the Lord has so been pleased, that this last ministry is reaching out worldwide, and that all should come back to the Word of God, before the Lord returns. You cannot be in the Will of God unless you are in the Word of God. And only if you are in the Word of God, you can be in the Will of God. Don’t walk in your own ways, in your own teachings, in your own conviction any more! Come back to the Lord! Come under the Blood, under the leading of the Holy Spirit! Return, return to the Word of God, return to the Lord, and please believe as the Scripture says. Otherwise you will be terribly disappointed, especially those who believe in the second Coming of Christ: Please, to avoid the most terrible disappointment: Come back to the Word of God, believe as the Scripture says, and be prepared in your heart, body and soul, pleasing unto the Lord. “Thy will be done on earth as it is done in heaven.”
May the blessings of Almighty God rest upon you, and may His Word, even from this message, not return void, but accomplish what is was sent for. The Lord be with you and bless you in Jesus’ holy Name. Amen.