Ladies and gentlemen, this is Brother Frank speaking to you from the Mission Center in Krefeld - Germany. It’s a great privilege for me to take God’s message of the hour to your nation, to your city, to your people. 

We do live in a very special time. That is to say very near to the Return of Christ promised to us in John chapter 14 that He would go to prepare a place and then return and take us home. Beloved brothers and sisters, there are certain subjects that we have to include in every sermon. It’s the Return of Christ, the fulfilment of Bible prophecies in our day, it’s the church and the promises given to her. It’s Israel and the promises given to them. So we have to give in every sermon an overall picture of the prophetic Scriptures so that we would have an understanding about the time we are now living in. 

First we must understand that God’s Word can not be interpreted, it must be believed the way it is written. It must be observed if it is of prophetic predictive nature that it comes to pass in the very same way as it is written. God’s Word of the hour, William Branham, used to make the statement: God is His Own interpreter. First He makes a promise or gives a prediction and then when the time comes the promises and the predictions are fulfilled. So it was at the first coming of Christ. Everything from His birth to His ascension to heaven was predicted in Old Testament prophecies. And the same applies to our time in reference to the Return of Christ, to the gathering of Israel and all the things which are now taking place. So we need divine orientation from God’s Holy Word. If we look into the past centuries, great men of God, Bible teachers have tried to understand even the prophetic book in the New Testament, the 22 chapters of Revelation. But then because the time of fulfilment had not yet been, their understanding was not opened to know the Scripture pertaining to the end time. But now we have reached that space of time. And therefore the Holy Spirit gives understanding, illumination and takes us into all of God’s Holy Word, be it teaching or prophetic. And therefore we called this ministry: “Apostolic Prophetic Bible Ministry”. Not explanations or interpretations but God’s Word the way it is written.

In John chapter 7, verse 38 the LORD said: “If you believe in me as the Scripture says.” The main point in all our preaching was, is and shall be right to the end: Jesus Christ our LORD and Saviour Who paid the price on the cross of Calvary, shed His blood, gave His life to redeem humanity. Paul summarised it in II Corinthians chapter 5 stating: “God was in Christ reconciling the world with Himself.” God did not bring us a new religion; whether a new or old religion. There is no salvation in any religion on earth. Every religion started with a man. We need something that started with God. Only what comes from God takes us back to Him. And we need eternal life to live eternally. Not good intentions, not philosophies. When death strikes then we will understand whether we lived in vain or whether we are reaching our final goal to be in glory with our LORD forever. 

Beloved brethren and sisters! As we already said: The most important thing is to preach Jesus Christ, to teach the fundamental doctrines of the Holy Scriptures as they were taught and practised at the beginning of the New Testament Church. We know on the day of Pentecost the New Testament Church came into existence by the direct act of God by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. And Peter was the first man of God who on the day of Pentecost preached under the anointing and divine revelation of the Holy Spirit showing how Bible prophecies had come to pass and how God opened the door to the kingdom. 

In Luke chapter 16 : 16 were are told that the law and the prophets were unto John the Baptist and from that time the kingdom of God was being preached. And then we understand on the day of Pentecost that kingdom of God came forth. The LORD Jesus had three times in the three gospels said: Some are standing here who will not see death until they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. On the day of Pentecost that was fulfilled. From that time we can enter into the kingdom of God. But we must make sure we don’t do it in our way but do it according to the way shown right at the very moment when the New Testament Church started. After the multitude heard the first sermon they were convicted by the Holy Spirit and the question was: “What must we do beloved brethren?” And then Peter gave the answer. He said: “Repent everyone of you and be baptised in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” First comes the preaching; and from the preaching comes faith. Then you believe in Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour. And after you believed you are baptised into His Name. And after that you receive the promised Holy Spirit. Now we shall also speak about the book of Revelation. In the first three chapters we have the messages to the seven churches which have prophetic significance for the New Testament Church which goes thru the different stages. Right now we are at the end of the last church age called Laodicea where people say: We are rich, we have all things, we need nothing. And then the LORD says: But you don’t know that you are blind, miserable and naked and He gives us the advice to come to Him and take the eye salve so that our eyes would be anointed that we could see as prophets saw, that we will understand as the apostles understood by the divine revelation of the Holy Spirit. You can go back to the first moment and you will understand it’s all by divine revelation that comes from God. 

Now in Matthew 16 the LORD spoke to Peter: “Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you but my Father Who is in heaven.” And then we go further to Matthew 28:19 where the LORD gave the great commission: “Go ye into all the world, teach all nations baptising them into the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.” And then Peter on the day of Pentecost having the divine revelation that Father, Son and Holy Ghost just express what God is and how He reveals Himself. But that His New Testament Covenant Name is the LORD Jesus Christ. “Thou shalt call His Name JESUS. For He shall save His people from their sins.” And therefore Peter stating in his first sermon: “Repent everyone of you and be baptised in the Name of Jesus Christ.” That is not a new doctrine! And that is not the doctrine of William Branham as people sometimes say! It’s the original doctrine of the apostles which God has restored in our time using Brother Branham as He used the prophet Elijah in the Old Testament taking the twelve stones according to the twelve tribes of Israel rebuilding the altar and putting the sacrifice upon it and calling God’s people together to make the decision whether the LORD is God then they should follow Him. 

In the same way God’s servant, a man sent from God William Branham was used of the Almighty to take again the teachings of the twelve apostles and restore all things back to the New Testament Church. Many in this time know or know Brother Branham as the one who was used to spearhead the last mighty healing salvation revival right after World War II. Since 1946 when this man of God was directly called and commissioned the full gospel, the apostolic power of God was manifested in his ministry. The supernatural took place and the breakthrough came and all the other evangelists joined him at the end of the 40’s and then thru the 50’s in this mighty ministry. But there was a purpose to that ministry! Always when God does something on earth there is a purpose connected to it. And may I tell you this man of God was used to show us what the prophet Daniel saw, to show onto us by divine revelation what we read in the 22 chapters of the last book. It begins with the wording: “The revelation of Jesus Christ”. And then it goes on and on showing first how the LORD as Son of Man walking amidst the seven golden candle sticks. No priest, no pope, nobody - Just the LORD as Son of Man – prophetic, walking amidst the seven golden candle sticks. HE had seven stars in His right hand, not in the hand of a church are true men of God but in the hand of the resurrected LORD Who bought the church, Who calls the church, Who builds the church and Who finishes the church bride for the moment of His Return.

So, if you for instance go to the chapters further on in the book of Revelation, to the opening of the seven seals. Beloved, brothers and sisters, dear friends! If I don’t inform you no one else will! I need to tell you that this man of God in 1963 was told that the time to open the seven seals had come and in March the same year he spoke on the seven seals. From that time this book even to me became a new book. Things I could not understand and place before, I could from that time place and by God’s grace understand. I did not know what Revelation 13, verse 15 means when it speaks there of the image of the beast. I did not know what Revelation 13, verse 18 means when it speaks there of the number of the beast. I did not know what Revelation 15, verse 2 means when it says: “It is the number of his name.” Who is the “his”? Who is the beast? What is the number? What is the name? Then in Revelation 13, verse 17 the name of the beast. Revelation 14, verse 11, mark of the beast. Revelation chapter 16:2 again: mark of the beast. And Revelation 16:2 and 6: They who worship the image of the beast. What is the beast? What is the image of the beast? What is the mark? What is the name? What does Bible prophecy tell us about these important things in the end time?

And I read to you just one verse that you might understand the seriousness that goes with such prophetic scripture. Revelation chapter 14, verse 9 we read: “And the third angel followed them saying with a loud voice: If any man worship the beast or his image and receive his mark in his forehead or in his hand, the same shall drink from the wine of the wrath of God which is poured out without mixture into the cup of His indignation and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the Holy angels and in the presence of the lamb.” 

Now today everything is religious. The whole world is religious. And the beast is religious. The mark of the beast is a religious mark. And people don’t understand this. Today all speak about converts. If you go the Roman Catholic religion, they speak about conversion, about evangelisation, about the Return of Christ, about the time we are now living in. They speak about all the things that are now going forth in the charismatic movements. If you go the Moslem religion, they speak about converts to their religion. And actually in every religion the same terms, the same terminologies are being used. Everyone speaks about God, about religion, about doctrines. But what does the Scripture say actually say in itself? Not what we say about it but what the Bible says. 

Now here we read that those who would be blind enough and to slide into the end time system which is so much and so good garnished. And then it would be the image of the beast. If you go to Revelation 17, there we have the picture that the great harlot is riding the beast. Who is the harlot? Who is the beast? I know, it’s not famous to touch on these things but I’m here to tell you that eternity is very long and we must know God’s Word for today. We must come out from all Babylonian captivities and confusion. We must return to God and His Word. We must know that this is the time of restoration of all things. We must know that two unifications are now taking place. One under the antichrist where all religions find their place and one under Christ where all true children of God are united, respecting Christ as the head of the church, respecting all the teachings of the New Testament Church as being valid today. Not joining church but being born again so that we have access to the spiritual life and also to the spiritual things. 

Beloved, if you go to the prophet Daniel in chapter 7, verse 2 and 3 he spoke about the four great beasts representing the four successive world empires. In 7, verse 4 – first beast, chapter 7, verse 5 second beast, chapter 7, verse 6 third beast and chapter 7, verse 7 the fourth beast. And then we are given the direct description that these four beasts represent four kingdoms and the last would be the Roman kingdom which is now coming up here thru the European Union – the old Roman Empire coming to power again and all the earth will have to submit to it.

Beloved brothers and sisters – the main subject is the Return of Christ, the calling out of the New Testament Church, the lining up with the Word of God, the returning to apostolic days. It is not enough to just speak about an apostolic time or ministry. We must come back to all the original teachings. We must separate light from darkness, right from wrong and return to God and His Word. Now according to Matthew 24:14 this gospel of the kingdom which includes all aspects, the evangelistic, the teaching and the prophetic part of the Scriptures must be taught and preached to all nations. And therefore God has given us this opportunity to be of service to you in His holy Name, to tell you that this is the time, the final time before the Return of Christ. It’s the wake up call: “Behold the bridegroom cometh! Go ye out to meet Him!” May this be used as an awaking call today. We must not sleep or slumber but come back to the LORD and recognise the day and the message. And I believe the LORD has spoken to you, dear friends thru this Holy Word that we are preaching. If we call this ministry “Apostolic Prophetic” then it must be straight apostolic prophetic. It must be the same Word of God, the same gospel, the same baptism in water, the same baptism in the Holy Spirit, the same Word of God in every way as it was in the beginning. If God has spoken to you we would be happy to hear from you. May His blessings rest upon you in Jesus’ Holy Name is my prayer. Amen.