“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever.” (Heb. 13:8)

My beloved Brothers and Sisters far and near, I greet you cordially in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ with the Scripture from Rev. 4:11,

“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”

The chorus “Thou art worthy…” has become our favourite hymn, which we sing with all our hearts while we are worshipping God, our Lord. Truly, the Book with the seven Seals is no longer closed, its entire content has been revealed, even to the last chapter. The Lamb of God took the sins of the world upon Himself and was slain for us on the cross. By His blood the Redeemer has purchased His Own; He has called them out from all the nations and languages and made them kings and priests (Rev. 5:1-10; a. o.).

Since the opening of the Seals we have set foot upon the holy ground of revelation in a most marvellous way. Everything that God showed and revealed unto His servant John on the isle of Patmos is now accessible to all servants of the Lord. Brother Branham was the chosen vessel to whom the mysteries of the sealed Book were revealed in our time.

Peter was the man of the first hour with the special revelation of Jesus Christ, and he was given the keys of the kingdom of heaven (Mt. 16). He was found worthy to preach the first sermon on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2), the day the Church came into existence. The last sermon of any true servant of God must and will most certainly be as the first one was 2000 years ago in Jerusalem. Likewise will the last baptism be administered in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ and the gift of the Holy Spirit will be preached and experienced just as it was at the beginning (Acts 2:38-41; Acts 8:14-17; Acts 10:34-48; Acts 11:12-18; Acts 19:1-7). Before the Return of Jesus Christ, the complete restoration, whereby all things are gloriously returned to their original and rightful order, must be taught and experienced, according to the promise (Mal. 4:5-6; Mt. 17:11; Mk. 9:12; Acts 3:17-21; Jas. 5:7-11).

Paul was the man of the first hour to whom the whole counsel of God was revealed. All that has been revealed to the apostles and prophets is foreordained for all servants of Christ and the entire Church. Just as Paul was set as an apostle and teacher (2. Tim. 1:11), likewise will all servants of the Lord remain in the same doctrine of the apostles (Acts 2:42). They will not preach another gospel (2. Cor. 11:1-3; Gal. 1:1-12); they will testify solely to the pure Bible teachings and will keep them unadulterated (2. Cor. 4:1-6). The apostle collectively refers to all of the ministries ordained by God within the Church in this Scripture, “Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.” (1. Cor. 4:1-2). Ever since the hidden mysteries in God’s plan of Salvation were revealed unto us, it has henceforth been our duty to be faithful stewards thereof and to correctly pass them on.

Unlike anyone else in our time, Brother Branham was able to show God’s people all the things that were revealed to Peter, Paul and John, in all their fullness. As a servant of God and a divinely authenticated prophet, he had been given the task to restore all things back to their original condition (Mt. 17:11; Mk. 9:12). All things, in doctrine and in practise, had to be rebuilt upon the original foundation of the apostles and prophets (Eph. 2:20). Every servant of Christ in our time will be obedient and find his rightful place within the divine order of Salvation. He will carry out his ministry for the edification of the Church, until all of God’s children come into the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God (Eph. 4). The Bride Church must be joined to the bridegroom: He is the head and we are the members of His body. He wants to walk and dwell in the midst of His chosen and segregated people. For He is our God; and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand. He is our Father and we are His sons and His daughters (2. Cor. 6:14-18).

It is no secret that all churches go their own ways and have their own teachings and traditions. Nevertheless, in February 2006 three thousand representatives of the 347 denominations gathered in the city of Porto Alegro (Brazil) to demonstrate their unity in multiplicity and to commune with the Pentecostal churches. However, we feel compelled to ask the question: What does the religious and political unification have to do with the divine unity in Jesus Christ? He said, “I in them, and thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one …” (Jn. 17:23). Unfortunately, within the worldly unity the following still applies, “I am in my church and you are in your church; I believe what I want and you believe what you want and thus we create the perfect unity in multiplicity.”

According to the promises in the Scriptures, the unification of the members of the body of Jesus Christ is now taking place by God’s gracious and supernatural intervention, like it did in the early church, “For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body …” (1. Cor. 12, from verse 13). The biblical baptism by the Holy Spirit is connected to the biblical water baptism of the believers (Acts 2:38-39; Acts 8:15-17; Acts 10:44-48; Acts 19:5-6). The original and only valid example set for us in apostolic times must forever remain the guideline for all doctrine and life in the one true Church.

On the other hand, we are now witnessing how, under the patronage of Rome, the predicted worldly, political, and religious unification of Europe is materialising before our very eyes in preparation for a world government. All the daughter churches are returning into the bosom of the mother church. God’s Word describes this union as “Babylon the Great”. The peace and unification process embraces all religions and cultures. Although we are fully aware of these developments, our main focus rests on what God has promised unto His Own for this time in His Word and what He is presently doing in their midst, namely to turn our hearts back to the faith of our fathers at the beginning, in teaching and in practise.