The Authenticated Works of John 14:12
Verily, verily I say unto you, he that believeth in Me, the works that I do he shall do also; and greater works than these shall he do, because I go unto My Father
Part 1)
AUTHENTICITY
Authentic;
Not false or copied; genuine; real:
2. having the origin supported by unquestionable evidence; authenticated; verified:
**entitled to acceptance or belief because of agreement with known facts or experience; reliable; trustworthy**
1. of undisputed origin or authorship; genuine: an authentic signature.
2. accurate in representation of the facts; trustworthy; reliable: an authentic account.
1. authentic - conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief;
***Evidence by proper signature or seal***
The Evidence of John 14:12
If the same works God did in Christ according to Saint John 14:12 were to be repeated or reproduced, they would have to bear the same seal and mark of authenticity and be verified with unquestionable evidence of support. In order to be the authentic works of Christ they must have the same signature markings to show they are the genuine article and not an imitation because if the works are true then the one who God is doing the works through is also true.
ACTS 2:22
ISV(i) 22 "Fellow Israelites, listen to these words: Jesus from Nazareth was a man authenticated to you by God through miracles, wonders, and signs that God performed through him among you, as you yourselves know.
Therefore the works must bear the seal of God, those special ear-markings that distinguish them from any possibility of being a forgery or counterfeit. They must bear the same unique characteristics that show the author’s signature of authenticity, having features which cannot be reproduced by a forger, for Jesus said many will come "in my name", in other words, they will claim his signature is on the works, and they shall show great signs and wonders. They will in essence write the check but forge the signature, so the miracle itself is done through the Spirit but is likened unto a passed check, where the money is in the bank to cover it but the writer of the check is forging the signature, using the account without the authority to do so.
MATTHEW 7:21-23
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
John 14:12 has a different criteria than Mark 16:14-20. The works in John 14:12 is God demonstrating that he is in the vessel and the works are the confirmation. The vessel of John 14:12 is in total subjection to God and only acting out what God is showing him by vision, whereas in Mark 16 the vessel acts on the commission they have been given wherein they use the name of Jesus Christ with the laying on of the hands as they were commanded.
So Mark 16 is to show the apostles had been given authority to the name of "Jesus Christ" and to perform signs and wonders in his name to show by means of the miracles the apostle were sent by Christ, and John 14:12 is to vindicate that God is veiled in a man, using his body as his own, his lips to speak through, making the vessel God to the people because God himself is in this special vessel. This is not a man with the baptism of the Spirit although he will have a baptism of the Spirit, it is the baptizer himself in the tabernacle of flesh manifesting himself to the people.
The one that God is doing the works of JOHN 14:12 through will also be set forth as the one God has approved and therefore the words he will speak will also be from the one doing the works through him (John 14:10)
JOHN 14:10
10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
Part 2)
DISTINGUISHING THE GENUINE FROM AN IMPOSTER
HEBREWS 1:2
2 hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;he worlds;
Our Lord Jesus Christ was authenticated by God as his voice (HEBREWS 1:2) by the works that God performed in and through him, (John 14:12) although Jesus never took credit for one single work, for he said "it's not me doing the works but my Father dwelling in me, "he" does the works", (JOHN 5:19). So how then can we distinguish whether the works are coming from God in and through the vessel or if the vessel is an "impostor", in other words, what is the signature that would distinguish him and show it is God doing the works in the vessel and not one merely using the (dunamis) power of the anointing to perform a miracle without it being God himself in the vessel doing the work as prescribed in JOHN 14:12? We understand that all power to heal originates from God but can be used through the gifts/energies (anointings) of the Spirit without the divine will of God. Miracles can be wrought without God himself in the vessel doing the works. This is a phenomena that takes place at the endtime because of the parousia of the Son of Man in which God himself descends and manifests himself in human flesh (Genesis 18, Luke 17:30) which is followed by the impersonators i.e Jannes and Jambres, and also the Balaamite that possess gifts of the Spirit with false doctrine. Their works are forgeries for the purpose of deception, the miracle itself is true but it's not God in the vessel doing the works although it's done through his name, they evoke the power (dunamis) of God through using his name, but without having permission to use the checkbook. It was allowed of God but not ordained of God, so they are transgressors in the sight of God. This is why he professes to them he knows them not, their names were not on the checkbook, they used his dunamis unlawfully.
In order to be the genuine article of John 14:12 the work has to be God himself in the vessel doing the work he wants done or they cannot be attributed to God although a miracle could be done by evoking the name on the checkbook. God only takes ownership of the work if his signature is on it, the identifiable seal/signature that the work is proceeding from God is when the vessel itself is in complete subjection to God and God is showing the vessel by vision the works he is doing so that the vessel only acts out what God shows him. These are the works that God knew from the foundation of the world (ACTS 15:18)
ACTS 15:18
18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
So the great stamp of authenticity of the ministry of John 14:12 is God giving the vessel he is doing the works through visions of what he is doing, he does nothing until the Father shows him, he never acts or evokes the power of God without God leading him by vision. He then only acts out what God is doing through him. Therefore Jesus himself took no credit for the works, he said it was not him doing the works but his Father doing the works through him, that as he seen the Father working so he did likewise.
This unmistakable signature of authorship is what distinguishes the bogus from the true. The true vessel just acts out what the Father shows him beforehand, he does nothing on his own without the Father showing him his will. This is why we see the prophet waiting on God for him to come and show him what to do as he only acted out the works the Father is doing, the bogus can produce works by evoking his name but do not bear the stamp of authenticity. The works are wrought without the vessel being shown by vision the Father's will. This is why there is always an element of error in the bogus, because the gifts can be operated without it being directly by God in the vessel, and because of the human element there is always some error, but when it comes directly from God their is no error, for it is God present doing the works to vindicate that it is him in the vessel, so the people will understand that just as the works are being done by God through the vessel so also the words the vessel speaks are not his words but the words of the one doing the works. This is a vessel who is approved of God by mighty signs and wonder God does through him! (ACTS 2:22)
Part 3)
JOHN 14:12 - NOT THE FRUIT OF A CHRISTIAN LIFE
Some teach the works that Jesus did will naturally be produced, as if Christian living produces the "works" of JOHN 14:12, but the facts show that the works were not produced by Jesus, as if his life was producing the works. He himself said, it's not me doing the works, that of himself he could do nothing. He only acted out what the Father showed him by vision, it was not him but the Father dwelling in him bodily doing the works. They were not a production of his but were being produced by the Father using him as his body, so in order for the manifested works of JOHN 14:12 to be reproduced it will take the Father dwelling in the vessel showing the vessel what he himself is doing and the vessel in humble subjection acting out what the Father shows him. None of the works were done randomly, all the works of God were foreknown by God, to make the point, when Jesus passed by the pool of Bethesda he seen a vision of a man taking up his bed and walking, just one man out of a multitude, so Jesus was directed to the man and said unto him "take up your bed and walk" he was acting out what he was shown in the vision. So all the works done through the body of Jesus were God doing them, and it is done this way so that no flesh will glory in the presence of God, not even the flesh of Jesus, for it was God in Christ doing the works and using his body as his own.
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36 Of course, that's the way He declared Himself among His Jewish people. We could go on and on to Bethesda, and many different places where He—the things that He did, showing to the Jews that He was the Son of God.
But there was Samaritan people. Now, He had need to go by Samaria. I wonder why? Jesus had to give witness of His Messiahship. So He… No doubt the Father had told Him.
So He said in Saint John 5:19: "Verily, verily I say unto you, the Son (the man, the flesh, the baby, the boy, the man, Christ Jesus), the Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing; that doeth the Son likewise." In other words, "The Father shows Me by a vision what to do, and I do just that and nothing else." See?
The works then are not the byproduct of Christian living as if the works that God was doing was based on the flesh of the man he is using, although we understand that God's chosen vessels are sanctified and set apart by God, yet the works of John 14:12 are not the byproduct of the holiness of the vessel, they are the byproduct of God identifying himself in his chosen vessel for the purpose of getting the attention of the people to show that God himself is in the vessel and using the chosen vessel as his voice on earth. Since the beginning of the world there has only been a few men that God has used in this manner, even the apostles themselves knew to not claim that God was in them as he was in our Lord Jesus Christ. They had been given authority to heal the sick by using his name with authority, but none of them had the Pillar of fire. They were giving licks of fire, whereas Jesus had the God of the Pillar of fire dwelling in him doing the works, and it is the same in this hour with the exception that the Pillar of fire was with the prophet to reproduce the ministry of Christ on earth and to do those works that were foreknown of God before the world was.
When Brother Branham makes reference to doing the works of Beethoven because one has the life of Beethoven, he is saying that the works you see being done through him is because God himself is in him doing the works. If he had Dillinger in him then he would do the works of Dillinger, in other words, he is telling us that the same God that was in Christ two thousand years ago was anointing him in the same way he anointed Christ and doing through him the same works he did in the Son that we might believe that the message is coming directly from God by virtue of the works. William Branham was then a man approved of God among us by the mighty signs and wonders God did through him.
When he speaks of doing the works of Shakespeare it's an example, trying to show that if one had the life of Shakespeare in them then the works of Shakespeare he would do. So he's saying, The Spirit that comes into and upon him when he is ministering was God himself who is a Spirit, and if it's God himself then he will act in the same way he acted when he was in Christ, and the same works he did when he was in the Son he will do now because he cannot change. This shows Hebrews 13:8 "Jesus Christ" (The Spirit) is the same yesterday today and forever!
Part 4)
GOD HIMSELF DOES THE WORKS AND RECEIVES ALL THE GLORY
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63 Now, He told the truth, therefore, He never performed one miracle until God showed Him by a vision what to do, according to His own Word, Saint John 5:19. Search the Scriptures. No prophet ever did anything at random; it's always God. No flesh can glory in the sight of God.
And Jesus did not call Himself a Divine Healer. No, He said, "It's not Me that doeth the works, it's My Father that dwelleth in Me. He showeth Me, or doeth the work. I just act out what He shows me to do."
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28 Now, notice after Jesus was called in question… Now, listen close and read it. Here is the keynote. Jesus said. I've been quoting from Saint John 5, and now the 19th verse. Jesus answered the question, Saint John 5:19. Listen to what Jesus said. "Verily, verily…" that means "absolutely, absolutely," I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself. But what He sees the Father doing, that doeth the Son likewise." Amen. Do you see, it isn't in man. It wasn't in the Son of man. It's in God. No flesh glories in His Presence. Jesus said, "I can't do nothing until the Father shows Me a vision; and when I see a vision, then I do it." How many understand, say, "Amen." [Congregation says, "Amen."—Ed.] Now, let me say it again. Jesus said, "I can do nothing in Myself."
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25 Now, let's follow Him and see what He did. Now here's where it stumps you just a little bit. Now, listen close. Did He claim to be a healer? Be careful. Did He claim to be a healer? No, sir.
He claimed not to be a healer. He said, "It's not Me that doeth the works, it's My Father, that dwelleth in Me, He doeth the works." So, if a man today would say he was a healer, he's taking more authority than the Son of God ever had. So he can't be a healer. If Jesus; and God did not make the flesh of His own Son glorious, no flesh can glory in His sight. Neither will He divide His praises and glory with anything.
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13 Otherwise, God showed Jesus a vision on what to do, and then He went and done it. Do you understand it? No flesh glories in the sight of God. It's all in the realm of spirit. Even Jesus, the Son of God, said, "I can heal no one, or do nothing, until the Father shows Me what to do."
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58 And I said, "I'll… I—I'm… They will not believe me."
He said, "I'll be with you."
And I said, "I will go."
And the Light begin to gather across the floor, went up… The Angel went up with the Light, formed a real sacred Light, as you see in the picture, and went away. It returns night after night, and It comes into the meetings.
I do not claim… So everyone will be sure to know, I do not claim to be a Divine healer. Papers and things call It that, but that's an error. There's no man can heal, not even Jesus. Jesus didn't claim to be a Divine Healer. He said, "It's not Me that doeth the works; It's My Father that dwelleth in Me; He doeth the works."
No mortal could claim Divine healing then. And then, if He could not claim Divine healing, then certainly I would not. No flesh can glory; it comes by the Spirit of God. He's the Healer
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28 And so is every mortal limited to the powers of God. For no flesh, even the Son of God glories not before the Father, for He said, "It's not Me that doeth the work; it's My Father that dwelleth in Me; He doeth the works. He shows the Son what Himself doeth, and the Son does likewise." The same Gospel, by the same God, is here tonight.
John 14:12 is the duplication of the ministry of the Son of Man (Luke 17:30) wherein God veiled himself in the body of Jesus Christ but is now veiling himself in a prophet. The prophet himself being the flesh that is veiling God, and the Pillar of fire present to work though that prophet to confirm the ministry of John 14:12 which is God doing the same works at the end of the gentile dispensation as he did in Christ at the end of the Jewish dispensation.
John 14:12 is God himself in the vessel leading him the same way he led Jesus, by visions, so that he only acts out what he is shown, this is the only way the works can be attributed to John 14:12, "the works that I do shall he do also" the special gift this vessel has is the gift of getting out of the way, his conscience and subconscious together so God can led him by visions to do the same works he did in Christ, which is the identification of the ministry of the Son of man (Luke 17:30). This is not Mark 16 "the great commission", it’s God in a human being confirming the covenant to the elect (John 14:12).
Part 5)
JESUS DID NOTHING UNTIL THE FATHER SHOWED HIM
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138 Now watch, He said, in Saint John 5, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son," that was Him, body, "can do nothing within Myself," only as He seen the Father do. "What the Father doeth, He showeth the Son. See, I can do nothing within Myself, but as I see the Father do it." Then, Jesus never performed one miracle until first God showed Him by a vision; not told Him in His ear, but showed Him. "What I see," not hear, "see the Father doing." That's what made Him a Prophet like unto Moses, as Moses said. Now when He—He knowed the Father… He was on…
63-0627 - Jesus Christ The Same Yesterday, Today, And Forever
144 The Father, in Saint John 5:19, Jesus said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing." Now according to His Own Word. And He can't lie, and be God. According to His Own Word, He never performed one miracle until God showed Him in a vision, what to do. "Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself; but what He sees the Father doing, that doeth the Son likewise. See, the Father worketh, and I worketh hitherto."
145 Now the Father had told Him to go up a way by Samaria, and there He was sitting there, and then this woman come out. Now He had to contact her spirit, so He had to get a conversation with her. See? And He said, after He found what her trouble was, we all know what it was, He said, "Go get your husband and come here."
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162 Jesus was questioned. Listen what He said in Saint John 5:19. "Verily, verily, I say unto you." And verily means, "Absolutely, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing. That doeth the Son likewise." See? He never did nothing until first He saw the Father show Him that in a vision. That made Him the God-prophet.
163 And today He is still the same, the same God-Prophet, the same Holy Spirit that's dwelling amongst the people.
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47 Now, remember. God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself. Is that right? All right. "Not Me," said Jesus, "doeth the works: but My Father that dwelleth in Me, He doeth the works." Now, if you're putting Scriptures down, Saint John 5:19, Jesus said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing: that doeth the Son likewise." Now, remember, not what He hears the Father saying, but what He sees the Father doing. Therefore, Jesus never did nothing until God showed Him by a vision what to do first. If He didn't, the Scripture's wrong. Saint John 5:19 said, "Verily, I say unto you (that means absolutely), I say unto you, The Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing: that doeth the Son likewise; for the Father worketh, and I worketh hitherto." In other words, He just acted out in drama what God, the Father, showed Him to do, because God was in Christ. Now, Matthew 3, it said, "This is My beloved Son," when He was coming down, a voice speaking from that, God, that was coming down like a dove. John bare record seeing it. And a voice come from it, saying, "This is My beloved Son in Whom, in Whom I am pleased to dwell." And if I was going to make it so you'd understand it better, that the early translators in King James… If you get the original Greek, it reads like this: "This is My beloved Son in Whom I'm pleased to dwell in." But you see, it's the same thing. "In whom I'm pleased to dwell." See? "I am pleased to dwell in My Son." Then He became Emmanuel, God with us.
Part 6)
THE WORKS OF GOD ARE SOVEREIGNLY GIVEN
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158 Now, my my dear friend. See? Now, I think here that you..you..you got a...you got a good statement. Yes, sir! Yes, sir! Now, that would be so. You said, "Brother Branham" In other words, here's what I'm...I don't think that it's... can...believe I...Not polishing up what you said, but I believe I can make it a little clearer to people. See? You are believing, because of the Spoken Words and things like that that He said about. And all of you here witnessed the squirrels and all these other things that's been done. But did you notice, that was Sovereignly given! I never asked Him, "Lord, let me do this, speak these things in like that, do these things there." I never asked Him that. He by His own Divine will came to me and said, "You go do this." See? I wasn't asking one thing about it. Moses never asked to go down in Egypt, but was God that sent him down to Egypt. See?
159 Now, I believe that the Holy Spirit would come to me and say in a vision, "Go tell certain-certain person that they are not...they are trying to overcome a certain thing, and they cannot do it. (And they're smoking; they're drinking; they're lying, stealing, or committing adultery, whatever it might be; or they got lustful spirit.) And you just go where they are and say, 'Thou spirit, come out of there; I set this captive free.'" Would it take place? Absolutely! Yes, indeed, that absolutely would; it'd take place. But now, upon my own presuming...Now, presume is...means "to adventure without authority." See? I go down there to help this person; I'm just presuming that it'll be all right. See? Then I don't know; I can call the Name of the Lord over them; I can pray for them, do whatever I wish to.
160 If I had my own way this morning...I just had a interview with this little lady setting in this wheelchair. To come to this meeting today, they had to have the fire department to take her out of her house in Chicago; and people live across the street and don't come to the meetings. See?
161 What would I do? If it was in my power..It is in...have the authority to do it, but I have to wait for orders to do it. See? I have the authority from God to do it; but now, when He gives the orders, she'd go back home well. See? I know that is the truth. See? I'd just be as willing to die this morning on that as I..I'd be in anything. See? That's the truth.
162 But first, you see, it's all that...No one, even Jesus Himself said, "The Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He seeth the Father do, that doeth the Son likewise." We know that. Saint John 5:19. All right. "The Son does nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing, that the Son will do likewise." All right.
This portion of the message is quoted often but never in context, it's clear he is saying he cannot speak and someone will be ready for the rapture UNLESS God SOVEREIGNLY SHOWS him to do it. As a prophet he had permission to use the dunamis (power) of God. He was given the authority to speak the Word, but never outside of the will of God. His commission was John 14:12 where all the works were done directly by God showing his prophet beforehand the works to perform, if he was to use the dunamis of God without being given a vision he would be presuming which is venturing without authority.
He never asked God to use the THIRD PULL or to SPEAK THE WORD, all five identifications of the THIRD PULL (SPEAKING THE WORD) came from God "SOVEREIGNLY" without him asking, each time God led him to speak, God came to him not Brother Branham going to God, the only way this could take place is when God himself came to him and showed him and told him what to do.
So what Brother Branham is saying is that he could speak the Word and a person could be entirely ready for the rapture IF God showed him and told him to do it, he had authority to speak the Word but only when God made himself known to him through visions and told him to speak, even though as a prophet wherein the Son of man (God in a prophet) was being revealed, and although he had the power of God resting on him to fulfill John 14:12 he never moved outside of God showing him first. No work was to be performed without God showing by vision first, this is John 14:12 the works I do shall he so also" and greater works shall "he" do.
Part 7)
JOHN 14:12 INTERPRETED - PROPHET LIKE UNTO MOSES - SON OF MAN
John 14:12 is a ministry of subjection to the will of God, wherein the vessel is walking is abject submission to the will of the one who sent him, a ministry of offering one's body a living sacrifice to God. He does nothing until he is shown by visions, this will mean he will have to be a prophet, his nature must be so fixed and so lamb like that he never questions the Father. He is blind and deaf to all other voices, he seeks not his glory but the glory of the one who sends him, for this type of vessel his conscience and subconscious must be together so God can give him visions while he is awake. He will have the gift of getting out of the way, for it's not him doing the works but the Father working through him just using his body as his own, so that God can manifest himself by doing the same works he did when he was in the body of his Son, and it is by the works he does through him that bear witness that he is "the one believing" (John 14:12) wherein God is performing the same works he did in Christ to bring back the ministry of the Son of man on earth, which is the headship of the body.
Every single work is scripted by God, the vessel is of such a character that he willingly surrenders himself so that he only acts out what the Father shows him. This will take the presence of God literally, just as he came in the days of Moses and Christ, for the one he is doing the works through is the voice he will speak through and all those who turn their ear away will be cut off from among the people. He will be a prophet like unto Moses and Christ, for Moses spake of a prophet likened unto him that God would raise up and we know that prophet is our Lord Jesus Christ, and right before our Lord Jesus Christ returns to fulfill the promise of the Son of David sitting on the throne in Jerusalem, the ministry of the Son of man returns doing the same works that God did when he was veiled in Christ to vindicate the promised word of John 14:12, Luke 17:30. The same God that was in flesh in Jesus Christ has come down and appears in flesh through a prophet likened unto Christ who was likened unto Moses in the headship ministry over the body.
The promise of the return of the "Son of Man" revealed in human flesh was given in John 14:12 & Luke 17:30. The identification that it is the ministry of Christ (Son of Man) is the works that "I do shall he do also", the supernatural presence of the Pillar of fire doing the same works by the same God by the same presence through the same visions wherein the vessel is abjectly submitted to the Father so he can perform through him the same works he did when he was in the Son, thus producing the same ministry of Christ by the same works in human flesh.
John 14:12 does not need anyone to interpret it, its needs manifestation, and when the manifestation comes that is God's interpretation of the verse.."The works that I do shall he do also" has been interpreted, making any other interpretation void...the intellect of man using Greek words is folly, God is his own interpreter and he did it by bringing it to pass, it is "This saith the Lord"
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92 And Jesus said, "As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be in the coming of the Son of man." The Spirit of God would come upon the earth in a form of human beings, God manifested in human flesh (Amen! Do you see it?), and would do the same thing that God did in human flesh at Sodom. Remember, they were waiting for a promised son. And, right after that, the promised son came. That was the last sign that Sodom and Abraham's group saw before the promised son arrived. Did you notice that? And now the Church spiritual has come to that hour.
93 Somebody said, "Brother Branham, did you say 'that was God'?"
94 The Bible said, It was God! It don't need no interpreting. He's Elohim. That's what Abraham called Him. Any Bible reader knows that. Elohim, "the all-sufficient One." He was the First, the Last; the Beginning, the End. Elohim! Abraham called Him "Elohim." God (in capital letters in the Hebrew), Elohim; just like in the beginning, "God," Elohim.
95 He was Elohim manifested in human flesh, wearing human clothes, eating human's food. Amen! A sign that in the last days that God will appear again among His people in human flesh! Amen! Jesus said, "The works that I do shall you do also. And as it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be at the coming of the Son of man." Amen! That don't need no interpreting; it needs manifestation, that's what it needs.Amen. Do you believe that? Let's bow our heads.
Part 8)
JOHN 14:12 MANIFESTED - SON OF PERDITION FOLLOWS
Brother Branham said John 14:12 didn’t need interpretation it needed manifestation, and the manifestation is the interpretation. It is one of the mysteries, and it could not be interpreted without the manifestation of the works, so we have the Lord himself descending in this hour in a Pillar of fire to perform the identical works he did when he was in the Son, that then is the interpretation of John 14;12.
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95 He was Elohim manifested in human flesh, wearing human clothes, eating human's food. Amen! A sign that in the last days that God will appear again among His people in human flesh! Amen! Jesus said, "The works that I do shall you do also. And as it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be at the coming of the Son of man." Amen! That don't need no interpreting; it needs manifestation, that's what it needs. Amen. Do you believe that?
The works came to vindicate the promise of his appearing/parousia before the second coming which is the rapture. So Mal 4:5 (the coming of Elijah), Luke 17:30 (the revealing of the Son of man) Rev 10:7 (the finishing of the mystery of God) brought a full vindication of the Word of God and the works of John 14:12 was the last sign given before the rapture, which is the return of the ministry of Christ in human flesh. So once the Word is fully vindicated under the ministry of the Son of man there is no more vindication, what follows is the son of perdition with lying signs and wonders to impersonate vindication.
Anyone claiming the ministry of the Son of man (John 14:12) after the prophet is taken off the scene is a deceiver, John 14:12 was the vindication of the presence of the Son of man, God in human flesh, the headship over the body, all that God was he poured into Christ (one man) and all that Christ was he poured into Church, but it comes by one man, so John 14:12 is not a group of men, it’s one man in which all that was in Christ (same God) is then manifested by works in a prophet, the prophet being the veil in which God is hidden. There is no mimicking of this ministry through the clergy, it is not given to the five-fold, it’s one man that comes to the church by which God veils himself and by him restores the Word with John 14:12 being the vindication that it is God veiled in human flesh (Genesis 18).
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83 The manifestation of God's revealed power, promised, is the vindication. Read the Scriptures and see what the church is supposed to be today. Yes, sir. God don't need any interpreter.
84 That's what they done to Jesus. They found out, back there, that they thought He didn't have the interpretation. He was the interpretation. God didn't have to interpret It. Jesus' life interpreted. He said, "Search the Scriptures, for in Them you think you have Eternal Life; They are They that testify of Me. And if I do not the works of My Father, then believe Me not. If the works that was spoke of this day, don't manifest Itself in Me," He said, "then don't believe it."
Part 9)
John 14:12 - GOD DECLARING HIMSELF
Brother Branham says it's tremendous when you see God come from heaven, “stand before groups of men declare himself just as he ever did“
In other words, the Lord himself has come down (descended) from heaven, he’s standing right here at this platform and declaring his presence by doing the same works he did when he was in Christ (John 14:12) the same God that was in Christ has come down from heaven (1Thess 4:16) and is standing right here doing the same works he ever did (Hebrews 13:8)
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142 See these things happen, my dear brother, sister. When, God in Heaven knows I could die on this platform right now. You just ought to walk around a while. It's just…It's tremendous, when you see God come from the Heaven, stand before groups of men, and stand there, declare Himself just as He ever did. And that's the Truth, and this Bible open. See? Right. We're here.
JOHN 1:18
18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
Brother Vayle puts it, “to bring into actual manifestation what the unseen is” to give us the knowledge of the unseen, to make him knowable…
1989-0226 SHALOM # 3: Proof of Paternity
The only begotten, the one of a kind Son, which was Jesus Christ, hath declared Him. Then he tells you what that word ‘declare’ really means, it’s the word, we get the word ‘exegesis’ from it, from the Greek. Which means ‘to lead forth by Word,’ to bring into actual manifestation what the unseen is. So when the Son declared Him, it meant that the unseen was made visible and knowable, so that now we have knowledge of the unseen, and we’re talking about God.
This was God in the Son, then in this day in order for us to know that the same God has come from heaven and is here he does the same works again to make himself known, this is why Brother Branham said “my ministry is to declare him, that he is here!”
So once again the unseen is being seen, and in this day it is by doing the same works for the Gentiles he did for the Jews, so John 14:12 is his descent. The appearing before the coming, and in order to appear he has to be here, so the Lord himself comes down and by doing the works of JOHN 14:12 identifies himself as the one that was in the Son here now by the promised word for this hour (1THESS 4:16, LUKE 17:30, GENESIS 18, MAL 4:5, REV 10:7, MATT 12:18-21, I TIMOTHY 6:14, II TIMOTHY 4:1, TITUS 2:13, I PETER 1:7, HEBREWS 13:8).
JOHN 14:10
10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
JOHN 14:11
11 Believe me that I [am] in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
JOHN 14:12
12 ¶ Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater [works] than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
It was the Father indwelling the Son that did the works. No man in history had the Father indwell him other than Christ. This is why in all the history William Branham is the only man that had the identical ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ because God promised the revealing of the Son of man in this hour and he came down in a Pillar of fire and did the same works he did when he was in Christ, not a group, not through the clergy, not by a five-fold but by a prophet like unto Moses and Christ.
The works of John 14:12 is his appearing. He's appearing "in our midst" not in us but in the midst of us, God in the Pillar of fire is appearing in our midst doing the same works he once did when that same Pillar of light came down on the Jordan-River and entered into our Lord Jesus Christ, this is not the baptism of the Spirit, its the presence before the coming of the promised Son. The works are to identify his appearing before the coming.
Brother Branham's peculiar ministry was to "Declare Him, that he is here" to make the unseen known by both the Word that he brought and the works to vindicate the Word, this is the appearing of Christ before the coming which is the rapture.
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102 How many knows there's a difference between the appearing of Christ and the coming of Christ? It's two different words. Now's the appearing, the coming will soon be. He's appearing in the midst of us, doing the works that He once did, in His church. Now, you're a part of that church, and by grace you believe. I am a member of that church.
Now, I'm not a preacher. You know I'm not. I have not the education to do it. Sometimes I feel reluctant standing here by men of God, who's called to that office. There are apostles, prophets, teachers, pastors, and evangelists. Not all are apostles, not all are prophets, not all are teachers, not all evangelists. I'm standing here…
But my ministry is a different ministry from a pastor or teacher. I'm—I'm not. And if I say things wrong, brethren, forgive me. I don't mean it. But this is my ministry (See?) to declare Him, that He's here.
Part 10)
John 14:12 - NO MORE REMISSION ONCE REJECTED
Those who have had the knowledge of the works that God did through William Branham and turn down the MESSAGE he preached have no more sacrifice for sin. To willfully disbelieve the VINDICATED MESSAGE after it was once shown to you is to turn down Jesus Christ according to Hebrews 13:8. There is no more sacrifice for sin. This could only happen after the ministry of Christ returns at the last day, and God once again vindicates himself in a man the same as he did in Christ. To turn from it is to trample the blood of Christ underfoot.
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300 The Pillar of Fire appearing visibly among us, identifying that the Message is right, like He did at Mount Sinai. Remember, before the true message come forth, Moses preached and he led them out of Egypt; but there, before the real commandments was laid down (the Seals was brought in), God come down before the people and proved that Moses was sent from Him, (that right?) in a Pillar of Fire that Moses said he had seen in a bush and talked to him.
301 Oh, in this last days, to see that same Pillar of Fire right among us, speaking the same Word; not only that, but interpreting It by making It manifest, and proving It, It's the Truth.
So, the people has not one way to disbelieve, lest they just wilfully want to. And, then, "He that sins wilfully after having a knowledge of the Truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin."
302 Notice, same Pillar of Fire sent to Moses and to Paul, that wrote the Bible, now sent to reveal It. The grace of God, the unchanging God, fulfilling the promises of Matthew 28, "Lo, I am with you always"; fulfilling Saint John 14:12, "The works that I do, you also"; fulfilling Saint Luke 17:28-29, "In the last days the Son of man will be revealed," see, see; Malachi 4, "Behold, I send to you Elijah the prophet, that will restore the Faith of the people back to the original Word." See? How this…See? Oh, my!
Part 11)
John 14:12 - BY VISION ONLY
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E-63 "Rabbi (or Teacher), we know that You are a Teacher come from God. We know it. We Jews, Pharisees, we know it. For no man could do the works that You do, except God be with him."
And what kind of works did He do? Nothing but what the Father showed Him. Is that true?”
This quote shows you can’t divide the works of John 14:12 into parts. The only works he did were the works the Father who indwelt him showed him, not what he tells him but what he shows him by vision.
I make this challenge for anyone claiming their doing the works of John 14:12 to produce the visions, because that’s the stamp of authenticity. If Jesus himself had to be shown the works of the Father by visions, and William Branham the same, that sets the criterion, that is the judge, visions that never fail.
William Branham like Jesus had signs preceding not just signs following. The false can’t produce the genuine works of John 14:12, and any attempt without God leading them by perfect visions is nothing more than impersonations.
Once the Son of Man has been revealed (Luke 17:30) with the vindication of John 14:12, the son of perdition comes on the scene to impersonate the genuine ministry of Christ with lying signs and wonders.
Part 12)
CAN YOU SEE THE SUPER SIGN OF THE LAST DAYS?
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109 O God, if the world could only see that, that God and man are one! The super sign was that first Man that God could come into; all that God was He poured into Christ. And all Christ was He poured into the Church. Super sign, God and man, together, that was to be the super sign of the last day, when the entire Bible was to be fulfilled in the last days.
"The pouring into Christ was God Himself using Jesus as a mask. Now that’s one hundred percent right. One man; no other man. God never came into several men; He came into one man. And Bro. Branham said, “God uses only one man at a time.”Now you’ve got in mind one person. Now, let’s look at this doctrine. God poured Himself into Jesus--one person. Now, is Jesus, then, going to pour into the church, himself, into everybody? Now there’s one tape, and I can’t tell you what it is, but here’s where all these people are all messed up, because they didn’t listen to Bro. Branham. Bro. Branham said, “All that God was, He poured into Christ. All that Christ was he poured into the church,” and he said, “But it comes by one man.” So, only this age saw God pouring into the church, and God is here right now in a Pillar of Fire leading us to the Millennium. Now that’s what I wanted to get to you tonight. And I hope you get it, because it’s all around the country. But it’s not going to be here, because we just killed it. One man, Bro. Branham."
—Lee Vayle - CORRECTIONS AND COMMENTS 2008-1102
The super sign was the *first man* (our Lord) that God could come into by the process of kenosis, for all of God was poured into Christ so God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, this is the *alpha* first man that God poured himself into so that God himself could enter man and in so doing become one.
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33 But a lamb is so gentle, that it can be led. And that's the reason that God represented Christ as the Lamb, and Himself as the Dove. And on the day that John baptized Jesus at the river of Jordan, one of the greatest events that had ever taken place, taken place right there. Notice how beautiful! The Lamb, the meekest of all the creatures of the earth, and the Dove, the meekest of all the fowls of Heaven. Now, that's the only way that they could ever be united. It's the only way that the Dove would ever come on the Lamb. Now, when the Dove came down, John saw Jesus, and he said, "Behold the Lamb of God, that take away the sins of the world." And John said, "I bare record, seeing the Spirit of God like a Dove coming down, and abiding on Him." Hallelujah! There you are. The Dove and the Lamb united together. That's when God and Man became one. That's when Heaven and earth embraced each other. Hallelujah! That's when God was made flesh, brought it, that's when God came down from the Spirit form and was made a Man and dwelled among us. That's when all Eternity embraced each other. That's when the human fallen race of Adam's people and Jehovah God and every angel come together, when God and man was made one, on that great memorial day when John baptized Jesus.
The *kenosis* is God pouring himself into a mask, not as though he vomited or tore off an arm or leg, it's not a part of God tearing from him, he didn't throw-up, in other words nothing left God as if something went from him, the kenosis is God pouring HIMSELF into a mask, and Christ was the alpha man in which God by kenosis entered into, but another kenosis was promised in the last day and that would be the super sign, God again in human flesh!
The promise for the last day is that all that Christ was would be poured into the church through one man, so that God himself could come into the midst of his people, that he could then do the same works he did when he was in Christ, so alpha becomes omega where once more God was masked in a man doing now for the gentiles the same works (John 14:12) he did when he masked himself in Christ two thousand years ago.
This shows how the works of John 14:12 were done in this day, because all of Christ was poured into a mask, and the prophet is the mask, God back in the tabernacle of flesh doing the same works he did when he was in his alpha man our Lord Jesus Christ.
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44 And we pray, heavenly Father, that this will be a great hour for all of us, that we might sense the Presence of the Holy Spirit, the Writer of this Word, back in the building of the tabernacle of flesh, manifesting Himself to us in the pardoning of our sins, the forgiving of our iniquity,
The appearing before the coming is God appearing in our midst through masking himself in a man and doing the same works he once did when he was in his beloved Son (John 14:12) as it was in the days of Noah so shall it be at the *presence* not coming, of the Son of man, as it was in the days of Sodom so shall it be in the day when the Son of man is *revealed* (Luke 17:30) in other words all that was in Christ is poured into a mask and by that mask the Son of man is made manifest!
Bro. Johnson
*This document is presented to highlight the doctrine (at least in part) of John 14:12 as taught by God's prophet William Branham, and his associate Bro. Lee Vayle.
Verily, verily I say unto you, he that believeth in Me, the works that I do he shall do also; and greater works than these shall he do, because I go unto My Father
Part 1)
AUTHENTICITY
Authentic;
Not false or copied; genuine; real:
2. having the origin supported by unquestionable evidence; authenticated; verified:
**entitled to acceptance or belief because of agreement with known facts or experience; reliable; trustworthy**
1. of undisputed origin or authorship; genuine: an authentic signature.
2. accurate in representation of the facts; trustworthy; reliable: an authentic account.
1. authentic - conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief;
***Evidence by proper signature or seal***
The Evidence of John 14:12
If the same works God did in Christ according to Saint John 14:12 were to be repeated or reproduced, they would have to bear the same seal and mark of authenticity and be verified with unquestionable evidence of support. In order to be the authentic works of Christ they must have the same signature markings to show they are the genuine article and not an imitation because if the works are true then the one who God is doing the works through is also true.
ACTS 2:22
ISV(i) 22 "Fellow Israelites, listen to these words: Jesus from Nazareth was a man authenticated to you by God through miracles, wonders, and signs that God performed through him among you, as you yourselves know.
Therefore the works must bear the seal of God, those special ear-markings that distinguish them from any possibility of being a forgery or counterfeit. They must bear the same unique characteristics that show the author’s signature of authenticity, having features which cannot be reproduced by a forger, for Jesus said many will come "in my name", in other words, they will claim his signature is on the works, and they shall show great signs and wonders. They will in essence write the check but forge the signature, so the miracle itself is done through the Spirit but is likened unto a passed check, where the money is in the bank to cover it but the writer of the check is forging the signature, using the account without the authority to do so.
MATTHEW 7:21-23
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
John 14:12 has a different criteria than Mark 16:14-20. The works in John 14:12 is God demonstrating that he is in the vessel and the works are the confirmation. The vessel of John 14:12 is in total subjection to God and only acting out what God is showing him by vision, whereas in Mark 16 the vessel acts on the commission they have been given wherein they use the name of Jesus Christ with the laying on of the hands as they were commanded.
So Mark 16 is to show the apostles had been given authority to the name of "Jesus Christ" and to perform signs and wonders in his name to show by means of the miracles the apostle were sent by Christ, and John 14:12 is to vindicate that God is veiled in a man, using his body as his own, his lips to speak through, making the vessel God to the people because God himself is in this special vessel. This is not a man with the baptism of the Spirit although he will have a baptism of the Spirit, it is the baptizer himself in the tabernacle of flesh manifesting himself to the people.
The one that God is doing the works of JOHN 14:12 through will also be set forth as the one God has approved and therefore the words he will speak will also be from the one doing the works through him (John 14:10)
JOHN 14:10
10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
Part 2)
DISTINGUISHING THE GENUINE FROM AN IMPOSTER
HEBREWS 1:2
2 hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;he worlds;
Our Lord Jesus Christ was authenticated by God as his voice (HEBREWS 1:2) by the works that God performed in and through him, (John 14:12) although Jesus never took credit for one single work, for he said "it's not me doing the works but my Father dwelling in me, "he" does the works", (JOHN 5:19). So how then can we distinguish whether the works are coming from God in and through the vessel or if the vessel is an "impostor", in other words, what is the signature that would distinguish him and show it is God doing the works in the vessel and not one merely using the (dunamis) power of the anointing to perform a miracle without it being God himself in the vessel doing the work as prescribed in JOHN 14:12? We understand that all power to heal originates from God but can be used through the gifts/energies (anointings) of the Spirit without the divine will of God. Miracles can be wrought without God himself in the vessel doing the works. This is a phenomena that takes place at the endtime because of the parousia of the Son of Man in which God himself descends and manifests himself in human flesh (Genesis 18, Luke 17:30) which is followed by the impersonators i.e Jannes and Jambres, and also the Balaamite that possess gifts of the Spirit with false doctrine. Their works are forgeries for the purpose of deception, the miracle itself is true but it's not God in the vessel doing the works although it's done through his name, they evoke the power (dunamis) of God through using his name, but without having permission to use the checkbook. It was allowed of God but not ordained of God, so they are transgressors in the sight of God. This is why he professes to them he knows them not, their names were not on the checkbook, they used his dunamis unlawfully.
In order to be the genuine article of John 14:12 the work has to be God himself in the vessel doing the work he wants done or they cannot be attributed to God although a miracle could be done by evoking the name on the checkbook. God only takes ownership of the work if his signature is on it, the identifiable seal/signature that the work is proceeding from God is when the vessel itself is in complete subjection to God and God is showing the vessel by vision the works he is doing so that the vessel only acts out what God shows him. These are the works that God knew from the foundation of the world (ACTS 15:18)
ACTS 15:18
18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
So the great stamp of authenticity of the ministry of John 14:12 is God giving the vessel he is doing the works through visions of what he is doing, he does nothing until the Father shows him, he never acts or evokes the power of God without God leading him by vision. He then only acts out what God is doing through him. Therefore Jesus himself took no credit for the works, he said it was not him doing the works but his Father doing the works through him, that as he seen the Father working so he did likewise.
This unmistakable signature of authorship is what distinguishes the bogus from the true. The true vessel just acts out what the Father shows him beforehand, he does nothing on his own without the Father showing him his will. This is why we see the prophet waiting on God for him to come and show him what to do as he only acted out the works the Father is doing, the bogus can produce works by evoking his name but do not bear the stamp of authenticity. The works are wrought without the vessel being shown by vision the Father's will. This is why there is always an element of error in the bogus, because the gifts can be operated without it being directly by God in the vessel, and because of the human element there is always some error, but when it comes directly from God their is no error, for it is God present doing the works to vindicate that it is him in the vessel, so the people will understand that just as the works are being done by God through the vessel so also the words the vessel speaks are not his words but the words of the one doing the works. This is a vessel who is approved of God by mighty signs and wonder God does through him! (ACTS 2:22)
Part 3)
JOHN 14:12 - NOT THE FRUIT OF A CHRISTIAN LIFE
Some teach the works that Jesus did will naturally be produced, as if Christian living produces the "works" of JOHN 14:12, but the facts show that the works were not produced by Jesus, as if his life was producing the works. He himself said, it's not me doing the works, that of himself he could do nothing. He only acted out what the Father showed him by vision, it was not him but the Father dwelling in him bodily doing the works. They were not a production of his but were being produced by the Father using him as his body, so in order for the manifested works of JOHN 14:12 to be reproduced it will take the Father dwelling in the vessel showing the vessel what he himself is doing and the vessel in humble subjection acting out what the Father shows him. None of the works were done randomly, all the works of God were foreknown by God, to make the point, when Jesus passed by the pool of Bethesda he seen a vision of a man taking up his bed and walking, just one man out of a multitude, so Jesus was directed to the man and said unto him "take up your bed and walk" he was acting out what he was shown in the vision. So all the works done through the body of Jesus were God doing them, and it is done this way so that no flesh will glory in the presence of God, not even the flesh of Jesus, for it was God in Christ doing the works and using his body as his own.
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36 Of course, that's the way He declared Himself among His Jewish people. We could go on and on to Bethesda, and many different places where He—the things that He did, showing to the Jews that He was the Son of God.
But there was Samaritan people. Now, He had need to go by Samaria. I wonder why? Jesus had to give witness of His Messiahship. So He… No doubt the Father had told Him.
So He said in Saint John 5:19: "Verily, verily I say unto you, the Son (the man, the flesh, the baby, the boy, the man, Christ Jesus), the Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing; that doeth the Son likewise." In other words, "The Father shows Me by a vision what to do, and I do just that and nothing else." See?
The works then are not the byproduct of Christian living as if the works that God was doing was based on the flesh of the man he is using, although we understand that God's chosen vessels are sanctified and set apart by God, yet the works of John 14:12 are not the byproduct of the holiness of the vessel, they are the byproduct of God identifying himself in his chosen vessel for the purpose of getting the attention of the people to show that God himself is in the vessel and using the chosen vessel as his voice on earth. Since the beginning of the world there has only been a few men that God has used in this manner, even the apostles themselves knew to not claim that God was in them as he was in our Lord Jesus Christ. They had been given authority to heal the sick by using his name with authority, but none of them had the Pillar of fire. They were giving licks of fire, whereas Jesus had the God of the Pillar of fire dwelling in him doing the works, and it is the same in this hour with the exception that the Pillar of fire was with the prophet to reproduce the ministry of Christ on earth and to do those works that were foreknown of God before the world was.
When Brother Branham makes reference to doing the works of Beethoven because one has the life of Beethoven, he is saying that the works you see being done through him is because God himself is in him doing the works. If he had Dillinger in him then he would do the works of Dillinger, in other words, he is telling us that the same God that was in Christ two thousand years ago was anointing him in the same way he anointed Christ and doing through him the same works he did in the Son that we might believe that the message is coming directly from God by virtue of the works. William Branham was then a man approved of God among us by the mighty signs and wonders God did through him.
When he speaks of doing the works of Shakespeare it's an example, trying to show that if one had the life of Shakespeare in them then the works of Shakespeare he would do. So he's saying, The Spirit that comes into and upon him when he is ministering was God himself who is a Spirit, and if it's God himself then he will act in the same way he acted when he was in Christ, and the same works he did when he was in the Son he will do now because he cannot change. This shows Hebrews 13:8 "Jesus Christ" (The Spirit) is the same yesterday today and forever!
Part 4)
GOD HIMSELF DOES THE WORKS AND RECEIVES ALL THE GLORY
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63 Now, He told the truth, therefore, He never performed one miracle until God showed Him by a vision what to do, according to His own Word, Saint John 5:19. Search the Scriptures. No prophet ever did anything at random; it's always God. No flesh can glory in the sight of God.
And Jesus did not call Himself a Divine Healer. No, He said, "It's not Me that doeth the works, it's My Father that dwelleth in Me. He showeth Me, or doeth the work. I just act out what He shows me to do."
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28 Now, notice after Jesus was called in question… Now, listen close and read it. Here is the keynote. Jesus said. I've been quoting from Saint John 5, and now the 19th verse. Jesus answered the question, Saint John 5:19. Listen to what Jesus said. "Verily, verily…" that means "absolutely, absolutely," I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself. But what He sees the Father doing, that doeth the Son likewise." Amen. Do you see, it isn't in man. It wasn't in the Son of man. It's in God. No flesh glories in His Presence. Jesus said, "I can't do nothing until the Father shows Me a vision; and when I see a vision, then I do it." How many understand, say, "Amen." [Congregation says, "Amen."—Ed.] Now, let me say it again. Jesus said, "I can do nothing in Myself."
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25 Now, let's follow Him and see what He did. Now here's where it stumps you just a little bit. Now, listen close. Did He claim to be a healer? Be careful. Did He claim to be a healer? No, sir.
He claimed not to be a healer. He said, "It's not Me that doeth the works, it's My Father, that dwelleth in Me, He doeth the works." So, if a man today would say he was a healer, he's taking more authority than the Son of God ever had. So he can't be a healer. If Jesus; and God did not make the flesh of His own Son glorious, no flesh can glory in His sight. Neither will He divide His praises and glory with anything.
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13 Otherwise, God showed Jesus a vision on what to do, and then He went and done it. Do you understand it? No flesh glories in the sight of God. It's all in the realm of spirit. Even Jesus, the Son of God, said, "I can heal no one, or do nothing, until the Father shows Me what to do."
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58 And I said, "I'll… I—I'm… They will not believe me."
He said, "I'll be with you."
And I said, "I will go."
And the Light begin to gather across the floor, went up… The Angel went up with the Light, formed a real sacred Light, as you see in the picture, and went away. It returns night after night, and It comes into the meetings.
I do not claim… So everyone will be sure to know, I do not claim to be a Divine healer. Papers and things call It that, but that's an error. There's no man can heal, not even Jesus. Jesus didn't claim to be a Divine Healer. He said, "It's not Me that doeth the works; It's My Father that dwelleth in Me; He doeth the works."
No mortal could claim Divine healing then. And then, if He could not claim Divine healing, then certainly I would not. No flesh can glory; it comes by the Spirit of God. He's the Healer
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28 And so is every mortal limited to the powers of God. For no flesh, even the Son of God glories not before the Father, for He said, "It's not Me that doeth the work; it's My Father that dwelleth in Me; He doeth the works. He shows the Son what Himself doeth, and the Son does likewise." The same Gospel, by the same God, is here tonight.
John 14:12 is the duplication of the ministry of the Son of Man (Luke 17:30) wherein God veiled himself in the body of Jesus Christ but is now veiling himself in a prophet. The prophet himself being the flesh that is veiling God, and the Pillar of fire present to work though that prophet to confirm the ministry of John 14:12 which is God doing the same works at the end of the gentile dispensation as he did in Christ at the end of the Jewish dispensation.
John 14:12 is God himself in the vessel leading him the same way he led Jesus, by visions, so that he only acts out what he is shown, this is the only way the works can be attributed to John 14:12, "the works that I do shall he do also" the special gift this vessel has is the gift of getting out of the way, his conscience and subconscious together so God can led him by visions to do the same works he did in Christ, which is the identification of the ministry of the Son of man (Luke 17:30). This is not Mark 16 "the great commission", it’s God in a human being confirming the covenant to the elect (John 14:12).
Part 5)
JESUS DID NOTHING UNTIL THE FATHER SHOWED HIM
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138 Now watch, He said, in Saint John 5, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son," that was Him, body, "can do nothing within Myself," only as He seen the Father do. "What the Father doeth, He showeth the Son. See, I can do nothing within Myself, but as I see the Father do it." Then, Jesus never performed one miracle until first God showed Him by a vision; not told Him in His ear, but showed Him. "What I see," not hear, "see the Father doing." That's what made Him a Prophet like unto Moses, as Moses said. Now when He—He knowed the Father… He was on…
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144 The Father, in Saint John 5:19, Jesus said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing." Now according to His Own Word. And He can't lie, and be God. According to His Own Word, He never performed one miracle until God showed Him in a vision, what to do. "Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself; but what He sees the Father doing, that doeth the Son likewise. See, the Father worketh, and I worketh hitherto."
145 Now the Father had told Him to go up a way by Samaria, and there He was sitting there, and then this woman come out. Now He had to contact her spirit, so He had to get a conversation with her. See? And He said, after He found what her trouble was, we all know what it was, He said, "Go get your husband and come here."
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162 Jesus was questioned. Listen what He said in Saint John 5:19. "Verily, verily, I say unto you." And verily means, "Absolutely, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing. That doeth the Son likewise." See? He never did nothing until first He saw the Father show Him that in a vision. That made Him the God-prophet.
163 And today He is still the same, the same God-Prophet, the same Holy Spirit that's dwelling amongst the people.
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47 Now, remember. God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself. Is that right? All right. "Not Me," said Jesus, "doeth the works: but My Father that dwelleth in Me, He doeth the works." Now, if you're putting Scriptures down, Saint John 5:19, Jesus said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing: that doeth the Son likewise." Now, remember, not what He hears the Father saying, but what He sees the Father doing. Therefore, Jesus never did nothing until God showed Him by a vision what to do first. If He didn't, the Scripture's wrong. Saint John 5:19 said, "Verily, I say unto you (that means absolutely), I say unto you, The Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing: that doeth the Son likewise; for the Father worketh, and I worketh hitherto." In other words, He just acted out in drama what God, the Father, showed Him to do, because God was in Christ. Now, Matthew 3, it said, "This is My beloved Son," when He was coming down, a voice speaking from that, God, that was coming down like a dove. John bare record seeing it. And a voice come from it, saying, "This is My beloved Son in Whom, in Whom I am pleased to dwell." And if I was going to make it so you'd understand it better, that the early translators in King James… If you get the original Greek, it reads like this: "This is My beloved Son in Whom I'm pleased to dwell in." But you see, it's the same thing. "In whom I'm pleased to dwell." See? "I am pleased to dwell in My Son." Then He became Emmanuel, God with us.
Part 6)
THE WORKS OF GOD ARE SOVEREIGNLY GIVEN
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158 Now, my my dear friend. See? Now, I think here that you..you..you got a...you got a good statement. Yes, sir! Yes, sir! Now, that would be so. You said, "Brother Branham" In other words, here's what I'm...I don't think that it's... can...believe I...Not polishing up what you said, but I believe I can make it a little clearer to people. See? You are believing, because of the Spoken Words and things like that that He said about. And all of you here witnessed the squirrels and all these other things that's been done. But did you notice, that was Sovereignly given! I never asked Him, "Lord, let me do this, speak these things in like that, do these things there." I never asked Him that. He by His own Divine will came to me and said, "You go do this." See? I wasn't asking one thing about it. Moses never asked to go down in Egypt, but was God that sent him down to Egypt. See?
159 Now, I believe that the Holy Spirit would come to me and say in a vision, "Go tell certain-certain person that they are not...they are trying to overcome a certain thing, and they cannot do it. (And they're smoking; they're drinking; they're lying, stealing, or committing adultery, whatever it might be; or they got lustful spirit.) And you just go where they are and say, 'Thou spirit, come out of there; I set this captive free.'" Would it take place? Absolutely! Yes, indeed, that absolutely would; it'd take place. But now, upon my own presuming...Now, presume is...means "to adventure without authority." See? I go down there to help this person; I'm just presuming that it'll be all right. See? Then I don't know; I can call the Name of the Lord over them; I can pray for them, do whatever I wish to.
160 If I had my own way this morning...I just had a interview with this little lady setting in this wheelchair. To come to this meeting today, they had to have the fire department to take her out of her house in Chicago; and people live across the street and don't come to the meetings. See?
161 What would I do? If it was in my power..It is in...have the authority to do it, but I have to wait for orders to do it. See? I have the authority from God to do it; but now, when He gives the orders, she'd go back home well. See? I know that is the truth. See? I'd just be as willing to die this morning on that as I..I'd be in anything. See? That's the truth.
162 But first, you see, it's all that...No one, even Jesus Himself said, "The Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He seeth the Father do, that doeth the Son likewise." We know that. Saint John 5:19. All right. "The Son does nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing, that the Son will do likewise." All right.
This portion of the message is quoted often but never in context, it's clear he is saying he cannot speak and someone will be ready for the rapture UNLESS God SOVEREIGNLY SHOWS him to do it. As a prophet he had permission to use the dunamis (power) of God. He was given the authority to speak the Word, but never outside of the will of God. His commission was John 14:12 where all the works were done directly by God showing his prophet beforehand the works to perform, if he was to use the dunamis of God without being given a vision he would be presuming which is venturing without authority.
He never asked God to use the THIRD PULL or to SPEAK THE WORD, all five identifications of the THIRD PULL (SPEAKING THE WORD) came from God "SOVEREIGNLY" without him asking, each time God led him to speak, God came to him not Brother Branham going to God, the only way this could take place is when God himself came to him and showed him and told him what to do.
So what Brother Branham is saying is that he could speak the Word and a person could be entirely ready for the rapture IF God showed him and told him to do it, he had authority to speak the Word but only when God made himself known to him through visions and told him to speak, even though as a prophet wherein the Son of man (God in a prophet) was being revealed, and although he had the power of God resting on him to fulfill John 14:12 he never moved outside of God showing him first. No work was to be performed without God showing by vision first, this is John 14:12 the works I do shall he so also" and greater works shall "he" do.
Part 7)
JOHN 14:12 INTERPRETED - PROPHET LIKE UNTO MOSES - SON OF MAN
John 14:12 is a ministry of subjection to the will of God, wherein the vessel is walking is abject submission to the will of the one who sent him, a ministry of offering one's body a living sacrifice to God. He does nothing until he is shown by visions, this will mean he will have to be a prophet, his nature must be so fixed and so lamb like that he never questions the Father. He is blind and deaf to all other voices, he seeks not his glory but the glory of the one who sends him, for this type of vessel his conscience and subconscious must be together so God can give him visions while he is awake. He will have the gift of getting out of the way, for it's not him doing the works but the Father working through him just using his body as his own, so that God can manifest himself by doing the same works he did when he was in the body of his Son, and it is by the works he does through him that bear witness that he is "the one believing" (John 14:12) wherein God is performing the same works he did in Christ to bring back the ministry of the Son of man on earth, which is the headship of the body.
Every single work is scripted by God, the vessel is of such a character that he willingly surrenders himself so that he only acts out what the Father shows him. This will take the presence of God literally, just as he came in the days of Moses and Christ, for the one he is doing the works through is the voice he will speak through and all those who turn their ear away will be cut off from among the people. He will be a prophet like unto Moses and Christ, for Moses spake of a prophet likened unto him that God would raise up and we know that prophet is our Lord Jesus Christ, and right before our Lord Jesus Christ returns to fulfill the promise of the Son of David sitting on the throne in Jerusalem, the ministry of the Son of man returns doing the same works that God did when he was veiled in Christ to vindicate the promised word of John 14:12, Luke 17:30. The same God that was in flesh in Jesus Christ has come down and appears in flesh through a prophet likened unto Christ who was likened unto Moses in the headship ministry over the body.
The promise of the return of the "Son of Man" revealed in human flesh was given in John 14:12 & Luke 17:30. The identification that it is the ministry of Christ (Son of Man) is the works that "I do shall he do also", the supernatural presence of the Pillar of fire doing the same works by the same God by the same presence through the same visions wherein the vessel is abjectly submitted to the Father so he can perform through him the same works he did when he was in the Son, thus producing the same ministry of Christ by the same works in human flesh.
John 14:12 does not need anyone to interpret it, its needs manifestation, and when the manifestation comes that is God's interpretation of the verse.."The works that I do shall he do also" has been interpreted, making any other interpretation void...the intellect of man using Greek words is folly, God is his own interpreter and he did it by bringing it to pass, it is "This saith the Lord"
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92 And Jesus said, "As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be in the coming of the Son of man." The Spirit of God would come upon the earth in a form of human beings, God manifested in human flesh (Amen! Do you see it?), and would do the same thing that God did in human flesh at Sodom. Remember, they were waiting for a promised son. And, right after that, the promised son came. That was the last sign that Sodom and Abraham's group saw before the promised son arrived. Did you notice that? And now the Church spiritual has come to that hour.
93 Somebody said, "Brother Branham, did you say 'that was God'?"
94 The Bible said, It was God! It don't need no interpreting. He's Elohim. That's what Abraham called Him. Any Bible reader knows that. Elohim, "the all-sufficient One." He was the First, the Last; the Beginning, the End. Elohim! Abraham called Him "Elohim." God (in capital letters in the Hebrew), Elohim; just like in the beginning, "God," Elohim.
95 He was Elohim manifested in human flesh, wearing human clothes, eating human's food. Amen! A sign that in the last days that God will appear again among His people in human flesh! Amen! Jesus said, "The works that I do shall you do also. And as it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be at the coming of the Son of man." Amen! That don't need no interpreting; it needs manifestation, that's what it needs.Amen. Do you believe that? Let's bow our heads.
Part 8)
JOHN 14:12 MANIFESTED - SON OF PERDITION FOLLOWS
Brother Branham said John 14:12 didn’t need interpretation it needed manifestation, and the manifestation is the interpretation. It is one of the mysteries, and it could not be interpreted without the manifestation of the works, so we have the Lord himself descending in this hour in a Pillar of fire to perform the identical works he did when he was in the Son, that then is the interpretation of John 14;12.
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95 He was Elohim manifested in human flesh, wearing human clothes, eating human's food. Amen! A sign that in the last days that God will appear again among His people in human flesh! Amen! Jesus said, "The works that I do shall you do also. And as it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be at the coming of the Son of man." Amen! That don't need no interpreting; it needs manifestation, that's what it needs. Amen. Do you believe that?
The works came to vindicate the promise of his appearing/parousia before the second coming which is the rapture. So Mal 4:5 (the coming of Elijah), Luke 17:30 (the revealing of the Son of man) Rev 10:7 (the finishing of the mystery of God) brought a full vindication of the Word of God and the works of John 14:12 was the last sign given before the rapture, which is the return of the ministry of Christ in human flesh. So once the Word is fully vindicated under the ministry of the Son of man there is no more vindication, what follows is the son of perdition with lying signs and wonders to impersonate vindication.
Anyone claiming the ministry of the Son of man (John 14:12) after the prophet is taken off the scene is a deceiver, John 14:12 was the vindication of the presence of the Son of man, God in human flesh, the headship over the body, all that God was he poured into Christ (one man) and all that Christ was he poured into Church, but it comes by one man, so John 14:12 is not a group of men, it’s one man in which all that was in Christ (same God) is then manifested by works in a prophet, the prophet being the veil in which God is hidden. There is no mimicking of this ministry through the clergy, it is not given to the five-fold, it’s one man that comes to the church by which God veils himself and by him restores the Word with John 14:12 being the vindication that it is God veiled in human flesh (Genesis 18).
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83 The manifestation of God's revealed power, promised, is the vindication. Read the Scriptures and see what the church is supposed to be today. Yes, sir. God don't need any interpreter.
84 That's what they done to Jesus. They found out, back there, that they thought He didn't have the interpretation. He was the interpretation. God didn't have to interpret It. Jesus' life interpreted. He said, "Search the Scriptures, for in Them you think you have Eternal Life; They are They that testify of Me. And if I do not the works of My Father, then believe Me not. If the works that was spoke of this day, don't manifest Itself in Me," He said, "then don't believe it."
Part 9)
John 14:12 - GOD DECLARING HIMSELF
Brother Branham says it's tremendous when you see God come from heaven, “stand before groups of men declare himself just as he ever did“
In other words, the Lord himself has come down (descended) from heaven, he’s standing right here at this platform and declaring his presence by doing the same works he did when he was in Christ (John 14:12) the same God that was in Christ has come down from heaven (1Thess 4:16) and is standing right here doing the same works he ever did (Hebrews 13:8)
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142 See these things happen, my dear brother, sister. When, God in Heaven knows I could die on this platform right now. You just ought to walk around a while. It's just…It's tremendous, when you see God come from the Heaven, stand before groups of men, and stand there, declare Himself just as He ever did. And that's the Truth, and this Bible open. See? Right. We're here.
JOHN 1:18
18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
Brother Vayle puts it, “to bring into actual manifestation what the unseen is” to give us the knowledge of the unseen, to make him knowable…
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The only begotten, the one of a kind Son, which was Jesus Christ, hath declared Him. Then he tells you what that word ‘declare’ really means, it’s the word, we get the word ‘exegesis’ from it, from the Greek. Which means ‘to lead forth by Word,’ to bring into actual manifestation what the unseen is. So when the Son declared Him, it meant that the unseen was made visible and knowable, so that now we have knowledge of the unseen, and we’re talking about God.
This was God in the Son, then in this day in order for us to know that the same God has come from heaven and is here he does the same works again to make himself known, this is why Brother Branham said “my ministry is to declare him, that he is here!”
So once again the unseen is being seen, and in this day it is by doing the same works for the Gentiles he did for the Jews, so John 14:12 is his descent. The appearing before the coming, and in order to appear he has to be here, so the Lord himself comes down and by doing the works of JOHN 14:12 identifies himself as the one that was in the Son here now by the promised word for this hour (1THESS 4:16, LUKE 17:30, GENESIS 18, MAL 4:5, REV 10:7, MATT 12:18-21, I TIMOTHY 6:14, II TIMOTHY 4:1, TITUS 2:13, I PETER 1:7, HEBREWS 13:8).
JOHN 14:10
10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
JOHN 14:11
11 Believe me that I [am] in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
JOHN 14:12
12 ¶ Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater [works] than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
It was the Father indwelling the Son that did the works. No man in history had the Father indwell him other than Christ. This is why in all the history William Branham is the only man that had the identical ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ because God promised the revealing of the Son of man in this hour and he came down in a Pillar of fire and did the same works he did when he was in Christ, not a group, not through the clergy, not by a five-fold but by a prophet like unto Moses and Christ.
The works of John 14:12 is his appearing. He's appearing "in our midst" not in us but in the midst of us, God in the Pillar of fire is appearing in our midst doing the same works he once did when that same Pillar of light came down on the Jordan-River and entered into our Lord Jesus Christ, this is not the baptism of the Spirit, its the presence before the coming of the promised Son. The works are to identify his appearing before the coming.
Brother Branham's peculiar ministry was to "Declare Him, that he is here" to make the unseen known by both the Word that he brought and the works to vindicate the Word, this is the appearing of Christ before the coming which is the rapture.
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102 How many knows there's a difference between the appearing of Christ and the coming of Christ? It's two different words. Now's the appearing, the coming will soon be. He's appearing in the midst of us, doing the works that He once did, in His church. Now, you're a part of that church, and by grace you believe. I am a member of that church.
Now, I'm not a preacher. You know I'm not. I have not the education to do it. Sometimes I feel reluctant standing here by men of God, who's called to that office. There are apostles, prophets, teachers, pastors, and evangelists. Not all are apostles, not all are prophets, not all are teachers, not all evangelists. I'm standing here…
But my ministry is a different ministry from a pastor or teacher. I'm—I'm not. And if I say things wrong, brethren, forgive me. I don't mean it. But this is my ministry (See?) to declare Him, that He's here.
Part 10)
John 14:12 - NO MORE REMISSION ONCE REJECTED
Those who have had the knowledge of the works that God did through William Branham and turn down the MESSAGE he preached have no more sacrifice for sin. To willfully disbelieve the VINDICATED MESSAGE after it was once shown to you is to turn down Jesus Christ according to Hebrews 13:8. There is no more sacrifice for sin. This could only happen after the ministry of Christ returns at the last day, and God once again vindicates himself in a man the same as he did in Christ. To turn from it is to trample the blood of Christ underfoot.
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300 The Pillar of Fire appearing visibly among us, identifying that the Message is right, like He did at Mount Sinai. Remember, before the true message come forth, Moses preached and he led them out of Egypt; but there, before the real commandments was laid down (the Seals was brought in), God come down before the people and proved that Moses was sent from Him, (that right?) in a Pillar of Fire that Moses said he had seen in a bush and talked to him.
301 Oh, in this last days, to see that same Pillar of Fire right among us, speaking the same Word; not only that, but interpreting It by making It manifest, and proving It, It's the Truth.
So, the people has not one way to disbelieve, lest they just wilfully want to. And, then, "He that sins wilfully after having a knowledge of the Truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin."
302 Notice, same Pillar of Fire sent to Moses and to Paul, that wrote the Bible, now sent to reveal It. The grace of God, the unchanging God, fulfilling the promises of Matthew 28, "Lo, I am with you always"; fulfilling Saint John 14:12, "The works that I do, you also"; fulfilling Saint Luke 17:28-29, "In the last days the Son of man will be revealed," see, see; Malachi 4, "Behold, I send to you Elijah the prophet, that will restore the Faith of the people back to the original Word." See? How this…See? Oh, my!
Part 11)
John 14:12 - BY VISION ONLY
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E-63 "Rabbi (or Teacher), we know that You are a Teacher come from God. We know it. We Jews, Pharisees, we know it. For no man could do the works that You do, except God be with him."
And what kind of works did He do? Nothing but what the Father showed Him. Is that true?”
This quote shows you can’t divide the works of John 14:12 into parts. The only works he did were the works the Father who indwelt him showed him, not what he tells him but what he shows him by vision.
I make this challenge for anyone claiming their doing the works of John 14:12 to produce the visions, because that’s the stamp of authenticity. If Jesus himself had to be shown the works of the Father by visions, and William Branham the same, that sets the criterion, that is the judge, visions that never fail.
William Branham like Jesus had signs preceding not just signs following. The false can’t produce the genuine works of John 14:12, and any attempt without God leading them by perfect visions is nothing more than impersonations.
Once the Son of Man has been revealed (Luke 17:30) with the vindication of John 14:12, the son of perdition comes on the scene to impersonate the genuine ministry of Christ with lying signs and wonders.
Part 12)
CAN YOU SEE THE SUPER SIGN OF THE LAST DAYS?
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109 O God, if the world could only see that, that God and man are one! The super sign was that first Man that God could come into; all that God was He poured into Christ. And all Christ was He poured into the Church. Super sign, God and man, together, that was to be the super sign of the last day, when the entire Bible was to be fulfilled in the last days.
"The pouring into Christ was God Himself using Jesus as a mask. Now that’s one hundred percent right. One man; no other man. God never came into several men; He came into one man. And Bro. Branham said, “God uses only one man at a time.”Now you’ve got in mind one person. Now, let’s look at this doctrine. God poured Himself into Jesus--one person. Now, is Jesus, then, going to pour into the church, himself, into everybody? Now there’s one tape, and I can’t tell you what it is, but here’s where all these people are all messed up, because they didn’t listen to Bro. Branham. Bro. Branham said, “All that God was, He poured into Christ. All that Christ was he poured into the church,” and he said, “But it comes by one man.” So, only this age saw God pouring into the church, and God is here right now in a Pillar of Fire leading us to the Millennium. Now that’s what I wanted to get to you tonight. And I hope you get it, because it’s all around the country. But it’s not going to be here, because we just killed it. One man, Bro. Branham."
—Lee Vayle - CORRECTIONS AND COMMENTS 2008-1102
The super sign was the *first man* (our Lord) that God could come into by the process of kenosis, for all of God was poured into Christ so God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, this is the *alpha* first man that God poured himself into so that God himself could enter man and in so doing become one.
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33 But a lamb is so gentle, that it can be led. And that's the reason that God represented Christ as the Lamb, and Himself as the Dove. And on the day that John baptized Jesus at the river of Jordan, one of the greatest events that had ever taken place, taken place right there. Notice how beautiful! The Lamb, the meekest of all the creatures of the earth, and the Dove, the meekest of all the fowls of Heaven. Now, that's the only way that they could ever be united. It's the only way that the Dove would ever come on the Lamb. Now, when the Dove came down, John saw Jesus, and he said, "Behold the Lamb of God, that take away the sins of the world." And John said, "I bare record, seeing the Spirit of God like a Dove coming down, and abiding on Him." Hallelujah! There you are. The Dove and the Lamb united together. That's when God and Man became one. That's when Heaven and earth embraced each other. Hallelujah! That's when God was made flesh, brought it, that's when God came down from the Spirit form and was made a Man and dwelled among us. That's when all Eternity embraced each other. That's when the human fallen race of Adam's people and Jehovah God and every angel come together, when God and man was made one, on that great memorial day when John baptized Jesus.
The *kenosis* is God pouring himself into a mask, not as though he vomited or tore off an arm or leg, it's not a part of God tearing from him, he didn't throw-up, in other words nothing left God as if something went from him, the kenosis is God pouring HIMSELF into a mask, and Christ was the alpha man in which God by kenosis entered into, but another kenosis was promised in the last day and that would be the super sign, God again in human flesh!
The promise for the last day is that all that Christ was would be poured into the church through one man, so that God himself could come into the midst of his people, that he could then do the same works he did when he was in Christ, so alpha becomes omega where once more God was masked in a man doing now for the gentiles the same works (John 14:12) he did when he masked himself in Christ two thousand years ago.
This shows how the works of John 14:12 were done in this day, because all of Christ was poured into a mask, and the prophet is the mask, God back in the tabernacle of flesh doing the same works he did when he was in his alpha man our Lord Jesus Christ.
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44 And we pray, heavenly Father, that this will be a great hour for all of us, that we might sense the Presence of the Holy Spirit, the Writer of this Word, back in the building of the tabernacle of flesh, manifesting Himself to us in the pardoning of our sins, the forgiving of our iniquity,
The appearing before the coming is God appearing in our midst through masking himself in a man and doing the same works he once did when he was in his beloved Son (John 14:12) as it was in the days of Noah so shall it be at the *presence* not coming, of the Son of man, as it was in the days of Sodom so shall it be in the day when the Son of man is *revealed* (Luke 17:30) in other words all that was in Christ is poured into a mask and by that mask the Son of man is made manifest!
Bro. Johnson
*This document is presented to highlight the doctrine (at least in part) of John 14:12 as taught by God's prophet William Branham, and his associate Bro. Lee Vayle.
