Topic: Signs of the end

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Will the prophet of Malachi 4 be the one to call out the Gentile remnant of Revelation 7:9, even though they go through the tribulation period?

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No, no! After the—the Revelation 7, is where he seen the hundred and forty-four thousand sealed, and after that he saw coming up, coming back was that great number which no man could number which was the Bride. It will have…The…Malachi 4 will be finished and the Bride taken up, and the…then the…this...

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It…Is the seventh angel, as spoken of, of Revelation 10, the same person as Elijah of Malachi 4? Did I answer that? That don’t sound like I answered that.

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Yes, it’s the same person. Revelation 10 is the seventh angel’s Message, which…seventh angel messenger of the Seventh Church Age, which is Malachi 4. Is birth control… I have a lot on that. I just throwed these back, and I—I didn’t want to answer; I’d rather see you privately.

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In Malachi 4, this Elijah is to take the hearts of the fathers to the children, and then the hearts of the children to the fathers. Is this the same person?

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Yes, the same person. All right. Oh, wait a minute. No! Pardon me, I’m sorry. Just…See the Holy Spirit catch that for me then? No! I thought it said the…See? What it was in Malachi 3, there, “I send My messenger before My face,” which was Elijah. In Malachi 4 it turns back around and said, “Behold...

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What does this mean? Matthew 24:19: “Woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!” Strangely, not knowing that, I was going to say this about the woman, and here it is in this time, the first question.

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Now, Matthew 24:19. Jesus had been asked three questions. In these questions was that: When will the time be there won’t be one stone left on another? and, What will be the sign of the coming of the end of the world? and—and three different questions He was—He was asked. And He answers it in three d...

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Matthew 24:24: “And there shall rise false prophets, and false christs, and false prophets, and will show great signs and wonders.” How shall we recognize them?

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“There shall rise…” In that now you’re coming on down into another age. See? “…raise false christs and false prophets.” A false christ is a false anointed, because Christ is the Anointed. How many knows that the Christ means “the anointed One”? There will be false anointed ones, and they’ll call the...

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Matthew 24:26 (next) speaks of a “certain chamber” and “in the desert places.” What does this mean?

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It means that there will be antichrists, anti-anointings, so forth. And what is anti? Anti is “against.” It’ll be these same creatures against the Word. “And they’ll be in the desert and the secret chambers.” Then He said, “Don’t go after it. Stay away from it.” See? Now the fourth question:

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Brother Branham, is the seventh angel, with the spirit of Elijah, the same man as the Elijah sent to the hundred and forty-four thousand Jews during the three and a half years after the Rapture? Some of us are mixed up, in this.

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No. He isn’t the same. See, it’s two different men. The Elisha that come in the form of Elijah was not Elijah. And the spirit of Elijah who came upon a man called John the Baptist was not Elijah. And the man of the seventh angel messenger, at the end of the Laodicean Age, will not be the literal Eli...

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Will the Elijah of Malachi 4 be the same as Elijah mentioned in Revelation 11:3? And is the other witnesses se-…Is the other two witnesses separate individuals, separate?

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Yes. The Elijah of Malachi 4 will not be the Elijah of Malachi 3. We went through that, last night. “And is the other witness separate, two of them?” Yes, sir, Moses and Elijah; to our revelation. Now, I don’t want to hold you here too long.

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Brother Branham, I understand that Elias must be three times. You tell us that he has been twice already, and will come again. Now, will the person, that the spirit of Elias will be upon, also be of the two witnesses of Moses and Elias over there?

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No. No. He will be a Gentile, see, to the Gentile Church. God sends, always, to his own people, see. “He came to His Own; His Own received Him not.” He always sends His, the Message of the hour. When God was dealing with the Jews, there wasn’t any Gentile prophets come. When God is dealing with the...

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Would you please explain about Satan being bound a thousand years, and being loosed for the battle of—battle of Revelation 20:8? What relationship does this have with the Battle of Armageddon as mentioned in the Fourth Seal? Will Gog and Magog be gathered from the people of the new earth?

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Well, this is a long one, and I—I’ll just have to hit the spot of it, see. Now, the first thing, “Will…?” Now, maybe I can’t explain it. I’ll do my best. Will you please explain how Satan is bound a thousand years, being loosed again for the battle of Revelation 20:8? That is not the Battle of Arma...

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My dear brother, will the Malachi 4:5 Elijah go to the wilderness, as First Kings 17 tells us the other Elijah did?

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Well, I wouldn’t exactly say that he would, that he would go to the wilderness. But he’ll be this, you see, he was…Elisha and Elijah, did you notice? Most men like that are men who are away; they, they keep away from the people. They’re very odd. They don’t associate too much with people. You notic...

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Will Ezekiel 38 and 39 come to pass before the Rapture?

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Now if you will notice, Ezekiel 38 and 39 deals with Gog and Magog, which is Russia, the north country. Now, I do not say that this is correct, but to my way of teaching it, that, it comes to pass after the Rapture, after the Church is taken up. And God deals with Gog and Magog when they come down b...

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Please explain the meanings of the Scripture, and when it will come to pass: Isaiah 4 and 1. Thanks. All right. We’ll just turn over now…You people that’s got your Bibles and wants to, we’ll see what…I didn’t get a chance to look this up, but I thought maybe we’d find some kind of a answer. Here we are. And in…(Oh, yes!) And it shall come…And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, and shall say, We will eat our own bread, and will wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

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Well, brother, it’s pretty near that bad now. What a falling away has happened to our country! Let me say this, my dear Christian friends. Let me say this with godly respects to everyone: If there ever was…And you people here who’s studied history, we’re right on the same road that every fine nation...

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Did any Old Testament prophet describe automobiles and airplanes?

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When the prophet give, twenty-five hundred years ago, that missionaries would travel from place to place and go into the nations and wouldn’t leave a track behind them, coming by airplane. Twenty-five hundred years ago, before there was thought such a thing. Nahum, four thousand years ago, said that...

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Was Paul describing infidels when he wrote of people 'having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof'?

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Let’s look at the great Saint Paul. When he stood there with his eyes of faith, looked across the seas of time, he said, “In the last days it shall come to pass.” How in the last days they’d be heady, highminded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God: go out on Sunday afternoon and play golf in...

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What does the existence of a counterfeit prove?

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The devil has just got a…The devil has a pattern of everything God has real. The Babylon was made a pattern of heaven, all the natural. See? Just exactly. There is a real genuine Christian, filled with the Holy Ghost; there’s a whole lot of hypocrites that just act like it. See, see? But that really...

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Do you believe that the Jews’—Jews’ return to Palestine is a fulfillment of the Bible prophecy? We heard you were going to Palestine, is that true?

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Yes. Yes, sir. Let me tell you something, one of the greatest…If you want to see what time of year it is, look on the calendar. If you want to see what time of night it is, look at the clock. If you want to see what day you’re living in, look where the Jews are. That’s God’s timepiece. And look! Th...

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Is communism the antichrist?

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Notice, how from the beginning Satan has been so close. Now, a lot of people say today, “Oh, Brother Branham, don’t you think that communism is awful?” Yes, it’s awful. But that’s not the antichrist. No, sir. Jesus said the antichrist would be so close like the real, it would deceive the very elect...

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What did Brother Branham mean by saying Joel's prophecy has a compound meaning?

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During this time of Joel’s prophecy here, the Church was in a terrible condition: backslid, just prior the coming of the Lord, the first time. And how that the Spirit come upon this prophet and he—he foresaw things. And he saw the—the condition of the Jews. And he saw the condition of the Church in...

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What does the fig tree putting forth buds in Matthew 24 represent?

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And while I was setting out this afternoon reading. I thought…I happened to turn over to Joel, and I thought…The Lord just spoke to me, something about Joel there and that palmerworm, cankerworm, caterpillar, and locust. And how it had stripped the tree. Now, that tree was represented again in Matth...