Topic: The second coming

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After the Rapture of the Bride, when does the church, that had to go through the Tribulation period, stand judgment? (It don’t stand judgment…) Is it before or after the Millennium? For “the church.” Oh, I beg your pardon. Pardon me, ever who wrote this. “When does the church that…?” After the Rapture of the Bride, when does the church, that had to go through the Tribulation period, stand at the judgment? Is it after or before…?

Answer

After! “The rest of the dead lived not for a thousand years,” that didn’t go with the Bride. Let’s see:

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Brother Branham, you said that Rome would take the government of the Jews at the last three and a half years. That is going the—the first three and a half years of the Tribulation, or will it be the last three and a half years? Is this correct?

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It will be the last three and a half years. That’s right. Not the first, ’cause it’s already passed. Got one more after this one:

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What manner of body will the wicked have in the last resurrection at the Great White Throne Judgment?

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That sinner will rise in the resurrection to be judged in the body that he has committed the sin in. See? He’ll have to stand the Judgment in resurrection. Resurrection is not replacement, it’s “bringing up that that went down.” When Jesus raised from the dead, He was the same body that went down,...

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Let’s see. Brother Branham, what happens to the people that are—are considered the sleeping virgin when they are judged at the judgment?

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Well, the sleeping virgin will be saved of course. She’ll be saved at the judgment. She’ll never be the Bride, but she is a saved group of people that will come in the judgment, that will not be included in the Bride. But as long as they are virgins, they are before God. See? They are to be saved. H...

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Now, were the five of the virgins lost?

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I presume that they are asking the question’s, “the five virgins,” the five wise and the five foolish. Now, if you were with us in the last teachings in Revelation, you find out there that those virgins, the—the five foolish virgins were not lost; but they were not permitted to go into the Wedding S...

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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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The Lord has told us through prophecy to witness unto others of the things which we have heard and seen here, such as the nearness of the Coming, baptism in the Name, in Jesus’ Name, and such things. We have told these things to some who seem to be Christians, yet they don’t seem to believe. What do you think will happen to those people? Will they go in the Rapture?

Answer

Now, I’m glad you said it that way, “What do you think?” Which that wouldn’t make it right because I would think it. I believe that no man can walk in the Light of God until God reveals It to him. And I don’t believe that any man that…All these hidden things are hid from the people, and no man can s...

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What likeness will we be in the resurrection?

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As we were when we went down. Exactly, resurrection…Just—just think of this. This book falls to the floor, and I take this book, a different book, and replace it. That isn’t resurrection. Resurrection is “bring up the same one that went down.” Was Jesus resurrected? Did they know Him? Was He standin...

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Now, here’s one that’s really a sticker. Question (I think it’s the same person, ’cause it looks like the same handwrite): If a person must have the Holy Ghost to be—have the Holy Ghost to be converted and to go in the rapture, what will be the state of children that have died before the years of accountability? And when will they rise?

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Now, my brother, sister, I cannot tell you that. There’s no Scripture on it in the Bible as I can find anywhere. But I can express my thoughts. Now, this’ll strengthen you that believes in grace of God. You see, the person wants to know (which is a very good question. See?) the person wants to know...

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Now, here is another one; let’s see what it is. All right. Please explain the parable of the five virgins. Does a Christian sin?

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Now, the parable of the five virgins—or the ten virgins it is, please excuse me. The ten virgins is found in Matthew 25:1. Ten virgins went out to meet the bridegroom (now notice!), and five of them were wise and had oil in their lamps, five were unwise and did not have oil in their lamps. While the...

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Will a babe in Christ go up in the rapture?

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Absolutely, if he’s a babe he’s born again. No matter how young he is, he’ll go up anyhow. You see?

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Where are the gifts…What are the gifts to be sent regarding the death of the two witnesses of Revelation 11? Oh, Brother Palmer, if you can’t ask some questions!

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Now, the redemption, these streaks here, this scarlet streak, we see it meant redemption. Now the next question is: What is the gifts in Revelation 11? There’s coming a time…Now here’s going to answer a question that was answered the other night, that a preacher friend of mine wrote about the Jews...

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If two-thirds of the people of the world heard…not heard the Gospel yet, the Word of the Gospel, how much did the… Beg your pardon. It’s wrote with ink, and I’ve been perspiring here and it’s run into it. Let’s see. If two-thirds of the people of the world has not yet heard the Gospel, how can our Lord come now, being they hadn’t heard the Gospel, two-thirds of them? Well, that’s exactly right. I’ll tell you what I think.

Answer

Here not long ago, when Dr. Reidhead, the President of the Sudan Mission, the greatest full…the greatest apostolic…No, I beg your pardon. The greatest fundamental mission in the world, the Sudan Mission. Dr. Reidhead, with so many degrees till he didn’t even know how many degrees was upon him, come...

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Will only those who have the baptism of the Holy Ghost be in the Rapture of the Church, or will all believers be indicated?

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We ain’t…we haven’t got time to justify that. But, brother, only the Holy Ghost Bride will be in the Rapture. See? The Bible…?…the others won’t be lost. Look! Who’s going to judge the earth? Saints. Daniel said, “I saw Him, come to the Ancient of Time, and—and He came with ten thousands times ten t...

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What position will the church be in when the Gospel returns to the Jews?

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Now, the person that did this, was referring here to Luke, the…He—he told me, our brother, that he was referring to where It said, “The—the Gentiles will trod the walls of Jerusalem till the Gentile dispensation would be finished.” That’s in Luke 21:24. Now listen closely and this may get it. Beauti...

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Are the one hundred and forty-four thousand, mentioned in Revelation, the Jewish remnant that we…will be part of the Rapture of the Church? (over) Is not Israel, of the beginning of the…they began…(I am sorry)…goes into the time—time of the…?

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I’m sorry, just a minute till I get this made out. It—it’s went through, it’s pushed through on the paper. …to come to pass during the one thousand years of—of Christ rather than that man can live, as do these modern religionists tell us? Yes, sir. Now, just a minute, to get this right. The questio...

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What age will people be when they rise in the resurrection?

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I can prove it by God’s Word that every one of you gray-headed people setting here tonight, on the resurrection will return back to young boys and girls, just like you was about twenty-two years old. I can prove that by God’s Word. Yes, sir, and you’ll be young there forever. Not one hair that’s fel...

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Is raising the dead psychology?

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Jesus one time had congregation like that, took a man by the hand and led him outside the city. Is that right? He went into another place where they was all crying and weeping and going on. He said, “Give place. The girl is not dead. She’s asleep.” Why, they laughed at Him, made fun of Him. And He p...

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In the resurrection, do people come back as angels or as themselves?

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God is a God of variety. And all Christianity is based upon the resurrection. If I drop this letter on the floor…Now, resurrection is not put this one in its place, but resurrection is bring up the same letter that went down in its place again. Is that right? Therefore, Christianity is based on resu...

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What is the difference between two men who both look and act like Christians?

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They said, “Why, the little 4-H club here has perfected a machine that can turn out corn so perfect that you can’t tell it from the—the grain of corn that’s growed in the field.” Said, “You can reach in a sack and get a handful that’s growed out of the—out of the field, and one out of this machine,...