Topic: The seven church ages

Question

Brother Branham, have you made statements recently concerning that church age has ended, Laodicea?

Answer

No, I never said it’s ended. If I did, you misunderstood, or I said it wrong. It is…This is the last church age; it’s the end of church ages, the Laodicea. It hasn’t ended; when it ends, the Church is gone. So as long as the Church is here, it hasn’t ended. See?

Question

The church age ending and has blacked out, the Bride is called, we have already entered into the tribulation period?

Answer

No, no, no, you’re…I wished that I could just have more time on that. See, see? The Bride, when She’s taken from the church, then the church age will cease. Laodicea goes into chaos; the Bride goes to Glory; and the tribulation period sets in upon the sleeping virgin for three and a half years while...

Question

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.

Answer

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.

Question

Why does Brother Branham call the Pentecostal age a rejected age?

Answer

We’re in our third and last stage. And remember, the Pentecostal age is a rejected age. I hate to say that, for I’ve never found faith in any church like the Pentecostal church. But it’s rejected, because it’s the Laodicean last church age, lukewarm. It’ll be spued from the mouth of Christ. But God...