Topic: The Word of God

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What did the brass serpent on the pole in the wilderness foreshadow?

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Jesus said, “I can, if you believe.” Now, in order to believe God, most people have to have something to look at, some visible, something to look at to represent God. I believe one of the hardest things that God has ever had to do, was to get one mortal to believe another mortal. We won’t believe on...

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What did the fig leaves in the garden of Eden represent?

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Man has always wanted to make his own way. In the garden of Eden, God made a man so he didn’t have to shift for nothing. God made him perfect, but man wanted his own way. He wanted to tamper. He wanted to find out. And then as soon as he fell…We’ve went through that this week, in the studies of the...

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How did shepherds use honey and a limestone rock to help sick sheep?

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I think of David of old. Hallelujah! Yes, sir. When he said there is…Where he talked about…He said, “Taste and see the Lord is good. It tastes like honey in the rock.” A little old description I used to use, thinking about an old scrip they used to carry on their side here, a little sack that they p...

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Please explain First Corinthians 13:8-12. Now that the perfect Word is restored to the Church are—are these verses fulfilled?

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Now, I think I just went through that, didn’t I? “And when that which is perfect has come, that which is in part shall be done away with.” Paul said, “Though I speak with tongue of man and angels, and I do all these things here…But when that which is perfect is come…” Now, is there anything perfect...

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Brother Branham, when Isaiah spoke to the daughters of Zion (or spoke to, I mean, I guess they meant “spoke of”) the daughters of Zion about the crisping pins, curling hair, and instead of a well set hair, baldness; instead of a…Will that apply to today or is the old Bible of no effect as some say?

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The old Bible is always in effect, and every word that God says is in effect. Yes, sir! Only thing it does from the new Bible to the old Bible, it just magnified. Jesus said, “You have heard them say, ‘Thou shalt not commit adultery’ (you had to be in the act); but I say unto you, whosoever looketh...

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Matthew 24:28: (The person’s coming right down. They never signed it; yes they did. I beg your pardon. I won’t call these names, because it’s not necessary. See?) Matthew 24:28: “For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.” Who is the carcase and who are the eagles?

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Now, that’s a good question, nothing wrong with that! What is the carcase? The carcase is what the eagles feed on. Now, a eagle is considered in the Bible, a prophet. A prophet is a eagle. God—God calls Himself a Eagle, and we’re “eaglets” then, the—the believers. You see? And what is the carcase th...

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What did Jesus mean in Saint Matthew 16:9 and 10? What do the twelve baskets and the seven baskets represent? Question for Sunday morning.

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Let’s see—let’s see, Matthew 16:10. I’m not too sure just now. Let me get where it’s at, Matthew 16:9 and 10—16:9 and 10. Here we are. Do you not…understand, neither remember the five loaves or the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up? Neither the seven loaves or the four thousand, and ho...

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What do the stones in the…represent in Revelation 21:19 and 20?

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If you wish to take the time to open your Bibles, which we haven’t too much time now, but I’ll try to answer them quickly. Revelation twenty-…I believe it’s 21:19 and 20. Yes. All right, in there you’ll find out that he was talking of the stones that was in the building. And the stones were foundat...

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What did the scarlet thread in Genesis 38 represent?

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The scarlet thread, if you’ll notice, it was Judah. And he had sons, and one of his sons married a Canaanite woman. And this Canaanite woman didn’t have any children, and his son died. Then, the law then was to take…the next son had to take the brother’s wife, and raise up seed to the dead. And the...

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I would know what the—the following is: First Timothy, the 2nd…Second Timothy the 2nd chapter and the 16th verse.

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Just a moment. Second Timothy…[Blank space on tape—Ed.] We get together. Maybe you won’t agree with what I said. Take you home…Then, you’ll go home and study real much, and then that’ll help you get spiritual. All right, Second Timothy 2 and 16 reads like this: But shun profane and vain babblings: f...

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Is the Apostles Creed found in the Bible?

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We got today the Apostle’s Creed. I challenge that to the Bible. There is no such a thing as Apostle’s Creed. If there’s any Apostle’s Creed in the Bible, it’s found in Acts where He said, “Repent every one of you, and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins. You shall...

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How can you tell whether what a prophet or a seer says is from God?

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Now, God has spoken His Word to us. Just believe Him and watch what happens. Now, when He speaks something…This is His Word initially first, and any other word that’s contrary to This is not God’s Word, it has to come from this Bible. Now, this is His Word to the nations. Now, He sets after that, in...

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Why did God say He would give the land little by little instead of all at once?

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Now, look. God said, “I’m not going to give it to you all at one time. If I give it to you at one time, if I do, then you’ll…the whole land will swept bare, then the wild beasts will multiply against you, and will overcome you. I’m just going to give it to you little by little, as you’re able to pos...

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Why was Moses not allowed to enter the promised land?

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How many knows that you can—you could send your soul to hell with a Divine gift? Sure, you can. You have to watch what you’re doing. How many believe Moses was God’s prophet? Say, “Amen.” He was God’s prophet, but do you know what he done? God told him to go down there and speak to the rock. The roc...

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What was the Tree of Life, and who guarded it?

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Now, the Tree of Life, I believe, was Jesus Christ. “He that eats My flesh and drinks My Blood has Everlasting Life.” He is the Tree of Life. God was guarding It with a Cherubim, an Angel with a flaming sword.

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What should a teaching be measured against to know whether it is of God?

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I want to get this on God’s Word, for after all, This is the only foundation that anyone can build on, correctly. God will never recognize any foundation but this Word. “For no other foundation can be laid than that which is already laid.” Is that…? And this is God’s Word in the beginning, if anythi...

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What does brass stand for in the Bible?

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Now, God showing in the—the type: Now the first thing, the pole represented “the cross,” the wood. The serpent itself, being a serpent, spoke of “sin already judged,” for God had judged the serpent in the garden of Eden. But brass spoke of “Divine judgment,” which was, like the brazen laver. In the...

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How was a covenant or agreement made in the Old Testament?

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But in the Old Testament, the way they made a agreement, they took a animal, and killed it and split it open, stood between the dead pieces; like God did with the little white Light, confirming the covenant with Abraham, that He would save him and his seed. And he stood there, and they wrote a contr...

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What do the three stages of Israel's journey — Egypt, the journey, and Palestine — stand for?

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If I ever get a chance again, maybe over in the next little city, you’ll be over there anyhow. So you come over. I’m going to get a chance to talk on that over there: show you in the Bible, that’s the truth. Now, we’re going to talk about a journey, how that God brought His people out of Egypt into...

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Is the land of Canaan a type of heaven?

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Now, a lot of people apply Canaan, to being over in the promise land, to being the type of heaven. No, it couldn’t type heaven. It’s the stages of the journey of the Church. They had wars and everything over in Canaan. There’s no wars in heaven, you know. So they had dying, and murders, and everythi...