"I'M GOING TO DO THIS GREAT THING."

 

I CORINTHIANS 15:51
51 ¶ Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where [is] thy sting? O grave, where [is] thy victory?
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FUTURE.HOME.title JEFF.IN V-3 N-5 64-08
Jesus said, "As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be when the Son of man will be revealed upon the earth in the last days." When the Son of man shall be revealed or reveal Himself in the last days, now, not the former days, the middle days, the last days (See?) He would reveal. And now, we're in the last days. Sodom sets just exactly, everything; the messengers just alike.
What happened to the little remnant was called out with Abraham's group? There was One come among them in human flesh (represented in human flesh), eating with them, drinking with them, same food that they eat, everything. He stood among them, told the message. Then He said, "I'm going to do this great thing."
And Abraham kept studying, "Is this it? I've been looking for a City. Is this the King?"
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FEAST.OF.THE.TRUMPETS.title JEFF.IN V-3 N-16 64-0719M
44-3 121 Notice, what happened? Immediately she turned back to a lovely young woman, showing in there, portraying what He's going to do to the Royal Seed of Abraham to receive the Son that's been promised. She turned back to young... Look. They went out into Gerar and what happened? Abimelech the king fell in love with her, said, "She's fair and beautiful," and was going to marry her (Is that right?), old grandma, and all them other pretty girls down there: granny. "She's beautiful, she's fair to look upon." See?
God changed her body and turned them back. It's a mystery that's to be revealed now in this day by the Son of man (See?), the evening Message. See? Turned back... And that was the last sign they seen was what? That discernment before the change of the body come. And before we can ever receive the Son, what happened? "The trumpet of God shall sound; the dead in Christ shall rise first (the new body); and we which are alive and remain shall be changed in a moment in the twinkle of an eye (Hallelujah.); and shall be caught up together to meet the Lord in the air." The secret has been made known; the Seals are open; the trumpet sounded for Israel; the two prophets is ready to appear. What is it? The Church must get off the scene right now so they can appear. He can't deal with two at the same time; He never did. See?
Ř Then He said, "I'm going to do this great thing."
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LET.US.SEE.GOD.title SAN.JOSE.CA V-14 N-2 59-1129
What man calls great, sometimes is foolishness in Your sight, Lord. But what man calls foolish is great in Your sight.

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MESSIAH.THE.title SHREVEPORT.LA 61-0117
What--what man calls great, God calls foolish. I wonder if some of our greatness of evangelism today, if God don't call it a bunch of foolishness--trying to flower up big, somebody's, stuffed shirts and everything. I just wonder what God thinks about it. Why, He'd have... It ain't...
This--this Gospel ain't going to shake the world. It's not world shaking; it's church shaking. It shakes the church. Right now in these last few years, the church has been shook like it never... And the world knows nothing about it. It wasn't supposed to shake the world. They're dead anyhow. You can't shake them old dead carcasses out there. They're twice dead, plucked up by the roots. How can you do it?
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WHY.LITTLE.BETHLEHEM.title PHOENIX.AZ V-9 N-9 63-1214
We think of how God does things in unusual ways, because He is unusual Himself. God is unusual. He's--He's the Supernatural, the Infinite, unto we finite. So anything He does is--is so unusual. And God is so--so great, till He takes the unidentified things of the earth to identify Himself by it.
We notice here in my subject of "Why Little Bethlehem," that smallest of all of Judaea, the princes of the other cities of Judaea, why did God choose to send His Son to that place? That's what we want to talk on. God taking the things of the world, I believe the Scripture says, "By the foolishness of preaching, it pleased God..." To take the unidentified things... What we make great, God calls foolish. What we put so much glory to, God says it's--it's--it's no good. And what we think is no good, God glorifies it.
I CORINTHIANS 15:51
51 ¶ Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
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GOD.IN.SIMPLICITY.title JEFF.IN 63-0317M
Jesus said, "He's already come, and you didn't know it. But he done just what the Scriptures said he would do. He restored them, you all, that received Me and believed on Me. He done exactly what the Scriptures said he'd do. And they did to him what the Scriptures said they would do. He's already come, and you didn't know it." Are you ready?
I want to shock you a little bit. The rapture will be the same way. It'll be so simple; no doubt it'll be likewise, till the rapture will come one of these days and nobody will know nothing about it.
Now, don't--don't--don't get up now, but study just a minute. I'm sure enough closing. The rapture will come in such a simple way till the judgments will fall, and they'll see the Son of man; they'll say, "Wasn't we supposed to have such-and-such... And wasn't there supposed to be Elias sent to us? And wasn't there supposed to be a rapture?"
Jesus will say, "It's already happened, and you didn't know it." God in simplicity... See?
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GOD.IN.SIMPLICITY.title JEFF.IN 63-0317M
Why don't believers believe the simple signs of His coming?

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SECOND.SEAL.THE.title JEFF.IN 63-0319
And aren't you happy to be living in this day? That... See? Not only that, friends, but always remember now; last Sunday morning where the whole thing was based on, simplicity (See?), simple, humble. Happens in such a way that people just go right on by and don't even know it happened. And remember, we are looking for the coming of the Lord anytime. And when we...
I made a statement that now perhaps the rapture would be the same way. It'll be gone, over, and no one will know nothing about it, and just come like that. See? And usually... Just go on back to the Bible and look how it happens like that (See?), even as great a thing as the Lord Jesus coming. Nobody knew nothing about it.
Ř Then He said, "I'm going to do this great thing."
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QA.ON.THE.SEALS.title JEFF.IN 63-0324M
Now, don't look up for some great big something. Just remember the simple thing of believing what He promised.
Now, let's all say it together. We [Congregation says, "We"--Ed.] do not look ["do not look"--Ed.] for something big. ["for something big."--Ed.] But in Jesus' Name ["But in Jesus' Name,"--Ed.], we receive His promise. ["we receive His promise."--Ed.] That settles it.
Ř I CORINTHIANS 15:51
Ř Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Ř WE RECEIVE HIS PROMISE….THAT SETTLES IT.
JEHOVAH.JIREH.3.title LOUISVILLE.MS 64-0404
You say, "Nonsense, Brother Branham." Oh, yes, it was too--the young. A wonderful promise and type for the royal seed of Abraham immediately coming. Remember. Is it a promise? Yes, we'll be changed. They were changed back to a young man and woman, just showing exactly what the church, the royal seed is going to be done. You say, "Is that a promise?" I Thessalonians 4:17, the trumpet of God shall sound and we shall be changed; in a moment in a twinkling of an eye, be caught up together.
Why? Her body, their bodies had to be changed to receive the son. And our mortal, vile bodies will have to be changed to receive the Son, 'cause we'll be caught up. We'll have to be a different body from this, for we'll be caught up in the air to meet Him. Amen. Doesn't con... Just right with the Scriptures... You see? They were changed.
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BREACH.THE.title JEFF.IN 63-0317E
The Seals was broke. Why? In the last Church Age to reveal these truths. Why? The Lamb broke the Seals and revealed them to His church in order to collect His subjects for His Kingdom, His Bride. See? Oh, my. He wants to bring His subjects to Him now.
What is it? Out of the dust of the earth, out of the bottom of the sea, out of the pits, out of everywhere and every place; out of--out of the regions of the dark, out of paradise, wherever they may be, He will call and they'll answer. Amen. Amen. He will call, and they'll answer.

He come to get His subjects. He revealed His secrets, and they saw it; and time is no more at that time. Time has run out; it's finished. All right.
He leaves the throne of--to be an Intercessor as a slain Lamb to be a Lion, King, to bring the world to judgment who has rejected His message. He's not a Mediator.
Remember the Old Testament teaching now, as we hurry. When the blood went off the mercy seat, what was it? Judgment seat. And when the Lamb slain walked forward from eternity out of the Father's throne and took His rights, it was a judgment seat. Then He become not a Lamb, but a Lion, King. And He calls for His Queen to come stand by His side
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SARDISEAN.CHURCH.AGE - CHURCH.AGE.BOOK.CPT.7
The Great Shepherd is calling His sheep by name. The creative voice of God is calling them forth from the dust or changing their atoms even though they had not fallen asleep. It is the rapture. It is the great Marriage Supper of the Lamb and His bride.
Ř Then He said, "I'm going to do this great thing."
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BREACH.THE.title JEFF.IN 63-0317E
What'll happen? The trumpet of God shall sound, that last trump will blast forth the same time that the last angel's giving his message and the last Seal is opened, that last trumpet will sound, and the Redeemer comes forth to take His redeemed possessions: His church, blood-washed.
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FAITH.OF.ABRAHAM.title SAN.FERNANDO.CA 55-1118
How's He going to rapture the Church? That's up to Him, I just believe He will do it; that's all. And He will do it, because He said so.
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TEN.VIRGINS.title JEFF.IN ROJC 425-492 60-1211M
….for just as soon as Jesus appears, the whole watch rises. Dead or alive, doesn't matter.
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QA.ON.THE.SEALS.title JEFF.IN 63-0324M
--but five that wakened at that time that was translated, went in with the Bride and so forth, the Bridegroom...
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ABRAHAM.AND.HIS.SEED.AFTER.HIM.title CHICAGO.IL 61-0423
Now, when we all know that when Jesus comes we'll be caught up in a rapture. And we know our bodies will have to be changed first. And it'll... It won't have to be just go back to young men and women, but it'll have to be changed, because Abraham and Sarah's body had to be changed in a way that they could receive the promised son. That's Abraham. His body had to be changed to receive the promised son, after being justified, sanctified, filled with the Holy Spirit, called by election, manifested God of glory in the midst of him. And then his body was changed in order the receive the promised son.
Ř Then He said, "I'm going to do this great thing."

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FAITHFUL.ABRAHAM.title RICHMOND.VA 61-0312
Where's He going to come, down here on earth? No, up in the air. We don't meet Him here on earth, and we couldn't meet Him in these kind of bodies. We've got to be changed and meet Him in the air. Oh, I really feel religious. See? The body will be changed in a moment in a twinkling of an eye, and we shall be caught up together to meet the Lord.
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GETTING.IN.THE.SPIRIT.title CHICAGO.IL 61-0428
But He changed their body in such a way, that they could receive the son. And now, we find the next thing in order for the Church now, is a changed body, not us old people go back and be young so much. But we will, and we will be there young, just as certain. But we got to have a changed body in order to receive the Son, because we're going to meet Him in the air. Rapture will come, a changed in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye.
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But in Jesus' Name, we receive His promise. That settles it.
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If you have the faith that Abraham had, and if you are Abraham's seed, you've got the same faith or you couldn't be Abraham's seed. Amen. That's pretty strong. Kindy goes hard on some of our pet theology.
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EVENING.MESSENGER.title MESA.AZ V-8 N-5 63-0116
Let's break it down, a little bit farther home, let's look at Luther. When Luther preached justification by faith, he was the messenger, the angel of that church age, all right, of the Sardis church age. Now, notice, when he preached, he set the Lutherans in order. Now, then, here went Luther spreading on. And when Wesley come in, the Philadelphian church age with the message of sanctification, why, it was hard for Luther to see that. Them Lutherans wouldn't believe it.
And then when Wesley got them all settled down to the Pilgrim Holiness and Free Methodists, and so forth, on sanctification, and along came the Pentecostal message, why, it was hard for a Methodist to believe that. Uh-huh, sure, it was. See, it's a...
Yet one speaks of the other one, Scripturally speaking. Enoch told of the coming destruction by his rapture, God taking him home; he was a witness.
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MAN.THAT.CAN.TURN.ON.LIGHT. 63
And watch, as it went forward, it grew stronger and stronger. And so has the real little minority of the church growed from justification, sanctification, baptism of the Holy Ghost, and now to the coming Capstone, shaping itself up.

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SEVENTY.WEEKS.OF.DANIEL.title JEFF.IN DA 89-141 61-0806
Christ the Headstone, the rejected Stone, the all-seeing Eye, coming exactly like the Bible said... And Daniel said he watched this Gentile age until the Stone come out of the mountain that wasn't cut with hands. They had never put a capstone on that pyramid. It wasn't cut by man's hands. It's God's hands that cut the Stone. You see it? And what did It do? It hit the image right smack in the feet, and broke it to pieces, ground it into powder. Hallelujah. What happened at that time, the coming of that Stone? Up went the church into glory at the rapture, 'cause it ended the Gentile dispensation. God ended it up, the coming of that Stone.
Ř "I WILL DO THIS GREAT THING"
1. I WILL REVEAL MYSELF AMONGEST THE GENTILES. (LUKE 17:30)
2. BEHOLD I WILL SEND YOU ELIJAH THE PROPHET (MAL 4:5) HE WILL FORRUN MY COMING.
3. I WILL DECEND FROM HEAVEN-SHOUT -VOICE-TRUMP OF GOD WILL SOUND. (2 THESS 4:16)
4. I WILL PUT ISRAEL BACK IN THE HOMELAND

5. I WILL STEP FORTH FROM THE MERCY SEAT……I WILL CEASE INTERCESSION.
6. I WILL BRING THE WORLD TO JUDGEMENT.
7. I WILL RAPTURE THE LIVING SAINTS.
8. I WILL DECLARE "TIME SHALL BE NO MORE"
9. I WILL TAKE THE BOOK OF REDEMPTION
10. I WILL SHOW YOU THE RIGHT ANGEL TO VIEW THE PICTURE IN LIFE MAGAZINE.
11. I WILL CLAIM MY SUBJECTS FOR WHOM I SPILT MY BLOOD.
12. I WILL TOTALLY BLACK OUT THE 7TH CHURCH AGE.
13. I WILL DESTROY THE UNBELIEVING GENTILES.

Ř    ….WHEN THE WORLD IS IN A SODOM CONDITION… …….IN THAT DAY….

"I WILL DO THIS GREAT THING"

 

 

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