GENERAL:

Just after 15 days of blessed Camp Meetings in the Manujothi Ashram Camp Grounds, mysteriously people came from all over India without much pressure into this wilderness; the Lord revealed much of these messages and to confirm it while preaching on the last day Sunday afternoon (24th January, 1971) about "The Stone untouched by Hands" and coming to the Mount Transfiguration revelation which will be given later in these passages, an unusual terrific thunder roared for sometime confirming and vindicating the message. So I boldly give these revelations eventhough the world may laugh at it. Man is now again in the space spending his whole wisdom, time and money to find out the secret of the planets while completely ignoring the Person Who made them all. Let us in all humility approach our Bridegroom to instruct us during these troublous times what should be done to escape and to learn only what He would want us to teach. We are living now in an important age viewed by many in the past ages but our God has graciously permitted us  to live and inherit the promised Land.

THE THIEF:

"Behold, I come as a thief" - Rev. 16:15.

My dear friends, with all your efforts and sincerity, mastering all tapes and all books and having all the worldly goods, unless my Bridegroom draws you into this message, you can never understand this Mighty Move of God. It is not because you are discarded by God, but because you have a worldly look while the Bride has a heavenly look. Your pride, fullness of bread and laziness to read God’s Word have made you like that. Humble down and seek God; He will show this to you. The latter rain on the Bride is now on in an increasing measure and people are brought to this message by dreams and visions and wonderful guidance and not by human giant efforts. All human efforts cannot stand this "Stone Message" as it is solely done by the Fullness of the Holy Spirit so that the Lord Jesus Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords will get all the glory Who is the rightful heir to the throne of God. Let us glorify Him and submit totally to His Rule and His Ways.

"Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, except ye eat the flesh of the SON OF MAN, and drink his blood, ye have no LIFE in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh MY blood, hath eternal life (Age-lasting or Aionian life); and I WILL RAISE HIM UP AT THE LAST DAY. HE that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him." - (John 6:53,54,56)

If you give close attention to these verses without prejudice, you will find that one verse reperesents the Lord Jesus Christ for sure and the previous verse clearly represents the Son of Man i.e., TWO different persons. By believing the Son of Man ‘Life in ourselves’ is promised i.e., that person has such life from the Tree of Life that it is not just for a season or period but forever. So the person who dwells in the Message of the Son of Man gets such a life automatically that he or she will not taste of death. Those who dwelt in the Lord Jesus Christ since His resurrecction were promised "Age-lasting life" (See Emphatic Diaglott) and they should be raised to immortality on the last day which is the time when the dead in Christ will be raised and when the Son of Man should be glorified. Those who really dwelt with Jesus Christ by eating His flesh and drink His blood, did not rise with Him and go but are sleeping with the ‘age lasting’ life. When they hear the Last Trumpet call, they will have power to rise up. Others do not have power to rise up at all. Come on Bride, believe the Word of God and if you are a jewel, which the Lord came to steal in this age, you will catch it. Others will become vehement, and instead of keeping quiet, they will attack the ‘thief’ and the consequence is death as the second work of the thief is to kill and the third work is to destroy everything in the world which glorifies only man’s knowledge instead of uplifting the Lord Jesus Christ. Everything will have to go. Do not worry about the things of this world. The Bride in this age will be restored to the consecration as during the days of the Lord Jesus Christ Who came to die for the sheep and paid the ransom to purchase His Bride.

THE NEW NAME:

"Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in a garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? WHAT IS HIS NAME, AND WHAT IS HIS SON’S NAME, if thou can’st tell?" Prov.30:4. (Two names mentioned here).

"I have manifested THY name" ...... (John 17:6)

".......I kept them in THY name" ...... (John 17:12)

"I have declared unto them THY name......" (John 17:26)

"At that day ye shall ask in MY NAME" (John 16:26)

This may sound strange to you. Jesus always said that He did not come in His own name. He came in the name of His Father which was "JESUS" or "Jehousha" (Jehovah-Saviour). Other religious leaders all came in their own name and people believed in multitudes. At that day God came down to die for humanity that they might live. Just as sin entered through one man, life also came through one Man the Lord Jesus Christ, but unless and until redemption of man and his outreach comes to eat the Tree of Life, the restoration of man is not complete. This should happen now and so this day was called "That Day". We who live now call Jesus Christ’s Day as "That Day". People talk about great miracles, but no one superseded in action except in bombastic talks and great advertisements of miracles and crowds never seen - all just to pull money. The third pull of wordly followers of Christ is "money", but God’s third pull is "Big Fishes" - Bride. The promise of great things in "My Name" never materialised, yet people boast. Jesus says "If you ask anything in MY NAME it will be granted". "If two or three are gathered together in MY NAME, I am there". He did not say ‘My Spirit will be there or some ethereal sensation be there or there will be visions of My Presence’. This has not happened yet. Can you understand, O Bride of the Lord Jesus Christ? Also it is said in the Word that if we should ask a mountain to be removed or a tree to be uprooted from one place to another, in "My Name" it should happen. This has never happened and it was promised by the Lord on That Day which is "THIS DAY". Now we are moving in so closely and will be there shortly.

On the last day Jesus Who came in His Father’s Name 2000 years ago should come in His own name, or else the last day MESSENGER to the Bride into Whom Jesus comes should not come in his own name but in the name of the Bridegroom Who prepares the "Bride" and collects her in one place of safety, and the Word of God says that the Lamb’s Wife has made herself ready - Hallelujah! Are you getting ready for this great event when the Wife of the Lamb will be glorified without death? Those who reject the Lord Jesus Christ, our Bridegroom who comes in HIS OWN NAME will be cast into the outer darkness. They will believe the one who will come in his own name, away from God’s Word - the anti-Christ. They want only one leader who never comes under the test of the Bible and who comes in his own name thereby rejecting the one who has come in the name of the Bridegroom. God have mercy on those who reject the Lord Who has come down to earth within human reach. Just ponder over what happened to the rejectors and blasphemers at the time of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Glory and Life offered to those who accepted Him.

"Thou sawest till that a STONE was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces..........and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth" - Daniel 2:34-35.

When we see through the Bible, we find many references to Stone or Stones and also many references to sacrifices of animals for the remission of sins. Everything should have a beginning, and at the garden of Eden we see the first sacrifice. First it was solely the work of God in contrast to fig leaf aprons which were the work of man. Secondly it was by the death of an innocent victim which had to give its life to clothe Adam. Thirdly it was by shedding of blood. Now in this first mention of sacrifice, we have God’s rule of all succeeding sacrifices. Abel had faith in God’s pattern of Genesis 3:21 and so brought a lamb (God’s Gift) for sacrifice. He killed it (here is the innocent dying for guilty) and he shed its blood. But Cain’s offering was rejected because it consisted of HIS LABOUR and work (the fruit of the field). In the same way we should trace, the first mention of stone in the Bible to find its subsequent meaning throughout the Word of God.

If you turn to Genesis 28:11-18, you will find an incident where Jacob sleeps with a stone pillow and has a dream of a ladder reaching to heaven and Jehovah standing at the top of it with Angels of God ascending and descending. He becomes so fearful and there the promise is given that, that place will be given to his seed which will be countless as dust and they would spread East and West and North and South (then how say that Jacob’s seed are only in European countries and West?). Jacob then plants the stone, anoints with oil and calls the name of that place as "Bethel" (House of God). A stone depicting the House of God, and he had a dream lying on the stone as a gate to Heaven. If we come further to the New Testament, we see another interesting story about Nathaniel. If Angels of God come to a place and go back (ascend and descend), it means God, Who is their Master is there. When Philip found out Jesus Christ as Messiah, he was not selfish but went to fetch Nathaniel (John 1:40-51). Nathaniel remarked that no good thing would ever proceed from Nazareth (God only is good and no man). Philip said, "Come and see".

Now Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to Him and said concerning Him (by discernment), "Behold, a genuine Israelite; in whom is no guile". Nathaniel was on God’s Word which says that God should be born in Bethlehem. Nathaniel was shocked to hear Jesus say that. "How did you know me", Nathaniel asked. Then Jesus remarked, "Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I SAW THEE". This clearly shows that Nathaniel had a vision of the end-time while under a fig tree. The Jews were scattered during the time of Lord Jesus Christ and had no prosperity; to sit under one’s vine tree or fig was considered to be a sign of prosperity and security (Read Micah 4:4; I Kings 4:25; Zech. 3:10).

As Nathaniel was in meditation, he saw a vision of the end-time when Jews returned to Palestine, and the King was there to rule over them, and Nathaniel was himself under a fig tree seeing the King pass at that day and Jesus (in King’s attire and not in long robe) also happened to have a glance at the same time of Nathaniel. Nathaniel could not connect that the Lord Jesus Christ, veiled in a body as a carpenter’s son and so lowly and humble, was the Messiah Who should come later, because the King in glory Whom he saw in the vision was entirely different from the man whom he now saw wearing a long robe of common man.

When Jesus said, "I saw thee", (only Nathaniel knew the vision and he didn’t expect anyone else to know it except God) it apparently shocked him because the Figure which saw him under the fig tree was that of the Son of David, the King, but Jesus who related this incident looked just like an ordinary man. After this, Nathaniel gets a revelation and recognises Him as Lord Jesus Christ (You do not come to God with your rotten theologies, education, caste, creed, colour, nationality, wealth, influence, recommendation etc., but the Holy Spirit should REVEAL the secret to you. Otherwise you are lost despite your having great talents, abilities and education. You have to humble yourself before God and then you will see God is able to move you and open your eyes. If you evade to do this, you are deemed to be blind although you might say "I see").

Nathaniel then shouts, "Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel." Yes, it is indeed a great thing to recognise Lord Jesus Christ in HUMAN FORM as God coming down, and yet Jesus tells Nathaniel of seeing still greater things. What were those things? It was a great thing to recognise Lord Jesus Christ as the Saviour on that day since many had stumbled and were thrown into outer darkness. What about now?

"Because I told you that I saw thee under the fig tree thou believest!" - as Son of God and Son of David, King of Israel. Jesus was trying to make Nathaniel understand that He would not be accepted then as Son of David, but "hereafter" - (whenever ‘hereafter’ occurs, it means not at that time but later i.e., in these days when the Israelites are being regathered).

Jesus said that Nathaniel would see heavens opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the SON OF MAN. What had this vision got to do with them at the time of the Lord Jesus’ first coming? It actually applies NOW. Here you ought to ponder over Jacob’s dream of the ladder gateway to Heaven. If angels of God should concentrate on the Son of Man, it only means that God has come into Him - the stone. Jacob’s stone meant "House of God" or "Temple of God". It is a great thing to know that God came down as Son of God in Jesus Christ and it is still greater thing to know God coming down as SON OF MAN as a stone - House of God - Bethel. The Bethel building or stone was not worshipped but the God of Heavens who descended on the ladder.

"And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD. And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold this stone shall be a Witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God". (Accepting this stone Witness means approval of their God) - Joshua 24:26-27.

Here we see another mention of the Stone Pillar which Joshua says had heard all the words of the Lord which He spake uno them. Joshua was narrating all what God told him and says that the stone heard all what the LORD has said. He then proclaims that as for him and his house they would serve the Lord. This incident to a great extent foreshadowed the future significance of God coming down as a stone to witness the new covenant to his people.

"Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it "EBENEZER" saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us". - I Samuel 7:12.

At this particular time, the Israelites had no earthly King but a High Priest, the Prophet and the Ark of God. Because of their sins they were defeated and persecuted by the Philistines; when they confessed their sins and fasted, and Samuel cried unto the Lord for them, He supernaturally thundered and discomfited the enemies. Samuel then erected a Stone and called it "Hitherto hath the Lord helped us". This means that so long as man depends on God and accepts His Move through His chosen Messenger, He would surely help him. Later, when the Israelites rejected God and had Saul as their earthly King, he led them astray. But again when they got David, a King who depended totally on God, the Lord started helping their nation for the sake of that King. He was called by God as ‘a man after His own heart’. King David was like a Stone and God did everything to destroy the enemies. He had to just stand still and see the salvation of the Lord. In the same way, man who accepted God, depended on God, and believed in God’s move for that generation, had life till the Stone untouched by hands came which ultimately is now helping him further to reach the Tree of Life. So men who sleep believing on the Lord Jesus Christ totally and the Messengers sent during the Seven Church Ages can say ‘Hitherto the Lord has helped us’ - upto the Stone.

TRANSFIGURATION: (Matt. 17:1-9; Luke 9:28-36; Mark 9:1-8; II Peter 1:16-17).

"The Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he will recompense to each one according to his conduct. Indeed I say to you that there are some of those standing here who will not taste of Death till they see the Son of Man coming in his Royal Majesty" Matt. 16:27-28 (EMPHATIC DIAGLOTT).

There has been a lot of speculation over this verse, and people even thought that some few of the disciples would not die till the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. But Jesus Christ was just telling that some of His disciples, without mentioning the names, would not "taste death" (i.e., not completely swallowed up by death) before they had a vision of the end-time when the Son of Man should be glorified, and that they would rise again from "sleep" after that great event is fulfilled. After telling the above verse, Jesus takes them to a high mountain, and there He is "transfigured" or "changed shape". In fact the Lord lifted the curtain of time and showed them a glimpse of the Stone Ministry at the end-time to be headed by the SON OF MAN when man would be able to have access to the Tree of Life, not only to see it but eat as well. This transfiguration is similar to what is described in Rev. 10:1-4 and Rev. 1:13-15 - Jesus being glorified. Peter, James and John see a change in the body of the Lord Jesus Christ, and also observe two men - Moses and Elijah - conversing with Him. All of them APPEAR IN GLORY (not in this earth). The appearance of Jesus’ face becomes entirely different. As Moses and Elijah were found talking with Jesus, and as this incident was beyond the curtain of time, the three disciples should have discussed about it having a vision of the end-time. This incident of Jesus’ transfiguration witnessed by the three disciples was just to assure them of being alive in glorified bodies about 2000 years later along with the stolen or raptured Bride and see the Son of Man DEPARTING from Heaven in the royal majesty to descend on Mount Olives for confronting the armies that compass Jerusalem. But the original translaters being unaware of the actual period of the vision’s fulfilment, connected it to the crucifixion period, giving the figurative meaning for "deceased" as "demise" in Greek. Th Greek meaning is "exodus, an exit or departure". EMPHATIC DIAGLOTT - "who appearing in glory spoke of his DEPARTURE (at the end time, 2000 years later) to be consummated at Jerusalem". From what Peter said about erecting tents or booths on the top of the mountain, don’t you understand that he had recollected in his mind the "Feast of the Tabernacles" which is to find fulfilment only in these last days? Moses and Elijah were in glory and not in any earthly dress. The significance of this vision is similar to that of Nathaniel’s, unfolding the end-time situation in Jerusalem before consummation when Christ personally comes to fight the armies deployed against that city. Incidentally, before this event, rapture should have taken place.

Now coming back to the Transfiguration scene, we read that a cloud then overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud shook them saying, ‘This is my beloved Son; hear ye him". When Jesus was baptised by John the Baptist, a similar voice was heard. Why did this voice stress on them the need to hear the Lord Jesus Christ? When Peter saw the vision at the Mount Transfiguration, his thoughts advanced to nearly 2000 years, to the period of fulfilment of this glorious incident, and he actually forgot that his day was different. The Holy Spirit then speaks to them saying in order to reach that end-time 2000 years later, they need not worry about the observance of the Feast of the Tabernacles and Booths as this has to be fulfilled only at the end-time, and stresses on them the need to carefully listen to Lord Jesus Christ and accept Him as the Sacrificial Lamb which alone could provide them age-lasting life until the Rapture of the Saints. Jesus cautioned the three disciples not to disclose this vision to anyone till He rose again from the dead. It is only in the Gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke we see them writing rather elaborately over what happened on the Mount which gives us the impression that they had personally witnessed the scene whereas in fact, they were waiting at the foot of the mountain. Only Peter, James and John were with the Lord. The Mount Transfiguration incident has indeed been a mystery all through these years, and revealed only now in this Bride Age. Remember, what took place on the Mount was not translation but TRANSFIGURATION. Jesus Christ was born sinless as Son of God, and beloved of God, and He is the Lord of Lords and King of Kings but the Bride is in sinful body. She becomes holy and spotless only when Christ descends into the Temple of the Bride.

Many people do not realise that Adam originally when he fell down became inaccessible to the Tree of Life as otherwise, with his fallen nature, he would have attained immortality then itself. To prevent the fallen Adam from laying his hands on the Tree of Life, God had to drive him away from the garden of Eden. We usually talk about man being lifted to Adamic position, overlooking the fact that he never was allowed access to the Tree of Life. We ought to realise that the Bride in this Age, by virtue of her ability to reach and eat of the Tree of Life forbidden to Adam, is actually lifted to a position which he failed to attain. Thus the status of overcomers this time is far above that of Adam. Be careful not to miss the high calling which God has extended to you in this last age. "Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour" - Hallelujah!
 
 
 
 

SPOTLESS BRIDE:

Many people try to seek for the Holy Ghost by attending several non-scriptural "tarrying" meetings, all the while not knowing that the Holy Ghost is so easy to receive. God wants every one of us to have it but why we miss it is because we don’t expect to receive it in a simple way. I remember the many embarassing moments when many pastors used to place their hands over my head, asking me to shout "Praise the Lord", "Glory, glory, glory", "Hallelujah, Hallelujah", "Blood, blood, blood of Christ" and so on. For over ten years I did like that without any encouraging result. They eventually became fed up and asked me if there were sins in my life, and tried to make me confess such sins which I had never committed. They were unable to reveal anything hidden in my heart. All Pentecostal pastors left me thinking that I was the worst scoundrel not to get the Holy Spirit. I became extremely disgusted and disappointed when I was told that the Holy Ghost is only for ‘holy people’. I had even decided to quit religion once and for all and ceased to pray. I remember another incident where the Dean of a Bible School, under the jurisdiction of a huge world-wide Pentecostal denomination, was threatened to be sent out of the School unless he spoke in tongues. Poor fellow! He tried and tried in vain when at last he paid some money to the servants asking them to go and tell the concerned missionary that so and so has received the Holy Spirit and has started to break some furniture. The servants obliged accordingly, and on his part he did break a few tables and chairs shouting "Hallelujah, Hallelujah" to substantiate his claim of anointing. The missionary became very happy, and came running to the spot. He shook hands with the Dean saying: "Praise the Lord! Boy, now your position is secure in the Bible School". The Dean never actually had the kind of experience which the Pentecostal church insisted on. I spoke to that poor man personally. Having come across such false things, I became rather hesitant even to pray, but one day as I was sitting in an upstair room, the Holy Spirit spoke and assured me that He is really very close.

He further pointed out that if men are allowed to get into the water only if they are clean, then it becomes impossible for them to have access to the water. How can they be clean without first getting into the water! They are supposed to walk into the water with all their uncleanliness and the water will make them clean. The same fact holds good in the matter of Holy Spirit anointing also. How can one learn swimming without him first getting into the water? Or how could an individual learn typing without actually first placing his hands on the typewriter? Besides, if you are thirsty and locate some water point, you don’t just stand in front of it and start shouting, singing or dancing. If you are really thirsty, you’d straightaway dash towards the water and gulp it. Having found out these truths through God’s timely intervention and help, I felt a terrific anointing in my body then and there itself without having to undergo any undue strain. I was thrown away about six feet from where I was sitting and for over six hours I had a wonderful anointing, speaking in unknown tongues. I had failed to accomplish such a glorious experience in all the 10 years of vain shouting amidst the Pentecostal pastors. The Holy Spirit made me run to God’s Word and implicitly obey to all what God has said. We must have the correct interpretation of God’s Word or else we will miss the blessings of our Lord. The disciples tarried for ten days before the Pentecostal outpouring. But now waiting is not necessary. The Lord wants us to straightaway take and drink. Come on, O Bride of the Lamb of God, drink of the new wine now available through the Stone Ministry!

Having had this delightful and glorious experience, I thought myself to have become holy. Everywhere I heard people preaching about great holiness, but I quite realised I was failing God in many things despite the anointing I had received. I considered myself to be the most miserable creature in the whole world to let down God like that, and as I could not be a hypocrite, I openly told people about my plight - that I was no good. My Pentecostal brethren, warning me as a backslider, said that once the Holy Ghost gets into a man, he cannot commit sin at all. Also they had different meanings for ‘mistakes’, ‘failures’, ‘gross sins’ etc. But to me everything was the same except with different labels suited to one’s own convenience and thinking. I began to think over diligently and asked God why I was made a sinner with so many spiritual failures in my life while there were many who claimed to be ‘spotless brides’. I could in no way claim myself to be ‘spotless’. I don’t care what people talk about me - I have no righteousness apart from recognising God coming down as a Lamb in His first coming and as a Stone in this Bride Age.

I then wondered why God called Abraham a righteous man when he lacked the boldness to tell a truth. I realised that God counted Abraham’s belief on His Word as RIGHTEOUSNESS. I then became convinced that to be righteous one must ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE the total Word of God even if it is against his thinking and reasoning. This made me very happy, and come what may, and whatever the world may say, I sought for God’s righteousness by trusting every Word of God. He certainly gave me what I asked for.

Well, how do we become "spotless bride" in God’s sight? Before a girl is married, we may go on telling about all her flaws and failures, but once she enters marital life, there is always the husband to defend her and call her faultless. Whatever be the mistakes of a wife, a real husband will always call her spotless - others will not have the courage to oppose his view about her. In the same way, when the Bride is married to Lord Jesus Christ, Who has come down to claim her, the Wife of the Lamb (with the new wine and Tree of Life’s fruit) certainly becomes spotless. Although the earthly husbands may at times let down their wives, our Lord will never do so with His Bride. Thanks be to God for He knows we are weaker vessels. Our Husband, Lord Jesus, can be trusted to make us holy and give His Robe of Righteousness. This view may make you assume that I am giving room and loop hole for God’s people to lead loose lives. In my experience, all those who talk about perfection and holiness are the people who have left the Word of God and remain in dead denominations. It is very hard, almost impossible to depend on God without first knowing Him intimately. Let us always remember the justified prayer - "God be merciful to me a sinner" - Luke 18:13. God always loves a broken heart. Read Psalms 51 of ‘a man after God’s own heart’. May God give a contrite heart to the Bride to enable Him to make her spotless and perfect.

There are certain other verses in the Bible which are so terrific, setting forth very high standards of holiness that they tend to make people who read them to try to form and adhere to a sort of "filthy rags" righteousness.

"Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred,variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things SHALL NOT INHERIT the kingdom of God" - Gal. 5:19-21.

:"Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the Kingdom of God" - I Cor. 6:9-10.

"But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death" - Rev. 21:8.

In order to partake in the Rapture, we ought to have 100% uncondemning conscience. We know that such sinners, as described in the above verses, cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. Naturally, we should become dejected to read these verses as we all have one time or other indulged in some of the sins mentioned therein. It no doubt portrays the plight of every man and woman in this world, and tends to make them feel eternally lost. Nevertheless, God’s mercy can make us qualified to inherit the Kingdom of God. Without first seeking His mercy, if we try to make efforts to inherit His Kingdom, we would fail miserably. Although the said verses place man in a desperate position, yet they should goad him to plead for God’s mercy to enable him to inherit His Kingdom. Therefore, instead of crying, man should regard his position as a lost one, and say like King David, "Have mercy upon me, O God, acccording to thy loving kindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions" (Ps.51). David had no "filthy rags" righteousness as he knew of its futility in pleasing God. But what do the hypocritical holy people of the denominations say? "Oh, we are holy and have attained sinless perfection". If it is so, they should have pleased God and would have been already glorified. To these people God says, "All your righteousness is like filthy rags".

Jesus has also said that if a man looks at a woman with lust, he has already committed adultery in his heart. Judging at this level, where do we stand? The standard of God is indeed very high and condemns every man as a sinner so that he could humbly seek God with a contrite heart to get forgiveness and perfect peace. But man wants to show he has better holiness than God Himself! Most people are condemned by their own conscience ‘since they try to set forth their own standard of righteousness to please God and miserably fail in their attempts. Abraham, no doubt, was pleasing God; yet he had made a small idol in his heart by his affection for Isaac. God Himself had to destroy that idol before it could fully occupy his heart. That is the reason why Abraham had to be tested to the extreme point of killing Isaac. When he came back after the sacrifice, he never held Isaac as an idol in his heart.

One day my wife and I were discussing about "Simple Life" when the question of having only a few sets of clothing for our use came. She did not seem to agree at all and we began to have a bitter argument for quite a while. She was adamant and refused to resile from her stand. But when I showed her the Word of God and we referred to the booklet on ‘Faith Life’, she immediately became convinced and threw away all her extra sets of clothing and kept only the minimum. Now see! What I failed to achieve by argument has been made possible through the Word of God in no time. Similarly, you cannot make a man accept himself to be a sinner as he will go on telling of his good things and behaviour, and claim to be righteous (filthy rags) in the sight of God. But if you point to him these verses, he would immediately break down, become contrite and plead for mercy. Oh you sinners in the worldly sense! God has not come to condemn you who are fallen and rejected by "holier than thee" people. In fact you have more chances to be raptured than the hypocritical holy ones. They are imprisoned in denominations rejoicing over their "filthy rags" righteousness, and claim to be children of God. To these people Jesus said: "The publicans and harlots go into the Kingdom of God before you" - Matt.21:31.

Jesus never condemned a sinner. When Simon condemned Mary of Bethany, Jesus supported her (Luke 7:36-39; John 11:1-2). He brought life to the Samaritan woman whom others had rejected. The invited people did not come to the wedding and made vain excuses. Now they are all caught up in the net of the Beast to be marked. But Oh! you sinners of whatever calibre you are, don’t worry if you are not bound by human traditions, superstitions, fear of society etc., and feel lonely, being rejected by such people who are only "saved sinners" imprisoned in denominations. The trumpet call is now sounding exclusively for you, O desperate ones! Flee from everything evil and forsake everything not on God’s Word, even your home if it prevents you in reaching God. No bondage can be stronger, than the love of God. Break and flee from every human and worldly bondage. Come to Jesus with a contrite heart. It is easier only for you to get into the Kingdom of God, than the "saved sinners" who pretend to be "holier than thee". Jesus Christ has said so. When His new wine fills you as you believe this Gospel of the Kingdom (Bride Message) which should be preached throughout the world before the end comes, you will inherit the Kingdom of God where alone exists perfect holiness; and Jesus our Lord and King will give you the Robe of Righteousness. This holiness which we now preach is not the one achieved by man in an incomplete measure through his own efforts. It is given by the Lord Jesus Christ who has come down to this earth on the Moon Landing Day to take us all to His Home, Sweet Home. You will soon see victory.

It was only the holy people who were regular church goers and thorough with the law that ill-treated our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and ultimately gave Him up to be crucified. What was the use of all their holiness which could not help them to find out by revelation the person templed in the body of Jesus Christ - the Almighty God and our Creator? There was no salvation for them in any other name. Several other good people might have existed among the World Religious and Political Leaders but none of them were able to give life. They were only like rubies and diamonds - costly things but without a speck of life in them. On the other hand, a lamb, although very cheap, compared to those rubies and diamonds, has life in it. The same thing is being repeated in these last days also. The people have become so holy and righteous that they are blind to see the move of God through the Son of Man. Thus they miss the life without death offered by God through him. People have started blaming and criticising me for championing the cause of sinners. Nevertheless, as a man having extensively travelled, I had the opportunity to peep into many denominations and groups throughout the world. I know what a great God we have and what it is to have the righteousness of God. "Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil" - Joel 2:13.

MALE CHILD:(Revelation 12th Chapter)

This particular chapter is the most important one for the Bride. Many commentaries and dictionaries state so many contradictory things, but they all miss one thing totally. I think that is because it has been kept a mystery by God from the beginning. Try as he may, man could not interpret it till such time as now when the "Thunder Mystery" has been so clearly revealed to the Bride. People have been trying to apply a past incident to that of a future incident i.e., the life time of Jesus Christ to the DAYS OF THE SON OF MAN. John actually sees something about the Son of Man, Bride, Jewish Church, Dragon cast down and persecution to those left after Rapture etc. If you study this chapter carefully, it will certainly spur you to prepare for the Rapture more quickly. Another point for consideration is that when the earthly Israel moves, the heavenly Israel also moves simultaneously i.e., both are identical. The spiritual Israel is a sign in heaven to know the earthly Israel’s move on the earth. The earthly Jew is a sign to know the move of God with spiritual Israel. Just like the earthly Israel (Daniel’s Book) which did not know the move of God with the Gentiles, the Gentiles in these last days will not know the move of the Bride and the Jewish move. While God has promised to restore the Jews, He has at the same time promised the Gentiles to gather the Bride. Joseph had his brethren and parents on one side, and his wife on the other side simultaneously, with neither side knowing the move of the other side. In the same way, the Jews will not know the Bride’s move nor will the Bride understand Israel’s move on the earth.

A "wonder" in heaven means a "sign". The Woman is clothed with the sun and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of 12 stars. The sun signifies the Lord Jesus Christ and the moon the earthly religious organisations of every sort. As this happens in heaven, it means the spiritual Israel (Bride) at this Age. A wife is clothed by her husband, takes the name of her husband and hides in the glory of her husband. This means that the Church or the Bride standing on God’s Word has brought the Lord Jesus down to her. In fact she is sitting with God in heavenly places already as she has left the world in her heart totally. The Bride is now able to approach the Sun of Righteousness as her eyes are opened to the truth. She is married to Him through the covenant and is clothed by the sun which means immortality. To try to reach the sun means sure death to anyone. Living in this earth hundreds of millions of miles away from it, we are unable to even bear an extra amount of heat emitted by the sun. But the Bride is safe in that sun, full of boiling flames, which evidently shows she has been favoured by God to live with Him as His Wife (He is a consuming fire). At the same time she has the moon under her feet. If we drop a banana and incidentally trample it, we will not eat it. For the Bride to be married to the Lord Jesus Christ, she should have left the dead denominations and trampled them and rejected all her wealth, worldly dependence, worldly popularity etc.

So the Bride has already left all bondage, traditions etc., and ceases to be a member of any organisation to enable her to be married to the Lord Jesus Who has come down ushering in a new dispensation (Bride Age). The woman has a crown of 12 stars. People take this to mean the dream of Joseph (Genesis 37:9). They must understand that there were only ELEVEN STARS and Joseph was away in Egypt when the dream was fulfilled. But here there are TWELVE STARS. These do not represent the earthly Israelites. Nor do they apply to America as she is No.13 (thirteen stripes and 50 stars). The 12 stars actually signify the restoration of the Bride-Tree to the foundation doctrine of the 12 APOSTLES - 12 stars. The Wife of the Lord Jesus Christ has left all bondage as a result of which she is able to follow the early apostolic teachings in toto. This woman being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. People usually take this to mean a normal child birth and expect the church to be delivered after persecution. Man misses everything of spiritual importance by his carnal thinking. If he diligently searches the Word of God, he will invariably find that almost everything in it is interwoven and authenticated by various alternate supports spread over from Genesis to Revelation.

"Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them" Isaiah 34:16.

"Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the CHILD, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you" - John 16:20-22.

"Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no King in thee? Is thy counsellor perished? For pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail. Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon: there shalt thou be delivered; there the Lord shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies" - Micah 4:9-10.

From the above verses we can understand that the Child was meant to be Lord Jesus Christ. The travail and pain to be delivered signified His rejection, persecution and eventual crucifixion. The joy of birth indicated the glorification of Jesus Christ as witnessed by the disciples on the day of ascension. But what we read in Revelation 12th Chapter is the spiritual child birth of the spiritual Bride now.I CHALLENGE THE WHOLE CHRISTIAN WORLD THAT IF THIS CHAPTER POINTS OUT TO LORD JESUS CHRIST AND THE PAST EVENTS OF HIS DAYS, THEN WHAT NECESSITY WAS THERE FOR JOHN IN PATMOS TO SEE THE VISION COVERING INCIDENTS WHICH HE HAD ALREADY SEEN WITH HIS OWN EYES! IF GOD REVEALS ANYTHING THROUGH VISION, IT SHOULD PERTAIN EITHER TO PAST FORGOTTEN INCIDENTS OR MOSTLY FUTURE INCIDENTS. IT IS NOTHING TOO DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE TO NARRATE AN INCIDENT OR EVENTS WHICH HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE UNDER HIS VIEW OR KNOWLEDGE. THEREFORE, THIS PARTICULAR CHAPTER CERTAINLY POINTS OUT TO THE EVENTS TO BE FULFILLED IN THIS BRIDE AGE THROUGH WHICH WE ARE NOW PASSING.Moreover it was many years after the birth of Christ that John began to write the book of Revelation. So to try to make this Man Child refer to Jesus Christ’s birth through virgin Mary is to violate a universal principle in language as this was a past historical event and what John actually saw in the vision was an event yet to happen.

There appears another sign in heaven. A Red Dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns upon his heads. This again signifies Satan’s diabolic attack on the spiritual Israel. All the denominational Christians are earthly and carnal people who have God’s name alright but deny His power and move. Here you see the religious and political groups all united together. The seven churches which existed in Asia in John’s time also refer to the seven church ages. Now in the last church age, the unity of everything has to be seven times more. Seven spirits manifested in one Messenger, seven kind of significant churches at this time in the whole world uniting together and seven messengers silently going around the world together, under one Messenger before whom the entire world systems would ultimately fail. So the whole world’s religious bodies come under seven heads, uniting under the Pope. But the denominational heads retain their crowns under one dragon which has super-abundant power because of the seven crowns. The ten horns are ten political kingdoms uniting under the political head. Ten toes (Nebuchadnezzar’s dream) do not represent the West alone. People seem to forget that there are two feet - one foot in the West has five toes or five kingdoms and the other foot in the East has five toes or five kingdoms. Further in Revelation 13th Chapter, it is mentioned that the ten horns have ten crowns, but no crowns on the seven heads. In Revelation 12th Chapter seven crowns are on seven heads but no crowns on the ten horns. This means political and religious bodies unite in such a way that their combined body does all its work in an uninterrupted manner. The Red Dragon stands before the married wife of the Lamb to devour her Man Child as soon as it is born (this does not signify a past incident but a future incident to occur now in this Bride Age). Also the dragon has a tail by which it draws a third part of the stars of heaven and casts them to the earth. Let us now consider what the tail of the dragon and the fallen stars represent.

"The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that TEACHETH LIES, he is the tail" - Isaiah 9:15.

"They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever" - Daniel 12:3.

When all denominations unite under the religious head who sits on a seat, ancient and honourable, he gets a tail which wags according to what its head says. This tail represents false prophets who teach only lies. Upto the Pentecost, people denominated and they have been put into a tight jacket. They are unable to move any more except like caged lions and tigers, with their movements restricted to the area of the cage. There is no hope for them. There are a few others who claim to be independents, moving freely, having established contacts with all kinds of religious mushroom groups and inter-denominational hoaxes. When Prophet Branham came into the scene, he vehemently condemned everything not on par with God’s Word and the denominational people had nothing to say to defend themselves from his incessant attacks. He was never found beating about the bush, but spoke in an outright manner. It was apparently the spirit of God that spoke through him, condemning everything existing in the name of religions but out of the Word of God. The Prophet didn’t even spare many of his own followers whose principal aim was to make money. They are the ones who teach deliberate lies and either twist the things which the Prophet preached or teach something of which the Prophet never spoke. Many important tapes of his sermons are said to be missing - How? Scores of tapes have been ignored and put aside - the people have no opportunity to see them in book forms and know what they contain. No doubt, those associated with all such misdeeds are not just ordinary individuals but eminent leaders. They lead the people astray. These false prophets have become prominent because the people are folllowing them blindly, and do not bother to check everything with the Word of God. They are possessed of a denominational spirit and behave worse than the political parties at the time of election; like the one now going on a year ahead of schedule here in India. If these people love Bro. Branham sincerely, they would have surely believed this move from the East of which he saw in his visions. He spoke of this clearly. I challenge these agents of the Beast - I am sorry to use such a hard term but it is a fact - like a dog in the manger they neither allow others to go in the Rapture nor would they themselves go. They are of their father, the devil - the dragon. They are not at all the Prophet’s children. Only those who have recognised this Bride move are the people who really love the God of Prophet Branham. Oh, you bunch of perverted Sodomites! Can’t you see Los Angeles rocking? Can’t you learn lessons from history? Why are you like Nero who fiddled when Rome was burning?

When the Americans went to moon this time (Apollo 14), the Lord gave me the Third Thunder Message to type. Every time a Thunder Message goes, terrific disaster should come like Noah’s days by water. When the last Thunder Message was published, millions perished overnight in East Pakistan. Even now I had hardly typed three sheets of this message, terrific rain and thunder occurred over here, and Los Angeles was also struck by repeated earthquakes. I then discontinued typing the message for over a month as prompted by the Holy Spirit. This only means, God is yet merciful to you. He wants to allow you some time to pull you out of that cursed place. What recently happened in Los Angeles is only a warning and foretaste of the terrific calamity that is to strike there soon with shocking suddenness. There is all the more urgency now for you to heed the divine warning and get out with no delay. Oh! Dear people of God, get away from that cursed place and flee for the sake of your lives before it is too late. If you hesitate, you will miss everything which you now regard as precious, including your lives. When the impending major earthquake begins to batter California, not much will escape. All your pre-arranged plans to fly away by jets at that time won’t work. I can perfectly see Los Angeles sinking into the water like a huge millstone once for all as the prophet has predicted. If his VISION of the sinking of Los Angeles is true and will soon find fulfillment, then the follow-up ministry on this earth before Rapture about which he has clearly indicated is also THUS SAITH THE LORD.

The vindication seen in East are said to be "spurious" by many people in West, especially U.S.A. Well, what about them? Actually they are the ones who try to make mountains out of mole hills by their false advertisements and statements, all carrying only lies. All their magazines are full of "beggings"! Perhaps their God wants them to live only by begging. Show me a place where they don’t beg. I have personally attended many of their biggest meetings and that is why I am able to say all this. The Bride in India thank God for the unceasing vindications. This is the "Day time" for her. People say that the pillars of fire could be seen only during ‘night time’. This apparently proves that they are already well on their way to ‘night time’ (tribulation). There are others who make fun of those who leave everything of this world in response to the Bride Messages. Even Lot had to leave everything although he ultimately missed the promise. Lot’s wife also left everything, see three classes of people who leave everything. It is the order of the day. What would be the fate of people who are reluctant to forsake everything for God? They will realise when they are at the point of becoming ashes by the divine fire of vengeance. Leaving everything helps us to follow God fully. Lot and his wife left their kith and kin, properties, valuable etc., and ran but the heart of Lot’s wife was in Sodom. She turned around and became a salt pillar. Lot had to spoil his daughters to preserve his seed which in due course multiplied and became Moabites and Ammonites - the enemies of Israel. Safety was there but not God’s perfect will. God’s perfect will and safety was only at Abraham’s place where God had a home. Even by leaving everything, Lot’s wife was not saved! What then will be the plight of those clinging to their worldly possessions. Woe unto them!

The one third stars were pulled down by the tail of the dragon represent the WISE VIRGINS (hay) who see some vindications and enter into the wedding house and take part in the Bride covenant, but unable to firmly stand on the Word of God. They ultimately perish like all others who did not accept the Bride Message. The beast is able to bring fire from heaven, so its members (tail) also boast of having vindications like pillars of fire etc., during day time which is all nothing but deception to divert people from the right path. Come on, wake up dear people of God! The night has passed and we now clearly see the day light. But darkness will again set in soon as the world enters into tribulation. I now even find substantial sums of foreign money in the hands of certain people in India who used to attack me severely in the days bygone when in India I first began to preach Prophet Branham’s messages and Jesus’ name truth. The greed for money has now made this same people to preach and pose as if they have fully understood and accepted the messages contained in the Spoken Word Books but denying at the same time the follow-up ministry about which the Prophet has so clearly hinted in many of his sermons. To begin with, these people don’t have even the elementary English knowledge needed to read and grasp the Prophet’s Messages. They had demanded large sums of money from us and as we had nothing to offer, they left us. Their principal aim is to obstruct the Bride Ministry in whatever ways possible, and to this end there are many rich foreign preachers to render financial assistance, and to my surprise such benefactors comprise of Bro. Branham’s followers in U.S.A. They indulge in all sorts of blackmailing and fabrication of lies against us to cheat the people who have come into the new Bride covenant, and try to pull them down from their stand by liberally offering money. Thus I now firmly believe and can boldly say that the dragon’s tail is becoming very active and it will certainly pull down one third of the covenant people (one third stars) as they are not fully on God’s Word and are of wavering nature. Watch carefully and see what all stunts the tail of the dragon is going to perform from the Western base. In any case, the true seed now being harvested will be like the original which went underground nearly 2000 years ago; while the chaff would fly away and the hay bundled up for the beasts to eat. True Seed can never become hay or vice versa.

"She brought forth a man child, (not a female child) who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne" Rev. 12:5.

Most of the Pentecostal denominations and others consider this child as the Bride. First of all they must understand why God calls it a "Man Child". It is not a "Baby Child" or "Woman Child" or "Girl Child". As this mystery was not revealed to them, they formed their own wrong and convenient ideas. But now it is time for the mystery to open out. The first waving of the sheaf was Jesus, who died and rose again so that His disciples could get faith to die and rise again. In the same way a second sheaf has got to be waved (it has not been waved yet). The Bride prepared for glorification must first see a sheaf translated without death to enable her to have rapturing faith for her own translation. Jesus has come down to marry the female Bride and not the Man Child.

Man may legally marry another man and a woman may marry another woman - the disgusting habit of the Sodomites but not of God and His people. Every country which has allowed this ugly practice of marriage by law is a Sodomite country, ready to be burnt by devastating fire. Any country which tolerates this has to be equally punished. We read that this Man Child was snatched away to the Throne of God. The Kingdom of God has not yet been handed over to the Son of Man and the Bride. The Devil is still exercising its power. But wait a while. People are too hasty to have the power of the spoken WORD. The time hasn’t yet come for it since the Thief has to silently steal the Bride. That’s why you see no big maracles, big shows etc., which the anti-Christ is doing and will do - (Rev.13:13).

You know 13 is America i.e., 13 stripes. So the 13th verse of the 13th Chapter of Revelation must certainly mean America. The Beast will make the people see fire fall from above. So you can see the tail running after the fire and say "almost we were raptured". "Almost" is as good as "lost". King Agrippa said "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian" - (Acts 26:28). He never became a Christian at all and was eternally lost. When you reject a genuine move of the fullness of the Holy Spirit, you allow and hold out an open door for the devil to manifest in your midst.

There is not much time left. It is "too late" than you think. I can see people rushing from various parts of the world for this message. But most unfortunately, the majority which could have come into the Bride have already missed the message by billions of miles. They have crossed the boundary of mercy and are doomed once and for all. Such has been the will of our Bridegroom and King Whose glory we as a family and all those who follow the message are seeking. These messages are aimed at glorifying the Lord Jesus Christ. Everyone who does not seek to glorify Him will be judged. Those who are on God’s Word now in this generation glorify God and they are the real Bride. I am bound, by His grace, to see the end of my task assigned by Him and I shall continue to glorify my God and King, Lord Jesus Christ until I am translated. There is nothing good in us which deserves to be glorified. But for His abundant grace and mercy we would have been nothing but dust in his sight.

"Behold one like the Son of Man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him" - Daniel 7:13.

Michael and his angels cannot have power to attack the devil and cast him down to the earth till the Kingdom is received by the Son of Man. That is why in this secret coming of the Lord, the Bride does not seem to have much power, as otherwise, this ministry cannot be secret. The carnal ones will miss it. This is the Third Pull and all the big fishes on God’s Word will bite the bait of this unshowy secret ministry. They are the Bride who will go up without death. That is why they are called big fishes. When the Kingdom is received by the Son of Man, Michael and his angels strike the devils which then come down to attack the earthly Israel and others who missed the Rapture.
 
 

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