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TAKE A GREAT WARNING:

Should we not be concerned about our future? Is it wrong to think about our future and provide? Did not God say learn from the ants to gather in the summer for the winter? You may say this and you have got a right to say. But Jesus said these are things which the Gentiles seek after who have no true God. Once we enter into the fold of true God, it becomes a great sin not to trust Him. We belong to the true seed of God and faith is the criterion to please our God. We first believe God and then see the results. Whatever God promised will happen eventhough most of it might seem impossible and unreasonable to human thinking. Lack of faith and belief in God is what makes the present adulterous generation to seek for a sign. They want to see cheap magics. "Tell me what I am thinking. Show me what is in my hand. Tell me what I have in my purse. Then we will believe that God has come down as you claim!" So this is how they want to be convinced.

A few days ago a brother and his wife visited me and they were in very bad temper against me. When I stressed that we should be on God’s Word, they opposed me and said that I should believe Prophet Banham and what he said is the Word and that needs no checking. This brother became wild and furious when our messages containing the new truth of God coming down were sent. He has not read what we wrote but only heard from others and with that he began to vehemently attack on many points. At last he started asking ‘Did you know that we were coming to see you? Were you able to discern that?’ and so on to which I replied that it was only for carnal believers to ask like all that. He sarcastically said ‘Prophet Branham could do that but what are you trying to make yourself? You are trying to become somebody. You are a deceiver’ and so on. Since he had come all the way to our home we did not want to be rash. He couldn’t understand that the Stone does not discern but smites by faith on the living God and His Word. It does no play with the children but brings the people to father’s faith.

Abraham followed an ideal which should mean losing every thing dear to his heart. When he obeyed, God’s blessings were poured on him as time went by. When his children neglected to appear before God thrice a year in Jerusalem or did not observe the Sabbatical year, in order to safeguard their families which to the natural thinking is quite reasonable, they were not altogether safe because their enemies brought famine and laid their lands desolate and carried their wives and children into foreign lands as captives. Fears like ‘What will happen to our families without protection while we are in Jerusalem? What will become of our families if we do not provide for the Seventh year?’ etc., were quite reasonable and may be called wisdom. But at the same time, distrusting God and disobeying His commandments and following their natural instinct against the distinct commandments of God proved to be foolishness in the long run as God severely punished them.

Beware of distrusting God. This is the reason why the Church is in such a degraded position today with countless divisions, all centered on money and provision for the future. Which church will care for you if you become a pauper? If you have money they will receive you with open hands. If a poor man leaves a church they do not bother, but when a man with money leaves, they do not trust God but fight for the man and his membership, finally losing both the man and God as well. We believe an ordinary postman, bank clerk etc., but we don’t trust God. When a postman brings a money order, you do not sign it after receiving the money. He wants you to first put your signature as having received the money already. Then only you get the money. We deposit money in the bank and come away trusting that the money is safe there. You have to choose and serve either God or Mammon. You cannot expect to please both. When Jesus was crucified, He did not provide anything for His mother. He didn’t have a lump sum to give to her. He only gave her into the hands of an Apostle who had nothing of this world’s goods. Nor did He provide boarding and lodging expenses or entitle her to some kind of pension.

I have seen various people like merchants, Doctors, Engineers,business magnates and so on struggling day and night saying that they have very large families and that they are endeavouring to earn something to give as a ‘Portion’ to their children. We lay up for our children a little dust and call that a legacy. King David said that the Lord was his portion. By keeping worldly properties etc., as legacy for our children, we are actually ruining their lives, and throw them into muck and mire. Thereby we lay temptation for them to seek after the world and spend all what you have gathered under the sweat of your brow and call it "a portion". Till we lead our children to the portion which David claims (‘The Lord is my portion’) we are not making any provision for our children at all.
 

RECOGNISING JESUS CHRIST:

When Jesus Christ died, His disciples almost lost hope and were inexplicably discouraged. They must have felt utterly despaired and dejected with world mocking at them. But the Word of God tells about the unique resurrection of Jesus’ body from the grave. After Jesus was risen from the dead, Mary was the first to rush to the grave where she found His body missing. She had a great love for Jesus which impelled her to go to the grave in the early hours of the morning. She had gone there with great sorrow and heavy heart. When she saw the empty grave, she became terribly upset. Her agony was more than what she had felt at the time of Jesus’ crucifixion. What happened then? ...... "she turned herself back’, and saw Jesus standing and KNEW NOT THAT IT WAS JESUS" (John 20:14). She was so familiar with the countenance of Jesus Christ that she should not have mistaken about His identity provided He had the same appearance. "Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou?" She, SUPPOSING HIM TO BE THE GARDENER, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. Jesus said unto her, "Mary". She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master (John 20:15-16). So Mary actually recognised Jesus Christ by the familiar voice with which He used to call her, and not by His appearance.

Again in Luke 24:13-31, we read about the two disciples who were on their way to Emmaus that same day, discussing about the events. Jesus joined them enroute and asked what it was all about that they were so intensely discussing. But these two disciples, who were with Him all the time, couldn’t recognise who He was! Why? "Their eyes were holden that they should not know him" (Luke 24:16). "And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight" Luke 24:30,31. See! It was only the breaking of bread that helped them to recognise and identify Jesus.

These two disciples came back to Jerusalem, and as they were narrating the incident to the other disciples, Jesus again stood in their midst and said "Peace be unto you. But they were terrified and affrighted and supposed they had seen a spirit" (Luke 24:35-37). We see many pictures of Jesus Christ showing Him with a handsome face, and with beard and long robe. But do we become frightened? Then Jesus said unto them, "Handle me and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as you see me have." If Jesus had come with the same appearance, the disciples could have easily recognised Him and there wouldn’t have been any need for Him to show His hands and side to them (Read John 20:20).

The disciples, somewhat disappointed at their Master’s death, went back to fishing but caught nothing (John 21: 1-14). We also do not catch any souls because we have backslidden from our consecration, turning a deaf ear to God’s voice. Jesus stood on the shore but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. What did He look like? He asked them to cast the net on the right side of the ship. Obedience to His Word brought great results. Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said unto Peter, "It is the Lord" - recognised by the power of the Spoken Word. "Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord" (Verse 12). Can’t we understand that the disciples recognised the Lord in their hearts, only through the powerful Word that He spoke? Of course His outward appearance was something different, unrecognisable as Jesus, and they wanted to ask about that but had not the courage to question Him. They now had faith to believe Jesus and recognise Him as the Lord. Seeing and believing was before crucifixion.

These are the days when people talk so much about Jesus’ coming in the air and so many other things as if they are thoroughly acquainted with the Scriptures. They make use of such terminologies which make people to wonder and blindly follow them. But look at the Disciples! How greatly they were confused in identifying Jesus after His resurrection. The very people who had been so closely associated with Jesus, failed to recognise Him by His features and countenance. As discussed above, it was only through His Voice, breaking of bread, and power of the Spoken Word that their understanding was opened to know Him as Jesus. The same thing is now being repeated in this Bride Age. The present generation would also miss God Who has already come down to prepare and take away His Bride. People are still looking above for Jesus to come in the air. They will not recognise Jesus Christ, for He has not come in the way they have been expecting. Their eyes are blinded to see the new move of God through His Bride. "....yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more" (II Cor. 5:16).

BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS AND FALSE CHRISTS:

"And then if any man shall say to you, lo here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not; for false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect" Mark 13:21-22.

"Take heed lest any man deceive you: For many shall come in my name SAYING I am Christ; and shall deceive many" Mark 13:5-6.

"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits" Matt. 7:15-16.

"Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name saying I am Christ, and shall deceive many" Matt. 24:4-5.

"And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many" Matt. 24:11.

"THEN if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; in so much that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect" Matt. 24:23-24.

These are the verses which are mostly used by the "tares and hay" to prick and confuse the real seed of God. I have not seen any real seed worry over those verses, used out of place, by false ones. Yet they (the real seed) must know clearly whom to be cautious of. The term "Christ" means ‘Anointed one’ (it can be anyone either false or true). It does not in any way point out to Jesus Christ alone. The name Jesus added to ‘Christ’ makes the difference i.e., Jesus Christ - Anointed One or Messiah. So when we say false Christs, it never does mean ‘false Jesus’, it only means false anointed ones - there are already hundreds in existence. Well, where do we expect to see the false Christs and false prophets? Certainly here on earth, and not in air. And where should we expect the real Anointed One? On the earth, of course. False Christs or false anointed ones are those who do not fully stand on the Word of God. They shall, no doubt, show great signs and wonders. But there is only one real Christ - our Lord Jesus Christ. The real One comes secretly without great signs and wonders so that the majority might be made to miss to catch it. First time when Jesus came, He showed great signs and performed wonders to prove His Ministry. But now the Third Pull, as foretold by Prophet Branham, is opening the understanding of the Bride to the many "Secrets" in the Word of God. The false ones and carnal believers won’t catch the bait as they depend on seeing great signs and wonders (Matt.12:39). They are away from the Word of God and stand only on MONEY which is the rope to bind the tares. For the Bride, the Word of God is the basis of fellowship and unity.

"Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets" Luke 6:26.

If you diligently study the 24th chapter of St. Matthew and the 13th chapter of St. Mark, you’d get a very clear view of this subject. First when Jesus came, He said that many would come in His name saying ‘I am Christ’. This was to happen after Jesus Christ’s ascension, and not before that. After the death and resurrection of Jesus, there have been many leaders of various religions manifesting different shades of godliness, and each claiming to be the Messiah. After the days of Jesus, the Jews were carried captives by the enemies, and all those who believed in Jesus were scattered and persecuted. We may call it the ‘first tribulation’. Jesus instructed not to come down into the house, and those in Judaea were asked to flee to the mountains. Woe was pronounced to them that would be with child (Matt.24:15-20). Where is Judaea? Who celebrates Sabbath? Christians don’t celebrate Sabbath and Judaea is in Palestine. So this actually pertains to events that happened at Palestine immediately after Jesus’ ascension. Then there is the end-time ‘Jacob’s trouble’. "Such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time no, nor ever shall be". Then comes a talk of deliverers like "Lo, here is Christ, or lo he is there" and about the big fellow, the anti-Christ, who is forming a big world union based on human desires, and not on God’s Word (Matt.24:21-23). Only organisations can make a big noise and say, ‘Here comes so and so - God’s man of the hour; go here and go there’ and all kind of that. But Jesus has come without any organisational label. That’s why, like lightning, there is a glare in the sky when the end-time Message or Kingdom Gospel is preached. There is thunder and lightning for the Bride to catch this life-giving message. She has the assurance of overcoming death and flying away with her Bridegroom very soon. A vast majority of others keep just blinking since their understanding is closed. They have deviated from the Word of God allured by money and fame. They are not seeking the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ for they are in the stinking denominations. They cannot give the complete glory to God unless they firmly stand on the Word of God and be rejected by the world. During this Bride Age, while many people claim signs and wonders, the Bride will be caught up secretly when her understanding is opened through God’s Word, and its divine pull. It is only after the ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ that the false ones (false Christs) started showing up; they will all ultimately spring up to their eternal damnation just after the Rapture.

SEEMING CONTRADICTIONS:

There are so many passages in the Word of God which have seeming contradictions to the people who just have a glimpse at them, and understand not the real meaning. Jesus always spoke in parables so that only those whom He had chosen to reveal the mysteries would understand. In certain places it is mentioned about ‘Son of God’. In some other places is mentioned ‘Son of Man’, and at important places only the word ‘Son’ is mentioned. Those who do not have the revelation of Jesus Christ is and just call Him as "One of the three persons or gods of the Blessed Trinity" cannot understand these passages. Having more than one God does sound nice to "heathen Christians" for they want it that way to suit their own convenience. But when God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses, He said:

"Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, not serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments" Exodus 20:3-6.

If Jehovah is the One God and Father, we cannot worship anyone else - even Jesus Christ, unless Jesus Himself is the Father. This can be understood only by revelation. I have seen many taking baptism in the name of Jesus for the fun of it without having a proper revelation of Jesus Christ’s identity. How can one understand Jesus Christ? Is it possible through denominational teaching, or by attending some theological course or discussion or debate? No! Not at all!

"They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. Then said Jesus unto them, when ye have LIFTED up the Son of Man, then shall ye know that I am HE, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things" (John 8:27-28).

Here again Jesus talks of the Son of Man as a different person from Himself - note the usage of ‘I’ and ‘He’. The "lift" in Greek does not mean "crucify" - which is not exalting. This crucifixion is rejection, but "lift" means "exalt or elevate to a high position". Jesus was speaking of the Father, and said that if they did not believe that He was the Father ( I AM HE) they would die in their sins and the Jews objected to it. Then He reiterates that when the time comes for "God’s flock" to realise by direct revelation who the Son of Man is, and as a result of which they do not hesitate to "lift" him, then the people would know that Jesus Christ who came into this world as an ordinary man, as a carpenter’s son, in such a humble way, is the FATHER AND OUR GREAT CREATOR AND ALMIGHTY GOD; and that He was not a philosopher, spiritual leader, religious leader, good man or a prophet. In other words, those who call Jesus Christ, like Apostle Thomas, "My Lord and My God" will not have any difficulty in getting a revelation of the "Son of Man", or only those who get a revelation of the Son of Man can know in reality that Jesus Christ is the Father, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. All others only pay a lip homage, and worship more than one God - worse than heathens or atheists. As denominations can be formed only by leaving aside the Word of God, everyone who calls himself by a denominational name worships "other gods". If Jesus is a second person, separate from the Father and Holy Spirit, then the Ten Commandments given by Jehovah are wrong. God cannot contradict. We only confuse the whole thing by our carnal thinking, and call it "God’s mystery", and say that people should not talk or dare to decipher it.

"For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgement unto the Son: That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passsed from death unto life" John 5:21-24.

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live; For as the Father hath LIFE in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have LIFE in himself; And hath given him AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE JUDGEMENT also, because he is the Son of Man" John 5:25-27.

"No man taketh it (life) from me, but I lay down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father" John 10:18.

"If any man hear my words, and believe not, I JUDGE HIM NOT; for I came NOT TO JUDGE THE WORLD, but to save the world" John 12:47.

Jesus clearly says that He came to save the world and not to judge, and that there would be One coming at end-time to judge (Read John 12:48); but at one place He says that the Father hath given authority to the SON to execute judgement. Also He says that the Father hath life in himself so He hath given to the Son to have LIFE in himself. These are seemingly contradictory statements.

In one place Jesus says that He will not judge, and in another place He says that the Father will not judge but giveth judgement authority to the Son. Unless Jesus Christ is the Father, these statements contradict each other. May God reveal to the Bride that Jesus Christ, our Saviour, is the Father who alone is worthy of our adoration, worship and our honour in this world. Come, O loving Bride, join with me in giving all praises, honour and glory to our Lord Jesus Christ, God of all, whom we worship and adore for this great salvation as we stand totally on God’s Word, cutting ourselves from everything having a smell of denomination or organisation and depending and trusting totally on the power of God for our needs and defence. My dear people of God, what a great and glorious hour we are privileged to live in now to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ to the Throne of the Father amidst persecution by the blind folks. Let us be grateful to God for opening our eyes, not because of any good in us, but by His sheer mercy. Suddenly people would jump up and say ‘Did not Jesus call himself as Son of Man?’ If He had told about these mysteries clearly, the saints would have found this out long ago. But God had wanted this to be opened only at the end time when redemption would be over, with the Bride standing completely on the Word of God, ready for the flight. Even the disciples who moved closely with Jesus did not understand the title ‘Son of Man’.

"We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth forever: and how sayest thou, The Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?" John 12:34.

If you notice carefully (see verse 32) Jesus never mentioned the term Son of Man this time but just said "I".

BREAD OF LIFE:

"I am that bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the Wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which COMETH (to come) down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and NOT DIE. I am the living bread which CAME down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall LIVE FOREVER (to the Age) and the bread I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world" John 6:48-51.

If we closely study these verses we will find that two different periods are involved in them. If Jesus was the Manna mentioned in the 50th verse, it means that He was the Manna who CAME down from heaven and those who ate it had life till end time - to be raised up. But those who eat the Manna which COMETH (which will come) at the end-time WILL NOT DIE. This is the rapturing faith and this faith comes from the Word of God, and not by just jumping about or harping on old false theories. Also the Manna fell on the earth and did not stick in the mid air. Jesus the Manna touched the earth and so it shall be at end-time. Those who eat the Manna "cometh" after the Seven Church Ages will not die. Come back to the Word of God - that is your urgent need. It is the sword of the Lord and of the Bride.

"The people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, neither is there any water, and our soul loatheth this light bread. And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that everyone that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld, the serpent of brass, he lived" Numbers 21:5-9.

"I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in MY NAME (Father’s Name), I will require it of him" Deut. 18:18-19.

"As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have ETERNAL LIFE. For God so loved the world, that he gave his ony begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have EVERLASTING LIFE" John 3:14-16.

IN GREEK THE WORD "EVERLASTING" MEANS "AGE-LASTING" (DIE AND RISE UP AT THE LAST DAY) BUT "ETERNAL LIFE" IS "WITHOUT DEATH".

Let us now study the above verses and see how we have made Jesus Christ to look like a snake hanging on a pole, and all along have preached sermon after sermon. Can you imagine the Lord Jesus Christ, born without sin, God Himself personally came within the temple of a sinless body, not born to a sinful man under the curse and bite of Satan, to be typed as a serpent of brass hanging on a pole? The Prophet, John the Baptist, dared to call those who came to be baptised as vipers and snakes. What a shame! We have made our Lord to look like a serpent hanging on the cross. Don’t you see that you and I are the real cunning serpents, full of sin, talking hypocrisy and with feigned holiness? In the second verse quoted above, we read about God’s promise of raising a Prophet like Moses which found fulfillment in Lord Jesus Christ. What did Jesus say? "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up....." But Moses did not hang himself on a pole and call himself a metal serpent. Jesus came as a sacrifice and died on a cruel cross for the sins of the people. There is no doubt about it. But if He had compared the "lifting up" top that of crucifixion He should have said, "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness so must I (a Prophet who came like Moses) be lifted up". i.e., exalted or elevated. We see that it is the Son of Man who is to be lifted up.

The metal serpent lifted up by Moses was put and burnt in fire to be shaped like a serpent - not a real serpent but a brass serpent-like form. All fallen men in their sinful nature look like that. Even this portion should sound blasphemous to others. Remember, we are not attempting to belittle the efficacy of the death of our dear Lord on the cross. He was a sacrificial lamb, but in John 3:15, He is not shown as a sacrificial lamb but as a "Metal Serpent". Jesus was a type of Moses who lifted up the metal serpent in the wilderness. So Jesus must lift up or elevate a similar type of a thing for people to look upon and remain alive. Those who were bitten by the snakes did not die after they looked at the metal serpent, and lived their span of life i.e, the poison had no effect to kill them. This look at the serpent by the people, under implicit obedience to a Prophet like Moses’ made God to have mercy as they humbled and repented, and were willing to accept a ‘foolish’ plan of God where the ‘Big shots and brains’ would have definitely failed. Here we see that the object to be lifted up is the "Son of Man". There was life hidden in that dead metal (serpent) which produced life to those who showed obedience to the Word of God - Prophet Moses. Like the dead metal treated in fire to be shaped like a serpent, the Son of Man should have been tried by the fire of faith life (faith life or depending on God for everything in this sinful and cursed world is a life of fire which burns your unbelief).

Moses pointed out to the brass serpent hanging on the pole, and asked those who were on the verge of death by snake bite to look at it as a remedy. A similar thing should take place now at this end-time (John 3:14-15). The next verse (John 3:16) refers to Lord Jesus Christ and it covers the period until the close of the Seven Church Ages - all who believed on Lord Jesus Christ and died have age-lasting life (life till end-time, awaiting resurrection).

GREEN AND DRY TREES:

"And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us, FOR IF THEY DO THESE THINGS IN A GREEN TREE, WHAT SHALL BE DONE IN THE DRY? Luke 23:26-31.

As we have already read under the heading "BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS AND FALSE CHRISTS" the verses quoted above (28-30) relate to the first tribulation that occurred immediately after our Lord’s ascension. Jesus foretells the situation that would exist at two different periods of time. First, as He was about to be crucified and the people started crying, He calls himself as a green tree, and also makes mention about the DRY TREE to come forth at the end-time when the situation would be as prophesied in Isaiah 2:19: "They shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth" (Also read Rev.6:16). The Green Tree (Jesus Christ) had come well ahead of the first tribulation of the Jews which was a judgement for their rejecting the Messiah. In the like manner, the Dry Tree (Son of Man) should also come well ahead of the ‘Jacob’s Trouble’ or the so called "Great Tribulation". Jesus Christ had rightly called Himself as the Green Tree for He was full of life, grace, truth, and exhibited life in His Words. People were healed, brought to life, multitudes were fed. He walked on the sea, raised the dead and so on. Everyone saw the variety of fruits on the Tree, and many had attempted and succeeded in having access to them, but finally He was rejected and crucified. But the Dry Tree is the one in which no one could see outwardly anything of life as it is a secret coming. Inspite of witnessing the mighty manifestations of God Almighty, the Green Tree was rejected ultimately by the people. Naturally the Dry Tree which hasn’t got anything much to show for people to see and believe, would not be even looked at. But only those who recognise through divine revelation that the Tree of Life has slipped into it could become the Bride of Christ. A vast majority would be deceived on account of its barren look. The Bride Tree is also a Dry Tree as it cannot produce anything good of its own unless and until the Bridegroom unites with it as a result of its stand on the Word of God (Isaiah 56:3). The Bride Tree, into whom the Life of the Bridegroom comes in a secret manner, will not be taken notice of by the carnal believers, and they will just pooh! pooh! over such a Dry Tree, which is dead to self - Psalms 1:2-3. To be on God’s Word is like being planted near a river.

INDIAN CULTURE IS CHALDEAN CULTURE:

When we study the history of a country and its merits, we see that first of all some alien nation conquers it, destroys everything of its preivous culture and tries to install its own culture and language. When Nebuchadnezzar attacked Jerusalem (Daniel 1), "The King spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the KING’S SEED, and of the princes; children in whom was no blemish, but well-favoured and skillful in all wisdom and cunning in knowledge, understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king;’s palace, and whom they might TEACH THE LEARNING AND THE TONGUE OF THE CHALDEANS". After the flood, the whole world sprang forth from Noah’s blood, but see the countless divisions in the world as if each is a separate race. There are multitudinous divisions among them in caste, creed and colour. A black man makes all his gods "black" and the devils "white". The white man makes all his gods "white" and the devils "black". Everything is viewed with prejudice and partiality. If a man has an impartial view, and judges without prejudice, then the truth will be clear for him to accept wholeheartedly. It is an established fact that we can assess the culture from the language. We know that Abraham came from "Ur" of Chaldees. Now this Ur is the name of a town, but in my whole world travels I could find no place having its name, ending in "Ur" except mostly in India where we can find almost all towns and villages with names like NallUr, TrichUr, MadUrai, NagpUr, SUrat, PunalUr, BangalUr, MysUr, ChitUr, VellUr, NellUr, GudUr, MangalUr, CoimbatUr, TrivellUr, PerambUr, BilaspUr, RUrkee, FerosepUr, JodhpUr, JamshedpUr, RoUrkela, SangrUr and so on. Further the addition of Iyah (meaning Father, God) like Hannaniah, Azariah, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Obadiah, Zechariah, Zedekiah and so on is an important factor in the early names of the Jews. Their mingling with this Chaldean culture did not obliterate these names as can be seen among Christians and Hindus viz,, Rasaiah, Pooviah, Venkatiah, Kanniah, Pauliah, Veeriah etc. I am going through a deep study in this respect, and I find that nowhere in the world the names are like this which amply proves that the tribes of Israel, who were scattered, are in India also -UNIDENTIFIED. The Book of Esther proves this clearly (Esther 1:1; 3:8; 3:13; 8:13).

Besides, the Bible tells that DAN is a serpent’s trail. It means wherever the Dan tribe went, it had named the towns after its forefather Dan. If you see the names of the cities and countries such as LonDon, SweDen, Denmark, Dunkirk etc., you’ll have an idea (Joshua 19:47). When the Pilgrim Fathers went to USA, they had named the towns with New Testament names such as Syracuse and so on. Thus we can say that the Christians went and settled there. Wherever the Hindus go, the places are called with the names of Hindu gods, and where the Muslims go, they call by Muslim names. This is the inborn nature of man.

Also, if you study the Tabernacle, you’d observe that the twelve tribes were situated around it. The Tribe of Judah was in the East, near the entrance, and not in North or West or South. "On the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies" (Numbers 2:3). Considering Jerusalem as a type of fixed tabernacles, the scattering should also have been in the same way. From archealogical findings Sind Valley Culture in North India, Sumerian Culture in Mesopotomia and South Indian Dravidic Culture are all the same - even their mode of writings. Their language was Drumila which later became Tamil, and even now the Telugu people say ARAVAM for Tamil language - a deviation of the words "Arabam" or "Arabia". The many archealogical findings stand proof to the fact that the ancient Dravidic Culture is the same as Sind Valley Culture. Y

As the time for Rapture draws near, the judgement is also striking with greater intensity. These days we see millions die easily. The divine wrath and judgement will go on increasing as days pass by. We are well aware of the many false and malicious propaganda being made against this Ministry through tracts, leaflets and booklets and yet inspite of all such things we are able to progress steadily for we don’t claim anything away from the Word of God. The Bride Messages separate the Seed from the tares, the latter being not on God’s Word but leaning on fame, money and human way of thinking. Ask God to help and set you free from all bondage. Also please pray for the next message to be published in this series.

"MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDETH OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD". Matthew 4:4.

 
                                                                        Message Delivered By:
                                                                        Bro. R. Paulaseer Lawrie
"New Jerusalem"
Manujothi Ashram,
Sathia Nagaram
(Via) Pappagudi - 627 602.
Tirunelveli District,
South India.

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