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` Thank you, Brother Neville. Let’s remain standing just a momentforprayer,andbowourheads.OurHeavenlyFather,toTheewegivepraise forall thatoureyeshaveseenandourearshaveheard.AndwethankThee,Lord,becausethattodayweknowthatThouartthesamegreatJehovahGodthatalwayshasbeenandYoueverwill.2 We thank Thee for Jesus Christ Who made it possible that wecouldbeback intoDivine fellowshipwithTheeagain, through theshedding of His innocent Blood, that through the_the propitiationofthatBloodwenowaresonsanddaughtersofGod.Itdoesnotyetappearwhatweshallbeattheend,butweknowwe’llbelikeHim,forweshall seeHimasHe is.And,Father, that’sall sufficient forus,aslongaswe’relikeHim,standingintheformofHisimage.3 Andnow,Father,wedonotwanttobeatthishourconformedtothethingsoftheworld,butbetransformedbytherenewingofourspirit,bytheHolyGhost,thatHemightcomeandtakeourlivesintoHisOwncare,andwould_wouldleadusandguideusforwhatdayswehaveleftupontheearth,andmagnifyHisgreatName.4 We thank Thee for all these things. And with expectations welook for Your visit with us tonight as we’ve gathered in now, andbelieving that You will meet with us as You promised. In JesusChrist’sName.Amen. Beseated.5 BelieveitwasDavidthatsaid,“Iwashappywhentheysaiduntous,saiduntome,‘LetusgointothehouseoftheLord.’”Andweareverygratefulindeedtobeheretonight,andfeelitaprivilegetohavethisgrandopportunityto_tobehere,speakingwithyoupeople.6 I’m making some tapes. So I just looking back into the roomto see if the brethren were getting the tapes. It’s_it’s on now, thetapesaregoing.Allright.Thispurposeforthis,is,IhadpromisedofsendingoutMessages,wouldcome,betapedhereatthetabernacle.Nowweare^7 I’dliketosaysomethingaboutthismorning.Today,rightafternoon,rather,whenwewasendingthemorningmeeting,somethingtaken place that maybe some of you wasn’t here and didn’t hear

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about it. I was closing service, and I speaking from the platformhere,watchingabrother standingouthere shakinghandswith thepeople,bythenameofBrotherWay,wecallhimhere.Hiswifeisafineregisterednurse.8 AndBrotherWayisoneofGod’sservants,andhe’salsoworksinsecularwork,buthasacalluponhisheart,foryears,tothefieldof mission work. He felt led that God should bring him here andwait at this post here until receiving further orders for to advanceinto the field.Afewdaysago, speaking tohim,andhavinga littleinterviewwithheandhiswife.9 And this morning, when making my confession of havingcomplex,IreferredtoBrotherWayalsoashavingacomplex,whichiscertainlynormalamongallpeople,andata_amomentafterthat,BrotherWaywasstrickeninaheartattackanddroppeddeadinthefloor.AndIseenhiswife,andInoticed^Ihavebeenaroundmanypeopledying,andI_Idonothaveto_tosaythis.10 I like tobragonJesusChristandHispower.Butat this timeIthinkweshouldnevertrytobragonHiminanywaytosomethingHe_He_He didn’t do. But I have seen Jesus Christ raise up thedead,manytimes,infallible,doctors’testingtoprove.

For instance, in Connecticut just recently, in a meeting, settinginalarge,theold^somekindofafamousauditorium,therewasaDoctorBarton,aChristiandoctorontheplatformwithme,amedicaldoctor. And there was a fine renown Christian woman, a lovely,wealthywomanshewas.Shewassettingkindoftomyleft.AndIhadcalledtheprayerline,andInoticedthewomanjustallatonce^11 Whenanyone,theirheartstops^Youcancloseyoureyes,butwhenyouareshockedtodeath,whenyourheartstops, reallyyoureyeballsturnback,andthewhitepartofyoureyepushesout.AndInoticeditasshesankdown.Andquicklytheycalledforthemedicaldoctor,andheruntohertotakeherpulse,andshookhishead,puthis hands upon her, his ear to her heart. And she was gone. Shesankinthefloor,andherdaughterscreaming,whichinterruptedthemeeting.Icontinuedon,’causeIdidn’thavenowordoftheLordforthewoman.AndIcontinuedon.12 TheysaidsomethingaboutgettingBrotherBranham.Andtheysaid,“Wedon’twanttocallhimintheprayerline,’causehe’sunderdiscernment.”And they said,“Get littleBranham,” thatwasBilly.AndBilly,beingitwasawomandead,hedidn’twantto.13 You know, people get suspicion of somebody being dead.That, that’s_that’s just a hull. There is nothing there. That,

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people think strange. That, the person isn’t there, themselves;they’ve moved on. And so he was afraid to_to go around thewoman,becauseshewasdead.14 And then immediately the Holy Spirit spoke to me. I turnedfrom the place, walked down the step, come around to where shewas.AndjustasIstartedtowhereshewas,theHolySpiritspoketome;andIsaid,“Mary!”15 Shesaid,“Yes,BrotherBranham.”Shewasallright.And_andshehadneverseenusbefore.Anditwasthefirstinmeeting.16 ThenatShawanojustrecentlyin,oh,I’dsay,inthelast,about,fouryearsago,orfive,Iwasspeakingonenightatthearmory.Andtherewasagreatcrowdofpeople.Andaelderlymanofsomeeightyyearsold,Iguess,andhislovelywife,theywereLutheranbyfaith,gotothatgreatfamousLutheranchurchthere.Iforgetthenameofitnow.It’sthelargestLutherangatheringinAmerica,atonesinglegathering, of church membership. And it’s a great country for theLutheran.AndwhileIwasspeaking,Inoticedthefellow,headgoingbacklikethat;andhishandswentout,andhepitchedforward,deadin the chair. And his wife begin screaming, and she screamed out,“Somebodyhelpme!Somebodyhelpme!”17 AndIlooked.Isaid,“Justeveryonekeepseated,bequiet.”See?Iwaitedfor theLordtogivemeaword.And_andI^Satan^Iwasjustfixingtomakethealtarcall,andthat’sjustwhenhewantstoshowhisself.18 Sodidyouevernoticewhenyoustarttomakeaaltarcall,evenlittlebabieswillstartscreaming,andthingslikethat?That’sSatan.Youwhoarespiritualunderstand.19 SotheLordgavemehisname,andIcalledhim,andhecometolifejustlikethat.20 AndthismorningwhenIwasturning,see,andI’veseen,manytimes,theLordJesusbringbackthedead.ThelittlebabyinMexicodied at nine o’clock that morning, and this was between ten andeleven thatnight it comeback to life.And_and that’s abona fidetestimonywithdoctor’switnessof it, see, that thebabydied inhisofficeatnineo’clockthatmorning.I think itwaspneumonia.Andthebabyislivingtoday,sofarasIknow.Andthatwasbefore,oh,my,thirty,fortythousandpeople.21 AndthenthismorningIseenourBrotherWay,ashe’ssetting,hewas setting rightherenow.Butashewas setting rightalong inhere somewhere,hewasstanding.Andweweresinging,and,“Glory,glory,hallelujah,”andshakingoneanother’shands.Inoticedhimas

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itstruckhim,andhisheadwentback.He,BrotherWay,isn’tgiventothingslikeanythinglikeoffaintingorgoinglikethat.And,he,Iseenhimfallbackwards.AndI seenhiswife,which isa registerednurse,checkhispulse.Andshescreamed;itwasgone.22 And_andthenIbelieveitwasSisterNash,aladyhere,acoloredsister that comes to the church, some of them started runningforward. And now she, Mrs. Way, kept reaching for me to comeacrosstheplatform.AndIsaid,“Everybodykeepquiet,keepinyourseat.” Don’t never be excited in them kind of times. See? That’swhat Satan wants to do. Just wait and see what He says. If it’ssomebody moving on to Glory, well, we got to go sometime, nobetter place than in church, so_so then right in the house of theLord.Sothen^

Butthemanwasturningback.Ithoughtmaybesomethinghad,hehadfaintedorsomethinghadhappenedtohim, inthatmanner.ButwhenIlooked,andhisheadturnedaroundthis way,andseeingthe inside, down part of his eyes, pushed out. You can’t shut, youcan’tputyoureyesinthatcondition;it’stheheartstoppingthatdoesthat. And I went across this, and he^There was someone, kindperson, had laid a^something for his head to lay on. And therewas his feet, hands, and everything, stiff. It stopped. His face wasasdarkasmycoat, reddishblack,andhiseyes turnedback.AndIknowheartattack.Iknowwhattheydoandhowtheyturn;anybodyelsethat’severseenit.SoIputmyhanduponhispulse,andthere’snomorepulsethanthereisonthisdesk.[BrotherBranhamtapsthewoodenpulpit_Ed.]Notathing.Hereishiswife,aregisterednurse,whocheckedhispulse.Therewasnopulsethere.23 Then, the other day while I was with Brother Way on adiscernmentinhere,Iseenthathehadamurmuringheart,anyhow.So then I thought, “This is it.” So I laid my hands upon him. Isaid, “Dear God, I call, in the Name of Jesus Christ, the soul ofmy brother, his life back again.” And the Lord Jehovah knows,and His Bible here before me, it felt like, when I had my hand onhis pulse^And as I know I’ll answer for this at the Day of theJudgment if itbewrong.And it felt likehispulsebeat fouror fivetimes, quickly, went, pump, pump, pump, pump, pump; and thenstartedoff,going,pump,pump,pump,pump.24 And he was trying to open his mouth to say something to me.Andtryingtogethismouth,andgurgling,kindof,totrytosayit.Andhegotoutthewords,“BrotherBranham.”Thenit lookedlikehewouldgobacktosleeporsomething,andIwaitedjustamomentagain, checked his pulse again; it was beating normally. And then

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againIlooked,andhelookedoveratme.Andhewaskindof,Iseen,besidehimself;hedidn’tknowwherehewasat,buthisheartbeatingnormal.AndGodhadcalledbackhislifetohimagain.25 So I_I say that in honor of Jesus Christ, Who It is the sameGod, that when^This morning I had preached at length, wayovermy time,and tiredandworn.And therecouldbe two things.Heeithergot tired,orwhen I spokeofhavinga complex,not justto_to mess my brother up, as we’d say it, because I had^I wasmaking my confession of having complex. And I guess if I’d asktonight, in thisaudienceofpeople,“Howmany inhereknowsyouhavecomplex?”practicallyeveryhandwouldgoup.Thatyoumightknow,BrotherWay,justletmeshowyouwhetherit’sdiscernmentornot.Howmanyknowsthatyougotacomplex,raiseyourhand.Lookat there!See?ButI_Idon’tknowif thatshockofmesayingthat to Brother Way, taking it like I might be rebuking him orsomething,then,thathefellintothiscondition,andtheLordJesusbroughthimback.26 Now I_I am^think that the same God that the great SaintPaul represented in his days, that when he preached at lengthone night, and a man fell and his life was gone out of him; andPaul, getting over the man, by the grace of God, said back to theaudience, “His life is within him.” I_I think that it proves to us,or if you’ve never seen it before, that Jesus Christ is the sameyesterday,today,andforever.27 And then it might have been this, that I’ve tried to think ofit this afternoon. That, I had stood here, and with all my hearttoldyouexactly theTruth,and tellyouofmycomplex,andmakemy open confession, ’cause^and ask you to pray that my insidebeingwouldbechanged towards thepeople, that Icoulddoas theLord did. And to confirm that He still will send me to the field,He let that happen to show that He still heals the sick and couldraisethedead,couldraiseupthedead.AndIthinkitwasnomorethanaconfirmationofwhat Ibeenpreachingabout,andhadbeenwitnessingoftheKingdomofGod.Andthat’ssomethingalongthelinethatHehadjusttoldBrotherRobersonthere,andanotheroneofthebrethren.NowweloveHimforthat.28 And we thankful tonight that Brother Way is with us tonight.And surely God has not finished with our brother, or he’d havewent on this morning. There is something for Brother Way to do.AndIwantyoutoknow,BrotherWay,thatthisentirechurch,withmyself, will be praying that God will show you His plan for yourand your wife’s life; and, as soon as it is materialized, will place

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you in there. I’m sure He’ll do it, Brother Way. And all of us, asChristians,willbe thankful forBrotherWay. Is that right,church?[Congregationsays,“Amen.”_Ed.]AndwillpraythatheandSisterWaywillfindtheirplaceintheLord,fortheirserviceinlife.29 Now, also, I wanted to speak to Brother Way. I come earlyso I could speak to him and find just what his attitude, or whathappened.Andhedoesn’tknow.See, it justwentout,andhe justdroppedandwentoff.That’sall.

Brother Way was wanting and asked if there is anybody inthe building that’s going down to Arkansas, Tuesday or wheneveryou’regoing,to_tothismeeting.Now,it’s_it’sperhapsaverysmallmeeting.It’sabrotherhoodthatmeets.AndIthinkit’supinsomekindofajungle,orsomethinganother,wayup.Andthereprobablywill not be too many people, I_I guess, at the meeting, because,frankly, they don’t even know I’m coming, yet. See? And so myfriendsaround there,willprobablybeanightor twobefore they’llknow, even my friends in Arkansas, that know me down in there,willbeatthemeeting.Butifanybodyisgoing,andwouldhaveroomtoletsomeoneridewiththem,BrotherWaywouldbegladtodoit.He said to make the announcement that he would be no burdenupon thepeople, to takecareofhimwhilehewas there, ’causehecoulddoit.Buthe,ifsomeonewasgoing,itwouldbeasigntohimthatGodwouldloveforhim,orwouldbein_beinthewillofGodforhimtogodown.SoallofyouknowBrotherWay,settinghereatthecorner.And ifanybodywouldwant to, that’sgoingdown,andhasaroomforanextrapassenger,he’dbegladtodoit.30 AndthennextSundaynight,theLordwilling,I’ll_I’llbeback,ornextSundaymorning,rather.And_andifBrotherNevillehastheSundayschool,andwhenit’sover,IwanttomakeanothertapeifIcan.AndifI’mnotmistaken,IthinkI’llbespeakingonDoes Your Life^Is Your Life Worthy Of The Gospel? That,that’s,or,Is Your wife^Life Worthy Of The Gospel? That’s what I mean to say. IsYour Life Worthy of the Gospel? AndIwanttomakeatapeonthat,iftheLordwilling.31 Andnow, tonight, Ihaveannounced today that Iwasgoing tomake the tape. And the pastor, I don’t think even preached; justcalled me out, and so to speak here at the platform. Now, then Idon’t know^Now, if they making the tapes, if you seem to gettired or something, you wish to go out, just be quiet as possible,because we don’t^See, these_these microphones are very, verysensitive,andtheypickupalittlenoise.Andwe’remaking,tryingtomakethesetapesforaninternationalministry.

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32 And tonight I wish to announce my subject as the^afterI_I read God’s Word, found in Saint Matthew’s Gospel, the 24thchapter. Of the Gospel according to Saint Matthew, the 24thchapter,andlet’sbeginnowatthe32ndverseandreadtheScripture.

Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is_is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, youknow that summer is nigh:

So likewise ye, when you shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the door.

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things shallbe fulfilled.

Heavensand earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

But of theday and ofthehour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but theFather only.

But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

33 Now in our reading, we find tonight, as we read, that the firstpart of this chapter reads that the disciples called Him apart uponthemount,mountain,andsaidtoHim,“Whatwillbethesignoftheendoftheworld?WhatwillbethesignofYourComing?Andwhenwilltherecomeatimetherewon’tbeonestoneleftontheother,onthetemple?”NowHegoesontoanswer.Seehereatthe1stverse.

^Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him^to show him the building, of the temple.

And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

And his disciple^And as he sat upon the mount^ (pardon me)^as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when thesethingsshallbe? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

34 See, they asked three questions, and He answers back threequestions.“Whenwill there comea time therewon’tbeone stoneleftonanother?What’sthesignofYourComing?Andwhatabouttheendoftheworld?”Andmany,Ibelieve,thatwebrethrenmakemistakesbytryingtoapplyitalltoHisComing.ButHeisansweringthree different questions that was asked Him. “Why would be the

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time that therewon’tbeoneof these stones leftonanother;whenwillthisthingbe?AndwhatwillbethesignofYourComing?Andwhatwillbeattheendoftheworld?”See,threedifferentquestions.AndHestartsoffansweringone,aboutwhen“thestoneswouldbeleft with not one upon another.” And then after He finishes thatquestion, then He starts off, “the sign of His Coming.” And thengoesinto,“theendoftheworld.”35 Now we notice here one of the things that I wish to speakon tonight, is the^The Flashing Red Light Of The Sign Of His Coming. Andwe’regoing todwell tonightupon thedaysofNoah,“So shall it be at the coming of the Son of man.” And now thisstruckmetheotherday,andIthoughtmaybeI’dtrytotapethisandspeakonthis.AndwritingdownseveralScripturesherethatIwouldliketoreferto,maybe,and_andread,inalittlebit.36 But now our Lord Jesus was asked this question, and He gavethem the sign of His Coming. And then immediately He said this,“Heavens and earth will pass away, but My Word shall not passaway.” And then He said, “Learn a parable of the fig tree. Whenit’s putting forth its branches, you know that summer is nigh. Sowhenyouseethesethingscomingtopass,orbeingmademanifest,know that the time is at hand. And this generation shall not bedone away until all of these things shall come to pass.” Whatgeneration? The generation that’s seeing the apostasy that we’regoingtospeakoftonight.37 So when we think of my text, as a flashing red light of HisComing, it reminds me of waiting at a railroad station, that whena man or people stand around, as many of us has, when we waswaitingtocatchthetrain.Andwecan’thearthetrain,oryoudon’tsee him, but you know it’s_it’s time. Maybe the dispatcher says,“He’sa_alittlelate.He’snotexactlyatthetime,butwedon’tknowjust when, but he will arrive soon.” And we’ll walk around in thestation,withourhandsinourpockets,andsettingonoursuitcases,andgooutandbuyabagofpeanuts,andtalk to the^somebodyacross the street. But all of a sudden we see something happen.Thereisanoisetakesplaceoutatthetrack.Andwhenwedid,thearmgoesdown,andtheredlightbeginstoflash.Whatisthat?Thetrainisintheblocks.Thoughyoucan’thearhim,thoughyoucan’tseehim,butyetthatflashingredlightandthatarmdownshowsthathe’scomingin.Andthenifyou’reexpectingtoleaveonthattrain,youbetterthrowthatbagofpeanutsdown,stopyourtalking,getupyoursuitcases,andgetreadyoryou’llbeleftbehind,’causehe’sjuststopping locally just for a fewmoments.He’ll be gone. If you stillstandtochat,theneighboracrossthestreet,you’llbeleftbehind.

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38 Howmuchmoreisit,then,whenweseeaflashingsignalthatHe’sintheblocks!TheoldGospeltrainispassingby,prettysoon.Andaswe study tonight on this great text, flashing signal, as our Lord setuponthemountainandtoldthemthesethingswouldtakeplace,“AsitwasinthedaysofNoah,soshallitbeinthecomingoftheSonofman.”39 Nowwewanttogoback,foralittlepiece,andfindoutifwecanfindanythinginthisdaythatresemblesthedaysofNoah.AndthenwecantellthenwhereweareinthatdaythatourLordspokeof,seeifwecanfindjustanyresemblanceofthedaysofNoah.Inordertodothis,IthinkweoughttogobacktotheBookofGenesis,tothedaysofNoah.Andifyouwillturnwithme,ifyouwill,intheScripture,backtoGenesisthe6thchapter,andthat’sthedaysoftheflood,andthemoralsandtheconditionsofthatday,Genesisthe6thchapter.Now,wewanttoread,seeandcomparethatdaywiththisday.Notice.

And it came to pass, when manbeginto multiply uponthe face of the earth,^

40 The very first word presents us with a absolutely flashinglight that theday isathand, for therehasneverbeena time inallthe history that there’s ever been so many people, and so quicklymultiplying,aswehavetoday,until it’shardtogetaplacetostay.And so many people multiplying upon the earth, till science says,that, “If it continues to multiply like it has been, in twenty yearsthere won’t even be food on the earth for the people.” Reader’s Digest,Ibelieveitwas,thatquotedthat,that,“Therewon’tevenbefoodforthepeoplethataremultiplyingsofast.”41 We can look around and see that the places that used to bewildernesshasturnedintocity,andyetbirthcontrolisonitsgreatestrampage it ever was. I believe it was said of Chicago^I hope Idon’t misquote these figures. But actually registered cases, thirtythousand abortion cases every sixty days, in Chicago. Abortioncases every sixty days, registered! How about those who has neverregistered? See, just in one big four-million-population city! Whatabouttheworld?Andyetthepopulationissocrowdeduntilit’stheycan’teventakecareofthe^42 India,they’retryingtobecome^tomakeinterruptthehumanpartofman,andmakethembecomesterile,thatchildrencannotbeborn,becausethey’re_theyareinontheincreaseso.Fourhundredandseventymillion,atthistime,inIndia.43 How about China, where the increase is greater, Russia andthe many countries of the world? “When man begin to multiplyupon the face of the earth.” See? Now we’re taking back to theantediluviantime.

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^and daughters were born unto them,

And the sons of God saw the daughters of man that they were fair; and they took unto them wives^all which they chose.

And the lORd said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be a_ahundred and twenty years.

And there were giants in the land in those days; and also after them^the sons of God came^to the daughters of man, and they bare children to them, and the same became mighty manwhich were of old,^renown.

44 Oh, what a_a subject that we got here! See? Now, one of thefirstthingsIwantyoutonotice,thatthe_thesonsofGodsawthedaughtersofman,thattheywerefair.NowIdon’t^I’mpointingthis at the whole world. But there never has been a time on theearth, as I can think,only that time, that there everwas sucha_awholesalebeautyamongwomen.45 Andyoucanremember,someofyouelderlywomen,andsomeof you people, man, that can remember back years ago, that howit was seldom you found a pretty woman. But today you don’tfind any but what is pretty. Is because that they have come to aplaceofall thisbobbingtheirhair,andmakeup,and_andallkindsof sexy clothes and things. They can present themself in such away. And then it’s, another thing, the hand of time has turned itback,accordingtotheScripture.Andwomenareconstantlyontheincreaseofbeingpretty.46 IcanrememberwhenIwasalittleboyinschool,andturnandlookatthelittlechildrentoday,thelittlegirlscomingon.AndIcanlook,thinkofwomenwhenIwasayoungman,andlookatthegirlstoday. I remember there’dbeonepopulargirl, and that’snotbeenovertwenty-fiveyearsago,onepopulargirl,aprettygirl,andprettynear every boy wanted to go with this girl, because she was thequeenofthe_ofthegroup.Maybeinawholecity,there’dbetwoorthreeofthosewomen.Nowthewholething’sbecomepretty,allofthem.That’stofulfilltheScripture,andaredlightflashingthatthetimeisathand.47 They’ve invented such stuff as lipstick and_and makeup, thata woman that isn’t so fair, she can still make herself pretty bythe_all the face lifts and the_the things that they do to makethemselvespretty.

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48 Max Factor runs day and night, and there is more spent oncosmetics,inAmerica,inayear,fortomakethewomenpretty,thanthere is spentat thegrocery store.That’s right. I forgethowmanybilliondollarseachyearisspentforcosmetics,tofairourwomen.49 Now,I’msayingnothingagainstthat,I’mjustshowingyouthatit is a flash of red light that the time is at hand. For Jesus said,Himself,“AsitwasinthedaysofNoah,soshallitbeinthecomingoftheSonofman.”See,thesamething.50 Andnotice,“Whenpeoplebegintomultiply,manypeople.Thedaughtersofmanwasfair;andthesonsofGodlookeduponthem,andtookthemwives.”Now,that’snotmyownsaying.I’mreadingitoutoftheBible,whereJesussaidforustogobacktoGenesisandcompare thesedays together.Themultiplicationofpeople,andthebeautyofwomen,nowthat’sagreatsign.51 Nowthewarning,Jehovah’swarning,the3rdverse.

And the lORd said,^52 Immediatelyafterthistookplace^Remember,theHolySpiritwrote the Bible, and Jesus was empowered with the fullness ofthe Holy Spirit. And He spoke only by the Holy Spirit. And theScriptures are written by the Holy Spirit. And the very One WhowroteGenesis6,toldusinMatthew24,toknowwhenthetimewasnigh,togobacktoGenesis6andcompareit.53 Multiplyingofpeopleupontheearth;andyetsuchbirthcontrol,andallofthethingsthatgoeson,don’tevencheckit.It’sgoingjustthesame,becausewe’reattheendtime.54 Andthennotice,immediatelytherecomeatimethatitsaidthewomenwasveryfair,verypretty.Andwecheckthatwiththisandcanproveit.55 Now, I was looking at some pictures of long ago when ourforefathers,when theycrossed theplains.And I can’t call the_thewoman’sname,buthernamewasknownfromSanFranciscoto_toBoston,ofbeing themost fairestwoman in the land.PearlWhite,I believe,washername,ofmanyyears ago.Shewaskilledbyherlover,ScottJackson.Andifyouwouldseethewoman’spicture,ofbeing the most fairest lady of the land, you would hardly look ather.Shewould look likeanantiqueouthereon the street.Almostanywomanyoucouldcatchanywayyouwant to,wouldbe threetimesprettierthanher,anywomantodaythatyou’dcatchjustgoingdownthestreet.See,it’sanincrease,beautyforwomen.56 AndthenIwonderifourwomenrealizethisandcan^That’sthe reason I want this tape to go, that_that you mustn’t put

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so^We want you to be pretty, but we want you to be natural.Wedon’twantyoutobesuperficial.Someof theseprettywomen,ifyou’ddunk them inawash tubawhileandwash themup, theymight look a little different, and_and dress them like they shouldbedressed.Butthey_they_theydon’tdoit,andyoucan’ttellthemnodifferent.Andwe’regoingtogettothatafterawhile.Butthisisthe_theredlightflash.57 And remember,whenpeoplebegin tomultiplyupon the earth,andthewomengotfair,itwasthathour,itwasatthattime,that:

^the lORd said, My spirit shall not always strive with man,^

Youseetheclutch?DoyouseethehandofGod,“MySpirit”?The daughters of men were fair; and they took unto them wives.AndHesaid, then,“MySpiritwillnotalwaysstrivewithman.I’llallothisdays.” Nowthe4thverse:

And there were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that,^the sons of God came^unto the daughters of man, or_or the daughters of man, and they bare themchildren to_to them, andthe same became mighty manwhich were of old,^renown.

58 Did you notice it never said nothing about marriage? Notice,“ThesonsofGodcameuntothedaughtersofman,”nothingaboutmarriage. And if you take in the original Greek there, the wordmeaning, says, I’ve got it wrote down here somewhere, a “wife.”“Taken to them wives,” in the 3rd verse, “taken them wives.” Inthe Greek, I looked it up this afternoon, it didn’t say, “Take tothemwives.” It said,“Took to themwomen,” notwives.Nowyoucheckitwithyour_withyour^theEmphaticDiaglott,andwatchifthatisn’ttrue.59 “Taken unto them women,” not wives. They took them just astheywere, free lovers, likewehave today.Otherwords, theywerelovers in that day just as they are now. They went any way theywantedto,andtookanywomanthattheycould.60 “AndwhenthesonsofGod^”Now,manyofthemsaysherethat that was the fallen Angels, and so forth, and them men andwomen.Buttoshowthatitiswrong,it’sabsolutelywrong,theBibledoesn’t say anywhere about Angels being either man or women.And,besides,thereisnevera_awomanspokeofasbeinganAngel,in the Bible, never. Now if you want Scripture for that, Matthew22:20,andsoforth,youcanfindit.

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61 Now, that, that, there is no such a thing as a woman angel.That’sthereasonthatawomanpreacher^Angelis a“messenger.”And it’s_and it’s a^An angel is a “messenger.” And there is nosuch.But,yousee,theyhavechanged,today,likeitwasthen.Now,I’vegotsomehistoricalpointswrotedownhere,wewishtogettoinafewminutes.62 Notice, women of that day, in the days of Noah, must havebeenthetalkoftheday.See,“thesonsofGod,”Seth’s,Seth’ssons,saw the daughters of Cain, that they were beautiful. Why? Theywerewicked,and theyweredaughtersofCain.“When the sonsofGodsawthedaughtersofman,theywerefair,theytookuntothemwomen.ThenthesonsofGodfellfromtheirestatewithGod,andbecome woman-chasers.” And if that ain’t the picture of today, Idon’tknowwhatis.Thatistrue.63 Man! Even look at our churches today, look at everything youwish to, notice it. Everywhere, it looked in that day, must havebeenprettywomen.Manbecameslaves to them,sayshistory, thatman became actually slaves to the women, because they were sopretty, that they become slaves. They literally made shrines, andworshipped.And, just think, they literallyworshipped female fleshandbloodinthatday.That’shistory.64 Andcompare thatwith today. It’s the same thing,mybrother.Man actually worship women. Why, in our own country, Mrs.Kennedy is twice thought of, what the President is. That’s right.And ifyoualways talkaboutaman, ifhe’sgotanattractivewife,that’sit.65 Andnowtheysaythataboutthedriving.Youhearthemsaythewomenisthesafestdrivers.That’swrong,becauseI’lltellyouwhy.BillyandI,crossingthisUnitedStates,withafirsthandcondition,weputa_alittlemapupinourcar,alittletablet,andwrote“man”and “woman.” And every time a woman made the wrong, we putamarkonherside;andamanmadeone,we’dputoneonhisside.And out of three hundred, what we call “booboo,” pulled on theroad there, you would be surprised. There were two hundred andeightywomen,tonineteenman.Butyouknowwhy?Theydon’tgetthatinthepolicecourts.Thepolicewon’tarrestaprettygirl;oneoutofathousand.Sure,gethertelephonenumber,buthewon’tarresther.Andthat’sjusttheway.Nowondertherecordsdoesn’tshowit.See?Because,mantodayislikeitwasinthedaysofNoah,theybowtotheshrineofprettywomen.That’sright.Oh,my!66 How it must have been awful in that day, worship as they,females, flashing themselves in suchanattractiveway.And if they

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wereanybetterondoingitthen,thantheyarenow,I’mgladIdidn’tlivethen.Thinkofit,ofhowthattheyonly^howthatwomenhasgottoactingthesameastheydonow.67 Notice, the Bible said, “They eat and they drank.” Now,that’s_that’slegitimate.Sure.

“Marriage is honorable.” A man, man marry a woman, that’shonorable,that’sinstitutedofGod.Butwhenitcomestoatimethatman will take another man’s wife, or take some young woman, orsomewomanthatnomatterwhosheis,andbreakhismarriagevow,anddosomethingthat’swrong,it’ssinfulinthesightofGod.AndtheBiblespeaksveryhardlyagainstit.68 Nownotice,Itsaidthat.Marriage,GodinstitutedthatinEden,butHecertainly condemnedadultery.And thesemenandwomen,inthatday,bypassedthelawsofGod,andtookituponthemselvesanddoneit,anyhow.Now,comparethatwithtoday.Lookatit.Ifyouwanttoseethetrainis intheblock,takeagooddeepthinkofthatnow,astheinfallibleJesusChristsaidtheseWords.See?69 And notice, the Bible said here, “They eat and they drink,” ofcourse, with their pretty women. Now, we realize that that’s allright.Eatinganddrinking,that’soneofthenaturallawsoflife.Wehavetodoit.Butwhenthat’salluponyourmind,todaythepeoplejust become gluttons, drunk, women drinking in the restaurants.Andyougo intoaplacewhere the_thehighballsandcocktailsareserved,thewomenoutdrinktheman.70 Jesus said, “As it was in the days of Noah, they were eating,and drinking, and giving in marriage.” In other words, they werelivingwith thewomenwithoutbeingmarried to them.And today,why, it’s so instituted. They did have a Reno, that you could getmarried, and divorced and married again, all in the same day. Butthat’swayoutofdatenow.The_thehusbands,so-called,andwives,pack different keys to the rooms in these big cities. Now, I travel.I_I’mrightinthecitiesandknowittobetrue,thatthehusbandhashisdates,andthewifehasherdates.Oh,it’ssuchaconglomerationof_of rottenness, until it’s produced a bunch of_of soft, lazy,no-good,hell-boundgeneration.71 Afewyearsago,lookwheremanhasgotto,inhisbody.Lookwhere he’s got to, by the things he’s done. Science is constantlytryingtomakeabetterfood,hybridcorn,and_andhybridtomatoes,hybridbeef,when the stuff’snogoodatall. It’skilling thepeople,and they don’t realize it. Why, in a few more years, they’ll benothingbutjusta_abunchlikeajellyfish.

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72 Fifty years ago, ball games went on just as they do now, andyouneverheardofanybodygettinghurt,butnowtheykilladozen,ortwo,ayear.Aballwillhitaman,he,thereain’tnothinginhimtoholdhislifeinhim.He’slikeaguinea.Youhithim,heissosoft,he’sdead.73 WhenBobFitzsimmonsfoughtCorbett,Ibelievetheyfoughtahundred and twenty-five rounds, one afternoon, bare-fisted. Whenthosemanwithsuchpunchintheirarmscouldtakeatwo-by-four,atfourinches,andbustthattwo-by-fourwithnothingbutcallousedfists.Theysleptwiththeirhandsinvinegar,tomaketheirfistshard.And a_a round wasn’t a little two or three-minute round like wehavetoday.Theydidn’thaveafeatherbedtiedovertheirmitts,andnobody got killed. And they fought. A round was a knock-down.Youhad toknock themandown.And they foughtahundredandtwenty-fiveknock-downs.Theywereman.Andtodaythey’regoingto have to stop the art of boxing, when there’s a featherbed overtheir arms and over their fists, can’t fight a two or three roundswithoutsomebodygettingkilled.What’sthematter?He’smadeupoutofabunchof,Idon’tknow,softmuck,hybridnothing,tillthewholegenerationisdying.74 Did not the Bible say that, that they would get weaker andwiser?Why,inanotherraceofpeoplecomingon,they’llliveoutofa capsule, take a capsule for their dinner. It’s nothing but a bunchof cigarette-smoking, whiskey-drinking, cocktail-running, a bunchof dope addicts, shots. Teenage children in school, and juveniledelinquency; no wonder, her mother out on the street, acting thewayshedoes,throwsthechildintothesamething.75 Pretty women increase; social life broke down. Oh, my, whata great thing in the day we’re living in! How they do this, it’sun-^get by with that. They won’t get by with it. What are theydoing?Justastheydidthen,they’remakingtheCommandmentsofGodamock.Godsaid,“Thoushaltnotcommitadultery.”Buttheyshowthattheycandoit,andgetbywithit.Theythinkthey’regoingto get by with it, but they’ll never do it. Maybe you oughtn’t tocome,listentothis.Huh?However,Godsaidthatthiswouldbethetimethattheredlightwouldbeflashing.Jesussaidso.76 Now what a_a sin that they are doing, and laughing at sin!Many times, that, thevery thing that thisBiblecalls immoral, theworld todaycallsvirtue.Whenyoutakeour_ouryounggirls,andstrip their clothes off of them, and put them out there with littleshorts on, in slacks and things, and walk them down the street,and they think that’s virtuous that the girl can display her female

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flesh. When, the Bible says it’s sin, horrible! But the world callsit virtue. See, they’re making the Commandments of God^Andthe church says nothing about it. It’s time that somebody rose inthenameofrighteousness, intheNameofJesusChrist,andputastamponthis, ’causesometimewe’regoingtoanswerfor itat theDayoftheJudgment.77 Now, if this sounds old and fogy, to somebody, check back afewyearsandlookwhat’sgoingonnow,andthenimagineafuture.ThereisnofuturebuttheComingoftheLord.78 Notice, check these antediluvian females with the stride oftoday;checkwhattheywere.CheckwhatthesonsofGoddid;checkwhattheydotoday.79 I was setting at a convention not long ago, and it broke medown almost, when all the^Everybody seemed to be justenjoying a minister’s talk, that was standing on the platform. AndI was setting over in a corner. And there was a_a young ladycomein,andshewasreallydressedbad.Andshecomewalkingupthrough this church, as the Bible says, mincing as she went. Andevery preacher on the platform, plus the congregation, everyoneturning their head and looking, following this girl. And I thoughtof this Scripture, “The sons of God looked upon the daughtersof man,” sinners, ungodly, pretty women. Oh, it’s tore a many achurch to pieces. It took the Spirit of God away. Notice, “Lookeduponthedaughtersofman.”80 Now remember, the infallible Jesus Christ stated these thingswouldbethisawayinthisday.AndHesaid,“Whenyouseethesethings come to pass, then you know that the time is at the door.”Now,thereisn’tmanypeoplewillsaythat.Thereismanypreachersthat couldn’t say that.Hecould, ifhewould.But ifhewould, thecongregationwouldtakehimout.That’sexactlythetruth.81 Buthere isonething.IfamaniscalledofGod,he’llstaywiththatBible,Idon’tcarewhathehastodo.YoumustrememberthatIt’s the Truth. And the Truth either binds or sets free. And this isexactlywhatJesusChristsaid.82 “The sons of God fell because of beautiful forms and faces, ofthedaughtersofmen.”And that’s just exactlywhatwegot today,samethingagain.83 Now, compare that day. Multiplication of people; the womengetting fairer; the sons of God falling; marriage and giving inmarriage;divorcecases;livinginadultery;andsoforth.

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84 “Why” you say, “Brother Branham, just a minute. I don’tknow.”

Listen, brother, just before you say something, listen to this.JesusChrist said, that, “Whosoever lookethuponawoman to lustafter her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.”And when you see^When a man walks out of his office, walksoutofthechurch,walksoutofhishouse,strikesthestreet,whatdoyouseebutadisplay,oneveryside,of fleshandbloodof females,form-fitting,pretty-faced,tempted.That’swhatGodsaidwouldtakeplace.Whenthattakenplace,thenthetimewasatthedoor.

“As it was in the days of Noah, when the sons of God sawthe daughters of man, and begin to take unto them women.” See?Thereyouare.85 Nowwatch.Wefindthat,thesamethingtoday.Wesee inthehistory,thatsuchsexappealtheyhadinthem,untilthesonsofGodmade unto themselves shrines of women. That’s of Venus, and soforth.See?They,theymadeshrines,andbowedtothem.Whenyousay, “Brother Branham, we don’t have such things as that today.You couldn’t compare that with this day.” I beg your pardon. Ibelieveit’sworsetodaythanitwasthen.86 Whatdowe see?TV.Youcan’t evenpickupanewspaperbuteverything that you see is spread with females. Pretty women onevery whiskey package, in magazines, sexy, immoral dressed.On the TV, in everything, is some sexy-dressed woman, somepretty woman. And we find out on_on cigarette advertisements,everything that you can look at, you find that it’s some attractivewoman. You can’t even see the advertisement of a pair of silkstockingslessyouseesomekindofathin-shapedlegsgoingthroughit.Andthat’sright.Butwhatisit?Whyisit?87 I rememberamanIworkedfor,ChrisMeisner,uphereonthecorner.ManyofyourememberChrisMeisner.Hiswife,Lillian,hernamewasLily,Ithink,anEllinger.Andwhenshe^Amancomeover.Shewasabeautifulgirl.Andamanwantedtogetpermissionfromherfather,toputherface,herpicture,herprofile,onaboxofcandy.AndthisoldGermanLuthernstoodtohisfeet,andhesaid,“That’s an insult to me, to put my daughter’s picture on a box ofcandy,tobespreadacrossthecountry.”Whatabouttoday?When,thebillboards,thetelevision,everythingyousee,isimmoral,vulgar,sexy, ungodly-looking women. That’s right. What is it? The train,the old_the old train is in her blocks now. The Bible said so, shewouldbecomingprettysoon.Wehearthesound.

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88 We talk about other things about it, but, remember, this isanother flash, one of the flashes that’s flashing before us today.Oh,weseethenationalcondition;weseethepoliticaldisturbance;we see the church situation. We preach on all that. But this issomething new. It’s something is not very popular to be spokeon, but it must be done, for there’s got to be a voice crying out.Remember,theverywordsIsaytonightwillmeetmeyonderattheJudgment.See?89 When I seen this woman not long ago, in a vision the Lordshowedme, seeherdie.That, I can’tnever thinkof thatwoman’sname,she,MarilynMonroe.AndIhadneverseenher.Idon’tgotomovies.ButI_I_Ihadseenthegirl,andshewasattractive.Andshewas trying to get to something; she was dying, had a heart attack.AndtheLordsaid,“Nowyousaythat,‘Shediedjustatfouro’clock.She did not commit suicide.”’ Said, “But you can say she died atfouro’clock, ’cause it’s justa fewsecondsbefore four.”And thereIseenwheretheyfoundher.AndItoldBilly,Itoldthefamily,theonesthatwaswithme,aboutit.Andafewdaysafterwards,itwasMarilynMonroethatdied.90 Now,whenIwasinCanadatheotherday,mykidskepttellingme,overatacertainplacewherea ladyhad letushavethehouse,hadatelevision.Andtheysaid,“Thereisgoingtobeaplay,called,The River Of No Return.” That’s the river I fish on, all the time.AndJohnSmith,afriendofmine,takesthattour.Said,“Theymadeamovieof it.”Andsaid,“Daddy,maybethatMr.Smith isontheprogram.Wouldyouliketolookatit?”

“Well,”Isaid,“whenIcomebackfromCanada,ifImakeitintime,I’ll lookatit.”Well,whentheplaydidcomeon,Iwentovertoseeit,wenttoseeit.AndwhenIdid,whowasplayinginitbutMarilyn Monroe. Now, there she was, after being dead a year ormore,thereshewasallsexydressed.Therewashervoiceupon,stillplaying; andwill be, foryears andyears,upon thatmagnetic tape.Ifthatmagnetictapeholdsheraction,whenifshecouldlookfromwheresheistonight^Itrustsheissaved,butIdon’tknow;that’stoGod.Butifshecouldlookback,shecannotdenythat.Shecan’tdenythis,becausewe’vegotit.HowmuchmorehasGodgoteverymove, every action, upon His great supreme tape that’ll be. Wecannotgetoutofit.It’srightthere.91 And remember, if there was a microphone setting right herewherethisis,andIwasabroadcastingnowtotheworld,thepeoplearoundtheworldwouldhearmyvoicebeforeitevengotacrossthispulpittoyou.That’sintheelectronicsofthe_oftheworld.

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92 And you know, that voice never dies. It’ll never die. Scienceclaim, “In twenty years,” if they can progress as they have now,“That they’llpickup the literalvoiceofJesusChristwhenHewason earth, in twenty years from now.” Because, it’s like droppinga pebble in a pond, the little waves may finally fade out of yoursight,butscienceclaimstheygobacktoonebank,acrosstheoceanto another, and back and forth, and they never die. And neitherdoes the words that you speak; they’ll meet you in the Day of theJudgment, and will condemn you or save you, and you’ll never beabletogetawayfromanyofit.93 And we are very conscious, it’s coming right through thisroom now, is pictures of people. If you don’t believe it, turn onthe television. And there is voices of people, yet our senses won’tpickitup.94 Now,they’vegotasendingstationandamagnetpole,oratube,or a crystal that picks up those voices and reproduces them. AndnowtheonlythingtheBibleis,isthis,theWordofJesusChristthatHespoke,andTheyareliterallyalivejust likeanyotherwordis intheworldtonight.95 Now, if your heart has been cleansed by the Blood of JesusChrist,andbecomesareceivingsetfromthatsendingSet,Heisthesame yesterday, today, and forever, and does the same things thatHe did, ’cause His Word can’t die. They are living forevermore.They don’t have to pick up a set, or twenty years from now. WereceiveItrightnow.Now,thereyouare.96 Living in this great day that we’re living in, near the comingof the Son of man, and the lights a flashing everywhere, of HisComing.We see it inpolitics;we see it in the church;we see it inthe time;wesee iteverywherewe look.Wesee the sundon’t looklikeitusedto.

The world is out of cater. They tell me right now, at theNorth Pole, up in there, that the sea has become, I forget howmuch, deeper than it used to be. The Bering Strait, you couldwalk across them. Now, it’s many, many, many feet deep, inthe Bering Strait. Why? The earth is swelling in the middle. It’sgetting shallow out here where it was deep, and getting deep uphere where it was shallow. The world is completely out of cater.She is toddling. She is weaving. All nature is giving in, andeverythingthatwecansee.97 And now, tonight, we find out that the very nature itself isproducing,inthehumanrace,thesignofHisComing;for,thesons

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ofGod,and thedaughtersofmanbecoming fair,andhowthey’vetakinguntothemwomen.Whatahourthatwe’relivingin!Oh,my,andhowitwasinthatday!98 Thenwesee in thehistoryof thisgreatshockingthing,ofmanworshippingwomen,andwefindouttodayit’sawoman’sworld.99 IwasinSwitzerland,notlongago,andIwastalkingto^Now,nothing against our Christian women, no, sir, they are jewels.I’m talking about the run of the world. There was a lady ridingalongwithme,BrotherGuggenbuhl,andhisgirlfriendthathewasgoing with. He is a man about_about pretty near my age, neverbeenmarried,anoldbachelor,andhewasgoingwith someyounglady. And then one of the girls from there, and she said, “BrotherBranham, tell us about America. We understand that, the womenoverthere,it’sawoman’sworldoverthere,sureenough.” Isaid,“That’sright.” Said,“I’vealwayswantedtogo.” ThenIbegintoexplaintoher.Shesaid,“What?”Isaid,“Yes.”Itchangedheropinionrightaway. “Well,”shesaid,“howcouldyouliveaChristian life insuchaplaceasthat,then?”Thinkofit.100 WhenIwentinto_intoRome,andwasdownattheSanAngelo,thecatacombs, itwasa shocking.When I steppedoutofmyhoteland went down to where it’s that place called, “Three Coins in aFountain,” thewomenon the street,ofhow immoral.Thewomenwalkoutandaskingyoutotakethemoutonadate,allsorts,sizes,andkinds.AndIforgethowmanycometoBillyandIandBrotherBaxter,beforewecouldgetdowntothepool,andthemanfromtheTWAthatwasshowingusaround.Isaid,“Doesthosewomenhavetolivelikethat?”101 Said,“No.Whenthesoldierswereoverhere,theygotusedtoit.And,yet,theygotagoodjob,yettheycontinueon.” But even in a place like that, when I got to the spot of SanAngelo,thegreatbigsignthere,outfromtheVatican,thatsaid,“AnoticetoAmericanwomen!Pleaseputonclothesbeforeyoucomeinandtogivehonortothedead.”102 I seen an American girl get off in Paris, where it’s, actually,oneofour fashionsused to come fromParis.But thatgirlwas soimmorally dressed, with her father and her mother, until soldiersthat was working out there dropped their picks and shovels, andrun up there and looked over the scene, to watch this Americangirlpass.

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103 We set the pace of fashions. It used to be Paris, but now theycomeheretogetthevulgar, lowdownfilth.Andthisnation,wherearevivalhasjustpassedthrough,ofthebaptismoftheHolySpirit,withthelovelyLordJesusshowingHissignsandwondersofmercy,and of speaking as it was in the days of Noah, and the light’s aflashing fromside to side.AGod that can raise thedead fromhisbed;aGodthatcanhealthesick;aGodthatcantellthingsbeforeitcomestopass,andmakeitperfectonthedot,everytime,withoutfailing.AndyoucanpreachtoourwomeninAmerica,andtheygetworseeveryyear.Bombay,Imean^

104 In Durban, South Africa, where there was some two hundredthousand natives gathered out to the meeting, when the greatmiracle that God performed. And I seen thirty thousand blanketnatives. Women standing there with a four-inch clout of beadsonly in hanging down in front. And the man, no clothes on, thefour-inch clout. Naked! A blanket that they slept on, a goat skin;they’regivenit, tothem,whenthey’reacertainage;andthentheyliveinthat,sleepinthat,wrapupinthat,anddieandburiedinit,inacorralsomewhere.

105 AndIseenthosewomen,soprimitive,tillawomangivebirthtoababy,setting twentyfoot fromme.Sheneverwent toahospital.They,awomanhelpedherthereaminute,andinaboutfiveminutesit was all over. She picked up the baby and held it to her bosom,for it to nurse. That primitive! But when they seen the power ofAlmightyGodcomeuponaboywhowassoafflicted,andnoteveninhisrightmind;andheraisedupinhisrightmind,givingpraisetoGod; thirty thousand blanket natives received Jesus Christ as theirpersonalSaviour.Whathappened?Youremember, that’s tentimesbiggerthanPentecost.Thirtythousand!Andnobody^

Iwatchedthosewomenwithmyowneyes,whentheyfelluponthe ground, breaking their idols, giving their lives to Jesus Christ.Theydidn’tknow;theyhadprobablyneverheardHisName,manyof them. But when they fell upon their_their knees, and I askedthem, if they were sincere about it, meant it, to break their idols.And they broke their idols. And when they fell on their knees andgivetheir livestoChrist,whileIprayforthem,andtheyrosebackup.Andthosewomenwhowouldstandwiththeirarmsdown,notknowingtheywerenaked;assoonastheLifeofChristtouchedtheirlife,Iseenthosewomenfoldtheirarmsandwalkoutofthepresenceof man. And if the touch of Jesus Christ will do that to a blanketnative,whatought it todo toanation that’sheard theGospel forahundredsofyears?Therewenow^Iseenthat.That’snotwhat

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somebody else said. I seen that. See? It’s strange then that we callourselvesChristians,andeachyeartakemoreoff.Andthechurchesseemtocarenothingaboutit.106 TVprograms,oh,makefemalefleshandblood^Theyarenotgods. They’re not goddess. But it sets America in exactly orderto fulfill the Scripture. America’s number is thirteen. America’sshrine is a woman, always. It’s on our money. It’s on everything.And now it certainly brings into a time that we’re going tohave American goddess, too, not too far away. You can see thehandwritingonthewall.107 Oh,whatarewegoingtodo?Youcan’tevenwalkoutuponthestreetandfind^Lookoutonthestreet,startdowntownandjustsee at the display of women, how that they make themselves withclothesonthat,honesttogoodness,awomanoughttobeashamedtostandinherdressingroomlikethat.Walkingoutuponthestreet,so tight, and_and little bitty clothes on. And_and out on thesebathingbeacheswiththeselittle’kinis,oreverwhattheycallit,on,and such things as that. And not knowing that in them is a spiritofevil.When,manyofthemsing inchoirs.That’swhatJesussaidwouldtakeplace.108 Female flesh! They are flesh and blood. They’re not gods.To my opinion^God forgive me if I’m wrong. It’s a wholesalestriptease.Youcan’thardlyblameaman,ifhe’snota_aChristian,but what would fall, and fall into temptations and to such a placethat he would do something wrong, till he’d^See, he could nothold himself. It’s amazing that there is not more ravishes goes on,because,somanyofit,thewomenisinforit.But,ifitwasn’t,howcouldyoublametheman?Putblamewhereblamebelongs.109 A woman say, “Now, Brother Branham, I’m just as moral asI^”Nodoubtaboutthat.

But,mysister,doyouknowthatyou’regoingtoanswerat theDayofJudgmentforcommittingadulterywhenyouthrowyourselfout there and man look upon you? He said, “Whosoever lookethupon a woman to lust after her, has committed adultery with heralreadyinhisheart,andwillhavetoanswerforit.”Andmaybeyoudidn’tdotheact,butifyoupermitSatantoputthatspiritonyou,when, nature itself ought to teach you that’s wrong! Without theSpiritofGod,natureshoulddoit,teachyouthat’swrong.110 Ipredictthatsoonthey’llcomeoutwithoneofthesethings,it’lljustbea fig leafagain. Ipredictedthat thirtyyearsago.See,someinsulttotheBible.See?They’lldoit.It’spublicstriptease.

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111 Now,thedevildoesthesametothesonsofGodtoday.Andthat’sright.Watchourbusinesses.Mostofourbusinessesiscontrolledbywomen,lotsofthem.That’sright.Lookatourchurches,lookatournation,howthesonsofGodbowlowattheshrineofthesethings,thesewomen.When,theyare,tome,it’snomorethanpublicharlots.That’s an awful thing to say, but it’s the naked truth. I know thatpeoplehearthesetapesandthings,willsaythesethings.Buthowcanyoudoit?Ifyoupresentyourselflikethat,andmanlookuponyou,asJesussaidyou’ve“committedadultery”withhim.Andwhenthatmanhastoanswerforcommittingadultery,whodidit,whosefaultisit?It’sthewomanthatstrippedherselflikethatandproducedherself,orpresentedherselfbeforethatsinner.That’sright.Whatisthesignof?Theendtime,theredlight.112 Motherhoodisbroke.Nationsarebreaking.NowifyouwanttoseewhereJesussaidthat,readMatthew5:28.That’swhereitwasat.Femalelifehasbeenthecauseandformoffalling,uponthat,sexualpower has been the ruin. If you want to trace back, here is somenationsthatItracedbacktheirfall.OnewasEgypt,Assyria,Rome,andwhatmore,fellbythepowerofwomen.113 Notice, there is nothing that God could give a man, outsideof salvation,better thananicewife.There isnomancanconsole,no_nopersoncanconsoleapersonwhen they’re tired, theywon’tconfideinanyoneliketheydotheirownwife.Andwhatafortunatethingyoubrothersarewhenyou’vegotanicelittlewifethat’scleanandupright,andmoral,andyoucancomeinwhenyou’retiredandweary,andsetdownandshecantalktoyou.Shecandomorewithyouthananybodyelse.That’sright.Sheisajewel.Sheisaqueen.114 But remember, “Woman was made for man; not man forwoman.”ThelastcreativebeingthatGodevercreatedwasaman.Awomanisaby-productfromaman.“Andshewasmadeforaman;notmanmadefor thewoman.”Theyhaveviceversa-ed itaround,andmanfallsattheshrineofwomen.Thatwastheverythingthatstarted itat thebeginning.That’swhathappened in thebeginning.When God’s son, Adam, could not be tempted to doing what waswrong,Satancomeintoapersoncalledtheserpent,whichwaslikeaman.Andthere iswhere itstarted, thatEvegotfrombehindtheWord of God, and that caused every heartache, every graveyard.Everysinthatwasevercommitted,startedrightthere.115 Here it is again. What? Women was the cause of the first fall,andwomenendsupthetime.Shestartedit;sheendsit.NowondertheBiblesaid,“ThosethatescapeoutofZionshallbegloriousinthesightoftheLord.”

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116 WhenIsaiah5,hetalkedabouthowtheimmoralsofthewomenwould get in the last days, and how there’d be, so much clothesthey had to have, and how they’d have to have their hair set, andeverything like that. The Bible speaks that, Isaiah 5. “How she’dwalkwithhigh-heeledshoeson,tinklingherfeetasshewentalong.And she would roll down her stockings, and the things she woulddo;andmanychangeableset,apparel,andstufflikethat.”Andsaid,“All that will be taken away from her, and she shall sit and stink,fromimmoral.”Andsaid,even,“Sevenwomenwillgraboneman,and said, ‘We’ll do our own work. Let us just take your name, totakeawayourreproach.’”117 Buthesaid,“Howgloriouswillthatlittlebranchthatescapesallthesethings!It’llbe‘HOLINESSUNTOTHELORD’inthatday,”whenrealgenuineborn-againwomenknowtheirplace,thoughtheybe laughedat,andcalled sillyandold-fashion,everything.But,actlikeawoman,likealady!Standlikeawoman!Dresslikeawoman!Talklikeawoman!Livelikealady.Yeah.Amen,thatmeans,“sobeit.”Don’tgetscared.Itdon’thurtyou.Allright.118 Jesus’OwnWordsaidwhatwouldhappen,thatgreatdisplay.119 Also He said, “In the days of Lot.” If you want to mark thatScripture down, it’s_it’s Luke 17:28. He said, “They were eating,drinking.Theybought.Theysold.”Ordinarily, theseare legitimatethings. But watch. And_and that they occupied, but they put allthe^theirmindonit.120 And in the days of Lot, women were so low, in their morals,until they was not used as women should be used, but they wereperverted,untilthey^Itbecomesocommon,thatwomenbecomeso common that, they_they, man lived with man. The naturalperversionfromthesexcellshadchangeditsposition,becausethatwomenhadbecomesocheap.121 AfewdaysagoIwasover,Tucson,wenttogetaloafofbread.And there was a boy setting out there, and two little boys in thecar.Anothercomein,getapackofcigarettes.Theoldgray-headedgentleman looked down, said, “Who is these cigarettes for, yourmother?” Said,“No,it’sforthatboy.” Hesaid,“Isheoldenoughtohavethem?” Said,“Yes,sir.” Helookedbacklikethat.AndIwasstandingwithaloafofbreadandaquartofmilk,watching.Andhewent,said,“Allright,”andhegiveittohim.

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Helookedbacktome,andsaid,“Idoubtthat.”122 I said,“Hecan’tgetoldenough todo it.He is too^Heain’toldenoughatanyage.” He said, “I’ll agree with you.” Said, “Do you_do you have ahardtimetryingtoquitthem?”123 I said, “I never did start them.” I said, “I never did start it.” Isaid,“Myparentssmokedandusedtobacco,buttheLordGodkeptmefromit.”124 Heturnedandlookedatmekindofstrange,andhesaid,“Well,I think it’s a rotten shame today, to see of how^” Said, “Usedto be, we put women on a pedestal.” Said, “We honored her. Wetookoffourhat inherpresence.Wewalkeddownthe streets,andgentlemen would hear somebody make a remark about a certainwoman, they’d slap him down.” See? And said, “They honoredwomen.” But he said, “Sir, women has brought it on themselves.”Said, “Now they don’t get up. They used to get up; in a streetcar,a lady get up, every man would take his hat off and let her setdown.”Said“Nowit’spush,crowd!”Said,“Theyhavebroughtitonthemselves.”Andthat’sthetruth. That devil hole of Hollywood yonder produced it out on thetelevisionsandmagazines, till thethinghasbecomeagreatbigpotoffilth.That’sright.125 I know that ain’tpopular saying,but it’s a true saying. It’s theTruth.It’stheWordoftheLord,andalsoawarningsignthatChristwillcomeinthisgeneration.Said,“Theonesthatseesthiscometopass,willnotpassoutuntilallthesethingsbefulfilled.”Said,“Bothheavens and earth will pass away, but My Word will never passaway.”It’sawarning.Theredlightisflashing;dropofthecurtain.We’reattheendtime.126 Wesee the signsof theLordJesushealing the sick, raising thedead,castingoutevilspirits.Weseethe_thepeoplemadesaintlyandholy,bytheHolySpirit.Weseeliveschanged.Weseegreatsigns.Weseemysticsignsintheskies,likeflyingsaucers.ThePentagon,manyofthepeopleputtingitontelevision,writingitup.Theydon’tknowwhattothinkaboutit.Allkindsofmysterioussigns!TheLordJesuscomingdown ina formofaPillarofFire,haveHispicture taken,livingamongus,provingthatHe’sthesameyester-^127 We see all these things happening. We see the coldness of thechurch. We see the denomination growing. “When you see thefig tree, and all the other trees putting forth their buds,” Jewsreturning.“Thefigtree,”Jewsreturningtotheirnation,theirown

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country. We see the Presbyterians, the Methodists, the Baptists,the Lutheran, the Pentecostals, all the churches, “putting forththeir leaves,”revival. Hesaid,“Getready!That’sthetime.”Whenwe see that coming to pass, that’s when God is fixing to call HisElect.Thenwhenyou^ Another sign. Said, “When you see the women becomingextremely pretty, when you see the sons of God taken them withwives,andtakenuntothemwives,anddoingthis, that, ortheother,” said,“knowthatthat’sthesign.”Hereweare.128 Now, something else I had wrote down. Remember Lot’s twodaughters.Yes,werememberthat,downinthecityofSodom.Jesussaidhere,inLuke17,“AsitwasinthedaysofSodom.”Remember,that, men had misused women in such a way until the natural actof life was no more desired. And, oh, it’s awful to say this fromthe platform, but this is^There ever was Truth, it ought to gofrom here. And it is so bad, today, till there is tens of thousandstimes thousands of them, on the increase everywhere, perversion,Sodomites,asitwasinthatday.Becausethenaturaluseofhumanlifetoreproducethemselvesupontheearthhasbeensomistreated,andsogoneoninthewayithas,untilthedesireofitisfailingfastly.I’ll say,withinanother tenor fifteenyears it’llbepast,almost, thewayit’sincreasingnow.129 Greatremarks.IhadsomethingfromEdgarHooveronthat,butIdon’tknow^IthoughtIhaditlayinghere,butIhaven’t,ofwhathesaidaboutit.Andnowwefindoutthesethings.Oh,my!130 Jude, inhis little, bigBook, I call it, in the7thverse, let’s justread it. I want to read this. Jude, in the 7th. This is the last Bookbefore theBookofRevelation. I’vegot itmarkeddownhere, Jude7,verse7.Manandwomanbringingmarriagevows,breakingthem,goingafterstrangeflesh!Listen.

^and as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, give themselves over to fornication,^going after strange flesh,^(See? Oh.) fornication, going after strange flesh, are set forth of examples, of suffering, andvengeance, andeternal fire. That is, to be completely consumed and done away with.

131 Heresometimeago, inLosAngeles,Iwaswaiting,orwasoutatthecampgrounds.Iwasridinguptheroad.Anda_alittlelady,aprettylittlegirl,verypretty,wasgoinguptheroad.AndIthought,“She must be going to a show.” And she had on a little frontierclothes,justabout_aboutasixoreight-inches-wideacrossthefrontofher,andalittlethree-orfour-inchfringehanging.Anduphighon

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herbody,alittlespot,justaboutenoughthatyoucouldwadupandshuteverybitofitupinyourfist,hangingacrossherthisway.Witha cowboyhaton, andapairofbootswith tasselson them.Andaveryattractive,Icouldseewhereanyyoungmanwouldslidebrakesandeverything,tostoptoher,goingtwistinguptheroad.132 And I was fixing to turn to the campground, and I went uptowardsthecampgrounds.AndIstartedtoturnaround,togoback.I thought I’d stop, say, “Young lady, I wish to speak to you inthe Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though you be a pretty girl,there isnodoubtabout that, thoughyouhavea figure thatwouldprobably^You,youwanttohearthebrakeswhine.Doyourealizethatthatspiritthat’smakingyoudothatwilldriveyoutoadevil’shell where you’ll suffer through the ages that is to come? Do yourealizethatthatpretty,littleformedbody,andthemwell-setcheeksandhair,andsoforth,andredlips,maybein_inanothersixmonthsthewormswillbecrawlinginandoutofthatwell-formedbody,outhereinthedust?Andthatsoulthatstaysinthere,today,willbeinadevil’storment.”133 Then something stopped me, as if God would say, “If you dothat,they’lllockyoudownyonderinjail.”See?Thereyouare.ThenIseenBillycomeoutandmotion,itwastimetocome.IhearthemsingingOnly Believe.134 Oh,my!Howcanpeoplebebewitched insuchstuffas that?IsbecausetheydisregardtheWordofGod.135 And another thing, is ministers behind the platform, who isassociated in these organizations, who read That and know It,are forbidden to say anything about It, because they’ll drive theircongregation away from them then.And the churches are lookingformembers.ButGodislookingforborn-againsaintsofthelivingGod,thatwillshineasthestars.Godhelpustobehonestandtellthe Truth, what Jesus Christ said. But that’s the day we’re livingin. That’s the signs that Jesus said would be, and we see it rightbeforeus.136 Look now, and Jude the 7th chapter again, “Sodom andGomorrah.” Oh, my, what an awful thing! Unmarried to women,“going after strange flesh.” A man that’s married to his wife,they’re_they’re not no longer two, they’re one. And a man that’llrun out after another woman, he automatically separates himselffrom his wife. And a woman that runs out with another man,she is dead to her husband. She’s denied her own flesh; she’s cutawayfromhim.That’sright.IntheDayofJudgment,willhavetoanswerforit.

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137 But today they don’t want to hear a Message like that. Thepeopledon’twanttohearThat.Theywanttobetickledintheirears.ExactlywhattheHolySpirittoldmethedayIlaidthatcornerstonethere,saidto:

Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season;^For the time will come when they will not endure sound

doctrine; but after their own lusts shall^heap forthemselves togetherteachers, having itching ears;

^and shall be turned fromthetruth,tofables. Said, “When the vision leaves, you read Second Timothy 4.”Said, “Don’t forget, Second Timothy 4!” And when the vision leftme, standing right there on 7th Street, a nineteen-year-old boystanding there, the Voice of God spoke out in the room, and Hesaid,“SecondTimothy4.”That’sexactlywhatit’sturnedtobe.See?“Thetimewillcomewhenthey’llnotenduresounddoctrine.”138 People want something. The Pentecostals want something thatcan pat them on the back, and let them live the way they wantto. And they can play the piano at forty beats per second, andjump up-and-down, and dance about it; and women do the waytheywantto,andmanthesameway.ThePresbyterian,Methodist,Lutheran,andBaptist, there isamanyasincerepersoninall thoseorganizations.That’sexactlyright.Butthatsystemhasgotthemsobound down, till they think as long as they belong to that church,and their name is upon those books, that they’re Heaven bound.Your name on a book here on earth, don’t mean that to God.[BrotherBranhamsnappedhisfinger_Ed.]YournamehasgottobewrittenintheLamb’sBookofLife,bytheBloodofJesusChrist,toknowthatyoursinsareforgiven.That’sright.139 But they want that kind. That’s the kind of pastors they wantin. They don’t want nothing else. And when God in this last dayshasshookeveryDivinegiftthat’srecommendedintheBible,everygiftthatJesusChristpromised,everygift,andeverysign,andeveryend-timesign.EverythingthatwaspromisedinthisBible,asfarasIcansee,myself,hasalreadybeenshookbeforethenation,andsheplunges on towards hell as hard as she can go. Tell them? They’llrunon,anyhow. Let me just get a few more Scriptures here before closing. Allright.Oh,“Set forthforEternaldestruction,” iswhat theyare, theBiblesays.140 This nation lies in this same rot. This same social rottenness,thisnationlies inittonight.Youknowthat.It’snojoke.It’snota

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hearsay. It’s the Truth. Genesis 6:12, “All flesh was corrupt, manwalked inhisownway,” inhisown thinking, ignoring the lawsofGod.That’s thewaymandoes today.Mandon’twant tohear theWordofGod.Peopledon’twant tohear It.Theywant towalk intheirownway.141 JezebelrefusedtoheartheWordoftheLord.Shewouldn’twantto call that old fuzzy-looking preacher, Elijah, her pastor. But hewasherpastor,anyhow.Right.Godsenthim,andhebellowedouthis message. Though uneducated, they don’t know where he comefromorwherehewentto.HecameonthescenewiththeWordoftheLord.Hesenthismessage,thathepreached,andhecondemnedeverything there was, called sin. That, that modern Jezebel, hadswitched and bewitched the people under the witchcraft of herpowersuntilthewholenationwascorrupted,andElijahstoodaloneoutthereonthemountain.Godsaid,“Elijah,don’tthinkthat.I’vegot seven thousand down there that’s honest in heart, yet.” That’shissecondpull,andthethirdonewentbackforthem.142 Butremember,Godwasmerciful,andHe_He^AndElijah’smessage condemned that unbelieving generation. Noah’s messagecondemned that generation, and brought judgment upon thosewho refused to hear it, and deliverance to those who believed it.“AndasitwasinthedaysofNoah,soshallitbeinthecomingoftheSonofman.”143 Genesis6,ignoringGod’slaws!Theysay,“God’slaws?”God’sWordsaystoday,intheBible! Now listen, I’m not saying this to any individual person. I’monlyresponsible,asyourbrother.I’mresponsiblefortellingyouthewholeTruth,asthegreatSaintPaulsaidbeforehisleaving,“IhavenotshunnedtodeclaretoyouthewholecounselofGod.”144 Now, the Bible says, today, that women should not cut theirhair. I don’t care how many preachers say that that’s all right; it’swrong.Idon’tcarehowmanychurchesstandsforit;theBiblestillsays that it is wrong. “It’s a shame for her to do so.” But theycontinuetodoit,anyhow,goingon.Whataretheydoing?Intheirownmind,makingtheirownselvespretty,theythinkthey’repretty.145 God’sWordwarns,sheshallnotdothesethings.“Sheshallnotputonagarment,orslack,oranythingthatpertainstoaman,”butshegoesrightonjustthesame.Trytostopher? Say, “What are you hollering about then, Brother Branham?What you going on? Why, people like you better if you’d^” Idon’t care, that. I do care what people think. Now don’t get mewrong.ButI’minterestedinwhatGodthinks,andThisisHisWord.

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Yeah, you tell her it’s wrong to do that, she’ll go right aheadanddoit,anyhow.See?Why?WomeninallChristendomdothesethings,andthechurchdon’tseemtocareanythingaboutit.Whyisit?ThesonsofGodhas fell for the lustof female fleshandblood,and denied the very God and Blood that bought them, to separatethemfromthosefilthythings.Amen.That’stheTruth.SohelpmeGod,it’stheTruth.146 Trytostopher?YouthinkNoah’spreachinghadanyhindrance?No, sir. But what is it? It’s a voice, the Voice. And when we’reall called to the Judgment, the very Message that I’m preaching,tonight,willmeetmerightthere,WordbyWord.Andthenwhatareyougoingtodo?It’saflashingredLight.147 Therewasatime,bull-headedamongstthewomen.We’regoingto^We will just set this, because of this being women. And youwonderwhyI’malwaysholleringaboutthis.NowI’mgoingtolay,getalot_lotofScripturesthrowedinherebeforeclosing,andshowyouwhy.And that’s the reason I’vegot to stay true to thisWord,andeveryservantofGodoughttostaytruetotheWord.Youmuststay,becausethere’sgottobeavoicesomewherecryingoutagainstit. I don’t care what the rest of them does; you’re not responsiblefor them. You answer as an individual. You don’t answer as aMethodist, you don’t answer as a Baptist, or a Pentecostal. Youanswerasanindividual,toGod,foryourownlife.148 And we see these signs, and yet they go on doing it. Tell herit’swrong,seewhatshesays.Bull-headed!That’sexactlywhatEvedone. Eve knowed better than to do that. Did she? She had theWord of God. Said, “The day you eat thereof, that day you die.”Well,whydid shedo it?Shewantedherownway.Andwhywillwomencuttheirhair;whywillwomenweartheseclothes,andtheBible saying that that’s just exactly what they’re supposed to do?And the thing that they’re doing, they’re all condemned. Exactly.But why does she do it? She’s got her own self. Yes, sir. She isgoingtohaveherownway.Andthechurchsaysnothingaboutit.AndthechurchissupposedtobetheBrideofJesusChrist,andsaynothingaboutit?149 Telloneofthemaboutit,youknowwhattheysay?Insomuchas to say, “No old Bible is going to stand in my way from havingsomefun.”Nowjustexactly.Youtellthemit’swrittenintheBible.Oh,theymightnotsaythosewords,butthat’swhattheyexpress. Did you ever hear the old saying, “Actions speak louder thanwords”?Well,then,doesit?Actionsspeakslouderthanwords.Nomatter what you’re saying, your_your life speaks so loud till they

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can’thearyourtestimony.AsIsaidthismorning,justjumpashighasyou live.See?Youractionsspeaks louderthanyourwords.Andyoujustmightaswellcomeoutandsayit,becausetheirownwordsspeak.Your_yourwords,nomatterwhat it is,youractionsspeakswhat_whatyouare. If you speak anything different than what you really are, itbecomes hypocrisy. Jesus said, “You hypocrites! How can you saygoodthings,whenoutoftheheartspeaks,outoftheheartspeakeththemouth?”See,theyweresayingsomethingtheydidn’tmean. Andwomenso,istosayit,oh,my,“Havemyownfun.”150 Whathappens?Outofmarriage^HereisanotherplaceintheBible. Out of marriage goes the vow, “obey.” Obey? “A keeper athome,chaste,ofgoodworks.” She laughs in your face and goes to the powder plant,somebody’soffice.“Myhusband^”Yeah.Oh,Idoubtthat. Youseeforcestoday,suchadisgrace,putwomenonthepoliceforce. If that isn’t a mark of_of debauchery among any city! Asmany man is out of work, and they have to put them women outthere, when the Bible said she is to “stay home and be a chastekeeperathome.”Butshekeepsall theboss’books,andyours,too.Yes.That’sright. I ain’t talking about good women now. I’m not throwing thistoyouwomenthat’sreallygodlywomen.Godblessyou.That’sontape,orwherevermore. But I’m talking about, where you find one like that, you findfifteen hundred the other way. They won’t listen to a Word.“Keep your Bible! Preach It to yourself. We don’t want to hearIt.”Obey?Oh!151 Shemightsaythis,“YoutellyourBiblestoriestosomebodyelse.KeepyourGodtosomebodyelse,andleavemealone.Whatareyouhollering at me about? I never did ask you to say these things.” Iknow,butGoddid.See?Sothat’sall.152 Sotheystillcorrupttheway.JustastheydidinthedaysoftheLord,justastheydidinthatday,sodotheytoday,justthesame.Ithasn’tchanged.Itdoesn’tchange.Itwon’tchange.153 Juveniledelinquencyfinallygetsherchildren.Thejailgetspartof the women and the man, and hell takes the whole thing, that’sexactlyright,finallyswallowsthemallup.Andthepreachingseemsto go over the top of their backs. They never listen to It. They’regoingtohavetheirown.YoucantellthemtheBiblesaysThis.Theysay,“KeepyourBible.We’regoingtohaveourfun.”

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154 I can hear some of you sisters saying now, maybe not rightpresent, but hear you saying, “Who, me obey my husband? Huh!I make him obey me.” But there is where you’re wrong. “Stay athome, chaste? I don’t care what the Bible says about it, you leaveme alone!” Listen, sister, that wasn’t in, back in the Dark Ages,that’sthevoiceoftoday.Thatneverhappenedsomuchbackintheantediluvian,ithappenstodaytoo.That’sthesamething.155 Againtheysay,“I’mamodernwoman.IliveinAmerica.”Well,that’snomorethanyouliveinahogpen.Itwouldn’tmakeabitofdifference to God where you lived. You are what you are in yourheart. That’s right. And don’t think, sister, that you’re so modern,thatyou’reoneofthesemodernwomen,asyouwanttosaytoday.You’refromawayback,accordingtothisBible,indarkages,intheantediluvian time. In the time of Noah, that’s when they did thesame thing. So you’re not so very modern, after all, are you? See?That’sthewaytheyactedintheantediluvianworld.See?Andthat’sthewaythey’reacting today,so itmustbedarkageagain,back inthegreatdarkbeyond.156 Andyoumanthatwillletyourwifedoit,you’renolongersonsofGod.No,youkindoffellintoSodom,that’sright,letthewomenbossyouaround.Oh,my!157 I don’t know whether to say this or not. I better by-pass thispart. But, all right. This is terrible, but all to this age that we’reliving in. You see the red light on, flashing? [Congregation says,“Amen.”_Ed.]

The trumpet of the Lord shall sound, and time shallbenomore,AndmorningwillbreakEternal,brightandfair;ThenHischosenonesshallgather(fromthedustof theearth)totheirHomebeyondthesky.Oh,whatadaythatwillbe!Allright.Oh,yes!

158 Go back in Sodom? Don’t worry, there is an A-bomb waitingtocleanitallup,that’sright,cleanupthewholeworld.It’lldoit.And then it’ll all be renewed again, like we seen under the SixthSeal, for a redeemed bunch of people who has accepted the LordJesus,whohasbecomeChristian,whohassoldouttheircaresandtheir fashions of this world, and has come to Jesus Christ, andlookingtoHimandHimalone;inHishumble,simpleprogram,tocomeandbelieveonHim,andreceiveEternalLife.AndifyousayyougotEternalLife,anddisagreewiththisBible,youreternallifeis not the Eternal Life that God gives. You’re deceived, by death,andnotofLife.That’sright.

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159 Now, oh, “Fear God and keep His Word, for this is the fullcommandment.”Theredlightsareflashing,andthetimeisathand.As it was in the days of Noah, see, they took the legitimate thingandpervertedit.Theytookeating,andtheytookdrinking,andtheyput building, and they put all these other things, and perverted it.Now,Jesusexpectsustobuildahome,see;butjust lookwhathastaken place in that. Eating, He expects us to eat, that’s right; lookwhat’stakenplaceinthat.Drinking,weexpecttodrinkourwatersand whatever we have to do; but, instead of that, they’ve took itintodrinksand liquor,andeverything,andcocktails,bringingtheirwomenin.See?160 Andwhatabouttheincreaseofpopulation,asitwasinthedaysof Noah? What about the beauty of women increasing constantly,moreandmore?See?Redlight!

What about the time that women would come, when theywouldbethewaytheywere,“heady,high-minded,”andeverything,couldn’t tell them nothing? Preach the Word to them, they’ll gorightondoitanyhow.See?

What will happen? Just exactly like it was in the daysof Noah. One day, the door of mercy will be closed. Then theScripture says, “the sanctuary become smoky,” that means thatthe Intercessor has gone from it. And as long as the Lamb isstill back there^As I said this morning, or somewhere I waspreaching, that,as longastheLambis theretomake intercession,there is still mercy. But what assurance do we have, when we seethe train is already in the block, when we see the Coming of theLord,theflashingofthelight?161 How I could speak of different things as we know that Hepromised to do here in the last days, and we see it right beforethem. And then we see this subject tonight, of another redlight flashing, of carrying on among our women, and things theway they’re doing. We see it’s pointing, every_every milepost,everything, every needle, every compass, is set straight onto HisComing. We’re at the end. There is nothing else that I know tohappenbuttheComingoftheLord.162 Andthen,mydearfriendthat’soutsideofChrist,whatdoyouthink about this? Are you just resting^Honestly, friend, I wanttoaskyouasimplequestion.Areyou just restinguponsome littlesensationyouhad,orsome,maybe,somethingthatyouhad?Maybeyou got happy one time and danced all over the place, as manythe holiness people and Pentecostals, and Nazarenes, and Pilgrim

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Holiness.Theybelieveiftheygethappyenoughtodance,thatthat’sIt.Andthencutyourhair,wearshorts?WouldtheHolySpiritmakeyoudothat,whenHecondemnsitintheBible?163 What about you who says, “Well, I belong to the church. I’ma Pentecostal. I’m a Methodist, or whatever I am. I’m a member!My mother is a charter member of the church. I’ve been a chartermember”? And the very spirit that’s on you is making you do thethingsthatthisBiblecondemnsforyoutodo.See?

You say, “I’ve spoke with tongues, Brother Branham. Now,don’t you get a hold of that. I spoke with tongues, and that’s theevidenceoftheHolyGhost.”Ifyourlife^Ifyoucanstillcutyourhair,ifyoucanstilldothesethingstheBiblesaysnotdo;youcouldspeakwithtonguesalldayandnight,andit’sstillnothingtodowithGod.Thetreeisknownbyitsfruit.164 I’m getting old. I know that. Each day I get a new ache andpain.Everyoneofusdo.Youmightaswelltellthetruth.Ithought,“God,don’tletme^”

One of the most miserable things, is to see a man or womanwho has never accepted Christ, and just lived an old mossbackchurchmember,meanerthanSatanhimself,andseehimoutthere,with crabbed old something, “Well, I tell you, I don’t believe inthe^” God never^That’s a_that’s a^That’s the horriblestcrown that Satan can crown a life with. A grouchy old woman,about sixty or seventy years old, with fat hanging down under herarms,andthewrinklesalloverherface,andherhairbobbedup,infourorfivedifferentcolors,andstruttingherselfdowninapairoflittle shorts; if that ain’t the crowning of Satan, I never seen it, orsomeoldcrabbedman.165 O God, I know I^Give me grace to never complain. And Iwantmy life,Lord, Iwantmypeople’s life^God,grant thatourlifecouldbecrowned,nomatterifwesuffer,whatevertakesplace,howmanyturnsagainstme.

Iknowthisonething inmy life,as Igetolder,myfriends, thestreambehindme,willsoonberunningout,narrowerandnarrower,as I go down the road. And I know one thing, it’ll come to passafterawhilethatthere’llbenobodycometomeandsay^askmeadvice.Theoneswhoknowmeinmyyoungerdayswillbegoneon,ifIshalllive.Myfriendswillgetfewerandfewer,asIgetoldernow.166 And I know that someday I’ve got to die. I hope that GodneverletsSatancrownmeasanoldcrabbed,indifferentman,andmy wife an old nagging woman, or your wife, or you that way. I

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pray,brother, thatour liveswillbecrownedwith the fruitsof theSpirit; love, joy, long-suffering, gentleness, patience, Truth, faith,intheHolySpirit.167 My life thins out. About thirty-five years ago I stood in thepulpit here, as a little boy. Tonight I’m an old, gray in hair, andbald-headed,stoopingshoulder;I’mbrokedown.Mylifeisrunningout, and the threads are getting brittle that I’m walking on. As Imoveondownthestream,myfriendsgetfewer.Andafterawhileit’ll come to a place, maybe, that I_I won’t enjoy the songs like Iusedto;andmaybemygrandchildren,thechildrenwillhavetosay,“Don’tmakegrandpanervous.”ItmaycometothatifIlive.168 ThenI’llcomeondowntillIcan’tgetupoutofmychair.Thenonemorningthefogwillcomeintotheroom,I’llmotionacrosstheborder,todeath,tocomegetme.HecanonlytakemebythehandandleadmeacrosstomyMaster.Heisnotmyslave-driver.Iamnothisslave.Heismyslave.Christconquereddeathforme.Andonlyonethinghecando,ispullmeinthePresenceofmyMaker,“Whenthisearthlytabernaclebedissolved.”169 Themomentwhenamotherisfixingtohaveababy,younotice,Idon’tcarehowcruelshe’sbeen,andhowmean.Youknow,awhilebefore that baby is born, the mother gets gentle. Why is it? Whenthemlittlemusclesinthatwombistwitchingandjumpinglikethat,thereisaheavenlybodywaitingforit.Andwhenitcomesfromthemother, the doctor or the midwife, whoever it is has to pick it upandshockit,spankit,shakeit,orsomething,andthenitcatchesthebreathoflife.Andthelittleangelicspiritcomesintoit,thebreathoflife,and itbecomesa livingsoul.AndwhenwehaveChrist inourheart,andChristbecomesrealinourheart,it’salittlebaby.“Ifthisearthlytabernaclebedissolved^”170 Jesus said, in John14. In closing, I’ll say this.He said, “Don’tletyourheartsbetroubled;ifyou’vebelievedinGod,believeinMe.For,inMyFather’sKingdomismanytabernacle.I’llgoandprepareaplaceforyou.”Whenthisearthlytabernaclebedissolved,wehaveone.“I’llgoandprepareaplaceforyou,thatwhereIam,theremayyebealso.”WantstobewithHim.171 Then I know, as this little child cries, for the new birth hasbeen formed; when all other life breaks away, all mortal life andeverything is gone, then it’ll take something to shock me, and ittakes death. Death gives you the shock, when it strikes you, butitonlybornsyouagain inanewKingdom,overon theother sidewhere there is no sickness, sorrow, no old age, or nothing. Godhelpus.

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172 How,friend,canyoueverturndownsomethinglikethat,seeingthatthere’snohopesintheworld,outsideofJesusChrist?Theredlightsareflashing.

Nationsarebreaking,Israel’sawakening,The signs that the Bible foretold; (women cutting theirhair,wearingshorts;theredlightison,see)Gentiledaysnumbered,withharrowsencumbered;“Return,Odispersed,toyourown.”Thedayofredemptionisnear,Men’sheartsarefailingforfear;Be filledwith theSpirit,haveyour lamp trimmed andclear,Lookup,yourredemptionisnear!

173 I loveHim.IwantyoutoloveHim.Andaswebowourheadsjust a moment, in a word of prayer, in closing. The red lights areflashing. The signal is on. The Coming of the Lord is at hand. Hespeaks to the nations. He speaks to the people. He speaks throughthe signs and wonders. As we took Sodom and showed how thatAngel come to Abraham, the signs that He performed just ere thefallingofthefire,weseethat.174 He said, “In the days of Lot, they built, they sold.” Look at ittoday. “And as the days of Noah,” women becoming pretty, thesons of God falling, human flesh being worshipped in the form offemales,andallthesethingsthat’stakingplace,thatwe’vetalkedoftonight. The light’s a flashing, the Coming of the Lord is at hand.Areyoustilljustachurchmember?

Areyousure,myfriend?Howdoyouknowyou’ll livethroughthe night? Look at Brother Way standing here this morning, in amoment, just turning around to shake hands with somebody,droppeddeadrightinhistrack.Godmightnotbesokindtoyouastogiveyouanotheropportunity.Youdon’tknowwhatminutethatthatheartmakesitslastbeat.Thinkofit.175 TheComingofChrist isflashingitssigns.Lookatthem.SeeifwhatI’vetoldyoutonight^Itmaynotbeverypopular,butit’stheTruth.It’swhatGodsaid,andhereweare.176 Women don’t want to stay home. They don’t want to takecare of their families. They just hire a babysitter and go out to aparty somewhere. Juvenile delinquent, all things is taking place;bobbing their hair, wearing shorts, make-up. The increase isgetting prettier and prettier. Man, sons of God, are falling. It’sa trap for Satan to use, the sons of God to fall into that. Just as

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Jesussaid, ithastohappen.Hesaid itwouldbethere,andhere itis.He said, “When these things come topass, this generationwillnot pass away,” and that’s forty years, “until all these things befulfilled.”Thinkofit.177 Are you still just a church member? Have you done wrong?Look and search your life over, tonight, men, women. Look atyourself,lookatyourownfaults.What,inyourpresentstatenow,ifChristwasonearthpreachingthis?Yousay“If_ifHewouldhave,ifI’dhaveheardHimpreachthat,I_Iwouldhaverepented.”Ifyouwould, This is His Own Word tonight, you’ll do it now. If you’rewithoutGod,andyouknow^178 “Oh,”you say,“Ibelong to church. I’ve spoke in tongues. I_Idon’t^”Nowwe’relayingthataside.Lookatyourself,checkyourlifenowwithGod’sWord.Areyou thatperson towalkawayandsay, “I don’t care what the Bible says. Brother Branham, I thinkyou’rewrong”?Itain’tmethat’swrong.Ifthere’sanywrongaboutit,It’stheWord.

Andyoudon’tknowGodyet,andyou’renotsurethat ifJesusshouldcomeatthishourthatyou’dbereadytogo.Whywouldyoutrifle,whenseeingdeathissoclose,whenseetheendissoclose?179 Ifthereisanyhere,withyourheadsbowednow,wouldwanttoberememberedinprayerasweclose,wouldyoujustraiseupyourhand and say, “Brother, pray for me.” God bless you, sister. Godblessyou,brother,sister.Oh,justoverthebuilding.180 That’s it, let’sjusttakea little inventorynow.Yousistersnow,withallgoodfaithandhope,justthinkofthis.“HaveIreallyobeyedGod?Really,whereismydesire?BrotherBranham,I_I_I_Istilldothesethings.I_Ifeelgood.Ifeelhappy.”

Doyouknowheathens feel just ashappy?Youknow,adrunkman is just as happy, under liquor, as you are, the influence ofliquor? And if you’re happy under anything that’s contrary tothe Word of God, it’s the devil. If you say, “I’m satisfied in mychurch,” and you hear the Word of God preached, and won’ttally up to It, you’re inspired by the wrong thing, no matter whatyour inspiration is. I’ve seen them scream, and jump and holler,and_and everything, and drink blood out of a human skull, andcall on the devil, that’s right, just as happy as you ever could be.Heathenism produces just as much psychology as anything else,psychics of the mind. But the experience of Christ is of the heart,that change the whole make up, changes the person into a newcreature.Thinkofit,realhard.

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181 Lookatyourself.Just imagineamirrorbeforeyou,you’re lookatyourself.“AmIhonest?AmIsincere?DoIreally,inmyheart,doIservetheLord?”182 Say, “I serve It.” And look in, you women with bobbed hair,wear shorts. Look at you that does these things. Look at youman who let your wives do it; say, “Am I a son of God? Am I aSodomite?”Youwomensay,“AmIreallyamodernwoman,oramIsomeantediluviansomethingthatJesussaidwouldbehereinthelastdaysagain?”Thinkitover.Lookatyourself.183 See,yourownbeingexpresseswhatyouare.And ifyou’renotright, will you be honest enough just to^Be honest now, raiseyourhand,say,“Christ,Idon’tholdmyhandtoBrotherBranhamortonootherpersonbutYou,butIamwrong.Forgiveme.BrotherBranhampromisedtoprayforme,nowI’mgoingtoraisemyhand,say, ‘Jesus, have mercy on me tonight. Save me for Christ’s sake.Idon’twant tobe lost.All this lifeYou’vegiveme, itwouldbeamost horrible thing if I_if I just throw it away, when I have thisgoldenopportunitytonighttoreallyseewithmyowneyesthatthered lights are flashing on every side; the Coming of the Lord, thepromise that He would show these signs, and He’d heal the sick,He’d raise the dead, He’d cast out devils; there’d be a bunch_abunch, just a few people, just a minority that the world would bemakingfunof,andcallingbadnames,andsoforth,likethat.’”184 Andtheyhavetocallusbadnames.TheyhavetocalltheTruthbad names. Jesus said, “Whosoever speaks a word against the Sonof man, it shall be forgiven, when He’s doing the very same thingyouseedone.”Hesaid,“ButwhosoevershallspeakagainsttheHolySpirit, when It comes to do the same thing, will never be forgiveninthisworld.”See,theyhavetodothat.TherehastobeaMessagelikethat,tomakethepeoplemakefunofIt,toshowGod’sjusticetocondemnthewholeworldanddestroyit.185 While there is mercy and someone standing in the gap, JesusChrist,andaopendoortonight,won’tyoureceiveHim,myfriend?186 Now,customarily,it’scometothealtar.That’sallright.Ihavenothingagainst it.But theScripture, It said,“Asmanyasbelievedwasbaptized.”Fromall yourheart, if you’ll surrenderyour life toJesusChristrightwhereyou’resetting,rightwhereHespoketoyouwhenyouraisedyourhand!187 ThatsameGodthatcouldcallthismanbacktolife,beinglayingdeadrightbeforemethismorning,toconfirmtoyouthatI’mtellingyoutheTruth.WhocanraisethedeadbutGod?That’sright.Soitisn’tyour_yourlittlebroke-uppastorhere,it’stheChristthatloves

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you.AndHeisexpressingtoyoutonight,“You’veheardtheTruth.You’vesawtheTruth.It’sfromMyWord.YouseenMyWordcallback.YouseeMyWordpredictthesethings.Youseeithappenjustexactlythroughalltheseyears,withoutonefailure.”188 NowwhatwillyoudowithJesus,whiletheredlightisflashing?Why don’t you do this, throw down that old sack of worldlypeanuts!Whydon’tyouthrowdownthatoldTrue Storymagazine,and that old_old junk that you’re pulling your soul through everyday! Why don’t you scoot that television in a corner and turn itaround, if it’s keeping you away from church! Why don’t you layaside every weight that so easily besets you! Why don’t you raiseyour heart to Christ, and say, “Christ, tonight I’m finished. I’mmaking ready. I see You’re coming. I’m picking up the suitcase,God’sBible, that’spackedwithEternalLife, and, fromhenceforthon,I’lllivefromThis!”Won’tyoudoit,whilewepray?189 Our Heavenly Father, not meaning to be rude, by no means,Lord.ButtheMessageispointedatthetime,notatindividuals,notat any certain person, but it’s pointed at the time. It’s a time theHoly Spirit seemed to press me to tape this. As after many, manytimes across this pulpit, that we have showed the days of Lot, thedaysofSodom,thedays thatJesusspokeof, thesignsof thetime,the coming of the Lord, in many ways. And then after all that Ihave spoken so hard against the women of this day and aroundthe country, then, Father, I thought it would be the Holy Spiritspeaking to me that I would tell the people why I have done this.It’s because that Your inspired Word has so probbed at my heart,tillIjustcouldnotholdthepeace.190 Somenearlyfiftyorseventy-fivehandsinthebuildingwentup,Father, upon a crude, cutting Word of the Lord. But It’s broughtthemtoa shock, to let themknowthat thewhistle isblowing; thesaintsareallgatheringtogether;thenationsaretearingtopieces;thesignsoftheComing;theredlightsareflashing.Andwesee,bytheaction,pointedtoourwomentonightofthisday,thatthewaythattheBiblesaidtheywouldbe,andheretheyare.191 TheinfallibleVoiceofJesusChristwarnedustowatchthedaysofNoahandcompare itwiththedaythatwe live.Andthenwhenwe seen those things happen, women becoming fair, and sons ofGod taking them, and how these things would be, then we knowthat that generation would see the Coming of the Lord. Then, weknowtheflashinglight,Hiscomingisnear.192 Ipray,HeavenlyFather,thatYouwillblesseachonethatraisedtheir hand. I_I just offer this humble, sincere prayer, and I know

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You’ll hear me. You were so kind to Brother Way this morning,toletahumblelittleprayerstartthatheartbeatingagain,asincerelove for a brother that had dropped into his wife’s lap, cold anddeadform.Lord,letpeopleknowtonightthatbeingdeadinsinandtrespasses is far more dangerous than dying a physical death; forthere isnoone can catchyouat that time, if youpassbeyond theveil,insinandtrespasses.

Grant tonight, Lord, that, every soul that raised their hands; Ioffer this prayer in the Name of the Lord Jesus; that there will besucharevolutioncometo their life, that there’llbesuchapurposein their heart, that purpose in their heart that they’ll sin no moreagainst God; that they’ll stand, from this hour on, upon God’sEternal, blessed Word and be fed by His Holy Spirit, and led intothe paths of Life, day by day, as they journey on from this hour,henceforth.193 Now, Heavenly Father, I may never see them, I may never beable to shake theirphysicalhandhere in thisearth, thoughI’d liketo do it. But, Lord God, I pray that this prayer will be answered.AndYousaidinYourWord,“HethatwillhearMyWord,andwillbelieveonHimthatsentMe,hasEternalLife;andshallnotcometotheJudgment,buthaspassedfromdeathuntoLife.”Inmyhumblewayofbringing theTruthofGod, tonight,manyheard theWord.Now, You promised that You would save them, and they “wouldnot perish,” that, no man could pluck them from Your hand, thatYouwouldraisethemupatthelastdays,notonehairoftheirheadshouldperish.Youpromisedit.194 Now, as a prayer, as a servant, Lord, and as a brother to_tothem, I_I pray this prayer and place them into the hands of God,thatnotoneharmshalleverbeabletocometothem,andSatanwillnot pluck them from the hand of God. They are Yours, trophies.AndItrustthatYou’llgivethemlonglife,andifpossible,letthemsee theComingof theLordJesus.Maytheygo fromhere tonight,and to be soul winners, to tell others, to bring them to a savingknowledgeofChrist.Grantit.It’sallintoYourhands,Father.IntheNameofJesusChrist.195 Andwhilewehaveourheadsbowed just amoment. Iwonderif suchpersonpresentnow, that feels thatwhilewewere inprayerthat_that somethingunusualhappened inyourheart,andyou feelthat from now on that you are going to live a consecrated life toChrist, and you see the Coming of the Lord at hand, you believewhat I preached was the Truth, about this flashing red light, ofthe way things are. And_and you understand that it’s the Word

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of the Lord, ’cause it’s Christ, and you believe, from tonight on,you’ll live a better, closer life to Christ, because the prayer thatyou prayed tonight and the confession you made. And with yourheadbowed,you just raiseyourhand, say,“Ibelieve it.Fromthisnighton,I’llliveadifferentlife.”Godblessyou.That’sfine.That’sjust wonderful. I believe to say practically everyone, perhaps, thatraisedtheirhandawhileago,raisedtheirhandsbackthattheyhaveacceptedit.196 Nowifyou’veneverbeenbaptizedintheNameofJesusChristfor the remission of your sins, remember, “There is not anothernameunderHeavengivenamongmanwherebyyoumustbesaved,buttheNameofJesusChrist.”Remember,thereisonlyoneBride,theBrideofChrist,andthatbearsHisName.197 Now,andifyou’veneverbeenbaptizedbyimmersinginwater,in the Name of Jesus Christ, let me as His servant^If God hasproventoyoubysignsandwonders,andbyHisWord,thatItelltheTruth; I commandyouasSaintPauldid, inActs19,who foundabunchofBaptists.TheyhadbeenbaptizedbyJohntheBaptist.Hesaid,“HaveyoureceivedtheHolyGhostsinceyoubelieved?” Theysaid,“Weknow^whethertherebeanyHolyGhost.” Hesaid,“Thentowhatwasyoubaptized?” They said, “We’ve been baptized already, by John the Baptist,outintheJordan,thesamemanthatbaptizedJesusChrist.”198 Thatwouldbeawonderfulbaptism,butPaulsaid,“It’snogoodnow.”Hecommandedthemtheywouldhavetoberebaptizedagain,intheNameofJesusChrist,Acts19:5. And Paul said, “If an Angel comes down from Heaven andpreachesanyothergospelthanThisthatIhavepreached,lethimbeaccursed,”Galatians1:8.Thenherepeateditagain,said,“AsIhavesaid,sosayIagain.‘ThoughaAngel,’”letaloneaminister,bishop,pope,orwhateveritmightbe,“ifaAngelcomedownfromHeaven,a_a Cherubim out of the Heavens, and preached another gospelthanThat,lethimbecursed.” Then, I command you, if you’ve never been baptized in theNameofJesusChrist,whilethewateris inthepool,andtherobesare waiting, come and be baptized, “Calling upon the Name oftheLord,andyou shall receive thegiftof theHolyGhost; for thepromiseisuntoyouandtoyourchildren,andtothemthat’sfaroff,evenasmanyastheLordourGodshallcall.”199 OurHeavenlyFather,nowit’suptoYou.Persuadingman,Itry;but to make man, I cannot. And You never work against a man’s

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will; because, if a man or woman is predestinated to Eternal Life,whentheLightofGodflashesoverthatseed,it’llcometoLife.Andif there is Life among us tonight, Father, that You flashed YourLightover,andthey’veseentheTruth,maytheywalkhumblyandsweetly to thepool, tobebaptized intotheNameofYourbelovedSon,JesusChrist.200 Which, we know that every person in the Scripture had to bebaptized,andrebaptized.ThosewhowerenotbaptizedintheNameofJesusChrist,hadtoberebaptized.Andthegreatapostle,whohadthe keys to the Kingdom, said on the Day of Pentecost, “Repent,every one of you, and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christfor the remissionofyoursins, thatyoursinsmaybe remitted,andthenthepromiseoftheHolyGhostistoyou.”Grantthatitwillbecarriedouttonight,infullmeasure,Father.201 I commit them to You now. “Take these few words and themeditation of my heart, and may it be acceptable in Thy sight, OLord.” And anchor upon Thy children, and give to them EternalLife. Save all those who are savable, and heal those that are sick.MaythegraceofGodrestuponeachofthem,aswecommitthemtoYounow,inJesus’Name.202 Now with our heads bowed, I’m going to ask our sister thatplays thepianotocomehere.Justamoment, justabout fivemoreminutes.Andif there isanythatdesirestobebaptizednow,that’smade a confession and believed. If you believe that Jesus Christ istheSonofGod,andyoubelieveitwithallyourheart,notjust_justemotional, but you believe it, and you are ready to confess thatyou’re wrong; and you’re not standing upon your own merits, butuponwhatHedone;andyou’re ready towalk forward, to takeonHisNameinwaterbaptism,becomeamemberof theBodybytheHolySpirit;then,thewomen’sroomisonmyright,andtheman’sroomisonmyleft,withrobesandthingsready.203 While we bow our heads, as our sister plays, “I can hear mySaviourcalling,”ifthesongleaderwillgiveusalittlewordofthat.Withourheadsbowednow,theservice is inthehandofAlmightyGodnow; towhoeverwishes tobebaptized;wishes togo into theprayer rooms to pray for the baptism of the Holy Spirit, there isinstructors here will be ready to instruct or do anything. May theWords not fall in vain, but may they accomplish that from whichit’spurposed.Withourheadsbowed,maywepraynow.And,andwhereHeleadsyou,follow.

Icanhearmy^ Nowpray,everyChristian.

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IcanhearmySaviour^ Could you hear Him call, when He raised the dead man thismorning?

Icanhear^ CouldyouhearHimcalling,whenyouhear theWord flashingItsLightattheendtime?

I’llgowithHim,withHim^ Areyouwillingtogoalltheway?

WhereHe^ Godblessyou,mybrother.Thementotheleft.Thewomentotheright.I^

WhereHeleadsmeIwillfollow,WhereHeleads^

TheBiblesaid,“Asmanyasbelievedwerebaptized.”^follow,I’llgowithHim,withHimalltheway.I’llgowithHimthroughthegarden,I’llgowithHimthroughthegarden,

TheHolyGhost^?^I’llgowithHimthroughthe^

If somebody will go with the women over here, for seekingthe Holy Spirit, go in the room to the right, some of you sistersinstructedintheLord.

^alltheway.WhereHeleads^

Can you honestly say that, “Where He leads me I’ll follow”?Willyoudoit?WherethatlittleVoicespeakstoyou,willyou_willyou go where He leads you? Watch the red light. See the lightflashing?We’reattheendtime.

WhereHeleadsmeIwillfollow,I’llgowithHim,withHimalltheway.IcanhearmySaviour^

HowdoesHespeak?ThroughHisWord,inyourheart.Willyoucomenow?This isyourinvitation.Remember, if ithappensbeforewecometogetheragain,you’vebeenwarned.

^hearmySaviourcalling,“Takethycross,andfollow,followMe.”WhereHe^

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Nowwillsomeofthebrethren,forinstructions,gointheroomheretomyleft,withthebrethrengettingreadyforbaptism.“WhereHelead^”Someoftheministerbrothershere,comeandhelpus,stepintheroomwiththem.

^follow,WhereHeleadsme^

Doyoureallymeanit?^follow,I’llgowithHim,withHimalltheway.

204 Now, just a moment. Now, if you have not been baptized inwater, by immersing in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Justonlythetitles,“Father,Son,HolySpirit,”therewasneverapersonin all the Bible, not one person, was ever baptized in the Bible, inthe Name of the “Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,” in that title. Nopersonwaseverbaptizedinthechurch,inhistory,forthefirstthreehundredyearsthisside,everyonewasbaptizedintheNameoftheLordJesusChrist,untiltheNicaeaCouncilatNicaea,Rome,wheretheRomanCatholicchurchwasorganized,thentheysubstitutedthetitlesof“Father,Son,HolyGhost.”205 If there’s a historian, a minister, any other person, on air, intape,thatcanproduceoneScriptureoronespeckofhistory,whereanybody was ever baptized any other way than in the Name ofJesus Christ, till the Roman Catholic church at Nicaea, Rome,you’re duty bound to bring it to me, let me apologize. There isno such thing. No. And every person that was baptized byimmersing,thatwasnotbaptizedintheNameofJesusChrist,wascommanded, before they could enter Glory, to come back and berebaptizedagain.Nowit’suptoyou.206 There is no Scripture in the Bible, where any persons was everbaptized,usingthenameofthe“Father,Son,andHolyGhost,”asthepeoplebaptizetoday.It’saCatholic,RomanCatholiccreedthatwas handed down through Martin Luther, and John Wesley, keptrunningon.AndtheBiblepredictsitwouldbethatway,andwouldrunoutinthelastdays,andthedoorwouldbeopen,aswejustwentthroughthechurchagestoseeit.207 It’suptoyou.I’mjustamessengeroftheMessage.Onceagain,let’sbelieveit.Thedoorsareopen.Thebaptisteryisfull,andthereisnoreason^Thereisrobesready,andwe’llbereadytobaptizeinthenextfewminutes.208 Ifyou’rehereandhavenotbeenbaptized,oncemoreletussing,andcome,won’tyou?Fulfill^

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209 Yousay,“Iintendtodothatsomeday,BrotherBranham.”Thatsomeday may meet you like it did Brother Way this morning, butmaybe not the grace to follow, as it did. You may go any minute.Whetheryou’reyoung, ifyoulivethroughthenight,you’ll^Andif you’re seventy years old, you’ll outlive many ten-year-old, andfifteen-, thirty-year-oldpeople.Thousandsof themwilldie throughthenight.That’sright.Youdon’tknowwhenyou’regoing.210 Be sure. Don’t take a chance on that. Just remember, you cantakeachanceonyourwork,oryoutakeachanceonthis,butdon’tyoutakeachanceonThat.Remember,myvoicewillbeawitnessonGod’smagnetictapeattheDayoftheJudgment,againstit.211 But now think of it, as we sing again with our heads bowed.“WhereHe^”BrotherNeville.“^Iwillfollow.” `

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