The Distinction Between the Bride and the Church
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Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
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Joel Wendals
Brittany
Bro. Branham had a vision which we know as the preview of the Bride.
(Vision seen Friday, July 3, 1964 in Jeffersonville)
July the third, I was over here setting in this center over here, shopping center right out from us here.
I never seen so much gaum and filth in my life as I see amongst them people. I set there till my heart ached, and the Lord had gave me a vision.
I fell into a trance. And, when I did, there was Somebody with me. I didn’t see the Person. It was just a Voice.
And I looked. And as I looked this way, He said, “The Bride will come in view for preview.”
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And I looked, coming to me, and I seen the the most prettiest bunch of clean-dressed women I ever seen in my life.
But each one of them, looked like, was dressed different. They all had long hair. And they were longer sleeves and skirts, and so forth. Young women, they looked kind of, I’d say, about maybe twenty.
She was looking right at…The one was talking to me, and I, standing together. Her eyes, She was the cleanest, sweetest-looking people I ever seen in my life.
Look like it could have been a dozen, or more, just…I don’t know how many was abreast, but there just in a group of them. And She passed by, sweetly, with a air.
And Her eyes up, watching, as She passed by. Oh, She was beautiful! I looked at Her, and as She passed by. He said, “Now we shall review…” Said, “That’s the Bride.” “Now we will review the churches.”
And they come. I noticed them coming up. And when they come up, each one, look like, got worse. I never seen such a filthy bunch in my life.
And when He said, “Next,” I heard a noise. And It said, “Next,” said, “here comes the American group.”
Now, I am an American, but this made me sick. I am not eloquent enough to, in a mixed audience, to say what was taking place.
And you’ll have to read between the lines. But when the women were coming, the leader of them was a witch. She had a great long nose and a great big mouth.
And all of them was dressed with some kind of lower clothes down here; but the top just had a strap, that, just a little, about a half-inch strap that moved up and went around them like this. And each women had something on a order…
They had something holding below them, like this, holding below them. All this part was exposed.
And each one had hair cut up real short, and frizzy-looking things all over it like that, real short-cut hair; and full of makeup. Absolutely nothing but looked like street prostitutes.
And they were walking with this paper, and, the vulgarity! Now, the paper was what was holding in front of them.
But when they passed the review stand, in the back of them…And to see the way they were going on, in their foremost and their back part, and how they were acting! I said, “Is that the Church?”
And there she went. And they were singing this here twist-and-roll songs, you know, or ever what you call, going down, singing that and going by.
I said, “Is that the Church?” And I was standing there, and in my heart I was crying.
They went off to the left, and disappeared in chaos; still beating this music and making real funny sounds, and shaking their bodies, one side and then the other side. And then, like that, carrying on like that, walking.
And I just started to bow my head, and He said, “Wait, the Bride must come again.”
And I looked, and here they come again. And they passed by, a sweet-looking little ladies. They was all looking right at me, as they passed by.
And I noticed each one was dressed different. And one in the back had kind of long hair hanging down, and had it rolled around like this; might have been German or something like that. And I watched them.
And then as they started leaving, two or three of them, in the back, kind of get out of step, and I was going to holler at them.
And they was trying to get back in step again. And I seen them, just the vision just fade out and change, from me.
Look at the differences between the two:
The Bride: Clean dressed, no makeup, longer sleeves and skirts, walking in step like a lady.
The church: Filthy dressed, makeup, nearly naked, dancing to rock and roll.
These were two different groups completely.
What was THE thing that distinguished them? Was it the clothes? Was it the Music? Was it the longer sleeves?
The way they were dressed and carried themselves was a symbol of who they were, but it did not make the difference. How did the prophet make the difference?
Someone was standing by His side.
And as I looked this way, He said, “The Bride will come in view for preview.”
“He said, “Now we shall review…” Said, “That’s the Bride.” “Now we will review the churches.”
The ones at the back getting out of step had still been identified by Him as the Bride. They could not be this other group.
Sometimes we look at another group and say:
“Their sleeves are too short, they must not be the Bride”.
“They sing contemporary songs, they must not be the Bride”
There are certain things you could do that would identify you with the church group, but it may be the Bride just getting out of line.
The difference is He chose them to be the Bride and provided an atonement for them.
Listen to Bro. Branham typing Moab and Israel:
Now notice, as the natural church, Moab, represents the natural denomination.
Israel represents the spiritual Church. Israel, there was a church true, was the bride of that day, called out of Egypt, and vindicated to be the truth.
Notice when they, them two come together. Both of them offered the same sacrifice, both built, saw seven altars, both offered up clean sacrifice, ox.
And they even offered up rams, testifying that there was a coming Messiah. Fundamentally, they were both exactly the same.
What was the difference in them? Fundamentally, both right. But, you see, Moab did not have the vindication of God with them; they were only a nation, a group of celebrities.
But Israel had a prophet with them. They had a smitten Rock with them. They had a Pillar of Fire. They had a brass serpent, for healing.
They had the blessings of God moving right along with them, and they was the called-out children of God. 65-0418E - Does God Ever Change His Mind About His Word?
When they went from one nation to another, From one kingdom to another people;
He suffered no man to do them wrong: Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, And do my prophets no harm.
Paul puts it this way:
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
Conclusion.
Conclusion.
Don’t let any person try to take away your identity in the Bride. HE chose you to hear this Message.
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