Jehovah’s Voice Breaking the Silence at Christmas
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1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Beth-lehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
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Introduction
Introduction
At some point the night before Christmas Bethlehem’s silence was broken by a baby’s cry.
That cry changed everything. The Word was born that night. Jehovah cried incarnate for the first time.
11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; Ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.
13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, And shall call his name Immanuel.
Immanuel = God With Us
Jehovah God became man, took on our stock, crossed Himself from God, and become man.
(Changed His Strain)
He was God, and became man; not rich man, but poor man. This is the super sign. “You’ve asked for a sign,” said God, “I’ll give you one, an everlasting sign.”
He could have come otherwise, as I’ve said, but, a baby, why did He become a baby? When that first little, toothless mouth opened in that manger, on that first Christmas morning, in His little manger crib, and the first little yell that went from His voice, that was God crying.
Jehovah crying, a man; come from God, and was man, every wit, man. Come to the world with nothing, but still man. What was He trying to do? What was He purposing?
He cried like a baby, in the manger. He played like a boy, on the street. He toiled like a man, but yet He was Immanuel. This is the super sign. God dwelling in the creation that He created. 59-1227M - "A Super Sign"
Prior to this Birth there was a Silent Night, a Chaos resulting from a lack of God’s voice speaking.
God’s voice brings order out of chaos.
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
The Spirit of God had overshadowed Mary, but there had to be a birth.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
He spoke and the silence was broken by the manifested Word.
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
He was the Word at the Beginning.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
The Word was made flesh, born to break the chaos of silence, to bring order out of nothing.
There had to be a birth of the Word at the beginning of time, there had to be a birth at Christmas time, there had to be a birth on Pentecost.
20 And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
21 The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.
22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.
23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
Just as soon as these Greeks was pointed to Jesus, Jesus did not point to Himself, or He did not make Hisself known to them. Because, you cannot know Jesus in that way. Jesus isn’t known in that way.
He did not try to explain who He was.
But, look, as soon as they were brought in His Presence! That’s the main thing, get the people in His Presence. And as soon as in His Presence, Jesus said, “Except a corn of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone.”
What an unusual thing! Instead of accepting their introduction, the thing He done was pointed them to a place that they could find Him. “Except a corn of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone.”
What did He do here? He pointed them to that great Truth, how to see Him. They could not see Him in the way of Eternal Life, just standing there the way He was. He was a Man. 61-1224 - "Sirs, We Would See Jesus"
The Word had to be born again after His death, burial and resurrection.
It was a silent night, but the silence was broken by the voice of God in His people.
1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
People began to wonder what was going on, so Peter began to say “This is that”.
37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Order had came out of chaos, God had spoken. The baby cried. The Word had been born in the hearts of 120 men and women.
This new born early church also had to fall in the ground and die.
(Luther, Wesley, Pentecost, Bride)
Historically, after about three years of revival a denomination forms.
Dear dying Lamb, may it never do that. If I go in this generation, may the people who believe this Message never stand still for a denomination! God will…You’ll die right in your track!
Remember that! The very hour that you mention denomination among you, I don’t care how sincere you are, take man for your leader instead of the Holy Spirit to confirm this Word, that’s the hour you die!
The genuine Seed cannot, because there’s nothing left after the seed, it’s the same thing was back at the beginning. It’s the Bride that fell into the ground to bring forth the corn of wheat again. 65-1128M - "God's Only Provided Place Of Worship"
There was Chaos of joining church and reciting creeds, another silent night, broken by the cry of an infant Bride on the earth.
“when the little baby Christ was born, three stars went together and made one morning star, that reflected the Coming of an infant Christ, a perfect One”
From earthmagazine.org:
in February 1962, a planetary alignment raised similar doomsday fears. That alignment also included the five planets visible to the naked eye (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn), as well as the moon and the sun. On top of that, there was a total solar eclipse. Astronomer Robert Richardson of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, Calif., described the scene outside the building on Feb. 4, the day that the alignment took place:
“By two o’clock the road leading to and from the observatory was a solid mass of cars lined up bumper-to-bumper for half a mile. One woman was weeping so badly it was hard to understand her. She was practically on the verge of collapse. ‘I know it’s silly to carry on this way,' she gasped between sobs, ‘but I can’t help myself.'”
Others around the world had even more extreme reactions, stocking up bomb shelters in the United States, and holding nonstop prayer vigils attended by millions in Bombay, India. One group of believers moved en masse to the town of Cleator, Ariz., which the group thought was one of only 12 spots in the world safe from the imminent disaster. Others claimed that the alignment was responsible for the assassination the following year of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
Now, what’s happened? We see a roar in the paper, across the television out across the nations, where five stars just fell in line with the world.
What’s five? A number of grace. Every time those stars come, then something happens on earth. What taken place? Five stars fell in. What was it? An introducing of what?
Since then, just look what’s taken place, Germany almost washed off the map, some of the Magi said that the world would burst like a watermelon, every distressful things that’s prophesied by them for the last days.
Look what’s taken place, England, the other day, had a storm that blowed away seventy thousand houses, one day. Disasters everywhere, California, Los Angeles liked to washed into the ocean. What is it? Beginning of sorrows. Earthquakes has picked up everywhere. Why is it? Five stars come in line, grace, God’s grace.
What’s happened? An infant Church, hallelujah, a Bride, infancy, that the power of God has begin to fall on Her, She is taking form, a Bride for this Bridegroom.
That three stars meant His perfection of the Heavenly Father, of the trinity becoming One on earth among us, God’s offices becoming one office. What happened now?
It’s the Church of the living God coming together under the Word of God, and the astronomic heaven is announcing Her approach. Amen. Might not believe that, but it’s the Word just the same. Yes, sir.
What’s happening? I’m closing, I might say this: Friends, the Church is coming forth. God is going to have a Church without spot or wrinkle, and She is predestinated, God said so, He would have It, that makes it right.
Who is a member? I don’t know. I’m trusting to be myself, I’m trusting you are a member. But He is going to have a Body without spot or wrinkle.
And I believe that these latter-day signs and things that’s happening, every one of them is peeling together to show that Christ is ready to come for this Bride. As God in His Word made manifest in a Man, a perfect Man, so is God and His Word coming again, and making Hisself manifested in a Bride.
Not will do like Eve did, hybreed It to something else, but the unadulterated Word of God will be borned into that Church, and She will stand like Jesus Christ did, with His Spirit anointing in His Word. Amen. I believe it’s the announcement now.
(Civilization East to West)
(Same SON shining)
To what? Ripen the Seed that has been planted to bring forth a Bride. The evening Light of the Gospel will bring forth a Bride, amen, for the Lord Jesus. 62-0319 - "The End-Time Sign Seed"
The cry was a sign of life.
Babies must be born into the kingdom until the day we leave this earth.
Jesus was not born full grown.
18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Jesus goes back to Nazareth as a full grown man.
16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
This happened again in Bro. Branham’s ministry, showing a son had come to maturity.
Now, but in this day there is to come a super, Royal Seed of Abraham. That’s exactly what It’d be, would be a Royal Bride to the Royal, promised Son. As I spoke last night, it won’t be a natural seed, it’ll be a spiritual Seed.
There is to be a spiritual Bride raise up, which will be the Royal Seed of the royal Faith of Abraham’s Royal Son. She is to come on the scene in the last days, and the time and the place is a promise that’s given to Her. 65-0219 - "This Day This Scripture Is Fulfilled"
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
This Day, This Scripture is Fulfilled.
Conclusion
Conclusion
The voice of this Bride will be the final voice to the final age. She spoke as an infant, but now she takes the Book. A Silent Night, broken by a Shout, the Voice of the Archangel and the Trump of God.