The Breach Part 16 "The Lion Has Prevailed"

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Revelation 5:5 KJV 1900

And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

Going to Oklahoma this weekend. Bro. Stuart and Bro. Alan will have the services this weekend. Two services.

Bro. Harold Bailey has come to be with us, welcome him.

Introduction

The Lion of the Tribe of Judah. When John heard the Elder’s words, his mind would have went to the prophecy given by Jacob.

Genesis 49:9 KJV 1900

Judah is a lion’s whelp: From the prey, my son, thou art gone up: He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

Genesis 49:10 KJV 1900

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come; And unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

He would also remember the prophecy of Micah.

Micah 5:2 KJV 1900

But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, Though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; Whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

Why Judah?

The name Judah means “I will praise”

These are the circumstances of his birth.

Genesis 29:31 KJV 1900

And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

Genesis 29:32 KJV 1900

And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

Genesis 29:33 KJV 1900

And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.

Genesis 29:34 KJV 1900

And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

Her mind is on her husband, she wants to please him, but he only has eyes for Rachel.

Genesis 29:35 KJV 1900

And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

Notice the nature of Judah.

When Joseph told them they could not have any more food unless they brought Benjamin, Reuben offered his sons as a sacrifice if Benjamin didn’t come back alive.

Genesis 42:37 KJV 1900

And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

Genesis 42:38 KJV 1900

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

They were about to die with hunger.

Genesis 43:1 KJV 1900

And the famine was sore in the land.

Genesis 43:2 KJV 1900

And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

Genesis 43:3 KJV 1900

And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

Genesis 43:4 KJV 1900

If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:

Genesis 43:5 KJV 1900

But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

Judah had a better character than Reuben.

Genesis 43:9 KJV 1900

I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

He kept his word. After Joseph’s little trick with Benjamin, Judah spoke up.

Genesis 44:32 KJV 1900

For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.

Genesis 44:33 KJV 1900

Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.

Genesis 44:34 KJV 1900

For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.

Genesis 45:1 KJV 1900

Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

Let me show you something again. The Holy Spirit warns me to do this. I’m leaving my subject for a minute. When the first news come to Glory, that the son had been lost, Adam, did God send an Angel? Did He send a son? Did He send anyone else? He came, Hisself, to redeem His lost son. Hallelujah!

God didn’t trust it with no one but Himself. God was made flesh and dwelled among us, and redeemed man, Himself. It’s…“We are saved,” the Bible said, “by the Blood of God.” The mortal, God was…The immortal God was made mortal, in order to take away sin, to be the Lamb, Himself; to enter into Glory, veiled, and with His Own Blood before Him, beyond the veil. 60-1204M - The Revelation Of Jesus Christ

He said “I’ll go myself”. That’s the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. He Prevailed.

Bro. Branham picks that up in “The Breach”

177 Prevail means “wrestle with, and overcome.” Oh, my! The garden of Gethsemane, when Blood dropped down out of His face, He was overcoming.

(He had to be the Lion of Judah to overcome His own will and become the Lamb.)

Luke 22:44 KJV 1900

And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

Matthew 26:39 KJV 1900

And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

178 “The Lion, and the Root of David, has prevailed, has overcome.”

179 Like Jacob, being supplanter. And when he got in contact with the Angel, he held on. And the Angel tried to pull away. He said, “I’m just not going to let You go.” He held on until he got what he wanted for. And his name was changed, from supplanter, which means “deceiver.” To what? To “a prince with God,” Israel. He prevailed.

Hosea 12:3 KJV 1900

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, And by his strength he had power with God:

Hosea 12:4 KJV 1900

Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: He wept, and made supplication unto him: He found him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us;

180 And this Lion of the tribe of Juda prevailed. He said, “Don’t weep, John. For the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, has prevailed. He has already overcome. He has done it. It’s over, John.” Whew! Oh, oh, my! He produced a bleach that sends sin along back to the greasy hands that the…with his wisdom, that defiled it, the human being. Yes.

181 But when John turned to look, he saw a Lamb. What a different from a Lion! He said, “The Lion has prevailed.” See, again, I can use that there, God hiding in simplicity. He said, “There’s a Lion.” That’s the king of the beast. “The Lion has prevailed.” The strongest thing there is is a lion.

182 I’ve laid out in the jungles in Africa, and hear the giraffes squealing. And the great, mighty elephant, with his trunk in the air, “Whee, whee, whee.” And hear the savages of the desert screaming out their bloody, curdle cries. And the beetles, till…And Billy Paul and I laying in a little old place covered over with stickers.

And hear, a way off in a distance, a lion roar, and everything on the desert shuts up. Even the beetles stop hollering. The king speaks. Oh, oh, oh, oh, my!

183 I tell you, that’s when denominations and doubts fall to the ground. Everything gets quiet when the King speaks. And This is the King, that’s His Word. Oh!

184 He said, “John, don’t worry. Don’t cry. Don’t be broken up, John. I have you here in the vision; I’m showing you something. And I know you’re all tore up, because, you know, there’s nothing to be redeemed, everything is gone; there’s nobody could meet the requirement. But the Lion of the tribe of Juda…”

185 You know, Juda’s…We had it, and on the blackboard here, you know. The tribe of Juda’s, emblem, was a lion.

Ezekiel 1:10 KJV 1900

As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.

186 Remember, the lion, and the ox, and the…and so forth, the head of the man, and so forth. And them watching, those Seraphims, that Word; while all, Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John, all stood around the Book of Acts.

187 And I heard a man say, a great minister, said, “The Book of Acts is just the scaffold work.”

188 It was the first Vine that the holy Church ever put forth. Uh-huh! Yes, sir. And She ever puts forth another one, it’ll be that kind, too. Yes, sir! You got some grafted vines, and they’re bearing lemons. It ought to be oranges. But…See? When that Vine ever puts forth Its branch again, It’ll be just exactly like the original.

(That doctrine is back among us. Let’s talk about it. Balance)

324 The Word that fell on the Day of Pentecost will not work this day. No, sir. That was for Pentecost. This is for the Bride, going Home of the Bride. We got something different. The Pentecostals represented that, again. We’re in the Bride age. 65-1125 - The Invisible Union Of The Bride Of Christ

(Let Bro. Branham explain Himself.)

110 Now look. There was three women. There is three women typed here, churches. The women always types churches. Means, three denominational ages, carriers, which also must die and dry up, just like the shuck and so forth does, to give room for the Seed.

The Seed cannot get right, cannot get ripe, rather, until the shuck, stalk, and leaves, are all dry. That’s right. It saps every bit of the Life, in them, out; amen; all it was, is that, plus.

111 Cannot do it! Now it’s Seed time, or Bride time. The shucks are dead. The shucks are dried up. The virgin Word time, not touched. It’s a virgin, remember, a virgin Word time.

65-0218 - The Seed Is Not Heir With The Shuck

Once the carrier of a true word, justification; then, become a carrier of sanctification; then, become a carrier of the baptism of the Holy Spirit, restoration of the gifts. But then, when He goes on: and keep going back, try to eat something, manna from another day, it’s rotten, it’s no good.

A genuine eagle of this day knows that was all right. But we got that, plus, until Jesus Christ is made manifest in the fulness of His power, as He promised to be in this last day.

65-0218 - The Seed Is Not Heir With The Shuck

(Bro. Branham is not un-restoring the gifts.)

(Back to the Breach)

189 And Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, those Gospels are standing there guarding That. The wisdom of a man; the power of a lion; the work of an ox; and the swiftness of the leopard…or the eagle, rather. Yes, the Gospels standing there! What? Remember when we had it? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] It’s in the Seven Church Ages. Now he said, “The Lion of the tribe of Juda.”

190 Why out of Juda? “O Juda, a lawgiver shall not go before it, between his knees, until Shiloh comes. But He’ll come through Juda.”

191 “And the Lion, the symbol of the tribe of Juda, has prevailed. He has overcome.”

192 And when he looked around to see where that Lion was, he saw a Lamb. Strange, look for a Lion and see a Lamb. The elder called Him a Lion. But when John looked, he saw a Lamb, “A Lamb as It had been slain from the foundation of the world.” A Lamb having been slain.

What was it? What was that Lamb? It was bloody, wounded. “A Lamb that had been slain, but was alive again.” And He was bloody. Oh, my! How can you look at That, folks, and remain a sinner?

(When you look at Him what do you see)

193 A Lamb stepped up. The elder said, “A Lion has overcome, the Lion of the tribe of Juda.” And John looked to see the Lion, and there come a Lamb, shaking, Blood on Him, wounds. He had prevailed. You could tell He had been in battle. He had been slain, but He was alive again.

63-0317E - The Breach Between The Seven Church Ages And The Seven Seals

Conclusion.

The Lion of the Tribe of Judah has roared in our day.

Amos 3:7 KJV 1900

Surely the Lord God will do nothing, But he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Amos 3:8 KJV 1900

The lion hath roared, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?

When the Lion of the Tribe of Judah speaks, even the dead obey.

Widow’s son. “Young man, get up” “Lazarus, come forth”.

The second is a voice of the resurrection: the same voice, that, a loud voice in Saint John 11:38-44, that called Lazarus from the grave. 65-1204 - The Rapture

Revelation 10:3 KJV 1900

And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.

33 We know He is the Lion of the tribe of Juda. Over here He’s the Lamb; but here He’s the Lion. See? 63-0317E - The Breach Between The Seven Church Ages And The Seven Seals