Where is the Omega Bride?
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The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, They stumbled and fell.
Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: Though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: In the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; He shall set me up upon a rock.
And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: Therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.
Introduction.
Mark Twain
Mark Twain was undecided whether to be more amused or annoyed when a Journal representative informed him today of the report in New York that he was dying in poverty in London ... The great humorist, while not perhaps very robust, is in the best of health. He said: ‘I can understand perfectly how the report of my illness got about, I have even heard on good authority that I was dead. James Ross Clemens, a cousin of mine, was seriously ill two or three weeks ago in London, but is well now. The report of my illness grew out of his illness. The report of my death was an exaggeration.’
The problem was one of confusion. Someone had not rightly divided Mark Twain from his cousin.
The reports of the death of the bride have been greatly exaggerated.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, Neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are my ways higher than your ways, And my thoughts than your thoughts.
For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
For ye shall go out with joy, And be led forth with peace: The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
The Word must be rightly divided.
53 Many of the questions here on: “Well, will the Bride…?” “Will this…?” “The church and…” See? You—you can’t divide what they are. The Bride is the Elected of God. The church goes through…That’s the ones It says, “Whosoever will, let him come.” But the Bride is the Elected of God.
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Now, to bring up this faith in Christ, there’s ministers. That’s the most important thing of the day, is a good God-sent preacher. I admire them. And their gift is far beyond anything could be done in anything else, is a preacher, a man who knows how to rightly divide the Word of God.
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Characteristics of the church.
a. The Church goes through the Great Tribulation and is preparing for it.
183 What has it done? In the “cunningness,” as He said, he come in like flatteries. And what has he done? He is bringing the Protestant Ecumenical Council of the World Churches, the spirit of antichrist upon both of them, bringing them to the slaughter, just like they did the other, in the hour to call the Bride. How? Loosed in the ecclesiastical church spirit. Loosed upon what? Not upon the denominations; upon the Bride! But here you’ll get it, the Bride will not go through that time. The Bible says not. The church will, but not the Bride. Can’t you see? Ministers, can’t you see that, brethren?
184 You say, “The Church has to go through the persecution, for the perfection of It.” The Blood of Jesus Christ perfects the Bride.
185 A man who chooses a wife don’t put her through a lot of punishment; he’s already found grace, too, with her; she has found grace with him. He engages to her. And, if there is anything, he’ll keep her from every place to turn her hand. His grace is so great upon them.
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b. The denominational ages have run out.
55 This Book is not revealed until the church ages and denominational ages has run out, “and there is time no more.” See it? It’s only revealed after church ages and denominational ages has run out.
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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. If you’d put It in the hands of a denomination, It sure won’t be virgin; It’ll be man-handled, time you get to It. But God’s Church is not touched by denomination. Hallelujah! It’s a virgin-born Word of God made manifest, Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever. Hallelujah! How, how wonderful! I love It. I believe It. I know that It’s the Truth. It’ll not be touched. There’ll be no denominational man-handling in the virgin Birth of the Bride. No, sir! She is—she is commanded by God to come out of such. “Touch not their unclean things, become vultures.”
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c. The Sweeping Revivals Are Over
So there can’t be no organization left, neither can there be any further advancement than what’s going right now, for she’ll burn before the day breaks again. The revival is over, across the nation. There ain’t going to be no more revivals, big sweeping revivals; this nation never receive it. You might have a intellectual gathering. But, I mean, a Spiritual revival, we’ve seen all of it. I hope you’re catching it. I’m saying it in such a way that—that I hope you get it. See? It’s over.
A fine minister said, a while ago, said, “Brother Branham, if I could just have the joy of the Lord in my heart!”
I said, “Son, the revival is over.” See?
156 Now the stabilizers has been put on the ship. Great fearful waves are out here before us; but we know, just beyond that wave yonder, we’re nearing the shore. See? We’re nearing the shore. Just stay stabled. Just stay in the Word. Stay with God. No matter how you feel, what anything else; stay right with the Word. Let—let—let it stay stable, when you see all these great big old clouds around us, and storms coming, and atomic bombs, and everything else they’re talking about. But our stabilizer is right straight in the Word. God said it would be here; we’ll crest every one of them. Yeah, we’ll go right over the top of them. Yes, indeed! They, they can’t sink us. They can’t drown us. You put us in the grave; we’ll come out again. That’s just all there is to it. There ain’t no way in the world to keep it down there. We’ll crest every one of them, ’cause our great Chief Captain is calling at the other side.
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Who is the Omega Bride?
197 The Seed fell in the ground at Nicaea. That was the original Seed. And She’s come through the process of these denominations, which only comes in existence once. But the Bride returns back again in the last days. “I will restore.” See, the Masterpiece is brought up. That’s the reason She was in view, reviewed, the second time. She was reviewed the first time, then she was reviewed the second time. And She was perfectly, the second time, like She was the first time. O God, have mercy! Hurry, hurry, hurry, Life, get in the Grain, right quick! Uh-huh.
198 All others never appeared no more. They went out, never to come back again.
But the Bride came back, ’cause She was Alpha and Omega. God, the great Sculptor, has made Him a Masterpiece, for It is a piece of His first Masterpiece. Like He made in the garden of Eden, and took a piece from, and made another piece and that was marred and fell, now He’s been all this time building it up again. And He brought forth this Masterpiece, and was smitten, in order…That part that was smitten, was in order to bring back again that Masterpiece, again.
199 So, the Masterpiece and the Son of God, the Masterpiece and the Bride, and It’s a piece of Him, which must be the fulfilling of the Word. The Word has been fulfilled, and we’re ready for the Coming of the Lord.
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a. The Elected
And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
119 Then when He separated Eve from Adam, Eve fell by disbelieving the Word. That’s right. That’s where the church failed today, disbelieving the Word!
120 But in this case, to the Royal Seed, called, predestinated to Eternal Life, the Royal Seed of Abraham, they believe that Word. I don’t care what comes or goes, how much they laugh, who says this, that, or the other, they are ordained to Eternal Life. And she goes right straight back. Her and her Lover, Christ, is one. The Life, the Spirit that’s in Christ, is in the Church. That’s their Eternal covenant, here. See? God took the Spirit of Christ, tore it apart, at the sacrifice at Calvary; and took that Spirit, lifted up the body and set it on the right hand of the Throne of God and Majesty on High. That’s, everything in Heaven is controlled by Him. And then the Spirit that was upon Him, come back; the same Spirit, not another Spirit, the same Spirit come upon Him, to confirm the covenant to the Royal Seed.
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b. The Called Out
141 As Moses called a nation out of a nation, Christ today is calling a Church out of a church, you see; the same thing in type, taking them to the glorious Eternal Promised Land.
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But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
291 Now, we have a lot of impersonators. We know that. But don’t look at them. There was a mixed multitude went with Moses. But, remember, there were some true Israelites there that went to the promised land. See?
292 The same in this group, brother. There’s real, genuine Spirit-filled men and women, real, real, can’t put a finger on their life. Won’t you look and live this morning? Look away from the impersonators. Look away from the ones that would be fanatics. Look away from all that and look to the real Jesus. We’re recorded in His Word. Hallelujah. “To those that look for Him the second time He will appear.”
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How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? Or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?
c. Those filled with the Holy Ghost
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
73 Now, what God is showing him here is this, on these sacrifices, is speaking of Christ; that how God took Jesus to the Calvary and tore Him apart, and received the body up into Heaven and sent the Spirit down upon us, that the same Spirit was on Him has to be on you to dovetail with the Body, to be the Bride at the end time. See? See? That’s right. See? Won’t be a denomination, now. It’ll be the Word, what He was. See?
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Th Omega Bride is Fully Restored by the Message of Malachi 4
a. Word restored
But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
And we do have today, by God’s help, the perfect interpretation of the Word with Divine vindication!
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b. Power restored.
Already the visible manifestations of what I have been telling you are seen all around us. The ecumenical move of the tares is factual. But also it is a fact that the prophet for the last age must be bringing forth a message from God that will forerun the second coming of the Lord, for by his message will the hearts of the children be turned back to the Pentecostal fathers, and with the restoration of the Word will come the restoration of the power.
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127 So where are we at? We see nations breaking, and Israel awakening, the signs that this Bible foretold for this day. We see the mechanical things taking place. Now the Spirit, the dynamics of that promised Word, to get into His Church and drive them into Calvary yonder, and to the Rapture! And there we are.
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30 It’s your approach. The attitude is what it takes. And that’s what it is tonight, dear friend, it takes the attitude. We are, and believe that we are, in the Presence of Jesus Christ, but it’s your attitude that brings the results. The mechanics is here, and so is the dynamics. If you can just get started, God will do the rest.
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2. The Omega Bride is in Revival
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
48 Notice this character. When you see women just go on the rampage, just doing anything they want to do, watch, the church is doing the same thing. Notice.
49 But watch, when the spiritual Bride, when She begins to have a revival, when She begins to come back and line Herself up with the Word of God. Watch then again, you see, how that the Scriptures, at that time, there’ll be a Message sweep out to catch that Bride, catch that Woman, Elect.
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379 Some of you people that really believe This to be the Truth, that we’re entering another age, we’re entering the Raptured Age, you know the church can’t go in its condition, and it can’t get any better. It must get worse. How many knows that? Say, “Amen.” [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] It’s got to get worse. And it can’t go like this. See? It’s got to be Something, and It’s moving right now, friend. It’s—it’s—it’s on, the move is on for the Bride. That’s the Truth. That’s THUS SAITH THE LORD.
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125 Notice, church is so carnal, feeds itself on worldly a carrion, dead things of the world, just like the vulture does. Church politics, they don’t let the Holy Ghost send a man to a church; they have to have a politics and see if the denomination is going to receive him or not. That’s right. They’re like the world. They dress like the world. They look like the world. They act like the world. They’re vultures, like the world. They are lazy, soft, compromisers. That’s all there is to it.
Did you ever see an eagle compromise? No, sir. There is no compromising in him. Neither does a genuine Christian. He ain’t soft. He’ll hunt till he finds It. Amen. Yes, sir. He’ll find his Meat. He wants fresh Manna. He’ll get down there and dig till he finds It. He’ll fly higher and higher. If there’s none in this valley, he’ll raise a little higher. The higher you go, the more you can see. So it’s time for eagles of this day to get to flying higher, dig into God’s promises, not live on vulture food that’s been killed years ago; get out of it.
126 Politics, voting in and voting out, saying this, that, or the other, and the Holy Spirit has no more right-of-way in the church than nothing. No more prayer meetings, no more agonizing with God to fulfill His Word! No more believing that the Word is still the same yesterday, today, and forever! They just vulturize down, got a denomination, put their name on the book; and got lazy and soft, and sets back there gloating on some kind of a dead a carrion. And, then, supposed to be at least a hawk that’s a similar brother to the eagle, the prophet that brought the true Word and manifested It.
127 Relies on half-rotten, man-made theology. Where does he get it at? In some man-made Sunday school program sheet, some educator killed for him back in some seminary, tell him that, “The days of miracles is passed. There was no such a thing as the baptism of the Holy Ghost. All This is nonsense.” You mean to tell me that an eagle would eat that? He couldn’t do it. No, sir.
128 Neither will a Christian eat on that dead a carrions from old denominational doctrines and things. They want the Word of God, fresh, the promise of the hour. God promised rabbits in the days of Luther. He promised other things in the days of others. But now He promised us a full square Meal, the full seven course Menu, for all the Seven Seals are opened, and everything is ready for the Word of God, to those who can receive!…?…
129 Hawks hopping like buzzards. Oh, my! Think of it, how critical, why—why the hour is. Just as the hawk has long lost his identification as a hawk, so has the church long lost her identification as a lesser (bird) brother of the eagle, God’s prophets.
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.
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If you fail to see the awakening of the Bride you will take the Spirit of Laodicea.
82 Everywhere now, there’s no revival. Everybody is complaining, ministers crying. I was reading one of the—the outstanding papers that comes here to the church, a very fine paper. And I know the editor, and I know the people. And they are godly people, very fine, Brother and Sister Moore, of the Herald of His Coming. One of the finest papers on the field, Herald of His Coming. But they hardly will print anything unless it’s about, “Fast, pray! Fast, pray! Sound a trumpet! Get…” How many reads it? You know. You see it all the time, “Fast, pray! Fast, pray!” It’s all you hear. “Fast, pray! We’re going to have a great breaking of the day! There is a great thing going to happen! All of you, pray, pray, pray! We’re not too late yet!”
83 Why do they do that? Why do they do that? They want a great awakening. They’re crying, believing that there will be awakening. They’re good people. Why is it? What have they done? They have not recognized the awakening of the Bride. See? By being a Christian, they feel the pull of the hour, but they haven’t recognized what’s been done. That’s what’s making them feel that way. They know something is supposed to happen, but, see, they’re looking for it way off in the future, to come, when it’s already happened right by you.
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those same ministers were given the charismatic revival, which is a cage of every foul spirit.
3. The Omega Bride is the Final Voice to the Final Age.
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
When the Methodists failed, God raised up others and so it has gone on through the years until in this last day there is again another people in the land, who under their messenger will be the final voice to the final age.
Yes sir. The church is no longer the “mouthpiece” of God. It is its own mouthpiece. So God is turning on her. He will confound her through the prophet and the bride, for the voice of God will be in her. Yes it is, for it says in the last chapter of Revelation verse 17, “The Spirit and the bride say, Come.” Once more the world will hear direct from God as at Pentecost; but of course that Word Bride will be repudiated as in the first age.
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4. The Omega Bride Cannot Fall.
But, remember, after the husk, that’s three stages we know of, there is nothing else left but the Grain. O God! And then the Grain is put out of all of it. Amen and amen! Seed Words begins to form Itself, Life is brought forth out of…Now notice, if the Bridegroom, the beginning, the first, Bridegroom…This is the Bride coming forth.
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434 The Church is the Blood of Christ, by the Spirit, because the—the Life is in the Blood. That’s the baptism of the Holy Ghost that baptizes us into His Body, that recognizes only His Body, His flesh, His Word. [Brother Branham pats his Bible—Ed.]
435 Denomination won’t, never touch that. It’s a revelation. She knows it. So did Eve know it, but she fell; but this one knows it, and won’t fall. She is ordained! Hallelujah! Whew! She is ordained to not fall. She won’t fail. She is predestinated to it. “Blessed is the man who God will not impute sin.” You ministers know what I’m speaking of, when there’s a couple dozen of you sitting here. See? “Blessed is the man who God will not impute sin,” David.
436 Notice, redeeming back, with Him, going Home; back to Eternal Life in a human body, eating, drinking, living forever. Isaiah said, “They would build houses and inhabit them, plant vineyards and eat the fruit. They’ll not build and another take it.” The children won’t take it, but they’ll be there with their offsprings. He’ll build it and stay there. Amen. “He don’t build, and another eat; he builds and eats, himself.” Amen! What is it? His Bride going back with Him, redeemed back to the original Adam and Eve again, for death is left behind. They look back at the cross and see the death has been paid.
437 And now, by faith, we are resurrected with Him, sitting in Heavenly places right now, looking back to what redeemed us; waiting for the Husband to come, to march on Home with Him.
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The true church of Jesus Christ, the bride, is likened to PURE gold. Her righteousness is HIS righteousness. Her attributes are HIS own glorious attributes. Her identity is found in Him. What He is, she is to reflect. What He has, she is to manifest. There is no fault in her. She is all glorious within and without. From beginning to ending she is the work of her Lord, and all His works are perfect. In fact in her is summed up and manifested the eternal wisdom and purpose of God. How can one fathom it? How can one understand it? Though we cannot do that, we can accept it by faith, for God hath spoken it.
CAB 03 - Ephesian
The king’s daughter is all glorious within: Her clothing is of wrought gold.
She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: The virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: They shall enter into the king’s palace.
108 There has been churches, churches, brides, brides, churches, brides, brides.
109 But there has got to come One! Hallelujah! There has to come a real Bride! There must come One that’s not only got the Mechanics, but the Dynamics of It, makes that Church live, move in the Power of His resurrection.
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111 And as He, being the Groom, the Bride has to come forth, ’cause It’s part of Him. And It can only be the manifestation of the fulfilling of all the revelations any others has spoke of the Bride; It can only manifest. If it does something different from the Groom, it isn’t the Bride. Because, She is flesh of His flesh, bone of His bone; Life of His Life, Power of His Power! She is Him! As man and woman are one, and woman taken from his side; She had taken a Spirit, the feminish Spirit, from Him. The flesh from His side, made both Mechanics and Dynamics, the Wife.
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Rev. William Marrion Branham
Conclusion
Don’t mistake this bride for all the other churches.
She is hidden in the Secret of His tabernacle (tent).
Lady on a stretcher
Man with crutches
And It left me, and It went right down over the top of that audience, and went and stood over the top of that little building, then settled down on top of it. And then, when It did, this One that was standing by me, behind me, the same Voice, the Angel’s Voice, He said, “I’ll meet you in there. And this is the Third Pull, but nobody will know nothing about it.”
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47 There is nothing will go wrong, with God. We’re…He knows just where the clock is ticking at, tonight. There is nothing wrong. Every lick is hitting just exactly the way it should be, everything. We think it’s wrong, but He knows it’s right. It’s supposed to be like this.
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