“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.”

(Heb. 13:8)

CIRCULAR LETTER May 2010

Heartfelt greetings to all of you in the precious Name of our Lord Jesus Christ with the following Scripture from Mat. 4:4:

“But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.“ (Deut. 8:3).

In the beginning God said, “Let there be light!” and there was light. And God separated the light from the darkness. In the beginning was the Word, not the interpretation. “In the beginning was the Word (Hebrew text: Dabar – the One Who speaks) … In him was life and the life was the light of men.” (Jn. 1:1-5). The genuine believer does not only live naturally by bread, but spiritually by every Word that has come from the mouth of God. God does not need to take back one single Word, no matter when, where, or to whom He spoke, be it in the Old Testament or the New Testament. Yet, from the very beginning there was both: light and darkness, day and night, belief and disbelief, obedience and disobedience, good and evil – life and death. That is how it shall remain until the end.

In every Word of God is the germ of life, but only when it is sown as a seed into the hearts of the believers does the life spring up (Mk. 4:26‑29). According to Mat. 13, the sower sowed the good seed, and while the people slept, the enemy came and sowed his seed. Both the wheat and the weeds will grow until the harvest time. The Lord Himself explained the parable: “He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; the field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.” (vv. 37-39). After the sower has sown the Word (Mk. 4:14; Lk. 8:11), the enemy sows the interpretation. One seed is truth, the other one is lie and deception.

First Moses brought the true Word, for God remembered the promise which He had given to Abraham (Gen. 15:13). Then Balaam came on the scene to lead the people of God astray (Num. 22-24).

First Christ, the promised Prophet, appeared on the scene (Deut. 18:18; Acts 3:22-23; Acts 7:37-38); He sowed the Word. Then came the antichrist and false prophet (1. Jn. 2:18; Rev. 16:13); he sowed the interpretations. And the false christs, namely the false anointed ones, are still doing it. They can even show forth wonders, which they consider to be their confirmation (Mat. 7:21-23), so that even the elect have to be vigilant to not be deceived (Mat. 24:24).

First the true apostles appeared, then the false ones (2. Cor. 11:13; Rev. 2:2).

First the apostles commissioned by the Lord proclaimed the true doctrine (Acts 2:42; Eph. 2:20); thereafter, false apostles introduced damnable heresies (2. Cor. 11:1-13; 2. Pet. 2:1).

First Brother Branham came on the scene as an evangelist, then followed the many self-appointed healing evangelists who preached a prosperity gospel to the audience and without exception built their prosperous, million-dollar empires.

What is happening in our time? What is taking place now according to God’s plan of Salvation? Who came first by the power of a divine calling to carry the message of the Word unto the ends of the earth? Who appeared later in his sole discretion and is still spreading strange doctrines, so-called “special revelations,” in order to draw in disciples to follow him?

Mat. 24 and 25 are very important in view of the last time period before the Return of Christ, also for the Church. First the faithful Lord answers all the main questions and gives this warning: “Take heed that no man deceive you.” He speaks of wars, of earthquakes, and of false prophets, but then He comes to the essential point: “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” (Mat. 24:14). This did not take place in the time of Luther or Wesley or a hundred years ago. It is happening now, and we may witness it: The full Gospel with all the promises is being preached to all nations through the last message – to some for a witness, to others for the calling-out (2. Cor. 6:14-18). It is the everlasting Gospel (Rev. 14:6), as it was at the beginning. Every child of God believes and lives by every Word and is particularly grateful for the promises that are coming to fulfilment in our time.

Then the Lord continues and describes the events which will take place until the coming of the Son of Man and the great tribulation, even until the very end. And again something very important follows: “Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.” (Mat. 24:32-33). According to Hos. 9:10, Israel is the fig tree.

In Lk. 21:24, the Lord predicted what would happen with them: “And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.”

Already back then these promises existed: “I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.” (Mic. 2:12).

“And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.” (Eze. 36:28).

“And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.” (Zec. 2:12).

The Lord says to His Own, “So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.” (Lk. 21:31). Amen! The gathering of the twelve tribes of Israel from all nations is not only a sign among many, but rather the sign of the imminent Return of Christ.

In Mat. 24:39-41, the Lord then speaks of the Rapture, when two shall be on the field, two at the mill, and two in one bed, and one will be taken and the other one left behind. He gives this admonition: “Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.” (v. 44).

“And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.” (Mat. 25:10).

In Mat. 24:45-47, our Lord foretold in a parable what has to take place with the household before chapter 25 can be fulfilled and the bridegroom comes. He asked the question: “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?” – not to rule over the ministers, but to bring the revealed Word as the fresh food to all those who carry out a ministry in the Church and to share it with them. We are now more than ever living of this Word. Verse 47 is also Thus saith the lord: “Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.” That is complete restoration and a perfect introduction into the whole Counsel of God.

Through the biblical end-time message, all hidden mysteries were also revealed. They do not only contain what each individual, every woman, every man, and the whole Church need for their preparation, but also what belongs to the fivefold ministry according to Eph. 4. That is how every minister can contribute to the edification of the body of Christ according to the apostolic pattern: “Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ …” (Eph. 4:11-16).

However, only he who respects every Word of God – that includes the Word for this present time – and who really believes and correctly places it where it belongs will have it revealed to him. That is the only way the actual inclusion into the divine order of the plan of Salvation is possible. It also applies to all of the ministering brethren. The main promise for the Church in our time is this: “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.” (Mal. 4:5-6).

The day of the Lord is described in great detail in the Old Testament and in the New Testament. The Prophet Joel wrote the following: “The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.” (Joel 2:31). Before the day of salvation comes to its end, before the sun turns into darkness and the moon into blood (Acts 2:20), the second part of the promise from Mal. 4:6 is now being fulfilled.

In Mat. 17:11-13 and Mk. 9:12-13, our Lord illustrated what is connected to the promise of Elijah. He confirmed the ministry of John the Baptist, who acted in the Spirit and power of Elijah, but also pointed to the future: “Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.” So, here it is not about a homemade message, but about the divine salvation message of the complete restoration of all things that were in the Church in the beginning and got lost. Everything has to be restored to its correct order: the ministering brethren and the entire Church. Through the ministry of John the Baptist, the hearts of those who lived in the faith of the Old Testament fathers were guided to the faith of the children of the New Covenant, “… to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” (Lk. 1:16-17). Through the ministry that God gave to Brother Branham, the hearts of the true children of God are brought back to the faith of the apostolic fathers to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

On June 11, 1933, Brother Branham received his calling and commission before many witnesses. When he was about to baptize the seventeenth person in the Ohio River, he was told the following from the supernatural light which descended above him and which was seen by approx. 4,000 people: “As John the Baptist was sent to forerun the first coming of Christ, so you are sent with a message that will forerun the second coming of Christ.”

In the evening of May 7, 1946, the heavenly messenger came to Brother Branham as to Zechariah in Lk. 1 and explained to him the heavenly commission in detail. Only then did he start his extraordinary ministry, which God Himself confirmed a thousandfold.

Finally, Brother Branham, whose ministry is in direct connection to God’s plan of Salvation, received the instruction to store in the spiritual food, the promised and revealed Word. However, he was never told that he would give out that food; neither was he ever told that he would die and then resurrect again to complete his ministry. Children of God who are born again and filled by the Holy Spirit believe only what the Scripture says. As it was specifically announced to him from heaven on June 11, 1933, the message of the whole Counsel of God that was entrusted unto him foreruns the second coming of Christ – and that is in agreement with the testimony of the Holy Scripture.

Also Acts 3:21 is Thus saith the Lord and must be fulfilled before the Return of Christ: “Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.” Through the message given to Brother Branham, everything that was lost to the Church of Christ was restored to us by His grace. The revealed Word has reached the ends of the earth.

As announced in Amos 8:11, God has sent a spiritual hunger to hear the Words of the Lord. People are driving more than 1,000 kilometres to be in the meetings where the revealed and promised Word is preached, the Word that is now coming to fulfilment. It is the fresh manna that the Lord promised to the overcomers (Rev. 2:17).

Now we are waiting for the supernatural working of the Holy Spirit as on the day of Pentecost and for God Himself to restore the fivefold ministry, all the gifts of the Holy Spirit, all the fruits of the Holy Spirit, and all the virtues in the Church, for the end must be as the beginning was. He promised it; He will do it Himself by a mighty move of the Holy Spirit.

God called His servant and prophet unto Himself on December 24, 1965. I say the following on purpose so that all those who have to fill their cup of sin may do so now and all who are predestinated to believe every Word may rejoice with all their hearts:

Brother Branham told me as a prophet in the presence of witnesses on June 11, 1958, in Dallas, Texas, “Brother Frank, you will return with this message to Germany …”

Brother Branham told me as a prophet in the presence of the same witnesses on December 3, 1962, “… wait with the giving out of the food until you get the rest of the food …”

In the evening of April 11, 1966, the day of Brother Branham’s funeral, the Spirit said to me in the same manner as it spoke to Philip in Acts 8:29, “Now your time has come to give out the food and to go from city to city to preach the Word of God.” I have obeyed the heavenly calling from the first day and can say together with Paul:

“Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come …” (Acts 26:22).

Also this is Thus saith the Lord, Who called out to me with a commanding voice: “My servant, I have ordained you according to Mat. 24:45-47 to give out the food!” – It is as true as Jn. 3:16. I certainly did not invent these experiences at some point in time, they have been known to all of you from the Circular Letters since the 60ies and 70ies.

I have carried out the commission that the ever faithful Lord gave me before sunrise on April 2, 1962, throughout the past 44 years since the departure of Brother Branham in over 150 countries. As Joseph in the Old Testament filled the granary with natural food, I likewise had exactly seven years, namely from the end of 1958 until the end of 1965, to fill the storehouse with the spiritual food (Mal. 3:6-10), and I may still give it out. Every sermon that Brother Branham preached was sent to me directly. Brother Branham personally sent me to Leo Mercier, who was responsible for the recordings, so that they were mailed to me. So not only in Jeffersonville, but also here the same spiritual food was being put in storage, according to the directions of the Lord. We are not living in the past of the 1940ies, 1950ies, or 1960ies. We also do not decorate the grave site of the prophet. We are living in the presence of God in every Word and have been given the connection to the last work of God by His grace.

A true prophet never became a false one; the truth never turned into a lie; a faithful and true servant never became a false and evil servant. With God everything is in perfect order: Light and darkness are divided; truth and lie are separated. Every seed brings forth after its own kind and “… by their fruits ye shall know them.” Whoever is born of God believes every Word, every promise, and all the wise virgins who are going out to meet the Bridegroom do not defile themselves with unbiblical doctrines – they are the Bride that is washed in the Blood of the Lamb, sanctified in the Word of Truth, and are sealed by the Holy Spirit unto the day of redemption.

With Godly Jealousy

“For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” (2. Cor. 11:2-3).

That was also the primary concern of Brother Branham, who saw the redeemed multitude in paradise, all dressed in white. I may say, it is also my ambition, as we are now much closer to the Return of the heavenly Bridegroom, especially since I was taken out of my body in January 1981 and experienced the Rapture together with the great multitude, all young and dressed in white.

Paul feared that Satan, who adapts to every situation, would come slyly as a serpent with deadly poison disguised as an angel of light and beguile the Church of believers. This concern was legitimate, for Satan appeared already in the time of Job, when the sons of God were gathering in heaven (Job 1:6). And amazingly enough, he came straightaway even to the next meeting of the angels (Job 2:4). After the first visit, the destruction of everything Job possessed took place; after the second visit, the attack of Satan was on Job himself. No matter how, where, and when, there is always destruction left behind when Satan is seen and heard in a meeting.

The seduction of Eve happened by the twisting of one Word that the Lord our God spoke to Adam. Satan started with the sentence, “Yea, hath God said …?” He cast doubt on what God had said to make his lie believable. The old serpent even could have said to Eve, “Did you hear it? Were you there? Do you know if it is correct?” In the time of Moses, he could have said to Korah, “Were you there when Moses was called? Were you on the mountain when God spoke to him?” To the despisers at the time of the apostles he could have said, “Were you there when Paul was called? Did you hear the voice from heaven?”

To the doubters in our time he could have said, “Were you there when the light came down in June 1933? Did you hear what the angel of the Lord said to Brother Branham on May 7, 1946?” Satan is still sowing doubt as he did with Eve, by saying, “Has the Lord really spoken to him? Were you there on April 2, 1962? Did you hear it? Were you present on December 3, 1962? Did the prophet really say that? Did you hear it? Were you there in July 1976 when the Lord commanded him to consecrate the adjacent property unto Him and to build on it, or in September 1976 when it was about the food, or when the Lord said in Marseille: ‘My servant, rise and read 2. Timothy 4 …!’ when the concern was about the seven thunders, and all the other times?” Satan seduces in the same way every time questions what God has said and so brings the people under his influence.

Brother Branham was explicitly told, “If you get the people to believe you …” The enemy always sows doubts on that what God has said and commanded. Unbelief is followed by sin, the crossing of the line. What is left is enmity between the two seeds, as it happened already in the Garden of Eden. There are those who believe God and hold fast to what He said, and then there are the ones who let doubts prevail; they are scoffers who sin against the divine commission and against the Holy Spirit who leads into all the truth. However, what the Lord Himself said stays valid: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.” (Jn. 13:20).

If there would not have been the fall at the beginning in the Garden of Eden, then the plan of Salvation that God purposed from eternity would not have come to fulfilment. If there would not have been this terrible deception in May 1979 here in the local church, from where the direct commission is carried out, the thought would never have come to anyone that the divine order has to be restored. Satan is the deceiver of the whole world, but in connection with the rapture of the man child, he is called “the accuser of the brethren” and finally cast down (Rev. 12:10). We have to pay close attention that we do not come under the influence of the accuser of the brethren, but that we also in this regard place ourselves on the side of God and His Word and say with Paul, “Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect?” (Rom. 8:33). That is being attempted by Satan and all who are under his influence.

Satan is now standing before the Church to prevent the birth of the man child. But God connected the most important task, namely the calling out and preparation of the Bride Church, to the ministry of the prophet. Now everything in the Church is being restored to its original state. Now it is manifested who only speaks of the message or who truly submits to every Word of God, is found to be in the Will of God, and lives out every Word in reality. Then all discussions are superfluous. God will restore everything in a double portion, as He did with Job (ch. 42). As it is written in Jas. 5:7-11 in connection with the Return of Christ, the former and latter rain will fall before the coming of the Lord, and then will also be fulfilled what is promised in Joel 2:23-24: “Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.” It is remarkable that Brother Branham spoke about this subject in Zurich, Switzerland, as well as in Karlsruhe, Germany, in 1955.

Whoever cannot say with a pure heart as the Lord, our Redeemer, said and Brother Branham emphasized: “My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.” (Jn. 4:34), has not yet understood what it is really all about. It is not enough to speak of message and messenger, of food, of the revealed Word. Now, when the table of the Lord is so richly prepared in the presence of our enemies as never before, we have to do the Will of God by the strength of the spiritual food so that He can complete His work. He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying unto the churches. Everyone has to be able to say with a pure heart, “Not my will, but thy Will be done!” The perfect Will of the heavenly Bridegroom will now be done in His Bride, and unto Christ will be presented a pure virgin. Amen.

“… yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight …” (Col. 1:21-22).

As in the Time of Sodom and Gomorrah

Part of the many predictions about the last time period before the Return of Christ is also the perverse condition in our time. It has been here at all times, but not to such extent. In the time of Abraham, when he received the promise of the impending birth of Isaac, the Lord Himself visited Abraham in the company of two angels who were in the form of men (Gen. 18). The Lord stayed with Abraham; the two angels went on to Sodom. When they arrived there in the evening, Lot received them into his house. There something terrible happened: The homosexual men of the city gathered in front of Lot’s house and demanded of him to bring out the men. The rescue of Lot and his family before the destruction of Sodom and the surrounding area is well-known to all of us and can be read in Gen. 19.

In our time there are same-sex partnerships even up into government levels; it is openly spoken of gay marriage, even of same-sex church weddings. What kind of marriage is that supposed to be? God created Eve as a helpmate for Adam, certainly not a male helpmate. This Scripture most undoubtedly has to remain in force: “Be fruitful and multiply …!”

Not a single man of God was homosexual, neither Adam nor Abraham, nor David, nor Solomon, nor Peter, nor Paul.

Since God wanted order in His creation, in marriage, in family, and in His Church, He gave instructions to His people. At the giving of the law, He even enacted the death penalty for several offences. Three of them are adultery, homosexual relationships, and sex with animals: “And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.” (Lev. 20:10).

“If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.” (v. 13).

“And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast. And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.” (vv. 15-16).

Among the ten offences listed in 1. Cor. 6:9-10 that exclude from the kingdom of God is also the sexual abuse of boys. In the past weeks and months, there was only one predominant topic in the media, namely the sexual abuse cases that were mainly in the Catholic Church. According to international media, there are many countries in which the victims now dare to speak up, often after many years, about what has been done to them. It started with what came to the surface in California, and there the Catholic Church has already paid over two billion US dollars as compensation to the victims for the time span from 1952 to 2002.

The implementation of celibacy for the entire clergy in the year 1139 was according to what Paul wrote in 1. Tim. 4:1-3 a demonic decision: “… giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils … Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods …” Contrary to the opinion of leading Catholic dignitaries, the Catholic theologian Professor Hans Küng is convinced that celibacy is one of the reasons for the assaults.

There is no brother in Christ who is homosexual, abuses children, takes the wife of someone else and thus commits adultery, or even has sex with animals. Should it have applied to a man or a woman in the unbelieving state, it most certainly does not apply any longer.

The extent of the things going on in the unbelieving world is an unmistakeable sign that the Return of Christ is imminent.

In Rom. 1:18-32, Paul, the man of God, spoke clear-cut words about this subject, thereby covering everything from the biblical point of view: “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness …”

“Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves … For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet … Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.”

The present condition, as it was also in the time of Noah and at the time of Sodom, we are not going to change; likewise, the wars and earthquakes will continue to increase, up until the strongest earthquake at the San Andreas Fault in California, which Brother Branham predicted. The volcanic eruption in Iceland with the devastating consequences especially for the air traffic shows us what can take place from one day to the other. Our Lord has, of course, foretold all of this for the end time. Thereby, we can recognise the time and hour, work out our salvation with fear and trembling, and lift up our heads, for our redemption is drawing near.

The Statement of Faith

The Lord God Himself gave directions to His people Israel and also to His New Testament Church along their way for what they had and still have to believe and do. It is written in Deut. 6:3-9:

“Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.” This statement of faith we find confirmed once more in Deut. 11, from verse 18.

In the Hebrew text of the statement of faith, the last letter of the first word and the last letter of the last word in a sentence are written in capitals. It should not only be recited, but should be pronounced very consciously and reverently and accentuated clearly. Until this very day, the Jews are praying the “Sh’ma Israel” with this accentuation.

Israel should observe and obey what the Lord said, so that they may fare well in the land which God had promised to their fathers and that they are blessed.

Then comes the emphasis – and Israel should listen attentively – on the fact that the Lord God is One, followed by the command to love God with all one’s heart, and with all one’s soul, and with all one’s might. The words of God should abide in the hearts of His people. They should teach their children and grandchildren in their homes, along the way, when going to bed, and when getting up.

“And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.” The Lord God had commanded: “And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.” (Exo. 13:9).

“Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.” (Deut. 11:18).

Whoever goes into the prayer rooms at the wailing wall in Jerusalem can literally see how the men have the statement of faith fastened with leather straps on their hands and foreheads. Every house, even every hotel in Israel has the “Mezuzah” with the text of the statement of faith from Deut. 6:3-9 fixed at eye level on the right door post.

The statement of faith was and is the mark, the identifying sign of His people Israel.

Now we come to the New Testament: In Mark 12:29-32, Jesus answered the question about which was the first commandment: “… Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. … And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he …”

God does not exist in three entities; He did not change from one Person to three eternal persons. Neither in eternity nor in the Old Testament and also not in the New Testament do we find any mention of a triune God. The one God has remained the one God; to realize His plan of redemption, He has revealed Himself as Father in heaven, in His only begotten Son on earth, and by the Holy Spirit in the Church: God above us, God with us, God in us.

“Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.” (Rom. 3:30).

“Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.” (Gal. 3:20).

“Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.” (1. Tim. 1:17).

Likewise, we shall and may love the one and only God with all our soul, with all our heart, and with all our might, and shall love our neighbour as we love ourselves (Mk. 12:31).

However, already very early on, the enemy crept into the New Testament Church and has misled ever since. Both exist side by side: the true believers who remain in the true statement of faith of Jesus Christ and the apostles and also those who are part of the apostate Christendom. The confessions of faith – the one from Jerusalem and the other from Nicaea – exclude each other.

The confession of faith that the Holy Scripture testifies of remains the same in the Old Testament and in the New Testament. For all true children of God it is the only valid confession for faith, doctrine, baptism, Lord’s Supper. Indeed, for every biblical subject there is only one correct answer, and it is written in no catechism, only in the Bible.

Every Christian church and denomination has their own creed that is being believed and taught. But all of them are confessing the Nicene-Chalcedonian Creed, which is obligatory for them. In Revelation we read about the religious “mark,” which all people will be forced to accept. Finally, in the last unification in Rome, the final ruling will be made and whosoever does not submit to it has to expect to die as a martyr. With the mark – the sign of the last worldwide religious power – the pressure will be on.

The urgent warning is:

“If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation …” (Rev. 14:9-10).

The latest state of affairs is that 350 Protestant churches and denominations are united in the World Council of Churches. And the Vatican has declared very openly and explicitly that all Protestant churches are just Christian fellowships; the only church is said to be the Catholic Church by and in which all receive the full salvation of God. The full salvation of God is certainly not found in any church; it is solely in Jesus Christ and each individual has to accept and experience it personally. So, the daughter churches who did not experience the full salvation in Jesus Christ have no other choice but to return into the bosom of the mother church (Rev. 17).

They are all referring to the words in Jn. 17:21: “That they all may be one …,” and no one reads it in the context in which it is actually written and meant: “I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.” (v. 23) – God in Christ (2. Cor. 5:19) and Christ in us (Col. 1:27).

It cannot be repeated often enough that in the first centuries there were no popes, no cardinals, no organized church. Even if more than 100 different religious orientations were in existence, there was also always the Church of Jesus Christ, the little flock, which is no organisation, but the organism lead by the Spirit of God.

Only little by little did the Christian national churches, the Coptic, the Chaldean, the Syrian, the Egyptian, the Orthodox, and the Roman Catholic Church come into existence in the Roman Empire. However, all these churches were and are state churches and national churches, not the redeemed Church of Jesus Christ.

Since the Council of Nicaea, ad 325, and of Chalcedon, ad 381, there is the standardized, Trinitarian Nicene-Chalcedonian Creed, in which several statements of faith are the supporting pillars. All churches and denominations which have come into existence since the Reformation have also adopted it. And this creed that God exists in three eternal persons, which is called “apostolic” but in fact is not apostolic, will be forced upon all those in Christianity who until then have not yet accepted it.

“And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred three score and six.” (Rev. 13:16-18).

We shall not delve any deeper into this subject at this time, but we would like to include a part of an interesting article by Ludwig Schneider, a world-renowned Israeli journalist from Jerusalem who was pondering about the number 666 (pages 18 and 19).

“… unto the uttermost part of the earth” (Acts 1:8)

For the meetings held on the first weekend in April, brothers and sisters came from fourteen European countries and even from Asia and Africa to the Mission Center in Krefeld to receive the fresh food from the Word of God.

In addition to the 900 believers who were gathered here, more than 600 joined us online from 49 countries. In this way, people from one end of the earth to the other could follow the sermons, which were being translated into 12 languages. Indeed, the last message is being preached to all peoples and nations. Today we see this Scripture fulfilled before our eyes.

In February 1965, Brother Branham was rejoicing that the telephone hook-up was made possible and that people could listen to his sermons nationwide. What would he say today in view of all these new technical possibilities? He would rejoice wholeheartedly.

What we are now witnessing is unparalleled and awesome. God Himself has seen to it that His biblical message is reaching the remotest parts of the earth in many languages by means of modern technology. To Him Alone be the glory and praise.

From the first weekend of each month, 4968 DVDs, 618 CDs, 1942 Audio and 180 Video Cassettes are currently sent out on a regular basis in 12 languages. To all of you who support this work, which is being carried out in the direct commission of the Lord, with your prayers and gifts, I say thank you from the bottom of my heart. May God reward you.

Missionary Trips

Time and again, brothers and sisters express how precious and what a blessing Brother Branham’s printed sermons, our brochures, and Circular Letters that they receive in the mail are to them. Nevertheless, the personal proclamation is as important today as it was at the point in time when the resurrected Lord sent out His apostles, saying, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.”

I have seen the fruit of what God has done in many countries and also what has happened in Pakistan since my first visit in 1972 when I was there for meetings from February 12 to 22, 2010.

Although some meetings were taking place close to the Afghanistan and Iranian borders and had to be guarded by police because of the danger of Islamic terrorist attacks, a total of about 4,000 people attended the nine meetings in six cities. The Word of the Lord went forth with great power and was gladly received by the elect. It was, indeed, an extraordinary missionary trip.

After the strong earthquakes struck Haiti and Chile, we could experience in a marvellous way that God does not speak empty words, but that He keeps what He promises: In both countries our brothers and sisters were kept safe. During my visit to Haiti in March 2010, I could convince myself of it. On the way from the airport in Port au Prince to the meeting place, I saw demolished buildings, while the church hall was untouched. I also noticed how well-dressed and in what kind of good mood the approx. 2,000 people were who had gathered in and in front of the building.

The preacher confirmed it: “We are not discouraged but comforted, for our redemption is drawing near. The hall does not have one crack, while all around everything is in ruins.”

The meeting on Sunday, March 14, 2010, in Port au Prince will be recorded in the history of the divine plan of Salvation. The people were open for the Word, and also controversial doctrinal matters could be resolved and illuminated from the Holy Scripture. God has truly given grace and blessed this journey beyond what we could ask for.

With gratitude and great joy, our brothers and sisters received the financial aid we brought along. I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your generous support to our Haitian brothers and sisters. The faithful Lord will reward you manifold.

By His commission

Br. Frank

Once again it is about the number 666

OIKOYMENA is not the name of a man, but that of an organization. The Ecumenism of all World Religions is already taking on end-time like shape, as the World Council of Churches is even now “demanding religious pluralism and prohibiting proselytism.”

Now the question arises which person carries the numerical value 666? Is it the pope, who bears the 666 title, for if one adds up these numbers (small-printed letters have no numerical value in Latin), they yield 666. In addition to that, “VICARIUS FILII DEI” translates as “Instead of the Son of God,” which in a figurative sense means antichrist, one who takes the “place of Christ.” But also here the question applies: Is the title of the pope as the name of a man?

As a religious leader, “Instead of the Son of God” (VICARIUS FILII DEI) turns the members of all religions into “children of God,” for his title certainly does not state that he is the representative of Christ, but of the “Son of God.” Already today the believers of all religions are addressed as “Sons of God.”

This anti-divine trinity: the great dragon, the antichrist, and the false prophet bear the number 666 in a threefold way. In addition to that, the number 6 is the number of the enmity towards God. The triple 6 (666) therefore represents the apex of human enmity against God. In the Greek language, the number 6 means Stigma, which is a mark. That these three distinctive marks appear just now in our (end) time parallel to each other and that furthermore Babylon (see Rev. 17) is currently coming on the scene once again as the adversary of Jerusalem should make us take heed.