Circular Letter March/April 2014

I wish to extend my heartfelt greetings to all true Bible believers worldwide in the precious and Holy Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, with the Scripture addressed to the prepared Bride who will partake of the marriage supper:

“And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.” (Rev 19:8).

This text reminds me of the mighty experience in January 1981, when I was taken out of my body and experienced the Rapture along with all those who were ready. It caught my attention that all were young and looked to be about 17-18 years old. But I was particularly impressed by the brilliance of their white garments.

Of our beloved Savior it is written: “And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.” (Mat 17:2).

The garments of the Redeemed who will take part in the Rapture and the marriage supper will have the same brilliance. It is one thing to read about it, but it is an entirely different thing to experience it personally. Seeing a preview of the prepared Bride as she was taken up was, and still is, something very special to me. That is how the Apostle John must have felt on the Isle of Patmos when he saw, heard, and witnessed what he then wrote down.

The Apostle Paul also wrote of the transformation: “Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed …” (1 Cor 15:51).

Just as the Redeemer was changed bodily, the Redeemed will likewise be changed bodily. “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.” (1 Cor 15:22-23).

The Apostle John admonished us: “And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.” (1 Jn 2:28).

It is a blessed assurance: “… but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” (1 Jn 3:2b).

Brother Branham spoke several times about how he was taken up into glory while he was still alive, and saw the multitude dressed in white and in the bloom of youth. In his experience “Beyond the Curtain of Time,” one of the young sisters said to him, “I was past ninety when you led me to the Lord. Look at me now!” He often emphasized with great seriousness that the women should not cut their hair short. In my wonderful experience, I also noticed that all of the sisters had long hair which cascaded down over their shoulders.

In his experience, Brother Branham heard the all-penetrating words: “Only perfect love enters here!” In Rom 12; 1 Cor 13, and many other Scriptures, the practiced love is shown to us. Has all of this already been manifested in us and through us? Let us go one step further: According to what the Lord revealed to Brother Branham, the true sign that someone has really received the Holy Spirit is that he or she believes every Word of God (Broken Cisterns). The love of God is the love of the truth. Amen. And only what is written in the Bible is God’s Word, which is revealed to us in love by the Holy Spirit.

Job, the sorely tested man of God, said, “For I know that my redeemer liveth …” (Job 19:25). In chapter 33 he spoke of the advocate who testifies of his righteousness and makes an atonement for him so that his body shall return to the days of his youth (vv. 23-28). In the resurrection and transformation, we shall be returned to the bloom of youth. There will be no more trace of sin and sickness. In perfection and eternal bliss we will be with the Lord. After completing our redemption, He went to prepare a place for us. He will return, as He promised, and take us unto Himself.

“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” (Jn 14:1-3).

“Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.” (Rev 22:14).

All who are part of the Bride Church are experiencing the complete preparation and will appear without spot and without wrinkle in shining white garments before the Lord (Eph 5:27). Oh, what a day that will be!

What Is Taking Place Now?

Now Bible prophecy is being fulfilled on all levels. The Lord Himself repeatedly pointed out what will take place at the end and said unto us:

“And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.” (Lk 21:28).

The entire earth is affected by wars, unrests, famines, and natural disasters in one way or another. This is the visible, natural side of the end-time events, which many can see and classify as such. The attention of the true believers, however, must be directed to the promises that were given to the Church for the last time period in the Plan of Salvation.

At the first coming of Christ, it was initially about the promise: “Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me …” (Mal 3:1).

When the time was fulfilled, the Angel Gabriel gave Zacharias the announcement of the birth and told him which promises were to be fulfilled in the ministry of John the Baptist (Lk 1:13-17). “And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.” (Lk 1:16). This is how it took place: Not the scribes, but the one promised prophet was to turn the hearts – not the heads – of the Old Testament fathers to the faith of the children of the New Covenant. He himself was an integral part of what was taking place in the Kingdom of God and testified of the Light so that all might come to believe through him (Jn 1:7). Since the days of John, the Kingdom of God has forged ahead (Lk 16:16). He was a man sent from God with a message to prepare the way for the Lord among His people. Our Lord Himself confirmed this in Mat 11:10.

Everything in the Kingdom of God is taking place the way the Lord promised it in His Word. And whoever cannot believe what God has said shall also have no part in the fulfillment of a ministry ordained by God. Thus saith the Lord: “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord …” (Mal 4:5). Our Lord stated in Mat 17:11 that this was yet to come, and, at the same time, He confirmed in verse 12 that the ministry of John the Baptist was completed. This is reaffirmed for us in Mk 9. He Himself emphasized that through the future ministry of Elijah all things would be restored to their proper condition.

Thus the promise remained, which God fulfilled in our time. All those who have been familiar with the ministry of Brother Branham for years know what kind of calling and commission he received from the Lord. The message entrusted unto him was to forerun the second coming of Christ. Indeed, through his proclamation, the hearts of the children of God were to be turned to the original Word, to the faith of the apostles, the faith of the fathers as it was in the early Church. We can testify to this: Today, this Scripture and with it the promise is fulfilled before our eyes!

The message of the full, unaltered, everlasting Gospel was to forerun the second coming of Christ and is continuing to do just that. God has taken home all of the prophets and all of the apostles, including Brother Branham. But the Word of God preached by His commission remains forever – and this is the Word which is declared unto you (1 Pt 1:25).

“We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts …” (2 Pt 1:19).

“Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.” (2 Pt 1:20).

There is absolutely no room for interpretations. Every interpretation is a false doctrine and brings confusion. Only the Word is the truth and remains forever, and only those who abide in the Word can be sanctified therein (Jn 17:17) and shall see the Lord (Heb 12:14).

The Word Is the Seed, The Faith Is the Victory

“For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.” (1 Jn 5:4).

In the Epistle of Jude, we are called upon to “… contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.” (v. 3).

In Heb 3 it states: “Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.” (v. 12).

And further on: “And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.” (Heb 3:18-19).

The original sin is unbelief – Brother Branham emphasized this in his sermons again and again. Satan succeeded in entangling Eve in a conversation about what God had said to Adam. This is how he was able to sow doubt: “Hath God said? … Ye shall not surely die … Your eyes shall be opened, etc.” But it is well-known that it did not end with the conversation – it led to the fall, through which the false seed came forth.

Then the Lord said to the serpent, “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” (Gen 3:15).

Right after the fall, the Lord God gave the promise of the divine Seed that would come through the woman in order to bruise the head of the serpent. The Seed came; the Word was manifested in the flesh. In Isa 53:10 we read about Him: “… when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.”

Paul wrote: “Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made …” (Gal 3:16-19).

It began with the firstborn Son, “… the firstborn among many brethren.” (Rom 8:29). Mary found favor with God and received the promise: “And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.” (Lk 1:31). The Holy Spirit could only come upon Mary when she believed the promise and said, “Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.” (v. 38). And thus the Son of God was born.

In the Greek language, there is only one word for “begotten” and “born.” In reference to the man it means “begotten,” and in reference to the woman “born”: What is begotten of the man is born by the woman. Therefore, we read this about the Son of God: “Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.” And then: “… that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.”

Our concern is the spiritual rebirth, the begetting and birth by the Spirit: “That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” (Jn 3:6).

First, the Word seed must be placed into our hearts so that the Holy Spirit can bring forth in us the life which is in the Seed. The Apostle James testified: “Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.” (Jas 1:18). Peter wrote: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” (1 Pt 1:3).

Then we shall see fulfilled what Paul wrote: “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature …” (2 Cor 5:17). “A seed shall serve him …” (Ps 22:30a). Whoever is born of God by the Word and Spirit has the life and nature of Jesus with all of His virtues. There is no child of God begotten of the Spirit with a devilish nature like that of Cain. There is no born-again child of God with hatred, envy, jealousy. “Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.” (1 Jn 3:9).

Who Can Comprehend It?

In the sermon “The Spoken Word …” (Part 2) from March 18, 1962, Brother Branham gave an account of how he had seen the globe and a man dressed in white. As it was common in times past, he had a linen cloth tied around him that hung on his side, which held the wheat he was sowing.

Right afterward, a scoundrel followed Him and sowed weed seeds in between. Both the wheat and the tares grew together. Then a drought came and both were drooping. Then came a sudden rain: The wheat straightened up and a loud “Glory! Glory! Glory!” sounded forth; the tares also straightened up and called out, “Glory! Glory! Glory!” Brother Branham was amazed by this. He could understand that the wheat was jubilant, but he could not comprehend that the tares were praising God as well. And the Lord spoke to him, “Read Heb 6.”

There it states: “For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.” (vv. 7-8). Here it also refers to people who had an experience with God, who even became partakers of the powers of the world to come and the Holy Spirit, and yet fall away from faith and bring shame on the Son of God. There are believers who have heard the precious Word of God and believed the message, but who then turn away and can never come back again. This Word is also being fulfilled: “… for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.” (Mat 5:45b).

At the time of our Lord, the scribes compared Him and His ministry to Beelzebub. In response, He said, “He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.” (Mat 12:22-37). After that came the verdict: “Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.” (v. 31). Then, all that remains is judgment.

God holds us accountable: “For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.” (v. 37). How many Pentecostal believers have sinned against the ministry of Brother Branham? How many are sinning now?

Brother Branham said, “You can be baptized with the Holy Spirit in the second realm and still not be born-again in the soul.” The seed makes the difference. The rain is ordained to play its part in this important cycle: The grain of wheat dies, and the life which is in the seed can spring up by the warmth of the sun (Jn 12:24). “… that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die …” (1 Cor 15:36). If the Word is not received, then the field of the heart brings forth the thorns and thistles of the curse. Every seed brings forth after its own kind. When He took the curse of disobedience and the fall upon Himself, our Lord wore the crown of thorns (Jn 19) “… and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” (Phi 2:8).

The good Seed is the Word which is sown into the hearts of the true believers (Mk 4:14; Lk 8:11). They are the sons of the Kingdom of God, of whom Paul said, “But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth …” (2 Ths 2:13). But Satan, the enemy, sows his interpretation as he did in the Garden of Eden, and thus the sons of the wicked one have a religious appearance. This is the seed of discrepancy, about which Brother Branham preached an entire sermon.

The Apostle John wrote: “For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.” (1 Jn 3:11-12). Neither in the Old nor the New Testament genealogy do we find Cain listed as the son of Adam (Gen 5; 1 Chr 1; Lk 3). Likewise, the names of the false seed cannot be written in the Book of Life.

Cain and Abel both believed; both built an altar; both offered sacrifices. But the actions of Cain aligned with his inherited nature. There was jealousy and hatred in him which made him a murderer. As back then in the natural with Eve, both spiritual seeds are manifested in the Church. “In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.” (1 Jn 3:10).

“Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.” (1 Jn 3:15-16).

Whoever does not have a Cain as a brother cannot be an Abel. The contrasting natures of the two seeds become evident: Some persecute, others are persecuted; some hate, others are hated; some slander, others are slandered. Some love in the way of Cain and are friendly perpetrators of character assassination, others give their lives for the brethren in the love of God. This is how it really is. Every seed brings forth after its own kind. This is a law of reproduction in the natural as well as in the spiritual realm.

Abel was the first victim of a murderer. And this only because Satan succeeded in beguiling Eve by adding one single word to what God had said. Compare Gen 2:16: “Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat …” with Gen 3:1: “… hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?”

We have to be aware that any temptation is always about the Word – just as it was in the Garden of Eden and later with our Redeemer. Satan approached with: “It is written …,” but our Redeemer replied, “It is also written.” The correct answer is only ever possible with the correct Scripture that belongs to the subject. Our prayer should be: “And lead us not into temptation …” (Mat 6:13). All those who add something to the Word of God are under the wrong influence and lose their eligibility (Rev 22). With God compromises are not possible; indeed, they are prohibited, and it does not suffice to say, “I believe the message.” Those who spread their unbiblical “special revelations” also claim to believe in this manner. Jesus Christ, our Lord, said, “He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, …” not as people construe it for themselves.

In 2 Ths 2 Paul clearly stated why people fall prey to the adversary and get lost: “… because they received not the love of the truth … That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” (2 Ths 2:10,12). Speaking to the hypocritical Pharisees, our Lord said, “He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.” (Jn 8:47). He reproached them with: “… but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.” (v. 37b) “And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?” (v. 46b). That is how it is now in the circles of the end-time message. Some believe every Word because they are born of the Word seed. The others, who are not begotten of God, add, take away, interpret, and place themselves under the curse (Gal 1:8).

In chapter 8 of the Gospel of John, we also read the all-penetrating Words of our Lord: “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed …” Connected to this is the promise: “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (vv. 31-32). Amen. The divine truth has set us free from all error.

Brother Branham saw how the wheat and tares were sown and grew on the same field. Our Lord also mentioned this in Mat 13:30, and He further said, “Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.”

The Lord showed me the large, overripe wheat field without tares, without thistles. As true as God lives, only pure wheat shall be harvested worldwide. God allows no intermingling. Only the true wheat shall be harvested and taken up into the heavenly garner at the Return of Christ. The Lord Himself purges His floor. “Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” (Mat 3:12).

Blessed and holy shall all those be who will have a part in the first resurrection and the Rapture!

In Direct Responsibility before God

In the Epistle to Timothy, the Apostle Paul introduced himself as having been placed into the ministry by the Lord: “And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry …” (1 Tim 1:12). This is followed by admonitions to remain in the true doctrine, up to the directive: “That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ …” (1 Tim 6:14).

In the second Epistle, he gave this reminder: “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” (2 Tim 2:15).

Then he arrived at the topic of the men who cannot submit themselves, who present useless and vain ramblings, which are like a cancer: “Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.” (v. 18). Everything repeats itself, even the doctrine that the resurrection and Rapture have already taken place, and much more.

The apostle concluded his letter by urgently calling upon Timothy to preach only the Word. He knew that the time would come in which many would turn away their ears from the truth and be turned unto fables.

At his departure from Asia, Paul admonished the elders to take care of the Church of the Lord, which He purchased with His own blood, and feed His flock, for he knew that “… of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things …” They do this with the ulterior motive to draw disciples after themselves (Acts 20:20-28). From the very beginning, there were the ministries set by God for the edification of the Church (1 Cor 12) and there were men with fraudulent intent who were out to mislead.

To the Romans, the apostle wrote: “Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.” (Rom 16:17).

In 2 Cor 11:13, he called them “… false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.”

Right at the beginning of his writings to the Galatian Church, he charged them with the following: “I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.” (1:6-7).

Even today all ministers of the Word must and will take the urgent warning seriously: “I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.” (2 Tim 4:1-2).

“For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.” (Rom 11:29).

Along with Paul, I can say to the glory of God: “But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.” (Acts 20:24).

“For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.” (Acts 20:27).

“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).

I regard it as a great privilege which the Lord gave me for the ministry in His Church. Likewise, I am aware of the special responsibility that is connected to a direct commission. Since 1966 I have reported in various Circular Letters of the extraordinary experiences in which the Lord addressed me as “My servant.” Most of them are included in the Circular Letter of December 2005. The instructions which the Lord gave me in all these years are confirmations for me that He has sent me and is with me.

I was born in 1933, the same year in which Brother Branham was told from the supernatural cloud: “As John the Baptist was sent to forerun the first coming of Christ, so the message given to you will be the forerunner of the second coming of Christ.”

From 1952 on, I have preached in services on a regular basis.

In 1955 I came to know Brother Branham, and since then I have been acquainted with his ministry.

In 1958 I recognized that his ministry was to bring the message for this time. After our conversation, Brother Branham himself told me on June 12 in Dallas, Texas, “Brother Frank, you will return to Germany with this message.”

On April 2, 1962, I received my commission in a supernatural experience by an audible voice of the Lord. Both things forever remain in my memory – His commanding voice as well as the powerful Words which the Lord called out to me: “My servant, your time for this city will soon be over. I will send you to other cities to preach my Word. My servant, a great famine is coming. Store in food for then you shall stand amidst the people to give out the food … My servant, do not establish local churches and do not publish a song book for it is a sign of a denomination.”

On December 3, 1962, Brother Branham confirmed the calling with its precise wording before the witnesses Sothman and Woods and added, “The food which you have to store in is the Word promised for this time. Wait with the giving out of the food until you get the rest of it.”

On December 24, 1965, I saw Brother Branham as he was taken up on a bright cloud. It was the exact moment of his going home.

On April 11, 1966, after the funeral of the prophet, it spoke in my heart: “Now your time has come to go from city to city to preach the Word and to give out the stored-in food.”

1966/67 we had special meetings in 25 cities across Western Europe,

1968/69 in all of Eastern Europe, in Prague, Warsaw, and Bucharest up to Moscow. We also travelled to Jerusalem, Jordan, and all the way to India.

From 1968 on, I preached 20-minute sermons every Sunday morning via Radio Luxemburg for ten years. The broadcast reached all of Europe – also the German-speaking population in Eastern Europe.

1969/70 meetings followed throughout all of Canada. From Edmonton it went to all provinces, over Toronto all the way to Gander, Newfoundland.

From 1970 the missionary journeys led me to Africa, Cairo, and Damascus in the Middle East, to North-, Central-, and South America, finally also to the Far East to the Philippines, to Indonesia, China, and all the way to Australia and New Zealand.

By 1979 there were 85, now there are more than 150 countries in which I have stepped foot to preach the Gospel (Isa 52:7).

The last message has reached the ends of the earth. Since the Lord has taken His prophet unto Himself, I as His servant together with all true ministers of the Word may give out the spiritual food (Mat 24:45-47). Because of the direct calling, I was the first to carry the Word, the message of the hour, to all continents, sowing the true seed of the Word. Today I gratefully look back to more than 60 years in the preaching ministry and to more than 50 years of proclaiming the message of the hour, in which the faithful God has blessed me and kept me.

40-Year Anniversary

In April 1974 we were able to inaugurate the church building in the Krefeld Mission Center. Therefore, we will gratefully celebrate the 40-year anniversary on the first weekend in April 2014.

From a small group of believers, which gathered in a home in December 1958 to listen to the sermons of Brother Branham, a worldwide missionary work came into existence.

In the years from 1976 to 1978, the two mission buildings were constructed and have served in their capacity ever since. Another building was added later on. Today we have accommodations for our out-of-town visitors, our own print shop, offices, processing rooms, and technical facilities, allowing for worldwide distribution of literature, CDs, and DVDs.

Between 800 and 1,200 believers from all over Europe and other parts of the world attend our monthly meetings in the Mission Center in Krefeld with a desire to hear the Word of God. In addition, the corresponding viewing rate over the Internet, something that was not yet possible even ten years ago, has surpassed the 1,200-mark. Every sermon is translated simultaneously into 12 main languages and can be heard on every continent. We also send out over 11,000 DVDs worldwide each month. Large assemblies, home groups, and individual children of God in 172 countries of the earth are being supplied with the spiritual food. In this manner, all true believers can have a part in what God is presently doing.

It is not my work – the faithful Lord has taken care of everything. With the help of the brothers and sisters, some of whom have been employed at the Mission Center for decades, we can process the incoming mail and all of the e-mails in the office, prepare the manuscripts, print the brochures and books, and attend to all of the orders. In addition, there are the translators who do their work on a voluntary basis as well as the brothers in the technical facilities and in the control room who make sure that everything is recorded and broadcast.

As in the time of Moses, the same God has equipped all of those who in one way or another participate in the work of the Lord with the corresponding skills – for His glory and for the welfare of His Church. Sometimes I wish that Brother Branham could see the fulfillment of what he said on February 10, 1960, in Puerto Rico, “Not that I would be a forerunner, but the message was the forerunning.”

The blessed ministry of Brother Branham, as confirmed by God, was worthwhile, and the true message which is based solely on the Holy Scriptures accomplishes what it was sent for. For the glory of God, I may confess that the faithful Lord, who called and sent me, has been with me throughout all the years. As the carrier of His Word, He kept me in His Word and His Will so that I have never had to correct anything in the more than 9,000 sermons I have preached. This includes the TV programs that are currently being broadcast in the USA, in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia as well as in Romania, Russia, and in South America, just as the former radio broadcasts via Radio Luxemburg, in Berlin, in Alaska, Iceland, etc. The spoken and written Word goes from here in all the main languages to the individual countries, where it is translated into additional regional languages.

Up to this hour, I have consecrated all my time to the Lord; I have even made use of the hours on the plane to write the manuscripts. Since Lufthansa introduced the Miles-and-More program in 1993 and kept track of the miles flown with their airline as well as their partner airlines, I have accumulated 5,921,000 frequent flier miles. The status as of January 25, 2014, surprised even me. These 5.921 million are just the miles from the past 20 years. And the flights with other airlines are not included in this. So I have probably travelled more than 10 million miles by plane in the past 50 years. On the world map hanging in the office, we used colored pins to mark the 262 cities in which I have preached. If we add all of the places that are not shown on that world map, then there are considerably more cities in which the true message of the Word has been proclaimed.

In all the years, I was led to plan two weeks of the month for the missionary journeys and two weeks here in the Mission Center. I have made the most of my time, by day and by night. The translation of the sermons of Brother Branham took a great deal of the time, but so did the Circular Letters, brochures, and books, all of which I first drafted by hand. I can say with a clear conscience that I have lived only for the one purpose which the Lord ordained me for before the foundation of the world: namely for all who were written into the Lamb’s Book of Life before the foundation of the world to now hear the last call and believe the message.

What the Lord said in Isa 55:11 is of utmost importance for me: “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.” This is Thus saith the Lord. Not the messenger, but the message, the Word which came forth from the mouth of God accomplishes and achieves what it was sent for. We are hearing this more and more through the testimonies in this regard coming from many countries. But only the ones who receive the messenger sent by God truly believe the message. Before I began this ministry, I asked the Lord in a promise of devotion: “Dear Lord, I want to see all who hear Your Word from my mouth and believe it in Glory with You.” In the experience of the Rapture, the faithful Lord reassured me of this.

I was allowed to preach the everlasting Gospel to all nations. The calling-out according to 2 Cor 6:14-18 and Rev 18:4 has taken place. Others shall still be added. All of the elect hear what the Spirit has to say through the Word. They do not add to or take away from the divine Testament. The Spirit and the Bride say: “Come! Yes, come Lord Jesus.” The Lord Himself will finish His work, namely through a mighty move of the Spirit in the complete restoration. “For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.” (Rom 9:28). To the despisers, who only speak about what God did through the prophet but contemptuously bypass what He is presently doing, He said, “Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.” (Acts 13:41). How precious the last Words of our Lord are to me, which He has kept without fail: “I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” (Mat 28:20).

Questions, Questions…

More than sixty questions have been sent to me. Unfortunately, I lack the time to answer all of them individually. They may need to be addressed in a small brochure. Whether time will permit this we have to leave unto God.

To all of you who support the Work of God with your prayers and contributions, I say thank you from the bottom of my heart. God will reward you abundantly. My special thanks also go to the brothers who give out the spiritual food in all faithfulness to the Word worldwide, and thus serve for the edification of the Church.

To Him, the only true God, be the glory in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ for what He is doing right now. We thank Him that we may have a part in it.

Maranatha. Amen.

By His commission

This is how we inaugurated our church building in 1974

A photograph of the mission buildings under construction in 1977/78.

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, our brothers and sisters from Eastern Europe have also been able to participate in the services in Krefeld. In this photograph, our beloved Brother Leonard Russ, the church leader at the time, is standing on the podium beside Brother Frank. With gratitude we can look back to many blessed years.

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