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3   And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.   4   Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore. ~ JOSHUA 3:3-4

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The Ark of the Covenant was in the midst of the Jordan until the people were passed over. It had led them into a new land. They may have thought they knew the way, but they were still commanded to follow the Ark because “ye have not passed this way heretofore.” I think the parallel to our day is obvious. We may think we know where we are going but are stepping into the land that redemption has secured for us, and since we have never been this way before we are told to watch the Word only. Don’t get distracted by the world events or even the religious world around us. Keep your eye ONLY on the Word and trust in who you are in Christ.

Now, you, Branham Tabernacle. Oh, I know, "We have healings." That's wonderful. "We have visions." Oh, that's--that's fine. And you have spiritual dreams, and sometimes they're not spiritual dreams. And--and sometimes you... "We, we try to help the poor. We do what we can." Oh, that's all right, but that's not what we're talking about now. We're entering into another phase.... leaving... the doctrine... "Oh, yes, we got the doctrine of Christ. We believe He was the Son of God, is virgin-born. We believe that, with all these things." That is just wonderful. But, "Leaving that, let's go on to perfection." ~ 57-0908M  HEBREWS CHAPTER FIVE AND SIX 1

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“We’re entering into another phase.” What if God, right now, opened your eyes to see the garden of Eden in all its beauty? Would you have a thought about doctrines? Would you say “No, let’s don’t look at this. I want to talk about serpent seed instead”? What if He took over your thinking and you knew what everything should have been had sin never happened? Going onto perfection is just such a condition. It is not your human life perfected in a time-based dimension. It is realizing that your ETERNAL life doesn’t rely on what you see, taste, feel, smell and hear. It relies only on God’s ETERNAL Word and draws only from that dimension.

15   See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,    16   Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.   17   Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. ~ EPHESIANS 5:15-17

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The Book of Ephesians is to the mature believer. Paul’s words are to those who have heard the charge to “go on unto perfection” (Heb 6:1). I have always loved the phrase “redeeming the time” because it is saying that there is something beyond where we are at. We must make full use of the season, going through the door that has been opened. We have received the Word, now let us make use of the Word, knowing what the Will of the Lord is. “Here is the secret. The Word is in the Bride, and the mind of Christ, to know what He wants done with the Word. And She does it in His Name. She has THUS SAITH THE LORD” (Spoken Word is the Original Seed).

38   He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.   39   (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) ~ JOHN 7:38-39

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We live in a day of influence. There are even people who are called “influencers”. Jeremiah 2:13 warns us of a great evil, that we would forsake this fountain of living waters and rely on a cistern, a broken cistern, that cannot hold water. Haggai 1:6 calls it a bag with holes. Our own human nature, even with our desire to be good people, can be a broken cistern. We constantly look for some filling that will come from an outward influence, rather than trusting in who we are and what we were made for. A tree gets nourishment from the ground and the water, but the life is in the tree itself. “I am the Vine; you are the Branches”. The life is not external, filling you daily. It is the life that you are. Be driven by the Fountain in you. It is how you were made.

1   In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.   2   And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. ~ GENESIS 1:1-2

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In the beginning God’s Spirit “moved” upon the face of the waters, cooing a vibration, a music, making love to all the earth in a way that was calling all creation into existence. This vibration of love brought everything into a harmony that allowed God to step into His creation, walk with Adam, and satisfy His desire for fellowship. When sin happened this beautiful harmony was broken and God’s plan of redemption was begun. Now, at the end, when redemption’s work is finishing, that cooing has once again begun in a People called the Bride. It will have the same effect it had the first time. It will bring everything into harmony once again and produce a garden of Eden all over again.

That's the only way anybody in the world will ever know what's in that Package; It has to be revealed to you. You'll turn It down and say it's a--it's a fanaticism; but when you get the revelation, you'll seek for it, you'll open up. And God will come in and sup with you, and you with Him, when you're ready to open the door and let Him in. That little Package knocking at your heart, the greatest Christmas Gift was ever given, the first One and the greatest One, that little Package knocking at the heart of a man, "I'll come in and sup." You'll never know It until It's revealed to you. When It's revealed to you, then you'll go to hunting for It. ~ 60-1225  GOD’S WRAPPED GIFT

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In the midst of all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season let us not forget the greatest Christmas Gift that was ever given, your ability to open the package He has sent to YOU. In there is YOUR name in Him, His thought of you. In there is not just an identification of you being Bride, but it is your nature, your character, your own heart being revealed to the point that it takes you over and makes you in the holy Image of God, causing you to be the Branches that bear His fruit.

17   Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.   18   There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. ~ I JOHN 4:17-18

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“Perfect love casteth out fear”. This could easily be rendered “Love that is perfect casteth out fear”. It changes the thought just a little but enough to see that it is not love that comes to us, but love that dwells in us by the life we are. It is not our human love but it is His love that is predestinated to be who we are. The word “perfect” means complete but the root word means “the end”. When love comes to its end, its fullness in us, it will cast out fear. Love IS the power of God and nothing can overcome it. “As He IS (not will be or was), so ARE (not will be but are right now) we in this world. We are ordained to manifest Him. It is our position.

I Corinthians 13 says this: "When that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away with." So all these little things of jumping up-and-down like a kid, trying to talk in tongues, and all these other things, when that which is perfect... And we do have today, by God's help, the perfect interpretation of the Word with Divine vindication. Then that which is in part is done away with. "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child; but when I become a man, I put away childish things." Amen. I go to preaching and then don't get to these things. ~ 64-0823E  QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2

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What is the “perfect interpretation of the Word”? Is it doctrine? That could be one aspect, but in the context of I Cor 13 the subject is Divine Love. God always interprets His Word by bringing it to pass. The word “perfect” is the Greek word “teleios”, which comes from the word “telos”, which means “the end”. Perfection is the end result of all things. The “perfect interpretation” of the end is for God’s complete thought of you to be manifested in a way you know WHO you are. It is seeing God’s Word in a way that makes you say “THAT’S ME!” Many say they are Bride, but how many are BEING the Bride in all their actions? That which is perfect is what Paul was pressing onto, the high calling in Christ.

9   But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.  10   But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.   11   For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. ~ I CORINTHIANS 2:9-11

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It is humanly impossible for us to believe we can have the Thoughts of God. Our mind is trained to think in terms of feet and inches, but God’s thinking is eternal. We can look at a sick person and imagine what it would be for them to be healed, but God sees that same person, not only healed, but in a youthful, ought-to-be condition. We can dream about how things will be beyond this life, but God’s Spirit already KNOWS what it is RIGHT NOW. This Message has brought the Mind of Christ to the Bride and the knowing brings on the reality and declares what we cannot see with our eyes to be fact.

It seems that the focus of this age has been the affect of Christ's work on sin. As we have grown in our understanding of what was accomplished at Calvary, we began to recognize that redemption was not just the forgiveness of sin, or the covering of sin so God could not see it, but it was the removal of every aspect of the fall. It is as if the fall never happened. The result of this work is grace. Grace is unmerited favor. You didn't earn your position. You were not a diamond in the rough, that God saw something in you that was better than someone else. Regardless of your election grace is what we would have been if there had never been a fall. Perhaps you would have come along at the same season, but without sin. You would have walked in the light that shined from the the throne of the Lamb. Whether you are part of that light, as Bride is the reflection of Him, or as Adam, who walked in the light as it came to him, it is the same light that now shines on the elect. For a born again believer the result is that you are walking where you always would, but your light is shining to attract those who are still awaiting an awakening to their eternal election. Grace will never end. It is the Life of God giving breath to every living thing.