Ark Of The Bow

  built them an ark. *God *said build *you an ark. *Brother Zell they commemorated by building a little ark, and they called this ark the ark of the bow. The ark of the covenant is what they called it. It was the ark of the bow, the covenant. *Said, I *set by bow in the sky; this is a covenant between *you and *God. So they took this covenant, and they called this the ark. They made a little ark like Noah's ark, and they called it the ark of the bow; the ark of the covenant. And they over laid it with gold. *Brother Taylor, *you remember they overlaid it with gold. And this ark, if *you remember, this ark carried something. The cherubs, remember this? The cherubs? The Bible says they fixed a *throne *there, and the cherubs  now it was called the mercy *seat, is what it was called, *to show that *God  *Brother Branham taught this *one time, something about this. I don't remember what it was, but I remember hearing something about it, about *God and the mercy *seat. Well, I don't know why *he taught it, but I'm going *to say this this morning, what I believe about it. The mercy *seat on the ark is what I'm speaking of. *He was speaking of the mercy *seat in *heaven. But the mercy *seat on the ark, they had a mercy *seat *there, and I believe that it show that *God at this time had come as the *Lord Jesus Christ, as far as the mind of the *Lord, along with the *church in the wilderness, being a type. That *he had robed *Himself in flesh, and *He was a fleshly *God in the sense that *He had come in robe of humanity. And it was the hour of mercy as long as this ark, which represented the body of Jesus, was among the people. Do *you believe that? I believe, *Brother Taylor, that's why it was called the mercy *seat. Because at this time *God was not on the *throne of judgment, but *He was *here for mercy. The ark was among them for mercy. So, in the body of Jesus it showed mercy. It was the mercy *seat *to let them know that *God, the *Spirit, was not on the *throne in judgment, but *He had stepped off of the *throne, so *to speak, and was in a human body visiting the people of the earth, walking through the *Garden with Adam and Eve, so *to speak, *to find out about *His people *to show that *He was the propitiation for *their sins, mercy, the blood *atonement. And all the offerings of the blood before this mercy *seat, where Moses would come in, this was in the *holies of *holies. And when Moses would come inside of the *holies or *holies, not Moses but Aaron, the chief *priest, would come inside the *holies of *holies, then *he would bring the blood, which symbolized the blood of Jesus, and *he'd bring it down at the foot of the mercy *seat. Now on top of this mercy *seat *there was cherubs, and the cherubs had *their wings folded, like this, tip *to tip. Like *one cherub was over the mercy *seat, like I was standing over *here, and *he had *his wings over *his head like this. And then on the other side *there was a cherub over *there, and *he had *his wings like that, and the wings come over the mercy *seat like this, beneath the cherubs. Now, the Bible says that in this ark *there was Aaron's rod that budded. They had a rod in this mercy *seat. The rod that Moses used *to deliver the people with, *there was a rod *here, symbolizing was Moses had *to deliver the people with. *He delivered them with a rod. The rod turned into a serpent, and done many strange things. Well, this rod was in the ark of the covenant. And also the manna that would come down from *heaven was also in this ark. And this ark represented the Bible. It was a type of the Bible. It was a type of the *Word of the *Lord. And in this mercy *seat it had the manna, and they had this rod *here inside of the mercy *seat. Well, these things represented spiritual things. The rod represented something. And the bread represented something. The ark represented something. But anyway it was a bow, and this bow was going forth *to conquer. And it really conquered. They took this bow, and this bow by the leadership of Moses, or rather than Moses, it was by the leadership of an *angel. The Bible says, Grieve not *my *angel. I sent *him before *you. And by the leadership of an *angel with showed *himself as a pillar of *fire at night and a cloud by day, while this *angel that went before them, *God used this bow, and *He conquered all nations. *He conquered every nation. And then in the end time *here, when *God sent *Brother Branham they called *him a man that was sent from *God. And when *God sent *him this pillar of *fire returned again into the *church. The same pillar of *fire that led the children of Israel by night that was a cloud by day, or a refreshing, or the latter rain, so *to speak, *God brought it back as the latter rain where *He had sent it as the former rain, which was the Jews. And *He brought it back as the latter rain. And this pillar of *fire went with *Brother William Branham. It went with *Brother Branham wherever *he went. And *he saw this pillar of *fire. When *he spoke *to somebody *he saw this pillar of *fire. Now I didn't see it but I was in *his meeting *one time, and *he apparently saw it over *my head and *he spoke *to *me in the name of the *Lord. And *he saw it over many people's heads. 

No I didn't  all right. Are *you listening? *There is a *spirit *here that just keeps on interfering out *there. If *you. If any of *you  *we're just now getting into the anointing, just now. And if *you don't want *to *hear it go on home, will *you? If *you don't want *to. If *you're tired and weary I won't feel bad at *you just go on home and *it'll be okay. Will that be all right? All right, now then. *It's all right. Somebody got up and left when I *said that, but that's okay. Now then, I want *us *to stay in the mind of the *Lord and see this morning if we can, *you know, get these things from the *Lord. All right, now then. The pillar of *fire came back. It came back *to the *church. Let *me say this. *One *spirit left a few minutes ago and that made another *one restless. Then that *one left. Then *there's another *one that can't get into the service. All of *you, just about everyone of *you is into the service, but that *one individual and it can't get into it. All right. Now then, let *me say this. The pillar of *fire came back in the latter times *to guide the *church. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and forever. *He has not left *Himself without witness. I'm going *to stop *here. I'm just going *to stop for a few minutes. That's all *there is *to it. I'm going *to have *to deal with this thing and I might as well do it. Now, listen. *There is somebody that's not in the anointing, and *it's going on and off like a bulb, and I want *to tell *you something. This is not just *Brother Pike saying this. Another minister came *to *me and *said every time *he's up *here *it's giving *him the same trouble. *Said *he feels the same *spirit from *him. So I want *you *to get a hold of that now. Jesus *said out of the mouths of *two witnesses let it be established. Now *you get a hold of *yourself. *Hear? Don't say is it somebody else. Say, "*Lord, is it I?" We'll get the thing straightened out like they did at the supper. All right, now then. The pillar of *fire came back in the last days. When that pillar of *fire came back it was the cloud by day, and it was a pillar of *fire by night. And it came *to lead the children of Israel, and so it did. *You see how crossed up that is. That isn't right. Check it out. That wasn't right. See how confusing things get when *spirits start pulling this way and that way? 

The pillar of *fire came back in the latter time; in our day. Not *to lead the children of Israel like Satan tried *to say *there. It came back in our day *to lead the *church of our day, *Brother Zell. It led the children of Israel in that day. Back *there in that day it led them. A pillar of *fire by night, and a pillar of cloud by day. And it come back in our day as *Brother Branham came on the scene, and that pillar of *fire came back. Somebody said, "Well, *Brother Branham is not *here anymore, *Brother Pike." Brother Branham doesn't have *to be *here. *Brother Branham wasn't *there when the *fire was with them in the wilderness. *He wasn't *there then. The *Lord Jesus was *there. *It's always been the *Lord Jesus. *Brother Pike is *here this morning. But if I left that wouldn't make any difference; Jesus wouldn't leave. The *Lord Jesus is going *to be with *His people. *He's always been with *His people. *He going *to be with *His people, and the *Lord is *here. The Bible says *God is a consuming *fire, and that consuming *fire is *here. It appeared in a pillar of *fire *to them in that day way back yonder in the Jewish *age. That was the first *age; in the natural *age. Then it came at Pentecost as tongues of *fire. In the physical *age it appeared *to them. Just before the physical *age. As the physical *age began *to *set in *there, the Catholics, it appeared *to them as tongues of *fire. And then at this last *age, which is the protestant *age, it came *to them. When *Brother Branham came on the scene the pillar of *fire was revealed. Somebody *said, Well, the pillar of *fire came *to the *Church. *It's always been with the *Church. That pillar of *fire was *here long before *Brother Branham ever came. It hasn't ever left the *Church since the days of Moses. It has never left it since the days of Adam. *It's always been with the *Church. But the thing is, *there was nobody in the midst that was a prophet that was close enough *to *God *to see the pillar of *fire. That's what *us was. *Brother Zell, the Bible says the *angel of the *Lord camps round about *us. They are *here. Those *angels are *here. But for *us *to live in the *Spirit and walk in the *Spirit is the only way for *us *to see them. Now. *You say, How can we see them? *Brother Gene, we've got *to see them through the *Word of the *Lord. The only way *you can see them is see them through the *Word. *You can't see *angels any old way; *you have *to see them through the *Word. *You can't see *God with the natural eye; *you have *to see *Him through the *Spirit. Comprehend *God. As long *you're in the natural there'll be strife, there'll be envy, there'll be wrestling in the *spirit. But when *you get in the *Word of the *Lord all of that is gone, for in the Bible, the *Lord, the *veil is taken away. So then, the pillar of *fire has always been *here. And like I had a dream the other night and I saw a cloud go up (?) . The Bible says *God will make bright clouds. *He promised *to make bright clouds. Clouds, have *you ever seen the clouds when they looked like they had *fire in them? *You'd say it looked like *there was *fire in it? Really *there was *fire in it. *You say, Well, I don't believe *there was no real *fire in it. Yes *there is. The sun is a ball of *fire, and it was picking up the sunlight. That was a form of *fire that was in those clouds. It was *God showing *Himself in *His *great cloud of witnesses. The other night I had a dream, and in the dream I was praying for a little girl. The little girl was in a dying condition. And *you might take this *to heart, folks. It could be *your little girl. *You might take it *to heart, and *you might ought *to listen *to *Brother Pike, because *there might come a time when I'd have *to pray for *your little girl. But anyway, the little girl was in a dying condition. *She had gotten hurt, and *she was up a pretty good size. Well, *she was in a dying condition, and they brought the little girl *to *me, and I began *to pray. I fell down on *my knees and I began *to pray, and I began *to talk *to *God. And I *said, *Lord, I *said, heal this little girl. I *said, *Lord, help *her. *She's in a dying condition. And I began *to pray earnestly before *God. And as I began *to pray, I was out, like I was out in the open, just out in the open. *There was some people waiting, waiting *to *hear *me minister. But I was out in the open praying, and I looked up and I saw the bright clouds and it was full of *fire. And all of a sudden it was like a woman rolling dough, and *she'd pinched off a little ball. Something pinched it off. I didn't see what it was, just a little piece of cloud that was like a ball. And it began *to float down just like balloon. And I kept praying. It kept getting closer and closer and closer. When it was pinched off it got even brighter like *fire. It turned into a ball of *fire. And then it would turn back into a cloud just as it began *to drift. And it came right on down. *God let *me know it was a combination, a cloud and a *fire, *Brother Gene, together. And it kept coming on down, drifting, drifting, coming on down until it got right over *my head, and when it did it just burst and went all over *me, and all over the little girl and the people that *were with *me. It went all over them. And the *Lord was showing *me something in the night vision. *He was trying *to tell *me something. And *He did reveal something *to *me. But let *me tell *you this: The pillar of cloud which was with Moses, the pillar of *fire that was with Moses, *it's always been with the *Church. *It's never left the *Church and it never will leave the *Church. *God *said, I'll never leave *you nor forsake *you, but lo, I am with *you always even unto the end of the world. And *God is still among *His people. *You read it over in the Old Testament where *He *said, As I have coveted with *you, saith the *Lord, I'm still with *you. As I've made a covenant with *you, I'm still with *you. *God is still with *us, and *God is still among *us, and *He's still trying *to lead *us. And that same pillar of *fire, which is *God, the *Word, is still *here. I'll make *my ministers a consuming *fire, the Bible says, and they'll burn the chaff. This is why I tell *you not *to get into the wrong *spirit, because if *you do we'll burn *you up. That's what *we're called for. The *Word of *God is *to consume everything that gets before it. The Bible says the army of Joel, before them it shall be as the *Garden of Eden, but behind them it has be like a desolate wilderness. This ministry that's coming up today, wherever this ministry goes the anointing will follow, the judgments will follow, and wherever this anointing goes when they leave the *church the *church will dry up like a brook drying up. *God will not visit it. *God will not bless it. I've gone seen this thing happen. I could tell *you in *my *own personal ministry. I've been *to places and see it as *high as twenty-four hundred people and *God put the lock on the door. Been *there for years and *God closed it up because *He told *me *to come close it up. Numbers of places around the united states, because the army of Joel, or this ministry that's coming up, which is the *sons of *God, when they preach this message if *you don't receive it they shake the dust off as a witness against *you, and *your *church, and *your home, and *your home will never have nothing but a turmoil, and trouble, and worry, and without peace as long as *you live. Always be trouble. Don't ever let a minister shake the dust off of *his feet against *you, not just against the *church, not just against the city, or against *your home. Don't ever take the wrong *spirit toward the *Word of *God. So then, the pillar of *fire is still *here. Is that right? The pillar of *fire. I'm going *to say this: *Sister *it's not *you rebelling against the *Lord. *It's not *you. *You made a confession that the devil has give *you a hard time before, but *it's not *you. But it is a woman, and *she hasn't gotten straightened out yet. All right, now then. The pillar of *fire is still with *us. The pillar of *fire is still with *us. And *it's still helping *us. *It's still leading *us. Do *you believe that? Do *you believe it? All right. Then *it's up *to *us *to get into the pillar of *fire; get into the *Word of *God, and understand it. Praise the *Lord! All right. *He *said *He *set *His bow, and the bow was *there with the ark of the covenant, and the covenant conquered every nation that came forth. As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be at the coming of the *son of man. *We're *to see that bow again. *We're *to see that ark again. This pillar of *fire that *Brother Branham saw, it wasn't just a pillar of *fire; it was *God. It was *eternal *God. It was *God getting into the atoms and revealing *Himself, lighting up the atoms. Just like we would strike a match. It was *God. *He saw it as a pillar of *fire at times, but *here *were times that *he did not see it as a pillar of *fire. *There *were times when *he saw it as a beautiful rainbow like. Now, *he didn't call it a rainbow, but *he'd say. I've heard *him say this, and maybe *you have, *too. *He'd say, Looks like anybody could see that. And *he'd say, *It's so beautiful, look at the colors of it. *It's so beautiful, the colors in it. And *God was showing *Himself in that same ark. Why? Because *He *said, I *set *my ark, or rather *my bow in the *heavens. Is that right. I *set it in the clouds. Is that right? If *He *set it in the clouds, where is it at? The Bible says, seeing that we are compassed about with such a *great cloud of witnesses, then let *us lay aside every weight that so easily doth beset *us, and run with patience the race that is *set before *us. The battle is not *to the strong, the race is not *to the swift, but the battle is the Lord's. If we are the clouds of witnesses that *God spoke of, then where did *He *set *His bow. Where did *He *set *His bow? *He *set *His bow within *you and I. *He *set *His *Word, *His pillar of *fire, the bow, it *sets within the *Church. It *sets within the *heavens. It *sets within the cloud. Is that right? *You are *God's *heaven. *You are the *one that clouds up and becomes bright clouds, and the *fire intermingles with *you. *You're the bright clouds *He promised *to make that *you might rain in the last days over the dry fields of people that out yonder, *to give them a revival. *He promised *to send it that we might become clouds, that we be blown by the wind of *God's *Word into a dry place *to where we can rain *to help them *to bring forth a harvest. But *His bow is in the clouds. It says that this rider went forth with a bow *to conquer. *He went forth conquering and *to conquer. And this fellow *set on a *white horse. *He *set on a *white horse. In the book of *Revelation it tells *us that we will come back on *white horses. I know that it says also that our leader Jesus Christ, the *Word, on the *white horse with a vesture dipped in blood called the *Word of *God. *He will also come back on a *white horse. And *He won't have *one crown that's given *to *Him. The Bible says *He'll have many crowns. *He has a crown for this, and a crown for that. *He was a master in every way, and *He got a crown for everything *He ever done. *He got a degree for everything *He ever done. *You go *to college and *you get a D.D ., and *you get a PhD ., and D.D.W ., and all kind of things, and keep on getting *your degrees. Well, Jesus was the same way. That was a type. *He came down *here and *He got a degree because *He conquered death. *He got a degree because *he conquered sickness. *He got a degree because *He conquered the lust of the flesh. *He got a degree because *He proved *Himself wiser than and man that ever lived, stronger that any man that ever lived, better than any man that ever lived. *He got a degree, got a crown for it, and *He had many crowns. *God crowned *Him for it. And we follow on those horses, on those horses in the book of *Revelation. This is the army of Joel coming back on *white horses after the tribulation. The Bible says that they'll fall on the sword, and the sword will not hurt them. Why? Because they'll have swords in *their hands *to kill with but *you can't kill them. They'll be glorified. They can fall on the sword; it won't bother them. *You can run up *to them with a sword and it won't bother them. *To run up *to *one of them men with a sword will be just *to commit suicide, because *you can't hurt *him. *He's glorified, *Brother Taylor. *It's the *great army. The Bible says Jesus will come back with a *great army. Now that army is the army of Joel following *Him on the *white horses after the tribulation. All right. Now then, we can see that this *white horse rider *here in the seal that *we're speaking of *here, that *he symbolized something. *He shows something. We know that Satan duplicates everything that Jesus does. Is that right? But we also know that Jesus does those things. Is that right? We know that Jesus went out on a *white horse. Is that right? We know that *He went forth *to conquer. Is that right? We know that *He did it with a bow, the ark of the covenant. Is that right? Staying with the cloud. All right. So we see that we get a double picture *here. We get a double portion *here. We get a double understanding *here. And whatever Satan types out Jesus did it. The devil can't do nothing but what Jesus hasn't done it as far as in this world of types and shadows. *God has already done it. *You say, Well, what if the devil does evil? The Bible says *God creates the good, and *God creates the evil. Then *He *said, I've created the waster *to destroy. He (?) created. I made the waster that *he might destroy, the Bible says. I *set *one against another that they might not be nothing left in remembrance. I've *set rust against creation that rust might eat up what *you might mold in *your mental machine. I've rottenness against the wood that *you might grow in the forest, that it might consume it away. I've created the waster *to destroy it. I, I am the *one that did all those things, Jesus *said. Do *you believe that's true? Can evil come *to a city, the Bible says, and *God hath not sent it. Can we have a war again, and *God not be responsible? Do *you believe we can have a war and *God not be responsible for it? We have had three major wars. I thought about it, and I noticed *Brother Zell, the *Lord had spoke *to *him about it. I was think *here awhile back about the three major wars. We may have another war, another half a dozen wars. I was thinking *here awhile back about the three wars, major wars. I don't believe *there will ever be but three major wars. And I believe that those things *God ordained. I don't believe *there could have ever been but three major wars, *Brother Zell. The Bible says *God works all things after the council of *His *own will. Somebody *said, Well, it just happened. We got in the war and all those kind of things. No, it didn't just happen. Before this world was ever created it was preordained *there would be three major wars for *God's types and shadows. What are *you saying? These things that take place, *Brother Pike, *they're just coincidental. No, *they're not. *They're not coincidental. When *you rebel against *God in service, *you say, Well, *it's just coincidental. No, *it's not coincidental. The Bible says *God hardened the heart of Pharaoh that *He might destroy Pharaoh. When *you rebel against the *Word of *God *it's *God hardening *your heart. *He's not satisfied with *you. *He's looking at *your secret *life somewhere, in the secret chambers *He saw things that *you have done that didn't please *Him. *He saw things that didn't please *Him somewhere down the line and *God is wroth at *you. And *He's prepared *your heart *to rebel against *Him that *He might destroy *you. Do *you believe that's the *truth? That's the Bible. Now, *you say, Well, what about all of these people that go out and leave *us, *Brother Pike, when *we're trying *to carry on the work of *God? The Bible says they went out from *us because they *were never of *us, and that it might be made manifest they *were never of *us. Somebody *said, Well, *Brother So and So, *he never could  *he just lived such a good *life, and *Sister So and So lived such a good *life, then they drove them off from the *church and *he was lost. I beg *your pardon. *There has never been nobody lost that *God ordained *to be saved. Peter *said *you are not save of *yourself. Paul *said *it's by *grace. *You're not saved of *yourself. Peter *said *it's elect according *to foreknowledge. Esau sought repentance with bitter tears and never found any place of repentance. *You can find repentance by tears. *You can't find repentance by crying and coming and begging *God *to have mercy. That's not the way *you have repentance. *God gives repentance through the foreknowledge. The Bible says the gifts and callings of *God are without repentance. *You don't get them by repentance. They are without repentance. *He gives them *to *us in Christ before the world was ever begun. Christ led captivity captive, which means *he led Satan captive. *He led the grave captive. *He led Hell captive. Everything that was captured *He led it captive. And then it picks up on how *He gave gifts unto men if it pleased *Him, severally as *He will. The gift of *eternal *life, how do we get it? Somebody *said, I came and ask *God for it. I repented. No, *you didn't. *You never come and ask *God for nothing. *You *were rambling around in the world. *You didn't care nothing about *God. *You wasn't taking *your time for *God when *God came *to seek and *to save that which was lost, when *He came *to look for *you. *You didn't ask the *Lord *to save *you. *He came out *there looking for *you. The *Spirit of *God drew *you *to *Him, and then when *you felt the conviction, and *you felt the siege, *you felt *God's power seize *your heart and conviction swept over *you, then was when *you called upon the *Lord; after *He found *you. When *His *Spirit began *to draw *you *to *Him then was when *you *said, *Lord, have mercy on *me. When the *Lord overshadowed *you and showed *you *your disgrace, showed *your evil, and showed the things that *you *were doing wrong, then was when *you began *to call upon the name of the *Lord. Jesus *said, *You've not chosen *Me. *You've not chosen *Me. *You've not chosen *Me. *He *said, I have chosen *you in Christ before the world ever was, and predestinated *you unto good works. When those people *wander off from the *church, and they go off from the *church, I want *you *to remember *one thing. They went out from *us because they never *were of *us, *Brother Zell. They *set in the service and they listened *to the *Word of *God, but they never *were born of *God. The whole time they *set in the service, do *you know what they did? The Bible says they *were spots while they *were *setting *there in these seats (?) love, the *spirit of charity. *Said they *were spots; they *were blemishes. They hardened *their hearts. They caused *spirits *to come in, and they drug heels. They *were spots. They *were what caused the thing *to be not perfect while the *revelation was coming forth. These *were spots and blemishes, the Bible says, in *your feast of charity. *Said, they are wells that don't have any water. *They're clouds driven by the tempest for *whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever. These are *wandering stars that don't have any *light, they are just reflector *your *light. So then, these never *were. Jesus *said, *Father, I've not lost a *one of them that *You gave *me. Not a *one of them could be lost. Everything *You've given *Me I raise *Him up in the last days, Jesus *said. Not *one of the will be lost. When they *wander off from *us *it's because they had no interest in what we *were eating off of. They had no interest in what we *were teaching. They did not want *to make *their lives conform *to the *Word of God. (Begin side two.) They did not want *to shape *their lives *to the *Word of the *Lord. Is that right? *You say, But, *Brother Pike, I want the *revelation. Sure, the devil wants the *revelation. How many of *you know that? The devil wants it a whole lot worse than *you do. If *he had the *revelation *he'd know what was going *to happen and *he could tear down everything. That's why *God gave them manna in the wilderness *one day at a time. Just *one day at a time so they couldn't get presumptuous, and self-willed, and lifted up *to where they would cause trouble. *He kept them humble that way. *He kept them humble. *You let people get a little money in the bank, and let people get a car and a home, and a few things and they get just as haughty and snobby as they can be. The Bible says the rich answereth haughty. How many of *you know that this is true? Is it true? What if they get a little money in the bank and they feel that they are just a little bit smarter than *you are, a little bit wiser than *you are. Because they done something they feel that they know a little bit more about things than *you do, and *you become such a clash *to them. And *who's in bad shape? They are. *They're the ones that's in bad shape. All right. Now then, Like *Brother Tommy. *He's traveled across the world, we might take (?) out *here. *He goes from place *to place, don't have nothing, and don't want nothing, and some of them might have thought, Well, Tommy, *he's kind of beside *himself, but I believe a lot of *us will find out Tommy isn't beside *himself. I believe they'll find out that Tommy, *Brother Zell, chose the better part like Mary did; not cumbered about the things of the world. Do *you believe that's true? *Brother Beachy *here, *he *wandered off from *his people over yonder, the Amish people. They thought *he was crazy; thought *he'd done lost *his mind. But I think some of them are about *to find *he's chosen the better part. If they haven't they will in time *to come. They'll find out. Praise the *Lord! Yes, the devil *he'd love *to have the *revelation. *He wants it. *He believes in *God; trembles every time *he thinks about *God. *He'd love *to know the *revelation, but what *he don't want is the reproof of the preacher. *He don't want that preacher reproving *him over nothing. *He don't want that preacher *to correct *him over nothing. *He don't want that preacher *to tell *him *he's got *to do anything. That's the devil. That's where *you are standing when *you come in *my services and do like *you do. *You are full of the devil. *You rebel against the *Word of *God. *You are haughty. *You are *high minded, self-willed. *You've not been born again. *You are spots and blemishes, *wandering stars, wells without water, clouds driven by evil *spirits, which is the tempter. Is this true? Full of the devil. If *you let them come into *your heart they'll defile *you and *you'll be numbered with them. Jesus numbered Peter with the devil when the devil got a hold of *him, *Brother Tom. *Said, Get *thee behind *me, Satan. *He didn't say Peter. *He was looking at the devil, *Brother Beachy. All right. So then, this *white horse rider, what did *he do? *He went forth conquering and *to conquer. *He went forth conquering. So then, we see that where *there is an *Antichrist *there also has *to be a reality. Where *there is a copy, or a phony *there has *to be something *to take it from. *There has *to be something original *to take it from. Did *you notice also that in this seal, on this particular seal *here did *you notice that the beast, *there was a beast that announced this seal? How many of *you noticed *there was a beast, the four beast that was around the *throne they come and announced these seals. *One of these beast was a lion. *One of the beast was a calf. *One of the beast was an eagle. And *one of the beast was a man. What about that? A man called a beast. *Said *he was a beast. Did *you know *there are people in the world that are brute beast made *to be taken and burned? They are called a man, but they are not really a man. *They're not really a man. They are a beast. They love *to have the things of the world. That's the beast. They all *wandered after the beast *whose names are not in the *Lamb's Book of *Life. They love the things of this world. That's the beast. Let *me tell *you something this morning, *you that are listening *to *me. *You are a beast. I want *you *to know it. *You are not a song of *God. *You are not a child of *God; *you are a beast. But *there are those that was born of Adam, not born of the beast in the *Garden. They are *sons of *God. And what do they do? They love the *Word of *God. They love correction. They love reproof. They wouldn't give *you a dime for every house, and every automobile, and every bank account throughout the world. They wouldn't give *you a dime for it, or care about it. If they had it the only reason they would give *you a dime for it is *to use it for *God. They don't care nothing about it. Why? Because they are not beast. They don't care about the things of this world. *Their treasures are in *heaven. When *you love the things of this world *you are a beast. The Bible says if the love of the world is in *you the love of the *Father is not *there. What is the love of the world? Cars, and houses, and lands, and all of these other things. That's the love of the world. If that kind of love is in *you, love *to eat, love *to go *to the store on Friday night, (*you might as well as amen, or oh *me) get in a routine, got *to go *to work *to make the belly a *God. And what is it? All *your labor is for *your belly. *You make *your belly *your *God, just can't come *to the house of *God; got *to go *to the store. Now, *you say, that's getting might close *to home. Well, *it's so anyhow. *It's so anyhow. Now, I know sometimes we go *to the store. I realize that. And I know we should go *to the store. We have *to go *to the store. But we can get in a rut. We can get in a routine *to where we've got *to do that, got *to do that. Paul *said I'll come under the bondage, and a good thing gets *to be a routine. All right then, what is it? *It's the beast wanting *to feel those natural things, just can't stay out of the store. Just got *to look and say, *There's roast beef, and *there's turkey, and here's ham, blah, blah, blah, blah. That's the beast part. See? That's a hog. Take an old hog, *you pour slop in and *he'll just blow bubbles in it, and blub, blub, blub, and put *his feet in it, and *he'll go invite all *his buddies, and they'll come back, and they'll blub, blub, blub, in it and all of them will just slop and *my! *my! what a mess. Well, that's okay. If *you are a *son on *God those things are wonderful. *God will give *you every bit of it. *He'll give *you a car. *He'll give *you a home. *He'll give *you food. *He'll give *you all of that, because *God will do that. *He wants *you *to have it. But people *who never fast, don't ever fast, just glug, glug, glug all the time, don't ever fast and when they come *to *my services they give *me so much trouble. Why? Because they are in the flesh; they don't fast. This is the trouble. So then, they are a beast, brute beast. *One of these beast around the *throne was a man; *he was a beast. *He was a beast. All right. Now then. It *said that *there was a lion that came and announced this first seal. All right, *he announced the first seal. The beast announced the first seal. A lion. What does the lion mean? A lion is a conqueror. Is that right? *He conquers. A lion is a conqueror. How many of *you remember the four faced man of Ezekiel? Ezekiel saw the four faced man. Is that right? And this four faced man, as *he saw *him *he looked and *one face was like an ox. *One face was like a lion. *One face was like an eagle. *One face was like a man, and any way *he went *he had a face. If *he went this way *he had a face. If *he went that way *he had a face, and went yonder way *he had a face. If *he went this way *he had a face. *You couldn't do nothing behind *his back or *he'd see *you. Is that right? *He had discernment; that was the reason. *He was a four faced man that could see everything that was going on. *He could see any direction. *He had an eagle face, and that eagle was a representation of a rapture, that *he could go up. *He could be raptured. *He could go up into the *heavens. And *he was an ox, like an ox which showed a sacrifice, that symbolized strength. Strength. *He was *God's sacrifice and *he had strength *to plow the fields. Any man having put *his hands *to the plow looking back, the Bible says, *he's not fit for the *Kingdom of *God. All right. The *Lord brought, out of Sodom and Gomorrah *he brought the people out, just like *he did *you. Is that right? But some of *you have looked back. Now *you say, *Brother Pike, in the small congregation this morning is this true? Some of *you in this small congregation *you have looked back into Egypt, and the Bible says *you are not fit for the *Kingdom of *God. *You don't have *to go back into Egypt. Somebody *said, I'll never go back *to what I left. *You don't have *to go back *to it. All *you've got *to go is just turn around and take a look at it and *you aren't fit for the *Kingdom of *God. Is that right? *You say, I don't believe that. When the *Lord took Lot and *his wife out of Sodom and Gomorrah what did *he do? *He told them *to go, and don't be looking back now, just look straight ahead; go on. Ezekiel *said *to this four faced man looked straight ahead wherever *he went, but Lot's wife looked back, and what happened *to *her? *She was not fit for the *Kingdom of *God. *She wasn't fit *to be delivered. After *God had gone down *there delivered *her, and from the things that *he done *to have mercy on *her out of thousands of people, and then *to think that *she would look back at the things of the world, *she wasn't fit for the *Kingdom of *God so *God turned *her into a pillar of salt. Is that Bible? *He turned *her into a pillar of salt. Now then, the Bible says these things happened for our example. Now, if we have left Egypt, (*you know Egypt is the world) if we've left Egypt and we've come out *here on our way *to the Canaan Land, just because we've got down *here in the realms of the denominational wilderness and we've had *to go through all of this churchianity around *us, just because of that is it right for *us *to murmur and grumble, and let the devils eat *us up like the serpent did them in the wilderness back *there? or is it better *to keep our eyes on Jesus? Is it right for *us *to murmur against Moses which is the ministry that *God has given for leadership and grieve the *Holy *Spirit, or grieve the *angel of *God that's sent before the *church? *He *said if *you do this is not profitable for *you for the minister beareth not the sword in vain. *He instituted judgment upon them that do evil for *he's *set *there for *your good if *you'll *here. Paul *said, I'm afraid of *you. *You observe days and months and seasons. Somebody says, *It's Johnny's birthday and we've got *to get *him a present. And *it's Junior's birthday and we've got *to get *him a present. And *it's Thanksgiving, and *it's Christmas, and *it's Easter, Father's Day and Mother's Day and *we're going *to give a card. Paul *said, I'm afraid of *you if *you observe days and signs and seasons. Is that right? Every day is *God's day. Every day we ought *to think enough of Daddy and Mama *to send them a card, or a letter, or something special *to let them know that we love them. Is that right? Every day should be a day of resurrection with *us instead of just Easter on some occasion when people do such foolish things as hiding eggs and them kind of things, and don't know  turn the resurrection into a rabbit, as far as the young ones are concerned. Every day they go *to *church with *their new frocks on, and I know a (?) that they have *to do that. I know that. They have *to do that because it a symbol of the resurrection for everybody *to get a new suit. But that's for the world out yonder. That's a type and a shadow. *You come around and *you say, Daddy, Junior didn't get nothing for Easter. It just don't got nothing *to wear *to *church this morning. *He doesn't have a new suit. Little Jimmy *he just don't have nothing *to put on. The *Lord help *your poor warped up mind. Woman or man, whoever *you are. That's right. Can *you imagine getting a special suit on a special day? What's special about that day? Christmas and all these other days? I tell *you something, *it's just like Sunday. Paul *said *you esteem *one day above another. But, *you say, this is the Lord's day, *Brother Pike. I tell *you, as far as I'm concerned every day is the Lord's day with *me. I believe we ought *to live *holy seven days a week. Do *you believe that's Bible? So then, what is it? *He *said, I'm afraid of *you. *Said, I fear lest Satan had beguiled *you and taken *you away from the simplicity that *there is in Christ Jesus. So then, we enter into the rest of the *Lord, we stop striving, we stop working, we stop trying *to get *to *heaven by good deeds, and we just relax. We just enter into the rest of the *Lord that we might enjoy the *revelation, might just believe, and coast on into the *Lord. And we don't  somebody *said, Well, don't I have *to do this, and don't I have *to do that? Don't I have *to keep Sunday *holy? *You don't have *to do none of those things. If *you've got love in *your heart, which is the *Spirit of *God, *Brother Taylor, it fulfills all of those things. Just like an apple has an apple *to bear apples, it don't bear apples grudgingly. Why, it don't put apples on *its limbs grudgingly. Some of *you people come *to *church and *you wish *you *were at home, and I do *too. Amen. Some of *you come *to the house of the *Lord, and *your mind is back out yonder somewhere on the river bank, back out yonder somewhere at home, back over yonder with *your neighbor, back over yonder with *your kin folks, back over yonder somewhere. *You say, Well, now *Brother Pike, does that make any difference? It sure does. The Bible says *to bring every thought into subjection *to the *Word. *You don't have, like the man told *me *one time, be riding around in the car, *he use *to be a football player, *he *said, *Brother Pike, sometimes I can just see them just breaking through the lines. *He *said, That isn't wrong is it? I *said, It sure is wrong. If a man can look on a woman and lust after *her in *his heart, is that wrong? If some man is *setting up *here, or standing up *here lusting after *your wife would *you think that was wrong? would *you appreciate it? I'd want *to get away from *him. *He'd have a devil. I wouldn't want *to be around *him. Well, if that man begins *to live that within *his mind, the ball game within *his mind what is it? *It's a devil. *It's taking *his thoughts away from Jesus Christ. Some of *you women live in *your mind, *you're sewing, *you're knitting, *you're making candy, *you're making bread, *you're making beds, *you're doing this. What is it? The Bible says *he that keepeth *his mind stayed upon the *Word Christ Jesus hath perfect peace. Meditate in *His laws day and night. Mary, *you've chosen the better part. Martha cumbered about the cares of *life. Is that right? But Mary chose the *Word. Is this correct? All right, what is it? Thoughts go into our minds. Somebody begins *to think about Buck Jones that they see on television, the Lone Ranger. Come on. *You can say amen or oh *me. Think about the Cardinals, *you know. Is that right? Now I know *God will give *you a *revelation out of some of those things, *Brother Taylor. I realize that. *He'll give *you a *revelation out of some of those things, but lot of times *you'll be just *setting around. *You ever do that? *You ever done that? just *setting around *your thoughts *wandering off. *We're getting down *to home now. The Bible says *your thoughts (?) excusing, or else accusing *one another. I'm no different. *My thoughts will *wander back *to things I've seen in the movies, *wander back *to things I've seen at this place, and *wander back *to things over *here. That's not what *God wants. *He wants *you *to die and *His mind might live in *you and possess the reins of *your heart forever. Is that all right? *Who'd rather have *God's thoughts than television? *You know I'd rather thing about *God than think about Buck Jones. Why I'd rather think about the gates of pearl, the streets of gold, the fowls of *heaven. Why these little old things the world calls *their beggarly elements, *to let *my mind *wander off on them, how often does *your mind do this? So many times of the day that *you'd have *to take a pad *to write down the number. *You can say amen or oh *me. *You say, *Brother Pike, how do *you know? Because the Bible says *God has fashioned all men's hearts alike. Is that right? So I know what's in *your heart. If *you're a German, if *you're a Japanese, if *you're  no matter what *you are, *your heart is just exactly like *mine. *You think just like I do. *You desire the same things that I do, and if *you don't put *your mind on the *Word of *God *you're going *to be a hindrance in *my service. *You're going *to be a hindrance in *your home. *You are going *to be a hindrance everywhere *you go. Why? *He that hath no control over *his *spirit is like a city with a broken down wall. That's exactly right. A fellow left *here and was talking about *us preaching *him out. Preaching *him out. *Said, *He preached *me out. That's true we do preach people out, but why do we preach people out? Because the Bible says the wicked can't *set in the congregation of the righteous. That's why we preach them out. That's exactly right. They get so grieved until they finally stop coming and say, Well, no, I'm not going *to *church. I don't care whether I ever go *to *church or not. Why? Why do *you do that? Do *you know why? Because *you've got an evil *spirit fighting *you, won't turn *loose from the devil. Is this true? Is this true? *Your war is not against *me. *It's against the *Word. Is that right? Well, what have *you got *to do? If I've preached *you out of *here and *you get so grieved *you can't come back *there isn't but *one reason. If *you're made like Tom, and *you're made like John, and *you're made like *Brother Zell, and *you're made *me, and *Brother Beachy, and *Brother Taylor, and some of the other women folks in *here, if *you're made exactly like them and they can come back and listen *to the *Word of *God what is wrong with *you? Is that right? So then, it means *there is something wrong with *you. If *you come and sull up in *my services in *your *spirit, if *you come and rebel against the *Word of *God, if *you come and war with *me and *you get grieved because I correct *you what is that? Somebody tell *me what is that? *It's a devil. Amen. In the mouth of *two or three witnesses let every *word be established. Praise the *Lord! *It's a devil; that's exactly right. All right. What was this *white horse rider doing? *He was conquering. *Who was *he conquering? *He was conquering *me. *He was conquering *you. I'm telling *you, the Bible calls *Him the mighty conqueror and *He was. *Brother Gene, *He done a good job of conquering *me. *He got *me up *to where I can't even think any kind of thoughts except what *He wants *to think. That's right. *He conquered *me. *He done a good job. *You say, Well, bless *God *he didn't conquered *me. Just give *Him time and *He will. After *you have enough trouble with *your husband, enough trouble with wife, enough trouble with *your nerves, enough trouble with *your mind, enough trouble with *you babies, enough trouble with *your finances, enough trouble with *your neighbor, enough trouble out on the highway with *your automobile and all these other things *He'll conquer *you. *You'll run *to *Him and say, "*Lord, help *me! *Lord, help *me! Nobody's going *to conquer *me." Well, we'll see. Just give *Him enough time and *He'll conquer *you. *He'll conquer *you. I know we've got some in *here that *their *spirits aren't right, and they rear back in *their *spirits at *me. I see *you. Satan, *you know I'm looking at *you. Let *me tell *you something; *He'll conquer *you. *He'll conquer *you. *He'll conquer *you. People don't like reproof. It gets into *my home just like it gets into *your home. *It's the same thing. *There is no difference. *It's the same thing. When *God is speaking it is *God speaking. And when *God speaks *He is no respect of persons. They came *to Jesus *one time when *He was preaching, out *there preaching a message *to the people, and they came *to Jesus and they *said, *Your mother wants *to see *you. *Said, *Your *brothers, *sisters, want *to see *you. And Jesus *said, *Who is *my mother? *Who is *my *brother? *Who is *my *sister? They that do the will of *God. I'll tell *you something, *sister, *brother, mother, daddy, whoever *you are. *You don't mean nothing *to *me unless *you live for *God. *You're not *my *brother. *You're not *my *sister. Just because I was born in the same family with *you *you're not *my mother. *You're not *my daddy. *You that do the will of *Him that sent *me the same is *my mother, the same is *my *brother, the same is *my *sister. These are *my *brothers and *sisters, these that love *God. Is that all right? Praise *God! This is the way that it has *to be. *You are no longer in the Adams family; *you're in the Jesus family now. Somebody *said, Well, *you've just got a family *church, *Brother Pike. That's right. The *God family. And I thank the *Lord for it. Praise the *Lord! All right. Now then, *He *said *He went forth *to conquer and what did *He conquer? *He conquered *your thoughts. *He conquered *my thoughts. *He conquered *your desire and *He conquered *my desire. So then, *it's up *to *us *to live *holy, and *to do right, *to serve *God in beauty of holiness. I love *to do that, don't *you? Serving *God is a joy *to *me because *it's right for *me. Praise the *Lord? All right. I'm going *to try *to come *to a close *here. I could go on and on and on, but I'm going *to try *to come *to a close *here and then we'll see what comes after that. So then, the seal, *Brother Tommy, tells *us is a *spirit. We see that this seal was loosed. Let *me ask this just before we go on *here. Now, in this opening it was a lion, and a lion means *to conquer. We spoke about the four faced man of Ezekiel. The man meaning *knowledge. It showed *it's supremacy over all beast. *He's ruler. *He *knowledge, as a face of a man. Intelligent. And then it shows the ox, the sacrifice and strength of a Christian also. Then it showed the eagle, a power *to excel of a Christian. And then what else did it show? Ox, eagle, it showed a lion, which shows the power *to conquer, and the boldness of a Christian. Be bold as a lion. A lion is king of the forest. It showed *his kingship. All right. When *you see all of these things *here that symbolized in this first seal. We see all of these things in the first seal that are symbolized *here. Now, let *me say this. Where was these seals *to begin with? They *were on the back of a book. Is that right? They *were on the back of a book. The book was in the hand of the Ancient of Days, and this *Lamb went and took it out, which means that in the *spirit was the *revelation, and Jesus was the only *one being completely crucified in the flesh, the flesh being dead completely, that *He was the only *one that could take the *revelation out of the *spirit. That's what it was. And so then, *to be like Jesus we've got *to do the same thing if we get *revelation. All right. Then, the seals *were on the back of this book that *he took out of the hand of *God. *He took the book. Is that right? Out of the hands of *God *he took the book. And this book that *he took had seven seals. Where? On the backside of it. Is that right? A seal, seals, on the backside of it. That is; when the book was finished, when the *church *ages was finished then they looked, and these seven *church *ages was sealed. What *were they sealed with? They *were sealed with seven *spirits that *were called the seven seals of *God. And what was it? It was the seven *church *ages beginning at Pentecost when the *church began back *there on until our day. These *church *ages *were sealed by seven *spirits. And what *were these seven *spirits? The Bible says it was the seven *spirits of *God. How many of *you know *there are seven *spirits of *God? Somebody *said, Well, I always thought *God was *one *spirit. The Bible says these *were the eyes of the *Lord throughout the earth beholding the good and the evil. These *were the seven *angels that was sent *to the seven different *church *ages. Read it in the book of *Revelation where each *angels went *to the *church *ages and took a message *to each *age. As the *age came on down from Pentecost *God has sent a message *to each *one of them. And the *angel went before each *church *age just like it did the *church *age in the wilderness when it went before Moses and the people back *there. The *angel *said, Grieve not *my *angel, I've sent *him before *you. And so then in every *church *age *He sent an *angel before the people. Is that correct? Now, some people believe that *Brother Branham was an *angel that was sent *to the *church *age. I'm just tell *you what somebody is believing. All right. They believe that *he was an *angel sent *to the *church *age for in every *church *age *God sent and *angel. Is that right? The *angel always went before the people in every *church *age *to lead the people. The people have never been a big body of people. How many of *you know that? Straight is the gate and narrow is the way and few *there be that find it. *God *said I've not chosen *you when *He spoke *to Israel, because *you're the largest people in the land, *said, *you are the fewest. *He *said, I've not chosen *you because *you are the most blessed people in the sense of obedience, *He *said, because *you are a resentful people. *He *said, *You are a rebellious people, so I didn't choose *you for that reason, that *you are better than anybody else. So we needn't *to feel sanctimonious, and think *we're so good, that's why *He chose *us. That wasn't the reason. *You're no better than the Methodist, Baptist, or anybody else. As a matter-of-fact, some of *you are a lot worse than some of them. I just made that statement the other day. *My mother-in-law is *one of the best housewives I know of, *one of the finest women, as a mother *to *her children in *her home, and some of *you women don't nothing like touch *her and *you profess Pentecost, and *she don't know nothing about nothing hardly. *She goes *to a Baptist *Church. Well, what is it? Do *you understand what I'm saying? The *angel of the *church *age *said, I didn't choose *you because *you *were such a good folks. *Said, *You are a rebellious people. Or *He *said, I didn't choose *you because *you are a loyal people. *He *said, I have chosen *you *to make a name for *Myself that *you might be called Jesus name people. People *who refuse the Jesus name message has lost everything, because that is why *He chose *us. Some of these trinity Pentecostals talk about the *life they lived, and *you say those are good folks, and I know that person is a Christian. That aren't worth nothing. *He didn't choose them *to be good folks. *He told them they *were a rebellious people. If *you'll look into the secrets of *their hearts *you'll find out. *He *said, The thoughts of *their hearts are continually evil unless *God gets a hold of it. And so then, *He chose them *to make a name of *Himself. They that are called by *My name humble themselves. I'll *hear from *heaven if they'll fast and pray and I'll heal *their land. So then, *it's because *He wanted them *to be called Jesus name people. *He wanted *to take *you as a fleshly *Lord and turn *you into the body of *God, the many-membered body of *God, put Jesus at the head of it, put the name upon *you as the tabernacle. Everybody that looks toward that name as they did in the days of Solomon when the temple was built, then *God will.

By Rev. George Leon Pike Sr.

Founder and first President of Jesus Christs *Eternal *Kingdom of Abundant *Life, Inc.

Holiness Unto The Lord
