^1-1 Be seated. Morning, everyone. Happy to be in the service of the Lord, this morning, back again on... Didn't know whether we'd get back or not, but the Lord provided a way, and we returned for the service today.
Now, we're expecting great times today; this morning in the Sunday school lesson in the Word. And tonight will be healing services again, with communion service following it.

^1-3 And now, we have a--a dedication of baby, I believe the... Brother Neville was just telling me that someone had their baby to be dedicated. And if they'll bring the baby at this time, then--and the brother will remain, or some of them at the organ or piano, one. And then, they bring the baby up; we'll have a dedicational service, so we can get right in, quickly as we can, to the Word, because we like to--to lay to the Word; that's--that's the main thing: give our time exactly to the Word of the Lord. So we are very thankful for the opportunity to meet with you all here today, and to--and this--this service.

^1-5 I must have been mistaken. That's all right, sister, I--I thought there was. Maybe it's just a mistake. Okay. Now, thank you very much, just the same. That maybe this... I think it's come through somebody else, through somebody else, and it just made it kind of a difficult.
Now, everybody feeling good? Glory to God. Now... Oh, yes, here is the little fellows. I'm sorry, I... All right. Will you come, elder. Well, what two fine little girls, little brown eyed girls. Now, that--that's pretty. What's her name? Look here. Jenny? Jennetha Ailene. What's the last name? Soralle. Where you from, sister? DeSalles, Illinois. How nice.

^1-5a Now, in the Bible... Now, usually they--they have such as a baptizing of children. We don't believe in baptizing children, because they have sinned not yet, 'cause they're too young. But we believe in dedicating children to the Lord. Now, the elder and I will lay hands upon the little baby. Jennena--Jennetha. All right. Let us bow our heads.
Heavenly Father, as this morning we bring this little girl called Jennifer to Thee... The mother and loved ones has brought her from a long ways to be dedicated to the Lord. We know that You laid Your hands upon such little ones in You days and--and said, "Suffer little children to come to Me, and forbid them not, for such is the Kingdom of heaven." Now, we give her to You for a life of service, in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

^1-5b What's the other little girl's name? Connie Lynn. All right. Little Connie, make--you make me feel kinda small. Oh, are you scared? Oh, I am afraid that won't work...?... All right. Let us bow our heads.
Lord Jesus, the mother brings this little Connie to us this morning in dedicational service to the Almighty. You gave her this child to raise, and she's bringing it to You with her little sister. I pray, heavenly Father, that You'll be merciful; bless the family; bless the little girl as we lay hands upon her; in the Name of Jesus Christ we give her to You for a life of service. Amen.
God bless you and your little children.

^1-5c My, we got lots of little babies now. What's the little boy's name? Joe Watkin, Joel Lee Watkin. What a fine boy, great big blue eyes. Now, where you all from? From Georgia. I thought you was from the south. I didn't know...?... Oh...?... Oh, hi, this is a fine little Georgia boy then, huh? All right, sister. So that's very fine. He can talk too, can't he?
Let's bow our heads. Heavenly Father, we bring this darling little boy, as the mother and father strands here. In--in regards to their union You have given them this little boy to raise, and they're bringing it back to You. What a--a beautiful scene this would be. Like Hannah of old who prayed for a child, and--and God gave her the child, and she brought it back to the temple of God in dedication. Grant, Lord, that this little boy will be Your servant, that the father and mother will be blessed and have health and strength to raise him. May it live a long happy life and be Your servant, as we commit it to You in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Bless you and make him a fine man, maybe another little prophet like Samuel.

^1-5d Now, here's two fine little boys, my, three of them? Well, that's a whole family. What's your name? Michael. And yours is? Paul. What fine names. Yours? Deborah. That's really fine. Michael, and Paul, and Deborah. What's your last name? Ella. Well, that's a mighty fine little family; I'm telling you.
You know, when I see little fellows like that, it always takes me back to when I was a little boy. And now, the old saying is, you know, "They tramp on your feet now, and your heart later." But I don't believe it'll be so when we dedicate them to the Lord. We have a responsibility here, and God's placed this in your hands. He made a preacher out of you. I always said about women preachers, you know, but every mother is a preacher; here's her congregation, to raise these little fellows right while dad's working. And you got a responsibility. God bless you both. You got a fine little family.

^1-5e Our heavenly Father, we come with little Michael, look like being the firstborn, and we place our hands upon him in dedication to Jesus Christ. His family brings their little ones, because You placed this in their--their care, and they know that they're insufficient without Your help; so they bring their little family to dedicate. Now, I give little Michael here to You for a life of service, in Jesus Christ's Name.
Likewise we lay hands upon little Paul, and we dedicate his life to Jesus Christ for a life of service for the glory of God.
And upon little Deborah we lay hands upon her, Father, in dedication, commemoration of Jesus Christ, Who laid His hands upon little children, said, "Suffer them to come to Me; don't forbid them." May this little girl's life be blessed in the Kingdom of God. Bless the father and mother, and may they live long happy lives to see their children in service of God. We ask this blessing for the glory of God as we dedicate them in Jesus Christ's Name. Amen.
Bless you. Bless you for a fine little family.

^1-5f Well, you know, I think little girls get--is prettier now than used to be when I was a little boy. Yes, sir. What great big pretty eyes. What's her name? Joanna. And you're last name is? Blair, Joanna Blair. You that looking, like ain't she a doll? And how are you, Joanna? Little bit bashful?...?... that's... A lovely little thing. Let's bow our heads.
Our heavenly Father, this family of Blair has had this give to their union, this little Joanna, and we know that the days are evil when Satan's on every hand to decept, especially these little girls. And they know that they're insufficient to--to raise her up right, and they want her raised right and to be--be a servant to You, and to raising this little girl to honor You, Lord. And now, they bring her in dedication to Thee. We lay our hands upon her in the Name of Jesus Christ as we dedicate little Joanna Blair to the Kingdom of God for the glory of God. Amen.
Bless you, Brother Blair. The Lord be with you.

^1-5f Morning, sir. What a fine boy this is. Hey, how are you? Well, well, my, you look better when you turn around this a way. He says, "Yes." Got a nice pretty little head and a face to go with it. Huh? Name? Daniel Mark, and the--your last... Cardinal, Cardinal, Daniel Mark...?... you thought about? Where you from? From New York City...?... here. Well, it's a great state. I got some people lives there. My uncle lives at Plattsburg. Oh, I've had a lot of fun in New York. Going up there with my next meeting in New York City...?... there. All right. Now, his name is Mark, you say? Daniel Mark, what a fine little boy. Let us bow our heads.
Lord Jesus, we bring to You little Daniel Mark in dedication of his life that's been given in the hands of the father and mother to raise this little child in the admonition of God. And they know that they're insufficient, so they're bringing it to You, Lord, that You would bless its life. And now, as we know that the day is evil that we live in, we see these little fellows; we just don't know what tomorrow holds. But whatever it is, we trust them into Your hands. We lay hands upon this little boy and dedicate his life to You for a life of service in the Kingdom of God, in Jesus Name we pray. Amen.
God bless you, brother; and well, bless you...?... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]

^1-7 That's wonderful. Thank you, sister. How many were here Sunday, was prayed for last Sunday, feels the results and feels you're healed, raise your hands up and praise the Lord. Oh, my, looky here. Just about every one of them.
I... Yes, sir, I have too. I just wondered who says it. Listening to... See, something's taking place that I'll tell you about later. So... It's glorious and wonderful, and we--we'll talk about it in some other meeting, you know, sometime. It's just beginning to take place, and we're so thankful for it.

^2-1 And I've been down in Kentucky (as I do each year), going down there. Some of my friends down there... It ain't altogether to squirrel hunt, and you know that. So we're just having a glorious time, and we're thankful to the Lord.

^2-2 I got to go now to--got to go home after this meeting. And then... And we're... Then I'll be back through again, after while, going to New York for a meeting. And if we can have a chance to stop over a little bit, why, we would be glad to have another meeting here at the Tabernacle.
Then I've got to come back, going to Shreveport. And then we go back home and aim to be here through the holidays, the Lord willing, bring the family back. And then--and then I want to... Then my meeting comes up in Phoenix in January. (It's the annual meeting there for the Christian Business Men.) And about a week or ten days before that, I'm going to try to--to rent that big... The Jesus' Name people, used to be Brother Garcia, and the Spanish brother there, had a wonderful big place there. They just built it. It'll seat several thousand people, brand new, and their congregation is very small. They told me I could rent it any time I wanted to.
Instead of just taking a--a panoramic, just around through the valley, church to church, I think I'll just concentrate the thing all in one big union meeting (You see?), then have it there. If we can rent the temple (We're going now to find out if we can.) and then have the Christian Business Men's Convention then.

^2-5 Until the overseas gets straightened up, we're going to try to set meetings down through the south for January, and February, and March, through the south-lands. And then--then till... 'Cause, if we start now and go in to Africa (See?), this Christmas time to them is the fourth of July. See, it's rainy and bad, and you can't get in there at that time. So the best time to go in there is later on.
And then we want to start, if we can, in Norway and come down, around the world and work into Africa, to end up down in there, the Lord willing.
But pray for us now. And we love you; and you know that. So we're expecting the exceeding abundantly above all that we could do or even think the Lord to do.

^2-8 And we believe tonight, there'll be a great healing service; we believe there'll be a... I won't speak but just a little bit, 'cause they have got communion tonight--and so about twenty or thirty minutes, and then we'll have the prayer line, and--and then immediately after that, we'll have the--have the communion.
And you're welcome to stay with us, we'd be glad... We don't have a closed communion; it's to every believer, every believer.
And before I read the Scripture, I wonder if we'd bow our heads just a minute. I'm going to ask a good friend, Brother Lee Vayle, if he will lead us in a word of prayer, that God will bless His Word. Brother Vayle, will you do that for us?
[Brother Vayle prays--Ed.] Amen.

^3-2 Now, solemnly, reverently we approach the Word. Now, I wish to read this morning from Exodus the 12th chapter, and the--beginning with the 12th verse, the 12th and 13th verse inclusive. And listen close now. And then before communion, tonight, read the 12th chapter of--of Exodus, the entire chapter. For just the 11th verse here is the getting ready for the journey and the communion before the journey. And we want to approach this very reverently now. Now, the 12th verse of the 12th chapter:

^3-3 Now, I want to take a text out of there, just one little five lettered word: "Token, Token." I want to speak on the word or teach the Sunday school lesson on the word of a "Token." And the Bible said here, "And the blood shall be a token unto you." And we want to use the word, "Token."

^3-4 Now, we don't know; when I watch the clock, and when it gets time, well, these... Or I got many, many Scriptures wrote down here. So not knowing that I won't be with you for a while... And how do we know that this won't be the last time that some of us will ever meet together.
So let's try to approach It just as reverently... I know that it's hard. The Lord's gave us a nice morning now to--to--for the service, just nice. And let's try to concentrate now on everything that--as we speak of, so that the--if there's anything in there that the Lord would want you to know, that it would be given to you.

^4-1 And we don't stand here just to be seen. We never come here just so others could see what clothing we were wearing, or... We--we come here for one thing, as our brother prayed that prayer: "We are here for to hear the Word--the Word coming to us." We want that, 'cause that is the only thing that's going to mean anything to us--anything that's going to be substantial, anything that's--that's going to help us.

^4-2 And we are a dying people. All human beings are headed towards eternity. And then we got this much time to make our decisions on which way we're going to head. And the road is before us. We can take either side we want to choose. That's the way He put Adam and Eve, and that's the way He puts us.
We must remember that no matter what we do or how successful we are in life, without Christ, we've totally lost everything. See?

^4-4 So if He is, after... If He's all that there is to look forward to, then we'd be most foolish people not to accept It (See?) and--and cherish It. Not only accept It, but you come to something greater than that. After you've got It, don't take It and lay It on the shelf; It is to be put into use. See?
Like going to the doctor to get medicine and then set it upon the shelf... If you go to get the medicine, take the medicine. If there's a disease bothering you, and this remedy's suppose to help you, you take what he gives you. And just the way he says, give it, because sometimes, just a few minutes makes a lot of difference in the way you give it.
And how do we know, but in this case today, just one moment of your decision might determine your eternal destination? Take It just as He hands It to you.

^4-7 A token, "The blood shall be to you a token." Now, what is, first, a token? It is a word that's commonly used among we English speaking people, especially here in America.
A token is a--really, the dictionary says that a "token" is a "sign." It is a sign of a fare price paid (See?), that the fare or--or a--or a price (a required price) that's been paid, like a fare on a railroad or a fare on a bus line.
You go in and purchase your--your fare, and then they give you a token; and that token cannot be spent for nothing else but to that railroad line. And it is a token to the railroad company that you have paid your fare. It's a token, and you can't spend it for nothing else. It doesn't work on any other line. It just works on that line only, and it's a--it's a token.

^5-3 Now, down here, that we're speaking of, where we're starting in, is God saying to Israel, "The blood of the lamb is a token for you."
Israel's lamb slain was Jehovah's required token. It must be the blood. God made a token and give it to Israel, and no other token will work. See? It cannot be recognized.
To the world, it's a bunch of foolishness, but to God it's the only way; the only thing that He requires is that token. It must be there, and you cannot have the token until the fare is paid.
Then you are a possessor of the token which gives you the privilege of a free pass: "I'll see the Blood; I'll pass over you."

^5-6 What a time that--what a privilege to know that you pack within you the pass. "When I see the Blood, I'll pass over you." It's the only thing that He'll recognize. Nothing else that can take its place: no substitute, no denomination, no nothing else; it takes that.
God said, "That alone will I see."
No matter how righteous they was, how good they was, how much education they had, how they dressed, the Token was the only thing. "When I see the token, I'll pass over you."
The Blood was a Token that the requirement of Jehovah had been met, that it had been done. The Blood stood for the Token. The Blood was the Token. See?

^5-10 The Life that God had said, "That the day you eat thereof, that day you die," and there'd been a substitutionary life taken for the life of the believer. God in mercy accepted a substitute for the life of the defiled person.
When His child had defiled himself with sin of disbelieving the Word, then God, rich in mercy, made a substitute, and that was something had to die in its place. Nothing else could work.
That's why Cain's apples, and peaches, and so forth didn't work. It had to be a life that had blood in it. And the life was gone from the sacrifice. And now, the blood was a token that God's order had been carried out.

^6-2 Now, what did God require? The life. And the blood showed that there had to be a life gone, so the blood was the token that the life had been given, that something had died, God's requirement that a life had been given, and the blood had been shed; and the blood stood for the token that the life was gone. The life of the animal that God had spoke should be taken was--the blood stood for the token.
See, the--the--the believing worshipper was identified with his sacrifice by the token.

^6-3 I don't wish to stay too long on these little quotations--but (which you could take the entire service on one of them), but I want to stop here a moment to express that the--the--the believer had to be identified with his sacrifice. See?
If it--just the sacrifice and--and made somewhere out there, he give it; but had to be identified in it. Frankly, he had to place his hands on it first, to identify himself with his sacrifice. And then the blood was placed to where he could stand under the blood.
The blood must be over him, and that was a token that he had identified himself, guilty, and had proven that an innocent substitute had taken his place.

^6-6 What a beautiful picture. Oh. A redeemed... See? Justice had been met, and the requirement of God's holy justice had been met, and God said, "Now, I require your life."
And then when the--the--the life had sinned, then an innocent substitute took its place. And it was a blood beast, not apple, peach.
That ought to absolutely make the serpent's seed so plain to everybody, that it was blood, and this blood which could not come out of fruit, come out of an innocent substitute. And the life had gone out to--to--in his place, and the blood was a symbol that the beast had died, and the blood was gone out.

^6-9 And the worshipper, applying the blood over himself, showed that he was identified in the redemption, because he has identified himself with the--at the sacrifice, connecting himself to the sacrifice, and the blood stood for the token. How--how wonderful. What a picture it is. It's a perfect type of Christ. Just exactly.
The believer, today, standing under the shed Blood, identified with the Sacrifice--just as perfect as--as it can be.
And how that Christ, not--not being an animal... You see, the--the animal died, but it was the most innocent thing that we have, I suppose, would be the--the animal, the--the lamb. When God wanted to identify Jesus Christ, He identified Him as a lamb. And when He wanted to identify Himself, He identified Himself as a bird, a dove. And the dove is the most innocent and cleanest of all the bird life, and the--the lamb is the most innocent and pure of all the animal life.

^7-3 So, you see, when the--Jesus was baptized by John, and the Bible said, "And--and he saw the Spirit of God like a dove coming down upon Him."
Therefore, if it had been a--if it would've been a--a wolf, or if it had been any other animal, the--the nature of the dove could not have blended with the nature of the wolf. Neither could the--the nature of the dove blend with any other animal but the lamb. And those two natures came together. Then they could agree with each other.

^7-5 Now, do you see predestination? It was a Lamb when He come there. See? See, it was a lamb when it--when it was brought it was a lamb. It was borned a lamb. It was raised up a lamb. See?
Therefore, that's the only kind of a true Spirit that can receive the Word, that can receive Christ. Rest of them try. They try to get it, and put the Spirit of God upon a wolf (See?), angered, ill, mean. It won't stay there. The Holy Spirit just flies right away. It will not do it.

^7-7 What if that Dove had come down, and instead of it being a Lamb there, would been some other animal? It would've quickly took its flight and went back. See? But when It found that nature that It could blend into, It just become One. And then, the--the--the Dove led the Lamb; and notice, It led the Lamb to slaughter.
Now, the Lamb was obedient to the Dove. See? No matter where it led, it was willing to go.

^7-8 I wonder today, when God leads us to a--a life of complete surrender and service to Him, I wonder if our spirits then sometimes don't rebel, kinda showing that: wonder if we are lambs. See, see?
A lamb is obedient. A lamb is self-sacrificial; it--it doesn't--it doesn't take--claim its own. You can lay it right down and shear the wool off of it (That's the only thing it's got.), it never--never says anything about it, just sacrifices everything it's got. That's a lamb. It gives everything to its--gives everything away--itself and all it is. And that's the way a real Christian is. If they're--self-sacrifice themselves, caring nothing for this world, but giving all they got to God. See?

^8-2 And now, this was a perfect Lamb: Christ was. And then through the shed of this lamb, the natural lamb in Egypt, the blood was applied. And when it was, it stood for a token. Then what would the Blood of this Lamb stand for? See? The Token that we are dead to ourselves and identified with our Sacrifice. See? Then the lamb and the--and the--the Blood and the person becomes identified together: the Sacrifice and the believer. See?
You are identified in your life by your Sacrifice. See? That makes you what you are.

^8-3 Then the blood was a token of our identification. The blood identified that the worshipper had slain the lamb, and accepted the lamb, and applied the token to himself, that he was not ashamed. He didn't care who saw it. He wanted everybody to see it. And it was placed in such a position, that everybody passing by could see that token.
See, many people wants to be Christians, and they--they--they like to do it secretly, so nobody would--would know that they were Christians. Or the--the associates they run around with, some of them would think, "Well now look, I want to be a Christian, but I don't want so-and-so to know about it." See?
Well now, you see, that's not Christianity. Christianity has to display its Token (See?) publicly, in public life, at the office, on the street, when trouble is around, anything, in church, everywhere else.
The Blood is the Token, and the Token must be applied (See?), or it's not--or even the covenant is not in effect. The blood was a token or an identification, identifying this person has been redeemed.

^8-7 Now, why notice, they were redeemed before there was anything had ever happened. By faith they applied the blood. See? Before it actually happened, the blood was applied by faith, believing that it was going to happen. See?
Before the--the wrath of God passed through the land, the blood had to be applied first. It was too late after the wrath had done fallen.
Now, we have a lesson there that we could really, maybe bring it to your thought, just a moment. Look: before it happened. For there's coming a time that when you'll not be able to have any blood applied.

^9-3 The lamb was killed in the evening time after being kept up for fourteen days. And then the lamb was killed, and the blood was applied in the evening time. You get it?
The token never come into existence until the evening time. And this is the evening time of the age that we live in. This is the evening time for the--for the church. This is the evening time for me. This is the evening time of my message. I'm dying; I'm going; I'm moving out in the evening time of the Gospel.

^9-5 And we've come up through justification and so forth, but this is the time that the Token has to be applied. I told you last Sunday, I had something I wanted to talk to you about; this is it. The time that when you just can't play with it. It's got to be done. If it's ever going to be done, it's got to be done now; because we can see that the wrath is about ready to pass through the land, and everything from under that Token will perish. The Blood has identified you.

^9-6 Notice, for the animal life could not come back upon the human being. When the blood was shed, the life went out, of course, 'cause it was a unit. And when the life's blood was gone from it, the life being different from the blood... Now, the blood is the chemistry of the life, but the life is something different from the blood. But the life is in the blood. And the animal life could not come back upon the worshipper. When he shed this blood of the lamb, he had to apply the chemistry, because that the--the life was gone and could not come back. Because it could not come upon a human being, 'cause the animal life doesn't have a soul. The animal doesn't know that he's naked, and he--he just--he doesn't realize sin. It knows none. So therefore, it is a living being, but not a living soul. Therefore, that animal life could not come back upon a human life, because it didn't have a soul in that life.

^10-1 Now, there's a life, a blood, a life, and a soul in the life. The soul is the nature of the life. Therefore it had no certain nature. It was an animal. Therefore, the blood stood for a token that the life had been given.
But in this glorious place, under this covenant, there is a difference between the Blood and the Life. The Token for the believer today is the Holy Ghost, not a blood, a chemistry; but it is the Holy Spirit of God. That is the Token that God requires of the church today. God must see this Token. He must see it in every one of us.
Therefore, as the evening shadows are appearing, and the wrath is ready to be poured out from on high upon the ungodly nations, and upon the ungodly unbelievers, upon the--the professors without a possession, upon these things... And I've tried to unfold myself and live right among it to see where it was standing before I said these things.

^10-4 Now, we are living in the shadows, and the wrath is ready to strike, and God's requiring a Token that you, yourself, have received His Token, the Holy Ghost. It's the only way and the only sign that God will ever pass, because It is the literal Life of Jesus Christ returned back into the believer.
The animal life could not return back. Therefore, a blood had to be placed on the door, upon the lintel, upon the post of the door, that every passer-by, the whole public, everybody coming by the house, knew that there was a sign on that door of blood, that a life had died at that door. Amen.

^10-6 That's the way it has to be with every believer today filled with the Holy Ghost, a Token that the shed Blood of the Lamb, that Life that was in the Lamb, has returned back and is publicly sealed in there, that everybody passing by, talking to you, has any associates with you, is seeing that the Blood has been applied, and the Token of the Life that was in that Blood is upon you. You are safe from the wrath. That alone, not membership... No, sir.
The animal life could not come upon the believer, because it was an animal, and it only spoke of a conscience showing that there would come a perfect Sacrifice.

^10-8 And now, how could there be a more perfect Sacrifice than God Himself becoming the Atonement Himself? When God was made flesh and His Own creative Blood that it--only way that a Life of God could ever come back, because all of us was born by sex.
And therefore, the life that's in there is of the world, and that life will not stand. It's a thing that is already judged and condemned. You can't patch it up. There's no way to patch it. There's no way to--to smooth it up. There's no way to make it better. It's got to die. That's the only requirement there is.
It's got to die, and the substitute, a Life of Jesus Christ has to come into you, which is the Holy Ghost, God's Token, that you have accepted the Blood of His Son, Jesus Christ.
Therefore, in the days of Wesley, or the days of Luther, it was thought to believe--in the days of Wesley, the chemistry of the blood. But this is the last day where the--the Token is required. That makes together the whole unit for the rapture. You see it?

^11-4 Water, blood and spirit come when a mother gives birth to the baby. The first thing breaks in a normal birth is a water; the second thing is a blood; and the next thing is life.
There come from the body of our Lord Jesus Christ, water, blood and life. And the whole church, the Bride, together has been made up through justification, sanctification, and the baptism of the Holy Ghost, which is the Token.

^11-6 As Hebrews 11 says, "All these who wandered about in sheepskins, and goatskins, and was destitute, and all these things that they done, yet was not made perfect without us."
And the church in this day that's received the Token of the baptism of the Holy Spirit, that the Blood has been shed, and that the Holy Ghost is upon the church. Without us then they could not raise, but they're depending on us. For God promised He would have it, and somebody's going to be there. I don't know who it's going to be, but somebody's going to receive it.

^11-8 There's only one thing I am responsible: is to preach it. It's God's business to look out for that predestinated seed. There's going to be there, all because... They're going to be there each one of them, one with the other: the water age, the blood age, and now the Token age of the Holy Ghost.

^12-1 And remember, Israel came through many things, but it was evening time when the token was required, not in the morning, not in the preparation of the fourteen days of the keeping up of the lamb.
Israel knowed something was coming; so did Luther know it; so did Wesley know it; so did Finney, Knox, Calvin know it. This is it.
They knew there would come a time that the Pillar of Fire would return back to the church. They knowed there'd come a time that these things would happen. But they didn't live to see it, but they looked forward to it.
Israel knew something was coming, but it was in the evening time when that lamb's blood, the token, was placed on the door. Yet the lamb was already put up.

^12-5 It's been the lamb all the way through. It was the lamb in Luther's time; it was the lamb--lamb in Wesley's time. But now is the Token time, that each house must be covered by the Token. Each house of God must be covered by the Token. All that's inside of it must be covered by the Token.
And the House of God is the Body of Jesus Christ. And by one Spirit we're all baptized into this Token and become part of it, that God said, "When I see this token displayed, I'll pass over you."

^12-7 What a hour that we're now living. Oh, a blood identified--identified the believer, because that he--the life had gone out, could not come back, so he had to have a chemistry. He had to have it like a paint, a blood, a chemistry that showed that life went from it.
Now, the very Spirit Itself is the Token. The Holy Spirit Itself is the Token, not the Blood.
The Blood was shed at Calvary, that is true, but the Blood, as far as it is, went back into the elements to--from which it come, from the food that He lived on. But you see, inside that Blood cell was a Life that started the blood cell to moving. If it wasn't, the chemistry had no Life in it itself; and therefore it could not move. But when the Life come into the chemistry of the blood, it formed a cell. It formed its own cell, then cell after cell. And it become a Man, and that Man was God Emmanuel in flesh. But when that Life returned back the chemistry went to it. But the Token is the Holy Ghost upon the church, that they see Christ.

^13-1 It has to be, because a woman and her husband become one. They become one, and so does the Bride and Christ become One. The ministry of the Bride and the ministry of Christ is the same.
You remember, "These former treatise, oh, Theophilus, have I wrote to you, that Jesus begin to do and continues to do..." His death didn't stop Him. No, sir. He returned again, not a third person, but the same Person returned back again in the form of the Holy Ghost; and It continues to work on and continues on, said the Book of Acts.
"Jesus Christ the same, yesterday, today, and forever." That's the Token. That's the sign.

^13-5 When Peter and John passed through the gate called Beautiful, there laid a man who had been crippled--lame from his mother's wombs. And he said, "Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have, I give you. In the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk." See?
And they talked to them and knowed that they were ignorant and unlearned men, but they taken notice to them, that they had been with Jesus. See, the Token was there displayed. See?
"Such as I have..." Seeing a poor fallen brother laying there, crippled, and disfigured, and everything, and the same Life that was in Christ was in them: "Such as I have..."
"In My Name, ye shall cast out devils." Not "I will; you will. If you say to this mountain...," not if I say. "If you say to this mountain..."
Oh, brother, the hour that Token to be displayed is at hand. We can see it. We know that we're near the end now, for all kinds of messages up to show signs and wonders.
And now, here we come back for what the church has got to do: the Token's got to be displayed. "When I see the Blood, I will pass over you." Nothing else would work. It must be the Blood.

^13-8 Now, the Holy Ghost is our Token from God. As a great theologian, a--a scholar, a Baptist brother, fine man, fine character, when he come to me one time, and he said, "Brother Branham," he said, "you talking about this Holy Ghost." He said, "Why, that's nothing new." Said, "We've taught it all along through the ages."
And I--I said, "Well, I..."
He said, "We received the Holy Ghost."
I said, "When did you receive it?"
He said, "When I believed." (Because I knowed that was the Baptist theology, that you--when you believed, you receive the Holy Ghost.)
I said, "Then, Paul said in Acts 19, to a bunch--a group of Baptists, which a Baptist preacher that had been one of John's converts, was proving by the Bible that Jesus was the Christ... When he passed through the upper coast of Ephesus, he find certain disciples, and he said unto them, "Have you received the Holy Ghost since you have believed."
They said, "We know not whether there be any Holy Ghost."

^14-2 Then he asked how was they was a baptized. They hadn't been baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, the sacrificed Lamb. They wasn't identified with Him at all. They just believed it, like the medicine setting there and hadn't took it. Paul commanded them to be baptized over again in the Name of Jesus Christ. And when he did this, then the Token came upon them. They were identified by the works and signs of the Holy Ghost, speaking in tongues through them, and prophesying and magnifying God. They were identified as--as with their sacrifice.
And the Holy Ghost is our identification. It's what identifies us as Christians, not our membership in churches, not our understanding of the Bible, not how much you know about the Bible; it's how much you know about the Author See?, or how much the Author is living in you.

^14-4 It's--it's yourself gone. You're no more... You're--reckon yourself dead, and the Token is what lives in you, and it's not your life; it's Him. Paul said, "The life that I now live..." He lived a different life from what he once did. "It's not me, but Christ liveth in me." There is the identified Token that God required.
Identified with our--identification with our sacrifice. The Life of our Saviour in us, the Holy Spirit... Oh what a... A positive Token. There cannot be any more Token.
Oh, my, if you'd only could catch the--the thought of it. If I had the--the power this morning with words to express and place into your soul that's on the in--not your ears, but your soul. If you--if you could see the guarantee of it. It--it takes... It makes you so relaxed.

^15-2 What if you were--had committed a crime and you were going to be tried in a federal court, and you knowed that if they found you guilty, that you were going to die, you were going to the electric chair, or the gas chamber, or whatever public execution they were going to have for you: maybe hung or something, lynched, whatever the penalty was, and you knowed that you had--you were guilty... You know you were guilty, and you must die if you don't get some attorney to represent you that--who can get you out of the thing. And now, you'd want the best attorney that you could have. And then, getting an attorney that was a good, shrewd attorney, you'd feel that your case was a little; you could relax a little bit, because you had an attorney. But still there would be a question whether this attorney could change the judge's idea or change the jury. If this attorney with his shrewd speaking, and the knowing of the laws could change that, and could plead your case, and prove that you should live...
But yet in all of his great authority and the great speech that he could make, and the impression he could put upon the jury or have with the judge, you'd--you'd--you'd--maybe you might get a relax for a few minutes; but still there'd be a question in your mind: "Can he do it?"

^15-4 But in this case, the Judge Himself has becomes our Attorney. God became Man. There was no attorney could do it. We couldn't find one. Moses and the law, the prophets, nothing could do it. So the Judge become both Jury, Attorney, and Judge Himself and took the justice of His Law in His Own hands and paid the price of it Himself, how much more secure could we be? and sent His own Life back upon us as a Witness that He's accepted It. How safely. "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I'll fear no evil: for thou art with me..."

^15-5 When He becomes both Judge, Jury, and--and--and Attorney, He pleaded our case. We, found guilty by His Own law, and He come and took the guilty person's place that was in the sanctuary. He took his sin. He took it upon Himself, and died, and paid the price, and shed His Blood, and give back His Own Token: His Own Life.
Why, we are perfectly... The case is dismissed. There's no more sin to the believer. Oh, God, have mercy. If the people can't see that--that there's no more case. "He that heareth My words, and believeth on Him that sent Me, has Eternal Life, and shall not come to the judgment, but's passed from death unto Life."
There's the case. Case dismissed; no more case to it. Amen. Then safely--safely with the Token applied, when Death begins to smite against the door out there, it has no control.

^16-1 Yes, the Token is applied. Only the Token's recognized now. See? He did that so that the Token could come. The Token was God's Life, and when God made the first man, He made him a son. And the son was so corrupt, that he listened to his wife instead of God, and the woman listened to the devil instead of her husband. And when he did, it so corrupted them together, that it brought a pollution. And He knew that when they did that, they'd have to bring children into the world. The fruit in the midst of the tree could not be touched. And then when it was, they brought this sin upon themselves; and therefore, the whole human race that was born, was in sin.

^16-2 There's no way to come out. And then God came down. There's only one way to get him back; that's to get him back a son again. And how can He do it when His Own law stood there and said he is condemned?
Then the Father Himself become one of us. That's the real Lamb. That's His purpose He had in mind. That's the reason the Lamb was so identified in the Garden of Eden; knowing that the Lamb and Dove would meet at one time, when the Lamb and Dove would be together; that's how he know through that we can all be together. And He was willing to make such a sacrifice now, that the Token could be applied, that we're no more aliens, we're no more strangers, but we're sons and daughters of God. Both Adam and Eve, the woman and the man joined together are sons and daughters of God in Christ Jesus, by His great Sacrifice.

^16-5 And then, so that there would be no mistake, the seed of this life that must be planted in the earth of this body, that is a perishable seed... And the life--if it is a perverted life in the seed, it perishes with the seed. But He put Eternal Life into it and identified it as His Own. But in the resurrection He'll raise it up again, and nothing will be lost. Do you see what I mean? There it is.
It cannot perish, now. The Life lays over it. It's a Token lays over that little body, lays over that soul, that person. There's a Token over there, the Holy Spirit, that it belongs to God; it's His, "When I see the Token, I'll pass over you": a positive Token.

^17-2 The Holy Spirit is our Token. Therefore, when you receive the Holy Ghost, you pass from death to Life. That's all there is to it, 'cause Life is in you. You can no more perish.
The Bible said, "He that's borned of God, does not commit sin, for he cannot sin, for the Seed of God (Amen!), the Seed of God remains in him." And how can he sin, when the sinless God is in him.
When he is in a sinless God, how can he sin? No matter what he's done, the Blood's covered him. See? He's a new creature, now. His desires and ambitions is of heaven, because he's changed from a cocklebur to a wheat. His desires ain't the same as they once was, and he displays it. You say, "Oh, I believe that." And still sinning? Huh-uh, you're deceived. See? It can't display nothing but the Token.

^17-5 Israel was commanded to stay under that blood until marching orders come. Don't go out from under it. When once under that token, they were sealed in there. Don't leave that. They stayed right there until the midnight struck and the trumpets blow. And when the trumpets blow, the old ram's horns begin to blow, each one marched out with his provisions, going to the promised land.
So does the man or woman who's filled with the Holy Ghost. He's sealed away and secured from all harm and danger. His whole life displays what he is. Wherever he walks, whatever business he does, whoever he talks with, when he comes in contact with women, when he comes in contact with associates, when he comes in contact with everything, that Token's laying there. Amen.
When he comes to death, "I'll fear no evil; for Thou art with me," that Token lays there. When it comes to the resurrection, He will be there, for God will raise him up at the last days.
Jesus said so: "When I see the Blood (the Token), I'll pass over you." Oh.

^17-9 Remember, if that Token was not displayed, even the covenant was annulled. That's right. The covenant was annulled. There was no--there was no covenant as long as that Token wasn't there. The Token stood for the covenant. God made a covenant with them. Yes, sir. But the Token had to be... It wasn't in effect (the covenant wasn't) unless the Token was there.
There might be many Jews could say, "Come here; I ain't got no blood on my door, but I want to show you something. I'm a circumcised Jew. I'm circumcised."
That didn't mean that hardly. [Brother Branham snaps his fingers--Ed.] "When I see the Blood, when I see the Token..."
You might say, "I'm Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist," or whatever you want to be.
"But when I see the Token..."
You say, "I'm a believer. My mother was a member of this church; my daddy was a member of this church; I've been a member there since a child."
That don't mean that. [Brother Branham snaps his fingers--Ed.] I don't lie, steal. I don't do this, I... That don't mean that. [Brother Branham snaps his fingers--Ed.]
"I belong to Branham Tabernacle; I do this, that, the other. I believe all the Word."
Them Jews could say, "I believe Jehovah."

^18-7 You'd have listened to the message of the hour, if you did. Certainly. They'd had a lot of messages, but this was the Message of the hour. See? I believe the Message of the hour. Yeah. The blood was applied at the evening time.
They might have said, "I--I'm a Jew."
People say today, "I'm a Christian. I can show you my long membership. I want you to tell me where I ever stole anything, was ever in a law court. Show me where I ever committed adultery, I've ever done all these things (or something like that). Show me one place."
That don't mean a thing now. No, no. See? No matter how much trouble he was, the covenant is without effect. It's non-effective.
You say, "Well, I'm a Bible student."
I don't care what you are. Without that covenant, the wrath of God's upon you. That's right. It's caught up with you. Yeah, your sins will find you out.

^19-2 What is sin? Unbelief. You've disbelieved the message. You've disbelieved the Word. You've disbelieved the witness of the Token Itself, when It's identified Itself in the midst of us. And have you disbelieved that? No matter how much you disbelieve It, It's got to be applied.
You might say, "I believe it; I believe it. I believe It's the Truth. I accept It as the Truth."
Then that is all good, but yet, It's got to be applied.

^19-4 What if there was one Jew standing there stirring the blood as the lamb was bleeding, saying, "This is Jehovah."
And there stood a priest saying, "Yes, sir, I believe that's true." But on his own house, it hasn't been applied. He don't want to identify himself out there with that group (No, sir.), with this fanatics with the blood on the door. He don't want that identification; no matter how much priest he was, how much he knowed the Word, how well he had been raised, what works he had done, how much he give to the poor, how much he'd sacrificed...
Paul said, "I give my body to be burned as a sacrifice, give all my goods to feed the poor, I have faith to move mountains and so forth, and speak in tongues like men and angels; and all these other things," and said, "I'm nothing until the Token's been applied."
Until this Token (That's what I'm speaking on tonight, the love. See?), now, until this has been applied, I am nothing. See?

^19-8 I don't care. You might've cast out devils; you might've healed the sick by your prayer of faith. You might've done all these things, but if that Token's not there, you're under the wrath of God.
You might be a believer. You might stand in the pulpit and preach the Gospel. "Many will come to Me in that day and say 'Lord, Lord, have not I prophesied in Your Name? preached in Your Name. Have not I cast out devils in Your Name?' (That's both Methodist, Baptist and Pentecostals.)"
Jesus said, "Depart from Me, you that work iniquity; I never even knew you. But when I see the Token, I'll pass over you." It's God's requirement of the hour. The evening time message is to apply the Token.

^20-1 Satan's throwed all kinds of counterfeits of shaking hands and evidences and everything like that. Forget it. The hour has arrived that the Token Itself, not some counterfeit, make-believe substitutionary, anything; the hour is here when the Token Himself is identifying Himself right among us and proving that He's the same Jesus yesterday, today, and forever, and He's right with the Word.
It's got to be applied. A man that says that he's got the Token, deny this Word, then what about it? See, you can't do it. The Token's got to be there. When I... "The Blood shall be a Token unto you."
Now, the Holy Spirit, the Life that was in the Blood is a Token unto you. (Get to it in a moment. See?) The Holy Ghost is the Token. The case is closed. Yes, sir.

^20-4 Now, remember, and I--doesn't matter what you are, how good you are, how many times you jumped up and down, how many churches you've joined, how many good things you've done; it won't mean one thing to you, if the Token isn't applied. This is the evening time. That worked all right in the days of Luther. That worked all right in the days of Wesley. But it don't work now. No.
Yeah, keeping up the lamb was all right then. Those who died then before the lamb was applied, the blood, it was different. Yes, sir. They went on because of good conscience. They'd be judged whether they--they were... If they were predestinated, it struck them. If it didn't, it don't. That's all. It's just God.
He--He justifies who He will, have mercy on who He will, and He condemn who He will. He's God. That's all. He has mercy on whom He has mercy and condemns who He wants to condemn.

^20-8 A Jew could plainly show by the circumcision, that he is a believer. There's many men, fundamental men who can take this Bible, say, "I am a believer."
And Jesus said, "By faith we are saved."
And, "I am a believer, but that baptism of the Holy Ghost is nonsense." Then the Token isn't applied, no much--how much he believes; it's annulled.
Just like the circumcision of the Jew. He said, "I'm a Jew. Why do I have to go out there and act like that other bunch of fanatics."

^21-2 Moses standing up and down the streets said, "The evening message is here. It shall come to pass, at the end of the fourteen days, you shall gather the congregation together and kill the lamb. The whole congregation of Israel shall kill it, putting their hands upon it, identifying themselves with it. And the blood shall be struck upon the post and upon the lintel of the door; 'And when I see the blood, I'll pass over you, for it's a token that you've accepted the death of the lamb that I've provided for you.'"

^21-3 The blood was a token. Now, the Spirit is the Token. "You shall be filled with the Holy Ghost not many days hence." And when the Blood was shed, the Token was sent down on the day of Pentecost like a rushing mighty wind. That was the theme of every apostle. That was... "Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?" "Repent everyone of you and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and you shall receive this gift of the Holy Ghost, for it's a Token (Amen!) that you've passed from death unto Life." There you are.

^21-4 When the Jewish church faded out, the Gentiles taken it over in that perversion like that, now she's come out to get that remnant of the Gentile for His Namesake: the Bride. See, what I mean? See what the Scripture's speaking of here? If the Token was not displayed, then the covenant was not effective. See? It must be; because if you say you believe, and you don't follow the instructions of the Word, then you don't believe. See?
Though you be circumcised, though you join, though you're baptized, you've done all these things like that, that still isn't the Token. The Holy Ghost...

^21-6 This fine scholar went on talking to me, as I said awhile ago. He said, "Billy," he said, "Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness. What more could the man do, but believe God?"
I said, "That is true, doctor. It's right. He did believe God. The Bible said so. You're right. As far as you've come you're correct. As long as the--the--the twelve spies that were sent out to go over to spy out on the land of Canaan, as long as they went forward towards Canaan, they were gaining ground; but when they came to the border line, then they rejected." I said, "You Baptists are all right as far as you come, but have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?" I said, "Remember, God recognized Abraham's faith. He--he believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness. That's true. But then God gave him the seal of circumcision as a sign--a sign to him. Not that his flesh circumcised had anything to do with his soul, but it was a sign that he had--God had recognized his faith. And He gives us the sign of the Holy Ghost that He has recognized us as believers. For, 'Repent and be baptized every one in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you...'" You get the point, now?

^22-1 The Jews, no matter how much they could prove that they were circumcised, but the token had to be showed. If not, there the covenant was not effective. It was... Same now, same thing. No matter what you do, no matter how much you can--you can explain the Bible; you might be a Bible student and oh, my... You might--You might say, "I'm a believer," and everything, but still the Token is required.
A Bible student, you say, "I was a good person, Brother Branham. I don't care what anybody says, you can't beat that man. I never saw him do anything wrong in my life." That don't have that [Brother Branham snaps his fingers- Ed.] to do with God. There's one requirement, and that alone, and you cannot do that. You cannot put the blood on the lintel of the door, where the token could not be, unless the lamb died. And the blood was a positive sign that the lamb died, no make-believe; the lamb died.

^22-3 And the Holy Ghost is a positive Token that your Lamb died, and you received the Token upon yourself; for His very Life is in you. See? There's no make-belief. There's no put-on. There's no impersonation. It's there. You know it. You know it; the world knows it. The Token is there.
No matter how good the person was... Might been a Bible student; it might be... It might be any kind of a good church member. It might be a good person. It might be a--a denominational head. It might be the hierarchy of Rome. I--I don't know who it is, it's not... But don't make it anything.

^23-1 But Israel... Any Bible student knows that Israel was a type of the church, exactly, to the promised land. That's where she's journeying. But when the evening time come and the journey was on, there was one solemn requirement. No matter how much Jew he'd been, how well he kept his crops, how well he'd taken care of the neighbors, how much he had done, how good a member he was, how much tithes he paid, all these things was fine; that was okay; he was a good man, recognized among his people as a good man; but without the token of the blood, he perished...?...

^23-2 Oh, may God help me, both present and in the tape to pin that down. That no matter... You might've preached the Gospel; you might've cast out devils; you might've spoke with tongues; you might've shouted, danced in the Spirit; but without the Token...
You say, "Can I do it?"
Paul said you could. "Though I speak with tongues like men and angels; though I give all my goods to feed the poor, my body to be burned as a sacrifice; I have faith to move mountains and these things; I'm nothing yet." Hallelujah. Don't rely upon that. It's the Token. No matter how much you've done, how good you are, when the wrath of God flashes, it'll only recognize the Token.

^23-4 It is a Token that a price has been paid, that's been required; and the price that was paid was the Life of Jesus Christ, and He gave His Life, and His Spirit comes back upon you as a Token that you're received.
Then you carry the Token with you day and night, not just on Sunday. It's all the time. You have the Token. "When I... The blood shall be a token unto you."
You say, "I still believe. I am a believer." That's all right, but if you reject the Token, then how you going to be a believer? It speaks against you. See? It speaks against your testimony that you do... Bible student, good person, church member, ever what you are, doesn't mean a thing. Yes, sir.
Maybe your father's a preacher, maybe your--your mother was a saint. May... That's--that's okay; they have to answer for themselves.

^23-8 As I've said, try... People try to make God some big old fat doting grandfather (See?), a bunch of grand-kids that's like little Rickys and Elvises, and there's no harm in them. Not God, He has no grandchildren; He's a Father. You got to be borned again. He's not big, soft, doting; He's a God of judgment. The Bible speaks He is. His wrath is fierce.
Don't you trample on that and expect the goodness of God someday take you in your sin and to take you to heaven. If He'd done that, He'd excused all of this here and have took you. You'll believe His Word or you'll be--you'll perish. And when you believe His Word, the Token will be upon you.

^24-2 Death was ready to strike Egypt that night at any time. It was a fearful time. All their ceremonies, all their feast days and fast days... God had visited them; God had showed His great signs and wonders in the midst of them. What is that?
Now, stop a minute. God had showed them His grace. He give them a chance. They couldn't turn it down. They said, "Aw, there's nothing to that. It's nonsense. It's just something up in the cataracts; there's an eruption of--of red mud flew out. That's what made the sea red."
Then the hail came. Then the frogs came. God had prepared a place and put His Word in a prophet's mouth, and when he spoke, it come to pass. And they seen it; they couldn't deny it.
What Moses called for, that's what Moses got from God, because, he only spoke the Word of God. He said, "I'll make you a god."
Moses was a god to them. See? They knowed no difference, so He said, "You'll be a god, and Aaron will be your prophet. (See?) "You'll be like a god. For I'll take you, your voice, and I'll create with you. I'll speak, and the people can't deny it, 'cause right there it is. What you say will happen."
Oh, my. "I'll show you those things." And Egypt saw it. They saw it, just before the evening time or just at the evening time.
He showed them His goodness. He showed that He could take it way, heal.

^24-7 Magicians tried to do the same thing, the impersonators. You always find them. There was Jannes and Jambres; they stood there. But when it comes to the real thing, they didn't have it. That's right. They followed along a little while, but after while, their folly was made manifest.
And don't the Bible say that the same thing will happen in the last day. "As Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses..." But their folly was made manifest. So will it be again. See? There it is.
Men of perverted minds, reprobates concerning the truth--the fact, they might have congregations, and great things, great high, big, flowery things, but the hour will finally arrive. Stand steady with the Token. That is what God wants us to do. Hold to His Word. Don't move from It. Stay right with It. The Bible said so.
Death was striking. God had showed them mercy, showed powers and signs.

^25-3 Now, let's stop just for a moment or two on that clock there. Let's just think in our minds back what He promised would happen in the last days. I wonder if we hadn't just about check up too.
He done all these things, and yet they still desired not to repent or to believe the message of the day. They still didn't want to do it. Although it'd been displayed before them, and had been surely made known...
And when you see such things taking place, it's the sign of oncoming judgment. Judgment will follow those things. It's always done it, and this won't be no exception. See? Judgment follows grace. When mercy is spurned, there's nothing left but judgment. So it'll always follow.

^25-6 Now, a scene. Every spiritual happening is a sign from God. Be careful; notice that. See? Watch. Every spiritual happening, everything that happens is a sign. We're not here by accident. These things just don't happen by accident. It's a sign. It's a sign to get to--get to safety quickly.
Noah was a sign to his generation; Elijah was a sign to his; John was a sign to his. See? Everything... The Message of the hour is a sign. Watch it. Look what it's doing. See? It's a sign. Everything has a meaning.
At no other time could this type of a message ever happen. It could not have come in Luther's day, couldn't have come in Wesley's day; it couldn't even come in Pentecostal day. It couldn't do it. See? There's no--been no such thing happen. And yet, it was promised in the Bible. See? We're at the end. Nothing could happen... It couldn't have happen till this time, and it's happening for a sign, wonder. What is a sign?
Oh, little people, my brother, sister, get under that Token quickly. See? Don't, don't take no substitute. Don't, don't, don't, don't do that. See? Don't just imagine it. You stay there until you know that the Token is applied, until your whole--the mind that was in Christ is in you; until all the nonsense of the world is gone, until the whole heart's desire is Him. See? Then you know--then you know something's happening.
Jesus said, "These signs shall follow them that believe," not make-believers, but believers. See?

^26-3 Now, we don't want to take any--any chance on it. You mustn't do it. The Message of the hour is a sign to the churches. It's sign to the people. Don't...
Are--are you--are you catching it? I hope on the tape, that they're doing the same thing (See?), and other parts of the world. See? The hour sign is here. There's a Token that's got to be applied, and no other time could it have come.

^26-5 Notice God's preparation for that time. Now, as we know that the Bible said, all those things happened for an examples to us... Notice, when God got ready to judge Egypt, first He made a preparation. What did He do at the first time? (He never changes His order.) The first time, when He got--when He made His preparation, He sent a prophet with a message. First thing He done to His people was send a prophet with a message.
The next thing He done, to identify this prophet He sent a Pillar of Fire for identification, to identify it.
And the third thing He sent was the Token. That's exactly right. The Token... What was the Token mean? Assurance.
First, His prophet with the message. He identified Himself among the--with a--with a Pillar of Fire, with His prophet. Then He sent a Token to get under this Blood, that He'd accepted this substitute death in your place; then the Blood was a Token that He looked at you that's heard the message, believed on the Pillar of Fire, and had accepted the substitutionary that He had provided for you. And you were under the Blood of the very chemistry of the Life that went out for you.

^26-9 My, what a perfect--what a perfect thing that is. See? You're under the Blood. Now, you're under the Spirit, under the Holy Spirit. See, you believe the message of the day. See? You believe the--the--the--the power, the--the--the Pillar of Fire. You believe that (See?), and you do.

^27-1 Now, now, look, just to believe it, is not enough--not to--to--to walk around where it's at, isn't enough. See? That's to make yourself worse. "For he that knoweth to do good and doeth it not, to him it's sin," See?
Those borderline believers... Jesus spoke of the same thing, Hebrews the 6th chapter. "For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted of the good Word of God, and the world to come, if they shall fall away, to renew themselves again to repentance; seeing that they crucify to themselves the Son of God, and count the covenant of the Blood, wherewith they were sanctified with (the chemistry there)--sanctified..." It ain't the Token.

^27-3 The blood's not the Token now, the Life is the Token. The Life could not be there, 'cause it was an animal. The chemistry was the Token. You'd have to have literal blood applied on the door; but now, it's the Holy Spirit. We're coming to it just in a moment to prove that. See?
It's the Life that is the Token. Your life is gone, and you are dead, and your life is dead. You are hid in God through Christ, and sealed in there by the Holy Spirit. The mind that was in Christ is in you, and Christ, and the Bible, and the Word is the same.
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Then you, and the Word, and God, and Christ are the same. "And if ye abide in Me and My word, you ask what you will, and it'll be done." See?

^27-6 Put the power right into Moses' lips to go out there with His Word and speak: Frogs come. Speak: Frogs left. Speak: Lice come. Speak: Lice--lice left. Amen.
But then, the token was required for all Israel. All Israel was required of this token, "And when I see the token, I'll pass over you." Oh, my, my. What an assurance.

^27-8 Israel coming out of Egypt was a type of the antetype today. Egypt was the church, and Israel represented the Bride. And as Israel come out of Egypt, so does the Bride come out of the church. See? 'Cause there has to be something there for it to come out of, and it's got to come out of. So if it was the type... The--the church is down in Egypt, in the world, and in sin, and does not care a tinker about your Token. They don't even believe it. But Israel loved it, for it was salvation to them.

^28-1 Oh. Oh, it should make us be--should make our hearts... Oh, apply it, church. Don't--don't fail. Will you not? Don't--don't--don't let the sun set. Don't--don't--don't--don't--don't rest day or night. Don't take no chance; it won't work, children. It won't work. You must have the Token.
You say, "I believe, yes. I go... Yeah, I believe the message." That's all right, but... That--that's good. But you must have the Token. Do you hear, Branham Tabernacle? You must have the Token displayed. Without it, all your believing's in vain. See? You'll live a good life; you listen to what the Word says; you go to church; you try to live right; that's fine, but that's not it.

^28-3 "When I see the Blood," that's the Token, and the Token here is not... 'cause what did... He had to see the actual chemistry, because the life had gone, he--had gone from it. It was an animal. But here it's His Own Life that was in the Blood, and the chemistry was only a signal, or sign of sanctification. But the Life Itself is the Token.
For without the circumcision, without the Token, you're not even in the covenant. The whole thing works together.
If you say you're circumcised to the Word, and It only, then you'll believe the Word. If you believe the Word, then the Token's got to come. For He said, "Repent, and be baptized everyone of you in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." There you are. Oh, my.

^28-6 Notice, then the preparation for His promised land people... Notice, what he did. First, He had a people that He had made a land for them. He had prepared a land for them. And now, He sent down there a preparation for it, for the promised land people. It was only for those who were predestinated to that promised land. Right.
And how He done it, He sent a prophet with a message, identified it by a Pillar of Fire, and gave a token that they could rest assure that It was right. That's right. It was for consolation.
Israel coming out of Egypt then was a type. This is the antetype of the church coming out of the denominations. Now, not all denomination... I mean the Bride. See? Some people, there's some of the independents are just as bad as the denominationals, sometimes worse and... I'm talking about the applied Token.
The Token agrees with every word. See? It's got to, because it is the Word. It's the Life that was in the Word. "My Words are spiritual; they are Life," said Jesus. See?

^29-2 When Moses begin His ministry in Israel with great signs (You see?) Israel quickly gathered from all over Egypt to Goshen, coming back to the home place, 'cause they knew something was fixing to happen. Oh, what a type.

^29-3 The people gathering into Goshen. They were ready. They knowed something was fixing to happen. It was just like... You take ducks when it's time for swarming, they all run right together. When bees, everything else gets ready, there's some instinct draws them.
The Holy Spirit draws the people. Oh, when it come time for the great wrath of God to fall, every... There come two ducks: male and female. Here come two geese: male and female. Here come two horses: male and female, something another pulling them: the predestinated. The rest of them perished. Oh. The rest of them perished.

^30-1 But those who felt that tug to come in, they knowed that ark was prepared. It was a token that there's coming a rain. They knowed that there was coming a rain. No matter what the display was and what other people's thought, they knowed; there was something inside of them said, "Get into there, right quick. Get into there. Because that's the only place that is going to be safe," because God prepared a prophet. He sent the ark as a sign. Said, "Get in there." And the rain was coming, and they went right in there, two by two. All the animals went in two by two into the ark, because they got... They needed... No matter what the rest... And all outside of that ark perished.

^30-2 All outside of the token of the blood perished, everyone. And everyone outside of the Token of the Holy Ghost will perish. No matter how good, how much church members... There's a lot of them in the days of Noah; there's a lot of them in the days of Moses, but a man that failed to apply the blood as the token, was--he perished.
Those who failed to go into the ark, perished. Those who fail to come into Christ, for He is the Ark... I Corinthians 12 said, "By one Spirit we're all baptized into one body." The mystical--not church, but the mystical--not the denominations, the mystical Body of Jesus Christ; by one Spirit, capital S-p-i-r-i-t, Spirit, we are all immersed into this one Body.
Then the Token is on the door, for you are in Christ, and He was the One, your Sacrifice Who stood the judgment; and when God looks upon that, He can't do a thing. You're just as safe as you can be, because God and Christ is the selfsame Person. The Spirit being made flesh and dwelled among us. And there is God with His Own self, and you, His Own children, into the Body. There you are. Not a chemical, but the Spirit. "I will pass over you."

^30-5 They come from all Egypt to gather into this one place so they could be under this token. And they have come from Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Pentecostals, everything else, to get under the Token, just exactly like it was then.
It was a Pillar of Fire was represented them. And one told the other, another told another, another told another; and first thing you know, here they all begin to come. They begin to come, and they watched the sign of God. They said, "Judgment's at hand."
Then the prophet said, "I have heard from God. There will be a token. And you put the blood upon the door; slay the lamb, put the blood upon the door. And that'll be a token, because death is fixing to strike."

^31-3 Let me tell you today as His Servant, unless the Token is on the door, there is a spiritual death going to strike, and all churches are headed back for the--for the Council of--World Council of Churches. They're all going back to Catholicism, and only those who are genuine, borned again, are going to stay out.
Remember, not you Pentecostal denominations, 'cause they're already in it. Shows they are dead. They are perished. They sacrificed; they went back; they put Him outside the door. But He's looking for the Token. Because the only thing they relied upon was speaking in tongues.
Don't you rely upon no speaking in tongues, no nothing else, but let the Token itself be there, the Person of Jesus Christ, His Own Life in you. Circumcised--not just this, that, but circumcise your whole being, till you and Christ are One. Christ is in you, and His Life lives out through you.

^31-6 Now, now, from all Egypt... And look, now as we see what they did. As we see the time appearing, we're commanded to do the same thing. Did you know that? Watch what the prophet said.
And we're going to read now (if you want to read) in Hebrews the 10th chapter. And if you want to read with me, I want to read a verse or two here now, before we go on. Hebrews the 10th chapter, and let's begin with the 26th verse of the 10th chapter of Hebrews. Oh, let's see. Yeah. Yes, sir. The... Hebrews the 10th chapter and the 26th verse. See?

^32-1 Minister, member, good man, moral man, whatever you are, and you know that God taken cigarettes from you... Women, you know He taken shorts, and--and short hair, and everything from you. You know He did that, but then if you turn around, and do despite, and count that Blood of the covenant as was an unholy thing, that sanctified you and brought you this far...
Like the spies, if they come right up here to the borderland, looked over and said, "Well, I know it is there, but the obstacle's too great. We look like grasshoppers." They perished in the wilderness: borderline believers.

^32-3 Don't just come this far, say, "I believe the message." You obey the message. Come into Christ. You say, "Oh, I believe every word you said, Brother Branham."
That's good. but that's just--that is just being able to read. Take the Message; take it into your heart, that you must have the Token, the very Life that was in Christ, be in you. "When I see that, I will pass over you."

^32-5 As we see the great end time signs on earth today, we know that that's right. Now, look, I've waited for this for a long, long time, for this Message to you (See?), and you've seen the end time signs. And I've preached it to you and showed it to you by everything that Christ said. Is that right? You'll admit that. At the end time, I don't see nothing left.
You say, "What about the mark of the beast?" Those who reject the Holy Spirit, is already marked by the beast. The punishment will come later. See?

^32-7 In Israel, when the trumpet sounded in the jubilee year, every man... Did you notice Christ a reading that? He just read half of it, 'cause just half of it was applied to that time. See? "He sent Me to bind up the broken hearted, preach deliverance (and so forth See?), and the acceptable year of the Lord." The rest of it, He never--He never read that; He laid the Scroll down, for that's for this day. See? He just read part of it: part was His day.
Now, this is what He's going to do today. This is what He's speaking through His anointed Spirit to the church today. Now, is the hour. Now, is the time. Receive it, people; receive it.

^33-2 Watch. We see the great end times, the flashing red lights everywhere; upon nature, we see nature flashing the light. The time is at hand. We see it upon the church: flashing light; she's condemned. The time is at hand. She's in the world. We see it upon--upon the skies, upon the sea, upon the nation, upon everywhere, in the sun, moon, stars, signs. We see the end time signs of the Holy Ghost return back upon the people.
As it was in the days of Lot, how the Holy Spirit worked through that human flesh there: that was God manifested in flesh. How God would manifest Hisself in His Bride in that day and show the same sign. Jesus said, "It'll be the same thing in the last days." We see it. We see the same Pillar of Fire. Even science has took the pictures of It and so forth. We see the end time signs is at hand. We know it's here. And then seeing this, if you believe me, if you don't believe me, believe the signs. Believe the Word, for they speak of what I'm telling you.

^33-4 If I ain't telling you the truth, they'd never speak back. God will never speak to a lie. God speaks to truth. And these words are testifying that I'm telling you the truth. They are the one that testify of the Message that I'm preaching. Not only the Angel down there on the river that day that said, "Your message will forerun the second coming of Christ," the works itself... If you can't believe that Angel told the truth, believe the works, for the Bible said these things would happen at the end-time. They are they that testify. They're the ones that speak louder than my words, or anyone else. It's His Word. They testify of the time.

^33-5 And we see these great, horrible ensigns upon the people, and signs of the time upon the earth: distress between the nations. We see Israel in her homeland, the ensign, the six star point, Star of David flying, the oldest ensign in the world, the oldest flag in the world. She's a nation; she's a government; she's her own people; she's in the League of Nations; she's--she's...?... she's all these things; she's in the U.N.; and she's got her own currency, everything.
Jesus said, "This generation shall not cease until everything be fulfilled." And you remember, the very night that Israel was made a nation, that was the night the Angel of the Lord appeared to me right yonder. That's right.

^34-2 There we all are. Everything is pointed up exactly the truth. I have not lied to you. I have told you the truth. God has testified that I've told you the truth. Now, remember, I'm your brother; I'm a man. See? I'm just a man, just like you all; but somebody's got to bring it; somebody's got to say it. That wasn't my choice; it was His choice. And I've told you the truth, and He's testified right back that it is the truth.
When we see these things upon the earth today, oh, people, this is the last hour. Get that Token over you, quickly as you can, or you get in the Token; get in the Token.

^34-4 As we see the great ensign of the time at hand, warning us: time is at hand... Oh, take this solemnly. We should love one another. Oh, my. We should be so in love. Don't never speak evil against one another. If somebody makes a mistake, pray for him, right quick. We are together in this with God.
We are brothers and sisters. Oh, live godly. Live--live like daughters of God. Live like sons of God. Live sweet, kind, humble. Let no evil come in your mind in your thinking; just--just dismiss it. If it knocks on the door, take it away, just say--just show your Token. Just keep walking. "I'm under the Blood."

^34-6 Remember, there's a lot of them come by, them women, that night, and say, "Hey, girlie, Lily, some of you, come on out; we're going to a party tonight."
"Huh uh, I'm under the Blood. I'm under the Token to stay here. My love is to my Maker. Death is in the land tonight."
And death is in the land today. Judgment is waiting; she's pending. Atomic, and hydrogens, and all kinds of disaster is waiting for the nations. And God is moving His church and showing all... We been keeping the Lamb up now for quite awhile, watching, seeing what He's doing, watching His nature and everything, but now the Token's got to be applied. It's got to be applied. It's the only thing. "Except a man be born of the Spirit and of water, He will in no wise enter in."

^34-9 You should love one another. Believers should separate themselves from the world. Don't just take it now, lightly. And then, you people that's listening to this on tape, you women, you men, you listen a minute. If you ever believed me, you believe it now. It's time for--to quit fussing with one another. Believe the message of the Bible. Believe Jesus Christ; and love, and honor, and respect one another.
Men respect your wives; you respect your home. Bring your home together, because, you remember, this Lamb was for the home, not just one. The whole home too had to be brought; everything had to be brought in. We should love each other, and believers should separate themselves from the world.

^35-3 Notice, they were not just yet come together to talk about the message. They come together to apply the blood, to apply the token. That's what you must do.
Pastor Neville, and to this congregation, trustees, deacons, to you brethren, it's time that we laid aside all the foolishness of the world, time we laid aside everything else. We've seen enough now, that we're positive, sure, and the Token must be applied. Without it, you're going to perish; you must perish. That is the only thing. Oh, don't come together, say, "I believe it." Get beneath it. Get into it. How to do it? By one Spirit we're baptized into the Body of Jesus Christ. Everybody believe with all your heart. See? He was not responsible for any out from beneath it.

^35-5 [Interference from a short wave radio, caused Brother Branham to stop and comment on it--Ed.]
Who was that talking? Short wave from above? Through the speaker, they got it in there? I heard somebody... Short wave, yeah, oh, they--they got it hooked up... I guess they take... Oh, to the cars, excuse me. I know somebody said something, and I thought somebody wanted to say something to me, and they didn't get it (You see?), and that's the reason I--I said what I did. I seen you look around... I heard a voice, and I thought somebody raised up to say something and I didn't know what it was. Now--now, thank you.

^35-6 But you believe. Get beneath it. Israel didn't come together to say, "Let's all go over to Goshen today. We'll drive up to Goshen. You get on your camel, and we'll take the ox cart, and we'll take the Joneses over here, and so forth, and--and the Goldbergs, and we'll all go up to--to Goshen. And you know what? Moses is going to speak today."
That wasn't it. No, sir, brother. It's to get beneath that blood. Yes, indeed. Not to talk about it, get into it.
One of them say, "You know, Mr. Goldberg, I actually know that's the truth. Yes, brother, I believe it is the truth. I know that it is the truth."
"Mr. Levinski, what do you think about it?"
"It is absolutely the truth. I seen the power of Jehovah God, speaking. I seen those frogs come out of that land. I know that it didn't happen until he said it, and I know that that's Jehovah God." Now, that is all fine.
"Are you circumcised?"
"Yes, sir."
"Are--are--are you a believer?"
"Yes, sir."
And then, when he heard Pastor Moses speak that day, he said, "But you've got to get beneath that blood, for God said the blood is a token."

^36-3 It's a token. No matter how much you believed, or how much you are circumcised; that's a covenant God gave to Abraham, and so forth; that is the covenant; but you've got to get beneath the blood. That's a token. For He said, "When I see the Blood, I'll pass..." Israelite or any, that's denomination or not denomination; either one, you must come beneath the Blood: Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Pentecostal, Undenomination, whatever you are, it's for an individual; you've got to come beneath the Blood.
Now, just don't talk about it; receive it. Hear me; hear me; in the Name of the Lord, hear me. See?
Got to come beneath the Blood. He was not responsible for any person from beneath the Blood. God made it clear, that all from under that blood would perish.
May I use His Words? "All outside of Christ will perish."

^36-6 How do you get in Christ? I Corinthians 12: By One Spirit (not by one handshake, by one membership, by one denomination. That's what they're trying to make it. They may do that,)--but by one Spirit, we are all baptized into one body."
"If an angel from heaven teaches anything else," Paul said, "let him be cursed."
That's the message. Come into Christ.
Look, any persons outside of the token, God was not responsible. And God is not responsible for any person, big or small, popular or unpopular, rich or poor, bond or free, male or female; He is not responsible for anybody that's from under the Token covenant. He's not responsible.

^37-1 You say, "Oh, Lord, I did this; I cast out devils. Lord, I did this; I--I preached the Gospel."
"Depart from Me, ye that work iniquity. I never even knew you." He only recognizes the Token. Do you hear it? Say, Amen. Now, so, it's upon you.
He... Setting down there in that woods the other day, and the boys, one of them said, "Here's two days, you ain't..." I didn't even shoot a squirrel. Say, "What was the matter?" See? That's what it was. See?
Said, "Place it upon them: upon them." Said, "You have talked to me about it. Now, it's in your lap. It's in yours."

^37-3 He won't recognize nothing but that covenant of the Holy Spirit. And you cannot receive that covenant, unless you are saved, sanctified, and then baptized into the Body. He will not... You might have an impersonation; you might feel good; and jump up-and-down, and speak in tongues, and dance in the Spirit. That don't have one thing to do with it. Hear it, in the Name of the Lord. God don't recognize that. Heathens do that. Witches do that.
You say, "I'm a scholar. I do this, that, or the other." He don't care how much scholar you are. The devil is too. See? He only recognizes the--the Token. That's the message of the hour. That's the message of this day. That's the message of this time. In the Name of Jesus Christ, receive it.

^37-5 Not a substitute, something the devil can place over on you; like a phrony love to make a man love some other woman besides his wife; or a wife, some other beside her--some of this here, something dishonorable thing. That's not real love. That's the devil. That's his work. It's something he's tried to hand instead, a joy to drink, and feel good about it. Say, "I got the blues; I'll go out and get me a quart of liquor and forget about it."
That's the death. God is your Joy. God is your Strength. Knowing the message, knowing the truth, that's our sufficiency. He's my all sufficiency. In Him, all things I have need of is in Him. That's our Strength. My help cometh from the Lord.
You Christians, look to Him for your joy; look to Him for your strength; look for Him for your happiness; He is my Peace; He is my Joy; He is my Love; He is my Life. That's the covenant, the Token upon the door.

^38-1 Not responsible for one person: one person, no matter who you are, He's not responsible out from under it. And remember, all the family was brought together. Oh, my. Oh. Remember, you say, "Well, my daddy's a preacher. My brother, my pastor, my..."
That might be true too. But what about you? Uh-huh. Remember, only safe when the token was displayed. If a man was here--under here and his son was across the street, he was in danger. He would perish. His daddy would be safe. Or if the son was over here, and his daddy was over there, his daddy would perish. Only the token... "When I see the token, I'll pass over you." That's the only thing.
You say, "Well, my son's a preacher." You mothers say, "I got the best boy or the best girl. I tell you, they're the sweetest thing. They've been filled with the Holy Spirit, and such love... They're obedient; I never seen..." What about you, mama?
You say, "My mother's the sweetest thing. I know if she dies, she's going to heaven, 'cause she's really got the Token, Brother Branham." But what about you, sis? The whole family must be brought under it.

^38-5 Are you tired? I'll just close just in a minute. I could cut it off and start tonight again, but if you--if you want to wait just a little bit longer, I'll try to hurry. I want to place this right in, 'cause I think right now, while you're under the anointing of it, it'd be better to get it right now.
Only when the token is displayed... Then the whole family must be under that token blood. Papa, mama, I know how you feel. I've got children too. I got to see them saved.
I'm talking to myself today. See? I got brothers; I got sister; I got loved ones. I want to see them saved too; but remember, without the display of the Token, they'll perish. There's no resurrection for them. That's right. They're gone. Only when the Token's displayed...

^38-8 Look, Joshua... Wish we had time to read it. Mark it down. Joshua the 2nd chapter, believing, Gentile, harlot, Rahab...
Oh, I just wish it was about nine o'clock. I'd like--I'd like to take that and just show you how brother that...?...
This harlot, Gentile... Watch. All her family... She was a believer; all her family had to get under that scarlet streak, that token. They had to go under it or they perished.
They had heard of the wrath of God; they had heard of the displaying signs and miracles of God among His people, and they had to receive it; she had to receive it. God's destroying angel was coming