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Thy Seed Shall Possess The Gate Of His Enemy (59-1121)
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E-1 Fine thing that I ever have to happen to me is when I can come to the house of the Lord. I can be so tired, and wore out, and upset, and... But just let me get to the house of the Lord where all the saints are gathered and praying, then I go to feeling better right away. There's something soothing about it. Don't you think so, brethren? Something that just soothes and seems to iron out all the wrinkles and you're just satisfied.
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results of last service for the first night, and praying that God will
continue, Brother Wagner, just to continue give us them kind of
services.
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I was so happy to hear that... I hope I have this right, that the
churches are all coming together for continue cooperation for Sunday,
having it on Sunday afternoon so it won't interfere with any of the
churches and their services. The Lord bless you, brethren, that's
mighty fine and loyal. I appreciate that, to let the people... And
gather every one together. That's what we're here to do, is to
cooperate together in everything, coordinate all of our gifts and
strengths and so forth, unto the Kingdom of God's sake. That's the only
way we'll ever move this great load, is pull together.
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Now, just before we open the Word, for we want you to get up early in
the morning and attend your Sunday school. And now, you visitors here,
that's strangers in the city, these men here all represent churches.
There'll be one of them close to where you're staying. You attend one
of them tomorrow morning and also tomorrow night. Attend some of these
churches; you'll be welcome to any of them.
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Now, before we open the Word, let's talk to the Author. Someone said to
me one time, said, "Brother Branham," said, "you sure have bad English."
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Great Author of Life, the Writer of the sacred Scriptures that's given
to us, inspired by the Holy Spirit, and can only be interpreted by the
Holy Spirit... And I pray that You'll send Him tonight, the Divine
Interpreter of this Scripture and place It into our hearts, each one of
us, so that we can receive faith for everything we have need of tonight.
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And we would pray, Lord, for those who are sick and needy tonight. The
shut-ins, and those who are in the hospital, on beds of death, O great
God of heaven, send Angels to their bedside and heal their sick bodies,
Lord. Speak to them the peace of God.
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Tomorrow, give each of these ministers, Lord, I pray that You'll give
them such an anointing tomorrow, till every church will have a revival
fire in it. May sinners be saved, and believers filled with the Spirit,
and the sick and afflicted healed in the churches. May there coming
from all over the country tomorrow night, testifying of what great
things took place in their churches. Grant it, Lord. Give us these
victories, Father.
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We want to read some out of the holy Writings tonight in two different
places that I have selected to read from. And I want to take the
subject right after reading of the Word. First we were going to read
from Genesis the 24th chapter beginning with the 56th verse and reading
down the 60th inclusive. And then we want to begin in Genesis 22 at the
15th verse and read the 18th inclusive. Now, in Genesis 24:56 it reads
this. E-10 If I should call it a subject just for a few moments, I'd say this: "Thy Seed Shall Possess The Gate Of His Enemy." God had been trying Abraham to see if he would hold fast his promise with a heart that was--was a unadulterated faith. You know, there's so many people that can grasp the Word just for a minute. It seems real good to them. And then after a few hours something comes along contrary to what the Seed seem to tell them, and finally it'll wither. Some can keep it for a few days. But others seem to catch such a hold of it till they'll never let it loose. Jesus spoke of these in His time, about where the seed fell on stony grounds, and on thorns and thistles, and then some in good ground. E-11 Now, the last time here I'd taken three afternoons of series on teaching of Abraham, how that God had give him the promise when he was seventy-five years old, and told him that he was to have a child by Sarah his wife, sixty-five at that time. And Abraham believed what God said was the truth. He didn't consider how old he was or how old Sarah was. The seed must have took a real deep rooting in Abraham's soul, for it taken twenty-five years for that seed to ever take life. But Abraham would not discard it because he did not see it growing, and looked like getting contrary all the time to the promise, but Abraham knew that it was God's Word and God would keep His Word. Now, the time had come when Abraham was right at a hundred years old before the seed was ever begin to take life.
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And God, in trying Abraham, the way that He did Abraham He does
Abraham's seed. And we must realize that we, the believers, are
Abraham's seed. For the Bible said that when we are dead in Christ, we
are Abraham's seed and heirs with him, according to the promise. And we
receive Abraham's seed when we receive the Holy Spirit. We receive a
faith with this Holy Spirit that was the faith that was delivered to
father Abraham. For when we die in Christ we take on the promise.
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Jesus picked it up in the New Testament and spoke back of what Abraham
done, and spoke forward to this generation. For we realize just before
the great destruction of Sodom, Jesus referred to it in His days and
said, "As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be in the coming of
the Son of man." Just the same happenings, so shall it be to the seed
of Abraham in the last days.
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Notice. Just before that took place there was three Messengers came
from heaven. And They came first to Abraham, the church elect, and set
down, and talked with him. And two of them got up and started on down
to Sodom to bring the church formal out, the church denominational, a
form, ritualistic church. But One stayed behind to talk to the church
elect, the seed of Abraham.
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But there was one we want to take notice of tonight; it was the One
that stayed behind and talked to Abraham. He said He was a Stranger and
He'd traveled far. And He said to Abraham, "Abraham, where is your wife
Sarah?" If He was a Stranger and not knowing Abraham, how did He know
that he had a wife and her name was Sarah?
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Then, when Sarah heard this, behind the Angel setting in the tent, she
laughed within herself. And the Angel, looking at Abraham, with His
back to the tent, said, "Why did Sarah laugh?" Don't you see God, that
same Holy Spirit was on that One has come into the midst of the church
in the last days? "Why did Sarah laugh?" E-17 Do you see what Jesus said? There will be signs in these last days, and, "As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be in the coming of the Son of man." Now, seed of Abraham, wake up. Take a hold. Watch God keep every Word. Though that's been two thousand years ago, God's fulfilled His promise, what Jesus said would take place. There's a modern Sodom; there's evangelists throughout the country. There's the church formal. There's the church spiritual. Watch where those gifts are working and what groups their working in. God keeps His Word. E-18 When the little fellow was born, God gave Abraham a double trial to prove that Abraham's seed is faithful. Told him to offer his son up. And you know the story. When he went to kill him there was a ram bleated in the wilderness behind him, and he offered the ram. And it was a ram; it wasn't a vision. Blood run out of it, and blood don't run from a vision. He killed the ram, for the ram spoke of Christ's coming.
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Then when God seen that He had a man that He could put confidence in,
He said, "I've swore by Myself." For a man always takes an oath to
someone greater than he. And no one was greater than God. So He swore
by Himself that the seed of Abraham would possess the gate of the
enemy. Oh, my. He swore it. God, by Himself, swore that Abraham's seed
would possess the gate of the enemy. E-20 When Israel was on its march and come to the land of Moab, there was a gate, and they said, "We will not let you pass through." And they brought out their prophet to curse the people. Instead of cursing, he blessed. They tried to show him all the bad things that this people had done. But God showed him the good things about it. For He seen that smitten rock and that brass serpent going before, making atonement for them. And instead of cursing, he blessed the seed and they possessed the land because they were on their road keeping a promise of Jehovah. Nothing could stop them, for they were Abraham's seed with a promise that they'd possess the gate of every enemy. And they took it.
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Daniel, a seed of Abraham, was thrown into a fiery furnace, or to a
lion's den, pardon me. Daniel was thrown into a lion's den to be killed
by the lion. And the Angel of the Lord came that night and stopped the
lion. No doubt it was that great Pillar of Fire that followed the
children of Israel. An animal's scared of a light. And when that big
Light stood there, the lion laid down, and Daniel possessed the gate of
his enemy. Closed the mouth of the lion, because he had God's promise
and he was Abraham's seed...
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When Moses, the seed of Abraham, had went on a commission of God,
keeping God's Word, went down into Egypt, brought forth the people to
take them to the promised land, the devil drawed a gate across them.
There he was, surrounded by Pharaoh's army, backed into the Red Sea.
But God caused a strong wind to start blowing. And they possessed the
gate of the enemy, 'cause He blowed a dry streak across the--the sea.
And they went on towards the promise, walking on dry land because they
was the seed of Abraham with a sworn promise, "They shall possess the
gate of the enemy." E-23 Usually God let's you get to the last end of the road, the last mile of the way, then He steps in. If you're a seed of Abraham, believe God and hold His promise for healing, for salvation, for the baptism of the Holy Ghost, whatever it is, whatever the enemy is; God let's you get some time right to the end of the road. And it looks worse than it ever did. The doctor said, "There's not a chance." But you're the seed of Abraham, with a promise that you shall possess the gate of every enemy.
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Joshua didn't think how wide Jordan was or how muddy it was, said,
"Gather yourselves together and sanctify yourself, and take the ark of
God and go forward." And he possessed the gate of the enemy. Why?
Because he was taking a promised people to a promised land by a promise
of God and was the children of Abraham. That makes a Baptist feel like
shouting. Abraham's seed shall possess the gate of the enemy.
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Then finally one day come the Royal Seed, not borned of a man, but
conceived in the womb of a virgin by God Himself with no sexual desire,
Holy Spirit borned. When the Holy Ghost overshadowed a little virgin
and conceived in there the true Seed of Abraham, the faith that Abraham
had in God... God had made a promise of this Seed, borned of virgin
birth, then He had power over all the gates of the enemy. When He was
on the earth He had the gates of sickness in His own power. He spoke to
the sick and the gates opened up, and they walked out free. He had
the--the keys to the gate of leprosy, of cripples, of afflictions, of
temptation. E-26 And we who are dead in Christ are Abraham's seed, and we are more than conquerors through Him Who conquered everything for us. No reason for us to have to come--overcome anything because it's already conquered. The last enemy, sickness, death, temptation, all things are put under His feet. And we are the seed of Abraham. Being dead in Christ we are Abraham's seed, marching on to victory, to victory, to victory, holding God's promise out before us and going on. Abraham's seed with a sworn promise by Jehovah God, that he will possess the gate of every enemy.
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Now, death has no gate for us. "Death doesn't have, Brother Branham?"
No, it doesn't. "What about that? You think you'll die?" I'll never
die; I can't die. I'm already dead, my life...?... I'm buried, and my
life is hid in God through Christ, sealed by the Holy Ghost. The devil
couldn't get me if he had to. "Blessed and holy is he that has part in
the first resurrection on which the second death has no power." We've
overcome because Christ overcome it for us.
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Oh, that sting of death, you watch it in a person's face. I've held
them in my arms and see them quiver and straighten out, then quiver and
straighten out, and cry and scream for mercy, nothing like a sting of
death.
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What are we afraid about? Possess the gates. We have God's promise. We
have His Word. We have His Holy Spirit. The Angels are encamped about;
everything's in order. Every wall can be took down. It's already took
down. The Son of God goes before us, His banners a waving, and there's
nothing can stand in the way of a saint going to meet a promise of God.
Death can't stop it; the grave can't stop it. The devil can't stop it.
We are more than conquerors. Sickness is conquered for you, friends.
Death is conquered for you. Unbeliever, won't you receive Him? Habits
has been conquered for you. Temptation's been conquered. You say, "I
got a temper; I can't get over it." It's conquered. He's already
conquered it, the great final Seed of Abraham. There's no more
conquering to do now; He conquered for us.
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The great royal Seed of Abraham, His Spirit is here tonight. His
promises are all true. He fulfills everything that He said. Why is it
that some setting will be healed and others will fail? Just because
that you try to keep a little bit of the world around you. Turn loose
everything; be simple and look to God and believe it with all your
heart. Hold on to it, and it's got to come to pass. God promised it.
There's nothing can keep it. Do you believe that? Let us bow our heads
then just a moment.
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Heavenly Father, the anointing of the Holy Spirit seems to be just
smothering me out. Seemingly that He wants to do something great here
tonight. Let it happen, Lord. O Lord, let it happen. These people has
been told that they are the seed of Abraham and are heirs with Abraham
according to the promise. God has sworn that the seed of Abraham shall
possess the gate of every enemy. E-32 The Blood of Jesus Christ, may it sanctify this group of people tonight. May all doubts and flusterations and fears be taken away. And may there be a coming forth of the Holy Ghost. O Lord God, send Your Angel tonight, that great Angel, the Holy Ghost, that came down in the form of a Man just before the destruction of Sodom when Your own precious Son said, "At--as it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be at the coming of the Son of man."... that One Who Abraham worshipped and called the Lord God, Elohim. Knowing that God was dwelling in that flesh of that Man that eat a piece of calf meat and drink milk and eat bread... O Lord God, let that Holy Spirit that was in that One that day just surround everyone in here and give them faith that Abraham had. May He speak to their hearts tonight. May He talk through us and with us that we'll know that the elect church has received it.
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And God, we pray for the sinful world. All the blindness of the people
that's been blinded by the preaching of the Gospel, we pray, Lord, that
soon You'll call them out quickly before the great destruction comes.
We feel that the church tonight is called out and secured, anchored in
Christ, and is ready to go in the rapture. So we pray, Father, that
You'll call them out of all different walks of life and let them know
that it's You in giving them the invitation to come. Grant it, Lord.
For we ask it in Jesus' Name. Amen.
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Now, seeds of Abraham, the message over, let's get in the mood of
worship now, so the Spirit of God can move through us now. Let's sing
it with our eyes closed.
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Oh, the great Holy Spirit moving freshly in like dew drops from heaven,
like the Rose of Sharon, being anointed. Aaron, when he went into the
holiest of holies, he was anointed with a sweet smelling savour. He
walked in with pomegranates beating were between bells playing, "Holy,
holy, holy, unto the Lord." Let us enter into the holiest of holies
now. Let every seed of Abraham here tonight, on this celestial ball,
let every one who believes that you've received the Holy Spirit, all
you seed of Abraham, walk now anointed with the sweetness of faith,
walk into the holiest of holies singing, "Holy, holy, holy, unto the
Lord." If you have need, let it be known to God just before we call the
prayer line.
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Now, don't think about what's wrong with you. Just think about Him when
we sing it again. Think about, "Do I love Him? Is my--is my love
sufficient for Him? Have I loved and put Him first? When I wake up at
morning, do I--first thing I do praise Him? All through the day do I
praise Him? In my decisions do I ask myself, 'Is it Your will, Lord?'
Do I really put Him first in everything? Does He come first?" If He
does, let's just sing it again and think of it.
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You feel that sweetness of the Spirit just moving over the audience?
Now, honestly, before God, how many can really feel that the Holy
Spirit is close? Setting in heavenly places in Christ Jesus... E-38 How many sick people is there out in the audience there, just sick, raise up your hands, or needy of God for something, raise up your hands. I don't care where you are; just raise up your hands. Too many to call to the platform. If you will believe with all your heart that the Angel of God that come to visit Abraham is here, believe on Him with all your heart. Did not Jesus... That same Angel, that same Spirit was in the Man that talked to Abraham, was not He manifested here in a body of flesh to take away sin? A woman touched His garment one day, and He said, "Who touched Me?" And has not our Scriptures told us that's He's a High Priest right now, that can be touched by the feeling of our infirmities?
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Instead of calling a prayer line up here just a bunch with prayer
cards, I want the whole building, every one of you out there, that you
might know you don't have to have a prayer card up here... I--I say
this in the Name of the Lord Jesus and in the Presence of the Angel of
God, Whose servant I am, you ask God for what you have need of right
now, and claim the promise, and see if the great High Priest won't
speak just as He did when He was here on earth. You believe He can do
that? Would it thrill your soul if He would, would it make you worship
Him? All you people out there that's sick or afflicted or in need of
anything, would you--would it thrill you to see God do that? To promise
it, after I preached it tonight? And God made the promise that it would
be so just before the coming of the Son of God. It's never been since
then. Search the histories. It's never been since then. But it is now.
Where did it go to? To the seed of Abraham, those that are filled with
the Holy Ghost.
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Lord God, let someone have faith. Grant it, Lord, that the people might
know that You're the same God, You're the same One, Who came to Abraham
in some sort of a body of flesh. And You spoke to him. And You told him
of who he was, or spoke his name, and told him about Sarah, and asked
where she was, and done that sign. You promised it would happen again,
and it has; we're thankful. Let the people in this audience be a
witness tonight that at that day there'll be no questions then. Grant
it, Lord. E-41 Be just as reverent as you can; every person praying. Anywhere through the building, back, forward, everywhere you are, just pray. Oh, what a time. You don't know how I feel just now. The gate of this thing belongs to me now. God opens the gates. The gates to--to your affliction, the gates to the discernment of your thoughts of your heart... The Bible promised that the Holy Spirit was even a discerner of the thoughts of the mind. That's a gate that was promised. That's a gate that God gives and opens up.
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Way over in a corner, this way, everyone look this way just a moment.
Way over in the corner here is a man and a woman setting there. They're
husband and wife. There's the Light hanging over them. The woman's
looking at me; she's suffering with something wrong with her leg. The
man has stomach trouble. Do you believe that God will heal you? Raise
up your hand if you'll believe it. All right, both of you go home and
get well. Jesus Christ makes you well. E-43 How about out in here? There's a little woman setting there praying. Look this a way, sister. She's setting by the side of a heavy set man. You. Arthritis, sugar diabetes, you were praying to God to heal you. If that's right, raise up your hand. All right, go home and receive your healing. Believe now. E-44 Someone right down here raised up their hand, along this line here somewhere. You? You believe with all your heart, you and your husband, your little children? You believe Jesus Christ sent me here for this purpose? You believe Christ can reveal to me what your trouble is? You have stomach trouble. Your husband has something wrong with his eyes. That's right. Lay your hands over on one another, for Jesus Christ healed you both right now. THUS SAITH THE LORD. E-45 I challenge you to believe. Do you believe? Let you know that it's the same Angel, I'll turn my back. Right straight behind me is a man. He's praying for mother and father: heart trouble and arthritis. They come from Arkansas; their name is Smith. Believe with all your heart back there, Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Go home and receive your healing and be made well, in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen. If you believe it with all your heart, then go and receive it.
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Now, just keep praying. Somebody in this section... There's a woman
setting in this direction, and she's got trouble with her back and with
her--her hip: a Mrs. Kirby. Believe with all your heart? Do you? Then
you can go home and be well, Mrs. Kirby. Jesus Christ makes you well. E-47 There's a woman right out from that lady there, looking at me, she's praying for somebody. It's her son. He's in a mental hospital and she's praying for him. That's right, lady. You believe Jesus Christ will make him well? If you do, raise up your hand. All right. May it be so, as you have believed. Have faith in God. E-48 What do you think, honey? That little girl, Mommy with her arms around you there, you believe? You believe Jesus will heal you with that sugar diabetes and let you get well? You do? If you do, stand up on your feet. All right, go home and be well, in the Name of Jesus Christ. Make it so. E-49 The little lady setting there looking at it rejoicing, facing an operation Monday morning from a female trouble. Do you believe God will make you well and will bring you through it? If you do, go and believe it in the Name of Jesus Christ. E-50 What about you in the wheelchair? Arthritis. If you believe it, you can go home and be well too in the Name of Jesus Christ. There she comes out of the wheelchair. You believe with all your heart? You can have what you have asked for. There she goes, crippled out of a wheelchair, walking in the Name of the Lord.
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Let's stand to our feet, everybody. Everybody that's sick and
afflicted, rise to your feet now; give praise to God. Raise up your
hands and praise the Lord, everybody, for His goodness, everybody, for
His goodness.
E-52
Come right on up this way, people. Everyone seeking the Holy Ghost,
come this a way. If you want to receive the Holy Ghost, come this a
way; this is the hour. Sodom is going to burn after while. Come
forward, you that's seeking the Holy Ghost and want something from God.
Move forward; this is the hour of deliverance. If you want to deliver
your soul from temptation, deliver your soul from sin, deliver your
soul from fear, deliver your soul from sin. In the Name of Jesus Christ
the Son of God, Whose Presence is now here, I charge you by the living
God Who'll judge you at the coming of the Lord Jesus, come forward and
receive Jesus Christ.
E-53
Look at this poor old woman. I don't know what's wrong with her. I
don't know what the Holy Spirit said, but there she set bound in a
wheelchair a few minutes ago. There she is still on her feet giving
glory to God. Workers, come with them, come forward. Oh, seed of
Abraham, wake up. Pray. Get ready. The coming of the Lord is at hand.
Come forward; come forward; keep coming. E-54 O Lord, Creator of heavens and earth, send Thy message and Thy power upon these people. Let the Holy Ghost take the right-of-way in their hearts just now. Fill them with Thy goodness. Fill them with the power of God. Forgive their sins. Heal every sickness in the building. Get glory unto Thyself. Grant it, Lord, while the saints worship Thee. Grant it, Father, in the Name of Jesus Christ.
E-55
While the saints are praising God, let's meet these people here at the
altar, go right around the corner there. Brother Curly, someone there,
to lead them... Right this a way now so we can pray with you right in
the room. Right this a way. Everybody here now, walk for just this a
way. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]
Workers go right with them, right now, till we go to the room. Right
now. The rest of you, anybody here that would like to join with this
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