Unlock the mystery of the ages as we traverse the spiritual timeline of the Church—have we remained in the Laodicean Age or stepped into the enigmatic Bride Age? Brother Branham's teachings serve as our map, offering insights that challenge widely held beliefs and provoke a deeper understanding of where we stand in this prophetic journey. In this episode, we dissect the concept of church ages with a focus on the Gentile dispensation and the rapture, while shedding light on the role of the overcomers who rise from each era. With Brother Branham's quotes as our guide, we seek to clarify scriptural truths and provide a lens through which to view the present and anticipated movements of the Bride of Christ.
As we navigate this theological terrain, we're not just engaging in academic discourse—we're probing the living reality of a Bride poised for rapture. The conversation extends beyond historical analysis to address the immediate experiences of believers confronting faith's complexities in these transformative times. Join us for an exploration that transcends the boundaries of traditional Church Age doctrine, delving into the Bride Age's significance and its impact on the prophetic clock. This isn't just a scholarly debate; it's an urgent call for discernment and readiness as the Church moves closer to the fulfillment of its divinely appointed destiny.
Unlock the mystery of the ages as we traverse the spiritual timeline of the Church—have we remained in the Laodicean Age or stepped into the enigmatic Bride Age? Brother Branham's teachings serve as our map, offering insights that challenge widely held beliefs and provoke a deeper understanding of where we stand in this prophetic journey. In this episode, we dissect the concept of church ages with a focus on the Gentile dispensation and the rapture, while shedding light on the role of the overcomers who rise from each era. With Brother Branham's quotes as our guide, we seek to clarify scriptural truths and provide a lens through which to view the present and anticipated movements of the Bride of Christ.
As we navigate this theological terrain, we're not just engaging in academic discourse—we're probing the living reality of a Bride poised for rapture. The conversation extends beyond historical analysis to address the immediate experiences of believers confronting faith's complexities in these transformative times. Join us for an exploration that transcends the boundaries of traditional Church Age doctrine, delving into the Bride Age's significance and its impact on the prophetic clock. This isn't just a scholarly debate; it's an urgent call for discernment and readiness as the Church moves closer to the fulfillment of its divinely appointed destiny.
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The Bride Age. Is the Bride Age distinct from the Laodicean Age? Is the Bride Age the eighth day spoken of by Brother Branham? There are many teachings going around about the Bride not being in Laodicea anymore. It all centers around the fact that Brother Branham said on several occasions that it is the Bride Age. Now I want to point out the truth, logically and scripturally. To start, then I will briefly examine a few quotes to show the simple truth.
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We often refer to the seven church ages, the final being Laodicea. These are seven distinct ages within the Gentile dispensation. There are not eight ages, there are seven church ages with seven messengers. In Laodicea, as in all other ages, there are those that Christ denounces and those that overcome. The overcomers of Laodicea are referred to as the bride. The church age and the church ages are synonymous. The church age is the time that God is dealing with the Gentile bride. When the last member of the Gentile bride comes in, then the rapture will take place and God will begin dealing with the Jews. There are no other ages between the church age and the tribulation. There is not a bride age as distinct from Laodicea. The bride are the overcomers of each age.
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I will now present several quotes that will show that as soon as the bride is raptured, the Laodicean age is finished. We all know we're living in the Laodicea age. There will never be another age to it. It can't be so. We're living in the Laodicea age. It is clear and easy to understand that we are still in the Laodicean age and there will never be another age to it. Now, all the rest of the six men before him died, but Enoch was translated. Enoch was raptured, the seven showing that it's the seventh church age that takes the rapture. It is evident that he is stating that it is not another age that takes the rapture, but that it is the bride that overcomes in the Laodicean church age that takes the rapture. There are no other ages beyond it. So then, why does Brother Branham use the term bride age?
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Let's take a look at a few quotes. The life sure, the stock back here carried the life. Certainly it did. But you see, when it become the stock and it was finished, the organization, the life went right on into Wesley and come right out and went in. And once, each one of them, once a big blade don't look like the grain, but when the little pollen comes, like on the shuck, or on the stock, the pollen of the tassel looks a whole lot like the grain, but when it comes down to that shuck it's almost there. Didn't Jesus say in the last days, matthew 24, 24, the two would be so close it would deceive the very genes predestinated, the electing ones, if it was possible? Almost like the real thing. See, so in the harvest time, so in the last days. Now you see it's wheat time, now it's getting harvest time.
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This is not Luther's age, this is not Pentecost age, this is the bride age. As Moses called a nation out of a nation, christ today is calling a church out of a church. You see, same thing in type, taking them to the glorious, eternal promised land. But did you realize we've moved on from that? We are in the bride time, the selecting time, the time that the bride they said we would have all the caterpillar left, said Joel 2.28,. All the caterpillar left the palmer worm eaten and all the palmer worm left the locust eaten. In the above two quotes, brother Branham is emphasizing that we are no longer in the Pentecostal age. We are now in the Bride Age or Bride Time, where the complete restoration is taking place. Which age does the Pentecostal age coincide with the Laodicean Church Age, of course. However, note that both the Pentecostal Age and the Bride Age are within the Laodicean Age.
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I want to show you that there were multiple ages within previous Church Ages. That was Christ when Paul was speaking here today. You believe that in the New Testament. Then the Son of man, the same Christ in the last day, see all right notice also John 14, 12. He said the works that I do, shall you do All these other scriptures? What does he do? He's here now proving not Luther's age, not Wesley age, not Pentecostal age, not Baptist age, not Presbyterian age. We've went right down through it and proved it by the history in the Bible. By what? The age of the Son of man being revealed. To bring these things in, to fulfill the word, when all must be fulfilled. See, we see it, and it's true.
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There are many ages listed here, note 1. Luther's age, 2. Wesley's age, 3. Pentecostal age, 4. Baptist age, 5. Presbyterian age, 6. The age of the Son of man being revealed. Several of the ages overlap. The Methodist and Baptist ages are during the very same 6th church age. The Presbyterian and Lutheran age are both during the 5th church age. The Presbyterian and Lutheran age are both during the fifth church age.
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The Pentecostal age and the age of the Son of man being revealed is during the seventh church age. Notice what the prophet says In the Laodicea church age they put him out and in Luke he said he would be revealed again as the Son of man, the prophet fulfilling the rest of it. See, let's assemble what Brother Branham said on this subject so you can have it all together here in a brief format. We all know we're living in the Laodicean age. There will never be another age to it. It can't be so. We're living in the Laodicea age. It's the seventh church age that takes the rapture. This is not Pentecost age, this is Bride age, not Luther's age, not Wesley's Age, not Pentecostal Age, not Baptist Age, not Presbyterian Age. We've went right down through it and proved it by history in the Bible. But what? The age of the Son of man being revealed, the Bride Age, is not distinct from the Laodicean Church Age. Rather, it is distinct from the Pentecostal Age. Both the Bride Age and the Pentecostal Age take place during the Seventh Church Age of.