Understanding the Message of the Hour is crucial because God’s Word is not stagnant; it moves and fulfills His purpose in every age. As believers, we must be in step with what God is doing at the time in which we live. For example, look at Noah who had a message from God in his time: build an ark to save his family and the world from a coming flood. That was God's Word for Noah's time. But Moses couldn't have followed Noah's message. By Moses' day, God was doing something different, calling Moses to deliver His people from bondage in Egypt. Neither would it work for any of the apostles to have followed both Noah and Moses' message, because Jesus Christ had come and given what God was doing in that day. Similarly, today, we must walk in the light of what God is doing now—through Christ's message for this day.
So what is that Message that God has given His church today?
Throughout Scripture, we see that God has always used prophets to deliver His Word to His people. Prophets serve as His chosen vessels to bring clarity and direction for a specific time and season, speaking the Word that fits precisely what He is doing in that moment. The Bible is filled with examples of this, where God raised up prophets not only to communicate His plan but to call His people to walk in the light of what He was doing in their day. Deuteronomy 18:18 (KJV) clearly states: “I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.” From Moses to Elijah, Isaiah, and John the Baptist, Apostle Paul and beyond, God has consistently communicated His will through men He has chosen, anointed, and sent with His message for that specific time.
As Amos 3:7 (KJV) declares: “Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.” When God is about to do something new, He sends a prophet to announce His Word, to warn, to prepare, and to lead His people into His plan. Prophets are God's mouthpieces, delivering the message that the people need to hear to remain in step with Him. Hebrews 1:1-2 says, "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;". God was speaking through the Apostle Paul. So the Spirit of God was bringing His Word through Paul, the messenger to the people. To reject Paul's "message" would be rejecting God.
In the New Testament, Paul speaks about being entrusted with the message of the hour for his generation. Paul, called by God and given direct revelation from Christ, preached the gospel to the Gentiles and defended the truth of the gospel, warning against deviating from it. Galatians 1:10-17 (KJV) highlights Paul’s insistence that the gospel he preached came through divine revelation: “For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
Paul’s message was specific to the age of the early church, calling people out of Jewish traditions and into the grace of God through Jesus Christ. As Paul says in 2 Timothy 1:13 (KJV): “Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.” His teaching was the present truth for that time, and the people were called to hold fast to it, recognizing that Christ is the Word, and to follow His Word is to walk in the light. As 1 John 1:7 says, "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."
A good example of this is found in Acts 19:1-5. This passage describes how Paul encountered disciples who had been baptized by John the Baptist's baptism of repentance, and after learning about Jesus (The Message of the Hour), they were then baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. They heard the voice of God speaking through Paul, and moved forward with what God was doing. They were following Christ's Message for their day.
If there was a message all down throughout history, is there a different one today than when Paul spoke?
Yes.
Malachi 4:5-6 says that "before the great and dreadful day of the Lord" another messenger would come.
Malachi 4:5-6 (KJV): "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse." Then in Revelations 10:7 we find right before the end time, "But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets."
Just as in Paul’s day, there is a message for this time. The Message of the Hour in our day is the voice of God calling His Bride to a restoration of the pure Word of God. God is calling His people to return to the original teachings of Scripture and to be filled with the Holy Spirit, preparing for the rapture. The message today is not about creating denominations or doctrines of men but about pointing people to Christ Himself.
We believe that if you say someone is a prophet, you should see it prophesied in Scripture, and their message will align with the Written Word. There have been so many people claim to be this "end-time" messenger, but their message doesn't perfectly fit with the Scripture. The Mormon church believes in their prophet, the Catholic church believes in the Pope, but all haven't aligned with the Word of God.
We believe that there was one that met all the requirements that Jesus and the Apostles said would be there. Today, as in the past, God has a message for this hour, and He has raised up a prophet to deliver that message. We believe William Branham, born in 1909 and died in 1965, meets the qualifications outlined in Malachi 4:5-6 and Revelation 10:7 as the prophet for this time. His message was not about drawing people to himself, a denomination or creating a new system of belief. His message was to bring people back to the pure, written Word of God and to point them to Christ.
That's a big statement. If you Google "William Branham" you will find people that call him the devil, a deceiver, all the way to people who worship pictures of him. What we must look for is not a vindicated man, but. a vidicated Message. All God's prophets, including Paul, were a little strange often unqualified men. What made Elijah qualified? It wasn't the man, it was that God chose him and vindicated the message he brought. God showed that to be true on Mt. Carmel by consuming his sacrifice. We don't look for William Branham to be qualified, we look for a vindicated Message, and what William Branham taught was perfectly aligned with Scripture.
“Now, the very essence of the message that was sent - that He is risen from the dead - we, his beneficiaries, we who share the resurrection with Him, draw benefits from this, by proving to the world that He is alive. We cannot do it by word only. We cannot do it by some tradition of man. We only reflect exactly what we're pointing to. I’m afraid today that too many of us are not getting people to Christ. We’re getting them to a church, to a theory. But we must get them to Christ. He is the only One, and the only One that has Life. ‘He that has the Son has Life.’ And if the life of a man that’s dead be projected in you, you will live the same life he lived.” (65-0418M - It Is The Rising Of The Sun)
In a time when there are almost 33,000 denominations, and the Methodist faith believes this take on the Word, the Lutherans believe that take on the Word, seminaries teach all manner of historical theory and thought on the Scripture, it is more mass confusion rather than clarity. When the Bible says in Romans 3:4, "Let God be true but every man a liar."
The message of this time is to get people to Christ, to the Word, because Christ is the Word. Just as Moses couldn't follow Noah's message, and Paul couldn't follow the law of the Old Testament, we must walk in the light of what God is doing today. As 1 John 1:7 (KJV) says: “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”
It isn't another demination we teach, it isn't a man that we lift up, it isn't a cult we fabricate. It is Christ, and Him crucified, Christ in you the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27).
In every age, God sends a timely message, and the people are called to follow that Word. In Noah's time, obedience to God's Word meant building an ark and trusting Him in the midst of impending judgment. In Moses' time, obedience meant leading the people out of Egypt and establishing them in God's covenant. In Paul’s time, obedience meant receiving the gospel of grace and moving beyond the law.
Today, God’s message is calling His Bride to separate from the world, to be filled with the Holy Spirit, and to live in preparation for the soon coming of Christ. Malachi 4:5-6 (KJV) speaks of the prophet God would send before the great and dreadful day of the Lord, and Revelation 10:7 (KJV) prophesies that in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, the mystery of God would be finished. That message has come, and now is the time to respond to it, walking in the light of this present truth. Its responding to the voice of God calling out to you personally.
Understanding the Message of the Hour is essential for every believer. It isn't something you sign your name to, it isn't something you buy, it isn't something any church can give you. It is knowing the person of the Lord Jesus Christ in an individual relationship and being filled with His Spirit and walking in the Word.
God does not leave His people in darkness but sends His Word through prophets to guide and prepare them for what He is doing. The message is clear: God is calling His Bride back to the pure, written Word, pointing them to Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever. The Message of the Hour is the voice of God calling to His true church (Spirit filled believers) in thee last days, calling them unto Himself.
Just as in the days of Noah, Moses, and Paul, God is speaking today, and the question is, will we hear and follow His Word for this hour? The call is to walk in the light of what God is doing now, to be part of the Bride prepared for Christ’s return.
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