FOREWORD
This message entitled, A Time For Worshipping The Lamb has been taken from a recorded sermon and printed by members of the Third Exodus Assembly.
This message was preached on 3rd December, 1981 in Trinidad by Bro. Vin A. Dayal and put into book form solely for the believers of the local Assembly.
Should this book fall into the hands of other believers, please note that it is not meant to promote any special person or doctrine, but only that it might edify the reader and cause him/her to have a greater faith in the message of the hour brought to us by God’s prophet, Bro. William Branham.
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Excerpt:
Now this is the time when everything must be worship. When the Lamb comes and takes the Seventh Seal Book he said, Now this is the time when everything must be worship. Now, remember, how appropriate. Now don’t let us miss this now. Listen close. When all the mysteries of the church age was finished, when all the mysteries of the plans of redemption, them seven seals was opened right immediately after this is now look, it’s time for everything in Heaven, everything on the earth to worship God. Now, watch what takes place. (Page 31)
A Time For Worshipping The Lamb
3rd December, 1981
A TIME FOR WORSHIPPING THE LAMB
TRINIDAD
3RD DECEMBER, 1981
BRO. VIN A. DAYAL
[Bro. Vin dedicates baby and then prays. –Ed.]
Amen. Turn to your Bibles tonight. St. Luke 24:49:
49 ...but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
50 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
52 And they worshipped him, [and they worshipped him,] and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
53 And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
Just before they received the promise (amen) their understanding was opened and He said, “If I tell you where to go; where to find; where to—you should be praising and thanking God for it! Amen. Revelation chapter 5!
1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the [scroll] neither to look [on it.]
5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beast, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as [though] it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
May we bow our heads and close our eyes.
Almighty God, we give You praise and thanks Father in the Name of Jesus Christ. Oh God, may You bless and inspire our hearts by Your Word tonight that we could catch the Divine revelation of Your Word tonight, as we have read it here Father; that Lord, God this great time when all of Heaven and earth is worshipping the Lamb of God, Lord may we join the Heavenly chorus and we fall in that Divine inspiration and may we begin to sing that new song, “We shall reign as kings and priests on the earth.” Bless these things in our hearts tonight. Bless each and every one with understanding that will open the Scriptures a little more with understanding for us tonight. We pray and ask it in Jesus’ precious Name, amen.
You may have your seats. Well we’re referring to those who can have your seats here tonight and may that not hinder you from entering into worship tonight and be caught up in His Divine Presence to receive from what He has in store for us tonight. Maybe somebody could be gracious enough tonight to offer somebody your seat also. Amen. Show a little brotherly kindness.
Well we want to welcome everyone in the house of God tonight. I see we have Bro. Suite here and I don’t know some of the others who might be here but we appreciate everyone in the house of God tonight and we just want to continue the great time of fellowship around the Word that the Holy Spirit so graciously has given unto us. And especially last week Wednesday when we picked back up this inspiration Paradox and we had an As I Was With Moses So Will I Be With Thee; [1981-1125 –Ed.] Wednesday and Thursday we came back and I preached Joshua Of The New Testament [1981-1126 –Ed.] and Sunday morning The Abstract To The Title Deed [1981-1129 –Ed.] and tonight I just want to not stray off it but just inject something in here so we would get the right tone as we go along (amen) because it’s something here that we want to see and catch you know.
And because – you know I want you to notice one thing tonight that Revelation 5 is placed positionally in the Book of Revelation between the Church Ages and the Seals. Amen. And we also want to notice that we see about worship here, it’s a time of worship and also I want you to notice Revelation 13 there is a chapter on worship but it is where people are going to be worshipping the Beast but Revelation 5 they are worshipping the Lamb and Revelation 5 is going to come before Revelation 13 (amen) because Revelation 13 would bring persecution upon all those who will not worship the Beast. But we are worshipping the Lamb tonight and we will not worship the Beast. We will never worship the Beast, amen, because we take our stand upon the Word of God tonight, amen.
And you know St. Luke 24, what I was reading here, it was when Jesus started to open their understanding to the Scriptures. You know He opened the Word in St. Luke 24? How many knows that? In St. Luke 24:32, He opened the Word and then—that is St. Luke 24:32 and St. Luke 24:45, He opened their understanding to the Word that He had opened because the Old Testament was sealed up with a revelation inside of it. It was a prophecy, a Book of prophecy of the coming Messiah; of the coming Redeemer, that they looked forward for since Eden; the woman’s Seed. Amen.
And when He came He lived out a Mystery for thirty-three years and in that thirty-three years He lived out the entire Mystery of the Old Testament. In Genesis 3 it says, “The woman shall receive a Seed and that Seed shall bruise the Serpent’s head.” And when the Angel came to Mary she received the Seed; the woman received the Seed. But when He bruised the Serpent’s head on the Cross that was thirty-three years later. So between the woman receiving the Seed and bruising the Serpent’s head, it was a history of thirty-three years and during that history of thirty-three years, He lived out the Mystery of the Old Testament.
But the Mystery of the Old Testament was lived out and something was achieved but their minds were locked up to the revelation of what was made available and He could not go away and leave them like that because they had to understand something in order for them to enter into the promise. Amen? Something was done; something was made available; a mystery had unfolded. Something was laying there but their minds were locked up which was shut up unto this thing. And then He had to come back around and open their understanding that they could see what was made available; what mystery unfolded; what He achieved for them; how these things took place that they could enter into what was made available unto them. No wonder when He was finished He said, “I send the promise of My Father upon you.” Amen.
And here in this Hour He has breathed upon us. Amen. He dropped down here and breathed upon us on June the 3rd, amen, “Receive you the Holy Ghost.” Amen. And on June the 3rd, strange things began to happen (amen) because we had a supernatural visitation. Our understanding was opened already (amen) and then He breathed upon us because He opened our understanding from May the 16th 1976, (amen) He began to open our understanding. Amen.
And there were many on the outside who were yet to come in and then they come in to see “Handle me; it is I, a Spirit without flesh and blood” because they wouldn’t come here. Amen! And then God brought almost about twelve families in one month. Amen. Over twelve families God brought in one month and we even had to extend the place to put them to sit down here (amen) because something was happening. He was getting the rest in, amen, showing Himself alive by infallible proofs; speaking things pertaining to the Kingdom of God; manifesting His Presence (amen) before we get all seven breaths of redemption. Amen. We are going to get all seven breaths that the Church will be filled with the fullness of God. Amen.
But here we see He had to appear and show Himself alive to take the fears and the doubts out and let the people know it is He. “It is I, be not afraid.” Amen. “It is I all these years in the Message here doing something” (amen) “and now I’m unveiling; now I’m making plain who the Elected seed really are; who My Bride really is; what My Message was all about; how I worked to achieve those things” (amen) “and perfect the seed that I planted in Trinidad dirt.” The world was the field but He planted seed in the dirt and at the rising of the Son, the Light had to come to quicken the seed that had some dirt around it.
There was a lot of Trinidad dirt all over the Island. If we have maybe about over two million people here that is Trinidad dirt but there is no seed in that dirt (amen) but there is part of dirt that has a seed inside of it and the Quickening Power would come across the face of this nation to get those seed that was lying inside the dirt. Amen. They were lying here. He had planted them here but the Son had risen (amen) and was coming across the earth. In 1965 he said, It Is The Rising Of The Sun, [1965-0418m –Ed.] present tense; not the sun will rise. It is the rising of the sun in the evening time for a resurrection out of dark denominationalism. Amen! He was going to come back with a revelation that He is Lord; He is risen! The Lord Himself had descended from Heaven! Amen. He’s gathering His redeemed subjects upon the face of the earth. Amen. A revelation was going to come forth.
And God as He told the parable in St. Matthew 13, there were seed planted in the earth (amen) and those seed had to grow unto maturity. Amen. So then He had to come now and give a revelation that it’s time now for the fullness of the Holy Spirit, the dynamics, which shall be a refilling of the Holy Ghost to come tothe real believer. Why? “I’m going to reveal to them that they are in the season. How am I going to reveal to them that they’re in the season? I will show them where I brought them from rags to parchment paper. I will show them how I brought them from a seed into the Word image. I will show them what all those things were about when I was taking them through those things; what it took to convince them and make them certain that now is the season, now is the time!” Amen.
So He had to do something when He came back there to get the people in a certain channel to receive the promise because it was done; it was achieved; it was laying there but they never understood it so He came now and He opened the Word. The Word was sealed. The Old Testament was sealed up there. They just knew the commandment part. That is all the Jews knew. That’s why they missed the prophecy part. They were obeying Moses’ commandments but missed Moses’ prophecy because the promise is a mystery in the Bible. Amen.
But here He was growing up there, the Word Himself becoming flesh. That written Word that they had there as the Old Testament that was the Kinsman. The New Testament is the Bride. The Old Testament is the Kinsman because the Old Testament is prophecy from Genesis to the end of the Messiah. Then He walked out of the Bible because every prophet who came had to say “He’s coming, He’s coming, He’s coming, He’s coming; He’s coming” but John at the end of the Old Testament says, “He is here. There is One standing among you Whom you know not.” Amen.
Then when He came, the Bride was in Him because He was both male and female. He had an Eve and Adam that were there walking on the earth. Hallelujah! His Bride was going to be taken out of Him. Do you see? And He was there on the earth and they didn’t know; they didn’t understand what was happening. Amen. But the New Testament was going to be His Bride through the Seven Ages; His redeemed, Boaz and Ruth, amen; the Old Testament and the New Testament.
And here it was, while He was on the earth walking, He was living out the mystery of the Old Testament but they were not understanding what He was saying. Amen. He say the Hour is come for the Son of Man to do so and so. “Go and do so and so because the Hour has come for that to happen.” There were other things to be fulfilled and then when He saw the signs, He said, “The Hour has come for those things also” but they were not understanding Him. He said, “Why can’t you understand My doctrine or My speech?” Because they never knew it that way before; because the way they knew it, was to teach some commandments or to prophesy of the Messiah to come but He had a difference in the preaching. He wasn’t prophesying about any Messiah to come, He was prophesying about the end time but identifying the Messiah’s prophecy being fulfilled. And they had to be spiritual enough to catch that, to see the difference in the emphasis, how He was speaking those things but they couldn’t catch how He was speaking those things. See?
One day people will understand when that real Bride that Malachi 4 spoke of in his Message of prophecy, who is going to be on the earth in the last days, when she comes forth to identify herself being here, she will have to take his prophecy, amen, of the Bride in the last days. She will have to reveal the mystery, amen, for those fifteen years what took place, how that Bride is being formed in the Word image to identify her season, amen; to show what God is about to do in her, Jesus in the Bride form. And then few would be spiritual enough to understand that also because we have for fifteen years a lot of people saying, “The Prophet said so; the Prophet said so; the Prophet said,” and trying to keep Moses’ commandment but they will miss Moses’ prophecy the same way. But there will be a Bride coming forth, Jesus Christ dwelling in that Bride identifying His Word for this Hour being manifested; showing how that mystery is unfolding; how it’s taking place and how it’s coming down to the fullness of the resurrection. Amen.
So here, just as He was there, came when the woman received the Seed and for thirty-three years He lived out that Mystery of the Old Testament. And all what those prophets prophesied for His first coming and what He had to do there, He did those things but the people never understood. They never perceived what happened. And the heirs of the promise, those whose names were in that Book there, they didn’t catch anything. But seeing that the achievement was for them He had to come back around to them and open their understanding to give them a real revelation of what those things really meant – what He was doing there. Amen. So they were able after to understand how when He came with healing that was only to attract their attention; to stir up Jerusalem a little bit; to stir up Nazareth little bit; to stir up those places little bit.
But then He had a Message coming forth, amen. See! And then in that Message, it was identifying, it was revealing that this is the thing. When He was preaching those messages, “Search the Scripture for in Them you think you have eternal life but they are they that testify of Me,” He was trying to get them to look in the Scriptures and be able to recognize the Messiah. He was preaching ‘God is identified by His characteristics’. That’s what He was doing there (amen) but they weren’t understanding Him. He was identifying Himself in the Word to them to let them know shake yourself. Your fathers are the Sadducees. See?
And then they saw when He came down there to the climaxing time where on the Mountain He cried, they said, “Now we understood why He cried and why He started to talk differently when He asked us the question, “Who do men say I the Son of Man am?” And then the Bible says, “From that time forth, He began to prophesy” after He saw the church caught the revelation. He asked that question to see if the sowing was finished. He wanted to identify whether the sowing was over so He said, “Father, I have manifested Thy Name unto them! They have received the Word; they have received Me. This little group here, they caught the revelation. All the Sadducees they rejected it as fanaticism. They said, ‘I’m Beelzebub. Some say I’m Joseph and Mary’s son. Some say I’m this. Some say I’m that. Some say I am that; a hunter.’” See. An evangelist is a gift; all kinds of different things. But these caught the revelation. They said, “Thou art the Christ.” So we know the ones who the Message came for. The womb that the seed had to fall in, it fell inside there.
So then He knew when they caught that now then the next thing was going to come to show that phase of the work was done was when He had to go to the Cross. So He’s looking now for the conditions now. He is looking for those demons to fall among those religious people. He was looking for those demons to fall in the political realm so He was constantly watching Herod and Pilate and them and watching Caiaphas and them (amen) and watching their movement; see how all of them was going to come together to even crucify Him. Amen. So He went up on the Mountain and He began to cry. He cried and said, “Oh Jerusalem! How often will I gather thee.” And then they were understanding because their understanding was being opened now. Now they were understanding His Message; now they knew what He was talking about. Amen. And when you see the Token and the Token should follow the Seals and when the Seventh Seal opened and it says in the Feast Of Trumpets [1964-0719m –Ed.] he preached it supernaturally already, then they began to understand these things. Now they were understanding it. Amen. Do you understand what I’m speaking? You see.
So then you find then that here they say when they pick up back that message there, where He was crying on the Mountain, they said, “That is what that meant.” You see. That means they didn’t recognize their visitation and He had to do that to show that it was finished. Him doing that, living that out was a mystery right there! It might not be any great, big revelation but it had to be placed in, in there to show the season. Not just so much to reveal but to make the picture to show the rejected King.
You see that’s why sometime you pick up a message and like it, there is nothing in it but there is just one line, but that had to be said to fit in the picture. I will read a little quote on that for you just now with Daniel’s Seventy Weeks [Seventy Weeks Of Daniel –Ed.] He said, “Not to preach on what it was but just to fit it in its place. Amen. You see. And then when he came down there afterwards He began to preach certain things prophesying about judgment. “Don’t weep for Me but weep for your children” so and so. “Not one stone will remain standing on this temple.” Why? “It’s time for Messiah to be cut off but not for Himself now.” Amen. He began to speak these things here.
Then they said, “That is what was happening there. I always taught it was just a statement” but now their understanding was being opened and they were able to see that when He went on the Cross there, what it meant. Amen. They were understanding now it was available. Something was there for them and they were walking away; they were just kind of rejoicing, “It’s a mighty Prophet in Word and in deed and these things.” And you know trying then to say, “Well He taught us how to love one another. He taught us how to turn the other cheek and He taught us how to go the extra mile and He taught us how to do those things and we’re trying to do those things.” But here they were missing what He made available because their mind was still locked up to the mystery itself but in their heart they saw Somebody Who changed their life. They never saw a Person like that before so they wanted to kind of go along there and the life that they saw manifested before them, they couldn’t be different people. They just couldn’t go back and sin. See. So they tried to live a life that is becoming of a Christian.
But then in there they had no channel to give them faith, to anoint them to show them how to enter in and possess their promise that he made available. They wanted something more in there. It’s in there they wanted something because they are nice fellows. They stopped drinking and smoking. They were sanctified already from the world. See. And they believed that brother, what a Man is this; see, this lowly Nazarene carpenter. My! See. And it was so outstanding for them. But here was something; here was a revelation; here was inspiration now, not just, “I want to live a good life,” but what they could receive, a revelation to enter and receive something that by and through them He could begin to continue His work that the same way He was conscious He was fulfilling the Word, the same way they could be conscious they were fulfilling the Word too, step by step in continuity to what He was doing. See. They could recognize these things.
And this has been a great battle for fifteen years here trying to get that to the people’s minds; to see a fivefold ministry catching the true revelation of what that Seventh Seal Book being opened was all about; what was really taking place there; (see) how those Seven Seals were coming after the Church Ages and those Seven Seals had to be broken for us to enter into Canaan land. Remember on Paradox [1961-1210 –Ed.] he said, “Oh God, break to us those Seals on the back of the Book that we could enter into this great place, that huge portion of Heaven that is awaiting us.” See? “And that will bring to pass the tremendous victory in the love Divine.”
So that was something that had to open up there to bring a Joshua commission, that the people by inspiration through the Joshua commission could recognize their inheritance; could get instruction how to possess it; revelation could be coming in that season what to do, how to do it, when to do it; to recognize the same Captain of the Lord’s host in the camp bringing them to possess what is theirs; something. The people weren’t just going along there being reminded about Moses. No. The same God Who met Moses in the mountain; the burning bush; the Pillar of Fire, that same God dropped back down among the same people and He was continuing the work. He was inspiring them what to do and when to do it. He was revealing revelations how to bring them into their inheritance.
Sometimes it might sound strange because you couldn’t go back in Genesis and Deuteronomy and read where they walked around Jericho seven times. You couldn’t go and read that but God on the spot was giving inspiration. You couldn’t read how they stretch the spear towards Ai (amen) because that was in an unknown language. Hallelujah! Oh brother! Think about it. That was an unknown language. When that comes back it will be made known! Hallelujah! Oh my! I don’t know where that thought came from. Amen! They have to make a cycle to come back around to the ones with the crystal to strike them in their heart! They will reveal what’s taking place. Hallelujah! Amen! My! See. When that comes back around in there…
You see, you’re catching it quickly now. You’re getting tuned to the Word. From the time I said ‘unknown language’ everybody picked me up already. They know what we’re talking about. You see! So you see that was in there to be revealed; to be quickened; to anoint them. You see! So while they stayed back there up to that first fold (amen) they couldn’t pick up anything more but they have something to come back around (see) and was going to strike them in the right season and then here the Bride will have “THUS SAITH THE LORD” again. Amen. When He drops back around in the camp, they would have “THUS SAITH THE LORD” again because the Son of Man will find a place to lay His head. Amen. See. He’s going to find a people there in shape. He’s going to find a people there ready because during that time while the cycle was being made, that seed germ was being formed in the Word image. God was getting character He could send the power to. Amen. He was getting a people so tuned in to Him that they see what God wants done. Why Cry, Speak [1963-0714m –Ed.] page 30 he says “Faith sees what God wants done and faith operates through that channel.”
And God showed us something had to be done between the opening of the Word and the preaching to the lost. Faith saw that. A revelation dropped down there. Amen. Third Pull has three phases. The first phase of the Third Pull was the spoken Word: squirrels, little fish; Sis. Hattie Wright’s boys. Then it went into the opening of the Word: Seven Seals Mystery revealed – the opening of the Word. Then it stopped there and couldn’t go any further. He said I—He preached Souls That Are In Prison Now, [1963-0111m –Ed.] “I’m wondering if now is the time,” amen, “for the preaching to the lost. I saw the people in JC Penny’s store, what I saw in hell. Hell is being created on the earth but I wonder if the time’s now.” The Holy Spirit said, “No! When the persecution comes,” Page 17, We Have Seen The Star In The East, [1963-1216 –Ed.] “When the persecution comes after Christ is formed,” amen. Look Away To Jesus [1963-1229e –Ed.] December the 29th, he says, “When the Squeeze comes then watch the Third Pull. It will be to the eternal lost.” So preaching to the lost would not come until the Squeeze comes. Amen.
But between the opening of the Word and till the Squeeze comes something is to be done. Faith sees what God wants done in there! Amen. See. What had to be done? Eliezer had to go and get a Bride for Isaac out of those Pentecostal people. The End-Time Evangelism, [1962-0603 –Ed.] “Go and get the character; sweat it out; make sure you get character. Not quantity, quality. Get real quality; real Bride material. Amen. No iron pyrite; no shiny stuff; not all these sisters with their gun and sack and trying to entice the ranch boss’ son. No! Slip out the back door. Leave that corruption alone. Go and see that you find the real character, amen, who is under expectation for the promise; who believes all those Seven Seals; who believes every Word that God says. Amen. It would be a trying time.” And then that had to be done and faith saw what God wanted done and faith began to operate through that channel. Amen. And that was going on there.
In 1965 when the Prophet went off the scene, the work was not complete because the Bride wasn’t called yet. So the shepherds getting the revelation by Divine commission from the Angel of the Lord, amen, they picked up the ministry to get the Bride. Amen. For fifteen years 1965 to today shepherds have been getting the Bride (amen) by the same Message. Amen. The same Message, “Get the Bride.” You see the Spirit is now in the Bride saying, “Come. He that is athirst let him come. He that is athirst let him come. He that heareth let him say come also.” Amen. See. Something is going on there; getting the Bride in before the doors are closed because when the doors close, then will come the Squeeze. Amen. For when you see the Squeeze you know the doors are closed. You say, “What are you saying?” When the Squeeze comes, watch the Third Pull then. The Third Pull goes out after the doors are closed. Amen. Nobody can’t come in or go out. Amen. Know that Third Pull is to the total lost and it is after the doors are closed. Amen.
And in the Hour of the Squeeze it is then God is going to anoint the Church
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