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Redeemer

2007-07-23T05:15:27Z

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|[[Elohim|God]] is the '''Redeemer''' of mankind. The meaning of redeem is to buy, or purchase, in order to receive power over an object that was formerly the power of another. In the Old Testament, certain things could only be redeemed by a Kinsman, and were redeemed as a 'take everything' or 'leave everything' package. For example, the man Boaz wanted to take the widow Ruth as his wife, but as there was a closer Kinsman, he had to make an agreement with that Kinsman first. The other Kinsman wanted the land that came with redeeming Ruth, but did not want to redeem Ruth (which would have required him to have children with her), so he forfeit the right to redeem the land by refusing to redeem Ruth. Boaz then inherited Ruth and the land.

In the New Testament, Jesus Christ became a kinsman by being made under the law in the form of a man. He then became our redeemer through the shedding of his blood for our sins.

=="Redeemer" in the Old Testament==
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!Name
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|style="width:200px"|<KJVBible>Job 19:25</KJVBible>
!style="width:200px"|Haggo’el
|style="width:300px"|Redeemer
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|<KJVBible>Leviticus 25:26</KJVBible>
!Go’el
|Kinsman Redeemer
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|<KJVBible>Isaiah 49:7</KJVBible>
!Go’el Israel
|Redeemer of Israel
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|<KJVBible>Psalms 19:14</KJVBible>
!Jehovah tsuri v’goali
|The LORD my strength and redeemer
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=="Redeemer" in the New Testament==
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|LUKE 1:67-69
|And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
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|LUKE 24:19-21
|And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.
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|GALATIANS 3:13
|Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
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|GALATIANS 4:4-5
|But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
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|EPHESIANS 5:15-16
|See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
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|COLOSSIANS 4:5
|Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
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|TITUS 2:13-14
|Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
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|I PETER 1:18-19
|Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
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|REVELATION 5:8-9
|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. 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;
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|REVELATION 14:3-4
|And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
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Rock

2007-07-23T05:13:27Z

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|'''Rock''' is used as a descriptive word for God. In the Old Testament, it marks him as eternal, steadfast, a refuge, and immovable. He is the foundation and habitation of his people, and his salvation is sure.

In the New Testament, the rock continues to describe the Lord, and its value is increased as it is called jasper, emerald, and crystal. The Rock is the [[Portal:Revelation|revelation]] of Jesus Christ, and [[Christ]] himself - the chief corner stone.

=="Rock" in the Old Testament==
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!Name
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|style="width:200px"|<KJVBible>Psalms 90:1</KJVBible>
!style="width:200px"|Ma’on
|style="width:300px"|Refuge
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|<KJVBible>Psalms 18:2</KJVBible>
!Tsur
|Rock
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|<KJVBible>II Samuel 23:3</KJVBible>
!Tsur Israel
|Rock of Israel
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|<KJVBible>Deuteronomy 32:15</KJVBible>
!Tsur Yeshuato
|Rock of His Salvation
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|<KJVBible>II Samuel 22:47</KJVBible>
!Elohei Tzur Yeshai
|The God of the rock of my Salvation
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|<KJVBible>Genesis 49:24</KJVBible>
!‘Even Israel
|Stone of Israel
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|<KJVBible>Psalms 18:2</KJVBible>
!Jehovah Seh'lah
|The LORD my rock
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|<KJVBible>Psalms 91:2</KJVBible>
!Machseh
|Fortress
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==Rock in the New Testament==
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|MATTHEW 7:24-27
|Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
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|MATTHEW 16:17-19
|And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
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|MATTHEW 21:42-44
|Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
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|JOHN 1:42
|And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
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|ACTS 4:10-11
|Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
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|ROMANS 9:30-33
|What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
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|I CORINTHIANS 10:1-4
|Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
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|EPHESIANS 2:20-21
|And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
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|HEBREWS 6:18-19
|That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
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|I PETER 2:7-8
|Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
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|REVELATION 2:17
|He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
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|REVELATION 4:3
|And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
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|REVELATION 21:10-11
|And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
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Holy One

2007-07-23T05:09:10Z

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|The Holiness and Unity of the Lord are tied together. Not only is the LORD Holy, but he is the Holy One. Throughout the Old Testament, God is called Holy, and the Holy One. The [[Messiah]] is shown to be none other than God when King David prophecies that "thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption." (Psalms 16:10)

In the New Testament, [[Portal:History (Jesus)|Jesus]] is called the holy child, [[Portal:God|God]] is called the Holy [[Father]], and the Spirit of God (the Spirit of Christ) is called the [[Holy Spirit|Holy Ghost]]. The nature of the Hebrew word Kadosh and its use in the Old Testament reveals that to be Holy, Jesus, God, and the Spirit must be one. The scriptures go even further to say "be holy, for I am holy" (Leviticus 11:45, I Peter 1:16) and "For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy:" (Romans 11:16). By the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ, God's Holy Spirit becomes our own, and we are made part of the Holy One, the Lamb's wife.

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|''Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power'' (Revelation 20:6).
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==The Holy One in the Old Testament==
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|style="width:200px"|'''Adonai ha’elohim hakkadosh'''<br>Lord the Holy God
|style="width:120px"|I Samuel 6:20
|style="width:480px"|And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
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|'''Kadosh'''<br>The Holy (One)
|Isaiah 40:25
|To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
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|'''Kadosh Israel'''<br>The Holy One of Israel
|Isaiah 30:11
|Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
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|'''Adonai Elohai Kedoshi'''<br>The LORD my Holy God
|Habakkuk 1:12
|Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgement; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
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|'''El Hakkadosh'''<br>The Holy God
|Isaiah 5:16
|But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgement, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
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|'''El Echad'''<br>The One God
|Malachi 2:10
|Have we not all one father? Hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
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|'''Yashar'''<br>Most Upright
|Isaiah 26:7
|The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
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|'''Avis Ya’akov'''<br>Mighty One of Jacob
|Isaiah 60:16
|Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
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|''''''<br> Besides me there is no God
|Isaiah 44:6
|Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
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==The Holy One in the New Testament==
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|MARK 1:23-24
|And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
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|ACTS 2:25-27
|For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
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|ACTS 3:13-15
|The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
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|ACTS 13:35
|Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
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|I JOHN 2:20
|But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
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|LUKE 1:48-49
|For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
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|JOHN 17:11
|And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
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|ACTS 4:27
|For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
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|ACTS 4:30
|By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
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|ROMANS 11:16
|For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
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|I CORINTHIANS 6:19
|What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
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|EPHESIANS 1:4
|According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
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|EPHESIANS 2:21-22
|In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
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|EPHESIANS 5:27
|That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
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|COLOSSIANS 3:12
|Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
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|HEBREWS 7:26
|For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
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|I PETER 1:15-16
|But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
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|REVELATION 3:7
|And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
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|REVELATION 4:8
|And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
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|REVELATION 6:10
|And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
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|REVELATION 15:4
|Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
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|EVELATION 20:6
|Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
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|REVELATION 22:11
|He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
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Spirit

2007-07-23T03:58:30Z

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|MATTHEW 27:46
|And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
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|EPHESIANS 3:4-5
|Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
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|MATTHEW 4:1
|Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
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|MATTHEW 12:18
|Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
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|JOHN 4:24
|God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
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|LUKE 4:14
|And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.
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|LUKE 10:21
|In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
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|LUKE 24:38
|And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
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|JOHN 3:5-8
|Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
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|JOHN 3:34
|For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
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|JOHN 4:23
|But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
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|JOHN 6:63
|It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
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|ACTS 2:17-18
|And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
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|ACTS 11:28
|And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
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|ROMANS 8:23
|And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
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|ROMANS 8:26-27
|Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
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|I CORINTHIANS 2:4
|And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
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|I CORINTHIANS 6:17
|But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
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|I CORINTHIANS 6:20
|For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
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|I CORINTHIANS 12:4-13
|Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
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|I CORINTHIANS 15:45
|And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
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|II CORINTHIANS 1:21-22
|Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
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|II CORINTHIANS 3:6
|Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
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|II CORINTHIANS 5:5
|Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
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|GALATIANS 3:2-5
|This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
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|GALATIANS 3:14
|That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
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|GALATIANS 4:29
|But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
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|GALATIANS 5:5
|For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
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|GALATIANS 5:16-18
|This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
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|'''GALATIANS 5:22-25
|But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.'''
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|GALATIANS 6:8
|For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
|- valign="top"
|EPHESIANS 2:18
|For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
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|EPHESIANS 2:22
|In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
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|EPHESIANS 3:16
|That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
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|EPHESIANS 4:4-6
|There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
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|EPHESIANS 5:9
|(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
|- valign="top"
|EPHESIANS 5:18
|And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
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|EPHESIANS 6:17-18
|And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
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|PHILIPPIANS 3:3
|For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
|- valign="top"
|I THESSALONIANS 5:19
|Quench not the Spirit.
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|II THESSALONIANS 2:13
|But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
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|'''HEBREWS 9:14
|How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?'''
|- valign="top"
|I PETER 1:2
|Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
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|I PETER 3:18-19
|For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
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|I JOHN 3:24
|And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
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|REVELATION 1:10
|I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
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|REVELATION 2:7
|He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches;
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|REVELATION 22:17
|And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
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There are a number of reasons why Jesus is called the Son of God:

#Jesus was a [[Son of David]], who was a Son of Adam, who was a son of God.
#Jesus was a created seed in the womb of the virgin Mary, making him a Son of God (like Adam).
#The book of Job records that the "sons of God" came before the LORD, and Satan was among them. "Sons of God" therefore refers to heavenly beings, rather than earthly beings.
#God is a spirit, and the Son of God must also be a spirit. Jesus' spirit was torn from his body at Calvary. Before he ascended into Heaven, Jesus said that he would ask the Father to send the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, to teach his disciples so that he would abide with them forever. Jesus also said: "I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you." The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Christ. Jesus was telling his disciples that he would come in another form: the form of God (a spirit) rather than in the form of a Man (a body).
#When King Nebuchadnezzar threw three Hebrews into a furnace, he saw four "men" walking around, and the fourth was "like the Son of God". The fourth man was in the form of a man, but looked like an angel: perhaps his face shone just like when Jesus was transfigured before Peter, James and John.
#Paul said: ''"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."'' (Romans 8:14) As the Christ, the anointed Messiah, Jesus was led by the Spirit of God (which was inside him), and was the Son of God.

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''Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:'' (Romans 1:3-4)
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''Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.'' (Hebrews 4:14)
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==Commentary by William Branham==

===God is a Spirit===
:''Jesus speaking to the woman at the well, He said, "God is a Spirit, and they that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and Truth." Is that right? If God made man in His own image, what kind of man did He make then? A spirit man.
::Sermon: Q & A, Jeffersonville, IN, May 15, 1954

===The Son of the Father===
:''Jesus couldn't have been His Own Father, and if God is a Man, then Jesus was born sexual desire and not virgin birth. That settles the whole thing. You see? If He's one like your finger's one, then what? Then He was His Own daddy. How could He have been? That's wrong. He had a Father, Jesus did.
::Sermon: Lord, Show us the Father and it sufficeth us, Chicago, IL, Sept, 7, 1953.

:''Now, Jesus being man, physically, was tired, weary. Now laying there, tired; virtue had gone from Him. And then Him being God, He could only do what...
:''Now you say, "How could He be God and be man?" See, there is the mystery. See, in body He was man, in Spirit He was God. See?
:''Someone asked me, said, "Then how did, Who did He pray to in the Garden of Gethsemane?"
:''I said, "I'll answer you that when you answer this: Do you believe you have the Holy Ghost?"
:''"Yes"
:''I said, "Then Who do you pray to? Where is He at when you are praying to Him? When, you claim you have Him, and yet you're praying to Him." See? People just... they just get some little idea and run wild with it, you see, that's the way it goes.
::Sermon: Calling Jesus on the scene, Chicago, IL, Aug 4, 1963

:"I believe that Jesus is the Son of God. I believe that in His body He was a man. He was borned of a woman just like I was. But His Blood was not of a woman; It was of God. And Jehovah God, the Logos, Who brood over the earth (in my message this morning), and brood the first man out of the dust of the earth, overshadowed Mary, and brood over her to fulfill His Word, and created the Blood cell that brought forth the Son of the living God. I believe in a body He was man. I believe in His soul He was God. He was God's manifestation here on earth. God was in Christ, reconciling Him--the world to Himself. I believe that He was not just a mere man, neither was He a prophet; He was God Emmanuel. I believe with all my heart, that being truth.
::Sermon: God keeps his Word, Jeffersonville, IN, Jan 20, 1957

===The Logos===
:''God, in the beginning, was Spirit. And then, from God, went out the Logos, or the theophany, which was a form of a man, called the Son of God, prefigured. He came in earth, in a body of flesh, even before He came in Jesus Christ. Now swallow that one once, brother. I'll prove it to you.
:''When, when Moses saw Him. He said, "Let me see Your form, Lord." And God hid him in the rock. And when He passed by, he said, "It was the back part of a man." That was that theophany. That's exactly.
:''Then, that theophany had to be made flesh. Not another Person, but the same Person had to become flesh, to take the sting out of death.
::Sermon: Hebrews CH. 4, Jeffersonville, IN, Sept 1, 1957

:''Remember, our Lord Jesus Christ never did identify Himself as the Son of God. He said, "You said I was; to this end I was born," and so forth, but He never identified Himself.
:''And, now, that was the Pillar of Fire that led the children of Israel, was the Lord Jesus Christ in Spirit form, (do you believe that?) the Logos that went out of God. [Congregation said, "Amen."--Ed.]
:''And then when He was on earth, He said, "I come from God, and I go to God." We all know that.
:''And after His death, burial, and resurrection. Saul of Tarsus was on his road down to Damascus...the Pillar of Fire again, struck him down, in the middle of the day. And a Voice said... "I am Jesus Whom thou persecutest; and it's hard for you to kick against the pricks."
::Sermon: Marriage and Divorce, Jeffersonville, IN, Feb 21, 1965

==Biblestudy==
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|DANIEL 3:25
|He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
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|MATTHEW 4:3
|And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
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|MATTHEW 4:5-6
|Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
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|MATTHEW 8:28-29
|And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
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|MATTHEW 14:29, 33
|And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
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|MATTHEW 26:63
|But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 27:38-40
|Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left. And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
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|MATTHEW 27:41, 43
|Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, 43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 27:54
|Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
|- valign="top"
|MARK 1:1
|The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
|- valign="top"
|LUKE 1:35
|And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
|- valign="top"
|LUKE 3:38
|Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
|- valign="top"
|LUKE 4:41
|And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.
|- valign="top"
|LUKE 8:27-28
|And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs. 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
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|LUKE 22:70
|Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 1:32-34
|And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
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|JOHN 1:49
|Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 3:18
|He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 5:25
|Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 9:35-38
|Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
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|JOHN 10:36-37
|Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 11:4
|When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 11:25-27
|Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 19:7
|The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
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|JOHN 20:30-31
|And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: 31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
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|ACTS 8:36-37
|And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
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|ACTS 9:19-20
|And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus. And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
|- valign="top"
|ROMANS 1:3-4
|Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
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|II CORINTHIANS 1:19
|For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
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|GALATIANS 2:20
|I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
|- valign="top"
|EPHESIANS 4:13
|Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
|- valign="top"
|HEBREWS 4:14
|Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
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|HEBREWS 6:4-6
|For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
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|HEBREWS 7:1-3
|For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
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|HEBREWS 10:28-29
|He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
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|I JOHN 3:8
|He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
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|I JOHN 4:15
|Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
|- valign="top"
|I JOHN 5:5
|Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
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|I JOHN 5:10-13
|He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
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|I JOHN 5:20
|And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
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|REVELATION 2:18
|And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
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Every man, with the exception of the first man Adam, is a son of man. In the Old Testament the prophets Daniel and Ezekiel were called "son of man" by the angels. In the New Testament, Jesus calls himself "the Son of man". This does not mean that Jesus was the son of Joseph, but that he was a man, born of a woman, just like every other man.

Adam had authority over the whole earth, and lost that inheritance. Jesus, as the Son of Man, has the authority to reclaim that inheritance.

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:''And they said, Some [say that thou art] John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. ''
:''He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?''
:''And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.'' (Matthew 16:13-16)
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''But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed [them] all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.'' (Luke 17:29-30)
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==Commentary by William Branham==

===The Son of Man in his first coming===
:''He was the Son of man because He had come to reveal Himself to Israel as a Prophet, and they rejected it. And that was the prophecy that they should receive Him in, in the name of the Son of man, a Prophet, because it was according to the Word. Deuteronomy 18:15, "The Lord your God shall raise up a Prophet likened unto me." And when He come, He identified Himself in His ministry as a man, not a Son of God, Son of man! God is a Spirit. And He revealed Himself as Son of man, what He claimed to be. And they was blinded and couldn't see it.''
::Sermon, The Trial, Tampla, FL, April 19, 1964

===The promise of the Revealing of the Son of Man===
:''Jesus, when He come, He was to be a prophet. That's right. And today, before Jesus comes again, the full manifestation of the Person of Jesus Christ is to be manifested in flesh. Think of it. Jesus said, "As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be at the coming of the Son of man, when the Son of man is being revealed." What is revealed? Unfolded, made known. The secret had been brought forth, revealed. In the day that the Son of man will be revealed, the world will be in a Sodom condition.''
::Sermon: Modern events made clear by prophecy, SBD, CA, Dec 6, 1965

:'Now, after His death, burial, and ascension, and the coming of the Holy Ghost, Paul on his road down--which was Saul--to Damascus, he was struck down by a Pillar of Fire, the Logos. And that Jew would've never called that Pillar of Fire, "Lord," unless he knew It was the same Logos that his people followed through the wilderness. See? Now, that was not the Son of man; that was the Logos.
:''Now, we say this with reverence, and love, and respect. See? As Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever, and also that in the last days, as it was before Lot's time, or in Lot's time in Sodom, so shall it be in the day that the Son of man reveals Himself again, revealing Himself.
::Sermon: Q & A #2, Jeffersonville, IN, Aug 23, 1964

:''He said, "As it was in the days of Sodom, what was it? A human being standing there with the Spirit of God in It, that said, "Abraham, where is your wife, Sarah?"
:''Said, "In the tent behind you." And she smiled to herself.
:''He said, "Why did she laugh?"
:''Jesus so much as said this, "That same thing will take place just before the fire falls to destroy the whole world. As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be in the coming of the Son of man." Oh, if you will just believe it.
::Sermon: Be not afraid, it is I, Phoenix, AZ, March 5, 1960.

===Jesus declared, but hidden in mystery===
:''Jesus when He started out, He started healing the sick and afflicted. "And oh, that great Rabbi, He's a prophet." And everybody wanted Him in his church, but when He set down one day and said, "I and My Father are One," that was different. That was different. That was different. "And except you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink His Blood, you have no life in you." "Why, he's a vampire." See, see? That was different. He didn't explain it. They'd already seen the manifestation, the a-vindication of the Word of God for His age made real and proved to them that He was that Messenger of that age. And He didn't have to explain nothing.''
:The Rapture, Yuma, AZ, Dec 4, 1965

===The Son of Man is a prophet===
:''He come as Son of man, a prophet, because that fulfills the Scripture. Moses said, "The Lord your God shall raise up a prophet like unto me." We all know that was Jesus. Don't we? So He had to come according to the Scripture, a prophet.
::Sermon: Does God Change his mind, LA, CA, April 27, 1965

===The Obedience of Christ===
:''Listen to what Jesus said. "Verily, verily..." that means "absolutely, absolutely," I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself. But what He sees the Father doing, that doeth the Son likewise." Amen. Do you see, it isn't in man. It wasn't in the Son of man. It's in God. No flesh glories in His Presence. Jesus said, "I can't do nothing until the Father shows Me a vision; and when I see a vision, then I do it."''
::Sermon: Earnestly Contending, Karlsruhe, Germany, August 15, 1955

==Bible Study==
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|NUMBERS 23:19
|God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
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|PSALM 8:3
|When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
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|PSALM 8:4
|What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
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|PSALM 80:17
|Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
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|DANIEL 7:13
|I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
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|DANIEL 7:14
|And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
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|MATTHEW 8:20
|And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air [have] nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay [his] head.
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|MATTHEW 9:6
|But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
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|MATTHEW 10:23
|But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
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|MATTHEW 11:19
|The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
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|MATTHEW 12:8
|For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
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|MATTHEW 12:32
|And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
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|MATTHEW 12:40
|For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
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|MATTHEW 13:37
|He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
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|MATTHEW 13:41
|The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 16:13
|When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 16:16
|And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
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|MATTHEW 16:27
|For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 16:28
|Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 17:9
|And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 17:12
|But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 17:22
|And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 18:11
|For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 19:28
|And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 20:18
|Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 20:27-38
|And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: 28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 24:27
|For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 24:30
|And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 24:37
|But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 24:39
|And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 24:44
|Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 25:13
|Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 25:31
|When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 26:2
|Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 26:24
|The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 26:45
|Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 26:64
|Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
|- valign="top"
|MARK 9:12
|And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
|- valign="top"
|MARK 13:26
|And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
|- valign="top"
|MARK 13:34
|For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
|- valign="top"
|LUKE 9:56
|For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
|- valign="top"
|LUKE 9:58
|And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
|- valign="top"
|LUKE 11:30
|For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
|- valign="top"
|LUKE 17:22
|And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
|- valign="top"
|LUKE 17:26
|And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
|- valign="top"
|LUKE 17:29-30
|But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
|- valign="top"
|LUKE 18:8
|I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
|- valign="top"
|LUKE 18:31
|Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
|- valign="top"
|LUKE 19:10
|For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
|- valign="top"
|LUKE 21:27
|And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
|- valign="top"
|LUKE 21:36
|Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
|- valign="top"
|LUKE 22:48
|But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?
|- valign="top"
|LUKE 22:69
|Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.
|- valign="top"
|LUKE 24:7
|Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 1:51
|And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 3:13-14
|And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 5:26-27
|For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 6:27
|Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 6:53
|Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
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|JOHN 6:62
|What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? 63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 8:28
|Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 12:23
|And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 12:34-37
|The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them. But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:
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|JOHN 13:31
|Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
|- valign="top"
|ACTS 7:55-56
|But [Stephen], being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, 56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
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|HEBREWS 2:5-6
|For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
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|REVELATION 1:13
|And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
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|REVELATION 14:14
|And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
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Jesus is identified in the New Testament as the [[Son of David]], the Son of Abraham, the [[Son of Man]], the [[Son of God]], the Son of the Blessed, and the son of peace. Jesus is also mistakenly supposed by others to be the Son of Joseph, and the [[Son of Mary]].

'''Son''' is another word for '''seed''', or offspring. In the Eastern cultures, sons and servants were placed under the direction of tutors. If a son demonstrated the ability to manage the affairs of the father, he would join his father upon the approval of the tutor in a process called 'adoption'. If the son was not competent (or yet too young), the affairs of the inheritance passed to the servant until the time that the son was able to posess all things. The office of a son therefore includes responsibility, demonstration, and inheritance.

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|''Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what [is] his name, and what [is] his son's name, if thou canst tell?'' (Proverbs 30:4)
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==Commentary by William Branham==

===Three offices of the Son===
:''Remember, He comes in three son's names. He came first in the name of the Son of man. He never called Himself the "Son of God." You know that. See, He came in the Son of man, a prophet. Jehovah Himself, the Father, called Jeremiah, "son of man"; a prophet is son of man. He come...
:''Now He come after the Day of Pentecost, He come back in the form of the Holy Ghost, supernatural Spirit. Now He's Son of God.
:''In the Millennium He'll be Son of David, setting upon the throne of David. See, He come in... He's Son of God, Son of man, Son of David.
::Sermon: Modern Events are made clear by prophecy, SBD, CA, Dec 6, 1965

:''As the Son of David He's a Heir to the throne. As the Son of Abraham, He's a Heir to the royal grant. Amen. Is that right? He's a Heir to the royal grant (Amen), Palestine and all that's in her. Abraham's Seed, He was a Son of Abraham.
:''As the Son of man, what does Son of man... What did man lose? He lost the earth. So as the Son of man He's a Heir to everything in the earth. All this He's got and has to give it back to us, then He's returning back as He was. He...
:''Now, then, as the Son of God He inherits all things. As the Son of David He's Heir to the throne; as Son of Abraham He's Heir to the royal grant; as Son of man He's Heir to the earth; as Son of God He's Heir to all things in heaven and earth. Oh, my. That's our Redeemer, our Kinsman Redeemer.
::Sermon: Revelation CH. 5 #2, Jeffersonville, IN, June 18, 1961

===Every Son has a Tutor===
:''In the Old Testament when a son was borned into a home, he was a son when he was borned. He become a son when he was borned into a home. And the ordinary, typical, oriental home in those days, the son was giving a place and a tutor that raised the child. Paul beautifully speaks of it in the New Testament, that how the tutor was to raise the child, and we were... The law was a tutor to bring us to Christ.
::Sermon: Hidden Life, Chicago, IL, Oct. 6, 1955

:''And how typical that is of our heavenly Father. When His children is born into the Kingdom, they're not given a bishop, neither are they given any earthly person, but God the Father has given the best tutor the Church could have, the Holy Spirit, as a raiser of the Church. "When He comes He will teach you and guide you into all truth," the Holy Spirit.
::Sermon: Hear Ye Him, Indianapolis, IN, June 11, 1956

===The report of the Tutor===
:''And now, when this duty of this teacher of raising the son, was to bring word to the father how he progressed. And his conduct determined his inheritance. If he was a good son, he would inherit all the father had. If he wasn't a good son, then he got nothing; he wasn't worthy, yet he was a son.''
::Sermon: Hear Ye Him, Indianapolis, IN, June 11, 1956

:''How shameful it must be as Ezra, the prophet, blushed before God, that the Holy Spirit must have to blush before the Father of the conduct of His children, how that--how sin has crept into the church. The things that goes on in the church today, that we call ourselves the church of God... I don't want to hurt you now, but I want to help you.''
::Sermon: Hear Ye Him, Chattanooga, TN, March 1, 1958

:''Wonder what the Holy Spirit says when He comes before the Father with the character of some of His people here on earth? When He goes up there and He says, has to say, "Father, Your daughters are wearing men's clothes. They're bobbing off their hair."''
:''..."Anybody tell them about it?"
:''"Yes. They're staying home on Wednesday night to watch, "We love Susie," or ever what that thing is. They won't go to church; they go fishing on Sunday morning, instead of going to Sunday school."
:''...Now, that child in the Old Testament, he never had any inheritance. Why, the father couldn't trust him with anything. What kind of a fellow would he be? But he couldn't trust him; he's always a son, but he never had any inheritance. And if you don't watch, Pentecostal church, that's going to be our lot--no inheritance.''
::Sermon: Hear Ye Him, Yakima, WA, Aug 6, 1960

===Adoption: the inheritance and authority of the Son===
:''But if he was the right son, and the son that would obey his father, then that son was adopted or placed positionally. He become heir of what the father had. And that's what God was doing on Mount Transfiguration, when He took His own Son, after He'd been proven to be the right Son (See?), and had stood all temptations. He took Him up on Mount Transfiguration and overshadowed Him. You know, in the Old Testament they took a son, dressed him in a nice pretty garment, and set him out before the public. And they had a ceremony of placing, or we call it adopting. In Galatians there. I kinda think Paul refers to it as adopting sons.''
::Sermon: Blasphemous Names, Jeffersonville, IN, Nov 4, 1962

==Scriptures on the Son in the Old Testament==
{| class="wikitable"
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|GENESIS 3:15
|And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
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|GENESIS 5:3
|And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
|- valign="top"
|GENESIS 17:19
|And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
|- valign="top"
|GENESIS 21:10
|Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
|- valign="top"
|GENESIS 22:2
|And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
|- valign="top"
|GENESIS 22:11-13
|And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
|- valign="top"
|PSALM 2:7
|I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
|- valign="top"
|PSALM 2:12
|Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
|- valign="top"
|PSALM 116:16
|O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
|- valign="top"
|PROVERBS 3:12
|For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
|- valign="top"
|PROVERBS 17:2
|A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
|- valign="top"
|PROVERBS 29:21
|He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
|- valign="top"
|ISAIAH 7:14
|Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
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|ISAIAH 9:6
|For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
|- valign="top"
|EXODUS 4:22
|And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
|- valign="top"
|HOSEA 11:1
|When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
|- valign="top"
|MALACHI 1:6
|A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
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==Scriptures on the Son in the New Testament==
{| class="wikitable"
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|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 1:21
|And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 1:24-25
|Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 3:17
|And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 11:27
|All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 13:55
|Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 17:5
|While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 22:43-45
|He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 28:19
|Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
|- valign="top"
|MARK 13:32
|But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
|- valign="top"
|LUKE 2:7
|And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
|- valign="top"
|LUKE 2:48-50
|And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 1:18
|No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 3:16-17
|For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 3:35-36
|The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 5:19-23
|Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 5:26
|For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 6:40
|And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 8:35-36
|And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 14:13
|And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 17:1-3
|These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
|- valign="top"
|ACTS 3:13-15
|The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
|- valign="top"
|ACTS 3:26
|Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
|- valign="top"
|ACTS 13:33
|God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
|- valign="top"
|ROMANS 1:3
|Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
|- valign="top"
|ROMANS 1:9
|For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
|- valign="top"
|ROMANS 5:10-11
|For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
|- valign="top"
|ROMANS 8:3
|For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
|- valign="top"
|ROMANS 8:29
|For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
|- valign="top"
|ROMANS 8:32-33
|He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
|- valign="top"
|I CORINTHIANS 1:9
|God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
|- valign="top"
|I CORINTHIANS 15:28
|And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
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|GALATIANS 1:15-16
|But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
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|GALATIANS 4:4-7
|But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
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|COLOSSIANS 1:12
|Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
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|I THESSALONIANS 1:9-10
|For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
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|HEBREWS 1:1-9
|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; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
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|HEBREWS 3:5-6
|And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
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|HEBREWS 5:5
|So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
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|HEBREWS 5:8
|Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
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|HEBREWS 7:28
|For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.
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|II PETER 1:16-18
|For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
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|I JOHN 1:3
|That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
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|I JOHN 1:7
|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.
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|I JOHN 2:22-24
|Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
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|I JOHN 3:23
|And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
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|I JOHN 4:9-10
|In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
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|I JOHN 4:14
|And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
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|I JOHN 5:9
|If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
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|I JOHN 5:11
|And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
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|II JOHN 1:9
|Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
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Priest

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A '''Priest''' is a mediator between God and man. Aaron, the brother of Moses, of the tribe of Levi, was the first priest in the Old Testament. All subsequent priests were from the tribe of Levi. As ordained by Moses, Aaron and all subsequent priests had specific duties to fulfill, all of which were types of the coming [[Messiah]]. These duties included:
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*Anointing, and being anointed
*Authority to partake of a portion of the sacrifices
*Care for the lamps in the tabernacle
*Consecrating, and being consecrated by water, blood, and time
*Consecration and purificaton of the holy vessels
*Consecrating priestly garments
*Duty to sacrifice, examine the sacrifice, and cleanse the sacrifice
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*Examine leprosy, and declare healing or banishment
*Make atonement for sins
*Prove the reputation of women (if questioned)
*Receive tithes
*Separate a Nazarite from his vow
*Valuation of wealth
*Wave the firstfruits offering the morning after the sabbath
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While Jesus is called "mediator" a number of times in the New Testament, he is only called a priest in the book of Hebrews. However, his office as a priest and his relationship to [[Melchizedek]] (the priest of the Most High God, who blessed Abraham) are discussed extensively between Chapter 2 - 10 of this Book.

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==Commentary by William Branham==

===Jesus Christ is the only Mediator===
:''I asked that priest, I said, "Why did any... If Peter was the first pope?"''
:''He said, "That's right."''
:''I said, "Then why did Peter say, 'There's no other mediator between God and man but that Man Christ Jesus.' And you've got five thousand dead women and everything else you're making mediators. Now, what's happened?" There you are. They ain't got an answer for that. That's right.''
::Sermon: Why are we not a denomination? Jeffersonville, IN, Sept 27, 1959

===The power of our confession===
:''He's the High Priest of our confession. Therefore, He cannot do anything for us until first we confess that He has done it. And then when we confess it, then He is the High Priest, a Mediator to go to work on that and make it right. So we pray, trusting in God tonight, in His kindness and mercy, that He will give to us His abundance of grace tonight.
::Sermon: Calling Jesus on the Scene, Denham Springs, LA, March 19, 1964

===Christ the Sacrifice Lamb===
:''Now, we could spend much time this afternoon, in explaining that, which would be just reviewing what we already know, that how Christ foreshadowed in the types the sacrificial Lamb, how it must be kept up, a male without blemish, and how it must be killed by the elders, and how that the blood must be sprinkled on the door, all foreshadowing the coming of Christ. And under this shed blood was the place that God met the worshipper, when the Death angel passed through the land.
::Sermon: God's provided place of worship, LA, CA, April 25, 1965

===The order of [[Melchizedek]]===
:''Just look at this: "Where the forerunner is for us entered in, entered, even Jesus..." The Forerunner of what? The Forerunner of our salvation, physically and spiritually: "For He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquity, the chastisement of our peace upon Him, and with His stripes we were healed." The Forerunner of our salvation has already entered in. The assurance... already "entered, even Jesus, made a high priest forever after the order of Melchisedec."
::Sermon: Melchisedec the Great Prince, Jeffersonville, IN, Jan 9, 1955

:''In the Old Bible they had a way to find out whether it was the truth or not. They had in their Mosaic laws they had what they called the Aaronic priesthood, and then the Levitical priesthood, rather, and Aaron was the high priest carrying...on his breast, the stones of each birth of the patriarchs. They hung that breastplate up. And then it was called the Urim Thummim. And when a prophet prophesied, if he went to the Urim Thummim, and he told his prophecy, or told his dream, and that supernatural lights didn't reflect back in a conglomerations of light, then, I don't care how good it sound, it was wrong. They refused it. All good teachers knows that, that they--they refused it. It had to witness to the Urim Thummim. And now, of course when that priesthood ended, then there was another priesthood come in which after the order of Melchisedec.''
:''Now, now today we do not have the birthstones of the patriarchs, but we do have a Urim Thummim. And that's God's Bible. Jesus said, "Heavens and earth will pass away, but My Word shall never pass away." And in the book of Revelations, which is the revelation of Jesus Christ, He said, "If anybody will add to or take away from It, the same will be taken, his part, out of the book of life." This is the Urim Thummim.''
::Sermon: Queen of Sheba, Long Beach, CA, Feb 19, 1961

==Scriptures==
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|HEBREWS 2:16-17
|For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
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|HEBREWS 3:1
|Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
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|HEBREWS 4:14-16
|Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
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|HEBREWS 5:5-10
|So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
|- valign="top"
|HEBREWS 6:20
|Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
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|HEBREWS 7:26-28
|For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.
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|HEBREWS 8:1-6
|Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
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|HEBREWS 9:11-14
|But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
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|HEBREWS 9:24-28
|For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
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|HEBREWS 10:12-14
|But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
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|HEBREWS 10:19-22
|Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; And having an high priest over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
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|HEBREWS 13:15-16
|By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
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|GALATIANS 3:19-20
|Wherefore then [serveth] the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; [and it was] ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one, but God is one.
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|I Timothy 2:5
|For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
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|HEBREWS 8:6
|But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
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|HEBREWS 9:15
|And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions [that were] under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
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|HEBREWS 12:24
|And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than [that of] Abel.
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King

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When Jesus was crucified, Pilate had the soldiers place a sign over his head in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek that said "King of the Jews". This sign greatly offended the Jews who called for Jesus' crucifixion, as the "King of the Jews" was none other than the [[Messiah]], the [[Lion]] of the Tribe of Judah.

While on earth, Jesus fulfilled the office of the [[Prophet]]. From the Day of Pentecost, Jesus has fulfilled the office of the [[Priest]]. When Jesus returns to the Jews, he will come in the office of the [[King]]. This does not mean that Jesus is not the King right now, but just as David waited patiently for the LORD to establish him above all other Kings of Israel, so Jesus, as the [[Son of David]], is waiting for the LORD to establish him above all other Kings of the Earth.

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==King in the Old Testament==
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!style="width:200px"|Melekh HaKavod
|style="width:300px"|King of Glory
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|<KJVBible>Isaiah 44:6</KJVBible>
!Jehovah Melekh Israel
|the LORD the King of Israel
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|<KJVBible>Genesis 14:18</KJVBible>
![[Melchezidek|Melekh Shalem]]
|King of Peace
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|<KJVBible>Genesis 14:18</KJVBible>
![[Melchezidek]]
|King of Righteousness
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|<KJVBible>Isaiah 9:6</KJVBible>
!Sar Shalom
|Prince of Peace
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==Commentary by William Branham==

===Three comings of Christ===
:''On earth He was a Prophet; in glory He's a Priest; coming, He's a King. Oh. I like that: Prophet, faithful Witness of the Word; Priest, with His own Blood before God; King, King of saints, not king of the world now; He's King of saints. We have earthly kings over them people. But we have a King too and a Kingdom. That's the reason we act different.''
::Sermon:Revelation CH. 1, Jeffersonville, IN, Dec 4, 1960.

===Rights to the Son of David===
:''This Jew got what he asked for 'cause he approached him in the Name of the Son of David, the king; He wasn't Saviour, but He was King. But when the Greek woman, the Syrophenician approached Him in the Name of Son of David, He never even as much as raised His head. She had no claims on Him in the Name of Son of David. He wasn't Son of David to that Syrophenician woman. But when she said, "Lord," then He turned around. He was the Lord. See? Lord, he was Lord, no son of David to her.
::Sermon: The Trial, Tampa, FL, April 19, 1964

===Prophecy of Christ the King===
:''No doubt, David didn't know what he was doing; walked up the same Mount of Olives there, and looked down, weeping, a rejected king. Where a few hundred years after that, Jesus Christ set on the same mountain, the Son of David, weeping as a rejected King, and they spit on Him also. You see, all these things just portrayed Christ. He was a part of it. God doesn't change. His nature doesn't change. His character doesn't change. He's still the Word (See?), and Malachi 3:6 proves that.''
::Sermon: Identified Christ of all ages, Topeka, KS, June 17, 1964

===Eternal King, Eternal Kingdom===
:''Notice, the eighth day Jesus raised for our justification, the eternal King with the eternal Kingdom, to be baptized into, to Eternal Life. Not seven days; had nothing to do with any of the days. It's speaking of another eternal coming; speaking of an eternal time--the world that I'm speaking of.''
::Sermon: Future Home, Jeffersonville, IN, Aug 2, 1964

==King in the New Testament==
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|MATTHEW 2:1-2
|Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
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|MATTHEW 5:34-35
|But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
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|MATTHEW 21:4-5
|All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
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|MATTHEW 25:31-34
|When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
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|MATTHEW 25:40
|And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
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|MATTHEW 27:29
|And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
|- valign="top"
|MATTHEW 27:35-37
|And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. And sitting down they watched him there; And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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|MATTHEW 27:42
|He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
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|MARK 15:9-13
|But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews? For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy. But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them. And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews? And they cried out again, Crucify him.
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|MARK 15:17-19
|And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head, And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
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|LUKE 19:37-38
|And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
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|LUKE 23:2-4
|And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it. Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.
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|LUKE 23:38
|And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
|- valign="top"
|JOHN 1:48-49
|Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
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|JOHN 6:15
|When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
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|JOHN 12:12
|On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.
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|JOHN 18:37
|Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
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|JOHN 19:2-3
|And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
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|JOHN 19:14-15
|And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
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|JOHN 19:21-22
|Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
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|ACTS 17:6-8
|And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also; Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus. And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
|- valign="top"
|I TIMOTHY 1:17
|Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
|- valign="top"
|I TIMOTHY 6:14-16
|That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
|- valign="top"
|HEBREWS 7:1-4
|For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
|- valign="top"
|REVELATION 9:3, 11
|And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power...And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
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|REVELATION 15:2-3
|And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
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|REVELATION 17:14
|These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
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|And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war...And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
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A '''lamb''' is a kosher animal known for its wool, its humble and passive nature, and its ability to follow. The lamb and the ram were also common sacrifice animals in the Old Testament. [[Jehovah Jireh]] provided a ram for Abraham to sacrifice (instead of his son Isaac), and Moses told the Hebrews in Egypt to slay a lamb, cover their doorposts with its blood, and eat every part of the lamb before sunrise - or every firstborn would face the Angel of Death.

Isaiah prophecied that the [[Messiah]] would be led as a ''"lamb to the slaughter"''. John the Baptist called Jesus the Lamb of God.

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''And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.'' (Revelation 13:8)
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==Commentary by William Branham==

===The Washing of the Sacrifice===
:''John looked up. Now, what is he? The prophet. And here is the Word; there comes the Word coming right straight to the prophet, right to the water. John said, "Behold, the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. There He is; that's Him." Jesus never spoke a word, walked right out into the water. And I can see there, standing in that water (Think of a drama.), two of the greatest that ever struck the earth: God the Word, and His prophet.
:''Notice. The Word come to the prophet in this dispensation of grace in the water. Uh-huh. I thought you'd catch it. Uh-huh. In the water, the first revelation of the Word was in the water.''
::Sermon: On the wings of a dove, Shreveport, LA, Nov 28, 1965

===The Examination of the Sacrifice===
:''While he yet spake, there came a voice out of that cloud. It said, "This is My beloved Son. I'm so pleased with Him I'm going to smite Him for you. Hear ye Him. He's going to speak."
:''He was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquity. He was a Lamb, the Lamb of God, the perfect Sacrifice. There'd never been nobody lived like Him, never has been nobody since live like Him. He was a perfect Masterpiece, matched God's Word exactly.''
::Sermon: Identified masterpeice of God, Yuma, AZ, Dec 5, 1964

===The Purpose of the Sacrifice===
:''The real genuine Lamb of God was hanging in plain view on Calvary, the real Mercy Seat, when God had paid the price Himself and become one of us, and had manifested Himself as a man to get acquainted with us and we to be acquainted with Him.
::Sermon: Mighty God Unveiled, Philadelphia, PA, June 29, 1964

===Humility, and the Altar of Sacrifice===
:''Why was Jesus born in a stable or a manger? Did you ever think of that? He had to be. He was a Lamb. Lambs are not born in houses. Lambs are born in the barns and fields. Abel led his lamb away by a grapevine. Sacrificed him on the altar, and Abel died on the same altar his sacrificed lamb died. And every believer, that comes to Christ, must die on the same altar with his dying Lamb, Christ, and die in Christ to be a new creature: die out to the things of the world and become borned again, a new creature in Christ Jesus. Die on the same altar of self sacrifice.
::Sermon: Resurrection of Lazarus, Erie, PA, July 29, 1951

===The Lamb of God as the only means of salvation===
:''Salvation once was not completed in the offering of the goat, the sheep, the heifer in the Old Testament, because the Old Testament blood could not atone for sin. It could only cover sin. It was a pointing to a time when it would be completed... But it was only a type. But when Jesus came and His Blood was shed at Calvary, it was a complete divorcing of sin. It taken sin away. It's the only means of salvation. There is no church-joining, no letters of fellowship; there is no ritual baptisms; there's no communion, or nothing in the ritual, or any article that's been left of God, as articles pertaining to salvation; it's all in commemoration of a finished work.''
::Sermon: Communion, Jeffersonville, IN, April 18, 1957

==Scriptures==
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|HEBREWS 13:11-12
|For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
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|GENESIS 22:7-8
|And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
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|JOHN 1:29
|The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
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|JOHN 1:36
|And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
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|EXODUS 12:1-8
|And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
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|EXODUS 13:13
|And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
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|EXODUS 29:38-39
|Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually. The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:
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|NUMBERS 6:14
|And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,
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|LEVITICUS 3:6-7
|And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish. If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the LORD.
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|LEVITICUS 5:6
|And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.
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|LEVITICUS 14:12-13
|And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy:
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|LEVITICUS 14:24
|And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:
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|LEVITICUS 17:3-4
|What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:
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|NUMBERS 7:15
|One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
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|NUMBERS 15:5
|And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.
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|NUMBERS 28:14
|And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.
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|NUMBERS 28:21
|A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
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|NUMBERS 29:15
|And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs:
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|I SAMUEL 7:9
|And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.
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|ISAIAH 11:6
|The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
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|ISAIAH 53:6,7,10
|All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. ...Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
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|ISAIAH 65:25
|The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
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|JEREMIAH 11:18
|And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings. But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
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|EZEKIEL 46:15-18
|Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering. Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession by inheritance. But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them. Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.
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|HOSEA 4:16
|For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
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|ACTS 8:32
|The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
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|I PETER 1:19
|But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
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|REVELATION 5:6-8
|And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. 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.
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|REVELATION 5:12-13
|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. 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.
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|REVELATION 6:1
|And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
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|REVELATION 6:16
|And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
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|REVELATION 7:9-10
|After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
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|REVELATION 7:14-17
|And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
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|REVELATION 12:10-11
|And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
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|REVELATION 13:8
|And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
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|REVELATION 14:1
|And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
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|REVELATION 14:4
|These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
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|REVELATION 14:10
|The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
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|REVELATION 15:3
|And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
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|REVELATION 17:14
|These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
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|REVELATION 19:7
|Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
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|REVELATION 19:9
|And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
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|REVELATION 21:14
|And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
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|REVELATION 21:22
|And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
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|REVELATION 21:23
|And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
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|REVELATION 22:1
|And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
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|REVELATION 22:3
|And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
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A '''Lion''' is a symbol of power, and kingship. Jacob prophecied over his son Judah, and said that he was a lion, and that the scepter would not depart from his lineage. The prophet Nathan also prophecied that King David's seed would build a temple to the LORD, and that the throne of this son would be established forever.

Joseph and Mary were both of the lineage of David, of the tribe of Judah. [[Jesus]] [[Christ]], the [[Messiah]], was called the [[Son of David]]. Just like David's son Solomon reigned after him, and built a temple to the LORD, so Jesus built a temple to the LORD. The difference was that Solomon's temple was a building, and Jesus temple was his resurrected body.

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==Commentary by William Branham==

===Judah's position as the Lion===
:''Now, if you'll notice, Dan is the head of three tribes; Judah is the head of three tribes; Reuben is the head of three tribes, and Ephraim is the head of three tribes. Three four's is twelve, the twelve tribes of Israel. See each one with their banner; and the banner of Judah was a lion; the banner of Reuben, man; the banner of Ephraim, an ox; the banner of--of--of Dan was an eagle.
:''Now, look back here what John said, "And one had the face..." Let's read here now, just see if it isn't the same thing was like in heaven:... "the first beast was like a lion,... (Judah)... the second beast was like a calf,... (That's a young ox.)... the third beast was the face of a man, and the fourth beast was... a flying eagle."
:''Just exactly the tribes of Israel camped around, guarding, this earthly guards of the right to the ark. Hallelujah.''
:Sermon: Revelation Ch. 4, Pt. III, Jeffersonville, IN, Jan. 8, 1961

===Leo in the Zodiac===
:''What's He doing? Writing His first Bible. Notice, the human beings once looked towards the heavens. And He puts all the stars in the heavens, the zodiac, starting off with the Virgin, ending up with Leo the Lion. First coming of Christ, the second coming. Came by the Virgin, come again as the Lion of the tribe of Juda. There He puts the first Bible.''
:Sermon: Attitude and who is God? Cleveland, OH, Aug. 15, 1950

===Misconceptions about Christ's first coming===
:''And the Jews, they were looking for a general, some man that was coming with a rod of iron in His hand, and a Lion of the Tribe of Juda, and He was going to rule all nations; and run Rome out into the river and drown them, and--and--and Israel was going to take over. That's the reason. When He come exactly the way the Scripture said He would come, but they was looking for Him in a different way.''
:''I wonder if it wouldn't be the same thing today, if He come, if we wouldn't think that. We have our own ideas about what He ought to be, and what He ought to look like, and how He should wear His clothes, and part His hair, and everything. If it isn't just our taste, why, we wouldn't receive it (You see.);''
:World is falling Apart, NY, NY, Nov. 15, 1963

===The Lion and the Lamb===
:''John looked around, and there was no man in heaven, no man on earth, nobody, no Angel, nothing could take the Book or to loose the Seals or to even to look on It. No man was worthy. John said he wept bitterly. Then an Angel came to him, said, "Weep not, John, for the Lion of the Tribe of Juda has prevailed, and He's worthy."''
:''And John looked to see a...Lion, and what did he find? A Lamb, and it was a bloody Lamb, a Lamb that had been slain. How long? Since the foundation of the world. The Lamb came forth, walked up to Him that had the Book in His right hand, and received the Book, climbed upon the throne and set down.''
:Sermon: Souls in Prison Now, Jeffersonville, IN, Nov 10, 1963

==Scriptures==
===The Lion is a sign of great power===
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|I SAMUEL 17:37
|David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
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|II SAMUEL 23:20
|And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
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|PROVERBS 28:1
|The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
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|PROVERBS 30:29-30
|There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going: A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
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===The Lion of Judah: the promise of the King and the Messiah===
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|GENESIS 49:9
|Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
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|GENESIS 49:10
|The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
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|JOHN 7:42
|Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
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|REVELATION 5:5-7
|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. And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
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===The Voice of the Lord===
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|AMOS 3:7
|Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
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|AMOS 3:8
|The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
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|REVELATION 10:1-3
|And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
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===The Lion of Judgement===
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|JUDGES 14:18
|And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
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|JUDGES 14:19
|And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
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|I KINGS 13:26
|And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.
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|PROVERBS 20:2
|The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
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|ISAIAH 21:6-9
|For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed: And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
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|HOSEA 5:14
|For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
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|HOSEA 11:10
|They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
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|HOSEA 13:7-10
|Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them. O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
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===The promise of peace===
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|PROVERBS 19:12
|The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
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|ISAIAH 11:6-7
|The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
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|ISAIAH 65:25
|The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
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===The Lion among the Cherubs===
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|EZEKIEL 1:4-14
|And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
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|EZEKIEL 10:9-14
|And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had. As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel. And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
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|EZEKIEL 10:15
|And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.
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|EZEKIEL 41:16-20
|The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered; To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure. And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces; So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about. From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple.
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|DANIEL 7:2-4
|Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
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|REVELATION 4:6-8
|And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
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