Bible Believers' Newsletter 14

Christian greetings in the precious Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We are pleased you could join us in fellowship around God's unchanging Word.

This newsletter is the transcript of a recent radio broadcast.

NEWS: please uphold me and the ministry in prayer as there are many needs at this time. Not the least of which is my preparation for upcoming overseas meetings.

Your brother-in-Christ,
Anthony Grigor-Scott

What Happened in 1963?

People ask me, "What happened in 1963"?

In 1963, Revelation 4, 5, and 10:1-7 were fulfilled.

"Oh yes? What does that mean"?

Try to visualize these Scriptures as I describe their prophecy. If it's handy, you can follow in the Bible. The setting of Revelation 4 and 5 is the heavenly Temple God showed to Moses on Mount Sinai, to Isaiah, Ezekiel, and to John.

This heavenly Temple is a symbol for our instruction, and together with its courts, vessels, and sacrifices, it illustrates the way back into the Presence and fellowship of God.

At this point in time, God's dealing with elect individuals, from among both Jews and Gentiles, foreknown as receiving the Word for this day, and being baptized by that word into His Body, which is the Church; not a denomination built on creed and organization, or a building, but His mystic Body, built upon the Word of the hour. Isaiah said, Word upon Word, precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little, and there a little, as God continued to unfold more Light on His Word.

Denominations are memorials to genuine Moves of God that have been fulfilled already some time in the past 2,000 years. They're like tombstones which say, "Martin Luther was here, and God used him to do so-and-so. or John Wesley was here, and God inspired him to say such-and-such". And so-forth. We can look at these great saints of old and read their life-stories. And we can see the denominations that raised up after their Revivals.

The fact that there are so many tombstones or denominations, and that they all preach a different part of the Gospel, testifies to the progressive nature of revelation. Were we to note the year in which each was founded and write that information in chronological order, along with the distinguishing doctrine of each group, we'd see the measure of revelation or understanding increased, from the Dark Ages until the late 1950's, or early '60's. There's a clear pattern. Those churches that did NOT follow the increasing measure of faith, died. Denominations that taught contrary to the Light revealed for their Age, were never of God.

If you take the time to sit down with an encyclopaedia and plot this information on paper, you'll see that I'm speaking the truth. You'll see that organizations formed hundreds of years apart teach very different truths. That's historical testimony that God showed a different measure of understanding, at different times, and that wherever they lived in the world, the saints all shared the common understanding in the measure of faith revealed to their day.

What does this prove but I John 1:7. I'll paraphrase It. "Unless our lives are written epistles of the Word God is manifesting for this day, we are not and cannot come under the blood, or be born- again. And we can't have true fellowship in the Spirit with those whose lives are expressing the PRESENT Truth".

Yes, my Brother or Sister, we must be up-to-date with what Jesus is doing now. We can't follow God through the rear view mirror of some denomination. Denominations are memorials showing where God was and what He did in the past. That's the I was, we have to walk with the I am. We've must walk in the Light of the present, not in the shadows of the past.

This exercise proves what Paul said regarding the true Church or Body of Christ. He said It's all one Body, but Its made up of many different members—just like your body. You have arms, legs, and ears, etc., Each member or part has a specific function and cannot take the place of any other member. Together they form one body. Without one of its individual members, that body is incomplete.

The Church or Body of Christ isn't made of limbs. It's made up of God's Word. But each division is made up of a different part of the Word as we demonstrated from church history. The Bible calls these divisions Church Ages. There are seven distinct Church Ages, and they're ALL fulfilled. What distinguished each Age or dispensation, was the measure of Word revealed to each.

The early Church received the one and only faith there ever will be. But soon Jewish fables began to be introduced and received by those who were not truly born-again. Later, pagan ideas came into the assemblies and were received by those not converted. Over time the church became a mixed multitude. And of course, the false out- numbered the true believers many times over, until today its near impossible to find a Christian truly born of the Word of God.

After all Seven Church Ages were fulfilled, and every individual Christian foreknown of God as being born or baptized of the Spirit into each of these successive progressive Ages was born-again, God promised to send a prophet to restore the one and only faith given to the early Church.

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There were Seven Church Ages, and seven angels or messengers, each with a Message, which was a revelation of that PART of God's Word predestinated to be fulfilled in their Church Age. Its fulfillment was the new birth in those who received it by faith, to become the manifestation of that Word in their flesh.

These seven angels were Paul, Irenaeus, Martin, Columba, Martin Luther, John Wesley, and William Branham. Paul was the prophet who wrote the New Testament. Jesus Christ will judge the world by Paul's Gospel (Romans 2:16). The seventh angel, was the prophet William Branham, who died in 1965.

This man didn't start another denomination. His ministry restored the apostolic faith, finished the mystery of God, and is calling God's people out from all man-made systems into the unity of the faith.

Brother Branham was the angel to whom Jesus revealed the Book of Revelation. And the man whose ministry John saw in the visions of this Book. Brother Branham was the seventh angel of Revelation 10:7, the prophet-messenger to the Laodicean Church Age. He's the only man to whom Jesus could reveal this Book because It was to be sealed-up until the time of the end. But in the days of the Voice of the seventh angel, the mystery of God as spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began, should be finished.

This brings us to Revelation chapter 4. The Seven Church Ages are shown in Revelation 2 and 3. Revelation 4 is "after" all seven Ages of part-Word are complete. When the last saint foreknown in the Laodicean or Pentecostal Church Age is baptized into the Body, Christ's ministry of Mediation is fulfilled. Christ was only a Mediator so long as the Bible was sealed.

As Mediator He was a "go-between". A Mediator is one who stands between two parties in dispute or disagreement. From the day of Pentecost to the close of the Laodicean Church Age, Christ was a Mediator between His elect and God who were in DISAGREEMENT in the faith. His Old Testament type was Aaron, who stood before God to intercede for the ignorance or errors of the Old Testament saints.

Revelation 4 and 5 are set in the heavenly Temple. Here stood the ark or throne of God above which was the mercy seat sprinkled with seven stripes of blood, one for each of the Seven Church Ages. But in Revelation 4, there's no more blood, the throne is a judgment seat on which sits an angry God holding the Book of Life forfeited by Adam. Out of the throne proceed lightnings and thunderings and voices ... in judgment. And before the throne are seven lamps of Fire, representing the seven-fold Spirit of God that anointed each of the seven Church Age messengers. All Church Ages are over.

Throughout the Book of Revelation, John represents or types us—the end-time Bride who will not see death in the flesh, but receiving the fullness of the Word, manifest the Sons of God, and like Enoch, be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, to glorified flesh and the other dimension.

I want to emphasize this point. John has to represent or type the end-time Bride, because he receives the fullness of the Word which was sealed to the Church Age saints. It wasn't for them. God gave them part-Word and a Mediator while the Book was sealed. We don't have a Mediator today, we have that which is perfect: the fullness of the Word. We have Christ!

Revelation chapter 4 is after the close of the Church Ages. In the flesh, John was on the Island of Patmos from AD95-96. In a series of visions, John was transported over into the day of the Lord and saw future unfulfilled history from his day to the new heavens and new earth. Can you see that? Physically, John was on the Island of Patmos, but he was caught up in the Spirit of revelation to see things that'd happen so long as time lasts, and into eternity.

Eve sinned, Adam did not sin, but he took her side, and joined Eve over the time line and the Life line. He knew that by this action he'd sell all of creation into death, and forfeit his inheritance, and our inheritance. But he also knew that as a Son of God he was eternal with God, and could no more be lost than God can be lost. By faith, Adam knew God must somehow redeem him and that by taking Eve's side, God would have to redeem his wife also, because she was flesh of his flesh. Adam was a perfect type of Christ, Who died to redeem his Wife, the true Church.

So when Adam joined Eve, he forfeited his rights to Satan, and his Title Deed, which is the Book of Life went back to God. Revelation 4 and 5 show God sitting on the judgment seat holding the Seven Sealed Book in His right hand.

He had to hold the Book until Jesus Christ had paid sin's price. But Jesus couldn't fully redeem all the elect from Adam's race on Calvary because the vast majority of the Church were predestinated to be born during the Seven Church Ages when the Book was sealed, and they had only part-Word. Therefore Christ had to be a Mediator to intercede for the errors, or Scriptural ignorance of the Church Age saints. Jesus was a Mediator until the last saint foreknown in the Church Ages or part-Word Body was born-again.

In Revelation chapter 5, its time for God (Messiah) to come back to claim His Bride, and then present Himself (or make Himself known) to Israel. Thus we see God again stepping forth to assume a physical relationship to man as the "Son of David, King of kings and Lord of Lords, and Bridegroom of the Gentile Bride." It is not "Two" Gods, but simply one God manifesting His mighty triune offices and titles. nl014.htm

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Brother Grigor-Scott is a non-denominational minister who has ministered full-time since 1981, primarily to other ministers and their congregations overseas. He pastors Bible Believers' tiny congregation, and is available to teach in your church.