Circular Letter December 2020

Heartfelt greetings to all brothers and sisters worldwide in the precious Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ with the Scripture from 1. John 2, verse 27:

“But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.”

May these words penetrate deeply into every heart and become true. Under the direct anointing and inspiration of the Holy Spirit, prophets were able to foretell the entire Plan of Salvation in advance in the Word of God. That same anointing rested on our Savior. He was Christ – the Anointed One. In Luke 4:18-19 our Savior read the text from Isaiah 61, verse 1 and half of verse 2: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.” And we, as true believers, have received the same Spirit, the same anointing, the same teaching, and the same revelation of Jesus Christ.

Paul had a direct calling, was under the anointing and inspiration of the Spirit of God, and was so certain of the proclamation that he had to say, “Anyone who preaches another gospel is under the curse!” (Gal 1:8). William Branham, the man of God in our day, also had a direct divine calling, was under the anointing and inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and preached the everlasting gospel. The same is true with regard to my calling. As certain as the Lord God declares a calling, He certainly has confidence in the prophets, apostles, and servants of God whom He has ordained to the ministry. What the Lord said in John 20:21 still applies today: “Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.” A divine sending also includes what our Lord said in John 13:20: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.”

In the Scripture quoted in our introduction, the Apostle John wrote that the anointing continuously abides in the true children of God. He emphasized that no lie originates in the truth (v. 21). Already in verse 20 we read: “But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.” His words in verse 28 are addressed directly to us in this time: “And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.” (1 Jn 2:28).

We are all waiting for the Revelation of Jesus Christ and want to be ready at His Return. For us, the admonition “Little children, abide in Him” is of greatest importance. In John 15:5 our Savior said, “… He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”

Today This Scripture Is Fulfilled

We are living in the very last time period before the Return of Jesus Christ. We see with our own eyes and hear with our ears how biblical prophecy is being fulfilled in our time – whether it is the return of the people of Israel, whether it is wars and turmoil, whether it is earthquakes, famines, and epidemics. All of this has been foretold by our Lord (Lk 21). We are experiencing global warming, climate change, and natural disasters of all kinds. Due to the new virus, which has become known under the name “Corona” and has spread across the entire world, everything on earth has changed and it will never be the same again.

The main sign for the end time is the return of the people of Israel to the Promised Land: “For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land …” (Isa 14:1). This Word is fulfilled before our eyes. The State of Israel is once again in existence since 1948. The Middle East peace process has attracted a lot of attention as of late. In September 2020, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed a peace agreement with Israel, the so-called “Abraham Agreement,” as Egypt already did in 1979 and Jordan in 1994. More Islamic countries and others are to follow suit soon. The final breakthrough for peace in the Middle East is expected through a reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Israel – until the treaty that is detailed in Daniel 9:27 is finally concluded.

After all the partial treaties with Israel, through the mediation of the highest authority accepted around the world, the treaty described by Daniel will be concluded in the end. When that peace, which will only be a false peace, has been achieved, “… when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.” (1 Ths 5:3). We can observe the peace process taking shape in the daily news.

The Rapture and the peace treaty will happen around the same time. With the Rapture, the time of grace for the nations comes to its end, and the last seven years before the commencement of the Millennial Reign begin. During the first three and a half years, the two prophets will come on the scene in accordance with Rev 11, through whose ministry the sealing of the 144,000 from the 12 tribes of Israel takes place. In the middle of the last seven years, the covenant will be broken, the great tribulation will begin, and Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles for another 42 months (Rev 11:2).

At the Return of the Lord, the first resurrection of those who fell asleep in Christ will take place (1 Ths 4:13-18). Rev 20:4-6 speaks of the resurrection of the martyrs who come from the great tribulation (Rev 7:13-14). They will not take part in the Rapture and the wedding supper, but they will participate in the Millennial Kingdom: “… and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 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.” (Rev 20:4-6). All others will only participate in the second resurrection, which is also the final judgment, after the thousand years (Rev 20:11-15).

We do not want to elaborate on these topics, but we can see that the end time is well advanced. We want the true believers to be ready to participate in the Rapture (1 Ths 4:13-18). With everything that is happening now, we may do as our Lord said: “And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.” (Lk 21:28).

Time and again we can say: Today this and also that Scripture is fulfilled before our very eyes! In Mat 24:14 our Lord said, “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” The true, everlasting gospel of Jesus Christ has never before been carried into all the world as it has in this time. In the past, even before and especially since the Reformation, there have repeatedly been spiritual revivals, but none of them included the proclamation of the original, full gospel under the anointing of the Holy Spirit as in the beginning, when the New Testament Church was founded. Now the gospel with all of the biblical doctrines, such as Godhead, water baptism, Lord’s Supper, etc., must once again be exactly as it was in the beginning. After all, it is said of our Lord and Savior: “Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.” (Acts 3:21).

In our time, many evangelists have preached their own gospel, all the way up to the charismatic movement. Yet they all missed the most important promise that had to be fulfilled before the Return of Christ. Just as God’s Plan of Salvation began in the New Testament with the fulfillment of biblical prophecy, it shall likewise end with the fulfillment of biblical prophecy. In Mark 1 we read: “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee (Mal 3:1a). The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight (Isa 40:3). John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.” (vv. 1-5).

The man of God could say to those who believed his message: “I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.” (v. 8). When Jesus came on the scene, He preached: “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.” (v. 15).

In his first sermon after the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, Peter spoke the following words under the anointing and inspiration of the Holy Spirit: “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.” (Acts 2:38-39).

The time is fulfilled. Now, at the end of the time of grace, we are experiencing the fulfillment of biblical prophecy predetermined for the Church, just as in the beginning. For example, in Mal 4:5 it is written: “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers …”

Through the ministry of John the Baptist, the hearts of the Old Testament fathers were turned to the children of the New Covenant (Lk 1:17). Through the ministry of Brother Branham, the second part was fulfilled: The hearts of the children of God were turned back to the faith of the apostolic fathers in the beginning. The Lord Jesus confirmed this Old Testament promise in Mat 17:11: “And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.” The Prophet Malachi announced it under the anointing of the Holy Spirit, our Savior confirmed it under the anointing of the Holy Spirit, and all of those who are now truly taught by the anointing of the Holy Spirit believe the promise and experience its fulfillment.

God called His servant home in December 1965, but since that time the original biblical message he brought has been carried all over the world according to God’s commission. Here it can be said: Whoever is of God hears God’s Word (Jn 8:47). However, one can also ask: “Who hath believed our report and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?” (Isa 53:1; Rom 10:16).

The Prophetic Ministry

It means a lot to me to have known the man of God William Branham personally for 10 years, to have witnessed the proclamation of the full gospel of Jesus Christ and the supernatural work of the Spirit of God in connection with the prayer for the sick in his meetings. As concerns the ministry of Brother Branham, it is important to emphasize Amos 3:7, as he himself often did: “Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.” This divine fact is of utmost importance; I ask for respect for what God said.

Our Redeemer was announced as a prophet in Deut 18:15: “The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken …” The Apostle Peter confirmed the fulfillment of this promise in Acts 3:22-23 with regard to Jesus: “For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.” In Isa 42:1 the Lord, our Redeemer, is called servant: “Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.” We find the confirmation in Mat 12, verse 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.”

A true prophet is a servant of God through whom the ministry of the Lord is directly continued. As a prophet he sees in a vision what God intends to do, and as a servant he carries it out in obedience. I have personally seen this often enough in the ministry of Brother Branham in the meetings. He spoke of himself as a prophet and also as a servant. What he saw in visions as a prophet, he carried out as a servant. When he prayed for the sick, the Lord often showed him who the person was who was standing in front of him in the prayer line, from where they came, and what sickness they had. As a servant he carried out the commission and could say, for example, “You are healed of cancer.” Brother Branham emphasized that it was the same ministry that the Lord our Savior had in His time. Through revelation, he was also able to tell me the details relating to my ministry on five separate occasions.

With reference to the gift of seeing visions, Brother Branham repeatedly mentioned three incidents in the ministry of our Lord: When He met Peter for the first time, He could say to him, “Your name is Simon and your father’s name is Jonas.” He could tell Nathanael, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.” (Jn 1). He could say to the woman at the well, “You have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband.” (Jn 4).

The same prophetic gift was seen and heard throughout the years of Brother Banham’s ministry. He could say time and again, “Thus saith the Lord: ...” And it came to pass each time, exactly as he had seen it. It is not only written: “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever” (Heb 13:8), but He has indeed revealed Himself as the same, saved sinners, delivered those who were bound, and healed the sick in our time; I witnessed it with my own eyes. Millions of believers can testify to this.

Over the past years, we have repeatedly spoken about the calling and commission of Brother Branham and what the Lord God has done in his ministry. Today I would like to just briefly touch on the event of February 28, 1963, which had been revealed in advance to the man of God. It happened on Sunset Mountain in Arizona, about 42 miles from the city of Tucson: The Lord came down in the supernatural cloud, in which were seven angels. There he was directed to return to Jeffersonville because the time for the revelation of the seven seals had come. From March 17 to 24, 1963, the man of God then preached about the seven seals.

Several magazines in the USA reported on the mysterious cloud. It was the topic of the day in the press, but among all the evangelists and all the preachers, who has taken notice of it to this day? They all have their own programs but know nothing of what God has promised for this time. Without being aware of it, they have rejected God’s counsel in respect of themselves, just as the spiritual leaders did back then (Lk 7:30). That is how it was in the religious world at the first coming of Christ, and it is also the case now, before His second coming. But as sure as the Lord sent His Prophet John back then to fulfill the Scripture and to prepare the people for the Lord, it is equally certain that the man of God William Branham received his commission, sounding forth from the supernatural cloud on June 11, 1933, at a baptism in the Ohio River: “As John the Baptist was sent to forerun the first coming of Christ, so you are sent with a message that will forerun the second coming of Christ.” Today we can say with certainty: This commission has been carried out.

What Is True Faith?

Brother Branham preached a sermon on November 24, 1963, titled “Three Kinds of Believers.” Therein he speaks about the true believers, the make-believers, and the unbelievers. Abraham is the example of true faith and is even referred to as “the father of all believers.” “For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.” (Rom 4:3). The Apostle James linked true faith with obedience and works and wrote that faith is useless without the subsequent works. He explained, “Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? And the scripture was fulfilled which saith (Gen 15:6), Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.” (Jas 2:21-23).

When our Lord says, “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved …” (Mk 16:16), where does that leave those who claim to believe but reject water baptism? In this case, faith does not become evident in works. After all, it is not about our own works that we may accomplish; the obedience to the Word proves our faith. What about all those who claim to believe but reject what the Lord said in the Great Commission in Mark 16, for example? Are such people really believers or are they just make-believers? Our Lord said, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also …” (Jn 14:12) and “… these signs shall follow them that believe …” (Mk 16:17). Only when the Lord God can speak to someone personally through His Word and give him or her the promise, it is then that this person will believe, do in obedience what the Scriptures says, and experience what is promised.

As for the make-believers, it pains us to say that they bypass God in what they believe and teach and in their prayers. People who refer to God’s Word but only hear self-made sermons in their services that lead to a self-made belief, as is the case in all denominations, are make-believers. It is a known fact that all Christian churches have their own creeds, even call them “apostolic,” although they have nothing in common with the teaching of the apostles. In addition to the so-called “Apostolic Creed,” there are also the Nicene Creed (AD 325) and the Chalcedonian Creed (AD 381), among others.

However, the one true, apostolic profession of faith is only found in the Bible as a legacy of the New Testament. The following still holds true for the true believers: “He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said …” (Jn 7:38). The Lord said this to all those who believe their own teachings: “But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” (Mat 15:9). It remains valid forever: “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.” (Jn 4:23). Here we have to ask the serious question: Whom do we actually believe? Do we believe what God said and promised in His Word and what was practiced in early Christianity, or do we believe the statutes and man-made doctrines taught in a Christian church?

The faithful Lord sent the prophet to bring the message. He also ensured that it was carried into the entire world. His promise has been fulfilled before our eyes: “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people …” (Rev 14:6).

It has reached the ends of the earth, and the Lord will complete His work of redemption (Mat 24:14). To Him alone be the glory through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Unbelievers are not just those who cannot believe at all and for whom God does not exist. Of utmost importance is what the man of God William Branham said about unbelief and the fall of man in paradise. It is one of the most important revelations that he received from the Lord in connection with the Plan of Salvation. At first Lucifer exalted himself in heaven and wanted to be equal to the Most High, but then he fell, together with all who followed him (Isa 14:12-15). The fall of mankind in paradise only came about because Satan had succeeded in speaking to Eve in the form of the serpent with the words: “Hath God said ...?” – thus casting doubt on what God had said to Adam. That is how unbelief came about, which brought along disobedience, and by this seduction all of humanity was pulled into the fall and thereby also into death. Putting emphasis on true faith, our Savior said, “… if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.” (Jn 8:24). Even now, true faith can only be anchored in those who really believe in Jesus Christ and what God said in His Word. Unbelief is always associated with the doubt that the enemy sows.

Let everybody examine himself, to see whether he is truly a believer according to the Scripture and believes every Word of God with all his heart, accepts every promise that the Lord has made, and is deeply connected with God. True believers are part of the elect, are born again by the Word and the Spirit of God, and are led into all truth. They believe in the divine calling of William Branham, who brought the biblical message, and in the divine calling of the carrier of the biblical message, who proclaimed the same all over the world.

The true believers have recognized the time and the hour in which we are living. They have come out of all religious traditions and teachings that are not biblical, and they are sanctified in the Word of truth. This is the Savior’s prayer: “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” (Jn 17:17). It begins with the Godhead: The true doctrine only testifies of One God. The word “trinity” or “triune God” is not once found in the Bible; there is also no mention of three eternal persons. The Bible only knows the One true God Who announced His Plan of Salvation and Who carries it out Himself. He has revealed Himself as Father in heaven, in His only begotten Son Jesus Christ (“Emmanuel” = God with us) on earth, and works through the Holy Spirit in the redeemed Church. The formula “in the name of the Father, in the name of the Son, in the name of the Holy Spirit” is not used a single time in the Bible.

When it comes to baptism, they also abide by what Peter ordained on the founding day of the New Testament Church under the anointing and inspiration of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38-41). Peter understood the Great Commission and carried it out precisely, just like Philip (Acts 8:16), Paul (Acts 19:5), and all of the believers did in the first centuries, by baptizing those who had become believers in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. That is the Name in which God revealed Himself to us as Father in the Son and through the Holy Spirit. The Word from Eph 4:5 is still valid today: “One Lord, one faith, one baptism …”

All of those who now truly believe are obedient and experience what is written in 2 Cor 6:17-18: “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.” They are the ones who will now experience the completion through the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit. The Lord God will send the early and latter rain in a mighty way, as prophesied by the Apostle James under the anointing and inspiration of the Holy Spirit: “Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.” (Jas 5:7). Already the Prophet Joel announced under the anointing and inspiration of the Holy Spirit: “Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.” (Joel 2:23).

As written by the Apostle Peter, we may also rejoice that we “ ... are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.” (1 Pet 1:5). We have arrived in the last time before the end. Right now we must remain sober and normal in all areas of life and integrate into the current situation so that we do not bring any shame on the Name of the Lord Jesus.

It must be emphasized once more that no one who has been misled by false teachings shall be found in heaven. The Lord has given us grace; wherefore we have been brought back to God, to His Word, and to the teaching of the apostles through the last message, which was one hundred percent in harmony with the first one. Anyone who does not respect this has not recognized the day of God’s gracious visitation (Lk 19:42-44).

In Luke 21 the Lord announced many things that would take place and then said with reference to the end time, “… and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity … And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. … So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. … 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.” (Lk 21:25-36). He gave us the promise: “… and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” (Mat 28:20).

Brother Branham carried out his prophetic commission and stored in the spiritual food. I, too, have done what the Lord commanded me to do, by placing the prophetic Word into its scriptural order and distributing the spiritual food; the Lord confirmed this on September 19, 1976 (Mat 24:45-47). By the grace of God, I was also able to correctly place all of Brother Branham’s statements, even those that were at times difficult to understand, into the respective Word of God. Even Peter had to write the following back then with regard to Paul’s letters: “As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.” (2 Pet 3:15-16). I can testify that I have done what Paul wrote to Timothy at that time: “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.” (2 Tim 4:2), just as the Lord commanded me with a loud voice in Marseille. For that reason, I have only ever preached the Word and rejected any interpretation.

Just as Paul did, I, too, can testify, “Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear …” (2 Tim 4:17).

All of the brethren who truly have a divine ministry pass on the spiritual food – the revealed, pure Word. The Lord’s table has never before been as richly prepared as in our time. Now we will unite in fervent prayer, and the Lord Himself will complete His work of redemption with great power (Rom 9:28). At the very end, just as Brother Branham saw it, the Bride will walk in spiritual harmony and God will answer our prayers so that what we speak in faith shall come to pass. It is important that we remain in the Word and in the Will of God, because only then shall He be well-pleased with us.

70 Years Have Passed

At Pentecost 1949, I dedicated my life to the Lord Jesus with tears of repentance and received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Ever since, I can look back on a richly blessed life of faith with the Lord. By the grace of God, I have been preaching the Word of God since 1952, initially in the Pentecostal Church. In 1955 I attended the meetings Brother Branham held in the city of Karlsruhe, Germany. I recognized in the very first meeting that he was a man of God and had a special ministry that was connected to God’s Plan of Salvation for our time.

The photograph at the bottom shows one of the meetings that took place in the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland, from June 20 to 26, 1955; the other one shows a meeting in Karlsruhe, Germany, where Brother Branham preached from August 12 to 19, 1955.

In 1958, under God’s guidance, we began translating Brother Branham’s sermons that had been recorded on tape, which is how first the independent local church and later the Mission Center came into being. On April 2, 1962, I received my calling by the audible voice of the Lord, which Brother Branham confirmed by divine revelation on December 3, 1962, and he also gave me corresponding instructions.

In 1964 I made my first missionary trip to India and visited Jerusalem on the way back. Beginning in 1966, I started with missionary trips to our neighboring countries and later also worldwide. Through the 20-minute sermons on Radio Luxembourg that I held every Sunday morning from 1967 to 1978, I reached many people in German-speaking countries and was able to invite them to meetings in the various cities. Many believers still felt the impact of the blessed meetings they had experienced with Brother Branham. The halls were filled in all of the cities in Switzerland, Austria, and Germany. Those were richly blessed years in the Kingdom of God.

The two photos from 1976, one from Zurich, Switzerland, and the other from Heilbronn, Germany, show that God gave His blessings for the proclamation of His Word.

In 1979, as was the case with Eve in paradise, the enemy succeeded in spreading doubts by asking, “Did the Lord really speak to him?” Thus the commission was called into question, and it almost led to the destruction of the local church. But the Lord God manifested the victory of Calvary; the elect did not fall prey to the deception, and the ministry could continue, even until now.

For the year 2020, I felt led not to plan any missionary trip. As we have all noticed, it would not have even been possible due to the Coronavirus pandemic. For the same reason, we cannot have any international meetings at the Mission Center in Krefeld at the moment. We are very grateful to God that we have been able to serve thousands of believers from all over the world with the Word of God in the local chapel since 1974. What the Lord commanded me has been fulfilled: “Gather me the people together, that they may hear my Words.”

Just as God has provided for the storing and distribution of the spiritual food, He has also made sure that the final message of the calling-out and restoration can from now on be heard online. God willing, I will be holding a sermon on the last Sunday of every month, also known as Zurich Sunday, at 10:00 a.m. from now on instead of at 2:00 p.m., at the same time of day as on the first Sunday of each month in Krefeld, and both will be broadcast via the Internet and translated simultaneously into various languages and can be heard on the well-known channels worldwide.

In addition, we are now broadcasting sermons from the 1980s every Wednesday and Saturday evening as well as Sunday morning at the usual times (Central European Time). They are also translated into the various languages so that believers and even entire congregations across the globe can connect and listen online.

The ministering brethren will continue to hold local meetings where possible. Wherever the believers are gathered on earth in the Name of Jesus Christ, the Lord is present among them (Mat 18:20). Please take it to heart and believe it. The time has now come when the true believers, wherever they are on earth, unite in prayer so that the Lord God can bring about the perfection in the Redeemed and the preparation of the Bride Church everywhere.

All of those who now believe the revealed Word belong to the wise virgins and experience the final preparation as the Bride Church, for thus it is written: “… and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.” (Mat 25:10). The Scripture from Rev 19:7 belongs to this as well: “… and his wife (bride) hath made herself ready.” She has perfect redemption through the blood of the Lamb (Mat 26:28), perfect sanctification through God’s Word (Jn 17:17), and is sealed with the Holy Spirit unto the day of her bodily redemption according to the Word in Eph 1:13: “In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise …”

I look back on the many years and am grateful that the Lord has repeatedly spoken to me and given me instructions. He has done great things in millions of people and brought them back to the true faith. Like Simeon back then (Lk 2:29), I can say with a clear conscience, “Lord, now you let your servant depart in peace, for my eyes have seen that all the peoples upon the earth have heard the original message that foreruns the second coming of Christ.”

For the coming year, we expect a true year of jubilee, which our Lord proclaimed in Luke 4, in which everyone will regain their God-given possessions: “… and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.” (Lev 25:10b).

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 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. Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also called; and whom he called, them he also justified; and whom he justified, them he also glorified.” (Rom 8:28-30).

Remember me and all the ministering brethren in your prayers.

In His service,

God willing and by His grace, I will be holding sermons that will be broadcast live on

• the first Sunday of each month at 10:00 a.m.

• the last Sunday of every month, the so-called Zurich

Sunday, at 10:00 a.m. instead of at 2:00 p.m.

Regular online transmission of services is as follows:

• every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

• every Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

• every Sunday at 10:00 a.m.

The sermons broadcast via the Internet have become a great blessing for many people and can now also be heard in various languages.

All transmissions can be accessed on our home page:

www.freie-volksmission.de under Broadcasts and Downloads

as well as on our YouTube channel:

www.youtube.com/user/FreieVolksmission.

Mission Center

P.O. Box 100707

47707 Krefeld

Germany

Email: volksmission@gmx.de

© by the author and publisher E. Frank

Any reproduction or copying is only permitted with prior approval.

Publisher: Ewald Frank, Missionary, P.O. Box 100707, 47707 Krefeld, Germany. All production and shipping is covered by voluntary donations. Any contributions to the missionary work in Germany can be made here: Freie Volksmission Krefeld, Sparkasse Krefeld, N° 1 209 386, routing number 320 500 00, IBAN number DE14 3205 0000 0001 2093 86, BIC SPKRDE33.

To the missionary work in Switzerland: Verein Freie Volksmission, UBS, Zurich-Kloten, N° 847.272.01, IBAN number CH76 0027 8278 8472 7201 P, BIC UBSWCHZH80A.