Message 84<br />

 November 3, 1966 | 1:30 a.m. - 3:45 a.m.<br />

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 The Messenger, John the Baptist, a resurrected being, appeared in

my room, Nov. 3, 1966, at 1:30 a.m. and was with me over two hours.

He gave the following message. He was clothed with the same white

robe he wore on previous visits. The room was full of light, no

shadows anywhere. He was powerful in his voice, and a flame of the

Spirit of God issued from him. He stood by my side and began giving

the message. He then sat on the bed as I sat on a chair by the

table. He spoke a sentence at a time repeating to see that each

word was accurate, as he spoke it. He left at 3:45 a.m. The

following is the message.  W.A.DRAVES<br />

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 1 Behold! Arise and write the message I will give you. I come at

the Lord's appointing. I come from His presence. I bring His words,

I speak His will.<br />

 2 I am the servant of the Lord. I am the forerunner of the Christ.

I am he to prepare the way. I give the word in due season. I speak

in the Spirit and power of God, of the Elias, the assured way, a

fountain of truth. I am clothed with light for a covering. The

words I speak are eternal words. I speak the words of Christ, the

living God. His words shall judge you in the last day. Shape your

lives by the words I bring and it will be well with you. This is

the assured way of the Lord.<br />

 3 Let the church and all men respect the resurrection, for with it

there is hope for all mankind. Come together and worship on the

first day of the week-but remember God always. Keep the Lord's day

holy.<br />

 4 Be wise in works and humble in your talk and the Lord will

direct in all things.<br />

 5 When the fruit is ripe, then is the time to pluck. He that

gathereth when the harvest is not ripe-it wasteth away and their

labor is in vain.<br />

 6 Keep the faith and endure and the sunlight of righteousness

shall arise over you, with healing in His wings and ye shall be

preserved in the hour when trials are upon you. Deliverance will

come. Command peace and it will bring you through.<br />

 7 God is love. My message is one of love. Keep the mellowing

spirit in your hearts. Many are moved by the power of God. Many

have been touched by the Spirit of the Lord. Many represent Christ

and are ready for this work. They that are for us are not against

us.<br />

 8 I bring the authority and trust. I give the opening of the way

for the flow of God to come unto mankind. I have given the holy

priesthood after the order of God, after the order of His son. This

authority was given and relayed on unto the church and the ministry

of The Church of Christ, the church with my message, the Elijah

message, ordained in 1829 upon the heads of Joseph Smith and Oliver

Cowdery and reiterated a hundred years later to Otto Fetting, an

apostle in the remnant the Lord had preserved on the Temple

Lot.<br />

 9 Oh, that all mankind would hear my words and obey, light and

life would come to them for the Christ is the ruler and judge of

all.<br />

 10 You will see the powers at work. Churches will unite, there

will be uniting of forces. Those seeking truth will flow into this

way. The greater<br />

 your understanding, the greater the light shall be and the greater

will be your work.<br />

 11 My work is that Israel might be gathered and Joseph brought to

understanding.<br />

 12 Seek out, acquire and restore with meekness those that are

humble, repentant and full of love, if they will come to doctrine

and truth and refrain from teaching of men and traditions that will

not save you but the gospel of Christ of redemption and salvation

unto eternity of eternal hope with God-preaching Christ and Him

crucified and resurrected.<br />

 13 It is finished, no more the old law of burning of sacrifices on

the altar and its spilt bloods, the worship of day or days. But

keep ye the Lord's day, the first day of the week for worship and

service in respect to the resurrection. Herein was the gospel

restored to a nation and nations bringing forth fruits

thereof.<br />

 14 Mankind cannot lift himself. He cannot be self-appointed. His

works will not stand the test.<br />

 15 "Behold!" saith the Lord, "I have sent my Messenger to speak my

will. My words shall not return unto me void but shall bring forth.

There shall be those with faith when I come to earth to

reign.<br />

 16 "I am He that is called I AM. I am the Great White Spirit. I am

He that is called Shiloh. I am all in all. I am the only living

God, creator of the universe, ruler and judge of all. I am the

chief corner stone, I am the stone the builders rejected. I am the

Christ, the son of man.<br />

 17 "I am God, I change not. I am He that was called Jehovah. I am

Jesus Christ. I am the Beginning and the End. I am Alpha and Omega,

the first and the last, I am the Lord. I am He that was manifested

in the flesh, in the flesh-death and resurrection. I am He that is

risen. I am the Lord God.<br />

 18 "All they that hear me and learn of me, hearing my decrees and

obey, shall have right to eternity with me, your Lord God Christ

forever.<br />

 19 "I am He that formed the heavens and the earth and all things

that in them are. I am He that placed man in the garden and

preserved Noah over the flood. I am He that chose Abraham for his

great faith. His seed is as the sands of the seashores,

innumerable. I am He that led Israel through the Red Sea and over

Jordan and I will deliver my people today, if they will watch and

pray and serve me, your master and Lord God.<br />

 20 "When mankind will learn of me, He shall be lifted from

darkness unto light and power-and hearing me I will hear him and

heal your souls and your lands.<br />

 21 "You will see many fall on the one hand and many more on the

left because of the works of Satan. They will not hear because of

the teachings and pride of men, the traditions of men," saith the

Lord.<br />

 22 Lo, the evil is at work and will do all he can to destroy-and

that through mankind and through some that claim to love the

Lord.<br />

 23 Fear not, the Lord will raise up those to defend this cause.

Even now, the great power of peace and deliverance is coming and at

work, yea, even till the bridegroom comes and the door is

shut.<br />

 24 All those that shall be there, those that shall be with Him are

they that have had their lamps trimmed and burning: their lives

arrayed in righteousness, their vessels filled with oil, their

lives and works filled with the Spirit of God. Their works show

their faith, shaped by the words I bring. None shall stand, none

shall endure that will not heed the words I bring for I bring a

restoration and restitution of all things-the holy priesthood of

God after the order of God, manifested in the flesh decreed from

the beginning-stretching out the heavens, the earth to her former

beauty, the waters above the firmament as well as in the

deep.<br />

 25 The day comes when there shall be a new heaven and a new earth.

Sin shall not be there for there will be no more Satan.<br />

 26 Behold! The work is in the hands of the faithful. I give charge

that you see that it is directed humbly and in love. The work you

do will be recorded in heaven, that which you bind on earth will be

bound in heaven. That which you loose shall be loosed in heaven.

Those that do or have spoken lightly and bitter of this work-their

charge and responsibility they betray and it is taken from them.

Therefore they have no part in the sacred work of the Lord. They

walk in darkness at noonday.<br />

 27 See those that grope in darkness because they will not or do

not study. Many are called, some faithful, some have been ordained

yet they are slow to prepare themselves to be leaders. The desires

of their hearts are not yet filled-nor the Lord's will

obeyed.<br />

 28 Set none apart that will not come to doctrine and seek to

defend all the words I bring, for I bring light. The earth shall be

filled with the light I shall bring.<br />

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 29 I bring the everlasting gospel. It is Christ's words that shall

judge all mankind. Those that hear you will hear me and the words I

bring from the Lord.<br />

 30 The day comes when all that serve the Lord will become a

delightsome people, made white through the righteousness of their

obedience to the Lord, the ensample, the Lamb of God.<br />

 31 The heat of the sun shall no more burn upon their faces for the

Lord shall be the light upon them.<br />

 32 Worship and find the gift. The gospel is salvation to the

faithful, hope in eternity with the Lord. They that bring forth

fruit shall find peace and rest from all their labors-peace in

their hearts of God towards all men.<br />

 33 "Oh! I would that mankind would hear my words today as

delivered by mine angel and humble themselves.<br />

 34 "Oh! Do they not know the storms of life will bring them

low-the hard of heart, the haughty, the high-minded? I will be slow

to hear their cry. They speak lightly of my injunctions and words

of instructions and come not to doctrine and my decrees."<br />

 35 There are those that say I have not spoken, but I come that

mankind may find a way and learn deliverance. There is safety in

the obeying the words I bring.<br />

 36 The ideals in man's heart will fade away. The great truth and

the church in her bright garments must shine and stand forth. This

is light and truth that Jesus is the Christ the eternal God.<br />

 37 For the faithful, the sojourn in the wilderness is nearing an

end, the Gentile times are closing in. The day comes when it will

be said, "The people of the Lord" and them that serve Him not. Be

ye repentant and the Lord will hear and heal all the weak and make

you strong.<br />

 38 How oft have I told you, worry not over what men may say of

you. The Lord knows your repentance and your righteous desires to

ever be in His will. You have done the Lord's bidding in the

establishing the church and its holy priesthood authority according

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 land. Those that are with you and defend the words I bring are The

Church of Christ in deed and works. The church with the Elijah

message, set in 1829 by my hands when the holy priesthood authority

was restored and kept sacred through the branch and remnant on the

Temple Lot and reaffirmed upon Otto Fetting in his day-and I

continue to come. Be delivered from the sins and traditions of men

and lifted from the awful curse the prophet of old told of, lest

the Lord should smite the earth and all men be in vain.<br />

 39 He cometh, who is the deliverer. I am His forerunner. I am the

Elias. I bring His message of love. The carnal mind of man cannot

understand-but the spiritual shall understand and fold into this

way.<br />

 40 The Lord has many in reserve and many He has touched by His

Spirit-even, sending ministering angels that men might be

prepared.<br />

 41 Let the work continue everywhere.<br />

 42 The Lord has brought the message to his servant Tommy Gargus.

He shall come into this work and let him be set apart an elder,

moreover an evangelist. Let him continue his good works for the

Lord has established him. With this authority and trust he will

bring many to salvation. The Lord has healed and reserved

him.<br />

 43 Let David Pack and David Roberts know they are called of God.

Great good will come from their faithful works.<br />

 44 Let Floyd Tippett and Charles Pittman be added to the elders,

and W. A. Pack and Charles Pack to the elders and evangelists when

they take up this work. The Lord will fill them with His Spirit and

great good will come from humble prayer.<br />

 45 Keep peace in the church and unfold the mysteries as God gives

to you. Teach the decrees. Hold the standard high. Do all that you

can. Many souls will learn life and obedience through your good

works. As I speak to you I speak to all. I will come again. I will

direct the work of the Lord.<br />

 46 Peace be with you. Amen<br />

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