The False Covenant Behind Fivefold Ministry ![rw-book-cover](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YrPOSbBSNHA/maxresdefault.jpg) 🔗 **Source:** [The False Covenant Behind Fivefold Ministry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrPOSbBSNHA) As it relates to the New Apostolic Refor- Reformation, the cults, the Pentecostal cults, the Latter Rain, understanding the elitism is key. And that's a core part of the history of how this movement not only evolved, but separated from the gospel. Men who didn't understand the covenants teaching parts of the Old Covenant law as though it were written for today's world, combining with British Israelism to say that we are the Israelites for which this code was written. And not the best way to say it is just fully avoiding the Book of Hebrews. The part where it says this was an Old Covenant and it's being replaced is fully wiped out in their minds. So, [clears throat] that established the framework that was built upon. Fast forward to the Latter Rain movement. In the Latter Rain movement, William Branham, who didn't understand the gospel at all, or if he did understand it, he tried to conceal it, much like the example I gave with my grandfather. He was mentored in the revivals by F. F. Bosworth, who was out of Dowie's Zion City, who was actually leadership in Zion City. So, being mentored by somebody who had that background, he was also led by his campaign manager was Gordon Lindsay, who founded later Christ for the Nations, and still today [clears throat] teaches all all kinds of doctrine that has this root, maybe not the same the same level of heresy, but has this root. Lindsay's family were in Zion City, and his family had joined the Parham's sect towards the end, and they moved out to be with John G. Lake, who was also in the same sect in Zion City. He was a Parhamite. So, [clears throat] they carried forward the Par- the Parham stream, the Charles Fox Parham stream of this doctrine. Branham was being led by, mentored by, trained by, working with, collaborated with, wrote editorial articles for in his Voice of Healing magazine, and strongly promoted leaders who had this ideology. And they carried it a step further. Whenever the Latter Rain movement broke out, not only did they sort of copy what what Zion City had, they didn't take it to the same level of extremes, but they copied idea that the Mosaic code should be filtered by an apostle or prophet as the spoken word for what they should mediate between God and man in this new version of a covenant they're creating. Well, they took it a step further and they tried to introduce parts of the ceremonial law, especially with regards to the feasts. They went through the Mosaic code, they tried to I I don't know, tried to categorize the feasts and apply them into today's world, which can't really be applied at all, much like the example of that I gave of the two books, but they tried to and they tried to say that these feasts will be established leading up to the great feast, which will be the great harvest, that eventually ended up into this billion souls harvest idea. There will be this great feast, this great celebration, and [clears throat] I know Branham did, I think some of the others did, they they relied heavily on the Old Testament prophets to predict futures that were being discussed as part of the old covenant dialogue, that that basically the interface between God and man was the prophet for the old covenant. They're trying to say that that interface between God and man as it related to the feasts was being spoken through the prophets of the Old Testament, but also being that shadow was being made plain today through the new fivefold ministry concept. And they created this hierarchical structure where there's an apostle, then a prophet, then all the way down the Ephesians fivefold ministry tiers. They created as a pyramid where at the top you had the elites. They basically became the Moses's that were mediating the new covenants that they were establishing while not calling it a covenant, but establishing a new covenant that was replacing literally replacing the old covenant of law and the new covenant of grace. They were creating something different. And Branham was very, very clear about this in the revivals. He would say the word for Moses' day won't work in the days of Paul. The The word for Paul's day won't work in our day. What was he doing? He was saying very clearly that there was a covenant established with Moses. That was for Moses' people. There was a covenant established for Paul. That was for Paul's people. Today we have a new covenant and it's the you know, during those years it was probably latter rain. Later on when he abandoned the latter rain movement, it became something even more destructive and entirely different than that. But he was essentially saying we have now a new covenant that replaces the new covenant of grace in Paul's day. And I know that there were people who were Branhamites who aren't yet aware that he did this. But think back to one of the examples he gave was this weird vision where he claimed that he had seen the other side. And he saw these people marching through with their leader as though Christianity were some weird leadership model. And he saw all these people rejoicing and they were [clears throat] going to the throne to be judged. And they were Paul's people. And then he saw the most beautiful, wonderful people. And whose people are they? He asked somebody, and they said, "We're your people, Brother Branham." And he said, "Well, I've preached the same message as Paul." And they said, "We're resting on that." >> [clears throat] >> If you understand that idea, he was basically, if you look at the God's generals thing, Paul was the general for his people, Branham was the general for his people, Moses was the general for his people. And >> [clears throat] >> combine that, while in that example, he said I preached the same message Paul did, but combine that with what he said outside of that sermon. He said that the message for Paul's day won't work today. What was Paul preaching? He was preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. He was preaching the new covenant. You can read through Galatians, you can read through all of the books that I've mentioned, Paul is preaching the new covenant gospel. So, if that won't work for today, Branham is saying before all of these crowds of people, all of these leadership roles that have evolved into the New Apostolic Reformation today, who did accept him at this point of time? They believed that the word for Paul, which was the gospel, which was the new covenant, won't work for today if they adopted what Branham said. So, he essentially wiped away the old covenant and the new covenant and tried to reestablish something altogether different, which was a combination of all of those. That's why he picked some things out of the Mosaic law and said, "We must do these things." And he picked same things that Jesus or Paul said and said, "We must also do these things." And [clears throat] tried to establish it such that it was a contract that he was the mediator of, Branham, between God and man, and in this contract, you must, A, follow the leader, that was part of his contract. If you abandon that leader, if you walked away and said, "I remain Christian, but I'm no longer Branham." Or if it was Oral Roberts, "I'm no longer a Oral Roberts guy." Well, if you abandon your leader, you were breaking your covenant between that was mediated between the leader and God. So, it was a new covenant altogether that wasn't the gospel, it wasn't the old covenant, it wasn't the new covenant, but it was a merger of all of the covenants of the Bible, including the Davidic covenant. And if you understand that history and you also understand what is contained in those covenants, then understand that something new was created. Fast forward to today's language, the kingdom theology, the kingdom now theology. >> [clears throat] >> I've mentioned Wimber's theology. I know people hate me for this. If you understand the language that is being said in each one of these ministries and understand that the new covenant that Branham had created, which replaced the new covenant of grace, it was a new new covenant. Well, that language is being adopted in these groups and they're carrying it forward today. >> [music] [music], The False Covenant Behind Fivefold Ministry, YouTube, 01ksjg1qawg70n97ytdf1m9aqw.