Yes, the prophet was speaking against women working in public work like the police service where they are forced to wear trousers, etc.

Women can do their own work or work in private institutions if the need be. I say if the need be because brother Branham also said though the woman must keep the home so that the man will work and take care of her as the Bible requires of us, sometimes some situations will require for the woman to work and support the man. For instance, in a situation where the man is not in a good condition to work due to sickness, etc, the woman works to help the home. The woman is a help mate.

Many working women now have more responsibilities than their male partners, which was never meant to be so. She takes care of the home, cooks for her family, takes care of her children, washes and cleans the house, and goes to work as well.

I usually advise husbands to help their wives at home whenever I get to talk to them before marriage. Men are not to lord over their wives but to love them, inasmuch as women must also be submissive in marriage.

Men are to love, provide for their wives, and support them.

A man who truly loves his wife will be happy to help her in performing her house chores, bearing in mind that the woman is also working to support the home.

In the olden days, women were housewives only. They always stayed at home to take care of the home and their families since it's not an easy task. They, therefore, had all the time needed to do house chores and set the table for their husbands when they got back from work.

The Bible refers to such women as virtuous women (proverbs 31:10-31)

Some men establish shops for their wives to keep, to kill boredom. This put the men in charge and in full control, knowing their wives would be home to receive them when they get home from work.

A married man, therefore, has the decision to either let his wife work or stay at home and take care of the family. This is up to the couple to decide, but in my candid view, couples must learn to be there for each other.

Remember, this is the only time you have to live and enjoy the company of your partner, so learn to make it enjoyable.

Read the Scriptures I have added to your response carefully and do your possible best to fit in as a woman.

God bless you.

Proverbs 31:10-31

- “Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.” (Proverbs 31:10)
- “The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.” (Proverbs 31:11)
- “She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.” (Proverbs 31:12)
- “She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.” (Proverbs 31:13)
- “She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.” (Proverbs 31:14)
- “She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.” (Proverbs 31:15)
- “She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.” (Proverbs 31:16)
- “She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.” (Proverbs 31:26)
- “She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.” (Proverbs 31:27)
- “Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.” (Proverbs 31:28)
- “Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.” (Proverbs 31:29)
- “Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.” (Proverbs 31:31)

Yes, the prophet said that. There were some things he said that were really scorchy, but they were the truth. He himself said they were scorching.

It's just like what the Lord Jesus said when He came in His corporal Body, "...unless you drink My Blood, you have no life...", "...if someone slaps you, give him the other cheek to slap..." etc etc. They sound weird, but they are the truth.

For instance, all systems of governance in the world, including democracy, are of the devil, but that's what we have until the Lord brings His perfect kingdom.

If women were to keep their place and men were to do the same, the world would be a better place.

You can find the answers in the following quotes of the prophet:

The mark of the beast - 1956

"Women should never have been allowed to drive. Well, the other day some crazy woman driver drove right in front of me, come pretty near killing two of my children. I said, "Lady." She said, "Now, you shut your mouth; I'm the one that's driving." And before I got back, twenty-six women driver's almost caused us to be killed. We kept count of it. They made a mistake when they give her a driver's license. They put her out here to voting . They put her out here to these public works. And during the time of the war, right in New York City, more illegitimate children was born in the city of New York, of prostitute women, and their husbands overseas, than there was soldiers killed in the four years of war.

When a woman gets out of the kitchen, she's out of her place; whether she's preaching the Gospel, or whatever she's doing, she's out of her place. " Man was not made for woman, but woman was made for man, man is not a by-product of a woman, but the woman is the by-product of the man.

I know it scorched, and, but it's Gospel pill that'll open up your spiritual digesting tract and let the Holy Ghost sweep through and make you a different person if you'll believe It. Amen."

The Serpent seed - 1958

Go down the street, back out like that of riding the highway… We counted… I want to tell you something. And you women drivers… Listen. Billy Paul and I on this last campaign around the nation (six months), I kept a count of how many scruples on the road. And out of three hundred mishaps on the road, guess how many of them was women drivers? There was only lacking nineteen of them were men, and two hundred and eighty, or I believe two hundred eighty-one of them would be women drivers: women drivers. Now, I'm not saying there ain't good women drivers. But she'll turn any way, and you just try to get back at her. Let her be kind of nice-looking and stand there, pushing that hair up when a cop comes up. "Why," he'd say, "sure you're in the wrong." We ain't got no law. They proved that the other day in the tax suit I'm just coming through. We ain't got no laws. If there are… 130 No wonder that great Lords of England said, "Democracy was all sails, no anchor." That's right, stand on a soapbox electioneering. The democracy's rotten, and so's dictators and all the rest of them. The whole thing is rotten. There ain't but one thing for God to do: is to destroy the whole thing as He said He would do, and start anew."

The World Is Falling Apart - 1963

" I said, "They oughtn't never let a woman behind a wheel." Boy, if I was there, she wouldn't do it, if I had anything to say about it. They say the women is the most safest drivers. I'm an international traveler. Me and my son, crossing this nation, put a book up in the—in the car. And every time a boo-boo was called, pulled on the road, we marked it down, "man" or "woman."

And out of three hundred, there were two hundred and eight-one of them caused by women; nineteen of them by men. That's exact. Yet, she's set there and push her hair up. And she turn out like this, and make a left's right, and everything. But, oh, course, the police ain't going to say that. They got them on a police force.

What a disgrace! When a woman gets from behind the table in the kitchen, in the house, taking care of her own little ministry God give her, her babies, she's out of the will of God."

Good question!

Evangelism does not equate evangelists as recorded in Ephesians 4:11.

Evangelism is an act of sharing with someone your Christian faith with the aim or purpose of winning them to Christ. Therefore, every Christian must evangelise as we have been commissioned by the LORD in Mathew 28:19.

"Evangelists," as recorded in Ephesians 4:11, is an office among the five-fold ministry. They do more than just witness to a sinner, outside a church setting, to be saved. They mount the pulpit to preach, they organise crusades and make alter calls, they baptise new converts, etc.

A pastor, a prophet, a teacher, and an apostle can all be evangelists by virtue of what they do. Remember, the Lord told the prophet that he must do the work of an evangelist. That's why he travelled around the world instead of remaining behind his pulpit.

So, testifying to a friend or a family member does not put someone in Ephesians 4:11 even though it makes that person fulfil Mathew 28:19. I hope that's clear?

In the Bible, "not a striker" is used to describe someone who does not engage in violent or aggressive behaviour.

In Mathew 5:39, Jesus teaches His followers to "resist evil" and "not to strike back" at those who harm them. Similarly, in Romans 12:14, Paul writes, "Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not."

The term "filthy lucre" means money or financial gain, acquired in a dishonest way. The verse is stating that a Pastor must not be someone who is covetous of gaining wealth and power through mischievous and unscrupulous means. The term "lucre" generally refers to financial gain.

Sorry for keeping quite long in responding to your questions. The questions are quite beautiful and thought-provoking! I have tried to answer them according to the way they're numbered.

(1&2) If the person is not in the Message, it's natural that he'll ask for a Scripture to know that we are not in Laodicea. The truth is that there are many truths you can't pinpoint a Scripture to. For instance, we can't pinpoint a Scripture against smoking, though the Bible speaks broadly about SANCTIFICATION. If he is a Message believer, he should take the prophet's word for it because what the prophet preached is the true interpretation of the Bible, and God vindicated that to be so.

In the message MY COMMISSION 1951 para 40, Brother Branham said, "...But I am God's Voice to you. See?..." His voice then is a Scriptural voice.

Among all the seven church ages, Laodicea has the shortest period, so we can still not be in Laodicea, knowing it started in 1906.

In the Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages, in the Laodicean Church Age, the prophet predicted that the Laodicean Church Age would end in 1977.
Quote: "As a servant of God who has had multitudes of visions, of which NONE has ever failed, let me predict (I did not say prophesy, but predict) that this age will end around 1977."

In the Philadelphian Church Age, he said, "The last age will be a short one - a quick work of consummation." The Bride has been called out from Laodicea into the Eternal Church Age. Remember that the messengers come at the end of each church age and elapse into the next church age. In The Evening Messenger, 1963, para 79, the prophet said, "...that God sends the messenger of that age at the end of the time, always at the end, never at the beginning. At the end!"

In The Philadelphian Church Age, 298-3, he said, "we must now recall what has been said about each age running over into another age. There is an overlapping..."

In The Stature Of A Perfect Man, 1962, para 31, he was very specific. He said, "And this is a message on teaching, that ties the man in, that's going to be redeemed by the Blood of the Lord Jesus, and is going to be in that church Age, that Eternal Church age at the end of the Seals." Remember, the Seals were preached in 1963.

These quotes do not suggest that there are eight church ages. They rather suggest that, to the true Bride of Christ, the church ages are now history. In six different sermons, Brother Branham referred to the Eternal Church Age as the Bride Age. In The Invisible Union Of The Bride Of Christ, 1965, para 324, he said, "WE'RE IN THE BRIDE AGE."

So the question will be that if the Bride is not in Laodicea, where is she? The answer: she is in the Headstone. She has already been married to the Headstone that's why she is in the Eternal Church Age.

Consider the following quote: ONENESS 1962
"And now what is He doing, calling from that. What did He do? He called out the elect to make the Lutheran; He called out the elect out of the Lutheran to make the Wesleyan; He called out the elect out of that to make the Pentecostals; now He's calling the elect Pentecostals out to make the Headstone to come into it, the very same kind of a ministry dropping right in on it, calling His children from all denominations and all walks of life.

The Ephesian Church Age began in AD 53 and ended in AD 170. Apart from being the messenger, Paul was also the pastor of the Church of Ephesus. Considering what the prophet said, Paul must have come towards the end of that age.

(3) Your thought in Genesis 3:15 is perfect. Jesus Christ is referred to as the woman's Seed because unlike Melchisedec, Jesus Christ came from a woman. He is the spiritual Seed of the woman. Eve's spiritual Seed would therefore be our Lord Jesus Christ. Remember, Satan bruised Jesus' Heel and Jesus bruised his head at Calvary, giving Satan a deadly permanent wound.

(4) According to Hebrews 7:9-10, it is true Levi paid tithes in Abraham but the same cannot be said about Eve being blessed in Adam in Genesis 5:2. I don't know why that's so but in my opinion, Levi was a seed in Abraham but Eve was not a seed in Adam, though she was part of him before she was brought out. The prophet said because Eve was not in the original creation as Adam was, she could be perverted and could pervert. She was a by-product of Adam. So I presume that, that is why she could be cursed directly, unlike Adam.