Who Is the Remnant Church?
1) Direct answer
The remnant church is the little, called-out Bride of Jesus Christ at the end of this age—those who are born of the Holy Ghost, keep the full Word, and are separated from man-made creeds. It’s not a denomination; it’s a people sealed to Christ by His Spirit.
2) Scriptural explanation
- Jesus said it would be a “little flock” (Luke 12:32) and that “few” find the narrow way (Matthew 7:14).
- God always keeps a “remnant according to the election of grace” (Romans 11:5).
- The true Church is a Bride made ready, washed by the Word, without spot or wrinkle (Ephesians 5:26-27; Revelation 19:7-8).
- The wise virgins have oil in their vessels—the Holy Spirit—and go in with the Bridegroom (Matthew 25:1-13).
- God calls, “Come out of her, My people,” to separate from Babylon’s confusion (Revelation 18:4).
- One Body, one Spirit, one Lord, one faith, one baptism—one Bride (Ephesians 4:4-5).
Important distinctions the Bible makes:
- The 144,000 are a Jewish remnant, sealed after the fullness of the Gentiles, not the Gentile Bride (Revelation 7:4; Romans 11:25-27).
- The foolish virgins are sincere but lack oil; they miss the Bridegroom and face the tribulation (Matthew 25:1-12). A great multitude comes out of that tribulation washed in the blood. The Bride of all ages, which no man could number is shown in Revelation 7:9-14.
3) Simple clarifying logic
- If the remnant were a denomination, which one? God doesn’t have many brides—He has one Bride joined to one Word.
- Membership on a roll doesn’t make the remnant; the new birth does. “If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His” (Romans 8:9). You must be born again of water and Spirit (John 3:3-5).
- The mark of the remnant is obedience to His Word and the indwelling Spirit (John 14:23; Romans 8:14). Fruit proves the life (Matthew 7:20).
4) Short reinforcing statement
Now notice, the remnant church is small, Word-true, Spirit-filled, and ready. She will be caught up before the wrath (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Revelation 3:10). After she goes, God turns to Israel and seals the 144,000. You see, it’s not how many—it's who has the Life and stays with the Word.
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What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages
CAB 8:E-36
...n after God's own heart) was king of Israel, but Jesus is the Greater David, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, God very God. Now David was born of the tribe of Judah out of whom no priests came, yet he ate of the shewbread reserved for priests. He was the great warrior overcoming the enemy, establishing the people; as king he sat on the throne. He was a prophet. He was a wonderful type of Christ. Now it says in Isaiah 22:22, "And the key of the house of David will I lay upon His shoulder; so He shall open, and none...
An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages
CAB 8:E-93
...away all tears from their eyes." Jesus has come. He has sealed the 144,000. He took 12,000 out of each tribe. But there is another group that doesn't belong in this 144,000 who are seen in verses 9-18. Who are they? These are in the bride taken from amongst the Gentiles. They are before His throne day and night. They serve Him in the temple. They are the special care of the Lord. They are His bride.
The Rapture
65-1204 §76
Now, we've come through the church ages, but we're promised in the last days according to Malachi 4 that there would be a return again, a prophet in the land. That's right! Notice his nature and what he would be like. God uses that spirit five times: once in Elijah, in Elisha, and John the Baptist, call out the church, and the remnant of the Jews; five times, grace, J-e-s-u-s, f-a-i-t-h, and it's the number of grace. See? All right.
The Mark of the Beast
54-0513 §58
That's the way she's going out now: with the power of the Holy Ghost and a people who is filled with the baptism of the Holy Ghost, who has power and signs and wonders. There goes the Gentile church. There's the remnant. There's how it come in, there's how it goes out, exactly, a bowing and a forcing to a half-heathen religion. And God stepping in in the crucial hour and writing in unknown tongues, and the man interpret it. He could interpret. He didn't know that language; nobody else knowed it. But he had the same...
Questions and Answers on Genesis
53-0729 §93
...s there, no storms was there, no lightning was there, no killing of the cattle was there, and everything they had was preserved in Goshen. Is that right? It's a type of the church going just before the tribulation period. Jesus said, "When these things begin to come to pass, lift up your head, your redemption is nigh," see. I believe that the moon, the sun and stars... Then they said that... Go ahead and read, said, "And men run and hid themselves. And fell upon their ... sought to kill theirselves, and couldn't do...