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And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the Lord had called the child. Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. (1 Samuel 3:8-10)

21 It’s a very outstanding time. We realize that where we’re speaking from in the Scriptures, that it said, “There was no open vision in the days of Samuel.” Therefore, “Where there’s no vision,” the Bible said, “the people perish.” We must have a vision. And visions comes to the prophets, and it’s the Word of the Lord spoken to them.

22 And we find out that Eli was not a prophet, Eli was a priest. And he was getting old, and his eyes were going dim, and he could not see to get around, was a great heavy man. And he had begin to let the work of the Lord go undone.

23 And that’s something like it is of today. I think the church, the organization and denominations, they’ve been on the field for a long time, and they’re beginning getting laxed. And the work of the Lord is being left undone, the Word of Truth, because the church, in itself, has become dim-sighted. And we need, today, the Voice of God to speak among us, bring us back.

24 And, see, Eli had laid down, and the…his eyesight was failing. He was a priest. And they had no open vision from the Lord. And that great need!

25 And God has promised to meet the need of the hour. He always does that. And we need the Voice of God today, to meet the need of the hour, to meet the time that we’re living in. And after He has promised it, we can rest assured that He will keep His promise. That’s the confidence that the believer has in his Maker, that He promised to meet the need.

26 And, today, one reason that the church is in the condition that it’s in, is because there is so many voices, so many other voices to attract the church from the Voice of God, till it’s very doubtful that many would hear the Voice of God though It spoke right in their midst. They perhaps wouldn’t even understand It, because It would be a foreign thing to them. They have got themselves so much centered on the voices of the day!

63-0120m - "The Voice Of God In This Last Days"

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For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. (2 Corinthians 7:10)

26 God—God full of mercy and grace, when man had sinned, as I said took a substitute, an animal. Let’s imagine just a minute. Let’s imagine a real sincere Jew back in the Old Testament. He recognizes he’s out of fellowship as long as there’s no blood for him. Now, he takes a real good selected animal from his herd. It must be a real good animal. It cannot be an infected animal, because the priest must examine it first. And it must be… On the sin offering a lamb without a blemish must be kept up and tried, as a sin offering, as Jesus was tested in all things.

But this priest… Going walking down the road, a Jew bringing his sin offering up, bringing his offering for his sin, and he presents it to his priest with all sincerity. He recognizes he’s sinned. He knows he’s wrong. And he takes this animal, presents it to the priest. Then when he does that, he lays his hands up on the sacrifice. What’s he doing? He’s connecting himself with his sacrifice. You know what I mean? Then the blood is shed, and the man, Jew, can walk away feeling justified, because he’s met Jehovah’s requirements.

And the only way that the Christian today can ever correctly be forgiven of his sins is to walk to Calvary with his Sacrifice, connect hisself with Him, and then accept the shed Blood. There’s not a creed in the world can do that. There’s not a educational system in the world can do it. There’s not a scientific way can do it. It only comes through the accepting of the shed Blood, his Substitute.

27 Now, he goes away. This done, he’s done Jehovah’s bidding, so he goes away feeling justified, because he’s answered Jehovah’s request. He’s done what Jehovah said do. Then he feels that he’s… By faith, he took God at His Word. And now, listen close now. He took God at His Word. He was sincere in doing what he did. He did it sincerely by the Word. No matter who laughed at him, he did it anyhow, because it was God’s requirement. And now… That was wonderful. That he knowed he was justified. He could feel that way because he had met the requirements of Jehovah (That would be the Word.), met the requirements of what the Word of God required him to do for his justification.

28 Finally… Now, that was wonderful to begin with. But finally, it become a family tradition. I’m sure you know what I mean. He went… The Jew would go offer his sacrifice just because that… well, the family did it. And well, it was a tradition. And when he walked up and said, “Wait a minute. I believe I sinned. I see. That’s right. Well, I’ll get me a lamb, go up…”

See, there was no godly sorrow for his sin. It was only a ritual, just a ritualistic form of taking his animal for offering. He never got nothing out of it, because he never put nothing in it. Yet, he was obeying the commission of God by His Word. But he didn’t come in the real meaning of His Word. He was obeying it as far as… Being fundamentally, he obeyed it. But sincerely, he didn’t obey it. Therefore, it was just a ritual, following a tradition.

62-1124e - "All Things"

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Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, (2 Corinthians 6:14-17)

14 Our text tonight takes us back to a—a little thing to our minds, not to mix with unbelievers. The Scripture says, “Don’t yoke yourself up among unbelievers. Do not be unequally yoked together.” Many places of the Scripture teaches us that we should separate ourselves. The first thing that God required Abraham to do when He called him, was to separate himself from his people, his kindred, and then He’d bless him.

Now, it doesn’t mean you have to leave home; it means just separate yourself from your worldly associates. You know, today, the people are looking, the pastors and so forth… When the churches call their pastor, they want a great big six footer, wide shoulders, dark wavy hair, attractive. That’s what they want. That’s right. And they want somebody who will mix, and go out, and tell a few jokes, and make a few wisecracks, and so forth. But the Bible wants a separator. God calls separators. That’s right.

The Holy Spirit separates us from the things of the world, from the cares of this world, and our whole affections set on Christ Jesus. Whether we live or die, we serve Him and love Him, and go forward, doing all that we can to magnify Him unto the people.

15 Now, in the day when just at the midnight of Israel’s history… If you notice, King Solomon, in the day of Solomon, Israel was at its brightest turning. Then the king of Ahab, time of king Ahab, it was at its darkest. Just at the dark time of Israel, where Ahab married a little old, idol worshiper, and brought idolatry into—into Jewish religion, so did the Holy Ghost church marrying into the world and bringing idolatry in the dark ages: very beautiful type on both churches.

And Ahab was a borderline believer, just a fellow that believed enough to make him miserable. Did you ever see people like that? Well, they have conception that they would like to go to church, and do right; they feel like it’d make them a better social person in their social lives. And maybe for the sake of their children, they think they ought to, maybe, belong to church. If that isn’t the most miserable person I know of. I tell you; that the best of cut loose all shore lines and launch out into the deep, or don’t go at all. Just simply stay home, or either go all the way for Christ. God wants somebody who will really go all the way, give all you got, soul, body, and spirit to the service of the Lord.

16 Now, this borderline believer, as I called him a few moments ago, oh, he kindy had a mental conception of his theology, that he thought, “Well, there is a God, but maybe Baalim is god too, and the others is so forth.” And his wife kindy got him mixed up in that.

You know, boys, I’m telling you tonight, and you young ladies, be careful who you marry; you’ll have a broken home the first thing you know. And it’s not good to—sinners and Christians to marry together. Don’t be unequally yoked together, ’cause that’s what got Ahab. She was pretty little thing, yes, paint all over her face, eyes like a lizard, but she was a… The thing of it was, that…

55-0228 - "Separation From Unbelief"

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And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law. Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day. (Ruth 3:16-18)

178 So, the next morning, then he had to make a public testimony. He went down and met this man at the gate, before the elders. And it had to be in a public place. And he looked him in the face. He said, “Can you redeem her?” Now, if he had to first redeem Naomi, in order to get Ruth; and Christ had to redeem the Jewish church, first, in order to get the Gentile Bride. She come in with Naomi, as an alien from another country, a Moabite, heathens. That’s what we were, the Gentiles, a heathen. And remember, he had—he had to get Naomi. And when he got Naomi, he got all she had.

179 Remember, when Christ come, He never spoke of the Gentile Church. It was, go to His own, “He came to His own. His own received Him not.” He was always to His own. “Go not in the way of the Gentile. Go not into Samaria, but go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. And as you go, preach the Gospel, heal the sick, raise the dead, cast out devils. Freely as you receive, freely give.” Is that right? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] Sent them, two by two. Go first…And He had to redeem that church. And when He redeemed that church, He got the Gentile Bride. Amen. That was the bargain in it. See? He got the Bride when He redeemed the church.

180 Now, Boaz, he had to make a public…He said, “Can you redeem her?”

He said, “No.”

181 Then he had to make a public testimony. He picked off his shoe, and throwed it at him. Said, “There you are. Let all Israel know that I have redeemed Naomi, and I also take Ruth.” Amen. “I take Ruth for my bride.” Who was it? The lord of the harvest. Amen. There she is. “I redeem Naomi, and I get Ruth. And Ruth will be my bride.”

182 What’d they say? “May her be like—like Leah and Rachel and them, raise up thousands,” and she has, that’s right, “unto Israel. May she be that way.” And, look, he made a test, public testimony.

183 What did Jesus do, to do it? He made a public testimony. When, Satan could not die for sins because he was the sinner. He’s the father of sin. But, Jesus, the innocent One, God of Heaven, Who didn’t have to die, come down and made a public testimony by dying, lifted up between heavens and earth. A public testimony; stripped His clothes off of Him, and hung between heavens and earth, in shame. And died, a sinful, shameful death, to redeem us. A public testimony! Amen.

60-1002 - "The Kinsman Redeemer"

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Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor. Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. (Ruth 3:1-4)

118 Now, notice closely now. When Ruth said, or…Naomi said to Ruth, said, “Now, he is our kinsman. And if you can find grace with him, you’ll find rest.” Oh, my! “If you can find grace, you’ll find rest.” Boaz represented Christ, the rich Man, the heir of all things, the Lord of the harvest. Oh, my! How, when Boaz come riding out there, in that carriage, looking around over the fields, and his eyes fell on Ruth! He was master. He was lord of the harvest. And she found grace in his sight.

119 That’s what the Church does, today. While the Lord of the harvest is going by, He ain’t looking to big building, big steeples, well-trained choirs. He’s looking for individuals, men and women who are dedicated and made a clean cut for Christ, consecrated themselves to His service. “God, I believe It, every Word of It. When Your Word says anything, I stay right with It. That’s Your Word. I believe It, every Word.” That’s what He’s looking for; the Lord of the harvest. That’s what He wants to give, the Holy Spirit, to those who are hungering and thirsting. “Blessed are ye that hunger and thirst, for ye shall be filled.” He’s trying to find that Church, today.

120 Now, then, Ruth was asked to do something that was disgraceful, but she was willing because she had made her decision. What a type of the believer! What a perfect type!

121 Naomi, the old church, said, “Go down, tonight. It’s barley season.” Oh, what a beautiful thought we could hang on right there!

122 Naomi and Ruth come in just at barley season. Barley season was bread season, the season when fresh bread was being served. And the Church, in this last days, through two thousand years of pagan teachings and thing, has come in at barley season, and freshness of Life, new Bread, honey out of Heaven. (Russell, talk about honey-crust bread!) This is It, Bread from Heaven. “I am the Bread of Life. Your fathers did eat manna, and are dead. But I am the Bread of Life that comes from God, out of Heaven. If a man eats this Bread he’ll never die.” And the Church in this last days here, is brought in, right now, at barley season.

123 Ruth, a Gentile, excommunicated, run off, has been brought in, as to be accepted as Bride. Christ come in, just at barley season.

124 He said, “Now put thy garments upon thee.” (Not, “Take thy garments off of thee.”) How contrary to today! “Gird thy garments upon thee, when you go to meet him. He’s going to winnow barley, tonight. Go down and put your garments on you. Cover yourself up, to meet him.”

125 Today, they want to uncover themselves. Cover yourself. “Go down, because he winnows barley. And then mark the place where he lieth down.” Did you do it? On Golgotha. Many years ago, I marked in my heart where He laid down His life, that He might take me. Mark the place that he lieth down. Watch where He laid. That’s what every believer should do. Mark what He done for you. Last Sunday’s Message, on The Visit To Calvary, mark what He did for you.

60-1002 - "The Kinsman Redeemer"

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And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz. And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech. (Ruth 2:1-3)

102 And Ruth had to adjust herself from being in a land where plenty to eat, and everything respected, to a people that was laughing, making fun of her, into a land she gleaned in the field for what she eat. Put it in her scarf and take it home. And beat it out and make some bread, and her and her mother-in-law eat it.

103 When she was there, they come to find out, while she was gleaning, or going to glean…Now, she made her decision. That was her deciding.

104 Now, the next thing she has to do is serve.

105 And that’s what the Church has to do. The Church, after making your decision, you have to serve. Serve God according to His diagram, according to His blueprint. You must serve God.

106 Ruth, making the decision. Now, Ruth, serving under her decision. Now watch just a minute. Now she goes into the field, to glean.

107 Now, her mother told her; which, the Old Testament telling the New, you know. Her mother told her, said, “We’ve got a kinsman, and his name is Boaz. He’s a rich man. And he’s a near kinsman. You go to his field. And perhaps…Don’t you go to another field; go to his field.”

108 How the Holy Spirit tells us not to get off in some kind of a—a church book, some kind of a catechism, but go to God’s Field, the Old Testament, the Bible. Don’t say, “Well, we’ll say this. And we’ll say this for a prayer. We’ll have this.” Stay right with the Field. Go right in It, ’cause He’s the near Kinsman.

109 God’s Word, the Old Testament, is the near Kinsman to the New. The Old Church is a mother to the New Church, see, the Christian, a believer. “Don’t go to another field. Stay right in his field. And maybe, someday, you might find grace with him.”

110 And one day, while she was out in the field, this rich young man, by the name of Boaz, a ruler, a wealthy man, came by, and he saw her. Oh, when he saw her, he fell in love with her. He thought she was a wonderful woman. He liked her character. You remember, he said, “I know, then the people knows, that thou art a virtuous woman.” Made her decision, clean and clear. Come right back over, lived just exactly what she said she’d do.

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And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me. (Ruth 1:16-17)

82 On into the promised land they went, into the land of strange people. Ruth, a type of the believer now. What? What is the believer? When she or he comes out, the person from the world, he comes in amongst Christian believers. Women that used to smoke, drink, and play cards at societies, and so forth, and have all kinds of fancy stuff, and like some kind of a “frizzed-up bird,” but now she’s changed. She’s made a decision to go with God. Now she comes into a people that doesn’t believe that kind of stuff. She’s a stranger. She’s got to walk as a pilgrim. She doesn’t know their customs. They’re all strange, to her. She don’t know what to do. That’s what Ruth had to do. That’s what you have to do. That’s what I have to do.

83 When I accepted Christ, I was turned out of my own home. When I accepted Christ, my boy friends, girl friends, everybody, throwed me down. Went down with a bunch of old people that had the Holy Spirit and believed in God, serving Him. The girls, was down there in that church, was different than what the girls I had been going with. They looked different. They acted different. They were strange, and I was scared of them. They were different people.

84 That’s what Ruth had to do. She had to come from her own, over to another people. She was converted. She made a decision.

And you make a decision. You got to take your choice. You want to go back to the things of the world, or you want to go on with God?

85 Do you want to act like the world and the rest of them? Then kiss Christ “good-bye” and go back.

But if you want to take your way with the Lord’s despised few, hold on to God’s unchanging hand. Regardless of what the rest the world says, you hold right there. “God said so. It’s true. I believe It, though I can’t make it manifest in my life. God said so. I believe It. I hold right here.”

86 That’s the way she did to Naomi. “I’ll not leave you. I’ll go where you go. Your people will be mine. The way they act, that’s the way I’ll act. The way they do, that’s what I’ll do. What they eat, that’s what I’ll eat. Where you die, I’ll die. Where you’re buried, I’ll be buried. And the Lord do more to me if I fail anywhere.” That’s the real clean-cut decision. God wants clean-cut decisions out of His Church.

87 “Well, Lord, if You’ll just bless me and do this for me, I’ll do so-and-so.” That’s not a decision.

88 “God, I don’t care what you do with me, I’ll go anyhow. If I die, all right. Live or die, whatever! If they laugh at me, make fun of me, don’t make any difference, I’ll go anyhow.” That’s clean-cut decision, like Rebekah made ’fore she even seen Isaac.

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The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law; (Psalm 94:11-12)

36 All right. When little Isaac come along, God fulfilled His promise to Abraham. Then he got to be about sixteen or eighteen years old, lovely, little boy; and here was Abraham and Sarah enjoying the blessings. Then God said—give Abraham some testing. Do you believe that children of God have testings and trials? “Every son that cometh to God must first be tried, chastened.”

Chastised, did you ever have any of it, child-training, bringing you up, giving you a little protoplasma stimulation once in a while by the Gospel, making you, correction…? My daddy was awful good at that. Yes, sir. He believed in the golden rule. It laid up over the door, had all the ten commandments out on it, a hickory stick about that long, brush on the end of it. I tell you, that made discipline in the Branham home. But we love him. What would we have been if he hadn’t have did it? That’s the way God is; He brings discipline to His children, trying them, whipping them when they’re wrong. I’m happy that my heavenly Father gives whippings to those who are wrong, and corrects me when I’m wrong, gives me whippings, makes me straighten up, walk like you should walk.

37 So He told Abraham… He’s going to try him, or gave him trials. And every Christian—every Christian has to be tried. Peter said, “Think it not strange, beloved, when fiery trials come upon you, for it’s only done to prove your faith, that’s more precious to you than—than gold.”

Look when you sick sometime… How is it the righteous suffer? Wish we had a night to preach on it, that how God does it for His own glory, turns right back around and heals that, and starts a testimony. Amen. God’s wonderful.

Now. Abraham, God called him, and said, “Abraham, now I’ve made you a father of many nations. You got a boy here; you waited twenty-five years for him, and now he’s growed up into a young man. And now, I want you to take him out and kill him, put him upon the altar of sacrifice, and sacrifice him.”

Making what? Making double sure, making twice the strength of the oath, making twice the strength of Abraham’s faith. Did Abraham question God? No, sir. God had already said He’d be a father of made—many nations, and he believed God. And he took the little fellow…

55-1118 - "The Faith Of Abraham"

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The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest. (Ezekiel 37:1-3)

10 And we, after we had our dinner, he said, “I want to ask you a question, Mr. Branham.”

I said, “Yes, sir?” And I thought, “Oh, my, here it comes now, Lutheran dean.”

He said, “I’ve been down to the Pentecostals, and see them kick the furniture around, and everything like that.” Said, “I want to ask you, is anything to it?”

I said, “Yes, sir, there is.” I said, “It’s like a little kid, when he gets a toy, he just falls.” And I said, “Like Ezekiel said, there’s a valley full of dry bones. He said, ‘Can these live?’ He said, ‘Thou knowest.’ So he said, ‘Prophesy to the dry bones.’ And when the bones come together, there was a rattling and a shaking, lot of noise. But then, when the skin come on them, the meat come on them, there wasn’t much noise. He said, ‘Prophesy to the spirit now.’ See? I think that’s what’s going on. See?” So I said, “They… I see them make a lot of noise.” I said, “I think the bones are coming together.”

11 And so, he said, “We’re hungering and thirsting for God.”

I said, “That’s fine.”

Said, “And we want you to tell us how to receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost.” He said, “Now,” said, “we believe that—that in, we receive the Holy Ghost when we believe.”

And I said, “Well, did you ever read Acts 19?”

And he said, “Yes.”

I said, “Well, there’s some mighty fine Baptists up there, had a good pastor, good preacher; his name was Apollos; he was a converted lawyer. He was proving Jesus the Christ by the Bible.” And I said, “Paul passed through there in the upper coasts of Ephesus, he find certain disciples, and he said to them, ‘Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?’ They said, ‘We know not whether there be any Holy Ghost.’ See? So after that was done, and they was baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus, and Paul laid his hands upon them, and then they received the Holy Ghost.”

12 He said, “But Abraham believed God, Brother Branham, and it was imputed to him for righteous, because he believed. What more can a man do but believe?”

I said, “It’s all a man can do.” I said, “You believe and accept Christ as personal Saviour; that’s your faith. But remember, God gave Abraham a seal of circumcision as a confirmation of his faith.” That’s right. And I said, “Then, and that was the Old Testament. In the New Testament, when we say we believe, God gives us the baptism of the Holy Ghost, which is a seal of confirmation. See? Ephesians 4:30 says, ‘Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby you’re sealed until the day of your redemption.’ See? It’s a seal that God has recognized your faith. But if He hasn’t give you the Holy Ghost yet, He’s never recognized your faith. See?”

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Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. (1 Corinthians 15:51-53)

255 What’s the next thing after this sign goes away? God’s going to condition Abraham’s children, getting ready to receive the promised Son. How are we going to receive Him? We can’t receive Him in these bodies. We’re going to meet Him in the air. Praise God forever! The trumpet shall sound. The dead in Christ shall rise and we’ll go up to meet Him in the air. What’s He doing? The last sign before the transfiguration, the last sign before the Rapture; for most any time the atomic bomb is going to destroy the world; before it screams into this case, Jesus is coming.

256 “We which are alive and remain shall not prevent or hinder those that are asleep, dead, for the trumpet of God shall sound, the dead in Christ shall rise. We which are alive shall be changed in a moment, of the twinkling of an eye.” An old man will be young. An old woman will be young again. And we’ll be conditioned to meet the promised coming Son (Glory! Hallelujah!), the next thing in God’s order.

257 What happened? Just as the Angel had His back turned and showing that sign to Abraham, He brought everything down through justification, sanctification, baptism of the Holy Ghost, placing of son, gifts and orders come out, and then showing His last sign before destruction. And then changed Abraham’s seed; it might come before we close the meeting.

258 Old Brother Kidd, setting here, and Sister Kidd, old veterans of the war, watch, in a moment, be standing there, have become a young man and woman again, changed.

259 Why we have to be changed? It was total impossible for that old man to have sexual relationship with his wife. It was totally impossible for her to conceive and bear a child ’less the supernatural taken place. And the only way it could be done would be, have to be a transformation of their body. He had lived with her since she was eighteen years old, or sixteen, his half sister, he marry young. And she was barren and he was sterile. You see it? And so He had to change their physical being to receive the son.

260 Oh, church, He will have to change this physical being to let us be caught up. We can’t go up, this kind of a body. He will change our body in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye; we’ll be caught up together in the air, to meet the Lord in the air. We can’t go up like this. We see every sign: justification, sanctification, filling of the Holy Ghost, the placing of son, the last sign being give. Amen. Do you believe it? Oh, I—I… we’re just going to have to cut it off here. I can’t go on. Let’s bow our heads.

61-0317 - "Abraham's Grace Covenant"

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