<TITLE>12. Par 41-46</TITLE>L-41 Now, here come Israel up. Talk about bad things, look what Israel had. Every ungodly thing could be thought of was right among them. Here they come journeying.
Now, here come the prophet Balaam, coming down to curse Israel for Balak. What a type of today, the hireling prophet trying to curse what God's blessed. You couldn't do it if you had to.
Here he comes, and... Why, he was--why, he was so money crazy, till he couldn't see the Holy Spirit standing in the road with a drawed sword. The mule knowed more about it than he did. That's right. If people just had some good mule sense today, I believe they could see it. That's right.

L-42 Here was the mule. Seeing the Angel of the Lord, he shunned off to one side. He knowed he was out of the will of God. Then notice what taken place then. Then he gets down there and he looked out.
Now, Balaam, or Balak, rather, the king of Moab, he wasn't a infidel. He was a believer. Sure he was. And Balaam wasn't a infidel. Balaam, the prophet, he was a believer. But a two... Here's two sets of believers, them same spirit, like Cain and Abel, they'd come right down again.
Now notice, here was a man, the king of Moab said, "Come down and curse this people," believers cursing the believers. Now, Balak come down, got up on the hill, and Balaam showed him the most--uttermost parts.

L-43 That's the way the devil does. He wants to show the very worst side of it, somebody who failed. They say, "Look at this one here. He went to a religious fanatic because he went too far." You don't point your finger to them tens of thousands, the same time, didn't go far enough. That's right. That's right.
If I could go out here and ask in the graveyard, say... I know some woman here, not long ago, a Christian Science woman let her baby die because she wouldn't have a doctor. I different with her on that, but anyhow, that's her faith. And if she... or--or what she believed about it...

L-44 Now, if I could go to the graveyard down here and say, "Every person that died trusting God for your healing, stand up." Then, "Every one of you that died under medical science, stand up." Which side would be the most? So sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. See?
The same time that went across the country, telling everybody that Divine healing was a fanaticism, not to pay any attention to it, and so forth like that, it was nothing but--and it--it wasn't worthy, the same time, tens of thousands of people died under medical treatment. Now, if we lost one by Divine healing because of unbelief, and then Divine healing shouldn't be looked upon, then they shouldn't look upon medical science, hospitals, or anything else. Why, it's six of one and a half of a dozen of the other. If one failed, then that--that they have to count it all wrong? No, sir. I'd say they're both ought to be together, working for the glory of God and the coming of the Lord Jesus. That's right.

L-45 Now, we notice this then. How beautiful. Then Moab come down, and he said, "Now, go out there Balak, Balaam, I want you to curse that people. See the back part of them over that hill there?"
"Yes." He seen it. Now watch. Balaam built seven altars. Now, he wasn't a communist. He was a believer. Now, he's up here on the hill. And here's Israel down in the valley. And he builds seven altars.

L-46 And on each altar, he offered a bullock, clean sacrifice, one required by God. And on each altar he offered a ram, male sheep, which spoke of the coming of Jesus. Fundamental? Just as fundamental as it could be. The same... Look. Seven, God's perfected number, number of worship... "Six days shall I labor, seven days..." All down through the age, the seven Church Age and so forth, seven is God's worshipping number.
And here this prophet, under inspiration, comes down and builds seven altars, offered the forecomings, proving that they believed in the--the first coming of Christ, offered the bullocks, just as fundamental as they was down there in the camp in Israel. You get it?


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