<TITLE>27. Par -</TITLE>L-51-243 Now, look back in the Old Testament. When you see the plagues falling, they were in Egypt, wasn't they? And God was bringing His people out to the promised land. Is that right? And Israel never received one plague. Just as the plagues... Before it went, they went into Goshen. Is that right? And the sun never did dim out; no mosquitoes come; no frogs was there; no lice was 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 and sun and stars... And they said that... I'll go ahead and read It, said, "And man run and hid themselves in the--and fell upon their--sought to kill theirselves, and couldn't do it, and everything." I believe that takes place just before the tribulation.
Now, watch, the tribulation comes. When the tribulation strikes, the church goes up. Now, remember, just an ordinary church without the Holy Ghost goes through the tribulation period. It's only the elect that goes through.
Oh, I could rub something hard here, just for a minute. Would you give me three more minutes? What is the--the raptured people called, the remnant? Is that right? All right... I--I mean it's--it's the Bride. Now, the remnant was left.

L-52-247 Now, when a woman goes to cut out a pattern for a skirt, you talk about it. She lays the goods out (Is that right?), the piece of goods. And she lays her pattern down on this. She does the fixing where the pattern's to be cut. Right?
O brother, this really do you good. Who does the electing? God does the electing. Is that right? It's not me to say; it's Him to say. And He places the pattern over who He will. Is that right?
Now, there were ten virgins went out to meet the Bridegroom. Is that right?
What is "virgin"? "Virgin" means "pure, holy." Is that right? What is a virgin girl? It's a girl who's never been touched; she's a virgin. What is anything that's pure, like virgin olive oil? It means it's been distilled until it's in it's virginity; it's pure. What is virgin gold? It's when all the dross... It's went through the heat and everything and boiled out all the dross. Is that right? All of the iron and the pyrite, and everything else has been boiled out; it's just in its virgincy.

L-52-251 Now, there were ten went to meet the Bridegroom. Jesus said so. That right? How many agree with that, say "Amen." [Congregation says, "Amen!"--Ed.] Ten went to meet Him. Now, watch, all of them were holy. Well, in order to be holy they had to be sanctified, 'cause that's the only cleansing, holy stream that God has, is sanctification. Is that right?
Now, watch. All ten of them were sanctified, but five didn't have any oil in their lamp, and five had oil in their lamp. Is that right? What does the oil represent? Now, not the purity, the virgincy. Oil represents the Holy Spirit.


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