<TITLE>08. Par 30-32</TITLE>L-30 Now, but in this case, Jesus was staying at the home of Martha and Mary. Now, we--we're taught, I don't know how true this is, but we're taught that Martha and Mary living at Bethany there was... that they were... had left the Orthodox church, the Jewish church and had come to believe on Jesus; and Jesus was staying in their home.
They had a brother named Lazarus, and they tell me that he was a scribe, that his work was to make the laws, the letters, and so forth of the law on parchment. And we're told that Mary and Martha made tapestries, the little stuff for the temples and so forth like that. That's how they made their living in needlework.
And about this time, Jesus' life was becoming wonderful. People was seeing Him, and they was loving Him. And--and then He come to a place where He had to be called away from this home. That's strange how them things happen, but sometimes... All things work together for good to them that love God.

L-31 Now, Jesus in His birth, He was marvelous, but when He came to the world, He came here with a illegitimate background hanging over Him, because they said that His--His father was Joseph, and the child was--the mother was to be with a child before they were really legally married.
So that begin with Him, and then He went out through capital punishment. He come in by the way of a stable door, and went out through capital punishment. That's the way the world received the Lord Jesus Christ.
But just before His--His birth, God always makes a preparation for things. Don't you believe that? I want you to listen close. I believe today with all my heart... Now, this is just Brother Branham speaking. You see? I believe that the things that you see are taking place now, is a preparation. God is preparing something just before a climax. God always warns the world, and then if they won't--will not receive warning, then there's only one thing left; that's judgment.
Noah warned the world, and they would not receive it. And all through the age, God's always warned. He sends mercy, and if they spurn mercy, there's nothing else left but judgment. But the merciful Father will send mercy first.

L-32 Now, this time just before the coming of the Lord Jesus they had men... The church had got down to a place till it was very few that was looking for it, just unconcerned about like they are today. Just... But God always has had a remnant of people who believed him.
And one of them was a man named Zacharias and his wife named Elisabeth. They were righteous people, walking in all the laws and keeping all the statues and commandments of God, and then down at the temple, Zacharias' part there was to burn incense. While the people were making prayer outside, Zacharias burned incense.
Wish we had time to back that up good now and lay a foundation what incense mean, and all speaking of Christ, everything. The incense now is His Blood, the Rose of Sharon, the Lily of the Valley, and how the high priest before he went in to the holiest of holies, He had to be anointed with this oil from the top of his head, run down over his beard, plumb to the hems of his skirt. And when he went in, if they happen to... somebody happens to tell you that these full Gospel people are just a little noisy, here's something for them.


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