<TITLE>06. Par 20-23</TITLE>L-20 Now, brother, it's always been... Watch those vines. Jesus said, "Let them grow together." Now, I want you to notice another place. We could bring it to Esau and Jacob if you wanted to. Before either was born, God elected Jacob by election. Romans 9 says so, that the election of God might stand sure.
Let's bring it on up a little farther. Let's take the children of Israel. Here's a good stopping place. Here comes the children of Israel coming up, God's son by election. Here he comes up, the Church, that believes in the supernatural. God's Church has always believed in the supernatural. And it's always got a fundamental church standing over here that believes just as fundamental as they do, but denies the supernatural. That's right.
That's what's the matter today. We're having these revivals all over the country. It's nothing but protractive meetings. What we need today is not stand up and accept Christ as personal Saviour, but get down on your knees until you're filled with the Holy Ghost, God seals you into the Kingdom of God. That's what the Church needs today. You know that's the truth. That's the reason we just... Not shake hands or join a church or pack the paper from place to place. Get your name written in the Lamb's Book of Life, and it'll stay there forever. Amen. That's right.

L-21 Here they was. On their journey up, I can see them having to cross through the land of--of Moab. Now, Moab was a long ways from being an infidel. He was a fundamentalist. That was Lot's daughter's son, where the tribe of Moab sprung from. Here come his foster brother, Israel coming up. And this king, Balak, went and hired Balaam to come out and curse this people. Could you imagine trying to curse a believer?
Watch Balak, that backslidden prophet. God took an old mule, and spoke in tongues to him, and rebuked him. That's right. The Bible said so. He's done everything to try to turn them people around. Looks like they can't listen. All right.

L-22 But remember, he was fundamental. You say, "Oh, Brother Branham, ridiculous." All right. Just a minute and see if this is true or not. Watch the Word of God if you can take It. All right.
Then here comes Balaam out. He made his sacrifice. Watch. He built seven altars. Talk about being fundamental, brother, he was Presbyterian to the core. He built seven altars. And he offered seven clean bullocks on it, clean sacrifices. Is that right? And not only that, but he offered seven ram, speaking of Jesus Christ coming. Is that right? The Lamb, the ram of God, takes away the sin of the world. The same offerings that they was offering right down there in Israel... Is that right? The same offering that was offered here was...

L-23 Now, look. If you want to stay fundamentally, then Balaam and Balak... And he...?... out all brave of the country, all the Ph.D.'s, and D.D.'s, and--and LL.D.'s and he gathered all around the smoldering sacrifice. They'd offer sacrifice. And they all stood there with their heads bowed, praying. And the... Look. Fundamentally speaking, they were offering the same offering that was coming up right down there in Israel.
Now, fundamentally they were both right: correct. One was just as true as the other one. There was seven altars there, God's requirement, seven bullocks, and seven rams. There was a burning sacrifice there. It was the burning sacrifice here, and both praying to the same God.


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