<TITLE>23. Par 229-241</TITLE>L-229 Now, watch, when Jesus was standing with His hands out... Here's a little thing I don't want to leave out, to you. Hear it. Watch Him. He's standing in the midst, that's the middle, of the Seven Golden Candlesticks.
Now, if I was standing here, and the candlesticks arched around, here on my one hand is where I got it out, and here is another one, in the sign of the cross, 'cause it's through the cross that brought the Church.
Here He is standing; and a rainbow over His head, as a covenant. "I've made My covenant with the Church, through Abraham through his Seed, all that's called."

L-232 My brother, the other night receiving Christ, he said, "Don't ever push me, Bill." Said, "When God speaks to me..."
I said, "You can't come until He calls you."
"No man can come to Me except My Father draws." Somebody does something else, pulls you up, that's somebody else. But when God speaks, you'll come. See? That's right. Standing there... "No man can come except My Father draws him."

L-234 There He is standing there, to look upon as jasper and sardius stone, the first and the last, Benjamin and Reuben, all the twelve patriarchs. And how, the Bible, every bit just dovetails right straight together like that, everything perfect. Notice as He's standing there, to look upon now, watch what takes place. He said He was Alpha and Omega. He was the Beginning and the Ending, He which Was, and which Is, and shall come." He had in His right hand, now, the seven stars.

L-235 Now, here He started off with Ephesus, and He begins to light the candlestick. He lit it there. Then the next age, we find out, the next church age, it begins to dim out; the next church age dims a little more; until the fourth church age, the fifteen hundred years of dark ages. And around 500, 1500, along in there, it begin to get so dark until they was way up, and it almost went out.
And notice, each one of those church ages, He said, "You have not denied My Name. You have not denied My Name. You have not denied My Name." But when He comes out on the other side of the dark ages, said, "Thou has a name that thou livest and are dead." She'd organized. She took up another false name.
Watch, tomorrow night, what the antichrist is. He's got a false baptism, making you believe it's the baptism of the Holy Ghost. He's got a false water baptism (Yes, sir.), which ain't even Scriptural. He's got all them things, just enough to impersonate, to be cunning and slick.
Watch where it comes out of. Right there is where it started, right in there; comes out on this other side over here.
Then He said, "You have just a little light," Luther.
Then along come Wesley, and how it was in his age. It begin to brighten up.
Then from between that age and the last age, He set an open door. He set an open door for those who would come in.
Then He said, "She went on off into lukewarm condition." And He spurted it from His mouth, took the remnant, and the resurrection come, and away He went with it. That's right.

L-241 There it is, standing in the Seven Golden Candlesticks. Now:
Unto the church of Ephesus write; These things... write, These things which saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
I know thy works... (Remember, you're not forgotten.)... I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and thou cannot bear them which are evil...


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