<TITLE>03. Par 11-15</TITLE>L-11 Look in the little book, the first one I written called "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever," how the big newspapers of Louisville, Kentucky, and all, said, "A mystic light appears over a local Baptist minister while baptizing."
When He stood down there and told me right there before at least ten thousand people, that this thing that was coming to pass, said, "Your ministry will be as John the Baptist was, was sent forth as a forerunner of the first coming of Christ; your ministry will be the bringing forth of the second coming of Christ."

L-12 And--and there... And I didn't even know what it was talking about, knowed nothing about it. But look at the move that's on today. See. There it's done it. How could I, a seventh grade education, illiterate, I... when I've... In them times when I would try to read the Bible, I couldn't do it. The girl that I married, my boy's mother, would set at the platform and read the Bible, my text for me, 'cause I couldn't even read the Bible (That's right.), couldn't even read It.

L-13 And I'd... I remember my first sermon. I preached on, I believe the first sermon I tried by myself was in the little local Baptist church. I preached on, I believe it was, "Samson, the Mighty Man." And I tried one by myself, and I thought, "Well, I'll just try to preach it as I bring it off." And it was John 14. And I said, "Read, honey."
She said, "Let not your hearts be troubled."
I said, "You hear what It said."
And so, said, "You believe in God, believe also in Me."
I said, "Do you do it?" Just as she... That's the way I preached my first one. Brother Ryan, you can almost remember in those days, and when it taken place. But now, I've still got a long ways yet to go, friends, but I still love the Lord Jesus. And the same Lord Jesus that appeared there on the river that day, that's His picture there. [A man gives a testimony of the Light that appeared the night before--Ed.] Yes, that's... Thank you.
Now, someone might say, "Brother Branham, do you think Brother Boze's testimony's right?"
Absolutely.
"Well then how could... I was setting here too and I didn't see it." That is true. It could be all possible that you could set right there and maybe two... one setting on either side of you could see it and you couldn't.

L-14 Look at the star that led the wise men. It come over every observatory and everything else, and no one seen it but them. It was just given for them to see it. Look at Paul when he had the vision, was knocked off of his horse, that fell off his horse or whatever, when he was on the road to Damascus. See? See, it's just given for some to see and some cannot see. That's exactly right.
So when we all get to glory, when the days are over... I'm going to make this statement. I believe it with all my heart. We're re--read in the Bible that it was a Pillar of Fire that led the children of Israel from Egypt into the promised land. Is that right? And that Pillar of Fire was the Angel of the Covenant. Is that right, teachers? And who was the Angel of the Covenant? Jesus Christ.

L-15 And He's the same then, yesterday, today, and forever. Is that right? What does it mean? He's still leading the Church. He's the Angel of the Covenant. The Covenant was written with His own Blood, and He went into the Presence of the Father packing His own Blood. Is that right?
And--and now this is the same Holy Spirit. And they said... George J. Lacy said, "It looked like an emerald light, a burning with flapping flames like that, as it whirled around and around like that. Looked like it was going in a circle a whirling around."
Now that, It looks to be about that big and probably that thick. Practically every night when I... Frankly, right now, I can tell you now that we as--as I'm preaching today to dying men as a dying man, that I... That isn't standing five feet from where I am right now. That's right.


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