<TITLE>12. Par 37-40</TITLE>L-37 So when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea, three magis, star gazers, came from the East. They said, "We have seen His star in the West." They were in the East, look, the Orients are--are east of Jerusalem. So said, "We have seen His star in the east, and have come to worship Him."
Look, do you believe they actually followed a star? The Bible said they did. Now, it come over very... They kept time then by stars. And no observatory, no scientist, all the people standing up on the watches, looking at every star moving, to see what time moving, to see what time it was, in the night, and so forth, star gazers. There wasn't anyone seen that Angel, or that star, but these Magis, for they was expecting to see it. They had read God's prophecy when He spoke through Balaam back there, and said, "There'd be a star out of Jacob rise," and they were looking for it. So that's the reason tonight the American people are not expecting, they're not looking for a great Holy Ghost pouring out revival. And that's the reason they're not receiving It, while It's poured out; they're not expecting It. That's all. They're looking to see a reformation in the church, and the people come back and join church and live on out in the world. And that, it's not that age. It's the time where God is filling His people, and baptizing them into the Body of the Lord Jesus Christ. And that's the reason they're not expecting it; they're not seeing it is going on.

L-38 So is it possible... Like in the meetings, a lady here in the meeting the other night, seeing the Light where It was standing here. Why said, "The rest of them didn't see It." Certainly she could see it, and the rest of them not. My, many times...
And so then, he was expecting to see the Lord Jesus. So the Magis was expecting to see it. The... And there was some shepherds out there on the hill that saw the Angels come, or heard them, and they sang, "Glory to God in the highest, peace on earth, good will towards men." And then He was born in a manager that night. Eight days afterwards, it was the Jewish custom to take the male child to the temple and have it circumcised. And the mother had to offer an offering for her purification. That's the Levitical law. After eight days, she comes up to the temple.

L-39 I can imagine it being Monday morning. And there a great host of people... There's about two million people in Israel then, or in Palestine. And I suppose they say, at least fifty to a hundred babies would be born every night. And that made a fifty to a hundred babies, maybe, two or three hundred of them, each day had to come and be circumcised and purification for the mother.

L-40 And I can look at it being Monday morning. And oh, it's busy around the temple, lots of people coming and going. And way down over on the side, stands a long line, like a prayer line of--of women standing there with their little babies in their arms. Coming, some of them a rich babies had lambs to offer, a peasants offering was two turtledoves. And so, I can look down along the line; I can see the mother standing there with her fine little babies, clean and neat, and little needlework done, you know, around the babies, and so forth. And I look way down the line, and I see a little woman standing down there, that all the rest of the women kept their distance from her. That's about the way they do the church today, that believes in the super... They keep their distance. "Look. Don't have nothing to do with them people. They're not right; they're--they're holy rollers. Don't fool with them."
I've sailed the seven seas traveled around the world three times, and I've never seen a holy-roller church yet, never seen one yet, just a false name the devil tacked on the Church of the living God. There's nine hundred and sixty-nine different churches, or I have statistics of those churches, that comes from the government each year. And there's not one of them called holy-roller, not one of them. So it's just a scandal name the devil put on them.


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