<TITLE>16. Par 181-187</TITLE>L-181 In Palestine, the way they eat, they set a big table out like this. And you don't set down to eat in Palestine.
It ought to be good for you children. Like the little girl sitting here in the front, with her little blue dress on, little pink ribbon. And, you know, lot--lot of times, those children like to kind of lay over on their arm, like that, and eat. See? You know, after all, that's right. Yeah, that's right. Mama don't think it's right, now, but, and it isn't just etiquette today, but it is in Palestine. They don't eat on a... They don't eat on a--a chair, set in a chair. They lay on a couch and eat. So they had a long table set, and they set their couches in, slant-ways, like this, all down along. And each man, instead of...

L-183 Something on the order of this. They set the couch in like this. [Brother Branham illustrates--Ed.] And when they go to eat, they lay down like this, put their hands up like this, and eat like this. Now, you'd like to eat like that, wouldn't you? Uh-huh. And that's the way Jesus and them eat in their day. Now, they lay back there and they eat.
And, oh, do they have fine food. My, I imagine this Pharisee could really put on a feed, too, because, remember, he was a rich man. And he got a cut out of every lamb that was offered as a sacrifice. Yes, sir. The boys slipped the pruning hooks in, and what they brought out belonged to the priest. And he could really... He really had money. He was a man of wealth. He was no pauper. He belonged in here in the upper crust.

L-185 But he invited a Pauper. What for? The big hypocrite, he was going to make some fun out of Him. I can hear him say, "Now, all is setting fine. That holy-roller said He'd come to my dinner. Ho-ho-ho-ho. Wonder what Pharisee Jones will think about that? He hates Him too. Won't we have some fun? Now, He claims to be a prophet." [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] "Ha-ha-ha. We know He's not. So we will have some fun out of Him when He comes. We will have some fun."

L-186 That's the way. Very few rich people today has any time for Jesus. I'm so glad He is mindful of the poor. I don't say all rich people; some love Him. Sure, there is. But you take man, when he's got houses, and lands, and cars, and everything; he--he is so busy with that, he hasn't got no time for Jesus. And then he deals with a class of people, that he just can't accept Jesus. Hallelujah.
I think of it today. A man in a great social standing, how could he get on his knees, and cry and beg out to God? Go down the street, testifying? It would ruin, it would spoil, his social standing. Who cares about social standing? I want my standing in glory. Amen. Name on the Book of Life, that's what I want. Don't care nothing about your old social standing. Take your upper crust; going to be burnt into a crust, anyhow, so go on.

L-187 There he is, "What could I... Oh, won't everybody in town come around now? Ha. You know, them poor people down there, they believe in such stuff as that. Say, all around my house, oh, the newspapers will pack it. I will tell you; I'm going to have a blow-out." Yeah.
You know, that kind of spirit still exists. Oh, sure. Pride, oh, it's a cursed thing, pride. "Oh, I will put on my very best ecclesiastical robe. And I will... my servants."
Oh, you ought to see how they dress them servants. My, they--they... Sometimes they bring the Indians in there, and they're really dressers. They put little bells on the toes of their shoes and their fine robes. Even when they walk, it--it plays music. And they have their platters full of fine spiced lambs, and things. And they bring it out like this, one hand behind them like that. And their toes a-moving like that, playing music. And they come out and serve it in such a way, why, if you wasn't hungry, you'd be hungry anyhow. Oooh, it smells wonderful. How they can cook and fix it up.


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