<TITLE>04. Par 13-16</TITLE>L-13 Now, the Old Testament was a type or a shadow of the New. Now, if I'd never seen myself, and never seen a human being, and I seen my shadow, and I seen that I had arms and legs, I'd have some conception of what I looked like if I seen the shadow of myself. Then if I see what the shadow was in the Old Testament, I'll have a pretty good idea what the positive is, when you look at it. And then, when you bring it...
So I think the Old Testament is just a wonderful Book. I remember in my tabernacle, when I was pastoring my tabernacle, Baptist church, at home, we had... I'd take, for instance, a year to go through the Book of Exodus. Oh, my. If It isn't full of golden nuggets, I never saw it. All Exodus, or Genesis... I stayed over two years one time on the Book of Job, just Job alone. I remember a little...?... just, you couldn't get out of It. Oh, it was just put it all the way through the Bible, you know. And I had Job on the ash heap, I think, for about six weeks. And so there was a lady kind enough to write in; she said, "Reverend Branham," she said, "I sure do appreciate your teaching, but when are you ever going to get Job off the ash heap?"...?...

L-14 That was a crucial moment for me. I had everything wound up to catch those souls just at that time, you know, when Job, when really he got the revelation from God, and the Spirit of God came on him. And he was a prophet, you know. And when it finally soaked through, whatever He was trying to him, then he begin--got in the Spirit.
We got him off the ash heap, all right, and plumb over in the resurrection. And I believe he was in it.

L-15 And now, you know, just as we dig into the Old Testament, a prospector always goes down and digs down to get the jewels, and--and he polishes it up. And every nugget you find out of the Old Testament, just polish it off a little bit, and it'll point right straight to Calvary. Everything was taken care of at Calvary.
And I just kinda like to prospect (Don't you?), just dig them out of here, you know, all the types and the shadows. And now, I wish to read in Genesis 22 just for a starting place, and try to let you out a little earlier tonight if I possibly can. I've been holding you late. Sorry, but I just... You're such a nice audience, and I don't have to say that. I could just let that bypass and went on. But you are a very nice audience. And I just wondered if--if they were going to have a night... Did you want a night for the sick people to be prayed for? How many wanted to have a night of prayer for the sick? Let's see. Well, we can have it any time you want it. How about tomorrow night? Would that be all right? All right. Go get...
Get out and get all the sick folks and bring them in tomorrow night then. We'll have prayer for the sick. And let's see. Maybe we'd better give out some prayer cards, 'cause there's so many we won't have them. Who's going to be first in line? I'll have Billy to come down, or Gene, or one of them here. By the way, Mr. Goad, here, Gene Goad, and Leo Mercier, he was setting right back there a few moments ago, they're recording boys that goes with me in the meeting. They take these messages and the prayer line, and so forth on tapes. And if you'd want the tapes, you could just see them.

L-16 Now, better be here about six-thirty tomorrow night and get your prayer card, because of you who's got sick now. Bring them in. The prayer cards, don't take the prayer cards. Come here and get your prayer cards, 'cause they're inexchangeable. You have to come here to get the card, then you'll be called in the line by your card. And now, let's expect a great time in be in prayer. Now, this will call for fasting and--and so forth for tomorrow. And maybe our Lord will break through and give us a great healing service tomorrow night. We trust that He will.


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