<TITLE>04. Par 12-15</TITLE>L-12 Notice, then after sojourning, how Isaac was brought down, or Jacob, rather, and he died down in Egypt and was brought back into Palestine and buried. Joseph died; and when he died he left a--a sign to all the Israelites that said, "Don't bury my bones down here." I like that.
Did you ever notice, last night we had just a little in between the line. Here's just a little in between the line. Will you bear with me a moment on it? A little in between the line. Look. They were prophets; that's the reason they could see these things. It wasn't written. It--neither is it written now, but they were prophets and could foresee it.

L-13 Now, notice, when Job, the patriarch, died at the end of his great tribulation... I just love the Book of Job. Many people just pass by that. That's God, every--the full Gospel in it, the Book of Job. All of his trials... I preached on it in my tabernacle for a year and something. And when I got Job over to the ash heap, I had him there about six weeks. A lady was--didn't want to come up to my face and tell me; she wrote me a letter, and said, "Brother Branham, when you going to get Job off the ash heap?" So, for... Oh, my, what all tied into that.
That great patriarch standing there, and he was trying to find somewhere to go to the house of God, and knock on the door, and have a little interview with God. And Elihu came down and tried to tell him that he was wrong, and how that there was coming a Just One Who'd put His hands on a sinful man and a holy God and bridged the way. And when Job--the Spirit come on Job, he raised up, and he said, "I know my Redeemer liveth and at the last days He'll stand on the earth. And though the skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God." The thunders roared and the lightnings flash.

L-14 Notice what he said, "In the last days... I know my Redeemer liveth (continuation), and at the last days He's to stand upon the earth. Though the skinworms destroy this body (Pardon me.), yet in my flesh shall I see God, Whom I shall see for myself. Mine eyes shall behold and not another."
Now, they all knew that Job, being a prophet, that if Job was going to see the Redeemer stand on the earth in the last days, the patriarchs through revelation, knew that they would see Him too. So Job, where he was buried... Many hours we could put on the subject, but to hit the high places...

L-15 Along come Abraham, and when Sarah died, Abraham specified a place and bought a parcel of ground. Did you ever check where it was at? Same place Job was buried. Then when Abraham died, he was buried with Sarah. Abraham begot Isaac. When Isaac died, he was buried with Abraham. Isaac begot Jacob. And Jacob died way down in Egypt; but before he died, knowing his spiritual son, Joseph being a prophet, said, "Joseph, come here and put your hand on the hip," where the Angel of the Lord touched him as a great man, strong.
On this side of the river, he was a great strong supplanter, but on the other side of the river, he was a limping prince. He got the prince name from "supplanter" to "Israel." Then he put his hand on there, and he said, "Swear by the God of heaven that you'll not bury my bones down here in Egypt." Why? What difference does it make where you're buried? Said, "Swear by the God of our fathers, Abraham, and Isaac, that you'll not bury my bones down here, but take me back to the homeland." Why?


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