<TITLE>10. Par 69-74</TITLE>L-69 Like the great water lily. The little, tiny seed born way down in the bottom of a miry, mucky, dirty, frog-scummy pond, and it winds its way up through the darkness, through all the mud and all the scum, and becomes the finest thing that you ever looked into the face of, with a radiance like the sunshine.
So is the Church of the living God, that's been born down in the mud of fanaticism and chaos. But she's wound her way through the grime until she's on top of the thing, just waiting for her wings for the flight. "Many shall run to and fro; and the people that know their God shall do exploits in that day." God's revelations to His Church... Set still, little Flock, positionally stay where you are. As Sister Gertie and Sister Angie used to sing here, "Keep holding on." Don't worry. God is waiting, and trying, and pressing to get at the mystery of God revealed to His Church. That's what's a-holding back the coming of Christ now and the great Millennium, is this great supernatural power that really lays dormant in the Church.

L-71 Many a man standing in the pulpit this morning, preaching a social gospel, but down in his heart he really believes. And, brother, he has the power to preach It. What he wants to see is to put this power in its beauty. So thankful to see it coming to pass, so glad to see it being made manifest, the Revelation of Jesus Christ.
"Jesus," the Bible said, "He's the same yesterday, today, and forever." God, in His infinite mercy by His Word, not some mysterious something of something that's fanatically, but through the preaching of the Word He's manifesting Himself, the risen, living Lord Jesus; doing the very same things He done when He was here on earth. He's doing it again in His power and manifestation. "And if I be lifted up from the earth, I'll draw all men unto Me," hungry-hearted, great man.

L-73 The great council of meeting, not long ago, 1958... I was asked yesterday to represent the supernatural working of God before six hundred and something delegates from all the world, if God tarries until 1958, to be in Boston. Massachusetts. One of the ministers, a great man with the general gospel, David duPlessis, said, "Brother Branham, when all the delegates of the world is gathered together, and the Christian nations from everywhere is gathered together at this great world council," said, "just the speaking of the Word, and the power to reveal the Holy Spirit coming present," he said, "evangelicals from everywhere will sway in." And when they get a faith to live a real Gospel, it'll close the Gentile dispensation and issue in the Lord Jesus' second coming. God can't be just and let honest hearts lay out there and sizzle in hell for it. He's got to be just, and He's got to get it to them somehow. We're in the last day.

L-74 The Revelation of Jesus Christ,... God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things... must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel...
Angel... How is He going to signify it? God gave the Revelation of Jesus Christ to a servant, prophet, on the Isle of Patmos, signified by an angel Amen. I hope you see it. Isn't He wonderful?
Watch what John does. Just read another verse, and we'll close.
Who bore record of the Word of God,...
Wasn't off on some tantrum; he wasn't setting back there with a social Gospel. He stayed right with the Word. He bore record. How can the--he bear record unless the Word be made manifest of what he preaches, if the Word is a Seed? And the seed will produce. How can I say there's a corn field there unless the seed produces exactly corn? Is that right? God was bearing record through John, that he was preaching the Word of God.
... bore record... the word... a testimony of Jesus Christ, and of... things which he saw.
Blessed is he that readeth,...
How many wants a blessing? Then read It. Isn't that marvelous?


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