<TITLE>16. Par 62-67</TITLE>L-62 I met an old couple like that way up in Manitoba one time. Or not Manitoba, it was British Columbia. And how I thought of that story.
Well, now look how old Abraham was. He was a hundred, and Sarah was ninety.
Now, so that some of you brethren won't say, "Oh, well, they just lived longer in that day."
The Bible said they were both well-stricken in age. Is that right? The Bible said so.
Now, you know what God did? He proved by taking His Word, him laying on the breast of El Shaddai, He proved to Abraham what He's going to do to every one of Abraham's seed. Amen. He turned Abraham and Sarah back to a young man and woman; what He did. He sure did.

L-63 Now, the Bible, you can't just take the Bible just like you was reading a newspaper. The Bible is a love letter. Did you know that? The Bible says the--that He's hid these things from the eyes of the wise and prudent, and reveal them to babes such as will learn. Is that right?
Now here, when I go overseas, my wife will write me a letter, and she'll say, "Dear Billy, I'm with... here... I just put the children to bed..." and she'll write me a letter. Now, I can read what she says there. Yeah, anybody could read that. But you know, I love her so much, I can read between the lines. I know what she's saying in between the lines. Well, that's the way God does His Bible.

L-64 Now, the students can argue the Greek words, but the believer reads between the lines. Amen. It's revealed by the Holy Spirit. Hallelujah. God writing His letter to His children, reading between the lines...
If I had time here, I'd just like to show you through the Bible. But watch how this is, this little instant. Now, to make it true to you... About five years ago, I preached on this over here at a place, and a man wrote a book on it, put it on the radio, reading between the lines.

L-65 Now, watch. I can just see Abraham get up one morning, said, "Sarah, honey, why, you're--you're... You look different."
I can hear her say, "Why, Abraham, my lord, you know what? Your--your--your beard's turning dark." God was on the answering line. What was it? They were nursing from His Word, the Breast of El Shaddai, the Almighty. Working... What was He doing? Working a miracle, showing in Abraham what He will do to every one of Abraham's seed through the promised Christ's death and resurrection. See it?
Notice, said, "Well, honey..." By nighttime he looked in her eyes, and he said, "Sarah, honey, you know, your eyes are getting that sparkle again."
Why said, "Abraham, there ain't half that much stoop in your back there was this morning."

L-66 What's the matter? God, the vitamins from the milk, the Scripture milk of the Word had gone to work in the body of Abraham and Sarah. God's vitamins, His Word will go to work in the body of every believer right now, if you will take it. That's right. He's still El Shaddai, the Almighty, searching for the seed of Abraham that He could show His grace to. Watch Him now, as He moves along.
They got young again. Sarah went back to a young woman, probably in her twenties, and Abraham, just a young man. Oh, you say, "Brother Branham, ridiculous." All right, well just find out whether it was ridiculous or not, show you how the other side would be ridiculous.
What happened? They taken a trip from up here at the slime pit at Sodom, all the way to Gerar. Measure it on the map, about three hundred miles. That's quite a distance for an old man and old woman, wouldn't you think, at that age? And now... Are you ready?

L-67 Here's what happened. When they got down there in the land of the Philistines, there was a young king down there by the name of Abimelech, looking for a sweetheart amongst all those beautiful women that was down there. When he saw Sarah, the old grandma, a hundred years old, with a little cap over here head, shaking on a stick, he said, "There's the one I've waited for." And he fell in love with that old grandma, took her for a wife, took her down there, was going to marry her.


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