<TITLE>04. Par 16-21</TITLE>L-16 And now, this Saint John the 1st chapter, John the Beloved here, when made this statement, he quoted Jesus at the baptism; and to my opinion, it's one of the greatest, outstanding Scriptures in the entire Bible. It's... We're going to call it the "Lamb and the Dove."
And now, let's look at the nature of the lamb first. It seemed like, that it pleased God when He went to represent His Son here on earth, He was represented by an animal, a lamb. He was called the Lamb of God. And wonder why He was represented as a lamb? And now when God wanted to show Hisself to the world, He came in the form of a dove, a fowl of the heaven.

L-17 And now, the lamb... We want to talk about these two natures, and these two beasts, or bird, one beast and one a bird. And how that God and Christ was represented in these two beings.
Now, the Lamb was the sacrificial lamb. And the reason in the Bible that He was called the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world, is because that He was given that title before the foundation of the world when He was slain.

L-18 Now, the entire Bible is set up on revelation. Now, you'll never know the Bible just by some cold hearted reading It. You've got to read the Bible in the Spirit. You've got to be in the mood of reading. You've got to love to read It. And the Bible is written so that the wise, smart, educated, will never understand It. Jesus thanked God and said, "Father, I thank Thee that Thou has hid these things from the wise and the prudent, and will reveal them to babes such as will learn." Oh, I'm so glad of that. You don't have to be somebody in this world to know God. You just have to have a willing heart, and God will go to dealing with that willing heart, if you are willing.

L-19 Now, watch this just a moment. In the beginning... If going to church is all God requires, God would been unjust to condemn Cain. Cain built an altar, which the church is to represent an altar; Cain built an altar just the same as Abel built an altar. And Cain came up and made a sacrifice just the same as Abel made a sacrifice. In other words, he joined church; he gave in his sacrifice; and he also worshipped the Lord; he prayed with sincerity. So if belonging to church, kneeling at the altar, worshipping God, paying your dues, going to church, is all God requires, then Cain was just as just--just as Abel was, 'cause both boys done the same thing.

L-20 Now, they did not have any Bible in those days, so the only way that Abel would've knowed how to worship the Lord, it had to come by revelation. It was revealed to him some way. For the two boys' sacrifices was absolutely contrary one to the other. So God had revealed to Abel by Divine revelation that what would be--take away sin was the Blood. The Lamb that had been slain before the foundation of the world... Oh, my, here it is. He already saw Christ by the revelation. Before the foundation of the world when Christ was pronounced to be slain for the sins of the world, Abel by faith saw that revelation. It was revealed to him. The entire Bible's built upon it.

L-21 When Jesus came to His disciples one day, and He said unto them, "Who does men say I the Son of man am?"
One said, "You're John."
One said, "You're Elias."
And one say, "You're a prophet."
He said, "But Who do you say I am?" It isn't what somebody else says; it's what you say He is.
And Peter standing right to the point, said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." That's been the aged old argument between the churches for years.
Now, the Catholic Vatican says that they was the rock, and so Peter was that rock. And the revelation was to Peter, so He built His church upon Peter. That's wrong. The Protestant church says He--the Catholic church is wrong. The Protestant church said that He was talking about Himself. He was the Rock; Christ was the Rock that all the church was built upon. Maybe they're right.


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