<TITLE>08. Par 30-33</TITLE>L-30 I want you to notice in the days of--of Lot. That's the reason that I believe that the Church will go before any missile ever hits the earth till it explode it. I'm not a theologian. I can't read much because I have no education. But I'm a typologist. And I noticed what the type was. If I see what my shadow looks like, I'll have some conception of what I'll look like.
Did you notice, not one drop of rain could fall until Noah went in the ark? The clouds was a hanging over, the thunder and lightning a roaring, but no rain fell till Noah went in. And the Angel said to Lot, "I can't do nothing till you come hither." No fire could fall. Not one drop of that brimstone hanging in the skies could ever fall on Sodom till Lot went out. That's correct. Jesus said, "Just as it was then, so will it be in the coming of the Son of man." Certainly.
There'll be a going home of a Church one of these nights, or mornings, or sometime, before one missile can strike this earth in judgment. Before judgment comes the Church will go home. And if judgment's hanging so close till you can see it, the handwriting on the wall or in the sky... Where they can get in those sputniks, and two or three bombs would end the whole thing. And they could do it today if they want to. And we see it. How much more could Jesus come this very hour and take His Church away. Not one thing left but His coming... That's right. And we set as if, "Well, it... Well, I've heard that before." See, rejected.

L-31 Now, I want you to notice. Just when... Lot's time. God will burn this earth with fire. How many knows He said that? He will do it.
I want you to notice the--the nature of that Angel just before the earth was burnt the other time in Sodom and Gomorrah. Now, you look at the morals of Sodom and Gomorrah and compare it with the United States. Just compare it and see: divorces, education, immorality. You see it?

L-32 Now, watch what taken place. God had a remnant. That was Abraham setting out there. And watch. When the Angels went and told Lot to get out of Sodom, everything that he wanted, or could get to follow him, for they was going to burn. And Lot went through the street, through the night, to his families and everywhere, preaching as hard as he could. And watch what they said. The Bible said that they talked to him like he was one that mocked.
Now, look today. What do they say about the message today? "Oh, it's a makeup. It's a mock. You're trying to impersonate. You're trying to be different from the rest of us. It's a mockery." It's the Holy Spirit and you're too blind to see it.
You say, "Brother Branham, is that Scripturally?" Let's go just a little deeper if you can stand it. Look at the Angel of mercy Who came to Sodom, the one that was going to be burned. Like manner He said it would be today.

L-33 The Angel come to Abraham in a form of a man. And Abraham spiritually recognized Him. And He set down with His back to the tent. And Abraham fed Him. And He said, "Abraham, I'm going to visit you about the same time--about the time of life." Abraham was a hundred. Sarah was ninety. They'd been looking for that promise for years and years and years and years.
Them who are looking for the coming of the Lord is watching every move. Blessed be the Name of the Lord. They're watching for something to take place, just like a piece of metal to a magnet. They're watching for it to take place. Abraham was looking for it, that promise that God had made.


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