<TITLE>04. Par 15-18</TITLE>L-15 And you notice, that the sign that He was going to give to the weak and adulterous generation was the sign of the resurrection, the resurrected Lord Jesus, that the earth had to let Him loose on the third morning, and He raised from the dead, and is alive tonight, right here in our midst to do the works of God among us. How glorious is the Word of the living God.
Then He said, "And the queen of the south shall rise up in the last day with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the utmost parts of the world to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And behold, I say unto you, a greater than Solomon is here."

L-16 Now, God, in all generations has had His servant and His prophet, or His message, somewhere in the earth going at all times. God has never been without a witness. And in every generation they received a witness of God. And then, if the people received that witness, then that is a golden age for that generation. If they turn that witness down, then it is a dark age for that generation.
Now, God had done a great thing in the days of Solomon. And we all know, as readers of the blessed Word, that that age of Solomon was considered the golden age of Israel. They built the temple. The whole world paid them tribute. And the reign of Solomon, which was a foreshadow of Christ, the Son of David.
And notice, God gave Solomon a gift of discernment, and all of the nation, the entire economy of Israel, all believed that with one accord: everywhere, every place, on every lip, "Oh, God has visited us with a great gift." And that's the reason the nation prospered.

L-17 Now, would it not be great today, if we, the people of God, would accept the Gift of God that He sent us, that is, the Holy Ghost? If we would only, with one accord, if this whole nation would accept Christ, the Holy Ghost, the Gift that God has sent us, and there would be no denominational barriers between us, and we'd be one heart, and one accord, I'd say, "Brother, it would be better protection than all of the bombs, that any scientist could create." We would be--have a protection, and our protection would be made out of feathers, for under His wings, we would be abiding just as safely as we could be, if the nation would just accept it. But how can we get the message across when we're all divided, and in different notions, and guns trained on each other, and--and that's what makes it hard.

L-18 Now, we notice, that when that begin to take place and the entire church begin to testify, and will accept and believe with all their heart in that great gift that God had sent them... Why, certainly, the other nations begin to hear of it. And a way down, across the Sahara desert, way down into Ethiopia, the queen of Sheba, she lived in the utmost parts of the known world, of that day. And no doubt, this little pagan queen down there... Now, she was not a believer, she was a pagan. And when she was... Every one would come by, and hear of this great gift that was up in Israel and Palestine. They would go down, and the passer-by would tell in all different parts of the country, "Oh, you should be up in Palestine. They're all united with one heart and one accord. And their God has sent them a great gift, and God has made that man the king. And with one accord, they all believe." Oh, wouldn't that be a real example for the church today? "Just one accord, they're all in one accord. And oh, their God is performing miracles." Isn't that a rebuke to us today, as a nation and as a church? "Their God is doing great things among them."


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