<TITLE>06. Par 20-22</TITLE>L-20 Although they knowed different because they'd had a revival a long time before that, under their king Nebuchadnezzar... They had a supernatural ministry down there in Babylon, days before. So have we. And they had signs and wonders among them. God delivered three boys from the fiery furnace one morning. They throwed the prophet in the lion's den. And the lions would not eat him. They knowed about the supernatural. They knowed about God, but they were unconcerned, because they felt self-centered, self-sufficient. And that's about where we got today: self-sufficient. We don't need anything else. Oh, the Bible said, "Thou art wretched, miserable, blind, poor, and naked, and don't know it," in this days that we're now living.
Now, notice, in this time of these great big high walls, no nation could jump them walls. They was all fortified. Besides that, they had the greatest army in the world. And they had the best chariots, and they had the best spearmen, the best trained men. So they felt like that they could just live anyway they wanted to. And that's become the condition of this nation.

L-21 Now remember, I'm--I love this nation; it's my country. When I passed through France and Germany, I was walked over graves of dead Branhams who died for this country. It's the greatest country in the world, but she needs a shaking. And no matter what we do, God's going to judge this nation. If... A just God would have to do it. He burnt Sodom and Gomorrah up for the same sins that we're doing now. And if He let us get by, to be a just God, He'd have to resurrect Sodom and Gomorrah and apologize for burning them up, if we get by without it.
Oh, you say, "But our forefathers, they did so-and-so." Well how about the Jews? When God told them, they were His nation and His people, but when they got out of line, God punished the Jew. And the Gentile will get the same. It's coming to it. Now, watch the Scripture as we come to them, may the Holy Spirit unfold it.

L-22 Now, in this great city they had a lot of revelry, and ungodly living; women, and prostitutes that's called concubines, prostitutes, Hollywood girls. And they had a...?... back there in them days. And one day they had... Their king was a big time playboy, or a real good Elvis Presley. And he decided that he would have a big rock-and-roll party one night. And he made everything ready, so he just send out invitations to the celebrity of his kingdom, because he said, "Nothing can bother us. Oh, them old fogy tales they tell us about certain things, nonsense. "Let's eat, drink, and be merry. Let's have a good time. We are modern; we must live modern." When you live modern you will perish."
Look at our modern day and compare it with that. And so he said, "We'll have a great party," in one of these great gardens that he had. So I can imagine he getting everything ready. He made it like a real modern telecast. So he got up behind the palace, and he sent out the invitations. And all the young ladies and young mothers, they got somebody to baby-sit for them, because they were invited to this party. And all the soldiers was going to be there, and they were going have a great time, just like modern America.


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