<TITLE>11. Par 42-46</TITLE>L-42 Now, the Gentile's time is come. We've went through all these ages.
I've one more little thing. I know I'm taking much of your time. One more little statement.
Did you notice just before the end time for Sodom and Gomorrah, where... I notice of this lovely city with all the other cities, is plagued to the ends of the ropes with perversion just like it was in the days of Sodom. Do you see the newspapers and so forth, and on this... the--the readings that... How that it's on the increase, just every year doubling itself, perversion, the end time sign. That's the way Sodom was.

L-43 But just before... Now, there's--there's two classes of people here, three classes. There's always... Don't never leave those three, the mathematics of the Scripture, like Father, Son, Holy Ghost, and so forth. Leave those mathematics. If you stay with them, it'll make the picture come into itself right, like put your jig-saw puzzle together.
Now, there was down in Sodom, there was the rank sinner who had no confession. There was Lot and his wife and children, who had confession. And there was Abraham, who was the elect. You believe there's an elect, elected by the foreknowledge of God? Sure you believe it. Any Bible reader does.

L-44 Now notice. Just before the end time. What was it? Just before the fire was fallen... They'd had message after message, warning after warning, by Lot preaching. And that's the pastor, Lot. The Bible said that the sins of that nation vexed his righteous soul. And he preached to them. But it didn't do no good; they turned it away like idle tales, same as they do to the pastor today. They said, "Not... Nonsense."
But there come down from Heaven three men. Notice. One of them stopped and talked to Abraham. Two of them, a modern Billy Graham, and so forth, went down into Sodom and preach for the revival, called out those who were el--eligible to be called out. But notice. One stayed back with Abraham.

L-45 Now, let's just watch the picture here. Now, they'd gone on. And He said, "Would I keep anything from Abraham, seeing that he's the heir of the world?" And He kept His back to the tent. And Sarah stayed in the tent, and was perhaps fixing, or knitting, or doing something in the tent.
And this Man in human flesh, yet was God. Abraham said it was God, called Him Elohim, the great Jehovah. But He was in human flesh that eat the meat of a calf, and drink the milk from the cow, and eat some butter and corn bread. He was Man, but yet He was God. But God was showing something there to the elected, to the Church today, and giving them their last sign, just before the falling of the fire.

L-46 He had His back turned. Said, "Abraham." Like this, "You've waited for this baby now for twenty five years. You're a hundred years old, Sarah's ninety. But I'm going to visit you next month according to the time of life."
And Sarah, inside the tent... And the Bible states that the Angel had His back turned to the tent. What is an Angel? A Messenger. Had His back turned, the Bible stated that His back was turned to the tent. And Sarah was in the tent.
And when He said that to Abraham, Sarah went [Brother Branham Laughs quietly--Ed.], kinda laughed to herself. And He said, "Why did Sarah laugh?" What kind of a telepathy was that? "Why did Sarah laugh?"
She said, "I didn't laugh."
He said, "Oh, yes, you did."
She was scared. She wondered what--what... This was more than a man that would know with His back to the tent, and her back in the behind the curtains, and laugh. How did He know it? It had to be more than a man. It was God manifesting Himself in human flesh.
In a few moments they offered a sacrifice, and He [Brother Branham blows into the microphone--Ed.] disappeared right from them. It was God. What was that? The last sign that the elect Church had before the destruction. Now, keep that in mind.


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