<TITLE>06. Par 20-24</TITLE>L-20 And as I talked to this man about this, and told that experience, I said this; I said, "Sir, oh, won't it be glorious when we see Him? Oh, if He would come today."
He said, "Brother Branham, don't scare the people like that."
I said, "What do you mean?"
He said, "Oh, don't try to tell people that the world's coming, or Christ is coming. It wearies them."
"Oh," I said, "no, I beg your pardon. To those who are looking for Him, it's the most glorious news that they could hear, that Jesus is just about to break through and to take His Church."
Old age will be changed for youth. Joy will be given in the stead of gloom. Life will be given in the stead of death. Immortality for morality will be exchanged. Oh, what a moment to know that He shall come.

L-21 They were looking for Him. They were expecting Him. And when He come, we found that there was two factions. One group was for Him, and one was against Him.
And that's the way we find it today. That's what... His coming always has divided the peoples. Every time, when you find Jesus, you find those around who would be contrary with it. That's Satan. And today, when we think of it, we don't see much change: just the same. The peoples has changed, but the spirit of people hasn't changed.
So, when they finally looked out the gate and saw Him come riding on that little white donkey, no wonder the disciples begin to just scream, "The Kingdom of heaven is come." The people run to meet Him, and all Jerusalem was stirred. There's something about it; when Jesus comes, it's always a stirring. And the whole city was stirred. And they--they can't hide it.

L-22 And the preachers of that day had to give an account for this stir, because it was at the feast of the Passover. And they screamed out, "Who is This?" When the air charged, and the coming of the Lord Jesus to Jerusalem had charged the air with expectations, it looks like that the teachers ought to know what was going to take place. It looked like that the high priest would've knowed it. It looked like that all of the other priests would've known it.
And it isn't changed any today, because the Holy Spirit is forerunning the coming of the Lord Jesus. And as the Holy Spirit begins to stretch out across the earth, revival fires are broken out everywhere, great signs and wonders has been done, healings has took place, prophesies has went forth. All the gathering of the apostolic blessings has come back to the church again. So as it was then, so is it now. The spirit of the unbeliever still cries out, "Who is this?"

L-23 Some of them believed on the Lord Jesus, to say He was a good man. Some of them said, "He's a good man." That's what they say today. They try to place Him as a Napoleon, a warrior. They try to place Him as a--a George Washington, a truthful man. But He was more than that.
Did you notice the reading of the Scripture? They said, "This is a prophet that comes from Galilee." And they try to say the same thing today. When they see this great move of the Lord to restore back to health the sick and the afflicted, to see Him use His Spirit in His Church to discern the thoughts of the people, to see Him do just as He did when He was here on earth to fulfill what He said would take place... Certainly. The churches and the people has asking this: "Who is this?"
They didn't understand Who Jesus was, because none of them could recognize Him by their schools. What seminary did He come out of? What school of theology did He come from?

L-24 And so is it today. Most of the people who are anointed with the Holy Ghost, didn't come from any seminary. They are products of God's own choosing. But the signs, and the miracles, and the wonders that was promised in the Bible, accompany this great Holy Spirit as It moves among the people. And they say today, "What school are they from?" Just as soon as you enter a city to hold a revival, "What denomination do you belong to?"


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