<TITLE>17. Par 62-65</TITLE>L-62 Now, Jesus promised that... The prophets promised that there'd be a day come, that it wouldn't be neither night nor day, be a dismal. But said, "In the evening time, it shall be Light." How many ever read that in the Scriptures? Sure.
What happened? Geographically, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. And the Holy Spirit, the Son of God, His goodness fell on the Eastern people first. That's the rising of the sun. Now, there's been a day that's passed over, that it's not dark; it's dismal. We've had enough knowledge of the Word to--in God to get saved, join the church, so forth. But it said, "In the evening time it shall be Light," on the Western people, just like it was on the Eastern people. The same Son that rises in the east, sets in the west.

L-63 We're at the closing of the Gentile age. That's the Eastern people. This is a Western people. And the same Holy Ghost that came in a Man called Jesus Christ, and performed miracles, promised that at the setting of the sun, that He would return back, and would do the very same things that He did when He was here with the Eastern people.
Now, anybody knows that's the truth. As it was in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah, so shall it be. What did He do? He never healed people. He never claim to be a Healer. He said, "It's not Me that doeth the works; it's My Father that dwelleth in Me." He said, "The... I only... The Son can do nothing in Himself." Saint John 5:19. "The Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing." So then if Jesus has raised from the dead, and if He keeps His promise that He will work those things...

L-64 Now, if He was standing here tonight, wearing this suit that He give me. And you'd walked up to Him, and say, "Lord, I'm sick. Will You heal me?"
He'd say, "Child of Mine, I did that when I died for you at Calvary. For I was wounded for your transgressions; with My stripes, you were healed."
Now, He might be able to--and would be able to perform signs to show you that He was the Messiah. And if Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever, He will give the same Messiahic sign that He give to the Eastern, He will give to the Western, because He promised He would do it.
How did the people know He was Messiah? When Peter was brought to Him by Andrew, his brother. And Jesus never seen him before. He said, "Your name is Simon; you're the son of Jonas." And that ignorant fisherman, who could not even write his own name, become the head of the Church because he believed it.

L-65 Quickly went Philip to find Nathanael. And when Nathanael was found, and he was told that they'd found the Messiah, "Why,' he said, "could there any good thing come out of--of that little old country down there called Nazareth city?"
He said, "Come, see." That's the best thing to do.
And when he told him about what He done to Peter, told him said, "Do you know..." Like maybe their conversation was something like this, "We know that Moses promised us..." Now, that's Israel. "Moses promised us that when Messiah would come, that He'd be a God-prophet." How many knows that's true? "The Lord your God shall raise up a prophet liken unto me." How many knows he's talking of Messiah? He'd be a God-prophet. And he said, "This Man meets the qualifications."
So he walked over to where He was. And as soon he come into the congregation, into the prayer line, or wherever it was where Jesus was praying... Philip, they claimed, went fifteen miles around the mountain to get him: thirty miles. Come back the next day with him, brought him to the meeting where Jesus was holding the healing services. And when he come up before Jesus, Jesus said, "Behold, an Israelite in whom there's no guile."
He said, "Rabbi," or Reverend, Teacher, whatever you wish to call it. "How did You know me? You've never seen me before?"
He said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you."
Right then, he fell on his face, and said, "You're the Son of God. You're the King of Israel."


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