<TITLE>06. Par 21-24</TITLE>L-21 Daniel, a seed of Abraham, was thrown into a fiery furnace, or to a lion's den, pardon me. Daniel was thrown into a lion's den to be killed by the lion. And the Angel of the Lord came that night and stopped the lion. No doubt it was that great Pillar of Fire that followed the children of Israel. An animal's scared of a light. And when that big Light stood there, the lion laid down, and Daniel possessed the gate of his enemy. Closed the mouth of the lion, because he had God's promise and he was Abraham's seed...
The Hebrew children, when they was thrown into a fiery furnace, they possessed the gates of the furnace. And the Son of God came down and took the fire off of them. And they possessed the gates of their enemy.
Elijah when... He was also the seed of Abraham, when the whole nation turned against him, the king, the queen, and everyone, yet he stood there on Mount Carmel, on the promise of God and possessed the gates, the international gates of that country. He did it because he was Abraham's seed with God's promise.

L-22 When Moses, the seed of Abraham, had went on a commission of God, keeping God's Word, went down into Egypt, brought forth the people to take them to the promised land, the devil drawed a gate across them. There he was, surrounded by Pharaoh's army, backed into the Red Sea. But God caused a strong wind to start blowing. And they possessed the gate of the enemy, 'cause He blowed a dry streak across the--the sea. And they went on towards the promise, walking on dry land because they was the seed of Abraham with a sworn promise, "They shall possess the gate of the enemy."
When they came out of the wilderness to go into Jordan, when God spoke to the famous Joshua, and told Joshua to cross over, to make the people ready, it was in the month of April, a month of floods. The whole Jordan valleys were spread across. Looked like it was a poor strategy of God to bring them to that place, to that old muddy Jordan, the worst time in the world when the river is at the highest.

L-23 Usually God let's you get to the last end of the road, the last mile of the way, then He steps in. If you're a seed of Abraham, believe God and hold His promise for healing, for salvation, for the baptism of the Holy Ghost, whatever it is, whatever the enemy is; God let's you get sometime right to the end of the road. And it looks worse than it ever did. The doctor said, "There's not a chance." But you're the seed of Abraham, with a promise that you shall possess the gate of every enemy.

L-24 Joshua didn't think how wide Jordan was or how muddy it was, said, "Gather yourselves together and sanctify yourself, and take the ark of God and go forward." And he possessed the gate of the enemy. Why? Because he was taking a promised people to a promised land by a promise of God and was the children of Abraham. That makes a Baptist feel like shouting. Abraham's seed shall possess the gate of the enemy.
Yes, he crossed over the Jordan. We got to come to the Jordan too sometime. All these great warriors had to die because they were borned in sin, born by sexual desire, shaped in iniquity, come to the world speaking lies. But being the promise, being Abraham's seed by the promise that God gave Abraham, they subdued kingdoms, and wrought righteousness, and stopped the mouths of lions, and escaped the edge of the sword, moved back the waters and raised the dead, for they were the seed of Abraham by a promise by God Himself, what He would do for them.


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