<TITLE>05. Par 34-39</TITLE>L-34 I would ask our audience this morning, those with the Bibles, if they would desire to read with me, the Scriptures, or to follow me as I read, if you will turn to the Book of Isaiah, the prophet Isaiah, and the 7th chapter, I would like to read from the portion of this Scripture. In Isaiah the 7th chapter, we will begin with the conversation of God to Ahaz, at the 10th verse.
Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying, Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God, ask it either in the depth, or in the heights above.
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
And he said, Hear ye... O house of David; It is a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also?
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and... call his name Immanuel.
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse... evil, and choose--choose good.
For before the child shall know to refuse evil... or choose good... the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both... kings.

L-35 If I should say a subject out of this to draw a context, I would like to use the word: "A Super Sign."
When we have the darkest night, and it seems that in sometimes it's so dark in this night that we cannot even see our hands before us, it is at that time that the forked lightning shines the brightest. It's sent to us to show that there can be light in darkness.

L-37 This was during the time of the reign of Ahaz, a wicked king. And if you notice, the--the Lord never addressed the message to Ahaz, but to the house of David. "Hear, O house of David. This shall be a sign." Because they was in war, brethren against brethren, and it seemed to be the darkest hour of Israel's journeys and their pilgrimage. But God blasted forth, through the prophet, an eternal sign. Now, signs are many times...
People have signs. And we live in a world full of signs. Man has tried to achieve certain signs. Man has tried, through his scientific research, by his own achievement, to make a sign that would be an outstanding, or a memorial of his intelligence, of how great he is, or what a mastermind he is. He's done that down through the years.

L-39 For instance, when the marine intelligences of the world, some less than a hundred years ago, decided that they were so smart that they could give to the world a--a sign of their cunning craft, that they could build themselves a ship that there could not be a wave big enough to sink it. And they called this certain ship the Titanic. It was a lasting memorial to the world, that the great art of shipbuilding had come to a perfection, that they could show to the world that this ship could not be sunk.
So with all of the safety upon the intelligence of the builders, and their speech and talks, and scientific proofs that this ship could not be sunk... Then when things are presented to people like that, they--they seem to rest assure that everything's all right, as long as the scientific research says that it's okay.


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