<TITLE>10. Par 28-29</TITLE>L-28 Now, just one more moment. Now, listen real close. All of us know that the Angel that appeared to Moses, was Christ. It was the Angel of the covenant. You believe that? The Angel of the covenant. He followed Israel in a Pillar of Fire. And then when Jesus was on earth, He said, "Before..." They told Him... They was angry with Him because He said He saw Abraham's day. Jesus said, "Before Abraham was, I AM." That was that same Pillar of Fire that was in the bush, "I AM."
Now, He's said, Jesus, "I come from God, and I'll return to God." Do you believe that? Scripture says that? After His death, burial, and resurrection, persecution set upon the church.
Paul, on his road to Damascus with orders in his pocket to arrest all the Pentecostal people, and on his road down a Light smote him, and he fell to the ground. And he looked up, and the Pillar of Fire was before him, a great Light, saying, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me?"
He said, "Who are You?"
And you'll bear me record...?... Paul was a powerful, intellectual preacher, set under Gamaliel, a mighty man, but that isn't what counts. He looked at this Angel, this Light, this Pillar of Fire, "Who are You, Lord?"
He said, "I'm Jesus." He had returned back to God. "I came from God; I go to God."

L-29 Now, I want to ask you, if you went out here to take fruit off of a orange tree, the orange tree will bear oranges. Papaya tree will bear papayas. Why? The life that's in that tree, will bring forth the fruits, just like the life that's in it. Is that right?
Now, let us look. This Angel of the Lord, they took the picture of It many, many times. (Many times.) And it hangs in Washington, D. C. under a copyright in the religious hall of art, as the only supernatural Being was ever photographed. At Houston, Texas (Houston, Texas), one of my Baptist brethren raised up and wanted to debate with me about Divine healing. I just ignored it. God never sent me to fuss... pray for His children...
And then, the next day he put a big piece in the paper, and he said, "It shows what he's made out of; he's afraid to face the Word."
Doctor Bosworth, which was one--one of my associates, eighty years old then. Many--many of you's heard of Doctor Bosworth, a very godly man. He come put his arm around me, and he said, "Brother Branham, would you stand for that?"
I said, "Brother Bosworth, no matter what you would do, Jesus said, 'No man can come to Me, until My Father draws him first. And all My Father has given Me, will come to Me.' Did not they say in the Scripture, 'They could not believe. They had eyes, couldn't see, ears and couldn't hear.' Though Jesus had done many miracles... I'm sure you understand."
And he said, "But Brother Branham, we are obligated to the public as men of honor, as ministers, to defend that Word."
I said, "You may be obligated. I'm obligated to God to carry a commission."
He said, "Would you let me do it?"
I said, "It would only make an argument."
He said, "Please, let me do it."
I looked at him, eighty years old. He reminded me of Caleb to go up to take the city. I said, "If you promise me that you won't argue..."
He said, "I promise."


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