<TITLE>02. Par 5-7</TITLE>L-5 Now, let's turn over to the book of Zechariah, 14th chapter. And then I want to also go back into Isaiah the--the 12th chapter of Isaiah. Let's read a portion of the Word. I mean the 14th chapter of Zechariah first: I want to read the 6th and the 7th verses. And if you're marking it down, Zechariah 14:6 and 7.
 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear nor dark:
 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, not day nor night: but it shall come to pass, that in the evening time it shall be light.
And then in Isaiah 21 it is, Isaiah 21:11 and 12.
 The burden of Dumah. He called me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if you will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.

L-6 It must have been about the setting of the sun. The sun was going down in the west, and it had been an unusual day, a day that was--seemed to be an uncertain day. There'd been so many things going on, warning after warning had come from the tower, "Approaching enemy." And as the sun begin to sink down in the west, the evening lights was reflecting that the day was far spent. That's quite a picture of this day now. The evening lights are shining, and the day is far spent.
And out in the streets at the public well where the people got their water, I can see young women coming out as it was the custom in that day to gather and get water for the night, when the men would be coming from their work and mother preparing the meal. And as they gather and talk, as young ladies can, let's just break in now for a few moments on their conversation. And comparing this with that day and this day at the evening light time.

L-7 I can hear the young ladies speaking of a dance or a party they were going to, and what certain dress that they were going to wear, and just how the new date that they had. And--and I couldn't hardly compare that with this day, 'cause I don't think what they wear today could hardly be called a dress to one of those. But they were making ready, talking about what kind of a time they were going to have that night at the dance. And finally one young lady must've spoke up and said, "Girls, have you heard that fanatic out of the tower? All of those messages he swept out of that tower today? That old crank makes me so angry, he gets on my nerves, and mother too, till we could just pull our hair, always speaking that we're too evil, that God's going to judge us of our sins. Like God isn't so good that He wouldn't judge us. We are a religious people. We are a religious nation; we're known all over the world as a religious nation."
Let me break in right here on the conversation. Religious nation doesn't have anything to do with God; it's an individual. It's you. We're called a religious nation, but mercy goodness, it's far from it.


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