<TITLE>12. Par 37-39</TITLE>L-37 And as she walked along that morning, she was thinking on those things. And she turned the corner. And when she turned the corner, I believe a Light must've flashed. And she looked up and the beautiful Galilean sun was rising. There was... She must've thought it was a flicker from a shining rock or some piece of metal well-polished. They didn't have glass in those days, I don't think. So they must've thought something... But a Light seemed to flash before her. She looked around; she seen nothing. And she started on.
You know, it's as we think of Him; that's when He draws close to us. "Draw nigh unto Me, and I'll draw nigh unto you," saith the Lord. If we could keep our mind off of the things of the world, and so much foolishness that we have no business thinking of, "Let the meditation of my heart be acceptable unto Thee, O Lord."
It was at the first Easter when the two apostles, Cleopas and his friend, was on the road to Emmaus. As they were talking about Him, that He stepped out of the bush and begin to talk with them... And then made Hisself known to them by performing a miracle, just like He did before His crucifixion. And they hurriedly run back and said, "Truly, the Lord is risen and has appeared to us."

L-38 Now, Mary was thinking of Him. And as she went on, all of a sudden, she raised her head again. She was positive that time. Right standing before her, was a great Light, perhaps the same Pillar of Fire that led Moses through the wilderness and the children of Israel. Walking out of this light, perhaps brighter than the sunlight, came the great archangel Gabriel. And He said, "Hail, Mary (other words, "Stop."), blessed art thou among the women, for you have found favor with God."
Oh, what a salute. It frightened the little virgin. It would frighten you when an Angel...
Someone said to me, "Brother Branham, when you see that one appear, Who is He?"
I said, "I don't know, I never asked His Name. I'm too scared when He's talking."
You say, "Well, I'd have asked Him." No, you wouldn't. You can't think of nothing, you just stand still.

L-39 Oh, what a feeling she must have had, with her bucket going to the well to get water. And there in the path was that Angel standing there and telling her she had found grace in the sight of God.
And He begin to tell her a story. He said, "You remember your cousin, Mary? Her name is Elisabeth. She is the wife of Zacharias, the priest. And when... Zacharias, the priest, was old and his wife was old, but they were real servants of the Lord. They were waiting for the consolation of Israel, the coming of the Messiah."
See, God's got a remnant somewhere. Somebody's watching and waiting, always been, always will be.
They're watching day by day. And they kept all the commandments of the Lord. But Elisabeth was barren. She had no children. Them days it was a disgrace not to have children; now it's a disgrace to have children.
It's changed, you'd would rather buy a little dog and give it the love of a child, and lead it around, and put it in the car, and oh my... That stinking thing... Pat it and play with it, and then make a pan of biscuits. I don't believe in that; I'll tell you that right now. A dog's all right, but his place is out the barn, not in the house. So then anyhow, I'll hurt your feelings now if I don't watch, so... All right, anyhow, let that go. So much, maybe that's my own opinion.


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