<TITLE>07. Par 35-42</TITLE>L-35 Our story starts out in the time of the rulers of Israel, which was the judges, after the death of Joshua. And to find a very beautiful picture of this, read about the first five or six chapters of I Samuel, and you will--you will get the real story of it.
But we're going to jump along now to get the main context out of this, which sometime ago I started on this Book of Ruth and was for three or four weeks getting through it. Started on the Book of Revelations once, and took all year about to go through it. Just every little Scripture ties one with the other entirely through the Bible. And It's beautiful. Therefore, we know the Bible is inspired, where mathematically and every way. There is no other literature written that what will not contradict itself somewhere.
This Book was written almost four thousand years apart, the Books of the Bible. And they were wrote by some... I forget just how many men wrote them. I did remember but... I'm sorry. I want to say sixty something but I--I'm--I'm--I may be wrong there. Forty, forty men wrote the Bible within the space of thousands of years apart, never knowing one another, or seeing one another, or reading after one another many times. And not one word contradicts the other. It's inspired.

L-38 Now, many people look at this Book of Ruth, as they say, "It's a love story of the Bible." The Bible is a love story. The whole Bible is a love story. Not only is It a love story, but It's a prophet. Not only is It a prophet, but It's also a history. Not only is It a--a love story, a history, a prophet, It's God Himself. Because, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." So the Word is God on print. That ought to settle it, brethren: God on print, Jehovah printed on a Book. And there's none of it just some kind of a fiction tale, but it's all absolutely the Truth; every phase of It, hang your soul. It's there. It's the Truth. And God will back His Word up.

L-40 And this story was written, and all the old manuscripts, when they were segregating the Bible, the holy men when they were trying to put it together in the Old Testament... This Book of Ruth was one of the outstanding books that they accepted. Why? If it's just a love story, why would the writers and ancient sages accept this Book as inspired? Because there's a hidden revelation in It. And in this hidden revelation, you catch the real meaning, and It'll bring you real close to God.
And I pray my whole soul this morning, that God will catch every heart so spellbound, till He'll reveal Hisself just what He is in this story, what He is to you, how to accept Him. And when you once see it, it's so simple you wonder how you ever went over the top of it. But it can only be revealed by the Holy Spirit.

L-42 Now, many reading the Bible, read it--just stand up and read a page, and read a page. You'll never get It. Because It's in riddles. And Jesus thanked God for making It like that, said, "You've hid It from the eyes of the wise and prudent and will reveal It to babes such as will learn."
As I've often said, and Mrs. Branham setting back there this morning... But when I'm overseas, she'll write me a letter. She'll say, "Dear Bill, I'm setting here tonight with the children. I'm thinking of you." And she'd go ahead and write what she's going to. But I--I love her, and I know her so well I can read between the lines. I know exactly what she's saying (See?), whether she writes it on here or not. See? 'Cause I know what she's saying. Why is that? That's a close contact. We're one. See? And she knows my nature. I know hers.
She don't... She can just set and look at me; I can tell you what she's going to say. See? Because I--I know her that well. And she can do me the same way. Now, what does that, is confidence in one another, love.


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