<TITLE>23. Par 164-169</TITLE>L-164 Notice, now they're drawing from this main barrel of Oil, the Light. The life is dipped into Christ. You are dead, and your life is hid in Christ through--or hid in God through Christ, and sealed by the Holy Spirit. There's no way at all to ever get you away from there. How can you do it? Nobody can tamper with you. The end of your life is burning with the Holy Ghost, oh, a-burning, giving Light. Where's the other end of your life dipped? Into Christ. You are dead and hid in Christ. The Holy Ghost is blocking it off there that you can... The devil can't touch you. Amen. He can whiz and make a noise. Even death itself can't touch you: "O death, where is Thy sting? Where is Thy victory? Thanks be to God Who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."

L-165 The end of this verse, let's read it.
... And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
And in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks one like... the Son of man,...
My. Did you notice? Stars, candlesticks, lamps, what does it mean? What does this mean? That the dispensation that we're living in is nighttime; candles and lights and stars mean night. And what does a star do? It reflects the light of the sun until the sun returns. Blessed be the Name of the Lord. And a true minister of God don't reflect some flashlight, some match stem, some shuck a-burning; he reflects the golden rays of Christ to the church, that "He's the same, and He's alive, and He shine on me." Amen. That's the Light he reflects. The star reflects the light of the sun (See?), so we're reflecting the Light of the Son of God, doing the same thing He did, giving Light. What kind of light? Gospel light to those...

L-167 Now, let's watch Him just a little further, as we take the rest of this 13th verse.
And in the midst... (That's the middle.)... of the golden candlesticks one like... the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girded about the paps with a golden girdle.
Now, here's more proof that this doctrine is right about being the Lord's day. Did you notice Him? He was not a priest during this time; neither was He a king; He was a Judge.
Notice, a priest, a high priest, when he went into the sanctuary or went in to minister, to service, he tied himself around the waist. Tying his girdle around the waist, meant that he was serving: never tied it over his shoulder. But here He comes out, walking out with the girdle tied around the top, with a sash over His shoulder, girded about the paps, the breast, with a golden girdle, girded up high. What is it? An attorney, a judge. The judge with his sash over his shoulder, girded up here, not down as a priest. See, that shows He wasn't in His priesthood now. John went all the way over into the Lord's day and saw Him coming as the Judge.

L-169 You believe He's a Judge? Let's read Saint John 5:22, right quick, we'll see whether He's a Judge or not. Saint John 5:22:
For the Father judges no man, but has committed all judgment unto the Son:
That right? He is the Judge, the Supreme Judge. And John shows that He wasn't in the day of His prophecy, as a prophet, neither was He plumb out into the days of His kingship, but He was in the day of the Lord as a Judge. Now, how many knows that the priest having his girdle, his string around his waistline meant he was in service? Anyone who reads the Testament, who knows the Old Testament, knows that. When a priest is girded around here, he's in service; he's a servant. But He was girded up here: a Judge.


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