<TITLE>11. Par 79-84</TITLE>L-79 It's so easy to see how that we've got what we have today, when you begin to study this. Now, here at the beginning... I believe all of you could see this high. Here's one church age, that's Pentecost. The second church age, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh church age. Now, if you'll notice this real close, the church begin at Pentecost. How many believes that? You see what happened at Pentecost, then we watch the church as it goes on down. It just starts fading out a little more, a little farther, a little farther; little bit, it's down like that as the real true church goes out.
Now, the Christ... No matter how small the church is, "Wherever two or three are assembled together in My Name, I'll be in their midst." When they assemble together in what? In the name of the Methodist? name of the Baptist? name of the Pentecostals? Name of Jesus. Wherever two or three are assembled together, no matter how little it is... And they're going to be so small in the last days, till He said He'd have to come quickly and cut the work short or there'd be no flesh saved for the rapture. "Wherever two or three are assembled in My Name."

L-81 Now, the first round, the apostles. Now, we see this is the beginning, Pentecost. He's walking around, the same great God, the same great signs was to take place all down through these ages because He walked among each age. Blessing what? His people that's assembled in His Name.
I want you to watch in this as we go through the church. This church had Jesus' Name. This church had Jesus' Name. This church had Jesus' Name. And this church lost It. This church come out, the Lutheran age, with "a name that you live, but you're dead." And goes right on down until the end of this age; and between this age and this age there's an open door set that brings back that Name again to the church. Now, watch and see if that isn't true, after we get it here in the Scriptures. There between the--the ages...

L-83 Now, tomorrow night I'll try to have this setting up here so we can all see it. And I'll come down maybe tomorrow afternoon and draw out for--some of the--or the plans that I want to speak to you about. And if any of you's got the histories, bring them along. Or take your notes and go down to the library or somewhere, and get the history, and read it, and see if this is right.

L-84 Now, the 1st verse. What's He doing? He's saluting them.
Unto--unto the angel of the church of Ephesus... (to John)... write; These things saith he that hold the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; (It's a salute.)
Now, the 2nd verse and the 3rd verse, He commends them.
I know thy works, and thy labors, and thy patience... how that thou can not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
See, that apostasy had already begin to set in in this first age, already started right there; because the elect and true church who wanted to keep the precepts of the Bible, and keep the Words that Jesus said in His testimony, they'd already begin to pull away. Something begin to happen, and there'd been false teachers rise up, people who were teaching wrong, contrary to the Scripture, trying to bring in something or add something.
That's the reason He gave this revelation to the church and said, "Whoever takes away or adds to, your part will be taken out of the Book of Life." That's lost, brother. Just don't meddle with God's Word. Just no matter who It hurts or what It hurts, just say it anyhow. Just the way it's wrote there, that's the way. We don't need any great something else; we don't need any priest or anything to interpret it to us. God the Holy Spirit is the Interpreter. He gives the interpretation.


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