<TITLE>06. Par 37-42</TITLE>L-37 Now, in the Bible they did not understand this Revelation. Because what good would it do them to watch and wait if they knowed there'd be thousands of years before Jesus came? It was not give to them.
And I say to this, to you people here, you Catholic people, to you Lutheran, to you Methodists, and so forth, it was not give to Martin Luther, the Light that's on the Word today. Neither was it give to John Wesley. John Wesley preached sanctification that Luther passed over. And the Light comes as we have need of Light. God says It, and It isn't opened up to us because It's hid to our eyes until the day that God's able to reveal it. Wonder what it'll be after we leave? Yea, I'm persuaded that there's very, very much more that we know nothing about. That is right. There's Seven Seals, if we just take the complete Book of Revelation, that's sealed on the back of the Book. It ain't even, isn't written in the Book. And them Seals are to be opened during this church age, and the seven last mysteries of God is to be made known. Oh, I'd like to just keep it all winter and go through It. Yes, sir. The seven church ages...

L-39 As Daniel heard the seven thunders and forbidden; and John heard the voices, and this Book was sealed, and the back of the book was sealed with Seven Seals; but in the days of these Seals to be opened, the mystery of God would be finished. In other words, God would be known to His church, not in three people, but as one Person. The mystery of God would be revealed, and when that was completely revealed, then the seven mysteries would open to the church; because in there, the church would be living under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Him moving in and out and showing His signs of being alive and among us, living among us, and we're then worshipping the living Christ that's among us.

L-40 Don't never look for big churches and big things. When we get to this Pentecostal age, you'll certainly see where they lost out. The very church "Laodicea" means "rich, need of nothing," and naked, wretched, blind, miserable, and don't know it. See? They went off after like great money, and buildings, and everything else, when the church has always been the--the out-scours of the earth. They were hated by all people, cast out, in alleys, anywhere they could live. Read Hebrews 11 and take the last six or eight verses of it, how, "They wandered about in deserts, and--and wearing sheepskins and goatskins, and was destitute, and afflicted, and tormented." Those people there, how will our testimony stand up against theirs in the day of the judgment (See?), those people in that day?

L-42 Now, in this church age... We have seven churches. Now, I want to get it placed out. I don't think you can see it from here; maybe if some of you could. I doubt it very much, but I'll try to make it (I know you couldn't, setting down in here.), make it seven church ages. I'll hold it on my hand so you'll understand.
It begins, the church begin at Pentecost. Could anybody deny that? No, sir. The church begin at Pentecost with a Pentecostal blessing, and was ordained by Jesus Christ to continue on until the last day with the same message and the same blessing working in them: His last commission to His church, Mark 16, "Go into all the world, preach the Gospel; these signs shall follow them that believe." Now, whereabouts? "To all the world." To who? "Every creature." Black, brown, yellow, white, whatever creature it was, preach the Gospel to every creature. "These signs shall follow them that believe." Now, tonight we're edging in on that, just start cutting in tonight, each night cut off a bigger hunk of it until we get down to our own church age. Now, we find that that was His commission.


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