<TITLE>20. Par 158-164</TITLE>L-158 Like we was going to speak the word like "dog." I'd say, "dog," that's English. If I'd say dog in German, Fred, it's "Hund." Is that right? Brother Norman, if I say dog in Spanish, it's "ajo." "Ajo, Hund, and dog" is all dog to us. See, see? It's--it's just so, a expression.
So the Greek word for "clean" is "sanctify." The Hebrew word is "holy." "Holy, clean, and sanctify" is all the same word. So this was not a filthy, dirty church; it was a sanctified, clean church; "ten virgins went out to meet the Bridegroom." What does it mean? All these churches. Not... Now, not down here in the Roman, but down into the denominationals, the Nicolaitanes. Baptists preach on the second coming of Christ; Methodists preach the second coming of Christ; Presbyterian preach the second coming of Christ; Nazarenes preach the second coming of Christ; Pilgrim Holiness preach the second coming of Christ. Is that right? "All of them went out to meet the Bridegroom."

L-159 Now, you--you remember that they every one was on their road to meet the--the Bridegroom. Now, if God only respects that, then He'd have to take them too.
But you remember the same thing, how the parable the other night, when God spoke up to us in the church age and said that Balaam, the doctrine of Balaam... Now, here stood Balaam, which was a fine, great big organized nation. And they were believers in God, because look what Balac done when he come down--Balaam, rather. He offered the very same sacrifice to the very same God that Israel had: Israel's God, Jehovah. And he made seven altars. Seven is God's complete number.

L-161 "Six days He labored, and the seventh He resteth," that's complete (See?), seven. Six days He's labored in the world. First two thousand years it was destroyed by water; second two thousand years, Christ come; and this is the third two thousand now. At the end of every two thousand, something happens; the world is shook back again. In the six thousand years He built the world; six thousand years the church labors against the world; and the seventh thousand is that thousand years millennium reign. Understand it now?
Now, the church has seven church ages also. God... And that's the complete number of the church age (That's all.): seven. Seven is God's completed number. Seven church ages, seven thousand years of creation; everything deals in the seven.

L-163 Now, there was the virgins went out to meet Him. And the foolish virgins, now, did not have Oil in their lamp, but they had everything else: they were clean; they believed in Christ; they preached the Word that they believed, their denomination would let them preach; they preached that, the second coming, the Sacrifice, the Atonement. They believe. You ever tie up with a good Baptist scholar one time (huh.); you better know what you're talking about, sure had.

L-164 But, you see, "So close," said Matthew 24, Matthew 24:24, read It right away and you'll see. Jesus said that in this last days the two spirits would be so close together till it would deceive the very elected if it was possible. It'll be so close it'll swing them Pentecostals like nobody's business. Sure. Now, Matthew 24:24, does anybody have it? I didn't get it right there. You got it there, sister, some of you? Matthew 24. Got it, Ben? All right, read it. [A sister reads the following Scripture:
For there shall arise false Christians, false--false Christs--Ed.] False Christs [and false prophets,] false prophets [and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect--Ed.]
There you are. Now, what will rise? There will rise false Christs, false people saying, "I am of Christ," false prophets, saying, "I am this and I am that." And they'll almost deceive the very elected if it was possible. And there's only one way that you can ever be saved, that's when you was chosen before the foundation of the world; that is the elected by foreknowledge; your name was put on the Book back there. Great signs...


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