<TITLE>10. Par 77-83</TITLE>L-77 Even Joan of Arc, she was a sainted, little woman. When she was nothing but a girl, God spoke to her in visions, and an Angel talked to her. You know what the Catholic church said? "She's a witch." And they put her on a stake and burned her to death, the Catholic priests did: killed her, sentenced her to death as a witch; and Joan of Arc died as a witch. About two hundred years later, they found out she wasn't a witch; she was a--a disciple of Christ.
They did the same thing to all the saints. Jesus said, "Which one of you your fathers didn't persecute? Which one of the prophets ever come that they didn't refuse? Said, "You whited walls." Said, "You--you go down and--and put the garnish on top of the prophets' tombs, and you're the very ones that put them in there." Um. My, my. See? He didn't pull any punches on them (See?); He just told them.

L-79 "Generation of snakes," John said, "who's warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Don't begin to say you have Abraham to your father, 'we belong to a certain, big organizations.'"
"Are you a Christian?"
"Oh, I'm a Methodist. I'm Presbyterian. I'm Pentecostal." That isn't in it at all. That has no more to do than--than--than--than--than snow does with sunshine. See? It has nothing to do with it. If you're a Christian, you're a borned again servant of God.

L-81 Now, now, when John came, we had it last night. Now, remember, when you come to this--for the context of the thing, I--I told you then. Remember, the world is getting the hardest shake it's ever had right now, the church world.
Now, remember, no doubt in the days of--of John, the days of Jesus, there was great festivals and great speakers in their days, great intellectual men; they drawed tens of thousands times thousands of people. What would Caiaphas do if he called a--a meeting together? He'd bring all Jerusalem; he'd bring all Israel together from pillar to post. Another one said, "Oh, now if Caiaphas says certain-certain things, that'll be great. Oh, do you believe the Scriptures, Rabbi, Reverend, Doctor, Bishop? You believe the Scriptures?"
"Certainly, I believe the Scriptures; I'm a noted scholar."

L-83 "All right. Now, the Bible said here that there'll come a time that there'll be a--a... All the mountains will skip like little rams; all the leaves will clap their hands; and all the high places will be brought down and made low; all the low places will be brought up and made high. And it'll be done by the voice of one crying in the wilderness. Do you believe that, Rabbi, Reverend, Doctor, Pastor?"
"Sure, I believe that."
"How will it happen?"
"Oh, God will send a mighty man on earth someday. Oh, he'll be great. He'll be a voice of one crying in the wilderness; oh, he'll forerun the coming Messiah. And when he comes, there's no doubt in my mind but what he'll come down out of heaven and come down to the temple. He'll come right down here to the temple, and say, 'Now, we're going to take all the Romans and beat them to death. That's all. We're going to beat all the Romans down.' And--and then he's going to say, 'Come on down, Messiah.' And the Messiah's going to come down, and we're going to mold all of our pruninghooks into--or our swords into plowshares and pruninghooks, and there'll be no more wars." Uh-huh, that's their interpretation.


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