<TITLE>10. Par 33-35</TITLE>L-33 But there is a shelter. Oh, it's not made out of steel, but it's made out of feathers: under His wings. Oh, I like that shelter, sweetly, peacefully abide, knowing this: that as soon as--'fore that bomb even gets a whistle to start, on His wings He will bear us up. Oh, that's what I'm looking for, that great rapture and approach of our Lord Jesus. And to see it coming so close, our hearts just jump for joy. To know that, it's a joy.
Someone said, "Brother Branham," said, "you scare the people by telling them the Lord Jesus is coming, the end of the world."
I said, "Oh, my, not Christians. Oh, certainly not."
Paul said, "I've fought a good fight; I've finished the course, I've kept the faith; and henceforth, there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness that the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me at that day; and not only to me, but all those who love His appearing." Oh, what--what greater thing could happen than Jesus come right now? Certainly. Our trials will be over. We just keep holding on until He gets here, working, conserving the time, and making every minute count for Him. Wherever--wherever we are, speak a little word for Him.

L-34 Now, if He's been so real to us, and we have seen His mercy and seen what He was, now... And we're under expectations tonight of seeing Him, then why can't we see Him? I'll tell you; He's everywhere if you just look around. The trouble of it is that people don't look around enough to find Him.
We live on the Ohio River, and, oh, it's a great place for fishing. There was a little boy in our city that used to play down at the river with an old fisherman. And he asked his mother one day (They belonged to a great church in the city.); he said, "Mommy, God is such a great person. Could anybody see Him?"
She said, "I can't answer you that, son." Said, "You ask your Sunday school teacher."
And he asked the Sunday school teacher. And she said, "I don't know. You ask the pastor."
So he asked the pastor. And the pastor said, "No, sonny, no man can see God and live." Said, "You just can't see Him."

L-35 It didn't satisfy the little lad. He went down on the river, and this old fisherman (It was a deacon in my church.)... So he--he was up the river one day at the Six Mile Island, fishing. And on the road down, coming back down the river, there come up a storm, and they had to bank their little craft for a few moments. The storm blowed over.
In Indiana and around the eastern countries, where the hardwoods... That rain falls and washes off all the leaves; and that little breeze blows, just when... An oarman can only tell, the tip of the oars when it tips those waves, the music it makes on the water. Oh, no wonder the Spirit of God moved on the water first.
To see how that it... Going down, this old fisherman--great old Spirit-filled brother, pulling his oars like this, and listening to his oars tip on the water. And he was looking back, heading... He was going west and looking east. And there was a rainbow came out, and the old man... His companion had been gone years. And he was watching that rainbow. And over his silver beard there come little trickles of tears running off his beard.


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