<TITLE>09. Par 39-42</TITLE>L-39 Now, notice. When Belshazzar thought he had everything under his control, then he begin to make fun of the holy things of Almighty God. He got some of the vessels that were sanctified and begin to drink wine out of them, and to make--crack jokes about some of our, like some of our modern days today, making fun of holy things of God.
Saying, "They're a bunch of holy-rollers. They--they don't know what they're doing. They are so-and-so." You know, we've almost got that same kind of a Belshazzar feast in the world today, making fun of people, say, "They're fanatics, religious cranks. We wouldn't associate ourselves with them."

L-40 They thought they were safe behind this wall. But you know, God can look down from above. I hope I'm not deafening you people, yelling at you, because I've been used to speaking in big auditoriums. I back up a little. See?
Now, when he thinks he's got something, then God comes down and destroys his playhouse as He did Belshazzar's.
Our beloved United States of America, we thought we could achieve something, being an offspring of England from the queen of the sea. What do we do? We build a ship. And we said, "That ship cannot be sunk." It was called the Titanic. We thought we had did something. We had achieved something in the marine life, that no one could put their hand on that. We had did something.

L-41 But on her voyage across the sea, God with His powerful hand, showed that what man tries to do will sink and fail. He sunk it.
The French, on the Maginot line, thought they'd be no more wars after the first World War, after Canada, and the United States, and so forth, went over and drove the Germans back. They made the Siegfried line. And when they did (I believe it was called the Maginot line) they--they put the guns out, facing over the Rhine, over into Germany, and said, "If Germany ever marches on us again, we're fortified."
But Adolf Hitler marched right around behind them, took it. What did they do? Tried to live in sin. Women, wine, and big time. God is not mocked. Be not deceived, God is not mocked. Whatsoever a man soweth (or a nation) so shall they reap: the individuals or to nations.

L-42 And we must keep that on mind. While we believe with all of our heart, that God's visiting us now on a special occasion to get together here in Grande Prairie. Keep that in mind. God doesn't do anything just for myth. He's got a purpose in doing these...?... He's got something in His mind that He's trying to do. If we can only find what He's doing, find His will... It would behoove us to take a little time and pray, find out what our Father's trying to do.
Now, we find out then immediately after the Siegfried line--or the Maginot line, the Germans then built them another line. I believe it was called Siegfried, one of them; it might be vice versa. But they said, "We--we--we'll fortify ourselves in here and put all of our--our--our material down below."


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