<TITLE>15. Par 53-57</TITLE>L-53 So is it of every age. "He hides it from the eyes of the wise and prudent and will reveal it to babes, such as humble and will learn." So let us wake up, my brother, sister. Let us take the quotation of Jesus just a moment before we call a prayer line.
Jesus said, "As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be in the coming of the Son of man." Let us watch what that means. The days of Sodom... The days of Sodom there was three classes of people. The Sodomite, the lukewarm church member, which was Lot and the world. And there was Abraham, the elected Church, called out, setting out to himself up on the mountain, taking the way with the Lord's despised few, getting the small things of earth. But he was God's servant.

L-54 Now, God came down in a form of three Angels. Two of Them went down in Sodom and preached and called Lot out of Sodom before the burning of Sodom. Now, how--watch how He referred to that now, to the time of the falling of the fire. And if we have... we're...
If we're in our right mind, we can see that men in his achievement to capture the world, he's achieved something that's going to destroy the world and himself with it: atomic and hydrogen bombs. And it could happen before daylight. It could happen in a few minutes. The whole world might get in these sputniks and just say, "Well, you want to perish or surrender?" What would we do? See?
And it's laying in the hands of sinful men. What if somebody happens to drink too much vodka someday, and turn one of those missiles loose? Every nation's got them ready just to pull. Why, the world couldn't survive it.

L-55 And that's exactly what God prophesied would take place. "The heavens and earth would be on fire and burn with fervent heat." Said, "Before that great and terrible day of the Lord shall come, the world will be burnt up with a fire," Malachi 4, and said, "The righteous shall walk out upon the ashes (the volcanic ashes) of the wicked," in the millennium. That's right.
But before that day come, He said, "I'll send Elijah that'll restore the faith of the people back to the fathers. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]

L-56 What was it a symbol of? Jesus said, "As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be in the coming of the Son of man." Now, Sarah, his wife, was old. Abra... He had been Abram till a few days before that. But his name was changed to Abraham by God, when God had spoke to him in the vision.
But as the Angel set with His back to the tent, He said, "Abraham, where is your wife Sarah?" S-a-r-r... S-a-r-a-h, was S-a-r-r-i, you know. So He said, "Where is your wife Sarah?"
Said, "She is in the tent behind You."
He said, "Abraham, I'm not going to keep this from you. But you've trusted Me now for twenty-five years, and I'm going to visit you according to the time of life."
I want you people, as a mixed audience, to--to be sensible now, to... as I express this.

L-57 [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]... turned to the tent, said, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying such and such, 'How can these things be?'"
Now, look. See what Jesus said. Now, watch the--the meaning. Before the day of the Lord shall come... In the day of the coming of the Son of man, God will be in the Church doing the same sign to the people, as--to the Elected Church, as He did to Abraham before the burning of Sodom. And notice that sign. The very same sign that Jesus did when He was here on earth, promised in the last days.
So sirs, we would see Jesus. How would you know Him? According to the Scriptures, when He made Hisself known to the Jews, He was the Prophet that knowed the secret of their heart. How many will say, "That is true?"


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