<TITLE>06. Par 52-57</TITLE>L-52 Father, God, You help us now as we are nervous, but we approach the Word. Forgetting that which is in the past, we press now to the mark of the high calling, high calling of the ministry to be a servant to Christ. Give us the Word this morning and feed our hungry souls, for we're longing, Lord, and waiting for that precious anointing of the Holy Spirit. Come among us, Lord, forgiving our sins and trespasses and letting us be Your servants. For we ask it in Jesus' Name. Amen.

L-53 Now, we took the church ages, the last seven church ages. And then, now, I believe some of them are trying to--are going to write this up, the church ages. Then we come into the 4th chapter of the Book of the Revelation of... What is this? The Revelation of Jesus Christ, the Revelation, called in the Latin, the Apocalypse, which means "to be revealed, taking the--the cover off of, to show, to expose," to bring out the revelation of Jesus Christ which Was, Is, and Shall Come, the Root and Offspring of David.

L-54 Now, in the 4th chapter, we find out that John was caught up into heaven after he'd seen the church ages. Just giving a little background now, and then we'll...
Maybe it'd be best to read a few verses of the 5th chapter, and then we'll start right in with the background.
And I saw in the right hand of him that set upon the throne a book written within and... the backside, sealed with seven seals.
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
And I wept... because no man was found worthy to open and... read the book, neither to look thereon.
And one of the elders said unto me, Weep not: behold, the lion of the tribe of the... of Juda, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof
And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and... the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that set upon the throne.
That's the first seven verses.

L-56 Now, now, in the 3rd chapter of Revelations we find the ending up of the church age, which ended with the Laodicean, the lukewarm church age. Then we find out that immediately after that, John was caught up in the Spirit up into the heaven. And he saw things that was, and was to come, and things that had been. Now, we find out the church doesn't appear any more until the 19th chapter of Revelations, then she returns with her Lord, gloriously washed in the Blood.

L-57 Now, in this last quotation, for a little background to get set where John is now, we found out that in the last message... I was just briefly looking over it yesterday, some of the context that I had spoken of. And John was carried up into heaven and saw those things. And I'd noticed in there that He had give me a revelation, that... You know, after His resurrection many was with Him, and some said, "What will happen to this man that's leaning upon Your bosom (John)?"
Jesus turned and said, "What is it to thee if he tarries till I come?" So He never...
Then there went a doctrine out. See how easy it can start? There went a doctrine out that--that John wasn't going to die until he seen Jesus coming--or till the second coming. The Bible said there was a doctrine went out of that. Howbeit, Jesus never said it that way. He said, "What is it to you if he tarries till I come?"
Now, we find out that he was lifted up into the heavens and saw from then until the coming of the Lord, as though he had been there and seen it all happen. John himself did not live... He lived to be ninety something years old, and then died in a--a natural death (the only one of the apostles) after coming from his exile from Isle of Patmos.


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