<TITLE>21. Par 97-103</TITLE>L-97 Look what He did at Sodom. At Sodom... He referred to that for this age. Now, remember, the Sodomites were Gentiles. See? Notice. And there come three Men one day to Abraham. There's always three classes of people: that's unbelievers, make-believers, and believers (We still have them today. That's right.), unbelievers, make-believers, and believers: Sodomites, Lotites, and Abrahamites.
Abraham had the promise. He was the elected, called-out group that'd separated himself, like the real church of the living God has separated itself from the things of the world, 'cause he was relying upon the promise of God.

L-98 Where did the Angels come to first? To Abraham. What happened? Two of them went down in Sodom (modern Billy Grahams) out to Sodom, preached the Gospel, not many miracles, just struck them blind. Preaching the Word strikes them blind. So they didn't do many miracles, but they was calling, "Come out of it."

L-99 But there was One that talked to Abraham. You know, Abraham had a funny feeling. You know, there was something about that Person that was a little bit different. And so he watched Him a little bit, you know, and he told Sarah, said, "Now, you get back in the tent." 'Course now in them days when a stranger come up, the women didn't act like they do today. They have to run right out and stick theirself out, and take the husband's place, and, "You can't sell that, John, 'less I tell you to." See? Women had more decency in that day. They stayed back in the house. You see? So they got out there, and Sarah stayed in the tent.

L-100 So he run in and said, "Sarah, knead a little flour right quick, get all the lumps out of it. Make some on the hearth, some bread." Went and got a calf and killed it, and went and said--told them to dress it now, and get it ready. And he went out there and got the old fly-bush, and begin to shoo the flies, and wash Their feet. He knowed there was a little something burning in his heart. You can just tell it, you know, some...
He said, "There's the commission, I believe. Now, the only thing, if I can just see that commission confirmed. I believe They've got it."

L-101 He said, "You know You--You passed by to see me. That's the reason You come this way. (That was right. See?) Set down under the oak a little bit and rest." So he washed Their feet, while they got the things ready. They set down and eat. And that was God, God Almighty. The Bible said it was. Look on there and see if it don't say capital L-o-r-d, Elohim. That's right.
As someone said many times, said, "You don't believe that was God."
I said, "It was God. The Bible said it was."
Said, "God, in that body eating flesh?"
"It sure was. The Bible said so. You don't--you don't realize how great He is." That's right. I'm glad He can do that.

L-102 Why, the only thing... You know, we're just made of sixteen elements: petroleum, cosmic light, calcium, potash, and a few things like that. Well, He just reached and got a handful of them, went "Whew. Step in there, Gabriel," See, the Angel. Got another handful, went, "Whew," said, "step in that, Michael." Went, "Whew," stepped in it Hisself. I'm so glad that... Come walking up, said, "We're going down." That's our God.
Some of these days all these elements is going to go. But He's going to say, "William Branham?"
I will say, "Here I am, Lord." He's great.

L-103 Said, "I've got to represent Myself before My servant down there, and I want to be a man like him." So He just walked down, and set down there, dust on His clothes, set down and eat. Set down... He kept looking towards Sodom, you know. Abraham knew there was something up, 'cause that's a wicked old place, you know. So he kept thinking about it like that. He said...
Now, remember, his name had been Abram, and Sarah's name had been S-a-r-r-a, Sarra. And a few days before that God had met him in a vision and changed his name to Abraham and her name to Sarah, S-a-r-a-h, Sarah--princess; Abraham, father of nations.


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