<TITLE>07. Par 30-34</TITLE>L-30 Now, if it discourages them, the signs discourages and dismays them, it encourages the believer. That's right. What... It discourages one. Because why? He believes the Word. It is the--encourage the believer in the Scriptural truth. Signs... Remember I'm speaking on the signs of His appearing in this generation. Now... And then, if we can show here in the Scripture that this is the generation that will see the coming of the Lord, then... Or we'll... What?
"Oh," you say, "Are you sure of that?"
Well, I... We'll just look to see what the signs point to (See?) see how close we are. If the signpost says you are nearing, just a few miles away, you better be getting ready, because it may be just a few hours away. See? But He told us what would take place just before this time, and that's what we're going to look at.

L-31 Now, to the unbeliever, he's dismayed with God's signs of heaven. He's--he... It discourages him. He don't want to think about it. He wouldn't teach it in his church. He wouldn't let his people believe it. See? He--he--he's dismayed. He don't want the thing around him at all. He wouldn't let a preacher in his pulpit believe such. That's right.
I was turned down by a Pentecostal group last week, where thousands of letters pouring in and everything because they were dismayed. See? That's right: Pentecostal, not Presbyterian now, Pentecostal, dismayed, it worried them, about signs of heaven, wonders appearing: dismayed.

L-32 But to the believer, it's a vindication of the truth of God's Word that speaks of the coming sign. Amen. It vindicates God's Word to be the truth. That's to the believer. Amen. The unbeliever, he's worried, dismayed, discouraged. "Oh, such a outfit," he will say. "You don't mean you belong to a thing like that." See? He's just discouraged with it. And--but to the believer, it's, oh, it's honey in the rock. It's a vindication.

L-33 Some time ago I was reading a little article of a man that went over... He liked blackbirds, and he had a field full of strawberries because the blackbirds like strawberries. And he liked to see the birds come every spring, and up there in the north. And we have some dandy strawberries up in northern part of our nation.
And so, he went away and let the place out. And the neighbors come in, and thought they'd keep the birds out and get the strawberries, 'cause the old man wasn't coming back. So they put a big scarecrow out there in the field. And to amazement, walking down the road...

L-34 When the blackbirds returned, thinking they'd get a good fill of strawberries, there was some of them setting way up in a tree, just chirping and going on; here set some down on the telegraph wires; they were chirping, some setting on the fence post, chirping. What was the matter? All that commotion, and what they was chirping about... There was plenty of strawberries. It wasn't because there was no strawberries, there was a big crop. But they was afraid of the scarecrow; that's all.
And I thought, "That's just about the way it is with people, though. The devil will put some old scarecrow out there, and scare every--every dove in the country away, if he can, or every eagle, I might say, if possible. Yes, sir. He will do some old scarecrow and get everybody afraid. You see? And...


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