<TITLE>38. Par -</TITLE>L-64-1 But that's where they hung this perfect Tree. God's perfect fruit Tree hung on a man-made Roman tree...?... It was a curse to hang on any man-made tree. What is it? To rid Him out of their sight, after He'd bore all the fruits.
After Mary Magdalene (it's said by history) run before them and said, "What has He done? What evil did He do?" She stopped the procession, said, "What did He do was evil? Has He done nothing but preach the Gospel to the poor? Has He done nothing but heal the sick, raise up the dead, and the very signs of the living God is in Him. How could you condemn Him?"
And they slapped her in the mouth and said, "Would you listen to that ill-famed woman instead of your priest (There you are.), your bishop?" There you are. Same thing today. Uh-huh. Yeah. Yes.

L-64-4 Now, when He'd done all this and proved Himself, what He was, and put it down to them and said, "If I'm not He, then who are you? If you can condemn Me of sin, if I'm anywhere wrong in the Word, you show Me. Now, let Me show you where you're wrong." See? Sin is unbelief; we know that.
Now, to rid Him out of their sight (They hated Him so bad, because He tore up all their organizations.)--to rid Him out of their sight, they buried Him and rolled a great big denominational stone over the door, so He'd be sure not to rise again.
Oh, my. Think of that perfect Tree. David looked back and saw It, he said, standing by the rivers of water. "He bringeth forth His leaves in His season. And His fruit, it shall not be cast; it--it won't wither. Whatsoever He doeth shall prosper."
He was the Son of Prosperity; Joseph was a type of Him. He was the Antitype of Joseph. Everywhere Joseph went it prospered: same thing with Jesus. His Word, "My Word will prosper, and It won't return to Me void; It'll accomplish that which I purposed It for." See? He was the Word. The Word was sent to the earth by God, and It will accomplish exactly what God sent It for. Now, listen close now. This gets rich with cream on top of it.

L-65-1 Now, notice, here He comes now, and they, for that very works of God... When He stood and asked them, He said, "If I don't do the works that God said I should do, then I'm not Him; don't believe Me; but if I do it, then you believe the works. If you can't believe Me, being a Man, doing this, then believe the works I do. They testify of Me. They speak louder than My voice could speak."
That's right. And the same thing would apply any time. Yes, sir. Sure would.
Now, notice, "If I don't do the works of My Father, then don't believe Me not--believe Me not. Then if I do the works, believe Me." Then what did they do? Took that precious Tree, cut It down, hanged It on a man-made tree (That's right, cut the Life out of It and hanged It upon a man-made tree for a mockery); then they didn't like it. Too many people was standing there crying about it. So they took Him off.

L-65-3 They said, "We'll make our denomination so tight that they'll never get them holy-rollers in here."
So they scooted Him back in a hole of Joseph of Arimathaea, and they rolled a great big stone (took a sentry of men to roll it up there. Did you ever see--see the other night in the picture the big path they rolled the stone upon? Weighs tons), rolled their big organization stone up there, so He could not raise up. But did that hold Him? No. "But I will restore, saith the Lord." Let's hit that text now and drive it. "I will restore, saith the Lord. I'll restore Him. In three days I'll raise Him back up again."
They couldn't hide Him in that rock; they couldn't hide Him out of their sight; they couldn't get Him off their hands. "I will restore Him, saith the Lord." And in three days He rose up, restored back.


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