<TITLE>17. Par -</TITLE>L-717-146 But now, in doing like you said it, "I--I have an operation." Well, if you have to have an operation, you haven't the faith for deliverance, go ahead and have your operation.
If I was going to buy a--a... Someone come and wrote me a note the other day, and said, a--a great letter, and said, "Brother Branham, I don't know what to do." Said, "Me and my wife has been so faithful to God as we could be. We've raised our children." And said, "Now, what I'm wondering," said, "we have--we have saved up a farm, bought a farm." But said, "How we love it. There's a spring there; there's a--a creek runs through the place." It was out in Oregon. And said, "We hear that you're coming to Oregon. I'll tell you what we've decided to do. We know that... We thought we would save it up for the children, 'cause none of them are Christians." Said, "We thought we'd save it up for them as they have to stay here to go through the tribulation, and save it for them, and let them have something, for we believe that we'll be in the rapture. Therefore, we don't know what to do about that, so perhaps when you come we'll just turn the farm over to you (See?), and then you can do with it whatever you want to."
I wrote back, I said, "How thoughtful it is of you to think of your children."
Said, "Me and mother goes out there and of the evening." Said, "I'm ready to retire," and said, "the pleasureous hours we have, crossing over the farm, looking at the spring, and standing out there praising God."
I said, "Continue to do that; live just like that way, physically, materially. Just keep on keeping on until He arrives. See, just keep on staying here, keeping on till He arrives."
Plan, go ahead, make that, "If the Lord willing, if the Lord willing. I'll do this, if the Lord willing." He may come before that time. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] But just keep on going on just like you are until... But keep your soul trimmed, that He might come at any minute. See, be ready. For, you see, He might come for you any minute, any second, the next heart beat, the next breath; He may come for you. But just continue on doing whatever you want to, as long as it's true and decent and upright; go ahead and do it.

L-718-152 Now, we know that we're facing something. I know it; you know it. I--I--I don't know which way to turn. You remember about four years ago in Chicago, one day the Spirit of the Lord came upon me and I said, "This is it. And the revival is over, and America has turned down her opportunity." It's on tape. "And there won't be no more. Her last opportunity she's turned down."
I want you to watch. Does anybody know what day that was on the tape? We've got it. Leo and Gene's got it. I heard it here not long ago. Boze put it in his paper. And so just watch what's happened since then (See?); the revival has stopped.

L-718-154 I said that over at--at Blue Lake the other night, and a little fellow got back up the next morning, said, "Brother Branham might say the Pentecostals has had it, but not me. Glory to God. Hallelujah," and on and on. See, but the little fellow just didn't know which end of the horn he was blowing from. See, he doesn't understand. See, he doesn't know. It's all right, enthused, that's perfectly all right.
But look around. What are they doing? What's the matter with the people? What's happened to the revival? What's happened to Billy Graham, Oral Roberts, the rest of them? Where is the revival going on? It's finished. The smoke is done settled up. The seeds are sowed. The meeting is over. The fires are burnt down. (In the old temple of Rome, in Vesta, when the fires went out the merchants went home, at the altars.) Now, we see the revival is not on. It isn't the enthusiasm.


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