<TITLE>20. Par -</TITLE>L-722-173 In otherwise, the righteous, in returning with Christ to the earth, shall tread upon the ashes. When you see these people, haughty, arrogant, despisable, snoopy, and yet claiming to be Christians, they're nothing but ashes. That's all. That's what the Scripture says. See? Now, watch.
Remember... the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded... him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
Behold, I will send unto you Elijah the prophet before the coming of that great and dreadful day of the LORD:... (Just before that day, the return of the Lord, Elijah will come first.)

L-723-174 All right, remember, yet future. Now, it could not have been the coming of John. He was the Elijah, but he comes five times, now: J-e-s-u-s, f-a-i-t-h, g-r-a-c-e. See, five is the number of grace. Elijah makes five appearings: one time is Elijah; as Elisha; as John; at the end of the Gentiles; and over with Moses to the Jews. Perfect number, the perfect prophet, perfect messenger, stern, bold. See? Notice:
I will send to you Elijah... before the coming of the day, great and dreadful day of the LORD:
And he shall turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to the fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

L-723-175 See, not the first coming of the introduction; that was John; because the earth never burnt as a stubble; the righteous never walked out upon the ashes of the wicked. But just before this takes place, will Elisha come. And what will he do? Restore the faith of the children back to the father, the original faith of the Bible.
When I see a man come, I think, "That must be him. There's a man rising in fame; look at him; the churches is going..." What's he doing? A thousand miles off the Bible. What does he do? Wander around, air gives out and down he goes. See? "Having a form of godliness and denying the power thereof, denying the faith." Don't believe in the Bible, saying, holding onto creeds, denominations, getting denominational children; it's got to fall. There he goes right back.

L-723-177 Where is that one that's going to sow that seed for that end-time church? Where is that ripening seed, that promised Elijah? And immediately after his days shall the great tribulation set in and burn the earth.
And then at the return of the church and the Bride, the Bride and Christ shall walk out upon their ashes in the millennium, when the earth is purified by fire. And there they shall reign. And the heathens that's never heard the Gospel shall be raised in that time, and the sons of God will be manifested. If he's to reign, he's got to have something to reign over; he's got a domain. "And they ruled and reigned with Christ," and Christ ruled with a rod of iron the nations. Then the Gospel... Then the manifested sons of God with the authority just like He had when He was here (See?), there will come the millennium in that reign (See?), upon the ashes.

L-724-179 So I've watched for something. Has it slipped by us in humility and we've missed it? Is it gone and the church is left in her sin? If that be so, then it's later than you think. If not, then there's coming one with a message that's straight on the Bible, and quick work will circle the earth. The seeds will go in newspapers, reading material, until every predestinated seed of God has heard it. None of them will come unless the Father's drawed them, and everyone the Father has drawed will hear it and come. That'll be the predestinated Seed will hear the Word.


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