<TITLE>10. Par 40-43</TITLE>L-40 Well, I thought, "You know what? There's not one speck... not one drop more of water in that place now, in that lake, than there was if it was perfectly quiet. There's no more water. Not a bit. Did you ever think of it? But it's just having a revival (See?), just jumping, and screaming, and shouting, having a revival.
I thought, "Well, what's the use of having a revival?"
There was a wind came down, a rushing wind, you know, as we believe it, and begin to stir it up. What's it stirring up for? And I happened to see that all the trash that was out in the lake, it washed it off on the shore. So that's what a revival is for, to wash all the trash out (You see?), to get all the world out, and just roll it up on the shore.
And now, when we... I hope our Pentecostal churches don't need one of them now. You... We just have them to rejoice by, you know; our churches don't really need that though. So [Brother Branham clears his throat in sarcasm--Ed.] we have a--we have a revival anyhow. So then, if the... It's just jumping and frolicking out there in the waves.

L-41 So then, as this ship jumping, and the fish feeding... And the first thing you know, a big whale came by and swallowed up Jonah. And I was talking to someone about that here a few years ago, when they brought a whale to Louisville on a flatcar, just the skeleton of it. And this man was--made a remark about it.
He said, "Now, the... You know, you've heard the proverb in the Bible about the--the whale swallowing Jonah." Said, "I want you all to notice that it... He couldn't have did it. It'd be his, oh, where the esophagus is here," said, "the whale couldn't swallow much more than a--like a orange, or a grapefruit, where it goes down."
And I was standing there, just as a boy, listening. You know, I happened to think... Did you notice? (I read that later on.) Listened, and thought, "Surely the Bible wouldn't lie about that." And I thought, "It couldn't be and remain in the Bible. And that's no proverb. I believe that's the truth."

L-42 But did you notice, this was a special whale. God prepared this one. This was a special-built for the occasion. You know, God can do that. Yes, He can. He had Himself a sacrifice up there one time on the mountain, in Genesis 22. Jehovah-jireh could provide for Himself a whale. Don't you believe so? So He got one big enough to swallow this prophet. And then when he went down after he fed...
Anyone knows when you feed your goldfish, well, you notice he goes right down to the bottom, puts his little swimmers on the bottom, and rests because he's got a tummy full. Well, there he is down there resting. And this old whale, perhaps, swallowed Jonah, and went down to the bottom of the sea, maybe many fathoms deep, and was resting. He had a whole tummy full. And then...

L-43 But you know, Jonah down there in the belly of this whale with the seaweeds wrapped around his neck... And he was in a bad shape. And he turned over on his back, and he was in vomit of the whale, and he begin to look this way...
You know, people talk about, "Well, Brother Branham, I was prayed for last night, but my hand's no better." You're--you're not looking to the promise; you're looking at your symptoms. See?
"Well, I was sick last night when I was prayed for. I'm no better this morning. Pray for me again."
That's all right. But if you accepted it the first time, there's no need of praying any more, because it's already settled. You see? It's yours. See? No. And you--you look at symptoms. It depends on what you're looking at. See?


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