<TITLE>14. Par 56-59</TITLE>L-56 And Israel was taught to believe their prophets. Now, what did He say? "If there come one among you who is spiritual, or a prophet, I, the Lord, will make Myself known to him in visions, speak to him through dreams. And if what this prophet says comes to pass, then you hear him. But if it doesn't come to pass, then don't hear him." That's only sense. Sure.
If he said it and it don't come to pass, it's wrong. If a prophet comes by prophesying, it don't come to pass, then watch and see if it comes to pass. If it doesn't, then it's wrong. If it does, it's the truth. That's the way Israel knowed their prophets.

L-57 Four hundred years now, by the birth of Christ, there'd been no prophets. Malachi was the last prophet. Oh, they'd had a lot of false prophets, but I mean real prophets. One day, way down in the Bethlehem's manger, came forth a Baby. There was wise men from the east followed His sign; the star led them to Him. There was shepherds on the hillside come down to see Him. He growed as a baby; He played as a boy.
One day there was a prophet came out of the wilderness by the name of John. He said, "The time was at hand; repent and get ready." Woodsman, burly; oh, and a woolly-looking man, if he'd come to your door, you'd run him away. And he... Woolly-looking fellow come out of there, and stood on the muddy banks of Jordan, and said, "Repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand." And he bawled those denominations out and told them where they belonged. He had a piece of sheepskin around him. He hated immoral women. Why? The spirit of Elijah was upon him.
Elijah bawled them, same thing, out, that Israel in that day, and told what all their creeds, and how they'd fell in love with the first lady of the land like America has, and acting like her. And dressing like her, and that Jezebel... And he told her about it. Right. He pulled no punches on it.

L-58 There it come again, in the form of John the Baptist, promised again in the last days to move out again... Malachi 4, not Malachi 3 when John came "My messenger before Me," Matthew 11:6. But also (See?), when this Elijah comes, immediately afterwards the world's going to be burned with fire and the righteous walk out upon the ashes of the wicked. That wasn't John.
Notice him. He will restore the faith of the children back to the fathers. And when this first one come, restored the faith of the children to the fathers. See? The young message there was going to the patriarch fathers. And today they'd get away from it. And sometime there will come one bursting out. Nobody knows where he comes from or how he goes. But he will come right in and restore back the original Pentecostal faith that they... The Roman Catholic cankerworm and palmerworm eat that precious tree down to a stub.
But God said, "I will restore, saith the Lord. It'll be Light in the evening time." When that evening sun comes out, there'll be a tree there with fruit on it to ripen. Amen.
Watch Him as we see Him. Here He comes one day, and was baptized of John in Jordan. John bare record. Nobody else saw it. Nobody seen the Magis--the star the Magi saw. They wasn't looking for it. That's right. He only comes to those who he's looking for. John knew; he was looking for a sign. That's the way,  be posted in the Scripture, and you'll know the true sign of God. God always travels by signs.

L-59 Notice, that Magi, they were looking for a sign, because they know a star of Jacob was to rise. Daniel was their teacher when he was... You know where they come from--the old Medes of Persia. They still set in the streets three in a group like that, studying. And when they seen that heavenly visitor appear, they knew something was fixing to happen. And they followed it, until they found the Messiah.
And when they come through Jerusalem, saying, "Where is he, born king of the Jews," the great church knowed nothing about it. Just as bad as it is today, same thing. There it was again.


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