<TITLE>17. Par 57-58</TITLE>L-57 Now, when He was made manifest and see what He was yesterday... Let's carry it just a little further. Now, we know that the prophets of the Old Testament... God always had His people to believe His prophets. We know that, don't we? Because the Bible said that the Word of God (the Word now which was God), came to the prophets. Is that right? The Word of the Lord came to the prophets. The Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah. The Word of the Lord came to Moses. The Word of the Lord came different ways to the prophets was the one who had the Word of God. And they, by having It they manifested It. See? They manifested it, because It come to them. They had It; they spoke It; told exactly what would happen, and it happened. And that's the way they knowed they were prophets. Now, you get it?
See, the Word came to the prophets, portion, not all of it, just part of it would come to the prophet. And he would express exactly what the Word was, and it happened just the way he said it.
And God said, "If there be one among you who's spiritual or a prophet, I, the Lord, will make Myself known to him in visions, speak to him through dreams. And if this prophet prophesies, and what he says comes to pass, then hear that prophet, for I am with him." That's the Word in him. You get it? "But if he prophesies, and it don't come to pass, then don't fear that prophet, 'cause I ain't with him."
But you see, if it does come to pass, then that proved that it was God's Word in the prophet. He said it, and it happened. Now, they always was to believe their prophets.

L-58 Now, in Deuteronomy the 18th chapter, Moses, who gave the law to Israel, he said--told them about the end time. And he said, "The Lord your God shall raise up among you of your brethren a prophet like me. It shall come to pass that whosoever will not hear that prophet will be cut off from the people." Now, that... Then we know that he was speaking of the Messiah, 'cause all down through, they even asked John, "Art thou that prophet? Art thou that prophet?" They kept saying, "Art thou that prophet?" See? 'Cause they knowed that prophet was coming.
Now, the last prophet of the Old Testament was Malachi, four hundred and something years before the coming of Christ. Then all at once, Christ comes on the scene; and He's baptized on--in Jordan by John. The Father comes down in the form of the Holy Spirit, goes in Him. In the wilderness He goes to be tempted of the devil forty days, then comes back out with His ministry. Let's watch what He was. Now, we see what He was. What He was in the prophets, we found out. Now, we're going to find out what He is--what He was yesterday; then, as Paul said, today; then we find out what He will be forever. See?


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