<TITLE>06. Par 26-32</TITLE>L-26 What about the great Saint John of Revelations 1:7, when he was showed the vision, and looked, and heard a Voice speaking to him. And he turned to look to see the Voice, and he saw seven golden candlesticks. And One stood in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks, with hair like wool, eyes like flames of fire, feet like pillars of brass; He was girded with a golden girdle around the paps, and He was called the Word of God. And when the great Saint John had walked with Christ, leaned upon His bosom, when he done all these things... As I said this morning, Paul's ministry exceeded any of them. Here, after John had walked with Jesus, talked with Him, slept with Him, eat with Him, but when he seen Him standing there, that glorified state, he said he fell like a dead man at His feet. Amen. Think of it.

L-27 We can come to church, and talk, and praise God, and so forth, but, oh, brother, when we see Him coming, something will be different in our hearts. We might think we do our religious duty by go to church and pay our tithings. We might think that we keep the laws of the church and recite all the creeds, but once let us get a look at Him, the whole thing's changed all the way around. Yes, it's sure.
This great man, Saint John, a great man like that, the Bible said in Revelations 1:7, that, he fell as if he was a dead man. After three and a half years of fellowship with Christ, was one of the writers of the Epistles, rode behind Him, eat with Him at the table, slept with Him at the bed, and fellowshipped with Him wherever He went, but when he's turned to see Him, he had no more life left in him. He fell like a dead man to the floor, or to the ground. All right.

L-29 We see Isaiah in Isaiah 6:5, as we've just read, this great mighty prophet, he's one of the greatest prophets there is in the Bible. There's sixty-six Books of the Bible; there's sixty-six chapters in Isaiah. Isaiah starts off in Genesis, the middle of Isaiah he brings in the New Testament, at the end of Isaiah he brings in the millennium; just exactly Genesis, the New Testament, and Revelation; perfect. Isaiah was one of the major prophets. But one day he had been leaning upon the arm of Uzziah the great king, Uzziah had been taken from him, and he was down. He was a pretty good fellow; he was a good righteous man, if that righteous king (a good king) recognized him as a holy man and kept him in his temple.

L-30 Isaiah saw visions. He was a prophet. Isaiah preached the Word. He was a minister. Isaiah was a holy man. But one day, standing in the temple, he fell into a trance and he saw the Glory of God. He saw the Angels with wings over Their face, wings over Their feet, flying with wings, crying, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty."
That prophet realized he was nothing. He said, "Woe is me, for I am a man of unclean lips," a prophet, a mightiest prophet of the Bible, one of them. "I am a man with unclean lips, and I dwell among people with unclean lips, Woe is me, because I see the Glory of God."

L-32 And he said, when that angel cried, the posts of the temple shook back and forth. Brother, that'll make you. Not only is the posts of the temple going to shake, but the whole heavens and earth's going to shake when He comes again. The mountains will flee, and the sea will fade away, and scream "Hide us from the face of Him that sets upon the throne." It's going to be a terrible time. I tell you, sinner friend, you better be checking it up. That's right.
Now, Isaiah said, "Woe is me, I'm a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among unclean people. And I'm--these people has unclean lips."


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