<TITLE>16. Par 165-180</TITLE>L-165 He said, "A little while and the world..." That's cosmos, the world order, the ordinary denominational group. "Will see Me no more. Yet ye shall see Me, for I..." And "I" is a personal pronoun. "I'll be with you, even in you, to the end of the world, to the consummation. I, I Myself will be in you, working My same works that I did, all the way to the consummation, the end time." "The same yesterday, today, and forever." God help us to believe it.

L-166   Now I would ask you a question, if He will appear here in our midst tonight. Now, I want you to know this, that there is no such a thing as a Divine healer, no more than there is a Divine Saviour on earth today. He is here in the form of the Holy Spirit, and He's only here to confirm what He's already promised. He is here, making His Word manifest. When He came the first time, He proved that He was Messiah by what He was doing. It proved it was Messiah.

L-167 Now, He said, "As it was in the days of Noah, and in the days of Lot." In the days of Noah, the water came. In the days of Lot, the fire came. What are we looking for now? Fire. Watch how He proved Hisself.

L-168 He came down. There was Lot, down in Sodom, the lukewarm church member, half backslidden. And there was a three Angels that came from Heaven, and came first to Abraham, who represented the called-out group out of that Sodom, that's already been called out.

L-169 And two of the Angels went down in Sodom and preached, never done very much miracles, a modern Billy Graham. But he identified himself as being a servant of God. And immediately after Lot came out, the lukewarm left the city, then fire destroyed the place.
But notice what type of One stayed with Abraham? Notice.

L-170   Now, Abraham was a hundred years old, and Sarah was ninety. Twenty-five years, they had believed that promise of a coming son, holding onto it.

L-171 That's where He comes, to those who is believing, holding to that promise.
And, watch, the two went down.

L-172 The One that stayed with Abraham identified Himself. He was setting with His back to the tent. And remember, he had been "Abram" till just a day or two before that, and Sarah been S-a-r-a-i. Now she is S-a-r-a-h, and he is A-b-r-a-h-a-m, Abraham. And notice Him, He called him (not his first name) his given name, a day or two before. "Abraham, where is your wife, Sarah?" S-a-r-a-h, princess.
He said, "She is in the tent, behind You."

L-173 Now, He had His back to the tent. And He said, "Abraham, I, I'm going to visit you," according to the promise that He made him. See Who He was? And He said, "And Sarah your wife is going to have this baby."

L-174   And Sarah, in the tent behind Him, the Bible designates, "She was behind Him, in the tent. She laughed to herself."

L-175 And the Angel said, "Why did Sarah laugh?" See? "Why did Sarah laugh?" Knowing what she was doing in the tent, behind. See what I mean?

L-176 And when Abraham went out, led Him out, He went on His road. Abraham said that he talked to God, Elohim. What? Elohim, "the all-sufficient One."

L-177 What was it a sign of? What did Jesus say? "As it was in the days of Lot, so shall it be in the coming of the Son of man." That, that...

L-178 Somebody said to me, "Brother Branham, you don't believe that was God, do you?" The Bible said it was God, and that's all I know. He said it was God.

L-179 What was it a sign of? That, God, in the last days, before the world is destroyed, He will appear in the called-out group, God identifying Himself in human flesh among His people. Here He is, the same yesterday, today, and forever.

L-180 Now, it isn't a question whether He will heal you or not. It's a question whether He's alive or not. If He's alive, He keeps His promise. If it isn't, it's just a mythical story that we've read from somewhere, and that's all there is to it. I believe that He's alive, tonight, among us. You believe that? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.]


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