<TITLE>22. Par 176-183</TITLE>L-176 Now, when the lion was first created, he was a friend of man. It's the Devil that makes him do that. That's right. In the Millennium, the wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock, and shall lay down with the bullock. They'll not hurt or destroy in the Millennium. The Devil will be gone. It's the Devil that makes wild beasts tear and rip and eat, and things like that, the way they do. It's Satan that does that. But greater was He that was in Daniel, than he that was in the lion. See? Greater was He in that prophet, than he that was in the lion.

L-177   Greater was He that was in the Hebrew children, greater was He that was in them, than he that was in the fire. For they were throwed into the fire; and He that was in them, was with them, and kept the fire from burning them when the furnace was heat' seven times hotter than it ever was heat', heated. That right? Greater was He that was with the Hebrew children, than he that was in the world.

L-178 There set Nebuchadnezzar, or Belteshazzar. Nebuchadnezzar, I believe it was, that had the furnace heat' seven times hotter than it ever was. Inspired by the Devil, to take these people, because they were standing for the Word of God; and throwed them into this furnace, seven times hotter than it ever was, and it couldn't even burn them. For greater was He that was with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, than he that's in the world. Absolutely! Oh, my!

L-179   Greater was He that was in Elijah, than the brassy skies was, 'cause he could bring rain out of a brassy skies that hadn't rained for three years and six months.
Greater is He that was in Elijah, than death. For, when it come time for him to die, God seen that old, tired prophet. He had been rebuking Jezebel and all of her paint and modern things, and he was kind of tired, so He didn't even let him walk home, like He did Enoch. He sent a chariot and picked him up, and took him up Home. Greater is He that was in Elijah, than he that was in Jerusalem and in Judaea, and in the mountains. Greater was He is in Elijah, than death itself. Greater is He that was in Elijah, than the grave; 'cause he escaped the grave, he escaped death, and he just went up Home in a chariot. See, greater was He, and He was in Elijah.

L-180 You say, "Oh, well, that was a great man."

L-181 Wait a minute! The Bible said, "He was a man that had like passions," like you and I. That's right. But when he prayed, he believed he got what he prayed for; what Jesus said to us, "When you pray, believe that you receive what you ask for, it shall be done." He prayed earnestly that it wouldn't rain, and it didn't rain for three years and six months. See? Greater was He that was in Elijah, than nature.

L-182   Then what about healing the sick? See? Greater is He that's in you, than the sickness. See? Because, that's an interruption, interrupting the very laws of God, sickness is. Well, the "greater" is He that's in you, that's the Healer and Creator, than the--than the Devil that's interrupted the very program of your life. "Greater is He that's in you, than he that's in the world." See?
Greater was He that was in Elijah! Greater was He in Isaiah, than time was; or any of those prophets, because they seen past the time. See?

L-183 Greater is He that was in Job, than even the skin worms, and death and the grave. Because, by a vision he saw the coming of the Lord, and said, "My Redeemer liveth, and at the last day He'll stand upon the earth; and though after my skin worms destroys this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God." See? Greater is He that was in Job, than death; greater, 'cause death tried to take him and he couldn't do it. It couldn't do it, because he said, "I'll rise up again," and he did. He did it.


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