<TITLE>09. Par 57-63</TITLE>L-57   How about when Job died and specified his burial place? Along came Abraham, Abraham bought the parcel of ground to bury his wife, Sarah. And Abraham, when he died, wanted to be buried with Sarah. Abraham begot Isaac. Isaac, when he died, wanted to be buried with Abraham. Isaac begot Jacob. Jacob died, plumb down in Egypt, but he made Joseph (his prophet son) sware by him, with his hand on his limping hip, that he would not bury him down in Egypt. Why? Said, "Take me up into the land and there let him be buried." And Joseph, when he died down in Egypt, made mention of the departing, and Israel going out according to the prophecy, but said, "Take my bones out of this land." Why? They knew the firstfruits of the resurrection was coming up from that land, because Job said, "I know my Redeemer liveth, and at the last days He'll stand upon the earth; and though the skin worms destroys this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God."

L-58   They knew that firstfruits of resurrection was coming out of the promised land, not Egypt. They were spiritual, they were prophets. And when Jesus died, on--on Good Friday, and raised up on Easter morning, the following Sunday morning, the Bible said that, "Many of the saints that slept in the dust of the earth, raised up and come out of the graves, went into the city, went on into Glory with Him." Why? It was them prophets that knowed exactly where to be buried, at the place and at the time. It was hid from the eyes of the wise. But they knew what--what, they looked at the Spirit side. The--the firstfruits of the resurrection was to come out of Palestine, not out of Egypt.

L-59 So is it today, friends. So many people hold onto things of the world, or some great system or something. Bury me in Jesus, for those that are in Christ will God bring with Him in that resurrection. And I don't care what the world's got to say, how much they try to tinselize things. It's in Christ, those that are in Christ that God will bring with Him. The spiritual mind catches those spiritual things.

L-60   Here the prophet said, "Little Bethlehem, art thou not the least among all the princes of Judah? But out of thee shall come this Governor," not out of the big self-styled capitol, not out of some historical church grounds or something, where the Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Pentecostal, or whatmore started. "But out of the least of these, out of a little insignificant place will I bring forth this place, My Ruler of the people."

L-61 But today we want to say, "Our fathers did this, and our fathers did that." See, God ignores every bit of that. God does what He wants to. Watch the line of the Spirit, watch the way the--the Scripture reads. They were ignorant to that. But, you see, the Scripture is what's right. Always, God is right.

L-62   David was anointed by this great prophet, to be king. No doubt that Samuel, this great prophet, knew these things beforehand. And it was there that his great promised spiritual seed... for God swore by an oath, that He would raise up Christ to sit on the throne of David. Then where else could Christ be born? Here's His father born, His grandfather, His great-grandfather, great-great-great-great- great- on back. See, His people in the line of the Gentiles brought in. And now the Bible said that, "In His Name will the Gentiles trust."

L-63   See, it all has to be brought in so you can see it. We'd like to stay there for a while and dwell on that, and show you why the Gentiles, but I'm sure the spiritual mind will catch this right away now; because, being the mothers, and not the father. Now, 'cause it--it was a woman, the Bride. The Gentile will be made up, the Bride, will be made up of Gentiles. The Gentile, "He'll take a people out of the Gentiles for His Name's sake." That's His Name. He took a wife, see, out of the Gentiles. And that's how it had to be, woman come in, church, and she. They were Gentiles, the grandmothers back in the line of the seed.


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