<TITLE>01. Par 1-12</TITLE>64-0208, The Token, Kern County Fairgrounds, Bakersfield, CA, 80 min
L-1     ... be the Word. Remember tomorrow afternoon, [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] That right. But you know where I mean, it's about fifty miles up the road.

L-2 In the Book of Exodus, we read, tonight, from the--the 12th chapter of Exodus, and the 12th verse and the 13th verse. I believe it would be nice if we stood while we read the Word, in respects to God. Exodus 12:12.
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and I will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
And the blood shall be unto you for a token upon the house where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

L-3   Let us bow our heads.

L-4 Father God, we pray, tonight, that we'll examine ourself and see if the Blood is sufficiently, and in sight. As we speak on Thy Word, may the Holy Spirit guide us, in Jesus' Name. Amen.
You may be seated.

L-5   Our Scripture reading, tonight, takes us back in Exodus. Exodus is an "outgoing." And, this, we're all acquainted with the--the time, and for the context. I'm going to take the subject of: The Token. A token, what is a token? A token is a sign of a... that a price has been paid.

L-6 Like a railroad company, or a bus fare. When they run a bus line, you go in, many of the cities still have it. You can, or a ticket is a token. If you go to a railroad company, and, or an airplane company, and buy a ticket, it isn't the money that you give in when you go, it's the token, your ticket, or your little token that you have. Shows that you have purchased a required price. They require a certain price, and this price has been paid.

L-7   And the subject we're speaking on, tonight, God's requirement for Israel, requirement of Jehovah, was the blood of a lamb. That was His requirement, and it was to be for a token. The token showed that the requirement had been met, that what God had required had been met.

L-8 What the railroad requires, the token shows it's been met. Your fare is paid. You're ready to get on the train, plane, bus, whatever it is, but you must have the token. You can't go on without the token. Many of the companies will not receive your cash, when you go out to the airplane, walk out there, and say, "I want to pay my ticket." You go get your ticket first. You must have the ticket, and just the token is what you must hold. The money, itself, will not work. You must have the token.

L-9   The life was gone out from the sacrifice, and now the blood was the token. His orders had been carried out.

L-10 That's what it was in Egypt, that dreadful night, just before death struck, the last plague. God had showed His great signs and wonders in Egypt, His long-suffering and kindness, to Pharaoh and all of his people. He had sent many great signs through the land. He sent them a prophet, showed them signs and wonders, the Pillar of Fire, and all that He had did. And yet, all that He had did, yet they would not repent. They would not come to God. They ignored all of His signs. They ignored His prophet. They ignored the message. They wanted their own way. So God had been fed up with them, so He said, "I'm going to make a separation now between those who do believe and those who do not believe."

L-11 I think we're living in that time now, where God is making a choice. Man will believe or they won't believe.

L-12   And God required a token, and this token was an innocent lamb that He had substituted for death, in the garden of Eden. And now when the lamb was killed, the blood was to be placed upon the doorpost and on the lintel, and it was to show that the requirement had been carried out.


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