<TITLE>05. Par 49-59</TITLE>L-49 It's got to be something new. It's got to be something that the people don't understand. It's got the... or it wouldn't be sent. It don't need to be sent, if the same old school of theology. It's got to be something different, yet it's got to be identified in the Word, that it is for that day. See, the positives of God's Word, it has to be that. There's no slip-ups to it. It's got to be the Truth; got to be vindicated by God, the Truth. And the man who speaks it has to be vindicated of God, to be a seer from God, or it's wrong; they don't even--don't even see it, at all, don't even believe it.

L-50   Signs are--are from God. The sign that follows... Or, the voice that follows the sign must be the voice of God speaking from the Word, for that age. Do you understand it? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.]

L-51 God gives signs. What does He do it for? Always gives signs! He told them that's what they'd look for Him in, the signs. God gives signs to attract the attention of His people. Now let's study this, thoroughly. See, signs are given to attract the attention of the people. Because, when a God-sent sign is given, God is ready to speak. God is ready to speak, when the sign is given. If it comes from Heaven, it's from God, and God is ready to speak and He is trying to attract the people's attention.

L-52 And the Word comes to His prophet. And the prophet is identified by the sign that he shows, and then he comes to the Word and the Word is made manifest. That settles it; don't need any interpretation. God has already interpreted it. See, it's just as perfect as it can be.

L-53 Now notice, God gives the signs to attract the attention of the people.

L-54   Here, the burning bush was the sign to attract the prophet; the burning bush. Moses was, backside of the desert, herding his sheep, an old sheepherder, eighty years old, long beard; going along, down alongside of a familiar old path, one hot morning, perhaps. And then, all at once, there came a bush on Fire, and that bush did not consume. Well, that was altogether unusual.

L-55 Now, Moses being a scientist, which, he was taught in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and they were greater scientists than we have today; so in being a scientist, looked like he'd a-said, "Now I'll go see what kind of a ma-... of chemical is sprayed on those leaves, that that tree doesn't burn." See, if he'd have approached it in a scientific way, It would have never talked to him.

L-56 And so is it today, when we are trying to approach through school and education, in a scientific way, you'll miss God a million miles. Approach it like Moses, with his shoes off; humble, humility.

L-57   And, now, there was the sign to attract the prophet. Now, there, that sign has got to have a voice. And when that voice spoke, if It would not have been Scriptural, I don't believe the prophet would have listened to it. But watch how Scriptural the voice was that accompanied the sign, it proved it was God, for He said, "I have heard the groans of My people, and I remember the promise that I made to them." See, the sign, then the Scriptural voice behind the sign.

L-58 Now that shows exactly what I've just background. It must be a sign from God, and, if it is, there is a Scriptural voice behind it, for the promise of that day. Not the same old school; the rabbis and things had been going through the schools, or the everything, all along, all along, the priests, and so forth. But this is something new, and it's Scriptural, it's a promise; and a sign to attract the prophet.

L-59 And then, He said now, before he goes down there, he has got to have something to a vindicate himself of being a prophet, see, before they would receive him. Said, "They won't say the Lord has appeared to me."


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