<TITLE>15. Par 185-195</TITLE>L-185   The guys come by, and said, "Now, now where is all that God you was talking about? Uh-huh, look what, you--you believe Him to be this, look--look what's going on now."

L-186 But he still rested in El Shaddai, even no matter if his boils was breaking him out and his life was as good as gone. He was sitting on an ash heap, scraping his boils.
His wife said, "You, why don't you curse God and die?"
Said, "Thou speakest like a foolish woman." Oh, my!

L-187 "The Lord gave, and the Lord taken away, blessed be the Name of the Lord. I trust in Elohim. Though He destroys this body, the skin worms eat it up, yet in my flesh shall I see God, whom I shall see for myself; mine eyes shall behold and not another." He came forth, in Matthew 27, when the saints rose, come out and went in, but very... entered into the city. Very type of today, yet waiting, trusting in the promise.

L-188   Notice after He appeared in this Name, the Name of Almighty God.

L-189 Now, church, now we may get just a little bit of doctrine here, might be a little twisting to you. If you don't believe it, that's up to you. We're just here, I'm just going to speak what I think. You got a right to think what you want to think.

L-190 But, notice, but all these things were "types, shadows, and examples," as the Bible said they was. They're all that, and this is. God is dealing with Abraham in the journey, just like He'll deal with Abraham's royal Seed in the journey. Notice, He deal with the Jews the same way. It all started in there, in that promise of the covenant; all nations, all peoples.

L-191   Notice after the appearing in this Name of Almighty God. And it was revealed to him that He was the All-Sufficient One. He had no helpers; He didn't need any, any secretaries. He was alone, God. He was God, alone. And He appeared to Abraham in this Name, and while He appeared to him in this Name, and Abraham recognized Who He was, He changed Abraham's name. Now he's come to the fulness of believing now. See where the Church has come? I hope you can read between the lines. Come up to the place to where He's revealed to him Who He was, and then He changed Abraham's name so that the promise could be fulfilled.
Now you say, "There is nothing in a name."

L-192 Then why did He change Abraham's name from Abram to Abraham? Why did He change Jacob's name from Jacob, "supplanter," to Israel, "prince with God"? Why did He change Saul's name to Paul? Sure, his name, certainly, certainly does mean something. Certainly does. If you're not named right, God will change it, if He has called you. Yes, sir.

L-193   Notice, He changed his name here now, from Abram to Abraham, which means, "father of nations," added the h-a-m, Abraham. So He did this so that the complete promise could be fulfilled. And the son now, that had been promised so long, could be seen, or, otherwise, be revealed, when He changed his name and after he recognized Who He was. He might have been, might have thought there was a party of them; but he recognized that He was Elohim, God alone. But, when He did that, then He changed his name. He said, "Now, Abraham, you're no more be called Abram, but Abraham, for, a 'father of nations, I've made you." Abraham, now, he is in condition now. He is in condition after the revelation of Who He is. He is now in condition to see the son revealed.

L-194   The Son is ready to come, to be revealed. Oh, children of Abraham!

L-195 Notice, He changed His messenger's name, right at the end time. Just by, was ninety-nine, it's one year left, and He changed his name from Abram to Abraham. Changing his name, added the h-a-m, which means "father." He was to be a father, a father of a promise; father, promise.


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