<TITLE>07. Par 59-70</TITLE>L-59 And said, "Just think of it! Not too long ago, a mighty warrior, Joshua, great, mighty servant of God, crossed the river, in the Springtime, set up the tents, right in front of the enemy. One day, while studying his a strategy for the attack upon Jericho, one evening while walking out, or one morning, looking the gates all over, and how great it was. They could run chariot races on top of it, horses, several abreast, around the gate. How Joshua was looking. He looked standing over against the wall, and there stood a Man with His sword drawed. Joshua drew his sword and went to meet Him. Joshua screamed out, said, 'Are You with us or are You one of our enemies?' He said, 'Nay, I'm the Captain of the host of the Lord.' The mighty Joshua throwed his sword on the ground, and took off his helmet and fell at His feet."

L-60   Blind Bartimaeus thinking, "That wasn't five hundred yards from where I'm sitting right now. Where the mighty host of the Lord, the Captain of the host, and Joshua bowed at His feet. Oh, if I had only been there in them tents, blind then, I'd have asked the mighty Captain of the Lord's host if He would give me my sight, and He would have done it." Little did he know that that same Captain was less than a hundred yards from him.

L-61 That's what we make our failures, tonight. We try to place all the glory, and Christ, way back in another age. The Bible said, "He is the same yesterday, today, and forever." He is just as much here in this building, tonight, as He ever walked in Galilee or Jerusalem.

L-62   That great Captain was coming out of Zacchaeus' home, and the people were--were waiting for Him on the outside.

L-63 In a few minutes, he hears a noise, and the noise has a mixed voice.

L-64 One is saying, "Hosanna to the Prophet that comes in the Name of the Lord! Blessed is the Prophet of Galilee, the Servant of Jehovah!"

L-65 Others said, "Away with such a Person! We'll have none of This around this city here." And as they come forth, and some of them throwing overripe fruit at Him, as He moved through the gate.

L-66 And he--he had never heard anything like that, so he said, "What's going on? What's all this noise about? What's happening around here?" And people pressing.

L-67   After a while he heard the voice of that same priest that went down to get the association not to have the meeting. He heard him say, "They tell me that You raise the dead. Now we've got a whole graveyard full of them up here on the hill, let's see You come up and raise some before us."

L-68 But, you know, He was headed for Jerusalem, going up to be crucified. All the sins of the world was upon Him, and He was going to Jerusalem to be offered up as a sacrifice. And they mocked and made fun of Him; and some of them blessing Him, and some of them cursing Him. Just like there is in practically every meeting where He is at; some is for Him, some is against Him. But he never seemed to bother Him. He had His face set towards finishing His course. And on He walks, steadily, as He went on, looking towards Jerusalem. And twelve little man had Him garrisoned there, trying to hold the crowds back. And some trying to touch Him. And some screaming and making fun of Him, and--and so forth.

L-69   And the crowd kind of run over the old blind man, as we have as our character tonight, and they had pushed him down. And let's think that there was some nice, young lady came by, perhaps maybe might have been a sister to Rebekah in our story this morning, or it was a--a believer in Christ. And she seen them pushing the old man along, and seeing that he was... they was unkind to him. But being that she was a believer in Jesus, it made her kind. It always does. It makes it considerate to the old and to those who are needy. And the old fellow had been pushed down, and she stooped to pick him up. She...

L-70   He might have said to her, something like this, "Young lady, I can tell, by your voice, you're a young lady."


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