<TITLE>28. Par 268-278</TITLE>L-268   Notice now when He seen that perfect One, He struck Him, marred Him. Isaiah said, "He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquity." What was He? He was that perfect Word, reflected for Bread, that every man shall live by. He was that wheat of God's Word that could be ground and put in the four Gospels, sixty-six Books. And man shall live by That, and That alone, and every Word of It. Amen. That was Michelangelo's masterpiece. And when God could see Hisself reflected in a Man, He had that perfect Man created in His Own image. Oh, my, what a Man! He had to die for all of us. We could stay on that, but we won't. He had to die for all of us. And He died, the perfect One; that we, imperfect, could be made perfect in Him, by partaking of every Word of His Bible. Now, then He raised Him up again, for our justification, that we have a right, as a raised Jesus, that He is here now to minister to us, every Word of God, that we should live by.

L-269   Now, quickly now, then we're closing. Now, the second Eve bride.

L-270 Now, the first bridegroom, Adam; had to be brought up through a long string of prophets, and so forth, then come out perfect, and then had to die in order to be Bread for the rest of them.

L-271 Now what about Eve? She has to do the same thing. But when Jesus come... Remember, Eve was the woman. The church always is a woman represented in the Bible, 'cause she is bride. Now watch what she did. She tried to persuade Him to her doctrine. As long as she would preach just what they thought, He was a great Fellow.

L-272 But one day he begin to speak, and said, "I and the Father are one."

L-273 "Oh, You make Yourself equal with God, see. Oh, my! We want nothing to do with that Fellow, anymore."

L-274   And all these other things He had begin to say, "Except you eat the Flesh of the Son of man." What do you think a doctor would have thought, sitting in there? What do you think any man would, just common thinking? "You have to eat My Flesh and drink My Blood."

L-275 They said, "This Man is a vampire, not a minister. Stay away from that Man, He is crazy. Stay away from Him."

L-276 But it was the Truth. See, it was the Truth. "Except you eat It, you'll perish. You'll all die, if you don't eat It."

L-277 That's the same thing today. The bread and wine is only a symbol, don't let that natural thing get you down. You've got to eat Christ, which is the Word that you live by, "every Word that proceedeth," the whole Bible from Genesis to Revelation.

L-278   Now, the second Eve, watch her. She was created anew, like He was, at the Day of Pentecost, filled with the Spirit, and fed by the Word. Amen. Now I'm getting religious. I feel good. That first church, that first Eve, which was to be Christ's Bride. How many can say "amen" to that? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] She was to be Christ's Bride. She was borned at Pentecost, not at Nicaea, Rome; not in London, England; or not in the United States; not in Germany with Luther, not in England with Wesley, not in the United States with Pentecostals, so called. She was borned on the Day of Pentecost. She was Spirit filled. And she was Spirit filled, and Word fed, "every Word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Even to Judas... And, oh, they just had to take everything, just Word by Word, a real blooming plant on God's earth, representing Him, another Bride tree.


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