<TITLE>04. Par 24-34</TITLE>L-24   Now, during the time of Jeremiah here, his prophecy, it had been about sixty years since the death of--of Isaiah--Isaiah. And they had been about sixty years without a major prophet. There was Habakkuk and some of the small minor prophets, but Isaiah was the last major prophet. And the people had, during this time had had no one to call them out, they had drifted. Yet, they were God's people, had drifted into this state now that--that we find them in, as Jeremiah came to prophesy to them. And Jeremiah also was... He prophesied before the exile, and also he went into exile with them.

L-25 And then, of course, Daniel come on after Jeremiah. And Daniel said that he had understandings, by the Scripture, of the seventy years that they was to be there.

L-26 Course, there was another prophet among them, that wanted to make this yoke, as he put it upon his neck, that it would be a small thing, that, "Within two years, well, God was going to bring them all back," but Jeremiah knowed different from that. And we know what happened to the prophet who prophesied wrongly, he died that same year. So God wouldn't let him stand.

L-27   And now we also notice the conditions of the people in that day. Now I do not wish you to misunderstand me (I--I'm not aiming) in what I aim to say here, some Scriptures and little notes.

L-28 Used to be I didn't have to--to write my Scriptures and things down. But after I passed twenty-five the second time, well, I--I don't remember like I used to, so I write down a Scripture and kind of know, from that, where I'm going. And then so much time praying for the sick, and so forth, and out and gone, I don't have time to really study like I should do.

L-29   Now, but this great prophet of this day, was Jeremiah, and he was something on an order of Amos and many of the other prophets that rose up. He was stirred when he seen the conditions of the nation. Now there were places...

L-30 Some time when you're speaking about a nation, it might think that it's reflecting to a--a certain group. It's not that. It's the overall picture of the nation. And we find, today, a--a very comparative condition today as it was in the days of Jeremiah, that the nation itself, altogether, has gone into, more or less, idolatry; kind of, I'd say, got away from God. And by doing that, it's been the weakness of the pulpit. Because, if the pulpit would have stayed straight, and with the Word of God, God would be in every church like He is moving among us here. But they have led away from that. And that's the thing that I--I want to talk about this morning. And now we find that that's absolutely true in every age.

L-31   I believe it was Amos, as I referred to him a while ago, that he said he was "not a prophet, neither the son of a prophet." But said, that, "When the lion roars, who can but fear?"

L-32 And if anyone ever heard a real lion roar in the wilderness, these you hear in the cages around here are just meowing. But when one roars in the wilderness, everything takes heed. I've laid in the jungle, to hunt them. And he is the king of the beasts, and, when that lion roars, even the beetles stop hollering, everything does. The--the--the jackals and the--and the hyenas a screaming, and the other animals, and the squawking of the baboons and the monkeys, the beetles, you can hardly hear yourself think; but in the distance let a lion roar, and every beetle will stop hollering. See, everything is afraid of him. Yet, there is many things can kill him, but he's recognized as the king amongst the beasts.

L-33 He said, "When the lion roars, who can but fear?" He said, "Then God has spoken, who can but prophesy?"

L-34 And that's, I think, the condition meets that challenge again today. God has spoken. See? And we see the handwriting on the wall, so it's very easy to prophesy and see that we're at the end time.


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