<TITLE>06. Par 36-44</TITLE>L-36   Now, therefore, the rain dropping down upon the natural vegetation of the earth, is a type of the Spiritual rain which gives Eternal Life, dropping down upon the Church, for we call it the former rain and the latter rain. And it's a rain, pouring out of God's Spirit, upon His Church.

L-37   Notice, it's a very strange thing here. See? When them seed went in the ground, however they got there, they were thorns to begin with. But there the wheat that went in the ground, and the herbs, were herbs to begin with. And each herb producing itself, over again, showed that it was in the original beginning.

L-38 "And they will deceive the Elected if it were possible," 'cause they're getting the same rain, same blessing, showing the same signs, same wonders. See? "They will deceive, or shall deceive the Elected if it were possible." Now, a thorn cannot help being a thorn, and neither can wheat help being a wheat; it's what the Creator of each one determined at the beginning. That's the Elected. The same rain!

L-39   The sun rises of a morning and spreads across the earth, as it had this earth and day that we live. And the sun, same sun that rises in the East is the same sun that sets in the West. And that sun is sent to ripen the grain upon the earth, which our bodies are made from.

L-40   We are living by dead substance. That's the only way you can live. And if something has to die every day so you live, natural, then isn't it true that if your... Your body has to live by dead substance, for natural life, then you've got to have Something die, spiritually, to save your spiritual life. And God, became material, flesh, and died that we might live. There's no church, no other thing in the world can save you but God. That's the only thing that they live by.

L-41 Now run the Scriptures. Jesus is the Word. "In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was made flesh and dwelled among us. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God. And the Word was made flesh, and Who lived, dwelled among us." "And man shall not live by bread alone," for the physical, "but by every Word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Then, you see, we live by the Word, and that is God.

L-42   Now the sun comes across and ripens the grain. Now, it cannot ripen it all at once. As it goes on, maturing, it constantly ripens until it comes to a full ear.
So is it, today, with the Church. It started in its infancy, back in the dark age, where it was under the ground. It's growed now into maturity. And we can see it, perfectly, how that God through nature always...

L-43 You cannot disturb nature. That's what's the matter today. We're flying bombs, and out there in that ocean, breaking it and busting it around with atomic bombs. You're just breaking more of that dirt off all the time, dropping into it. You cut down the trees; storms will take you. Dam up the river; it'll overflow.
You've got to find God's way of doing things and stay in it. We've denominated people in the churches and organizations; look what we got! Stay in God's provided way of it.

L-44   But, you see, "He sends the rain," back to our subject, "on the just and the unjust." Jesus tells you here now, in Matthew 24, it would be a sign at the end time.
Now, if this sign is only to be known at the end time, then it'll have to be after the opening of those Seals. See? It's a sign of the end. That would be, when these things happens, it'll be at the end time. And it'll be a sign, now, so the Elected will not be confused in these things. You see it? Then, it's got to be revealed, exposed.


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