Romans
107
40 years since the
Breach
Brian Kocourek
ROMANS
These words of the Apostle Paul sure resound in our ears this morning as the world prepares for war this coming week. And isn’t it a strange thing that we have given this sad man Saddam the Insane Hussein, an ultimatum that he has until March 17 to step down or war will begin? Before we get to our Sermon from Romans 12 this morning, I would like to take some time to speak of some things concerning the events which could take place very soon, being that this year, and more specifically tomorrow, March 17th, 2003 will be 40 years to the date that the Lord Jesus Christ through his prophet to this age, William Branham, preached the opening of those Seven Seals . Yes, it was mach 17, 1963 that the Seven Seals series began.
And do you know
what Message he preached to begin the opening of the Seven Seals the Evening of
NUMBERS 14:33 And your children
shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your
carcases be wasted in the wilderness. 34 After the number of the days in which
ye searched the land, [even] forty days,
each day for a year, shall ye bear your
iniquities, [even] forty years,
and ye shall know my breach of
promise. So we see here that
AS I WAS WITH MOSES 60-0911M 228 God's Word said that He would send this in the
last days. Two straight sermons now, I brought natural
REV CHAP 5 PART 2
61-0618 61 Now, Lord, as we quieten ourself before You, feeling that our
great Joshua, the Holy Spirit, our Divine Leader of this day... As Joshua quietened the people before Moses and said, "We're
more than able to take the land," because he was looking, not at those Amalekites or Amorites, but he was looking at a Divine
promise that had been given by God...
Read Numbers 13
and 14:
ISRAEL AT KADESH BARNEA 53-0328 80 Here
they are standing at Kadesh-barnea. They said,
"Go over. The land was given to us hundreds of years ago by God, through
our father. We are the seed of Abraham. God has led us safely this forty-some-odd
miles from
Now, that is
speaking of a present tense, Alpha becoming Omega. Now, does that mean there is
something spiritual about this coincidence?
I honestly do not know. But I do know that the number 40 speaks of a
time of testing. Is it then possible that what is about top happen is to begin
the great testing? Or does it mean that the past 40 years of testing is about
to end for the elect and she will now be allowed to enter into the Promise of
God.
CHRIST IS THE MYSTERY 63-0728 40-2
Notice now. He was all right; he was in his day: Luther. And he had the
revelation, but as soon as he left, look what they did. Wesley had a message;
look what it did. The old early Pentecostals had a... Look what they did. They
got a bunch of men together just like... Exactly
the same thing that God, by grace, sent Israel a Pillar of Fire, a prophet, a
sacrifice and showed Hisself among them, and
brought them out of Egypt across the Red Seas. And they wanted a law so they
could have great dignitaries, they could
have something to do into it. And what did they do? They was left in the wilderness for forty years to wander, and not
one of their organization ever went over.
40-3
Caleb and Joshua, the only two that stood out and said, "We're able
to take it." Said, "Look at the Word of God." Every one of them
died in the wilderness. And Jesus said they were eternally gone. Right. After He'd had showed His blessings and power in
their ages, like Luther and Wesley and so forth... Did He? Said, "Our
fathers eat manna in the wilderness." And He said, "And they're every
one dead." That's eternal separated from God. Their carcasses perished in
the wilderness. See? They're dead. "I'm the Bread of Life that come from God out of heaven." They couldn't see it. They just couldn't see it.
NUMBERS 32:13 And
the LORD'S anger was kindled against
GREAT WARRIOR DAVID 55-0118 E-22 So there come a big fellow out, Goliath, nine
foot three inches tall, great big fellow. Walked out, said, "I'll make you
a proposition. Why all these men die?" Said, "Send me a man over here,
and let me fight him. And if he kills me, we'll be your servants. If I kill
him, why, you'll be our servants." Sure, the enemy, when he's got the edge
on you, he likes to boast and carry on like that. Oh, he gives a big boast. So everyone of them, all them big degrees, they was shivering;
they was scared of that fellow 'cause he was a big man. So he boasted like that
for forty days. Did you ever notice, forty is the number of temptation?
Certainly is. Moses in the mountain for forty
days, come back and was tempted. Jesus went into the wilderness forty days
and was tempted: forty days of
temptation. Rained forty days,
and so forth, forty is God's number of
temptation.
SPIRITUA DOPTION
56-0923 E-22 And three is God's
number of perfection. Seven is His number of worship. Fifty is His number of
jubilee. Forty is His number of
temptation. And three is His number that He chose to go up this day.
I do not know what this all means, but the number 40 is very significant with God in the way he dealt with his people throughout the ages, and therefore we must be as Daniel was very conscious of the time and setting.
ISAIAH 30:25 And there shall be
upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers [and] streams of
waters in the day of the great slaughter, when
the towers fall. 26 Moreover the
light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun
shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the
LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. 27 ¶ Behold, the name of
the LORD cometh from far, burning [with] his anger, and the burden [thereof is]
heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: 28
And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck,
to sift the nations with the sieve
of vanity: and [there shall be] a bridle
in the jaws of the people, causing [them] to err. 29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night [when] a holy
solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth
with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of
Therefore it
could be here that the timing is right for a war with
Brother Ray Burfield from
40 has long been universally recognized as an
important number, both on account of the frequency of occurrence, and the
uniformity of its association with a period of probation, trial, and
chastisement – (Not judgment, like the number 9 which stands in connection with
the punishment of enemies, but the chastisement of sons, and of a covenant
people). It is the product of 5 and 8, and points to the action of Grace (5),
leading to and ending in revival and renewal (8). This is certainly the case
where the number 40 relates to a period of evident probation. But where it relates
to enlarged dominion, or to renewed or extended rule, then it does so in virtue
of its factors 4 and 10, and in harmony with their signification.
There are 15 such periods which appear on the surface of the
Scriptures, and which may be thus classified: - Forty years of probation and
Trial: Israel in the Wilderrness, Deut 8:2-5, Psa 95:10; Acts 13:18 The 3rd 40 years of Moses
Life, he lived to be 120, and the first 40 He was tried by God to see what He
would do, whether He would live true to God or fall to the riches of Egypt. And
He chose the Treasures of the Word of God. Then he went to the wilderness of
Sinai for 40 years and there God had to reprogram him, and then he took the
people of
Then we see another 40 years for
There are many
40 year periods where the Scriptures makes reference
to
40 years of probation by prosperity and deliverance and rest
under Othniel according to Judges
40 years of Propbation by
prosperity in enlarged Dominion: Inder David in 2
Samuel 5:4, Under Solomon according to 1 Kings 11:42, and under jeroboam II
according to 2 Kings 12:17, 18 13:3,5,7,22, 25 14: 12-14, 23,28 and under Jehoash in 2 Kings 12:1, and under Joash
in 2 Chroinicles 24:1.
40 years of Propbation by
humiliation and servitude: Israel under the Philistines according to Judges
13:1, Israel in the time of Eli according to 1 Samuel 4:18, and Israel under
Saul according to Acts 13:21.
40 Yeasrs of Probation by waiting:
Moses in
It was 40 years
from the
Isaac was 40 years old when he took Rebekah to be his wife Genesis 25: 20
Esau was also 40 years old when he took to him 2 unbelievers for brides Genesis 26: 34
40 years is the
number of year the children did eat manna in the wilderness Ex
40 years long was I grieved with this generation Psalm 95:10
40 years the presence of God was with the people of Israel Deut 2:7
40 years old
was Joshua when he was sent to spy out the land Joshua 14:7
40 years
Gideon ruled
40 years
40 years Eli judged Israel 1 Sam 4:18
Ishbosheth Saul's son [was] forty years old when he began
to reign over
Saul reigned
over
David reigned
over
Absalom stole the hearts of Israel 2 Sam 5:4
Solommon ruled over
Jehu reigned 40 years in
Rehoboam reigned over
Joash reigned over
40 years God scattered the people of Egypt Ezekiel 29: 11-13
40 was the age
of Moses when he fled
Moses was in the dessert for 40 years when the Pillar of Fire appeared in the bush Acts 7:30
DEUTERONOMY 8:1 ¶ All
the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye
may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers. 2 And thou shalt
remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the
wilderness, to humble thee, [and] to prove thee, to know what [was] in thine heart, whether thou wouldest
keep his commandments, or no. 3 And he
humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might
make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every [word] that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee,
neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
DEUTERONOMY 29:5 And
I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old
upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
JOSHUA 5:6 For the children of
Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people [that were]
men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the
voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he
would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that
floweth with milk and honey.
Here are also 8 instances where the
Scriptures speaks of forty days.
40 days are the allotted to prepare the dead for embalming according to Genesis 50:1-3
40 days it rained upon the earth in judgment upon the wickedness of man. Gen 7:4, 12,17
40 days Moses in the mount with God to receive the Law of God. Exodus 24:18 , 34:18
40 days Moses in the mountain after the sin of the Golden Calf Deut 9:9,11,18,25, 10:10
40 days the
spies were in the land issuing in the penalty against
40 days of Elijah in Horeb 1 Kings 19:8
40 days of Jonah preached to Ninevah Jonah 3:4
40 days Ezekiel
laid on his right side to symbolize 40 years
40 days Jesus
was tempted of the devil
Matthew 4:2, mark
40 days Jesus was seen of his disciples after his resurrection. Acts 1:3
40 days the philistine goliath taunted Israel 1 Sam 17:16