Romans #12, 1: 18-28
Sunday January 11, 1997
Brian Kocourek
[Romans]
1:18-26 18 For the wrath of God is revealed (apokolupsis - laid open, made known, uncovered)
from heaven against all (lacking
reverence toward God) and
(un-right-wiseness) of men, who hold down hinder or suppress,
the truth in
un-right-wise-sness;
[19]
Because that which may be known of God For
that which is known about God is evident to them and made plain in their inner
consciousness, because God Himself has shown it to them) or
God hath phaneroo’d unto them. In other words, He manifests in His True
Character, and they turn it down. [20] For the invisible things of him from the
creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are
made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Then there is nothing left but the wrath
of God as Paul tells us here. That’s Hebrews 6, God shows forth Himself in a
once for all enlightenment and they turn it down flat. Then there is nothing
left for God to do but send froth the plagues and His judgment.
(Therefore what we’re looking at in
Romans 1:18 is the wrath of God , the judgment for those who would willfully
turn away from the Truth, or as Paul put it, those who willfully withhold the
Truth from others.)
[21] Because that, when they knew God, they
glorified [him] not as God, (these men knew better, but they would
not give Him the proper glory and respect. neither were they thankful; but they became vain (empty or worthless) in their imaginations (in
their questioning of what is truth?),
and their foolish unintelligent
without understanding hearts were clouded
and darkened. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 And
changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to
corruptible man, and to birds, and four footed beasts, and creeping
things. 24 Wherefore God also gave
them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour
their own bodies between themselves: 25 Who changed (substituted) the truth of
God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator,
who is blessed for ever. Amen. 26
For this cause God gave them up unto
vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that
which is against nature: 27
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in
their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and
receiving in themselves that recompense
of their error which was meet. 28 And even as they did not like to retain God
in [their] knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind,( a mind
that could not stand the test), to do
those things which are not convenient; 29
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness,
maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity;
whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters of God,
despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31
Without understanding, they
become covenant breakers, (faithless)
, without natural affection, implacable (unbending, unsatisfied, inflexible,
rancorous and relentless) ,in other
words - unmerciful: 32 Who knowing
the judgment of God, that they which
commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure
in them that do them.
Now we are promised that God’s wrath will
deal with these people at the end-time. And as you know, We have found that the judgments of God which we are
reading about here are brought to earth at the time of the seventh angels
message.
Now, we’ve seen in the scriptures that in
each age, there was a messenger that came forth with a message, and when the
people rejected that Message, then God sent a plague as a temporary judgment
upon them.
[Revelations 15:1]
And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. notice that there are 7 angels and each
one has a plague.
[Revelations 15:7] And
one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath
of God, who liveth for ever and ever. Now, here we see more specifically that these last plagues
are contained in seven golden vials.
[Revelations 16:1] And I heard a great voice out of the temple
saying to the seven angels, Go your ways,
and pour out the vials of the wrath of
God upon the earth. Notice
what is told to these angels. Notice that each one is told to go his way. What
is the Way? It is the Message of their hour.
Ps 103:7
Romans #12, 1: 18-28
[Psalm 86:11 & 119:30] In fact in [John 14:6] we hear Jesus tell us that He is “The Way, The Truth and The Life... and we know that He is the
Word. Therefore, these angels are sent each one on his way with His message and
they also bring with them the vials full of God’s judgment.
#36) 420-4
{198} The First Seal 63-0323 Then when Messiah was cut off, the Jew was blinded so he couldn't
see that was Messiah. And then when Messiah was cut off, then the Gospel and
grace age come to the Gentile. And they come down, and God pulled one from here
and there and here and there, and put them away under the messengers, and here
and there and here and there, put them away under the messengers; and He sent
forth the first messenger, and he preached, and the trumpet sounded (as we pick
it up after while); and then the trumpet was declaring war. Trumpet
always denotes war. The messenger, the angel come on earth, the messenger
of the hour, like Luther's, like any of the messengers that we've talked of.
What does he do? He arrives, and a Seal opened, reveals; a trumpet sounds, war
declared, and away they go. And then the
messenger dies. He seals away this group; they're put in; and a plague falls
upon those who rejected it. See? And then it goes on, then they organize,
get another organization. (We've just come through it.)
Now, what are we driving at this morning?
What I am trying to address to you is this. Is it later than we think. I want
you to notice something. In our text this morning, we hear Paul talking about
the wrath of God that will fall upon those who hold back the Word of God in unrighteousness.
Now, we have seen that each angel or
messenger, comes with a message. That Message is the Gospel Trumpet that is
declaring a Mystery that had been sealed but is now being declared in that age.
When that Seal is broken, and that Message went forth, it started a Spiritual
warfare that ends with a rejection and then judgment. God then sends forth plagues and disease to bring forth a
temporary judgment to those people what rejected His Message.
#34) 126-3
{61} The First Seal 63-0318 He come in the first age,
the Ephesian Age, revealed, sent the messenger. Notice what happened as we go
along.
Here's the plan of it: The first thing happens, there is an announcement
in the heavens first. What happened?
A Seal is opened. What is that? A mystery is unfolded. See? And when a mystery
unfolds, then a trumpet sounds. It declares a war. Or a plague falls, and a
church age opened. See? What is the war part? The angel of the Church catches the mystery of God, not fully yet
revealed, but when he does, he catches this mystery of God, and then he goes
forth to the people (after the mystery has been given to him), goes
forth to the people. What does he do out there? He begins to proclaim that message, and what does it start? A war, a
spiritual war.
OK, then what happens? Those who believe
that message and enter into it, are sealed away and hidden from the plagues or
judgment. But those who reject are sent the plagues to destroy them for
rejecting The Message for their age.
And why does Brother Branham call these plagues a temporary judgment? Because
they are just showing what is in store for them at the White throne Judgment.
#35) 126-5
{65} The First Seal 63-0318 And then God takes His
messenger with the elect of that age, and lays them away asleep, and then He
drops a plague upon them who rejected it: a temporary judgment. And
then, after that is over, then he goes on, and they denominate, and bring in
denominations, and start off with that man's work like of Wesley and all the
rest of them, and then it gets all in a scrapple again; and then another
mystery comes forth. Then what happens? Another
messenger arrives on earth for a church age. See? Then when he arrives, the
trumpet sounds. He declares war. See? And then what happens? Finally then he's
caught away. And then when he's laid away, then plague falls destroys them.
Spiritual death hits the church and she's gone, that group. Then He goes on to
another one. Oh, it's a great plan
until it comes to that last angel. Now,
he has no certain mystery, but he gathers up all that's been lost in them other
ages, all the truths that wasn't truly revealed yet (See?), as the revelation
come. Then he reveals those things in his day. If you want to read it,
there it is: A Revelations 10:1 to
about 4. You'll get it. All right. See?
Notice that Brother Branham speaks of God
having a plan...He says... Here's the plan of it: The first thing
happens, there is an announcement in the heavens first.
What happened? A Seal is opened. What is that? A mystery is unfolded. See? And
when a mystery unfolds, then a trumpet sounds. It declares a war. Or a plague
falls
Romans #12, 1: 18-28
Now if there is a plan, then these things
are fore known, right? And if they are foreknown, then God also foreknows those
who will receive this Seal, and those who will not, right? Then when the Seal
is broken and declared, it seals in one group and seals out all others.
Now,
the Plan is this: #1) A Seal
is opened, right? That’s number One, and what does a seal being broken do?
It allows you to see what was locked up and kept previously from view.
Therefore, by Faith we are able to see what God is revealing, because Faith is
the first thing, it is the foundation stone. And all that can not receive the
revelation for the hour they live are therefore faithless.
#2) When the Seal is broken, It actually
allows for us to see and by seeing it seals us in, but by rejecting to look,
the others, all others become sealed out. Then what is happening here? One
group is locked in and the other is locked out. What would we call this? Separation, right? Let’s see if
we’re not right.
#24)
59 The
Token 64-0208 Likewise, we must remember that God is
long-suffering, not willing that any should perish. He always sends His signs,
His wonders. And then when He gets ready to do anything, He separates the believer from the unbeliever. And notice then how He provided for His
promised-land people. Look what He did for His promised-land people there, to
be sure that they would not be mixed up in some kind of an ism. What did He do?
He sent a prophet to them, Moses, with a
message identifying God's Word. And to identify Moses, He sent a Pillar of Fire
that hung over him. Amen. Then to give him the perfect assurance, He required a
token. Amen. There's a messenger, the message, and the vindication, and the
token, the perfect assurance that they had nothing to worry about. No
matter how many plagues strike, what everybody else says they are sealed away.
Then this separation begins a warfare, a
Spiritual warfare. It always dos. Even back in the Garden when Abel’s sacrifice
was received because He had revelation of what the Trumpet was, and Cain did
not. Cain became jealous and what happened?
A warfare began. The first thing Cain did was to dispute with God and then
with Abel. Then after the dispute, he killed Abel. Warfare! And it is the same
in every age, and we could prove it by this Word of God. Look at Jacob and
Esau. Revelation received by one and rejected by the other. A dispute, then
warfare. Look at Joseph and His Brothers, Revelation received, the same
revelation rejected. A dispute and then warfare. The same in Moses day,
Daniel’s day, Elijah’s day, and David’s
day, and in fact we find this example entirely throughout the scriptures from
Genesis through Revelations. A Revelation, a dispute, then warfare, right plum
back all the way back to when satan disputed with Michael.
#3) Those who are sealed in are protected
from the judgments that are to follow, and those who are sealed out,
are fit for the burning. Now, that might sound a bit harsh but what the Message
is declaring, what the Trumpet is declaring, is Grace and Mercy for all that
would receive it. But to reject it leaves only one thing and that is judgment. Now, we already have shown you in #9 in our
series that the judgments are already promised by God to those who would add to
His Word. Why? Because by adding to they have actually changed It’s meaning,
and thereby they deny Him by adding to what He says.
Rev 22:18
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this
book, If any man shall add unto these
things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
#18) E-14
Planting the Vine and Where to
Plant It 59-0920 In the Scriptures, we find that Jambres and
Jannes withstood Moses by doing practically the same things he did, by casting
down the rod and turning to a serpent. Moses called for plagues, and they could
call plagues too. They couldn't
heal, because God is the only Healer. But they could cause plagues to come;
then Moses took them away.
#9) E-63 5 Junctures of Time 56-0122 We got the impersonators. We
got people pretending to be, when they're not. And the Bible said, "As
Jambres and Jannes withstood Moses, so will these men of reprobated mind
concerning the truth," in the last days at the junction we're at now And there stood Jambres and Jannes when
Moses threw down and performed a miracle of God. They impersonated it and done
a miracle too with their stick. And
Moses called for plagues, and they called plagues. It's the devils turned loose.
And notice that they are called reprobates concerning the truth, and they
have a reprobate mind, and this is what Paul is also speaking of concerning the
wrath of God coming against all the would hold back the truth in
unrighteousness which is a wrong understanding.
Romans #12, 1: 18-28
#7)
And
as he goes down into Egypt, he took his stick, and cast it down, and healed his
hand with leprosy, and done those things, then I want you to notice every time the miraculous was done, Satan's
always there to counterfeit it. And as he was counterfeiting it that day, he's
still the same counterfeiter today. Even his counterfeits only point to the
end time at the junction. He had some old soothsayers and--down there by the
name of Jambres and Jannes, who stood up and they could throw their rods down,
turn them to serpents and so forth and do just like they did. But God vindicated who was God's. They could
bring plagues, but they could not perform Divine healing
Now, this then brings us to another
thought. We can see that God has a plan, and in this plan He is to bring forth
a Message, and He knows those few who
will receive it, because He has ordained for them to receive it. In [Acts 13:48] we read, “As
many as were ordained to eternal life believed.”
[II
Timothy 2:19] Nevertheless the
foundation of God standeth sure, having
this seal, ( What Seal?) The Lord knoweth them that are his.
Now, God knowing then, who would and who
would not believe, He then prepares His Messengers for the task at hand. And
each is given a golden vial which contains the wrath of God. So before that
angel messenger even shows up to earth, He has been given a vial that has death
in it, and yet that death can not touch those with the seal of God. For God has
commanded that it not even touch them.
[Ezekiel 9:4] And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the
midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon
the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that
be done in the midst thereof. 9:5 And to
the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and
smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: 9:6 Slay
utterly old [and] young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom [is]
the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Notice where the judgments are to begin? To those who have heard
His word. Then how much ought we to be living this word, brethren. How ought we
to be conducting our lives according to this Message?
[Revelations 9:4] And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the
earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have
not the seal of God in their foreheads.
Therefore, when God sends a Prophet, a
messenger, that messenger is a sign of impending doom. The Prophet is a sign of
a soon coming judgment.
#41)
E-20 Voice of the sign 64-0313 The
coming of a prophet is a warning sign that judgment is at hand, always has been.
Let me just quote one. Look at Noah rising up in the days of the
antediluvian world, a prophet prophesying. What was it? Judgment struck immediately after.
Moses went into Egypt, a vindicated
prophet with the signs of the prophet. What happened? Judgment struck Egypt right afterwards. Elijah come on the scene,
the prophet, and prophesied to Ahab and that nation. What happened? Judgment struck it right afterwards.
.
#42) E-32
Voice of the Sign 64-0321E Notice.
The coming of a prophet is a warning sign of judgment at hand. Did you know
that? Judgment is ready to strike. If there is a prophet in the land, remember,
he's certainly first got to be vindicated by God and the Word for that day......
Now, watch. The coming of this prophet
gives the sign of judgment is at hand always
.
Now, therefore, we have seen thus far
that in every age when God sent a prophet, he sends Him with a Message and that
message is ordained for a small group of Predestinated individuals who are
ordained to believe and receive that Message. That is who the Message is for.
It is a Message of safety, Salvation and deliverance, to come into the safety net
of God, for judgment is about to strike. we have seen that when each Gospel
trumpet went forth a war followed, spiritually and then plagues.
Now since we have a Message for each age,
we also have a punishment for those who reject that Message. The first Church
Age ran from between 53 AD and 170. The second went from 170 AD to 312. The 3rd
from 312 through 606. The 4th lasted from 606 1520. The 5th from 1520 through
1750, and the 6th from 1750 to 1906.
Now with each of these Church ages we have both a Message and a plague
that followed, and I would like to diagram this for you that you can see
historically for yourself what has taken place.
Romans #12, 1: 18-28
First Church Age/ Time :
53 AD => 170 AD. Plague : Jerusalem besieged, starvation
and death.
Paul White horse bluff antichrist
Spirit The people ate their own
children.[Matt 23]
Second
Church Age/ Time : 170 AD => 312
AD. Plague : Bubonic Plague
begins in Asia spreading.
Irenaeus Red horse to wage war & kill anyone eastward killing over 100 million people.
who does not agree with him
false Apostasy took over the
Church. In 325
prophet at the Council of Nicea the
Trinity was set
forth . Under Constantine the Church was
given
civil control.
Third Church Age/ Time : 312 AD => 606 AD. Plague : The Huns ransacked Europe throwing it
Justin Martin
Black horse represents dark
ages into a dark ages. Bubonic Plague Nearly 100
vicar of heaven and earth,
purgatory million people , 90% fatality
rate
Fourth
Church Age/ Time : 606 AD => 1520 AD. Plague
: Bubonic Plague In 1348 in just 2
years
Columba
Pale horse called death “ it means a nearly 1/2 of all of Europe’s population
lot of sickness is coming
on”.... were killed off
around 75 million people
Satan kicked out of
heaven (Read Article)
Fifth
Church Age/ Time : 1520 AD =>
1750 AD Plague :
Bubonic Plague In 1700’s in just 2 years
Martin Luther
nearly 2/3 of many large European cities
were
killed off. (Read Article) TB became
pandemic following the end of this church
Age
and 1 in 4 people died from it.
Sixth
Church Age/ Time : 1750 AD =>1906
AD. Spanish Influenza, Killed 37 - 40 million known.
#32) 30 Seven Church ages 54-0512
When the sixth one sound...
We'll get on that maybe the sealing away on Friday night. When the First World
War, why, that Sixth Trumpet sounded
exactly according to the time God spoke of it, exactly, geographically, following the seal before that. And when the mystery was revealed in there,
for the baptism of the Holy Ghost, and the people then, how the Church did not move up; and those who were moving refused to
walk in Light, and went back; and the plague was opened at that time, and
poured out upon the earth, which was influenza, that killed all the people
as it did, the thousands times thousands...
And then coming down into this last age where we are here... And just
come and listen what the Lord has to say about it in His Word. Now, that isn't
my makeup. I’m just reading it like a newspaper right out of the
Word of God. So this is His direct revelation to the Church, to the Church:
The Revelation of Jesus Christ to the Church.
#33) 195 Revelations Chptr 5 Part 2
61-0618 When the first seal was opened
up, the first trumpet sounded and the first plague fell. When the sixth seal
opened up, the sixth sounded and the sixth plague fell. Just watch it; it's
the most beautiful thing that you ever seen. And when I do, I'm going to get me a big, great big
blackboard, bring it up here and just teach it right across here, so we
just take plenty of time on each seal, and go
back and take up the history and things, and prove just when it happened,
and show right here in the Bible when It
said it would take place, and right exactly when it happened, just the date and everything else. I got it
(See?), got it from Him. That's right. There's the seals.
Now we have shown what has happened
during the 6 first ages, A Seal was opened, a Message went forth, a spiritual
war broke out, the Message was rejected, and God sent plagues upon the people.
But what about the seventh age. That’s the age that we are living.
#37) 39-2
Feast of the Trumpets 64-0719M Read in your book here and see if that between the Sixth and Seventh Trumpet
isn't injected in there with the Jews being called out. Between the Sixth and Seventh Plague, we come over with that one
hundred and forty-four thousand (you remember that?), which was between that.
Do you remember between the Sixth Seal and the Seventh Seal, there was a
calling out of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. You remember that? Now,
there's where these trumpets come in, right there (See?) and persecution of
horses loosed on there. Then between that--then there was to be the
seventh angel's Message that had been preaching and condemning the
Pentecostals. And Jesus had been put out, wouldn't have no cooperation with
nobody, be put on the
Romans #12, 1: 18-28
outside,
rejected (The Bible said so.); for it's
Christ made manifest among us, Jesus among us all made manifest in the purity
of His Word, making It known. And if that... This is not just makeup,
friends, this is THUS SAITH THE LORD, the Scripture.
#35) 126-5
{65} The First Seal 63-0318 And then God takes His
messenger with the elect of that age, and lays them away asleep, and then He
drops a plague upon them who rejected it: a temporary judgment. And then,
after that is over, then he goes on, and they denominate, and bring in
denominations, and start off with that man's work like of Wesley and all the
rest of them, and then it gets all in a scrapple again; and then another
mystery comes forth. Then what happens? Another
messenger arrives on earth for a church age. See? Then when he arrives, the
trumpet sounds. He declares war. See? And then what happens? Finally then he's
caught away. And then when he's laid away, then plague falls destroys them.
Spiritual death hits the church and she's gone, that group. Then He goes on to
another one. Oh, it's a great plan
until it comes to that last angel. Now, he has no certain mystery, but he gathers up all that's
been lost in them other ages, all the truths that wasn't truly revealed
yet (See?), as the revelation come. Then he reveals those things in his
day. If you want to read it, there it is: A Revelations 10:1 to about 4. You'll get it. All right. See?
If we are to follow this through with
what I have already laid out by scripture for you, then the last angel doesn’t
have just one plague, but all seven, as we shall see in the scripture.
[Rev
17:1] And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me,
saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great
whore that sitteth upon many waters: Notice that this one angel has all seven
vials and he is the one who pronounces judgment on the great whore church and
her harlot daughters.
[Rev
18:4] And I heard another
voice from heaven, saying, Come out of
her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. Notice how this one angel shows mercy
first by shouting forth a message for those who are in to come out before it is
too late? Mercy then judgment.
[Rev
18:8] Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning,
and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong
[is] the Lord God who judgeth her. Here we see the plagues that will befall
this whore church and her harlot daughter, Spiritual death, and physical death,
mourning, famine and then burning.
[Rev
21:9] And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had
the seven vials full of the seven last
plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the
bride, the Lamb's wife. Now,
notice that this angel is to show or present the Bride of Christ, and he is the
same one that brought forth the vials containing the seven last plagues.
Now,
what are these seven last plagues?
Could they be the six plagues that have already been let loose upon the earth?
Only this time they will be all let loose at the same time? Remember, 1/3 of
the world will be killed by these plagues and that means nearly 2 billion
people this time around. Brother
Branham told us what the seventh plague was. Spiritual death, and we already
see that plague has taken over the churches, and there are nearly 2 billion
people that claim to be Christian today. The people are spiritually dead every
where you look and it has come right into this Message because remember, “judgment begins in the house of the Lord,” and
let’s face it, that is what this judgment is all about. Those who are closest
to the Door without entering in are in the greatest danger of all because they
had better know better, which reminds me of what Brother Vayle told one sister
who was spouting off how she was not responsible because she did not know, and
he said, your wrong, you are responsible therefore you had better know.
Ignorance is no excuse when the judgments of God begin to fall.
#10)
134 Oncoming
Storm 60-0229 We see
the newspapers and the oncoming storm. When you go home tonight, do me one
favor, don't go to bed till you read Revelations the 8th chapter. You see the oncoming plagues and storms,
that shall hit the earth, and thunders and lightning’s are going to shake
the heavens. Woes are going to pass over the nation. Men will rot in their flesh. Diseases will strike them the doctors
knows nothing about. But remember,
before that took place there was a sealing went forth. And the death angels and
the plagues was commissioned by God, "Don't come near any of those who has
the Seal in their forehead." And the Seal of God is the baptism of the Holy
Spirit;
Romans #12, 1: 18-28
Ephesians
4:30 says, "Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby you
are sealed until the day of your redemption." No matter how hard the ark
rocked, no matter how many times the lightning struck close to it, "Ten
thousand shall fall on your right, and thousands to your left, and it shall
come not nigh thee." The Holy Spirit...
#15) 100
Jezebel Religion 61-0319
When God sends forth a message and tells the people, and they don't
receive it, then He withdraws His servant and sends His plagues: famine, death,
spiritually speaking, physically also. You watch for a depression, brother. You
think you've seen something; you just wait after while. You haven't seen
nothing. You think you're dying for a good spiritual revival; you wait till
after a bit. You just wait, long
and cry to hear the Word of God. The Bible said so. "There'll be a famine
in the last days," said the prophet, "and not for bread and water
alone, but for hearing the true Word of God." But that voice will be quiet
in the wilderness somewhere, hid away.
#25)
57 Israel
at the Red Sea 2 53-0327 Now, we're coming down to the last plague,
last thing. God said, "I'm tired fooling now. I'm going to give the last
plague." Now, I want you to notice; the last plague was death. Now, we've had earthquakes; we've had wars
and rumors of wars; we've had tidal waves, as Jesus said would be, the sea
a-roaring, man's heart failing, more
heart trouble (number one disease), fear, perplex of time, distress between the
nations, horseless carriages in the broad ways, all these things fulfilled. But
the last plague is death, not physically speaking, but spiritually speaking,
death, spiritually in the church. You notice it was amongst the sons: spiritual
death. The church has got more members than it ever had, thriving better than
it ever did, and yet the weakest in spirit that it ever was. That's true.
That's just like it was in Egypt.
#26)
56 Israel
at Kadesh Barnea 53-0328
Notice. Then God, after fixing Moses, getting him ready, sent out
the--the signs, then the last sign we taken last night was death. And we found out, that spiritual death in
the church, the last plague now, church drying up, blowing away. That's
right. We're living in a horrible time. How that the church, the old-timers
that used to really have the victory is losing out, dying time, letting the
Blood get off the front of the door. "When I see the Blood I'll pass over
you."
#27) E-16 God’s Provided Way
53-0613
Moses took God's provided way when they were down there in Egypt. How
they going to get out? It... God kept hardening Pharaoh's heart. But He said,
"Now, I'm going to make a way of escape, because I'm going to send death
over the land." Say, listen,
here's something striking. Watch, plague
after plague after plague, but the last plague fell was death, just before the
deliverance. Notice it. How
striking it is today. Jesus said there'll be--perilous times shall come, men's
hearts would fail; how He said they'd be distress between the nations, sea a roaring,
tidal waves that's never been heard of before, bursting forth in the seas. How
that in all these things, signs would be coming to pass. Just like it was in
the days of Noah, it would be again. How marvelous. But remember, the last plague that fell was death. And the last
thing... God has give us warning after warning, warning after warning. Now, the
last thing that's come is death, spiritual death. The churches are dying
spiritually. That's right, friend.
Now, we that the seventh plague is
spiritual death and we know for certain that this has taken place. But remember
also that the spiritual comes before the natural. The thought must come before
the action, and therefore, the spiritual death takes place before the actual
dying out in the flesh begins. Then how close are we, especially as we sit here
this morning and know that there are people that are walking death, filled with
these last age plagues which their flesh is rotting away as they try to live.
And what about he rest of those vials.
There was seven vials exposed during the seven church ages, and to think, if
37-40 million people were killed because the church rejected the revelation of
the Baptism of the Holy Ghost, then how much greater will be the punishment for
rejecting the Baptizer Himself, the Holy Ghost Himself. we have seen that the Black Plague went
forth just as the seals revealed the black horse turned into a pale horse
riding forth, and he was called death.
Rev
16:9 And men were
scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to
give him glory. Rev
16:21 And there fell upon
men a great hail out of heaven,
[every stone] about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague
thereof was exceeding great.
Romans #12, 1: 18-28
Zech
14:12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD
will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they
stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and
their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
#10)
134 Oncoming
Storm 60-0229 We see the newspapers and the oncoming
storm. When you go home tonight, do me one favor, don't go to bed till you read
Revelations the 8th chapter. You see the
oncoming plagues and storms, that shall hit the earth, and thunders and
lightning’s are going to shake the heavens. Woes are going to pass over the
nation. Men will rot in their flesh.
Diseases will strike them the doctors knows nothing about. But remember, before that took place there
was a sealing went forth. And the death angels and the plagues was commissioned
by God, "Don't come near any of those who has the Seal in their
forehead." And the Seal of God is the baptism of the Holy Spirit;
Ephesians 4:30 says, "Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby you are
sealed until the day of your redemption." No matter how hard the ark
rocked, no matter how many times the lightning struck close to it, "Ten
thousand shall fall on your right, and thousands to your left, and it shall
come not nigh thee." The Holy Spirit...
E-93 Five Junctions of Time 56-0122 One
day, the Bible says, that things will break out on this earth and diseases and
things, and all the people will be plagued, till the flesh shall rot on them
and so forth. But the Bible says, "Don't you come near any of those who
has the Seal of God in their forehead."
And the Seal of God is the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Now, you advent
brothers, I don't want to disagree with you on being a seventh day; there's no
Scripture for that. But the Bible Ephesians 4:30 says, "Grieve not the
Holy Spirit of God whereby you're sealed till the day of your redemption."
88
Adoption or Placing
60-0522E You
think cancer's something? The Bible said there's coming a time when men will
rot right in their flesh, and the buzzards will eat off of carcasses before
they even die. Cancer's a toothache to what's a coming. But, remember, that
horrible thing was forbidden in that day to touch those who had the Seal of
God. That's what we're striving for now, to get in and be positionally placed
into the Kingdom of God before these horrible plagues strike. Oh, how good. The
dispensation of time, fullness of time, the inheritance...
#43) 109
Revelation Chapter Four Part 1
60-1231 War... This is the setting of the great
battle; the people that rejected God's
message, rejected the Holy Spirit, the Messenger of the seven churches. The one
that had rejected this message of His grace had nothing left, but judgment was
ready. All right. He's making ready
to pour out the plagues upon the earth now. "Come up hither and I'll
show you what's fixing to take place. Christ-rejecting, godless sinners, I'm going to pour out My wrath upon them."
But listen, we have a hope like no other
people because, God promised us...
PS
91:10 There shall no evil
befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall
give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
Psalm
34:7 “The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear
Him, and delivereth them.”
Now, do you believe that He is still
here? If you don’t then your on your own.
Let’s pray....