Romans 128

The Ending of the Gentile Dispensation

July 13, 2003

Brian Kocourek

 

ROMANS 15:8   Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: 9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. 10   And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. 11   And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people. 12   And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. 13   Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. 14   And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. 15   Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God, 16   That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

 

This morning I would like to look at these thoughts of the Apostle Paul that he is speaking here, especially his use of the term Gentiles, which he uses quite frequently in his address of the people that are not Jews.

 

Simply put, the Greek word that Paul uses here is the word “Ethnos” in which we get the word “ethnic”. Basically it means peoples, nations, or groups of people, but the Bible dictionaries also refer to it as a heathen people, but I do not get that myself from the reading of the Scriptures, because the Jews also spoke of themselves as “ethnos”.

 

JOHN 11:47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. 48 If we let him thus alone, all [men] will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. (In this context the word nation was translated from the same Greek word ethnos.) 49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, 50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. 51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; 52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.  53  Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.

 

Now, this scripture makes it quite evident that this term Gentile does not speak of heathens, as most Bible dictionaries concur, but rather peoples, and nations, or rather ethnocentricity. In fact the Holy Scriptures prophesied of the Messiah that he would do certain things for the Gentiles.

 

MATTHEW 12:15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; 16 And charged them that they should not make him known: 17    That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. 19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. 20  A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.   21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.

 

Notice here in the Gospel of Matthew, we given a reference to the Book of Isaiah and how it depict the ministry of Messiah to the Gentile world.

 

ISAIAH 42:1 ¶ Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him,  (Now if that does not speak of duality I do not know what does) he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. (The Hebrew word here for gentiles is “gowy” which simply refers to a non Jewish people, but it also speaks of he descendants of Abraham, which is important for us since Jesus was The Royal Seed of Abraham, and we as His brothers are royal seed of Abraham as well.

 

Now, I think the next few verses are important for us because this is prophecy and it speaks of one who is not a street preacher, and we do know that Jesus, the Son of God was a street preacher. ) 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. Now, the next verse has some strange language that comes forth in sort of a mystery. It says,  3 A bruised reed shall he not break, (Now there are only two places in the old testament that this phrase is used. The second time is here in Isaiah, but the first usage is in the Book of 2nd Kings. Here we find that this bruised reed is the staff upon which men would lean, and being bruised it would split at the end and would cause great pain and suffering and a tearing of the flesh if you leaned too heavily upon it as we hear described in 2 Kings.

 

II KINGS 18:21  Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. Now, in 2 Kings the bruised reed refers to the King of Egypt with all his power and might, as only a bruised reed, which if you lean or rely upon to heavily, it will go into your hand and pierce it.

 

Then notice that Isaiah speaks of one who does not come preaching openly to break the trust in government, but rather) and the smoking flax (that means the wick that is so dark from soot that it does not burn brightly) shall he not quench (that means to put out): he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. 4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged (Now, this does not speak of the Son of God in His flesh because he cried out My God My God why hat thou forsaken me), till he have set judgment in the earth (and we know the time of the judgments being set in the earth is when mercy has run out, at the time of the Elijah ministry of Malachi 4): and the isles shall wait for his law. 5 ¶  Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:  6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; (and when has the light been any brighter for the gentiles but in this hour when the Elijah of this day which is the Lord Jesus Christ in the form of Spirit has descended with a SHOUT which is a Message. Not a man, but God Himself working through a man. Notice, ) 7 To open the blind eyes, (And remember in the Book of Malachi He comes with healing in His wings, which Brother Branham said was healing campaigns. And He opens the blind eyes which takes place to the church at Laodicea which are given eye salve that they might see.) to bring out the prisoners from the prison, (The scripture makes reference to two times that Jesus Christ in the form of the Pillar of fire came into prison and delivered peter one time and Paul another.)

 

ACTS 12:7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

 

ACTS 16:24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. 25 ¶ And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.

 

Now, we know that when Jesus was in the flesh He never delivered any from prison. For had  He so chosen to do so, who would have been a more worthy cause than his own cousin John the Baptist. But yet we see that when this one comes that Isaiah is prophesying of, he will deliver… them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. But as I said that was done in Spirit form.

 

WORKS IS FAITH EXPRESSED 65-1126   24 I had a dream, the other morning. I don't dream very often; I'm not a dreamer. But I--I dreamed that I seen a man, a young fellow in shackles, he was trying to get out, and--and I said... Somebody told me, said, "Those are horrible people; don't have nothing to do with them." And I seen this young fellow getting out of his shackles, so I just let him alone. I thought, "I'll just see what he does." So he got out, and he was a nice fellow. I seen others trying to get out.

  26    Now, this is only a dream. And I walked over this a-way and I seen a--a Brother Roy Borders, a very good friend of mine, lives in California. Looked like there's something wrong, his eyes was half closed, and great big--maybe cancer or something over his eyes. Now, someone was trying to pull me away from him. I screamed, "Brother Borders, in the Name of the Lord Jesus, snap out of that." And he just barely could speak, saying, "Brother Branham, it'll have to take something more than this. I just can't grasp it, Brother Branham. I just can't grasp it." I said, "O Brother Borders." I love him.

  29    And someone pulled me away, and I looked, and it was a lady standing over here. The... When I was a little boy, I--I used to haul groceries from the grocery store to the people. And her name was Mrs. Fenton; she lives in Jeffersonville yet: a personal friend to the wife and I. And she said, "Brother Branham, deliver us from this." Said, "This is a house of hell." And said, "You've been misunderstood." And said, "These... And you misunderstood these people too." Said, "These are fine people, but..." I looked over there, and like a great big cellar, or--or big walls, down beneath a great big cave, and great iron bars, eight or ten inches thick. And people, out of their mind, twisted arms and legs, beating their head like that. And she was crying, saying, "Deliver the people, Brother Branham." Said--said, "Help us; we're in trouble." She herself, I know her, she belongs to the--I believe the Church of Christ, or the Christian Church, called Church of the Brethren. So she...

  31    I looked around, and I said, "I wished I could." And go on, looking around; and I... My little, bitty body and--and them great, big iron bars, and those poor people in there, and you couldn't get to them, them iron bars was setting close together. And I looked, and they were beating their head like they were out of their mind. And I seen some lights flickering around in there. And I looked up, and there stood the Lord Jesus with the--of a lights of rainbow around Him. He was looking right straight to me, said, "Deliver those people." And He went away. And I thought, "Well, how could I deliver them? I--I haven't got strength enough in my arms to break those bars." So I said, "House of hell, give away to the Name of Jesus Christ." And all the creaking and popping, and--and the rocks a-rolling, and--and bars a-falling; and people running, screaming, "Delivered!" and screaming at the top of their voice, and was all delivered.

 

So who is this one that is spoken of in Isaiah and referred to in the book of Matthew? 8 I am the LORD: that is my name: And who is the I Am? The only Lord God  and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. And then he tells us how this will come. It will be by way of a prophetic ministry… 9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

 

Now, I apologize for getting off track, but we are looking at the use of this word that speaks of Gentiles, and we hear Jesus tell His disciples …

 

MATTHEW 10:5     These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: 6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

 

Now, if we were to just read this in a casual reading one might think that Jesus appears to have a thing against the gentiles. He says, go not in the way of the gentiles, and by the way, don’t go into any Samaritan city either.  But notice then that after His resurrection he turns to the disciples and tells them to go to the gentiles.

 

MATTHEW 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations (that’s ethnos which is also translated as gentiles), baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

We see the same Greek word also translated as nations in MATTHEW 24:7  For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

 

MATTHEW 25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

 

Again we read in  Isaiah 42:6 I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, And again in Isaiah 49:6 he says: It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.

 

The thing I wish to point out is that the Alpha ministry of the Son of Man was to Israel, and not to the rest of the world. But after His resurrection and ascension into heaven, the ministry of the Holy Spirit turned to the gentile people.  Acts 9:15 But the Lord said to Ananias, Go! This man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before the Gentiles and their kings and before the people of Israel.

 

Now, at first Paul tried to preach to the Jews and was rejected, so he then turned to the gentiles and met with great success. Acts 13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. 47For this is what the Lord has commanded us: 'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.' 48 When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honoured the word of the Lord; and as many as were ordained top eternal life believed.

 

Acts 15:7 After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.

 

Romans 9:30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; What shall we conclude then? Are we any better? Not at all! We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under sin.

Romans 3:29 Is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,

 

Romans 9:24 even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

 

Romans 9:30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;

 

Romans 11:11 Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious.

 

Romans 11:12 But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fulness bring!

Romans 11:13 I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I make much of my ministry

Romans 11:25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

 

Corinthians 1:23 but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling-block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

Jesus had prophesied that the Jewish people would be scattered throughout the entire world, until God was through with dealing with the nations.  LUKE 21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

 

MARK OF THE BEAST 61-0217  E-49  Brother, don't worry. Gentile, your days is just about over. Let me warn you in the Name of the Lord: The Gentile door is closing just as certain as I'm standing here. Jesus said, "The Mohammedans there would tread down the walls of Jerusalem until the Gentile dispensation be finished and fulfilled." There she is, Israel in her homeland, a nation with her own army and her own money. Amen. She's a full nation now. The fig tree's putting forth its buds and already budded out.

 

REV CHAP 5 PART 2 61-0618   218    And Christ came and preached and prophesied just exactly three and a half years, and the daily sacrifice was taken away, everything just as perfect as it could be. And the Mosque of Omar was built on the same grounds and stands there to this day. And they will tread down the walls of Jerusalem until the Gentile dispensation would be finished, the church is taken up (the Elect, the Bride) out of there. And the two prophets, Elijah and a Moses, turns to Israel for them or three and a half years. It's the most beautiful thing when you see it brought out...

 

GABRIEL'S INSTRUCT TO DANIEL  61-0730M "They will trod down," said Jesus in Matthew 24 (the abomination maketh desolation.), "they'll trod down the walls of Jerusalem until the Gentile dispensation be finished." When that's finished, then the Jews will return back into Jerusalem to re-establish the temple and temple worship. We'll get all on these next messages. The seventy of weeks of the sixfold purpose…

 

SEVENTY WEEKS OF DANIEL 61-0806 102 But now, in this seven church ages that we have went through in the Gentile time, from the crucifixion of Christ until the end of the church ages... Now, we got that--we've been through it all down. Now, we're getting to a place where we can go into the Seven Seals, Seven Vials, Seven Trumpets, and all that it pictures together, all dealing with the Jews and God's judgment to the people upon the earth, and the remnant... 103 Remember, in this great time of persecution, there's millions of Gentiles will die in that, that rejected bride, that remnant of the woman's seed, sleeping virgin. She goes right through that. It's just as clear as this seventy of weeks, just as clear. And they will go through it. So if you haven't got the Holy Spirit, you'd better get to It as quick as you can. We're at the end time. Now, notice, seven church ages... Now, I won't have to go through them, because we've got them on tape; and they're being put in books and everything, that that was the time that... God never said there'd be so many days, so many hours, or so many years; He never said anything; He said, "Until the Gentile dispensation be finished," until... The walls will be trod down, until God quit dealing with the Gentiles.

 

SEVENTY WEEKS OF DANIEL 61-0806   137    Now, because that they're in shape... See where I've got this shaped here like the pyramid? The arising of the saints makes the march into glory. You understand it now? Christ the Headstone, the rejected Stone, the all-seeing Eye, coming exactly like the Bible said... And Daniel said he watched this Gentile age until the Stone come out of the mountain that wasn't cut with hands. They had never put a capstone on that pyramid. It wasn't cut by man's hands. It's God's hands that cut the Stone. You see it? And what did It do? It hit the image right smack in the feet, and broke it to pieces, ground it into powder. Hallelujah. What happened at that time, the coming of that Stone? Up went the church into glory at the rapture, 'cause it ended the Gentile dispensation. God ended it up, the coming of that Stone.

 

SPOKEN WORD ORIGINAL SEED 62-0318E   123-2    God has promised (Be careful.)--God has promised Malachi 4 for this last day, and Malachi 4 has not yet has been fulfilled, but it must be fulfilled for it is a germitized Word of God, spoken through Malachi the prophet. Jesus referred to it. It is to be just before the coming of Christ the second time. (Listen close, now.) All Scripture that has not been fulfilled, must be before that time. The Bible is to be finished; the Gentile dispensation is to be finished with the church age when this anointed messenger arrives. Of course, he will plant the Seed of the entire Bible, come from the serpent to the messenger in the former rain. Then he will be rejected by the denominational people as his forefather John and Elijah, as was spoken by our Lord. People as Elijah was the first time to Ahab's time. It will happen here in this country, as this country is a type of Israel.

 

SIXTH SEAL THE 63-0323   407-4  {116}    Remember, He deals with Israel as a nation always. It's the nation of Israel. The Gentiles as individuals, People taken from the Gentile. And it had to... The Gentile had to be made up of all the people of the world, so now and then there's a Jew comes into that. See? Just like Arabian and Irish and Indian and whatmore. It's all the people of the world make up this bouquet Bride. See? But now, when it comes to dealing then with Israel, in this last part of the seventy weeks, He deals with them as a nation. The Gentiles are finished. The hour's soon arriving (and maybe yet this--this very night) that God will completely turn from the Gentiles altogether. Exactly. He said so. "They shall tread down the walls of Jerusalem until the Gentile dispensation be finished." The times are over. Yes, sir. And then, "Let him that's filthy, stay filthy. Let him that's righteous be righteous." See?

  408-2  {120}    There's no more Blood on the seat of the, in the sanctuary at all. There's no more Blood on the altar. The sacrifice has been removed; and there's nothing but smoke and lightning and judgment in there. And that's just exactly what's poured out here tonight. See? The Lamb's done left His mediatorial work. The mediatorial work has been finished from over on the throne, and the Sacrifice, as we've typed Him perfectly, the Kinsman Redeemer, the bloody Lamb that come forth, the Lamb that had been slain a bloody One, been killed, bruised, come forth and took the Book out of His hand. That's... The day's are finished. Now, He's coming to claim what He has redeemed. Amen. That just sends something through me.

  408-4  {121}    We find out now, John said, "I beheld when He had opened the Sixth Seal, there was a great earthquake." Then all nature was interrupted. See? God's been doing great things, like healing the sick, and open the eyes of the blind, and doing great works, but we find out here that nature took a tumble. Yes, all nature... Look what taken place, the earth quaked; the sun went black; and the moon wouldn't give its light; and the stars shook and fell; and, why, everything happened See? right at the time of the opening of this Sixth Seal. That's when it takes place, right immediately after the announcing of those martyrs. See? The martyrs had been finished.

  409-1  {124}    Now, you see, we're right close into that hour now. It could be at any time See?, because the Church is just about ready to take its flight. But remember, when these things happen, the Bride won't be here. Just remember, the Bride's gone. She don't have to go through any of it. This is a time of tribulation of purification of the church. It's put upon her for her to go through it, not the Bride; He takes His sweetheart out of the way. Yes, sir. She's... done redeemed Her. See it's kind of a... That's His own selection, His own choice, like any man takes his bride. See?

 

SHOW US THE FATHER  63-0606   E-98    The Bible said that He ascended on high, sets at the right hand of God. Do you believe that? He's there to make intercession, and He is our High Priest that can be touched by the feeling of our infirmities. You believe that? Our only Intercessor between God and man is Jesus Christ. That's according to the Bible. You might have others try it. But there's only One that God hears, and that's Jesus Christ. That's right. Notice as He sets there a High Priest, the same yesterday, today, and forever. Now, if He was walking here tonight, and you had faith to believe that He could heal you, just like that little woman that believed that God was in His Son... Now, you believe God is in His Word. You believe God is in His people. Jesus raised from the dead, went back to the Holy Spirit, and returned back again living in His people to do the same works that He did. And the hour has approached for this to be fulfilled, 'cause the ending of the Gentile dispensation is at hand. He did it at the end of the Jewish, the end of the Samaritan, and now at the end of the Gentile, just as He did then: promised to do it according to the Scripture.

 

SHALOM  64-0112 93 So many good, sincere people today are caught away in these creeds, these churches and organizations, "having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof," as II Timothy, 3rd chapter, says so.  Gross darkness, blinding of Israel, was for the lightening of the Gentiles. Now, the blinding of the Gentiles is the lightening of Israel. It's just like the day and night; one side has got darkness, the other side's got light; and then the light comes over on the other side. So the moon passing the way it did, and the reflection of the darkness of the world blinding out its light, is a reflection to us that the Gentile church age is finished. The church is making herself ready, been making herself ready for a time; it's time for the rapture. For darkness is fading upon the Gentiles, and dawn will soon break upon the Jews. The sun has traveled from the east to the west, and we're on the west coast. The Light can only do one thing, go back east, on the other side. You understand, do you? The Light can only go back east again to where it begin at, Israel. God blinded them for a while, but the darkness now is pressed upon the Gentile world that's covered the whole thing. The Gentiles will trod down Jerusalem until the Gentile dispensation will be finished. Jesus said so. And now its finished, gross darkness upon the people, God reflecting it in the skies, as He has shown it on earth before it all happens. We're in it.

95    Good people caught in this thing, good people, sincere people. Like Mary and Joseph, they were very sincere See?, thinking He was with them, when He wasn't. Mary and Joseph, you know, when they was up to the feast, Jesus, the age of twelve, they thought, presuming, He was with them, but He wasn't. Good people today think the same thing, they--these people that's organized in this council of churches, these people in these organizations, they--they think they're doing a good thing. They're presuming He's with them, when they're not. See, many people think that He was with them when they shook hands with the preacher and put their name on the book, but He wasn't. Many people thought, when they were sprinkled, confirmed, baptized in name of "Father, Son, Holy Ghost," thinking He was with them. They're good people. Mary and Joseph was good people. But the facts was, He wasn't there. Don't presume anything.

  96    What is Light? The vindicated, spoken Word of God. Outside of that, there's no Light. See? Can't lighten the earth with flashlights. It takes God's Word that's made manifest, the Son. They were good people. Notice the accuracy of His Word, how perfect It is.

 

SHALOM  64-0119  144    Now, now, creatures of time, we are. Commit your ways to Him, and He will bring the future out right, because we just see Him as He is in the Word. You've seen Him vindicate the Word promised of today. You see it in the signs in the moon. You see it in the churches. Remember. "You said, 'in the church,' what does that have to do with the church?" Just a moment. The moon represents the church. Jerusalem is the oldest known church city in the world. Melchisedec come from that city: King of Salem, King of peace, King of Jerusalem. That's right, the oldest city in the world. And that was a moon, like where the law was established, and here come this wave of Gentile darkness coming over it. He said they'd, the church would trod down the walls of Jerusalem till the Gentile dispensation was up. And here she is. We're living right into it. She's going right back, just as certain as my name's William Branham. Yes, sir, we can see it. She is shadowed, foreshadowed, foretold: calling the elect out. They grope right on in darkness, the rest of them, as they go along. All right. 148 Now, we see His Word vindicated. We believe. So if He vindicated the Word of today, what It is, what do I care about what the year brings? What do I care about next year? What do I care whether I live today or die today? Every Word that He promised will be vindicated, every one. If He's able to do it today, after promising it two thousand years ago; if it's a hundred thousand years from today, Jesus will return to the earth in a visible body, for a Redeemed, a Bride, and take her out of here. Regardless of what comes, goes, fashions can go on, and people can wade on in total darkness and believe anything they want to believe, but Jesus Christ will return again. I trust the future to Him, then. "Lord God, I don't know what tomorrow holds, but I know You hold tomorrow."

 

IDENTIFIED CHRIST OF ALL AGES 64-0617   127    She went into the city, and said, "Come, see a Man told me what I've done. Isn't This the very Messiah?" If that was the sign of the Messiah, to the Jew and to the--and to the--the Samaritan; and He's no respect of person, the same yesterday, today, and forever; and that was the ending, when God stopped dealing with Jews and Samaritans... And this is the end of the Gentile dispensation, when He's come up through reformers and so forth, to the end, and promised, "As it was in the days of Abraham, so will it be when the Son of man is being revealed to the Gentiles in the last day." He'd return again.