No matter what your day is like or how big the
troubles in your life, as long as God is still
on his throne and hears an answer's prayer, and
just so long as your faith in him is still intact,
everything will come out all right. Well, sir,
we're not going to have any singing today. We're
not going to have any announcements. We're going
to get right into our heart -to -heart talk because
I feel it is most important that we give the
entire 30 minutes to something that involves
all of us. I could not talk to you about anything
any more important. We are all interested in
that which is happening. This very hour, this
very day. The year in which we're living. We
are all a part of it. For some time now, the
very atmosphere has been filled with tension.
Nervous tension. We're having more heart attacks.
Men and women are dying of heart attacks every
day. Literally scores of them. What is it? It's
this tension. This terrific nervous tension.
The uncertainty. There never was a people living
in any day that was faced with greater uncertainty
than the people living today. The insecurity.
And yet there never was a time when we talked
security. Security from poverty. Security from
illness. Security in the hour of sickness. Security
is on the lips of men and women everywhere. Our
government talking security. And yet there never
was a generation where the people were as insecure
as today. or a time when there was less security
than now. The only man, the only woman who has
real security this moment, a guaranteed security,
is the man or the woman who has faith and hope
and his confidence in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Christ. I mean exactly that. The future is mighty
dark for the unregenerated. And it's getting
darker. It's getting nearer and nearer to that
midnight hour. But you know what the Bible says?
God says to his children, to those who are a
part of his great body, when ye see these things
begin to come to pass. Look up. Rejoice when
you see the distress of nations, when you see
the lack of morality, when you see the cheapness
of men's lives, when you get to... The place
where everything is seen through materialistic
eyes. Look up and rejoice. Why? Because your
redemption draweth nigh. Things are going to
happen and going to happen quickly. Believe me,
I tell you something. Do you realize that as
we go back into history and go back to the time...
of the first coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
When he came as a baby in the manger, his first
coming, 25 predictions that had been made by
the Old Testament prophets were all literally
fulfilled in 24 hours and all in one person.
That is how quickly God works. I mean that. When
we think of prophecy being fulfilled, we always
take a long -range view of the thing. A way out
there, some place in the distant future. Remember,
and I repeat it, you read the Old Testaments
when you read what the prophets had to say. regarding
the coming of the Christ. When they spoke of
his wonderful coming to earth in bodily form,
25 of those predictions, 25 of those prophecies
were all fulfilled. In one person. In just 24
hours. That was at his first coming. I believe
that at his second coming. And we are on the
very brink of his second coming. Any well versed
Bible student. Will agree. That we are on the
very threshold. Of the second coming of the Lord
Jesus Christ. As sure as we came to the day.
The hour. when the dispensation of God the Father
came to a close. So surely are we coming to the
end of another dispensation, that of the Holy
Spirit. We're coming now to the time of the end
of the Gentiles. This dispensation is quickly
coming to its close, and we're about to enter.
A new dispensation when God will keep every covenant
that he has ever made with Abraham and his seed.
Get it? These are most important days. I advise
you to get your Bible out. I advise you as we
study the Word of God, read with me very carefully.
For a fool is the man or the woman who will take
issue with the word of God. And I want to say
something just now because it is all important.
Turn, if you will, please, to the 21st chapter
of Genesis. You may wonder why there is such
a line of demarcation between the Arab nations,
and Israel. Why is it? I think it was one of
the most amazing things of my trip, when I took
that trip around the world, was when I was in
Jerusalem. And many of you listening to me just
now would too have been over there. This terrific
contrast. how primitive they are in Jerusalem.
When you see them with their tents, you almost
feel like you're still living way back there
in the Bible days. It's so primitive. There's
no progress whatsoever. You'll have to agree
with me that certainly there's no blessing of
the Lord upon the people. or the land and yet
just crossing over a little strip of land and
you come into israel all miles of wonderful orange
groves you feel as though you have just crossed
from a land of famine into a world of prosperity
And you see God's wonderful blessing. You see
the progress. Modern to the very degree. It's
amazing. And yet somebody says, in reality, they
are really all Jews. In reality, they're cousins.
Sure. What makes the difference? Remember something.
And that is the fact that when God gave His promise
and made His covenant, this covenant of blessing,
of prosperity, of security, He made it to Abraham
and his seed. See something. The 21st chapter
of Genesis. this began with the ninth verse and
sarah saw the son of hagar the egyptian which
she had borne unto abraham mocking wherefore
she said unto abraham cast out this bondwoman
and her son For the son of this bondwoman shall
not be heir with my son, even with Jacob. You
didn't know that was there, did you? Mm -hmm.
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's
sight because of his son. And God said unto Abraham,
Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of
the lad and because of thy bondwoman. In all
that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto
her voice. For in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
And also the son of the bondwoman will I make
a nation, because he is thy seed. But the covenant
and the blessing and the promise of prosperity
was to Abraham, Isaac, and their seed. Uh -huh.
You didn't know that it was there. All right.
Just in case someone might say there's error
in it, turn to the New Testament. I told you
a long time ago that the two fit in perfectly.
That's the reason one only shows his ignorance
when he says that there's any discrepancy whatsoever
in the Word of God. They are one. Not two books.
One will coincide perfectly with the other. In
the New Testament, the fourth chapter of Galatians,
that 28th verse, Now we, brethren, as Isaac was,
are the children of the promise. Who were the
children of the promise? Abraham. Isaac, their
seed, they are the children of promise. But as
then, he that was born at the flesh persecuteth
him that was born at the spirit, even so it is
now. Nevertheless, what saith the scripture is
in the form of a question, and here it's answered.
Cast out the bondwoman and her son. for the son
of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son
of the free woman and that's the reason that
the arab nations and israel have been at war
constantly and will continue they will never
down to the very In stretch. They will never
be one. They will always be enemies. They'll
fight to the very last ditch. Mm -hmm. Because
the heirs of God's promise, God's covenant, are
Jacob, Isaac, and their seed. Isn't that amazing?
Oh, my goodness of life, you haven't opened your
Bible for years. And all of these things are
being fulfilled before our very eyes. They're
taking place now. Again, I repeat to you, the
day has come when literally you can take the
Bible in one hand, you can take the front page
of your newspaper in the other, and one will
coincide with the other. Only your Bible is more
up -to -date. And believe me, you can be more
sure of the truth of the word when you read the
Bible than when you are reading the front page
of a newspaper. Well, sir, you know, isn't this
thrilling? If this doesn't do something to you,
there's something wrong with you. you might just
as well find the nearest morgue and lie down
on a slab and say, I'm dead and don't know it.
You know, someone has said that these four chapters
in Ezekiel, the 36th and including the 39th chapters,
present a great moving picture of Israel. The
past, the present, and the future. And it's true.
If you want a true picture of Israel, her present,
Her past, her future, it's all there. Ezekiel,
I know you haven't read it for so many years,
you felt as though it was dead. It's going to
be sort of like the Dead Sea, you know. And why
in the world they ever call it the Dead Sea when
we are going to wake up one of these days to
find out that literally there is more potential
wealth in the... Dead sea. Then all the wealth
of the world combined. And that didn't just happen
either. That too was a part of God's great plan
for Israel and the end of this dispensation.
Israel's past. Disobedient to God. Full of idolatry.
But even with all of that, they were God's chosen
earthly people. And I must say, They are an earthly
people. I must add very quickly that a Jew must
accept Jesus Christ as his true Messiah. He must
accept him in the forgiveness of his sins. He
must accept him as Savior and Redeemer to be
saved. Always, whenever you think of Israel,
whenever you think of the Jew, it's always in
the light of God's... earthly people. All of
his covenants to Israel were earthly covenants.
But a Jew must accept Christ in exactly the same
way as a Gentile. In that light, we are all one.
There is neither Jew nor Gentile. I hope I made
that very clear. But as an earthly people, have
you ever noticed that any nation Through all
of the Jews' wonderings, any nation that persecuted
the Jews, there was always some chastisement
that came from God upon that nation. God always
lifted a blessing. But any nation who ever honored
the Jew, that's the reason I think that in a
very special way, God has... honored the United
States of America because the Jews have found
refuge here. We've taken them in. And they know
that they have a refuge. They have never been
persecuted here in the United States. Our government
has never, never, they have been accepted. They
have known no persecution here whatsoever. And
I believe that that is one reason why God has
blessed us as a nation. And I don't care what
you think about the United States. I can tell
you right now, of all nations in the world, I
think we have been blessed most when it comes
to God's rich blessings. He's protected us. We've
never lost a war. Never. And we can fight among
ourselves always. The fighting within is kind
of like a big family, you know. When the brothers
and sisters and her two brothers and two sisters,
they can just practically kill each other. But
I'll tell you right now, don't you let the neighbor's
kids come in. and pick on your little brother
or pick on your sister. You can fight among yourselves,
but I'll tell you right now, at the drop of a
hat, you're right there to protect your brother
and sister, and it's the same with our nation.
We can have our troubles internally among ourselves,
but we stand as one when an outsider comes in
and picks on us. The whole picture changes and
it's going to be like that to the very end. Well,
sir. And again, I say that when judgment, when
chastisement is to be given to his chosen people,
the Jew, God is going to do it himself. He does
not give it to Hitler. He has not given it to
any world leader. He will not give it to another
nation. He has reserved that unto himself. And
it's like that. Well, sir, oh, I don't know why
I get so thrilled. Because I see this whole thing
taking shape. And the whole thing happening before
our very eyes. Today, now, quickly. It's all
coming to a head right now. All right. Read,
if you will, please, about the... I won't have
time to read it all to you. That's the reason.
Be sure you read the Bible regarding everything
that I give you. If you can't remember anything
else, it's the 36th chapter of Ezekiel. especially
the first 23 verses. And you'll see how God reminds
Israel of her chastisement for her sin against
God. Let me just read this part. This is from
the Bible. The enemy hath said against you, Aha,
even the ancient high places are ours in possession.
They have made you desolate and infamy of the
people, a prey and derision. Ye have borne the
shame of the heathen. Heathen in all of these
verses means nations. When the house of Israel
dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their
own way and by their doings. Wherefore, I...
poured out my fury upon them for the blood that
they had shed upon the land and for their idols
wherewith they had polluted it and i scattered
them among the heathen and they were dispersed
through the countries according to their way
and according to their doings i judged them and
when they entered unto the heathen where they
went they profaned my holy name all My goodness
alive. Listen to what God is saying regarding
Israel. At least three times in this passage,
God says that Israel profaned his holy name.
Furthermore, God reminds his people that for
his own holy name's sake, he will restore Israel.
That the nations may know that he... Is the Lord.
And he did exactly that. To think that you and
I. Were so privileged. That we are living. In
the very generation. The very day. I was living.
When this part of prophecy. Was fulfilled. Way
back there. The Holy Spirit. Spoke through Ezekiel.
And we have. God's promise. to Israel that they
would be established again as a nation. Think
of the years that have come and gone since this
covenant was made. And to think that you and
I were living in the very generation, the very
year when Israel was restored as a nation. And
that Every nation except Russia, at the time
that it was established as a nation, acknowledged
it as a nation. For hundreds of years, Israel
had tried the patience of her long -suffering
and tender God before he scattered that nation
throughout the world. Hundreds of years, he was
patient with Israel. He was long -suffering with
his people. Read the books of Moses. Read from
Genesis through Deuteronomy. See the many failures,
the murmurings of the people, even while God
was leading them from Egypt to Canaan with a
wonderful mighty hand leading them. Read the
book of Judges to see the apostasies, the punishments
sent by Jehovah in order to turn his people from
their backslidings. Remember the times almost
without number when the kings... Both Judah and
Israel did that which was evil in the sight of
the Lord. I tell you, my friends, the mercy,
the long -suffering of Israel's God, our God,
too, caused us to marvel. But apostasy followed
apostasy. Rebellion followed rebellion until
finally God scattered Israel among all the nations
under the heavens. You'll find Jews until recently.
in every nation under the heaven. And for more
than 19 weary centuries, the Jew has trodden
from pillar to post, finding no rest for the
sole of his feet, until truly he was literally
the wandering Jew. No country was his home. Yet
he was found in every land. Until in this very
day in which you and I live, we saw the establishment
of the Jew as a nation, Israel. I say without
fear of contradiction, and before I finish these
heart -to -heart talks, Russia sealed her doom,
and any nation... will seal its doom if they
try to take Israel. For Israel has God's blessing
and God's protection.