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Wonderful Heavenly Father, the world that you

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made for us, to live in peace, we have made into

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an armed camp. Until the only place in the world

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where there is real peace is in the heart. Of

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that one who is your child. We are afraid of

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the terror that flies by night and the arrow

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that flyeth by day and the pestilence that walks

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in darkness and the destruction that wastes at

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noonday. Please, Father God, please. Help us

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to do your will. Help us to turn to you again

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in faith and in confidence and be worthy of your

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promise of peace on earth. Save us, dear God.

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Save us from destruction before it is eternally

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too late. Grant it. Amen. Well, sir, again today,

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we're going to have a heart -to -heart talk regarding

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a portion of the Word of God. The 37th chapter

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of Ezekiel. I intend in our next heart -to -heart

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talk to begin with the 38th chapter. And I shall,

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therefore, talk just as rapidly as I possibly

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can today. Because the 38th chapter of Ezekiel

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is even more revealing than the 37th chapter.

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And let me remind you again. Your Bible is this

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very hour more up to date than your 11 o 'clock

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news at night or your 6 o 'clock news. in the

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evening are the early morning news. And it's

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like that. It's more up to date than today's

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newspaper. That's something. You don't know what

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you're missing by not getting out the Bible and

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study it. Well, sir, here we are again. And I

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do not want to repeat anything that I've said

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in a previous message except to read just a portion.

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of this 37th chapter of Ezekiel, just to refresh

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your memory. And he said unto me, Son of man,

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these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold,

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they say, our bones are dry, and our hope is

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lost. We are cut off for our parts. Then prophesy

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and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Behold,

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O my people, I will open your graves and cause

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you to come up out of your graves and bring you

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into the land of Israel. All of that has been

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fulfilled in our generation. And ye shall know

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that I am the Lord. When I have opened your graves,

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O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,

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and shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall

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live, and I shall place you in your own land,

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exactly where they are today, then shall ye know

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that I, the Lord, have spoken it, performed it,

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saith the Lord. Oh, this is glorious. Read it.

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The entire 37th chapter of Ezekiel. I want to

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just say something that is very thrilling and

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I must give it to you before I pass on to the

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38th chapter of Ezekiel. And that is the fact

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that in the days of Moses, God told his people

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that if they would obey him, he would give them

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the reign of the land in his due season. the

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first rain and the latter rain, that they might

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gather in their corn and wine and oil. It's in

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the 11th chapter of Deuteronomy. Then James,

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writing to the Christian Jews many, many centuries

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later, also spoke of the early and the latter

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rain. It's in the 5th chapter of James, the 7th

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verse. And for many long years, the early reigns

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of Palestine had been insufficient. And the latter

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reigns of little are no value. But a few years

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ago, the latter reigns began to increase. Ask

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any Jew. Ask any Israeli. These latter reigns

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began to increase with the result. that in some

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parts of the land, the soil is now able to produce

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three crops a year. I was there myself. I saw,

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believe me when I tell you, I saw acre after

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acre of the finest orange groves that I'd ever

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seen in my life. I'd been to Florida. I've seen

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some mighty wonderful orange groves in California.

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But I can honestly say some of the finest orange

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groves that I've ever seen. I saw in Palestine.

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Hmm? A few years ago, the latter rains began

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to increase with the results that now the soil

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is becoming productive. And the ancient pools

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of Solomon, which even today supply Jerusalem

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with water, have begun to overflow for the first

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time in centuries. These pools were recently

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measured and were found to have a capacity of

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more than 60 million gallons. Oh, how all of

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this must... thrill the hearts of those who know

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Bible prophecy, who have confidence in the Word

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of God. When we see all that is involved in the

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transformation of Palestine into a land, as the

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Bible described, flowing with milk and honey,

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it's just but one of many significant signs which

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points to just one thing. And you may wonder

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why I've taken the time to give all of these

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heart -to -heart talks about Israel, about Palestine,

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about that nation who has literally caught the

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fancy of every nation in the world. I dare say

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there isn't a nation in the universe. But what

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has eyes on Palestine? on Israel but the reason

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that I'm taking this time and giving you these

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heart -to -heart talks it's because I want you

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to see that all of these significant signs point

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to one thing and that is the fact that Israel

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is again to behold her Messiah and that my friend

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very soon and this time their true messiah the

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very son the living god will come not as a babe

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in bethlehem's manger he will come riding upon

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a white horse as king of kings and lord of lords

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read it it's there in the 19th chapter of the

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book of the revelation oh Oh, beloved, we are

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coming to the hour when prophecy is being fulfilled

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very, very quickly. When you realize that at

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the first coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, 25

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prophecies were fulfilled in one person in just

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24 hours time. Time is running out. Prophecy

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today is being fulfilled as quickly, as rapidly,

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leading to his second coming, as led to his first

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coming. Sure, Israel now, these dry bones, now

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have flesh, sinew, skin upon them, but breath,

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spirit, spiritual breath has not yet taken place,

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but it will very soon. I'm going to say something

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else before I go into the 38th chapter of Ezekiel,

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something that is almost uncanny. You know, there's

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supposed to be some 40 -odd billions of tons

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of salt, in the waters of the Dead Sea. As I

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stood and looked at the Dead Sea, I was moved

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literally to tears. You cannot appreciate the

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things that I'm saying to you. You cannot stand

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and look at the Dead Sea. You cannot walk the

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roads of Palestine. You cannot read the front

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pages of your newspaper and really appreciate

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what's taking place unless you know the word

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of God. Do you know that long before God called

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Abraham from his tent to survey the land that

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was the inheritance of his seed forever, the

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waters from the melting snows of Mount Hermon,

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and the surrounding peaks were flowing down through

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Galilee into the river Jordan and on to the sea

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which had no outlet. Consequently, as the rays

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of the sun vaporized the moisture and lifted

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it to the clouds, to pour it as rain upon some

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other place, the mineral salts in the Dead Sea

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became more and more dense. until today, this

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huge amount of valuable mineral deposit is to

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be recovered and utilized. It is a fact. There

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is more potential wealth in the Dead Sea today

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than the combined wealth of the world. Today,

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this huge amount of valuable... mineral deposit

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is to be utilized. I repeat, it is estimated

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by those who surely ought to know that the wealth

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of the minerals in the waters of the Dead Sea

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totals $1 ,267 ,000 ,000 ,000. That's why, as

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someone has said, if this estimate is true, there

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are more potential riches in the waters of the

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Dead Sea than the combined wealth of the nations

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of the world. Why do you think over here in the

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38th chapter of Ezekiel, and I don't want to

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spoil it, but I'll just give you one reason why

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when the enemies go down. To take a spoil. Watch.

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Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm. They're

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talking about that which is about to happen.

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The enemies of Palestine. Thou shalt be like

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a cloud to cover the land. Thou and all thy bands

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and many peoples with thee. Thus saith the Lord

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God, It shall also come to pass that at the same

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time shall things come into thy mind. Thou shalt

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think an evil thought. They are going down after

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the wealth of the Dead Sea, after Israel, after

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Palestine. Why? For one purpose, to take a spoil.

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The wealth of the world. The riches of the world

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are right now in the land that has caught the

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attention of every nation in the universe. That's

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right. I'm reading for the word of God. Please,

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I implore you. If you don't believe what I say,

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read the Bible. You can't take issue with the

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Word of God. You can't. Oh, how wonderfully God

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has prepared for this very day when Israel has

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come into her own. All right, now watch. Let's

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take the new birth of Israel at the second coming

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of the Lord Jesus Christ. This now is Israel's

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future glory. We've already referred. to the

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words of Zechariah when he said that Israel will

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look upon him whom they have pierced in that

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day when his feet shall stand upon the Mount

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of Olives. That will be the long -looked -for

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day of our Lord's appearing in power and great

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glory. And as surely as he came the first time

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as a babe in Bethlehem, he will return again.

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He said he would. Who dares take issue with the

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word of the master himself? I will come again.

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And he is coming again in power and great glory.

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And it was this day that Ezekiel wrote when he

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obeyed the voice of the Lord to explain that

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the breath entering into the exceeding great

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army of nationally resurrected Israel. is none

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other than the new life in Christ, which she

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will receive from him when he comes again. Oh,

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this is wonderful. When Israel looks up and sees

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her once rejected king, Jesus Christ, she will

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receive him, not only as king, but also as her

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savior. and Lord and Redeemer. The remarkable

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achievements of the Jew in Palestine today are

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signs of God's working on behalf of Israel, preparing

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her for one thing, for His glorious appearing.

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Then God's ancient people will see that the suffering

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that the Savior foretold in the 53rd chapter

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of Isaiah was none other than Jesus, who... bore

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the print of the nails in his hands for them

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and for all the world, Jew and Gentile alike.

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Now see something. As if to emphasize this marvelous

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prophecy once more. And it is found literally

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hundreds of times in the Old and the New Testaments.

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God gave another sign to Ezekiel in the verses

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which follow the vision of the Valley of Dry

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Bones. Here in the 37th chapter of Ezekiel, you

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will remember that after the death of Solomon,

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the kingdom of Israel was divided. Rehoboam,

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Jeroboam, ruling over the separate kingdoms.

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From that time on, Israel, meaning the northern

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kingdom, had her kings, whereas Judah also had

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hers. But in that day when Jesus comes again

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to be the king of kings, he'll rule over a kingdom

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united forever. And that is the message of the

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signs of the two sticks. Let me take a half second

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and read as much as I possibly can. Read it for

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yourself. It's the last part. of the 37th chapter

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of Ezekiel. And the word of the Lord came again,

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saying unto me, Moreover, thou hast done a man,

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take thee one stick, and write upon it, for Judah,

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and for the children of Israel, his companions.

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Then take another stick, and write upon it, for

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Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, for all the house

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of Israel, his companions. And join them one

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to another into one stick. and they shall become

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one in thine hand. And when the children of thy

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people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou

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not show us what thou meanest by these? Say unto

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them, Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will

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take the children of Israel from among the nations,

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bring them into their own land. I will make them

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one nation in the land upon the mountains of

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Israel, and one... King shall be king to them

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all. And they shall be no more two nations. Neither

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shall they be divided into two kingdoms anymore.

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That's the word. And God, my friend, will keep

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his word. My tabernacle. he said shall also be

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with them yea I will be their God and they shall

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be my people and the nations shall know that

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I the Lord do sanctify Israel when my sanctuary

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shall be in the midst of them forever