And they that went in, went in male and female
of all flesh, as God had commanded him. And the
Lord shut him in. The other day, I was flying
from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles. And the captain
had just announced that we were 33 ,000 feet
in the air. Everything was going very smoothly,
and it was a good flight when suddenly there
was a little turbulence, and we were asked to
fasten our seatbelt. When everyone became aware
of the fact that there was the dearest little
old lady, evidently it was her very first flight.
Perhaps she had never been on... A plane before.
I'm not quite sure. Anyway, she came from someplace
in the back of the plane. And she was walking
down the aisle with her little bag in her hand
and her coat on. And she was walking toward the
front door of the plane before the stewardess
saw her. And the one sitting next to me just...
Looked over and smiled sweetly and says, she's
going to get off. But I'll tell you the dear,
precious little old soul didn't know that that
door was shut. And it wasn't going to be opened
until we reached Los Angeles, believe me. The
door was shut. And when God shut the door of
the ark, that door was shut. In spite of all
of the pleading, in spite of all of the crying
of those on the outside, and these things that
were literally hundreds crying on the outside,
saying, Oh, Noah, open the door. Open, please.
Don't you know us? We're your friends. We're
your neighbors. Don't you know us? Sure, we're
some of the folk to whom you preached. Please,
Noah, I believe that Noah was the most popular
man until those waters, those floodwaters, came
in mighty destruction. I believe that for a few
hours, Noah was the most popular man in the world.
He had more friends. He had more folk who acknowledged
they knew him than any living human being. Because
they knew that the hour of destruction had come.
But no longer could Noah help them then. For
God himself had shut the door of the ark of safety.
They had crossed the deadline. They might have
had security. they would have had security had
they listened to the word of God, the word of
warning that Noah had given them. But when God
shut the door of the ark, there was no longer
safety and security for those on the outside.
In our last little heart -to -heart talk, I spoke
of three deadlines. One, that time of death.
And I reminded you that all members of the human
race have two things in common. Each of us was
born and each of us must die. And the destiny
of our soul is determined before the moment of
death. We cross a deadline. All the prayers in
the world All the money in the world cannot change
the destiny of our soul after we have crossed
that deadline of death. We have made our decision.
We have made our choice. And the destiny has
been sealed forever and ever. Then we come to
the deadline, the sin against the Holy Ghost.
It's called the unpardonable sin. There's no
forgiveness in earth or in heaven for the man,
the woman, who attributes the work of the Holy
Ghost to save to the devil. It's the sin, the
unpardonable sin. There is a deadline that man
can cross. Now we come to the third deadline,
that of the great catching up. The rapture of
the church. Oh, if you have ears to hear, please
listen. If you have eyes to see, please look.
If you have a mind that can comprehend, please
open that mind to the things of the Spirit. Lest
when this tribulation come, you will be on the
outside of the ark of safety. I'm going to talk
very frankly to you in this little heart -to
-heart talk. It is a warning. Take it not from
Catherine Truman. It's the word of God that I
shall be bringing you. And I repeat, foolish
is the man or the woman who will not listen to
God's word, who will not accept the word of God.
It is the final word, and God will keep his word.
to the crossing of every T, the dotting of every
I. Critics and skeptics who in the past have
brazenly criticized the idea of a literal fulfillment
of sensational prophecies now humbly, solemnly
bow before the eternal God wholly right. These
things that are coming to pass upon the earth
were in the minds of many a man impossible. It
just could not happen to this modern civilization.
There were scores of critics, scores of skeptics.
who have brazenly criticized the idea of a literal
fulfillment of Bible prophecies regarding the
closing days of this dispensation, or a tribulation
that would come upon the earth, or the suffering
of mankind, such suffering as human beings have
never known before. But today, they have got
to believe. Today, they have got to listen. For
before our very eyes we are witnessing the beginning
of a literal fulfillment of prophecies which
unbelievers down to the ages have branded as
just highly imaginative, fantastic, just figments
of one's imagination. But always remember one
thing. The Bible is history pre -written. and
God's Word is scientifically correct. The Bible
is still ahead of the human race, both scientifically
and historically. I'm going to show you something
that may be very amazing to you, and I'm going
to give you the Word of God from here on out.
If you have a pencil and paper, take down some
of these scriptures I'm going to give to you.
This is God's Word. These are some of the things
that are taking place right now, today, before
our very eyes. In this generation in which you
and I live, some of the very things that I shall
be giving you from the Word of God, you will
see taking place as you turn on your television
sets and you hear your news commentators and
you see before your very eyes the things that
are happening this hour. That little book of
Joel. Oh, one of these days, I want to give a
series of heart -to -heart talks. Just from that
little book of Joel. Because it's, um, we have
there the entire picture of the closing of the
times of the Gentiles. The day in which you and
I are living. I want to give you a couple of
scriptures right now from that little book of
Joel. And remember, The Bible is history pre
-written. And remember that the Bible is scientifically
correct. The Bible is still ahead of science.
It is still ahead of the human race. All right.
The second chapter of Joel. The third verse.
And you must keep the Word of God in its context.
For this little book of Joel is a picture of
this end time, the time of the end of the Gentiles.
It is the very day in which you and I are living.
A fire devours before them, and behind them a
flame burneth. The land is as the garden of Eden
before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness,
yea, and nothing shall escape. Liquid fire. Nuclear
warfare. A fire devoureth before them. Behind
them a flame burneth. The land is at the Garden
of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate
wilderness, and nothing shall escape them. You
know, we think we are so highly scientific, we
call this the modern age, but would you believe
it, that way back there through the prophet,
the Holy Spirit, gave a very definite picture
of bombing planes, the fifth verse of the second
chapter of Joel. And how could he have described
it better than he did describe it? Like the noise
of chariots on the tops of the mountains, shall
they leap. Like the noise of a flame of fire
that devoureth the stubble. as a strong people
set in battle array. That's the Word of God.
Long before there was a 20th century. Long before
we had modern warfare. Long before we ever had
jet planes. Now, here in the Word of God, the
Old Testament, we have a picture of the jet -propelled
planes. Like... Chariots on the tops of the mountains,
shall they leap. Have you ever watched a jet
-propelled plane? Oh, we think we're so modern.
We think that we're so intelligent. Why, the
Holy Spirit, looking down to the telescope of
time, talked about the jet -propelled planes.
we have in this generation, long before it had
ever entered into the human mind. Like chariots
on the tops of the mountains shall they leap.
All right. Still my little book of Joel. Old
Testament. But we have not taken any of this
out of context. So remember this little book
of Joel. is a picture of the end time, the times
of the Gentiles, the day in which you and I are
living. I'm reading now the 10th verse. And the
earth shall quake before them, the heaven shall
tremble, the sun and the moon shall be dark,
and the stars shall withdraw their shining. With
a picture of powerful explosives. You say, Miss
Cooman, where in the world are you getting this?
From the little book of Joel in the Old Testament.
The earth shall quake before them. Here's a picture
of powerful explosives. The heavens shall tremble,
the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars
shall withdraw their shining. Still with me?
All right, we talk about the atomic bomb. And
believe me, every intelligent living person is
scared stiff of nuclear warfare, of the atomic
bomb. That is the reason that leaders of our
nation are trying to keep a level head. That
is the reason our men in high positions in Washington,
D .C., are trying to keep calm and keep a level
head. They know the power of the atomic bomb.
They know the utter destruction that can be caused
by nuclear warfare. Would you believe me if I
told you that in the book of Revelation, the
16th chapter, the 9th verse, The word of God
speaks of the destruction caused by the atomic
bomb, by nuclear warfare. And it's going to happen.
It's going to happen. And I read from the word
of God. And men were scorched with great heat
and blasphemed the name of God. Why in the world?
We would blaspheme the name of God when we have
brought this judgment upon ourselves. Man has
outsmarted himself. God has had nothing to do
with it. Man will bring on his own destruction.
Man will bring on his own annihilation. Man has
literally outsmarted himself. And men were scorched
with great heat and blasphemed God. Is that all?
No. Keep on reading. And I'm reading from the
16th chapter of the book of the Revelation. Now
the 18th verse. And there were voices and thunders
and lightnings. And there was a great earthquake.
And the great city was divided into three parts.
the cities of the nations fell and every island
fled away and the mountains were not found i
continue the eighteenth chapter of the book of
the revelation and the merchants of these things
which were made rich by her shall stand afar
off for the fear of her torment, weeping and
wailing and saying, Alas, alas, that great city,
for in one hour so great riches is come to naught.
I repeat, for in one hour so great riches is
come to naught. and cried when they saw the smoke
of her burning. And they cast dust on their heads
and cried, weeping and wailing. This is not just
a figment of my imagination. This is the very
word of God. That's the reason I repeat. There
was a time when critics and skeptics brazenly
criticized the idea of a literal fulfillment
of these sensational prophecies. But not any
longer. Not today. For the day before our very
eyes, we are witnessing the beginning of a literal
fulfillment of prophecies which unbelievers,
down to the ages, branded as just imaginative,
fantastic, unbelievable. They could never take
place. Today, they are scared stiff. Moving with
caution. Admonishing leaders of our nations to
be calm. Be careful in their decisions. For in
one hour, an entire city can be destroyed. And
God's word said, that one city will be destroyed
in one hour when judgment strikes this generation.
Are you still with me? All right. I'm giving
you the word of God. You dare not take issue
with the word of God. Do you want to know what
the future holds for the unbelieving, the unregenerated,
the one who closes his ears to the gospel? who
closes his mind to the word of warning, the ninth
chapter, the book of Revelation, we see here
that one -third of the human race will be killed.
By these three, now remember, I'm not quoting
from some scientific book. I'm quoting from the
Bible. By these three was the third part of men
killed. By the fire, by the smoke, and by the
brimstone. And brimstone is sulfur. And in the
original week, sulfur is used extensively in
the manufacture of explosives. By these three,
the Bible says, was the third part of men killed
by fire, by the smoke, and by the brimstone.
All right. You're going to see now the great
destruction caused by nuclear warfare when it's
dropped in the ocean. A great mountain burning
with fire was cast into the sea, and the third
part of the sea became blood, and the third part
of the creatures which were in the sea and had
life died. and the third part of the ships were
destroyed. No wonder in the New Testament, speaking
of this day, the word says men's hearts failing
them for fear and for looking after those things
which are coming on the earth. For the powers
of the heavens shall be shaken. Oh, sure. There
shall come in the last days scoffers walking
out of their own lusts and saying, where is the
promise of his coming? But God is going to keep
his word, and sudden destruction is coming upon
the earth. Sudden destruction. But before the
great day of tribulation, God has made a way
of escape for his own, for the church, for his
bride, the body of Christ. that you and I may
be worthy to escape this great tribulation. As
surely as there was the ark of safety for Noah,
so surely has he made a way of escape for his
own through the rapture of the church. When the
Holy Spirit leaves, he's going to take the church,
the believers, those born into the body of Christ,
with him. Be sure that you are in the arc of
safety before that.