Men today are literally like men on a chessboard.
Nations, literally, are as men on a chessboard.
And world affairs are shaping up exactly like
God's Word said they would. God's Word is infallible.
Know that. I don't care what your preconceived
idea may have been regarding the Bible. It's
more up to date than tomorrow morning's newspaper.
God made a promise to Abraham. God made a covenant
to Abraham and Abraham's seed. And when God makes
a promise, when God gives a covenant, he'll keep
it. I don't care whether it's to a nation or
to an individual, and you can stake your very
life on it. And God made certain promises and
covenants to Abraham and the seed of Abraham.
For 39 centuries, the seed of Abraham has been
a scattered people, hated, a people of the country.
murdered, spat upon. Around the world they've
been scattered to the east, to the west, to the
north, to the south. Name it. Unwanted. Without
a homeland. And yet God made a covenant with
the seed of Abraham. Thirty -nine centuries have
come and thirty -nine centuries have gone. And
it seemed like the most unlikely thing in the
world that there'd ever be a nation Israel. And
if the seed of Israel, the seed of Abraham would
be gathered together again. And I want to go
on record this Saturday afternoon in Las Vegas.
giving you the word of God, and you can stake
your very life on it, regardless of how it looks
in the Middle East, and remember, war is inevitable.
Sometimes I think we like... To be like the ostrich,
we like to bury our faces in the sand and we
won't face reality. And we say with optimism,
tomorrow it's going to be better. Tomorrow it's
going to be better. And I'm the greatest optimist
in the world, but when it comes to the Word of
God, we have to face facts. Remember, we've got
to face facts. War is inevitable. There will
be war in the Middle East. But I want you to
know something. The Bible says this absolute
authority, that which is infallible, the Bible
says, for God gave it to Moses in that burning
bush, Israel will be absolutely indestructible.
coming when Russia and her allies or going down
after that oil and the potential wealth in the
Dead Sea how do I know if you want to know how
nations are going to line up and stack up read
it they're called by name in the 38th chapter
of Ezekiel and that my friend is not supposition
that is his word and it's infallible believe
me And these things are going to happen. And
they're happening so quickly, so rapidly. The
Word of God says God has hooks in the jaws of
the nation. Literally hooks in the jaws of the
nation. And when Russia and her allies go, After
a spoil, the Bible refers to it as a spoil, goes
down after Israel, God himself in mercy will
reach down with a gray sickle or scythe in his
hand and will bow the enemies down as a scythe
in the field. will be seven months bearing the
dead. But my friend, this old world is going
to see a miracle, a miracle of a nation in the
hands of a merciful God, a God whose word is
infallible. And in that hour... a miracle will
be performed such as the world has never known
and will never know again. It's very stupid.
The thrill of it all, I cannot begin to feel.
And in that hour, not just a score of Jews, not
just a few hundred at the seat of Abraham, But
the word of God says, the whole house of Israel.
The whole house of Israel. The whole house of
Israel. We'll acknowledge. the son of the living
God as the true Messiah. It'll be one of the
greatest in gatherings in the kingdom of God
that the world has ever known. And the world
will crown him the king of kings and daughters.
King. That is the word of God. On the other side
of the coin, then, remember something. There'll
be suffering in the world such as the world has
never known. I would like to stand before you
this Saturday afternoon and tell you, whatever
you want to call it, a recession. Call it whatever
you want to. But, beloved, the future is dark.
And it's getting darker. And it's getting darker.
And the thing that we need most in our nation
is not something that can be legislated. I don't
care who our president would be. I don't care
who the members of Congress might be. We put
the blame on so many. We'd like to. What the
world needs is something the Democrats can't
give us and something Republicans can't give
us. It's something that the billions and billions
of dollars cannot buy. What our nation needs
more than anything else in this hour is the fresh
baptism of the love of God. for just a split
second now. You want to know the why of these
miracles? You want to know the why of it? It's
not Kathryn Kuhlman. It's not some personality.
I'm giving you the picture, the world picture.
But remember something. There is the spiritual
side. And the word of God says when you see these
things begin to come to pass, the things that
I've been talking about. When you see the world's
situation as we're seeing it today, he's saying
to his own, he's saying to the church, look up
and rejoice for your redemption draweth nigh.