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Two Churches by PM

Two churches. Very Biblical. Very serious and something we

need be made aware of becausefirst let's take the word most

commonly used, let's say in the book of revelation about churches, it would

better be translated assemblies. It's where people assemble

together and they make up the body of Christ. Alright. Which is the old

German word kurch or church. And, I tell you, let us get right into it.

We ask a word of wisdom from our Father and I see Dennis left his

notes up herewow, that looks like a good sermon. It sure does openyour Bibles if you would to the great book of Matthew. We are to head

about chapter 16. What did Christ do when he formed the church?

You know, you need to pay attention to Him because He is the head. And

what He advises is ever so important, that is if you want to be

successful. And I think you know as long as you try, you should

be, and I guarantee you if you do it God's way, you always will be.

That is just the way it is. That's His promise and if you meet His

conditions, you can rest assured.

So opening your Bibles to chapter 16 the great book of

Matthew, let's pick it up if we may verse 6. Where Christ will

soon be talking about forming His church. "then Jesus said unto them

`take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and saducees'" and

of course, leaven spiritually means sin. Beware of sin that comes in

from that quarter or any quarter.

Verse 7. "and they reasoned among themselves saying ìt is

because we have taken no bread'" isn't it strange how people

wonder about their stomachs so much, isn't it? I guess when you are a

wayfaring person in those days back out on the trails, a piece of

bread could be very important. But can you imagine walking with

the master and not following His thought? And it is easy for us to say

hat now, that's Monday back quarterbacking or whatever you call

it, you know, but it makes one wonder.

Verse 8. "which when Jesus perceived" He can read your

mind "He said unto them, ò ye of little faith'" now the little

girl from Tyre in the prior chapter had said even concerning bread inverse 27 of the prior chapter said ànd she said `truth Lord, yet

the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from the master's table' and Jesus

answered and said ò woman, great is thy faith' she was listening

to Him. They are not. These disciples are not listening. Not

thinking.

Do you know what the real truth is? They weren't focused and that

is what I was talking about this morning. You've got to be focused on

God's Word. Think what it is He has a message to you, it doesn't

matter what man thinks. This man or any other man. Stay focused on

the head of the church which is to say Christ.

Jesus told them right to their face. "O ye of little faith.

Why reason ye among yourselves because you have brought no bread?Do you not yet understand neither remember the five loaves and the

five thousand and how many baskets you took up?" there were twelve

baskets of crumbs left over in the miracle of that feeding. Stop and think

for a moment. What do you get when you pick up a bunch of crumbs?

Do you listen to crumbs or do you listen to the Lord? Naturally it

meant when you are dealing with Christ you don't have to worry about

bread, there is more than enough to go around. But there is something

else that He wants you to be aware of. He just warned. Beware of the

doctrine. And anytime you gather a group like that together, you

are going to have some oddballs there. Squirrels sent directly by

satan to disrupt. That's what He is talking about. When He forms His


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church, He does not expect church leaders to tolerate that. And

you shouldn't.

Verse 10. "and neither the seven loaves of the four thousand

and how many baskets you took up" well, how many was there? There

was seven. Meaning again, you can even call this God's elect if you

want to and there would be plenty to go around.

Verse 11. "how is it that you do not understand that it not

to you concerning bread, that you should be aware of the leaven of

the Pharisees and the saducees" that's what I was talking about.

The sin and false teaching that they would bring. "then understood

they how that He bade then not beware of the leaven of bread, but of

the doctrine of the Pharisees and the Sadducees." it was doctrine that

He was concerned with. Anytime that you have a large gathering, you

are going to have a lot of doctrines slip in that are a waste of time.

Absolutely nonsense compared to the true Word of God. And it is

important. Hey, something like that can drive you off and cause

you to be cut off if you go far enough. Of course, there is always

repentance. We have the precious Word of God. Focus on it. Study

it for yourself. You are the one that will have to answer on judgment

day. I am not going to answer for you nor is anyone else. Your

Father wrote you this letter, see that you read it.

Verse 13. "when Jesus came into the coast of CaesareaPhilippi, He asked His disciples saying `Who do men say that I the

Son of Man am?" now listen carefully "and they said `some say that

thou are John the Baptist'" I mean, he had been beheaded "'some

Elias" that would be Elijah in the Hebrew tongue "and others

Jeremias" old Jeremy "or one of the prophets" that's what they say

about you.

Verse 15. "and He saith unto them `but whom say ye that I

am?"

Sixteen. "and Simon Peter answered and said "thou art the

Christ, the Son of the living God."

Seventeen. "and Jesus answered and said unto him, `blessed

art thou Simon Bar-jona" meaning son of the dove "for flesh and

blood hath not revealed it unto thee but my Father which is in heaven"

He caused you to say that. "and I say unto thee, thou art Peter and

upon this rock I will build my church." listen up friend. "and the

gates of hell shall not prevail against it." how could they? If you cast

out the false doctrine, if you listen only truly to the teachings

of God or that that Father in heaven reveals through the Holy Spirit

to cause people to speak the truth and be able to document it, hey,

if a man or a woman can't document what they say, throw it out and them

with it. You don't have time for that sort of.we are late in the

day. Now many people misunderstand this statement thinking that it

was Peter Christ was saying whom Christ would build His church on.

Not true. The word Peter is petrus. Petrus in the Greek tongue isa movable stone. But petra is the rock the church is built on and

that is Christ. And He is immovable. You can stand on Him and know that

you are not going to come up short. And you are not going to be

left behind even though you might read books `left behind' today. I

guarantee you; you are the one that will move to the forefront.

"And I will give unto thee" now listen to this. If you are

part of that church, I will give unto thee "the keys of the

kingdom of heaven, and whatsoever thou shall bind on earth shall be bound

in heaven. And whatsoever thou shall loose on earth shall be loose in

heaven." that's kind of power and authority but it is work. Those


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that you can drag from the fire, in the role of church, assembly,

okay, sounds better assembly, doesn't it? Because it is a group of

people that work together, pull together, have one common goal and

that is to establish and work within Christ's church. He said,

that is how I am going to build it and if you are really in it, I am

going to hand you a key. You can unlock doors and nobody can shut them.

When you start listening to someone that has been gathered in a

large crowd, ask yourself how God has blessed them. One of the main

things that we have these meetings for is so that like-minded people can

listen to each other. Why? Because I know that all of you are

intelligent enough that you could spot a phony when you see one.

Okay? And they will show up. You can count on it. I like to

consider it as comical myself. You know, it is a challenge. God expects you

to rise above, kind of the norm of people that are easily deceived

because on of the main things He warns the assembly about, don't

let anyone who comes claiming to be a Christian deceive you. You will

find that in Matthew 24, Mark 13 and even Luke 21 infers. We see

here what Christ was teaching just before He told Peter of the

establishing of the church and it would be on Pentecost day that

120 would join that assembly and it would move forth. And I guarantee

you that there were no crumbs in the basket that day. Peter taught a

sermon in Acts chapter 2 that anyone can be proud of. It was

straight on and Christ did very well in choosing him. Let's follow the

thought along.

Let's go to revelations 20. As you know, many people today,

not you, but many people today teach that the book of revelations

is just not meant to be understood. You would be surprised how many

people write me letters saying `I asked my pastor and he said

please don't read that book. Don't ask me to explain that because I don't

understand it. It is full of symbolism'. Lot of symbology. Hello?

That's the easiest way in the world to teach is to use symbolism

or the form of an analogy. That's the way we teach children in object

lessons. But let's follow through on churches. First great story

in revelation and revelation of course the word in whatever the

language you want to take it in means the uncovering. And Christ

appeared and He had in His hand seven stars and seven

candlesticks.

Well, that is symbology. Wonder why He would throw us a curve like

that? What does that mean? Thats just my left tonsil again. Don't

worry.

Verse 20. "the mystery" He is going to explain it "the

mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand and

the seven golden candlesticks" this is the mystery "the seven stars

are the angels of the seven churches" they represent those assemblies.

They are the messenger to those assemblies. "and the seven

candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches." isn't that

difficult? It is amazing isn't it? Those candlesticks are

churches.

Wow! What a revelation! I mean kindergarten children can pick up

on that. There is nothing difficult about that. A child canunderstand.

Now, do me a favor and skip on down to chapter two, the

church of Ephesus verse five. I want to tell you what can happen

to the candlestick though. Verse five chapter two

revelation. "remember therefore from whence thou art fallen" in other words,

this candlestick had already hit the dirt. Fallen. "repent and do the

first works or else" when Christ gives you the or else you had

better listen. "or else I will come unto thee quickly" not moping along.

Quickly! "and will remove thy candlestick out of his place unless

thou repent." let me ask you a question. Will Christ remove a


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church?

You better believe it. I mean, that is what He said. There is no

way around it. He said, you get your act together, you have drifted

off into the traditions of men, to this church of Ephysus, and if you

don't get it together and repent and go back to the scripture,

your first love, that's what establishes a Christian church, I'm not

going to mess around. I am going to come quickly and it is gone friend.

You are not blessed. So, let it be settled in you mind. God, there may

be seven churches at the time of that writing but Christ will

absolutely snuff one of them out so quick that they won't even know what had

happened to them. They won't even realize that they have been

snuffed. Why? Well, didn't He kind of tell us back in the

beginning in the sixteenth chapter.you mess around with that old leaven,

you go along with those old traditions, don't expect me to come visit

you honey. I am not going to be there. You can assemble all you want

to. I am going to rip off your lampshade and your candle and you are

out of business. They won't know it because they wonder `why doesn't

God answer our prayers? I wonder why God doesn't bless us?' hey,

anytime you are that wise to know that something is wrong, then you are

wise enough to do something about it. Well, how do I do that? With

God's Word in the simplicity.ask a little child. Ask them to explain it

to you. They can figure it out of how a church should react.

Now as you all well know, and this is old history to you,

there were only two churches out of the seven that Christ found nofault with. And we are going to go back over it because I want it

real fresh in your mind. I want it fresh enough in your mind that

we are going to use it right now. Skip to verse 8. What did these two

that He found no fault with have in common? I mean, man, that is

the church that you want to be in. you want to know what it is that

those two have in common because he found no, not one iota against them.

Let's see what they were teaching.

Verse 8. "and to the angel of the church of Smyrna

write `these things saith the first and the last which was dead

and is alive'" He resurrected from that tomb "I know thy works and

tribulation and poverty but thou art rich" boy I guess "and I know

the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews and are not but are

of the synogogue of satan" in other words, they claim to be of our

brother Judah but they are kenites of satan's synogogue. Are you

going to let one of them do your translating for you friend? How

far do you think you would get with your little lampshade? I think you

better order wicks right away. Do candles have wicks? Yeah, they

do now that I come to think about it. Kind of built in.

Verse 10. "fear none of those things that thou shalt suffer.

Behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison that you

shall be tried and you shall have tribulation ten days". that's on an

individual basis only. "be thou faithful unto death and I will

give thee a crown of life" in other words, who is death? He is the

devil. That's one of his names. Hebrews chapter 2 verse 14. You be

faithful allowing the Holy Spirit to speak through you, the petra, the realrock, the comforter, a rock that you can stand on and never be

shaken. You are solid and you will always be blessed. And He will

take care of you. That's His promise. He'll give you a crown. I

wonder if He knows my size. Well, I don't even know myself but it

is kind of large though. And that doesn't mean that I've got the big

head, either. Its just, I'm kind of big all over, I guess. Well,

anyway, that church Jesus loved. It is obvious that they were

doing something about the doctrine of the Pharisees and the Sadducees. I

mean that's, a child can understand that. So you had better be in

a church who the kenite is. Kenite being a Hebrew word meaning sons

of Cain. You better know who they are. They are still around today.


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Now skip on over, if you would, to chapter 3. You know where

I am going. To the brotherhood. Of brotherly love, that is, the

church of Philadelphia. Verse 7 of chapter 3. The only other

church, let's see if we can figure out, this is heavy now, let's see if we

can figure out what there two have in common and if we can't we'll

call one of those children from the choir back and let them

explain it to us because I guarantee you that a child can figure it out.

So surely we can. Verse7. "and to the angel" this is one of the seven

angels. Would you believe that? "and to the angel of the church of

Philadelphia write `these things saith He that is holy, He who is

true he that hath the key of David. He that openeth and no man

shutteth and shutteth and no man openeth." it is wonderful to have

a truth that you can build on. It is wonderful to have a truth that

opens the doors to the unknown. At the moment that you need it in

your life. That, that many people wonder about. You can stand on a

solid rock with stability. Knowledge and wisdom, they are

stability. If they are the wisdom and they knowledge from God's Word.

Verse 8. "I know thy works. Behold, I have set before thee

an open door and no man can shut it for thou hast a little strength."

A little strength being given by the help of God is a bunch, friend.

What it usually means, He will furnish the brick and you do the

building, alright? He is not going to do it all for you. How much

faith do you have? He will go all of the way. He's not apiker. "and has kept my word" that is what is important, beloved. This church

kept His Word. That is important. That is why He would find

nothing wrong with it. "and hast not denied my Name" they weren't

sidetracked by some silly willy that would bring their own traditions that

would eventually cause you to worship the evil one if you are not

careful. Hey, he's good. He is going to be kicked from heaven. "Behold, I

will make them of the synagogue of satan which say they are Jews" our

brother Judah "and are not but do lie. Behold I will make them to

come and worship before thy feet to know that I have loved thee."

you all know that that happens on the first day of the millennium. The

seventh trump. Why? There is not going to be any other power other

than the king of kings at that time.

Ten. "Because thou hast kept the word of my patience." and

there it is again. They kept what? They kept the word of Amos and

Andy? They kept the word of Jesus Christ. They kept the living

Word. They didn't play around. Yeah, but let's see if we can't find

something that has a lot of sensationalism in it. And go to hell?

You like sensationalism that much? Isn't God's sensational enough for

you? The excitement that goes on in this world today that you want

to get you a quick trip to hell by playing with the traditions of

men?

Old crumpled up mixed up dough that's sitting right here in the

gutter? Let's gather up some baskets. I heard that one saying.

This other one said, would you believe? Well, that kind of makes sense,

doesn't it? Yeah, if you would like to go to hell. If it isn't of

God and I'm talking that it isn't wrong if friends visit about thecorn crop. God makes the corn but I'm talking about passing it off as

spiritual content, for edification. That's a big sin to pass off

nonsense for edification in the Word of God.

"I will also keep thee from the hour of temptation which

shall come upon all of the world to try them that dwell on the

earth.

Behold, I come quickly. Hold that fast which thou hast that no man

take thy crown." they've earned a crown also. Both churches. So

you know something. If you are involved in a church that doesn't teach

what these two taught, you are in a heap of hurt. And by the time


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we finish this lecture tonight, you are going to find out how much of

a heap of hurt they are in. because He makes it very plain and we

are going to get into it. That's not difficult. Christ can expect you

to reckon that, can He not? Christ can expect you to have the

knowledge to sifer that, that means to understand. To do it My way. I think

that in as much as He died on the cross for His children, He has

the right to say it, do it My way. I want to establish an assembly but

I want it to be done My way. I don't blame Him.

One more verse. 12 "him that overcometh will I make a pillar

in the temple of My God" friend, that is traveling pretty tall

cotton. And for those of you that don't understand that

colloquialism that means you have it made. That's interesting. You know what a

pillar is? That holds up the temple. That's nice. "and he shall go

out no more and I shall write upon him the name of My God and the

name of the city of My God which is new Jerusalem that cometh down

out of heaven from My God. And I will write upon him My new name.

I wonder if we will be there? Well, if you follow His way, you will

be. Now I want us to think then what did we determine here? Well, a

candlestick here He says simply is an assembly. It is a church.

And those stars were symbolic of angels, messengers. And then we

learned in the fifth verse of the second chapter, He's not opposed to

snuffing out lights. When it comes to candlesticks He is pretty

tricky about that sort of thing. He really is. That's why He says that

judgment starts, guess where, at the pulpit. Right here. Thatmeans the people that speak, so if you speak I'd kind of do my homework.

But you are the listener it kind of works itself around but God

has a way of removing churches. And I don't care what name that you have

over the door. If Christ is tired of you, quite frankly, you are

in a heap of hurt because His blessings will be shut off and a lot of

bad things are going to happen.

Let's turn a little further to the mystery of the great

book.

The eleventh chapter. Well, what does this mean to you today? We

know that we are in the end times and you are hanging on by your teeth

for truth and searching for it. Its very simple, you don't have to

hang on by your teeth. Some of us old folks would sure by in a heap of

hurt if that was the case, okay? Let your mind do the walking.

Chapter 11 verse 1 and it reads. "and there was given unto me a

reed like unto a rod" now pay attention because there is a reason that

I brought you here or else I would not have brought you to this

chapter. So be sharp for me. I have laid groundwork. it is

important.

This rod, this isn't exactly a kissing stick. A rod is for

correction. You've got that haven't you? Measure out with that rod

a scepter that kind of is good for a little discipline

"the angel stood and saying `rise and measure the temple of

God and the altar and them that worship therein" I probably forgot

to tell you what a lot of people in traditions teach. After the

fourth chapter the churches aren't mentioned in Revelation so you can

just forget it. They are gone. They are gone somewhere and you knowsomething? Five of them are. I guarantee it. By the time we get

here, five are no more. But what about, do you think God is going to

cast away those two? I don't think so. Measure it out real good.

Verse 2 "but the court which is without the temple leave out

and measure it not for it is given to the gentiles," the

nations "and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months"

that's why we went through this, this morning about Jerusalem and

the day of vengeance. So that you can handle that. You know what that

means. And you know, of course, that 42 months, what is the moon?

It is lunar. What is every prophecy that is given of the night? It about satan.


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Quite simply about satan. it is about a three and a half year period. Now you

know that that has been shortened. For our sakes, praise God.

Verse 3 "and I will give power to my two witnesses" wow that

is good "and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and three

score days clothed in sack cloth" what is days? That is daylight.

That is solar. That is why we celebrate Passover by the solar

calendar rather than what some people do the lunar moons. Barking

and baying at the moon. God is a God of light and He blesses those

that keep His days the best they can to His way of reckoning. So those

two witnesses are fantastic and they are going to come. They are going

to appear. Do you know how I know? Well, Jesus said it. That seals it

right there. They are going to do some very wonderful things. We

will be talking more about that tomorrow afternoon. Don't miss it.

Three and a half years. Wow.

Four. "these are the two olive trees and" and is is a very

genuine and that means besides those two "the two candlesticks"

wonder what that is "standing before the god of the earth" not

heaven, earth. Somewhere on earth. Looks to me like this is bad

news for five candlesticks. Cause there is only two left. You want to guess

which two? I would be willing to be that everyone one of you

would get it right. Well, why would pastor Murray bring this up?

Because if the churches are there, you better know what you are

supposed to do. If you are going to be participating at the timeof the two witnesses its best to know at least what the signs are.

And what it is that is going to be going down at that time. Pastor

Murray, well, I don't understand. My preacher at home said that

the church isn't mentioned after chapter four. Well, if you have a

little child six years old or four, one at least that can understand

reading. Go back and read chapter 1 verse 20. Jesus said now

listen to Me children and candlestick is a church. You've got that?

Candlestick equals church. Candlestick equals assembly. And then

don't let some idiot tell you that the church isn't mentioned

after four because it is very clear it is right there in the hotbed of

chapter 11. We've still got two churches operating here and God is

using them in conjunction with the two witnesses. What are they

doing? Well, it is written over and over and over. The main point

that I want to make on you is that if you are a part of that

assembly, I think that you would be very concerned about this. I

would think that you would be wanting to say `well, hey, you talk

about something sensational to be able to just really document

that God expects us to be active' then, maybe we would know why He

blesses us so much. Would you believe that He is going to use us. That's

why. He has a purpose and you know what it is. If you don't know, have

a child explain Mark 13 to you when it is raining or something. What

the primary purpose if of a good Christian that belongs to one of

those two assemblies that is going to stand before the synagogue

of satan that these two particular churches stood against. These are

the two churches, the two candlesticks that made it. It isn't even up

for grabs which two churches that is and the main reason I wanted to

let you know that Christ snuffs out candlesticks. He snuffed out thosefive. They don't exist. But I am going to tell you something. Part

of the people in them do and guess what they did? They joined the two

and they are still around. Christ gave them that privilege. Go

back and read the letter where you find out what was wrong with each of

them. And He gave each one of them an equal chance. Get your act

together. Go back to my Word and understand it. And many will join

those and are, even to this day. Scads of people. I mean, just

stop and think. God has blessed us. Right now, I don't even know for

sure, its somewhere over 325 television stations in this hemisphere. Can

you believe that? At little old church that started out with 120

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doesn't? Nothing. We've got God and you do too. The difference is,

do we obey Him and does He use us. So, you know, there are many

things happening my friends and don't ever let some man tell you that the

churches aren't mentioned after chapter 4 because they would just

be unlearned in God's Word. You can see that, can't you? I want to

see some heads nod. All of you can see that. There are two

candlesticks, well, was that a church? Come on. Yes. He said itty bitty

candlestick is itty bitty church little bitty person. Don't argue with God's

Word. It says it. That settles it.

Verse 4. Did I get that? Yes, that's where I got to and that

is where I want to quit in Revelation but that is not where we are

going to quit tomorrow. We are going to come back for some more

food.

But we are going to quit there now because there is another time

that He told somebody to do some measuring and it is on the same

subject and I think it to complete what we have started on it here that we

should go and check on it. Do you all want to? Do you want to

tonight? Will you all sleep better if we do that tonight? Well,

let's do it. I bet I could say, how many of you know where I am going

and I bet hands would go up all over the place. You got it right.

Zechariah. Let's go there. Chapter three. I fooled you there,

didn't I?

Right book, different chapter. Now you all help me.Zechariah is in the minor prophets, isn't it? Right near the end. It is next

to the last book in the old testament, isn't it. Thank you. As a

matter of fact, I don't want chapter three. I want chapter two. And

everybody has a right to make a mistake occasionally otherwise you

would get the big head, right?

Chapter 2 verse 1 "I lifted up mine eyes again looked and

behold a man with a measuring line in his hand" here we go again.

Doing this measuring thing. "then I said, `where goest thou?' and

he said unto me `to measure Jerusalem'" you see beloved why we had

that lecture this morning? Don't listen to some crack pot that wants to

tell you prophesy concerning the end time you need to look at the

beast somewhere in Belgium or somewhere. It is not Biblical. You

are going to go to sleep at the switch and on watch if you don't watch

the place you are supposed to. Jerusalem. "to see what is the

breath thereof and what is the length thereof.' and behold the angel that

talked with me went forth and another angel went out to meet him"

just having a regular old time meeting here "and said unto him,

`run, speak to this young man saying `Jerusalem shall be inhabited as

towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein'" don't

try to measure out some little old wall. Run those lines on out there.

Nobody knows exactly how big it is going to be looking forward to

what we are going to do in the millennium. You think that we can

cut it in the millennium? Hey we are going to make it hard on them but

we are going to rake them back from the fire and show them what

discipline can really look like. If God wants us to. We will let

Him decide, alright? And we will get a lot more done..

Verse 5. "for I saith the Lord will be unto her a wall of

fire round about and will be the glory in the midst of her" I want

you to make a mental note. I have done this two or three times to

you already in this session. Make a mental note of fire. That wasn't

used in the plagues of Egypt. This earth has never been destroyed by

fire. So we are talking about something new when we see this. I want you

to make a note of that and be aware of that. Alright? You'll more

right along if you do. "and will be the glory in the midst of her" o the

glory of our Father in the midst, what does that mean? He is

there. So that gives you a time sequence. "Ho, Ho" or get up, get


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up "come forth and fleeth from the land of the north, saith the Lord for I

have spreadeth you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith

the Lord. Deliver thyself o Zion and dwellest with the daughters of

Babylon" Do you know what Babylon is? It is confusion. Don't dwell

in a lampstick, candelabra that is confusion or you are wasting your

time. Unless, I have known of cases where God has specifically

sent someone though, there is a purpose, someone there that needs a

witness not a trouble maker. But beware. Check out the light and

see if it be true or not and don't hanky with false doctrine. I mean

if somebody gives you some list of stuff, say document it. Well,

document it where? In God and from God's Word. I mean, you keep it

straight and narrow or you little boat is getting pretty close to

the end of its push here and you don't want it listing too much to one

side or the other. It could sink. Come out of confusion. Well, how

do I come out of confusion? With truth. It is that simple.

"for thus saith the Lord of hosts, `after the glory hath He

sent me unto the nations which spoiled you. For he that toucheth

you toucheth the apple of His eye" do you know what the apple of your

eye is? It is the pupil. God says that anybody that hankies with one

of my kids its like they stuck their finger in my eye. Now let me ask

you a question. He uses a pretty good analogy there. If somebody

sticks their finger in the pupil of your eye, does it get your

attention? I think so. Well, if somebody picks on you it gets

almighty God's attention. So don't be one of those poor me babies

that says `God just lets them pick on me'. He knows what is goingon.

He just figures that you can cut it. He figures you know what to

do with the bad boys. You may be a little dog but you can hunt with

the big dogs too. He knows you can cut it. And so it goes, friends. I

am going to tell you what. God expects His own to have one thing. It

is called faith to believe and to know that He does know about you.

But there are so many people in the world. He should know. He created

them. Every soul. And do you know what? He loved every one of them

or He would not have made it. There might have been one or two back

in the middle that He had their wheels spinning and `holy moly!' I am

going to start over. I don't know about that. I really don't know

about that. We may be getting into traditions a little bit there.

We'll leave that up to the Father. Anyway, you are here and He

made you and that is good enough for me if it is good enough for Him.

So, see that you stay with Him and follow the candlestick. Learn what

it is the candlestick is supposed to do. Well, brother, what is it

that a candlestick is supposed to do? You are teasing me. You don't

know what a candlestick is supposed to do? What do you keep it for?

Well, we keep it in our house in case the electricity goes out to give

it light. Well, you are getting right. That is just about right. You

know, a candlestick, an assembly should put out a light where it

kind of shows people that are lost in the darkness so they don't fall

and find their way. What with? Well, truth. That makes sense. God's

Word always makes sense. Alright, now. Yeah, when somebody bothers your

operation, that means your seed planting, or whatever, if they jab

you then they just jabbed God in the eye. If you ever get a gnat

in your eye or a mosquito what do you do with it. You swat it. Right.What do you think God is going to do to them? Come on. We are made

in His image. He's got the same reflexes naturally. If you stick your

finger in His eye it is going to be quick, friend. Quick response.

Okay.

Verse 9. "For behold, I will shake Mine hand upon them" o I

would never want that. If God's angry at you and shaking His hand

on them. Whew! "and they shall be a spoil to their servants and you

shall know that the Lord of Hosts has sent me. Sing a rejoice o

daughter of Zion for lo I come and I will dwell in the midst of

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we will be full of questions won't we? When you are in the spiritual

body you don't have that many questions, I'll just say that and

pass on.

Verse 11. "and many nations shall be joined" because you

already know. He only calls things to our memory. Its in the

memory.

You think that is Biblical? It is. Saint John chapter 14. Jesus

says "I call these things to your memory" its there. And I don't

want to get into when and how did it get there. Well, you know, from

before. "and many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day

and shall be My people and I will dwell in the midst of thee. And thou

shalt know that the Lord of hosts has sent me unto thee. And the

Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land and shall choose

Jerusalem again." that's what it centers on friend. Again, don't

be so foolish as to let someone pull you off by geographical

locations.

It is settled. "Be silent o all flesh before the Lord for he has

raised up out of that holy mountain." that means He is ready for

the day of vengeance. And I think if we knew how close it was, I don't

think you'd really want to know. Well I like to guess. Well go

ahead and guess. I'm not going to with you. Let's just be ready when in

happens, alright? You've got plenty to do. You are one of the

candlesticks. You've got plenty to do without worrying about moe

over there somewhere else or something. Its alright to pray for yourfriends and so forth. I have to be careful saying things like that

because so many people hear things different than some Irish man

trying to be humorous. Stick focused to God's Word. Stay with it

and you will never be embarrassed.

He continues on in that third chapter and He promises us the

Branch which is Messiah in verse 8. And in verse 9 of chapter 3 He

tells us about this stone that has seven sets of eyes. And of

course, that seven is spiritual completeness. It is God's elect in the

stone. What is a stone? Well, it is symbolic of a church. Is that a

candlestick? Yeah. It is what it is. Do you think that those eyes

close? No, they always watch. What? Spiritually alert.

Chapter 4 verse 1. "and the angel that talked with me again

and waked me as a man that is wakened out of his sleep. And he

said unto me `what seest thou?' and I said `I looked and behold a

candlestick all of gold with a bowl upon the top of it and has

seven lamps thereon and seven pipes to the seven lamps which are upon

the top thereof." why? Now in revelation we are told to measure and

we've got two candlesticks. But in Zechariah you are looking a little

further and I have to ask you and I don't want it to sound that I

am talking down but to a real Christian, now be honest with me, to a

real Christian, how many churches are there? Only one. Only one

candlestick but some of the lights moved into that one. Well who

is that one? Come one, it's Christ of course because you are either

in Him or you are out, you are snuffed out. The old candlesnuffer

has already hit your wick and you are out of business. So, what I'msaying, don't be concerned that here only one is listed with seven

lamps because it is one lamp stand in Christ. That's the way it

always will be. Even if there were seven churches, where should

they all have been? In Christ. That was his complaint. You get your act

together or I am going to come quickly and I am going to snuff

your lamp stand out. You are out of business. He is capable of doing

that and we know from the great book of revelation He did it to five of

them. I mean, He didn't mess with them. Do you know something? He

is not the type that does mess around when He gives you enough

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Okay, let's continue on here. We've got seven pipes to the

seven lamps which are on the top there of. Verse 3. "and the two

olive trees" well, here is the two witnesses again. The oil of our

people "by it. One on the right side of the bowl and the other of

the left side there of. So I answered and I spake unto the angel that

spake with me saying `what are these my lord?'" what in the world

is that?

Verse 5 "then the angel that talked with me answered and

said unto me "knowest thou not what these be?" you should, he is

saying "and I said, `no, my lord'

Six. "and then he answered and spake unto me saying `this is

the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel" do you know what Zerubbabel

means in the Hebrew tongue? You need to beloved. It means born at

Babel. But he didn't stay that way. Neither should you. You might

have been born in confusion but don't stay that way "saying, `not

by might, nor by power, but by My spirit saith the Lord of hosts" and

that is just the power of my left tonsil again. No problem to be

concerned. We are going to make it fine. Maybe I should have it

checked tomorrow?

Verse 7. "who art thou? O great mountain before Zerubbabel?"

I mean, here is opposition. What did Jesus say you could do if you

had the faith of a mustard seed you could do to a mountain? Youcould move it. "before Zerubbabel that should become a plain" why?

Someone is going to have some faith and it is gone. "and he shall bring

forth the headstone thereof with shouting crying grace, grace unto it"

do you know what the headstone is? It is the head of the church. I

mean the chief light. Chief candle stand.

Verse 8 "moreover the word of the Lord came unto me saying

Nine "the words of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of

this house. His hand shall also finish it. And thou shalt know

that the Lord of hosts has sent me unto you." in other words, what he

started, he is going to finish. How is he going to do that?

Verse 10 "for who hast despised the day of small things?"

don't think small beloved. Your Father owns everything. Your

Father controls everything. Well, what does He trust you with? Well, I

don't know. "for they shall rejoice and shall see the plumet in the hand

of Zerubbabel." what is this he's got? A plumet. It is a

plumbob. "Zerubbabel with those seven, they are the eyes of the

Lord which run to and fro through the whole earth" they are working

down there. God's 7,000 elect. The two churches from revelation. They

are working at it. They are doing what they are supposed to do in that

final generation, when the seals and the vials and the trumps

begin to sound. And they are. They keep busy focusing, disciplining

themselves on the Word of God. "then answered I and I said unto

him `what are these two olive trees upon the right side of the

candlestick and upon the left side thereof?' and of course, as you

know, he said earlier the oil, don't be like the ten virgins, theoil in this case ran not by man, not by gravity, not by some pump but

by the Holy Spirit. God is in control. Don't ever forget that. "and I

answered again and I said unto him `what be these two olive

branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of

themselves?" they are feeding those two churches if you really

want to know the truth about it those that have assembled themselves.

You know, it is pretty nice, I want to say this and some television

people might think I am bragging in saying it but it is so nice to

have God control the oil than having to beg. It is a blessing. It

is really a blessing. I don't say that as a brag. I say it to

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what He is doing and He is guiding you gently, truly and on course

whereby we can accomplish those things that are written. That is

not to say we accomplish, but let's don't fight against Him. Let's

help Him. Let's don't, you know what happened on the night Christ was

crucified. They ran. You are not going to. You've got work to do.

Do you know how I can double declare that? It will declare that back

in the book of revelation. He said `they are cutting it. Those two

are getting it done. I count on the two witnesses,' he said `and those

two churches. They are going to get it done.' you don't have to

worry about it if you have faith. You know He is in control.

Verse 13. "He answered me and said, `knowesth thou not what

these be?' and I said `no, my lord'. then said he `these are the

two anointed ones.'" the Hebrew says sons of oil. Wasn't any gender

there "that stand by the Lord of the whole earth" that is of

course the two witnesses mentioned in the book of revelation. We could

probably spend the rest of the night talking about who those two

witnesses are going to be and we would no less probably talked all

night than we do now. Because, when things are in God's hands,

sometimes it is best just to leave it there. You know, if He wants

us to know something, He will tell us if you will dig it out of His

Word. It is there. Its like, you are going to have people that are

going to tell you as we learned earlier and I am just recapping

now, I'm not repeating, I am recapping for a purpose. Some of this we

are picking up tomorrow and I don't want you to sleep and forget it.You won't will you? O good, good. But some people would tell you that

the churches aren't mentioned after the fourth chapter. Now you all

know that is a common practice. A lot of churches will tell you that.

You know that is ignorance and I am not calling them names or

anything, I'm a realist. I like to stick to facts. Anybody that says that is

just ignorant of, about God's Word. Because God makes it very

clear to us that we are there. And I say we because I know that we are

the group, one of the groups that teaches who are the synagogue of

satan. If a church doesn't teach that, hey and anyway you want to slice

it anywhere and all around the world there is really only one church.

What is its name? Well, it is an assembly of those that love the

truth and that have faith in Christ to trust and believe Him and

it doesn't have a name over the door. We could call it faith. We

could call it those that have the fathers in Christ because He is the

church and that is why many people say `pastor, I am ready to join

the Shepherds Chapel. What do I do?' and I say you better take

that up with the Lord. He's the head dog, I mean He's the head man, its

getting late. Been a long day, baptized a lot of people but we're

getting it done here. We are going to quit pretty quick.

Our Father loves those that love Him that He can count on.

You know, I am sure that it is pretty easy to disappoint Him when

He sends a letter that is so simple that a child can understand it

and you have, I mean, big candlesticks, I am not talking little groups

here and there, I'm talking big name, so called assemblies. They

are just not teaching right. And I don't judge them. I am not a judge.

But I am well enough advised by Him in His word to know that Idon't want any part of anything that isn't well pleasing to God. That's

just not right. Why? You are not going to get His blessings and

beloved, if we do it His way, don't think little, we are in big

times. We are in the trumps and the vials and the seals that are

moving on toward the end. Are you ready for it? Well, how do you

get yourself ready? Well, you educate yourself in the Father's Word,

He tells you all about it and He tells it where a child can

understand.

You know, you'd be surprised how many letters I get from people

who say `I wish you would quit saying that. I've read that a dozen

times and I don't understand that and you come along saying that a kid


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can.' well, you know, I don't know. Its one of those things, I

guess.

If you have eyes to see, you have eyes to see and if you don't,

you don't. so yes, the two churches are mentioned. Five are snuffed

out. I think that should go as a warning, dear one, that Christ meant

it when He said `beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the

Sadducees', the traditions of men. When you meet in large groups,

you better beware who you are keeping company with. The fragments of

doctrine. Why do you need another doctrine when you have the Word

of God? Isn't that good enough? I hope it is because I know where you

are going if it isn't and its pretty well set in snuff out time

So, I hope you enjoyed this because, thank you, my whole

point is to show you that you have a part because you are a part

of that assembly that teaches who the kenites are and that is so

obvious, so blatantly true that you couldn't miss it. And this

lecture and the one that is coming tomorrow basically is to teach

you more about your part in it, what it is that He would have you do

and I hope that you have gained much assurance by it and comfort that

hey, if they mess with me, its just like they stuck their finger

in God's eye and boy is His hand going to frail them. Just like

flailing pecans out of a Georgia pecan tree. Wop. A lot of shaking going

on. Its some Texas boys that cheat a little bit and hook a tractor up

to it with a vibrrrrrrrrr.and down they come. Its a quick way to

put the light out. You know, I don't get any pleasure in saying thatfive of them are gone. I really don't. it hurts me here because there

is a lot of good people in those five and they don't know that their

light is out. So let it encourage you to work all the harder that we

could brighten things up a little bit. Won't you do that? I love you

all.

God bless you.

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