Episode 278: The Family Altar Audio Devotional – Day 244

Episode Summary:

Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. (Ezekiel 33:1-5)

15 Now, it’s come across, and it’s in the evening time. Now, the Bible promised us that in the evening time it would be light. What kind of a light? The same light that shines in the east shines in the west. The same light shines in the morning, shines in the evening. Now, we’ve come all the way across this, and in the evening time the shadows are falling. And we’ve had light.

Now, I want you to notice, oh, in the hour of this watchman had warned and had told the people of the oncoming judgment, but they laughed at him and made fun of him. And then we see in the Scriptures, that when a city was built, the first thing was built was the protection of that city, which was the wall. And then to be sure that the city was safeguarded, they had a tower built way high on the wall, and a watchman was in that tower day and night. Twenty-four hours around he watched east, north, west, and south. Because he’s higher than the rest of the people he can see off. His duty is to warn the people when he could see oncoming judgment, armies approaching, spies slipping up, anything coming on. No matter what it was, he reported it back to the city if he was a good watchman.

16 I want to say something here. And I hope you catch it in the right way. Do you mean to tell me that they would put a nearsighted watchman in that tower when the life of the city depended on him? Would he… Would they put a—a man in there that was half blind? Certainly not. It would be the best sighted man they could find they’d put in there.

God also, when He builds His city, He—His church, He walled it with the Blood of His Own Son, Jesus Christ. And He put a tower in it. And in this tower… The Bible likens His prophets to being eagles. Now, a eagle can soar higher than any other bird. If another bird tries to follow an eagle, he’d die, because he—he—the eagle’s made special, and he can go so high if the hawk trying to follow him, the hawk would disintegrate in the air. He just couldn’t follow him; his feathers would fall out; he’d come apart. But the eagle is a special bird. Now, what good would it do him to go way up there in the air unless he could see way off? He’d be blind himself. But see, nature has provided the eagle with an eye that he can see as high till you can hardly see the eagle yourself: some of them fourteen feet across their wings. You can hardly see the eagle with your eye. But he can see any little moving object on the ground. Now, God likened His prophets, His preachers, to eagles. He calls Himself, “Jehovah Eagle.” He’s a Eagle Himself.

17 Now, God has set, not man, God has set in the church first is—or apostles, secondary, prophets, teachers, pastors and so forth. God set them in the church. If God put them in there, they’re qualified for the job. God wouldn’t put a man in a tower, in a position like that that said, “The days of miracles is past.” God would not put a man into position like that to be a prophet or a seer that would say that Jesus Christ isn’t the same yesterday, today, and forever, when the Bible declares Him to be. God would not put a man in a tower there, that would preach a wishy-washy Gospel and not tell the truth and warn the people of the wrath that is to come. He’d put a man in there that would be bold, that would have the—a spirit that seen the oncoming judgment; and regardless of what the people said, he’d warn them anyhow, cry out against it. He doesn’t put blind prophets in His tower. He puts prophets, preachers who foresees the coming judgment and warns the people to flee.

60-0303 – “Former And Latter Rain”
Rev. William Marrion Branham

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