E-1 But so amazed at the…our little teen-agers this morning, the little, you know, little “fefe” and “fifi,” the little, the…you know, sixteen’s. And they come in the church, you know, about…Little girls, about that age, they want to look pretty, you know. Them, you know, hair is all curled up, on top of their head; I noticed them, as I was preaching, just kept wilting down, wilting down. And, after a while, they was blowing it back out of their face, the curls all straight.

E-2 Sister Downing’s little girl, and—and I noticed her. And little—little—little…Brother Collins’ little…What’s her name? Little…[Someone says, “Betty.”—Ed.] Betty, little Betty. I kind of just laughed a little bit, to myself. But I seen all the pretty, you know, all fixed up, and then directly it was…

E-3 Well, bless your hearts, honey, you’re pretty, to me, anyhow. That’s right. Pretty, is—is a pretty spirit that will come and set in meetings like that, and listen to the Gospel. That’s what makes a girl pretty. And I think any real boy, that’s worth marrying, thinks the same thing. [Brother Neville says, “Amen.”—Ed.] Thank you, sir. That’s good. Somebody agreed with me. That, that’s right. All right. I believe that that is the Truth.

E-4 Now isn’t that strange? I turned right straight to Daniel 9 when I opened my Bible. Now, I usually tell everybody, don’t take their coat off, that’s got a hole in their shirt, so I hope mine hasn’t. But—but I’ve seen the time where I couldn’t take it off, with a hole in the shirt, sure enough. And I guess this one hasn’t.

E-5 Now, oh, for myself, we…and I believe for the audience, we appreciate the Presence of the Holy Spirit this morning.
And we appreciate the fellowship and presence of each other. “How sweet, how good, how pleasant, for brethren to dwell together in unity. It’s like the precious anointing oil that run down the Aaron’s beard, all the way to the hems of his skirt.”

E-6 I went over to eat today, over at the Blue Boar, and who did I get into over there but Brother Bill here, and Sister Dauch setting there, just—just eating away some of the best-looking, fried chicken I ever seen, and just having a wonderful time, sweating right out of it, you know. Went on upstairs and met a big portion of the church up there, and they wanted to even pay for my dinner. Now, that was really nice, I appreciate that.

E-7 When I got home, here come Billy with a box of tomatoes that somebody brought me, all the way from that nice, cool state of Georgia down there, where it’s so cool down there, they tell me, about this time.

E-8 Then, met a little fellow outside. I was coming off of my interviews, this afternoon, and coming down by the church about a hour and a half ago, and the little…kind of a young fellow, outside, he said…I said, “It’s hot.”
He said, “It sho is!” I knew he was from Georgia, so he said, “Sure is hot down in Georgia!”

E-9 Well, we’re trying to escape a hotter place, aren’t we? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] That’s what we’re here for.

E-10 Thank you so much, friends, for all your goodness. What would I do without you? Just what—what would I do without you? If I had nobody that loved me, nobody that would listen to the Message, all my Message would be no good at all. I can’t preach it to telephone poles and trees. They wouldn’t understand it. So it’s got to be people like you all, that will come and listen to it. And when you come and set in a hot place like this, and it’s…My wife said she liked to a burnt up back there, this morning. And to see people, and sometime sick people, that’s setting in them meetings like that, God give you a—a beautiful, lovely home in Glory, is my prayer. And I just hope and trust that He will do that.

E-11 Now, let’s see. My coat, somebody took it over here. And I got to do a little reading tonight. How many is enjoying the first parts of this? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] Oh, if it just wasn’t so hot, we’d just keep right on going, right on through the week, with the—the Book of the Revelation. I just love It. I just live in It. And you pray, kind of, for me, this week, because next Sunday I…The Lord willing, I’ve got to meet that, placing those weeks together. And that’s something that I do not know nothing about. And so I’m just going to trust the Lord that He will have the answer for me.

E-12 And I—I’ve read several different men who—who spoke of it, who has wrote of it. I’ve read the footnotes here, on Dr. Scofield, a great scholar, but certainly couldn’t agreed with him, on many of his footnotes, ’cause I can’t see it. Where…It’s got to—it’s got to make the picture right.

E-13 Now, if you was putting like a jigsaw puzzle together, and the first thing you know, you say, “Oh, this goes up here. No, I’m sure this goes up here.” Well, you got to look over here at your pattern, to see what you’re doing. And then if you—if you don’t, you’ll get your scene all mixed up.

E-14 Now what if you was take…had a picture of a great, beautiful countryside, and a cow picking grass up in the top of a tree? Now, that wouldn’t be right (would it?), ’cause she don’t pick grass on top of a tree. So, that’s the way it is if, you, the Holy Spirit doesn’t place that Scripture together. Then, you got the whole, great picture of redemption. That’s what we want, the Truth. And till we know the Truth, we’ll just leave it alone. And then, when God gives us the Truth, well, then I’ll speak of it.

E-15 You know what? I guess Brother Roy Slaughter and—and some of the old-timers here, that started back yonder a long time ago…There was for about, I guess, the first three or four years of my ministry, right here at the tabernacle, I wouldn’t even preach on the subject of hell, because I—I couldn’t make out whether it was a burning place, whether it was a grave. And every time the Word spoke, grave, I’d get the translation, said, “Hades.” Hades is the “grave.” Every time It spoke of hell, “Hades, the grave.” And I just left it alone till I really found out what I was speaking about, then I preached on hell; so when I really found out, the whole picture, and seen where it was at. Because, I feel that a minister is responsible to God, what he tells that congregation, because they’re going to hold right onto that. And so, then, what if I’ve got them holding on the wrong place, and then the time comes up where that hold won’t stand? See?
And in that vision the Lord give me, some time ago, when those millions…when that One speaking to me, said, “You’ll be judged, first, by the Gospel you preach.”

E-16 I said, “I preach the same thing Paul did, and the rest of them.”

E-17 And all those millions of voices screamed out, “We are resting on that.” That was it. See? Right.

E-18 So I want to continue on tonight, now, so we won’t be too long. And don’t forget now…Now, this morning…I got a little notes here. This morning I spoke on Daniel in captivity, Gabriel coming to him and instructed him of the future. That’s what we had this morning, the instruction of the future.

E-19 Now, tonight, we’re talking on The Sixfold Purpose Of Gabriel’s Visit To Daniel. Next Sunday, the Lord willing, placing the seventy of weeks, where they belong, in the time element. And where are we standing? Now, if we can only find that and make it sure, positive, then we’ll know just the hour that we’re living. Now, we won’t know when He is Coming; no one will know that. Jesus doesn’t know it, Hisself. He said He didn’t. He said just the Father, only, knowed that. Not even the Angels know it. None of us know when He is coming, but we can tell the—the hour that…the time that we’re living, knowing just how close we could be.

E-20 Now, for a little lap-over, because the boys are taking tapes of this…The machines are running back in the room. And the tapes, course, they’re sent out, everywhere.

E-21 Now, this morning’s lesson, after we reviewed back on the 4th and 5th chapter, then we stuck the…beginning with the 9th chapter of Daniel. And now, tonight, we’re continue on with the 9th chapter. Before we approach it, let’s just bow our heads for a moment and speak to the Author of the Word.

E-22 Our gracious God, we are sure that You know the very intent of our heart. You know why we’re here. And You know that we never come tonight just because that we thought it would be a nice place to come, to take a little relaxation for the afternoon. Father, I do not believe there is one person here for that purpose. I believe that we are here tonight because we are deadly sincere, honest, and wanting to know THUS SAITH THE LORD.

E-23 We love You, Lord, and we love Your Word. And if this place that You have provided for us, just a roof over our head, and these concrete blocks, we are thankful to You for the place. For, we believe that there is a Home beyond the sky, where we are headed that way. And we think of our forefathers that didn’t even have this privilege, and it makes us bow our hearts in shame, Lord, to even complain.

E-24 Now, Father, we pray that You’ll open to us, tonight, the Scripture. Come, walk along, by the side of each one of us, as we go down this road tonight. Speak to us like You did those going to Emmaus, from Jerusalem. That, when the service is over, tonight, we might go to our different homes and say, “Did not our hearts burn within us as we heard Him speaking through His Word!”

E-25 Bless the reading. Bless my feeble efforts, Lord. Open my mouth to that which is true, and close it to that which is wrong. And get glory to Thyself, and glory in Thy people, that they might see the hour that we’re living and the near Coming of the Lord Jesus. For, we ask it in His—His Name, the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

E-26 Now, to lap back our Scriptures for a few moments, we find that Daniel had been in captivity for sixty-eight long years. Think of it! Now, you, and your paper and pencil, that didn’t get it this morning, may pick it up tonight. From a.d. 606 to 538. Take 538 from 606, you got sixty-eight years Daniel had been in…a captive; no church to go to, no sermons to hear, nothing. But he had some books, some scrolls, that a prophet before him had prophesied, and was—was Jeremiah.

E-27 Now, while in studying of the Scriptures, he seen time was running out, that the time of the seventy years…And Daniel solemnly believed every word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke. And I say to this, to my class tonight: Should we believe our prophets? [The congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] Yes, sir. For, the Word of the Lord came to the prophets. They have THUS SAITH THE LORD. And a true prophet will never vary from the—the other prophet’s word. They’ll never make It say something that It doesn’t say. They’ll say just exactly what the true prophet said. That makes them a prophet. Then when they get that, and then they foretell what is to come, knowing this, with fear in their heart, lest they should say something wrong and it should lead somebody astray. We never want to do that. We want to be absolutely sure that we got the Word of the Lord before we say THUS SAITH THE LORD. See? It must be a absolute, direct message from the Throne of God, or we should never say it.

E-28 Now, while in studying the Scriptures, he seen that the seventy years was running out. So, him being there sixty-eight years, left two years in the future until God would restore His people back to their homeland.
While in prayer, we find out that there was a mighty Angel came from Heaven. Can anybody call His name? [Congregation says, “Gabriel.”—Ed.] Gabriel. And He is the Angel to the Jewish church. How many knows that? Everywhere, it’s Gabriel. Gabriel is the messenger to the church, the Jewish church; came to Mary; He came to Zacharias. Always, it’s Gabriel. And He’s one of the great Angels of Heaven. And did not He bring our Brother Daniel such a wonderful salutation from God! “Oh, Daniel, greatly beloved!”

E-29 Wouldn’t that make you good, to think that God loved you? If I wasn’t greatly loved, I’d just like to know that I’m kind of loved a little bit up There, wouldn’t you? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] Sure. Just kind of…He thinks of me, once in a while, it would just make me just want to scream, to think that He even cares for me. And we have the assurance that He does care for us, because, “While we were yet sinners, Christ died in our stead,” brother. And, now, which we were alien from God, now has made us nigh unto God and has given us the earnest of our salvation, that is, the Holy Spirit. And with a faith in there that lifts us up above the things of the world, and we ride over the top of it. That’s glorious. Isn’t it? [“Amen.”] All right.

E-30 While in prayer, Gabriel come and told him that there was not only two more years before they were going back to the homeland, but told him the entire destination of that nation. Think of it! The entire destination, every journey of earth, Gabriel explained it to Daniel. Said He was sent to tell Daniel this great thing. How that prophet must have felt! And He told him that there were seventy weeks determined upon the people, unto the consummation; that’s the end time, so it’s all over, the consummation. He said, “There is seventy weeks.”

E-31 Some of them allows that to months, some to days, some…Huh! If it’s just actually weeks, there’s only about two and a quarter year, or one and a quarter years of it. And, see, you…There is where we got to find, to be truthful.

E-32 “Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people.” For what purpose? For what? Whose people was it determined upon? Daniel’s people, the Jews. And what was it determined for? Upon not only Daniel, but upon Daniel’s holy city; see, Daniel’s holy city. Now, class, what was Daniel’s holy city? [Congregation says, “Jerusalem.”—Ed.] Jerusalem.

E-33 And now we’re going to take, maybe get to it tonight: Where was Jerusalem? Who founded Jerusalem? Did you ever think of that? Who founded Jerusalem? When was it founded? We’re going to get to it, after a while. Who founded Jerusalem? Boy, it’s a little bitty thing hid back in the corner, but It sure tells it. Yes, sir. Who founded Jerusalem, and when was it founded? All right. And that’s Daniel’s holy city.

E-34 And we do understand that that city, which is now been a curse for two thousand years, will be rebuilt and re-established again. And the temple worship will be set up just like it was in the beginning. That’s right. Jerusalem will be, now, and there will be a sacrifice, a daily oblation offered again just like it was in the beginning. We’re going to get into most of that, I guess, tonight, or a lot of it.

E-35 Now I want you to know, friends, that, striking on these things, I’m certainly leaving out weeks of teaching. But just kind of hitting it, so that when the weather cools off, or a little later, when we get into those Seven Seals, Seven Vials, Seven Trumpets, all these things, that I can refer back and say, “Do you remember on the seventy weeks of Daniel? Do you remember the Church age, when it went up, and what taken place?” And these seventy weeks of Daniel covers from the going up of the Church until the coming back of the Church. That space is what it covers. Now, now, not all the seventy weeks of Daniel; part of it. “Seventy weeks are determined.”

E-36 Now, there was a sixfold purpose in His visit, telling him what was going to come to pass. Now, there was a sixfold purpose of His coming. Now, tonight, I think we’ll leave off over here in the Scriptures of where that we was at this morning, where that there was a sixfold purpose. Here we are. Now we find out that there was the sixfold purpose, one of it. Now let’s get the -fourth chapter, the -fourth verse…24th verse of the 9th chapter of Daniel.
And seventy weeks are determined upon thy people…
Now remember, that is all that the journey of the Israelites will have in this earth. They are determined. Seventy weeks is just determined. That’s all is lotted to the Jews.
…upon thy people and upon thy holy city,…
Therefore, this seventy weeks, now don’t miss it, it will reveal from that time to the end of the Jews, and also to the end of Jerusalem, until there will be a new city built. Now, oh, I hope we get into it, real good and deep tonight.
…are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city,…(What to?)…to finish the transgression,…

E-37 What did He tell him now? He was trying to find how long it’s going to be. “I know we’re at the end time.” Like we are now, “Lord…”

E-38 How many in this class, tonight, believes that we are at the end time? Say, “Amen.” [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] Thank you. We are at the end. Now we’re trying to find, by God, just how long that’s going to be. What day are we living? That’s why we’re going back and picking up these prophets, and so forth, and trying to find out where we are.

E-39 And that’s what Daniel did. He set his face to God. How many read Daniel 9 today, raise up your hands. All right. You see his prayer, how he made his confession of his people, and his confession of himself. He wanted to be sure that he found out when they were to go back, because he wanted to get the people ready to go back.
Now, what I’m trying to do, is find out when we’re going up, and get the people ready to go up, that were ready. And we’ve set our face to God, through prayers and supplications, to find out, “Lord, what’s the hour we’re living in?”

E-40 We’ve seen all these different things happening; we see the world in chaos. We see the time at hand. The s-…handwriting is on the wall, everything that God said. We hear our President speaking of another war, right now coming. We hear prediction, “Within, oh, within a few hours after war, is predicted that nations will be nothing but volcanic dust.” And we know we got it.
So we know, before that takes place, the Church has got to go. So, “Lord, where are we at?” That’s the reason I believe that He will let us know. We set our faces to find out. Now, first, let’s find out.
Seventy weeks are determined on thy people…thy holy city, to finish the transgression,…make an end of sin, and to make reconciliations for iniquity,…to bring in everlasting righteousness,…to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

E-41 That was the sixfold purpose of the visitation of Gabriel.

E-42 Now let’s start, number one. If you want to mark it, you that got pencils. Number one, “To finish the transgression,” that’s the first thing. Now, to finish the transgression of Israel, who transgressed against God, will be the turning away of the ungodliness of Jacob.
Now, to find this, let’s turn to Romans. The 11th chapter of Romans, and begin with the 21st verse of Romans 11. Now we’re going to what? “Finish the transgressions.” Romans 11:21. All right.
For if God spared not the natural branch,…(Which was who? Israel.)…take heed lest…also spare not thee.
Now, I want you, when you go home, to read this whole 11th chapter. I’m just reading this so…Mark down the whole 11th chapter, and read it.
…spare not thee.
Behold therefore the goodness…severity of God: on them which fell,…but towards thee, goodness, if thou continue in the goodness: otherwise thou…shall be cut off, also be cut off.
And they also, if they abide not still in un-…if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
See, telling that there will be a time that when the Gentile will be cut out, and Israel come back in again.
For if thou were cut out of the—of the olive tree which is wild by nature (Gentiles), and were graffed contrary to nature…
We were contrary to nature, alien, without mercy, without God, with no hope at all. And God, by His mercy, to give us a chance, cut off righteous Israel because of transgressions, and turned them aside, the wil-…the tame olive tree, and brought in a wild olive tree, contrary to nature.
…unto a good…tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
All right, let’s read on.
For I would not, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own conceit; that blindness in part of happened of Israel, happens to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles…come in.

E-43 Until God is finished with the Gentiles, Israel was blinded. They went off into sin and to transgressions against God, because God blinded their eyes, that we might be grafted in. You get it? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] 26th verse now.
And so all Israel shall be saved:…

E-44 God blinded them purposely for you and I. They cannot see, because God blinded them. And all Israel, true Israel, shall be saved. What did the Angel say? Glory! “To finish the transgression of Israel! I’ve come to tell you that there will come a time when Israel’s transgression will be finished.” God will cut off that wild branch, and graft into that, back, that real branch again.

E-45 Oh, sometimes it makes my heart jump, see them poor, miserable people cut off out yonder, not knowing where they’re going; and think that God, in His mercy, did that so I could be saved. Blinded their eyes from their own Messiah, shut their ears up that they could not hear Him; yet, looked right at His miracles, and looked right at His miracles and things that He was doing.

E-46 Matthew, I believe, the 12th chapter, or 8th or 12th chapter, said, “Though Jesus had done so many miracles, yet they could not believe.” Because, God said, “They got eyes and they can’t see, and ears and they can’t hear; unless they would see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and I would convert them.” But, so that we could have a chance, He pulled the curtain down over His Own children’s eyes, turned His own children away from the table, and turned them off to leanness of Spirit, that He might find…that we might have a chance to live, giving us Life. 26th verse, again.
And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

E-47 Yes, He will come to Mount Zion, one of these days. Upon the Mount of Olives, they’ll recognize Him, and all Israel will know it’s Him. The Gentiles will be finished then. That branch that’s been grafted in, God will take from it the fruit that’s been gathered. And that wild branch will be…

E-48 And now remember, on back in here as you read, He said, “If that roots was holy, and that roots was a holy Root, also the fruit that comes up from that holy Root will bring holy fruit.” And if that Root was Jesus Christ, Who is both Root and Offspring of David; if that Life was in Him, come up through the Jewish generation and was cut off from them, and their eyes blinded that we might see, our lives will have to pattern with that blessed Branch. Oh, yes, brother. That’s right.

E-49 God cut them off, purposely, and blinded their eyes so we could have a chance to see, giving us an opportunity. And we walk around like we’re somebody. Paul tells them here, “Take heed, how you do that. Take heed! For if God spared not the natural branch, how will He have any more mercy on the wild branch that’s already…”
So we walk around, say, “I’m Presbyterian! I’m Methodist! I’m Baptist! I’m Pentecostal!” That don’t mean nothing to God. You’ve got to be born again of that Holy Spirit that come from the Root. But He come…

E-50 Now, remember, He is not speaking of the Gentile. I’m just throwing this in here so you see where the Gentiles have their chance.

E-51 But, He come “to finish the transgression,” make a finish of it. Now, if we go back into Daniel again, and we’ll find out that in Daniel, we find out here, the 24th verse. All right. “To finish the transgression.” To finish what? To finish Israel’s transgression.
What is a transgress? Is to go against something. A transgress against me, is to do a wrong to me. Transgress against you, is do a wrong to you.
So, Israel did a wrong to God. And in this seventieth week, what’s going to happen? God is going to finish the transgression of Israel. “Finish the transgression,” will be, “turning away the ungodliness from Jacob.” And then all Israel will be born again. All of them will receive the Holy Spirit.
Now, number two, write that down on your paper.

E-52 We could stay a long time on that, but I don’t want to go to preaching on it. Just want to talk to you, so that you can get it down close. When we get into these Seven Seals, then you’ll just move right on through the Church, through the Seals, through the Plagues, and know where we’re standing. All right.

E-53 Number two, “Make an end of sins.” Now let’s read again, Daniel.
…to finish…transgression, and—and make an end of sins,…
That’s His second purpose of coming. First, is to finish Israel’s transgression; and to make an end of sins. Where did Israel sin? Where did they do their vital sin? Where did they separate themselves from God?

E-54 Now listen close. Let’s turn to Saint Matthew 24. And here is where Israel made her fatal mistake. Here is where she done her last sin, and the reason she is in the condition today. Matthew, the 27th chapter of Saint Matthew’s Gospel, and the 25th verse of the 27th chapter. Let’s begin about the—the 21st verse.
The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? And they said, Barabbas.
Now remember, that’s Israel. “Barabbas!”
Pilate said unto them, What shall I do…with Jesus which is called Christ? (Listen at them!) They all said unto him, Let him be crucified.
Remember, that’s their Messiah that Daniel said would come. Remember this morning, in the lesson here, “He will be cut off, not for Himself,” not nothing He did.
…Let him be crucified.
And the governor said, Why, what evil has he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
Then Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but…rather a tumult was made, and he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see…to it.

E-55 Listen! Here is their mistake. Here is their sin.
Then answered…the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

E-56 There is where they done it. He was making an end of sin for them. How could He do anything else but forgive them, knowing that He had to blind their eyes, that we could come in. It’s like His own children calling for His Blood. And they were blinded, and He knowed they were blinded. That’s the reason He cried for forgiveness for them. “Forgive them, Father, for they don’t know what they are doing.” They were blind. For our sake they were made blind. In their unbelief they did this. But when they see Him again…Amen!

E-57 “Put an end to sin.” What is sin? Unbelief. They did not believe that was the Messiah. They could not see Him to be Messiah, yet He done every sign the Messiah was supposed to do. But they could not see it. They were blind.

E-58 So when you see people say, “I don’t believe in Divine healing. I can’t see it. I can’t see this baptism of the Holy Ghost.” Don’t be angry with them; they are blind. They say, “I can’t see this Message of Him Coming. I can’t see this baptism of the Holy Spirit. I can’t see the serpent’s seed. I can’t see this stuff.” They’re blind, and don’t know it. Just pray for them. All right.

E-59 In their unbelief; but, when they see Him, when He comes again, it will make an end of their unbelief. Oh, my! Let’s just turn first to Genesis the 25th, the 45th chapter, and get a—a type of it. I got wrote down here some, of Genesis 45, you that’s taking down the notes. Oh, how I love this good old Gospel! All right. Now we know where we’re at.
Can you hear me all right, in the back of the building? Raise up your hand if you can hear me. I got this setting a little close.

E-60 Now we’re going to read a portion of this Scripture. I want you to listen, you that don’t have your Bible. You that have your Bible, it’s Genesis. First, let’s start in the 44th chapter, beginning with the 27th verse.

E-61 It’s Joseph, and Joseph was a perfect type of Christ. We know that. How many knows that? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] Hated of his brothers (why?) because he was spiritual, he saw visions, interpret dreams. He was a spiritual man among his brethren, and they hated him. And his father loved him.
So was Jesus hated of the denominational churches, but loved of His Father, God. Why did they hate Him? Because He was spiritual. Because…They told, they said, “He was a fortuneteller, a devil.”

E-62 You remember what Joseph’s brothers said to him? “Here comes that dreamer.” See? See, same thing. And they sold Joseph for almost the same price that Judas sold Jesus for, thirty pieces of silver. [Brother Branham knocked on the pulpit several times—Ed.] Throwed him into a ditch, and went and told the father that something killed him, he was dead. But he was taken up from the ditch. Christ was throwed into a ditch, and was taken up. And from there he went to the highest place there was on earth. Amen! Joseph went to the right hand of Pharaoh; and Jesus went to the right hand of God. In his temptation, before his exaltation. Jesus, before He was exalted, went through temptation.

E-63 Why, I believe it was Billy Sunday, the great evangelist, said, “Every—every tree had a million Angels setting in it, that day of the crucifixion, said, ‘Just pull Your hand loose and point to us. We’ll change this scene around here.’” But He couldn’t do it.

E-64 Caiaphas said, “He saved himself; others he cannot save.” He didn’t know he was paying a comment. If He would have saved Himself, He couldn’t save others. So, He gave Hisself, to save others. See, so blind from it. Now they…

E-65 Then when he was there in his exaltation, or before his exaltation, his temptation. Remember, Joseph was put into prison because he was innocent. The Roman, or…

E-66 The Israelite general, by the name of Potiphar; Potiphar went, and went away on a trip. He had a pretty wife, and his wife had Joseph come into the house to do something; and he tried to get Joseph to do something wrong. And he was loyal to God. I tell you, they always…

E-67 You women, I’ve hollered at you; now I’m going to take up for you, a minute. See? The woman is the weaker vessel. I know there can’t be a bad man before there’s a bad woman. But men who knows that, men who knows that you are a son of God, and take advantage of a woman, shame on you; no matter what she does. She’s a weaker vessel, and you know that. If she goes out, acting unladylike, take her by the hand and talk to her like a sister. You’re a son of God. Don’t do them evil things. Look at Joseph, he was an example to you.

E-68 And when Potiphar’s wife, this beautiful woman, honorable, highest, one of the highest women there was in the country, begged him and persuaded him. And he turned, and she caught him and tried to hug him up to her. And he jerked till he even pulled his coat off, and run from her. Yes, sir. And when he come in, they told a lie on him, said he come in to ravish her, and she left his…and he left his coat there. And for that he went to the dungeon. But, in the dungeon, God was with him, no matter where they put him.

E-69 He was a type of the Son of prosperity. Everything Joseph done prospered. And when Jesus returns in the Millennium, that’s the reason the deserts will blossom as a rose. Everything He does will prosper. He’s the Son of prosperity. Wherever you put Joseph, it was blessed. Wherever Jesus is, it’s blessed. So, get Him in your heart and be blessed.

E-70 So we find now, that, Joseph then was put into a prison. And in the prison there were two men; one of them was lost, and one was saved. Jesus, in His temptation on the cross, one thief was lost and the other one saved.

E-71 When He was exalted, He went to the right hand of God. When Joseph was exalted, he went to the right hand of Pharaoh, and no man could speak to Pharaoh without speaking to Joseph first and getting permission.
And when Joseph left the palace…Oh, my! [Brother Branham claps his hands together once—Ed.] When Joseph left the palace, trumpets sounded, and men run ahead of him, saying, “Bow the knee! Joseph is coming!” Amen!
And when Jesus leaves the right hand of the Majesty above, the trumpets will sound. And every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess, “Jesus is Coming!” Sure! But if…

E-72 And, remember, when he was rejected of his brethren, what did he do? He got a Gentile wife; he got an Egyptian wife. When Jesus was cut off from His brethren back there, the Jews, He married a Gentile Bride. But now, after years, after children had been born, Ephraim and Manasseh, he had a family.

E-73 Then, one day, his brethren come to visit him. Watch. We know the story, how he put the little thing in there, to send back. And act like he couldn’t even speak their language; had an interpreter, for the Hebrew, when he was a Hebrew himself. And their brother had come down. They didn’t know him. He was a mighty prince.
And right now, Christ visits the Jews, heals their sick and stuff, and they still don’t know Who He is, that Messiah.
Let’s begin at the 27th verse of the 44th chapter.
And thy servant my father said unto us, You know that my wife bare me—my wife bare me two sons:
And one of them went out from me,…
That was Joseph, the very one they were talking to.
…and I said, Surely he is torn to pieces; and I saw him not since:
And if you take this also from me, and mischief befall him, you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

E-74 They had a little Benjamin down there, his little brother. You know who Benjamin represents? This new bunch of real, genuine Jews that’s gathering there now to make that hundred and forty-four thousand, this—this race that’s coming up. Not these Wall Street crooks, no, no; that’s more cannon fodder. Them ain’t Jews. Them ain’t Jews. The real Jews are these little Benjamins coming up from down in here, and never even heard the Word of Jesus Christ.
Now therefore come unto me…and thy father…and my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;

E-75 God’s own Life is bound with Israel. He is married to her. We’re going to get to that in a few minutes, if the Lord willing. He is married to Israel. His Life is bound to her. Just as I’m bound to Mrs. Branham back there, my wife, and you’re bound to your wife. Your life is wrapped in it. And God is married to Israel. And what was it? Jacob said, “My life is wrapped and bound in this child. I shall…”
And it shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us,…
Joseph was going to keep the lad, you know. We know the story.
…and that he will die, his daddy: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
Listen to that plea that Reuben is giving now.
For thy servant become surety that the lad unto thy…unto my father, saying, If I bring not…bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad…
Oh, my! See, he is standing right before Joseph, his brother. This is Joseph, and he don’t know him. Oh, wait till that Millennium starts, brother!
…now instead of the lad a bondsman to my lord;…
Listen at him, confessing him, “lord.”
…and let the lad go up with his brethren.
For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall become on my father.

E-76 Pleading, giving his own life! How them Jews will stand there with their hands out! Watch. Watch now the 45th, verse…Listen close, don’t miss it. “When Joseph could…”
Then Joseph could not…-frain him—refrain himself before all them that stood with him;…
Brother, that’s when sin is going to be made an end to. The unbelief is going to scatter.
…and he cried, and he caused every man to go…from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brethren.

E-77 What is it? Even his own wife went back to the palace. Oh, my! The Bride in Glory, while Jesus returns (we’ll get into it here) to make Hisself known.
And he wept aloud:…
Joseph just couldn’t hold it any longer, and he screamed out.
…and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard it.

E-78 Plumb back over into the palace, they heard Joseph screaming. Now, that was a type of Christ meeting the Jews, that, He knows He blinded them so that we could have a chance. But when He comes to them again, sin of Israel will be over.
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph;…
What do you think Jesus will say? “I am your Messiah. I am the One that you crucified.”
…does my father yet live? And his brothers could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.

E-79 Oh, I got to stop here just a minute. Let’s turn over to Zechariah the 12th chapter. Turn with me now to the Book of Zechariah, the 12th chapter of Zechariah. And maybe I’m taking a little too much time in starting preaching on this, but I—I hope not. And I—I want you to get it, so bad.

E-80 Zechariah, let’s get the 12th chapter of Zechariah, and see what He’s going to say now when He stand before His brethren. Zechariah 12, and the 10th. “Make an end of sin,” now. All right, 12th chapter and 10th verse.

E-81 Notice. And now he’s speaking here of the remnant; the siege of Jerusalem; the beast and the armies is took away, and so forth; all things are become to the end now; this is almost to the Millennium, fixing to start the Millennium right now.
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the habitations of Jerusalem, the spirit of (what?) grace…
Amen! Amazing grace!
…upon the house…inhabitants of Jerusalem, (Daniel’s “holy city”), the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

E-82 Listen, what a mourning that will be when He’s standing there, making Himself known to them, like Joseph did! Listen.
And in that day shall there be such great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadad-…
I can’t pronounce that name, H-a-d-a-d-r-i-m- -o-…
…Hadadrimmon in…Megiddon—Megiddon.
And in the land shall be mourning, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; and the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their families apart;
The…house of Levi…and their wives and families apart;…and Simeon and theirs apart;
And all the families that remain, every family…and their wives apart.

E-83 They’ll be so ashamed of theirself, when they stand there and see that that very One that they crucified and denied, standing there, their own precious Joseph. There will be such mourning! And they’ll say, “Where did You get those scars?”

E-84 He said, “In the house of My friends.” See what I mean? To make an end of sin, of unbelief, that’s what He’s coming for.

E-85 And this seventieth year of Daniel, seventieth week, rather, coming to make an end of sin, put it away. You understand now? What’s the first? “To finish the transgression.” “To make an end of sin.” Number three, “To make reconciliations for iniquity.” You who is writing it down.
I had about six other Scriptures there, but I just pass over it, because it’s hot. We don’t want to take too much time. I want to get as much of it as I can, but not hold you too long. All right.

E-86 “To make reconciliations for iniquity.” Iniquity is “doing wrong,” as they did at the cross. He made reconciliations, but it will not be applied to them. It was not applied to them. Why? Because they were blinded and could not see it. And why did they blind?
You say, “Well, maybe, today…because I’m blind.” You are wilfully blind. They were blind because God blinded them. But you’re blind because you’re wilfully blind. There’s no reconciliation for you. “If you believe not I am He,” said Jesus, “you’ll die in your sin.” That’s right.

E-87 Now let’s turn back to Zechariah again, the 13th chapter. Now let’s listen here. “Make reconciliations.” Now, where this…I was looking for someone, hear this—hear this, but maybe the Lord will get it some way.
In that day there shall…

E-88 “In that day.” Dr. Scofield has here in his footnotes, or his paragraph’s headings, “The remnant…The repentant remnant pointed to the cross.”

E-89 “To make reconciliations for iniquity.” Iniquity, is something that you’ve done wrong, that you knowed better, that you ought not have done it. “If I conceive iniquity in my heart, God will not hear me.”

E-90 Now, in Zechariah the 13th chapter, let’s begin at the 1st, at the 1st verse.
In that day there shall be a fountain opened in the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and…uncleanness.

E-91 There shall be a house open. Go ahead; we could just read it on down. I want you to mark that so you will read it. But now, I’ve got marked out here to start at the 6th verse and read to the 10th. All right, let’s read now and see, read to the 9th, rather.
And one shall say to him, that where…What are these wounds in thy hand? Then he shall answer, Those…which I have was…(Let’s see.)…answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
Awake, O sword, against the shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of host: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.

E-92 Now, Jesus quoted that Scripture. See, “Smite the Shepherd, and scatter the sheep.” But notice the next paragraph. He just quoted that much of it. But watch what the next sentence of it says, the next part of it. “And I will turn My hand to the little ones.” What? The Benjamin group that’s coming up now. “I will turn My hand to the little ones.”

E-93 “Smite the Shepherd.” Israel, first, Israel smote the Shepherd, scattered the sheep to all the world. But God said, “I will turn My hand back, to get them little ones at the last day.” When? When reconciliation for iniquity has been made.

E-94 Israel will be saved, every one of them. Let’s turn to Isaiah. The Isaiah, the 66th chapter of Isaiah, and read just for a moment. And see what God says about Israel being saved, how long it will take to save Israel. Watch how quick it’ll come. In Isaiah, the 66th chapter and the 8th verse. If you want to read it all, all right.
Who has heard such a thing? who hath seen such a thing? Shall the earth be made and bring forth…one day…in one day?…for as soon as Zion travaileth, she brought forth her children.

E-95 As soon as Zion saw that that was their Messiah, she was born again, in one day. “Make reconciliations for sins, and to make reconciliations for iniquity, uncleanliness.” Oh, my! They did that what was evil, that which was wrong. Reconciliations was made for their iniquity.

E-96 Number four. “To bring in everlasting righteousness.” That’s the fourth thing that He come for. The fourth, what He come to do, “To—to bring in everlasting righteousness.” “Make an end of sin; reconciliation; and to bring in everlasting righteousness.” When Israel transgressions had come to an end…When Israel’s transgression…