Before God does anything here on earth…I want you to catch this close. Before God does anything on earth, He always sends a witness from heaven to declare it. Now, before Jesus was born, why, God sent a witness of this. Signs and wonders begin to appear of His coming, just as it’s appearing today by witnesses of His second coming again. See? Signs and wonders…This is a day that…There’s never been an age through all the church ages that’s ever produced what this age is producing right now, for it’s the coming of the Lord’s drawing near. Don’t you believe it? Drawing nigh, rather…And we’re nearing the time of the close of this world’s history when Jesus shall come.

The Resurrection of Lazarus, 1950-08-13, Cleveland, OH, §20