Topic: Old Testament figures

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What happened to Moses when he struck the rock instead of speaking to it?

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Do you realize that a—a gift of that type could send your soul to hell. How many believes Moses was a prophet? How many believes he disobeyed God? Certainly. God said, “Go down there and speak to the rock.” Don’t smite it no more; it’s already been smitten once. That was Christ. Is that right? And M...

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What did the lepers at the gate decide to do when they said, Why sit we here until we die?

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Look, there was some lepers laid at the gate. They said, “Why set we here till we die?” If they set there, they died; if they went in the city, they died. And they only had one chance, that was go down to the enemy’s camp. And said, “If they’ll save us, we live; but if they kill us, we die.”

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Can prayer change a death that God has already pronounced?

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Now, many times it turns dark around the patient. I know death’s laying there. And I just say, “The Lord bless you.” Or, “I pray that God will heal you.” And—and send them on off the platform. For I don’t know what it will be. ’Cause sometimes God could pronounce death on a person, and then their pr...

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Was Elijah an angel or an ordinary man?

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We’re speaking tonight about Elijah and making it a preview of our prayer meeting coming now. Elijah was a man…Many times when someone speaks of a man like Elijah, they would expect him to be a great angel, or, of some sort, or a sainted person that was dropped out of Heaven. But the Bible said that...

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Why did Aaron wear bells on the hem of his garment when he went into the holiest of holies?

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Aaron when he went into the holiest of holies once a year, he had to wear a certain kind of a garment, and he had to be anointed, and he had to take blood with him. Is that right? And on the hem of his garment he had a pomegranate and a bell—a pomegranate and a bell; and as he walked he had to make...

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What reasoning led the lepers to go down to the camp of the Syrians?

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And these lepers says…Well, the Syrians had them besieged and they was starving them to death. Now, they said, “Why set we here until we die? Now, we got to do something. Now, let’s see, there’s only two roads.” One of them led in the city. They had three things they could do. They could go into the...

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Did anyone besides Jesus ever talk with God face to face?

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Now, in the 23rd chapter of Exodus, and beginning with the 20th verse. I wish to begin to read just a few verses. Now, this is Moses and God talking face-to-face. Now, there never was a man in all the earth, outside of Jesus Christ, that ever talked face-to- face with God but Moses. “If there be one...

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How was Joseph a type of Christ?

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[Blank spot on tape—Ed.] God told Moses now…Before you leave, wish we had time to back it up a little bit, pick up how they went down into Egypt. God prophesied through Abraham, said his seed would sojourn in a strange land for—for four hundred years. And then He would bring them out with a strong h...

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What was the difference between Moab and Israel when both offered the same sacrifices to the same God?

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So what was the difference? Now, here you are. Get it. God, if it comes to being fundamental, if that’s all God requires, He would be unjust if He didn’t recognize both of them. That’s right. If Scripturally fundamentalism is all that God requires, Moab was just as fundamental as Israel, offering th...

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What were Cain and Abel types of?

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Now, Cain and Abel was both very religious men, and one of them was the type of Christ, and the other was the antichrist. Cain was just as religious as Abel was. Amen. Notice him. Then many times you notice, looky here, as Cain killed Abel at the altar, so did Judas kill Jesus at the altar, which Ca...

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What two signs did God give Moses to prove He had sent him?

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People, you ought to believe. When the prophet, Moses, went down, he didn’t have to go down and show his sign. God told him He’d give him two signs to prove that He had sent him. That was, Divine healing, was one, and another one, was to perform a miracle. Is that right?

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Could what the witch of En-dor did in calling up Samuel be done today?

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Now, this witch of En-dor, she called up the spirit of Samuel. And Saul talked to Samuel. Now, you might wonder how that could be done. It cannot be done today. No, sir. Because, the blood of bulls and goats was only a waiting for the time of fulfillment. When a man died in them days…Preachers, back...

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In the type of Moses and Joshua, what does each one represent?

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Looky here. The organized church was Moses, the law-giver. And the law-giver, Moses, glorified himself in the stead of God, and wasn’t permitted to take the children over Jordan. And the church today is glorifying themselves: “I belong to the Assemblies”; “I belong to the Church of God”; “I belong t...

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How can Paul say Abraham was justified by faith and James say he was justified by works?

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Now, see, now Paul was justifying Abraham by faith. James justified him by works. Paul said Abraham was justified, Romans 4, by faith. And so James comes over and says that he was justified by works. Now, both of them, one confirmed the other. Now, Paul was speaking what God saw: his faith. James is...

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Why did Joseph not want his bones buried in Egypt?

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Then along come Joseph. He said, “Now, wait.” They put his bones in a coffin. I had my hand on an old lead coffin here, not long ago, they he was supposed to had his bone in. He said, “When you go out of here, bury my bones up there. Don’t bury me down here.” I wonder why? It isn’t written in the Bi...

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Did Elijah call down fire from heaven on his own initiative?

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One time, it happened to be one of my managers, not Brother Baxter, but it was a man who was with us, one of the field managers. And a newspaper had made a very critical statement that was absolutely untrue. I can expect friendly criticism; but the criticism wasn’t due because it was untrue. As long...

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Can prayer change what God has already said will happen?

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Now, looky here. The greatest military and a—one of the greatest Christians that we’d call it today in the nation…Now, here it is. I want you to get it. The king, not an unbeliever, a true believer, a worshipper of God, in prayer, sincere weeping with his face to the wall on his deathbed…Looked like...

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Why did Joseph want his bones buried in the promised land and not in Egypt?

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Look at him there at the river, a big, strong, healthy man, on this side running from God, on the other side a limping prince. Oh, my. How that he said, “Joseph, my son, put your hand on my hip, limping prince, and swear by God that you’ll not bury me down here.” I wonder why? Took him up in Palesti...

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Who was the Angel of the Lord in the bush where Moses took off his shoes?

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And what if Moses said, “I will just take off my hat, Lord, that’ll be just as good.” But God didn’t tell him his hat, He said, his shoes. I believe we must do just what the Scripture says do, no matter how hard it seems, and how indifferent from our teaching, we’ve got to do what God said do. He sa...

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What kind of spirit is the antichrist?

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And I said, “You fundamentalist, you preach the Blood. You preach it just as clear as it came be preached. You preach Jesus Christ, the great evangelical fundamentals. You preach the birth, the death, the burial, the resurrection, the second coming, clear.” I said, “That’s fine. I appreciate that. B...