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– The Book of Revelations Pt.52 (Come and See) - Samuel Dale
REVELATION 6:1
1 ¶ And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
REVELATION 6:2
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
REV.CHAP.4.PT.3.THRONE.MERCY_ JEFF.IN ROJC 645-716 SUNDAY_ 61-0108
312 Now, on the east side, the east side, right here, I'll put it down so you'll be sure to get it. East, the east side was always Judah. This is the gate, J-u-d-a, Judah. And with Judah was the head of three tribes with their banner: three tribes with their banner, the banner of Judah. You remember... How many seen The "Ten Commandments," Cecil DeMille's "Ten Commandments"? All right. See, you read it right here in the Scripture, in the Scripture there, rather; there was Judah on the east side. All right.
On the west side, down here (Now, you put it down; you can read it right if you want, Exodus, and so forth, as they come out.) was Ephraim, E-p-h. And he had three tribes with their banner. All right, Ephraim...
Now, and on the south side was Reuben, R-u-b, with three tribes and their banners.
And on the north side was Dan: Dan with three tribes, and three tribes and their banner. All right.
REV.CHAP.4.PT.3.THRONE.MERCY_ JEFF.IN ROJC 645-716 SUNDAY_ 61-0108
317 Now, now, you watch. On the east side, east side, he saw what kind of a face? Did you notice? It was a lion, l-i-o-n; that was the banner. That was the--that was the standard banner of Judah. Because He is... Jesus come out of the... True. And He is the Lion of the tribe of Judah.
Now, how many ever seen the zodiac? Many of you know what it is: the stars. See? That was God's first Bible. Now, what does it start off at, the first number in the zodiac, the first figure? Is the virgin. Is that right? And what's the last one? Leo the lion. The first coming and the second coming of Christ. All through there they get the crossed cancer--or the crossed age is just where it's crossed fishes, which is the cancer age, and we live right through it.
REV.CHAP.4.PT.3.THRONE.MERCY_ JEFF.IN ROJC 645-716 SUNDAY_ 61-0108
320 Now, anybody that's ever read the Bible know what Dan's number was over there--what Dan... Oh, I mean what, yeah, what Dan was. His... He was an eagle. That's right. He was a eagle. Somebody's been reading the Bible. He was a eagle.
Now, the Reuben was the man. He was the first one, the weakest one of the bunch. Didn't Jacob say so in--in Genesis 49? "Reuben, thou art the first of my strength; but like water, you went up on my couch and defiled my couch," and lived with his father's concubine. See? That's the immorals of the human being. See? The animal don't have them immorals, the lion, none of these things has that; but the man does, run with the next man's wife and so forth. Just like... Just the same thing, everything's completed.
Now, this down here, this, Dan was an eagle. And, this, Reuben was the man's face. And Ephraim is the ox. Now, you get the picture there? Ephraim... There's the way they camped, in the Bible.
REV.CHAP.4.PT.3.THRONE.MERCY_ JEFF.IN ROJC 645-716 SUNDAY_ 61-0108
323 Now, if you'll notice, Dan is the head of three tribes; Judah is the head of three tribes; Reuben is the head of three tribes, and Ephraim is the head of three tribes. Three four's is twelve, the twelve tribes of Israel. See each one with their banner; and the banner of Judah was a lion; the banner of Reuben, man; the banner of Ephraim, an ox; the banner of--of--of Dan was an eagle.
Now, look back here what John said, "And one had the face..." Let's read here now, just see if it isn't the same thing was like in heaven:
... the first beast was like a lion,... (Judah)... the second beast was like a calf,... (That's a young ox.)... the third beast was the face of a man, and the fourth beast was... a flying eagle.
Just exactly the tribes of Israel camped around, guarding, this earthly guards of the right to the ark. Hallelujah. Don't you see it?
QA.HEBREWS.PART.3_ JEFF.IN COD SUNDAY_ 57-1006
320-686 Now, those four beasts... Now, to quickly get this, 'cause I don't want to stay too long on this. But the four beasts... The "beast," in Bible represents "power." And you notice these beasts were not out yonder in the lake or in the sea somewhere coming up, but they were at the throne of God, and they were worshipping God. Those "four beasts" means "four powers" that come up out of the earth, and those four powers was the four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; one don't contradict the other one.
And one of them, the... As the Gospel goes forth as a lion, it's stern, it's bold; the Gospel is brave like a lion, and it's a king like a lion. If it goes towards a man's face, it's cunning and shrewd like a man. If it goes the eagle, it's got the swift wings and the high heights. It... See what I mean? If it goes like the ox, it's the work horse that can pull, the work ox that pull the--the--the burden of the Gospel. The four beasts was the four powers, which were Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, the four Gospels that ring out in the Presence of God. That was...
REV.CHAP.4.PT.3.THRONE.MERCY_ JEFF.IN ROJC 645-716 SUNDAY_ 61-0108
331 Now, remember, God's got some guards for that--for that mercy seat. What is that mercy seat guard? All right. M-a-t-h, Matthew, on the east; Luke--Luke, Mark, and John. All of their four Gospels vindicate the Book of Acts to come; they guard it anywhere you want to look at it.
Let's just take one, just one, we ain't got time. I got twenty or more wrote down here, but let's just take one on this subject for salvation. Are we going to have time to pray? No, it's one o'clock, so I guess we won't have it unless you all want to pray for the sick. Now, I got--I got, yeah, plenty of time. See? [A brother says, "Stay all day."--Ed.] All right.
REV.CHAP.4.PT.3.THRONE.MERCY_ JEFF.IN ROJC 645-716 SUNDAY_ 61-0108
333 Now, notice this. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, what is it? Earthly number of the Gospels, four. All right, notice.
Now, Matthew 28:19. 28, now, that's where you trinitarian brethren's going, 28:19. All right. Matthew, at the last part of the chapter, said, "Go ye therefore, teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of Father, Son, Holy Ghost." But here comes around Pentecost, and Peter said, "Repent, and be baptized in the Name of Jesus."
Something's wrong there. "Matthew, are you that eastern gate guard?"
How is the gate? The gate is what? Jesus. Jesus said, "Strait is the gate." Is that right? Is it spell... How is it spelled, s-t-r-a-i-t or s-t-r-a-i-g-h-t? "S-t-r-a-i-t" means "water," "water is the gate." How do you come in? "Repent, every one of you and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ," unlocks the gates. Whew.
"Oh, but, Brother Branham, you got Matthew 28:19 down there." That's exactly right. "But Matthew, are you a guard to it?"
"Sure, I'm the full guard."
REV.CHAP.4.PT.3.THRONE.MERCY_ JEFF.IN ROJC 645-716 SUNDAY_ 61-0108
347 Now, let's just go back and see Matthew 10:1. Just turn back now so we... Then we're going to close just in about another five, ten minutes, at the most, the Lord willing. All right, let's get Matthew 10, see if Matthew guards the Acts of the apostles.
Did you think that--that God don't put a guard around His Word? Here's that ox, lion, man, eagle. Isn't it still setting at those gates right here on earth right now? They're the Gospels, the four Gospels. See? And you notice, every way they went they went straight forward. They don't contradict one another; they stay with one another. See? One goes with the shrewdness of a man; the other one goes with the swiftness of an eagle; the other one's a pastor... One's evangelist, to fly like evangelist. See? The other one's a pastor; the other's sturdy; the other one's shrewd. See, guarded on every side, God guarding this Holy Ghost Gospel. Believe it, brother. All right.
EZEKIEL 1:1
1 ¶ Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I [was] among the captives by the river of Chebar, [that] the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
EZEKIEL 1:2
2 In the fifth [day] of the month, which [was] the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
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3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
EZEKIEL 1:4
4 ¶ And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness [was] about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
EZEKIEL 1:5
5 Also out of the midst thereof [came] the likeness of four living creatures. And this [was] their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
EZEKIEL 1:6
6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
EZEKIEL 1:7
7 And their feet [were] straight feet; and the sole of their feet [was] like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
EZEKIEL 1:8
8 And [they had] the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
EZEKIEL 1:9
9 Their wings [were] joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
EZEKIEL 1:10
10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
EZEKIEL 1:11
11 Thus [were] their faces: and their wings [were] stretched upward; two [wings] of every one [were] joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
EZEKIEL 1:12
12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; [and] they turned not when they went.
EZEKIEL 1:13
13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance [was] like burning coals of fire, [and] like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
EZEKIEL 1:14
14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
EZEKIEL 1:15
15 ¶ Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
EZEKIEL 1:16
16 The appearance of the wheels and their work [was] like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work [was] as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
EZEKIEL 1:17
17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: [and] they turned not when they went.
EZEKIEL 1:18
18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings [were] full of eyes round about them four.
EZEKIEL 1:19
19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
EZEKIEL 1:20
20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither [was their] spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature [was] in the wheels.
EZEKIEL 1:21
21 When those went, [these] went; and when those stood, [these] stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature [was] in the wheels.
EZEKIEL 1:22
22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature [was] as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
EZEKIEL 1:23
23 And under the firmament [were] their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
EZEKIEL 1:24
24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
EZEKIEL 1:25
25 And there was a voice from the firmament that [was] over their heads, when they stood, [and] had let down their wings.
EZEKIEL 1:26
26 ¶ And above the firmament that [was] over their heads [was] the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne [was] the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
EZEKIEL 1:27
27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
EZEKIEL 1:28
28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so [was] the appearance of the brightness round about. This [was] the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw [it], I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
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Now before we pursue this thought on Judas, let us go back to the Old Testament and see where God did the same thing. In Genesis 35:23-26, the sons of Jacob were twelve in number and their names were as follows: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun; Joseph and Benjamin; Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher. These twelve sons' descendants become the twelve tribes of Israel with the exception that Joseph did not have a tribe named after him, for in the providence of God there were to be thirteen tribes, and Joseph's two sons were given the honor of bringing the twelve to thirteen. You know, of course, that this was necessary as Levi was separated unto God for the priesthood. Thus when Israel left Egypt and God gave them the tabernacle in the wilderness, we find the tribe of Levi ministering to twelve tribes named Reuben, Simeon, Issachar, Judah, Zebulun, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Ephraim and Manasseh. The order of the host names them thus in Numbers 10:11-28. There is no mention of Joseph or Levi. But when we look at Revelation 7:4-8, where it says "there were sealed one hundred forty-four thousand of ALL the tribes of the children of Israel," it names them thus: Judah, Reuben, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin. We are back to the twelve tribes with Levi and Joseph named amongst them, but with Dan and Ephraim missing.
NUMBERS 2:1
1 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
NUMBERS 2:2
2 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
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3 ¶ And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab [shall be] captain of the children of Judah.
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4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
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5 And those that do pitch next unto him [shall be] the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar [shall be] captain of the children of Issachar.
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6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, [were] fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
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7 [Then] the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon [shall be] captain of the children of Zebulun.
NUMBERS 2:8
8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, [were] fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
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9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah [were] an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.
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10 On the south side [shall be] the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben [shall be] Elizur the son of Shedeur.
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11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, [were] forty and six thousand and five hundred.
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12 And those which pitch by him [shall be] the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon [shall be] Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
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13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
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14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad [shall be] Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
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15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
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16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben [were] an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.
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17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.
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18 On the west side [shall be] the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim [shall be] Elishama the son of Ammihud.
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19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] forty thousand and five hundred.
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20 And by him [shall be] the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh [shall be] Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
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21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
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22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin [shall be] Abidan the son of Gideoni.
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23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
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24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim [were] an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.
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25 The standard of the camp of Dan [shall be] on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan [shall be] Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
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26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
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27 And those that encamp by him [shall be] the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher [shall be] Pagiel the son of Ocran.
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28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] forty and one thousand and five hundred.
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29 Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali [shall be] Ahira the son of Enan.
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30 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
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31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan [were] an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.
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32 These [are] those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts [were] six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
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33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
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34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.