A Closer Look At The Rapture
Bill Britton
Bill Britton
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situation "afar off". <strong>The</strong>y are not going to get into this thing<br />
just yet. <strong>The</strong>y are going to stand back and watch. Maybe<br />
those two fools would drown in that raging torrent of Jordan.<br />
Hadn't they warned Elisha time and again? It wasn't their<br />
fault if he got mixed up in some wild heresy or "went off the<br />
deep end" into Jordan. So they watched, but they didn't get<br />
very close. Not close enough to hear the word of the Lord<br />
through the Prophet.<br />
Now I know that these are pentecostal preachers who are<br />
typed here. For there were FIFTY of them, the number of<br />
Pentecost. Brother, God has your number! Let's read the<br />
story now in II Kings 2:7,16,17...<br />
"And FIFTY of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to<br />
view afar off; and they two stood by Jordan." (Now Elisha<br />
comes back without Elijah...) "And they said unto him,<br />
behold now, there be with thy servants FIFTY strong men;<br />
let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest<br />
peradventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up, and<br />
cast him upon some high mountain, or into some valley. And<br />
he said, "Ye shall NOT send." And when they urged him till<br />
he was ashamed, he said "Send". <strong>The</strong>y sent therefore FIFTY<br />
men; and they sought THREE days, but found him not."<br />
<strong>The</strong>re's quite a story here. See how they wanted to bring<br />
back the old ministry, the old order. But Elisha told them to<br />
forget it. <strong>The</strong> old ministry had come from God, and was now<br />
gone back to God, and they would not bring it back. A new<br />
order was here, a new ministry with the same anointing only<br />
more of it. But they insisted that the old order was best, and<br />
they wanted to revive it. <strong>The</strong>y had strong men. FIFTY of<br />
them. <strong>The</strong> very best of Pentecost. "We can revive the old<br />
ways!" Forget it, it's gone. Move on with what God is doing<br />
today. But they insisted. So they sent their fifty strong men,<br />
and they searched for THREE days. This speaks of the<br />
completeness of their efforts, and the completeness of their<br />
failure to bring back the old ministry to revive the old order.<br />
Hallelujah!<br />
Lest you should think that I am being sarcastic, or too hard,<br />
let me assure you that I am using great restraint and have<br />
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