"…I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you." John 16:22

"…and these things I speak in the world, that they might have My joy fulfilled in themselves." John 17:13

"And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house. And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD'S Passover." Exodus 12:1-3,6,8,11

"And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! Then delivered he Him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led Him away. And He bearing His cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: where they crucified Him, and two other with Him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst." John 19:14,16-18

Greetings, friends! This day may the joy of Christ fill your heart and overflow into the lives of others. Do you not know He said, "These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full" (Jn. 15:11)? And shortly thereafter He added, "Hitherto have ye asked nothing in My Name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy might be full" (Jn. 16:24).

I am well convinced that the world has never seen a Teacher so revolutionary in thought, and with such marvelously happy news, as Jesus of Nazareth – the very Christ of God. Yet in contrast to this, we look about upon Christendom and fail to find too much reflection of that revolutionary thought, neither any of that great joy effervescing from their beings. Why? For the simple reason that Christ predicted when He would leave this world, a "night" of horrible darkness would set in during which men would not see to work (Jn. 9:4); and also during that darkness the enemy would steal in to sow the tares in the field of Christendom (Matt. 13:25), which, after men had eaten for a while, would make them grow sick and completely blind to all spiritual truth, until towards the close of the dispensation, they would arise to commence destroying one another in a final and titanic war of annihilation.

Because of the great darkness which has obtained throughout this night, and men's feeding on the tare-seed until their condition is almost hopeless, do we find today that it is almost impossible to bring the people into understanding, and into the proper acceptance of Jesus Christ. Oh, to be sure, Christendom is quite willing to believe in a measure, that in some future time and another world their "souls" will find happiness because of Christ's sacrifice for them. Repeatedly have I made the challenge over the radio and in my writings throughout years, that someone show me up to be wrong. But as up to this moment, no one has even attempted it. Why? For the simple reason that those who know anything about the Bible, know very well that my statements are sound and Biblically-founded. So again I repeat the challenge: show me where the Christ ever discoursed about the human soul and its future; show me where Christ spent as much as one full minute ever talking about man's "soul." But I do show you – and that incessantly – how our Lord was perpetually talking about man's present life, and the conditions for the earthly man: that is what He dealt with throughout His entire ministry. He healed sick and broken bodies; He encouraged the downhearted; He consoled the bereaved; yes, He did even more than to console the bereaved – He even brought back their dead, that they might all laugh together and shout and sing for joy! And here on that last night with His disciples, instead of discoursing with them about their "soul" and the "future" life, He concentrated on their present earth-life. And that which I have just quoted to you seemed to be the outstanding thought in His mind: that they were to be happy, overflowing with irrepressible joy, never entertaining the slightest fear nor worry.

Just listen to His opening words in John 14: "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in Me." That was one of His great themes: that people should rejoice and be happy because the Kingdom of God had come near to them. He was that Kingdom of God. And on that last eve, when He was about to leave them, He did not say that the Kingdom would be taken away from them; no, not even that He would be taken away from them, in spite of the fact that He had clearly stated He would be killed. For He assured them He would not leave them comfortless (Jn. 14:18) and He would not leave them bereaved, for the simple reason that He would come again unto them, and then their joy would be full (Jn. 16:22).

Has He come into your life to the extent that your joy has become full? If not, why not? Why remain so completely brainwashed against the truth of Christ (that He accomplished an absolute redemption for man's here and now)? Why not take Him at His Word – that He wants your joy to be full and overflowing, that you are to so believe in Him that you know no fear nor worry? Yes, beloved, that was the teaching of the Christ, and that is His Will for you and me, here and now.

For a moment let us jump back into Old Testament times, when the descendants of Jacob had grown into a great multitude in the midst of Egypt, and they were sore oppressed. It is recorded that God heard their cry; that He took compassion upon them, and sent a great deliverer in the person of Moses. Yet to most people, this is only a story about an ancient people, and how they suffered and endured. Yet this have I said and it bears repeating: all that happened to His Chosen People of the long ago, constituted prophecies wrought-in-drama for generations then still future.

Egypt means "the land hemmed in," or "the land of limitations." Can you not see how that becomes a word-picture of this world in which humanity becomes so keenly aware of their limitations? The land was ruled over by Pharaoh, who was a type of Lucifer. By which we see that Israel and their situation in Egypt typified all of humanity, who live in this world of limitations which is the kingdom of Lucifer.

The account of their liberation covers an immense amount of detail, the significance of which would entail a vast volume to properly explain. But momentarily, let us look at some of its highlights. Why did God tell Moses in the spring of the year, that the month then commencing was to be for them the first month of the year? And that as closing the 14th day of the month, they were to sacrifice, or kill, an unblemished lamb of the first year, to be eaten in haste, after which Pharaoh would let them leave the land?

In the spring of the year, about the 21st of March, the sun crosses the equator, entering into its northern declination. At that time, the sun is in what we commonly call "the first sign of the zodiac," which is Aries, or the lamb. By this we see how the returning sun in the heavens, coming back into the northern latitudes, typifies the Spirit of God again visiting man to give him a new lease on life. While the means thereof were shown us by the sun in Aries (or the lamb), symbolizing how the Lamb of God would be sacrificed for us. God said to Moses that as closing the 14th day of the month, the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed (Ex. 12:3,6). Did you ever stop to realize that it was on the day of the Jewish Passover that Jesus of Nazareth (the very Christ of God) was nailed to the cursed tree? There He died for you and me – our sins fully liquidating.

Why were the people ordered to kill the Passover lamb in haste, with staff in hand, ready to leave the land? Hear my word: in order to not give oneself time to get brainwashed (against Christ), before one can fully clear out of (the symbolic) Egypt. That is the trouble with Christendom of today: instead of accepting Christ in a hurry, and dashing for their freedom, they have slept on it. They have but received Him by degrees; and they have kept on loitering in Egypt until completely brainwashed; and so – they're still the servants of Pharaoh.

I have told you before, and I repeat again: this world as we know it could come to its end even tomorrow. And I mean it! Our best scientists back up that statement, showing us how a nuclear war would mean the absolute finish of our civilization.

Are you ready, are you fortified, that you can happily meet that day? Knowing the things that were to come, God said unto Noah to prepare himself an ark, in order to preserve his own life and that of his entire family. The name Noah means "rest." Therefore stood the Christ and cried aloud unto the weary-worn multitude, saying, "Come unto Me…ye who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Matt. 11:28). According to the common lip service, Christendom of today has Christ (but only in a very small measure). Christendom is still sick and full of multitudinous troubles and heartaches, griefs, despair and death – none of which was intended, neither the essential lot of the true Christian. When we are fully and completely accepted through that marvelous work of redemption wrought out in full on Calvary, then do we find peace within, because peace has been established between man and God, and we become at rest. When we know our Lord and Savior, and have the Keys to the Kingdom of Christ for our here and now, then we have an absolute shelter; we have even the hand of God Almighty shadowing over us, while we live in peace, and walk without fear or worry. Even though the world goes mad, we remain unruffled, because we know the invincible power of Him Who is our Shield and mighty Defense!

The time is almost upon us that we shall see world-rocking events; we shall witness that which the world at large has been hoping and praying would never take place. The Egyptians prophetically depicted those nations and peoples who have not accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Redeemer. What happened when Israel went out of Egypt? Shortly the Egyptian armies pursued them and found themselves drowning like rats in the sea. THAT is the fate in store for the nations who have not accepted Christ, as well as for those individuals within Christendom who know not Christ: that when the tempestuous sea of world-humanity rises up into two great walls – one on the right hand and one on the left hand – then shall they perish in those surging waters.

That is why it is urgent for you to learn about the Keys to the Kingdom of Jesus Christ for the here and now, that YOU – like Noah – may enter into rest with your God through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.