Genesis L - Preph exalted, and made a governor in that place; and Jacob blessed him above all his sons. Now those that are persecuted for my sake, are the people whom my Bleffings shall rest upon; and they shall be exalted, and rise to honour, as Joseph was. So ye must now suffer a Joseph's Persecution, before ye receive a Joseph's Blessing. For know, I have said, I stand in Joseph's stead, as Joseph stood in mine; then ye must be children of persecution, XLIX 22 that will now be exalted and blessed, as Jacob blesJoseph to sed Joseph. But remember Jacob's words-" The 1.Met 23 archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him; but his bow abode in full strength, and 24 the arm of his hand was made strong by the hand of the mighty God of Jacob: from thence is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel. Now let the wise men understand, this was to befall the sons of Jacob in the last days; and the sons of Jacob are the sons of believers, that believe in the mighty God of Jacob. Now go back to Joseph: it was his dream of promotion that provoked his brethren to anger against him; and so it was with the Jews, when I came in the Flesh. But now I am come in the Spirit, to bring all the blessings upon Joseph's children: for L the type of Joseph stood in ME; and he told his 19 brethren, he stood in God's stead. Then now come to the blessings Jacob past on Joseph and his progenitors unto the utmost bounds of the everlasting hills, they should be on the head of Joseph, and on 26 the crown of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. Here is the end for all men ; for I, like Joseph, was separated from my brethren; but now is come the end, to receive the crown 24 of the mighty God of Jacob and now my bow shall abide in full strength, though the archers have shot 23 at me, and they are daily doing it, by rejecting my Spirit; but now I will be the Shepherd, and the Stone of Israel, and lead my people Israel; for my people Israel are the children of Abraham by Faith; for the Promise was made through Faith: and now Joseph. A. WARNING TO THE WORLD.. XLIX 67 through Faith it shall be obtained. The blessings of Joseph must now rest on those who are persecuted for my sake, believing in my visitation, as Joseph was persecuted for believing the visitation of the Lord to him in a dream. And now is coming a Joseph's persecution to my Spirit; and now shall come the blessings upon all them that bear it for my sake. Now mark the other Sons: how he told them of the end, then the gathering in of the people was to be; he would be binding his fole unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he had his garments washed in wine, and his clothing in the blood of grapes; his eyes should be red with wine, 72 and his teeth white with milk. Now tell me, ye learned, how you understand Jacob's dying words? Or in what manner do you judge they were fulfilled? Or in what manner do you judge they are to be fulfilled in the last days? But thou sayest in thy heart-no man can tell, or explain them. Then now I will explain them to thee: As the type of the Eggs, in 1797, was a shadow of what was to be put in the hands of the ministers at Exeter, afterwards in 1799; for in their hands I put the mark, that I had set before, by the Eggs; as the type of Woolland was the type of the shepherds; so the Words of Jacob were a type of the last days and of ME. For now is coming the gathering in of the 10 people to the vine, and to the choice vine.-Now come to my Gospel: my riding to Jerusalem on an ass, when they cut down the boughs and the branches, to bind my fole unto the vine; but it is the ass's colt must bind them to the choice vine: whose garments are washed in the wine of my blood, that is drank in remembrance of ME; and the clothing in the blood of grapes, from whence cometh wine; and the teeth white with milk, that 12 Juda is, the milk of my word, which is now come to mankind; that ye may all desire the sincere milk of my word, and that ye may grow thereby. Genesi 68 XLIX. For Jacob prophesied of the end: and now the end of all things is at hand; for the havens of the Zebulan sea, and the ships are coming, which shall bring 13 them to Zidon, or Mount Zion: for the nations are A WARNING TO THE WORLD. Gad sher 20 bowing between two burdens, and they shall see that rest is good, and the land I have promised is pleasant. Therefore they shall bow to enjoy it, and 15 become as servants to tribute unto it, when I begin Jan 16 by man to judge my people, and they see the judgments that are threatened hastening on them fast. Then will believers see the Salvation of the Lord, that they have waited to see; and though a troop of men may overtake them at first, yet they shall overcome them at last, that are by faith the sons of Jacob; and they shall be fed with royal dainties, as I have promised them; for the bread is the bread of life, that is now come down to man; and the land 2/ shall be full of fatness: for as a hind let loose will I now give good words to my people; and as a hind let loose their joys will be, when they are loosed from Satan's power. Then cometh the fruitful bough to Joseph, even a fruitful bough by a well, which is a well of living waters for man, whose branches run over the walls of Salvation. For though the 123 archers may grieve them at first, and shoot at them. and hate them; but the bow of true believers shall 24 abide in full strength, till they are redeemed by the mighty God of Jacob. For I am come in the Spi24 rit, to be the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel, to build up the walls of Salvation for Man. But was this revealed to a man, by my Spirit; that man must rob ME of the honour due unto my Name; and who could look to ME as the Shepherd of all men, that suffered Death in the Body for Man; but told them I should come again in power; and the Testimony of my Coming is from the Spirit of Prophecy; for I said, my Father would send the Holy Ghost, that is the Comforter, in my Name, to bring all things to your remembrance. But how could it come in my A WARNING TO THE WORLD. 69 XLIX 24 Joseph Name, if it was given to a man? Then it must be in his name, to be the Shepherd, and Stone of Israel for men to build upon; but now they must all build upon that Shepherd who neither slumbereth nor sleepeth, but like a Shepherd is preaching in thy ears; and from ME all thy infusion comes; that every soul shall know and see. For now is coming blessings from the heavens above, blessings of the 25 Joseph deep that lieth under: that is when your enemy is confined to the deep, that lieth under man; and his power cannot rise to hurt man; then cometh the blessing of the breast in the 25 Jonph womb of Providence; and then shall the everlasting 27 Bensame hills be lifted up for man, with crowns of happi- Benjamen ness upon their heads. Then shall the ravening 27 wolf, that devours the prey in the morning, divide his spoil in the evening. And now I will tell thee what that meaneth: Satan is the ravening wolf that will devour many, who will fall a prey to him; for there are many who desire to be free from him, and to have my Kingdom established; yet, as a wolf he will devour them that are not strong in faith; and they that have no faith he will totally destroy. But when the night cometh for his destruction, he shall divide the spoil; for where the hand-writing appeareth against him, they shall be divided from him; and from the others, that wish his Kingdom to stand. For then shall the spoil he hath made be divided in man; for there is a mystery in the Sealing no man can know, before they have seen the end. Then will every soul that have heard it wish they had been sealed, to be divided from Satan's power. For then cometh the end, when every blessing that was said to Joseph, doth rest on the seed of Joseph; and their blessings will be established by Satan's being bound in the deep, from man, Then he shall 27 benia. divide the spoil that he hath made in man; they that do not wish his Fall, but rather have him remain, shall go and remain with him; but they that wish to be freed from his power shall be divided from him. Here I have given thee the meaning of Jacob's dying words to his sons, what shall befall man in the last days and now the last days are come; so let them compare Jacob's dying words with all thy prophecies, if they were given to thee from any Spirit that was not from the LORD. It was by the Spirit of Prophecy Jacob spoke to his sons, what the last days would be to all the sons of men. Now let the learned answer thee; and I shall answer thee again; for I have not revealed every mystery in them yet; but this I have left for the learned to dispute, to try the wisdom of men. Now let all look to Jacob's dying words, and draw their judgment from what I have said. The following communication was given in November 1803, at Stockport, in answer to the malicious lies and persecution I'm.et with there; yet some came to be true believers-I was answered in the following manner : Thy coming hither will be a blessing unto some in this place, but it will be a curse unto others; for I now tell thee and all mankind, it is not thee but ME; it is not thy Spirit but My Spirit that they are persecuting. It was not thy will but my will to send thee hither, to be clear from the blood of all men, that they might know the days of their visitation. But know ye not they must crucify the Lord afresh, and put HIM again to open shame? Can this be done in the Body? I tell thee no; it is in the SPIRIT it must be done; or how can the day come that must burn like an oven, and the wicked be burnt up like stubble? The day of my Coming could not be so severe were there no such persecuting spirits in men; and this must be to the fulfilment of the Scriptures, when I come to ask and receive my full demand to have the Heathens for my inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for my possession, the Gen |