HE WANTED TO MAKE MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE
44 Now let us turn the page, of Michelangelo, and close the book.
And let's open another Book and read of the great Sculptor, the Almighty.Who, before there was a world, and before the foundations was laid, He had in His mind what He wanted, and He wanted to make man in His Own image.He wanted to make something in--in reality of what was a vision to Him, what was in His thinking.
45 Now, to Michelangelo, that was an
attribute of his thought.
And God wanted to make a man after His image, the
great Sculptor, and He went to work on him. And we notice as He brought up from the materials. The
first perhaps was fishes, and then the birds, and--and then the creeping things
upon the earth, and--and many things that He brought. But, finally, as He brood, of being Creator, He had... He
wasn't like a man, now, a sculptor that has to take something that's been
created, to hew an image.He was the Sculptor of
Eternal things. He was the Sculptor that could create and bring into existence
that which He has in His mind to do. Or, otherwise, He can make
material what His attributes desired.
THAT WAS A COMPLETE CREATION; GOD WORKING IN A PATTERN.
46
And as He begin to work upon creeping things, like upon the--the--the
little animals upon the earth. And then He began to bring it from that
into something else, higher. Then finally He brought it into the larger
animals, such as the lion, tiger, bear. Then He brought it into
the--the--the life of maybe of--of monkeys and apes, and so forth. Now, not
an evolution, as we think that one came from a e-... That was a complete creation; God working in a pattern.
BUT FINALLY THERE CAME FORTH UPON THE EARTH, A
PERFECTION, AND THAT WAS A MAN.
47 But
finally there came forth upon the earth, a perfection, and that was a man.And
then He could see in that man, that it looked like Him.So now when He looked upon him, he was a reflection of what
his Creator was.God had now been able to achieve the thing that He
wanted, a man in His own image.
WHEN HE MADE THIS MAN, THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT HIM
YET THAT DIDN'T LOOK JUST RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT HE--HE WAS BY HIMSELF
48
And then I might say, to this,
that, when He made this man, there was something about him yet that didn't look
just right, because that he--he was by himself. And that's how God had been, by Himself; He was the Eternal. And the
man now, in the image of God, also existed on the earth by himself. So He must have struck a little blow over on his left side,
and from there He took the piece that struck off of it and made him a helpmate,
a wife, then he wasn't by himself. He was--he was, he had somebody
with him. And that's His great work.
HE HAD A MASTERPIECE OF HIMSELF. BUT NOW HE SEEN THAT
THE MASTERPIECE WAS LONESOME, LIKE HE WAS…
49
And, He, as any great sculptor would take his--his--his masterpiece...
Now, first, He had a
masterpiece of Himself. But now He seen that the masterpiece was
lonesome, like He was, so He divided the masterpiece by
striking it in the side and brought
forth a helpmate.
50 And
now, to make the two one, He put them, like any great sculptor, in a place
that--that's beautiful.
A--a sculptor
wouldn't make a great masterpiece, and then take it and set it in an alley
somewhere, or hide it behind buildings.As
our Lord told us, "A man doesn't light a candle and put it under a
bushel." When we become God's masterpieces, we're not hid in a alley
somewhere. We--we must give Light.
AFTER HE HAD MADE THIS MASTERPIECE, HE PLACED IT UP HERE ON THE EARTH
51
So we see that--that He, after He
had made this masterpiece, He placed it up here on the earth, and put it in the
most beautiful place there was, in the garden of Eden.He placed His
masterpiece, the two being one, in the garden of Eden. How it must have pleased
Him, that He saw this masterpiece was well. He, after that, we find out that He
rested; He was so well pleased with His work.
AND IT WAS THE STROKE THAT CUT THE SIDE OF HIS MASTERPIECE, THAT BROUGHT OUT THE BRIDE.
52
Now remember that, my opinion, the
masterpiece is the stroke that marred Saint Angelo's Moses masterpiece in the
monument.
And it was the stroke that cut the side of
His masterpiece, that brought out the bride.And now we see them as a masterpiece family in the
garden of Eden. How beautiful it was! And it so pleased Him, till He--He took
rest then. He said, "I, I'll rest."
53 But
while He was resting and trusting to His masterpiece, His enemy come in and
found this great masterpiece. And he, by deceit, he--he crawls under the--the
garden walls, and then he--he marred this beautiful masterpiece. He--he marred
it, so that it--it fell.
THIS MASTERPIECE WAS WALLED BY THE WORD, GOD'S WORD.
55
Now notice, then, this
masterpiece. When Satan got a hold of it, the deceiver, broke through the
walls, and--and he marred this masterpiece. Because that the way he did it,
what... How did he do it? I'll go more in detail of it. How he done it, was... This masterpiece was walled by the Word,
God's Word.And the masterpiece, itself, of the family,
was fortified by this Word.But the broken part, that was broke off of
the original, went out beyond that wall, it gives Satan a chance to mar it.
And now as you know what I believe on those things, so I won't have to say
that. But the masterpiece was broke.
HE WENT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY AND BEGIN TO BUILD, AGAIN,
UNTO HIS OWN IMAGE, A MAN.
56 But, the great Sculptor, when He seen the fall of His family,
the masterpiece, He wasn't willing just to leave it lay there, face down, and
ruin.He went to work, immediately, to build it up again.He wasn't willing that it should perish, lay there like that
all the time. Because, He is God, and He will not be defeated.
So, He went to work immediately and
begin to build, again, unto His Own image, a man.
IT'S JUST WHAT YOUR
DESIRE IS AND WHAT YOU TRY TO DO. AND IF YOU REALLY LOVE THE LORD, YOU TRY TO
SERVE HIM WITH ALL YOUR HEART
57
Now, we find that the
antediluvian world come along and destroyed the whole thing, because the
covenants that was made, was made conditionally, "If you will not do this,
or if you will do that."God, the great
Sculptor, seen that man could not--could not keep a covenant. He just can't do
it. There is just no way at all.
On the interview a
few moments ago I was speaking to a person in the room, that's present now. Said,
"But, Brother Branham, I have so
many things that I--I know that's wrong," and a--a godly little woman.
58 I said, "But--but, look, sister, you
don't look at yourself. It's just
what your desire is and what you try to do. And if you
really love the Lord, you try to serve Him with all your heart, and then all your mistakes is hid in the Blood of the Lord
Jesus." See? See, He made a way.
HE IS REBUILDING THIS MASTERPIECE THAT HAD FALLEN.
59 So He begin now, taking man from His
covenants, of--of saying that, "If you will, I will."And He begin with the man called Abraham,
and give to Abraham a covenant, unconditionally.Every time He would
start a masterpiece, Satan would get it, because the Word... But when He started
with Abraham, He said, "I have already done it.Now this is
unconditionally, not what... that--that, 'If you will, I will,' but I've
already done it." Now He, the--the
Sculptor, is determined to have this masterpiece.
60 Then, from Abraham, come the patriarchs.
And the patriarchs really... Now what's God doing? He is rebuilding this masterpiece that had fallen. So, in the
patriarchs, the first we find was Abraham.
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