Answer:
Revelation 14:13, “And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write,
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the
Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.”
“That's what I said about an old colored man one time. They said, "Now, looky
here, Sambo, I want to tell you. Don't you preach that old hellfire and
brimstone and baptism of the Holy Ghost." Said, "It'll sure ruin your church if
you do it." He said, "Listen, boss, any church that's ever ruined by preaching
hellfire and brimstone and the baptism of the Holy Ghost, you let me know where
that church is, won't you, boss?" Said, "I'll tell you what I want to do. I want
to climb up on the outside and lay my big black hand upon its tower and say,
'Blessed is the dead that die in the Lord, from henceforth they'll rest in the
grave.'" That's right. You never afraid it's going to hurt anything.
You might hurt sin but you'll never hurt righteousness by preaching
righteousness.”
[Led By the Spirit Of God, Shreveport, LA, Monday, 56-0723]
“In the world to come through our Lord Jesus Christ and Who said He was coming
in glory and majesty... The sea will give up its dead. The corruptible bodies of
those that sleep in Him shall... Sleep in Him... How do you get in Him? By one
Spirit we're all baptized into one Body. The corruptible bodies of those that
sleep in Him shall be changed and made like unto His own glorious body, whereby
He's able to subdue all things unto Himself. "I heard a voice from heaven," said
John. "Said unto me, 'Write: Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord...?...
that die in the Lord from henceforth, for they rest from their labors, and their
works do follow them.'" That's what He sent the Holy Ghost for. Oh, blessed
assurance, Jesus is mine. "I am in Him, and He is in me; the Father in Him, and
He in the Father; and the Father in me, and I in Him." [What Holy Ghost Was
Given For, Jeffersonville, Indiana, 50-1217]
“Notice, the very next verse, the 12--13th verse, "Blessed are the dead that die
in the Lord." What's the next? Armageddon. Church is gone then after the third
angel's message. We was preaching the other day in the church of them angels,
and giving the seven last angels, and the angel's message. And this special
anointing come of those three ages, those three last angels.” [Mark of The
Beast, Long Beach CA, 61-0217]
“Knowing this, that when this life is over, we have a life on the other side,
where we turn back to young people again, and will live in His Presence and His
blessedness for ever and ever.
I trust that every precious mother in here, and every daughter, every son, and
every father, will die in the Lord. "Even so saith the Spirit; for they rest
from their labors, and their works do follow them." Some bright day we'll go and
see them. Yes. If that isn't so, then why are we standing here this morning
preaching in vain? But, friends, our religion is not in vain. It's the power of
God, tested right down with the acid test of death. Through sufferings, through
any kind of way it wants to come, what difference does it make? We're going to
meet God.” [Testimony of A True Witness, Jeffersonville, Indiana, 61-1105]
“Now, he's cleansed, now he's confessed and cleansed, and called and
commissioned to be a prophet. And God let him write the entire Bible in
sixty-six Books of the Bible, there's sixty-six chapters of Isaiah. He starts
out in Genesis; the middle of the Book comes John the Baptist; and goes plumb
over into the millennium reign in Isaiah 65 and 66 (That's right.), the
Revelations. He wrote the entire outline of the Bible. Why? Because he humbled
himself when he saw the Presence of God. What did he do? And his, after he did
that, and humbled himself and was cleansed and set aside, and cleansed and
commissioned, he's influenced millions of people. Here is his Book; here's
Isaiah's Writing that's influenced men from that time down to this. His
influence goes on. The Bible said, "Their works do follow them." As the Holy
Spirit told John, on the Revelation, or on the Isle of Patmos, "Thou must
prophesy yet before kings and nations and people." The Book of Revelation is
still prophesying. "They rest from their labors, but their works follow them."
Their influence that they had still follow them. See? Certainly, it is.”
[Influence, Chicago, Illinois, 63-0803E]
(We appreciate the support of Brother Ken Andes, in providing answers to this
question).