No, David is the second event. The birth comes first. In fact, strangely enough, in the Resurrection – man in the Resurrection is above the organization of sex. He’s not a male. I’m not speaking of a male; I’m speaking of Man. You are Man, but on this level, you are a female. I am Man, but on this level I am male. Now, don’t confuse male with man, for God is Man. And so, when you see David, even though you be woman, you will know that you are the father of David. Strangely enough, it will not strike you funnily or in some strange way; it will be the most natural thing in the world, because you are God, and God is Man. This division is only on this level, but man in the Resurrection is above the organization of sex; and, so, the second great event is the coming of David; the third is the splitting of the Temple of your body from top to bottom and the ascent, like a serpent, into heaven; and the fourth is the descent of the dove. And the dove smothers you with affection. That is the symbol of the Holy Spirit accepting you completely – the seal of approval of the work that he’s done. So, these are the four major ones. After that, you fulfill Scripture in many ways; but these are the four major ones – the Four Mighty Acts of God, unveiling Himself in you as you. So, don’t think for one moment because you’re a lady that it will stun you when David stands before you and you know that you are his father. It will not, my dear – any more than it stuns a woman of seventy-seven to find a little infant and know, “That is mine.” Now, many of you have conceived of the Holy Spirit, but you’ve forgotten it. I’ll give you a case. This lady in L.A. – a sweet, lovely lady, I would say my age – being a lady, we’ll give her the benefit of the doubt and say she’s five years younger. So, she’s my age; therefore beyond the age of bearing. I asked them all in L.A. to please share with me their visions, that I may interpret and see where they are in the unfolding picture, for I’m only interested in the unfolding picture of Scripture. “Well,” she said, “I was coming down on a ship along the California coast, and I turned to a passenger on deck, and I said, ‘Let me know when we pass or arrive at Point Conception’; and this passenger said to her, ‘Why, we passed that thirty miles back. Don’t you remember?’” And she said, “I felt so sheepish and so foolish that I did not remember, and I said to her, ‘Oh, yes, I forgot! Point Conception thirty miles back.’” I said to her, “You have had the Conception. You’ve conceived of the Holy Spirit. You only now have to await the birth; and if you’ve forgotten the conception, the chances are you’ve forgotten the birth.” So she said, after I spoke to her, three weeks later this is what she had: She said, “I found myself in a house – dark, pitch dark – no light. I was finding it difficult to open a door leading to the outside. There was something wrong with the handle, or something, but I finally got it open, and I was blinded by the brilliancy of the outside – it was so brilliant with light – this enormous brilliant light. On the steps in front of me was a little babe wrapped in cloth in a basket, and two women dressed in the robes of the ancient world, – like the Biblical women as you see in pictures, and a third one standing a little bit removed – maybe ten feet away;” and she said, “I knew when I saw that baby that it was mine!” One woman said, “It is her baby,” pointing to this lady; the other one said, “How could it be her baby? She was in the house. Someone must have left it there. I will take it.” But the one said, “Oh, no, you don’t,” and then lifted the infant and put it in her arms. She said, “I knew it was my baby. I knew it was my son – not just a baby, but my son,” and the little boy looked into her face and a heavenly smile broke upon it – the story of Isaac. Well, she’s a woman beyond the age of bearing. I could tell many of the ladies in the audience they’ve all had the birth; and right after the birth comes David; after David, the Temple’s being split; and then the Dove. It takes three and a half years from the birth to the end of the drama. Well, we’ve been traveling for thousands of years. We didn’t start in our mother’s womb. We’ve been coming through this “furnace of affliction” for thousands of years, and the end is perfect. But the end comes so quickly! Up to the very end, you’re totally unaware of what is going to happen, and then suddenly in three and a half years the drama is over. But you will not be surprised, my dear, when you see David and David calls you “father.” You see, in the most critical book on the Bible – it is the Encyclopedia Biblica – they claim that the original manuscripts that they have used to translate – the volume is this thick – an enormous volume. You can get it today in four volumes. I have it, unfortunately, in the one big thick one, and it falls apart it’s so big and heavy. But when it takes David, David has no mother in the ancient manuscripts; but in our Bible, the scribes along the way – in the book of Ruth – gave a mother to make it secular, and it isn’t secular history at all. Listen to the words: “And I will tell of the decree of the Lord. He said unto me, Thou art my son. Today I have begotten thee.” There is no mother mentioned. That’s the Second Psalm, and these are the words addressed to David. And I have found David, and he has cried unto me, “Thou art my father, my God, and the Rock of my Salvation.” Who is speaking? The Lord is speaking. But there are people in this world – I have a lady in New York City, and she said, “I just cannot for one moment pray to a male god. My god has to be a woman.” She was bitter in marriage. She hated her husband; undoubtedly, he hated her, too. She’s an interior decorator. She and her two sisters all work as interior decorators, and they all have this strange feeling about men. They hate men. Therefore, because they hate men, they can’t conceive that God is man and her god has to be a woman – she’s going to pray to a woman. I said, “Go ahead and pray to a woman if you want to. I don’t pray to any man or woman. I appropriate.” I’m told the world is mine, and all within it; and “Were I hungry, I would not tell you.” I would slay and eat, “For the cattle on a thousand hills are mine.” So, why should I ask you for permission to take what is mine? So, she’s asking someone else – a woman god; but you will not ask a woman god – you are God, and you are not male or female; you’re Man. That powerful statement of Blake: “Thou art a man. God is no more. Thy own humanity learn to adore.”459 ¶33