"Behold I will send forth many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks." Jeremiah 16:16 In Matthew 4:19 and Mark 1:17, when calling out his disciples Jesus said, "follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men." Here we have the beginning of the fulfillment of Jeremiah's prophecy. Most Christians know that the Apostles and other d isciples were sent forth as fishers of men. During this so called "Christian dispensation", the Christian religion has been taught in a manner "you can accept it or reject it as you wish". More or less in the manner we go fishing. Fishermen take a line and a hook; put bait on it; and then put the baited hook into the water. The fish can take it or not as he wishes. If the bait is good, the fisherman thinks that he has done a good job because he has caught a fish. Just as a fisher-of-men believes that, when he preaches the go spel, and people come to a knowledge of Jesus Christ, he has done a good work. The fisher is usually blind as to what he is catching until after he has the catch in his net or until he pulls his line out of the water. But the hunter is entirely different, he knows his game. The only people in the nation who could be call ed "the hunters" are those who know, among other things, the true identity of God's Israel people. They know their quarry. They know what they are hunting for and they disregard all other things. They go as hunters who see the game before the g ame sees them. In the parable of the supper (Luke 14) there were three stages: 1. Fishing - To whomsoever will. "Say to them that are bidden, Come..." 2. Hunting - Search the city and "bring in the poor, maimed, halt and the blind." 3. Finally the king says to the servant "go out and compel them to come in..." We are getting ready for the banquet, the marriage supper of the Lamb. A time will come when all will be compelled to comply with God's will. How To Hunt The hunter has to know his game, keep his eyes open and have a weapon readily available. The Bible is our main weapon and battle strategy. Education, exposure, and truth are our "bullets." Many of us have found it difficult to re-train our emotional bias concerning our rigid religious beliefs. Those who are sucessful in this endeavor will be those who rely most firmly on the Word of God in spite of prior deep-rooted traditions. Only by putting on ALL of the armour of God described in Isaiah 59:17 and Ephesians 6:14-17 can we "withstand in the evil day." God's armour consists of total protection for all parts of the body of Christ except the back, because He requires us to "STAND" after having done all possible, not run from the battle. The only weapon of offence we are given is "the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God" which "is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword." It is the sword of truth which the wicked dread and fear which will deliver us from their hands. We must fear God and keep His commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. (Ecclesiastes 12:13) The churches have taught us that we must fear "the devil," although Christ said, "fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear Him (God) which is able to destroy both soul and body." (Mattew 10:28) We are to fear no-one EXCEPT God, for it is our WHOLE duty. And that duty is to OBEY. "If you love Me, OBEY My commandments" John 14:15 It is the hunters who are now being gathered to track God's people and bring them home to Him in this end time. Let us each be a hunter.