The Second Seal
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3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
Introduction
Bro. Branham ties the second seal to Matthew 24.
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
(Fig tree, God gathering the elect)
Let us now consider what John saw, then, of these things what he saw. “A red horse; and his rider goes forth, power given to him to slay with a great sword.”
Now here is my revelation of it. This is Satan, again. It’s the devil, again, in another form.
(Trumpet = Political disturbance)
But you find out, here, that this man has a sword, so he pertains to church, political war. Now you might not think that, but just watch it a minute, just a few minutes.
Notice the change of color of these horses. Same rider; change of color of horses. And a horse is a beast. And the beast, in the Bible, under a symbol, represents a power.
The same system riding on another color, power, from the innocent white to a bloody red.
When he first started, he was just, well, he was just a little doctrine in, amongst, called the Nicolaitanism. Of course, it wouldn’t slay anything.
He wouldn’t slay anything. It’s just a doctrine, just a spirit amongst the people. Now, he would slay nothing. Oh, he was so innocent, riding on this white horse. “Well, you know, we can have a great world-wide church. We could call it the universal church.” They still do.
Oh, it’s perfectly innocent. And, oh, it’s so innocent. “It’s just a group of men. We’ll all get together for fellowship.” See, it’s very innocent; it’s white, the white horse was.
(Better class)
Now, but, otherwise, in other words, “We want a little group, a little syndicate we can call our own.” It’s just a doctrine, very innocent.
(Starts off as a clique in the church)
But when this awful, deceiving spirit (oh, man!) incarnated, in incarnate spirit; this doctrine spirit became incarnated, to take the place of Christ, into a man. It must be worshipped, then, turned to be a worship like Christ.
(The doctrine instead of Christ)
(VICARIVS FILII DEI)
Now, you take VICARIVS FILII DEI, and draw a line, with Roman numbers; the “V” for five, and “I” for one…And add it up, and see if you haven’t got six hundred and sixty-six.
(Show on slides)
(The Vatican denies this, but you can still find a copy of “Our Sunday Visitor from 1914 that states it as fact.)
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
When that little doctrine become a incarnate, it become a vicar, “In stead of the Son of God.”
And, of course, you will remember Satan is the head of all political power, of every nation.
8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
Talk about a person! He said, “I’ll give them to you, if you’ll worship me.” And Jesus knew that He was going to fall heir to them. That’s what they say, “Why, you bunch of poor holy-rollers!”
5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Now when he, as is head demon, incarnate in this super, religious man, as the Bible predicts, then he unites his church and state. Both of his own powers unite together.
(Antichrist= against the teaching of Christ. e.g. “for another age”.
Now, the rider went out, he didn’t have no crown, but he was given one. That white horse; he had a bow, no arrows.
Then, after a while, he was given a crown, because you can’t put a crown on a spirit’s head.
(This is when the antichrist becomes the false prophet)
Now he gets into a place till he’s going to make a universal church power, taking religious power.
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
(America. Two horns = Civil and Ecclesiastical power)
And it’ll finally end up, (I predict it), a woman will control her. Remember, that was thirty years ago, I said it. And the seven things that I predicted, five of them has done come to pass. And they got the man right there now to bring her in. And you vote it in, through your politics there.
(Church and/or great woman)
(Satan held every government of the earth)
Now, when he did that, he did not have the ecclesiastical power yet. But he started in with a demon of a false teaching. And that teaching become a doctrine. That doctrine become incarnate in a false prophet.
And then he went just to the right place. He never went to Israel, now. He went to Rome; Nicaea, Rome.
The council was held, and they elected a head bishop. And then, by doing this, they united church and state together.
Then, he dropped his bow. He got off his white horse. He got on his red horse, for he can kill anybody that don’t agree with him.
There is your Seal. Same fellow! Watch him ride on into Eternity yonder, with it, see, unites both his powers together.
(While Bro. Branham was preaching the Seals a Baptist group in Louisville was talking about fellowship with the Catholic Church.)
Now we find out, he unites his power, then, when he become both state and church, the ecclesiastical. Then what are you going to do? He forms his own religion.
And now he can do whatever he wants to. Then, he has the right to put to death whosoever will not agree with him. That’s exactly what he did, too.
And he did that just exactly. He did it to the true saints of the living God, who kept the Word and wouldn’t agree with him on his dogmas. He put them to death.
(St. Augustine rejecting the Holy Ghost)
He went back down to Hippo, and he was the very one that signed that, that paper that had, “The revelation from God, that it was all right and pleasing God, to put every person to death that didn’t believe with the Roman Catholic church.”
Now listen. I’m quoting from the martyrology, “From the time of Saint Augustine of Hippo, until 1586,” on the Roman martyrology, “the Roman Catholic church put sixty-eight million Protestants to death.”
(Source: Schmucker’s Glorious Reformation)
Was his sword red? Was he riding a red horse? What was it? The same power; the same rider. There is the Seal. They admit, “sixty-eight million,” on the martyrology, besides all those put to death outside of that.
Oh, mercy! During the dark ages, there were millions fed to lions, and slaughtered in every way, because they wouldn’t bow down to that Catholic dogma.
Now notice, 17th chapter of Revelation. Now everybody just try to open your heart. Let the Holy Spirit teach you now.
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
“Whore,” what is that? That’s a woman. Can’t be a man. And what is the woman symboled in the church, in the Bible? Church. Why? Christ’s Bride, and so forth; you see, it’s woman, the church.
Now, “waters,” what does that mean? Watch here. Read the 15th verse of it there.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
This church was ruling over the whole world, see, “Sat upon many waters.”
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
(Catholics admit this is Rome. I’ve read their study Bible. Bro. Branham references “Facts of our Faith”)
And so he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet clothed beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Now just watch that, that symbol, that “seven heads.” Now you see here where It said, “The heads which thou sawest are seven hills on which the woman sitteth.” Rome sits on seven hills.
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
That antichrist spirit, “fornication,” see, “teaching,” that committing adultery with God. Now, she is supposed to be a Bride, see; and committing an adultery. Just like Eve did, just like the church does there.
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
(Babylon is Rome. Two Babylons)
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
She was such a beautiful thing, with crosses and everything on her! “How in the world could she be the guilty of drinking the blood of the saints?” It puzzled him. Now He is going to tell him.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
How, when was your name put on the Book of Life? At that revival you attended? No, sir. “From the foundation of the world.”
See, “the beast,” one will die, another one take his place. “He was; he was not. He was; he was not. Was; he was not.” And she’ll go plumb into perdition, that way.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
(Gift of Wisdom)
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
(Nero, Roman Emperors)
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
Pagan Rome, brought into papal Rome. When the incarnate antichrist spirit become incarnate, and was crowned, he was made a crowned king of Rome, both in state and church, together.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
That’s dictators, you see, of course. “These have one mind.”
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
(Iron and clay running out into the toes)
That’s Rome. Rome don’t do it as a nation; it does it as a church. Every nation under heaven is to Rome.
No wonder they said, “Who can make war with him?” He can say, “Peace,” that settles it. Every Catholic says, “It’s, ‘Don’t fight,’” and they don’t fight. That’s all. “Who is able to do what he can do?” Nobody.
“So they wonder at the miracles he can do.” He can stop war. Only thing he have to do is just say, “Stop.” That’s all. But you think he’ll do it? Certainly not.
His bow had no arrows, at first, but his “great sword” did. He done his killing, later, and changed from white horse to red horse; the same, exactly, devil, with his sword.
52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
Now, now remember, he has got a sword. He is going forth, a sword in his hand; riding, red horse, wading through the blood of everybody that disagrees with him.
(We shouldn’t be this way)
This rider and all his kingdom subjects that are slaying down through the age, that’s drawed all this blood of the martyrs of the saints, will be slain by the Sword of Jesus Christ when He comes.
They took the sword of dogma and antichrist, and cut down the real, true worshippers, all down through the ages, to, well, the millions.
And when Christ comes with the Sword, for it’s His Word that proceeds out of His mouth, He’ll slay every enemy there is before Him.
(Rev 19)
You might have killed sixty-eight million of them, down through these ages, since then; maybe more. But Jesus said, “He that takes the sword will perish by it.”
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Satan placed, united the political powers which he held, and the spiritual powers which he held, together, and made a church that sweeps into every nation.
And he has put millions times millions…after he jumped off from his white horse, onto his red horse, and he took his sword and went forth.
But God said, “With the same Thing that he perverted, or tried to, by a false teaching; that same Word will rise in power, coming forth from the lips of Jesus Christ, and shall slay him, and everything before Him.” Amen.
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