The Seventh Seal Part 3 "Seven Thunders"
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1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
Introduction
Introduction
When Bro. Branham preached the Seventh Seal, He knew that the Seven Thunders contained the mystery of the Seventh Seal.
This one, I have…will speak and have spoke, that it is the mystery of the Seven Thunders. The Seven Thunders in Heaven will unfold this mystery. 63-0324E - "The Seventh Seal"
Now, what this great secret is that lays beneath this Seal, I do not know. I don’t know it. I couldn’t make it out. I couldn’t tell It, just what It said, but I know that It was them Seven Thunders uttering themselves right close together, just banging seven different times.
And It unfolded into something else that I seen. Then, when I seen That, I looked for the interpretation. It flew across there, and I couldn’t make It out. That’s exactly right. See? The hour isn’t quite yet for It.
But, It’s moving into that cycle, see. It’s coming up close. So, the thing for you to do is to remember that I speak to you in the Name of the Lord. Be prepared, for you don’t know what time something can happen. 63-0324E - "The Seventh Seal"
It was the Seventh Angel’s job to preach this.
4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
There was something said. It just wasn’t a noise. Something was said. He was about to write. 62-1230E - "Is This The Sign Of The End, Sir?"
What was in those thunders no one knows. But we need to know. And it will take a prophet to get the revelation because God has no other way of bringing out His Scriptural revelations except by a prophet.
The Word always came by a prophet and always will. An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages (9 - The Laodicean Church Age)
5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
The Mystery of God being finished is the revelation of the Seven Thunders, which is a part of the breaking of the Seventh Seal.
If the Seventh Seal is not open, we do not know the voice of the thunders, and the Mystery of God is not finished.
It’s easy to put these things in the future because then we are not accountable to them, but we must face the fact that if the Seventh Angel has come and gone, these things must have been revealed in our day.
A thunder is a voice of God which is not understood.
14 The Lord thundered from heaven, And the most High uttered his voice.
13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens, And the Highest gave his voice; Hail stones and coals of fire.
28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
Remember, a loud clapping noise of a Thunder is a Voice of God. That’s what the Bible says, see, “a clap of Thunder.” They thought it was a thunder, but It was God. He understood It, for It was revealed to Him. See? It was a Thunder. 63-0318 - "The First Seal"
There was a thunder at the opening of the First Seal.
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
And, notice, the First Seal opened. The First Seal, when It was opened in the symbol form, it thundered. Now what about when It’s opened in Its reality form?
My…It thundered as soon as the Lamb struck back the Seal. And what did It reveal? Not all of Itself. First, It’s with God; next, It’s in a symbol; then, It’s revealed. Three things. See? It’s coming forth from the Throne. 63-0318 - "The First Seal"
Bro. Branham is about to explain what it was in the Seventh Seal and The Angel told him to “Stop, go no further”.
What do we know from the Message about the Seven Thunders?
1. The Seven Seals are revealed at the time of the Seven Thunders.
1. The Seven Seals are revealed at the time of the Seven Thunders.
This Seven-Seal Book is revealed at the time of the Seven Thunders of Revelation 10, 63-0317E - "The Breach Between The Seven Church Ages And The Seven Seals"
2. The Seven Thunders will bring the Bride together for Rapturing Faith
2. The Seven Thunders will bring the Bride together for Rapturing Faith
And I believe that, through those Seven Thunders, will be revealed in the last days in order to get the Bride together for rapturing faith. 63-0318 - "The First Seal"
The thunders are for the Bride, just like the thunder was for the disciples.
30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.
Speaking of the Thunders:
They are mysteries. We don’t know what they are yet. But, my opinion, they’ll be revealed right away. And when it do, it’ll give faith for that rapturing grace, for that Church to move out. 63-0318 - "The First Seal"
Talking about the Jews being blinded:
No more we could understand these things until the time comes for It to be understood. Oh, my! Seven Thunders of Revelation! May He show the Bride how to prepare for the great translation faith! 63-0318 - "The First Seal"
3. The Seven Thunders must be Scriptural
3. The Seven Thunders must be Scriptural
And when anybody thinks that he has those Seven Thunders, if it don’t compare with the rest of the Word, there is something wrong.
It’s got to come, THUS SAITH THE LORD, for This is the Book. This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, in Its entirety. 63-0321 - "The Fourth Seal"
Everyone has always come to me, said, “Brother Branham, them seven thunders that the voice thundered, and He said, ‘Write It not, see, but close It up,’” said, “that’ll be seven thunders that will be revealed in the last days, see, seven thunders that’ll tell us?”
Now, don’t that sound real good? See? But watch what you’re talking about when you say that.
He said, “See that you write It not.” See? These seven thunders utter their voices, see, and He said, “Don’t write that, see, but It’s to be sealed up in the Book until the last days.”
Now someone has been, many has been saying to me, and theologians said, “Brother Branham, if the Lord God…” Said, “With your experience, that the Lord has given you for His people,” humbly saying this, said, “you would be eligible to write a Bible yourself, your Word, if God has manifested.”
I said “That might be true.” See, he was trying to catch me. See? I said, “But, you see, I couldn’t do that.” He said, “Why couldn’t you? You have all the qualifications.” I said, “But, you look, one word cannot be added or taken away.” See?
And he said, “Well, then, them seven thunders, you see,” said, “wouldn’t them seven thunders blasting out, won’t that be a Revelation be give to some man?” I said, “No, sir, it would be adding something to It or taking Something from It.”
It’s all revealed in There, and the Seven Seals opened up the revelation of what That was. That’s what it was. See, it’s still in the Word. You see, you can’t get out of that Word.
It won’t leave the Word. And God’s Spirit will never leave that Word. It’ll stay right with the Word; blinding some, and open the eyes of others. It’ll always do that. 64-0614M - "The Unveiling Of God"
4. The Thunders were revealed under the Opening of the Seals.
Something happened the other day. You read, or heard the tape, “the seven thunders,” What Time Is It, Sir? See? It happened the other day.
You know these things. The time is at hand, church. The time is at hand. Don’t, don’t, don’t wait any longer. See?
How do you know the Rapture is not going on all the time? First thing you know, it’ll be past, one disappearing here and there. It’ll be gone, the first thing you know.
And you’ll…Judgment will strike the world. You say, “Well, I thought this.” “It’s too late now.” 63-0412E - "God Hiding Himself In Simplicity"
Now, the Coming of the Lord is in mystery. We don’t know when He’s coming, how He’s coming, but we know He is coming. See?
And so was all the mysteries of God waiting for this last day. After it’s already been completed, then He reveals and shows what He’s done. Oh, my! Never gave His mystery in full.
It’s just like this, comparing the Seven Seals. Now, when God used Martin Luther for the coming out for that first church or that church age, and when He used John Wesley, and He gradually brought them out, and was revealing in them that church age.
When we…when it goes back through the Bible now and find out. But in the last days, the reason that was such a tremendous thing, that He spoke of it here and showed those Seven Thunders.
Life magazine then packed that Circle of a Cloud and Light there that they could not understand, and don’t know it yet. But here telling, “Go there and wait for these mysteries to be revealed,” and here months before it happened, and then it happened at exactly the way He said it would do.
Did you notice in that picture? Even that Angel on the right, when he was being materialized, coming down, with his wings back and his head setting sideways, there it is right there in the picture, just exactly.
Months before it happened, told here, that, “He’s going to bring the Body of believers together; to reveal, take up them lost ends.”
(Luther, Wesley)
And then comes the revelation of the mystery, to reveal what it’s all been about.
This is Christ the Mystery! He reveals part of it, waits for it to come to pass, then shows us what He did.
(They still had trinity baptism, etc.)
Then come back in the last days and pick up all these mysteries and clearly explain it, reveal it. Why? It’s all the last days when this great mystery that God had in His heart is being revealed.
Do you get it? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] If you fail, come back to this tape again. I don’t know how much longer I’ll be with you. Remember, this is the Truth, of THUS SAITH THE LORD. It’s the Truth. It’s the Scripture.
Like the seven mysteries of the seven last Seals, the mysteries of them. The Seals had done been broke, and every age had come down, and there they had left a lot of scattering.
And God, not willing that It should be scattered, He comes back and picks up those things, those doctrines they started, and brought it on out and revealed the whole thing.
Same thing He’s doing now in revealing the mystery of Christ, how He was God’s threefold purpose for the Church! Oh, my! Letting Him out. Reveal!
Reveal, Webster says, is to “Make known. Make known, and, especially,” Webster says, “in Divine Truth,” that revelation means. The revelation, it is Christ’s way of making Himself known to His Church. 63-0728 - "Christ Is The Mystery Of God Revealed"
Christ in you makes you the center of the Revelation.
16 These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.
395. Have the Seven Thunders which equals seven mysteries already been revealed? Were they revealed in the Seven Seals, but are yet not known to us as the Thunders yet?
78 No, they were revealed in the Seven Seals; that’s what the Thunders was about.
They was to reveal…The Seven Thunders that had uttered their voices and no one could make out what it was…John knew what it was, but he was forbidden to write it.
He said, “But the seventh angel, in the days of his sounding, the seven mysteries of the Seven Thunders would be revealed.” And the seventh angel is a messenger of the Seventh Church Age. 64-0830E - "Questions And Answers #4"
What about Bro. Branham saying he was coming back to Jeffersonville to preach the Thunders?
Now, in doing this, I have come here for the purpose of teaching the last Vials, last Seven Vials, and the last Seven Trumpets, and the last Seven Thunders, of the Book of Revelation, tying them together in this hour that we’re now living; to follow the opening of the Seven Seals, the Seven Church Ages.
So, we couldn’t get room to do it. So I hope that, soon as I can, we’ll…can get a place sufficient for that, either here or in Louisville, New Albany, or either put up a tent, so we can just stay as long as the Lord leads us to do. 65-0801M - "The God Of This Evil Age"
He also said he was coming back to preach the trumpets, but he was already told not to by the angel because they were to the Jews.
(Talks about the plagues)
Just wait till we get in to opening them Plagues and Seals, and them Seven Thunders, watch what takes place. Oh, brother, you better get to Goshen while there’s time to get to Goshen. Don’t pay any attention to this outside. 65-0815 - "And Knoweth It Not"
He’s already preached the Seals. He just wants to take his time and teach on these things, but he was not allowed to.
He actually said he’s already preached it.
And last week’s tapes, I think, will reveal to you the great hideous things that we’re going to speak on one of these days when we can get a place sufficient,
of the opening of those last plagues to be poured out upon the earth, those Vials, rather, pouring out of the Vials, and the Seven Thunders, and those hideous sights that’s coming upon the earth. 65-0822M - "Christ Is Revealed In His Own Word"
Last weeks tapes?
“God of this Evil Age”
“Events Made Clear by Prophecy”
‘And Knoweth it Not”
What are the Seven thunders then?
The Seventh Angel Messenger:
....will reveal the mysteries of the seven thunders in Revelation 10 which are the revelations contained in the seven seals.
It will be these Divinely revealed “mystery-truths” that literally turn the hearts of the children to the Pentecostal fathers. An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages (9 - The Laodicean Church Age)
What revelations are contained in the Seals? Everything we need to know. Everything that was unknown. All the loose ends.
A Prophet’s desire is not Thus Saith the Lord.
Moses desired to go into the promised land, but God said no because he smote the rock.
Jonah desired to go to Tarshish, but the Lord prepared a storm and a fish.
Elijah wanted to die, but God said I’ve got some more work for you to do.
Even Jesus said “Not my will but thine be done”.
You might have thought today that I was trying to say that about myself, being that I was packing this Message. I have no more to do with It than nothing, no more than just a voice.
And, my voice, even against my better judgment; I wanted to be a trapper. But it’s the will of my Father that I declare to do, and determined to do.
I wasn’t the One that appeared down on the river; I was only standing there when He appeared. I’m not the One that performs these things and foretells these things that happens as perfect they are; I’m only one that’s near when He does it. I was only a voice that He used, to say It.
It wasn’t what I knew; it’s what I just surrendered myself to, that He spoke through. It isn’t me, it wasn’t the seventh angel, oh, no; it was the manifestation of the Son of man. It wasn’t the angel, his message; it was the mystery that God unfolded. It’s not a man; it’s God.
The angel was not the Son of man; he was the messenger from the Son of man. The Son of man is Christ; He is the One that you’re feeding on. You’re not feeding on a man; a man, his words will fail. But you’re feeding on the unfailing Body-Word of the Son of man. 65-0725M - "The Anointed Ones At The End Time"
Conclusion
Conclusion
There will be a Bride who will have Thus Saith the Lord or will keep still. Are you feeding on the Word? Have you surrendered yourself to it? Have you had your Gethsemane?