REVELATION OF THE FIFTH SEAL
( 5 th seal p.n. 1 )THE REVELATION OF THE FIFTH SEAL
"And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them: and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled." (Revelation 6: 9 -11).
Thank you Saviour, blessed is the name of the Lord. Thank you Lord. Bless your word tonight; oh Lord, let it accomplish the things that you would send it out to accomplish. Save sinners, reconcile backsliders; bring light and understanding unto your people from all religions, organizations and all walks of life. May the blessing of the Holy Spirit rest and abide upon each one of us, with those that are visiting. Grant them the desires of their heart, heal their bodies, bring deliverance to their souls and prosper them both naturally and spiritually we pray thee. Bless our brethren around the world who are commemorating the opening of the seals, bless them all, oh Father, in Connecticut, Guyana, St. Vincent, Lord at this moment bless and undertake for each one we pray in the name of Jesus Christ, we pray with thanksgiving, and the congregation say, "Amen!" Amen means so let it be. It means I agree with what I have seen, what I have heard and what ever is going on; it means so let it be.So we are grateful to the Lord tonight . I have received wonderful reports about our visitors that are attending from night to night, and I want to give you a hearty welcome tonight, it does not matter what religion you belong to. We have a gathering of Hindus, Muslims, Catholics, Pentecostals, different organizations and we have people that don't belong to any religion and you are also welcome. So we are a happy people and we are gathered for a very great purpose and that is to commemorate the opening of the seals. I really want to compliment the visitors who kept up with the meeting even from Sunday and their behaviour is so wonderful. You go to a church that is new to you, you will hear a preacher preach things that are new to you, you will hear things that probably you don't agree with, but then a real decent person will sit still and listen and disagree in a friendly manner, not hostile. And as Christians we ought to have the grace of God in our lives to hear out a man and then make our comments.
"And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them: and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled." (Revelation 6: 9 -11).
Thank you Saviour, blessed is the name of the Lord. Thank you Lord. Bless your word tonight; oh Lord, let it accomplish the things that you would send it out to accomplish. Save sinners, reconcile backsliders; bring light and understanding unto your people from all religions, organizations and all walks of life. May the blessing of the Holy Spirit rest and abide upon each one of us, with those that are visiting. Grant them the desires of their heart, heal their bodies, bring deliverance to their souls and prosper them both naturally and spiritually we pray thee. Bless our brethren around the world who are commemorating the opening of the seals, bless them all, oh Father, in Connecticut, Guyana, St. Vincent, Lord at this moment bless and undertake for each one we pray in the name of Jesus Christ, we pray with thanksgiving, and the congregation say, "Amen!" Amen means so let it be. It means I agree with what I have seen, what I have heard and what ever is going on; it means so let it be.So we are grateful to the Lord tonight . I have received wonderful reports about our visitors that are attending from night to night, and I want to give you a hearty welcome tonight, it does not matter what religion you belong to. We have a gathering of Hindus, Muslims, Catholics, Pentecostals, different organizations and we have people that don't belong to any religion and you are also welcome. So we are a happy people and we are gathered for a very great purpose and that is to commemorate the opening of the seals. I really want to compliment the visitors who kept up with the meeting even from Sunday and their behaviour is so wonderful. You go to a church that is new to you, you will hear a preacher preach things that are new to you, you will hear things that probably you don't agree with, but then a real decent person will sit still and listen and disagree in a friendly manner, not hostile. And as Christians we ought to have the grace of God in our lives to hear out a man and then make our comments.
( 5 th seal p.n. 2 )We have come to what we call the fifth seal. Six seals are held in the sixth chapter and the seventh seal goes over to the eight chapter of the Book of Revelation. If you are here for the first time, I guess you are at a loss right now. "What is this seal that this man is talking about tonight?" And we always have to start a little bit from the beginning. So, I will go back a little from the beginning for a few minutes.
At the first coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, angels came down from heaven and these angels had a leader, and they cannot do what they want, but they must always obey the command of their leader. Heaven has order, its only Earth that is out of order. Man went out of order in Genesis and they were promised a Messiah to come and set them in order to bring life and salvation. We were all sinners, we were born sinners, and when you come in as a visitor here, don't you ever think you have come unto a bunch of righteous people or angels that fell from heaven. We are sinners, but we are saved by grace. Liars, thieves, whoremongers, marijuana smokers, coke addicts, scamps and we were involved in all the sins of the world, but something happened in our lives and that is a great miracle took place, it took away the desire for sin. Now that is true Christianity. True Christianity takes away the desire for the sins. If it takes away the desire for sin then you don't commit the sin. Religion covers up the desire and put on robes and cloaks and recites certain prayers and other formalities, but the desires are still there. That is why you find people who profess religion but then, they are a bunch of hypocrites, because the desires were not taken away. So what they have is a cloak of religion and they are trying to keep a certain law. Now that went on in the Old Testament time, when man sinned he brought a lamb, the lamb was slain, the Lord took the life of the innocent lamb and spared the man from going to hell. That was God's provision. So they were promised a Messiah, a Deliverer, and a Saviour. And in the course of time, after four thousand years from Genesis there came down a bunch of angels and they made a certain announcement. That announcement that was made was an announcement of peace and goodwill to all men from all religion, from all walks of life, Jews, Gentiles and Samaritans. That's the God that we serve. And they said, "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord… And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will toward men." (Luke 2:10-14).
A few people heard that, who were shepherds at night. The light shone and then peace and goodwill was announced back in that time of the first coming of the Lord.We have a banner in front, which says, "Memorial of the Opening of the Seven Seals in 1963." So we are gathered for the purpose of declaring to you that a similar announcement was made in 1963. A bunch of angels did come down from heaven like in the first coming of the Lord. And this time, instead of declaring peace and goodwill to all men, they declared judgment. They declared that the time of judgment, the long awaited judgment that the world heard about since Genesis, and preached by preachers for 2000 years, this great judgment was about to take place. This great announcement took place in a place called Arizona, in the United States. What happened there was a bunch of angels came down and formed something that looks like a cloud. The cloud was twenty-six miles high and thirty miles across the skies and it was photographed by science. It appeared in a Magazine called 'Life Magazine' which we have somewhere around here; and under the balcony we would notice two pictures there. That was a symbol of judgment that the Lord sent to warn all mankind that He was about ready to burn the earth with fire. Not only that, but bring plagues upon the face of the earth. There will be great disasters.
At the first coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, angels came down from heaven and these angels had a leader, and they cannot do what they want, but they must always obey the command of their leader. Heaven has order, its only Earth that is out of order. Man went out of order in Genesis and they were promised a Messiah to come and set them in order to bring life and salvation. We were all sinners, we were born sinners, and when you come in as a visitor here, don't you ever think you have come unto a bunch of righteous people or angels that fell from heaven. We are sinners, but we are saved by grace. Liars, thieves, whoremongers, marijuana smokers, coke addicts, scamps and we were involved in all the sins of the world, but something happened in our lives and that is a great miracle took place, it took away the desire for sin. Now that is true Christianity. True Christianity takes away the desire for the sins. If it takes away the desire for sin then you don't commit the sin. Religion covers up the desire and put on robes and cloaks and recites certain prayers and other formalities, but the desires are still there. That is why you find people who profess religion but then, they are a bunch of hypocrites, because the desires were not taken away. So what they have is a cloak of religion and they are trying to keep a certain law. Now that went on in the Old Testament time, when man sinned he brought a lamb, the lamb was slain, the Lord took the life of the innocent lamb and spared the man from going to hell. That was God's provision. So they were promised a Messiah, a Deliverer, and a Saviour. And in the course of time, after four thousand years from Genesis there came down a bunch of angels and they made a certain announcement. That announcement that was made was an announcement of peace and goodwill to all men from all religion, from all walks of life, Jews, Gentiles and Samaritans. That's the God that we serve. And they said, "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord… And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will toward men." (Luke 2:10-14).
A few people heard that, who were shepherds at night. The light shone and then peace and goodwill was announced back in that time of the first coming of the Lord.We have a banner in front, which says, "Memorial of the Opening of the Seven Seals in 1963." So we are gathered for the purpose of declaring to you that a similar announcement was made in 1963. A bunch of angels did come down from heaven like in the first coming of the Lord. And this time, instead of declaring peace and goodwill to all men, they declared judgment. They declared that the time of judgment, the long awaited judgment that the world heard about since Genesis, and preached by preachers for 2000 years, this great judgment was about to take place. This great announcement took place in a place called Arizona, in the United States. What happened there was a bunch of angels came down and formed something that looks like a cloud. The cloud was twenty-six miles high and thirty miles across the skies and it was photographed by science. It appeared in a Magazine called 'Life Magazine' which we have somewhere around here; and under the balcony we would notice two pictures there. That was a symbol of judgment that the Lord sent to warn all mankind that He was about ready to burn the earth with fire. Not only that, but bring plagues upon the face of the earth. There will be great disasters.