REVELATION OF THE TRUE SEVENTH SEAL BY BROTHER BRANHAM THE ORIGINAL SEVENTH SEAL
Brother William
JESUS OMITTED SEVENTH SEAL ON THE MOUNT
532 (5) Now, we find out that…The Lord let us take the Scripture, the Holy Scripture, what Jesus said would take place…
(His sermon there) answering that, brings out exactly to the point, six of the Seals, but He omitted the Seventh. See? (New Ed. Page
479 (51-52)).
OMITTED REVEALING EVEN ANY SYMBOL
532 (6) Then when the Seals were open, God, He omitted revealing even any symbol of the Seventh one. See? It's a perfect
secret with God… (New Ed. Page 479 (53)).
SEVENTH SEAL SPOKE OF IN GENESIS
536 (4)…And if I only had time (I'll try a few places) to show you all the way back from Genesis…this Seventh Seal is spoke
of. From the very beginning in Genesis, this seventh…these Seals moved right up. (New Ed. Page 483 (77-79).
FACT NO.1
SEALED UP OF THE PLAN OF REDEMPTION
555 (7) Now, we'll turn now to the…1st verse…of the 8th chapter- Revelations 8:1…We must remember that this Seventh Seal is the end of time of all things. That's right. The things written in the Seven Seal Book (sealed up of the plan of redemption from before the foundation of the world), it every bit ends. It is the end; it is the end of the struggling world. It's the end of struggling nature. It's the end of everything. In there is the end of the trumpets. It's the end of the vials. It's the end of the earth. It's the...It's even the end of time. Time runs out; the Bible said so. (New Ed. Page 501 (229-232)).
SEVENTH SEAL – END OF ALL THINGS
556 (1)…Revelation the 10th chapter and the 1 to the 7th verse. Time runs out. The angel said, "Time will be no more," when
that--in the days of this great thing to happen. Everything runs out in this time, at the end of this Seventh Seal. 556 (2) Notice, it's the end of the church age. It's the end of the Seven Seals. It's the end of the trumpets. It's the end of the vials, and even ends the ushering in of the millennium; that's on the Seventh Seal. 556 (3) It's just like firing a rocket into the air, and that rocket explodes here, and it goes up, then it explodes again. It puts out five stars. One of those stars explodes and blows out five stars from it; and then one of them stars explodes, blows out five stars from it (See?); it fades on out. That's what the Seventh Seal; it just ends the time for the world. It ends the time for this. It means the time for that. It ends the time for this. It ends the time... Everything just ended up on that Seventh Seal.
556 (4) Now, how is He going to do it? That's what we don't know, isn't it? We don't know. It's even the time for all these things, and the ushering in of the millennium. Notice, the breaking of this Seal was so great that heaven was hushed by it in silence for the space of a half hour. Now, is it great? What is it? It was hushed: heaven. There wasn't a thing moved for a half hour. (New Ed. Pages 501 (232) to 502 (238)).
JESUS NEVER MENTIONED IT-HIS COMING
556 (5) Now, a half hour might not be long if you're having a good time, but in the suspense of between death and life, it seemed like a millennium. It was so great, Jesus never mentioned it: none of the rest of them. John couldn't even write of it. No, he was forbidden to write here. See,…He didn't write, but just silence. (New Ed. Page 502 (239-240)).
FACT NO.2
SEVENTH SEAL, NONE OF US KNOWS, TELL YOU MY REVELATION557 (2)…Why? What is it? 557 (3) Now, none of us know; but I'm going to tell you my revelation of it. And now, I am not prone to be a fanatic. If I am, I'm ignorant of it. See? I'm not given away to such as "leerious" or carry-ons and imaginary things. I've said some things might have been kind of strange to some people, but when God comes around behind it and vindicates it and says it's the Truth, then that's God's Word. It may seem strange that way. (New Ed. Page 502 (245) to 503 (247)).
FACT NO.3
I HAD THE REVELATION THAT REVEALED--
IT’S IN A THREEFOLD MANNER
FACT NO. 4
MYSTERY LAYING BEHIND SEVEN THUNDERS
557 (4) And now, as certain as I stand in the platform tonight, I had the revelation that revealed—it's in a threefold manner. That, I will speak to you by God's help of a fold of it. And then you... Let's go over there first. Here's the revelation to begin what... I want to tell you what it is. What happens is that those seven thunders that he heard thunder and was forbidden to write, that's what the mystery is laying behind those seven consecutive thunders rolling out. (New Ed. Page 503 (248)).
He never said, “I had the revelation that revealed it,” but “it’s in a threefold manner.” It was revealed to him that the seventh seal is
in a threefold manner. People misinterpret that statement.
557 (5) Now, why? Let us prove it. Why? It is the secret that no one knows about. John was forbidding to write about it, even write a symbol about it. Why? This is why there was no activity in heaven; it might give away the secret. Do you see it now? If it's so
great it must be included, because it's got to happen, but when the seven thunders…(New Ed. Page 503 (249-250)).
FACT NO.5
JESUS NEVER SPOKE OF IT, JOHN COULDN’T WRITE IT,
ANGELS KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT IT, TOTAL SECRET
558 (1)…but here is seven straight thunders right in a row: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, that perfect number. Seven
thunders in a row, uttered not, making just one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, straight. Then heavens couldn't write that. Heavens
can't know about it, nothing else, because there's nothing to go on. It's a relaxing time. It was so great till it's kept secret from the
Angels. Now, why? If Satan should get a hold of it, he might do great damage. There's one thing he don't know. Now, he can
interpret anything he wants to, and impersonate any kind of a gift (I hope you're learning.), but he can't know this. It's not even
written in the Word. It's a total secret. The Angels, everything shut up. If they made one move it might give something away, so they
just shut up, quit harping; everything stopped.
558 (2) Seven--God's perfect number, Seven [Brother Branham knocks seven times on pulpit--Ed.] just right down the row.
Seven thunders uttered straight together like they're spelling out something. Notice, at that time, John started to write, and He said,
"Don't write it." Jesus never spoke of it. John couldn't write it. Angels know nothing about it. (New Ed. Page 503 (252) to 504 (256)).
WHAT IS IT? HE DID NOT KNOW IT HIMSELF558 (3) What is it? It's the thing that Jesus said even the Angels of heaven didn't know nothing about it. See, see? He
didn't know it Himself, said only God would know it, but He told us when we begin to see these signs coming up... (Now, you
getting somewhere? All right.) Notice, we begin to see these signs coming up. See?… (New Ed. Page 504 (256-257)).
(From Revelation 8:1 silence, God revealed two more silence in scriptures to the prophet: the unwritten seven thunders, and Christ
second coming. Thus the seventh seal holds the coming of the Lord. The first fold told to the church.)
FACT NO.6
SATAN CAN’T IMPERSONATE IT, HE DON’T KNOW IT,
IT’S THE THIRD PULL
558 (6) Remember, Satan will try to impersonate. He will try to impersonate everything that the Church will do. He's tried to
do it. We've noticed it through the antichrist; but this is one thing he cannot impersonate. There'll be no mimics to this (See?), 'cause
he don't know it. There's no way for him to know it. It's the third pull. He just knows nothing about it. See? He doesn't understand
it…(New Ed. Page 504 (259-260)).
FACT NO. 7
SECRET LAYS BENEATH THAT, I CAN NEVER THINK THE SAME
559 (1)…but there's a secret lays beneath that. Glory to God in the highest. I can never think the same the rest of my life,
when I seen... (New Ed. Page 504 (261)).
I DON’T KNOW HOW TO INTERPRET,
STOP! GO NO FURTHER THAN THIS
559 (3) Now, I don't know what... I know the next step there, but I don't know how to interpret that. It won't be long. I've got it
wrote down here when it happened, if you can see here, "STOP! Go no further than this right here."
559 (4) I'm not prone to be a fanatic--just telling the truth…(New Ed. Page 504 (261)).
(Brother Branham stopped explaining what revelation he had on the seventh seal, then related two visions: the third pull vision of the baby shoes, and the constellation of angels, and stated that something mysterious was going on, and it has been a mysterious week. He gave the interpretation of a vision, and placed Brother Sothmann and Norman under oath, and continued to speak of a strange and notable Angel among the seven angels.)
FACT NO.8
SEVENTH ANGEL FLYING EASTWARD
560 (4) And did you notice that one Angel, I said in there, was a strange Angel? He looked more to me than any of the rest of
them. You remember that? They were in a constellation--three on a side and one on top. And the one right next to me here, counting
from the left to the right, would've been the seventh Angel. He was brighter, meant more to me than the rest of them. You remember, I said he had his chest out like that, and was flying eastward. You remember like that? And I said, "It picked me up, lifted me up." Do you remember that? (New Ed. Page 506 (275)).
SEVENTH ANGEL WITH SEVENTH SEAL,
THING I WONDERED ALL MY LIFE561 (1) Here it is. The one with the Seventh Seal-the thing that I've wondered all my life. Amen! Them other Seals meant a lot to me, of course, but, oh, you don't know what this has meant! For one time in life…I’d prayed, I’d cried out to God… (New Ed. Page 506 (276-277)).
(From pages 561-563(New Ed. Pages 506-508) Brother Branham spoke of his experience of a sword dropping into his hands and a
voice spoke and said, “It’s the King’s sword.” Something inside of him said, “don’t fear, this is that Third Pull,” and he related the
Third Pull vision, and said, the light went over the tent and said: “I’ll meet you there. This will be the Third Pull, and you won’t tell it
to nobody!”)
FACT NO.9
THIRD PULL, TWO GREAT THINGS UNFOLDED,
ONE THING IN UNKNOWN LANGUAGE, I CANNOT INTERPRET
564 (2) And in Sabino Canyon, He said, "This is the third pull." And there's three great things that goes with it, and one unfolded today, or yesterday, the other one unfolded today, and there's one thing that I cannot interpret, because it's in an unknown language. But I was standing right there and looked right straight at it, and this is the third pull coming up. And the Holy Spirit of God... Oh, my. That's the reason all heaven was silent. (New Ed. Page 509 (299-300)).
CHECKED TO STOP, REASON SEVENTH SEAL NOT REVEALED
564 (3) Now, I'd better stop right here. See? I just feel checked not to say no more about it. See? So just remember, the
Seventh Seal, the reason it was not opened (See?), the reason He did not reveal it, no one should know about it. (New Ed. Page 509
(301-302)).
(Brother Branham then stated that the Third Pull vision came many years ago, and “it fits exactly in the promises of God
from the end of the Message.”)
FACT NO.10
HE REVEALED ALL SIX SEALS, SAY NOTHING ABOUT SEVENTH SEAL.
FACT NO.11
IT STARTS IN SECRET
564 (4)…Notice now, for the end of time message (this Seal), after all He's revealed all the six Seals, but it don't say nothing
about the Seventh. And the end time Seal, when it starts, will be absolutely a total secret according to the Bible. Before knowing
that... And remember, Revelations 10:1, 7 (1-7, chapter 10:1-7) at the end of the seventh angel's message, all the mysteries of God
would be known. We're at the end-time--the opening of the Seventh Seal. (New Ed. Page 510 (304)).
(Brother Branham continued to speak of the Third Pull vision and how he entered the constellation of seven angels, and the seventh one meant more to him than the others. He also related the dream of Jackson on the pyramid rock, and said,:)
FACT NO. 12
WHAT THIS GREAT SECRET IS, I DO NOT KNOW
FACT NO.13
I KNOW IT’S THEM SEVEN THUNDERS567 (1) Now, notice. So help me, by God I tell the truth, that these are spiritually discerned to me (See?), discerned by the Holy Spirit. And by every one of them, has identified his place in the Bible. 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. (New Ed. Page 512 (322-323)).
I LOOKED FOR INTERPRETATION, I COULDN’T MAKE IT OUT,
HOUR ISN’T QUITE YET FOR IT
567 (2) Then when I seen that, I looked for the interpretation that flew across there, and I couldn't make it out. That's
exactly right, friend. 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. (New Ed. Page 510 (323-324)).
FACT NO.14
I TOLD YOU WHATEVER WAS TOLD ME, DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO
567 (3) Now, when that gets on tape, which it is, that'll probably send ten thousand of my friends away from me, 'cause
they're going to say that Brother Branham's trying to put himself and make himself a servant, or a prophet, or something before God.
Let me tell you, my brethren, that is an error. I'm only telling you what I seen and what has been told to me, and now, you do
whatever you want to. I don't know who's going to—what is going to take place. I do not know. I just know that those seven thunders
holds that mystery, that heavens was quieted. (Everybody understand?)
567 (4) It may be time. It may be the hour now, that this great person that we're expecting to rise on the scene may rise on
the scene. Maybe this ministry that I have tried to take people back to the Word has laid a foundation; and if it has, I'll be leaving
you for good. There won't be two of us here at the same time. See? If it is, he will increase, I'll decrease. I don't know. But I have
been privileged by God to look and see what it was--unfold to that much. Now, that is the truth. (New Ed. Page 512 (325) to 513
(328)).
You say, “Who is this great person that must increase and the prophet decrease?” “I believe it is Joseph.” “It’s me.” I am not here for that! I promise not to interpret nothing, but just give you the bear facts. Behave yourself! Don’t make confusion and put words in my mouth! You ask, “What does he mean that he bore the message as far as it’s ordained for him to bear it, and will hand the sword over to somebody else?” “Do what you want to.” That is what Brother Branham told the people when he preached this to them, and I am right in place to say the same thing, now that I am quoting exactly what he revealed. I am not that one. I make myself absolutely clear. He said, “Don’t interpret it.”
FACT NO.15
ONE MYSTERY OF SEAL NOT REVEALED, REASON IS, IT’S THE SEVEN THUNDERS, I DO NOT KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE
568 (2) "When will it be, Brother Branham?" I cannot tell you. I do not know. But one of these days, if we never meet again on this earth, we're going to meet yonder at the judgment seat of Christ. And you'll find out that in that room, the revelation coming from God (just like all the rest of them has), that them... One of the mysteries of that Seal, the reason it wasn't revealed, itwas seven thunders that uttered their voices, and there it is perfectly, because nothing knows anything about it; it wasn't even written. So we're at the end-time-- we’re here. (New Ed. Page 513 (335-336)).
(Pages 569-573 (New Ed. Pages 514-518), Brother Branham explained the manner in which he received the revelation of the six
seals, thanked the people for gathering, and warned the people by saying:)
FACT NO.16
DON’T TRY TO INTERPRET IT - EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT NOW?
571 (3) “…Don’t try to interpret the things. Don’t try to do anything more than just live a close life, giving praise and
honour to Jesus Christ. Every body understands that now? Love him with all your heart. Do you do it?” And he prayed: 572(4) “…
our heavenly Father, may the people, Lord, understand, which I am sure that there’s some that doesn’t…”(New Ed. Pages
516(358) & 517(364)).
FACT NO.17
AS FAR AS IT’S ORDAINED FOR ME TO BEAR
573 (2) “Then, Lord, I pray that You'll help me. I'm beginning to fade away, Lord. I know my days can't be too many more, and I pray that You'll help me. Let me be true, Lord, and honest and sincere that I might be able to bear the message as far as it's ordained for me to bear. And when it comes to the time that I must lay down, when I get down to the river, and the waves begin to come in, O God, may I be able to hand this old Sword over to somebody else that'll be honest with It, Lord, and will pack the truth. Grant it, Lord…” (New Ed. 518(373)).
FACT NO.18
NEW PORTION OF MESSAGE, USED IN PLACE OF THE ORIGINAL.
(MOTEL ROOM RECORDING) TAKEN UNABRIDGED FROM TAPE
NO. 63-0324E JEFF. INDIANA, U.S.A., MONDAY MARCH 25, 1963
PAGES 574-579 -------- NEW. ED. PAGES 519-523
[You have just finished hearing the original "Seventh Seal" as it was preached in its entirety on Sunday evening, March 24th, 1963 at the Branham Tabernacle in Jeffersonville Indiana. Brother Branham did not want this original recording released. The next day, Monday, March 25th, 1963, Brother Branham went to the motel room of Brother Fred Sothmann and Brother James McGuire who were at that time in charge of making the tapes. Brother Branham told these brothers, "I don't want this message sent out the way it is." After listening to the tape himself, he instructed the brothers to stop the tape at a certain point, and at that point--(beginning of paragraph number 261)--recorded a new portion of approximately twenty minutes in length-- (paragraph 377-414)). This new portion was then used in place of the original ending--(paragraph 261-373). This recording was the only released version of the "Seventh Seal" until 1966. After Brother Branham left the scene, the board of the William Branham Evangelistic Association unanimously agreed to release the tape originally recorded at the Tabernacle. Since that time, both versions have been available. We have now placed this additional message of Brother Branham on one tape, with the original "Seventh Seal."
The next voice you hear will be Brother Branham in the motel room on Monday, March 25th, 1963--Ed.]
(The above precautions of Brother Branham, indicates that he was trying to avoid carnal interpretations of the seventh seal,
by the facts he disclosed about the unopened seal.)
FACT NO.19
HID TO THE WORLD, GOD WILL REVEAL IT
574 (1)…It’ll be a good thing that he doesn't know anything about it, because if he did, then he would impersonate that.
That's his tricks in doing things. So therefore, God has made it so hid to the whole world, even to heaven, that there is no way of
understanding it, only as God will reveal it Himself. (New Ed. Page 519 (377-378)).
FACT NO.20
THREEFOLD PURPOSE OF SIXTH SEAL AND HORSERIDERS
574 (2) Now, I want you to notice tonight that in the Sixth Seal there was a threefold purpose of the Sixth Seal. There was a threefold purpose of the horse riders. There's been a threefold purpose in all these things. That brings us back to a three and a seven again (See?), seven Seals, seven vials, and so forth. (New Ed. Page 519 (379-380)).
(Brother Branham then spoke of God’s mathematics of revealing His Word, the four horse riders and the four beasts, and stated, 574(7) “Now we are into the Eagle age”. (New Ed. Page 519 (386).
THREEFOLD PURPOSE – PURGING OF ALL FILTH
575 (1) Now, we find out also in this that the Sixth Seal now being opened, it was for a threefold purpose. Now, here was
the purposes: The first thing was that….(the sleeping virgins had to go through the tribulation period for purification…
575 (3)…the second fold. God purges Israel in the tribulation period…
575 (4)…Notice, there is a whole earth…to be purged. There will be such a thing that the moon, stars, and all nature will be
purged.)…everything that's got any filth in it is to be purged during the Sixth Seal. (New Ed. Page 520(387-390)).
FACT NO.21
SEVENTH SEAL THREEFOLD PURPOSE, ONE FOLD SPOKEN, SEVEN THUNDERS WILL UNFOLD MYSTERY AT CHRIST’S
COMING
575 (5) Now, do you notice on the opening of this Seventh Seal, it's
also in a threefold mystery. 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. It'll be right at the coming of Christ, because Christ said no one knew when He would
return. (New Ed. Page 520(391).
FACT NO.22
SEVEN THUNDERS WILL REVEAL CHRIST’S COMING AT THAT TIME
575 (6) Did you notice when the Jews asked Him that? You know when we compared the Scripture here with Matthew 24
with the six Seals, the Seventh Seal was left out; because (You see?), Christ said only God Himself knowed, not even the Angels. No wonder, it wasn't even written. You see, they hushed; nothing take place then. Angels don't know it; nobody knows when He's
coming. But there'll be…seven voices of these thunders that will reveal the great revelation at that time. (New Ed. Page 520(392-
393).
FACT NO.23
WE DON’T KNOW IT, BUT IT WILL BE REVEALED
IN THAT TIME, HOUR, DAY
576 (1) So I believe... If we don't know it, and it won't be known ‘til that time, but it will be revealed in that day, in the
hour that it's supposed to be revealed in. So the thing for us to do is to be reverent before God and serve Him, and do all that we
know how to do, and live good Christian lives. (New Ed. Page 520(393).
FACT NO.24
SIXTH SEAL OPENED, SEVENTH SEAL CANNOT BE BROKE TO
THE PUBLIC UNTIL THAT HOUR ARRIVES
576 (2) Here now, we find that the Sixth Seal has been opened to us; we see it, and we know that this Seventh Seal cannot
be broke to the public until that hour arrives. (New Ed. Page 521 (393).
FACT NO.25
NO ONE WOULD KNOW HIS COMING,
NO ONE KNOWS SEVEN THUNDERS
576 (3) Now, there was some reason that God let this seven voices be thundered, because it must come (See?)…we find that
Christ, the Lamb took the Book in His hand, and He opened that Seventh Seal. But you see, it's a hidden mystery. No one knows it. But it’s right along with what He said: no one would know His coming; they also would not know about this seven thunder mystery. So you see, it's connected together. (New Ed. Page 521 (394)).
FACT NO.26
THE REST OF IT IS NOT UNFOLDED, THAT’S AS FAR AS WE CAN GO
576 (4) That much we have an understanding of it today, because the rest of it is all unfolded, but this is not unfolded. But
sitting in my room, and I heard this…not heard it, rather, but seen it unfold to this seven thunders. Now, that's as far as we can go
right there. And now I trust that each and every one of you will serve God, and do that which is right, and love Him all your life and
serve Him, and God will take care of the rest. (New Ed. Page 521 (395-396)).
FACT NO.27
IN COMPLETION SIX SEALS, WE UNDERSTAND
SEVENTH SEAL NOT TO THE PUBLIC
576 (5) Now, we have in the completion here now, by the grace of God, all the mysteries of the six Seals that's been sealed
up, and we understand and know here that the Seventh Seal is not to be known to the public. (New Ed. Page 521 (397)).
(Brother Branham continued to speak of Matthew 24, the signs of the coming of the Lord and the parable of the fig tree, and said:)
FACT NO.28
HOUR IS NOT YET FOR THIS MYSTERY TO BE KNOWN,
THE REST KNOWN AROUND TIME JESUS APPEARS576 (7) You see Israel's gathering in its own homeland. But you notice, He omitted the revelation of this Seventh Seal. And here when the Seventh Seal, when He opened it, He also omitted it again. See? So we see that it is a complete mystery, therefore, the hour is not yet for this mystery to be known, therefore, we're this far and the rest of it will be known right around about the time that Jesus appears on earth again for His Bride, or whatever takes place at that time.
577 (1) Now, until that time, let's just all pray and live good straight Christian lives, looking forward for His coming. (NewEd. Page 521 (398-399)).
FACT NO.29
MAKE NO ISM – TO THIS TIME IT ISN’T OPENED,
PROMISED IT WOULD BE OPENED
577 (2) And now, if this tape would happen to fall into the hands of some persons somewhere, don't try to make any kind
of an "ism" out of it. The only thing you do, you just continue serving God, because this great secret is so great that God wouldn't
even let John write it. It thundered out, but He... knowing that... promising us that it would be opened, but to this time, it isn't
opened. (New Ed. Pages 521 (400)).
(Brother Branham then spoke of the vision of seven angels, and of something mysterious going on.)
FACT NO.30
MYSTERIOUS WHITE ROCK PYRAMID (JACKSON’S DREAM),
MESSENGERS INTERPRET THAT PYRAMID
578 (2) Another thing, I want you to notice what taken place. And if you're listening to the tape of "What Time Is It, Sir?"
you will notice that one Angel was very notable to me. The rest of them just seemed ordinarily; but this Angel was a noted Angel.
He was to my left in the constellation in a form of a pyramid. And you remember, it was in the pyramid where the mysterious white
rock was not written on. And the Angels took me into that pyramid of themselves, the mysteries of God known only to them. And now,
they were the messengers that come to interpret that pyramid or that message of the secret of these Seven Seals which lays with inside the pyramid. (New Ed. Pages 522 (405-406))
FACT NO.31
WE DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS AS YET, BECAUSE
IT’S NOT PERMITTED TO BE BROKEN – NOTABLE ANGEL
578 (3) Now, the Angel was to my left, would really be the last, or seventh Angel, if we would count them from left to right, because he was on my left, me looking to him towards the west, him coming towards the east would be on the left side, so that would
be the last angel's message: very notable. You remember how I said he had his head back, and his great sharp wings, and how he flew right to me. Now, that is this Seventh Seal. It still is a notable thing. And we…don't know what it is as yet, because it's not
permitted to be broken. (New Ed. Pages 523 (407)).
FACT NO.32
THE INTERPRETATION IS THUS SAITH THE LORD
579 (3) Now, the vision, plus the Word, plus the history, plus the church ages; and all blend together. So I could truly say
that to the best of my understanding and according to the Word of God and the vision and the revelation, the interpretation thereof is
THUS SAITH THE LORD. 579 (4) Now, may the Lord bless you all, each one, real richly as we stand now and sing this good old song of the church. God bless you each one. Amen. [This marks the end of Monday's portion of this sermon--Ed.]
My brothers and sisters, that marks the end of the Monday exhortation in the motel room that Brother Branham gave. And I quote as fact No.32, that Brother Branham said that the six seals plus the revelation that he was given about the seventh seal, is “THUS SAITH THE LORD.” I believe it. Therefore the seventh seal revelation; the main revelation of the seventh seal was the coming of the Lord that was hiding under the thunders. So the thunders holds the coming of the Lord, and Brother Branham could not interpret it! And later on he came back to the pulpit, and he now
confirms that. He said what was hiding under that seventh seal was the coming of the Lord, and I could not make it out. No one knows how He will come and when He will come. Hear his own Words. This is “Christ is the mystery of God revealed:”
FACT NO.33
SILENCE HALF HOUR, SEVEN THUNDERS, HOW HE IS COMING
HE HASN’T REVEALED YET
17-3 057 Jesus, when He was on earth, they wanted to know when He would come. He said, " Even the Son Himself don't know when it's going to happen." See, God has this all to Himself. It's a secret. And that's the reason there was silence in heaven for a space of a half hour. And Seven Thunders uttered their voices, and John was even forbidden to write it (See?)--the coming of the Lord. That's one thing He hasn't revealed yet, of how He will come, and when He will come. It's a good thing that He doesn't. No. He has showed or revealed it in every type that's in the Bible. (Christ is the mystery 28/7/63).
The prophet of God speaking of the last seal again, he said, “that was the coming of the Lord, and under the last seal held, when the Lord will come, how He is coming, and when He is coming.” If a man knows the seventh seal, he will know how the Lord is coming, because that is the major revelation under that seal. And notice that all that preach seven thunders, they cannot tell you that secret, that the angels never knew, yes, that Jesus never knew, that nobody knew, that Brother Branham said was in an unknown language; they cannot tell you “how Jesus comes, and when He comes,” because the seven thunders holds the coming of the Lord. There is a specific time for the revelation, and a specific hour. If the food gets cold, it just has to get cold.
I am going to step away from 1963 now. Brother Branham belonged to a certain school of thought. I am saying that the school that Brother Branham belonged to was that the seventh seal was not revealed! Because it held the coming of the Lord, and the seven
thunders was holding the mystery of the coming of the Lord. Let me see if the coming of the Lord was the event from the opening of
the seals.
Now if that’s the school Brother Branham belonged to, he must have continued in that same school.
Brother Branham maintained the same facts of the Seventh seal, which he established on the seven seals book, specifically on
the Seventh Seal pages 557-579, where he concluded that six seals were revealed, and the seventh seal was not revealed by him
in 1963, but is yet to be revealed, and it holds the second coming of Jesus Christ, which nobody knows as yet. All right, I read
from “Souls in prison.”
FACT NO.34
HE HID SEVENTH SEAL FROM US – NO ONE KNEW –COMING OF THE LORD - SEVENTH SEAL–HE WOULDN’T PERMIT US
TO KNOW 33-3 The Lamb took His Book when the Seventh Seal, just ready for it to be opened--the Sixth Seal. Remember, He hid the Seventh Seal from us. He wouldn't do it. When the Angel stood day by day telling it, but then He wouldn't do it on that one. Said,
"There's silence in heaven." No one knew. It was the coming of the Lord. (Souls in prison now 11/11/63).
That is 1963, the eleventh month. He is still holding that vision, saying that the seventh seal was not opened, because it was the coming of the Lord.
23-4 076 Now we see these things. Remember the Seven Seals is finished. And when those seven revealed truths... One of them He wouldn't permit us to know. How many was here at the Seven Seals? Just about all of you, I guess. See? The Seventh Seal,
He wouldn't permit it. (Souls in prison now 11/11/63).
Unquote. That is English. Many times Brother Branham said, “When the seven seals was opened,” you know people hold that, but he is correcting himself here. He started to say “seven seals”, and then he checked back, and he said, “One of them He wouldn’t permit.”
He said, “How many was here? You Know He didn’t permit it.” That is, “Souls in prison.”
FACT NO.35
WAITING FOR SEVENTH SEAL TO BE IDENTIFIED
WITH COMING OF CHRIST
This Book's already opened (That's right) just waiting for the Seventh Seal to be identified with the coming of Christ. (What
shall I do with Jesus 24/11/63).
Anybody that preaches the seventh seal, they will be preaching the coming of Christ, because the coming of Christ identifies the
seventh seal. I’ll read it back; let the university graduates hear me.
This Book's already opened (That's right) just waiting for the Seventh Seal to be identified with the coming of Christ. (What
shall I do with Jesus 24/11/63).
The seventh seal goes along with the coming of Christ. If you’re preaching the seventh seal, you have to know the ins and outs about the coming of Christ, because the coming of Christ identifies the seventh seal.
“Feast of the Trumpets, 1964” (Prophet of God heading to the grave boy).
FACT NO.36
SEVENTH SEAL HASN’T OPENED YET – THAT’S HIS COMING
That Seventh Seal hasn't opened yet, you know; that's His coming. (Feast of the Trumpets 19/7/64).
FACT NO.37
HE OPENED THE SIX SEALS
You think that little noise out here in Tucson was something, when He opened the six seals, that shook the country around about and caused the talk, wait till this earth receives her baptism! (Future Home 2/8/64).
FACT NO.38
SEVENTH ANGEL WAS TO OPEN SIX-SEAL MYSTERY
“The seventh angel was to open the six-seal mystery…”
“Are you sure you quoted that correct there Brother Bruce?” Yes!
“The seventh angel was to open the six-seal mystery. It's all to be gathered up in the Son of man, His fullness of time has come to the Fullness of His Word to manifest the fullness of His Body.” (Proving His Word 16/8/64).
“The seventh angel was to open the six-seal mystery…”
Do what you want with it!
FACT NO.39
TEACHING LAST SEVEN THUNDERS – COULDN’T GET ROOM TO DO IT
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 Revelations, 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. (God of this evil age 1/8/65).
The prophet of God in 1965, now come down to search for a place to see if he could preach the seven thunders. It shows that he did not reveal it in 1963.
FACT NO.40
WAIT TILL WE GET IN TO OPEN THEM SEVEN THUNDERS
Just wait till we get in to open those 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. (Knoweth it not 15/8/65).
Yes my brothers and sisters, up to 1965, Brother Branham kept one straight course. One straight course! Closing remarks, come
musicians. Do you know what caused all the ministers and all the believers to be silent for ten years, belonging to the first school, and having one revelation that the seventh seal was not revealed? Do you know what caused that? Because of what I just read to you. All of us believed that, and we based our thoughts and our ideas and every single thing, upon what I just read to you.
I want to announce to you that Brother Branham belonged to the first school (school number one). Brother Branham belonged to
that first school. And the first school, my brother, that, “It was not revealed.” But Brother Branham hoped, he prayed, he trusted God,
to have received that revelation. That was Brother Branham’s hope. And he was looking in the scripture in Revelation 10:7, and hoping that, that mystery was going to be revealed to him.
Why wasn’t that mystery revealed to Brother Branham, being Revelation 10:7, and all the mysteries supposed to be revealed to
Brother Branham, which is the seventh angel? Why wasn’t it revealed? Because the seventh angel was to reveal the mysteries written inside of the Book; and the seven thunders was not written in the Book. So the scripture is not broken.“So like you’re waiting for an eighth messenger preacher?” Don’t be fast! Listen to what the prophet is saying. He himself did not know. He said, “About the time of the coming of the Lord; this seventh seal cannot be broken to the public.” Now there’s a specific time, there’s a specific way; there’s a specific program. That’s what it is.
Let me tell you something friend, “Brother Branham going into heaven did not tie God’s hand.” Don’t you know brothers and sisters, after Brother Branham left the scene, there is a five-fold ministry of apostle, prophet, teacher, evangelist and pastor? Why God can’t use, a prophet from the five-fold to break the ministry to the public and to bring the revelation of the seven thunders? Tell me why?
You say; “I don’t believe no prophet after Brother Branham.” Who is Joseph Branham? Who is Joseph Branham? Is that an eighth
messenger? [Congregation says, “No.”] Is that an eighth prophet? [Congregation says, “No”.] No. He has a place, my brother, where
God places him. Is that right? Where God place him, he’ll be placed. So if a prophet arises, that doesn’t make him an eighth
messenger. It makes him a prophet in the five-fold ministry; and when God gets ready to do His business, He will use even a donkey, to prophecy to Balaam.
It would be unfair if I don’t put in the other quotes, which the people that belong to the second school, lay their foundation, to
believe that it was opened up, and never spoke of it until 1973 – ten silent years. I am still asking the question, “Why ten silent years? Who broke the silence?” and I am still asking, “If they got the revelation of the seventh seal, tell me about the coming of the Lord?” The major revelation under the seventh seal is the coming of the Lord. It must say how and when.
There are only three or four major quotations that these lovely brothers used as the foundation of the second school, and that
is, in page 327 of the church ages that was written in 1960 before the seals were opened, and Questions and Answers 1964, it
states: 327-1 “Now this messenger of Malachi 4 and Revelation 10:7 is going to do two things. One: According to Malachi 4 he will
turn the hearts of the children to the fathers. Two: He 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. Exactly so.” (Laodicean Church Age page 327);
1161-Q-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? No, they were revealed in the seven Seals; that's what the thunders was about. 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." (COD Questions & Answers 30/08/64).
All right. How could you leave all of this that I just read, to hang of on the answer of a busy question and answer? And I am
not going to dodge this issue on the church ages, page 327. The first thing that I want to call to your attention is, that statement
is nowhere on the tapes of Brother Branham. I am going to look that quotation right in the face; I am not afraid of it at all. Hear me. “The ministry of Malachi 4 is to do two things, and one of it is to reveal the seven thunders.” That’s how it goes. All right. “It is the divinely revealed truths as contained in the seven seals.” In other words, they are saying that the seven thunders that Brother Branham revealed is hiding in the seven seals book. All right. I will look that quotation right in the face.
“The seven thunders that Brother Branham revealed, is contained in the seven seals.” I want to find the thunders. Is the thunders the
white horse? Come on answer me. Is the thunders the red horse? Is the thunders the black horse? Is the thunders the palehorse? Is the thunders the Jews? Is the seven thunders the tribulation? And you know what we just read in the seventh seal; it is clear that he said that the coming of the Lord is under the seventh seal. Therefore it is not contained in the seven seals messages. It is the coming of the Lord. The revelation of the seven seals of 1963 and the thunders are two different things. Let us hear his words on it. The church ages says, my brothers and sisters, it is the same thing. Brother Branham said, it is not. 75 (3-4) “The Book is absolutely a sealed Book until the Seven Seals are broken. It is sealed up with Seven Seals. Now, that's different from the
Seven Thunders.” (The Breach 17/3/63). (New Ed. Page 66(49).
The contents of the seven seals book is different from the seven thunders, because the seven thunders was not revealed by Brother
Branham. It was not revealed by Brother Branham. Oh glory to God. Don’t get fed-up with me. All right.
The second school of thought, this school was opened up in 1973 to 1974 in New York, U.S.A., ten years later, ten silent years. The basic and popular thoughts are that, “the seventh seal was preached by Brother Branham mysteriously, and is hidden in the
message. The elect ministers and believers must be caught up into that mysterious dimension by inspiration, and catch the revelation.”
My beloved, I did not read that in all the quotations that we just read here, that covered the seventh seal in its entirety.
I challenge any man, around the whole world, to come and show me one quotation where Brother Branham said the seventh seal or the seven thunders was revealed mysteriously, and we have to be caught up in the dimension to get it. It is not true.
This school started in 1973 to 1974, and, my brother, it gained international recognition, and that went through the whole world, but God proved that was wrong, and everybody that preach thunders and seventh seal are based upon that revelation from New York, directly or indirectly. You say, preacher, I want to ask you one bold question, “Which school do you belong to?” I belong to Brother Branham’s school. I say I belong to Brother Branham’s school. The seventh seal was not revealed in 1963 by Brother Branham. There is a specific program, there is a specific time, there is a specific plan, and he did not reveal it. I speak that on
the basis of God’s Word and the message of the hour. I belong to that school, and I never changed school after the ten silent years.
_TRUE REVELATION OF SEVENTH SEAL
Brother William
JESUS OMITTED SEVENTH SEAL ON THE MOUNT
532 (5) Now, we find out that…The Lord let us take the Scripture, the Holy Scripture, what Jesus said would take place…
(His sermon there) answering that, brings out exactly to the point, six of the Seals, but He omitted the Seventh. See? (New Ed. Page
479 (51-52)).
OMITTED REVEALING EVEN ANY SYMBOL
532 (6) Then when the Seals were open, God, He omitted revealing even any symbol of the Seventh one. See? It's a perfect
secret with God… (New Ed. Page 479 (53)).
SEVENTH SEAL SPOKE OF IN GENESIS
536 (4)…And if I only had time (I'll try a few places) to show you all the way back from Genesis…this Seventh Seal is spoke
of. From the very beginning in Genesis, this seventh…these Seals moved right up. (New Ed. Page 483 (77-79).
FACT NO.1
SEALED UP OF THE PLAN OF REDEMPTION
555 (7) Now, we'll turn now to the…1st verse…of the 8th chapter- Revelations 8:1…We must remember that this Seventh Seal is the end of time of all things. That's right. The things written in the Seven Seal Book (sealed up of the plan of redemption from before the foundation of the world), it every bit ends. It is the end; it is the end of the struggling world. It's the end of struggling nature. It's the end of everything. In there is the end of the trumpets. It's the end of the vials. It's the end of the earth. It's the...It's even the end of time. Time runs out; the Bible said so. (New Ed. Page 501 (229-232)).
SEVENTH SEAL – END OF ALL THINGS
556 (1)…Revelation the 10th chapter and the 1 to the 7th verse. Time runs out. The angel said, "Time will be no more," when
that--in the days of this great thing to happen. Everything runs out in this time, at the end of this Seventh Seal. 556 (2) Notice, it's the end of the church age. It's the end of the Seven Seals. It's the end of the trumpets. It's the end of the vials, and even ends the ushering in of the millennium; that's on the Seventh Seal. 556 (3) It's just like firing a rocket into the air, and that rocket explodes here, and it goes up, then it explodes again. It puts out five stars. One of those stars explodes and blows out five stars from it; and then one of them stars explodes, blows out five stars from it (See?); it fades on out. That's what the Seventh Seal; it just ends the time for the world. It ends the time for this. It means the time for that. It ends the time for this. It ends the time... Everything just ended up on that Seventh Seal.
556 (4) Now, how is He going to do it? That's what we don't know, isn't it? We don't know. It's even the time for all these things, and the ushering in of the millennium. Notice, the breaking of this Seal was so great that heaven was hushed by it in silence for the space of a half hour. Now, is it great? What is it? It was hushed: heaven. There wasn't a thing moved for a half hour. (New Ed. Pages 501 (232) to 502 (238)).
JESUS NEVER MENTIONED IT-HIS COMING
556 (5) Now, a half hour might not be long if you're having a good time, but in the suspense of between death and life, it seemed like a millennium. It was so great, Jesus never mentioned it: none of the rest of them. John couldn't even write of it. No, he was forbidden to write here. See,…He didn't write, but just silence. (New Ed. Page 502 (239-240)).
FACT NO.2
SEVENTH SEAL, NONE OF US KNOWS, TELL YOU MY REVELATION557 (2)…Why? What is it? 557 (3) Now, none of us know; but I'm going to tell you my revelation of it. And now, I am not prone to be a fanatic. If I am, I'm ignorant of it. See? I'm not given away to such as "leerious" or carry-ons and imaginary things. I've said some things might have been kind of strange to some people, but when God comes around behind it and vindicates it and says it's the Truth, then that's God's Word. It may seem strange that way. (New Ed. Page 502 (245) to 503 (247)).
FACT NO.3
I HAD THE REVELATION THAT REVEALED--
IT’S IN A THREEFOLD MANNER
FACT NO. 4
MYSTERY LAYING BEHIND SEVEN THUNDERS
557 (4) And now, as certain as I stand in the platform tonight, I had the revelation that revealed—it's in a threefold manner. That, I will speak to you by God's help of a fold of it. And then you... Let's go over there first. Here's the revelation to begin what... I want to tell you what it is. What happens is that those seven thunders that he heard thunder and was forbidden to write, that's what the mystery is laying behind those seven consecutive thunders rolling out. (New Ed. Page 503 (248)).
He never said, “I had the revelation that revealed it,” but “it’s in a threefold manner.” It was revealed to him that the seventh seal is
in a threefold manner. People misinterpret that statement.
557 (5) Now, why? Let us prove it. Why? It is the secret that no one knows about. John was forbidding to write about it, even write a symbol about it. Why? This is why there was no activity in heaven; it might give away the secret. Do you see it now? If it's so
great it must be included, because it's got to happen, but when the seven thunders…(New Ed. Page 503 (249-250)).
FACT NO.5
JESUS NEVER SPOKE OF IT, JOHN COULDN’T WRITE IT,
ANGELS KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT IT, TOTAL SECRET
558 (1)…but here is seven straight thunders right in a row: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, that perfect number. Seven
thunders in a row, uttered not, making just one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, straight. Then heavens couldn't write that. Heavens
can't know about it, nothing else, because there's nothing to go on. It's a relaxing time. It was so great till it's kept secret from the
Angels. Now, why? If Satan should get a hold of it, he might do great damage. There's one thing he don't know. Now, he can
interpret anything he wants to, and impersonate any kind of a gift (I hope you're learning.), but he can't know this. It's not even
written in the Word. It's a total secret. The Angels, everything shut up. If they made one move it might give something away, so they
just shut up, quit harping; everything stopped.
558 (2) Seven--God's perfect number, Seven [Brother Branham knocks seven times on pulpit--Ed.] just right down the row.
Seven thunders uttered straight together like they're spelling out something. Notice, at that time, John started to write, and He said,
"Don't write it." Jesus never spoke of it. John couldn't write it. Angels know nothing about it. (New Ed. Page 503 (252) to 504 (256)).
WHAT IS IT? HE DID NOT KNOW IT HIMSELF558 (3) What is it? It's the thing that Jesus said even the Angels of heaven didn't know nothing about it. See, see? He
didn't know it Himself, said only God would know it, but He told us when we begin to see these signs coming up... (Now, you
getting somewhere? All right.) Notice, we begin to see these signs coming up. See?… (New Ed. Page 504 (256-257)).
(From Revelation 8:1 silence, God revealed two more silence in scriptures to the prophet: the unwritten seven thunders, and Christ
second coming. Thus the seventh seal holds the coming of the Lord. The first fold told to the church.)
FACT NO.6
SATAN CAN’T IMPERSONATE IT, HE DON’T KNOW IT,
IT’S THE THIRD PULL
558 (6) Remember, Satan will try to impersonate. He will try to impersonate everything that the Church will do. He's tried to
do it. We've noticed it through the antichrist; but this is one thing he cannot impersonate. There'll be no mimics to this (See?), 'cause
he don't know it. There's no way for him to know it. It's the third pull. He just knows nothing about it. See? He doesn't understand
it…(New Ed. Page 504 (259-260)).
FACT NO. 7
SECRET LAYS BENEATH THAT, I CAN NEVER THINK THE SAME
559 (1)…but there's a secret lays beneath that. Glory to God in the highest. I can never think the same the rest of my life,
when I seen... (New Ed. Page 504 (261)).
I DON’T KNOW HOW TO INTERPRET,
STOP! GO NO FURTHER THAN THIS
559 (3) Now, I don't know what... I know the next step there, but I don't know how to interpret that. It won't be long. I've got it
wrote down here when it happened, if you can see here, "STOP! Go no further than this right here."
559 (4) I'm not prone to be a fanatic--just telling the truth…(New Ed. Page 504 (261)).
(Brother Branham stopped explaining what revelation he had on the seventh seal, then related two visions: the third pull vision of the baby shoes, and the constellation of angels, and stated that something mysterious was going on, and it has been a mysterious week. He gave the interpretation of a vision, and placed Brother Sothmann and Norman under oath, and continued to speak of a strange and notable Angel among the seven angels.)
FACT NO.8
SEVENTH ANGEL FLYING EASTWARD
560 (4) And did you notice that one Angel, I said in there, was a strange Angel? He looked more to me than any of the rest of
them. You remember that? They were in a constellation--three on a side and one on top. And the one right next to me here, counting
from the left to the right, would've been the seventh Angel. He was brighter, meant more to me than the rest of them. You remember, I said he had his chest out like that, and was flying eastward. You remember like that? And I said, "It picked me up, lifted me up." Do you remember that? (New Ed. Page 506 (275)).
SEVENTH ANGEL WITH SEVENTH SEAL,
THING I WONDERED ALL MY LIFE561 (1) Here it is. The one with the Seventh Seal-the thing that I've wondered all my life. Amen! Them other Seals meant a lot to me, of course, but, oh, you don't know what this has meant! For one time in life…I’d prayed, I’d cried out to God… (New Ed. Page 506 (276-277)).
(From pages 561-563(New Ed. Pages 506-508) Brother Branham spoke of his experience of a sword dropping into his hands and a
voice spoke and said, “It’s the King’s sword.” Something inside of him said, “don’t fear, this is that Third Pull,” and he related the
Third Pull vision, and said, the light went over the tent and said: “I’ll meet you there. This will be the Third Pull, and you won’t tell it
to nobody!”)
FACT NO.9
THIRD PULL, TWO GREAT THINGS UNFOLDED,
ONE THING IN UNKNOWN LANGUAGE, I CANNOT INTERPRET
564 (2) And in Sabino Canyon, He said, "This is the third pull." And there's three great things that goes with it, and one unfolded today, or yesterday, the other one unfolded today, and there's one thing that I cannot interpret, because it's in an unknown language. But I was standing right there and looked right straight at it, and this is the third pull coming up. And the Holy Spirit of God... Oh, my. That's the reason all heaven was silent. (New Ed. Page 509 (299-300)).
CHECKED TO STOP, REASON SEVENTH SEAL NOT REVEALED
564 (3) Now, I'd better stop right here. See? I just feel checked not to say no more about it. See? So just remember, the
Seventh Seal, the reason it was not opened (See?), the reason He did not reveal it, no one should know about it. (New Ed. Page 509
(301-302)).
(Brother Branham then stated that the Third Pull vision came many years ago, and “it fits exactly in the promises of God
from the end of the Message.”)
FACT NO.10
HE REVEALED ALL SIX SEALS, SAY NOTHING ABOUT SEVENTH SEAL.
FACT NO.11
IT STARTS IN SECRET
564 (4)…Notice now, for the end of time message (this Seal), after all He's revealed all the six Seals, but it don't say nothing
about the Seventh. And the end time Seal, when it starts, will be absolutely a total secret according to the Bible. Before knowing
that... And remember, Revelations 10:1, 7 (1-7, chapter 10:1-7) at the end of the seventh angel's message, all the mysteries of God
would be known. We're at the end-time--the opening of the Seventh Seal. (New Ed. Page 510 (304)).
(Brother Branham continued to speak of the Third Pull vision and how he entered the constellation of seven angels, and the seventh one meant more to him than the others. He also related the dream of Jackson on the pyramid rock, and said,:)
FACT NO. 12
WHAT THIS GREAT SECRET IS, I DO NOT KNOW
FACT NO.13
I KNOW IT’S THEM SEVEN THUNDERS567 (1) Now, notice. So help me, by God I tell the truth, that these are spiritually discerned to me (See?), discerned by the Holy Spirit. And by every one of them, has identified his place in the Bible. 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. (New Ed. Page 512 (322-323)).
I LOOKED FOR INTERPRETATION, I COULDN’T MAKE IT OUT,
HOUR ISN’T QUITE YET FOR IT
567 (2) Then when I seen that, I looked for the interpretation that flew across there, and I couldn't make it out. That's
exactly right, friend. 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. (New Ed. Page 510 (323-324)).
FACT NO.14
I TOLD YOU WHATEVER WAS TOLD ME, DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO
567 (3) Now, when that gets on tape, which it is, that'll probably send ten thousand of my friends away from me, 'cause
they're going to say that Brother Branham's trying to put himself and make himself a servant, or a prophet, or something before God.
Let me tell you, my brethren, that is an error. I'm only telling you what I seen and what has been told to me, and now, you do
whatever you want to. I don't know who's going to—what is going to take place. I do not know. I just know that those seven thunders
holds that mystery, that heavens was quieted. (Everybody understand?)
567 (4) It may be time. It may be the hour now, that this great person that we're expecting to rise on the scene may rise on
the scene. Maybe this ministry that I have tried to take people back to the Word has laid a foundation; and if it has, I'll be leaving
you for good. There won't be two of us here at the same time. See? If it is, he will increase, I'll decrease. I don't know. But I have
been privileged by God to look and see what it was--unfold to that much. Now, that is the truth. (New Ed. Page 512 (325) to 513
(328)).
You say, “Who is this great person that must increase and the prophet decrease?” “I believe it is Joseph.” “It’s me.” I am not here for that! I promise not to interpret nothing, but just give you the bear facts. Behave yourself! Don’t make confusion and put words in my mouth! You ask, “What does he mean that he bore the message as far as it’s ordained for him to bear it, and will hand the sword over to somebody else?” “Do what you want to.” That is what Brother Branham told the people when he preached this to them, and I am right in place to say the same thing, now that I am quoting exactly what he revealed. I am not that one. I make myself absolutely clear. He said, “Don’t interpret it.”
FACT NO.15
ONE MYSTERY OF SEAL NOT REVEALED, REASON IS, IT’S THE SEVEN THUNDERS, I DO NOT KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE
568 (2) "When will it be, Brother Branham?" I cannot tell you. I do not know. But one of these days, if we never meet again on this earth, we're going to meet yonder at the judgment seat of Christ. And you'll find out that in that room, the revelation coming from God (just like all the rest of them has), that them... One of the mysteries of that Seal, the reason it wasn't revealed, itwas seven thunders that uttered their voices, and there it is perfectly, because nothing knows anything about it; it wasn't even written. So we're at the end-time-- we’re here. (New Ed. Page 513 (335-336)).
(Pages 569-573 (New Ed. Pages 514-518), Brother Branham explained the manner in which he received the revelation of the six
seals, thanked the people for gathering, and warned the people by saying:)
FACT NO.16
DON’T TRY TO INTERPRET IT - EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT NOW?
571 (3) “…Don’t try to interpret the things. Don’t try to do anything more than just live a close life, giving praise and
honour to Jesus Christ. Every body understands that now? Love him with all your heart. Do you do it?” And he prayed: 572(4) “…
our heavenly Father, may the people, Lord, understand, which I am sure that there’s some that doesn’t…”(New Ed. Pages
516(358) & 517(364)).
FACT NO.17
AS FAR AS IT’S ORDAINED FOR ME TO BEAR
573 (2) “Then, Lord, I pray that You'll help me. I'm beginning to fade away, Lord. I know my days can't be too many more, and I pray that You'll help me. Let me be true, Lord, and honest and sincere that I might be able to bear the message as far as it's ordained for me to bear. And when it comes to the time that I must lay down, when I get down to the river, and the waves begin to come in, O God, may I be able to hand this old Sword over to somebody else that'll be honest with It, Lord, and will pack the truth. Grant it, Lord…” (New Ed. 518(373)).
FACT NO.18
NEW PORTION OF MESSAGE, USED IN PLACE OF THE ORIGINAL.
(MOTEL ROOM RECORDING) TAKEN UNABRIDGED FROM TAPE
NO. 63-0324E JEFF. INDIANA, U.S.A., MONDAY MARCH 25, 1963
PAGES 574-579 -------- NEW. ED. PAGES 519-523
[You have just finished hearing the original "Seventh Seal" as it was preached in its entirety on Sunday evening, March 24th, 1963 at the Branham Tabernacle in Jeffersonville Indiana. Brother Branham did not want this original recording released. The next day, Monday, March 25th, 1963, Brother Branham went to the motel room of Brother Fred Sothmann and Brother James McGuire who were at that time in charge of making the tapes. Brother Branham told these brothers, "I don't want this message sent out the way it is." After listening to the tape himself, he instructed the brothers to stop the tape at a certain point, and at that point--(beginning of paragraph number 261)--recorded a new portion of approximately twenty minutes in length-- (paragraph 377-414)). This new portion was then used in place of the original ending--(paragraph 261-373). This recording was the only released version of the "Seventh Seal" until 1966. After Brother Branham left the scene, the board of the William Branham Evangelistic Association unanimously agreed to release the tape originally recorded at the Tabernacle. Since that time, both versions have been available. We have now placed this additional message of Brother Branham on one tape, with the original "Seventh Seal."
The next voice you hear will be Brother Branham in the motel room on Monday, March 25th, 1963--Ed.]
(The above precautions of Brother Branham, indicates that he was trying to avoid carnal interpretations of the seventh seal,
by the facts he disclosed about the unopened seal.)
FACT NO.19
HID TO THE WORLD, GOD WILL REVEAL IT
574 (1)…It’ll be a good thing that he doesn't know anything about it, because if he did, then he would impersonate that.
That's his tricks in doing things. So therefore, God has made it so hid to the whole world, even to heaven, that there is no way of
understanding it, only as God will reveal it Himself. (New Ed. Page 519 (377-378)).
FACT NO.20
THREEFOLD PURPOSE OF SIXTH SEAL AND HORSERIDERS
574 (2) Now, I want you to notice tonight that in the Sixth Seal there was a threefold purpose of the Sixth Seal. There was a threefold purpose of the horse riders. There's been a threefold purpose in all these things. That brings us back to a three and a seven again (See?), seven Seals, seven vials, and so forth. (New Ed. Page 519 (379-380)).
(Brother Branham then spoke of God’s mathematics of revealing His Word, the four horse riders and the four beasts, and stated, 574(7) “Now we are into the Eagle age”. (New Ed. Page 519 (386).
THREEFOLD PURPOSE – PURGING OF ALL FILTH
575 (1) Now, we find out also in this that the Sixth Seal now being opened, it was for a threefold purpose. Now, here was
the purposes: The first thing was that….(the sleeping virgins had to go through the tribulation period for purification…
575 (3)…the second fold. God purges Israel in the tribulation period…
575 (4)…Notice, there is a whole earth…to be purged. There will be such a thing that the moon, stars, and all nature will be
purged.)…everything that's got any filth in it is to be purged during the Sixth Seal. (New Ed. Page 520(387-390)).
FACT NO.21
SEVENTH SEAL THREEFOLD PURPOSE, ONE FOLD SPOKEN, SEVEN THUNDERS WILL UNFOLD MYSTERY AT CHRIST’S
COMING
575 (5) Now, do you notice on the opening of this Seventh Seal, it's
also in a threefold mystery. 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. It'll be right at the coming of Christ, because Christ said no one knew when He would
return. (New Ed. Page 520(391).
FACT NO.22
SEVEN THUNDERS WILL REVEAL CHRIST’S COMING AT THAT TIME
575 (6) Did you notice when the Jews asked Him that? You know when we compared the Scripture here with Matthew 24
with the six Seals, the Seventh Seal was left out; because (You see?), Christ said only God Himself knowed, not even the Angels. No wonder, it wasn't even written. You see, they hushed; nothing take place then. Angels don't know it; nobody knows when He's
coming. But there'll be…seven voices of these thunders that will reveal the great revelation at that time. (New Ed. Page 520(392-
393).
FACT NO.23
WE DON’T KNOW IT, BUT IT WILL BE REVEALED
IN THAT TIME, HOUR, DAY
576 (1) So I believe... If we don't know it, and it won't be known ‘til that time, but it will be revealed in that day, in the
hour that it's supposed to be revealed in. So the thing for us to do is to be reverent before God and serve Him, and do all that we
know how to do, and live good Christian lives. (New Ed. Page 520(393).
FACT NO.24
SIXTH SEAL OPENED, SEVENTH SEAL CANNOT BE BROKE TO
THE PUBLIC UNTIL THAT HOUR ARRIVES
576 (2) Here now, we find that the Sixth Seal has been opened to us; we see it, and we know that this Seventh Seal cannot
be broke to the public until that hour arrives. (New Ed. Page 521 (393).
FACT NO.25
NO ONE WOULD KNOW HIS COMING,
NO ONE KNOWS SEVEN THUNDERS
576 (3) Now, there was some reason that God let this seven voices be thundered, because it must come (See?)…we find that
Christ, the Lamb took the Book in His hand, and He opened that Seventh Seal. But you see, it's a hidden mystery. No one knows it. But it’s right along with what He said: no one would know His coming; they also would not know about this seven thunder mystery. So you see, it's connected together. (New Ed. Page 521 (394)).
FACT NO.26
THE REST OF IT IS NOT UNFOLDED, THAT’S AS FAR AS WE CAN GO
576 (4) That much we have an understanding of it today, because the rest of it is all unfolded, but this is not unfolded. But
sitting in my room, and I heard this…not heard it, rather, but seen it unfold to this seven thunders. Now, that's as far as we can go
right there. And now I trust that each and every one of you will serve God, and do that which is right, and love Him all your life and
serve Him, and God will take care of the rest. (New Ed. Page 521 (395-396)).
FACT NO.27
IN COMPLETION SIX SEALS, WE UNDERSTAND
SEVENTH SEAL NOT TO THE PUBLIC
576 (5) Now, we have in the completion here now, by the grace of God, all the mysteries of the six Seals that's been sealed
up, and we understand and know here that the Seventh Seal is not to be known to the public. (New Ed. Page 521 (397)).
(Brother Branham continued to speak of Matthew 24, the signs of the coming of the Lord and the parable of the fig tree, and said:)
FACT NO.28
HOUR IS NOT YET FOR THIS MYSTERY TO BE KNOWN,
THE REST KNOWN AROUND TIME JESUS APPEARS576 (7) You see Israel's gathering in its own homeland. But you notice, He omitted the revelation of this Seventh Seal. And here when the Seventh Seal, when He opened it, He also omitted it again. See? So we see that it is a complete mystery, therefore, the hour is not yet for this mystery to be known, therefore, we're this far and the rest of it will be known right around about the time that Jesus appears on earth again for His Bride, or whatever takes place at that time.
577 (1) Now, until that time, let's just all pray and live good straight Christian lives, looking forward for His coming. (NewEd. Page 521 (398-399)).
FACT NO.29
MAKE NO ISM – TO THIS TIME IT ISN’T OPENED,
PROMISED IT WOULD BE OPENED
577 (2) And now, if this tape would happen to fall into the hands of some persons somewhere, don't try to make any kind
of an "ism" out of it. The only thing you do, you just continue serving God, because this great secret is so great that God wouldn't
even let John write it. It thundered out, but He... knowing that... promising us that it would be opened, but to this time, it isn't
opened. (New Ed. Pages 521 (400)).
(Brother Branham then spoke of the vision of seven angels, and of something mysterious going on.)
FACT NO.30
MYSTERIOUS WHITE ROCK PYRAMID (JACKSON’S DREAM),
MESSENGERS INTERPRET THAT PYRAMID
578 (2) Another thing, I want you to notice what taken place. And if you're listening to the tape of "What Time Is It, Sir?"
you will notice that one Angel was very notable to me. The rest of them just seemed ordinarily; but this Angel was a noted Angel.
He was to my left in the constellation in a form of a pyramid. And you remember, it was in the pyramid where the mysterious white
rock was not written on. And the Angels took me into that pyramid of themselves, the mysteries of God known only to them. And now,
they were the messengers that come to interpret that pyramid or that message of the secret of these Seven Seals which lays with inside the pyramid. (New Ed. Pages 522 (405-406))
FACT NO.31
WE DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS AS YET, BECAUSE
IT’S NOT PERMITTED TO BE BROKEN – NOTABLE ANGEL
578 (3) Now, the Angel was to my left, would really be the last, or seventh Angel, if we would count them from left to right, because he was on my left, me looking to him towards the west, him coming towards the east would be on the left side, so that would
be the last angel's message: very notable. You remember how I said he had his head back, and his great sharp wings, and how he flew right to me. Now, that is this Seventh Seal. It still is a notable thing. And we…don't know what it is as yet, because it's not
permitted to be broken. (New Ed. Pages 523 (407)).
FACT NO.32
THE INTERPRETATION IS THUS SAITH THE LORD
579 (3) Now, the vision, plus the Word, plus the history, plus the church ages; and all blend together. So I could truly say
that to the best of my understanding and according to the Word of God and the vision and the revelation, the interpretation thereof is
THUS SAITH THE LORD. 579 (4) Now, may the Lord bless you all, each one, real richly as we stand now and sing this good old song of the church. God bless you each one. Amen. [This marks the end of Monday's portion of this sermon--Ed.]
My brothers and sisters, that marks the end of the Monday exhortation in the motel room that Brother Branham gave. And I quote as fact No.32, that Brother Branham said that the six seals plus the revelation that he was given about the seventh seal, is “THUS SAITH THE LORD.” I believe it. Therefore the seventh seal revelation; the main revelation of the seventh seal was the coming of the Lord that was hiding under the thunders. So the thunders holds the coming of the Lord, and Brother Branham could not interpret it! And later on he came back to the pulpit, and he now
confirms that. He said what was hiding under that seventh seal was the coming of the Lord, and I could not make it out. No one knows how He will come and when He will come. Hear his own Words. This is “Christ is the mystery of God revealed:”
FACT NO.33
SILENCE HALF HOUR, SEVEN THUNDERS, HOW HE IS COMING
HE HASN’T REVEALED YET
17-3 057 Jesus, when He was on earth, they wanted to know when He would come. He said, " Even the Son Himself don't know when it's going to happen." See, God has this all to Himself. It's a secret. And that's the reason there was silence in heaven for a space of a half hour. And Seven Thunders uttered their voices, and John was even forbidden to write it (See?)--the coming of the Lord. That's one thing He hasn't revealed yet, of how He will come, and when He will come. It's a good thing that He doesn't. No. He has showed or revealed it in every type that's in the Bible. (Christ is the mystery 28/7/63).
The prophet of God speaking of the last seal again, he said, “that was the coming of the Lord, and under the last seal held, when the Lord will come, how He is coming, and when He is coming.” If a man knows the seventh seal, he will know how the Lord is coming, because that is the major revelation under that seal. And notice that all that preach seven thunders, they cannot tell you that secret, that the angels never knew, yes, that Jesus never knew, that nobody knew, that Brother Branham said was in an unknown language; they cannot tell you “how Jesus comes, and when He comes,” because the seven thunders holds the coming of the Lord. There is a specific time for the revelation, and a specific hour. If the food gets cold, it just has to get cold.
I am going to step away from 1963 now. Brother Branham belonged to a certain school of thought. I am saying that the school that Brother Branham belonged to was that the seventh seal was not revealed! Because it held the coming of the Lord, and the seven
thunders was holding the mystery of the coming of the Lord. Let me see if the coming of the Lord was the event from the opening of
the seals.
Now if that’s the school Brother Branham belonged to, he must have continued in that same school.
Brother Branham maintained the same facts of the Seventh seal, which he established on the seven seals book, specifically on
the Seventh Seal pages 557-579, where he concluded that six seals were revealed, and the seventh seal was not revealed by him
in 1963, but is yet to be revealed, and it holds the second coming of Jesus Christ, which nobody knows as yet. All right, I read
from “Souls in prison.”
FACT NO.34
HE HID SEVENTH SEAL FROM US – NO ONE KNEW –COMING OF THE LORD - SEVENTH SEAL–HE WOULDN’T PERMIT US
TO KNOW 33-3 The Lamb took His Book when the Seventh Seal, just ready for it to be opened--the Sixth Seal. Remember, He hid the Seventh Seal from us. He wouldn't do it. When the Angel stood day by day telling it, but then He wouldn't do it on that one. Said,
"There's silence in heaven." No one knew. It was the coming of the Lord. (Souls in prison now 11/11/63).
That is 1963, the eleventh month. He is still holding that vision, saying that the seventh seal was not opened, because it was the coming of the Lord.
23-4 076 Now we see these things. Remember the Seven Seals is finished. And when those seven revealed truths... One of them He wouldn't permit us to know. How many was here at the Seven Seals? Just about all of you, I guess. See? The Seventh Seal,
He wouldn't permit it. (Souls in prison now 11/11/63).
Unquote. That is English. Many times Brother Branham said, “When the seven seals was opened,” you know people hold that, but he is correcting himself here. He started to say “seven seals”, and then he checked back, and he said, “One of them He wouldn’t permit.”
He said, “How many was here? You Know He didn’t permit it.” That is, “Souls in prison.”
FACT NO.35
WAITING FOR SEVENTH SEAL TO BE IDENTIFIED
WITH COMING OF CHRIST
This Book's already opened (That's right) just waiting for the Seventh Seal to be identified with the coming of Christ. (What
shall I do with Jesus 24/11/63).
Anybody that preaches the seventh seal, they will be preaching the coming of Christ, because the coming of Christ identifies the
seventh seal. I’ll read it back; let the university graduates hear me.
This Book's already opened (That's right) just waiting for the Seventh Seal to be identified with the coming of Christ. (What
shall I do with Jesus 24/11/63).
The seventh seal goes along with the coming of Christ. If you’re preaching the seventh seal, you have to know the ins and outs about the coming of Christ, because the coming of Christ identifies the seventh seal.
“Feast of the Trumpets, 1964” (Prophet of God heading to the grave boy).
FACT NO.36
SEVENTH SEAL HASN’T OPENED YET – THAT’S HIS COMING
That Seventh Seal hasn't opened yet, you know; that's His coming. (Feast of the Trumpets 19/7/64).
FACT NO.37
HE OPENED THE SIX SEALS
You think that little noise out here in Tucson was something, when He opened the six seals, that shook the country around about and caused the talk, wait till this earth receives her baptism! (Future Home 2/8/64).
FACT NO.38
SEVENTH ANGEL WAS TO OPEN SIX-SEAL MYSTERY
“The seventh angel was to open the six-seal mystery…”
“Are you sure you quoted that correct there Brother Bruce?” Yes!
“The seventh angel was to open the six-seal mystery. It's all to be gathered up in the Son of man, His fullness of time has come to the Fullness of His Word to manifest the fullness of His Body.” (Proving His Word 16/8/64).
“The seventh angel was to open the six-seal mystery…”
Do what you want with it!
FACT NO.39
TEACHING LAST SEVEN THUNDERS – COULDN’T GET ROOM TO DO IT
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 Revelations, 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. (God of this evil age 1/8/65).
The prophet of God in 1965, now come down to search for a place to see if he could preach the seven thunders. It shows that he did not reveal it in 1963.
FACT NO.40
WAIT TILL WE GET IN TO OPEN THEM SEVEN THUNDERS
Just wait till we get in to open those 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. (Knoweth it not 15/8/65).
Yes my brothers and sisters, up to 1965, Brother Branham kept one straight course. One straight course! Closing remarks, come
musicians. Do you know what caused all the ministers and all the believers to be silent for ten years, belonging to the first school, and having one revelation that the seventh seal was not revealed? Do you know what caused that? Because of what I just read to you. All of us believed that, and we based our thoughts and our ideas and every single thing, upon what I just read to you.
I want to announce to you that Brother Branham belonged to the first school (school number one). Brother Branham belonged to
that first school. And the first school, my brother, that, “It was not revealed.” But Brother Branham hoped, he prayed, he trusted God,
to have received that revelation. That was Brother Branham’s hope. And he was looking in the scripture in Revelation 10:7, and hoping that, that mystery was going to be revealed to him.
Why wasn’t that mystery revealed to Brother Branham, being Revelation 10:7, and all the mysteries supposed to be revealed to
Brother Branham, which is the seventh angel? Why wasn’t it revealed? Because the seventh angel was to reveal the mysteries written inside of the Book; and the seven thunders was not written in the Book. So the scripture is not broken.“So like you’re waiting for an eighth messenger preacher?” Don’t be fast! Listen to what the prophet is saying. He himself did not know. He said, “About the time of the coming of the Lord; this seventh seal cannot be broken to the public.” Now there’s a specific time, there’s a specific way; there’s a specific program. That’s what it is.
Let me tell you something friend, “Brother Branham going into heaven did not tie God’s hand.” Don’t you know brothers and sisters, after Brother Branham left the scene, there is a five-fold ministry of apostle, prophet, teacher, evangelist and pastor? Why God can’t use, a prophet from the five-fold to break the ministry to the public and to bring the revelation of the seven thunders? Tell me why?
You say; “I don’t believe no prophet after Brother Branham.” Who is Joseph Branham? Who is Joseph Branham? Is that an eighth
messenger? [Congregation says, “No.”] Is that an eighth prophet? [Congregation says, “No”.] No. He has a place, my brother, where
God places him. Is that right? Where God place him, he’ll be placed. So if a prophet arises, that doesn’t make him an eighth
messenger. It makes him a prophet in the five-fold ministry; and when God gets ready to do His business, He will use even a donkey, to prophecy to Balaam.
It would be unfair if I don’t put in the other quotes, which the people that belong to the second school, lay their foundation, to
believe that it was opened up, and never spoke of it until 1973 – ten silent years. I am still asking the question, “Why ten silent years? Who broke the silence?” and I am still asking, “If they got the revelation of the seventh seal, tell me about the coming of the Lord?” The major revelation under the seventh seal is the coming of the Lord. It must say how and when.
There are only three or four major quotations that these lovely brothers used as the foundation of the second school, and that
is, in page 327 of the church ages that was written in 1960 before the seals were opened, and Questions and Answers 1964, it
states: 327-1 “Now this messenger of Malachi 4 and Revelation 10:7 is going to do two things. One: According to Malachi 4 he will
turn the hearts of the children to the fathers. Two: He 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. Exactly so.” (Laodicean Church Age page 327);
1161-Q-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? No, they were revealed in the seven Seals; that's what the thunders was about. 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." (COD Questions & Answers 30/08/64).
All right. How could you leave all of this that I just read, to hang of on the answer of a busy question and answer? And I am
not going to dodge this issue on the church ages, page 327. The first thing that I want to call to your attention is, that statement
is nowhere on the tapes of Brother Branham. I am going to look that quotation right in the face; I am not afraid of it at all. Hear me. “The ministry of Malachi 4 is to do two things, and one of it is to reveal the seven thunders.” That’s how it goes. All right. “It is the divinely revealed truths as contained in the seven seals.” In other words, they are saying that the seven thunders that Brother Branham revealed is hiding in the seven seals book. All right. I will look that quotation right in the face.
“The seven thunders that Brother Branham revealed, is contained in the seven seals.” I want to find the thunders. Is the thunders the
white horse? Come on answer me. Is the thunders the red horse? Is the thunders the black horse? Is the thunders the palehorse? Is the thunders the Jews? Is the seven thunders the tribulation? And you know what we just read in the seventh seal; it is clear that he said that the coming of the Lord is under the seventh seal. Therefore it is not contained in the seven seals messages. It is the coming of the Lord. The revelation of the seven seals of 1963 and the thunders are two different things. Let us hear his words on it. The church ages says, my brothers and sisters, it is the same thing. Brother Branham said, it is not. 75 (3-4) “The Book is absolutely a sealed Book until the Seven Seals are broken. It is sealed up with Seven Seals. Now, that's different from the
Seven Thunders.” (The Breach 17/3/63). (New Ed. Page 66(49).
The contents of the seven seals book is different from the seven thunders, because the seven thunders was not revealed by Brother
Branham. It was not revealed by Brother Branham. Oh glory to God. Don’t get fed-up with me. All right.
The second school of thought, this school was opened up in 1973 to 1974 in New York, U.S.A., ten years later, ten silent years. The basic and popular thoughts are that, “the seventh seal was preached by Brother Branham mysteriously, and is hidden in the
message. The elect ministers and believers must be caught up into that mysterious dimension by inspiration, and catch the revelation.”
My beloved, I did not read that in all the quotations that we just read here, that covered the seventh seal in its entirety.
I challenge any man, around the whole world, to come and show me one quotation where Brother Branham said the seventh seal or the seven thunders was revealed mysteriously, and we have to be caught up in the dimension to get it. It is not true.
This school started in 1973 to 1974, and, my brother, it gained international recognition, and that went through the whole world, but God proved that was wrong, and everybody that preach thunders and seventh seal are based upon that revelation from New York, directly or indirectly. You say, preacher, I want to ask you one bold question, “Which school do you belong to?” I belong to Brother Branham’s school. I say I belong to Brother Branham’s school. The seventh seal was not revealed in 1963 by Brother Branham. There is a specific program, there is a specific time, there is a specific plan, and he did not reveal it. I speak that on
the basis of God’s Word and the message of the hour. I belong to that school, and I never changed school after the ten silent years.
_TRUE REVELATION OF SEVENTH SEAL