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William Branham preached a series of sermons in March 1963 on the Seven Seals of the book of Revelation. This article contains a summary of these sermons as taught by William Branham, who taught that each seal identifies a religous disturbance. Much of William Branham's teachings on the Seven Seals can also be found in the works of Clarence Larkin, a dispensational Baptist author. | |||
Each seal opens a new chapter in the book sealed with seven seals. This page reviews William Branham's commentary on the third seal, as found in the fifth and sixth verses of Revelation Chapter 6. | |||
<div style="border-bottom:1px #B87333 solid; text-align:center; font-size:140%; padding:1px; margin:1px;">Revelation Chapter 6 Verse 5</div> | <div style="border-bottom:1px #B87333 solid; text-align:center; font-size:140%; padding:1px; margin:1px;">Revelation Chapter 6 Verse 5</div> | ||
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====The third beast==== | ====The third beast==== | ||
The third six-winged beast, which has a face as a man, says "Come and see." | The third six-winged beast, which has a face as a man, says "Come and see." William Branham taught that like the Gospel of Luke the physician (the third of the four gospels protecting the testimony of Jesus Christ, and giving witness to the book of Acts), the man testifies of the humanity and wisdom of Jesus Christ. Under the anointing of the man, the Medeival Christians passively resisted the spread of Catholic Orthodoxy, changed the course of history by preparing the world for the emergence of Luther, and spread the message of the Reformation. | ||
====The Black Horse==== | ====The Black Horse==== | ||
William Branham taught that a horse represents power, and black represents blindness. | |||
After the fall of the Roman Empire, much of Europe became illiterate, with only the rich and the priests having time for education. It was during these turbulent years that the fame of [[Columba]] and the Celtic Christians spread throughout Europe as they evangelized and taught the peasant people from hand-copied Bibles. By the 1200's the Cult of Columba had spread across Europe, and many independent Christian groups were reproducing scriptures of ancient Celtic origin as they found the means. | After the fall of the Roman Empire, much of Europe became illiterate, with only the rich and the priests having time for education. It was during these turbulent years that the fame of [[Columba]] and the Celtic Christians spread throughout Europe as they evangelized and taught the peasant people from hand-copied Bibles. By the 1200's the Cult of Columba had spread across Europe, and many independent Christian groups were reproducing scriptures of ancient Celtic origin as they found the means. | ||
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====The Rider with balances==== | ====The Rider with balances==== | ||
William Branham taught that the Rider on the third horse is the same rider that came on the white horse and the red horse. The Antichrist Spirit of the white horse became the false prophet of the Red and the Black Horses. | |||
The balances in the hand of the rider represents economic control, and substitution. After the fall of the Roman Empire most economies were barter societies. It was only after 1000 A.D. that the merchant economy of the Muslims began to heavily influence trade in Europe, re-creating the monetary society of the Roman Empire. Instead of trading goods for goods, money was again substituted for everything. The Catholic Church also picked up this advancement, and began selling indulgences for money (i.e. I'll sell you my extra good works to cover your sins) until this practice caused [[Martin Luther]] to nail 95 thesis on the door of a Catholic church demanding an end of this practice. | The balances in the hand of the rider represents economic control, and substitution. After the fall of the Roman Empire most economies were barter societies. It was only after 1000 A.D. that the merchant economy of the Muslims began to heavily influence trade in Europe, re-creating the monetary society of the Roman Empire. Instead of trading goods for goods, money was again substituted for everything. The Catholic Church also picked up this advancement, and began selling indulgences for money (i.e. I'll sell you my extra good works to cover your sins) until this practice caused [[Martin Luther]] to nail 95 thesis on the door of a Catholic church demanding an end of this practice. | ||
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====The Wheat and the Barley==== | ====The Wheat and the Barley==== | ||
William Branham taught that wheat and barley was the staff of life for the Children of Israel. They were harvested at different times during the year (Barley at the start of the year, and wheat at the end of summer) and required the former and latter rain to mature. For the Christians, the wheat and barley represents the staff of eternal life, which need the presence of God to mature. In order to mature properly, a Christian needs both prayer and scripture. | |||
By controlling access to the scriptures, and access to God (saints serve as mediators instead of Jesus Christ himself, who is the only true mediator between God and man), the black horse creates a famine for the Word of God. | By controlling access to the scriptures, and access to God (saints serve as mediators instead of Jesus Christ himself, who is the only true mediator between God and man), the black horse creates a famine for the Word of God. | ||
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====A penny==== | ====A penny==== | ||
William Branham said: | |||
:''We can scarcely get anything from Christ's ministers but for money, at bishopping money, at marriage money, for confession money - no, not extreme unction without money! They will ring no bells without money, no burial in the church without money; so that it seemeth that Paradise is shut up without money. The rich is buried in the church, the poor in the churchyard. ...The rich man may readily get large indulgences, but the poor none, because he wanteth money to pay for them."'' | :''We can scarcely get anything from Christ's ministers but for money, at bishopping money, at marriage money, for confession money - no, not extreme unction without money! They will ring no bells without money, no burial in the church without money; so that it seemeth that Paradise is shut up without money. The rich is buried in the church, the poor in the churchyard. ...The rich man may readily get large indulgences, but the poor none, because he wanteth money to pay for them."'' | ||
:(Juan de Valdez, a Roman Catholic and brother of the secretary of the Emperor Charles V) [Professor Arthur Noble, European Institute of Protestant Studies, The Resurrection of Indulgences or Is Tetzel really dead? 1/15/1999, http://www.ianpaisley.org] | :(Juan de Valdez, a Roman Catholic and brother of the secretary of the Emperor Charles V) [Professor Arthur Noble, European Institute of Protestant Studies, The Resurrection of Indulgences or Is Tetzel really dead? 1/15/1999, http://www.ianpaisley.org] | ||
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====The Oil and the Wine==== | ====The Oil and the Wine==== | ||
William Branham taught that the oil represents the Holy Spirit (Lev 8:12, Zach 4:12, Mat 25:3-4), and the wine represents stimulation by revelation (Acts 2). Touching the oil and the wine would result in pollution. God's decree for the Black horse rider not to touch the Oil and the wine has a two-fold meaning: first the rider does not have the Holy Spirit or stimulation by revelation, and secondly, he is not allowed to take the Holy Spirit or the stimulation by revelation from anyone. | |||
'''The Catholic Church without the Holy Spirit:''' The lives of the Popes in the Dark and Medieval Ages and the Reformation age are mainly secular, and highly immoral. For example: | '''The Catholic Church without the Holy Spirit:''' The lives of the Popes in the Dark and Medieval Ages and the Reformation age are mainly secular, and highly immoral. For example: | ||