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Joe Coleman was revered by his followers as an apostle.
Joe Coleman was revered by his followers as an apostle.


=The Seven Thunders=
=The Seven Thunders doctrine=


Joseph Coleman focused on the meaning of the seven thunders of Revelation 10:


:''Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars.  He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion. '''When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke. 4 And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down.”'''
:''Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven. And he swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it, and said, “There will be no more delay! 7 But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.”<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Re 10:1–7.</ref>
William Branham believed that he was the fulfillment of [[Revelation 10:7]].
Joseph Coleman appeared to have taught that the seven thunders were the virtues of 2 Peter 1:5-7:
:''And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;  And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;  And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. <ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), 2 Pe 1:5–7.</ref>
It is amazing the amount of dissention that his teaching on the seven thunders caused.  People left churches over it and churches that followed Coleman broke fellowship with the churches that didn't see Coleman's "revelation" on the subject.
Coleman's churches were also very charismatic in nature which many more conservative message churches couldn't agree with.


=Quotes of Joseph Coleman=
=Quotes of Joseph Coleman=