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=The Four Living Creatures or Beasts= | =The Four Living Creatures or Beasts= | ||
William Branham stated his view of the four living creatures: | |||
:''And Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, those Gospels are standing there guarding That. The wisdom of a man; the power of a lion; the work of an ox; and the swiftness of the leopard…or the eagle, rather. Yes, the Gospels standing there!<ref>William Branham, 63-0317E - The Breach Between The Seven Church Ages And The Seven Seals, para. 189</ref> | |||
:''You know what the Beasts were. We’ve took them. “One like a lion; one like a calf; and one like a man; and one like an eagle.” Now, this first Beast said…Watch, each time there’s a different Beast, till them four horse riders pass. There is four Beasts, and there is four horse riders. Notice, each one of them Beasts announce. Matthew, Mark—Mark, Luke, and John.<ref>William Branham, 63-0318 - The First Seal, para. 161-162</ref> | |||
In the early Church, it was thought that the figures in Ezekiel 1 and Revelation 4:7 represented he four Evangelists: | In the early Church, it was thought that the figures in Ezekiel 1 and Revelation 4:7 represented he four Evangelists: | ||
#The Lion—Matthew—Kingship. | #The Lion—Matthew—Kingship. | ||
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#The Eagle—John—Godhead.<ref>W. H. Griffith Thomas, Methods of Bible Study, Sixth Edition (New York: Association Press, 1911), 74.</ref> | #The Eagle—John—Godhead.<ref>W. H. Griffith Thomas, Methods of Bible Study, Sixth Edition (New York: Association Press, 1911), 74.</ref> | ||
We can't determine exactly where William Branham copied this but it is clear that he did, because this view dated back to the Ante-Nicene Fathers. | |||
=Moving to the Next Seal= | =Moving to the Next Seal= | ||