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=Where did William Branham say he got his revelation from?= | |||
William Branham said this about the source of his understanding of the fifth seal (all quotes from the Fifth Seal): | |||
:''And now coming especially on these lessons where we’re just waiting; '''if He would not reveal It to me, I could not give It to you. I’m not trying to use any of my own thoughts or anything; just as He will give It.''' That’s right. And I—I’m sure, '''if I don’t use my own thoughts, and It comes in the way It has. And all through life It’s never been wrong. It won’t be wrong this time.''' | |||
:''And I want to say this, and I want to give thanks to Him Who is omnipresent. And, that, '''today, not knowing one thing about that Fifth Seal, It came in that same mysterious way, this morning, just about an hour before daybreak, when I was out in prayer.''' And today… I have just set these last five or six days, just in a little room, don’t see no one. Just go out and eat my meals with a—with a friend, with some of my friends here. And, course, you know who that friend is, it’s Brother and Sister Wood. Yeah. And—and you know, and I went over there and—and stay with them, and everybody has been nice. And there hasn’t been anything, just simply… I’m trying to stay right with that Message of these Seals. Its important. I believe it’s—it’s the hour of Its revealing time, of revelation of It. | |||
:''But I’m just taking It from the inspiration, which completely changed my view of It. See?<ref>William Branham, 63-0322 - The Fifth Seal, para. 5, 26-28, 40</ref> | |||
==He definitely didn't get it from men!== | |||
William Branham said that ALL of the authors that he read agreed that the souls under the altar were Christian martyrs: | |||
:''Now notice, now, in the 9th verse, “Souls under the altar.” Now, here is where I’m going to get some real disagreeings. But you just watch just a minute. And just…See? I thought that, too, but it didn’t come that way. We have… '''I have always thought that these souls under the altar were the—the—the martyrs of the early Church'''. And I’m sure that, well, '''<u>Dr. Uriah Smith, and every one of them, says it is.</u>''' See? But, I thought so, myself. '''But when the Holy Spirit showed the vision to it, it wasn’t'''; it isn’t the souls.<ref>William Branham, 63-0322 - The Fifth Seal, para. 215</ref>'' | |||
=William Branham's Interpretation of the Fifth Seal= | =William Branham's Interpretation of the Fifth Seal= | ||
William Branham’s essential interpretation of the fifth seal is that the souls under the altar represented past Jewish martyrs and their fellow servants and brethren were Jewish martyrs who would die during the tribulation. | William Branham’s essential interpretation of the fifth seal is that the souls under the altar represented past Jewish martyrs and their fellow servants and brethren were Jewish martyrs who would die during the tribulation. His basis for saying they were Jewish martyrs was the fact that the fifth seal was in the sixth chapter of revelation, but the rapture of the church had happened in the fourth chapter. | ||
William Branham explained it as follows: | William Branham explained it as follows: | ||
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:''But he said to me, “Do not do that. I am a fellow servant of yours and of your brethren the prophets and of those who heed the words of this book. Worship God.”<ref>New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), Re 22:9.</ref> | :''But he said to me, “Do not do that. I am a fellow servant of yours and of your brethren the prophets and of those who heed the words of this book. Worship God.”<ref>New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), Re 22:9.</ref> | ||
This Angel simply compared himself to other servants, prophets, and ALL WHO OBEY what's written in the book; thus declaring that he must not be worshipped. Scripture never says that this angel is a man and never states that he is a prophet who walked on the earth either in the past or future. Why would William Branham think that this was referring to him? Doesn't that come across as being just a little presumptuous? | This Angel simply compared himself to other servants, prophets, and ALL WHO OBEY what's written in the book; thus declaring that he must not be worshipped. '''Scripture never says that this angel is a man and never states that he is a prophet who walked on the earth either in the past or future.''' Why would William Branham think that this was referring to him? Doesn't that come across as being just a little presumptuous? | ||
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