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|Each seal opens a new chapter in the book sealed with seven seals. | | | ||
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 Sixth Seal as found in the twelfth to seventeenth verses of Revelation Chapter 6. | |||
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*'''Matthew 24:29''' ''Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:'' | *'''Matthew 24:29''' ''Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:'' | ||
William Branham taught that all of these things occurred or were mentioned earlier in the scriptures, and it is possible to see why they are happening again: they are nature's response to a prophet. | |||
'''Earthquake''' Matthew 27:54 - ''Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.'' <br> | '''Earthquake''' Matthew 27:54 - ''Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.'' <br> | ||
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'''REVELATION 11:3, 6''' And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. ...These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. | '''REVELATION 11:3, 6''' And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. ...These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. | ||
The words in this scripture, as taught by William Branham mean: | |||
'''Days''': Using the Hebrew calendar of 30 days in a month, 1,260 days is 42 months, which is three and a half years. Daniel prophecied that Messiah (Jesus) would be cut off in the midst of the week (a day being equal to a year), leaving three and a half days (or years) to finish the redemption of the Children of Israel. | '''Days''': Using the Hebrew calendar of 30 days in a month, 1,260 days is 42 months, which is three and a half years. Daniel prophecied that Messiah (Jesus) would be cut off in the midst of the week (a day being equal to a year), leaving three and a half days (or years) to finish the redemption of the Children of Israel. | ||
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An earthquake followed Jesus' crucifixion because the world had rejected the Messiah. Elijah held back the rain because Ahab had forsaken the commandments of God, and followed other gods (I Kings 18:8). Moses turned water into blood because the people refused to listen to the two signs given to him by God (Exodus 4:9). This disruption of nature is redemption through judgement. | An earthquake followed Jesus' crucifixion because the world had rejected the Messiah. Elijah held back the rain because Ahab had forsaken the commandments of God, and followed other gods (I Kings 18:8). Moses turned water into blood because the people refused to listen to the two signs given to him by God (Exodus 4:9). This disruption of nature is redemption through judgement. | ||
William Branham taught that redemption by judgement marks the start of freedom for those who believe: Jesus broke the penalty of sin and death, Elijah brought the people back to God on Mount Carmel, and Moses brought the deliverance of the Children of Israel and set them into tribal order. | |||
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William Branham said: | |||
:''“Brother, the earthquake burst open, and the stars shake; volcanics will come forth, and the earth will renew itself. New lava will break forth from the center of the earth, and she'll crumble all around and around and around when she spins out in yonder. And I tell you, one morning when Jesus and His Bride comes back to the earth, there'll be a paradise of God there”'' | :''“Brother, the earthquake burst open, and the stars shake; volcanics will come forth, and the earth will renew itself. New lava will break forth from the center of the earth, and she'll crumble all around and around and around when she spins out in yonder. And I tell you, one morning when Jesus and His Bride comes back to the earth, there'll be a paradise of God there”'' | ||
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:''“Those who had laughed at the preaching of the Word, of the vindicated Word of the living God... When them prophets that stood there and performed miracles, closed the sun, and everything else, and all down through the age... See? They cried for the rocks and the mountains to hide them (See?), to hide them from the Word that they'd laughed at, 'cause they seen Him coming. "Hide us from the wrath of the Lamb." He is the Word. See?”'' | :''“Those who had laughed at the preaching of the Word, of the vindicated Word of the living God... When them prophets that stood there and performed miracles, closed the sun, and everything else, and all down through the age... See? They cried for the rocks and the mountains to hide them (See?), to hide them from the Word that they'd laughed at, 'cause they seen Him coming. "Hide us from the wrath of the Lamb." He is the Word. See?”'' | ||
William Branham taught that every person who has rejected the leadership of the Word of God, as delivered through his servants the prophets, is subject to the wrath of the Lamb. Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, paid the penalty for sin and death. However, anyone who rejects this sacrifice is guilty of the sacrifice, and it is Jesus himself who becomes the judge of man, instead of his saviour. | |||
*'''Romans 10:16-17''' ''But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.'' | *'''Romans 10:16-17''' ''But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.'' | ||
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William Branham taught that the day of wrath is prophecied in Malachi, Daniel, Isaiah, and II Peter. With such repetition of prophecy, there is no doubt that judgement will come, and the day of the Lord will arrive. | |||
*'''II Peter 3:10''' ''But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.'' | *'''II Peter 3:10''' ''But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.'' | ||