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'''The Bible does not teach that Revelation 3:14, the unveiling of Revelation 6, and Revelation 10:7 all happen at the same time.''' It also does not teach that the Angel in Revelation 3 is the same angel as that in Revelation 10. It does not teach that the Angel to Laodicea in Revelation 3:14 is the one who opens the seals (the Lamb is the one that opens the seals). Similarly, the Bible does not teach that the Angel to Laodicea is the same angel that sounds in Revelation 11:15. | '''The Bible does not teach that Revelation 3:14, the unveiling of Revelation 6, and Revelation 10:7 all happen at the same time.''' It also does not teach that the Angel in Revelation 3 is the same angel as that in Revelation 10. It does not teach that the Angel to Laodicea in Revelation 3:14 is the one who opens the seals (the Lamb is the one that opens the seals). Similarly, the Bible does not teach that the Angel to Laodicea is the same angel that sounds in Revelation 11:15. | ||
So where did William Branham get this from? Charles Taze Russell in his book, The Finished Mystery, tied together Revelation 10:7 and Revelation 3:14: | |||
:''[Rev] 10:7. But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel.—Pastor Russell was the seventh angel.—Rev. 3:14.<ref>Charles Taze Russell, The Finished Mystery, (Published Posthumously), Edited by C. J. Woodworth and George H. Fisher, Copyright 1917 | |||
Peoples Pulpit Association, Brooklyn, N. Y., U. S. A., International Bible Students Association</ref> | |||
In fact, it is clear that the sixth '''trumpeting''' angel sounds in Revelation 9:13 and the seventh '''trumpeting''' angel (the one spoken of in Revelation 10:7) does not actually sound his trumpet until Revelation 11:15: | In fact, it is clear that the sixth '''trumpeting''' angel sounds in Revelation 9:13 and the seventh '''trumpeting''' angel (the one spoken of in Revelation 10:7) does not actually sound his trumpet until Revelation 11:15: | ||
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'''The sounding of the seventh trumpet takes place AFTER [[The Two Witnesses of Revelation 11|the two witnesses of Revelation 11:1-12]] have been resurrected and leave the earth'''. | '''The sounding of the seventh trumpet takes place AFTER [[The Two Witnesses of Revelation 11|the two witnesses of Revelation 11:1-12]] have been resurrected and leave the earth'''. | ||
'''What William Branham did was to use | '''What William Branham did was to use the same interpretation as Charles Taze Russell, which Russell used to point to himself. William Branham plagiarized Russell's interpretation for the sole purpose of pointing to himself (in a fashion that the Bible never intended).''' | ||
=Where did William Branham get his interpretation?= | =Where did William Branham get his interpretation?= | ||