Revelation 05 In Heaven we must think deeply

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Understanding a Heavenly scene requires deep thought

ISAIAH 55:8   For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

ISAIAH 55:9   For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Shallow human thinking will never reveal the meaning of what goes on in Heaven.

We need help from above if we want to understand the Holy King James Bible.

REVELATION 5:1   And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

This looks like "God the Father" is sitting on His throne and holding a Book (the Bible) in His right hand.

But there are problems with this explanation.

JOHN 1:18   No man hath seen God at any time;

You can never see God because God is a Spirit. A Spirit is invisible to the natural eye. Thus, God is invisible and has no shape.

JOHN 4:24   God is a Spirit:

JOHN 5:37   And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

The Jews in Jesus' day never heard the “voice of God”.

The New Testament never promised us the Voice of God.

To call brother Branham the Voice of God is thus not only unscriptural but also contradicts Scripture.

“Nor seen His shape”.

If God, as a Spirit, has no shape then He also has no right hand.

EXODUS 15:6   Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

The right hand of God is simply a symbol of His power.

As a Spirit, God has no heart. The heart of God is simply a symbol of His love for mankind.

MATTHEW 26:64   Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

God is a Spirit. God does not have a right hand. The right hand is the symbol of his awesome supernatural power.

LUKE 22:69   Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.

NUMBERS 23:19   God is not a man,

Jesus, as a Man, is not God.

That is why the Bible never says “God the Son”.

What makes Jesus God is that the fulness of the Godhead dwelled bodily  in Him. You are everything that is in you.

“Trinity” is an unscriptural word that mutated like a virus into the unscriptural expressions “God the Son” and “One God in three Persons”.

“God the Holy Ghost” is also unscriptural.

“Eternal Sonship” is unscriptural.

“The Son is co-equal with the Father” is unscriptural.

Jesus as the Son cannot sit beside God the Father.

ISAIAH 44:6   Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

By calling Himself the First and the Last, God simply establishes Himself as the only God. You can never see another person Who is God beside Him or next to Him.

ISAIAH 44: 8… Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

Jesus is God because the fulness of the Godhead dwells inside His Body.

COLOSSIANS 2:9   For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

HEBREWS 1:3   Who being the brightness of his glory,

and the express image of his person,

and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Jesus, as a Man, expresses all the supernatural attributes of the Spirit of God Who dwells invisibly within Him.

The invisible, indwelling God the Father can only be seen in the speech and behavior of His Son, the Man Jesus. But God remains an invisible supernatural Spirit. As such, the Man Jesus tends to bring God down to our human level by showing us how God would behave if He were human.

JOHN 1:18   No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

The humanity of Jesus as the "Son of God" (never "God the Son") tends to soften the intense spiritual power and holiness of the supernatural Father living in Him, Whose bright light is more blinding than what we humans could ever cope with.

I TIMOTHY 6:16   Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see.

There are two sets of Seals but only one can be known

REVELATION 5:1   A book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven Seals.

Notice the comma.

That means that what is written within the Book is sealed with seven Seals AND what is written on the backside of the Book (almost as if it is on the back cover) is also sealed with another set of seven Seals.

"On the backside" means it is not written within the Bible but hidden within the Book in some secret way.

“On the backside” also refers to the time sequence of events. These seven Thunders (the 7 unwritten Seals) only utter after all the mysteries that are written in the Bible have been revealed and understood.

“On the backside” means that they are the last thing to happen to the Bride.

You only get to the back cover of a book after you have first read all the written contents.

There is a deeper meaning of “backside” that is linked to the revelation of the mysteries (plural) of the Bible.

The unwritten seven Seals (known as the seven Thunders) only happen after all the mysteries (plural) are revealed which enable the last church age to return to the beliefs of the first church age who knew that Jesus was Almighty God. This restoration of the last age to the apostles is the mystery (singular) of God which has to happen first before the unwritten seven Seals (called the 7 Thunders) can happen.

The mysteries of Scripture are revealed to take us back to the beliefs of the apostles. That restoration of the last church age back to the first church age is the deep mystery of God.

JUDE 1:3  ... it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

Only after that do the seven Seals on the backside utter in some mysterious but Scriptural manner as the 7 Thunders.

The seven Thunders cannot utter until you can explain the mysteries of Scripture in a way that restores you to the beliefs of the early apostolic church which only recognized Jesus as the Head of the church.

No pastor was ever put in charge of a church in the first church age.

The end-time eagle-prophet restores us back to the Bible truths of the Lion of Judah that were established by the first church age apostles.

What is the difference between these two sets of Seals?

One set of seven Seals can be revealed by the end-time Gentile prophet when God sends seven angels to guide him as to what the symbols and patterns of the written 7 Seals mean. These revelations have to be traced through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation without contradicting any Scriptures. That is the test that the end-time prophet has to pass. As a result, the mysteries (plural) that he reveals will enable the end-time bride of the seventh or last church age to be restored back to the beliefs of the apostolic fathers of the first church age who wrote the New Testament.

The mystery of God (singular) reveals that Jesus, as Almighty God, is the Head of the church which is His Body. The true revelation of His Body requires the restoration of the last church age back to the first church age to finish the great mystery (singular) of God.

This is the test for the end-time Bride. They must have a clear understanding of the mysteries of Scripture which will be their “shout” of mastery so that they are able to understand and interact with the mysterious seven Thunders when they do utter. The seven Thunders utter after the “voice” of the resurrection has raised the dead saints from the seven church ages.

If your body changes when the seven Thunders utter then you understood the truth of brother Branham’s ministry. You will be part of the wise virgins who understood the Scriptures.

If your body does not change then, if you are saved, you are part of the foolish virgins because you have been fooled by your unscriptural church leader or church head. Each early church was guided by a group of elders, not one man.

DANIEL 12:10   … the wise shall understand

The second set of seven Seals cannot be revealed by the end-time prophet because they are not written and thus he has no symbols that he can interpret.

63-0321  THE FOURTH SEAL

Then the seven thunders utter their strange voices, and John was going to write... John knew what it was, but he didn't write it, 'cause he was forbidden to write it.

That's absolutely and altogether a mystery.

It's not even in symbol or nothing. We just know it thundered; that's all.

62-1230   IS THIS THE SIGN OF THE END SIR

These Seals are on the backside of the Book. "And at the time that the seventh angel is sounding, all the mysteries that are written in the Book is completed."

Brother Branham had to reveal the written mysteries only.

Nobody can reveal the unwritten seven Thunders nor tell us the new unwritten name of Jesus nor know the Seventh Seal that reveals the Coming of the Lord.

REVELATION 19:12   His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns;

and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.

Nobody knows the new name of Jesus.

1965   PHILADELPHIAN CHURCH AGE  -  CHURCH AGE BOOK  CPT.8

"And I will write my NEW Name upon him."

My New Name. When ALL becomes new, then He will take upon Him a new Name and that Name will be the Name of the bride also.

What that Name is, none dare conjecture.

It would have to be a revelation of the Spirit given so conclusively that none would dare deny it. But no doubt He will leave that revelation to the day when He desires to give that Name forth. Suffice it to know that it will be more wonderful than we could ever imagine.

Brother Branham never had the faintest idea of what that new name will be.

"Do not conjecture" means do not try to find some clever-sounding name.

Message preachers make up various new names like "Word", "Life", "White Eagle", "William Marrion Branham", "Lord Branham Christ", "Lord Jesus Christ", etc. These unfortunate speculations just keep their followers entrenched amongst the foolish virgins.

Trying to know something now that is not written in the Bible is a pointless journey to nowhere.

Only when the dead saints are resurrected, will these end time events start to come to pass.

As long as you are in a sinful body you need the Saviour Jesus Christ. We still have to be zealous to repent.

Only when your body has changed into a sinless immortal body will Jesus reveal His new name to you. Then you will no longer have to repent.

First reveal all the mysteries before 7 Thunders utter

62-1230   IS THIS THE SIGN OF THE END SIR

Now, "When he begins to sound, the mystery will be finished." Now, note, then it's time for the Seven Seal voices, of Revelations 10, to be revealed. Do you understand? When all the mysteries of the Book has completed! And the Bible said, here, that he would finish the mysteries.

…  And when all their little battles and things left these loose ends in the Word of God, the seventh angel comes on and gathers them all up and explains them. See?

And then, he finishes, Seven Thunders utter out.

… According to God's Word, the seventh messenger will finish,

seventh Message will be finished, and then the Seven Thunders.

…   It's on the backside, when a Book is completed. Not did he say, "On the front side." He said, "On the backside," after It's all done, completed. Then, these Seven Thunders' voices is the only thing, that's stuck to the Book, that's not revealed. It's not even written in the Book.

Oh, my! I wish I could get that, that the people could actually... Don't fail. Don't, don't fail. Please don't, this time. I'm fixing to leave you. Don't fail. You ever listened, listen!

These Seals are on the backside of the Book.

"And at the time that the seventh angel is sounding, all the mysteries that are written in the Book is completed."

And immediately the Book, that was open and written within, is closed, "The mysteries of God is finished."

… "And in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, all this mystery that's written within should be finished."

The end-time prophet has to reveal the mysteries that are written in the Book.

62-1230   IS THIS THE SIGN OF THE END SIR

And in the days of the voice of the seventh angel,

all this mystery that's written within should be finished."

It should be taken care of, in that day. Now do you see what I mean? Are you following me?  Then is the time for the seven voices of Revelations 10 to be revealed.

When the Book is finished, there is only one thing left, and that's the seven mysterious voices of thunder that was wrote on the backside of the Book,

that John was forbidden to write.

… It's on the backside, when a Book is completed.

… Now, there is writing on the inside of the Book. But, the backside had Seven Seals, on the back of It, that wasn't written in the Book. Now, this is the revelator talking, John. Now, remember, It wasn't written in the Book. "And in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, all this mystery that's written within should be finished." It should be taken care of, in that day. Now do you see what I mean?  Are you following me? Then is the time for the seven voices of Revelations 10 to be revealed.

When the Book is finished, there is only one thing left, and that's the seven mysterious voices of thunder that was wrote on the backside of the Book, that John was forbidden to write.

The seven Thunders are a great secret

64-0830  QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.4

QUESTION:   Have the seven thunders which equals seven mysteries already been revealed? Were they revealed in the seven Seals but are yet not known to us as the thunders yet?

ANSWER:   No, they were revealed in the seven Seals;

that's what the thunders was about.

Brother Branham says that the seven Thunders were revealed in the Seven Seals.

But what did he reveal in the Seals?

In the Seven Seals he reveals the Thunders to be a total mystery that nobody understands.

He simply told us what the Thunders are about. What they do. What their function is.

He never revealed what the 7 Thunders utter nor what they are.

63-0324   THE SEVENTH SEAL

What happens is that those seven thunders that he heard thunder and was forbidden to write, that's what the mystery is laying behind those seven consecutive thunders rolling out.

Now, why? Let us prove it. Why?

It is the secret that no one knows about.

John was forbidding to write about it, even, even write a symbol about it. Why? This is why there was no activity in heaven; it might give away the secret. Do you see it now? If it's so great it must be included, because it's got to happen, but when the seven thunders...

Now, notice, when the seven angels come forth to sound their trumpets, there was one thunder. When Israel was gathered, there was a trumpet. When time shall be no more, the last trumpet... One thunder, but here is seven straight thunders right in a row: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, that perfect number. Seven thunders in a row, uttered not... making just one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, straight. Then heavens couldn't write that. Heavens can't know about it, nothing else, because there's nothing to go on. It's a relaxing time. It was so great till it's kept secret from the Angels. Now, why?

If Satan should get a hold of it, he might do great damage.

There's one thing he don't know. Now, he can interpret anything he wants to, and impersonate any kind of a gift (I hope you're learning.), but he can't know this. It's not even written in the Word. It's a total secret. The Angels, everything shut up. If they made one move it might give something away, so they just shut up, quit harping; everything stopped. A...

Seven, God's perfect number, Seven [Brother Branham knocks six times on pulpit--Ed.] just right down the row. Seven thunders uttered straight together like they're spelling out something. Notice, at that time, John started to write, and He said, "Don't write it."

Jesus never spoke of it. John couldn't write it. Angels know nothing about it.

What is it? It's the thing that Jesus said even the Angels of heaven didn't know nothing about it.

… One of the mystery of that [Seventh] Seal, the reason it wasn't revealed, it was seven thunders that uttered their voices, and there it is perfectly,

because nothing knows anything about it; wasn't even written.

…  no one would know His coming; they also would not know about this seven thunder mystery. So you see, it's connected together. That much we have a understanding of it today, because the rest of it is all unfolded, but this is not unfolded.

But setting in my room, and I heard this—

or not heard it, rather, but seen it unfold to this seven thunders. Now, that's as far as we can go right there.

Brother Branham never even heard the seven Thunders in the vision that he saw about them.

… Nobody knowed nothing about it. Even the Angels didn't understand it. See, He didn't reveal it. That's the reason, under our seventh mystery, when the seventh seal was opened, there was silence. Jesus, when He was on earth, they wanted to know when He would come. He said, "It's not... Even the Son Himself don't know when it's going to happen." See, God has this all to Himself. It's a secret. And that's the reason there was silence in Heaven for a space of a half hour,

and seven thunders utter their voices, and John was even forbidden to write it, see, the Coming of the Lord. That's one thing He hasn't revealed yet, of how He will come, and when He will come. It's a good thing that He doesn't. No.

The right hand of God is His power and authority

REVELATION 5:1   And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

He is the Creator and Saviour of our world.

When Adam sinned, then he lost the title deeds to the creation that he had ruled as the son of God. God took back the title deeds of creation as He alone could redeem the creation back from the ravages of sin.

Satan is a squatter. He rules this sinful world but he has never owned it. God has a 6000-year Plan whereby He redeems His people from Satan’s grasp and establishes His Bride to rule for 1000 years in Peace and Righteousness. This Plan is revealed to us in the King James Bible that was translated and checked for almost 160 years before being published in 1769.

The Book is written within.

God used various symbols and patterns in the Bible to hide His Plan from Satan.

Then God revealed various aspects of His Plan to His people at different times. Different topics form the mysteries of God (plural) such as original sin, the 7 church ages, the name of God because three Persons cannot have one name, water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, no eternal hell because that would require sinners to have eternal life, the end-time prophet to the Gentiles, the beast that was and is not and yet is (the succession of Popes, because they claim that Peter was the first Pope and thus there always "was" a Pope. But the Pope dies and "is not". A new Pope is elected so the Pope "yet is" despite the death. The Popes form the longest line of ruling dictators in the Western world).

REVELATION 17:8   “… when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.”

This looks like the trail of the serpent as it waits for its head, the final Pope who will not be elected by the Council of Cardinals as he will come in with flatteries.

DANIEL 11:21   And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

But the end-time prophet to the Gentiles in the seventh or last church age reveals the mysteries of God.

These mysteries, when understood, will enable the end-time believers to return to the beliefs of the apostles who established the New Testament church. The end-time children have to accept Jesus as Lord God Almighty Who is Head of the church and turn back to the doctrines of the apostolic fathers to complete the Body of the Lord which is the church. This is the mystery of God (singular) that the churches of today have missed.

“Written within and on the backside” means it is written in two different places.

Thus, there are two sets of seven Seals. One set is written in Revelation Chapter 6 and the other set of seven Seals is not written. These are the 7 Thunders referred to in Revelation Chapter 10.

“Written within” is obvious. Those are the mysteries of God that are written in the Bible that the churches ignore or misunderstand because they cannot unravel the mysteries of Scripture with human intellect. And they ignore or twist up the teachings of William Branham who showed us how to understand these mysteries.

A typical question that the churches cannot answer would be: Why did God not say anything good about the second Day in Genesis Chapter 1?

In Genesis 1, why were the evening and the morning the first Day? There is no mention of the night or the afternoon.

How was there light on the first Day if God only made the sun on the fourth Day?

So, do you really understand the Bible? Remember, these questions are just from page 1.

These are some of the mysteries that are written within the Bible that we should be able to understand if we have studied the teachings of William Branham, the end-time prophet to the Gentiles.

The function of the seven Thunders

What is the function of the seven Thunders? To give us rapturing faith.

Thus, the seven Thunders must show us how to change our bodies into immortal bodies because we cannot be raptured in these bodies of ours.

When that changing of the body happens it will be a colossal display of supernatural power.

62-1230  IS THIS THE SIGN OF THE END SIR?

I don't know. Is it time? Is the mystery all finished? Has the sounding all over? Is that really them Seven Thunders, fixing to utter out something, that the little group that is gathered together will receive a Rapturing Faith, to go in the Rapture when He comes? "For we'll be changed," as quick as those Angels come, "in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye; and shall be caught up together with those that had sleep, to meet the Lord in the air."

63-0318  THE FIRST SEAL

And then there's coming forth seven mysterious thunders that's not even written at all. That's right. And I believe that through those seven thunders will be revealed in the last days in order to get the Bride together for rapturing faith; because what we got right now, we wouldn't be able to do it. There's something we've got to step farther; we can't have enough faith for Divine healing hardly. We've got to have enough faith to be changed in a moment and be swept up out of this earth, and we'll find that after a while, the Lord willing, find where it's written.

62-1230  IS THIS THE SIGN OF THE END SIR?

Now is It plain? When the First Seal was opened, the Seals that was inside the Book, these mysteries that was sounded forth: justification, sanctification, Roman Catholic church, Protestants! And when all their little battles and things left these loose ends in the Word of God, the seventh angel comes on and gathers them all up and explains them. See? And then, he finishes, Seven Thunders utter out.

…   And if the ministry of the mysteries of God is finished, what if that is them seven mysteries coming forth?

If your body has not changed into an immortal, bloodless body then the seven Thunders have not yet uttered.

The truth was not revealed when brother Branham finished preaching it. At that stage he knew the truth but the Bride did not. The truth will only be revealed when the Bride knows the truth.

65-1127   I HAVE HEARD BUT NOW I SEE

Dear God, in this solemn moment, it's going to be a time like this when there really will be a clap of thunder someday, and the Son of God shall descend from the heavens with a shout, with the voice of the Archangel, and the trump of God, the dead in Christ shall rise.

In the last month of his life, brother Branham was still waiting for the shout.

When he revealed the mysteries, that was not the shout. The shout of the Bride will come when she masters the mysteries of Scripture.

62-1111  WHY I'M AGAINST ORGANIZED RELIGION

After the Message of "Come out of her!" "After these things," watch, "is the shout of the Bride saints, with the Bridegroom, going to the Marriage of the Lamb."

The incredible supernatural power of the 7 Thunders that changes the bodies of the living Bride then flows over to the two prophets Moses and Elijah so that they can control Nature.

63-0321 THE FOURTH SEAL

Wait till them seven thunders utter their voices to that group who really can take the Word of God and hand it there. It'll slice and cut. And they can close the heavens; they can shut this or do that, whatever they want to. Glory.
He will be slayed by the Word that proceeds from His mouth; it's sharper than a two-edged sword. They could call for a hundred billion tons of flies if they wanted to. Amen. Whatever they say's going to happen, because it's the Word of God coming from the mouth of God. Amen.
God always... It's His Word, but He always uses man to work it. God could call for them flies down in Egypt, but He said, "Moses, that's your job. I'll just tell you what to do, and you go do it." He fully done that.

Reveal all the mysteries first. Then 7 Thunders utter

63-0320  THE THIRD SEAL

And then goes on and said, in the day just before these seven thunders, all the mysteries here are revealed.

Brother Branham reveals all the written mysteries that are needed for the rapture but that does not include the unwritten 7 Thunders.

63-0321  THE FOURTH SEAL

But we find out then that in the Book of the Revelation at the seventh angel's message, the mysteries, all the mysteries of it, should already be revealed by that time (Now that's Revelations 10:1-7.), that it should be revealed according to that time--at that time when He did.

Then the seven thunders utter their strange voices, and John was going to write... It was... John knew what it was, but he didn't write it, 'cause he was forbidden to write it. That's absolutely and altogether a mystery. It's not even in symbol or nothing. We just know it thundered; that's all.

62-1230   IS THIS THE SIGN OF THE END SIR

"On the backside," after It's all done, completed. Then, these Seven Thunders' voices is the only thing, that's stuck to the Book, that's not revealed. It's not even written in the Book.

63-0321  THE FOURTH SEAL

And then after these Seven Seals are completed, we find in Revelations 10 there was seven mysterious thunders that John was commissioned to write but then forbidden to write those. And at the time of those thunders, we find Christ, or the Angel come down with a rainbow, and put His feet on the land and sea and swore that time had run out at that time.

When the 7 Thunders show you how to change your body into an eternal body then you will step out6 of time. There will be no more time as far as you are concerned because you have stepped into eternity. The rest of the world will still be in time as they go into the 3.5 years of great Tribulation.

63-0321  THE FOURTH SEAL

But we find out then that in the Book of the Revelation at the seventh angel's message, the mysteries, all the mysteries of it, should already be revealed by that time (Now that's Revelations 10:1-7.), that it should be revealed according to that time--at that time when He did.

Then the seven thunders utter their strange voices, and John was going to write... It was... John knew what it was, but he didn't write it, 'cause he was forbidden to write it. That's absolutely and altogether a mystery. It's not even in symbol or nothing. We just know it thundered; that's all.

63-0318  THE FIRST SEAL

… a messenger that will take all those loose ends out there and reveal the whole secret of God for the rapturing of the Church.

And then there's coming forth seven mysterious thunders that's not even written at all. That's right. And I believe that through those seven thunders will be revealed in the last days in order to get the Bride together for rapturing faith; because what we got right now, we wouldn't be able to do it. There's something we've got to step farther; we can't have enough faith for Divine healing hardly. We've got to have enough faith to be changed in a moment and be swept up out of this earth, and we'll find that after a while, the Lord willing, find where it's written.

63-0623   STANDING IN THE GAP

And at the sounding of the seventh angel's Message, all the mysteries of God would be made known. Then come seven mysterious thunders.

LAODICEAN CHURCH AGE  -  CHURCH AGE BOOK  CPT.9

Now this messenger of Malachi 4 and Revelation 10:7 is going to do two things. One: According to Malachi 4 he will turn the hearts of the children to the fathers. Two: He will reveal the mysteries of the seven thunders in Revelation 10 which are the revelations contained in the seven seals.

The Seven Seals made many references to the seven Thunders.

But each time brother Branham explained their function, what they will do. He never revealed what they say, their contents, nor what they are. They were revealed to be a complete mystery but they will give the Bride rapturing faith and they will also give the two Jewish prophets Moses and Elijah great supernatural power over nature.

LAODICEAN CHURCH AGE  -  CHURCH AGE BOOK  CPT.9

It will be these Divinely revealed 'mystery-truths' that literally turn the hearts of the children to the Pentecostal fathers. Exactly so.

When are we literally the same as the first church-age saints?

Not now, because they are in celestial bodies and we are in sinful bodies.

But the New Testament saints will resurrect first in immortal bodies. Then the seven Thunders will show us how to change our bodies into immortal bodies. That is when we will be literally turned back to be the same as the New Testament saints.

The mystery of God is us going back to the apostles

REVELATION 5:2   And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?

A strong angel. This is not a person giving an opinion on the Scripture. This is a strong demand for real, awesome power. Who can bring God down to our level? Who can understand the deep mysteries of God?

The Book reveals the redemption plan of God.

So, who can bring our redemption to pass? Who can save us from our sins and from our ignorance?

Who can cleanse us from our sin and make us capable of understanding the deep mysteries of the King James Bible so that we can stand pure in the intense light of the presence of God the Father.

Who can give each of us the deep Scriptural insight we need in order to understand both the mysteries of God as well as the mystery of God?

I CORINTHIANS 4:1   Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

:2     Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

No man can claim to handle the mysteries of God unless he is faithful to the Word of God.

Then he must explain each Scripture in terms of other Scriptures, not in terms of men’s opinions.

A Bible teacher can only teach by running an idea through the Bible without any Bible verse contradicting what he says.

The mystery of God is that the seventh church age must return to the first church age beliefs of the apostles to complete the 2000-year cycle of the church.

The church died at the Council of Nicaea when the unscriptural Trinity was forced on the church in AD 325. Then it was buried in the harsh violence and dirt of the Dark Ages. Who was able to bring the church back to life again in the Reformation and the missionary age? Who could restore the Pentecostal gifts and then restore the original beliefs of the apostolic fathers?

61-0108  REVELATION CHAPTER FOUR.3

And I remember in my vision when I seen the Presence of the Lord, or His people in that glorious Land yonder, I looked around, I told them... And they told me He would judge me first by the Gospel that I preach. I said, "Just exactly the way Paul preached It!"

And them millions of people screamed out, "We're resting on that!" See? See. Now, I want it to be so. And we are going to meet there someday.

Brother Branham’s followers were resting on the fact that he had restored them to the teachings of the apostle Paul.

The seed that was planted at the beginning has to die and then germinate and be restored until it is identical to the apostolic seed that was planted. Only then is it pulled off the plant as it is caught up to Heaven in the Harvest.

That is the mystery of God.

There is no man who can save us

REVELATION 5:3   And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

Understanding the deeper mysteries of Scripture cannot be done by any human being. The depth of God’s thinking is too deep for the human mind to unravel.

The Popes claimed that the triple crown made them kings of heaven, earth, and purgatory. But their inability to explain the mysteries of Scripture disqualified them. They have killed millions of their opponents and led millions of their followers into hell with their unscriptural beliefs that were based on church organization.

We are all unable to save ourselves, we need help from above.

The Holy Ghost baptism enables us to understand the Scriptures.

JOHN 16:13   Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself;

God used angels to help Lot and his two daughters to escape from Sodom before it was burned by fire.

God also promised to send angels at the end time to help us to escape from the fires of judgement like Lot did.

GENESIS 19:1   And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom:

LUKE 17:28   Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

:29     But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

:30     Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

In the first church age, John the Baptist revealed Jesus as a Man walking amongst men.

In the last church age, William Branham revealed Jesus as He walks through the pages of the Bible as Almighty God, because Jesus is the Word of God.

We need angelic help to understand what God requires of us today, at the end time.

The seven parables in Matthew Chapter 13 describe the seven church ages.

The seventh or last parable that describes our last church age tells us how God uses angels to separate the just from amongst the unjust.

MATTHEW 13:47   Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:

The net represents the internet. Certain websites publish the truth. The internet spreads throughout the sea of restless nations.

MATTHEW 13:48   Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

Those who love and understand the King James Bible as the Absolute truth will be able to gather together online and by using programs like Zoom.

MATTHEW 13:49   So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,

With all the church errors that are on the internet, we need angelic help to filter out the truth and discard the unscriptural error.

MATTHEW 13:50   And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

The furnace is the fire of great Tribulation when the last Pope rules on earth using the military power of ten dictators.

MATTHEW 13:51   Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.

Notice at the end that Jesus puts an emphasis on understanding all things that relate to the seven church ages.

DANIEL 12:10   Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand;

but the wise shall understand.

Only the wise virgins of Matthew Chapter 25 will understand.

MATTHEW 25:1   Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

:2   And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

:3   They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

:4   But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

The wise virgins had oil that they could light. This light illuminated the written Word so that they could read and understand the King James Bible.

Those who cannot understand the King James Bible are the saved foolish virgins who have been fooled into unscriptural beliefs by their pastors.

Their church structure is wrong because nowhere in the New Testament was a pastor put in charge of a church as the head of the church.

REVELATION 5:4   And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.

Why could no great prophet open the Book? Because each prophet could only affect the circumstances that occurred in his life. Controlling God’s great plan with His church required someone to live for at least 2000 years. That is simply impossible.

A Saviour had to be born of a virgin so that He was not marred by original sin which Eve introduced by bringing forth life through sex. Eternal life cannot come through the sex act.

A perfect, sinless Man was needed Who could offer up His perfect Life as a sacrifice for our sins.

But there was no such man.

We humans, left to ourselves, have been a total failure.

Humans are unable to save ourselves and completely unable to understand the mysteries of Scripture. This leaves us in the pit of despair.

REVELATION 5:5    And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

Then came the glorious news of Redemption.

Jesus had overcome all the obstacles and difficulties and won our salvation in the most cruel circumstances. David had slain the giant Goliath who had terrified everyone. Jesus, at Calvary, had slain the giant of death who had slain everyone except Enoch and Elijah.

Then Jesus did something that nobody else could do. He resurrected back to Life so that He could also give us Eternal life.

Jesus did the impossible. He died as a sacrificial Lamb and resurrected as the Lion, the righteous King.

Two people cannot sit in the middle of the throne

Here, in the next verse, is where Trinitarians make a big mistake. It looks like two Persons but it is not.

REVELATION 5:6   And I beheld, and, lo,

in the midst of the throne

and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders,

stood a Lamb as it had been slain,

having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

The Lamb stood in the midst of the throne. Two People cannot sit in the midst of the same throne. The Lamb is the same One that John saw on the throne. So it is Jesus on the throne.

This is Personification. Illustrating the two main characteristics of Jesus as Creator and Saviour. The Creator holds the Title Deeds of creation as a Book but only the Lamb can save the creation from the Fall and thus open the Book.

ISAIAH 43:1  But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee.

Jesus takes the Book in Revelation Chapter 5 in order to open It in Revelation Chapter 6.

REVELATION 5:7   And he came and took the book

out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.

The Lamb comes to take the closed Book in order to open the Book to reveal how He redeemed the creation.

All this is happening after the Rapture when the Bride is caught up to Heaven.

Brother Branham had a revelation of what will happen in the future, but the actual event has not yet happened.

A revelation is when you see something in a vision before it actually happens.

If the Lamb came to take the Book, and He was already in the midst of the throne, then where did He come from?

He could not travel through space as He was already in the middle of the throne.

So, He had to travel through time, all the way back to the beginning to check that His redemption plan was perfect and that there had been no souls that He had overlooked.

Jesus checks everything. He leaves nothing to chance.

The scene for Revelation Chapter 6 is thus set in Heaven by the events of Revelation Chapter 5.

Only in Revelation 6 will the Seals open.

Brother Branham saw the Seven Seals in the future by means of angelic visions.

Thus he could tell us about them and having seen their revealed outline we can be ready for the vast amount of details when they actually open after the Bride is caught up to Heaven. Only then will we fully understand all the errors and the wrong agendas that influenced church history.

In Revelation 5 the Bride has been caught up to Heaven and is around the throne.

On earth, during that time the 3.5 years of great Tribulation is happening.

So, the three Chapters of Revelation Chapters 4, 5, and 6 happen in Heaven and not on earth.

THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST  -  CHURCH AGE BOOK  CPT.1

Notice that according to Jesus, Himself, Who wrote the Revelation, He is set down WITH the Father. The Spirit in Paul (Which Spirit is the Spirit of Christ, for That is the Spirit of Prophecy whereby the Word comes) says He is set down at the RIGHT HAND of God. But when John looked he saw only "ONE" upon the throne.

And it was not until Revelation 5:6-8 (which follows Revelation 4:2-3 in sequence of time)

[So, Revelation Chapter 5 occurs after Revelation Chapter 4]

that we see the "Lamb" taking the book from "HIM" That sat on the throne, as indicated in Revelation 4:2-3 and 9-10. What is it? It is the mystery of "ONE GOD." He (Jesus), came out from God, became manifested in flesh, died and rose again, and returned to the "Bosom of the Father." As John said, "The only begotten Son Which is IN the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him." John 1:18. It was now time for God (Messiah) to come back to claim His bride and then present Himself (make Himself known) to Israel. Thus we see God again stepping forth to assume a physical relationship to man as the "Son of David, King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and Bridegroom of the Gentile Bride." It is NOT "Two" Gods, but simply ONE GOD manifesting His mighty triune offices and titles.

Finally, in Heaven, the Lamb decides to open the Seals.

REVELATION 5:8    And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.

Jesus had won the right to redeem Creation by defeating Satan. Human prayers are a sweet smell in the nostrils of God.

The champions of the Old Testament and the apostles of the New Testament are as nothing before Jesus. They just fall flat on their faces.

Prayer is far more important than what we realize.

In the presence of Jesus, their prayers are recorded rather than their works.

Because it was Christ’s Spirit in them that did the good works, not themselves.

The secret of prayer is to seek God’s Will in our lives, not our own will. Only when we function in God’s Will do we achieve something useful for God’s Kingdom.

For instance, God’s Will today is that we understand the mysteries of Scripture and thereby we are restored back to the beliefs of the first church age.

DANIEL 12:10   … the wise will understand.

Referring to the wise virgins of Matthew Chapter 25.

REVELATION 5:9   And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

Only Jesus could redeem us.

Only His blood is sinless and perfect and can thus wash us clean.

Jesus is the only religious Leader Who died and resurrected back to life. He then guided the church for 2000 years to ensure that it fulfilled its Scriptural role in God’s Plan. Absolutely nobody else can be compared to Him.

God loves colour and He has saved His Bride individuals from all nations.

63-0324   QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE SEALS

QUESTION  23. In Revelations verse 5 to 9, who are these found singing when the Lamb takes the Book.

Are these the raptured saints?

ANSWER   "And and they sang a new song," and I stopped. See? But look here, "the song they sang, saying, You have redeemed us out of every kindred, tongue, and nation."

Sure, that's them.

From all nations and people. The redeemed Bride comes from all of the 7 church ages.

REVELATION 5:10   And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

Equality. All priests were equal. No priest was above another priest. Only the High Priest was above the priests. Our High Priest is Jesus.

We must not uplift a man. Only Jesus is uplifted above us.

That is why they all fall down before Him because He is the Word of God. All Christians have to bow down and obey the Scriptures.

Kings have the ultimate authority. The bride members will each rule their portion of the earth during the Millennium. Nobody will tell them what to do as nobody is above a king. The brothers and sisters in a family are all equal. Christians call each other “Brother” and “Sister” which again signifies equality. The Christian motto should be “Never above you and never below you, but always beside you”.

The nations and individuals who survive Armageddon will be ruled by the Bride in the Millennium.

All the elders fell down before Jesus meaning that in His Presence they all have no importance.

Heaven is all about our complete insignificance in comparison to Jesus. Thus, no Bride member will try to elevate themselves above another. Ego and self-importance will play no role in Heaven.

Many unseen angels help us

REVELATION 5:11   And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

The importance here is not the actual number of angels but rather the massive scale of the heavenly host that is involved. An innumerable host that serves God speaks of God’s awesome omnipotence as He is all-powerful.

Thus, we do not have to fear. There is an incredible host of angels who fight on behalf of the true church. They keep the Devil and his demons in check so that they cannot harm you more than what God allows.

This huge host of angels is where the real battle has been. They have helped the members of the Bride for two thousand years far more than what we realize. They have actually won the battle for us and rescued us when we fell and sustained us when we were weak.

They have whispered truth into our ears to enable us to understand the depths of Scripture.

Ultimately, we will realize that our own contribution was very little.

These magnificent angels were the true warriors who kept Satan and his demons in check. The real battle is fought in the spiritual dimension.

Our prayers will activate help from these numerous angels and that will achieve more results than our actions.

So, we always need to pray more.

A sweet smell attracts attention which is why women like to wear perfume. Our repentant prayers are our spiritual perfume which attracts God’s attention as a pleasant change from our sins which are a stench in His nostrils.

But all these angels speak with one voice. They are all perfectly under the control of Jesus. And that is the lesson that we must learn. We must surrender our self-will to Jesus and voluntarily replace our self-will with His Will. When we are perfectly under His control, not because we have to be but because we want to be, then only are we truly part of His Body, the church.

The church Body has to be in complete submission to the Head, Who is Christ. We know Christ as the Word of God.

EPHESIANS 5:23   For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

Jesus is the Saviour of the Body which is the church.

COLOSSIANS 1:18   And he [Jesus] is the head of the body, the church:

No man can be the head of a church. That position is reserved for Jesus alone.

REVELATION 5:12   Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

The voice of the angels means that they all agree together. Their loud voice means that they have no doubt because they unite to glorify Jesus and not themselves. Everything that is worthwhile belongs to Jesus alone.

Why is Jesus worthy? Because He was the ultimate example of a Man Who died to Himself and His self-will so that He could serve the Will of the Supernatural God Who lived within Him. Jesus wanted nothing for Himself.

COLOSSIANS 2:9   For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

We too must die to ourselves and our self-will. This is the Christian ideal.

The Millennium is our reward and our goal. We must not be distracted by what goes on in this life. Stay away from politics and greed.

Then Christ will take power over the earth and all the riches needed to run that final Kingdom of Peace. These riches will be spiritual riches that will be bestowed in ways that benefit everyone as there will be no greed, selfishness, and corruption involved.

This world is run on knowledge and its pillars of support are science and technology.

The Millennium of 1000 years of Peace will be run on love and its pillars of support will be faith and innocence.

Jesus will rule with infinite wisdom and have the spiritual strength to instantly put down any pocket of rebellion. His honour will be glorified by His faithful subjects who will seek to bless Him with their lives and their talents.

Our motive for service will be our love for Him and His Plan as well as our extreme gratitude towards Him.

Every knee will bow in submission to Jesus

REVELATION 5:13   And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

Everyone, both good and bad, will eventually have to bow in submission to Jesus. But only the good will get a reward.

“Under the earth” are the unsaved dead and the realm of demonology. Even demons will have to bow to Jesus.

ROMANS 14:11   For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

MARK 16:15   And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

:16     He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

“Creature” can refer to any living thing or else “creature” can just mean a human being as in Mark 16:15. Animals have no souls and are thus sinless and cannot be damned. We do not have to preach the Gospel to animals.

PHILIPPIANS 2:10   That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

The bad are forced to acknowledge His blessing, honour, glory, and power. But they leave out riches, wisdom, and strength.

On earth they relied on the contamination of accumulating riches for themselves which they misused and justified with human wisdom and subtle logic whereby selfishness and greed were considered as virtues. Money was their golden-calf god. They rejected the Holy King James Bible as the Absolute truth and retranslated over 100 different versions of the Bible into the English language. This created a spiritual swamp of different opinions. Such is the pointlessness of human wisdom as they then had no absolute source of truth, just their different opinions. Their strength was based on science and technology, with all of its pollution and poisons, and money in the bank with its unbalanced distribution that left the majority poor. That enabled them to build up their nations and their denominational man-made church systems. Then, to protect themselves, nations relied on military strength. But when great Tribulation finally strikes like an unexpected tidal wave then their riches, human wisdom, and national and church strength will be helplessly swept away.

At the Wedding feast in Heaven will be the angels and the Bride, the wise virgins. On earth, during great Tribulation, there will be the unsaved, the Jews, and the foolish virgins who were all swept up in the sea of restless nations that all pursued their own gain in a world system that was dominated by greed, corruption, and political involvement.  There is no mention of their human riches, human wisdom, and human strength which will totally fail in great Tribulation. Those who are left behind when Jesus comes will be those who used their riches in a way that did not benefit God’s Kingdom. They supported their church rather than supporting the Bible’s truth. Their lack of wisdom saw them cling to churches and human systems that were totally incapable of surviving the vicious onslaught of the final Pope and his ten military dictators.

REVELATION 17:12   And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

"Power as kings". They have a king's power but no crown. They are dictators.

REVELATION 17:13    These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

They give their military power and might to the Pope, who by then will control the world's money system.

Thus the last Pope will rule the world.

The supernatural Spirit of God the Father Who is the Creator dwells inside the Man Jesus. Thus, the invisible Spirit of the supernatural God sits on the throne inside Christ the Man. As a Man, Jesus is the sacrificial Lamb of God. As a result, Jesus does the impossible. He is both God and Man. He is also both Creator and Redeemer. There is absolutely nobody who can take His place. He will rule forever because He is also the King, the Lion of Judah.

Everything bows to Him. Angels and saints in Heaven, humans on earth, and demons in the underworld of darkness where the unsaved are.

REVELATION 5:14   And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.

The scene is set with the Bride in Heaven and all the rest having to face the horror of the beast on earth during great Tribulation that builds up to the battle of Armageddon. The four beasts say “Amen” as they had spent the last 2000 years of church history to get the Bride of each church age prepared for the Wedding Supper in Heaven. They are in complete agreement with the way that things have turned out. The good get their reward. The wicked get their punishment.

Twelve elders were great men from the origin of the Old Testament tribes that established the outline for the New Testament. The other twelve are the apostles who set the New Testament church in order so that it can fulfill the Old Testament. Old and New Testaments are in perfect agreement as they all fall down and worship Jesus as the Word of God. They have no criticisms of the Word of God but simply fully surrender themselves to the Word. They are in complete subjection to the King James Bible as the Bride must be in complete subjection to her Husband.

So, Chapter 5 sees the Bride that has been redeemed out of all nations and peoples, standing around Heaven’s throne where the Lamb takes the Book that nobody can open. Nobody can understand the Bible in full detail. Only the Lamb can reveal those mysteries. The Seven Seals have not yet opened.