Good evening, beloved friends and brethren present. It is a great privilege to be with you this evening to share some moments of fellowship around the Word of God and His Program, and to see our subject for this evening: “THE SEVENTH SEAL AND THE TIME OF MERCY AND JUDGMENT.”
For which, I would like to read in Matthew, chapter 24, starting on verse 34, where it says:
“Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
In this passage, we have a summary of our subject; on a smaller scale, here we have the content of our subject this evening: “THE SEVENTH SEAL AND THE TIME OF MERCY AND JUDGMENT.”
This passage we read tells us, that just as it was in the days of Noah that is how the day of the Coming of the Son of Man will be: “…So shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
The time of the Coming of the Son of Man will be like the time of Noah; and mercy was manifested there, God manifested it through Noah: for 120 years preaching to the people the things that were going to happen at that time: the divine judgment that would come upon the Earth and destroy the human race.
Notice, in that time, God’s mercy for 120 years manifested under the ministry of the prophet Noah. It was God’s patience waiting until Noah finished the construction of the ark, so that he and his family, and the animals and fowls and reptiles that would be saved at that time, could enter the ark; and we also have the divine judgment represented there, the divine judgment of the flood that fell upon the Earth; and we have the Coming of the Son of Man represented there as well.
How can we have the Coming of the Son of Man represented there? When we speak about the Son of Man, we are referring to a prophet; and when we speak about the Coming of the Son of Man for two thousand years ago, it was the Coming of the Angel of the Covenant, of God manifested in a man named Jesus, in a prophet; that was the Coming of the Son of Man two thousand years ago.
That is why God calls His prophets Son of Man, because that is the title of a prophet.
When God placed the human being on Earth, Adam, we find that he was a prophet; and the entire dominion over the Earth, with everything it contained, was placed in Adam’s hands; he was the Son of Man of that time, in whom God was manifested, who had a theophanic spirit of the sixth dimension, and therefore he had both consciouses together and he was a prophet; that is why God spoke with him and he spoke with God.
God was in His theophanic body of the sixth dimension called the Word; the Word, a body similar to ours but from the sixth dimension. In that body, He also appeared to different prophets like Moses, Joshua; He also appeared to Manoah and his wife to give them the news that they would have a son and they would name him Samson.
Manoah did not know who he was speaking to; he knew that he was a man of God, an angel of God, but he did not know who that Angel was; but then, when He ascended in the flame of fire of the sacrifice that was being consumed or consumed by the fire, when that Angel ascended in that flame of fire, Manoah said: “We shall surely die, because we have seen God face to face.” It was God in His theophanic body of the sixth dimension, called the Angel of the Lord.
That is why when He appeared to Moses in that flame of fire, He told him: “I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.” And He was the God of Moses’ father, Amram, and He was also the God of Moses, who had promised Abraham that He would deliver the Hebrew people after 400 years of bondage; and when He appears to Moses, those 400 had been fulfilled.
We find that He is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, He is the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, whom appears in Genesis carrying out the Creation, because it says:
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” (Genesis, chapter 1, verse 1).
And in John, chapter 1, verse 1 and on, it tells us:
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.”
Now notice, in Genesis, chapter 1, verse 1, it says:
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
And here in John it tells us that the Word who was in the beginning, and who was God, that Word created all things, all things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made. The Word who was with God and was God, is the same God creator of Genesis, chapter 1, verse 1; and in John, chapter 1, verse 14, notice what that Word did:
“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth(virtue).”
And when the Word was made flesh, He was known by the name of Jesus; Jesus is the Word made flesh. That is why in the Old Testament, when God promised the Coming of the Messiah through the prophet Malachi, he tell us that the Lord, the Angel of the Covenant, would be the one who would come; but a messenger would come before Him preparing the way, which was John the Baptist.
Chapter 3, verse 1 and on, says (Malachi):
“Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me…(that was John the Baptist).”
In Isaiah, chapter 40, verse 3 and on, when the prophet Isaiah prophesied about that messenger, he said it would be the voice of one crying in the wilderness; and when John the Baptist was interrogated about “who he was,” he told the priests of the Pharisees… they were priests and scribes who came to him asking John who he was; John told them who he was.
They asked him: “Are you the prophet?”
John said: “No.”
⏤“Are you Elijah?” John told them no, because they are asking if he was Elijah the Tishbite, because they were waiting for Elijah the Tishbite. And they ask him if he is the Messiah, the Christ; and John says no.
And then they ask him: “Who are you? Why are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor the prophet, nor Elijah? Why are you baptizing? Who are you?” John the Baptist said: “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, as the Prophet Isaiah said.”1
John the Baptist identified himself with the prophecy that spoke about the forerunner of the First Coming of Christ. A good identification; because no prophet speaks of himself, saying: “I am a prophet,” but rather he speaks what God has already spoken in His Word, and he identifies himself with the prophecy that speaks about that prophet who would come; and then he shows the people that he is the fulfillment of that divine promise.
Now, we can see how John the Baptist identified himself with these prophecies that spoke of the forerunner of the First Coming of Christ. Jesus Christ also identified John the Baptist as the voice of one crying in the wilderness and as the Elijah who was to come. In Matthew, chapter 11, verse 10 and on, Jesus speaks about John the Baptist, saying:
“For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.”
He identifies him as the Elijah promised for that time, to prepare the way of the Lord; and John the Baptist also identified himself as the voice of one crying in the wilderness, as prophet Isaiah said in chapter 40, verse 3 and on.
And now, notice how Jesus Christ has identified John the Baptist as His forerunner, as the one who had to come preparing the way for Him. That is why John the Baptist was preparing the people and telling the people that after him, another man would come: “After me comes a Man whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose; He will baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire.”2
John tells us about these words of John the Baptist, and he teaches us that John the Baptist was also waiting for the Messiah and he was preparing the people to wait for the Messiah as well. That is in chapter 1 of John, verses 24 and on; and we can even read a bit before that: verses 19 and on says:
“And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.”
They are asking him if he is the prophet of whom Moses said: “The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken.” “Unto him ye shall hearken.” That is in Deuteronomy, chapter 18, verses 15 to 19.
“Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
John answered them, saying, I (truly)baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.”
Did they do right in leaving John and following Christ? Of course they did! Because John came forerunning the First Coming of Christ and telling the people that after him a man would come who would baptize them with Holy Spirit and Fire; and the people who would be baptized with Holy Spirit and Fire would be the ones who would follow that man who John prepared the way for.
Those who stayed with John, notice, stayed with the man who said, referring to Jesus and to himself, when they came to tell John: “Look, the one whom you bear witness of, now baptizes more people than you, and more people come to Him than to you.” And John says: “He must increase, but I must decrease.”3
Those who stayed with John stayed with the one who would be decreasing, the one who would only baptize them in water; but those who followed Jesus went with the one who would continue increasing and His ministry would continue increasing, and a time would come in which He would baptize His followers, His believers with the Holy Spirit and Fire.
What happened to John’s disciples after John the Baptist died, and Jesus Christ died? John the Baptist, notice, left the scene, and many years later, when Saul of Tarsus was converted to Christ and was a preacher, an apostle and prophet and teacher as well, and a pastor too (all these ministries were operated in him)…, and now, on one occasion in Ephesus, in chapter 19 of the book of Acts, notice what happened:
“And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism.
Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.”
Now, notice that the followers of John had not received the Holy Spirit; the followers of Jesus were receiving the Holy Spirit; because the promise of the Coming of the Holy Spirit was for the followers of Christ, not for the followers of John. For John’s followers, it would be until the water baptism that John was carrying out, but John taught to believe in the one who would come after him.
Those who did not believe in the one who came after John were left without the new birth, because in order to receive the new birth one must believe in Christ as our Savior, wash our sins in the Blood of Christ and receive His Holy Spirit; and that is how the new birth is operated in the individual, and thus he is born in the Kingdom of God.
And now, notice how for approximately two thousand years, the Dispensation of Grace has been carried out, in which the call has been made to the sons and daughters of God, as Jesus Christ promised in John, chapter 10, verses 14 to 16, where He said:
“I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.”
Inthisdiagram of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, we find the seven stages or ages of the gentile Church, and the messengers of each one of these stages; each one of these stages among the gentiles was fulfilled in a certain territory.
The first age was fulfilled in Asia Minor, its messenger was Saint Paul; the second age was fulfilled in France, and its messenger was Irenaeus; the third age was fulfilled in France and Hungary, and its messenger was Martin; the fourth age was fulfilled in Ireland and Scotland, and its messenger was Columba; the fifth age was fulfilled in Germany, and its messenger was Luther; the sixth stage was fulfilled in England, and its messenger was John Wesley; the seventh age was fulfilled in North America, and its messenger was Reverend William Branham, who has been the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ, sent by Jesus Christ with the spirit and virtue of Elijah for this end time.
And now, after these stages have been fulfilled in different territories where Christ has been manifested in each angel messenger calling and gathering together His elect of each age, Christ as the Good Shepherd calling His sheep… but through whom? He made the call to His sheep from each age through each angel messenger.
And for this end time, how will He be calling His sheep, His last elect? Of whom He says:
“And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect.”
Through seven angels He called His elect in the seven ages of the gentile Church; and for the Final Day through His Angels, which are the ministries of Moses and Elijah, which are the Two Olive Trees, He will be calling and gathering together His elect of the Last Day.
And just like through the Message of the Gospel of the Grace being preached by each angel messenger of the seven ages, God’s elect were called and gathered together… with that Message of the Gospel of the Grace, the mystery of the First Coming of Christ as the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world there on Calvary’s Cross was revealed to the people, showing the territory where His Coming was fulfilled and the Work Christ carried out in His First Coming.
Notice how the Message of the Gospel of the Grace revolves around the First Coming of Christ. And what is the First Coming of Christ? It is the Coming of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in human flesh, it is the Coming of the Angel of the Covenant, the Angel of the Lord veiled in human flesh, in that young carpenter from Nazareth named Jesus.
Notice God’s simplicity, God manifested in simplicity, the Almighty God manifested in a simple way: in a construction worker. Who would have imagined that the fulfillment of the First Coming of Christ would be this way? They could not have imagined it. They thought He would be a more polished man, of a higher social and economic status, with great university titles; but notice, His title was that of a carpenter, and later He was given the title of rabbi, which means ‘master’; but God, notice, gave Him the title of Son of God.
And now we can see that our beloved Lord Jesus Christ was the fulfillment of the Coming of the Angel of the Covenant, the Coming of the Word incarnated in a man born in the land of Israel. The Hebrew people knew the Messiah would be a prophet but they expected Him to be an important man, and He was a simple carpenter from Nazareth.
The Hebrew people are waiting for the Coming of the Messiah at this time, and they say He will be a prophet; but the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ is also waiting for the Coming of the Lord; and the Coming of the Lord is the Seventh Seal, the opening of the Seventh Seal is the Coming of the Lord.
That is why when the Seventh Seal was opened in Heaven, in chapter 8 of Revelation, verse 1, there was silence in Heaven for about half an hour, so that the Program of the Second Coming of Christ would not be interrupted in its fulfillment here on Earth.
Some people, when they expect an event like this, they want to see it all happen in the same minute. That is what happened in the First Coming of Christ: they expected to see the First Coming of Christ already in the midst of the Hebrew people as the promised Messiah, and already carrying out everything He had to do; but a Divine Program has its different stages and it takes a certain amount of time to be carried out.
They knew He would be a prophet, and they knew that in the middle of the week the Messiah would be on Earth and His life would be cut off in the middle of the seventieth week of Daniel’s prophecy; but in order to reach that seventieth week He had to be born on Earth and He had to fulfill the promise of the child the virgin would bear.
Now, notice how the Coming of the Messiah would be fulfilled and He would be on Earth for a few years, from His birth until He fulfilled His Work on Calvary’s Cross, His Work of Redemption as the Lamb of God, which is why He came; but the Hebrew people had the Messiah on Earth for 33 years.
How long will the fulfillment of the Second Coming of Christ take from the time it begins until His Reclaiming labor is concluded? When we are all changed and the dead in Christ have resurrected, then we can count the years.
Many people expect an event like this to happen in a minute and everything to end there, and for everyone to be changed and for the dead to be resurrected; but notice, the promise is that the Son of Man will send His Angels with a Great Voice of Trumpet and He would gather His elect.
The promise is also that the Seventh Seal will be opened to the Church of Jesus Christ, and the Seventh Seal will be opened through the fulfillment of the Coming of the Lord; in other words, in the fulfillment of His Coming, the Lord will be making known to us all these things that must happen soon at this end time; and the things that could not be revealed to the Church of Jesus Christ by Reverend William Branham will be revealed at this end time.
He said that the Seventh Seal was not revealed in his time, but that it would be revealed later on; and the Seventh Seal is the Coming of the Lord; and he said that the Seventh Seal will be revealed by the seven voices of Revelation, chapter 10. The seven thunders of Revelation, chapter 10, are what reveal this mystery of the Seventh Seal.
And what are the Seven Thunders? The Scripture tells us what the Seven Thunders are in Revelation, chapter 10. It says:
“And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.”
What are the Seven Thunders? The Voice of Jesus Christ in His Coming. That is why the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ tells us that the Seven Thunders will open this mystery, because the mystery of the Seventh Seal is revealed, it is contained in the Seven Thunders.
Now, knowing that the Seven Thunders contain that mystery… and John the apostle was forbidden to write what the Thunders spoke. If John had written what the Thunders spoke, he would have written the mystery of the Seventh Seal in the relevant symbols; but that mystery would be revealed to the Church of Jesus Christ at this end time.
Now let us see what the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ tells us regarding this Seventh Seal and its opening. Page 481 [The Seals] he says in the last paragraph4:
“Now, now, do you notice? On the opening of this Seventh Seal, it’s also in a threefold mystery. This one, I have…will speak and have spoke, that it is the mystery of the Seven Thunders. The Seven Thunders in Heaven will unfold this mystery. It’ll be right at the Coming of Christ.”
Now, notice how the mystery of the Seventh Seal will be opened to the Church of Jesus Christ: it is through the Seven Thunders; and the Seven Thunders are the Voice of Christ. Christ must come manifested at this end time speaking to His Church; and Him speaking to His Church at this end time is the Voice of Christ crying out as when a lion roars and seven thunders uttering their voices.
Also, on page 482 and 483 [The Seals] he tells us5:
“So we see that It is a complete mystery, therefore the hour is not yet for the mystery to be known. Therefore, we’re this far, and the rest of It will be known right around about the time that Jesus appears on earth again, for (to take)His Bride.”
Why does He come? To take His Bride to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. And He comes speaking to His Church with that Great Voice as when a lion roars and seven thunders utter their voices.
The Seven Thunders are the Voice of Christ speaking to us like a Lion. That is why it says that when He had cried out seven thunders uttered their voices. And how did He cry out? As when a lion roars, because He comes as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, that is how the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ introduced Him, as John the Baptist introduced Jesus coming as the Lamb of God.
Now, the Second Coming of Christ is as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, and He comes crying as when a lion roars and seven thunders uttering their voices; in other words, He comes speaking, speaking to His Church the mystery of His Coming, the mystery of the Seventh Seal; and through that mystery being revealed to His Church, He will be calling and gathering together His elect at this end time.
That is also the Great Voice of Trumpet: it is the Voice of Christ, which John heard in Revelation, chapter 1, verse 10 to 11, as a Great Voice of Trumpet speaking with him at the Last Day or Day of the Lord. It says:
“I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last.”
Who is the Alpha and Omega?, who is the first and the last? Our beloved Lord Jesus Christ. It is the Voice of Jesus Christ in the Day of the Lord, in other words, at the Last Day, which is the seventh millennium; “for one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”
And now, for the Last Day or seventh millennium, which is the Day of the Lord, Christ will be speaking in the midst of His Church as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, and Seven Thunders will be uttering their voices; the same One who spoke in the different ages through the messengers of each one of those ages; but in those ages, He was manifested as a Lamb, because His First Coming was as the Lamb of God; but for the end time, He will change from a Lamb to Lion, and from Priest to Judge of the entire Earth.
Now, let us see this mystery of the Seventh Seal, because without knowing this mystery of the Seventh Seal we cannot be changed and taken to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, because we need the faith to be changed and raptured for that, the rapturing faith is needed.
And where are we going to find the rapturing faith or translation faith? The forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ said on page 128 of The Seals6:
“Seven Thunders, of Revelation, may He show the Bride how to prepare for the great translation faith!”
What shows and gives the Church the rapturing faith? The Thunders, which is the Voice of Christ at the Last Day in the midst of His Church, beyond the seven ages of the gentile Church; at the Last Day, He will already be in the Age of the Cornerstone. That is why in Revelation, chapter 4, verse 1, it says:
“Come up hither,(Where? To the Age of the Cornerstone), and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter(in other words, after the things which have already happened in these seven ages of the gentile Church).”
And now, through whom will Christ be speaking at the Last Day?, because the seven angel messengers through whom He spoke in the seven ages of the gentile Church are already gone, their ministries ended and their mortal bodies already died.
And now, what do we have for the Church of Jesus Christ, from Christ, in order to hear His Voice at this end time making known to us all these things that must happen soon, and thus to be hearing that Voice of Christ crying as when a lion roars and seven thunders uttering their voices?
How can we hear the Voice of Christ, the seven thunders of Revelation, chapter 10, making known to us all these things that must happen soon and revealing to us the mystery of the Seventh Seal, the mystery of the Coming of the Lord?
Let us see in the Bible itself, through whom we will be hearing all these things which must shortly be done, which Christ said He would make known to us. Revelation, chapter 22, verse 6, He tells us through whom we will obtain the knowledge of all these things which must shortly be done:
“And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.”
Who has He sent? His Angel Messenger, just as He sent an angel messenger to each age of the gentile Church during the seven stages of the gentile Church. And now for the Age of the Cornerstone Jesus Christ sends His Angel Messenger, this prophet who gave John the apostle this revelation of Revelation; and through that prophet messenger, Jesus Christ the Good Shepherd, will be speaking with that Great Voice like a trumpet and He will be making known to us all these things that must happen soon.
And by hearing the Voice of Christ through His Angel Messenger making known to us all these things which must shortly come to pass, we will be hearing the seven thunders of Revelation, chapter 10, which is the Voice of Christ crying as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah at this end time and Seven Thunders uttering their voices, and revealing to us the mystery of His Coming, the mystery of His Coming in the Age of the Cornerstone and to the Age of the Cornerstone, and to His Church.
And now let us see a mystery relevant to this end time. Each age had its territory where it was fulfilled, and had its messenger and its Message, and had the people who received Christ manifested in the angel messenger of each age: they received His Voice, heard His Voice, because Christ said:
“And they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.”
That fold is the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, that Fold made up of believers in Christ written in the Lamb’s Book of Life since before the foundation of the world. And for this end time, we have seen that He will be speaking through His Angel Messenger and He will be making known to us all these things which must shortly come to pass.
He can no longer speak in these seven ages at this end time, because He already spoke in these ages through His seven messengers, and they are gone; and now we only have the Age of the Cornerstone and we only have one messenger left: the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ, which is a dispensational prophet who He has promised to send to testify of these things in the churches.
“I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches.” (Revelation, chapter 22, verse 16.)
And now, who does Jesus Christ say He would send? His Angel Messenger. Through whom will all these things that must happen soon be made known? Through the Angel Messenger of the Lord Jesus Christ; through that Angel, Jesus Christ will be manifested and He will be speaking to His Church all these things that must happen soon.
That will be in the Age of the Cornerstone, where a new dispensation intertwines. The Dispensation of the Kingdom intertwines with the Dispensation of Grace, and the Message of the Gospel of the Kingdom intertwines with the Message of the Dispensation of Grace, and the time of judgment intertwines with the time of mercy.
And Christ as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah intertwines with the Lamb of God; in other words, in that last manifestation through His Angel Messenger, Jesus Christ begins to manifest Himself as the Lamb of God and then He turns into the Lion of the Tribe of Judah.
And now, that is also why we find that the Message of Grace is preached by the Angel of Jesus Christ, through whom Jesus Christ will be manifested in mercy; but then, the Message of divine judgment will be given and will be fulfilled on this planet Earth. The door of grace and mercy (which is Christ in His First Coming) will close, and there will no longer be an entrance to the Dispensation of Grace and there will no longer be an opportunity for salvation.
Do you remember the parable of the ten virgins? It says that there was a time when a cry was heard7: “Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him!”, and all the virgins arose. And those who had oil in their lamps turned on their lamps, lit their lamps, and went out to receive the bridegroom. And those who did not have oil in their vessels, in their lamps, when they lit them, when they lit them up their lamps were smoking, because they did not have oil; and we find that there was no oil in their vessels, and without oil, lamps cannot produce light, therefore their lamps were smoking. And they said to the wise virgins: “Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.” The wise virgins said: “Go instead, go to them that sell, and buy for yourselves, lest there be not enough for us and for you.” And what happened while they were going? Chapter 25, verse 10 and on of Matthew, says:
“And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.”
After the wise virgins entered, the door was closed; and then the other virgins came:
“Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.”
The Coming of the Son of Man is promised with His Angels: “For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.”(Matthew, chapter 16, verse 27).
And on Mount Transfiguration, in that vision Christ showed the Coming of the Son of Man with His Angels coming in His Kingdom. That is why Moses and Elijah appeared, which are the Angels of the Son of Man who come with the Great Voice of Trumpet calling and gathering together all the elect of God.
And now, the Coming of the Son of Man is the Coming of the Bridegroom to take His Church to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb in Heaven.
This mystery of the Coming of the Son of Man with His Angels is the greatest mystery in the Heavens and Earth, and it is the mystery that was closed or sealed, it was only in God’s mind, but it will be revealed to the Church of Jesus Christ at this end time.
This mystery is so great that when the Seventh Seal was opened in Heaven there was silence in Heaven about half an hour.
What is that mystery of the Seventh Seal? The forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ said, referring to this mysterious cloud that appeared on February 28, 1963, in the Arizona skies, at a height of 27 miles and 30 miles wide8. This cloud is a mystery to science, but the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ said that this cloud was formed by angels who came; and one of them caught him away and also placed him here, the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ.
Here are the seven angel messengers of the seven ages of the gentile Church, and there is also a messenger, an Angel who is different from the rest of the angel messengers of the seven ages of the gentile Church.
If we rotate this picture towards the right, we will see that it forms the face of the Lord; herewe have the seven angels of the seven ages forming the beard of the Lord andhere we have the Angel who was different from the rest forming the white hair of the Lord.
Now, what did the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ say about these angels forming this cloud? Page 469 in Spanish, of the book The Seals, he says9:
“And did you notice? ‘That one Angel,’ I said, ‘in there, was a strange Angel.’ He looked more to me than any of the rest of Them,(he is talking about this one here).You remember that? [Congregation says, ‘Amen.’—Ed.] They were in a constellation; three on a side, and one on top. And the one right next to me here, counting from the left to the right, would have been the seventh Angel. He was brighter, meant more to me than the rest of Them. You remember? I said, ‘He had His chest out, like that, and was flying eastward’ (you remember) ‘like that.’ I said, ‘It picked me up; lifted me up.’”
Who was the one who lifted our brother Branham up and placed him in this cloud? The Angel who was different from the rest; he was also placed in that cloud in spirit, in other words, in his theophanic body. They are all here in their theophanic bodies, the seven angel messengers of the seven ages and this Angel who was different from the rest.
Now, who is that Angel? He says:
“…Here It is, the one with the Seventh Seal, (that Angel is the one who has the Seventh Seal), the thing that I’ve wondered all my life. Amen! Them other Seals meant a lot to me, of course, but, oh, you don’t know what This has meant.”
The angel messengers of the seven ages of the gentile Church, of these seven ages, had to come manifested in human flesh to have their ministries in the age in which God sent them. And now, for this age, the Age of the Cornerstone, we do not have any of these seven angels because they are already gone; but the Church of Jesus Christ is represented in thiscloud, and in this cloud are the seven angels of the seven ages of the gentile Church and there is another Angel different from the rest.
That other Angel must come manifested in human flesh in the Age of the Cornerstone, in the fulfillment of the Seventh Seal, in the opening of the Seventh Seal as far as its fulfillment, and reveal to us His Coming in human flesh at this end time.
The Coming of that Angel who is different from the rest is the mystery contained in the Seventh Seal, which the Seven Thunders would reveal to His Church at this end time.
That Angel is promised to come at the end time. With His Coming in human flesh, the mystery of the Seventh Seal (which is the mystery of His Coming) will be revealed, made known to His Church at this end time; because He will be manifested in the midst of His Church with that Great Voice of Trumpet, speaking to us and making known to us all these things which must shortly come to pass.
He will be manifested in the Angel Messenger of the Lord Jesus Christ at this end time; he will be the instrument: the Angel appointed for the Age of the Cornerstone, in whom the Angel with the Seventh Seal will be, in whom Christ will be manifested in human flesh at this end time speaking to us with that Great Voice of Trumpet and making known to us all these that must happen soon. And that will be the Coming of the Word, the Word manifested in human flesh.
That Angel who was different from the rest is the Word to be manifested on Earth. And now, what did the forerunner say about the Coming of the Lord, about the white horse Rider of Revelation 19? On page 277 of the book of The Seals, it says10:
“…May the Holy Spirit come down now, the white-horse Rider, while His Spirit, Spirit of Christ, in the face of antichrist, and call His Own.”
The white horse Rider of Revelation 19 is the Holy Spirit, He is that Angel who was different from the rest. And now, how will He come at this end time? On page 256 of this same book of The Seals, he says:
“But when our Lord appears here on earth, He’ll be riding on a snow-white horse. And He’ll be completely, fully, the Emmanuel, the Word of God incarnate in a Man.”
That is the Coming of the white horse Rider of Revelation 19: it is the Coming of the Holy Spirit veiled and revealed in human flesh, in the Angel Messenger of the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the messenger of the Age of the Cornerstone and the messenger of the Dispensation of the Kingdom; and He comes with the Message of the Gospel of the Kingdom, which revolves around the Coming of Christ at this end time, it revolves around the Second Coming of Christ, it revolves around the Angel who was different from the rest, which is the Angel with the Seventh Seal.
That is why in the Message of the Gospel of the Kingdom, we will find that everything revolves around the Coming of that Angel who was different from the rest, which is the Angel who has the Seventh Seal, to be manifested on Earth in human flesh, in a man of this end time; that is the Coming of the Word, the Word in human flesh at this end time.
And I will repeat what the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ said, notice what he was forerunning:
“But when our Lord appears here on earth, He’ll be riding on a snow-white horse. And He’ll be completely, fully, the Emmanuel, the Word of God incarnate in a Man.”
That is the Coming of the white horse Rider of Revelation 19.
In the message “God’s only provided place of Worship,” page 1 and 2, Reverend William Branham says the following; and let us see what he says; he is quoting, making reference to the white horse Rider of Revelation 19. In this book of Quotationswe find that excerpt of that message; he says11:
“Now, there’s… I was getting pretty old, and I thought, ‘Will I… Will there be another revival, I’ll see another time?’”
Remember that every time God sent a messenger for each age, God brought a revival through the ministry He manifested through that messenger.
And now, will there be another revival? For there to be another revival, there has to be another messenger with a Message in whom Christ is manifested speaking to His people; and there has to be an age: that is the Age of the Cornerstone; and there has to be a territory where that age is fulfilled.
And now, will it be in the East? Or will it be in Europe? Where will the revival of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Last Day be? It says:
“And just remember, from the West will come a white horse rider.”
From where? From the West; and the West, which is the occident…, for which Jesus Christ said that the Coming of the Son of Man would be like the lightning that comes from the East and shines (where?) in the West12. The West is the continent that has the promise of the manifestation of the Son of Man at the Last Day, shining as the lightning, just as the Hebrew people had the promise and fulfillment of the First Coming of Christ; there must always be a territory where the promise of God is fulfilled. It says:
“We’ll ride this trail again. That’s right. Soon as we get ready. It’s a promise, you see.”
If it is a promise, it must be in the Bible; that white horse Rider is in the Bible, in Revelation, chapter 19: He is the Rider who comes at the Last Day, which is Christ and He is the Word incarnated in a man of this end time; and that man is the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ, He is a prophet, because the Word comes to the prophets of God; and the revelation of the Seventh Seal must come to a prophet and through a prophet be given to the people of God, to the Church of Jesus Christ, because all revelation must come to a prophet and must be given through a prophet.
And now we can see the mystery of this white horse Rider of Revelation 19: it is the Coming of Christ, the Word incarnated in a Man, in a prophet of this end time: the prophet of the Age of the Cornerstone and Dispensation of the Kingdom, with the Message of the Kingdom, which is the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ who comes testifying all these things which must shortly come to pass at this end time.
But that Angel is not the Lord Jesus Christ; but Jesus Christ will be veiled and revealed in him, speaking to us through him all these things which must shortly come to pass; and not only that, but the ministries of Moses and Elijah will also be there. The ministries of the Two Olive Trees will be manifested in that Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ, because the Son of Man comes with His Angels. Therefore, the ministries of Moses for the second time, Elijah for the fifth time and Jesus for the second time will be manifested in human flesh in the Angel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Now, we have seen that in his fourth manifestation, Elijah said: “We’ll ride this trail again.” If he rides it again, it will be the fifth time; and the fifth time Elijah rides the ministerial path, he rides it accompanied by that white horse Rider of Revelation, chapter 19, which is the Coming of the Word in human flesh.
Wherever the Word is veiled and revealed in human flesh, Elijah will also be there in his fifth manifestation, and Moses will also be there in his second manifestation; the ministries of Moses, Elijah and Jesus will be there, because the Coming of the Son of Man at the Last Day is with His Angels. Wherever the Son of Man is manifested, Moses and Elijah will be there as well.
And now, what is Moses and Elijah, the Two Olive Trees, to be manifested at the Last Day? Let us see what the fifth Elijah will be. Remember that Elijah’s ministry would have five manifestations, Elijah’s ministry would be manifested five times: the first occasion in Elijah the Tishbite, the second occasion in Elisha, the third occasion in John the Baptist, the fourth occasion in Reverend William Branham. And the fifth occasion (let us see), will it be Elijah the Tishbite who will literally come, or will it be another man in whom that ministry will be?
The forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ, since he came forerunning the Second Coming of Christ, the Coming of the Son of Man, since the Son of Man comes with His Angels, well he had to speak about the coming of Jesus, the coming of Elijah and the coming of Moses; because he is forerunning the Second Coming of Christ, and His Coming is with His Angels.
And now, let us read page 399 of the book of The Sealsin Spanish, where he was asked question number 11, which says13:
“Is the Elijah, who comes to preach to the Jews, the real man who lived on earth, or will he be spirit of Elijah in some other man?
(The answer was):
I’m inclined to believe that it will be anointed men, of their spirit.”
What will the Coming of the fifth Elijah be? He is a man anointed with that spirit that was in Elijah the Tishbite; and for a man to appear with that ministering spirit, the Spirit of Christ must be in that man, because Christ is the one who has ministries, and Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit is the one who operates those ministries in the people in which He places them.
Who was in our brother Branham? Jesus Christ manifested in Holy Spirit, and He operated whose ministry? Elijah’s for the fourth time.
And for this end time Jesus Christ says:
“I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches.”
And the things Christ said He would make known to His Church, now He makes them known through His Angel Messenger, because Christ comes manifested in Holy Spirit in His Angel Messenger operating the ministries of Moses for the second time, Elijah for fifth time and Jesus for the second time.
The ministries of Moses, Jesus and Elijah will be in that Angel Messenger of Jesus Christ; that is why John the apostle tried to worship the Angel of Jesus Christ, but the Angel told him not to do it.14
That Angel is not Moses, that Angel is not Elijah either and that Angel is not Jesus either; but those three great ministries of Moses, Jesus and Elijah will be in him, because Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit will be in him, the Word, the Word in human flesh, in His Angel Messenger manifested, operating these ministries and making known to His Church all these things which must shortly come to pass, and revealing to us His Coming with His Angels at this end time, and thus showing us the mystery in the Seventh Seal, which is the Coming of the Angel who was different from the rest, who would come at this end time in human flesh, clothed in human flesh in a man of this end time, in whom He would operate these three great ministries.
That is the mystery of the Seventh Seal.
The forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ told us on page 272 of the book The Seals:
“The other day, last Sunday, a week ago today, when I was preaching on ‘Be humble! Be humble! Remember, God deals in little things.’ I didn’t realize what it really was talking about. And now I see it. It is in such a humble way! You would think that something like that would be revealed to the Vatican or… But It comes just like John the Baptist. It comes like the birth of our Lord, in a stable. Glory to God! So help me, the hour is at hand! Amen! We’re here. Oh, my!”
How will the Seventh Seal come? Like John the Baptist. And how will It come like John the Baptist? Well, the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ came like John the Baptist, forerunning the Second Coming of Christ.
And now, how will the Seventh Seal come like John the Baptist? John the Baptist came in the spirit and virtue of Elijah in his third manifestation; and Reverend William Branham came in the spirit and virtue of Elijah in his fourth manifestation; and the Seventh Seal comes in the spirit and virtue of Elijah in his fifth manifestation, and in the spirit and virtue of Moses in his second manifestation and in the spirit and virtue of Jesus in his second manifestation. That is why It comes like John the Baptist, and It comes like the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.
And now, the First Coming of Christ (and also the coming of His forerunner) fulfilled in the midst of the Hebrew people for about thirty years or so, because the Divine Program relevant for that time had to move progressively: since Christ was placed in Mary’s womb, His physical body, cell after cell multiplied, when God created a cell of life there, and after nine months the body of baby Jesus was born.
Now notice, He continued to grow, He was born in Bethlehem of Judea, He went to Egypt for some time and then He was taken to Nazareth, where He grew up; and when He was about 30 years old His ministry began, and He had a three-and-a-half-year ministry, and that ministry came to an end with the crucifixion of Christ on Calvary’s Cross. He fulfilled the purpose of His First Coming: to pay the price of redemption for all of us.
Now notice, there was a beginning (being born in Bethlehem of Judea) and there was an end (dying on Calvary’s Cross) the fulfillment of the First Coming of Christ; and that took a period of time of 33 years.
How much time will the Second Coming of Christ with His Angels take? When the dead in Christ resurrect and us who are alive are changed, we will be able to count the time and see if it will take longer than the First Coming of Christ.
Now, remember that the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ gave a very solemn warning on page 472, and he said:
“Notice now, for the end-of-time Message, this Seal. After all, He has revealed all the six Seals, but He don’t say nothing about the Seventh. And the end-time Seal, when It starts, will be absolutely a total secret, according to the Bible.”
Its beginning will be something secret, according to the Bible. The First Coming of Christ was a secret according to the Bible, for nearly 30 years; at nearly 30 years old, He began His ministry and He began to make His Coming known: He identified Himself with the messianic promises and read the scripture where it says: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me,” and began to explain or to read everything the Messiah would do in His First Coming; and then He said: “This day is this scripture fulfilled before you.”15Notice how He testified what was being fulfilled in Him. So will it be for this end time.
Now, how much time will pass before this mystery is revealed to the Church of Jesus Christ?; and thus, the Church will know the mystery of the Coming of the Son of Man with His Angels at this end time, which is the Coming of the Angel who was different from the rest, veiled and revealed in the Angel Messenger of the Lord Jesus Christ in this end time.
But that Angel of Jesus Christ is not the Lord Jesus Christ, nor is he Elijah or Moses; but the ministries of Moses, Elijah and Jesus will be manifested in him. Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit will be manifested in His Angel Messenger testifying of all these things which must shortly come to pass.
Now, we have seen THE MYSTERY THE SEVENTH SEAL and we have seen THE TIME OF MERCY AND JUDGMENT.
After this work pertaining to the Seventh Seal with the Church of Jesus Christ ends, and the dead in Christ are resurrected and us who are alive are changed (which will take place when the very last elect of God enters the Mystical Body of Christ), then Christ will leave the Throne of Intercession or seat of mercy in Heaven; and from that point on, there will no longer be mercy, but rather divine judgment upon this planet Earth.
Now we can see that intertwining between divine judgment with mercy. God’s mercy is still on Earth and it is upon His Church, but soon God’s mercy will be stopped to make way for the divine judgment.
It is under the ministry of Jesus Christ in Holy Spirit operating the ministries of Moses, Elijah and Jesus in His Angel Messenger that God’s Mercy is manifested for the last time; and then the divine judgment will come upon this planet Earth.
In the book The Seals(if you have it) read at home what the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ said about the ministries of Moses and Elijah. He says that God’s mercy was rejected by the people when the Two Olive Trees were preaching, and then the divine judgment came and they had to face what the Two Olive Trees had said would fall upon the Earth.
God’s mercy is being manifested for the last time like in the days of Noah; but when the door is shut, then the mercy ends and the divine judgment comes, just as it happened in the days of Noah: when God shut the door of the ark, the divine judgment came, but those who were going to escape the divine judgment were already inside the ark.
This evening we have been seeing the mystery of THE SEVENTH SEAL AND THE TIME OF MERCY AND JUDGMENT.
We have seen what the Seventh Seal is and we have also seen the time of mercy and judgment. We are living when mercy and judgment will be intertwining.
Be in the House of God. Pray for your family members, so that they may also be placed in the House of God, which is the only safe place before the divine judgment falls upon this planet Earth.
Before the divine judgment falls upon the Earth, under the ministries of Moses and Elijah, there will be a great manifestation of power; but by that time there will no longer be mercy, by that time the Lamb, Jesus Christ, will have left the Throne of Intercession.
The great miracles and wonders, worldwide, will be made by the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ through His Angel Messenger, once the very last of the elect of God has entered.
When people see that manifestation, which will be when the squeeze of God’s elect takes place, it will be the time in which all of God’s elect will have already entered the Mystical Body of Christ; and at that time, the resurrection of the dead in Christ will take place, and our transformation for us who are alive.
We cannot expect to see those miracles and wonders on a worldwide scale without first having entered the Mystical Body of Christ. We must be inside, because by that time, there will no longer be mercy, but rather it will be the time in which God’s judgment is established to come upon the Earth.
Therefore, be prepared, taking advantage of this time of mercy there is in the Age of the Cornerstone, because soon this time will end and the divine judgment of the great tribulation will come upon the Earth.
Let us be prepared to be changed before the divine judgment falls upon this planet Earth; let us be hearing the Voice of Christ, that Great Voice of Trumpet making known to us all those things which must shortly come to pass and preparing ourselves to be changed and raptured.
“THE SEVENTH SEAL AND THE TIME OF MERCY AND JUDGMENT.”
May God have mercy on us and on all of our family as well. May God have mercy of Latin America and the Caribbean. May God have mercy of the Latin American and Caribbean people, and may they all be able to enter with their nations into the glorious Millennial Kingdom of Christ. May the judgments of the great tribulation not affect the territories of Latin America and the Caribbean too much. May God have mercy on all of us in Latin America and the Caribbean.
And may God bless you and keep all of you; and thank you very much for your kind attention, and may you all have a good evening.
“THE SEVENTH SEAL AND THE TIME OF MERCY AND JUDGMENT.”
4The Seventh Seal – March 24, 1963E – www.branham.org
5The Seventh Seal – March 24, 1963E – www.branham.org
6The First Seal – March 18, 1963 – www.branham.org
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9The Seventh Seal – March 24, 1963E – www.branham.org
10The Fourth Seal – March 21, 1963 – www.branham.org
11God’s only provided place of Worship – November 28, 1965M
13Questions and Answers on the Seals – March 24, 1963M – www.branham.org