"If the opening of the seals revealed the plan of redemption, how is it that some say that redemption is over since the seals were opened?"

Once that blood leaves the mercy seat, redemption is over. And the reason the people got tied up, with this question is that they are carried away with that doctrine and believe the lamb has left the mercy seat. That is what created a lot of other questions, and that is what created this question.

The prophet said that the seals held the complete plan of redemption. And the opening of the seals, for the first time, released to the Church, the plan of redemption, telling them how to be redeemed. And the question of how to be redeemed? What is understood by redemption? Now, if you understand what it means by redemption, then you will see how that heresy is.

Redemption involves how to be born again. That is the first stage in redemption, is to be born again. Then you have to receive the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. There is justification first, and sanctification. You have got to be sanctified. Then you go on to receive the outpouring, baptism of the Holy Spirit, and you don't stop there. Redemption doesn't stop there. It goes on that you receive a changed body. Where mortality puts on immortality. To make ready to go away in the rapture. "And not only [they], but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body." (Romans 8:23). Now that is redemption. That is the complete plan of redemption. How to receive the outpouring, and how to go away in the rapture was locked up in the seals. And unless people come in contact with that revelation that came forth from the seals, then they miss the plan of redemption, and they cannot go in the rapture. They cannot be redeemed.

For full redemption to take place, that Blood must stay there until the Bride receives the outpouring. When the Bride receives that outpouring, evangelism goes on for a little while, and the gathering of the Bride takes place for the rapture, then He leaves the mercy seat to come and claim the Bride. He must not only stay there for this end time Bride. He must stay there until this gospel is turned over to the Jews, and a nation is born in one day. When that redemption goes to the Jews, then He leaves the mercy seat. So He must stay there until the redemption work is over for the Gentiles and for the one hundred and forty four thousand also. When that happens, then He leaves the mercy seat.

So the thing is, the opening of the seals revealed the plan of redemption. And for people to say that redemption is over since the seals were opened, is heresy. They don't know what they are talking about.

Quote: 92-1 {152} "a complete plan of redemption is revealed in these Seven Seals." (The Breach 63-0317E).

Quote: 104-4 {249} "Now, oh, the whole creation lays in His hand now, on which the whole plan of redemption is sealed by Seven mysterious Seals." (The Breach 63-0317E).

Now, if that had finished when the seals were opened, and if the prophet meant what they are saying, then he would not be saying that "…He's in the work now, doing the work of redemption. But someday He walks from the sanctuary to take up the Book of redemption that He's purchased with His own Blood. Then the hour's over. He comes forth then to claim what He has redeemed." (Conferences 63-0608).

It goes to show that redemption was continuing after, and is still going on right now, because He is still on the mercy seat, and He is still redeeming sinners, up to today. He is still saving sinners up to today, right now, this minute, because He is still on the throne.

What caused the people to get a little mixed up are these two statements of the prophet.

Quote: 124-5 {51} "Now, the mystery of the Book are revealed when the Seals are broken. And when the Seals completely are broken, the time of redemption is over, because the Lamb left the intercession post to walk out to take His claims. He was a Mediator between that, but when the real revelation happens on the Seals as they begin to break, the Lamb is coming forth from the sanctuary. (The First Seal 63-0318).

Quote: 32-7 "There'll be a ministry that'll show great wonders (Joel said so), but there'll be no time for redemption. It's all over. The Lamb's done took His Book, and redeemed is over. (Souls In Prison Now 63-1110M).

He is speaking of when it happens in actuality. When it literally takes place.

Now those two quotations make it sound as though redemption is over, to those who lack understanding. You see, the prophet of God dramatized the opening of the seals, as the Lamb coming forth, and the people got the impression that, it was happening at that time, that the Lamb had literally stepped out from the mercy seat and had come down at that time and was breaking the seals. They did not understand what was happening in 1963 was the seals foretold. The Lord was taking the secrets from under the seals and giving it to the prophet, William Branham to preach at that time. But the literal breaking of the seals, the literal loosing of those seals are yet to take place, before the rapture and in the Jewish time in Daniel seventieth week, and that has not yet started.

Quote: 71 "Revelations 6:1 to Revelations 19:21 is connected with the seventy of weeks; therefore… We must stop and explain why these seventy of weeks, 'cause if you don't you'll miss those Seals…'cause it takes place right here in this seventieth week." (Gabriel's Instruct To Daniel 61-0730m).

When that happens literally, when he leaves the throne, it is a time of judgment. When He leaves that throne He comes to take away His bride. When He leaves that throne, and literally loose those seals, He comes immediately after that to catch His bride away. If it is happening the way people think and how these heresies say, then the people had to be ready in 1963 for the rapture to take place, because He was going to come down at that time to take them away. But the seals are to get the people ready for the rapture. The revelation to get them ready for the rapture was hidden under the seals yet. The seals had to be foretold. That is, the revelation had to come first, before it happens in actuality, so the Bride could be ready for the rapture.

It takes the revelation of the coming of Christ from under the seven seals to get her ready for the outpouring. It takes the outpouring to give her power to go in the rapture. So they got the cart before the horse, because they misunderstood that little thing there. To say that redemption is over because the seals are opened, is a heresy. No, that is a heresy, and that is what they based it on. These two quotations which are referring to the literal happening of the seals.

"Did the theophanies of the seven church ages messengers open the seven seals? Are they angels?"

Now this is a horrible heresy, because there is only one worthy to take the Book and open the seals. And only one who was worthy is the Lamb. The theophanies of the seven church age messengers had nothing to do, whatsoever, with the opening of the seals. There was only one messenger that had something to do with it, and that was the seventh church age messenger, William Branham, who was the prophet of God, gifted as a prophet, in order to catch that revelation that came forth from the seals. The theophanies had nothing to do with it. It is the gift of prophet; son of man; the son of man connection that had that gift on earth to catch that revelation, to channel that revelation from the Lamb to the church.

Now, what happen here, is that the people somehow think that the theophanies and angels are one, and they get mixed up here. Now theophany is one creation of God, and angels are another creation of God. We each have a theophany body, and we have angels. We have a physical body and a theophany body, which is a Word formed body. And we have our individual angels, which are ministering spirits. They are not one, but they are three separate things. If we die we have a body to enter into. We enter into that theophany body. That theophany body, is not our angel, it is different altogether.

Another mix up here is that at the opening of the seals, Brother Branham said that in that constellation of the cloud, was a constellation of the seven angels, and the seven angels formed that cloud, that, had to do with the opening of the seals. And he said those angels were not earthly angels. That's the mix up.

Those angels that came down at the opening of the seals in that cloud were not earthly angels. They were heavenly angels, and the prophet of God said that each one of them had a seal. And he went on to say that the last seal, that most notable angel there, was the one who had that last seal, and he flew away eastwards. But what caused the mix up is that the person with this heresy, believe that the seven earthly angels, earthly messengers of the seven church ages, are these seven heavenly angels. They are two separate set of angels. These seven earthly messengers to the church are men. Paul, Irenaeus, Martin, Columba, Luther, Wesley and Branham are men; earthly messengers. But the seven angels who had to do with the opening of the seals are heavenly angels, and each of these angels had a seal.

These seven church age messengers only spoke of the mysteries of God, in part. Paul spoke of it in part, and all of those spoke of it in part. But the mysteries of the Bible that were hid in the seals, that is what revealed the entire mystery.

The earthly angel only preached the mysteries of the Scriptures, in part. But the mysteries that are locked up in the seals, concerning the antichrist and all those things, Paul only had a part of that revelation. He knew the working of the antichrist for his day. He knew nothing of the red horse rider, the black horse rider and the pale horse rider. He knew nothing about those things. Martin Luther knew nothing of the pale horse rider. All of those did not understand about the second and third seal. We are looking back in history and see the manifestations of these horse riders in their ages, but they did not have the seals at that time. No, those seal came opened here in the end time, and the heavenly angels that had the mystery, the revelation of the seals, each one of those revealed the mystery. The Lamb passed it on to the angel, and the angel passed it on to the messenger, the prophetic gift, and My Lord! For the revelation to come from the book from heaven, it had to pass through the angels before it got to man, the prophetic gift, and that man had to be in contact with those angels. At the opening of the seals, those six angels were in contact with William Branham.

Angels and theophanies are different, and the angels are different from man. The word of God teaches concerning angels and human beings that they are altogether different beings:

"God who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets. Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his son…Being made so much better than the angels said he at any time, Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a son?" "But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies they footstool? Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?" (Hebrews 1:1-4: 13-14}

Quote: "Who has the most power before god? What is an angel? An angel is a servant…What are you? His son and daughter. Who has the most power in Heaven, then, a sinner that's been saved by grace, or an archangel that's standing by His right side? The sinner, that's been saved by grace, has more authority in Heaven than the archangel that stood by his side, without sin, cause he's a son. Son has more authority than a servant, of course." (Kinsman Redeemer page 24/10/1960).

Quote: "You will never be an angel. God made Angels, but God made man". (Hebrews Book 1957, chap 5-6, page 175)

Quote: "Watch that angel now. Watch what he did now we all know beyond any mistake that was not an angel. It was God himself. It was a theophany. Abraham called him Elohim."(Conference with God - 1960)

"What did Brother Branham mean when he said that the Angel of Revelation 10:1 is a messenger other than the church ages messengers, and he brings the next announcement? Is he Santiago or Vin?"

Brother Branham said that the mighty Angel isn't a man; He is Christ. (Sir, Is this the Sign of the End 62-1230E).

For any body to claim that that is Vin of Santiago, they clearly out of place. At the opening of the seals he came down he set one foot upon land at that time the heavenly messenger of revelation 10-1 met the earthly messenger of revelation of revelation 10 - 7 at the opening of the seals right here on earth and there is no scripture where it said he went back up. (Seals pgs. 74-75).

But it is definitely not Santiago or Vin. No it's a heavenly messenger it's the covenant angel and not because a man say that he has a rainbow photograph with him it means that he is revelation 10 - 1, you got to take his doctrine and put it back in the scripture, and one sure thing, just as it was in the first coming of the Lord, he will magnify the message of John, he will magnify the office of John, when you find a true heavenly messenger upon the face of the earth and come in contact with that he will magnify the message of William Branham, it will magnify the ministry of William Branham, it will magnify the holiness message of William Branham, it will not take away from it.

Because without holiness no man shall see the lord, it must be built upon that holiness message of William Branham, and Santiago's doctrine and Vin's doctrine compromise the holiness message of William Branham.

So definitely that's a heresy, that's a heresy of heresies, that's an imposter, that's a white horse rider, I say that's a white horse rider riding right under the message, claiming to be Christ, that is what he claimed in the first church age to be Christ, that's an imposter, here he came back again riding at the opening of the seals claiming to be Christ, but according to the white horse rider vision the horse of the false prophets, has black spots and white spots and preaches heresies.

"Since the seventh seal/seven thunders was not revealed by Brother Branham in 1963, how does the majority of message preachers preach the seven thunders? Great men like Coleman, Vin Dayal, Lawrie, Gan, Santiago, C. W. Woods, and others are they who were tutored by the prophet, and knows the message for decades? They cannot all be wrong."

Message believers and ministers were commanded by the prophet, not to interpret the seventh seal/seven thunders, because, it was not revealed to Brother Branham in 1963, and they were to all await the genuine program of God, for the revealing of the thunders. They have done exactly what the prophet said: "Mess up the program of God concerning the seven thunders/seventh seal, wind themselves off the beaten tract," and have found themselves some of the greatest impersonators that the world has ever seen. This is the work of the antichrist, through the false anointed ones. Brother Branham said that they would come after the opening of the seals, as a type of Jannes and Jambres (False Anointed Ones in the Endtime).

Quote: 458-6 {12} "Now, take my advice as your brother: Don't put your own interpretation to anything. You just go on and live a good Christian life, 'cause you'll only wind yourself away from the real thing when you do it. See? You'll only wind your way again away from the thing… just don't try to put any interpretation… just be real humble, be a Christian, and try to live for God, and live honest with your fellowman, and love those who don't love you. Don't try to make any... You see, you do, you only make it a mysterious something and mess the real program of God up. See?... you twist yourself out into something there, and then you're off the beaten track".(Qa. On the Seals 63-0324m).

I emphatically state, without compromise or respect to the persons of men, that such men who claim the revelation of the seventh seal/seven thunders, are anointed of Satan, and all their interpretations are of Satan, which presently have God's children "behind ten inches thick iron bars", as prophesied by Brother Branham, whose deliverance were also prophesied. I sincerely believe, that such great deliverance will be wrought by the Third pull ministry, and the breaking of the seventh seal/seven thunders, to the public, by another outpouring of the Holy Ghost. I must also state, with all respect to the ministers of the message, that they were deceived by certain false anointed ones, to believe and preach heresies concerning this great subject. I do not condemn their testimonies, honesty or sincerity. But I affirm, that to preach such doctrines and interpretations of the seventh seal/seven thunders, is wrong.

Besides the great expositions of such impersonators, on previous books, whose names are mentioned above, I will take the time and space, afforded me in this book, to reiterate the falsehood of such men, for the convenience and deliverance of message believers and ministers. Especially, those who were not privileged to come in contact with our previous work.

God in his infinite wisdom, when He sends forth a ministry to His people, He always sends with it certain scriptural marks of identification. The greatest event in history, the second coming of the Lord (Seventh seal/seven thunders/third pull/ New Ministry of W.M.B.), like the first coming of Christ, does not lack such identifications. Such marks of identification, are for two great purposes. Firstly, that the elect may recognize and identify that ministry; and secondly: to combat and expose all impersonators.

The ministry of John the Baptist, like the ministry of Malachi 4: 5-6, William Branham, had similar marks of identifications: "Prophesied to come, lovers of the wilderness, haters of immoral women, established holiness, condemned organizations and clergy men, both were more than a prophet and were vindicated of the Lord, introduced the coming of the Lord, etc.

In the first coming of Christ, the marks of identification takes in from the Book of Genesis to Malachi, and are too numerous to document here. Nevertheless, by casual consideration of the Scriptures, He was prophesied to be the seed of the woman, seed of Abraham, son of David, born of a virgin, called Emanuel (God with us), his star was seen by the wise men in the east, Herod and the scribes knew that he was to be born in Bethlehem. The scribes of the New Testament proved that Jesus was the very Christ, by such marks of identifications when they wrote the Gospels, saying that "Behold I have called my son out of Egypt," and, "He was to be called a Galilean." Other Scriptures spoke of His death, burial, resurrection and ascension, and likewise, His return, which also bears marks of identifications. There are also marks of identifications for the Church of Christ, which was inaugurated on the day of Pentecost: It is built upon a rock of divine revelation of the coming of the son of man (Matthew 16), these signs shall follow them that believe" (Mark 16), "The works that I do shall ye do also, and greater works shall ye also do."(John 14:12). All that fail such identifications must account to God, because they are false (Ages pgs. 15 & 250). The prophet, Brother Branham, being fully conscious of such identification marks, preached a message entitled "Five definite identifications of the true Church of the Living God," further prophesied of a super church, a super race with "thus saith the Lord" when she receives the Headstone.

In these last days the true Bride Church (Christ's seed) will come to the Headstone, and she will be the super church, a super race…They will be the very manifestation of the Word of the living God…They have 'thus saith the Lord' or they keep still. They know that it has to be God in them doing the works, fulfilling His own Word. (Church Ages page 171-172).

Christ's second coming as the son of man, also has certain identification marks for the elect to recognize and identify Him. His coming was hidden under the seventh seal/seven thunders/third pull/the New Ministry of William Branham, and climaxes in the Church of Christ, His Bride in the last days, when He comes to be glorified in His saints (2 Thessalonians 1). Such marks of identification blends in with the creative power of God, and a judgment ministry of the son of man, that are prophesied to be here before the Rapture. Impersonators, though they try to impersonate such creative ministry, they will fail to do so like Jannes and Jambres.

Should the Lord have used the prophet in that ministry, the following identifications, which would be documented here, would have been the evidence of that ministry. He was fortunate to manifest the creative power of God five times, that the Bride may identify that ministry when it is broken to the public, thus, all that is on the field today in the form of "Son of man, christs, prophets, eighth messengers, apostles, and evangelists, who claim the New Ministry, and fail to bear these identification marks, are imposters, and are fulfilling Matthew 24:24. Thus, these identifications are the measuring rod of the claims of all impersonators and impersonations, on the evangelical field.

The revealing of the Word, the third pull, is vindicated by the manifestations. He who claims the third pull in Word form, must also be avindicated by third pull manifestations. Brother Branham said, the third pull is thoroughly identified, making reference to the manifestation of the five acts of the third pull. Thus, the measuring rod given by the Spirit and the prophet, includes the following:

Preaching the seven thunders, declaring a perfect revelation of Christ's second coming as the son of man, without contradiction of the written Word of God and the message of Malachi 4:5&6, Revelation 10:7; (2) It's to be manifested in its fullness only at the boycott of the church by the world council of churches. (3) It brings back the Headstone (Outpouring of H.G.), which produces a Bride's Revival like the day of Pentecost, and makes a public declaration of the coming of Christ. (4) Vindicating the seventh seal/seven thunders/third pull (revealed Word) by the creative power of God - third pull manifestations. (5) Producing a super Church with Thus saith the Lord, demonstrating the creative power of God, by signs, wonders and miracles, in a big Tent or Cathedral, by the perfect will of God and a super anointing. (6) It is to start the Rapturing faith for the going away of the church. (7) Revelation of the New Name for power and turning over the revelation of the seventh seal/seven thunders/third pull to the two witnesses of Revelation 11, Moses and Elias, to preach it as the seventh trumpet to the Jews. (8) It is to minister also to the church, the total lost, impersonators, begins a judgment ministry and produces another Ananias and Sapphira showdown by the son of man.

The names of each of these impersonations mentioned on this question, were thorughly exposed on exposition book 8 "Eight identification of seven thunders ministry versus impersonators", with the exception of C.W. Woods. We will take the liberty to abbreviate the falsehood of such impersonators.

"Was the 7th seal/7 thunders revealed and preached by Brother Branham in riddles and parables, and revealed to ministers, progressively were the half hour silence was broken in 1983?"

A parable is a group of words put together wherein lies a hidden mystery, it needs interpretation. E.g. the parables that Jesus spoke. They needed interpretation. But Brother Branham never spoke in riddles or parables concerning the seventh seal/seven thunders.

Quote: 567 (1) "So help me, by God I tell the truth…what this great secret is that lays beneath this Seal, I do not know. I don't know it. I couldn't make it out. I couldn't tell it, just what it said…I looked for the interpretation that flew across there, and I couldn't make it out. That's exactly right, friend. See? The hour isn't quite yet for it, but it's moving into that cycle. (Seven Seals Book).

Quote: 33-3 "He hid the Seventh Seal from us." (Souls in Prison Now 11/11/63).

Quote: "That Seventh Seal hasn't opened yet, you know; that's His coming. (Feast of the Trumpets 19/7/64).

We have not heard a riddle as yet. We have not heard a parable as yet. We have not heard it mysteriously as yet.

He said that the 'half an hour silence' equals twenty years, when you calculated 'one day is a thousand years with the Lord,' then 30 minutes divided into 1000 gave you twenty years. So it took 40 years for the revelation of the Seventh Seal to be brought down to us.

There is nowhere in the Bible where a revelation took any amount of years to come to any people. The revelation of each of the others six seals took seconds to come to Brother Branham, when God was about to reveal it? All the six Seals never took a year, or two years or twenty years; it took a matter of seconds. Nowhere did Brother Branham interpret the half hour silence to be any period of years. All that he said was that the reason there was silence in heaven is so that the secret of the 7th seal wouldn't be given away to Satan. (The Seventh Seal 63-0324E).

Mr. Wood said 'After twenty years passed, God opened the Seal to a few brothers (In the early 80's). And, twenty more years have passed and the Mystery is being revealed to the Bride, in general."

That is not the pattern of the First Seal, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth or Sixth Seal. It breaks the entire pattern of the Scriptures and breaks the program of God in bringing revelation unto His people. God uses an individual, not groups of men, is what the Messenger said. The revelation was revealed to one man. "Surely the Lord shall do nothing, but He will reveal his secret unto His servant the prophet." So revelation does not come in a matter of time or progressively, and it does not come as a piece here and a piece there and a piece over here and brought together to form a picture.

"Was the seventh seal revealed progressively and then given to several minister brothers over a period of time?"

Now this is a very popular heresy around the message, where they say that the Seventh Seal revelation came progressively. Brothers, did the First Seal come progressively to the followers of the message? No. Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth? No! It came in a certain pattern. Yes! And no where can they show you that Brother Branham opened the Seventh Seal and hid the revelation in riddles and parables, and what they called 'mysteriously hidden in the message.

So now the Seventh Seal is not progressively coming. And it is not coming to various ministers to form a complete picture. Because it breaks the entire pattern of the Scriptures and breaks the program of God in bringing revelation unto His people. The secret things belong unto the Lord. And He said, He will reveal it to His prophets. Now if revelations used to come progressively, from the day of Pentecost until now, they would have had the revelation of the Seals. But all the Seals waited for the last day to be revealed. So revelation does not come in a matter of time or progressively. And it does not come as a piece here and a piece there and a piece over here and brought together to form a picture.

Elder Wood, with all respect to you, you are talking nonsense, real nonsense. And anybody that believes you believes nonsense. You do not even know the ABC of God's Bible. You do not even know the ABC's of God's program. Where did you go and interfere with this seal? You are taking too much upon yourselves. As Korah, Abiram and Dathan. Moses told them, ye take too much upon yourself. The prophet warned you no to make an 'ism', not to make an interpretation. Who gave you the authority to interpret the half an hour silence as twenty years. Where you get that authority from? Where you get that authority to say that the revelation is coming progressively, and it is coming to many men.

His emphasis was on the fact that Jesus Christ had come to earth in the body form of a prophet, to fulfill Luke, to fulfill Luke 17:22-30, Rev 10:1-3, and other related scriptures. This coming is now history, as we look back and see what God has done. In Luke 17:24, the Lord Jesus did come as the lightening.

Can we see that the prophet clearly spoke of two comings of the Lord, one before the rapture, in the body form of a prophet and one later in the clouds to catch the bride away? The Son of Man came down to enter into a son of man, a prophet to prepare his bride for rapture

All right, let us deal with this. You have a very good point here; I must compliment you although I admonish you and entreat you as a father, because you are an elder. You say here, the Seventh Seal revelation is a coming of Christ, and that coming of Christ is in the prophet William Branham. I agree that the Seventh Seal is the coming of the Lord. That is fully declared by the prophet of God in so many words. He said that is what was hiding under the Seventh Seal. And he further stated that, that is why we did not get the revelation because it is the coming of the Lord. This is the secret under the Seventh Seal. I agree with that. Something took place in 1963, and I believe that you are getting a little glimpse of the event of the opening of the Seals. But you are lacking knowledge. And you are misplacing this great revelation, even because you get your head into it.

You don't have any revelation on the Seventh Seal. You have no revelation on the 'half an hour silence'. You have no business interpreting the 'half an hour silence'. You have no business saying what the Seventh Seal is and place Brother Branham into your heresy of the coming of the Lord.

Now catch this line here. This old Brother is not saying that Brother Branham is God. He has a good line on it. But he is saying that Brother Branham fulfilled the coming of the Lord. When Christ came He went down into His prophet William Branham and that was the coming of the Lord.

I defy that statement. This is the heresy that is becoming popular amongst the message followers because it is now dawning upon them after many years that at the opening of the Seals there was a great event that took place. And like Mr. Wood here, is misplacing this. That is how the followers of the message are now misplacing the coming of the Lord. Now they got to misplace it because Brother Branham never revealed it. He only recognized that it's the coming of the Lord. The Seventh Seal, Seven Thunders is the coming of the Lord. But it was not revealed to him. Therefore he never preached it and never lined it up.

These men think that their brains are so big and they have so much revelation. They have so much understanding that they could tell us now, about the coming of the Lord. And our precious old man Brother is saying here that the coming of the Lord was in Brother Branham. Let us examine that in the message. Let us examine that in the Scripture

In 1933, the voice of Almighty God spoke at the Ohio River and a pillar of light came down and said, "As John the Baptist foreran my first coming, so shall your message forerun my second coming." Elder Wood, was Brother Branham the forerunner, or was he the coming of the Lord? And the Lord in His mercy, for us not to miss this revelation, He called John the Baptist's name. To show you how it was supposed to be let us go back to the type. Brothers and Sisters, John the Baptist foreran the first coming of the Lord but he was not the coming of the Lord. But there was a spirit in that time that tried to ask John if he was the Messiah, and this is the same spirit upon our precious Brother Woods, that is trying to make Brother Branham both the forerunner and the coming of the Lord. Brother Branham cannot be both forerunner and the coming of the Lord, the forerunner is different from the coming of the Lord, it is typed unto John the Baptist, John the Baptist was the forerunner, Jesus was the coming of the Lord, the forerunner is different. Now if the forerunner is the coming of the Lord, then Brother Branham did forerun himself. When you forerun somebody, you are introducing them. John the Baptist, introduced the Messiah, "Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world." How a man could introduce himself, no. You have misplaced that with all the little understanding that you have that the coming of the Lord is under the Seventh Seal, you are mixing up yourself here friend, to state that the coming of the Lord was in Brother Branham, he could not be the forerunner, and the coming of the Lord you break every Scripture in the Bible, you break every type in the Bible, how on earth Eleazer could be Isaac. Our Eleazer today sent by Abraham who types God, was sent out to find a bride for Isaac, Eleazer went down there by the guidance of a Angel, to find the bride, and when he brought the bride, Isaac was a different man, he was the bridegroom a type of the son of man the revealed word of God.

If Brother Branham is the coming of the Lord, then my friend, how in Mathew 25:6 could it say, Behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet him, one fellow here who was the forerunner was calling out to the virgins, and saying look the bridegroom is coming down there, you leave from here, leave me now and go down there to meet the bridegroom, Brother Branham could not be the forerunner, and the coming of the Lord. The coming of the Lord is the word of God. The coming of the Lord is the Son of Man revealed. Oh this is sweet, you see how plain this is, look at the next Scripture friends, "Behold I send unto you Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and the dreadful day of the Lord" right and now another Scripture right in there said, "that behold the day cometh that shall burn as an oven, and all the proud and all that do wickedly shall be stubble and the day that cometh shall burn them up sayeth the Lord of host," but behold I send unto you Elijah the prophet, before the great and the dreadful day of the Lord. Malachi 4 was sent before the coming of the Lord, anytime you take the forerunner, and you make him the Messiah at the same time, there is a spirit upon you, this is the same spirit that was upon the people there that went to John the Baptist, and Brother Branham verified this in the Church age, and on Questions and Answers, he said that got to be, he say because that is the ministry, and there will be a spirit in this hour that cause people to think that this Elijah, is the Christ. And Brother Branham deny that in many places, he said "I am not the anointed one, I am not the Messiah, and John the Baptist said that, I am not him, I am not even worthy to loose his shoe latchet, he say he is coming after me", yes, John the Baptist, Malachi three, forerunner he is the Son of Man, he is the coming of Christ, now how on earth could we make such a mistake, alright, Malachi 4 then is the forerunner, he is the anointed Elijah. And Revelation 10:1 is the coming of the Lord. There we are, separate these two ministries Brother, Malachi 4, represent Brother Branham, the forerunner, but does not represent the coming of the Lord, he is the forerunner to forerun the coming of the Lord, Malachi 4 forerun Revelation 10:1, the mighty angel that came down from Heaven and the Lord himself shall descend from Heaven with a Shout and the Voice of the Archangel, and the Trumpet of God. And about that time when that happen the dead in Christ is about to rise, therefore this understanding this revelation is wrong Brother, it is of the antichrist, yes, it is heresy, how on earth can you make the forerunner the coming of Christ, how can you make John the Baptist Jesus? Its craziness, how on earth can you make Eleazer, Isaac? Impossible! John the Baptist is John the Baptist, Jesus is Jesus, and we believe that Jesus is the coming of the Lord.

"Has the rapture been in progress, since the opening of the seals in 1963?"

There is a minister whose name is Anthony Grigor Scott pastor of Bible Believers' church Currabubula, NSW Australia, who has a website, and also believes this same doctrine. I have no knowledge of this Man's personal life or testimony, but I am well aware of his teachings. He is one who believes that Christ has left the mercy seat, there is no physical return of the Lord Jesus but only in his presence, there are separate baptisms for each church age, and the last member of the body for the Laodicean age is already baptized into the body (See questions numbers 322, 342,343).Though, his doctrine deviates from Mr. Woods heresy, both are preaching the same satanic heresy!

There is an Ashley Campbell who also propagates similar heresies. He went a step further to establish on an article: "Before this Synod I stand", that Christ has returned in his corporal body, at the opening of the seals and the rapture is taking place since that time. No address appeared on his literature, I presume that he is ashamed of his doctrine this may be a blessing to him.

The rapture is the translation to change the body. The Bible did not say that we shall be changed in thirty or forty one years (from 1963 to 2004). But we shall be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump! And the last trump has not yet sounded. The body changes in a moment, and in the twinkling of an eye when the last trump is sounded and the bride is caught up to meet him in the air.

The man called Joseph Coleman in New York was the first man that came with the idea that the seventh seal/seven thunders was revealed, and people who follow this "thunder doctrine" throughout the world, although they don't recognize Coleman and recognize his church, and although they might be against him, their Thunders trace right back to New York in United States.

In nineteen sixty-three, the prophet William Branham came to a great junction of his ministry and declared that the seventh seal/seven thunders, holds the second coming of Christ and were not revealed to him, but will be made known about the time of the coming of the Lord (Seals 567-578). Preachers and message believers walked in obedience, reference and respect to the solemn declaration of the mighty Prophet Elijah, heeding his warning not to make any isms on the seventh seal/seven thunders. Then arose in 1973 the spirit of error and disobedience which anointed this man, a preacher of the message from New York U.S.A., who irreverently and heretically broke ten years of silence on the seventh seal/seven thunders. He became the model impersonator of the greatest revelation reserved for the Bride of Christ in the endtime, that has to do with her perfection, final quickening and translation.

Satan's timing was unique, message believers were hungering and thirsting, the deep was calling to the deep, and they were growing weary of the light bread and manna of the wilderness given them by our Moses. They hungered for the deeper things of God held only in the seven thunders to be revealed at a specific time. Pastor Coleman, anointed and used of Satan, impersonated the greatest revelation and gave the mix multitude following the message, one of the greatest isms, in one of the greatest effort of Satan to keep her earth bound.

He formulated one of the greatest impersonations of the seventh seal/seven thunders, that the message world has seen. His heresy, ism and cult of the seven thunders, gained international recognition as the true revelation of the seven thunders promised to the bride for translation faith and power. It has done more damage to the message of Malachi 4:5-6, than the heresies of many other impersonators. It has sown a seed of discrepancy and produced many isms on the seven thunders world-wide, mainly in the Western world, Europe, Africa, and India. Almost all seven thunders impersonators and interpreters were directly or indirectly, influenced and bewitched by his ism on the thunders.

Such impersonations includes the heretical claims that the latter rain has fallen, the bride's revival is in progress, the sealing revival broke in 1984, the new Name has been revealed, the trail of the serpent is revealed and preached, he is representing Christ, Revelation 10:1, and manifesting the third pull, and that the seven thunders is the seven virtues.

"Is the seven thunders the seven virtues, as Pastor Coleman propagated, throughout the world?"

This doctrine of seven thunders/seven virtues is a private interpretation. It's the spirit of error that worketh in the children of disobedience. Someone is responsible for inventing such an interpretation. Full credit must be given to a super spiritual brother name Pastor Joseph Coleman of New York U.S.A. History proved from 1973 that he was the first to preach and establish that doctrine in United States and has exported it to the rest of the message world. Though there are thousands of different interpretations on the thunders, basically the foundation was laid by him. This doctrine is based upon gross spiritual ignorance of what brother Branham was trying to preach concerning the pyramids. The interpreter, by his religious ambitions, pride, zeal, and self-exaltation over looked which Pyramid brother Branham made reference to. It is also built upon an isolated statement, "then the pyramid is capped by the seven thunders". (1962 Is this the sign of the end, sirs). Brother Branham did not preach and established such erroneous doctrine because of many scriptural reasons.

The virtues of Christ are written in the Scriptures, but the seven thunders were not written in the Scriptures. Unlike the virtues, they were always known to the Christian church and the elect aspired to have them manifested in their lives, for seven church ages. Therefore, they were not hiding under the seventh seal in the seven unknown thunders. And they are not the virtues. If they were the seven virtues, he would certainly have expressed that most vital truth, but it is not. Nobody knows anymore about the thunders than the prophet. Therefore, whosoever proclaims that the seven thunders are the seven virtues is wrong, presumptuous and claims to have greater understanding on that subject more than the vindicated prophet, Mal. 4:5&6.

The seven thunders is a "Mystery of God" that pertains to the opening of the seven seals. While the seven virtues are not mysteries, but the divine nature of Christ. Those early Christians possessed those virtues and manifested them in their lives. The Bible as well as history documented such manifestations of the divine nature of Christ, in the believers. A perfect example is the deacon Stephen, the first martyr for the Lord, and many millions who followed him in martyrdom. While they displayed such character of Christ, they never preached about the thunders for it was a sealed mystery Revelation 10: 4. "Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered and write them not".

The seven thunders are not the seven virtues, which he preached in 1962, or the Prophet would not treat it so secretive in 1963, as to say that he, "feel checked to say no more, this is far as we should know and the rest will be revealed about the time of Christ coming and also that it was not revealed to him. So don't make any isms, on the thunders". (Page 567- 578).

He stated hesitantly, with great care, that the seven thunders "holds the coming of the Lord". Therefore it was not revealed. That revelation is a million miles away from seven-thunders/seven virtues heresy. (Seals Page 576-3pg.)

There are three pyramids that Brother Branham, preached about. One pyramid is in Junior Jackson's dream. That's the one that the seven thunders are connected with because it was "the unwritten language in the Capstone that nobody could read".

There is another pyramid, and that's the pyramid of the angels. Each Angel had a seal; therefore the revelation of the Seals was in the pyramid of the angels. But the seventh one was the Capstone of the pyramid. He held the seventh seal that was not given to Brother Branham, the earthly angel of Rev: 3:14, 10:7. The third pyramid that brother Branham spoke about is the "stature of a perfect man". Concerning this pyramid and the seven virtues, he made no mention on the seal book. He was discussing the pyramid of Junior Jackson's dream, simply because it included the mysterious white rock which was not written on. This represented the seven thunders that was not written in the book. If it was the virtues, brother Branham could not say that he did not interpret it.

Quote: 578-1 {405} "And you remember, it was in the pyramid where the mysterious white rock was not written on. And the Angels took me into that pyramid of themselves." (The Seventh Seal 24/3/65).

Certain great and dynamic manifestations of power signs and wonders are to accompany the revelation of the seven thunders, to vindicate the coming of the Lord held in the seven thunders, when it is broken to the public.(seals page 304)

Those who claim to be evangelizing the seven thunders and breaking it to the public are under obligation to produce the promised manifestations of the thunders.

The interpreters who proclaim that the seven thunders are the seven virtues, and other gross misinterpretations certainly missed the mark of their great claims. They produced corrupt fruits wherever their so-called bride revival went. Ministers and congregations fell into gross immoralities. Those who claimed that they were sealed by a sealing revival in 1984 fell like the oaks of Bashan and cedars of Lebanon. Both ministers and believers returned to wallow in the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah. This is sufficient to help any sincere heart deceived by such false hood to understand, that such a doctrine is wrong

Therefore their seven-thunders/seven virtues claims are Satanic. This is evident by the fruits they bear worldwide.

"Is the seven thunders revealed by seven men? Are these seven "anointed" men the seven thunders, as Mr. Richard Gan openly teaches?"

The inventor of this heresy, is an aggressive, heady, highminded, unrepentant, self proclaimed apostle, and chief heretic from Singapore, by the name of Richard Gan. He has followings in Malaysia, Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Kenya. He has a book ministry entitled-"prophetic revelation" and a website, where he propagates all his damnable claims and doctrines.

He claims a special ministry as a watchman and an apostle, to restore the apostolic foundation of the sure Word of God in the church. Though he claims to be a believer of this message, at the same time, he refers to message believers as "Branhamites", and teaches his own doctrine, which he formulated, in direct opposition and contradiction to the messenger and his message. We itemize his heresies as follow:

1. All the mysteries were not revealed by Brother Branham

2. Believers are adding to the Word by putting the books and tapes of Brother Branham side by side with the Word.

3. The early church did not judge the teachings of the other apostles by what Paul taught.

4. "We don't even need the Branhamites to help us build for they are also our adversaries."

5. Brother Branham is not a prophet, he was only addressed as one.

6. "A new order had been established. The apostles are the ones who now reveal and interpret God's Word, and not a one man prophet.

7. The Seven Thunders are revealed by seven men, and these seven anointed men of God are the thunders itself.

8. There were no prophets, evangelist, pastor and teachers in the upper room.

9. There were no pastors up to A.D. 46, only the other four office gifts.

10. Paul was in the office of an Old Testament prophet before he was elevated to the office of an apostle and a messenger.

11. We don't need an outward revival in this hour.

12. He believes in prehistoric man.

13. "Adam was not created to be a tiller of the ground. A son of God is not created to toil;

14. According to Mendel's Law, Cain, the son of the Serpent, inherited a part of Eve's nature, the nature of the Spirit of God which was in Adam."

15. "The two trees are two laws which govern the sexual reproductive organ which is found in the middle part of the human body (the garden)."

16. The Tree of life, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, were two laws that governed sexual relationship.

17. "It was the intention of God that they would bring forth "seeds after their kind" by sexual union.

18. The Serpent was a household servant to Adam. Adam was not created to till the ground. The serpent was his servant, and he was to do the tilling.

19. The serpent and the seed of the serpent were tillers of the ground. Adam's linage was mainly shepherds.

20. Noah's wife was either a Cainite or a hybrid, therefore Noah had to go through the tribulation of the flood because he was unequally yoked in marriage

21. Seth and Japheth possessed serpentine traits which they inherited genetically from their mother.

22. No literal and physical serpent seed exist today, for all died in the flood.

23. Genesis 4:26 means that men began to profanely call upon the Name of the Lord.

24. All men today are traced back to Noah's three sons for the inheritance of their satanic traits.

25. God never ordained polygamy. After the fall, Polygamy was introduced by Lamech (a serpent seed) and not by God or his children, but God allowed it.

26. A covenant of polygamy was not introduced after the fall

27. The prophets of the Old Testament each had one wife.

28. A woman could remarry if her husband divorces her for sexual uncleanness.

29. In Christ Jesus, there is no preference of the man over the woman, therefore, not only the man could remarry.

30. If a woman's unbelieving husband departs, she can remarry according to 1 Corinthians 7:15.

31. Mixed marriage is not a sin, nor is it unscriptural, it can be practiced amongst believers.

32. Jesus did not sanction polygamy, neither did he condemn it, but discouraged it. Paul never encouraged it.

33. Zechariah 14: 6-7 does not refer to the condition of the Laodicean age, but William Branham used it as a Type. It applies to Christ's third coming in his corporal body as the evening light.

34. Culture, customs, and traditions of people are not necessarily against the Word of God.

A tract was published in late 2004, based on a debate held in India, between a defender of the faith and supporters of Gan, Their leader was thoroughly exposed and defeated, and their eyes were opened. Such exposition and deliverance sparked angry responses in this deluded, heady and high-minded heretic, who, by nature, is very aggressive, like his father, Lucifer, and had this "apostle" scampering for defense, fabricated lies in the name of his scape goat named Shadrach, after months of his exposition.

This slick, subtle, cunning and silver tongued perverter and impersonator, fully conscious that the New Ministry of W.M.B./seven thunders/seventh seal and third pull must be confirmed by manifestations of the third pull in creative acts of power (Mark 11:23), has evaded, dodged and explained away the promised vindication of this super ministry by assuming that he is manifesting the third pull temporarily.

Gan's heresy of the thunders cannot hold up in God's Word. His dogma is that seven men are to reveal the seven thunders, and these men are the very thunders. Is he brighter than the messenger to invent such a heresy? Seven men are not the seven thunders. The seven thunders holds the secret of the second coming of Christ, which the prophet of God said that it will take a prophet, not seven men, to get the revelation (Ages page 324). Therefore his doctrine is erroneous, heretical, satanic and totally contrary to the Word of God, the opening of the seals and the messenger's message.

"Is the revelation of the 7th seal/ 7 thunders, one 'eighth messenger prophet' as the Second Coming of Christ and Moses and Elijah to the Jews, as Santiago teaches?"

On his books he refers to himself as the angel of the Lord Jesus Christ, that Christ himself will be speaking through, claiming that the Angel of Revelation 22:16 that brought the book of Revelation to John is him, and that God has sent him to testify these things in the churches, which must start in a chosen place, Puerto Rico, where this ministry of the coming of Christ would be, then spread to the other nations.

Since he is the one to take the gospel to the Jews, fulfilling the ministry of the two prophets of Revelation 11, 'Moses and Elias.' All the Prophets, he says, were in Jesus, therefore one man could fulfill the ministry of the two prophets to Israel, and this man could be a gentile.

Quote: "512-5 {334} "When God was dealing with the Jews, there wasn't any Gentile prophets come. When God's dealing with the Gentiles, there's no Jewish prophets. When God turns back to the Jews, there'll be no Gentile prophets. See? See what I mean? (Qa.On.The.Seals 63-0324m).

He claims to be the coming of Christ from under the 7th seal/7 thunders, and that his present ministry is a silent one, as the seventh seal in secret, typing it to Christ's thirty year ministry before He went into public. The message of Brother Branham was under the law. Therefore, the holiness standards that were laid down belong to that age, and not to this present age of grace.

Mr. Santiago, cannot be a messenger to the Bride and the Jews at the same time, as he claims, because all gentiles that go through the tribulation did not have the Seal of God, and belong to the foolish virgins. Therefore, this self proclaimed messenger, Christ and son of man is saying that he is not sealed of God, and not a Bride member, but a foolish virgin. His works and doctrine proves that.

His claims of being both prophets (Moses and Elias) is unscriptural. Wherever the Scripture and Brother Branham speaks of these prophets, they refer to them as two men and not one. He is trying to put their ministry into one body. (Revelation 11:3,4,10 , Feast.of.the.Trumpets 64-0719m, Sixth Seal 63-0323, Glorified Jesus 55-0225).

The leader of Santiago's following in this country, who is very arrogant in nature, especially when cornered by the Word of God, was quite angry, accusing us of blasphemy, saying that he cannot pray for us who were involved in this work, and accused us of being in need of deliverance, yet not denying these irrefutable points of exposition. "A fool rageth and is confident."

We expressed to him that should Mr. Santiago fall down and die, which he seems to be nearing the grave, we will call him then, and we trust that he will be delivered then, seeing that Moses and Elias must be killed. He was in agreement that should Mr. Santiago die, it would prove him wrong, and under such circumstances of him dying, he could understand us writing such exposition against him. However, he held to his beliefs, as they continue, with little success, beating around the country, distributing books and tracts of their "christ" "prophet" and leader, and compassing land and sea to make proselytes unto themselves, as two-fold more children of hell, even as our Lord has said. Their devilish doctrine has no room in the heart of true believers of this message; Born Again Christian that's filled with the Holy Ghost.

Paul said, "I would they were even cut off which trouble you." And if such would bring deliverance to these poor deluded souls, may the will of the Lord be done.

This impersonator has destroyed the holiness message in the lives of his followers, and is in direct contradiction to the holiness message and scriptural standards. Therefore, his thunders are false.

We therefore conclude, on the basis of God's Word and the message of Malachi 4, that he is an impersonator, a false anointed one, false Christ and false prophet, and we therefore admonish all that are associated with such idolatry, who sit in such gross spiritual darkness, and under such a ministry that we have evidently proven to be of Satan, of the antichrist and from the pit of hell, that you flee to the Ark of safety, Christ, denounce all such false thunders and patiently wait for the true that will be broken to the public at God's appointed time.

This proud heretic, who is claimed by his followers to be Joseph, the son who was prophesied to Brother Branham, in a spiritual sense. He claims to be the white horse rider, the dove led white eagle, Joshua, the Indian chief authority from the west (Western Hemisphere), the revealer of the pyramid mysteries, the unknown language, the seven trumpets, the Word made flesh and the second coming of Christ in a man.

He further claimed that the Blood left the mercy seat in 1963, it is now in his heart, and in order to access it and have remission of sins, you have to believe his revelation. Some of his followers refer to him as "The spotless Lamb, from which they draw out the Blood." He is a lover of sports, and has destroyed the holiness message of the prophet, allows television, immoral dressing, high heel shoes etc. The heresies he preaches is as a result of certain experiences he had, where a sword fell into his hands in the Catalina Mountains, and Satan possessed his soul in the form of a dove. He claims to have a rainbow, and to be lead by a two hundred pound angel, which has been thoroughly proven to be a demon that was loosed from the Euphrates River. Songs were written in commemoration of his ministry that he claims, as the dove led eagle, Joshua, Word made flesh, etc., and memorial services are held in commemoration of certain experiences and events.

He has been thoroughly exposed in some of our previous publication as a heretic, and one of the biggest false prophets to come out of this message. After being exposed, his defense, which we have on tape, was that he as Christ, the spotless Lamb, is being crucified on the cross by our writings, and that it is a great Golgotha.

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Question#359:"What is the relationship of the opening of the seals, with the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16 and Hebrews 9)?"

Now beloved, let me tell you the sweet story of Amazing Grace, back in Old Testament time there was no forgiveness for the people of God every day. There was a special day and that was once in every year that Israel used to be gathered together and this day was called the Day of Atonement that the High Priest offered blood on the altar of sacrifice for the sins of the people. Therefore when a man committed adultery they stoned him to death, a lot of sins were punishable by death.

If a son cursed his father or mother there was no forgiveness because there was no blood on that altar of sacrifice, he had to be stoned to death. The Day of Atonement, the day of forgiveness, God chose a priest which was the head priest or the High Priest, to offer blood on the altar.

In the tabernacle that Moses built and also Solomon there were three courts, like outside in the yard, that will be the first court without a covering, then the second court will be like this open auditorium, the ordinary priest used to function there; the candle stick and the showbread, used to be in this section, then there was a third court nobody could look in there, they had a curtain hung up, made out of animal skin called badger. Inside of that court was the altar of sacrifice. The High Priest alone entered to place the blood of the sacrificed oxen and goat; there was the ark. On top the ark was the mercy seat, two golden cherubims were on top the ark, wings touching one another and between there the Pillar of Fire used to come, God in His Shekinah Glory used to come between the cherubims, that is why when the prophets spoke in the Old Testament they referred to the Lord as "He who dwelled between the Cherubims."

Moses seen a vision and he looked up into heaven and he seen how God set up his temple in the seventh heaven and the Lord revealed to him the dimensions, told him step by step, how to build this tabernacle on earth. While Israel had this tabernacle on earth. God had a tabernacle in the heaven, He revealed to Moses how to make one like He has in heaven. Moses made one of skins, then Solomon made God a house, it was the same temple upon a place called Mount Moriah, the same design. The only one that was permitted to enter into the third court, the holiest place, other terms were "beyond the veil", or "the second tabernacle", but all that they meant were the sacred place where God dwelt. Nobody could go in there and example of its sacredness was that the High Priest's sons went in there and they fell dead. Inside there, was the presence of God that you now feel here.

Now, when the scripture says in the New Testament, that at the crucifixion of our Lord that the "veil of the temple" was rent in twain, it means that the badger skin was divided or destroyed signifying that a new way was made. The Lord came out of that secret room and he was now going to visit the people in the congregation, and where two or three are gathered he was going to be there; whereas the high priest alone could have entered there, see the Pillar of Fire, felt the presence of the Lord and asked forgiveness for the people, that changed when Jesus died on the cross the supreme sacrifice was made. Now the priest does not have to atone for you. You become a priest yourself that could approach Almighty God and say: "Father I lied today, I cursed today, I committed adultery today, I killed a man today. Forgive me Father". Then the Lord forgives you. Unlike in the Old Testament where you would have died, the Lord now intervenes and forgives you for your sins. You could now approach God for yourself. Now I will tell you how He made that provision. When Jesus was crucified, he ascended into heaven and, entered the Holy Tabernacle of God in heaven. In there is an altar called the Altar of Sacrifice, just like what Moses built. Our Lord went there and that is where He is atoning for you and me as a sacrifice that does not rot. He does not have to come every year and do that. Once He entered into the place called "the Holiest Place", He is there mediating for you. Oh my beloved I want you to catch that. He is mediating. When you go to the Father with your sins that you have committed because of that Blood there, the Father does not see you. He looks at the sacrifice. He says; "I forgive you, go and sin no more."

Alright, "What is the relationship between the Opening of the Seals and the Day of Atonement?" Beloved, the Day of Atonement is done away with and we now have two thousand years of atonement. Every single day in the year is a Day of Atonement because of the supreme sacrifice that is on the Altar of Sacrifice in heaven. The temples that were built by Moses and Solomon were destroyed. Today is a Day of Atonement. Have you sinned? There is a Day of Atonement for you. It does not matter how vile the sin is, if you are willing to repent there is forgiveness for you. You say, "But I am a sinner." There is forgiveness for you. You just have to accept it and believe it. Do you see the connection now? [Congregation says, "Amen!"]

This heavenly temple was always there and yet exist. This earthly tabernacle was made like that one in heaven, which is just a natural temple but made identical to the heavenly temple. So after Jesus was resurrected and ascended into heaven, He did not enter into the first court in heaven nor the second court in heaven but He walked straight into the Holiest Place. And there is where Jesus is up to today as a living sacrifice. Isn't it wonderful? [Congregation says, "Amen!"]

Now the blood is on the Mercy Seat if we sin. If you are a drunkard, a thief, a liar; it does not matter who you are, I say repent. Then the Lord looks at the sacrifice, it is still there. He said, "Whomsoever will may come." Now that Blood is not going to remain there forever - it is an everlasting sacrifice. This means that it is going to be closed off one of these days and then 'he that is filthy would remain filthy and he that is holy will remain holy.' So today is the day of salvation. Yes, when a man hears the gospel, today he has to repent. That sacrifice may be removed tomorrow, I do not know. You may die as a sinner without repenting. You must repent right away

The relationship to the Day of Atonement and the Opening of the Seals is this: that there is going to come a day that the Lord Jesus, who is now the high priest is going to leave the Mercy Seat. When he leaves the Mercy Seat, he comes forward takes the Book and appears in the heavens to receive you and me, the raptured saints in the clouds. When He leaves that Mercy Seat not a single Gentile will be saved after that.

Now we find a great dramatic thing in Revelation chapters 4 and 5. Chapter 5 gives an account of the High Priest, Jesus the High Priest, leaving the Mercy Seat and coming forward to take the book from God's hand. Aaron was a high priest back here on earth. When Jesus left the earth, he became the High Priest in heaven. The Bible says that "if we sin we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." So, the connection with the Day of Atonement and the Opening of the Seals is that when the Lamb of God, the High Priest, Christ, leaves the mercy seat in heaven it becomes a Judgment Seat.

We are going back to the Old Testament now, back to Leviticus 16. You must understand this. There was one day that the High Priest could have gone into the Holy of Holies to make atonement for the people. When he went in there he, could not go in there how he wanted. He had to carry the blood of a goat and the blood of a young bullock. He first had to make an atonement for himself and his house to atone for all the vessels inside of there and then atone for all the people. While the high priest was inside of that inner veil and when he put the blood on the Mercy Seat, at that time it became a Mercy Seat only with the blood on the Mercy Seat.

In order to obtain mercy for Israel at that time, the priest had to have the blood on the Mercy Seat and the Mercy Seat was on top of the ark. The blood of a goat represented Jesus Christ and the blood of a bullock represented Jesus Christ. Then the High Priest had to go there and dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times towards the East. That was foreshadowing the Seven Church Ages that were going to be covered by the blood. That is why it was sprinkled seven times. It was talking about something coming down the road. After Jesus ascended into heaven, went upon the altar of sacrifice, the Seven Church Ages for the Gentile began and the blood covered these Seven Church Ages. I love this redemption story. Isn't it sweet? [Congregation says, "Amen!"]

So now the connection is that while the high priest is inside of the Holiest, the people had mercy. But toward the evening he was going to come out of there and bring out the blood, bring out all his business that he had carried in there. Then he was going to back out of that little room. Do you see what I mean? And then he walked out to do other things outside. From the time that he left that Mercy Seat and cleaned up the blood, that Mercy Seat became a Judgment Seat. Without the blood on that ark, and Mercy Seat it became a Judgment Seat. Mercy was only for one day. Just the same as when that high priest left the Inner Veil or the Holiest, it became a Judgment Seat, when our Lord Jesus came out from the Holiest in heaven to come for the rapture. That is the time that judgment strikes the earth and there is no more mercy. This is the relationship between the Day of Atonement and the Opening of the Seals and the Appearing of The Lord for the rapture. No blood on the mercy seat means "no mercy." As the High priest leaves his mediatorial work and comes out of that room, judgment strikes. That is very simple to understand.

Alright, now I do not want you to lose track but listen to something in the 16th Chapter, you would love this. The Lord told the high priest to take two goats. So place these two goats here now and cast lots. He said; one is for the Lord and one is to be set free. Whichever one the lot falls upon, thus and thus you must do to it. So one of the goats used to be killed, the blood taken into the holiest place. The next goat must wait outside. When the high priest returns for the living goat, he said; now take this goat - whatever they do to him, sprinkle blood on him or whatever, take him into a foreign land and let him go. Do not let it come back into Israel and that goat shall bear the sins of Israel and the iniquity of Israel. Take him into a foreign land. You say what is that preacher? It is simple. The first goat that gets killed represents Jesus crucified on Calvary. The two goats represent Jesus Christ. Glory to God! And the goat that remains alive represents the resurrection of the Lord that takes all the sins of the world upon him and makes us clean, taking away of the sins of mankind. In other words, Jesus became our scapegoat. He carried our sorrows and He bore our griefs and the chastisement of our peace was upon Him and He went to hell in a foreign place for your and my sins. Jesus became the scapegoat in the scriptures. That is the connection with the Day of Atonement and the Opening of the Seals or Revelation 4 and Revelation 5.

It was Brother Branham's desire to go through the teachings of the seals again. " Just got through with those seven seals, just recently. I'd like to go through them again." (World. Again. Falling. Apart. 63-1127). We embraced that opportunity which time did not afford our beloved Prophet. Bethel and sister churches of Trinidad, St. Vincent, South America and U.S.A., have rehearsed the seals for the past sixteen years and have won many souls to the Lord from different religions and walks of life.

The meetings commence with the sound of many trumpets and other musical accompaniments, songs of praise, worship and dances, and general opening remarks praising and glorifying God for the greatest event of the twentieth century which happened in 1963, "the opening of the seals," by the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, through his Prophet Brother William Branham, who is the literal fulfillment of Malachi 4: 5:6, Rev 3:14, 10: 7.

The occasion was not the opening of the seals, but a memorial and thanksgiving for the opening of the seals, a rehearsal of the great truths, which were proclaimed in 1963, to remind message believers, inform 'believing' children, and also to make known to Hindus, Muslims, Catholics and other organizational members, of the great event.

The following chapters are the revelation of the seals preached.