The Opening Of The Seven Seals
Spiritual Building-Stone No. 157

Revelation 6:1-17, “And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals…”

Listen to what God’s Prophet said about it:

Since the opening of those Seven Seals, of them Angels just behind the mountain yonder, This has become a new Book. It's the things that's been hid is being revealed as God promised in Revelations 10 He would do it. And we are the privileged people that God has chosen of the earth, that we might see and understand these things; which is not some mythical, fleshly mind of a person trying to make it up. It's the Word of God made manifest, proven that It's right. Proven, not by science, but by God that It's right.
God, as I have said before in a message, God doesn't need anyone to interpret His Word. He's His Own Interpreter. He says it'll happen, and it happens. He confirms it; that interprets it. [1]

Remember. The Quickening Power... Look what we seen in this day. The Quickening Power has come to us to open the Seven Seals. What was that? The intelligence of a man? No, the Quickening Power of God. See? The Quickening Power of God foretold this would take place. See? But the Quickening Power of God made the world testify to It, it's the Truth. The Angel of the Lord, what I told you was around, that Pillar of Fire, Quickening Power, let the world testify that It's the Truth. And in that, they didn't know what It was, and we who just look this way... and It's our Lord up there. You see?

He is the One Who opened those Seals; He is those Seals. For the whole Word of God is Christ, and Christ is the Seals that was open. What is the opening of those Seals then? Revealing Christ. And the very seven Angels which represented the Seven churches was all completed, and we couldn't even see It. They took the picture, not us. [2] The newspapers pack it. The magazines pack it, show the picture of it. Come back here and see those great mysteries hidden in the Bible, opened up to us on a new field that we never knowed before, and perfectly blends in to the coming of the Lord Jesus. [3] And there He is standing there, supreme Judge, showing that He is Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. What identification.

Quickening Power did that to us. Quickening Power lets us see His coming. Quickening Power snatched us from death to Life. Quickening Power gives discernment to know what's wrong with you, and what to do, what you have done, and what you ought not have done, what you should have done, and what you will be. Quickening Power. All these things. [2]

Now, God had a purpose and a hidden mystery. And that's what I want to speak on to the church: the hidden mystery of God that He had in His mind before the world ever began and how that it's unfolded itself right down to this present hour that we're living. See? Then you will understand clearly then on, I believe, what is being done.

God's great mystery of how... It's a secret. He kept it a secret. Nobody knowed nothing about it; even the Angels didn't understand it. See? He didn't reveal it. That's the reason under our seventh mystery, when the seventh seal was opened, there was silence (Rev. 8:1).

Jesus, when He was on earth, they wanted to know when He would come. He said, "It's not... Even the Son Himself don't know when it's going to happen" (Mark 13:32-33). See, God has this all to Himself. It's a secret. And that's the reason there was silence in heaven for a space of a half hour. And Seven Thunders uttered their voices, and John was even forbidden to write it - the coming of the Lord (Rev. 10:1-7).

That's one thing He hasn't revealed yet, of how He will come, and when He will come. It's a good thing that He doesn't. No. He has showed or revealed it in every type that's in the Bible.

Therefore, the entire Bible is the revelation of God's mystery in Christ. The entire Bible is an expression of one goal that God had, one purpose He wanted to achieve in the entire Bible, and all the acts of the believers in the Bible has been in type and expressing what God's great goal is. And now in this last day He has revealed it and shows it. And God's help, we'll see it right here this morning: what the Lord has had in His mind all along and has expressed it. Therefore, you can see the great meaning of what it's been to know this and then try to bring it to the people. [4]

Then back out there at the beginning of the Seven Seals, when those seven Angels come down in that pyramid form, stood there, and told me to return back here and speak on those Seven Seals. He'd be with me. He showed me what they were, the lost things. I always thought it was sealed on the back of the Book and it'd be something wasn't wrote in the Book; but it turned out that it was made known that He cannot do that. It isn't something that's written in the Book... It's something that's been hid in the Book. "For whosoever shall take one Word from It or add one word to It..." So it is a mystery that's been in the Book in these seven church ages. Each one of them produced a mystery, all about water baptism, and these other things that they've fumbled about so long. [5]

Now, all the mysteries of justification, sanctification, baptism of the Holy Ghost is done explained. Now, it's picking up the loose ends of that which is concealed in the Seven Seals; not the seven churches, the Seven Seals revealed the Mysteries. And then He opened this thing up at the top and found a rock in there, white, but it never been wrote on, is a mystery. [6]
Remember my message here? The opening of that “Cap Stone” where those Seven Voices and Seals are not even wrote in the Word of God. Remember? And it took me into that pyramid. [7]

God had to open up those Seven Seals, not in a denomination. I've always been against it. But out of the denomination, that He might take a Bride, not a denominational bride; He couldn't do it. It's against His own Word. He opened those Seven Mysteries in there, and it shows forth, brings forth those things that's been hid since the foundation of the world--might be revealed in the last days to sons of God. Been brought that forth now before the people that they see it. There you now--to this undenominational Bride. [8]

1. Seal: Revelation 6:1-2 / St.Matthew 24:4-5
“And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.”

This seal (symbol) has the following meaning:

The one who sat on it is the impersonator of Christ, a deceiver, has a bow without arrows – that means no power. This rider on the white horse worked in three steps – like God in a threefold way.

First: It was an anti-Christ spirit.
Second: then this became the false prophet.
Third: then this became the beast.

Nicolaitanism was named "antichrist“ in the Bible, because this was against the original doctrine of Christ and the apostles. Nico, which means “to conquer”, and Lai, which is concerned to the laity. Nicolait means: to conquer the laity (Rev. 2:6,15).

First it was an anti-Christ spirit – then this was expressed in a certain way of speaking – then it became a certain doctrine and then this was crowned in the person of the pope. At the Niceaean Council he received his throne. This anti-Christ spirit was incarnated in a man who killed by his spirit – an anti-Christ spirit – a spiritual killing, nicolaitanism.

This Pagan Rome changed in our time into the Papal Rome (Rev. 13).
The Lion’s Anointing was the overcoming power for the Elected Ones (Rev. 4:6-7).

2. Seal: Revelation 6:3-4 / St.Matthew 24:6

“And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.”
The red horse represents a power. The one who rides on it is the false prophet – the pope – and unto him it was given to take away the peace from the earth, that they slaughter themselves. Religious power – a lot of martyrdom (68 million). She killed by the sword. Political power, church and state united. The seemingly harmless influence of a religious spirit turned into a crowned head of a bloodthirsty church. Every opponent was persecuted and killed. But the Anointing of an Ox on the overcomers resisted this spirit.

3. Seal: Revelation 6:5-6 / St.Matthew 24:7-8

“And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.”
A black horse and the one who sat on it had scales in his hand. Now, she sold her doctrine. She did it through the wine of her fornication, weighed the food and counted its cost. Letters of indulgence were sold, requiems, the doctrine of purgatory.

The pope passes himself off as “representative of heaven and of earth and of purgatory”. State and church united. The church demanded money for the requiem-indulgence-prayers. The believers were exploited.
But the Man’s Anointing on the Elected Ones made them overcomers.

4. Seal: Revelation 6:7-8 / St.Matthew 24:7-8

“And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”
A pale horse. The one who rides on it is called „death“. Hell (hades) followed with him. And unto him was given power over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death… This is the present Laodicean Age (Rev. 3:14-21).

Out of the white, red and black powers mixed, there comes out a pale horse.

Religious, demonic and political power mixed = death (separation from God). Spiritual death is striking by mixing. Therefore the name of the one who rides on the pale horse is called: death. The kingdom of Satan is beginning to manifest on the earth (Satan’s Eden comes to a conclusion in 6 days = 6000 years).

The antichrist is riding in ruination and hell follows with him.
But the Eagle’s Anointing is overcoming this spirit (Rev. 4:6-7).

5. Seal: Revelation 6:9-10 / St.Matthew 24:9-11

“And I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?”

The souls under the altar are the predestinated Jews who were killed throughout the ages. Genuine, real Jews who lived godly lives under Judaism – they are calling for vengeance, as in the Old Testament.

This seal also shows that the souls of the dead are not sleeping (only the earthly bodies are sleeping in the grave).

6. Seal: Revelation 6:12-17 / St.Matthew 24:29-31 / Isaiah 13:6-11

“And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, … the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?” - The great day of wrath.

This seal (symbol) has the following meaning:
Tribulation period. Natural tribulations for the Jews and for the church (not for the Bride), and for all the ungodly world. [16]

Now, we find out also in this that the Sixth Seal now being opened, it was for a threefold purpose. Now, here was the purposes: The first thing was that the sleeping virgins had to go through the tribulation period for purification. She had to be purged of her sins of unbelief and rejecting the message. This was done in the tribulation period.

Now, she's not the Bride, but it's the church, the pure people that didn't have the opportunity, maybe, to receive the message, or in some way that they were blinded by these false prophets, and they didn't get a chance, and yet they're really sincere in heart, and God knows their heart, and here they're purged during this time (Rev. 7:9-17).

You notice that another purging time; that's for Israel when she gathers. That's the second fold. God purges Israel in the tribulation period. Out of the millions that'll gather there, there'll be a selected one hundred and forty-four thousand (Rev. 7:1-8), and they will be purged also. God's purging Israel.

Notice, there is a whole earth is to be purged. There will be such a thing that the moon, stars, and all nature will be purged. You see what it is? The earth is renewing herself, being purged, getting ready for the millennium. The millennium's coming up. And see, everything that's got any filth in it is to be purged during the Sixth Seal. [9]

We are in travail – Christ, to bring out a Bride. Everything is groaning in birth pains. Look, something is about to happen. And this sixth plague lets Her go! Brother, the earth will shake and open itself, the stars are shaken, volcanos are bursting and the earth will renew itself. New lava will break forth out of the middle of the earth and will cover everything. [17]
Under this sixth seal, those 200 millions of supernatural (religious) demons – supernatural devils were let loose upon the Jews through Stalin, Hitler, the persecution of the Jews, and it started in Rome, Germany (Rev. 9:13-21).

7. Seal: Revelation 8:1-5 / Revelation 10 / St.Matthew 24:32
“And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.”

Now, notice, but at the opening of the Seventh Seal, Revelations 10, the full Word is to be borned into manifestation again and vindicated by the Spirit of God in the full strength, as It was when It was here on earth, manifested in the same way, doing the same things that It did when It was here on earth. Amen. Hebrews 13:8 said Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. In St. Luke 17:30 Jesus said, "In the last days, as it was in the days of Sodom when the Son of man will be revealing Himself again, it'll be the same thing."

The world's in a Sodom condition, and the church has went into Sodom with it like Lot and his wife. And I say that there is a elected church somewhere in this world that's pulled out and set aside from those things. And the manifestation of God has attracted its attention. We're at the last days. [10]

Now, Revelation the 8th chapter only reveals the scene of the Seventh Seal where nothing else is revealed. Now, nothing is not revealed in the Seventh Seal. Now, has nothing to do with the 7th chapter of Revelation. It's the revealing of the Seventh Seal is perfectly mute. And if I only had time (I'll try a few places.) to show you all the way back from Genesis… this Seventh Seal is spoke of. From the very beginning in Genesis, this seventh--these Seals moved right up. [11] The Seventh Seal, for the next is the mystery of the coming of Christ… [12]

There wasn't, I guess, one-third of the whole Jewish race ever knowed that Jesus Christ was on earth. They might've heard of some fanatic down along there somewhere, but they didn't pay any attention to it, just going on. "He came to His own, and His own received Him not."

Now, there's where I believe even... Now, it didn't say He'd secretly come, but the rapture will be a secret. So if that was so secret when He come, how much more will the rapture be unknown. Directly they'll say, "Well, I thought we were supposed to have a rapture and all this judgment upon the earth." He said, "It's already taken place, and you didn't know it." [13]

Look. I want to say one more thing. Closely now, don't miss this. How striking. From the seventh angel's (messenger of the Seventh Seal) Message (and Revelations 10 was the Seventh Seal) to the Seven Trumpets, between those two times... Oh, God, how can we say this to make the people see it? It's between that Sixth Trumpet (and the Sixth Trumpet and the Sixth Seal sounds at the same time), and between the Sixth Trumpet and the Seventh Trumpet, there is a prophet to appear before the Gentiles to call the people back to the original Pentecostal doctrine; and the two witnesses of Revelations 11 appear to the Jews to send them to Jesus, while the Church is being taken up--all of them prophets. Amen. The Word of the Lord cannot be broken. It won't be a denomination. Do you see it? [12]

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 spoken, 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, because Christ said no one knew when He would return.

Did you notice when the Jews asked Him that? Now, His coming, and the hour of His coming, when the destruction of the earth... You know, he said there, "What will be the sign of the coming of the end of the world?" In Matthew 24, there where they asked Him that question, He went down to that. He told about Israel being gathered as a nation in the 31st verse of Matthew 24. But then He started off on parables. See? Then, you see there, "Learn a parable of the fig tree. When you see it putting forth its buds, why, you know spring's nigh." And then, "When you see this coming to pass, then know the time is nigh."

See Israel's gathering in its own homeland. But you notice, He omitted the revelation of this Seventh Seal. And here when the Seventh Seal, when He opened it, He also omitted it again. See? So we see that it is a complete mystery, therefore, the hour is not yet for these 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 His Bride, or whatever takes place at that time.

Now, until that time, let's just all pray and live good straight Christian lives, looking forward for His coming.

You know when we compared the Scripture here with Matthew 24 with the six Seals, the Seventh Seal was left out; because, Christ said only God Himself knowed, not even the Angels. No wonder, it wasn't even written. You see, they hushed; nothing take place then. Angels don't know it; nobody knows when He's coming. There'll be seven voices of these thunders that will reveal the great revelation at that time.

So I believe, if we don't know it, and it won't be knowed till that time, but it will be revealed in that day, in the hour that it's supposed to be revealed in. So the thing for us to do is to be reverent before God and serve Him, and do all that we know how to do, and live good Christian lives.

Here now, we find that the Sixth Seal has been opened to us; we see it, and we know that this Seventh Seal cannot be broke to the public until that hour arrives.

Now, there was some reason that God let this seven voices be thundered, because it must come, for the... We find that Christ, the Lamb took the Book in His hand, and He opened that Seventh Seal (Rev. 5:1-10). But you see, it's a hidden mystery. No one knows it. But it's right along with what He said: no one would know His coming; they also would not know about this seven thunder mystery. So you see, it's connected together.

That much we have a understanding of it today, because the rest of it is all unfolded, but this is not unfolded. But setting in my room, and I heard it, but seen it unfold to this seven thunders. Now, that's as far as we can go right there. And now I trust that each and every one of you will serve God, and do that which is right, and love Him all your life and serve Him, and God will take care of the rest.

Now, we have in the completion here now, by the grace of God, all the mysteries of the six Seals that's been sealed up, and we understand and know here that the Seventh Seal is not to be known to the public. [9]

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. It's according to the Word. We read it last night. He come from out of the midst and took the Book. So He's no more Mediator, because even they called Him a Lion, and that's the King, and He's not a Mediator then. [14]

Now, we'll turn now to Revelations 8:1. We must remember that this Seventh Seal is the end of time of all things. That's right. The things written in the Seven Seal Book (sealed up of the plan of re¬demp¬tion from before the foundation of the world), it every bit ends. It is the end; it is the end of the struggling world. It's the end of struggling nature. It's the end of everything. In there is the end of the trumpets. It's the end of the vials. It's the end of the earth. It's even the end of time. Time runs out; the Bible said so.

Revelations the 10th chapter and 1 to the 7th verse. Time runs out. The angel said, "Time will be no more," when in the days of this great thing to happen. Everything runs out in this time, at the end of this Seventh Seal.
Notice, it's the end of the church age. It's the end of the Seven Seals. It's the end of the trumpets. It's the end of the vials, and even ends the ushering in of the millennium; that's on the Seventh Seal.

It's just like firing a rocket into the air, and that rocket explodes here, and it goes up, then it explodes again. It puts out five stars. One of those stars explodes and blows out five stars from it; and then one of them stars explodes, blows out five stars from it; it fades on out. That's what the Seventh Seal; it just ends the time for the world. It ends the time for this. It means the time for that. It ends the time for this. It ends the time... Everything just ended up on that Seventh Seal.

Now, how is He going to do it? That's what we don't know, isn't it? We don't know. It's even the time for all these things, and the ushering in of the millennium.

Notice, the breaking of this Seal was so great that heaven was hushed by it in silence for the space of a half hour. Now, is it great? What is it? It was hushed: heaven. There wasn't a thing moved for a half hour.

Now, a half hour might not be long if you're having a good time, but in the suspense of between death and life, it seemed like a millennium. It was so great, Jesus never mentioned it: none of the rest of them. John couldn't even write of it. No, he was forbidden to write here. See, there's just... He didn't write, but it's just is silence. [15]

Now, as soon as this Church, the Bride is drawed together, she's taken up; in that mystery of the Seventh Seal, or the Seventh Seal, the mystery going. And the Jews is called by the mystery of the Seventh Trumpet, which is two prophets, Elijah and Moses. And they come back, and there's where the Pentecostals is all mixed up. They're looking for something to happen, and the Church is done gone, and that's to the Jews. [12]

Reference:
[1] “God’s Power To Transform”, par. 77 / [2] “It Is The Rising Of The Sun”, par. 189-191
[3] “Desperation”, par. 53 / [4] “Christ Is The Mystery Of God Revealed”, pg. 17
[5] “Spiritual Food In Due Season”, par. 83 / [6] “The Third Exodus”, pg. 42
[7] “Reproach For The Word”, pg. 8 / [8] “Invisible Union Of The Bride”, pg. 43
[9] “Seventh Seal”, Seal’s-Book pg. 575-577, par. 178-181 + 182-188
[10] “Seed Shall Not Be Heir With The Shuck”, pg. 19, par. 101-102
[11] “Seventh Seal”, pg. 536, par. 38 / [12] “Feast Of The Trumpets”, pg. 36 + 39
[13] “Third Seal”, pg. 238, par. 38-39 / [14] “First Seal”, pg. 124-125, par. 29
[15] “Seventh Seal”, pg. 555-556, par. 102-107 / [16] “Sixth Seal”, pg. 422 / [17] “Sixth Seal”, pg. 439-440

Spiritual Building-Stone No. 157 from the Revealed Word of this hour, compiled by: Gerd Rodewald, Friedenstr. 69, D-75328 Schömberg, Germany
Phone: (+49) 72 35 76 13, Fax: (+49) 72 35 33 06

There´s coming one with a Message that´s straight on the Bible, and quick work will circle the earth. The seeds will go in newspapers, reading material, until every predestinated Seed of God has heard It. [ Bro. Branham in „Conduct-Order-Doctrine“, page 724]