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1 WHAT WE DO KNOW ABOUT THE SEVENTH SEAL b ypas t orst e v e nl.she l l e y Ne whope R E V IV A L M IN IS T R IE S

2 New Hope Revival Ministries Pastor Steven L. Shelley The vision and purpose of this ministry is to help the Bride step into her destiny, her calling and commissioning for this generation, to come into the fullness of Christ and receive revelation to line up with heaven s purposes, so we can bring in the harvest of the ages. Now is the time. We are now in a new day, a new phase of God s plan, the most important cycle for the End-Time, to move into the mystery of God s last secret. William Branham was a forerunner, whose ministry launched a most significant outpouring of revival beginning in May of Not only did he bring clarity to great Bible doctrines, but more than anything he stressed the importance of the Bride becoming just like Jesus, coming forth in perfect love. He clearly linked Israel s destiny with the Bride of Christ, and also her preparation to become rapture ready. The vision and mandate of this ministry is to help prepare the Bride. To awaken this generation, and warn her not to make the same mistakes of the previous generation, but to have eyes to see and ears to hear. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Hebrews 13:8

3 What We DO Know About the Seventh Seal Pastor Steven L. Shelley The following is a compilation of Scriptures and quotes taken from sermons of William Branham that Pastor Steven L. Shelley put together concerning the seven Seals talked about in the book of Revelation. We hope you will be blessed as you use these notes for study. And when He had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. Revelation 8:1 1. THE SEVENTH SEAL IS IN THREE PARTS: No altar service, no nothing. There was silence, hush, deadly silence in heaven for a half hour. All the host of heaven was silent for this half hour, when this Seventh Seal mystery in the Book of Redemption was broke open. Think of it; but it s broke. The Lamb breaks it. You know what? They were awed by it, I believe. They didn t know. There it was; they just stopped. Why? What is it? 1 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

4 And now, as certain as I stand in the platform tonight, I had the revelation that revealed. It s in a threefold manner The Seventh Seal, March 24, 1963 PM, Bro. William M. Branham. And just then He picked me up. And He took me up and set me way up high to where a meeting was going on, looked like a tent or a cathedral of some sort. And I looked, and there was a little box-like, little place over in the side. And I seen that Light was talking to somebody above me, that Light that you see there on the picture. It whirled away from me, like that, and went over to that tent, and said, I ll meet you there. And said, This will be the third pull, and you won t tell it to nobody. And in Sabino Canyon, He said, This is the third pull. And there s three great things that goes with it, and one unfolded today, or yesterday, the other one unfolded today, and there s one thing that I cannot interpret, because it s in an unknown language. But I was standing right there and looked right straight at it, and this is the third pull coming up. And the Holy Spirit of God Oh, my. That s the reason all heaven was silent. The Seventh Seal, March 24, 1963 PM, Bro. William M. Branham. 2 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

5 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. I Thessalonians 4:16-17 Three things happens. A voice a shout, a voice, a trumpet, has to happen before Jesus appears. Now, a shout Jesus does all three of them when He s - He s - He s descending. The Rapture, December 4, 1965, Bro. William M. Branham. A shout, what is a shout? It s the Message going forth first, the living Bread of Life bringing forth the Bride. The Rapture, December 4, 1965, Bro. William M. Branham. The Shout is to call the Elect out of satan s worldly and religious systems of deception. He cried, Come out of her and be separate. The second is a voice of the resurrection. The same voice that, a loud voice in St. John 11:38 and 44 that called Lazarus from the grave. Getting the Bride together, and then the resurrection of 3 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

6 the dead (See?), to be caught up with it. Now, watch the three things take place. The Rapture, December 4, 1965, Bro. William M. Branham. The Voice of the Archangel is the Voice of our Beloved, he is now speaking to the Bride! We are there now in the Chuppah with Him, locked in a deep, spiritual embrace, as His Wife. Now, the third thing is a trumpet, which always at the Feast of Trumpets is calling the people to the feast; and that ll be the Bride s supper, the Lamb s supper with the Bride in the sky. The Rapture, December 4, 1965, Bro. William M. Branham. And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed [are] they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. 4 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

7 Revelation 19:6-9 See, the first things comes forth is His Message calling the Bride together. The next thing is a resurrection of the sleeping Bride, the the one that s died back in the other ages. They re caught together, and the trumpet, the feast in the heavens in the sky. The Rapture, December 4, 1965, Bro. William M. Branham. Revelations 10 Listen close now. Bride called out by the Word, Christ Himself calling out the Bride, making plain Hebrews 13:8 (that He s the same yesterday, today, and forever, does the same, is the same; He that believeth on Me the works that I do shall he do also. See?), Luke 22 or Luke 17:30, and also Malachi 4, Hebrews 4, all these Scriptures that s promised, this is to be between the Sixth and the Seventh Seal and the Sixth and the Seventh Trumpet. The Feast of Trumpets, July 19, 2016 AM, Bro. William M. Branham. Seals was broke. Why? In the last Church Age to reveal these truths. Why? The Lamb broke the Seals and revealed them to His church in order to collect His subjects for His Kingdom, His Bride. See? Oh, my. He wants to bring His subjects to Him now. 5 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

8 And when the Lamb slain walked forward from eternity out of the Father s throne and took His rights, it was a judgment seat. Then He become not a Lamb, but a Lion, King. And He calls for His Queen to come stand by His side. The Breach Between the Seven Church Ages & the Seven Seals, March 17, 1963 PM, Bro. William M. Branham. 2. THE SEVENTH SEAL IS COVERING A SPAN OF TIME: Brother Branham teaches in The Rapture message that these three things will be a process This is contrary to denominational dogma. And, Lord, I feel my solely responsibility for telling the Truth, and not as Paul said, handle the Word of God with deceit, with denominational dogma mixed into It, as a tree of mixture of good and knowledge good and evil, but with a open heart and the Holy Spirit. Grant it. The God of This Evil Age, August 1, 1965, Bro. William M. Branham. The Lamb took His Book when the Seventh Seal, just ready for it to be opened the Sixth Seal. Remember, He hid the Seventh Seal from us. He wouldn t do it. When the Angel stood day by day telling it, but then He wouldn t do it on that one. Said, There s silence in heaven. No one knew. It was the coming of the Lord. 6 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

9 Souls that are in Prison Now, November 10, 1963 AM, Bro. William M. Branham. 3. THE SEVENTH SEAL IS COMPRISED OF MANY PHYSI- CAL AND SPIRITUAL EVENTS THAT CULMINATE INTO AN END: Everything runs out in this time, at the end of this Seventh Seal. The Seventh Seal, March 24, 1963 PM, Bro. William M. Branham. Included in these events are the Parousia coming, which is His Presence, the Apokalupsis coming, which is the revelation of the Voice that brings the Bride to her perfection, and the Epiphaneia coming which is His Glorious physical appearing. 4. THE SEVENTH SEAL IS ALSO ABOUT THE KING S SWORD : And I had my hands out, and all at once something hit my hand. I don t know. I can t say. Did I go to sleep? I don t know. Did I go into a trance? I don t know. Was it a vision? I can t tell you. Only thing I can say is when I Just the same thing like them Angels was. And it struck my hand, and I looked, and it was a sword, and it had pearl handles, real pretty; and had a guard over it with gold, and the blade looked like, something like a chrome, like 7 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

10 silver, only it was real shiny. And it was so feather edge sharp, Oh, my. And I thought, Isn t that the prettiest thing? just fit my hand. I thought, That s awful pretty. But I said, Hey, I m always fraid of them things a sword. And I thought, What will I do with that? And just then a voice shook down through there that rocked the rocks, said, It s the Sword of the King. And then I come out of it. The Sword of the King Now, if it said, a Sword of a King but it said, The Sword of the King, and there s only one the King, and that s God. and He has one Sword; that s His Word, what I live by. And so help me, God, standing over His holy desk here with this holy Word laying here, It s the Word. Amen. The Seventh Seal, March 24, 1963 PM, Bro. William M. Branham. And just then I thought, Now, ever Who that is has talked to me all my life, since a little, bitty baby boy, is standing right here, and I can t see Him at all. I said, The King s Sword? That would be God is the King. And what is this sword? The Word, It s been placed in your hand. Said, Don t fear of death; it s your ministry. 8 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

11 Trying to Do God a Service Without It Being God s Will, November 27, 1965, Bro. William M. Branham. Bro. Branham is talking about the Full Word. Even though he had been preaching thirty years, He was now coming into a completed revelation. It was also a symbol of authority and anointing - so much more than doctrine, this is Jesus Christ the Word! 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. It Is the Rising of the Sun, April 18, 1965, Bro. William M. Branham. This is the Word Coming (Parousia). 5. THE SEVENTH SEAL IS THE THIRD PULL OF BROTHER BRANHAM S MINISTRY: Notice the very day when this messenger, not when he starts on the, but when he begins to declare his Message. See? The First Pull, healing; Second Pull, prophesying; Third Pull, the opening of the Word, the mysteries revealed. No more There s no more higher order to reveal the Word than prophets. But the only way the prophet can be a vindicated is by the Word. And remember the Third Pull was the opening of them Seven Seals to reveal the 9 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

12 hidden Truth that s been sealed in the Word. Do you see it? It is then, in that day when this thing is to take place that Jannes and Jambres, the impersonators, will appear again, just like they did when Moses appeared with the original Word to say it; they appear to impersonate it. Just exactly right. Now, you see what Matthew 24:24 is? See? Anointed ones. The Anointed Ones at the End Time, July 25, 1965 AM, Bro. William M. Branham. Now this messenger of Malachi 4 and Revelation 10:7 is going to do two things. One: According to Malachi 4 he will turn the hearts of the children to the fathers. Two: He will reveal the mysteries of the seven thunders in Revelation 10 which are the revelations contained in the seven seals. It will be these Divinely revealed mystery truths that literally turn the hearts of the children to the Pentecostal fathers. Exactly so. An Exposition of the Seven Church Ages, Chapter 9: The Laodicean Church Age, Bro. William M. Branham. There ll be seven voices of these thunders that will reveal the great revelation at that time. 10 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

13 So I believe, to us who If we don t know it, and we we, 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. The Seventh Seal, March 24, 1963 PM, Bro. William M. Branham. 6. THE SEVENTH SEAL IS THE TENT VISION : This is the last part of Brother Branham s 1955 vision of the Three Pulls. Since Brother Branham connects the King s Sword, the Third Pull, Revelation 10, the Tent Vision and the Seventh Seal, we understand that all of these things are various aspects and different angles of the very same thing! Brother Branham described it as though he was standing above in the air looking down on the tent. He saw it was in three sections: 1. The outer part (the tent itself) 2. An inner part of stretched canvas 11 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

14 3. Then inside of that, a little square wooden building or room This reminds me of the Tabernacle in the wilderness: 1. The Outer Court 2. The Inner Court or the Holy Place 3. The Holy of Holies or the Most Holy Place This also speaks of the Three Pulls of Brother Branham s ministry: 1. Healing 1. Prophesying 2. Revealing of the Word This also speaks of His Three-fold Coming : 1. Shout 2. Voice 3. Last Trumpet And a real kind gentleman walked out to the platform, said, While Brother Branham s a resting just a few moments, he said, we ll call the prayer line. And said, Everyone with prayer 12 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

15 cards beginning with a certain number, stand over on to the right. Well, I noticed the prayer line, seemed like it went all around the tent and out and down the street, such a prayer line. And I looked over (which was then to my left, and there it would be to my right if I was standing on the platform, would be that way), there s a piece of canvas stretched there, and in there be behind this canvas was a little square building about twelve foot across and twenty foot long, something like that. Well, I stood and looked at that. What is Vision, April 8, 1956 AM, Bro. William M. Branham. And just then Now, here s something. Notice close. There s a difference between the Angel of the Lord and that Light, because I heard something a moving, as it does when it comes here at the platform at night, kinda like a [Brother Branham makes a sound whew Ed.] and like a fire whipping around licking blaze. And It left me, and it went right down over the top of that audience and went and stood over the top of that little building, and then settled down on top of it. And then when It did, this One that was standing by me, behind me, the same voice, the Angel s voice, He said, I ll meet you in 13 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

16 there, and this is the third pull, but nobody will know nothing about it. And I said, Well, I don t understand why in there. Why there? He said, It will not be a public show this time. And I said, I don t understand going into that closet, like that. And He said, Is not it written by our Lord, when thou prayest, be not like the hypocrites who like to be heard before men, but enter into the secret closet and pray to the Father Who seeth in secret, and He Who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly?' It s perfectly to the Scripture; every time it is. And I said, I understand. Then He took me to this place and set me down in this room where I was at, and then He told me what to do for the third time. Now, Christian friends, that ll when I leave this world, that ll still be in my bosom. When I But you mark my words what s going to take place when that What is Vision, April 8, 1956 AM, Bro. William M. Branham. 14 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

17 Said, Don t try to explain that. Said, This is the third pull, but I ll meet you in there. That right? He said, Don t try I was standing with a - a little baby s shoe when He told me, there, Make your first pull; and when you do, the fish will run after the lure. Said, Then watch your second pull said, because there ll only be small fish. He said, Then the third pull will get it. And all them ministers got around me, said, Brother Branham, we know you can do it. Hallelujah, Brother Branham. (That s where I always get tied up with a bunch of preachers. See? I love people; they want you to explain everything, this, that.) And I said, Well, oh, all? I said, I - I don t know. I said, I ve understand fishing. I - I said, Now, the first thing you do Here s the way it s done. You see all the fish around; you got to jerk the lure. (Well, that s exactly the tactics of fishing.) So I said, Jerk the lure. Now, you see when I jerked the lure the first time, now the fish takes out after it, but they were little ones. That s just like they were catching. So then I I said, Then you ll you ll set and I jerked it out on the bank and I had a fish, but it looked like a skin over the lure; it just he was so little. And then I was standing there and something said, I told you not to do that. 15 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

18 And I started crying. All the line was tangled around me like this, and I had was standing there crying with my head down like that. I said, God, oh, I Forgive me. I m a stupid person. Lord, don t Forgive me. And I had this line and that, what I had in my hand, was a little baby s shoe, about that long. And I had That string was about as big around as my finger, about a half inch, like. And the eyelet in this shoe was just about the size of a littler than one sixteenth, probably, of an inch of the eyelet. And I was trying to lace this little shoe up with this great big inch cord. And a voice come, said, You can t teach Pentecostal babies supernatural things. Said, Now, let them alone. The Seventh Seal, March 24, 1963 PM, Bro. William M. Branham. Then He taken me from there, and I seen a great huge tent. I never seen such a - a tent. And it was packed and lined everywhere with people. And I walked out to the Looked like I was standing above the people, looking down, where I d just made an altar call; and hundreds and hundreds of people were weeping and rejoicing after they had accepted the Lord Jesus as their Saviour. 16 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

19 And I looked, and then heard a man get up and say, Call the prayer line. And people begin to line up over on this side, the left from where I was looking down towards the platform, and they lined all the way up and down the street for a prayer line. I noticed to my left, which would ve been to my right if I was on the platform, a little wooden building. And I seen that Light, that all they have the picture of, you know, that s always in the meetings; I seen that Light leave me, and go to that building, and go in that building; and a Voice said to me, I ll meet you in there; that ll be the third pull. I said, Why? He said, Well, it won t be a public show like they had it. And I came to. Why Are People So Tossed About?, January 1, 1956, Bro. William M. Branham. And watch, He s always Scriptural. He said, Did not our Lord say, When thou prayest be not like the hypocrites that like to make a show. Said, Enter into the secret closet, and when you ve done so, close the door. Then pray to your Father what seeth in secret and He that seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.' 17 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

20 And He said, You remember that name that you were hunting that time that you dreamed about? And I said, Yes. He said, I ll meet you in there and this time it won t be a public show. And the vision left me. Being Led of the Holy Spirit, February 19, 1956, Bro. William M. Branham. 7. THE SEVENTH SEAL IS THE COMING OF THE LORD: That Seventh Seal hasn t opened yet, you know; that s His coming. The Feast of Trumpets, July 19, 2016 AM, Bro. William M. Branham. What day are we living? Where we at? And remember, in that Sixth Seal, where all Seven Trumpets sounds under that Sixth Seal When we get to that, you ll see that. Every Seven Trumpet took place in that Sixth Seal. The seven is always a mystery. Watch that seven; that s the finish. That was the coming of the Lord. Heaven was quiet, silent. Nobody moved. Souls that are in Prison Now, November 10, 1963 AM, Bro. William M. Branham. 18 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

21 The Lamb took His Book when the Seventh Seal, just ready for it to be opened the Sixth Seal. Remember, He hid the Seventh Seal from us. He wouldn t do it. When the Angel stood day by day telling it, but then He wouldn t do it on that one. Said, There s silence in heaven. No one knew. It was the coming of the Lord. Souls that are in Prison Now, November 10, 1963 AM, Bro. William M. Branham. Now, there was some reason that God let this seven voices be thundered, because it must come (See?), for the We find that Christ, the Lamb took the the Book in His hand, and He opened that Seventh Seal. But you see, it s a hidden mystery. No one knows it. But it 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 this or not heard it, rather, but seen it unfold to this seven thunders. Now, that s as far as we can go right there. 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. 19 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

22 The Seventh Seal, March 24, 1963 PM, Bro. William M. Branham. 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. Desperations, September 1, 1963 PM, Bro. William M. Branham. Even the first coming of Jesus was a process - unfolding from the announcement to Mary and then Joseph, to his birth, baptism, ministry, and the completion of His adoption on the Mount of Transfiguration. This would bear record that the process of His first coming lasted more than thirty years, and if you should include Pentecost and the Pillar of Fire appearing to Saul, it would have been more than forty years. Some of the different parts that make up His Second Coming are: 1. An Elijah ministry forerunning 2. The Spirit of Elijah introducing Jesus the Messiah 3. His Parousia coming in the fullness of His Word, calling His Bride (Revelation 10) 4. The translation of the Bride - living saints changed and the dead saints resurrected 20 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

23 5. Meeting Him in the air (meeting Him physically) 6. Marriage Supper (Brother Branham said that it would last 3 ½ years) 7. Jesus returning with His Bride to the Mount of Olives, revealing Himself to the Jewish people It is strange to think how that God does such a thing as that. God will hide Himself in something so simple that ll cause the wise to miss it a million miles and then turn right back around in that, some simple thing in the simplicity of His way of working and reveal Hisself right out again. I thought it made a - a text that we might study this before we go into the - the - the great teachings of the Seven Seals. Many miss Him by the way He reveals Himself. Now, man has their own ideas of what God ought to be and what God is going to do; and as I have made the old statement many times that man still remains man. Man is always giving God praise for what He did do, and always looking forward to what He will do, and ignoring what He s doing. See, see? That s the way they miss it. They look back and see what a great thing He done, but they fail to see what a simple thing He used to do it with. See? And then they look forward and see a great 21 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

24 thing coming that s going to happen, and nine times out of ten, it s already happening right around them, and it s so simple that they don t know it. See? God in Simplicity, March 17, 1963 AM, Bro. William M. Branham. 8. THE SEVENTH SEAL IS THE CAPPING OF THE PYRA- MID BY THE HEADSTONE: We are all acquainted with this Scripture, that reads the Bible. We know that this was during the time of the preparation of the restoration of the temple. And Zerubbabel was a great prince amongst the people, who had laid the foundation of the building. Now, you, I want you to put on your spiritual thinking, anointing jacket this morning as we think. And this great prince had determined to rebuild the house of the Lord. And then, when he did, he had laid the foundation stone. And as we read on farther, we find out that God said, Zerubbabel has laid the foundation with his hands; he also shall bring forth the headstone. I want you to notice: He never said he shall bring forth the Cornerstone. He shall bring forth the Headstone. And we know that the Scripture says that Jesus is the Chief Cornerstone, and He s also the Headstone. Now, if we will think for a few minutes, that the seventh church messenger was to restore 22 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

25 the faith of the children back to the fathers, in other words, rebuild the church again under the power of the Spirit. Not by power, not by might, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord. Not by organization, not by denomination, but by the Holy Spirit God will bring forth the church in the last days. Message of Grace, August 27, 1961, Bro. William M. Branham. As I ve often made this remark and said God made three Bibles. The first one, He put It in the sky, the zodiac. Did you ever see the zodiac? What is the first figure in the zodiac? The virgin. What s the last figure in the zodiac? Leo the lion. He come the first time through the virgin; He comes the second time as the Lion of the tribe of Juda. See? He made the next one in the pyramid, back in the days of Enoch, when they made the pyramid. And they measure them. I don t understand it. But to the wars, where they stoop and go on their knees for so long, and can measure the distance of the wars. You know where they measure to now? Plumb across the king s chamber. And as this pyramid went up We could not build it, with everything that we got today. We couldn t build it. It s built right up like this to a point. And the stone on the capstone never was found. They never did put a cap on top of the 23 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

26 pyramid. I don t know whether you know it or not. The big pyramid of Egypt, it never had a top stone on it. Why? The Capstone was rejected; Christ, the Headstone (See?), was rejected. Manifested Sons of God, May 18, 1960, Bro. William M. Branham Now, notice, then the coming of the Lord Jesus is so close at hand, until the Spirit from way down in here, just barely justification, sanctification, baptism of the Holy Spirit, and now right into the time of the coming of the Headstone The church has got to be so perfectly like Christ, until Christ and the church can unite together, the same Spirit. And if the Spirit of Christ is in you, It makes you live the life of Christ, act the life of Christ, do the works of Christ. He that believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he do also. Jesus said that. See? Now, we re going to have We got a ministry coming that s just exactly like the life of Christ. What does that ministry identify? The coming of the Lord. Adoption, May 22, 1960 PM, Bro. William M. Branham. This is the close of the royal Seed s waiting. He s here, the appearing of Christ. Did you ever try to divide There s a place in the Bible, you know, I ain t got time to go into it, says, the ap- 24 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

27 pearing of Christ, and then the coming of Christ. That s two different things altogether, the appearing and the coming. He s appearing now, working with us in the form of the Holy Spirit, making it just perfect, the Church; It has to. Like if you got a dollar bill in your pocket, take it out and look. On one side it s the American seal; on the other side it s an Egyptian seal, the pyramid with the headstone way up above it, like an eye looking. And why would American dollar put beneath there, The great seal. Look like the American seal would be the great seal here. But the United States Government recognizes it whether they want to or not, the great seal. Watch that pyramid as it shapes up, the Church: justification, sanctification, baptism of the Holy Spirit, and then that s got to be honed out to when The Headstone never did come to the pyramid; It was rejected, like the Cornerstone. Now, but when that Headstone comes I ve been to the pyramid; it s just so perfectly fit, you couldn t run in a razor blade between it, where the mortar s at. And when the Church comes, that s When the Christ comes to receive His Church, the Church will have the ministry just exactly like that, and through that grace will raise the whole thing and go. The coming of the Headstone; crying, Grace, unto the Lord. 25 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

28 Jehovah Jireh, July 6, 1962, Bro. William M. Branham. Why was He to appear in this last days? If you go back (and you tape listeners) to the Bride Tree and bring up where Christ was that Tree that was in the garden of Eden. The first Adam that fell, and this Second Adam was cut down by sin; they hung Him on a Roman tree. And out of that drew the come out the Bride Tree, that He promised, that we see in the Scriptures. Now, in order to get the Bride Like the pyramid, how it comes in minority all the time, from the great wide, from Luther, Wesley, Pentecost. And then the capstone in the top of it is so honed; and each one of those stones are so perfectly put together (and we don t know yet how they did it); but it s so perfectly put together in that pyramid. And we re not pyramid teaching now, we re just Enoch and them built it years ago, and it stands for a symbol. Just the same as the sun rises and sets, just the same as the tree drops its life its leaf, it comes back again, as a fish, and the cattle, and everything else symbolizes it, that pyramid stands as a symbol. Go into the prophet s chamber and watch them seven steps. Where did the where did the guard meet the challenge to bring the comer into the presence of the king at the top of the steps? Was in the seventh step. There shows that we ve got to come 26 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

29 again with that same Spirit that was on John. He introduced the Messiah; he was greater than all the prophets; he introduced it. And we ve got to come to a place again, to something that s going to introduce the Messiah. And how will the Messiah the people that s believing Him know it, unless they re constantly in the Word to know what He is. Daniel said the wise shall know, but the foolish, the unwise wouldn t know. They shall know their God. Now, now, how He said It ll appear in the last days is to bring the people back to the Word, so that the Bride will know Her Husband, know Her Mate, the revealed Word. That s why this has to happen. It wasn t in the reformers; wasn t in Luther, Wesley, and - and the Pentecostals, and them; the Scripture says it wasn t. But it will come; that is His promise for this age. We re living in the age that His coming will be in. She must be identified in Him. Any woman must be identified with her husband, for the two are one. And Christ s Bride has to be identified with Him, for the two are One, and He is the Word, not the denomination, the Word. We are to be the children of the Light, and the Light is the Word which is made Light for this age. How do we know Light, except It comes from the Word. All right. The 27 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

30 Word made flesh is the Light of the age when you see It; the Bible said so. Them people looking at Jesus there and said, Well, this man, who s he? Why, he s borned a illegitimate birth down there. Why, his father and mother is this, that, and the other, and all this, there. But they didn t know Him. If they knowed the Scriptures they would ve knowed Him; He said so. They said, We re Moses disciples! Said, If you knew Moses, you d know Me, for Moses wrote of Me. And still too blind to see it See how humble? Away from all the crews, and the denominations, and the creeds, and everything, God moved right into flesh in the form of a man, a Kinsman Redeemer. She must be identified with Him. We are invited to be the children of the Light, that we walk in the Light. The Feast of Trumpets, July 19, 1964 AM, Bro. William M. Branham. Now, because that they re in shape See where I ve got this shaped here like the pyramid? The arising of the saints makes the march into glory. You understand it now? Christ the Headstone, 28 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

31 the rejected Stone, the all seeing Eye, coming exactly like the Bible said. The Seventieth Week of Daniel, August 6, 1961, Bro. William M. Branham. Now, in this vision, or as I was speaking, I looked, and I saw a strange thing. Now, it seemed like that my little son Joseph was by my side. I was talking to him. Now, if you ll watch the vision real close, you ll see why Joseph was standing there. And I looked, and there was a big bush. And on this bush in a in a constellation of birds, little bitty birds, about a half inch long and a half inch high, they were little veterans. Their little feathers was beat down. And there was about two or three on the top limb, six or eight on the next limb, and fifteen or twenty on the next limb, coming down in the shape of the pyramid. And those little fellows, little messengers And they were pretty well worn out. And they were watching eastward, and I was at Tucson, Arizona, in the vision. For it made it so purpose that He didn t want me to fail to see where it was at, I was picking a sand burr off of me from the desert. And I said, Now, I know this is a vision, and I know that I m at Tucson. And I know that them little birds there represent something. And they were watching eastward. And all 29 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

32 of sudden they taken a notion to fly, and away they went eastward. And as soon as they left, a constellation of larger birds came. They looked like doves, sharp pointed wings, kind of a gray color, a little lighter color than what these first little messengers was. And they were coming eastward swiftly. And no sooner than they got out of my sight, I turned again to look westward, and there it happened. There was a blast that actually shook the whole earth. Now, don t miss this. And you on tape, be sure you get this right. First a blast. And I thought it sounded like a sound barrier, or ever what you call it when planes cross the sound, and the sound comes back to the earth: just shook like roared, everything: Then it could ve been a a great clap of thunder and lightning like. I didn t see the lightning. I just heard that great blast that went forth that sounded like it was south from me, towards Mexico. But it shook the earth, and when it did, I was still looking westward. And way off into eternity I saw a constellation of something coming. It looked like that it might ve been little dots. There could ve been no less than five, and not more than seven. But they were in the shape of a pyramid, like these messengers coming. 30 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

33 And when it did, the power of Almighty God lifted me up to meet them. And I can see it. I It s never left me. Eight days is gone, and I can t forget it yet. I never had anything to bother me like that has. My family will tell you. I could see those Angels, those shaped back wings traveling faster than sound could travel. They come from eternity in a split like a twinkling of an eye, not enough to bat your eye, just a twinkle. They were there. I didn t have time to count. I didn t have time, no more than just look. Mighty ones, great powerful Angels, snow white, wings set in head, and they were whew wheeew, [Brother Branham illustrates Ed.] and when it did, I was caught up into this pyramid of constellation. And I thought, Now, this is it. I was numbed all over, and I said, Oh, my. This means that there will be a blast that will kill me. I m at the end of my road now. I mustn t tell my people when this vision leaves. I don t want them to know about it, but the heavenly Father has let me know now that my time is finished. I won t tell my family so they ll worry about me, because He s fixing to go and these Angels has come for me, and I ll be killed pretty soon now in some kind of an explosion. Then it came to me, while I was in this constellation, No, that isn t it. If it would ve killed you it would ve killed Joseph, and I 31 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

34 could hear Joseph calling me. Well, then I turned again, and I thought, Lord God, what does this vision mean? And I wondered, and then it come to me, not a voice, just come to me. Oh, that is the Angels of the Lord coming to give me my new commission. And when I thought that, I raised up my hands, and I said, O Lord Jesus, what will You have me do? And the vision left me. For almost an hour, I couldn t feel. Now, you people know what the blessings of the Lord is. But the power of the Lord is altogether different. The power of the Lord in them kind of a places, I felt it many, many times before in vision, but never like that. It feels like a reverent fear. I was so scared till I was paralyzed in the presence of these Beings. I tell the truth. As Paul said, I lie not. You never caught me saying anything wrong about something like that? Something s fixing to happen. Then after while I said, Lord Jesus, if I m going to be killed, let me know so I won t tell my people about this; but if it s something else, let me know. The nothing answered. After the Spirit left me for about a half hour I guess or more I said, Lord, if it is then that I am going to be killed, and You re finished with me on earth, and and I m going to be taken home now, which if that s it, that s fine. That s all right. So I said, If 32 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

35 it is, let me know. Send Your power back on me again. Then I ll know not to tell my people, or anybody about it, because You re fixing to come catch me away. And I And nothing happened. And I waited awhile. Then I said, Lord Jesus, if it did not mean that, and it means that You ve got something for me to do and it ll be revealed to me later, then send Your power. And it almost took me from the room. I found myself somewhere over in a corner. I could hear my wife somewhere trying to shake a door. The door in the bedroom was locked. And I had a Bible open, and it was reading I don t know, but it was in, I believe, Romans the 9th chapter, the last verse: Behold I lay in Sion a cornerstone, a stumbling stone, a precious cornerstone, and whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed. And I thought, It s strange I d be reading that. (Spirit still packing me in the room.) And I closed up the Bible and stood there. I went over to the window (It was about ten o clock in the day or better.), and I raised up my hands, and I said, Lord God, I don t understand. This is a strange day to me. And I m beside myself almost. And I said, Lord, what does that mean? Let me read again, if it be You. Now, this sounds juvenile. And I took up the Bible, opened it up. There it was again at the same place: Paul telling the Jews 33 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

36 that they tried to telling the Romans that the Jews tried to accept it by works, but it s by faith that we believe it. It was only a few months later that the Vision was literally fulfilled and the Angel told him: Is This the Sign of the End, Sir?, December 30, 1962 PM, Bro. William M. Branham. Return home. For, THUS SAITH THE LORD, the seven mysteries that s been hid in the Bible all these years, these denominations and everything, God is going to open those seven mysteries to us in the Seven Seals. What is the Attraction?, July 25, 1965 PM, Bro. William M. Branham. As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling stone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. Romans 9:33 Brother Branham when referring to the picture of the cloud in Life magazine said: It s our Lord up there. It is the Rising of the Sun, March 18, 1965, Bro. William M. Branham. 34 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

37 What happened at that time, the coming of that Stone? Up went the church into glory at the rapture, cause it ended the Gentile dispensation. God ended it up, the coming of that Stone. The Seventieth Week of Daniel, August 6, 1961, Bro. William M. Branham. Now, we are the sons of God, not we will be; we are. Now, we re redeemed. We have Satan s answer. God s a vindicated Himself. God s proved Himself to His promise in this day. Hallelujah. The Headship is here (Amen.), Christ, the risen Lord. It s here in the same power of His resurrection that He ever was, manifesting Himself. There s the devil s answer. Christ is the Mystery of God Revealed, July 28, 1963, Bro. William M. Branham. Let s make it sure. Is there a way, Brother Branham? Yes, become a part of the Word, a part of the Word of today. You can t be a part of the word of Moses day. That part s done made up; that was the feet. We re at the head now. This is Christ. Not the arms time back in Luther; no, this is the Head time. Christ, the Headstone, comes to the Body. The Future Home of the Heavenly Bridegroom and the Earthly Bride, August 2, 1964, Bro. William M. Branham. 35 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

38 Now, I m going to take the Scriptures for a moment. If you notice, in Revelations the 10th chapter Now, let me say this: If the vision is Scriptural, it can only be interpreted by the Scripture. And then I want you to put this together. Is This the Sign of the End, Sir?, December 30, 1962 PM, Bro. William M. Branham. Brother Branham directly connected for us the Vision, the Coming of the Headstone, Romans 9:33, and Revelation 10! 9. THE SEVENTH SEAL IS REVELATION 10 FULFILLED: Notice Revelations 10:1 to 7, all the mysteries are to be revealed to the Bride by the messenger of the Laodicea church. Has anybody got a Revised Version Bible? If you have, you ll notice there where it said, the angel, it s in parenthesis, it says, the eagle (Huh? See?), the messenger to the - the Laodicea church (See?), Revelations 10:1 to 7. The Feast of Trumpets, July 19, 1964 AM, Bro. William M. Branham. What it is, is a revelation on what has been missed back there, to bring to It s already wrote here; it s in here; it s to reveal what already s been written. 36 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

39 The Feast of Trumpets, July 19, 1964 AM, Bro. William M. Branham. Revelations 10 Listen close now. Bride called out by the Word, Christ Himself calling out the Bride, making plain Hebrews 13:8 (that He s the same yesterday, today, and forever, does the same, is the same; He that believeth on Me the works that I do shall he do also. See?), Luke 22 or Luke 17:30, and also Malachi 4, Hebrews 4, all these Scriptures that s promised, this is to be between the Sixth and the Seventh Seal and the Sixth and the Seventh Trumpet. The Feast of Trumpets, July 19, 1964 AM, Bro. William M. Branham. 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 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 37 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

40 all of them prophets. Amen. The Word of the Lord cannot be broken. It won t be a denomination. Do you see it? Read in your book here and see if that between the Sixth and Seventh Trumpet isn t injected in there with the Jews being called out. Between the Sixth and Seventh Plague, we come over with that one-hundred-and-forty-four thousand (you remember that?), which was between that. Do you remember between the the the Sixth the Fifth Seal and the Sixth Seal between the Sixth Seal and the Seventh Seal, there was a calling out of the one hundred and forty four thousand. You remember that? Now, there s where these trumpets come in, right there (See?) and persecution of horses loosed on there. Then between that then there was to be the seventh angel s Message that had been preaching and condemning the Pentecostals. And Jesus had been put out, wouldn t have no cooperation with nobody, be put on the outside, rejected (The Bible said so.); for it s Christ made manifest among us, Jesus among us all made manifest in the purity of His Word, making It known. And if that This is not just makeup, friends, this is THUS SAITH THE LORD, the Scripture. 38 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

41 The Feast of Trumpets, July 19, 1964 AM, Bro. William M. Branham. Brother Branham is teaching that Revelation 10 is what makes plain (reveals and completes) Hebrews 13:8, Luke 17:30 and Malachi 4:5-6. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Hebrews 13:8 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. Luke 17:30 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. Malachi 4:5-6 You notice. Notice now, for the end of time message this Seal, after all He He s revealed all the six Seals, but it don t say nothing about the Seventh. And the end time Seal, when it starts, will be absolutely a total secret according to the Bible. Before knowing that And remember, Revelations 10:1, 7 (1 7, chapter 10:1 7) at the end of the seventh angel s message, all the mysteries of 39 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

42 God would be known. We re at the end time, the opening of the Seventh Seal. The Seventh Seal, March 24, 1963 PM, Bro. William M. Branham. What s happened upon Mount Sunset? God confirming His Word. That s what all this noise is about. Notice, it s God fulfilling His promised Word again, of Revelation 10:1 to 7, And in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel s Message, the mystery of God should be finished. The hidden mystery of Revelation 10:1 to 7, the last message to the last church age. Fulfills exactly, in this age, St. Luke 17:30, The day when the Son of man shall be revealed. What is the Attraction on the Mountain? July 25, 2016 PM, Bro. William M. Branham. The Book is now open! Notice, the end time messenger, his job will be to get the saints ready, the Bride ready for the Bridegroom. That ll be his Message. Now, you want to learn abc s so you can study algebra later? When these other seals on the back is opened they ll only be re- 40 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org

43 vealed to them. That s right. Learn ABC first. What is ABC? Always Believe Christ, not your creed, Christ. See? Believe what He says, not what somebody else says. Evening Messenger, January 16, 1963, Bro. William M. Branham. So Is the Seventh Seal Open or Closed? When these Seven Seals was opened, that opened up the entire Bible. The Seven Seals, it was sealed with Seven Mysteries. And in these Seven Seals, held the entire mystery of it, and it was the Book of Redemption: Souls that are in Prison Now, November 10, 1963 AM, Bro. William M. Branham. Now we see these things. Remember the Seven Seals is finished. And when those seven revealed truths One of them He wouldn t permit us to know. We How many was here at the Seven Seals? Just about all of you, I guess. See? The the Seventh Seal, He wouldn t permit it. He stood right there in the room and revealed every one of them, and if I ever preached anything in my life was inspired, it was that. Souls that are in Prison Now, November 10, 1963 AM, Bro. William M. Branham. 41 Ó 2016 New Hope Revival Ministries. All Rights Reserved Revival.org