Those who are called out by the Word of Truth remain in agreement with the Word by which they are sanctified (Jn 17:17). For the Word-Bride it is for ever settled in heaven and on earth that the seven thunders as all other things must be left in the precise connection they are in. They shall come forth when the Angel of the Covenant will descend to make Himself known to the Jews after the ministry of the two prophets in Jerusalem, as is written in Revelation, chapter 10. Having studied the various statements Brother Branham made concerning this subject, I came to the conclusion to take what he said in the seventh seal, “But you see, it's a hidden mystery. No one knows it But… right along with what He said., No one would know His coming, they also would not know about this seven thunder mystery.“ What the seven thunder voices uttered has nothing to do with the Bride church, could not be written, did not become part of the words of prophecy and therefore cannot be proclaimed. That is THUS SAITH THE LORD in His Word.

Brother Branham was under great expectation to see the mighty things he was shown happen in the Bride church. He connected his expectations with Revelation 10, as he referred repeatedly to it without meaning to make a doctrine of it. Such preachers who are not ordained to the ministry of the Word twist the same for their own spiritual destruction. They have the possibility to justify their unscriptural teachings before their congregations, but they do not have a single Bible reference whereupon they can build and stand. As they are found outside the Word, they are in error. We must take into consideration the fact that Brother Branham himself has quite often made the statement with emphasis that the Church goes up in chapter 4 and does return after the Wedding Supper in chapter 19. He has also stated that Christ will leave the Bride at the Wedding Supper and slip down all alone to make Himself known to His brethren, the Jews (see First Seal, pg. 154).

I indict especially the brethren in the U.S.A and Canada who have made a man the subject of their preaching, as have done the Adventists with their prophetess Ellen White, the Jehovah's Witnesses with their prophet Charles T. Russell, the Mormons with their prophet Joseph Smith, and others in the past. They have placed the infallibility upon a man whom they needed to give themselves the authority, instead of acknowledging that God and His Word alone is infallible. The seemingly supernatural atmosphere which is worked up in the meetings is being declared as the presence of God. Upon the God given authority I indict these self-appointed shepherds and teachers in this very serious and late hour and challenge them in the Name of the LORD to let God's people go from under their slavery and return to the Word.

With the many different teachings called “the seven thunder revelation” irreparable damage is made. There is much talk about revelation, about mysteries, about rapturing faith, but in reality not one of them has a true revelation, knows the true mystery, and rapturing faith is nowhere in sight. If one looks close into the whole matter, it is very obvious that Satan is fooling the people. The End-time Message is being discredited in this wise. Many who seek the Truth honestly have taken offense, because they could not receive the things which are being taught as they are not found in the Bible. They reject Brother Branham's ministry as a whole, and those brethren will be held responsible for every soul that was thrown off.

Whoever reads the account in Jn. 12:23-36, will come to know that the supernatural thunder is identical with the Voice of God and stands in connection with judgment and not with the Rapture. Jesus said, “The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified “ Right after this statement, our LORD spoke of Himself as the grain of wheat that will fall into the ground and bring forth much fruit, that is to say, new life in the believers. There He fought His final battle and said as Son of Man, “Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. The people, therefore, that stood by and heard it, said that it thundered; others said: An angel spoke to him. Jesus answered, and said: This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.“

The Voice of God which sounded from heaven was at the same time a thunder that could be heard, and the thunder was the Voice of God. In connection therewith our LORD said, “Now is the judgment of this world; now shall the prince of this world be cast out“ When the LORD descends as Angel of the Covenant, He will put His feet on land and sea, then the seven thunder voices will sound and the terrible time of judgment begins. The throne of grace turns into the throne of judgment. Very enlightening in this respect are the words in Job 36:33 and 37:2-5 and other places.

From personal experience I can testify that there is a difference between the “Voice of God” which has a tremendous sound of a thunder clap and the “Voice of the LORD”.

The Voice of the LORD I heard at different times since the first extraordinary one on 2nd April 1962, for instance in 1972 in the French city of Marseille just before 5 o'clock in the morning. After the service the day before I was approached with the question of the seven thunders to which I had no answer. The next morning I had a divine wake up call. With a commanding tone the LORD spoke twice, right one after the other, “My servant, raise up and read 2 Tim. 4.“ In this experience, while reading as I was told, the emphasis was laid on the three words, “Preach the Word!“ It was shown to me by the LORD Himself from the Scripture that only things which are found in the written Word can ever be preached.

In 1975 the LORD again spoke two times within one hour with a tremendous audible voice, “…cancel your trip to India!“ After the first time I was hesitant. After the second time I did according to what was said immediately. It was about 36 hours before my departure, I had my ticket, the meetings were arranged, but by command I had to send telegrams and cancel the meetings. Only later I came to know the reason why. The aircraft I was booked on to fly from Bombay to Madras caught fire right after the start and all 96 passengers burned in the flames. In the same year the LORD spoke to me in Edmonton, just when I was about to leave my room to take my breakfast, “My servant, I have ordained you according to Matthew 24 to give out the food.“ On the day before Brother Don Bablitz asked me about my ministry. He stated that Brother Branham's ministry is confirmed in the Scripture, and he asked, what about my ministry which is also effective world-wide. My answer was, “I only share whatever I received from the LORD…“ Up to that day I was not even aware of what is written in the mentioned Scripture, leave alone that it should refer to my ministry.

In November 1978, the LORD spoke on a Saturday morning, “My servant, search the book of Acts and check, if ever a man and his wife were ordained to the ministry.“ Many brothers and sisters know the circumstances and the local background. A couple had to go through agony of the soul and is still suffering today because of a wrong prophecy given for them.

From these mentioned experiences and others, I can say with full assurance that the sound of the “Voice of the LORD” is mighty, has the tone of final command. It is an absolute in the true sense of the word, but does not have the sound of a thunderclap. Every time I heard the Voice of the LORD, which always comes from up and the right, I thought the world would stop right then.

The “Voice of God” is different. Only one time I heard the same, coming forth from the most terrible thunder which became stronger as it descended. It happened on June 16th, 1979, just at daybreak on the Danish island Fanø. When this mighty thunder stopped just a few meters above my head, from it came forth the most angry Voice of God whereby every single word had a thunder clap within itself. The reprimanding sentence which consisted precisely of nine words penetrated right through me. Because the thunder and the thunder voice came from up the right, I fell with a terrible blow over on my left. I can truthfully say from personal experience and confirm what the Bible records in all detail. Servants of God do not speculate or imagine, in their life and ministry they do have the same experiences as recorded in the Holy Scriptures.

Those who are called out by the Word of Truth remain in agreement with the Word by which they are sanctified (Jn 17:17). For the Word-Bride it is for ever settled in heaven and on earth that the seven thunders as all other things must be left in the precise connection they are in. They shall come forth when the Angel of the Covenant will descend to make Himself known to the Jews after the ministry of the two prophets in Jerusalem, as is written in Revelation, chapter 10. Having studied the various statements Brother Branham made concerning this subject, I came to the conclusion to take what he said in the seventh seal, “But you see, it's a hidden mystery. No one knows it But… right along with what He said., No one would know His coming, they also would not know about this seven thunder mystery.“ What the seven thunder voices uttered has nothing to do with the Bride church, could not be written, did not become part of the words of prophecy and therefore cannot be proclaimed. That is THUS SAITH THE LORD in His Word.

Brother Branham was under great expectation to see the mighty things he was shown happen in the Bride church. He connected his expectations with Revelation 10, as he referred repeatedly to it without meaning to make a doctrine of it. Such preachers who are not ordained to the ministry of the Word twist the same for their own spiritual destruction. They have the possibility to justify their unscriptural teachings before their congregations, but they do not have a single Bible reference whereupon they can build and stand. As they are found outside the Word, they are in error. We must take into consideration the fact that Brother Branham himself has quite often made the statement with emphasis that the Church goes up in chapter 4 and does return after the Wedding Supper in chapter 19. He has also stated that Christ will leave the Bride at the Wedding Supper and slip down all alone to make Himself known to His brethren, the Jews (see First Seal, pg. 154).

I indict especially the brethren in the U.S.A and Canada who have made a man the subject of their preaching, as have done the Adventists with their prophetess Ellen White, the Jehovah's Witnesses with their prophet Charles T. Russell, the Mormons with their prophet Joseph Smith, and others in the past. They have placed the infallibility upon a man whom they needed to give themselves the authority, instead of acknowledging that God and His Word alone is infallible. The seemingly supernatural atmosphere which is worked up in the meetings is being declared as the presence of God. Upon the God given authority I indict these self-appointed shepherds and teachers in this very serious and late hour and challenge them in the Name of the LORD to let God's people go from under their slavery and return to the Word.

With the many different teachings called “the seven thunder revelation” irreparable damage is made. There is much talk about revelation, about mysteries, about rapturing faith, but in reality not one of them has a true revelation, knows the true mystery, and rapturing faith is nowhere in sight. If one looks close into the whole matter, it is very obvious that Satan is fooling the people. The End-time Message is being discredited in this wise. Many who seek the Truth honestly have taken offense, because they could not receive the things which are being taught as they are not found in the Bible. They reject Brother Branham's ministry as a whole, and those brethren will be held responsible for every soul that was thrown off.

Whoever reads the account in Jn. 12:23-36, will come to know that the supernatural thunder is identical with the Voice of God and stands in connection with judgment and not with the Rapture. Jesus said, “The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified “ Right after this statement, our LORD spoke of Himself as the grain of wheat that will fall into the ground and bring forth much fruit, that is to say, new life in the believers. There He fought His final battle and said as Son of Man, “Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. The people, therefore, that stood by and heard it, said that it thundered; others said: An angel spoke to him. Jesus answered, and said: This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.“

The Voice of God which sounded from heaven was at the same time a thunder that could be heard, and the thunder was the Voice of God. In connection therewith our LORD said, “Now is the judgment of this world; now shall the prince of this world be cast out“ When the LORD descends as Angel of the Covenant, He will put His feet on land and sea, then the seven thunder voices will sound and the terrible time of judgment begins. The throne of grace turns into the throne of judgment. Very enlightening in this respect are the words in Job 36:33 and 37:2-5 and other places.

From personal experience I can testify that there is a difference between the “Voice of God” which has a tremendous sound of a thunder clap and the “Voice of the LORD”.

The Voice of the LORD I heard at different times since the first extraordinary one on 2nd April 1962, for instance in 1972 in the French city of Marseille just before 5 o'clock in the morning. After the service the day before I was approached with the question of the seven thunders to which I had no answer. The next morning I had a divine wake up call. With a commanding tone the LORD spoke twice, right one after the other, “My servant, raise up and read 2 Tim. 4.“ In this experience, while reading as I was told, the emphasis was laid on the three words, “Preach the Word!“ It was shown to me by the LORD Himself from the Scripture that only things which are found in the written Word can ever be preached.

In 1975 the LORD again spoke two times within one hour with a tremendous audible voice, “…cancel your trip to India!“ After the first time I was hesitant. After the second time I did according to what was said immediately. It was about 36 hours before my departure, I had my ticket, the meetings were arranged, but by command I had to send telegrams and cancel the meetings. Only later I came to know the reason why. The aircraft I was booked on to fly from Bombay to Madras caught fire right after the start and all 96 passengers burned in the flames. In the same year the LORD spoke to me in Edmonton, just when I was about to leave my room to take my breakfast, “My servant, I have ordained you according to Matthew 24 to give out the food.“ On the day before Brother Don Bablitz asked me about my ministry. He stated that Brother Branham's ministry is confirmed in the Scripture, and he asked, what about my ministry which is also effective world-wide. My answer was, “I only share whatever I received from the LORD…“ Up to that day I was not even aware of what is written in the mentioned Scripture, leave alone that it should refer to my ministry.

In November 1978, the LORD spoke on a Saturday morning, “My servant, search the book of Acts and check, if ever a man and his wife were ordained to the ministry.“ Many brothers and sisters know the circumstances and the local background. A couple had to go through agony of the soul and is still suffering today because of a wrong prophecy given for them.

From these mentioned experiences and others, I can say with full assurance that the sound of the “Voice of the LORD” is mighty, has the tone of final command. It is an absolute in the true sense of the word, but does not have the sound of a thunderclap. Every time I heard the Voice of the LORD, which always comes from up and the right, I thought the world would stop right then.

The “Voice of God” is different. Only one time I heard the same, coming forth from the most terrible thunder which became stronger as it descended. It happened on June 16th, 1979, just at daybreak on the Danish island Fanø. When this mighty thunder stopped just a few meters above my head, from it came forth the most angry Voice of God whereby every single word had a thunder clap within itself. The reprimanding sentence which consisted precisely of nine words penetrated right through me. Because the thunder and the thunder voice came from up the right, I fell with a terrible blow over on my left. I can truthfully say from personal experience and confirm what the Bible records in all detail. Servants of God do not speculate or imagine, in their life and ministry they do have the same experiences as recorded in the Holy Scriptures.