Everyone who is familiar with the ministry of Brother Branham knows what God has done in our time – and also what took place on February 28, 1963. It was the fulfillment of the vision, which Brother Branham recounted frequently and which he personally entrusted to me in December 1962: The Lord appeared to him in the supernatural cloud surrounded by seven angels on Sunset Mountain near Tucson, Arizona. At that time, seven mighty thunderclaps shook the entire region. He was told, “Return to Jeffersonville, for the seven seals shall be opened.” The report about the mysterious cloud by Dr. James McDonald and the photograph were printed in the well-known publications Science Magazine on April 19, 1963, and LIFE Magazine on May 17, 1963.

Brother Branham then preached about the seven seals from March 17 to 24, 1963, in Jeffersonville. It was about the revelation of what was still hidden in the Word of God (Rev 5).

He set forth that the New Testament Church ends with the Laodicean Church Age (Rev 3), which lasts until the Return of Christ, and that the Bride is not shown again until Rev 19 at the marriage supper. It was also revealed to him that the first four seals (chap. 6:1-8) show the antichrist in his four stages of development, riding on the four different horses.

In the fifth seal (chap. 6:9-11), the souls of the ones that had been slain were revealed to him as the Jewish martyrs who had held fast to the testimony of the Word (the Torah: the five Books of Moses), including the six million Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust in the Third Reich. They ask the Lord God for vengeance – while Christian believers pray for forgiveness for their enemies.

The sixth seal refers to the time after the rapture, to the great tribulation, as Brother Branham repeated it several times on March 23, 1963.On November 10, 1963, he referred to it and said, “But under the Sixth Seal where these Trumpets opened... Remember, under there we find out that the Lamb came forth, appeared on the scene. He had left the mercy seat. His work of redemption was finished.”

The Lamb did not leave the throne of grace in March 1963 – this is misunderstood by many people. We are still living in the time of grace: The Blood of the Covenant is still on the mercy seat (Heb 4:16) – on the Ark of the Covenant (Lev 16:11-14; Heb 9:15-22), and it shall remain there even until the great multitude of Rev 7 have washed their robes in the Blood of the Lamb during the great tribulation.

In March 1963 there also was no half an hour’s silence in heaven. In March 1963 the Angel of the Covenant (Rev 10) did not come down on earth, did not place his feet upon the sea and on the earth. In March 1963 the seven thunders of Rev 10 did not utter their voices.

In March 1963, Brother Branham was given the very same revelation that John received on the Isle of Patmos when the Lamb took the mysterious book (Rev 5). Thanks be to God that everything was brightly illuminated for us so that we can correctly place the fulfillment of what was revealed there into the past, present, and future. Some people erroneously teach that the Seals will only be revealed after the rapture. By the grace of God, they have already been revealed here to the Bride. The Prophet Daniel was told: “But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.” (Dan 12:4). We are living in the end time and are grateful for the revelation which God has given us in our time. Amen.

Brother Branham read the corresponding Scripture for each of the first six seals. The events that take place during the sixth seal (Rev 6:12-17) clearly show us that it is after the rapture: “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 …” (v. 12). The sixth seal ends with the statement: “For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?” (v. 17).

In Rev 7:1-8 the directive goes forth to the four judgement angels: “Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.” (v. 3). This refers to the sealing of the 144,000 from the 12 tribes of Israel through the ministry of the two witnesses over a time frame of 3 ½ years (Rev 11). Only thereafter can the judgements of the trumpets come upon the earth.

In verses 9 to 17, the faithful, innumerable multitude are shown which have to go through the great tribulation and have washed their robes in the Blood of Lamb.

Brother Branham did not read the Bible text pertaining to the seventh seal in his sermon, only the first verse in Rev 8 about the silence in heaven. The first verse is as follows: “And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.”

From verse 2 onward, we are clearly told what takes place at that time: “And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.”

In the first trumpet judgement, the third part of the earth and trees are burnt up (v. 7);

in the second trumpet judgement, the third part of the sea turns into blood (vv. 8-9);

in the third trumpet judgement (vv. 10-11), it is about the third part of the rivers;

in the fourth trumpet judgement (v. 12), the third part of the sun, of the moon and of the stars are affected.

Then comes the threefold woe over all of the inhabitants of the earth and the warning of the last divine judgements of the three remaining trumpet angels (v. 13).

When the fifth angel sounds his trumpet (chap. 9:1-12), the fifth trumpet judgement commences: All people are tormented for five months, except the 144,000, who are already sealed at that point (Rev 7:3-4) and are kept safe.

During the sixth trumpet judgement (vv. 13-21), the four judgement angels, who are bound for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year at the River Euphrates, are then set loose to slay the third part of men (v. 15).

Only after the six trumpet angels and the four special judgement angels have carried out their commission, the announcement is made in Rev 10:7: “But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.”

In the Name of Jesus Christ, I ask everybody to read Rev 10 from the beginning with the utmost respect. There the Lord Himself comes down as the Angel of the Covenant; clothed with a cloud; surrounded by a rainbow; holding the open book in His hand; setting, as the rightful owner, one foot upon the sea and the other on the earth; and “cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.” (v. 3).

On March 17, 1963, Brother Branham recited the text from Rev 10 and said, “If you notice that’s Christ (See?), ‘cause He in the Old Testament was called the Angel of the Covenant, and He’s directly coming to the Jews now, for the Church is finished.” Through the seventh church angel, the many mysteries were revealed unto us, as Brother Branham mentioned about 50 times. Here, however, it is about Israel, about the seventh trumpet angel, and about “the mystery of God” (Col 2:2-3) – and that is Jesus Christ, our Lord (1 Tim 3:16). The Jews did not recognize Him at that time, but then they will look upon Him Whom they have pierced (Zec 12:10; Jn 19:37; Rev 1:7).

Once again we refer to the Old Testament and see that then the second part of Mal 3:1 is fulfilled and that the Angel of the Covenant comes to His Temple. In this period of time, it is about Israel, about Jerusalem and Mount Zion, upon which the 144,000 are gathered (Rev 14), for Thus saith the Lord in His Word:

“The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.” (Joel 3:16).

Only when the Lord roars like the Lion of the tribe of Judah (Jer 25:30; Hos 11:10; Joel 3:16; Rev 10:3) do the seven thunders utter their voices. But the voice from heaven commanded: “Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.” (v. 4). Amen. All those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life have great respect for this. The true children of God only believe what is written in the Old and the New Testament, but not interpretations and false doctrines. They distinguish between the seven thunders which utter their voices in Rev 10 and the mighty thunders that occurred on February 28, 1963, about which Brother Branham spoke many times, in particular on March 24, 1963. Those were entirely natural and were accompanied by an earthquake that shook the entire area by Sunset Mountain in Arizona, causing rocks to roll down the mountain and bend the treetops. I saw the rocks and the trees with my own eyes in December 1968 during a sightseeing tour to which Brother Pearry Green from Tucson had invited several preachers. When Brother Branham spoke of the seven thunders, his thoughts most surely went back to that extraordinary experience.

Again we go to the Old Testament to find out precisely how much time is left when the Angel of the Covenant swears: “And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half (that means 3 ½ years); and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.” (Dan 12:7). Thanks be to God for the preciseness of the Old and of the New Testament! In the Old Testament, it was specified what would take place. In the New Testament, we see where, how, and when it is fulfilled.

In Rev 11:1-14 the Temple is being measured and the ministry of the two witnesses who come on the scene in Jerusalem is precisely described: It will last twelve hundred and sixty days, which is exactly 3 ½ years. After the ministry of the two prophets, when the Temple has already been built (Rev 11:1; Rev 16:1), they are killed and taken up into heaven. Then the seven vials of the wrath of God are poured out: “And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.” (Rev 15+16). At the end of the great tribulation, after the last 3 ½ years = 42 months (Rev 11:2), the Millennial Reign is then proclaimed: “The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.” (Rev 11:15+17; Lk 1:33; Isa 9:6). Can it be written any more clearly and precisely than how it has been left unto us in the Bible?

Everyone who is familiar with the ministry of Brother Branham knows what God has done in our time – and also what took place on February 28, 1963. It was the fulfillment of the vision, which Brother Branham recounted frequently and which he personally entrusted to me in December 1962: The Lord appeared to him in the supernatural cloud surrounded by seven angels on Sunset Mountain near Tucson, Arizona. At that time, seven mighty thunderclaps shook the entire region. He was told, “Return to Jeffersonville, for the seven seals shall be opened.” The report about the mysterious cloud by Dr. James McDonald and the photograph were printed in the well-known publications Science Magazine on April 19, 1963, and LIFE Magazine on May 17, 1963.

Brother Branham then preached about the seven seals from March 17 to 24, 1963, in Jeffersonville. It was about the revelation of what was still hidden in the Word of God (Rev 5).

He set forth that the New Testament Church ends with the Laodicean Church Age (Rev 3), which lasts until the Return of Christ, and that the Bride is not shown again until Rev 19 at the marriage supper. It was also revealed to him that the first four seals (chap. 6:1-8) show the antichrist in his four stages of development, riding on the four different horses.

In the fifth seal (chap. 6:9-11), the souls of the ones that had been slain were revealed to him as the Jewish martyrs who had held fast to the testimony of the Word (the Torah: the five Books of Moses), including the six million Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust in the Third Reich. They ask the Lord God for vengeance – while Christian believers pray for forgiveness for their enemies.

The sixth seal refers to the time after the rapture, to the great tribulation, as Brother Branham repeated it several times on March 23, 1963.  On November 10, 1963, he referred to it and said, “But under the Sixth Seal where these Trumpets opened... Remember, under there we find out that the Lamb came forth, appeared on the scene. He had left the mercy seat. His work of redemption was finished.”

The Lamb did not leave the throne of grace in March 1963 – this is misunderstood by many people. We are still living in the time of grace: The Blood of the Covenant is still on the mercy seat (Heb 4:16) – on the Ark of the Covenant (Lev 16:11-14; Heb 9:15-22), and it shall remain there even until the great multitude of Rev 7 have washed their robes in the Blood of the Lamb during the great tribulation.

In March 1963 there also was no half an hour’s silence in heaven. In March 1963 the Angel of the Covenant (Rev 10) did not come down on earth, did not place his feet upon the sea and on the earth. In March 1963 the seven thunders of Rev 10 did not utter their voices.

In March 1963, Brother Branham was given the very same revelation that John received on the Isle of Patmos when the Lamb took the mysterious book (Rev 5). Thanks be to God that everything was brightly illuminated for us so that we can correctly place the fulfillment of what was revealed there into the past, present, and future. Some people erroneously teach that the Seals will only be revealed after the rapture. By the grace of God, they have already been revealed here to the Bride. The Prophet Daniel was told: “But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.” (Dan 12:4). We are living in the end time and are grateful for the revelation which God has given us in our time. Amen.

Brother Branham read the corresponding Scripture for each of the first six seals. The events that take place during the sixth seal (Rev 6:12-17) clearly show us that it is after the rapture: “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 …” (v. 12). The sixth seal ends with the statement: “For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?” (v. 17).

In Rev 7:1-8 the directive goes forth to the four judgement angels: “Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.” (v. 3). This refers to the sealing of the 144,000 from the 12 tribes of Israel through the ministry of the two witnesses over a time frame of 3 ½ years (Rev 11). Only thereafter can the judgements of the trumpets come upon the earth.

In verses 9 to 17, the faithful, innumerable multitude are shown which have to go through the great tribulation and have washed their robes in the Blood of Lamb.

Brother Branham did not read the Bible text pertaining to the seventh seal in his sermon, only the first verse in Rev 8 about the silence in heaven. The first verse is as follows: “And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.”

From verse 2 onward, we are clearly told what takes place at that time: “And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.”

In the first trumpet judgement, the third part of the earth and trees are burnt up (v. 7);

in the second trumpet judgement, the third part of the sea turns into blood (vv. 8-9);

in the third trumpet judgement (vv. 10-11), it is about the third part of the rivers;

in the fourth trumpet judgement (v. 12), the third part of the sun, of the moon and of the stars are affected.

Then comes the threefold woe over all of the inhabitants of the earth and the warning of the last divine judgements of the three remaining trumpet angels (v. 13).

When the fifth angel sounds his trumpet (chap. 9:1-12), the fifth trumpet judgement commences: All people are tormented for five months, except the 144,000, who are already sealed at that point (Rev 7:3-4) and are kept safe.

During the sixth trumpet judgement (vv. 13-21), the four judgement angels, who are bound for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year at the River Euphrates, are then set loose to slay the third part of men (v. 15).

Only after the six trumpet angels and the four special judgement angels have carried out their commission, the announcement is made in Rev 10:7: “But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.”

In the Name of Jesus Christ, I ask everybody to read Rev 10 from the beginning with the utmost respect. There the Lord Himself comes down as the Angel of the Covenant; clothed with a cloud; surrounded by a rainbow; holding the open book in His hand; setting, as the rightful owner, one foot upon the sea and the other on the earth; and “cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.” (v. 3).

On March 17, 1963, Brother Branham recited the text from Rev 10 and said, “If you notice that’s Christ (See?), ‘cause He in the Old Testament was called the Angel of the Covenant, and He’s directly coming to the Jews now, for the Church is finished.” Through the seventh church angel, the many mysteries were revealed unto us, as Brother Branham mentioned about 50 times. Here, however, it is about Israel, about the seventh trumpet angel, and about “*the* mystery of God” (Col 2:2-3) – and that is Jesus Christ, our Lord (1 Tim 3:16). The Jews did not recognize Him at that time, but then they will look upon Him Whom they have pierced (Zec 12:10; Jn 19:37; Rev 1:7).

Once again we refer to the Old Testament and see that then the second part of Mal 3:1 is fulfilled and that the Angel of the Covenant comes to His Temple. In this period of time, it is about Israel, about Jerusalem and Mount Zion, upon which the 144,000 are gathered (Rev 14), for Thus saith the Lord in His Word:

“The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.” (Joel 3:16).

Only when the Lord roars like the Lion of the tribe of Judah (Jer 25:30; Hos 11:10; Joel 3:16; Rev 10:3) do the seven thunders utter their voices. But the voice from heaven commanded: “Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.” (v. 4). Amen. All those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life have great respect for this. The true children of God only believe what is written in the Old and the New Testament, but not interpretations and false doctrines. They distinguish between the seven thunders which utter their voices in Rev 10 and the mighty thunders that occurred on February 28, 1963, about which Brother Branham spoke many times, in particular on March 24, 1963. Those were entirely natural and were accompanied by an earthquake that shook the entire area by Sunset Mountain in Arizona, causing rocks to roll down the mountain and bend the treetops. I saw the rocks and the trees with my own eyes in December 1968 during a sightseeing tour to which Brother Pearry Green from Tucson had invited several preachers. When Brother Branham spoke of the seven thunders, his thoughts most surely went back to that extraordinary experience.

Again we go to the Old Testament to find out precisely how much time is left when the Angel of the Covenant swears: “And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half (that means 3 ½ years)*; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.”* (Dan 12:7). Thanks be to God for the preciseness of the Old and of the New Testament! In the Old Testament, it was specified what would take place. In the New Testament, we see where, how, and when it is fulfilled.

In Rev 11:1-14 the Temple is being measured and the ministry of the two witnesses who come on the scene in Jerusalem is precisely described: It will last twelve hundred and sixty days, which is exactly 3 ½ years. After the ministry of the two prophets, when the Temple has already been built (Rev 11:1; Rev 16:1), they are killed and taken up into heaven. Then the seven vials of the wrath of God are poured out: “And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.” (Rev 15+16). At the end of the great tribulation, after the last 3 ½ years = 42 months (Rev 11:2), the Millennial Reign is then proclaimed: “The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.” (Rev 11:15+17; Lk 1:33; Isa 9:6). Can it be written any more clearly and precisely than how it has been left unto us in the Bible?