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Charles Taze Russel went on to explain that a series of seven subjects he published between 1880 and 1910 were the seven thunders that fully revealed the mystery of God, which completed the unrolling of the seventh seal. | Charles Taze Russel went on to explain that a series of seven subjects he published between 1880 and 1910 were the seven thunders that fully revealed the mystery of God, which completed the unrolling of the seventh seal. | ||
==Additional Plagiarism== | ==Additional Plagiarism== | ||
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=Conclusion re the Seventh Seal= | |||
It seems that William Branham was attempting to follow Russell’s pattern with some of the messages he was preaching in the last two years of his life, pointing to them as fulfillment of the mysteries. Just as Russel equated the angel of Rev. 10:7 to the messenger of Rev. 3:14, so did William Branham: | |||
:''I believe, that the full revelation through the age of Luther, Wesley, and John Smith, Alexander Campbell, and different ones that’s preached on the Bible, and then we got over in the Bible and showed that there would be a—a seventh angel’s Message. And '''at the sounding of the seventh angel’s Message, all the mysteries of God would be made known.''' Then come seven mysterious thunders.<ref>William Branham, 63-0623M - Standing In The Gap, para. 72</ref> | |||
:'''''Have the Seven Thunders which equals seven mysteries already been revealed?''' Were they revealed in the Seven Seals, but are yet not known to us as the Thunders yet? | |||
:''No, they were revealed in the Seven Seals; that’s what the Thunders was about. They was to reveal…The Seven Thunders that had uttered their voices and no one could make out what it was…John knew what it was, but he was forbidden to write it. He said, '''“But the seventh angel, in the days of his sounding, the seven mysteries of the Seven Thunders would be revealed.” And the seventh angel is a messenger of the Seventh Church Age.''' See?<ref>William Branham, 64-0830E - Questions And Answers #4, para. 78</ref> | |||
:''The seven mysteries, sevenfold mystery of the Bible, that’s been closed up since the foundation of the world, will be revealed. And we, yet a humble little group, compared with all the world, we’ve enjoyed these blessings, a hearing those mysteries. Marriage, divorce, serpent’s seed, all these different questions, has been completely revealed to us, not by man, but by God, Himself, that’s opened those seven mysteries.<ref>William Branham, 65-0418M - It Is The Rising Of The Sun, para. 12</ref> | |||
==Final Conclusion with respect to the Seven Seals== | |||
William Branham said: | |||
:''Now I want to make this real clear. Every time, every time that these Seals has come to the place; everything that I ever believed on Them, and has read of other people, has been contrary to what come to me in the room.<ref>William Branham, 63-0324E - The Seventh Seal, para. 29</ref> | |||
The preceding statement is a major lie that has deceived millions. William Branham preached the same essential revelation of the seals as men who preceded him. And he knew it. Did the Holy Spirit cause William Branham to mislead his audience? If he would mislead his audience concerning the most important sermons of his ministry, how can we trust he was not misleading his audiences in other sermons? | |||
If other ministers had an essentially correct interpretation of the seals before William Branham was even born, how can we say the seals were opened through his ministry? | |||
==Silence! The Seventh Seal is the Third Pull== | ==Silence! The Seventh Seal is the Third Pull== | ||