Base Scripture: Revelation 8:1-5
The Revelation Of The Seven Seals
“The First Seal”
Page 131, paragraphs 135-137
Rev. William Marrion Branham
135 Notice, Trumpets means political disturbance, wars. Matthew 24, Jesus spoke of it. He said, “You’ll
hear of wars and rumors of wars, see, all the way down through.” You remember the…Jesus speaking
that, “Wars, rumors and wars, and rumors and wars, and plumb on down to the end.” Now, that’s the
Trumpets sounding.
136 Now, when we get on the Trumpets, we’ll go back there and pick up each one of them wars, and
show you that they followed them churches, show you they follow these Seals. “Wars and rumors of
war.” But, Trumpet, denotes political disturbance.
137 Whereas, Seals deals with the religious disturbance.


The Revelation Of The Seven Seals
“The Seventh Seal”
Pages 540-541, paragraphs 229-233
Rev. William Marrion Branham
229 Now, we’ll turn now to the 8th verse of the, or, the 1st verse, I mean, of the 8th chapter; of
Revelation 8:1.
230 I know you’re tired. But, now, just try to listen just for a few minutes now. And, God of Heaven
help us, is my prayer.
231 We must remember that this Seventh Seal is the end of time, of all things. That’s right. The things
written in the Seven-Seal Book, sealed up, of the plan of redemption from before the foundation of the
world, it every bit ends. It is the end; it is the end of the struggling world. It’s the end of struggling
nature. It’s the end of everything. In there, it’s the end of the Trumpets. It’s the end of the Vials. It’s the
end of the earth. It’s the…It’s even the end of time.
232 Time runs out. The Bible said so. Matthew, the 7th chapter…I mean, Revelation, the 7th cha-…10th
chapter and the…and 1 to the 7th verse. Time runs out. The Angel said, “Time will be no more,” when
that, in the days of this great thing to happen.2
233 Everything runs out, in this time, the end of the—of the…at the end of this Seventh Seal. Notice.
It’s the end of the church age. It’s the—the end of the Seventh Seal. It’s the end of the Trumpets. It’s the
end of the Vials, and even end the ushering in of the Millennium. That’s on the Seventh Seal.


The Revelation Of The Seven Seals
“The Seventh Seal”
Pages 542-543, paragraphs 249-254
Rev. William Marrion Branham
249 Now, why? Let us prove it. Why? It is the secret that no one knows about. John was forbidding to
write about It, even—even write a symbol about It. Why? This is why there was no active in—activity in
Heaven: it might give away the secret. Do you see it now? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.]
250 If It’s so great, It must be included, because It’s got to happen. But when the Seven Thunders…
251 Now notice. When the seven Angels come forth to sound their Trumpets, there was one thunder.
[Brother Branham knocks on the pulpit once—Ed.] When Israel was gathered, there was a trumpet.
“When time shall be no more,” the last trumpet, one thunder.
252 But here is Seven straight Thunders, right in a row: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, that
perfect number. Seven Thunders in a row, uttered, not…making just—just one, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, straight. [Brother Branham knocked on the pulpit seven times—Ed.] Then, Heavens couldn’t
write That. Heavens can’t know about It, nothing else, because there’s nothing to go on. It was a
relaxing time. It was so great, till, It was kept secret from the Angels.
253 Now, why? If Satan should get a hold of It, he might do great damage. There is one thing he don’t
know. Now, he can interpret anything he wants to, and impersonate any kind of a gift, (I hope you’re
learning), but he can’t know This. It’s not even written in the Word. It’s a total secret.
254 The Angels, everything, shut up. If they made one move, it might give something away, so they just
shut up, quit harping. Everything stopped.


GOD ATTRACTING HIS PROPHET
Dr. William Soto Santiago
Sunday, March 20, 1977
Cayey, Puerto Rico
Now notice, after the Ages and the Seals, what comes next? The Trumpets; he says that he wanted to tie
that all together to do it that way and then be able to preach that very important subject.
Let’s see here... and notice, still, after knowing that he is not the one to preach or bring the message of
the Trumpets, that it is not for him, but rather, it is for Moses and Elijah, he still--he says that he wanted
to tie in the Ages, the Seals, the Trumpets, the Plagues, and the Thunders. He wanted to tie that all
together.3
Now, let’s see here how he wanted to do things to tie that all together. Let’s look at page 5, paragraph
19, of the message “Trying To Do God A Service Without Being The Will Of God,” from the seventh
month (the seventh month, which is July), July 18, 1965. Notice, July 18, 1965, and he is still trying to...
he says:
“And then I’m here to get the trustees together. I’m kind of getting put out of all this turning me down,”
(and you know that God was working in everything), “on place to hold a meeting when I’m feeling led
to do it. So I think I’m going to ask if we just can’t get our tent and—and put it up, and just stay there,
you know. Get out here in the ball park, or out on a farm, and move it from place to place, just as the
Lord will lead,” (or, “as the Lord leads.”) “And I feel that that’s what He’s going to do.”
He knew and he felt what the Lord was going to do, and he knew that there was a prophecy where God
would work in a Tent. Well:
“…And I feel that that’s what He’s going to do. You know, there’s a vision concerning that,” (notice, he
says it right here, because it’s the Tent Vision). “And I think that maybe the reason this happens…Now,
you know, a lot of times we think it’s horrible because certain things happen, but, you know, that might
be God, see, driving you into these things. When, He said it, He’ll do it.”
Let me see here… let me see, I have it marked somewhere around here… well we read a little bit ahead,
the previous part is mainly what I am going to read. Page 2, paragraph 5 says (it also makes reference to
the Tent, it says):
“I was coming back, rather, to here, to try to have about a ten-day meeting, to speak on the subject of
The Seven Last Vials,” (notice this). “For, in between those Vials is the Trumpets. And I was telling you
in the… when I was going to preach on the Seven Trumpets, that I would bring them in with the Vials
and the Plagues.”
He would bring in the Trumpets with the Vials and the Plagues. And up until 1965, he had the desire to
put up a Tent. What for? To hold those meetings. And in the Tent is where he was going to preach about
the Trumpets, the Vials, the Plagues, the Thunders and all of that, see? In other words, the Message
relevant to the preaching in the fulfillment of the Tent Vision... in plain words, the Message relevant to
being under a Tent is which Message? The Thunders, the Trumpets, the Vials, the Plagues, all of that is
the Message to be preached under a Tent. There is no other message. So we see that according to the
promise—God has to move, God has to work according to the promise. And here you can see, notice,
here you can see that no one, no one can take another’s place; not even a prophet can take another
prophet’s place. What God is going to do through one prophet, if another prophet tries to do it, God
doesn’t allow him to.