The End-Time Judgment Plagues
[Romans 1:18] For the wrath of God is revealed (apokolupsis - laid open, made known,
uncovered) from
heaven against all (ungodliness) lacking reverence toward God and (un-right-wiseness)
of men, who hold down (hinder or suppress), the truth in
un-right-wise-sness; Here Paul is
speaking of the wrath of God that will come upon all those who withhold the
Truth, suppress it, or hinder it by holding back from the people that which has
been vindicated to be True by the very essence of God’s phaneroo absolutely
declaring His Word. [Matt 23:13]
[19] For that which is known
about God is evident to them and made plain in their inner consciousness,
because God Himself has shown it to them) God hath phaneroo’d unto
them. In other words, He
has openly manifested in His True Character, and yet they still turn it down. ( Now this
takes His personal Presence to do this, therefore this scripture could not have
been fulfilled in any other age.) [20]
For the invisible things of him from the creation of
the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even
his eternal power and Godhead (Godhood) ; so that they are without excuse: Now,
had God done all these things in a corner, they would not be held accountable.
But these know what God has done and they turn away from it, therefore, they
are without excuse. And this word excuse is a Greek word which means without a
defense, or defenseless. Therefore, they have left themselves defenseless just
like Eve did back in the garden when she stepped out from behind the protection
of the word. And then what happened? The serpent inoculated her with a germ
that upon entering into her blood brought forth death. (The day you eat thereof is the day you die.")
So death enters into the human race. Now, why do we bring this in here? Because
that is exactly what Paul is telling them.
By turning down God’s Mercy, there’s nothing left but
God’s wrath. This then is the same as we see in Hebrews 6, where God shows
forth Himself in a once for all enlightenment and they still turn it down, then
there’s nothing left for God to do but send forth the plagues and His judgment.
Then what we’re looking at in Romans 1:18-28 is the wrath of God which are the
judgments that God has determined for those who openly and willfully turn away
from Truth, and willfully withhold It from others.)
[21] Because that, when they knew
God, they glorified [him] not as God, (therefore, these are men who knew better, but they would
not give Him the proper glory and respect. neither were they thankful; but they became
vain (empty or worthless) (in their questioning
of what is truth?), and their foolish hearts unintelligent without understanding,
were clouded and darkened. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 And changed the
glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and
to birds, and four footed beasts, and creeping things. 24 Wherefore God also
gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour
their own bodies between themselves: 25
Who changed
(substituted) the truth of God into a
lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is
blessed for ever. Amen.
Rev 22:18 For I testify unto every man
that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add
unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this
book:
26
For this cause God gave them up unto vile
affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which
is against nature: 27 And
likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their
lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving
in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet. 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in [their] knowledge,
God gave them over to a reprobate mind,( a mind that could not stand the test), to do those things which are not
convenient; 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness,
fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder,
debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful,
proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 Without understanding, they become covenant
breakers, (faithless) , without natural affection, implacable
(unbending, unsatisfied, inflexible, rancorous and relentless) ,in
other words - unmerciful: 32 Who knowing
the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of
death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
Today we shall look extensively at how God deals with
the people who turn Him down in each age. We see a time line showing every time
God opens a seal in heaven, a mystery is declared, a Gospel trumpet sounds, a
message goes forth, and a spiritual war takes place. Then when the Message is
rejected, God sends down plagues as a temporary judgment for those who have
rejected His mercy.
This shows in type the great judgments to come. We
will see how that in each age an angel messenger ss sent forth with a trumpet and
a vial full of plagues which is the wrath of God. Now the question is, How
will these plagues come? And by what means? The answer is in the scripture as
we shall continue to read.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections:( Now what is vile affection? What does the
word vile suggest? Morally base and evil, depraved) and notice then what Paul
tells us they do as a result of this vile affection. for even their women
did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman,
burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly,
and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet. Now, before
we even go any further with the Scripture here, let’s just stop and review what
Paul is telling us.
He’s saying that first of all they turn down mercy,
and then there is only one thing left and that is judgment. Mercy then
judgment. Hence the wrath of God. Now how does this wrath of God come upon
them? Does God send down lightning bolts and kill innocent people? Does God
send them pestilence and earthquake because they are innocent? No, God has
never destroyed man. Man always destroys himself. Man brings on his own
judgment. As brother Branham said, he must be in the spirit of destruction for
destruction to come.
From the message Preparation 53-1111 brother
Branham said, I believe that the people are in
the preparation of the last great destruction this world will ever know. I believe we're at the end. You can speak to people; you
could put a Billy Graham in every city in the United States; they'd drink
whiskey and smoke cigarettes and laugh at you and everything else just the same.
They are in the spirit of the last days. And God cannot send destruction
before the people are in the spirit for destruction. God never did destroy
anything. Man always destroys
himself. The Message Trumpet is declaring, Grace and Mercy
for all that would receive it, and to reject Mercy leaves only judgment.
Notice what Paul says in [Romans
9:22], [What] if God, willing to shew
[his] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the
vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: Now, what does
this word fitted to destruction mean? The word fitted to is a Greek word which means they
are prepared for. If I fit something to something else, then what I am doing is
preparing that thing to match the other. Then the judgment matches the judged,
right? Remember, where there is a deep calling there is a deep to respond.
Brother Branham said, that there couldn’t have been a fish with a fin until
there had been first a water to swim in. Then who prepares them? God made them
for destruction. But He has left them with a free moral agency to prepare
themselves. And how do they do they prepare themselves for destruction? [Proverbs 14:12] says, There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end
thereof are the ways of death. They take their own way above
God’s way.
So in getting back to Romans 1,
we saw how they turn down the mercy of God and yet so far all we have seen is
that they begin to lean toward vile affection. And yet right after this Paul
says likewise also the men, leaving the natural use
of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working
that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their
error which was meet. So we see
here the order of the plagues. #1) God sends forth a Message of
repentance which is a call to change your thinking. #2)
they turn down the mercy of God #3) their minds
having turned from God turn toward each other For
this cause God gave them up unto vile affections. #4) they do an evil act men with men, women with
women. #5) thus receiving
in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet. Now,
what does the scripture mean by recompense of
their error which was meet. In other words, you will reap what
you sow. They sew error, and they will receive death. The word recompense means
payback and that which was meet means that which was owed to them. Therefore
the plagues are their payback.
How the HIV virus works. DNA creates RNA. Transcription DNA writes code to RNA. The cell is
called a messenger cell. goes forth to pre-plan need. But Aids is a false
messenger. It actually reverses the order. It’s aids virus is an RNA cell with
it’s own code. It attaches self to DNA and causes DNA to become aids factory.
HIV invades T cells. defense cells. Leaving the person defenseless.
Therefore they are without excuse, in other words they
are left defenseless. The aids virus does not kill you, it just strip your
bodies defenses, and other things kill you, like flue or cold or TB, or just
about any mild disease or illness. The day you eat thereof is the day you will
surely die. Notice vs 25 (substitute)
Now, before we deal more specifically with the wrath
of God let’s continue at Romans 1:28.
28 And even as
they did not like to retain God in [their] knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate
mind, (a mind that
could not stand the test), to do those things which are not convenient; 29 Being filled with all un-right-wise-ness, They fall into first of all, fornication,
wickedness,(depravity) covetousness,(greed) maliciousness; (desire to injure)
full of envy (which is hatred because of jealousy) and this leads
to, murder which is what Cain did for the very same reason, other
attributes include debate which is strife or variance, deceit,
malignity(which is an evil influence);which causes them to become whisperers
or secret slanderers, 30 In other
words, Backbiters, and haters of God, despiteful ( this means they heap
insulting language), proud (overabundance of self esteem), they
become boasters, inventors or contrivers of evil things, disobedient to
parents, 31 Without understanding, they
become covenant breakers, (faithless) ,
without natural affection, they become implacable (unbending,
unsatisfied, inflexible, rancorous and relentless) ,in other words -
unmerciful: 32 Who knowing the judgment of God,
that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same,
but have pleasure in them that do them. And since they turn down
mercy they become unmerciful. They turn down faith and therefore they are
faithless. What a wicked condition to be in. Therefore the judged fit
themselves to the judgment. They cause the judgments themselves. They fit
themselves to them.
Now we are promised that God’s wrath will deal with
these people at the end-time. And as you know, We have found that the judgments
of God which we are reading about here are brought to earth at the time of the
seventh angels message. Remember, when Brother Branham through the rock in the
air He said the judgments of God are in the earth and a couple days later
Alaska was nearly destroyed by an earthquake. He had to do something for them
to start, just like Moses through up ashes into the air to bring forth the
judgments in his day.
Therefore we see in the scriptures that in each age,
there is a messenger that comes forth with a message, and when the people
rejected that Message, then God sends down a plague as a temporary judgment.
·
[Revelations 15:1] And I saw another sign in heaven, great and
marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is
filled up the wrath of God. notice
that there are 7 angels and each one has a plague.
·
[Revelations 15:7] And one of the four beasts gave unto the
seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who
liveth for ever and ever. Now, here
we see more specifically that these last plagues are contained in seven golden
vials.
·
[Revelations 16:1] And I heard a great voice out of the temple
saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of
the wrath of God upon the earth. Notice
what is told to these angels. Notice that each one is told to go his way. What
is the Way? It is the Message of their hour. Ps
103:7
·
[Psalm 86:11 & 119:30] In fact in [John 14:6]
we hear Jesus tell us that He is "The Way, The
Truth and The Life... and we know that He is the Word. Therefore,
these angels are sent each one on his way with His message and they also bring
with them the vials full of God’s judgment.
#36) 420-4 {198} The First Seal 63 He sent forth the first messenger, and he
preached, and the trumpet sounded (as we pick it up after while); and then the
trumpet was declaring war. Trumpet always denotes war. The messenger,
the angel come on earth, the messenger of the hour, like Luther's, like any of
the messengers that we've talked of. What does he do? He arrives, and a Seal
opened, reveals; a trumpet sounds, war declared, and away they go. And then
the messenger dies. He seals away this group; they're put in; and a plague
falls upon those who rejected it. See? And then it goes on, then they
organize, get another organization. (We've just come through it.)
Now, what are we driving at this morning? What I am
trying to address to you is this. Is it later than we think. I want you to
notice something. In our text this morning, we hear Paul talking about the
wrath of God that will fall upon those who hold back the Word of God in
unrighteousness. Now, we have seen that each messenger, comes with a message.
Each Message is the Gospel Trumpet that is declaring a
Mystery that had been sealed but is now being declared in it’s ordained age.
When that Seal is broken, and that Message went forth, it starts a spiritual
warfare that ends with rejection and judgment. God then sends forth plagues and
diseases to bring forth a temporary judgment to those people what rejected His
Message.
#34) 126-3 {61} The First Seal 63-0318 He come in the first age,
the Ephesian Age, revealed, sent the messenger. Notice what happened as we go
along. Here's the plan of it: The first thing happens, there is an
announcement in the heavens first. What happened? A Seal is opened. What
is that? A mystery is unfolded. See? And when a mystery unfolds, then a trumpet
sounds. It declares a war. Or a plague falls, and a church age opened. See?
What is the war part? The angel of the Church catches the mystery of
God, not fully yet revealed, but when he does, he catches this mystery of God,
and then he goes forth to the people (after the mystery has been given
to him), goes forth to the people. What does he do out there? He begins
to proclaim that message, and what does it start? A war, a spiritual war.
OK, then what happens? Those who believe that message
and enter into it, are sealed away and hidden from the plagues or judgment. But
those who reject are sent the plagues to destroy them for rejecting The Message
for their age. And why does Brother Branham call these plagues a temporary
judgment? Because they are just showing what is in store for them at the White
throne Judgment.
#35) 126-5 {65} The First Seal 63-0318 And then God takes His
messenger with the elect of that age, and lays them away asleep, and then He
drops a plague upon them who rejected it: a temporary judgment. And then, after that is over, then he goes on, and they
denominate, and bring in denominations, and start off with that man's work like
of Wesley and all the rest of them, and then it gets all in a scrapple again;
and then another mystery comes forth. Then what happens? Another messenger
arrives on earth for a church age. See? Then when he arrives, the trumpet
sounds. He declares war. See? And then what happens? Finally then he's caught
away. And then when he's laid away, then plague falls destroys them.
Spiritual death hits the church and she's gone, that group. Then He goes on to
another one. Oh, it's a great plan until it comes to that last angel. Now,
he has no certain mystery, but he gathers up all that's been lost in them other
ages, all the truths that wasn't truly revealed yet (See?), as the revelation
come. Then he reveals those things in his day. If you want to read it,
there it is: A Revelations 10:1 to about 4. You'll get it. All right. See?
Notice that Brother Branham speaks of God having a
plan...He says... Here's the plan of it: The
first thing happens, there is an announcement in the heavens first. What happened? A Seal is opened. What is that? A
mystery is unfolded. See? And when a mystery unfolds, then a trumpet sounds. It
declares a war. Or a plague falls. Now if there is a plan, then
these things are fore known, right? And if they are foreknown, then God also
foreknows those who will receive this Seal, and those who will not, right? Then
when the Seal is broken and declared, it seals in one group and seals out all
others.
Now, the Plan is this: #1) A Seal is opened, right? That’s number One,
and what does a seal being broken do? It allows you to see what was locked up
and kept previously from view. Therefore, by Faith we are able to see what God
is revealing, because Faith is the first thing, it is the foundation stone. And
all that can not receive the revelation for the hour they live are therefore
faithless.
#2)
When the Seal is broken, It actually allows for us to see and by seeing it
seals us in, but by rejecting to look, the others, all others become sealed
out. Then what is happening here? One group is locked in and the other is
locked out. What would we call this? Separation, right? Let’s see
if we’re not right.
59 The Token 64-0208 Likewise, we must remember that God is long-suffering, not willing that
any should perish. He always sends His signs, His wonders. And then when He
gets ready to do anything, He separates the believer from the unbeliever. And
notice then how He provided for His promised-land people. Look what He did for
His promised-land people there, to be sure that they would not be mixed up in
some kind of an ism. What did He do? He sent a prophet to them, Moses, with
a message identifying God's Word. And to identify Moses, He sent a Pillar of
Fire that hung over him. Amen. Then to give him the perfect assurance, He
required a token. Amen. There's a messenger, the message, and the vindication,
and the token, the perfect assurance that they had nothing to worry about.
No matter how many plagues strike, what everybody else says they are sealed
away.
The separation by revelation always begins a warfare,
a Spiritual warfare. It always has. In the beginning Michael disputed with
Lucifer and then warfare broke out. Then on earth, Cain disputed with
Abel. And really, who did He really dispute with? God! Then after the dispute,
Cain killed Abel. Warfare! It’s been the same in every age. Look at Jacob and
Esau. Revelation received by one and rejected by the other. A dispute, then
warfare. Look at Joseph and His Brothers, Revelation received by one, the same
revelation rejected by others. A dispute and then warfare. The same in Moses
day, Revelation received by one, the same revelation rejected by others. A
dispute and then warfare. Daniel’s day, the same. Elijah’s day, the same.
David’s day, the same. In fact we find this example entirely throughout the
scriptures from Genesis through Revelations. A Revelation, a dispute over that
revelation, then warfare. Then what?
#3) Those who are sealed in are protected from the judgments
that are to follow, and those who are sealed out, are fitted for
destruction. They fit themselves. Notice [Romans 9:22] [What] if God, willing to shew [his] wrath, and to make his
power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to
destruction: Now, what does this word fitted to
destruction mean? The word fitted to is a Greek
word which means they are prepared for. If I fit something to something else,
then what I am doing is preparing that thing to match the other. Then the
judgment matches the judged? Remember, where there is a deep calling there is a
deep to respond. Brother Branham said, that there couldn’t have been a fish
with a fin until there had been first a water to swim in. Then who prepares them?
God made them for destruction. But He has left them with a free moral agency to
prepare themselves. And how do they do they prepare themselves for destruction?
[Proverbs 14:12] says, There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end
thereof are the ways of death. They take their own way above
God’s way.
E-16 Preparation 53-1111 I
believe that the people are in the preparation of the last great destruction
this world will ever know. I believe we're at the end. You can speak to people; you could put
a Billy Graham in every city in the United States; they'd drink whiskey and
smoke cigarettes and laugh at you and everything else just the same. They
are in the spirit of the last days. And God cannot send destruction
before the people are in the spirit for destruction. God never did destroy
anything. Man always destroys himself. The Message
Trumpet is declaring, Grace and Mercy for all that would receive it, and to
reject Mercy leaves only judgment.
E-14 Planting the Vine and Where to Plant It
59-0920 In the Scriptures, we find that Jambres
and Jannes withstood Moses by doing practically the same things he did, by
casting down the rod and turning to a serpent. Moses called for plagues, and they could call plagues too. They couldn't heal, because God is the only Healer. But
they could cause plagues to come; then Moses took them away.
E-63 5 Junctures of Time 56-0122 We got the impersonators. We got people pretending to be,
when they're not. And the Bible said, "As Jambres and Jannes withstood Moses,
so will these men of reprobated mind concerning the truth," in the last
days at the junction we're at now And there stood Jambres and Jannes when Moses
threw down and performed a miracle of God. They impersonated it and done a
miracle too with their stick. And Moses called for plagues, and they called plagues. It's the devils
turned loose. And notice that they are called reprobates
concerning the truth, and they have a reprobate mind, and this is what Paul is
also speaking of concerning the wrath of God coming against all the would hold
back the truth in unrighteousness which is a wrong understanding.
And as he goes down into Egypt, he took his
stick, and cast it down, and healed his hand with leprosy, and done those
things, then I want you to notice every time the miraculous was done,
Satan's always there to counterfeit it. And as he was counterfeiting it that
day, he's still the same counterfeiter today. Even his counterfeits only
point to the end time at the junction. He had some old soothsayers and--down
there by the name of Jambres and Jannes, who stood up and they could throw
their rods down, turn them to serpents and so forth and do just like they did.
But God vindicated who was God's. They could bring plagues, but they could
not perform Divine healing
Now, this then brings us to another thought. We can
see that God has a plan, and in this plan He is to bring forth a Message, and
He knows those few who will receive it, because He has ordained for them to
receive it. In [Acts 13:48] we read, "As many as were ordained to eternal life believed."
[II Timothy 2:19] Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having
this seal, ( What Seal?) The Lord
knoweth them that are his.
Now, God knowing then, who would and who would not
believe, He then prepares His Messengers for the task at hand. And each is
given a golden vial which contains the wrath of God. So before that angel
messenger even shows up to earth, He has been given a vial that has death in
it, and yet that death can not touch those with the seal of God. For God has
commanded that it not even touch them.
·
[Rev 7: 1-3] Brother Branham said this is the same
as Ezekiel 9.
217-39 Q&A Hebrews PT 1 57-0925 Let's get Revelations the 7th chapter,
and we'll find out in here now where--what It said. It's a beautiful thing. And
after this... I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth,...
(Now, this parallels Ezekiel 9, where he saw the destruction of the
Jews. And here he sees the destruction of the Gentiles, Revelations the 7th
chapter.)... And...
I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four
winds... ("Winds" means "war and strife.")... that the wind
should not blow upon the earth, nor on the sea,... or any tree... (Now, that's
war, holding.).
89 Ten Virgins 60-1211M Now, you see, and then all of Jerusalem was
destroyed. Now, this here is perfectly a parallel: Revelations 7. Now, watch.
From the time of Titus besieging Jerusalem, within the world, there hasn't been
a time down through history that all the world went to war until 1914.
93-207 Q & A 54-0103M Now, "On four corners of the earth,
holding the four winds." In other words, here went the winds blowing in
the wars and strife to come all over the world. When did that ever happen?
Never until the First World War. "Holding the winds," and they were
striving, going in to take over. And now, here come another One. Now, if you'll
watch and refer that Angel, He's the same Angel that come out in Ezekiel 9,
when the men come from hinder their gates with slaughtering weapons and was
going through Jerusalem to slaughter the Jews. You remember? He said,
"Hold it. Hold it. Stop it, till you go through the city and put a mark on
every forehead that sighs and cries for the abominations done in the
city." Is that right? Then after He did that, then He let them go in and
slaughter. That was the persecution under Titus. Now, you see, he's the same
Angel come forth again, coming from the east, from where Jesus shall come, and
He has the Seal of the living God. Glory.
·
[Ezekiel 9:4] And the
LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of
Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that
cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. 9:5 And to the
others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and
smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: 9:6 Slay utterly old
[and] young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near
any man upon whom [is] the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Notice
where the judgments are to begin? To those who have heard His word. Then how
much ought we to be living this word, brethren. How ought we to be conducting
our lives according to this Message?
·
[Revelations 9:4] And it
was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither
any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal
of God in their foreheads. Therefore, when God sends a Prophet, a messenger,
that messenger is a sign of impending doom. The Prophet is a sign of a soon
coming judgment.
#41) E-20 Voice of the sign 64-0313 The coming of a prophet
is a warning sign that judgment is at hand, always has been. Let me just quote one. Look at Noah rising up in
the days of the antediluvian world, a prophet prophesying. What was it? Judgment
struck immediately after. Moses went into Egypt, a vindicated prophet
with the signs of the prophet. What happened? Judgment struck Egypt
right afterwards. Elijah come on the scene, the prophet, and
prophesied to Ahab and that nation. What happened? Judgment struck it right
afterwards.
#42) E-32 Voice of the Sign 64-0321E Notice. The coming of a
prophet is a warning sign of judgment at hand. Did you know that? Judgment is
ready to strike. If there is a prophet in the land, remember, he's certainly
first got to be vindicated by God and the Word for that day...... Now,
watch. The coming of this prophet gives the sign of judgment is at hand
always Now,
therefore, we have seen thus far that in every age when God sent a prophet, he
sends Him with a Message and that message is ordained for a small group of
Predestinated individuals who are ordained to believe and receive that Message.
That is who the Message is for. It is a Message of safety, Salvation and
deliverance, to come into the safety net of God, for judgment is about to
strike. we have seen that when each Gospel trumpet went forth a war followed,
spiritually and then plagues.
Now since we have a Message for each age, we also have
a punishment for those who reject that Message.. Now with each of these Church
ages we have both a Message and a plague that followed, and I would like to
diagram this for you that you can see historically for yourself what has taken place.
Tarsus-Turkey
Asia Minor-Turkey France Ireland Germany England USA
|
Paul A.D. 3-62 |
Irenaeus 140-202 |
Martin 315-399 |
Columba 521-597 |
Luther 1483-1546 |
John Wesley 1703-1791 |
Branham 1909-1965 |
|
Ephesian CA |
Smyrna |
Pergamean |
Thyatira |
Sardis |
Philadelphia |
Laodicean |
|
53 =========> |
170 ========> |
312 =======> |
606 =======> |
1520 =======> |
1750 =======> |
1906 =====> |
|
White horse-bluff bluff bow no => |
Red horse conquering |
Black horse- death |
Pale horse |
|
Baptism of Holy Spirit rejected |
7th angel 7 seals |
|
Anti-Christ |
False Prophet |
Vicar Crowned |
Spanish- Influenza |
7 vials |
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Jerusalem sacked Matt 24:1-3a, 24: 15-20 |
Bubonic plague Asia 180-220 Black death |
Huns sack Europe |
Black death 1348 75 million die |
Tuberculosis 17th century |
kills 37-40 million 1 billion infected TB also plague |
WHO 300 M people by 2005 |
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Temple destroyed people starved, ate children |
begins in Asia millions die, but no official count Council Nicea, trinity Constantine appoints state church |
Bubonic Plague 4th century 90 % fatality 100million die |
1/2 Europe dies 2/3 of European cities perish Read article on Bubonic plague |
Tuberculosis becomes the #1 plague
killing 1 in 4 people world-wide |
during this age 31 pandemics of influenza
kills millions worldwide 1894 last plague pandemic Asia thru Africa-Australia quote #32 WW1 9.4 mi die |
1995 3 million die 1 per second 31.5 Million yr. Rev 9:15 1/3 world dies Florida conference (article 200 scientists gather) |
#32) 30 Seven Church ages 54-0512 When the sixth
one sound... We'll get on that maybe the
sealing away on Friday night. When the First World War, why, that Sixth Trumpet
sounded exactly according to the time God spoke of it, exactly,
geographically, following the seal before that. And when the mystery
was revealed in there, for the baptism of the Holy Ghost, and the people
then, how the Church did not move up; and those who were moving refused to
walk in Light, and went back; and the plague was opened at that time, and
poured out upon the earth, which was influenza, that killed all the people
as it did, the thousands times thousands... And then coming down into this last
age where we are here... And just come and listen what the Lord has to say
about it in His Word. Now, that isn't my makeup. I’m just reading it like a
newspaper right out of the Word of God. So this is His direct revelation to
the Church, to the Church: The Revelation of Jesus Christ to the Church.
#33) 195 Revelations Chptr 5 Part 2 61-0618 When the first
seal was opened up, the first trumpet sounded and the first plague fell. When
the sixth seal opened up, the sixth sounded and the sixth plague fell. Just watch it; it's the most beautiful thing that you ever
seen. And when I do, I'm going to get me a big, great big blackboard, bring
it up here and just teach it right across here, so we just take plenty of
time on each seal, and go back and take up the history and things, and prove
just when it happened, and show right here in the Bible when It said it
would take place, and right exactly when it happened, just the date and
everything else. I got it (See?), got it from Him. That's right.
Now we have shown what has happened during the 6 first
ages, A Seal was opened, a Message went forth, a spiritual war broke out, the
Message was rejected, and God sent plagues upon the people. But what about the
seventh age. That’s the age that we are living.
#37) 39-2 Feast of the Trumpets 64-0719M 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 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.
If we are to follow this through with what I have
already laid out by scripture for you, then the last angel doesn’t have just
one plague, but all seven, as we shall see in the scripture.
[Rev 17:1] And there came one of the seven angels
which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come
hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon
many waters: Notice that this one angel has all seven vials and he
is the one who pronounces judgment on the great whore church and her harlot
daughters.
[Rev 18:4] And I heard another voice
from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not
partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. Notice how this one angel shows mercy first by shouting
forth a message for those who are in to come out before it is too late? Mercy
then judgment.
[Rev 18:8] Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death,
and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire:
for strong [is] the Lord God who judgeth her. Here we
see the plagues that will befall this whore church and her harlot daughter,
Spiritual death, and physical death, mourning, famine and then burning.
[Rev 21:9] And there came unto me one
of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues,
and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's
wife. Now, notice that this
angel is to show or present the Bride of Christ, and he is the same one that
brought forth the vials containing the seven last plagues.
Now, what are these seven last plagues? Could they be the six plagues that have already been
let loose upon the earth? Only this time they will be all let loose at the same
time? Remember, Rev 9:15 tells us 1/3 of the
world will be killed by these plagues and that means nearly 2 billion people
this time around. Brother Branham told us what the seventh plague was.
Spiritual death, and we already see that plague has taken over the churches,
and there are nearly 2 billion people that claim to be Christian today. The
people are spiritually dead every where you look and it has come right into
this Message because remember, "judgment
begins in the house of the Lord," and let’s face it, that is
what this judgment is all about. Those who are closest to the Door without
entering in are in the greatest danger of all because they had better know
better, which reminds me of what Brother Vayle told one sister who was spouting
off how she was not responsible because she did not know, and he said, your
wrong, you are responsible therefore you had better know. Ignorance is no
excuse when the judgments of God begin to fall.
134 Oncoming Storm 60-0229 We see the newspapers and the oncoming storm. When you go
home tonight, do me one favor, don't go to bed till you read Revelations the
8th chapter. You see the oncoming
plagues and storms, that shall hit the earth, and thunders and
lightning’s are going to shake the heavens. Woes are going to pass over the
nation. Men will
rot in their flesh. Diseases will strike them the doctors knows nothing
about. But remember, before that took place there was a sealing went forth.
And the death angels and the plagues was commissioned by God, "Don't come
near any of those who has the Seal in their forehead." And the Seal of God
is the baptism of the Holy Spirit; Ephesians 4:30 says, "Grieve not the
Holy Spirit of God, whereby you are sealed until the day of your
redemption." No matter how hard the ark rocked, no matter how many times
the lightning struck close to it, "Ten thousand shall fall on your right,
and thousands to your left, and it shall come not nigh thee." The Holy
Spirit...
Ephesians 4:30 "Grieve not the Holy
Spirit of God, whereby you are sealed until the day of your redemption."
No matter how hard the ark rocked, no matter how many times the lightning
struck close to it, "Ten thousand shall fall on your right, and thousands
to your left, and it shall come not nigh thee."
100 Jezebel Religion 61-0319 When God sends forth a message and tells the people, and
they don't receive it, then He withdraws His servant and sends His plagues: famine, death,
spiritually speaking, physically also. You watch for a depression, brother. You
think you've seen something; you just wait after while. You haven't seen
nothing. You think you're dying for a good spiritual revival; you wait till
after a bit. You just wait, long and
cry to hear the Word of God. The Bible said so. "There'll be a famine in
the last days," said the prophet, "and not for bread and water alone,
but for hearing the true Word of God." But that voice will be quiet in the
wilderness somewhere, hid away.
57 Israel at the Red Sea 2 53-0327 Now, we're coming down to the last plague, last thing. God
said, "I'm tired fooling now. I'm going to give the last plague."
Now, I want you to notice; the last plague was death. Now, we've had earthquakes; we've had wars and rumors of
wars; we've had tidal waves, as Jesus said would be, the sea a-roaring, man's
heart failing, more heart trouble (number one disease), fear, perplex of time,
distress between the nations, horseless carriages in the broad ways, all these
things fulfilled. But the last plague is death, not physically speaking, but
spiritually speaking, death, spiritually in the church. You notice it
was amongst the sons: spiritual death. The church has got more members than
it ever had, thriving better than it ever did, and yet the weakest in spirit
that it ever was. That's true. That's just like it was in Egypt.
56 Israel at Kadesh Barnea 53-0328 Notice. Then God, after fixing Moses, getting him ready,
sent out the--the signs, then the last sign we taken last night was death. And
we found out, that spiritual death in the church, the last plague now, church
drying up, blowing away. That's right. We're living in a horrible time. How
that the church, the old-timers that used to really have the victory is losing
out, dying time, letting the Blood get off the front of the door. "When I
see the Blood I'll pass over you."
E-16 God’s Provided Way 53-0613 Moses took God's provided way when they were down there in
Egypt. How they going to get out? It... God kept hardening Pharaoh's heart. But
He said, "Now, I'm going to make a way of escape, because I'm going to
send death over the land." Say, listen, here's something striking. Watch, plague after plague after
plague, but the last plague fell was death, just before the deliverance.
Notice it. How striking it is today. Jesus said there'll be--perilous times
shall come, men's hearts would fail; how He said they'd be distress between the
nations, sea a roaring, tidal waves that's never been heard of before, bursting
forth in the seas. How that in all these things, signs would be coming to pass.
Just like it was in the days of Noah, it would be again. How marvelous. But
remember, the last plague that fell was death. And the last thing... God has
give us warning after warning, warning after warning. Now, the last thing
that's come is death, spiritual death. The churches are dying spiritually.
Now, we that the seventh plague is spiritual death and
we know for certain that this has taken place. But remember also that the
spiritual comes before the natural. The thought must come before the action,
and therefore, the spiritual death takes place before the actual dying out in
the flesh begins. Then how close are we, especially as we sit here this morning
and know that there are people that are walking death, filled with these last
age plagues which their flesh is rotting away as they try to live.
And what about he rest of those vials. There was seven
vials exposed during the seven church ages, and to think, if 37-40 million
people were killed because the church rejected the revelation of the Baptism of
the Holy Ghost, then how much greater will be the punishment for rejecting the
Baptizer Himself, the Holy Ghost Himself. we have seen that the Black Plague
went forth just as the seals revealed the black horse turned into a pale horse
riding forth, and he was called death.
Rev 16:9 And men were scorched
with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over
these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. Rev 16:21 And there fell upon men a great hail
out of heaven, [every stone] about the weight of a talent: and men
blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was
exceeding great.
Zech 14:12 And this shall be the
plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought
against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon
their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue
shall consume away in their mouth.
E-93 Five Junctions of Time 56-0122 One day, the Bible says, that things will
break out on this earth and diseases and things, and all the people will be
plagued, till the flesh shall rot on them and so forth. But the
Bible says, "Don't you come near any of those who has the Seal of God
in their forehead." And the Seal of God is the baptism of the Holy
Ghost.
88 Adoption or Placing 60-0522E You think cancer's something? The Bible said
there's coming a time when men will rot right in their flesh, and the
buzzards will eat off of carcasses before they even die. Cancer's a
toothache to what's a coming. But, remember, that horrible thing was
forbidden in that day to touch those who had the Seal of God. That's what we're
striving for now, to get in and be positionally placed into the Kingdom of God
before these horrible plagues strike.
109 Revelation Chptr 4 Pt 1 60-1231 War... This is the setting
of the great battle; the people that rejected God's message, rejected the
Holy Spirit, the Messenger of the seven churches. The one that had rejected
this message of His grace had nothing left, but judgment was ready. All
right. He's making ready to pour out the plagues upon the earth now.
"Come up hither and I'll show you what's fixing to take place.
Christ-rejecting, godless sinners, I'm going to pour out My wrath upon them."
But listen, we have a hope like no other people
because, God promised us... PS 91:10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague
come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give
his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. Psalm 34:7 "The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear
Him, and delivereth them." Now, do you believe that He is still
here? If you don’t your on your own.