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“The Seventh Angel of Revelation 10:7”

Among the many things that St. John saw by vision while on the Isle of Patmos more than two thousand years ago were “seven angels which stood before God” that were “given seven trumpets.” Revelation 8:2.

Of those “seven angels” with “seven trumpets”, William Branham believed he was the seventh one of Revelation 10:7 even though his name is not stated or mentioned anywhere in the Scriptures and there is no information therein to establish who that angel is or when or to whom that angel is to appear. In its entirety, Revelation 10:7 merely states,

“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 addition, the Scriptures do not specifically state that the “seventh angel” of Revelation 10:7 is a “messenger” that is a man with a “message” to the Gentiles despite William Branham's many claims to the contrary. In fact, none of the seven angels with trumpets in Revelation 8-11 are ever identified as having any kind of “message” or being “messengers” to the Gentiles or as even speaking, stating or conveying anything to anyone. Rather, only descriptions are provided therein of the different events that occur after each angel sounds.

The Scriptures also do not state or indicate that the “seventh angel” of Revelation 10:7 is the same “seventh angel to the Laodicean church” of Revelation 3:14 despite William Branham's claims that they are.

Because William Branham is not identified as an angel of any kind anywhere in the Scriptures,

he clearly never had any Biblical basis or authority to believe and lead other people to believe that he was the “seventh angel” of both Revelation 3:14 and 10:7 with the final, end-time “message” for the Gentiles as he did.

William Branham's teachings about the “seventh angel messenger” and “seven churches” are thoroughly demonstrated to be untrue and not of God in the document here. As shown therein, it is not possible for any of his claims about the alleged “seventh angel messenger” of Revelation 3:14 and 10:7 to be true and of God including all of the ones below.

William Branham's false claims that “ALL the MYSTERIES of God” would be made known at the sounding of the seventh angel is evidence that he was not that angel.

It is apparent from a plain reading of Revelation 10:7 above that the Scripture states that

“THE MYSTERY of God should be finished” when the seventh angel begins to sound.

It does not state, “ALL the mysteries of God would be made known” at the sounding of the seventh angel's message as William Branham claimed falsely in his statements below.

“And remember, Revelation 10:1-7, (1-7, chapter 10:1-7) at the end of the Seventh Angel’s Message, ALL the mysteries of God would be known.” The Seventh Seal, Seals, page 564a, 3/24/63.

“Now, remember, in the days of the seventh angel, his sounding forth, blasting forth the Gospel Trumpet, he is to finish all the mysteries of God.” The First Seal, 63-0318, 127-4 / 68, 3/18/63.

“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?” Questions.And.Answers_ Jeff.IN COD Sunday_ 64-0830E 1161-Q-395 395.

“But in every age God began to give back by revelation that which was hidden until in this last day according to Revelation 10:7, a prophet will come and reveal all the mysteries and then the Lord will come.” Seven.Church.Age.Book, p. 210 (1965).

...Revelations 10, "And at the sounding of the seventh angel, the Laodicea messenger, the mysteries of God would be made known." And this is the last age, which is Laodicea.” Marriage.and.Divorce Jeff.IN, 65-0221M.

“And at that day of the sounding of the last church age, the seventh angel, the mysteries of God should be made known in that day. The Seven Seals would be broken. The mysteries of all these churches and things, how they happened, and what tak-... how, what taken place” Spiritual.Food.In.Due. Season Jeff.IN 65-0718E.

"So the messenger to this Laodicean Age has to be here now….Now this messenger of Malachi 4 and Revelation 10:7 is going to do two things. One: According to Malachi 4 he will turn the hearts of the children to the fathers. Two: He will reveal the mysteries of the seven thunders in Revelation 10 which are the revelations contained in the seven seals. It will be these Divinely revealed “mystery-truths” that literally turn the hearts of the children to the Pentecostal fathers. Exactly so.” Seven.Church.Age.Book, pp. 323-324; 327-328 (1965).

Prior to 1963, William Branham did not misrepresent Revelation 10:7 to say that, “ALL the MYSTERIES of God would be made known” by the seventh angel like he did in his statements above. In 1960, he recognized that the Scripture indicates that ONE “mystery of God would be finished” and even taught that the ONE mystery is the mystery of who God is as one Person as follows,

“As Daniel heard the seven thunders, and forbidden; and John heard the voices, and this Book was sealed, and the back of the book was sealed with Seven Seals; but in the days of these Seals to be opened, "The mystery of God would be finished." In other words, God would be known to His Church; not in three people, but as one Person.” The.Ephesian. Church.Age, 60-1205.

Apparently, William Branham began misrepresenting Revelation 10:7 to say, “ALL the MYSTERIES would be made known” by the seventh angel “messenger” when he began “revealing” the “seven seals” in 1963 and planned on “revealing” more mysteries like the “seven thunders” and “seven plagues.”

By changing the meaning of Revelation 10:7 as he did, William Branham clearly assigned a greater role and purpose to the seventh angel than what is stated in the Bible. That subtle change of meaning was significant enough to convince people that they would be the beneficiaries of knowing any and all of the remaining “mysteries” of God from the seventh angel, which William Branham also led them to believe was him.

William Branham's false claims that the “seventh angel” sounds during the last “church age” and “has to be here now” further demonstrate that he was not that angel.

William Branham's claims above that the seventh angel sounds during the “last church age” and "has to be here now" are contradicted by the Bible and his own teachings about the two witnesses in Revelation 11:1-12. In the latter regard, he taught that the two witnesses are the “return of Moses and Elijah” who turn “the Gospel back to the Jews” on “the other side of the rapture.”[1]

Because William Branham places those two witnesses with the Jews on the “other side of the rapture” and the seventh angel of Revelation 10:7 sounds in Revelation 11:15 AFTER the two witnesses ascend up to heaven, all of his claims are unbelievable and untrue about a seventh angel “messenger” sounding in a “last church age” BEFORE the rapture of the Gentiles.

He might have realized this problem with his teaching and attempted to deflect attention from it by referring to the seventh angel of Revelation 10:7 and 11:15 as two different angels as he did below,

“The sixth trumpeting angel, who is a heavenly being, is in Revelation 9:13, and the seventh of like order is in Revelation 11:15. This one here in Revelation 10:7 is the seventh-age messenger and it is a man, and he is to bring a message from God, and his message and ministry is going to finish the mystery of God as declared to His servants, the prophets. God is going to treat this last messenger as a prophet BECAUSE HE IS A PROPHET.” Seven.Church.Age.Book, p. 324 (1965).

There is, however, no language anywhere in Revelation Chapters 8-11 that establishes the “seventh trumpeting angel” of Revelation 10:7 to be a different seventh angel than the one that sounds in Revelation 11:15. In addition, it is clear that there is no language in Chapters 8-11 that establishes the “seven trumpeting angels” to be different types of angels (i.e. heavenly and human angels) despite William Branham's claims above.

If there are two different seventh angels (one in Revelation 10 and another in Revelation 11) then there would be a total of eight trumpeting angels (seven that sound and the one in Rev. 10:7 that is to sound). Such an anti-Scriptural teaching obviously could only be regarded to be heresy and absurd.

The fact therefore remains that there are no more than seven angels with trumpets in Revelation 8-11. The seventh angel of Revelation 10:7 has to be the same seventh angel that ultimately sounds in Revelation 11:15. And because the seventh angel sounds in Revelation 11:15 AFTER the two witnesses ascend up to heaven, all of William Branham's claims are unbelievable and untrue about a seventh angel “messenger” sounding in a “last church age” BEFORE the rapture of the Gentiles, as stated above. Consequently, William Branham could not have been the seventh angel of Revelation 10:7.

Footnote:

[1] Claims that William Branham made of the two witnesses being the “return of Moses and Elijah” to the Jews on “the other side of the rapture” can be read here.

William Branham's false claims that two witnesses sound the “seventh trumpet” further demonstrates that he could not be the “seventh angel” of Revelation 10:7.

From a plain reading of the Bible, it is apparent that there are only seven angels with seven trumpets that “sound” in Revelation 8-11. It is also apparent that each of those angels “sounds” on their own without the help or involvement of any other angel or anyone else.

Most astoundingly, William Branham taught that the “seventh angel” does not even sound his own trumpet on his own even though the Bible states that “the seventh angel sounded” in Revelation 11:15. Instead, he taught that it was the two witnesses of Revelation 11:1-12 who sound the “seventh trumpet” as follows,

“Now, we see the church of Pentecost age is finished. The Bride must step out of the way to go up now, so the two servants, the two servants of God, in Revelations, the two prophets, can appear upon the scene to sound the Seventh Trumpet to them, make known to them the Christ.” The Feast Of The Trumpets (64-0719M).

Such a teaching is completely unfounded and contrary to the Bible because there is no Scripture that states that the two witnesses of Revelation 11 “sound the Seventh Trumpet.”

By falsely claiming that it was the two witnesses who sound it, William Branham fully demonstrated that he could not have been the “seventh trumpeting angel” of Revelation 10:7.

William Branham also could not have been the “seventh angel” of Revelation 10:7

because the Gentile Church is “raptured” before the “seventh angel” appears.

By leading people to believe that he was the “seventh angel” of Revelation 10:7 with the final “message” to the Gentiles, William Branham placed himself in the middle of the book of Revelations where he said God is no longer dealing with the Gentiles, but is only dealing with Israel. As he stated,

“The first three chapters of the Book of Revelations reveals all the happenings unto the Church. Then from the 3rd chapter unto the 19th chapter of Revelation there is no more seen of the Church. The Church goes up at the 4th chapter of Revelations and returns back at the 19th chapter of Revelations, the Bride and the Groom together coming to the earth. And then from the 19th chapter to the conclusive of the 22nd chapter, it's all on the millennium and what will be in the years that is to follow. During the 4th to the 19th, God is dealing with Israel.” The Feast Of The Trumpets (64-0719M).

Based on William Branham's own words above, any angel “message” of the “seventh angel” of Revelation 10:7 could only be for the Jews and not the Gentiles because “the Church goes up” (i.e. is raptured) “at the 4th chapter of Revelations and returns back at the 19th chapter of Revelations.” Because the Gentile Church is not even around when the “seventh angel” appears in Revelations Chapter 8-11, William Branham could not have been the “seventh angel” of Revelation 10:7 with a “message” for the Gentiles according to his own teachings.

William Branham's claims that the Seven Trumpets do not apply to the Gentiles further demonstrates that he was not the “seventh angel” of Revelation 10:7.

William Branham could not have been the “seventh angel” of Revelation 10:7 with a trumpet that “sounds” to the Gentiles because he said that the “seven trumpets” do not even apply to the Gentiles as follows,

“Now, the reason that these Seven Trumpets does not apply to this church and this age is because it's to Israel only.” The Feast Of The Trumpets (64-0719M).

By claiming that the “Seven Trumpets” are to Israel only, William Branham contradicted all of his claims about the “seventh angel” of Revelation 10:7 being the final “messenger” to the Gentiles and proved by his own words that he could not have been the “seventh angel” that “sounded or blasted forth” the “Gospel Trumpet” to them.

William Branham's false claim that the seventh angel of Revelation 10:7 was “raptured” with the Church further demonstrates that he was not that angel.

William Branham specifically claimed the seventh angel of Revelation 10:7, which he taught was the self-same angel of the alleged Laodicean church age, would be “raptured himself, and he will come with the church to the rapture.”

“When Elijah comes, that's the messenger to the Laodicean church Age. We find Elijah coming before...Remember, Elijah was the one that went up on a chariot, never tasted death. And the message of this great messenger that'll come in this closing day in the Laodicean church Age, the Pentecostal Age, will be the one that'll take the church to the rapture. Exactly. He was raptured himself, and he will come with the church to the rapture.” The Messiah – 1/17/61.

Because William Branham died in a car crash on December 24, 1965, he was not “raptured himself” and did not “come with the church to the rapture.” Therefore, he could not have been the seventh angel of Revelation 10:7 as he led people to believe he was.

Problems with William Branham's claims that the “seventh trumpeting angel” is the same angel as the “seventh angel of the seven churches.”

William Branham repeatedly claimed that the “seventh angel” of Revelation 10:7 is the same seventh angel as the “seventh angel of the seven churches” in Revelation 3:14. This claim is problematic because he did not follow suit and also allege that the first six angels with trumpets are the first six angels of the seven churches in Revelation 1-3. How could the seventh angel with a trumpet be the same as the seventh angel of the seven churches, but the first six angels with trumpets are not likewise the first six angels of the seven churches?

Had he claimed that all seven angels with trumpets are the same seven angels of the seven churches, he would have been faced with having to explain the very unusual events that occurred at the “sounding” of each of the other six “trumpeting angels” and his seven angel choices for the seven churches of Revelation 1-3, such as,

At the “sounding” of St. Paul as the “first trumpeting angel”...“hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up” as stated in Revelation 8:7;
At the “sounding” of St. Irenaeus as the “second trumpeting angel”...“a great mountain burning with fire” that “was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed” as stated in Revelation 8:8-9;
At the “sounding” of St. Martin as the “third trumpeting angel”...“there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter” as stated in Revelation 8:10-11;
At the “sounding” of St. Columba as the “fourth trumpeting angel”...“the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise” as stated in Revelation 8:12;
At the “sounding” of Martin Luther as the “fifth trumpeting angel”...“And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 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. And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter” as stated in Revelation 9:1-12;
At the “sounding” of Wesley as the “sixth trumpeting angel”...“And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts” as stated in Revelation 9:13-21.

Before he died in 1965, William Branham did not make known the meaning of all of the above “mysteries” related to the “seven trumpeting angels” despite leading people to believe he was the seventh angel “messenger” who would, in fact, make ALL the mysteries of God known. Without him first demonstrating when and how the above apocalyptic events occurred at the “sounding” of first six “trumpeting angels”, it is unreasonable to accept and believe that they all occurred before his ministry or the “sounding” thereof in the early to mid 1900s. Consequently, all of his claims about the seventh angel of Revelation 10:7 providing a “message” to the Gentiles during that time period are unworkable and untenable at best.

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