The Seventh Seal Part 2: full transcript and answers

▶ 0:01 The fourth trumpet blows, one third of the sun, and it’s supposed to be gone already, and that right if it’s in sequence like they said. There’s no sun up there yet. One third of the sun’s been smitten. Now, this will really all illuminate you that this is not a sequential thing, that it’s something that’s going to happen before the day of the Lord, and if you’ll follow with me in the next couple weeks, you’re really going to get enlightened. I’m just setting the groundwork. Here: “the moon, the stars were dark, the day was one third day, and the night was one third night.” Now, have you ever figured that one out? You know the sun is light, the absence of light is dark, and yet we’ve got one third night.

▶ 1:05 Hallelujah, if I’ve got you thinking. And the sun’s smitten, so I can understand why one third of the day is gone, but that would increase the night one third, and yet the night’s increased two thirds, because one third of the night, well, no, I can’t say that, one third of the night’s taken away. So what happens to one third of the 24-hour period here? You see, when you try to make these things work out with the human mind, you run into blocks, and when you run into a roadblock, it’s time to go, “Whoops, I need to relook at these things.” And then he says, “and the night shone not.” You know, I guess one third of the moon doesn’t shine, I don’t know. There’s places where the, whoo, whoa, whoo, there’s three woes coming for the next three trumpets. Okay, and here we go. First woe, the fifth

▶ 2:15 trumpet: “I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth, and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.” And how many of those stars don’t have hands? How many of those stars can’t use keys? So obviously he’s talking about a spirit being. Okay, now let me really challenge your thinking. The wise men, not three, we don’t know how many they were, followed the star all the way to Jerusalem, and then the star disappears. It’s gone. And then the star reappears, and it reappears right over the stable where Jesus is. Now, folks, use your common sense: the nearest star is thousands of miles up

▶ 3:12 there. How in the world is it going to hover over a little stable in Jerusalem? An angel can. And why would these wise men follow a star anyway? Are you there? See, this confirms that the star the wise men followed was a spirit being illuminating their way. Yeah. Hallelujah. Ah, of course, I know you guys know all this stuff, you read your Bible all the time, and I’m just. Do you ever think like that? You, me? No. You’re weird. Okay, anyway, this spirit being comes down to earth, to where, earth, with a key to an endless pit. Have you seen an endless pit anywhere on earth? No, that’s right. You see, again, the natural thinking doesn’t work here, does it? He comes down to earth with a key to an endless pit, but the endless pit is in the spirit world. And if God opens your eyes to the spirit world, you’d see it all. You’d see angels here, you’d see Jesus here. You say, “How can He be here and in every other church?” Well, He can be everywhere. He’s Jesus. Amen. When He says, “I am in your presence when you gather together,” He means it. He’s here. He doesn’t lie to us.

▶ 5:05 Amen. Okay, and “he released a furnace of smoke, and locusts with power to torment people five months.” Now watch this: five months. We’ve got one time period, and what’s the time period? Five months. Not three and a half years, not this, not 12 days. We’ve got five months. And what people does it torment? “People without the seal of God.” Oh, well, if he’s tormenting people without the seal of God, guess where the people with the seal of God is? On earth. Duh. Are you there? He can’t touch the people if they were in heaven. He wouldn’t say “don’t touch the people of God.”

▶ 6:02 So we’re still where? Right here on earth. No rapture yet. Is this making sense to you? Now, this is just using the Scriptures as they are. I don’t have to twist anything. I don’t have to go over to Ezekiel and Daniel and make up things and all this to get your attention. This is just what John is saying, right? Exactly what he’s saying. Okay, and it goes on to say that the king over this is [unclear] and [unclear], which means “the destroyer” and “destroyer.” Okay, so Satan is the destroyer, so Satan is the king of the locusts that’s coming out of the smoke. Right now we know he’s not bringing locusts out. It’s an

▶ 6:55 illustration, something’s coming out. Okay, “men seek death but cannot die,” for these five months they are so tormented, while we’re walking around, “Hey, everything’s cool, man.” This is a woe? Ain’t a woe? It depends on what side of the cloud you’re on. Like Israel: on the other side of the cloud there was darkness, on their side of the cloud there was light and blessing in God. Amen. And so, man, we’re down here saying, “Whoa, this is a woe?” This is looking pretty good. It’s a pretty good woe. Amen. Now, how many of us would be strutting on that day, man? Yeah, yeah, huh? “We told you guys you should have repented. We told you you should have been serving Jesus.”

▶ 7:50 Hallelujah. Now, you’ve got to remember this: an economic collapse, there’s no job, there’s no money, I don’t know how people are eating or anything, and they never explain that. Supposed to be a great famine and all the rest, and we showed you that the famine was not really a famine, remember? Yeah, we showed you when you calculate it out, it doesn’t work. Okay. Now the sixth trumpet comes along. Now remember those four angels back there that was told to “touch not and hurt not the earth” till the martyrs’ quota was reached, till the harvest, the innumerable company of people, was brought in, till the saints were sealed? Remember that, the four angels? You don’t remember, you’re just nodding yes, you’re remembering it. You remembered. Okay, now he comes back to these four angels

▶ 8:59 and said, “Okay, guys, we’re ready for you. The quota has been reached. The harvest, yeah, we’re ready for you.” The four angels slay one third part of men. Now they can hurt the earth. They slay them with a 200 [unclear] horse like a lion with a lion’s head. Now, how many of you know that’s not real? I mean, duh, you actually think there’s going to be 200 million horses coming out of the heavens with a lion head? And that’s just an illustration so we can understand the vastness of it and the power of it. Okay, and they used these plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur to kill one third of the people. All right, now we just saw that David’s enemies got slain and got defeated by the fire and the smoke and the earthquakes and all that, and yet there wasn’t real ones. Got it?

▶ 10:04 Hallelujah. Now, “those not killed,” two thirds of the people that are left, “did not repent of the worship of devils and the worship of idols, nor their murders, their sorceries, their sexual immorality, nor their thefts.” They did not repent. So what was the last reason for the delay? One more. Yes, for people to repent. If you didn’t know Jesus, would you want Him to give you one more chance? Yes. That’s why He says, “Angels, hold off until I’m done filling the martyr quota. I’m done sealing the saints. I’m done with the harvest, and I’m done giving people every possible chance to repent with tremendous

▶ 11:00 signs that I do in the earth.” Now, ain’t that beautiful? Yeah. Let’s give God a hand. Hallelujah. See, you wanting Jesus to come any minute and today is very selfish. There’s a lot of people that still need what? A chance to repent. So that’s why there’s a delay. All right. Hallelujah. Now, the wormwood killed many, we’ve got one third killed here, and basically we’ve got about less than half of the population left. That’s a lot of people dying here. And now He’s going to come as a thief? I hardly, not, I mean, nobody’s sleeping, right?

▶ 11:56 Now then, in Revelations 10, we’re almost through, done through half of Revelations. Can you believe it? In five weeks, we’ve got almost half the book done. “Another mighty angel came down from heaven, clothed with a cloud, and a rainbow on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire. He had a little book in his hand, and he set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars. And when he cried out, the seven thunders opened their voices,” and uttered their voices, and he was about to write it down, and he says, “Don’t write these things down.” So there’s seven things that are going to happen that John didn’t list. Thank God, we need some kind of surprise.

▶ 12:56 But remember, when God rose with His thunderings, what did He do for David? Defeated his enemies. So are we worried? Are we worried? No, we’re sealed, man. Bring it on. Bring it on. Got a little book in his hand. Seven thunders are sealed. And in verse 5 and 6: “The angel who I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised up his hand to heaven and swore by Him that lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it.” Who is that? Jesus. Said it. Jesus. “That time,” if you read the, if you read the King James, it says “time will be no more.” And King James has very few misguided translations. That is my favorite Bible, by the way, because it is the [unclear] problem translated Bible,

▶ 14:09 so I always use it when I’m studying. When I read, I read other versions, and it drives me nuts when I go over things that they distort, and you guys better be careful with these NIVs and some of these Bibles that you just think they got some errors in them. But this one, they got it right. What he’s really saying is, “there will be no further delay.” Okay, what did he say back there at the four angels? “Hold off, we’ve got to delay this thing.” And now he’s saying what? “No more delay.” Hallelujah. No more delay. All right. Now verse 7: “The seventh trumpet will finish the mystery of God, declared by His prophets.” What is the mystery of God?

▶ 15:00 His church. Huh? Somebody say that. Yeah. Now, is He coming back for a glorious church or a wimpy church? Glorious. The last time I read the book, it’s a glorious church, an honorable church. Is He coming back for a church that the gates of hell cannot have any effect on? In fact, they’re on the defense, the gates of hell. We’re on the offense, man. We’re beating them back. Hallelujah. Now, folks, that’s good. The mystery of God will be finished, and this mystery of the church, people being saved by the blood of the Lamb, the Gentiles and Jews coming together, and a bride prepared for her husband. I mean, you know, men don’t marry little girls. You know, we like our women to have breasts and a bottom, you

▶ 15:53 know. Mature. Amen. So the church is going to be what? Very mature church. Now, we’re not going to have breasts and the bottom, but we’re going to have righteousness, peace, and joy. We’re going to have wisdom and knowledge. Are you with me? We can stand in adversity. Hallelujah. We are strong. Hallelujah. Never [unclear]. God gives us natural illustrations so we can understand the spiritual, and so you have to use these things. Right. Hallelujah. No further delay, the mystery is finished, “eat the little

▶ 16:52 book, and prophesy again to many peoples, nations, and kings.” Even at the last of the last, what is God doing in the earth? Having the gospel preached. See, trying to get people to repent right up to the end. Amen. And He didn’t say preach it to a few. He said preach it to what? Many people, many nations, and the governments, the kings of nations. Preach the gospel. This is something. Now see, they leave this stuff out. There is a powerful expression of the Word in these last days. There’s going to be an expression of the Word like it was in the Book of Acts, when Jesus sent forth His disciples and they went everywhere preaching the Word, and the Lord confirmed the Word with what? Signs following. And so He’s going to demonstrate Himself in these last days with signs and judgments, and He’s going to have the Word being preached right up to the time He comes. Can I hear an amen? And people can repent and they can turn to God right up to the time He comes. Amen.

▶ 18:18 Hallelujah. Now, that’s powerful. 1 Thessalonians, or 1 Timothy 2:4: “God would have all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth.” 2 Peter 3:9: “God is not willing that any should perish, but all would come to repentance.” Now, how are they going to repent if they don’t hear? Romans says, and how are they going to hear if someone doesn’t preach? Romans says. So the people of God are going to be on earth, what? Preaching this Word. Hallelujah. Now, he says “in your mouth it’s going to be sweet, and in your tummy it’s going to be bitter.” All of us love that “repentance, God loves you, God forgives you” message. Boy, that’s sweet in the mouth. Oh, that’s good. I don’t have to buy my way into heaven. All I’ve got to do is accept Christ, confess my sin. Boy, that is good. The mercy of God is good. That tastes good. But boy, when that Word gets down into the belly and it starts getting digested and you’ve got to be responsible and you’ve got to be

▶ 19:38 disciplined, indigestion. Give me some Pepto-Bismol. Here. Are you there? But see, until the Word gets into the tummy, you are, you hearing me? It isn’t broken down and goes to the body to give it its necessary nourishment so the body can be strong and function, and neither can you, unless you eat this book. You’re not going to get that into your spiritual man, and it gets in and goes out and your body functions become strong, and you live a disciplined life. You’ve got to get it down to where it’s bitter. You don’t like it, but you need it. I didn’t like spinach and I didn’t like liver, but I needed to eat it. My mom put it on a table and I had to eat it, and it worked. Oh, but we like these little flattering messages, you know, “I don’t have to do any work, I don’t have to do anything, just accept Jesus and skate back and wait for the rapture to come.” Yeah, that’s the sweetness in your mouth. You need to swallow, my friend, the whole book. Did he swallow the whole book? Did he swallow the whole book? Do we need to swallow the whole book? Do we need to eat the whole book? Yes. The whole book is what’s going to make the difference in your home. It’s going to make the difference in your children. It’s going to make the difference in your everyday life. It’s the whole

▶ 21:07 book. Hallelujah. If a man doesn’t work, neither should he eat. Man, that’s bitter. Man, that’s cut, my, [unclear]. “Generation of vipers! Who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?” Calling me a viper? [unclear] Are you there? And most Christians don’t like the bitterness of eating the Word, but it’s imperative so it gets into your spiritual man. You have a spiritual man inside of you, and that Word is a spiritual food, and that spiritual man will grow and excel and be strong as you eat the whole book. That was good preaching. Hallelujah. Ah, Luke 18:8: “Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, He’ll find a weak church on

▶ 22:11 earth.” Doesn’t say that, does it? “When the Son of Man comes, He’ll find a lukewarm church on earth.” Doesn’t say that, does it? “When the Son of Man comes, He will find” what? Faith on earth. What faith? That God has the power to do what He promised. Hallelujah. He will come and He will find a people that in the midst of any kind of bleakness and doom and gloom and whatever they say, God has the power to perform what He promised, and they’re ushering in the second coming. Hallelujah. Are you with me, church? Remember there were 10 virgins, right, and they all had lamps. Five were wise and five were what? Foolish. The foolish ones ran out of oil and their lamps went out. The wise ones went to sleep. But there is a virgin there that people miss, because when the bridegroom came, someone was out there saying, “The bridegroom

▶ 23:21 cometh! The bridegroom comes!” Out, what is it? It’s the 11th virgin. They’re both wise and they’re awake, and they have oil that will last through anything. Hallelujah. That’s the church of the living God. Oh, now, church, that was powerful. We need more than wisdom. We can’t go to sleep with it, and the last-day church is going to be awake, and through the preaching of the gospel and serving Christ, they’re going to be ushering in. They’re going to be saying, “Hey, that’s Him! Woo, that’s Him!” Why? Because the Bible says, “We don’t know what we shall be, but when we see Him we will be” what? Like He is. “Hey, that’s Him. That’s what He’s done. Yeah, that’s the One in me.”

▶ 24:22 Hallelujah, church. We are a powerful group with powerful promises, and we have a powerful Christ, and we’ve got to kick psychology out of the church and stupid doctrine and get the real doctrine in us and the power of Christ in us and be who we are to be. And that’s what Revelations is telling us. Revelations is telling us that there’s a praying church during this time. Revelations is telling us that His saints are empowered not to be affected by what’s going on around them. Hallelujah. Revelations is telling us that the saints of God are going to be preaching a powerful word, and even up to that time they’re praying and they’re preaching, they’re doing great things. Hallelujah. Do you want to be that kind of

▶ 25:17 church? Didn’t one of the apostles say, “I was born out of due time”? Can we be that kind of church now? Can we be born, even if Christ don’t come for another thousand years? You go, “Oh, my gosh, you kidding me?” We don’t know. You know, you don’t know what these days and years and all these things God gives us. You don’t know. He doesn’t tell you exactly what He means. What if He wasn’t coming back for another thousand years? Well, that’s, you’re going to make all these theory people look bad, huh? I don’t worry. They’ll come up with new ones. There’s always a fresh book coming off the printing press to cover up yesterday’s mistakes. But we can be born out of due time even if He’s coming back 10 years from now or 50. Can we have what He promised now? Absolutely.