B. 6i,§6(8)10
Boek Openbaring §6,(8,)10, Zegels Uitgelegd: Tweede Zegel
Shalom!
^ With comprehensive explanations of the secrets of the seals is continued.
Prayer of them who seek God's Ways and Thoughts (cf. Isa. 55:9), Bert
2$: After the revival of the Ephesian church, the revival of the Smyrna church took place. Each of the churches mentioned at the beginning of the book of Revelation represents a revival age. In addition, each church would have a star messenger (1ab§1-3).
From 1960.12.04 till 1960.12.11 brother Branham had dealt with the first three chapters of the Book of Revelation and had given a huge amount of details. It was a total of about 23 hours of preaching. From that his friend and fellow believer Lee Vayle prepared the book An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages, which (without a computer) was completed after Branham's car accident and death (1965.12).
1-7$: From this the following successive revivals of the church ages with the following star messengers can be found (cf. also 0_Menorah and 14_Compilation):
1$: The church age of Ephesus, 53 – 170…. AD, and the beginner of its revival, the apostle Paul.
2$: The church age of Smyrna, 170 – 312…. . Here Irenaeus represented in the best way Paul.
3$: The church age of Pergamum, 312 – 606…. , with Martin (315-399).
4$: The church age of Thyatira, 606 – 1520…. . The best example of an apostle was Columba.
5$: The church age of Sardis, 1520 – 1750.... , with Martin Luther (1483-1546).
6$: The church age of Philadelphia, 1750 – 1906.... , with John Wesley (1703-1791).
7$: The church age of Laodicea, 1906 – …. , and the prophet ‘Elijah’ (Mal. 4:5-6).
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2$1S,1$S: During the Smyrnean revival, 170 – 312.... , worldwide, the fulfillment of the contents of the first seal was still in progress. At that time the spirit and power of the Antichrist also began to affect leaders of the church. Church leaders who wanted to rule over the common believers instead of letting the Holy Spirit rule. False apostles, who are a synagogue of Satan (Rev. 2:9).
In the first Ephesian revival age, they had still been resisted (Rev. 2:2).
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