What Are the Seven Thunders Actually?
1) Direct answer
The seven thunders are the voice of God—seven specific revelations tied to the opening of the Seven Seals, kept back from John and reserved to be made known at the end time to finish the mystery of God and give the Bride rapturing faith. They are not new Scripture and not public creed; they are the revealed Word to the elect.
2) Scriptural explanation
- Revelation 10:1-7: A mighty Angel comes down; He cries, and “seven thunders uttered their voices.” John is told, “Seal up those things…and write them not.” Then it says, “In the days of the voice of the seventh angel…the mystery of God should be finished.” So the thunders are part of that finishing work at a specific time on earth.
- John 12:28-29: The Father speaks from heaven; some heard it as thunder. You see, God’s voice to some is only thunder, but to the believer it is understood speech.
- Psalm 29:3; Job 37:5: “The God of glory thundereth… God thundereth marvellously.” Thunder in Scripture often marks God’s own voice.
- Revelation 5–6: The Lamb opens the Seals; when the first seal breaks, a living creature speaks “as it were the noise of thunder.” Notice the tie between the Seals and thunder.
- Daniel 12:4,9: “Seal the book, even to the time of the end.” God hides a portion until the season appointed.
- Revelation 22:18-19: We must not add to the written prophecy. So the thunders are not extra verses; they are God unveiling what is already in the Word.
3) Simple clarifying logic
- If John was forbidden to write the thunders, they are not to be read as added text; they must be revealed by the Spirit in their season.
- Revelation 10 says the mystery of God finishes “in the days of the voice of the seventh angel.” That means the thunders are not unknowable; they are meant to be made known at that time to complete God’s mystery.
- They do not create a new Bible or a new gospel. God does not contradict His own warning. The thunders open what the Seals contain and place the Bride by true revelation.
- The world hears only a noise; the elect hears the Voice. That’s the mystery—God hiding and revealing at the same time.
Short reinforcement
Now notice: the seven thunders are God’s own voice unveiling seven hidden things under the Seventh Seal, not for argument but to perfect a people, finish the mystery, and prepare the Bride for the catching away. It’s not three different messages, not carnal thunder, and not speculation—it is the one God speaking, making the written Word live.
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What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
Seals 10: The Seventh Seal
63-0324E §82
...u by God's help, of a fold of it. And then you... Let's go to there first. Here's the revelation to begin what ... I want to tell you what it is. What happens is that those seven thunders, that he heard thunder and was forbidden to write... That's what the mystery is laying behind those seven consecutive thunders rolling out.
Is this the sign of the end sir?
62-1230E §102
...elation 5:1. Listen at this now. And I saw in the right hand of him that sat upon the throne a book written within [the writing was inside] and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. Now, there's writing on the inside of the book, but the backside had seven seals on the back of it that wasn't written in the book. Now, this is the revelator talking---John. Now, remember, it wasn't written in the book. "And in the days of the voice of the seventh angel all this mystery that's written within should be finished." It...
The Seven Church Ages
54-0512 §83
...gel come down, with a rainbow over His head; put one foot on the land, and one on the sea; and held up His hands, and swore by Him that lives from ever and ever. When those seven voices uttered their... The seven thunders uttered their voices. He said, "Seal it; not known until the last day. He said, "But the time this mystery of God should be finished, when these will be revealed to the church; and swore by Him that lives forever and ever, that time should be no more." Listen what He said there then. He said, "Go...
Is this the sign of the end sir?
62-1230E §115
Now look. When it is time for the seven voices (and it's time for the seven voices when the book's completed) of Revelation 10 to be revealed... Now notice, listen. (Now I won't keep you too much longer, I know I'm wearing you out here. It's twenty minutes till ten. Listen close, now. I know ... standing up and you all changing positions and things. I'll be glad when the church gets fixed so we won't have to be cramped up. We can take all day to preach it.) Now, notice. Now note. The seven voices was thunders---bla...
Seals 2: Breach between the Church Ages and the Seals
63-0317E §25
Notice, seven seals on the book has (these seven seals) has the book sealed. The book is absolutely sealed. Do you see it? The book is absolutely a sealed book until the seven seals is broken. It is sealed up with seven seals. Now, that's different from the seven thunders. This is seven seals on the book, and the book will not... the seals will not be released until the message of the seventh angel, see? So, we are presuming. But the genuine revelation of God will be made perfect in that sounding---vindicated truth...