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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Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages
CAB 3:E-72
...s in the early church must continue in every age until it is finally blessed and exalted by God or destroyed as an unclean thing in the lake of fire. That this tradition is actually against Scripture, simply note that in Revelation 2:2, the Ephesian Church could NOT BEAR the evil ones. They thus had to put them out, or it would not make sense to say they could not bear them. If they did not put them out, then they were bearing them. Now in verse six, it says that they hated their deeds. So this Nicolaitane group re...
An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages
CAB 3:E-97
...here we receive the true revelation of the 'Serpent's seed.' Here is what really happened in the Garden of Eden. The Word says that Eve was beguiled by the serpent. She was actually seduced by the serpent. It says in Genesis 3:1, "Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made." This beast was so close to a human being (and yet was pure animal) that he could reason and talk. He was an upright creature and was somewhat in between a chimpanzee and a man, but closer to a man. H...
An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages
CAB 7:E-21
...motivations. They wanted to break the yoke of the pope. They disliked sending money to Rome. Fanatics rose up. Soon he was dragged into political affairs and decisions that actually lay outside the realm of the church except that the church through prayer, preaching and conduct might set up a standard to be heeded. These problems of politics mounted until he was forced into an untenable position of mediating between lords and peasants. His decisions were so wrong that an uprising took place and thousands were kille...
An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages
CAB 9:E-97
...denominations. They are floating along with them. God cries out, "WAKE UP! Repent of your folly." Here they are lending their influence, giving their time and their money, actually their very lives to these antichrist organizations, and all the while thinking it is all right. They need to repent. They must repent. They need to have a change of mind and turn toward truth.
An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages
CAB 7:E-62
...s name out of the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His holy angels." "He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment." This is actually a repetition of verse 4, wherein is made reference to the few who have not defiled their garments. We used to have a saying years ago that no doubt was taken from this verse. It was, "Keep your skirts clean." It meant: don't get involved in questionable things; others will be involved and you might be tempted to be involved, or someone...