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.
The Evening Messenger
63-0116 §35
...then we notice that He put his ... had a rainbow over his head and raised up his hand and swore by Him that lives for ever and ever, that time should be no more (when these seven voices uttered, seven thunders uttered their voices). And He told them, "Don't write, but seal it." And we found it was on the back side of the book. "But when the seventh angel had finished his message, his prophesying of the day, then the mystery of God should be finished," everybody knows the Bible says that. "The mystery of God," what...
Church Ages, part 3: The Ephesian Church Age
60-1205 §24
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 mystery of God would be revealed. And when that was completely revealed, then the seven mysteries would open to the church; because in there the church would be living under the i...
Seals 1: God hiding and revealing Himself in simplicity
63-0317M §186
...There it is, just where it's already past and you didn't know it. See if it is, if the angel of the Lord will break them seals forth to us. Remember, it's sealed with them seven mysterious thunders.
The unveiling of God
64-0614M §137
...do that." He said, "Why couldn't you? You have all the qualifications." I said, "But, you look, one word cannot be added or taken away." See? And he said, "Well, then, them seven thunders, you see," said, "wouldn't them seven thunders blasting out, won't that be a revelation be give to some man?" I said, "No, sir, it would be adding something to it or taking something from it." It's all revealed in there, and the Seven Seals opened up the revelation of what that was. It's still the Word! You see, you can't get out...
Seals 2: Breach between the Church Ages and the Seals
63-0317E §16
This seven-sealed book is revealed at the time of the seven thunders of Revelation 10. If you're marking it down... let's turn to Revelation 10 just a moment, so you'll get an understanding before we get into it. Now, this is at the end-time, for listen: ... I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow... upon his head,... If you'll notice, that's Christ, because He in the Old Testament was called the angel of the covenant, and He's directly coming to the Jews now, for the c...