Seven seals

Despite being wounded in an earlier firefight, he's writing his interpretation of one of the Bible's most contested passages in the Book of Revelation.

The Book of Revelation says that only the Lamb, who is a holy figure, can unlock the seven seals.

Koresh's claim to fame was that he was the Lamb, and he and only he could explain those passages that refer to the seven seals.

One of the lead FBI negotiators is Clint Van Zandt.

The great carrot that David Koresh held out to the FBI and federal government was that when I finish my interpretation of the seven seals, and I'm into it, when I finish this interpretation, then we're all going to come out.

His interpretation was that it was a big buildup to the final days and how God would reveal himself to the world and his kingdom would be set up on the earth, and that the group of people he was talking to, us, we were the people who would help deliver that message to the world.

But the FBI are not interested in debating religious prophecies.

Well, there's a tie to what Jesus said then in the events in the book of Revelation.

Before Wormwood, we have to see the opening of all seven seals in the book of Revelation.

And as of this time, at the most, three may have started to be open.

We're at least three and a half years from the opening of the fifth seal of Revelation 6-9. which starts what Jesus referred to as a great tribulation in Matthew 24, 21.

He sent this Monday night, and he said, Shalom, shalom, brother.

We must, if possible, do another interview on the seven seals, ASAP, meaning before the Israel elections.

Pause on his text.

That is next Tuesday, so it's imminent.

But it's very soon.

And I know that at this point they've already got soldiers, you know, dealing with their ballots and that kind of thing in Israel currently.

So we've talked about a lot of things related to Trump and Netanyahu over the course of our series on the seven seals.

And I've said some things that I'm sure no one else has ever said that the audience has never heard from anyone but me.

The Apostle John was exiled on the island of Patmos when he received a vision beyond the limits of imagination.

The sky opened before his eyes, and in his hands appeared a book sealed with seven seals.

No one in heaven, on Earth, or under the Earth was worthy to open it.

No one except the Lamb.

Among ruins and echoes of confused cries, a silent truth spread.

Ambition can build empires, but only God sets the limits of heaven and Earth.

If man cannot reach the heavens with his pride, who can uncover the mysteries sealed in the scrolls? Eight: The scroll sealed with seven seals.

Mysteries of the apocalypse.

A throne gleams at the center of all existence, surrounded by lightning, thunder, and a rainbow of glory.

Around it, twenty-four elders cast their crowns in worship, while four living beings with the faces of a lion, an ox, a man, and an eagle cry out without ceasing, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come." In the midst of such reverence, John sees a scroll sealed with seven seals, the scroll that contains the destiny of the earth.

A voice cries out, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?" Silence.

No one in heaven, on earth, or under the earth is found worthy.

The Book of Revelation is dark, violent, and strange upon face value.

Seven trumpets blasting thunderous voices through seven seals, monstrous beasts of various colors and numerical values, dark entities emerging from ground and sea, divine battles, blood, fire, beheadings, and of course, the most famous horse race you can bet on, all of which are said to happen fast, as there are multiple sections that repeat, "Behold, I come quickly." And I promise not to make any jokes about that.

Sorry, Sean.

Its eccentricity has, of course, led to many differing interpretations over time.

A trumpet is a musical instrument, but unlike a harp, it is not going to soothe you to sleep.

Instead, it is an abrupt wake-up call, like the rooster-headed Abraxas shouting, "Cock-a-doodle-doo, motherf- Good morning." That's not a direct quote, by the way.

There are seven trumpets that shake open seven seals.

If we take a close look at what the number seven is objectively, we might find ourselves better prepared to see how it is used in Revelation.

Yeah, yeah.

Uh, Bozak says, "John sees a similar scroll in the right hand of the one who sits on the throne." The similar scroll is the scroll with seven seals.

"But to this consternation, he notes that there is no one in heaven or on Earth or under the Earth who is worthy to open the scroll.

No human being, no angel, no Caesar can open the scroll.

There's like, there's nobody worthy, and then John of Patmos writes, "And I wept much that no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it." And then, uh, Bozak gives some commentary s- and he says, "I think his grief can only be und- understood in terms of the scroll's importance.

Like Ezekiel's scroll, this book contains woes and lamentations, warnings and, and judgments.

And indeed, as the seven seals are finally opened and a new vision is given to John, woes and lamentations rage across the Earth, carried forth by the four horses," et cetera, et cetera.

And, uh, yeah, I guess that's kind of an interesting bit because, uh, I mean, in Revelation, they're, they're all [laughs] everyone's, everyone's looking around, "Who can open this dang scroll? Oh, no."

[laughs]

And then it ends on Seven Seals, which is when I knew for sure that I was gonna do the collection, 'cause Seven Seals is what David Koresh insisted that he could do.

That was his main calling card.

Oh, wow.

He insisted that he-

Very cool

... was the only person who could do a full translation of the Seven Seals.

Um, which, you know, it's Book of Revelation.

Among those whom John critiques in his apocalyptic letter is the Roman government.

Over at my blog, thebeehive.live, you can see a graphic that gives an overview of the seven seals, trumpets, and bowls.

Note that the first four of each of the sevens are distinct from the final three.

The first four seals are the four horsemen, followed by the three woes.

Through the Spirit's inspiration, John has created a perfect literary gem, flawless from every angle.

Let's go through them one by one.

The seven seals, then the seven trumpets, and finally the seven bulls.

The seven seals.