"Now have the seals been broken;
now is the sealed book open. Hear now, my people, and I
will show you the mystery of
the seals as they relate to my end-time purposes.
The seals have a double fulfillment: one is the
overall historical, covering
the period from the days of the increasing
alignment of church with the powers of state in the
fourth century until the end of the present
age, and the other is the short term end-time
fulfillment. For I conform all
things to the basic pattern of truth which is recorded
in My Word. Therefore hear, and I will show you the ‘seals' and their
fulfillment during the years that you are living;
in the end-time period of the present age.
You shall note that it was the Lion
of the tribe of Judah who prevailed to open
the seven-sealed book (Rev. 5:5), yet
it was a Lamb who
took the book, or scroll, from the hand of Him
that sat on the throne and opened the
seals thereof (Rev. 5:6-7, 6:1).
What does this portray? It portrays the truth of
Jesus' ministry as King-priest
(Heb. 5:10,
7:1-2). As a priest, He is the
Lamb of God who gave Himself as the perfect sacrifice on
the cross and who ever lives to make intercession for
the redeemed (Heb. 7:25-27). As a King, He is the Lion
of the tribe of Judah who
reigns on the throne of David (Isa.
9:6-7, Luke 1:31-33). Now, during this
dispensation of redemption, His Lamb
ministry predominates; that is why He is seen as a Lamb (Rev. 5:6). But
as the present dispensation draws to a close, and
the seals of judgment are opened to bring
to an end the mis-rule of
man, it is the Lion ministry that begins
to prevail; for Jesus the King
begins to actively take over that which
is rightfully His. He begins to exert the power and
authority which was given to Him after His resurrection
(Matt. 28:18), in such a way as to
completely eliminate the usurpation of Satan-controlled
man, and exercise His own right as King.
It is during the end-time period of the
seals and the trumpets that forces of judgment are set in motion,
so that man's civilization will
utterly collapse, and thus finally it becomes fulfilled
that ‘the kingdoms of this world
are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and
of His Christ; and he shall reign for the eons.’
(Rev. 11:15).
The lion nature of Jesus' ruling authority
must be made manifest, and this begins
to prevail as the seals are opened, but it does not
completely predominate until all rival rule and
authority has been put down. First, His Lamb ministry of
redemption must be completely fulfilled for the present
age, even though His Lion ministry of Kingship
begins to come to the fore.
This, my people, must also be
the pattern in your own lives. First, you must fulfill the
pattern of the Lamb. You must learn submission,
meekness, sacrifice, and willingness to hear and follow
the voice of the Shepherd (John 10:27), or you will never enter the Lion
ministry of joint-rulership with
Christ. If you are fully yielded and prepared as a
Lamb, then you shall
come forth in that end-time ministry
of power, boldness and authority which is symbolized by
the Lion. The fact that the Lion of the tribe of
Judah has begun to exercise His prerogatives will be
manifested on the earth, not only by judgments upon man's
civilization, but also by the bringing forth of a people
who shall enter into spiritual realms of 'ruling with Christ’ that no
people have ever experienced before, and which shall
cause a spiritual 'shaking' and
revival unprecedented in human history. Great
shall be the glory, power, and dominion which shall be
shown forth by a people who have first come into the
fullness of the Lamb nature of full submission, and then are moved
into the Lion ministry of the Lord's
end-time glorious church.
The preceding is portrayed in the
vision which John saw of the
‘mighty messenger’ with the
‘little book open.'
(Rev. 10:1-2).
The mighty Messenger, who is preparing an end-time Body
through the unveiling of the end-time message
of the little book, is seen, crying
with a loud voice
'as when a lion
roars.'
(Rev. 10:3). And when He had cried
'seven thunders uttered
their voices.' Here is portrayed a
people, responding
to the vibratory pitch of the Lion
of the tribe of Judah, and
entering into the lion ministry of the seven
thunders. No longer meek and
lamb-like before the world, but bold as a lion and with
Kingly power and authority. Yet, the
Lion and the Lamb must 'lie down'
together in every member of that Body. (See
Isa. 11:6). For unto the Lord
Himself, they shall ever be lamb-like; submissive,
obedient, hearing only His voice; but unto the world
they shall manifest the Lion-like
nature of Kingly authority, ruling power, regal
bearing, and a Word ministry of spiritual
vitality and liberating dynamic. But
this shall come forth only in a people thoroughly
prepared by the Lord, and who have learned to live and
walk in the Spirit,
giving themselves in totality to the call of the
Spirit upon their lives.
[the first seal]
Now let me show you the seals
and their
fulfillment in this end time. When the
first seal was opened, John heard one of the four
living creatures which
surrounded the throne saying, 'Come
and see' (Rev. 6:1).
Symbolically, John was to go to a certain geographical
area where he would see, that which was to unfold on the
stage of history. He then saw 'a
white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a
crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering,
and to conquer' (Rev. 6:2). The horse was
white, which speaks of the power of
war or conflict and conquest with a religious
motivation. The rider was given a bow and crowned
to go forth conquering and to conquer. That is, the
desired goal of conquering would not be fully realized,
but the desire would be there. Here is a picture of
the church militant: the church trying to further its
cause by alliance with military government and
power, with the excuse that its
motive is to bring the
Christian religion to conquered
foes. Since the days that the
church first apostatized and went in to the state, committing
fornication with kings and rulers, and making
flesh its arm, it has sought to
further its interests by the power of
the sword (or bow). Millions have been slain down
through this age by the church militant
as it has taken advantage of force and conquest in
alliance with government power. So has the white horse
and its rider gone forth down through history.
But consider now, says the Lord, the
end-time application of the
white horse as it relates to the unleashing
of those forces which are helping
to gather the nations to Armageddon. The white horse
began to march when Mussolini, with a workable
understanding with the Vatican, went
forth conquering and to conquer. Although he failed to
fully achieve his objectives, when he set forth on his
expansionist dreams, the seal was broken in its end-time
application. The stage was being
set for titanic conflict and forces unto judgment were set in
motion, the effects of which
shall continue until the end. This will
be more fully explained later.