The Seven Seals Are Open-(Ing) Now.

The Seven Seals are

Open-(ing) Now

By

Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr.

OPENING: - Questions – What if what we have been taught about the End times, the Rapture, and the Tribulation was incorrect? Not the events but the timing of them. What if I told you that what we have thought was going to happen after the Rapture is already taking place? What if I said that we are literally standing at the prophetic crossroads right now and the demand of major decisions is crucial and eternal.

When we see the perfect alignment of global and natural events, technological advancements, political chaos, and spiritual deception is creating a perfect storm that is fulfilling prophecy in such a way that it should cause people to move into action making sure they are properly aligned with the unadulterated Word of God and His perfect Will.

Yeshua HaMasiach (Jesus) said in Matthew 24:42 “Watch therefore for ye know not what hour the lord doth come”. He also says we will see the signs, and we must understand the meaning of the signs. Matthew 16:2-3 says, “When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather; for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather today; for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times”. Therefore, don’t be deceived.

It has always been my desire and I have attempted not to just give a message that will cause you to shout but I attempt to challenge your theology not to prove that I am right about something, but to cause you to search the scriptures for yourself so that your relationship with Yeshua HaMasiach is strong, that you are able to rightly divide the Word of truth, and enabling you to make the proper decisions based upon a deep understanding and not just what someone has said as we stand at the crossroads of a prophetic countdown.

PRAYER

SCRIPTURE: - Revelation 6 & 8:1

I am a Pre-Tribulist meaning I believe the Rapture happens before the Tribulation begins 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. However, my theology about certain aspects of the End Times and the Timing of certain events has shifted.

As Pre-Tribulation believers we have been taught and believe that the Tribulation will start after the church is Raptured and I still hold that belief sincerely. What has shifted in my theological stance is the timing of events known as “The Seven Seals” - Revelation 6 & 8:1. I have been teaching how we are currently living Revelation 13 right now and I believe that the Seals of Revelation are open(ing) now and will continue to open as time is rapidly approaching its climax therefore we must be able to understand the signs.

Now before you decide to leave and think Bishop Maughmer is going off course and trying to teach some new theology I assure you, I am not but I am presenting a perspective that many may not be use too.

Let me state it like this: - I don’t believe the opening of all of the Seven Seals are a Tribulation event but are the Signs Jesus told us to watch for in Matthew 24. I also believe although the Seals are numbered 1-7 it does not mean they are opened in sequential order as we have been taught. EXAMPLE: - I remember “Let’s Make A Deal” with Monte Hall and he would tell the contestant to pick door #1, #2, or #3 and say they picked #2 they would open that door then #1 & #3 not in sequential order but to reveal what was behind that door. A more modern show for example is “Deal or No Deal” there are 25 brief cases each case has a dollar amount in it, the contestant would pick a numbered case, and they would open it to reveal what was inside, but the cases were not opened in sequential order. Thus, I believe it is the same with the Seven Seals when opened they reveal what is inside but are not opened in sequential order, but when opened are the events/signs leading up to the Tribulation Period and the Great Tribulation.

Matthew 24:8 says, “All these are the beginning of birth pains”. Birth Pains: - refer to the contractions and labor a woman experiences before delivering a child. The Birth Pains or contractions increase in frequency and severity the closer she gets to delivering. The Seven Seals when understood as the Birth Pains increase in frequency and severity before the Tribulation begins.

Let’s Look at the Seven Seals and the order I believe they are opened to reveal what is behind the seal.

TEXT: - Revelation 6:9-11 says, “And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled”. Although this is numbered as the 5th Seal it is the 1st to be opened and as a matter of fact has been open ever since the cross of Calvary.