'THE VOICE OF THUNDER"

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THE VOICE OF THUNDER

 

Preached by:  Pastor Carolyn Sissom

 

Sunday, 6:00 p.m., March 7, 2010

 

(Job. 14b:  “But the Thunder of His Power,  who can understand?”)

   

This is the Psalm of the Seven Thunders of the Lord:

      

1. 29:3: --“The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders;  

                    The Lord is upon many waters (humanity).

2. 29:4 – “The voice of the Lord is powerful. (Might and strength- I Cor. 4:20).

   

3.   29:4b – “The voice of the Lord is full of majesty.” This is the fullness of His stature from the Most Holy Place. (Rev. 15:5: “The temple of the tabernacle of the testimony of heaven.)

 

4.   29:5-     “The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars.  These are the Kings of the trees.  Negatively, they speak of the great men of the earth.  Positively, they speak of those called to kings with Him. (Must be humbled or broken by the Word of the Lord). He makes them also to skip like calves.”   This reveals the vigor of God’s sons in the Day of the Lord.  “Skip” = leap for joy, dance. (1 Chron. 15).

  

5.  29:7-    “The voice of the Lord divides the flames of fire.”  This is another designation for the Sons of God as fire carriers.

 

6.   29:8-    “The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kedesh” The word is shaking the place of decision.  Our unbelief and rebellion is being shaken by the Word. 

 

7.   29:9 -   “The voice of the Lord makes the hinds to calf and discovers the forest. (Trees represent men). 

   

(Vs.9: b:)  “In his temple everyone speaks of His glory.

  

The rainbow of covenant peace over the entire Psalm is the last verse.29:11 “The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.”

  

Rev. 10: 1-5: “And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud; and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire; and he had in his hand a little book open; and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, and cried with a loud voice as when a lion roars; and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.  And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write; and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them now.  And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven.”

  The colossal, mighty angel gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion.  When he shouted the voices of the seven thunders spoke…The angel said (Verse 6):  There will be no more delay!  KJV read, “time no longer”.  NIV reads “No more Delay”.

Now is the time.  The mystery of God will be accomplished just as he announces to his servants the prophets.

  

Paul in Romans 16:15 wrote, “Now to him who is able to establish you by my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all nations might bless and obey him.

  

The seven thunders is the sevenfold voice of the Lord.  This is a time of more divine visitations like the 7-seals, 7-trumpets and 7-bowls.  After the utterance of the seven thunders, the purpose of God will now advance swiftly to its fulfillment on the Seventh Trumpet blast.

  

The roar of the lion is the authority of Christ.  (V.T.The Seven Thunders of God).  “Thunder is God’s voice of authority being heard…In Exodus 19:16 the thunder showed that God was on the mountain.  It is also a revelatory voice for those who have ears to hear.”

 Ex. 19:16:“and it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that were in the camp trembled.”

  

The thunderings now come from Mt. Zion for the Redeemed.

  

Rev. 14:1-2: “And I looked, and lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him a 144,000 having his father’s name written in their foreheads.  And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder; and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps.”

  

Joel 3:16:  “The Lord will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem, the earth and sky will tremble.  But the Lord will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.”

  

Amos 1:2:  “The Lord roars from Zion and thunders from Jerusalem; and pastures of the shepherds dry up and the top of Carmel withers.

  

Psalm 18:13: “The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.”

  

Rev. 19:6: “And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters and as the voice of mighty thunderings saying, Alleluia; for the Lord God omnipotent reigns.

  

As at creation, God spoke and the worlds came into being, so in judgment his voice is an adequate vehicle to convey the destructive forces focused on the assembled powers of evil.

  

Isa. 55:11: So is my Word that goes out from my mouth; It will not return to me empty, but accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.”

  

The Seven thunders of God in the book of Revelation are the Voice of God that spoke creation into existence, brings forth the fullness of His eternal plans for creation, and brings the redeemed before the Throne of God.

  

Job 14:7b: “But the thunder of his power, who can understand”.

  

Carolyn Sissom, Pastor

 

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 This teaching has stopped short of The Seven Thunders of God in the Book of Revelation.  Van Tanner has completed a thorough study of The Seven Thunders of God. Bibliography: Principles of Present Truth of the Psalms by:  Kelly Varner,  The Seven Thunders of God, F.F. Bruce Bible Commentary and my notes from November 1993 from a sermon, The Voice of Thunder.   I have no notations of my sources on my notes.