Fifth Seal 

By: Jo Smith ~~~~ January 18, 2020 

Daniel 7:12

As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.

This verse applies to Rev 20 when the devil is bound for the thousand years, and that little season.

Jeremiah 5:24

Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he  unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

Just trying to show what a season is here. 

Matthew 24:45

Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

Mark 12:1-3 Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)12 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. 

2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

we know this shows coming between the OT and the new, for at the last God sent them his Son;  and they killed him also. So to me this proves the timing of these events in Rev. 

Rev 6: 9 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: 

10 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?

11 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 fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

Now it seems certain to me that the little season these souls were told to rest yet is the same little season in Rev 20:3.  

Revelation 20:3

and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

A lot has to be made known to you before you can get the true meaning of this fifth seal.  I know that everything I have ever heard going before on any of these subjects, was all false.  Just made up stuff by men who wanted to make a name for themselves, by just saying any old thing.  They did not have the anointing of God teaching them.  They merely read or listened to what some other reprobate also, had said, and they got from one before them. etc.  No truth at all.  Such a shame and it makes it so hard to get beyond their lies and ever find the real truth.

But if God is teaching you and you are looking to God and asking for it, God will teach you HIS TRUTH.  And His Truth is all that can save your soul.

One of the most hidden and important things to learn is the ‘scriptural’ meaning of the word THOUSAND.

It is almost never used as a numeral.  For that matter neither is the other ‘number’ words;  such as ONE, two, TEN, etc.  these words do not mean a numeral.

The Word DAY in Scripture is not speaking of a 24 hour day of man’s time.  It is a season of something with God.  There are many such ‘days’ in the word:  Day of Salvation

Day of judgment

Day of Pentecost. 

Day of the Lord.   etc.  

Peter told us that a DAY with the Lord is as a THOUSAND YEARS.

A thousand years is as a DAY.

It is again, not MAN’S TIME.  It is not counting time.

It will take a lot of back teaching to show you the real truth of these seals.  I have been studying a few days to get into this fifth seal.  It is hard to know how to type it even though I can speak it.  And even if  no one ever reads these messages, at least I will have them and I will have done what God sent me to do.

Another thing that has always been taught WRONG, that is blinding everyone to the truth of these seals, and especially this fifth seal, is the lie about the Two Witnesses.  We have heard so many lies about this and their carnal interpretation, made up junk, that the real truth has been obscured from everyone.

In Joel two we see that there were to be two different groups of people who were anointed with POWER FROM ON HIGH to do a mighty work for God.  These two groups of people are those two witnesses.  It is NOT 2 MEN. OR 2 OT PROPHETS as some said.

The first groups of WITNESSES was those who received the Baptism of the Holy Ghost in the Book of Acts.  Jesus told his disciples over and over, Ye are MY WITNESSES.  The powerful people in the Book of Acts is that FIRST WITNESS.  They had the Spirit of the Holy Ghost, given to comfort and to teach, to lead us and guide us, to work the gifts of the Spirit.  That group of witnesses turned this world up-side down and brought in a great group of people to Jesus.  Those were the FIRST FRUITS unto Christ.

Zech. 4 gives the vision which proves that there were two different GROUPS OF witnesses;  one before the Church groups and one After the church groups.  There was a candlestick, (church) with seven lamps on it.  This is those seven churches in Revelation.  They are gentile churches, or carnal folks;  not a witness of Jesus.

Then after that candlestick comes another ANOINTED GROUP OF WITNESSES.  This group connects in the mind  of God with the First group.  They are one to God.  But they come in at two different times.  This second Group of Witness has the anointing from on high BY THE BAPTISM OF FIRE.

This spirit of Fire is totally different from the Spirit of the Holy Ghost and will do a totally different type of ministry. 

Unless you can understand these two witnesses and the fact that a THOUSAND YEARS does not mean 1,000 years, you will never ever see the truth of Scripture.

The Book of Acts gives the ministry of that first witness;  they worked with the Holy  Ghost.  Psalms 149 gives a good description of the ministry of the second witness;  they work with the Spirit of Fire.  Rev. 11…. Fire coming out of their MOUTH. =. words they speak….. with power.

In-between these two witnesses comes those seven churches in Revelation.  Now you need to know that the Beast out of the Sea, with the seven heads and ten horns is the old Law system of the OT, beginning with Adam and down through Moses.  

Without a knowledge of these basic facts, Revelation will only be a mystery and a frightful thing;  when in reality it is glorious.

Now the first head on the beast of mankind was Adam.  He is that Lion kingdom in Daniel.  Next was Noah.  He is the bear kingdom in Daniel.  Next is the leopard kingdom.  This third kingdom had four heads bringing us down to the seventh head which was Moses.

That law under Moses is that dreadful kingdom that trampled down the entire earth and had iron teeth.  If you sinned under that law, even to picking up a stick on their sabbath day, you were to be stoned to death.  Dreadful indeed.

The four heads on that leopard kingdom was the three sons of Noah and Abraham.  I have truly NEVER heard any of this from anyone else.  God taught me all that I know and I know that it is right for it is the ONLY DOCTRINE  that fits all Scripture;  without taking away from it or adding to it.

This is a lot preliminary teaching, but I feel it is necessary to get across the truth presented in that fifth seal.

Now that OT seven-headed BEAST kingdom, with the ten horns. = (Ten Commandments), is  the beast out of the sea.  So this is the SEA group in scripture.

The seven churches is the IMAGE of that old beast.  They came up out of the EARTH GROUP and had the two horns LIKE A LAMB WHICH WAS REALLY A DEVIL.  Those two horns are the FALSE PROPHETS AND FALSE TEACHERS that Jesus said would come.  This is the EARTH group.

Those two witnesses, the only true Christians, are the heavens of this second group.  This is the second heaven and earth.  The world before the flood was the first heaven and earth.  Peter clearly taught this in 11 Peter: 3.

So now both these groups are to be destroyed.  The first group, the first heaven and earth was destroyed with the FLOOD.  Then came up the Sea group.  After then came up the second heaven and earth group, beginning with John the Baptist and Jesus, then the Apostles, then the false church that followed them.

The Jews began killing the Christians as soon as the Day of Pentecost arrived.  They had already murdered all the OT prophets and righteous people, beginning with Abel, and all the Christians in that First Witnesses group.

THESE SOULS FROM ABEL DOWN ARE THOSE SOULS UNDER THE ALTAR IN THE FIFTH SEAL.

This is why I gave so much back-up history getting to the Fifth Seal.  All those folks had been killed for the Word of God and their stand for righteousness in the wicked age they lived in.

In-between the first heaven/earth, on the other side of the flood, came up a sea group that really had nothing with God.  There were a few in there like Abraham who had something with God, but not as a whole.

The law group under Moses was so bad God came to hate them.  Moses and a very few other from that group had something with God.

THEN came up the second heaven/earth group, born on the Day of Pentecost or you might say with the resurrection of Jesus and possibly with the birth of John and Jesus.  But right in there began the second heaven and earth.

This group did good until all the original Christians died off.  Then came up the Catholic Church and all her little whorish daughters.  They are the seven churches in Revelation.  Satan’s seat is in those churches and that is why they keep all the idol holidays and send their children out to play rather than to teach them to pray and worship.  They are  mystery Babylon in the NT or second heaven/earth group.

They also began killing out the true Christians.  So now,  let’s take it to the Fifth Seal:

Rev 6: 9 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: 10 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?

11 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 fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

Those souls under the altar were slain for the word of God from Abel on down till the Day of Pentecost.

Now in order to get the full meaning here we must go into Rev 19

Revelation 19 Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

19 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: 2 for true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

Now here we are speaking of the destruction of  old Babylon, in Rev 18.  This is that OT corrupt group from Noah down through Moses.  See that he says to THEM, the souls under that altar, God has judged the great whore and has avenged the blood of his servants at her hands.

She had been murdering God’s people since Cain killed Abel.  Those souls cried out for vengeance of their murderers.  They were told to rest yet a LITTLE SEASON until the others who would be killed as they were should be fulfilled.

At this time, it is beginning at the time of Jesus and John.  They were both killed by this whore, Adam’s sinful kingdom on earth.   Those souls crying out for vengeance are all of them up to the time of Jesus.

That little SEASON is the time of those CHURCHES.  ALL DURING this time, the wicked Babylon, (carnal minded church) is still killing God’s people, the witnesses of Jesus.  At the end of this time, is when God destroys that old sinful Babylon or Adam off this earth.

11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 

13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

This heaven being opened took place when John Baptized Jesus.  He said, then, I saw a door in heaven opened.  This door is Jesus.  This heaven is Jesus.  This is the beginning his ministry.  That white horse is the very same WHITE HORSE in the first seal.

False teachers have made all of this a bunch of DIFFERENT TIMES AND EVENTS.  NOT SO.  This is the same  as the beginning of the ministry of Jesus and his Apostles and John.

That VESTURE dipped in blood in his PEOPLE that he covered with his own blood.  This is when he was on that Red Horse or the second seal.

Hebrews 1:11-13 Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

11 they shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;

 12 and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

The above shows the heavens waxing old and being as a vesture that Jesus changed.  He changed them by coving their sin with his own BLOOD and then giving them immortality. 

Marvelous stuff.  And it has been so mangled by the false teachers who were never taught and sent by God.  They went for MONEY, THE SURE MARK OF THE BEAST.  

7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. 

8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

Here is where those saints under the altar were given their white robes.

14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 

15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

In the Above verse we see the coming of the second witness, with the fire of God to SMITE THE NATIONS.  He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

This Jesus did on that cross as he took upon himself the wrath of God for us.  He took our sins upon himself and tread that winepress taking the punishment himself that belonged to all of us.

And yet the false teachings overlook all of this glory that should be given to Jesus for what he did for us.

If you think that the Word of God, especially Revelation, is written in a sequence of events, (one happens then the next and then the next like a story book, you are terribly mistaken and will never, never see the truth of it).  It is not written that way.  John the Baptist wrote this book, (contrary to what everyone else says, that is was the disciple, John;  not for one minute.  John the Baptist is the man sent from God to bear WITNESS OF JESUS.  So John is telling the things he saw and then he will go back to another part of it and bring it up to another part then back again to the beginning, etc.  This is the only way you will ever know the truth is to understand this. 

So here John dips back to the time of the crucifixion and then back to the coming of the army of God, the second witness and the ending of this present world.  It is all written in this fashion and that is why it has taken me decades and decades of study to ever get into this truth.

(Still in Rev 19). 17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; 

18 that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. 

The carnal minded will see a bunch of dead folks out here in a field and a bunch of birds coming down to eat them.  Now that is the mind that dreamed up the lies against Mother Eve.  Sure say they, (the liars). A snake came and mated with  mother Eve.  Evil tongues from hell)

But what is really in view here?  Beauty! The fowls in the midst of heaven are those EAGLES OF GOD..  So what supper is He calling them to?  The great sacrifice that God did for us….the  killing of Jesus  Christ for our sins.  Yes, yes.  Come and EAT the FLESH or message/words of these Kings unto God, these great captains of your salvation, Peter and Paul.  Come to this great spiritual SUPPER and eat these men’s WORDS OR FLESH.

Wow.  So glad I came to this table and ate and stopped eating from that table that was full of vomit,  Isa 28.  Now that table full of vomit is in those churches that have egg hunts, decorate trees and send children out to play, so that they will never have any idea what going to ‘church’ was all about.

You may wonder why I took in all of Rev 19 in this Seal message;  I saw no other way to really explain the two groups that are to be given white robes.

19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.

 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

 21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

This beast and false prophet that are at this time cast into the lake of Fire is those OT false prophets and priests; teachers.  They gathered together there at Calvary and crucified Jesus.   Then they went to war with the  Apostles and those disciples in the Book of Acts.  They did not stop till they killed all of these true  Christians out.  Then they warred all down through the churches against anyone who came to the real truth and returned to the Baptism of the Holy Ghost.

Those old hate filled false teachers/pastors and false prophets killed and destroyed with their words anyone who dared say the things in the Book of Acts are still for the people of God.  So all during the time of ‘church’ those evil pastors/churches are warring against the true People of God.  They hate God so much they will not allow one child in their midst to stay in church and learn of him.  Devils they are.  They are this beast and the kings of the earth, (carnal church), and their armies making war against all true Christians. 

Just take a stand against their ‘gods’ Santa, easter bunnies, green tree worship, false doctrine and they will see that you are destroyed.  If not physically they will destroy your testimony with their lies and gossip.  But they are all these beast armies.

They will continue until the second Witness is anointed with power from on high, with the baptism of FIRE, to go out and destroy them with the fire coming out of their mouths.  They are then cast into that lake of Fire.

 Revelation 20 Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

20 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 

2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

 3 and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

This is done at the beginning of the time of that second witness.  They had cast the beast and the false prophet (not just one man, but an entire group), into the lake of fire at the beginning of that first witness.  With their power they got the victory over the evil beast and false prophets coming out of that old law system of the OT. 

Thousand, has an early meaning of a teaching family.  It is connected with kiln and Alpha.  It shows the beginning of the powerful family of God on this earth.  That early CHURCH, (if it can be called that)…. Had the power from on high to do the mighty works that Jesus did and to shut up the devil’s mouth.)

4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Verse four picks up the martyrs  of Jesus who were killed all down through the church times for not worshipping that beast and his image, (the carnal church) and refused the buy or sell the things of God, which is the mark of that beast…..  they were killed because of their stand against this evil practice.

Now the resurrection of all these saints happens and they live and reign with Christ during his ‘thousand’ years of peace on this earth.   

When this  time is finished Satan will be loosed out of his prison and go out and deceived another great host of people.  At this time the Fire of God will come and devour all these wicked ones.  Then the devil is cast into that lake of fire where the beast and false prophet are.

What a glorious message.  

Amen!