Part 5 - The Seven Thunders 2/14/26

Part 5 — The Seven Thunders February 14, 2026 Rev. John Shane Vaughn — First Harvest Ministries International ________________ 1 Lord; thou mayest be seated for a moment; I want to talk to thee more about these seven thunders in the book of Revelation; [clears throat]. 2 When we get to the book of Revelation, many people do not understand that this book is not about the end time; a great mistake is made when thou thinkest the book of Revelation is about the end times. 3 Tell me the only book of the Bible that is about the end times; Daniel; Revelation really was about the day that John was living in, except for the millennial reign that he saw that was coming. 4 So when people read this book, they immediately see stars, they immediately see candlesticks, they immediately see all the symbology, and they do not see the meaning. 5 Sister Latchney, many people read the book of Revelation like they do the Torah — only by the letter; and because of that, thou canst not understand the book of Revelation; amen; it is impossible. 6 All right, let us calm down all the moving; now, I am preaching; I need thee to hear me now, because I came to show thee the mysteries of the word of Yahweh. 7 Whenever thou readest the book of Revelation, do not read the letter; it killeth; it will have thee believing in a rapture of the church; I have been reading this book from front to back, I still cannot find a rapture, no matter where I look. 8 I still cannot find it; I cannot find it in the Torah, cannot find it in the book of Revelation; but because of that false teaching, many saints will not be able to endure what is coming up on the world; and it is because they read this book with a carnal mind. 9 Now John saw seven thunders — or heard them rather; and it said they uttered their voices; so we know what the thunders are; they are not a mystery; the thunders is a voice; and the voice is bringing a message. 10 Now if thou wantest to know what the seven thunders are and thou knowest it is a message, then thou hast to realize it is not a six message or a five message or an eight message; it is a seven message; completed and perfect; John the Revelator heard a complete message. 11 Elder Ballinger over in Ohio posted something on Facebook yesterday or day before that truly touched my heart; he was talking about our ministry; he said I have come through the Pentecostal church through the message of William Branham; I have come through this message and that message. 12 And he said these words — not until now does it all make sense; amen; not until now, because we are living in the hour of the seven thunders, where we are going to come to a complete message. 13 The Baptist had part of it; the Pentecostals had part of it; but there hath got to be a coming together of all those messages; and that is the hour we are living in. 14 But the thing about this verse that always struck me was when the angel told John — seal it up; do not write it; everything else in God's word could be written except the final version of the word. 15 He said, what thou just heard — thou canst write everything thou saw, thou canst write everything — do not write what thou heard; because if thou writest down what thou heard, it will never come to pass; it will never come to pass. 16 Because men will take it and argue it and dilute it, and they will not live it; they will not produce it; the seven thunders is not to be read — it is to be experienced. 17 Now, he did not tell him to seal it because the thunders are dangerous — they are not; not because they are forbidden — because they are not; but because they were incomplete; and they would not be completed until our day. 18 Now, if thou hast my book called Creation Time Restored, thou knowest that 2035 is the last year of the six thousand years of man; now, that is nine years from now; and I can prove to thee that there is no more six thousand years; thou canst not — the clock ends. 19 The clock ends, and the seven thunders are to sound right before time is no more; and I believe, brothers and sisters, that my grandparents and thy grandparents all lived in an incomplete message; I believe it with all my heart. 20 That is how so many doctrines got so messed up; the message was incomplete; and it was meant to be that way; because it could not become a seven until just before the coming of the Lord; seven is the number of completion. 21 That is why when I preach about hell and heaven, I have — dost thou know the only people that fight me is not sinners? When a sinner heareth me preach, they are like, that makes sense; it is a Christian that heareth me preach that cannot deal with me. 22 Because they have got an incomplete message they grew up under; come on now; they have got an incomplete message that they grew up under; and until thou comest to the complete understanding, thou canst not experience the seven thunders in thy life; because they will change thee. 23 Now, what I want to focus on today is that these seven thunders are not random noise; they are a complete message; I want to focus on who was the first man that heard the seven thunders; his name was John, the apostle, the revelator; but John representeth something. 24 So, here is the mistake thou wilt make; thou wilt read Revelation, Elder Hamrick, and thou wilt see where John heard the seven thunders, and all thou wilt look at is John; thou dost not read beyond John because thou dost not know what John representeth. 25 Hallelujah; thou hast got to know who John representeth to understand who the thunders will be revealed to; John representeth one of the greatest revelations I have ever received. 26 What is — ten, twelve years ago when I came to understand about the first fruit; imagine my shock when I realized that God doth not want everybody saved right now; that blew my mind. 27 I grew up thinking God is trying to save the world; I thought it was my job to go out and save the world, knock on every door, get everybody saved; that is the way I was raised; that is what I was taught; until I found out one day I was trying to do God's job. 28 I was — the Bible said John 6:44, no man cometh to God unless the Holy Ghost draweth him; and it was then that I began to understand that God hath got a plan to save all men, but it is not now. 29 When I realized that, I came to understand what the first fruits was all about and the first harvest; there will be more than one harvest; amen; oh, I see some of thee confused, so let me break it down for thee just a little bit longer. 30 If thou goest to the land of Israel, there are three harvests; the first one happeneth in the springtime; and somebody say that is a very small harvest; it is called the early rain; it is a small harvest; it is not big; that is the first harvest. 31 Those are the only people being saved right now — is the first harvest; oh, yes; oh, that is the only — look, can I tell thee something, my beloved friend, my precious Christian friend — 32 If the God — if I had to serve the God that Christians served, I would not serve God; because the God they serve, Sister Diane, said that God created everything, he is in control of everything, and he doth not lose nothing except everybody he created. 33 God is big enough to create it all, he just cannot keep it all; but he is all powerful, he just doth not have enough power to save all men; oh no, that is the God I used to serve. 34 The God I served was less powerful than the devil because at the end the devil was getting everybody and God lost; bunch of junk; that is blasphemy of the God I serve. 35 The God I serve said he is not going to lose one of them at the end; he is getting them all back; he is getting every single man, woman, boy, and girl; why, he is all powerful. 36 Well, pastor — no, people have to choose to come; thou hadst better show me that in the Bible; because I read in the Bible no man can come to God; there is not nobody in this room that chose God — he chose thee; do not thou ever forget that. 37 That is why when I go to these churches and they are preaching to sinners for thirty minutes, there is not a sinner in the building while the saints are drying up like babies; there are not no sinners in church; sinners do not go to church, they go to bar rooms. 38 And thou might have dragged them in there and they cannot wait to get out; the only people that go to church is the church; and we do not need to be saved; we need to be sanctified; we need to be transformed into the image of Yeshua the Messiah. 39 I am serious; I used to watch — I would — I did it; preach to sinners and there is not a sinner in the building; well, we got Joe Blow, that is just a lady's nephew, he will come every time thou doest an altar call. 40 I am trying to teach thee something; God hath got a first harvest; and when thou understandest that thou hast been called into the first harvest, thou wilt start acting like first family; thou wilt start living like the first family. 41 I pray for all men because I know that all men are going to be saved; but not today; why? Because brothers and sisters, if thou art going to transform another nation — let us say America took over China tomorrow; let us — we take — we take over China; let us take over China. 42 Guess what is not going to happen in China; we are not going to turn them into Americans; we might own the land, but we do not own their minds; now, watch this carefully. 43 So what do we do if we want to transform China into America? We find — what do we do? We find some teachers; and we put them in college; and we train them; they are the first harvest. 44 And we get them right; and we send them to China to begin to transform the whole nation; thou art those first teachers that Yahweh hath saved for the world; that is why thou art hated of all men. 45 Because Satan knoweth what is going on in this little shed with a steeple; that is what Reuters news called our church — a shed with a steeple. 46 Oh, but if they knew the work that was going on in this shed — God is preparing a college of teachers that is getting ready to transform the world and bring all men under Messiah; but that is not happening now. 47 Look around; I want to ask thee a question sincerely; I beg thee to answer it; every man and woman answer this question; if thou art the scorekeeper, Brother Lachney, if thou art keeping score, and thou lookest at the world today, thou tell me who is winning — God or Satan? 48 Thou hast got to answer that question; look in this town; look in this town; look in this town, who is winning? We believe Satan is winning. 49 Thou knowest why? Thou dost not know about the first harvest; but once thou comest to know the first harvest, the scorecard changeth, and every man that was supposed to be saved is saved, and God hath won already. 50 That was one of the most powerful revelations that transformed my life, sir; because I am going to tell thee — I did not look for God, he looked for me. 51 The Bible said let no man say that I sought after God; because the Bible said no man seeketh after God; nobody; thou wast not born to seek after God — unless thou art in that predestined seed. 52 Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah; oh, there was a seed planted in thee before the foundation of the world and God knew thee by name and he predestined thee so that thou wouldest be among the first harvest; hallelujah, hallelujah. 53 When doth — when doth the next harvest come? The next harvest cometh at the great white throne judgment, when all of the dead both small and great will get up; and the Bible said they will come before the judgment seat of Messiah and the Bible will be opened. 54 Oh, the day of judgment, Minister Sarah, is not for the destruction of men — it is for the correction of men, it is for the transformation of all men; the only lake of fire thou art going to, darling, is that fire of the word of God that is going to burn thee and transform thee until thou becomest like us. 55 Hallelujah, hallelujah; give me some monitor right here; hallelujah; I said all of that to say this — John representeth that first harvest. 56 John — there is nothing over here; John representeth that first harvest; and when thou understandest who John is, then thou canst begin to understand — thank thee; keep coming, come on, come on, there we go. 57 Then thou canst begin to understand who thou art; John is a type or a prophetic pattern of the first harvest; he is a type of the first fruit company who will receive the fullness of God's revelation. 58 I want to tell thee something; they always taught me that Yeshua was the fullness of God; oh, and I believed it; but they missed one little word; Yeshua is the fullness of God bodily; and I do not know if thou hast looked around lately, but his body is sitting in this room. 59 There is no fullness of God until there is a first harvest filled with God; we are the fullness of God; hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah; blessed be the name above every other name; woo! 60 We are that first harvest; John heard the revelation of Yeshua; I do not know if thou knowest this or not, but for two thousand years, thou canst go back and look — there hath not been one church or one ministry in two thousand years that hath preached what I just taught thee, that it was bodily. 61 Amen; why? Because it is time for thee to understand the fullness of God; the mystery of God was not God in Messiah; the mystery of God was God in thee, the first harvest; that is the mystery of God. 62 That is the part of the mystery Satan never knew about; Sister Chelsea, Satan knew about Yeshua; and for thousands of years, he was trying to get Yeshua; but thou seest, God never told him the mystery. 63 Oh, that was revealed in the thunders; hallelujah; that was revealed in the thunders; that was revealed in the thunders; woo! 64 John representeth a group of people that is going to hear the thunders; there is going to be a group of people that when thou hearest the thunder message — when thou hearest it, when thou hearest the thunders — thou art going to know somewhere deep inside of thee that thou just heard the truth. 65 Thou art not going to understand what thou heard — thou art just going to know that thou just heard the truth; thou art going to know it; thou canst not explain it; and if somebody said, explain it, thou canst not. 66 But when thou finally hearest the truth, something beyond thy religion that thou grew up in, something beyond thine own doctrinal understanding, will say, I do not know what he is saying, but something within me is leaping at the truth. 67 That is the predestinated seed of God; when thou hearest it, when thou hearest the truth — listen to me — I want to tell thee how this is going to work. 68 When thou finally hearest the seven thunder truth, when thou hearest it, suddenly it will seem like thou hadst always heard it; no, thou hadst always heard it, but not from a voice; thou heard it somewhere in thy side, somewhere in thy spirit. 69 Thou already knewest it; the message I preach is not a new message; it is as old as eternity; and when thou hearest it, thou always knewest it; thou just never heard it. 70 But when thou heardest it, thou suddenly knewest; thou always knewest this; oh, thou always knewest it; thou couldest not explain it; oh, thou couldest not figure it out because that requireth a voice. 71 But the purpose of the voice — listen to me — is not to teach thee anything; it is to remind thee of everything; that is the purpose of this voice. 72 Oh, there is nothing I can teach thee; the Holy Ghost teacheth thee all things; but he will find a voice, seven thunders, and when thou hearest it, thou knowest it is the truth. 73 John, dost thou not write down what thou just heard; why, Lord? Uh-uh, because I do not want nobody reading about this; I do not want no Bible scholar reading about this; what I am doing in thy life goeth beyond doctrinal understanding; it goeth beyond theology; it goeth beyond argument; it goeth beyond debate. 74 It is a perfecting message; thou hast to experience it from the inside out; when thou hearest it, thou wilt know it; John is the first harvest; he heard the message. 75 Pastor Vaughn, why canst thou not reach the masses? Because he told him to seal it up; I would insult God if this message went to the masses; it was never created for the masses. 76 Thou knowest what the masses would do with this message? They would desecrate it; they would desecrate it; that is why God told me to quit going live; stay in a Zoom; why? Because what thou hast is precious pearls; the world doth not under — they mock thee; they mock thee. 77 But I will tell thee who doth not mock thee — the first harvest; when they hear the message, they know it; they are like, wait a minute, I have been thinking that my whole life; but nobody ever put a voice to it. 78 But when that voice doth come, thou already knewest everything I ever preached; thou already knewest it; hallelujah; thou recognizedst the sound when thou heardest it. 79 I want to tell thee what happened here; God gave me this message in prison back in 2009, I believe it was; when I went to prison, that is where God gave me this message because when thou art in prison, thou hast a long time. 80 Thou gettest three chow a day and between them chow, thou hast not got nothing but a Bible and a pencil; mmhm; God had to send me to prison to slow my little self down so he could reveal an end-time message to me. 81 And when I got out, nobody wanted to hear me because my reputation was destroyed; and my my my name was destroyed, and my everything was destroyed; when I walked out, I walked out with a pair of sweatpants and orange flip-flops. 82 That is all I had to my name; I no longer had a wife, no longer had a family, no longer had a home, no longer had a ministry; but I had a message; I had a message. 83 And I got up and began to preach that message right here in this church; we had three or four people, whoever, nobody — and then the ones that was here tried to run me out of here. 84 And and then we went through a lot over this message; but me and my wife held on to it; me and my wife held on to it; we held on to this message. 85 And then my wife — one day I told her I said I am — I am done; I am I am I am going to work; I am going to get rich; I am done; I cannot do it no more. 86 And I will never forget when I went to work and my wife said, if thou wilt not do it, I will; and she came here every Sabbath day and preached to nobody; nobody — except mom and daddy and maybe one or two more, and she would preach faithfully on the Sabbath day. 87 When I came home, she had held the ground; and one day God spoke to me; ask my wife; I said, honey — now back then we was — we we did not have no money. 88 And I called my wife in the room; I said, honey, I need to talk to thee about something; I said, the Lord spoke to me; the Lord told me to buy the most expensive cameras I could buy; thou rememberest that, honey? 89 She said — I said, he told me to buy TV cameras; he told me to buy the best I could buy; and she said, well — she did not say it, but she was not — nobody was listening to me; why dost thou need cameras? 90 God spoke to me two years before we went viral; and prepared — he said, get thy cameras ready; now, we would not turn them on because there was not nobody in the building; we did not want nobody to know; there was not nobody here. 91 But when we do turn them on, they zoomed them right here on the pulpit so thou couldest not see who was not here; and we preached like the building was full. 92 And then one day, I was at work in Ohio, and the Holy Ghost spoke to me right after we bought those cameras; the Holy Ghost said, take thy phone and speak to the nation. 93 I was in Ohio working; I was under a meat tent; I was working; he said, take thy lunch break and go sit in thy car and speak to the nation. 94 That was the day after Donald Trump's election — or or or it was stolen from him; and when he told me that, I had on YouTube about three thousand subscribers; on Facebook, probably three hundred followers. 95 And I I I took my phone for seven minutes, and the title of it was, what happens if Donald Trump does not concede the election; all I did was tell them about January the sixth. 96 We were the first people — I was the first man in America to mention January the sixth to this nation; I did not think I had done anything; I still had the same four people watching me live that I had had for years; I went back to work. 97 I got home that night; I called my wife scared to death; I said, honey, I am going to — I am going to — I am going to — oh my God; I said, honey, oh my God. 98 I said, hast thou seen the news? Hast thou seen the headlines? There is a question on all the newspapers in America — who is Shane Vaughn? Reuters news, Newsweek, everywhere; who is Shane Vaughn? And I said, honey, they are going to find out. 99 I had never been so scared in my life; I never wanted to be famous; I never wanted to — I was scared to — ask my wife; I was sweating bullets; because I did not go looking for this; it came looking for me. 100 At the end of that day, I had almost three hundred thousand subscribers on YouTube and seventy-five thousand on Facebook, forty-five thousand friend requests — all in one day, on every newspaper, all over the news. 101 And I tell thee — I want to tell thee why that happened; it was not because of Donald Trump; but God was going to use Donald Trump for me to find the remnant, the first harvest scattered around the world; and that is exactly what God did; hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 102 I am going to tell thee, when thou canst push a live button and have twenty thousand people watching thee live, people pay millions of dollars for that; I have never advertised; I have never paid a dime. 103 Because when it is God's deal, it is God's bill, and God made a way for this message to reach the end time harvest; and we went through thousands of followers until God dwindled it down to that Gideon's army that is on that screen today. 104 Why? Because he was going to get his message out supernaturally; supernaturally; supernaturally; when thou recognizest the sound and everyone on Zoom recognized that sound, thou sayest, that is what I have been searching for; I have been waiting for it all my life; I knew there was something more in thy way. 105 Thou seest, the mystery of God is that secret knowledge that liveth within thy spirit mind; and when thou hearest the voice of a lion, the lion, thy spirit will leap within thee. 106 Read for me Luke chapter 1, verse 41 through verse 44; Luke 1 — yes, sir; and since that day for five years, I have given my life to the United States of America and Donald Trump and the work of God. 107 I was probably the — even after Greg Locke and everybody else had dropped Donald Trump, I was the last one still standing; why? Because I will never forget — God spoke to me. 108 Thou rememberest the story I told thee about that little lady on YouTube? I woke up one night about two o'clock in the morning and that prophecy; she looked at me; she said, I — she said, I have got a message for somebody; she said, somebody watching me right now; she was live, two o'clock in the morning. 109 She said, God said to tell thee if thou wilt take a supernatural stand, an unusual stand for Donald Trump, he will bless thee unusually; and I knew right then he had called me to stand for Donald Trump. 110 And I want thee to know that blessings I have got — I am the most blessed man thou wilt ever meet; God hath blessed me; I literally — sometimes I look at the blessings that and I am like, my God, I I do not deserve them. 111 But thou seest, he knoweth that I may have a lot of faults, but there is one thing I have got, honey, it is called a backbone — and he borrowed — he borrowed it; he borrowed it; hallelujah; he borrowed it; hallelujah. 112 Luke chapter 1, verse 41 — read; and it came to pass that when Elizabeth heard that salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost. 113 And she spoke out with a loud voice and said, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb; and whence is this to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 114 For lo, as soon as the voice of the salutation — as soon as the voice — amen — of thy message sounded in mine ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy. 115 That baby had been in her womb, but it did not jump until it heard a voice; hallelujah; till it heard a message; oh, but when that — my God, when the message came, what had always been there jumped and recognized the message. 116 I love what she said; I have been pregnant a long time; I have had this baby in here and he hath never moved; but the moment I heard the voice of thy message, thou didst not put a baby in my womb; it was always there. 117 I did not bring the message to any of thee; the Holy Ghost put it in thee before thou wast ever born; I did not reveal truth to thee; I did not bring thee truth; yeah, it was always in there. 118 But all I did was let thee hear the voice of my message and it made the baby leap in thy womb; everyone listening to me today — thou always knewest the truth; thou always knewest the truth, but it took a voice to make it jump. 119 Pastor, how dost thou know I knew the truth? Because all thy life thou wouldest listen to preachers and go, that doth not even make no sense. 120 Now, thou wouldest not articulate but thou wouldest be thinking, hold on; he is one God, but there are three; amen, okay, amen; wait a minute; we all going to heaven, but then we are going to be resurrected; we do not go to heaven till we go to the judgment seat; but okay, amen. 121 Thou always knewest the truth; thou always knewest what happeneth to the dead; thou always knewest; it was always within thee; it was always there; all we did was make it jump; we made thee feel froggy; that is all we did. 122 Why? There is a predestined seed in thee; if thou art sitting under the sound of my voice, I promise thee it is not because thou wantedst to come; nobody wanteth to come to my ministry if they have got half a brain. 123 It doth not — nobody just goeth and followeth Shane Vaughn's ministry; thou hast not got no brain if thou doest; because thy whole life is fixing to change; everything thou ever believed in is fixing to be turned upside down; thy whole life becometh dead to Messiah. 124 And if thou stayest around long enough, thou art going to find plenty wrong with me, okay? So that is not why thou art here; the reason thou art here — thou wast born to be here; I was born to be here. 125 And there is a baby in thee; and that baby is the manchild; oh, yes, it is; oh, and it was always in thee; from the time thou wast born, that manchild was in every one of thee. 126 But the moment I heard the voice of thy salutation, something leaped in me; amen; thou hast got to be willing to be mocked publicly to be honored privately. 127 There are people that will mock me and yet admit that everything I said made sense; but thou knowest why they mock? There is no baby in them; because if there is a baby in thee when thou hearest the seven thunders, that baby is going to jump; that baby is going to jump. 128 John the Revelator representeth that first harvest of people that have been told do not write it down; this goeth beyond doctrine; this is a life change. 129 I had someone call me yesterday — and we are going to take a lunch break here in a minute — from Texas, and he was brokenhearted because someone had just left the ministry there in Texas and he was talking to me. 130 And I told him, I said, brother — I said, I said, what dost thou expect? We preach the hardest message in the world; nobody is looking for this message; this message looketh for thee. 131 And there are some people that follow this message that did not count the cost before they did it; and as soon as it starteth costing them friends and family, it is more than they can bear. 132 That is why we do not hold it; thou knowest, people — I tell people I think I am the only pastor that I know of, especially the ones that raised me, that when somebody leaveth, I never — thou knowest, I thought a cult leader had to threaten that if thou leftest, thou wast going to hell and God was not going to bless thee and all that. 133 And I am totally opposite; if thou leavest — bye; love thee; have a wonderful life; may the Lord bless thee and keep thee; and I never even look for nobody; why? I am not trying to hold on to nothing; amen; I am not trying to hold on to nothing. 134 If the Holy Ghost cannot hold thee, if the Holy Ghost cannot hold thee, my threats cannot hold thee; I cannot hold thee; oh my God, that is why I do not worry about it; if if the Lord said, bye, we love thee; some people cannot bear the burden; and it is all right. 135 Because I love every human on planet earth; I do not have an enemy; thou dost not have the power to make me thine enemy because I will not become thine enemy; I love every human on planet earth; I love them all; I love everyone that hateth me. 136 Thou knowest why? Because I — I have heard the seven thunders; and they began to transform me from the inside out; I literally started becoming a man I did not recognize; I literally started becoming a something that is not human; I started becoming something else. 137 If thou dost not love thine enemies, thou art still a human; and I hate that song that saith, I am only human; I hate it; because thou knowest what? That is a cop out; I am not only human; I am a son of Yahweh. 138 And I I I I I I I I do not have to be a — I do not have to do what humans do; I do not have to live like humans live; I do not have to bow down to the gods of this world; because I heard a message — loud and clear; I felt the baby leap in my womb. 139 The truth was planted in every one of thee before the foundations of the world; let me ask thee a question; we have got people on here from Malaysia right now; Australia; how did they hear this message? 140 That them people live in a whole nation where they are the only one that believeth this message; been holding on for years; thou knowest why? They did not find a church; they did not find a preacher; they found a baby that came alive when they heard the message and it satisfieth them; hallelujah, hallelujah. 141 They are not looking for children's programs; they are not looking for the greatest musical team; they found the truth. 142 Do not write it down, John, or people will pervert it; thou knowest, thou canst read something; Sister Ruth Heflin — my mother in the Lord; she wrote a book called Glory; and I read that book when I first met Sister Ruth. 143 She was at the Brownsville Revival preaching back when that revival was going on; and singing; and I got her book and I read it and it was a beautiful, wonderful book about the glory; and I read it; I promise thee I read every word. 144 And then I said, well, thou knowest what I think I am going to do? I think I am going to get on an airplane and fly to Virginia; she pastored a church in Jerusalem on Mount Zion, literally; but she also had a church in Virginia; and I said, I think I am just going to go to her campground. 145 They have a ten-week camp meeting in July with no air conditioning; a thousand people from around the world, no air, right? It is an open-air church with no walls, no walls, no nothing; the deer running through the tabernacle while thou art having church. 146 I have been there, honey; I am telling thee, sweating like a — and when I get there, and I had read the book about the glory of the Lord; Sister Ruth came up with the phrase and it — it hath touched my life — praise until worship comes; worship until the glory comes; and then stand in the glory. 147 And that changed my worship life; and so I thought I knew — that I did not know that book; I knew it front to backwards; but when I got under her tabernacle where her presence was, the book — I could have burned it up. 148 I had read about the glory; but when she began to go, and the glory of the Lord — for hours, that is all they do; there is no — it is the most — I have never experienced anything like that sound; a thousand people singing in tongues and just in the — and suddenly I experienced glory. 149 And church never satisfied me after that; I went back to my church where they had three hymns and Sister Margie would sing her special and sit and and I could — I just could not — I I wanted to throw up in my mouth. 150 No, I am serious; not that I do not enjoy — if I am at a concert, we good, but not if I am at a worship service; and Sister Ruth messed my life up because now — ask my wife — my wife will tell thee I am so picky. 151 Do not change a key in the worship; do not change the tune; do not change — if thou changest that flow, I am going to throw something at thee while I am in the glory; why? I have experienced the glory. 152 And I have come — I when I was in her meetings — no, I am serious; do not change; Sister Ruth told us never change the key, ever ever; never, not if thou art in the flow; ever, ever, ever; do not change the song; thou canst add words to it, the one thou wast singing. 153 And then she said eventually do not even use words; and she taught me the glory and I experienced it in her presence and now I cannot even read the book; because I have experienced it. 154 Listen to me; the message we are entering into now is not a preached message; it is an experienced message; it is transforming thee from the inside out; and he told John, do not write it; this is not meant to read; it is meant to live. 155 Hallelujah, hallelujah; until thou hast been in a service with Ruth Heflin, thou hast never really seen that level of glory. 156 And when I — I did not know because right after I met her, she died; that is the strangest thing; she died in 2000 at fifty-something years old; and I had met her, I think, in '98; it was meant before she died for me to experience the glory; because it would intertwine. 157 Thou seest, people get confused when they come here; they — they — they see we are keeping the law, but yet we have got so much Holy Ghost power that doth not — stuff doth not line up; in other words, are they — who are they? Who — 158 Thou seest, here is here is what we are; we heard a message and it hath changed who we were from the inside out; and I I I cannot preach it to thee; I cannot preach this; I have to live it; thou canst not hear it; thou hast to live it. 159 Thou canst not just say, I heard the truth; no, thou hast to become the truth; thou hast to become what thou heard; and that is where people start falling off the wagon. 160 Why? It is easy to read, love thy neighbor as much — I can read that all day; uh-uh; but the moment I have got enemies all over my camp that I bought, and I cannot — I cannot harm them and respond, and I have to love my neighbor — 161 Suddenly we are not reading no more; suddenly we are not reading no more; suddenly we are experiencing — we are experiencing the seven thunders, the message of perfection; and that is when people start dropping off. 162 Why? It is easy to read what I write; I have got books out there, over fifty of them; go — thou canst read them all day long; but until thou seest that change happening from the inside — 163 Oh, John, the last day ministry cannot be read; it hath got to be experienced; now, I will use the writings to find the lost sheep; but they are going to have to come under the auspices and the covering of the message. 164 Brothers and sisters, it is so easy to read the Bible; but to become the Bible — 165 The seven thunders was the perfect word of God that in the last days somebody like John is going to — watch this; he told John, seal it up; now, most people think he told John, close it; no, no, no; here is what he told John — seal it up; how dost thou seal it up? Wait a minute; thou heard it. 166 Seal it up inside; he said, do not even preach it to nobody; just live it; put it on the inside; seal it up and become the word. 167 As I close, I I am reminded of how many people have come to this ministry; and they loved when they heard what day the true Sabbath was; because there cannot nobody debate me on that; there is only one seventh day of the week — only one. 168 Nobody debateth that; and they heard that message; they read it; but here is what they did not do — they never experienced the Sabbath; they read about — oh, okay, well, I cannot do this and I cannot do that; cannot do that. 169 There is not anything thou canst not do on the Sabbath; why? Because if thou hast sealed it up, there is nothing thou wantest to do; when thou hast sealed it up, thou dost not have to ask what can I do — what — when thou hast sealed it up, thou art the Sabbath; it liveth in thee; the purpose of it, the meaning of it, it is sealed up within thee. 170 I I — Sister Sarah, Minister Sarah, our district minister over in Hattiesburg, came to me, I think it was last Sabbath, and told me something that touched my heart; she said, I will never leave thee unless thou leavest the Sabbath; that is how deep it is in her heart. 171 Thou understandest? Thou understandest? Thou seest, brothers and sisters, oh my God, thou hast got to fall in love with — oh, my God; thou hast got to fall in love with truth; so many people are in love with church, but thou hast got to fall in love with truth. 172 Let me close now with one more scripture and then we will go to lunch; remember the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life; hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. 173 There is one thing I want to get to before we leave today; I have read it to thee before; right after that scripture or right before that scripture rather; the angel told John, Sister Lashley — the angel brought the book to John. 174 Now, watch this; that little book; John was one of those poor in spirit; he wanted it all; and the angel of the Lord said, John, take this book; that is the seven thunders; that is the complete revelation of truth; John, I want thee to eat the book. 175 And John grabs the — John grabs truth; and he goeth to eat it; and then he said, wait, do not — do not — no, do not eat it yet; I have got to warn thee; when thou eatest it, it is going to be so sweet to thy lips; but when it getteth in thy belly, it is going to be bitter. 176 Then why do I want to eat it? Because the only way thou canst ever throw up is when thy stomach getteth bitter; the only way thou gettest rid of false doctrine is when thou gettest true doctrine; the only way thou gettest rid of the old is when thou digestest the truth. 177 He said, John, do not eat that book too quick; see, that is the problem; so many in this ministry ate the book too quick; oh, yeah. 178 Oh, they had never heard what happeneth to the dead; they had never heard that we are not going to heaven; they had never heard about a kingdom of God; oh, that was so sweet to their lips; they could not wait to tell everybody how smart they had become. 179 Could not wait to make a Facebook post of how much they knew; oh, yeah; they are under Pastor Vaughn; we know more than all you other Christians know; oh, thou dost not know nothing yet, see. 180 Hallelujah; because if thou truly knowest truth, the Bible said, seal it up and shut up about it; and the Bible said, wait for them to ask thee; and then be prepared when they ask to give an answer. 181 I will give thee an example; I am going to give you all an example because she is sitting here today; at Tabernacles two years ago when Sister Joey was there, her and Aunt Belinda. 182 Well, they had heard my message about hell and the like thereof, the lake of fire; hallelujah; and Aunt Belinda wanted to know what in the world I was preaching after the service; hallelujah; because bless God, she raised me and I knew better than that. 183 Hallelujah; and I will tell thee right now, I would not even entertain their question; I played it off; thou knowest why? I say this to anybody; now, I say to — I do not tell what I believe to anybody; I do not; why? 184 They have to come; there hath to be a driving of the Holy Spirit that forceth me, that pulleth that out of me; a sincere desire to know the truth; otherwise, thou art not sealing it up, thou art spreading it out. 185 I do not talk my business; this thing is personal with me and God; and I live it and I believe it; I am made fun of today because I am not in love with Valentine; no, baby; I am in love with Passover, the blood of Messiah, the body of Messiah; I found real love; I found something that is real. 186 But how can I explain that to anybody? That is my lived experience; how do I explain to thee why I do not go to Christmas? Why? I love thee, but I do not even want to talk to thee about it; why? I sealed it up in me. 187 That is why I tell all of thee — I am ashamed when thou gettest on Facebook and condemnest others for keeping Christmas or doing what they do; that is not thy place; thy place is to just tell the truth and leave people alone and live it; live it; seal it up within thee. 188 Why? This hath got to be lived, not told; I can go to any church in the world and worship; I love people; but inside these doors I have lived a truth that is precious to me. 189 And I want to tell every one of thee here — thou hast a — thou hast a jewel; and it is not for the world, it is not even for the church; it is for the first fruit, it is for the first harvest; thou hast got to live this thing. 190 And brothers and sisters, thou knowest, I went to my mother's — we go every year; she hath a big Easter thing; and it is the only time she asked us to come is there; and I have always told our people, we go anytime somebody is serving food, we go. 191 It doth not matter what they — what the day is, what they are doing; if they have got food, I am coming; and my mama always cooketh for us; and she knoweth we do not celebrate Easter. 192 So we go in our house and her main dish is a ham; that is her pride and joy, it is her ham; and we do not eat ham. 193 And most people would go in there but I do not eat that right there; not me; nobody would even know — I did not even — I did not have none on my plate; oh, no; uh-uh; just — oh, there are butter beans and oh, rice and gravy. 194 And by the — and by the time we got finished, thou didst not know what I had on my plate because I did not say — this is a personal — I have sealed this up within me; this is between me and my God. 195 Now, if thou pushest me in a corner, I will eat thy lunch on the word; well, God made all food clean; I will give thee ten thousand dollars thou provest me God made all food clean; I will pay it right now; show me one scripture where God made unclean food clean. 196 So do not come after me; but if thou dost not come after me, I will not come after thee; why? I have got to seal this up and live it myself. 197 And then eventually, Mama said to me and Karen, thou didst not get no ham; and immediately, she said, oh, yes, and just walked off; thou knowest why? I did not have to say a word. 198 Saints, listen to me; thou canst not write about this truth; thou canst not even preach it; thou hast got to seal it up; and live it; and love it. 199 And then everybody — if God is drawing somebody to truth, here is what is going to happen; watch this; at that family reunion that I was at, that Easter service, thou art going to be sitting at thy table and here is what is going to happen. 200 One of my cousins came over to me and sincerely said, why didst thou not eat ham? I said, because it is unclean; and Yahweh said in the book of Jeremiah, when he cometh back, anybody eating pig's flesh will be judged. 201 Now, why did I do it then? The Bible said, be ready to give an answer to any man that asketh thee about the hope that lieth within thee sealed up; and that cousin hath been now on my YouTube channel following all of my sermons. 202 Now, why? Because we are an end-time company; we are not converting the world; we are converting ourselves; we are being transformed; John, eat the book. 203 But know this — thou art going to throw up when thou doest; thou art going to throw thy Baptist up; thou art going to throw thy Assembly of God, thy Church of God, thy United Pentecostal; thou art going to throw up thy Catholic; thou art going to throw it all up. 204 Why? Because when truth goeth in, anything less than truth cometh out; that is why thou hadst better be careful before thou eatest this message. 205 I am done; not quite; know what thou art getting into; thou art becoming a dead man; and once thou diest, there is no coming back; when thou takest this whole world but give me truth — when thou decidest that, brothers and sisters, thy life is over. 206 But thou seest, what happeneth is once thou beginnest to get bitter in the stomach, then thou starteth — if thou art not careful — trying to throw up what thou put in; oh, hallelujah. 207 I do not know why, but I know I am preaching to somebody watching me on Zoom right now; there is somebody dangerously close to spitting up what thou put in; be careful before thou eatest this book. 208 In closing, Mark 3:17; and then I have got one more closing after that; Mark 3:17; I want thee to hear now why everybody doth not hear these thunders; thou hast to be in the first harvest to hear it. 209 Read; and James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, and he surnamed them Boanerges — Boanerges — which is the sons of thunder. 210 All right? Listen to me now; wake up; two boys, only two; two witnesses; they came to Yeshua and said these words — we want to be in thy government; we want to sit on thy right and on thy left; oh, we want — we want it all. 211 And Yeshua said, thou knowest what I think? I think we need to rename thee if thou wantest it all; we are now going to call thee the sons of thunder; hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. 212 And notice with me carefully — he did not rebuke them for wanting to sit on his right side and on his left; thou knowest why? They were Ebionites; they were poor in spirit; they wanted it all. 213 Notice what these sons of thunder said to Yeshua; they never said what everybody else saith; they did not say what must I do to be saved? They did not want to be saved; they are not like Christians; they did not just want to be saved; they wanted it all. 214 They said, we want to sit with thee when thou returnest to planet earth and settest up thy government; we want to rule and reign with thee; we want it all; we want it all; we want it all. 215 And he said, oh, I think I just met sons of thunder because evidently thou heard the thunder message; oh, good God from Zion; woo! He said, wait a minute; I think I know who thou art; thou heard the thunder message; thou art the sons of thunder. 216 Read the next verse and see what he asked them, shall we? He did not rebuke them; just get past all them names and get to the good part; uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, read; read. 217 They went out to lay hold on him; uh-huh; for they said, he is beside himself; now, thou canst stop there because evidently the scripture is way down; I will quote it to thee. 218 Yeshua said these words to those boys; he said, I have got a question for thee; I just have one question; thou wantest to sit with me? Thou dost not want to be saved; if thou wantest to be saved, I will just give thee salvation. 219 See, that is the problem; the whole world wanteth to be saved; but nobody hath heard the thunder; the complete message; the kingdom message is the seven thunders. 220 I was in church all my life; I never heard about the kingdom of God; I heard about a place called heaven; then found out I was not going there; thou talk about lost — I did not know where I was going; I knew I was not going to hell. 221 When I found out I was going to sit on his right side and on his left, when I found out I was going to have a throne right next to him, when I found out I was going to rule and reign with him — I heard thunder; I heard thunder in my bones; I became a son of thunder. 222 And here is what Yeshua said to them; all right, if thou wantest it all, thou wantest it all? He said, I have a question; can thou ingest what I have ingested? What did we just talk about? Eat the book. 223 Listen, canst thou drink of the cup that I am drinking of? Canst thou be baptized with the same baptism that I have been baptized in? As a priest, as a high priest, as a Zadokite priest. 224 And here is what they said; here is what he asked them; he asked them what I am asking my congregation today; he said these words — are thou sure thou wantest it? 225 None; see, what happened was a lot of people had heard his kingdom message and got excited about the golden age that was coming — not under Trump, but under Messiah; they are all excited; we want to be in the kingdom; yeah, yeah, yeah, woo, woo, woo. 226 Okay, he said, all right, we have got to qualify thee; can thou ingest what I have ingested? What hast thou ingested? He said, I only say what the Father saith; so all I have ingested is the word; he said, canst thou do that? 227 And thou knowest what they said? We can; we want it all; we are poor in spirit; we — we want it all; and they told Yeshua, they said, yes, we can. 228 And here is his response to them; I want to read it word for word; then thou shalt ingest what I have ingested; and thou wilt be baptized with the same baptism that I am baptized in; in other words, thou wilt share in two things — my suffering and my thunder. 229 Because thou art the sons of thunder; thou dost not get the thunder without the storm; thou dost not get the voice without the silence; thou dost not get the revelation without the death. 230 Sons of thunder are not those that have read about the cross; they are the ones that have experienced it; they have died to self-promotion, building their own kingdom, using revelation for personal gain. 231 They have died and therefore they can be trusted with a resurrection power because they have experienced death; only sons of thunder can hear the thunder; we do not just read about it; but we have become the word; and we are dying. 232 People that used to know us do not recognize us no more; they are like, thou hast become — thou hast gotten too involved; and yes, because the reason I look too involved is I am slowly dying; thou understandest? 233 And I am sorry that I am not the same man or the same woman that I used to be; but I have drunk from a cup; I have drank from a cup; I have taken something on the inside that is working on the outside; I have sealed it up. 234 Turn to thy neighbor and say, thou dost not look the same; something is changing in thee; hallelujah. 235 I want to say something to everybody today and I want thee to hear this clearly; there is nobody in the last days preaching the seven thunders; I want thee to hear me; even I am not preaching the seven thunders. 236 I want thee to hear me what I am about to tell thee now; Pastor Vaughn, when I heard thy message — first of all, stop; it is not my message; oh, when I heard Pastor Vaughn — no, no, no, no; Pastor Vaughn is dead; thou understandest? Hallelujah. 237 Thou listenest to me; there is nobody that hath heard my preaching that hath heard my message; because I was not there when the Holy Ghost gave the message to John the Revelator; come on now; but it was the same message; I — it was complete; it was thorough. 238 Thou listenest to me and listen well; if thou believest the message I preach, it is not because I preached it; it is because thou got it by the spirit; it was given to thee by the spirit of God; it was given to thee by the throne room; it was a gift from heaven; I did not bring thee a message; I woke up a baby. 239 Y'all can end this Shane Vaughn worship because I am telling thee Shane Vaughn is nothing but a baby puncher; I am just a baby puncher; my God, I do not have a message. 240 It was given to me by the spirit and that same spirit gave it to thee; it is a message of the spirit and by the spirit; if I gave thee the message, thou art in trouble; all I did was touch thy baby; that is all I did. 241 Hallelujah, hallelujah; somebody say of the spirit and by the spirit. 242 I want to make something clear; put that camera on my nose hair; listen to me; Shane Vaughn will fail thee; thou listenest to me; this man right here brought thee nothing. 243 Oh, I brought thee nothing; what I woke up thou already hadst; oh, I am nothing but a voice; do not ever worship the voice; oh, worship the spirit; he giveth life; he giveth truth. 244 I am not even the messenger; I am just a baby slapper; I am going to tell thee something, children; this man will fail thee; but that truth never will; hallelujah, hallelujah. 245 Some of thee have got to be careful to find that balance between honoring a leader and worshipping one; listen to me carefully; I do not want anything that belongeth to God; the only thing that belongeth to me is maybe a little honor; that is all; because of being a father in thy life. 246 But that baby in thee — I did not put it in there; it did not come from me; it came from the Holy Ghost; and he alone hath awakened it in this hour. 247 Would thou get on thy feet and thank him for what he hath given thee by the spirit and of the spirit; come on and give him thanks for what he hath placed in thee in the spirit, by the spirit, of the spirit; hallelujah; it is not my baby; let us all gather. 248 Falling in love with Yahweh; falling in love with Yahweh; falling in love with Yahweh; it is the best thing I have ever heard of; in his arms, in his arms I feel protected; in his arms I have never been rejected; in his arms I feel protected; it is the best thing I have ever heard of. 249 Come on, let us sing it; falling in love — falling in love with — oh, I feel the Holy Ghost; I feel the Holy Ghost; falling in love with Yahweh; falling in love with Yahweh; it is the best thing I have ever heard of. 250 In his arms, in his arms I feel protected; I feel the Holy Ghost here today; I feel the Holy Ghost here today; in his arms I feel protected; it is the best thing I have ever done. 251 I want to talk to thee from my heart one second; I have watched great preachers, great ministers fall because they tried to take credit for the baby; I have watched great leaders that God hath anointed forget their place; may I never be that man. 252 I want thee to hear me; I am thy servant; I said I am thy servant; oh, it is his baby; it is not my baby; it is his; oh, it is his baby; oh, and I am just so glad he let me call it to life in thy life; oh, he — it is all about him. 253 Going back to the heart of worship; to the heart of worship and it is all about thee; it is all about thee; I have forgotten the words; hallelujah, to the heart of worship; thank thee; it is all about thee; oh, hallelujah. 254 Father, if I have ever touched thy baby, forgive me; oh, I do not want thee to ever remove me from my place; oh, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. 255 Oh, shondalala babababa; only; hold me; I am so afraid of the storm; but if thou wilt hold me, hold me, I will be safe in my arms. 256 Sing it with us this morning; hold me, hold me, hold me; I am so afraid; I am so afraid of the storm; but if thou wilt hold me, hold me; hallelujah; hold me; I will be safe; I will be safe in my father's arms.