Seek The Truth - The 2014 Articles

SEEK$THE$TRUTH$
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By.John.Collins.and.Kristi.Gibson.
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TABLE!OF!CONTENTS!
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In.The.Beginning...............................................................................................................................5.
Behold!..The.Lamb.of.God!..............................................................................................................8.
Impure.Sacrifice.............................................................................................................................10.
Son.of.Man.....................................................................................................................................13.
Powerless.Christ.............................................................................................................................15.
The.Buck.Stops.Here......................................................................................................................18.
Worshipping.What?.......................................................................................................................20.
Judgment.or.Grace?.......................................................................................................................22.
Handing.Over.The.Reins.................................................................................................................24.
Sir,.I.Perceive.That.You.Are.A.Prophet...........................................................................................26.
Condemn.The.Woman.Or.Save.The.City........................................................................................28.
Believe.The.Sign.............................................................................................................................30.
Youre.Not.Alone............................................................................................................................32.
Faith.In.Faith...................................................................................................................................34.
The.Authority.Of.The.Son...............................................................................................................36.
Hiding.The.Gospel..........................................................................................................................38.
What.Is.The.Good.News?............................................................................................................42.
Prophet.Like.Unto.Me....................................................................................................................46.
My.Father.Gives.The.Bread............................................................................................................49.
Cafeteria\Style.Religion..................................................................................................................51.
The.Gnostic.Holy.Spirit...................................................................................................................53.
Its.Time.To.Stand.Up.....................................................................................................................55.
Casting.The.First.Stone...................................................................................................................57.
The.Fruits.Of.Trick.Photography.....................................................................................................59.
Your.Father,.The.Devil....................................................................................................................61.
Worldly.Message.Of.Divine.Healing...............................................................................................63.
Divine.Healing.In.The.Branham.Campaigns....................................................................................65.
Failed.Prophecy.of.the.Womans.Vote...........................................................................................67.
Donnie.Reagan,.Most.Racist.Pastor.In.America.............................................................................70.
Raping.Women...............................................................................................................................77.
Mixed.Marriage..............................................................................................................................79.
The.Good.Shepherd.......................................................................................................................83.
Rosicrucians....................................................................................................................................85.
Creators.Of.Squirrel........................................................................................................................90.
A.Sodom.Condition........................................................................................................................93.
Hindering.The.Kingdom..................................................................................................................97.
Rev..Jim.Jones.and.William.Branham.............................................................................................99.
Adding.New.Prophecies.Into.The.Table....................................................................................102.
Jim.Jones.and.the.Open.Door.......................................................................................................105.
Job................................................................................................................................................107.
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The.Toddler.Prophet....................................................................................................................108.
Bridge.Prophecy...........................................................................................................................110.
Baptism........................................................................................................................................112.
The.Prophecies.of.1933................................................................................................................113.
An.Angered.God...........................................................................................................................115.
Faith.Healing................................................................................................................................116.
A.Pillar.Of.Fire.By.Night................................................................................................................118.
A.Cloud.By.Day.............................................................................................................................119.
Marks.of.the.Beast.......................................................................................................................120.
Ground.Rules................................................................................................................................122.
Jehovahs.Witness........................................................................................................................125.
The.Easy.Questions......................................................................................................................126.
The.Cloud.....................................................................................................................................127.
The.Bridge....................................................................................................................................129.
The.Church.Ages...........................................................................................................................131.
Grips.of.Fear.................................................................................................................................133.
Tragedy.of.Donnie.Morton...........................................................................................................135.
Driverless.Eggcar..........................................................................................................................136.
California:.Still.Standing...............................................................................................................138.
The.Twisted.Scripture..................................................................................................................140.
A.Strange.Birth.............................................................................................................................143.
Childhood.....................................................................................................................................144.
Fatherless.....................................................................................................................................145.
The.Commissions.........................................................................................................................146.
Moving.Targets.............................................................................................................................148.
Franklin.D..Roosevelt....................................................................................................................150.
John.F..Kennedy...........................................................................................................................155.
Creation........................................................................................................................................159.
Enoch............................................................................................................................................161.
Moses...........................................................................................................................................162.
Balaam..........................................................................................................................................164.
Elijah.............................................................................................................................................166.
The.Prophets................................................................................................................................168.
Gene.And.Leo...............................................................................................................................170.
The.Gospel....................................................................................................................................175.
The.Achievement.Of.The.Holy.Spirit............................................................................................178.
Divorce.Your.Wives......................................................................................................................180.
Pretending.To.Be.God..................................................................................................................182.
King.James.Only............................................................................................................................184.
Temporary.Hell.............................................................................................................................187.
The.Evening.Light.........................................................................................................................189.
Become.Like.Sinners.....................................................................................................................192.
A.Call.To.Action!...........................................................................................................................194.
Only.Begotten.Son........................................................................................................................197.
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Horizons..by.Norman.Bel.Geddes...............................................................................................199.
Future.Home.vs..Dispensational.Truth.........................................................................................200.
The.Light.Struck.The.Lens.............................................................................................................201.
Jim.Jones.and.William.Branham.the.Doomsday.Prophet.............................................................202.
The.Intersection.of.Jim.Jones.and.William.Branham...................................................................203.
Who.Is.The.New.Voice.Speaking.For.Seek.The.Truth?.................................................................205.
Wed.Like.To.Have.Your.Suggestions...........................................................................................206.
Leaving.The.Message...................................................................................................................208.
John.1:17\43.................................................................................................................................212.
Moving.Forward...........................................................................................................................216.
Galatians.3:.Faith.Or.Works.........................................................................................................220.
He.Who.Is.Without.Sin.................................................................................................................225.
Our.Chains.Are.Broken.................................................................................................................228.
Sin.Is.Unbelief...........................................................................................................................232.
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About$This$Book$
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This. book. is. a. collection. of. blog. entries. from. the. website,. www.seekyethetruth.com.. . As.
individual.posts,.they.chronologically.outline.a.progression.of.thought.during.the.course.of.an.
entire.year...As.such,.they.are.not.intended.to.be.read.and.understood.as.the.final.word...With.
each.blog.post,.discussions.uncovered.hidden.facts.and.truths.that.were.not.common.knowledge.
at.the.time.the.post.was.created...As.a.progression.of.thought,.it.is.also.to.be.understood.that.
the.views.and.opinions.of.each.posts.authors.may.not.remain.the.same.today...As.new.facts.are.
presented,.understanding.of.each.topic.is.also.subject.to.change....
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Often,.passages.of.scripture.are.referenced.in.the.blog.posts...The.authors.do.not.claim.to.be.an.
authority. of. scripture. or. a. theologian.. . As. students. in. the. Bible. writing. blog. posts,. it. is. to. be.
understood.that.a.progression.of.Biblical.knowledge.and.understanding.is.also.included.with.the.
articles.posted...The.understanding.of.scripture.at.the.time.of.the.post.may.not.be.the.current.
understanding.by.each.author..
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This.book.is.intended.to.be.a.resource.for.those.impacted.by.the.Message.of.the.Hour,.the.
religious. following. of. William. Marrion. Branham.. . Followers. of. Branhams. doomsday. cult.
experience.much.the.same.journey.as.they.attempt.to.deprogram.and.seek.to.find.themselves.in.
normal.Christian.life...During.this.journey,.many.of.these.posts.will.seem.familiar.to.this.subset.
of.the.Christian.faith..while.they.will.be.very.unfamiliar.to.Christians.who.were.not.raised.in.a.
doomsday.cult..
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In$The$Beginning$$
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In.the.beginning.was.the.Word,.and.the.Word.was.with.God,.and.the.Word.was.God...
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This.is.a.scripture.that.many.are.familiar.with,.and.one.that.you.will.hear.quoted.in.the.churches.
that.sprung.from.the.Pentecostal.movement..It.is.a.foundation.to.many.sermons,.songs,.and.even.
prayers..This.single.verse.is.very.powerful..But.in.the.churches.that.follow.the.ministry.of.William.
Marrion.Branham,.are.you.receiving.these.words.as.they.were.intended?..
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William.Branham.taught.his.people.that.Christ.is.not.the.eternal.Son.of.God..Like.the.Jehovah's.
witnesses,.Branham.taught.a.version.of.Jesus.that.was.an.angel:.Michael..He.would.often.ask.his.
followers,."How.can.Christ.be.the.eternal.Son.of.God?.Anything.that.has.a.beginning.has.an.end?..
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And. at. that. time. Michael. shall. stand,. the. great. prince.". Michael. was. Christ,. of. course,. Who.
fought.the.angelic.wars.in.heaven.with.the.devil..Satan.and.Michael.fought.together.Branham,.
55\0109E..
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There's.no.such.a.thing,."Eternal.Son.of.God.".Cause,.if.He\\if.He.never.had.a.beginning,.then.He.
cannot.be.nothing.but.Eternal..But,.if.He.was.a.Son,.He.had.a.beginning,.so.He.cannot.be.an.
Eternal.Son..It.was.the.Eternal.God.manifested.in.a.Son..Uh\huh..See?.Eternal.God,.'cause.God.is.
only.thing.that's.Eternal..Branham,.62\0401..
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Many. influenced. by. Branham. are. familiar. with. these. teachings.. But. have. you. ever. asked.
yourselves.the.question:.How.can.we.have.an.eternal.Father.if.we.have.no.eternal.Son?..
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If.you.continue.reading.through.the.first.chapter.of.John,.you'll.find.that.this."Word".mentioned.
in. the. first. verse. is. Jesus. Christ,. God's. only. Son,. who. offered. Himself. as. a. sacrifice. for. the.
atonement.of.sin..Verse.14.says,."And.the.Word.became.flesh.and.dwelt.among.us,.and.we.have.
seen.his.glory,.glory.as.of.the.only.Son.from.the.Father,.full.of.grace.and.truth."..
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The.Word.is.Jesus.Christ...
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So.to.read.the.first.verse.in.its.fullness,.you.must.understand.that.the.Word.was.Jesus.Christ,.and.
that.He.was.in.the.beginning.with.God...
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If.we.continue.reading.further,.taking.that.same.understanding.of.the.Word,.we.find.that.this.
passage.reads.much.differently.than.you.will.hear.in.the.churches.that.follow.William.Branham:.
"In.the.beginning.was.the.Word.[Jesus],.and.the.Word.[Jesus].was.with.God,.and.the.Word.[Jesus].
was.God..He.[Jesus].was.in.the.beginning.with.God..All.things.were.made.through.him.[Jesus],.
and.without.him.[Jesus].was.not.any.thing.made.that.was.made."..
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After.explaining.that.Jesus.Christ.was.the.eternal.Son.of.God,.in.the.beginning.with.God,.and.one.
with.God,.the.first.chapter.of.John.begins.describing.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ..The.children.of.
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Israel.were.burdened.with.punishment.from.their.failure.to.uphold.the.Mosaic.Law,.and.were.
under.the.curse.of.the.Law..Starting.in.the.fourteenth.verse,.John.describes.a.clear.distinction.
between.the.Law.that.came.through.Moses.and.the.Truth.that.came.through.Jesus.Christ:..
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"And.the.Word.[Jesus].became.flesh.and.dwelt.among.us,.and.we.have.seen.his.glory,.glory.as.of.
the.only.Son.from.the.Father,.full.of.grace.and.truth..(John.bore.witness.about.him.[Jesus],.and.
cried.out,."This.was.he.of.whom.I.said,.'He.who.comes.after.me.ranks.before.me,.because.he.was.
before.me.'").And.from.his.fullness.we.have.all.received,.grace.upon.grace..For.the.law.was.given.
through.Moses;.grace.and.truth.came.through.Jesus.Christ..No.one.has.ever.seen.God;.the.only.
God,.who.is.at.the.Father's.side,.he.[Jesus].has.made.him.known."..
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This.doctrine.of.an.angelic.Christ.is.nothing.new..Charles.Taze.Russell,.founder.of.the.Jehovahs.
witnesses.taught.it..Even.in.the.days.of.the.Apostle.Paul,.it.was.being.promoted...
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Listen.to.the.words.of.Paul,.found.in.Hebrews.chapter.one,.asking.this.question:..
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For.to.which.of.the.angels.did.God.ever.say,.You.are.my.Son,.today.I.have.begotten.you?.Or.
again,.I.will.be.to.him.a.father,.and.he.shall.be.to.me.a.son?.And.again,.when.he.brings.the.
firstborn.into.the.world,.he.says,.Let.all.God's.angels.worship.him...Heb.1:5\6..
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Now.listen.to.Pauls.answer:..
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Of.the.angels.he.says,.He.makes.his.angels.winds,.and.his.ministers.a.flame.of.fire..But.of.the.
Son.he.says,.Your.throne,.O.God,.is.forever.and.ever,.the.scepter.of.uprightness.is.the.scepter.
of.your.kingdom...
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Behold!$$The$Lamb$of$God!$$
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Men.were.sent.to.investigate.why.John.was.baptizing,.and.asked.if.he.was.the.Messiah...John's.
reply.was.very.simple,.that.he.was.not.the.Messiah,.but.he.was.preparing.the.way...He.did.not.
point.to.himself,.but.instead.told.the.men.that.the.One.who.comes.after.this.preparation.ranks.
before..
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The.focal.point.of.the.scene.described.as.John.baptized.Jesus.was.entirely.upon.the.Messiah...
God's.only.Son,.sent.to.redeem.us.from.sin,.had.come.to.earth!..John's.preparation.fulfilled.many.
prophecies.by.the.heralds.of.the.covenant,.from.Isaiah.to.Malachi.by.turning.all.eyes.upon.Jesus...
He.was.the."Elijah".to.come,.but.he.was.preparing.the.way.for.the.Christ..
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Though.it.is.very.similar.in.description,.does.William.Branham's.1933.baptism.story.turn.all.eyes.
upon.Jesus.Christ?..Or.was.it.intended.to.turn.all.eyes.upon.William.Branham?.
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John.was.given.a.mission.from.the.Father...His.mission.had.one.purpose:..To.prepare.the.way.for.
the. Son. and. to. turn. all. eyes. upon. Jesus.. . In. John. 3,. John. says,. "He. must. increase,. but. I. must.
decrease,".making.sure.the.people.followed.Jesus.instead.of.himself...His.only.message.was.that.
the.King.was.coming!.
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The.Father.told.John.that.he.would.recognize.the.Messiah,.and.that.it.would.be.while.baptizing.
with.water...John.1:33.describes.the.Word.given.to.him.by.the.Father:."'He.on.whom.you.see.the.
Spirit.descend.and.remain,.this.is.he.who.baptizes.with.the.Holy.Spirit.'..And.I.have.seen.and.have.
borne.witness.that.this.is.the.Son.of.God.".
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John's.purpose.was.to.bear.witness.of.that.spirit,.and.his.testimony.was.simple:.."I.saw.the.Spirit.
descend.from.heaven.like.a.dove,.and.it.remained.on.him".\.John.1:32.
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But.when.William.Branham.added.the.words."to.dwell.in".behind.the.verses.describing.the.words.
from. the. Father,. "This. is. my. beloved. Son,". he. re\introduced. the. idea. that. the. Father. Himself.
came.down,.turning.mortal.flesh.into.a."god\man."...
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"This.is.My.Beloved.Son.in.Whom.I'm.pleased.to.dwell.".The.right.translation.there.is,."In.whom.
I.am.pleased.to.dwell.in.".Jesus.immediately.anointed.with.God,.He.was.just.a.man.till.that.time,.
but.now.He.becomes.the.God\man.".\.Branham,.55\0806.
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In.a."commission.story".very.similar.to.that.of.William.Sowders.of.Louisville,.KY,.Branham.claimed.
that.the.Father.also.spoke.through.the.heavens.to.announce.William.Branham.to.the.people...
Though.the.newspapers.report.only.fourteen.converts.at.the.baptism,.Branham.claimed.that.as.
he. was. baptizing. the. seventeenth. person,. a. "mystic. light". appeared. in. the. heavens,. and.
proclaimed,.As.John.the.Baptist.was.sent.for.a.forerunner.of.the.first.coming.of.Jesus.Christ,.
your.Message.will.bring.the.second.coming.of.Jesus.Christ.".
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Through.the.course.of.his.ministry,.Branham.tried.through.association.to.establish.the.idea.that.
he.was.the."Elijah".of.Malachi.4,.while.most.Christians.believe.that.scripture.was.referring.to.
John...Once.established,.Branham.promoted.the.idea.that.Jesus.Christ.Himself.was.coming.in.the.
form.of.Elijah:.
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"Now,.we've.had.Elijahs,.and.Elijahs'.coats,.and.Elijahs'.mantles,.and.Elijahs'.everything..But.the.
Elijah.of.this.day.is.the.Lord.Jesus.Christ..He.is.to.come.according.to.Matthew.the.seventeen\....
Luke. 17:30,. says. the. Son. of. man. is. to. reveal. Himself. among. His. people.. Not. a. man,. God!".
Branham,.65\1127B.
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Does.this.match.scripture?..Would.God.purposefully.redirect.our.focus.from.the.Work.that.was.
done.on.the.cross.to.announce.a.mortal.man?..Are.we.really.to.believe.that.God.was.made.flesh.
into.William.Branham,.announced.from.the.heavens.in.1933,.and.was.revealing.Himself.through.
the.people?.
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Let's.see.what.Jesus.Himself.has.to.say:.
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Then.if.anyone.says.to.you,.Look,.here.is.the.Christ!.or.There.he.is!.do.not.believe.it...For.false.
christs.and.false.prophets.will.arise.and.perform.great.signs.and.wonders,.so.as.to.lead.astray,.if.
possible,.even.the.elect...See,.I.have.told.you.beforehand...So,.if.they.say.to.you,.Look,.he.is.in.
the.wilderness,.do.not.go.out..If.they.say,.Look,.he.is.in.the.inner.rooms,.do.not.believe.it...For.
as.the.lightning.comes.from.the.east.and.shines.as.far.as.the.west,.so.will.be.the.coming.of.the.
Son.of.Man..\.Matthew.24:23\27.
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Impure$Sacrifice$$
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This.post.went.out.yesterday,.but.the.emphasis.on.the.impure.sacrifice.was.missed.by.some...To.
further.the.point,.we.decided.to.add.more.of.William.Branham's.words.and.another.quote.with.
his.different.viewpoint.on.Jesus.Christ.\\.there.are.many.that.do.not.realize.that.Branham.did.not.
believe.Christ.was.fully.man.and.fully.God.....
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The.day.after.Jesus.was.baptized.by.John,.two.of.John's.disciples.recognized.Jesus...They.cried,.
"Behold!..The.Lamb.of.God!"..Then.they.started.following.Jesus..
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When.Jesus.asked.the.disciples.what.they.were.seeking,.they.gave.Him.the.title.of."Rabbi,".which.
means."Teacher."..Not.long.after,.one.of.the.two.had.listened.to.the.testimony.of.John,.and.called.
Jesus.the.Messiah,.which.means."Christ".or."Anointed.One...
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If.we.examine.the.ministry.of.William.Branham,.are.these.the.same.titles.that.we.would.use.for.
God's.Only.Son?.
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Throughout.his.sermons,.William.Branham.associated.his.own.ministry.to.the."ministry.of.Christ,".
teaching. his. followers. that. the. first. part. of. Jesus'. life. was. the. "bait. on. the. hook,". for. the.
"message".that.was.to.follow...By.comparison,.Branham.would.often.describe.the.percentage.of.
time.Jesus.spent.on."divine.healing,".comparing.it.to.how.own.ministry..
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"Eighty. percent. of. His. ministry. was. Divine. healing.. Eighty. percent. of. His. ministry. was. on. the.
miraculous.side,.showing.the.people.that.the.supernatural.God.was.working.in.human.flesh.".\.
Branham,.50\0822.
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According.to.Branham,.the."first.pull.ministry".of.Christ.started.when.He.became.a."god\man,".
which.is.very.similar.to.the.description.of.a."demigod".in.classic.mythology...Branham.taught.that.
a.mortal.human.being.had.taken.on.the.form.of.a.deity,.only.the.day.before.these.two.disciples.
followed.Jesus..
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"God.spoke.from.the.heavens..John.saw.Him.coming.in.the.form.a.dove,.and.said,."This.is.My.
Beloved.Son.in.Whom.I'm.pleased.to.dwell.".The.right.translation.there.is,."In.whom.I.am.pleased.
to.dwell.in.".Jesus.immediately.anointed.with.God,.He.was.just.a.man.till.that.time,.but.now.He.
becomes.the.God\man."..\.Branham,.55\0806.
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But.remember.the.titles.used.by.these.disciples,.neither.of.which.are."divine.healer."..The.first.
title.used.was."teacher.".
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The.Gospel.according.to.John.introduces.Jesus.as.the."Word,".saying,."In.the.beginning.was.the.
Word.and.the.Word.was.with.God.and.the.Word.WAS.God."..He.was.the.Word,.and.even.as.a.
child,.Christ.was.overflowing.with.the.Word.of.God...Luke.2:41\52.describes.the.three.days.Jesus.
taught.in.the.temples,.only.a.boy.around.age.twelve...Verse.47.says,."And.all.who.heard.him.were.
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amazed.at.his.understanding.and.his.answers,".and.Christ.told.his.parents.that.the.temple.at.
Jerusalem.was.his."Father's.House."..Christ.was.born.the.Son.of.God..
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The.second.title.used.was."Messiah."..Jesus.was.the.Kinsman.Redeemer.that.was.promised.to.
restore. the. fallen. condition. of. Israel.. . Israel. had. abandoned. the. Old. Covenant. and. had. fallen.
under.the.Curse.of.the.Law...The.final.penalty.death,.only.a.Kinsman.Redeemer.could.pay.the.
penalty.on.their.behalf..
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The. Gospel. of. Jesus. Christ. is. the. Good. News. that. God. has. sent. his. only. Son. as. this. Kinsman.
Redeemer...Mankind.did.not.suffer.the.penalty.of.death,.Jesus.paid.their.price...And.through.
Christ.we.are.now.under.the.Eternal.Covenant.of.Grace,.both.Jews.and.Gentiles...The.Gospels.
describe.Christ.coming.to.earth,.living.the.perfect.life.that.fulfilled.the.Mosaic.Law,.dying.as.a.
pure.Sacrifice.for.atonement.of.sin,.and.rising.again.so.that.we.can.rise.with.Him..
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But.this."demigod".version.of.Jesus,.taught.by.William.Branham,.includes.the.sinful.nature.of.the.
human. flesh.. . While. the. Bible's. Jesus. that. was. fully. God. and. fully. man. can. resist. even. the.
temptation. of. Satan,. Branham's. version. of. Christ. was. a. sinner. that. did. not. fulfill. the. Old.
Covenant....
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The.Spirit.left.Him,.in.the.garden.of.Gethsemane..He.had.to.die,.a.man..Remember,.friends,.He.
didn't.have.to.do.that..That.was.God..God.anointed.that.flesh,.which.was.human.flesh..And.He.
didn't....If.He'd.have.went.up.there,.as.God,.He'd.have.never.died.that.kind.of.death;.can't.kill.
God..But.He.didn't.have.to.do.it..\.Branham,.65\0418.
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And.Christ.was....He.never....God.wouldn't.have.sent.Him.to\\to.hell.pure..He.had.to.send.Him.to.
hell.condemned.(See?),.because.He.took.our.sins..And.Christ.died,.not.righteous,.Christ.died.a.
sinner...Christ.never.sinned.Himself,.but.He.took.our.sins.on.Him...
Branham,.55\0227.
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If.you.examine.the.ministry.of.William.Branham,.you.will.find.many.titles.given.to.Jesus.during.
the.stages.of.His.life...Chronologically,.those.would.be."mortal.Jesus,"."god\man,"."divine.healer,".
"prophet.Jesus,"."second.mortal.Jesus,".and."sinner."..And.you'll.find.many.of.the.titles.used.for.
Christ.applied.to.Branham's.ministry,.such.as.Luke.17:30,."Son.of.Man."...
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The.question.is,.does.this."gospel".Branham.describes.match.the.true.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ?..
Let's.see.what.the.Apostle.Paul.has.to.say:.
.
But.when.Christ.appeared.as.a.high.priest.of.the.good.things.that.have.come,.then.through.the.
greater.and.more.PERFECT.tent.(not.made.with.hands,.that.is,.not.of.this.creation).he.entered.
once.for.all.into.the.holy.places,.not.by.means.of.the.blood.of.goats.and.calves.but.by.means.of.
his.own.blood,.thus.securing.an.eternal.redemption..For.if.the.blood.of.goats.and.bulls,.and.the.
sprinkling.of.defiled.persons.with.the.ashes.of.a.heifer,.sanctify.for.the.purification.of.the.flesh,.
how.much.more.will.the.blood.of.Christ,.who.through.the.eternal.Spirit.offered.himself.WITHOUT.
11.
BLEMISH.to.God,.purify.our.conscience.from.dead.works.to.serve.the.living.God...Hebrews.9:11\
14.
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Peter.says.it.best.in.I.PETER.2:22:.."Who.did.no.sin,.neither.was.guile.found.in.his.mouth".
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Read.more.about.the.titles.Branham.applied.to.his.ministry.
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12.
Son$of$Man$
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Hearing. the. testimony. of. Philip,. Nathanael. did. not. fully. believe. that. Jesus. was. the. Christ.. . In.
response,.Nathanael.asked,."Can.anything.good.come.out.of.Nazareth?"..Philip.replied:."Come.
and.see.".
.
When.Jesus.recognized.Nathanael.before.having.ever.met.him,.Nathanael.praised.Christ.by.giving.
even.more.titles.confirming.the.heralds.of.the.Old.Covenant..."Rabbi,".(or.teacher)..."Son.of.God."..
"King.of.Israel."..Because.of.his.belief.in.the.statements.made.by.Christ,.Jesus.said.that.he.would.
see.the.heavens.open.and.the.angels.of.God.descending....
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When.Jesus.spoke.these.words,.He.gave.himself.a.title.that.also.fulfilled.several.Old.Testament.
prophesies...And.yet.the.followers.of.William.Branham.believe.that.this.title.Jesus.uses.was.not.
for.himself.\\.Branham.taught.his.following.that.this.title.was.to.be.applied.to.himself,.a."20th.
century.prophet."...
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Which.is.correct?..Was.William.Branham.correct?..Or.was.Jesus.using.a.title.that.we.should.be.
applying.to.Christ?.
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Jesus. told. Nathanael. that. he. would. soon. see. the. heavens. opened,. and. the. angels. of. God.
ascending. and. descending. on. the. Son. of. Man.. . This. title,. "Son. of. Man". is. used. several. times.
throughout.Branham's.ministry,.and.even.printed.on.publications,.church.marquees,.and.bulletin.
boards.to.describe.Branham's.ministry...Specifically:.Luke.17:30,.which.reads,."so.will.it.be.on.the.
day.when.the.Son.of.Man.is.revealed.".
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Branham.taught.his.followers.that.this.verse.was.to.apply.to.himself:.
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But,.now,.God.has.promised.us.these.things.in.the.last.days..In.Malachi.4,.said.that.Jesus.Christ.
would.come.down.and.impersonate.Himself.in.human.flesh.like.He.did.at.Sodom..That's.right..
And.said.the.world.would.be.in.a.Sodom.condition..And.said,."As.it.was.then,.the.Son.of.man.will.
be.revealed.that.day.".See,.this.Man.that.come.down.in.the.form.of.a.man,.which.was."Elohim,".
by.Abraham,.before.this.promised.son.came..Look.what.it.was,.Abraham.said.it.was.God..And.the.
Bible.said.there.was.three.man.came.to.him,.dust.on.their.clothes,.travel,.set.down.and.eat.like.
man..And.Jesus.said,."Just.at.the.time.the.world.gets.in.a.Sodom.condition,.then.the.Son.of.man.
would.reveal.Himself.again,".not.Son.of.God..Son.of.man,.see,.would.reveal.Himself..\.Branham,.
65\0718.
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Luke.17:30,.says.the.Son.of.man.is.to.reveal.Himself.among.His.people..Not.a.man,.God!.But.it'll.
come.through.a.prophet...\.Branham,.65\1127B.
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In.John.21,.Jesus.appeared.once.more.to.the.disciples...Though.the.focal.point.of.the.passage.is.
Peter,.who.enjoyed.an.incredible.amount.of.fish.in.his.net,.Nathanael.was.present....
13.
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The.disciples.did.not.recognize.Jesus.as.he.stood.on.the.shore...It.was.not.until.he.commanded.
them.to.cast.their.net.on.the.right.side.of.their.boat,.and.the.large.number.of.fish.filled.the.net.
that.they.realized.that.the.Son.of.man.was.once.more.being.revealed...Verse.14.states,."This.was.
now.the.third.time.that.Jesus.was.revealed.to.the.disciples.after.he.was.raised.from.the.dead.".
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The.fish.in.the.net,.so.many.that.they.were.not.able.to.haul.them.all.into.the.boat,.represented.
the.people.that.these.disciples.would."catch".by.telling.them.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ...It.was.
the.Body.of.Christ,.a.body.without.number..
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One. must. ask. themselves. after. reading. this. passage:. . Which. "Son. of. Man". would. you. rather.
follow?..One.that.invited.all.to.come,.countless.in.number,.simply.by.telling.them.that.He.died.
for.them.on.the.cross?..Or.one.from.the.20th.century,.who.excluded.and.secluded.with.a.small.
group.to.condemn.all.other.Christians.who.did.not.agree.with.him.to.eternal.separation?.
.
As.for.me.and.my.house:..We.believe.that.Jesus.Christ.was.the.Son.of.Man,.just.like.He.said,.and.
all.who.claim.this.title.for.themselves.or.point.others.to.a.mortal.claiming.this.title.are.nothing.
more.than.wolves.in.sheep's.clothing..
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14.
Powerless$Christ$$
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John.chapter.two.tells.a.story.that.many.are.familiar.with,.one.that.fully.displays.the.divine.nature.
of.Jesus.Christ..It.is.the.first.of.the.miracles.that.are.described.in.the.Gospels,.turning.water.into.
wine..
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While.marveling.at.the.water.being.turned.into.wine,.many.details.of.this.account.given.in.the.
Gospel. according. to. John. are. overlooked.. William. Branham. repeated. this. story. many. times.
throughout.his.ministry,.offering.praise.for.the.signs.and.wonders.displayed,.but.do.the.other.
details.in.the.story.match.Branham's.version.of.the.Gospel?.
.
When.Jesus'.mother.came.to.Jesus,.she.came.pleading.for.the.Messiah.to.intercede..In.Jewish.
custom,. wedding. feasts. included. many. guests,. requiring. large. containers. filled. with. several.
gallons.of.wine..Asking.a.mortal.to.quickly.get.wine.would.have.been.useless,.but.she.knew.the.
true.nature.of.her.son..She.was.not.seeking.help.from.the.part.of.Christ.that.was.fully.man,.but.
instead,.asking.for.God's.help...
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Jesus.rejected.her.request,.but.if.you've.been.trained.under.the.teaching.of.William.Branham,.
his.rejection.is.different.than.you.expect..In.his.response,.he.used.a.title.of.respect.for.his.mother,.
"gynai",.which.was.a.word.used.for.adoration.and.respect...(Strongs.1135,.see.John.19:26).Jesus.
said.that.His."hour".was.not.yet.come,.telling.his.mother.that.it.was.not.yet.time.to.show.the.
world.that.God.had.sent.His.Son..
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But.His.mother.was.persistent..Like.our.mothers.in.times.of.desperation,.Mary.would.not.take.
"no".for.an.answer..She.told.the.servants.to.do.as.Jesus.commanded.them,.placing.Christ.in.a.
position.of.choosing.between.the.words.of.his.response.and.the.words.of.His.mother..And.all.of.
you.are.familiar.with.the.outcome.of.this.story:.the.finest.wine.made.purely.from.water..
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But. while. most. Christians. marvel. at. this. wonderful. testimony. recorded. in. the. Gospels,. the.
followers.of.William.Branham.believe.that.Mary's.son.was.a.mere.prophet.who.saw.a.vision.from.
God.predicting.the.water's.turning.to.wine...Branham.promoted.the.idea.that.during.the.stage.of.
Christ's.life.best.described.as."prophet.Jesus,.the.Messiah.did.not.have.the.power.to.turn.water.
into.wine..
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"Verily,.verily,.I.say.unto.you,.the.Son.can.do.nothing.in.Himself,.but.what.He.sees.the.Father.
doing.".Well,.whatever.the.Father.doeth.He.showeth.the.Son..Is.that.right?."The.Father.worketh.
and.I.worketh.hitherto.".In.other.words,."I.can.do.nothing.as.the.Son.of.God.".And.men.claiming.
to.be.Divine.healers,.when.even.the.Son.of.God.didn't.claim.to.be.a.Divine.healer..He.said,."I.can.
do.nothing.".He.didn't.claim.to.be.a.healer..Said,."It.isn't.Me.that.does.the.work..It's.My.Father.
that.dwelleth.in.Me;.He.doeth.the.works.".Then.if.we're.sons.of.God.today.with.the.Father's.Spirit.
in.us,.what.about.it?.The.same.Spirit,.the.same.mind,.the.same.works,.the.same.power....Now,.
He.said,."I.can.do.nothing.except.My.Father.shows.Me.".And.when....In.other.words....Listen.close.
now..This.may.shock.just.a.little..But.Jesus.Christ,.the.Son.of.God,.never.performed.one.miracle.
15.
without.first.seeing.a.vision.of.it,.or.He.told.something.wrong.there..He.said,."The.Son.can.do.
nothing.in.Himself,.but.what.I.see.the.Father.doing.".\.Branham,.54\1205.
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The.supporting.scripture.for.this.teaching.comes.from.John.chapter.5,.verse.19:.."So.Jesus.said.
to.them,.Truly,.truly,.I.say.to.you,.the.Son.can.do.nothing.of.his.own.accord,.but.only.what.he.
sees.the.Father.doing.".
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But.why.did.William.Branham.use.this.verse.to.support."prophet.Jesus,".omitting.the.latter.part.
of.verse.19.and.the.next.few.verses?..While.Christians.read.verse.19.to.be.describing.how.Jesus,.
fully.God.and.fully.man,.One.with.the.Father,.did.exactly.the.same.things.the.Father.does,.William.
Branham's. version. promotes. separation.. . A. "prophet. Jesus". who. must. see. a. vision,. and. then.
predict.the.future..
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The.rest.of.verse.19.and.the.next.few.verses.of.chapter.5.read,."For.whatever.the.Father.does,.
that.the.Son.does.likewise...For.the.Father.loves.the.Son.and.shows.him.all.that.he.himself.is.
doing..And.greater.works.than.these.will.he.show.him,.so.that.you.may.marvel...For.as.the.Father.
raises.the.dead.and.gives.them.life,.so.also.the.Son.gives.life.to.whom.he.will...The.Father.judges.
no.one,.but.has.given.all.judgment.to.the.Son,.that.all.may.honor.the.Son,.just.as.they.honor.the.
Father..Whoever.does.not.honor.the.Son.does.not.honor.the.Father.who.sent.him.".
.
The.question.could.be.asked:..does.this.version.of."christ".that.Branham.promotes.dishonor.the.
Son?..Does.it.also.dishonor.the.Father?.
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If.we.continue.reading.chapter.2.of.the.Gospel.according.to.John,.we.find.more.confirmation.that.
Jesus.Christ.was.fully.God,.fully.man...Jesus,.in.his.supreme.deity,.knew.the.hearts.of.men...No.
"vision".was.necessary,.Jesus.Christ.was.the.Son.of.God:.
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Now.when.he.was.in.Jerusalem.at.the.Passover.Feast,.many.believed.in.his.name.when.they.saw.
the.signs.that.he.was.doing...But.Jesus.on.his.part.did.not.entrust.himself.to.them,.because.he.
knew.all.people.and.needed.no.one.to.bear.witness.about.man,.for.he.himself.knew.what.was.in.
man..\.John.2.
.
Compare.these.words.of.Christ.with.Branham's.version.of.Jesus,.and.ask.yourselves:..Which.God.
would.you.rather.serve?..The.Branham's.version,.limited.in.power?..Or.the.God.of.the.Bible,.who.
knew.the.hearts.and.minds.of.the.people.before.performing.one.single.miracle?.
.
Walked.right.by.the.pool.of.Bethesda.where.great.multitudes.was.laying.there,.lame,.halt,.blind,.
and.healed.one.man.that.had.an.infirmity.for.thirty\eight.years,.and.passed.the.group.on.by..Is.
that.right?.Saint.John.5..And.they.questioned.Him..He.said,."Why,.the.Son.can.do.nothing.but.
what.He.sees.the.Father.doing..And.whatsoever.things.that.the.Father.doeth,.He.showeth.the.
Son.. The. Son. can. do. what. the. Father. has. already. done.". Now,. what. happens?. The. person.
believed..They.believed..They.accept.it..And.then.God.shows.the.vision.to.His.Son,.His.Son.reveals.
it..And.He.said,."Now,.these.things.that.I.do.shall.you.also,.and.greater,.for.I.go.unto.My.Father.".
16.
Is.that.right?.Now,.them.same.signs.and.wonders.are.here..We've.just.got.to.close,.'cause.it's.
getting.late..I'm.sorry.that.I've.been.this.long..Branham,.51\0415E.THE.HOUR.IS.COME.
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Now.listen.to.the.Apostle.Paul's.version.of.Christ,.which.was.presented.with.a.warning.against.
men.who.would.try.to.deceive.you:.
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"See.to.it.that.no.one.takes.you.captive.by.philosophy.and.empty.deceit,.according.to.human.
tradition,.according.to.the.elemental.spirits.of.the.world,.and.not.according.to.Christ...For.in.him.
the.whole.fullness.of.deity.dwells.bodily,.and.you.have.been.filled.in.him,.who.is.the.head.of.all.
rule.and.authority.".Colossians.2:8\10.
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17.
The$Buck$Stops$Here$
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John.chapter.two.describes.the.only.recorded.instance.of.Christ.displaying.his.anger.against.the.
people...The.story.of.Christ.overturning.tables.of.the.money.changers.is.a.reminder.that.no.matter.
how.respected,.the.hearts.of.sinful.men.can.be.purchased.by.money..
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Under.Old.Covenant.Law,.the.the.sacrificial.offering.was.established.was.required.for.atonement.
for.sin,.and.the.tithing.system.including.an.offering.to.the.priest.to.support.his.dedication.to.the.
temple...Jewish.custom.required.the.Children.of.Israel.to.make.their.way.to.the.temple.for.the.
offering,.which.was.a.difficult.journey.for.some.when.you.consider.the.animals.used.for.sacrifice...
As. a. "service. to. the. people,". there. were. men. of. the. temple. who. made. their. living. by. selling.
animals.for.offering...Using.their."service,".the.people.could.make.their.journey.to.the.temple.
without.having.to.bring.their.own.offering..
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And.while.the.tithing.system.under.the.Mosaic.Law.had.provisions.for.the.tithe.to.be.returned.to.
the.congregation.during.the.Sabbaths.and.Jubilees,.the.sacrifice.to.the.Lord.was.left.on.the.alter.
as.a.blood.or.burnt.offering...In.essence,.this."convenience".kept.their.sacrifice."out.of.sight.and.
out.of.mind,".simply.bringing.some.extra.money.to.the.temple.along.with.their.tithes..
.
But.over.time,.this."convenience".became.a.monopoly...The.animals.were.well.over\priced,.and.
the.money.changers.were.servicing.mostly.themselves.at.the.expense.of.the.congregation...All.
while.the.people.turned.this.practice.into.a.custom.that.was.never.questioned..
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But. can. the. pastors. in. the. following. of. William. Branham. relate. themselves. more. with. the.
congregation.at.the.mercy.of.custom,.or.have.they.become.modern.day.money.changers?.
.
Jesus.Christ.told.us.that.the.Mosaic.Law,.which.included.the.tithing.system.that.is.promoted,.was.
in.effect.until.John.the.Baptist...According.to.Christ,.the.Law.was.replaced.with.the.Gospel.of.the.
Kingdom:.
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"The.Law.and.the.Prophets.were.until.John;.since.then.the.good.news.of.the.kingdom.of.God.is.
preached,.and.everyone.forces.his.way.into.it."..\.Luke.16:16.
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Pastors. in. the. following. of. William. Branham. follow. Branham's. teaching. concerning. the. Law's.
requirements.for.tithe.\\.requirements.for.the.congregations,.not.the.priest...Branham's.emphasis.
on. the. congregation. tithing. did. not. include. an. emphasis. on. the. pastors. providing. for. their.
members.during.Sabbath.days,.weeks,.months,.and.years,.as.the.Mosaic.Law.required...There.is.
no.Year.of.Jubilee.for.the.pastors.to.return.the.tithe.\\.save.only.enough.for.their.own.provisions.
\\.back.to.the.congregation...Like.the.money.changers,.the.pastors.have.advantage.of.tradition,.
and. the. people. willing. give. without. examining. the. profits. made. from. this. custom.. . Without.
returning. the. tithes. during. Sabbath,. simple. math. will. tell. you. that. every. ten. people. of. the.
congregation.provide.a.salary.for.the."priest.".
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18.
Many.pastors.in.this.following.take.a.portion.of.the.money.from.their.tables,.and.send.it.to.the.
larger.tables.in.Jeffersonville...Their.offering.to.Voice.of.God.Recordings.has.paid.for.a.multi\
million\dollar.complex,.sporting.facilities.in.neighboring.cities,.recreational.vehicles.and.more...
All.while.Voice.of.God.Recordings.struggles.to.find.a.place.to.move.the.hundreds.of.million.dollars.
in. excess,. setting. up. new. tax. shelters. to. contain. the. money.. . Jehovah. Jireh. Foundation,. for.
instance,. was. created. to. hold. the. $100,000,000. recently. accumulated.. . Not. to. mention. the.
foreign.exchange.accounts.that.grow.profit.with.currency.fluctuation..
.
Again,.this.is.the.only.time.we.see.Christ.angry...The.poor.people.were.taken.advantage.of.by.
tradition,.a.tradition.that.Christ.said.had.ended.with.John..
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If.you. are. in.this. following,. you. must. ask. the.question:..Is.my.tithe.being. used.to.further.the.
Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ?..Is.it.even.being.used.to.further.the."gospel".of.William.Branham?..Or.
does.it.land.on.a.pastor's.desk.with.a.golden.plaque.that.says,."The.Buck.Stops.Here?".
.
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19.
Worshipping$What?$$
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John.chapter.three.tells.us.that.no.matter.what.miracles.are.performed.before.our.eyes,.and.no.
matter.how.much.we.put.their.faith.in.those.miracles,.they.will.have.no.effect.on.our.eternal.
destination. unless. we. have. been. born. again.. . The. story. of. Nicodemus. is. one. that. William.
Branham.told.from.town.to.town,.giving.the.same.instructions.to.his.congregations.as.he.spread.
the."gospel.of.divine.healing."..But.does.Branham's."gospel".match.his.confession?.
.
When.William.Branham.began.his.ministry,.it.was.with.the.premise.of."signs.and.wonders,".which.
he.claimed.to.be.given.to.him.from.an.angel.sent.by.God...Though.his.descriptions.of.this.angel.
and.his.surroundings.vary.from.sermon.to.sermon,.there.is.one.consistent.element.to.the.story.
that.his.followers.are.taught.to.believe:.that.he.was.given.two."signs,".and.that.the.angel.said,."If.
you. can. get. the. people. to. believe. you,. not. even. cancer. will. stand. before. your. prayer.". . The.
intentions. of. the. signs,. according. to. Branham,. were. to. elevate. the. faith. of. the. people. in. the.
minister.behind.the.platform..
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"Now,.my.mind.is.going.back.to.around.two.years.ago,.when.in.the.room.that.night,.that.Angel.
of.God.came.walking.in.there.and.said,."You.are\\been.borned.in.this.world.to.take.a.gift.of.Divine.
healing.to.the.people..Many.will.not.believe.you;.yet.many.will..If.you'll.be.sincere.and.will.get.
the.people.to.believe.you,.not.even.cancer.shall.stand.before.your.prayer."..[Praying.to.an.angel:].
Angel.of.God,.I.do.not.see.You..But.I.know.that.You.are.standing.near..Please,.Thou.knowest.my.
heart,.and.know.how.I.love.these.people..Stand.by.me.tonight..And.may.not.one.go.through.
without.faith..And.I.know.that.Your.Words.have.been.true..I've.took.You.at.Your.Word,.for.You.
said.You.were.sent.from.God..I.believed.You..And.You've.stuck.by.me..You.have.confirmed.the.
Word.with.signs.following..Now,.again.tonight,.in.this.March.the.fifth,.this.Memorial.night,.may.
You.stand.now.and.heal.every.one..Grant.it."..Branham,.48\0305.
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When.Nicodemus.recognized.Jesus,.his.faith.in.Christ.was.already.established.by.the.signs...He.
said,."Rabbi.(which.means.teacher),.we.know.that.you.are.a.teacher.come.from.God,.for.no.one.
can.do.these.signs.that.you.do.unless.God.is.with.him."...
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Though.both.stories.are.similar.in.nature,.there.is.one.key.difference.between.Branham's."angelic.
commission". and. Nicodemus'. encounter. with. Jesus. Christ.. . The. signs. of. Christ. pointed. to. the.
Messiah,.the.Son.of.the.Living.God...Branham's."signs".pointed.to.the.man.on.the.platform..
.
You. will. notice. that. immediately. after. describing. his. commission. to. gather. faith. in. himself,.
William.Branham.began.praying.to.an.angel...And.that.angel.was.not.God.\\.Branham.said.that.
he.believed.it.was.sent.from.God..
.
The.question.you.must.ask.yourself.is,.why.was.William.Branham.praying.to.an.elemental.spirit.
instead.of.God?..If.this.elemental.spirit.was.from.God,.would.it.not.have.told.Branham.not.to.
worship.it?..
.
20.
The.Apostle.Paul.says.it.best:...
.
Let.no.one.disqualify.you,.insisting.on.asceticism.and.worship.of.angels,.going.on.in.detail.about.
visions,.puffed.up.without.reason.by.his.sensuous.mind,.and.not.holding.fast.to.the.Head,.from.
whom.the.whole.body,.nourished.and.knit.together.through.its.joints.and.ligaments,.grows.with.
a.growth.that.is.from.God...If.with.Christ.you.died.to.the.elemental.spirits.of.the.world,.why,.as.if.
you.were.still.alive.in.the.world,.do.you.submit.to.regulations.\.Colossians.2:18\20.
.
.
21.
Judgment$or$Grace?$
.
"For.God.so.loved.the.world,.that.he.gave.his.only.Son,.that.whoever.believes.in.him.should.not.
perish.but.have.eternal.life."...
.
This.single.statement.in.John.chapter.three.is.one.that.should.bring.tears.to.the.eyes.of.every.
single.Christian...We.are.undeserving...All.men.have.sinned.and.fell.short...We.are.unworthy,.yet.
through.Christ,.we.are.made.worthy...God.loved.us.so.much.that.he.sent.His.Only.Son.to.die..
.
In. Branham's. ministry,. this. verse. is. repeated. twenty\one. times.. . But. does. the. "message". of.
William.Branham.match.the.rest.of.this.passage?.
.
Many.of.the.sermons.recorded.by.William.Branham.contain.references.to.passages.in.the.Old.
Testament.that.describe.God's.judgment.on.Israel.and.the.coming.Day.of.the.Lord...Even.the.
foundation.of.his.promotion.as.the.prophet.of."Malachi.4".is.one.of.judgment,.not.of.grace....
.
In.fact,.one.of.the.prophecies.left.unfulfilled.was.that.of."judgment".striking.Los.Angeles.before.
Branham's.son,.Billy.Paul.Branham,.was.an."old.man."..While.many.apologists.focus.on.the.factual.
evidence. of. a. failed. prophecy,. very. few. stop. to. consider. the. unscriptural. elements. to. the.
prophecy.itself..
.
"Remember,.many.of.you.men.standing.right.there,.that.rock,.that.day.when.that.Angel.came.
down.there..And.that.Light.and.Fire.falling.from.the.Heaven,.around.the.rock.where.we.were.
standing. there.. Rocks. flang. out. of. the. mountains,. and. falling. across. there.. She. blasted. three.
times,. hard.. I. said,. 'Judgment. will. strike. the. West. Coast.'. . Two. days. after. that,. Alaska. almost.
sunk."..Branham,.65\1204.
.
In. fact,. this. "god. of. wrath". was. the. premise. behind. Branham's. journey. into. Pentecostalism...
Though. history. records. his. wife. Hope. involved. with. the. youth. ministry. of. the. Pentecostal.
Tabernacle. before. marriage,. Branham. claims. that. the. "god. of. wrath". smote. Hope. and. his.
daughter. because. he. listened. to. his. mother\in\law. and. kept. her. away. from. the. Pentecostals...
One. can. only. imagine. the. number. of. people. that. joined. the. movement. to. avoid. being. struck.
down.by.God..
.
Throughout. history,. many. men. have. risen. into. power. by. standing. on. a. platform. of. fear...
Scriptures. have. been. taken. out. of. context,. refocused. from. the. curse. of. the. Law. towards. the.
current. events. with. intent. to. gain. a. following.. . And. while. this. misuse. of. scripture. may.
momentarily.attract.people.into.church,.the."god".it.is.attracting.them.to.is.not.the.God.of.the.
Bible.\\.the.God.that.loved.the.world.enough.to.send.His.Only.Son.to.die.for.them..
.
While.you.will.find.the.first.verse.quoted.throughout.the."message".of.Branham,.the.next.few.
verses. are. scriptures. that. you. won't. find. mentioned.. . Listeners. might. have. questioned. the.
22.
"judgment". prophecies. after. realizing. that. we. are. living. under. the. Eternal. New. Covenant. of.
Grace:.
.
For.God.did.not.send.his.Son.into.the.world.to.condemn.the.world,.but.in.order.that.the.world.
might.be.saved.through.him...Whoever.believes.in.him.is.not.condemned,.but.whoever.does.not.
believe.is.condemned.already,.because.he.has.not.believed.in.the.name.of.the.only.Son.of.God...
And.this.is.the.judgment:.the.light.has.come.into.the.world,.and.people.loved.the.darkness.rather.
than.the.light.because.their.works.were.evil...For.everyone.who.does.wicked.things.hates.the.
light.and.does.not.come.to.the.light,.lest.his.works.should.be.exposed...But.whoever.does.what.
is.true.comes.to.the.light,.so.that.it.may.be.clearly.seen.that.his.works.have.been.carried.out.in.
God..\.John.3:16\21.
.
Notice.that.verse,."And.THIS.is.the.judgment:.the.light.has.come.into.the.world,.and.the.people.
loved.the.darkness.rather.than.the.light.because.their.works.were.evil.".
.
If.you.examine.any.of.the.Old.Testament.prophecies.concerning.the.coming.judgment,.there.is.
one.thing.you.will.find.in.common:.a.reference.to.the.coming.Messiah...The.Law.was.given...The.
Children.of.Israel.failed...The.curse.was.given...The.prophets.came.to.proclaim.the.curse...But.
then,.the.Son.was.given.to.die.for.the.sins.of.the.world...A.savior.took.our.place..
.
preached,.and.everyone.forces.his.way.into.it.".\.Luke.16:16.
.
.
23.
Handing$Over$the$Reins$
.
When.asked.the.question:."What.was.William.Branham's.'message'.to.the.people",.it.is.surprising.
how.many.different.answers.you.will.receive...Each.sect.within.the.religious.following.interpret.
the.recorded.sermons.to.support.their.particular.platform,.and.those.platforms.do.not.fully.align.
in.all.cases...But.the.most.common.answer,.one.that.William.Branham.himself.seemed.to.support,.
is.that.he.came.to.prepare.the.way.for.the.second.coming.of.Christ..
.
The.prophecy.of.Malachi.describes.the.return.of.Elijah...Before.the.Messiah.came.to.earth,.God.
promised.to.send.a.messenger.to.prepare.the.hearts.to.receive.the.Son.of.God...Most.Christians.
and. followers. of. William. Branham. agree. that. John. the. Baptist. was. the. fulfillment. of. that.
prophecy.from.chapters.one.through.three.of.Malachi...And.if.Branham's.'message'.fully.aligned.
with.scripture,.it.might.even.seem.that.Branham.was.bringing.to.fullness.that.which.was.done.in.
the.shadow.of.the.Old.Testament...But.if.we.examine.the.two."messengers,".Branham.and.John,.
do.we.find.both.men.handing.the.reins.of.control.over.to.Christ.to.fulfill.the.scriptures?.
.
As. John. was. baptizing. near. Salim,. John's. disciples. noticed. that. Christ. was. also. baptizing. His.
followers...They.raised.an.objection,.because.the.people.were.starting.to.leave.John.and.follow.
Christ....
.
"And.they.came.to.John.and.said.to.him,.'Rabbi,.he.who.was.with.you.across.the.Jordan,.to.whom.
you. bore. witnesslook,. he. is. baptizing,. and. all. are. going. to. him.'. . John. answered,. 'A. person.
cannot. receive. even. one. thing. unless. it. is. given. him. from. heaven.. . You. yourselves. bear. me.
witness,.that.I.said,.'I.am.not.the.Christ,.but.I.have.been.sent.before.him.'..The.one.who.has.the.
bride.is.the.bridegroom..The.friend.of.the.bridegroom,.who.stands.and.hears.him,.rejoices.greatly.
at.the.bridegroom's.voice..Therefore.this.joy.of.mine.is.now.complete...He.must.increase,.but.I.
must.decrease.'".\.John.3:26\30.
.
There.were.several.following.John,.believing.that.he.was.the.fulfillment.of.Malachi's.prophecy...
But.though.scriptures.announced.his.coming,.it.was.only.a.faint.glimmer.that.paled.in.comparison.
to.the.Light.that.had.entered.the.world...John.made.sure.that.his.following.knew.that.they.were.
not. to. become. his. followers.. . John. told. them. that. they. were. to. follow. Christ.. . They. were. to.
become.Christians,.not."John\ites.".
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He.who.comes.from.above.is.above.all..He.who.is.of.the.earth.belongs.to.the.earth.and.speaks.in.
an.earthly.way..He.who.comes.from.heaven.is.above.all...He.bears.witness.to.what.he.has.seen.
and.heard,.yet.no.one.receives.his.testimony...Whoever.receives.his.testimony.sets.his.seal.to.
this,.that.God.is.true...For.he.whom.God.has.sent.utters.the.words.of.God,.for.he.gives.the.Spirit.
without. measure.. . The. Father. loves. the. Son. and. has. given. all. things. into. his. hand.. . Whoever.
believes.in.the.Son.has.eternal.life;.whoever.does.not.obey.the.Son.shall.not.see.life,.but.the.
wrath.of.God.remains.on.him..\.John.3:31\36.
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24.
While.the.account.given.of.John.the.Baptist.describes.a.complete.fulfillment.of.scripture.\\.John.
the.Baptist.shining.a.light.towards.the.One.that.had.entered.the.world,.Branham's.light.seems.to.
have.come.and.fizzled.out.before.the.return.of.Christ...From.1965.until.today,.we.have.a.world.
of.people.that.have.long.forgotten.Branham's.light.\\.many.of.them.true.hearts.in.Christian.faith.
that. have. never. heard. of. a. messenger. that. prepared. the. way.. . And. what. remains. of. that.
'message'.has.gradually.become.distorted.into.several.opposing.viewpoints..
.
There. is. one. sect. within. Branham's. following. calling. themselves. the. "Third. Testament". that.
teaches. that. the. world. has. missed. the. "Rapture,". and. that. we. are. now. living. in. the. New.
Millennium....
.
Sadly,.and.though.misguided,.it.would.seem.that.this.group.aligns.with.scriptures.more.than.the.
rest.of.the.following...The."messenger".did.come...His.announcement.of.the."Second.Coming.".
went.out.to.the.nations...But.then.every.single.passage.of.scripture.associated.with.Christ's.return.
was.left.unfulfilled...There.was.no."handing.over.of.the.reins."..The.only.way.to.reconcile.this.
error.is.to.convince.followers.to.believe.that.Scriptures.describing.the.Return.of.Christ.are.given.
in.symbolism..
.
What.do.you.believe?..Do.you.believe.that.Christ.came.to.earth.in.the.form.of.William.Branham?..
Was.Branham.correct.when.he.said."The.'Elijah'.of.this.day.is.the.Lord.Jesus.Christ?"..Or.are.you.
looking.towards.a.full.and.complete.fulfillment.of.scripture?.
.
.
.
25.
Sir,$I$Perceive$That$You$Are$a$Prophet$
.
"Sir,.I.Perceive.That.You.Are.a.Prophet."..
.
If.you.were.influenced.by.the.teachings.of.William.Branham,.this.is.a.passage.of.scripture.that.
you.hold.truly.dear..Immediately.upon.hearing.these.words,.your.mind.goes.back.to.the.woman.
at.the.well.that.Branham.taught.was.a."prostitute,".and.her.many.husbands..Your.mind.focuses.
upon.Christ's.power.to."contact.her.spirit,".just.as.William.Branham.claimed.to.be.able.to.do..But.
does.Branham's.version.of.this.story.match.scripture?..
.
Comparing.this.passage.to.Branham's.teachings,.there.are.many.elements.of.this.story.to.focus.
upon..One.could.easily.argue.that.she.was.not.a.prostitute,.and.that.scripture.makes.no.mention.
of.this.woman.selling.her.body.for.pleasure..One.might.compare.Branham's.emphasis.upon.the.
woman's.mistakes.rather.than.the.salvation.of.the.city..But.today,.let's.simply.focus.on.that.one.
passage.that.is.deeply.rooted.into.our.minds,."Sir,.I.perceive.that.you.are.a.prophet."..
.
William.Branham.told.this.story.several.times.throughout.his.ministry,.each.time.associating.that.
statement.describing.Christ.as.a."prophet".with.the.term."contacting.her.spirit."..
.
She.said,."The.well's.deep,.and.You.have.nothing.to.draw.with.".He.went.on.talking.to.her..What.
was.He.doing?.Contacting.her.spirit..And.she.looked.at.Him.kinda.strange..And.He.said,.go.right.
straight.to.the.point.."Go.get.your.husband.".That's.what.her.trouble.was..She.said,."I.have.no.
husband.".Said,."You.got.five.".She.turned.and.said,."I.perceive.that.You're.a.prophet.".Branham,.
53\0506..
.
In.Matthew.12,.when.Jesus.healed.the.blind,.the.People.recognized.Jesus.Christ.as.the.Messiah.
when.they.called.him.the.Son.of.David..Their.understanding.was.that.this.Jesus.of.Nazareth.was.
the.Son.of.the.Living.God..But.the.Pharisees.began.to.argue.that.Christ.was.Beelzebub,.attributing.
his.methods.to.that.of.the.temples.of.Baal...
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In. the. worship. of. the. gods. of. Baal,. there. were. sorcerers,. diviners,. mediums,. and. more.. Each.
empowered.by.the.practices.of.what.we.would.call.in.our.day."witchcraft,".these.mortals.would.
put. themselves. in. contact. with. the. spiritual. realm.. "Diviners". were. predictors. of. the. future..
Sorcerers.were.men.who.could.take.the.spirits.under.their.control..Mediums.were.mortals.who.
could.contact.the.spirits...
.
When.King.Saul.went.to.the.Witch.of.Endor.to.contact.the.spirit.of.Samuel,.he.violated.the.Law.
of.Moses.that.bore.the.penalty.of.death.for.the.witch..It.made.himself.an.abomination.before.
God...
.
"A.man.or.a.woman.who.is.a.medium.or.a.necromancer.shall.surely.be.put.to.death..They.shall.
be.stoned.with.stones;.their.blood.shall.be.upon.them.".\.Leviticus.20:27.
26.
Do. not. turn. to. mediums. or. necromancers;. do. not. seek. them. out,. and. so. make. yourselves.
unclean.by.them:.I.am.the.Lord.your.God..\.Leviticus.19:31..
.
John.chapter.two.tells.us.that.Jesus,.in.his.Supreme.Deity,.did.not.need.to.make.use.of.sorcery.
or.witchcraft.to.peer.inside.of.the.human.soul..Christ.knew.the.hearts.of.men.before.they.even.
spoke:..
.
Now.when.he.was.in.Jerusalem.at.the.Passover.Feast,.many.believed.in.his.name.when.they.saw.
the.signs.that.he.was.doing..But.Jesus.on.his.part.did.not.entrust.himself.to.them,.because.he.
knew.all.people.and.needed.no.one.to.bear.witness.about.man,.for.he.himself.knew.what.was.in.
man...John.2:23\25..
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It.is.obvious.why.the.Pharisees.explained.away.Christs.power.through.the.demonic.forces.of.
Baal..They.did.not.accept.Christ;.they.were.not.Christians..They.told.the.people.that.Christ.must.
use.sorcery.to.perform.the.miracles...
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But.ask.yourselves.the.question:.Why.did.William.Branham.say.that.Christ.must.first.Contact.her.
spirit?.What.reason.would.William.Branham.have.to.lower.the.power.of.Christ.from.Supreme.
Deity.to.that.of.a.prophet..a.prophet.using.powers.from.the.temples.of.Baal?..
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27.
Condemn$The$Woman$or$Save$the$City$
.
There.are.hundreds.of.wonderful.things.that.can.be.said.about.the.Grace.of.Jesus.Christ.when.
you.read.John.chapter.four.concerning.the.woman.at.the.well..It.is.a.true.picture.of.the.Love.of.
God.towards.His.people..Through.His.perfect.Love.and.Grace.that.he.displayed.to.the.woman,.
many.in.the.city.were.saved!.Examining.this.story.in.Scripture,.and.having.been.trained.under.the.
ministry.of.William.Branham,.one.can.only.ask.themselves:."Would.we.treat.her.with.the.same.
respect?".
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The.people.of.Samaria.thought.themselves.to.be.the.true.Children.of.Israel,.and.believed.that.
their. mountain. held. the. temple. of. God.. Jerusalem,. they. believed,. were. influence. with. pagan.
ideas.through.Babylon.captivity...Samaritans.believed.that.Jerusalem.had.strayed.far.from.the.
One.True.God..And.to.some.extent,.they.were.correct;.the.Scribes.and.the.Pharisees.studied.the.
Law.of.Moses.without.understanding.the.reason.for.the.Law...
.
But.the.Jews.in.Jerusalem.knew.that.the.Temple.of.David.was.the.temple.of.God..They.knew.that.
Mount.Zion.was.the.Holy.Hill..They.saw.the.Samaritans.as.a.misguided.people,.and.because.of.
their.error,.had.cut.them.off.from.their.circles.of.fellowship...Over.time.the.two.groups.became.
divided.to.the.point.that.Jesus.used.a.Samaritan.in.his.parable.for.its.ironic.effect...Both.groups.
had.strayed.from.God,.and.both.groups.felt.themselves.better.than.the.other...
.
When.Jesus.spoke.with.the.woman.at.the.well,.however,.He.showed.no.disrespect..In.fact,.he.
displayed.no.condemnation.or.correction..Rather.than.tell.the.woman.that.she.was.living.in.sin,.
Jesus.simply.told.her.that.she.was.living.with.a.man.who.was.not.her.husband..She.was.not.ex\
communicated.from.God.or.even.instructed.to.leave.the.man.that.had.taken.her.under.his.care...
.
Many.of.you.are.familiar.with.Branham's.condemning.words.against.this.woman..Many.of.you.
are.familiar.with.his.harsh.judgment.against.any.who.did.not.follow.his.way.of.teaching..But.have.
you. considered. the. contrast. between. harsh. words. of. accusation. and. the. Love. that. Christ.
displayed.as.we.read.this.chapter?..
.
To.the.Scribes.and.Pharisees.\\.the.ones.oppressing.the.people.under.the.rigid.Mosaic.Law.\\.
Jesus.spoke.with.harsh,.cutting.words..Christ.exposed.the.failure.of.the.Law,.how.it.was.unable.
to.save.men.from.sin..He.exposed.their.unrighteousness,.how.they.had.lost.the.love.for.their.
fellow.man.by.following.the.letter.of.the.Law...But.he.did.not.rebuke.the.ones.that.suffered.under.
their.wrongs...Instead,.we.find.Christ.exposing.the.hearts.of.men.by.asking,."Whoever.is.without.
sin,.cast.the.first.stone!"..We.find.that.He.did.not.condemn.woman.at.the.well.with.harsh.words.
of.accusation...Instead,.He.spoke.gentle.words.that.increased.her.faith.in.Him!...
.
Jesus.told.her.that.the.people.of.her.city.worshipped.what.they.did.not.understand..Jesus.told.
her.that.the.time.was.at.hand.when.the.people.would.no.longer.worship.the.Father.in.either.
temple,.on.either.mountain..They.would.worship.the.Father.in.Spirit.and.in.Truth...
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28.
The.Bible.mentions.no.punishment,.penalty,.or.judgment.for.her.sin...Jesus.Christ.had.come.to.
pay.the.penalty,.offering.Himself.as.the.atonement...Instead.of.rebuking.the.woman,.we.find.the.
exact.opposite:..He.pointed.her.to.the.Father:..
.
"But.the.hour.is.coming,.and.is.now.here,.when.the.true.worshipers.will.worship.the.Father.in.
spirit.and.truth,.for.the.Father.is.seeking.such.people.to.worship.him..God.is.spirit,.and.those.who.
worship.him.must.worship.in.spirit.and.truth.".(John.4:23\24)..
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As.Christians,.we.should.examine.our.hearts..Are.our.words.gentle?.Are.they.filled.with.the.Love.
and.Grace.that.Christ.showed.to.this.woman.of.Samaria?.Do.our.words.point.others.to.the.Truth.
with.patience.and.sincerity?.Do.we.offer.insults.that.result.in.shock.and.anger,.or.do.we.lead.
them.into.to.a.strong,.burning.desire.to.learn.more.about.Jesus.Christ?..
.
If.we.were.placed.into.this.situation.today,.would.we.condemn.this.woman,.insulting.her.with.a.
derogatory. name. of. "dog. meat". as. we. were. trained. in. the. following. of. William. Branham,. or.
would.we.show.them.so.much.love.that.they.run.tell.others.that.God.loved.us.enough.to.send.
His.Only.Son,.Jesus.Christ,.to.die.for.their.sins?...
.
Would.we.condemn.the.woman,.or.save.the.city?.
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29.
Believe$The$Sign$
.
John.chapter.four.tells.us.a.story.that.very.much.reminds.me.of.the.Divine.Healing.movement.
and.the."Health.and.Wealth.Gospels".that.branched.off.from.that.root...By.nature,.people.want.
a.God.that.they.can.see,.a.God.that.they.can.feel,.one.that.excites.the.physical.senses.more.than.
the.spiritual..
.
When.Jesus.returned.into.Cana,.the.location.of.the.miracle.of.water.being.turned.into.wine,.His.
works.were.recognized...Word.spread.that.He.had.returned,.and.it.caught.the.ears.of.one.Gentile.
official...His.son.near.death,.this.official.was.desperate.for.another.miracle,.and.had.faith.that.
Jesus.could.heal.the.child...More.than.a.day's.journey.away,.the.man.quickly.went.to.Christ..
.
But.when.reading.this.passage,.we.find.that.while.believing.another.miracle.could.be.performed,.
the.man.did.not.accept.the.Supreme.Deity.of.Jesus.Christ,.or.his.access.to.the.Father...The.man.
did.not.send.asking.Jesus.to.perform.the.miracle.from.afar.\\.he.asked.that.Jesus.come.to.his.
house.quickly.before.the.son.was.dead....
.
Because.of.this,.Jesus.responded:.."Unless.you.see.signs.and.wonders,.you.will.not.believe."...
.
Again,.the.man.asked.Jesus.to.come.to.his.home...But.this.time,.Jesus.sent.him.back.to.the.child,.
saying,."Go;.your.son.will.live.".
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Scriptures. record. the. man. believing. the. Words. of. Jesus. as. he. left.. . And. before. he. had. even.
returned.to.the.child,.his.servants.met.him.to.give.the.good.news.of.his.son's.healing.the.day.
before...The.words.of.Christ.were.true.\\.the.man.saw.the.sign,.and.he.believed.in.Jesus.Christ...
Not.him.only,.but.every.single.one.of.his.household....
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The.Bible.tells.us.that.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ.went.first.to.the.Jew.and.then.to.the.Gentile...
This.man,.a.Gentile,.would.not.believe.before.he.witnessed.a.sign.\\.while.in.the.previous.passage.
of.scripture.many.in.the.city.at.Samaria.believed.as.they.listened.to.the.Words.of.Christ...But.
now,.the.Gospel.has.been.introduced.to.the.Gentiles,.and.the.Holy.Spirit.was.freely.given.to.all.
who.believed.in.the.name.of.Jesus.Christ..
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After.reading.this.passage,.many.questions.are.raised...Why.did.people.travel.near.and.far.to.see.
these.hundreds.of.men.in.the.Divine.Healing.movement?..Were.they.like.this.Gentile.man,.before.
the.Gospel.went.out.to.the.Gentiles,.seeking.out.a.man.while.not.believing.that.the.divine.power.
of.God.could.heal.their.bodies?...Did.they.believe.in.God.over.man,.but.denied.the.power.of.God.
to.heal.them.through.their.prayers.of.faith?..Did.they.replace.Christ.as.the.Mediator.between.
God.and.man,.exchanging.Christ.for.one.of.the.hundreds.of.faith.healers.on.the.platform?.
.
The.Bible.tells.us.that.this.man's.faith.in.the.sign.had.saved.his.entire.household...But.it.also.tells.
us.that.an."evil.and.adulterous.generation.seeks.after.a.sign."...
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30.
The.Gospel.has.gone.forth...It.has.gone.to.both.Jew.and.Gentile...We.have.a.new.High.Priest,.
sitting.at.the.right.hand.of.the.Father,.who.sent.the.Holy.Spirit.to.lead.us.and.guide.us.in.Spirit.
and.in.Truth....
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Having.lived.through.one.of.these."Health.and.Wealth".gospels,.whether.from.Dowie,.Branham,.
or. any. of. the. other. hundreds. of. men. with. seemingly. countless. success. stories,. one. must. ask.
themselves:..Did.watching.the.man.no.the.platform.cause.me.to.associate.that.man.with.my.faith.
in.God?..Like.so.many,.do.you.believe.that.others.must.also.believe.in.this.mortal,.sinful,.human.
being.to.inherit.eternal.life?..Do.you.believe.that.their.signs.and.wonders.vindicate.their.ministry?.
.
Or.does.it.vindicate.our.Lord.and.Savior,.Jesus.Christ,.who.loved.us.enough.to.live.the.perfect.life.
that.we.could.not.live,.suffer.and.die.on.the.cross.in.our.place,.and.rise.again.so.that.we.can.rise.
with.Him.to.serve.Him.in.Spirit.and.in.Truth?.
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31.
Youre$Not$Alone$
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You.are.not.alone...You.are.loved...You.are.included.in.the.prayers.of.hundreds.of.people.around.
the.world...You.are.a.child.of.God,.and.He.promised.never.to.leave.you.or.forsake.you..
.
For.a.long.time.now,.the.mystery.of.Searching.for.Vindication.has.held.captive.audiences.on.the.
edge. of. their. seats. as. they. wondered. just. how. large. this. army. of. people. might. be.. . Digging.
through.archives,.government.facilities,.and.more,.it.would.seem.that.a.special.ops.task.force.
would.need.to.call.for.backup.in.order.to.achieve.what.they.have.in.just.a.short.time...But.now,.
the.mystery.is.revealed...The.mystery.revealed,.pointing.to.Christ,.the.Mystery.Revealed..
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Like.so.many.of.us,.this.husband.and.his.wife.sought.out.to.determine.if.the.faith.they.held.dear.
was.justified...So.many.in.this.religious.movement.repeatedly.make.statements.like."The.truth.
will.stand.against.all.scrutiny,".or."God's.message.has.no.error,.and.yet.the.world.has.rejected.
it."...
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A.few.of.us.did.reject,.and.our.friends.and.loved.ones.quickly.turned.us.away...Our.shepherds.
abandoned.us.to.corral.the.other.ninety\nine.in.the.fold...Our.brothers.and.sisters.drew.us.out.
of.their.circles.of.fellowship,.and.it.has.raised.the.question.in.many.hearts:..Is.this.the.Fruit.of.the.
Spirit?.
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So.with.so.many.against.us,.one.man.and.his.wife.decided.to.stand.up.for.us...They.wanted.to.
show.us.the.truth,.they.wanted.to.search,.find,.and.deliver.the.vindication.of.William.Branham's.
ministry...They.left.the.sheepfold.to.find.the.one.lost.sheep,.looking.for.answers.to.lead.us.back.
into.the.fold..
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And.vindication.was.there...They.found.vindication,.but.not.pointed.towards.William.Branham.
and.his.ministry...Searching.for.Vindication.found.vindication.of.every.single.passage.in.the.New.
Testament.describing.the.false.prophets.and.false.teachers.that.would.come.with.great.signs.and.
wonders.to.deceive...They.vindicated.the.Bible..
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Their.findings.have.circled.the.globe.many.times.now...Around.the.world,.there.are.hundreds.
making.their.exit.from.the.following.of.William.Branham.with.a.resounding.statement.of.faith:..
"We.stand.for.Jesus.Christ.".
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I.want.to.personally.thank.them.both.for.their.hard.work...I.want.to.thank.them.for.their.sleepless.
nights,.their.persecution,.their.loss.of.friends.and.family,.and.their.strong.dedication.towards.
helping.others.who.are.now.making.their.journey.back.into.the.Body.of.Christ....
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Words.can.never.express.our.gratitude...There.will.never.be.a.way.to.truly.repay.them.for.pointing.
a.soul.towards.Jesus.Christ...This.body,.this.life,.this.world,.will.all.pass.away...Their.reward.is.not.
in.this.life,.but.their.reward.will.be.eternal..
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32.
We. are. all. planters. of. seed.. . God. gives. the. water,. God. gives. the. Sonlight,. and. God. gives. the.
growth...But.one.day,.when.we.get.to.the.other.side,.I'd.like.for.all.of.you.to.join.me.in.showing.
them.just.how.many.seeds.that.they.have.planted...As.we.sit.around.the.throne,.talking,.laughing,.
and.enjoying.one.another.in.the.presence.of.the.One.died.for.our.salvation,.I.want.to.be.the.first.
to.say,."Jesus,.go.give.them.a.great.big.hug!..They.did.more.than.their.fair.share.in.pointing.others.
back.to.you!"..
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Those.of.you.that.are.just.now.starting.your.journey.into.the.Truth,.listen.to.their.words...You.are.
not.alone...We.love.you,.dearly!..We.want.you.to.know.that.we.are.here.for.you...We.are.praying.
for.you...We.want.you.to.have.that.same.feeling.that.we.now.have,.free.to.worship.Christ.without.
the.filter.of.a.man....
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Please.take.the.time.to.give.them.a.Thank.You.on.their.website.in.their.recent.blog.post!.
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33.
Faith$in$Faith$
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John.chapter.five.tells.the.story.of.the.man.waiting.by.the.pool.of.Bethesda,.crippled.for.thirty\
eight.years...Many.waited.around.the.five.colonnades.for.the.stirring.of.the.water,.believing.that.
an.angel.would.offer.them.healing...In.this.scripture,.we.find.many.powerful.statements.that.
point.to.the.Deity.of.Christ,.insomuch.that.the.Jews.wanted.to.stone.Him.for.making.himself.
equal.with.God...But.does.this.story.match.Branham's."message?".
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William.Branham.promoted.a.message.of.faith,.the.primary.component.to.salvation...Ephesians.
2.tells.us.that.it.is.by.Grace.that.we.are.saved,.through.Faith.in.Jesus.Christ...Throughout.scripture,.
faith.in.God.has.saved.men.from.sin,.fed.the.hungry,.and.even.made.the.sun.stand.still...Our.faith.
in.God.is.as.Paul.says,.the."substance.of.things.hoped.for,.and.the.evidence.of.things.unseen.".
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But.Branham.seemed.to.have.promoted.a."faith.in.faith".ministry...In.the.example.of.the.woman.
that. touched. the. garment. of. Christ,. Branham. claimed. that. Christ. did. not. heal. the. woman. \\.
instead,.her."faith".healed.her...His.exact.words.were."He.had.nothing.to.do.with.it.".
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The.woman.that.touched.His.garment..Now,.He.never.did.that;.He.never.said.He.did.it..He.said,.
"Thy.faith.has.saved.thee..Thy.faith.has.saved.thee.".Blind.Bartimaeus.at.the.gate,."Thy.faith.has.
made.thee.whole.".He.had.nothing.to.do.with.it..\.Branham,.60\0326.
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For.Branham,.this."faith.in.faith".was.not.simply.for.the.patient.that.filled.out.the.prayer.cards.
with.their.names,.addresses,.and.afflictions...Branham.seems.to.have.believed.that.his.faith.in.
faith.could.heal.those.who.came.through.the.prayer.lines...In.a.very.bold.statement,.Branham.
claims.that.he.could.heal.any.child."without.even.praying.for.it.".
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As.many.times.in.a.meeting,.I'll.take.any.cross\eyed.child.you've.got.in.this.meeting,.you.bring.it.
up.here.without.even.praying.for.it,.and.just.let.me.look.at.it.straight.in.the.eyes.like.that,.I'll.
make.its.eyes.come.straight..\.Branham,.47\0412.
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But.this.man.at.the.pool.of.Bethesda.did.not.know.Christ...When.questioned,.he.did.not.know.
who.had.healed.him...And.his.faith.was.not.in.Christ,.the.man.was.at.the.pool.to.see.the.water.
stirred...In.fact,.it.would.seem.that.the.man.had.very.little.time.for.any.sort.of.faith.\\.Jesus.passed.
by.and.told.him.to.rise.and.walk..
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When.they.found.Jesus.in.the.temple,.the.Jews.were.angry.that.he.had.healed.a.man.on.the.
Sabbath...In.his.response,.Jesus.stated.that.until.this.point.in.time,.His.Father.had.been.working...
But.now,.He.was.working...Christ.had.the.same.authority.to.grant.healing.as.the.Father..
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And.this.was.why.the.Jews.were.persecuting.Jesus,.because.he.was.doing.these.things.on.the.
Sabbath...But.Jesus.answered.them,."My.Father.is.working.until.now,.and.I.am.working."..This.
was.why.the.Jews.were.seeking.all.the.more.to.kill.him,.because.not.only.was.he.breaking.the.
34.
Sabbath,.but.he.was.even.calling.God.his.own.Father,.making.himself.equal.with.God..\.John.5:16\
18.
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If.you.are.in.the.following.of.William.Branham,.this.is.the.point.were.you.are.given.a.decision,.
one. that. either. places. you. into. the. side. of. Christianity. or. the. side. against. it.. . The. rest. of. this.
chapter.speaks.to.the.authority.given.to.Christ,.which.is.further.explaining.and.confirming.the.
Deity.of.Christ...You.are.given.the.choice.of.whether.to.believe.the.Bible.as.it.describes.the.Deity.
and.the.authority.of.Christ,.or.to.believe.William.Branham.as.he.claims.that.Christ."had.nothing.
to.do.with.it,".and.that.Christ."could.not.heal.one.person.without.first.seeing.a.vision.from.the.
Father.".
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Continue.with.us.as.we.examine.chapter.five....Our.hope.and.prayer.is.that.you.choose.the.side.
of.Christianity....
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35.
The$Authority$of$the$Son$
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After.the.Jews.sought.out.to.stone.Jesus.for.proclaiming.Himself.to.be.the.Son.of.God,.scriptures.
record.Christ.accepting.His.rightful.place.in.authority.from.the.Father...In.the.perfect.will.of.the.
Father,.He.proclaims.that.He.was.sent.from.the.Father,.and.that.all.things.done.through.the.Son.
were.from.the.Father..
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If.you.have.been.influenced.by.the.ministry.of.William.Branham,.and.you.have.been.trained.to.
believe.the.version.of.Jesus.that.Branham.portrayed.in.many.of.his.sermons,.this.is.the.place.
where.your.questions.begin.to.form...Could.a."messenger.from.God".teach.any.other.Christ.than.
what.we.find.in.this.passage.of.scripture?.
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Taking.one.verse.of.scripture,.twisting.it.out.of.context,.and.demoting.the.Son.of.God.to.a.prophet.
with.limited.power,.Branham's.version.of.Christ.was.one.that.did.not.have.the.authority.to.heal...
Verse.19.says,."So.Jesus.said.to.them,.Truly,.truly,.I.say.to.you,.the.Son.can.do.nothing.of.his.
own.accord,.but.only.what.he.sees.the.Father.doing.".
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When.we.read.this,.and.without.reading.the.rest.of.the.chapter,.it.would.seem.that.Branham.was.
correct...It.would.seem.that.all.Christians.serve.a.God.with.limited.power,.a.Christ.that.was.more.
mortal.than.deity,.and.a.fully.separated.Godhead...Many.times.throughout.his.ministry,.William.
Branham.added.one.word.to.that.scripture,.and.that.one.word.was.enough.to.change.the.entire.
meaning.of.the.chapter:..vision..
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Branham.said:."Saint.John.5:19:."Verily,.verily,.I.say.unto.you:.The.Son.can.do.nothing.in.Himself,.
but.what.he.sees.the.Father.doing,.that.doth.the.Son.likewise.".Is.that.what.He.said?."I.do.nothing.
till.the.Father.shows.Me.a.vision.first.what.to.do.".Branham,.56\0429.
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Jesus.never.performed.one.miracle.in.His.life.without.first.God.the.Father.showing.Him.a.vision.
to.do.it;.or.He.told.something.wrong.in.the.Bible,.for.He.said,."Verily,.verily,.I.say.unto.you,.the.
Son.can.do.nothing.in.Himself;.but.what.He.sees.the.Father.doing,.that.doeth.the.Son.likewise."..
Branham,.61\0414.
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If.you.search.Branham's.ministry.for.that.phrase,."The.Son.can.do.nothing,".you'll.find.several.
references.to.Branham's.version.of.Christ...Each.time,.Christ.is.separated.from.the.Father.\\.a.
mortal.that.must.see.a.vision....
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But.the.Bible's.version.of.Christ.is.fully.God,.fully.man...There.is.no.separation.from.the.Father,.
and.no."vision".is.required.for.the.Son.to.predict.futures...Christ.is.given.full.authority.\\.even.to.
raise.the.dead..
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As.you.examine.this,.here.are.some.key.passages.from.John.chapter.5:.
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36.
Verse.21:..For.as.the.Father.raises.the.dead.and.gives.them.life,.so.also.the.Son.gives.life.to.whom.
he.will..
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Verse.22\23:.The.Father.judges.no.one,.but.has.given.all.judgment.to.the.Son,.23.that.all.may.
honor.the.Son,.just.as.they.honor.the.Father..
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Notice.verse.24...Arguably,.anyone.denying.the.Supreme.Deity.of.Christ.is.denying.this.verse:.
"Whoever.does.not.honor.the.Son.does.not.honor.the.Father.who.sent.him.".
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Verse.25\27.Truly,.truly,.I.say.to.you,.an.hour.is.coming,.and.is.now.here,.when.the.dead.will.
hear.the.voice.of.the.Son.of.God,.and.those.who.hear.will.live...For.as.the.Father.has.life.in.himself,.
so.he.has.granted.the.Son.also.to.have.life.in.himself...And.he.has.given.him.authority.to.execute.
judgment,.because.he.is.the.Son.of.Man..
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Verse.28.Do.not.marvel.at.this,.for.an.hour.is.coming.when.all.who.are.in.the.tombs.will.hear.his.
voice.and.come.out,.those.who.have.done.good.to.the.resurrection.of.life,.and.those.who.have.
done.evil.to.the.resurrection.of.judgment..
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Christ,.fully.matching.the.Father's.perfect.will,.stated.that.the.things.he.did.bore.witness.of.the.
Father...He.was.the.fulfillment.of.all.scripture,.and.the.things.that.he.did.here.on.earth.confirmed.
the.Word...But.he.also.told.us.that.the.Father.bore.witness.of.him.in.verse.37:.And.the.Father.
who.sent.me.has.himself.borne.witness.about.me..
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If.you.are.in.the.following.of.William.Branham,.and.you.have.been.taught.a."prophet\god".that.
must.see.a.vision.before.knowing.all.things,.examine.the.scriptures...You'll.find.that.Jesus.is.much.
more.than.this."god\man".limited.in.power...The.fullness.of.God.dwelt.within.him...Christ.and.the.
Father.Are.One....
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Branham. falsely. taught. that. "Trinitarians". believed. in. three. gods.. . He. taught. that. to. be.
"Trinitarian".was.to.take.the.Mark.of.the.Beast.\\.all.while.convincing.the.people.that.God.was.
split.in.two...And.one.half.of.God.could.only.access.the.other.through.a.vision!.
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But.Christians.stand.on.this.Truth:..There.is.a.Father...There.is.a.Son...There.is.a.Holy.Spirit...And.
these.Three.Are.One..
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"For.there.are.three.that.bear.record.in.heaven,.the.Father,.the.Word,.and.the.Holy.Ghost:.and.
these.three.are.one.".\.1.John.5:7.
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37.
Hiding$The$Gospel$
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To.fully.understand.how.a.man.could.cause.the.masses.to.lose.focus.of.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ,.
you.must.first.understand.the.mechanics.of.what,.exactly,.was.altered...The.problem.for.us.is.
that.we.were.the.ones.affected...We.are.the.ones.that.struggle.to.get.it...We.were.his.target..
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In.the.beginning,.mankind.lived.fully.under.Grace...There.was.no.Law...There.was.no.Sin...Adam.
spoke.directly.to.God..
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After.the.Fall,.sin.entered...But.mankind.was.still.fully.under.grace...The.hearts.of.the.fathers.were.
focused.upon.God,.and.God.spoke.directly.with.the.fathers...Adam,.Abraham,.Sarah,.even.Hagar;.
sometimes.directly.from.God,.vision,.and.sometimes.through.an.angel....
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You.really.need.to.study.the.covenants...God's.covenant.with.Noah.was.eternal:.I.will.never.again.
wipe.mankind.from.the.earth...This.is.fundamental.in.Branham's.altered.version.of.the.Gospel..
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Moses.was.a.type.of.Christ;.he.was.a.mediator.between.God.and.man...Through.Moses,.God.
delivered.the.10.Commandments...But.before.they.started.their.journey,.the.Children.of.Israel.
broke.the.first.commandment:.the.golden.calf..
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God.was.angry...Moses.interceded...God.gave.the.Law.as.a."lesson."..Paul.says.it.was.a."tutor."..
God.wanted.to.show.mankind.that.they.needed.a.savior,.and.that.we.could.never.save.ourselves.
by.our.own.works...This.also.is.fundamental.\.almost.undermining.the.message.itself..
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The.law.came.with.300.blessings.if.they.kept.it...300.curses.if.they.did.not.keep.it...And.they.failed..
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You.will.find.through.the.timeline.of.Israel.that.the.prophets.were.not."predictors.of.the.future,".
but.were.heralds.of.the.Covenant...As.Israel.broke.the.Law,.they.came.to.give.warning:.repent.or.
this.curse.of.the.law.will.be.fulfilled...As.they.broke.more.and.more.laws,.and.leading.up.to.the.
point.where.the.Law.was.fully.abandoned,.we.find.prophets.giving.their.message.by.God..
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But.the.final.curse.of.the.Law.was.utter.destruction...Death...A.day.of.vengeance...The.prophets.
spoke.of.this:.The.Day.of.the.Lord..
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In.the.climax.of.the.Old.Testament,.the.Law.was.abandoned...The.prophets.began.proclaiming.
the.coming.Day.of.the.Lord,.and.the.wrath.that.was.to.come...God.was.going.to.wipe.mankind.
from.the.face.of.the.earth,.fulfilling.his.promise.in.the.Law...Again,.this.is.fundamental..
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Remember.the.covenant.with.Noah?..God.cannot.break.an.eternal.covenant...The.only.way.to.
reconcile.this.was.to.send.a.Kinsman.Redeemer...Woven.through.God's.promise.to.destroy.was.
a.promise.of.a.Messiah..
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38.
And.God.told.Moses:.I.will.raise.them.up.a.Prophet.from.among.their.brethren,.like.unto.thee,.
and.will.put.my.words.in.his.mouth;.and.he.shall.speak.unto.them.all.that.I.shall.command.him...
.Deuteronomy.18:18.
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This."prophet.likened.unto.Moses".is.also.fundamental...Moses.was.the.mediator.between.God.
and.Man...This.is.the."prophet".that.the.woman.at.the.well.was.looking.for,.the.one.that.Jesus.
said,."I.am.He.".
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Malachi. 4. is. also. fundamental.. . Each. verse,. broken. down,. proclaims. the. Christ,. the. Law,. the.
covenants,.and.the.Gospel:.
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Mal.4:1..For,.behold,.the.day.cometh,.that.shall.burn.as.an.oven;.and.all.the.proud,.yea,.and.all.
that.do.wickedly,.shall.be.stubble:.and.the.day.that.cometh.shall.burn.them.up,.saith.the.Lord.of.
hosts,.that.it.shall.leave.them.neither.root.nor.branch..
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God. was. proclaiming. his. coming. wrath.. . The. day. of. destruction.. . The. Day. of. the. Lord.. . But.
remember.his.promise.to.Noah?..This.was.fulfilled.when.Christ.exposed.the.sinful.hearts.of.men...
Jesus.said,."I.am.the.judgment,".basically...John.3:19:."And.this.is.the.condemnation,.that.light.is.
come.into.the.world,.and.men.loved.darkness.rather.than.light,.because.their.deeds.were.evil.".
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Mal.4:2\3:.But.unto.you.that.fear.my.name.shall.the.Sun.of.righteousness.arise.with.healing.in.
his.wings;.and.ye.shall.go.forth,.and.grow.up.as.calves.of.the.stall...And.ye.shall.tread.down.the.
wicked;.for.they.shall.be.ashes.under.the.soles.of.your.feet.in.the.day.that.I.shall.do.this,.saith.
the.Lord.of.hosts..
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Those. that. received. the. Messiah,. the. ones. that. feared. His. Name,. received. healing.. . But. not.
physical.healing.as.the."Divine.Healing".movement.proclaimed...They.were.healed.of.the.Curse.
of.the.Law...They.were.being.restored...They.were.oppressed,.like.us.coming.out.of.the.message,.
and.were.like."bouncing.springs".as.they.went.to.proclaim.the.Gospel...This.is.fulfilled.when.the.
72.went.forth,.and.came.back.saying,."even.the.demons.flee.in.your.name!".
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Mal.4:4:..Remember.ye.the.law.of.Moses.my.servant,.which.I.commanded.unto.him.in.Horeb.for.
all.Israel,.with.the.statutes.and.judgments..
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This.is.also.fundamental...They.had.abandoned.the.Law...They.had.forgotten.the.reason.for.the.
law...They.had.ignored.the.statutes.and.judgments...This.was.the.reason.for.the.Curse,.and.the.
reason.the.prophets.were.proclaiming.the.coming.Day.of.the.Lord..
.
Mal.4:5.Behold,.I.will.send.you.Elijah.the.prophet.before.the.coming.of.the.great.and.dreadful.
day.of.the.Lord:.
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This,.we.all.know...Peter.pointed.out.that.Christ.said.that.this.was.fulfilled.in.John.the.Baptist,.
which.is.correct..
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But.the.last.verse.is.VERY.fundamental...Mal.4:6:...And.he.shall.turn.the.heart.of.the.fathers.to.
the.children,.and.the.heart.of.the.children.to.their.fathers,.lest.I.come.and.smite.the.earth.with.
a.curse..
.
We.were.trained.to.believe.in."sorcerers".rather.than."prophets."..We.were.taught.prophets.as.
leaders,. as. future. seers,. as. ANYTHING. other. than. a. herald. of. the. covenant.. . We. were. taught.
"restorer. prophets,". and. the. scriptures. speaking. to. restoration. were. twisted. into. placing. the.
power.to.restore.into.the.hands.of.the.prophet.\\.not.the.Almighty.God..
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John.the.Baptist.did.not."restore.all.things,".but.Jesus.did.not.lie.when.he.said.that.this.scripture.
applied.to.John...John.was.only.the.messenger,.and.his.message.was.very.simple:.."make.the.way.
straight.".."Prepare.for.the.coming.of.the.Lord.".
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John's.restoration.was.to.announce.the.Messiah...The.Prophet.likened.to.Moses,.the.Kinsman.
Redeemer,.the.Anointed.One,.the.Son.of.God...The.Messiah.lived.the.perfect.life,.fulfilled.the.
part.of.the.Old.Covenant.that.man.could.never.fulfill,.paid.our.penalty.on.the.cross,.and.restored.
us.into.the.same.Grace.of.the.fathers...And.he.did.this.so.that.God.did.NOT.smite.the.land.with.a.
curse!...
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Because.of.what.Christ.did.on.the.Cross,.the.Day.of.the.Lord.was.fulfilled.\\.but.not.a.physical.
death.and.destruction.that.Israel.understood...He.trampled.on.the.wicked.with.the.Word.of.Truth...
He. exposed. the. hearts. of. the. wicked,. brought. healing. to. the. righteous,. and. brought. the.
Restoration..
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In.this.single.post,.I.mentioned.the.word."fundamental".several.times...Each.one.of.these.are.key.
elements.of.the.foundation.to.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ...To.understand.it,.you.must.understand.
them.. . And. these. were. the. primary. targets. of. twisting. by. William. Branham.. . By. twisting. our.
understanding,.hiding.these.foundations,.he.essentially.hid.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ.from.us..
.
If.you.study.the.scriptural.research.we.have.in.each.of.our.websites.and.forums,.you'll.find.that.
these.foundations.were.attacked.the.heaviest...Entire.passages.of.scriptures.taken.out.of.context.
to.confuse.and.hide.these.foundations.from.us..
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But.if.you.can.show.these.things.to.those.trapped.in.the.message,.this.is.the.power.to.break.the.
spell...This.is.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ...This.is.the.Good.News.that.Christ.came.in.our.place...God.
did.NOT.smite.the.land.with.a.curse...God.sent.His.Only.Son,.Jesus.Christ,.to.die.for.us....
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This.is.the.Gospel.that.Paul.proclaimed...Paul.tried.to.explain.to.us.that.the.Law.is.the.Law.of.
death,.made.obsolete.by.the.New.Covenant.of.Grace,.and.that.we.have.a.new.High.Priest...Paul.
tried.to.explain.that.we.cannot.save.ourselves.by.works,.that.we.were.now.living.under.the.same.
faith.as.the.Fathers..."By.faith.Abraham....By.faith.Isaac...."...
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This.came.after.the.foundations.mentioned.above...But.they.were.explaining.the.very.same.thing...
And.so.Branham.twisted.Paul's."message,".causing.the.people.to.believe.that.he."preached.the.
same.message.as.Paul."..
.
In.every.way,.shape,.and.form,.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ.was.hidden.from.us...This.can.only.be.
done.through.the.power.of.Satan.himself...No.man.could.have.hidden.the.Gospel.from.Christians..
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What$Is$The$Good$News?$$$
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Everyone.who.starts.untangling.the.scriptures.from.Branham's.mess.go.all.directions.depending.
on.what.they've.understood..(Everyone.has.a.different.understanding.after.trying.to.make.the.
scriptures.align.with.the.tapes.\\.because.you.can't.)..
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There.are.two.things.that.you.must.understand..Both.of.them.reconcile.the.issues.you.have.with.
Paul,.but.I.promise.you:.these.things.will.take.you.quite.some.time.to.untangle.and.fully.start.to.
make.sense...
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I.advise.a.group.bible.study.\\.from.any.church.that.has.not.also.been.infected.by.the.Pentecostal.
movement..No.matter.what.they.believe.in.doctrine,.most.Christians.fully.understand.these.two.
points,.and.can.explain.them.to.you.no.matter.how.long.it.takes..Some.get.it.quickly,.but.others.
take.time..
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First,.you.must.understand.the.word."Gospel.".What.I.posted.previously.is.an.overview.with.all.
of. the. background. that. we. missed. by. Branham's. diversion.. But. that. is. not. "the. Gospel,". but.
rather,.the.reason.for."The.Gospel.".
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The.word."Gospel".simply.means."The.Good.News.".To.the.Jews.(those.that.Jesus.spoke.to.in.the.
four."gospels,".they.fully.understood.the.history..They.were.living.under.the.curse..They.were.
under.Roman.invasion,.which.was.part.of.the.curse,.and.all.Jews.were.seeking.a.Messiah..But.not.
one. that. would. deliver. them. from. the. curse. \\. they. wanted. a. war. hero. to. deliver. them. from.
Roman.rule..The.Messiah.was.proclaimed.in.the.temples,.but.as.a.future.event..Even.in.Samaria,.
and. fully. severed. from. Jerusalem,. they. were. looking. for. the. Messiah. to. come. and. drive. the.
invaders.from.the.land.before.their."holy.hill".was.compromised..
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Paul,.to.the.Hebrews.(in.the.book.of.Hebrews),.did.not.need.to.proclaim.the.history.that.setup.a.
situation.requiring.the.Messiah..Paul.proclaimed.the.Good.News.that.the.Messiah.came..That.
there.were.no.earthly.high.priests,.we.have.a.new.High.Priest..That.there.was.no.longer.law,.no.
longer.curse.of.the.Law,.but.Jesus.paid.the.penalty..Jesus.lifted.the.curses..Paul,.to.the.Hebrews,.
proclaimed.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ,.the.Good.News.that.the.Curse.was.lifted..
.
Paul,.to.the.Romans,.proclaimed.the.same.Gospel..But.they.were.not.under.Jewish.custom..They.
had.no.understanding.of.the.reason.to.even.need.a.Savior..But.the.Good.News.did.not.stop.with.
the.Jews.\\.Under.the.New.Covenant.of.Grace,.the.Gentiles.were.now.included...
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To.the.Corinthians,.Galatians,.Thessalonians,.and.more,.Paul.entered.the.temples.of.Baal,.and.
proclaimed.a.risen.Savior..We.forget.what,.exactly,.he.proclaimed,.however,.because.we.were.
taught.falsely.with.regards.to.my.point.#2,.which.I.will.explain.later..Paul.proclaimed.the.Gospel.
of.Jesus.Christ.\\.same.as.to.the.Romans..Paul.entered.the.cities.as.he.travelled.through.what.
would. later. become. the. seven. churches. of. Asia. Minor,. and. delivered. the. Good. News. that.
Gentiles.were.now.under.the.New.Covenant.of.Grace.by.simply.believing.in.Jesus.Christ..What.is.
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believing.in.Jesus.Christ?.Believing.in.the.Gospel..Believing.in.the.Good.News..Believing.that.these.
things.happened,.and.that.the.curse.was.lifted..Believing.that.because.he.rose,.we.also.can.rise.
with.Him...
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My.point.#2.is.more.complex...
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We.were.taught.the.Bible.as.though.it.were.a."book.of.spells.or.enchantment.".Single.verses.to.
"take.a.little.context.".We.were.taught.to.battle.each.other.with.scriptures,.taking.a.verse.alone.
as.the.power.behind.our.statements..This.evil.runs.rampant.throughout.the.churches.infected.by.
the.Pentecostal.movement..It.is.called."the.twisted.scriptures,".and.there.is.a.book.with.that.title.
that.I.highly.recommend..
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There.were.no.printing.presses.until.around.the.time.of.Luther..There.were.no.computers,.word.
processors,.or.even.standardized.paper...
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The.history.of.the.scrolls.should.be.enough.to.make.any.Christian's.faith.in.God.soar.through.the.
clouds..It.is.near.to.impossible.to.even.imagine.this.Word.being.protected.throughout.the.ages..
.
The. Bible. was. handed. down,. from. generation. to. generation,. through. both. oral. (spoken). and.
written. scrolls.. There. were. families. of. scrolls. that. descended. through. time,. each. copied,.
recopied,. and. recopied. again. over. and. over. and. over.. There. were. not. men. to. "spell. check,".
"grammar.check".or.even."content.check".the.accuracy.between.families..And.men,.traveling.
with.oral.histories.would.give.accounts.that.would.become.part.of.the.scrolls..
.
Their.purpose.was.not.to.create.numbered.verses...This.history.is.fundamental..We.were.trained.
to.believe.that.each.sentence.was.true.power!.Each.sentence.was.Divinely.Inspired,.and.we.could.
smack.each.other.in.the.head.with.it.to.knock.some.religion.into.each.other!.The.funny.part.is.
that.we.were.also.trained.to.believe.that.the.KJV.was.the.only.accurate.sentences,.while.it.was.a.
result. of. progression. through. time,. combined. from. several. mis\matching. scrolls.. They. kept.
common.passages,.and.omitted.conflicting.passages..
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You.may.find.passages.that.seem.to.conflict...Voice.of.God.Recordings.pointed.several.of.them.
out. in. their. strategy. to. throw. a. diversion. to. the. errors. in. Branham's. ministry.. . But. while.
Branham's. version. of. his. stories. were. his. own. and. should. have. matched,. the. Bible. is. quite.
different...Each.statement.seen.as.a.conflict.could.have.had.a.hundred.different.causes...Some.
because.they.were.handed.down.through.oral.tradition,.in.the.same.manner.as.portions.of.the.
Gospel.according.to.Luke..Other.possibilities.include.the.invasion.of.Gnosticism.(what.I.believe.
to.be.the.foundation.to.modern.Pentecostalism)..Gnostics.heavily.altered.the.scrolls.to.include.
signs. and. wonders,. numerologies,. and. more.. With. scrolls. made. inaccurate,. combined. with.
families.of.scrolls.that.did.not.match,.combined.with.the.limited.number.of.scrolls.at.the.time.of.
the.King.James.translation,.it.is.possible.that.what.seems.like."additions".or."new.doctrines".or.
"conflicts".were.not.found.common.among.all.scrolls..
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The.ESV.(English.Standard.Version).was.a.rework,.going.back.to.the.original.sets.of.scrolls.rather.
than.a.translation.of.the.KJV.as.some.of.the.other.newer.translations.are..There.are.thousands.
more.scrolls.available.than.during.the.time.of.the.KJV.translation,.and.they.are.finding.complete.
passages. of. scriptures. that. were. not. common. among. most. of. the. original. scrolls.. The. "snake.
handling.passage",.for.instance,.was.not.common..The.ESV.takes.passages.in.question.out.of.the.
main.body.of.text,.and.footnotes.it.so.that.you.have.access.to.what.was.thought.to.be.common.
and.is.no.longer.found.accurate..
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I.mentioned.the.Gospel.according.to.Luke..Luke.was.a.close.friend.to.Paul,.and.was.not.around.
during.the.time.of.Jesus..His.Gospel.is.the.only.one.you.will.find.that.is.chronological..Luke.went.
to.great.lengths.to.combine.written.Gospels.and.oral.tradition.into.the.text...There.are.words.in.
the.Gospel.according.to.Luke.that.are.not.in.the.other.Gospels..That.is.because.there.were.so.
many. things. that. Christ. did. and. said. that. it. would. fill. a. thousand. books!. Luke. did. his. best. to.
condense. it,. and. include. the. stories. that. he. felt. were. greatly. important. to. the. early. Church..
Ultimately,.his.writings.were.important.to.all.of.us..
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But.again,.this.history.only.gives.you.the."potions.".The.original.bible.was.not.a.single.book,.not.
divided.into.chapters,.lines,.or.verses..They.were.scrolls,.without.even.punctuation...
.
Take.this.post,.for.example..I.am.relaying.an.overall.concept.to.you..I.would.not.expect.you.to.
take.this."passage":..
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"Luke.was.a.close.friend.to.Paul,.and.was.not.around.during.the.time.of.Jesus.".
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And.try.to.interpret.it.as.a.single.sentence..Was.Luke.a.greater.friend.to.Paul.than.Timothy?.Since.
he.was.not.around.at.the.time.of.Jesus,.should.we.throw.out.his.Gospel?.Did.he.even.know.the.
Gospel?.Can.we.trust.it.since.he.was.not.around?.Should.we.omit.the.passages.that.are.not.found.
in.the.other.Gospels?.
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I.am.relaying.to.you.the.overall.history.of.the.scrolls,.and.the.history.behind.the.spreading.of.the.
Gospel..I.am.giving.you.the.reason.for.the.Good.News..
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The.Apostle.Paul.did.the.same.for.the.original.three.Gospels,.matching.the.Gospel.according.to.
Luke..He.spread.the.Good.News.that.these.things.took.place,.and.that.the.Curse.was.lifted..He.
spread.the.Good.News.that.Jew.and.Gentile.alike.were.part.of.the.New.Covenant..
.
But.mankind.has.turned.his."Gospel".into.another.set.of.law.and.rules..While.Paul.has.entire.
passages.describing.the.removal.of.law,.we.constantly.turn.his.single.sentences.into.new.laws...
.
Paul.said,."ALL.things.are.lawful,.but.not.all.things.are.helpful.".
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And.yet.the.Pentecostal.movement.took.the.hair.passage,.and.made.a.new.law.from.it!.There.
isn't.a.single.place.in.the.Bible.that.mentions.this.as.a.law,.and.it.wasn't.even.in.the.Law.of.Moses...
.
But.Paul.was.preaching.to.Corinth..It.was.a.city.where.women.wore.their.hair.up.in.buns.with.
bobby.pins,.much.like.the.Pentecostals,.and.let.their.hair.down.in.temple.worship..When.they.
"uncovered.their.head,".worshipping.under.the.god.Dionysus,.they.would.start.screaming.like.
banshees.and.go.ripping.flesh.off.of.animals.."Let.your.women.keep.silent.in.the.churches!".
.
Paul. did. give. several. instructions. to. the. church,. and. those. instructions. were. important. in.
establishing.a.worship.that.separated.themselves.from.Pagan.influence..They.were.living.at.a.
time.when.elemental.spirits.were.empowered,.and.those.forms.of.worship.that.gave.them.power.
were.being.trampled.by.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ...
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His. instructions. to. the. church. are. important,. but. also. culturally. motivated.. We. do. not. have.
Maenads.in.our.world.today,.who.rip.the.flesh.from.humans..We.do.not.have.human.sacrifice,.
temple.prostitution,.and.more...
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Instead,.we.are.the.Body.of.Christ,.from.all.different.denominations..We.cannot.despise.the.foot.
because.we.think.our."hand".is.more.valuable..Historically.speaking,.we.cannot.despise.Paul's.
message.to.the.churches,.because.we.think.it.is.not.applicable..Had.Paul.not.spread.the.Gospel.
of.Jesus.Christ,.this.website.would.not.exist..
.
But.before.you.can.understand.that.last.sentence,.you.must.realize.what,.exactly,.is.the.Gospel.
of.Jesus.Christ...Paul's."Gospel".is.not.only.the.same.as."Jesus's.Gospel".....it.IS.Jesus's.Gospel..
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And.it.is.in.direct.conflict.with."Branham's.gospel.of.divine.healing.".
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Prophet$Like$unto$Me$
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Many.of.you.are.familiar.of.the.miracle.of.the.fish.and.the.bread,.the.account.given.in.scripture.
describing.Jesus.feeding.five.thousand.eager.followers.with.just.five.loaves.and.two.fish...It.is.a.
story.that.every.Christian.remembers,.and.one.that.made.the.Jews.realize.that.Christ.was.the.
Messiah....
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The.Jews.were.looking.for.the.promise.in.scripture.of.the.Prophet.like.Moses,.and.John.chapter.
six.tells.us.that.the.miracle.of.feeding.five.thousand.made.them.realize.that.scripture.was.being.
fulfilled...Deuteronomy.18:15.was.the.promise:.."The.Lord.your.God.will.raise.up.for.you.a.prophet.
like.me.from.among.you,.from.your.brothersit.is.to.him.you.shall.listen."..But.was.this.passage.
of.scripture.fulfilled.in.William.Branham?..Or.Jesus.Christ?.
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Moses.was.a.prophet,.but.he.was.also.the.mediator.between.God.and.the.Children.of.Israel...A.
man.standing.between.God.and.man...Though.Moses.was.mortal,.he.was.a.type.of.Christ...Moses.
was.a.shadow.of.the.things.to.come..
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During. the. early. part. of. his. ministry,. William. Branham. recognized. this. scripture. confirmed. in.
Jesus. Christ.. . Branham. referenced. this. passage. in. Deuteronomy. 18. several. times,. pointing. to.
Jesus.as.the.fulfillment.of.scripture..
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If.I'd.ask.Moses,.the.great.prophet,."Moses,.what.do.you.think.about.Him,.Jesus.Christ?"..You.
know.what.he.would.say?.Moses.would.say,."He's.the.One.that.I.spoke.of,.'the.Lord.your.God.
will.rise.a.Prophet.up,.like.unto.me.\.Branham,.51\0930A.
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But.towards.the.end.of.his.ministry,.something.changed...Branham.gradually.started.combining.
this.passage.with.his.teaching.on."Son.of.Man,".and.later.integrating.Luke.17:30:.."so.will.it.be.
on.the.day.when.the.Son.of.Man.is.revealed."...
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Jesus. said,. in. Saint. Mark. there,. He. said,. "In. that. day. the. Son. of. man. will. be. revealed.". Now,.
remember,.not.Son.of.God..He.came.in.three.sons'.names:.Son.of.man,.Son.of.God,.Son.of.David..
When.He.was.on.earth,.He.come.as.Son.of.man,.He.was.a.prophet..Son.of.man.is.a.prophet..
Jehovah.Himself.called.the.prophets,.Jeremiah.and.them,."Son.of.man,.what.seest.thou?".Jesus.
come,.because.He.had.to.come.according.to.the.Scripture,.as.Son.of.man..Moses.said,."The.Lord.
your.God.shall.raise.up.a.Prophet,.likened.unto.me.".And.He.had.to.be.a.prophet,.Son.of.man..
194.But.after.His.death,.burial,.and.resurrection,.now.He.has.been.Son.of.God,.the.supernatural,.
the.Holy.Ghost..65\0425.GOD'S.PROVIDED.PLACE.OF.WORSHIP.
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When.he.admitted.the."secret.of.the.Message,".the."prophet.like.Moses".was.stretched.from.
the.days.of.Jesus.to.his.own.ministry...It.would.appear.that.his.strategy.was.to.focus.the.passage.
of.scripture.\\.which.he.originally.taught.was.fulfilled.with.the.first.coming.of.Christ.\\.to.himself:.
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There.is.the.secret.of.the.Message.now,.just.exactly,."the.Father's.business.".What.is.the.Father's.
business?.Could.you.think.of.what.the.Father's.business.was,.in.Him?.To.fulfill.what.Isaiah.said,.
"A.virgin.shall.conceive.".Fulfill.what.Isaiah,.said.again,."The.lame.shall.leap.like.a.hart,".and.all.
these.thing.would.take.place..Like.Moses.said,."The.Lord.your.God.shall.raise.up.a.Prophet,.among.
you,.liken.unto.me.".It.was.the.Father's.business,.to.fulfill.that.Word..Well,.if.that.come.down.
through.them.stalks,.of.them.natural.women;.what.about.these.stalks.of.these.spiritual,.church.
women?.Churches.means.women,.women.means."churches,".rather..Is.that.right?.Then.what.is.
it.now?."We.must.be.about.the.Father's.business,".the.Wheat.would.cry.back,.the.Grain..Yes,.sir..
What.must.it.do?.Vindicate.Malachi.4,.vindicate.Luke.17:30,.vindicate.Hebrews.13:8,.vindicate.
Saint.John.14:12,.vindicate.all.of.His.Word..Vindicate.Hebrews,.I.mean....Revelations,.the.10th.
chapter,.of.the.opening.of.the.Seven.Seals,.and.the.mysteries.of.God;.even.to.serpent's.seed,.and.
all,. would. be. manifested;. marriage. and. divorce. and. all. these. other. mysteries. that's. been. hid.
under.the.pillars.for.all.these.years,.from.the.theologians.and.so.forth,.but.it's.now.the.hour..
That's.the.Father's.business..Think.they.would.receive.It?.They.want.to.be.dignified,.and.say,."Our.
denomination.don't.teach.us.That.".But.the.Bible.does..That's.right..65\0218.
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The.climax.of.this.teaching,.immediately.before.God.removed.Branham.from.his.ministry,.was.to.
proclaim.the.deity.of.this."prophet.like.Moses".that.came.from.Jeffersonville...His.reasoning?..
Because.the.English.language.uses.five.letters.in.the.words."grace,"."faith,".and."Jesus.".
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It.has.to.come.five.times,.God.uses.that.Spirit:.Elisha,.Elijah,.John.the.Baptist,.and.for.the.Gentile.
church,.and.then.for.the.Jews.in.Revelation.the.11th.chapter..That's,.God's.g\r\a\c\e,.f\a\i\t\h,.J\
e\s\u\s,.Jesus,.the\\the.letter.five..Can't.stop.at.four,.it.has.to.go.to.five..See?.Notice!..Now,.He.
promised.that,.so.that.sets.the.Bible.just.exactly.to.this.day,.and.the.Sodom.and.Gomorrah..And.
Elijah.was.not....That.wasn't.Elijah;.That.was.the.Spirit.of.God.on.Elijah;.Elijah.was.just.a.man..
Now,.we've.had.Elijahs,.and.Elijahs'.coats,.and.Elijahs'.mantles,.and.Elijahs'.everything..But.the.
Luke.17:30,.says.the.Son.of.man.is.to.reveal.Himself.among.His.people..Not.a.man,.God!.But.it'll.
come.through.a.prophet..\.Branham,.65\1127B.
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Is. this. correct?. . Was. William. Branham. "not. a. man,. 'God'?". . Is. scripture. really. vindicated. by.
elementary.math.applied.to.a.language.that.came.centuries.after.the.Greek.and.Hebrew.text?..Is.
William.Branham.the."prophet.likened.unto.Moses?.
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Immediately.before.this.chapter,.Jesus.addresses.the.Jews...He.rebukes.them.for.accepting.men.
that.come.in.any.other.name...But.notice.the.last.sentence...Jesus.Christ,.in.the.flesh,.fulfilled.the.
prophecy.of.Moses...Christ.was.the.Prophet.that.would.forever.intercede.between.God.and.man..
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I.have.come.in.my.Father's.name,.and.you.do.not.receive.me..If.another.comes.in.his.own.name,.
you.will.receive.him...How.can.you.believe,.when.you.receive.glory.from.one.another.and.do.not.
seek.the.glory.that.comes.from.the.only.God?..Do.not.think.that.I.will.accuse.you.to.the.Father..
There.is.one.who.accuses.you:.Moses,.on.whom.you.have.set.your.hope...For.if.you.believed.
Moses,.you.would.believe.me;.for.he.wrote.of.me...But.if.you.do.not.believe.his.writings,.how.
will.you.believe.my.words?".\.John.5:43\47.
47.
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48.
My$Father$Gives$the$Bread$
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When.Jesus.departed.from.the.five.thousand,.walking.on.the.water.to.enter.the.boat.carrying.
His.disciples,.the.multitude.entered.boats.to.follow.Jesus....But.Jesus.rebuked.them...Jesus.told.
them.that.they.did.not.follow.because.they.believed.the.sign.that.was.given.to.them;.they.did.
not.believe.that.He.was.the.Messiah...They.were.more.concerned.for.where.they.would.get.their.
next.meal..
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The.followers.tried.to.persuade.Jesus.to.make.food,.testing.Christ.with.these.words:."Our.fathers.
ate.manna.in.the.wilderness."..The.people.were.looking.for.another.Moses,.another.mortal.to.
lead.them.out.of.their.fallen.state.due.to.the.Curse.of.the.Law...Throughout.his.sermons,.William.
Branham.referenced.this.passage,.pointing.to.Moses.as.the.one.to.lead.the.Children.into.the.
Promised.Land...But.does.this.match.scripture?.
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Jesus.explained.to.them.that.He.was.the.Bread.of.Life,.sent.from.the.Father...They.were.looking.
for.a.Moses,.but.He.was.the.Son.of.God!.
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Jesus.then.said.to.them,."Truly,.truly,.I.say.to.you,.it.was.not.Moses.who.gave.you.the.bread.from.
heaven,.but.my.Father.gives.you.the.true.bread.from.heaven...For.the.bread.of.God.is.he.who.
comes.down.from.heaven.and.gives.life.to.the.world."..They.said.to.him,."Sir,.give.us.this.bread.
always."..Jesus.said.to.them,."I.am.the.bread.of.life;.whoever.comes.to.me.shall.not.hunger,.and.
whoever.believes.in.me.shall.never.thirst...But.I.said.to.you.that.you.have.seen.me.and.yet.do.not.
believe...All.that.the.Father.gives.me.will.come.to.me,.and.whoever.comes.to.me.I.will.never.cast.
out...For.I.have.come.down.from.heaven,.not.to.do.my.own.will.but.the.will.of.him.who.sent.me...
And.this.is.the.will.of.him.who.sent.me,.that.I.should.lose.nothing.of.all.that.he.has.given.me,.but.
raise.it.up.on.the.last.day...For.this.is.the.will.of.my.Father,.that.everyone.who.looks.on.the.Son.
and.believes.in.him.should.have.eternal.life,.and.I.will.raise.him.up.on.the.last.day."..\.John.6:32\
40.
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But. in. Branham's. version. of. the. 'gospel,'. the. Holy. Spirit. is. not. the. guide.. . Branham. tried. to.
resurrect. the. idea. of. an. Old. Testament\style. prophet. to. lead. the. church. into. the. Kingdom. of.
Heaven...While.Christ.is.referring.to.the.physical.death.of.the.Children.of.Israel.as.they.came.
through.the.barren.wilderness,.Branham.adds.four.words.to.scripture:."eternally.separated.from.
God.".
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And.God.never.did.forgive.them,.He.destroyed.them.right.there.in.the.wilderness..And.Jesus.said,.
Himself,."They'll.never.come,.there's.none.of.them.saved.".Jesus.said....They.said,."Our.fathers.
eat. manna. in. the. wilderness. for. forty. years.". He. said,. "They're. every. one. dead,. eternally.
separated.from.God..They're.every.one.dead.".Certainly!.Because.they.listened.to.an.error..When.
Moses,.the.vindicated.of.God,.and.a.leader.to.show.them.the.way.to.the.promised.land,.and.they.
had.come.so.far.all.right,.but.then.they.wouldn't.go.along.with.him..Now,.believers.can.see.It,.
but.unbelievers.cannot.see.That.vindicated..\.Branham,.65\1206.
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With.the.addition.of.these.four.words,.the.context.and.meaning.of.the.passage.is.altered...No.
longer.is.the.Father.in.Heaven.the.hero.of.the.story.\\.Moses.is...And.those.that.did.not.follow.
Moses. into. the. Promised. Land,. symbolizing. those. that. did. not. follow. William. Branham,. were.
eternally.separated.from.God..
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There's. only. one. problem.. . Those. that. remained. with. Moses. would. have. never. reached. the.
Promised.Land...Moses.was.a.mortal;.sinful.flesh...The.prophet.was.not.their.leader.\\.God.was...
Moses.was.not.permitted.to.enter.the.Promised.Land:.
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And.the.Lord.said.to.Moses.and.Aaron,."Because.you.did.not.believe.in.me,.to.uphold.me.as.holy.
in.the.eyes.of.the.people.of.Israel,.therefore.you.shall.not.bring.this.assembly.into.the.land.that.I.
have.given.them.".\.Numbers.20:12.
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Those.of.you.in.this.following.are.given.the.same.choice:..Remain.with.your."Moses,".who.claimed.
to.have.given.you.your."manna".of."Divine.Healing."..Or.follow.Christ.and.enter.into.the.Promised.
Land..
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50.
CafeteriaSStyle$Religion$$
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When.it.came.time.for.the.feast.of.booths,.the.brothers.of.Jesus.asked.Him.to.come.to.the.feast.
and.prove.Himself.to.the.people...Though.they.were.His.brothers,.they.did.not.believe.that.Christ.
was.the.Messiah...But.Jesus.responded.that.His.time.had.not.come..
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Making.his.journey.after.their.departure,.Christ.came.to.the.feast.privately...Mingling.among.the.
people,.he.was.not.recognized.\\.though.he.stood.before.them.teaching.in.the.temple...The.Jews.
were.amazed.at.His.knowledge.of.scripture,.though.he.had.never.studied.among.them..
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John. chapter. seven. describes. a. very. powerful. statement. by. Jesus. Christ,. one. that. must. be.
considered.when.you.compare.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ.to.the.gospel.of.William.Branham:.
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"The.one.who.speaks.on.his.own.authority.seeks.his.own.glory;.but.the.one.who.seeks.the.glory.
of.him.who.sent.him.is.true,.and.in.him.there.is.no.falsehood...Has.not.Moses.given.you.the.law?.
Yet.none.of.you.keeps.the.law..Why.do.you.seek.to.kill.me?".\.John.7:18\19.
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To.the.cult.following.of.William.Branham,.this.man.claiming.to.be.from.the.hills.of.Kentucky.is.
believed.to.be.the."messenger.for.our.day,".as.Jesus.Christ.was.the."messenger".to.the.Jews...
Branham.promoted.himself.to.be.the."seventh.age.messenger,".adding.the.word."age".to.the.
Seven.Churches.of.Asia.Minor.that.are.described.in.the.book.of.Revelation..
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Claiming.to.be.like.Moses.through.a.story.of.an.angel.visitation,.Branham.is.believed.to.be.the.
"law".for.the.end.time...On.our.website,.we.have.a.list.of."laws".that.his.followers.must.follow,.
as.well.as.a.list.of.statements.that.simply.are.not.true..
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But.this.teaching.of.Christ.is.absolute.truth:..If.the.messenger.is.seeking.the.Glory.from.the.Father,.
then.his.words.will.also.be.absolute.truth...If.he.is.seeking.his.own.glory,.there.will.be.falsehood....
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I.find.it.ironic.that.so.many.in.our.discussion.groups.battle.truth.with.insult...When.faced.with.
instances.of.this.messenger.displaying.falsehood,.rather.than.offer.apologies.or.explanations,.the.
poster.is.usually.belittled.with.words.of.condemnation...Comments.about.appearance,.hobbies,.
and. even. past. sins. long. covered. by. the. Blood. of. Christ. are. resurrected. in. an. attempt. halt.
exposure.of.the.truth..
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The.Jews.sought.to.kill.Christ.for.the.very.same.reason...Christ.was.explaining.to.them.how.the.
works.of.the.Law.could.never.save.them.\\.mankind.needed.a.savior...Christ.came.to.fulfill.the.
part.of.the.Old.Covenant.that.they.had.failed.to.keep,.by.abiding.by.the.Law.that.was.constantly.
broken...God.humbled.Himself.to.take.the.form.of.a.man.to.live.the.life.that.we.never.could..
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And.yet,.the.Jews.tried.to.kill.him...They.could.not.keep.their.own.rules,.but.sought.to.kill.the.One.
who.exposed.those.rules.and.their.weakness!.
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Branham.came.with.rules,.many.of.which.were.not.in.the.Old.Covenant...He.broke.many.rules.
that.were.in.the.Old.Covenant,.and.his.followers.who.model.their.lives.after.their.'prophet'.do.
the.same..
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But.like.the.Jews,.most.people.have.abandoned.the.rules.laid.out.by.Branham's.new.gospel...Most.
have.televisions,.listen.to.radios,.tell.jokes,.and.more...Everything.from.hair.styles.that.Branham.
condemned.to.sports.that.were."of.the.devil."..Most.cult.churches.pick.and.choose.which.rules.
they.want.to.impose.on.their.followers.as.though.it.is.some.sort.of.cafeteria\style.religion!.
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Paul.said.in.Galatians.3:.
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For.all.who.rely.on.works.of.the.law.are.under.a.curse;.for.it.is.written,.cursed.be.everyone.who.
does.not.abide.by.all.things.written.in.the.Book.of.the.Law,.and.do.them...Now.it.is.evident.that.
no.one.is.justified.before.God.by.the.law,.for.The.righteous.shall.live.by.faith...But.the.law.is.not.
of.faith,.rather.The.one.who.does.them.shall.live.by.them....Christ.redeemed.us.from.the.curse.
of.the.law.by.becoming.a.curse.for.usfor.it.is.written,.cursed.is.everyone.who.is.hanged.on.a.
treeso.that.in.Christ.Jesus.the.blessing.of.Abraham.might.come.to.the.Gentiles,.so.that.we.
might.receive.the.promised.Spirit.through.faith..\.Gal.3:10\14.
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Those.that.have.been.set.free.from.cults.based.on.works.all.have.the.same.resounding.message:..
"It.felt.like.we.were.under.a.curse."..When.you.consider.Branham's.gospel,.the.resurrection.of.
law,.it.is.very.easy.to.understand.the.curse.that.is.placed.upon.the.followers...Listen.to.the.words.
of.James.in.chapter.2:.
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For.whoever.keeps.the.whole.law.and.yet.stumbles.at.just.one.point.is.guilty.of.breaking.all.of.it..
\.James.2:10.
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52.
The$Gnostic$Holy$Spirit$$
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There.is.one.saying.that.you.will.find.on.the.sermons.of.William.Branham.that.is.very.correct:..
"Satan.cannot.create,.he.only.has.the.power.to.pervert.what.God.has.created."..Though.Branham.
broke. this. rule. during. the. latter. part. of. his. ministry. by. teaching. that. beauty,. women,. and.
knowledge. were. created. or. designed. by. Satan,. this. statement. describing. limited. power. to.
pervert.was.fairly.consistent..
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When.Simon.the.Magician.was.rebuked.and.condemned.for.attempting.to.purchase.the.Gift.of.
the.Holy.Spirit,.he.decided.to.pervert.not.only.this.gift,.but.Christianity.itself...With.the.help.of.
Marcus,.the.Sorcerer.from.Memphis,.Egypt,.Simon.began.to.integrate.the.false.gods.of.Egypt.and.
their.worship.into.a.new.breed.of.Christianity.called.Gnosticism...Irenaeus,.who.Branham.revered.
as.the."second.church.age.messenger,".devoted.his.life.towards.exposing.the.evil.behind.this.
form.of.religion..
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Simon. and. Marcus,. through. pagan. practice,. started. to. lead. Christians. away. from. the. New.
Covenant.of.Grace.to.focus.their.hearts.and.minds.back.to.the.Law.\\.which.still.had.the.power.
to.curse...When.Jesus.said,."It.is.finished,".Satan.was.stripped.of.his.power,.but.by.using.the.
power.of.the.curse.of.the.Law,.Satan.brings.our.own.curse.upon.our.own.heads...The.book.of.
James.teaches.us.that.any.person.that.tries.to.keep.the.Law,.but.does.not.keep.the.entire.Law,.
is.guilty.of.the.entire.Law...This.guilt.brings.a.curse.\\.but.not.the.same.curses.of.famine,.captivity,.
and.utter.destruction...It.brings.a.self\inflicted.curse.of.bondage.and.oppression..
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Gnosticism.integrated.ascetic.practices.into.Christianity...This.new.breed.of."Christianity".began.
to.turn.the.minds.away.from.the.power.of.the.Blood.of.Jesus.Christ...Instead,.and.like.the.Law,.
they.began.to.find.ways.that.they.could.save.themselves.through.the.rules.of.this.new.version.of.
the.Law....
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They.had.become.works\righteous...Trying.to.save.themselves.by.their.own.works,.or.by.their.
own.ascetic.lifestyles..
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This.foundation.that.was.laid.did.not.stop.with.the.Gnostics...Throughout.time,.you.can.easily.
trace.Gnosticism's.rise,.division,.and.new.branches.that.formed...Those.branches.grew,.divided,.
and.formed.new.branches.\\.each.seeming.to.be.better.until.it.grew.to.bear.fruit..
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One. of. those. branches. was. Pentecostalism.. . Through. the. foundation. of. ascetic. practices. and.
works\centered.faith,.Azusa.Street.produced.another.branch.that.grew.into.power...That.branch.
has.since.splintered.into.a.large.number.of.denominations.including.thousands.of.independent.
churches...Like.the.Gnostics.of.the.ancient.world,.the.Pentecostals.taught.the.Holy.Spirit.as.an.
achievement.\\.rather.than.a.gift.that.was.given.by.faith.in.Jesus.Christ..
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While. the. Bible. teaches. that. the. Spirit. is. freely. given. to. all. who. believe. in. Jesus. Christ,.
Pentecostalism.taught.a.formula.to.achieve.it...And.William.Branham.took.this.formula.one.step.
53.
further,.laying.out.a.roadmap.of.first.justification,.then.sanctification,.and.finally.the.Gift.of.the.
Spirit,.or.as.the.Pentecostals.call.it,.the."Holy.Ghost.".
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Using. one. single. scripture,. describing. the. question. at. Pentecost,. "Have. ye. received. the. Spirit.
since.ye.believed?".Pentecostals.taught.baptism.as.part.of.the.formula.of."justification."..Not.
realizing.that.by.doing.so,.they.were.ignoring.several.other.passages.of.scripture...Peter's.famous.
sermon.in.Acts.10:.
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Can.any.man.forbid.water,.that.these.should.not.be.baptized,.which.have.received.the.Holy.Ghost.
as.well.as.we?.\.Acts.10:47.
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Like.the.Pentecostals,.Branham.used.a.passage.of.scripture.from.Acts.19.to.lay.out.his.formula.
for.this.achievement:.
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And.he.said.to.them,."Did.you.receive.the.Holy.Spirit.when.you.believed?".And.they.said,."No,.
we. have. not. even. heard. that. there. is. a. Holy. Spirit.". . And. he. said,. "Into. what. then. were. you.
baptized?".They.said,."Into.John's.baptism..\.Acts.19:2.
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But.there.is.one.key.element.to.this.passage.that.was.very.quickly.skipped.over:.."No,.we.have.
not.even.heard.that.there.is.a.Holy.Spirit."..
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They.had.never.heard.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ..
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John's.baptism.was.into.repentance,.and.John.was.executed.before.the.Gift.of.the.Holy.Spirit.was.
given...But.the.book.of.John.tells.us.everything.we.need.to.know.in.order.to.receive.our.Gift...And.
it.is.simple:..believe.in.Jesus.Christ:.
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On.the.last.day.of.the.feast,.the.great.day,.Jesus.stood.up.and.cried.out,."If.anyone.thirsts,.let.
him.come.to.me.and.drink...Whoever.believes.in.me,.as.the.Scripture.has.said,.'Out.of.his.heart.
will.flow.rivers.of.living.water.'".Now.this.he.said.about.the.Spirit,.whom.those.who.believed.in.
him.were.to.receive,.for.as.yet.the.Spirit.had.not.been.given,.because.Jesus.was.not.yet.glorified..
\.John.7:37\39.
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54.
Its$Time$to$Stand$Up$$
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Many.of.you.that.have.taken.your.stand.for.Christ.around.the.world.have.came.to.that.place.
where. you. realize. that. the. "Message. of. the. Hour". is. a. different. "gospel". that. distracts. its.
followers.from.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ.we.find.in.the.Bible..Of.the.hundreds.we.are.working.
with.in.our.private.groups,.a.large.number.of.you.have.decided.to.leave.the.cult.church.you.are.
attending..Some.have.made.their.stand.for.Christ.public...
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But. many. are. afraid.. Many. have. family. still. trapped. inside.. Many. have. strong. ties. to. pastors,.
deacons,.worship.leaders,.elders,.and.other.men.that.will.turn.away.and.even.alienate.their.own.
family.for.this.false.gospel..Many.have.that.initial.fear.that.this."god.of.wrath".will.punish.them.
with.eternal.separation.for.simply.questioning.their.religion,.very.similar.to.the.people.in.Martin.
Luther's.reformation..Each.and.every.private.group.working.with.Seek.The.Truth,.Believe.The.
Sign,.searching.for.Vindication,.Morning.Mercy,.or.The.Bitter.Belly.contains.a.large.number.of.
broken. people. living. in. fear. \\. many. of. which. read. every. single. post. in. horror. while. never.
commenting.until.they.decide.to.stand.up.for.Christ...
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You. will. remember. a. few. years. ago,. Voice. of. God. Recordings. published. their. last. attempt. of.
ultimate. control. in. a. publication. entitled. "Here. I. Stand.". And. many. remember. the. "message.
popes.statements.naming.the.Message.of.the.Hour.as.his."absolute".over.the.Word.of.God..It.
outraged. many. of. the. ministers. in. the. churches. that. are. now. focusing. their. sermons. on. the.
exodus.rather.than.the.Word.of.God..Some.churches.overseas.pronounced.anathema..They.were.
willing.to.examine.the.obvious.surface.to.this.movement,.but.like.you,.were.in.fear.to.examine.
the.tree.with.branches.that.bore.the.fruit...
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It.is.time.to.stand.up..Those.of.you.that.have.made.your.journey.through.the.emotional.roller.
coaster.that.begins.when.you.realize.this.new."absolute".was.absolutely.fiction.can.remember.
the.sleepless.nights,.loss.of.appetite,.battle.with.depression.and.anger..You've.read.books.like.
"Out.of.the.Cult.and.into.The.Church,".recognizing.your.journey.was.a.textbook.experience.for.
those.once.trapped.inside.a.religious.cult..You.recognize.the.insulting.anger.and.rage.coming.
from.the.pastors,.unwilling.to.leave.the.ninety\nine.sheep.to.help.the.one.that.begins.to.seek.
truth..You.recognize.the.families.who.will.do.the.same,.willing.to.sever.ties.rather.than.face.the.
questions.themselves..Like.you.were,.they.are.living.in.fear...
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If.you.have.made.it.through.the.worst.of.your.journey,.and.feel.the.strength.to.stand,.please.take.
the.time.to.send.your.name,.number.of.years.in.your."message.boot.camp,".and.position.in.the.
church..Show.your.new.strength.for.the.hundreds.that.you've.now.spoken.with.who.are.too.weak.
to.stand..Let.them.find.strength.in.your.experience...
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Below.is.a.post.by.Believe.the.Sign,.with.a.link.to.sign.up.as.a.witness.to.others...
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"Blessed.are.they.whose.iniquities.are.forgiven,.and.whose.sins.are.covered.".~.Romans.4:7..
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In.the.past.we.believed.that.William.Branham.was.Elijah.the.Prophet.in.fulfillment.of.Malachi.4:5..
We.apologize.to.anyone.we.may.have.affected.as.we.lived.and.shared.this.false.doctrine..We.
realize.now.that.we.minimized.the.power.of.Jesus'.death.on.the.cross.to.completely.save.the.
lost,.and.replaced.it.with.faith.in.a.man..We.also.realize.that.we.minimized.the.power.of.the.Holy.
Spirit.in.our.churches,.our.lives,.and.in.the.lives.of.others..Today,.we.acknowledge.faith.in.Christ.
alone,.and.we.ask.for.your.forgiveness..
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Casting$The$First$Stone$
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John.chapter.eight.tells.a.story.many.are.familiar.with,.but.one.that.you.won't.find.mentioned.
much.in.the."message".of.William.Branham...It.paints.a.perfect.picture.of.the.forgiveness.and.
mercy.in.the.Blood.of.Jesus.Christ...Many.of.us.who.have.left.Branham's.following.to.follow.Christ.
were. a. little.shocked. when.we. realized. how.little.this.story.was. mentioned,.but.less.shocked.
when.we.examined.the.doctrine..
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Jesus.had.been.teaching.in.the.temple.during.the.time.of.the.Feast.of.Booths...And.immediately.
the.day.after,.he.rose.and.went.early.into.the.temple...Though.he.faced.many.accusations.during.
the.Feast,.the.scripture.records."All.the.people.came.to.him,.and.he.sat.down.and.taught.them."..
Those.who.had.journeyed.far.were.eager.to.hear.one.more.sermon.from.the.Messiah..
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But.the.Scribes.and.Pharisees.came.tempting.Christ...They.threw.a.woman.before.him,.caught.in.
the.act.of.adultery...The.Bible.says,."This.they.said.to.test.him,.that.they.might.have.some.charge.
to.bring.against.him".
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Under. Mosaic. Law,. those. caught. in. adultery. were. to. be. executed.. . If. they. were. espoused,.
unmarried,.or.a.priest's.daughter,.they.were.to.be.stoned...But.the.Scribes.and.Pharisees.watched.
as.Jesus.befriended.tax.collectors,.prostitutes,.and.sinners.of.all.kinds...If.he.were.to.deny.the.
penalty.of.the.Law,.Jesus.would.have.been.calling.himself.a.hypocrite...They.were.looking.to.place.
Christ.under.guilt..
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But.Jesus.casually.began.writing.on.the.ground...He.didn't.show.emotion...He.didn't.join.in.either.
condemnation.or.defense...
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The.Scribes.and.Pharisees.were.persistent,.and.Christ.arose.to.make.the.statement.we.are.all.
familiar.with:.."Let.he.who.is.without.sin.cast.the.first.stone.".
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In.the.private.support.groups.we've.been.involved.with.dedicated.to.helping.those.who.have.
escaped.the.bondage.of.the.Message.of.the.Hour,.this.is.one.of.the.first.Bible.discussions.that.
those.fleeing.begin.to.bring.up.in.conversation...Was.this.Bible.story.avoided.purposefully.since.
it.did.not.match.Branham's."gospel?".
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In.today's.world,.and.under.today's.laws,.we.cannot.stone.a.woman.for.adultery...Most.Christians.
today.realize.that.we.are.no.longer.living.under.Old.Covenant.Law,.and.that.we.are.under.the.
New.Covenant.of.Grace...The.blood.of.Jesus.Christ.covers.all.sin....
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But.while.the.severity.of.the.penalty.is.lessoned,.the.law.is.still.intact.for.the.churches.following.
William.Branham..
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Place.yourself.into.the.shoes.of.the.woman...Not.just.an.adulteress,.this.woman.was.caught.in.
the.very.act...She.could.offer.no.defense.on.her.behalf.\\.they.caught.her.in.the.crime...In.her.
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shoes,.you.stand.accused...Your.penalty.is.awaiting,.and.you're.standing.in.the.middle.of.two.
parties:.William.Branham.and.Jesus.Christ....
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The.message.of.William.Branham.will.tell.you.that.you.are."dog.meat."..You.are."not.worth.a.
good.clean.bullet.to.shoot.you.with."..You.were.a."prostitute".before.you.even.committed.the.
crime,.because.you.wore.clothing.that.matched.the.custom.of.the.nation.you.call.home...You.
were.a.harlot.because.you.liked.to.make.yourself.pretty...You.stand.before.God,.condemned..
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.But.Jesus.Christ.is.the.same.yesterday,.today,.and.forever...He.is.our.new.High.Priest,.and.is.our.
only.pathway.to.salvation...He.is.ever.interceding,.having.lifted.Himself.up.as.the.sacrifice.for.the.
atonement.for.sin...Standing.on.Branham's.side,.you.stand.condemned...Standing.with.Christ,.
you.stand.redeemed..
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Which.side.will.you.stand.for?.
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58.
The$Fruits$of$Trick$Photography$
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"If.it.runs.off.of.the.edge.with.any.picture.people.bring.me,.I.say.light.got.in.your.camera..And.
brother.Fred.Sothmann.had.a.Polaroid.camera.that.had.a.flaw.and.every.picture.he.took.had.it.
that.a\way..And.he.would.show.it.was.the.pillar.of.fire...
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And.I.think.Ive.told.you.people.the.story.about.the.house.up.here..They.took.some.for.brother.
Elsie.Mains.and.brother.Straham.which.is.related.to.brother.Billy.Wiggins,.and.they.were.saying.
look.a.there,.the.pillar.of.fires.over.brother.Branhams.swimming.pool..And.Im.working.on.the.
den.hanging.some.curtains.my.mother.made..And.I.told.them,.I.said,.Brothers,.theres.a.way.to.
find.out.whether.thats.the.pillar.of.fire.or.not..They.said,.Hows.that,.I.said.Well.that.lawyer.
across.the.street,.I.said,.Hes.fought.yall.on.everything.youve.done,.zoning.and.all,.I.said,.Take.
a.picture.of.his.house.and.see.if.the.pillar.of.fires.on.it...
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Well,.brother.Sothmann.didnt.want.to.take.that.picture...
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So.I.asked.brother.Mains.who.the.film.belong.to.in.that.Polaroid.camera,.and.he.said,.mine..I.
said,.What.do.you.want.a.picture.of,.and.he.said,.Weve.only.got.one.left,.but.I.want.a.picture.
of.that.house...
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So.they.went.outside,.and.I.kept.hanging.the.curtains..Little.while.they.came.back.inside,.and.
nobody.said.a.word.about.that.picture..But.I.noticed.in.brother.Sothmanns.shirt.pocket,.that.
picture.was.stickin.in.his.pocket..I.was.hanging.that.big.long.curtain.up.there.that.was.made.out.
of.toe.sack.material.I.called.it,.and.I.was.up.on.the.ladder.and.I.asked.brother.Fred.if.hed.take.
a.broom.and.hold.this.rod.up.there.while.I.put.a.screw.in.it..And.when.he.came.over.and.did.that,.
I.reached.down.and.took.the.picture.out.of.his.pocket...
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And.I.said,.Well,.look.a.there!.Theres.a.pillar.of.fire.over.that.lawyers.house!..
\.Pearry.Greene,.Personal.Knowledge.Concerning.the.Cloud..
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Asked.to.Fred.Sothmann:.When.brother.Branham.was.baptizing.the.people,.what.happened?..
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Well,.you.know,.Ill.tell.you.really.what.happened..That.was.the.second.coming.of.the.Lord.but.
nobody. caught. it.. You. know,. John. introduced. Him. when. He. come. down. to. the. water. there,.
introduced.Him,.that.was.the.Messiah,.didnt.he?..Fred.Sothmann..
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Now.everybody.thought.brother.Branham.was.John.the.Baptist..NO!.John.the.Baptist.into.Jesus.
Christ!.And.brother.Branham.was.the.one.hay.bailers.like.me.that.introduced.him,.but.he.was.
GOD!.Nothing.short.of.it!..Fred.Sothmann..
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He.told.the.people.exactly.down.the.street.how.far.the.water.was.gonna.come,.it.was.twenty\
one.feet.and.a.few.inches.and.when.they.measured.it,.it.was.exactly.twenty\one.feet.and.a.few.
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inches..Exactly!.Who.could.do.those.things?.Just.wake.up!.Thats.all..Wake.up.and.see.Whos.in.
your.presence!.Nothing.short.of.almighty.God..Fred.Sothmann..
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Do.you.know.that.brother.Branham.did.more.than.Jesus.Christ.did?.Jesus.Christ.always.done.
things.by.a.vision..Brother.Branham.says,.now.this.is.not.no.vision.and.cursed.be.the.person.
thatll.open.your.eyes.and.lift.your.head.up.when.I.tell.you.to.put.your.head.down.and.close.your.
eyes. and. he. healed. a. blind. woman. in. Chicago.. And. things. like. that,. creating. squirrels,. thats.
greater.than.Jesus.done!.Jesus.took.fish.and.give.em.more.fish.but.He.never.created.anything!.
But.brother.Branham.created!..Fred.Sothmann..
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Brother.Branham.was.the.One.that.came.from.heaven.and.opened.the.seals,.he.was.no.church.
member!.He.was.almighty.God,.the.Lamb,.that.came.and.opened.the.seals!..Fred.Sothmann..
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[When.asked.if.he.attends.the.Branham.Tabernacle].Every.church.worships.Satan!.Did.you.hear.
that?.He.[William.Branham].said.it!.Do.you.believe.it?.See,.they.all.believe.the.devil..And.they.
dont.know.it,.they.think.theyre.believing.God!.[brother.asks,.but.Joseph.[Branham],.they.are.
going.there?].Hell.go.there.once.in.a.while,.I.dont.think.hes.going.there.any.more..But.it.was.
the.last.chance.for.them,.him.going.there.now.to.see.the.real.thing.if.they.will.accept.it..But.they.
reject.it...Fred.Sothmann..
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Brother.Collins?.I.know.him.well!.He.even.one.time.when.his.wife.was.sick,.he.asked.me.to.come.
and.pray.for.her..And.when.I.prayed,.I.say,.Brother.Branham,.will.you.please.touch.this.sister.
and.make.her.well..Amen..\.Fred.Sothmann..
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60.
Your$Father,$The$Devil$
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One.of.the.most.common.and.interesting.programmed.responses.we.hear.as.we.tell.others.that.
we.decided.to.leave.the.religious.following.of.William.Branham.to.follow.Christ.is."YOU.ARE.OF.
YOUR.FATHER.THE.DEVIL!"..I.say.interesting,.because.when.thrown.at.us.as.an.insult,.it.aligns.
with.the."message".of.Branham...That.is.how.his.followers.are.trained.to.view.other.Christians.
who.do.not.follow.the.extra\biblical.'revelations'.that.Branham.promoted...But.when.taken.in.
context.of.the.scripture,.it.exposes.the.fruits.of.the.following..
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Though. every. single. person's. journey. to. Christ. is. different,. many. started. their. exodus. after.
learning.that.many.of.the.fictional.stories,."spiritual.events,".and.other.teachings.we.held.dear.
simply.were.not.true...In.a.state.of.shock,.we.share.this.information.with.others.and.receive.the.
insult..
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John. chapter. eight. tells. the. story. of. when. Jesus. was. confronted. by. the. Pharisees. with. the.
"Serpent's.Seed".doctrine...Following.endless.genealogies,.the.Jews.placed.spiritual.significance.
in.the.bloodline.of.Abraham.and.took.pride.in.knowing.that.they.were.included.in.what.they.
thought. to. be. the. Royal. Seed. of. Abraham.. . Having. endured. the. curse. of. the. Law. with. a.
punishment.of.exile.and.captivity,.they.were.focused.on.identifying.the.Jews.that.were.a.product.
of.mixed.marriage.with.Gentiles..
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But.unlike.the.Christians.today.that.would.rather.follow.truth,.Jesus.told.them.that.they.had.no.
love.for.the.truth...During.the.conversation.that.ensued,.Jesus.made.the.statement.we.are.all.
familiar.with:."If.you.abide.in.my.Word,.you.are.truly.my.disciples,.and.you.will.know.the.truth.
and.the.truth.will.set.you.free.".
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The.Jews.turned.back.to.their."Serpent's.Seed".doctrine,.telling.Jesus.that.they.were.the.offspring.
of.Abraham...But.while.their.bloodline.as.true,.Jesus.told.them.that.the.Royal.Seed.of.Abraham.
were.lovers.of.the.truth...He.rebuked.them,.telling.them.that.He.was.telling.them.the.truth.and.
they.refused.to.listen....
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Again,.the.Jews.turned.back.to."Serpent's.Seed,".telling.Jesus.that.their.bloodline.was.true...They.
were.not.born.of.sexual.immorality,.but.were.of.a.true.bloodline..
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As. the. conversation. progressed,. Jesus. made. the. statement. that. is. now. being. thrown. as. a.
programmed. response.. . But. notice:. . the. programmed. response. used. as. an. attack. on. other.
Christians.is.only.a.small.portion.of.the.statement.Jesus.made...The.fruits.of.Branham's.ministry.
do.not.seem.to.be.the.love,.joy,.peace,.patience,.kindness,.goodness,.faithfulness,.gentleness.
and.self.control...Those.attacking.know.Branham's.statement.using.a.portion.of.this.sentence,.
but.are.unaware.of.the.full.context.of.scripture..
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The.sad.truth.is.that.many.of.these.people.are.pastors.and.elders.in.the.church..
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61.
Jesus.said,."You.are.of.your.father.the.devil,.and.your.will.is.to.do.your.father's.desires..He.was.a.
murderer.from.the.beginning,.and.does.not.stand.in.the.truth,.because.there.is.no.truth.in.him..
When.he.lies,.he.speaks.out.of.his.own.character,.for.he.is.a.liar.and.the.father.of.lies...But.because.
I.tell.the.truth,.you.do.not.believe.me...Which.one.of.you.convicts.me.of.sin?.If.I.tell.the.truth,.
why.do.you.not.believe.me?..Whoever.is.of.God.hears.the.words.of.God..The.reason.why.you.do.
not.hear.them.is.that.you.are.not.of.God.".\.John.8:44\47.
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The.most.interesting.part.of.this.passage.is.describing.Satan.himself:.."When.he.lies,.he.speaks.
out.of.his.own.character,.for.he.is.a.liar.and.the.father.of.lies.".
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The.Christians.leaving.the.message.to.follow.Christ.are.attacked.from.behind.pulpits.simply.for.
pointing.out.a.statement.by.William.Branham.that.has.been.proven.a.lie...Some.examples.given:..
Three.birthdates,.two.of.which.are.tied.to.spiritual.events.\\.and.the.1909.date.pastors.promote.
is.not.what.Branham.himself.signed.to.government.documents...His.wife.smote.dead.by.the."god.
of. wrath". for. his. not. joining. the. Pentecostal. movement. \\. when. we. have. newspaper. articles.
describing.Hope.and.William.in.a.Pentecostal.church.before.marriage..."Huckleberry.Finn".stories.
in.the.hills.of.Kentucky.while.census.records.show.Branham.moved.to.Indiana.before.age.three...
A.father.who.supposedly.died.before.William.finished.grade.school.\\.when.we.have.the.obituary.
describing.Branham.preaching.his.father's.funeral..
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The. list. is. very. long,. covering. each. and. every. milestone. in. Branham's. life.. . All. of. it. showing.
Branham's.character...And.Jesus.said,."When.he.lies,.he.speaks.out.of.his.own.character,.for.he.
is.a.liar.and.the.father.of.lies.".
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Ask.yourselves:..If.Jesus.Christ.were.here.today,.and.He.made.this.statement,.which.would.he.be.
referring.to?..The.person.who.is.noticing.the.lies.on.recorded.tape.made.by.William.Branham?..
Or.the.man.who.is.speaking.those.lies?.
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62.
Worldly$Message$of$Divine$Healing$
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John.chapter.nine.tells.a.story.we.are.all.familiar.with.of.Jesus.healing.the.beggar.blind.from.birth..
If.you.were.in.the.religious.following.of.William.Branham,.there.are.many.aspects.of.this.story.
that. you. can. relate. to. your. past,. but. the. point. being. made. by. the. writer. seems. to. be. lost. in.
translation.by.the."Message.".
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The. "gospel. of. divine. healing". was. part. of. the. Pentecostal. foundation. laid. by. John. Alexander.
Dowie.of.Zion.City,.Illinois..It.was.the.precursor.to.the."health.and.wealth.gospels".that.we.see.
today,.with.men.swinging.coats,.smacking.heads.with.Bibles,.and.living.lives.of.luxury..Until.he.
fell.to.adultery,.Dowie.himself.built.wealth.in.the.city.founded.on."divine.healing,".proving.that.
this.new.gospel.was.a.money\maker.that.would.fund.expensive.mansions,.dens,.hunting.trips,.
and.more..
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But.this.new.gospel.will.tell.you.that.living.ascetic.lives.or."mind.over.matter.faith".can.bring.
healing.to.your.body..It.produces.a.following.having.chronic.illness.that.they.blame.on.themselves.
for.their.own."lack.of.faith".or.their.failures.in.life..It.alters.their.viewpoint.of.God.from.the.Loving.
God.who.loved.us.enough.to.send.His.Only.Son.to.die.for.us..That.loving.God.changes.into.a.god.
of.wrath.and.punishment..The.Work.that.God's.Son.did.on.the.cross.for.us.becomes.of.non\effect..
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The.disciples,.having.been.trained.in.the.Law.of.Moses,.had.a.similar.viewpoint..The.man.was.
blind,.he.must.be.cursed..His.sins.must.have.him.bound,.or.he.would.have.been.able.to.see!.The.
sins.of.his.fathers.must.be.his.plague,.or.he.would.not.have.been.born.blind!.His.faith.must.be.
weak!.
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Jesus.said,."No.".
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John.chapter.nine.tells.us.that.our.afflictions.are.not.as.important.as.the.soul.of.man..The.trials.
that.we.endure.are.only.temporary..Through.our.condition,.others.may.come.to.know.Christ..
Whether.in.our.healing.or.in.our.patience.and.longsuffering,.we.are.a.witness.to.others..
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Jesus.said.that.this.man.did.not.sin,.nor.did.his.fathers..He.said.that.the.man.was.born.this.way.
so.that.others.might.believe..And.Jesus.said.that.while.He.was.in.the.world,.as.the.Light.to.the.
world,.these.works.would.be.done.for.all.to.believe..The.night.was.coming,.when.no.man.can.
work..
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Compare.this.to.the.man.in.Arizona.that.Branham.said.would.one.day."say.the.right.thing".and.
rise.out.of.his.wheelchair.to.walk.again..Though.he.never.walked.until.the.day.of.his.death,.this.
man's.faith.was.in.his.own.words.for.his.healing.\\.not.in.Jesus.Christ..As.he.died,.I'm.sure.he.must.
have.wondered.what.he.should.have.said.to.gain.healing,.and.why.he.never.said.it..Instead.of.
focusing.on.the.patience.and.longsuffering.that.are.the.fruits.of.the.spirit,.this.man.focused.on.
his.own.works..
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The.Apostle.Paul.said.that."worldliness".was.to.focus.on.the.things.of.this.world.and.not.of.the.
things.in.the.coming.Kingdom..Did.the."gospel.of.divine.healing".teach.us.to.focus.on.our.mortal.
bodies,.soon.to.fade.away?.Was.this."gospel".focused.on.the.world.instead.of.the.Kingdom.of.
Heaven?.Was.Branham's."gospel".....worldly?.
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64.
Divine$Healing$in$The$Branham$Campaigns$
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During.the.time.William.Branham's."divine.healing.gospel".was.in.full.swing,.and.Gordon.Lindsay.
was. Branham's. campaign. manager,. the. meetings. had. booths. that. sold. various. pamphlets,.
pictures.of.Houston.lighting,.and.more...One.of.the.items.sold.was.a.pamphlet.entitled."Divine.
Healing. in. the. Branham. Campaigns,". which. told. readers. what. was. necessary. to. "keep. one's.
healing."..
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Though.Branham.promoted.the.idea.that."eighty.percent.of.Jesus'.ministry.was.'divine.healing,'.
the. version. of. "christ". Branham. pointed. to. was. one. that. was. powerless. to. heal. or. maintain.
healing.without.the.patient's.power.to.have.faith.to.heal.themselves.or.faith.in.the.person.or.
"god".performing.the.healing.ritual...According.to.William.Branham,.Christ.could.never.heal.a.
person.without.this."perfect.faith":.
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"Now,.this.is.during.the.time.of.the.early.ministry.of.the.Master...He.had.been.healing.the.people.
everywhere,.and.His.fame.had.went.out...Now,.if.the.people.would've.doubted.Him,.that.He.was.
the.Son.of.God,.that.He.was.the.Healer.Divine,.they.could've.not.been.healed...Even.His.prayer.
for. them. would've. not. have. healed. them.. . His. hands. would've. not. have\\laying. upon. them.
would've.not.have.healed.them...Jesus.never.took.credit.for.healing.anyone...He.said,.'Thy.faith.
has.made.the.whole.'..Is.that.right?..'Thy.faith.has.saved.thee'".\.Branham,.48\0304.
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Healing.of.the.body.is.a.natural.process.that.is.a.gift.from.God...Isaiah.says.that."by.His.stripes.we.
are. healed,". and. the. New. Testament. includes. several. scriptures. describing. a. loving. God. that.
offers.healing.to.His.children...The.Gospels.give.many.examples.of.this,.including.examples.where.
Jesus.healed.unbelieving.sinners.through.Grace.and.mercy..
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But.Branham's.'gospel'.seemed.quite.different...In.this.pamphlet.sold.at.the.Branham.campaigns,.
there. was. a. section. entitled. "The. Important. Matter. of. Keeping. One's. Healing.". . This. section.
placed.the.healing.on.the.shoulders.of.the.sick.and.afflicted,.rather.than.the.God.of.mercy.who.
loved.them,.and.specifically.away.from.the.man.on.the.platform.that.the.people.had.placed.their.
faith.upon:.
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"There.are,.however,.numbers.of.good.Christians,.conscientious.people.who.evidently.receive.a.
gracious. touch. from. the. Lord,. but. for. some. reason. or. other. do. not. seem. to. get. a. complete.
healing..To.those.who.have.had.certain.types.of.disease,.special.instructions.need.to.be.given..In.
the.case.of.a.cancer.patient,.the.cancer.is.usually.killed.after.prayer..Nevertheless,.in.some.cases.
the. cancer. has. yet. to. be. eliminated. from. the. body.. Sometimes. severe. pain. attends. this.
elimination..If.the.person.fails.to.understand.this,.he.may.fail.to.recognize.his.healing.altogether..
However,.the.person.who.stands.firm.in.faith.may.expect.complete.deliverance.".\.Divine.Healing.
in.the.Branham.Campaigns.
.
65.
As.a.Christian.earnestly.seeking.God,.comparing.Branham's."gospel".to.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ,.
it.is.essential.to.read.the.book.of.John...With.regards.to.this.weight.being.added.to.the.shoulders.
of.the.sick.and.afflicted,.one.really.needs.to.read.John.chapter.nine....
.
Chapter.nine.of.the.Gospel.according.to.John.describes.the.man.blind.from.birth...The.disciples.
thought.this.man.was.being.punished.from.his.sins.or.the.sins.of.the.fathers,.but.Christ.told.them.
his.life.and.his.affliction.had.purpose:..to.glorify.the.Son.of.God..
.
The.Pharisees.rebuked.the.man,.telling.him.to.give.praise.and.worship.to.God.for.his.healing.\\.
not.Christ...They.told.the.man.that.Jesus.was.a.sinner,.undeserving.of.the.glory...The.man.did.not.
know.Jesus,.was.not.aware.that.Christ.was.the.Son.of.God,.and.quite.frankly.was.only.aware.of.
one.thing:.
.
"He.answered,.'Whether.he.is.a.sinner.I.do.not.know...One.thing.I.do.know,.that.though.I.was.
blind,.now.I.see.".\.John.9:25.
.
Again,.Jesus.asked.the.man.if.he.believed.\\.not.to.help.the.man."keep.his.healing,".but.so.that.
the.man.would.know.and.understand.Him.to.be.the.Son.of.God:.
.
"Jesus.heard.that.they.had.cast.him.out,.and.having.found.him,.He.said,.'Do.you.believe.in.the.
Son.of.Man?'..He.answered,.'And.who.is.he,.sir,.that.I.may.believe.in.him?'".\.John.9:35.
.
Reading. this. passage. of. scripture,. and. having. been. influenced. by. the. teaching. of. William.
Branham,.you.are.faced.with.this.question:..Would.this.man.have.been.healed.under.Branham's.
"gospel?"..Is.Christ.the.Son.of.God,.the.exact.imprint.of.the.nature.of.God,.or.was.he.powerless.
to.heal.this.man.who.did.not.yet.believe.in.Him?..Was.Branham.correct,.that.even.the.prayers.of.
Christ.would.have.been.left.unanswered?.
.
I.was.faced.with.this.question...Having.found.the.answer.in.the.Bible,.I.can.easily.sympathize.with.
this.man's.plea.to.those.who.did.not.believe.in.Christ:..One.thing.I.do.know,.that.though.I.was.
blind,.now.I.see..
.
.
66.
Failed$Prophecy$of$the$Womans$Vote$
..
"I.didn't.mean.that.to.do.any.harm,.women;.I.don't.mean.you.Christian.women..But.just.to.see.
women.coming.into.politics.and.everything,.it's.a.disgrace;.it's.a.breaking.of.the.American.morale..
And.remember,.this.is....America.will....A\\a.woman....I\\I.better.leave.it.alone..But.just.remember.
this..I.predict.this:.that.a.woman.will.be.president.before.we're.annihilated..That's.right..I.said.
that.in.1933.by.a.vision...Sure,.it's.a.woman's.world.".
Branham,.56\0428.
..
**1933**..Prophecies..
..
"And.now.to.finish.telling.you.this.vision..I.seen.it.open.up.before.me..And.a.Man.came.to.me;.
He. had. some. sheets. of. paper.. And. He. took. those. sheets;. He. said,. "Insomuch. that. you. was.
thinking.of.what.would.be.your.future,".and.He.threw.them.like.that,.and.they.went.plumb.up.in.
the.heavens..I've.got.it.wrote.out.here.in.the.Bible..Just.like.laying.yonder.in.the.cornerstone,.
that.what.would.take.place.in.the.last.days;.and.everyone.knows.what.that.was;.it's.been.just.
exactly.the.Word.".
Branham,.53\0329.
..
1933.Prophecies...**Buried.in.the.cornerstone.**.
..
"I'd.like.to.read.you.a.prophecy.that.was.given.".
Branham,.60\1113.
..
**Read?**..Did.William.Branham.dig.these.up.from.the.cornerstone?.
..
I.got.on....And.many....By.the.way,.Mr..Mercier.and.many.of.them.are.going.to.take.some.of.these.
old.prophecies,.and.dig.them.out,.and.revise.them.a.little,.or.bring.them.up.to.date,.and.put.them.
in.papers..I'd.like.to.read.some.things.that.I'd.like.for.you.to\\to....This.one.first..I'd.like.to.read.
something.to.you..
Branham,.60\1113.
..
**Bring.a.prophecy.from.GOD.more."up.to.date?"**.
..
..
"1932:.(Listen.to.this.).As.I.was.on.my.way...".
Branham,.60\1113.
..
**1932?..Why.did.the.year.change?**.
..
"Or.as.I.was.getting.ready.to.go.on.my.way.to.church.this.morning,.it.came.to.pass.that.I.fell.into.
a.vision.".
Branham,.60\1113.
67.
..
**This.morning...He.is.reading.from.a.paper.that.he.claims.to.have.written.in.the.year.1932.**.
..
"Our.services.is.being.held.on.Meigs.Avenue.at.the.old.orphans'.home,.where.Charlie.Kern.lives.
in.part.of.the.building.".(He.lives.just.across.the.street.now,.you.know.).
And.it.came.to.pass.that.while.I.was.in.this.vision.I.seen.some.dreadful.things.take.place..I.speak.
this.in.the.Name.of.the.Lord.".
Branham,.60\1113.
..
**"In.the.name.of.the.Lord."..Branham.claims.that.these.are.God's.words,.not.his.own.**.
..
The.president.which.now.is,.President.Franklin.D..Roosevelt....(Now.remember,.this.is.twenty\
eight.years.ago.).will.cause.the.whole.world.to.go.to.war;..
Branham,.60\1113.
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**1960.\.28.=.1932.**.
..
"and.the.new.dictator.of.Italy,.Mussolini,.shall.make.his.first.invasion.towards.Ethiopia,.".
Branham,.60\1113.
..
**In.1932,.Ethiopia.was.called."Abyssinia."..It.was.called.the."Italo/Absynnian.war"**.
..
"and.he.will.take.Ethiopia;.but.that'll.be.his.last..He.shall.come.to.his.end.".
Branham,.60\1113.
..
**Mussolini.went.on.to.invade.Greece**.
..
"We. will. be. in. war. with. Germany.. Watch. Russia.. (Now,. that's...). Communism,. Nazism,. and.
Fascism....Watch.Russia..But.that.is.not.the.main.one.to.watch...It.shall.also.has.been.an.evil.thing.
done.in.this.country;.they.have.permitted.women.to.vote..This.is.a.woman's.nation,.and.she.will.
pollute.this.nation.as.Eve.did.Eden...Now.you.see.why.I'm.hammering.the.way.that.I.do?..I.got.
THUS.SAITH.THE.LORD.".
Branham,.60\1113.
..
**"Thus.Saith.the.Lord."..Second.confirmation.Branham.claims.this.to.be.prophecy.from.God.**.
..
"In.her.voting.she.will.elect.the.wrong.person..The.Americans.will.take.a.great.beating.at.a.place.
that.Germany.will.build,.which.will.be.a.great.wall.built.of.concrete.(The.Maginot.Line,.eleven.
years.before.it.was.ever.built.)".
Branham,.60\1113.
..
**The.Maginot.Line.was.built.by.France,.named.after.the.French.Minister.of.War.Andr.Maginot...
Construction.started.in.1930.**.
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"But.finally.they.will.be.victors..
Then.when.these.women.help.elect.the.wrong.person,.then.I.seen.a.great.woman.rise.up.in.the.
United.States,.well\dressed.and.beautiful,.but.cruel.in.heart..She.will.either.guide.or.lead.this.
nation.to.ruination..(I've.got.in.parenthesis."perhaps.Catholic.church.")".
Branham,.60\1113.
..
**Why.would.William.Branham.add."in.parenthesis".to.a.vision.given.from.Almighty.God?**.
..
"Also,.science.will.progress,.especially.in.the.mechanical.world..Automobiles.will.continue.to.get.
like.egg.shape..Finally.they.will.build.one.that.won't.need.a.steering.wheel..(They've.got.it.now.).
It.will.be.controlled.by.some.other.power...Then.I.seen.the.United.States.as.one.smoldering,.
burnt\over.place..It.will.be.near.the.end..(Then.I've.got.in.parenthesis:."I.predict.that.this.will.take.
place.".Now,.remember,.the.Lord.ne....That's.what.the.Lord.showed,.but."I.predict.this.will.take.
place.before.1977.").".
Branham,.60\1113.
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**Second.time...Adding.to.a.vision.given.by.Almighty.God?**.
..
"Upon.this.prediction,.I.base,.because.of.the.onrushing.slaught.that's.coming.now,.how.fast.that.
it.was.moving,.how.long.it'll.take.till.this.nation.meets.its.place...Now,.look.what.happened.now..
In....President.Franklin.D..Roosevelt.took.America.to.England's.tea.party..That's.right..Germany.
never.picked.on.us;.we.picked.on.them,.throwed.the.whole.world.into.a.war,.to.cause.a.world.
war.".
Branham,.60\1113..
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**Five.world.powers.were.in.WWII.before.the.United.States.entered.war...Twenty\four.countries.
were.at.war.**.
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"The.Germans.built.the.Maginot.Line,.which.there\\any.veteran.here.knows.what.she.took.there.
at.the.Maginot.Line...Women,.given.the.right.to.vote,.elected.President\elect.Kennedy\\with.the.
woman's.vote,.the.wrong.man,.which.will.finally.be.to.full.control.of.the.Catholic.church.in.the.
United.States;.then.the.bomb.comes.that.explodes.her...There's.seven.things.predicted,.and.five.
of.them.has.already.happened..So.you.can.judge.yourself.how.far.away.we.are..We're.near.the.
end..If.them.five.things.happened,.these.other.two.things.are.bound.to.happen..It's.just.got.to.
happen.".
Branham,.60\1113.
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**Why.did.the.prophecy.change?..The.original."word".Branham.claimed.from.the.Lord.described.
a.woman.president.**.
..
**52%.of.men.in.the.United.States.voted.for.Kennedy..Women.did.not.sway.the.vote.**..
..
"The.Germans.built.the.Maginot.Line,.which.there\\any.veteran.here.knows.what.she.took.there.
at.the.Maginot.Line...Women,.given.the.right.to.vote,.elected.President\elect.Kennedy\\with.the.
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woman's.vote,.the.wrong.man,.which.will.finally.be.to.full.control.of.the.Catholic.church.in.the.
United.States;.then.the.bomb.comes.that.explodes.her...There's.seven.things.predicted,.and.five.
of.them.has.already.happened..So.you.can.judge.yourself.how.far.away.we.are..We're.near.the.
end..If.them.five.things.happened,.these.other.two.things.are.bound.to.happen..It's.just.got.to.
happen.".
Branham,.60\1113.
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Cult.pastors.will.tell.you.they.are.looking.forward.to.these.things.happening..
..
They.look.forward.to.Hillary.Clinton.winning.an.election.
..
They.will.not.tell.you.Branham.claimed.these.prophecies.to.be.completely.fulfilled..
..
Nor.will.they.tell.you.that.they.indeed.failed..
..
Seek.the.Truth...It's.in.the.Bible...
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..
.
Donnie$Reagan,$Most$Racist$Pastor$in$America$$$
..
Videos.of.Pastor.Donny.Reagan.have.gone.viral,.exposing.him.as.what.they.call.the."Most.Racist.
Pastor.in.America.".
..
I. know. that. he. has. spoken. against. www.seekyethetruth.com,. blaming. us. for. the. fall. to.
repentance.that.is.soon.to.come,.should.he.choose.to.try.and.salvage.his.ministry..
..
But.I.sympathize.with.Pastor.Reagan...He.is.a.victim,.in.the.same.way.that.I.was.a.victim....He.is.
preaching. the. same. thing. that. I. was. programmed. to. believe. through. the. indoctrination. of. a.
religious.cult..
..
He.was.trained.under.the.same.teaching.I.was.programmed.to.believe.from.birth..
..
William.Branham,.assistant.to.Roy.E..Davis,.the.Grand.Dragon.of.the.Ku.Klux.Klan..
..
Branham's.Klan.agenda.is.spread.throughout.his.recorded.ministry,.from.start.to.finish,.and.align.
with.the.timeline.of.the.Klan's.political.agendas...Though.Davis.was.ran.out.of.town,.Branham.
continued.to.push.Klan.politics.in.Jeffersonville.and.around.the.entire.world..
..
It. is. my. opinion. that. Branham's. Klan. agenda. was. far. more. powerful. than. the. Grand. Dragon.
himself...Here.are.just.a.handful.of.examples:.
..
(Listen.to.the.video.for.Branham's.impersonations.of."Aunt.Jemima").
70.
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Long.time.ago....I.was.just.looking.around.over.the.audience.to.see.if.I.could.see.one.of.the.people,.
and.that's.some.of.our.colored.friends,.the.Negro..You.know,.a.long.time.ago,.down.here.in.the.
South,.they.used.to.make.slaves.out.of.them..Now,.I'm.a.Southerner..And.there.is.one.thing.I'd.
like.to.say.about.them,.I.wish.I.could.talk.to.Martin.Luther.King..That.man,.being.a.Christian,.don't.
know.he.is.leading.his.people.right.into.a.death.trap,.where.there.is.going.to.be.millions.of.them.
killed..See?.He.is.wrong...I.love.my.brethren,.my.colored.brethren..I.wouldn't.be.in.Africa.and.
around,.preaching.to.them,.if.I.didn't.love.them..They're.God's.people,.the.same.as.we.are..But.I.
don't.believe.that....That.man,.under.this,.is.only.going.to.cause.many,.many,.many.more.of.them.
to.be.killed..Then.it'll.start.a.revolutionary.again,.that'll.never.wade.out.of.the.people.down.here..
So.they're.not.slaves..They.have.as.much.freedom.as.anybody.else..They,.if.they.were.slaves,.I.
would.be.on.that.side..But.they're.not.slaves....
It's.just.because.they.want.to.go.to.school..They.got.schools..Let.them.go.to.school..That's.right...
Was.there,.remember.that.old.colored.brother.standing.up,.that.morning,.in.that.riot..He.asked.
the.militia.if.he.could.speak..He.said,."I.never.was.ashamed.of.being.a.black.man..My.Maker.made.
me.a.black.man..But.this.morning,.I'm.ashamed.the.way.my.race.is.acting..What's.them.people.
doing.to.us?.Only.been.good.to.us.".."The.white.woman,".raised.up.and.said,."I.don't.want.my.
children.schooled.by.a.white.woman,".said,."because.they....she.won't.pay.the\\the.interest,.take.
interest. in. my. children. like. a. colored. woman. was. in. my. own. race.". Said,. "There,. look. at. our.
schools..They.got.swimming.pools..They.got.better.schools.and.everything..Why.do.we.want.to.
go.to.their.schools?"..
That's. right.. . I. believe. God. is. a. God. of\\of,. well,. I'd. say. He. is. a. God. of. variety.. He. makes. big.
mountains.and.little.mountains..He.makes.deserts..He.makes.forests..He.makes.white.man,.black.
man,.red.man..We.should.never.cross.that.up..It.becomes.a.hybrid..And.anything.hybrid.cannot.
re\breed.itself..You.are.ruining.the.race.of.people..There.is.some.things.about.a.colored.man.that.
a. white. man. don't. even. possess. them. traits.. A. white. man. is. always. stewing. and. worrying;. a.
colored.man.is.satisfied.in.the.state.he.is.in,.so.they.don't.need.those.things...But.back.in.the.
slave.time,.they.were.selling.slaves,.human.beings,.like.an.auction.block,.like.they.would.a.used.
car.lot...
There.was.a.buyer.come.forth,.through.the.country,.and.he.would.buy.them.up,.and.go.sell.them.
and.make.money.on.them,.just.like.you.would.on.a.used.car.or.something...Never.was.God's.
program!. God. made. man;. man. made. slaves.. One. is. not. to. rule. over. the. other.. We're. to. live.
together.in.unity.and.peace...And.this.man.come.to.an.old.plantation..He\\he.wants.."How.many.
slaves.you.got?".
Said,."A.hundred.or.more."..He.was.looking.them.over,.and.he.happened.to.notice,.there.was.
one.slave.among.those.people.....The.slaves.were.sad..The.Boers.of.Africa.had.caught.the.slaves,.
brought.them.over.here.and.made,.and.sold.them..And.they.knowed.they'd.never.go.back.to.the.
homeland..They.knowed.they.were.here.for.the.rest.of.their.life..They'd.never.see.their.children.
again..They'd.never.see.papa.and.mama..They.were.here.for.all.the.time,.and.they.were.sad..And.
they'd.even.carry.whips,.and.whip.them,.to.make.them.work..And.so.they.had.to.make.them.
work,.because.they.didn't.want.to.work..They.were.just.all.broke.down....
This. slave. buyer. looked. over. there.. And. he. found. among. these. slaves,. there. was. one. young.
fellow..They.didn't.have.to.whip.him;.chest.up,.chin.up,.right.on.the.job..And.the.broker.said.to.
the.owner.of.the.slaves,.said,."I.want.to.buy.that.slave."..Said,."He.is.not.for.sale."..Said,."What.
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makes.the.difference?.Is.he.a.boss.over.the.rest.of.them?"..He.said,."No,.no..He's.just.a.slave."..
Said,."Maybe.you.feed.him.different.than.you.do.the.rest.of.them."..He.said,."No,.he.eats.in.the.
galley.with.the.rest.of.the.slaves.".
Said,."What.makes.him.so.much.different?"..He.said,."I.always.wondered.that,.myself,.till.I.found.
out..Over.in.the.homeland,.in.Africa.where.he.come.from,.his.father.is.the.king.of.the.tribe..And.
regardless.of.where.he's.at,.he.still.knows.he's.the.son.of.a.king,.and.he.acts.like.one.".
Branham,.63\0628M.
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Led.of.the.Spirit,.I.went.way.down.by.the.river,.and.to.some.little.colored.shacks.down.there.in.
the.river....And.I.was.going.walking.down..He.said,."Turn.now.to.your.right."I.was.going.down.a.
little.hill,.like.this,.a.beautiful.morning,.the.sun.was.coming.up,.flowers.just.blooming.around.
Memphis..And.I.was....The.sun.had.just.peeping.up.over.the.hill,.and.it'd.been.a.rain.the.night.
before,.and.so.it.was.all.beautiful.there.in.the.South..And.I.looked,.hanging.out.over.the.gate.and.
there.hung.a.typical.Aunt.Jemima..She.had.a....Instead.of....She.had.a.man's.shirt.tied.around.her.
head..She.was.looking.over.the.gate..I.come.walking.by,.going.[Brother.Branham.hums\\Ed.].going.
down.the.street.looking,.wondering.where.the.Lord.was.leading.me..She.looking,.tears.over.her.
big. fat. cheeks.. She. said,. "Good. morning,. parson.". . I. said,. "Howdy. do,. Auntie.". It. caught. me,.
"Parson?".I.looked.around,.I.said,."Do.you.know.me?"..She.said,."Yes.sir.".And.I.said,."Do.you.
know.my.name?"..She.said,."No,.sir."..I.said,."How'd.you.know.I.was.a.parson?".
She.said,."Parson.".Said,."Did.you.ever.hear.about.the.Shunammite.woman.that.had.a.baby.by....
The.Lord.promised.her.the.baby,.and.the.baby.died?"..And.I.said,."Yes."..She.said,."I.was.a.woman.
that. way.. And. I. promised. the. Lord. that. I'd. raise. my. baby. for. Him.". And. said,. "The. Lord. give.
husband.and.I.a.lovely.boy."..And.said,."Parson,.he.took.the.road.that's.wrong.when.he's.about\
\a.few.years.ago.".And.said,."He.got.a\\a.dangerous.disease,.venereal.disease."..
And.said,."It.went.so.long.on.him,.we.didn't.suspect.it.".And.said,."And.now.he's.laying.in.the.
room.dying.".Said,."The.doctor.has.give.him.all.kinds.of.shots.".And.said,."He.can't.get.well.".And.
said,."He's.been.unconscious.since.yesterday..The.doctor.was.back.here.and.said,.'Look.for.the.
worst.at.any.time.'.There.was.no.hopes.for.him..His.blood.was.four\plus,.and.nothing.could.help.
him.at.all.".And.said,."He's.dying.".
And.said,."I.got.down.on.my.knees.".And.said,."I.prayed.".And.said,."I.prayed,.'O.Lawd.'".Said,.
"'I's. a. woman. like. the. Shunammite.. Where. is. You. Elijah?'. And. just. begin. to. praying.". Said,. "I.
prayed.and.prayed.".And.said,."This.morning,.just.before.daylight.".Said,."The.Lord.told,.'Stand.
at.this.gate.'"..And.there.was.her.back.was.wet.where.she'd.been.standing..She.wasn't.telling.me.
anything.wrong..She.said,."And.look."..Oh,.my..Begin.to....I.walked.into.the.house..There.was.a.
great.big.husky.looking.boy..And.she.patted.him..He.was.laying.there.with.a\\with.a.blanket.in.his.
hand,.going,."Um,.Um,.Um,".like.that..And.he.was.saying,."Mammy,.it's.so.dark..Um..I.don't.know.
where.I's.a.going,.mammy,".like.that..
She.said,."Honey.child,.do.you.know.mammy?"..Honey.child..He.was....'Course,.no.matter.how.
old. you. are,. you're. mother's. child. just. the. same.. No. matter. what. you've. done,. you're. still.
mother's.boy...And.there.she.was,.patting.him.and.loving.him..She.said,."Do.you.know.mammy?".
saying,. "You. know. your. mammy?". . He. didn't. seem. like. he. recognized. her.. He's. hollering,.
"Mammy,".going.on;.he.was.unconscious.like.condition...And.so.she.said,."Can.we.pray,.Parson?".
I.said,."Yes.ma'am.".
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72.
..
And.you.precious.colored.people.in.the.south,.how.you.voted..You.say,."You.have.no.business.
saying.that.in.the.pulpit.".Oh,.yes.I.have;.it's.the.Word.of.God..And.the.stain.of\\of.Abraham.
Lincoln,.the.one.that.freed.you,.laying.yonder.in.that.museum.on.a.woman's.dress,.and.you.sell.
your.birthright..Shame.on.you..
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..
He.said,."I's.come.a.long.ways.to.come.here.".He.said,."Night.before.last,".said,."my.old.mammy,.
she's.been.dead.about.twenty.years.almost.".And.said,."She.was.a.Christian.woman..And.I's.been.
blind.for.better.than.twelve.years.".He.said,."And.last.night,.or.night.before.last,.I.dreamed....
[Blank.spot.on.tape\\Ed.]. That. God. had. sent. His. gift. of. Divine. healing,. and. it. was. at. Camden,.
Arkansas,.and.for.me.not.to.let.you.get.by.".Said,."Reverend,.please.don't.pass.me.by.".
You.think.I.could.pass.him?.I.don't.care.who.he.was....
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..
And.I.looked.and.there.was.a.bunch.of.chartered.buses.setting.there..I.knowed.one.of.them.was.
Memphis,.and.that's.how....I.said,."What.you.doing.over.here?"..She.said,."I's.listening.to.the.
radio.this.morning.".She.said,."I.heard.about.all.those.deaf.and.dumb.people.they.had.up.there,.
that.was.deaf.and.dumb.last.night,.speaking.on.the.radio."..And.I.said,."And.you're.blind?".See?.
I.said,."What'd.you.come.over.here.for?"..She.said,."I.come.to.see.the.healah."..I.said,."The.what?"..
She.said,."The.healah."..And.I.said,."You.don't.believe.that,.do.you?"."Oh,.yes,.suh."..Now,.that\\
that.looked.like.a.hypocrite.too,.taking.advantage.of.a.blind.woman..See?.But.I.wanted.to.see.
whether.she.really.believed.it..I.said,."Do.you.believe.that's.the.truth?"..She.said,."Yes,.suh.".And.
I.begin.to.feel.little..And.she.said\\she.said,."Yes,.suh..I.believes.it."..And.I.said,."Why,.you.believe.
that.God.would.do.something.like.that,.as.far.advanced.as.medical.science.is?"..She.said,."Suh,".
said,."when.I.was.a.little.girl,.I.got.cataracts.on.my.eyes..The.doctor.told.me.when.they.got.ripe,".
I.don't.know.what.that.means,.but,."when.it.got.ripe.that.they'd.take.them.off."..
And.said,."Now,.that.they're.ripe,".said,."they.say.if.they'd.take.them.out,.they'd.pull.the.optical.
nerves.out.of.my.eyes.".And.said,."I\\I\\I.can't.see,.and.the.only.hope.I.got.is.to.get.in.there..And.
this.is.the.man's.last.night.here,.and.they.tell.me.I.can't.even.get.near.the.building..I.lost.my.
daddy.. I. don't. know. what. to. do.". . And. I. said,. "Do. you. believe. if. you'd. get. in. there,. you'd. be.
healed?". . She. said,. "Why,. I. heard. of. a. man. on. the. radio. this. morning,. from. up. at. Kennett,.
Missouri,.had.been.blind.for.ten.years,.and.he.received.his.sight.".Said,."Well,.couldn't.I.be.healed.
too?"..I.said,."Do.you.believe.that?".She.said,."Sir,.I'll.tell.you.what.I'll.do..If.you'll.just.get.me.in.
where.that.man's.at,.I'll.be.able.to.find.my.daddy.after.that.".Oh,.my...I.felt.my.heart.drop.right.
away.from.me..I.thought.poor,.old.blind.thing..I.said,."Look.lady,.do.you.mean.that?"..She.said,.
"Yes.".."Oh,".I.said,."maybe.I'm.the.one.you're.supposed.to.see.".And.she.grabbed.me.like.that...
She.said,."Is.you.the.healah?".
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..
And.now,.the.Chinese\\the.Chinese.is.a\\a.yellow.person,.Japanese,.and.so.forth,.and.a.Chinese..
The.Ethiopian.is.a\\is.a.colored.man,.or.the.Negro.that.we.have.now..And.he.went.down.in.those.
dark.countries.down.there..
73.
And.they\\and\\and.they.were....And.then.the.white.man.was.the.Anglo\Saxon.people.which.we.
are..And\\or.the\\or.the.people.here,.what.we.call.the.white.people,.they.come.from.England.
which.was.formerly.called."Angel.land.".And.because.they.were.white,.and.blond,.and.so.forth....
They.scattered.up.beyond.and.Norway,.and.so.forth\\up.in.there..And.they.all.come.out.of.the.
Anglo\Saxon.people..
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..
We. got. a. case. there. in. Tucson. now.. That. a\\that. a. white. woman. lived. with. her. husband. one.
morning,.and.that.afternoon.she.lived.with.a.Negro..And.one.of.the.little.boys....There.was.two.
little.boys.was.born..One.of.them.was.a.little.kinky\headed.Negro,.and.the.other.one.is.a\\a.blond\
headed.kid,.real.pretty..And\\and,.think.now,.she.is.trying.to.make.the.white.father.take.care.of.
both.children..And.he.said,."I'll.take.care.of.my.own,.but.not.his..Let.the.Negro.man.take.care.of.
his.own.child."...
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..
Like.I.said,.this.Martin.Luther.King.is.leading.his.people.to.a.crucifixion..It's.communistic..Sure,.it.
is..If.them.people.were.slaves,.then.I'd.be.down.here.fighting.for.them..Right..But.they're.not.
slaves..It's.an.argument,.where.they.go.to.school.or.not..Won't.go.to.talking.about.that..I.just.
thought.I'd.express.it..See?.All.right..Notice..It's.just.the.Devil..Certainly..
Branham,.64\0418B.
..
I.could.be.altogether.wrong.in.my.thought.about.Martin.Luther.King..I.don't.know,.I.can't.say..
That's.just.my.opinion..Anything.that.rises.up.trouble,.that's.what's.supposed.to.be.in.the.last.
days.. And. it's. all. inspired. of. Satan,. to. break. up. our. commonwealth. and. whatever. we. have,.
anything.that.rises.up.like.that..So.I'm.for.those.people.down.there,.don't.you.never.think.that.
I'm.not..I\\I'm.for.freedom.and.for.everything,.but.the.people.doesn't.have.that.situation.under.
now..But.what.it.will.do,.I.believe.it'll.start.another.revolution.if.somebody.doesn't.stop.it..See,.
it's.the.Communists.working.among.those.people...I.was.in.Africa.when.they.done.the.same.thing..
See?.And.I.know.there.was.Communists.come.in.there.telling.those.colored.people,."Oh,.you're.
this,.that,.or.the.other..You're.this,.that,.or.the.other.".And.the.first.thing.you.know,.it.caused.
thousands.of.them.to.be.killed..And.where.did.they.get?.Nowhere,.see,.nowhere..
Branham,.63\0721.
..
God.was.a.segregationalist.and.He.segregated.that.people,.and.they.wasn't.supposed.to.have.
anything.to.do.with.any.other,.marry.into.anybody..And.the.real,.genuine.Church.and.Bride.of.
Christ,. is. joined. to. Christ. which. is. the. Word.. And. you. don't. marry. into. any. organization,. any.
denomination..You.stay.exactly.with.Christ.and.that.Word,.as.an.individual..To.do.it.is.Eternal.
separation.from.God..I.hope.everybody.gets.that..
Branham,.64\1227.
..
Death.said,."Oh,.you.little.hook\nosed.Jew,.I.knowed.you.was.beat.with.stripes,.and.let.you.down.
by....so.forth,.and.they.done.this,.that,.or.the.other,.but.now.I've.got.you.".He.looked..Old.death.
said,."I.will.make.you.shiver.and.shake.".
He.said,."Death,.where.is.your.sting?".
74.
Branham,.53\0326.
..
You.remember.how.that.you.old.people.got.to.crying.and.shouting.when.I.was.preaching.to.the.
children,.had.all.them.little.black.and.blue.eyes.setting.up.here.on.the.front.row,.telling.them.if.
you.lose.your.life,.you'll.find.it..If.you.keep.your.life,.you'll.lose.it..You.remember.that,.church?..
You.remember.when.I.was.in.illustration,.getting.the.illustration.of.that.morning.when.Jochebed.
and.when.Amram,.Aaron.and.Miriam.all.down.before.daylight.with.their.hands.up.in.the.air,.
saying,."God,.You.gave.us.the.baby..Now,.we're.giving.it.back.to.You..You.give.it.to.us..It.wasn't.
ours..It.was.Yours..You.give.it.to.us,.and.now,.we.give.it.back.to.you.".[Blank.spot.on.tape\\Ed.].
We.keep.it;.the.witches.of.hell.will.kill.it..And.those.long,.hook\nosed.women.come.out.there,.
and.take.its.little.head,.and.bust.it.against.the.wall..We'll.lose.it.if.we.keep.it,.but.if.we.give.it.back.
to.the.One.Who.gave.it.to.us,.we'll.keep.it.".
Branham,.56\0610.
..
Between.you.and.I.is.rolling.green.waters..You've.come.from.some\\you've.come....You're\\you're.
a. missionary.. And. you. come. here. from.... You're. from. China.. You. was. ministering. to. yellow.
people,.Chinese..And.you're.wanting.to.ask.me.a.question..And.you're.wanting.to.ask.me.whether.
you.should.think.about.going.back.or.not..
Branham,.55\0118.
..
I'm.a.southerner..The.big.boss.up.here.says.(this.nation).what.they.say.is.all.right..I.think.in.the.
segregation.condition.of.the.south,.some.of.them.said.to.me.one.time,.said,."Brother.Branham,.
being.a.southerner,.what.do.you.think.about.segregation?"..I.said,."It's.not.for.me.to.say..The.
boss,.government,.said,.'Let.it.be.what.it.is,.permit.them.to.marry,.and.so.forth.'".I.said,."That's\
\that's.up.to.them..As.an.American,.I.abide.by.the.laws.".To.me,.you.ought.to.leave.it.the.way.
God.had.it..He.made.white.men,.black.men,.brown.men..He's.a.God.of.variety..Let.them.stay.the.
way.God.made.them..That's.what.I.think..If.I.was.a.black.man,.I'd\\I'd.want\\I'd.want.to.stay.in.
my.class.of.people..If.I.was.a.Chinese,.yellow,.I'd.want.to.stay.that.way..Being.that.I'm.Anglo\
Saxon,.white,.let.me.marry.amongst.the.white,.teach.my.children.the.same,.and.just.stay.the.kind.
of.a.flower.and.the.color.that.God.made.us.at.the.beginning..After.all,.He's.the.One.that.made.it..
Branham,.62\0719B.
..
I.remember.Mrs..Roeder.stood.by.me,.out.there.in.the.hospital..I'll.never.forget.that.woman..No.
matter. whatever. happens,. I. could. never. forget. her.. She. was. just. a. young. woman. then.. Her.
husband.was.the.superintendent.down.here.at.the.car.works..And.I\\I.remember.she.standing.by.
me,.her.and.Mrs..Stewart..And.they.was.the.one.actually.that.paid.my.hospital.bill..I....We.didn't.
even.have.food.to.eat,.in.the.house,.so.how.could.we.pay.a.hospital.bill,.hundreds.of.dollars?.But.
she,.through.her.church.society.and.the.Ku.Klux.Klan,.paid.the.hospital.bill.for.me,.Mason's..I.can.
never.forget.them..See?.No.matter.what.they.do,.or.what,.I.still....there.is.something,.and.that.
stays.with.me,.see,.what.they.did.for.me..And.they.paid.the.bill.to.Doctor.Reeder..He.is.still.living,.
lives.here.in.Port.Fulton,.could.tell.you.the.story..
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75.
I.repented.when.I.realized.that.the.religious.following.that.had.programmed.me.to.be.prideful,.
scornful,.racist,.and.bigoted.was.based.on.the.political.agendas.of.men.rather.than.the.Word.of.
God..
..
Did.you?.
.
.
76.
Raping$Women$
.
William. Branham. spoke. often. of. women. being. raped.. . What. was. his. obsession?. . Was. this. a.
'gospel'.based.on.fear?.
.
"But.the.Lord.showed.me.a.vision.of.the.great.powerful.woman,.in.'33,.1933,.it's.on.paper..Of.
how. that. 'Roosevelt. would. cause.... he. would. help. cause. the. world. to. go. to. war.'. How. that.
'Mussolini.would.make.his.first.invasion.to.Ethiopia.and.he.would.take.it,.but.he.would.come.to.
a.disgraceful.end.'.And.how.that.'Then.the.three.ism:.Nazism,.Fascism,.and.Communism,.would.
all.wind.up.in.Communism.'.And.how.many.in.here.remembers.me.just.keep.having.you.stand,.
just.say.it.over,.I'd.tell.you,.'Watch.Russia!.Watch.Russia,.the.king.of.the.North!.Watch.Russia,.
king.of.the.North!.Watch.Russia,.king.of.the.North!'?.How.many.has.heard.me.just.say,.just.wave.
that.over,.over?.The.old\timers,.you.see,.back.in.the.early.part.of.the.church..Just.stand.there.
and.wave.it.over.and.over,.'Watch.Russia,.the.king.of.the.North!.See,.what.he.would.do,.for.all.
those.isms.will.heap.up.into.Russia.'".
Branham,.60\1211E.
.
"Now,.remember,.there's.going.to.be.millions.of.Americans.meet.their.doom...?....What.would.
hinder.tonight.for.this.whole.nation.to.be.destroyed.within.five.minutes?.What.did.science.say.
the.other.night,.this.nation\\nationwide.broadcast.on.that?.We're.five.years.behind.Russia..They.
got.a.sputnik,.and.they.can.put.a.man.in.it,.dozens.of.them,.send.them.up.there.in.sky,.and.move.
right.over.this.United.States.and.say,.'Surrender,.or.go.to.powder.in.a.few.minutes.'.'Course,.we.
would. surrender. to. save. our. life.. . What. would. happen?. Russian. soldiers. pouring. in. by. the.
millions,.running.into.the.streets,.and.grabbing.the.women,.ravishing.young.girls,.sweethearts,.
whatever.it.was..Don't.make.any.difference.to.them..Sure..They're.communists,.cold\hearted..
What.would.happen?.Go.right.into.a.nice.home,.kick.you.out.of.it..They'll.use.it.theirself..It's.
Russia's.then,.and.we're.a.satellite.".
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.
"By. this. time. tomorrow. night. (hear. me),. there's. not. a. thing,. not. one. thing,. that. would. keep.
shipload.after.shipload,.plane.load.after.plane.load.of.Russian.soldiers.right.out.here,.grabbing.
these.women,.and.ravishing.them.in.the.street,.and.doing.what.they.want.to..Come.in,.and.if.
they. like. your. house,. kick. you. out. of. it,. and. that's. it.. What. are. you. going. to. do?. Ungodly,.
barbarous.men.who.doesn't.know.nothing.about.God.and.cares.that.much.less....You.say,.'God.
does.that?'.He.certainly.does,.according.to.His.Bible..He.has.a.punishing.whip.when.His.people.
won't.obey..There's.not.a.thing...What.would.our.Pentagon.do,.if.Russia.did.such.a.thing,.and.say,.
'Now,.surrender,.or.go.to.ashes.'.We'd.have.to.surrender,.only.sensible.thing.to.do.would.be.
surrender..They're.up.there:.we.can't.bring.them.down..They've.got.their.guns.on.us..Just.about.
three.or.four.of.them.bombs,.and.that.settles.the.whole.thing..Oh,.she's.all.shook.up,.brother,.
sister..The.nations.that.are.such.a.tremendous.nervous.condition.tonight,.till.they.don't.know.
what.to.do..A.great.writer.said.the.other.day,.there's.one.little.thread.between.the.smartest.of.
us.and.total.insanity.".
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77.
.
"We're.at.the.time.of.death..We're.setting.in.the.doors.of.death..The.nations.is.in.the.doors.of.
death..Russia.has.discovered.a.new.weapon.now,.as.you.all.heard.on.the.radio.and.things..They.
don't.have.to.come.over.here.and.blow.it.up.with.a.bomb..They.can.just.bring.a.little.something.
over.here,.and.get.amongst.their.spies,.and.spurt.a.little.stuff.out.in.any.nation,.and.everybody.
will.be.paralyzed.for.twenty\four.hours..Come.over.and,.when.you.wake.up,.there's.a.Russian.
kicking.you.in.the.side,.a.big.Russian.guard.taking.over.your.home,.ravishing.your.wife,.throwing.
your.children.out.in.the.street,.and.taking.your.home..They.can.do.it..They.wouldn't.lose.one.
thing..They've.got.it..Nobody.knows.what.it.is..See,.everything.working.up.in....Now,.they.can.use.
that.and.not.be.afraid.of.it,.because.no.one.else.has.it.".
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"What. you. fussing. and. hollering. about. Russia?. Huh!. You. don't. hear. me. telling. you. to. build. a.
bomb.shelter,.do.you?.What.you.fussing.about.Russia?.Russia.ain't.nothing..They.ain't.going.to.
win.no.wars..They.ain't.going.to.conquer.no.world..Communism.isn't.going.to.conquer.no.world..
What's.the.matter.with.people?.Can.God's.Word.fail?..Listen,.this.on.tape.now..To.the.world,.I.
speak,.or.wherever.these.tapes.may.go..And.to.you.people.here,.no.matter.whatever.happens.to.
me,. you. believe. this.. . Russia,. communism,. isn't. conquering. nothing.. God's. Word. can't. fail..
Romanism.is.going.to.conquer.the.world....Let's.take.Daniel's.vision..That's.the.Word.of.God..
'Thou,.O.Daniel...'.'Thou,.O.King.Nebuchadnezzar,.is.this.head.of.gold,'.Babylon..'Another.kingdom.
will. succeed. thee,. which. is. silver,'. see,. which. was. Medes\o\Persia.. Another. one. was. Greece,.
Alexander.the.Great..Next,.come.in,.Rome..And.there.wasn't.nothing.said.about.a.communism..
Rome.conquered.the.world...Jesus.Christ.was.born.in.the.Roman.kingdom,.and.persecuted,.His.
first. time. come. here,. by. the. Roman. kingdom.. And. on. His. Second. Advent,. Coming. now,. His.
Message.is.persecuted.by.the.Roman.denominations,.which.is.the.mother.of.all.of.them..And.
when.He.returns,.He'll.come.back.to.wipe.out.that.Roman.kingdom,.that.the.Jews.has.always.
looked.for.Him.to.come.and.wipe.out.the.Roman.kingdom...The.Catholic.hierarchy.with.all.the.
denominations.in.the.world,.right.now.coming.together.as.an.organization,.the.confederation.of.
churches.organizing.themselves.together..It.isn't.Russia..It's.Rome..THUS.SAITH.THE.LORD".
Branham,.62\0311.
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A."gospel".based.on.fear.is.not.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ..
.
"Perfect.love.casts.out.fear..For.fear.has.to.do.with.punishment,.and.whoever.fears.has.not.been.
perfected.in.love.".
1.John.4:18.
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78.
Mixed$Marriage$
.
Recently,.the.issue.of.Racism.in.the.religious.following.of.William.Branham.has.created.a.stir...A.
statement.made.by.a.pastor.in.Tennessee.has.went.viral,.exposing.one.of.the.prideful.teachings.
that.have.influenced.the.minds.of.many...The.pastor.has.since.taken.every.single.one.of.his.videos.
down.from.his.website,.indicating.that.this."message".he.claims.to.have.been.sent.by.God.was.a.
"message".to.be.kept.private...In.a.sense,.this.pastor.is.denying.that.God.sent.Branham.as.an.
"End.Time.Messenger,".trying.to.keep.the."message".secret..
.
There.are.levels.of.racism,.and.many.times.we.do.not.see.the.sin.of.pride.that.has.been.grafted.
into. our. hearts. through. the. minds. of. evil. men.. . The. pastor. used. his. donation. of. a. bicycle. as.
"proof".that.he.is.not.racist,.much.like.the.slave.owners.before.the.Civil.war..."We.gave.them.a.
roof.over.their.heads!"..or.the.common.one.used.today,."We.have.friends.that.are.[any.specific.
race]."...
..
It.should.be.enough.for.any.Christian.man.or.woman.to.flee.when.they.discover.the.fact.that.the.
Pentecostal.movement's.founder.was.an.active.member.of.the.Klan,.that.many.leaders.involved.
in.this.movement.were.Klansmen,.and.that.William.Branham.himself.was.the.assistant.to.the.
Grand. Dragon. of. the. Klan. (Roy. E.. Davis).. . The. Bible. says. when. the. branches. start. to. produce.
rotten.fruit,.you.must.examine.the.trunk..
..
The. issue. of. human. beings. marrying. other. human. beings. with. skin. of. a. different. color. (what.
Branham.called."mixed.marriage"),.is.one.that.is.interesting...To.any.who.reads.and.studies.their.
Bibles,.they.can.easily.see.that.the.human.race.started.with.Adam.and.Eve...It.grew,.filled.the.
earth,. and. started. over. with. the. family. of. Noah.. . During. both. time. periods,. the. sons. and.
daughters.of.the.first.generation.were.marrying.without.an.issue.of.race...Even.if.you.use.the.
"Serpent's.Seed".doctrine.that.was.part.of.the.Klan.agenda,.it.cannot.be.denied.that.the.world.
was.indeed.repopulated.by.the.same.handful.of.people..
..
Nor.is.Branhams.argument.that.God.made.big.mountains.and.little.mountains.applicable.to.
color. of. skin.. . The. color. of. skin. for. the. wives. of. Noahs. sons. were. blended. throughout. time,.
enhanced.by.the.climate.of.the.nations,.and.ended.with.what.we.see.today:..men.and.women,.
just.like.us,.with.a.different.level.of.pigmentation..
..
Paul.says.in.Galatians,."There.is.neither.Jew.nor.Greek,.there.is.neither.slave.nor.free,.there.is.no.
male. and. female,. for. you. are. all. one. in. Christ. Jesus.". (Galatians. 3:28).. . We. are. to. view. other.
Christians. as. one. of. us,. not. "us. versus. them.". . This. is. not. limited. to. what. we. consider. to. be.
prejudice.\\.this.saying.applies.to.every.single.aspect.of.life...If.we.feel.that.another.human.being.
is.any.different.than.us,.for.any.reason,.then.we.are.filled.with.the.sin.of.pride..
..
Most.pastors.who.promote.racism.use.the.Old.Testament.Law.to.push.their.agendas...Since.many.
in.the.congregations.do.not.take.time.to.study.and.learn.the.Law,.and.the.need.for.a.Kinsman.
79.
Redeemer,.they.are.easily.fooled...Snipped.out.of.context,.the.Old.Testament.seems.to.be.a.book.
filled.with.racism....
..
But. it. was. more. about. nationality. than. it. was. race,. color. of. skin,. or. even. heritage.. . God. was.
creating.a.nationality,.using.them.as.an.example.for.all.mankind...The.Apostle.Paul.called.the.
Jews. and. the. Mosaic. Law. "A. Tutor,". showing. us. that. mankind. can. never. save. themselves. by.
themselves,.and.needed.a.Savior...God.was.preparing.a.people.to.bring.His.Son.into.the.world..
..
And.the.world.was.much.different.than.it.is.now...Filled.with.idolatry,.temple.prostitution,.human.
sacrifice.and.more,.God.gave.clear.instruction.to.keep.His.people.separated.from.the.evil.world.
and.its.evil.ways...Deuteronomy.7.tells.us.the.reason.God.was.preparing.a.nation,.and.it.was.not.
because.of.color.of.skin:.
..
"You.shall.not.be.afraid.of.them.but.you.shall.remember.what.the.Lord.your.God.did.to.Pharaoh.
and.to.all.Egypt,.the.great.trials.that.your.eyes.saw,.the.signs,.the.wonders,.the.mighty.hand,.and.
the.outstretched.arm,.by.which.the.Lord.your.God.brought.you.out..So.will.the.Lord.your.God.do.
to.all.the.peoples.of.whom.you.are.afraid..Moreover,.the.Lord.your.God.will.send.hornets.among.
them,.until.those.who.are.left.and.hide.themselves.from.you.are.destroyed..You.shall.not.be.in.
dread.of.them,.for.the.Lord.your.God.is.in.your.midst,.a.great.and.awesome.God..The.Lord.your.
God.will.clear.away.these.nations.before.you.little.by.little..You.may.not.make.an.end.of.them.at.
once,.lest.the.wild.beasts.grow.too.numerous.for.you..But.the.Lord.your.God.will.give.them.over.
to.you.and.throw.them.into.great.confusion,.until.they.are.destroyed..And.he.will.give.their.kings.
into.your.hand,.and.you.shall.make.their.name.perish.from.under.heaven..No.one.shall.be.able.
to.stand.against.you.until.you.have.destroyed.them...The.carved.images.of.their.gods.you.shall.
burn.with.fire..You.shall.not.covet.the.silver.or.the.gold.that.is.on.them.or.take.it.for.yourselves,.
lest.you.be.ensnared.by.it,.for.it.is.an.abomination.to.the.Lord.your.God..And.you.shall.not.bring.
an.abominable.thing.into.your.house.and.become.devoted.to.destruction.like.it..You.shall.utterly.
detest.and.abhor.it,.for.it.is.devoted.to.destruction.".
Deuteronomy.7:18\26.
..
But.remember,.God.also.does.not.want.His.children.to.fall.to.the.sin.of.pride...While.telling.Israel.
that.they.would.be.more.than.conquerers.in.the.Name.of.the.One.True.God,.that.their.enemies.
would.fall.at.their.feet,.God.wanted.them.to.know.that.it.had.nothing.to.do.with.themselves...It.
wasn't.about.them.\\.it.was.about.God:.
..
Do.not.say.in.your.heart,.after.the.Lord.your.God.has.thrust.them.out.before.you,.It.is.because.
of.my.righteousness.that.the.Lord.has.brought.me.in.to.possess.this.land,.whereas.it.is.because.
of.the.wickedness.of.these.nations.that.the.Lord.is.driving.them.out.before.you..Not.because.of.
your.righteousness.or.the.uprightness.of.your.heart.are.you.going.in.to.possess.their.land,.but.
because.of.the.wickedness.of.these.nations.the.Lord.your.God.is.driving.them.out.from.before.
you,.and.that.he.may.confirm.the.word.that.the.Lord.swore.to.your.fathers,.to.Abraham,.to.Isaac,.
and.to.Jacob.".
Deuteronomy.9:4\5.
..
80.
Pastors.who.try.to.enforce.their.racist.agenda.through.twisted.scripture.will.give.you.portions.of.
scripture.that.seem.to.support.false.teaching,.but.to.teach.anything.contrary.to.the.Divine.Will.
of.God,.you.must.omit.huge.portions.of.scripture...As.Israel.plundered.the.nations,.absolutely.
everything.that.they.pillaged.in.the.cities.of.Baal.were.theirs.for.the.taking.\\.including.the.women.
of.the.city:.
..
"But.the.women.and.the.little.ones,.the.livestock,.and.everything.else.in.the.city,.all.its.spoil,.you.
shall.take.as.plunder.for.yourselves..And.you.shall.enjoy.the.spoil.of.your.enemies,.which.the.
Lord.your.God.has.given.you.".
Deuteronomy.20:14.
..
"When.you.go.out.to.war.against.your.enemies,.and.the.Lord.your.God.gives.them.into.your.hand.
and.you.take.them.captive,.and.you.see.among.the.captives.a.beautiful.woman,.and.you.desire.
to.take.her.to.be.your.wife,.and.you.bring.her.home.to.your.house,.she.shall.shave.her.head.and.
pare.her.nails..And.she.shall.take.off.the.clothes.in.which.she.was.captured.and.shall.remain.in.
your.house.and.lament.her.father.and.her.mother.a.full.month..After.that.you.may.go.in.to.her.
and.be.her.husband,.and.she.shall.be.your.wife..But.if.you.no.longer.delight.in.her,.you.shall.let.
her.go.where.she.wants..But.you.shall.not.sell.her.for.money,.nor.shall.you.treat.her.as.a.slave,.
since.you.have.humiliated.her.".
Deuteronomy.22:10\14.
..
Why.would.God.do.this?..Is.God.evil?..Did.God.want.the.Jews.to.become.filled.with.the.sin.of.
pride,.while.God's.Word.tells.us.that.pride.is.sinful?..Absolutely.not...Deuteronomy.20.tells.us.
exactly.why.God.permitted.this,.immediately.after.telling.them.that.the.women.of.other.races.
were.theirs.for.the.taking:.
..
"That.they.may.not.teach.you.to.do.according.to.all.their.abominable.practices.that.they.have.
done.for.their.gods,.and.so.you.sin.against.the.Lord.your.God.".
Deuteronomy.20:18.
..
These.women,.taken.into.the.nation.of.Israel,.produced.mixed.race,.but.not.mixed.nationality...
Israel.was.STILL.the.nation.to.bring.forth.the.Christ.child.\\.though.the.people.of.Israel.were.made.
up.of.what.these.racist.pastors.would.call."hybrid.people."..
..
There.was.one.part.of.the.law.that.did.discriminate,.but.if.you.study.it,.you'll.find.that.it.was.more.
for.their.protection...God.does.not.discriminate,.and.the.blood.of.the.world.came.through.the.
blood.of.one.man.according.to.scripture....
..
God.did.not.want.the.enemy.nations.to.plant.evil.men.or.women.into.the.nation.with.the.purpose.
of.overthrowing.the.Jews...Balaam.(who.Branham.claimed.to.have."the.same.anointing.as.Moses).
was.a.sorcerer.whose.power.was.used.against.the.Jewish.nation...God.protected.his.children.
through.the.Mosaic.Law:.
..
81.
No.Ammonite.or.Moabite.may.enter.the.assembly.of.the.Lord..Even.to.the.tenth.generation,.
none.of.them.may.enter.the.assembly.of.the.Lord.forever,.because.they.did.not.meet.you.with.
bread.and.with.water.on.the.way,.when.you.came.out.of.Egypt,.and.because.they.hired.against.
you.Balaam.the.son.of.Beor.from.Pethor.of.Mesopotamia,.to.curse.you.".
Deuteronomy.23:3\4.
..
To.the.tenth.generation..
..
When.confronted.with.the.observation.that.Moses,.Solomon,.and.others.had.black.wives,.these.
racist.pastors.start.quoting.Old.Covenant.Law.in.rebuttal...They.try.to.enforce.portions.of.the.
Law,.while.omitting.other.portions.of.Law...They.do.not.uphold.Laws.concerning.stoning.those.
that.disobey,.women.on.their.periods,.huge.portions.of.the.tithing.system,.celebrations.of.the.
Sabbath,.and.more...Yet.they.try.to.base.their.entire.racist.agenda.on.Law,.instead.of.the.New.
Covenant.of.Grace.that.is.Christianity..
..
There.is.another.passage.of.scripture.that.you.will.not.find.preached.from.behind.the.pulpits.of.
churches.whose.pastors.push.racist.agenda...It.is.found.in.the.book.of.James,.and.it.is.concerning.
these.men.who.try.to.enforce.part.of.the.Law.while.disobeying.other.parts.of.the.Law:.
..
If. you. really. fulfill. the. royal. law. according. to. the. Scripture,. You. shall. love. your. neighbor. as.
yourself,.you.are.doing.well...But.if.you.show.partiality,.you.are.committing.sin.and.are.convicted.
by.the.law.as.transgressors...For.whoever.keeps.the.whole.law.but.fails.in.one.point.has.become.
accountable.for.all.of.it...For.he.who.said,.Do.not.commit.adultery,.also.said,.Do.not.murder..
If.you.do.not.commit.adultery.but.do.murder,.you.have.become.a.transgressor.of.the.law...So.
speak.and.so.act.as.those.who.are.to.be.judged.under.the.law.of.liberty...For.judgment.is.without.
mercy.to.one.who.has.shown.no.mercy..Mercy.triumphs.over.judgment..
James.2:8\13.
..
.
82.
The$Good$Shepherd$
.
John.chapter.10.gives.a.familiar.statement.by.Christ,.describing.Himself.as.the.Good.Shepherd...
To.the.Christian,.this.passage.of.scripture.gives.a.warm.feeling.of.security.in.knowing.that.we.
have.a.Shepherd.that.will.protect.us.against.all.dangers,.even.unto.death...There.isn't.anything.
that.we,.as.sheep,.can.do.to.make.the.Shepherd.turn.his.wrath.against.us...We.are.sheep.in.His.
fold..
.
But.to.those.under.the.spiritual.bondage.of.the.religious.following.of.William.Branham,.this.is.
one.of.the.most.difficult.passages.of.scripture.to.understand...Portions.of.this.scripture.must.be.
pointed.to.Christ,.other.portions.must.be.pointed.to.William.Branham,.and.some.must.be.twisted.
to.create.a.fictional.union.between.the.two...When.you.read.this.chapter.fully.in.context,.you.
quickly.ask.yourself.the.question:.Does.this.passage.of.scripture.align.with.the.foundation.of."the.
message?".
.
Jesus.starts.by.telling.the.Jews.that.there.is.no.other.way.to.enter.His.sheepfold.than.through.
Him...And.he.tells.the.Jews.that.everyone.who.came.before.him.was.nothing.more.than.a.thief.
and.a.robber...His.fold.is.Christianity,.and.one.cannot.become.a.Christian.through.any.man.\\.only.
through.Christ...This.passage.says.that.Christ,.also.being.the.Gatekeeper,.is.calling.His.sheep...And.
that.He.goes.before.them,.so.that.His.sheep.follow.Him.\\.not.any.other.voice...The.sheep.of.His.
fold,.Christians,.will.not.follow.any.other.man..
.
Pastors,.as.shepherds,.are.to.model.their.lives.after.Christ,.the.Good.Shepherd...Not.that.they.
are.to.become.the.door.to.their.own.sheepfold.\\.Christ.is.the.only.door...But.that.they.are.to.
care.for.the.sheep.that.Christ.has.called.in.the.pastures.that.Christ.has.appointed.for.them...The.
most.important.part.of.this.passage.points.directly.to.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ:.
.
"Just.as.the.Father.knows.me,.and.I.know.the.Father;.and.I.lay.down.my.life.for.the.sheep...And.I.
have.other.sheep.that.are.not.of.this.fold..I.must.bring.them.also,.and.they.will.listen.to.my.voice..
So.there.will.be.one.flock,.one.shepherd...For.this.reason.the.Father.loves.me,.because.I.lay.down.
my.life.that.I.may.take.it.up.again...No.one.takes.it.from.me,.but.I.lay.it.down.of.my.own.accord..
I.have.authority.to.lay.it.down,.and.I.have.authority.to.take.it.up.again..This.charge.I.have.received.
from.my.Father.".\.John.10:16\18.
.
Jesus.did.not.say.that.other.shepherds.would.rise.for.other.flocks.of.sheep...There.is.one.flock,.
one.Shepherd...He.is.a.Shepherd.that.loves.his.flock.enough.to.lay.His.own.life.down.to.save.even.
one.of.them...He.is.not.a."shepherd.of.wrath".that.would.smite.a.wife.and.daughter.for.listening.
to.a.mother\in\law.as.the."message".will.tell.you...He.isn't.a."shepherd.with.an.attitude".that.will.
abandon.you.if.you."grieve.the.spirit".as.you.will.find.in.recorded.sermons.of.William.Branham..
.
William. Branham. is. dead. and. gone.. . Now,. we. have. new. "shepherds". watching. over. the. fold...
Which.shepherd.are.they.pointing.the.sheep.to?..Are.they.willing.to.lay.their.lives.down.for.one.
who.starts.to.question?...
83.
.
That.same.passage.of.scriptures.says.this:.
.
"He.who.is.a.hired.hand.and.not.a.shepherd,.who.does.not.own.the.sheep,.sees.the.wolf.coming.
and.leaves.the.sheep.and.flees,.and.the.wolf.snatches.them.and.scatters.them...He.flees.because.
he.is.a.hired.hand.and.cares.nothing.for.the.sheep.".\.John.10:12\13.
.
If.you.are.in.the.religious.following.of.William.Branham,.ask.yourselves.this.question:..Would.your.
"shepherd".try.to.lead.you.back.into.the.fold.if.you.take.notice.of.the.conflicts.and.deception.that.
you.find.with.Branham's.recorded.ministry?..When.you.notice.others.leave.the."message".to.
serve.Christ,.do.these.shepherds.try.to.lead.them.back?..Or.do.they.cut.them.off.from.the.fold.
and.say.that.the."wolfs.got.them?".
.
Do.the.pastors.in.the.religious.following.model.their.shepherding.after.Christ?..Or.do.they.model.
it.after.William.Branham?.
.
.
84.
Rosicrucians$$
.
It.is.amazing.how.much.I.can.learn.about.my.past.religion.from.studying.a.secret.society..
.
This.week,.I.was.in.San.Jose,.California.(A.city.William.Branham.frequented),.and.had.some.extra.
time.to.tour.the.Rosicrucian.Egyptian.Museum..Presented.to.the.public.in.1928,.it.was.an.amazing.
place..an.entire.city.block.dedicated.to.the.archives.and.study.of.the.people.claiming.to.be.the.
"Order.of.the.Rosy.Cross.".On.the.grounds.were.beautiful.gardens,.a.library.filled.with.ancient.
"sacred.texts,".a.museum.housing.the.North.American.continent's.largest.collection.of.Egyptian.
and.Babylonian.artifacts,.and.more..A.magnificent.planetarium.sat.in.the.building.next.to.the.
museum,.where.Rosicrucians.studied.cosmology.and.astrology.and.even.predicted.earthquakes.
and.volcanoes..Over.4000.original.artifacts.were.on.display,.only.32.of.them.replicas..
.
Their. facilities. were. fully. dedicated. to. the. principals. of. Egyptian. mythology,. study. of. the.
pyramids,.and.more,.promoting.doctrines.and.theology."built.on.esoteric.truths.of.the.ancient.
past,".which.they.claim.to.have.been.concealed.throughout.time..During.the.opening.statements.
of.the.tour,.the.tour.guide.proclaimed.that.Rosicrucianism.was.not.a."religion,".but.a.philosophy.
\\.much.like.one.would.hear.when.entering.monuments.dedicated.to.Buddhism..
.
Rosicrucianism.was.believed.to.be.founded.in.medieval.times.by.Christian.Rosenkreuz,.basing.
their. following. on. two. manifestos. written. in. the. early. 1600's.. Like. the. "message". of. William.
Branham,. this. secret. society. began. spreading. doctrines. that. were. considered. to. be. "mystery.
truths".that.were.necessary.for.a.reformation.of.mankind..It.associated.itself.with.the.Lutheran.
reformation,.strongly.opposed.to.Roman.Catholicism,.but.with.additional."secret.mysteries".that.
the. bride. of. Christ. needed. for. enlightenment.. These. secrets,. they. claimed,. were. hidden. for.
centuries.until.the.end.time..
.
To.the.reader.who.has.been.involved.with.the.religious.following.of.William.Branham,.this.will.
sound.all.too.familiar..Branham's."message".was.that.of."hidden.mysteries".that.were.kept.secret.
from.the.church.down.through.the.ages,.and.he.claimed.that.a."little.light".came.through.Luther.
and.Wesley,.until.the.bride.of.Christ.was.ready.for.the.rapture..Those.that.have.been.fortunate.
enough.to.see.Branham's.pyramid.tomb,.with.the.capstone.in.the.shape.of.a.dome.with.an.eagle's.
wings.spread.for.flight.would.shudder.in.cold.chills.as.they.studied.the.drawings.in.the.ancient.
texts..Especially.interesting.was.a.picture.of.the."Temple.of.the.Rose.Cross".from.1618,.eagles.
wings.spread.on.top.of.the.dome.of.the.temple..Throughout.the.sacred.texts.were.symbolism.
bound.in.the.eagle,.depicting.the.time.of.fulfillment,.messengers,.and.God.Himself..The."Time.of.
fulfillment".was.represented.by.an.Eagle.with.six.wings..The.eagle.was.later.integrated.into.an.
"18.degree.Knight.of.the.Rose.Croix,".which.became.the.primary.symbol.for.freemasonry..
.
When.the.Pentecostal.Revival.broke.out,.there.were.many.groups.that.attached.themselves.to.
the.signs.and.wonders.of.the.Azusa.Street.Revival,.but.none.so.interesting.to.the.follower.of.
William.Branham.than.the.Rosicrucian.Fellowship..This.fellowship,.an."International.Association.
of. Christian. Mystics,". was. founded. in. 1909. by. Max. Heindel. who. claimed. to. be. heralding. the.
85.
coming. "Aquarian. Age.". Heindel. claimed. to. be. bringing. forth. the. "true. Philosophy. of. the.
Rosicrucians,". which. presented. Esoteric. Christian. mysteries,. or. esoteric. knowledge.. Heindel.
began. preparing. his. Rosicrucian. teachings. into. a. publication. entitled. "Rosicrucian. Cosmo\
Conception,".which.was.printed.in.1909.and.sold.2500.copies.in.the.first.edition..
.
This.esoteric.knowledge.included.the.secret.of.Divine.Healing..
.
Much.like.the."message".of.William.Branham,.the.Rosicrucian.Fellowship.held.spiritual.healing.
services.that.were.combined.with.doctrinal.teaching.of.mystery..And.like.Branham's.claim.that.
the."three.Bibles".were.the."Zodiac,.the.Great.Pyramid.of.Giza,.and.the.King.James.Version,".the.
Rosicrucian.Fellowship.combined.the.written.scriptures.with.study.of.the.pyramids.and.astrology.
as. "Bible. interpretation.". These. mysteries. were. believed. by. the. following. of. both. groups. to.
prepare.the."soul.body".and.usher.in.the."Second.Coming.of.Christ.".
.
To.those.interested.in.studying.the.belief.system.of.the.Rosicrucians.as.compared.to.the.ministry.
and.doctrinal.teachings.of.William.Branham,.you.will.find.an.endless.trail.of.similarities..Due.to.
the.complexity.of.both.mysterious.groups,.and.their.many.splinter.sects.with.intricate.webs.of.
additional.doctrinal.teachings,.it.is.a.study.that.could.consume.a.lifetime.to.research..So.I.decided.
to.outline.a.few.of.the.major.points.and.point.you.to.some.research.materials.for.your.journey.
to.begin:.
.
Moses.and.Elias:.
Some.groups.of.Rosicrucians.believed.they.were.the.children.of.Moses,.while.others.believed.
they.were.the.Order.of.Elias..During.the.first.part.of.Branhams.ministry,.he.promoted.himself.
with. associations. to. Moses,. claiming. that. an. angel. commissioned. him. to. heal. the. sick. by.
comparing.him.to.Moses..During.the.latter.part.of.his.ministry,.Branham.promoted.himself.by.
comparison.with.Elijah.(Elias),.with.stories.strangely.similar.to.that.of.Elijah,.Elisha,.and.John.the.
Baptist.(Spirit.of.Elias)..
.
Procession.of.Prophets:.
Both.groups.promoted.the.idea.of.a.procession.of.prophets,.focusing.on.the.messenger.rather.
than.the.One.who.sent.him..Rosicrucians.believe.the.procession.to.follow.the.path.of.Moses,.
Elias,.Ezekiel,.and.the.procession.of.prophets.after.the.timeline.of.scripture..Branham.promoted.
the.idea.that.God.sent.one.prophet.per.age,.ignoring.the.many.prophets.on.the.scene.during.
Babylonian.invasion.and.captivity.of.Jerusalem..
.
Zodiac:.
The.Rosicrucians.included.astrology.in.their.worship,.using.the.alignment.of.the.stars.as.spiritual.
signs.from.the.heavens..Branham.taught.his.following.that.the.first.Bible.was.the.Zodiac,.and.
included.the.alignment.of.stars.into.promoting.his.ministry..
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Pyramidology:.
Rusicrucians. include. the. Great. Pyramid. of. Giza. and. all. of. its. remaining. artifacts. into. their.
philosophy..Not.only.is.the.museum.a.standing.dedication.to.the.study.of.ancient.Egypt,.many.of.
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their. ancient. texts. include. portions. of. Egyptian. mythology. and. history.. Branham. taught. his.
following.that.the.second.Bible.was.the.Great.Pyramid.of.Giza..
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Dispensationalism:.
Both.groups.promote.the.idea.of.dispensationalism,.separate.ages.of.mankind..Rosicrucians.
believe. that. during. the. middle. part. of. these. ages,. the. secret. mysteries. were. hidden. from.
mankind.. Their. dark. ages. aligned. perfectly. with. Branhams. description. of. the. light. being.
hidden.throughout.the.dispensations.he.copied.from.Clarence.Larkins.Dispensational.Truth..
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The.Spirit.Body:.
Both.groups.promote.the.Gnostic.idea.of.a.Spirit.Body..This.body,.according.to.the.Rosicrucians,.
was.part.of.a.threefold.spirit,.which.was.nourished.by.the.light..Branhams.promotion.of.the.
Jewish. Mysticism. doctrines. of. the. Garden. of. Eden. included. a. period. where. a. Spirit. Body.
roamed.the.earth.without.the.fleshly.body..
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Hidden.Mysteries:.
Rosicrucians.believe.that.the.truth.has.been.hidden.in.mysteries.down.through.the.ages,.to.be.
unveiled.before.mankind.at.the.appointed.time..Branham.promoted.the.same.idea,.teaching.his.
followers.that.Gods.appointed.time.was.during.his.own.ministry..
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Divine.Healing:.
Both.groups.believed.that.one.of.the.mysteries.was.Divine.Healing..From.The.Real.History.of.
the.Rosicrucians:.
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"This.Rosie.Crucian.Physick.or.Medecines,.I.happily.and.unexpectedly.light.upon.in.Arabia,.which.
will.prove.a.restauration.of.health.to.all.that.are.afflicted.with.sickness.which.we.ordinarily.call.
natural,. and. all. other. diseases.. These. men. have. no. small. insight. into. the. body;. Walfoord,.
Williams,.and.others.of.the.Fraternity.now.living,.may.bear.up.in.the.same.likely.equipage.with.
those.noble.Divine.".
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Three.High.Words.
There.were.three.words.Rosicrucians.spoke.during.their.meetings,.believed.to.bring.the.speaker.
into.a.higher.state.of.spiritual.enlightenment..Branham.claimed.that.he.spoke.three.high.words.
before.performing.his.healing.rituals,.though.only.those.in.his.secret.fellowship.knew.what.those.
three.words.were..From.the.Rosicrucian.Autumn.Equinox.Service:.
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Reader.unveils.Emblem.and.gives.salutation:."My.dear.Sisters.and.Brothers,.may.the.roses.bloom.
upon.your.cross.".(Answer.from.audience:."And.upon.yours,.also.").
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"God.is.Light.".
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Each.time.we.sink.ourselves.in.these.three.words.we.lave.in.a.spiritual.fountain.of.inexhaustible.
depth,.and.each.succeeding.time.we.sound.more.thoroughly.the.divine.depths.and.draw.more.
closely.to.our.Father.in.heaven..
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http://www.rosicrucian.com/rfs/rfseng01.htm.
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Anti.\.Catholicism:.
Both.groups.strongly.opposed.the.Catholic.Church,.promoting.the.idea.that.Luther.was.part.of.
the.revival.bringing.forth.the.light.for.the.last.age..
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Balaam.The.Anointed:.
Esoteric.texts.promote.Balaam.as.an.anointed.one,.who.had.the.same.state.of.enlightenment.as.
Moses..To.the.Rosicrucian,.Balaam.represented.the.psychic.stage.of.nature,.but.not.necessarily.
the.spiritual,.which.is.a.dangerous.combination..Branham.promoted.the.very.same.doctrine..
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Fountain.of.Multi\colored.Light:.
Rosicrucians.promote.the.theory.of.The.Dew.of.Lights,.which.is.a.Fountain.of.Light.and.not.
one.of.water..Branham.promoted.the.idea.that.God.was.a.fountain.of.multicolored.light..
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Earthquake.Prediction:.
Rosicrucians.use.cosmology.and.astrology.to.make.predictions.of.the.fate.of.the.world,.including.
earthquakes. and. volcanoes. as. spiritual. science.. The. San. Jose. Rosicrucian. study. included. a.
planetarium.along.with.the.library.of.sacred.texts.and.museum.of.Egyptian.artifacts..Branham.
admitted. to. have. studied. the. science. of. earthquake. prediction. in. written. articles. before.
proclaiming.judgment.on.the.West.Coast,.when.he.prophesied.that.Los.Angeles.would.sink.
beneath.the.ocean.before.his.son,.Billy.Paul.Branham,.was.an.old.man..
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Evolutionary.Change.in.Gender:.
Rosicrucian. prophecy. predicts. an. evolution. of. men. and. women. into. a. more. common.
relationship;.women.becoming.more.masculine.and.men.becoming.more.feminine..Branhams.
ministry.promoted.the.same.idea,.focusing.not.only.on.the.outward.appearance,.but.also.the.
psychological.makeup..
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One\World.Religion:.
Rosicrucian. prophecy. predicts. a. time. when. all. world. religion. will. join. together. as. one.. This.
prophecy. is. to. be. fulfilled. immediately. before. the. enlightenment. of. its. followers. and. the.
restoration.of.the.hidden.mysteries..Branhams.message.promoted.the.same.idea..
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Till.We.Meet.Again:.
Both.groups.ended.their.services.with.the.song.God.Be.With.You.Till.We.Meet.Again..Below.is.
the.refrain.of.the.song,.as.sung.by.the.Rosicrucian:.
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"Till.we.meet,.till.we.meet,.
Till.we.meet,.the.Rosy.Cross.to.greet,.
Till.we.meet,.till.we.meet,.
God.be.with.you.till.we.meet.again.".
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http://www.sacred\texts.com/sro/rhr/.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rosicrucian_Fellowship.
http://www.crcsite.org/SecretSymb2.htm.
http://www.rosicrucian.com/zineen/pamen048.htm.
http://www.sacred\texts.com/sro/sdr/sdr02.htm.
http://wn.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GateSpiSci/19060904p01.html.
http://rosicrucianzine.tripod.com/chronology_about_max_heindel.htm.
http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc40337/m2/1/high_res_d/earthquakes_1944_
w.pdf.
http://ebookbrowsee.net/rosicrucian\prophecies\pdf\d309837614.
Rosicrucian.Brotherhood,.Volumes.1\3.
Esoteric.Bible.Dictionary.
Rose.Cross.Over.the.Baltic:.The.Spread.of.Rosicrucianism.in.Northern.Europe.
Rosicrucian.Enlightenment.
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Creators$of$Squirrel$
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Towards.the.end.of.John.chapter.10,.Jesus.confounds.the.Jews.by.using.one.of.the.scriptures.
from.the.Old.Testament...It.is.a.passage.of.scripture.that.was.used.in.Jewish.Mysticism,.later.
integrated. into. Gnosticism,. and. spread. around. the. world. through. the. more. extreme. sects. of.
Pentecostalism...Those.in.the.Branham.movement.will.be.familiar.with.the.doctrine,.which.some.
sects.describe.as.their.interpretation.of.the."Third.Pull.".
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Jews,.ready.to.stone.Jesus.for.His.statements.making.Himself.equal.to.God,.asked.Christ.to.make.
the.statement.once.more..."If.you.are.the.Christ,.tell.us.plainly,".they.cried.out,.attempting.to.
place.Jesus.into.a.position.of.contempt.among.the.people...His.reply.is.one.familiar.to.any.within.
a.religious.cult.created.by.the.Pentecostal.movement:.."I.told.you,.and.ye.believed.not:.the.works.
that.I.do.in.my.Father's.name,.they.bear.witness.of.me...But.ye.believe.not,.because.ye.are.not.
of.my.sheep,.as.I.said.unto.you.".(John.10:25\26).
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But.when.Jesus.said,."I.and.the.Father.Are.One,".the.Jews.picked.up.their.stones.to.slay.Him..
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Jesus,.speaking.to.men.familiar.with.this.rising.teaching.of.mysticism,.quoted.Psalm.82:6:.."I.have.
said,.Ye.are.gods;.and.all.of.you.are.children.of.the.most.High."..If.they.were.to.stone.Him.in.
accordance. with. scripture,. then. they. must. also. support. Him. according. to. scripture. \\. and. it's.
impossible.to.do.both....
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As.God.was.speaking.to.Moses,.preparing.him.to.speak.on.His.behalf.before.Pharaoh,.His.words.
were:."See,.I.have.made.thee.a.god.to.Pharaoh:.and.Aaron.thy.brother.shall.be.thy.prophet.".
(Exodus.7:1).....
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Many.men.who.lifted.themselves.into.power.under.the.name.of.Christianity.use.these.scriptures.
and.similar.to.promote.the.idea.that.they.are.more.filled.with.God.than.their.followers...Often.
quoted.from.the.followers.of.William.Branham,."He.was.a.man,.but.he.was.MORE.than.a.man...
We.worship.the.God.IN.the.man."...
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William.Branham,.taking.this.theology.found.in.Kabballah,.twisted.it.even.further...According.to.
Branham,.Moses.was.not.only.a."god".to.Pharaoh.\\.Moses.was."god.to.the.people.".
.
"Moses.had.to.become.God.to.the.people..You.say,.'That's.nonsense.'..Why,.He.told,.even.told.
Moses,.Hisself,.'You'll.be.God,.and.Aaron.will.be.your.prophet!...?...'.See?.So.there.He.come,.see,.
He.had.to.veil.Himself,.'cause.God.is.always.behind.a.veil..Oh,.my!.Do.you.see.It?.[Congregation.
says,.'Amen.'\\Ed.].God.is.hid.from.the.public...Said,.'Father,.I.thank.You,.You've.hid.It.from.the.
wise.and.prudent,.and.revealed.It.to.babes,.to.them.that.wants.to.learn.'.See?"..Branham,.64\
0614M.THE.UNVEILING.OF.GOD.
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In.Egyptian.mythology,.the.Pharaoh.was.believed.to.be.deity,.ascending.to.the.stars.worshipped.
by.the.people...To.Pharaoh,.Moses.was.a."god,".representing.the.God.of.the.Jews...But.Moses.
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was. not. "God,". he. was. the. same. flesh. and. blood. as. his. brothers. and. sisters.. . Placed. into. his.
position.by.God,.he.was.nothing.more.than.a.vessel.that.God.chose.to.deliver.His.people..
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This. Egyptian. mythology. entered. Gnosticism. through. Simon. the. Magician. and. Marcus. the.
Sorcerer. from. Memphis. Egypt.. . Mixed. with. Christianity,. Gnostics. believed. that. they. would.
become."gods,".and.would.have.power.over.those.that.did.not.follow.their.mystic.religion...Simon.
the.Magician.taught.his.people.the."Third.Pull.".
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There. are. sects. within. the. Branham. following. that. remain. an. extension. to. this. Gnostic. faith...
While. despised. by. many. others. in. the. Branham. movement,. they. firmly. believe. Branham's.
teaching.that.they.will.become."gods".\.not.replacing.the."god.of.wrath".that.Branham.promoted,.
but.forming.a.Polytheistic.religion.similar.to.that.of.Egypt,.Babylon,.Greece,.Rome,.and.every.
pagan.religion.throughout.time....
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Branham.started.claiming.that.he.could.speak."squirrels.into.existence",.and.referenced.these.
passages.to.promote.the.Gnostic.teaching.that.we.will.become.gods:.
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This.is.one.Scripture.that.stumped.me:."Not.if.I.say,.but.if.you.say.".Not.if.Jesus.said.it,.but.if.you.
say. it. yourself.. . And. I. thought,. "Somehow. I've. broke. into. that. channel,. and. I. know. He's. here.
because.I'm.almost.beside.myself.".I.thought,."I'll.make.this.one.ridiculous,.sure.enough.".I.said,.
"They'd.be.a.red.squirrel.come.down.off.that.hill,.come.right.down.this.a\way,.and.right.by.me,.
and.go.out,.and.set.on.that.limb,.and.look.down.there.at.that.farmer.".Here.he.come.down.the.
hill,.went.right.out,.and.sat,.looked.at.the.farmer..And.I.shot.him..\.Branham,.65\1127E...
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He.made.Moses.a.god.to.Pharaoh.once..And.He.made.you.a.god.to.the.people..That's.right..And.
you.this.morning.are.written.epistles.of.God..Your\\your.lives.are.of.God,.and.even.carries.that.
Holy.Ghost..Look.here,.friends,.don't.let.it.pass..Don't.just.let.this.go.by,.as.just.a.little.mythical.
something...?....Will.you.do.that?...?....Branham,.49\1225.
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The.Bible.teaches.us.that.there.is.but.One.God,.and.one.Mediator.between.God.and.man,.Christ.
Jesus...While.a.Gnostic.version.of.faith.can.pull.scriptures.out.of.context.and.seem.like.the.Word.
of.God,.history.records.the.evil.produced.by.these.new.and.different.religions...While.the.more.
conservative.sects.of.the.Branham.faith.condemn.the.extremists.groups,.they.do.not.realize.that.
they.are.rebuking.siblings.from.the.same.father..
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We.are.children.of.the.King,.joint.heirs.with.Christ...To.a.lost.and.dying.world,.we.are.like.God,.
inheriting.eternal.life.through.faith.in.Jesus.Christ,.the.Son.of.the.Living.God...We.have.something.
that.the.world.does.not.have,.and.are.to.present.ourselves.as.His.messengers,.pointing.others.to.
the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ...We.are.sons.and.daughters.of.God..
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When.you.hear.men.promoting.doctrines.from.Jewish.Mysticism,.God.has.given.us.the.Tool.to.
test.their.teaching:.His.Word...Psalm.82.does.tell.us.that.we.are.like.gods.to.the.people,.but.
reminds.us.that.we.are.not.God;.we.are.mortals.designed.to.worship.the.One.True.God...The.last.
two.verses.of.the.chapter.sum.it.up.quite.nicely:.
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"God.has.taken.his.place.in.the.divine.council;.in.the.midst.of.the.gods.he.holds.judgment:.'How.
long.will.you.judge.unjustly.and.show.partiality.to.the.wicked?.Selah...Give.justice.to.the.weak.
and.the.fatherless;.maintain.the.right.of.the.afflicted.and.the.destitute...Rescue.the.weak.and.the.
needy;. deliver. them. from. the. hand. of. the. wicked.'. . They. have. neither. knowledge. nor.
understanding,.they.walk.about.in.darkness;.all.the.foundations.of.the.earth.are.shaken...I.said,.
'You.are.gods,.sons.of.the.Most.High,.all.of.you;.nevertheless,.like.men.you.shall.die,.and.fall.like.
any.prince.'..Arise,.O.God,.judge.the.earth;.for.you.shall.inherit.all.the.nations!".\.Psalm.82.
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A$Sodom$Condition$$
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Many. leaders. of. the. Pentecostal. movement. promoted. a. god. of. wrath. using. fundamental.
passages.of.scripture.and.twisting.them.out.of.context.to.suit.his.own.purpose...William.Branham.
was.no.exception..
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Throughout.the.Old.Testament,.we.find.examples.of.the.many.attributes.of.God,.which.include.
love,.joy,.peace,.patience,.kindness,.goodness,.faithfulness,.gentleness,.and.self\control,.which.
Paul.describe.as.the.Gifts.of.the.Spirit...After.describing.them,.Paul.says,.Against.such.things.
there.is.no.law..
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These.are.the.attributes.of.God,.but.the.most.fundamental.element.of.this.list.is.love...If.you.love,.
you.are.patient...If.you.love,.you.are.kind...If.you.love,.you.are.gentle,.in.self\control,.and.are.filled.
with.joy...God.is.not.the.god.of.wrath.that.was.promoted.by.the.message.of.William.Branham;.
he.is.a.God.of.Love.that.is.promoted.by.the.Bible..
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But.God.is.also.a.God.of.justice,.which.is.the.primary.focus.of.the.Pentecostal.movement;.a.God.
who.they.resurrected.Law.to.promote...Not.the.entire.Mosaic.Law,.however,.the.Pentecostal.
movement.pick\and\chose.which.laws.suited.their.agendas,.both.from.the.New.Covenant.and.
the. Old.. . Women. must. have. long. hair,. which. they. claim. was. a. new. law. established. by. the.
Apostle.Paul,.but.they.ignore.the.portion.of.that.scripture.stating.that.women.must.not.braid.
their.hair...The.braiding.of.hair.must.have.been.cultural!..Lets.ignore.that,.but.condemn.the.
entire. world. of. other. Christians. because. they. cant. see. which. law. we. picked. from. Pauls.
statements!.
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William. Branhams. ministry. focused. solely. on. the. judgment. side. of. the. scriptures,. which.
promoted.an.in\balanced.god..a.god.that.many.who.leave.the.message.refuse.to.serve...And.
with..absolute..justified.reason...If.this.ministry.was.based.on.complete.fiction,.then.this.god.
must.also.be.fiction...How.could.God.pretend.to.love.the.world.enough.to.send.His.Only.Son.to.
die.for.us,.if.he.is.a.god.of.wrath.that.would.not.care.about.the.people.of.Sodom?..Or.the.people.
of.the.entire.face.of.the.planet.during.Noahs.day?.
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And.William.Branham.combined.scriptures,.from.two.different.books.of.the.Bible,.promoting.this.
god.of.wrath.as.the.same.god.that.is.ready.to.bring.down.his.vengeance.upon.any.who.did.
not.believe.in.his.own.ministry...He.often.is.quoted.saying,.As.it.was.in.the.days.of.Noah.wherein.
eight.souls.were.saved,.so.also.shall.it.be.in.the.coming.of.the.Son.of.Man..
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But.these.passages.of.scripture,.one.taken.from.the.Gospels.and.the.other.taken.from.1.Peter.2.
and.3,.are.describing.two.of.the.attributes.of.God:..the.God.of.Love,.and.the.God.of.Justice.to.
protect.those.who.love.Him!..Peter,.describing.exactly.this.fact,.explains.why.the.eight.persons.
were.saved:.
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God's.patience.waited.in.the.days.of.Noah,.while.the.ark.was.being.prepared,.in.which.a.few,.
that.is,.eight.persons,.were.brought.safely.through.water...1.Peter.3:20.
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Youll.remember.that.patience.was.one.of.the.fruits.of.the.spirit,.and.is.a.result.of.the.Love.of.
God...God.protecting.his.own..
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Does.that.mean.that.God.did.not.love.the.people.of.Sodom?..By.no.means!..
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Just.as.we.have.a.set.of.laws.established.to.protect.our.good,.loving.and.caring.people.of.today.
from.the.wicked.and.evil.of.our.cities,.God.has.established.Himself.as.a.God.of.Justice.to.protect.
the. righteous.. . And. before. you. can. understand. what. the. righteous. means,. you. must. first.
remember.that.Branham.twisted.even.that.simple.of.a.statement...Righteous.does.not.mean.
those.who.believe.William.Branham.to.be.a.prophet.of.this.last.day..
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Those.riding.on.the.false.teaching.of.the.Pentecostal.movement.and.this.twisted.god.of.wrath.
use. Sodom. as. their. example.. . Our. god. is. a. VEANGEFUL. god,. one. who. cares. so. little. for.
mankind.that.he.would.demolish.an.entire.CITY.of.people!.
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Branham.used.Sodom.as.his.example.for.almost.every.major.doctrine...Billy.Graham,.another.
Christian.man.speaking.to.other.Christian.people,.was.described.by.William.Branham.as.going.
down.into.Sodom.by.speaking.to.the.Christian.denominations.of.faith...All.while.he,.himself,.
pretended.to.do.the.same.through.the.Full.Gospel.Businessmans.Association!..
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Some.pastors.influenced.by.this.false.teaching.use.homosexuality.as.their.platform.for.Sodom...
The.city.was.so.filled.with.homosexuals.that.God.smote.them.from.the.face.of.the.earth!..I.have.
heard.this.false.teaching.coming.from.so.many.pulpits.that.it.is.evident.to.see.that.the.Pentecostal.
movement.has.infected.the.church..
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If.we.read.Ezekiel.16,.we.find.that.Sodom.was.condemned.for.losing.the.love.of.their.fellow.man...
And.God.said.that.Jerusalem.was.worse.than.Sodom,.because.she.prostituted.herself.to.the.other.
pagan.nations.who.also.had.lost.love.for.their.fellow.man...This.love,.the.summary.of.all.of.the.
attributes.of.God,.is.what.God.considers.to.be.righteousness..
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But.to.protect.those.who.have.this.love.for.their.fellow.man.in.their.hearts,.God.must.become.a.
God.of.justice..
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Abraham.pleaded.with.God.for.Him.to.spare.Sodom...Genesis.18.explains.that.Abraham.begged.
God..if.there.be.50.who.had.righteousness.(love.for.their.fellow.man).found.in.Sodom,.please.
let.the.be.spared!...there.was.not..
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Abraham.continued.to.plead...Lord.if.there.be.45,.let.them.be.spared!..All.the.way.down.to.ten,.
Abraham. begged.. . If. there. just. be. ten. people. found. in. the. city. . a. massive. city. filled. with.
thousands.of.people.according.to.history..God.would.have.spared.them...Ten.people.who.had.
love.for.their.fellow.man!.
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But.there.was.not...These.people,.filled.with.hatred.and.evil,.filled.with.idolatry,.pagan.sacrifice,.
and.more,.were.a.threat.to.Gods.people...They.were.a.threat.to.love.itself..selfishness.breeds.
contempt...For.the.sake.of.Love,.for.the.sake.of.Mercy,.for.the.sake.of.Patience,.Longsuffering,.
and.Peace,.God.must.become.a.God.of.Justice...The.wicked.must.be.removed...
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Just.as.the.wicked.must.be.removed.during.Noahs.time...God.loved.righteousness..those.who.
love. their. fellow. man. . so. much. that. he. spared. even. eight. souls. from. the. entire. face. of. the.
planet!.
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He.loved.us.enough.to.use.the.entire.Old.Testament.describing.the.history.of.the.Mosaic.Law.as.
a.tutor.or.example.to.give.us.freedom...Just.as.weve.learned.in.the.Branham.movement,.law.
cannot.produce.love...Mankind.cannot.save.themselves.by.trying.to.enforce.rules.that.do.not.
abound.in.love...We.cannot.love.a.person.we.are.condemning.for.the.clothes.they.wear,.the.hair.
fashion,.or.the.painted.faces.if.we.prefer.our.laws.over.love.for.them...
.
There.were.300.blessings.if.mankind.kept.the.Mosaic.Law...There.were.300.curses.if.mankind.
failed.the.Law...Curses.included.severe.punishment,.even.to.captivity,.destruction.of.cities,.and.
death...The.final.curse.was.to.obliterate.mankind.from.the.face.of.the.planet...Men.like.Branham.
used.examples.of.Gods.justice.for.His.Law.as.their.platform...But.they.did.not.reinstate.the.300.
blessings.for.keeping.the.law..instead,.they.preached.the.300.curses...Especially.the.Day.of.the.
Lord,.which.was.the.curse.of.death..
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But.God.did.NOT.wipe.mankind.from.the.face.of.the.earth...He.loved.us...He.cared.for.us...He.sent.
His.Only.Son,.Jesus.Christ,.to.die.for.us...He.sent.Christ.to.live.the.Law,.to.keep.it,.to.fulfill.it,.and.
to.lift.it.from.us...He.not.only.lifted.the.curse.of.the.Law,.but.he.lifted.the.Law.itself,.placing.us.
under.a.New.Covenant,.an.Eternal.Covenant.of.Grace...He.brought.our.faith.back.to.the.original.
faith.of.the.fathers,.by.showing.us.that.righteousness..love.for.God.and.our.fellow.man..does.
not.come.by.Law...It.comes.by.faith.in.Jesus.Christ..
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Whenever.I.speak.to.someone.who.has.been.trained.to.believe.in.this.god.of.wrath,.I.realize.
that.I.am.speaking.to.the.same.person.that.the.Apostle.Paul.met.in.the.temples.of.Baal...All.they.
ever.knew.was.the.god.of.wrath,.and.the.God.of.Israel.must.have.seemed.very.much.like.their.
pagan.gods...All.they.knew.was.Justice,.and.never.knew.the.reason.behind.the.punishment.of.the.
Jews..
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But.the.Apostle.Paul,.showing.them.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ,.explained.to.them.that.it.was.
because.of.THEM...God.used.the.entire.history.of.the.Children.of.Israel.as.what.Paul.called.a.
tutor,.an.example.that.God.loves.us...God.cares.for.us...God.wants.us.to.love.one.another,.live.
in.peace,.and.be.free.from.wrath..
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This.is.the.God.of.the.Bible...This.is.the.God.I.now.serve...This.is.the.God.that.has.set.my.family.
free,.given.us.peace,.and.lifted.us.from.the.curse.that.bound.us.for.the.last.few.decades.of.our.
lives..
95.
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If.you.dont.know.this.God,.and.you.believe.that.the.God.of.the.Bible.is.a.god.of.wrath,.then.I.
beg.you.to.start.reading.in.the.Gospel.of.John...If.you.dont.know.the.God.of.Love,.then.you.have.
never.heard.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ..
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Hindering$The$Kingdom$
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The. assistant. pastor. at. the. church. we. attend. made. a. statement. last. Sunday,. touching.
momentarily.on.the.health.and.wealth.gospels.that.grew.from.Branham.and.Dowie...It.was.only.
a.few.words,.yet.that.statement.brought.several.deep.questions.when.you.compare.the."gospel.
of.divine.healing".with.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ.".
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Referring.to.people.asking.for.prayer.for.family.members.with.terminal.illness,.he.said.that.he.no.
longer.prayed,."Jesus.heal.them."..Instead,.he.asked.the.family.how.THEY.wanted.him.to.pray..
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God.is.the.great.Healer,.but.he.also.is.the.Savior...The.prayers.we.lift.in.faith.to.Him.are.answered,.
and.He.still.works.miracles.today...But.are.the.answers.always.what.we.expect?.
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John.chapter.11.tells.the.story.of.the.death.of.Lazarus,.a.story.often.used.as.an.example.in.the.
gospel.of.divine.healing...It.is.the.perfect.example.in.scripture.describing.Jesus.Christ.as.fully.God,.
fully.man...But.is.the.gospel.of.divine.healing.missing.the.much.bigger.picture?.
.
When.Mary.and.Martha.first.came.to.Jesus,.Lazarus.was.ill...Jesus.said.that.this.was.not.a.terminal.
illness,.telling.the.women.that."This.illness.does.not.lead.to.death."..In.other.words,.he.was.not.
one.that.had.a."hard.case".as.many.of.the.faith.healers.described.patients.with.cancer.or.multiple.
sclerosis...But.that.does.not.necessarily.mean.that.he.was.not.terminally.ill...Lazarus.did,.in.fact,.
die.from.his.sickness..
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But.Jesus,.being.fully.God,.fully.man,.knew.the.outcome.before.Mary.and.Martha.came.to.Him..
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And. I'm. sure. that. as. Lazarus. lay. there. suffering,. it. must. have. seemed. like. Jesus. missed. the.
"discernment."..He.was.dying,.and.all.around.him.could.see.it...But.remember,.Jesus.said,."It.is.
for.the.glory.of.God,.so.that.the.Son.of.God.may.be.glorified.through.it.".
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The.gospel.of.Divine.Healing.trained.the.people.to.place.their.faith.in.the.man.on.the.platform.as.
the."one.who.caused.the.sickness.to.flee."..While.still.believing.that.God.gives.the.healing,.many.
Christians.persuaded.by.this.movement.become.one.step.distanced.from.the.Mediator.between.
God. and. man. \\. otherwise. joining. together. in. prayer. with. two. or. three. at. home. would. have.
satisfied...When.Lazarus.was.healed,.Christ.was.glorified...When.God.heals.a.person.who.travelled.
from.afar.to.see.a."divine.healer,".that."healer".is.glorified..
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But.the.focus.of.this.story.is.not.the.single.man.who.was.suffering...Nor.was.it.on.the.disciples.
who.doubted.Jesus'.power.to.heal.when.they.said,."Let.us.also.go,.that.we.may.die.with.him."..
The.focus.of.the.story.was.not.even.on.the.Almighty.power.of.God.through.Jesus.Christ,.who.
could.raise.the.man....
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The.story.is.telling.us.that.Christ.can.raise.you.and.me,.no.matter.how.these.earthly.bodies.fade.
away...
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Jesus.said.to.her,."I.am.the.resurrection.and.the.life..Whoever.believes.in.me,.though.he.die,.yet.
shall.he.live,.and.everyone.who.lives.and.believes.in.me.shall.never.die..Do.you.believe.this?"..
She.said.to.him,."Yes,.Lord;.I.believe.that.you.are.the.Christ,.the.Son.of.God,.who.is.coming.into.
the.world.".\.John.11:25\27.
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The. ministry. for. many. great. names. preaching. the. "gospel. of. divine. healing". has. bore. much.
different. fruit. than. what. this. passage. of. scripture. describes.. . Followers. of. William. Branham.
believe.that.you.must.also.believe.in.William.Branham.to.inherit.salvation...Reading.scriptures.
similar.to.this,.they.associate.them.to.the.life.and.times.of.another.human.being,.and.feast.on.
those. stories. in. their. worship. services.. . It. is. no. different. for. the. followers. of. Dowie,. Roberts,.
McPherson,.or.many.of.the.hundreds.mentioned.in.Branham's.magazine."Voice.of.Healing.".
.
By.nature,.the.gospel.of.divine.healing.teaches.both."faith.in.faith,".and."faith.in.the.healer.who.
calls.on.the.Name.of.Jesus."..Many.who.have.been.influenced.by.this.movement.falsely.believe.
they. do. not. receive. healing. because. their. faith. was. insufficient.. . Some. of. the. "healers,". like.
Branham,.reinforce.this.belief,.passing.out.pamphlets.describing."how.to.keep.your.healing.".
.
But.as.Lazarus.lay.in.the.tomb,.the.people.did.not.believe..Some.said,."Could.not.he.who.opened.
the.eyes.of.the.blind.man.also.have.kept.this.man.from.dying?".
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Lazarus,.though.a.good.man.and.a.close.friend.of.Jesus,.was.destined.to.become.sick...His.life,.
sickness,.and.death.were.to.be.used.as.an.example.to.point.our.hearts.and.minds.to.Jesus.Christ...
The.story.tells.us.that.while.we.tend.to.focus.on.the.things.of.this.world.\\.our.possessions,.jobs,.
and.even.our.earthly.bodies,.Christianity.focuses.on.heavenly.things...To.be.more.concerned.with.
our.flesh.than.how.God.can.use.our.lives.to.save.another.from.death.is.to.practice.worldliness..
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If.Jesus.were.walking.this.earth.today,.and.watched.the.people.placing.their.faith.in.men,.what.
would. He. say?. . Would. he. bow. down. and. offer. praise. to. the. man. who. lifted. himself. above. a.
following?..Or.would.he.repeat.what.He.said.in.John.chapter.5?.
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How.can.you.believe,.when.you.receive.glory.from.one.another.and.do.not.seek.the.glory.that.
comes.from.the.only.God?.\.John.5:44.
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98.
Rev.$Jim$Jones$and$William$Branham$$
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Harmless.to.follow.a.man?.
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I.understand.that.we.have.an.evangelist.song.leader.here.from.Indianapolis..I.believe.he.sings.
at.CADLE.TABERNACLE..Is.that.right?.All.right,.sir..THAT'S.HIS.PLACE.at.Cadle.Tabernacle..How.
many.remembers.E..HOWARD.CADLE?.Oh,.my!.God.rest.his.precious.soul..The.mockingbird.of.
the.air,.a.woman.that.I.loved.to.hear.sing,.better.than.anybody.I.nearly.ever.heard.sing.in.my.life,.
was.Mrs..Cadle,.singing,.'Ere.you.left.your.room.this.morning,.did.you.think.to.pray.in.the.Name.
of.Christ.our.Savior,.as.a.Shield.today?.
Branham,.62\1014E.A.Guide.
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What.if.I.could.call.this.morning....What.if.I.could.go.call.E..HOWARD.CABLE,.an.old.friend.of.
mine.with.the.CADLE.TABERNACLE,.was.a.drunken.sot.laying.out.yonder,.and.the.flies.blowing.
his.mouth.and.the.vomiting.in.a.barroom.and.a....What.do.you.think.if.I.could.go.to.the.celestial.
realms.of.glory.and.call.Howard.Cadle.down.this.morning.to.testify?.You've.heard.his.broadcast.
for.years.through.here...A.bosom.friend.of.mine.down.from.Milltown,.Indiana,.where.I.pastored.
a.little.old.Baptist.church.down.there..I'd.say,.'Brother.Cadle,.I.want.you.this.morning,.in.the.face.
of.the.Philadelphian.Church,.tell.me.Who.you.think.the.Son.of.God.is?'.Hallelujah..If.he.could.walk.
down.tonight.he'd.say,.'I.was.a.drunken.sot..I.was.laying.yonder.drunk,.debauched,.and.dying..
And.a.little.mother.out.behind.a.corn.crib.somewhere.praying.in.the.Name.of.Jesus.Christ,.when.
He.sent.His.Angel.to.deliver.me.and.made.a.minister.that.sent.thousands.of.souls.to.the.glory.
Land..
Branham,.53\1213M.What.Think.Ye.of.Christ.
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[Newspaper.advertisement.of.'The.Open.Door'.by.Rev..Jim.Jones.of.the.People's.Temple...William.
Branham. is. 'Special. Speaker'. at. Jones'. meeting. at. the. Cadle. Tabernacle. June. 11\15,. 1956,. in.
Indianapolis.Indiana].
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JUNE.11...CADLE.TABERNACLE...WILLIAM.BRANHAM...TO.JIM.JONES'.CONGREGATION:.
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Thank.you.very.much..Now,.before.we.set.down.shall.we.just.pray.a.moment,.as.we.bow.our.
head..Blessed.heavenly.Father,.as.we.come.into.Thy.Presence.tonight,.with.glad.hearts....Oh,.to.
hear. the. testimonies. of. Thy. children. that. Thou. has. delivered. from. the. wages. of. sin;. and. has.
healed.their.sick.bodies;.and.giving.them.happy,.joyful.hearts.to.serve.Thee,.we're.very.happy..
And.we.pray,.God,.that.this.will.be.the.beginning.of.many.others,.that.maybe,.is.suffering.tonight,.
may.be.healed.and.delivered.from.their.afflictions..May.it.be.the.hour,.that.when.many.will.make.
their.eternal.decision.for.their.eternal.destination,.by.choosing.the.Lord.Jesus.and.forsaking.the.
world..Grant.these.blessings..Hide.us.behind.Calvary.tonight..And.may.we.see.Him,.Who.said,."I.
am.the.Resurrection.and.Life.".And.as.we.think,.in.this.dark.hour.that.we're.now.living,.of.what.
could.happen,.we're.so.glad.to.know.that.a.settled.faith.in.Christ.can.take.its.stand.on.the.Rock.
of.Ages.while.the.troubled.waters.are.beating.at.its.feet,.and.look.away.across.the.sea,.Who.said\
\to.Him.Who.said,."I.am.the.Resurrection.and.Life.".There.rests.its.assurance.that.someday.its.
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Creator.and.Maker.will.come.pack.it.away..Help.that.faith.to.be.anchored.in.every.heart.tonight,.
as.we.go.into.the.service.for.Thee..In.the.Name.of.Thy.beloved.Child,.the.Lord.Jesus,.we.ask.it..
Amen..Be.seated..Today.has.been.a.great.and.wonderful.day.for.me,.this.afternoon.and.through.
the.day,.of.many.interviews.and.so.forth,.with.the.different.delegations.that's.coming.and.the.
planning.for.services.in.the.future.and.so.forth..And.then,.once.in.a.while.on.the.street.passing.
someone.who.is.sick.and.see.the.hand.of.our.Lord.reach.out.in.mercy.to.them..
Branham,.56\0611.Hear.Ye.Him.
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Now.I.wish.to.take.just.a.moment.here;.I.think.it's.my.lot.to.teach.tomorrow.afternoon.here.I.
believe,. at. the. Tabernacle.. Is. that. two\thirty?. At. two\thirty. for. just. about. thirty. minutes. I.
suppose,.or.whatever.the.'lotted.time.is..[Brother.Joseph.Boze.says,."Two.hours."\\Ed.].Couldn't.
do.that,.Brother.Joseph..But.He....We.have.some.at....It's.very.nice.of.you.to.say.those.things,.
because. I\I. know. there's. just\\there's. one. thing.... Someone. was. trying. to. give. me. a. doctors.
degree.not.long.ago..And.I.said,."I'm.too.smart.for.that.".I.said,."I\\I.know.better;.the.people.does.
too.".So....If.a.man.knows.his.limitations.and...".Now.with.my.old.Kentucky."his,".and."hain'ts,".
and. "tote,". and. "fetch,". and. "carry,". you. know. people. know. how. I. wouldn't. be. a. doctor. of.
divinity..And.so.I\\I'm.just.Brother.Branham,.you.see,.so....And.so,.but.in.the.audience.tonight.is.
many.real.men.deserving.who.are.doctors.of.divinity..How.I.wish.I.had.their.education.and.had.
their.ability.to.do.that.they.can,.but.I.haven't.got.it..So.I.just.have.to.depend.on.God.to.work.on.
your.hearts.that.to.believe.what.I.say,.that's.all,.only.way.I.know..
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JUNE.12...MISSING.FROM.BRANHAM.ORG.LIBRARY..
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JUNE.13...MISSING.FROM.BRANHAM.ORG.LIBRARY..
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JUNE.14:.
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Now,. we. have. one. more. night. after. tonight. in. this. lovely. gathering. here. in. the. great. Cadle.
Tabernacle..And.we're.so.happy.to.be.here;.and.for.the.Open.Door.to.meet.together,.worship.
the.Lord..And.the.Lord.has.been.blessing.us.tremendously,.I.feel..And.this.great.convention.that.
has. come. to. Indianapolis,. and. I. am. so. happy. that. they. invited. me. to. have. a. part. of. this.
convention:.to.speak.to.you,.the.purchase.of.the.Blood.of.the.Lord.Jesus..I've.often.wondered.
what.I.would.do.if.I.have.two.drops.of.the.literal.Blood.of.Christ,.that.I.could.hold.in.my.hand.in.
a.charger..How.I'd.walk.with.it.so.carefully.that.I.would.not.spill.it..But.I.think.tonight,.I.have.in.
His.sight,.greater.than.two.drops.of.the.literal.Blood..I.have.the.purchase.of.His.Blood.before.me..
So.I'm.very.careful.of.what.I.say.to.the.purchase.of.His.Blood...So.it.was....It's.our.intention.to.try.
to.help.further.the.cause.of.Christ.and.make.people\\the.world,.as.Mr..Cadle.used.to.say.it.here.
at.the.tabernacle,.'A.better.place.to.do\\easier.to.do.right.and.harder.to.do.wrong,'.something.of.
that.order..And.many.of.you.has.heard.the\\the.brother.say.that..And.we're.thinking,.tonight.that.
he.is\\a.place.where.they'll.never.be.any.more.wrong:.in.glory..The.Bible.said,.'They.rest.from.
their.labors,.but.their.works.do.follow.them.'.And.that.is.right..The.Lord.bless.the\\this.Word..Mr..
Ford,. that. I. just. had. the. privilege. of. meeting,. just. a. few. moments. ago,. a. very. fine. Christian.
gentleman.....
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Branham,.56\0614.God.Provided.a.Lamb.
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So.LAST.EVENING.we.was.trying.to.speak.on.Abraham..And.I.got.part.of.the.way.through.to.my.
text,.and.we.had.to.hurry..So.I.thought,.maybe,.TONIGHT.ID.FINISH.IT.UP.and.give.us.a.chance.
to.dismiss.a.little.earlier..And.maybe.tomorrow.night,.being.the.great.press....TOMORROW.NIGHT.
IS.CLOSING.OF.THIS.CONVENTION,.and.usually.on.that.night,.there's.more.takes.place.than.any.
other.night;.because.it's.the\\the.pressure,.the.anticipation..And.many.times,.as.far.as.the.healing.
that.they.press.hard,.and.they.know.they've.got.to.have.faith.right.now.or.not.have.it.at.all;.so.
they.press.right.up..And.usually.our.Lord.does.great.things.for.us..So.we're.expecting.tomorrow.
night....And.will.you.pray.with.me.that.there.will.not.be.one.sick.or.feeble.person.left.among.us?.
.
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I.want.to.ask.you.something..Do.you.feel.strange?.I\\I'm.not.going.by.feelings,.but.I'm.going.by.
that.vision,.and\\and.something's.happened.here..Now,.I.believe.that.if.there's.anybody.crippled.
or.afflicted,.I.believe.you're.healed..I\\I\\I....Something....I.believe.that.every.sinner's.forgiven..I.
believe.the.Holy.Spirit's.going.to.baptize.this.place,.illuminate.it..Are.you.ready,.people?.Are.you.
ready.to.receive.it?.
Look. at. the. people. standing. up. just. automatically.. Here. it. is.. Why,. it's. all. over. the. building,.
everywhere..
O.God,.our.heavenly.Father,.pour.Thy.Spirit..I.condemn.the.devil.
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Life.is.a.[CENSORED].disease...Its.worse.than.cancer,.its.a.disease!..And.theres.only.one.cure.
for.the.[CENSORED].disease!..Thats.death!..[MEMBER.FROM.THE.CONGREGATION.SAYS,.THATS.
RIGHT.]..And.socialists.can.only.take.one.form.of.death,.what.is.it?..Fight.a.[CENSORED].war,.or.
revolutionary.suicide..
Jones,.1978,.Jonestown.
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This.is.a.sincere.question..
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Why.do.they.not.allow.the.followers.to.have.access.to.those.sermons?.
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101.
Adding$New$Prophecies$into$The$Table$
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Between. versions. of. "The. Table,". the. software. package. sold. by. Voice. of. God. Recordings.
containing.the.transcripts.to.the.audio.sermons.of.William.Marrion.Branham.which.some.refer.
to.as."The.Book.of.Elijah,".we.find.many.subtle.and.some.not\so\subtle.differences...From.time.
to.time,.I.compare.the.latest.version.of.the.software.(now.2014).with.the.transcripts.from.before.
Voice.of.God.took.ownership.of.the.collection...It.is.interesting.to.watch.the.text.as.it.takes.new.
life,.growing.into."new.revelation.".
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As.we.pointed.out.last.year,.removal.of.a.single.word.in.a.sentence.can.change.not.only.the.point.
being.made.by.the.speaker,.but.sometimes.the.context.of.the.entire.section...By.removing.the.
word. "homosexual,. one. might. think. William. Branham. was. referring. to. other. sins. of. sexual.
nature....
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Even. worse,. we. find. sections. of. recorded. sermon. being. inserted. with. the. claim. that. these.
sections. were. "lost". and. now. "found.". . How. do. we. know. they. were. inserted. in. the. proper.
position?..How.do.we.know.they.are.complete?..By.adding.words.into.the.middle.of.a.sermon,.
the.entire.course.of.the.sermon.can.be.refocused..
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But.last.night,.I.came.across.something.very.disturbing...Sections.of.text.were.being.inserted.into.
"The.Table".without.the.recorded.audio..."New.Revelations".claiming.to.be."past.visions".are.
inserted.into.the."book.of.Branham."..It.is.appalling;.this.is.something.we.do.not.find.even.in.the.
"Book.of.Mormon,".and.we.do.not.have.the.sons.of.Joseph.Smith.altering.the.book..
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The.addition.is.enough.to.raise.an.eyebrow.of.even.the.most.devout.Branham.follower...Branham.
spoke.so.harshly.against.men.building.large.buildings,.taking.the.money.that.was.used.to.further.
the.Gospel.and.spending.it.on.themselves...As.he.blasted.people.like.Oral.Roberts,.he.cried.out.
that.there.were.people.spreading.the.gospel.without.even.shoes.on.their.feet!.
.
And.many.of.the.followers.know.Branham's.voice.\\.those.who.have.spent.a.lifetime.immersing.
themselves. into. a. ministry. filled. with. "Kentucky\English,". broken. sentences,. and. overall. poor.
grammar...There.are.evangelistic.organizations.that.have.written.reference.guides.to.explain.the.
Kentucky.Grammar.to.other.languages.and.cultures....
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What. will. these. cultures. say,. having. been. trained. to. use. their. "Kentucky. Translator,". and.
suddenly.see.the.text.of.a."vision".that.does.not.translate?..Did.William.Branham.suddenly.have.
a.spurt.of.education?.
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But.this.vision.is.not.one.for.the.church...It.is.not.a.vision.designed.to.further.the.Body.of.Christ,.
no.special.instructions.by.God.for.the.comfort.of.His.children.and.no.doomsday.prophecies.that.
align.with.the."god.of.wrath".that.he.promoted...This.vision.is.solely.for.the.furthering.of.the.
Branham.legacy,.describing.the.very.same.thing.that.Branham.condemned.the.religious.leaders.
of.his.day.for.doing:.
102.
.
Building.a.new.building..
.
In.the."vision.of.the.forest.cathedral,".Billy.Paul.Branham.(speaking.as.William).says.this:.
.
"The.subject.would.have.two.climaxes..I.was.laying.a.background.for.my.first.climax,.when.all.of.
a.sudden.I.noticed.that.it.was.getting.late,.near.the.noon.hour,.and.my.congregation.began.to.
get. physically. hungry.. And. they. started. getting. up. and. walking. out,. with. the. intention. of.
returning,. but. they. must. have. physical. food. according. to. their. thinking,. and. some. were. just.
getting.tired.of.listening..I.noticed.to.my.right.side.some.young.married.people.were.leaving,.and.
I.screamed.out.to.them,."Don't.go!.For.all.these.wonderful.things.that.I.have.showed.you,.you.
don't.know.where.they.have.come.from.or.where.you.can.find.them!".Then.that.was.to.be.my.
first.climax..I.grabbed.my.Bible.and.screamed,.making.the.climax,."They.are.found.in.the.Bible,.
for. I. am. commissioned. to. preach. only. the. Bible!". But. the. congregation. walked. on.. I. looked.
towards.the.forest.church,.and.no.one.was.there..Then.I.turned,.and.I.said.that.was.the.first.
climax,.but.in.my.heart.I.knew.that.they.would.be.back.for.the.evening.service,.and.all.I.would.
have.to.do.would.be.lay.a.little.background.of.my.morning.service,.then.I.could.reach.that.great.
climax.for.the.evening.service..And.my.heart.was.so.thrilled,.as.I.turned.from.my.forest.cathedral,.
to. wait. for. the. evening. service. to. begin.". \. Billy. Paul. Branham. speaking. as. William. Marrion.
Branham.(Sermon.Index.62\1030X)..
.
John.Chapter.12,.immediately.after.Lazarus.was.raised.from.the.dead,.describes.the.time.Christ.
was. to. be. glorified.. . It. was. a. time. when. the. Body. became. the. temple,. and. the. Lord. dwelt. in.
houses. not. made. with. earthly. hands.. . It. was. a. time. when. Jesus. Christ. became. the. new. High.
Priest,.establishing.the.Eternal.Covenant.of.Grace.and.ascending.to.the.right.hand.of.the.Father....
.
In.this.passage,.Christ.makes.a.statement.that.many.are.familiar.with:.
.
And.Jesus.answered.them,.'The.hour.has.come.for.the.Son.of.Man.to.be.glorified...Truly,.truly,.I.
say.to.you,.unless.a.grain.of.wheat.falls.into.the.earth.and.dies,.it.remains.alone;.but.if.it.dies,.it.
bears.much.fruit...Whoever.loves.his.life.loses.it,.and.whoever.hates.his.life.in.this.world.will.keep.
it.for.eternal.life...If.anyone.serves.me,.he.must.follow.me;.and.where.I.am,.there.will.my.servant.
be.also..If.anyone.serves.me,.the.Father.will.honor.him..\.John.12:23\26.
.
Let's.imagine.that.William.Branham.actually.had.a.sudden.spurt.of.education,.and.was.able.to.
speak. such. good. English.. . Does. this. prophecy. serve. Jesus. Christ,. or. William. Branham?. . Can. a.
"message".to.be.given.to.the.entire.world.be.spoken.through.a.single."forest.cathedral?"..Will.
God.require.the.two.to.four.million.followers.worldwide.to.visit.this.cathedral.to.hear.the.audio.
recording.from.a.dead.prophet?..
.
Does.not.this.vision.of.a."forest.cathedral".conflict.with.Branham's."tent.prophecy".that.most.of.
the.religious.following.has.now.abandoned?.
.
103.
Is.this.a.good.way.further.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ?..Or.is.this.simply.a.good.way.to.further.Voice.
of.God.Recordings?.
.
.
104.
Jim$Jones$and$the$Open$Door$
..
The.Branham.Cult.will.tell.you.that.William.Branham.had.the.power.to.peer.into.the.hearts.of.
men,.revealing.even.their.deepest.secrets...So.overwhelming,.in.fact,.that.he.claimed.he.must.be.
carried.from.the.platform.after.the."Spirit".made.use.of.his.body.for.this."discernment.".
..
Did.his."discernment".fail.during.a.five\day.joint.healing.campaign.with.the.infamous.Reverend.
Jim.Jones.of.the.Jonestown.Massacre?.
..
His.opening.statements.to.the.five\day.campaign:.
..
"Thank.you.very.much..Now,.before.we.set.down.shall.we.just.pray.a.moment,.as.we.bow.our.
head..Blessed.heavenly.Father,.as.we.come.into.Thy.Presence.tonight,.with.glad.hearts....Oh,.to.
hear. the. testimonies. of. Thy. children. that. Thou. has. delivered. from. the. wages. of. sin;. and. has.
healed.their.sick.bodies;.and.giving.them.happy,.joyful.hearts.to.serve.Thee,.we're.very.happy..
And.we.pray,.God,.that.this.will.be.the.beginning.of.many.others,.that.maybe,.is.suffering.tonight,.
may.be.healed.and.delivered.from.their.afflictions..May.it.be.the.hour,.that.when.many.will.make.
their.eternal.decision.for.their.eternal.destination,.by.choosing.the.Lord.Jesus.and.forsaking.the.
world..Grant.these.blessings..Hide.us.behind.Calvary.tonight..And.may.we.see.Him,.Who.said,."I.
am.the.Resurrection.and.Life.".And.as.we.think,.in.this.dark.hour.that.we're.now.living,.of.what.
could.happen,.we're.so.glad.to.know.that.a.settled.faith.in.Christ.can.take.its.stand.on.the.Rock.
of.Ages.while.the.troubled.waters.are.beating.at.its.feet,.and.look.away.across.the.sea,.Who.said\
\to.Him.Who.said,."I.am.the.Resurrection.and.Life.".There.rests.its.assurance.that.someday.its.
Creator.and.Maker.will.come.pack.it.away..Help.that.faith.to.be.anchored.in.every.heart.tonight,.
as.we.go.into.the.service.for.Thee..In.the.Name.of.Thy.beloved.Child,.the.Lord.Jesus,.we.ask.it..
Amen..Be.seated..Today.has.been.a.great.and.wonderful.day.for.me,.this.afternoon.and.through.
the.day,.of.many.interviews.and.so.forth,.with.the.different.delegations.that's.coming.and.the.
planning.for.services.in.the.future.and.so.forth..And.then,.once.in.a.while.on.the.street.passing.
someone.who.is.sick.and.see.the.hand.of.our.Lord.reach.out.in.mercy.to.them.".
..
Statements.made.a.few.months.after.the.joint.campaign.with.Jim.Jones:.
..
Happy.to.see.today.as.our.host.pastor.Brother.James.Jones,.from.Indianapolis,.back.there..So.
happy,.and.the.brother.from.Spindale,.also..Brother.Winston.Hare.from.California....I.believe.just.
as.looking,.I.seen.Brother.Sothmann.here.with.last.from\\from.up.in.Canada,.where.we.just.had.
the.great.meeting.up.there..And.many.other.friends,.that's.just.come....It.certainly.is.a.privilege.
today.to.speak.to.such.a.host.of.people,.who.I\\I'm.expecting.to.live.an.eternity.with.in.glory...
56\1002A.FATHER.THE.HOUR.HAS.COME.
..
Describing.a."vision".of.the.people.during.the.five\day.campaign...We.have.not.yet.been.able.to.
identify.any.such.vision.on.the.sermons.during.that.series...Nor.have.we.been.able.to.identify.any.
instance.or.reference.to.Jim.Jones...The.portions.of.the.recorded.sermons.offered.by.Voice.of.
105.
God. Recordings. for. the. Indianapolis. campaign. at. the. Cadle. Tabernacle. do. not. include. those.
portions.of.audio..
..
I.want.to.ask.you.something..Do.you.feel.strange?.I\\I'm.not.going.by.feelings,.but.I'm.going.by.
that.vision,.and\\and.something's.happened.here..Now,.I.believe.that.if.there's.anybody.crippled.
or.afflicted,.I.believe.you're.healed..I\\I\\I....Something....I.believe.that.every.sinner's.forgiven..I.
believe.the.Holy.Spirit's.going.to.baptize.this.place,.illuminate.it..Are.you.ready,.people?.Are.you.
ready.to.receive.it?.Look.at.the.people.standing.up.just.automatically..Here.it.is..Why,.it's.all.over.
the. building,. everywhere.. O. God,. our. heavenly. Father,. pour. Thy. Spirit.. I. condemn. the. devil.
Branham,.
56\0614.God.Provided.A.Lamb.
..
William.Branham's.doomsday.prophecy.was.1977..
..
Jim.Jones'.doomsday.massacre.was.1978..
.
.
106.
Job$
.
The.book.of.Job.is.included.in.the.list.of.the.greatest.literature.of.all.time..This.book.of.the.Old.
Testament.is.written.in.the.form.of.a.didactic.poem.posing.one.of.the.world's.oldest.questions:.
Why.do.the.righteous.suffer?.
.
The.Christian.version.of.this.book.is.written.in.very.simple.poetic.structure,.with.chapters.1.and.
2. being. the. prologue.. The. middle. portion. of. the. book. is. written. in. open. dialog. between. Job,.
Eliphaz,.Bildad,.Zophar.and.later.Elihu,.and.then.the.dialogue.between.Yahweh.and.Job..The.last.
chapter.of.the.book.is.written.as.an.epilogue,.bringing.an.end.to.a.perfectly\written.book.that.
many.in.the.world.\\.even.non\Christians.\\.are.familiar.with..
.
In.the.Christian.version,.Job.is.simply.a.righteous.man.that.God.has.allowed.Satan.to.test..But.in.
the.Islamic.version.of.this.book,.Ayyub.[Job].is.a.prophet:..
.
BEHOLD,.We.have.inspired.thee.[O.Prophet].just.as.We.inspired.Noah.and.all.the.prophets.after.
him. \. as. We. inspired. Abraham,. and. Ishmael,. and. Isaac,. and. Jacob,. and. their. descendants,.
including.Jesus.and.Job,.and.Jonah,.and.Aaron,.and.Solomon;..
Quran.S\4:163.
Interestingly,.Branham.also.claims.that.Abraham.purchased.a.burial.plot.near.the.location.of.Job's.
tomb..While.Abraham.and.Sarah.are.buried.in.the.Cave.of.the.Patriarchs,.very.little.is.known.
about.Job's.burial.tomb.or.even.Job's.lifespan.as.compared.to.other.Bible.fixtures..The.only.piece.
of.information.we.have.the.name.of.the.land,.Uz,.which.is.mentioned.in.the.book.of.Job..Uz.is.
identified.with.Edom.in.scripture,.which.lies.in.southwestern.Jordan.as.compared.to.the.Cave.of.
the.Patriarchs.in.Hebron,.West.Bank..
.
According.to.Braham,.Job.was.a.prophet.whose.fame.had.spread.through.the.land..In.his.version.
of.Job,.the.accusers.were.part.of.a.great.number.of.people.that.came.from.the.East.and.the.West.
to. hear. the. Word. from. the. Lord. spoken. through. Job,. because. his. future. predictions. were.
accurate.. While. the. Christian. Bible. focused. on. the. faithfulness. of. God,. the. version. Branham.
promoted.with.elements.from.Islam.was.focused.upon.prophecy...
.
As.the.drama.unfolded,.Branham.claimed.that.Job.tried.and.was.unable.to.get.inspiration.;.while.
Job.tried.to.produce.a.vision,.Satan.hindered.his.ability.to.peer.into.the.future..In.the.climax.of.
the.story,.Job.was.finally.able.to.put.himself.out.of.the.way.enough.to.see.a.vision,.and.that.vision.
was.powerful.enough.to.stop.Satan's.tormenting....
.
.
107.
The$Toddler$Prophet$
.
Followers.of.William.Branham.believe.that.as.a.toddler,.young.William.became.the.mouthpiece.
for.God.to.his.parents,.telling.them.that.they.were.to.move.near.a.city.called.'New.Albany'..In.the.
accounts.given.on.recorded.tape,.Branham.claimed.that.a.voice.spoke.to.him.from.a.tree.and.
gave.him.this.prophecy..According.to.Branham,.this.event.happened.at.the.early.age.of.fifteen.
months.\\.a.time.when.most.children.are.learning.motor.skills.and.attempting.to.grasp.the.basics.
of.language...
.
As. you. will. find. with. the. descriptions. of. many. of. Branham's. prophecies,. the. details. of. this.
prophecy.change.over.time,.and.it.was.not.a.gradual.progression.of.change;.the.changes.in.detail.
seem. to. differ. from. telling. to. telling.. While. sometimes. he. claimed. this. vision. came. to. him. at.
fifteen.months,.in.other.sermons.he.described.this.prophecy.being.given.around.age.four..And.
while. age. four. would. seem. more. likely. . at. an. age. when. the. language. skills. would. have.
developed.enough.to.correctly.communicate.this.prophecy.to.his.parents.\\.The.Branham.family.
had.already.been.in.Indiana.for.almost.a.year..The.birth.of.William's.younger.brother,.Edward.
"Humpy".Branham,.took.place.after.their.move...
.
If. we. examine. the. birthdates. of. his. siblings,. combined. with. Branham's. descriptions. of. the.
toddlers. in. the. log. cabin,. we. find. several. conflicts. with. the. idea. that. Branham. had. sufficient.
language.and.motor.skills.to.properly.relay.this.vision.to.his.parents,.or.to.even.understand.what.
a.'city'.meant..Branham.would.often.describe.himself.as.wearing.a.toddler's.dress,.and.described.
"Humpy". as. crawling. around. in. the. same. outfit..According. to. Branham,. this. vision. took. place.
while.Humpy.was.still.crawling.on.the.floor.in.that.dress..Humpy.was.born.in.Kentucky.on.May.
12,. 1910.. During. these. life. stories. Branham. would. claim. to. have. been. born. April. 6,. 1909.. He.
claimed.that.the.family.moved.less.than.a.year.later,.which.would.place.the.family's.relocation.
around.May.12,.1912.\\.assuming.Humpy.was.walking.by.the.age.of.one.year..The.next.brother.
born.into.the.family,.Melvin.Branham,.was.born.in.Indiana.in.1912..Only.William.and.Humpy.were.
born.in.Kentucky...
.
But.if.we.bind.these.prophecies.to.a.'toddler.prophet,'.we.create.other.major.conflicts.with.the.
life.stories..Branham.claimed.to.have.supported.his.poor.mother.and.siblings.after.the.death.of.
his.father,.Charles,.and.this.support.came.through.hunting.and.trapping.to.sell.the.skins.of.his.
prey..While.it.would.be.a.phenomenon.for.a.toddler.to.have.the.language.skills.necessary.to.
understand.and.relay.a.prophecy.from.God,.it.would.be.an.impossibility.for.his.tiny.arms.to.carry.
the.rifle.as.he.wandered.through.the.wilderness..These.stories.of.his.childhood.included.accounts.
of.his.other.siblings.in.the.log.cabin,.but.with.only.Branham.and."Humpy".being.born.in.Kentucky,.
the.other.children.in.the.story.did.not.yet.exist...
.
As.this.prophecy.is.tested,.we.find.several.major.issues..And.unlike.the.prophets.of.the.Bible,.this.
prophecy.was.not.written.down.by.scribes,.handed.down.through.time.until.the.event.happened,.
and. tested. according. to. the. vision's. accuracy.. The. only. way. we. have. to. test. this. particular.
108.
prophecy.is.through.Branham's.accounts.of.the.vision,.which.would.imply.that.we.are.studying.a.
fictional.prophecy...
..
.
.
109.
Bridge$Prophecy$
.
William.Branham.claimed.to.have.been.given.a.vision.by.God.concerning.the.construction.of.the.
Clark.Memorial.Bridge.that.joins.Southern.Indiana.to.Louisville.Kentucky.over.the.Ohio.River..In.
his.descriptions.of.this.vision,.Branham.claimed.to.have.seen.the.deaths.of.sixteen.men.as.they.
fell.from.the.bridge.and.drown..It.was.a.prophecy.of.destruction,.similar.to.other.prophecies.
given. by. Branham. to. his. followers;. a. proclamation. of. death. from. God. through. this. prophet.
without.reason.or.a.plea.for.repentance..
.
The. George. Rogers. Clark. Memorial. Bridge. began. construction. in. June. 1928,. and. was. finally.
opened.to.the.public.on.October.31,.1929.as.a.toll.bridge..According.to.government.records,.
William.Branham.was.20.years.old.during.the.final.stages.of.the.bridge's.construction..This.would.
have.given.plenty.of.time.to.warn.the.authorities.of.the.men.whose.lives.would.otherwise.be.lost.
and.their.families..But.we.find.no.record.warning,.only.the.description.of.what.he.claimed.to.have.
been.a.vision.from.God..
.
But.history.tells.a.much.different.story..During.its.construction,.the.operations.were.monitored.
by.the.United.States.Coast.Guard..Their.observation.of.the.construction.is.recorded.in.a.series.of.
log. books.. The. logs. were. entered. every. two. hours. of. every. day,. and. those. logs. recorded.
everything.from.the.daily.barometric.pressures.to.the.groceries.and.other.supplies.used.by.the.
men.at.work..While.the.logs.do.record.deaths,.none.of.them.were.caused.by.drowning..Instead,.
they. describe. several. rescue. operations. and. and. only. two. fatalities.. History. does. not. record.
sixteen.men.falling.from.this.bridge..
It.is.common.knowledge.that.several.men.died.by.falling.from.a.bridge.that.spans.the.Ohio.River.
from.Kentucky.into.Indiana,.however,.events.which.have.been.recorded.in.the.historical.records.
of.Jeffersonville..There.were.over.thirty.fatalities.during.the.construction.of.the.Big.Four.Bridge..
Twenty.of.these.fatalities.occurred.in.a.single.incident..The.Big.Four.bridge.was.built.in.sections.
placed.upon.pillars,.and.during.severe.winds.one.section.was.damaged..Forty\one.workers.were.
standing. on. this. section. when. it. fell.. New. construction. came. to. a. halt. when. the. bridge. was.
repaired.with.additional.support..
.
The. subject. of. William. Branham's. vision,. Clark. Memorial. Bridge,. was. not. constructed. in. this.
manner..According.to.the.local.bridge.authorities,.the.method.used.during.its.construction.is.the.
same.method.used.today,.and.this.type.of.bridge.construction.has.endured.due.to.its.increased.
safety..The.Clark.Memorial.bridge.was.seen.as.a.huge.success.with.a.limited.number.of.fatalities,.
none.of.which.were.a.result.of.drowning...
.
This.prophecy.is.clearly.the.result.of.the.words.of.a.man,.not.the.Word.from.the.Lord..Some.have.
claimed.that.he.was.mistaken.about.which.bridge.the.prophecy.described,.but.the.Big.Four.Bridge.
ended. construction. in. 1895,. long. before. William. Branham. was. born.. In. addition,. there. is. no.
record.that.this.prophecy.was.given.before.the.event..It.would.seem.as.though.William.Branham.
claimed.an.event.in.the.history.of.the.city.as.a.new.'prophecy,'.but.like.the.other.prophesies.we.
will.examine,.the.facts.do.not.match.its.declaration..The.prophet.has.spoken.presumptuously...
110.
...
..
.
.
111.
Baptism$
.
William.Branham.claimed.to.have.held.a.baptismal.service.in.the.banks.of.the.Ohio.River.that.
drew.international.fame..According.to.the.story,.thousands.attended.and.over.five.hundred.were.
baptized..As.Branham.was.immersing.the.seventeenth.person,.a.light.shone.from.the.heavens.
and. God. Himself. spoke. from. the. heavens.. In. a. story. that. parallels. Jesus'. baptism. by. John,.
Branham.claimed.that.the.Father.announced.his.ministry.by.saying,."As.John.the.Baptist.was.sent.
forth.to.forerun.the.first.coming.of.Christ,.you.have.the.Message.that'll.now.forerun.the.second.
Coming.of.Christ.".
.
This.supernatural.event,.according.to.Branham,.gathered.a.very.large.crowd.in.Jeffersonville..Five.
hundred.people.were.baptized,.the.local.news.arrived,.and.the.Associated.Press.quickly.picked.
up.the.story..And.according.to.Branham,.these.reporters.printed.the.story.of.the.mystic.light.in.
an.article.that.quickly.spread.throughout.the.United.States.and.Canada..
.
Those.who.study.this.event.quickly.find.great.difficulty,.due.to.the.fact.that.the.Associated.Press.
archives. contain. no. such. article.. And. while. one. would. assume. this. edition. of. the. newspaper.
would.be.found.on.display.in.the.ministry.headquarters,.Voice.of.God.Recordings,.it.is.not.to.be.
found..We.can.only.rely.on.the.statements.made.by.William.Branham.himself,.along.with.the.
actual. story. that. was. printed. in. the. newspapers. \\. which. seems. to. have. not. gained. national.
attention.. The. reporter. who. described. the. baptismal. service. did. not. take. notice. of. a. massive.
gathering,. an. unusual. number. of. converts. to. Christ. being. baptized,. a. light. shining. from. the.
heavens.nor.a.voice.announcing.William.Branham's.ministry..In.fact,.according.to.the.reporter.
on.the.scene,.there.were.not.even.seventeen.converts,.no.mention.of.the.baptism,.and.even.
more.interesting,.no.mention.of.the.tabernacle.which.supposedly.held.the.meeting...
.
.
112.
The$Prophecies$of$1933$
.
Around.1951,.William.Branham.started.claiming.to.have.had.a.series.of.prophecies.in.1933..From.
events. in. the. World. War. to. the. rise. in. technology. to. the. complete. destruction. of. the. United.
States,.some.of.these.prophesies.were.proclaimed.as.the.coming.future.for.mankind.while.others.
were.abandoned.by.Branham.in.the.latter.part.of.his.ministry...
.
As.a.follower.of.William.Branham.you.are.asked.to.believe.in.a.partial.list.of.these.prophecies,.
which.consist.of.the.following:.
..
.
1..Roosevelt.(later.changed.to.Hitler).would.take.America.into.a.second.world.war.(read.more).
2..Mussolini.would.invade.Ethiopia.and.that.would.be.his.last.invasion.(read.more).
3..The.Maginot.or.Siegfried.Line.would.be.built.
4.. Cars. will. become. shaped. like. an. egg. (later. changed. to. automatic. guidance. systems). (read.
more).
5..The.United.States.would.be.ruled.by.a.woman.(later.changed.to.President.Kennedy.and.the.
Catholic.Church).(read.more).
6..A.progression.of.decay.in.the.morality.of.women.
7..The.United.States.would.be.smoldering.and.burning.
.
Towards.the.end.of.his.ministry,.two.additional.prophecies.were.added.to.this.list,.both.of.which.
are.required.by.the.followers.of.William.Branham..Branham.claimed.that.in.this.same.series.of.
visions,. he. saw. the. Pope. leaving. Rome,. and. the. Protestant. churches. abandoning. their. belief.
systems.to.join.into.Catholicism..Also,.he.claimed.to.have.seen.women.reducing.the.amount.of.
clothing.they.wore.to.nothing.more.than.a.fig.leaf,.and.pointed.out.that.the.fig.leaf.garments.
were.already.displayed.in.Life.magazine...
.
Additionally,.Branham.appended.another.two.prophecies,.claiming.that.they.were.also.given.to.
him.in.1933,.and.thankfully.these.added.prophecies.are.not.required.in.his.following..Branham.
claimed.to.have.given.a.warning.from.the.Lord.to.avoid.eating.eggs,.and.another.prophecy.as.
warning.against.living.in.valleys..Branham.himself.did.not.participate.in.these.warnings.that.he.
claimed.to.have.received.from.God,.eating.eggs.frequently.and.living.in.the.Ohio.River.valley.for.
the.majority.of.his.life..
.
Many.of.his.followers.also.believed.these.prophecies.would.all.come.to.pass.by.the.end.of.1977,.
based.on.a.prediction.he.made.in.1963..Since.then,.all.references.to.the.year.1977.are.ignored.
by.the.followers.of.William.Branham...
.
Although. William. Branham. himself. claimed. to. have. had. only. six. (or. seven). prophecies,. if. we.
combine.all.of.the.accounts.of.these.prophecies.he.claimed.had.been.given.to.him.by.God.in.the.
year.1933,.and.separate.them.by.internal.conflicts,.we.end.up.with.a.much.larger.list:..
.
113.
1..Roosevelt.would.take.America.into.a.second.world.war..
2..Hitler.would.take.America.into.a.second.world.war..
3..Mussolini.would.invade.Ethiopia.and.that.would.be.his.last.invasion..
4..The.Maginot.would.be.built.
5..The.Siegfried.Line.would.be.built.
6..Cars.will.become.shaped.like.an.egg.
7..Cars.will.have.automatic.guidance.systems.
8..The.United.States.would.be.ruled.by.a.woman.
9..The.United.States.would.be.ruled.by.the.Catholic.Church.
10..The.United.States.would.be.ruled.by.president.Kennedy;.whose.wife.was.the."Jezebel".for.
this."age."..
11..Women.will.wear.fig.leafs.
12..United.States.would.be.destroyed.
13..Do.not.eat.eggs.
14..Do.not.live.in.valleys.
.
Branham.claimed.that.these.prophecies.were.written.in.the.flyleaf.of.his.Bible.in.some.of.his.
sermons,.while.in.others.he.said.that.they.were.in.a.notebook.in.his.desk.drawer..Towards.the.
end.of.his.ministry,.these.claims.changed.to.an.account.that.he.buried.the.paper.containing.the.
description.of.these.prophecies.in.the.cornerstone.of.the.Branham.Tabernacle.in.Jeffersonville..
This. cornerstone. was. purportedly. placed. in. the. year. 1933,. so. the. tale. is. plausible,. and. some.
followers.accept.this.statement..In.other.instances.of.his.retelling.of.these.prophecies,.however,.
Branham.specifically.claimed.to.be.reading.from.the.original.piece.of.paper,.pronouncing.and.
spelling.the.words.as.though.he.were.having.difficulty.in.reading.his.own.handwriting..But.in.fact,.
that.the.deed.to.the.Tabernacle.was.not.issued.until.years.later,.and.the.newspapers.describe.
William.Branham.preaching.from.tents.in.1933..Branham.himself.claimed.to.have.been.pastoring.
from. a. Masonic. Temple. during. this. time,. and. when. combined. with. the. 1936. deed,. there. are.
several.discrepancies...
.
Those.familiar.with.Mormon.apologetics.will.recognize.this.strategy..As.the.Mormon.faith.cannot.
produce.the.Word.from.the.Lord.that.Joseph.Smith.claimed.were.inscribed.on.the.metallic.plates,.
the.following.of.William.Branham.cannot.produce.the.original.copy.or.copies.of.the.written.Word.
from.God.to.William.Branham..\.See.more.at:..
.
114.
An$Angered$God$
.
Followers.of.William.Branham.believe.that.the.1937.flood.in.Southern.Indiana.was.the.result.of.
the. wrath. of. God. against. him. for. heeding. his. mother\in\law's. advice. and. refraining. from.
associating.with.the.Pentecostal.movement.that.was.taking.the.nation.by.storm..According.to.
Branham,.his.wife.Hope's.mother.was.strongly.opposed.to.her.daughter.becoming.associated.
with.those."holy.rollers,".and.Branham.did.not.heed.the.calling.by.God..
.
Because.this.God.was.angered,.Branham.claimed.that.He.sent.the.1937.flood.as.punishment..In.
a.tragic.tale,.Branham.described.being.marooned.on.an.island.has.his.wife.was.caught.in.the.
storm,. unable. to. reach. her. and. protect. her.. Branham. then. described. Hope. and. his. daughter.
Sharon.Rose.dying.in.his.arms.in.a.hospital..This.horrific.turn.of.events.became.the.turning.point.
in.his.ministry;.Branham's.conversion.to.Christ.by.joining.the.Pentecostal.faith..
.
It. would. seem. that. this. emotional. story. was. given. to. produce. an. overwhelming. feeling. of.
compassion.in.his.listeners,.because.very.little.of.the.story.matches.historical.fact,.and.Branham's.
accounts.of.this.life\changing.event.do.not.match.in.his.numerous.tellings.of.his.life.story..
.
He.describes.a.dying.Hope.speaking.to.the.nurse,.who.happened.to.be.a.life\long.friend.of.the.
family,. instructing. her. to. find. a. man. like. Branham.. However,. the. name. of. the. nurse. changes.
between.different.recitations.of.the.tale..One.might.expect.that.he.would.not.forget.the.identity.
of.this.nurse,.considering.her.supposed.close.association.with.his.family..
.
But.the.most.conflicting.information.to.be.found.on.this.subject.concerns.the.period.of.time.that.
William. Branham. was. the. assistant. pastor. to. Roy. E.. Davis.. In. many. of. his. sermons. Branham.
mentioned.that.Davis.was.a.Baptist.minister..However,.according.to.contemporary.newspaper.
advertisements,. Hope. was. an. active. leader. in. the. youth. ministry. in. Davis'. church,. which. was.
already.affiliated.with.the.Pentecostal.movement...
.
After. Davis. left. the. scene,. Branham. started. his. own. fellowship,. and. it. was. not. called. the.
"Branham. Tabernacle". as. his. followers. assume. Branham's. church. was. the. "Pentecostal.
Tabernacle".at.the.corner.of.8th.street.and.Penn.street...
.
.
115.
Faith$Healing$
.
Partnered.with.Ern.Baxter,.William.Branham.travelled.the.world.to.pray.for.the.sick..While.Baxter.
filled. tents,. auditoriums,. and. open. spaces. with. people. eagerly. listening. to. his. preaching,.
Branham.would.follow.up.with.prayer.lines.for.those.in.need.of.healing..Through.the.widespread.
reach.of.the.Apostolic.Faith.Missions,.the.Baxter\Branham.campaigns.quickly.spread.into.South.
Africa,.which.would.produce.a.large.number.of.followers.in.the.southern.regions.of.the.African.
continent..
.
Joining.them.was.Frank.Francis.Bosworth,.whose.background.to.the.faith.healing.ministry.would.
become. a. fundamental. element. to. the. religious. teachings. of. William. Marrion. Branham..
Bosworth.himself.was.a.depression\era."faith.healer,".receiving.his.doctrinal.teaching.from.the.
world\renowned. faith. healer,. the. late. John. Alexander. Dowie.. Through. Bosworth,. Branham.
became.familiar.with.Dowie,.his.teaching,.and.his.once.great.following.in.Zion.City,.Illinois..
.
Branham's.own.faith.healing\ministry.was.in.full\swing.in.1945,.as.described.in.a.pamphlet,."I.
Was.Not.Disobedient.to.The.Heavenly.Vision.".In.this.pamphlet,.Branham.described.a.vision.that.
he.claimed.was.been.given.to.him.by.God,.in.which.he.saw.a.large.group.of.people.in.white.robes.
which.represented.his.followers..In.1949.Branham.updated.this.commission.to.include.the.story.
of.an.angel.visitation,.which.Branham.would.later.claim.was.the.beginning.of.his.faith\healing.
ministry...
.
Through. the. years,. the. description. of. this. angel. and. the. description. of. the. surroundings.
frequently.changed,.from.a.clean\shaven.man.to.a.man.with.a.long,.black.beard.or.a.long,.white.
beard,.sometimes.wearing.a.turban..This.life\changing.event.happened,.according.to.Branham,.
in.either.a.cave,.a.cabin.with.a.window,.or.some.other.unknown.location,.but.all.described.the.
same.underlying.story:.An.angel.in.the.form.of.a.man.instructing.Branham.to.elevate.the.people's.
faith.in.William.Branham..Branham.would.often.quote.this.angel.as.saying,."If.you.can.get.the.
people.to.believe.in.you,.then.nothing.will.stand.in.your.way,.not.even.cancer."..
.
Branham's.campaign.would.issue."prayer.cards".to.the.sick.and.afflicted,.asking.them.to.describe.
their.illness.and.give.their.name.and.address..These.cards.were.taken.up.by.the.ushers.and.would.
then.be.given.to.Branham.for.prayer,.and.Branham.would.call.the.numbers.associated.with.each.
prayer. card.. As. people. approached. the. pulpit,. Branham. would. claim. God. had. revealed. the.
information.written.on.those.same.cards.to.him,.a.gift.Branham.called."discernment.".Though.it.
is.not.often.mentioned.in.the.churches.in.this.movement,.during.the.early.part.of.his.ministry.
Branham. claimed. to. have. experienced. vibrations. in. his. hand. as. a. person. approached. the.
platform..These.vibrations,.Branham.claimed,.would.cause.the.color.and.the.temperature.of.his.
hand.to.change..This."gift,".according.to.Branham's.story.about.the.angel,.was.a.parallel.to.God.
speaking.to.Moses..Branham.would.often.describe.the.words.of.the.angel,."As.Moses.was.given.
two.signs,.so.are.you.given.two.signs.".Because.of.this,.pastors.in.the.Branham.movement.teach.
that.of.the.three.signs.given.to.Moses,.only.two.of.them.were.truly."signs,".the.other.was.simply.
116.
another.plague..(Gods.signs.to.Moses.included.the.staff.of.the.serpent,.the.leprous.hand,.and.
the.turning.of.the.water.of.the.Red.Sea.into.blood.)...
..
.
117.
A$Pillar$of$Fire$by$Night$
.
In.a.January.1950.meeting.in.the.Houston.Coliseum,.a.photograph.was.taken.of.William.Branham.
as.he.stood.behind.the.pulpit,.preaching..The.photograph.contains.a.streak.of.light.above.William.
Branham's.head,.and.the.Branham's.followers.believe.that.the.photographer.captured.the.same.
"Pillar.of.Fire".that.led.the.Children.of.Israel.out.of.Egypt..though.the.photographer.and.those.
seated.in.the.photograph.did.not.see.it.themselves..According.to.Branham,.this.was.the.same.
light.that.the.Apostle.Paul.witnessed.in.the.desert,.and.God.allowed.it.to.be.photographed.as.a.
supernatural.sign.to.his.followers..
.
.
Followers. believe. that. this. picture. was. authenticated. by. the. "head". of. the. Federal. Bureau. of.
Investigation,.sent.immediately.to.Washington,.DC.for.verification,.and.hangs.still.today.in.a.place.
called.the."Religious.Hall.of.Art.".Branham.claimed.that.George.J..Lacy,.the.man.who.examined.
the.photograph,.was.called.in.from.California.specifically.to.examine.the.photograph..Though.
Lacy. was. not. employed. by. the. FBI. and. was. local. to. Houston,. he. did. sit. on. the. board. for. The.
American.Society.of.Questioned.Document.Examiners,.which.was.engaged.by.the.Bureau.from.
time.to.time..
.
In.his.examination.of.the.photograph,.Lacy.confirmed.that.the.photograph.had.not.been.altered,.
but.did.not.confirm.the.source.of.the.light..And.though.the.photograph.is.similar.to.other.pictures.
taken.in.the.Houston.Coliseum,.followers.of.Branham.believe.that.the.source.of.this.light.was.a.
supernatural.being..Though.William.Branham.claimed.that.this.photograph.was.the.only.one.God.
allowed. to. develop,. other. photographs. of. the. event. were. printed. and. published. in. the. local.
newspapers...
.
After. taking. this. particular. picture,. however,. the. photographer. would. not. it. until. it. was.
copyrighted.with.the.Library.of.Congress..Because.of.this.delay,.an.issue.of.Branham's.magazine,.
The.Voice.of.Healing,.was.held.back.until.the.photo.was.released...
.
.
118.
A$Cloud$by$Day$
.
In.late.February.of.1963.a.strange.cloud.formed.over.Northern.Arizona..This.cloud.slowly.formed.
into.a.ring,.floated.across.Arizona.from.west.to.east,.and.drew.nationwide.attention.as.scientists.
tried.to.determine.its.origin..Though.examination.of.his.recorded.sermons.prove.that.he.was.in.
Houston,. Texas. at. the. time,. followers. of. William. Branham. believe. that. he. was. standing.
underneath.this.cloud.as.it.passed.by..According.to.Branham,.he.was.hunting.javelina.during.this.
angelic.visitation,.and.he.witnessed.the.event.as.it.took.place..However,.hunting.season.fell.in.
March.that.year..not.February.when.the.cloud.occurred..Nevertheless,.followers.of.Branham.
are. taught. to. believe. that. this. cloud. formation. is. actually. a. photograph. of. angelic. beings..
Branham.claimed.that.seven.angels.visited.him.on.the.day.the.cloud.appeared,.and.that.the.cloud.
was.a.trail.of.water.vapor.they.left.behind.as.they.exited.the.Earths.atmosphere...
.
Incidentally,.Branhams.first.mention.of.this.cloud.did.not.take.place.until.June,.when.he.was.
given.a.copy.of.the.Life.magazine.article.that.described.the.cloud.formation..Prior.to.seeing.the.
magazine.article,.Branham.claimed.that.these.seven.angels.met.him.in.his.room.in.Jeffersonville.
to.give.the.revelation.of.the.Seven.Seals..After.the.publication,.the.story.of.the.cloud.and.hunting.
trip.became.integrated.into.his.sermons.with.descriptions.of.his.seeing.this.cloud.form.in.the.
skies.as.the.angels.made.their.ascension..
.
.
119.
Marks$of$the$Beast$
.
Followers.of.William.Branham.are.trained.to.believe.that.the.parable.of.the."foolish.virgins".in.
Matthew.25.is.referring.to.the.churches.of.the.twentieth.century,.the.followers.of.Branham.being.
the.virgins.who.kept.their.lamps.trimmed,.and.all.other.Christians.who.did.not.accept.William.
Branham's.teachings.being.the.foolish.virgins.who.were.caught.unawares..According.to.Branham,.
those.who.believe.in.the."prophet.for.their.day".will.be.raptured.before.the.tribulation,.while.all.
other.Christians.will.suffer.torment..
.
In.the.early.part.of.his.ministry,.William.Branham.claimed.that.communism.was.the.Mark.of.the.
Beast,.and.claimed.that.he.prophesied.of.the.rise.of.communism.in.his.prophecies.of.1933..But.
in. the. latter. part. of. his. ministry,. Branham. claimed. that. all. denominations. that. rejected. his.
message.had.already.taken.the.Mark.of.the.Beast,.promoting.the.idea.that.there.were.two.classes.
of.people:.us.(those.who.did.not.have.the.Mark),.and."them".those.that.rejected.his.ministry.and.
had.taken.the.Mark.of.the.Beast..
.
Branham's.timeline.for.this.event.to.take.place.is.difficult.to.pinpoint.due.to.his.varying.thoughts.
on.the.subject..In.some.places,.Branham.promoted.the.idea.that.the.Mark.of.the.Beast.would.
come.after.the.Bride.had.been.raptured.and.the.Great.Tribulation.had.begun,.while.other.places.
Branham. claimed. that. all. other. denominations. had. already. taken. the. Mark.. When. Branham.
started. promoting. the. Jewish. Mysticism. teaching. of. "Serpent's. Seed,". Branham. began. to.
promote.the.idea.that.the.Mark.started.in.the.Garden.of.Eden,.and.those.that.were.from.the.
seed.of.Abraham.were.the.only.ones.who.did.not.have.the.Mark.within.them..
.
Throughout.his.ministry,.Branham.taught.that.one.or.more.of.the.following.was.the."Mark.of.the.
Beast":..
..
.
Communism.
Apostasy.
Union.of.Churches.
Unbelief.
Catholicism.
Rome.
Not.having.the.Gift.of.the.Holy.Spirit.
To.blaspheme.the.Holy.Spirit.
Any.denomination.of.faith.other.than.Branham's.
Not.descending.from.the.seed.of.Abraham.
.
Over.time,.this.teaching.resulted.in.a.strong.separation.between.Branham's.following.and.other.
Christians..While.Branham.claimed.that.the.Mark.of.the.Beast.would.happen.after.the.rapture,.
he.began.to.promote.the.idea.that.denominational.churches.had.already.taken.the.Mark.of.the.
Beast..Those.inside.the.churches.were.already.condemned.to.eternal.separation..
120.
.
The.churches.Branham.name.specifically.as.the."evil.ones".were:.Pentecostals,.Presbyterians,.
and.Baptists....
.
.
121.
Ground$Rules$
.
William.Branham.promoted.the.idea.that.an.ascetic.lifestyle.would.produce."rapturing.faith.".
Throughout.the.course.of.his.ministry,.Branham.listed.several.forms.of.entertainment,.articles.of.
clothing,.sports,.and.other.forbidden.pleasures.that.he.believed.true.Christians.should.refrain.
from..Though.many.of.these.are.no.longer.required.in.the.denomination.of.faith.that.follows.
William.Marrion.Branham,.some.isolated.churches.remain.who.mold.their.lives.to.these.extra\
biblical. doctrines.. Since. Branham's. death,. those. who. firmly. support. this. doctrine. include.
additional.requirements.for.their.members.and.expand.upon.Branham's.rules.to.create.a.stricter.
code.of.conduct...
.
.
According.to.William.Branham,.the.following.are.not.permitted..Some.of.the.items.listed.bind.
closely.to.his.latter.description.of.the."Mark.of.the.Beast":.
.
Entertainment.
.
No.watching.television.
No.watching.movies.
No.comic.books.
No.rock.music.
No.telling.jokes.
.
Dress.Code.for.Women.
No.trousers.of.any.kind.
No.shorts.
No.low.cut,.sheer.or.form.fitting.clothing.
Any.garment.that.shows.the.knees.is.forbidden.
No.painting.fingernails.
No."booster".bras.
No.high\heeled.shoes.
No.open\toed.shoes.
No.earrings.
No.cosmetics.
No.haircuts,.trimming,.or.split\end.removal.
No.wearing."dime.store.jewelry".
No.wearing.the.latest.fashion.
.
Dress.Code.for.Men.
Must.wear.pants.
No.shorts.
No.suede.shoes.for.men.
No.sideburns.for.men.
122.
No.bangs.
No.flat\top.haircuts.
.
Eating.Rules.
No.eating.hybrid.food.
No.eating.eggs.
No.soup.suppers.
No.drinking.alcohol.
.
Women.in.General.
Women.are.forbidden.to.work.
Women.are.forbidden.to.vote.
No.birth.control.
No.loving.dogs.
Must.be.divorced.if.they.cut.their.hair.\\.THUS.SAITH.THE.LORD.
.
Men.in.General.
Naming.your.son."Ricky".is.forbidden.
Naming.your.son."Elvis".is.forbidden.
.
Sports.and.Recreation.
No.baseball.
No.basketball.
No.bowling.
No.ball.games.in.general.
No.pool.games.
No.bingo.
No.Bunco.
No.dice.
No.cards.
No.dancing.
No.parties.
No.sunbathing.
No.hula.hoops.
No.swimming.parties.
Men.swimming.in.the.same.pool.with.women.is.forbidden.
.
Dating.Rules.
No.kissing.(before.marriage).
No.marrying.a.woman.who.has.been.kissed.
Interracial.marriage.is.forbidden.
Breaking.a.marriage.engagement.is.forbidden.
.
Household.Rules.
123.
No.Easter.bunny.
No.Santa.Claus.
No.animals.in.the.house.
Putting.fuel.in.your.vehicle.on.Sunday.
No.living.in.valleys.
.
124.
Jehovahs$Witness$
.
William.Branham.promoted.the.idea.that.Jesus.Christ.of.the.New.Testament.was.Jehovah.of.the.
Old.Testament,.which.is.the.fundamental.teaching.of.Charles.Taze.Russell..While.Branham.taught.
that.Jesus.was.the.fullness.of.God,.he.also.taught.that.Christ.was.not.eternal...
.
According.to.Branham.and.Russell,.Jesus.was.the.archangel.Michael,.who.fought.the.angelic.wars.
in.heaven..Satan,.who.was.equal.in.rank.to.Michael,.became.consumed.with.his.beauty.and.was.
cast.down.from.the.heavens..While.Michael.remained.at.the.side.of.the.throne,.Branham.taught.
that.Satan.designed.women,.caused.her.to.fall,.and.turned.the.entire.earth.into.his.own."Eden.".
.
Branham.taught.that.Christ.was.born.by.immaculate.conception,.yet.was.nothing.more.than.a.
man.. It. was. not. until. his. baptism. that. God. "poured. Himself". into. the. man,. Jesus. Christ,. and.
according.to.Branham,.this.is.when.Christ.became.the."god\man.".
.
But.this."god\man".was.limited.in.power..According.to.Branham,.Christ.did.not.have.the.power.
to.heal.unless.first.having.seen.a.vision.from.the.Father..And.at.an.ultimate.showdown.in.the.
Garden.of.Gethsemane,.angels.sat.around.watching.as.the."god\man".was.changed.again.into.a.
mortal.human.being..Jesus,.according.to.Branham,.died.as.nothing.more.than.a.man...
.
.
.
125.
The$Easy$Questions$
.
When.you.first.stumble.onto.your.first.discrepancy.in.either.the.doctrines,.prophecies,.or.life.
stories.of.William.Branham,.it.can.be.overwhelming..One.false.statement.exposes.another,.and.
another.after.that..Very.soon,.you.find.yourself.digging.through.mounds.of.information.to.find.
very.little.that.is.not.fiction..
.
Sadly,.there.are.many.who.start.digging.only.to.find.themselves.consumed.with.questions.that.
have.no.answers,.and.they.quickly.return.to.their.former.state.in.a.worse.condition.than.when.
they.started..Without.a.clear.plan.of.action,.these.people.are.not.willing.to.dedicate.the.time.to.
untangle.the.mess.that.is.lies.beneath..
.
It's.best.to.start.with.the.easy.questions..We've.lined.up.the.topics.that.are.easily.proven.fiction.
by.Scriptural.truth,.historical.fact,.and.Branham's.own.words..As.you.gradually.start.to.untangle.
the.truth.for.yourself,.the.easy.questions.will.give.you.breadcrumbs.to.follow.as.you.dig.deeper.
into.the.deceptive.teachings.and.fictional.stories..For.example,.when.you.listen.to.a.man.claiming.
all.other.men.are.going.to.hell.for.wearing.shorts,.it's.very.easy.to.identify.the.false.doctrine.when.
you.catch.the.man.wearing.the.shorts.himself..
.
.
126.
The$Cloud$
.
William.Branham.claimed.to.have.had.a.vision.describing.the.need.to.travel.west.and.meet.with.
five.angels..Five,.according.to.Branham,.had.a.significant.meaning.in.the.spiritual.realm.since.
the.English.word.for."grace".had.five.letters..So.he.travelled.west...
.
But.in.later.telling.this.spiritual.event.revolved.around.seven.angels,.not.five..And.according.to.
Branham,.these.seven.angels.instructed.him.to.return.to.Jeffersonville,.Indiana,.to.receive.the.
"revelation.of.the.seven.seals.".During.the.meeting,.Branham.claimed.that.each.of.these.seven.
angels.met.him.in.his.room.each.day,.and.that.he.knew.absolutely.nothing.about.the.sermon.on.
the. day. prior.. This. description. of. seven. angels. (not. five). continued. until. a. magazine. article.
describing.a.mysterious.cloud.was.handed.to.him...
.
After.several.sermons,.and.now.having.a.photograph.of.a.cloud,.Branham.started.to.claim.that.
he.was.standing.directly.underneath.the.cloud.when.it.had.drifted.overhead..In.fact,.he.claimed.
that. he. watched. this. cloud. being. formed. as. the. seven. angels. broke. through. the. earth's.
atmosphere.directly.overhead...
.
This.event.was.supposed.to.have.happened.during.his.javelina.hunt.in.the.mountains.of.Arizona..
And. though. Branham. did. travel. west. to. hunt,. he. arrived. prior. to. hunting. season.. Before. the.
season. started,. Branham. was. asked. to. travel. to. Houston,. Texas. to. help. create. support. for. a.
photographer's. son. who. was. in. prison. and. had. been. sentenced. to. die.. Ironically,. that.
photographer.is.the.same.person.who.took.the.other.iconic.photograph.used.in.the.following.of.
William.Branham:.the."halo".picture...
.
Branham.preached.a.sermon.entitled."An.Absolute".in.Houston,.describing.his.upcoming.hunting.
trip.. According. to. Branham,. the. hunting. trip. was. upcoming,. and. his. agenda. was. to. return. to.
Arizona.to.hunt.javelina.hogs.until.it.was.time.to.return.home.to.Jeffersonville.for.an.upcoming.
meeting...
.
There's.just.one.problem:.This.Houston.sermon.was.given.on.March.4,.1963,.and.the.cloud.had.
already.passed.through.Arizona.on.February.28,.1963!..
.
The.cloud.was.formed.at.Vandenberg.Air.Force.Base..According.to.research,.the.most.likely.cause.
of.the.formation.was.due.to.a.T.H.O.R..missile.detonation.\\.which.commonly.produced.clouds.
similar.to.the.one.displayed.in.the.Life.magazine..It.floated.from.west.to.east.over.320.kilometers.
north.of.Branham's.hunting.location,.and.was.sighted.several.times.along.the.northern.part.of.
Arizona.in.the.evening.of.February.28,.1963...
.
The.location.does.not.match.Branham.was.out.of.state..The.timing.does.not.match;.Branham.
claimed.to.have.seen.the.cloud.in.the.morning.instead.of.in.the.evening..And.the.hunting.season.
that.year.did.not.begin.until.March.1st,.creating.an.impossible.situation...
.
127.
James. McDonald. carried. out. research. to. testify. in. the. United. States. Senate. on. behalf. of.
Unidentified. Flying. Object. researchers. in. the. United. States.. His. investigation. is. key. to. the.
identification.of.the.origin.of.the.cloud,.and.because.this.situation.proved.to.have.been.caused.
by. humans. instead. of. Martians,. McDonald. abandoned. research. on. the. mysterious. cloud. in.
Arizona...
.
With.his.abandoning.study,.followers.of.William.Branham.use.the.lack.of.investigation.as.proof.
of.the.unknown..Not.knowing.that.McDonald.was.on.his.way.to.becoming.an.outcast.in.his.peer.
group,.they.assume.McDonald.was.a.top.scientist.whose.only.purpose.was.to.study.this.cloud..
Sadly,.McDonald.was.unable.to.prove.the.existence.of.little.green.men,.and.ultimately.committed.
suicide.after.humiliating.himself.in.the.United.States.Senate.chambers..
.
.
128.
The$Bridge$
.
When.God.allows.a.prophet.to.see.into.the.future,.the.events.made.known.cannot.be.wrong;.
God.Himself.cannot.be.wrong..For.this.reason,.the.Bible.tells.us.that.we.are.to.test.the.prophets.
\\.if.any.single.prophecy.given.does.not.come.to.pass.exactly.as.the.prophet.has.spoken,.then.the.
prophet. was. not. speaking. from. the. authority. of. God.. Instead,. we. are. instructed. to. avoid. the.
prophet,.because.they.are.attempting.to.lead.us.astray..
..
.
Do.not.despise.prophecies,.but.test.everything;.hold.fast.what.is.good..Abstain.from.every.form.
of.evil..
1.Thessalonians.5:20\22..
.
But. the. prophet. who. shall. speak. a. word. presumptuously. in. My. name. which. I. have. not.
commanded.him.to.speak,.or.which.he.shall.speak.in.the.name.of.other.gods,.that.prophet.shall.
die..And.you.may.say.in.your.heart,.how.shall.we.know.the.word.which.the.LORD.has.not.spoken?.
When.a.prophet.speaks.in.the.name.of.the.LORD,.if.the.thing.does.not.come.about.or.come.true,.
that.is.the.thing.which.the.LORD.has.not.spoken..The.prophet.has.spoken.it.presumptuously;.you.
shall.not.be.afraid.of.him...
Deuteronomy..18:20\22.
.
.
William.Branham.claimed.to.have.been.given.a.vision.by.God.concerning.the.construction.of.the.
Clark.Memorial.Bridge.that.joins.Southern.Indiana.to.Louisville.Kentucky.over.the.Ohio.River..In.
his.descriptions.of.this.vision,.Branham.claimed.to.have.seen.the.deaths.of.sixteen.men.as.they.
fell. from. the. bridge.. It. was. a. prophecy. of. destruction,. similar. to. other. prophecies. given. by.
Branham.to.his.followers;.a.proclamation.of.death.from.God.through.this.prophet.without.reason.
or.a.plea.for.repentance..
.
As.Christians,.we.should.examine.every.prophecy,.no.matter.how.big.or.small,.and.learn.what.
God.is.trying.to.tell.us..What.was.the.importance.of.this.prophecy?.Did.God.issue.a.warning.of.
judgment.without.a.call.to.repentance?.Does.this.prophecy.lead.us.closer.to.God,.or.simply.closer.
to.William.Branham.as.the."seer?".Did.this.prophecy.come.to.pass.as.Branham.Claimed?..
.
The. George. Rogers. Clark. Memorial. Bridge. began. construction. in. June. 1928,. and. was. finally.
opened.to.the.public.on.October.31,.1929.as.a.toll.bridge..According.to.government.records,.this.
would.place.William.Branham.at.an.age.of.20,.which.would.place.Branham.at.an.age.to.give.the.
warning.to.the.target.of.the.prophecy.\\.the.men.whose.lives.would.be.claimed.and.the.families.
that.would.lose.their.loved.one..
.
But.history.tells.a.much.different.story..During.its.construction,.the.operations.were.monitored.
by.the.United.States.Coast.Guard..Their.observation.of.the.construction.is.recorded.in.a.series.of.
log.books.in.logs.that.were.entered.every.two.hours.each.day,.and.those.logs.record.everything.
129.
from.the.barometric.pressures.to.the.groceries.and.other.supplies.needed.by.the.men.at.work..
The.logs.do.record.deaths,.but.not.from.a.fall.from.the.bridge..While.they.describe.several.rescue.
operations. and. and. two. fatalities.. But. history. does. not. record. sixteen. men. falling. from. this.
bridge..
It. is. common. knowledge. that. several. men. died. from. a. bridge. spanning. the. Ohio. River. from.
Kentucky.into.Indiana,.however,.and.that.history.can.be.found.in.any.of.the.historical.records.of.
Jeffersonville.. There. were. over. thirty. fatalities. curing. the. construction. of. the. Big. Four. Bridge,.
twenty.of.which.occurred.during.a.single.incident..The.Big.Four.bridge.was.built.in.sections.placed.
upon. pillars,. and. during. severe. winds. one. section. was. damaged.. Forty\one. workers. were.
standing.upon.this.section.when.it.fell,.and.the.construction.came.to.a.halt.while.they.repaired.
the.bridge.with.additional.support..
.
The.Clark.Memorial.Bridge,.on.the.other.hand,.was.not.constructed.in.this.manner..According.to.
the.local.bridge.authorities,.the.method.used.during.its.construction.is.the.same.method.used.
today,.and.this.type.of.bridge.construction.has.endured.due.to.its.increased.safety..The.Clark.
Memorial.bridge.was.seen.as.a.huge.success.with.a.limited.number.of.fatalities,.none.of.which.
were.a.result.of.a.worker.falling.to.his.or.her.death...
.
This.prophecy.is.clearly.the.result.of.the.words.of.a.man,.not.the.Word.from.the.Lord..The.Big.
Four.Bridge.ended.construction.in.1895,.long.before.William.Branham.was.born..Since.there.is.
no. record. of. this. prophecy. being. given. before. the. event,. it. would. seem. as. though. William.
Branham. claimed. an. event. in. the. history. of. the. city. as. a. new. 'prophecy,'. but. like. the. other.
prophesies.we.will.examine,.the.facts.do.not.match.the.declaration.of.prophecy..The.prophet.has.
spoken.presumptuously...
.
.
130.
The$Church$Ages$
.
William.Branham.taught.that.the.Seven.Churches.of.Asia.Minor.found.in.the.book.of.Revelation.
were.symbolic.of.seven.church."ages,".starting.with.the.time.of.the.Apostle.Paul,.and.ending.with.
himself. as. the. "messenger". for. the. final. age.. According. to. Branham,. he. was. given. divine.
revelation.as.to.these.ages,.dates,.and.messengers,.and.followers.of.Branham's.ministry.believe.
this.doctrine.to.be.scriptural.truth..
.
This.teaching.is.loosely.based.upon.the.doctrines.of.John.Darby,.well.known.to.be.the."father.of.
dispensationalism.".The.teaching.seems.to.have.originated.with.a.mystic.named.Jane.Leade,.who.
established.a.religious.group.that.called.themselves."The.Philadelphia.Society.".Leade's.teachings.
on. the. "dispensations. of. the. ages". became. more. widely. known. through. members. of. her.
following,.and.was.ultimately.spread.by.Cyrus.Scofield.and.his.Scofield.study.bible..Interestingly,.
Leade's. prophecies. were. found. among. the. possessions. of. Charles. Price,. a. Los. Angeles. pastor.
whose.church.Branham.frequented...
.
Branham's.timeline.for.the."church.ages".seems.to.be.identical.to.the.drawings.of.Clarence.Larkin.
in.his.work.entitled.Dispensational.Truth..The.same.dates.that.Larkin.used.for.his.drawings.are.
used. in. Branham's. teaching,. with. the. exception. of. the. last. age,. which. Branham. pointed. to.
himself..And.while.Larkin.did.not.list.messengers.for.each.age,.Branham.chose.messengers.to.
align.with.these.ages,.picking.one.messenger.that.was.not.alive.during.his.church.age...
.
Columba.
.
The. most. obvious. error. in. this. "revelation". is. the. examination. of. the. supposed. fourth. age.
messenger..William.Branham.claimed.that.the.Thyatirean.Church.Age.lasted.from.A.D.606.to.A.D..
1520,. and. that. the. messenger. for. the. age. was. St.. Columba.. These. dates. align. with. those. in.
Larkin's.Dispensational.Truth.but.with.the.addition.of.messengers.to.each.age,.Branham.failed.to.
examine.the.lifespans.of.the.men.he.claimed.to.be.the.messengers...
.
St..Columba.(521\597).was.not.alive.during.any.portion.of.his."Church.Age"..He.was.one.of.the.
so\called.Twelve.Apostles.of.Ireland,.taught.under.Finnian.of.Clonard,.who.is.said.to.be.one.of.
the.fathers.of.Irish.monasticism...
.
Columba. became. a. monk,. and. was. later. ordained. a. priest.. Tradition. has. it. that. around. 560,.
Columba.got.in.a.harsh.quarrel.over.a.psalter.(scroll.of.Psalms)..Columba.copied.the.psaltery,.
intending.to.keep.the.copy,.and.St..Finnian.disputed.his.right.to.keep.it..This.eventually.led.to.the.
Battle.of.Cul.Dreimhne.(561).during.which.many.men.lost.their.lives...
.
Afterward.Columba.devoted.his.life.to.saving.as.many.men.as.had.lost.their.lives.in.that.battle,.
and.exiled.himself.from.Ireland...
.
131.
The. main. source. of. information. about. Columbas. life. comes. from. his. writings. of. the. Vita.
Columbae,.which.are.essentially.three.books:.One.of.prophecies,.one.of.miracles,.and.one.of.
apparitions..Interestingly,.these.books.are.the.first.mention.of.the.Loch.Ness.Monster..
.
.
132.
Grips$of$Fear$
.
William.Branham.told.many.stories.of.the.awesome.power.of.God.that.offered.him.protection,.
and.on.the.surface,.it.seems.to.be.just.that..God.loves.and.cares.for.His.own..
.
But.when.you.examine.these.tales.in.chronological.order,.details.were.added.that.seem.to.give.
the.story.a.slight.adjustment.in.purpose..Over.time.the.stories.changed.from.amazement.in.God's.
mighty.power.to.amazement.that.any.would.question.Branham's.authority..The.best.example.of.
this. is. the. tale. of. the. "Man. from. Windsor,". who. suffered. several. different. tragedies. for.
pretending.to.enter.Branham's.prayer.line.without.actually.having.the.diseases.written.on.the.
back.of.his."prayer.card.".
.
During.the.early.stages.of.Branham's.ministry,.the.Branham.campaign.would.require.patients.to.
fill.in."prayer.cards,".a.small.piece.of.paper.that.contained.the.person's.name,.address,.affliction,.
and. other. information.. These. cards. were. handed. in. to. the. ushers,. and. given. to. Branham. for.
"prayer.".Then,.during.the.course.of.the.lengthy.prayer.lines,.Branham.would.guess.what.each.
person.wrote.on.the.backs.of.the.cardsclaiming.that.God.had.given.him.this.revelation.in.a.
vision.he.called."discernment.".
.
To.question.this.awesome.power.was.forbidden..Followers.of.William.Branham.are.trained.to.
believe.that.questioning.the."prophet".is.to.question.the.Holy.Spirit,.and.by.doing.so.they.can.
mistakenly.drive.the.Holy.Spirit.from.their.presence..
.
But.according.to.Branham,.this.man.questioned..By.heeding.the.instructions.in.the.Bible.to.test.
the.prophets,.Branham.claimed.that.God.smote.this.man.to.the.ground,.paralyzed..
.
But. this. was. just. one. version. of. the. story.. In. other. telling. the. man. suffered. different.
consequences,.fates.that.included.death,.running.from.the.platform,.a.bedridden.condition,.pain,.
and.suffering.at.the.hand.of.Almighty.God..
.
Here.is.the.list.of.fates.that.Branham.claimed.this.man.to.have.had:.
.
1..He.fell.to.the.floor.and.began.screaming.(1950).
50\0110.MOSES_.HOUSTON.TX.TUESDAY_.E\41..
.
2..He.received.the.diseases.that.were.written.on.his.prayer.card.and.was.still.afflicted.(1953)...
53\0508.GOD.COMMISSIONING.MOSES_.JONESBORO.AR.FRIDAY_.E\67.through.E\69..
.
3..He.died.from.the.diseases.written.on.the.card.(1954)...
54\0902.SOUTH.AFRICA.TESTIMONY_.NEW.YORK.NY.THURSDAY_.E\12.through.E\15.
.
4..He.was.still.bedfast."to.this.day".(1956)...
56\0407.BLIND.BARTIMAEUS_.CHICAGO.IL.SATURDAY_.E\66..
133.
.
5..He.ran.screaming.from.the.platform.(1956)...
56\1209E.JEHOVAH.JIREH_.BROOKLYN.NY.SUNDAY_.E\88.through.E\90..
.
6..He.died.a.year.later.(January.1957)...
57\0127E.BLIND.BARTIMAEUS_.LIMA.OH.SUNDAY_.E\66.through.E\67..
.
7..He.was.still.in."serious.condition".(June.1957)...
57\0630.THIRSTING.FOR.LIFE_.CHICAGO.IL.SUNDAY_.E\4.through.E\5..
.
8..He.died.6.months.later.from.cancer.(1958)...
58\0208.THE.QUEEN.OF.THE.SOUTH_.SOUTH.BEND.IN.SATURDAY_.E\85.through.E\86..
.
9..He.was.carried.from.the.platform.paralyzed.and.was.still.paralyzed.(1958)...
58\0330E.CHRIST.KNOCKING.AT.THE.DOOR_.MIDDLETOWN.OH.SUNDAY_.E\61..
.
10..He.died.six.weeks.later.(1961)...
61\0212M.JEHOVAH.JIREH_.LONG.BEACH.CA.SUNDAY_.E\24.through.E\26..
.
11..He.died.six.weeks.later.(1962)..
62\0124.HAVE.NOT.I.SENT.THEE_.PHOENIX.AZ.WEDNESDAY_.E\142\143..
.
12..He.received.the.diseases.that.were.written.on.his.prayer.card.(1963)...
63\1124E.THREE.KINDS.OF.BELIEVERS_.JEFFERSONVILLE.IN.V\3.N\6.SUNDAY_.203\218.
.
.
134.
Tragedy$of$Donnie$Morton$
.
Reader's.Digest.printed.the.tragic.story.of.a.father's.love.for.his.child.as.he.travelled.to.one.of.the.
Branham.healing.campaigns..In.1952,.an.article.entitled."The.Miracle.of.Donnie.Morton".was.
published,. detailing. the. account. of. Arthur. Morton. and. his. four\year\old. son. Donnie.. Donnie.
Morton.was.dying.of.meningitis.when.he.entered.the.prayer.lines.of.the.Branham.camp.."Your.
son.is.suffering.from.a.serious.brain.malady.But.do.not.give.up.hope..With.faith.in.Gods.power,.
and. help. from. the. medical. world,. your. little. son. will. live,". Branham. said.. In. a. 1953. sermon,.
Branham.claimed.that.he.saw.a.vision.of.the.child.living.through.the.disease..Though.father.was.
told.that.the.boy.would.be.healed,.Reader's.Digest.describes.how.the.boy.breathed.his.last.breath.
during.complications.from.meningitis.and.pneumonia..He.died.of.Meningitis.Serosa.Traumatica,.
the.same.disease.that.caused.his.father.to.seek.out.the.faith.healer..Though.Branham.announced.
the. child. would. live,. sadly,. he. never. recovered.. The. publicity. of. Reader's. Digest. was. more.
powerful.than.William.Branham.could.overlook..The.story.of.Donnie.Morton.would.be.retold.
over.and.over.in.Branham's.ministry;.however,.the.end.result.was.often.left.out.of.the.story...
.
.
135.
Driverless$Eggcar$
.
In.1933,.William.Branham.toured.the.World's.Fair.Century.of.Progress.International.Exposition.in.
Chicago,.Illinois..This.fair.provided.visitors.with.a.glimpse.into.the.future,.walking.patrons.through.
the.latest.technologies,.prototypes,.and.future.direction..
.
One.of.the.exhibits.in.this.fair.was.the.Lincoln.Zephyr,.which.seems.to.be.the.foundation.for.a.
prophecy. that. Branham. would. claim. years. later.. The. Lincoln. Zephyr,. originally. named. "Briggs.
Dream.Car,".was.a.prototype.that.was.made.in.honor.of.the.biggest.attraction.in.the.1933.World's.
Fair:.The.Pioneer.Zephyr..This.train.was.the.early.model.of.what.would.become.the.California.
Zephyr,.a.train.that.would.quickly.transport.passengers.from.Chicago.to.San.Francisco..
.
The.aerodynamics.of.this.train.was.state\of\the\art,.its.front.end.rounded.and.angled.forward.to.
allow.airflow.freely.over.or.to.the.side.of.the.engine..Lincoln.took.the.same.design.with.the.cars.
front\end.grille,.but.took.aerodynamics.to.the.next.level.with.the.rounded.fenders,.rounded.top,.
and.overall.shape.of.an.egg..For.its.time,.this.car.was.sci\fi.fantasy,.but.not.long.after,.it.became.
reality..
.
This.aerodynamic.strategy.was.employed.in.several.prototypes.by.other.manufacturers,.including.
another. egg\shaped. vehicle. on. display. in. the. 1933. World's. Fair.. The. first. prototype. of. the.
Dymaxion.made.test.runs.at.the.Fair,.and.was.involved.in.an.accident.that.killed.the.driver.and.
seriously.injured.two.passengers..The.canvas.top.of.the.vehicle.did.not.offer.sufficient.protection.
against.impact,.and.the.single.rear.wheel.did.not.offer.enough.stability..After.its.accident,.the.
investors.abandoned.the.project..
.
In.1956,.Branham.started.claiming.to.have.had.a.vision.describing.this.shape.of.a.car..Also,.during.
sermons,.Branham.claimed.that.the.shape.had.become.common..reminding.listeners.of.how.
the.early.automobiles.were.designed..His.original.intent.was.to.describe.a.prophecy.that.listeners.
would.see.as.already.fulfilled..
.
Over. time,. this. motive. changed.. As. technology. increased,. and. automobiles. no. longer. styled.
themselves.like.the.Zephyr,.Branham.added.additional.details.to.this.prophecy..From.rounded.
glass.tops.to.self\guidance.systems,.this.prophecy.of.a.car.shaped.like.an.egg.began.to.take.other.
forms.pointing.to.future.innovation..
.
When.the.Central.Power.and.Light.Company.ran.an.article.entitled."Power.Companies.Build.for.
Your. New. Electric. Living,. Branham's. telling. of. this. vision. now. included. details. of. the. people.
sitting. inside. of. the. car.. His. description. closely. matched. the. scene. from. the. article,. from. the.
rounded.glass.dome.of.the.vehicle.to.the.family.playing.a.board.game.in.the.cab.while.leaving.
the.steering.wheel.unattended..
.
Again,.Branham.claimed.that.his.vision.had.been.fulfilled..This.time,.however,.it.was.fulfilled.by.
the.driverless.car..That.same.car.was.on.exhibit.in.the.1962.World's.Fair.Century.21.Exposition,.
136.
in. Seattle,. Washington.. Branham. toured. the. exhibits,. and. described. the. car. as. fulfillment. of.
prophecy..
.
But. like. the. egg\shaped. Zephyr,. this. technology. has. not. become. mainstream.. Followers. of.
William.Branham.gather.great.excitement.when.they.read.of.any.advancement.in.the.automotive.
industry,.hoping.that.these.vehicles.will.someday.become.common..
.
With. the. progression. of. science,. one. can. raise. many. questions. surrounding. this. prophesy.
describing.an.egg\shaped.car..Why.are.cars.no.longer.in.the.shape.of.the.Lincoln.Zephyr?.Why.
would.God.show.a.vision.of.a.family.playing.a.board.game,.when.modern.families.are.more.likely.
to.be.entertained.by.a.DVD,.Blu\Ray,.Xbox.360.or.PlayStation?.Why.did.Branham.claim.prophetic.
insight.regarding.something.that.he.saw.at.a.World's.Fair.and.in.a.magazine?.
.
.
137.
California:$Still$Standing$
.
The.last.year.of.his.ministry,.William.Branham.condemned.Los.Angeles.for.rejecting.his.ministry,.
and.pronounced.judgment.against.the.city.with.a.punishment.of.destruction..Branham.claimed.
to.have.been.given.a.vision.by.God.in.which.the.God.compared.Los.Angeles.to.Capernaum..In.this.
vision,. Branham. claimed. that. God. destroyed. Capernaum. by. pushing. it. beneath. the. sea. for.
rejecting.Christianity...
.
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Capernaum.was.a.fishing.village.at.the.time.of.the.Hasmoneans.(140\116.BC)..It.is.still.located.on.
the.northern.shore.of.the.Sea.of.Galilee.to.this.day..Archaeological.excavations.have.revealed.
two.ancient.synagogues.built.one.on.top.of.the.other..Capernaum.was.spared.by.the.Romans.
during. the. Jewish. Revolt. (AD. 66\70),. and. was. referred. to. as. a. fertile. spring. in. the. writings. of.
Josephus.. Many. homes. were. built. in. the. 4th. century,. and. one. of. the. homes. was. greatly.
transformed.in.the.5th.century..Evidence.shows.a.constant.transforming.city.since.before.the.
days.of.Christ.until.about.the.5th.Century..It.has.never.been.under.the.sea...
.
It.is.common.knowledge.that.California.sits.on.a.fault.line.that.produces.major.earthquakes,.and.
it.was.common.knowledge.long.before.Branham.made.the.prediction..Los.Angeles.is.particularly.
brittle.under.its.foundation,.which.is.a.science.William.Branham.discussed.in.his.sermonsalso.
before.the.prophecy.was.given..given...
.
Others.have.recorded.predictions.that.an.earthquake.would.sink.Los.Angeles,.dating.back.to.at.
least.1937..While.in.a.hospital,.a.17\year\old.Joe.Brandt.had.an.out\of\body.experience.that.was.
so.clear.to.him.that.it.was.written.down.and.formed.into.a.book.in.1965...
.
I've.been.thinking.about.it.all.morning..I'm.going.home.tomorrow..It.was.just.a.dream..It.was.
nothing.more..Nobody.in.the.future.on.Hollywood.Boulevard.is.going.to.be.wearing.earrings
and.those.beards..Nothing.like.that.is.ever.going.to.happen..That.girl.was.so.real.to.methat.girl.
with.those.kids..It.won't.ever.happenbut.if.it.did,.how.could.I.tell.her.(maybe.she.isn't.even.
born. yet). to. move. away. from. California. when. she. has. her. twinsand. she. can't. be. on. the.
Boulevard. that. day.. She. was. so. gosh\darned. real.. The. other. thingthose. ham. operators
hanging.on.like.thatover.and.oversaying.the.same.thing:..
.
"This.is.California..We.are.going.into.the.sea..This.is.California..We.are.going.into.the.sea..Get.to.
the.mountains..Get.to.the.hilltops..California,.Nevada,.Colorado,.Arizona,.Utah..This.is.California..
We.are.going.into.the.sea."..The.Coming.Earthquake..Joe.Brandt.
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Branham.claimed.that.he.could.see.nothing.past.1977.except.devastation,.and.made.that.very.
clear.throughout.his.ministry..According.to.a.book.by.Pearry.Green,.Branham.said.he.saw.that.
Los.Angeles.would.be.under.the.ocean.before.his.son.Billy.Paul.grew.to.be.an.old.man..He.claimed.
that. he. saw. sharks. swimming. in. the. streets. where. they. were. standing,. in. front. of. May's.
138.
Department.Store..One.would.conclude.by.combination.of.multiple.prophecies.that.Branham.
believed.this.event.would.happen.before.1977...
.
"Billy,.I.may.not.be.here.but.you.won't.be.an.old.man.until.sharks.will.swim.right.where.we.are.
standing"..
The.Acts.of.the.Prophet,.Pearry.Green,.page.119.
.
Billy.Paul.Branham.was.born.on.September.13,.1935,.meaning.he.is.at.a.ripe.old.age.of.78.in.
2013.. Yet. William. Branham. himself. claimed. to. be. an. "old. man". at. age. 56.. One. would. also.
conclude.that.Branham's.description.of.the.vision.would.picture.a.man.much.younger.than.his.
own.age..Regardless,.Billy.Paul.Branham.outlived.the.life.expectancy.for.men.at.the.time.William.
Branham.made.the.claim.to.this.prophecy..
.
.
139.
The$Twisted$Scripture$
.
Some. might. argue. that. regardless. of. his. failed. prophecy. and. fictional. life. stories,. William.
Branham's.objective.was.to.bring.the.hearts.and.minds.of.the.people.back.to.the.original.faith.of.
the.fathers..He.would.often.make.statements.describing."No.creed.but.Christ;.no.law.but.love;.
no. Book. but. the. Bible,". however. when. you. examine. his. teaching. of. scripture. we. find. subtle.
differences.in.context...
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Rather. than. examining. the. entire. chapter. or. book. to. read. the. scripture. in. context,. Branham.
would.often.read.one.or.two.verses.and.claim.to."build.his.context".upon.those.few.words..Often,.
when.you.examine.the.subject.matter.of.the.sermon.as.compared.to.the.subject.matter.in.the.
chapter,.the.two.seem.to.be.in.direct.conflict..This.can.especially.be.found.in.the.final.sermons.
of.his.ministry,.in.sermons.that.seem.to.be.promoting.himself.as.our.new."high.priest.".
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Branham. would. often. describe. the. punishment. by. God. for. adding. to. or. taking. away. from.
scripture.. The. end. of. Revelation. 22. is. quoted. often. in. the. following. of. William. Branham,.
describing.ministers.who.twist.the.scriptures.to.fit.their.own.agendas:.
.
For.I.testify.unto.every.man.that.heareth.the.words.of.the.prophecy.of.this.book,.if.any.man.shall.
add.unto.these.things,.God.shall.add.unto.him.the.plagues.that.are.written.in.this.book:.And.if.
any.man.shall.take.away.from.the.words.of.the.book.of.this.prophecy,.God.shall.take.away.his.
part.out.of.the.book.of.life,.and.out.of.the.holy.city,.and.from.the.things.which.are.written.in.this.
book...
Revelation.22:18\19.
.
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But.when.we.examine.scriptures.that.are.most.often.quoted.by.William.Branham,.we.find.words.
added.or.removed..Entire.verses.are.combined.with.scriptures.from.other.books.in.the.Bible.to.
invent.new.bible.verses.that.are.repeated.and.memorized.in.the.following.of.William.Branham...
.
The.three.most.obvious:.
I.will.be.with.you.even.in.you.until.the.end.of.the.world..
As.it.was.in.the.days.of.Noah.wherein.eight.souls.were.saved,.so.shall.it.be.at.the.coming.of.the.
son.of.man.
This.is.my.beloved.son.in.whom.I.am.well.pleased.to.dwell.in..
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These.three.scriptures.were.the.foundation.for.three.fundamental.teachings.of.William.Branham,.
and.while.only.a.few.words.were.added,.removed,.or.changed,.the.entire.meaning.of.scripture.
was.changed.by.only.minor.alteration..
.
I.will.be.with.you.\\.even.in.you.
.
140.
William.Branham.promoted.the.Jehovah's.Witness.version.of.Jesus.Christ,.claiming.that.Jesus.
was.just.a.man.until.his.baptism..At.baptism,.Branham.claimed.that.God.poured.Himself.fully.into.
Jesus.to.produce.the."god\man,".and.that.Jesus.of.the.New.Testament.was.Jehovah.of.the.Old.
Testament.. This. teaching. is. modalism,. which. denies. the. triune. nature. of. God,. and. was.
condemned.as.heresy.by.the.early.church...
.
Branham.claimed.that.the.original.translation.included.three.additional.words:."even.in.you.".
These.words,.though.not.found.in.the.King.James.Version.that.followers.study,.are.still.believed.
to. be. included. in. the. original. scrolls. by. most. of. the. followers. of. William. Branham.. Many. are.
shocked. to. find. that. there. are. no. additional. words. in. the. original. translation,. and. that. this.
interpretation.of.scripture.does.not.match.the.Word.of.God...
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Only.Eight.Souls..
.
William.Branham.planted.the.idea.that.he.was.sent.to.prepare.a."little.bride".for.the.return.of.
Jesus.Christ..According.to.Branham,.all.other.Christians.outside.of.his.own.following.were.the.
fulfillment.of.the."foolish.virgins".in.the.parable.given.by.Christ.in.Matthew.25..Branham's.vision.
of.the.future.included.a.world.condemned.for.failure.to.listen.to.his.ministry,.and.as."the.final.
messenger,".God.would.close.the.door.to.the.Branham's.ark...
.
To. promote. this. idea. of. "eight. souls,". William. Branham. combined. two. scriptures,. from. two.
books,.with.two.different.contextual.meanings..The.first,.Matthew.24,.is.describing.the.sudden.
coming.of.Christ.that.will.catch.many.unaware..
.
Verily.I.say.unto.you,.This.generation.shall.not.pass,.till.all.these.things.be.fulfilled..Heaven.and.
earth.shall.pass.away,.but.my.words.shall.not.pass.away..But.of.that.day.and.hour.knoweth.no.
man,.no,.not.the.angels.of.heaven,.but.my.Father.only..But.as.the.days.of.Noah.were,.so.shall.
also.the.coming.of.the.Son.of.man.be..For.as.in.the.days.that.were.before.the.flood.they.were.
eating.and.drinking,.marrying.and.giving.in.marriage,.until.the.day.that.Noe.entered.into.the.ark,.
And.knew.not.until.the.flood.came,.and.took.them.all.away;.so.shall.also.the.coming.of.the.Son.
of.man.be..Then.shall.two.be.in.the.field;.the.one.shall.be.taken,.and.the.other.left..Two.women.
shall.be.grinding.at.the.mill;.the.one.shall.be.taken,.and.the.other.left..Watch.therefore:.for.ye.
know.not.what.hour.your.Lord.doth.come..
.
The.second.comes.from.1.Peter.chapter.3..In.this.passage,.Peter.is.describing.God's.patience.and.
faithfulness..The.entire.world.can.be.passing.away,.but.if.you.are.sheltered.in.the.arms.of.God,.
you.are.under.His.protection..He.will.never.leave.you,.never.forsake.you,.and.even.if.you.are.the.
last.eight.souls.on.the.face.of.the.planet,.God.is.still.faithful...
.
For.Christ.also.hath.once.suffered.for.sins,.the.just.for.the.unjust,.that.he.might.bring.us.to.God,.
being.put.to.death.in.the.flesh,.but.quickened.by.the.Spirit:.By.which.also.he.went.and.preached.
unto.the.spirits.in.prison;.Which.sometime.were.disobedient,.when.once.the.longsuffering.of.
God.waited.in.the.days.of.Noah,.while.the.ark.was.a.preparing,.wherein.few,.that.is,.eight.souls.
were.saved.by.water..The.like.figure.whereunto.even.baptism.doth.also.now.save.us.(not.the.
141.
putting.away.of.the.filth.of.the.flesh,.but.the.answer.of.a.good.conscience.toward.God,).by.the.
resurrection.of.Jesus.Christ:.Who.is.gone.into.heaven,.and.is.on.the.right.hand.of.God;.angels.and.
authorities.and.powers.being.made.subject.unto.him..
.
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"But.as.the.days.of.Noah.were,.so.shall.also.the.coming.of.the.Son.of.man.be.".was.combined.
with."wherein.few,.that.is,.eight.souls.were.saved.by.water".to.create.the.new.bible.verse.William.
Branham.promoted:."As.it.was.in.the.days.of.Noah.wherein.eight.souls.were.saved,.so.also.shall.
the.coming.of.the.Son.of.Man.be."..
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Born.Liars..
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Taking.two.scriptures.from.Psalms,.William.Branham.blended.them.together.to.teach.the.idea.
that.we.were.all.born.liars..Branham.would.often.describe.our."earthly.tabernacles".as.being.
"born. in.sin. shaped,. in. iniquity,. come. to. the. world. speaking. LIES". While. both. portions. of. the.
combined.scripture.do.come.from.verses.in.the.Bible,.these.two.scriptures.are.referring.to.two.
groups.of.people:.The.good.and.the.evil...
.
Psalm.51:5.describes.the.fallen.state.of.mankind,.how.we.are.born.into.a.sinful.state.that.requires.
the. blood. of. a. lamb. for. our. forgiveness.. It. continues. in. the. next. verse. describing. God's.
faithfulness.even.in.our.fallen.condition,.and.how.we.are.to.seek.truth:.
.
Behold,.I.was.brought.forth.in.iniquity,.and.in.sin.my.mother.conceived.me..Behold,.thou.desirest.
truth.in.the.inward.parts:.and.in.the.hidden.part.thou.shalt.make.me.to.know.wisdom..
Psalm.51:5\6.
.
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But.according.to.scripture,.it.is.not.the.righteous.that.are.born.liars..While.the.righteous.seek.
truth,.the.evil.speak.lies:.
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The.wicked.are.estranged.from.the.womb:.they.go.astray.as.soon.as.they.be.born,.speaking.lies...
Psalm.58:3.
.
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142.
A$Strange$Birth$
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Starting.in.1952,.William.Branham.told.a.story.about.a.mystic.woman,.a.fortune\teller,.who.told.
him. that. his. birthdate. was. significant. in. the. world. of. astrology.. According. to. Branham,. the.
woman.quickly.recognized.his."spirit,".and.asked.him,."Sir,.did.you.know.that.you.were.born.
under.a.sign?"..
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Using.this.theme,.Branham.started.promoting.the.idea.that."before.God.does.anything.on.earth,.
He.declares.it.in.the.heavens,".using.the.star.that.the.Magi.followed.as.his.example..He.then.
claimed.that.the.same.star.that.led.the.Magi.to.Christ.is.that.which.announced.the.arrival.of.
William.Branham.to.this.earth...
.
This. story. was. tied. to. the. birthdate. that. he. started. using. in. August. of. 1950.. According. to.
Branham,.April.6,.1909.was.his.birthdate,.and.a.supernatural.being.visited.him.as.he.entered.into.
this.world..He.claimed.that.the."being".returned.to.tell.him.that.he.was.chosen.to.spread.the.
"message.of.Divine.healing.to.the.peoples.of.the.world."..
.
There.is.just.one.problem:.this.was.one.of.three.different.birthdates.he.gave,.all.having.different.
years,.and.two.of.which.were.tied.to.spiritual.events..Only.one.birthdate.can.be.correct,.which.
would.indicate.that.one.of.the.spiritual.events.cannot.be.accurate...
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In.a.1949.sermon.given.to.followers.of.false.prophet.John.Alexander.Dowie,.Branham.reminded.
the.congregation.of.Dowies.prophecy.regarding.the.coming.revival..In.this.sermon,.entitled."I.
Was.Not.Disobedient.to.The.Heavenly.Vision,".Branham.promoted.the.idea.that.he.was.to.bring.
the.revival.that.Dowie.promised.would.come..Two.years.later,.addressing.Raymond.T..Richey,.
Branham.reminds.Richey.of.Dowie's.prophecy..In.this.sermon,.Branham.makes.the.claim.that.
Dowie."died.on.one.day,.and.I.[William.Branham].was.borned.on.the.next.".Both.Richey.and.F..F..
Bosworth. were. taught. under. the. ministry. of. Dowie,. though. Bosworth. had. co\founded. the.
Assemblies.of.God.under.which.Richey.was.ordained.as.a.minister..To.these.men.trained.under.
Dowie,. Branham's. claim. to. have. been. born. the. day. after. Dowie. died. would. have. been. very.
appealing..Dowie.died.on.March.9,.1907,.placing.Branham's.claim.of.birth.to.be.March.10,.1907...
.
But.this.was.not.the.second.date.Branham.gives.for.his.birthdaythough.it.was.the.second.claim.
to.a.supernatural.event..On.his.marriage.certificate,.William.Branham.claimed.to.have.been.born.
April.8,.1908..Thus,.we.have.three.different.years,.three.different.days,.and.two.different.months.
for.Branham's.birthdate.\\.all.dates.given.by.William.Branham.himself:..
.
March.10,.1907.
April.8,.1908.
April.6,.1909.
.
.
143.
Childhood$
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Many.in.the.following.of.William.Branham.are.familiar.with.his.captivating.stories.of.his.childhood.
days,. roaming. the. hills. of. Kentucky. as. he. supported. his. poor. mother. and. siblings. by. hunting,.
trapping,. selling. the. skins,. and. eating. the. meat.. Most. of. Branham's. claims. to. spiritual. events.
involve.the.wilderness,.and.in.his.descriptions.of.the.great.men.of.the.Bible,.Branham.was.quick.
to.point.out.their."love".for.nature...
.
Believers.dedicate.songs.to.the.memory.of.the."Cabin's.Location,".a.small.one\bedroom.log.cabin.
where.his.mother.poured.coon.grease.in.the.matted.eyes.of.the.eight.other.children.packed.into.
the.structure..Interestingly,.the.Branham.family.moved.to.Indiana.before.William.was.age.three,.
and.it.is.very.unlikely.that.he.would.have.retained.any.memories.of.the.place..But.the.reality.is.
that.only.two.siblings.occupied.this.cabin.during.the.time.William.lived.in.it...
.
The.1930.Census.gives.the.birthplace.for.both.of.the.parents,.and.each.of.the.siblings..At.the.time.
of.this.census,.Melvin.was.18.years.old,.while.William.was.21..The.record.also.shows.that.William.
was. born. in. Kentucky,. and. that. Melvin. was. born. in. Indiana.. According. to. this. census. report,.
Branham.would.have.been.three.years.old.when.Melvin.was.born.in.Indiana..The.records.for.the.
rest.of.the.siblings.also.show.Indiana.as.the.state.of.birth...
.
Ultimately,.census.records.place.all.of.Branham's.childhood.stories.in.the.category.of.fiction..The.
hunting,.trapping,.selling.skins,.and.other.activities.of.a.young.adult.would.be.impossible.when.
you.consider.the.fact.that.William.Branham.would.have.been.under.age.three..
.
.
144.
Fatherless$
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Combined.with.Branham's.childhood.stories.was.a.claim.that.his.father.died.at.a.very.early.age..
According. to. Branham,. after. the. death. of. his. father,. he. was. not. able. to. finish. grade. school..
Everything.from.his.poor.grammar.to.his.childhood.poverty.was.blamed.upon.the.death.of.his.
father,.forcing.a.young.Branham.to.enter.the.wilderness.to.provide.for.his.siblings..It.was.this.
death.and.these.wilderness.experiences.that.enabled.the.supernatural..According.to.Branham,.
he. met. God. in. burning. bushes,. whirlwinds. in. trees,. and. more.. In. most. accounts,. Branham.
describes.God.telling.him."not.to.drink,.smoke,.or.defile.your.body.in.any.way,.because.there.
would.be.a.work.for.you.to.do.later."..
.
But.when.you.consider.the.fact.that.Branham's.father,.Charles,.did.not.die.until.after.William.was.
a.Pentecostal.minister,.these.supernatural.experiences.are.placed.into.question...
.
Because.William.Branham.was.also.untruthful.about.his.own.birthdate,.we.cannot.have.an.exact.
age.for.young.William.who.supported.his.widowed.mother.and.siblings..but.the.date.of.his.
fathers.death.places.his.age.at.between.27.and.29.years.old..Branham.was.married.to.Hope.at.
the.time,.and.had.two.children..They.were.living.in.Jeffersonville,.and.he.was.working.one.of.
three.jobs.depending.upon.which.life.story.Branham.told..To.say.that.his.grammar.skills.were.the.
fault.of.his.drinking.father.is.nothing.less.than.a.slap.to.his.fathers.face..If.he.did.not.receive.an.
education.as.a.man.who.is.almost.thirty,.it.is.no.fault.but.his.own...
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Both. the. newspaper. and. the. death. certificate. clearly. state. that. Branhams. father. died. as. the.
result.of.a.ten\month.illness..His.father.did.not.drink.himself.to.death.according.to.Dr..Sam.
Adair,. one. of. Branhams. closest. friends.. Charles. died. of. rheumatic. heart. disease. that.
progressively.worsened.until.the.last.ten.months.of.his.life...
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.
145.
The$Commissions$
.
William. Branham. claimed. to. have. been. given. several. commissions. throughout. his. life.. Many.
times.Branham.describes.an.angel,.or.a."being,".present.during.these.events,.though.not.all.of.
them.include.descriptions.of.a.supernatural.presence.involved..Some.of.these.commissions.are.
strikingly.similar.to.stories.found.in.the.Bible,.though.in.some.cases.the.scriptural.versions.were.
focused.upon.Jesus.Christ.rather.than.mortal.men...
.
According.to.Branham,.these.angelic.visitations.or.commissions.happened:..
.
Before.his.birth.
During.his.birth.
1915.(at.seven.years.of.age).
1920.(at.12.years.of.age).
1923.(at.14.or.15.years.of.age).
1930.
1931.
1932.
1933.
1936.
1944.
May.6,.1946.
May.7,.1946.(or.on.May.6,.1947).
1950.in.Houston,.TX.
1963.in.Arizona.
.
.
Chronologically.speaking,.the.earliest.account.of.a.commission.by.God.given.by.William.Branham.
is.in.a.1945.tract.entitled."I.Was.Not.Disobedient.To.The.Heavenly.Vision,".the.same.title.given.
to. the. sermon. preached. to. the. followers. of. the. false. prophet. John. Alexander. Dowie. in. Zion,.
Illinois..In.this.tract,.William.Branham.claimed.that.he.received.a.vision.by.God,.and.this.vision.
started.his.rise.to.fame.in.the.Divine.Healing.movement...
.
Later.in.June.1947.in.Vandalia,.IL,.William.Branham.held.a.divine.healing.meeting.under.the.alias.
of.Henry.Branham..In.an.interview.with.the.Associated.Press,.Henry.[William].Branham.claimed.
that.his.commission.had.been.given.to.him.11.months.prior.(August.1946),.and.this.is.when.he.
began.his.divine.healing.ministry..Elements.of.his.story.are.similar.to.those.given.in.recorded.
sermons.between.1947.and.1965,.although.the.dates.would.later.change.and.additional.details.
would. be. added.. Ultimately,. this. version. of. the. commission. story. would. replace. the. first.
published.in.his.religious.tract...
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In.Chicago,.almost.seven.years.later,.Branham.claimed.that.this.gift.of.divine.healing.and.the.
commission.to.heal.the.sick.came.much.later,.on.May.6,.1947.\\.less.than.two.months.prior.to.his.
146.
Vandalia.meeting..According.to.Branham,.this.date.was.significant,.because.at.that.time.Branham.
believed.it.to.be.the.same.exact.day.that.Israel.became.a.nation.restored.to.their.homeland..
Though.Israel.was.actually.established.as.a.nation.on.May.14,.1948,.Branham.maintained.that.
his.ministry.was.tied.to.the.Jewish.nation.throughout.the.rest.of.his.ministry...
.
And.a.strange.thing.of.that,.that.you.might.not.know,.the.very.day.the.Angel.of.the.Lord.called.
me.out,.May.the.6th,.1947,.and.issued.the.gift.to.pray.for.the.sick,.was.the.very.same.day.that.
Israel. become. a. nation. for. the. first. time. for. twenty\five. hundred. years.. Oh,. I. believe. there's.
something.in.it..I.just.can't.keep.from.believing.that.we're.near.the.end.of.time..That's.right...
54\0718A.THE.GREAT.COMING.REVIVAL.AND.THE.OUTPOURING.OF.THE.HOLY.SPIRIT.
.
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There. are. many. other. commissions,. visitations. from. angels,. and. other. supernatural. events.
described.throughout.Branham's.ministry,.but.ultimately,.this.version.of.the.start.to.his.divine.
healing. ministry. would. be. the. one. referred. to. by. his. followers.. According. to. Branham. and.
depending. upon. which. story. was. given,. this. angelic. visitation. during. Israel's. restoration. took.
place.in.either.a.house.with.windows,.a.cabin.with.an.old.drum.stove.and.wood.floor,.or.a.cave.
with.a.dirt.floor..
.
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147.
Moving$Targets$
.
William.Branham's.claim.to.be.the.return.of.the.prophet."Elijah".is.based.on.a.series.of.prophecies.
that.he.claimed.to.have.given.in.1933..Though.some.of.these.prophecies.seem.to.be.fulfilled,.the.
successful.predictions.do.not.always.match.the.original.predictions..
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The. Bible. says. that. we. are. to. test. the. prophecies.. God. knows. the. beginning. and. the. end. \\.
because.God.IS.the.Beginning.and.the.End..If.a.prophet's.words.do.not.come.to.pass,.then.this.is.
not.a.prophet.of.God:.
.
If. we. examine. the. "Prophecies. of. 1933". according. to. Branham's. own. words,. we. find. that.
adjustments. to. their. descriptions. were. made. to. align. the. prophecies. with. recorded. history..
William.Branham.made.the.adjustment.to.his.own.words;.the.Word.from.the.Lord.would.need.
no.adjustment:.
.
And.you.may.say.in.your.heart,.how.shall.we.know.the.word.which.the.LORD.has.not.spoken?.
When.a.prophet.speaks.in.the.name.of.the.LORD,.if.the.thing.does.not.come.about.or.come.true,.
that.is.the.thing.which.the.LORD.has.not.spoken..The.prophet.has.spoken.it.presumptuously;.you.
shall.not.be.afraid.of.him..
Deuteronomy..18:21\22.
.
Prophecy.of.World.War.II:.
Original:.Roosevelt.would.cause.the.whole.world.to.go.to.war.
Repositioned.Target:.Hitler.would.cause.the.whole.world.to.go.to.war.
.
Prophecy.of.World.Powers:.
Original:.One.of.the.three.world.world.leaders.would.rise.into.power.(Mussolini,.Hitler,.or.Stalin).
Repositioned.Target:.Mussolini.and.Hitler.will.die..
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Prophecy.of.Automobiles:.
Original:.Cars.will.be.shaped.like.an.egg..
Repositioned.Target:.Cars.will.have.automatic.guidance.systems.
.
Prophecy.of.American.Government:.
Original:.A.woman.will.be.president..
Repositioned.Target:.President.Kennedy.will.be.president.
.
Prophecy.of.Breakfast:.
Original:.Do.not.eat.eggs.in.the.last.days..
Repositioned.Target:.Pray.for.your.food;.eat.your.eggs.
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Prophecy.of.Homestead:.
Original:.Do.not.live.in.valleys.in.the.last.days..
148.
Repositioned.Target:.Live.where.you.want.
.
.
149.
Franklin$D.$Roosevelt$
.
When. you. examine. William. Branham's. statements. regarding. government. officials. and. those.
running.for.candidacy,.it.is.very.evident.that.there.were.political.motivations.behind.some.of.the.
statements. in. the. sermons.. Though. Branham. claimed. that. he. was. "neither. democrat. or.
republican,.I'm.a.Christian,".his.rants.against.political.leaders.would.seem.to.say.otherwise...
.
While.we.do.not.have.any.recorded.statements.concerning.president.Roosevelt.during.his.run.
for.president.or.his.time.during.office,.we.do.have.expressions.of.memories.describing.this.time.
period.by.Branham.on.recorded.sermon..As.we've.shown.in.other.places,.these.memories.are.
not.always.found.to.be.truthful,.however.we.can.find.a.thread.of.truth.in\between.the.lines.of.
fiction..And.this.thread.of.consistency.seems.to.be.one.having.ties.to.Branham's.former.pastor,.
Rev..Roy.E..Davis..
.
Branham.describes.his.being.at.a.Roosevelt.rally.as.the.election.campaign.made.its.way.through.
Southern.Indiana:.
.
Well,.it's.just.too.bad..Well,.we.just.have.to.put.up.with....Our.day's.coming..That's.right..Our.
day....This\\this.is.the.day.of.man..The.day.of.the.Lord.will.come..That's.right..That's.when....I.
stood.one.time.to.watch.the.late.President.Roosevelt.when.he.came.into.a.little.city.of.ours,.in.
New.Albany,.Indiana..I.was.working.out.there.on.high.lines.as.a.lineman...
53\0907A.
.
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His.memory.of.this.rally.was.not.a.good.one..He.would.often.describe.being.upset.because.he.
had.to.stand.in.the.back.of.the.crowd.with.the."common.people":.
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One.time.in.New.Albany,.Indiana,.when.our.late.President.Roosevelt.was.coming.down.to.make.
a.speech,.and.he.came.down.by.the.train,.and.they.stopped.down.at.the.river,.I.tell.you,.every.
place.was.filled.up..And.two.or.three.of.us.preachers,.little,.what.we.call.Holy.Ghost.preachers....
I.tell.you,.talking.about.a.back.number,.we.was..They.wouldn't.even.let.us.get.nowhere..So.we.
had.to.stand.way.back.up.somewhere..But.I.thought,."Yeah,.this.is.the.day.of.man..But.wait.till.
the.day.of.the.Lord.comes.".Amen...
56\0403.SHEPHERD.OF.THE.SHEEPFOLD..
.
When.the.late.Mr..Roosevelt.come.to.the.little.city.(my.city's.too.small.for.him),.but.when.he.
come.to.New.Albany,.just.below.me....I.think.we.got.about.twenty\one.thousand;.they.got.about.
twenty\seven.thousand..But.he.stopped.there.in.one.of.his.elections.and.electioneering,.and,.oh,.
my,.everybody.just.filled.the.whole.country.around.there.to.see.Mr..Roosevelt..Well,.I.was.like.
Zacchaeus,.I.was.too.little..So.I....to.look.over.the.crowd,.so.I.got.way.up.on.top.of.the.hill..And.
the.train.stopped.near.the.river..And.he.stood.on.the.back.po\\or.the.back.part.of.the.train.to.
make.a.little.speech..And.so.I.backed.my.truck.up.to.a.shed.and.climbed.up.on.top.of.the.shed.to.
look..I.thought,."Well,.you.know,.nobody.knows.I'm.here.now;.probably.Mr..Roosevelt.doesn't.
150.
either.".Doesn't.make.much.difference..But.I.want.to.live.so.that.when.Jesus.comes,.that.He.will.
say.to.me.like.He.did.to.Zacchaeus,."Now,.come.down.off.of.that.shed.".I'm.sure.we.all.feel.that.
way,.don't.we?..
56\1002E.ELISHA.THE.PROPHET..
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I.came.down,.and.I.thought....Well,.they.told.us.we.could.go.down.and.hear.him..He.was.going.
to.make.just.a.little.whistle.stop.like.when.he.came.through.the.city..And.oh,.how.everybody.
gathered.out..Well,.time.us.workmen.got.there,.well,.I.had.to.get.on.top.of.a.shed.way.back.up.
here.to.even.see.the.man.walk.out...
53\0907A.
.
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Before.Branham.started.promoting.the.idea.that.he.prophesied.regarding.president.Roosevelt,.
his.statements.concerning.the.late.president.would.clearly.display.his.political.viewpoints..Some.
of.them.were.with.mixed.emotion,.but.generally.speaking,.they.were.negative:.
.
But.let.me.tell.you,.when.Mr..Roosevelt....The.man.is.dead..Let.him.rest;.I.trust.he.is..Come.in,.
and.run.in.three.or.four.terms,.and.taken.over,.just.a.preliminary.dictatorship..I.can.prove.to.you,.
that. in. the. Scripture,. where. That. said. it'd. take. place.. That's. right.. We. haven't. got. no. more.
constitution..She.is.broke.to.pieces..Everything.is.all.smattered..The.Republicans.is.just.as.bad..
It's.six.of.one,.and.a.half.a.dozen.of.the.other.one..204.For,.every.kingdom.is.going.to.be.smashed,.
but.the.Kingdom.of.Jesus.Christ.shall.stand.and.reign.forever..That's.right..Upon....Daniel.saw.the.
Rock.hewed.out.of.the.mountain,.and.hit.the.political.world.back.there.and.mashed.it.into.a.
grinding.powder.like.that,.like.the.wheat.on.a.threshing.floor.of.a.summertime..But.that.Rock.
grew.into.a.great.mountain.that.spread.over.the.hea\....filled.the.whole.heavens.and.earth..That's.
it...
54\0509.THE.INVASION.OF.THE.UNITED.STATES..
.
Why.is.it.each.day.you.make.a.mistake,.each.day.you.do.wrong?.But.if.you're.borned.again,.man.
or.woman,.as.soon.as.you.make.the.mistake,.God.knows.you're.sorry.for.it..You'd.stand.in.the.
Presence.of\\of.President.Roosevelt.or.anybody.else.and.say,."I'm.wrong;.God.forgive.me.for.this.
thing.". Why?. And. there's. where. the. Blood. atonement.... You. notice. that. s\i\n\s.. A. sinner. is. a.
sinner;.he.does.not.commit.sins..But.the.church.commits.sin,.does.wrong,.gets.a.wrong.thought,.
wrong.impression,.makes.scruples,.wobbles.like.a.little.child.walking,.trying.to.learn.how.to.walk..
He.just.don't.know.how.to.walk.good.yet,.'cause.he's.a.little.boy..But.we.have.a.hand.that.reaches.
down.if.we\\gets.us.and.steadies.us,.and.say,."Make.this.step.this.a\way,.son.".He.doesn't.pick.us.
up.and.spank.us.because.we.made.a.mistake;.He.doesn't.beat.us.to.death.because.we're.trying.
to.walk..He.loves.us.like.we.love.our.children...
60\0522M.ADOPTION.3.
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Over.time,.Branham.starts.to.claim.that.he.was.speaking.against.Roosevelt.during.his.time.under.
Pentecostal.pastor.Roy.E..Davis..Like.other.recorded.statements.regarding.Branham's.personal.
opinion,.these.negative.statements.against.Roosevelt.later.turned.into.a.description.of.what.he.
151.
called. "prophecy.". But. remember,. there. is. a. thread. of. truth. that. can. be. found. between. the.
fiction..Branham.started.claiming.that.he."prophesied".of.the.downturn.in.Roosevelt's.policy:.
.
The.president.which.now.is,.President.Franklin.D..Roosevelt....(Now.remember,.this.is.twenty\
eight.years.ago.).will.cause.the.whole.world.to.go.to.war;.and.the.new.dictator.of.Italy,.Mussolini,.
shall.make.his.first.invasion.towards.Ethiopia,.and.he.will.take.Ethiopia;.but.that'll.be.his.last..He.
shall.come.to.his.end...
60\1113.CONDEMNATION.BY.REPRESENTATION.
.
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The.irony.is.found.in.Roy.E..Davis.himself..Davis.was.Grand.Dragon.of.the.Ku.Klux.Klan,.recorded.
in.the.United.States.Senate.giving.testimony.in.his.establishment.of.the.White.Knights.throughout.
the.Midwest..Branham.was.Davis's.assistant.pastor..
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Franklin.Delano.Roosevelt.ran.for.office.under.the.disguise.of.a.Klan.supporter,.and.even.pushed.
Klan.agendas.from.time.to.time..Roosevelt.is.viewed.negatively.for.nominating.Hugo.Black.for.
the.supreme.court.\\.while.it.was.public.knowledge.that.Black.was.affiliated.with.the.Klan...
.
While.we.do.not.find.recorded.statements.to.confirm.this,.it.is.our.opinion.that.WMB.supported.
Davis.during.a.portion.of.his.run.for.election..Simply.based.upon.his.memories.of.Roosevelt,.there.
was.a.combination.of.supportive.statements.and.very.negative.emotions..Generally.speaking,.
the.Klan.were.supporters.until.they.realized.that.Roosevelt.was.using.them.as.a.tool.for.election..
.
Towards.the.end.of.his.run.for.election,.Roosevelt.started.making.decisions.that.angered.the.
Klan..He.started.accepting.the.support.of.the.Catholics,.Jews,.blacks,.and.union.organizers..Trying.
to.sway.the.vote.against.Roosevelt,.the.Klan.issued.this.statement:.
.
"Don't. be. fooled.. Farley. is. ROOSEVELT;. Tammany. Hall,. Catholic. controlled,. is. ROOSEVELT.....
EVERY.PROMINENT.ROMAN.CATHOLIC.YOU.CAN.FIND.IS.FOR.ROOSEVELT......The.Underworld.is.
a. unit. for. Roosevelt.. The. gangsters. of. Chicago,. St.. Louis.... and. New. York. are. for. Roosevelt.....
Roosevelt,.their.subservient.tool,.will.turn.our.country.over.to.Tammany.and.thus.we.will.have.
CATHOLIC.CONTROL.OF.AMERICAN.GOVERNMENT.AND.LIFE,.if.he.is.elected.....BE.AWARE.OF.THE.
8TH.OF.NOVEMBER!".
Wade,.The.Fiery.Cross:.The.Ku.Klux.Klan.in.America.
.
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This.statement,.issued.by.the.Klan,.pretty.much.sums.up.Branham's.political.agenda.for.years.to.
come..One.can.easily.take.this.same.statement,.change.the.name."Roosevelt".to."Kennedy,".and.
apply. the. same. position. towards. any. of. the. politically. minded. statement. Branham. made.
concerning.President.Kennedy.before,.during,.and.after.his.presidency...
.
The. problem. is. that. Branham. tied. these. politically\motivated. statements. to. what. he. called.
"prophecy."..
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152.
1933,. one. morning. going. to. the. Baptist. tabernacle,. I. went. into. a. trance,. saw. a. vision.. I. saw.
President.Roosevelt.was.going.to.help.lead.the.world.to.a.world.war,.told.it.that.morning..They.
was.going.to.lock.me.up.for.it...
61\0312.JEHOVAH.JIREH.
.
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As.time.progressed,.and.a.better.understanding.of.the.war.was.given.to.the.public,.Rev..Branham.
would.change.his.views.on.the.instigator..In.later.accounts,.Branham.would.proclaim.that.he.had.
prophesied.that.Hitler.was.the.one.in.his.vision.that.caused.the.whole.world.to.go.to.war..The.
vision.was.said.to.have.even.predicted.the.country.of.origin.for.Hitler,.where.he.would.become.
a.dictator,.and.the.mystery.around.his.death..
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The.next.vision.foretold.that.an.Austrian.by.the.name.of.Adolph.Hitler.would.rise.up.as.dictator.
over.Germany,.and.that.he.would.draw.the.world.into.war..It.showed.the.Siegfried.line.and.how.
our.troops.would.have.a.terrible.time.to.overcome.it..Then.it.showed.that.Hitler.would.come.to.
a.mysterious.end...
BRANHAM,.LAODICEAN.CHURCH.AGE..
.
Now,.look.what.happened.now..In....President.Franklin.D..Roosevelt.took.America.to.England's.
tea.party..That's.right..Germany.never.picked.on.us;.we.picked.on.them,.throwed.the.whole.world.
into.a.war,.to.cause.a.world.war...
BRANHAM,.60\1113.CONDEMNATION.BY.REPRESENTATION..
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.
.
But.the.truth.is.that.Roosevelt.was.not.the.instigator,.and.did.not.lead.the.world.into.war..World.
War.II.began.in.March.1939,.and.United.States.finally.joined.into.the.war.after.over.2.years.of.
battles. between. world. powers. \\. in. 1941.. The. United. States. joined. into. the. war. after. several.
other.countries,.even.major.world.powers,.had.entered.into.the.war...
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These.are.the.dates.each.country.entered.into.the.war:.
.
Australia.3/3/39.
Germany.9/1/39..
France.9/3/39..
Great.Britain.9/3/1939..
New.Zealand.9/3/1939.
S..Africa.9/6/1939..
Canada.9/10/1939..
USSR.9/17/1939.
Italy.6/10/1940.
Japan.9/22/1940..
Bulgaria.4/24/1941.
Romania.6/22/1941..
Hungary.6/27/1941..
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India.12/7/1941..
Panama.12/7/1941..
Yugoslavia.12/7/1941.Costa.Rica.12/8/1941..
Dom.Rep.12/8/1941..
El.Salvador.12/8/1941..
Haiti.12/8/41..
Honduras.12/8/1941..
Nicaragua.12/8/1941..
Manchukuo.12/8/1941..
Netherlands.12/8/1941.
.
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Five.world.powers.were.already.at.war.as.either.Axis.or.Allied.forces..Though.it.was.necessary.
for.the.United.States.to.get.involved.to.stop.Germany.as.their.forces.grew,.Roosevelt.was.hesitant.
to.join.the.fighting..Instead,.Roosevelt.insisted.on.preventing.Japan.from.becoming.a.part.of.the.
war.or.a.supplier.of.military.supplies..It.was.Japans.bombing.of.Pearl.Harbor.that.ultimately.led.
to.the.United.States.joining.the.war,.and.only.as.retaliation.from.a.first.strike...
.
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154.
John$F.$Kennedy$
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Branham's. political. agenda. continued. through. is. ministry,. and. like. the. statements. regarding.
President. Roosevelt,. Branham's. agenda. towards. President. Kennedy. turned. into. prophetic.
statements..Many.of.those.statements.are.very.similar.in.agenda.when.compared.to.the.Klan's.
issued.statement.against.the.election.of.Roosevelt,.and.clearly.have.a.racial.bias..This.is.quite.
obvious.when.we.compare.the.Klan's.statement:.
.
"Don't. be. fooled.. Farley. is. ROOSEVELT;. Tammany. Hall,. Catholic. controlled,. is. ROOSEVELT.....
EVERY.PROMINENT.ROMAN.CATHOLIC.YOU.CAN.FIND.IS.FOR.ROOSEVELT......The.Underworld.is.
a. unit. for. Roosevelt.. The. gangsters. of. Chicago,. St.. Louis.... and. New. York. are. for. Roosevelt.....
Roosevelt,.their.subservient.tool,.will.turn.our.country.over.to.Tammany.and.thus.we.will.have.
CATHOLIC.CONTROL.OF.AMERICAN.GOVERNMENT.AND.LIFE,.if.he.is.elected.....BE.AWARE.OF.THE.
8TH.OF.NOVEMBER!"..
Wade,.The.Fiery.Cross:.The.Ku.Klux.Klan.in.America.
.
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With.William.Branham's.statements.against.Kennedy:.
.
Now,.look.what.happened.now..In....President.Franklin.D..Roosevelt.took.America.to.England's.
tea.party..That's.right..Germany.never.picked.on.us;.we.picked.on.them,.throwed.the.whole.world.
into.a.war,.to.cause.a.world.war..The.Germans.built.the.Maginot.Line,.which.there\\any.veteran.
here.knows.what.she.took.there.at.the.Maginot.Line..Women,.given.the.right.to.vote,.elected.
President\elect. Kennedy\\with. the. woman's. vote,. the. wrong. man,. which. will. finally. be. to. full.
control. of. the. Catholic. church. in. the. United. States;. then. the. bomb. comes. that. explodes. her..
There's.seven.things.predicted,.and.five.of.them.has.already.happened..So.you.can.judge.yourself.
how.far.away.we.are..We're.near.the.end..If.them.five.things.happened,.these.other.two.things.
are.bound.to.happen..It's.just.got.to.happen..I.do.not.think.that.Mr..Kennedy.will.have.much.
effect.now,.because.he'll.make.a.wonderful.president.in.order.to.bring.in.the.others.to.get.a.
scene.set.just.like.they.have.in.England,.like.they.did.Mexico,.like.they.did.everywhere.else,.like.
that..And.the.American.people,.so.unstable,.not.spiritually;.they're.smart,.but.too.smart.for.their.
own.good..Intelligence.swings.backward.sometime.and.backfires..So.they....(I'm.preaching.on.
that.this.morning,.in.a.little.bit.).So.we.find.out.we're\\we're.right.on.the.verge....The.reason.I.
said.this,.that's.the.reason.I.pressed.that.the.other.day.so.hard.the.way.I.did,.but.it.was.that.that.
did.it..That's.right..Women's.vote.that.put....Did.you.notice.the.rallies.on.the.television?.Nixon.to.
be.pretty.near.all.men..All.of.them.wanted.to.kiss.Kennedy.(the.women),.jumping.astraddle.the.
cars.and.everything.like.that,.jumping.up.and.down...
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One.of.the.greatest.mistakes.that.the.colored.race.ever.made.was.down.in.Louisiana.and.over.in.
there.when.they.voted.for.Kennedy.the.other.night,.and.put.him.in...
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155.
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With. a. group. of. Pentecostals,. William. Branham. attended. a. breakfast. that. included. President.
Nixon.as.a.guest.speaker..When.you.follow.this.story.chronologically,.details.are.added,.such.as.
Branham's.personal.acquaintance.with.Nixon,.a.visit.from.president.Nixon.to.Branham's.house.
in.Jeffersonville,.Indiana,.and.more..It.is.evident,.based.upon.the.statements.describing.Nixon,.
that. William. Branham. was. a. strong. supporter.. At. the. same. time,. Nixon. was. also. strongly.
supported.by.the.Klan..During.the.televised.debates.between.Nixon.and.John.F..Kennedy,.a.Klan.
leader.publicly.endorsed.Nixon.and.gave.full.support..
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Branham's. condemnation. of. Kennedy. did. not. end. with. the. campaign,. and. continued. through.
Kennedy's.time.in.office.and.long.after.his.death..In.fact,.one.of.the.prophecies.that.Branham.
claimed. to. have. been. given. by. God. in. 1933. was. reworded. and. refocused. upon. President.
Kennedy..This."prophecy".was.originally.focused.upon.the.lifestyles.of.women.and.their.growing.
freedoms.in.the.United.States..
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In.1956,.Rev..Branham.added.a.prophecy.to.the.list.of.his."1933.visions".claiming.that.God.had.
let. him. peer. into. the. future. to. see. that. a. woman. would. be. President. of. the. United. States.
immediately.before.the.End.of.Days...
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I.didn't.mean.that.to.do.any.harm,.women;.I.don't.mean.you.Christian.women..But.just.to.see.
women.coming.into.politics.and.everything,.it's.a.disgrace;.it's.a.breaking.of.the.American.morale..
And.remember,.this.is....America.will....A\\a.woman....I\\I.better.leave.it.alone..But.just.remember.
this..I.predict.this:.that.a.woman.will.be.president.before.we're.annihilated..That's.right..I.said.
that.in.1933.by.a.vision...
56\0428.GOD'S.COVENANT.WITH.ABRAHAM.
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Before.the.election.of.Kennedy,.this.prophecy.was.solely.focused.upon.women,.describing.how.
the.United.States.would.begin.to.worship.women.as.idols..Adding.inaccurate.statistics.to.the.
statements,.Branham.would.describe.the.sins.of.Hollywood.by.claiming.that.the.Federal.Bureau.
of. Investigation. had. documentation. in. an. investigation. of. a. prostitution. ring. involving. female.
actresses.. Though. some. of. these. stars. were. worth. hundreds. of. thousands. (and. sometimes.
millions).in.the.1950's,.Branham.promoted.the.idea.that.any.of.the.women.in.the.film.industry.
could.be.bought.for.as.little.as.$25\$50.a.night.for.prostitution...
.
And. I. predicted. that. America,. their. number. one. god. would. be. women.. That's. what. it. is..
Everything.is.fashioned.after.Hollywood..I.have.things.on.records.from.the.FBI.file.that.would.
shock.you.to.pieces.just.to.tell.you.right.where,.and.the.scandal.on.these.movie.stars,.there.isn't.
a.one.of.them,.hardly,.but.what's.prostitutes..And.the.FBI.exposed.it.just.recently;.I.have.it.from.
their.own.file..And.so.all.of.them.living.out,.even.these.movie.stars,.where.they've.proved.they.
went.in.and.picked.them.up,.living.with.men,.twenty\five.and.fifty.dollars.a.night,.of.men,.all.up.
and.down,.in.Hollywood.and.everywhere,.had.private.homes.and.men.back.in.there.where.they.
would.send.them.out.to.these.people...
56\0513.TEACHING.ON.MOSES.
156.
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This.continued.until.it.became.a."prediction,".one.that.he.clearly.states.was.not.given.from.the.
Lord..In.his."prediction,".Branham.describes.a.woman.rising.to.President.of.the.United.States.
before.1977,.which.he.predicted.to.be.the."total.annihilation".of.the.world:..
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And.then,.there'll.be.a.great.woman.rise.up,.'cause.America.is.a.woman's.nation..And.it'll....A.
great.woman.will.rise.up.and.be.president,.or.something.like.that.in.the.nation,.and.then.there.
will.come.a.total.annihilation,.the.entire.nation.will.be.wiped.out..And.that,.I.predict\\now.this.is.
not.the.Lord.saying.this\\the.other.about.the.woman.and.this,.is.the.Lord..But.I.predicted.in.1933.
that.the.world.would.be.total.annihilation.before.'77...
BRANHAM,.58\0720M.BY.FAITH.MOSES..
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And.I.said,."Remember,.in.that.day,.before.the.end.time.comes,.before.the.end.time.comes,.that.
a.woman....Now,.you.all.keep.this.wrote.down..There'll.be.a.great.powerful.woman.raise.up,.
either.be.President,.or.dictator,.or.some.great.powerful.woman.in.this.United.States..And.she'll.
sink.under.the.influence.of.women..Now,.you.remember;.that's.THUS.SAITH.THE.LORD."..
58\0927.WHY.ARE.WE.NOT.A.DENOMINATION.
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This.prediction.continued.in.various.statements.throughout.his.sermons,.changing.ever.so.slightly.
to.include.other.options..Branham.would.begin.to.entertain.the.idea.that.his."prediction".could.
possibly.include.a.woman.as.Vice.President,.or.even.the.Catholic.Church.\\.ideas.also.promoted.
by. the. Klan.. In. desperation. for. success,. the. "prediction". changed. to. include. a. man,. wrongly.
elected.by.a.woman..This.minor.change.would.ultimately.be.the.grounds.for.future.statements.
against.President.Kennedy..
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And.so,.this....I....I.won't.have.time.in.this.meeting.to.tell.you..In.1933,.this.is.a.woman's.nation..
It's. the. number. thirteen.. It. appears. in. the. thirteenth. chapter. of. Revelation:. thirteen. stars,.
thirteen.stripes,.thirteen....Everything's.a.thirteen..Everything.is.a.woman..And.remember,.THUS.
SAITH.THE.LORD.there.will.be.a.woman.rule.before.the.end.time..She'll.either.be.President,.Vice.
President,.or.it'll.be.the.Catholic.church.as.a.woman...
60\0716.FROM.THAT.TIME..
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I.said,."Then.I.seen.a....They're.going.to.permit.women.and.are.permitting.women.to.vote..And.
by.voting,.they'll.elect.the.wrong.man.some.of.these.days.".And.you.did.at.the.last.election..It.
was.the.woman's.votes.that.elected.Kennedy..We.know.that,.see,.between.the.crooked.machines.
and.things.fixed.up,.that.FBI.exposed...
BRANHAM,.60\1211E.THE.LAODICEAN.CHURCH.AGE_.JEFFERSONVILLE.IN.
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It.was.in.the.year.1961.that.this."prediction".that.had.turned.into."prophecy".fully.exploded..
President. Kennedy. in. office,. fear. of. control. in. the. hands. of. the. Catholic. Church,. and. a. very.
157.
popular. First. Lady. was. the. perfect. setting. for. the. perfect. storm.. According. to. Branham,. the.
United.States.was.watching.his.prediction\turned\prophecy.in.action:..
.
And.I.said,."In.voting.they'll.elect.the.wrong.man.".I'm.neither.Democrat.nor.Republican..I'm.a.
Christian..Both.sides.is.rotten..But.they.made.their.fatal.mistake.the.other.day..Women.done.the.
works...
61\0312.JEHOVAH.JIREH..
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Now,.that.brings.us.then.to.the.election.of.President.Kennedy,.and.this.car.coming.on.the\\on.
the.scene,.bringing.five.things.out.of.the.seven.that.has.happened.exactly...
61\0806.THE.SEVENTIETH.WEEK.OF.DANIEL_.JEFFERSONVILLE.IN..
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He.give.seven.things.in.1933,.would.happen..And.now.every.one.of.them.has.come.to.pass.but.
two.things,.perfectly,.just.exactly..How.that.even.President.Kennedy.would.be.taken.in..It's.right.
in.there.on.my.books.right.now,.told.thirty\three.years.ago,.exactly..How.that.the.Maginot.Line.
would.be.built,.eleven.years.before.it.built..How.that.Hitler.would.rise.up,.and\\and.Fascism,.and\
\and.Nazism,.and.all.to.bind.in.communism,.and.communism.would.destroy.Catholicism..And.it.
will,.yes,.no.matter.what.they.do..And.showed,.said.there.would.be.an.Ecumenical.Council,.and.
how.that.all.the.churches.would.come.together.and.would.form.the.image.called.the.Mark.of.the.
Beast..You.see.them.right.on.the.road,.right.now..Exactly.right..It's.got.to.happen,.'cause.it's.never.
failed.to.be..Anybody.that.ever.knows.it,.anybody,.take.them.around.the.world,.it's.never.failed.
one.time..Months.and.years.ahead.of.time,.it's.just.perfectly.right.on.the.spot..It's.God.among.
you,.people;.God.in.us,.the.Holy.Spirit..Notice,.Jesus.said.that.the.royal.Seed.would.be.identified.
by. the. same. thing,. here. in. Luke. the. 17th. chapter.. "Oh,. return,. O. dispersed,. from. your.
denominations,.to.your.own."..
64\0403.JEHOVAH.JIREH.2.
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As.with.the.other.prophecies.given.by.William.Branham,.this."vision".is.a.moving.target.\\.one.
that. started. as. a. personal. opinion. rather. than. the. Word. given. by. the. Lord.. Through. political.
motivation.and.promotion.of.theology,.this.minor.prediction.grew.into.a.much.larger.topic.of.
discussion..Had.President.Kennedy.been.in.office.to.fulfill.his.entire.term,.there.is.no.doubt.that.
we.would.have.several.more."predictions".made.into.historical."prophecies.".Sadly,.the.death.of.
President.Kennedy.took.the.wind.out.of.the.sails...
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What.began.as.a.minor.prediction.that.a.woman.would.be.president.before.1977.grew.into.a.
political.agenda.that.involved.the.same.anti\Catholicism.motivations.promoted.by.other.extreme.
organizations.in.the.United.States..It.quickly.raises.the.question:.Was.William.Branham.involved.
with.those.organizations?..
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158.
Creation$
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According.to.William.Branham,.the.creation.story.in.the.Bible.was.written.in.symbol,.and.the.full.
truth.was.hidden.in.mystery..Branham.taught.his.followers.to.believe.that.Jesus.was.simply.an.
angel,.equal.to.Satan,.and.God's.creation.did.not.include.the.female.in.the.Garden..The.woman,.
according. to. Branham,. was. designed. by. Satan. to. deceive,. and. was. nothing. more. than. a. bi\
product.of.man..Because.of.this.design,.Branham.taught.the.original.sin.as.being.the.fault.of.Eve.
instead.of.Adam.\\.though.she.was.deceived,.she.was.constructed.by.Satan.for.that.purpose..
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While. he. promoted. the. idea. that. Irenaeus. was. a. "messenger". sent. from. God,. and. Irenaeus.
condemned.the.doctrine,.Branham's.version.of.the.creation.story.included.teachings.found.in.
Kabbalah.regarding.the.the.original.sin..Though.the.book.of.Genesis.describes.the.trees.as.being.
good."for.food,".Jewish.mysticism.describes.the.original.sin.as.being.sexual.intercourse.between.
the.serpent.and.Eve..According.to.Kabbalah,.this.union.between.man.and.beast.produced.the.
"evil.son.(Cain),.while.Adam's.relations.with.Eve.produced.his.brother.(Abel)..Without.disclosing.
the. origin. of. this. doctrine,. William. Branham. promoted. the. idea. that. this. teaching. was.
fundamental.for.the.faith.of.the."Bride".during.the.last.days..
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To.choose.this.doctrine,.you.must.accept.the.Gnostic.idea.that.God.created.hidden.meanings.
between.the.lines.of.scriptures,.ultimately.denying.Paul's.words.in.2.Corinthians.13,."Our.letters.
have.been.straightforward,.and.there.is.nothing.written.between.the.lines.and.nothing.you.cant.
understand.".Paul.was.very.clear.in.his.writings.that.faith.in.Jesus.Christ.was.the.only.key.that.
unlocks. the. door. to. salvation,. and. that. we. are. to. look. to. the. blood. of. Christ. instead. of. the.
bloodlines.of.mankind...
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And.hath.made.of.one.blood.all.nations.of.men.for.to.dwell.on.all.the.face.of.the.earth,.and.hath.
determined.the.times.before.appointed,.and.the.bounds.of.their.habitation;..
Acts.17:26..
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As.I.urged.you.when.I.went.into.Macedonia,.stay.there.in.Ephesus.so.that.you.may.command.
certain. people. not. to. teach. false. doctrines. any. longer. or. to. devote. themselves. to. myths. and.
endless. genealogies.. Such. things. promote. controversial. speculations. rather. than. advancing.
Gods.workwhich.is.by.faith..
1.Timothy.1:3\4.
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Genesis.1.26\28.tells.us.that.woman.was.in.the.original.creation,.and.that.God.was.her.creator..
Before.the.original.creation.was.instructed.not.to.eat.from.the.fruit.of.the.Tree.of.Knowledge.of.
Good. and. Evil,. they. were. instructed. to. mate. and. reproduce. \\. raising. several. questions. in.
Branham's.teaching.that.Eve.learned.about.procreation.through.the.sinful.desires.of.the.serpent:..
.
Then.God.said,.Let.us.make.mankind.in.our.image,.in.our.likeness,.so.that.they.may.rule.over.
the.fish.in.the.sea.and.the.birds.in.the.sky,.over.the.livestock.and.all.the.wild.animals,.and.over.
159.
all.the.creatures.that.move.along.the.ground..So.God.created.mankind.in.his.own.image,.in.the.
image.of.God.he.created.them;.male.and.female.he.created.them..God.blessed.them.and.said.to.
them,.Be.fruitful.and.increase.in.number;.fill.the.earth.and.subdue.it..Rule.over.the.fish.in.the.
sea.and.the.birds.in.the.sky.and.over.every.living.creature.that.moves.on.the.ground...
Genesis.1:27\28.
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At.the.same.time,.while.referring.to.the."fruit".and.the."eating.of.the.fruit".as.sexual.intercourse,.
you. must. accept. the. idea. that. God. allowed. Adam. to. "eat". of. any. of. the. other. "fruits". in. the.
garden.\\.raising.several.questions.with.regards.to.Adam.and.the.other.animals.in.the.garden:..
.
The.Lord.God.took.the.man.and.put.him.in.the.Garden.of.Eden.to.work.it.and.take.care.of.it..And.
the.Lord.God.commanded.the.man,.You.are.free.to.eat.from.any.tree.in.the.garden;.but.you.
must.not.eat.from.the.tree.of.the.knowledge.of.good.and.evil,.for.when.you.eat.from.it.you.will.
certainly.die...
Genesis.2:15\17.
Ultimately,.you.are.given.a.choice:.To.believe.that.the.Bible.is.correct,.and.that.the.fruit.was.
"good.for.food,".or.that.the.Bible.was.incorrect,.and.filled.with.sexual.innuendo..Branham.chose.
the. latter,. claiming. that. verse. six. of. chapter. three. did. not. actually. mean. "food,". but. rather,.
"sexual.intercourse.".
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When.the.woman.saw.that.the.fruit.of.the.tree.was.good.for.food.and.pleasing.to.the.eye,.and.
also.desirable.for.gaining.wisdom,.she.took.some.and.ate.it..She.also.gave.some.to.her.husband,.
who.was.with.her,.and.he.ate.it...
Genesis.3:6.
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Interestingly,.if.you.follow.Branham's.teaching.with.regards.to.the.eating.of.fruit,.you.are.placed.
into.a.strange.situation.when.you.reach.the.end.of.the.Bible..In.the.book.of.Revelation,.the.reader.
who.has.been.trained.to.believe.that.the."eating.of.the.tree".was.sexual.intercourse.must.ask.
themselves.questions.as.to.the.nature.of.the."eating".of.the.tree.of.life:.
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Whoever. has. ears,. let. them. hear. what. the. Spirit. says. to. the. churches.. To. the. one. who. is.
victorious,.I.will.give.the.right.to.eat.from.the.tree.of.life,.which.is.in.the.paradise.of.God...
Revelation.2:6\8.
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160.
Enoch$
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William. Branham. included. several. teachings. from. the. Gnostic. Book. of. Enoch. in. his. sermons,.
choosing.mysticism's."Enoch".instead.of.the.Biblical.Enoch.that.was.translated.after.365.years.of.
life. on. this. earth.. Often,. Branham. would. compare. the. mystic. Enoch. to. the. "Church,". and. his.
translation.to.his.version.of.the.rapture..
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Instead.of.three.hundred.and.sixty\five.years,.the.Book.of.Enoch.describes.an.Enoch.with.a.much.
longer.span.of.life..Included.in.the.scrolls.of.this.Gnostic.book.were.fragments.of.the.Book.of.
Noah,. which. give. a. fictional. account. of. Enoch. conversing. with. Noah.. These. scrolls. claim. that.
Enoch.was.translated.after.five.hundred.years..
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Branham.claimed.that.there.were.three.Bibles:.The.Zodiac,.the.Pyramids,.and.the.King.James.
Version..Enoch,.Branham.claimed,.formed.the.second.Bible.by.constructing.the.pyramids..From.
Branham's.point.of.view,.the.Masonic.teachings.regarding.the.pyramids.were.hidden.truths.for.
all.of.the.elect.to.receive...
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As.to.the.question.whether.or.not.the.Gnostic.version.of.Enoch.was.a.nugget.hidden.for.the.last.
days,.the.Book.of.Genesis.sums.up.the.entire.doctrine.in.one.simple.statement:..
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Thus.all.the.days.of.Enoch.were.365.years..
Genesis.5:22\24.
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The. Book. of. Enoch. is. an. interesting. read,. however,. to. any. that. have. been. influenced. by. the.
teachings.of.William.Branham..During.the.early.stages.of.his.ministry,.very.few.were.familiar.with.
this.scroll.that.was.written.by.the.early.Gnostics..The.Book.of.Enoch.was.translated.from.the.
Ethiopian.text.by.R.H..Charles.in.1906,.and.began.making.its.way.through.the.English\speaking.
nations.not.long.after..
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161.
Moses$
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In.the.late.1600's.and.early.1700's,.a."mystic.woman".by.the.name.of.Jane.Lead.published.a.series.
of.prophecies.that.some.believe.to.have.been.foretelling.the."Latter.Rain.Movement.".In.a.series.
of.visions,.Lead.describes.a.god.that.was.hidden.in.mystery.that.was.to.be.revealed.by.prophets.
and.prophetesses..According.to.the.series.of.visions,.this.future."restorer.prophet".would.bring.
restoration.to.both.the.church.and.to.the.fallen.angels..Like.Moses,.this.coming.prophet.was.to.
begin.the.next.Exodus...
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To.those.familiar.with.Gnosticism.and.the.worship.of."mysteries,"."angels,".communication.with.
the. dead,. and. other. practices. of. the. occult,. Lead's. religious. movement. that. was. called. "The.
Philadelphia.Society".would.seem.to.be.a.religious.cult.filled.with.the.worship.of.elemental.spirits..
But.to.the.follower.of.William.Branham,.her.prophecies.will.seem.much.more.Divinely.inspired.\
\.they.seem.to.be.promoting.not.only.the.coming."Messenger,".but.also.his."Message."..
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Now.the.third.side.of.the.Mount.that.lay.Eastward,.was.also.described.to.me.by.the.Guardian.
Angel.that.kept.the.3.Gates;.that.each.Gate.gave.entrance.into.three.several.Courts..The.First.
was.to.be.filled.with.Prophets.and.Prophetesses,.that.were.disciplind.and.traind.up.there,.by.
the.great.head.Prophet.Christ.Jesus..Who.was.accompanied.with.all.the.Ancient.Prophets,.as.with.
Moses.and.Samuel,.Elias.and.all.that.were.from.the.Foundation.of.the.World,.to.Christs.time...
The.Ascent.To.The.Mount.Of.Vision,.Jane.Lead.
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It.must.be.so,.for.a.time,.and.time,.and.half.time,.and.then.the.finishing.of.the.Transgression.and.
Sin.will.be:.For.then.will.Christ.the.eternal.Root.of.Righteousness,.in.all,.and.over.all,.spring:.So,.
as.an.Universal.Restoration.to.all.fallen.Angels.and.Spirits,.in.Bodies,.and.out,.will.by.Christ.the.
quickening.Spirit.be.set.free...
A.Communication.between.the.Saints.above.and.the.Saints.below,.Jane.Lead.
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The.second.Gift.is.to.have.the.Gift.of.Revelation.opened.as.a.spring.that.flows.with.Heavenly.
Doctrine.for.a.true.Teaching\Ministry.to.go.forth.with,.to.give.feeding.from.a.fresh.Pasture,.which.
hath.not.been.defiled.by.unwashed.Feet;.the.Holy.Spirit.do.now.in.some.foretell.such.Principal.
Shepherds.are.now.to.stand.in.this.Latter.Day.upon.the.Earth,.that.shall.not.speak.from.Literal.
Tradition,.but.from.the.Revelation.of.the.Holy\Anointing,.the.pure,.and.most.excellent.words.of.
Wisdom,.which.will.not.be.in.the.weakness.of.the.Letter,.but.in.the.strength.and.power.of.the.
Spirit.so.made.known...
Enochian.Walks.With.God,.Jane.Lead.
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It.was.Lead.who.established.the.fundamental.ideas.of.Dispensationalism,.promoting.the.idea.that.
there.were."ages".separating.this.time.that.between.Christ's.resurrection.and.His.second.coming..
Though.her.Philadelphia.Society.has.been.long.forgotten,.her.teaching.emerged.through.John.
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Darby,. who. many. describe. as. the. "father". of. Dispensationalism.. Darby's. works. were. later.
promoted.by.Cyrus.Scofield.through.the.footnotes.of.the.Scofield.Bible,.and.this.teaching.that.
seems.to.have.originated.with.Lead.has.now.spread.to.the.masses...
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Interestingly,.Lead's.prophecies.were.found.among.the.possessions.of.those.involved.with.the.
Pentecostal.and.Latter.Rain.movement..Her.writings.were.found.in.the.study.of.Charles.Price,.a.
California.pastor.associated.with.William.Branham.during.the.early.part.of.Branham's.ministry..It.
was.during.this.time.that.Branham.seemed.to.promote.himself.more.as."Moses".than.he.did.
"Elijah."..
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Like.Joseph.Smith.of.the.Latter.Day.Saints,.Branham.claimed.to.have.been.visited.by.an.angel..In.
Branham's.accounts.of.this.visitation,.he.would.often.describe.the.angel.telling.him.the.power.of.
the.mind.with.regards.to.healing..Branham.would.claim.that.if.the.he.could.make.the.people.
believe.in.himself,.then.no.sickness.would.stand.in.his.way..This.statement.was.often.followed.
up.by.Branham's.claim.that.the.angel.said,."As.Moses.was.given.two.signs.before.Pharoah,.so.
shall.you.be.given.two.signs.".
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Those.who.are.familiar.with.this.reference.from.Exodus.4.quickly.recognize.the.error,.because.
Moses.was.given.three.signs.by.God.instead.of.two..As.God.was.instructing.a.reluctant.Moses.to.
convince.Pharaoh.to.let.His.people.go,.God.gave.Moses.two.signs.for.all.in.the.royal.courts.of.
Pharaoh.to.witness..In.front.of.the.sorcerers,.Moses.was.to.throw.his.rod.to.the.ground,.and.that.
rod.would.turn.immediately.into.a.snake..If.this.did.not.convince.them,.Moses.was.to.place.his.
hand.into.his.cloak,.and.the.hand.would.immediately.be.infected.with.leprosy..But.of.these.two.
signs.did.not.convince.Pharaoh,.there.was.yet.a.third.sign.given:.
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If.they.will.not.believe.even.these.two.signs.or.listen.to.your.voice,.you.shall.take.some.water.
from.the.Nile.and.pour.it.on.the.dry.ground,.and.the.water.that.you.shall.take.from.the.Nile.will.
become.blood.on.the.dry.ground...
Exodus.4:8\10.
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Ultimately,.these.signs.by.God.did.not.change.Pharaohs.heart..The.Bible.says.that.God.hardened.
the. heart. of. Pharaoh,. and. his. hardened. heart. combined. with. his. bitter. anger. towards. the.
Children. of. Israel. was. enough. to. make. God's. children. want. to. leave. their. fallen. condition. of.
slavery.. They. were. not. signs. for. God's. children,. intended. to. show. the. power. of. God. against.
sorcerers,. however. Branham. taught. that. these. signs. were. to. be. used. against. his. own.. These.
signs,.according.to.Branham,.would.convince.the.people.to.believe.in.himself.[William.Branham],.
and.only.then.could.they.receive.healing...
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The.story.of.Balaam.according.to.the.Christian.Bible.is.a.gripping.tale.between.the.forces.of.Good.
and.the.forces.of.evil..Likely.the.basis.for.many.fantasy.books.or.movies.of.fictional.tales.filled.
with.sorcery,.stargazing,.pagan.ritual.and.more,.the.Bible.tells.the.story.of.a.great.sorcerer.whose.
fame.had.spread.for.hundreds.of.miles...
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An.evil.king.focused.upon.building.his.empire.sought.to.use.the.magic.of.the.sorcerer.against.the.
Children.of.Israel,.turning.them.away.from.their.most.powerful.ally:.The.Almighty.God..
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According. to. the. book. of. Numbers,. Balaam. practiced. divination,. which. was. condemned. and.
punishable.by.death.under.the.Mosaic.Law..But.divination.and.its.consequences.are.not.easily.
understood.among.the.followers.of.William.Branham,.because.in.his.teaching,.Branham.obscured.
the.lines.between.prophecy.and.divination..
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Divination.is.the.practice.of.foreseeing.the.future.through.various.means,.some.of.which.include.
fasting,. stargazing,. and. even. occultic. practices.. Typically,. those. who. practice. divination. are.
summoned.by.those.who.wish.to.use.the.knowledge.of.the.future.to.their.own.purpose,.such.as.
Balaak.the.king.in.the.story.of.Balaam..But.it.is.vastly.different.than.prophecy..The.message.given.
by.the.diviner.is.not.a.message.that.uplifts.the.entire.body,.and.the.intent.of.the.message.can.
only. serve. two. purposes.. Divination. uplifts. the. sorcerer. into. greater. fear. or. respect. through.
amazement.in.his.accuracy,.while.providing.insight.into.a.future.event.that.many.times.cannot.
be.changed..While.the.sorcerer.is.lifted.into.power,.those.focusing.on.their.anticipation.of.the.
future.become.weaker.vessels.during.the.present..
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Prophecy.(from.God),.however,.is.given.directly.by.God.for.the.sole.purpose.of.building.a.stronger.
body.. It. is. never. intended. to. lift. one. man. into. greater. respect,. and. many. times. through. the.
examples.we.find.in.the.Bible,.it.actually.was.given.to.humble.the.pride..
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During. the. Old. Testament,. there. was. a. period. of. time. that. we. refer. to. as. the. "age. of. the.
prophets,". and. it. fell. between. the. time. of. the. Old. Covenant. and. the. days. of. Jesus. Christ..
According. to. the. Apostle. Paul,. the. law. was. given. as. a. tool. for. learning,. like. a. student. being.
tutored.until.his.graduation..Paul.tells.us.that.during.the.time.of.the.Law,.the.Children.of.Israel.
were.proving.time.and.again.that.man.cannot.save.themselves,.and.needed.a.Savior.to.redeem.
them.from.the.curse..When.we.study.the.prophets.of.the.Old.Testament,.we.quickly.find.that.
they.were.not.diviners.who.were.summoned.to.foresee.future.events,.but.instead.were.men.who.
humbled.themselves.enough.to.let.God.speak.through.them...
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The.Word.of.the.Lord.through.the.prophets.seemed.to.be.a.beating.drum,.all.saying.the.same.
exact.thing.time.and.again:."Children.of.Israel,.you.have.failed.to.save.yourselves.through.keeping.
the. Law.. Because. you. have. done. this,. I. will. bring. the. curses. that. were. given. under. the. Old.
Covenant.as.a.consequence.for.failure..But.one.day,.I.will.send.the.Messiah.to.redeem.you.from.
this.curse.and.show.you.a.better.way.".
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Luke.16:16.tells.us.that.this.time.ended.with.John.the.Baptist..When.the.New.Covenant.of.Grace.
was.established,.there.was.no.need.for.God.to.send.messengers.to.tell.the.Children.of.Israel.that.
they. had. broken. the. Law. \\. According. to. Paul,. the. Old. Covenant. was. made. obsolete. by. the.
Everlasting.Covenant.of.Grace..
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The.Law.and.the.Prophets.were.until.John;.since.then.the.good.news.of.the.kingdom.of.God.is.
preached,.and.everyone.forces.his.way.into.it..
Luke.16:16.
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Balaam. was. not. one. of. these. prophets,. and. though. God. gave. him. a. message. to. foretell. the.
Redeemer,. Balaam. was. still. an. evil. sorcerer.. When. Balaam. was. summoned,. he. was. not.
summoned. because. of. his. reputation. of. being. a. prophet. of. the. Lord.. Instead,. Balaam. was.
summoned.for.his.powers.of.divination,.and.accepted.fees.in.exchange.for.this.abomination..
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So.the.elders.of.Moab.and.the.elders.of.Midian.departed.with.the.fees.for.divination.in.their.
hand..And.they.came.to.Balaam.and.gave.him.Balak's.message..
Numbers.22:6\8.
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Ultimately,.this.was.the.cause.of.Balaam's.demise..Though.Balaam.was.not.one.of.the.Children.
of.Israel,.the.armies.of.Israel.executed.capital.punishment.in.agreement.with.the.Law.of.Moses..
Balaam.was.put.to.death.for.the.abomination.of.divination..
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Balaam.also,.the.son.of.Beor,.the.one.who.practiced.divination,.was.killed.with.the.sword.by.the.
people.of.Israel.among.the.rest.of.their.slain..
Joshua.13:21.
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But.Branham's.version.of.the.story.of.Balaam.did.not.focus.on.the.distinct.line.between.good.and.
evil.. According. to. William. Branham,. there. were. two. messengers. for. that. "age,". Moses. and.
Balaam..Branham.taught.his.followers.that.Balaam.had.the."same.anointing".that.was.given.to.
Moses,. claiming. that. all. who. can. peer. into. the. future. were. considered. "prophets". instead. of.
diviners..
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And.the.Moabites,.in.Branham's.version.of.the.story,.were.worshippers.of.Yahweh.instead.of.the.
gods.of.Baal..While.history.(and.the.Bible).records.the.Moabites.serving.Chemosh.and.Molech,.
Branham. claimed. that. this. pagan. nation. could. be. compared. to. "formal". or. "organized".
Christianity..
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Elijah$
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William.Branham.is.one.of.several."Malachi.4.Prophets,".men.promoting.themselves.to.be.the.
fulfillment.of.Malachi's.prophecy.of.the.return.of.Elijah.before.the.coming.of.the.Lord,.which.
Branham.claimed.to.be.the.second.coming.\\.not.the.first..If.you.study.Branham's.teaching.on.
the.prophet.Elijah.chronologically,.you.will.quickly.find.three.distinct.phases.of.teaching...
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During.the.first.part.of.his.ministry,.Branham.would.often.tell.the.story.of.Old.Testament.Elijah,.
comparing. elements. of. the. story. to. modern. events.. Planting. a. foundation. to. build. upon,.
Branham.would.start.to.describe.how.the.coming."Elijah".would.be.exactly.like.the.character.he.
created. in. his. stories. of. Elijah,. comparing. those. descriptions. to. himself. and. his. own. ministry..
Once.he.had.established.himself.as.the.new.Elijah,.the.last.part.was.easy;.anything.said.about.
the.Old.Testament.Elijah.would.be.applied.to.himself.by.the.listener...
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There.is.just.one.problem:.The.Elijah.in.those.stories.was.not.the.Elijah.of.the.Bible..
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Branham.described.an.Elijah.that."hated.women,".having.often.described.how.he.himself.was.
accused. of. "hating. women.". According. to. Branham,. God. sent. Elijah. of. the. Old. Testament. to.
condemn. Jezebel. for. her. "bobbed. hair". and. makeup,. just. as. he. often. did. through. his. own.
sermons.. In. many. instances,. Branham. compared. Ahab. and. Jezebel. to. President. and. Mrs..
Kennedy,.telling.his.followers.how.Elijah.needed.to.storm.the.White.House.to.condemn.President.
Kennedy.for.allowing.the.First.Lady.to.wear.cosmetics..Unfortunately,.President.Kennedy.was.
assassinated.before.that.dream.was.enacted,.leaving.what.Branham.called.God's."final.attack.on.
the.White.House".unfulfilled..
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Many.of.the.followers.of.William.Branham.are.unaware.of.the.events.surrounding.the.actual.
Elijah.from.the.Old.Testament..Having.been.trained.to.think.that.cosmetics.were.Jezebel's.sin.
that.brought.condemnation.and.judgment,.the.true.abomination.of.Jezebel.is.overlooked..
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Ahab's.marriage.to.Jezebel.was.a.direct.violation.of.the.Mosaic.Law,.one.that.resulted.in.the.curse.
of.the.Law..Jezebel.was.not.one.of.the.Children.of.Israel,.and.God.warned.Israel.not.to.take.wives.
from.the.Gentile.nations..But.Ahab.did.not.keep.the.commandment..
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The.city.of.Tyre.was.a.very.important.hub.for.commerce.in.the.ancient.world,.and.Ahab's.union.
to.the.daughter.of.the.King.of.Tyre.would.have.seemed.like.a.blessing.in.itself..Through.Tyre,.the.
riches.of.the.world.were.within.Ahab's.reach..Tyre.purple,.for.instance,.was.a.royal.commodity.
used. in. the. clothing,. cosmetics,. and. more.. But. while. Tyre. spread. the. wealth. of. the. nations.
through.its.busy.trade.routes,.it.also.spread.something.far.more.sinister:.ancient.pagan.gods.and.
goddesses...
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It.is.believed.that.many.of.the.Greek.and.Roman.gods.descended.directly.from.the.gods.of.Tyre..
The. Pillars. of. Melquart,. for. instance,. were. re\established. as. the. Pillars. of. Hercules. in. Greek.
mythology..
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These. ancient. cults. were. believed. by. their. members. to. provide. power,. wealth,. fertility,. and.
prosperity,.but.they.also.brought.death.and.destruction..Human.sacrifice,.temple.prostitution,.
and.many.other.forms.of.evil.were.included.in.their.ritual.ceremonies..
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These. sacrifices. and. abomination. infected. the. Children. of. Israel. through. Jezebel,. causing. the.
Children.of.Israel.to.break.several.other.commandments.of.the.Mosaic.Law..God.did.not.want.
his.Children.to.be.sacrificed.to.idols,.and.did.not.want.His.children.to.serve.any.other.God..So.he.
sent.Elijah..
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Elijah. fit. the. mold. of. most. of. the. Old. Testament. prophets. and. their. message. from. God.. The.
prophets.consistently.gave.the.same.prophecy:.Israel,.you.have.fallen.back.into.idolatry..Unless.
you.repent.and.turn.back.to.the.One.True.God,.I.[God].will.punish.you..Jezebel,.not.being.a.Jew,.
failed.to.listen..
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In.the.very.last.moments.of.her.life,.as.her.executioners.were.coming.for.her,.Jezebel.applied.her.
paint.of.royalty..She.wanted.to.die.in.dignity..
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It. is. in. these. last. few. moments. of. Jezebel's. life. that. Branham's. teaching. starts.. According. to.
Branham,. this. description. of. Jezebel's. last. moments. was. applied. to. all. women. of. all. races..
Branham.taught.that.since.Jezebel.used.paint.on.her.face,.women.in.his.following.should.not...
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This.expanded.quickly..Branham.would.often.call.women.who.did.not.follow.these.rules."dog.
meat,".referring.to.Jezebel's.death.and.dismemberment..Eventually,.what.started.as.a.simple.
fictional. story. became. a. reality. through. his. own. congregation.. The. only. problem. is. that. the.
number.of."Jezebels".dramatically.increased,.and.his.followers.were.trained.to.scorn.through.
insult...
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Eventually,.after.having.convinced.his.following.that.he.was.indeed.the.return.of.Elijah,.Branham.
would. claim. that. God. himself. was. being. revealed. as. "Elijah". in. the. last. days.. This. final.
advancement.effectively.promoted.himself.as.the.return.of.Jesus.Christ.in.the.form.of.a.man....
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The$Prophets$
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Those. who. have. been. involved. or. influenced. with. the. ministry. of. William. Branham. share. a.
viewpoint.on.prophecy.that.makes.it.quite.difficult.to.witness.and.discuss.scripture..Following.in.
the.footsteps.of.Dowie,.Russell,.and.Smith,.Branham.promoted.the.idea.that.the.prophets.of.old.
were.leaders,.and.any.who.did.not.follow.the.leader.was.abandoned.by.God..Each.major.event.
in. the. Bible. was. given. the. label. of. an. "age,". and. each. of. the. men. in. the. scriptures. became.
"prophets".for.their."age.".
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Men.who.lived.before.the.timeline.of.the.prophets.in.the.Old.Testament.were.elevated.to.the.
status.of."prophet,".which.Branham.claimed.to.be.the.highest.form.of.leadership.\\.higher.even.
than.the.high.priests.under.the.Levitical.priesthood..
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As.Branham.taught.from.the.Old.Testament,.he.promoted.the.idea.that.prophets.were."God's.
gift".to.the.people,.and.to.reject.that.gift.was.to.reject.eternal.life..All.prophets.were.likened.to.
Noah,. and. to. reject. the. "messenger". was. to. shut. the. spiritual. "door". to. the. ark,. which.
represented.his.own.ministry...
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One.of.the.fundamental.milestones.in.Branham's.life.stories.was.the.1933.baptism,.which.was.
and. is. compared. to. the. story. in. the. Gospels. where. John. baptized. Jesus.. But. rather. than. God.
speaking.from.the.heavens.to.announce.His.Only.Son.Jesus,.Branham's.tale.included.a.God.who.
announced.himself.[William.Branham]..By.association,.Branham.implied.that.he.was.the."gift".
for.this.age..
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Branham's.descriptions.of.prophets.were.men.who.could.peer.into.the.future..This,.according.to.
Branham,. was. a. divine. gift. from. God. \\. no. matter. which. religion,. herbs. and. spices,. or. even.
astrology.produced.the."gift.".Balaam,.for.instance,.had.the.same."anointing".that.Moses.had.
according.to.Branham's.teaching...
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To. further. the. doctrine. on. prophetic. leadership,. Branham. claimed. that. God. only. sent. one.
prophet.for.each."age.".To.reject.this.single.leader.was.to.reject.God,.while.acceptance.of.the.
man.and.his.message.was.to.inherit.eternal.salvation..This.creates.a.problem,.since.there.were.
multiple.prophets.prophesying.at.the.same.time.during.several.events.in.the.Old.Testament..It.
would.seem.as.though.this.is.the.reason.that.several.books.of.the.Bible.were.avoided.during.the.
recorded.sermons.from.1947.to.1965...
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The.Bible.tells.a.much.different.story,.and.seems.to.expose.the.weakness.of.the.prophets.for.a.
purpose.. Until. the. Mosaic. Law. was. given,. men. spoke. directly. to. God.. Abraham,. for. instance,.
walked.with.God.fully.in.Grace.without.Law..God.spoke.to.Sarah,.and.even.Hagar.\\.no.vision.
required..
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For.a.period.of.time,.God.ruled.and.reigned.supreme.over.the.people..Men.relied.upon.the.Lord.
for. their. provision,. their. protection,. their. guidance,. and. their. salvation,. and. though. we. find.
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instances.of.visions.given.by.God,.we.don't.find.mention.of.the.label."prophet".until.much.later.
in.scripture..
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The.people.wanted.to.see.a.man.in.power,.one.that.they.could.see.and.hear.in.physical.form,.
and.the.Bible.describes.God.allowing.the.people.to.elect.kings.into.political.power..Again,.during.
this.time.period,.we.do.not.find.men.labeled."prophets,".but.instead."judges.".Time.after.time,.
mankind. fell. to. idolatry,. adultery,. and. many. other. types. of. sin,. and. we. find. judges. to. issue.
correction.and.acts.of.warfare.to.free.the.people.from.oppression...
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These. kings. were. the. leaders. of. Israel,. long. before. the. first. prophet. is. mentioned.. Again. and.
again,.a.king.would.rise,.bring.the.people.into.righteousness,.and.then.fall.again.to.worse.sin..
Israel.continually.drifted.further.and.further.away.from.the.Old.Covenant,.until.finally,.they.had.
trespassed.against.each.of.the.commandments..
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According.to.the.Old.Covenant,.there.were.over.three.hundred.blessings.given.for.keeping.the.
Law.\\.but.there.were.also.over.three.hundred.curses.for.abandoning.or.breaking.that.Law..As.
the.law.began.to.fail,.we.start.seeing.the.first.prophets.sent.by.God..
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The. most. obvious. error. with. this. idea. that. prophets. were. leaders. instead. of. voices. of. the.
Covenant.is.exposed.when.you.review.the.timeline.of.the.prophets.compared.to.the.timeline.of.
Israel.. You'll. quickly. notice. that. God's. Voice. was. confirmed. by. the. mouths. of. more. than. one.
human,.starting.in.the.days.of.King.Jeroboam.II..Jonah,.Joel,.and.Amos.were.all.speaking.to.God's.
children.as.the.punishments.began..
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During. the. time. of. Babylonian. captivity,. this. was. amplified. with. God's. voice. being. spoken. by.
multiple.prophets.in.both.Babylon.and.Jerusalem..Daniel.and.Ezekiel.were.speaking.God's.Voice.
to.those.in.captivity.while.Jeremiah,.Obadiah,.and.Habakkuk.were.speaking.God's.Voice.to.the.
Jews.in.Jerusalem..
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Christ,.speaking.of.this.period.of.time,.associates.the.prophets.with.the.Mosaic.Law..According.
to.the.book.of.Luke,.Jesus.tells.us.that.both.the.Law.and.the.prophets.were.until.John.the.Baptist.
prepared.the.way.for.Jesus.Christ..Since.then,.the.Good.News,.or.the.Gospel.of.the.Kingdom.was.
proclaimed.".
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The.Law.and.the.prophets.were.until.John;.since.then.the.good.news.of.the.kingdom.of.God.is.
preached,.and.everyone.forces.his.way.into.it...
Luke.16:16.
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Gene$and$Leo$
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We.have.received.multiple.instant.messages,.emails,.contact.submissions.through.the.website,.
and. even. phone. calls. concerning. the. two. men. largely. responsible. for. the. handling. of. the.
"message".of.William.Branham.on.recorded.tape:.Gene.Goad.and.Leo.Mercier..
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While.most.of.this.information.is.in.written.form.on.our.website,.www.seekyethetruth.com,.it.
seems. as. though. some. of. the. videos. about. "The. Park". have. gone. viral. inside. the. religious.
following.of.William.Branham..Until.this.point,.the.references.were.not.available.in.video.form,.
and.many.of.those.trapped.in.fear.are.being.instructed.by.pastors.and.elders.of.the.church.to.
avoid.the.William.Branham.apologetic.websites.."That.'spirit.might.get.on.you,'.and.once.the.
devil.gets.a\hold.of.you,.he.won't.let.go.".
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That.spirit.they.reference.is.not.so.much.a.spirit,.but.a.vast.pool.of.information.that.has.proven.
beyond.a.shadow.of.a.doubt.that.this.'message'.was.not.so.much.the.hand.of.Almighty.God,.but.
rather.a.'message'.of.fiction.given.for.a.purpose..The.websites.give.you.enough.information.to.
decide.for.yourself.just.what.that.'purpose'.was.and.is..
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But. concerning. the. two. men. that. have. been. labeled. as. 'homosexual,'. we. want. to. make. a.
distinction.between.fact,.fiction,.rumor,.and.assumption..And.we.want.to.present.the.sources.to.
you.in.video.form..Since.people.from."The.Park".are.starting.to.open.up,.we.want.to.direct.the.
"blame". to. the. source. of. the. information. rather. than. those. needing. counseling. and. both.
emotional.and.spiritual.help..
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The.first.time.we.came.in.contact.with.this.information.was.through.the.book."Legend.of.the.
Fall,". written. by. Peter. Duyzer,. which. is. now. available. in. paperback. through. the. amazon.
bookstore..In.this.book,."Doctor".Lee.Vayle.was.referenced.as.stating.that.these.two.men,.Gene.
Goad.and.Leo.Mercier".were.homosexual..
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This. information. interested. me. personally,. because. local. Jeffersonville. rumor. and. family.
discussions. led. you. to. the. same. conclusion.. Since. the. two. men. are. dead. and. gone. on,. any.
information.we.find.will.be.second\hand,.even.victims.that.have.came.forth.to.present.their.life.
stories. of. horror.. But. witness. testimony;. even. from. those. outside. "The. Park". lead. you. to. the.
same.conclusion.presented.as.fact.by.Lee.Vayle..Those.who.experienced.conversations.with.the.
men,.especially.those.who.were.not.programmed.with.the.'message,'.described.these.two.men.
as.either.closet.or.practicing.homosexuals..Those.outside.could.not.have.known,.of.course,.the.
abuse,.both.physical.and.sexual,.that.went.on.behind.the.scenes..
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The.first.instance.we.found.describing.the.two."tape.boys".in.the.sermons.of.Lee.Vayle.was.in.a.
2000.sermon.entitled."The.Godhead.".
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"I.believe.it.was.about.1956.and.no.later,.that.Leo.and.Gene,.Leo.Mercier.and.Gene.Goad,.God.
told.Bro..Branham.to.hire.them;.two.homosexuals..So.I.want.you.to.get.the.drift.of.what.I'm.
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saying.. This,. what. I'm. talking. about. here,. where. God. made. Himself. known,. and. through. a.
prophet,.is.where.men.turned.back.and.the.homosexuals.were.standing.right.there.to.take.over..
And.you're.going.to.see.more.and.more.of.it,.and.you're.going.to.see.more.and.more.corruption,.
and.you're.going.to.see.more.and.more.people.dying.from.AIDS..Bro..Branham.said.there'd.come.
a.time.when.people.standing.on.this.ground.here\and.I.said.it.even,.I.think.even.before.he.did\
because. when. I. saw. that. the. Scriptures. said. that. God. repented. He. made. man,. I. looked. very.
closely.in.the.Hebrew.to.find.out.what.that.word.'repent'.means.'to.be.sorrowful'..And.God.was.
very.sorrowful.concerning.the.state.of.man.which.man.had.found.himself,.and.so,.therefore,.God.
did.not.let.the.last.man.suddenly.gasp.and.fall.into.the.ooze.and.scum.of.the.universe.and.gag.
and.die.with.his.last.breath..He.cut.them.off..
Lee.Vayle,.Godhead.P19,.July.1,.2000"..
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At.the.time.this.information.was.presented.to.me,.I.personally.had.a.limited.understanding.of.
scripture..Having.been.programmed.by.pastors.without.love.for.the.truth,.many.scriptures.were.
tangled.and.cut.out.of.context.in.my.mind..To.my.understanding.at.the.time.the.videos.were.
made,.homosexuality.was.a.sin.that.was.more.powerful.than.the.blood.of.Jesus.Christ..A.thief.or.
a.murderer.could.be.forgiven,.but.a.homosexual.had.no.place.in.the.kingdom.of.heaven..
.
My.mind.always.went.back.to.what.we.were.taught.by.cult.pastors:."Sodom.and.Gomorrah.were.
burned.with.fire.to.wipe.out.homosexuality!".Sadly,.this.false.teaching.is.not.limited.to.the.cult.
following.of.William.Branham,.and.exists.in.even.mainstream.churches..
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After.studying.the.Bible.without.man's.interpretation,.we.found.that.Ezekiel.16.describes.the.
destruction.of.Sodom.and.Gomorrah..And.that.destruction.was.not.for.homosexuality..It.was.for.
the.same.exact.thing.that.we.find.today.in.the.sermons.of.cult.pastors..pastors.condemning.not.
just.their.fellow.man,.but.even.their.own.flesh.and.blood..Because.some.of.their.flock.has.chosen.
to.follow.Jesus.Christ.and.has.denied.a.human.being.(William.Branham),.they.are.treated.as.filthy.
rags..
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After.describing.Jerusalem.as.the."greatest.of.all.harlots,".the.prophecy.to.Ezekiel.describes.the.
reason.that.Sodom.was.destroyed:.
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"As.I.live,.declares.the.Lord.God,.your.sister.Sodom.and.her.daughters.have.not.done.as.you.and.
your.daughters.have.done..Behold,.this.was.the.guilt.of.your.sister.Sodom:.she.and.her.daughters.
had.pride,.excess.of.food,.and.prosperous.ease,.but.did.not.aid.the.poor.and.needy..They.were.
haughty.and.did.an.abomination.before.me..So.I.removed.them,.when.I.saw.it.".
Ezekiel.16:48\50.
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I.highly.recommend.that.you.read.the.entire.prophecy,.in.context,.from.the.Bible..
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There.are.plenty.of.scriptures.describing.the.sin.of.homosexuality,.and.I'm.sure.that.there.is.no.
need.to.reference.them..Should.any.be.unaware,.there.is.a.website.entitled."OpenBible".that.
allows.you.to.search.on.any.topic.to.find.a.compiled.list.of.scriptures..
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After.learning.that.homosexuality.was.not.the.reason.for.Sodom's.destruction,.and.after.learning.
that.the.blood.of.Jesus.Christ.covers.all.sin,.the.question.quickly.became:.Were.Gene.and.Leo.
practicing.homosexuals?.
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There.were.testimonies.given.by.those.suffering.unmentionable.horrors.in."The.Park.".But.those.
testimonies.were.given.by.people.who.were.promised.confidentiality.and.as.much.security.as.
possible.. While. their. testimony. would. be. enough. to. bring. a. government. investigation. of. this.
religious. cult,. none. of. the. private. testimony. has. been. presented. in. public. at. this. time.. Our.
information. concerning. whether. or. not. Gene. and. Leo. continued. to. practice. homosexuality. is.
based. upon. the. statements. made. by. the. same. respected. "Doctor". Lee. Vayle.. Since. William.
Branham.respected.Vayle.enough.to.give.him.a.seemingly.fictional.title.of."Doctor,".we.felt.that.
his.witness.testimony.was.powerful.enough:.
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"Now,.where.did.Leo.and.Gene.and.all.those.guys.get.that?.Now.they.were.a.couple.of.perverts,.
so.if.you're.miserably.perverted.physically,.I've.got.an.idea.your.spirit.ain't.too.hot.either,.because.
the.Bible.said,."Such.were.some.of.you,.but.now.you're.clean.".They.were.around.Bro..Branham.
and.never.got.rid.of.their.homosexual.spirit..They're.both.dead.now,.and.I.can.say.what.I.want.of.
course.and.not.be.liable,.but.the.point.is,.I'm.not.liable.in.telling.anybody.dirty.stories..I'm.telling.
you.the.truth.".
Lee.Vayle,.Stewardship.P40,.Oct.4,.1997..
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Notice,. this. is. "Doctor". Lee. Vayle,. respected. by. William. Branham,. confirming. to. us. that. he. is.
telling. us. the. truth.. He. confirms. as. truth. that. not. only. were. Gene. and. Leo. homosexual,. they.
continued.to.be.homosexual.throughout.their.lives..
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Cult.pastors.deny.this.has.any.impact.on.the.message,.claiming.that.William.Branham.simply.did.
not. know.. This. was. some. strange. 'mystery,'. a. spiritual. discernment. they. claim. to. be. more.
powerful.than.Branham's.abilities.to.peer.into.the.hearts.of.mankind..
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"Doctor".Lee.Vayle.disagrees..According.to.Vayle,.these.two.men.responsible.for.the.handling.of.
"the.message".were.actively.homosexual.throughout.Branham's.ministry,.and.Branham.himself.
knew.that.they.were.homosexuals..The.very.next.statement.in.Vayle's.sermon.is.this:.
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When.Bro..Branham.told.me.what.they.were,.I.thought.he.was.just,.you.know,.being.as.rotten.as.
I.am,.using.a.bad.name.about.people..Positive.truth..An.absolute.mess..If.you.don't.believe.that,.
you.talk.to.Leo's.wife,.who's.still.living..Now.those.guys.were.an.absolute.mess,.and.the.people.
around.them..But.there.was.no.eighth.vision..And.this.is.what.came.out.of.the.vision.book.".
Lee.Vayle,.Stewardship.P40,.Oct.4,.1997..
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Because.this.might.be.the.only.post.some.in.the.cult.following.may.encounter,.it.is.necessary.that.
we.describe.how.this.information.applies.to.William.Branham..Could.Branham.be.responsible.for.
what.happened.behind.closed.doors.by.two.men.Lee.Vayle.called."perverted?".
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That.depends.upon.whether.or.not.you.believe.or.believed."the.message.".
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William. Branham. presented. himself. as. a. man. who. could. peer. into. the. very. soul. of. man,.
"discerning".the.secrets.of.their.hearts..He.presented.himself.as.a.mortal.human.being.with.the.
same.power.of.Jesus.Christ,.the.Son.of.the.Living.God..According.to.William.Branham,.when.he.
took.a.person.by.his.left.hand,.he.received."vibrations".like.a.Wiccan.Priest,.and.could.see.the.
demons.inside..So.the.question.quickly.became:.was.the."demon".of.homosexuality.able.to.hide.
itself.from.William.Branham?.
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Those. that. have. studied. the. hundreds. of. photographs. taken. of. men. in. Branham's. wilderness.
retreats.notice.a.strange.level.of.contact.with.each.other..from.pictures.of.William.Branham.
holding. hands. to. pictures. of. Branham. resting. his. head. on. what. appears. to. be. another. man's.
crotch..Those.around.William.Branham.describe.him.as.a.man.who.could."walk.down.the.street.
holding. your. hand. and. giving. you. such. 'peace'. that. you. would. not. explain. other. than.
supernaturally.". These. bits. of. information. lead. you. to. ask. many. questions. about. William.
Branham.himself,.but.are.not.as.problematic.as.what.was.being.constructed..And.as.you.can.see.
in.the.photographs,.there.was.plenty.of."hand.contact.".
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The. "Park". at. Prescott. is. not. the. only. commune. that. was. established.. Other. trailer. park.
communes. were. described,. as. well. as. other. local. community. communes. similar. to. what. was.
recently. exposed. by. cult. leader. Warren. Jeffs.. They. all. have. similar. horror. stories,. with. the.
exception.of.the.final.fruit.produced.by.Gene.and.Leo's.community..
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William.Branham.said,."There.will.rise.somebody.after.me,.that'll.take.the.Message.on..He'll.be.
an.odd.person,.but.he'll.rise.after.this.and.take.the.Message.on..And.you.listen.to.it..As.long.as.
it's.Scripture,.stay.with.it"..(January.18,.1963).
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Later,.in.May.of.1964,.Branham.presented.his."oddball.".A.sermon.with.that.title.was.preached.
in. Prescott,. Arizona,. in. the. dedication. of. Gene. and. Leo's. commune.. Rather. than. a. sermon.
describing.how.unhealthy.and.extremely.dangerous.it.was.to.sever.yourselves.from.the.outside.
world.of.other.Christians,.Branham.started.the.sermon.by.describing.the."wonderful.Christian.
atmosphere".that.he.saw.in.the.place..
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This."wonderful.Christian.atmosphere".started.invading.the.private.lives.of.its.prisoners..Not.just.
spiritually,.but.Gene.and.Leo's."Park".started.invading.the.sexual.intimacy.of.the.flock..
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The.People.versus.Loker,.a.trial.held.in.the.California.Supreme.Court.describes.a.man.who.was.
the.product.of.a.sexual.union.that.seems.to.have.been.forced.by.the.leaders.of.the.commune..
Reading.through.the.witness.testimony,.you.will.quickly.find.abuse.in.every.possible.form,.from.
physical.to.emotional.and.even.sexual..The.result.was.a.man.who.was.a.victim.of.their.crime.who.
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went.on.a.killing.spree..The.focus.of.the.trial.was.to.explain.how.this."odd.person".that.Branham.
praised.was.the.cause.of.the.man's.actions..And.the.result.of.the.trial.was.that.while.responsibility.
could.be.directed.to.the.leaders.of.the.commune,.the.man.was.still.accountable.for.his.actions.
and.dangerous.to.society....
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For.years,.we.were.told.the."glorious".power.of.William.Branham.to.know.the.secrets.of.our.
hearts..We.were.told.that.there.was.no.error.in.his.sermons,.that.every.word.on.recorded.tape.
was.divinely.inspired.by.God..We.were.told.that.it.was."more.accurate.than.today's.newspapers.".
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Now.that.almost.every.single.aspect.of.his.life.stories.and.most.of.his.extremist.teachings.have.
been.proven.false,.pastors.are.focusing.their.sermons.on.the.Branham.who.was."just.a.man.".His.
lies.are.justified.by.the."sinner".in.the.man,.while.his.twisted.and.false.teachings.on.the.Bible.are.
justified.by."lack.of.understanding".or."progressive.revelation.".One.elder.of.the.religious.cult.
even.describes.one.lie.as."actually.true,".claiming.that.William.Branham.had.the.ability.to."time.
travel".to.the.mystery.cloud.created.by.a.T.H.O.R..missile.detonation..
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This.does.not.work.both.ways..We.cannot.have.a.sermon.that.is.divinely.inspired.by.God.that.is.
full.of.error..We.cannot.have.twisted.scriptures.and.false.teaching.that.are."more.accurate.than.
today's.newspaper.".We.cannot.have.a.habitual.liar.described.as.a.man.of.God..We.cannot.have.
a.man.who.severs.his.following.from.all.other.Christian.brothers.and.sisters.being.described.as.a.
man.following.God's.perfect.plan..
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"There.are.six.things.that.the.Lord.hates,.seven.that.are.an.abomination.to.him:.haughty.eyes,.a.
lying.tongue,.and.hands.that.shed.innocent.blood,.a.heart.that.devises.wicked.plans,.feet.that.
make.haste.to.run.to.evil,.a.false.witness.who.breathes.out.lies,.and.one.who.sows.discord.among.
brothers.".
Proverbs.6:16\19.
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The$Gospel$
.
The.word."Gospel".means."Good.News.".To.a.Christian,.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ.is.the.greatest.
news.that.can.be.given,.news.that.Christ.has.freed.the.world.from.sin.and.death..
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Sadly,.however,.many.have.long.forgotten.what.this."Good.News".is.all.about..When.asked,.many.
in.the.following.of.William.Branham.will.give.an.answer.of."power,".or."healing,".a.description.
that.represents.the.power.of.God.without.any.indication.of.the.message.that.is.to.be.spread.with.
the.Good.News.that.is.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ...
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When.the.Mosaic.Law.was.given,.it.was.a.two\part.contract.between.man.and.God..There.were.
over.three.hundred.blessings.if.the.Children.of.Israel.kept.the.laws.given.to.Moses.by.God,.and.
there.were.over.three.hundred.curses.if.they.failed.to.keep.the.Law..From.famine.and.drought.
to.captivity.and.desolation,.the.curse.of.the.law.was.severe..At.the.same.time,.the.Gentile.nations.
were.cursed..God.chose.Israel.as.His.children,.and.the.idolatrous.nations.that.rose.against.Israel.
were.punished.with.Israel's.favor...
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In.Galatians.3,.Paul.compares.the.Mosaic.Law.to.a.child.under.instruction.of.a.tutor,.and.describes.
the.Law.itself.as.a.curse..Once.the.curse.was.lifted,.Paul.tells.the.Galatians.that.there.is.no.longer.
a.separation.between.Jew.or.Greek,.slave.or.free,.male.or.female...
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Throughout.his.letters,.the.Apostle.Paul.calls.the.Law.a."Law.of.sin.and.death,".one.that.brings.
condemnation. rather. than. salvation.. This. condemnation. was. upon. the. head. of. Israel,.
condemnation. spoken. directly. by. God. through. His. prophets. in. the. Old. Testament.. Israel. had.
broken.the.Law,.abandoned.it,.and.brought.the.curses.of.the.Law.upon.themselves..Without.a.
Redeemer.to.save.them,.Israel.deserved.death..
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To.the.early.Jewish.Christians,.the.Gospel.had.special.meaning..Christ.had.set.them.free!.They.
were.no.longer.bound.by.the.Law,.and.they.were.no.longer.living.under.the.curse.of.the.Law..
Though. they. deserved. death. and. eternal. separation,. Jesus. Christ. had. came. as. their. Kinsman.
Redeemer..He.died.in.their.place,.paying.the.final.penalty.of.the.curse..His.death.brought.new.
life,.life.without.the.curse.of.the.Law,.and.they.had.done.nothing.to.deserve.it..It.was.given.to.
them.as.a.Gift,.the.greatest.Gift.the.world.had.ever.known..God.had.sent.His.Only.Son,.Jesus.
Christ,.as.their.Kinsman.Redeemer..God's.only.Son.sacrificed.His.own.life.so.that.their.lives.could.
be.saved,.and.so.that.they.might.have.a.place.in.the.Kingdom.of.Heaven..
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To.the.early.Gentile.Christians,.the.Gospel.also.had.special.meaning..Though.they.were.not.bound.
by. the. Law,. and. were. not. under. the. curse. of. the. Law,. they. had. not. been. considered. God's.
children.. God. had. favored. Israel. as. His. people,. but. now. the. Gentile. nations. were. adopted. as.
children.of.the.King...
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This.gift.of.life.was.given.without.any.merit..There.was.nothing.that.could.be.done.to.earn.this.
Gift..There.was.nothing.mankind.could.do.to.save.themselves..
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Christ,.God's.only.Son,.suffered.and.died.on.the.cross.for.the.sins.of.the.world..He.died.and.rose.
again,.conquering.death,.hell,.and.the.grave..Because.He.lives,.we.are.given.the.gift.of.eternal.
life,.and.there.is.only.one.requirement:.faith.in.Jesus.Christ...
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For.by.grace.you.have.been.saved.through.faith..And.this.is.not.your.own.doing;.it.is.the.gift.of.
God,.not.a.result.of.works,.so.that.no.one.may.boast...
Ephesians.2:8\9.
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This.is.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ..It.is.the.Bible..Without.the.early.books.of.the.Bible,.we.would.
never.fully.understand.the.Grace.and.Love.of.the.Heavenly.Father.to.His.Children.before.their.
punishment. for. failure. to. keep. the. Law.. Before. there. was. Law,. there. was. Grace,. and. eternal.
covenants.showing.God's.faithfulness..
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Without.the.books.of.the.prophets,.we.would.never.fully.understand.the.necessity.of.a.Savior..
Though.mankind.tried.to.save.themselves.by.their.own.actions,.the.Old.Testament.teaches.us.
that.we.cannot.save.ourselves..We.need.a.Savior..We.need.God..
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Paul. proclaimed. this. Gospel,. and. left. nothing. hidden. in. mystery.. 2. Corinthians. 1. tells. us. that.
nothing.is.written.in\between.the.lines,.and.there.is.nothing.we.can't.understand..It.is.the.simple.
Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ..
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Through. the. New. Testament,. we. find. many. warnings. of. men. that. will. come. to. spread. false.
teaching..Paul.condemned.anyone.who.spread.a.different.gospel.\\.telling.the.people.to.keep.
promoting.the.Gospel,.the.Good.News.that.he.was.also.spreading...
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But.William.Branham.promoted.a.different.gospel..Like.the.Children.of.Israel.abandoning.and.
forgetting.the.Mosaic.Law.in.the.Old.Testament,.many.in.the.following.of.William.Branham.has.
abandoned.and.forgotten.the.Gospel.that.Paul.spread..It.is.quickly.replaced.with.the.gospel.that.
Branham.promoted..
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Branham's.gospel.contained.a.fictional.man.that.spent.most.of.his.time.in.the.work.of."divine.
healing.".Often,.Branham.would.claim.that."85%.of.the.ministry.of.Jesus.Christ.was.on.divine.
healing.".This.gospel.was.often.referred.to.by.Branham.as.the."gospel.of.divine.healing.".
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The."jesus".in.Branham's.version.was.not.the.eternal.son.of.God.that.is.described.in.the.first.
chapter.of.the.Gospel.according.to.John..Branham's.version.included.a.man,.born.by.virgin.birth.
but.without.the.status.of."God.".Branham's."jesus".did.not.become.a.god.until.his.baptism.by.
John.the.Baptist..Because.this.version.of.Jesus.had.a.beginning,.Branham.explained.that.Jesus.
was.not.the.Eternal.Son.of.God..
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Though. he. claimed. to. have. disagreed. with. the. Oneness. Pentecostal. godhead,. Branham.
promoted. the. Jehovah's. Witness. version. of. Christ. that. was. "Jehovah. of. the. Old. Testament,".
which.Branham.claimed.to.be.Jesus.as.taught.by.Charles.Taze.Russell...
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Similar.to.the.Islamic.version.of.Christ,.Branham.taught.his.followers.to.believe.that.Jesus.was.
required.to.have.a.vision.before.performing.any.miracle..Though.he.promoted.the.idea.that.Jesus.
was.also.Jehovah,.Branham.would.often.explain.that.Christ.was.not.the.Father..Taking.this.out.
to.conclusion,.we.find.a.hierarchy.of.gods.in.Branham's.teaching.\\.a.Father.who.sent.visions.to.
a.Son,.and.a.Son.whose.hands.were.tied.until.the.vision.came...
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In.Branham's.gospel,.this.power.did.not.remain.with.Christ..In.several.sermons.describing.the.
scene. during. Christ's. prayer. in. the. Garden. of. Gethsemane,. Branham. would. describe. how. the.
"spirit.of.god".abandoned.Jesus.in.the.Garden..Rather.than.the.Son.of.God.suffering.on.the.cross.
for.our.sins,.Branham's.version.of.the.gospel.described.a.man,.abandoned.by.the.Father,.crucified.
on.Calvary's.hill..
.
The.writers.of.the.New.Testament.do.not.show.patience.for.men.who.spread.different.versions.
of.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ..Galatians.1:8.describe.them.as.accursed..
.
"But.even.if.we.or.an.angel.from.heaven.should.preach.to.you.a.gospel.contrary.to.the.one.we.
preached.to.you,.let.him.be.accursed."..
Galatians.1:8.
.
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Branham's. explanation. of. the. reason. Jesus. offered. Himself. as. a. sacrifice?. So. that. a. future.
'prophet'.could.finish.the.incomplete.work:.
.
Now.He.sanctified,.with.His.Spirit.and.Blood,.a.Church,.that.He.might.make.every.promise.in.this.
last.day.be.revealed..Now,.see,.He.could.go.back.and.pick.up.what.these.other.fellows.has.left.
off.here,.in.the.last.days,.and.by.His.Holy.Spirit.reveal.all.the.mystery.of.the.Seven.Seals..See,.He.
is.expressing.Himself..That's.His.purpose..That's.why.He.died...
63\0728.CHRIST.IS.THE.MYSTERY.OF.GOD.REVEALED..
.
..
.
177.
The$Achievement$of$the$Holy$Spirit$
.
When.the.Azusa.Street.Revival.broke.out,.many.were.displaying.gifts.that.they.believed.to.be.
directly.from.God..Taking.the.prophecy.from.Joel.describing.the.fire.that.fell.at.Pentecost,.this.
new.breed.of.Christians.decided.to.expand.upon.their.teaching.regarding.these.gifts,.and.replace.
Paul's.description.of.the.fruits.of.the.Spirit.with.a.new.doctrine:."Evidence.of.the.Holy.Ghost.".
.
The.early.Pentecostals.commonly.referred.to.the.Gift.of.Tongues.as.evidence.of.the.Holy.Spirit,.
but.as.time.went.on.and.fewer.people.were.given.this.gift,.other.spiritual.gifts.were.included.in.
this.doctrine.of."evidence."..
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The.most.common."evidence".referred.to.by.the.Pentecostal.faith.include.not.only.the.gift.of.
tongues,.but.also.serpent.handling.and.the.gift.of.healing..This.doctrine.is.taken.from.the.latter.
portion.of.the.sixteenth.chapter.of.the.Gospel.according.to.Mark..Though.the.earlier.manuscripts.
of.the.Bible.did.not.include.this.text,.the.Pentecostal.faith.decided.to.build.their.foundation.upon.
these.words:.
.
And.these.signs.will.accompany.those.who.believe:.in.my.name.they.will.cast.out.demons;.they.
will.speak.in.new.tongues;.18.they.will.pick.up.serpents.with.their.hands;.and.if.they.drink.any.
deadly.poison,.it.will.not.hurt.them;.they.will.lay.their.hands.on.the.sick,.and.they.will.recover...
Mark.16:17\18.
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Over. time,. the. Gift. that. was. freely. given. to. God's. children. became. more. of. an. achievement..
Those.who.were.not.blessed.with.the.spiritual.gifts.counted.as."evidence".were.questioned.in.
their. faith.. Many. were. instructed. to. continue. seeking. the. Holy. Spirit. until. they. were. able. to.
achieve.their.gift..
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The.following.of.William.Branham.refer.to.Branham's.claim.to.heal.as.evidence.of.the.Holy.Spirit.
in.their.movement..Regardless.of.how.strongly.the.teachings.of.William.Branham.differ.from.the.
scriptures,. this. "evidence". of. Branham's. achievement. takes. precedence. over. the. conflict. in.
teaching,. and. some. choose. Branham. over. the. Bible. in. these. instances. because. of. this.
achievement..
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But.as.a.majority,.most.of.the.followers.of.William.Branham.do.not.display.the.gift.of.healing.that.
they.consider.to.be.evidence.of.the.Holy.Spirit.\\.both.during.Branham's.ministry.and.long.after.
his.death..Because.of.this,.and.because.of.Branham's.Pentecostal.background,.many.question.
whether. or. not. God. has. given. this. Gift. to. them.. While. most. Christians. would. see. this. as. a.
disturbing. problem,. many. in. the. following. of. William. Branham. do. not. see. this. as. an. issue..
Branham.lessoned.the.importance.of.the.Holy.Spirit.in.the.latter.part.of.his.ministry,.claiming.
that.one.could.easily."grieve.away".the.Holy.Spirit,.and.that.one.could.have.the.Holy.Spirit.every.
day.in.his.or.her.lives.and.still.be.lost.and.bound.for.hell..
.
178.
In.the.earlier.part.of.his.ministry,.William.Branham.promoted.Paul's.description.of.the.fruits.of.
the. spirit. (love,. joy,. peace,. patience,. kindness,. goodness,. faithfulness,. gentleness. and. self\
control).as.what.Christians.should.look.for.as.evidence.of.the.Holy.Spirit..Over.time,.his.doctrine.
changed..Basing.his.experience.upon.the.Pentecostal."gifts,".Branham.claimed.to.have.noticed.
Christian. Science. displaying. the. same. Christian. love. Paul. described. in. Galatians. 5,. but. denied.
their.having.the.Holy.Spirit.because.they.did.not.live.the.lifestyle.promoted.by.the.Pentecostal.
faith..
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Towards. the. latter. part. of. his. ministry,. Branham. promoted. the. idea. that. accepting. the.
"messenger".or.the."message".for.your."hour".[referring.to.himself].was.the.evidence.of.the.Holy.
Spirit...
.
But.this.is.not.the.same.Holy.Spirit.described.in.the.Bible..While.William.Branham.claimed.that.
we.could."grieve.away".the.Holy.Spirit,.God.tells.us.that.He.will.never.leave.us.nor.forsake.us..
Though.our.sins.may.grieve.the.Holy.Spirit,.the.Bible.says.that.we.are.sealed.until.the.day.of.our.
redemption,.or.salvation..
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Jesus.and.the.Apostles.describe.the.Holy.Spirit.is.a.Gift..It.is.not.a.gift.that.might.be.merited.by.
our.actions,.and.there.is.nothing.we.can.do.to.conjure.up.this.spirit.as.we.find.with.elemental.
spirits.of.the.world..The.Holy.Spirit.is.a.Gift,.sent.from.the.Father.after.Jesus.Christ.ascended.to.
the.Throne..It.is.a.Gift.freely.given,.by.unmerited.favor.between.God.and.man...
.
Branham.was.correct.in.the.early.stages.of.his.ministry;.the.fruits.of.the.Spirit.are.founded.in.
perfect.love..And.that.perfect.love.flows.from.us.by.the.Spirit.that.is.within.us..
.
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179.
Divorce$Your$Wives$
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Many.in.the.following.of.William.Branham.hold.all.statements.spoken.by.Branham.and.ending.
with.the.words."Thus.Saith.the.Lord".in.great.esteem..To.some,.those.statements.take.greater.
importance.than.scripture,.and.if.any.conflict.is.found.between.Branham's.words.and.the.words.
of.Jesus.Christ,.the.words.of.Branham.stand..
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One. such. example. is. that. of. Branham's. claim. that. God. spoke. through. his. mouth. to. tell. his.
followers.to.divorce.their.wives.if.they.cut.their.hair..According.to.Branham,.the.Lord.used.his.
voice.to.tell.the.world.that.a.husband.should.put.his.wife.away.should.scissors.touch.their.long,.
flowing.hair..
..
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I.was.speaking.this.morning.of.this.woman\\immoral.woman,.washing.Jesus'.dirty.feet,.wiping.
them.with.her.hair..Some.of.our.Pentecostal.sisters.have.to.stand.on.their.head.to.get.enough.
hair.to.wash.the.feet..Cut.it.all.off..See?.That's.right..It.used.to.be.wrong.for.you.to.do.it..It's.still.
wrong.for.you.to.do.it..The.Bible.plainly.teaches,.if.a.woman.cuts.her.hair,.her.husband.has.a.right.
to.divorce.her,.put.her.away..Said.if.she.cuts.her.hair,.she.dishonors.her.head,.her.husband..And.
a.dishonorable.woman.should.not.be.lived.with..I.better.shut.up.now..I'll.get.you.preachers.right.
here....I'm.only.telling.you.the.truth..You're.going.to.face.me.with.it.at.the.day.of.judgment..That's.
THUS.SAITH.THE.LORD,.in.His.Word..A.lady.said,."They.don't....All.they.make.is.these.Hollywood,.
sexy\looking.dresses.".I.said,."They.still.have.sewing.machines.and.goods.".Don't\\don't.try.to.get.
around.that..No,.sir...
61\0520.FROM.THAT.TIME.
.
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There.is.just.one.problem..This.does.not.match.the.words.of.Christ,.the.Son.of.the.Living.God..If.
Branham.were.truthful,.and.God.were.speaking.through.his.lips,.then.we.would.be.serving.a.God.
that.gives.conflicting.statements..
.
In.Matthew.19,.Jesus.tells.us.that.there.is.only.one.sin.worthy.of.putting.away.your.spouse,.and.
that.sin.has.nothing.to.do.with.the.hair.on.their.head..Jesus.tells.us.that.fornication.was.the.only.
reason.to.put.away.your.wife,.and.should.one.do.so.without.reasons.of.fornication,.they.were.
committing.adultery:.
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And. I. say. unto. you,. whosoever. shall. put. away. his. wife,. except. it. be. for. fornication,. and. shall.
marry.another,.committeth.adultery:.and.whoso.marrieth.her.which.is.put.away.doth.commit.
adultery...
Matthew.19:9.
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Some.of.the.followers.discredit.this.statement,.though.Branham.claimed.to.have.been.speaking.
the.direct.Word.from.God..Those.familiar.with.the.events.surrounding.the.second.marriage.of.
180.
Branham's. son,. Billy. Paul. Branham,. claim. that. until. Branham. preached. the. sermon. entitled.
"Marriage. and. Divorce". in. 1965,. neither. Branham. nor. the. people. had. any. knowledge. of. the.
scriptural.teachings.involving.divorce.and.remarriage..
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Ironically,.William.Branham's.siblings.also.did.seem.to.have.this.knowledge;.William.Branham.
performed.the.wedding.ceremonies.for.the.many.marriages.of.his.brothers.to.their.many.wives..
.
For.more.information.on.the.many.weddings.performed.by.Branham.for.his.brothers,.see.the.
timeline.on.searchingforvindication.com.
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181.
Pretending$to$Be$God$
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Throughout.his.recorded.sermons,.William.Branham.promoted.himself.and.his.ministry.as.the.
fulfillment.of.Luke.17:30..In.several.of.the.churches.in.the.current.following,.you.will.find.many.
references.to.this.verse.of.scripture.on.printed.material.and.sermons.describing.the.man,.William.
Branham..
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While.most.Christians.recognize.the.title,."Son.of.Man,".as.a.reference.to.Christ,.Branham.taught.
that.this.title.was.for.a.coming.prophet.\\.not.the.Messiah.that.came.to.deliver.the.world.from.
sin..This.coming.prophet,.according.to.William.Branham,.would.be.the.future.return.of.Elijah,.
which.Branham.claimed.was.described.in.Malachi.4..Branham.taught.that.this."Elijah".would.be.
more.than.a.man:.He.would.be.God.in.human.flesh..
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Luke.17:30,.when.read.in.context,.is.describing.the.return.of.Christ:..
.
"And.he.said.to.the.disciples,.the.days.are.coming.when.you.will.desire.to.see.one.of.the.days.of.
the.Son.of.Man,.and.you.will.not.see.it..And.they.will.say.to.you,.'Look,.there!'.or.'Look,.here!'.Do.
not.go.out.or.follow.them..For.as.the.lightning.flashes.and.lights.up.the.sky.from.one.side.to.the.
other,.so.will.the.Son.of.Man.be.in.his.day..But.first.he.must.suffer.many.things.and.be.rejected.
by.this.generation..Just.as.it.was.in.the.days.of.Noah,.so.will.it.be.in.the.days.of.the.Son.of.Man..
They.were.eating.and.drinking.and.marrying.and.being.given.in.marriage,.until.the.day.when.
Noah.entered.the.ark,.and.the.flood.came.and.destroyed.them.all..Likewise,.just.as.it.was.in.the.
days.of.Lotthey.were.eating.and.drinking,.buying.and.selling,.planting.and.building,.but.on.the.
day.when.Lot.went.out.from.Sodom,.fire.and.sulfur.rained.from.heaven.and.destroyed.them.all.
so.will.it.be.on.the.day.when.the.Son.of.Man.is.revealed..On.that.day,.let.the.one.who.is.on.the.
housetop,.with.his.goods.in.the.house,.not.come.down.to.take.them.away,.and.likewise.let.the.
one.who.is.in.the.field.not.turn.back..Remember.Lot's.wife..Whoever.seeks.to.preserve.his.life.
will.lose.it,.but.whoever.loses.his.life.will.keep.it..I.tell.you,.in.that.night.there.will.be.two.in.one.
bed..One.will.be.taken.and.the.other.left..There.will.be.two.women.grinding.together..One.will.
be.taken.and.the.other.left.'.And.they.said.to.him,.'Where,.Lord?'.He.said.to.them,.'Where.the.
corpse.is,.there.the.vultures.will.gather.'.
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According. to. the. belief. system. promoted. by. William. Branham,. this. passage. from. Luke. is.
describing. the. revealing. of. a. prophet,. one. often. described. in. parallel. with. himself.. While.
Branham.claimed.the.title."Son.of.Man".in.the.verse.from.Luke.17,.the.scriptures.use.this.title.
over. eighty. times. in. the. New. Testament. to. apply. to. Jesus. Christ.. Often,. Branham. made.
comparisons.between.his.healing.ministry.and.the."divine.healing.ministry.of.Jesus.Christ,.".which.
Branham.claimed.to.be.the.majority.of.Jesus'."ministry.".At.one.point.in.time,.Branham.even.
pretended. that. God. was. speaking. through. his. own. lips,. though. a. slip. of. the. tongue. made. it.
evident.that.it.was.his.own.stuttering.voice.instead.of.the.Voice.of.God:.
.
I'm.the.Lord.that.raised.up.Christ.from.the.grave...
182.
I'm.the.One.that.sent.the.Holy.Ghost...
I'm.the.One.that.give.the.promise...
Brother.Branham.has.nothing.to.do.in.this...
I.have\\He's.surrendered.his.life.to.Me...
I'm.using.his.Spirit;..
I'm.talking.through.his.lips...
That's.Me;.I'm.the.Lord...
59\0410.Looking.At.the.Unseen.
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The.climax.of.this.doctrine.occurred.towards.the.end.of.his.life,.less.than.a.month.before.God.
removed.Branham.from.his.ministry..Having.promoted.himself.as.the.fulfillment.of.Luke.17:30,.
as.well.as.the.return.of.Elijah,.William.Branham.started.to.claim.that.this.new."Elijah".was.not.a.
man.\\.he.was.God:.
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Now,.we've.had.Elijahs,.and.Elijahs'.coats,.and.Elijahs'.mantles,.and.Elijahs'.everything..But.the.
Luke.17:30,.says.the.Son.of.man.is.to.reveal.Himself.among.His.people..Not.a.man,.God!..
65\1127B.TRYING.TO.DO.GOD.A.SERVICE.WITHOUT.IT.BEING.GOD'S.WILL.
.
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183.
King$James$Only$$
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One.of.the.myths.that.has.arisen.after.the.death.of.William.Marrion.Branham.is.that.the.King.
James.Version.is.the.only.accurate.version.of.the.Bible,.and.that.William.Branham.himself.only.
supported. the. KJV.. Branham. studied. the. works. of. several. men,. including. Jehovah's. Witness.
founder. Charles. Taze. Russell,. Zion. City. founder. John. Alexander. Dowie,. and. more.. In. fact,. an.
alternate.version.of.the.Bible.was.promoted.throughout.his.ministry..
.
Let.us.read.both.the.King.James.version.and.the.translation.by.Dr..Lamsa..To.our.gratification.we.
find.the.words.in.both.amazingly.the.same.so.that.there.is.no.difference.actually.in.content.or.
doctrine...
Branham:.Church.Age.Book.
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Followers.of.William.Branham.also.do.not.realize.that.William.Branham.was.not.of.the.King.James.
Only. opinion,. and. that. a. several. of. his. teachings. came. from. a. Gnostic. version. of. the. Bible. \\.
mistranslations.by.a.heretical.teacher.of.the.Bible..George.Lamsa.denied.the.deity.of.Christ,.and.
for.that.reason,.his.bible.translation.is.not.used.by.most.Christians..
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While.he.strongly.opposed.and.condemned.the.Catholic.Church,.Branham.mentioned.studying.
the. Vatican. Translation.. Along. with. the. Vatican. Translation,. Branham. used. the. Diaglott.
(Jehovahs.Witness.Translation.Tool),.as.well.as.the.Moffatt.and.Lamsa.translation...
.
I.was.reading.and.teaching.in.my.church.sometime.ago.upon.Pentecost,.in.a.little.revival.I.had..
Now,.I've.got.an.old.Emphatic.Diaglott.of.the.original.Greek.translation,.and.it's.the.one\\most.
outstanding.things..I'd.advise.it.to.any.of.the.clergymen...
60\0304.THIRSTING.FOR.LIFE.
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Many.in.the.following.of.William.Branham.use.the.King.James.Version.under.false.pretenses.that.
it.is.the.same.version.originally.translated.by.King.James..Though.many.claim.that.the.King.James.
Version. has. been. unaltered,. and. is. "more. accurate". than. the. newer. translations,. it. is. vastly.
different.than.the.1611.version.of.the.King.James.Bible..The.original.translation.contained.the.
Apocropha,.a.set.of.books.later.removed.for.questionable.authenticity..At.the.same.time,.many.
of. the. mistakes. were. corrected.. The. King. James. Version. we. have. today. is. the. result. of. a.
refinement.process.that.continued.on.into.the.newer.translations..
.
In.the.preface.of.the.1611.translation,.the.King.James.translators.admitted.they.did.not.have.a.
full.understanding.of.the.intricacies.of.the.language..As.humans,.we.are.limited.to.our.current.
understanding,.and.that.understanding.was.limited.during.the.time.of.the.translation...
.
While.there.is.nothing.wrong.with.reading.the.Elizabethan.English.of.the.King.James.Version,.it.is.
a.mistake.to.falsely.assume.that.the.older.translation.is.more.accurate.than.the.new.translations..
184.
The.early.translators.were.also.limited.in.the.number.of.scrolls.available,.and.those.scrolls.did.
not.fully.match..With.the.additional.thousands.of.scrolls.unearthed,.the.newer.translations.have.
a.better.understanding.of.which.scriptures.were.included.in.the.original.Greek.and.Hebrew.text,.
and.which.verses.were.added.later.by.Gnostic.influence..
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Jesus.said,."Search.the.scriptures,".which.would.be.those.original.translations.\\.not.the.altered.
versions..He.did.not.instruct.us.to."search.the.older.translations.of.the.scriptures.that.admittedly.
had.error."..
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Lamsa.Theology..
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Note.some.of.the.differences.between.the.King.James.Version.and.Lamsa:.
.
Mathew.24:7..
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King.James.Bible:.Jesus.says:."My.God,.My.God,.why.have.you.forsaken.me?"..
Lamsa.Bible:.Jesus.says:."My.God,.My.God,.for.this.I.was.spared.[kept.in.some.versions]!"..
.
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Ephesians.6:12..
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King.James.Bible:.For.we.wrestle.not.against.flesh.and.blood,.but.against.principalities,.against.
powers,. against. the. rulers. of. the. darkness. of. this. world,. against. spiritual. wickedness. in. high.
places...
Lamsa.Bible:."For.your.conflict.is.not.only.with.flesh.and.blood,.but.also.with.the.angels,.and.with.
powers,.with.the.rulers.of.this.world.of.darkness,.and.with.the.evil.spirits.under.the.heaven"...
.
.
Mathew.19:24..
.
King.James.Version.Bible."It.is.easier.for.a.camel.to.go.through.the.eye.of.a.needle..."..
Lamsa.Bible:."It.is.easier.for.a.rope.to.go.through.the.eye.of.a.needle"..
.
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Luke.14:25.NIV:."If.any.one.comes.to.Me.and.does.not.hate.his.father.and.mother,.his.wife.and.
children,.his.brothers.and.sisters,.yes.even.his.own.life,.he.can.not.be.My.disciple"...
Lamsa.Bible:."He.who.comes.to.Me.and.does.not.put.aside.his.father.and.his.mother.and.his.
brothers.and.his.sisters.and.his.wife.and.his.children.and.even.his.own.life.can.not.be.a.disciple.
to.me"...
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The.most.disturbing.thing.about.the.Lamsa.Bible.is.that.George.Lamsa.allows.his.theology.and.
opinions. to. influence. his. translation.. For. example,. he. does. not. believe. that. people. live. after.
185.
death,. so. he. inserts. the. word. "death". in. places. the. original. writer. used. "sleep". (1. Cor..
15:6,18,20)...
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.
Lamsa.denied.the.deity.of.Christ:..
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Hebrews.7:3..
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King.James.Bible:.Without.father,.without.mother,.without.descent,.having.neither.beginning.of.
days,.nor.end.of.life;.but.made.like.unto.the.Son.of.God;.abideth.a.priest.continually...
Lamsa. Bible:. Neither. his. father. or. mother. is. recorded. in. the. genealogies;. and. neither. the.
beginning. of. his. days. nor. the. end. of. his. life;. but,. like. the. Son. of. God,. his. priesthood. abides.
forever..
.
186.
Temporary$Hell$
.
William.Branham.promoted.an.idea.found.in.Charles.Taze.Russell's."Jehovah.of.the.Watchtower.
(page.24),".concerning.the.idea.of.a.temporary.punishment.\\.one.of.the.ideas.from.Russell's.
"cardinal.doctrines.of.the.Bible".that.caused.many.to.label.him.as.a.heretic..According.to.Russell,.
scriptures. describing. an. "everlasting". or. "eternal". hell. were. incorrect,. and. he. challenged.
orthodox.Christianity...
.
I.believe.that.this.doctrine.of.eternal.hell.is.a.lie.against.man\\is.a.lie.against.God,.and.sooner.
than.preach.it,.I.would.let.my.tongue.rot.in.my.mouth..
Russell,.1886,.BABYLON.BEFORE.THE.GREAT.COURT...
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As. to. the. atrocious. dogma. of. an. eternal. hell. of. inconceivable. torment,. does. our. "sensitive.
modern.philosophy".imagine.that.it.has.outgrown.the.Scriptures?.
Russell,.1891,."Watchman,.What.of.the.Night?".
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There. are. many. verses. that. describe. the. "eternal. fire,". though. the. King. James. translation.
sometimes.uses.the.word."everlasting.".Here.are.three.examples:.
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Matthew.18:8:.
And.if.your.hand.or.your.foot.causes.you.to.sin,.cut.it.off.and.throw.it.away..It.is.better.for.you.to.
enter.life.crippled.or.lame.than.with.two.hands.or.two.feet.to.be.thrown.into.the.eternal.fire...
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Matthew.25:41:.
Then.he.will.say.to.those.on.his.left,.Depart.from.me,.you.cursed,.into.the.eternal.fire.prepared.
for.the.devil.and.his.angels...
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Jude.1:7:.
just. as. Sodom. and. Gomorrah. and. the. surrounding. cities,. which. likewise. indulged. in. sexual.
immorality.and.pursued.unnatural.desire,.serve.as.an.example.by.undergoing.a.punishment.of.
eternal.fire..
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The.Greek.word."aionion".is.used.in.the.original.translation.for.what.we.read.here.as."eternal.".
(Strongs.166)..Ironically,.it.is.the.same.word.used.for."eternal.life."..So.if.we.follow.Branham's.
teaching.out.to.conclusion,.by.denying.an.eternal.fire,.he.was.also.denying.eternal.life..This.word.
is.one.and.the.same...
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Here.are.three.examples.of.the.same.word.being.used.to.describe.eternal.life:.
.
Matthew.19:29.Adj\AFS.
NAS:.and.will.inherit.eternal.life..
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KJV:.and.shall.inherit.everlasting.life..
INT:.and.life.eternal.will.inherit.
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Matthew.25:46.Adj\AFS.
NAS:.but.the.righteous.into.eternal.life..
KJV:.into.life.eternal..
INT:.into.life.eternal.
Mark.10:17.Adj\AFS.
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NAS:.shall.I.do.to.inherit.eternal.life?.
KJV:.that.I.may.inherit.eternal.life?.
INT:.that.life.eternal.I.might.inherit.
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The$Evening$Light$
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There. were. many. titles. William. Branham. chose. from. scripture. to. apply. to. himself. and. his.
ministry,. indexes. from. verses. in. prophetic. scripture. that. Branham. taught. was. being. fulfilled.
before.the.eyes.of.his.congregation..One.of.those.verses.applied.as.a.title.is.Zechariah.14:7:.
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And.there.shall.be.a.unique.day,.which.is.known.to.the.Lord,.neither.day.nor.night,.but.at.evening.
time.there.shall.be.light..
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According.to.William.Branham,.this.statement.was.proclaiming.the.end\time.messenger,.and.his.
"message".was.the."evening.light".to.the.world.before.the.coming.day.of.destruction..Taking.the.
prophecy.from.Joel.describing.the."former.and.latter.rain,".Branham.claimed.that.this.evening.
light.was.associated.with.the.latter,.while.the."morning.light".was.the.former..
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"The.evening.Lights,".the.Bible.said,."would.shine.in.the.last.days.".The.evening.Light.is.the.same.
Light.in.the.West,.that.was.the.same.Light.that.was.in.the.East..And.the.same.Light.that.shined.in.
the. East,. that. brought. forth. the. first. Church. that. the. Romans. cut. down. by. their\\their. pagan.
worship.and.so.forth,.in.the.evening.Light.is.the.same.Light..Now.notice,.the.same.Light!.And.
what's.the.evening.Light.come.out.for?.What.is.the.evening.Light.for?.To.restore..Whew!.You.get.
it?.[Congregation.says,."Amen."\\Ed.].The.evening.Light.is.for.the.same.purpose.the.morning.Light.
was.for,.to.restore.what.was.cut.down.by.the.Dark.Ages,.through.Rome..God.is.going.to.restore,.
by. shining. forth. the. evening. Light. (what?),. restore. the. whole. Word. of. God. again,. the. full.
manifestation.of.Christ.in.His.Church..Everything.that.He.did,.just.exactly.the.way.He.did,.it.would.
be.again.in.the.evening.Light..See.what.I.mean?.Oh,.isn't.that.wonderful?.["Amen."].And.to.know.
we're.living.right.here.to.see.It.now,.the.evening.Light,.exactly.according.to.prophecy..The.evening.
Light.come.out.to.restore.what?.To.restore.what.the.bugs.had.eat.up...
62\0422.THE.RESTORATION.OF.THE.BRIDE.TREE.
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There.are.many.scriptures.describing.this.light,.the."Day.of.the.Lord".that.comes.before.this.light,.
and. the. events. that. come. after. the. light. has. shone.. When. you. study. the. sermons. of. William.
Branham,. you. will. quickly. notice. that. all. of. those. specific. verses. are. being. applied. to. his.
"message".or.his.ministry..
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The.prophecy.in.Zechariah.is.describing.the.coming.Day.of.the.Lord,.specifically.a.terrible.event.
that. is. in. the. future. for. the. Jews. in. Jerusalem.. It. comes. towards. the. end. of. the. scroll,. which.
originally. did. not. contain. any. chapters,. verses,. or. lines.. The. scroll. itself. contained. several.
prophecies,.each.prophecy.given.from.the.Lord.describing.the.reason.for.the.prophecy.and.the.
people.to.which.it.was.given..Chapter.14.is.a.continuation.of.the.Word.that.came.as.described.in.
chapter.12...
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The.oracle.of.the.word.of.the.Lord.concerning.Israel:.Thus.declares.the.Lord,.who.stretched.out.
the.heavens.and.founded.the.earth.and.formed.the.spirit.of.man.within.him:.Behold,.I.am.about.
to.make.Jerusalem.a.cup.of.staggering.to.all.the.surrounding.peoples..The.siege.of.Jerusalem.will.
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also.be.against.Judah..On.that.day.I.will.make.Jerusalem.a.heavy.stone.for.all.the.peoples..All.who.
lift.it.will.surely.hurt.themselves..And.all.the.nations.of.the.earth.will.gather.against.it..On.that.
day,.declares.the.Lord,.I.will.strike.every.horse.with.panic,.and.its.rider.with.madness..But.for.the.
sake.of.the.house.of.Judah.I.will.keep.my.eyes.open,.when.I.strike.every.horse.of.the.peoples.
with.blindness..Then.the.clans.of.Judah.shall.say.to.themselves,.The.inhabitants.of.Jerusalem.
have.strength.through.the.Lord.of.hosts,.their.God...
Zechariah.12:1\5.
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Throughout.the.context.of.this.prophecy,.the.Word.includes.the.phrase."on.that.day,".describing.
the.coming.Day.of.the.Lord..In.each.section.of.the.prophecy,.the.focal.point.is.the.coming.Messiah.
and.his.work.on.the.cross..The.greatest.Gift.was.about.to.be.given.to.the.world,.and.that.gift.was.
a.savior.whose.side.would.be.pierced:.
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And.I.will.pour.out.on.the.house.of.David.and.the.inhabitants.of.Jerusalem.a.spirit.of.grace.and.
pleas. for. mercy,. so. that,. when. they. look. on. me,. on. him. whom. they. have. pierced,. they. shall.
mourn.for.him,.as.one.mourns.for.an.only.child,.and.weep.bitterly.over.him,.as.one.weeps.over.
a.firstborn...
Zechariah.12:10.
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Continuing.into.the.13th.chapter,.God.describes.how.the.day.of.the.prophets.will.end,.just.as.
described.in.Luke.16:16:.
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And.also.I.will.remove.from.the.land.the.prophets.and.the.spirit.of.uncleanness..And.if.anyone.
again.prophesies,.his.father.and.mother.who.bore.him.will.say.to.him,.You.shall.not.live,.for.you.
speak.lies.in.the.name.of.the.Lord..And.his.father.and.mother.who.bore.him.shall.pierce.him.
through.when.he.prophesies...
Zechariah.13:2.
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preached,.and.everyone.forces.his.way.into.it."..
Luke.16:16.
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Immediately.after.describing.an.end.to.the.prophets,.God.describes.how.the.Good.Shepherd.will.
be.struck,.and.the.sheep.scattered..Again,.all.of.this.is.to.happen."on.that.day,".the.Day.of.the.
Lord:.
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Awake,.O.sword,.against.my.shepherd,.against.the.man.who.stands.next.to.me,.declares.the.
Lord.of.hosts..Strike.the.shepherd,.and.the.sheep.will.be.scattered;.I.will.turn.my.hand.against.
the.little.ones..
Zechariah.13:7.
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Zechariah.14,.the.chapter.containing.the.title.that.William.Branham.applied.to.himself.and.his.
ministry,. contains. much. more. description. regarding. the. "evening. light". than. you. will. find.
described.in.the.sermons.that.make.use.of.that.title..The.chapter.begins.by.describing.the.Roman.
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invasion.of.Jerusalem,.and.all.of.the.events.that.will.take.place.before.the.coming.Day.of.the.
Lord:.
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Behold,.a.day.is.coming.for.the.Lord,.when.the.spoil.taken.from.you.will.be.divided.in.your.midst..
For.I.will.gather.all.the.nations.against.Jerusalem.to.battle,.and.the.city.shall.be.taken.and.the.
houses.plundered.and.the.women.raped..Half.of.the.city.shall.go.out.into.exile,.but.the.rest.of.
the.people.shall.not.be.cut.off.from.the.city...
Zechariah.14:1\2.
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While.many.of.the."evening.light.messengers".that.have.risen.through.the.years.to.form.groups.
of.separation.apply.this."Day.of.the.Lord".and.the."Evening.Light".to.their.own.following,.the.
verse.immediately.before.Zechariah.14:7.describes.the.settings.to.identify.this.day..It.would.seem.
from.the.prophecy.given.that.this.was.a.day.in.time.rather.than.an."age,"."dispensation,".or.even.
time.period..Zechariah.6.says,."On.that.day.there.shall.be.no.light,.cold,.or.frost.".
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But. the. interesting. part. of. this. prophecy. when. compared. to. the. statements. given. by. William.
Branham.are.found.immediately.after.the.verse.describing.the.Evening.Light.\\.statements.that.
are.seemingly.overlooked.by.most.of.the.following..
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If.one.attempts.to.apply.the.single.verse.to.William.Branham,.then.they.are.faced.with.a.series.
of.questions.that.are.very.difficult.to.describe.anything.other.than.the.day.when.Christ.ascended.
to.the.Throne..
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Has.living.waters.flowed.from.Jerusalem.since.William.Branham's."message".went.forth?.
Has.the.temperature.remained.cold.in.the.summer,.as.it.is.in.winter?.
Was.the.Lord.made.King.on.the.day.William.Branham's.message.went.forth?.Is.that.the.day.the.
Lord.became.One.and.His.Name.became.One?.
Have.the.environmental.conditions.of.the.land.surrounding.Jerusalem.changed.because.of.a.man.
in.Jeffersonville,.Indiana?.
Is.Jerusalem.now.dwelling.in.security?.
Do.we.see.the.flesh.of.those.who.rage.war.against.Jerusalem.rotting.and.falling.from.their.bodies?.
Their.eyes.falling.from.their.sockets.or.their.tongues.rotting.in.their.mouths?.
Do.we.see.plagues.striking.the.livestock,.from.the.horses,.mules,.camels,.donkeys,.and.any.other.
beast.in.the.camp?.
Do.nations.present.themselves.Holy.on.the.day.of.the.Feast.of.Booths?.
Do.those.who.refuse.live.in.drought.and.famine?.
Did. William. Branham. cleanse. the. temple. of. commerce?. Or. was. it. Christ. who. overturned. the.
tables.of.the.money.changes?.
All.of.these.things.are.proclaimed.in.the.prophecy.of.Zechariah,.concerning.the.coming.Day.of.
the.Lord..The.evening.light.was.not.the.focus.of.the.prophecy.\\.most.Christians.would.agree.that.
the.greatest.event.described.in.this.Word.from.the.Lord.was.the.Day.when.the.Lord.would.be.
One.and.His.Name.One..The.Day.Christianity.was.born!.
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Become$Like$Sinners$
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Message.churches.were.built.upon.the.basis.of.the.Pentecostal.idea.of.'holiness,'.the.idea.that.
we.could.become.closer.to.God.by.cleansing.ourselves..Essentially.taking.the.work.that.Christ.did.
on.the.cross.as.lessor.importance;.we.must.save.(or.also.save).ourselves.by.our.actions.or.our.
outward.appearance..
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So.to.the.following,.the."gospel".is.one.of.'works.'..It.is.the.idea.that.we.must.live.ascetic.lives..
Avoiding.the.things.that.others.enjoy.to.avoid.becoming.'worldly.'.It.is.nothing.more.than.a.gospel.
of.abstinence..
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The.Old.Covenant.was.a.two\part.contract,.between.God.and.man..But.it.wasn't.initially..God.
gave.Moses.the.ten.commandments,.and.they.were.as.simple.as.that:.ten..Jesus.said.that.they.
were. all. fulfilled. in. love:. If. you. love. God,. you. wont'. serve. idols.. If. you. love. your. neighbor. as.
yourself,.you.will.not.steal,.kill,.covet,.or.any.of.the.others..
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Though.signed.in.blood,.they.broke.the.ten.before.Moses.returned.from.God..Moses.broke.those.
stone.tablets,.signifying.their.breach..
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God.was.angry,.and.Moses.pleaded.on.their.behalf..So.God.gave.Moses.the.Mosaic.Law..If.you.
study.this.law,.it.is.very.evident.that.this.is.God's.way.of.showing.us.that.we.cannot.save.ourselves.
by.the.way.we.try.to.live.our.lives..There.300.blessings.if.they.kept.it,.and.300.curses.if.they.failed..
A.two\part.contract..And.they.failed..
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The.entire.rest.of.the.Old.Testament.is.history's.account.of.men.trying.to.keep.it,.failing,.cursed,.
and.doing.it.all.over.again..By.the.end.of.it,.they.had.broken.all.of.the.law,.abandoned.it,.and.
received.every.one.of.the.three.hundred.curses..Except.one:.death..
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The.prophets.all.resounded.the.very.same.message:."Israel,.you.have.failed.....again.....and.broke.
the.Old.Covenant..If.you.do.not.repent,.these.are.the.curses.that.are.coming..But.I.will.send.a.
Messiah.to.save.you.from.the.final.penalty.".
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Christ.came.to.fulfill.what.the.Children.of.Israel.\\.and.the.human.race.\\.could.not..We.were.
given.unmerited.favor.with.God,.simply.because.He.loves.us..It.is.not.because.of.anything.we.do,.
or.anything.we.avoid..He.loves.us.because.we.are.His.children..He.loves.us.enough.to.send.His.
only.son,.Jesus.Christ.to.die.for.us,.and.Christ.remains.the.mediator.of.the.New.Covenant.of.Grace.
for.all.eternity..This.Grace,.this.Covenant,.this.Love,.this.Unmerited.Favor.does.not.end..It.has.no.
boundaries!.Gentiles.were.adopted.into.this.Covenant,.so.it.is.a.Gift.given.to.the.world,.simply.
by.believing.in.Jesus.Christ.\\.that.He.did.all.of.this!.
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This.s.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ..The.Gospel.means."Good.News,".and.this.is.the.'message'.given.
by.the.Apostles..
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The.problem.I.see.with.churches.built.upon.this.foundation.is.that.they.have.designed.a.different.
gospel..Extra.details.are.added.to.this.foundation,.claiming.that.we.must.do.this.or.that,.avoid.
this.or.that,.and.separate.ourselves.from.this.or.that..These.churches.are.still.led.by.men,.defined.
by.men,.and.following.men..They.are.not.led.by.the.scriptures,.let.alone.the.Holy.Spirit..
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Here.is.the.question.that.most.in.the.message.will.shy.away.from:.Does.their.gospel.give.you.
unconditional.love.for.even.the.lowest.sinner,.sitting.in.a.barroom.with.prostitutes,.drugs,.and.
worse?.Or.does.it.cause.you.to.want.to.separate.yourself.from.them,.condemning.them.to.die.
and.suffer.in.the.pits.of.hell.so.that.you.can.become.more.'holy?'.
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Or.does.it.make.you.want.to.do.ANYTHING.\\.even.to.become.like.them.to.snatch.them.from.the.
fire?.
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"To.the.Jews.I.became.like.a.Jew,.to.win.the.Jews..To.those.under.the.law.I.became.like.one.under.
the.law.(though.I.myself.am.not.under.the.law),.so.as.to.win.those.under.the.law.".\.1.Corinthians.
9:20.
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A$Call$to$Action!$
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Recently,.Voice.of.God.Recordings.published.a.video.testimony.concerning.their.only.argument.
to.the.information.found.on.www.searchingforvindication.com.and.the.failed."Bridge.Prophecy.".
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The.prophecy.as.William.Branham.told.it:.
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A.little.later.on,.about.two.weeks.later.I.was.playing.marbles.with.my.brother,.and.I.felt.something.
come.to.me..We.lived.up.on.a.hill,.and.the.river.was.below.us:.a.wilderness.around..And.I.saw.a.
bridge.come.up.out.of.the.wilderness..And.it.started.across.the.river..Sixteen.men.dropped.off.
in\\into.the.water.and.perished..And.I.seen.a.big.sign,.it.said."twenty\two.years.".I.run.in.and.told.
my.mother..Oh,.she.said,."Son,.you're.nervous..You.went.to.sleep.and.you.were.dreaming.".I.said,.
"No..No..I.saw.it.".So.they.wrote.it.down.on.a.piece.of.paper..And.twenty\two.years.from.then,.
the.great.bridge.crossed.the.river,.and.twen\\sixteen.men.dropped.off.of.it.and\\and.drowned.in.
the.river..Every.time,.it's.perfect...\.55\0626A.MY.LIFE.STORY.
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The. Clark. Memorial. Bridge. was. completed. and. opened. to. the. public. on. October. 31,. 1929. .
thirteen.years.after.Branham.claimed.to.have.this.prophecy.of.men.falling.from.a.bridge.twenty\
two.years.later...It.was.built.less.than.twenty.years.after.Branham.claimed.to.have.been.born.
later. in. life. (1909).. . Ironically,. it. was. opened. twenty\two. years. after. one. of. the. birth. years.
Branham.used.during.his.ministry.(1907)..
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A.nearby.Coast.Guard.station.monitored.the.bridge.construction,.and.the.Coast.Guard.logs.can.
be. found. on. Searching. for. Vindications. site.. . This. project. was. so. successful,. and. with. so. few.
casualties,.that.the.same.strategy.was.employed.in.future.projects...In.fact,.it.is.still.used.today..
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The. video. testimony. stated. that. witnesses. observed. men. falling. into. the. concrete. pour. as.
scaffolding.fell...In.a.letter.that.has.been.circulating.through.internet.chat.rooms,.posted.in.cars.
in.church.parking.lots,.and.emailed.to.several.cult.members,.a.former.mayors.son.claims.that.
the. ex. mayor. gave. him. this. information.. . Though. this. does. not. seem. to. match. the. video.
testimony,.the.letter.has.been.authenticated.as.the.same.person.in.the.testimony..
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We.began.to.investigate.the.architecture.and.construction.of.the.bridge,.and.were.able.to.find.
the.original.blueprints.and.reports.from.the.builder.himself...During.our.investigation,.and.the.
day.before.an.interview.with.the.local.news.media,.our.computers.and.external.hard.disks.were.
stolen...Fortunately,.all.information.was.backed.up.and.recovered..
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The.construction.of.this.bridge.did.not.include.a.concrete.pour...Visible.from.the.banks.of.the.
Ohio.River,.the.pillars.are.constructed.of.granite.block,.and.all.are.welcome.to.visit.Jeffersonville,.
Indiana,.and.see..
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Instead,.the.pillars.were.built.inside.caissons...Workers.would.lay.rock.by.day,.and.grout.pumps.
would.fill.a.layer.of.cement.by.night...Cement.was.air.fed.into.the.structures,.and.layers.of.rebar.
are.visible.in.the.construction.photographs.of.the.bridge...
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If.anyone.fell.into.these.pillars.during.construction,.the.worst.case.scenario.would.be.a.mess.on.
their.shoes..
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But. the. video. testimony. places. Voice. of. God. recordings. into. a. strange. predicament.. . If. the.
testimony.was.accurate,.the.22.years.and.the.falling.into.the.river.failed..If.the.testimony.is.
true,. the. local. residents. of. Jeffersonville,. Indiana. and. Louisville,. Kentucky. have. a. mass. grave.
inside.of.their.bridge...And.in.that.mass.grave,.sixteen.decomposing.bodies.leave.the.structure.
of.the.bridge.unstable...If.the.testimony.is.accurate,.we.must.shut.the.bridge.during.one.of.the.
largest.bridge.construction.projects.in.the.last.several.years..
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If.the.video.testimony.is.not.correct,.then.Voice.of.God.Recordings.is.involved.in.a.cover.up.for.
something.much,.much.larger...And.all.involved.in.the.testimony.are.potentially.part.of.the.scam.
that.is.called.The.Message..
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Either.way.this.turns,.local.news.is.interested.in.a.huge.story...On.the.one.hand,.we.have.a.mass.
grave.in.the.Ohio.River.that.has.been.covered.up.for.decades...On.the.other.hand,.we.have.a.
religious.cult.that.has.sold.products.and.services.using.false.advertisement...
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During.the.past.several.weeks,.we.have.been.contacted.by.news.agencies.concerning.this.mass.
grave...They.each.have.been.given.disks.that.include.the.blueprints.to.the.bridge,.the.final.report.
detailing.the.stages.of.construction,.the.Coast.Guard.logs.detailing.the.injuries,.and.a.massive.
amount. of. information. concerning. false. advertisement.. . And. they. have. been. directed. to. the.
Jehovah.Jireh.foundation,.which.received.the.transfer.of.the.$100,000,000.in.assets.received.by.
Voice.of.God.Recordings..
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In.their.research,.they.have.asked.for.testimony.the.journey.out.of.the.cult...We.want.to.open.
this.up.to.you,.and.let.your.voice.be.heard...The.more.voices.that.chime.in,.the.more.powerful.
the.presentation..
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I.myself.am.a.special.case..My.family.was."message.royalty,".and.I.did.not.experience.what.many.
of.you.went.through...Some.of.the.testimonies.you.have.sent.me.are.horrific,.and.I.cannot.even.
imagine.what.some.of.you.endured...As.a.Collins,.we.gained.a.respect.that.we.did.not.deserve..
.
This.is.the.time.to.let.your.voice.be.heard!..If.you.suffered,.this.is.the.time.to.help.others.free.
from.suffering!..This.is.the.time.that.you.can.extend.a.helping.hand..
.
Please.visit.our.website...On.the.Contact.Us.page,.please.give.us.a.testimony.of.your.coming.
out.of.the.cult...If.you.wish.to.remain.anonymous,.please.do...
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195.
Many.were.molested...Sexually,.physically,.emotionally,.and.spiritually...Stand.up.so.that.it.does.
not.happen.again!.
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Some.were.strong\armed.into.the.message.under.the.disguise.of.spiritual.parenting...If.you.or.
your.parents.experienced.this,.please.tell.us.how..
.
Most.were.afraid.to.leave...Some.were.not.free.to.leave...Tell.us.your.experience...Were.you.free.
to.go?..Were.you.disowned.by.friends.and.family.when.you.left?..Were.you.impacted.financially,.
abused.physically,.or.attacked.verbally.when.you.decided.to.find.another.church?.
.
Many.tell.us.that.this.journey.pushed.them.into.depression,.and.the.shunning.amplified.it...How.
about.you?..Did.it.affect.your.mental.state?.
.
Please.tell.us.your.story,.your.entire.story...What.brought.you.into.the.cult?..What.(along.with.
God).helped.you.out?.
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God.bless.you!.
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196.
Only$Begotten$Son$
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I.receive.questions.from.time.to.time,.concerning.words.or.phrases.used.in.my.videos.\\.passages.
that.I.am.reading.directly.from.the.Bible.but.also.passages.that.the.followers.of.William.Branham.
have.never.heard..
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One.such.passage.is.describing.God's."only.begotten.son,".which.denies.the.heretical,.Modalistic.
godhead. that. William. Branham. promoted. through. the. teachings. of. Charles. Taze. Russell.. The.
writer.did.not.believe.that.Jesus.Christ.was.God's."only.begotten.son,".and.referred.to.a.passage.
of.scripture.in.the.Old.Testament.describing.the."sons.of.god".rejoicing..As.you.study.ancient.
heresies.as.compared.to.Branham's.teaching,.you.will.quickly.realize.that.we,.too,.were.intended.
to.become."gods".under.Branham's.teaching,.similar.to.the.Gnostics.condemned.by.Irenaeus.and.
the.writings.of.Paul..We,.too,.were.to.one.day.speak.squirrels.into.existence..
.
It.is.funny.(personally).reading.this.email,.because.I.remember.that.first.time.I.read.the.passage.
of.scripture.in.John,.and.how.shocked.I.was..When.you.read.the.Gospel.of.John,.start\to\finish,.it.
will.overturn.many.things.that.we.were.programmed.to.believe.under.the.teachings.of.William.
Branham..
.
This.phrase.comes.from.John.3:16:.
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"For.God.so.loved.the.world,.that.he.gave.his.ONLY.BEGOTTEN.SON,.that.whosoever.believeth.in.
him.should.not.perish,.but.have.everlasting.life.".\.John.3:16.After.reading.this.Gospel,.it.sent.me.
on.a.journey.of.reading.and.re\reading.the.entire.book.several.times..And.trying.to.understand.
the. differences. in. phrases. between. the. original. Greek. and. Hebrew.. This. website,.
www.biblehub.com,.specifically.the."interlinear".tab,.made.me.realize.that.we.were.relying.too.
heavily.upon.the.translation.of.the.original.and.not.the.original..
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Interestingly,.the.same.word.used.for."only.begotten".came.from.the.word."monogene,".and.is.
used.in.multiple.passages..Examples:.
.
By.faith.Abraham,.when.he.was.tried,.offered.up.Isaac:.and.he.that.had.received.the.promises.
offered.up.his.ONLY.BEGOTTEN.SON.\.Hebrews.11:17,.referring.to.Isaac.
.
In.this.was.manifested.the.love.of.God.toward.us,.because.that.God.sent.his.ONLY.BEGOTTEN.
SON.into.the.world,.that.we.might.live.through.him.\.1.John.4:9,.again.referring.to.Jesus..
.
But.although.this.is.found.in.multiple.places.in.the.New.Testament,.we.must.remember.that.the.
Greek.language.of.the.New.Testament.did.not.use.the.same.words.and.phrases.as.the.Hebrew.
of.the.Old.Testament..It.is.always.a.good.idea.to.confirm.New.Testament.scriptures.concerning.
God.with.Old.Testament.so.that.you.do.not.produce.a.different.and.heretical.Godhead..
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197.
1)."Therefore.the.Lord.himself.shall.give.you.a.sign;.Behold,.a.virgin.shall.conceive,.and.bear.A.
SON,.and.shall.call.his.name.Immanuel.".(Isaiah.7:14).
.
2)."I.will.be.his.father,.and.he.shall.be.MY.SON.".(1.Chronicles.17:13).
.
3)."He.shall.cry.unto.me,.Thou.art.my.father,.my.God,.and.the.rock.of.my.salvation.."I.will.declare.
the.decree:.the.LORD.hath.said.unto.me,.Thou.art.MY.SON;.this.day.have.I.begotten.thee.".(Psalm.
2:7).
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4).Also.I.will.make.him.my.FIRSTBORN,.higher.than.the.kings.of.the.earth.".(Psalm.89:26,27).
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198.
Horizons$$by$Norman$Bel$Geddes$
.
In.1932,.Norman.Bel.Geddes.published.a.prophetic.book.of.the.advancements.in.science.that.
were.soon.to.become.reality.\\.a.full.year.prior.to.the.1933.Chicago.World's.Fair.William.Branham.
admitted.to.attending..
.
This. book. will. be. an. eye. opener. to. any. who. are. familiar. with. Branham's. alleged. prophecies.
regarding.not.only.the.egg\shaped.car,.but.his.many.statements.of.how.science.would.progress..
.
It. is. interesting. that. Voice. of. God. Recordings. cannot. produce. Branham's. "book. of. prophecy,".
though. Branham. claims. to. have. written. them. in. the. "flyleaf. of. his. bible,". "notebook. in. the.
drawer,". and. "buried. in. the. cornerstone. in. 1933.". It. is. also. more. interesting. that. when. the.
cornerstone.was.replaced,.the.pastor.of.the.tabernacle.witnessed.the.empty.cornerstone..
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But.what.is.most.interesting.is.that.Bel.Geddes.book.of.his."vision".of.the.future.seems.to.be.
strikingly.close.to.what.we.see.today..And.that.he.actually.recorded.his."vision".beforehand.so.
that.all.could.see.his.predictions.come.to.pass..
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....this.compared.to.William.Branham,.whose.predictions.cannot.be.verified..
.
Some.interesting.statements.in.the.book:.
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"This.form.is.approximately.that.of.an.egg,.though.the.small.end.of.the.drop.tapers.more.sharply.
to.a.conical.point..In.falling,.the.larger.and.blunt.end.of.the.drop.is.foremost..This.is.the.shape.
that.creates.the.least.turbulence".
Page.45,."Motor.Cars.and.Buses".
.
"It.is.my.prediction.that.within.the.next.two.or.three.years.some.farseeing.manufacturer.will.
again.turn.his.attention.to.making.his.machine.go,.that.this.time.his.design.will.be.the.result.of.
what.has.been.learned.in.this.motorized\buggy.era..This.means.that.he.will.start.afresh.and.that.
his.objective.will.be.the.ultimate.form.of.the.future.motor.car..This.car.will.look.very.different.
from.those.you.seen.on.the.road.to\day.but.not.very.different.from.Car.Number.8.as.illustrated.
here.".
Page.63,."Motor.Cars.and.Buses".
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199.
Future$Home$vs.$Dispensational$Truth$
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How.many.of.you.remember.that.wonderful.feeling.when.you.heard.Branham's."vision".of.the.
Future.Home.of.the.Heavenly.Bridegroom,.and.how.wonderful.it.was.that."God".revealed.this.
great.mystery.to.you?.
.
And.how.many.of.you.were.SHOCKED.when.you.read.Clarence.Larkin's."Dispensational.Truth,".
and.found.that.his.entire.sermon.was.plagiarizing.the.25th.chapter.of.Larkin's.book?.
.
We've.made.a.side\by\side.comparison.for.you,.so.that.you.can.see.just.how.much.of.Branham's.
sermon.was.copied.from.Larkin's.book..
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200.
The$Light$Struck$the$Lens$
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We. have. received. several. questions. over. the. past. three. years. concerning. the. lighting. in. the.
Houston.Coliseum.that.has.been.the.result.of.what.appears.to.be."halos".over.the.heads.of.the.
Beatles,.basketball.players,.and.more..Those.asking.are.usually.shocked.when.they.learn.that.
there.was.no."Religious.Hall.of.Art,".and.that.George.J..Lacy.was.not.the."head.of.the.F.B.I.".as.
William.Branham.claimed..
.
Some.have.seen.the.Voice.of.Healing.edition,.describing.the.photograph,.and.its.being.held.for.
copyright.by.Douglas.Studios,.as.well.as.Lacy's.report.which.mentions.none.of.the.statements.
concerning.the.supernatural.\\.as.Branham.also.claimed..
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Here.is.the.entry.at.the.Library.of.Congress,.where.documents.are.stored.when.submitted.for.
copyright. protection. in. the. United. States.. Notice. that. it. mentions. a. hand\written. statement.
describing.a."light.over.Rev..William.Branham's.head"..
.
Also,.notice.that.it.does.NOT.mention.the.supernatural,.as.Branham.claimed..
..
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201.
Jim$Jones$and$William$Branham$the$Doomsday$Prophet$
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ALL.OF.YOU.RESEARCHERS.OUT.THERE:.
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We. have. been. asked. by. a. professional. agency. to. spread. awareness. worldwide. as. to. the.
connection.between.Jim.Jones.and.the.Jonestown.Massacre.and.William.Branham.the.doomsday.
prophet..We.are.compiling.a.comprehensive.list.of.similarities.between.the.two.cult.leaders,.their.
interaction.with.each.other,.and.Branham's.impact.on.Jones'.ministry...
.
Here.are.the.main.points,.but.we.also.welcome.the.smaller.details:.
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*.Branham.was.close.to.Howard.Cadle.of.the.Cadle.Tabernacle.in.Indianapolis..
*.Branham.claimed.to.have.given.personal.interviews.to.the.followers.of.Jones,.practicing.his.
"discernment".ritual.
*.Branham.was.the.headlining.act.for.Jones.at.the.Cadle.Tabernacle.
*.Branham's.joint.campaign.with.Jones.at.the.Cadle.Tabernacle.was.misfiled.under.a.different.
year.for.a.long.period.of.time.by.VOGR.
*.Branham.is.credited.for."Kick.starting".Jones'.Ministry.
*.Jones.is.quoted.on.the.FBI.tapes.stating.that.Branham.told.him.there.was."no.money".in.the.
pathway.he.was.taking..
*.Jones.was.involved.in.the.healing.campaigns.to.some.capacity.
*. Jones. was. known. by. name. at. the. Jeffersonville. Branham. Tabernacle,. and. is. mentioned. on.
recorded.tape..
*.Jones.claimed.to.have.the.same."vibrating.hand.gift".and."discernment.gift".that.Branham.and.
Oral.Roberts.had.
*.Jones.stood.on.golden.gate.at.anti.suicide.rally.in.77.saying.he.felt.suicidal.that.day.
*.Jones.relocated.to.Guyana.in.1977,.the.year.of.Branham's.doomsday.prophecy.
*.Jones.initiated.the.mass.suicide.in.1978,.shortly.after.Branham's.doomsday.prophecy.failed..
.
We.also.have.witness.testimony.to.people.in.a."park".similar.to.Gene.&.Leo's.commune.who.
were. followers. of. Branham.. Many. in. that. commune. went. to. Guyana. also,. according. to. this.
witness..Interested.to.hear.if.other.Branham.communes.made.the.journey.to.death.in.Guyana..
.
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202.
The$Intersection$of$Jim$Jones$and$William$Branham$
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JONESTOWN.SDSU.HAS.PUBLISHED.THE.ARTICLE.DESCRIBING.THE.INTERSECTION.BETWEEN.JIM.
JONES.AND.WILLIAM.BRANHAM!.
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....
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The.Intersection.of.William.Branham.and.Jim.Jones.
by.John.Collins.and.Peter.M..Duyzer.
..
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When.Jim.Jones.needed.a.headline.act.for.the.opening.of.Peoples.Temple.in.Indianapolis,.Indiana,.
who.better.would.fill.the.bill.than.William.Branham..
..
Rev..Branham,.a.healing.evangelist.from.the.1940s.through.1960s,.was.credited.by.some.for.
starting.the.Latter.Rain.and.Word.Faith.movements.as.well.as.other.fringe.groups..In.March.
1956,.when.Branham.announced.a.new.campaign.to.be.held.for.four.days.in.June.that.year,.Jones.
promoted. the. event. through. the. Herald. of. Faith. newsletter,. the. Open. Door. newsletter,. local.
newspapers. and. mailing. lists.. The. strategy. was. successful:. Branhams. name. attracted. some.
eleven. thousand. people. to. the. Cadle. Tabernacle,. and. the. evangelist. performed. numerous.
miracles.through.his.alleged.gift.of.discernment.which.facilitated.healing.the.sick..In.the.months.
to.follow,.Jones.too,.became.a.familiar.name.within.the.Healing.Revival.Movement.for.possessing.
the.same.supernatural.gifts..
..
Jones,.like.Branham,.claimed.to.be.The.Word..The.Spoken.Word..The.Living.Word..But.while.
Jones.and.Branham.practiced.similar.gifts.during.their.meetings,.they.did.not.necessarily.see.eye.
to.eye.on.things..In.Jones.taped.sermons.recovered.by.the.FBI.following.the.deaths.in.Jonestown,.
the.Temple.leader.alleged.that.Branham.admitted.to.not.believing.the.Bible,.and.that.he.advised.
Jones.not.to.preach.from.it..In.describing.Branhams.1965.fatal.car.accident,.Jones.scoffed.at.the.
evangelists. prediction. that. he. would. be. around,. while. you. [Jones]. will. be. in. trouble..
Evangelists.like.Branham.were.not.truthful,.Jones.added,.because.the.Bible.was.the.greatest.
money.train.theyve.ever.been.on..
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From.1960.until.his.death.in.1965,.Branham.proclaimed.that.1977.would.be.the.year.that.the.
world.would.end,.basing.his.prophecy.upon.a.disputed.1933.vision.at.the.Branham.Tabernacle.in.
Jeffersonville,.Indiana..The.truth.of.the.prophecy.might.have.been.limited.to.Jones.himself..
..
On.Memorial.Day.of.1977,.when.Jones.and.600.of.his.followers.attended.a.large.demonstration.
on.the.Golden.Gate.Bridge.to.advocate.for.improved.suicide\prevention.measures,.the.Temple.
leader.confessed.that.he.was.in.a.depressive.state,.which.included.suicidal.tendencies..Suicide.
is.a.symptom.of.an.uncaring.society,.Jones.said..I.have.been.in.a.suicidal.mood.myself.today.
for. perhaps. the. first. time. in. my. life,. so. I. have. personal. empathy. for. what. we. are. doing. here.
203.
today.. It. was. one. of. Jones. final. appearances. in. the. US. before. the. mass. emigration. of. 1000.
Temple.members.to.Jonestown..
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References.
..
Branham,. William,. Making. A. Way,. Audio,. 56\0304,. Jeffersonville,. IN.Branham,. William,.
Condemnation.By.representation,.Audio,.60\1113.Jeffersonville,.IN..
Branham,.William,.An.Exposition.of.the.Seven.Church.Ages.(Dallas,.TX:.Voice.of.Healing,.1975,.
382.pages)..
..
Duyzer,.Peter.M..Legend.of.the.Fall.(British.Columbia,.Canada:.Canbooks,.March.3,.2014,.338.
pages)..
..
Reiterman,. Tim. and. John. Jacobs,. Raven:. The. Untold. Story. of. Jim. Jones. and. His. People,. (USA:.
Dutton.Adult,.1982,.622.pages)..
..
(More.information.about.Rev..Branham.prepared.by.John.Collins.and.Peter.M..Duyzer.may.be.
found.at.the.informational.website,.www.seekyethetruth.com.).
.
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204.
Who$Is$the$New$Voice$Speaking$for$Seek$the$Truth?$
.
THERE. IS. A. NEW. VOICE. SPEAKING. FOR. SEEK. THE. TRUTH!. A. voice. with. a. fresh. and. new.
perspective,. and. a. passion. to. help. those. now. set. free.. A. voice. filled. with. love. for. the. Truth,.
reaching.out.to.those.searching.for.answers..
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Life.after.the.cult.does.not.have.to.be.a.lonely.path..Many.others.have.walked.this.path.before.
you..And.the.One.who.led.you.into.Truth.will.never.leave.you.nor.forsake.you..With.each.new.
voice.raised.for.Christ,.there.is.comfort.in.knowing.that.you.are.not.alone..
.
Who.is.this.new.voice,.speaking.for.Seek.the.Truth?.Stay.tuned!.
.
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205.
Wed$Like$to$Have$Your$Suggestions$
.
We'd.like.to.have.your.suggestions!.
.
You.noticed.yesterday.that.there.is.a.new.voice.behind.Seek.the.Truth,.and.with.that.new.voice,.
the.site.is.taking.a.new.direction..It's.time.for.a.change..The.last.three.years,.we.have.overturned.
every.stone,.from.the.major.issues.to.minor,.from.the.solid.facts.to.the.conspiracy.theories.with.
enough.supporting.evidence.to.make.a.case.for.the.theory..We.could.continue.finding.more.\\.I.
don't.think.we.will.ever.find.a.time.where.every.single.lie.has.been.uncovered..
.
But.we.have.enough..
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There.is.enough.information.out.there.now.for.any.person.seeking.to.find.their.answers..Unless.
willfully.ignorant,.anyone.with.a.desire.for.truth.will.make.their.decision..
.
It's.time.to.shift.focus.to.those.who.have.left,.and.help.build.confidence.in.a.world.that.is.now.
more.difficult.for.them.than."normal.people".living."normal.lives.".The.reality.is.that.we.may.
never.me."normal,".but.that.does.not.mean.that.we.cannot.be.strong..And.there.is.strength.in.
messages.of.encouragement..
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Seek.The.Truth.is.going.to.turn.back.towards.the.audience.it.was.intending.to.reach.from.the.very.
beginning:.Those.who.have.left,.those.beaten.and.bruised.by.the.harsh.punishment.of.abuse..
This. obviously. includes. physical,. sexual,. and. emotional. abuse,. but. for. the. most. part. spiritual.
abuse..Some.of.you.may.think.that.we.did.not.endure.abuse.like.some.of.the.worst.cases,.but.
the.reality.is.that.we.were.all.abused.if.we.were.a.member.of.the.cult..Some.just.had.more.types.
of.abuse.than.others..
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We.are.taking.a.scriptural.approach.to.this.goal,.but.we.are.not.reaching.out.to.those.who.are.
"Christians. only,". "orthodox. righteous,". or. any. other. "members\only". form. of. segregations..
Again,.back.to.the.original.intent.for.Seek.the.Truth,.there.is.only.one.rule.you.must.follow.for.us.
to.give.you.support.and.encouragement:.ask.us..
.
I.know.that.there.are.some.who.are.no.longer.Christians,.some.no.longer.religious,.and.some.
firmly.against.religion.of.any.sort..So.the.thought.of.another."religious.fanatic".offering.support.
is.offensive..Our.goal.is.to.take.an.approach.that.is.not.exclusive,.and.I.believe.that.this.can.be.
done.without.altering.our.focus..
.
The. Bible. does. have. passages. that. will. offend. a. non\Christian.. But. when. read. in. context,. the.
concepts. behind. many. of. these. passages. can. be. used. to. describe. what. the. world. would. call.
"common.sense.".I've.been.in.contact.with.atheists.who.left.the.cult.for.morals.and.standards.
that.they.knew.were.absent,.yet.these.morals.and.standards.are.found.in.scripture..
.
This.is.what.we.call."common.ground.".
206.
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So.we.want.your.suggestions.for.the.upcoming.posts.by.the.new.voice.of.Seek.the.Truth..Tell.us.
what.you.struggled.with.after.leaving.the.cult,.no.matter.how.big.or.small,.or.even.silly.it.seemed..
We.had.an.unhealthy.level.of.closeness.in.the.cult,.and.removing.a.person.from.the."hive".can.
lead.the.mind.into.all.sorts.of.struggles..
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The. floor. is. open,. it's. time. for. YOUR. voice. to. be. heard!. Please. Contact. Us. to. submit. your.
suggestion!.
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207.
Leaving$The$Message$
.
Leaving.The.Message.My.plan.for.studying.Galatians.is.to.take.one.chapter.at.a.time.and.just.talk.
about.those.things.that.mean.the.most.to.me.now..When.I.was.first.starting.to.see.the.errors.in.
the.message.I.read.through.the.entirety.of.the.New.Testament.in.a.few.days.and.it.was.like.Id.
never.read.the.words.before..I.knew.what.the.bible.saidI.could.recite.verses.and.I.had.a.pretty.
good.understanding.of.what.the.scriptures.contained,.but.when.I.read.it.for.what.it.said.and.not.
for.what.I.was.told.that.it.said,.and.allowed.the.words.of.scripture.to.speak.to.my.heart.without.
preconceived.ideas.I.realized.that.much.of.my.theology.was.wrong.and.not.scripturally.sound..A.
lot.of.what.I.thought.the.scriptures.said.were.simply.out\of\context.interpretations.of.what.is.
said.instead.of.the.actual.context.and.meaning.of.the.verses..In.the.book.of.Galatians,.the.subject.
of.law.versus.grace.is.discussed.in.great.detail,.as.well.as.the.precise.nature.of.the.Gospel.and.
the. Freedom. we. should. be. embracing. as. new. creatures. in. Christ. apart. from. the. law.. This. is.
something.I.really.didnt.understand.until.less.than.a.year.ago..Im.still.by.no.means.an.expert.on.
law.vs..grace,.but.I.know.now.that.the.legalism.taught.in.the.message.is.incompatible.with.the.
grace.taught.in.Scripture..
.
Paul.begins.in.Galatians.1.with.a.simple.introduction:.
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Verses.1.through.5:.
1.Paul,.an.apostlesent.not.from.men.nor.by.a.man,.but.by.Jesus.Christ.and.God.the.Father,.who.
raised.him.from.the.dead.2.and.all.the.brothers.and.sisters.with.me,.To.the.churches.in.Galatia:.
3.Grace.and.peace.to.you.from.God.our.Father.and.the.Lord.Jesus.Christ,.4.who.gave.himself.for.
our.sins.to.rescue.us.from.the.present.evil.age,.according.to.the.will.of.our.God.and.Father,.5.to.
whom.be.glory.for.ever.and.ever..Amen..
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Paul.acknowledges.that.no.man.sent.him.but.Jesus.Christ.and.is.writing.on.behalf.of.himself.and.
all.those.men.and.women.that.are.with.himmaybe.the.congregants.with.Paul.or.maybe.those.
in.the.ministry.working.with.him.to.spread.the.gospel..But.either.way,.Paul.and.the.brothers.and.
sisters.with.him.are.writing.to.the.churches.(plural).in.Galatia..So,.we.know.there.were.multiple.
groups,.and.we.know.that.Paul.is.particularly.interested.in.their.well\being,.as.well.see.in.the.
content.of.the.letter.and.his.very.serious.and.stern.tone.throughout.it..
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He.gives.them.the.customary.salutation.Grace.and.peace.to.you.from.God.our.Father.and.the.
Lord.Jesus.Christ,.and.then.finishes.the.salutation.with.the.true.statement.about.our.Lord:.who.
gave.himself.for.our.sins.to.rescue.us.from.the.present.evil.age,.according.to.the.will.of.our.God.
and.Father,.to.whom.be.glory.for.ever.and.ever..Amen..The.greeting.foreshadows.the.subject.
matter.Paul.will.address,.which.is.the.sufficiency.of.Christs.sacrifice.and.our.ability.as.Christians.
to.live.holy.lives.through.Jesus.Christ.apart.from.the.law..
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Verses.6\10:.
6.I.am.astonished.that.you.are.so.quickly.deserting.the.one.who.called.you.to.live.in.the.grace.of.
Christ.and.are.turning.to.a.different.gospel.7.which.is.really.no.gospel.at.all..Evidently.some.
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people.are.throwing.you.into.confusion.and.are.trying.to.pervert.the.gospel.of.Christ..8.But.even.
if.we.or.an.angel.from.heaven.should.preach.a.gospel.other.than.the.one.we.preached.to.you,.let.
them.be.under.Gods.curse!.9.As.we.have.already.said,.so.now.I.say.again:.If.anybody.is.preaching.
to.you.a.gospel.other.than.what.you.accepted,.let.them.be.under.Gods.curse!.10.Am.I.now.trying.
to.win.the.approval.of.human.beings,.or.of.God?.Or.am.I.trying.to.please.people?.If.I.were.still.
trying.to.please.people,.I.would.not.be.a.servant.of.Christ..
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Wow!.So,.in.Galatia.there.were.people.that.were.turning.away.from.the.grace.of.Christ.and.were.
instead.turning.to.a.different.gospel..If.that.isnt.timely.and.applicable.to.us.I.dont.know.what.
is!.Paul.says.that.they.are.perverting.the.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ.and.confusing.the.simplicity.of.
itin. later. chapters. we. see. that. what. they. were. doing. is. teaching. that. Christians. should. be.
obeying.the.Jewish.laws.and.that.obedience.to.the.law.was.a.requirement.of.salvation..Instead,.
Paul.is.urging.the.people.of.Galatia.to.remain.Free.in.Christ.and.to.not.allow.the.simple.truth.of.
salvation.by.faith.to.be.pervertedto.not.submit.themselves.to.a.yoke.of.bondage,.but.to.stay.
committed.to.the.Gospel.as.preached.to.them.by.the.apostles.and.by.Paul..
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Paul.says.that.if.anyone.comes.and.preaches.a.gospel.that.is.different.from.what.was.originally.
accepted.then.he.desires.that.they.be.under.a.curse.of.God..In.verse.10.Paul.tells.them.that.he.is.
not.interested.in.winning.the.approval.of.me,.but.of.God.Himselfthat.seeking.to.please.men.
would.be.at.odds.with.his.commission.to.live.for.Christ..As.it.is.in.our.lives.as.well..We.cant.have.
more.than.one.masterwe.cant.be.slaves.to.the.opinions.of.our.families,.friends,.and.churches.
if.we.desire.to.serve.the.Lord,.but.we.must.be.willing.to.step.out.and.serve.God.even.when.its.
unpopular..
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For.those.of.us.that.have.left.the.message.we.have.gotten.the.opportunity.to.experience.how.it.
feels. to. do. the. unpopular. thing.. Our. pastors. condemned. us;. our. friends. shunned. us. and. our.
families.disowned.us..Those.relationships.that.do.remain.are.forever.changedwe.can.no.longer.
be.in.perfect.agreement.and.unity.with.them,.but.regardless.of.how.hard.we.try.we.will.always.
have.a.major.difference.in.focus..We.are.committed.to.serving.Jesus.Christ.alone,.and.we.cant.
go.back.to.that.which.we.know.is.false,.regardless.of.how.badly.our.families.and.friends.want.us.
to.and.regardless.of.how.badly.we.want.to.protect.our.reputations.and.our.relationships..We.
would.not.be.servants.of.Christ.if.we.obeyed.the.message.for.the.good.of.men.and.fashioned.our.
lives.after.we.leave.to.please.people..
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If.we.tailored.what.we.say.and.do.after.the.message.to.please.men.and.to.not.offend,.we.would.
be.seeking.to.please.men.instead.of.pleasing.God..Ultimately,.its.not.our.intention.to.offend,.but.
sometimes.the.Truth.can.be.offensive..Such.was.the.case.for.Paul.in.this.letter..He.knew.he.wasnt.
likely.to.please.some.of.the.people.in.Galatia,.but.his.purpose.was.to.do.what.God.had.called.him.
to.do.regardless.of.how.it.made.those.people.feel..
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Verses.11\21:.
11.I.want.you.to.know,.brothers.and.sisters,.that.the.gospel.I.preached.is.not.of.human.origin..12.
I.did.not.receive.it.from.any.man,.nor.was.I.taught.it;.rather,.I.received.it.by.revelation.from.Jesus.
Christ..13.For.you.have.heard.of.my.previous.way.of.life.in.Judaism,.how.intensely.I.persecuted.
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the.church.of.God.and.tried.to.destroy.it..14.I.was.advancing.in.Judaism.beyond.many.of.my.own.
age.among.my.people.and.was.extremely.zealous.for.the.traditions.of.my.fathers..15.But.when.
God,.who.set.me.apart.from.my.mothers.womb.and.called.me.by.his.grace,.was.pleased.16.to.
reveal.his.Son.in.me.so.that.I.might.preach.him.among.the.Gentiles,.my.immediate.response.was.
not.to.consult.any.human.being..17.I.did.not.go.up.to.Jerusalem.to.see.those.who.were.apostles.
before.I.was,.but.I.went.into.Arabia..Later.I.returned.to.Damascus..18.Then.after.three.years,.I.
went.up.to.Jerusalem.to.get.acquainted.with.Cepheus.and.stayed.with.him.fifteen.days..19.I.saw.
none.of.the.other.apostlesonly.James,.the.Lords.brother..20.I.assure.you.before.God.that.what.
I.am.writing.you.is.no.lie..21.Then.I.went.to.Syria.and.Cilicia..22.I.was.personally.unknown.to.the.
churches. of. Judea. that. are. in. Christ.. 23. They. only. heard. the. report:. The. man. who. formerly.
persecuted.us.is.now.preaching.the.faith.he.once.tried.to.destroy..24.And.they.praised.God.
because.of.me..
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Paul.continues.his.introduction.by.laying.a.ground.work.for.his.ministry.so.that.those.who.are.
reading.have.a.better.understanding.about.where.he.was.coming.from..Paul.didnt.come.to.the.
conclusion.he.did.by.listening.to.other.men,.nor.was.he.taught.by.other.men.to.believe.upon.
Jesus. Christ.. Instead,. he. came. to. believe. upon. the. Lord. by. revelation. from. Jesus. Christand.
dont.we.all.come.the.same.way?.We.sit.in.church.and.we.are.taught,.but.until.God.comes.down.
and.speaks.to.our.hearts,.giving.us.a.real.conversion.experience.in.our.own.lives.we.arent.going.
to. see. or. believe. it.. In. Pauls. case. it. was. a. supernatural. conversion. experience,. but. for. many.
(including.myself).it.is.the.Word.of.God.that.reveals.the.Truth.to.our.hearts..It.was.reading.the.
words.of.Christ.and.the.accounts.of.Him.by.the.apostles.after.His.resurrection.that.caused.me.to.
believe.upon.the.Lord..And.there.has.been.a.definitive.change.in.my.lifeas.there.certainly.was.
in.Pauls..
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He.was.a.Jew,.the.harshest.and.strictest.of.Jews.who.persecuted.Christians.and.was.incredibly.
zealous.over.his.faith..It.was.the.faith.of.his.fathers.and.he.was.well.pleased.to.continue.in.the.
tradition.that.they.laid.for.him..He.was.sincere,.and.whole\heartedly.believed.that.what.he.was.
doing.was.the.perfect.will.of.God..He.put.Christians.to.death.believing.that.he.was.doing.God.a.
service..He.faithfully.kept.the.laws.as.perfectly.as.he.could.believe.that.those.who.did.not.were.
doomed.for.hell..But.when.the.time.came.and.the.Lord.spoke.to.him.and.revealed.Himself.to.
Paul,.Paul.didnt.ask.anyone.of.his.Pharisee.leaders.what.they.thought..He.didnt.ask.anyone.what.
the.thought.as.a.matter.of.facthe.leapt.head\first.in.the.direction.God.told.him.to.go..He.went.
to.the.Gentiles.and.preached.the.Gospel..It.was.three.years.before.Paul.even.went.to.Jerusalem.
to.meet.up.with.Peter.and.the.other.apostlesit.wasnt.about.the.other.apostlesit.was.about.
the.Lord..
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An.amazing.thing.happened.because.of.Pauls.actions..No.one.in.Judea.knew.much.about.Paul,.
but. they. did. know. one. thingin. times. past. he. persecuted. Christians,. but. he. changed.. His.
testimony. preceded. him.. It. made. Paul. and. even. more. effective. minister. to. those. in. Judea.
because. they. knew. the. truth. of. his. conversionit. was. dramatic. and. it. was. without. question.
sincere..
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In.the.same.way,.those.of.us.who.leave.the.message.have.a.testimony..We.were.once.in.the.
message..We.once.obeyed.all.the.rules,.and.many.of.us.taught.Sunday.school,.preached,.led.song.
service..We.were.cold.and.distant.with.worldly.people.and.we.participated.in.the.judgment.of.
others.for.their.inability.or.unwillingness.to.submit.to.the.rules..We.were.honorable.in.the.sight.
of.our.parents.when.we.faithfully.attended.services,.and.we.were.thought.well.of.in.message.
circles.as.we.continued.in.the.way.we.had.been.taughtand.sincerely.believed.was.right..Our.
neighbors. and. friends. that. werent. in. the. message. knew. of. our. zeal. as. we. lived. our. lives. in.
accordance.with.the.message.ways..It.defined.us..
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But.then.something.changed..Some.of.us.found.inconsistencies.in.Brother.Branhams.life.story.
that.set.us.on.a.search.for.truth..Some.of.us.saw.the.extra\biblical.doctrines.and.realized.that.
they. were. incompatible. with. scripture.. And. some. of. us,. because. of. the. hypocrisy,. abuse,. or.
judgmental.nature.of.some.of.those.in.the.message.left.without.looking.back..But.at.some.point,.
we.found.Jesus..Some.sooner.and.some.laterbut.we.changed..We.no.longer.cared.what.people.
thought.about.us..We.didnt.try.to.appease.them.to.avoid.their.judgments,.but.we.only.sought.
to.serve.the.Lord..The.rules.we.once.used.to.prop.ourselves.up.and.to.judge.others.were.traded.
for.grace.and.compassion.becoming.a.Christian..We.werent.zealous.of.our.religion.any.longer,.
but.we.fell.in.love.with.our.Savior.and.started.loving.people.the.way.He.loves.them..We.didnt.
try.to.live.in.order.to.appease.the.pastor.or.our.parents.or.our.message.friends..Instead.we.live.
only.to.please.our.Lord.and.Savior..
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And.yes,.that.was.very.unpopular..But.it.was.real,.and.raw,.and.it.is.our.testimonysomething.
we.wont.be.ashamed.of..We.left.the.message.to.serve.Jesus.Christand.we.will.go.right.on.
serving.Him,.wherever.that.happens.to.lead..
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In.our.previous.text.Jesus.explained.what.it.means.to.be.a.God\send.leaderit.means.a.life.of.
servitude.and.commitment.to.follow.the.leadership.of.someone.greater.than.you..In.Jesus.case,.
all.that.He.did.or.said.was.done.with.the.express.purpose.of.glorifying.God.the.Father..Jesus.was.
obedient. to. His. will,. and. He. was. submissive. to. Gods. eternal. purposes. in. all. things.. As. our.
example,.we.too.should.submit.ourselves.to.the.leadership.of.our.headour.Lord.and.Savior,.
Jesus.Christ..It.is.only.through.this.act.of.submission.that.we.are.truly.capable.of.Godly.leadership..
Jesus.continues.this.thought.in.John.7:17\18:.
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17.Anyone.who.chooses.to.do.the.will.of.God.will.find.out.whether.my.teaching.comes.from.God.
or.whether.I.speak.on.my.own..18.Whoever.speaks.on.their.own.does.so.to.gain.personal.glory,.
but.he.who.seeks.the.glory.of.the.one.who.sent.him.is.a.man.of.truth;.there.is.nothing.false.about.
him..
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What.Jesus.is.telling.us.here.is.something.we.all.should.take.fully.to.heart..Anyone.who.chooses.
to. do. the. will. of. God. will. find. out. whether. what. Jesus. taught. was. true!. What. an. incredible.
promise.to.us.all!.His.teachings.therefore.were.not.something.hidden.and.shrouded.in.mystery.
but.were.easily.understood.by.all.those.who.sincerely.choose.to.follow.the.will.of.God..Not.only.
shall.the.teaching.be.understood,.Jesus.is.telling.us.that.we.have.the.ability.to.find.out.the.truth.
of.Christs.teachings..
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We.have.the.scriptures,.which.are.profitable.for.all.teaching,.reproof,.correction,.and.training.(2.
Timothy.3:16\17)from.Genesis.to.Revelation.which.do.indeed.testify.of.the.truth.of.Christs.
words..He.didnt.speak.something.newthe.Old.Testament.promised.the.coming.Savior.from.
the.very.beginning,.and.Jesus.words.and.life.aligned.perfectly.with.it..We.know.of.His.life,.and.
we.know.of.His.death..We.have.testimony.from.many.witnesses.of.His.resurrection,.and.even.
the.angels.and.the.heavens.testified.of.the.truth.of.His.statements,.both.at.His.birth,.at.the.time.
of.His.baptism,.and.after.His.death.and.resurrection,.as.well.as.on.a.number.of.other.occasions.
(Matthew.1:20,.Luke.2:9\11,.Matthew.3:13\17).We.have.the.testimony.of.John.the.Baptist,.of.
Paul,.of.the.apostles.and.disciples,.of.even.Pilate.and.his.wife.who.were.not.disciples.of.Him!.We.
know.the.testimonies.of.countless.people,.and.for.those.of.us.who.choose.to.do.the.will.of.God,.
the.information.is.therewe.can.and.will.find.out.whether.the.things.Jesus.taught.were.from.
God!.It.is.a.promise!.
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Jesus.continues.by.telling.us.that.those.who.speak.on.their.own.do.so.to.gain.personal.glory..And.
we.can.attest.to.the.truth.of.this.from.our.own.human.experiences..When.someone.comes.and.
tried.to.tell.us.something.incrediblewho.gives.maybe.a.prophesy,.or.prediction,.or.testimony.
about.something.they.were.able.to.do.or.accomplish,.they.usually.do.so.to.glorify.themselves..
Solomon.in.all.his.God\given.wisdom.stated.as.much.in.Proverbs.27:2,.Let.someone.else.praise.
you,.and.not.your.own.mouth;.an.outsider,.and.not.your.own.lips..We.are.also.given.similar.
warnings. in. scripture. to. be. wary. about. the. testimony. of. only. one. witness.. In. the. law,. the.
testimony.of.one.was.not.enough.to.determine.the.truthfulness.of.any.statementsomething.
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Jesus. readily. affirms. in. His. ministry. as. well. (Deuteronomy. 17:6,. Matthew. 18:16,. John. 8:17,. 2.
Corinthians.13:1,.1.Timothy.5:19,.etc.)..
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Since. we. are. mostly. all. familiar. with. the. ministry. of. William. Branham,. we. will. use. him. as. an.
example..Unlike.Jesus,.who.did.all.He.did.and.taught.all.the.things.He.taught.in.order.to.carry.out.
the.will.and.established.plan.of.God.which.had.been.recorded.in.scripture.and.determined.before.
the. foundation. of. the. world,. William. Branham. often. taught. about. the. importance. of. the.
messenger.of.the.hour,.backing.up.his.claim.to.this.position.with.accounts.of.the.supernatural.
sometimes. with. no. witnesses. outside. of. himself.. Take. for. instance. his. account. of. creating.
squirrels..As.you.read.this.quote,.ask.yourself.whether.Brother.Branham.is.telling.this.story.to.
point.us.to.Jesus.Christ.alone.and.away.from.man,.or.to.himself:.
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63\1222.GOD'S.GIFTS.ALWAYS.FIND.THEIR.PLACES_.JEFFERSONVILLE.IN.V\6.N\13.SUNDAY_.
63. Notice,. when. Jesus. created. bread;. He. took. a. piece. of. bread,. and. created. bread. that. had.
already.been.bread..When.He.created.fish;.He.took.a.fish.that.was.first.created.a.fish,.and.put.
another.fish.out.of.it..Is.that.right?.He.took.water,.which.potentially.would.have.become.wine,.
and.made.wine.out.of.it..Is.that.right?.But.we've.seen.Him.in.our.midst,.in.this.last.days,.create.
things.right.out,.without.anything.standing.there!.Is.that.right?.To.create.a.squirrel.where.there.
is.no.squirrels..Right!.Oh,.He's....remains.God..He's.just.as.much.Deity.today.as.He.was.then.and.
ever.was,.or.ever.will.be..He's.still.God,.and.challenging.hearts.to.believe.it,."Greater.things.than.
this,.you....without.anything.to.hold.and.break.off.of..Speak.it,.and.it'll.be.so.".
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Surely. if. someone. were. attempting. to. point. us. to. Jesus. Christ. alone. they. would. not. seek. to.
belittle. a. miracle. He. performed. in. order. to. raise. up. the. importance. of. a. (supposed). miracle.
performed.by.the.lips.of.man!.Certainly.this.is.what.Jesus.was.talking.about.in.verse.18that.a.
man. would. tell. something. with. the. express. purpose. of. elevating. self. instead. of. elevating. the.
Lord..
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Continuing.with.the.story.of.Jesus.teaching.during.the.Feast.of.Tabernacles:.
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19.Has.not.Moses.given.you.the.law?.Yet.not.one.of.you.keeps.the.law..Why.are.you.trying.to.kill.
me?.20.You.are.demon\possessed,.the.crowd.answered..Who.is.trying.to.kill.you?.21.Jesus.
said. to. them,. I. did. one. miracle,. and. you. are. all. amazed.. 22. Yet,. because. Moses. gave. you.
circumcision. (though. actually. it. did. not. come. from. Moses,. but. from. the. patriarchs),. you.
circumcise.a.boy.on.the.Sabbath..23.Now.if.a.boy.can.be.circumcised.on.the.Sabbath.so.that.the.
law.of.Moses.may.not.be.broken,.why.are.you.angry.with.me.for.healing.a.mans.whole.body.on.
the.Sabbath?.24.Stop.judging.by.mere.appearances,.but.instead.judge.correctly..
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25.At.that.point.some.of.the.people.of.Jerusalem.began.to.ask,.Isnt.this.the.man.they.are.trying.
to. kill?. 26. Here. he. is,. speaking. publicly,. and. they. are. not. saying. a. word. to. him.. Have. the.
authorities.really.concluded.that.he.is.the.Messiah?.27.But.we.know.where.this.man.is.from;.
when.the.Messiah.comes,.no.one.will.know.where.he.is.from..
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28.Then.Jesus,.still.teaching.in.the.temple.courts,.cried.out,.Yes,.you.know.me,.and.you.know.
where.I.am.from..I.am.not.here.on.my.own.authority,.but.he.who.sent.me.is.true..You.do.not.
know.him,.29.but.I.know.him.because.I.am.from.him.and.he.sent.me..
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30.At.this.they.tried.to.seize.him,.but.no.one.laid.a.hand.on.him,.because.his.hour.had.not.yet.
come..31.Still,.many.in.the.crowd.believed.in.him..They.said,.When.the.Messiah.comes,.will.he.
perform.more.signs.than.this.man?.
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32.The.Pharisees.heard.the.crowd.whispering.such.things.about.him..Then.the.chief.priests.and.
the.Pharisees.sent.temple.guards.to.arrest.him..33.Jesus.said,.I.am.with.you.for.only.a.short.
time,.and.then.I.am.going.to.the.one.who.sent.me..34.You.will.look.for.me,.but.you.will.not.find.
me;.and.where.I.am,.you.cannot.come..
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35.The.Jews.said.to.one.another,.Where.does.this.man.intend.to.go.that.we.cannot.find.him?.
Will.he.go.where.our.people.live.scattered.among.the.Greeks,.and.teach.the.Greeks?.36.What.
did.he.mean.when.he.said,.You.will.look.for.me,.but.you.will.not.find.me,.and.Where.I.am,.you.
cannot.come?.
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Jesus.transitions.from.His.teachings.concerning.authority,.servant\leadership,.and.ultimately.the.
mark.of.a.God\sent.leader.and.turns.His.attentions.to.the.immediately.pressing.matter.of.those.
seeking.to.kill.Him.because.of.His.testimony..Verses.19.\24.address.the.issue.head\on:.there.are.
men.seeking.to.kill.Him.for.His.disobedience.to.the.law.of.Moses,.and.Jesus.asks.them.point\
blank.to.account.for.it.(Verse.19)..The.multitudes,.either.in.ignorance.of.the.Jewish.leaderships.
plans,.in.an.effort.to.mock.Jesus,.or.in.open.denial.of.what.they.know.is.the.truth.the.crowd.
denies.the.plan.and.essentially.calls.Jesus.crazy..
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But.Jesus,.knowing.the.truth.of.the.matter.and.knowing.the.hearts.of.men.(Luke.5:22,.Mark.2:8,.
John.2:24,.Acts.1:24,.Matthew.9:4).knew.of.the.plan,.and.knew.of.their.specific.complaint.and.
addressed.it.immediately..The.people.did.not.understand.how.it.could.be.lawful.for.Him.to.heal.
on.the.Sabbath..But.Jesus.teaches.that.just.as.circumcision.is.lawful.on.the.Sabbath.if.it.is.done.
in.accordance.with.the.Will.of.God,.so.also.healing.of.a.mans.whole.body.is.lawful.because.it.
fulfills.the.Will.of.God.(John.7:23\24)..
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It.is.repeatedly.taught.by.our.Lord.throughout.scripture.that.it.is.the.spirit.of.the.law.and.not.the.
letter.that.God.is.concerned.with.(2.Corinthians.3:6\8,.Romans.3:31,.Romans.13:10,.Matthew.
22:36\40),.and.the.healing.of.a.mans.body,.though.by.the.letter.might.be.considered.contrary.to.
the. law. which. instituted. a. day. a. rest. (Exodus. 20:8\11,. Genesis. 2:3,. Leviticus. 19:30),. our. Lord.
explains.that.the.Sabbath.is.a.sign.and.a.gift.given.to.men.to.benefit.men.(Mark.2:27,.Luke.6:1\
20,.Matthew.5:17\19)..Truly,.doing.such.a.good.thing.on.the.Sabbath.could.not.be.considered.
contrary.to.the.Lawthough.for.the.Pharisees.that.knew.and.followed.the.letter.and.not.the.
spirit. of. the. Law,. it. was. wrong. in. their. eyes.. Jesus. tells. them. that. they. need. to. start. judging.
correctly.(John.7:24)..
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Once.again,.Jesus.reads.the.thoughts.and.intents.of.the.hearts.of.the.people.around.Him,.and.
sensing.in.the.crowd.their.thoughts.in.Verses.25\27.immediately.addresses.them:.He.tells.them.
they.do.indeed.know.where.He.is.fromthe.implication.being.that.those.questioning.Him.know.
that.He.was.sent.from.God,.even.though.in.their.hearts.they.lied.to.themselves,.attempting.to.
rationalize.their.rejection.of.Him.at.the.Messiah.by.their.knowledge.of.His.childhood.home.in.
Nazareth,.His.mother,.and.His.other.earthly.relations..The.meaning.of.Jesus.words.are.not.lost.
on.the.crowd,.who.recognized.what.it.was.He.was.implying.and.attempted.to.seize.Him.(Verse.
28)..
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The.crowd.murmurs.about.the.number.of.miracles.He.is.performing,.and.the.Pharisees.and.chief.
priests.send.guards.to.capture.Him..Jesus.avoids.capture.however,.and.continues.teaching..He.
teaches.that.He.will.only.remain.for.a.short.time,.and.though.people.will.look.for.Him,.they.will.
be.unable.to.locate.Him.because.they.cannot.go.where.He.is.going..The.teaching.was.prophetic
Jesus.did.stay.on.Earth.for.only.a.short.time,.and.then.at.the.end.of.His.life.entered.into.death,.
overcame.it,.and.ascended.into.Heaven.to.sit.at.the.right.hand.of.God.the.Father,.the.Majesty.on.
High..They.could.not.follow.Him.in.His.paththey.might.die,.but.they.could.not.raise.themselves.
again..They.might.be.able.to.climb.into.the.heavens,.but.they.could.never.be.in.the.position.of.
authority.and.power.that.Jesus.occupies.to.this.very.day..They.can.look.for.Him.and.His.truth.on.
the.Earth.for.the.rest.of.their.lives,.but.they.will.not.be.able.to.find.Him,.and.though.they.try.as.
hard.as.they.can.they.cannot.be.in.the.same.place.as.Jesus.Christ.is..He.is.High.Above,.and.Highly.
Exalted.above.all.Creation.(Philippians.2:9\11)!.But.one.thing.is.clear.in.Scripturethose.that.
diligently. seek. the. Lord. in. humility. shall. find. Him. (Deuteronomy. 4:29,. Jeremiah. 29:12\13,.
Matthew.7:7\8)..
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Even.after.all.the.things.Jesus.did,.and.taught,.and.explained,.many.of.the.people.listening.did.
not.understand..Contrary.to.the.teachings.of.William.Branham,.however,.Jesus.does.not.leave.
the.people.without.a.clear.answer.to.their.questions.when.they.desire.to.have.answers..He.is.not.
in.the.business.of.rejecting.the.sincere.questions.of.those.searching.for.Truth..We.will.see.as.we.
move.forward.in.the.Gospel.of.John.how.concerned.Jesus.was.with.even.the.smallest.and.most.
insignificant.among.themof.children,.of.oppressed.women,.and.of.Gentiles,.Samaritans,.and.
sinners. all. the. same.. Jesus. reaches. out,. extends. hope. and. compassion. to. those. seeking. Him..
These.Jews.did.not.know.what.He.meant.at.this.moment.in.time,.but.one.thing.is.certainall.
those.who.sincerely.sought.Him.would.find.Him..
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Jeremiah.29:12\13.
Then.you.will.call.upon.me.and.come.and.pray.to.me,.and.I.will.hear.you..You.will.seek.me.and.
find.me,.when.you.seek.me.with.all.your.heart..
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Matthew.7:7\8.
Ask,.and.it.will.be.given.to.you;.seek.and.you.will.find;.knock,.and.it.will.be.opened.to.you..For.
everyone.who.asks.receives,.and.the.one.who.seeks.finds,.and.to.the.one.who.knocks.it.will.be.
opened..
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Moving$Forward$
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Picking.up.in.Pauls.letter.to.the.Galatians,.we.find.that.after.Paul.had.already.been.preaching.to.
the.Gentiles.for.14.years,.having.only.met.with.Peter.once.in.all.that.time,.he.finally.made.his.
way.into.Jerusalem.along.with.Barnabas.and.Titus.in.order.to.sit.down.with.the.Christian.leaders:.
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Galatians.2,.verses.1.through.5:.
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2.Then.after.fourteen.years,.I.went.up.again.to.Jerusalem,.this.time.with.Barnabas..I.took.Titus.
along.also..2.I.went.in.response.to.a.revelation.and,.meeting.privately.with.those.esteemed.as.
leaders,.I.presented.to.them.the.gospel.that.I.preach.among.the.Gentiles..I.wanted.to.be.sure.I.
was.not.running.and.had.not.been.running.my.race.in.vain..3.Yet.not.even.Titus,.who.was.with.
me,.was.compelled.to.be.circumcised,.even.though.he.was.a.Greek..4.This.matter.arose.because.
some.false.believers.had.infiltrated.our.ranks.to.spy.on.the.freedom.we.have.in.Christ.Jesus.and.
to.make.us.slaves..5.We.did.not.give.in.to.them.for.a.moment,.so.that.the.truth.of.the.gospel.
might.be.preserved.for.you..
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During.this.meeting.many.things.were.discussed,.but.we.can.be.sure.that.one.of.the.main.topics.
of.conversation.was.what.Paul.calls.in.Verse.4,.some.false.believers.that.had.been.infiltrating.
the.churches.of.Gentile.believers.and.spying.out.the.freedom.they.had.in.Christ..These.Jewish.
infiltrators. werent. just. coming. in. order. to. see. what. was. going. on,. howeverthey. were. also.
attempting.to.convince.the.Gentile.Christians.that.they.must.be.like.the.Jews..
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We.see.from.Pauls.very.first.remarks.about.the.meeting.that.the.Jewish.Christian.leadership.in.
Jerusalem.were.in.agreement.with.Pauls.teachings.that.Gentiles.did.not.need.to.be.circumcised.
or.follow.the.Law..Titus,.who.was.a.Greek.did.not.feel.compelled,.nor.did.Paul.or.anyone.else.
insist.upon.him.getting.circumcised.at.the.conclusion.of.these.conferences...In.verse.5.Paul.tells.
the.Galatians.that.he.did.not.cave.to.the.pressure.of.these.Judaizers.but.instead.persevered.
through.their.attempt.to.spread.false.teachings.in.order.to.continue.preaching.the.truth.of.the.
Gospel...
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Paul.tells.of.the.conclusion.of.the.meetings.in.Jerusalem.in.verses.6\10:.
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6.As.for.those.who.were.held.in.high.esteemwhatever.they.were.makes.no.difference.to.me;.
God. does. not. show. favoritismthey. added. nothing. to. my. message.. 7. On. the. contrary,. they.
recognized.that.I.had.been.entrusted.with.the.task.of.preaching.the.gospel.to.the.uncircumcised,.
just.as.Peter.had.been.to.the.circumcised..8.For.God,.who.was.at.work.in.Peter.as.an.apostle.to.
the.circumcised,.was.also.at.work.in.me.as.an.apostle.to.the.Gentiles..9.James,.Cepheus.and.John,.
those. esteemed. as. pillars,. gave. me. and. Barnabas. the. right. hand. of. fellowship. when. they.
recognized.the.grace.given.to.me..They.agreed.that.we.should.go.to.the.Gentiles,.and.they.to.the.
circumcised..10.All.they.asked.was.that.we.should.continue.to.remember.the.poor,.the.very.thing.
I.had.been.eager.to.do.all.along..
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At.the.end.of.the.meeting.Paul.reported.that.nothing.was.added.by.this.counsel.that.he.had.not.
already.been.preaching,.and.that.all.the.men.agreed.that.Paul.had.been.entrusted.to.preach.to.
the.Gentiles.the.fullness.of.the.Gospel.just.as.Peter.had.been.entrusted.to.preach.to.the.Jews.the.
fullness.of.the.Gospels...It.was.understood.and.agreed.that.they.were.all.in.perfect.fellowship.
one.with.another.even.though.they.were.being.sent.by.God.to.different.people..
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The.only.thing.that.both.parties.wanted.to.be.absolutely.sure.that.the.other.was.continuing.to.
do.was.to.be.good.to.the.poor..Its.kind.of.amazing.to.think.about!.These.two.groups.sitting.down.
at.a.table.after.ministering.for.years.and.years.separately.with.very.little.communication.between.
them,. and. still. the. messages. they. were. presenting. to. their. respective. congregations. were. in.
harmony!..
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Its.amazing.to.think.about.the.Jews.coming.to.Christ.and.accepting.the.freedom.in.Jesus.Christ.
from.the.yoke.of.the.Law...These.Jews.ONLY.knew.worksdo.this,.get.that..Be.good,.obey.all.the.
laws.and.live.a.perfect.life,.make.your.sacrifices.the.way.youre.supposed.to,.and.then,.if.youve.
done.everything.right,.you.will.be.saved.as.a.circumcised.Jew.as.part.of.Gods.chosen.people..But.
these.people,.having.had.this.drilled.into.their.heads.from.birth.were.taking.the.simple.Gospel.of.
Jesus. Christ,. of. salvation. by. faith. and. coming. into. the. Body. of. Christembracing. freedom.. It.
wasnt.easy.for.them,.but.they.were.doing.it..Little.by.little.(as.well.see.in.the.following.section).
the.Jews.were.coming.to.understand.just.what.it.meant.to.be.a.Christian..
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Verses.11\16.
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11.When.Cephas.came.to.Antioch,.I.opposed.him.to.his.face,.because.he.stood.condemned..12.
For.before.certain.men.came.from.James,.he.used.to.eat.with.the.Gentiles..But.when.they.arrived,.
he.began.to.draw.back.and.separate.himself.from.the.Gentiles.because.he.was.afraid.of.those.
who.belonged.to.the.circumcision.group..13.The.other.Jews.joined.him.in.his.hypocrisy,.so.that.
by.their.hypocrisy.even.Barnabas.was.led.astray..
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14.When.I.saw.that.they.were.not.acting.in.line.with.the.truth.of.the.gospel,.I.said.to.Cephas.in.
front.of.them.all,.You.are.a.Jew,.yet.you.live.like.a.Gentile.and.not.like.a.Jew..How.is.it,.then,.
that.you.force.Gentiles.to.follow.Jewish.customs?.
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15.We.who.are.Jews.by.birth.and.not.sinful.Gentiles.16.know.that.a.person.is.not.justified.by.
the.works.of.the.law,.but.by.faith.in.Jesus.Christ..So.we,.too,.have.put.our.faith.in.Christ.Jesus.
that.we.may.be.justified.by.faith.in.Christ.and.not.by.the.works.of.the.law,.because.by.the.works.
of.the.law.no.one.will.be.justified..
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Its.not.very.difficult.for.me.to.envision.this.dinner.party.happening..Before.these.men.that.were.
with.James.came.up.to.Antioch.Peter.was.very.happy.to.sit.and.eat.with.Gentiles..But.as.soon.as.
these.Judaizers.came.to.town.they.didnt.want.to.eat.with.them.anymore..
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There.are.two.possibilities.as.to.why.these.Judaizers.believed.Jews.shouldnt.eat.with.Gentiles..
The.first.is.the.idea.that.Jews.shouldnt.share.a.meal.with.Gentiles..This.is.a.concept.that.is.found.
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in.the.Old.Testament.in.Exodus.12:48,.where.God.explains.that.only.Jews.should.eat.a.Passover.
meal..This.may.have.only.been.happening.during.communion.since.early.assemblies.often.took.
the.Lords.Supper.together.in.their.meetings..
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Its.also.very.possible.that.the.objection.had.less.to.do.with.the.circumcision.and.more.to.do.with.
the.Jews.not.eating.foods.prohibited.in.the.Law.that.may.have.been.on.a.Gentiles.table..So,.
perhaps.the.separation.of.the.meals.had.more.to.do.with.the.content.of.the.meal.(kosher.vs..
foreign.cuisine,.pork,.shellfish,.etc.)..
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Regardless,.Paul.corrected.Peter.in.this.matter.and.called.him.out.for.his.hypocrisy...Paul.reminds.
him.that.the.law.does.not.save,.and.cannot.justify.a.person..It.is.faith.that.justifies.a.person,.and.
attempting.to.live.out.the.law.in.order.to.be.justified.before.God.will.result.in.someone.being.
unjustified..It.is.contradictory.to.true.faith..
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Keeping.with.this.thought.about.righteousness.and.how.it.comes.by.grace.through.faith.in.Jesus.
Christ,.Paul.teaches.in.verse.17\21:.
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17.But.if,.in.seeking.to.be.justified.in.Christ,.we.Jews.find.ourselves.also.among.the.sinners,.
doesnt.that.mean.that.Christ.promotes.sin?.Absolutely.not!.18.If.I.rebuild.what.I.destroyed,.then.
I.really.would.be.a.lawbreaker..
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19.For.through.the.law.I.died.to.the.law.so.that.I.might.live.for.God..20.I.have.been.crucified.
with.Christ.and.I.no.longer.live,.but.Christ.lives.in.me..The.life.I.now.live.in.the.body,.I.live.by.faith.
in.the.Son.of.God,.who.loved.me.and.gave.himself.for.me..21.I.do.not.set.aside.the.grace.of.God,.
for.if.righteousness.could.be.gained.through.the.law,.Christ.died.for.nothing!.
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If.the.Jews.(or.really.Christians.in.general).seeking.to.be.justified.by.Christ.allow.themselves.to.
be.around.sinners.or.associated.with.sinners.does.that.mean.that.Christ.is.okay.with.sin?.
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Thats.really.the.question.Paul.is.asking...Is.it.okay.for.us.as.Christians.to.be.around.people.that.
are.sinning?.Is.it.okay.for.those.of.us.coming.out.of.the.Message.to.be.found.in.a.church.where.
sinners.are.present?.Is.it.okay.for.those.of.us.that.did.follow.all.the.rules.to.come.out.and.start.
opening.up.our.circle.of.fellowship.to.those.who.maybe.havent.lived.squeaky\clean.livesthat.
have.seen.more.of.the.worlds.ugly.and.experienced.more.of.modern.culture.than.we.have?.
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Paul.gives.us.our.answer.in.verses.17\18He.says.that.it.is.without.question.not.a.problem!..Paul.
says.in.verse.18.that.if.we.rebuild.a.code.of.self\justification,.self\righteousness,.and.self\centered.
religious. behaviors. THAT. is. really. what. would. put. you. in. transgression. and. make. you. a.
lawbreaker.going.against.the.will.of.God..
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He.explains.that.in.the.law.we.died..In.the.Jewish.law.the.Jews.died,.and.in.our.adaptation.of.the.
Jewish.law.made.by.William.Branham.we.too.died...We.realized,.much.like.the.Jews.did,.that.our.
laws.werent.going.to.ever.make.us.good.enough.to.deserve.the.Lord.and.they.werent.ever.going.
to.make.us.holy.enough.to.be.justified..They.were.never.going.to.get.us.into.a.place.where.our.
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hearts. would. be. perfectly. clean. and. holyit. just. wasnt. going. to. happen,. because. we. are.
depraved.sinners,.and.we.absolutely.needed.a.Savior...No.amount.of.work.could.ever.suffice..
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Paul.tells.us.that.we.must.die.to.the.law..We.must.accept.the.fact.that.we.cannot.uphold.Gods.
righteous.code,.and.even.if.we.appear.to,.we.are.still.unable.to.actually.do.it..We.will.still.lust,.
and.we.will.still.get.angry,.and.we.will.still.covet.and.steal.and.be.selfish..Jesus.taught.that.to.us
that.even.if.we.dont.outwardly.commit.the.sin,.our.hearts.are.wicked..
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In.the.Message.we.had.a.law..Not.the.Jewish.Law.(though.many.of.the.rules.in.the.Message.
come.from.the.Jewish.law),.but.we.have.a.list.of.things.we.had.to.do.in.order.to.be.filled.with.the.
Holy.Spirit.and.therefore.saved..We.had.to.dress.a.certain.way,.us.ladies.didnt.cut.our.hair.or.
wear.makeup..We.must.abstain.from.entertainment.like.movies.or.TV.or.sports;.we.must.not.
drink.alcohol.(except.at.communion.of.course)..We.mustnt.look.like.the.world,.enjoy.worldly.
music,.and.must.always.try.to.maintain.a.distance.from.places.and.people.that.are.deemed.too.
mainstream.and.too.commontoo.worldly.and.not.holy.enough...
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Paul.tells.us.that.we.must.die.to.this..We.have.to.get.to.a.place.where.we.knew.we.are.insufficient.
and. cannot. ever. be. good. enough.. We. have. to. admit. that. we. failed.. For. us. from. a. Message.
background,.you.may.have.come.to.a.point.along.the.line.where.you.were.doing.the.right.things.
and.thought.you.were.living.the.right.kind.of.life,.but.then.you.realized.that.there.was.always.
more.you.could.be.doing..I.was.there..You.can.always.wear.your.neckline.a.little.higher..You.can.
always.wear.a.little.more.modest.clothing..You.can.always.put.a.little.more.in.the.offering.plate,.
and.you.can.always.shun.a.little.more.of.the.world.from.your.life..There.is.no.end.to.itthere.are.
always.new.ways.you.can.attempt.to.sanctify.yourself.a.little.bit.more..We.are.sinners.by.nature,.
after. all!. We. absolutely. could. continue. forever. trying. to. sanctify. ourselvesand. we. would.
continually.fail!.
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Paul. concludes. in. verses. 20\21. by. saying. that. it. is. Jesus. Christ,. living. in. us. that. gives. us. the.
righteousness.we.need.to.stand.before.God.holy.and.blameless..We.can.only.succeed.at.being.
holy.through.Faith.in.Jesus,.for.if.righteousness.could.be.gained.through.the.law.(or.in.our.case,.
through.the.teachings.of.William.Branham.and.our.adherence.to.the.Message.code.of.conduct\
\holiness.teachings.in.general).Christ.would.have.died.for.nothing!.
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At.the.end.of.the.day,.we.will.all.stand.before.the.Throne.of.God.and.have.to.give.an.account.for.
our.lives..The.only.hope.we.have.is.Jesus.Christ,.and.our.only.defense.will.be.that.we.believed.
upon. Jesus. Christs. sacrifice,. and. we. acknowledge. that. without. it. we. could. not. be. saved. and.
would.not.be.holy.enough..Works.will.not.be.enough,.and.looking.a.certain.way.or.not.looking.a.
certain.way.will.not.matter...Jesus.promised.that.if.we.believe.upon.Him.that.He.will.save.us..
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I.am.so.thankful.that.God.provided.His.Son,.Jesus.Christ.to.be.the.Messiah.and.the.Savior.of.the.
World!.He.is.absolutely.everything.we.need.moving.forward..
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After.catching.the.Galatians.up.on.what.he.had.been.doing.lately.and.what.was.happening.in.the.
greater. assembly. of. Christian. believers,. Paul. turns. his. attention. in. verse. 3. directly. to. the.
happenings.in.the.churches.of.Galatia...His.verbiage.is.aggressive,.but.in.it.we.can.see.his.love.for.
the.people.and.his.even.greater.love.for.God.and.the.truth:.
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Verses.1\5:.
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1.You.foolish.Galatians!.Who.has.bewitched.you?.Before.your.very.eyes.Jesus.Christ.was.clearly.
portrayed.as.crucified..2.I.would.like.to.learn.just.one.thing.from.you:.Did.you.receive.the.Spirit.
by.the.works.of.the.law,.or.by.believing.what.you.heard?.3.Are.you.so.foolish?.After.beginning.
by.means.of.the.Spirit,.are.you.now.trying.to.finish.by.means.of.the.flesh?.4.Have.you.experienced.
so.much.in.vainif.it.really.was.in.vain?.5.So.again.I.ask,.does.God.give.you.his.Spirit.and.work.
miracles.among.you.by.the.works.of.the.law,.or.by.your.believing.what.you.heard?.
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Paul.reminds.the.Galatians.that.they.all.came.to.believe.upon.the.Lord.by.faith.FIRST...What.an.
important.reminder.for.us.all!.To.all.of.those.out.there.who.are.committed.to.serving.the.Lord,.
we.can.likewise.testify.that.it.was.by.simply.faithbelieving.Jesus.Christ.was.who.He.claimed.to.
be. and. that. He. had. the. power. to. save. us. from. our. sinsthat. we. came. to. the. Lord. in. the.
beginning..That.might.have.been.before.we.came.to.the.message.for.those.of.us.who.converted.
to.it...It.may.have.been.while.in.the.message,.and.it.may.have.been.after.leaving..But.our.journey.
as.a.Christian.began.simply.by.believing.upon.Jesus.Christwe.started.out.with.nothing.more.
than.faith.in.the.Lord..
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We.too.should.carefully.guard.ourselves.from.leaving.this.first.conviction.and.forgetting.how.we.
came. to. itit. wasnt. by. works. that. we. were. saved,. and. it. wasnt. by. works. that. we. came. to.
believe. upon. the. Lord.. It. was. simply. by. faith.. . It. was. this. simple. faith. that. identified. us. with.
Abrahamas.Paul.explains.in.the.following.verses:.
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Verses.6\14.
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6So.also.Abraham.believed.God,.and.it.was.credited.to.him.as.righteousness...7.Understand,.
then,.that.those.who.have.faith.are.children.of.Abraham..8.Scripture.foresaw.that.God.would.
justify.the.Gentiles.by.faith,.and.announced.the.gospel.in.advance.to.Abraham:.All.nations.will.
be.blessed.through.you..9.So.those.who.rely.on.faith.are.blessed.along.with.Abraham,.the.man.
of.faith..10.For.all.who.rely.on.the.works.of.the.law.are.under.a.curse,.as.it.is.written:.Cursed.is.
everyone.who.does.not.continue.to.do.everything.written.in.the.Book.of.the.Law..11.Clearly.no.
one.who.relies.on.the.law.is.justified.before.God,.because.the.righteous.will.live.by.faith..12.
The.law.is.not.based.on.faith;.on.the.contrary,.it.says,.The.person.who.does.these.things.will.live.
by.them..13.Christ.redeemed.us.from.the.curse.of.the.law.by.becoming.a.curse.for.us,.for.it.is.
written:.Cursed.is.everyone.who.is.hung.on.a.pole..14.He.redeemed.us.in.order.that.the.blessing.
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given.to.Abraham.might.come.to.the.Gentiles.through.Christ.Jesus,.so.that.by.faith.we.might.
receive.the.promise.of.the.Spirit..
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That.small.portion.of.scripture.absolutely.abolishes.the.idea.that.we.are.somehow.saved.by.our.
ability.to.uphold.the.Law.or.some.portion.of.the.Law!..It.is.not.the.lineagethe.bloodline.of.
Abraham. that. saves,. but. the. faith. of. Abraham. that. saves.. Verse. 8. summarizes. this. point:.
Scripture. foresaw. that. God. would. justify. the. Gentiles. by. faith,. and. announce. the. gospel. in.
advance. to. Abraham:. All. the. nations. will. be. blessed. through. you.. And. how. true. that. was!.
Abrahams.lineagethe.seed.of.Abraham.produced.the.nation.of.Israel,.which.in.turn.produces.
the.law,.which.demonstrated.the.need.for.a.savior.to.mankind..Abrahams.lineage.produced.the.
prophets,.which.foretold.the.solution.to.the.sin.problem.of.mankind...And.in.the.culmination.to.
the.promise.of.a.blessing.to.all.mankind,.God.saw.fit.to.also.send.the.SaviorJesus.Christ,.The.
Son.of.God,.from.the.Lineage.of.David,.from.the.Tribe.of.Judah...
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God. did. all. of. this. in. order. to. justify. the. entire. world. and. to. impute. righteousness. for. our.
unrighteousness,.and.give.us.the.Holy.Spirit..Its.amazing.to.think.aboutall.that.God.asks.in.that.
we.have.faith.and.believe.that.He.is.who.He.says.He.is.and.has.proved.He.is.throughout.time,.
and.in.return,.we.are.saved.from.our.sins...The.law,.Paul.says,.cannot.make.us.righteous.and.give.
us. eternal. lifein. fact,. following. the. law. can. only. result. in. earthly. life. and. blessingsthe.
underlying.sin.our.wicked.hearts.will.still.be.there..We.needed.a.savior,.and.Im.so.thankful.God.
provided!.
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Continuing.in.Galatians.3:15\18:.
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15.Brothers.and.sisters,.let.me.take.an.example.from.everyday.life..Just.as.no.one.can.set.aside.
or.add.to.a.human.covenant.that.has.been.duly.established,.so.it.is.in.this.case..16.The.promises.
were.spoken.to.Abraham.and.to.his.seed..Scripture.does.not.say.and.to.seeds,.meaning.many.
people,.but.and.to.your.seed,.meaning.one.person,.who.is.Christ..17.What.I.mean.is.this:.The.
law,.introduced.430.years.later,.does.not.set.aside.the.covenant.previously.established.by.God.
and.thus.do.away.with.the.promise..18.For.if.the.inheritance.depends.on.the.law,.then.it.no.
longer.depends.on.the.promise;.but.God.in.his.grace.gave.it.to.Abraham.through.a.promise..
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Here. it. isthe. answer. to. the. question. of. the. law. in. black. and. white:. . the. promises. made. to.
Abraham.were.to.his.seednot.seeds,.as.in.the.entire.lineage.of.Abraham,.but.to.his.promised.
seedthe.one.by.which.all.the.nations.would.be.blessedJesus.Christ!.Just.as.Eve.was.promised.
a.seed.that.would.destroy.Satan,.Abraham.was.promised.as.seed.tooand.that.seed.was.the.
Messiah...The.law.does.not.change.this.covenant.with.Abraham.and.do.away.with.the.covenant
instead,. as. we. will. see. in. the. next. portion. of. this. chapter,. the. law. was. given. in. order. to.
demonstrate. transgression. and. to. point. the. Jews. and. all. the. nations. to. the. fulfillment. of. the.
promise:.
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Verse.19\22:.
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19.Why,.then,.was.the.law.given.at.all?.It.was.added.because.of.transgressions.until.the.Seed.to.
whom. the. promise. referred. had. come.. The. law. was. given. through. angels. and. entrusted. to. a.
mediator..20.A.mediator,.however,.implies.more.than.one.party;.but.God.is.one..
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21.Is.the.law,.therefore,.opposed.to.the.promises.of.God?.Absolutely.not!.For.if.a.law.had.been.
given.that.could.impart.life,.then.righteousness.would.certainly.have.come.by.the.law..22.But.
Scripture.has.locked.up.everything.under.the.control.of.sin,.so.that.what.was.promised,.being.
given.through.faith.in.Jesus.Christ,.might.be.given.to.those.who.believe..
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So,.it.was.transgression.that.caused.the.law.to.be.given,.and.the.law.was.never.intended.as.a.
means.for.us.to.obtain.righteous.standing.before.God..The.plan.was.always.to.send.Jesus.Christ.
in.order.to.save.the.world.by.faithjust.like.Abraham.was.saved.by.faith...The.law.came.430.
years.after.Abraham.received.the.promise,.and.it.was.given.in.an.attempt.to.free.the.Israelites.
from.the.holdidolatry,.wickedness,.and.uncleanness.before.God.were.forbidden,.rewards.for.
obedience.and.curses.for.disobedience.assigned..God.followed.through,.and.the.nation.of.Israel.
was.known.for.their.blessings.in.all.the.world,.and.when.they.disobeyed,.it.was.abundantly.clear.
that.those.people.were.not.believing.Gods.word..The.nation.of.Israel.had.a.turbulent.existence,.
but.in.all.of.their.captivities,.their.wars,.and.their.internal.troubles,.they.were.being.drawn.to.
faith.in.Godand.it.was.only.by.faith.all.along.that.the.Israelites.were.saved..
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But,. as. Paul. explains. in. the. following. section,. the. law. was. the. guardian. unto. the. promise. to.
Abraham.was.made.manifest.in.Christ:.
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Verses.23\29:.
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23.Before.the.coming.of.this.faith,.we.were.held.in.custody.under.the.law,.locked.up.until.the.
faith.that.was.to.come.would.be.revealed..24.So.the.law.was.our.guardian.until.Christ.came.that.
we. might. be. justified. by. faith.. 25. Now. that. this. faith. has. come,. we. are. no. longer. under. a.
guardian.26.So.in.Christ.Jesus.you.are.all.children.of.God.through.faith,.27.for.all.of.you.who.were.
baptized. into. Christ. have. clothed. yourselves. with. Christ.. 28. There. is. neither. Jew. nor. Gentile,.
neither.slave.nor.free,.nor.is.there.male.and.female,.for.you.are.all.one.in.Christ.Jesus..29.If.you.
belong.to.Christ,.then.you.are.Abrahams.seed,.and.heirs.according.to.the.promise..
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At.one.time,.we.were.under.the.law..The.nation.of.Israel.and.the.nations.of.the.World.alike.were.
responsible.to.the.law..This.was.done.in.order.to.demonstrate.the.need.for.faith.in.God,.the.need.
for.a.Messiah...But,.when.Jesus.Christ.came.and.paid.the.penalty.for.sin,.He.set.us.free.from.the.
need.for.this.guardian..Instead.of.the.letter.of.the.law.keeping.us.in.line,.we.are.now.filled.with.
the.Holy.Spirit,.and.through.the.example.of.Christ.we.can.truly.know.the.requirements.of.God
which.is.faith.in.His.Son,.Jesus.Christ..
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We.are.free.in.Christ,.and.the.divisions.between.us.are.gone!.There.is.no.Jew.or.Gentile,.slave.or.
free,.man.or.womanwe.are.all.One.in.Christ,.saved.by.the.same.blood,.and.justified.before.God.
to.the.same.extent..There.is.no.super.Christian,.no.elect.bride.that.has.more.importance.or.
more.blessings.from.God.than.the.nominal.Christian,.and.big.Christians.and.little.Christians...
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We.are.justified.and.saved.by.faith.in.Jesus.Christwe.continue.to.walk.in.the.Light.of.His.Word.
and.grow.into.good.works.and.better.understanding.and.maturity,.but.salvation.comes.solely.by.
faith..
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Coming. from. a. belief. system. based. upon. performance. it. can. sometimes. be. hard. to. shed. the.
mindset. that. says,. Im. not. good. enough,. smart. enough,. holy. enough,. or. special. enough..
Understanding.that.God.saves.by.faith.alone.was.hard.to.wrap.my.mind.around.when.I.first.left.
the. message.. Surely,. there. must. be. more. to. it!. Faith. seemed. far. too. simplesurely. I. had. to.
demonstrate.that.faith.firstsurely.I.needed.to.study.and.prove.my.devotion.through.proper.
understanding..Surely.I.needed.to.make.right.all.my.many.wrongs.first,.and.surely.I.needed.to.
figure.out.what.holiness.looks.like.post\message.first,.commit.myself.to.proper.behavior.first.
before.I.could.actually.be.sure.of.my.salvation...But.it.didnt.take.long.for.me.to.realize.that.all.of.
these.things.were.secondary!.Yeswhen.were.saved.by.faith.we.want.to.KNOW.the.Lord.and.
truly.understand.His.Wordbut.coming.from.a.works\based.movement.with.tons.of.unscriptural.
teachings.is.going.to.take.time..Theres.a.lot.to.learnand.I.believe.that.Gods.desire.is.that.we.
do.learn.itbut.thats.not.where.salvation.is.found,.even.though.the.saved.most.certainly.will.
pursue.Truth.and.find.it..We.are.saved.by.faiththe.understanding.follows..
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God. does. desire. us. to. do. good. worksfeed. the. poor,. take. care. of. orphans. and. widows,. and.
spread. the. love. of. God.. In. the. message,. works. meant. holiness. standards. set. by. William.
Branham,.and.holiness.meant.salvation...Now.we.realize.that.works.are.done.as.an.outpouring.
of.love.from.a.sincere.desire.to.do.good.to.those.whom.God.places.in.our.lives.and.within.our.
ability.to.help...Salvation.doesnt.come.from.these.thingssalvation.is.first,.the.works.follow..
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Lastly,.holiness..I.do.believe.God.calls.us.to.live.holy.lives.and.to.abstain.from.the.unprofitable.
things.of.the.world..But.holiness.does.not.save.us,.and.our.perfect.adherence.to.a.holy.lifestyle.
doesnt.make.us.more.saved...Faith.comes.firsta.better.understanding.of.how.God.wants.us.
to.live.our.lives.before.Him.comes.later...
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I.encourage.those.who.have.left.the.Message.or.any.other.works\based.system.to.appreciate.the.
free.gift.of.Godsalvation.is.absolutely.free.and.requires.nothing.from.you.besides.your.faith.in.
Jesus.Christs.ability.to.give.it..Dont.allow.yourself.once.again.to.be.chained.in.bondage.to.a.
rulebook.that.promises.something.it.has.no.power.to.provide..Dont.allow.anyone.to.steal.the.
joy.of.your.salvation.from.you.by.telling.you.that.your.faith.in.Jesus.Christ.was.not.enough
because.it.absolutely.was.and.is..
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Acts.16:31.
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They.replied,.Believe.in.the.Lord.Jesus,.and.you.will.be.savedyou.and.your.household..
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1.John.4:15.
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If.anyone.acknowledges.that.Jesus.is.the.Son.of.God,.God.lives.in.them.and.they.in.God..
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Romans.10:9\10.
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If.you.declare.with.your.mouth,.Jesus.is.Lord,.and.believe.in.your.heart.that.God.raised.him.
from.the.dead,.you.will.be.saved..For.it.is.with.your.heart.that.you.believe.and.are.justified,.and.
it.is.with.your.mouth.that.you.profess.your.faith.and.are.saved..
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John.7:53\8:11.
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The.crowds.dispersethe.Pharisees.retire.for.the.time.being.and.go.about.their.own.business.
once. more,. and. Jesus. retreats. to. the. Mount. of. Olives,. presumably. to. pray. and. rest. for. the.
evening,.but.He.does.not.stay.away.longJesus.ministry.is.taxing,.but.it.needs.doing.and.He.
cannot.wait...The.very.next.morning,.Jesus.returns.and.goes.to.the.temple.courts.where.a.crowd.
gathers. around. to. hear. what. He. has. to. say.. . He. teaches. them,. but. like. always. the. religious.
Pharisees. could. not. allow. Him. time. to. simply. be. about. His. Fathers. business.. . Instead. of.
attempting.to.correct.His.teachings,.they.bring.before.Him.a.woman.they.claim.was.caught.in.
adultery..
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What.is.incredibly.interesting.about.this.story.is.that.this.woman.is.brought.before.Jesus.as.an.
adulteressbut.there.is.no.accused.man.anywhere.to.be.seen...Adultery,.by.definition,.is.a.two\
person.act...No.matter.which.way.you.slice.it,.if.this.woman.was.caught.in.adultery.there.should.
be.a.man.standing.right.beside.her.likewise.guilty.of.adultery...The.very.obvious.question.to.ask.
is.thisWhy.did.the.Pharisees.bring.to.Jesus.50%.of.the.wrongdoers?.Why.did.they.bring.before.
Him.this.woman.instead.of.bringing.the.man.if.their.only.goal.was.to.get.Him.in.trouble.with.the.
Roman.authorities?.Why.not.bring.them.bothif.she.was.caught.in.the.act.it.is.clear.that.the.
man.was.there.too!!.
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The.answer.cannot.be.rightly.known,.but.based.upon.Jesus.answer.we.can.infer...Lets.take.a.
look.at.this.portion.of.scripture:.
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53.Then.they.all.went.home,.1.but.Jesus.went.to.the.Mount.of.Olives..
2.At.dawn.he.appeared.again.in.the.temple.courts,.where.all.the.people.gathered.around.him,.
and.he.sat.down.to.teach.them..3.The.teachers.of.the.law.and.the.Pharisees.brought.in.a.woman.
caught.in.adultery..They.made.her.stand.before.the.group.4.and.said.to.Jesus,.Teacher,.this.
woman. was. caught. in. the. act. of. adultery.. 5. In. the. Law. Moses. commanded. us. to. stone. such.
women..Now.what.do.you.say?.6.They.were.using.this.question.as.a.trap,.in.order.to.have.a.
basis.for.accusing.him..
But.Jesus.bent.down.and.started.to.write.on.the.ground.with.his.finger..7.When.they.kept.on.
questioning.him,.he.straightened.up.and.said.to.them,.Let.any.one.of.you.who.is.without.sin.be.
the.first.to.throw.a.stone.at.her..8.Again.he.stooped.down.and.wrote.on.the.ground..
9.At.this,.those.who.heard.began.to.go.away.one.at.a.time,.the.older.ones.first,.until.only.Jesus.
was.left,.with.the.woman.still.standing.there..10.Jesus.straightened.up.and.asked.her,.Woman,.
where.are.they?.Has.no.one.condemned.you?.
11.No.one,.sir,.she.said..
Then.neither.do.I.condemn.you,.Jesus.declared..Go.now.and.leave.your.life.of.sin..
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A.few.things.are.clear.in.this.text..First,.that.the.woman.was.without.questions.guilty,.and.Jesus.
does. not. rebuke. the. men. for. wrongly. accusing. the. woman,. nor. does. He. shy. away. from.
confronting. the. woman. about. her. sin. (John. 8:10).. . It. is. also. clear. from. His. response. to. the.
accusers.that.He.knew.they.were.all.guilty.and.worthy.of.the.same.punishment.according.to.the.
law...Some.of.her.accusers.may.very.well.have.been.adulterers.toosome.may.have.been.guilty.
of.breaking.other.laws,.but.even.the.Pharisees.themselves.realized.that.Jesus.was.speaking.the.
truththat. they. were. all. guilty,. and. none. of. them. truly. worthy. to. judge. her. misdeeds. and.
sentence.her.to.death..
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Jesus.writing.in.the.dirt.in.reminiscent.of.another.passage.of.scripture.wherein.God.wrote.with.
His.fingerwhen.the.laws.that.the.Pharisees.where.seeking.to.accuse.the.woman.by.was.initially.
given:.
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Exodus.31:18.
When.the.LORD.finished.speaking.to.Moses.on.Mount.Sinai,.he.gave.him.the.two.tablets.of.the.
covenant.law,.the.tablets.of.stone.inscribed.by.the.finger.of.God..
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We.dont.know.what.it.was.that.Jesus.wrote.in.the.dirt,.but.we.do.know.a.few.things.about.what.
was.going.through.His.mind.as.He.did.it...First,.that.the.Law.of.the.Lord.is.perfect.and.holy,.a.
refreshing.for.the.soul.and.good.for.mankind.(Psalm.19:7),.also,.that.the.entirety.of.the.Law.hangs.
on.two.pointslove.God.and.love.your.fellow.man.(Matthew.22:40)...And.lastly,.that.Jesus.came.
not.to.condemn.the.world,.but.that.by.Him.all.the.world.could.be.saved.(John.3:17)...We.know.
all.of.these.things.are.true,.and.we.know.based.upon.His.actions.that.His.conclusion.was.that.
despite.the.transgression.of.the.Law,.the.woman.needed.mercyas.does.everyone.else...
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We. know. that. Jesus. died. on. the. Cross. for. this. womans. sinsthe. transgression. did. not. go.
unpunished,.but.Jesus.took.this.womans.condemnation.upon.Himself.and.did.eventually.pay.her.
dueas.well.as.the.necessary.cost.for.the.sins.of.her.accusers..Jesus.took.true.ownership.of.the.
judgment.of.this.womanHe.did.not.judge.her.innocent,.but.He.also.did.not.condemn.her.to.
death.. He. was. ableunlike. anyone. else. in. the. history. of. time,. to. judge. this. woman. with. a.
righteous.judgmentHe.was.able.to.simultaneously.judge.her.worthy.of.death.and.to.love.her.
beyond. what. we. can. possibly. imagine,. granting. her. forgiveness. and. mercy. beyond. our.
comprehension..No.one.else.in.the.history.of.time.could.do.what.Jesus.did,.because.no.one.in.
the.history.of.time.could.really.say.they.were.without.sin.before.the.Father,.except.for.the.Son..
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When. we. condemn. someone,. what. we. are. essentially. saying. is. that. this. person. is. worthy. of.
punishment.or.death.for.their.wrongdoingsthat.they.are.below.us.in.righteousness,.and.that.
we.can.execute.justice.upon.them.because.of.the.disparity.between.us..The.problem.is.if.we.
condemn.someone.as.worthy.of.a.punishment.before.God,.we.are.saying.that.we.too.are.worthy.
of.the.punishment.we.prescribe,.because.no.one.is.truly.innocent...We.have.all.sinned.and.fallen.
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short. of. the. requirements. of. God.. If. they. have. sinned. against. God. in. their. adultery,. we. have.
likewise.sinned.against.Him.in.our.disobedience.and.wickedness..We.are.all.in.desperate.need.of.
a.savior.since.we.are.all.worthy.of.death...It.took.the.Lord.to.free.us.all.from.this.vicious.circle
from.the.shackles.of.the.Law...
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Thats.the.beautiful.thing.about.the.LordHe.didn't.come.to.condemn,.though.He.most.certainly.
could.have...God.so.loved.the.world.that.He.gave.His.one.and.only.Son,.that.whosoever.believes.
in.Him.shall.not.perish,.but.shall.have.everlasting.life.(John.3:16)....
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No.matter.how.sinful.your.life.has.beenno.matter.how.caught.away.in.fruitless,.unscriptural.
doctrines.you.were.and.no.matter.how.much.condemnation.you.are.feeling.from.those.around.
youparticularly. the. religious. and. zealousknow. this:. Jesus. came. to. save.. . Jesus. came. with.
mercy.and.grace.to.bestow.upon.those.who.call.upon.His.name...This.woman.that.was.brought.
before.Him.didn't.even.ask.for.His.mercy,.didn't.try.to.clean.up.her.life.beforehand,.and.didn't.
say. the. right. thing. in. order. to. earn. what. Jesus. gave. her.. . Jesus. granted. her. mercy. and.
forgiveness. first,. declaring. that. He. did. not. condemn. her,. nor. could. any. man,. as. He. had.
demonstrated.just.prior.to.this,.and.called.her.to.live.a.different.life..
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It.really.is.that.simple..
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Our$Chains$Are$Broken$
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Continuing.with.his.illustrations.about.the.law.being.like.a.'schoolmaster'.or.'tutor'.Paul.teaches.
in.Galatians.chapter.4.verses.1\7:.
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What.I.am.saying.is.that.as.long.as.an.heir.is.underage,.he.is.no.different.from.a.slave,.although.
he.owns.the.whole.estate..2.The.heir.is.subject.to.guardians.and.trustees.until.the.time.set.by.his.
father.. 3. So. also,. when. we. were. underage,. we. were. in. slavery. under. the. elemental. spiritual.
forces.of.the.world..4.But.when.the.set.time.had.fully.come,.God.sent.his.Son,.born.of.a.woman,.
born.under.the.law,.5.to.redeem.those.under.the.law,.that.we.might.receive.adoption.to.sonship..
6.Because.you.are.his.sons,.God.sent.the.Spirit.of.his.Son.into.our.hearts,.the.Spirit.who.calls.out,.
"Abba,.Father.".7.So.you.are.no.longer.a.slave,.but.God's.child;.and.since.you.are.his.child,.God.
has.made.you.also.an.heir..
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To.truly.understand.this.illustration.that.Paul.is.making,.we.must.understand.the.custom.that.he.
is. using. to. make. his. point.. Contrary. to. what. William. Branham. taught,. this. was. not. a. Jewish.
custom,.but.a.Roman.customsomething.that.was.common.in.the.ancient.world,.and.something.
the.Galatians.as.Gentiles.would.have.readily.understood..
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Adoption.was.a.common.practice.in.ancient.Rome.and.other.ancient.societies,.particularly.in.the.
wealthiest.segments.of.society,.since.having.a.male.heir.was.so.very.important..Adoption.was.a.
means.of.uniting.families.much.like.marriages,.and.the.adoption.of.sons.to.equal\status.families.
was. a. common. way. of. cementing. a. political. or. financial. alliance.. Even. Augustus. Caesar. was.
adopted!.He.was.born.to.Gaius.Octavius,.but.later.adopted.by.his.great\uncle.Julius.Caesar.in.
order.to.succeed.him.politically.as.Emperor..
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When. Paul. states. in. verse. 2. that. prior. to. the. adoption. as. sons. to. God. we. were,. "under. the.
elemental.spiritual.forces.of.the.world,".what.he.is.essentially.saying.is.that.prior.to.God.adopting.
us.through.Christ.Jesus.we.were.subject.to.the.position.and.condition.in.which.we.were.born
just.as.a.son,.prior.to.his.adoption.is.subject.to.the.natural.conditions.of.his.upbringing,.whatever.
those.may.have.looked.likeschoolteachers,.tutors,.biological.parents,.etc..,.until.the.time.that.
the.son.is.adopted.and.assumes.his.position.as.heir.to.his.father..Some.were.Jews,.and.were.
under.the.law,.and.some.were.Gentiles.and.under.the.futility.of.idolatrybut.all,.according.to.
Paul,.were.'adopted'.into.the.family.of.God,.and.were.given.the.Spirit.of.God.in.our.hearts.so.that.
we.can.call.out,."Abba,.Father.".
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Prior.to.the.formal.adoption,.though.we.are.subject.to.the.commands.of.our.Heavenly.Father.we.
cannot.truly.partake.of.the.wealth.He.has.for.us.nor.understand.the.purpose.of.obedience..It.was.
not.until.Jesus.Christ.came.and.freed.us.from.the.bondage.of.our.previous.conditions.(whether.
it.be.law.or.lawlessness).that.we.were.able.to.appreciate.the.benefits.of.being.a.son.or.daughter.
of.God..
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Continuing.in.this.argument,.Paul.expands.on.the.idea.of.separateness.from.God.by.taking.the.
metaphor.one.step.furthernot.only.are.we.'like.slaves'.prior.to.coming.to.Christ,.Paul.states.
that.we.were.slaves.to.those.things.we.formerly.knew:.
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Verses.8\11:.
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Formerly,.when.you.did.not.know.God,.you.were.slaves.to.those.who.by.nature.are.not.gods..9.
But.now.that.you.know.Godor.rather.are.known.by.Godhow.is.it.that.you.are.turning.back.
to.those.weak.and.miserable.forces?.Do.you.wish.to.be.enslaved.by.them.all.over.again?.10.You.
are.observing.special.days.and.months.and.seasons.and.years!.11.I.fear.for.you,.that.somehow.I.
have.wasted.my.efforts.on.you..
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Paul. addresses. the. true. issueseparation. from. the. previous. way. of. life. and. futile. thought.
patterns,. and. freedom. in. Christ.. First,. by. likening. our. acceptance. before. Christ. to. adoption,.
where.the.intimate.link.between.the.family.of.origin.is.severed.and.replaced.with.the.adoptive.
family,.and.now.with.an.example.of.slavery..Paul.tells.the.Galatians.that.they.are.now.free.from.
the.slavery.and.bondage.of.weak.and.miserable.forcesfrom.idol.worship,.from.'holy.days',.and.
other.trivial.things.that.have.no.bearing.on.salvation.and.right.standing.before.God.whatsoever..
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Paul.is.distraught,.afraid.that.these.people.whom.he.loves.are.being.carried.away.with.these.
pointless.(and.down\right.wrong).teachings.begging.the.Galatians.to.come.back.to.the.Truth:.
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Verses.12\20:.
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12.I.plead.with.you,.brothers.and.sisters,.become.like.me,.for.I.became.like.you..You.did.me.no.
wrong..13.As.you.know,.it.was.because.of.an.illness.that.I.first.preached.the.gospel.to.you,.14.
and. even. though. my. illness. was. a. trial. to. you,. you. did. not. treat. me. with. contempt. or. scorn..
Instead,.you.welcomed.me.as.if.I.were.an.angel.of.God,.as.if.I.were.Christ.Jesus.himself..15.Where,.
then,.is.your.blessing.of.me.now?.I.can.testify.that,.if.you.could.have.done.so,.you.would.have.
torn.out.your.eyes.and.given.them.to.me..16.Have.I.now.become.your.enemy.by.telling.you.the.
truth?. 17. Those. people. are. zealous. to. win. you. over,. but. for. no. good.. What. they. want. is. to.
alienate.you.from.us,.so.that.you.may.have.zeal.for.them..18.It.is.fine.to.be.zealous,.provided.the.
purpose.is.good,.and.to.be.so.always,.not.just.when.I.am.with.you..19.My.dear.children,.for.whom.
I.am.again.in.the.pains.of.childbirth.until.Christ.is.formed.in.you,.20.how.I.wish.I.could.be.with.
you.now.and.change.my.tone,.because.I.am.perplexed.about.you!.
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It.is.obvious.is.verses.12\15.that.the.Galatians.had.a.ton.of.respect.and.love.for.Paulsomething.
he.felt.comfortable.appealing.to.when.correcting.them..It.is.never.fun.to.point.out.someone.we.
love's.flawsbut.sometimes.we.really.don't.have.a.choice,.particularly.when.we.are.called.by.
the.Lord.to.do.so..Nevertheless,.like.Paul.states.in.verse.16,.we.can.sometimes.find.ourselves.in.
the.uncomfortable.position.of.being.seen.as.an.enemy.for.simply.stating.the.facts..Those.of.us.
that.have.left.the.message.and.attempted.to.communicate.the.problems.with.it.to.our.friends.
and.families.will.understand.Paul's.frustration.first\hand..It.is.not.fun.to.tell.the.truth.and.be.
rejected.for.itespecially.when.there.was.so.much.love.and.mutual.respect.beforehand..
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But.Paul.had.to.do.what.he.was.led.to.doand.so.do.we..
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Paul.warns.the.Galatians.about.Judaizers.and.other.false.teachers.in.their.midstzealous.people.
that. were. leading. the. people. away. from. truth. and. away. from. the. teachings. of. Paul.. It. was.
undoubtedly.painful.for.Paul.to.sit.and.witnesshe.states.in.verse.19.that.it.was.like.waiting.in.
the.agony.of.labor,.waiting.for.them.to.be.delivered.into.a.true.walk.with.Christ..
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Do.we.not.understand.that.frustration.and.pain!?.Watching.our.loved.ones.grapple.with.the.same.
issues.in.the.message.that.we.ourselves.fought.with,.only.to.be.dragged.deeper.into.the.mire.of.
false.teaching.and.fear..We.see.glimmers.of.hope.as.our.loved.ones.see.glimpses.of.the.Truth
but. we. anguish. to. see. the. shackles. completely. removed.. It. is. a. trial. of. patience,. and. is. often.
difficult.to.bear.the.pain,.watching.our.loved.ones.carried.away.in.error..But.we.do.what.we.can
just.as.Paul.did,.and.when.the.occasion.arises,.we.present.the.Truth.in.love,.and.lean.upon.the.
Lord.for.comfort.and.strength..That.is.really.all.we.can.doit.is.all.that.Paul.could.do,.and.it.is.all.
we.can.do.too..
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Paul.continues.by.making.yet.another.argument.against.the.law.by.likening.the.two.covenants.
from.Godthe.Law.of.Moses.and.the.Grace.Covenant.in.Christto.Abraham's.children.to.Hagar.
and.Sarah:.
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Verses.21\32.
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21.Tell.me,.you.who.want.to.be.under.the.law,.are.you.not.aware.of.what.the.law.says?.22.For.it.
is.written.that.Abraham.had.two.sons,.one.by.the.slave.woman.and.the.other.by.the.free.woman..
23.His.son.by.the.slave.woman.was.born.according.to.the.flesh,.but.his.son.by.the.free.woman.
was. born. as. the. result. of. a. divine. promise.. 24. These. things. are. being. taken. figuratively:. The.
women.represent.two.covenants..One.covenant.is.from.Mount.Sinai.and.bears.children.who.are.
to.be.slaves:.This.is.Hagar..25.Now.Hagar.stands.for.Mount.Sinai.in.Arabia.and.corresponds.to.
the.present.city.of.Jerusalem,.because.she.is.in.slavery.with.her.children..26.But.the.Jerusalem.
that.is.above.is.free,.and.she.is.our.mother..27.For.it.is.written:.
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"Be.glad,.barren.woman,.
you.who.never.bore.a.child;.
shout.for.joy.and.cry.aloud,.
you.who.were.never.in.labor;.
because.more.are.the.children.of.the.desolate.woman.
than.of.her.who.has.a.husband.".
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28.Now.you,.brothers.and.sisters,.like.Isaac,.are.children.of.promise..29.At.that.time.the.son.born.
according.to.the.flesh.persecuted.the.son.born.by.the.power.of.the.Spirit..It.is.the.same.now..30.
But.what.does.Scripture.say?."Get.rid.of.the.slave.woman.and.her.son,.for.the.slave.woman's.son.
will.never.share.in.the.inheritance.with.the.free.woman's.son.".31.Therefore,.brothers.and.sisters,.
we.are.not.children.of.the.slave.woman,.but.of.the.free.woman..
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According. to. this. metaphorical. argument. that. Paul. makes,. the. Covenant. of. Law. produced.
children.in.the.same.way.that.Hagar.produced.childrenit.produced.slaves..Though.by.nature.a.
child.of.God,.in.reality,.those.under.the.law.are.bound.to.the.maintenance.of.the.law,.and.cannot.
partake.of.the.freedom.that.exists.in.Jesus.Christthat.exists.in.the.Son.of.God..Contrastingly,.
all.those.born.of.the.promise.of.God.to.the.free.womanthe.covenant.of.grace.through.Christ.
are,. as. Paul's. arguments. from. today's. scripture. goesadopted. sons. with. full. legal. rights. to.
inheritance.and.wealth.of.the.estate.of.God..
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We.are.free.from.the.confines.of.slavery.to.law,.but.also.free.from.the.frivolous.lives.devoted.to.
dead.idols..But.most.gloriously,.free,.as.children.of.the.free.covenant,.to.inherit.and.enjoy.the.
richness. of. God's. promises. as. true. sons. and. daughtersnatural. sons. and. daughters,. born. of.
freedom.for.freedom.and.service.to.others.on.the.Lord's.behalfjust.as.a.son.goes.about.the.
business.of.His.father,.we.likewise.by.the.example.of.Jesus.Christ,.take.up.the.Father's.business
the. spreading. of. the. Good. Newsthe. Gospel. of. Jesus. Christ. into. all. the. World. and. to. every.
creature!.
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If.we.gain.nothing.else.from.this.text,.may.we.remember.that.Paul,.who's.heart.was.committed.
to.spreading.the.Gospelthe.true,.original.Gospel.delivered.to.the.Apostles,.was.determined.
above.all.else.to.keep.the.Christians.under.his.influence.free.from.man\made.rules,.free.from.
pointless.tradition,.and.free.from.teachings.that.took.them.back.under.the.bondage.of.law..He.
wanted.them.to.attain.the.Truth.of.the.Gospelthe.simplicity.of.the.Gospel,.and.that's.what.God.
desires.for.us.too..We.are.children.of.the.King,.and.we.were.never.meant.to.be.bound..Not.in.sin,.
not.under.law,.and.not.under.the.message..Let's.heed.Paul's.warnings.and.never.again.allow.
ourselves.to.once.again.return.to.our.previous.livesour.slavery..
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We.are.no.longer.where.we.were,.and.we.are.no.longer.subject.to.those.things.we.once.were.
chained.to..We.are.free.in.Christ!.Let's.never.forget.that.glorious.truth..
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Thus.far.in.the.Gospel.of.John.Jesus.has.been.established.as.God.made.Flesh,.the.Word,.the.Son.
of. God,. and. the. Messiah. promised. in. The. Law. and. by. the. Prophets.. Several. core. Christian.
doctrines.have.been.duly.establishedThe.New.Birth,.the.Sonship.of.Christ.and.His.relationship.
to.the.Father,.the.overwhelming.evidence.that.existed.even.during.Christs.time.on.earth.that.
proved. Him. to. be. who. He. claimed. to. be,. and. the. complete. sufficiency. of. Christs. sacrifice. to.
impute. righteousness. to. us. by. faith.. Todays. section. of. scripture. feels. very. repetitivethe.
Pharisees.come.to.Him.with.a.question.He.already.addressed.with.themhow.they.can.know.
that.His.testimony.and.claims.are.true:.
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12.When.Jesus.spoke.again.to.the.people,.he.said,.I.am.the.light.of.the.world..Whoever.follows.
me.will.never.walk.in.darkness,.but.will.have.the.light.of.life..
13.The.Pharisees.challenged.him,.Here.you.are,.appearing.as.your.own.witness;.your.testimony.
is.not.valid..
14.Jesus.answered,.Even.if.I.testify.on.my.own.behalf,.my.testimony.is.valid,.for.I.know.where.I.
came.from.and.where.I.am.going..But.you.have.no.idea.where.I.come.from.or.where.I.am.going..
15.You.judge.by.human.standards;.I.pass.judgment.on.no.one..16.But.if.I.do.judge,.my.decisions.
are.true,.because.I.am.not.alone..I.stand.with.the.Father,.who.sent.me..17.In.your.own.Law.it.is.
written.that.the.testimony.of.two.witnesses.is.true..18.I.am.one.who.testifies.for.myself;.my.other.
witness.is.the.Father,.who.sent.me..
19.Then.they.asked.him,.Where.is.your.father?.
You.do.not.know.me.or.my.Father,.Jesus.replied..If.you.knew.me,.you.would.know.my.Father.
also..20.He.spoke.these.words.while.teaching.in.the.temple.courts.near.the.place.where.the.
offerings.were.put..Yet.no.one.seized.him,.because.his.hour.had.not.yet.come..
21.Once.more.Jesus.said.to.them,.I.am.going.away,.and.you.will.look.for.me,.and.you.will.die.in.
your.sin..Where.I.go,.you.cannot.come..
22.This.made.the.Jews.ask,.Will.he.kill.himself?.Is.that.why.he.says,.Where.I.go,.you.cannot.
come?.
23.But.he.continued,.You.are.from.below;.I.am.from.above..You.are.of.this.world;.I.am.not.of.
this.world..24.I.told.you.that.you.would.die.in.your.sins;.if.you.do.not.believe.that.I.am.he,.you.
will.indeed.die.in.your.sins..
25.Who.are.you?.they.asked..
Just.what.I.have.been.telling.you.from.the.beginning,.Jesus.replied..26.I.have.much.to.say.in.
judgment.of.you..But.he.who.sent.me.is.trustworthy,.and.what.I.have.heard.from.him.I.tell.the.
world..
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The.first.time.this.question.was.brought.to.Jesus.he.answered.it.directly.and.with.ample.scriptural.
examples.and.support..John.5:31\46.accounts.Jesuss.answer.to.this.exact.question,.and.in.this.
initial.reply.Jesus.sites.not.only.Himself.and.the.Father.has.witnesses,.but.also.John.the.Baptist,.
Moses,.the.Prophets,.and.his.ultimate.works.to.overcome.the.grave..In.this.interaction,.we.see.
Christ.pointing.more.and.more.at.what.is.comingat.His.eventual.departure.from.them.to.a.
place.that.they.cannot.follow..He.urges.them.to.have.faith,.and.that.unless.they.believe.that.He.
is.the.Messiah,.they.will.die.in.their.sins..
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But.of.course,.the.Pharisees.do.not.understand.what.He.is.trying.to.say..A.group.of.people.did.
believe. Him. though,. and. He. urges. them. to. continue. holding. on. to. His. teachings. and. obeying.
themit.is.by.this.obedience.that.they.could.know.that.they.were.truly.Christs.disciples:.
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27.They.did.not.understand.that.he.was.telling.them.about.his.Father..28.So.Jesus.said,.When.
you.have.lifted.up.the.Son.of.Man,.then.you.will.know.that.I.am.he.and.that.I.do.nothing.on.my.
own.but.speak.just.what.the.Father.has.taught.me..29.The.one.who.sent.me.is.with.me;.he.has.
not.left.me.alone,.for.I.always.do.what.pleases.him..30.Even.as.he.spoke,.many.believed.in.him..
31.To.the.Jews.who.had.believed.him,.Jesus.said,.If.you.hold.to.my.teaching,.you.are.really.my.
disciples..32.Then.you.will.know.the.truth,.and.the.truth.will.set.you.free..
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Before.we.move.forward.in.our.text.I.want.to.reiterate.this.profound.statement.in.verse.31
those.that.believe.upon.Jesus.Christ.and.are.His.disciples.cling.to.His.teachings.and.continue.to.
study.and.walk.in.them..Disciples.of.Christ.will.know.the.Truth.of.the.Word,.the.Truth.of.Jesus.
Christ,. and. the. Truth. of. their. position. on. Christand. this. Truth. will. set. them. free!. What. a.
profound.and.wonderful.thought!.Jesus.is.not.telling.these.early.believers.that.they.must.become.
gleaming.examples.of.perfection.in.their.daily.behaviors.in.order.to.follow.Him..No.where.are.
they. asked. to. put. their. faith. into. something. that. cannot. be. tested. and. proven. to. be. True..
Nowhere. does. Christ. tell. them. that. their. lack. of. understanding. or. lack. of. perfect. faithfor.
healing,.for.salvation,.or.for.the.resurrection.that.was.to.comewould.somehow.limit.them.and.
make.them.less.Christ\like..All.He.tells.these.believers.is.to.hold.to.His.teachingsthat.holding.to.
the.teachings.of.Christ.is.the.thing.that.makes.them.disciples!.What.an.amazing.revelation.for.us!.
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Coming. out. of. the. teachings. of. William. Branham,. it. can. be. hard. to. shed. some. of. the. false.
teachings.from.our.minds,.and.one.of.the.hardest.is.this.issue.of.discipleship,.faith,.and.the.way.
in.which.we.can.be.sure.we.are.truly.walking.with.the.Lord..Scripturally,.being.a.follower.of.Christ.
is.as.simple.as.our.Lord.states.it.right.herehold.fast.to.His.teachings.and.abide.in.them..The.
next.question.we.must.ask.ourselves.is.thiswhat.are.the.teachings.of.Christ?.How.do.we.abide.
in.them?.
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The.Gospel.of.Jesus.Christ.can.be.summarized.thusly:.We.are.all.sinners.(Romans.3:23,.Isaiah.
59:2).that.are.in.desperate.need.of.a.Savior..Jesus.was.prophesied.and.promised.to.come.in.order.
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to. be. the. Savior. that. we. needed. (John. 14:6,. Acts. 4:12,. 1. Peter. 2:24).. We. have. Christs.
righteousness. imputed. to. us. by. Grace. when. we. believe. upon. Him. (Mark. 1:15,. John. 6:29,.
Philippians.1:29)..It.is.by.faith.that.we.can.accept.this.free.gift.of.God,.and.it.is.by.our.confession.
that.Jesus.Christ.is.Lord.that.we.are.saved.(Romans.10:9\10)...
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Jesus.taught.all.this.and.morethat.we.are.new.creatures.in.Him.(John.3:1\8),.that.we.are.given.
a.Comforter,.the.Holy.Spirit.as.a.leader.and.teacher.(John.14:26),.and.that.we.are.called.to.live.
by.the.Spirit,.loving.God.and.loving.neighbors.as.the.fulfillment.of.the.whole.law.(Matthew.12:30\
31),.and.the.list.could.go.on.and.on...
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It. is. our. obedience. to. these. teachings,. and. our. commitment. to. the. continued. study. and.
application.of.these.principles.in.our.lives.that.identify.us.as.disciples.of.Jesus.Christs...
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Wiliam.Branham.often.tried.to.simplify.the.issue.of.disobedience.and.sin.by.stating.that.sin.is.
unbelief.. And. though. there. is. ample. scripture. to. support. the. statement. that. it. is. sinful. to.
disbelieve.God,.this.is.an.over\simplification.of.the.definition.of.sin..Before.we.examine.a.biblical.
explanation.of.what.sin.is,.lets.look.at.some.quotes.that.demonstrate.the.problems.with.this.
doctrine:.
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47\0412.
"And.I.said,."Now,.if.you.believe.with.all.your.heart,.and.you.prove.to.me.now.that.you've.got.
faith.Now,.you.look.right.directly.at.that.bracelet,".and.it.hanging.there.in.mid\air,."and.you.
make.that.bracelet.swing.around.and.around.in.the.room..Then.you.make.it.swing.back.and.forth.
in.the.room,.and.then.stop.it,.and.I'll.believe.you.have.faith."..
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"Well,.if.we.can't.have.faith.enough.for.Divine.healing,.how.we.going.to.have.a.rapturing.faith?"..
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Now,.we.all.know.that.sin.is,."unbelief."."He.that.believeth.not.is.condemned.already.".Now,.sin.
is.the.attribute.of.unbelief..Smoking.cigarettes.is.not.a.sin..Stealing.is.not.a.sin..Lying.is.not.a.sin..
Committing. adultery. is. not. a. sin.. "What. is. it. then?". you. would. say.. 75. It's. the. attributes. of.
unbelief..If.you.were.a.believer,.you.would.not.do.those.things..The.reason.you.do.it,.proves.that.
you're.an.unbeliever..See?.There.is.only.two.factions,.that's,.either.you.are.a.believer.or.not.a.
believer..
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According. to. William. Branham,. if. you. cannot. demonstrate. your. faith. by. performing. stunts. of.
levitation,. or. by. attaining. divine. healing. through. faith. you. cannot. possibly. have. the. true.
rapturing. faith. of. the. bridethat. you. are,. because. of. your. lack. of. faith,. an. unbeliever..
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According.to.this.teaching,.a.true.believer.cannot.ever.do.things.that.are.contrary.to.the.Word.of.
Godcannot.ever.make.a.mistake.or.otherwise.fall.short..
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The.issues.with.this.doctrine.should.be.abundantly.clear..There.were.plenty.people.in.the.Bible.
who.did.not.have.this.kind.of.faithPaul,.for.instance,.was.sick.for.much.of.his.time.as.a.minister.
of.the.Gospel,.so.according.to.this.definition.of.faith.and.sin,.Paul.was.a.sinner.who.did.not.
believe. for. divine. healing,. and. therefore. could. not. rightly. be. considered. a. true. Christian..
Likewise,.Jesuss.disciples.on.a.number.of.occasions.demonstrated.their.lack.of.faith,.but.instead.
of.chastising.them.for.it,.He.gently.increased.their.faith.through.teaching,.through.miracles,.and.
through.gentle.reminders.of.the.Word...
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A.lack.of.faith,.then.is.not.the.issue..In.Romans,.the.issue.of.weak.faith.is.addressed.head\on.
when.Paul.deals.with.the.manner.in.which.the.church.should.treat.those.weak.in.faith..Romans.
14:1\3.tells.us.that.we.should.accept.the.weak.in.faith.and.give.them.the.opportunity.to.grow.in.
understanding.and.faith.over.time..We.cannot.expect.someone.that.bares.a.false.belief,.as.was.
the.case.in.Rome.and.in.this.example,.to.suddenly.do.a.180.and.completely.change.overnight
it.can.happen,.but.it.is.not.always.the.case,.and.patience.is.important..Paul.tells.us.that.if.a.mans.
conscious.is.troubled.by.eating.meat,.he.should.abstain..Even.though.abstaining.isnt.a.scriptural.
command.and.does.not.help.us.in.any.way.spiritually,.we.should.bare.one.anothers.weaknesses..
Weak. faith,. then. is. not. a. death. sentence. and. a. means. of. identifying. if. someone. isnt. a. true.
Christianit.is.just.a.weakness,.a.human.flaw..
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Additionally,.the.notion.that.there.is.no.other.sin.outside.of.unbelief.is.very.troubling.because.
it.ignores.many.scriptures.that.deal.directly.with.sin..Isaiah.59:1\2.says,.But.your.iniquities.have.
separated.you.from.your.God;.your.sins.have.hidden.His.face.from.you,.so.that.He.will.not.hear..
In. this. verse. it. is. iniquitywickedness,. injustice,. and. transgression. of. the. Law. that. separated.
them.from.Godthat.was.their.sin..Likewise,.1.John.3:4.states.directly.that.sin.is.lawlessness..
Sin,.according.to.Romans.5:13,.was.not.and.cannot.be.counted.as.sin.without.the.Law.of.God
relating.sin.and.law.in.such.a.way.that.they.cannot.be.separated.and.viewed.in.isolation.to.
each.othertherefore,.without.the.Law.(if.in.fact.unbelief.is.the.truth.of.sin).no.one.could.have.
disbelieved.God.and.committed.sin;.but.we.know.that.is.not.true!.The.Law.was.given.so.that.the.
people.would.learn.to.have.faith\\would.come.to.believe.upon.the.Lord!.Sin.very.clearly.is.not.
simply.unbelief..
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Unbelief.in.the.Word.of.God.and.in.Jesus.Christ.as.the.Messiah.is.indeed.sin..But.it.is.also.sin.to.
reject. the. governing. principles. of. morality. contained. in. the. Law. (which. Christ. summed. us. as,.
Love. God,. love. each. other).. It. is. sin. to. engage. in. wickedness. and. injustice,. and. it. is. sin. to.
transgress.the.command.of.God..It.is.sin.for.someone.to.know.the.Truth.and.the.good.they.ought.
to.do.and.then.to.refuse.doing.it.(James.4:17)..Sin.is.much.more.than.unbeliefthough.unbelief.
certainly.bares.a.role.in.the.purposeful.engagement.of.sinful.activities...
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<Sin.is.disobedience.to.the.Word.of.God.and.rebellion.against.God.>.
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That.can.happen.because.you.dont.believe.it,.true..But.someone.can.have.a.lack.of.knowledge,.
understanding,.or.spiritual.maturity.to.accept.the.Truth.of.the.Word,.technically.therefore.this.
person.would.be.disbelieving,.but.would.still.not.be.sinning..They.are.unbelieving.in.ignorance.
or.in.weakness,.not.in.resolved.disobedience.or.rebellion..Thomas,.the.disciples.while.in.the.boat.
on. the. stormy. night,. and. even. Paul. are. examples. of. this\\weakness. within. our. fallen. state. of.
humanity.will.cause.unbelief\\but.the.Lord.is.willing.to.bare.with.our.weakness.and.in.Him.we.
can.be.made.strong\\and.that.includes.strong.in.faith..
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Conversely,. someone. can. disobey. because. they. allow. the. flesh. to. win. the. battle. against.
temptation..They.may.fully.believe.that.their.behavior.is.wrong,.and.know.beyond.a.shadow.of.a.
doubt.that.is.it.disobedience..They.may.engage.in.the.sinful.activity.because.they.feel.like.God.
will.forgive.them.for.it,.or.because.maybe.they.believe.God.will.never.forgive.them.anywaybut.
someone.can.be.full.of.belief.and.still.sin.by.disobeying.the.Word.of.God..There.are.too.many.
examples.to.count.of.such.behavior.in.the.BibleDavid.comes.immediately.to.mind..He.believed.
upon.the.Lord,.knew.the.commandments,.and.knew.the.Word.of.God.well.enough.to.know.that.
the.wrath.of.God.was.going.to.be.poured.out.upon.Him.anywaysbut.he.still.elected.to.engage.
in.sin..In.his.case,.unbelief.wasnt.the.issueit.was.the.transgression.of.the.Word.of.God.that.
was.the.problem..
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There.is.therefore.now.no.condemnation.for.those.who.are.in.Christ.Jesus..For.the.law.of.the.
Spirit.of.life.has.set.you.free.in.Christ.Jesus.from.the.law.of.sin.and.death..For.God.has.done.what.
the.law,.weakened.by.the.flesh,.could.not.do..By.sending.his.own.Son.in.the.likeness.of.sinful.
flesh.and.for.sin,.he.condemned.sin.in.the.flesh,.in.order.that.the.righteous.requirement.of.the.
law.might.be.fulfilled.in.us,.who.walk.not.according.to.the.flesh.but.according.to.the.Spirit..
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