...a private message to us on our Facebook page]. We will respond as soon as we are able.
We stand behind the information that we publish.
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But what did he mean by that and was his teaching Biblical?
=What the Bible teaches=
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=We were in the message!=
==We Believed==
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People in the message believe they are in a higher level of spiritual knowledge and holiness than Christi
...p and understand that this feeling is driven by a message understanding of what true spirituality is. But it is in itself a false teaching.
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*Should we look for another Gentile Elijah prophet?
*If there is no restored truth, what should we believe?
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...t it, still, it’s the tender hand of Jehovah, leading His little children. We thank You, Lord.
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:''But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone hung arou
...age. As a result, we have a fair amount of frustration now about the lies we were told, and how the teaching of William Branham are used by ministers to
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...Until August 1, 2012 we published pro-Branham material. After this date, we had over 80 Message Churches drop their links to our site.
||'''[[Testimonies of Former Followers|We left to follow Christ, and you can too.]]''' Watch the vide testimonies of
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And, yes, we do realize he is dead, but this is what we want to say to him given his major impact on our lives (more about that bel
We called you 'brother' because you said if we love you we should call you brother. It wasn't just a term of endearment, it was a title of ut
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...o our rented passenger van. When we arrived home and unwrapped the chairs, we found that the leg of one of the chairs was significantly damaged as to ren
I immediately contacted the store and we returned the chair later that week. They offered to refund us the money les
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We received an email which asked the following question: ''Did William Branham
...k out. That's all she needs. That's what the prophet said it would do. And we're ready for it then. (51-0502 - The Angel Of The Lord)
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This helps us understand what Paul means when he talks about those who eat and drink “without discernin
:''“Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.”
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=Are we in the Christian dispensation?=
==No, we are not!==
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...''. Look at the evidence, verify it, and try to answer the questions that we have raised.
...://www.facebook.com/BelieveTheSign a message to us on our Facebook page]. We will correct any factual errors as quickly as possible.
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:''And when I got off at Cairo, Egypt, just before we met that King Farouk...<ref>William Branham, 61-0217 - The Mark Of The Beas
...dia or possibly returning from India on his way back to America. However, we know that this could not possibly be true because '''King Farouk was depose
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...ece of information you can provide is a URL or other reference to what you believe may be the source of the text.
...ome material from various Wikipedia articles and, where we have done this, we have tried to indicate attribution.
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...find out, that, God was the Author of faith, to believe, for the people to believe and to trust His Word. And '''Satan is the author of wisdom''', trying to g
...ust believe This; and put a death, separation, punishment, if they fail to believe It.<ref>William Branham, 62-0401 - Wisdom Versus Faith, para. 85, 92</ref>
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...ing a target and by proposing credible and concrete rationales for action. We specify our integrated account in 13 propositions.
...epresentations get used by social groups to achieve political ends, and so we invoke frame theory to deal with this aspect.
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...'s lies were for the express purpose to deceive as many as he could get to believe him. His lies are affecting millions of honest people. His lies were about
...lies he told that were his foundational vindications. If you remove those, what do you have? Just another man's opinion about Scripture.
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...to believe they are. The only thing that is going to be real in the end is what is.” (pg 106).
...ndication is self-promotion, and the doctrines continually point to a man. What once looked like a prophet coming down from Sunset Mountain with an angelic
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...ses that represented their different religions. And I thought, "Oh, Jesus. What would you do if You walked in here?" See?
...that. We sent missionaries in there for years. That's right. And what have we gotten? Nothing to count for.
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...unteer editors. Most asked that we remove their names from the site after we published our [[Humble Pie]] article. Rod Bergen took over as editor from
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=What William Branham taught=
So what is the Dove (capital D) he is speaking of? Is it the Holy Spirit? If it's n
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=What is confessional orthodoxy?=
In this website, we use the term "confessional orthodoxy" to refer to those doctrines and teach
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...imple word 'ship'. We all know what the word means (and even if we didn’t, we could easily find its definition in a dictionary). But 'ship' means differe
...text right now, as you read these sentences. As you read, you are deciding what these words mean based on the words around them. When you run into an ambig
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What someone is preaching '''MUST''' line up with Scripture. If it does not, the
...l as RULES AND REVELATIONS, it is obvious this teaching is not Scriptural. We are no longer under the law:
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...lliam Branham's message really believe in a practical sense. If you don't believe the way that they do, you are generally classified as a "foolish virgin."
...if I get some doctrine in this, you don't believe it, that's all right. '''We won't fall out about it.''' But just like if you'd ask me to eat cherry pie
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...that William Braham taught that followers of William Branham simply do not believe in any practical sense.
:''If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much. If you
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*What does He want from me? <br>
...hese desires is because there is a purpose for us to fulfill, and a God to believe in. Just like fish were made for the sea, so man is made for God.
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...''. Look at the evidence, verify it, and try to answer the questions that we have raised.
=The response we get when we ask questions=
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...in the message are so nice. Should I really be concerned about what they believe?"
The answer is - you should be very concerned. Why? Because the teachings of William Branham and thos
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In his book, ''The Righteous Mind'', Jonathan Haidt discuss how we think about our beliefs:
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Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, ''We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he
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...his prophecy was given in advance and appears to be the only prophecy that we are aware of that can be proved to have been made before the fact.
...ve it was in January, at the convention, it was the time that that priest (what's his name? I forget his name now) was here. [Someone says, "Stanley."--Ed.
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...ast age is going to go back to manifesting the Pure Word Bride? That means we will have the Word once again as it was perfectly given, and perfectly unde
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Do you know where the New Testament came from? Is the New Testament that we have today the same as the New Testament that the early church had?
Are the English translations that we have today reliable? Which is the best English translation? Is it the Kin
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We do not believe William Branham to be a prophet, at least in the context of those following
...t if he was the messenger to the last church age as those in the believe? What then?
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We cannot be sure where he copied it from but it is clear that this was not a
...ene Fathers and it is clear from their writings that the following did not believe in the immortality of the soul:
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...e at each stage of redemptive history, and that it now contains everything we need God to tell us for salvation, for trusting him perfectly, and for obey
...iders what he has told us in the Bible to be enough for us''', and that we should rejoice in the great revelation that he has given us and be content with it
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William Branham taught that Jesus Christ died a sinner. But is that what the Bible teaches?
=What the Bible teaches=
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|We reject:
...nal statement” is our belief in the absolute authority of the Word of God. We acknowledge only the headship of the Lord Jesus Christ.<ref>From Branham.or
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...ack, and it was like a cloud had just settled over the whole congregation. We got to see it.
...e the meeting was going to be, had to go there about 3 hours early. And as we were getting out of the car, you know, it was a nice day, wasn't any clouds
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...rform every miracle that Moses could do. Does this contradict scripture? What does the Bible say?
=What the Bible teaches=
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=What the Bible says=
...another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’
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...agonizing process of questioning or even leaving the Message of the Hour, we want to help you. The purpose of this website is not to ridicule the messag
:''“Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them—what do you do? You leave the other ninety-nine sheep in the pasture and go look
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=What William Branham taught=
...He wavers between who that "one" is... but essentially, he is referring to what God was doing through himself. (Luke 17:30)
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Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a gre
...d, came, and were healed: Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we departed, they laded us with such things as were necessary.
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...an idol is anything upon which we base our self-worth or value or to which we devote ourselves without question or restraint.
...urned “truth” into an idol. It says that we are saved because we have and believe the “only truth” that is within the realms of Christianity today and re
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...translated into your language, please [[Contact information|contact us]]. We need translators!
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...in the lives of others. Today, we acknowledge faith in Christ alone, and we ask for your forgiveness.
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What is the status of message preachers from a scriptural perspective?
:''Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.<ref>The Holy Bible: Engli
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...ale", "Belief Continuum" or "Certainty Spectrum". We all have one whether we realize it or not.
*We have incomplete information and imperfect reasoning. And yet we often treat our conclusions as if they are as binary as God's omniscient kn
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We have often heard this excuse for someone maintaining their continued belief
...what did you turn your back on me for? Do you realize it's just fulfilling what the Scripture said? Yes, it does that way. Now I can hardly get in a place.
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The people asked: ''"And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?"''
The people then asked Peter saying: ''Men and brethren, what shall we do?''
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...on the wall and made that same thing.<ref>William Branham, 61-0208 - Sirs, We Would See Jesus, para. 5</ref>
...e, drawed right there on the picture, on the side of the wall. '''And when we got finished, the Holy Spirit come in and made a circle of the same thing o
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==What does the Bible say?==
What man or denomination could invalidate this promise?
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...ter he realized that Joseph was not present when he heard a blast. Joseph should have been there at the time based on [[Prophecy of the Cloud|The Vision of
...ly a request by a father that God would allow his son to be a prophet. It should be noted that by this emphasis, William Branham clearly believes that the p
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...-this missile''', see this atomic affair or--or saucers they call it, ever what it is. Been a lot of criticism, a lot pro and con. But now just watch just
...g daughter, which is sitting back over here, called me in to watch, said, "We're going to turn the television on, some singing quartets," or whatever it
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...that if it wasn't for Abraham, God would have struck her dead. But is this what the Bible teaches?
=What the Bible says=
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=What really happened?=
...the freak stunts of the flood in Jeffersonville and an item for Ripley's 'Believe It Or Not' column, happened at the First Presbyterian Church, it was learne
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You're out of the message... now what?<ref>This page is based on an article by Allison Grovel which appeared in R
=Where we came from=
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=What they really believe=
...subject by [[The Message|clicking here]]). As such, PTM and Jason DeMars believe a number of unusual doctrines, including:
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:''"Friends, if I'll live a hundred years, I'll never forget what happened. Those two big brown eyes looked up at me. She was so weak she cou
:''Oh, friend. There--there's a land somewhere. I believe as she was dying, her eyes just opened up to see paradise beyond. She ralli
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Do you know what you believe and why you believe it?
...apply it to oneself, (declaring your ministry GREATER than that of Jesus) should certainly set off an alarm.
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...anham was referring to. If you are in the message and know the reference, we would appreciate it if you could email it to us.
...nd Communism will destroy the entire thing according to the Scripture, and we're in that day.<ref>THE.BAPTISM.OF.THE.HOLY.SPIRIT_ JEFF.IN V-5 N-2 SUND
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=What we know is true=
...ot made in the image of God, but in the image of man.<ref>58-0927, Why Are We Not A Denomination?</ref>
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We received the following report on Facebook from someone referring to themsel
We asked for the name of the Bishop so we could follow up and determine whether there was actually a healing that occ
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William Branham said that the only thing we have to do is to let go and let God.
=What the Bible teaches=
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That's a reasonable point IF there is a clear rationale. We simply ask - '''"What is Donny Reagan's reasoning for staying in the message when confronted with
But that is complete nonsense and he has nothing to base his claim on. We stand for the whole Word of God.
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William Branham often compared people who did not believe his message with people that rejected the truth in the Bible.
But William Branham also compared people who do not believe his teachings with those who failed to get on Noah's Ark, those who didn't
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...ing problems, “You all need to be baptized in the Holy Spirit.” Nowhere do we hear of the risen Lord Jesus speaking to the troubled and weak churches in
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...ster Schrader was a prophetess who has since gone on to be with the Lord.) We were praying about different projects in our ministry. Right in the middle
|''"Yes, Bible days were here again. Here was a man who practiced what we preached."'' (A Man Sent From God, Pg 104)
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We have been asked the question by message followers many times:
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...l year in high school, I stepped out of the church and stopped attending. We had changed churches and, my friends from high school were more important t
What eventually brought me back?
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=Who We Are=
==[[The History of Believe The Sign]]==
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:''"We will continue to provide these crucial and necessary essential spiritual se
...ll do so by continuing to implement and modify the following measures that we as a church have taken to include but not limited to;
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William Branham often quoted the Bible as saying: ''"We're borned in sin, shaped in iniquity, come to the world speaking lies."''
=What the Bible actually says=
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...lieve thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.</font>
...thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed
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...’ve got one of it now. I’d like to test it just a little bit and see where we’re standing. Oh, the mark of the beast, remember, is a religious mark. Ce
...And therefore, I try to study It from different Scriptures to make It—see what It would say. All right.
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...a case in a court of law. And the Greek for “reason” is λόγον, from which we get the word “logic”.
...t failed and had prophecies that changed dramatically over time. In fact, we have yet to find one unambiguous prophecy that William Branham made on a ta
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...e most powerful ever measured by seismograph. Followers of William branham believe that this earthquake was the fulfillment of a prophecy made just days befor
...our that we're living. I'm here in godly fear, that, it may be sooner than we think, of His appearing.<ref>The Identified Christ Of All Ages (64-0401)</r
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...ng like that around this country.''' That's right. It's true, friend. Then we talk about the heathen, I just wonder who is the heathen.<ref>54-0902 - "So
...ht life in Africa like that. No, '''they live higher, cleaner morally than we do that calls ourselves Christians.''' Yes, sir. If that girl's found guilt
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...ould treat what he said about the future in the same way that they treated what their neighbour said.
...e that the church will be gone. Oh, my. What can we do, friends? Where are we at?''
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...that you had ever come into contact with. It intimidated me. I don't know what other word to use.
...istry of the prophet Elijah. My wife Tillie and I started to pray. We knew we were in the end time, so where was this prophet?
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In 1965 William Branham said that the world was square, based on Rev. 7:1 and what he read in a newspaper article.
In the past, we would have disregarded this as a "human error". However, [[Voice of God Rec
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...ing a case in a court of law. The Greek for reason is "loggia" from which we get the word "logic."
...t failed, and had prophecies that change dramatically over time. In fact, we have yet to find one single unambiguous prophecy that William Branham made
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...iam Branham stated that the Bible was the absolute and that he only taught what the Bible said. Is that true?
...I—I’m a person just with one Book, and that’s the Bible. '''I just believe what the Bible says''' and—and don’t try to take other’s word.<ref>William
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...ed by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?"
...the world she has to be sitting in the judgment with Him. That is exactly what Daniel saw.
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...marizes, in the form of a list of questions, virtually all of the research we have conducted since 2004 with respect to William Branham.''' Click on any
...tent that the specific question does not link to anything, it simply means we have not had the time to research the issue as yet.
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...f heaven. And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man.”- 1 Corinthians 15:42-49
...ion of the world, which I believe. But I don't see anything here that says we had any kind of spirit bodies that were with Him then. In fact, in Job 38 G
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...ist. It was. And the Word is God, see, Christ. All right. Now, after that, we find him then crowned. And when he got crowned, now, he’s very innocent a
...that ever has been or ever will be. We find that in Matthew 4:11. And now we find out, then, that Satan already had politics.
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...And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. And his name through faith in his name hath made this man st
And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, ''By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?''
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Is this correct? Is that what the message of William Branham is? - the word for our day?
=What William Branham taught=
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...as a spirit and then God put that "spirit being" into a body. But is that what the Bible teaches?
...philosophy. While it is unlikely that William Branham read Philo's works, we do know that he was familiar with Mormon teaching. Mormons teach that " Ma
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...e come to understand a couple of things after our discussion was over that we did not understand initially:
...sage of William Branham. Click on the specific link to go to the question we posed to him and his answer to our question.
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...orld of the message make it to the news services in a particular country. We want to share these stories with you:
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When we left the message, we did not know where to turn. We had been taught that anything outside of the message, was false. Was there
...ather, these resources have helped us in coming to grips with the problems we found in the message and have helped us draw closer to Christ:
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