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=What is a denomination?= ...e all don't join that family, we're born in that family. And so, I, that's what I'm trying to represent, the—the best that I know how.<ref>William Branha

.... Like Jesus, Brother Branham redemonstrated the very thing which made men believe that the true Messiah had come.'' ...Father worketh hitherto, and I work. The Son can do nothing of Himself but what He seeth the Father do.”''

...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, that caused the world w ...ose visions wrong? Were they not all fulfilled?” Over 80 years after 1933, we now have the benefit of hindsight in our ability to confirm the accuracy of

''Reminds me of one day, me and my brother was going along, and we seen a--an old turtle. And that was the funniest looking thing I ever seen, ''We went up to him. He went [Brother Branham illustrates.--Ed.] Puts me in the

...rly at our large frame tabernacle and found the building so congested that we could hardly get in. This had never happened before on the first night of ...of these miracles was all the Indians needed to convince them. Presently, we noticed a bit of confusion as numbers of them began to get up and leave abr

...taken place. And the question is a Bible question, we are invited here to believe there must be a true answer to '''the whole hidden secret that’s been hid

Does God want to do something new but we are eating off something that is fifty years old? ...e average span of life of such an event is about five years. Personally, I believe God is doing a new thing in his church today. Yet this great work of the Sp

...you. All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version =What the Bible teaches=

...are simply sincere Christians that hold to the Bible as the Word of God. We do not point to any organization, church or man as having special status or ...So, if you are looking for a statement of the basic truths that we hold to we would refer you to the [http://www.lausanne.org/en/documents/lausanne-coven

You know Satan works in this flesh. But he can't work what's on the inside. See that's the promise. And if I got to stumble I want to .... I'll tell you. You might not like what you hear but I'll tell you what I believe.

...latform, the wind subsided and it became very quiet...The following Friday we had a similar experience with rain. It looked as if the meeting would have At first the girl could not believe what she had heard. She said ''"Who me?"''

...'." (James 3:1) . William Branham must be held to a higher standard, but i believe he even fails a much lower standard. ...ed, "I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.”

==What the Bible says== ===What the Bible means===

...wn salvation (eternal health) by adding our own works to Jesus’ sacrifice, we are only disrespecting a perfectly good recipe. Every person has the poten ...e to the law, we are only proudly covering ourselves in our own filth when we present ourselves to the Lord and to his people.

...highlight the problems with William Branham and his message. However, we believe the scripture requires us to highlight any false teachings and to let peopl Here is what the Bible says:

=What the Bible teaches= ...like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.  '''For now''' we see in a mirror dimly, '''but then''' face to face. '''Now''' I know in par

...culture, personality, and others presuppositions. Once we recognize this, we are better equipped to interpret the text honesty. Otherwise, our preconcep ...rtant to the overall story, but is not important in isolation to the rest. We must understand the difference between “prescriptive” and “descriptiv

...ital. The following is the testimony of Fred Barker as related in the Only Believe magazine: ...d never heard anything like that before, and at that time I had no idea of what he was talking about.

...pour out the plagues upon the earth now. “Come up hither and I’ll show you what’s fixing to take place. Christ-rejecting, godless sinners, I’m going to ...s that reject this message tonight, is going to be asked to give a reason, what then?

...re the problem was and they told me that if you were called it was because we found your number on her phone. Soon I arrived and I saw the sister lying t ...nt prosecutor and we took the body to the morgue. Arriving at the morgue, we found a big wound on her neck.

=What the Bible teaches= In Genesis 1, we read:

...front lines in Germany. While he had made if back alive, he suffered from what is now known as "shell shock", and had also experienced a nervous breakdown ...as Simon, wasn't it? That's the first man He met. All right. He told Simon what his name was. Now, the Lord help me to know something that's wrong with you

...brother Dalton. I see this coming out alright. We'll all be okay."'' But what faced Ed Daulton's children was [[William Branham and sexual abuse|signific ...n that area, but he was quite enchanted. And he told us several times when we were kids, that he was just very enchanted about the idea of going out west

...our best to project a Christian attitude in every aspect of our work, and we try to avoid controversy because it rarely ends in a positive outcome. ...ty, he is an outspoken critic of both my father and all of us who claim to believe his teachings. He makes absolutely no efforts to hide his identity, and you

...Doug McHughes said that all he heard was just "a screaming noise". After what seemed about five minutes, the wind went straight up into the sky and disap ...leasure to be around...On another trip, Bro. Branham said, "In the morning we will go up this creek and get our pigs." ''

...re, and the Louisville Colonels, and--and baseball, and so forth. And then we lived near there.<ref>:Sermon: My Life Story, LA, California, April 19, 195

:''"We had a very long talk, maybe about three hours, and he was telling me all ab ...l's retelling of this story is not that exciting, and does not disclose to what story his mother said, "That's nothing but the truth".

#We have access into grace (Rom. 5:2) God’s throne is the throne of grace (He #We have access unto the Father (Eph. 2:18). Though He is sovereign, we can still approach Him as a child does a father (Luke 11:11–13, Rom. 8:15

...or a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That wa ...tness. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

...ch were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, ''Lord, shall we smite with the sword?''

...teaching of the Seals from 63 through 65. I have looked into the so called believe the sign and other critic groups and find them to be satanically destructiv ...ome financial or crooked scandal....except for William Branham. That's why we...as a family.... followed William Branham's ministry even more closely....

...remember one of his sermons he preached when he was in some land, and oh, what taken place. And he's setting on the log, saying, "I'm riding on it; I'm ri :''And I'm hearing that glorious old song "Only Believe," and of Paul Rader, the writer of that song. And '''I was a little boy set

:''I guess you all seen the picture out there the other day, '''we stood by that same rock'''. And here is that Light, the Angel of the Lord,

#What passage states that the Angel to Laodicea in Revelation 3:14 is the one who These questions must have scriptural answers. What does the Bible say?

...lural nature of these words refers to the endless or undefined nature. All we can conclude from this is that Elohim is endless, and though he can never b ...let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.

...stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of ...y they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the red

=What is the motivation for this website?= ...nd a new church started up. It did not differ doctrinally from the church we left, yet the pastor from our former church believed all those who left wer

:''But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses u ...n the light for their age, there was no forgiveness for sins. But is this what scripture really teaches?

...ouldn't be able to do it. There's something we've got to step farther; we--we can't have enough faith for Divine healing hardly.<ref>THE.FIRST.SEAL_ JEF |''So we find that '''our Message''' is, today, the Message that we have, of, "'''Come out of Babylon''', and be free...<ref>DOORS.IN.DOOR_ FL

...ly all of the emails that we have received from message believers, fear is what they try to use to persuade us not to say anything. ...lism]]''' vs Thought. Is the Bible true because you believe it, or do you believe the Bible because its true?

...ere also given to prove that the prophet was correct and that his teaching should be taken seriously. And they would prove that the Bible and its end-time in We can imagine the impact of such a sequence of events. By the end of World W

...rd Jesus for sending us a Prophet and the end time Message. It's one thing we all have in common, that God sent a Messenger to call out the Bride of Jesu ...going to have a little blessing and then we'll have our breakfast and then we'll take a little time of fellowship with one another. Let us bow our heads.

...e commissioned in the Bible, over about the 20th chapter of Deuteronomy, I believe, It said, yeah, “Watch, and if one speaks in the Name of the Lord, and it ...tell the difference, whether it was GOD who spoke or not?” Here’s how: If what the prophet spoke in GOD’s name doesn’t happen, then obviously GOD wasn

...their eternal destination on the line. They point their fingers and say, "What if you're wrong?" ...ly all of the emails that we have received from message believers, fear is what they try to use to persuade us not to say anything.

...ly Spirit in a person's life was believing William Branham's message. But what does the Bible teach? =What the Bible says=

...f praying, he came in and told us that the Lord had showed him a vision of what to do for our little Betty. She was mere skin and bones and shook all the t :''Bro. Bill asked us if we would believe God and would obey what He said to do. After he had prayed and called over her the name of Jesus, o

...ter is for us to follow Jesus in his suffering, bringing glory to God when we bless those who persecute us. Eventually, the love of God will eliminate s ...it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.''

We were asked a question recently - '''"What did William Branham teach that takes a person away from Christ?"''' ...uldn't matter because the spirit behind it is true. He went on to ask: '''What's wrong with wearing dresses, not drinking, and all of the other rules that

...could grieve the Holy Spirit away by various means and might be doomed if we did so! But was he correct? =What does the Bible teach?=

=What the Bible says= :'' For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end; A

We agree with your Brian Tracy quote: ...You reject information that contradicts what you have already decided to believe, whether or not your beliefs, your prejudices, are based on fact or fantasy

...-faced queen of Israel." Because Joseph Branham is the president of VoGR, we can assume that the statements contained in CTV represent his beliefs. In 1 Kings we read:

==What William Branham said about 1977== ...g: Ten years for total annihilation. That won't contradict the Bible, just what the Bible said. The heavens and the earth will be on fire. Just sweep over

We received a question from a reader who asked: :::''"...and some of you old-timers remember we were renting the Redmond Hall in 1933 when I gave these prophesies".

...to Voice of God Recordings, specifically to Billy Paul Branham, regarding what happened to the list of prophecies that William Branham referred to. We believe that the second alternative, "it never existed", is the most likely. Why?

...ling and be made well. God bless you. '''"Kiitos Jesus."''' Hallelujah! '''What was I saying?'''<ref>William Branham, 59-0411E</ref> ...ext evening, April 12, 1959 (also in Los Angeles), William Branham relates what happened the previous evening:

What is surprising is that it is unlikely that '''the story was true as William And what did William Branham say about his in-laws? He said that Hope's "mother was

...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.'' ...se visions wrong? Were they not all fulfilled?” Over 80 years after 1933, we now have the benefit of hindsight in our ability to confirm the accuracy of

...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 ==Where we started==

=Is this what really happened?= Here is what William Branham said:

...am Branham stated that the prophecies were written down, so each retelling should have been consistent with prior retellings. However, '''William Branham di ...five of them has already happened. So you can judge yourself how far away we are.'' (November 13, 1960, Jeffersonville, Indiana, para. 40, 42) </ref>

=What William Branham taught= ==What message churches teach==

But I am going to take a risk for the sake of my friends who know not what has happened, and for the sake of the broken, fearful soul who sits in conf ...e. For my wife and I, we had every reason to stay. We loved our church and we were proud to be a part of such a wonderful group of people.

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=

==What the Bible teaches== ...e as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness. 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, bu

...y_Davis_and_the_KKK was heavily involved with the K.K.K.] Perhaps this is what formed William Branham's opinion. ...ly appear to be racist. Read the quotes below and make up your own mind. What would happen if the current president of the United States made similar com

...the Book: the sounding of the seventh angel's message, the mystery of God should be finished that's been declared by His holy prophets. That's the prophets ...'s a Book of Redemption. (We'll get into that in a little while.) And now, we know that this Book of Redemption will not be thoroughly understood: it's p

...e pages of your Bible, for it's '''THUS SAITH THE LORD''', "Remember, when we land in India, you're going to hear of tens of thousands times thousands be ...yet, as many of you might know, the Indian trip wasn't the success that it should've been, because I failed to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit, and nev

...mbiguous prophecy made by William Branham that was recorded publicly (i.e. we can verify on a tape) and that was later fulfilled in a clear manner. This ...ieve that God has it just ahead. I believe I'll live to see it. And that's what I pray for.''

...ferences between the new covenant and the old covenant are not important? What does the Bible say about this? =What is the "new covenant"?=

...an to offend these that believe in Me? “These signs shall follow them that believe in Me. Touch not My anointed. Do My prophets no harm.” ...emember? What if It wouldn’t have been there then? I’d have been a corpse. What about over here at Zion, Illinois, down here in Harlingen, Texas and the di

:''If I perish in hell becouse I believe Willian Branham preached the Word of God I will do that happily!!!!!!!!!!!! ...nd forgive us all of all our sins.what i don't understand in the message I believe it and I know I will understand it by and by.Gracious God.Amen

Jay Cox: I guess we'll try and make it. I was gonna say about, five minutes each. If that's oka Rod Bergen: We don't have any follow-ups we just make a statement I think, and just end it. I think that's good. I'm ha

.... By the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ, God's Holy Spirit becomes our own, and we are united with the Holy One. |Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgement; and, O mighty

:''Nowhere was we ever commanded to baptize, "In the name of the Father, and in the name of t Actually that challenge is quite easy to meet and we would '''challenge''' message believers to '''find us one scripture where a

...sinners do that.  And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid =What should we look for?=

...d the gospel was preached to the poor. It is impossible to tell everything what I have seen in those days with my own eyes. But I want to relate a few of t ...ts and never believed in God, “but tonight we saw that there is a God whom we will serve.” Through this event the father of the translator, teacher Sch

:''Come down, everyone now while we sing, come right on down.

=Question 18 - Why do we need the message?= Further to Question 15, “What doctrines comprise the message?”, I would say, with respect, that you did

...that they themselves put his sermons above that of the Bible because they believe that he was infallible. These groups would not only include virtually all ...e the Bible! He told us that the Bible is our absolute and that is what I believe.

...The seventh angel gathers them up, and finishes the entire mystery. That’s what the Bible said, “Finishes the mystery of the written Book.”'' (62-1230E I understand from your response to Question 5 that you believe William Branham to be the angel of Revelation 10:7.

...d Jesus’ message of love into one of hate for those Christians that do not believe the message. ...as to whether a person is a Christian or not - Do they love? But what do we see in the message?

...lly. This is another example of William Branham not knowing his Bible or what I refer to as “lazy theology.” ...suit.  When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, ‘What can I do?’

William Branham admitted in 1950 that he often guessed at the disease. We would guess that perhaps he got better at guessing after years of practice. ...come familiar with that. And you'll tell people all of their diseases, and what they've got in their body. And then if you'll be..."

|What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. ...or a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That wa

But what does the Bible teach? =What does the Bible say?=

...where the Bible and the message "seemed" to disagree - they should simply believe William Branham. They were encouraged to place their understanding of the =What putting scripture "on the shelf" really does=

=What do we think of this publication?= We were recently asked about this newsletter. One ex-cult member giving their

...n 1963 and that his followers are now living in the Millennium. They also believe that Jesus returned in his “Third Coming” in 1963 and that He is now re ...no different from an animal as it is composed of the same 16 elements that we have. And as such, Jesus is considered by them to be a mere mortal man wit

The Bible is clear as to how we were to recognize a prophet. He would gain credibility as God fulfilled th We see this in 1 Samuel 3:19-20:

...nistry is that '''we have been unable to find a single occurrence''' where we have a clear prophecy recorded on tape that was later clearly fulfilled. ...y made by William Branham that was recorded publicly before the fact (i.e. we can verify on a tape) and that was later fulfilled in a clear manner?''' S

...t. There's not a way in the world for you to know it.''' God is the Judge; we are not to judge. See? <ref>William Branham, 54-0103M - Questions And Answe ...'s a Sign. And the Holy Spirit is a Sign. <ref>William Branham, 59-1216 - What Is The Holy Ghost?, para. 31</ref>

1) Some believe him to be Elijah the Prophet in fulfillment of Malachi 4:5. There are two *[[Prophet|What is a Prophet]]

=What William Branham taught= ...e laughed. They said, "Flying saucers?" made a fun out of it. But you know what I'm thinking? Jesus said before He comes there will be signs in the heaven

...Russia, means "clay." "Eisenhower," in Ameri--in English, means "iron."''' We're at the end. ...time. It was direct prophecy. The East and the West had fulfilled exactly what Daniel said, that ten kingdoms, there would be... wouldn't mix, like iron a

...al power and divine nature — have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.”<ref>The New Internatio ...ime in the past and that cause was the particular furniture manufacturer. We all know from experience that things that begin to exist have a cause for t

...just–just dividing what we could divide. But I know he was hungry, ‘cause we hadn’t eaten since the day before. <ref>51-0415</ref> :''What do you think about Him? Your daddy died about a–two weeks ago in your arm

:''And now, tonight, we are studying this Second Seal. And for the first four Seals there is four h As with the First Seal, we again compare William Branham's teaching above to what Charles Taze Russel said in the 1918 book, The Finished Mystery:

=What the Bible teaches= In Numbers 2 we read:

We received an email which asked this question: :''What are you offering as an alternative to the message that he has brought?