...d the Bible as saying: ''"We're borned in sin, shaped in iniquity, come to the world speaking lies."''
But this verse is no where to be found in the Bible.
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...them: but the people magnified them. And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
...ick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
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Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
...accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came ou
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...hey watched him. And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.
...lawyers and Pharisees, saying, <font color="red">''Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?''</font>
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...rusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.
...f God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites.
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...ty, The Holy Bible: The Good News Translation, 2nd ed. (New York: American Bible Society, 1992), Je 23:29–31.</ref>
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...ile he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.
But Jesus said unto him, <font color="red">''Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?''</font>
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...am stated that the Bible was the absolute and that he only taught what the Bible said. Is that true?
...erson 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 Branham,5
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...nd against Moses, ''Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul
And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
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...n of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.''
...e spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, ''Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more d
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...ge]] church in Surrey, BC, Canada. It was founded by [[Edward Byskal]] in the early 1970's.
...ming" sub-sect within the Message and has become more and more cultic over the years, focused around Byskal and his unique interpretations of [[William Br
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...y were come down from the hill, much people met him. And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying,
...w him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father.
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...ow; and continued his speech until midnight. And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.
...nd as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
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Who was the God of William Branham? Was the God of the Bible or was he portrayed as someone different?
=The God who kills your wife and daughter=
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'''William Branham appears to disagree with the plain reading of Revelation 5:4-5.'''
==What the Bible says==
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...d the Bible as saying: ''"We're borned in sin, shaped in iniquity, come to the world speaking lies."''
But this verse is no where to be found in the Bible.
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...d out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, <font color="red
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We have been asked the question by message followers many times:
:''If William Branham is not the seventh messenger, then who is the messenger for this age?
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...racle that Moses could do. Does this contradict scripture? What does the Bible say?
=What the Bible teaches=
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...did not enter the promised land were eternally lost. But is this what the Bible teaches?
=What the Bible says=
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And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eig
...which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.''
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And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
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...o the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, ''Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou S
...red and said, <font color="red">''I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.''</font>
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William Branham tells the following story:
...n ordinary little box in the shape of a pyramid. And she brought it with a Bible to my wife. Thank you, sister. Every one of your little gifts and things th
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...the message and everybody that had left the message only did so to live in the world.
...topics to see if the former message believer could refute the message from the scriptures.
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...(the fulfillement of Malachi 4, the messenger to the Laodicean church, and the angel of Revelation 10:7, then it also follows that:
#The mysteries of the Bible were not lost;
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...d persist in sin, rebuke and admonish them in the presence of all, so that the rest may be warned."'' <br>(1 Timothy 5:20a Amplified)
...you, but for others. It comes down to knowing the truth, and speaking for the love of others.
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...re, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
...hemselves, ''No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.''
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...wo prophets on the earth as the same time. However, anyone that knows any Bible history is aware that this is totally false.
=What the Bible shows=
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...in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he
...oices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, ''The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.''
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Where does the message of William Branham move you?
*Moving from the Son of man to a son of man.
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...d his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, ''Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days?'' that they might accuse him.
...ch then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.''</font>
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...and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he b
And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, ''[Thou] Son of David, have mercy on me.''
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...rophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, ''Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.''
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, ''I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked befo
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...ved that the Holy Spirit had been bound by denominations since the days of the early church.
==What does the Bible say?==
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...me judgment.<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 200
...walk as men?<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 200
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When does the Bible teach mercy will end?
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...all prosper.<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 200
=What does the Bible teach?=
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...upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.
And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, ''Who is this which speaketh blasphemies
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And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered into a certain village, the
...saw them, he said unto them, <font color="red">''Go shew yourselves unto the priests.''</font>
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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
...s ago, it's been now, the papers packing this article, they found out that the world is square. How many seen that? Why, sure. See? I got it all copied of
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...who did not believe his message with people that rejected the truth in the Bible.
Is this the correct comparison?
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==Why were the Visions given?==
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...e is fulfilled."'' (John 3:29) In the book of Revelation, '''the Bride is the Lamb's wife.'''
==Bible Study==
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...f the bible on this issue can be found in our article on [[The Prophet and The Eagle]].
William Branham also stated that the standard of the tribe of Dan, according to scripture, was an eagle. But is this true?
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...nerstone."<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Eph 2:20</ref>
...le John, that believed the doctrine of the Trinity as being fundamental to the Christian faith:
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...pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
...ered him, ''Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.''
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=What the Bible actually says=
...devour it.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Re 12:3–4.</ref>
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=What the Bible says=
:'' Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ge 2:25.</re
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#If you don't believe the message, you are not going in the rapture.
#Only ministers can handle the Word.
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...ulpit news article.jpg|thumb|right|250px|From the March 8, 1937 edition of the Jeffersonville Evening News]]
...floor with the Bible still open where he preached his last sermon prior to the flood. But is this story true?
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...y lasts as long as your faith lasts. He also believed that you could have the Holy Spirit and go to hell.
=What the Bible teaches=
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...ght evoke a bad reaction to the Gospel, thus causing a person to blaspheme the Holy Spirit. Rather than risk this, they choose to remain silent.
But what does the Bible say about this?
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The Bible teaches:
1. IF a person believes in Jesus Christ, repents, is baptized, receives the Holy Spirit, has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and dies, they
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...y campaign. He later changed his doctrine to say that Romanism would rule the world, not Communism.
...The government of Russia no longer has a major problem with the Vatican as the opposition to Christianity has largely disappeared, along with Communism.
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...And when she saw that Solomon could discern spirits, and made known to her the secrets in her heart, she said, "All I heard about you was right, and more
..., "Now, I'm going to see; I've heard that he could discern the thoughts of the mind, a great power of discernment." 58-0625
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...ir charismatic leader(s) authority and set newcomers on their path towards the group's "Absolute Truth."
|The Bible is our Absolute Authority
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The message of william Branham is like a 3-legged stool. The three legs are:
...sions and Prophecies|William Branham prophetic ministry]]. This refers to the supposed supernatural element in his life and ministry.
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Have you ever compared William Branham's interpretation of the Bible directly with scripture? Here is your chance.
=What the Bible says=
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...of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
...th thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?''
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...andle not...<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 200
...ot, taste not, handle not, smell not. That don’t have one thing to do with the Holy Ghost.
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Message Believers claim that William Branham’s doctrine agrees 100% with the Bible.
So, let’s compare the two:
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...these names in the Old Testament are similar to the names of God found in the New Testament book of Revelation.
|style="width:300px"|The Giver of Salvation
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'''The Credibility of Message Ministers (Part 3): 1 Peter 3:15 - The Failure to Obey Scripture'''
The apostle Peter issues a command to all Christians in 1 Peter 3:15:
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William Branham completely contradicted the Bible at times. Here is one example:
==What the Bible says==
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...me "Lord Jesus Christ" appears 81 times in the New Testament, beginning in the book of Acts. Christ and Messiah both mean "anointed".
==Bible Study: Lord Jesus Christ==
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William Branham believed that one of the truths that he restored to the church was that of "eternal security".
=What the Bible teaches=
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And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
...e and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said,
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...the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.
And she said unto her mistress, ''Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.''
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...William Branham taught (he actually said that this came directly from the Bible) that:
#The foetus had not moved for 6 months.
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...his feet, And besought him greatly, saying, ''My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be
...gue's house certain which said, ''Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?''
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If someone appoints themselves as the Divine Interpreter of God's Word, '''they are mistaken.'''
:''Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation.<ref>2 Peter 1:20</ref>
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...s being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect...<ref>1 Peter 3
...lways being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, but do it with gentleness and respect.
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William Branham admitted in 1950 that he often guessed at the disease. We would guess that perhaps he got better at guessing after years
William Branham admitted that he initially started guessing the diseases of the people he was praying for:
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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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...s Book's fine. That's right. But I'd rather know the Author. <ref>51-0413, The Works That I Do Bear Witness Of Me</ref>
Consider the following:
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Did William Branham understand the importance of context as it relates to biblical interpretation?
=The importance of context=
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...ot relate to a name, but to a physical manifestation. While the Spirit of the Lord may choose to work through certain people, He sometimes works and appe
...as upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.'' (Genesis 1:2)
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And the LORD said furthermore unto him, <font color="red">''Put now thine hand into
...earken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.</font>
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...translation but it is not. He is adding words that simply do not exist in the original Greek manuscripts.
=What do the manuscripts say?=
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...ft; padding:1px; margin:1px;"><font color='#800000' size='+1'>'''Errors in the New Testament? (Part 1)'''</font> </div>
...Is the New Testament that we have today the same as the New Testament that the early church had?
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=What the Bible teaches=
...bdue it...<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Ge 1:28.</ref>
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...diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
...Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole.''</font> And the woman was made whole from that hour.
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Consider the following questions:
*If God is good and loving, why is there suffering in the world? <br>
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The Hebrew word '''יהוה''' (English: Jehovah) means "the existing One"<ref name="Lexicon 3068"> HEBREW LEXICON -- STRONG'S NUMBER 30
...ers of the Hebrew word for "the existing One", and is the present tense of the Hebrew language.
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...t 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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...bends its intended meaning. Click on the picture or description name for the full article.
...e wise virgin while Noah represented the foolish virgin. Is this what the Bible actually teaches?
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...nham's lies with comparing him to the "humanness" of the characters in the Bible.
...him. His lies are affecting millions of honest people. His lies were about the foundational aspects of his ministry. His entire ministry was built upon th
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...nes taught by William Branham. Click on the picture or description to read the full article.
...a, and the angel sent in Revelation 10:7 to sound the trumpet and fulfill "the mystery of God".
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'''Who was William Marrion Branham?''' In the late 1940's, his healing ministry skyrocketed him from a pastor in a small
...anham."''</ref>. He was born in rural Kentucky, raised in Indiana, and in the 1940’s his healing ministry skyrocketed him from a rural pastor to an int
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...ound on the internet at [http://www.thefreeword.com www.thefreeword.com]. The following article is adapted from Rev. Mamalis' biography on that website.
...time that the brothers of the church he attended prophesied over him that the Lord had a definite work for him to do.
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=What the Bible says=
The KJV relates the conversation of Paul and Festus:
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...ed by an angel in a dream to leave Bethlehem and go to Egypt with Mary and the young child Jesus, and escaped Herod's slaughter.
King Herod died in 4 BC, which places the birth of Jesus before that time - possibly in 6 BC.
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...result, they will ignore a statement from 1961 if a quote from 1965 states the opposite.
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...of the church in the last days and, specifically, that William Branham was the one by whom restoration came:
...has eaten.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Joe 1:4.</ref>
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People in the message believe they are in a higher level of spiritual knowledge and holin
...s a false prophet, they also need to come to an understanding that many of the things they were taught were also false.
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And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
...and said to him, <font color="red">''Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.''</font>
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...our into it.<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 200
Followers of the message believe there are multiple tiers of Christians and that this will b
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...rayed when they raised a baby to life. Why does he disagree with what the Bible clearly states?
=What the Bible teaches=
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...to the ocean. A couple of things were certain. Nineveh was a port city on the ocean and was a city of fisherman.
But what does the Bible teach?
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...to a text, even if that meaning could not have been originally intended at the time of its writing.
'''Exegesis''', on the other hand, means “drawing meaning out of” and is the process of seeking to understand what a text means or communicates on its o
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...mind. But if his revelation was by vision, how could it change? How does the passage read in context?
==What the Bible says==
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...dently on your own'''. Look at the evidence, verify it, and try to answer the questions that we have raised.
To date, we have only had a couple of people contact us regarding errors on the site. They have all been relatively minor in nature but they have been cor
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...rion, beseeching him, And saying, ''Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.''
...''Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. For I am a man under authority,
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=What the Bible teaches=
...aking in languages that are not understood by and have not been learned by the person speaking, whether known human languages or other kinds of angelic or
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...the root word "Adon" (Hebrew: a ruler, one with power and authority). In the Old Testament, Adon is used in reference to earthly kings, rulers, and mast
|A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemi
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...e told his followers not to interpret what he said but to simply "say what the tapes say".
...ing. There is proof beyond any doubt that [[Condensed List of Issues with the Message#Did William Branham preach what Paul preached?|many things that he
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.... '''Click on the scripture reference''' to go to the detailed article on the passage.
#[[The Fulfillment of Malachi 4:5|Malachi 4:5]]
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Are message believers really "the bride of Christ" as William Branham claimed?
.... It can't recognize a denomination or a perversion. It knows better; It's the Word." 65-0801M
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=The scriptural witness=
Paul states in the first letter to the Thessalonians (KJV):
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...m that entered into the temple; Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.
...er said, ''Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.''
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...ns, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians, The New International Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1984), 314
...all, all these things.<ref>William Branham, 62-1230E - Is This The Sign Of The End, Sir?, para. 289</ref>
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==Ethiopia in the Bible==
...hiopia (a eunuch serving under Candace, Queen of Ethiopia) was baptized by the disciple Philip (Acts 8:27).
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'''Eloah''' is a singular form of [[Elohim]]. '''Elah''' is the Aramaic (rather than Hebrew) version of Eloah.
...his secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
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|'''[[Knowledge and Love]].''' Knowledge is not the basis for Christian behavior, love is.
...rlying emotion is that of fear. It is interesting that in virtually all of the emails that we have received from message believers, fear is what they try
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William Branham thought that he was a prophet with the spirit of Elijah
...ael." Because Joseph Branham is the president of VoGR, we can assume that the statements contained in CTV represent his beliefs.
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William Branham taught that the Holy Spirit would leave a person under certain conditions.
...the limb of peace, waiting for your nature to be changed." <ref>56-0805 - The Church And Its Condition, para. 102</ref>
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Isn't it ironic that William Branham downplays the birth of Jesus Christ?
:''Christmas is not mentioned in the entire book of the Bibles. Never one time did Jesus refer them to His birth, but to His death.
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...ural and prophetical claims, including that he was the ‘angel messenger to the Laodicean Church Age’ (Rev 3:14).
...ovided a timeframe which would set the scene for the apocalyptic events of the end time.
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El Shaddai is found seven times in the Scriptures (Gn 17:1; 28:3; 35:11; 43:14; 48:3; Ex 6:3; Ez 10:5), while Shad
...nted as the all-powerful One, totally self-sufficient, absolute ruler, and the One who can and does make final disposition.
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What did William Branham teach about the "The Parable of the Ten Virgins"?
...e. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.
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In his sermon on the Fifth Seal, William Branham stated:
...aled this whole Book of Revelation to him. Revelation the 22nd chapter and the 19th verse, I believe that's right if I've got it written down here: 22:19.
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...ocal Pentecostal church. David's uncle was the Arizona State Preceptor of the United Pentecostal Organization.
...when William Branham would come to their area, David's family would go to the meetings. When David became a teenager, his mother advised him to make an
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=What does the Bible say?=
...ought that something similar happened to Paul when he encountered Jesus on the Damascus Road (Acts 9).
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:''Jesus Christ is the Word for our day. God always uses man to bring His Word. That's a scriptura
Is this correct? Is that what the message of William Branham is? - the word for our day?
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:Jesus said, "Whosoever receive a prophet in the name of a prophet, receives a prophet's reward."
:#To be a friend with the prophet
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'''Clarence Larkin''' (1850–1924) is important as the source of many of William Branham's basic premillennial dispensationalist t
...l). In each case, he states that he does not agree with Larkin. Here are the ONLY three references to Larkin that William Branham makes in all of his se
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In the King James Version of the Bible, 1 John 5:7-8 states:
::'''''[in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witnes
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=What the Bible says=
The Lamb's Book of Life is referred to only in the Book of Revelation:
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William Branham said this about his "revelation" of the third seal:
...He hears me, I know. And I’m very grateful.<ref>William Branham, 63-0320 - The Third Seal, para. 20</ref>
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...es Press, The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible (Biblical Studies Press, 2005), 2 Co 11:4.</ref>
Paul also tells the Galatian church:
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...PTM was founded in order to spread [[The Message|the message]] throughout the world.''"
=Who are the personalities?=
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...none; margin:0; padding:.1em; color:#000;"> [[BelieveTheSign:About|Believe The Sign?]]</div>
...m; font-size:150%;">The encyclopedia of the [[William Branham|life]] and [[The Message|message]] of William Branham.</div>
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...o on the red carpet.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Baruti Kasongo and his wife have the red carpet rolled out for them in Charlotte]]
...bout 12,000 people) in the city of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He has spoken in many message churches in North America, including
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...ten, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. '' (Revelation 17:1,3,5)
...man which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.'' (Revelation 17:7)
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...te the prophecy down on the fly leaf of his Bible in 1933 and placed it in the cornerstone of Branham Tabernacle.
But did you know that the cornerstone was "exhumed" and the contents revealed to everyone?
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...ave you heard Christians say, "God is doing a new thing in his church"?''' The "new thing" they refer to may be called a revival, an outpouring, a visitat
...lieve God is doing a new thing in his church today. Yet this great work of the Spirit can´t be found in just one location. It´s happening worldwide.
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...econciliation Report have verified that Colonia Dignidad was used by DINA, the Chilean secret police, as a torture and detention center during Augusto Pin
...y her husband and apocalyptic visions, such as Los Angeles sinking beneath the ocean.<ref>Reuters.com, Insight: German sect victims seek escape from Chile
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...all message ministers have zero training in how to properly interpret the Bible. They rail against theologians and anything to do with reasoning and, as a
...esuppositions. Once we recognize this, we are better equipped to interpret the text honesty. Otherwise, our preconceptions will always color our interpret
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...cial class, etc. Denominationalism is any attempt to justify and maintain the separate existence of a denomination.<ref>John M. Frame, Systematic Theolog
'''On the basis of this definition, it is clear that [[The Message|the message]] is a denomination.
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...Joseph should have been there at the time based on [[Prophecy of the Cloud|The Vision of Angels in Arizona]].]]
=The dedication of Joseph Branham=
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...sufficiency of scripture is one of the primary reasons for concluding that the message of William Branham is unnecessary for Christians today.
The doctrine of the sufficiency of scripture can be defined as follows:
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You're out of the message... now what?<ref>This page is based on an article by Allison Grovel
...least the vindicated interpretation of the Bible to prepare the Church for the return of Jesus Christ?
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...left; padding:1px; margin:1px;"><font color='#800000' size='+1'>'''Michael the Archangel'''</font> </div>
==What does the Bible teach?==
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...eachings of Scripture, for the Bible contains an abundance of evidence for the deity of Christ.<ref>L. Berkhof, Systematic Theology (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm.
Within the message, the deity of Christ is also rejected by the followers of [[Vaylism|Lee Vayle]].
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...ates into the followers of William Branham teaching that that the gifts of the Holy Spirit had been done away with because "that which is perfect has come
=What the Bible teaches=
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..., the town of Mary and her sister Martha. (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus
...or="red">''This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.'' </font>
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...rs. But unfortunately, the math just doesn't work. Wouldn't you think if the man was a prophet, he would get it right?
==What the Bible teaches==
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...he Ohio River would flood Jeffersonville and New Albany, Indiana, and that the water would rise 22 feet over Spring Street. [[Image:Flood-6.jpg|thumb|250
The flood took place in January and early February of 1937, with damage stretch
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...pray in the name of the Angel, or even know His name. But if you'll check the Scriptures, when God sends His people, it's an Angel that directs them." 48
...e You, I bow to ask You with all my heart. Angel of God, You Who came into the room that night, and told me these things... I've tried to live true to it.
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...on to ask: '''What's wrong with wearing dresses, not drinking, and all of the other rules that message followers live by?'''
There are a number of reasons why we '''must''' counsel people to leave the message and simply follow Christ.
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...e possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.''
...all that were sick: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.''
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...repentance.<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 200
=What the Bible teaches=
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Paul says specifically here that the SPIRITUAL DID NOT COME FIRST, BUT THE NATURAL".
:''So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that
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...liam Branham. Prior to the 20th century, the Christian church referred to the Oneness doctrine as Sabellianism, Patripassianism, Modalism or modalistic m
=Was the early church Oneness in its theology?=
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...reets, the disciples spoke in foreign languages understood by strangers in the city.
The people asked: ''"And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we we
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...B87333 solid; text-align:center; font-size:140%; padding:1px; margin:1px;">The Birth (II Kings 4:8-17)</div>
...h passeth by us continually. Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a c
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...d ''"every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.'' According to the Bible, it is impossible to be righteous without God.
...s and follow Jesus. He had not yet learned the lesson that he had read in the scriptures about Job.
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What is the status of message preachers from a scriptural perspective?
James, the brother of Jesus, tells us:
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...veryone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Jn 13:34–3
...ood to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back."<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Lk 6:32–35
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...meeting of Nikita Khrushchev and Dwuight Eisenhower was the fulfillment of the prophecy contained in Daniel chapter 2. It wasn't.
...n clay. Eisenhower means "iron hewer": the person who works with iron, not the iron itself.<ref>[https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Kruschev Surname Databa
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==The Prophecy==
...d thousand of them in there." And you see if that isn't right. There's how the Gospel's going to be preached just overnight. She'll just sweep like that f
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...hat, in order to understand the Bible, you had to read between the lines. The problem is that this leads to extra-biblical (i.e. non-biblical) revelation
=What the Bible says=
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'''''Supernatural: The Life of William Branham''''' is a '''fictionalized biography''' of William
...mons of William Branham with absolutely no critical thought on the part of the author.
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...ts, and the subject of how many people will be saved was a good example of the wild contradictions that are found in his teachings.
=What does the Bible say?=
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But of course, Jesus didn't say this, the prophet Amos did.
...some important matter. For example, he said that God could never be among the United Nations because people in different nations were too different from
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...his death at the end of 1965. The book is referred to in this article as the Church Age book or CAB.
=The concept of "church ages"=
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If you are a follower of William Branham, these are the things that you are asking people to ignore when you proclaim him as a prop
The following prophecies clearly failed:
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...person's life was believing William Branham's message. But what does the Bible teach?
=What the Bible says=
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...message follower, it's the trump card that settles the issue and silences the critic.
However, to those outside the message it's an abstraction that impedes dialogue.
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William Branham taught the doctrine of "annihilationism" or "conditional immortality". He believed th
...om their writings that the following did not believe in the immortality of the soul:
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*The angel sent to the Church in Laodicea in Revelation 3:14;
*Responsible for the opening of the seven seals of Revelation 6; and,
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...of the website. This should assist in navigating to a specific section of the website.
|'''[[The Pillar of Fire|The Photograph]]'''
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...vinced us you were an Old Testament prophet and the very 'voice of God' to the world.
...Ghost. We dared not question you, as we didn't want to be lost or without the Holy Ghost.
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[[Image:Open-toed bible sandals.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
What's very strange is that in Bible times, the only shoes that were generally worn were sandals, which were all generally
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...back, "A hypocrite, and a false prophet, a false teacher," and go through the streets.''' There's no such a thing. Never was anybody baptized that way. I
...pture where any person was ever baptized any other way than in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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=What the Bible teaches=
...“night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. <ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ge 1:1, 3–
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...ets no harm.<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 200
...tter that a millstone was hanged at your neck and drowned in the depths of the sea, than to offend these that believe in Me? “These signs shall follow t
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...ted in finding out more information about William Branham and his message, the following links will assist you:
{{Template:Off The Shelf}}
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...of a mature Christian and that he was the "wave sheaf" that was waved over the people, demonstrating that more like him would soon be appearing.
This is another teaching where William Branham pointed to himself. It is the height of arrogance.
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...d by him as the Image to the Beast. [[Image:Vatican.jpg|right|500px|thumb|The Vatican City, Rome]]
==Summary of the prophecy==
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...thumb|right|250px|This DC-7C was sitting in Arizona for years, waiting for the resurrection of William Branham]]
...illiam Branham will rise from the dead to "ride this trail once again." At the time of his resurrection, he will:
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:''What are you offering as an alternative to the message that he has brought?
This is really another way of asking whether the Church, the Bride of Jesus Christ, needs a special message from God.
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...dently on your own'''. 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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...the book of Malachi - whose message was clearly to Israel) and apply it to the Gentiles in order to declare oneself an OT prophet.
The Bible makes it plain in Luke 16:16 that the law and prophets ended with John.
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...ssion with a Branham minister who is of the Progressive Revelation sect of the message]]
:3. closer to the truth.
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The Hebrew word '''יהוה''' (English: Jehovah) means "the existing One"<ref name="Lexicon 3068"> HEBREW LEXICON -- STRONG'S NUMBER 30
...ers of the Hebrew word for "the existing One", and is the present tense of the Hebrew language.
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...Peace. ''<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Is 9:6.</ref>
Why is Jesus called “the everlasting Father” if He is the Son of God?
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William Branham taught that being engaged was the same as being married and couldn't be broken:
...e married to her.'''<ref>William Branham, 65-1125 - The Invisible Union Of The Bride Of Christ, para. 86</ref>
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The word "heresy" only appears once in the [[The King James Version of the Bible|KJV]] but is translated as "sect" in most modern biblical translations.
...our fathers...<ref>New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), Ac 24:14.</ref>
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William Branham believed that if you squeezed or touched your lip in the wrong way, you would die:
...t around here… Don't never squeeze nothing on your lips, 'cause it runs to the nerve that runs to your brain. Really, people… A man should never shave o
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...ould not only include virtually all of the followers of Joseph Branham but the vast majority of those following William Branham's message in all of its va
=How the message is exalted=
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*'''[[Jesus]] was a witness''' of God the Father, <br>
*The disciples were a witness of the testimony of Jesus, and <br>
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...e that are questioning the message that there is a deeper understanding of the Gospel and a closer relationship with Jesus Christ that is available for th
===I am in the message but I know there are problems. Where can I find out more?===
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One of the most confusing teachings of William Branham was his concept of "the token".
...ly Spirit and that without the token, a person was lost. He believed that the token could be applied to an entire family for their salvation.
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William Branham taught that Judas Iscariot was given the gift of healing by Jesus Christ.
William Branham taught that Judas Iscariot cast out devils and healed the sick.
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...a fairly innocuous phrase in the Old Testament. Referring to Abraham, the Bible states that when he died "he was gathered to his people.”
...r pastor. The hierarchy of the earthly church will become the hierarchy of the heavenly church, and those that rule on earth will rule in heaven. Because
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...cribed and edited by Lee Vayle and pubulhed in book form, An Exposition of the Seven church Ages, shortly after William Branham's death.
...t on the side of the wall. Why, It stood out here, and reflected Itself on the wall and made that same thing.<ref>William Branham, 61-0208 - Sirs, We Woul
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...t; padding:1px; margin:1px;"><font color='#800000' size='+1'>'''Honesty in the Ministry?'''.</font> </div>
...ip (one new Church in Canada and a second in the United States). Prior to the split, Ed Byskal told his congregation that if 49% of them voted for him to
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...ick on any of the questions or colored links''' to read further details on the issue.
=The List of Questions=
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...letter was not so much of a defense as it was a blatant attack on the Holy Bible.
...sletter. One ex-cult member giving their testimony mentioned that this was the very thing that made him realize that they are uplifting a man rather than
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...|250px|thumb|It's a pretty cool bird, but its not typed to prophets in the Bible.]]
...ually compared to eagles in the Bible as William Branham claimed? What is the importance of an "Eagle Ministry"?
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...ew Testament passage that proves that a Gentile prophet will come prior to the second coming of Christ.
...brethren.''<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., Acts 3:19-22 (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Syst
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...le carefully. This is another example of William Branham not knowing his Bible or what I refer to as “lazy theology.”
...led him. And David killed him because he said, "You have taken the life of the anointed of God." And Saul was a prophet himself.<ref>William Branham, 53
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...ted he them.<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 200
...ly home. But by his spirit he contacts God.<ref>William Branham, 53-0509 - The Pillar Of Fire, para. 11</ref>
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...h means ‘opinion’. Orthodoxy are those beliefs that generally accepted by the Christian church.<ref>Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, eds., Concise O
...rm "confessional orthodoxy" to refer to those doctrines and teachings that the church has always believed or held.
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These were Jesus' last words about the Holy Spirit:
...it to you.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), John 16:13–15</ref>
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...argely shown to have been a fraud, the same verdict would apply to Jesus - the New Testament is not factual but simply a myth based on even more ancient m
So let's start with the historical question: Did Jesus exist?
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...it and then God put that "spirit being" into a body. But is that what the Bible teaches?
=The Creation of Man=
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...trines suited his life well, as it gave him freedom from responsibility in the home. However, these doctrines are not Biblical.
...ere respected as deaconesses, prophetesses, advisors, and were involved in the sale of merchandise and land.
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...d is also used as a general term for the study of all the teachings of the Bible.<ref>Systematic Theology: Revised Edition, ed. Stanley M. Horton, 652 (Spri
...by William Branham. Click on the bolded part of the descriptions to read the full article.
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...lk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. (Romans 16:18)<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ro 16:18.</r
...s and feels so much like the real that it takes those trained to recognize the counterfeit to realize that it is not genuine.<ref>Bill Hamon, How Can Thes
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...at this earthquake was the fulfillment of a prophecy made just days before the quake occurred.
==Problems with the Prophecy==
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...at it means to be a true follower of Jesus in the context of scripture and the message of William Branham.
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==What William Branham got wrong about the First Council of Nicaea==
...an bishops convened in Nicaea in Bithynia (present-day Iznik in Turkey) by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in AD 325.
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...message is that jewelry is generally forbidden. But is this scriptural? The following is a biblical examination of this issue.
...you? Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”
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...Branham Tabernacle but that turned out to be false - see [[The Mystery of the Empty Cornerstone]]
'''So where is the list today?'''
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{{Template:Reason and the Message}}
...f the truth. These rules follow a rational structure because God designed the universe to have a rational structure.
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...redeem the land by refusing to redeem Ruth. Boaz then inherited Ruth and the land.
...e under the law in the form of a man. He then became our redeemer through the shedding of his blood for our sins.
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What are the reasons people are attracted to a cult? What factors make some people more
#The target population for most recruitment efforts by cults is young adults. Pe
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...ernacle is a [[The Message|message]] church in Beaufort, South Carolina . The pastor is Jason Watkins.
It is part of the "Bride Coming" sub-sect within the Message which has become decidedly more cultic in recent years.
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...nes taught by William Branham. Click on the picture or description to read the full article.
...mself and the importance of his ministry]]''' - This link details some of the major doctrines that pointed to his own ministry.
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People, and particularly preachers, in the message often state something similar to this:
...that appears to be filled with hatred. This attitude comes directly from the teachings of William Branham (see quotes below).
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...a trumpet...<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 200
...day, the first day of the week. But when he preached the sermon series on the Seven Churches, he changed his view. Was this a revelation from God or was
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We often hear people say, "But people 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 those that follow him can create problems
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As with most issues, William Branham has some strange opinions on the subject of suicide.
...ith as we please. Life is a gift from God. But this did not appear to be the view of William Branham.
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Paul prophecied of heretics and liars arising from both inside and outside the churches:
...t after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, t
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...liam Branham? Is it the Roman Catholic church? Is is some denomination? The better question is this - How do I, as a Christian, determine what constitu
=The question that was directed to us=
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...ne thing it cannot be is moderately important.''''<ref>C. S. Lewis, God in the Dock, ed. Walter Hooper (HarperOne, 1994), 102.</ref>
...However, as a teenager in my final year in high school, I stepped out of the church and stopped attending. We had changed churches and, my friends from
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=The definition of a cult=
...r to those who are “turning to a different gospel,” whose leaders “pervert the gospel of Christ.”
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...the next morning, he and all of his household was baptized in the Name of the Lord.<ref>William Branham, 55-0410M - Proof Of His Resurrection, para. 17</
...of the Baptist, the age of the Nazarene, the age of the Pilgrim Holiness, the age of Pentecostal, all these ages has passed away. <ref>William Branham, 5
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...tthew 17:2). Jesus said ''"as long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world"''.
...of light"''. The children of light are the sons of God, just as Jesus is the [[Son of God]].
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...ticize William Branham's ministry. This is is our response to his letter (the complete text of his letter is [[A Biographer Answers Critics of William Br
...message = the Bible|believe that William Branham's word is on par with the Bible]] so you have simply parroted his words in your books. '''There is no inde
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...n the manuscript of one of his speeches which was underlined in red and in the margin he had written '''“Weak point. Speak louder.”'''
...olic church, he refuses to speak up about the sins within the ministers of the message.
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...two “persons,” the Father and the Son, the Father being the deity, the Son the human nature.
Scripture leaves no room for confusing the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. As John taught:
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...hets are to be judged (1 Cor 2:15, 1 Cor 14:29) and those in leadership in the church are held to a high standard (Titus 1:6-8, 1 Tim. 3:2-9).
:'''''“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”''''' ― Mark Twain
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...ment was ready; oh, while He was making ready to pour out the plagues upon the earth now. “Come up hither and I’ll show you what’s fixing to take pl
...en? “What then? What then? When that great book is opened, what then? When the one’s that reject this message tonight, is going to be asked to give a re
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...message of love into one of hate for those Christians that do not believe the message.
...ther a person is a Christian or not - Do they love? But what do we see in the message?
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|'''[[The Message]]''' <br> Learn more about the Message.
'''[[Is the Message a Cult?]]''' <br> It's a tough question, if you are in the message.
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...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 destructive in
...ould be probably unbelievable to critics.....so I am a personal witness to the exacting supernatural aspect of that ministry. That's where I thankfully an
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...h in a church (for example, as the pastor) if his wife was not a virgin at the time that he married her.
...to the Levitical priesthood out of the Old Testament and applying them to the New Testament church. However, this is not Biblical teaching.
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It is helpful to click on the image on the right to open it, and then read the article below.
...ask them to put an "x" where the proposition that you're debating falls on the scale for them. Then put an "x" where it falls for you.
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...the Bible was referring to him? Are you aware that the Mormon church uses the same passage to prove they are correct?
...city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster come to a city, unless the LORD has done it?
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...Bible says and then looking at what William Branham said. With respect to the Godhead, William Branham's doctrine was a mixture of [[Dynamic Monarchianis
=What the Bible says=
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1. There are no valid reasons that the New Testament should not be accepted as a reliable historical document....
...eyewitnesses within forty years of the events that are described therein. The accounts are credible and trustworthy.
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...everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Jn 13:34–3
...ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Lk 6:32–36
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This article examines William Branham's interpretation of the concept of '''''"kenosis"''''' as found in Philippians 2:7.
=What the Bible says=
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=Question 35 - The Eagle and The Prophet=
...ns have been vetted by someone who follows William Branham. While many in the message have written off our views as trivial and not being able to withsta
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=Question 16 - The Vision of the Plum and Apple Trees=
...back here so I could get a--a recording of it to send it to you peoples of the world.
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'''William Branham believed that he was the fulfillment of Zechariah 14:7:'''
:''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.<ref>
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...ng the truth, even when it seems sure they must have known that they faked the evidence. Sincerity, my dear Julia, is a quality not to be trusted.''
::Sarah Caudwell ''The Sibyl in Her Grave''
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...eft Jesus at Gethsemane and, on the cross, Jesus died as a man (and not as the Son of God).
=What the Bible says=
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Can you tell whether someone has the Holy Ghost? William Branham clearly was conflicted here because he couldn'
...nd say "This man has the Holy Ghost because he did this, or this woman has the Holy Ghost because she did that."
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The Hebrew word '''יהוה''' (English: Jehovah) means "the existing One"<ref name="Lexicon 3068"> HEBREW LEXICON -- STRONG'S NUMBER 30
...ers of the Hebrew word for "the existing One", and is the present tense of the Hebrew language.
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=Offices in the church=
In 1 Corinthians 12:28, Paul broadens the offices and overlaps them with various gifts:
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This question follows on from your response to Question 5 and specifically to the interpretation of Revelation 10:7.
...nishes the mystery of the written Book.”'' (62-1230E - Is This The Sign Of The End, Sir? - Para. 241-242)
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...ons between 1947 and 1965. His use of the word increased significantly in the latter years of his ministry (1220 times from 1962 - 1965).
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...am Branham told her that she would be healed and stated it was "Thus Saith The Lord."
This is the story of Agnes Shippy as told by her daughter, Sylvia Shippy Perkins.
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...b-sect within the "[[The Message|message]]". We refer to this sub-sect as the Jackson camp or group.
...although they would never say that publicly because the average person in the movement does not realize how far they have diverged from William Branham's
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...God was the baptism of the Holy Spirit; and to prove that we could grieve the Holy Spirit away by various means and might be doomed if we did so! But was
:''And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.<ref>Ephesians 4:30 English Standard Version (ESV)</ref>
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...Catholic Church would never repent of any of the evil it has committed on the basis of Revelation 2:21 which states:
...epented not.<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 200
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...ame="Lexicon 430"> HEBREW LEXICON -- STRONG'S NUMBER 430 </ref>. Although the root-meaning of this word is unknown, it is presumed to mean power, dominio
...yim), and virginity (Betulim). The plural nature of these words refers to the endless or undefined nature. All we can conclude from this is that Elohim i
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...grave.jpg|thumb|220px|right|The home where Georgia Carter was healed, and the grave marking her passing in 1998.]]
The following letter appears on pages 200-201 of the book "[[A Man Sent from God, by Gordon Lindsay|William Branham, A Man Sent
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=The prophecies of 1933=
...also about the visions. But now we will talk about some inconsistencies in the visions that make history seem forged.
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...se they believe that he was infallible. These groups would include most of the followers of Joseph Branham.
...never put Brother Branham's teachings above the Bible! He told us that the Bible is our absolute and that is what I believe.
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William Branham said this about his "revelation" of the second seal:
...ust took place that just helped me so much.<ref>William Branham, 63-0319 - The Second Seal, para. 11-12</ref>
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...his message and the followers of his message are not without controversy. The important issue with controversy is to determine which issues are valid con
The following list comprises issues which we feel are valid concerns. This is
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Isn't this the very definition of "hypocrisy"?
...participle on the stage, hypocrisy, from hypokrinesthai to answer, act on the stage, from hypo- + krinein to decide—more at CERTAIN] 13th century
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William Branham did not believe that illegitimate children could go in the rapture and his teaching was based on Deuteronomy 23:2:
...of the LORD.<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 200
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Was King Saul the people’s choice by democratic vote? Or was he the king that God chose?
==The people chose Saul as king==
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...es and Elijah who were coming back to earth to minister. But is this what the passage is saying?
=What the Bible says=
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=Question 17 - The Mystery of the Empty Cornerstone=
...exhausting the many issues surrounding WMB's prophetic ministry (or rather the lack thereof) and also his credibility.
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...y, Depot Road, Longdenville, Trinidad & Tobago. As with most ministers in the message, Vin Dayal has had no formal theological training which is a badge
For those not familiar with Third Exodus Assembly, the church would be [[Is the Message a Cult?|considered a cult]] by virtually all Protestant, Roman Cath
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...ent meetings from August 12th to August 19th, 1955 in Karlsruhe, Germany. The following testimony was written by Herbert only a few months before he pass
...pecial shoe and limped to Brother Branham. After prayer she limped back to the descent praising God for her healing and there her legs were equally long a
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...ign of the Messiah". He used the example of Jesus talking to the woman at the well, and then showed how he (William Branham) also possessed this sign as
...n the discernment lines. In contrast, Jesus did not use prayer cards with the information that he would later discern.]]
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...ished his father's kingdom in peace, and had wisdom above all other men of the earth. However, Solomon's temple was eventually toppled, and his kingdom d
...le to the LORD (his resurrected body), was wiser than Solomon, and brought the kingdom of his Father to earth. "
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...a witness to the healing power of Jesus Christ, and wrote the book "Christ the Healer" which is still in print today.
...in tongues. Because of this disagreement, in 1918 he quietly withdrew from the Assemblies of God and started a Christian and Missionary Alliance church in
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...lieved that she was not in the original creation and was a perversion from the beginning. However, this is not what scripture teaches.
William Branham taught that the woman was designed by Satan for filth, unclean living, and deception.
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...rds Bro Branham uses when healing as told him by the angel. He narrated in the message ''Experience''.'''
...ges, but it is very different to hear him say something out of the blue at the start of his ministry and never repeat it.
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William Branham taught that "sin is unbelief"? Is that what the Bible teaches?
In the New Testament, we learn that sin is:
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The doctrine of the Trinity requires agreement with the following three statements:
:B. The Father is God, the Son is God, the Holy Spirit is God.
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|'''''If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.''''' - Mark Twain
...ieve in the moment that he is the Prince of Denmark, though when he leaves the stage he will usually remember who he really is.''
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...William Branham while he was alive. Everyone was afraid of the "angel of the Lord" that stood with him and his critics only raised concerns against him
Controversy surrounded Branham right from the start of his public ministry.
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...n walked (or ran) away from it. Many ultimately concluded that it must be 'the way ministers are presenting it' that has caused so much confusion.
...personal views of it. After years of blaming ministers for misrepresenting the Message, there comes a time when you are forced to look deeper.
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...into a discussion with us and answer some of our questions with respect to the message. He asked to remain anonymous which we respected. We have come to
# The minister was a member of the "Junior Jackson" camp of the message; and
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This article deals with one specific '''discernment from the audience in 1959'''.
=Calling a person out of the audience - April 11, 1959=
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...m Branham borrowed a number of doctrines from the Jehovah's Witnesses (aka the Watchtower Society). These include:
*[[Michael the Archangel]] is Jesus Christ
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There are significant problems with William Branham's teaching on the [[Seven Churches In Asia|Seven Church Ages which you can read about by clic
But the question must be asked - What was the reason that he taught this doctrine? Was it simply another way to point to
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...in conjunction with other words, as in "El-Shaddai", which greatly expands the scope of God's relationship with mankind.
|style="width:54%"|And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
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...a series of online articles called “Did you know”. (Young Foundations is the youth ministry of Voice of God Recordings, Inc. and publishes these documen
!Better Science (The Truth)
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=The Challenge=
In the sermon, The Revelation of Jesus Christ (Jeffersonville, December 4, 1960), William Bran
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...ches are known to "take people out from under the blood" if they have left the church or have done something that warrants excommunication. We have been
...owhere in the Bible. We believe it is a general reference to the blood of the Passover Lamb in Exodus 12:23:
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=Question 15 - What doctrines comprise the message?=
This is a follow-on question from “What is the message?”
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...m all sin.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), 1 Jn 1:7.</ref>
...am Branham believed that this passage taught if Christians did not walk in the light for their age, there was no forgiveness for sins. But is this what s
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...ouisville, Kentucky on September 13, 1879 and died on November 20, 1952 at the age of seventy-three.
'''William Branham admitted that he attended William Sowders' School of the Prophets in Louisville.''' It is not surprising that many of William Branh
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...shelf" until such time as God revealed to them the proper understanding of the scripture (which was always in agreement with William Branham's teaching).
Is this the correct way of approaching scripture?
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...ranham's many failings have unnecessarily put their eternal destination on the line. They point their fingers and say, "What if you're wrong?"
...rlying emotion is that of fear. It is interesting that in virtually all of the emails that we have received from message believers, fear is what they try
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=What is the motivation for this website?=
...nt public in 2007, with the purpose of being a sane voice '''in defense of the message''' of William Branham.
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'''There are many prophecies in the Bible,''' both in the Old Testament and the New Testament. Listed below are a sample of Biblical prophecies:
|''Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy'' (Revelation 1:3a)
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NO COMPROMISE, SAY AND BELIEVE WHAT THE PROPHET SAID”
d) “Organized religion is the mark of the beast.”
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...ament, it marks him as eternal, steadfast, a refuge, and immovable. He is the foundation and habitation of his people, and his salvation is sure.
...[[Portal:Revelation|revelation]] of Jesus Christ, and [[Christ]] himself - the chief corner stone.
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...ht the problems with William Branham and his message. However, we believe the scripture requires us to highlight any false teachings and to let people kn
Here is what the Bible says:
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:'''''For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together.''''' (KJV)
...ing because William Branham often paid little attention to context or even the simplest laws of grammar when interpreting a passage of scripture. One exam
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...saken me?”<Ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Mt 27:46–50.</Ref>
...ft Jesus because he had to die as a sinner. William Branham stated that on the cross:
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...anham'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."
...ead eating pie till I hit a seed; I wouldn't throw the pie away, I'd throw the seed away, just keep on eating pie.
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...ching. Several of his books have become textbooks in Bible Schools around the world. (Biography notes taken from [http://www.osborn.org/about/tlosborn.ht
...but stated that God [[Are Christians considered amateur gods?|has come in the flesh in all of us]].
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...''I usually exaggerate''' on it.<ref>William Branham, 59-0301M - Strait Is The Gate, para. 25</ref>
=Is there a higher standard under the new covenant?=
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=Question 18 - Why do we need the message?=
...comprise the message?”, I would say, with respect, that you did not answer the question. It is my view that WMB’s message is completely inconsequential
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...e to [[Reading between the lines|read between the lines]] when reading the Bible?
...linger, professor of Church History and Historical Theology at Reformation Bible College.</ref>
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People point at us and say, "You never really believed the message!". But is this true?
=We were in the message!=
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...that eventually, Rome would call in all of the money in the world because the governments didn't have enough gold but Rome did.
In the words of William Branham:
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=Question 13 - What is the Message?=
...t he was the prophet to the last age and that he was to bring a message to the church:
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I was raised in the message from birth and, under that protective wing of its embrace or rather
...as though I sat at their dinner table. I visited his home town and saw all the places he told us about.
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The following is a sermon on Christian cults by Jacob Prasch which we strongly
=Excerpts from the sermon=
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:''...if you start doubting again, the very faith that taken it out, unbelief will bring it back again.''<ref>HEAL
William Branham even said that if he told a person "thus saith the Lord" that they would be healed and they didn't have faith, they wouldn't b
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...ger can be a prophet (a man), or a heavenly being. William Branham was of the view that there were no women angels, however [[Are There Women Angels?|scr
There are many angels identified in the scriptures:
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'''The majority of message church believe the Oneness doctrine.'''
...doptionism]]. Prior to the 20th century, the Christian church referred to the Oneness doctrine as Sabellianism, Patripassianism, Modalism or modalistic m
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...uit. Ern Baxter said, ''"Branham as a teacher was outside of his calling. The fruits of his teaching ministry are not good."''
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...r arms around your brothers, and [[The Importance of a Right Spirit|having the right spirit rather than wrong doctrine]].
...from anyone else? Even pagans do that.<ref>Tyndale House Publishers, Holy Bible: New Living Translation, 3rd ed. (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publisher
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...s position in 1947 to become William Branham's campaign manager. He began the [[William Branham and Flying Saucers|''Voice of Healing'' magazine in 1948]
...old William Branham to repent for his teachings, or God would take him off the scene.'''
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...en the new covenant and the old covenant are not important? What does the Bible say about this?
=What is the "new covenant"?=
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...ted the message that the messenger brought (which included the doctrine of the Trinity), they were lost.
2) He also taught that in order to be saved, you have to believe the messenger’s message for that age.
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...e did not know where to turn. We had been taught that anything outside of the message, was false. Was there truth anywhere to be found?
...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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...lagiarism. Fianlly, we deal with the specific questions raised in each of the emails.
...that William Branham plagiarized some of his more significant teachings. The easiest way to do this is to trivialize William Branham's plagiarism in suc
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=Question 13 - What is the message?=
...t he was the prophet to the last age and that he was to bring a message to the church:
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In a sermon in 1964, William Branham sought to tie in a lunar eclipse with the Pope's visit to Jerusalem:
...f>William Branham, An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages - Chapter Nine - The Laodicean Church Age, para. 357-1</ref>
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...ranham's [[Lazy Theology|lazy theology]] is his approach to the concept of the eternal sonship of Christ.
William Branham ridiculed the idea throughout his ministry as being a Catholic doctrine:
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...n's sister, Florence, was diagnosed with cancer. Although she was only 39, the cancer had advanced to a stage where her doctors couldn't stop it.
...prophecy that we are aware of that can be proved to have been made before the fact.
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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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...ng the truth, even when it seems sure they must have known that they faked the evidence. Sincerity... is a quality not to be trusted." (Sarah Cockburn)
...ienced after the death of his wife and daughter? We will never know. But the evidence points CLEARLY to deceipt.
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...also took the form of a dove when it descended on Jesus at his baptism on the Jordan River.
...sease, and one bird was killed, its blood sprinkled on the other bird, and the living bird was released into an open field.
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The doctrine of the clarity of Scripture means that the Bible is written in such a way that its teachings are '''able to be understood by
Did William Branham beleive in the clarity of scripture?
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Deuteronomy 13:1–3 states that the test of a prophet is in his message, not in his signs:
...d out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Dt 13:1–3.
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...rophet, his credibility is a critical issue. I also want to thank you for the tone of your emails.
...''How did I know it till I went and seen it?''' (58-0928M - The Baptism Of The Holy Spirit, para. 143)
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...of prophecy as a prediction of an event or occurrence that will happen in the future.
='''The Challenge''' to all message followers'=
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..., [[Financial accountability in the message|'''Financial accountability in the message''']]
*Does the tithe belong to the ministry?
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==What the Bible teaches==
In Hebrew 12, the writer of Hebrews tells us:
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[[Image:BreadOK.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The vision showed bread that people in his tabernacle would not eat...]]
The following vision is taken from the tract '''''I Was Not Disobedient To The Heavenly Vision''''', which was written and distributed by William Branham
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...'''[[Are Christians required to tithe?]]''' and '''[[Church Governance in the Message|Church governance]]'''
...nd not authority. There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.''''' (Lord Acton)
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...esCC.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Aries ("ram") is the first astrological sign in the Zodiac]]
...ed that God wrote "three Bibles": the Zodiac, the Pyramids and the written Bible that we are familiar with. But does this make any sense?
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...hose with a keen knowledge of scripture and spiritual discernment can tell the difference.
...e real food and appealing to the rat in order to get him to accept and eat the part that is poison.
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...in some Christian circles; it holds a nearly mythological status, wherein the King James Version is perceived to possess an inherent superiority over oth
...ay that other translations are not? Or have some confused its other name, the Authorized Version to mean, as if by King Jesus, instead of King James I?
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...in top to watch them. Then as a storm approached, she flew back down into the valley and took her eaglets back onto her wings and flew them to a place of
...arly making it up (we did not mention where we got this report) and one of the scientists got quite angry that someone would make up such an obviously fal
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There is a lot of attention in the media being given to '''Blood Moons''' and we have received several emails
...un and the moon and the shadow of the earth causes the moon to grow dark. The moon appears red during a total lunar eclipse.
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...er followers of William Branham. Each has a unique story of why they left the message in their search for spiritual truth.
=Podcast Interviews with people who left the message=
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...was clearly tainted by Nestorianism. It is even more clearly developed in the teachings of [[Vaylism|Lee Vayle]].
...rist. In effect, it made Christ two distinct persons. Instead of blending the two natures into a single self-consciousness, Nestorianism places them alon
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Followers of the message often point to the dead being raised in William Branham's ministry as vindication for his stat
...'we have been unable to find any evidence that anyone was ever raised from the dead''' through William Branham's prayers.
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William Branham basically adopted the baptismal formula of [[Did William Branham Teach Oneness?|Oneness or "Jesus
...the Lord Jesus and was required to baptize the person again in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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One of the "keystone" verses in the message is Luke 17:30:
:'''''Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.''''' (KJV)
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...sequent priests had specific duties to fulfill, all of which were types of the coming [[Messiah]]. These duties included:
*Authority to partake of a portion of the sacrifices
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'''[[The Message|The Message of William Branham]]'''<br></font> </div>
Examine it. [[Proof of the Prophetic|Test it.]] You Decide.<br></font><font color='#800000' size='+0'>
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..., idolatry is just as alive and well today as it has ever been, even among the more advanced societies. In reality, an idol is anything upon which we bas
...nd financial gain? How much of our fellowship with God is sacrificed upon the altar of activities or ideals, which are not intrinsically wrong, but occup
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....S.R. established diplomatic ties shortly after, on November 16, 1933. In the fourth vision, William Branham said he witnessed Fascism and Nazism being s
...''failed.'''|[[Image:Reichstag flag.jpg|right|thumb|400px|U.S.S.R. flag on the German Parliament (Reichstag) in Berlin.]]
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...ter, who said, “''When God looks in the mirror, he sees me! When I look in the mirror, I see God!''”
...ng at God. You’re looking at Jesus.''”<ref>James Montgomery Boice, Romans: The New Humanity, vol. 4 (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1991–)</ref>
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...the offshoots of blind faith is anti-intellectualism. This is rampant in the message.
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The Voice of God Recordings, Inc. (VoGR) is a U.S. non-profit organization base
...Paul Branham (treasurer) and Paul Brewer. Joseph Branham has gone around the world saying that 100% of his father's words are correct. As evidence of t
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=Trying to put out the light?=
...ight being his message but we have since realized he and his following are the little birds!!!
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...his vision is clear - both Trinitarians and Oneness believers are found in the Cross. Yet in 1965, he completely goes against this vision from God and d
Did God change His mind, or was the vision wrong?
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...ere unbiblical exclusivism arises and this is rampant within [[The Message|the Message]].
=What does the Bible say about makeup?=
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...ceive you...<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 200
...d I’ll receive you”? “Touch not her unclean things, and I’ll receive you,” the Holy Spirit speaking.
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{{Reason and the Message}}
...Belief in an Age of Skepticism'' (Dutton: Feb 2008), pp. xvi-xvii) states the following:
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..., Jesus calls himself "the Son of man". This does not mean that Jesus was the son of Joseph, but that he was a man, born of a woman, just like every othe
...the whole earth, and lost that inheritance. Jesus, as the Son of Man, has the authority to reclaim that inheritance.
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[[File:Pentagram of Venus.jpg|250px|thumb|right|The Pentagram of Venus]]
...agram clearly displayed on the front of the Branham Tabernacle? What does the Pentagram mean?
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...One. Throughout the Old Testament, God is called Holy, and the Holy One. The [[Messiah]] is shown to be none other than God when King David prophecies t
...of Jesus Christ, God's Holy Spirit becomes our own, and we are united with the Holy One.
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...one(at the top) and this was part of the message that God sent by Enoch to the world (even though it is not in scripture).
...ower''', which they misused, '''causing the great flood''' which destroyed the earth.
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...ivately, things that I have to do, and things, the way I have to live, and the things that I have to do. '''It's a Nazarite birth.''' And so we--we don't.
...eparated not to creeds, but to the Word. Christ is that Word. Separated to the Word!<ref>PERSEVERANT DALLAS.TX 64-0305</ref>
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...the Temple, where only the High Priest was able to enter once a year, and the Spirit also anointed and inspired men (kings, poets, and commoners) for ser
After being rebuked by the Prophet Nathan for commiting adultery, King David wrote:
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William Branham said this about his "revelation" of the second seal:
...to—to give It, by…as He gives It to me.'''<ref>William Branham, 63-0321 - The Fourth Seal, para. 4-5</ref>
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...sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
|Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
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...f William Branham as "Branhamites" or members of the Branham cult. But is the message really a cult?<br>
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...uld cancel his meetings and that this would mark the end of the revival in the United States. '''What did William Branham actually say? Did Billy Graham c
...passage in the Bible - "As it was in the days of Sodom..." - but does the Bible say that anywhere?'''
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*Noah and Enoch were preaching at the same time;
...type of the Bride of Christ that went in the Rapture and is also a type of the seventh church age; and,
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'''Prophecy''' is the foretelling of future events by a human messenger (prophet) under divine in
...d whether they were fulfilled or failed. The big question is - [[Proof of the Prophetic|Did William Branham make any '''REAL''' prophecies?]]
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...er, he changed his mind several times as to what he truly thought it was. The questions is - Did he get it right?
...n a Christian's life, following justification and sanctification. This is the traditional Pentecostal understanding of scripture.
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...st-hand testimonies and newspaper reports on William Branham's meetings in the 1940s and 1950s.
...Lush, Mark Coffey, and Robert Coffey) has been significantly altered from the original printed version.
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Those who leave the message but remain Christians are generally viewed by followers of William
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There are four primary arguments that are used to prove the existence of God. These are:
#The cosmological or creation argument;
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...folk mentioning that they have '''access to the blood through the Word of the Hour'''. Is this correct? If not, why?
The word “access” is found only three times in the New Testament. (Rom. 5:1–2; Eph. 2:18, Eph. 3:12). These three passages t
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|''The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;'' (Mark 1:1)
...with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:'' (Romans 1:3-4)
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...was ordained as a minister by William Branham on November 21, 1965 and was the pastor of [http://www.tucsontabernacle.com/ Tuscon Tabernacle] in Tucson, A
...ing him on various hunting trips. He also wrote a book called "The Acts of the Prophet" about William Branham, and Sarah Branham (William Branham's younge
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...e were to recognize a prophet. He would gain credibility as God fulfilled the things he predicted. And if he stated anything that failed to be fulfilled
...t. There had to be some current prophecies so that people would know that the person was a prophet.
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Many people have asked us, both those in [[The Message|the message]] and those that have left off following William Branham: "What do
Those inside the message expect that we are looking for followers (we're not) and those who
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What did William Branham believe about the Holy Spirit? Was his view Biblical?
William Branham believed that the Holy spirit is "God's prophet", a sign of the last days.
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Recently, Owen Jorgensen, the author of ''[[Supernatural: The Life of William Branham]]'' wrote a response to those who criticize William
...s Owen Jorgensen. Some of you may know me as the author of ''Supernatural: The Life of William Branham''. It took me twenty-five years to research and wr
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People that follow William Branham's message can be recognized by the way that their women dress - long dresses and [[Long Hair or Uncut Hair|lon
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..." is none other than the [[Messiah]], the [[Son of David]] and [[Lion]] of the Tribe of Judah.
|''Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.'' (I Timothy 1:
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=The Brown Bear vision=
...ust before a hunting trip in 1962, William Branham said it was "Thus Saith The Lord" that he would shoot an enormous brown bear. This vision never came t
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=Is the message a cult?=
Thanks for your kind words regarding my talk on finding the will of God. I only speak occasionally but I do enjoy sharing what I have
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...y in the established Church that sparked the creation of these groups over the years.
...adopted the Nicene Creed (in support of the Trinity), and acknowledge that the patriarchs of Alexandria and Rome had exceptional authority over their resp
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But is this biblical? '''What does the Bible say?'''
=What the Bible teaches=
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...ns across the United States, Canada, Africa, and India. Billy Paul became the vice-president of Voice of God Recordings, Inc. in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
...rizona in March 1963. Fred Sothmann believed that William Branham was God the Father, and that people should pray in William Branham's name.
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Click [ here to listen to part 7 of the Debate on the Off The Shelf podcast].
{{The 2020 Debate}}
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=Question 8 - The 1933 Ohio River Baptismal experience=
...ibility and specifically, the veracity of his story about what happened on the Ohio River in 1933.
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What is legalism? Did William Branham teach a legalistic version of the Gospel? Are his followers legalistic? Are there specific rules that messa
...il and the New Testament does indeed deal with it, even if it does not use the word.
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...country too. I know, Jesus, when... Matthew 17, when they asked Him, "Why the Scribes say, Elias..."
:''Watch what He said, "Elias truly must first come." Past, present--in the future tense, but then He give John as an example. John wasn't Malachi 4. J
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=Question 27 - Are the rules for remarriage different for men and women?=
...I also understand that you believe that, if the guilty party was the man, the wife could remarry (and that this is what William Branham was really teachi
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William Branham said this about his "revelation" of the first seal:
...aking it from an old context. '''I had nothing on it.''' I don't know what the Second Seal is no more than nothing, but I'd got some old contexts of somet
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The following is an interview with Alfred Pohl from the February 21, 1990 edition of ''O Timothy magazine'':
...Now, did many claim to be healed, or did it seem that many were healed in the meeting?
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...le Study lists most of the scriptures relating to Christian Baptism in the Bible.
...ay out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice
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...or me to confess these things since by God’s wonderful Grace he has broken the bars of deception for me and pointed me to what is Truth, His Word.
...good description would be to fall under the leadership of a man instead of the Holy Ghost. In doing so you will be led to believe many things that are not
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=The Question=
...words said over the person being baptized). Here is an amalgam of some of the questions we have received:
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==The angel was God==
...the mind, don't you believe that He's here now? The same God, just before the world burns again in a destruction? Don't you believe He's here? Then let's
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Human excrement is mentioned a number of times in the Bible. Some of it relates to prophecies about Jesus.
==The Shame of Jerusalem:==
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'''The Bible includes''' many promises of healing. Some scriptures give details of spec
The power over disease and death is God's alone. Although it is man's curse, i
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...by Paul of Samosata, bishop of Antioch, who was condemned for his views by the church in AD 268.<ref>Sinclair B. Ferguson and J.I. Packer, New Dictionary
...as rooted in second-and third-century monarchianism but also flourished in the eighth century. According to adoptionism, Jesus was only a man but was adop
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...enNine Visions of 1933|eight or nine prophetic visions in June 1933]]. In the second prophecy, William Branham witnessed Benito Mussolini brutally invadi
=The initial telling of the Mussolini prophecy=
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=Did God leave Jesus Christ on the cross?=
...but God had saw all in Him, at the finish, see. When God looked down upon the body...
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...t all. It was just his personal desire to see no women cut their hair. The bible does not support an idea like that. If you look into his question and answe
I agree with you that the Bible does not forbid women to cut their hair.
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...ophecied that King David's seed would build a temple to the LORD, and that the throne of this son would be established forever.
...him, and built a temple to the LORD, so Jesus built a temple to the LORD. The difference was that Solomon's temple was a building, and Jesus' temple was
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...o how they refer to themselves generally as a movement. If you are "'''in the message'''" then you consider yourself a true follower of William Branham a
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...s arriving in Finland on April 14, 1950. William Branham is at the top of the stairs.]]
==Concerns with the story==
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...on the cross as a man.<ref>William Branham, 65-0418M - It Is The Rising Of The Sun, para. 241</ref>
Does the Bible teach this?
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==What were the Seven Visions==
...eculiar that this section is headed, 'What were the visions?' rather than 'The visions were' but determining exactly what they were, turns out not to be
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...ontrary to William Branham's claims, no tiara has ever been inscribed with the phrase Vicarius Filii Dei.]]
...Vatican in Rome and had seen the following inscription above the throne of the Pope - VICARIVS FILII DEI.
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Message followers often tell us that they will not look at the evidence because they have been called to "only believe".
But what does the Bible say we should look at?
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...l doing, as unto a faithful Creator. ... Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: <br> Casting all you
..., bringing glory to God when we bless those who persecute us. Eventually, the love of God will eliminate suffering.
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...ge Tract printed before 1977, the year William Branham's followers thought the world would end.]]
[[ William Branham]] believed that the world would end in 1977.
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...t to any organization, church or man as having special status or a lock on the truth.
...for a statement of the basic truths that we hold to we would refer you to the [http://www.lausanne.org/en/documents/lausanne-covenant.html Lausanne Coven
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...-the-2020-debate-part-4/ here to listen to part 4 of the Debate on the Off The Shelf podcast].
{{The 2020 Debate}}
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=The following Christians all believed in the doctrine of the Trinity=
...u will die in your sins." A revelation!<ref>65-0725M, The Anointed Ones At The End Time</ref>
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...re Christians required to tithe?]]''' and '''[[Financial accountability in the message|Financial accountability]]'''
#The local church was sovereign
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...nt is recalled, as God addresses the Hebrew king as ‘priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.’
In later literature, Melchizedek is regarded as an ideal priest-king and, in the Dead Sea Scrolls, as a heavenly judge.
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=Did William Branham travel around the world seven times?=
...issue. There are minor occurrences in the Old Testament but this is under the new covenant.
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...and grace? '''Why did William Branham teach that Jesus came to "magnify" the law?''' (related video: [[Fallen From Grace]])
William Branham taught that if you obey the law this means you are not under the law:
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...takes a close examination of the altar calls that still remain unedited on the recorded sermons from 1947 to 1965.
...life. But it also was a measurable statistic for the success or failure of the conversions to this new gospel he proclaimed.
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...dding:1px; margin:1px;"><font color='#800000' size='+1'>'''The Prophecy of the Cloud'''.</font> </div>
[[Image:Cloud-Large.jpg|370px|right|thumb|Page 112 of the May 1963 edition of Life Magazine]]
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...e claiming that William Branham predicted the COVID-19 pandemic that swept the globe in 2020. Is this true?
=The prophetic quote?=
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...llment of Malachi 4:5-6. This is a foundational doctrine of [[The Message|the message]].
...ountless people email us asking the question: '''''"If Bro. Branham wasn't the fulfillment of Malachi 4:5, then who is?"'''''
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...ting in Arizona, and how he received an angelic commission to preach about the Seven Seals.
=Why Are The Seven Seals Important?=
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The following is the testimony of Jennifer Hamilton published in January 2016.
...that everything I believed in all my life might be a distorted version of the truth was scary. To have ministers admit that they covered up discrepancie
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...t-align:left; padding:1px; margin:1px;"><font color='#800000' size='+1'>'''The Prophecies of William Branham's Death'''.</font> </div>
''In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.'' (2 Cor 1
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Bill Ivy is the pastor of Living Word Tabernacle, a message church in Gibson, Missouri.
On December 24, 2019, he posted an article on the website of Living Word Tabernacle which we strongly disagree with. While h
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...to articles on various doctrines taught by William Branham with respect to the nature of God.
Godhead means “the nature of God”<ref name="Godhead">The following Greek words are translated into English as '''Godhead''':
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=Question 9 - The Mother Eagle=
...intop to watch them. Later, as a storm approached, she flew back down into the valley and took her eaglets back onto her wings and flew them to a place of
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...tions on these initial questions but want to get the substantive issues on the table first. I have been quite busy which has delayed me in sending my nex
=Question 3 - The Brown Bear Vision=
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William Branham believed that when he spoke "Thus saith the Lord" that God was obligated to carry out what William Branham said.
...ot your recorders here, if you want to see what He says. Said, "THUS SAITH THE LORD, you're healed of that stomach trouble."''
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=Question 31 - What is the significance of a Seven-Lettered Name?=
...aying and doing. I believe the third option, obviously. And if you believe the third option, you can find his exaggerations likewise have a sincere motive
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=William Branham's version of the story=
...lace, but his mound is nothing but a snake mound. And no matter, even into the fall and winter, serpents still crawl from his grave. A memorial! God forbi
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...reator of the world.<ref>Philip Schaff and David Schley Schaff, History of the Christian Church, vol. 3 (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1910), 649.<
...Jesus Christ. It is clear that Lee Vayle took his doctrine directly from the teachings of William Branham.
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The Off The Shelf podcast did a [http://offtheshelf.life/podcast/episode-42-how-to-defe
Pastor Gwena responded in a series of comments on the podcast website, which we have provided for our readers below. We have als
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...e this might not be generally problematic, it is when it is done to change the meaning of scripture.
1 John 5:6-9 in the KJV reads as follows:
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...eat every part of the lamb before sunrise - or every firstborn would face the Angel of Death.
...be led as a ''"lamb to the slaughter"'', and John the Baptist called Jesus the ''"Lamb of God"''.
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...unders Inspiration" or simply the "Inspiration"'''). He was the pastor of the Local Christian Assembly Church on 70th Avenue in Forest Hills, New York (Q
...n New York City. however, it is generally acknowledged that leadership of the movement now resides in Kevin Blewett and David Musgrove.
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Ex-message followers who are atheists may state the following:
.... Science is the only way of gaining knowledge about reality. It tells us the physical world is all there is.”
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...in top to watch them. Then as a storm approached, she flew back down into the valley and took her eaglets back onto her wings and flew them to a place of
...oung eagles climbed onto her wings. She then flew down into a valley with the chicks on her wings.
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Did William Branham understand the biblical concept of the providence of God?
=What do we mean by the "Providence of God"?=
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...raid of him.<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 200
=The "One Mistake" rule of Deuteronomy 18=
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...0's and throughout the 1920's, and ran for the office of the President for the Prohibition Party in 1932.
...yed for Upshaw, who was instantly healed, and had full use of his legs for the remainder of his life.
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One of the controversial teachings of William Branham is the subject of [[Marriage and Divorce]].
William Branham was of the view that the following were grounds for a man to divorce his wife:
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..., it was illegal to manufacture, transport, or sell alcoholic beverages in the United States.
...t a voice spoke to him as a child, while he was hauling water used to cool the still, and said: ''"Don't ever drink, or smoke, or defile your body in any
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.... He believed his faith was perfect. And he believed that magicians have the same kind of faith.
But that is not the New Testament version of faith.
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=The Debate=
...Rod Bergen from the Off The Shelf podcast and the BelieveTheSign website). The discussion was moderated by C. Jay Cox and Tim Kraus.
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...is from a talk that [[Joseph Branham]] gave in Arizona in 2004 with Catch The Vision Tour (obtained from WMB1.com).
...See that's the promise. And if I got to stumble I want to stumble here in the flesh. God knows that. He knows that I can fail Him and that I'll make mist
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|Jesus said '''''"Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."''''' Below is an excerpt from David Martyn Lloyd-Jones se
[[Image:Baptism Sakhalin.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The joy of Baptism in Sakhalin Island, Russia: a clean heart and identification
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...g those mistakes but rather look at when he was under the "anointing" when the "Angel" was standing beside him.
The following is one of the more disturbing issues that I have found.
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|And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
=Examination of the Seventh Seal=
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...at all subsequent generations would call her blessed, and Jesus was called the "son of Mary" by others around him.
...al child birth, and by this, God became a kinsman with Adam's race through the Son of God, Christ Jesus.
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...g and vindication of William Branham are under intense scrutiny. People in the message are asking questions and are not satisfied with being ignored.
...e that are questioning the message that there is a deeper understanding of the Gospel and a closer relationship with Jesus Christ that is available for th
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...rd vision, William Branham witnessed Germany building a concrete line, and the deaths of many American soldiers on this line. [[Image:Hitler6.jpg|right|2
==Retelling of the 1933 Prophecy==
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...he message and the not-so-special sons and daughters that just believe the Bible?
What does the Bible teach on this issue?
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...Spirit." The Bible records that the apostles baptized all new converts in the name of Jesus Christ.
[[Image:Baptism Siberia.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Baptism in Siberia through the ice]]
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==William Branham the Hunter==
During his sermon on the [[Sixth Seal]], William Branham takes the time to lash out critically at big-game hunters:
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...Instead, he chose to give up his royal privileges and become a servant of the King of kings, and a missionary to Scotland.<ref>{{Wikipedia Reference}}</r
...es from Clarence Larkin]] including virtually all of the supposed dates of the seven ages. Clarence Larkin's exact words were as follows:
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...his is a response to a supposed prophecy that William Branham made "before the fact."
In 1962, William Branham related the story of the prophecy of Joseph Branham's birth by stating:
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[[Image:Cloud-Large.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Page 112 of the May 1963 edition of Life Magazine]]
...AZ and remained sunlit for 28 minutes after sunset. It was highlighted in the [[Life Magazine May1963 (Page 112)|May 1963 edition of Life Magazine]]. In
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...ch he had found to be a Biblical example. The Protestants in Georgia said the following about John Wesley:
:''"The people… say they are Protestants. But as for you, they cannot tell what r
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...aul wrote that he was not taught the Gospel by anyone, but received it "by the revelation of Jesus Christ".
...cast out devils, and preached the Gospel of Jesus Christ to believers and the heathen.
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...-the-2020-debate-part-2/ here to listen to part 2 of the Debate on the Off The Shelf podcast].
{{The 2020 Debate}}
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...pisode-72-debate-part-6/ here to listen to part 6 of the Debate on the Off The Shelf podcast].
{{The 2020 Debate}}
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People in the message have said to us when confronted with errors in William Branham's me
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...f Man]], the [[Son of God]], the Son of the Blessed, the son of peace, and the [[Son of Mary]].
...o hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what [is] his name, '''and what [is] his son's name''', if thou cans
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...also said that prophecy was fulfilled when John F. Kennedy was elected and the women's vote caused him to be elected.[[Image:800px-National Association Ag
==Problems with the Prophecy==
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...ories that were experienced by ex-message believers while in [[The Message|the Message]].
...g true stories raise serious questions about the integrity of ministers in the message.
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#believed the doctrine of the Trinity from the start of his ministry until 1958;
#rejected the doctrine of the Trinity sometime in 1958
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...hen I discovered how far from the truth William Branham's version was from the actual events.
...nstantly healed, rose from his wheelchair and had full use of his legs for the remainder of his life.
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William Branham said this about how he received the revelation of the sixth seal:
...that I had to walk completely out in the yard''', just walk around, out in the yard a little while. That’s right. '''It just simply almost took my breat
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...the church would go through prior to the coming of the Lord. But does the Bible teach this?
=What the Bible says=
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...just stand up and tell us who he is, and his lovely little lady there, and the next brother.”
...eged to be here. And I'm... Brother Roger and me live in Kansas, travel on the field, as an evangelist, telling, 'Jesus saves, heals, by faith in Jesus...
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...is a response to his letter from Luca Freeman, a former Message believer (the complete text of his letter can be found [[A Biographer Answers Critics of
...William Branham, and in doing so, a defense of his own book, Supernatural: The Life of William Branham.
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=Question 33 - The The Prophecy of the Seven Angels=
...over relates to William Branham's vision prior to him giving the series on the seven seals.
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This article examines the response of people in the message to the failed visions.
=The use of red herring arguments by message followers=
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=Jason Watkins' Defense of the Message=
...no formal theological training, which is a badge of honor in [[The Message|the message]].
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...the most destructive concepts taught by William Branham was his concept of the new birth, which was something that you had to earn by your conduct.
...on was made up of Justification, Sanctification and finally the Baptism of the Holy Ghost.
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William Branham believed that the following were [[Grounds for Divorce in the Message|grounds for divorce]] for Christians:
*If the wife cuts her hair;
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...paper, all discarded efforts to put on paper something I could share with the people I one time preached to.
...icing the fragile emotions of people while they dig their feet deeply into the soil of their steadfast opinions.
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...s is a list of all of the recent pages that have been added (just click on the links):
*Added an article on [[The real problem with the Nicene Council]]
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...ght|250px|William, Billy Paul, Rebekah (with cut hair) and Meda Branham in the 1950s.]]
...the easiest way to identify women that are followers of William Branham is the length of their hair and their mode of dress.
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...n about a tent. (See the article on the [[Heavenly Vision]] to learn about the first tent vision.)]]
...es the vision is in January 1956. He indicated the vision was "Thus Saith The Lord."
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=Question 14 (ABM) - What if a person rejects the message?=
This further question is a natural progression from Question 13 - What is the message?.
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...cast down reasoning''". The problem is that there is no scripture in the Bible that states this. Was William Branham adding to scripture? Is there any s
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=Question 30 - The Mans from Windsor=
...e to ask the question – did it actually ever occur? Personally, given all the changes, I don’t think it did. And if it did, why did he change it to ma
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William Branham was all over the map on what he believed and what he preached. So it is not surprising that
...He loves me. So there we are; we're all one together in Christ Jesus.<ref>THE.CHILDREN.OF.ISRAEL_ PHOENIX.AZ 47-1123</ref>
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! Church Age Book statement of the vision
...apron. With this vision I saw the terrible perversion and moral plight of the whole world.
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...ould expect that his healing ministry would be similar to that of Jesus or the apostles.
...was healed that Jesus prayed for. We read this in a number of passages in the Gospels:
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...s-155 - Br Br - seated with Bible.jpg|200px|right|thumb|William Branham in the 1940's, still with hair.]]
|'''The Commission''' <br> [http://en.believethesign.com/images/b/be/The_Simple_Tru
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...that were fulfilled in the life and ministry of Jesus, identifying him as the Christ.
|width="45%"|But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to
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...effersonville, Indiana, during which time he introduced William Branham to the Pentecostal religion.
"I am the minister who received Brother Branham into the first Pentecostal assembly he ever frequented. I baptized him, and was his
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'''Is it possible for Christians to honestly celebrate the birth of Christ on December 25th?'''
...e family traditions founded on love while not worrying about how others in the past may have had a different focus.
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