Condensed List of Issues with the Message: Difference between revisions
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#[[The Brown Bear Vision|Why did William Branham say "Thus Saith The Lord" that he would shoot a large brown bear, when he didn't?]] | #[[The Brown Bear Vision|Why did William Branham say "Thus Saith The Lord" that he would shoot a large brown bear, when he didn't?]] | ||
#[[The Vision of the Meetings in South Africa|Why did the vision that William Branham had of the meetings in south Africa fail to be fulfilled?]] | #[[The Vision of the Meetings in South Africa|Why did the vision that William Branham had of the meetings in south Africa fail to be fulfilled?]] | ||
#[[Heavenly Vision| | #[[Heavenly Vision|Why did William Branham's original commissioning vision disappear?]] | ||
#[[Prophecy of the Cloud]] | #[[Prophecy of the Cloud|Why did William Branham change the vision of the angels appearing?]] | ||
#[[The Marilyn Monroe Vision]] | #[[The Marilyn Monroe Vision|Was William Branham's vision of Marilyn Monroe's death accurate?]] | ||
#[[Prophecy|The <strike>Seven</strike> Nine Visions of 1933]] | #[[Prophecy|The <strike>Seven</strike> Nine Visions of 1933]] | ||
##[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] | ##[[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Why did William Branham prophecy that America would start World War 2?]] | ||
##[[Mussolini invades Ethiopia]] | ##[[Mussolini invades Ethiopia||Was Mussloni's invasion of Ethiopia really his last invasion?]] | ||
##[[Hitler and WWII]]''' | ##[[Hitler and WWII|Why did William Branham's prophecy of Hitler change over time?]]''' | ||
##[[Russia and the three ...isms]] | ##[[Russia and the three ...isms|Did Facism, Nazisim and Communism really unite into Communism?]] | ||
##[[Driverless Cars]] | ##[[Driverless Cars|Did an advertisement for driverless cars precede William Branham's prophecy?]] | ||
##[[Morality| | ##[[Morality|Are women really going to wear a fig leaf apron and go topless?]] | ||
##[[Women's Suffrage| | ##[[Women's Suffrage|Did women elect the wrong person or was it the men's vote?]] | ||
##[[Rise of a Woman in America]] | ##[[Rise of a Woman in America|Why did William Branham sat that the prophecy of the rise of the cruel woman in America was already fulfilled?]] | ||
##[[America in Ashes]] | ##[[America in Ashes|Why did William Branham change his prophecy of the destruction of America?]] | ||
#[[The Alaska Earthquake]] | #[[The Alaska Earthquake|Was the prophecy of the 1964 Alaska earthquake made after the fact?]] | ||
#[[Third Pull| | #[[Third Pull|What is the Third Pull? Was it prophetic?]] | ||
#[[Man and the moon| | #[[Man and the moon|Why did William Branham say that man would never land on the moon... but the communists might?]] | ||
#[[New Albany Prophecy]] | #[[New Albany Prophecy|Did William Branham really prophecy where he would live?]] | ||
#[[Ohio River flood of 1937|Ohio river flood]] | #[[Ohio River flood of 1937|Why did William Branham mention the Ohio river flood years before he told of his prophecy without saying anything about it?]] | ||
#[[The Pillar of Fire]] | #[[The Pillar of Fire|Did the Pillar of Fire really appear above William Branham's head in Houston? Why did other pictures from that evening appear in the newspaper, when he said his picture was the only one that turned out?]] | ||
#[[Kari Holma | #[[Kari Holma|Why did William Branham's story of the boy raised from the dead in Finland differ so dramatically from the other people that were there?]] | ||
#[[Plum and Apple Trees| | #[[Plum and Apple Trees|If the vision of the Plum and Apple Trees was from God, why did William Branham change his mind about it in 1965?]] | ||
#[[World Council of Churches]] | #[[World Council of Churches|Was the prophecy of the World Council of Churches accurate?]] | ||
#[[Destruction of Los Angeles]] | #[[Destruction of Los Angeles||Why is Los Angeles still standing if Billy Paul is an old man?]] | ||
#[[Nikita Khrushchev|Khrushchev and Eisenhower]] | #[[Nikita Khrushchev|was the meeting of Nikita Khrushchev and Dwuight Eisenhower the fulfillment of Daniel chapter 2?]] | ||
#Florida under water | #Florida under water | ||
#[[Destruction of the Vatican]] | #[[Destruction of the Vatican|Will Russia destroy the Vatican?]] | ||
#[[The Seventh Angel is on the Earth at Christ's Coming]] | #[[The Seventh Angel is on the Earth at Christ's Coming|Was William Branham's death before the Rapture a failed prophecy?]] | ||
#[[Racial Violence in America]] | #[[Racial Violence in America|Why did William Branham prophecy that Martin Luther King, Jr. would cause the death of millions, when this didn't happen?]] | ||
#[[Was the birth of Joseph Branham foretold]] | #[[Was the birth of Joseph Branham foretold]] | ||
#[[The Seventh Angel is on the Earth at Christ's Coming]] | #[[The Seventh Angel is on the Earth at Christ's Coming]] |
Revision as of 05:04, 1 July 2014
A number of years ago, we received a sincere question in an email regarding the message of William Branham. We diligently tried to answer the question, but the results of our research raised a lot more questions. We spent several years researching these issues which in turn only raised more questions. Our biggest problem was that no one in our church was prepared to sincerely consider our questions and try to answer them. We talked to many well known ministers that also followed William Branham, but they didn't have any answers either. A few of the more honest ministers actually admitted that we had stumbled onto some questions that they couldn't answer (at least in a way that reflected positively on William Branham). So we kept searching for answers. What was important to us was the Bible and it has always been our sincere desire to follow Christ regardless of the cost. That is more important to us than family, friends or work. Our questions were driven by our desire to know Jesus Christ in his death, burial and resurrection. What does the Bible say about sincere questions?The Book of Acts contains numerous examples of Paul reasoning with the Jews in their synagogues about the Messiah. Paul was dealing with tough questions being put to him by Jews that did not believe the message of Christ. When someone comes to us with a tough question, how are we supposed to respond?
I am not sure why those in our church did not seem to believe or practice this verse, but we have found this attitude through out the message - message believers refuse to answer, or even discuss, our questions in an open and honest manner. Our list of questionsThe following is a master list of all of the issues and problems that have been raised by us and others in respect to William Branham and his message. The purpose of this list is to provide a short concise summary of all known issues that can be used as a quick reference guide when discussing these concerns. Our aim is to provide a detailed explanation for each problem, and the research we have uncovered, when you click on them. To the extent that the specific problem does not link to anything, it simply means we have not had the time to research the issue as yet. OUR PROMISE - If you are aware of any errors/problems/concerns that are not on this list, please let us know by email or by a message to us on our Facebook page. We will correct any factual errors as quickly as possible. Step One - Take a deep breathIf you are a message believer, the list below is frightening. You may get angry. Some have become physically ill. They are going to raise a lot of questions. But please just take your time. Think about the questions that we are asking and the facts that we are presenting (click on the highlighted text to go to the specific research on an issue). We are not expecting you to believe anything just because we are saying it. But what we have done is to provide all of the facts, quotes and references necessary to back up all of our research and observations. Study these things out for yourself. If you can find any errors in our research, we will change the information on our website - please, just let us know about it. To the extent anyone in the message has sought to provide us with an explanation for, or specific solution to, a problem or concern that we have raised, we have listed these in the discussion of the issue. There have not been a lot of explanations to date that have been sent to us, and most of them are easily identified as being the product of Cognitive Dissonance (if you don't know what that is, please click on the link). Finally, don't be afraid. The opposite of love is not hate, but fear. If you have doubts, they need to be resolved, and the only way to do that is to find out the truth. We wished that we had known these things years ago. And we are presenting them here so that you don't have to spend the years researching these issues that we did. Problems with Prophecies and VisionsWe have been unable to locate a single unambiguous prophecy that was made in advance in a public forum (on tape) and that was later clearly fulfilled. However, there are numerous examples of visions that were made publicly which failed (were not fulfilled) and prophecies that changed drastically over time. If you click on the individual lines below, they will take you to a detailed explanation of each issue.
General Credibility IssuesThe Bible plainly tells us what is expected of Christian leaders:
William Branham portrayed himself as a simple, honest, uneducated man who was sent from God as a prophet to fore-run the second coming of Christ. However, many of the stories that he told have been proven to be untrue and many of the doctrines that he said he received directly from God were, in fact, plagiarized from other ministers. If you click on the individual items below, they will take you to a detailed explanation of each issue.
Doctrinal/Biblical IssuesWilliam Branham departed significantly from the plain meaning of scripture in many things that he taught. If you click on the individual items below, they will take you to a detailed explanation of each issue.
Other Issues Relating to William Branham's Message
Doctrinal/Biblical Issues Taught by Message ChurchesThese doctrines may not have been taught directly by William Branham (or at least we have not found quotes yet) but are widely held by Message ministers/believers and are taught in a variety of message churches (please note that they may not be found in all message churches).
Message believers don't believe these WMB teachingsThere are a few things that William Braham taught that followers of William Branham simply do not believe in any practical sense.
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