Morality
In June 1933, William Branham experienced a series of 7 prophetic visions. The fifth vision dealt with the morality of America, and the World. Just as scientific advancement was represented by a car in the fourth vision, the decline of morality was represented by women in the fifth vision. William Branham saw women cutting their hair, acting and dressing like men, and finally almost completely abandoning their garments. This vision is being fulfilled. The last part of this prophecy began to be fulfilled with the invention of the Bikini by fashion designer Jacques Heim in Paris in 1946. Instead of the U.S.A banning this garment, it was promoted by the film industry, and today is accepted by most Christian Americans as acceptable beachwear. The apron-only style garment at the end of the prophecy is much like the autonomous car of the fourth vision - mainstream production and acceptance of this product has not begun, yet, but it exists and can be seen in magazines and advertisements. The U.S.A. remains one of the few "Christian" nations not to allow topless bathing (although unoffically acceptable in certain areas). In many European nations and Australia, public topless bathing is common today. William Branham's prophecy suggests that the U.S.A.'s moral laws will go the way of prohibition. 1964 retelling of 1933 prophesy
Taken from "The Church Age Book", Chapter 9, William Branham Moral Decay of the Modern WomanThe cigarette advertisement of the 1970's “You’ve come a long way, Baby” suggests that women have gained greater freedom and liberty than that posessed by their grandmothers. Being chaste and modest were seen as positive character traits at the start of the 20th century, while the young 21st century woman is typically independant and sexually active. Women have indeed come a long way - but not necessarily in the right direction. 1930's: The great depressionDuring the depression of the 1930's, most skirts were fashioned to the ankles. In Hollywood, the self-regulating Hays Office began censoring movies so that content-controlling federal laws would not be implemented. Hollywood's influence continued to impact fashion (in 1932 Macy's in New York sold 500,000 replicas of the dress Joan Crawford wore in the movie "Letty Lynton"), and photographs of actresses Marlene Dietrich and Katharine Hepburn in trousers helped make pants acceptable for women. New fabrics were developed during this time, and women's underwear changed from corsets and bindings, to form-fitting garments. These garments and designs would become the fasionable outwear of later generations. World War IIAs war raged across the world, women were encouraged to help their country by working full-time in the factories. With this change of lifestyle, many children were sent to daycares, and trousers for women (promoted by Hollywood in the 1930s) were integrated into the working woman's wardrobe. Pin-ups became popular for enlisted men, showing an overall acceptance by the male population of the glorification of the female body. 1950sThe typical 1950s American girl wore a wide mid-calf length skirt, and a modest top. In 1957, Brigitte Bardot (who attempted suicide numerous times) wore a bikini in the movie "And God Created Woman" and created a market for the bikini as swimwear in the United States. The popularity of wide skirts continued, while the same women now wore bikinis on the beach. Meanwhile, Hollywood introduced the miniskirt in cinemas (Anne Francis, 1956, Forbidden Planet). 1960s & 1970sThe 1950s had produced a comfortable living for many families, and some of children grew up to hate the materialistic ways of their parents. The popular response to the Vietnam War, with protests and draft-dodging, marked a widespread rebellion of the youth from the "call of duty" that their parents had. Music became the largest influence in the pop culture, with John Lennon saying that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus". All taboos and restraints of the past were erased, and another sexual revolution began that stretched the moral fibers of America with free sex, drugs, and Rock'n'roll.
Germaine Greer, a prominent and provocative feminist, wrote in 1969 that The women kept on dancing while their long skirts crept up, and their girdles dissolved...and their clothes withered away to the mere wisps and ghosts of draperies to adorn and glorify... [2] 1980s - 1990sGirls of the 80s and 90s tended to know more about sex than even their mothers. "At this moment in our history, young women develop physically earlier than ever before, but they do so within a society that does not protect or nurture them in ways that were once a hallmark of American life." [1] As capitalism and the economy were doing well, many parents had little time for their families as they pursued the elusive dream of wealth and prestige.
In 1992 an Appeals court in the state of New York ruled that women have the same right as men to go topless.
21st CenturyAmerica has become desensitized to sex and exposure, and nothing seems to shock. Hemline tattoos are popular for young women, along with low-rise jeans, vulgar slogans, body piercings and self-mutilation. Virginity is seen as a sign of weakness, and homosexuality is accepted among teenagers.
In 2007 a woman was awarded a $29,000 settlement from the City of New York for being arrested (and being subject to 12 hours in custody and a psychiatric evaluation) after walking topless in New York City in 2005. [4] In 2008, Oprah Winfrey introducted the world to Thomas Beatie and his wife. "Mr." Beatie, formerly a Hawaiian model named Ms. Tracy Lagondin, was artificially inseminated through an anonymous donor, and gave birth naturally to a baby girl. If Biblical language were used to discribe this situation, it would be a mix of "sodomy" and "prostitution". However, this new-age family was presented as the new "normal" by the media. [5] You wouldn't expect a child raised in the area around Chernobyl (Russia) to grow into a healthy adult, free from the side effects of nuclear radiation. Likewise, you wouldn't expect a child raised in front of an American television to grow into a mentally healthy adult, free from the side effects of murder, lust and lies. The "inconvenient truth" of the 21st century is the fallout from the moral pollution of America. Footnotes
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