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=Problems with the prophecy= | =Problems with the prophecy= | ||
If L.A. ever sinks, it may not be clear whether it is the result of William Branham's prophecy, Joe Brandt's prophecy, or the result of the scientific findings published in Time and elsewhere. | If L.A. ever sinks, it may not be clear whether it is the result of William Branham's prophecy, Joe Brandt's prophecy, or the result of the scientific findings published in Time and elsewhere. | ||
[[File:800px-Capernaum ruins by David Shankbone.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Capernaum - And it's not under water]] | [[File:800px-Capernaum ruins by David Shankbone.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Capernaum - And it's not under water]] | ||
==Capernaum never sank== | ==Capernaum never sank== | ||
Why does William Branham compare the sinking of Los Angeles to the sinking of Capernaum when, in fact Capernaum did not sink? Rather, it was simply abandoned, and its ruins are on the shore of the sea of Galilee to this day. | Why does William Branham compare the sinking of Los Angeles to the sinking of Capernaum when, in fact Capernaum did not sink? Rather, it was simply abandoned, and its ruins are on the shore of the sea of Galilee to this day. | ||
== | ==Los Angeles was too sink soon after== | ||
In 1965, while relating a story about the Alaska earthquake, William Branham stated that Los Angeles would sink shortly thereafter - ''In a few days a great earthquake's going to strike on the west. And it won't stop. California, Los Angeles will sink. It's going down.'' | |||
Note that this certainly seems like a failed prophesy. He said that the Alaska earthquake in 1964 was going to be the start of a series of earthquakes culminating with Los Angeles sinking. But nothing of significance followed the Alaskan earthquake. | |||
==Joe Brandt's Prophecy== | |||
On December 25, 1965 a man named Joe Brandt gave a stack of old papers containing a prophecy he claimed to have written 1937 to Jessica Madigan, who published the series of dreams in a book called "Prophecies of Tomorrow" in 1966. Living Waters magazine then reproduced this prophecy in June 1969.[http://www.tucsontabernacle.com/images/stories/pdf/tracts/1937-california-earthquake-dream-of-joe-brandt.pdf] William Branham would therefore have been unaware of this earlier prophecy, which is much more specific in its details. | On December 25, 1965 a man named Joe Brandt gave a stack of old papers containing a prophecy he claimed to have written 1937 to Jessica Madigan, who published the series of dreams in a book called "Prophecies of Tomorrow" in 1966. Living Waters magazine then reproduced this prophecy in June 1969.[http://www.tucsontabernacle.com/images/stories/pdf/tracts/1937-california-earthquake-dream-of-joe-brandt.pdf] William Branham would therefore have been unaware of this earlier prophecy, which is much more specific in its details. | ||
==Documented cases of land sinking prior to 1965== | ==Documented cases of land sinking prior to 1965== | ||
The risk of LA sinking was well known and discussed in scientific and popular culture, as evidenced by the April 1, 1957 issue of Time Magazine[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,867597,00.html] that reported on | |||
The concept of a great earthquake in California and part of it sliding into the ocean was not a new | |||
concept initiated by Brother Branham. The risk of LA sinking was well known and discussed in scientific and popular culture, as evidenced by the April 1, 1957 issue of Time Magazine<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,867597,00.html Time Magazine - April 1, 1957]</ref> that reported on the partial sinking of Long Beach in the 1950s. This sinking was blamed on the excessive drilling in the area. It is also well known that Los Angeles lies on the 'ocean-side' of the San Andreas Fault. In this regard, the sinking of Los Angeles may still happen, as the instabililty of the land was well know and documented before William Branham's prophecy. | |||
==Pearry Green's Testimony== | ==Pearry Green's Testimony== | ||
Pearry Green wrote the following on page 119 of his book "Acts Of The Prophet", with regards to a statement William Branham made to his son, Billy Paul: ''"Billy, I may not be here but you won't be an old man until sharks will swim right where we are standing."'' While Billy Paul is alive today, his birthday is September 13, 1935 (i.e., he will turn 80 years old in 2015). | Pearry Green wrote the following on page 119 of his book "Acts Of The Prophet", with regards to a statement William Branham made to his son, Billy Paul: ''"Billy, I may not be here but you won't be an old man until sharks will swim right where we are standing."'' While Billy Paul is alive today, his birthday is September 13, 1935 (i.e., he will turn 80 years old in 2015). | ||
=The Honeycomb and the Sandbar= | =The Honeycomb and the Sandbar= | ||
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''Since that earthquake, there is a two or three-inch crack that come in the earth, starting in Alaska, | '''''Since that earthquake, there is a two or three-inch crack that come in the earth, starting in Alaska, | ||
goes around through the Aleutian Islands, comes out about a hundred and fifty or two hundred miles in | goes around through the Aleutian Islands, comes out about a hundred and fifty or two hundred miles in | ||
the sea, comes back up at San Diego; takes in California, or Los Angeles, and comes out again just below | the sea, comes back up at San Diego; takes in California, or Los Angeles''', and comes out again just below | ||
the northern part of California there, a little place called San Jose, just below there. And this scientist was | the northern part of California there, a little place called San Jose, just below there. And this scientist was | ||
speaking, being on a interview. We was watching on television. And he said, "Beneath that is just a | speaking, being on a interview. We was watching on television. And he said, "Beneath that is just a | ||
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clapped like a great thunder, went back up in the skies again, and come down again, and done that three | clapped like a great thunder, went back up in the skies again, and come down again, and done that three | ||
times. And when it was all over, they come over and asked, "What did it mean?" I said, "I don't want to | times. And when it was all over, they come over and asked, "What did it mean?" I said, "I don't want to | ||
tell you, it was a judgment sign. In a few days a great earthquake's going to strike on the west. And it | tell you, it was a judgment sign. In a few days a great earthquake's going to strike on the west. '''And it | ||
won't stop. California, Los Angeles will sink. It's going down. It'll slide right into the ocean." And two days | won't stop. California, Los Angeles will sink. It's going down. It'll slide right into the ocean.'''" And two days | ||
after that, the Alaskan earthquake shook Alaska. And then, the last meeting I had in California, while | after that, the Alaskan earthquake shook Alaska. And then, the last meeting I had in California, while | ||
speaking, and didn't know nothing happened till I got on the street, It told California, said--said, | speaking, and didn't know nothing happened till I got on the street, It told California, said--said, | ||
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in Sodom that's been done in you, it would've been standing till this day." Now, the last few days, the | in Sodom that's been done in you, it would've been standing till this day." Now, the last few days, the | ||
great roaring and popping.<ref>WORKS_IS_FAITH_EXPRESSED SHREVEPORT_LA 11-26-65</ref> | great roaring and popping.<ref>WORKS_IS_FAITH_EXPRESSED SHREVEPORT_LA 11-26-65</ref> | ||
''Look here! Do you know what the Lord says about Los Angeles and these places here? "She's gone!" You remember what I told you, about two years ago, how that earthquake would come in Canada up here, Alaska? I also tell you that "Hollywood and Los Angeles is sliding into the ocean. California, you're doomed! Not only California; but you, world, you're doomed! Church, unless you get right with God, you're doomed!" THUS SAITH THE HOLY SPIRIT! | |||
''Have you ever heard me use that Name unless it come to pass? Ask you! You've known me twenty years. Did I ever tell you anything in the Name of the Lord but what come to pass? If everything I've ever told you would happen, happened, say "Amen." [Congregation says, "Amen!"--Ed.] See? I tell you, now is the hour, you better be getting right, all of us.<ref>LEADERSHIP COVINA.CA 65-1207</ref> | |||
=Footnotes= | =Footnotes= | ||