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:''And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign?'' (Mark 8:11-12)
:''And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign?'' (Mark 8:11-12)
The Samaritan woman who met Jesus at the well ran into town yelling "Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?" (John 4:29).  While this woman was actively looking for a sign that the Messiah had come, she was part of an adulterous generation. 




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:''There shall no sign be given unto this generation.'' (Mark 8:11-12)
:''There shall no sign be given unto this generation.'' (Mark 8:11-12)
If discernment is the sign of the Messiah...then shouldn't also resurrection be an even greater sign? Perhaps William Branham did have the gift of discernment, but he certainly did not have the gift of resurrection.  Unlike Jesus, William Branham was not the Christ.  No matter how long they delayed his funeral and memorial service, he did not resurrect.  The truth is that Jesus himself pointed only to the coming resurrection as the sign that Messiah had come.




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#Messiah would ascend to heaven. (Psalms 24:7-10)
#Messiah would ascend to heaven. (Psalms 24:7-10)
#Messiah would be a sacrifice for sin. (Isaiah 53:5-12)
#Messiah would be a sacrifice for sin. (Isaiah 53:5-12)
==Did Jesus have the gift of discernment?==
William Branham told people that he saw visions into people's lives, just like Jesus saw visions into people's lives.  Those who excuse William Branham's support of ministers such as Jim Jones, Paul Cain, Paulaseer Laurie, 




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==What William Branham taught==


William Branham said
 
Jesus arrived at a town of Samaritans and spoke with a woman who was living in adultery. After their short conversation the woman went into the town calling out "Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?" (John 4:29).  The only Biblical evidence there is that the "sign of the Messiah" could be discernment...was the claim of an adulterous woman.