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=Problems with the prophecy= | =Problems with the prophecy= | ||
====Check it yourself!==== | |||
Peter M. Duyzer, the author of a biography on William Branham, contacted Mr. Warren Schimpff, the owner of the store whose “red-hots,” or candies, WMB bought in his day. | |||
:''When asked, Mr. Schimpff graciously consented to personally measure the still-existing water marks on his building. He said, “[T]he water went to the middle of the 2nd story windows & as best as I could measure with a long tape measure, the 1937 high water mark was 222 or 223 inches above the sidewalk [Approx 18’- 6”- PMD]. WMB stated it was “Thus saith the Lord, 22 feet to the inch, exactly.” How could the Lord be off in his measurements by 3’-6” or almost 20%?'' <ref>Legend of the Fall, Chapter 16, by Peter M. Duyzer [http://wmbranham.net/Page19.html] </ref> | |||
====No mention of a prophecy until 1951==== | |||
The first time that William Branham mentioned this prophecy was on July 17, 1951 many years after the flood took place. There is no independent evidence that he prophesied this flood in advance of it happening. | The first time that William Branham mentioned this prophecy was on July 17, 1951 many years after the flood took place. There is no independent evidence that he prophesied this flood in advance of it happening. | ||
It is interesting that he mentions the 1937 Ohio River flood on several occasions in 1950 and 1951 prior to his claiming to have predicted the flood. '''Given the import of this so-called prediction, we find this failure to mention the prophecy quite telling.''' | It is interesting that he mentions the 1937 Ohio River flood on several occasions in 1950 and 1951 prior to his claiming to have predicted the flood. '''Given the import of this so-called prediction, we find this failure to mention the prophecy quite telling.''' | ||
=Photographs of the Ohio river flood of 1937= | |||
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