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William Branham claimed he saw a series of eight prophetic visions in June 1933, which he also claimed to write down in an old book. In the seventh vision, a woman rose to great power in America. William Branham was not sure whether the "Woman" in this vision was a physical woman, or a religious power such as the Catholic Church. | William Branham claimed he saw a series of eight prophetic visions in June 1933, which he also claimed to write down in an old book. In the seventh vision, a woman rose to great power in America. William Branham was not sure whether the "Woman" in this vision was a physical woman, or a religious power such as the Catholic Church. | ||
William Branham said the following in 1958: | |||
:''And I said, "Remember, in that day, before the end time comes, before the end time comes, that a woman... Now, you all keep this wrote down. There'll be a great powerful woman raise up, either be President, or dictator, or some great powerful woman in this United States. And she'll sink under the influence of women. Now, you remember; that's THUS SAITH THE LORD.'' | |||
==Problems with the prophecy== | ==Problems with the prophecy== | ||
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*Church Age Book: Voting is connected with the decline in morals and the rise of a beautiful, cruel woman in America, possibly the Catholic Church. <ref>''God showed me that women began to be out of their place with the granting of the vote…Then in the sixth vision there arose up in America a most beautiful, but cruel woman. She held the people in her complete power. I believed that this was the rise of the Roman Catholic Church, though I knew it could possibly be a vision of some woman rising in great power in America due to a popular vote by women.'' (Church Age Book, Chapter 9)</ref> | *Church Age Book: Voting is connected with the decline in morals and the rise of a beautiful, cruel woman in America, possibly the Catholic Church. <ref>''God showed me that women began to be out of their place with the granting of the vote…Then in the sixth vision there arose up in America a most beautiful, but cruel woman. She held the people in her complete power. I believed that this was the rise of the Roman Catholic Church, though I knew it could possibly be a vision of some woman rising in great power in America due to a popular vote by women.'' (Church Age Book, Chapter 9)</ref> | ||
William Branham also mentions that Leo Mercer would be revising this prophecy, when he said, ''"By the way, Mr. Mercier and many of them are going to take some of these old prophecies, and dig them out, and revise them a little, or bring them up to date, and put them in papers.'' <ref>CONDEMNATION.BY.REPRESENTATION_ JEFF.IN V-2 N-13 SUNDAY_ 60-1113</ref> | |||
===Thus saith the Lord - the women’s vote elected the wrong man=== | ===Thus saith the Lord - the women’s vote elected the wrong man=== | ||
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:'''''It shall--also has been an evil thing done in this country; they have permitted women to vote'''. This is a woman's nation, and she will pollute this nation as Eve did Eden. Now, you see why I'm hammering the way I do. I got, '''THUS SAITH THE LORD. In her voting she will elect the wrong person.''' …Women, given the right to vote, elected '''President-elect Kennedy--with the woman's vote, the wrong man, which will finally be to full control of the Catholic church in the United States; then the bomb comes that explodes her.'''”<ref>CONDEMNATION.BY.REPRESENTATION_ JEFF.IN V-2 N-13 SUNDAY_ 60-1113</ref> | :'''''It shall--also has been an evil thing done in this country; they have permitted women to vote'''. This is a woman's nation, and she will pollute this nation as Eve did Eden. Now, you see why I'm hammering the way I do. I got, '''THUS SAITH THE LORD. In her voting she will elect the wrong person.''' …Women, given the right to vote, elected '''President-elect Kennedy--with the woman's vote, the wrong man, which will finally be to full control of the Catholic church in the United States; then the bomb comes that explodes her.'''”<ref>CONDEMNATION.BY.REPRESENTATION_ JEFF.IN V-2 N-13 SUNDAY_ 60-1113</ref> | ||
'''But he was wrong.''' According to Gallup, during the 1960 election 51% of women voted for Nixon and 49% voted for Kennedy.<ref>[http://www.gallup.com/poll/9454/election-polls-vote-groups-19601964.aspx Election pol results for the 190 Presidential election]</ref> So, this is '''a false THUS SAITH THE LORD prophecy''' that was first spoken after it had been 'fulfilled'. | '''But he was wrong.''' According to Gallup, during the 1960 election 51% of women voted for Nixon and 49% voted for Kennedy.<ref>[http://www.gallup.com/poll/9454/election-polls-vote-groups-19601964.aspx Election pol results for the 190 Presidential election]</ref> So, this is '''a false THUS SAITH THE LORD prophecy''' that was first spoken after it had been 'fulfilled'. Read more on [[Women's Suffrage]]. | ||
And why did William Branham first "read" this prophecy publicly only after he thought that it had been fulfilled? | And why did William Branham first "read" this prophecy publicly only after he thought that it had been fulfilled? | ||
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William Branham did not respect Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, voting women, Jacqueline Kennedy, or the Catholic Church. It is no surprise that these people made their way from his sermons into his prophecies. In the United States, women were given a right to vote in 1920. William Branham called this an “evil thing”, which he claimed he had the right to do because he had “Thus Saith The Lord”. | William Branham did not respect Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, voting women, Jacqueline Kennedy, or the Catholic Church. It is no surprise that these people made their way from his sermons into his prophecies. In the United States, women were given a right to vote in 1920. William Branham called this an “evil thing”, which he claimed he had the right to do because he had “Thus Saith The Lord”. | ||
===The Prophecy Was Fulfilled?=== | |||
In 1961, William Branham stated the following: | |||
:''Now, that brings us then to the election of President Kennedy, and this car coming on the--on the scene, bringing five things out of the seven that has happened exactly.'' (Sermon: The Seventieth Week of Daniel, August 6, 1961, Jeffersonville, IN) | |||
Why did he state that this vision was fulfilled? | |||
In the Laodicean Church Age book, William Branham says, “Now let me say this. Can anyone prove any of those visions wrong? Were they not all fulfilled?” Almost 80 years after 1933, we now have the benefit of hindsight in our ability to confirm the accuracy of these prophecies. | |||
==Rise of a Woman in America== | ==Rise of a Woman in America== | ||
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