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:''And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground...<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Ge 19:1–2.</ref> | :''And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground...<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Ge 19:1–2.</ref> | ||
The problem is that William Branham ran the metaphor much farther than scripture takes it. Here are | The problem is that William Branham ran the metaphor much farther than scripture takes it. Here are a couple of things to note: | ||
#A list of activities is given (buying, selling, planting and building), and there is surprisingly no mention of the sins of Sodom. It is the thought of unpreparedness and attachment to earthly pursuits rather than of sin which is uppermost. | #A list of activities is given (buying, selling, planting and building), and there is surprisingly no mention of the sins of Sodom. It is the thought of unpreparedness and attachment to earthly pursuits rather than of sin which is uppermost. | ||
#There is a practical warning in face of the coming catastrophe. The picture employed is that of people fleeing without stopping to collect their possessions; the contrast is provided by Lot’s wife who lingered and was lost. Attachment to earthly things will lead to disaster.<ref>I. Howard Marshall, The Gospel of Luke: A Commentary on the Greek Text, New International Greek Testament Commentary (Exeter: Paternoster Press, 1978), 664.</ref> | #There is a practical warning in face of the coming catastrophe. The picture employed is that of people fleeing without stopping to collect their possessions; the contrast is provided by Lot’s wife who lingered and was lost. Attachment to earthly things will lead to disaster.<ref>I. Howard Marshall, The Gospel of Luke: A Commentary on the Greek Text, New International Greek Testament Commentary (Exeter: Paternoster Press, 1978), 664.</ref> | ||
But Oral Roberts and Billy Granham are dead? How does that work with William Branham's faulty | But now Oral Roberts and Billy Granham are dead! Did the angels to Sodom die before it was destroyed? How does that work with William Branham's faulty typing of the scriptures? | ||
The answer: It doesn't! | The answer: It doesn't! | ||