Were Dead Raised in William Branham's Ministry?: Difference between revisions

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:''Now, I remember of one case…If someone would want a copy of the paper, it may still be obtained of the “'''Arkansas Gazette,” called the “Sun.”''' It’s on the Associated Press, a big paper, circulates many many thousands of subscribers. Well, there stood on the platform…her picture. If you wish to, you might write to her and get a copy, if you want to. And perhaps there might be a reporter standing around (which I know there is), so you can write yourself; be satisfied. All right. Notice, '''on the front page''', you’ll see a great big page, all the way across the front of the page, picture, a woman pronounced dead, laying in the line, bringing from the hospital with cancer of the heart, colon, and liver; and told the nurse and them that was bringing her, pushing her through the streets from Phoenix, Arizona; that the doctors told her husband who…Her name is Mrs. Hattie Waldrop, she lives on... ? ...street in Phoenix, Arizona. Her husband owns a big plumbing establishment there.
:''Now, I remember of one case…If someone would want a copy of the paper, it may still be obtained of the “'''Arkansas Gazette,” called the “Sun.”''' It’s on the Associated Press, a big paper, circulates many many thousands of subscribers. Well, there stood on the platform…her picture. If you wish to, you might write to her and get a copy, if you want to. And perhaps there might be a reporter standing around (which I know there is), so you can write yourself; be satisfied. All right. Notice, '''on the front page''', you’ll see a great big page, all the way across the front of the page, picture, a woman pronounced dead, laying in the line, bringing from the hospital with cancer of the heart, colon, and liver; and told the nurse and them that was bringing her, pushing her through the streets from Phoenix, Arizona; that the doctors told her husband who…Her name is Mrs. Hattie Waldrop, she lives on... ? ...street in Phoenix, Arizona. Her husband owns a big plumbing establishment there.


There were 3 people raised from the dead:
In 1950, William Branham claimed there were 3 people raised from the dead in his ministry:


:''Just think, friends, that in the ministry that I have had from the Lord alone, I’ve seen many, many, many times more miracles performed than is written in the Bible, that Jesus Christ has done in these three years, in one unit, one group of His ministry. One group, He’s done more miracles than has been written in this Bible. Everything that could be written in the Bible except leprosy, that I know of, has been healed, even to '''three specific cases of people who were pronounced dead''', are living tonight, healthy and strong. Who did that? Jesus Christ. He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever. And He’s here tonight. And He, Jesus, was the Rock that was in the wilderness that followed the children of Israel.<ref>William Branham, 50-0827E - Take The Rod And Gather The People, para. 20</ref>
:''Just think, friends, that in the ministry that I have had from the Lord alone, I’ve seen many, many, many times more miracles performed than is written in the Bible, that Jesus Christ has done in these three years, in one unit, one group of His ministry. One group, He’s done more miracles than has been written in this Bible. Everything that could be written in the Bible except leprosy, that I know of, has been healed, even to '''three specific cases of people who were pronounced dead''', are living tonight, healthy and strong. Who did that? Jesus Christ. He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever. And He’s here tonight. And He, Jesus, was the Rock that was in the wilderness that followed the children of Israel.<ref>William Branham, 50-0827E - Take The Rod And Gather The People, para. 20</ref>
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Hold it... maybe one of their names was Mrs. Morgan?  Wouldn't you think you would remember the names of the people raised from the dead:
Hold it... maybe one of their names was Mrs. Morgan?  Wouldn't you think you would remember the names of the people raised from the dead:


:''...I know Mrs. Morgan, Mayos’ nurse, give up with cancer years ago, laying on the dead list right now. And go to Louisville, Kentucky, and look and see if she hasn’t died, eight years ago. And come over Jeffersonville Hospital and look at her nursing now. And so, she was supposed to have died eight years ago. Dead, done pronounced dead, and laying there yet still on the dead list in Kentucky, of cancer research. And then, when she was there, she felt sorry for that man, because he was—looked so much like her husband. And I seen a vision of him walking.<ref>William Branham, 54-1206 - Expectation, para. 55</ref>


55 ...I know Mrs. Morgan, Mayos’ nurse, give up with cancer years ago, laying on the dead list right now. And go to Louisville, Kentucky, and look and see if she hasn’t died, eight years ago. And come over Jeffersonville Hospital and look at her nursing now. And so, she was supposed to have died eight years ago. Dead, done pronounced dead, and laying there yet still on the dead list in Kentucky, of cancer research. And then, when she was there, she felt sorry for that man, because he was—looked so much like her husband. And I seen a vision of him walking.
It's still 3 people raised from the dead in this sermon from 1955:
  54-1206 - Expectation
  Rev. William Marrion Branham
  http://table.branham.org


I have seen Him in my ministry of ten years heal tens of thousands of people, blind, crippled, twisted, lame, halt. I have seen Him raise three people up from the dead after they were pronounced dead, two of them in the United States and one of them in Helsinki, Finland. Why, I’m sure you have heard of that. It swept over the world. 3
I have seen Him in my ministry of ten years heal tens of thousands of people, blind, crippled, twisted, lame, halt. I have seen Him raise three people up from the dead after they were pronounced dead, two of them in the United States and one of them in Helsinki, Finland. Why, I’m sure you have heard of that. It swept over the world. 3
   55-0620 - Contending For The Faith
   55-0620 - Contending For The Faith


By 1960, it had gone up to 4 people:


205 And I could bring you statements to show of '''four different people, that, pronounced dead by doctors''', after prayer and rebuke of death. See? We stand in there to rebuke that thing. And if God gave you power to do something, you better be careful what you’re doing. See? You better be care-…He said, “Don’t…”
205 And I could bring you statements to show of '''four different people, that, pronounced dead by doctors''', after prayer and rebuke of death. See? We stand in there to rebuke that thing. And if God gave you power to do something, you better be careful what you’re doing. See? You better be care-…He said, “Don’t…”
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   Rev. William Marrion Branham
   Rev. William Marrion Branham
   http://table.branham.org
   http://table.branham.org
And 2 years later, it was 5 people:


371 I say this, with—with Christian sincerity. I suppose, if I could write down every instance that taken place that I have seen Christ do since I been a minister, I couldn’t pile a volume of books that high. I have witness of doctors’ statements, of '''five people being pronounced dead''', laid out dead, and come back to life again, by prayer. See? Many that they claim they did, and I—I couldn’t say that. I wouldn’t say it ’less there’s some way to prove it, you see, and to know it. But seen them, after being dead for hours, days.
371 I say this, with—with Christian sincerity. I suppose, if I could write down every instance that taken place that I have seen Christ do since I been a minister, I couldn’t pile a volume of books that high. I have witness of doctors’ statements, of '''five people being pronounced dead''', laid out dead, and come back to life again, by prayer. See? Many that they claim they did, and I—I couldn’t say that. I wouldn’t say it ’less there’s some way to prove it, you see, and to know it. But seen them, after being dead for hours, days.
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   Rev. William Marrion Branham
   Rev. William Marrion Branham
   http://table.branham.org
   http://table.branham.org
We have been unable to locate this article in Voice of Healing magazine.  This is a chance for followers of William Branham to prove someone was raised from the dead.  We will publish the article if you can find it!


220 The doctor signed the witness which appears in the men’s Voice Of Healing. “The baby died with double pneumonia, that morning at nine o’clock, in his office, pronounced dead, no respiration; had been laying in the rain all day, dead, and was healed.” Is alive today, as far as I know, living to the Kingdom of God.
220 The doctor signed the witness which appears in the men’s Voice Of Healing. “The baby died with double pneumonia, that morning at nine o’clock, in his office, pronounced dead, no respiration; had been laying in the rain all day, dead, and was healed.” Is alive today, as far as I know, living to the Kingdom of God.