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[[File:By 1977.jpg|right|250px|thumb|A now '''out of print''' Message Tract printed before 1977, the year William Branham's followers thought the world would end.]] | |||
[[ William Branham]] believed that the world would end in 1977. | |||
=Some interesting things about his prediction= | |||
There are a number of curious things about William Branham's 1977 prediction: | |||
[[ | *On July 4, 1954, the healing evangelist, [[A.A. Allen's prophecy of the destruction of the United States|A.A. Allen had a vision about the destruction of America]] which he related publicly. | ||
*In 1954, William Branham states on several occasions that a majority of scientists predicted that the world would be destroyed within 10 years. | |||
*Months later, William Branham '''first tells of his prediction/vision''' in 1933 that [[America in Ashes|the US would be destroyed and that it would take place by 1977]]. | |||
Was this simply another case of William Branham [[Plagiarism|plagiarizing]] someone else's teaching? | |||
=Prediction vs. [[Prophecy]]= | =Prediction vs. [[Prophecy]]= | ||
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William Branham said ‘[[THUS SAITH THE LORD|Thus saith the Lord]]” almost 1600 times during his ministry. It is interesting that he actually realized he could completely destroy his legacy with a prophecy that was incorrect as to exact timing. As a result, he waffled on the date. | William Branham said ‘[[THUS SAITH THE LORD|Thus saith the Lord]]” almost 1600 times during his ministry. It is interesting that he actually realized he could completely destroy his legacy with a prophecy that was incorrect as to exact timing. As a result, he waffled on the date. | ||
He was nevertheless extremely irresponsible in quoting a date, given that he was aware of all of the people that revered him as a prophet | He was nevertheless extremely irresponsible in quoting a date, given that he was aware of all of the people that revered him as a prophet. Prior to 1977, William Branham's followers were all fixated on 1977 as it approached. This resulted in a number of Doomsday cults such as Paulaseer Lowrie's Rapture cult in India, as well as [[Jim Jones]] cult in Guyana that committed mass suicide in 1978 (possibly during the 'tribulation' after they 'missed the rapture'). | ||
The ensuing failure of William Branham's prediction resulted in a number of his followers leaving [[The Message|the message]]. | The ensuing failure of William Branham's prediction resulted in a number of his followers leaving [[The Message|the message]]. | ||
On the flip side, William Branham also said the following about his 1977 "prediction" (see quotes below): | |||
*It was made with "divine inspiration". | |||
*He told people - "Don't miss it!" | |||
*God would have to come before the year 2000 or "there'll be no flesh saved". | |||
*If the world didn't end by 1977, at the very least "this great nation is going to strike a war that's going to blow it to bits". | |||
==What William Branham said about 1977== | |||
'''''I heard a radio broadcast recently''', where the majority of the great scientists of the world, give the world '''ten years before total annihilation'''. Ten more years, now, that's just guesswork.<ref>William Branham, 54-0301, The Angel Of The Covenant, para. 5</ref> | |||
''Then I heard on the radio the other day that the biggest part of '''scientists of the world, give the world ten years to total annihilation'''. That's not Scripturally speaking; that's scientifically speaking: Ten years for total annihilation. That won't contradict the Bible, just what the Bible said. The heavens and the earth will be on fire. Just sweep over these deserts and everything. There will be nothing left.<ref>William Branham, 54-0307A, The End Time, para. 37</ref> | |||
''And, remember, I predict that before the '''great total annihilation''', which I don't say the Lord told me this, but I believe there'll be something happen either between now or at that time in '77. It may come…?… at this hour. But between now and '77, I predict that either a great destruction or a total annihilation of the entire earth, between now and '77; I predicted it in 1933.<ref>William Branham, 56-0513, Teaching On Moses, para. 21</ref> | |||
''Then I seen the United States as one smoldering, burnt-over place. It will be near the end. (Then I've got in parenthesis: "I predict that this will take place." Now, remember, the Lord ne... '''That's what the Lord showed, but "I predict this will take place before 1977."''') Upon this prediction, I base, because of the onrushing slaught that's coming now, how fast that it was moving, how long it'll take till this nation meets its place.<Ref>CONDEMNATION.BY.REPRESENTATION_ JEFF.IN V-2 N-13 SUNDAY_ 60-1113</Ref> | ''Then I seen the United States as one smoldering, burnt-over place. It will be near the end. (Then I've got in parenthesis: "I predict that this will take place." Now, remember, the Lord ne... '''That's what the Lord showed, but "I predict this will take place before 1977."''') Upon this prediction, I base, because of the onrushing slaught that's coming now, how fast that it was moving, how long it'll take till this nation meets its place.<Ref>CONDEMNATION.BY.REPRESENTATION_ JEFF.IN V-2 N-13 SUNDAY_ 60-1113</Ref> | ||
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''And at 1906 the Laodicean church age set in, and I don't know when it'll end, but '''I predict it'll be done by 1977'''. I predict, not the Lord told me, but I predict it according to a vision that was showed me some years ago, that five of those things has (out of the seven)--has already taken place about...<Ref>THE.EPHESIAN.CHURCH.AGE_ JEFF.IN ROJC 131-183 MONDAY_ 60-1205</Ref> | ''And at 1906 the Laodicean church age set in, and I don't know when it'll end, but '''I predict it'll be done by 1977'''. I predict, not the Lord told me, but I predict it according to a vision that was showed me some years ago, that five of those things has (out of the seven)--has already taken place about...<Ref>THE.EPHESIAN.CHURCH.AGE_ JEFF.IN ROJC 131-183 MONDAY_ 60-1205</Ref> | ||
And I said, "I seen, looked like there was stumps burning; rocks, blowed out; and the whole United States just looked bare, laying like that, as far as I could see where I was standing." And I said, "I predict, according to the way time is moving, it'll be sometime between this year '33 and '77." And it'll have to squeeze awful hard to get through there.<ref>William Branham, 60-1208, The Thyatirean Church Age, para. 233</ref> | |||
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''Now, counting the time, we find that we have exactly (Listen.) seventeen years left, and we will have the same span of time given to us as God dealing with us in the power of the Holy Spirit since A.D. 33 until 1977, '''the same span of time of 1954 years'''. God deals with us the same as He did with the Jews. See? How about that? | ''Now, counting the time, we find that we have exactly (Listen.) seventeen years left, and we will have the same span of time given to us as God dealing with us in the power of the Holy Spirit since A.D. 33 until 1977, '''the same span of time of 1954 years'''. God deals with us the same as He did with the Jews. See? How about that? | ||
''Now, mark down in your book a little Scripture here I want to give you. Leviticus 25, begin with the 8th verse. God calls a jubilee every forty-ninth year; the fiftieth year was the jubilee. We know that. We understand that. From the first jubilee of Leviticus 25:8, in '''1977 will be the seventieth jubilee, making exactly 3,430 years'''. Jubilee means the going up, the release.<ref>THE | ''Now, mark down in your book a little Scripture here I want to give you. Leviticus 25, begin with the 8th verse. God calls a jubilee every forty-ninth year; the fiftieth year was the jubilee. We know that. We understand that. From the first jubilee of Leviticus 25:8, in '''1977 will be the seventieth jubilee, making exactly 3,430 years'''. Jubilee means the going up, the release. | ||
''...Did you get that? God has dealt with us exactly the same amount of time that He dealt with the Jews from the time He give Abraham the promise until the rejecting of the Messiah in A.D. 33, was 1954 years. And now, we have seventeen years left. We had about 1930 something years. We got seventeen years left until '77 will be the seventieth jubilee since the beginning of jubilees. And what will it be? Oh, brother. Watch close now. '''Don't miss it.''' It'll be the Jubilee of the going up of the Gentile Bride and the return of Christ to the Jews, when they go out of bondage. Amen. Don't you see? From all the world they've gather there for that day. Oh, my. See where we're at? We don't know what time it might happen. We're at the end time.<ref>William Branham, THE SEVENTIETH WEEK OF DANIEL, JEFF.IN, 61-0806, para. 196-198</ref> | |||
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''Based on these seven visions, along with the rapid changes which have swept the world in the last fifty years, I PREDICT (I do not prophesy) that these visions will have all come to pass by 1977. And though many may feel that this is an irresponsible statement in view of the fact that Jesus said that 'no man knoweth the day nor the hour.' I still maintain this prediction after thirty years because, Jesus did NOT say no man could know the year, month or week in which His coming was to be completed. So I repeat, I sincerely believe and maintain as a private student of the Word, along with '''Divine inspiration that 1977 ought to terminate the world systems and usher in the millennium'''.<ref>321-3 LAODICEAN CHURCH AGE - CHURCH.AGE.BOOK CPT.9</ref> | ''Based on these seven visions, along with the rapid changes which have swept the world in the last fifty years, I PREDICT (I do not prophesy) that these visions will have all come to pass by 1977. And though many may feel that this is an irresponsible statement in view of the fact that Jesus said that 'no man knoweth the day nor the hour.' I still maintain this prediction after thirty years because, Jesus did NOT say no man could know the year, month or week in which His coming was to be completed. So I repeat, I sincerely believe and maintain as a private student of the Word, along with '''Divine inspiration that 1977 ought to terminate the world systems and usher in the millennium'''.<ref>321-3 LAODICEAN CHURCH AGE - CHURCH.AGE.BOOK CPT.9</ref> | ||
= | ==What William Branham said about 1982 and the year 2000== | ||
''This is--this is '64, isn't it? And I think they claim about seventeen years is off of that, so, according to the calendar. And we got '64, 1964, which will make (what is that?) thirty-six years left, to the twenty-first century. | ''This is--this is '64, isn't it? And I think they claim about seventeen years is off of that, so, according to the calendar. And we got '64, 1964, which will make (what is that?) thirty-six years left, to the twenty-first century. | ||
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''Listen, if the Roman calendar is right, we got -six... '''we got thirty-six years left'''. Every two thousand years, the world meets her end. First two thousand years, destroyed by water; second two thousand years, Christ come. This is 1964 coming up; thirty-six years. Now, the Egyptian astronomy calendar says we're seventeen years out, "it's seventeen years advanced from that," '''that would leave nineteen years left'''.<ref>THERE.IS.A.MAN.HERE.THAT.CAN.TURN.ON.THE.LIGHT_ JEFF.IN V-6 N-1 SUNDAY_ 63-1229M</ref> | ''Listen, if the Roman calendar is right, we got -six... '''we got thirty-six years left'''. Every two thousand years, the world meets her end. First two thousand years, destroyed by water; second two thousand years, Christ come. This is 1964 coming up; thirty-six years. Now, the Egyptian astronomy calendar says we're seventeen years out, "it's seventeen years advanced from that," '''that would leave nineteen years left'''.<ref>THERE.IS.A.MAN.HERE.THAT.CAN.TURN.ON.THE.LIGHT_ JEFF.IN V-6 N-1 SUNDAY_ 63-1229M</ref> | ||
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