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=Problems with William Branham's choice of Columba=
=Problems with William Branham's choice of Columba=


====Dead Before It Happened====
==Dead Before It Happened==
[[Image:Columcille.jpg|thumb|right|150px]]
[[Image:Columcille.jpg|thumb|right|150px]]
William Branham [[Plagiarism|plagiarized the concept of the church ages from Clarence Larkin]] including virtually all of the supposed dates of the seven ages. Clarence Larkin's exact words were as follows:
William Branham [[Plagiarism|plagiarized the concept of the church ages from Clarence Larkin]] including virtually all of the supposed dates of the seven ages. Clarence Larkin's exact words were as follows:
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The problem is that Columba died in '''597 A.D.''', almost a decade before the church age started.  That is one of the problems when you don't do your own work, it's easy to make an error.
The problem is that Columba died in '''597 A.D.''', almost a decade before the church age started.  That is one of the problems when you don't do your own work, it's easy to make an error.


====Columba Was A Prophet====
==Columba Was A Prophet==
William Branham made the following statement and challenge when preaching the Seventh Seal:
William Branham made the following statement and challenge when preaching the Seventh Seal:


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So the historic evidence supports Columba as a gentile prophet, exactly as William Branham defined a true prophet of Biblical proportions. As a result, William Branham's statement in "The Seventh Seal" is wrong.  
So the historic evidence supports Columba as a gentile prophet, exactly as William Branham defined a true prophet of Biblical proportions. As a result, William Branham's statement in "The Seventh Seal" is wrong.  


 
=His Youth=
=Youth=
When Columba was young, it was a common practice for ruling families to find their children a foster home in which to be raised. Columba, was sent to be raised by a priest.   
When Columba was young, it was a common practice for ruling families to find their children a foster home in which to be raised. Columba, was sent to be raised by a priest.   


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The ''vita'' of Columba is also the source of the first known reference to the Loch Ness Monster. According to Adomnan, Columba came across a group of Picts who were burying a man killed by the monster, and saved a swimmer with the sign of the Cross and the imprecation "You will go no further", at which the beast fled terrified, to the amazement of the assembled Picts who glorified Columba's God. Whether or not this incident is true, Adomnan's text specifically states that the monster was swimming in the River Ness, rather than in the lake itself.
The ''vita'' of Columba is also the source of the first known reference to the Loch Ness Monster. According to Adomnan, Columba came across a group of Picts who were burying a man killed by the monster, and saved a swimmer with the sign of the Cross and the imprecation "You will go no further", at which the beast fled terrified, to the amazement of the assembled Picts who glorified Columba's God. Whether or not this incident is true, Adomnan's text specifically states that the monster was swimming in the River Ness, rather than in the lake itself.


==Adomnan of Iona==
==Adomnan of Iona==