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William Branham | <youtube>https://youtu.be/gWoTYJbCOJY</youtube> | ||
=Where did William Branham say he got his revelation from?= | |||
William Branham said this about his "revelation" of the second seal: | |||
:'''''Just thought this One wouldn’t come, but It finally did'''. And so I’m so thankful, that being the last of those four horse riders, which I think is one of the main Messages to the Church at this time. I don’t know what the other One is. '''I’m just taking it day by day, just as He reveals It. I’m trying to—to give It, by…as He gives It to me.'''<ref>William Branham, 63-0321 - The Fourth Seal, para. 4-5</ref> | |||
==William Branham's Revelation of the Fourth Seal== | |||
For the fourth horse rider, the pale horse, William Branham said the following: | |||
:''And, again, '''the same rider''' upon this pale horse. | |||
''“Sixty-eight million Protestants,” as we took from—from Schmucker’s Glorious Reform, of the—of the martyrology of Rome, last night. We find that, up to the 1500 mark, I believe it was, or eighteen-…I don’t remember exactly now. '''But it was sixty-eight million put to death, to protest the first Roman church, Rome. No wonder, he could impersonate himself in the personified name of… and called Death. He sure was.''' | |||
:''Now, God only knows '''how many he caused to spiritually die''', by his anti-Bible, -Word teaching! This is the one he put sixty-eight million to the sword, and killed them. And probably, literally, billions died spiritually, on his false teaching. No wonder he could take the name of Death! | |||
:''See the rider? '''The first place, as an antichrist, he was death, to begin with'''; but he was innocent then. '''Then he received a crown''', a triple one; and when he did, then he be united, Satan united his church and state, because he was over both of them then. '''Antichrist was Satan, in a form of a man.'''<ref>William Branham, 63-0321 - The Fourth Seal, para. 116, 152-154</ref> | |||
==Comparison to the teachings of Charles Taze Russell== | |||
As with the first three Seals, we again compare William Branham's teaching above to what Charles Taze Russel said in the 1918 book, The Finished Mystery: | |||
:'' | :''6:7. And when He had opened the fourth seal.—'''Disclosing the history of the Papacy in its fourth stage, the period synchronizing with the Thyatira and Sardis epochs.''' See Rev. 2:18-29; 3:1-6. | ||
:''6:8. And I looked, and behold a pale horse.—The ghastly and horrible teachings that God's true people must be “exterminated.” “The ghastly green of terror and of death. The word is used of grass in Rev. 8:7; 9:4; Mark 6:39.”—Cook. | |||
:''And his name that sat on him was Death.—'''Still the same rider, the Papacy;''' and an apt description of its chief claim to recognition during the pre-Reformation period. | |||
:''...And Hell followed with him.—'''All the people killed by the pope went to hell'''. | |||
==Perversion changed to Pestilence== | ==Perversion changed to Pestilence== | ||
What William Branham does not point out is that the word for “Pale” is “Green” in Greek (Chloros). So it wasn’t a skin-colored horse, it was a green (or sick) horse. What William Branham does do is change the meaning of the Fourth Horse Rider from perversion to pestilence when he reviews all of the Seals during the Sixth Seal. | What William Branham does not point out is that the word for “Pale” is “Green” in Greek (Chloros). So it wasn’t a skin-colored horse, it was a green (or sick) horse. What William Branham does do is change the meaning of the Fourth Horse Rider from perversion to pestilence when he reviews all of the Seals during the Sixth Seal: | ||
166 Fourth Seal, “pestilences” and “death.” Notice, Matthew 24. We’ll read the—the 8th verse, 7th and 8th, I believe it is, on this Fourth Seal, I got here. All right.<ref>William Branham, 63-0323 - The Sixth Seal, para. 166</ref> | |||
Why does William Branham do this? Could it be that he was [[Plagiarism|once again plagiarizing from Clarence Larkin]]. Here is an excerpt of what Larkin said about the Fourth Seal: | Why does William Branham do this? Could it be that he was [[Plagiarism|once again plagiarizing from Clarence Larkin]]. Here is an excerpt of what Larkin said about the Fourth Seal: | ||
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*Do you believe all of William Branham’s visions are true? '''What about the one that says there is nothing wrong with the doctrine of the Trinity?''' If you don't know that vision, [[Plum and Apple Trees|click here to read it]]. | *Do you believe all of William Branham’s visions are true? '''What about the one that says there is nothing wrong with the doctrine of the Trinity?''' If you don't know that vision, [[Plum and Apple Trees|click here to read it]]. | ||
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=Video Transcript= | |||
In his message on the Fourth Seal, William Branham tells us that after much prayer, he again received his revelation directly from God: | |||
:''Just thought this One wouldn’t come, but It finally did. And so I’m so thankful, that being the last of those four horse riders, which I think is one of the main Messages to the Church at this time. I don’t know what the other One is. I’m just taking it day by day, just as He reveals It. I’m trying to—to give It, by…as He gives It to me.<ref>63-0321 The Fourth Seal, para. 3</ref> | |||
What was the revelation that he received? | |||
:''And John went to see, and he saw a pale horse. And, again, the same rider upon this pale horse.<ref>63-0321 - The Fourth Seal, para. 116</ref> | |||
:''...See the rider? The first place, as an antichrist, he was death, to begin with; but he was innocent then. Then he received a crown, a triple one; and when he did, then he be united, Satan united his church and state, because he was over both of them then. Antichrist was Satan, in a form of a man.<ref>63-0321 - The Fourth Seal, para. 155</ref> | |||
But not surprisingly, after copying the first three seals from Charles Taze Russell, we again see that William Branham’s revelation is identical to that of Russel: | |||
:''And when He had opened the fourth seal… Still the same rider, the Papacy.<Ref>Charles Taze Russell, Studies in the Scriptures, Volume VII, The Finished Mystery: The Winepress of God's Wrath and the Fall of Babylon (published posthumously), edited by C. J. Woodworth and George H. Fisher, copyright 1917, Peoples Pulpit Association, Brooklyn, N. Y., USA, International Bible Students Association, published 1918, p. 151</ref> | |||
We have now seen the first four seals. Did they come from God, or from other men? | |||
:''I am against those prophets who take each other’s words and proclaim them as my message.<ref>Jer 23:30</ref> | |||
Did William Branham take the words of Charles Russell and proclaim them as God’s message? | |||
Is there a reason that William Branham’s grave bears a strong resemblance to the second tombstone of Charles Russell, who preached that Christ was the capstone on the pyramid? | |||
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