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There are rumors circulating on the internet that some message churches are prosecuting ex-message believers for defamation. This is a complete hoax. We appreciate that we are the worst nightmare that a message minister can imagine. But we aren't going away. None of them would dare go on the witness stand and give testimony under oath. | There are rumors circulating on the internet that some message churches are prosecuting ex-message believers for defamation. This is a complete hoax. We appreciate that we are the worst nightmare that a message minister can imagine. But we aren't going away. None of them would dare go on the witness stand and give testimony under oath. | ||
=The Pope and the Message Book= | =Message miracles= | ||
During a flood in Africa, a walking bridge was overflowed with water. Needing to cross the dangerous stream, a message follower struck the water with his coat and screamed, "Where is the God of Elijah?" The water stopped flowing while he walked across. The water started flowing as soon as he had crossed the stream. The people on the bank tried the same thing, but to no avail. | |||
=Stories involving the Pope= | |||
Given William Branham's view that the Pope was the anti-Christ, message believers are constantly making up stories about how the Pope is "out to get them" because they are the only real threat to the Pope (yeah, right...) | |||
===The conspiracy of Pope Francis and President Obama=== | |||
This story was circulating in some message churches at the time of Pope Francis' visit to the US. | |||
:''Pope Francis' visit to the US in September 2015 coincides with with the [[Blood Moons|Blood Moon]]. What people aren't aware of is that the reason for the visit is that President Obama and Pope Francis are conspiring together to eliminate every message believer. There is a bill which President Obama has now signed which has the purpose to eliminate all [[Is the Message a Cult?|message believers]] through the use of lethal force (i.e. they are going to kill all message believers). | |||
===The Pope and the Message Book=== | |||
The story goes something like this (fill in the blanks): | The story goes something like this (fill in the blanks): | ||
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:''Some years back, Pope __________ (insert name of pope) came to __________ (insert name of country). He held a Spoken Word book in his hand and said "This is our number one enemy". | :''Some years back, Pope __________ (insert name of pope) came to __________ (insert name of country). He held a Spoken Word book in his hand and said "This is our number one enemy". | ||
==The Head of the FBI and the Message Book== | ===The Head of the FBI and the Message Book=== | ||
This is the American version of the | This is the American version of the Pope and the message book story: | ||
:''Some years back, the head of the FBI held a Spoken Word book in his hand and said "This is our number one enemy". The reason that the government went after David Koresh in Waco, Texas was because he believed in William Branham. In fact, the FBI found many of message books in the Waco compound. | :''Some years back, the head of the FBI held a Spoken Word book in his hand and said "This is our number one enemy". The reason that the government went after David Koresh in Waco, Texas was because he believed in William Branham. In fact, the FBI found many of message books in the Waco compound. | ||
=Immune to Sexually Transmitted Diseases?= | =Stories about Joseph Branham= | ||
There are a variety of stories circulating which attempt to prove that Joseph Branham is a prophet. | |||
===Power to stop a tornado=== | |||
A tornado was headed for the Still Waters camp facility a few years ago. Everyone in the camp were warned to leave by the local government but Joseph Branham refused to leave. He simply said a prayer and the tornado changed direction away from the camp. | |||
The only thing predictable about a tornado is its unpredictability. A violent tornado can arise suddenly and disappear just as quickly. | |||
We have asked Voice of God to confirm that this actually took place. To date, we have received no response. | |||
===Power to raise the dead=== | |||
A person in the message recently posted the following on Facebook: | |||
:''GOD RAISED THE DEAD AT THE BRANHAM TABERNACLE SERVICE THIS MORNING. I WAS A WITNESS. There was a Doctor that I believe checked the person that died; his name is James Jackson. There was no pulse. Also a doctor's assistant, I believe, also found no pulse. But God brought him back after Brother Joseph Marrion Branham prayed and some Deacons and the congregation with Acting Pastor Brother Samuel Barber. God raised him up. The hospital checked him and found nothing wrong but his core temperature had dropped to 95 degrees." | |||
We have asked Voice of God Recordings to confirm that this took place and to provide us with the name of the doctor or any assistant that were present, so that we can confirm that this took place. To date, Voice of God Recordings has not responded. | |||
Even more surprising is that immediately after his "healing" at the hand of Joseph Branham, he was admitted to the intensive care unit at the hospital in Jeffersonville. One has to ask the question: If God really healed someone, why were they still so sick that they had to spend time in the ICU? | |||
=Protection for believers of the message= | |||
There are a number of stories which are circulating among message churches which seek to prove that message believers are divinely protected by God. God also protects message believers' property from damage. This is supposed to serve as proof that the message is backed up by God. | |||
===Immune to Sexually Transmitted Diseases?=== | |||
Here is a story that appeared in a message forum on Facebook: | Here is a story that appeared in a message forum on Facebook: | ||
:''Certain | :''Certain brothers went to donate Blood to a hospital. they were tested of HIV before donating and even other sexually transmitted diseases which the doctor wonder and asked the brothers "how come all of you have no diseases? They responded "we are christians". That tells us we are procted by this true message. | ||
I'm not sure that they understand that STD's are only contracted when someone is sexually active. This story seems to say that they should have had STD's but didn't because of the message. | I'm not sure that they understand that STD's are only contracted when someone is sexually active. This story seems to say that they should have had STD's but didn't because of the message. | ||
=What happens when scissors get dull= | ===What happens when scissors get dull=== | ||
It was reported during the '90's that some message believers were experiencing persecution from the Catholic church in Madagascar. Some | It was reported during the '90's that some message believers were experiencing persecution from the Catholic church in Madagascar. Some Catholic nuns tried to cut the hair of some girls in the message but the scissors didn't work. When they tried to cut the hair of a non-message believer, they worked fine. | ||
It took on a more sinister tone in another telling: | It took on a more sinister tone in another telling: | ||
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:''During a conflict between rebel and government groups in Africa (no country specified), a group of message women were taken to a prison camp where the guards were shaving everyone's head for sanitary reasons (fleas, lice, etc). When they tried to cut the hair of the message believers, the scissors didn't work.'' | :''During a conflict between rebel and government groups in Africa (no country specified), a group of message women were taken to a prison camp where the guards were shaving everyone's head for sanitary reasons (fleas, lice, etc). When they tried to cut the hair of the message believers, the scissors didn't work.'' | ||
It was also reported that a similar event took place in an orphanage in Siberia. Because of a lice infestation, the staff at the orphange decided to shave all of the girls' heads. The shaver refused to work on the hair of the message followers. But it did work on those that were not message followers. | |||
An interesting question to ask is - why didn't God simply get rid of the lice??? Then all of the girls would have avoided a hair cut. Is God OK with non-Christians having short hair??? | |||
=Watch out for strangers coming into your church to take pictures= | ===Watch out for strangers coming into your church to take pictures=== | ||
A stranger walked into a message church and started to take pictures of everybody who is sitting there. It turned out that the photographer was a Jesuit... | A stranger walked into a message church and started to take pictures of everybody who is sitting there. It turned out that the photographer was a Jesuit... | ||
=Don't yell at message believers= | ===Don't yell at message believers=== | ||
This was posted by a follower of William Branham | This was posted by a follower of William Branham | ||
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TOUCH NOT MY ANOINTED. That one was just a follower of the message so what about the prophet? | TOUCH NOT MY ANOINTED. That one was just a follower of the message so what about the prophet? | ||
=You are protected while listening to | ===You are protected while listening to message sermons=== | ||
There is a story from Africa about a witch doctor being hired to curse a message believer. Demons of death (or something equivalent) were summoned to attack the believer. But he was sleeping on the couch while playing a tape so the demons were repulsed and instead attacked the guy who hired the witch doctor. | There is a story from Africa about a witch doctor being hired to curse a message believer. Demons of death (or something equivalent) were summoned to attack the believer. But he was sleeping on the couch while playing a tape so the demons were repulsed and instead attacked the guy who hired the witch doctor. | ||
=Raised from the dead on the third day= | ===Tidal Wave in the Philippines=== | ||
In the Philippines, there was a tidal wave that was approximately 100 feet high that was headed for a message church. Everyone in the church prayed and the massive wave went around both sides of the church. | |||
===Raised from the dead on the third day=== | |||
The following is an email that was circulating among message believers. Please notice that this story is told in the third person and that no name is given for the student. '''The real question is "''Who concocted this story?''"''' as it is obviously fictional: | The following is an email that was circulating among message believers. Please notice that this story is told in the third person and that no name is given for the student. '''The real question is "''Who concocted this story?''"''' as it is obviously fictional: | ||
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:''On the Third day, The ANGEL came back and He was told to LOOK and he said there was a BIG EAGLE HOVERING OVER HIM WITH HUGE SHARP CLAWS AND FLAMING RED EYES and that very day the ANGEL TOLD THAT HE WAS ABOUT TO GET OUT. The car stopped and he heard dogs barking, and the police had caught the thieves. How did they catch them? The thing is before he went out of their room at the University a STRONG VOICE told him to leave his phone. So he left it: now the robbers where withdrawing money the phone would record, so the police with the help from the friend, would see which bank they took out the money, place e.t.c and the surveillance cameras did what they are known best. And tracked them down until the third day when they caught them." | :''On the Third day, The ANGEL came back and He was told to LOOK and he said there was a BIG EAGLE HOVERING OVER HIM WITH HUGE SHARP CLAWS AND FLAMING RED EYES and that very day the ANGEL TOLD THAT HE WAS ABOUT TO GET OUT. The car stopped and he heard dogs barking, and the police had caught the thieves. How did they catch them? The thing is before he went out of their room at the University a STRONG VOICE told him to leave his phone. So he left it: now the robbers where withdrawing money the phone would record, so the police with the help from the friend, would see which bank they took out the money, place e.t.c and the surveillance cameras did what they are known best. And tracked them down until the third day when they caught them." | ||
==Similar stories are floating around== | ====Similar stories are floating around==== | ||
Another story claims that ''the muggers approached him on the church grounds late at night, and fired their gun in his chest. The gun wouldn't fire, and so they ran from the "hallowed ground" of the church.'' | Another story claims that ''the muggers approached him on the church grounds late at night, and fired their gun in his chest. The gun wouldn't fire, and so they ran from the "hallowed ground" of the church.'' | ||
=Died the same day= | ===Died the same day=== | ||
This strange story was received in an email from someone that obviously does not have English as their mother tongue. However, that doesn't stop them from spreading another message fairy tale: | This strange story was received in an email from someone that obviously does not have English as their mother tongue. However, that doesn't stop them from spreading another message fairy tale: | ||
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Nice story but simply another message urban legend. | Nice story but simply another message urban legend. | ||
=The real scoop on Fort Knox= | |||
According to Willard Collins (pastor at the Branham Tabernacle in Jeffersonville, IN), Fort Knox is an empty building, there is not a single brick of gold there. The government transfers empty cars to and from Ft. Knox so that the public will remain unaware that the Catholic Church took possession of the gold that used to be in Fort Knox. (this was told over the pulpit and related by Willard Collin's grandson). | |||
=The pillar of fire appearing in a church= | |||
===The Story=== | |||
Ron Spencer conducted a funeral in April 2015 at Full Gospel Lighthouse in Elkton, Virginia. During the funeral the pillar of fire came down so that believers and unbelievers could see it. Also, some of the flowers were unopened and when the pillar of fire passed over the flowers, they opened up into full bloom. | |||
===The Facts=== | |||
Upon hearing this story, an ex-message believer that used to attend the church called one of the members of the Full Gospel Lighthouse church, who was at the funeral, to tactfully gather information on what actually happened. | |||
The non-dramatized version of the story: | |||
#One elderly lady claimed to have seen a pillar of fire. '''No one else reported seeing it.''' | |||
#There were lots of flowers there and two or three other people said that some of the roses "opened up" during the funeral. (this can happen spontaneously and would not normally be considered supernatural). | |||
So, there you have it, and now you know... the rest of the story. | |||
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