Ohio River flood of 1937: Difference between revisions

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William Branham retold this prophecy and the events of the flood in 1961 in the sermon "Revelation Chapter 4":
William Branham retold this prophecy and the events of the flood in 1961 in the sermon "Revelation Chapter 4":
[[Image:Flood-7.jpg|right]]  
[[Image:Flood-7.jpg|right|thumb|Scenes from the flood]]  
:''Predicting that flood would come, I said, "I seen them measure twenty-two feet over Spring Street down here."''
:''Predicting that flood would come, I said, "I seen them measure twenty-two feet over Spring Street down here."''


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:''Ask them how many feet was over Spring Street: twenty-two feet to the inch. Exactly. And that old Bible where I had been preaching on that night... She started raining, the floods breaking through and so forth, and this old church... The seats went right straight up to the ceiling, the Bible went right straight up to the ceiling, washing through here with all that water raising it up. The pulpit went right straight up. They come right down; and every seat set right back in the same place, and the Bible laid right back in the same place, and all that water, and still opened up, the same chapter at the same place. "Heavens and earth will pass away, but My Word shall never pass away."''
:''Ask them how many feet was over Spring Street: twenty-two feet to the inch. Exactly. And that old Bible where I had been preaching on that night... She started raining, the floods breaking through and so forth, and this old church... The seats went right straight up to the ceiling, the Bible went right straight up to the ceiling, washing through here with all that water raising it up. The pulpit went right straight up. They come right down; and every seat set right back in the same place, and the Bible laid right back in the same place, and all that water, and still opened up, the same chapter at the same place. "Heavens and earth will pass away, but My Word shall never pass away."''


<div style="border-bottom:1px #B87333 solid; text-align:center; font-size:140%; padding:1px; margin:1px;">Photographs of the Ohio river flood of 1937:</div>
<div style="border-bottom:1px #B87333 solid; text-align:center; font-size:140%; padding:1px; margin:1px;">Photographs of the Ohio river flood of 1937:</div>
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Keep in mind that all of these photos were taken after the water started to recede.  The actual crest of the water was higher than photographed due to inaccessibility, rain, and cloud cover.   
Keep in mind that all of these photos were taken after the water started to recede.  The actual crest of the water was higher than photographed due to inaccessibility, rain, and cloud cover.   
==Other References==
*http://www.nabpublicart.org/#/historic-images/4534919001
*http://www.news-tribune.net/local/local_story_139223054.html
*http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/wpa/flood.html


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