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==Clarence Larkin== | ==Clarence Larkin== | ||
[[Image:Clarence.jpg|thumb|right|Clarence Larkin]] | [[Image:Clarence.jpg|thumb|right|Clarence Larkin]] | ||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Larkin Clarence Larkin] (1850-1924) was American Baptist pastor, Bible teacher and author whose writings on Dispensationalism had a great impact on modern dispensational thinking. While William Branham only mentions Clarence Larkin | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Larkin Clarence Larkin] (1850-1924) was American Baptist pastor, Bible teacher and author whose writings on Dispensationalism had a great impact on modern dispensational thinking. While William Branham only mentions Clarence Larkin three times in all his recorded sermons, he drew heavily from him but never gave Larkin the credit for these teachings. | ||
Message preachers point out that William Branham did mention Larkin but the '''first time he mentioned Larkin was over 7 months after preaching the seven church age series''' which were almost totally plagiarized from Larkin. And the second mention of Larkin was again over seven months after preaching the seven seals series which again were consistently plagiarized from Larkin.. Here are the two references to Larkin that William Branham makes: | Message preachers point out that William Branham did mention Larkin but the '''first time he mentioned Larkin was over 7 months after preaching the seven church age series''' which were almost totally plagiarized from Larkin. And the second mention of Larkin was again over seven months after preaching the seven seals series which again were consistently plagiarized from Larkin.. Here are the two references to Larkin that William Branham makes: | ||
:''I've been reading '''Dr. Larkin's''' book, Dr. Smith's book, Dr. Scofield's notes, different commentaries from men everywhere, and yet I cannot put theirs together to make it come out right.'' (July 30, 1961, Sermon: Gabriel's Instructions to Daniel) | :''I've been reading '''Dr. Larkin's''' book, Dr. Smith's book, Dr. Scofield's notes, different commentaries from men everywhere, and '''yet I cannot put theirs together to make it come out right'''.'' (July 30, 1961, Sermon: Gabriel's Instructions to Daniel) | ||
:''And I had read '''Mr. Larkin'''. I had read, oh, so many different ones, of their commentaries on This. But, somehow or other'n, I thought I had a--a little view of it, myself, that might be of places different. ...But then just before it happened, I was given a vision, which is on tape, as you all know, Sirs, What Time Is It? that I should go to Tucson, Arizona. ...There where the Angel of the Lord met us, and the Bible become a new Bible. There It opened up and revealed all the things that the reformers and things had left out. It was the complete revelation of Jesus Christ, altogether new to us, but perfectly exactly with the Scripture. That was the Word which has always been. I was so inspired and directed.'' (July 19, 1964, The Feast of the Trumpets) | :''And so, no doubt that down through the age, there has been hundreds times hundreds of people, scholars, abled men, trying to explain what these seventy of weeks were. And I’ve read many of their commentaries on it. And I’m very grateful to Mr. Smith, of the Adventist church, for his views. I’m very grateful to '''Dr. Larkin''', of his views. I’m grateful to all these great scholars, for their views on this. And in reading them, it enlightens me much, that '''I can find places that looks right'''. But to get the views that I—I thought that I would like to explain, I searched through the encyclopedia, of “time,” to find out what “time” meant. (61-0806 - The Seventieth Week Of Daniel, para. 51) | ||
:''And I had read '''Mr. Larkin'''. I had read, oh, so many different ones, of their commentaries on This. But, somehow or other'n, I thought I had a--a little view of it, myself, that '''might be of places different'''. ...But then just before it happened, I was given a vision, which is on tape, as you all know, Sirs, What Time Is It? that I should go to Tucson, Arizona. ...There where the Angel of the Lord met us, and the Bible become a new Bible. There It opened up and revealed all the things that the reformers and things had left out. It was the complete revelation of Jesus Christ, '''altogether new to us''', but perfectly exactly with the Scripture. That was the Word which has always been. I was so inspired and directed.'' (July 19, 1964, The Feast of the Trumpets) | |||
In these above quotes, William Branham says that he doesn't agree with Clarence Larkin or other commentaries. This gives the impression that the doctrine he preached was his own original ideas or lessons he received directly from the Angel (and not from anywhere else). '''But did he?''' Let's take a close look and compare what William Branham says to Clarence Larkin's books. | In these above quotes, William Branham says that he doesn't agree with Clarence Larkin or other commentaries. This gives the impression that the doctrine he preached was his own original ideas or lessons he received directly from the Angel (and not from anywhere else). '''But did he?''' Let's take a close look and compare what William Branham says to Clarence Larkin's books. | ||