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Click [[Q&A with a Progressive Revelation Branham Minister|here to see a Q&A discussion with a Branham minister who is of the Progressive Revelation sect of the message]] | |||
'''Progressive Revelation''' is a doctrine to which most followers of William Branham adhere. Its basic premise is that William Branham grew in revelation, and so quotes from later sermons are: | '''Progressive Revelation''' is a doctrine to which most followers of William Branham adhere. Its basic premise is that William Branham grew in revelation, and so quotes from later sermons are: | ||
:1. more "anointed"; | :1. more "anointed"; | ||
:2. more doctrinally correct; and | :2. more doctrinally correct; and | ||
:3. closer to the truth. | :3. closer to the truth. | ||
This doctrine is a necessary reaction to the fact that William Branham contradicted himself on a number of issues in his recorded sermons. For example, without this doctrine Message Believers could not reconcile these two statements of William Branham: | This doctrine is a necessary reaction to the fact that William Branham contradicted himself on a number of issues in his recorded sermons. For example, without this doctrine Message Believers could not reconcile these two statements of William Branham: | ||
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:''I wrote a little one, one time, and it was called ''"Jesus Christ the Save Yesterday, Today, and Forever."'' And I wrote another one called ''"The Heavenly Vision"''. Oh, they're little bittly things, so, about sixty, seventy pages in them, I think, and sold for about fifteen cents or something. And it had to be rewritten a dozen times for..for the grammar's sake of it."'' (Redeemer & Redemption, November 19, 1955). | :''I wrote a little one, one time, and it was called ''"Jesus Christ the Save Yesterday, Today, and Forever."'' And I wrote another one called ''"The Heavenly Vision"''. Oh, they're little bittly things, so, about sixty, seventy pages in them, I think, and sold for about fifteen cents or something. And it had to be rewritten a dozen times for..for the grammar's sake of it."'' (Redeemer & Redemption, November 19, 1955). | ||
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|''Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth,'' ~ Ephesians 6:14a | |''Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth,'' ~ Ephesians 6:14a | ||
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The fact is that we don't have any incorrect doctrine in the Bible and this would seem, by this one fact alone, to exclude William Branham from being a prophet (in the sense used by message believers). | The fact is that we don't have any incorrect doctrine in the Bible and this would seem, by this one fact alone, to exclude William Branham from being a prophet (in the sense used by message believers). | ||
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