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The following quotes are taken from the sermon entitled "Reproach for the cause of the Word" (December 23, 1962) and "Is this the sign of the end, Sir?" (December 30, 1962):
The following quotes are taken from the sermon entitled [http://www.thefreeword.com/books/9962-L.pdf "Reproach for the cause of the Word" December 23, 1962] and [http://www.thefreeword.com/books/10162-L.pdf "Sirs, what is the time?" December 30, 1962], both of which were spoken in Jeffersonville, Indiana:
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====Part 1: Little Birds====
====Part 1: Little Birds====
:''Now, I have had many things to happen in my life, but I never had anything like that. I went into a trance...And I--I looked up, and kind of in the shape of a pyramid, standing before me, was little small birds, something like a half-inch long. And they were up at the top on the limbs, they was a--may say three or four, and the next--next limb had maybe eight or ten, and down at the bottom had fifteen or twenty. They were little warriors, because their feathers was beaten; and looked like they were trying to talk to me, saying something.''
:''Now, I have had many things to happen in my life, but I never had anything like that. I went into a trance...And I--I looked up, and kind of in the shape of a pyramid, standing before me, was little small birds, something like a half-inch long. And they were up at the top on the limbs, they was a--may say three or four, and the next--next limb had maybe eight or ten, and down at the bottom had fifteen or twenty. They were little warriors, because their feathers was beaten; and looked like they were trying to talk to me, saying something.''
::Sermon: "Reproach for the cause of the Word" (December 23, 1962)
::Sermon: "Reproach for the cause of the Word"  


====Part 2: Near Tucson====
====Part 2: Near Tucson====
:''For it made it so purpose that He didn't want me to fail to see where it was at, I was picking a sand burr off of me from the desert. And I said, "Now, I know this is a vision, and I know that I'm at Tucson. And I know that them little birds there represent something." And they were watching eastward. And all of sudden they taken a notion to fly, and away they went eastward.
:''For it made it so purpose that He didn't want me to fail to see where it was at, I was picking a sand burr off of me from the desert. And I said, "Now, I know this is a vision, and I know that I'm at Tucson. And I know that them little birds there represent something." And they were watching eastward. And all of sudden they taken a notion to fly, and away they went eastward.
::Sermon: "Is this the sign of the end, Sir?" (December 30, 1962)
::Sermon: "Is this the sign of the end, Sir?"  
 


====Part 3: Doves====
====Part 3: Doves====
:''And as soon as they left, a constellation of larger birds came. They looked like doves, sharp pointed wings, kind of a gray color, a little lighter color than what these first little messengers was. And they were coming eastward swiftly.  
:''And as soon as they left, a constellation of larger birds came. They looked like doves, sharp pointed wings, kind of a gray color, a little lighter color than what these first little messengers was. And they were coming eastward swiftly.  
::Sermon: "Is this the sign of the end, Sir?" (December 30, 1962)
::Sermon: "Is this the sign of the end, Sir?"  
 


====Part 4: The Blast====
====Part 4: The Blast====
:''And no sooner than they got out of my sight, I turned again to look westward, and there it happened. There was a blast that actually shook the whole earth.
:''And no sooner than they got out of my sight, I turned again to look westward, and there it happened. There was a blast that actually shook the whole earth.
::Sermon: "Is this the sign of the end, Sir?" (December 30, 1962)
::Sermon: "Is this the sign of the end, Sir?"  
 


====Part 5: The constellation of Angels====
====Part 5: The constellation of Angels====
:''…I was still looking westward. And way off into eternity I saw a constellation of something coming. It looked like that it might've been little dots. There could've been no less than five, and not more than seven. But they were in the shape of a pyramid, like these messengers coming. And when it did, the power of Almighty God lifted me up to meet them.
:''…I was still looking westward. And way off into eternity I saw a constellation of something coming. It looked like that it might've been little dots. There could've been no less than five, and not more than seven. But they were in the shape of a pyramid, like these messengers coming. And when it did, the power of Almighty God lifted me up to meet them.
:''…I could see those Angels, those shaped-back wings traveling faster than sound could travel. They come from eternity in a split like a twinkling of an eye, not enough to bat your eye, just a twinkle. They were there. I didn't have time to count. I didn't have time, no more than just look. Mighty ones, great powerful Angels, snow white, wings set in head, and they were "whew wheeew," [Brother Branham illustrates--Ed.] and when it did, I was caught up into this pyramid of constellation.
:''…I could see those Angels, those shaped-back wings traveling faster than sound could travel. They come from eternity in a split like a twinkling of an eye, not enough to bat your eye, just a twinkle. They were there. I didn't have time to count. I didn't have time, no more than just look. Mighty ones, great powerful Angels, snow white, wings set in head, and they were "whew wheeew," [Brother Branham illustrates--Ed.] and when it did, I was caught up into this pyramid of constellation.
::Sermon: "Is this the sign of the end, Sir?" (December 30, 1962)
::Sermon: "Is this the sign of the end, Sir?"  
 


====Part 6: Interpretation====
====Part 6: Interpretation====
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:''Notice, the first little flight: hand. The second was greater, whiter, doves: Holy Spirit revealing the secrets of the heart. And the third flight was angels, not birds, angels. And that's the end time.  
:''Notice, the first little flight: hand. The second was greater, whiter, doves: Holy Spirit revealing the secrets of the heart. And the third flight was angels, not birds, angels. And that's the end time.  
::Sermon: "Is this the sign of the end, Sir?" (December 30, 1962)
::Sermon: "Is this the sign of the end, Sir?"  
 
 
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[[Image:South_Angel.jpg|thumb|right|The "shaped back" or "pointed" wings of the Angel on the south portion of the cloud, nearest William Branham.]]
:''And I have the--the article here this morning, in the Life magazine, of to show. Now here It is, the same time I was there. See the pyramid of the Cloud? I was standing just below this. And there, see the distinctive Angel on the right-hand side? See the pointed wing of It? Just exactly what was said. And here it's in the view of Mexico and different places from where they took the picture.''
::Sermon: STANDING.IN.THE.GAP_  JEFF.IN  V-6 N-7  SUNDAY_  63-0623M
 
:''I went up in the mountain and I went with...Brother Fred Sothmann, Brother Gene Norman; ...And I had already got my javelina, and I was trying to chase one around to Brother Fred. ...And I could see Brother Fred, wave at him, he was about a mile away from me.
 
:''...And I went around a great big chasm, oh, my, hundreds and hundreds of feet, just great rocks in the great canyon there, them big walls. And it was kindly getting... the sun was raising up, about seven o'clock, I guess, or something like that. And I set down and I was looking around, I happened to look down on my trouser leg and there was that bull-header, burr. And I said, "You know, that seems strange. You know, the Angel of the Lord told me I'd be about forty miles northeast of Tucson, I'd be picking a bull-header off of my leg." You remember it? Do you? Yes, sir. See? I said, "That's strange." I was holding it.
 
:''...And just as I looked up, I seen about twenty hogs about five hundred yards from me, come out eating this little phyllary and laid down. I said, "Now, if I can just get Brother Fred and get him around to that point there, he'll get his hog right there. ...I throwed this little bull-header down, forgetting about That. And started across the hill real easy and looked back, they didn't see me, and run down and hit this deer trail. I had a great big black hat on. I started running up through this canyon real fast, and it happened.
 
:''...The whole earth shook, everywhere. Rocks that size rolled down, dust flying like that. And I looked, and standing before me stood seven Angels; just exactly the way it was. I felt like I was standing way up off the ground. First, I thought somebody had shot me, you know, with that black hat on; looked like a javelina hog, anyhow, you know they're dark. I thought somebody had shot me, such a... right close. And I--I seen then what it was. Well, as soon as... I got my commission, and the Scripture, "The Seven Seals which is the seven mysteries." See?
 


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