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William Branham claimed he saw a series of <strike>seven</strike> ten prophetic visions in June 1933, which he also claimed to write down in an old book.  In the seventh vision, a woman rose to great power in America.  William Branham was not sure whether the "Woman" in this vision was a physical woman, or a religious power such as the Catholic Church.
William Branham claimed he saw a series of <strike>seven</strike> ten prophetic visions in June 1933, which he also claimed to write down in an old book.  In the seventh vision, a woman rose to great power in America.  William Branham was not sure whether the "Woman" in this vision was a physical woman, or a religious power such as the Catholic Church.


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''“Before the end time comes, there’ll be a woman, that’ll be a great ruler in this nation. '''She will either be president or something on that order, some great woman.''' ...That was in 1932, or something like that.<ref>William Branham, 55-0501E - The Faith That Was Once Delivered To The Saints, para. 17</ref><br>
''“Before the end time comes, there’ll be a woman, that’ll be a great ruler in this nation. '''She will either be president or something on that order, some great woman.''' ...That was in 1932, or something like that.<ref>William Branham, 55-0501E - The Faith That Was Once Delivered To The Saints, para. 17</ref><br>
=Did William Branham prophesy the election of Kamala Harris?=
=Did William Branham prophesy the election of Kamala Harris?=
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The first 10 minutes of Episode 65 of the Off The Shelf podcast addresses the Kamala Harris prophecy - [http://offtheshelf.life/podcast/episode-65-the-seven-thunders-part-2/ click here to listen]
The first 10 minutes of '''Episode 65 of the Off The Shelf podcast''' addresses the Kamala Harris prophecy - [http://offtheshelf.life/podcast/episode-65-the-seven-thunders-part-2/ click here to listen]


Many message followers are pointing to a statement by William Branham from 1960:
Many message followers are pointing to a statement by William Branham from 1960:
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In looking at this prophecy, we need to ask a couple of questions.
In looking at this prophecy, we need to ask a couple of questions.


===Is this prophecy vague?===
===Was this prophecy unique?===
 
Was William Branham the first person to prophecy that a woman would be president?  Or a vice president?
 
According to an article in The Atlantic dated November 1, 2016, predictions of a women president (or presidentess) started even before women had the vote.  A 1910 headline in the ''Meade County News'', a Kansas newspaper stated:
 
:'''''Mere Man Faces Danger of a Woman Being President of the United States'''''
 
A newspaper advertisement in 1892 predicted that by 1992, a 100 years later, perhaps the first woman would be inaugurated as president.  And in 1928, a Los Angeles Times article humorously predicted that by the year 1975, ''"there will doubtless be a lady President of the Uniteds Sates with a lady Cabinet and a lady Senate."''
 
When William Branham predicted that a woman would be president of the United States at some unknown time in the future, he was not the first to make such a prediction.
 
After women were given the vote in the US. simple common sense would tell you that the prediction would come true at some time in the future, however distant that might be.
 
===Was this prophecy vague?===


Is this a prophecy that is sufficiently vague that it will almost certainly be fulfilled?   
Is this a prophecy that is sufficiently vague that it will almost certainly be fulfilled?   


The details of this prophecy seem intentionally vague.  The woman is a president or a vice president or a dictator or the Catholic church or any other thing that might be symbolically portrayed as a powerful woman.   
The details of this prophecy seem intentionally ambiguous.  The woman is a president or a vice president or a dictator or the Catholic church or any other thing that might be symbolically portrayed as a powerful woman.   


One could use the exact same prophecy to claim fulfillment of heavy Catholic influence or an actual woman in power, and predicting that a woman will someday be President of the United States carries with it the same inevitability as a massive earthquake along the San Andreas fault line, or cars that will one day drive themselves. That doesn't take a prophet.
One could use the exact same prophecy to claim fulfillment of heavy Catholic influence or an actual woman in power. Predicting that a woman will someday be President of the United States carries with it the same inevitability as a massive earthquake along the San Andreas fault line, or cars that will one day drive themselves. That doesn't take a prophet and William Branham was not the first to predict any of these things.


Women obtained the legal right to vote nationally in the US in 1920.  William Branham stated he received this prophecy in 1933.  Given the way history was moving it was not hard to believe in 1933 that a woman would eventually be president or at least vice president.  If the prophecies were actually made in 1933… and there is some doubt about that… then to see a woman as vice president some 87 years later is not an astounding prophecy.
Women obtained the legal right to vote nationally in the US in 1920.  William Branham stated he received this prophecy in 1933.  Given the way history was moving it was not hard to believe in 1933 that a woman would eventually be president or vice president.  If the prophecies were actually made in 1933… and there is some doubt about that… then to see a woman as vice president some 87 years later is not an astounding prophecy.


As a result, it is reasonable to conclude that this prophecy qualifies as being sufficiently vague as to almost certainly be fulfilled at some time.
As a result, it is reasonable to conclude that this prophecy qualifies as being sufficiently fuzzy as to almost certainly be fulfilled at some time in the future.


===Is this a prophecy which William Branham takes from scripture?===
===Is this a prophecy which William Branham takes from scripture?===
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This is very hard for people outside the message to understand but this is what is happening in the message.  The followers of William Branham are sadly becoming more and more like a cult.
This is very hard for people outside the message to understand but this is what is happening in the message.  The followers of William Branham are sadly becoming more and more like a cult.


===What if this is a valid prophecy?===
===What if this was a valid prophecy?===


Say that this is a valid prophecy, does it negate the others prophecies that clearly failed?
Say that this is a valid prophecy, does it negate the others prophecies that clearly failed?


God tells us in Deuteronomy 18:20-22 that “a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, is to be put to death.”
God tells us in Deuteronomy 18:20-22 that  


You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?”  If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously, so do not be alarmed.
:''"A prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, is to be put to death.”  You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?”  '''If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true''', that is a message the Lord has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously, so do not be alarmed.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Dt 18:20-22</ref>


This is a “one strike and you’re out test” which William Branham applied to himself.  If we can find one failed prophecy, we don’t have to look any farther.
'''This is a “one strike and you’re out test”''' which William Branham applied to himself.  If we can find one failed prophecy, we don’t have to look any farther.


There are a number of visions which William Branham made… which failed.  The municipal bridge vision failed, as did the Brown Bear vision, and the vision of the meetings in South Africa.  As a result, we can state without hesitation that you should not pay attention to William Branham.
There are a number of visions which William Branham made which failed.  '''The municipal bridge vision failed, as did the Brown Bear vision, and the vision of the meetings in South Africa.''' As a result, we can state without hesitation that you should not pay attention to William Branham.


The important question is this - does Kamala Harris being elected as vice president AND wearing purple at her inauguration mean that William Branham is everything that message followers say he is?   
The important question is this - does Kamala Harris being elected as vice president AND wearing purple at her inauguration mean that William Branham is everything that message followers say he is?   


The answer is No, it does not.
The answer is '''No''', it does not.


We are still left with the myriad failed visions and after the fact prophecies.  We are faced with sermons that William Branham says he received from God but were clearly plagiarized.  We are confronted with an astounding lack of credibility.  None of that has changed.
We are still left with the myriad failed visions and after the fact prophecies.  We are faced with sermons that William Branham says he received from God but were clearly plagiarized.  We are confronted with an astounding lack of credibility.  None of that has changed.
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William Branham said that the prophecy was written down, so each retelling of it should have been consistent.  However, William Branham's statement that a woman would rise to the American Presidency later changed to women voting in a Catholic president.  The great woman became beautiful and cruel, and William Branham claimed this was fulfilled with the election of JFK.  Later, the woman was dressed in purple.  In one sermon this was to be followed immediately by the destruction of America.  William Branham omitted JFK from the fulfillment of this prophecy after the President was assassinated in November 1963.
William Branham said that the prophecy was written down, so each retelling of it should have been consistent.  However, William Branham's statement that a woman would rise to the American Presidency later changed to women voting in a Catholic president.  The great woman became beautiful and cruel, and William Branham claimed this was fulfilled with the election of JFK.  Later, the woman was dressed in purple.  In one sermon this was to be followed immediately by the destruction of America.  William Branham omitted JFK from the fulfillment of this prophecy after the President was assassinated in November 1963.
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Here is a recap of what William Branham said (see full quotes at the bottom of this page):
Here is a recap of what William Branham said (see full quotes at the bottom of this page):
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**Women will vote in the wrong person (Kennedy), and a great woman beautiful and great would rise in the U.S. (perhaps the Catholic Church).  
**Women will vote in the wrong person (Kennedy), and a great woman beautiful and great would rise in the U.S. (perhaps the Catholic Church).  
**The coming of the control of a woman in the United States to take over, maybe a church to take over to rule.
**The coming of the control of a woman in the United States to take over, maybe a church to take over to rule.
**Women would elect the wrong person.n. Then a great woman, a church, a power or something, would take over this United States, to rule. Then I seen it just like ashes,
**Women would elect the wrong person. Then a great woman, a church, a power or something, would take over this United States, to rule. Then I seen it just like ashes,
**A great woman wold stand up in the United States, beautiful, but cruel in heart, perhaps the Catholic church.  And women being permitted to vote would help elect the wrong person... And that’s what they done. Exactly.
**A great woman wold stand up in the United States, beautiful, but cruel in heart, perhaps the Catholic church.  And women being permitted to vote would help elect the wrong person... And that’s what they done. Exactly.
**Women will be permitted to vote, and they’ll elect the wrong person (which happened in 1960)  During that time, there’ll be a great woman rise up in the United States, she’ll be beautifully dressed (perhaps the Catholic church) that’ll take rulership over the power, overpower the others in the United States. She’ll be beautiful to look at, but she’ll be cruel-hearted as she can be.  Then the United States just blowed to pieces.  
**Women will be permitted to vote, and they’ll elect the wrong person (which happened in 1960)  During that time, there’ll be a great woman rise up in the United States, she’ll be beautifully dressed (perhaps the Catholic church) that’ll take rulership over the power, overpower the others in the United States. She’ll be beautiful to look at, but she’ll be cruel-hearted as she can be.  Then the United States just blowed to pieces.