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William Branham told about a series of eight prophetic visions he experienced in June 1933, before the U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. established diplomatic ties on November 16, 1933. In the fourth vision, William Branham witnessed Fascism and Nazism being swallowed up into Communism. A voice in the vision instructed William Branham to "watch Russia". As part of this vision, William Branham said that Communism would destroy the Vatican. The U.S.S.R. | William Branham told about a series of eight prophetic visions he experienced in June 1933, before the U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. established diplomatic ties on November 16, 1933. In the fourth vision, William Branham witnessed Fascism and Nazism being swallowed up into Communism. | ||
A voice in the vision instructed William Branham to "watch Russia". As part of this vision, William Branham said that Communism would destroy the Vatican. The U.S.S.R. dissolved into 15 independent nations in December, 1991. As a result, unless Communism comes back to power in Russia, this vision can be classed as having '''failed.''' | |||
=The problem with the prophecy= | =The problem with the prophecy= | ||
In the | In the Laodicea chapter in the Church Age Book, William Branham says, “Now let me say this. Can anyone prove any of those visions wrong? Were they not all fulfilled?” '''Almost 80 years after 1933, we now have the benefit of hindsight in our ability to confirm the accuracy of these prophecies and we find a number of problems''': | ||
#Facism, Nazisim and Communism did not unite into Communism | #Facism, Nazisim and Communism did not unite into Communism | ||
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*’’Communism will burn the Vatican city.’’ | *’’Communism will burn the Vatican city.’’ | ||
*’’ They'll all wind up out of Russia, in Communism." And it will destroy Catholicism. See if it don't!’’ | *’’ They'll all wind up out of Russia, in Communism." And it will destroy Catholicism. See if it don't!’’ | ||
History, however, has shown that Catholicism was instrumental in the fall of communism. Lech Wałęsa has said that | |||
History, however, has shown that Catholicism was instrumental in the fall of communism. Lech Wałęsa has said that “'''The pope started this chain of events that led to the end of communism'''” and Mikhail Gorbachev has said “'''The collapse of the Iron Curtain would have been impossible without John Paul II.'''” | |||
==Communism winding up in Catholicism== | ==Communism winding up in Catholicism== | ||
William Branham stated that | William Branham stated on one occasion that “Communism will burn the Vatican city” and, then, on another occasion said to "Keep your eyes on Russia. She'll all wind up in Communism. And then it'll all wind up finally in Catholicism.” | ||
This creates a problem because if Communism winds up in Catholicism, it will be Russian Communist Catholics that will eventually burn the Vatican. | |||
This creates a problem because if Communism winds up in Catholicism, it will be '''Russian Communist Catholics''' that will eventually burn the Vatican (which makes no sense). | |||
==Three Unclean Spirits== | ==Three Unclean Spirits== | ||
Up until 1964, William Branham taught that the three unclean spirits of Revelation 16:13 were the three isms of his 1933 prophecy. <ref>’’Those three great isms is the unclean spirits that went out of the mouth of the false prophet.’’ (May 1, 1955, Chicago, Illinois)</ref> However, he abandoned this interpretation in July 1965 in favor of teaching that the doctrine of the Trinity was the three unclean spirits of Revelation 16:13. <ref>’’Where was trinitarianism born at? Remember, "three unclean spirits," individual spirits. Are you getting it? Notice, they look back to the Nicaea Council where the trinity doctrine was born at, not in the Bible…. at Nicaea, Rome," when them three unclean spirits went out of the dragon, the false prophets, and so forth. [when they said] "We believe there is a trinity of Gods." (July 25, 1965, Jeffersonville, Indiana).</ref> | Up until 1964, William Branham taught that the three unclean spirits of Revelation 16:13 were the three isms of his 1933 prophecy. <ref>’’Those three great isms is the unclean spirits that went out of the mouth of the false prophet.’’ (May 1, 1955, Chicago, Illinois)</ref> However, he abandoned this interpretation in July 1965 in favor of teaching that the doctrine of the Trinity was the three unclean spirits of Revelation 16:13. <ref>’’Where was trinitarianism born at? Remember, "three unclean spirits," individual spirits. Are you getting it? Notice, they look back to the Nicaea Council where the trinity doctrine was born at, not in the Bible…. at Nicaea, Rome," when them three unclean spirits went out of the dragon, the false prophets, and so forth. [when they said] "We believe there is a trinity of Gods." (July 25, 1965, Jeffersonville, Indiana).</ref> | ||
If you believe that William Branham was an infallible teacher and prophet, you will have to choose which of these interpretations is | |||
If you believe that William Branham was an infallible teacher and prophet, you will have to choose which of these interpretations is correct… or more importantly, which one is wrong. | |||
==Changes in the prophecy over time== | ==Changes in the prophecy over time== | ||
William Branham stated that the prophecy was written down (which we do not believe), so each retelling of it should have been consistent. Changes include whether an ism would burn the Vatican, whether communism would wind up in Rome, and whether these isms represented the three unclean spirits of Revelation 16:13 – none of which made it into the Church Ages book. | |||
*1953: Three isms will wind up in one ism, which will burn the Vatican City. <ref> ''And I said, "There'll be three great isms, Communism, Fascism, and Nazism." And I said, "They'll wind up in one ism, and that one ism will dominate the world and will burn the Vatican City." You remember me saying that years and years and years ago. And just exactly that way.'' (March 26, 1936, Jeffersonville, Indiana)</ref> | *1953: Three isms will wind up in one ism, which will burn the Vatican City. <ref> ''And I said, "There'll be three great isms, Communism, Fascism, and Nazism." And I said, "They'll wind up in one ism, and that one ism will dominate the world and will burn the Vatican City." You remember me saying that years and years and years ago. And just exactly that way.'' (March 26, 1936, Jeffersonville, Indiana)</ref> | ||