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Compare William Branham’s statements to Charles Taze Russel to see for yourself: | Compare William Branham’s statements to Charles Taze Russel to see for yourself: | ||
:''Had opened the '''seventh seal'''.—“The seal of the living God.” (Rev. 7:2.) The opening of the seventh seal is | :''Had opened the '''seventh seal'''.—“The seal of the living God.” (Rev. 7:2.) The opening of the seventh seal is progressive. The opening and unfolding of the Truth goes on as the saints are sealed. By the time the saints are all sealed in their hearts and minds with the Present Truth, the deepest features of the Truth itself will have been disclosed. “The time will undoubtedly come in the near future when the number of the Elect will be complete. Then only such vacancies as might still occur by some falling out would remain.” (Z. ’14‐68.) “God’s people down through this Gospel age have been privileged to know something of the ‘Secret of the Lord’—the Divine Plan. But not until the last seal is broken, does the scroll fly wide open, '''permitting the ‘Mystery of God’ to be fully disclosed; as it is written: ‘In the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the Mystery of God should be finished, as He hath declared to His servants the Prophets.'''’ (Rev. 5:1; '''10:7'''.)”—Z. ’97‐257. | ||
:''10:4. And [when] WHATSOEVER the '''seven thunders''' had uttered [their voices], I.—Pastor Russell as a representative of the John class. | :''10:4. And [when] WHATSOEVER the '''seven thunders''' had uttered [their voices], I.—Pastor Russell as a representative of the John class. | ||
:''10:7. But in the days of the voice of the '''seventh | :''10:7. But in the days of the voice of the '''seventh angel'''.—Pastor Russell was the seventh angel.—'''Rev. 3:14.''' | ||
Charles Taze Russel went on to explain that a series of seven subjects he published between 1880 and 1910 were the seven thunders that fully revealed the mystery of God, which completed the unrolling of the seventh seal. | Charles Taze Russel went on to explain that a series of seven subjects he published between 1880 and 1910 were the seven thunders that fully revealed the mystery of God, which completed the unrolling of the seventh seal. | ||
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William Branham confirmed this when he released the Church Ages Book in 1965. | William Branham confirmed this when he released the Church Ages Book in 1965. | ||
:''”He will reveal the mysteries of the seven | :''”He will reveal the mysteries of the seven thunders in Revelation 10 which are the revelations contained in the seven seals. It will be these Divinely revealed 'mystery-truths' that literally turn the hearts of the children to the Pentecostal fathers. Exactly so.”'' | ||
So his ministry ended in circular statements that: | So his ministry ended in circular statements that: | ||
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'''The Islamic Prophet Muhammed's vindication was the writing of the Koran and his angelic visitation in Jerusalem. So too, William Branham's vindication was the Angelic Revelation of the Seven Seals on Sunset Mountain.''' Too bad the third pull was mimicked 1,400 years before William Branham's passing. | '''The Islamic Prophet Muhammed's vindication was the writing of the Koran and his angelic visitation in Jerusalem. So too, William Branham's vindication was the Angelic Revelation of the Seven Seals on Sunset Mountain.''' Too bad the third pull was mimicked 1,400 years before William Branham's passing. | ||
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There is debate among the followers of William Branham as to whether he actually revealed the seventh seal. He did preach a sermon on the subject, but at the time he claimed the interpretation of the seal was not divinely revealed to him. | |||
It should be no surprise, however, that what he did say on the seventh seal was also copied from the writings of Charles Taze Russel and Clarence Larkin. | |||
:''For, it’s predicted here that the seventh angel’s Message would finish the mysteries of God.<ref>63-0324E - The Seventh Seal, para. 87</ref> | |||
:''It’s the end of the church age. It’s the—the end of the Seventh Seal. It’s the end of the Trumpets. It’s the end of the Vials, and even end the ushering in of the Millennium. That’s on the Seventh Seal.<ref>63-0324E - The Seventh Seal, para. 233</ref> | |||
:''It’s just like firing a rocket into the air. And that rocket explodes here, and it goes up and then explodes again. It puts out five stars. One of those stars explode and blows out five stars from it; and then one of them stars explodes and blows out five stars from it.<ref>63-0324E - The Seventh Seal, para. 234</ref> | |||
:''Now, a half hour might not be long if you’re having a good time. But, in the suspense of between death and Life, it seemed like a Millennium.<ref>63-0324E - The Seventh Seal, para. 238</ref> | |||
:''I’m only telling you what I seen and what has been told to me. And now you—you do whatever you want to. I don’t know who is going to…what’s going to take place. I do not know. I just know that those Seven Thunders holds that mystery. The Heavens was quiet.<ref>63-0324E - The Seventh Seal, para. 326</ref> | |||
It appears that William Branham was setting up the future revelation of the seventh seal and the seven thunders following the exact same pattern used by Charles Taze Russel who wrote: | |||
:''Saying [unto me], Seal up [those] WHAT things [which] SOEVER the seven thunders uttered. — Do not immediately disclose their full contents… | |||
:''But not until the last seal is broken, does the scroll fly wide open, permitting the ‘Mystery of God’ to be fully disclosed; as it is written: ‘In the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the Mystery of God should be finished, as He hath declared to His servants the Prophets. | |||
:''Rev. 10:7. But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel. — Pastor Russell was the seventh angel. — Rev. 3:14<ref>Charles Taze Russell, ''Studies in the Scriptures, Volume VII, The Finished Mystery: The Winepress of God's Wrath and the Fall of Babylon'' (published posthumously), edited by C. J. Woodworth and George H. Fisher, copyright 1917, Peoples Pulpit Association, Brooklyn, N. Y., USA, International Bible Students Association, published 1918, p. 224</ref> | |||
How did William Branham come up with the revelation that Rev. 10:7 and Rev. 3:14 were tied together? From the writings of Charles Russell? | |||
There are also a number of things that Clarence Larkin wrote that William Branham copied in his sermon on the Seventh Seal. If you are familiar with the message, you will recognize the phrases which follow, all from Larkin’s books: | |||
:''We must not forget that the “SEVENTH SEAL” includes all that happens during the sounding of the “Trumpets,” and the pouring out of the “Vials,” and so extends down to the ushering in of the Millennium. To illustrate, a rocket fired into the air may burst into “seven stars,” and one of these stars into “seven other stars,” and one of the second group of stars into a third group of “seven stars.” So the “Seventh” Seal includes the “Seven Trumpets,” and the “Seventh” Trumpet includes the “Seven Vials.” | |||
:''Now a “half an hour” is not long when engaged in some pleasant employment, but it causes a nerve breaking tension when we do not know what is going to happen, and when a life is at stake a minute, or even a few seconds, seem to be hours.<ref>Clarence Larkin, The Book of Revelation: A Study of the Last Prophetic Book of Holy Scripture (Philadelphia, PA: Rev. Clarence Larkin Estate, 1919), 68.</ref> | |||
All of the things which William Branham copied from Larkin and Russell are outlined on our website at the link below. | |||
In his message on the Seventh Seal William Branham made this clear declaration: | |||
:''Now I want to make this real clear. Every time, every time that these Seals has come to the place; everything that I ever believed on Them, and has read of other people, has been contrary to what come to me in the room.<ref>63-0324E - The Seventh Seal, para. 29</ref> | |||
But we have seen that this statement is simply not true. William Branham preached the same essential revelation of the seals as were found in the writings of Larkin and Russel… books he had in his library. And he knew it. | |||
What caused William Branham to mislead his audience? It was certainly not the Holy Spirit. If William Branham misled his audience concerning the most important sermons of his ministry, how can we trust he was not misleading his audience in other sermons? | |||
If other ministers had an essentially correct interpretation of the seals before William Branham was even born, how can anyone make the claim that the seals were opened in 1963? | |||
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