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==Concerns with the experience== | ==Concerns with the experience== | ||
William Branham retells this story many times. Each time he tells the story, a light always appears when the 17th person is being baptised. However, there are some differences in each retelling. Originally, 130 people came to be baptized in August 1933 while 3,000 people watched | William Branham retells this story many times. Each time he tells the story, a light always appears when the 17th person is being baptised, and a voice says "Look up". However, there are some differences in each retelling. Originally, 130 people came to be baptized in August 1933 while 3,000 people watched. In later retellings, 500 people came to be baptized in June 1933 while 10,000 people watched. A light appears while he he is baptizing and a voice says "As John the Baptist was the forerunner of the first coming of Christ, so your message is the forerunner of the second coming of Christ." | ||
Based on William Branham's retelling of the story (see quotes below) and the story as related by Lee Vayle, a number of questions present themselves" | Based on William Branham's retelling of the story (see quotes below) and the story as related by Lee Vayle, a number of questions present themselves" | ||
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:''That went into the newspaper, on the '''Associated Press'''. '''Doctor Lee Vayle, here this afternoon, picked it up, plumb in Canada and around, "Local Baptist preacher, while baptizing, a mystic Light appears over him." | :''That went into the newspaper, on the '''Associated Press'''. '''Doctor Lee Vayle, here this afternoon, picked it up, plumb in Canada and around, "Local Baptist preacher, while baptizing, a mystic Light appears over him." | ||
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