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William Branham believed that his followers would not get into heaven unless he did. | |||
=What William Branham taught= | |||
It is the phrase “and he was gathered to his people.” | This message concept comes from a fairly innocuous phrase in the OT. It is the phrase “and he was gathered to his people.” | ||
“Altogether Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died, and he was gathered to his | =What the Bible teaches= | ||
The Bible refers to being gathered to his people in the following passages: | |||
:''Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and '''he was gathered to his people...'''”<ref>Gen. 25:8</ref> | |||
:''“Altogether Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died, and '''he was gathered to his people'''...”<ref>Gen. 25:17</ref> | |||
“Then he [Isaac] breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him” (Gen. 35:29); | “Then he [Isaac] breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him” (Gen. 35:29); |