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<div style="border-bottom:2px #B87333 solid; text-align:left; padding:1px; margin:1px;"><font color='#800000' size='+1'>'''The Credibility of Message Ministers (Part 2) - The Red Herring'''.</font> </div> | <div style="border-bottom:2px #B87333 solid; text-align:left; padding:1px; margin:1px;"><font color='#800000' size='+1'>'''The Credibility of Message Ministers (Part 2) - The Red Herring'''.</font> </div> | ||
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God’s covenant with Abraham marks the start of the 430 year period (Galatians 3), after which Isaac was born 25 years later. The 400 year period of suffering would have then started with the sacrifice of Isaac on Mount Moriah. Isaac, the son of promise, is a type of Jesus Christ and a representative of the affliction that the Son of God would eventually endure. | God’s covenant with Abraham marks the start of the 430 year period (Galatians 3), after which Isaac was born 25 years later. The 400 year period of suffering would have then started with the sacrifice of Isaac on Mount Moriah. Isaac, the son of promise, is a type of Jesus Christ and a representative of the affliction that the Son of God would eventually endure. | ||
Here are two reasonable | Here are two reasonable explanations (one Jewish, and the other Christian) which are provided as to why no real issue problem exists between Genesis 15:13 (“400 years”) and Exodus 12:40 (“430 years”). | ||
===Differences in the Gospel Accounts=== | ===Differences in the Gospel Accounts=== | ||
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The closest, most critical, examination of these narratives throughout the ages has never destroyed and can never destroy their powerful testimony to the truth that Christ did rise from the dead on the third day, and was seen of many. | The closest, most critical, examination of these narratives throughout the ages has never destroyed and can never destroy their powerful testimony to the truth that Christ did rise from the dead on the third day, and was seen of many. | ||
===Jonah prophesied against Nineveh but it was not destroyed=== | ===Jonah prophesied against Nineveh but it was not destroyed=== | ||
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[[The Municipal Bridge Vision]] involves a vision which William Branham said was fulfilled. The problem is that it was not fulfilled. How can you compare that with Jonah and Nineveh? | [[The Municipal Bridge Vision]] involves a vision which William Branham said was fulfilled. The problem is that it was not fulfilled. How can you compare that with Jonah and Nineveh? | ||
In [[The Brown Bear Vision|the vision of the brown bear]], William Branham states with an emphatic "Thus Saith The Lord" that he will shoot a huge brown bear. He didn't. How can anyone validly compare that with Jonah and Nineveh? | |||
The real problem, '''the Biblical problem''', with William Branham's unfulfilled visions is Deuteronomy 18:20-22. | The real problem, '''the Biblical problem''', with William Branham's unfulfilled visions is Deuteronomy 18:20-22. | ||
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But in the light of Jeremiah 23:30, this is a serious issue. | But in the light of Jeremiah 23:30, this is a serious issue. | ||
:''So I, the Lord, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who steal messages from one another that they claim are from me.'' Jeremiah 23:30 (NET) | :''So I, the Lord, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who steal messages from one another that they claim are from me.''<ref>Jeremiah 23:30 (NET)</ref> | ||
While William Branham didn’t use the phrase “red herring”, he did use the same concept. He called it “barking up the wrong tree”, which means that when you go hunting with a lying dog, you will come home empty-handed every time. | While William Branham didn’t use the phrase “red herring”, he did use the same concept. He called it “barking up the wrong tree”, which means that when you go hunting with a lying dog, you will come home empty-handed every time. | ||
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R. A. Torrey, Difficulties in the Bible: Alleged Errors and Contradictions (Willow Grove: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1998). | R. A. Torrey, Difficulties in the Bible: Alleged Errors and Contradictions (Willow Grove: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1998). | ||
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