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William Branham claimed that he had the gift of discernment, and that discernment was the "Sign of the Messiah". Some claim this made him a prophet, but other logically conclude | William Branham claimed that he had the gift of discernment, and that discernment was the "Sign of the Messiah". Some claim this made him a prophet, but other logically conclude that this doctrine makes William Branham the Messiah. In claiming that discernment was the ‘sign of the Messiah’, William Branham taught that he alone possessed this sign for the Gentiles — the first and only person besides Jesus Christ! He became the messiah to the Gentiles in his own mind. | ||
If you believe that discernment is the sign of the Messiah, and that William Branham possessed this gift, you can only believe one of two things: | If you believe that discernment is the sign of the Messiah, and that William Branham possessed this gift, you can only believe one of two things: | ||
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:''But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.’ And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word that the LORD has not spoken?’ — when a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Dt 18:18–22.</ref> | :''But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.’ And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word that the LORD has not spoken?’ — when a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Dt 18:18–22.</ref> | ||
=Quotes of William Branham= | =Quotes of William Branham= | ||