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Jesus began his ministry by reciting the following scripture from the prophet Isaiah:
 
:''The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD,'' (Isaiah 61:1,2a)
 
Jesus said to the people listening: ''"This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears."''  This was a true saying, as Jesus ministry was to the meek, blind, brokenhearted, and captives.
 
However, Jesus closed the book of Isaiah before finishing the full prophecy of the Messiah.  The part that Jesus omitted was as follows:
 
:''and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.'' (Isaiah 61:2b,3)
 
By closing the book, Jesus was telling the people that the "day of vengeance" and the "comfortor" were still to come.  All of this restoration is for the glory of God. 
 
 
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|'' Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. ... Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: <br> Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.''  (I Peter 4:19, 5:6-7) ''
|'' Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. ... Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: <br> Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.''  (I Peter 4:19, 5:6-7) ''
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<div style="border-bottom:1px #B87333 solid; text-align:center; font-size:140%; padding:1px; margin:1px;">William Branham talks about suffering</div>
William Braham often taught that suffering comes as a result of not following the will of God.  He also taught that God punishes others for the mistakes of important people. 
:''And--and there, friends, is where my sorrows started. I listened to my mother-in-law in the stead of God. He was giving me the opportunity. And there this gift would've been manifested long time ago, if I'd just went ahead and done what God told me to do.  But instead of that, I didn't want her to be angry, and I didn't want to hurt nobody's feelings. And so I just--just let it go like that. Just walked, I just said, "All right, we won't go." And right there, the sorrows started. Immediately after that, my father died. My brother was killed a few nights later from that. I almost lost my own... I lost my father, my brother, my wife, my baby, and my sister-in-law, and almost my own life within about six month's time. And just started going down. My church, pretty near everything went down, down, down. Hope taken sick.  Just right after that, the 1937 flood come on.''  (Life Story, Phoenix, Arizona, April 15, 1951)
:'' I pulled some branches off the trees, walked back out there, where those ministers was standing. And threw it over their feet like that, and said, "THUS SAITH THE LORD, if we go down, even to Klarksdorf, you'll suffer the results. You got me here. I haven't even got money to pay my way back. You--you got me here, and I can't go back, 'cause I couldn't go back. He told me to ahead to Johannesburg. You got me sewed up here." I said, "You'll see, as Paul said one day, you should've listened to me." See?'' (July 13, 1952)  ...''You see, when I was over there I disobeyed God and I picked up ameba.'' (June 9, 1953)
William Branham learned this doctrine from his first pastor, [[Roy Davis]], who wrote:
:''As a direct result of my failure to listen to God on matters so deeply important to us both and to the world in general, I went through the very fires of hell.'' (Roy Davis, October 1950, The Voice of Healing, Page 14).   


'''If you read the book of Job or listen to Jesus' teachings, you will learn that suffering and sickness are not a sign of being out of the will of God.'''  Job's friends never fell ill, yet were entirely wrong.  Likewise, suffering is not a sign that people are being punished for their sins.  Rather, suffering is a sign of our insufficiency and mortality.  Suffering can be relieved by prayer, by wisdom, by the touch of a friend, and by the touch of God.  The instruction of the apostle Peter is for us to follow Jesus in his suffering, bringing glory to God when we bless those who persecute us.  Eventually, the love of God will eliminate suffering.   
'''If you read the book of Job or listen to Jesus' teachings, you will learn that suffering and sickness are not a sign of being out of the will of God.'''  Job's friends never fell ill, yet were entirely wrong.  Likewise, suffering is not a sign that people are being punished for their sins.  Rather, suffering is a sign of our insufficiency and mortality.  Suffering can be relieved by prayer, by wisdom, by the touch of a friend, and by the touch of God.  The instruction of the apostle Peter is for us to follow Jesus in his suffering, bringing glory to God when we bless those who persecute us.  Eventually, the love of God will eliminate suffering.   
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*'''Revelation 21:4''' ''And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.''  
*'''Revelation 21:4''' ''And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.''  
   
   
<div style="border-bottom:1px #B87333 solid; text-align:center; font-size:140%; padding:1px; margin:1px;">William Branham talks about suffering</div>
William Braham often taught that suffering comes as a result of not following the will of God.  He also taught that God punishes others for the mistakes of important people.  His doctrine on suffering is very close to the doctrine of Job's friends. 
:''And--and there, friends, is where my sorrows started. I listened to my mother-in-law in the stead of God. He was giving me the opportunity. And there this gift would've been manifested long time ago, if I'd just went ahead and done what God told me to do.  But instead of that, I didn't want her to be angry, and I didn't want to hurt nobody's feelings. And so I just--just let it go like that. Just walked, I just said, "All right, we won't go." And right there, the sorrows started. Immediately after that, my father died. My brother was killed a few nights later from that. I almost lost my own... I lost my father, my brother, my wife, my baby, and my sister-in-law, and almost my own life within about six month's time. And just started going down. My church, pretty near everything went down, down, down. Hope taken sick.  Just right after that, the 1937 flood come on.''  (Life Story, Phoenix, Arizona, April 15, 1951)
:'' I pulled some branches off the trees, walked back out there, where those ministers was standing. And threw it over their feet like that, and said, "THUS SAITH THE LORD, if we go down, even to Klarksdorf, you'll suffer the results. You got me here. I haven't even got money to pay my way back. You--you got me here, and I can't go back, 'cause I couldn't go back. He told me to ahead to Johannesburg. You got me sewed up here." I said, "You'll see, as Paul said one day, you should've listened to me." See?'' (July 13, 1952)  ...''You see, when I was over there I disobeyed God and I picked up ameba.'' (June 9, 1953)
William Branham learned this doctrine from his first pastor, [[Roy Davis]], who wrote:
:''As a direct result of my failure to listen to God on matters so deeply important to us both and to the world in general, I went through the very fires of hell.'' (Roy Davis, October 1950, The Voice of Healing, Page 14).   


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