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Pastor Gwena adopted Voice of God's red herring argument as outlined above. However, he also introduced a new red herring with respect to the prophet Elijah. | Pastor Gwena adopted Voice of God's red herring argument as outlined above. However, he also introduced a new red herring with respect to the prophet Elijah. | ||
===Elijah and the red herring=== | |||
In 1 Kings 19:16-16, we read: | |||
:''And, behold, '''there came a voice unto him''', and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria: And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), 1 Ki 19:13–16.</ref> | |||
The problem is that Elijah did not anoint Jehu. | |||
According to Pastor Gwena, "''we have a scriptural precedent of things said to a prophet which a prophet does not fulfill and yet we still accept him to be a prophet''." This is taken as a reason to accept William Branham's status as a prophet regardless of his failed visions. It is taken as a reason to ignore Deuteronomy 18:20-22. | |||
However, there are two good explanations for the failure of Elijah to anoint Jehu. | |||
===Ahab repented=== | |||
We read of Ahab's repentence in 1 Kings 21:27-29: | |||
:''And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. 28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son’s days will I bring the evil upon his house.<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), 1 Ki 21:27–29.</ref> | |||
=Why a Comparison to William Branham's Failed Prophecies is a Smokescreen= | =Why a Comparison to William Branham's Failed Prophecies is a Smokescreen= | ||