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:''The other day I read a letter from a sister who was with Billy Graham and them down in—in Saipan, Brother Moore’s daughter. <ref>William Branham, 56-0408E - The Time Is At Hand, para. 26 (Chicago)</ref> | :''The other day I read a letter from a sister who was with Billy Graham and them down in—in Saipan, Brother Moore’s daughter. <ref>William Branham, 56-0408E - The Time Is At Hand, para. 26 (Chicago)</ref> | ||
:''And now, I’ve left my hometown when Billy Graham was over there. And I’ve always wanted to meet Billy Graham. And he’s in Louisville now, preaching. My family and them’s attending. Our churches are closed and everything, a cooperating in the meeting to do everything we can to put the effort. I live about where eighty-five percent of the alcoholic beverages is, that swindles these drunken people on the streets, comes from Louisville, Kentucky. And the tobacco factories, it’s the seat of Satan. And you people in Chicago pray that God will anoint that evangelist Billy Graham till there’ll be a revival break out in Louisville and will just start something. And now, pray for him. And I pray for him all the time, each day and every night and everything. ’Cause God’s using the man in a great way. A very fine brother, so I am told.<ref>William Branham, 56-1003 - Painted-Face Jezebel, para. 11 (Chicago)</ref> | |||
As a result, we can conclude William Branham never prophecied anything about Billy Graham in Chicago! He simply said, "I believe that America is going to get her last call, this year." Does that make it a prophecy that Billy Graham was going to cancel his meetings? Was it the end of Billy Graham's ministry?? Did Billy Graham cancel his meetings in 1956 | As a result, we can conclude William Branham never prophecied anything about Billy Graham in Chicago! He simply said, "I believe that America is going to get her last call, this year." Does that make it a prophecy that Billy Graham was going to cancel his meetings? Was it the end of Billy Graham's ministry?? Did Billy Graham cancel his meetings in 1956? | ||
Let's examine what actually happened in Billy Graham's ministry. | Let's examine what actually happened in Billy Graham's ministry. | ||
In 1956, Billy Graham conducted at tour of India, Taiwan, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and the Philippines which started on January 17 in India and ended in Honolulu on March 11. The Bombay rally on January 20, 1956 was canceled because of riots, however, none of the remaining Indian meetings were cancelled. He held numerous meetings throughout the US in 1956 including a | In 1956, Billy Graham conducted at tour of India, Taiwan, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and the Philippines which started on January 17 in India and ended in Honolulu on March 11. The Bombay rally on January 20, 1956 was canceled because of riots, however, none of the remaining Indian meetings were cancelled. He held numerous meetings throughout the US in 1956 including a crusade in Louisvilled, Kentucky from Sept 30 to Oct. 28, 1956. William Branham must have been aware of this crusade but chose to ignore it. Dr. Graham went on to hold rallies in St. Louis, MO in the last week of November and in Buffalo, NY on Dec. 13-14. | ||
William Branham was aware of Billy Granham's meetings in Louisville. Why did he choose talk about them in 1956 but chose to ignore them in recallng his "prophecy"? | |||
:And, then, I think that the hour has arrived that this part of the country ought to receive a great visitation, on the coming of our noble brother, Billy Graham, to Louisville, this coming week. He begins the same time, Louisville, I begin in Chicago. So, I’ll be back, through, I—I want to meet him, personally, while he’s here. And some friends is going to introduce me to him. And I’ve been right in the same city, overseas, and many different places, but just, so, we didn’t get to meet each other.<ref>William Branham, 56-0923 - Spiritual Adoption, para. 11</ref> | |||
'''There is no record of any US meetings being cancelled in 1956.''' The only record of a meeting being cancelled in 1956 was the meeting in Bombay which was cancelled because of riots. There is a record of a 3 day meeting being cancelled in Waco, TX in 1965. Additionally, Dr. Graham announced the cancelation of meetings in Dec 1967 as a result of being diagnosed with pnemonia. Those are the only recorded meetings that were cancelled from 1956-2005 according to the records of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association<ref>http://www2.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/bgeachro/bgeachron02.htm Wheaton College - Chronological Listing of Events in the Life of Billy Graham and the History of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association</ref> | '''There is no record of any US meetings being cancelled in 1956.''' The only record of a meeting being cancelled in 1956 was the meeting in Bombay which was cancelled because of riots. There is a record of a 3 day meeting being cancelled in Waco, TX in 1965. Additionally, Dr. Graham announced the cancelation of meetings in Dec 1967 as a result of being diagnosed with pnemonia. Those are the only recorded meetings that were cancelled from 1956-2005 according to the records of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association<ref>http://www2.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/bgeachro/bgeachron02.htm Wheaton College - Chronological Listing of Events in the Life of Billy Graham and the History of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association</ref> | ||