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'''The Bible does not contain the phrase - "the light of the hour".''' Neither does it refer to the "light of the age". These phrases that were so important to William Branham, in fact, have no basis in scripture. | '''The Bible does not contain the phrase - "the light of the hour".''' Neither does it refer to the "light of the age", "word of the hour" or other similar expressions that were used by William Branham (see quotes below). These phrases that were so important to William Branham, in fact, have no basis in scripture. | ||
=What does 1 John 1:7 mean?= | =What does 1 John 1:7 mean?= | ||
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''Yes, sir, they believed, all the way along. So does Satan. Those Pharisees, who could condemn them, not believing? But '''they didn’t believe the Word for the hour'''. They were worshiping the glare of something else. '''It’s the same thing they’re doing today.''' See? They’re keeping up Luther’s predict-…traditions, or—or Wesley’s traditions, and the rest of them, the Pentecostal tradition. But what of the hour?<ref>William Branham, 63-1229M - There Is A Man Here That Can Turn On The Light, para. 136</ref> | |||
''And to you man that's listening to this, across the world, wherever you may be. There is something wrong with your experience, when you say that you love God and refuse His Word. There is something. You refuse the very… No wonder the things can't, the church is in its condition, and things cannot be done as God promised, is because you won't even receive the Word or walk in the Light. The Bible said, "Let us walk in the Light, as He is in the Light, then the Blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son, cleanses us from all sin." Sin is "unbelief." Then if we are walking in '''the God-given Light of the hour''', then God takes that Word that's given for the hour and vindicates It.<ref>William Branham, 63-1229M - There Is A Man Here That Can Turn On The Light, para. 88-89</ref> | |||
''How would you know what's right? The manifestation of the spoken Word of God being made manifest, '''Light of the hour'''. Certainly. There is what the evidence of the Holy Spirit is, believing the Word of God when It's manifested. '''He was the Word, manifested.''' And some of them denied It, laughed at It, made fun of Him and called Him a—a fortuneteller, some evil spirit; there is evidence, speaking in tongues, there is evidence of the fruits. The only evidence there is, is when man believe the written Word. When It's vindicated, walk in the Light of It. '''Jesus was the Light of the hour because He was the promised Word of the hour''', and tried to tell them so, but they were too—too much in darkness to understand It. '''So is it, today, now.'''<ref>William Branham, 64-0119 - Shalom, para. 143</ref> | |||
''He was the same One was in all the apostles. And He is the same One that was in Jesus Christ, to manifest Himself there for that promised Word. And He is the same God today, the same Word, throwing Light upon '''the Word of the hour'''. God be merciful to us! Yes, sir. Believing God to interpret Himself, every Word to be vindicated! Yes, He is His Own interpreter.<ref>William Branham, 64-0126 - What Shall We Do With This Jesus Called Christ?, para. 111</ref> | |||
''The prophets were part of the Word. Jesus said they were called 'gods.' And they were, as long as the Word of God was brought to them. He said, "How can you condemn Me when I say I'm the Son of God? And—and, you, those… It's written in your law, 'those who the Word of the Lord come to,' you called them 'gods.'" See, the… It wasn't the prophets; it was the Word of God. And it's same thing now. And it was Jesus, same thing, the Word of God made manifest. And that is always the Light of the hour.<ref>William Branham, 64-0318 - Sir, We Would See Jesus, para. 40</ref> | |||
''But this Pharisee, think of it, religious as he could be, and Jesus said, "You are of your father the devil, and his works you'll do." Religious man, belonged to fine, high orders. And Jesus called them, "Snakes in the grass, and devils." '''They rejected the Light of the hour.''' That's exactly what it was. Jesus in His age, what was He? Just like the prophets of their age, each one of them was God's Word being interpreted for that age. Moses was God's Word, interpreted. God said, "I'll send down there, and I'll deliver them. I'm sending you down with My Word. I'll do great signs and wonders." He did it. Mary, she was God's Word, interpreted. "A virgin shall conceive." That was God's Word, interpreted... | |||
''Geographically, and also in the material, the scene is set. '''Isn't it time for God to come back in human flesh''', "the Word that's sharper than a two-edged sword, and a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart," to appear on the scene, to make Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever! '''It's a promised Word that's been lotted for this day.''' We are living in this day, and God is here with us, to manifest that and make it true.'<ref>William Branham, 64-0401 - The Identified Christ Of All Ages, para. 77-80, 167</ref> | |||
''And the greatest robbery that the church of Jesus Christ ever had, is a false light, '''a glare of some other ag'''e, when God is trying to inject, or project, to the people, the '''Light of the hour'''.<ref>William Branham, 64-0415 - Christ Is Identified The Same In All Generations, para. 122</ref> | |||
'''''If you are true seed''', you will hear that Word; the Spirit will baptize you into the body of Christ, filling you and empowering you, and '''you will receive the Word for your day and age'''. See how clear the true evidence becomes when the Word is revealed to you? <ref>William Branham, An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages - 4 - The Smyrnaean Church Age</ref> | |||
''In every church age we hear these words, “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” The Spirit gives the Word. '''If you have the Spirit you will hear the Word for your age, as those true Christians took the Word for their age.'''<ref>William Branham, An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages - 5 - The Pergamean Church Age</ref> | |||
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