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Even more importantly, even if every single detail of this vision were undeniably perfect, (it's not), that wouldn't negate the insurmountable case against him as a false prophet otherwise. If Kamala Harris's term comes and goes with little drama, we expect message followers to simply re-assign this "prophecy" to the next woman candidate, just as they did with Hillary Clinton. If she happens to not wear purple, well, I expect they'll leave that detail out. After all, there are multiple versions of this prophecy/prediction to pick from. And if Joe Biden is in some way incapacitated or dies and Harris actually becomes president? Fasten your seatbelts, the noise from the message preachers will become even louder. | Even more importantly, even if every single detail of this vision were undeniably perfect, (it's not), that wouldn't negate the insurmountable case against him as a false prophet otherwise. If Kamala Harris's term comes and goes with little drama, we expect message followers to simply re-assign this "prophecy" to the next woman candidate, just as they did with Hillary Clinton. If she happens to not wear purple, well, I expect they'll leave that detail out. After all, there are multiple versions of this prophecy/prediction to pick from. And if Joe Biden is in some way incapacitated or dies and Harris actually becomes president? Fasten your seatbelts, the noise from the message preachers will become even louder. | ||
William Branham made a number of predictions and prophecies. Based on our research, William Branham's "prophecies" can be classified into three categories: | |||
1. First, those that are clearly False, | |||
2. Second, those that are so vague that they will almost certainly be fulfilled in some way, and | |||
3. Third, prophecies that are based on scripture, common scientific knowledge and/or common sense. | |||
In 1955, William Branham stated that a woman would become a great ruler in the US. She would either be president or something on that order. | |||
In 1956, he stated that a woman would be president before the US was annihilated. He stated that the prophecy was written down. He also said on various occasions that it might be the Catholic church. In 1963, he stated it was not actually a woman but a church. | |||
He mentioned this prophecy approximately 14 times in the 10 years prior to his death in 1965. | |||
In looking at this prophecy, we need to ask a couple of questions. | |||
===Is this prophecy vague?=== | |||
Is this a prophecy that is sufficiently vague that it will almost certainly be fulfilled? | |||
The details of this prophecy seem intentionally vague. The woman is a president or a vice president or a dictator or the Catholic church or any other thing that might be symbolically portrayed as a powerful woman. | |||
Women obtained the legal right to vote nationally in the US in 1920. William Branham stated he received this prophecy in 1933. Given the way history was moving it was not hard to believe in 1933 that a woman would eventually be president or at least vice president. If the prophecies were actually made in 1933… and there is some doubt about that… then to see a woman as vice president some 87 years later is not an astounding prophecy. | |||
As a result, it is reasonable to conclude that this prophecy qualifies as being sufficiently vague as to almost certainly be fulfilled at some time. | |||
===Is this a prophecy which William Branham takes from scripture?=== | |||
What about the fact that Kamala Harris was wearing purple? Isn’t this a clear indication of a non-vague prophecy? | |||
In a sermon which on December 7, 1960, William Branham quotes revelation 17:4… “And the woman was arrayed in purple…” and then he says “The beast was scarlet, but the woman was arrayed in purple.” | |||
So, if he thought that the woman in his vision was the Catholic church and the Bible says she was wearing purple, then it is not surprising for William Branham to say that in his vision the woman was wearing purple. What is surprising is that he never referred to the powerful woman wearing purple at any time prior to 1960. It was only later, after he quoted Revelation 17:4 in a sermon, that he mentions her wearing purple. | |||
So I believe that this is an example of the third category of prophecies that William Branham made. It is a prophecy which he takes from scripture. | |||
I think it is important to note that message followers are desperate to find a valid prophecy that William Branham made. Our highest traffic in the past 5 years was in early November 2016 when Hillary Clinton vied against Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. | |||
Psychologists have proved that where prophecies made by revered religious leaders fail, their followers become more fervent in their beliefs and will go on to believe things that normal people shake their heads at. | |||
This is very hard for people outside the message to understand but this is what is happening in the message. The followers of William Branham are sadly becoming more and more like a cult. | |||
But say this is a valid prophecy, does it negate the others prophecies that clearly failed? | |||
God tells us in Deuteronomy 18:20-22 that “a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, is to be put to death.” | |||
You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?” If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously, so do not be alarmed. | |||
This is a “one strike and you’re out test” which William Branham applied to himself. If we can find one failed prophecy, we don’t have to look any farther. | |||
There are a number of visions which William Branham made… which failed. The municipal bridge vision failed, as did the Brown Bear vision, and the vision of the meetings in South Africa. As a result, we can state without hesitation that you should not pay attention to William Branham. | |||
The important question is this - does Kamala Harris being elected as vice president AND wearing purple at her inauguration mean that William Branham is everything that message followers say he is? | |||
The answer is No, it does not. | |||
We are still left with the myriad failed visions and after the fact prophecies. We are faced with sermons that William Branham says he received from God but were clearly plagiarized. We are confronted with an astounding lack of credibility. None of that has changed. | |||
I am certainly willing to admit that William Branham stated in a 87 year old prophecy that a woman might be vice president. He Got it right. But That is not an astounding prophecy. That she would wear purple is a bit better but it appears he was merely trying to make reference to Revelation 17:4. | |||
I could prophecy today that a woman in the future will be president and that this future president will wear scarlet at some time. That prophecy will come true… at some time in the future. But that does not make me a prophet. I simply understand that some things are inevitable. | |||
However, message followers will point to this and will believe the message more fervently, just as the psychologists predicted. That is sad but not something that can be discussed rationally with message followers. | |||
Message preachers will continue to fill their congregations with fear… Something that the Bible says is the opposite of a real relationship with God. Again, this is regretful. We understand from Romans 8:15 that we did not receive a spirit that makes us fear. NO! We received God’s Spirit when he adopted us as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.” For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. | |||
That is what being a Christ follower is about | |||
Message followers now believe that the destruction of the United States will happen shortly. As a result, some message followers will sell their houses and spend their life savings, just as happened prior to 1977. | |||
I predict, but do not prophesy, that we will see a repeat of what happened in 1977. Eventually some people will wake up and leave the message, while others will still not be able to leave when faced with another failed prophecy. | |||
We will continue to let people know about what the Bible really says… that God loves them unconditionally. We will continue to tell them that God has called us to a life of love and not of fear | |||
The spiritual who are still in the message will leave and the fearful in the message will have to face the consequences of Revelation 21:8. | |||
===The Multiple Versions of the Prophecy=== | ===The Multiple Versions of the Prophecy=== | ||