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''I'm going to call the attention to one denominational church, the first church that ever spoke to me about Jesus Christ when I was a sinner, the Seventh Day Adventist. The Seventh Day Adventist said the seal of God is His sabbath, because a seal shows a finished work, that He's been sealed in the Sabbath. And keeping the Sabbath day is a memorial that you're sealed. Now, you Adventist know that, you know Dr. Smith, and the Home Bible Circle Readings and all that. I have them all in my study, '''and all of Jehovah Witnesses''' and so forth like that. Where—whenever they raise up, I know their points. See? I know where they're going to. So now, Sabbath day is not a seal. A Sabbath day was a seal of God's creation. He finished it then and sealed it (That's right.) with His Sabbath. But it was a type of the Christian Sabbath.<ref>William Branham, 61-0217 - The Mark Of The Beast And The Seal Of God #2, para. 61</ref> | ''I'm going to call the attention to one denominational church, the first church that ever spoke to me about Jesus Christ when I was a sinner, the Seventh Day Adventist. The Seventh Day Adventist said the seal of God is His sabbath, because a seal shows a finished work, that He's been sealed in the Sabbath. And keeping the Sabbath day is a memorial that you're sealed. Now, you Adventist know that, you know Dr. Smith, and the Home Bible Circle Readings and all that. I have them all in my study, '''and all of Jehovah Witnesses''' and so forth like that. Where—whenever they raise up, I know their points. See? I know where they're going to. So now, Sabbath day is not a seal. A Sabbath day was a seal of God's creation. He finished it then and sealed it (That's right.) with His Sabbath. But it was a type of the Christian Sabbath.<ref>William Branham, 61-0217 - The Mark Of The Beast And The Seal Of God #2, para. 61</ref> | ||
= | =Plagiarizing from Charles Russell= | ||
William Branham [[Plagiarism|plagiarized]] from many different sources including [[Plagiarism#Clarence Larkin|Clarence Larkin]], [[Plagiarism#C.L. Franklin|C.L. Franklin]], [[Plagiarism#Billy Graham|Billy Graham]] and others. He also apparently plagiarized from Charles Taze Russell, the founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses and the Watchtower Society. | |||
Charles Taze Russell authored a book entitled "The Finished Mystery: A Helping Hand for Bible Students" which was published posthumously by the Watchtower Society in 1918. | Charles Taze Russell authored a book entitled "The Finished Mystery: A Helping Hand for Bible Students" which was published posthumously by the Watchtower Society in 1918. | ||
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Russell, like William Branham, believed that he was chosen for his "great work" from before his birth. | Russell, like William Branham, believed that he was chosen for his "great work" from before his birth. | ||
==Seven Seals== | |||
==Seven Church Ages== | |||
The November 1, 1917, Watch Tower, carried an article titled “A Tribute to the Seventh Messenger” in which it said: | The November 1, 1917, Watch Tower, carried an article titled “A Tribute to the Seventh Messenger” in which it said: | ||
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Given that William Branham studied the publications of the Watchtower Society, it is likely that this is where he got his idea of the "seventh church age messenger". | Given that William Branham studied the publications of the Watchtower Society, it is likely that this is where he got his idea of the "seventh church age messenger". | ||
Here are some quotes from "The Finished Mystery" published by the Watchtower Society in 1918: | |||
:''Revelation 10:7. But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel.— Pastor Russell was the seventh angel.— Rev. 3:14. ...The mystery of God [should be] WAS finished.— "The great unfolding of the Divine mystery we are expressly told was reserved until the close of the Gospel Age." (Z.'97-255.) "The Plan ceases to be a mystery, because there is no further object in perpetuating its secrecy. ‘The greatness of the mystery, so long kept secret, and the wonderful grace bestowed on those called to fellowship in this mystery (Eph. 3:9), suggest to us that the work to follow its completion, must be an immense work, worthy of such great preparations. What may we not expect in blessings upon the world, when the veil of mystery is withdrawn and the showers of blessing descend! <ref>Better Bible Bureau; Charles Taze Russell. Studies in the Scriptures: Fast Navigation, Search with NCX and Chapter Index (p. 3193). Kindle Edition. </ref> | |||
:''And his name that sat on him was Death.— Still the same rider, the Papacy; and an apt description of its chief claim to recognition during the pre-Reformation period.<ref>Better Bible Bureau; Charles Taze Russell. Studies in the Scriptures: Fast Navigation, Search with NCX and Chapter Index (p. 3115). Kindle Edition.</ref> | |||
::Compare this to the following statement by William Branham: | |||
:::''Same rider, now. This first stage, he was innocent. And second, now, if you went a little bit higher, a little more than that; the second stage, the Bible said he’d be “given a crown.” And they crowned a man, a superman. See, crowned him! And, then, the Bible didn’t call him a pope.<Ref>Woilliam Branham, 63-0320 - The Third Seal, para. 273</ref> | |||
:''"God's people down through this Gospel age have been privileged to know something of the ‘Secret of the Lord'— the Divine Plan. But not until the last seal is broken, does the scroll fly wide open, permitting the ‘Mystery of God' to be fully disclosed; as it is written: ‘In the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when be shall begin to sound, the Mystery of God should be finished, as He hath declared to His servants the Prophets.' (Rev. 5:1; 10:7.)"<ref>Better Bible Bureau; Charles Taze Russell. Studies in the Scriptures: Fast Navigation, Search with NCX and Chapter Index (p. 3155). Kindle Edition. </ref> | |||
:''"As it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man"--in the days of his presence. Not before his days, not after his days, but in (during) his days, the world will be eating, drinking, marrying, buying, selling, planting and building. These scriptures, then, clearly teach that our Lord will be present in the end of this age, entirely unknown to the world, and unseen by them.<ref>Better Bible Bureau; Charles Taze Russell. Studies in the Scriptures: Fast Navigation, Search with NCX and Chapter Index (p. 475). Kindle Edition. </ref> | |||
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