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''And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. '' | ''And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. '' | ||
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==A Liar on a Horse== | |||
The first seal is a rider on a white horse with a bow and a crown. William Branham said the beast that spoke was a lion-angel. | |||
William Branham taught that the seal was the antichrist spirit on a ''“white denominational horse to deceive the people,”'' yet was powerless to persecute anyone at the time. William Branham taught that a horse represents a power, and white represents innocence. Unlike the white horse rider in Revelation Chapter 19 whose name is called the Word of God, this rider does not have a name, and is the Spirit of the Antichrist impersonating Jesus Christ. | |||
==The Pope is bad. Don't follow him.== | |||
Pointing clearly at the Pope and his papal crown, William Branham called the first rider a Nicolaitan spirit, which means "to conquer the laity" and occurs when you: | |||
:''“take the Holy Spirit out of the church and give it all to one holy man, let him be the boss of all of it...See, he first started an antichrist, the spirit; then he become a false prophet. Then later, when the devil is cast out, he's incarnate then with the devil. “Three stages: the first he's a devil to begin with, a spirit of the devil; then he becomes a false prophet, teacher of a false doctrine; next thing he comes as the very devil himself incarnate.”'' (William Branham, the First Seal) | |||
==Elijah is good. Follow me.== | |||
While accusing the Catholics of following one man, William Branham then talks about his own role as Elijah because: | |||
#He is a prophet, | |||
#He hates women, | |||
#He fulfills Malachi 4, and | |||
#He fulfills [[Revelation 10:7]] by wrapping up the loose ends for the rapture. | |||
In summary, this was a very tame warm-up sermon in preparation of more radical sermons to come. What he does not seem to realize is that everything he says about not following a man (the Pope) can equally be applied to the church following his own leadership. | |||
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