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=Biblical View= | =Biblical View= | ||
In the King James Version of the Bible, the phrase '''"''Thus saith the Lord''"''' appears 415 times in the Old Testament but does not appear at all in the New Testament. The term "saith the Lord" does appear 13 times in the New Testament but generally in reference to a quotation from the Old Testament. | |||
While William Branham appears to have been fixated on this phrase, it appears to have no significant relevance in the New Testament. | |||
Hebrews 1:1–2 | |||
:''God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son... | |||
Deuteronomy 18:20–22 | |||
:''‘But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in My name which I have not commanded him to speak, or which he speaks in the name of other gods, '''that prophet shall die'''.’ | |||
:''“You may say in your heart, ‘How will we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?’ | |||
:''“When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, '''if the thing does not come about or come true, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken'''. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him. | |||
Jeremiah 23: 25-32 | Jeremiah 23: 25-32 | ||
:''“I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name. They say, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’ How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds? They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget my name, just as their ancestors forgot my name through Baal worship. Let the prophet who has a dream recount the dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the Lord. “Is not my word like fire,” declares the Lord, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces? “Therefore,” declares the Lord, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from me. Yes,” declares the Lord, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, ‘The Lord declares.’ Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” declares the Lord. “They tell them and lead my people astray with their reckless lies, yet I did not send or appoint them. They do not benefit these people in the least,” declares the Lord. | :''“I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name. They say, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’ How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds? They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget my name, just as their ancestors forgot my name through Baal worship. | ||
:''Let the prophet who has a dream recount the dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the Lord. “Is not my word like fire,” declares the Lord, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces? | |||
:''“Therefore,” declares the Lord, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from me. Yes,” declares the Lord, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, ‘The Lord declares.’ Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” declares the Lord. | |||
:''“They tell them and lead my people astray with their reckless lies, yet I did not send or appoint them. They do not benefit these people in the least,” declares the Lord. | |||
=Quotes= | =Quotes= | ||