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According to WMB, his follower don't get into heaven unless he did.
William Branham believed that his followers would not get into heaven unless he did.


This message concept comes from a fairly innocuous phrase in the OT.
=What William Branham taught=


It is the phrase “and he was gathered to his people.” It occurs in texts like these:
This message concept comes from a fairly innocuous phrase in the OT. It is the phrase “and he was gathered to his people.”  


“Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people” (Gen. 25:8);


“Altogether Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died, and he was gathered to his people” (Gen. 25:17);
=What the Bible teaches=
 
The Bible refers to being gathered to his people in the following passages:
 
:''Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and '''he was gathered to his people...'''”<ref>Gen. 25:8</ref>
 
:''“Altogether Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died, and '''he was gathered to his people'''...”<ref>Gen. 25:17</ref>


“Then he [Isaac] breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him” (Gen. 35:29);  
“Then he [Isaac] breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him” (Gen. 35:29);