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A number of years ago, we received a sincere question in an email regarding the message of William Branham.  We diligently tried to answer the question.  We tried to prove that the message was correct and that William Branham was a true prophet of God, but the results of our research were very troubling and raised more questions.  We spent several years researching these issues which in turn only raised even more questions.

Our biggest problem was that '''no one in our church''' was prepared to sincerely consider our questions and try to answer them.  We talked to many well known ministers that also followed William Branham, but they didn't have any answers either.  A few of the more honest ministers actually admitted that we had stumbled onto some questions that they couldn't answer (at least in a way that reflected positively on William Branham).  So we kept searching for answers.

I am not sure why those in our church did not seem to believe or practice this verse, but we have found this attitude through out the message - message believers refuse to answer, or even discuss, our questions in an open and honest manner.

While at first we found this almost impossible to believe, '''we have been unable to locate a single unambiguous prophecy that was made in advance in a public forum (on tape) and that was later clearly fulfilled.'''  However, there are numerous examples of visions that were made publicly which failed (were not fulfilled) and prophecies that changed drastically over time.  If you click on the individual lines below, they will take you to a detailed explanation of each issue.

#[[Prophecy of the Cloud|Why did William Branham change the vision of the angels appearing?]] '''(Prophecy Changed)'''

#[[The Marilyn Monroe Vision|Was William Branham's vision of Marilyn Monroe's death accurate?]] '''(Failed Prophecy)'''

##[[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Why did William Branham prophecy that America would start World War 2?]] '''(Prophecy Changed/Failed Prophecy)'''

##[[Mussolini invades Ethiopia|Was Mussloni's invasion of Ethiopia really his last invasion?]] '''(Prophecy Changed/Failed Prophecy)'''

#[[What if William Branham was a Prophet?]]

:'''If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.''' - ''Mark Twain''

The Bible plainly tells us what is expected of Christian leaders:

#Was William Branham [[The Perfect Man|the perfect man]]?

If you study the message, you will find that William Branham departed significantly from the plain meaning of scripture in many things that he taught.  If you click on the individual items below, they will take you to a detailed explanation of each issue.

#Why do we need William Branham's message when [[The Sufficiency of Scripture|scripture is sufficient?]]

William Branham believed, and taught, some outrageous things that people should accept as the truth.  Here are a few of these bizarre teachings:

*[[An Uncertain Sound|I am God's prophet... I never said I was a prophet.]]

#[[Hagin Prophecy|Kenneth Hagin's Prophecy]]

#Who is [[Voice of God Recordings]] and how much money do they have?

These doctrines may not have been taught directly by William Branham (or at least we have not found quotes yet) but are widely held by Message ministers/believers and are taught in a variety of message churches (please note that they may not be found in all message churches).   

#People have made Jesus into a super man.  Message believers are the sons of God and ultimately, don't need Jesus to be the sacrifice.

There are a few things that William Branham taught that followers of William Branham simply do not believe in any practical sense.