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:''But in this great God, Elohim, was attributes. There was attributes in there to be God; '''attributes to be Father;''' attributes to be Son; attributes to be Saviour; attributes to be healer. All these attributes was in God. And if you’ve ever got Eternal Life, you were in God’s attributes, because you got Eternal Life. Jesus came as Redeemer. And redeem means “bring it back to where it started from.” Right. You were in God’s thinking. He might have to breed this with that, and down here and down here.<ref>William Branham, 64-0401 - The Identified Christ Of All Ages</ref>
:''But in this great God, Elohim, was attributes. There was attributes in there to be God; '''attributes to be Father;''' attributes to be Son; attributes to be Saviour; attributes to be healer. All these attributes was in God. And if you’ve ever got Eternal Life, you were in God’s attributes, because you got Eternal Life. Jesus came as Redeemer. And redeem means “bring it back to where it started from.” Right. You were in God’s thinking. He might have to breed this with that, and down here and down here.<ref>William Branham, 64-0401 - The Identified Christ Of All Ages</ref>


:''There is no three or four Gods. There is only one God. There is three attributes of God; Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, but they’re not three Gods. That’s heathen. See, there is only one God. And that’s attributes. God the Father was in the wilderness, as a Pillar of Fire. All right. God the Son; God the Father created the body which was God the Son, and lived in the Son. See? “God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself.” Do you believe that? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] If you’re a Christian, you believe it. And, then, “A little while and the world seeth Me no more.” And now look, Jesus said, “I came from God, and I return to God.” After His death, burial, resurrection, He ascended up.<ref>William Branham, 64-0412 - A Court Trial, para. 257</ref>
:''There is no three or four Gods. There is only one God. '''There is three attributes of God; Father, Son, and Holy Ghost''', but they’re not three Gods. That’s heathen. See, there is only one God. And that’s attributes. God the Father was in the wilderness, as a Pillar of Fire. All right. God the Son; God the Father created the body which was God the Son, and lived in the Son. See? “God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself.” Do you believe that? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] If you’re a Christian, you believe it. And, then, “A little while and the world seeth Me no more.” And now look, Jesus said, “I came from God, and I return to God.” After His death, burial, resurrection, He ascended up.<ref>William Branham, 64-0412 - A Court Trial, para. 257</ref>


Jesus did not exist until he was created by the Father and at that moment God became God the Father:
Jesus did not exist until he was created by the Father and at that moment God became God the Father:


:''And God could not take a human’s place, being He is Spirit. So God created a Blood cell, which was His own Son, Jesus Christ. And God came in and lived in there, and lived, identified Himself in Christ. That was God, Emmanuel. Jesus said, “I and My Father are One. My Father dwells in Me.” See? “God in Christ, reconciling the world.” Jesus was the body, the tabernacle, God was the Spirit that lived in Him.<ref>William Branham, 64-0418B - A Paradox, para. 162</ref>
:''And God could not take a human’s place, being He is Spirit. '''So God created a Blood cell, which was His own Son, Jesus Christ.''' And God came in and lived in there, and lived, identified Himself in Christ. That was God, Emmanuel. Jesus said, “I and My Father are One. My Father dwells in Me.” See? “God in Christ, reconciling the world.” '''Jesus was the body, the tabernacle, God was the Spirit that lived in Him.'''<ref>William Branham, 64-0418B - A Paradox, para. 162</ref>


William Branham taught that because Jesus was created, he did not exist prior to his creation and he was not the eternal Son of God:
William Branham taught that because Jesus was created, he did not exist prior to his creation and he was not the eternal Son of God: