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[[Image:Billy Paul at Eagle Rock.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Billy Paul Branham at Eagle Rock. He's now almost 80, yet Los Angeles is still standing.]] | [[Image:Billy Paul at Eagle Rock.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Billy Paul Branham at Eagle Rock. He's now almost 80, yet Los Angeles is still standing.]] | ||
'''Billy Paul Branham''' was born in 1935 to William and Hope Branham. Billy Paul's mother and his younger sister Sharon died in 1937, and his attachment and unique relationship with his father formed in the lonely years that followed. Billy Paul Branham said that he met the Angel of the Lord that spoke with his father, and thousands of miracles as he accompanied him through campaigns across the United States, Canada, Africa, and India. | '''Billy Paul Branham''' was born in 1935 to William and Hope Branham. Billy Paul's mother and his younger sister Sharon died in 1937, and his attachment and unique relationship with his father formed in the lonely years that followed. Billy Paul Branham said that he met the Angel of the Lord that spoke with his father, and thousands of miracles as he accompanied him through campaigns across the United States, Canada, Africa, and India. | ||
Until his death in 2023, he was the vice-president of [[Voice of God Recordings]] in Jeffersonville, Indiana, whose goal is to distribute the recorded sermons of William Branham. The assets of this non-profit corporation at the end of 2012 were in excess of $100 Million USD. | |||
=Failed Prophecy= | |||
In "The Acts of the Prophet," a book written by [[Pearry Green]], William Branham prophesied that Billy Paul ''"wouldn't be an old man until sharks will swim right where we are standing"'', which was in front of the May Company in downtown Los Angeles. Billy Paul died in 2023 at the age of 88 with the prophecy unfulfilled and [[Destruction of Los Angeles|Los Angeles still standing]]. | |||
While message followers will use the excuse that this prophecy was never made on a tape, they must also realize that there were no "before the fact" prophecies that are contained in any of William Branham's sermons. It is also clear, based on the correspondence with Billy Paul below, that he fervently believed that the prophecy would come to pass. | |||
==Correspondence with Billy Paul== | |||
The following letter was sent to Billy Paul Branham on January 28, 2017: | |||
:''Dear Billy Paul Branham, | |||
:''I am James Manuel from Cape Town, South Africa. I came in contact with the message of Brother Branham in late 1972, and was baptised in the name of Jesus Christ according to Acts 2:38 early in 1973. Since then I enhanced and believed the End Time Message of Brother Branham with all my heart. | |||
:''My wife, Crystal knew nothing else as she was only a young child when her parents accepted the message. My children were raised in the message and they knew nothing else. | |||
:''I left the message in 2012 after a 5 year search for answers which never came. The only responses I got from everyone I communicated with, including Joseph Branham, was robotic in nature. In other words, I had to ignore what I saw, and accept the evident discrepancies in the words and/or message as truth by faith, because Brother Branham said so. | |||
:''You are probably in the most favorable position to answer this question which bother me in no uncertain terms. I heard you tell the story of how you and your dad were standing in front of May's department store in downtown Los Angeles. You dad wanted to know from you where you were standing, and you replied, "Downtown LA", to which he replied, "be more specific". You said, "in front of May's Department Store", to which he replied, "Billy, I may be gone, but before you are an old man, sharks will swim where you stand." | |||
:''Brother Billy, you are over 80 and definitely not a young man any longer. Do you still feel it will happen as you told us all those years? Or.....is it a story you invented to keep us loyal and expecting? | |||
:''It is important for us to know because if it is the truth you told....it would mean Brother Branham gave a false prophecy. If it was not the truth, you have a responsibility to set the record straight. | |||
:''I trust that you will get this letter, and that we shall see a response from you personally to put this prophecy/story to rest. | |||
:''Thank you in advance for your favorable response. | |||
:''God bless you. | |||
:''Your brother in Christ, | |||
:''James Manuel | |||
===Response from Billy Paul=== | |||
The response to the above letter came to Curtis Walling via Facebook on January 29, 2017 as follows: | |||
:''From: Billy@Branham.org | |||
:''I stand on exactly on what Brother Branham said, and it was not a story I made up and shame on you for thinking such a thing so I doubt you would believe me or not but I will witness to you just the same it is exactly what he said and I'm not an old man as yet, and won't be until that happens. | |||
:''Bro. Billy | |||
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:God bless you, | :God bless you, | ||
:Bro. Joseph | :Bro. Joseph | ||
[[Image:Billy Paul First Marriage license.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Marriage licence for Billy Paul's first marriage]] | [[Image:Billy Paul First Marriage license.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Marriage licence for Billy Paul's first marriage]] | ||
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Additionally, if the date of Billy Paul's birth is correct on the marriage license, then this is evidence that William Branham and Hope Brumbach were married while she was pregnant. Was Billy Paul conceived out of wedlock? | Additionally, if the date of Billy Paul's birth is correct on the marriage license, then this is evidence that William Branham and Hope Brumbach were married while she was pregnant. Was Billy Paul conceived out of wedlock? | ||
=Quotes of William Branham= | =Quotes of William Branham= | ||