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 If the Bible is a dead book without William Branham's message, then it is at least equal to the Bible, if not greater, in the eyes of Tom Rae.  Sadly, this is the view of virtually all message followers.
+[[A response to Tim Pruitt's Defense of William Branham|Tim Pruitt, the pastor of Evening Light Tabernacle in Minden, Louisiana]], confirms this view:
+:''It grieves me to learn that some no longer believes in the messenger but yet claim to believe their Bible and yet see no need for a restoration of its truths.  What a lie!  Without the message, '''we are rendered as powerless''' as the denominational world we came out of.<ref>Timm Pruitt, from the website eveninglight.net/2019/12/29/in-defense-of-william-branham, December 2019</ref>
+[[A response to Jason Watkins' letter to a believer who has left the message|Jason Watkins, the pastor of Bethel Tabernacle in Beaufort, South Carolina]], also holds this view:
+:''I have challenged all to disprove any single doctrine from the message that William Branham brought to us. I have never found anyone who can do it. They can’t do it, you can’t do it, I can’t do it, no one can do it.  The message of the hour is the restoration of the original teachings as Jesus promised it would be.
+:''...The Bible clearly prophesied that the message that would come to us was a restoration of the Word made flesh, and therefore '''the message that was to come would be Christ!'''<ref>Jason Watkins, from www.facebook.com/jason.watkins.71465/posts/1148672761992884, December 2019</ref>
+In the eyes of these message ministers, the Bible is dead without William Branham's message; the church has no power without William Branham's message; and, William Branham's message is Christ.  Obviously in their view, one cannot be a true Christian without being in the message.
 '''The message of William Branham must, therefore, be categorized as a cult.'''
+We should also add that we have specifically challenged Jason Watkins regarding the non-biblical nature of some of William Branham's doctrines but he has failed to respond to us.
 =Questions to ask message followers=
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+=Are William Branham's doctrines in opposition to Biblical Christianity?=
+[[The Status of Message Believers|We believe that some message believers are Christians]].  This is because some message churches do believe in and teach the core of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  However, that does not mean that the message represents true or restored Christianity.
+To the extent that William Branham preached doctrines that agreed with the Bible, his teachings are acceptable.  However, he taught a number of things that are in clear disagreement with the historic Christian faith and the Bible.
+Many of these false doctrines actually were solely designed by William Branham to point to himself as God's supreme prophet for the end time:
+*[[Matthew 17:11]]
+*[[The Fulfillment of Malachi 4:5]]
+*[[Enoch and Noah#The Seventh from Adam|Enoch being the seventh from Adam]]
+*[[Reading between the lines]]
+*[[Prophets that ministered at the same time|God only deals with one prophet at a time]]
+*[[The Importance of a Seven-Lettered Name]]
+Other doctrines were simply incorrect if a person reads the Bible in an honest fashion:
+*[[The Serpent's Seed]]
+*[[Michael the Archangel]]
+*His [[Lazy Theology]]
+*[[Enoch and Noah|Enoch was a type of the wise virgin, and Noah was a type of the foolish virgin]]
+*[[Illegitimate children]] cannot be part of the rapture.
+*[[Christians that were required to believe Satanic doctrine]]
+*[[Marriage and Divorce|If your wife cuts her hair, you can divorce her]].
+*[[Marriage and Divorce|A man can remarry after divorce but a woman can't]]
+*[[Destruction of Los Angeles|Capernaum is under the sea]]
+*[[Twisted Theology#Don't Weep|John never wept because there was no one worthy to open the book]]- he was weeping for joy.
+*[[Three holy words]] of the Bible
+*His reasons for rejecting [[Eternal Sonship]]
+*The difference in the meaning of [[Q&A on the Godhead#Eternal vs. Everlasting|Eternal vs. Everlasting]]
+Finally, William Branham's teaching on the Godhead was very strange:
+*In some ways, his teachings were most similar to those of [[The Godhead#The Tabernacle of the Body|Emmanual Swedenborg]]
+*In some of his teachings, his view of the Godhead seems to be a form of [[Oneness|modalistic monarchianism]].  As a result, many message churches effectively espouse the "oneness" view of the Godhead.
+*But some of his teachings lean toward an [[Dynamic Monarchianism|Adoptionist]] view of the Godhead.  He also taught in ways that seem to be in line with [[Arianism]].  Followers of [[Vaylism|Lee Vayle's]] have essentially espoused this hybrid Arianism/Adoptionist view of the Godhead (which some message followers refer to derisively as the '''"Twinity"''' doctrine).
+Again the answer is '''"YES", William Branham's teachings contain significant Biblical errors.'''
+As a result of the above, '''it is clear that "message believers" are members of a cult.'''
+=Open Letter from Joseph Branham=
+Saturday, March 5, 2022
+Dear Sheep Of God,
+  What greater thing could be, how much more a privileged people could we be, than to have in our presence the King of kings, Lord of lords?
+Just think of it. The presence of the King of kings, Lord of lords is with us. He has revealed to us that WE HAVE ARRIVED. We’re here! The Revelation He has given to us comes from God. It’s the Truth. We are His chosen Sheep Bride.
+We hear His love letters each week tell us: “My sweetheart Lambs, I have made My sheep-call. The goats don’t know It, but you have recognized It. You have stayed faithful, for My sheep know Me and a stranger they won’t follow. It has got to be My vindicated spiritual sign Voice ONLY.”
+You’ve not flirted around or even looked at another; you have stayed true to My Voice. You are the Ones I have been waiting for. I know you’re made fun of and misunderstood, but I told you I would return for you if you STAY WITH MY WORD, and you have. NOW I’M COMING FOR YOU as I promised you I would. The Word you have been watering is coming to take you to Our New Home.
+Others might not have the revelation that we have and say we are showing respect of persons; or worshiping the man and not our Lord. How blind they are. If that is truly so, then the Bride of Christ beyond the curtain of time were also wrong.
+When the prophet saw the Bride come running to him and saying, “our precious brother”, they grabbed him and placed him upon a <u>High Place</u>. What...the BRIDE of Christ was showing respect of persons to the prophet by placing him on a High Place? Are you saying they should not have done that?
+Then after that, all the Bride was standing there in their white robes and began screaming, “If you hadn’t gone forth with the Gospel, we wouldn’t be here.” If '''<u>he</u>''' hadn’t went forth they wouldn’t be there?
+Then a Voice from above said we will be judged according to the WORD he preached to us, and then he will present us to Him.
+The Voice didn’t say we’d be judged by what someone else said or what someone explained he said, but what <u>he said</u>. Then <u>he will</u> present us to Him.
+May I take the liberty and speak on behalf of the portion of the Bride that has the same Revelation I have, and say how we feel. If we’re going to be JUDGED, and our ETERNAL DESTINATION depends on the Word God spoke through His prophet, then we’ve got to ONLY hear that Word from the Voice of God for our day. We cannot, and will not rest our Eternal destination on what someone else explains, or says, but what HE SAID. WE CAN ONLY HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD, and William Marrion Branham is the ONLY VOICE OF GOD...GOD SAID SO.
+  I offended you by saying that, forgive me, but, I felt that might been resented, but, I am God’s Voice to you.
+So we’re happy and thankful to the Lord that we are just doing as the Bride was doing on the other side. '''<u>All Glory, Honor and Praise goes to our ONE AND ONLY LORD JESUS CHRIST.</u>''' As the prophet of Revelations 22:9 told us, worship God...WE DO and love Him so much.
+The hour is late. Scriptures are being fulfilled faster than we can read all that is happening. He is coming for His Bride quickly. The world is uniting. The Bride is uniting. The stage is being set for the Rapture.
+We praise the Lord for God-called men that preach the Word, but ministers, place that Voice that you and your people are going to be judged by first. Gather in your churches and hear the only vindicated Voice of God speak. Press Play.
+We invite all that would come into the Ark and be saved with us as we unite and hear the Voice of God speak the Words we will be judged by, at 12:00 P.M., Jeffersonville time, and hear ''The Sixth Seal 63-0323.''
+It is Sheep Food for God’s Sheep. Nothing added, nothing taken away and nothing explained, just pure unadulterated SHEEP FOOD.
+Bro. Joseph Branham.<ref>www.branhamtabernacle.org/en/archive</ref>
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