The Seven Churches Ages: Difference between revisions

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:''Each messenger has had his message, and the—the message and the messenger of the age. And it is most remarkable that each messenger… We even found in the church ages (and tonight we'll go back in the Old Testament and find that it's the same thing) that '''God sends the messenger of that age at the end of the time; always at the end, never at the beginning.''' At the end!<ref>William Branham, 63-0116 - The Evening Messenger, para. 79-80</ref>
:''Each messenger has had his message, and the—the message and the messenger of the age. And it is most remarkable that each messenger… We even found in the church ages (and tonight we'll go back in the Old Testament and find that it's the same thing) that '''God sends the messenger of that age at the end of the time; always at the end, never at the beginning.''' At the end!<ref>William Branham, 63-0116 - The Evening Messenger, para. 79-80</ref>


So did the messengers that William Branham picked meet that criteria?
So did the messengers that William Branham picked meet the criteria of coming at the end of the age?


#Ephesus - 53 - 170 A.D.  Messenger - Paul (born circa 5 A.D. - died circa 67 A.D.)  
#Ephesus - 53 - 170 A.D.  Messenger - Paul (born circa 5 A.D. - died circa 67 A.D.) - '''beginning of age'''
#Smyrna  - 170 - 312 A.D.  Messenger - Irenaeus (born c. 130 A.D. - died circa 200 A.D.)
#Smyrna  - 170 - 312 A.D.  Messenger - Irenaeus (born c. 130 A.D. - died circa 200 A.D.) - '''beginning of age'''
#Pergamos  - 312 - 606 A.D.  Messenger - Martin (born c. 316 A.D. - died 397 A.D.)  
#Pergamos  - 312 - 606 A.D.  Messenger - Martin (born c. 316 A.D. - died 397 A.D.) - '''beginning of age'''
#Thyatira  - 606 - 1520 A.D.  Messenger - Columba (born 521 A.D. - died 597 A.D.)  
#Thyatira  - 606 - 1520 A.D.  Messenger - Columba (born 521 A.D. - died 597 A.D.) - '''was not eve born in his "age"'''
#Sardis  - 1520 - 1750 A.D.  Messenger - Martin Luther (born 1483 A.D. - died 1546 A.D.)  
#Sardis  - 1520 - 1750 A.D.  Messenger - Martin Luther (born 1483 A.D. - died 1546 A.D.) - '''beginning of age'''
#Philadelphia  - 1750 - 1906 A.D. - Messenger - John Wesley (born 1703 A.D. - died 1791 A.D.)  
#Philadelphia  - 1750 - 1906 A.D. - Messenger - John Wesley (born 1703 A.D. - died 1791 A.D.) - '''beginning of age'''
#Laodicea  - 1906 - present -  Messenger - William Branham (self- proclaimed) (born circa 1909 A.D. - died 1965 A.D.)  
#Laodicea  - 1906 - present -  Messenger - William Branham (self- proclaimed) (born circa 1909 A.D. - died 1965 A.D.)