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:''and… see the plummet in the hands of Zerubbabel with whose—with those seven; these are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth. '''The seven eyes—eyes mean seeing. Seeing means prophets, seers.''' This Lamb had seven horns, and on each horn had an eye: seven eyes. What is it? Christ and His Bride. Seven Church Ages, '''out of there was seven prophets that went forth, seven seers, eyes. So the last one must be a seer.''' All right.<ref>63-0317E - The Breach Between The Seven Church Ages And The Seven Seals</ref> | :''and… see the plummet in the hands of Zerubbabel with whose—with those seven; these are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth. '''The seven eyes—eyes mean seeing. Seeing means prophets, seers.''' This Lamb had seven horns, and on each horn had an eye: seven eyes. What is it? Christ and His Bride. Seven Church Ages, '''out of there was seven prophets that went forth, seven seers, eyes. So the last one must be a seer.''' All right.<ref>63-0317E - The Breach Between The Seven Church Ages And The Seven Seals</ref> | ||
But the very next day he said that some of them weren't prophets (but he again makes it clear that he | But the very next day he said that some of them weren't prophets (but he again makes it clear that he thinks he is a prophet): | ||
:''The reformers came to reform the last fallen church age preceding them. And then after the reformers come and reform the—the church age from where it was and is went back into the world, then they start a new church age: always done it, always. Now, we went through that. See? In other words, here'd been a Catholic church age, of the Roman Catholic church. Along come Luther, a reformer. He's called a reformer. And what does he do? He starts right out there a-hammering away, and when he does, he protests the church, and the first thing you know, what does he do? He builds the same thing that he come to drive out of: another church. Then they have another church age. Then the first thing you know, here comes… The church age is in such a mess, along comes John Wesley, another reformer (See?), builds another church age. Get what I mean? Another church age is built up. They're all reformers. | :''The reformers came to reform the last fallen church age preceding them. And then after the reformers come and reform the—the church age from where it was and is went back into the world, then they start a new church age: always done it, always. Now, we went through that. See? In other words, here'd been a Catholic church age, of the Roman Catholic church. Along come Luther, a reformer. He's called a reformer. And what does he do? He starts right out there a-hammering away, and when he does, he protests the church, and the first thing you know, what does he do? He builds the same thing that he come to drive out of: another church. Then they have another church age. Then the first thing you know, here comes… The church age is in such a mess, along comes John Wesley, another reformer (See?), builds another church age. Get what I mean? Another church age is built up. They're all reformers. | ||
:''Notice. This last message of the last church age is not a reformer; he is a prophet, not a reformer. Show me where one prophet ever started a church age. He's not a reformer; he is a prophet. '''Others was reformers but not prophets.''' If they would've been, the Word of the Lord comes to the prophet; that's the reason they continued on in the baptism in Father, Son, Holy Ghost, and all these other things, because they were reformers and not prophets. But yet they were great men of God and saw the need of the day that they lived in, and God anointed them, and they sent out there and tore those things to pieces. But the full Word of God never come to them, because they was not prophets. They were reformers. 194 But in the last days it'll have to be a prophet to take up the mysteries of God, bring it back, because the mysteries was only re—known by prophets. So it has to be this fellow come. See what I mean now? He can't be a reformer; it's got to be a prophet, because it's got to be somebody that's gifted and set there that catches the Word.<ref>63-0318 - The First Seal, para. 191-192</ref> | :''Notice. This last message of the last church age is not a reformer; he is a prophet, not a reformer. Show me where one prophet ever started a church age. He's not a reformer; he is a prophet. '''Others was reformers but not prophets.''' If they would've been, the Word of the Lord comes to the prophet; that's the reason they continued on in the baptism in Father, Son, Holy Ghost, and all these other things, because they were reformers and not prophets. But yet they were great men of God and saw the need of the day that they lived in, and God anointed them, and they sent out there and tore those things to pieces. But the full Word of God never come to them, because they was not prophets. They were reformers. 194 But in the last days it'll have to be a prophet to take up the mysteries of God, bring it back, because the mysteries was only re—known by prophets. So it has to be this fellow come. See what I mean now? He can't be a reformer; it's got to be a prophet, because it's got to be somebody that's gifted and set there that catches the Word.<ref>63-0318 - The First Seal, para. 191-192</ref> | ||
==Do the messengers match the ages?== | |||
William Branham stated that: | |||
:''And, remember, '''the messenger is always comes at the end of the Message.''' We know in the church ages there how we got that.<ref>William Branham, 62-0909M - Countdown, para. 60</ref> | |||
:''Remember, Paul come at the end of the age. '''All the messengers come at the end of the age.''' It's at the end time, when these things are—are brought forth.<ref>William Branham, 62-1230E - Is This The Sign Of The End, Sir?, para. 271</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? | |||
#Ephesus - 53 - 170 A.D. Messenger - Paul (born circa 5 A.D. - died circa 67 A.D.) | |||
#Smyrna - 170 - 312 A.D. Messenger - Irenaeus (born c. 130 A.D. - died circa 200 A.D.) | |||
#Pergamos - 312 - 606 A.D. Messenger - Martin (born c. 316 A.D. - died 397 A.D.) | |||
#Thyatira - 606 - 1520 A.D. Messenger - Columba (born 521 A.D. - died 597 A.D.) | |||
#Sardis - 1520 - 1750 A.D. Messenger - Martin Luther (born 1483 A.D. - died 1546 A.D.) | |||
#Philadelphia - 1750 - 1906 A.D. - Messenger - John Wesley (born 1703 A.D. - died 1791 A.D.) | |||
#Laodicea - 1906 - present - Messenger - William Branham (self- proclaimed) (born circa 1909 A.D. - died 1965 A.D.) | |||
Every one of William Branham's messengers was at the beginning of the age with two exceptions: | |||
#Columba - he was born in another age and never even made it to "his age" | |||
#Branham - he thought he was at the end of his age, but it turned out he was wrong. | |||
==Messengers Outside Their Ages, Messengers Confronting Heresies== | ==Messengers Outside Their Ages, Messengers Confronting Heresies== | ||