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However, he later changed his mind and stated that the church needed a scriptural sign (which is not taught in the Bible): | However, he later changed his mind and stated that the church needed a scriptural sign (which is not taught in the Bible): | ||
:The church needs a Scriptural sign, Truth, in this last days. It needs something.<ref>William Branham, 63-0731 - There Is Only One Way Provided By God For Anything, para. 155</ref> | :''The church needs a Scriptural sign, Truth, in this last days. It needs something.<ref>William Branham, 63-0731 - There Is Only One Way Provided By God For Anything, para. 155</ref> | ||
This progressed to | This progressed to, rather than simply needing to focus on the Bible, we needed a prophet (hint... William Branham): | ||
:''Will there ever rise somebody among us, who can preach the Word and tell the Truth, and God vindicate it and prove to the people that He is the same yesterday, today, and forever? We don't need a seminary. We don't need a theologian. We need a prophet. That's right. God promised it, too. <ref>William Branham, 64-1212 - The Harvest Time, para. 283</ref> | :''Will there ever rise somebody among us, who can preach the Word and tell the Truth, and God vindicate it and prove to the people that He is the same yesterday, today, and forever? We don't need a seminary. We don't need a theologian. We need a prophet. That's right. God promised it, too. <ref>William Branham, 64-1212 - The Harvest Time, para. 283</ref> | ||
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:''What we need today. Let me close, in saying this. Now I'm going to close. What we need today is another true prophet. Amen. We need a man for the Word of God to come to. Yes, brother. He'd be rejected and run out, and cast out, but he'd sure blast a hole. He, he could. Yeah. He'd sure as throw such Seeds till the Elected would find It. Uh-huh. That's right. '''We need a prophet. We need a man who the right interpretation of the Word comes to, that God speaks through him and vindicates the Word, to make It true. That's what we need.''' And, brother, we are promised one, according to Malachi 4, "To restore." What? "The Faith of the people, back to the Bible." We're promised one. He'll do it.<ref>William Branham, 62-0513M - The Way Of A True Prophet Of God, para. 342</ref> | :''What we need today. Let me close, in saying this. Now I'm going to close. What we need today is another true prophet. Amen. We need a man for the Word of God to come to. Yes, brother. He'd be rejected and run out, and cast out, but he'd sure blast a hole. He, he could. Yeah. He'd sure as throw such Seeds till the Elected would find It. Uh-huh. That's right. '''We need a prophet. We need a man who the right interpretation of the Word comes to, that God speaks through him and vindicates the Word, to make It true. That's what we need.''' And, brother, we are promised one, according to Malachi 4, "To restore." What? "The Faith of the people, back to the Bible." We're promised one. He'll do it.<ref>William Branham, 62-0513M - The Way Of A True Prophet Of God, para. 342</ref> | ||
And the prophet is.... William Branham. | |||
:''To my precious, dear brothers and sisters, to all of you. As a servant of God, I never said this before, in the world, in this church, I never said. But as a prophet of the Lord, I say to you, “This is the Light. Walk ye in It.”<Ref>61-0813 - Faith, para. 78</ref> | |||
But this was not true in that as early as 1951 he had told his church in Jeffersonville that he was a prophet: | |||
:''You accept me as God’s prophet? Raise up your hands in the name of the Lord. Stomp your feet up and down. The arthritis leaves you; go off the platform; here is your pock—pocketbook. Saying, thank the Lord, and go ahead off, and praise Him. Let’s say, “Praise the Lord.” like this, everybody give God praise. All right. Have faith.<ref>51-0923 - The Principles Of Divine Healing (Jeffersonville), para. 101</ref> | |||
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