The Vision of the Meetings in South Africa: Difference between revisions

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As with most of his visions, it rapidly became confused and soon began to include India as well as Africa.
As with most of his visions, it rapidly became confused and soon began to include India as well as Africa.


William Branham clearly thought that the vision would be fulfilled in 1954 when he went to India
William Branham clearly thought that the vision would be fulfilled in September, 1954 when he went to India, but in his own words, it wasn't.
 
:''as many of you might know, the Indian trip wasn't the success that it should've been, because I failed to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit, and never recognized it after He give me a vision to go to Africa first and then to India.
 
In January 1958, he reinterpreted the vision to having him going to India first and then to Africa.  In March 1958, he started preparing to go to Africa again and thought that the vision would be fulfilled there:
 
:''I just got my telegram back this morning from Durban, South Africa. The vision where three hundred thousand people will be gathered pretty soon for a meeting which is coming up right away...
 
However, the plans for this trip fell through and the vision remained unfulfilled.  In 1965, plans were again made to go to Africa and again the fulfillment of the vision was clearly anticipated:
 
:''And I--I'm going to South Africa after this. For, oh, my, you know how it is down there where you can't even talk to the people. And there'd be... We're at least expecting three hundred thousand, one single meeting.
 
But on this trip the vision again failed to materialized.  William Branham's visa was restricted in a way that prohibited him from holding any meetings.


=The Explanation of the Failed Vision=
=The Explanation of the Failed Vision=