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People in [[The Message|the message]] often talk about the Third Pull as something very important.  William Branham said it was the mystery of the Seventh Seal.  But what is the Third Pull?
People in [[The Message|the message]] often talk about the Third Pull as something very important.  William Branham said it was the mystery of the [http://en.believethesign.com/index.php/Seventh_Seal#If_the_Seventh_Seal_is_the_Third_Pull.2C_what_is_the_Third_Pull.3F Seventh Seal].  But what is the Third Pull?


==Three Pulls==
==Three Pulls==
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#The Angel said, "I'll meet you in there, and this is the third pull, but nobody will know nothing about it."
#The Angel said, "I'll meet you in there, and this is the third pull, but nobody will know nothing about it."


'''What is the point of fishing?'''  Isn't it to bring fish onto the shore (i.e. to bring the lost to Jesus)? 
==Physical evidences of the third pull==


==What was the point of the Third Pull?==
There appear to be only 5 times that William Branham actually had what he referred to as the "third pull"


The point of the third pull was to bring the hurting, sick and lonely to Jesus Christ.  Looking back into history, it should be apparent whether William Branham learned how to handle the healing and revealing gifts in order to set the hook for the "third pull".  The evidence should be fish on the shore, in line with the part of the vision in which "there were hundreds of people standing around the altar weeping because they had accepted the Lord Jesus. And they were just weeping out loud. And I said, ''"Oh, that's more like it,"''.
#Squirrels created (first mentioned in 1959)
#Salvation of Hattie Wright's sons (first mentioned in 1959)
#Fish coming back to life (first mentioned in 1957)
#Snow storm calmed (first mentioned in 1963)
#His wife's tumor is healed (first mentioned in 1963)


==How William Branham disobeyed the Angel==
It is strange that there were only 5 incidences and none of them were witnessed by more than a few people (and some had no witnesses at all).
 
In the sermon "What is a Vision", William Branham said that an Angel asked him not to explain his ministry, and then goes on to try to explain his ministry.  In 1962, immediately after retelling the Angel’s instruction not to explain the vision, William Branham said, ''“I feel duty bound, to my church, to say something. You draw your own conclusion.”''
 
If you believe that William Branham was commissioned by an Angel, you should be aware that William Branham also disobeyed the instructions that he said the Angel brought.


==What did William Branham think the Third Pull was?==
==What did William Branham think the Third Pull was?==
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William Branham also said that the 3rd pull could not be mimicked.
William Branham also said that the 3rd pull could not be mimicked.
==The Tent Vision Failure==
Despite these stories, what is missing is the fulfillment of the Tent Vision - the final scene in the vision of the Third Pull.  Until the end of his ministry William Branham was saying that the Tent ministry was coming.  But it never did.
The point of the third pull was to bring the hurting, sick and lonely to Jesus Christ.  Looking back into history, it should be apparent whether William Branham learned how to handle the healing and revealing gifts in order to set the hook for the "third pull".  The evidence should be fish on the shore, in line with the part of the vision in which "there were hundreds of people standing around the altar weeping because they had accepted the Lord Jesus. And they were just weeping out loud. And I said, ''"Oh, that's more like it,"''.


==What this means==
==What this means==


The biggest problem with this vision is that William Branham continued to explain it, and his ministry, well into 1964. '''Why did he continue to do this in direct contravention to the instruction of the angel?'''
The biggest problem with this vision is that William Branham continued to explain it, and his ministry, well into 1964. In 1962, immediately after retelling the Angel’s instruction not to explain the vision, William Branham said, ''“I feel duty bound, to my church, to say something. You draw your own conclusion.”'''''Why did he continue to do this in direct contravention to what he said was the instruction of the angel?'''
 
As a result of this, we must reach the following conclusions:


#If William Branham was directly on target with his explanation of the 3rd pull, then he was out of line with the Angel's instruction not to explain the vision.   
#If William Branham was directly on target with his explanation of the 3rd pull, then he was out of line with the Angel's instruction not to explain the vision.   
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In December 29, 1963 William Branham said “The third pull is here”.  However, since Hattie Mosier’s two children were supposedly converted at her word in 1959, the third pull was in operation long before the Church Ages or the Seven Seals were preached.  If the third pull relates to the revealing of the seventh seal or the revealing of the mysteries, then why was it in operation before the teaching years of 1960 onward?   
In December 29, 1963 William Branham said “The third pull is here”.  However, since Hattie Mosier’s two children were supposedly converted at her word in 1959, the third pull was in operation long before the Church Ages or the Seven Seals were preached.  If the third pull relates to the revealing of the seventh seal or the revealing of the mysteries, then why was it in operation before the teaching years of 1960 onward?   


At the end of the vision, the pillar of fire left William Branham and moves to a small building from which people were coming out healed. The final voice is an invitation to William Branham to meet the pillar of fire in the small building, in obedience to Matthew 6:6, ''"But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly."'' 
[http://en.believethesign.com/index.php/Seventh_Seal#If_the_Seventh_Seal_is_the_Third_Pull.2C_what_is_the_Third_Pull.3F Read about the fulfillment of the Third Pull under the Seventh Seal.]
 
This is a very simple close to a very mysterious vision. It seems that we can get the real meaning of this vision simply by reading and applying the scripture.


==The First Temptation==
==The First Temptation==
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The danger with this expectation is that it forgets Jesus' first temptation in the wilderness: when the Devil tempted Jesus to use his supernatural powers to create bread from stones in order to satisfy his own hunger.  '''Sadly, this temptation is exactly what message believers are expecting to do in the future.  If the tempter came to a message believer with instructions to create bread or squirrels from stones, they would likely give in to the devil in a moment's time - because they would follow William Branham's example and not the example left to them by Jesus Christ, who alone had dominion over the devil's temptations.'''
The danger with this expectation is that it forgets Jesus' first temptation in the wilderness: when the Devil tempted Jesus to use his supernatural powers to create bread from stones in order to satisfy his own hunger.  '''Sadly, this temptation is exactly what message believers are expecting to do in the future.  If the tempter came to a message believer with instructions to create bread or squirrels from stones, they would likely give in to the devil in a moment's time - because they would follow William Branham's example and not the example left to them by Jesus Christ, who alone had dominion over the devil's temptations.'''


==Physical evidences of the third pull==
There appear to be only 5 times that William Branham actually had what he referred to as the "third pull"
#Squirrels created (first mentioned in 1959)
#Salvation of Hattie Wright's sons (first mentioned in 1959)
#Fish coming back to life (first mentioned in 1957)
#Snow storm calmed (first mentioned in 1963)
#His wife's tumor is healed (first mentioned in 1963)
It is strange that there were only 5 incidences and none of them were witnessed by more than a few people (and some had no witnesses at all).
==The Tent Vision Failure==
Despite these stories, what is missing is the fulfillment of the Tent Vision - the final scene in the vision of the Third Pull.  Until the end of his ministry William Branham was saying that the Tent ministry was coming.  But it never did.


==Quotes of William Branham==
==Quotes of William Branham==