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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?  And why does it include the failed tent vision?[[Image:FishOK.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The vision begins with a fishing lesson...]]   
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?  And why does it include the failed tent vision?[[Image:FishOK.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The vision begins with a fishing lesson...]]   


==Three Pulls==
=Three Pulls=
[[Image:TentOK.jpg|right|thumb|250px|...and ends with his second vision about a tent. (See the article on the [[Heavenly Vision]] to learn about the first tent vision.)]]
[[Image:TentOK.jpg|right|thumb|250px|...and ends with his second vision about a tent. (See the article on the [[Heavenly Vision]] to learn about the first tent vision.)]]
In 1956, in a sermon entitled “What is a Vision”, William Branham relays a vision of an angel instructing him how to fish.  This vision became a focus of his ministry in later years, and includes the following scenes:
In 1956, in a sermon entitled “What is a Vision”, William Branham relays a vision of an angel instructing him how to fish.  This vision became a focus of his ministry in later years, and includes the following scenes:
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==Fulfillment under the Seals?==
==Fulfillment under the Seals?==


By 1963, William Branham had said that the third pull was  
By 1963, William Branham had said that the third pull was  
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William Branham also said that the 3rd pull could not be mimicked.  [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.]
William Branham also said that the 3rd pull could not be mimicked.  [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.]


==The Tent Vision Failure==
=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.
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.


==Was William Branham Disobedient?==
=Was William Branham Disobedient?=
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?'''
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?'''