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#Squirrels created (first mentioned in 1959) | #Squirrels created (first mentioned in 1959) | ||
#Fish coming back to life (first mentioned in 1957) | #Fish coming back to life (first mentioned in 1957)<ref>57-0623 - Believe From The Heart, para. 149-151</ref> | ||
#Snow storm calmed (first mentioned in 1963) | #Snow storm calmed (first mentioned in 1963) | ||
#His wife's tumor is healed (first mentioned in 1963) | #His wife's tumor is healed (first mentioned in 1963) | ||
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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 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?= | ||
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William Branham stated that he spoke squirrels into existence at the command of a voice that spoke to him. In referring to the voice he heard, he described it as "something said". Was this God speaking to him, | William Branham stated that he spoke squirrels into existence at the command of a voice that spoke to him. In referring to the voice he heard, he described it as "something said". Was this God speaking to him, an angel or something else? | ||
When Jesus was tempted in the wilderness, Satan asked him to turn stones into bread. Jesus was hungry and was tempted to do what Satan asked him to. In the case of William Branham, he was hunting for squirrels. So why was this different from Jesus' first temptation | When Jesus was tempted in the wilderness, Satan asked him to turn stones into bread. Jesus was hungry and was tempted to do what Satan asked him to. In the case of William Branham, he was hunting for squirrels. So why was this different from Jesus' first temptation? | ||
One common interpretation among message believers is that the Third Pull will manifest among believers as the ability to speak things into existence. This interpretation is primarily based on William Branham's testimony that he created squirrels into existence by his own spoken word, through the instruction of an angelic voice. | One common interpretation among message believers is that the Third Pull will manifest among believers as the ability to speak things into existence. This interpretation is primarily based on William Branham's testimony that he created squirrels into existence by his own spoken word, through the instruction of an angelic voice. | ||
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 | 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 yield to 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 instantly - 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.''' | ||
Some Message Believers feel that William Branham will resurrect to fulfill the Tent Vision. Others feel this had a spiritual interpretation. But both groups agree that the Tent Ministry did not materialize physically while claiming that the Third Pull was fulfilled. | Some Message Believers feel that William Branham will resurrect to fulfill the Tent Vision. Others feel this had a spiritual interpretation. But both groups agree that the Tent Ministry did not materialize physically while claiming that the Third Pull was fulfilled. | ||