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The following tract was written and distributed by William Branham during his early campaign years under the title, "I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision". | The following tract was written and distributed by William Branham during his early campaign years under the title, '''"I Was Not Disobedient To The Heavenly Vision - Acts 26:19".''' | ||
While you are reading this tract, you should ask yourself the following questions: | |||
#What year did William Branham receive this heavenly vision? | |||
#William Branham was sent to a woman. Who was she? | |||
#Did the people of the Tabernacle accept the bread of life? | |||
#What was erected in the middle of a large plain? | |||
#Who was healed by vision prior to the healing revivial in St. Louis? | |||
#Who travelled together to St. Louis? | |||
#What year did gas rationing end in the United States? | |||
#What year was Rebecca Branham born? | |||
#Is the vision in this tract retold during the audio sermon on July 18, 1949 preached in Zion, Illinois titled "I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision". | |||
#William Branham said many times that Betty Daugherty was healed of St. Vitus Dance. Do you know the medical prognosis for people with St. Vitus Dance (also called Sydenham's Chorea)? | |||
'''''The answers to these questions are found at the bottom of this page.''''' | |||
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=Forward= | |||
All scripture is given by inspiration; therefore 1st Corinthians 12:27 to 31 is inspired of God and it is my honest belief that God is setting His Church in order for the last days and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit have been given to the Gentiles to call out a people for His name. I wrote a small book entitled, "Jesus Christ, The Same Yesterday, Today and Forever." In that book I explained how our Lord Jesus called me when I was a child and told me I was to work for Him when I grew up. He gave me the Gift of Healing to help call His people to Him. If you can't find that book write me. For over three years He performed mighty miracles. Then one day He called me to take the Gift and to evangelize for Him. Many of my dear friends begged me not to leave them and I stayed. Because of this, the Gift was taken from me for more than five years. Though I cried and prayed earnestly for the people, it just did not seem to work. | All scripture is given by inspiration; therefore 1st Corinthians 12:27 to 31 is inspired of God and it is my honest belief that God is setting His Church in order for the last days and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit have been given to the Gentiles to call out a people for His name. I wrote a small book entitled, "Jesus Christ, The Same Yesterday, Today and Forever." In that book I explained how our Lord Jesus called me when I was a child and told me I was to work for Him when I grew up. He gave me the Gift of Healing to help call His people to Him. If you can't find that book write me. For over three years He performed mighty miracles. Then one day He called me to take the Gift and to evangelize for Him. Many of my dear friends begged me not to leave them and I stayed. Because of this, the Gift was taken from me for more than five years. Though I cried and prayed earnestly for the people, it just did not seem to work. | ||
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''Rev. William Branham.'' | ''Rev. William Branham.'' | ||
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=The Vision= | |||
Dear Reader: | Dear Reader: | ||
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Looking to my left, I saw a small heap of smooth-baked bread. There were white fowls standing near it, but they would not eat much of it. Then the Lord said to me, "Do you know them?" I No." | Looking to my left, I saw a small heap of smooth-baked bread. There were white fowls standing near it, but they would not eat much of it. Then the Lord said to me, "Do you know them?" I No." | ||
Then He said, "That is your Tabernacle and they won't eat the bread of life anymore. I am sending you this way." Then I journeyed on westward. | Then He said, "That is your Tabernacle and they won't eat the bread of life anymore. I am sending you this way." Then I journeyed on westward. | ||
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We arrived in St. Louis at 10:00 A.M. the next morning. We had prearranged to meet the Rev. Daugherty and he was waiting for us. We were then taken to his home where the little sick girl lay. Here I witnessed one of the most heart-breaking scenes. | We arrived in St. Louis at 10:00 A.M. the next morning. We had prearranged to meet the Rev. Daugherty and he was waiting for us. We were then taken to his home where the little sick girl lay. Here I witnessed one of the most heart-breaking scenes. | ||
A small girl about the age of seven was lying there. She had curly blonde hair and was a heart full of love to any parents. She was mere skin and bones and acted like an animal, clawing, scratching and screaming. They could not calm her at all. The mother and father said this had been going on for about three months. They said the doctors could not diagnose the case, but, dear reader, it was God's way of getting the message of healing to the dear people of St. Louis, as you will read later. | A small girl about the age of seven was lying there. She had curly blonde hair and was a heart full of love to any parents. She was mere skin and bones and acted like an animal, clawing, scratching and screaming. They could not calm her at all. The mother and father said this had been going on for about three months. They said the doctors could not diagnose the case, but, dear reader, it was God's way of getting the message of healing to the dear people of St. Louis, as you will read later. | ||
I had known the Daugherty family previous to this time but did not recognize the little girl due to her condition. | I had known the Daugherty family previous to this time but did not recognize the little girl due to her condition. | ||
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They seemed to want to cry or shout. Then they turned and said to me, "Bro. Branham, if we didn't believe that God heard your prayers and that God has given you the gift of Divine Healing, we would not have sent for you to come on this long trip." And may I say here that the Daugherty family is one of the most humble and God-loving families that I have ever met. | They seemed to want to cry or shout. Then they turned and said to me, "Bro. Branham, if we didn't believe that God heard your prayers and that God has given you the gift of Divine Healing, we would not have sent for you to come on this long trip." And may I say here that the Daugherty family is one of the most humble and God-loving families that I have ever met. | ||
Then I asked Sister Daugherty to get a pan of clear water and a small white cloth, which she did. Then I asked Bro. Daugherty to kneel at my right and his father to my left, at the foot of the sick child's bed. That was the way it had been shown to me. I then asked Sister Daugherty to wet the cloth and to wipe it across the child's face, hands and feet. The Brothers and I were to be in prayer. After this had been carried out, the vision for her was complete. | Then I asked Sister Daugherty to get a pan of clear water and a small white cloth, which she did. Then I asked Bro. Daugherty to kneel at my right and his father to my left, at the foot of the sick child's bed. That was the way it had been shown to me. I then asked Sister Daugherty to wet the cloth and to wipe it across the child's face, hands and feet. The Brothers and I were to be in prayer. After this had been carried out, the vision for her was complete. | ||
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''By Rev. Wm. "Billy" Branham'' | ''By Rev. Wm. "Billy" Branham'' | ||
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=The Fulfillment of the Heavenly Vision= | |||
If this book should fall into the hands of a skeptic or a modem critic, please read St. Matthew 12:31-32, before you read further. | If this book should fall into the hands of a skeptic or a modem critic, please read St. Matthew 12:31-32, before you read further. | ||
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We next visited the Turner Hall, which had been mentioned as a place to hold the revival if the tent became too crowded. It was located upstairs and was one large room with chairs pushed back on each side, leaving the center empty. There was an elevated stage and in the background hung a large brown curtain. Bro. Bill said the curtain should have an opening in the center, which we found. Back of the curtain were several windows, and the tent, which was a few miles away, was where the bread of life was being fed to the hungry people. Bro. Bill stood on the stage and said, "Someday, sometime, I will preach from this spot and a little old lady, with white hair, will move her chair up here before me." | We next visited the Turner Hall, which had been mentioned as a place to hold the revival if the tent became too crowded. It was located upstairs and was one large room with chairs pushed back on each side, leaving the center empty. There was an elevated stage and in the background hung a large brown curtain. Bro. Bill said the curtain should have an opening in the center, which we found. Back of the curtain were several windows, and the tent, which was a few miles away, was where the bread of life was being fed to the hungry people. Bro. Bill stood on the stage and said, "Someday, sometime, I will preach from this spot and a little old lady, with white hair, will move her chair up here before me." | ||
Returning to the hotel, we found some ministers of the city waiting for Bro. Bill. He came into the room where we were and told us they had come to ask him to continue the meetings for a longer period of time than had already been planned. We realized the seriousness of his position and we kneeled down in prayer to ask for Divine guidance as to whether he should continue and that he would obey and completely surrender himself to the will of God. He went to his room to pray and read the Bible. Sister | Returning to the hotel, we found some ministers of the city waiting for Bro. Bill. He came into the room where we were and told us they had come to ask him to continue the meetings for a longer period of time than had already been planned. We realized the seriousness of his position and we kneeled down in prayer to ask for Divine guidance as to whether he should continue and that he would obey and completely surrender himself to the will of God. He went to his room to pray and read the Bible. Sister Meda (Mrs. Branham), opened the Bible to Isaiah, chapter 42, which reads, "Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect in whom my soul delighteth," speaking of blinded eyes being opened, etc. Bro. Bill returned to the ministers and told them, "If the Lord is willing, I will stay." | ||
We had prayer and went to the tent finding it crowded. Songs and praises were sung. "God Holds the Future in His Hands" was a special by one of Bro. Daugherty's congregation. "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Power in the Blood," were sung. Bro. Daugherty announced that more chairs would be had the following night if they could possibly locate them. After services, Bro. Bill called for the sick and afflicted. About seventy persons responded. | We had prayer and went to the tent finding it crowded. Songs and praises were sung. "God Holds the Future in His Hands" was a special by one of Bro. Daugherty's congregation. "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Power in the Blood," were sung. Bro. Daugherty announced that more chairs would be had the following night if they could possibly locate them. After services, Bro. Bill called for the sick and afflicted. About seventy persons responded. | ||
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Mrs. Robert Daugherty, 2009 Gano Ave., St. Louis, Mo. | Mrs. Robert Daugherty, 2009 Gano Ave., St. Louis, Mo. | ||
==Answers to the questions raised at the top of the page== | |||
#In this tract, William Branham wrote that he received this vision in March 1945. In later sermons he refers to receiving his commission in 1946 or 1947, pointing out that this timing matches with the establishment of Israel as a Nation. | |||
#William Branham talked about going to the Methodists. | |||
#The people of William Branham’s Tabernacle refused the bread. | |||
#A tent, making this the first recorded tent vision. | |||
#A young girl named Betty Daugherty recovered from her sickness prior to the healing revival in St. Louis. | |||
#William Branham travelled to St. Louis with his wife Meda and his son Billy Paul. | |||
#Gas rationing ended in the United States on August 15, 1945. | |||
#Rebecca Branham was born on March 21, 1946. | |||
#The sermon titled “I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision” preached on July 18, 1949 in Zion, Illinois, omits this vision. The town of Zion was founded by Alexander Dowie, who thought he was Elijah the prophet. F.F. Bosworth had been the leader of the Zion City Band earlier in his ministry. | |||
#Most patients spontaneously recover from St. Vitus Dance (Sydenham’s Chorea) within 2 – 6 months. | |||
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