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[[Image:Lee Vayle.png|thumb|right|250px]] | [[Image:Lee Vayle.png|thumb|right|250px]] | ||
Lee Vayle (September 28, 1914 - June 23, 2012) was a close personal friend of William Branham. He assisted in the editing (what William Branham referred to as "grammarizing") of the Church Age Book. Lee Vayle was a message preacher and over the years taught a number of heretical doctrines including the ''Parousia doctrine'', the denial of the deity of Jesus Christ and the espousing of [[Nestorianism]]. Some of these doctrines are remarkably similar to | Lee Vayle (September 28, 1914 - June 23, 2012) was a close personal friend and acolyte of William Branham. He assisted in the editing (what William Branham referred to as "grammarizing") of the Church Age Book. Lee Vayle was a message preacher and over the years taught a number of heretical doctrines including the ''Parousia doctrine'', the denial of the deity of Jesus Christ and the espousing of bizarre hybrid of [[Nestorianism]], [[Arianism]] and [[Adoptionism]]. Some of these doctrines are remarkably similar to certain of the foundational beliefs of the Jehovah's Witnesses. | ||
=Did Lee Vayle have a Ph.D?= | =Did Lee Vayle have a Ph.D?= | ||
William Branham gave the impression that Lee Vayle had a doctorate: | |||
:''Now, this may go a little deep unless it's some of you '''theologians, Dr. Vayle''', probably Brother here, and some of these ministers here from Arkansas, and the—my good friends around, they'd probably know.<ref> William Branham, 64-0823E - Questions And Answers #2, para. 105</ref> | |||
:''Dr. Reidhead came in. ...And I think Dr. Vayle here is a... You know Dr. Reidhead, well know him. ...He said then when he had his other degrees give to him, he said, "I thought maybe that in each of these degree I would find Christ."<ref> William Branham, 57-0126B - India Trip Report, para. 16</ref> | |||
One of our colleagues wrote to Lee Vayle a number of years ago, and got this reply from his assistant: | One of our colleagues wrote to Lee Vayle a number of years ago, and got this reply from his assistant: | ||
:Brother Vayle only attended post high school for about 6 weeks at the age of 18 years old. He attended a Baptist Bible college and proceeded to get kicked out for teaching the young men to speak in tongues. He received his doctor tag from Brother Branham who said Br. Vayle was | :''Brother Vayle only attended post high school for about 6 weeks at the age of 18 years old. He attended a Baptist Bible college and proceeded to get kicked out for teaching the young men to speak in tongues. He received his doctor tag from Brother Branham who said Br. Vayle was a profound teacher and began introducing him as Doctor Lee Vayle. Who better to give him the title of Doctor, than the prophet of our day?" | ||
Of course, this makes absolutely no sense and is, at best, deception... making someone appear to be more than they actually are. | |||
=Marriage and divorce= | =Marriage and divorce= | ||
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We have shown clear examples where William Branham [[Plagiarism|plagiarized]] many of his key doctrines. It shouldn't be surprising therefore that Lee Vayle did the same thing. What is of great interest is that Lee Vayle used a number of pre-existing heresies to build on the teaching of William Branham. | We have shown clear examples where William Branham [[Plagiarism|plagiarized]] many of his key doctrines. It shouldn't be surprising therefore that Lee Vayle did the same thing. What is of great interest is that Lee Vayle used a number of pre-existing heresies to build on the teaching of William Branham. | ||
Lee Vayle became widely known in message circles for preaching heretical doctrines and destroying what little unity there was in the message by creating a special group within the message (most of whom | Lee Vayle became widely known in message circles for preaching heretical doctrines and destroying what little unity there was in the message by creating a special group within the message (most of whom already thought they were part of a special group). | ||
Here is a summary of his teaching from a former Vaylite: | |||
:''I grew up in a church that followed Lee Vayle in _________ from being a young kid through to adulthood. I remember Godhead being taught as the Father God being very separate and distinct from Jesus the son. We believed that God the Father came to indwell Jesus his son when he was baptised on the river making him the Christ , the anointed one. The Father and the Holy Spirit were seen as being one and the same. The Father was the Holy Spirit. | |||
:''William Branham's ministry was seen as being a repeat of Jesus Christ's ministry in that the Holy Spirit (God himself) came down and indwelt William Branham when he was on the platform; making God himself present in the body of the bride. Only William Branham, being the eyes of the body, could reveal the Holy Spirit himself. | |||
:''Every member of the bride had a baptism (or small measure) of the Holy Spirit but not the Holy Spirit himself, which was God the father. The Holy Spirit appearing on the platform through William branham was the 'parousia' or appearing of God before the physical return of the man Jesus. Anyone not recognising the presence of God himself on the platform did not have "rapturing faith" and was locked out of the rapture. It was likened to Abraham having to see Melchizedek before Sarah's body was changed. So the bride had to see God himself appearing amongst them to have a body change. | |||
:''Ugh. Thinking of all this nonsense has wound me up! What a lot of rubbish. So glad to be free! | |||
Lee Vayle was also known for his extremely vulgarity, to the point where he stated that it was better for a man to rape a woman than to seduce her. | |||
==The Parousia== | ==The Parousia== | ||