Was William Branham's discernment ministry genuine?: Difference between revisions

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But have you ever stopped to consider how differently a prayer line might seem if you heard the unedited versions?  
But have you ever stopped to consider how differently a prayer line might seem if you heard the unedited versions?  


Here are a few examples.  Can fill in the blanks? (Blank spots on tape, that is)
Here are a few examples.  Can fill in the blanks? (Blank spots on tape, that is):
 
:''Thou art here tonight to heal our sister [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]... Do you believe? [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>49-0718 I.WAS.NOT.DISOBEDIENT.TO.THE.HEAVENLY.VISION</ref>


:''Friends, you'll have to keep your head bowed. As I raised my head, at least two dozen cold waves of vibration struck across me [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.].<ref>49-0718 I.WAS.NOT.DISOBEDIENT.TO.THE.HEAVENLY.VISION</ref>
:''Friends, you'll have to keep your head bowed. As I raised my head, at least two dozen cold waves of vibration struck across me [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.].<ref>49-0718 I.WAS.NOT.DISOBEDIENT.TO.THE.HEAVENLY.VISION</ref>
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:''Good evening, young lady. You have a very...?... faith to be healed. What are you... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>50-0818 IT.SHALL.BE.EVEN.AS.IT.WAS.TOLD.ME</ref>
:''Good evening, young lady. You have a very...?... faith to be healed. What are you... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>50-0818 IT.SHALL.BE.EVEN.AS.IT.WAS.TOLD.ME</ref>
:''Yes ma'am. That shows in a vibrations can... trying to cross there...?... Watch when you take your hand off, look at my hand now. Put your hand over here on mine. Now, put this hand here on there and watch it. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>50-0823 TESTIMONY</ref>




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:''Do you believe me to be His prophet, sir? [Blank.spot.on.tape—Ed.]  
:''Do you believe me to be His prophet, sir? [Blank.spot.on.tape—Ed.]<ref>52-0719 MAKE.THE.VALLEY.FULL.OF.DITCHES</ref>
52-0719 MAKE.THE.VALLEY.FULL.OF.DITCHES
 
 
:''Now, this... The person don't have to be on the platform here. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]
53-0510 TESTIMONY




:''[Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] Two? There's nothing I can do.
:''Now, this... The person don't have to be on the platform here. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>53-0510 TESTIMONY</ref>
53-0607E A.TESTIMONY




:''All right. Are... You and I are strangers. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]
:''[Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] Two? There's nothing I can do.<ref>53-0607E A.TESTIMONY</ref>
53-0610 JESUS.CHRIST.THE.SAME.YESTERDAY.TODAY.AND.FOREVER




:''What is your number, sir? What? Q. All right, who has Q number 1? I don't know who you are. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]  
:''All right. Are... You and I are strangers. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>53-0610 JESUS.CHRIST.THE.SAME.YESTERDAY.TODAY.AND.FOREVER</ref>
54-0401 GOD'S.PREPARATION




:''What cards was give out? [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]... here for your first time?
:''What is your number, sir? What? Q. All right, who has Q number 1? I don't know who you are. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>54-0401 GOD'S.PREPARATION<.ref>
55-0818 BLIND.BARTIMAEUS




Here's a woman lying here, stretched on a stretcher this morning in a serious condition. Well, if God doesn't touch her, she'll die. She's aged; she's an old mother, gray hair, wearing glasses, a very godly looking person. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]
:''What cards was give out? [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]... here for your first time?<ref>55-0818 BLIND.BARTIMAEUS</ref>
56-0101 WHY.ARE.PEOPLE.SO.TOSSED.ABOUT




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:''Come, lady. Do you believe with all your heart? You do? You just answer me, 'cause I'm contacting your spirit. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]  
:''Come, lady. Do you believe with all your heart? You do? You just answer me, 'cause I'm contacting your spirit. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>56-0613 JEHOVAH.JIREH</ref>
56-0613 JEHOVAH.JIREH




:''And what's yours name?... You're a junior. And your last name? McCloud. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]  
:''And what's yours name?... You're a junior. And your last name? McCloud. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>56-0923 SPIRITUAL.ADOPTION</ref>
56-0923 SPIRITUAL.ADOPTION




:''Lady, come right here. 51, would you...? [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]
:''Lady, come right here. 51, would you...? [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>56-1206 A.SECONDHANDED.ROBE</ref>
56-1206 A.SECONDHANDED.ROBE




:''Now, if Jesus was here today, and you come down to where He was... You heard He was down here in Brooklyn, and you come to Him, and He come to you, now, He would know you, wouldn't He? He--He would what you--what was your...?... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]
:''Now, if Jesus was here today, and you come down to where He was... You heard He was down here in Brooklyn, and you come to Him, and He come to you, now, He would know you, wouldn't He? He--'''He would what you--what was your...?...''' [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>56-1206 A.SECONDHANDED.ROBE</ref>
56-1206 A.SECONDHANDED.ROBE




:''Dark skinned lady setting right here. She's suffering with a bladder trouble. That's right. I never seen you in my life. But Christ let me catch your prayer. You believe me to be His prophet? His servant, rather. You do? [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]  
:''Dark skinned lady setting right here. She's suffering with a bladder trouble. That's right. I never seen you in my life. But Christ let me catch your prayer. You believe me to be His prophet? His servant, rather. You do? [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>56-1209E JEHOVAH.JIREH</ref>
56-1209E JEHOVAH.JIREH




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:''If I could see number 5, the gentleman here, would you come? Number 6, would you...
:''If I could see number 5, the gentleman here, would you come? Number 6, would you... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]  How they do it, '''they come right down and shuffle the cards out between you, and mix up'''... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>57-1229 FAITH_ JEFFERSONVILLE.IN</ref>
[Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]  How they do it, they come right down and shuffle the cards out between you, and mix up... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>57-1229 FAITH_ JEFFERSONVILLE.IN</ref>




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:''I never seen you in my life. That's right. If it is, raise up your hand, that I'm a stranger to you. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]
:''I never seen you in my life. That's right. If it is, raise up your hand, that I'm a stranger to you. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>58-0500 THE EAGLE STIRRING HER NEST NEW ENGLAND</ref>
58-0500 THE EAGLE STIRRING HER NEST NEW ENGLAND


===But then things change a bit after 1958===
===But then things change a bit after 1958===