Was the birth of Joseph Branham foretold?: Difference between revisions

William Branham had five children:

#Joseph Marrion Branham - born May 19, 1955 (Mother: Meda Branham)  

The only place that this "prophecy" is recorded in advance of Joseph's birth is on May 6, 1951 when William Branham stated:

:''...And I--I believe it's just ahead of me. I-- what I've ask for is, I believe that God has it just ahead. I believe I'll live to see it. And that's what I pray for.''

Then of Billy Paul, he said:

:''My Joseph was right with me when--and I didn't know it.

:''And we lived together four years and God gave back another little lump of sugar... My little girl, little Sharon that was taken from me, He gave me a--a little Rebekah. And I love her with all my heart and I feel that God sent her. She's a very living image of the other little girl. And then, seemed like she was going to have no more children. Four more years have passed. And when I come back from overseas, I was reading in Cleveland, Ohio, or not Cleveland, but I believe it was Minneapolis, taking the Old Testament, a subject to read. And I was reading of Joseph. And he just outstands to me, Joseph does, of all the patriarchs. '''And I got down on my knees, and I asked our Lord if He would give us another child: possible, give us a little boy. And I would name him Joseph, if He would give me another little boy.'''

:''My little boy which is with us now, soon be sixteen years old, he was... He seemed to be a good boy. He minded me, and was very lovely little fellow. But I talked to him about being baptized and making his public confession of Christ. He lived good and everything, the little fellow. But about a week after that, I walked into the house, and he come without me asking him anything, said, "Daddy, I want to be a Christian; I want to serve the Lord." '''My Joseph was right with me when--and I didn't know it.''' The little baby that I thought would be Joseph is a little girl and I called her "Sarah." I'm thankful for her. I love her with all my heart.

:''Now, there's three elements that people live in. First is the humanistic. Second is Divine revelation. And third is vision.

:''Now, this, like in prayer, when you pray for anyone in humanistic, we say, "Well, I--I hope you'll get well. See, I--I'm hoping. I'm believing with you, trying to use all the faith I can." That's human.

:''So many thought that I said that was Joseph. I said, "No, no. I didn't say that was Joseph."

:''And some of them said, '''"Well, didn't you say that you seen a vision of this?"''' You know how people get things mixed up.

:''I was just talking to my little boy, Joseph. Oh, my. He's quite a boy. You know, I... '''How many ever remembered being in my meetings that I saw a vision of him coming six years before he got here, told the people about it, and his name would be Joseph?'''

:''Doctor said, "She can't have another baby."

:''She said, "You called him Joseph."

:''I said, "That's his name." Certainly. So then...

:''You know, I remember, little Joseph about six years before he was born. I was over at Minneapolis a praying. I was just reading the life of Joseph, what a wonderful person he was. And then there was... I went into a little closet where I had my clothes hanging, and I pulled the door together. And I was just a weeping and--and thanking the Lord for this Joseph.

:''And '''Something just said to me, not a vision, but Something just said to me, "You'll have a boy, and you'll call his name Joseph.'''"

:''I said, "Yeah."

:''Said, "You got a fine seven-pound boy."

:''Many of you has heard of Joseph, haven't you? The African people recently sent him a little coat of several colors. I saw him six years before he came, when the doctor said we'd never have another baby, we could not have. Our children had to be caesarean. My mother, my wife's people is that way; they--their babies are all caesarean. And the Lord told me I was going to have this baby, when the doctor said it could not be done, said it just could not be done. I said, "It'll be anyhow." '''And we waited four years after a vision come that I'd have a boy, and I should call his name Joseph.'''

:''And after that, there was another girl born. Everybody laughed at me and said, "You meant Josephine."

:''You all know about little Joseph. '''Six years before he come I saw him in a vision.''' The doctor said my wife could never have another child. I said, "Oh, yes."

:''So when the next child was borned, it was a girl. They said, "Uh-huh. You meant, Josephine."

:''And I said, "Joseph, you've been a long time getting here. Daddy's glad to see you."

:''And so, she said, "You called him Joseph."

:''Wife was with me at this meeting and little Joseph. That's been about three years ago. And all of you know the story, or perhaps have read about Joseph. I was taking the life of Joseph... And the doctor had told us we could have no more children after Rebekah was born, because she was a caesarean, and the wife could not have another child.

:''And I went into a little closet at Minneapolis, and was weeping there before the Lord. '''And a vision come down and said, "You will have a son, and you shall call his name Joseph." And so, I begin to announce it to all the people.''' And so, then waited four years.

:''I said, "Joseph, honey, you've been a long time getting here. Daddy's kind of glad to see you."

:''And she said, "You called him Joseph."