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William Branham claimed on many occasions that there were people in the congregations who were present in the meeting that he held in 1933 on Meigs Ave in which he explained the visions and the 1977 prediction e.g. in reference to that meeting: | William Branham claimed on many occasions that there were people in the congregations who were present in the meeting that he held in 1933 on Meigs Ave in which he explained the visions and the 1977 prediction e.g. in reference to that meeting: | ||
::And here comes around and shows. And then I predicted. I never said the Lord told me that, but, standing that morning in the church, I said, ìThe way progressÖî I got back to one end of their wall, and run to the other end of the wall. I said, ìThe way progress is going on, | ::And here comes around and shows. And then I predicted. I never said the Lord told me that, but, standing that morning in the church, I said, ìThe way progressÖî I got back to one end of their wall, and run to the other end of the wall. I said, ìThe way progress is going on, I'll predict that the time I donít know why Iím saying it. But I predict that it'll all happen between right now, 1933, and 1977.î<ref>''Seventieth Week of Daniel 1961''</ref> | ||
He is talking about the 1933 meeting. But there are no testimonials from that meeting of what he said about the visions. There is no list of the visions or details of their content. Again, we are asked to accept that there were visions and that they were related to a congregation, but with no corroborating evidence. | He is talking about the 1933 meeting. But there are no testimonials from that meeting of what he said about the visions. There is no list of the visions or details of their content. Again, we are asked to accept that there were visions and that they were related to a congregation, but with no corroborating evidence. | ||
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The visions documented in the Church Age Book ought therefore to be definitive. This list was authored by William Branham and if it is not correct then there is little basis for deciding what the visions actually were. In fact, considering the time that elapsed from the original sermons in December 1960 to when the book was published, after 1966, there could be no excuse for a failure to ensure that the visions were documented as originally recorded. Therefore, there is no room, today, to say that in some way these particular vision statements are inaccurate or incomplete. | The visions documented in the Church Age Book ought therefore to be definitive. This list was authored by William Branham and if it is not correct then there is little basis for deciding what the visions actually were. In fact, considering the time that elapsed from the original sermons in December 1960 to when the book was published, after 1966, there could be no excuse for a failure to ensure that the visions were documented as originally recorded. Therefore, there is no room, today, to say that in some way these particular vision statements are inaccurate or incomplete. | ||
This also means that any new or any changed detail suggested in sermons post 1933 would have to be viewed as additional to the originals, with the obvious question ñ how could there be additions to the visions unless there were additional visions! | This also means that any new or any changed detail suggested in sermons post-1933 would have to be viewed as additional to the originals, with the obvious question ñ how could there be additions to the visions unless there were additional visions! | ||
Note also, that if you prefer another list ñ say the one in the ëLaodicean Church Ageí sermon itself or that in ëThe Seventieth Week of Danielí then further lists of variations to those lists could be highlighted and would need to be explained in the same way that departures from the Church Age Book list need to be explained. | Note also, that if you prefer another list ñ say the one in the ëLaodicean Church Ageí sermon itself or that in ëThe Seventieth Week of Danielí then further lists of variations to those lists could be highlighted and would need to be explained in the same way that departures from the Church Age Book list need to be explained. | ||
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| Prediction || The Laodicean Age began around the turn of the Twentieth Century, perhaps 1906. How long will it last? As a servant of God who has had multitudes of visions, of which NONE has ever failed, let me predict (I did not say prophesy, but predict) that this age will end around 1977. If you will pardon a personal note here, I base this prediction on seven major continuous visions that came to me one Sunday morning in June, 1933. The Lord Jesus spoke to me and said that the coming of the Lord was drawing nigh, but that before He came, seven major events would transpire. | | Prediction || The Laodicean Age began around the turn of the Twentieth Century, perhaps 1906. How long will it last? As a servant of God who has had multitudes of visions, of which NONE has ever failed, let me predict (I did not say prophesy, but predict) that this age will end around 1977. If you will pardon a personal note here, I base this prediction on seven major continuous visions that came to me one Sunday morning in June, 1933. The Lord Jesus spoke to me and said that the coming of the Lord was drawing nigh, but that before He came, seven major events would transpire. | ||
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| 1 Mussolini || The first vision was that Mussolini would invade Ethiopia and that nation would ìfall at his steps. | | 1 Mussolini || The first vision was that Mussolini would invade Ethiopia and that nation would ìfall at his steps. But the vision also said that Mussolini would come to a horrible end with his own people turning on him. | ||
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| 2 Hitler|| An Austrian by the name of Adolph Hitler would rise up as dictator over Germany, and that he would draw the world into war. It showed the Siegfried line and how our troops would have a terrible time to overcome it. Then it showed that Hitler would come to a mysterious end. | | 2 Hitler|| An Austrian by the name of Adolph Hitler would rise up as dictator over Germany, and that he would draw the world into war. It showed the Siegfried line and how our troops would have a terrible time to overcome it. Then it showed that Hitler would come to a mysterious end. | ||