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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, 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>   
::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, Iíll predict that the timeÖI donít know why Iím saying it. But I predict that thatíll 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 arguments presented in the ëCritiqueí section will also demonstrate the impossibility of confidently constructing a list of the visions and their content from the sermons.
The arguments presented in the ëCritiqueí section will also demonstrate the impossibility of confidently constructing a list of the visions and their content from the sermons.


===An Exposition of the Seven Church Ages - William Branham's book===
===An Exposition of the Seven Church Ages ñ William Branham's book===
This is the last possible source of a description of the visions.  Fortunately, it suffers from none of the drawbacks and uncertainties of the other four sources.
This is the last possible source of a description of the visions.  Fortunately, it suffers from none of the drawbacks and uncertainties of the other four sources.


The book was written by William Branham with assistance from a friend and co-worker, Lee Vayle, to summarise fifteen messages he preached in December 1960 which addressed the Seven Church Ages and other topics in the book of Revelation.  These sermons have been published as a series entitled The Revelation of Jesus Christí.
The book was written by William Branham with assistance from a friend and co-worker, Lee Vayle, to summarise fifteen messages he preached in December 1960 which addressed the Seven Church Ages and other topics in the book of Revelation.  These sermons have been published as a series entitled ëThe Revelation of Jesus Christí.
   
   
The list in this book (in the chapter ëThe Laodicean Church Ageí) should be an accurate record of the 1933 visions because the original written records of those visions would have been available to ensure that the list was correct.  Further, they are unambiguously and succinctly stated and ordered and there are seven (and only seven) unique visions.  It would be obvious, therefore, from this work, what the visions were, how many there were and their order and timing.
The list in this book (in the chapter ëThe Laodicean Church Ageí) should be an accurate record of the 1933 visions because the original written records of those visions would have been available to ensure that the list was correct.  Further, they are unambiguously and succinctly stated and ordered and there are seven (and only seven) unique visions.  It would be obvious, therefore, from this work, what the visions were, how many there were and their order and timing.
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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.  But the vision also said that Mussolini would come to a horrible end with his own people turning on him.
| Mussolini || The first vision was that Mussolini would invade Ethiopia and that nation would ìfall at his steps.î 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.  
| 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.  
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| 3 Three ISMs || The third vision was in the realm of world politics for it showed me that there would be three great ISMS, Facism, Nazism, Communism, but that the first two would be swallowed up into the third. The voice admonished, "WATCH RUSSIA, WATCH RUSSIA. Keep your eye on the King of the North."  
| Three ISMs || The third vision was in the realm of world politics for it showed me that there would be three great ISMS, Facism, Nazism, Communism, but that the first two would be swallowed up into the third. The voice admonished, "WATCH RUSSIA, WATCH RUSSIA. Keep your eye on the King of the North."  
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| 4 Scientific Progress || The fourth vision showed the great advances in science that would come after the second world war. It was headed up in the vision of a plastic bubble-topped car that was running down beautiful highways under remote control so that people appeared seated in this car without a steering wheel and they were playing some sort of a game to amuse themselves.
| Scientific Progress || The fourth vision showed the great advances in science that would come after the second world war. It was headed up in the vision of a plastic bubble-topped car that was running down beautiful highways under remote control so that people appeared seated in this car without a steering wheel and they were playing some sort of a game to amuse themselves.
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| 5 Women and morals  || The fifth vision had to do with the moral problem of our age, centering mostly around women. God showed me that women began to be out of their place with the granting of the vote. Then they cut off their hair, which signified that they were no longer under the authority of a man but insisted on either equal rights, or in most cases, more than equal rights. She adopted men's clothing and went into a state of undress, until the last picture I saw was a woman naked except for a little fig leaf type apron. With this vision I saw the terrible perversion and moral plight of the whole world.  
| Women and morals  || The fifth vision had to do with the moral problem of our age, centering mostly around women. God showed me that women began to be out of their place with the granting of the vote. Then they cut off their hair, which signified that they were no longer under the authority of a man but insisted on either equal rights, or in most cases, more than equal rights. She adopted men's clothing and went into a state of undress, until the last picture I saw was a woman naked except for a little fig leaf type apron. With this vision I saw the terrible perversion and moral plight of the whole world.  
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| 6 Powerful woman in America || Then in the sixth vision there arose up in America a most beautiful, but cruel woman. She held the people in her complete power. I believed that this was the rise of the Roman Catholic Church, though I knew it could possibly be a vision of some woman rising in great power in America due to a popular vote by women.  
| Powerful woman in America || Then in the sixth vision there arose up in America a most beautiful, but cruel woman. She held the people in her complete power. I believed that this was the rise of the Roman Catholic Church, though I knew it could possibly be a vision of some woman rising in great power in America due to a popular vote by women.  
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| 7 America destroyed || The last and seventh vision was wherein I heard a most terrible explosion. As I turned to look I saw nothing but debris, craters, and smoke all over the land of America.
| America destroyed || The last and seventh vision was wherein I heard a most terrible explosion. As I turned to look I saw nothing but debris, craters, and smoke all over the land of America.
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