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 Who did William Branham think that he was?  What did he think of his own ministry?
+=William Branham was God in flesh=
+''Now, Jesus came in three names. Son of man, which is a prophet; Son of God, which went through the Church age; then Son of David. But in between the Son of God and Son of David, according to His Own Word, and according to Malachi 4 and many Scriptures, '''He’s to return back into His Church, in physical form''', in the people, in a…in human beings, '''in the way of being a prophet.''' See?<ref>william Branham, 65-0427 - Does God Change His Mind?, para. 169</ref>
+=William Branham was Jesus Christ=
+Now, He promised that, so that sets the Bible just exactly to this day, and the Sodom and Gomorrah. And Elijah was not... That wasn't Elijah; That was the Spirit of God on Elijah; Elijah was just a man. Now, we've had Elijahs, and Elijahs' coats, and Elijahs' mantles, and Elijahs' everything. '''But the Elijah of this day is the Lord Jesus Christ.''' He is to come according to Matthew the seventeen-... Luke 17:30, says the Son of man is to reveal Himself among His people. Not a man, God!<ref>William Branham, 65-1127B - Trying To Do God A Service Without It Being God's Will, para.212</ref>
+=William Branham performed the signs of the Messiah=
+''The evening Lights! If we are walking in the evening Light, the evening sign, then it was to be the same Light and same sign, an Eternal sign. Then the same signs will follow the evening Light. Whew! Do you see It? Can you understand It? That’s the Message this Christmas. The evening Lights, '''the signs of the Messiah accompanying It''', accompanying the Message. The evening Lights are here.<ref>William Branham, 59-1227M - A Super Sign, para. 106</ref>
+''Oh, there’s been a hundred Elijah’s come up in the last days: Alexander Dowie, and so many in the world today saying they’re Elijah, they’re Elijah of the day. Elijah will go back to the original Pentecostal Ephesus church, and bring that '''same Message to the people with signs of the Messiah.''' The Bible said so.<ref>William Branham,  61-0117 - The Messiah, para. 51</ref>
 =William Branham believed he was infallible=
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 ''BUT I DENY UPON THE INFALLIBLE EVIDENCE OF THE WORD THAT THERE IS MORE THAN ONE MAJOR PROPHET-MESSENGER WHO WILL REVEAL THE MYSTERIES AS CONTAINED IN THE WORD, AND WHO HAS THE MINISTRY TO TURN THE HEARTS OF THE CHILDREN TO THE FATHERS.  "Thus saith the Lord" by His unfailing Word stands, and shall stand and be vindicated. There is one prophet-messenger to this age. On the basis of human behavior alone, anyone knows that where there are many people there is even divided opinion on lesser points of a major doctrine which they all hold together. '''Who then will have the power of infallibility which is to be restored in this last age''', for this last age is going to go back to manifesting the Pure Word Bride? That means we will have the Word once again as it was perfectly given, and perfectly understood in the days of Paul. '''I will tell you who will have it. It will be a prophet as thoroughly vindicated, or even more thoroughly vindicated than was any prophet in all the ages from Enoch to this day, because this man will of necessity have the capstone prophetic ministry, and God will shew him forth. He won't need to speak for himself, God will speak for him by the voice of the sign.''' Amen.<ref>An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages - Chapter Nine - The Laodicean Church Age</ref>
+=God could only help you through William Branham=
-=God could only help you through William Branham=
+''He told me if I get the people to believe me. That seems strange for me to have to say this, “You believe in me?” Said, “Aren’t you supposed believe God?” '''You must believe that. You must believe God and believe Christ, and believe the Holy Ghost. Then after believing all of them, God wants you to believe me.''' But then there’s something for you to do. Now, you can believe a man and still the gift won’t work for you. Reason today people believe in God. It’s still Jesus. Isn’t that right? He said, “As you believe in God, believe also in Me.” Did He say it? “As you have belief in God, you believe in Me.” That’s the only way He could help them, ’cause they believe. Now, I want you to believe me as one of them. But I want you to believe the day is coming and will to you…  And I’ll do all I can to help you.<ref>William Branham, 50-0300 - Gifts And Callings Are Without Repentance, para. 21</ref>
 ''And I want all you dear people, setting out in the audience there, I want you to believe me with all your heart. Now remember, that’s the only way I can help you. How many believes God? Let’s see your hands. How many believes the Son of God? Believes the Holy Spirit? That’s fine. That’s good.
-But now, friends, you can believe that, which you have to, to be a Christian. '''You have to believe in God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost in order to be a Christian'''. '''But believing that still won’t help you in this gift.''' You’ve got to believe that I’ve told you the truth, not believe me as Them, but believe that They have sent me for this purpose.
-''Now, you could be a renowned Christian, and fail to believe what I’ve told you to be the truth, and you’d never be able to reap a bit of benefit from it. Now, I’m sorry to have to say that, but it’s the truth.
+But now, friends, you can believe that, which you have to, to be a Christian. '''You have to believe in God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost in order to be a Christian'''. '''But believing that still won’t help you in this gift. You’ve got to believe that I’ve told you the truth, not believe me as Them, but believe that They have sent me for this purpose.'''
+''Now, you could be a renowned Christian, and '''fail to believe what I’ve told you to be the truth, and you’d never be able to reap a bit of benefit from it.''' Now, I’m sorry to have to say that, but it’s the truth.
 '' When Jesus was on earth, the people that killed him, believed in God the Father, and were great worshippers of God. Is that right? But He could not help them, because they did not believe in Him. Is that right? And He said with His Own mouth, “As you have believed in God, believe also in Me.” Is that right?
 Now, '''if you have believed in God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, I want you to believe that He sent me here to pray for you''', and He will testify whether He has or not. And if He testifies, then you believe it.<ref>50-0713 - "Obey The Voice Of The Angel"</ref>
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 =He said he was an Old Testament Prophet in the New Testament=
-''They'd always go down and find out where this prophet was. A seer means--a seer means to either "foretell or tell forth," he is a seer that sees things that's going to happen. And he predicts it to the people. And the Bible said, "If it doesn't come to pass, then don't you hear him." It has to be every time. God cannot fail, see. "And if it doesn't come to pass," then He said, "He wasn't with that person." So upon that, the people knew that the Word of the Lord was with this seer that He had, the Old Testament seers. <ref> THE.SIGN.OF.THIS.TIME_  NY.NY  V-18 N-8  WEDNESDAY_  63-1113 </ref>
+''They'd always go down and find out where this prophet was. A seer means--a seer means to either "foretell or tell forth," he is a seer that sees things that's going to happen. And he predicts it to the people. And the Bible said, "If it doesn't come to pass, then don't you hear him." It has to be every time. God cannot fail, see. "And if it doesn't come to pass," then He said, "He wasn't with that person." So upon that, the people knew that the Word of the Lord was with this seer that He had, '''the Old Testament seers.''' <ref> THE.SIGN.OF.THIS.TIME_  NY.NY  V-18 N-8  WEDNESDAY_  63-1113 </ref>
 '''''Now the Holy Spirit doesn't change that trend.'''
-''Now, see, I never said I was a prophet; he said it.  And the prophet, the word prophet, "seer," Old Test-... Now, the English version of prophet means "a preacher." But the Old Testament seer was a man who had "the Divine interpretation of the Word," and was proven by the Word coming to him and foreseeing it. That was what...<ref> THREE.KINDS.OF.BELIEVERS_  JEFF.IN  V-3 N-6  SUNDAY_  63-1124E </ref>
+''Now, see, I never said I was a prophet; he said it.  And the prophet, the word prophet, "seer," Old Test-... Now, the English version of prophet means "a preacher." '''But the Old Testament seer was a man who had "the Divine interpretation of the Word," and was proven by the Word coming to him and foreseeing it.''' That was what...<ref> THREE.KINDS.OF.BELIEVERS_  JEFF.IN  V-3 N-6  SUNDAY_  63-1124E </ref>
 ''But, Lord, You promised that You would be the Word, and You are the Word. "And I will come to you, and make Myself known unto you." We find that Your systems, Your system, never changes.  When You come in the Old Testament, You said, "The Word came to the prophets." And when It did, they prophesied and It come to pass, because It was God. <ref> THE.WORLD.IS.AGAIN.FALLING.APART_  SHP.LA  V-17 N-4  WEDNESDAY_  63-1127 </ref>
-''He did it at the beginning; He does it same today. Each one of the prophets was separated from unbelief. They, reason they did that, is because the Word of the Lord came to them.  Now, I believe in a night, somewhere, perhaps was here Sunday or last night, that I was speaking what the word "seer," in the Old Testament, meant. It meant a man, "a diviner, a man that would tell the future events that were coming to pass." And then when they come to pass exactly, without failure, come to pass exactly what he said, then God said, "Listen to this man, or hear him, fear him, for I am with him." Then he had the Divine interpretation of the written Word, for that was his credentials of identification, that he was God's prophet and the Word come to him. That's right. <ref> GOD'S.WORD.CALLS.FOR.A.TOTAL.SEPARATION.FROM.UNBELIEF_  PHOENIX.AZ  V-3 N-20  TUESDAY_  64-0121 </ref>
+''He did it at the beginning; He does it same today. Each one of the prophets was separated from unbelief. They, reason they did that, is because the Word of the Lord came to them.  Now, I believe in a night, somewhere, perhaps was here Sunday or last night, that I was speaking what the word '''"seer," in the Old Testament,''' meant. It meant a man, "a diviner, a man that would tell the future events that were coming to pass." And then when they come to pass exactly, without failure, come to pass exactly what he said, then God said, "Listen to this man, or hear him, fear him, for I am with him." Then he had the Divine interpretation of the written Word, for that was his credentials of identification, that he was God's prophet and the Word come to him. That's right. <ref> GOD'S.WORD.CALLS.FOR.A.TOTAL.SEPARATION.FROM.UNBELIEF_  PHOENIX.AZ  V-3 N-20  TUESDAY_  64-0121 </ref>
 ''When God makes a promise and God says... In--in the beginning, in Genesis, He lotted His Word to each age as It come down from the beginning to the end. And, down through these ages, the church world has got all these things all mixed up by traditions, and so forth, and God always sends on the scene, down through the Old Testament and New, prophets! And the Word of the Lord comes to the prophet. <ref> GOD.IS.HIS.OWN.INTERPRETER_  BAKF.CA  V-8 N-6  WEDNESDAY_  64-0205 </ref>
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 ''...I hope that my class under-... Do you understand what I mean? Raise you hand so... See? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] And, understand, you must understand. Friend, This is your Life. See? This is your Life. Yes.
-''His credentials is that God has a vindicated this person to be a seer.  Now the English word, a prophet, just means a "preacher." See? Anybody, every preacher is a prophet, 'cause he is foretelling something. Preaching the Word, under inspiration, is called a "prophet."
+'''''His credentials is that God has a vindicated this person to be a seer.'''  Now the English word, a prophet, just means a "preacher." See? Anybody, every preacher is a prophet, 'cause he is foretelling something. Preaching the Word, under inspiration, is called a "prophet."
-''But in the Old Testament, they were more than that, they were seers. See? They were man who told things that was coming to pass, and it happened. That give him the rights to be the--the interpreter of the Word for that day, because God took the Word of that day and interpreted It, Himself, through that man. And that's what he come on the earth for, he is always a sign, when a prophet comes to the earth. Just watch as we go through it, and see if it isn't so. He always sends His prophet. When you see a prophet rise on the scene, [Brother Branham snaps his finger--Ed.] look out. We're looking for one to come now, you know. And then when you see it, you just remember it's something is fixing to happen. This is his credentials, then God interprets His Word by him and through him. Numbers 12:6 tells that.
+'''''But in the Old Testament, they were more than that, they were seers.''' See? They were man who told things that was coming to pass, and it happened. That give him the rights to be the--the interpreter of the Word for that day, because God took the Word of that day and interpreted It, Himself, through that man. And that's what he come on the earth for, he is always a sign, when a prophet comes to the earth. Just watch as we go through it, and see if it isn't so. He always sends His prophet. When you see a prophet rise on the scene, [Brother Branham snaps his finger--Ed.] look out. We're looking for one to come now, you know. And then when you see it, you just remember it's something is fixing to happen. This is his credentials, then God interprets His Word by him and through him. Numbers 12:6 tells that.
 ''And, remember, the entire Bible was wrote by the prophets. Why? The Word of the Lord came to them after they was vindicated. <ref> THE.VOICE.OF.THE.SIGN_  TULARE.CA  V-22 N-12  FRIDAY_  64-0214 </ref>
-''In the beginning He spoke to the prophets, and the Word of the Lord came to the prophet. And the prophet, being able to foretell, divine things, and it happened just like that, was his identification. A prophet, seer, means, "one who forthtells or tells forth," and also is "a Divine interpreter of the written Word." Anybody knows that, that knows what a prophet means.
+''In the beginning He spoke to the prophets, and the Word of the Lord came to the prophet. And the prophet, being able to foretell, divine things, and it happened just like that, was his identification. '''A prophet, seer, means, "one who forthtells or tells forth,"''' and also is "a Divine interpreter of the written Word." Anybody knows that, that knows what a prophet means.
-''Now the English word, prophet, p-r-o-p-h-e-t, means, "a preacher," just anybody a preaching.  But a seer of the Old Testament, which was referred to as a prophet, he was the one that foresaw things. He said, "If there be one among you who is spiritual, or a prophet, I the Lord will make Myself known unto him. And what he says comes to pass, then hear him; but if it doesn't come to pass, don't hear that prophet, see, 'cause he's prophesying falsely. But if I have sent him, that'll be My identification, what he says will come to pass. He is born in the world, ordained, foreordained of God to do that." Cause, "All gifts and callings are without repentance." They are foreordained of God. <ref> THE.IDENTIFICATION.OF.CHRIST.IN.ALL.AGES_  BIRMINGHAM.AL  THURSDAY_  64-0409 </ref>
+''Now the English word, prophet, p-r-o-p-h-e-t, means, "a preacher," just anybody a preaching.  '''But a seer of the Old Testament, which was referred to as a prophet,''' he was the one that foresaw things. He said, "If there be one among you who is spiritual, or a prophet, I the Lord will make Myself known unto him. And what he says comes to pass, then hear him; but if it doesn't come to pass, don't hear that prophet, see, 'cause he's prophesying falsely. But if I have sent him, that'll be My identification, what he says will come to pass. He is born in the world, ordained, foreordained of God to do that." Cause, "All gifts and callings are without repentance." They are foreordained of God. <ref> THE.IDENTIFICATION.OF.CHRIST.IN.ALL.AGES_  BIRMINGHAM.AL  THURSDAY_  64-0409 </ref>
 ''"The Word of God is sharper than a two-edged Sword, and a discerner of the thoughts that's in the heart." That's what them prophets were. They, that's where they foresaw things, you see, and it was exactly right, because it was the Word for that age. If you understand that, just raise your hand, silently. So, see, it was the Word for that age. That's what identified them the prophet.
-''Now, a prophet, our--our English word prophet, means "a preacher."  But in the Old Testament, it wasn't exactly a prophet, it was a seer. And the seer foretold things that would come to pass. And, also, that was his credentials as a divine interpreter of the written Word, because his own ministry was manifesting that Word. See? So that made him the prophet.  Now, it wasn't by healing. <ref> CHRIST.IS.IDENTIFIED.THE.SAME.IN.ALL.GENERATIONS_  TAMPA.FL  WEDNESDAY_  64-0415 </ref>
+''Now, a prophet, our--our English word prophet, means "a preacher."  '''But in the Old Testament, it wasn't exactly a prophet, it was a seer.''' And the seer foretold things that would come to pass. And, also, that was his credentials as a divine interpreter of the written Word, because his own ministry was manifesting that Word. See? So that made him the prophet.  Now, it wasn't by healing. <ref> CHRIST.IS.IDENTIFIED.THE.SAME.IN.ALL.GENERATIONS_  TAMPA.FL  WEDNESDAY_  64-0415 </ref>
 ''...Hebrews, 1st chapter, "God, in sundry times and divers manners spake to the fathers by the prophets."  And those prophets! The church got all so twisted up that when... Those prophets, those daring messengers of God, come without church, without denomination, without organization, without anything; defied kings, kingdoms, churches, and everything. When the priests was brought before... They was brought before the priests, they wasn't ashamed, because they had directly THUS SAITH THE LORD.
-''If you notice, the prophet, in one sense of the word, in the Old Testament, when he said THUS SAITH THE LORD, now watch him, he goes right into the phrase of taking the place of God. You notice, when he placed out before him, THUS SAITH THE LORD, he fell right into God, and he acted as God. Then he gave his Message, which was God speaking through him, "THUS SAITH THE LORD!" <ref> ASHAMED_  JEFF.IN  V-3 N-9  SUNDAY_  65-0711 </ref>
+''If you notice, '''the prophet, in one sense of the word, in the Old Testament, when he said THUS SAITH THE LORD,''' now watch him, he goes right into the phrase of taking the place of God. You notice, when he placed out before him, THUS SAITH THE LORD, he fell right into God, and he acted as God. Then he gave his Message, which was God speaking through him, "THUS SAITH THE LORD!" <ref> ASHAMED_  JEFF.IN  V-3 N-9  SUNDAY_  65-0711 </ref>
 =He thought he was the Elijah prophet in fulfillment of Malachi 4=
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 :''That's quite a statement. I watch what I say. I'm in contact with better than ten million people around the world (See?), so I have to say that; and I know I didn't say that myself. <ref> BE.NOT.AFRAID.IT.IS.I  BLOOMINGTON.IL  61-0414 </ref>
+-0707 - Jehovah-Jireh #3
--0707 - Jehovah-Jireh #3
+:''You'll never receive another sign. This is It.  THUS SAITH THE LORD. '''Would a prophet of God make a statement like that if it wasn't true? You're receiving your greatest sign, and your last sign, before the appearing of Christ.''' Come! The reason I'm saying these things, I've never said this in any other meeting, I feel that right here is opportunity here for something to happen. That's why I'm saying the way I am. I believe you understand. You wouldn't go around, make some kind of a cult, say, "Brother Branham is a god," or something like that. You understand what I'm talking about.
+-0411 - Spiritual Amnesia
+:'''''This is the last sign. Remember, THUS SAITH THE LORD!''' Did you ever hear me say that but what it was true? You are seeing your last sign. That's Scriptural. You've seen your last sign, Pentecost.
+-0426 - Proving His Word
-:''THUS SAITH THE LORD. '''Would a prophet of God make a statement like that if it wasn't true? You're receiving your greatest sign, and your last sign, before the appearing of Christ.''' Come! The reason I'm saying these things, I've never said this in any other meeting, I feel that right here is opportunity here for something to happen. That's why I'm saying the way I am. I believe you understand. You wouldn't go around, make some kind of a cult, say, "Brother Branham is a god," or something like that. You understand what I'm talking about.
+:''Let me tell you. '''THUS SAITH THE LORD, you're receiving your last sign.''' That's according to the Scriptures and the revelation of God that's in my heart, that speaks that this is the Truth. And I trust that you will believe it to be the Truth.
 ==He said that all of his visions and prophecies were fulfilled==
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 -0429E - The Choosing Of A Bride
 :''I'm going to say this for my first time, over the pulpit [he'd actually already said it many times]. I've stretched out farther tonight, on This, than I have on anything else, any time, anyhow, before the public, because I've had a great freedom in these meetings. '''If you believe me to be God's prophet, you listen to what I've told you.'''
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