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William Branham and Billy Graham: Difference between revisions
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:''And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground...<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Ge 19:1–2.</ref> | :''And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground...<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Ge 19:1–2.</ref> | ||
The problem is that William Branham ran the metaphor much farther than scripture takes it. | The problem is that William Branham ran the metaphor much farther than scripture takes it. Here are the things that are noted: | ||
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#A list of activities is given (buying, selling, planting and building), and there is surprisingly no mention of the sins of Sodom. It is the thought of unpreparedness and attachment to earthly pursuits rather than of sin which is uppermost. | #A list of activities is given (buying, selling, planting and building), and there is surprisingly no mention of the sins of Sodom. It is the thought of unpreparedness and attachment to earthly pursuits rather than of sin which is uppermost. | ||