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He then went on to teach that, just as three messengers went to Abraham in the days of Sodom, so three messengers came to the church in our day. These three messengers were William Branham, Billy Graham and Oral Roberts. William Branham taught that Oral Roberts and Billy Graham were the two messengers that went to Sodom. But William Branham was God himself, the angel that did not go down to Sodom. | He then went on to teach that, just as three messengers went to Abraham in the days of Sodom, so three messengers came to the church in our day. These three messengers were William Branham, Billy Graham and Oral Roberts. William Branham taught that Oral Roberts and Billy Graham were the two messengers that went to Sodom. But William Branham was God himself, the angel that did not go down to Sodom. | ||
= A prophecy about Billy Graham?= | |||
In 1962, William Branham stated: | |||
:''Nineteen fifty-six I prophesied in Chicago that Billy Graham that year would return and cancel his meetings. Tommy Osborn would return, and America would see its last call. And from then the revival would die. I just count back and see. We got that on record. See? And the revival is gone.<ref>William Branham, 62-0628 - A Greater Than Solomon Is Here, para. 8</ref> | |||
And we can see what William Branham stated about Billy Graham in Chicago: | |||
:''“Go ye into all the world; preach the Gospel to every creature.” That’s one commission. That’s right. Billy Graham, Jack Shuler, many of the other great men are doing that. <ref>William Branham, 56-0405 - The Resurrection Of Jesus?, para. 31, Chicago</ref> | |||
:''And I looked at the wheels turning up. I notice the great, famous evangelist, Billy Graham, he come back from overseas and he staged his meetings, New York and these great places, to hit the very nerve center, and so forth. And I see that, Brother Roberts excommunicated out of the foreign country. Mr. Arganbright wants me, after June, and them, to go into Germany, back down into South Africa and through there, but something is holding me to America. And all the others seems to be the same way. '''And I believe that America is going to get her last call, this year.''' <ref>William Branham, 56-0408A - What Is A Vision?, para. 167, Chicago</ref> | |||
But he never prophecied anything in Chicago! He simply said, "I believe that America is going to get her last call, this year." Does that make it a prophecy that Billy Graham was going to cancel his meetings? Was it the end of Billy Graham's ministry?? | |||
Let's examine what actually happened. | |||
In 1957, Billy Graham held the longest evangelistic crusade in his life - a '''16-week revival in New York City, where 2.3 million gathered''' at Madison Square Garden, Yankee Stadium, and Times Square. On September 22, 1991, Graham held his largest event in North America on the Great Lawn of New York's Central Park. City officials estimated more than 250,000 in attendance. In the 10 years from 1947 through 1956, Billy Graham held 64 crusades. In the 10 years from 1957 to 1966, Graham held 119 crusades. And from 1967 until his last crusade in New York City in 2005, he held another 234 crusades, for a total of 417 crusades held during his lifetime. After 1956, when William Branham said that Billy Graham cancelled his meetings (there is no evidence that this happened in 1956 in which Graham held 3 crusades after his return from an overseas tour). | |||
As of 2008, Graham's estimated lifetime audience, including radio and television broadcasts, topped 2.2 billion. | |||
Why was William Branham saying things in 1962 that were blatantly false? Was it because his own ministry faltered badly in 1956 and never recovered, while Billy Granham continued on strong for many decades? | |||
=What does the Bible teach?= | =What does the Bible teach?= | ||