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[[File:Pentagram of Venus.jpg| | [[File:Pentagram of Venus.jpg|250px|thumb|right|The Pentagram of Venus]] | ||
Why was there a Pentagram clearly displayed on the front of the Branham Tabernacle? What does the Pentagram mean? | |||
Was it a symbol of freemasonry? Was it a symbol designed to ward off witches and evil spirits? | |||
=The | Most importantly, '''why was the Pentagram on display and not the cross of Christ?''' What symbolism could be more important than the cross on a church? What does that say about William Branham and his beliefs? | ||
[[File:Branham tabernacle.jpg| | |||
Also, why was the Pentagram at an angle? Was it an inverted pentagram, a symbol of Satan? Or was it the Pentagram of Venus, a clear occult symbol? Or was it simply the result of inept installation, the work of an inebriated mason? | |||
The pentagram is one of the most ancient symbols in human history | |||
We are aware that William Branham stated that he first held meetings in the Masonic Temple in Jeffersonville but that was before the Branham Tabernacle was built and not at the same location. | |||
=The Pentagram as a Symbol= | |||
[[File:Branham tabernacle.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Can you spot the Sacred Pentagram? (click to enlarge)]] | |||
The pentagram (also referred to as a pentacle, pentalpha, pentangle or star pentagon) is the shape of a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes. | |||
The pentagram is one of the most ancient symbols in human history and dates back to Babylon. The Pentagram is believed to have originated from the star shaped pattern formed by the the planet Venus in its journey through the sky as watched by ancient astronomers. | |||
==The meaning of the Pentagram== | |||
The pentagram was used in ancient times as a Christian symbol for the five senses, or of the five wounds of Christ. | |||
The five-pointed star is a symbol of the Bahá'í Faith. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began using both upright and inverted five-pointed stars in Temple architecture, dating from the Nauvoo Illinois Temple dedicated on 30 April 1846. | |||
In many contemporary Wiccan traditions (witchcraft), the elements are associated with the points of the Pentagram in the following way: Spirit (top), Air (left), Water (right), Earth (bottom left), Fire (bottom right). | In many contemporary Wiccan traditions (witchcraft), the elements are associated with the points of the Pentagram in the following way: Spirit (top), Air (left), Water (right), Earth (bottom left), Fire (bottom right). | ||
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=The Sigil of Baphomet= | =The Sigil of Baphomet= | ||
[[File:Seal of Baphomet.png| | [[File:Seal of Baphomet.png|250px|thumb|right|The Sigil of Baphomet from a book published in 1897]] | ||
What is the Sigil of Baphomet? Is this the symbol that was originally displayed on the front of the Branham Tabernacle? | What is the Sigil of Baphomet? Is this the symbol that was originally displayed on the front of the Branham Tabernacle? | ||
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=Quotes of William Branham= | =Quotes of William Branham= | ||
[[File:Branham tabernacle in the 1950s.jpg| | [[File:Branham tabernacle in the 1950s.jpg|250px|thumb|right|By the '50's, the star had faded a bit (click to enlarge)]] | ||
'''You Masons here''' and so forth and ones of you and '''know the order''', how they cut out the stones and hauled them to Joppa and so forth. And by ox cart taking them on down, the tall cedars in Lebanon and how they cut it and so forth and brought it down. But when it was all piled together outside of Jerusalem, there wasn't a buzz of a saw or a sound of a hammer for the space of forty years.<ref>THE.INSIDE.MAN CHICAGO.IL 53-1212</ref> | '''''You Masons here''' and so forth and ones of you and '''know the order''', how they cut out the stones and hauled them to Joppa and so forth. And by ox cart taking them on down, the tall cedars in Lebanon and how they cut it and so forth and brought it down. But when it was all piled together outside of Jerusalem, there wasn't a buzz of a saw or a sound of a hammer for the space of forty years.<ref>THE.INSIDE.MAN CHICAGO.IL 53-1212</ref> | ||
I have '''nothing against lodges''', but '''Masonry, Odd Fellows''', or any of them, would be just as well if it's ceremony. '''It has it's good and bad, just like the Church'''. But Christianity is a living Being in mankind, that's a proof of the resurrection of--of God's Son, Who was God with us.<ref>JESUS.ON.THE.AUTHORITY.OF.THE.WORD WOOD.RIVER.IL 54-0217</ref> | ''I have '''nothing against lodges''', but '''Masonry, Odd Fellows''', or any of them, would be just as well if it's ceremony. '''It has it's good and bad, just like the Church'''. But Christianity is a living Being in mankind, that's a proof of the resurrection of--of God's Son, Who was God with us.<ref>JESUS.ON.THE.AUTHORITY.OF.THE.WORD WOOD.RIVER.IL 54-0217</ref> | ||
''You know, a mason knows a mason when he speaks to him. And different lodges know by different signs. The Christian does too. There's just something about when you speak to a man, and you feel that gentle sweet spirit, you know he's your brother. There's just something about him.<ref>THE.FAITH.OF.ABRAHAM_ SAN.JOSE.CA FRIDAY_ 59-0424A</ref> | ''You know, '''a mason knows a mason when he speaks to him. And different lodges know by different signs.''' The Christian does too. There's just something about when you speak to a man, and you feel that gentle sweet spirit, you know he's your brother. There's just something about him.<ref>THE.FAITH.OF.ABRAHAM_ SAN.JOSE.CA FRIDAY_ 59-0424A</ref> | ||
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''And the trouble of it is, you've got the church, till it's no more than a Masonic lodge, or any other lodge. The church is a house of God where Christ lives and manifests Himself amongst the people. That's right.<ref>BE.NOT.AFRAID.IT.IS.I_ BLOOMINGTON.IL FRIDAY_ 61-0414</ref> | ''And the trouble of it is, you've got the church, till it's no more than a Masonic lodge, or any other lodge. The church is a house of God where Christ lives and manifests Himself amongst the people. That's right.<ref>BE.NOT.AFRAID.IT.IS.I_ BLOOMINGTON.IL FRIDAY_ 61-0414</ref> | ||
''Now, that would knock out that astronomic year or the Julian year--calendar (See?), '''the Masonic year''', because the world's tilted. We all know that from study in school, and it's out of cater. Therefore they--them stars wouldn't pass in line of the earth at the same time. Therefore, the Roman calendar is wrong too, because you cannot put together the days... There's just many things that I could say right here. That we find out by even nature itself teaches us there's only thirty days exactly in the year. | |||
''Now, '''in 1933 when we were worshipping over here in the Masonic temple''' where the Church of Christ stands today, on one April morning before leaving home, I was dedicating my--a car (I got a '33 model car, and I was dedicating it to the Lord's service.), and in a vision I saw the end time. Now, notice how striking this is. Back yonder when I was just a boy, and you can imagine what a 1933 model car looked like--now, what it looked like. And I went over there to the Masonic temple where... Some of you old-timers in here remembers; it's wrote down on an old paper at home. It's already in print and went out around the world. See? That was in 1933. And I predicted that there would be some great tragedy happen to this United States before or by the year of 1977. How many remembers me saying that? Look at the hands. Sure.<ref>THE.SEVENTIETH.WEEK.OF.DANIEL_ JEFF.IN DA 89-141 SUNDAY_ 61-0806</ref> | |||
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