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[[File:Pentagram of Venus.jpg|400px|thumb|right|The Pentagram of Venus]]  
[[File:Pentagram of Venus.jpg|250px|thumb|right|The Pentagram of Venus]]  
There has been a lot of speculation whether William Branham was a member of a masonic lodge (a Freemason).  
Why was there a Pentagram clearly displayed on the front of the Branham Tabernacle?  What does the Pentagram mean?  


The answer, in our view, is an emphatic "yes" because of the clear Masonic symbol - the Sacred Pentagram - that was displayed openly on the original Branham Tabernacle.
Was it a symbol of freemasonry?  Was it a symbol designed to ward off witches and evil spirits?
 
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?
 
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?


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.
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.


Why was there a Pentagram clearly displayed on the front of the Branham Tabernacle?  What does the Pentagram mean?  '''Why was the Pentagram on display and not the cross?'''
=The Pentagram as a Symbol=
 
[[File:Branham tabernacle.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Can you spot the Sacred Pentagram? (click to enlarge)]]
=The Pentagram=
[[File:Branham tabernacle.jpg|600px|thumb|right|Can you spot the Sacred Pentagram?]]
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 (also referred to as a pentacle, pentalpha, pentangle or star pentagon) is the shape of a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes.


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=The Sigil of Baphomet=
=The Sigil of Baphomet=
[[File:Seal of Baphomet.png|300px|thumb|right|The Sigil of Baphomet from a book published in 1897]]  
[[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|400px|thumb|right|By the '50's, the star had faded a bit]]  
[[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>


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