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Russell, like William Branham, believed that he was chosen for his "great work" from before his birth. | Russell, like William Branham, believed that he was chosen for his "great work" from before his birth. | ||
==Seven Church Ages== | ==Similarities between the message of William Branham and the Jehovah's Witnesses== | ||
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| ...pagan Rome when it become papal Rome ...And the dragon is “Rome,” always.<ref>Branham, William, ''Look Away To Jesus'' ( 63-1229E), para. 45, 47</ref> | |||
| ...the great wicked dragon, also called Pagan Rome (later Papal Rome)<ref>Russell, Charles Taze, ''The Finished Mystery'' (1918), p.679</ref> | |||
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|Notice Revelation 10:1 to 7, all the mysteries are to be revealed to the Bride, by the messenger of the Laodicea Church.<ref>Branham, William, ''The Feast Of The Trumpets'' (64-0719M), para. 128</ref> | |||
|Rev. 10:7. But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel — Pastor Russell was the seventh angel.— Rev. 3:14.<ref>Russell, Charles Taze, The Finished Mystery (1918), p.230</ref> | |||
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| :''“And at that time, Michael shall stand, the great prince.” Michael was Christ, of course, Who fought the Angelic wars in Heaven, with the devil. Satan and Michael fought together, or fought against each other, rather.<ref>William Branham, 55-0109E - Beginning And Ending Of The Gentile Dispensation, para. 112</ref> || The same events are referred to in Daniel’s prophecy: “And at that time shall Michael [Christ] stand up [assume control], the great Prince...<ref>Russell, Charles Taze, The Time is at Hand: A Helping Hand for Bible Students (1889)</ref> | |||
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The November 1, 1917, Watch Tower, carried an article titled “A Tribute to the Seventh Messenger” in which it said: | The November 1, 1917, Watch Tower, carried an article titled “A Tribute to the Seventh Messenger” in which it said: | ||
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#''And unto Laodices .— The Church in the time of the Lord's Second Presence.<ref>Better Bible Bureau; Charles Taze Russell. Studies in the Scriptures: Fast Navigation, Search with NCX and Chapter Index (pp. 2981-2982). Kindle Edition. </ref> | #''And unto Laodices .— The Church in the time of the Lord's Second Presence.<ref>Better Bible Bureau; Charles Taze Russell. Studies in the Scriptures: Fast Navigation, Search with NCX and Chapter Index (pp. 2981-2982). Kindle Edition. </ref> | ||
==Seven Seals== | ===Seven Seals=== | ||
Here are some quotes from "The Finished Mystery" published by the Watchtower Society in 1918: | Here are some quotes from "The Finished Mystery" published by the Watchtower Society in 1918: | ||
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::Compare this to the following statement by William Branham: | ::Compare this to the following statement by William Branham: | ||
:::''Same rider, now. This first stage, he was innocent. And second, now, if you went a little bit higher, a little more than that; the second stage, the Bible said he’d be “given a crown.” And they crowned a man, a superman. See, crowned him! And, then, the Bible didn’t call him a pope.<Ref> | :::''Same rider, now. This first stage, he was innocent. And second, now, if you went a little bit higher, a little more than that; the second stage, the Bible said he’d be “given a crown.” And they crowned a man, a superman. See, crowned him! And, then, the Bible didn’t call him a pope.<Ref>William Branham, 63-0320 - The Third Seal, para. 273</ref> | ||
:''"God's people down through this Gospel age have been privileged to know something of the ‘Secret of the Lord'— the Divine Plan. But not until the last seal is broken, does the scroll fly wide open, permitting the ‘Mystery of God' to be fully disclosed; as it is written: ‘In the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when be shall begin to sound, the Mystery of God should be finished, as He hath declared to His servants the Prophets.' (Rev. 5:1; 10:7.)"<ref>Better Bible Bureau; Charles Taze Russell. Studies in the Scriptures: Fast Navigation, Search with NCX and Chapter Index (p. 3155). Kindle Edition. </ref> | :''"God's people down through this Gospel age have been privileged to know something of the ‘Secret of the Lord'— the Divine Plan. But not until the last seal is broken, does the scroll fly wide open, permitting the ‘Mystery of God' to be fully disclosed; as it is written: ‘In the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when be shall begin to sound, the Mystery of God should be finished, as He hath declared to His servants the Prophets.' (Rev. 5:1; 10:7.)"<ref>Better Bible Bureau; Charles Taze Russell. Studies in the Scriptures: Fast Navigation, Search with NCX and Chapter Index (p. 3155). Kindle Edition. </ref> | ||