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:''Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.'' (John 2:18-19) | :''Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.'' (John 2:18-19) | ||
:''there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.'' (Matthew 12: | :''there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.'' (Matthew 12:39b-40) | ||
:''and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.'' (Luke 11: | :''and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.'' (Luke 11:29b-30) | ||
:''and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.'' (Matthew 16: | :''and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.'' (Matthew 16:4) | ||
:''There shall no sign be given unto this generation.'' (Mark 8: | :''There shall no sign be given unto this generation.'' (Mark 8:12b) | ||
Perhaps William Branham did have the gift of discernment, but he certainly did not have the gift of resurrection. No matter how long they delayed his funeral and memorial service, he did not resurrect. The truth is that Jesus himself pointed only to the coming resurrection as the sign that Messiah had come. | Perhaps William Branham did have the gift of discernment, but he certainly did not have the gift of resurrection. No matter how long they delayed his funeral and memorial service, he did not resurrect. The truth is that Jesus himself pointed only to the coming resurrection as the sign that Messiah had come. | ||