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	Those who go beyond the word, having God speak to them directly with new revelation, become puffed up with self-deception. There is something called humility that is practiced when one adheres to the same standard that everyone else does. Isaiah 8:16, 20 says:		Those who go beyond the word, having God speak to them directly with new revelation, become puffed up with self-deception. There is something called humility that is practiced when one adheres to the same standard that everyone else does. Isaiah 8:16, 20 says:

	:''Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. ...to the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.<ref>David Norton, ed., The New Cambridge Paragraph Bible with the Apocrypha: King James Version, Revised edition (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2011), Is 8:16,20.<ref>		:''Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. ...to the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.<ref>David Norton, ed., The New Cambridge Paragraph Bible with the Apocrypha: King James Version, Revised edition (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2011), Is 8:16,20.</ref>

	This standard distinguishes a believer from an unbeliever. The test of the prophet was his conformity to the word of God, he condemns sin, he comforts the brethren, and he speaks of things both in the near future (his lifetime) and later than his life. A prophet, like an apostle, not only functioned as a gift, but as an office. A prophet would declare God's will for his generation, addressing idolatry or lukewarmness. We see this personified in John the Baptist who warned and rebuked the people preparing the for the Messiah.		This standard distinguishes a believer from an unbeliever. The test of the prophet was his conformity to the word of God, he condemns sin, he comforts the brethren, and he speaks of things both in the near future (his lifetime) and later than his life. A prophet, like an apostle, not only functioned as a gift, but as an office. A prophet would declare God's will for his generation, addressing idolatry or lukewarmness. We see this personified in John the Baptist who warned and rebuked the people preparing the for the Messiah.

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	:''...As a prophet, every revelation will be vindicated, for every revelation will come to pass. Wonderful acts of power will be performed at his commands in faith.		:''...As a prophet, every revelation will be vindicated, for every revelation will come to pass. Wonderful acts of power will be performed at his commands in faith.








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	:''As Samuel grew up, the Lord was with him, and '''everything Samuel said proved to be reliable'''. And all Israel, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the Lord<ref>1 Samuel 3:19-20</ref>		:''As Samuel grew up, the Lord was with him, and '''everything Samuel said proved to be reliable'''. And all Israel, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the Lord<ref>1 Samuel 3:19-20</ref>

	In the Old Testament, prophets prophesied within three time frames: their own time, for the 1st coming and the 2nd coming. The test of a prophet was his near prophecies which would be fulfilled in his own lifetime. Obviously, if it was beyond his lifetime, he wouldn't be around to have to answer for it. Prophecy was very specific in the Old and the New Testament. They would foretell God's revelation to the people and if one looks back at the Biblical record to study a prophet's calling, it was God who picked them and they are often found arguing not to have the office. In contrast, there are now schools to train new prophets because the people desire this office.		In the Old Testament, prophets prophesied within three time frames:
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	~~Another~~ test ~~used on~~ would be ~~prophets, found~~ in ~~Deuteronomy 13:1~~. ~~In addition~~ to ~~whether or not their predictions came true is whether they used signs and wonders as tools~~ to ~~draw people to other gods or a different representation of God~~. ~~(Such as Jannes~~ and ~~Jambres in 2 Timothy 3:8)~~. ~~Here,~~ God ~~is testing~~ the people ~~to see~~ if ~~they love only Him. This is probably~~ the ~~most overlooked scripture pertaining~~ to ~~examining the claims of those~~ who profess supernatural powers that come from God. If they were to contradict the teaching that had already been revealed - which had provided knowledge of the one true God then they were seen as false prophets. God did not, and ~~still does not tolerate false prophesying. If they wrong once,~~ they are ~~false, they were to be stoned~~. ~~If this occurred today many if not all who lay claim to this position would have a quick end to their so called anointing!~~		The test of a prophet was the prophecies which would be fulfilled in his own lifetime. Obviously, if it was beyond his lifetime, he wouldn't be around to have to answer for it. Prophecy was very specific in the Old and the New Testament. They would foretell God's revelation to the people and if one looks back at the Biblical record to study a prophet's calling, it was God who picked them and they are often found running away from the position.

	Remember: just because one performs miracles, even inside a church, does not mean God is working. We should be more on guard inside the church than we would like to think. In 1 Corinthians 4:6, we are told no to go beyond what in written. If one contradicts the apostolic writings and teachings, then they are false (2 Cor.11:14). Those who go beyond the word having God speak to them directly with new revelation, become puffed up with self-deception. There is something called humility that is practiced when one adheres to the same standard that everyone else does. ~~Isa.~~8:~~16” bind~~ up the testimony ~~(of the Prophets)~~ seal the law among my ~~disciples”~~. ~~(Moses) vs~~. ~~20 “To~~ the law and to the testimony~~! If~~ they do not ~~speak~~ according to this word, it is because ~~their~~ is no light in them.” This standard distinguishes a believer from an unbeliever. The test of the prophet was his conformity to the word of God, he condemns sin, he comforts the brethren, and he speaks of things in the near future and later than his life. A prophet, like an apostle, not only functioned as a gift, but as an office. A prophet would declare God's will for his generation, addressing idolatry or lukewarmness. We see this personified in John the Baptist who warned and rebuked the people preparing the for the Messiah.		==Second test==
			Another test used of a prophet is found in Deuteronomy 13:1. In addition to whether their predictions came true, the additional test is whether they used signs and wonders to draw people to other gods or to a different representation of God (such as Jannes and Jambres in 2 Timothy 3:8). Here, God is testing the people to see if they love only Him. This is probably the most overlooked scripture for examining the claims of those who profess supernatural powers from God.

			If they were to contradict the teaching that had already been revealed, which had provided knowledge of the one true God, then they were seen as false prophets. God did not, and still does not tolerate false prophesying. If they were wrong once, they were false; they were to be stoned. If this occurred today, many, if not all, who lay claim to this position would have a quick end to their so-called anointing!

			Remember: just because one performs miracles, even inside a church, does not mean God is working. We should be more on guard inside the church than we would like to think. In 1 Corinthians 4:6, we are told not to go beyond what in written. If one contradicts the apostolic writings and teachings, then they are false (2 Cor.11:14).

			Those who go beyond the word, having God speak to them directly with new revelation, become puffed up with self-deception. There is something called humility that is practiced when one adheres to the same standard that everyone else does. Isaiah 8:16, 20 says:

			:''Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. ...to the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.<ref>David Norton, ed., The New Cambridge Paragraph Bible with the Apocrypha: King James Version, Revised edition (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2011), Is 8:16,20.<ref>

			This standard distinguishes a believer from an unbeliever. The test of the prophet was his conformity to the word of God, he condemns sin, he comforts the brethren, and he speaks of things both in the near future (his lifetime) and later than his life. A prophet, like an apostle, not only functioned as a gift, but as an office. A prophet would declare God's will for his generation, addressing idolatry or lukewarmness. We see this personified in John the Baptist who warned and rebuked the people preparing the for the Messiah.

	==Methodology==		==Methodology==
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	There is a group of message believers who believe that William Branham will rise from the dead and ALL OF HIS HERETOFORE PROPHECIES WILL COME TO PASS prior to the return of Jesus Christ. Known colloquially as the “RETURNED MINISTRY” denomination of the message, at least this group understands that his prophecies FAILED TO COME TO PASS.		There is a group of message believers who believe that William Branham will rise from the dead and ALL OF HIS HERETOFORE PROPHECIES WILL COME TO PASS prior to the return of Jesus Christ. Known colloquially as the “RETURNED MINISTRY” denomination of the message, at least this group understands that his prophecies FAILED TO COME TO PASS.

	I will close this by stating Scripture has an explicit examination of how a prophet of God is vindicated. SCRIPTURE IS CLEAR THAT A TRUE PROPHET OF GOD WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED TO FAIL, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE ATTRIBUTES GOD’S NAME AND GOD’S PROMISE TO A “PROPHECY” OR VISION.”		I will close this by stating Scripture has an explicit examination of how a prophet of God is vindicated. SCRIPTURE IS CLEAR THAT A TRUE PROPHET OF GOD WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED TO FAIL, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE ATTRIBUTES GOD’S NAME AND GOD’S PROMISE TO A “PROPHECY” OR VISION.”

	~~And this is why we can say with complete confidence that William Branham is a false prophet.~~

			Can you see why many are saying with complete confidence that William Branham was a false prophet?

	==Where William Branham's visions and prophecies failed==		==Where William Branham's visions and prophecies failed==

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	:''Now I'm going to ask the tapes to.... Well, go ahead, tape it. But look, I'm just going to say this to the Tabernacle people, you that's been here. '''I charge any of you in the name of the Lord Jesus to ever ... to put your finger on one thing of the hundreds of things that has been told before they come to pass, and say they did not come to pass. Tell me one time that on the platform, out there wherever it was, that He ever spoke anything that wasn't perfectly just exactly that way.''' How could a human mind be that way? Certainly not.<ref>63-0319_The Second Seal_Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA #36</ref>		:''Now I'm going to ask the tapes to.... Well, go ahead, tape it. But look, I'm just going to say this to the Tabernacle people, you that's been here. '''I charge any of you in the name of the Lord Jesus to ever ... to put your finger on one thing of the hundreds of things that has been told before they come to pass, and say they did not come to pass. Tell me one time that on the platform, out there wherever it was, that He ever spoke anything that wasn't perfectly just exactly that way.''' How could a human mind be that way? Certainly not.<ref>63-0319_The Second Seal_Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA #36</ref>
			It should be possible for us to examine William Branham's ministry and determine whether he met the test of Deut. 18:20-22. That is the purpose of the passage - to provide the standard by which a prophet is to be judged.

	=Summary: The "One Mistake" rule=		=Summary: The "One Mistake" rule=

	~~A true Prophet must be 100% accurate. There is absolutely no margin for error.~~

	Deuteronomy 18:20-22 states:		Deuteronomy 18:20-22 states:
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	:''But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, '''that same prophet shall die'''. And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word that the Lord has not spoken?’ — when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, '''if the word does not come to pass or come true''', that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. '''You need not be afraid of him.'''<ref>Deuteronomy 18:20-22</ref>		:''But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, '''that same prophet shall die'''. And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word that the Lord has not spoken?’ — when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, '''if the word does not come to pass or come true''', that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. '''You need not be afraid of him.'''<ref>Deuteronomy 18:20-22</ref>

	The true Prophet of the Lord predicts that which does come to pass. If the Prophet's predictions fail, they are exposed as NOT of God. Jeremiah 28:9 tells us:		A true Prophet must be 100% accurate. There is absolutely no margin for error. The true Prophet of the Lord predicts that which does come to pass. If the Prophet's predictions fail, they are exposed as NOT of God. Jeremiah 28:9 tells us:

	:''The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him.<ref>Jeremiah 28:9</ref>		:''The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him.<ref>Jeremiah 28:9</ref>
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	Deuteronomy 18:20-22 ~~reads:~~		William Branham held himself to the standard of Deuteronomy 18:20-22

	:''~~But~~ the ~~prophet~~, ~~which shall presume~~ to ~~speak a word in my name, which~~ I have not ~~commanded him~~ to ~~speak~~, or that ~~shall speak in~~ the ~~name of other gods~~, ~~even that prophet shall die~~. ~~And if thou~~ say ~~in thine heart~~, ~~How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh~~ in the name of the ~~LORD~~, ~~if the thing follow~~ not~~, nor~~ come to pass, that is the ~~thing which the LORD hath not spoken~~, ~~but the prophet hath spoken~~ it ~~presumptuously: thou shalt~~ not ~~be afraid of him~~.<ref>~~The Holy Bible: King James Version~~, ~~Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009)~~, ~~Dt 18:20–22.~~</ref>		:''I can only be responsible for what I know is truth. Then when the services is finished, this next week, Sunday week, if the Lord permits us to stay... If these things that I have said come to pass, then you believe God. '''If they do not come to pass, then I—I am a false prophet then.''' And now, that's fair to any congregation, isn't it? And you just let God... You judge according...<ref>50-0713_Obey The Voice Of The Angel_Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA #6</ref>

			:''Now I'm going to ask the tapes to.... Well, go ahead, tape it. But look, I'm just going to say this to the Tabernacle people, you that's been here. '''I charge any of you in the name of the Lord Jesus to ever ... to put your finger on one thing of the hundreds of things that has been told before they come to pass, and say they did not come to pass. Tell me one time that on the platform, out there wherever it was, that He ever spoke anything that wasn't perfectly just exactly that way.''' How could a human mind be that way? Certainly not.<ref>63-0319_The Second Seal_Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA #36</ref>

	=Summary: The "One Mistake" rule=		=Summary: The "One Mistake" rule=

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	:''But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Dt 18:20–22.</ref>		:''But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Dt 18:20–22.</ref>

	=The "One Mistake" rule ~~of Deuteronomy 18~~=		=Summary: The "One Mistake" rule=

	A true Prophet must be 100% accurate. There is absolutely no margin for error.		A true Prophet must be 100% accurate. There is absolutely no margin for error.

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	==Where William Branham's visions and prophecies failed==		==Where William Branham's visions and prophecies failed==
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	#[[The Tent Vision]] '''(Failed Prophecy)'''		#[[The Tent Vision]] '''(Failed Prophecy)'''

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	:''The Bible said, “'''If there be one, and what he says comes to pass, then you hear him; but, if it doesn’t, don’t believe him, don’t fear him''', but My…if—if My Word is not in him. But if it does come to pass, then My Word is in him.” That’s his identification. That’s the characteristic of a prophet.<ref>William Branham, 64-0320 - God Identifying Himself By His Characteristics, para. 85</ref>		:''The Bible said, “'''If there be one, and what he says comes to pass, then you hear him; but, if it doesn’t, don’t believe him, don’t fear him''', but My…if—if My Word is not in him. But if it does come to pass, then My Word is in him.” That’s his identification. That’s the characteristic of a prophet.<ref>William Branham, 64-0320 - God Identifying Himself By His Characteristics, para. 85</ref>

	:''Now, prophets. There’s such a thing as “gift of prophecy” in the Church; but a prophet is predestinated and foreordained for the hour. See? Yes, sir. Now, if a prophecy goes forth, two or three has to set and judge whether that’s right or not, ’fore the church can receive it. '''But nobody set before a prophet, ’cause he was—he was absolutely the Word of God. He was that Word in his day. You seen God reflect. Now, God has promised to send us that again in the last days''', to bring the Bride out of that ecclesiastical mess, in the only way it can be done. ref>William Branham, 65-1204 - The Rapture, para. 136</ref>		:''Now, prophets. There’s such a thing as “gift of prophecy” in the Church; but a prophet is predestinated and foreordained for the hour. See? Yes, sir. Now, if a prophecy goes forth, two or three has to set and judge whether that’s right or not, ’fore the church can receive it. '''But nobody set before a prophet, ’cause he was—he was absolutely the Word of God. He was that Word in his day. You seen God reflect. Now, God has promised to send us that again in the last days''', to bring the Bride out of that ecclesiastical mess, in the only way it can be done.<ref>William Branham, 65-1204 - The Rapture, para. 136</ref>

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