The prophecies of 1933

Throughout his ministry, William Branham stated that in 1933 he received seven spectacular visions that would be fulfilled before the end of the world. He stated that the original record of these visions was written on paper and buried in the cornerstone of the Branham Tabernacle. In addition, he said that many present at his services in 1933 could testify about it, as he had asked people to write down also about the visions. But now we will talk about some inconsistencies in the visions that make history seem forged.

The first major incongruity of history is the date. In the famous book of the 7 Eras, written by Branham in partnership with Lee Vayle, it is stated that the visions were received in June 1933, a very precise date, after all, an event of such magnitude would never be forgotten. However, on some other occasions William Branham makes mistakes in telling the narrative by changing the details of receiving the visions. For example, in 1961 in the sermon "Religion of Jezebel", from verse 66 of the translation of Goiânia, the minister states that the views were received in 1931, two years before the original version of the narrative. Already in 1960, in the message entitled "Condemnation by representation", from verse 19 also in the translation of Goiânia, the preacher claims to be reading from a paper about the visions he received, when he states that these visions were received in 1932, a date different from that considered official. So initially we have to ask ourselves when the visions were supposedly received? And that question is somewhat strange since, as stated earlier, such an event would be impossible to forget in my opinion, but let's give the benefit of the doubt to the memory of William Branham.

However, the question of the date is not the only problem. Here's what the Reverend says in the 1953 message "Israel and the Church":

I have it written here in the Bible. Just as placed there in the cornerstone, what would happen in the last days; and everyone knows what it was; has been exactly the Word. That's the way it's going to be.

In this preaching, Branham states that the original version of the 7 visions was buried in the cornerstone of the Branham Tabernacle. This same narrative is mentioned other times by William Branham, so we will treat it as the official story about where these prophecies are written in full. On this topic, a Pastor of the Message, when asked about this question, replied that after the burial of William Branham in April 1966, a group of brothers led by Billy Paul were digging up the prophecies to prove that the Reverend had told the truth. However, according to witnesses, they found only a few debris in the stone, like a can, but no paper with the written prophecies! There's even a YouTube video of one of the men who witnessed this dig revealing it. Billy Paul then, to calm the brothers, said that probably an angel came down from heaven and took the notes to prove the faith of the people... A story that doesn't make much sense, but was accepted as the official explanation.

In short, the original version of Branham's writings were never found because they were not in the place he narrated throughout his ministry. Furthermore, no Bible was ever found with the notes of prophecies, as the Reverend used to say they were.

Now, an important quote from William Branham should be mentioned to show the minister's lack of blatant transparency. The following is an excerpt from the message "Condemnation by representation":

I have in... And speaking of which, Mr. Mercier and many of them will take some of these old prophecies, and take them out and review them a little, or put them on time, and put them on time, and put them on paper.

Speaking about the prophecies of 1933, William Branham openly says that he would ask Leo Mercier (homosexual responsible for the dissemination of the preacher's tapes) to review the prophecies and put them on time, that is, to correct any incoherence. He openly stated that the prophecies were corrected, this is bizarre!

Now, already mentioned the inconsistencies in the narrative of receiving the visions, let's talk specifically about what these prophecies were. The official version of the 7 visions is found in the book The Exhibition of the 7 Eras. Below is a brief summary of each of them:

Mussolini would invade Ethiopia and have a terrible end.
An Austrian named Hitler would rise up and lead the world into a great war.
Nazism, Fascism and Communism would rise, but the first two isms would be dominated by the third, so the world should be careful with Russia.
It showed the scientific progress of the world, for example with the emergence of driverless powered cars.
The female morale would fall and then they would start wearing men's clothes and cutting their hair.
A powerful woman would dominate the United States, maybe this woman is a representation of the Catholic Church
A terrible explosion occurred and the United States would be destroyed

However, in the 1960 preaching entitled "The age of the Church of Laodea," Brother Branham also recounts the 7 visions, but in a different way. The main differences are: The second view was actually that President Roosevelt would lead the world to war (not Hitler). In the fourth view, he said that cars would become increasingly shaped like an egg. And the fifth view says that women would vote wrong and elect a candidate who should not be elected (this prophecy would have already been fulfilled in John Kennedy).

Probably the version nailed in 1960 was revised and updated, as Branham himself points out in the aforementioned quote from "Condemnation by representation", to fit better with reality up to that time. Thus, the final and official version, contained in the book of the 1965 Eras, is the most used by the Message, as it is the most corrected.

The first major problem about these prophecies itself is that most of them are only mentioned after the fact happens. For example, when Branham first quoted such prophecies in recording, Hitler had already passed away and Mussolini too. Moreover, fascism and Nazism had already been defeated by communism. Women had also acquired more equal rights and helped in the election of President Kennedy. Thus, 4 of the 7 visions had already been fulfilled when Branham began his statements about such received prophecies. Moreover, the version where Branham blames Roosevelt for the World War is demonstrably a false prophecy, because the American president has as much avoided the entry of the United States into the war, so even this view has been altered to be true to the reality of the facts. It is also worth noting that, as the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the weakening of Socialism in the current governments of Russia, the part of view 3 on "Beware of Russia" proved false, because the Cold War ended in the 1980s, and the political and geographical clashes between the US and Russia ended. Therefore, visions 1, 2, 3 and 5 are considered invalid for analysis, because veracity is put in check because they have already occurred in the first official mention of them.

Of the 3 prophecies then considered valid because they are beforehand, that is, cited before the facts, some observations are necessary. Vision 4, on the expected scientific progress for the future, has been the subject of studies and dissemination since the 1930s, with a greater focus from the 1950s onto Disney productions, as mentioned earlier. Therefore, we can consider a "vision" based on studies and not of divine revelation. Moreover, the version where Branham talks about electric cars has proved untrue, as cars have been less and less used in this format. The sixth vision, about the powerful woman, is classified as a vague prophecy (because of the double meaning, and may be both a woman and a metaphor for Catholicism) and also a prophecy of obvious conclusion by the force of vows of women who, at one time or another, would put a female representative in power. Finally, the view of number 7 was also of popular belief, because since 1945 the United States and Russia (then soviet union) were living a nuclear terror, with mutual fear of a large explosion with the use of atomic bombs. U.S. citizens, especially after 1962, with the cuban missile crisis, feared even more of an explosion that would devastate the country.

Thus, we proved that the 7 views were either mentioned after the fact occurred, or were the result of popular beliefs and obvious conclusions about the future.