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A response to Tim Pruitt's Defense of William Branham (view source)
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=The Cloud fiasco discounted in a single paragraph= | =The Cloud fiasco discounted in a single paragraph= | ||
Tim Pruitt states: | |||
:''No matter what the controversy of the cloud, William Branham was caught up in the midst of the 7 angels and the Seven Seals were revealed... So, perhaps we don’t understand perfectly about the cloud and because of that, we are unable to put all the pieces together – reasoning will say that Bro. Branham didn’t either, yet the very first time he shows the picture and tells of the event to his church, it didn’t offend God nor cause God to forsake him, God was there and raised Edmund Way from the dead in the very same service. If someone has a better explanation than the prophet did of the cloud, let them raise the dead and then maybe I will give some credence to their explanation. I don’t need to understand every detail, I already believe. | :''No matter what the controversy of the cloud, William Branham was caught up in the midst of the 7 angels and the Seven Seals were revealed... So, perhaps we don’t understand perfectly about the cloud and because of that, we are unable to put all the pieces together – reasoning will say that Bro. Branham didn’t either, yet the very first time he shows the picture and tells of the event to his church, it didn’t offend God nor cause God to forsake him, God was there and raised Edmund Way from the dead in the very same service. If someone has a better explanation than the prophet did of the cloud, let them raise the dead and then maybe I will give some credence to their explanation. I don’t need to understand every detail, I already believe. | ||
We raised our hands and so did many others when examining the problem of the cloud. | |||
There is also [[Were Dead Raised in William Branham's Ministry?|ZERO evidence]] that Edmund Way was raised from the dead. In fact, we have spoken to people who were in attendance at the meeting that stated it appeared he had simply fainted. | |||
If you are not familiar with the HUGE problems with the Cloud and William Branham's apparent lying about his being under the Cloud, we have provided all of the details here - [[The Cloud|Our article on the Cloud]]. | |||
=Belief in the message is required to properly believe the Bible= | =Belief in the message is required to properly believe the Bible= | ||
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:''It grieves me to learn that some no longer believes in the messenger but yet claim to believe their Bible and yet see no need for a restoration of its truths. What a lie! Without the message, we are rendered as powerless as the denominational world we came out of. This message has returned us to Paul’s gospel. | :''It grieves me to learn that some no longer believes in the messenger but yet claim to believe their Bible and yet see no need for a restoration of its truths. What a lie! Without the message, we are rendered as powerless as the denominational world we came out of. This message has returned us to Paul’s gospel. | ||
This statement in itself is contrary to scripture. | This statement in itself is contrary to scripture and is proof that [[The Message is Greater than the Bible|the Message is a cult]]. | ||
==The Bible identifies William Branham as a prophet== | ==The Bible identifies William Branham as a prophet== | ||
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Our problem is that we have repeatedly raised literally scores of questions with message ministers which have remained almost totally without a response. Our questions are clear but there has been no reasoned response. | Our problem is that we have repeatedly raised literally scores of questions with message ministers which have remained almost totally without a response. Our questions are clear but there has been no reasoned response. | ||
William Branham was not identified by scripture as the fulfillment of [[Revelation 10:7]]. It also did not identify him as the fulfillment of [[The Laodicean Church Age Messenger|Revelation 3:14]]. | |||
One "proof" that we often hear that we are currently in the Laodicean Church age is this - ''"Simply look around at churches today, they clearly demonstrate that we are in the age of Laodicea."'' While this sounds like a good argument, as there are many lukewarm churches in North America, it fails to deal with the global church today. There are currently 245 million Christians who are being persecuted for their faith. Their churches reflect NONE of the characteristics of Laodicea<ref>https://www.opendoorsusa.org/christian-persecution/stories/christian-persecution-by-the-numbers/</ref>. We are not currently in the Laodicean Church Age and William Branham was not its messenger. | |||
==The God of William Branham carries a big stick== | ==The God of William Branham carries a big stick== | ||
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:''William Branham could get in the permissive will of God and for his disobedience, God would correct him severely. His wife and baby would die because he listened to others instead of God. In South Africa, he listened to preachers and asked for the permissive will of God and would suffer the consequences of getting an Ameba and almost dying from the sickness. | :''William Branham could get in the permissive will of God and for his disobedience, God would correct him severely. His wife and baby would die because he listened to others instead of God. In South Africa, he listened to preachers and asked for the permissive will of God and would suffer the consequences of getting an Ameba and almost dying from the sickness. | ||
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:''This is why we believe in Elijah’s coming in this day, because the Bible said he would. Greater than any testimony that William Branham gave is the Word of God that testifies of him. The same Word testifies of us and I believe what it says irregardless (sic) of how I feel, what I see or what I hear. | :''This is why we believe in Elijah’s coming in this day, because the Bible said he would. Greater than any testimony that William Branham gave is the Word of God that testifies of him. The same Word testifies of us and I believe what it says irregardless (sic) of how I feel, what I see or what I hear. | ||
=A summary of our response to Tim Pruitt= | =A summary of our response to Tim Pruitt= | ||