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...s and claim they came from me.<ref>American Bible Society, The Holy Bible: The Good News Translation, 2nd ed. (New York: American Bible Society, 1992), Je
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..., Significant Events in the Life of William Marrion Branham as Reported in the News"'''''.
Just click the links for either the letter or booklet format, then print and share with your friends!
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William Branham prophesied that the return of Christ would take place while the seventh messenger was on earth. Did this happen?
...is the cause for may strange doctrines that arise in the message, such as the Third Testament sect of Donald Parnell who teaches that Jesus Christ's seco
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...mself. That's His purpose. '''That's why He died.'''<ref>63-0728 CHRIST.IS.THE.MYSTERY.OF.GOD.REVEALED_ JEFFERSONVILLE.IN</ref>
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When does the Bible teach mercy will end?
William Branham taught that God's mercy ended when the Seals were opened:
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...ns, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians, The New International Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1984), 314
...all, all these things.<ref>William Branham, 62-1230E - Is This The Sign Of The End, Sir?, para. 289</ref>
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William Branham believed that one of the truths that he restored to the church was that of "eternal security".
=What the Bible teaches=
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'''William Branham appears to disagree with the plain reading of Revelation 5:4-5.'''
==What the Bible says==
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=Question regarding the coming of the Lord=
...a sermon entitled "The Breach between the Seven Church Ages and the Seven Seals" (63-0317E), William Branham stated:
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...nes taught by William Branham. Click on the picture or description to read the full article.
...mself and the importance of his ministry]]''' - This link details some of the major doctrines that pointed to his own ministry.
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{{7 Seals Top}}
William Branham said this about his "revelation" of the third seal:
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...izona, and how he received an angelic commission to preach about the Seven Seals.
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...[Seven Seals]], and the Future Home from Clarence Larkin. His teaching on the threefold nature of man was also [[Plagiarism|plagiarized]] from Clarence L
...room House. When God was here on earth, He occupied a three room House, '''the Soul, Body, and Spirit''' of Jesus Christ.<ref>55-1006A - A Hidden Life</re
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...none; margin:0; padding:.1em; color:#000;"> [[BelieveTheSign:About|Believe The Sign?]]</div>
...m; font-size:150%;">The encyclopedia of the [[William Branham|life]] and [[The Message|message]] of William Branham.</div>
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...ed and edited by Lee Vayle and pubulhed in book form, An Exposition of the Seven church Ages, shortly after William Branham's death.
...t on the side of the wall. Why, It stood out here, and reflected Itself on the wall and made that same thing.<ref>William Branham, 61-0208 - Sirs, We Woul
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...b-sect within the "[[The Message|message]]". We refer to this sub-sect as the Jackson camp or group.
...although they would never say that publicly because the average person in the movement does not realize how far they have diverged from William Branham's
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*The angel sent to the Church in Laodicea in Revelation 3:14;
*Responsible for the opening of the seven seals of Revelation 6; and,
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...hies of people who told the truth about their lives. Even [[Supernatural: The Life of William Branham|William Branham's biography fails to separate truth
...eemasons|the 'Freemasons']] or 'The Mystic Order of the Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm'...or a hockey team.
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...his death at the end of 1965. The book is referred to in this article as the Church Age book or CAB.
=The concept of "church ages"=
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...y campaign. He later changed his doctrine to say that Romanism would rule the world, not Communism.
...The government of Russia no longer has a major problem with the Vatican as the opposition to Christianity has largely disappeared, along with Communism.
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...page is to simply list the facts and provide links to the research behind the facts.
=Just the facts=
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{{7 Seals Top}}
William Branham said this about his "revelation" of the second seal:
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...dding:1px; margin:1px;"><font color='#800000' size='+1'>'''The Prophecy of the Cloud'''.</font> </div>
[[Image:Cloud-Large.jpg|370px|right|thumb|Page 112 of the May 1963 edition of Life Magazine]]
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...t problems with William Branham's teaching on the [[Seven Churches In Asia|Seven Church Ages which you can read about by clicking here.]]
But the question must be asked - What was the reason that he taught this doctrine? Was it simply another way to point to
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{{7 Seals Top}}
William Branham said this about his "revelation" of the second seal:
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...ssion with a Branham minister who is of the Progressive Revelation sect of the message]]
:3. closer to the truth.
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...or me to confess these things since by God’s wonderful Grace he has broken the bars of deception for me and pointed me to what is Truth, His Word.
...good description would be to fall under the leadership of a man instead of the Holy Ghost. In doing so you will be led to believe many things that are not
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{{7 Seals Top}}
William Branham said this about his "revelation" of the first seal:
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...redeem the land by refusing to redeem Ruth. Boaz then inherited Ruth and the land.
...e under the law in the form of a man. He then became our redeemer through the shedding of his blood for our sins.
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...ets no harm.<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 200
...tter that a millstone was hanged at your neck and drowned in the depths of the sea, than to offend these that believe in Me? “These signs shall follow t
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=Question 33 - The The Prophecy of the Seven Angels=
...es to William Branham's vision prior to him giving the series on the seven seals.
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[[Image:Cloud-Large.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Page 112 of the May 1963 edition of Life Magazine]]
...AZ and remained sunlit for 28 minutes after sunset. It was highlighted in the [[Life Magazine May1963 (Page 112)|May 1963 edition of Life Magazine]]. In
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...result, they will ignore a statement from 1961 if a quote from 1965 states the opposite.
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'''Clarence Larkin''' (1850–1924) is important as the source of many of William Branham's basic premillennial dispensationalist t
...l). In each case, he states that he does not agree with Larkin. Here are the ONLY three references to Larkin that William Branham makes in all of his se
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...s life. Fred was a friend of William Branham, and was also present during the hunting trip in early 1963 to [[Rattlesnake Mesa]] (Sunset Mountain) when h
...ld Brother Fred Sothmann consider his greatest achievement in life? He was the prophet’s friend.”
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...unders Inspiration" or simply the "Inspiration"'''). He was the pastor of the Local Christian Assembly Church on 70th Avenue in Forest Hills, New York (Q
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{{7 Seals Top}}
|And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
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=Question 13 - What is the message?=
...t he was the prophet to the last age and that he was to bring a message to the church:
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=Question 13 - What is the Message?=
...t he was the prophet to the last age and that he was to bring a message to the church:
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...have to [[Reading between the lines|read between the lines]] when reading the Bible?
...sing" sign that God set up as a warning specifically for men like him?<ref>The concept of "Theological Trespassing" comes from Dr. Aaron Denlinger, profes
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=What the Bible says=
The Lamb's Book of Life is referred to only in the Book of Revelation:
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...tnesses]], [[Healings]], [[Doctrines]] or [[Prophecy|Prophecies]] click on the appropriate link.
...gn:center; font-size:140%; padding:1px; margin:1px;">Honest concerns about the Ministry of William Branham</div>
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...m Branham borrowed a number of doctrines from the Jehovah's Witnesses (aka the Watchtower Society). These include:
*[[Michael the Archangel]] is Jesus Christ
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=Question 15 - What doctrines comprise the message?=
This is a follow-on question from “What is the message?”
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|[[Road to Sunset|Read the Only Believe article "Road to Sunset" written by William Branham's daughter
...William Branham believed that he was hunting on February 28, 1963, the day the cloud appeared over Flagstaff.
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{{7 Seals Top}}
...s about the source of his understanding of the fifth seal (all quotes from the Fifth Seal):
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...of the website. This should assist in navigating to a specific section of the website.
|'''[[The Pillar of Fire|The Photograph]]'''
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|'''[[The Message]]''' <br> Learn more about the Message.
'''[[Is the Message a Cult?]]''' <br> It's a tough question, if you are in the message.
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...message of love into one of hate for those Christians that do not believe the message.
...ther a person is a Christian or not - Do they love? But what do we see in the message?
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...left; padding:1px; margin:1px;"><font color='#800000' size='+1'>'''Michael the Archangel'''</font> </div>
==What does the Bible teach?==
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==What William Branham got wrong about the First Council of Nicaea==
...an bishops convened in Nicaea in Bithynia (present-day Iznik in Turkey) by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in AD 325.
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...of the Seals from 63 through 65. I have looked into the so called believe the sign and other critic groups and find them to be satanically destructive in
...ould be probably unbelievable to critics.....so I am a personal witness to the exacting supernatural aspect of that ministry. That's where I thankfully an
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...by Paul of Samosata, bishop of Antioch, who was condemned for his views by the church in AD 268.<ref>Sinclair B. Ferguson and J.I. Packer, New Dictionary
...as rooted in second-and third-century monarchianism but also flourished in the eighth century. According to adoptionism, Jesus was only a man but was adop
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...oes it include the failed tent vision?[[Image:FishOK.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The vision begins with a fishing lesson...]]
...n about a tent. (See the article on the [[Heavenly Vision]] to learn about the first tent vision.)]]
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In a sermon in 1964, William Branham sought to tie in a lunar eclipse with the Pope's visit to Jerusalem:
...f>William Branham, An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages - Chapter Nine - The Laodicean Church Age, para. 357-1</ref>
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...b-cult within [[The Message|the message]]. Members of this group, follow the teachings of Donald Kinnard Parnell, refer to themselves as "Third Coming B
...ton, Ohio and has proclaimed himself to be the '''“Chief Whitestone”''' or the “Eighth Messenger” that was to come.
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{{7 Seals Top}}
William Branham said this about how he received the revelation of the sixth seal:
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...er followers of William Branham. Each has a unique story of why they left the message in their search for spiritual truth.
=Podcast Interviews with people who left the message=
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=Question 18 - Why do we need the message?=
...comprise the message?”, I would say, with respect, that you did not answer the question. It is my view that WMB’s message is completely inconsequential
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...Dec 1965, Sat · Page 17.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Newspaper article reporting the accident]]
=The circumstances of William Branham's death=
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The doctrine of the clarity of Scripture means that the Bible is written in such a way that its teachings are '''able to be underst
Did William Branham beleive in the clarity of scripture?
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...o how they refer to themselves generally as a movement. If you are "'''in the message'''" then you consider yourself a true follower of William Branham a
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...ophecied that King David's seed would build a temple to the LORD, and that the throne of this son would be established forever.
...him, and built a temple to the LORD, so Jesus built a temple to the LORD. The difference was that Solomon's temple was a building, and Jesus' temple was
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...God was the baptism of the Holy Spirit; and to prove that we could grieve the Holy Spirit away by various means and might be doomed if we did so! But was
:''And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.<ref>Ephesians 4:30 English Standard Version (ESV)</ref>
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...ould not only include virtually all of the followers of Joseph Branham but the vast majority of those following William Branham's message in all of its va
=How the message is exalted=
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...ted the message that the messenger brought (which included the doctrine of the Trinity), they were lost.
2) He also taught that in order to be saved, you have to believe the messenger’s message for that age.
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=Did William Branham travel around the world seven times?=
...issue. There are minor occurrences in the Old Testament but this is under the new covenant.
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NO COMPROMISE, SAY AND BELIEVE WHAT THE PROPHET SAID”
d) “Organized religion is the mark of the beast.”
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...one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001
...am Branham believed that this passage taught if Christians did not walk in the light for their age, there was no forgiveness for sins. But is this what s
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...d an international healing ministry in 1945. You may also be interested in the following articles:
:*[[William Branham|'''Life Story''']] by Believe The Sign (based on William Branham's tape recordings)
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'''The majority of message church believe the Oneness doctrine.'''
...doptionism]]. Prior to the 20th century, the Christian church referred to the Oneness doctrine as Sabellianism, Patripassianism, Modalism or modalistic m
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...eat every part of the lamb before sunrise - or every firstborn would face the Angel of Death.
...be led as a ''"lamb to the slaughter"'', and John the Baptist called Jesus the ''"Lamb of God"''.
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...s-155 - Br Br - seated with Bible.jpg|200px|right|thumb|William Branham in the 1940's, still with hair.]]
|'''The Commission''' <br> [http://en.believethesign.com/images/b/be/The_Simple_Tru
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...the most destructive concepts taught by William Branham was his concept of the new birth, which was something that you had to earn by your conduct.
...on was made up of Justification, Sanctification and finally the Baptism of the Holy Ghost.
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...ge Tract printed before 1977, the year William Branham's followers thought the world would end.]]
[[ William Branham]] believed that the world would end in 1977.
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...just stand up and tell us who he is, and his lovely little lady there, and the next brother.”
...eged to be here. And I'm... Brother Roger and me live in Kansas, travel on the field, as an evangelist, telling, 'Jesus saves, heals, by faith in Jesus...
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...lagiarism. Fianlly, we deal with the specific questions raised in each of the emails.
...that William Branham plagiarized some of his more significant teachings. The easiest way to do this is to trivialize William Branham's plagiarism in suc
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...hat the church would go through prior to the coming of the Lord. But does the Bible teach this?
=What the Bible says=
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=Jason Watkins' Defense of the Message=
...no formal theological training, which is a badge of honor in [[The Message|the message]].
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...:1px;"><font color='#800000' size='+1'>'''The Cloud (Part 2) - What Caused The Cloud?'''.</font> </div>
[[Image:Cloud-Large.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Page 112 of the May 1963 edition of Life Magazine]]
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...ema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”<Ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001
...ft Jesus because he had to die as a sinner. William Branham stated that on the cross:
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=Question 34 - The Cloud over Flagstaff=
I wish to continue with the issue of William Branham’s credibility.
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=Question 27 - Are the rules for remarriage different for men and women?=
...I also understand that you believe that, if the guilty party was the man, the wife could remarry (and that this is what William Branham was really teachi
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The following is the testimony of Jennifer Hamilton published in January 2016.
...that everything I believed in all my life might be a distorted version of the truth was scary. To have ministers admit that they covered up discrepancie
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=Question 31 - What is the significance of a Seven-Lettered Name?=
...aying and doing. I believe the third option, obviously. And if you believe the third option, you can find his exaggerations likewise have a sincere motive
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...e claiming that William Branham predicted the COVID-19 pandemic that swept the globe in 2020. Is this true?
=The prophetic quote?=
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...ch he had found to be a Biblical example. The Protestants in Georgia said the following about John Wesley:
:''"The people… say they are Protestants. But as for you, they cannot tell what r
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...to articles on various doctrines taught by William Branham with respect to the nature of God.
Godhead means “the nature of God”<ref name="Godhead">The following Greek words are translated into English as '''Godhead''':
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...country too. I know, Jesus, when... Matthew 17, when they asked Him, "Why the Scribes say, Elias..."
:''Watch what He said, "Elias truly must first come." Past, present--in the future tense, but then He give John as an example. John wasn't Malachi 4. J
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...f William Branham as "Branhamites" or members of the Branham cult. But is the message really a cult?<br>
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...latively small following which is considered a sub-cult or sub-sect within the "message".
...you to me to explain me and my ministry.”<ref>Lee Vayle, ‘The Ministry of the Word’, December 27, 1992, para. 33</ref>
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Bill Ivy is the pastor of Living Word Tabernacle, a message church in Gibson, Missouri.
On December 24, 2019, he posted an article on the website of Living Word Tabernacle which we strongly disagree with. While h
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#believed the doctrine of the Trinity from the start of his ministry until 1958;
#rejected the doctrine of the Trinity sometime in 1958
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This article is a short summary of [[William Branham]]'s view of the future...
=The Temple in Jerusalem would be rebuilt=
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=The Debate=
...Rod Bergen from the Off The Shelf podcast and the BelieveTheSign website). The discussion was moderated by C. Jay Cox and Tim Kraus.
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|''But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.''
...ble Pie '''''"If you find that the evidence on this site has misled you in the past, we apologize."''''']]
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...of a minor and had been dishonest in his communications with the board of the church.
...rtain the facts nor why we, as the leadership of the church, had asked for the pastor's resignation. We wrote to Tim Pruitt on several occasions in this
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...am taught that in the last days there would be people who were anointed by the true Holy Spirit but were not Christians. Is this teaching biblical?
In his sermon, The Anointed Ones At The End Time (65-0725M), William Branham quoted Matthew 24:24:
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...soon they’ll be in book form.<ref>William Branham, 64-0719M - The Feast Of The Trumpets, para. 38</ref>
...d go to the pulpit, I was going to preach on a certain subject, get there, the Holy Ghost turn me right back around, make me do something else. I’ve tri
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