| The Teachings of "the Prophet" William Branham What did William Branham “really�?teach and believe! “Were identified with him in Acts 2. We're identified with them, with the same baptism, same thing. All he was then, and all he is, all he was, and all he is, we are. That's exactly.�?/FONT> “Same thing by being a true Christian. You have to be identified with it. I preached with Moses and war-with Noah and warned the people of the oncoming judgment, to be a real Christian. I was with Moses at the burning bush; I saw the Pillar of Fire; I saw His glory. I was with Moses up there in the wilderness. To be a Christian, I have to be identified with everything God was, to be a Christian. I seen His glory; I heard His voice. Don't try to explain it away from me now, 'cause I was there. I know what I'm talking about. I seen what happened. Yes, sir!�?/FONT> �?U>I was at the Red Sea when I seen the Spirit of God move down and part the water from one side, �?through about a ninety foot sea. I seen the Spirit of God. I walked with Moses through that dry ground, across that Red Sea. I stood by Mount Sinai and seen the thunder and lightning falling. I eat manna with them out there. I drank from that Rock; I'm still doing it tonight. I was identified with the manna-eaters. I was identified with them that drunk from the rock.�?/FONT> �?U>I was with John the Baptist and before them critics. I seen the Spirit of God descending; I heard the voice of God say, “This is My beloved Son in Whom I'm pleased to dwell in.�?Yes, sir! I sure was Identified with him. That's exactly right.�?/FONT> �?U>I was with the 120 in the Upper Room. I was identified up there with them. Oh, 1-1 feel religious. Amen! I was identified there. I'm one of them. I was identified; I got the same experience they had. I was there when it happened, to be a true Christian.�?(THE MIGHTY GOD UNVEILED BEFORE US p.27). This is how far gone he was in his own revelations. He thought he was there throughout history, is this rational, is this Biblical, is this believable? Nowhere does the Bible teach this! Col.2:18 “Let no one cheat you out of your reward, taking delight in FALSE humility, and the worship, intruding in those things which he has seen, vainly puffed up by his carnal mind.�?/FONT> Branham said the Church is built on “The Rock of Revelation�?(Seven Church Ages, p. 13). Jesus taught that he was the sure foundation, there is no other Mt. 7:24 Paul said “The Rock is Christ�?who was in the wilderness (I Cor.10:4). Peter says the foundation , Rock is Christ (1 Pt.2:5-8) Revelation is never what we build on Paul says there is no other foundation but Christ. That Branham was Elijah the Prophet “It is all over. (speaking for Jesus) I am going to speak all right. Yes, I am 'here in the midst of the Church. The Amen of God, faithful and true will reveal Himself and it will BE BY MY PROPHET.�?Oh yes, that is so. Rev. 10:7 “And in the days of the voice of the seventh messenger, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished as He hath declared to His servants the prophets.�?.... He is sending a vindicated prophet. He is sending a prophet after almost two thousand years. He is sending someone who is so far from organization, education, and the world of religion that as John the Baptist and Elijah of old, He will hear only from God and he will have “thus saith the Lord�?and speak for God. He will be God's mouthpiece and HE, AS IT IS DECLARED IN MAL. 4:6, WILL TURN THE HEARTS OF THE CHILDREN BACK TO THE FATHERS.�?( W. Branham, THE MESSAGE TO THE LAODICEAN AGE p.28). “When that Angel, that you see in that picture over there, come down on the river down there that day, thirty years ago come this coming June or thirty-three years ago, rather, this June, and said, “As John the Baptist was sent forth, (before 5,000 people or more) the hour has come when your Message will stray the world�?(The Revelation of the Seven Seals p.51) The Angel was His guide “If you haven't made preparation yet to meet the Lamb in the air, and by the power invested me by my commission given by Almighty God and ministered to me by an Angel, a Pillar of Light�?/FONT> (The Revelation of the Seven Seals p.112-113 ) �?Now last evening as we always like in teaching on the Seals, we teach it the same way you do on the church ages. When we got finished with teaching the church age, the last time when I drawed them out here on the pulpit on the board--how many remembers what took place? He came right down. went right back on the wall and light and drawed it off Himself, right there on the wall before us all. The Angel of The Lord stood right here before several hundred people. And now He's doing something real supernatural now, too. So we're just expecting great things.�?/FONT> (The Revelation of the Seven Seals p.180) “But in the last days, it will have to be a prophet to take up the mysteries of God, . . . ? . . . because the mysteries would only be known by prophets. So it has to be this fellow coming. Do you see what I mean now? He can’t be a reformer; it has got to be a prophet, because it has got to be somebody that is gifted ; and set there that catches the word. �?The Revelation of the Seven Seals p.145). �?the original Bible faith is to be restored by the 7th angel oh, how I love this! All of the mysteries of the Seals that the reformers never understood fully.�? ibid p.147) to see what he taught is contrary to what God says. Branham taught that the Word of God was given in three forms, the Zodiac, the Egyptian pyramids, and the written scripture.(Al Dager, Vengeance is Ours, Sword, p. 59). The TRINITY The fundamental doctrine of the faith was attacked by Branham. “Why don't you examine your baptism of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and that false 'trinity' it's so-called...�?(William Braham, “Revelation Chapter 4, #3 (Throne of Mercy and Judgment). “The Way of a True Prophet,�?Branham stated this view as follows: “Why don’t you examine your baptism of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and that false `trinity�?it’s so-called, which is nothing in the world but three offices of one God, titles. No, name of Father, there’s no such a thing as name, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost-Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, which is the Lord Jesus Christ.�?(In the Days of the Voice of the 7th Angel, p. 41). Branham explained, �?..not one place in the Bible is trinity ever mentioned...It's Catholic error and you Protestants bow to it�?(Conduct, Order, Doctrine, Q and A, p. 182). “Look down on your Bible and see if that says `in the names of...' Does it? No, sir... It said, `in the NAME...'�?Branham continues further to explain the distinction, “You see, you misunderstand it then. It's one God in three dispensations.... And when He said, `Go baptize them in the Name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit,' it was Jesus Christ. And that's why we baptize in Jesus' Name.�?(Conduct, Order, Doctrine, pp. 181, 184). This is fundamental Oneness pentecostal teaching. Branham essentially denied the nature of God when he said as a prophet “Thus saith the Lord,�?trinitarianism is of the Devil�?(Footprints, p. 606). Denying the very nature of God in even a greater way than he confused and denied Christ was eternal. This is serious because for one to claim to be a trie prophet they must have the nature of God correctly explained or God will not use them. Yet he called the trinity “gross error�?(The Spoken Word, p. 79) Branham's book “Conduct, Order, Doctrine of the Church,�?(1189 pages) the “First thing is to straighten out you on your 'trinity' Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.�?God is like a three-foot rule... The first twelve inches was God, the Father; the second twelve inches, God, the Son, the same God; the third twelve inches was God, the Holy Ghost, the same God,�?(pp.182 and 184). Seems to be a influence of his pyramidolgy. “Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is offices of one God. He was the Father; He was the Son; He is the Holy Spirit. It's three offices in three dispensations, the Fatherhood, the Sonship, and the Holy Ghost dispensation. But Father, Son, and Holy Ghost has one name, the Lord Jesus Christ.�?(Conduct, Order, Doctrine, p.392). “How can three persons be in one God? Not only is there no Bible for it but it shows even a lack of intelligent reasoning. Three distinct persons, though identical substance, make three gods, or language has lost its meaning entirely. God--- He has three offices or - --a threefold manifestation --- of the One Person, Jesus.�?This trinity (an absolutely unscriptural word) was based -upon many gods of Rome. The polytheistic religion of the enemy began with the Trinitarian doctrine - - - Our modern theologians - -- duped by Satan still believe in three persons in the Godhead.�?(W. M. Branham, An Exposition of the Seven Churches, pgs. 18-21,184). “So, you see, Jesus was God. He was not no third person, fourth person, second-person; He was Person. He was God, see. He was God Emmanuel. God came down from His glory, revealed Himself . . ." (The Revelation of the Seven Seals p.89) This should be enough proof Branham was indeed Oneness and an embarrassment to them in his teachings also. This God Branham said �?lived alone. And in him was attributes. What is an attribute? A thought.�?(The Spoken Word, Vol. III, pg. 79) and this thought who is God was also flesh “Now, we find, God all ages has had skin on It. See? (THE MIGHTY GOD UNVEILED BEFORE US, p.20) The Bible says God is spirit, meaning that is his nature. To say God always had SKIN MAKES HIM A MAN BEFORE HIS INCARNATION. If he always was a man then this denies the one incarnation fulfilled in the New Testament. One cannot excuse this as only one false statement, as he has supported it with others. Nor can one excuse this because he said other things that are right. This is a qualifying statement that cannot be overlooked; because it deals with a core doctrine the nature of God. God is Spirit and did not always have flesh, He took up flesh the first time at the incarnation. And he said, “A word is thought expressed. In the beginning He wasn’t even God.�?(THE MIGHTY GOD UNVEILED BEFORE US, p.11) Confused would be an accurate summation of his explanations of God's nature. What was He before he was God? The Bible says God ALWAYS was God, He is unchangeable. God's nature explained further ( a denial of the tri-unity and adhering to modalism) In explaining how God is seen by people.�?It could be-cannot be seen, but yet, we know that it's there. And when He changed His form of the en morphe, which means that He changed from supernatural to natural ... and He just changed His mask.�?/FONT> “And otherwise, it's like a drama; He was acting. In-in the Greek when they would change their mask, maybe one play one player might've acted in several different parts. And my-�?daughter (present here) ... They just had at the high school a-a drama. And they-one boy, that I knowed, played about four parts, but he would go behind the stage and change his- his mask in order to come out to impersonate another character�? THE MIGHTY GOD UNVEILED BEFORE US, p.6 , June 29, 1964, Philadelphia Penn. Vol.3 no.22) “Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is offices of one God. He was the Father; He was the Son; He is the Holy Ghost. It's three offices or three dispensations,...�?(Conduct, Order, Doctrine, p. 392). “Father, Son, and Holy Ghost has one name, the Lord Jesus Christ�?(Conduct, Order, Doctrine, p.392). Really find the Son call the Father Jesus. Its not there. “Then we find, after His death, burial, and resurrection. He came on the day of Pentecost as Son of God-God, the Spirit, in the form, Holy Ghost. What was He doing? He was changing Himself, making Himself known to His people in a different form. Like the Holy Spirit, which is God, He came to deal through the church ages as Son of God, the Holy Spirit.�? THE MIGHTY GOD UNVEILED BEFORE US, p.9) He Denied the personality of the Holy Spirit as well. 'The Holy Spirit is the 'Word-Manifested Thought�?(W. M. Branham, An Exposition of the Seven Church Ages, p. 155). Branham followers don't like it but it is obvious that Branham taught what is called modalism. “What is God? God is a great Eternal. At the beginning, way back before there was a beginning, he wasn't even God. Did you know that? A god is an object of worship, and there wasn't nothing to worship him; He lived alone. And in him was attributes. What is an attribute? A thought.�?(The Spoken Word, Vol. III, pg. 79) So God, Branham's God needed to be worshipped or he is not God (this is also said by a certain Mormon). There goes the eternal God. And what is he- a thought. We should think about that.
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