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    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.

    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!

    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 Mosesthrough 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 fromthe rock.

    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.

    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 USp.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.

    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

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    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 seventhmessenger, 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 fromorganization, 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 MESSAGETO THE LAODICEAN AGEp.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 (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 justexpecting great things. (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 cant 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, howI love this! All of the mysteries of the Seals that the reformers never understood fully.( ibid

    p.147)

    False prophecies

    I never preached anything in my life under inspiration I had to take back, cause I dont depend

    on my own understanding. (Oneness, 2/11/62, V-10, N-2, sermon page 16-87)

    See, immediately after the coming of THIS Elijah, the earth will be cleansed by hate and

    the wicked burned to ashes. Of course, this did NOT happen at the time of John (the Elijahfor his day.) . (THE MESSAGE TO THE LAODICEAN AGE p.13).

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    Did this happen immediately after he died? Branham believed himself to be THIS Elijah, the

    earth was not cleansed nor the wicked burned.

    That this age will, end around 1977. , I base this prediction on seven major continuous

    visions that came to me one Sunday morning in June, 1933. The Lord Jesus spoke to me andsaid that the coming of the Lord was drawing nigh, but that before He came, seven major

    events would transpire. ( W. Branham, THE MESSAGE TO THE LAODICEAN AGE,p.29).

    I still maintain this prediction after thirty years because, Jesus DID NOT say no man couldknow the year, month, week or day in which His coming was to be completed. So I repeat, I

    sincerely believe and maintain as a private student of the Word, along with divine inspiration

    that 1977 ought to terminate the-World systems and usher in the millenium. (Seven ChurchAges Page 322)

    The revival is over. America had her last chance in 1957. Now the tongues, are God's sign

    of impending disaster, even as they were when they appeared upon the wall at Belshazzar'sfeast.(W. Branham, THE MESSAGE TO THE LAODICEAN AGEp.29) According to revivalists

    today who endorse Branhams ministry we are currently experiencing a revival of

    unprecedented proportions. So ids Branham a false prophet according to them or are they

    false according to Branham.

    He Opened the 7 Seals?

    And the Angels took me into that pyramid of themselves - the mysteries of God known only

    to them. And now, they were the messengers that come to interpret that pyramid or thatMessage of the secret of these Seven Seals which lays with inside the pyramid.

    We find out that during that time I saw seven Angels in a form of a pyramid that swept

    down and picked me up. And I was brought east to open the Seven Seals for

    God. (Commission By Seven Mighty Angels 1963 "Standing in the Gap" Jefferson, IN

    V-6N7 Sunday 63-0623m "80").

    It is Jesus who alone is worthy to open the 7 seals. He opens them according to the bible andthis even has not happened yet no matter what Branham claims. A number of loyalists to

    Branham have tried to spin this saying the mystery was revealed to him, but he clearly said

    he opened because he was the angel ordained to do so.

    At the same time he also said Oh, I want to be numbered as one of them in that day, Lord.And I see the day approaching." You see these Seals begin to . . . If God will open them to

    us. And remember, He alone can do it (The Revelation of the Seven Seals, p.66) So we have

    confusion unless one wants to admit Branham was God there is no way to reconcile these

    statements.

    And when the Seals are broken and the mystery is revealed, down comes the Angel, the

    Messenger, Christ, setting His foot upon the land and upon the sea with a rainbow over Hishead. Now remember this Seventh angel is on the earth at the time of this coming. (The

    Revelation of the Seven Seals,p.74) This is proof that Branham was not the 7th angel as he

    thought.

    The FamousPillar of fire Picture

    During his ministry the light was photographed several times To question whether this was

    real or not may be redundant. It was the same Pillar of Fire which had been with Branham

    since the time of his birth. When praying for the sick he would watch the Pillar of fire move

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    around the building from one person to another, revealing the thoughts and intents of the

    heart, the past, the present and the future.

    2 Cor.11:13-15 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into

    apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel oflight. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of

    righteousness, whose end will be according to their works. To have light effects does not

    prove whether it is from God at all, It just may prove the opposite. Joseph Smith saw pillarsof light and angels constantly should we accept his message? Being impressed by the

    supernatural is the oldest con in the book. Literally! Genesis tells us that Satan came

    disguised in a Snake and the Hebrew says he was shining standing upright, Eve certainly was

    bedazzled and bewitched.

    John the Baptist had no fire above his head. The only ones who did where those in the upper

    room. It happened only once and it was temporary, it had a purpose to show that God sent the

    holy Spirit to dwell in people, it began the Church. Just because some guy named William

    has been seen with pictures of a light taken above his head, this became the convincing proof

    to the Pentecostal followers. So is the stigmata, the blood coming from the hands and feet of

    the Catholic mystic to the catholic. Never mind the false doctrine that he was led into by the

    angel (of light). Have you seen the light? I dont mean the physical one that traveled withBranham, but the light of truth of Gods word compared to the deception from this man. If we

    accept Branham as genuine, then every person who comes with an experience and exhibits

    the supernatural will woo us. Whoever has the most power and names the name of Christwins! If we do this we will have a no more denominations just like Branham wanted, instead

    we will see a one world Church.

    Realistically the reason we have denominations is because God teaches people differentthings and a certain group will see a particular aspect as their understanding or calling. The

    denominational issue is not wrong as long as it does not divide and we don't lose fellowship

    over it. Baptists should be able to get along and work alongside Lutherans and Pentecostals.

    As long as we are in agreement in the essential beliefs we should all understand we are in the

    same body of Christ. Much like Israel had 12 tribe which all had a different ministry with thetabernacle yet they were one nation.

    We don't have to look to much further 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).

    Gods nature explained (modalism) forms and offices instead of distinct and personal

    identities

    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.

    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)

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    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).

    MY REVELATION by the Holy Spirit is: Christ, and the Holy Spirit is the self same

    person, only in a different form... I Now, that is one of the mysteries of the last days, howthat Christ can be the three persons in One. It is not three different people--Father, Son, and

    Holy Ghost--being three gods as the trinitarians try to tell us it is. It's three manifestations of

    the same Person, or you might call it three offices....Notice now, the Holy Spirit and therevelation and Christ is another form That's right. (The Revelation of the Seven Seals,

    p.156-157)

    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).

    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)

    What is God? God is a great Eternal. At the beginning, way back before there was abeginning, 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 needs to

    be worshipped or he is not God (this is said by a certain Mormon) And what he is- is a

    thought. We should think about that.

    This becomes a most serious error, Now, we find, God all ages has had skin on It. See? (THE

    MIGHTY GOD UNVEILED BEFORE US, p.20) This is serious false teaching which denies the oneincarnation fulfilled in the New Testament if he always was a man instead of becoming a

    man at a certain time.

    On the Son Jesus Christ

    45 See, He came in three names. He came as Son of man, which was prophet. .. He never

    said He was the Son of God; He said He was the Son of man. Now, today; He is the Son of

    God, which He returned back, and now He is in the form of the Holy Ghost, the unseen

    Person. but yet, God, the Son of God. In the Millennium: He sits upon His Father's Throne,

    which He'll be Son of David He revealed Himself first as Son of man, a prophet this age,

    through the church age, Son of man ... or Son of God; and in the other age, Son of David.

    Three sons! ( p.7)

    47before the promised son showed up, God manifested Himself there at Sodom as a

    prophet, being a man, in flesh, God. Elohim, as I heard someone speak It a while ago, whichthe Godhead bodily was in Him. He was the fulness. Elohim is the fulness of the Godhead,

    bodily.( THIS DAY THIS SCRIPTURE IS FULFILLED , p.7)

    Elohim is the fulness of the Godhead, BODILY. That's not what my Bible says. Elohim is

    God. this makes God a physical being. As we will see Branham thought God was always

    flesh. The Bible says

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    He never called Himself the Son of God. He referred to Himself, the-'Son of man, because

    He had to come according to the Scripture.( THE MIGHTY GOD UNVEILED BEFORE US, p.8)

    The BIBLE says- Luke 1:35 the angel says he will be called the Son of God. Jn.10:36

    Jesus said, because I said I am the Son of God. Jn.5:25; Luke 22:70; Mt.27:43; Jn.19:7 ;Jn.9:35 He (Jesus) said unto him, Do you thou believe on the Son of God? Once again

    Branham did not know is Bible.

    Now notice. Now, it must be kinsman. So, you see, an Angel couldn't do it; a man couldn'tdo it; it must be a man, but he can't be born of a woman-a sex act. So the virgin birth, the

    Holy Spirit overshadowed Mary, therefore, Jesus was not a Jew. Jesus was not a Gentile.

    Jesus was God, exactly. His Blood didn't come from any sex act. He was the holy createdBlood of God. And we're not saved by Jewish blood, neither are we saved by Gentile

    blood. (The Revelation of the Seven Seals,p.88)

    The Bible says Jesus was born of a woman and that he was indeed a Jew in the flesh, Godcame to us in flesh. If it wasn't human blood then his sacrifice would not have counted, he

    had to come by man made in the image of God. This is a denial of what took place in the

    incarnation of God in the flesh. In fact the Bible says he was born of a woman But when the

    fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman (Gal. 4:4).

    Jesus was created. When the Holy Ghost came upon Mary He created within her the cell

    that would multiply and become the body of our Lord. That cell was created. It was the

    beginning of the creation of God. That is who Jesus is.(An Exposition of the Seven Church

    Ages, p37).

    Now we have him telling us God was created, when the very name of God I AM means

    eternally existing.

    The Bible -Matthew 1:23 the Virgin Mary, was told she would bear Emmanuel, God with

    us. John. 1:3 All things were made through him and without him nothing was made that

    was made.

    Col.1:16 speaking of the Son And he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

    People talk about Jesus being the Eternal Son of God. Now isn't that a contradiction?

    Whoever heard of a Son being eternal? Sons have beginnings, but that which is eternal never

    had a beginning. (An Exposition of the Seven Church Agesp.21) No biblical

    understanding, especially for a prophet that would restore the true faith. Jesus says he was

    with the Father in Jn.17 before the world began, making him the son who co-existed. In the

    way Branham spoke, did he consider fathers have a beginning too.

    In a speech given October 2, 1957 the prophet said, See, there cannot be an Eternal son,

    because a son had to have a beginning. And so Jesus had a beginning, God had no

    beginning, (Conduct, Order, Doctrine of the Church,p.273).

    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 anattribute? A thought. (The Spoken Word, Vol. 3, p. 79).

    Branham promoted confusion on God's nature. The Bible says God always existed and is the

    one and only God whether one worships him or not. Now Branham denies God for who he is

    and reduces God to a thought. I wonder who would be thinking this thought?

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    Branham denied Jesus was God as the Word, he taught the Word was created.

    John 1:1 states that the Word was with God and the Word was God. Not so says

    Branham, In Jn.1 in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and was God.

    and the word was made flesh , and dwelt among us. Now, in the beginning was the word. Aword is thought expressed. In the beginning He wasnt even God. (THE MIGHTY GOD

    UNVEILED BEFORE US, p.11).

    Here Branham goes completely against the Scripture that says. St. John 1:1 In the beginningwas the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John says the very

    opposite, in the beginning he was God, since God eternally is, one cannot become God at

    anytime. Branham again did not know what he was teaching. in the beginning He was andcontinued to be God.

    And the Word became flesh, and dwelt with us . . . God dwelt with us in flesh. He was the

    Word. Before a word it's a thought, and a thought has to be created. All right, so God'sthoughts be came creation when it was spoke by a word. That is when He presents it to you

    as a thought, your thought, and it is revealed to you, then it is still a thought until you speak

    it (The Revelation of the Seven Seals p.242)

    Here Branham says the very opposite of the Scripture he just read. This is proof his

    supernatural (if there was any?) that the manifestations could NOT EVER be from God, he

    couldn't even speak straight about his nature.

    So it tonight when we got the other part of the contract. When God tore His Son in two atCalvary, taken the body up for- a sacrifice, and sent the Spirit down to us, that once lived in'

    a man, Jesus (that same God is in veil tonight in the form of the Holy Ghost), those two

    pieces has to come together; then you are part of the contract. God did this to be better

    known to man, when He made Hisself man.( THE MIGHTY GOD UNVEILED BEFORE US,June

    29, 1964 philadelphia Penn Vol.3 no.22 p.7).

    But on the day of Pentecost He changed Himself from being the Son of man to the Son of

    God. He came, not with the people, He came in the people. ( THE MIGHTY GOD UNVEILEDBEFORE US, p.15)

    Can someone who is a prophet speak falsely in this manner and have such abusive theology

    on the nature of God and still have God do the so called mightiest miracles through him? I

    don't think so!

    During his ministry the light was photographed several times To question whether this was

    real or not may be redundant. It was the same Pillar of Fire which had been with Branham

    since the time of his birth. When praying for the sick he would watch the Pillar of fire move

    around the building from one person to another, revealing the thoughts and intents of the

    heart, the past, the present and the future.

    2 Cor.11:13-15 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into

    apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of

    light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers ofrighteousness, whose end will be according to their works. To have light effects does not

    prove whether it is from God at all, It just may prove the opposite. Joseph Smith saw pillars

    of light and angels constantly should we accept his message? Being impressed by thesupernatural is the oldest con in the book. Literally! Genesis tells us that Satan came

    disguised in a Snake and the Hebrew says he was shining standing upright, Eve certainly was

    bedazzled and bewitched.

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    John the Baptist had no fire above his head. The only ones who did where those in the upper

    room. It happened only once, and it was temporary, it had a purpose to show that God sent

    the Holy Spirit to dwell in people, it began the Church. Just because some guy namedWilliam has been seen with pictures of a light taken above his head, this became the

    convincing proof to the Pentecostal followers. So is the stigmata, the blood coming from the

    hands and feet of the Catholic mystic to the Catholic. Never mind the false doctrine that he

    was led into by the angel (of light). Have you seen the light? I dont mean the physical one

    that traveled with Branham, but the light of truth of God's Word compared to the deceptionfrom this man. If we accept Branham as genuine, then every person who comes with an

    experience and exhibits the supernatural will woo us. Whoever has the most power and

    names the name of Christ wins! If we do this we will have a no more denominations just like

    Branham wanted, instead we will see a one world Church.

    Realistically the reason we have denominations is because God teaches people different

    things and a certain group will see a particular aspect as their understanding or calling. The

    denominational issue is not wrong as long as it does not divide and we don't lose fellowship

    over it. Baptists should be able to get along and work alongside Lutherans and Pentecostals.

    As long as we are in agreement in the essential beliefs we should all understand we are in thesame body of Christ. Much like Israel had 12 tribe which all had a different ministry with the

    tabernacle yet they were one nation.

    We don't have to look to much further 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 Egyptianpyramids, 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 dont you examine

    your baptism of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and that false `trinity its so-called, which isnothing in the world but three offices of one God, titles. No, name of Father, theres 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 baptizethem in the Name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit,' it was Jesus Christ. And that's whywe 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 heconfused 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)

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    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; Hewas 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 UNVEILEDBEFORE 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 wasnt 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.

    And otherwise, it's like a drama; He was acting. In-in the Greek when they would changetheir 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

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    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.

    Baptism in Jesus Name

    William Branham insisted that believers baptized by a Trinitarian formula must be

    rebaptized in the name of Jesus only. (Burgess and McGee, Pentecostal and Charismatic

    Movements, 95-96)

    Show me one place where God ever had anybody baptized in the name of the Father, Son,

    Holy Ghost. Find those things. And yet we constantly do them. You show me one place

    where one person was baptized in the name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost, I'll raise my

    hands and say I'm a false prophet. ... I challenge anybody to show me one place where

    anybody was ever baptized in the name of Father, Son, Holy Ghost.

    Now, are you going to listen to false prophecy or the truth? Search the Scriptures. It's up toyou.

    But no one in the Scripture was ever baptized in any other way but the Name of the Lord

    Jesus Christ. And those who were baptized was commanded by St. Paul who said, "If an

    angel preached anything else let him be accursed," commanded to them to come and berebaptized again in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Problem is baptism is not the gospel,

    Jesus death and resurrection is. So his argument is mute. (William Branham The Serpent's

    Seed September 28, 1958 Branham Tabernacle in Jeffersonville, Indiana)

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    Branham thought he could change the Bible because he was more than a reformer but a

    prophet, the last one. This last messenger of the last church age-is ..not a reformer, he is a

    PROPHET! He is not a reformer! Show me where one prophet ever started a church age! Heis not a reformer, he is a prophet! Others were reformers but not prophets. If they would have

    been-the ward of the .Lord comes to the prophet, that is the reason they continued on in the

    baptism in Father, Son and Holy Ghost, and all these other things because they were

    reformers and not prophets. (The Revelation of the Seven Sealsp.145)

    Manifest Sons of God Teaching

    William Branham believed in the manifest sons of God doctrine, this became a main heresy

    of the Latter Rain movement, he claimed he too was a god manifested in the flesh. (not theGod) He said: When I told this to a man the other day, when this piece had come out about

    this man being healed, this same minister said, They make a god out of you, Brother

    Branham.

    Well, he was a critic,... I said, Is that too far from the Scripture to be that? See? I said, No,

    it isn't. I said, Because Jesus called prophets gods. See? That's right. God ... And they say,

    Well, you people try to take the place of God.

    That's not too far out; that's exactly what it is. That's exactly! God manifested in flesh, just

    as He promised. (THE MIGHTY GOD UNVEILED BEFORE US, p.20)

    In them days it was God in a man, His Son, Jesus Christ. We believe that. Not just a

    prophet, not just an ordinary man, ordinary human, It was God In Christ, God, in a man, thefullness of the Godhead bodily In a man. God, in a man; now, it's God in men. See? The

    fullness of God in the Godhead bodily in His entire Church, manifesting Himself, fullfilling

    His Word. (THE MIGHTY GOD UNVEILED BEFORE US,p.20 ).

    Here is the Latter Rain teachings in Branham's theology. We have a manifest Sons of God

    teaching in the Latter Rain, that is clearly unbiblical. The Church is not God nor the fullness

    of God, nor is any one person have God in them as Jesus did. This denies the uniqueness of

    Jesus Christ as the only begotten Son because it makes the Church on equality with him asmany sons with the same nature.

    Distortions on the Nature of God

    Now, we find, God all ages has had skin on It. See? God has been hid behind a veil. (THE MIGHTYGOD UNVEILED BEFORE US,p.20)

    And we find out here that God has always had skin on Him. When Moses seen Him, He had skin onHim; He looked like a man. When God was behind the curtains, He had skin on Him. And God,tonight, in His Church is veiled in His Church with skin on Him. He's still the same God tonight. Wefind that.

    But now, as ever, the skin veil is what catches the traditions. They just can't believe that that's Godmaking them people act like that, See? It's because God's veiled in His Church, in skin-skin on It.That's right. He's hid from the unbeliever, and revealed to the believer. Yes, sir!

    Now, when their tradition veil is--of-of traditions of the elders and the Word is broke through (oh, ofcourse, today), then comes in plain view, we see Him, Deity again veiled in human flesh. Hebrews 1said so, and also Genesis 18. You remember God was a man, standing there eating and talking withAbraham, and told what Sarah was doing in the tent behind It. And Jesus said, As it was in the daysof Sodom, so shall it be at the coming of the Son of man, Deity veiled again in human flesh. (THEMIGHTY GOD UNVEILED BEFORE US, p.21)

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    WORD FAITH Teaching

    He was meditating on the Scripture, If Ye say unto this mountain, be thou removed and cast into thesea... He was thinking how he had never preached on that text, but thought also how is it in theWord.

    Now, Adam could say, Let this mountain here be moved over there, and it would do it. Adamcould say, Let this tree, here, be plucked up and planted over here; it would do it, see, for he had

    complete, supreme control, as a minor god under God, our Father, because he was a son of God.(TheRevelation of the Seven Seals p.83) Now we know where Benny Hinn was inspired to say Adamcould fly.

    (On that side he's a son of God-he's an offspring from God. He's an inheritance of the earth. He cancontrol nature. He can speak into existence. Why, he's a creator himself. He's an offspring of God.(Ibid p.62)

    Just as these thoughts went through his mind, a Voice spoke to him and said, What do you wantnow? Say it and you can have it. The Voice repeated, What do you want now? Say it and you canhave it. he answered, I'd like to have three squirrels.( In August 1964, Branham, related thesedetails to Pearry Green. Sidney JacksonA young lady who was born with her eyes crossed and whowas attending Bible School in Fort Wayne during the meeting there said to Mrs. Bosworth who was

    back at the book stand, I can't see how I can ever get into that healing line, there are so many. Mrs.Bosworth said to her, You won't need to. You just sit back here and ask God to lift your faith to thehealing level, and you will pull from the gift the healing virtue. It is said Branham felt a steady pullof faith from the audience, he felt the pull of faith. All this is non- biblical, our faith is toward Godand not felt, faith means to believe and trust.

    Brother Branham, my two sons are not saved. That is what I want. May they be saved? He said, Igive you your two sons in the name of the Lord. Those boys who before had been laughing andjesting as boys do. They who had no thought of turning to God, nor any desire to serve Him, suddenlyturned pale. God's Spirit came upon them in soul shaking dynamism and they cried out and fell downin repentance before the Lord. (Gods gift to sister Hattie)

    Ye abide in Me and My words abide in you, then ask what you will and it shall be given to you."Where's the Church standing at? "Let there be frogs," and there wasn't a frog in the country. In an

    hour's time, they were ten feet deep in places. What was it? It was God, the Creator, hiding Himself ina simple man.

    Now, I want to ask you something. If the blood of a bull or a goat be used for a bleach, which canonly cover, could put a man in position to speak the creative Word of God and bring flies intoexistence, why would you stumble at the Bleach of Jesus Christ's Blood Who could speak a squirrelor something into existence?

    Don't you do it! Don't stumble over simplicity. Believe that He still remains God. Oh, my! Pardon thesin. Oh, how .I wish I could . . . Then, Mark 11:22: "You say to this mountain 'be moved' and don'tdoubt in your heart, but believe t hat what you've said will come to pass, you can have what yousaid. (The Revelation of the Seven Seals. p.64)

    Serpent's Seed Teaching

    Branham taught that Eve's sin in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3) was sexual sin. According toBranham, Eve was seduced into a sexual relationship with the serpent and became impregnated withher son Cain. He explained, Here is what actually happened in the Garden of Eden. The Word saysthat Eve was beguiled by the serpent. She was actually seduced by the serpent. He was as close tobeing a human that his seed could, and did mingle with that of the woman and cause her toconceive. (The Original Sin, pp. 2, 3).

    Since THREE sons were born from TWO acts of Adam, You know POSITIVELY that ONE of thosethree WAS NOT the son of Adam - - - The truth of the matter is that eve had two sons in her womb

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    TWO sons (twins) from separate impregnation's. She was carrying twins, with Cain's conceptionsometime previous to that of Abel's. (W. M. Branham,An Exposition of The Seven Church Ages, pp.98, 100-101).

    William Branham said that Eve's sin involved sexual relations with the serpent, but the seed of Godwere Branham's followers, otherwise known as the Bride or the New Breed (The TorontoBlessing, Stephen Sizer, 1990).

    The serpent's seed was Cain and all his descendants. They are predestined for Hell. The Godly seed isSeth and his descendants who have been revealed by their call to Branham's ministry. A third group,represented by those still in denominational churches have freewill to choose Heaven or Hell. TheGodly seed are the Bride of Christ and will be raptured before Tribulation. Denominations are oreventually will be the Mark of the Beast and those who remain therein will go through theTribulation. (Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, p. 96).

    Here is what actually happened in the Garden of Eden. The Word says that Eve was beguiled by theserpent. She was actually seduced by the serpent. He was as close to being a human that his seedcould, and did mingle with that of the woman and cause her to conceive (William Branham, TheOriginal Sin, pp. 2, 3)

    Eves eating was adultery with the serpent, Proverbs 30:20. Remember, he was not a snake at this

    point. That curse came after the act. ... It was not an apple that caused Adam and Eve to realize theywere naked. But it was a sex act. ... The serpent was an upright handsome creature. He was, in fact,`the missing link that science even in their unspiritual wisdom, can see is missing between man andmonkey. ... Satan used this creature to get himself into the Human race. (Was it an Apple? (Lima,Oh: Bible Believers of Lima).

    21-3 The serpent is that missing person between the chimpanzee and the man, 'cause, listen, noticethis now, that the serpent was not a reptile. 23-4 What did he do? He begin making love to Eve. Andhe lived with her as a husband. And she saw it was pleasant, so she went and told her husband; butshe was already pregnant by Satan. And she brought forth her first son whose name was Cain, the sonof Satan. Now, this serpent, when he stood there... This great big giant of a fellow stood up there. Hewas guilty of committing adultery with Adam's wife. Where's sin lay today? What makes things theway they are today?

    Go read your Bibles to see if this is how it happened.

    27-3 Now, Noah and his sons which come out, Ham, Shem, and Japheth, come out in the righteousline. How did the seed ever get over? The seed come over in the ark, just like it did in the beginningthrough the woman, their wives. They carried the seed of Satan through the ark, just as Eve packedthe seed of Satan to give birth to Cain, through the woman. (William Branham The Serpent's Seeddelivered Sunday evening, September 28th 1958 at the Branham Tabernacle in Jeffersonville,Indiana, U.S.A.)

    The Bible says, Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gottena man from the Lord. (Ge.4:1) He did not say I have gotten a man from Satan, who would knowAdam or Branham?

    Distorted View of Women

    Branham' had a distorted view of woman because of his father which may have led him tomisunderstand what occurred in the garden. About his fathers constant comraderie with youngwoman he stated, I...This was my remarked then, THEY'RE NOT WORTH A GOOD CLEANBULLET TO KILL THEM WITH IT.' That's right. And I hated women. That's right. And I just haveto watch every move now, to keep from still thinking the same thing. (William M. Branham, 'MyLife Story' , p.27 (Spoken Word Publications, undated).

    This animosity could have been responsible for his revelation that allowed for divorce. ( 'All ThingsAre Possible', p.162)

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    As well as his fifth vision which he blamed the moral problem of our age, mostly around women.God showed me that women began to be out 'of their place with the granting of the vote. Then theycut off their hair, The lord never told believers to obey his law.

    The Zodiac and Pyramids

    He thought The streets of gold have been paved. The gates of gigantic pearls are raised and hinged.Like a pyramid she stands so fair and glorious.(the Last warning)

    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, P. 59)

    The idea that the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt was constructed by Enoch as a memorial to God( All Things Are Possible, p. 162).

    Kurt Koch wrote: ...Branharm's parents believed in fortune telling and he was burdened throughoccultism at an early age. Branham, has a pyramid shaped tombstone. So he was very muchinfluenced by paganism

    Branham said the ZODIAC AND THE EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS were equal to the Scriptures in therevelation of God's word. he has a pyramid shaped tombstone in Indiana. (William M. Branham,Adoption (Jeffersonville, IN: Spoken Word Publications), pp. 31,104)

    The names of the churches superimposed over the men's names in the following order: Ephesian-Paul ; Smyrnea-Ireneaus ; Pergamean-Martin ; Thyatirean-Columba ; Sardisean-Luther; Philadelphia-Wesley; Laodicean-Branham (well named since he represents this church age perfectly with being afalse prophet of the church) I find it somewhat interesting to assign men to each church when thebible does not, and then to put oneself in the book of Revelation like this is boasting.

    William Branham believed in three bibles. He claimed that in addition to the written bible that we allknow, there are two others: The first one, he put in the sky, the Zodiache made the next one in thepyramid, back in the days of enoch(Robert Livesay, Understanding deception, new wine press1989) This is pure occultism people involved in esoterism and theosophy have believed this longbefore Branham.

    No Hell

    Satan - - awaits his 'time of eternal annihilation - We believe that he will absolutely be donecompletely away and annihilated. ---Is the lake of fire hell Eternal? No, sir. No, sir Anything that wascreated is not Eternal --- If anybody ever tells you that you're going to burn in an Eternal hell, I wantthe scripture for it -- it was created for that to destroy.

    Everlasting; does not compare with what is eternal or that which had no beginning or end everlastingmeans to the vanishing point. Destruction-- in II Thess.1:9 -Positively mean annihilation - - todestroy to the ending point. His body he uses as the antichrist gets destroyed but not his spirit as thebook of Rev. 20 tells us he is incarcerated alive for the 1,000 year period in the bottomless pit.

    Now don't let anyone say that I don't believe in a lake of fire and in punishment. I do. I don't know

    how long it will last, but it will eventually be removed. In Rev.21:8, it says that at those sinnersmentioned will have their part in the lake of fire. But the true interpretation of the word is not 'part'but it is 'time'. (W. M. Branham, The Revelation of the Seven Seals, pp. 28, 48; W. M. Branham, AnExposition of the Seven Church Ages, pp. 134-135).

    Here Branham changes the words of the book of Revelation with no equivocation. No TRUE prophetwould change the words of Scripture. The Greek word is meros- a part due or assigned to one lot,destiny a measure, to some degree, as respects a part, severally, individually. It has no time limit.

    'Copies of sermon tapes and transcripts of his sermons have been reproduced and are circulated byseveral ministries, primarily Spoken Word Publications and The Voice of God, both in Jeffersonville,

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    Indiana.... Pastors of independent churches have an informal fellowship which circulates not onlyBranham's works, but the writings and tapes of others who follow his emphasis. Branham's son BillyPaul Branham heads the Rev. William Branham Evangelistic Campaigns centered in Branham

    Tabernacle in Jeffersonville. Other leaders associated with Branham's ministry include RaymondJackson of Faith Assembly Church, Jeffersonville, Indiana; Ed Byshal of Bible Believers Inc. inBlaine, Washington and William, M., Podaras of the Tabernacle of God in Gastonia, North Carolina.Besides support from across North America, followers can be found in Australia, New Zealand, andIndia'. (from The Encyclopedia of American Religions G. Melton)

    To visit Branham/s official website at www.biblebelievers.org

    There are many unofficial sites with enough audio to listen to that proves all this and more.

    W. Branham's History What is the true Latter Rain Branham's teachings

    Manifest Sons of God doctrine Paul Cain A Prophets Prophet Joel's Army

    The "new order" of the Latter Rain Branham's beliefs The new thing

    Kingdom Dominionism pt.1 Who has all authority? pt2 The cleansing for the Kingdom pt.3

    Spiritual war Pt.4

    W. Branham's History What is the true Latter Rain Branham's teachings

    Manifest Sons of God doctrine Paul Cain A Prophets Prophet Joel's Army

    The "new order" of the Latter Rain Branham's beliefs The new thing

    Kingdom Dominionism pt.1 Who has all authority? pt2 The cleansing for the Kingdom pt.3

    Spiritual war Pt.4

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