William M. Branham Thoughts?

[Starise]

What are your thoughts on the prophecies of this man?  I found out about him while looking around on youtube recently. HERE is his Wikapedia link

He was a minister and faith healer that lived between 1909 and 1965. One of his prophecies in particular had to do with the future of the US. That prophecy was given back in 1933. In it he indicated a woman would be president or vice president and to watch that woman because the end of the US was near.

According to my sources, all of his prophecies came to pass exactly as he said with the exception of the ones that haven't happened yet. Other interesting comments include him saying that there were cars during the time of the woman leader that would drive themselves shaped like eggs. Keep in mind he said this in 1933. He associated the RCC with the anti christ. 

A simple man, he did not follow the full gospel embraced by most and instead adopted an alternate gospel that was a mixture of Calvinist and Armenian doctrines.

There's lots more about him.

I guess what I find particularly interesting is that supposedly NONE of his prophecies have failed which would indicate maybe he truly had a gift of prophecy from God.

What he says about the future of the US is concerning although I can't say that a future like that surprises me in light of the way things have been going.

[Dennis1209]

1 hour ago, Starise said:

What are your thoughts on the prophecies of this man?  I found out about him while looking around on youtube recently. HERE is his Wikapedia link

He was a minister and faith healer that lived between 1909 and 1965. One of his prophecies in particular had to do with the future of the US. That prophecy was given back in 1933. In it he indicated a woman would be president or vice president and to watch that woman because the end of the US was near.

According to my sources, all of his prophecies came to pass exactly as he said with the exception of the ones that haven't happened yet. Other interesting comments include him saying that there were cars during the time of the woman leader that would drive themselves shaped like eggs. Keep in mind he said this in 1933. He associated the RCC with the anti christ. 

A simple man, he did not follow the full gospel embraced by most and instead adopted an alternate gospel that was a mixture of Calvinist and Armenian doctrines.

There's lots more about him.

I guess what I find particularly interesting is that supposedly NONE of his prophecies have failed which would indicate maybe he truly had a gift of prophecy from God.

What he says about the future of the US is concerning although I can't say that a future like that surprises me in light of the way things have been going.

First we need to define exactly what a prophet is: 

PROPHET—(Heb. nabi, from a root meaning “to bubble forth, as from a fountain,” hence “to utter”, comp. Ps. 45:1). This Hebrew word is the first and the most generally used for a prophet. In the time of Samuel another word, roeh, “seer”, began to be used (1 Sam. 9:9). It occurs seven times in reference to Samuel. Afterwards another word, hozeh, “seer” (2 Sam. 24:11), was employed. In 1 Ch. 29:29 all these three words are used: “Samuel the seer (ro’eh), Nathan the prophet (nabi’), Gad the seer” (hozeh). In Josh. 13:22 Balaam is called (Heb.) a kosem “diviner,” a word used only of a false prophet.
The “prophet” proclaimed the message given to him, as the “seer” beheld the vision of God. (See Num. 12:6, 8.) Thus a prophet was a spokesman for God; he spake in God’s name and by his authority (Ex. 7:1). He is the mouth by which God speaks to men (Jer. 1:9; Isa. 51:16), and hence what the prophet says is not of man but of God (2 Pet. 1:20, 21; comp. Heb. 3:7; Acts 4:25; 28:25). M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary and Treasury of Biblical History, Biography, Geography, Doctrine, and Literature (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1893), 562.

They would be 100% accurate 100% of the time. 

Amos 3:7 (KJV) Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. Does this still apply to the New Testament covenant? We now have the written word of the Lord, no further prophecies are forthcoming, it is a closed cannon.

Ephesians 3:5 (KJV) Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

Many believe there are modern day prophets that speak for God, many do not. My question would be; how would you know them until after the fact? How would you sort out the true from false, and not waste time listening to the false ones? I have a great respect for a man named Dr. David Reagan. He claims there are modern day prophets, and if memory serves, I think he lists 10 of them.

I can immediately strike one off the list, as the vicar of Christ, the Pope. To be honest, who could know until all predictions have been fulfilled, 100% accurate, 100% of the time. 

Romans 12:6 (KJV) Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

Satan imitates everything God does, he does not have an original thought. He twists and deceives everything. Could Satan be involved with any of these modern prophesies? All the preceding to say, I don't know. 

The St. Malachy prophecy of the Pope's is extremely accurate. But it appears to me that it is not close to 100% accurate. If it's not 100% accurate, it is not from God.

Edited July 25, 2021 by Dennis1209

[missmuffet]

3 hours ago, Starise said:

What are your thoughts on the prophecies of this man?  I found out about him while looking around on youtube recently. HERE is his Wikapedia link

He was a minister and faith healer that lived between 1909 and 1965. One of his prophecies in particular had to do with the future of the US. That prophecy was given back in 1933. In it he indicated a woman would be president or vice president and to watch that woman because the end of the US was near.

According to my sources, all of his prophecies came to pass exactly as he said with the exception of the ones that haven't happened yet. Other interesting comments include him saying that there were cars during the time of the woman leader that would drive themselves shaped like eggs. Keep in mind he said this in 1933. He associated the RCC with the anti christ. 

A simple man, he did not follow the full gospel embraced by most and instead adopted an alternate gospel that was a mixture of Calvinist and Armenian doctrines.

There's lots more about him.

I guess what I find particularly interesting is that supposedly NONE of his prophecies have failed which would indicate maybe he truly had a gift of prophecy from God.

What he says about the future of the US is concerning although I can't say that a future like that surprises me in light of the way things have been going.

I would not look on him any different than any other man on this earth. 

[appy]

Many of us can recall the Matthew 7:22-23 verse
Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’…

We should be very, very wary of people claiming to have prophetic or healing gifts.   Being able to  prophecy or perform miracles is not necessarily a sign that a person is called of God, or that they are even a Christian. We must take into account all other actions and teachings from such person's.  

The bible never describes anyone of the prophets of the Old Testament, or the Apostles of the New Testament as having a special appearance.  Even the religious leaders when they saw and talked with Jesus, he was an ordinary man.  The bible says he had no stately form that we should be drawn to him.

Isaiah 53: 2-3
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,  nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.  He was despised and rejected by mankind,  a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.  Like one from whom people hide their faces  he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.

According to this man;  his parents said he was born with a halo above his head.  Later in his life, there is the claim of a halo over his head signifying him as someone special.  The bible NEVER describes anyone as having this.  Does this not remind anyone of Edgar Cayce's claim of an aura over his head. A so-called halo or aura over or around someone's head, comes from the occult !!!

William Branham like Edgar Cayce had many, many unscriptural teachings.  Branham, was  greatly  influenced by Harry Edwards, an avowed spiritualist.

 

[Selah7]

Ezekiel 13:3

3 Thus saith the Lord God; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

Mark 13:23

23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

 

[Alive]

This is at best a distraction. Fix your eyes on the Lord. Occupy until He comes.

 

[Starise]

18 hours ago, Dennis1209 said:

PROPHET—(Heb. nabi, from a root meaning “to bubble forth, as from a fountain,” hence “to utter”, comp. Ps. 45:1). This Hebrew word is the first and the most generally used for a prophet. In the time of Samuel another word, roeh, “seer”, began to be used (1 Sam. 9:9). It occurs seven times in reference to Samuel. Afterwards another word, hozeh, “seer” (2 Sam. 24:11), was employed. In 1 Ch. 29:29 all these three words are used: “Samuel the seer (ro’eh), Nathan the prophet (nabi’), Gad the seer” (hozeh). In Josh. 13:22 Balaam is called (Heb.) a kosem “diviner,” a word used only of a false prophet.
The “prophet” proclaimed the message given to him, as the “seer” beheld the vision of God. (See Num. 12:6, 8.) Thus a prophet was a spokesman for God; he spake in God’s name and by his authority (Ex. 7:1). He is the mouth by which God speaks to men (Jer. 1:9; Isa. 51:16), and hence what the prophet says is not of man but of God (2 Pet. 1:20, 21; comp. Heb. 3:7; Acts 4:25; 28:25). M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary and Treasury of Biblical History, Biography, Geography, Doctrine, and Literature (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1893), 562.

They would be 100% accurate 100% of the time. 

Very helpful to see the different definitions of the word. One thing I took note of in reading more about this man. He made a claim about the Lord returning in 1977. If I would have read this first and confirmed it as true I would not have bothered to post this. Apparently the person who said ALL of his predictions came to pass so far missed that one. Either that or the accusation is untrue.

9 hours ago, appy said:

Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’…

We should be very, very wary of people claiming to have prophetic or healing gifts.   Being able to  prophecy or perform miracles is not necessarily a sign that a person is called of God, or that they are even a Christian. We must take into account all other actions and teachings from such person's.  

The bible never describes anyone of the prophets of the Old Testament, or the Apostles of the New Testament as having a special appearance.  Even the religious leaders when they saw and talked with Jesus, he was an ordinary man.  The bible says he had no stately form that we should be drawn to him.

 

Sadly I believe there will be many false prophets. The devil is fully capable to also perform miracles. Not sure how physical appearance figures into this logic? I would not expect a man of God to be physically interesting. They usually aren't from what I gather. Jesus Himself seems to have had a very common appearance as you mentioned. The man I'm mentioning here really isn't that way either. He's a common looking man with a common IQ so far as I can tell.

8 hours ago, Selah7 said:

Ezekiel 13:3

3 Thus saith the Lord God; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

Mark 13:23

23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

 

Who could argue with this? Now TBH I haven't inspected the statements for context. If we were to get very particular we could say that last scripture in saying "all" things  doesn't include everything we will eventually know. There are things we will know only later on.

5 hours ago, Alive said:

This is at best a distraction. Fix your eyes on the Lord. Occupy until He comes.

 

Thanks for you opinion @Alive

What do we make of this?

Act 2:17

“’In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.

What is the nature of these revelations? They must be prophetic in nature. Either this or they are somehow redundant as reminders of existing statements made in the Bible. That second idea doesn't add up as much for me. I tend to think these are prophetic statements of some kind. We also need to define the "last days" here. There are a number of young people on YouTube claiming to have had dreams about the future. That doesn't mean I give it any credibility, but maybe just maybe a few of them had dreams from the Lord.

Another parting thought I had about this. Let's just say for the sake of argument the Lord gave someone a dream or a vision from Him. Let's just say that person isn't the most mature Christian and sometimes they abuse their gift or minimize their gift by misbehaving or attempting to get more from the revelation than it offers. In other words, among the real visions and dreams they have had they might have mixed in their own theology ( like the man I mentioned) or they might attempt to guess at some things when they really weren't sure. It wasn't that they didn't have a gift or a revelation. It was more that they didn't use it wisely.

A good example of this is Samson. God gave that man gifts but he foolishly went his own way and got into a lot of trouble.

[Selah7]

Greetings, @Starise

This is prophecy for the end times.

Acts 2: 14-18

14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words. 15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. 16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 ‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,
That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your young men shall see visions,
Your old men shall dream dreams.
18 And on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days;
And they shall prophesy.

Verses 17 and 18 above in the book of Acts are what the prophet Joel said, and this is what Peter repeats on the day of Pentecost.  It is found in Joel 2:28-32.

Joel 2:28 "And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out My spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:"

Joel 2:29 " And also upon the servants and upon the hand maids in those days will I pour out My spirit."

Joel 2:30 "And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke."

Joel 2:31 "The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come."

Joel 2:32 "And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.

Edited July 26, 2021 by Selah7

[TheBlade]

Well he was a great man of God and was greatly used by God. There are gifts that must accompany the office of a prophet and he walked in those gifts. They say he got off a bit at the end with the serpents seed.  Thats what SOME tend to focus on and remember.. God does not. 

Focus.. on the good on Christ. Every preacher every prophet ever apostle misses it that does not make them "always false". When searching on things like this just what do you search for?  The good or how they missed it? There is no 100% right prophet. You/we know how EASY it is to hear from God and know His voice huh lol. 

We also need to remember so many things that happened in that mans life by God hundreds, thousands saw it that goes for that "halo" on some picture that many saw. Like I say.. ask what are you focusing on? I'm not going to remember the wrong the faults.. countless were healed and saved PRAISE GOD! God has given gifts and so much more to "all". God never takes those gifts back... anyway. I not sure just what most believers truly believe. To them this world what they see hear and feel is the real realm. Side note I like this old song playing "DeGarmo & Key Boycott Hell".

So Starise William Branham was a man used by God. I didn't agree with everything he preached. 

[Dennis1209]

1 hour ago, Starise said:

Act 2:17

“’In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.

What is the nature of these revelations? They must be prophetic in nature. Either this or they are somehow redundant as reminders of existing statements made in the Bible. That second idea doesn't add up as much for me. I tend to think these are prophetic statements of some kind. We also need to define the "last days" here. There are a number of young people on YouTube claiming to have had dreams about the future. That doesn't mean I give it any credibility, but maybe just maybe a few of them had dreams from the Lord.

In my opinion, this is one of those verses where we need to know; who [all], what [Spirit, prophesy, visions, dreams], when and where; in context. The when: When did the last days begin? I believe that starting point is when Jesus rose from the grave. Rather than continuing my thoughts and quoting scripture. I should turn it over to someone much more knowledgeable than me, Dr; John MacArthur. What do you think Dr. MacArthur?

MacArthur: Well thank you for asking my opinion Mr. Dennis. Would this be the first time you have not plagiarized by chance?

Dennis: Ahh, ahh, ahh, but, but, but...

MacArthur: last days. This phrase refers to the present era of redemptive history from the first coming of Christ (Heb. 1:2; 1 Pet. 1:20; 1 John 2:18) to His return. My Spirit. See notes on 1:2, 5, 8.
2:17, 18 all flesh. This indicates all people will receive the Holy Spirit, because everyone who enters the millennial kingdom will be redeemed (cf. Matt. 24:29–25:46; Rev. 20:4–6).
2:17 visions … dreams. Dreams (Gen. 20:3; Dan. 7:1) and visions (Gen. 15:1; Rev. 9:17) were some of God’s most memorable means of revelation since they were pictorial in nature. While they were not limited to believers (e.g., Abimelech, Gen. 20:3 and Pharaoh, Gen. 41:1–8), they were primarily reserved for prophets and apostles (cf. Num. 12:6). While frequent in the OT, they were rare in the NT. In Acts, all of God’s visions were given to either Peter (chaps. 10, 11) or Paul (chaps. 9, 18; cf. 2 Cor. 12:1). Most frequently they were used to reveal apocalyptic imagery (cf. Ezek., Dan., Zech., Rev.). They were not considered normal in biblical times, nor should they be so now. The time will come, however, when God will use visions and dreams during the Tribulation period as predicted by Joel 2:28–32 John MacArthur Jr., ed., The MacArthur Study Bible, electronic ed. (Nashville, TN: Word Pub., 1997), 1635–1636.

Dennis: Was it OK to emphasize some of your commentary?

MacArthur: Don't touch my intellectual property. I believe I've heard all about you. Was your next door neighbor Mr. Wilson?

Dennis: Ahh, ahh, ahh, but, but, but...