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    The William Branham Moment

    -William Branham shocked the world by ripping the thin veil between science and the supernatural. His ministry did not just bless…in many instances, it terrified.

    In Los Angeles, a man with cancer stood in the healing line for hours. While waiting, he witnessed every kind of healing imaginable. However, when it was his turn for prayer the evangelist refused. Indignant, the man demanded to know why. Branham said, “You don’t want me to tell you.” The man was now furious and refused to leave without an answer. “You are sleeping with your secretary,” said the evangelist. With that, the man dropped his head and rushed out of the meeting.

    William Branham was an answer to desperate prayer and an act of love by God the Father. The Pentecostal movement was dying because of infighting and immorality.

    Divine healing had fallen into disrepute. Meetings were often fraught with emotionalism. Charlatans whipped audiences into frenzies. Most healing testimonies were sketchy at best.

    Things were also bad outside the church. America was in the grip of fear of nuclear war. Psychiatry was replacing faith. A whole generation was racing away from God. Preachers were at a loss about what to do about it.

    Today, the Spirit-filled movement finds itself in the same predicament. Once again, we are mired by division and emotionalism. Only this time it is much, much worse…I’ll tell you more about that later.

    1946: Enter William Branham. The atmosphere is low key. There is no attempt to manipulate the people. Branham tells the audience when the angel of the Lord is present—a statement that should sound preposterous, except that astounding things start happening.

    Oral Roberts once told me, “There were no hard cases for Branham while he was enveloped by the anointing.” Growths vanished, lifeless limbs awakened, blind eyes opened.

    American historian, David Edwin Harrell Jr. described Branham as:

    An unlikely leader….his preaching was halting and simple beyond belief. But William Branham became a prophet to a generation. A small, meek, middle-aged man with piercing eyes, he held audiences spellbound with tales of constant communication with God and angels. Night after night, before thousands of awed believers he discerned the diseases of the sick and pronounced them healed.

    Like few men have ever been endowed with the raw supernatural power of William Branham. There, for the entire world to see–for medical science to test, were signs and wonders that were incontrovertible.

    Branham’s innocence and simplicity would have been his demise had it not been for Gordon Lindsay. Harrell said of Gordon Lindsay, “. . . more than any other man, [he] brought system and unity . . . contributing an orderly mind, keen business sense, boundless energy, badly needed literary skills and an ecumenical spirit.”

    Together, Branham and Lindsay were used of God to birth an era. A young Oral Roberts went to Kansas City to hear Branham. The experience led him to resign his church in Enid, Oklahoma and obey God’s mandate to “take my healing power to your generation.”

    In Portland, Oregon, T.L. Osborn sat transfixed by the word of the Lord from Branham. This simple sentence from the lips of Branham launched Osborn: “God the Father heals the sick to prove that He raised His Son Jesus from the dead.

    Just being used by God to launch Roberts and Osborn made him a vessel that touched millions. But more than that…signs and wonders became a standard part of Spirit-filled soul-winning.

    Now we have come to this terrible moment for the Pentecostal/Charismatic movement in America. Compromise has hit us from the most unlikely sources. A pandemic moral/political cowardice paralyzes our pulpits. The wholesale removal of freedom of speech and freedom of religion has met only token resistance from “Spirit-filled” pastors...

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    What made you decide to start a thread on this

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pentecali View Post
    They went a little off the rails on some issues like serpent seed doctrine.

    More than a little

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    Paul Keith Davis has studied Branham's ministry and refers to it a lot. Some of his followers may have gone off the rail, but he didn't. It's fascinating to listen to.

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    Quote Originally Posted by A.J. View Post
    Paul Keith Davis has studied Branham's ministry and refers to it a lot. Some of his followers may have gone off the rail, but he didn't. It's fascinating to listen to.
    That's interesting ....some say Branham also embraced some weird stuff

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cardinal TT View Post
    That's interesting ....some say Branham also embraced some weird stuff

    PKD became well acquainted with Branham's daughter and a secretary type person.... had (and has) access to his books (and other items) that are out of print now.

    (sorry, I'm not that great at retaining details but you can catch much of PKD's teaching about Branham online)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pentecali View Post
    What made you decide to start a thread on this
    Someone had posted it on facebook earlier and I liked the message...from later in the article:

    A real hunger for truth is replacing political correctness. Donald Trump is a symptom of widespread anger with political correctness. We are a fed up culture now. People agree with Trump about America and that is why all of the criticism the media is throwing at him does not stick.

    Many believers are angry with politically correct preaching. The cry now is, "Quit feeding us junk food!" We want to experience power, not a feel good message. Look around you... the hunger for truth is rising...

    ...The real message here is not the arrival of a man but of an era of explosive miracles. That is what I am sensing and expecting. What we have been waiting for will come in an unexpected package—Branham did!
    Maybe we have finally reached total desperation. Maybe now we will trade the unreliable for the undeniable. Let it be, Oh, God.

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    I studied the ministry of WB quite intensively for about a year, read a lot of transcripts, testimonies, etc., I was "all in" for a time but the angel thing keeps nagging at me, something a bit off with that I can't completely resolve. A few other misconceptions float around about the man and his ministry, due I think to other ministries who wanted to attach themselves to him for the "rub off" factor or conversely being jealous of him.

    Some ministries today, the joyner/jackson crowd refer to him covertly in their messages. Some even claim his anointing without naming him specifically. There is a bit of an insider code amongst them, stealth Branhamites I suppose.

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