William Branham:
A Man Sent
From God
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Rev.
William Branham, Jeffersonville, By Gordon Lindsay: A Man Sent From God |
The
story of the life of William Marrion Branham is so out
of this world and beyond the ordinary that were there not
available a host of infallible proofs which document and
attest its authenticity, one might well be excused for
considering it far-fetched and incredible. But the facts
are so generally known, and of such a nature that they can be
so easily verified by any sincere investigator, that they must
stand as God's witness to His willingness and purpose to
reveal Himself again to men as he once did in the days of the
prophets and the apostles. The story of this prophet's
life - for he is a prophet, though we infrequently use the
term - indeed witnesses to the fact that Bible days are here
again.Brother Branham was one of the most influential Bible ministers of our time. He was considered by many to be the initiator of the healing and charismatic revival that began in 1947, and from his ministry there sprang a myriad of other ministers who became internationally known. One Historian of that movement stated that William Branham was "a prophet to our generation", and a Pentecostal Historian wrote, "Branham filled the largest stadiums and meeting halls in the world."
The Full Gospel Men's Voice, (now, Full Gospel Businessmen's Fellowship International), in its February 1961 issue, wrote: "In Bible Days, there were men of God who were Prophets and Seers. But in all the Sacred Records, none of these had a greater ministry than that of William Branham, a Prophet and Seer of God, whose photograph appears on the front cover of this issue of Full Gospel Men's Voice (left figure). Branham has been used by God, in the Name of Jesus, to raise the dead!" |
From 1947 until the time of his passing in 1965, the powerful ministry of William Branham was well known and considered unparalleled in the history of gospel meetings. The impact of the supernatural ministry of this one man in the hands of God was felt around the world.
On June 11, 1933, William Branham was baptizing in the Ohio River near Jeffersonville, Indiana, when a bright fiery light suddenly appeared over his head and a voice spoke out, "As John the Baptist was sent to forerun the first coming of Jesus Christ, so are you sent to forerun His second coming!" The next edition of the Jeffersonville Evening News reported the incident with the caption, "Mysterious Star Appears Over Minister While Baptizing".
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PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SUPERNATURAL
This amazing photograph was taken of Brother William Branham in Houston, Texas, in January of 1950, by the Douglas Studios.
When the photographers, Mr. James Ayers and Mr. Theodore Kipperman, developed the picture they were amazed to fine the evidence of a light above the head of Rev. Branham. Never had they seen anything like it before and none of them could understand the presence of this halo.
The negative was taken to George J. Lacy, Examiner of Questioned Documents, in order to ascertain whether or not the light over the head of Brother Branham could be the result of improper exposure, developing or retouching.
Mr. Lacy agreed to examine the negative and then give his opinion concerning it. At the appointed time when he was to have his examinations completed and his conclusions formed, he came out into his waiting room where members of the Branham party, press agents and others were waiting. Stepping into the room he asked which one was William Branham. Brother Branham rose to his feet and made his identity known. Mr. Lacy said, "Rev. Branham, you will die like all other mortals but as long as there is a Christian civilization, your picture will live on."
This picture is now copyrighted, a photograph of a supernatural being. A copy of it hangs in one of the halls of Washington, D. C.
A SUPERNATURAL VISITATION
In
December 1962 God gave William Branham a vision of an angelic
visitation which he foretold in a message "Sirs is this the
Time?" On February 28, 1963, the vision and prophecy was
fulfilled when a constellation of seven angels, formed as the head
of Christ, met him with a commission to speak the opening of the
Seven Seals of Revelation. Life Magazine (May 17th 1963)
carried the photograph (right figure) of this supernatural event,
describing it as a "Mystery Cloud over Arizona."
To the millions of believers around the world who have heard and received the Message which God has sent through His prophet, William Branham, the Word of God has opened up as never before in history.
Jesus Christ has come into plain view through the pages of revealed Scripture. World events no longer cause alarm, for all is unfolding as it should, fulfilling Bible prophecy!
We urge all sincere readers to be as the Bereans in Act 17:11 who "were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so."
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