Comparing Elijah the Prophet of God with William Branham
The reason why Branham wasn’t the elias that was to come
And restore all things. (Matt 17:11) & (Mal 4:5-6)
The prophet Malachi wrote that God said: “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: And he shall turn the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.”
God said that he would turn the hearts (the understanding) of the children back to the understanding (of the word of God) that the Apostolic Fathers had. This has not taken place until this day in history.
Some teach and say that William Branham was the fulfillment of this and he was the elias that was to come. So let us look at William Branham and see if the same spirit that Elijah had was seen in this man. To start with, Elias was not to be sent to the Gentile Nations, he will be sent to the Jews at the end time. But for those who believe that Elias, or someone in the spirit of Elijah is being sent to us, consider the following.
William Branham was a very humble and soft spoken man, but Elijah was very bold and an “in your face” type of person. Elijah went to Ahab the King of Israel, not as a soft spoken diplomat, but as a harsh and demanding person and told Ahab in his face that the land would receive no rain until he said so. After being so bold, Elijah went and hid himself, afraid of what Ahab might do to him.
Elijah believed the true word of God and spoke it with boldness wherever he went even if no one else agreed with him. On the other hand William Branham refrained from speaking what he believed for fear of not being accepted in the churches that he visited.
God never ceased to hear the prayers of Elijah and answered them always for Elijah’s vindication. On the other hand, prayers were not enough for William Branham. It was necessary for him to get a sign or a vision before he mustered enough faith to speak the word with boldness.
Elijah told Ahab that he was the only prophet that God had and openly challenged the false prophets of the country. Elijah knew where he stood with God and didn’t wait for a special sign from God to act in His behalf. Not so with William Branham, who had to receive a sign or a vision of God’s approval before stepping out to challenge the beliefs of others.
Elijah was not a peaceful man, but was vindictive enough that after proving that the other prophets of the land were false prophets killed them all. Could you possibly see William Branham taking measures extreme enough to do something like this? No he wouldn’t.
Even though Elijah believed that he was the only one in the World that had the true revelation of the Word of God, he continued to boldly speak out as God revealed things to him. William Branham taught according to his understanding of God’s Word only in his own church
When God was finished with using Elijah, he took him up into Heaven in a whirlwind, raptured him to avoid physical death. When God was through with William Branham, He allowed him to die a horrible death and was buried in the ground.
William Branham was no Elijah and did not have the wherewithal to teach the truth of the Bible because he lacked the education needed to go beyond the literal wording of the Bible. Either God didn’t give him the revelation or he lacked the desire to go beyond man’s translation of the Bible and accepted the written Bible as the inerrant Word of God, which it is not.
William Branham was commissioned by God to be an Evangelist to preach the Gospel and served God in this calling with distinction. Only after he resolved to get out of his calling as an Evangelist and begin to teach instead of preach did his ministry go downhill.
Elijah was a vindicated prophet of God and every prophecy he uttered came to pass. William Branham uttered many prophecies which some testify that most, if any at all came to pass. Three that I know of were as follows. On one occasion he prophesied that the end would come in 1977 and it didn’t. He also prophesied that Los Angeles would sink into the Ocean before his son Billy Paul would be an old man. Billy Paul is in his 70’s and Los Angeles is still on dry ground. He also prophesied that his tent vision that he interpreted as a new ministry for him was about to start, but it failed to come about before his death.
William Branham did not have the spirit of Elijah. As a matter of fact he was just the opposite in character of Elijah. William Branham allowed his followers to believe that he was the Elias that was to come to restore all things and to turn the heart of the children back to their apostolic fathers. Only because of the supernatural signs that operated for him to vindicate his healing ministry did his followers readily accept the notion that he was indeed a prophet and accepted his interpretation of Bible scripture.
A God sent prophet will not interpret scripture, but
will allow scripture to interpret itself.
2 comments:
Bro Branham did not prophesy that the world will end in 1977 but rather predicted. Many false prophets must come in these last days for scripture says so. These false prophets take part of the massage quotes and leave out some for their own personal benefit. But remember there will be a bride no matter how many false prophets may rise, it is a promise from God. Sometimes you wonder if these so called interpretations of the the pull etc are not coming from the Jesuits. Let us not waste time debating on the message. The time of fulfillement will sieve out itself the false vine. Let us be patient.
A prophet of God speaks those things that God gives him for the church to benefit from.
For a man who many believe was a prophet of God to presumptuously make a prediction which God did not give to him was irresponsible and caused confusion among the people of God.
Call it a prediction if you wish because he also did, but a true prophet of God would never presume to speak such a thing unless God gave it to him.
As far as your reference to "the message" goes, the real message that Brother Branham passed on to the church was for the people to go "back to the bible" and believe what it says, but not any man's interpretation of what it says like many false preachers presume to do.
The "Message" is not everything that came out of Brother Branham's mouth like so many believe and are misled because of it.
God's word is true and every man's interpretation of it is a lie.
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