We were talking this afternoon. Brother Lindsay looked over to me. We’ve been together for four years, and I never heard that tone of voice. The Spirit of God must have said it, or I caught it in that way. Said, “Brother Branham,” he said, “with a measure of time,” said, “I’ve said for a long time: fifty-three would probably be the—something great.” Said, “I believe we’ve got about one more year to go.” Now, remember friends, we’re going to look at the thing right straight in the face. God never sends judgment until first He sends His mercy. But after His mercy, it’s bound to be judgment. To reject the mercy is the bringing in of judgment, always. And now, at no… Through the ages, since the apostolic age in the beginning, there’s never been such signs and wonders that God’s put before the people. Surely, thousands way off, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God…See? For Jesus said they would be that way. Like they were in the days of Noah, so will it be in the coming of the Son of man.

Testimony, 1950-08-14, Cleveland, OH, §7