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Questions and Answers #1

August 23, 1964 ·Jeffersonville, IN · English
§32
What does this mean? Matthew 24:19: “Woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!” Strangely, not knowing that, I was going to say this about the woman, and here it is in this time, the first question.

Now, Matthew 24:19. Jesus had been asked three questions. In these questions was that: When will the time be there won’t be one stone left on another? and, What will be the sign of the coming of the end of the world? and—and three different questions He was—He was asked. And He answers it in three different ways, answe...

§40
Matthew 24:24: “And there shall rise false prophets, and false christs, and false prophets, and will show great signs and wonders.” How shall we recognize them?

“There shall rise…” In that now you’re coming on down into another age. See? “…raise false christs and false prophets.” A false christ is a false anointed, because Christ is the Anointed. How many knows that the Christ means “the anointed One”? There will be false anointed ones, and they’ll call themselves prophets. Bu...

§51
Matthew 24:26 (next) speaks of a “certain chamber” and “in the desert places.” What does this mean?

It means that there will be antichrists, anti-anointings, so forth. And what is anti? Anti is “against.” It’ll be these same creatures against the Word. “And they’ll be in the desert and the secret chambers.” Then He said, “Don’t go after it. Stay away from it.” See? Now the fourth question:

§52
Matthew 24:28: (The person’s coming right down. They never signed it; yes they did. I beg your pardon. I won’t call these names, because it’s not necessary. See?) Matthew 24:28: “For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.” Who is the carcase and who are the eagles?

Now, that’s a good question, nothing wrong with that! What is the carcase? The carcase is what the eagles feed on. Now, a eagle is considered in the Bible, a prophet. A prophet is a eagle. God—God calls Himself a Eagle, and we’re “eaglets” then, the—the believers. You see? And what is the carcase that they feed on? Is...

§54
Will the Bride be gathered together in one place at the Rapture, and will it be in the West?

Nope, it don’t have to be there. Yeah, the Bride will be gathered together in one place. That is true, but not until the resurrection. See? “For we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord…” Ephesians, or, Second Thessalonians the 5th chapter, I believe it is. “We which are alive and remain unto the comin...

§102
In Genesis 6:4, after the flood, where did the giants come from?

That’s a good one, very good. That’s a sensible question. Where did these giants come from? Adam wasn’t a giant as far as we know, ’cause if it would, the Bible would said so. He was just an ordinary man. Where did they come from? Now—now, this is a great dispute, and this was just handed to me. It’s on a big, dark pap...

§113
Dear Brother Branham, will all the sons and daughters of true, borned-again believers be saved?

No, brother; no, they sure won’t. See, as I—as I copied David du Plessis on this remark, “God don’t have grandchildren, see, just sons and daughters.” See, they’ll have to be born just exactly like their father and mother was born of the Spirit. See? That’s what makes a man a new person, is because he’s born again, reb...

§137
Brother Branham, I have accepted God’s Message of today, and also our son. And we both have been baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. My husband—my husband hasn’t accepted the Message and is fighting this Message. And he has influenced our son and is taking him to a Methodist church. He wants me to go with him to church when we are not in service here at the tabernacle. Would it be right for me to go with him or would it be better to stay out of that denomination?

Well now, dear sister…She never signed no name, but perhaps you’re listening to your question; if you don’t, you’ll hear it on tape. Go with your husband, but don’t be partakers of—of what they’re doing. See, you’re supposed to love your husband, and love is what does it. You just be real salty; he’ll get thirsty if th...

§157
…this the Third Pull and is speaking the Word. It seems entirely possible for you to speak the word and one would be completely and fully restored, placed entirely ready for the Rapture in the resurrection, the Son of man. This is so, or is it not? And you would do this if properly pressed upon, would you not? “Escape all these things (it’s got a ditto there)—escape all these things and stand before the Son of man”? (Luke 21:36)

Now, my—my dear friend. See? Now, I think here that you—you—you got a—you got a good statement. Yes, sir! Yes, sir! Now, that would be so. You said, “Brother Branham…” In other words, here’s what I’m…I don’t think that it’s…I can…I believe I…Not polishing up what you said, but I believe I can make it a little clearer t...

§162
Has the vision you had years ago of the great miracle to happen near Corydon, Indiana, ever come to pass?

I looked in my book when I got this and put a question mark. Now, there was to be a time that I was…had to watch where those cedar trees…Just as you start down the hill there, on the other side, going down towards Corydon, after you get out top of the hill at New Albany, I was to watch at those cedar trees for a horrib...

§166
If it is wrong for me to—is it wrong for me to run a—a beauty shop? I’m a beautician and don’t believe in Christians cutting her hair, but I cut others’ and (I guess it’s t-i-n-t, tint, that means the color, I guess, isn’t it?) color also.

Sister dear, I would—I wouldn’t know what to tell you. Listen, I can’t say for women about that, putting color in their hair. I have no Scripture against that; I can only stay with the Scripture. See? The Scripture don’t say for them not to do that. The Scripture says she must have long hair, and after that, I don’t kn...

§172
Brother Branham, does this First Timothy 2:9 mean a woman cannot braid her hair? Does broid hair mean “braided” hair?

Now look, sister, now this…I’m—I’m glad that followed this. I never fixed it there, but it just—it followed that good. Notice, a braided hair in that day was the sign of a street woman; that’s what she done, braided her hair. And Paul said to the Christians, “Now, that adorning, not let it be of a braided…” (or broided...

§176
Brother Branham, you said on one of the tapes that Noah saved his household. Does this mean a mother can have the same faith for her household? And does it mean every one of the family will be saved if we believe it?

Now, that’s…yeah, that’s kind of a…You’d have to watch the way I answer this now. See? First, “You said…(Now, let me see that.) You said on one of your tapes that Noah saved his household.” Why? Because they believed. That’s it, because they believed his message. “Does this mean that a mother can have the same faith f...

§186
Will the Bride—will the Bride before Jesus comes, will She have all power of Holy Ghost to perform miracles, raise dead, and so on as in the latter rain—or is this the latter rain for the hundred and forty-four thousand Jews? Will all ministers have this, are we, or, are we just waiting for the coming?

Yes. See, friend, I—I—I am not a theologian. I am not a theologian; therefore, I have to teach all that I know about the Bible from shadows and types. You kind of call me a typologist. But if I can look on that wall, and I’ve never seen myself; and I look, and I can see that I got a head, and ears, and hands, and…I kno...

§198
Is “the Name of Jesus Christ” all right for baptism, or does it have to be in “the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ”?

Either one. I take it Lord Jesus Christ, see, because I think He is our Lord. Now, just the Name of Jesus, like some of our brethren baptize, I—I different there, see, ’cause I know I’ve got a lot of friends named Jesus, a lot of—a lot of preacher friends in Mexico, and—and Italy, and so forth. They call them Jesus, an...

§199
Brother Branham, would the Lord permit you to instruct us on the marriage and divorce question at this time? Question: Can a man marry a woman and be divorced by her and then marry another? If both of them marry another, are they both committing adultery? You mentioned it would tie into serpent’s seed. How so?

Now, here—here is one of the most treacherous questions that we have in these bunches, and it’s the most questioned in the—in the—in the world today. Now, hear me, and I have a reason for this. If I really brought to this church and on this tape this morning, the correct thing about marriage and divorce, it’d break up...

§207
Brother Branham, should we go to the other churches even when they disagree with you?

Sure, yep! Jesus did when they disagreed with Him. Go ahead. We notice here, says, “Should we go to another church that disagrees with you?” Sure, I don’t…I’m not the only pebble on the beach, you know. There’s—there’s just other godly men everywhere; I hope I’m one of them. See? But don’t never get down here… I was c...

§215
Dear Brother Branham: Do you believe that signs should follow all who have the Holy Spirit? Jesus said so, Mark 16. If so, what about the people who believe the Message with all that is in them, yet they have not these signs? Are they unbelievers or do they need the Holy Spirit? If so, please instruct us today, how to receive the Holy Ghost. We believe you are God’s mouthpiece for our day. Your brother.

Thank you, my brother, for regarding me as your—your brother, and I think that that’s a very good question. Friends, yes, it is a little slack. I’d like to deal a little bit longer on that if I could. See? It is slack. Look! Some of you…See? When, you cannot receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost without having an exper...

§223
Could you please explain who the group of Revelation 20:4 is? Are they the part of the Bride of the past or in the future?

They are the Bride completely, both past and now. They are the Bride complete, because they are living in the Millennium. All right.

§228
What can I do for him? Should I continue to (Oh!) care for Dad on the farm? What can I do…make a—a living for…? And he signs his name. Yes, my brother…It—it’s wrote here. I don’t know who…It says, “Brother Branham…” It just starts out, “What can I do for him?”

Now, probably some boy for his dad. Look, my dear brother, blessed are you when you will take care of your dad, for your dad took care of you when you could not take care for yourself. And the first commandment with promise, first commandment with promise: “Honor thy father and thy mother which may lengthen the days up...

§243
Also, I have heard there is a teaching out, that a book you wrote several years ago about the bread of life…They interpret it that we must all be with you or miss the Rapture.

Well, the book is wrong. The book of The Bread of Life, I remember that now. That was feed the church universally, everywhere. See, the trouble of it is…Now, now, you people, you’re solid yourself, but you’ve got to have that. That follows every meeting. The—the… I was reading about Martin Luther here not long ago, not...

§245
Also about these families that have sold out and moved to Sierra Vista, Arizona, where they have interpreted from one of your tapes titled (just a minute) Little Bethlehem—Little Bethlehem, the Rapture will take place in Arizona. Did you advise them to go there?

I certainly did not. When they wrote a letter about that, somebody up here in Connecticut or something, I answered the letter back and said, “You’re making the worst move you ever made in your life. Don’t you do a thing like that.” See, you can’t…Well, you just remember, you people…Now, you all know that I’m not tellin...

§260
Brother Branham…(There’s another one, different altogether.) Brother Branham, some understood you to say in your message of The Future Home of the Bride and Groom was to be (No, this is different.), be fifteen hundred miles from the tabernacle, square, seven hundred each way (In other words, the tabernacle setting right in the middle would be seven hundred each way, be fifteen hundred miles. Oh!), each way. Is this true? I live outside of this area; should I move into it? (Oh!)

No, honey, don’t you do that. Look! Now, you see how easy it is for people? How many was here when I preached that message? I said that when I was measuring the New Jerusalem, that it would be fifteen hundred miles square. I said it would reach approximately from Maine to Florida, and six hundred miles west of the Miss...

§264
Dear Brother Branham: My wife and I were separated, she is suing me for a divorce. She is not a Christian, and I believe the Message and want her to be saved (Isn’t that nice? That’s real Christian spirit. See?) and believe. What must I do? We also have two boys. (Signed their name.)

Brother, look, let me tell you, she’s going to sue you for a divorce. That’s Satan. See? You shouldn’t do that. But if you’re a Christian, and done nothing in the world to hinder that woman, then it’s Satan doing that. He’s only trying to tear you up. Now, if she is one of God’s elected, she will come to Him. If she’s...

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