Topic: Prophecy & end times

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Will God spare America because of what its forefathers did?

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And the first sign of God’s goodness to them, they just scream out for victory, and they see it, receive it right then. Thousands are saved, no—no way to make—hard to make an altar call. You just—just ask how many wants to receive, and every sinner will accept Christ right then: ready to be baptized...

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What does the existence of a counterfeit prove?

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The devil has just got a…The devil has a pattern of everything God has real. The Babylon was made a pattern of heaven, all the natural. See? Just exactly. There is a real genuine Christian, filled with the Holy Ghost; there’s a whole lot of hypocrites that just act like it. See, see? But that really...

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Do you believe that the Jews’—Jews’ return to Palestine is a fulfillment of the Bible prophecy? We heard you were going to Palestine, is that true?

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Yes. Yes, sir. Let me tell you something, one of the greatest…If you want to see what time of year it is, look on the calendar. If you want to see what time of night it is, look at the clock. If you want to see what day you’re living in, look where the Jews are. That’s God’s timepiece. And look! Th...

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Is communism the antichrist?

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Notice, how from the beginning Satan has been so close. Now, a lot of people say today, “Oh, Brother Branham, don’t you think that communism is awful?” Yes, it’s awful. But that’s not the antichrist. No, sir. Jesus said the antichrist would be so close like the real, it would deceive the very elect...

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Does God send people to hell?

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Now, tonight when you come about Divine healing, you say, “I don’t believe it.” Why, you couldn’t get healed…There’s no hope for you. See? But you already judged yourself. And when you—when you reject Jesus Christ the Saviour and God, you don’t have to be judged, you’re already judged. Your attitude...

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What did Brother Branham mean by saying Joel's prophecy has a compound meaning?

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During this time of Joel’s prophecy here, the Church was in a terrible condition: backslid, just prior the coming of the Lord, the first time. And how that the Spirit come upon this prophet and he—he foresaw things. And he saw the—the condition of the Jews. And he saw the condition of the Church in...

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What does the fig tree putting forth buds in Matthew 24 represent?

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And while I was setting out this afternoon reading. I thought…I happened to turn over to Joel, and I thought…The Lord just spoke to me, something about Joel there and that palmerworm, cankerworm, caterpillar, and locust. And how it had stripped the tree. Now, that tree was represented again in Matth...

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What does resurrection mean, as distinct from reincarnation?

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And the—the principle of Christianity is based upon resurrection, not reincarnation, resurrection. If this belongs right here, this slip, and I drop that down. Now, that doesn’t mean take this and put it in its place. That isn’t resurrection. No matter it looks just exactly like it, but that isn’t i...

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Could what the witch of En-dor did in calling up Samuel be done today?

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Now, this witch of En-dor, she called up the spirit of Samuel. And Saul talked to Samuel. Now, you might wonder how that could be done. It cannot be done today. No, sir. Because, the blood of bulls and goats was only a waiting for the time of fulfillment. When a man died in them days…Preachers, back...

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Is Russia the antichrist?

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Now some of them said, “Oh, Russia’s the antichrist.” Never! Russia is not the antichrist. The antichrist is going to be so religious it’ll fool the very Elect if possible. Remember, God takes His man, but never His Spirit. The devil takes his man, but never his spirit. Now, there they are. Suit you...

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At what age will people come back in the resurrection?

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When a man gets past about twenty-five years old, he finds a few wrinkles under his eyes, and some gray hairs coming in. It’s going to be, ’cause death’s after you. And one of these days it’s going to take you. No matter who you are, it’s going to take you. But it gradually…You’ll get in a corner he...

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Why did Joseph not want his bones buried in Egypt?

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Then along come Joseph. He said, “Now, wait.” They put his bones in a coffin. I had my hand on an old lead coffin here, not long ago, they he was supposed to had his bone in. He said, “When you go out of here, bury my bones up there. Don’t bury me down here.” I wonder why? It isn’t written in the Bi...

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Is resurrection raising the same thing that went down, or something that looks like it?

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Well, now in the spring of the year, the flower’s gone, the petal’s gone, the bulb’s gone, the—the seed’s gone, the pulp’s gone; everything’s gone. But that’s not the end of the flower. When that warm sunshine begins to bathe upon the earth, there’s a little germ of life somewhere, hid away, that no...

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Will we come back as angels with wings?

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Now, in different parts of the world, in India and so forth, we find they are sane people, that they believe in God, but…Oh, they believe in—that we return back an angel, and we got wings and fly, but that’s wrong. We’re be men and women just like we are now. Now, only we won’t be old, because when…...

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Why did Joseph want his bones buried in the promised land and not in Egypt?

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Look at him there at the river, a big, strong, healthy man, on this side running from God, on the other side a limping prince. Oh, my. How that he said, “Joseph, my son, put your hand on my hip, limping prince, and swear by God that you’ll not bury me down here.” I wonder why? Took him up in Palesti...

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What does the land of Canaan represent?

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Now, when He brought the children of Israel out of the wilderness, out into the wilderness, He led them by a Pillar of Fire. Is that right? The Bible said He did, and He went before them. That was the Anointing, the Holy Spirit, Christ, that went before the children of Israel. Well, if He’s the same...

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What kind of spirit is the antichrist?

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And I said, “You fundamentalist, you preach the Blood. You preach it just as clear as it came be preached. You preach Jesus Christ, the great evangelical fundamentals. You preach the birth, the death, the burial, the resurrection, the second coming, clear.” I said, “That’s fine. I appreciate that. B...

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Why did the prophets of old want to be buried in Palestine?

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Now watch this. All of the prophets of old, not having any Scripture to go by, as we have, any Divine promise of God, only through the leadership of the Holy Spirit. “Men of old, as they was moved by the Holy Spirit, wrote the Word of God.” Each one of them, when they died, they specified they wante...

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What can death do to a believer?

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Don’t you fear. “I’ll fear no evil, for Thou art with me.” “Death is all swallowed up in victory.” There is…Death can’t do nothing. One writer said, that, “The only thing that God had did to death, He put it to a buggy and harnessed it, and set it in the buggy shafts. And the only thing death can do...

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Did God ever have an organized church in the Bible?

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Let me say this to you, brother. God, in His Bible, never did have an organized church. That’s Doctrine. The Catholic church says they’re “the mother church.” They are the mother church. They are the mother of organizations, and Revelation 17 says the same thing. That’s right. They are the first org...