Topic: Prophets and prophecy

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Did Brother Branham consider himself a preacher or a prophet?

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Now, I’m not much of a preacher, as it comes to a preacher, because my education is limited. See? But I—I love the Lord. But now, He’s give me another thing to bring the Gospel to the people. That’s in this manner, as a prophet, as a seer that sees things before it comes to pass and what’s going to...

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Brother Branham, when you prophesy about: won’t eat eggs, don’t live in the valley, was that prophecy just for you or for the congregation? All right.

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Years ago, about thirty years ago, I gave a prophecy that it would come to pass that in the last days that there would be diseases amongst animals, amongst cattle, and eggs, even to eggs. It come to pass, that there’d be eggs that wouldn’t be fit to eat. Also, it would come to pass that people livin...

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Brother Branham, Brother (Just a minute. This is pertaining to one of the ministers here. Let me read it first. [Brother Branham pauses and reads the question to himself—Ed.] Hum! Just a minute. Well, I tell you. I’m going to read it anyhow.)—Brother Branham, Brother Neville told me through prophecy that THUS SAITH THE LORD that I would receive the Holy Ghost. Telling me with this assurance that I would receive the Holy Ghost, I have not as yet received the Holy Ghost. Should I continue…?

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Yes, indeedy! Do that. Continue on believing. Notice, I call…was standing at Brother Wood’s yesterday when a phone call came in from a man that’s in a wheelchair, that come here burdened for a brother or somebody that was—that was a alcoholic and been through the ’s-Anonymous and taken shots, in the...

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Brother Branham, can Satan use the gift of tongues or prophecy in a person who has the Holy Ghost?

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That’s a good one, isn’t it? Yes, sir! If…It must be watched very, very close. If you’ll notice in First Corinthians 14:29, you who wants to put it down…See? The—the person who wrote this never signed their name; they just said, “God bless you.” See? In First Corinthians 14:29 we find out that any g...

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Brother Branham, if you have time please explain Matthew 10:41. I would like to know what is a prophet’s reward.

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Well now, Jesus said, “Whosoever receive a prophet in the name of a prophet, receives a prophet’s reward.” A prophet’s reward is to be a friend with the prophet. Whosoever receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, receives a righteous man’s reward. Is that right? And if they want to k...

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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?

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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 th...

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In what order is tongues and prophecies to be used during the service (It is not to be used at all during the service! See?) to glorify God (Not at all!), and edify the church? I know the people say the spirit of the prophet—I know the—I—I know the…(p-…I guess that…No, I beg your pardon, it’s been “the Bible,” B-i-b-l-e. I started p-e-p-l-e or something like it. No.) the—the Bible says, “The spirit of the prophets is subject to the prophet.” (Exactly.)

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Spiritual speaking in tongues and prophesying is to edify the church, but it has its service of its own. See? It isn’t to bother as long as the prophet of the church is…the meeting’s in order. See? It’s never to interrupt the meeting. Now, see, “the spirits of the prophets.” We—we got another quest...

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Explain First Corinthians 14:5.

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Who has got it right quick? One of you got it? [Blank spot on tape. A brother reads First Corinthians 14:5—Ed.] […all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.]...

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In case we should have a prophecy or a message in tongues out of order, just how should we correct it?

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Now, that’s a good case of emergency, see. See? Now, bless you, deacon who mentioned this, ’cause this is a good thing. You want to handle it with rubber gloves. Now, if you give a…If someone comes in in our congregation here and gives a message or a prophecy out of order, there isn’t hardly anythin...

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How is a seer or prophet different from a person who dreams dreams?

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Now, what if I told you people that dream dreams, dream me a dream now. Well, you couldn’t do it if you had to. [Blank spot on tape—Ed.] Dreams, neither can that one help it because he doesn’t dream. But now, a seer, or a prophet, his subconscious is not back there, neither here; it’s right here. He...

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How can you tell whether what a prophet or a seer says is from God?

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Now, God has spoken His Word to us. Just believe Him and watch what happens. Now, when He speaks something…This is His Word initially first, and any other word that’s contrary to This is not God’s Word, it has to come from this Bible. Now, this is His Word to the nations. Now, He sets after that, in...

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Has God ever been without a witness on the earth?

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God never changes. His power is just the same as it was in the—before the creation of time. God made and spoke, and in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. That’s in the beginning: the Word. The Word was made flesh and dwelled among us. The Word returned back...

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Why did Jesus ask the Samaritan woman at the well for a drink?

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But now what did He do to the woman at the well? Let’s just look at His ministry. He said, “Bring Me a drink.” Wonder why? She said, “It’s not customary for you Jews to ask us Samaritans such.” He said, “But if you knew Who you were talking to, you’d ask Me for a drink, and I’d bring you water, or g...

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How can you tell a true angel from a false one?

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Look the Isle, over on the isle of Patmos, the whole Book of Revelations was revealed by an Angel. “I, Jesus has sent My Angel to show you things that’ll shortly come to pass.” Is that right? The whole…And John started to worship the Angel. But a true Angel will never stand to be worshipped. No, sir...

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How can you tell a fortune-teller or mind reader from a genuine gift of God?

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Not one of these mind readers out here, of this devil’s work. The devil has got a pattern for everything God has got. Do you believe that? If you see an old bogus dollar, you know there’s a real dollar, made off of it. But watch, you don’t see mind readers, and so forth, healing the sick, and preach...

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Why is John the Baptist called the greatest prophet when he never performed a miracle?

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Isn’t that beautiful? Jesus Christ saying, “Now, you all believe John; he was a prophet; he just preached away. You all went and believed him, and you know he was a prophet.” Though he never done one miracle. But he was the greatest prophet that ever lived (Jesus said so), until his time. Said, “Nev...

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What should a person do when a preacher or prophet tells them something contrary to what God has told them?

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I say this with reverence brother, if you want to get in trouble, just mess with a preacher. You sure get in trouble. So that’s right. Now, they’re God’s servants. They have to be a little suspicious and things. But, brother, I’ve had more trouble of preachers getting me out of the will of God then...

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What is the difference between the gift of prophecy and a prophet?

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Now, there’s a difference between prophecy, a gift of prophecy, and a prophet. Did you know that? There’s where you brethren in the latter rain went off at. Everybody…Somebody make a prophecy, you called them a prophet. That’s wrong. The next time, you’ve seen an error. A gift of prophecy and a prop...

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What should be done with a vision or a message that contradicts the Bible?

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Now, the way that I have faith in God is first by His Word. And if any vision, or any person, would speak anything that was contrary to the Word, then don’t hear it. This is the fundamental foundation of all God has said to His Church. And every person’s faith must be built sovereignly upon the Bibl...

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Which Bible figures were appointed prophets before they were born?

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Jesus Christ was the Son of God from the garden of Eden. Moses was born in the world a prophet, a right child. John the Baptist, seven hundred and twelve years before he was born, he was the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Isaiah saw him. God told Jeremiah, Jeremiah, 1:4, “Before you was even...