Topic: The final state

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What does Brother Branham suggest is happening when a dying Christian sees loved ones who have already died?

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I was standing by the side of a man here a few years ago; I just…He’d been a Christian for a long time, and he said, talked to me, he said, “Billy…” I said, “Is everything all right, Mr. Bledsoe?” He was about eighty years old. Said, “Oh, everything’s okay, Billy.” Said, “I want to see my Lord so ba...

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Does a Christian die?

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Now, we don’t believe…Whatever…You believe anything you want to. I don’t believe a Christian dies; there’s no Scripture for it in the Bible. No, sir. “He that heareth My Words and believeth on Him that sent Me, has passed from death to Life, he…I am the resurrection and life,” says God, “he that bel...

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Do dying people see their loved ones who have gone on before?

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I went to a man here some time ago, killed in an accident. He was just dying. Come out of the accident, like manner. I seen many of them going that way. And I just wonder, that if when we’re coming…Even death is hard. Jesus fought against it: “Is it possible this cup should pass?” But when we’re com...

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What age will we be in heaven?

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I teach that there won’t be little bitty babies like that in heaven. We’ll all be one age and one size, immortal. You have to always be that way. We’ll just be…There’ll be no real old people and no real little bitty babies; we’ll be just one age, the youth forever. And she said, “Don’t you remember...

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Can a person sin away their day of grace?

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Now, Jesus here was speaking, He said, “Father, the time has come.” Now, there’s seasons for everything. Do you believe that? You sow in a certain season, and you reap in a certain season. And there’s seasons when the time comes that’s right for things to happen. Do you believe that? The time came o...

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What age will people be in the resurrection?

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See, I don’t believe there’ll be little babies in heaven. If they’re resurrected little babies, they’ll always be little babies. If they’re real old people that resurrects on a cane or crutch, it’d be that way immortality don’t know. We’ll be one age, one thing forever. We’ll be of one age, I believ...

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Why did Brother Branham say America was ripe for judgment?

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Brother, as sure as I’m standing in this pulpit, this country is ready and ripe for judgment. That’s right. I’m an American, and I love it. If a war breaks out, I’m ready to go. I had five brothers in the other war—four brothers, I mean. And we’re ready to go now. Yes, sir. This is the greatest nati...

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What is the difference between the patriarchs sleeping and Christ dying?

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And you notice, Abraham slept; Isaac slept; Jacob slept; the patriarchs slept, but Christ died: separation. In His death God wasn’t with Him. He had to suffer the absence of God in His death that we would have the Presence of God in our death. See? And there God struck upon Him our judgment. And the...

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What happens to a baby that dies before the age of accountability?

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I’ll say this by the authority of God’s Word. Every baby that’s under the age of accountability, dies, goes to glory. Yes, sir. Christ died to take away the sin of the world. And when you come to the age of accountability…We were all born in sin. But when He died, He taken away the sin. And when you...

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Will people be judged by which denomination they belong to?

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You know, I—I believe that when Jesus shall appear, that He will not ask us whether we belong to certain denomination of church. He’s going to…We’re going to be judged according to what we’ve done about Him in our heart. Christianity doesn’t mean somebody that belongs to a certain church; it means t...

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What does God send before He sends judgment?

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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:...

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What did Brother Branham say is the only safety as the world heads for judgment?

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God loved Israel. But when Israel sinned, she reaped what she sowed. And we’re in for judgment. Mark that down, and remember I have said it from the platform. When it comes to pass, you remember what I said. All right. My Christian friends, and sinner friends, whatever you do, if you believe me to b...

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Does a person go to hell for being a sinner?

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Now, you don’t go to hell because you’re a sinner; you go to hell because you refused to accept the way away from hell. There’s a bypass; that’s Christ. There’s a bypass from your sickness, quick death, premature grave; that’s through Christ. But now, you’re—you’re—you sinned in the beginning, and C...