Source of Article: Voice of God Recordings

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

I Peter 3:15

It’s not often that we respond to a negative publication. One of the main reasons is that we rarely receive negative comments or negative press. We do our best to project a Christian attitude in every aspect of our work, and we try to avoid controversy because it rarely ends in a positive outcome. Our objective is to encourage God’s people to look towards the soon Coming of our Lord Jesus, and not be weighed down by the scandals of the world.

Sadly, there are times when we are forced to address accusations against the messenger of Malachi 4, and against the Message he brought. A local news organization recently published a slanderous article about Brother Branham and those of us who follow his ministry. There were many things that were presented as facts, which are false, and we feel must be addressed publicly.

We’ve received many phone calls and emails of support from believers around the world who saw the article. We appreciate all the encouragement we have received. Truly, there is a love among the Bride of Christ that the world cannot understand.

The following is the letter we sent to the news organization. It addresses some, but not all, of the errors in the article.

My name is Joseph Branham. I am the son of Reverend William Branham and President of Voice Of God Recordings/William Branham Ministries. I am writing this letter from both my brother, Billy Paul, and me in regards to the recent article on the six o-clock news titled: “Former member of controversial Branham Tabernacle speaks out,” aired on May 14, 2012.

I appreciate the comment made by the anonymous man in the shadows, pointing out that Brother Branham was the father of the charismatic movement. Famous ministers such as Jack Coe, T.L. Osborn, and even Oral Roberts readily acknowledged that Brother Branham was not only a great inspiration to their ministries, but also that he truly was a prophet of God. I also appreciate the reporter pointing out that Brother Branham claimed to use the power of God to heal. That is most certainly true; he never claimed to have any power in himself. He claimed that Jesus Christ is the healer.

Other than a few bright spots, I was sorely disappointed with the objectiveness of the reporting on this article. WHAS has more than 60 years of experience in the Kentuckiana area and has a good name in the community. As a company that prides itself on being fair and unbiased, there were things in the article that have the appearance of not only being bias, but willfully slanderous.

First of all, blacking out the mysterious guest’s face is a blatant attempt to give the illusion that this man’s life would somehow be in danger if he was identified. In reality, he is an outspoken critic of both my father and all of us who claim to believe his teachings. He makes absolutely no efforts to hide his identity, and you even posted the link to his website that has his name, picture, email address, and his own life story. He plainly says on his website that he is the grandson of Brother Willard Collins, who you interviewed for the story. Do you think the fact that this man is attacking his grandfather might make a difference to your viewers?

You also used a quote from Brother Branham and cut his words short of finishing his sentence, making it sound like he falsely predicted the end of the world. Why would you do this, other than to discredit our ministry? Here is his entire sentence:

Now, counting the time, we find that we have exactly -Listen- seventeen years left, and we will have the same span of time given to us as God dealing with us in the power of the Holy Spirit since A.D. 33 until 1977, the same span of time of 1954 years.

Here is what your clip said,

(Reporter) In 1960, Branham predicted the end of the world.
(William Branham) Now, counting the time, we find that we have exactly -Listen- seventeen years left.

This is NOT objective journalism. In fact, I would say this is a blatant lie to the public. Doing my best to give WHAS the benefit of the doubt, I can only hope that the anonymous guest gave you this truncated quote, gambling that you would not do the proper research.

Your reporter said, “Branham predicted he would be alive to see the return of Jesus Christ,” and “Many of his followers don’t expect him to stay inside the grave. People come from all over the world every Easter anticipating that Branham will rise up to foretell the Second Coming of Christ.” This is even more misleading than the previous example. The Bible predicts that the dead in Christ shall rise and meet the Lord in the air (I Thes 4:13-18). All Christians believe they will be alive at the Coming of the Lord, no matter if they die first or not. Brother Branham’s entire life was dedicated to proclaiming the Second Coming of Christ, which should be no different than any other Christian leader. What denomination does not say that Christ is coming again? It was the desire of his heart for everyone to accept Jesus Christ as personal Saviour and be there when the Lord Jesus returns. And yes, we believe that he will be alive when Jesus returns, the same as all believers will. Here is what Brother Branham actually said,

If I die before Jesus comes and they have–they give me a funeral, they’re going to play that (the song ‘Only Believe’) when they putting me down in the grave. So you here in New York, if you hear about it, you know when it’s going to be, stop and sing “Only Believe” once and remember me, will you? And remember, I believe this: that someday I’ll come out of there. That’s right. That’s my faith. I believe the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God with all my heart.

And as far as people coming from around the world to the graveyard to see Brother Branham return, this is gossip at it’s best. I grew up in this area with other kids making fun of me about people going to the grave at Easter to see him rise, but in my entire life, I have never met anyone who believes that. I am saddened that WHAS would propagate such a hurtful lie both to me and to all that believe my father’s Message.

In reality, Easter is a time of worship in all Christian faiths, and Brother Branham has been having Easter meetings in Jeffersonville since 1933. The gravesite is a place for believers to visit and pay their respects to a man they hold in the highest regard. A professional journalist would have at least found someone who actually believes this, rather than cutting and splicing David Forsberg’s testimony. We invite your administration to review the entire clip of his interview at the gravesite. It will be much different than what you reported.

Your reporter asked why so many local people don’t know about William Branham. Your mysterious guest said, “It’s almost behind closed doors…” If there is a more open ministry than ours, I would like to see it. Take a walk around Jeffersonville and see how many people have heard of William Branham and his ministry. You will find that almost everyone has. Unfortunately for those who don’t have a good understanding of our ministry, your article will go a long way to cast a shameful shadow upon all of us.

And about your mysterious guest’s comments on Voice Of God Recordings/William Branham Ministries (VGR). He talked about selling toys and other things for a profit. We do sell a few things, but almost always, the items are sold at or below what we pay for them, and almost all of the material shipped overseas is given away. In fact, over 95% of the material produced by VGR is given away completely free-of-charge. We operate almost entirely on free-will donations. You might have known this if you would have asked, but we were not contacted before your story ran. Objective journalism? Why would you publish a story about William Branham and Voice Of God Recordings without contacting Voice Of God Recordings, where both of his sons work?

And finally, I take personal offense at a comment made by your reporters: “They play the same old tapes, eleven hundred and forty sermons; they listen to them over and over and over again. That they did back in the fifties and sixties.” If my father preached the Word of God, then it should not be called “the same old tapes,” just as no one should say “they (Christians) read the same old 66 books of the Bible over and over and over again.” The 1,200 sermons we have are precious to us, because we believe they were spoken by a prophet of God. If God’s Word was true when it was written thousands of years ago, then it is still true today. We believe that for the Bible and for the Message of William Branham. God’s Word does not expire. This was supposed to be an investigative report, but it seems to me that the reporter was interjecting his opinion.

Even if WHAS disagrees with us, we still deserve the same respect as any other Christian. My earthly father did his best to point the world to Jesus Christ and His Word. He lived a life that was above reproach, which has been tested these 47 years since he passed. I don’t understand why you would disregard the truth and give credibility to a man who hides in the shadows and spouts off slanderous accusations with absolutely no basis in fact. This story by WHAS showed bigotry against a certain group of people who have every right to worship as they please, as long as they follow the laws of these great United States.

Please look back at your story and ask yourself: What did this accomplish? Did you bother to check the integrity of your mysterious guest, who so freely insulted and condemned a group of honest and upright people? With what I have presented to you in this letter, did this story live up to the normal standards for a WHAS broadcast?

Sincerely,

Joseph M. Branham, President, Voice of God Recordings

Billy Paul Branham, Vice President, Voice of God Recordings

Souce of Article: WilliamBranham.com

“I have no more to do with it than nothing, no more than just a voice …I wasn’t the One that appeared down on the river; I was only standing there when He appeared. I’m not the One that performs these things and foretells these things that happens as perfect as they are; I’m only one that’s near when He does it. …..It wasn’t the seventh angel – it was a manifestation of the Son of man. It wasn’t the angel, his Message; it was the mystery that God unfolded.”

William Branham – July 25, 1965m.

“Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.”
2nd Chron. 20:20.

A Prophet To The Gentiles

“Then opened He their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures.”
Luke 24:45.
It is my prayer for you, that the Lord Jesus Christ would open YOUR understanding to understand the Scriptures. The subject material covered in these pages is of tremendous importance for this “End-time” generation. If we consider ourselves to be among those who are waiting for “the Blessed Hope”, the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus, the Resurrection and the Rapture, then we must needs be aware of what God has done and is doing in this end time age.

That which the Word of God has to say about “this age” affects our highest interests and eternal welfare. It demands that we whole-heartedly and unreservedly accept the Revelation ordained for this generation. And without a doubt it will require a spiritual mind to recognize and act on the Truth contained in this discussion.

To further understand our subject, we must be able to recognize how the unchanging God reveals and brings His Word to pass. He does all things decently and in order, and that order is laid out in the Bible. It reveals God’s nature, character and methods of dealing with man. If we can recognize what God has done and is doing in this age, then make no mistake about it, we would have recognized what God did in the days of Noah, Abraham, Moses, Elijah, John the Baptist, etc.

God forbid that we would be found guilty of praising God for what He has done and what He will do, BUT ignoring what He is doing.

The subject of these pages will of course meet with a decidedly mixed reception. Man is accustomed to speaking of God only in terms of the past or the future and not the present. They are definite about the ‘past’ and feel positive about the ‘future’ but only speak in ‘general terms’ about God in the ‘present’ – not able to recognize the “revealing of the Son of Man” or the awakening of the Bride of Christ in their day. They can look into the Bible and see that the hour in which we live are like unto the “days” of Sodom and Gomorrah and the “days” of Noah but they are not able to recognize the ‘revealing of the Son of Man’ (Luke 17:28-30).

Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed [them] all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

Of course, some readers will have their minds already made up and no amount of persuasion or Scriptural proof will turn them into the path of Truth. Yet, others, with a deep hunger and thirst for the deeper things of God, will be thankful that, by Divine Grace, we endeavor to speak forth those things which bring God into the Present, declaring “all His counsel”, putting man in his proper place before Him, and to emphasize those portions and aspects of Scripture which our generation is most in need of.

According to the Bible, God’s method of revealing Himself to man at all “junctions of time” or the beginning and end of major dispensations, has been through His servants the Prophets. So important is the office of a Prophet that the Bible speaks on this wise…

“Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established, believe his Prophets, so shall ye prosper.”2nd. Chron. 20:20.

Again It is written…

“Surely the Lord God will do nothing, BUT He revealeth His secret unto His servants, the Prophets.”Amos 3:7.
Note also this Scripture which speaks of God’s faithfulness to Israel and to His Prophets…

“He suffered no man to do them wrong; yea He reproved kings for their sakes, saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my Prophets no harm.”
Psalms 105:14-15.
In these pages we will present prophecy after prophecy showing the Promise of a Prophet to the Gentiles in the last days – a prophet to close out the “Fullness of the Gentiles” and the “Pentecostal Feast”(The time of the Seven Church Ages wherein God deals with the Gentiles). Prophecy also speaks of one to come to usher in a time of judgement on the earth, preceding “the great and dreadful day of the Lord”. We will also show the fulfillment of these prophecies in a man whom God has mightily used in this age – to deny it is to deny “manifested” Truth.

God called the man! God vindicated the man! God used the man in a ministry of restoration to restore and reveal His Word to His Sons and Daughters. By no means does that Ministry add to the Bible – but rather the mysteries contained in Scripture are revealed and will ultimately give Rapturing Faith to the Bride of the Lord Jesus Christ in this Age.

To God Be the Glory – Great things He hath done! May God, by His Grace, grant to you a revelation of what HE HAS DONE and IS DOING in your day. I encourage you to Stay with the Word.

In Part 2 of “Why a Prophet To The Gentiles” series, we’ll take a look at Israel and the sign of the Fig Tree as seen in Matthew 24:3 as well as well as other signs that Jesus talked about showing us more of a reason why God had to send the Gentiles a prophet before the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Official Banner of the Exibit at the Canada Science and Technology Museum

We are certainly living in perverted, sodomite, satanic times. Sex and the perversion of it is just popping up everywhere all of a sudden. Satan is working overtime to come against God’s children and bombard them with all this nonsense.

What business does the world have to try to teach my children about sex. That is the responsibility of my wife and I as parents. The world will only teach them from a secular, Hollywood, pornographic point of view. God help us. In light of this consider the following news article.

Source of Article: LifeSiteNews.com

A sex exhibit opening this week at the Canada Science and Technology Museumis receiving heat from conservative commentators, who say that, despite its claims of being “scientific” and objective, it is disturbingly explicit and promotes a vision of sexuality that is anything but moral.

Conservative journalist Patrick Meagher, who recently attended a preview of “Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition,” told LifeSiteNews that included in it are graphic presentations of masturbation, nudity, and condom use.

“The exhibit includes nude images and an animated video of masturbation. Other videos include a woman who says she approves of multiple partners, a young woman who shares sexual favours among friends, and a video on sexual orientation in which not one of the 12 people interviewed are heterosexual,” Meagher said.

“Another station answers questions on what to do about an unwanted pregnancy. The option of adoption or keeping the child is not mentioned. The advice is to have an abortion as soon as possible.”

According to Meagher, when asked why such a heavy focus on sex for children, the museum’s director of public affairs, Yves St.-Onges, said that experts have found that the earlier you tell children about sex the later they will engage in sex.

“When immediately told that his conclusion was not true and that research says the opposite,” Meagher observed, “St.-Onges had nothing to say.”

The exhibit was created by Louise Bertrand at the Montreal Science Centre in 2010 and had a short stint in Regina before moving to Ottawa. While the Montreal Museum opened the exhibit without restrictions to adolescents 12 and older, according to its website the Ottawa museum will require that youth under 16 be accompanied by an adult. The exhibit is scheduled to remain at the museum until January 2013.

Bertrand was quoted by the Ottawa Citizen to say the reason behind the creation of the exhibit was that children do not get correct sex information.

(Watch an introductory video about the exhibit here.)

“We felt we had to give them the right information, because what they have access to is the web or the schoolyard” with information “that is maybe a bit doubtful. So the science centre is a safe place to learn about sex,” Bertrand said.

A Q&A on the museum’s website says the exhibit “imparts what science has to say on the topic, conveys a positive image of sexuality and, ultimately, helps young people hone their judgment skills so they can make responsible and informed decisions.”

But Barbara Kay of the National Post said she has “no idea why this exhibition was thought to be necessary. Our children are bombarded by sexual content in their lives from a too-early age. Some of it is informative and appropriate; much of it is intrusive and unwholesome. The last thing students need is more sexual graphics, more full-frontal life-size nudity, another invitation to early experimentation.”

Kay observed, “Unlike animal sex, human sex is a private activity. When it goes public, it is always a trigger to the prurient side of our natures. Please, Mr. Sophisticated Curator, don’t tell us this is ‘educational.’ Where I come from, that’s soft porn.”

Conservative blogger John Pacheco of Socon or Bust is urging concerned people to call or email the museum’s acting director, Luc Fournier.

“As a scientific exhibit, the museum has irresponsibly represented moral issues as scientific fact,” Pacheco wrote. “Nowhere does this exhibit express a Christian perspective of sexuality, that of procreation within marriage, never mind the fact that many of us find contraception, masturbation and homosexuality to be gravely, morally offensive, … topics which are highlighted in this exhibit.”

“We urge you to send an email to Luc Fournier at lfournier@technomuses.ca to file a complaint about this exhibit and forward this email to friends and family. The museum needs to hear that we don’t want our children exposed to this!”
Contact Information:

Canada Science and Technology Museum
P.O. Box 9724, Station T
Ottawa, Ontario   K1G 5A3
Phone: 613 991-6090
Fax: 613 990-3636

Luc Fournier, Acting Director
Email: lfournier@technomuses.ca

Denise Amyot, President and CEO
Email: damyot@technomuses.ca

James Moore, Canadian Heritage Minister
(responsible for the Canada Science and Technology Museum Corporation)
Email: min.moore@pch.gc.ca

This testimony was first posted on Voice of God Recordings website, but I thought it was so neat and unique the way it is told by using the sermon titles preached by brother William Branham. I trust that you will enjoy it just as much as I did. The testimony of this brother goes like this:

“The first time I heard about THE MESSAGE OF GRACE, I knew it was THE ABSOLUTE truth. I believe I was RECOGNIZING THIS DAY AND IT’S MESSAGE. I came to learn that CHRIST IS THE MYSTERY OF GOD REVEALED. It was THE UNVEILING OF GOD before my eyes.

I saw that MODERN EVENTS ARE MADE CLEAR BY PROPHECY of the THINGS THAT ARE TO BE. THIS DAY THIS SCRIPTURE IS FULFILLED in my heart. I was told to LEAN NOT TO THY OWN UNDERSTANDING, for GOD WHO IS RICH IN MERCY is A PARADOX. At first, I was like A MAN RUNNING FROM THE PRESENCE OF GOD only to ultimately surrender to THE CHOOSING OF A BRIDE.

I will never be ASHAMED of him. We must watch THE ANOINTED ONES AT THE END TIME, for they are controlled by THE GOD OF THIS EVIL AGE. We are living in SATAN’S EDEN, but we trust GOD’S POWER TO TRANSFORM. He is our LEADERSHIP and the one we THIRST for.

I HAVE HEARD BUT NOW I SEE, GOD’S ONLY PROVIDED PLACE OF WORSHIP. I love sweet COMMUNION with him, and realize I am ONE IN A MILLION. DOES GOD EVER CHANGE HIS MIND ABOUT HIS WORD? I say nay, JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER.

The church world is blind and naked, AND KNOWETH IT NOT. They are TRYING TO DO GOD A SERVICE WITHOUT IT BEING HIS WILL. By spiritual BIRTH PAINS, we are part of THE INVISIBLE UNION OF THE BRIDE OF JESUS CHRIST. IT IS THE RISING OF THE SUN, and soon we will be part of THE RAPTURE.

Very soon, we will be carried away ON THE WINGS OF A SNOW WHITE DOVE.”

Article Source – Life Site News.com

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has again placed her Catholic religion in the midst of her politics, this time saying that her faith is the reason for her support for redefining marriage.

A reporter asked the former Speaker on Thursday to explain her support for gay “marriage” while still professing the Catholic faith.

“My religion has, compels me – and I love it for it – to be against discrimination of any kind in our country, and I consider this a form of discrimination. I think it’s unconstitutional on top of that,” she answered. Pelosi went on to praise President Obama for declaring support for the new marriage definition on Wednesday.

“So I think that yesterday was a great day for America because the president in a very personal, as well as presidential way, made history, and hopefully this will bring people together on the issue,” Pelosi said.

In announcing his support for same-sex “marriage,” President Obama had also invoked his Christian faith, saying that his support is based upon Jesus and the “Golden Rule.”

In 2004 Obama had cited his Christian faith as the reason he opposed redefining marriage. I’m a Christian. I do believe that tradition and my religious beliefs say that marriage is something sanctified between a man and a woman,” Obama had said at that time.

Pelosi has previously used her Catholic faith to justify strongly supporting legalized abortion, and even for the HHS mandate forcing religious groups to pay for birth control, which is being vigorously opposed by Catholic bishops and faithful across the country.

Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, had called Obama’s “evolution” on the marriage question this week “deeply saddening” and reaffirmed Catholic Church teaching that such social engineering is bound to harm both society and especially its most vulnerable members: children.

“The Catholic Bishops stand ready to affirm every positive measure taken by the President and the Administration to strengthen marriage and the family. However, we cannot be silent in the face of words or actions that would undermine the institution of marriage, the very cornerstone of our society. The people of this country, especially our children, deserve better,” said Dolan in a statement.

Original Source of article is WilliamBranham.com

Directly associated with the understanding on water baptism is the truth about the Godhead. The churches “traditionally” believe in three separate or distinct persons in one God. This was arrived at due to the scriptural mentioning and deity of the Father, Son and Holy, Spirit. The result of the fourth century meeting of the Nicene Council was to place them under the Trinitarian definition.

Like the false so-called “baptismal formula, this “new” concept swept the expanse of the Christian Church and through the centuries has become so embedded in Christian thought that to question its validity is immediate heresy.

The church lost the revelation that the one God, Jehovah, expressed Himself in the Old Testament as the Father, manifested Himself in the Gospels in the Son, Jesus, and revealed Himself in the Book of Acts as the Holy Spirit. In reality, it is three dispensations of the same God. God above us, God with us, God in us. NOT three persons, but one glorious personage, finally and wonderfully unveiled.
(Hebrews 1 :3)

The heathen intellectual minds of the theologians could not reconcile the appearance of the Son on earth to the Father remaining in heaven. They, forgetting that God can be in heaven and on earth at the same time, (John 14: 10), decided there had to be at least two in the Godhead and the entrance of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2 made it three. They made the Son the second person of the Godhead, failing to realize that the scriptures do not convey that Jesus is in the Godhead, but rather that the Godhead is in Jesus. Col. 2;9,

Saints, as the scriptures tell us Look up for your redemption draweth nigh. This report was mostly one sided, mostly looking at “negative” aspects of the message. No thanks to the help of brother John Collins who is Brother Willard Collins grandson, this Message is now looked down upon because of his personal experience there at the Branham Tabernacle.

Just because he had negative experiences within the Message, doesn’t mean that all believers of this Message are “brainwashed” in any way nor are they just following a man as brother John Collins would like to put it.

I know what attracted me to this Message was nothing more than a true expression of Jesus Christ and the Bible coming alive to me personally through the avenue of Revelation, and that doesn’t come by a man, but by the Holy Spirit himself. The Bible says “that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.” according to 1 Corinthians 12:3. No man changed me, to who I am now but the Holy Spirit. It wasn’t brother Branham, and it wasn’t any other man, but Jesus Christ himself calling me.

If you don’t have the Holy Ghost, you will consider The Message of the Hour a cult and consider Bro. William Branham’s testimony, life and Message false. Please keep brother John Collins in prayer. In light of this please consider the actual investigation report that was shown on WHAS11 earlier today. Also below the video is the transcript of the video per WHAS11. The direct link to this article on their website is here: I-Team Investigation: Former member of controversial Branham Tabernacle speaks out

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (WHAS11) — WHAS11 News is looking into a religious movement that has roots in Kentuckiana. It has millions of followers, yet you may have never heard of it.

It is called Branham Tabernacle and every year, hundreds of people make a pilgrimage to Eastern Cemetery in Jeffersonville, Ind. to visit William Branham’s grave.

“I’ve been watching them for 25 years over there,” said Dallas Jenkins, who lives beside Eastern Cemetery. “I see license plates from everywhere,” Jenkins added, “Oregon, Canada, Florida, Texas, California.”

Branham first catapulted into fame before there was television. He died in 1965, but his followers continue spreading his message throughout the world.

“William Branham was a prophet of God and it’s wonderful to visit the place he actually was,” said David Forsberg, who brought his family from Norway to visit the cemetery.

Branham’s former colleague, Willard Collins, is now the minister at Branham Tabernacle. He spent years following Branham’s ministry and describes Branham as “the most remarkable man I ever met”.

“His whole ministry was a phenomenon,” said Collins. “He would minister the word like you never heard it.”

A former Branham Tabernacle member spoke to WHAS11. He does not want to be identified. We will call him ‘Mike’.

“He was to be the father of the charismatic ministry,” said Mike.

Traveling from city to city, Branham professed to use the power of God to heal. And quickly the message went worldwide.

“He was all over the world seven times,” said Collins.

A mysterious photo appeared in which Branham had a halo and he began offering predictions in more than 1,100 recorded sermons, which eventually became “Voice of God Recordings”.

“He raised himself into this platform that is almost, if not, equal to Jesus Christ,” Mike added.

Then in 1960, Branham predicted the end of the world. “We have exactly, listen, 17 years left,” Branham said in the sermon.

“Anything that he predicted either already came to pass, we watched a lot of it unfold, or it’s in the making now,” said Collins.

Branham predicted he would be alive to see the return of Jesus Christ, but he died on Christmas Eve 1965.

“They held his body from the grave from December, when he died, all the way into Easter, hoping he would rise back from the dead,” said Mike.

“Over there is an empty grave, like in Jerusalem, for us,” said Forsberg, pointing to Branham’s grave, which he visited Easter Sunday.

Nearly half a century after Branham’s death, the movement is growing by leaps and bounds, as more than 6,500 volunteer ministers spread the word in dozens of countries, reaching an estimated 2,000,000 believers.

So why have so few people around here heard of it?

“It’s almost behind closed doors. You invite somebody over to your house. You say ‘Did you know there was a prophet?’ You hand them this prophet’s material,” said Mike.

Mike says many of the recordings are controversial, expressing Branham’s view of women.

“Every sin that ever was on the earth was caused by a woman,” Branham preached in one sermon.

Branham compares women who wear makeup to Jezebel. “If you see a woman wearing that, you can say ‘How do you do, Miss Dog Meat?’ That’s exactly what God called her. He fed her to the dogs,” Branham said.

And he had this to say about Catholics, Baptists and Presbyterians. “Denominationalism is absolutely, I prove it by the Bible, is the mark of the beast,” Branham preached.

“All through high school, I never made friends because all the people had the mark of the beast,” Mike said.

Mike says questions about Branham’s teachings led to depression.

“I was struggling just to live from day to day. I laid in bed and cried most of the day,” he said. “I was actually publicly shunned from the pulpit from the pastor of this church. “

But Mike’s membership has been replaced many times over. Voice of God Recordings operates out of a multimillion dollar building near Charlestown, IN.

Tax returns say the organization has assets of nearly $110 Million.

“People just love this message,” said Collins.

Recordings, DVDs, children’s books and even a replica of Branham’s briefcase leave southern Indiana by the truckload, bound, mostly for developing countries

“It’s basically toys of Brother Branham’s possessions that they’re trying to sell and make money whenever there’s ministers out in the field who don’t even have shoes on their feet,” said Mike.

Brother Willard Collins says the ministry is nothing more than spreading the good word.

“It’s not centered on Brother Branham. It’s centered on Jesus Christ,” Collins said. “He was just the messenger. He never took any credit for anything.”

Collins says he believes that Branham will rise from the grave, just as he believes all true believers will, about a month before Jesus’ return to earth.

Which he believes signs show will likely be very soon.

This update comes to us from bro. Jason DeMars of Present Truth Ministries

Youcef Nadarkhani remains in good spirits in Lakan Prison in Rasht, Iran. In his letter from last week, Youcef said, “I have surrendered myself to God’s will…[and I] consider it as the day of exam and trial of my faith…[so that I may] prove my loyalty and sincerity to God.” At the end of his letter he requests, “…all the beloved ones to pray for me.” You can read the letter in it’s entirety here. Feel free to share it with others.

Our sources in Iran have given us some additional information regarding brother Behnam Irani. We have learned that the beatings are still happening, however they no longer happen on a daily basis, but periodically. Behnam has had intestinal bleeding, or bloody stool, for roughly six months. He has requested to visit the hospital or a doctor and they have denied his requests. Please pray for his healing and deliverance from the bleeding. Despite his difficult circumstances, his faith remains strong and he is joyful.

We do not have any updates regarding Alireza Seyyedian or Petros Fouroton. They remain imprisoned in Tehran and Shiraz, respectively. Pray for their endurance and comfort in Christ as they stand this trial in prison.

God is still moving in Iran. Though the believers face many trials, (persecution from the government and Muslim populace resulting in financial and general living difficulties) they remain faithful and the majority of them do not live in fear. We still receive reports that many are turning to Christ. They are in need of discipleship, prayer, and resources for their edification.

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Source of article The Christian Telegraph

Christians in the whole world should use their condition for challenging the apostasy inhuman rule which can be seen in Islamic sharia and try to support Iranian Christians by broadcasting accurate news about Nadarkhani from valid sources.

According to the report of Farsi Christians Network, which is quoted from close sources to lawyers of Yousef Nadarkhani case, in last three months, no new event was reported about his case due to valid and official sources. The case of this ideologic prisoner is under the process of province revision court and this court still hasn’t accepted or rejected the issued execution verdict which is pronounced from primitive court.

While in last three months, another wave of worldwide community efforts for releasing the convicted person to execution has increased, the informative forces of government are trying to make some uncertainty in the specific area by creating false rumors about this case so that they will be able to reach their goals by covering up the suffocation which is trying to rule on Iranian Christian community.

Since first days of April, one suspicious message was published hand by hand on the internet which was informing about the execution of Yousef Nadarkhani’s statement and this is while the picture which was published with this news was shown a person with closed fastened eyes on the crane and nearby to corded and this picture was published on the internet at April 2011(about one year ago), so it can’t belong to Nadarkhani.

The text which explain this picture in English, give news about Yousef Nadarkhani execution with objections to American leaders and world church because of their silence in front of this crime! The writer of this text claimed that Nadarkhani is the leader of a big Christian group in north of Iran.

Publication of humors about events which has never happened, not only didn’t help Nadarkhani’s inappropriate situation after two years suffering and captivity in prison at all, but also little by little caused the decrease of worldwide attention and sensitivity to this important subject. Yousef Nadarkhani is in a very sensitive situation right now. The publication of none sense and unfounded news about him can put his life in danger more than his present situation.

Iranian Christian community , since the first days of Yousef Nadarkhani captivity in 2010, always wishing and demanding for the freedom of him and all of the Christian and non Christian prisoners in Iran.

Iranian Christians whether inside or outside of Iran, are also the biggest supporters of him by holding different campaigns against the issued execution statement which is decelerated by one of the courts in Lakan city (From Gilan Province).

This activity of Iranian Christian Community is not only for the freedom of a human who hasn’t committed a crime, but also is for confronting with the shamelessly law of “Apostasy” and this is a law that even Muslim jurists are not agreed on its integrity and necessity yet.

The truth is that this ridiculous and non-human rule, is governing on Muslim community for centuries and during the history, even Muslims themselves were victims because of this rule. This law tries to take away the power of freedom of thought and opinion chooses from human, which is a divine gift to human being.

History

From summer 2010, Nadarkhani went to prison in his city of residence for accusation of apostasy and deviate from Islam religion.

An Islamic court in a small city in north of Iran issued the execution verdict for Yousef Nadarkhani because of Apostasy in the beginning of 2011. This verdict was objected by his lawyer based on law and lawyer appealed for the repeal of the verdict.

This appeal bring Nadarkhani case to revision court of province and from that date until now, this court still hasn’t announce his final statement about accused person.

At the end of last summer (2011), Mr Dadkhah, the lawyer of this ideological accused , announce that he is still waiting for the vote of supreme court of the country about his client statement and by this words he was pointing to the comments which supreme court of country should announced due to the request of accused lawyer about the opinion of province court.

Iran Supreme Court by bringing in some inductions on Nadarkhani execution statement sends back his case to province revision court because of deficiency.

One of the inductions which were mentioned by Supreme Court of Iran was that, it is not exactly clear in this case that Nadarkhani was really Muslim or not when he was changing his religion. Execution statement because of apostasy is only correct about the people who were Muslim and then give up from being a Muslim.

The information that released by Nadarkhani lawyer, displayed in a different way by some media. They discussed that the execution statement of Nadarkhani is definite and he is on the threshold of execution.

This issue brings the intensive worldwide reaction, on the other hand Britain and America Secretary of state was also talking about this subject. After a while the declaration of Nadarkhani lawyer shows that his case is still in the step of province revision court and the vote of revision court is not still definite about him.

A while ago, in some media, first from close relatives of Nadarkhani and then from “An American center for justice and law” (ACLJ) was announced that his execution statement was announced to Gilan court, execution department, but the source of this news is not clear.

While, still no news are published about the revision court statement and there are no information available about the objection of his lawyer to this statement and sending the case back to supreme court of country for the exportation of final vote, the sentencing of execution seems unlikely.

“Firoz Sadegh Khanjani” one of the relatives and like-minded of Nadarkhani who is not in Iran, in his recent interview with Persian language medias out of Iran , announced that he doesn’t have complete information about the details of Yousef Nadarkhani recent execution statement and it’s notification.

The Role of World’s Christians

Christian World community can play significant role in this field. World Christians beside the integrated support of Iranian Christians in campaigns which are held for the freedom of Yousef Nadarkhani in the whole world should inform people in worldwide range and make them aware about the unfair apostasy rule in Muslim countries and condemn it.

Also World’s Christians should be aware that their Christian’s brothers and sisters in Iran are demanding for Yousef Nadarkhani’s freedom with loud and integrated voice. Almost all Iranian Christians believe that having no faith on Christian’s doctrine and taught and not passing necessary courses for reaching to priest position by Nadarkhani and the dependence of his relatives to groups who are the followers of Edward Branhaym, can’t be as justified reasons for issuing the unfair statement of execution and holding him for a long time in prison because of changing religion as a crime.

Islamic Republic of Iran is an unpredictable government who violates with human rights of its citizens. The thing that judicial steps are not completed yet for Mr Nadarkhani can never be as a barrier for Islamic Republic judicial system so that they won’t do any in-human action against him. Therefore, world Christians should make more logical and reasonable pressure on their government with wisdom and reliance on reliable sources and news so that world can be the witness of Nadarkhani freedom and abolition of unfair “apostasy” law in Iran.

This comes to us from Voice of God Recordings

What does Mother’s Day mean to a believer?

Thanks to God’s prophet, we all know how special a real mother is. And we know that by the Grace of our Lord Jesus, we all have the opportunity to spend eternity with the loving mother that has meant so much to us over the years. All the love, prayers, and sorrows Mother has endured for her children will be rewarded on that glorious day.

In honor of this special day, we are posting 10 different translations of the sermon titled “Mother’s Day,” preached on May 10, 1959. After listening to this sermon, we truly know what a special gift a real mother is.

“It gives us the promise that someday that these old weakening, feebled, gray-headed, broke down mothers will be changed. Not only will mother set there by herself, but all of her family with her. And what a day that will be. What a time it will be, when we look upon the faces of those who we have loved so well.

What a difference on that morning when we shall see our loved ones, and–and to watch what they’ll be. Then all the afflictions will be taken away. All the mars of suffering will be done, no more pale cheeks of death, no more tears from the eyes; the resurrection promises all of this.

There’ll be no more funerals, no more patting the baby on the cheek that’s like a piece of stone, where the undertaker has embalmed, and pushed out, and put paint on, and so forth, to look natural. It’ll never be needed again there.”

William Marrion Branham

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