Many people believe that there is a prophetic message to the bride of Jesus Christ in this last church age. And this is true no doubt about it. God promised it.
“And I will send you Elijah the prophet. And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse” (Mal 4:5-6)
They claim that the 7th angel is to restore the Word of God, and that the 7th angel’s every word is equivalent to the Word of God (Bible). In other words, the 7th angel’s every word is the “restored Word of God”.
However, if we critically analyze the ministry of William Marrion Branham, it might be easy to say that this 7th angel’s purpose is to restore the Word of God. But when we compare his ministry to the Bible, we see it is not the restoration of the Word, but the restoration of the Faith in the Word. The Faith of the apostolic fathers, the revelation of who the Lord Jesus Christ is; upon who the Lord built his church,( Eph 2:20-22) And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. The faith of the apostolic fathers was lost during the dark ages when Roman Catholicism took over until dogmas and traditions of men crept into the church as men slept.
But why can’t the Word of God be restored?
“The Words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever”. (Psalm 12: 6-7)
“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away” (Mathew 24:35).
God’s Word can never get lost or change, we can only loose our faith in God’s word due to the clever schemes of Satan.
If you believe that the 7th angel’s purpose is to restore the Word of God then you will believe the 7th angel’s every word is equal to the Word of God which is a fallacy.
The question then becomes: What is your Absolute foundation? How are you going to test if your belief is correct? Are you going to rely your belief on a mere mortal man that is subject to human error, or on Almighty God’s Word?
Remember when Jesus Christ returns he will be concerned about what you believe, what is the root of your faith?
“Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:8)
The lesson we need to learn is that everything the 7th angel says must be taken back to the Bible. If it matches then we believe it, if it doesn’t, we leave it alone. Build your beliefs on Scripture, the Bible, and not on quotations from William Branham.
William Branham cannot teach anything that Paul didn’t teach, and his biggest purpose is to restore the disciples of today back to the foundational teaching of Paul. Brother Branham cannot say anything different to what Paul said otherwise we are not restored. We do not want anything new, we want to be build upon what the early church had.
“According to the grace of God, which is given unto me, as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ”.(1 Corinthians 3:10)
Watch out as I bring part two of these series.
Shalom!
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