William Branham's Basic Beliefs

William Branham is touted as the most influential healer in Pentecostal circles, yet many are satisfied with his exhibition of miracle powers, and words of knowledge without knowing what he really believed. Branham denied the trinity and took a modalistic view like the Oneness Pentecostals. He claimed Jesus never said He was the Son of God and even claimed he had no pre-existence. He believed that Cain was the offspring of an illicit affair Eve had with Satan (known as the serpent seed doctrine). He believed God always had skin on him even before the incarnation. He believed in three Bibles; the Scriptures the zodiac and the pyramids, as other revelations of God. That denominations were abominations. He taught on Joel 2:23 that the "latter rain" he identified as the neo-Pentecostalism of his time, he taught that God's promise to restore what the locust, cankerworm, caterpillar, and palmerworm had eaten, would be the "restoration" of the Church out of denominationalism, which was the mark of the beast in the Book of Revelation. Anyone belonging to any denomination had taken "the mark of the beast" There is no eternal Hell. that a woman cutting her hair was grounds for divorce. That unborn children are not alive until their first breath. he prophesied that the end of the ages would be in 1977.

As a child he heard a voice instruct him that never identified itself. In his own words he said: "The first thing I can remember in life is a vision. I was eighteen months old..." He often heard sounds like a whirlwind or see pillars of light with voices coming from it. At age seven A audible human Voice commanded him, "Don't you never drink, smoke, or defile your body any way. There'll be work for you to do when you get older."

Later on a LIGHT came into the shed and it formed a Cross, and a VOICE from the Cross spoke in a language he could not understand. Assuming it was the Lord he asked for it to come back. He then has a spiritual experience, In his own words he said, "Then it seemed to me that there had been a thousand pounds lifted from my soul." Something swept over him and he experienced an exquisite feeling he had never know before. He said it felt like rain was pelting down on his body. He knew then that God had forgiven him of his sin and baptized him with the Holy Ghost. Nonetheless he was paralyzed with fear from this disembodied spirit. Branham later on claimed he he needed to wait for the angel to show up before his power worked.

Branham claimed that the angels (messengers) to the 7 churches in the book of Revelation were men who appeared at various times throughout Church history bringing new revelations that led the Church into progressive stages of sanctification. As his tombstone indicates, Branham was thought to be the angel to the Church of Laodicea-the end time Church. Rev.3:14, 10:7 Ephesian-Paul; Smyrnea-Ireneaus; Pergamean-Martin; Thyatirean-Columba; Sardisean-Luther; Philadelphia-Wesley; Laodicea-Branham

He became convinced that he was the end-times "Elijah" and the true "Messenger of the Covenant" the 7th angel in revelation, the angel of the church of Laodicea.

He saw seven Angels in a form of a pyramid that swept down and picked him up. And was brought east to open the Seven Seals for God."   Rev. 5:1-9 says that Jesus opens the seals and it did not take place yet.

While conducting healing services Branham would often fall into a trance during which his angel would work through him. Asked once if the healings were done by the Holy Spirit, Branham replied, "No, my angel does it." Branham could not do any healing until the angel would show up. Branham assumed this angel was Jesus (the angel of the Lord) the one who guided him through his life since his childhood. but Jesus is no angel and he did not personally show up at Branham's meetings.

When Branham died in a car crash many of his followers waited for him to resurrect 3 days later.

 To this day many are convinced of his claims despite the Bible's clarity speaks the opposite of what Branham had taught.