As I watched the video, I thought that it was produced by one of similiar mind – one seeking to connect the dots from the New Breed like Patricia King, Todd Bentley, and John Crowder to William Branham and ‘Scambach’, but I was surprised – it was actually produced not by one seeking to warn but by one seeking to claim descension from Branham and his ilk – Jeff Jansen.
I have to wonder why Bob Jones is considered among the New Breed, unless it is an attempt to cover up his past Kansas City.
Note the connection – which I have highlight as well between others and Bob Jones (here and here) – that Jeff has with Jones,
Jeff has been in a mentoring relationship with Bob Jones for the past 10 years where he’s received impartation, revelation and understanding in the working of the miraculous. Bob serves as an advisor to GFM and continues to impart into Jeff’s life. Global Fire Ministries is an inter-denominational ministry aimed at equipping and igniting the Body of Christ for harvest.
Please note that the Assemblies of God removed the Latter Rain movement, William Branham’s movement, from their denomination.
In case you don’t know, William Branham’s doctrine is extremely dangerous,
He Opened the 7 Seals?
“And when the Seals are broken and the mystery is revealed, down comes the Angel, the Messenger, Christ, setting His foot upon the land and upon the sea with a rainbow over His head. Now remember this Seventh angel is on the earth at the time of this coming.” (The Revelation of the Seven Seals,p.74) This is proof that Branham was not the 7th angel as he thought.
At the same time he also said “Oh, I want to be numbered as one of them in that day, Lord. And I see the day approaching.” You see these Seals begin to . . . If God will open them to us. And remember, He alone can do it” (The Revelation of the Seven Seals, p.66) So we have confusion unless one wants to admit Branham was God there is no way to reconcile these statements.
It is Jesus who alone is worthy to open the 7 seals. He opens them according to the bible and this even has not happened yet no matter what Branham claims. A number of loyalists to Branham have tried to spin this saying the mystery was revealed to him, but he clearly said he opened because he was the angel ordained to do so.
“We find out that during that time I saw seven Angels in a form of a pyramid that swept down and picked me up. And I was brought east to open the Seven Seals for God.” (Commission By Seven Mighty Angels 1963 “Standing in the Gap” Jefferson, IN V-6N7 Sunday 63-0623m “80″).
“And the Angels took me into that pyramid of themselves – the mysteries of God known only to them. And now, they were the messengers that come to interpret that pyramid or that Message of the secret of these Seven Seals which lays with inside the pyramid.”
Manifest Sons of God
William Branham believed in the manifest sons of God doctrine, this became a main heresy of the Latter Rain movement, he claimed he too was a” god manifested in the flesh.” (not the God) He said: “When I told this to a man the other day, when this piece had come out about this man being healed, this same minister said, “They make a god out of you, Brother Branham.”
Well, he was a critic,… I said, “Is that too far from the Scripture to be that?” See? I said, “No, it isn’t.” I said, “Because Jesus called prophets gods.” See? That’s right. God … And they say, “Well, you people try to take the place of God.”
“That’s not too far out; that’s exactly what it is. That’s exactly! God manifested in flesh, just as He promised.” (THE MIGHTY GOD UNVEILED BEFORE US, p.20)
“In them days it was God in a man, His Son, Jesus Christ. We believe that. Not just a prophet, not just an ordinary man, ordinary human, It was God In Christ, God, in a man, the fullness of the Godhead bodily In a man. God, in a man; now, it’s God in men. See? The fullness of God in the Godhead bodily in His entire Church, manifesting Himself, fullfilling His Word.” (THE MIGHTY GOD UNVEILED BEFORE US, p.20 ).
Here is the Latter Rain teachings in Branham’s theology. We have a manifest Sons of God teaching in the Latter Rain, that is clearly unbiblical. The Church is not God nor the fullness of God, nor is any one person have God in them as Jesus did. This denies the uniqueness of Jesus Christ as the only begotten Son because it makes the Church on equality with him as many sons with the same nature.
Here is a good start for Jeff.
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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william branham molested my father.he was nothing more than a false prophet who raped people
I beg to laugh out of your comments about William Branham’s doctrine being dangerous,you are one against millions-why did the Howards not report to police?..it begs belief that someone drives for hundreds of miles after crossing the border with seedlings unaware they were put in his car, as prohibited by law, finds them and drives back hundreds of miles back to apologize for the unintentional mistake! and that is regarded a rapist with a dangerous doctrine-You have mental health case.John
Mary – my father recently admitted as much to our family. I am trying to get more details from him and am also looking for similar stories and corroborating them.
Mary Howard,
If you have any more information concerning your father being molested by Branham, I sure would
like to know.
I weigh a man’s worth not by how much they analytically criticize another mostly in search of self justification sometimes envious they are obscured from their insatiable search for attention and have failed to reach an impressive level another brother may have. If you are a Christian you would pray for your brother, seek God’s justification for past errors,like Moses appearred on Mt transfiguration, transform the present and inspire the future.That is the MAN i am and all the sleeping saints with their mistakes may very well be waiting on your ALTITUDE.
John – are you actually a fan of William?
william branham molested my father in 1958-62..he was far from a prophet….i hear now that he may have molested dozens of children in south africa and even brought some to the united states
He did a good job of keeping silence for HALF A CENTURY. Your daddy’s probably fallen christian turned gay freak, who wants to justify his homosexuality. Even in sodom, there were characters like your dad, who wanted to molest angelic messengers. Can’t expect any better from you.
Hi, I am a former Wm. Branham follower who has been researching him and his message for almost 40 years. I would be interested to learn more about this, as his message following is growing to huge numbers.
I’m not sure it’s growing so much as people are aligning
It is growing to huge numbers in Africa and Asia. Anyway, my interest is the source for the child molestation charges and also details on the claim of the person who states his father was molested for a number of years.
Thank you.
Is there more proof of these molestations? I am concerned because one of my loved ones is in this cult.
Thank you
I wonder. If he did commit some kind of lude act with children, during his ministry, how it was kept quiet for soooo long. He had been preaching since the 30′s. I mean, wouldn’t there have been one or two that spoke out at some point in those 30 some years?? He was considered the father of the charismatic faith healing movement, and the established political and religious orders would’ve loved to seize an opportunity to put him in public scrutiny. I know the Catholic Church attempted to several times, before offering him sainthood. pff.. I’d like to see some kind of reference material to these charges, if there were any, or links to credible testimonies, of course, if you have them.
Thanks for that, but neither videos work.
Cheers,
Tsur
These molestation accusations are outrageous. William Branham spoke against church organizations and denominations so truthfully that they all seeked for a way to dirt his ministry and always failed. If they are was even just ONE case of molestation, they would have seized a great opportunity to put him to shame and kill his influence. Molestation accusations appearing a century after the man is gone? How insulting. God of heaven will curse that man you call father who accuses a vindicated Servant of God of rape. Mercy upon his soul is all I can ask for
I am just saying what my father revealed to us. It was an emotional revelation for him. Back then he didn’t know what exactly was happening, and was told that no one would believe him. His father and mother embraced the message and he was raised in it. He kept this secret with him so as not to hurt his parent’s beliefs and he also tried to deny what happened to him or justify it in some manner. He has finally gone to therapy to deal with it and telling us was part of his therapy. And no, it wasn’t hypnotic regression therapy. He has known about it all his life, just now, in his 60′s he is finally desperate to find someone about it. I was ostracized from the family back in the 80′s after I used facts and timelines to show that the Mystery Cloud was a fraud and that Branham was being, at the very least, intentionally deceitful about it, so I found out about my father’s confession second hand. It happened in Yakima when my father’s family went to visit Branham there and my father was left alone with Branham and his son at their hotel. I am still collecting corroborating details from my aunts and also looking for stories from others. I don’t believe my father is lying as he has no reason to.
Joosy….did u find out anything more yet?? Hope so.
joosy says ,
I was in the msg of Branham, I know now what it really is. To bad so many are still getting caught in it.
Joosy,
I cam across internet and here about accusations that WMB would have been a childmolester. Hard to believe at first but I read something about the ‘park’ .
Plus children hurt by this are most of the time not believed in the religion they are in. So I wouldn’ t be surprised ….