Dearly beloved in Jesus Christ, our Lord, in all countries and languages I greet you with 1. Peter 1:24-25:

“For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever (Isa. 40:6-8). And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.”

The apostle Peter took the Old Testament Word and presented it to us as the New Testament Gospel. Everyone can trace the convincing evidence how everything that was foretold by the prophets was perfectly placed by the apostles. John the Baptist placed his ministry (Jn 1:20-28). Jesus placed His ministry (Lk 4:17-21). Peter placed the great event on the Day of Pentecost upon the Word (Acts 2:16-21). We could continue to show that everything was based and placed correctly in perfect harmony of Old and New Testament. This we shall do briefly, only touching the subject of a prophetic ministry having before us Psalms 105:15: “Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.”

Exactly the same words can be read in 1. Chr 16:22. Of greatest significance is the word “My”, “Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.” Through the history of time there were many false, but only a few true prophets. Especially for the last days false prophets and false anointed ones are predicted to be in great numbers. The complete testimony of God’s holy Word must be used to test them. True prophets with a commission connected to the plan of salvation are chosen from their mothers womb (Jer 1:5). At all times such prophets were the supernatural mouthpiece of God on earth. The Word of God came to them directly by vision, therefore they were called seers (1Sam 9:9). And with an audible voice the Lord spoke to them, “For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost” (2Pt 1:21).

“Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets” (Am 3:7). The prophets mentioned here are those with a special commission. They only appear when God is about to do something extraordinary on earth. There was Noah, Abraham, Moses, Elijah and there were others.

There was John the Baptist, Peter, Paul and John to whom the final revelation of Jesus Christ was given. Would one fancy to compare the ministries of those mentioned men with the ministry of Bro. Branham, then his probably would be the greatest. Who ever has heard or read the sermons or even watched the film “Deep calleth to the deep” is acquainted with the special ministry given to him as he was praying for the sick after the preaching. He was the only man who had received the commission from the Lord for this supernatural ministry which came by discernment and revelation as the Sign of the Messiah, the resurrected Lord, who is the same today, and who has given the last sign to the Church now, as He did to the Jews and the Samaritans then.

Who ever read Bro. Branham’s personal testimony is informed that the Angel of the Lord did not only say, that he would be given two signs as Moses was, but the Angel who came to him on May, the 7^th, 1946, mentioned a number of Scriptures: He referred to John 1, where Nathaniel is being spoken of, when our Lord by revelation and discernment told him who he was and where he had been before Philip called him, and he also referred to John 4, where the Lord ministered as prophet and Son of man and revealed to the woman at the well all the things she had done in her life.

Bro. Branham said, “I am just as helpless as you are, and you know I’m waiting for something, I’m waiting on the Angel of the Lord.” Only after the Angel of the Lord stepped onto the platform and the pillar of fire, the supernatural light, descended, he started to minister to the person upon whom this light came, and God showed him what he should do.

Almost before every healing service Brother Branham related to John 5:19, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.” Brother Branham emphasized rightfully that Jesus Christ in the days of His flesh as prophet, as Son only did what the Father supernaturally showed Him in a vision. Please read this text very carefully. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.” In a vision He saw what God wanted to do and according to the vision which He received from the Father the Son did likewise. In the same way, Bro. Branham could do nothing, he was totally helpless until God began to work in His supernatural manner.

This ministry of discernment and visions was absolutely perfect. Everything revealed to him was 100%. Brother Branham said, if one person in this world could get up and prove that one thing which was revealed was not correct, he would carry the sign “false prophet” through the streets of the city. I have witnessed this infallible ministry personally in Europe and in the U.S.A. on different occasions. I was sitting opposite Bro. Branham when this divine gift was in operation. What no man on earth could know was revealed to him. Needless to say that I was speechless and overwhelmed.

In reference to this ministry, I wish to underline once more that hundreds of recorded messages are still available as a witness of what I just said here. There are many imitators, and they were already in great numbers during his lifetime, and they are still with us. They place themselves on the platform, point to someone in the congregation and say for instance, “There is a man who has a stomach trouble. There is a lady with gallbladder trouble. There is a couple whose son has deserted the home” and so forth. But those things are not proven to be right or wrong like it was in the case with Bro. Branham. To him God revealed, as it happened in the ministry of Jesus Christ, the names, the places, and the details of those who stood before him in the prayer line or sometimes even of those who were seated in the congregation. The Lord did the same when He visited Abraham: He revealed to the prophet the very thoughts of Sarah’s heart. Not one of the imitations can be the original. God doesn’t want this unique ministry to be imitated. According to God’s plan and purpose it happened as the last sign to the Church and cannot and should not be imitated, as our Lord’s ministry could not be imitated even by one of the apostles. The impersonators have drawn the attention of those who easily believe to them. But in reality, they are not part of the God-given message for this day. Things are simply said and done to impress the congregation. Those who practice it like to be looked upon as special men of God and claim that it is supernaturally done through them. They are sincere, but one can be sincerely wrong. God, not a man, will judge all things according to His infallible Word.

The whole Christian world knows about believers who respect the ministry of William Branham and consider him to be the end-time prophet who was to come before the great and terrible day of the Lord (Mal 4:5; Mt 17:11). Because there are various directions amongst those who refer to him and claim to believe his message which partly derive from some quotes, a clarification is urgently needed.

The differences are not in the main doctrines of the Scriptures, since all the hidden mysteries in God’s Word were revealed, but they are simply private interpretations resulting from misunderstandings. From the first to the last book of the Bible everything was plainly made known. The fall in the Garden of Eden, Godhead, water baptism and all the rest of God’s truths were preached in its original form and meaning by God’s servant and prophet William Branham. Whoever ministers now can take the Bible, go to the pulpit and preach the message of the hour in the light of the revealed Word of God. The assertion that nobody understood the Scripture was certainly valid, but thanks God, since the Word was divinely revealed, we now correctly understand the Scriptures. In fact, we were brought back from all the explanations to the original Word of which Bro. Branham himself said, “This is my absolute.” Nothing can be added or taken away from the written Word of God.