Branhamites

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by NobodyImportant

I came across some Branhamites once and asked my former pastor about them.
D L Welch used to preach with WB until he became so engrossed with himself that Bro Welch decided to step away.
WB believed that he was a modern day Elijah. It went so far that when he died (I've been told) that they did not bury him for several days because they believed that he would rise again.
I am not sure where he is buried, but I understand there is something of a monument to him.

He died on Dec. 24 and they buried him at Easter. The monument is on 8th St,.in Jeffersonville, in.

Originally Posted by Steve Epley

He died on Dec. 24 and they buried him at Easter. The monument is on 8th St,.in Jeffersonville, in.

Well, I didn't realize that they held his body for that long. That is totally gross!
You would have thought that they would realize that he was just a man after all. Yet, his messages are still listened to today.
I know that he had a miraculous ministry , especially at first.
If I am not mistaken, the decption started when they photographed the "heavenly light" as it was called over his head. I understand that it was soon after that he believed that he was "somebody".

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Originally Posted by NobodyImportant

Well, I didn't realize that they held his body for that long. That is totally gross!

The law had to step in since the Branhamites were holding his body in faith Branham was going to resurrect from the dead. I think they believed he was one of the two witnesses in Rev 11. I know they thought he was the seventh angel of the book of Revelation, which he claimed was the seventh messenger of the seven church ages.