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Re: Branham - light doctrine
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Originally Posted by Esaias
Branham's followers ("Message" churches) believe they are the Bride and the rest of the church is the second class citizens. Just like Sowders and his followers ("Gospel Assembly"). Just like Koresh and his followers ("Branch Davidians") - assuming I understand Koresh's teaching correctly.
Every group following some man pretty much says the same thing. Islam in fact has essentially the same idea, as they believe Christians are the second-class people of God and they, the followers of the Last Prophet, Mohammed, have the "full Light". So nothing new really.
What is interesting is Jesus, from a purely secular point of view, follows a similar pattern in that He claimed to be teaching the "correct truth" and was restoring the correct faith, but He didn't seem to make any room for any "second class" group of believers. Everybody was either for Him or against Him, he was the Only Way. Cultists usually try to "make room" for the others in order to make their sales pitch a little more palatable, much like charismatics do when they assert there are charismatic Christians and non-charismatic Christians, two classes of Christians, one with more light than the other.
There was a website years ago, not sure if it is still around, which was a Message church website with tons of articles and audio sermons from the pastor. No direct mention of Branham but clearly Message/Branhamite material. Lots of vague teaching using symbolism and allegory to assert various doctrinal "truths". I can't remember the website but it used a GIF of the ark of the covenant as the main logo and had something about "Eagle's Wings" or something in the name.
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What do the Sowderites believe concerning Light Doctrine?
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