It means a lot to me to have known the man of God William Branham personally for 10 years, to have witnessed the proclamation of the full gospel of Jesus Christ and the supernatural work of the Spirit of God in connection with the prayer for the sick in his meetings. As concerns the ministry of Brother Branham, it is important to emphasize Amos 3:7, as he himself often did: “Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.” This divine fact is of utmost importance; I ask for respect for what God said.

Our Redeemer was announced as a prophet in Deut 18:15: “The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken …” The Apostle Peter confirmed the fulfillment of this promise in Acts 3:22-23 with regard to Jesus: “For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.” In Isa  42:1 the Lord, our Redeemer, is called servant: “Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.” We find the confirmation in Mat 12, verse 18: “Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.”

A true prophet is a servant of God through whom the ministry of the Lord is directly continued. As a prophet he sees in a vision what God intends to do, and as a servant he carries it out in obedience. I have personally seen this often enough in the ministry of Brother Branham in the meetings. He spoke of himself as a prophet and also as a servant. What he saw in visions as a prophet, he carried out as a servant. When he prayed for the sick, the Lord often showed him who the person was who was standing in front of him in the prayer line, from where they came, and what sickness they had. As a servant he carried out the commission and could say, for example, “You are healed of cancer.” Brother Branham emphasized that it was the same ministry that the Lord our Savior had in His time. Through revelation, he was also able to tell me the details relating to my ministry on five separate occasions.

With reference to the gift of seeing visions, Brother Branham repeatedly mentioned three incidents in the ministry of our Lord: When He met Peter for the first time, He could say to him, “Your name is Simon and your father’s name is Jonas.” He could tell Nathanael, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.” (Jn 1). He could say to the woman at the well, “You have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband.” (Jn 4).

The same prophetic gift was seen and heard throughout the years of Brother Banham’s ministry. He could say time and again, “Thus saith the Lord: ...” And it came to pass each time, exactly as he had seen it. It is not only written: “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever” (Heb 13:8), but He has indeed revealed Himself as the same, saved sinners, delivered those who were bound, and healed the sick in our time; I witnessed it with my own eyes. Millions of believers can testify to this.

Over the past years, we have repeatedly spoken about the calling and commission of Brother Branham and what the Lord God has done in his ministry. Today I would like to just briefly touch on the event of February 28, 1963, which had been revealed in advance to the man of God. It happened on Sunset Mountain in Arizona, about 42 miles from the city of Tucson: The Lord came down in the supernatural cloud, in which were seven angels. There he was directed to return to Jeffersonville because the time for the revelation of the seven seals had come. From March 17 to 24, 1963, the man of God then preached about the seven seals.

Several magazines in the USA reported on the mysterious cloud. It was the topic of the day in the press, but among all the evangelists and all the preachers, who has taken notice of it to this day? They all have their own programs but know nothing of what God has promised for this time. Without being aware of it, they have rejected God’s counsel in respect of themselves, just as the spiritual leaders did back then (Lk 7:30). That is how it was in the religious world at the first coming of Christ, and it is also the case now, before His second coming. But as sure as the Lord sent His Prophet John back then to fulfill the Scripture and to prepare the people for the Lord, it is equally certain that the man of God William Branham received his commission, sounding forth from the supernatural cloud on June 11, 1933, at a baptism in the Ohio River: “As John the Baptist was sent to forerun the first coming of Christ, so you are sent with a message that will forerun the second coming of Christ.” Today we can say with certainty: This commission has been carried out.

It means a lot to me to have known the man of God William Branham personally for 10 years, to have witnessed the proclamation of the full gospel of Jesus Christ and the supernatural work of the Spirit of God in connection with the prayer for the sick in his meetings. As concerns the ministry of Brother Branham, it is important to emphasize Amos 3:7, as he himself often did: “Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.” This divine fact is of utmost importance; I ask for respect for what God said.

Our Redeemer was announced as a prophet in Deut 18:15: “The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken …” The Apostle Peter confirmed the fulfillment of this promise in Acts 3:22-23 with regard to Jesus: “For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.” In Isa  42:1 the Lord, our Redeemer, is called servant: “Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.” We find the confirmation in Mat 12, verse 18: “Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.”

A true prophet is a servant of God through whom the ministry of the Lord is directly continued. As a prophet he sees in a vision what God intends to do, and as a servant he carries it out in obedience. I have personally seen this often enough in the ministry of Brother Branham in the meetings. He spoke of himself as a prophet and also as a servant. What he saw in visions as a prophet, he carried out as a servant. When he prayed for the sick, the Lord often showed him who the person was who was standing in front of him in the prayer line, from where they came, and what sickness they had. As a servant he carried out the commission and could say, for example, “You are healed of cancer.” Brother Branham emphasized that it was the same ministry that the Lord our Savior had in His time. Through revelation, he was also able to tell me the details relating to my ministry on five separate occasions. 

With reference to the gift of seeing visions, Brother Branham repeatedly mentioned three incidents in the ministry of our Lord: When He met Peter for the first time, He could say to him, “Your name is Simon and your father’s name is Jonas.” He could tell Nathanael, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.” (Jn 1). He could say to the woman at the well, “You have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband.” (Jn 4).

The same prophetic gift was seen and heard throughout the years of Brother Banham’s ministry. He could say time and again, “Thus saith the Lord: ...” And it came to pass each time, exactly as he had seen it. It is not only written: “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever” (Heb 13:8), but He has indeed revealed Himself as the same, saved sinners, delivered those who were bound, and healed the sick in our time; I witnessed it with my own eyes. Millions of believers can testify to this.

Over the past years, we have repeatedly spoken about the calling and commission of Brother Branham and what the Lord God has done in his ministry. Today I would like to just briefly touch on the event of February 28, 1963, which had been revealed in advance to the man of God. It happened on Sunset Mountain in Arizona, about 42 miles from the city of Tucson: The Lord came down in the supernatural cloud, in which were seven angels. There he was directed to return to Jeffersonville because the time for the revelation of the seven seals had come. From March 17 to 24, 1963, the man of God then preached about the seven seals.

Several magazines in the USA reported on the mysterious cloud. It was the topic of the day in the press, but among all the evangelists and all the preachers, who has taken notice of it to this day? They all have their own programs but know nothing of what God has promised for this time. Without being aware of it, they have rejected God’s counsel in respect of themselves, just as the spiritual leaders did back then (Lk 7:30). That is how it was in the religious world at the first coming of Christ, and it is also the case now, before His second coming. But as sure as the Lord sent His Prophet John back then to fulfill the Scripture and to prepare the people for the Lord, it is equally certain that the man of God William Branham received his commission, sounding forth from the supernatural cloud on June 11, 1933, at a baptism in the Ohio River: “As John the Baptist was sent to forerun the first coming of Christ, so you are sent with a message that will forerun the second coming of Christ.” Today we can say with certainty: This commission has been carried out.