William Branham Historical Research

Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/branham Available on Spotify, Google, and Apple Podcasts: https://william-branham.org/podcast Charles and John address the questions sent in by listeners to the show. We discuss: * Where Did Branham Learn the Heresy of Satan Designing Eve? * Why Did William Branham Preach Against Wearing Earrings? * Tell Us More About Meda Branham * Why Did William Branham Teach Three Classes of Believers? * Did William Branham Teach the Permissive Will of God theology? * Explain William Branham's Class System theology.

Howard Benjamin Rand was an American attorney, inventor, and three-time candidate for the Massachusetts state office for the Prohibition Party, the same party for which William D. Upshaw was affiliated and ran for President. Rand was also the founder of the Anglo-Saxon Federation of America, an organization devoted to spreading British Israelism in the United States and Canada. Key figures in the Latter Rain were affiliated with Howard Rand and his version of British Israelism, including William Branham's campaign manager and founder of Christ for the Nations, Gordon Lindsay. Lindsay spoke at key events for the Anglo-Saxon Federation of America in multiple countries, often as the featured speaker. Rand was instrumental in the transition between British Israelism and the Christian Identity doctrine, which Branham re-branded as "Serpent's Seed" and spread throughout the Latter Rainrevivals. Branham claimed to have received that doctrine by "divine revelation," though he later admitted that he first encountered it in a church run by white supremacist leader, Roy E. Davis. Rand is credited as having coined the term "Identity" in the Christian Identity movement. He claimed to have been a direct descendant of King David and used this claim to further the notion that Anglo-Saxons were genealogically the descendants of the twelve tribes of Israel. The Anglo-Saxon Federation was eventually branded as a white supremacist group. ______________________ – Support the channel: https://www.patreon.com/branham – Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBSpezVG15TVG-lOYMRXuyQ – Visit the website: https://william-branham.org – Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WilliamBranhamOrg – Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@william.m.branham – Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wmbhr – Buy the books: https://william-branham.org/site/books

Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/branham Available on Spotify, Google, and Apple Podcasts: https://william-branham.org/podcast Charles and John address the questions sent in by listeners to the show. We discuss: * Was Bill Gothard influenced by Latter Rain? * Was C. Peter Wagner influenced by Latter Rain? * Was Bob Jones connected to William Branham? * Does the Message Preach Premillennial Dispensationalism? * What Was William Branham's Sexual Preference? * What Was William Branham's Most Conflicting Doctrine?

In St. Augustine of Hippo's series of twenty-two books entitled "The City of God," two full chapters are dedicated to condemning an early heresy of the early fifth century: The notion of a race that existed before Adam and the Garden of Eden, which is considered the Genesis of all mankind by Christians. The pagans did not accept the Genesis narrative and claimed that the world had existed for at least a hundred thousand years. St. Augustine titled chapter 40 of book 18, "About the Most Mendacious Vanity of the Egyptians, in Which They Ascribe to Their Science an Antiquity of a Hundred Thousand Years." Since Christians believed the Biblical Genesis of mankind to have happened less than a few thousand years prior, the Egyptians claimed to have existed before Adam as a pre-Adamic Race. Augustine argued that the world was less than six thousand years old. The debate on the Genesis narrative was not new to the fifth century; debates on the age of the world pre-date St. Augustine by at least 240 years. Apollonius of Egypt was a respected authority among non-Christians of the second century on the age of the world, who insisted that the world was over 150,000 years old. While Christians maintained the views of Augustine due to the Biblical genealogies and their associated calculations of the lifespans of biblical figures, non-Christians argued in favor of the views of Apollonius and others that a pre-Adamite race existed. The proverbial lines in the sand were blurred with the rise of British Israelism in the late 19th century. As the racial version of the British Israel doctrine began to develop, and leaders of the movement found it unattractive to consider common history with non-whites, the pagan views of a pre-Adamite race gained favor. British Israel converts argued that Cain's wife could not have descended from Adam, and accepted evidence that cultures existed before the Biblical Garden of Eden. After the Christian Identity doctrine entered the Latter Rain movement through William Branham and the Two-Seed doctrine and "Hybreeding" doctrines were popularized, every extra-biblical notion those doctrines were built upon was also introduced into the revivals. Like Swift, Branham taught Latter Rain converts that Cain was the result of a sexual union between Eve and the Serpent and strongly condemned interracial marriage as "hybreeding." Branham taught that the Gospel was not intended to be for the Jewish race and that only a few "renegade" Jews would be saved. These doctrines required the pre-Adamite race as a foundation when followed to their logical conclusions, and Branham's doctrinal teaching followed that logical pattern. White supremacists believed that the Adamic race was the result of "spiritual celestial beings" that were the direct offspring of God, while the non-white races of the Earth were hybrid produced from pre-Adamites and the Serpent. Like Swift and many other white supremacists of the era, Branham included the pagan old-earth beliefs in his doctrinal teaching, including the notion of celestial beings. According to Branham, there was "some other civilization" that pre-existed Adam, and human beings were a "type." You can learn this and more on william-branham.org Pre-Adamite Race:https://william-branham.org/site/research/topics/pre-adamite_race The City of God:https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1201.htm ______________________ – Support the channel: https://www.patreon.com/branham – Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBSpezVG15TVG-lOYMRXuyQ – Visit the website: https://william-branham.org – Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WilliamBranhamOrg – Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@william.m.branham – Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wmbhr – Buy the books: https://william-branham.org/site/books

Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/branham Available on Spotify, Google, and Apple Podcasts: https://william-branham.org/podcast In the final episode of the series, Charles and John look back at the journey of research for the podcast, discuss the surprises along the way, and reflect on memories from the past.

Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/branham Available on Spotify, Google, and Apple Podcasts: https://william-branham.org/podcast In this episode, Charles and John examine the details surrounding William Branham's fatal car accident in December 1965. We discuss: * The accuracy of Jim Jones' death curse and prophecy * The claims of "drunk driving" * The claims of one final healing miracle * The claims of receiving one final prophetic instruction * The conspiracy theories concerning William Branham's death * The scramble to transition Branham's cult into the next phase.

Conrad Gaard was the Washington State Commissioner for the British-Israel World Federation and "one of the best-informed men" on the subject of religious pyramidology. As of 1934, Gaard was the only known individual to have built a replica of the Great Pyramid of Giza. After his creation, Gaard began touring the West Coast of the United States and Canada, lecturing on the pyramid and its "prophetic" meaning. His lectures gained him notoriety as "one of the most significant Identity figures on the West Coast." Gaard was one of the first Christian Identity figures to produce a written presentation of Identity views as the Identity movement emerged from British Israelism. Based in Tacoma, Washington, Gaard led the Christian Chapel Church and Destiny of America Foundation. He was also a religious broadcaster and editor of a Christian Identity publication, the Interpreter. By 1946, Gaard's antisemitic views had attracted Gerald L. K. Smith and Wesley A. Swift, who, with Gaard, would form a collaboration for at least a decade as the Identity movement was birthed. Gaard participated in the 1950 convention of Wesley Swift's Christian Nationalist party in Los Angeles as a "Lecturer of Influence." As the United States entered the Great Depression, Gaard founded and held lectures on behalf of the National Budget Service. After Howard Rand's Anglo-Saxon Federation proclaimed that the Great Pyramid predicted the economic crisis, Gaard formed a replica of the pyramid and began holding an extensive series of lectures on "Current Events in the Light of Bible Prophecy under the auspices of the Anglo-Saxon Federation." When fears of global conflict began to emerge leading to the Second World War, Gaard's lectures transitioned to focus on the Giza pyramid's "prophetic revelation" of the rise of Fascism, Communism, and "Hitler's Place in Prophecy." Gaard believed that the Serpent from the Biblical Garden of Eden was a Pre-Adamite "beast of the field" acting as an agent of Satan to sire Cain. According to Gaard, Cain married a Pre-Adamite woman to produce a "mongrel, hybrid race" to populate the world and control government systems. According to Gaard, "Satan has controlled his Kingdoms of this world through earthly Masters, who received their orders occultly from Secret Hidden Masters, and ... he controls his Kingdom today, including even Communist Russia and Red China, in the same way." In the 1950s, Gaard joined forces with Kingdom Ministries and began claiming that the non-white races were joining together with Communism to form an "Invisible One World Government." It was about this time that Gaard's "One World Government" conspiracy entered the Latter Rain movement through William Branham. On Christmas Day in 1949, Branham declared that "Every government is controlled by the devil," and began expanding upon that notion to include a strategic merging of world governments. In 1953 Branham began claiming to have had a vision in 1933 about Communism, Fascism, and Nazism merging to form one central "ism" before an "invasion of the United States to overthrow the American Government." When speaking to specific audiences, Branham included the antisemitic themes of the Identity movement. Branham claimed that communism's "invasion of the church" was a repeat of the "Jews unit themselves against Jesus" leading up to a race war. Branham claimed that "both white and colored will fight again and die like flies." Branham believed the "ancients" had predicted Gaard's "one-world-government." Conrad Gaard: https://william-branham.org/site/research/topics/conrad_gaard

Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/branham Available on Spotify, Google, and Apple Podcasts: https://william-branham.org/podcast In this episode, Charles and John examine the final years of William Branham's life. As all denominations began to pull away and his cult of personality turned destructive, a new creation emerged: the "Elijah Ministry" We discuss: * The historical timeline of Branham's ministry and its association with key political events and movements * The final shift in Branham's stage persona to be exclusive rather than inclusive * The relationship between the "Elijah spirit" and the white supremacy themes

When the Christian Identity movement was birthed from British Israelism, and the Serpent's Seed (Christian Identity Two-Seed), Pre-Adamite Race, and "Hybreeding" became foundational doctrines, white supremacists such as William Potter Gale and Wesley Swift began teaching that the Children of Israel also had a pre-Adamite history on other planets. White supremacists separated the white and non-white people according to their planetary origin. According to the white supremacists, non-white people originated from a complex sexual union between Eve and the Serpent to produce Cain. Then Cain mated with a pre-Adamite earthly being to produce the non-white races of people. The white people, according to the doctrine, were celestial beings that took physical form as "Aryans" to produce the "Adamites." William Branham popularized this doctrine in the Latter Rain movement. Branham's "Theophany Doctrine" built upon the Christian Identity teachings of Swift and Gale to claim that a human birth produces two life forms: a celestial being, or "spiritual body," and a human lifeform. Branham (and Swift ) taught that the "Heavenly Tabernacle" for the "new body" in 2 Corinthians 5 referred to a celestial body awaiting the human soul from an "Earthly Tabernacle" (human body). According to Michael Barkun, the doctrine raises questions about Mormon influence in the British Israel/Christian Identity movements and, by extension, through William Branham, the Latter Rain Movement. Mormons also view themselves as the "true Israel," and that converts to the Mormon faith were transitioning to "blood Israelites." Mormon founder Joseph Smith, like Christian Identity, believed that the Lost Tribes of Israel had bred interracial populations scattered across the Earth and that many of the "true Israelites" were among them. By joining the Mormon faith, those wandering souls could rejoin Israel through the Mormon Church. You can learn this and more on william-branham.org Celestial Beings: https://william-branham.org/site/research/topics/celestial_beings ______________________ – Support the channel: https://www.patreon.com/branham – Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBSpezVG15TVG-lOYMRXuyQ – Visit the website: https://william-branham.org – Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WilliamBranhamOrg – Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@william.m.branham – Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wmbhr – Buy the books: https://william-branham.org/site/books

Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/branham Available on Spotify, Google, and Apple Podcasts: https://william-branham.org/podcast In this episode, Charles and John examine William Branham's most notorious connection, his first pastor and mentor, the Rev. Roy E. Davis. We discuss: * The many connections between William Branham's mentor, Roy E. Davis, and the Klan investigation * William Branham's role in the character assassination of JFK * Lee Harvey Oswald was a member of Davis's Klan sect * The cover-up of the details, including Davis' Klan burning all records * Highlights of the conspiracy theories about JFK's assassination

Gerald Burton Winrod was a Wichita, Kansas native nicknamed "The Jayhawk Nazi" and "The Kansas Hitler." Winrod founded "The Defenders of the Christian Faith," a fundamentalist Christian-fascist organization. Winrod was a primary source of Wesley A. Swift's Christian Identity Doctrine, which William Branham would later re-brand as "The Serpent's Seed Doctrine," and appears to be the source of William Branham's position that President Roosevelt was a "dictator" that caused WWII. In the late 1940s and 1950s, Winrod's theology would become a theme in the Latter Rain and Voice of Healing revivals that would unite to form the Post-WWII Healing Revival. Winrod was already a popular name among the Pentecostals. So much so that Aimee Semple McPherson appointed Winrod as her replacement when she became too ill to continue preaching. Winrod's leadership of the Angelus Temple led to anti-Nazi protests and bomb threats. Interestingly, it was shortly after Winrod's engagement that William Branham's campaign manager, Gordon Lindsay, was appointed to "field position work" for the Angelus Temple. Gordon Lindsay toured Canada holding British-Israel conferences, helping to spread Winrod's agenda in the years leading up to the Healing Revival. William Branham, leader of the Healing Revival, convinced the masses that Communism was invading the Church in opposition to his brand of Divine Healing and that, as a result, Christian Churches (not in his cult following) had become apostates. Winrod frequently attacked the Federation of Churches, claiming that the group had rejected the Virgin Birth of Christ, both of which were also themes used in Branham's revivals. Winrod preached throughout the country in the late 1920s in everything from conventions for the Christian and Missionary Alliance to small churches describing Mussolini's connection to the return of Christ and the End of Days. You can learn this and more on william-branham.org. Gerald Winrod: https://william-branham.org/site/research/people/gerald_burton_winrod ______________________ – Support the channel: https://www.patreon.com/branham – Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBSpezVG15TVG-lOYMRXuyQ – Visit the website: https://william-branham.org – Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WilliamBranhamOrg – Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@william.m.branham – Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wmbhr – Buy the books: https://william-branham.org/site/books

Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/branham Available on Spotify, Google, and Apple Podcasts: https://william-branham.org/podcast In this episode, Charles and John examine William Branham's most controversial sermon: Marriage and Divorce preached on February 21, 1965. We discuss: * The role Branham's failing mental health played in the sermon * Branham's claim that the entire sermon was "Thus Saith the Lord" * Branham's claim that he was given the sermon as "divine revelation" * Branham's anti-biblical statements in the sermon * Branham's worship and/or praise of Satan in the sermon * Branham's hatred of women in the sermon * How the cult has covered up the horrific sermon content * Branham's introduction of polygamy using this sermon

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Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/branham Available on Spotify, Google, and Apple Podcasts: https://william-branham.org/podcast In this episode, Charles and John examine William Branham's mental health issues and their impact on his ministry. We discuss the multiple times Branham was hospitalized for mental health breakdowns, and his diagnosis by medical professionals. We discuss: * Mental health issues in Branham's early childhood and his attempt to spiritualize those issues * Mental health issues in the early years of Latter Rain and its impact on the healing revival * The relationship between mental health issues and alleged supernatural events * William Branham's open admission that he had severe mental health issues that could not be cured * William Branham's claim to have been plagued by a demon that had entered his body for several years

Philip E. J. Monson was the President and founder of the Covenant Evangelistic Association, the Kingdom Bible College, and the Zion Press, evangelical organizations devoted to spreading British Israelism. He was the great-great-grandson of the second Baron Monson and related to the ninth Baron Augustus Debonnaire John Monson and Sir Edmund John Monson, British minister to Mexico. His grandfather and great-grandfather were Episcopal ministers, and his great-uncle was a chaplain to Queen Victoria. When Howard Rand's Anglo-Saxon Federation of America organized a branch in California in 1930, Philip Monson was appointed the California State Secretary. That same year, Monson established his Kingdom Bible College in Los Angeles. He frequently held free "Bible classes" promoting British Israelism under the auspices of the Anglo-Saxon Federation of America. Key figures in the British Israelism/Christian Identity movements, such as Wesley A. Swift, attended Monson's school and lectures. By the end of 1930, Monson was the Federation's district superintendent for the Pacific Coast, with authority over California, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. In 1928, Philip Monson introduced the "two-seed" doctrine in the form of a thesis, which would later develop into Christian Identity/Serpent's Seed doctrine and movement. It was later republished in 1936 and again at the end of the 1930s. According to Monson, the biblical Cain and his lineage descended from Satan, while Abel and his lineage descended from the "pure blood stream." Wesley Swift would later popularize this doctrine in the Christian Identity movement, about the same time or shortly before William Branham popularized it in the Latter Rain Healing Revivals as his "Serpent's Seed Doctrine". You can learn this and more on william-branham.org Philip E. J. Monson: https://william-branham.org/site/research/people/philip_e._j._monson ______________________ – Support the channel: https://www.patreon.com/branham – Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBSpezVG15TVG-lOYMRXuyQ – Visit the website: https://william-branham.org – Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WilliamBranhamOrg – Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@william.m.branham – Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wmbhr – Buy the books: https://william-branham.org/site/books

Philip E. J. Monson was the President and founder of the Covenant Evangelistic Association, the Kingdom Bible College, and the Zion Press, evangelical organizations devoted to spreading British Israelism. He was the great-great-grandson of the second Baron Monson and related to the ninth Baron Augustus Debonnaire John Monson and Sir Edmund John Monson, British minister to Mexico. His grandfather and great-grandfather were Episcopal ministers, and his great-uncle was a chaplain to Queen Victoria. When Howard Rand's Anglo-Saxon Federation of America organized a branch in California in 1930, Philip Monson was appointed the California State Secretary. That same year, Monson established his Kingdom Bible College in Los Angeles. He frequently held free "Bible classes" promoting British Israelism under the auspices of the Anglo-Saxon Federation of America. Key figures in the British Israelism/Christian Identity movements, such as Wesley A. Swift, attended Monson's school and lectures. By the end of 1930, Monson was the Federation's district superintendent for the Pacific Coast, with authority over California, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. In 1928, Philip Monson introduced the "two-seed" doctrine in the form of a thesis, which would later develop into Christian Identity/Serpent's Seed doctrine and movement. It was later republished in 1936 and again at the end of the 1930s. According to Monson, the biblical Cain and his lineage descended from Satan, while Abel and his lineage descended from the "pure blood stream." Wesley Swift would later popularize this doctrine in the Christian Identity movement, about the same time or shortly before William Branham popularized it in the Latter Rain Healing Revivals as his "Serpent's Seed Doctrine". You can learn this and more on william-branham.org Philip E. J. Monson: https://william-branham.org/site/research/people/philip_e._j._monson ______________________ – Support the channel: https://www.patreon.com/branham – Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBSpezVG15TVG-lOYMRXuyQ – Visit the website: https://william-branham.org – Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WilliamBranhamOrg – Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@william.m.branham – Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wmbhr – Buy the books: https://william-branham.org/site/books

From the Podcast: The Birth of the Elijah Ministry Available on Spotify, Google, and Apple Podcasts: https://william-branham.org/podcast ______________________ – Support the channel: https://www.patreon.com/branham – Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBSpezVG15TVG-lOYMRXuyQ – Visit the website: https://william-branham.org – Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WilliamBranhamOrg – Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@william.m.branham – Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wmbhr – Buy the books: https://william-branham.org/site/books

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Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/branham Available on Spotify, Google, and Apple Podcasts: https://william-branham.org/podcast In this episode, Charles and John examine the "revelation" of the Seven Seals, which appears to have been "plagiarization" of Clarence Larkin's commentary of the Seven Seals of the Book of Revelation. We discuss: * Clarence Larkin's commentary * William Branham's sermon strategy * Branham's cult of personality's position on the plagiarization * The issues with the changing story of the "cloud" as it relates to the Seven Seals

One of the more obscure doctrines of Christian Identity overlooked by researchers is that of “flying saucers” as they relate to the Christian Religion. Early leaders in the Christian Identity movement such as Gerald L. K. Smith and Wesley Swift used the media frenzy as a tool to push their two-seed doctrine and claim that the “flying saucers” had a spiritual significance as it related to the End-of-Days. Identity believed that a pre-agamic race existed and that the “sons of god” taking the “daughters of man” from Genesis 6:2 was a clear representation of the two bloodlines mixing. This, according to Identity, was the reason interracial marriages were an abomination before God. Part of this theology included the notion that a spiritual existence of the “sons of god” predated the Adam race on earth, and the war between the forces of good and evil had now spread to the skies above the United States. According to Michael Barkun’s Religion and the Racist Right: The Origins of the Christian Identity Movement, this theology began to emerge in the mid 1940s and circulated widely in the 1950s largely due to Swift. All elements of that doctrine, from the pre-agamic race to the flying saucers to the battles between Satan and Michael that were now apparent in the skies as UFOs, were key concepts in Latter Rain. William Branham, as leader of the revival, taught that “another civilization” existed before Adam, and that UFOs were “investigating angels.” The doctrines were also reinforced by Gordon Lindsay, who published a number of books and articles on the subject of UFOs. You can learn this and more on william-branham.org ______________________ – Support the channel: https://www.patreon.com/branham – Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBSpezVG15TVG-lOYMRXuyQ – Visit the website: https://william-branham.org – Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WilliamBranhamOrg – Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@william.m.branham – Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wmbhr – Buy the books: https://william-branham.org/site/books

Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/branham Available on Spotify, Google, and Apple Podcasts: https://william-branham.org/podcast In this episode, Charles and John examine the origins of the "William Branham Deity Cult", the group of pseudo-Christians that believe God returned to earth in the form of William Branham. We discuss: * The ties between the Branham deity cult and Sharon Orphanage * William Branham's public stance against the deity cult, and private support of the group * William Branham put members of the deity cult into ranking positions within his organization * Testimonies by members of the deity cult * The deity cult's connection to the current organizations

Researchers interested in the association between Gordon Lindsay’s Voice of Healing publications and William Branham’s connections to white supremacy often come to the conclusion that Lindsay’s connections can only be described as “guilt by association” and that he was unaware of the white supremacy agenda. Strong questions about this conclusion, however, are raised due to the Voice of Healing’s October 1950 issue. In the October 1950 issue of The Voice of Healing, Lindsay published an article by Branham’s mentor, Roy E. Davis. Davis was the second-in-command of the 1915 Ku Klux Klan, the future Imperial Wizard of the Klan, and a very outspoken leader in white supremacy. Since the early 1920s, Davis was one of the most outspoken public figures in white supremacy, serving as a public debater and official spokesperson for the Klan, the “royal ambassador” for the Knights of the Flaming Sword, and more. Davis’s letter, published by Gordon Lindsay after Lindsay began pushing Branham out of the organization, is very telling. Davis exposed Branham’s Life Story as a work of fiction, declaring himself to be the one who introduced Branham to Pentecostalism — while Branham fictitiously proclaimed that he was a “Baptist” whose tragic life story caused a Pentecostal conversion. Lindsay had no issue publishing Davis’s letter to expose Branham as a fraud but also had no issue with Davis advertising his own “divine healing” ministry. Simply put, Lindsay, as editor of The Voice of Healing, promoted the number one figure in white supremacy as the Christian Identity movement was becoming militant in the United States. Gordon Lindsay: https://william-branham.org/site/research/people/gordon_lindsay Roy E. Davis: https://william-branham.org/site/research/people/roy_e._davis ______________________ – Support the channel: https://www.patreon.com/branham – Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBSpezVG15TVG-lOYMRXuyQ – Visit the website: https://william-branham.org – Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WilliamBranhamOrg – Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@william.m.branham – Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wmbhr – Buy the books: https://william-branham.org/site/books

Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/branham Available on Spotify, Google, and Apple Podcasts: https://william-branham.org/podcast In this episode, Charles and John examine the Children of God "free love cult" following of David Berg, which was a splinter group of William Branham's "Message" cult of personality. We discuss: * David Berg's early history * David Berg's family touring as evangelists * David Berg's home in Louisville, just miles from Branham's home in Jeffersonville, Indiana * David Berg's encounter with William Branham * David Berg's shared connections with Branham * Branham's prophetic blessing on David Berg's ministry * Branham's "holy kiss" * The creation of David Berg's cult * "Flirty Fishing" * Possible reasons for Berg's "Moses" to Branham's "Elijah"

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