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No Private Interpretation: William Branham's Anti Biblical Doctrine

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There are many doctrines that William Branham introduced into the Latter Rain movement. Some of the doctrines made their way into groups that splintered from Latter Rain, and sadly, many of them were either extra-biblical or anti-biblical. Even now, fifty years after his death, American Christianity and, to some extent, Christianity in other countries were impacted by false doctrine.

One example of William Branham’s anti-biblical doctrine is his “No private interpretation doctrine.” Branham often combined 2 Peter 1:20-21 with Matthew 11:25 to reverse the meaning of 2 Peter. The Passage from 2 Peter states that the written prophecies were not misinterpreted, but continuing in chapter 2, explains that false prophets were twisting them into heresy. Ironically, 2 Peter is describing exactly what Branham was doing.

According to Branham’s doctrine, the passage was applied to all Scripture and was written in secret code. Christians could not understand the Bible unless it was revealed to them, and they needed a special person to do this “revealing.” After convincing Christians that they could not understand their Bibles, Branham then continued the pattern of twisting, reversing, blending, and changing the meanings in the Bible that were “of no private interpretation.”

You can learn this and more on william-branham.org

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  • I've been raised in this doctrine from the age of 4 until the point where I left it around the age of 16. My only problem with this is the same as with any other religion: they should read the dictionary more than the Bible because they just don't even get the meaning of what they say. An example: the word infinity. How can anyone wrap his/her arms around infinity, fence it in, put it in a box and say: there's no other way than mine..? I stopped believing in the ultimate way and started looking for mine instead, grew a lot faster and exponentially since then!

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