The Message Part 02: Jeffersonville Childhood

The Journey continues as the narrator examines the history of Jeffersonville, IN.

This episode examines William Branham's Jeffersonville, IN childhood in contrast with the Kentucky childhood that he used in his stage persona.

Names discussed in this video:
• Ed Howard
• James Howard
• Jeffersonville Mayor Thomas E. Rader
• Paul Rader
• Ralph Rader
• Otto H. Wathen

Topics discussed:
• "Message" cult members' "spiritual" journey to Jeffersonville, similar to a journey to Mecca in Islam.
• Easter meetings in Jeffersonville, IN
• Branham Tabernacle
• Sermon structures in the "Message" cult meetings, and their focus on William Branham
• "Message" cult members' believe that William Branham was sent to warn of the End of Days
• Historical Jeffersonville, in contrast to the details described in Branham's "Life Story" for later versions of his stage persona
• William Branham's cabin, and its importance to the "Message"
• William Branham claiming in 1948 that the cabin sat beneath a housing project, in contrast to the cult's trips to the open fields in Burksville, KY
• Jeffersonville history, from the underground railroad to it's importance in the Civil War an WWI
• James Howard owning the oldest automobile in the United States
• Voice of God Records, and why it is named such
• Jeffersonville's gambling casinos and dog racing
• Jeffersonville's liquor production and its ties to the Chicago mob
• Jeffersonville's nickname "Little Las Vegas"