Konke kwaqala emagqumeni aseKentucky. Wayesengumfana nje ngenkathi uyise ebalekela umthetho futhi wathuthela umndeni wakhe eJeffersonville, eIndiana. Uxoxa ngemibono yakhe yokuqala nokuthi iNkosi yamtshela kanjani ukuba aphile impilo ehlanzekile. Washada nesithandwa sakhe futhi wayethokozela impilo yokujabula njengomfundisi osemncane enomsebenzi oqinile nabantwana ababili, kodwa-ke indaba ebanga usizi yagadla. Ungeke waba ngofanayo emva kokulalela uMfu. William Branham exoxa umlando ngempilo yakhe.

Izwe lenkolo yesimanje lisifundise ukuthi ngokuba ngumKristu ngukujoyina ibandla. Ebumpeleni, amahlelo ehlukanisa abantu babe amabandla ehlukene oqhekeko nezinkoloze, futhi basihlele ngokuthi simelane sodwa. Insindiso ingatholakala kuphela kuKristu; ingeke yatholwa ngokuba kalula ube yilunga lehlelo. Ngabe thina "maKristu" sibambise ngezivumokholo nezimfundiso ezingenakuphikiswa senzele ubudlelwane obuqondene nomuntu neNkosi uJesu Kristu na? Yisikhathi sokubuyela eBhayibhelini.

Nakhu iningi labantu elicabanga ukuthi kwenzeka eNsimini yase Edene: uNkulunkulu watshela uAdamu noEva ukuba bangadli isithelo esithize. Inyoka enobuqili "yakhohlisa" uEva ekudleni isithelo. Kwase kuthi uEva wasinika uAdamu, futhi wenza okufanayo, okwababangela ukuba bazi ukuthi babehamba-ze futhi baholela ekuweni kwesintu. Imibuzo esobala ingukuthi: hlobo luni lwenyoka olungakhuluma, kungani ukudla isithelo kwavula amehlo abo ekuhambeni-ze kwabo, futhi kungani masinya babe nabantwana emva kwalokhu na? Impendulo ilula, nalentshumayelo iyakuchaza.

Ngineqiniso ukuthi ngikhuluma kubantu kulokhu ukusa osefike kuleyondawo. Sengike ngaba lapho izikhathi eziningi uqobo lwami. Lapho ngibuyele khona emuva ngase ngilandela umkhondo wempilo yami futhi ngaphendula onke amatshe, futhi ngithola ukuthi ngenze into ethize engalungile, ngiyahamba ngiyivume bese ngithi, "Nkosi Nkulunkulu, ngizoyilungisa," bese ngihamba ngenze njalo. Bese ngiyabuya futhi bese ngithi, "Manje, Nkosi, Wena unguNkulunkulu; Uzongiphendula. Impela ngihlangabezane nazo zonke izicelo Obudinga ngizenze. Nazo zonke izidingakalo, ngihlangabezane naso." Futhi noma kunjalo Akayikunyakaza, ubonakala sengathi uhlezi uthule; yingaleyonkathi ofanele uqiniseke ukuthi UnguNkulunkulu. Ungadumali...

Iminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezimbili eyadlula, uJesu Kristu wanikela ngempilo yaKhe enzela sonke isidalwa esingumuntu esake sahamba uMhlaba ongunozungezilanga. Lwaluchaza ukuthini lolosuku eKalvari kulowo ngamunye wethu na? Lwasinika lonke ithuba ukwemukela ukuPhila okuPhakade. Uma inhliziyo yakho ilangazelela ukuba nobudlelwane obuqondene nomuntu noMsindisi wakho, khona-ke lena yindawo enhle yokuba uqale.

Umyalo kaWilliam Branham ovela kuNkulunkulu wagqamukisa imvuselelo yokuphilisa yomhlaba jikelele yesanda kudlula kwawo 1940 no 1950. Abavangeli njengo Oral Roberts, T.L. Osborne, noJack Coe balandela ezinyathelweni zakhe futhi bashintsha ubuso bezwe lamaKristu. Lokhu konke kwaqala kanjalo-ke.