God Needed a Fallen World
In the beginning was the Eternal.  He wasn't even God. "God," our English word "God," is a--is an object of worship.  But He... There wasn't nothing to worship Him. He was just the Eternal.
In Him was attributes.  Anyone knows what an attribute is.  In others words, in Him was His thoughts, just thoughts.  That's His attributes.  Then His Word, and a thought expressed is a word.  "In the beginning was the Word."  Before It was even expressed, It was a thought, attribute.  In this thinking He was to be God.  Probably created angels first, then He was worshipped, He was God.
And then, in Him was attributes to be Father, be Son, be Saviour.  Nothing lost, something had to be lost, so there had to be a way made for that.  To be Healer.  Nothing sick, so He had--something had to get sick so He could heal it.  It's only displaying His attributes.
("Identified Christ of All Ages," April 9, 1964, message #64-0409)

If You Don’t Believe the Holy Spirit is the Son of God, You’re Lost
Now, anyone knows that God is a Spirit. Is that right? And the Holy Ghost is the Son of God; He's supernatural. Son of man was a prophet, a man. David was a king. But God is a Spirit. And in the church age He's revealed as Son of God. We believe that. You don't believe He's the Son of God, you're lost.
("A Trial," April 27, 1964, message #64-0427)

Moses Was God
Moses had the Word. Now remember, after the Word was made manifest, Moses was Moses again. See? But while that Word was in him to be give out, he was God. For he wasn't Moses no more; he had the Word of the Lord for that age. Nothing could touch him till that was over, had that Word with him. So therefore, when he come, the people turned their heads; they couldn't understand. He'd been changed; he was a different fellow. He come with that Word. And he put a veil, the Bible said, over his face, for he had the Word. And he was the Word to them.
("The Unveiling of God," June 14, 1964, message #64-0614M)

Women Who Cut Their Hair Aren’t Christians
If Christian women could only (so-called Christian women)--could only recognize, could recognize that the immoral spirit upon them is of the devil to make them cut their hair. The devil's the only thing would do that. That's contrary to God's Word for you. Just like it was in the garden of Eden. What did they... If they could only recognize. They try to say, "Oh, that little holy-roller preacher saying..." It's not me. I'm not telling you what to do. I'm only quoting the Word. If they could only recognize that it's the devil. They call themselves Christians. Jesus said, "How can you call Me, Lord, and do not the things that I say to do?" They can't be Christians. I'm not their judge, but I'm just saying what the Word says. "How can you call Me, Lord, and then do not the things that I said to do?"
("Recognizing Your Day And Its Message," July 26, 1964, message #64-0726M)

We Were Never Lost Christ
It's into the Kingdom of God with Eternal Life, with the predestinated that never did start. It never started on any day. You wasn't saved on any day. You was always saved. Amen. Jesus just come to redeem that, but you was saved from the beginning, because you had Eternal Life to begin with.
("The Future Home of the Heavenly Bridegroom and the Earthly Bride," August 2, 1964, message #64-0802)

Children Born out of Wedlock Will Not Make the Rapture
The child [born out of wedlock] can't help what's been done. That is true. But I... About going in the rapture... Saved, I'd say, "Yes." But in the rapture it's a predestinated seed that goes in the rapture. And I can't believe that adultery was a predestinated seed.
("Questions and Answers," August 23, 1964, tape #64-0823E)

I'll say this one thing: if you've got the wrong companion in this wife--in this life, you'll never have it in the other one. All wrongs will be made right.
("Questions and Answers #2," August 23, 1964, message #64-0823E)

So, sister, or brother, whoever it might be, or brother, it is here, 'cause he asked about his wife, you just be salty; she'll get thirsty if there's anything in her to thirst for. If it isn't, remember, if you got the wrong person, you'll get the right one in the millennium. You just keep on going; all wrongs will be made right there.
("Questions and Answers #3," August 30, 1964, message #64-0830M)

When Does Human Life Begin?
The baby that... When the act has taken place between the--the egg and the sperm, or the gene... But when they... Potentially, the baby's there when the act is done. Then the body is developed, second stage; but the baby has to be born here, and then it receives the breath of life. It is not yet the breath of life. You say, "Oh, it's alive." No, it isn't. That's little nerves jerking, muscles. See? The baby hasn't received life till it's born. And you may jump and jerk, but you're not... See, see? You got to be born. You know what I mean? All right.
("Questions and Answers #3," August 30, 1964, message #64-0830M)

Wm. Branham Once Rejected Serpent's Seed Doctrine
And even this morning, the Lord God, Creator of heavens and earth knows this to be the truth, this morning He finished up the whole thing, telling me about marriage and divorce. That's right. That's the reason I say, let me get it all together. Search...When one of those things like the serpent's seed, when it was presented to me, I--I couldn't see it, nothing; but I just kept following that, and the first thing you know... Then have to get way away to yourself, and then the Holy Spirit begins to open it up. Now, I want somebody try to condemn it now. See? Can't do it.
("Questions and Answers #3," August 30, 1964, message #64-0830M)

Gospel Wasn’t Plain Until Wm. Branham’s Message
But now, in this rapturing time like this (See?), there will have to come a time now that this bride will--that rejects the Head's part of the Bride--will have to suffer for her rejection, because the Gospel wasn't made plain to them back there [throughout Church History], like it's made plain to you today. See? You see it so plain. You done had all of those years and examples, the Seals opened, the church's age laid out, and everything like that. It's just so plain you can't miss it. See? And then, if you fully reject it, there's only one thing do, suffer for it.
("Questions and Answers #3," August 30, 1964, message #64-0830M)

Wm. Branham Was Against Racially Mixed Marriages
Now, I don't believe in mixing marriages. I believe that a white man should not marry a colored girl, or a colored girl marry a white man, or a yellow marry a colored, or a white, or a... I believe the brown, black, white, and races of people are like a flower garden of God, and I do not believe they should be crossed up. I believe that's the way God made them, and I believe that's the way they should remain.
What... It fools me that I seen some real pretty colored girl, intelligent, nice looking kid, just as pretty as any woman you'd want to see... What does she want to marry a white man and have mulatto children? What would an intelligent colored girl want with such a thing as that? Is because that something... that communist... And how would a--a fine a-a-a colored man want to marry a white woman and have mulatto children?
I don't believe I... I believe you should stay just what we are. We--we're servants of Christ. And God made me... If He made me, my color black, I'd be happy to be a black man for God. If He made me yellow, I'd be a happy yellow man for Christ. If He made me white, I've a--happy white man for Christ. If He made me brown, or red, an Indian, whatever it is, I'd stay my same color. That would be me. I want to be like my Maker made me.
("Questions and Answers #4," August 30, 1964, message #64-0830E)

Jesus of Nazareth Wasn’t the Son of God
Now, when Jesus came to the earth, He came in the name of three Sons: Son of man (which is a prophet), Son of God, and Son of David. Now, He lived here on earth; He never did say He was the Son of God. He said, "I'm the Son of man." Jehovah Himself called Ezekiel in the prophets "son of man," because He had to come to fulfill Scripture as a prophet. Moses said, "The Lord your God shall raise up a Prophet likened unto me." That's the reason He could not be the Son of God there, because He was the Son of man. He... The Word came to the prophets and He was the Word in Its Fullness: Son of man, the major Prophet, not the major Prophet, but the God Prophet. The Fullness of the Godhead bodily was in Him; therefore, He was the Son of man.
Now, for two thousand years He's been known to us as Son of God, Spirit. And in the millennium He'll be Son of David upon the throne. We all know that, who believe the Scriptures.
("This Day This Scripture Is Fulfilled," February 19, 1965, message #65-0219)

Satan Was Once Coequal with God
Did you know Satan was coequal with God one day? Sure was, all but a creator; he was everything, stood at the right hand of God in the heavens, a great leading cherubim.
("Marriage and Divorce," February 21, 1965, message #65-0221M)

Christian Ministers Are Not to Marry Widows
There is no minister that can marry a widow. Did you know that? You want to read that? All right, you get in Leviticles--Leviticus 21:7 and Ezekiel 44:22 and it will show you that the priesthood was not to marry a woman that's been touched by man. This type is of the virgin Bride of Jesus Christ, because they handled the fire of God, the priests did, Aaron's sons.
("Marriage and Divorce," February 21, 1965, message #65-0221M)

Ghost Story!
The other day in the Tucson paper I was reading an article that where there was a--a woman driving down the road, at I believe about forty, fifty miles an hour, and she hit an old man with an overcoat on. She screamed and stopped her car. It threw him up in the air: right out of the plain desert. And she run back to find him, and he wasn't there. So what did she do? Some people behind her saw it happen, saw the old man fly up in the air, his overcoat turning. So they run back to find out. They couldn't find the man anywhere. They called the police force. The police come out to examine the place; there was nobody there. Well, each one of them testified the car chugged, hit the man. He went up in the air, and everybody saw it. Witnesses and two or three carloads of them, they seen it happen. Come to find out, five years ago there was an old man with an overcoat on hit and killed on the same spot. When you leave here, you're not dead. You've got to come back even if you're a sinner and be judged according to the deeds done in the body. "If this earthly tabernacle is dissolved, we have one waiting." "En morphe," that's the word.
("Who Is This Melchisedec?" February 21, 1965, message #65-0221E)

A Kiss is Still a Kiss--Or is it?
Did you know any man that kisses a woman is morally obligated to marry her? Potentially it's a sex act. Sure, it is. Yes, sir. What is it? It's the male glands in a man's lip and the female glands. When male and female glands comes together, it's sex.
("God's Provided Place of Worship," April 25, 1965, message #65-0425)

Man & His Message One and the Same
We find out that when a man comes, sent from God, ordained of God with the true THUS SAITH THE LORD, the message and the messenger are one and the same.  Because he is sent to represent THUS SAITH THE LORD, Word by Word, so he and his message is the same.
A denominational man under denominational auspices, he and the church is the "one."  A theologian under theology made by some denomination, he and his message are one: church of theology, a theologian.  It's correctly.
Then when a man comes with THIS SAITH THE LORD, he and the Message is one. And when Elijah come with THUS SAITH THE LORD, he and his message became one.  Just as Jesus, when He come, He was the Word, Saint John 1.  So the Word of God and the messenger of the age was the selfsame thing all the time.
("Spiritual Food in Due Season," July 18, 1965, message #65-0718E)

Science is of the Devil!
What caused death in the garden of Eden? Knowledge. But can't be of God, so it's of the devil. Whew, was that a good one! Knowledge, science, education, is the greatest hindrance that God ever had. It is of the devil.
(The God of This Evil Age," sermon #65-0801M)

Flying Saucers Are "Investigating Judgment" Angels (a la Ellen G. White)
See, the world don't know what that is [flying saucers]. You know... You know, it's all in... We know what it is. See? We know it's investigating judgment Angels (You see?), and they... How that the Pentagon, all about how it comes right down to the intelligence; how they go like a flash and be gone; pull away from anything they got. See, and they don't realize what it is. See? Let them think whatever they want to. They call them flying saucers or whatever; they don't know. See?
("And Knoweth it Not,: August 15, 1965, message #65-0815)

People in Heaven Are Still Here, Just Moving Faster
You're going to find out one of these days that when you go to heaven, you don't fly off somewhere else; you're still right here too, just in another dimension faster then this.  Right through this room's coming color.  Every color shirt, dress, whatever you got on is eternal, laying right on records, going around and around the world.  Every time you bat your eyes, it's right on record.  Watch, television will prove that.
("Christ is Revealed in His Own Word," August 22, 1965, message #65-0822M)

William Branham Was a Flat Earther!
Now, you know, sometime ago they told us that the--that when the Bible said that he saw four Angels standing on the four corners of the earth, that that couldn't be; the earth was round.  But the Bible said "four corners."  Well now, you seen two weeks ago (Three weeks ago it's been now.), the papers packing this article; they found out that the world is square.  How many's seen that? Sure. See? I got it all copied off and just waiting for somebody to say something.
("Christ is Revealed in His Own Word," August 22, 1965, message #65-0822M)

When Jesus Was Created, We Were a Part of Him
If you are a son of God, and if I am a son of God, or a daughter of God, we were in God at the beginning. And when Jesus became the fullness of the Word, then we were in Him, germ form. When He was crucified, we was crucified in His body. When He arose from the dead, we rose with Him. And now, since we have recognized it, "now we set together with Him, in Heavenly places in Christ Jesus." See? For He… We, if we are sons and daughters of God, we are God's children, then we are attributes of God. Then we were… got Eternal Life. And God is the only Eternal Life there is. Then, we were in Him from the beginning. And when Jesus became all that Word, then we were a part of Him then.”
(“Christ Is Revealed In His Own Word,” sermon #65-0822M)

Wm. Branham Believed He Was Fulness of Godhead Bodily
No leaven among you, that brings the entire Fulness of the Godhead bodily among you. Couldn't do it in Luther's age, couldn't do it in Wesley's age, couldn't do it in the Pentecostal age; but in the day when the Son of man will be manifested, revealed, brought back the church together with the entire Deity of God amongst His people, showing the same visible signs, manifesting Himself like He did at the beginning when He was manifested on earth in a form of a Prophet God (Oh, Glory.) promised by Malachi 4, promised by the rest of the Scriptures.
("God’s Only Provided Place of Worship," November 28, 1965, message #65-1128M)

The Rapture Will Happen Between 6 and 9 AM--But Which Time Zone?
There was three watches.  Now, the first watch started at--from nine until twelve; the second watch started from twelve to three, and the third watch of the night was counted from three to six.  Now, we got three, three three's, which is a nine, imperfect number.  Then we come back to the seven for the rapture, which will take place I believe between six and seven o'clock--or six and nine o'clock some morning.  For the trumpet of the Lord shall sound...
("The Rapture," December 4, 1965, message #65-1204)

Without indicating which time zone, there's no way he could be wrong!

Only A Prophet Can Interpret the Bible
In Hebrews 1:1, God in sundry times wrote the Bible by His own chosen way.  He never wrote It by theologians; neither does He interpret by theologians.  There never was a time that--that the theologians ever had an interpretation of the Word of God.  The interpretation comes only to a prophet.  And the only way we're ever going to get out of this mess is for God to send us that prophet; just exactly, the only way it's going to be done.  It's been believed, watched for, and the fulfillment... See?  It was not wrote by men, but It was wrote by God.  It's not a man's Book.  It's not a theologian's Book.  It's the Book of God, which is a Book of prophecy wrote by the prophets and interpreted by the prophets.  The Bible said, "The Word of the Lord comes to the prophets."  Exactly.
("Modern Events Are Made Clear By Prophecy," December 6, 1965, message #65-1206)

Nehemiah 8:7-8 directly contradicts Wm. Branham's assertion that only a prophet can interpret the Bible:

Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

You Can Have the Baptism of the Holy Ghost and Still be Lost and Go to Hell
The cocklebur, many of you think, 'I got the baptism of the Holy Ghost; I'm going to heaven.' That don't mean one thing that you're going to heaven. No, sir. You can have the baptism of the Holy Ghost every hour in your life and still be lost and go to hell. The Bible says so. See? It's exactly right.
"Leadership," December 7, 1965, message #65-1207)

Jesus: "I Am Not a Teacher"
One day when Jesus was upon earth, a certain important man came to visit Him. This man said, "Rabbi, we know you are a teacher sent from God." But you will notice that Jesus cut him short. He turned to Nicodemus and the words He spoke may well be paraphrased thusly, "I am NOT a teacher. I am the Sacrificial Lamb for sin. I am making possible the New Birth by My Spirit. But there is a coming One Who is the Teacher. He is the Holy Spirit."
(An Exposition of the Seven Church Ages, page 141)

Some Will Be Saved By Their Works Without Christ
The first resurrection has nothing to do with the second death. That is at the end of the thousand years when ALL THE REST of the dead live again. And in that day there will be those who come forth to eternal life and those others who are caught in the second death. Now we do not need to guess about those who in the second resurrection are given life. We are told it is given to them on the grounds that they have been kind and good to the "Brethren". Those who are raised and cast into the lake of fire will be so treated because of their mistreatment of the "Brethren". Since this is the Word of God we simply accept it. There is no argument here, just a simple statement of fact.
(An Exposition of the Seven Church Ages, page 277)

Wm. Branham’s Message is the Perfect, Infallible Word of God
On the basis of human behavior alone, anyone knows that where there are many people there is even divided opinion on lesser points of a major doctrine which they all hold together. Who then will have the power of infallibility which is to be restored in this last age, for this last age is going to go back to manifesting the Pure Word Bride? That means we will have the Word once again as it was perfectly given, and perfectly understood in the days of Paul. I will tell you who will have it. It will be a prophet as thoroughly vindicated, or even more thoroughly vindicated than was any prophet in all the ages from Enoch to this day, because this man will of necessity have the capstone prophetic ministry, and God will shew him forth. He won't need to speak for himself, God will speak for him by the voice of the sign. Amen.
(An Exposition of the Seven Church Ages, page 329)