The Pope would never go against the Bible so I don't have to worry about that.
If you think William Branham is the Elijah being referred to then you are severely misguided. He is a heretic and a false prophet. His views changed from the beginning of his ministry to the end of it and he gave numerous false prophecies that never came true. A good tip for any aspiring false prophet is never set a time or date for your prophecy because when that time passes the game is up and the truth is clear. Maybe he miscalculated which is the fallback excuse for all these false prophets.
Jesus said Elijah shall come and this is true but William Branham is not Elijah and did not come in the spirit of Elijah so keep searching. Also Elijah is suppose to come near the end time and Branham died 50 years ago so this latency period feels very anticlimactic.
You are misinformed. What you are referring to was not a prophecy, he always said that, "I do not prophesy, but I predict." That sir, is not a prophecy. Please show me any prophesies that failed.
The "Catholic Church" of Christ's day (the Pharisees) called Jesus a heretic and false prophet too, so I guess he is in good company
Jesus said that he would destroy the temple and rebuild it in 3 days. The temple wasn't destroyed until long after Jesus was gone, and it has yet to be rebuilt. The Jews look at that and say "Prophecy unfulfilled." Just because you don't understand what was supposed to happen, does not mean it is unfulfilled.
The prophet Isaiah prophesied that King Hezekiah (I think) would die. He said THUS SAITH THE LORD. Then he went back, and Prophesied, You will live for 15 more years. Does that make him a false prophet, because his first prophesy did not happen?
Brother Branham relied on the Lord for the revelation of the Word. In the beginning of his ministry, many of the truths were hidden to him, just as they were to us. But his ministry was of restoration. As he went on, the Lord corrected his false understanding as it was revealed. The difference with him was he was WILLING to ADMIT that he was wrong. The majority today will keep going right along with what they always said, in order to save face.
Yes, his doctrines were refined as the years went on, but no, he never had a "thus saith the Lord" fail. His end of the world prediction was simply that, a prediction.
One more thing: If you look through the scriptures, a false prophet always had a motive. What was Brother Branhams? He died living in a duplex, NUMEROUS times rejecting millions of dollars from rich men whose family members had been healed in his campaign. He ALWAYS pointed people to Christ. His ministry was SO PHENOMENAL, that some erring people claimed that HE was the Messiah. In response to this, he quit his ministry for a short time, before God told him to go back.
ONLY GOD could have done what was done in his ministry, and has NEVER been matched, but by Christ himself. Let's think here: there are 2 men in history that we know of that had the gift of discernment operate in their lives superfluously. Jesus Christ and William Branham. When the women at the well, Nathanael, Simon Peter, and many others saw that gift it proved to them that Jesus was the Messiah. Now, we have that same gift in our day, and the one with it is saying that it is NOT him doing it, but it is Jesus Himself. If you can't believe, that is your problem. Show me any pope that has healed millions and whose ministry was led of the Angel of the Lord?
He always said that it was the Angel who showed him the things of the people that was NEVER wrong, etc. If the Angel that did only what God could do was with him, and the same Angel corrected the doctrine, then I am going to listen to what the Angel said, and not you.
