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Originally Posted by Sam
Lindsey also accepted the interpretation of Kenneth E. Hagin—father of the Word of Faith movement—who had prophesied two years before that the Lord was “removing the prophet” from the scene. Branham died exactly when the Lord told Hagin he would. According to Hagin’s prophecy, William Marrion Branham, the “father of the healing revival” had to be removed from the earth because of his disobedience to his call and the creation of doctrinal confusion.
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Hagin wrote a booklet entitled UNDERSTANDING THE ANOINTING. He did not name Branham, but anyone who was familiar with Branham knew it was about him when Hagin said a man who was greatly used as an evangelist thought he could be a teacher, and missed his calling. Hagin taught about how Uzziah was a great king and desired to act as a priest. The high priest rebuked Uzziah and said it was not his calling, but Uzziah insisted. And God smote the king with leprosy.
Hagin said this was what happened to this "Evangelist". He said the man got into bizarre doctrines and simply was not called to teach. Like Uzziah, he got out of his anointing, and went into heresy. Hagin said Gordon Lindsay tried appealing to the brother that he was not anointed to teach, but the man responded saying he liked to do it anyway. Hagin then related how he was in a restaurant and a spirit of prophecy came over him. They rushed out and went to their hotel room and he prophesied something like this... "So-and-so's works have gone before him and he is saved, but 'ere '66 he shall die." Branham died in Dec, '65.
Hagin felt Branham missed it since he was not anointed to teach and therefore went into error when he did something he was not anointed to do. He felt God took Branham.
Hagin obviously referred to the serpent seed issue and the seventh angel of Revelation issue when he talked of bizarre doctrines, as Sam noted.