William M. Branham and the American Pope
Pentecostal preacher William Marrion Branham (1909-1965) is known for his visions and prophecies. One prophecy that has resurfaced in recent discussions on social media and after the election of Robert Francis Prevost, is about the Pope coming from the United States.
Branham prophesied that an American pope would emerge and that this would mark a turning point in the prophetic events related to the Second Coming of Christ. Branham's prophecy tells us:
Branham prophesied that an American pope would emerge and that this would mark a turning point in the prophetic events related to the Second Coming of Christ. Branham's prophecy tells us:
"And I believe that one of these glorious days, when the Confederation of the United Churches shall come together, and the new pope shall be brought from the United States, and shall be there according to the prophecy, then shall they form an image like unto the beast."
And I say unto you, the true Church will be united. The real and true believers of the Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Nazarenes, Pilgrims of healing, whatever they are, will be gathered together and grounded by the love of God; that will make the Body of the Lord Jesus Christ, all believers. And the agnostics and the shallow-minded will be cast aside; they will go directly into the Confederation of Churches."
When asked what does "the image of the beast" mean? He answered:
The Bible clearly teaches that the Catholic church is the beast. The Bible says that beast means "a power". Doesn't it? And the beast we saw was "Vatican City", the "Catholic hierarchy". Very good. That was the power of the church that was the beast.
Then the Protestant church came out of the Catholic church, and organized itself, and had a little bit of power. That was an image of the beast. If something was made in my image, it will have to look like me. If something is made in the image of this church, it will have to look like the church.
Branham thought that all cults emanating from the Catholic Church were part of this beast whether they were Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, etc. However, there were good elements, true believers, within all these "isms" which would be part of the Christ force that would come to the world at the end of time.
Something was made... made in the image of this beast, which was Lutheranism, Methodism, Baptism, Pentecostalism, Holy Pilgrimisms, all those isms formed an organization and made an image... just like the beast. There you have it!
According to some interpretations, the role of the American Pope would be to unite all these "spin offs" of the Catholic Church in what he called the Confederation of United Churches. Branham believed that the Catholic Church, through the American Pope, would lead a worldwide ecumenical movement or a world religious system that he considered apostate and that would absorb the Protestant denominations.
According to Branham, the Vatican would be waiting for this great American Pope because this would mean the end of the Church of Paul and the Holy Spirit to replace it with a new order of worship, a single religion.
Now listen carefully, quite carefully. The Church was already sensing the coming of a pope. What is that? The end of that Church Age of Paul. They saw this Nicolaitan (liberals today?) thing rising up; they were going to make a holy man. To make what? a Pope. Worldliness and aristocracy had crept into the church, and changed the order of worship.
Branham frequently mentioned the Nicolaitans in his sermons as a symbol of a corrupt influence within the church. The Bible does not provide clear details about who they were, but they are described as a group whose works or teachings were reproved by Christ. The word "Nicolaitan" derives from the Greek nikao (to conquer) and laos (people), suggesting a group that "conquers the people". This reminds me of all the insanity the world went through during the Biden era, the liberals and their need to force the world to accept their ideology or suffer the consequences.
Branham mentioned that when the Confederation of Churches emerged this would signify the coming of the end times, having the United States as its epicenter. The preacher stated that the United States would be destroyed, possibly by a catastrophic event. Some followers link this prophecy to a moral decline and with the coming of a woman as POTUS
Branham mentioned that when the Confederation of Churches emerged this would signify the coming of the end times, having the United States as its epicenter. The preacher stated that the United States would be destroyed, possibly by a catastrophic event. Some followers link this prophecy to a moral decline and with the coming of a woman as POTUS
The church that takes power, the Catholic Church. And the coming of the end time. And I said, I saw, it looked like logs burning; stones blown away, and all the United States looked naked, prostrate like this, as far as I could see from where I was standing.
The Preacher mentions seven visions he had that refer to Mussolini, Hitler, communism, moral problems and technological advances, but I will only mention the last two that are related to the US and are thought not to have happened.
In the sixth vision a very beautiful, but at the same time very cruel woman arose in North America. She had the people completely under her power. I thought this was the advancement of the Roman Catholic Church, although I knew it could be the vision of some woman rising with great power in North America, elected by popular vote.
In the seventh and last vision I heard a terrible explosion. When I turned around to see, all I saw were ruins, craters and smoke over the land of North America.
The United States of America is found in that chapter [Revelation 13]. The very number thirteen is a symbol of this nation. It began with thirteen colonies. Its flag originally had thirteen stars and thirteen stripes. And therein lies its destiny, in chapter thirteen. In this image that is mentioned in this chapter will be found all the wickedness of the beast that was before it.
In 1964, while hunting, Branham claimed to have had a supernatural experience where a whirlwind descended three times, and God told him, "Judgment-Striking-West Coast". He interpreted this as a prophecy of a catastrophic earthquake on the West Coast of the United States.
Branham believed these prophecies would happen around 1977 fortunately we are still here, but the mention of the Pope being brought from the United States and the election of a woman president is surprising.
It is also possible that the timeline changed when Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris lost the race for the US presidency to Donald Trump and when he lost to Biden. What's next?
