The Mysterious Cloud

 

On February 28, 1963, a supernatural cloud appeared above Arizona. The photographs taken from different parts of Arizona are of great importance to us, but when thinking about the prophecy that was fulfilled, it moves our very souls. Here is what Brother Branham said regarding this experience in southern Arizona, in the sermon Sirs, Is This The Time? :

"In the vision, I was in Tucson, Arizona. As He didn’t want me to miss seeing where I was, He made it so that I was picking a desert cocklebur off of me. I said, “Now, I know this is a vision, and I know that I’m in Tucson. And I know these little birds, sitting here, mean something.” And they were looking toward the east. All at once they took off and flew toward the east. ​

 

As soon as they were gone, a constellation of larger birds came. They looked like doves with sharp, pointed wings, a kind of greyish color, but a little lighter than those first little messengers. They were going very fast toward the east.

 

As soon as they disappeared from my sight, I turned again to look toward the west, and the thing happened. There was a blast that actually shook the whole earth! ​

 

Now, don’t miss this! And you, listening to the tape, be sure you get this right! First, a blast! I thought the bang was like a plane breaking the sound barrier, coming back to the earth. It shook like… There was a rumble and everything else! It could also have been like a loud clap of thunder following a flash of lightning. I didn’t see the lightning. I only heard that great blast that occurred, and which seemed to be to the south of me; toward Mexico. ​

 

But it shook the earth and, at that moment (I was still looking toward the west), way out in Eternity, I saw a constellation of something coming. It was like little specks. There could have been no less than five and no more than seven. They were in the shape of a pyramid, like the previous messengers. And, at that moment, the power of Almighty God lifted me up to meet them."

 

Sirs, Is This The Time?, 62-1230E ​

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Sirs, Is This The Time?

1. Notice that the quote above precedes, by three months, the events that occurred in Arizona.

2. Brother Branham received the aforementioned vision on December 22, 1962, and he described the vision in the sermons Reproach For The Word and Sirs, Is This The Time?.

3. In Sirs, Is This The Time?, 62-1230E, he reads Revelation 10:1-7 to draw his text from it. Notice that Revelation 10:1 mentions that the mighty Angel was clothed with a cloud.

4. He says the word “cloud” 5 times and the word “Angels” 15 times in this sermon.

5. Brother Branham refers to the message Sirs, Is This The Time?, 62-1230E, and tells us to listen to this sermon more than any other sermon.

6. We encourage you to listen to Sirs, Is This The Time?, 62-1230E, keeping in mind that this message was preached months before the photo of the cloud was taken in Arizona.

7. You can listen to a detailed summary of the events at Sunset Mountain in the sermon What Is The Attraction On The Mountain?, starting at paragraph 127, or at minute 64 of the sermon.

8. Brother Branham’s account of the events of February 28, 1963, has been heavily criticized by skeptics. The publication “Because He Said So,” printed in 2012, addresses some of these criticisms.