William Marrion Branham is The John Baptist to the Gentile Nation, to lead us back to the WORD = JESUS.
He is NOT THE SEVENTH CHURCH MESSENGER ANGEL.
In the time Jesus was on earth, we have the apostles and we have John the Baptist as well, but John the Baptist is not among the apostles, his work is to introduce or usher in the word/lamb, we have no right to force him into being one of the 12 apostles
Matthew 11:11 (KJV)
11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.Luke 7:26-28 (KJV)
26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
27 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
Malachi 4:5 (KJV)
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
NOTE: Elijah anointing will come five times before Jesus returns, the five-letter name JESUS:
First: Elijah that was the first anointing.
Second: Elisha that succeed Elijah.
Third: John the Baptist
Fourth: William Branham
Fifth: The two prophets in revelation 11 to call out the Jew.
Take note, Brother Branham never called himself the last or 7th messenger, but this is what he had to say about the messenger. He said-:
He will have the office of a prophet.
He will have the prophetic ministry.
His ministry will be based solidly on the word because when he prophesies or has a vision, it will always be ” Word-Oriented ” and it will always come to pass.
These sayings of brother Branham the Holy Spirit is using him to describe who he was, he said the seventh messenger will a prophet office.
Luther is not a prophet, John Wesly is not a prophet, and William J Seymour is not a prophet. There are reformers, Pastors, Servants God used to restore the Word that the Dark Ages has buried. Joel 2:25 (KJV)
25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
Amos 3:6-8 (KJV)
6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
Deuteronomy 18:22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follows not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
Vindication of William Branham Ministry.
1: Mystery cloud 
2: Pillar of fire ( Halo of fire over his head ) That Halo of fire is a one of his kind since this world ever existed, to vindicate him as the forerunner of Jesus Christ, for the second coming.
3: A voice spoke from heaven
At Ohio river during baptism, a voice spoke that as john’s message forerun His first coming so
his message will forerun His ( Jesus ) second coming.
4: Prophetic gift of discernment
5: Gift of healing
Exposition of the Seals, Serpent Seed, God Head, Seventy Weeks of Daniel etc.
