Jesus Christ is the fullness of Godhead bodily; Father, Son, Spirit all manifest in Him
According to Branhamism, Jesus Christ is not merely God's Son in a subordinate sense but is the complete manifestation of God. All the fullness of the divine nature—everything Scripture attributes to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—is embodied in Jesus Christ. He is simultaneously God the Creator (the Father role), God the Redeemer (the Son role), and God the Sanctifier (the Spirit role).
Branham taught that the pre-incarnate Jesus was 'the Angel of the Lord' in Old Testament theophanies and is the eternal Word of God. In His incarnation, Jesus reconciles the apparent paradoxes between divine nature and human limitation, becoming the fullness of God dwelling in human flesh. This Oneness Christology places Jesus at the center of all redemptive history.
Key Distinctions
- Natures formula:
- Jesus Christ is the fullness of the Godhead bodily; Oneness (Modalist) Christology
- Conciliar affiliation:
- Nicene Trinity rejected; one divine Person (Jesus) affirmed
Scripture References
Sources
- William Branham, The Spoken Word sermons
- Voice of God Recordings