Resurrection of Branham

After William Branham's death in December of 1965, cult leaders withheld his body from the grave until Easter of 1966.[1]  According to cult leaders, William Branham's wife, Meda, remained in critical condition for several months, and the body was being held for her recovery.  The family doctor, however, stated that Meda had recovered on December 30, 1965.[2]

Many members of William Branham's cult of personality refused to accept Branham's death as final because many of Branham's predictions that required his involvement would be deemed failures. Leaders in his cult convinced Coots Funeral Home to hold his body on ice until he "rose from the dead."

David Du Plessis, a true apostle of the Lord came many times to us in Hamilton to speak' During the last visit in 1984, at a meeting, a man showed a wrong spirit towards David' I stood between the man and David' Before David left the hotel, we sat talking about many things and David said, "Oh, Brother Brown, I want to thank you for intervening on my behalf with that man." I said to David, "He is a Branham disciple." David replied, "Oh, Branham, the brethren many years ago asked me to speak with him' They said that nobody can speak to him, and I said I would try' After one attempt I returned to the brethren and told them that this man will listen to no man' I told them they were wasting their time." David went on to say, "You know, Brother Brown, when Branham died, his followers put him on ice' They were so sure God would raise him from the dead' However, later the authorities told them they must bury him' They thought he was Elijah the prophet.[3]
- Alfred Brown

Cult leaders began to spread the word that William Branham would rise from the grave on Easter,[4] which resulted in an unusually large crowd of people[5] visiting Jeffersonville, IN to see this "resurrection".  Five city blocks of downtown Jeffersonville were blocked to traffic and all off-duty policemen and firemen were called in to keep order in the city.[6]

Billy Paul Branham publicly denied his belief in the resurrection to newspaper reporters, claiming that cult leaders were not spreading this rumor.  "A lot of the people have been praying, but nothing has been taught".[7] In private, however, it appears that Billy Paul himself was involved in the generation of the belief in the resurrection and that as late as 2004 continued to help propagate belief in Branham's resurrection to fulfill the yet unfulfilled prophecies.

Yes, I personally believe that there is yet a further work for Brother Branham to do, or that is what I see in this message.   
2004, Jun 2.  Billy Paul Branham.  Private Letter