In November 1965, William Branham preached on; “Trying to do God a service without it being his will.” And in that sermon, shared the Mark of the Beast was to be joined to the denominational church systems. And said in the coming year, he was going to preach on “the beast in the beginning to the beast at the end,” and was going to call this sermon; The Trail of the Serpent.” He said, the Holy Ghost had laid out all the Scriptures pertaining to it.
Sadly, less than a month after William Branham had spoken about this, he died tragically as the result of a car accident. Now I have shared many times on the mark of the beast from various perspectives, but I am moved to share on Branham’s subject of the trail of the serpent: ’the beast in the beginning, to the beast at the end,’ as it is a profound summary of all that happened in Eden, in the days of Israel, and in the seven times of Christs’ Church in the nations. It ties off loose ends, is a call to prayer, and an end to transgression.
Nor is it lost on me, that the same Holy Ghost who moved Branham to declare this mystery said this in the Book that bears His Name; the Revelation of Jesus Christ: I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. (Revelation 1:8)