Koresh's leadership of the Davidians began with violence. A gun battle in 1987 between Koresh (assisted by 7 heavily armed followers) and a rival leader George Roden Jr. led to his trial for attempted murder. But the jury deadlocked and prosecutors chose not to retry Koresh. Texas prosecutor Denise Wilkerson observed at the time that David Koresh "was building an arsenal" and "preparing for a battle with someone."
According to financial records Koresh spent $199,715.00 on weapons and ammunition in the 17 months immediately proceeding the BATF raid on his compound.
The remnants of a huge arsenal was later found after the fire amidst the ruins of the Davidian compound. This stockpile included grenades, gas masks, more than a million rounds of ammunition and at least 40 submachine guns.
http://www.culteducation.com/waco.html
In the reviews done regarding this break off group from the Branch Davidians -- I can not find much in the way of redeeming value in the gross errors into which they fled.
I can't believe how much confidence people put in these conflicting stories. This report is not factual.
Koresh's leadership of the Davidians began with violence.
Wrong. Koresh's leadership began when he was chosen by the former leader.
A gun battle in 1987 between Koresh (assisted by 7 heavily armed followers) and a rival leader George Roden Jr. led to his trial for attempted murder.
This makes it look like they where having a shoot-out to see who would be the next leader. LOL.
That's not honest journalism.
Roden was angry because his mom, the former leader, chose Koresh instead of him. Roden invited them to his ranch and opened fire on David and friends.
When someone is shooting at you, the only thing you can do to defend yourself and keep them from killing you, is return fire. If you're unarmed and some lunatic starts shooting at you, you're dead. "
...he beareth not the sword in vain", (
Romans 13:4).
This is the wild-west we're talking about. There are lots of stories where wicked men have broken into some farm home and murdered and raped everyone there and stole all their money and goods. That kind of thing only happens to people who are foolish and presumptuous enough to live in the country, in the great plains, without guns.
This is where I grew up. Everybody we knew had several guns in their collection. My step-dad had a .38 special. We shot it at targets and caught some game. He taught me very seriously: "Always treat a gun like it's loaded." When I was 13, my other step-dad let me and my brother take the shot-gun out to get some quail. I knew the gun was not loaded, so I was about to click it at my brother's head to scare him, but I didn't because of that rule his dad taught me. Turns out when my brother had the gun he loaded it and I didn't know. The next time I clicked, target practicing on a sunflower, it blew the flower to oblivion.
If my step-dad hadn't of taught me gun safety, my brother would be dead, and I would be in a mental hospital to this day.
And they criticize the Davidians for teaching their children gun safety!!!!
Jesus told His disciples to buy swords. It they would have had guns at that time, He would have told them to buy guns, for self defense. To make sure they wouldn't be taken and killed before their time. They had a ministry to fulfill before they would be ready for martyrdom.
Texas prosecutor Denise Wilkerson observed at the time that David Koresh "was building an arsenal" and "preparing for a battle with someone."
According to financial records Koresh spent $199,715.00 on weapons and ammunition in the 17 months immediately proceeding the BATF raid on his compound.
No one mentioned that they had a gun dealing business, that was perfectly legitimate? It was just money. Like how Paul was a tent-maker, and continued his occupation to support his ministry. The Davidians had other businesses as well. I suspect they had Jesuit spies among them persuading them into the gun business, so they would have guns out there so the ATF would have an excuse to come out and start shooting at them.
They where no different than any of the other gun dealers in Texas who where never raided. Except they gave Bible studies and taught that the Papacy was the Antichrist.
Everyone that teaches the Papacy is Antichrist is getting labeled as a cult. Because the zealous Papists have control over our media now. And over alot of things. Look at the ridiculous charges brought against Tony Alamo, Jack Chick, and the late Alberto Rivera. And the media hypes this stuff up.
The Jesuits can assign their students do this work for extra-credit. All they have to do is make lots of accusations and bear false witness. If they go to court and the charges are dropped, the ministry is still discredited and demonized.
And pretty soon, the rumors get out of hand. The false charges build up. More and more false charges. The people wonder why there are so many charges. He's like a drug dealer that the FBI can't pin anything on. So they are suspicious. By this time everyone thinks it's a cult.
Of course, usually they give in by this time. Tony Alamo hasn't, though. And check out all the bogus charges. Now they say he was a child porn king-pin. That's ridiculous. But he got arrested because of all the charges. Yet not a shred of evidence!
But his guys become more loyal,
because they know it's the Papacy.Jack Chick is too big. They can only slander him, but they can't send the FBI after him. And Rivera is dead. He swore an oath to the Jesuit order that if he ever defected, his brethren should kill him. And they did, in 1993.
The Jesuits have been playing these games for a long time. They are pretty good at it. That's how they destroy protestantism and how they have brought all these churches into the ecumenical movement. Those who wouldn't just take the benefits. I mean Ahab offered to buy the field first. You know what I mean?
That's how it goes with every organization that still teaches the Papacy is the Antichrist.
Except SDA, cause they are too big.
But eventually, they will figure out something. Sunday Law, I guess.
But I know Chick and Alamo, and whoever else, won't join SDA, because they think SDA has been overtaken by the Jesuits, and that's why SDA doesn't get any trouble. Plus the fact that the SDA church stands with the Papacy, accusing David Koresh and Tony Alamo, and the whoever else the media say is a cult, based on false allegations. That makes us look real bad.
Of course some cults are really cults.
The remnants of a huge arsenal was later found after the fire amidst the ruins of the Davidian compound. This stockpile included grenades, gas masks, more than a million rounds of ammunition and at least 40 submachine guns.
They didn't have nearly that much ammunition. They where just gun dealers. They where not planning for a war or a raid.
They didn't have any grenades and not a single sub-machine gun. All their guns where perfectly legal and legitimate, and tax paid. They had lawyers in their congregation.
Shameless lies.
Exo. 23:1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
23:2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest [judgment]:Do you think it's OK for you to raise a false report now? Or go in with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness? Or follow a multitude to do evil? Or speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment?
I testify against you this day, in the most loving way I know, if you repeat the lies against the Davidians, you do all these things.
And if you lie about people that burned to death and have to spend their lives in prison, for doing Bible studies? That's a pretty unloving thing, if you ask me. And it makes our church look very bad.