Seventh-Day Adventists Davidian Seventh-Day Adventists
General
Association of Davidian Seventh-Day Adventists Students
of the Seven Seals
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Seventh-Day Adventists Davidian Seventh-Day Adventists
General
Association of Davidian Seventh-Day Adventists Students
of the Seven Seals
Seventh-Day
Adventists
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1831:
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William Miller begins his teaching during The Great Second Advent Awakening | |
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Mar. 21,
1843(4):
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Miller predicted the Second Coming | |
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Oct. 22,
1844:
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Samuel Snow's prediction | |
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1863:
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Formal organization of Seventh-Day Adventists by Ellen White |
Davidian
Seventh-Day Adventists
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1919:
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Victor Houteff joined the Seventh-Day Adventists | |
* Wrote The Shepherd's Rod |
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* Declared himself the fourth angel from Rev 8:12 |
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1929:
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Left the church to form a new sect | |
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1935:
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Founded the Mt. Carmel Center with 11 followers | |
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1942:
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Called his group the Davidian Seventh-Day Adventists | |
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1955:
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Victor died and wife Florence took over | |
* Believed in the femininity of the Trinity |
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Apr. 22,
1959:
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Florence predicts this date as the end of the world (of course it wasn't!) |
General
Association of Davidian Seventh-Day Adventists
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1962:
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Benjamin Rodin assumed control after Florence Houteff left the church | |
* He named the group General Association of Davidian Seventh-Day Adventists |
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* Proclaimed himself to be of King David's heritage |
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* Proclaimed himself to be the fifth angel of Rev 9:1 |
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1978:
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Lois Roden took control after husband's death | |
* Considered herself to be the sixth angel of Rev 9:16 |
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1981:
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Vernon Wayne Howell joins this group |
The
Students of the Seven Seals
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1985:
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Howell leads international recruitment drive | |
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1987:
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Howell moves to Mt. Carmel and takes control of group when Roden is jailed | |
* Calls group Students of the Seven Seals, commonly known by outsiders as Branch Davidians |
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1992:
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Renames Mt. Carmel "Ranch Apocalypse" | |
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Feb.
28, 1993:
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The siege at Waco, TX begins | |
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Apr.
19, 1993:
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The siege ends with a fiery conclusion |
Branch
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