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Marvenko Smith's "Revelation Illustrated"
Early Childhood Growth of interests David Koresh, Lamb
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Pat
Marvenko Smith's "Revelation Illustrated"
Early Childhood Growth of interests David Koresh, Lamb
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Vernon Wayne Howell was born to a single, 15-year-old mother in 1959 |
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He was raised by his grandparents and had a very lonely childhood |
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He was dyslexic, earned poor grades in school, and eventually dropped out of high school |
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He was very interested in music and in the Bible |
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He had large amounts of biblical passages memorized, especially those of apocalyptic nature |
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Howell was introduced to Seventh-Day Adventists by his mother and was soon expelled from the church |
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Attempted to launch a heavy metal music career in Hollywood but failed miserably |
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Joined the group centered in Waco, TX at Mt. Carmel |
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Experienced his first revelation from God. Also had an affair with Lois Roden, priestess of the General Association of Seventh-Day Adventists |
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Led an international recruitment drive for his own religious branch |
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Took over the church at Mt. Carmel after a gun brawl with George Roden, son of Lois |
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Howell changed his name to David Koresh |
* David refers to King David of whom Jesus was a descendant |
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* Koresh is the Hebrew name for Cyrus, who was the Persian king that allowed Jews to return to Israel after the Babylonian Exile |
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Koresh believed he was the Lamb of Revelation 5 because he received revelations
from God in how to interpret the seven seals needed to be broken in order
to open the scroll.