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Shepherd’s Rod and the Davidians
The next several years were preoccupied with, first, getting rid of Roden and retaking the Waco
compound, and then, second, collecting wives and more followers, disciplining his children, and keeping
the men at bay-whose wives he was soon to start taking.
With Roden out of the way, Howell became undisputed master of the Branch Davidians in Waco. Now
he set himself to work in earnest collecting more wives and more followers. He also concerned himself
with preparing the compound so it could resist an army.
First, there were the wives. Two years after marrying Rachel, Howell began taking more "wives"
(actually concubines). One was Robyn Bunds, then 17. Later he took her mother, Jeannine who was 50,
as another wife. On and on it went. Robyn says Howell fathered her 4-year-old son, Shaun. She later fled
when he took her mother also. Both women are now living in California.
Howell also selected Archly younger sister, Nickelled Jones for his harem. Howell first forced himself on
Michelle when she was only 12, and for several years kept her as another "wife." According to Texas
State records, her first baby, a girl, was born on February 3, 1989, when she was 14. Former members
know of several under-age girls that Howell took into his harem.
Each "wife" that Howell took was given a Star of David pendant, as a sign that she had been especially
chosen by the king. Each wife was promised that her children would one day soon reign in Jerusalem
with King David as joint heirs with him in his kingdom.
The ex-husband of one Branch Davidian learned that his 10-year-old daughter was wearing a six-pointed
star pendant, given her by Howell. Enraged, he sued for custody and took the child to his home in
Michigan. More on that later.
THE NEW LIGHT
Howell kept inventing new theology. On August 5, 1989, at a meeting, he told the assembled group
about his "new light." What he said to them that day was a blockbuster which shocked the entire
colony. It was already well-known that he regularly slept with a variety of women in the compound. But
now, after about four hours into the sermon, he declared that no longer could the married men on the
place live with their wives! All the women were only for Howell. He announced that every marriage of
Davidians, other than his, was annulled. In fact, he extended the prohibition to the whole world! He said
that, henceforth, only he had the God-given right to procreate and produce children for the coming
kingdom.
If you think George was crazy; well, Vernon was his successor.
Howell said that all women were henceforth appointed for him alone "because he was the lamb of
Revelation." As for the men, if they faithfully remained celibate, they would receive new wives when
they arrived in Jerusalem and took the kingdom.
Howell enticed the women by assuring each one that she, along with her children by him, would became
part of "the House of David." They would later reign with him as kings and queens in Jerusalem.
This announcement caused a number of couples to leave the compound, yet many remained. From that
time on, Howell taught this new doctrine wherever he went-in America and even overseas. After this,
Howell would harshly rebuke husbands in the compound who tried to maintain contact with their wives.
As one former "wife" put it:
"'I've had his child. He's [Howell's] slept with my mother,' Robyn Bunds said. 'I can't think of anything
weirder. He doesn't even try to justify it. It's against the Levitical law in the Bible. Did you know that? It's
against Levitical law to have a woman and her mother or a woman and her sister. He uses that law when
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