Shepherd's Rod / Davidian History - Temcat's House

There is no connection.
Shepherd’s Rod and the Davidians
- CHAPTER EIGHT -
WHAT IS THE ADVENTIST LINK?
Remember that, when Victor Houteff-after being kicked out of Bulgaria in 1907 came to America− was a
man who would spell trouble to any church he later joined. He could have become a Baptist or
Methodist. But he happened to join the Adventist denomination (in 1918), where he remained until they
kicked him out a little more than a decade later.
In the sixty years which have transpired since then, Houteff and his followers have preyed upon
Adventists-and anyone else they could reach-trying to lure them into acceptance of their strange ideas
that they could not die, and one day soon rule the world from Jerusalem.
But Houteff and the leaders which followed him were not Seventh-day Adventists. Nor were their
followers, as soon as they accepted their strange beliefs.
For a moment, let us briefly compare some of the teachings of Koresh (who incorporates most of
Houteff's and Roden's teachings)-with the beliefs of true Seventh-day Adventists:
THE BASIC TEACHINGS OF DAVID KORESH
Former followers of David Koresh, declare that he has six fundamental beliefs:
1 - David Koresh (formerly Vernon Howell) said he was the Son of God, Jesus Christ incarnate. Not only
did he claim to be the sinless Jesus that came to earth 2,000 years ago, but he also claimed to be a
second sinful Christ who must experience sin and degradation at the end of time, in order to properly
judge people at the end of the world. He liked to call himself "the sinful Messiah." In short, he said he
would save people by his sins. He said his father was God and his mother was the Holy Spirit. The idea to
call himself Christ, he inherited from Houteff and Benjamin Roden; saying that the Holy Spirit was his
mother, came from Lois Roden. Basically, Koresh had only followed in the steps of the Shepherd's Rod,
turned Davidians, turned Branch.
2 - Koresh said he would be the ruler over God's kingdom, and soon he would open the seals and end all
the kingdoms of earth. After that, he would rule the world with his wives, his children, and his followersin
that order of position. Yet, in order to achieve his goals, he was not afraid to burn them all up.
3 - Koresh said that he owned everything and everybody. This included all women, married and singleeverywhere
in the world. When his followers acquired automobiles, appliances, property, or wives,
Koresh considered this theft, since, in his view, all that really belonged to him.
4 - Koresh said that he was the only person in the world able to interpret the Bible properly, and that no
one else should try to do so. They should listen to him and do as he told them.
5 - Koresh said that his most important teaching concerned the seven seals of Revelation, which, when
he decided to open them, would bring great catastrophes upon the entire world. (A joke is going about
the city of Waco during the February to April siege. When reporters asked people on the street what
they thought of Koresh, some laughed and said they were waiting for him to get around to opening the
seals.)
6 - Koresh said the end would come when he and his followers were attacked at their compound near
Waco, Texas. Then God would judge the entire world, resurrect Koresh and his followers, and let all their
enemies be slain.
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