... 23-24). In nineteen eighty-one the Seventh-day Adventist banished Vernon from the church. He left for Waco where he began preaching sermons to the Branch Davidians cult. He claimed he was the seventh angel of the Book of Revelation in the Bible. The cult members accepted him and proclaimed him as the leader of the church (Streissguth139-14). George Roden, the son of Benjamin and Lois Roden ... main rival and kept him from becoming the leader of the Branch Davidians. Venon was again banished from this church. Forty of the members stayed loyal to him (Reavis 24). In nineteen eighty - seven...

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• Grade Level: High School

... the Book of Ezekiel. These passages dealt with an angel of God separating the faithful from the sinful right before Jerusalem's fall to the Babylonians. Houteff created a spin-off congregation in 1935 on the outskirts of Waco. From this action begins the cycle of cult leaders in Waco. After 20 years of leading his cult Florence, the wife of the now deceased Houteff, took over the branch. She controlled it for ... about five years until it broke up after failing to accurately predict the beginning of the end of the world. This occurred on April 22, 1959. Almost all of the members went th...

• Word Count: 1322
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... the Book of Ezekiel. These passages dealt with an angel of God separating the faithful from the sinful right before Jerusalem's fall to the Babylonians. Houteff created a spin-off congregation in 1935 on the outskirts of Waco. From this action begins the cycle of cult leaders in Waco. After 20 years of leading his cult Florence, the wife of the now deceased Houteff, took over the branch. She controlled it for ... about five years until it broke up after failing to accurately predict the beginning of the end of the world. This occurred on April 22, 1959. Almost all of the members went th...

• Word Count: 1322
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School