The Branch Davidians: The End Is Near?

Koresh says he will surrender when he finishes a treatise on the Book of Revelation, but no one is holding his breath

David Koresh must be the only author ever to have the FBI waiting to distribute his manuscript. As soon as the cult leader has finished decoding the symbolism of the seven seals in the Book of Revelation, FBI agents surrounding the compound near Waco, Texas, where Koresh and his Branch Davidian cult are holed up, will pick up the longhand manuscript and convey it to Koresh's lawyer, Dick DeGuerin, who will present it to two noted biblical experts for evaluation. Then, Koresh promises, he and 95 followers will finally surrender to federal authorities. That would end a siege that, as of...

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