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Branch Davidians, who are they? Where did they come from? These are the questions that you must answer in order to fully understand the whole movement. When I first heard of the Branch Davidians it was when they were broadcast around the world in Waco Texas facing off against the FBI.
So upon reading about them in the text book I decided to start a little research through Google. It was amazing what I found out about the Davidians.
This is not a new religious movement that was just started, it has actually been around for a long time.
It was started by a man named Victor Houteff. He started this new religion in 1929. They are an offshoot of Seventh Day Adventist (SDA which in many Christian Churches they are seen as a cult as well). Mr. Houteff, first embrassed the Seventh Day's teachings until he read into Micah 6:9 "Hear ye the Rod" and from this verse he concluded that the SDA. (Why from one verse he came to this conclusion I do not know.) He started to make his......

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