David Koresh Is The Well-Known Waco Siege Prophet

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David Koresh is the well-known Waco siege prophet. Questions and conspiracies float in the air till this day about this suspicious prophet. This prophet took things to the next level when it came to the bible and his religion. Many think he took it too far?

On August 17, 1959, in Houston Texas David Koresh was brought into this world by his mother Bonnie Sue Clark. His mother had him at a very early age. David’s early childhood life was very tough. He later moved in with his grandparents after his birth and reunited with his mother at the age of seven. They cared for David for many years. Growing up he was very lonesome. David was often bullied for being dyslexic, so he didn’t have a lot of friends. This led to many issues later in his life. …show more content…

He grew to have a very strong interest in the bible. Reading the bible was important to David. It made him feel less lonesome now that he found something he enjoyed. His mother and grandparents were very fond that David loved the bible. Since he was dyslexic growing up reading the bible everyday helped David a lot.

David loved the bible so much that he legally changed his last name to Koresh. Koresh was the name of a Persian king in the bible that David often looked up to. After changing his name, he later joined his mother’s church at the age of twenty. This is now when things turned for the worse.

Many think getting kicked out of a church is impossible, but for David this was possible. His love for the bible and church got intense. His lifestyle had suddenly changed. David was a very bad influence for the kids in his mother’s church. He caused a lot of problems with the women and young kids.

Years later Koresh tried getting to Hollywood to be an amazing rock singer. After he noticed he wasn’t getting anywhere with it he went back to what he was good at, the bible. He got back into studying the bible more and more every day. This time things were different. He was bitter and had different feeling towards church and the …show more content…

With many gunshots being thrown in the air the war was finally over after four hours. Many of David’s members had died as well as the BATF agents. Many thought the war was over, but this was just the start of David’s plan. The gun fight went on for fifty-one days between federal agents and Koresh. Months later the war was still happening. The Federal Bureau of Investigation launched a tank with tear gas onto Mount Carmel. Flames went blazing into the member’s base. The flames roared and killed more than six dozen inhabitants including David and his

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