THE WACO TRAGEDY!
DO 2859 4/93
(Dad and Mama's initial comments upon hearing about the Waco tragedy:)
1. This tragic ending of the Branch Davidians shows the System still has burnings!--Not at the stake, but the more modern way. It shows they're not afraid to still do it! They're not ashamed to torture and burn what they consider heretics! The System is just as cruel as ever, just as cruel as the Roman Empire or any of them! Even if the FBI didn't set the fire, the gassing was awful enough! And even if the Davidians themselves set the fire, it was the American government which forced them into it.
2. So they decided to burn'm alive! It shows you what the U.S. government is like--they have no shame, no fear--to go ahead and do something like that right before the eyes of the whole world! And they've done that before. They did it to a Black commune called MOVE in Philadelphia in 1985. They meant to burn just their house, but instead they burned down the whole neighborhood, leaving 250 people homeless!
3. Boy oh boy, what the System is guilty of! They wanted that compound to burn! It's just the same as burnings at the stake! And whether the FBI set the fire or not, they precipitated it! (Mama: They didn't even get the fire department there until the whole place was almost burned to the ground.) Yes, using as an excuse that "there are explosives in there and it would be too dangerous for the fire department to come."
4. Well, they've robbed the Devil of his victims, who have now gone to be with the Lord instead of having to go to court and to jail. (Mama: What a testimony against the System! I'll bet they're all in their huddles now in their secret chambers at the very highest levels trying to figure out how to cover it all up.) Yes, trying to figure out what kind of excuses to give. And through it they're sending a warning to the other cults: "If you don't give up, we'll burn you down, too!"
5. But it's going to backfire on them! People believe what they want to believe. Many, of course, will think the government did it with justification and that the Davidians deserved it, but I think (at least I hope!) that most Christians will be horrified at it! It's a warning to Christians of what extremes the System will go to in order to suppress minor religions.
6. I'm so glad the Lord took Koresh! He was so merciful to him. Thank the Lord, it seems like He's taken most of them quickly. (Mama: They've endured so much torture. If they'd gotten out of there, they would've had to endure months and months more in jail and hearings.) You can bet the government's not going to take the blame, it's too horrifying! They'll say the Davidians set themselves on fire and that they committed suicide. And you can bet your boots they're going to try to hush up those survivors and not give them a chance to tell the truth!
7. Think of the torture the authorities were inflicting on those poor people--physical, mental, emotional and psychological!--Cutting off their basic necessities, depriving them of sleep and privacy and peace of mind by flooding them with lights day and night, and barraging them with constant horror noise--the squeal of animals being slaughtered, the buzzing of dentist drills, the shrieking of sirens, the droning of Tibetan chants and all kinds of evil noises! That kind of thing can drive you insane!
8. "The Lord hath given and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the Name of the Lord" (Job 1:21). If the Davidians breathed in the smoke, they probably went quickly. In fact, that's how most people die in fires, from smoke inhalation, not actual burning. (Mama: I guess that's the mercy of the Lord. They endured so much, they really went through a lot of torture, so thank the Lord He took them.) They would've had to endure a lot more if they'd survived. Thank You Lord that You took them instead of letting the Devil have them. Frankly, I believe the Lord probably let this accident happen in order to deliver them.
9. What the media would love to say and the government would love to claim is that the Davidians set themselves on fire. (Mama: Yes, so they could exonerate themselves from their original attack by saying they were trying to save them from a mass suicide!) They've got all their answers planned out: They're saying it was nonflammable gas; it couldn't possibly catch on fire or explode! They're saying it was nontoxic, that it couldn't possibly hurt anybody that much. They're saying they actually saw some of the Davidians setting the fire. And since the FBI were the only ones at the scene, who was there to argue with them?--Only a handful of those "evil, crazy people" who managed to survive their onslaughts, who have been "brainwashed" and whom no one would believe anyway. The government is such a liar!
10. Well, we were praying the Lord would solve the situation, and I guess this is the way He chose to do it. Thank You Lord that their ordeal is over. Thank You Lord they've gone to be with You, Jesus! Praise the Lord! Thank You Lord! (Mama: I guess even if David Koresh thought he was Jesus, the Lord will somehow straighten that out and He'll still accept him, don't you think?) I think they certainly sound like they loved the Lord. (Mama: I guess they'll just go to a place where the Lord can train them the right way.) I'm not going to worry about that, I'm sure the Lord's taking care of them.
11. Thank God their ordeal is over! I'm sure they're in a happier place than they were. The Lord loves His people, and God can take care of the FBI. They're going to regret this. (Mama: Maybe some Christians will say that God was judging David Koresh and his followers because they got so off the track and thought he was Jesus, if reports to that effect can be believed.) Well, that's quite possible. Nevertheless, I don't think just being wrong doctrinally is a mortal sin. If so, there are going to be an awful lot of church people who'll go to Hell! Ha! (Mama: But calling yourself Jesus, if indeed he did, is a little more than just being wrong doctrinally, don't you think? That's a pretty big mistake!) Honey, let's leave that up to the Lord. I wouldn't blame the people that he's deceived, and I don't think he necessarily deliberately deceived them. I think he was probably deluded himself by misinterpretation of the Scripture. Thank the Lord, the Lord's been good to us; we're preaching the truth and we're doing the right things, not stacking up arms and shooting government agents!--Which shows that that type of behavior certainly doesn't pay off!
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12. The Lord is going to judge the whole world on their attitude toward this event!--Whether they're sorry and feel bad, or whether they just think it was "good riddance of bad rubbish." I'm sure the vast majority of people were glad it happened. Well, I am too, but for different reasons. I believe the Lord let it happen and let them go through the fire to be with Him, so He could comfort them.--And also so He could straighten out David Koresh's Biblical interpretation, so he won't lead any more people astray.
13. Don't tell me this modern civilization doesn't have its torture! All that noise-making was torture, even playing Tibetan chants, of all things! They were just doing everything they could to annoy them, it's horrible! The System sure fulfilled what Koresh prophesied about them, and what they'd go through before they died. I consider they were martyrs, God bless them!--And He has. He's taken them where their enemies can't torture them any more. And those evil people who were responsible for the deaths of so many people in such a fiery way will be tortured by their own consciences from now on!
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14. I believe the story of one of the survivors who said the FBI tanks started the fire! He said the tank that was knocking down the front door and busting the windows knocked over a kerosene lamp in the room above, and that's what started the fire. Of course, the FBI agents swear that they had snipers that saw Koresh's people lighting fires at both ends. They're such liars, they'll say anything to save themselves. I wouldn't be surprised if it was their own FBI men who set those fires, if that was the case!
15. The FBI had a battering ram hitting their front door, tearing it down, then smoke came out of the top story, right above where the battering ram was doing its work. It seemed like the FBI had done some kind of damage and set the place on fire! And sure enough, out came the flames! The place was just a tinderbox, all cheap wooden construction.
16. Imagine, they had no lights, and they'd put up bales of hay in front of all the windows and doors for protection from the gunfire and the elements, and they were using lanterns for light. There's no way they could have prevented a fire. And the FBI weren't trying in any way to stop the fire once it started. They waited until the place was nearly burned down to send for the fire trucks! I think they wanted to do that. I think they wanted to get rid of them, the whole bunch!
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17. The System can do anything! They've got the guns and they're cruel! It's a time of tribulation and they can do anything they want to, except what God prevents.
18. (Mama: The tragedy in Waco couldn't have been a more vivid picture of the Tribulation! It's like a forecast of things to come.) Yes, "Just go in there and torture them first and then burn'm alive!" I mean, they couldn't have tortured them any more! (Mama: Yes, they cut them off from the press, from the outside. They cut off even their basic amenities, like their electricity, and their tanks even smashed the children's bicycles and toys!) And when they cut off their electricity, they cut off their water too, because they had their own water system run by pumps from a storage tank. You can imagine how horrible it was, and they couldn't go outside to go to the toilet.
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19. Those Waco people certainly must've been doing something right, or they wouldn't have gotten so much persecution! Frankly, I think David Koresh was a little off his rocker, because a lot of the things he said don't even make sense. It's amazing that people would even go for that kind of guy, but I think he was well-meaning. He just had his own interpretation of the Scriptures, like a lot of other preachers do.
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20. The faces of those evil demons that kept excusing and alibiing the government's actions were sort of flat. It's hard to express it, but they gave you a totally worldly, cruel feeling. It shows you how demon-possessed men in government like that can be, so totally cruel and without feeling.
21. The government was totally cruel and heartless! Even the Davidians' lawyers were astonished at how the government went ahead and just pushed through their attack and caused the disaster. No matter how you look at it, the government caused it!--Whether the Davidians deliberately set the fires and committed mass suicide, or whether it was an accident caused by the tanks. Whatever it was, the FBI caused it!
22. The whole American culture is violent and built on violence--their government, their crime, their wars, everything. It is the most violent nation on earth, yet they've got themselves so fooled they claim to be the most peaceful, democratic nation on earth. They're so churchy, so self-righteous, such hypocrites!
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23. The enemies of David Koresh--the FBI, the AC media, Clinton, etc.--all look like snakes, and they are snakes! They're children of the Devil, the Serpent, all liars, like their father the Devil! (John 8:44). Boy oh boy, the Tribulation is here! Talk about a police state! Where could those survivors possibly be tried, in what court, where there wouldn't be irresistible pressure on the judge or the jury from the government?--Everybody from the president, the FBI and law enforcement officials pressuring them to convict them.
24. Thank the Lord, we can see the Lord too in all of this, and He's working! Lord, just one with Thee is a majority. "And though this world with devils filled should threaten to undo us, we will not fear for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us!"
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