HOW WAS IT THAT THE ATF BECAME INVOLVED WITH THE BRANCH DAVIDIANS?
The slaughter of Ezekiel 9, of course, did not take place on Oct. 7, 1992 as Dr. Nosworthy had predicted; but that did not end the matter for this reason: The leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist church had been saying for years that a literal slaughter will not take place in their church, or that it is a spiritual slaughter. And some had been circulating a false accusation against the SRod message, by telling the laity that the “men” in Ezekiel 9:2 are not the angels, but the Davidians who teach they are the “men” who will slay them! And the fact that the seven false letters of an untimely warning from Dr. Nosworthy, about the slaughter in Ezekiel 9 was to occur on Oct. 7, 1992, came from a post office box (23592) in Waco, Texas; and that the Branch Davidians at new Mt. Carmel Center were target practicing with their guns on their grounds, aroused their suspicions. This fact is noted in a book by Vance Ferrell, a Seventh-day Adventist minister, who wrote: “Shirley Burton, Director of
