What did Ben Roden, the founder of the Branch Davidians, teach?
Ben Roden basically taught that the people of God need to observe the biblical feast days: Passover, Pentacost, Day of Atonement, and Tabernacles, as opposed to “pagan” days such as Christmas and Easter. Ben Roden taught that within the harvest rites, were prophecies of the second coming. Seventh-day Adventist Christians generally have a big bang harvest approach. That means that Jesus comes down, and takes all the good guys back to him. End of harvest story. Ben Roden, continuing on from Houteff, taught that as the ceremonial harvest rites were done in stages, so the harvest would also be done in stages.
