“Koresh” is the Hebrew name for Cyrus, the Persian king who allowed the Jews to return to Israel. The first thing to understand about Koresh is that he invented himself. Did anyone really expect the prophet of Ranch Apocalypse to meekly surrender his sheep to the enemy and come out with his hands up? Anything less would have been a monumental betrayal of his claim to be David Koresh, Angel Warrior of the Armageddon. It didn’t matter if the fire came from automatic rifles or a match and a can of kerosene this was what Koresh had promised. This was the ending that Koresh had prayed for and staked his reputation on-the final battle, the trial by fire. For nine years Koresh had relentlessly drilled his followers to prepare for Armageddon, had preached its inevitability, had forecast its imminence. From the moment that federal agents blundered into their frontal assault on the Branch Davidians’ armed fortress on the morning of February 28, David Koresh knew that God had finally delivered the enemy into his hands.
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