Topic: Tribulation

The theological beliefs of the Branch Davidians center on the establishment of a divine kingdom in the Holy Land during the last days. Followers consider themselves students of the Seven Seals as taught by David Koresh rather than members of a formal sect. They interpret modern geopolitical shifts toward a one-world government as the rise of "Babylon the Great," viewing their 1993 experience as a miniature version of the coming global tribulation.