I grew up close to Waco, and while I was three at the time I have vague memories of family talking about the Branch Davidians and David Koresh. So as curiosity got the best of me, I decided to dive into the history of the Davidians for some back story that led to the Waco Massacre. 


https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/davidians-and-branch-davidians


The Sheppards Rod, Revelation info. http://www.davidiansda.org/shepherd1.htm


Report of the Department of the Treasury on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms investigation of Vernon Wayne Howell also known as David Koresh https://archive.org/details/reportofdepartme00unit 


Who was David Koresh? http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/04/14/waco.koresh/index.html