We are beginning a close examination of the by-laws that govern the various Davidian Associations or General Association of Davidian Seventh-day Adventists (GA-DSDA) of which there are three rival factions under the banner of Mt. Carmel Center, specifically Salem, Mt. Dale, and Waco. We begin with the Mt. Dale GA-DSDA-MC that emerged from the Salem GA-DSDA in 1983 since we have copies of their by-laws over a period of time. These are listed below for your examination and can be conveniently ...
12 Reasons Why Mt. Dale and Waco Cannot be God’s Storehouses Today
Today anyone who claims to believe the Shepherd's Rod message and is actively engaged with its movements on the internet is acutely aware that we are in the midst of an all out war between truth and error. Specifically who or what constitutes God's storehouse and/or headquarters today. And the battle waxes especially hot since the bottom line the issue becomes where should we return our tithes, who gets the gold, and who is in control of whom. To even the casual observer the ...
The Davidian Storehouse/Headquarters/Leadership Paradox Solved
Ever since the death of Brother Houteff in 1955 followers of the Shepherd’s Rod message have been tossed into disarray regarding the role and function of storehouses, headquarters, and leadership models. Remarkably this situation was entirely predicted by warnings coming from the original SRod message about the rise of usurpers, office seekers, and professed friends of the faith who would attempt to deliver the enemy’s “knock out blow”. Over the past few years we at upa7.org have received ...
Can Error Correct Error and Lead to the Truth?
“Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam [is] in thine own eye? 5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to ...
Storehouse, Headquarters: What is the Difference and Where are They Located Today?
For a convenient PDF version of this study for download onto your computer, please click: Storehouse-Headquarters. “Our only concern should be to find out where is His "storehouse," and then faithfully deposit His money there, and, if it is His "storehouse," He will, without a doubt, take care of His own, but if He does not care for the storehouse which you think is His, then either your conception of His storehouse is incorrect, or else He has moved it to another place. "Seek and ye shall ...
