What was David Koresh's real name?
Richard Masoner (richardm@cd.com)
Mon, 23 Oct 1995 18:37:24 -0500 (CDT)
A statement of Koresh's doctrine can be found at
gopher://wiretap.spies.com/00/Library/Religion/Fringe/koresh.txt
An excerpt of which is:
[Koresh's writing] [commentary notes]
People don't understand what the name | 24. The Meaning of Koresh.
Koresh means. No one knows. Scholars can | "Cyrus" is the Persian name
not tell you. Look at all the concor- | for the sun, and in Hebrew
dances, and they don't know. But it's | is "Koresh," which is the
found in Isaiah 45. It was originally a | same as the Egyptian "Phrah"
name given to a Persian king, who over- | Isa. 45:1+
threw ancient Babylon. But there's a | Rev. 10:1,7
mystery to the name Koresh. He was |
"clothed with a vesture dipped in blood,"| Rev. 19:13
because people don't like to learn the | Gen. 37:31
truth that's not out of their own head. |
"And his name is called The Word of God."| John 1:1 1 John 5:7
> Who know what his *REAL* birth name was?
I couldn't find this info....
Richard