CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE DAVIDIAN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
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[51-60] [61-70] [71-80] [81-90] [91-100]

  1. First Present Truth study given. (Isa. 54) [January 6, 1929]
  2. The truth of the 144,000 revealed. [February 1, 1930]
  3. The Shepherd’s Rod, Vol. 1, manuscript, 33 copies, delivered to leading brethren of the S.D.A. denomination. [June , 1930]
  4. The Shepherd’s Rod, Vol. 1, 5,000 copies, published. [December 4, 1930]
  5. First Shepherd’s Rod adherent excommunicated from S.D.A. church. [1931]
  6. First S.D.A. medical doctor accepted message. [July 1931]
  7. First tithe remittance received. [September 9, 1931]
  8. First trip made in interest of message. [October 1932]
  9. The Shepherd’s Rod, Vol. 2, 5,000 copies, published. [October 2, 1932]
  10. First meeting held in public hall. [November 12, 1932]
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  11. First believer to desert message. [1933]
  12. First worker sent into field. [February 14, 1933]
  13. Tract No. 1, First Edition, 3,000 copies, published. [August 24, 1933]
  14. First S.D.A. minister accepted message. [December 15, 1933]
  15. Tract No. 2, First Edition, 3,000 copies, published. [December 29, 1933]
  16. Conference investigating committee met with V.T. Houteff. [February 25, 1934]
  17. First convention held. [February 25 – March 12, 1934]
  18. Tract No. 3, First Edition, 5,000 copies, published. [May 24, 1934]
  19. First issue of the Symbolic Code, published. [July 15, 1934]
  20. Tract No. 4, First Edition, 6,000 copies, published. [August 28, 1934]
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  21. Tract No. 5, First Edition, 6,000 copies, published. [May 16, 1935]
  22. Headquarters removed to Waco, Texas. [May 24, 1935]
  23. Waco, Texas, S.D.A. church closed to Shepherd’s Rod adherents. [March 1936]
  24. Tract No. 6, First Edition, 6,000 copies, published. [June 8, 1936]
  25. Tract No. 7, First Edition, 6,000 copies, published. [June 8, 1936]
  26. Constitution and By-Laws of the Shepherd’s Rod Seventh-day Adventists written. [1937]
  27. Tract No. 8, First Edition, 6,000 copies, published. [November 15, 1937]
  28. First European trip made. [May 21, 1938]
  29. Tract No. 9, First Edition, 15,000 copies, published. [January 31, 1940]
  30. Tract No. 10, First Edition, 6,000 copies, published. [August 27, 1940]
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  31. Tract No. 11, First Edition, 6,000 copies, published. [August 23, 1940]
  32. First Senior Sabbath School Lessons mailed. [1941]
  33. Flag of Christ’s Kingdom designed. [November 1941]
  34. Tract No. 13, First Edition, 25,000 copies, published. [December 10, 1941]
  35. Bible Teachers’ (Correspondence) Course begun. [1942]
  36. Catalog-Syllabus and Rules-Manual, 5,070 copies, published. [November 28, 1942]
  37. Organization named “The General Association of Davidian Seventh-day Adventists.” [1943]
  38. The Leviticus (Constitution and By-laws) of Davidian Seventh-day Adventists, 5,075 copies, published. [February 12, 1943]
  39. First Children’s Davidian Sabbath School Lessons mailed (Kindergarten & Primary and Intermediate Divisions). [1943]
  40. Fundamental Beliefs and Directory of the Davidian Seventh-day Adventists, 5,100 copies, published. [March 4, 1943]
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  41. Tract No. 14, First Edition, 35,095 copies, published. [April 30, 1943]
  42. First Fellowship Certificates issued, along with Ministerial Credentials. [June 1943]
  43. Bequeathment Certificates first provided. [September 1943]
  44. The Answerer, Book One, 29,760 copies, published. [May 1944]
  45. The Answerer, Book Two, 29,564 copies, published. [June 1944]
  46. The Answerer, Book Three, 29,815 copies, published. [July 1944]
  47. The Answerer, Book Four, 30,000 copies, published. [August 1944]
  48. The Answerer, Book Five, 30,000 copies, published. [December 1944]
  49. Mt. Carmel site purchased. [March 15, 1935]
  50. Removal of Office from Los Angeles, California to Waco, Texas. [May 17, 1935]
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  51. Arrival of first newcomers to Mt. Carmel. [May 24, 1935]
  52. First building occupied at Mt. Carmel. [September 1935]
  53. First death at Mt. Carmel. [December 2, 1935]
  54. First office building erected at Mt. Carmel. [1935]
  55. First dormitory erected at Mt. Carmel, Building No. 4. [1935]
  56. International Mercantile Assn. organized at Mt. Carmel. [March 1936]
  57. Telephone system installed at Mt. Carmel. [June 1936]
  58. Mt. Carmel Academy opened. [September 1936]
  59. Dam No. 1 built at Mt. Carmel. [1936]
  60. First marriage solemnized at Mt. Carmel. [January 1, 1937]
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  61. Foundation laid for dam of Lake Meribah (Dam No. 2) at Mt. Carmel. [April 7, 1937]
  62. Peach Orchard No. 1 planted at Mt. Carmel. [February and March 1937]
  63. Water storage tank completed at Mt. Carmel. [November 1937]
  64. Water pump and windmill installed at Mt. Carmel [1937]
  65. Bank of Palestina organized at Mt. Carmel. [January 1, 1938]
  66. City electric power delivered to Mt. Carmel. [September 10, 1938]
  67. Mt. Carmel script put into circulation. [February 1938]
  68. First double wedding ceremony performed at Mt. Carmel. [May 27, 1938]
  69. King’s Highway cut through at Mt. Carmel. [1938]
  70. First commemoration of annual history review, The Day of Days. [October 25, 1939]
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  71. First child born at Mt. Carmel. [October 26, 1939]
  72. Administration building completed and office removed to Mt. Carmel. [January 21, 1940]
  73. Sound system installed at Mt. Carmel. [1940]
  74. Cafeteria service inaugurated at Mt. Carmel. [April 10, 1940]
  75. Public Lavatories and showers erected. [1941]
  76. Roads cut through hills of Mt. Carmel. [1942]
  77. The name Davidic-Levitical Institute adopted. [1943]
  78. Domestic Science Building begun. [1943]
  79. First Sanitarium Unit built. [1944]
  80. Filling station installed. [1944]
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  81. First issue of internal organ, The Trumpeter, distributed. [April 7, 1944]
  82. V.T. Houteff dies at Hillcrest Hospital in Waco, Texas. [February 5, 1955]
  83. Florence Houteff continues to move the Shepherd’s Rod forward. [February 7, 1955]
  84. Florence Houteff makes a false prediction on November 5, 1955 concerning the purification of the Seventh-day Adventists Church, as well as other predications concerning: the premillenium Kingdom and World War III, which is to which is to take place on April 22, 1959.
  85. In light of this prediction a Davidian national radio program, hosted by Davidian Minister Dudley Goff goes on the air. [Spring 1957]
  86. Under the direction of Florence Houteff an all out evangelical campaign at the 1957 General Conference Session held in Cleveland, Ohio is implemented. [June 1958]
  87. Under the direction of Florence Houteff the Executive Council challenges the Seventh-day Adventist Church to test whether or not its predictions are from the Lord. [1959]
  88. The Executive Council of Davidian Seventh-Day Adventists calls on all who believe in the prediction to come to the Headquarters to see the fulfillment of it. Nearly 1,000 people show up. [March 1959]
  89. When the prediction fails Mrs. Houteff writes a letter to the congregation in an attempt to encourage them. [June 20, 1959]
  90. The Davidian leadership rejects Victor Houteff, Ellen G. White as prophets and "The Shepherd’s Rod Message" as a message of divine origin and resign leaving the destiny of the Association in the hands of the membership. [March 11, 1962]
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  91. A large group of conservative Davidians reorganize in Los Angeles, CA between July 28 and August 7, 1961 with H.G. Warden as Vice-President.
  92. On December 18, 1963 a reorganized Davidian Association incorporates. Mt. Carmel Center in Waco, Texas is closed-down by Florence Houteff and New Mt. Carmel is purchased in Elk, Texas. [March 11, 1962]
  93. Waco location sold to the Presbyterian Church.
  94. Elk property, New Mt. Carmel, falls into the hands of Benjamin L. Roden and the Branch Davidians. [March 1962]
  95. Vernon Howell, aka David Koresh was never associated with The General Association of Davidian Seventh-day Adventists, Mt. Carmel in Waco, Texas.
  96. For several months there was no true Davidian Association functioning anywhere on the planet.
  97. There are several organization's claiming to be authentic Davidian association's operating within the United States. Some of these include Bashan and Gilead Associations as well as organization's located in New York and North Carolina.
  98. There is only one true Davidian Association, operating in the location designated by God, at the present time.
  99. The General Association of Davidian Seventh-day Adventists, Mt. Carmel was reestablished in Waco, Texas. [April 1991]
  100. The ATF attacks the Branch Davidian Headquarters in Elk, Texas, which has no connection with the General Association of Davidian Seventh-day Adventists, Mt. Carmel reestablished in Waco, Texas in April 1991. [February 28, 1993]
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