mt. carmel, after the biblical site. but in the 1980s, a new person would appear, who changed everything. handsome and magnetic, he convinced his followers he would one day be reborn as the messiah, church members worshipped him as the conquerer of babylon. >> he began to present the ideas he had, and i would say 99% of the leadership of the church that were living at mt. carmel accepted him as having a message from god. >> clive doyle is a branch davidian survivor, and to this day believes in david koresh. >> david was constantly talking to god, god told me to do this, and that. and we accepted it. >> god speaks to me, i have a message to present. >> to outsiders, koresh soon transformed the davidian church into a cult. >> the most important element of the cult is the leader. and they're always described the same way, as being charismatic. >> i mean, there are some things that god has concealed in his written word that are to be brought to you right before the end of time. >> koresh preached end of days philosophy to hi