___________ Introduction: Revelation in the News Heaven’s Gate, Branch Davidians, Solar Temple and the book of Revelation The events surrounding The Branch Davidians’ fiery end at Waco, Texas; the simultaneous suicides of the members of the Order of the Solar Temple in Switzerland and Quebec, as well as the Heaven’s Gate’s deadly ‘beam up’ of March 1997 at Rancho Santa Fe conjure up dark images and raise puzzling questions. Why would any normal, balanced, human being join such marginal groups often