He was raised as a British Israelite, and his father introduced him to J. H. Allen's work Judah's Sceptre and Joseph's Birthright (1902) at an early age.
He later graduated from the University of Maine with a bachelor's degree in law, becoming a successful lawyer but also worked as a construction worker and had other business interests.
[4]: 30 Prior to its foundation, Rand had met with prominent British Israelites such as William Pascoe Goard for advice and meetings.
[4]: 45–60 Paradoxically, while early British Israelites such as Edward Hine and John Wilson were philo-semites, Christian Identity emerged in sharp contrast to be strongly anti-semitic.
[4]: xii [8] Rand did not teach any violence or hatred towards other races, but these acts would later emerge as the focus of the Christian Identity movement.