Pennsylvania Church Will Bless Assault Rifles In Preparation For Christ’s Return

[GMDino]

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2018/02/pennsylvania-church-will-bless-assault-rifles-preparation-christs-return/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=share_bar&fbclid=IwAR0iW-_JPh9lz1KSmRkaPdDDp_jdnMItpt-DB7gjsU-2xicQ4qPaXM9IpFE#jCVVEFeHxQBrRpfu.01

Quote:Who Would Jesus Shoot?  A gun-loving Pennsylvania church will bless assault rifles in anticipation of Christ’s return.


A church in northeastern Pennsylvania is inviting the faithful to bring their assault weapons,  including AR-15-style rifles, to a blessing ceremony planned for next week.


The Independent reports:

Quote:Sanctuary Church in Newfoundland, Pennsylvania, is asking couples – specifically, heterosexual couples – to bring what it calls the modern-day “rods of iron” or a similar weapon to the event.
The church is expecting hundreds of people to arrive at its church in Newfoundland on 28 February.

Fox News reports:

Quote:At 10 a.m. next Wednesday, church leaders expect up to 600 people for a blessing ceremony, and many of those people are expected to be armed with AR-15s, the gun used in recent mass shootings across the country.

ABC reports the church website directs couples to show up to the ceremony with an AR-15 “or equivalents such as an AK semiautomatic rifle, representing both the intent and the ability to defend one’s family, community … “
Sanctuary Church official Tim Elder explained:

Quote:

This will be a big thing for us. It’s a new stage for us because it incorporates the rod of iron, as it is in Revelations. Revelations talks about the returning Christ ruling with the rod of iron.

Elder added:

Quote:This rod of iron is the AR-15, in today’s terms.

Elder’s reference to a “rod of iron” has its source in Revelation 2:27.

Quote:And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.

Bottom line: Gun-loving Sanctuary Church in Newfoundland, Pennsylvania, will bless assault rifles next week in anticipation of Christ’s return.


And so it goes.

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[*michaelsean*]

Is this rapture stuff? Are they already conceding that they will be left behind?

[GMDino]

(02-27-2019, 06:24 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Is this rapture stuff?  Are they already conceding that will will be left behind?

Ha!  I didn't think it of that way!

I'm assuming they believe Jesus will lead their army to take out the evildoers.

[Sociopathicsteelerfan]

Will this improve my groupings? If so I'm all for it.

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(02-27-2019, 06:26 PM)GMDino Wrote: Ha!  I didn't think it of that way!

I'm assuming they believe Jesus will lead their army to take out the evildoers.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1773560/
"Jesus returns to 1970s Los Angeles to clean up the streets... one thug at a time."

[Vas Deferens]

(02-27-2019, 07:21 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1773560/
"Jesus returns to 1970s Los Angeles to clean up the streets... one thug at a time."

Sounds like a play on beat one of the best movies of all time:

[Sociopathicsteelerfan]

(02-27-2019, 07:21 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1773560/
"Jesus returns to 1970s Los Angeles to clean up the streets... one thug at a time."

I like that he's still carrying the cross.  Wouldn't putting that thing down be the first item on your agenda?

Also, that slide needs to be cleaned and lubricated and Jesus has horrific trigger discipline.

[*michaelsean*]

(02-27-2019, 07:20 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Will this improve my groupings? If so I'm all for it.

If they bless your rifle, and your groupings improve, will you rejoin the flock?

[Sociopathicsteelerfan]

(02-27-2019, 07:38 PM)michaelsean Wrote: If they bless your rifle, and your groupings improve, will you rejoin the flock?

Honestly, probably not.  I'll just take the credit.  

[Yojimbo]

(02-27-2019, 07:30 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I like that he's still carrying the cross.  Wouldn't putting that thing down be the first item on your agenda?

Also, that slide needs to be cleaned and lubricated and Jesus has horrific trigger discipline.

It’s like the Von Miller Old Spice commercial. It’s too easy being the Son of God, so he has to do things to make it harder.

[*Nately120*]

If an evil man doth strike you, present the other cheek so that he may striketh that, as well. After that you are legally cleared to use lethal force.

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Did you read their Declaration? WOW!

https://www.sanctuary-pa.org/constitution

This is a cult like that of Heavens Gate or Jonestown.

[*michaelsean*]

(02-27-2019, 10:13 PM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: Did you read their Declaration? WOW!

https://www.sanctuary-pa.org/constitution

This is a cult like that of Heavens Gate or Jonestown.

I just skimmed it, but I don’t thunk it’s all original material.

[fredtoast]

(02-27-2019, 10:13 PM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: Did you read their Declaration? WOW!

https://www.sanctuary-pa.org/constitution

This is a cult like that of Heavens Gate or Jonestown.

It is Sun Young Moons son.  Go watch the videos where he is wearing a crown made out of shell casing.

No surprise that he owns a nearby gun store.

[Benton]

(02-27-2019, 06:24 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Is this rapture stuff?  Are they already conceding that they will be left behind?

Modern conservatives are in a tough spot. The Bible talks about helping people and being kind, but the NRA says that Democrats are going to eat your babies. To balance things out, there's a grwoing culture that believe we're in the end times and all gloves are off. 

[*Nately120*]

(02-28-2019, 05:38 PM)Benton Wrote: Modern conservatives are in a tough spot. The Bible talks about helping people and being kind, but the NRA says that Democrats are going to eat your babies. To balance things out, there's a grwoing culture that believe we're in the end times and all gloves are off. 

Of all the things in the Bible the idea that Jesus carried an assault rifle would be one of the easier things to accept.