I came across the following news article from the Yahoo News site while
surfing the web this morning. What caught my attention is its mention of a
so-called "Christian" militia group by the name of
"Hutaree". I don't know
what that word means, but this group is clearly misguided, and is giving
true Christianity a very bad name. In particular, in quoting from the
Hutaree web site, the news article states:

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"We believe that one day, as prophecy says, there will be an Anti-Christ,"
the group's Web site said. "Jesus wanted us to be ready to defend ourselves
using the sword and stay alive using equipment."

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I challenge any Christian anywhere to show me in the Gospels where Jesus
told us to take up weapons in order to defend ourselves against the forces
of Antichrist. As I point out in a number of my political articles, nowhere
did Jesus or any of His First Century followers advocate this. Quite to the
contrary, Jesus specifically stated:

"Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth."
Matthew 5:5, KJV

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the
children of God."
Matthew 5:9, KJV

"Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my
kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight,
that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my
kingdom not from hence."
John 18:36, KJV

"Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his
place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with
the sword."
Matthew 26:52, KJV

In short, the mere idea of a so-called "Christian" militia group is
contradictory. You simply cannot be a true, Bible-believing Christian who
adheres to the peaceful teachings of Jesus Christ, and take up weapons at
the same time.

As I point out in articles such as "Civil Disobedience And Christian
Persecution", our lot as Christians is to suffer persecution for the sake of
our Christian faith. As Jesus, Paul, and other Apostles taught us:

"But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you,
and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and
into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my
name's sake. And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before
what ye shall answer: For I will give you a mouth and
wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to
gainsay nor resist. And ye shall be betrayed both by
parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some
of you shall they cause to be put to death. And ye shall be
hated of all men for my name's sake. But there shall not an
hair of your head perish. In your patience possess ye your
souls."
Luke 21:12-19, KJV

"If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it
hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his
own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen
you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not
greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will
also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will
keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you
for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me."
John 15:18-21, KJV

"Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall
suffer persecution."
2 Timothy 3:12, KJV

Now, THAT is Scriptural truth!

Following is the full article from the Associated Press.


Official: Gun charges after FBI raids in Midwest

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER - Associated Press

March 28, 2010


ADRIAN, Mich. - The FBI said Sunday that agents conducted weekend raids in
Michigan, Indiana and Ohio and arrested at least three people, and a militia
leader in Michigan said the target of at least one of the raids was a
Christian militia group.

Federal warrants were sealed, but a federal law enforcement official
speaking on condition of anonymity said some of those arrested face gun
charges and officials are pursuing other suspects.

FBI spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold said there had been activity in two
southeast Michigan counties near the Ohio state line. She wouldn't say
whether they were tied to the raids in the other states.

FBI spokesman Scott Wilson in Cleveland said agents arrested two people
Saturday after raids in two towns in Ohio. A third arrest was made in
northeast Illinois on Sunday, a day after a raid took place just over the
border in northwest Indiana.

George Ponce, 18, who works at a pizzeria next door to a home raided in
Hammond, Ind., said he and a few co-workers stepped outside for a break
Saturday night and saw a swarm of law enforcement.

"I heard a yell, 'Get back inside!' and saw a squad member pointing a rifle
at us," Ponce said. "They told us the bomb squad was going in, sweeping the
house looking for bombs."

He said another agent was in the bushes near the house, and law enforcement
vehicles were "all over." He estimated that agents took more than two dozen
guns from the house.

Michael Lackomar, a spokesman for the Southeast Michigan Volunteer Militia,
said one of his team leaders got a frantic phone call Saturday evening from
members of Hutaree, a Christian militia group, who said their property in
southwest Michigan was being raided by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives.

"They said they were under attack by the ATF and wanted a place to hide,"
Lackomar said. "My team leader said, 'no thanks.' "

The team leader was cooperating with the FBI on Sunday, Lackomar said. He
said SMVM wasn't affiliated with Hutaree, which states on its Web site to be
"prepared to defend all those who belong to Christ and save those who
aren't."

"We believe that one day, as prophecy says, there will be an Anti-Christ,"
the group's Web site said. "Jesus wanted us to be ready to defend ourselves
using the sword and stay alive using equipment.

An e-mail sent to the group by The Associated Press wasn't returned Sunday,
and phone numbers for the group's leadership were not immediately available.
Berchtold, the FBI spokeswoman in Michigan, said she couldn't confirm if the
raids were connected to Hutaree.

Lackomar said none of the raids focused on his group. Lackomar said about
eight to 10 members of Hutaree trained with SMVM twice in the past three
years. SMVM holds monthly training sessions focusing on survival training
and shooting practice, Lackomar said.

In Michigan, police swarmed a rural, wooded property around 7 p.m. Saturday
outside Adrian, about 70 miles southwest of Detroit, said Evelyn Reitz, who
lives about a half-mile away. She said several police cars, with lights
flashing, were still there Sunday evening and 15 to 20 officers were
stationed in the area.

Neighbor Jane Cattell said she came home from the movies Saturday night and
a helicopter was circling above, its spotlight illuminating her house. She
and her sister, Sarah Holtz, wouldn't say who lived in the home but said
they knew them from riding their horses past their house.

"They're your average, nice neighbors," Holtz said.

There were rumors about ties to a militia, but Holtz she knew nothing of
that from her interaction with them.

One of the raids in Ohio occurred at Bayshore Estates, a trailer park in
Sandusky, a small city on Lake Erie between Toledo and Cleveland, park
manager Terry Mills said. Authorities blocked off the street for about an
hour Saturday night, he said.

"Needless to say, this has everyone talking," said Mills, 62.
"We have a lot
of retirees here who don't want all this commotion."

Mills said he didn't know the identity of the person arrested.

FBI agents in Ohio also made an arrest in Huron on Saturday night, Wilson
said. No further information would be released until after they appeared in
court Monday, he said.




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