Secret Jesus Bible Codes

An ABC investigation has 'uncovered' what they are calling secret Jesus Bible codes on U.S. Military Weapons. Read the complete article here:

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/us-military-weapons-inscribed-secret-jesus-bible-codes/story?id=9575794&page=2

It seems that the U.S. government has a $660 million, multi-year contract with the rifle sight maker Trijicon. At the end of the sights' serial numbers contains references to New Testament scripture verses such as JN8:12, "When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, 'I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.'"

Another verse at the end of a sights' serial number is 2COR4:6, "For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ." See the inscriptions here:

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/slideshow?id=9580847

According to Trijicon, the practice of putting the references on the sights was begun by the company's founder, who later died in a plane crash. The company's website states that, "We believe that America is great when its people are good. This goodness has been based on Biblical standards throughout our history, and we will strive to follow those morals."

The first thing I find fascinating is that ABC is calling these 'Secret Jesus Bible Codes.' They do not appear to be all that secret, and they are certainly not in any code. The reference would be fairly obvious to a Christian. To anyone who is not, they would most likely ignore it.

Secondly, a spokesman for the Military Religious Freedom Foundation claims that the contract with this private company oversteps the boundary of separation of church and state. He actually says, "It's literally pushing fundamental Christianity at the point of a gun against the people we're fighting. We're emboldening an enemy."

This begs a few questions. Again, this is a private company doing business with the Military. They are allowed to have anything on their sights that they want. These are not 'Jesus rifles,' as they are being called. The scripture verse reference, which is in a tiny imprint, is part of a serial number that no one is looking at when they're holding the rifle.

Thirdly, the most important error of this article is the fact that this has nothing to do with the separation of church and state. Trijicon does not appear in any way to be attempting to establish a church, or even witnessing to unbelievers. The Army and the Marines both said they had no idea that the references were on the sights.

You can make your own conclusions as to your feelings about the verse references being on the sights. As for me, I think ABC is attempting to make this more of an issue than it is. The people our soldiers fight against are killing indiscriminately, not because of miniature scripture references. And it is another attempt to silence God's word.