Christian Militia

The media is reporting that some members of a "Christian" militia have been arrested.

They were preparing for battle with the Antichrist.

Nine alleged members of a Christian militia group that was girding for battle with the Antichrist were charged Monday with plotting to kill a police officer and slaughter scores more by bombing the funeral - all in hopes of touching off an uprising against the U.S. government.

Seven men and one woman believed to be part of the Michigan-based Hutaree were arrested over the weekend in raids in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, and another was still being sought. Authorities blocked off a rural area Monday evening about 30 miles from the site of Saturday's raid near Adrian but wouldn't say who they were searching for or whether the search was related to the weekend raids.

And here is the potential reason that these folks went so wrong;

Hutaree says on its Web site its name means "Christian warrior" and describes the word as part of a secret language that few are privileged to know. The group quotes several Bible passages and declares: "We believe that one day, as prophecy says, there will be an Anti-Christ. ... Jesus wanted us to be ready to defend ourselves using the sword and stay alive using equipment."

See it here; http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100329/D9EOISE80.html

Can anyone find me a passage in the Bible where Jesus says we are supposed to defend ourselves using the sword and stay alive using equipment??

What we can find in 2Thessalonians 2:5-8 is that the Antichrist will not be revealed until the restrainer (Holy Spirit) is withdrawn. Since the Holy Spirit is indwelling in all Christ followers on earth....clearly this means that only those people left behind will actually know who the Antichrist actually is.

So these folks were led astray by adding some words to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Not good.