Pennsylvania church plans to bless couples who bring AR-15s

By Chris Eger

Rev. Sean Moon, of Rod of Iron Ministries and the World Peace and Unification Sanctuary Church, is planning a blessing event this week in which AR-15s play a part. (Photo: Rod of Iron)
A small church in the Poconos plans to hold a blessing ceremony this week in which couples are urged to bring a “rod of iron” defined as an AR-15 or similar.
The World Peace and Unification Sanctuary Church in Newfoundland planned its event months ago and, contrary to some media reports, the couples attending will be blessed and not the firearms they bring. Church leaders say the blessing, in which 600 are expected to participate Wednesday, is a historic first for the church.
“This will be a big thing for us,” said Tim Elder with the Sanctuary Church. “It’s a new stage for us because it incorporates the rod of iron, as it is in [The Book of] Revelations. Revelations talks about the returning Christ ruling with the rod of iron.”
An offshoot of late Korean religious figure Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church, the Sanctuary Church is led by his son, Sean Moon, who teaches the AR-15 is a tangible symbol of the church that shows “both the intent and the

Source: Guns.com