![]() ![]() 6 participant who ran as Doug Mastriano’s preferred candidate for Pennsylvania lieutenant governor, “our great friend and brother in Christ.” And along with his brother Justin - who, in a nifty twist, owns a gun company that sells assault weapons - Sean Moon has sought to build political power in MAGA world, by cultivating connections to the Trump sons, hosting an annual Freedom Festival that has attracted Steve Bannon to speak, and even forging ties to the NRA board member who put his name at the top of the list of the fake slate of 2020 Electoral College voters from Pennsylvania. Moon preaches an end-times theology that’s intertwined with earthly politics. ![]() Headquartered outside of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Rod of Iron Ministries has stirred alarm with ceremonies in which its faithful bring their weapons to church. The pastor, 42, is the son of the late global religious leader Sun Myung Moon, revered as the second coming of Christ by his followers, known colloquially as the “Moonies.” The younger Moon’s church has gained infamy by glorifying the AR-15 assault rifle as the biblical “rod of iron,” an instrument of God’s justice. Moon is the leader of Rod of Iron Ministries, a breakaway militant sect of the Unification Church. Now they realize, ‘Oh crap, if that happens again, the cops may stand down.’” “The criminals,” the pastor added - referring to America’s elected representatives who refused to back Donald Trump’s coup attempt - “can never take that image out of their mind. “God was victorious that day,” Moon insisted.
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