Believe it or notU.S. military supplier inscribes the weapons it sells with secret biblical codes
A Michigan-based company with a $660 million contract to supply 800,000 sights to the Marine Corps and the U.S. Army, is inscribing the sights with quotes from the New Testament; the biblical references appear in the same type font and size as the model numbers on the company’s Advanced Combat Optical Guides, called the ACOG
Sight with reference to Psalms 27:1 // Source: armytimes.com
Our American readers would know that eye black is a grease applied under the eyes to reduce glare. It is often used by baseball and American football players to make sure that sunlight or stadium lights do not impair visibility of an airborne ball.
Tim Tebow, who just graduated after four impressive years as the quarterback of the university of Florida Gators, comes from a very religious family, so he frequently wears eye black that references Bible verses. In a game against the Florida State Seminoles, for examples, his eye black said “Heb 12 1-2.” During the last game of the season, against U Alabama’s Crimson Tide, Tebow has written “John 16:33,” referencing a passage from the Gospel of John from the New Testament. It reads in part: “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world” — which was appropriate, since the Gators lost to the Tide, sending the latter to the college championship game against the Texas longhorns. Alabama won.
Now, it appears that coded references to New Testament Bible passages about Jesus Christ are not limited to Tim Tebow’s eye black. ABC News’ Joseph Rhee, Tahman Bradley, and Brian Ross report that similar biblical references are inscribed on high-powered rifle sights provided to the U.S. military by a Michigan company.
The sights are used by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and in the training of Iraqi and Afghan soldiers. The maker of the sights, Trijicon, has a $660 million multi-year contract to provide up to 800,000 sights to the Marine Corps, and additional contracts to provide sights to the U.S. Army.
U.S. military rules specifically prohibit the proselytizing of any religion in Iraq or Afghanistan and were drawn up in order to prevent criticism that the United States was embarked on a religious “Crusade” in its war against al Qaeda and Iraqi insurgents.
Rhee, Bradley, and Ross report that one of the citations on the gun sights, 2COR4:6, is an apparent reference to Second Corinthians 4:6 of the New Testament, which reads: “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”
Other references include citations from the books of Revelation, Matthew, and John dealing with Jesus as “the light of the world.” John 8:12, referred to on the gun sights as
