A conspiracy theorist who is the son of the Moonies cult leader purchased a 130-acre property on an eastern Tennessee mountain that will serve as a 'training center' for his church congregation which worships AR-15 assault rifles.
Pastor Hyung Jin 'Sean' Moon — leader of the Rod of Iron Ministries, a gun-centric spin-off of his father's Unification Church — acquired the Grainger County property, which houses only a barn and small residence, for $460,000.
'This is going to be a very, very important mission,' Moon touted in a recent sermon discussing the acquisition, according to VICE. 'Many, many, many busloads of people are going to come to pray there and do ancestor liberation there.'
Moon said his goal is to recreate the Unification Church's infamous spiritual retreat held in the small South Korean town of Cheongpyeong, located about 27 miles outside of Seoul.
'As soon as I was in the vicinity of this property, I immediately felt Cheongpyeong,' Moon told his followers.
'As this spiritual download was happening, and we could feel the presence of Cheongpyeong, we just knew that of all the Tennessee lands that we've seen, this is the one that we must get to reclaim and have as a spiritual retreat.'
Moon allegedly purchased the property so he and his followers could 'get back to the basics' of the church with out the 'corruption of his mother's Satanic rule'.
He founded the Rod of Iron Ministries in 2017 after a following out with his mother, Hak Ja Han Moon, over who was the rightful heir to the Unification Church, founded by his late father Rev. Sun Myung Moon. Sun Myung Moon was a self-proclaimed messiah whose cult followers called themselves 'Moonies.'
Pastor Hyung Jin 'Sean' Moon, leader of Rod of Iron Ministries and son of Moonies cult leader Rev. Sun Myung Moon, purchased a 130-acre property on an eastern Tennessee mountain that will serve as a 'training center' for his church congregation
Moon has big plans for his newly acquired property.
He reportedly plans to build training centers and a divinity school on the land, as well as elementary and middle schools.
He also wants to construct separate cabins for men and women and dig a well in the center of the compound that would provide water to the dwellings. The well would also 'symbolize Christ's second coming'.
Moon plans to plant roses and lilies around the well, symbolizing men and women's virginity, respectively. He also wants to plant fruit trees and a vegetable garden, noting to his followers that the land is 'suitable for growing ginseng'.
Additionally, Moon told his parishioners that the Tennessee sanctuary will not only serve as a place to recreate spiritual traditions, but also could be an incubator for future political leaders.
'It's not enough that folks now just come to Sunday service and things like that and be part of evangelism that way,' Moon said in a sermon.
'It's now critical that you take political office. It doesn't matter how old you are, because you are the patriots.'
Moon acquired the Grainger County property (above) for $460,000. He plans to use the property to recreate the Unification Church's infamous spiritual retreat Cheongpyeong
He also plans to build training centers and a divinity school on the land, as well as elementary and middle schools on the land (Pictured: Worshippers holding their
