Premillennialism

Queensland Police have said the shooting attack that killed two officers and an innocent neighbour in the s...

"Whilst the behaviour was similar in some respect to sovereign citizens, we don't believe this was connected to a sovereign citizen ideology," she said. While the extreme evangelists can have similar beliefs to sovereign citizens – an ideology previously linked to the Trains – such as being influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, Linford said that movement was not involved in the terror attack. [Queensland](https://www.9news.com.au/queensland)town of [Wieambilla was a "religiously motivated terrorist attack"](https://www.9news.com.au/national/wieambilla-queensland-police-shooting-religiously-motivated-terrorist-attack/95effce7-eedd-419b-83f6-09272f2aae81)influenced by an extremist Christian ideology known as premillennialism.

Police say December's fatal Wieambilla shootings were motivated by an "extreme" Christian ideology called premillennialism. "We don't believe this attack ...

"There was a belief that Christ will return to the Earth for 1,000 days, and provide peace and prosperity," deputy commissioner Linford said. "Whilst the behaviour was similar in some respect to sovereign citizens, we don't believe this was connected to a sovereign citizen ideology, we believe it's connected to the Christian extremist ideology," she said. "There was significant evidence of advanced preparation and planning," she said.

Queensland Police say Wieambilla shooting was a religiously motivated terrorist attack inspired by Christian 'premillennialism' belief.

The second is that this gives ASIO more of a basis to use intelligence-gathering powers against people in these groups,” he said. It’s a point of no return that certain people are the devil, and certain people are of God,” he said. Commissioner Linford said that while the Queensland coroner will make a final determination, they were treating it as a religiously motivated terrorist attack. They threw out that it was a false flag and kept promoting conspiracies,” he said. Gill said that millennialism is present in conspiracy movements such as Australia’s freedom movement and among QAnon believers. Videos and comments in the lead-up to the attacks contained Christian quotes and iconography. Premillennialism is a belief the second coming of Jesus Christ will happen after a Judgement Day, ushering in a thousand years of peace. Both Gareth and Nathaniel were brought up “I felt like I wanted to point this out in the freedom movement because they’re not going to take responsibility for what they’re putting out there,” he said. He said that understanding the influence of premillennialism in the Trains’ decisions to carry out an act of mass violence is complex. Gill is worried about whether radicalised individuals who believe in premillennialism will continue to commit acts of violence as they’re constantly bombarded by new “threats” concocted by the anti-vaccine, anti-government leaders of the freedom movement. Linford said the trio were adherents to “a broad Christian fundamentalist belief system known as premillennialism”.

The Queensland shootout that claimed the lives of two police officers has been declared a terrorist attack. Nearly 200 statements provided in an investigation ...

He believes in the apocalypse," she said. The deputy commissioner said a number of events had pushed the trio towards extreme religious beliefs including Nathaniel Train's heart attack, which was "a profound moment for him and his belief in God". However, a man with an American accent who called himself Don and posted videos online referring to the Trains before and after the shootings is a person of interest.