Elohim City is a private community in Adair County, Oklahoma founded by Richard G. Millar in 1973. Millar, a Canadian immigrant, had moved to the site from Maryland after previously having established a church in Oklahoma during the 1950's. Its' 400 acres are known to be frequented by Christian Identity followers. The community gained national attention for its ties to members of the Silent Brotherhood in the 1980s and with convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh in the 1990s, although the link is now discredited for a lack of evidence. Adair County is a county located in the state of Oklahoma. ... ... Christian Identity is a label applied to a wide variety of loosely-affiliated groups and churches with a racialized theology. ... The Order (AKA Bruders Schweigen or Silent Brotherhood) is a largely-defunct faction of the Aryan Nations Church of Northwest Idaho active in the 1980s. ... The 1980s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1980 and 1989. ... Damage to the Murrah building before cleanup began. ... Timothy McVeighs police mug shot Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001), considered by the FBI an American domestic terrorist, was executed for his part in the April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City bombing. ... The 1990s refers to the years 1990 to 1999; the last decade of the 20th Century. ...

In 1986 a Canadian woman and her children sought refuge in the city, contravening a court order awarding custody of the children to her husband. Officers attempting to arrest the woman were met by a show of arms, although even critical sources agree that the community is not particularly firearm obsessed or violent. Adl is an Arabic term roughly meaning Justice. It is used in the everyday sense of the word: for example, wizeer al-adl translates to The Minister of Justice. ...

The remains of former Elohim City guest Richard Snell were released to Elohim City residents following his April 19, 1995, execution in Arkansas. Snell taunted jailers that something drastic would happen the day of his execution. The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was destroyed by a bomb in the hours before he died. Earlier criminal proceedings had produced evidence that Snell and other affiliates had visited the Murrah building to examine it as a possible bombing target in 1983. April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aerial view of Alfred P. Murrah building after bombing The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was a United States Government complex located in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 200 N.W. 5th Street that was the target of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Elohim is a Hebrew word literally meaning "God", and used to refer to the Jewish G-d. Elohim (אלהים) is a Hebrew word related to deity, but whose exact significance is often disputed. ... Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than 6 million people, mainly in Israel, the West Bank, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... At the bottom of the hands, the two letters on each hand combine to form יהוה (YHWH), the name of God. ...

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