Editing Concerned Christians (section)

== Arrest and deportation by Israeli authorities ==
After Miller predicted a city-ending earthquake in 1998, which did not occur, members of the cult began leaving Colorado and moving to Jerusalem.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brovsky-Eaker |first=Jess |date=2021-04-06 |title=A Brief History of a Colorado Cult |url=https://www.lawweekcolorado.com/article/a-brief-history-of-a-colorado-cult/ |access-date=2025-07-10 |website=Law Week Colorado |language=en-US}}</ref>

Between 60 and 80 members of the group disappeared from their homes and jobs in [[Colorado]] in October 1998 and were the subject of a search. On January 3, 1999, they gained notoriety when they were arrested and deported from [[Israel]] as part of an Israeli effort to protect the [[Qibli Mosque|Al-Aqsa mosque]] from extremist [[Christians|Christian]] groups, codenamed "Operation Walk on Water". According to Israeli police, the Concerned Christians were one of several independent groups who believed it must be destroyed to facilitate the return of [[Jesus Christ]]. The group members said that they were law-abiding religious pilgrims there to await the return of Jesus but had no plans to participate in any illegal activity.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/251815.stm |title=Cult members deported from Israel |access-date=2008-05-28 |date=1999-01-09 |publisher=BBC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001201356/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/251815.stm |archive-date=2009-10-01 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/meast/9901/03/israel.cult.arrests.02/index.html |title=Apocalyptic Christians detained in Israel for alleged violence plot |accessdate=2008-05-28 |date=1999-01-03 |publisher=CNN |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070718135431/http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/meast/9901/03/israel.cult.arrests.02/index.html |archivedate=July 18, 2007 }}</ref>

The group is said to currently reside in [[Greece]] or the [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]] area and its potential threat level has since been disputed.<ref | name="RelTolerance" />