Under the Banner of Heaven

Hello.

Sir, Taba found Onias

up at the Dream Mine.

He needs you there. - Yeah.

Hey.

Gotta go.

- If we're to see the light in His mine again,

we must keep the generators in its belly full.

If I'm not mistaken, your calling

is to protect and serve.

And who higher to serve than Heavenly Father?

You're a sturdy breed,

capable of carrying two filled gasoline cans at once.

- As fun as that'd be, Mr. Onias...

Prophet Onias.

- Lives may be in jeopardy at this very moment.

- How can we measure the abbreviation of a mortal life

when considered next to one's eternal salvation?

What was that?

- I'm not the only faithful shareholder up here,

but I do believe I told you...

no guns.

If you're fucking with me...

- You'll never receive God's favor with such language.

Answer me this.

You say Ron started to unravel

when Dianna refused to come back to him.

Is that when he started slicing throats?

- Our prophets spoke of One Mighty and Strong

who would set the house of God in order in these end days.

My body, in this life, is not strong,

so I hoped it was Ron...

[soft music playing over speakers]

But in the fog of hope, I was blinded

to how the allure of being our One

might tempt even our strongest

to the delights of flesh and blood.

You've been called.

- Called? For--for what?

- Heavenly Father calls you to take the rest of our money

to Nevada and bet it on a horse.

He's gonna whisper in my ear. -

I'm not certain the Lord

wants Zion built in such a manner.

- It will make our school strong,

and it will bring our families back together.

Uh...

Of course I'll go. I'll go.

Of course you will.

Matilda...

Sam and Robin's wives

have been visited by missionaries

who are accusing us of apostasy.

No one's visited you?

No.

I told them what you told me to.

I said, "Don't you send anyone to my door."

And I said, "Stop fornicating." Right, right.

Who'd you say this to?

To Dianna.

To Dianna.

You think that Dianna could have moved

our entire home alone?

Who helped her?

Who helped her steal my children?

The Lows gave her money,

and the Stowes helped pack the house.

Who else?

It's okay. You can tell me.

I can't know for sure.

Brenda?

She planned it all.

Okay.

Hey! Police!

Hey! Police, stop!

Hey!

- You have spilled my blood on holy ground.

A curse be on you and yours.

- Police, police! Don't shoot!

It's Officer Taba.

Care to dust yourself off and join me and the prophet?

I'm sorry.

Prophet Onias, pleased to finally meet you.

I'm Brother Jebediah Pyre.

- Always happy to receive a faithful saint into His home.

The prophet was about to share the details

of Ron's revelations.

Yes.

Ron brought forth a list,

a removal list.

Do you approve this list?

No.

Thus saith the Lord,

"Unto My servants, the prophets,

"it is My commandment that ye remove

"the following individuals in rapid succession

and that the"...

"And that the instruments that I delivered unto thee

"be consecrated, dedicated,

and set apart for this purpose."

Amen.

- Amen. - Amen.

Ron, who is to be removed?

- Well, there's a list, a list of names. Here.

See, the names, they just tumbled out.

There may be more. I don't know.

- For He taught us, "Vengeance is Mine,

"and I will deal with Mine enemies

in Mine own time."

These words, Ron...

They're madness.

- Which is something that nonbelievers often say

about men who have revelations, isn't that right?

Okay.

So we're gonna close our eyes,

and we're gonna feel that little voice inside

telling us that these are Heavenly Father's words, yeah?

And then we vote.

Where's--where's Robin?

You didn't tell him, Dan?

Well--

- That Robin got to Nevada and heard the Spirit

tell him to bet on different horses?

That he lost the last of our money?

Seems like your own blood

is starting to doubt your wisdom, Ron.

Brothers, there's a reason

why families 50 miles from here

have heard of the Lafferty name.

Together...

We can do anything!

- Say a revelation includes instructions for a third party,

say Dianna, to return back to Ron

but she never hears it.

Must she still suffer its consequences?

- You must be confused. She heard it.

- How if Ron had received the revelation

after Dianna had already left him?

- He read it to her over the phone.

He told you that?

- I was there when he called her

and commanded her to return with his children.

How did he find her?

- His son sent a letter from Florida

with a return address.

Ron took it as a sign from God.

Dianna's in Florida now?

Oh, I doubt that. - Where, then?

Dead, I would think.

Ron would've atoned Dianna before Brenda.

That was the order of his revelation.

And her six children?

- I suspect they met the same fate as Brenda's child

to secure their exaltation

and prevent them from growing up in apostasy.

I'd think you'd have figured this out yourself...

Brother.

God's laws.

Aah!

Ah, shoot.

- Listen, before I waste time digging through these--

You all right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I just cut myself. What's up?

- Why Florida? Dianna was from New Jersey.

- Yeah, well, she was a convert,

and that tells me that she wasn't all that fond

of the home that she was brought up in,

so for now, we look for anything addressed to Florida.

- Is there some LDS law that says you gotta keep

every scrap of paper your kid ever snotted on?

Pretty much.

So Ron would definitely have kept a letter from his son.

- Sorry, sir. Wife's on line two.

- Okay. Hey, uh, just tell her I'll call her back.

She wants me to bear my testimony

in front of our congregation on Sunday.

Public speaking a problem?

- Not when I believe the words coming out of my mouth.

If the brethren smell any doubt,

I'll be single maybe by fall.