Preacher Says God Told Him To Kill His Wife And Children

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Father: God Told Me To Sacrifice Wife And Children

Florida - A man sentenced to 90 years in prison for attempting to set his Orlando home on fire with his family sleeping inside said God commanded him to sacrifice his wife and children.

Hans Missal, 51, admitted to dousing his Orlando home with gasoline last March. Missal also duct-taped the doors shut and ran a hose from the house to a car tailpipe while his wife, son and daughter slept before he attempted to set the structure on fire.

Tuesday, Missal said he was following God's orders.

Missal compared himself to the Bible's Abraham, who was commanded by God to sacrifice his own son, and said he received a message from God to kill his entire family.

"God had a plan for my family, I had no idea what that plan was," Missal said. "I trusted God and God was faithful to the end."

Missal said God stopped the sacrifice by waking up the family before he set the house on fire.

"I know that God was putting me through a test," Missal said. "He said, 'Do you love your family?' And absolutely, I love them more than anything in this world."

"Missal understands why people may think he is mentally ill," reporter Mike DeForest said. "But he said it was all God's plan for him to serve the next 90 years in prison."

He also said it was God's plan for his wife and children to endure such mental anguish.

"I know too many children who have easy lives and they suffer for that," Missal said.

"So, this was to make your kid stronger?" DeForest said.

"It was not to make my kid stronger, but they will be stronger because of it," Missal said.

Missal is leading a Bible study group at jail.

He will soon be transported to state prison, where he plans to spend time praying.