Saturday, February 22, 2020

What Hath Washington To Do With Heaven

            I need to address this topic once again because it is brought up by evangelicals in most of the conversations that I have with them. Their reasoning goes no further than this....."If we don't vote for Donald Trump then one of those Democrats will be in the White House!" Has not God been our protector? Does not His Word say...."Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts."? What does Washington have to do with heaven?
            We have gone to Egypt for help....and forsaken trust in God....who has made known....to anyone who has ears to hear....for multiple decades now....that we are to return to Him or face His judgment. When calamity strikes....which God has promised to a nation like us....in spite of the 'winning winning winning' that President Trump promises....God will look to us and say....Where are your gods who you chose for protection instead of me? To unconditionally support Donald Trump....without so much as examining the mountain of evidence against him....is not returning to God....it is rejecting God!
             I have to add this....for people are urged today to come into the faith without being told the cost of discipleship....consider Demetrius the silversmith....for when Christianity threatens those who make money selling idols....Donald Trump being a chief profiteer....those whose profits are threatened will strike out against Christians. Ponder this for a moment....for it may be unpleasant....but it's necessary in order to be prepared....if discerning Christians come to see Donald Trump for who he really is....and that will only happen if God wills it....and they withdraw their support....and Trump's second term is in jeopardy....there will be immediate retribution.
            Supporting Donald Trump is the easy path. Doing what is right is the hard path. What is surprising about this? We do know that the world will hate us if we love Christ more than we love the world.....do we not? Do we think that persecution can only come from atheists? Look closer at Donald Trump....and those who over these three years have attached themselves to him....this new Trump establishment.....this power-mongering consortium that will purge you as soon as look at you. These people play for keeps. They will cut your legs out from under you and stomp on you if their silver trade is threatened.
             Evangelicals are not part of a vanguard in making America great again....as they may believe....but rather part of a Praetorian Guard....protecting a would-be emperor.