We See The Existential Threat.....What We Do Not See Is The Threat To Our Christian Faith

               I thought that I would address this issue again.....for it seems that I hear at least once every other day....either directly or second-hand....that a Christian is going to vote for Donald Trump even though they don't like him. The reason is always the same....he's the lesser of two evils. Not that I haven't done this before....but I'm going to do it a little bit different....as I'm just going to get down to the nitty gritty.
               First of all before I even begin....this election means nothing....absolutely nothing....as far as what evangelicals expect of it. We in America have had our Jonah moments....many of them....during our Civil War....and around the time of the Scopes trial....and in the 70s up to the mid-80s. The 'forty days' warnings are long ago used up. Nahum has been speaking to America for the last decade or so....where the message was simply....'get ready for judgment.' Judgment is coming under Harris or Trump or anyone else.
               Put yourself if you can....into Jeremiah's Jerusalem....where he has been warning kings and priests and the people for many years that God was going to judge them....but false prophets push him out of the way and told the kings and priests and the people that Jerusalem's best days were yet to come! That's what happened folks....and that is what happened to us over the past nine years....the false prophet came down the escalator....telling us that we were going to be safe again and proud again and rich again and great again. So we fell for the flattery....but the problem is even much deeper still.
               Folks...this isn't someone that just isn't likable. Thinking that is a mistake. We need to get our minds off of princes and power....and put it back on Christ! This man devastated evangelicalism....led multitudes of pastors astray....even nationally known pastors. All of the....God bless Americas....all these years....at all of these rallies....have been blasphemous. 
                Our minds have been filled with nonsense that God chose this man to rescue us. God would not choose a man who prophesies peace and security....indeed who gains fame and power by prophesying peace and security....when His word tells us the opposite. He wouldn't choose a man who fulfills just about every description that Paul gave of men to stay away from. He would not choose a man who has no use for truth....and He would not choose a man who leads His sheep away from Him!
                Our hope is not in princes....nor economic hegemony....nor legislation....nor patriotism....nor constitutions. Our hope is in Jesus Christ alone. God puts kings on the throne....both good and evil....and removes them.....for His purposes. He can save a bad king....or He can let a good king perish.
               The Apostle John wrote of....antichrists....plural....this in 1 John 4....where they spoke the wisdom of the world....and the world listened to them. Contrasting that....John wrote that when believers spoke....the world did not listen....but....those who are of God hears them! If you are....'hearing'....Donald Trump....if his rhetoric and promises resonate with you....then you are right now in the world.
                We seem to think that...."well I don't like him but"....excuses us from all our responsibilities to defend the faith. The average evangelical in Western Pennsylvania knows more about the Steelers than the prophet Jeremiah. This isn't hyperbole! They could probably boot up ten or their favorite podcasters and political websites....but not tell you where to go in Matthew or Mark or Luke to find the Olivet Discourse! We will spend....I don't know.....fifty to a hundred times more hours on our pastimes than we do in contemplation and prayer at what is ahead for America and the world.
                The average evangelical knows that there is a serious problem in America....what he or she doesn't know is the extent of that problem as it concerns the church. He or she sees the existential threat....but not the threat to their own Christian faith! If they did....they would never make a statement like.....'well I don't like him....but I have to vote for him."
                The redeemed of the Lord are but a remnant in America. May God add greatly to that remnant....and may He unite that remnant....and call "out from among them" that remnant. May He use His staff and not His rod. And may those who 'know God' only hear others that 'know God!'