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For a person who denigrates the handicap and wickedly
and repeatedly has gushed out terrible tirades against
women, Mexicans, Muslims, the disabled and made "owning" a
black man by saying, "That's my
African-American!" a laugh line at a political rally, we are
not talking about anyone who remotely knows Jesus Christ.
Donald Trump can not have it both ways. He cannot
denigrate people made in the image of God and trample on the
clearly-stated principles of Biblical conduct regarding
personal morality and how you are to relate to others; but
yet claim some virtue by merely mouthing Christian bromides
so as to win over portions of the evangelicals who have sold
their birthright for a mess of political pottage simply for
the chance to stand in Trump's political shadow.
Those religious empty shells who have forsaken their
first love and have gone a'whoring after anything Trumpian,
are a shame and an embarrassment to the teachings of Christ,
but yet they have no shame in their crass grab for political
power or at least to be near power.
And for what benefit? Seemingly, other than being able
to brag to their audience that they have an "in" with Trump,
those who have sat at the table of Trump for a crust of his
political pie will still leave hungry because what Trump is
feeding them has no caloric, spiritual or nutritional value.
Oh sure, he has formed an evangelical roundtable on
which he has populated it with dozens of "big names" in the
evangelical world so as to give off a whiff of Trump being
in their good graces and that he will actually take advice
from them about what?
If those weak kneed and clueless evangelicals think that
Trump is going to reward them with direct access to him so
they can expound upon important social and political issues,
they are more clueless than I originally thought.
Especially so since Trump has admitted that his number
one counselor and advisor is Donald Trump! These shameless
men and women are only there for window dressing and to prop
up a false christ, an-anti christ ("anti" meaning taking the
place of....Christ)
who will use them as cover for his efforts to win the
coveted political slice known as evangelicals.
Note: For the uninitiated about the, "anti-christ",
see: I John 2:18-23.
In his deportment, character, language and political
posturing, Trump has not even remotely modeled the Christ of
the Bible and apparently such a lack of true Bible
conviction is of no concern to these Trump smitten
evangelicals who rushed to gush and fawn over Trump. And
why? Because, to them, he exudes strength!
Strength! The exact opposite of the character quality
that Jesus Christ modeled while on Earth with his disciples.
What happened to humility and gentleness and meekness and
longsuffering and self control (some of the fruit of the
Spirit as found in the Book of Galatians) that a person like
Trump should have been exhibiting some of those traits after
living 70 years on this Earth as (in his words) a "very good
Christian?"
But apparently many evangelicals do not want to be
bogged down with such Bible distractions because they see
the world as a place wherein they are to exercise dominion
and for them Trump is their roller coaster ride to
dominionism.
It seems that too many have crossed over from the
promised land of Jordan and have willingly re-entered the
camp of the Philistines to fight a cultural fight that they
believe is being lost and only Donald Trump can save them
from the dizzyingly speed by which American society is being
changed and that to save the white Protestant religious
culture, its salvation must come from strength.
And for them, Donald Trump oozes strength. These
evangelicals do not want their political pals to be meek and
lowly of heart and to turn the other cheek and to humble
themselves. No, they want power, power and more power and
Trump has said, "Trust me. It will be amazing!"
They want a political John Wayne with guns a'blazing at
the enemy and for those ornery Chinese to give back those
American jobs that they have taken in the past 20 years
(note: Donald Trump has clothing factories in China and
other places overseas. Why doesn't he set the example and
first bring those jobs back?).
The pompous hubris and vainglorious sayings of Donald
Trump is music to the ears of the sold out evangelicals
whom, when asked by a Caesar who do they want released to
them, either the murderer Barabbas or this man called Jesus,
these evangelicals shout out, in practiced unity, "Release
Barabbas!"
Barabbas is the epitome of power and strength and Jesus
is the picture of a silent and suffering lamb who is not
willing to take up the sword and establish a earthly
kingdom.
So, when I state that Donald Trump is an anti-christ
(not THE Anti-Christ, there is a difference!), it is said
with political overtures and how for many evangelicals, he
is taking the place of the Christ in their warped worldview
as to what is important and he causes them to swoon and fall
for a earthly leader who is playing them for spiritual
dunces.
What is critical to note is that many evangelicals have
sold their birthright to be associated and protected by
"Caesar!" aka: Donald Trump. They are decrying the loss of
white Protestantism in America and they pine for the good ol'
days where everyone looked like them; and those who came to
their cloistered suburban churches dressed and talked like
them.
White American Protestants are not happy campers with a
changing America. They are fearful of change and they want a
reset to a different time (1950's?) where they enjoyed being
the top religious rooster in the pack and their "values"
were followed and obeyed.
With all of this societal change along with same sex
marriages and LGBQT issues running amok, white Protestants
see in Donald Trump a hired gun who will come into the White
House and shoot 'em up and give white Protestants a chance
to root for the guy in the white hat again...not a president
who has a wacky name like Barack Hussein Obama!
Even if Donald Trump mocks and denigrates orthodox
Christianity and trifles with the church sacraments, they
are still willing to stick burning pokers in their eyes and
put wax in their ears because Donald Trump, deep down,
speaks to their churning fears and for that...he gets a
pass.
When Donald Trump says, "I will make America great
again!" or "Vote for me and I will make the world happy
again..." that is their dog whistle for a return to the
genteel past of musical bandstands in the city square, fussy
lemonade socials at their churches and the end of BET, MTV
and Instagram among other irritants.
For many white evangelicals, forget Jesus...Donald is
da' Man! For them, he has taken the place of Jesus as their
hope and strength and who will make things right...again!
Contact Lafe Tolliver at
Tolliver@Juno.com
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