After all, whom I to question God's will to use whatever agent he chooses to protect his church?
Looking through the Bible, we see many examples of such nonbelievers helping out with God's plan directly.
Ezra 1:1-4 New King James Version (NKJV)
End of The Babylonian Captivity
1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,
2 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia:
All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. 3 Who is among you of all His people? May his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel (He is God), which is in Jerusalem. 4 And whoever is left in any place where he dwells, let the men of his place help him with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, besides the freewill offerings for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.
Pretty much my thoughts, too. Putin may be faking being a Christian, that’s not my call, though. What he does appear to be doing is helping the Russian Orthodox Church.
So if he’s faking being a Christian, at least he’s not doing it to cover up being a Muslim, like Obama.
The honorable Cyrus, King of Persia, who helped protect the integrity of God's holy people and God's holy land of Israel. Let's see:
-Putin has allied Russia so closely with Iran, the formerly glorious Persian Empire, which has since been hijacked by Islam. By doing so, he has Russia ultimately working against the interests of Israel, and the Christians in Iran - desperate to be released from the grip of the mullahs and Ayatollah.
Why the Iran Protests have Russia on Edge
https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/why-the-iran-protests-have-russia-on-edge-op-ed-60116
-And despite having a cordial relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu (Israel is after all home to many Russian Jews including young Russians who were fed up with the deteriorating freedoms and quality of life in Putin's Russia.) ->Russia of course, did NOT vote to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Russia's Putin and Turkey's Erdogan agree on creation of a Palestinian state
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2017/12/22/putin-erdogan-agree-on-creation-of-palestinian-state
“After all, whom I to question God’s will to use whatever agent he chooses to protect his church?”
King David was quite an A-hole... but God used him.