Posted on 06/24/2016 10:16:15 AM PDT by Kaslin
I am a Jew turned evangelical Christian. I am also a passionate supporter of Donald Trump.
I have a message for Christians who don’t like Donald Trump: “YOU’RE MISSING THE BOAT.”
Christians have Trump all wrong. God sends messages in many forms. You’re just not listening. God is talking, but you’re eyes and ears are closed.
Here’s a famous joke about God and how he talks to us.
“A deeply faithful Christian man is stuck on roof of home with massive flooding up to 2nd floor. Rowboat comes. He says “No, I’m waiting for God. I’ve prayed and I know he’s coming.” 2ndrowboat. “No, I’m waiting for God.” 3rd rowboat. “No, I’m waiting for God.”
Water rises. The man drowns. Now he’s meeting God in heaven. The religious man says “Where were you God? I prayed. I was faithful. I asked you to save me. Why would you abandon me?”
God says, “Hey dummy, I sent you 3 rowboats. Are you blind?”
Did you ever consider Trump is our rowboat?
Maybe God is trying to tell us something important- that now is not the time for a “nice Christian guy” or a “gentleman” or a typical Republican powder puff. Maybe now is the time for a natural born killer, a ruthless fighter, a warrior.
Because right about now we need a miracle, or America is finished.
Maybe the rules of gentleman don’t apply here. Maybe a gentleman and “all-around nice Christian” would lead us to slaughter.
Or do you want another Mitt Romney, Bob Dole, John McCain, Gerald Ford or Paul Ryan? Did any of them win? Did they lead the GOP to “the promised land?” Did they change the direction of America? No, because if you don’t win, you have no say.
Paul Ryan couldn’t even deliver his own state Wisconsin!
And as leader of the House, Paul Ryan rolls over to Obama like my dog rolls over for a scrap of food, or a steak bone. He’s a useful idiot. Nice, but obedient. I mean Paul Ryan…not my dog. My dog is actually a pretty good defender and loyal.
Maybe God is knocking on your door so loud, but you’re not listening. Maybe God understands we need a "war leader" at this moment in time. Maybe God understands if we don’t win this election, America is dead. It’s over. The greatest nation in world history will be gone. Finished. Kaput. Adios.
And with one last breath, maybe what we need to save us at the last second, is someone different. Someone you haven’t ever experienced before- because you weren’t raised in rough and tumble New York where nothing good gets accomplished unless you're combative, aggressive, outrageous, on offense at all times, and maybe just a tad arrogant too.
Someone with a personality you’ve never seen on stage at your church.
Maybe, just maybe, being a nice gentlemanly Christian would not beat Hillary, and her billion dollars, and her best friends in the media who will unleash the dogs of hell upon the GOP nominee.
I guess you think God is only nice and gentlemanly. Really? Then you’ve missed the whole point of the Bible. When necessary God is a pretty tough guy. When necessary, God strikes with pain, death and destruction. When necessary, God inflicts vengeance.
Maybe you think God couldn't possibly be associated with someone like Trump. Trump is too vicious, rude and crude.
When we won WWII, was God "nice?" Were we gentlemanly when defeating Hitler? Were we gentlemanly when firebombing Germany? Were we gentlemanly when dropping atomic bombs on Japan? Is God ever "nice" on the battlefield? Or does he send us vicious SOB’s like General George S. Patton, so the good guys can defeat evil?
It’s pretty clear to me God sends unique people to be "war leaders." That’s a different role than a pastor or church leader. God understands that.
Maybe God purposely sent Trump instead of the nice Republican powder puffs like Paul Ryan, or Mitt Romney, or John Kasich because he wants us to win.
And maybe it’s time to re-define “nice.” Maybe Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan aren’t nice at all- because they led us to defeat. And losing again would mean the end of America. And God can’t allow that.
Maybe Romney and Ryan mean well, but the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Or maybe they’re just jealous they had their chance and blew it. Maybe they’d rather help elect Hillary than allow a Trump victory that would make them look weak, feckless and incompetent.
I was reading the Bible this morning and I found the perfect verse that explains the success of Donald Trump…
"Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength;They shall mount up with wings like eagles,They shall run and not be weary,They shall walk and not faint." (Isiah 40:30-31)
It’s almost like God created this verse for Donald Trump and this moment in history.
Trump is our energy. More energy than any candidate EVER. He took on the 16 best candidates in GOP history...all younger than him...all with better political credentials...and destroyed them with his energy. You mean that kind of energy in a 70-year old isn't inspired by God?
Trump renews our strength. Or does the all-time record turnout and all-time record votes for a GOP presidential primary candidate not define “strength?"
With Trump we mount up with wings like eagles. With Trump as our leader there is nothing we can’t do. Any man that can build skyscrapers in Manhattan and vanquish 16 presidential opponents, while spending almost nothing…can lead us to the heights of eagles.
With Trump we run, we are not weary. Just when we get tired of the fight against Obama, Hillary, big government, big business, big media, big unions...just when it all seems impossible to overcome the powerful forces of evil... along comes Trump to re-energize us.
Trump inspires us. Trump gives us hope. Trump gives us confidence in victory. Trump gives us just a touch of arrogance. Maybe God understands that’s exactly what we need right at this late stage to save America.
So let me repeat my message to Christians: “YOU’RE MISSING THE BOAT.”
God is about miracles. We don’t need a “nice guy” or a “gentleman” right now. It’s the 4th quarter and we’re losing 14-0. We need a miracle.
I believe Trump is our miracle. I believe Trump is our rowboat.
Except he’s more like a battleship!
No one is saying Trump is perfect. No one is saying Trump is a perfect conservative. But he is a patriot. He is a warrior. He is a capitalist. He is the right man, at the right time.
Yes, he's a bit rude and crude and offensive. But that may make him the perfect warrior to save America, American exceptionalism, capitalism and Judeo-Christian values.
The choice should be easy for Christians.It’s Trump…or it’s the end of the America.
bkmk
Ditto here.
I agree. Alot of prayers...and this is the answer. But if God could use Abraham, David, Peter, and Paul (all highly imperfect people) for his cause, he can use Donald Trump for His purpose.
Donald Trump:
--Believed ObamaCare to be a big mistake for his country.
--Harry Reid was the prime mover for ObamaCare in the US Congress.
--Donald Trump was a contributor to Harry Reid's election.
--He donated to the campaign for Harry Reid, the prime advocate for ObamaCare in the US Congress.
--After it had passed the Senate (by one vote), Trump rewarded Reid with a check for his re-election campaign.
--He put his own interests ahead of the nation, and for what, 30 pieces of Trump silver.
--That's a strange definition of "patriotism."
All people running for office say things like "make America great again", Republican, Democrat, Independents, and they are just words.
There are many things one can say about a man who publicly mocks the service of American POWs who were tortured.
--But "he's a 'patriot'" is not one of them.
I love this guy. Wayne Allyn Root that is. He can deliver a speech/sermon. This is a guy you want on your side.
I agree with him. Especially that his dog has more character than Paul Ryan.
God uses whom He chooses and they are usually not saints. Has God raised up Trump for this occasion, at this time? I think He has.
I hope Trump is up to the task. I think he is.
“There are many things one can say about a man who publicly mocks the service of American POWs who were tortured.”
Do you really believe that, or are you just trying to deceive?
Just one.
Amen
I vote “trying to deceive”.
That’s 2 - 0.
Long time no see, btw.
Hope you enjoy your life under Hillary then.
I left for about a year.... drawn back like a moth to a candle - had to come back!
Best article I read in past I don’t know how long!!!!!
I’ve been thinking the same thing since I watched his first rally speech. Why would he want the job and his answer was because he LOVES this country and hates what is happening to it.
He feels the same as me, and with our help he can try to fix what is wrong. At least he isn’t trying to make it worse like Hillary.
America 1st, let’s make America great again...for OUR children and grandchildren, NOT for the Chinese or other bloodsucking countries.
Re: “And losing again would mean the end of America. And God can’t allow that.” . . . I was reading the Bible this morning and I found the perfect verse that explains the success of Donald Trump…”Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength;They shall mount up with wings like eagles,They shall run and not be weary,They shall walk and not faint.” (Isiah 40:30-31). It’s almost like God created this verse for Donald Trump and this moment in history.”
First, I am definitely voting for Trump. There is no alternative.
Having said that, it troubles me when people begin to make presumptions upon God. I am a Christian, too. And, it may be that everything the writer has said regarding Trump being a leader that God has sent us for “such a time as this” is true. But, here’s my point:
I don’t think we can presume that God “can’t allow” America to fall. I pray that He doesn’t, but looking at the sins of our nation, is it really out of the realm of possibility that that He might allow that very thing?
Second, applying the Isaiah 40 passage in the way the writer did is way, way out of context. The point of the passage is those who wait on the “Lord” shall renew their strength - those who wait on the “Lord” shall mount up like eagles.
I hope and pray that Donald Trump does “wait” on the Lord - which is another way of saying “trust, walk, live by and act in faith” in God. Which is what we are ALL supposed to do. Only God knows the answer to that when it comes to Trump.
I’m not trying to be a stick in the mud, I just think it’s setting oneself up for disappointment and disillusionment to place one’s hope in a single, human person, rather than in God alone. Absolutely vote and support Donald Trump - I am, but we must not forget where our help comes from no matter what happens in November. As the Scriptures say:
“Do not put your trust in princes, Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help. His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; In that very day his plans perish. Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the Lord his God, Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is in them; Who keeps truth forever, Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry. The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners.” Psalm 146:3-7.
It may very well be that Donald Trump is a row boat sent by God to help us. But, our true problem is not political, but spiritual. If conservatives win every single election this fall, that would not resolve our national spiritual sickness. It goes far deeper than an election - it is a problem in the very soul of our nation. We need spiritual renewal.
I hope and pray Donald Trump wins, and that excellent people are elected to congress to help him turn the country back towards a Godly and constitutional republic. Who knows? God may be merciful yet again though we certainly don’t deserve it. But, no matter what happens - God is still there and will not be mocked. He still has the ultimate sovereign say over this universe.
I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: “Cometh the hour, cometh the man.”
purty much nails it!
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