@DerrickEvans4WV In fact, Trump didn't need to start a war. He could have simply blockaded the strait to begin with, achieving half the result with twice the effort.
🚨‼️That defense is exactly what is so dangerous. Saying, “It is not Trump portraying himself as Jesus, it is Trump doing the work of God to heal the nation,” does not fix the problem. It states the problem out loud. Trump cannot heal anybody. He is not the healer of America. Jesus Christ is the healer. Jesus Christ is the Savior. Jesus Christ is the one with power over sickness, sin, and the soul. A politician does not step into that lane without crossing a line.
And let’s stop pretending the imagery is neutral. If this were only about political leadership, then put the man in a suit behind a desk signing policy, meeting with leaders, or addressing the nation. But that is not what they did. They put him in messianic-style robes, gave him glowing healing power, surrounded him with reverent faces, and staged the whole thing like a miracle scene. That is not ordinary patriotism. That is manufactured pseudo-religious imagery, and Bible believers ought to reject it, not explain it away.
The Bible gives the contrast plainly. In Acts 10:25-26, when Cornelius fell down before Peter and worshipped him, Peter lifted him up and said, “Stand up; I myself also am a man.” But in Acts 12:22-23, when the people cried of Herod, “It is the voice of a god, and not of a man,” Herod accepted that glory and God judged him because he gave not God the glory. That is the issue. Peter refused misplaced honor. Herod received it. So no, “context” does not help this defense. It makes it worse, because now you are openly telling us the image means Trump is doing God’s healing work.
I am not interested in left-versus-right spin. I am interested in whether Christians still know the difference between honoring rulers and dressing them up in glory that belongs to Christ alone. There is one healer. There is one Savior. There is one blessed hope, and it is not Donald Trump, Joe Biden, or any other political figure. It is Jesus Christ. If you cannot see the danger in that image, then politics has already blinded your discernment.