Dear Christians Who Hate Trump
I have seen several posts on social media about President Trump being an evil man. I’ve seen him compared to several evil historical and religious men. I’m deeply perplexed and concerned when I see these sorts of posts from Christians.
Every Christian knows that the World will be in opposition to God and righteousness near the end. Every Christian is taught to abstain from partaking of the world, from believing their lies, from following their corrupt leaders, etc.
Every Christian knows to be wary of impassionate mobs whose cries for “justice” result in Barbaras going free and the Christ condemned, indicating that the mob does not seek justice, but rather to satiate their anger. We know those mobs fueled by rage and anger will be the blind leading the blind.
Christians know that the world will call good evil and evil good. We see it constantly. The world finds “baby its cold outside” as promoting inappropriate behavior, but “WAP” is a symbol of empowerment and deserves praise. The world judges Iran to be a trustworthy sovereign country with honest intentions while judging Israel to be the primary cause for instability in the region, despite the opposite being true.
Christians might remember The New York Times coverages of contrasting obituaries. When Thomas Monson, leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and Hugh Hefner died within months of each other, the world glorified Hefner as an idol and labeled Monson as a bigot worthy of abhorrence. This is the world’s judgement; they are clearly living up to their prophetic downfall of turning things upside down and calling good evil and evil good (Isaiah 5:20).
Now the world has come together in perfect unison to call Trump evil, not a bad leader, not an ineffective politician, not a guy of questionable character, evil! I ask all my Christian friends: when did the world decide to repent? When did the world change its judgement of what is good and what is evil? All the examples I gave occurred within the last few years. When did it regain its morals?
It didn’t, so why then are you so willing to place your confidence in their judgement now? Why so eager to pitch your tent in Babylon’s camp? Why so confident that the great beast speaks truth? If they come together to label someone evil, that should give you pause, maybe you should look into it more before you drink their Kool-Aid.
The truth of the matter is that you don’t hate president Trump, you hate the world’s portrayal of President Trump. And those are different things. What confuses me is your eagerness to trust the world’s judgment when you know from scripture and experience not to.
The world’s judgement of Trump is as far off as any other judgement they’ve given. Trump was the fascist who refused to seize power during the pandemic. He was the bigot who provided more economic uplift than any other administration in decades, and in some cases recorded history for essentially every minority group. He was the warmonger who started no new wars, deescalated our current wars, and quadrupled the amount of peace treaties in the Middle East. He was the Nazi that did more to recognize the state of Israel than any other. He was the greedy, selfish man whose net worth actually decreased while in office as opposed to many politicians who made themselves millionaires during their “service” (including Sanders, Obama, Biden).
Clearly his portrayal and his actions aren’t the same. Clearly “by their fruits ye shall know them” doesn’t apply here, because the world said that he is wicked. Do you actually know him? No. So, your lens is dependent upon the judgement of the world.
This is not an apology for President Trump. This is a condemnation of choosing to side with the world.
