The 'miracle' of Trump's election

I understand that a movie called “The Trump Prophecy” will be or has been released insisting that the election of Donald Trump to the presidency was “an act of God.” I might agree with that — but for a far different reason than his worshipers might.

One of the reasons why they feel that God raised him up was to reveal, and root out, corruption in the Federal government. Well, God has done some revealing of corruption, all right — but, in this case not with just Trump himself but, more importantly, in the hearts of many of his Christian supporters.

That’s not, shall we say, politically correct, but it is Biblically correct. The trouble is that Trump has in fact become an idol who is leading much of the church away from God, and that’s what He’s exposing right now. In an excellent essay “So Now You Want Civility?”, John Pavlovitz, in listing Trump’s long list of insults and bad behavior, exposed the ruse of his bringing forth the righteousness his Christian supporters say they want. Of course by “righteousness” they really mean ending legal abortion, driving gays back into the closet and worshiping America.

And because much of the evangelical church has sold out its prophetic witness for the sake of maintaining its privilege, it will be removed from its lampstand. Indeed, that process has already begun, with the millennial generation as a whole leaving their parents’ evangelical hypocrisy.

One thing about the devil is that he will often speak things that are technically true but only to seduce people away from Ultimate Truth. Just think about what he promised Eve after he encouraged her to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. We all know what happened then.

I generally don’t make political posts on Facebook, but I did recall the adage “Be careful what you pray for — you just might get it.” We need to understand that God is under no obligation to answer prayers in the way we want Him to; He does things only to glorify Himself.

So yes, God may have indeed elevated Trump to the presidency — but to show us our sin. LORD, have mercy …