An American Kingdom

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A new and rapidly growing Christian movement is openly political, wants a nation under God’s authority, and is central to Donald Trump’s GOP

An American Kingdom
A new and rapidly growing Christian movement is openly political, wants a nation under God’s authority, and is central to Donald Trump’s GOP
washingtonpost.com
5:57 PM · Jul 11, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/07/11/mercy-culture-church/

FORT WORTH — The pastor was already pacing when he gave the first signal. Then he gave another, and another, until a giant video screen behind him was lit up with an enormous colored map of Fort Worth divided into four quadrants.

It was an hour and a half into the 11 a.m. service of a church that represents a rapidly growing kind of Christianity in the United States, one whose goal includes bringing under the authority of a biblical God every facet of life from schools to city halls to Washington where the pastor had traveled a month after the Jan. 6 insurrection and filmed himself in front of the U.S. Capitol saying quietly, “Father, we declare America is yours.”

Now he stood in front of the glowing map, a 38-year-old White man in skinny jeans telling a congregation of some 1,500 people what he said the Lord had told him: that Fort Worth was in thrall to four “high-ranking demonic forces.” That all of America was in the grip of “an anti-Christ spirit.” That the Lord had told him that 2021 was going to be the “Year of the Supernatural,” a time when believers would rise up and wage “spiritual warfare” to advance God’s Kingdom, which was one reason for the bright-red T-shirt he was wearing. It bore the name of a church elder who was running for mayor of Fort Worth. And when the pastor cued the band, the candidate, a Guatemalan American businessman, stood along with the rest of the congregation as spotlights flashed on faces that were young and old, rich and poor, White and various shades of Brown — a church that had grown so large since its founding in 2019 that there were now three services every Sunday totaling some 4,500 people, a growing Saturday service in Spanish and plans for expansion to other parts of the country.

“Say, ‘Cleanse me,’ ” the pastor continued as drums began pounding and the people repeated his words. “Say, ‘Speak Lord, your servants are listening.’ ”

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[Stuart G]

1. These people are dangerous in my opinion, & there are a lot of them. K & R Thank You 4 this post.

[keithbvadu2]

2. When Christians get their theocracy, which Christians will be in charge?

When Christians get their theocracy, which Christians will be in charge?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215483345

Which Bible will be the basis of the replacement Constitution?

Will the other Christians accept it as such? Would the Protestants and Catholics accept Mormons in charge? Jews and Muslims have major differences in denominations and have had wars/battles between themselves. Christians have their own true believers who are certain that the other Christians are false Christians. Surely some of them would turn their plowshares back into weapons to ensure their place and power on this earthly Kingdom.

We have plenty of Christian mullahs who want to be the Ayatollah of America.

[SoonerPride]

3. Over my dead body.

They’ll have to kill me first.

[Mister Ed]

9. I seriously think that's part of their plan. n/t

[raging moderate]

4. What they want is feudalism.

If they had read the Bible as thoroughly as they claim, they would have come across the passage where the nation of Israel is castigated by God for demanding a king to replace their (admittedly rudimentary) democratic system of elected representatives to a central legislative council (described in the Book of "Judges" as meeting the approval of God). The Israelis became enamored of the showmanship of the royal pageantry in surrounding countries and started demanding that the Prophet Samuel somehow set up a king for them. Samuel prayed for guidance from God, who strongly opposed the idea and suggested that Samuel warn the people that a king would oppress them, turn their sons and daughters into menial servants, and suck in all the best of everything for himself and his family. God wanted it on record that these people had been warned, and Samuel duly warned the people at a public meeting, but they rejected these warnings and loudly demanded a king. God told Samuel sadly, "Well, then, let them have their king. Tell you what, Samuel, just to prevent trouble, go out and anoint the tallest guy in Israel, that guy Saul." And the Bible duly noted that, sure enough, Saul and the other kings did do all the bad things God and Samuel had warned them against.

[rampartc]

8. aesop tells the same fable about frogs ........

https://aesopsfables.org/F110_The-Frogs-Asking-for-a-King.html

[UpInArms]

5. Sounds like they are being political

Jerk their tax exempt status

[Solly Mack]

6. K&R

[GulfCoast66]

7. Even my Southern Baptist republicans in Arkansas and Louisiana would repelled but this shit.

They can’t drink their Budweiser, fuck their secretary, send their daughters for Abortions when they get knocked up and look at their porn.

And with all their flaws, they don’t want a church run society.

Not to suggest all my family is like that. Few, in fact. Some actually voted for Biden.

But I asked a relative what would happen if their state made abortion illegal and his wife needed one for medical reasons. He casually said he would just pay to go a state where it is legal! I had no response. Just said ‘that’s fucked up’.