Five years ago, during his first term as President, Donald Trump turned to his left and looked to heaven on the White House lawn and declared, “I am the chosen one!” The implication was that he had been chosen by God to do the job he was doing at the time. This begs the question, “Did God choose Donald Trump to be President of the United States, or not, and how do we know? We cannot use Daniel 2:21 and say that God raised up Donald Trump to be President of the USA, because this scripture must be tempered with another one, vis-à-vis Hosea 8:4, where the Lord says through his prophet, that Israel had set up kings, but not by him! Isn’t that a contradiction? Jesus tells us that we must not read scripture in a manner that causes it to contradict itself, because, doing so, breaks or destroys the word of God (John 10:35). Therefore, in order for both Daniel and Hosea to be true, we must say that the Lord sets up and removes kings according to his will, and no power on earth is able to prevent him doing so. However, we must also say that, although the Lord has the power to do as he wishes, he doesn’t set up or remove **every** king, or ruler, vis-à-vis Trump.
So, the question remains, did God raise up Donald Trump to be President? In this study, I hope to show, God did no such thing, and I’ll try to present a case that supports my understanding, and it is up to my reader, if he disagrees, to defend his position.
According to scripture, Jesus was sent by God. In fact, Jesus was sent, because God loved the world, vis-à-vis he not only loved the Jews, the chosen race, he loved the world. The scripture goes on to say God sent Jesus to save the world, not just the chosen race, but the world (John 3:16-17).
What is Trump doing, meaning what is his policy in this regard. It is a given that he is the leader of the USA, and not of the world, so there is a difference between his and Jesus’ authority. However, we can understand the heart of our President, by the manner in which he treats those who are not the chosen race, in the context of our study, this would be the citizens of the USA. It seems clear to me that Donald Trump is a bigot. He believes or says he believes that every Hispanic immigrant coming into this country is one of the following: gang member, murder, terrorist or the like. He admits that there may be exceptions, but the general rule of thumb is they are all undesirables. Therefore, he coined the phrase migrant crime and promised to protect us, saying: I am your warrior. I am your justice. I am your retribution, and he has introduced and enforced an immigration policy that is unprecedented in our country. Immigrants, human beings, are being deported, not to their countries of origin, but to prison camps in El Salvador, where they are brutally treated, and they’ll never be free again,[1] and our President has sent folks there without due process. While the immigrants he sent there have been **accused** of being, terrorists, gang members, murderers etc., nothing has ever been proved about the accusations.
Would God do this? Is it possible for us to pass on the responsibility of this heinous act to God? I have over 3000 studies on my blog, and I’ve never found God to be a monster, while composing those studies.[2] He doesn’t commit heinous acts. He is often accused of doing so, but the acts are done by men. In our present context, heinous acts are done by Donald Trump and those who enable him.
What about Jesus? What would Jesus do (WWJD)? What is the way of Jesus? Scripture tells us, Jesus went north to the border of Tyre, where he met a Canaanite woman. She is a foreigner and came to Jesus, calling him the Son of David (Messiah) and pleaded for his mercy for her daughter (Matthew 15:21-22). Nevertheless, Jesus ignored here pleas and continued on his way. His disciples were embarrassed and asked him to send her away, but Jesus told them, he wasn’t sent to her but to Israel (Matthew 15:23-24), vis-à-vis he was sent only to the chosen race (US citizens in our present analogy with Trump).
Nevertheless, the foreign woman came and bowed before Jesus, addressing him as Lord and asked for assistance (Matthew 15:25), similar to immigrants coming to the USA, today, for help. However, Jesus told her that it wouldn’t be proper for him, as Messiah, to take what was meant for the chosen race, vis-à-vis citizens, over whom he is the Messiah, and give it to dogs, meaning the household pets (Matthew 15:26). Surprisingly, the woman didn’t take Jesus’ words as an insult. Instead, she agreed with him that citizens deserve better than non-citizens. Yet, even dogs eat the crumbs that fall from the Master’s table (Matthew 15:27). Jesus then replied according to her faith (Matthew 15:28), saying “Oh woman, great is your faith, be it done to you, even as you desire.”
What Jesus did here was, he differentiated between the citizen and the immigrant, or non-citizen. He was Messiah over the Jews, but not, at that time, responsible to the Canaanite woman. Originally, the Canaanite woman approached Jesus under the guise of a citizen. While she probably wasn’t trying to fool Jesus, rather, honoring his office as Messiah, Jesus addressed her as the authority over the citizens; he wasn’t obligated, under present circumstances, to grant her needs. Nevertheless, she agreed with him, but still pleaded for mercy, and mercy was granted, packed down and flowing over, and she went away filled.
The problem, as I see it, between the Way of Jesus and the Way of Trump, is Trump has no mercy. He even covets the crumbs that fall from American tables, saying they’re for the chosen race too. He won’t permit anything good to flow from America to the foreigner during his administration. As Christians, we cannot lend our credence and support for both the Way of Jesus and the Way of Trump. We must choose, and the Lord will hold us accountable for our choice.
[1] See Why ‘no inmates ever leave’ at ‘worst prison on Earth.’
[2] See my study series: Is God a Moral Monster?
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