Christ set this nation up to play a role in His plan. The Reformation had nothing to do with it other than to generate the very divisions that now keep Christians from fighting for the nation to return to Christ rather than fighting one another. Reformation or not Christ would have made of this nation what he wanted just as Christ is now rewarding this nation for turning away from Him with exactly what the people of this nation have begged for, the fetish of selfishness. Prideful selfishness that refuses to recognize the earnestness and faithfulness of anyone they don't agree with.
At this point, I'm sort-of missing that guy...nasty, manipulative, schmoozing liar that he was...