“Donald Trump, when the winds change you’ll be among the first to deprive Christians of their rights.”
Okay, now, you are wasting bandwidth on silliness. On what grounds do you say this? And give specifics. You can’t just spout off Boloney. You are not in the US Congress.
The reason that the world will receive the coming world ruler (referred to as the Antichrist is scripture) is due to a great delusion sent from God himself. They will be unable literally to understand the truth but will actually embrace the worldview toward Israel and believers.
“And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth”
(2 Thessalonians 2:11-13)
Why? because they had no pleasure in the sound of the gospel when it was being preached . . . they rejected the notion that the could not “work” their way into heaven and chose to refuse the free grace of Christ’s death on the cross.
If you cannot right now say with an absolute certainty that if you should die this moment you would be in the presence of Christ - then you are unsaved (generic you, of course).
If folks are unbelievers in the biblical plan of salvation they will rise up against Bible believers and their congregations.
And yes, I expect to be flamed - but that is the price of belief in the settled Words of the Bible.
I’ll save time and respond to your likely rejoinder . . . “What? do you believe that Donald Trump is not a Christian?”
My answer . . . anyone that is born of the blood of Jesus Christ and led by the Holy Spirit of God will not sanction the murder of the unborn through abortion.
That is my litmus test.
I’m not saying that are aren’t other ‘tests’ but this is the one that stands out with folk such as Trump and Condi Rice, et al.
Conservative views are not one’s ticket to heaven . . . only the finished work of Jesus Christ on the Cross.