Western World Willfully Forgets; Our Foundational Rights Come From the Bible

 In a recent debate with a liberal, the topic was whether or not America was founded by “Christians”, using Judeo-Christian values and principles.  He argued it wasn’t because if they were Christians they would have made slavery illegal from the first day and wouldn’t have built a system of white supremacy that allowed for a wealthy country to be born off the backs of black slaves.  For sure I had my work cut out for me to try and dismantle his thinking.  And sometimes you need to just wipe the dust off our sandals and move on because you will never dent their false worldview.  

It's a fact that when you start to see the world through a Biblical worldview, you will likely be a polar opposite from those who believe that we evolved from rocks and pond scum and that people are basically good.  "None are good, not even one."

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Consider how many of God’s greatest gifts to humanity flowed through the pipeline of Israel. Western civilization goes hand in hand with Judeo-Christian values. Many others also helped create the culture we now enjoy, including the Greeks and the Romans. But ultimately, the best part of the civilization built and bequeathed to us by our ancestors, rests on the shoulders of Abraham, Moses, and, most of all, Jesus. 

The idea of human rights and the dignity of each person did not originate with the Declaration of Independence, the Renaissance, the Magna Carta, or the Cyrus Cylinder. The foundation of our rights comes from our ancestors’ belief in Genesis 1:27. “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”

All those who care about the kind of culture we live in — about our freedoms, our rights, and our amazing progress — should take this seriously. When we see each other as made-in-the-image-of-God special, it demands law and freedom, dignity and responsibility. 

The thing we call “Western civilization” is not perfect. But from the standpoint of human rights and the prosperity of all, it has been a stunning success over that which went before it. When US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke at the February 2026 Munich Security Conference, he said, “We are part of one civilization — Western civilization. We are bound to one another by the deepest bonds that nations could share, forged by centuries of shared history, Christian faith, culture, heritage, language, ancestry, and the sacrifices our forefathers made together for the common civilization to which we have fallen heir.”

At the same conference, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez belittled the Secretary’s speech as a “pure appeal to ‘Western culture.’” She used air quotes when she said “Western culture” as if it is either not real or not important. But that culture — that Judeo-Christian culture — serves as the protector of human rights and dignity. 

And it comes from the Bible. Genesis 1:27 serves as the great dignifier and the great equalizer of humanity. We must treat one another as special because, though fallen from the state in which He made us, we each still carry the vestige of God’s image.

Jesus reinforced and magnified the idea of human consequence when He said in John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” God created us in His image. And He loves us so much that He gave His only begotten Son so that we could have everlasting life. Another Jew, the Apostle Paul, wrote in Romans 5:8, “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

Even those who do not believe these statements need to know that our rights and freedoms flow from them. Getting away from them is not progress for the West, but death. Humans are special because we were made by God in His own image and, though we are not as He originally made us, He created a way for each of us to return to Him. 

Because this isn’t heaven, we can certainly improve Western civilization. But in the name of improvement, millions seem intent on its destruction. To make a broken car run again, it helps if the mechanic understands what made it run in the first place. To repair and improve Western civilization, we need to appreciate it, see its beauty, and understand the Source of that beauty.

https://harbingersdaily.com/much-western-world-willfully-forgets-the-foundation-of-our-rights-come-from-the-bible/

Just Mentioning the Entire Promised Land Gets Huckabee in Trouble

 The Bible clearly says that the land promised to Abraham and his descendants is a whole bunch more land than Israel currently possesses.  But one day, during the rule and reign of Jesus when he sits on David’s throne, they will.  But mentioning that Israel will EVER have more land will get you in trouble with pretty much every nation…especially the sons of Ishmael, todays Muslims.

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Senior officials in the Trump administration have been quietly engaging with Arab governments in recent days in an effort to ease diplomatic tensions following controversial remarks by U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, according to a report by Politico.

The outreach came after Huckabee’s comments during a podcast interview with Tucker Carlson triggered widespread condemnation across the Middle East.

Several regional governments, including Jordan and Egypt, described the remarks as “dangerous” and inflammatory, warning they risk escalating already heightened tensions.

According to Politico, senior State Department figures, including Deputy Secretary of State Chris Landau and Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Allison Hooker, contacted multiple Arab partners to clarify that Huckabee’s statements reflected his personal views and did not represent a change in official U.S. policy.

Three individuals familiar with the diplomatic outreach said American officials sought to reassure allies that Washington’s regional position remains unchanged.

The State Department declined to comment publicly on the discussions.

The controversy stems from an interview in which Carlson cited a biblical passage describing God’s promise to Abraham of land extending from “the wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates,” suggesting that such borders could encompass much of the modern Middle East.

During the exchange, Huckabee acknowledged the biblical reference described “a big piece of land” and said Israel’s connection to the territory was rooted in faith and history, adding that “it would be fine if they took it all,” while also stressing that Israel has no intention of expanding into neighboring countries.

Despite those clarifications, the remarks prompted coordinated criticism from Arab and Muslim states.

A joint declaration signed by more than a dozen countries and regional organizations expressed “strong condemnation and profound concern” over the remarks.

The statement warned that suggestions Israel could control territory belonging to Arab states constitute “a flagrant violation of the principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.” It added that such rhetoric poses “a grave threat to the security and stability of the region.”

The administration’s response reflects the importance placed on preserving cooperation with Arab allies amid an already tense regional climate.

https://worldisraelnews.com/us-scrambles-to-ease-tensions-following-huckabee-comments/

The Sound of Power; Islamic Call to Prayer Over NYC

 When enough Muslims get in one place they start to demand things.  We want Muslim approved food in the public schools for our kids.  We want special prayer rooms in our public schools for our kids.  We want Muslim police officers to patrol our neighborhoods.  We want our mosque to broadcast the Islamic call to prayer so everyone can hear it.

Your liberal friends will say, "This is no different that church bells ringing from Christian churches!"  But it is different.  The call to prayer is saying, in a language that no Americans understand, that "Allah is the greatest of gods, better than all your gods, more powerful than all your gods and one day ALL OF YOU WILL come under our power when we control the entire world."

Try telling that to your liberal friends and they will argue, "well don't you Christians want to spread Christianity to the entire world?  How is that any different?"

They are so delusional at this point that they can't see the difference between Islam demanding to subjugate all non-Muslims with Christians evangelizing and offering the love of Jesus.

A new sound is rising over New York City--and it is not just a sound. It is a signal.

When Eric Adams stood beside the NYPD in 2023 and announced that mosques could broadcast the Islamic call to prayer without permits during designated times, the decision was framed as a simple accommodation of religious freedom. Supporters compared it to church bells. Critics warned it was something different. Nearly three years later, that distinction is becoming harder to ignore, and what once sounded symbolic now feels structural.

The adhan is not merely music or a neutral chime. It is a spoken theological declaration affirming that Allah is the one true god and that Muhammad is his messenger. In private, that proclamation is protected worship. But when amplified into public streets, shared neighborhoods, and dense apartment blocks, it becomes something more than devotion--it becomes presence. And in politics, presence is power.

Recent viral videos circulating online appear to show early-morning calls echoing through Brooklyn before sunrise. Officials have not confirmed whether those broadcasts violated existing limits, but the uncertainty itself is telling. Laws on paper matter less than enforcement in practice. When rules quietly stretch without clarification, it often signals a cultural shift underway before institutions formally acknowledge it.

That shift is not occurring in isolation. The election of Zohran Mamdani, celebrated by advocacy groups as a milestone for Muslim political visibility, reflects a broader transformation in the city's civic landscape. Mamdani's supporters see representation; critics see consolidation. Both may be right. Demographic growth, political organization, and public religious expression together form a powerful triad. History shows that when those forces align, they rarely remain symbolic for long.

Demographics help explain why this shift feels so rapid. Islam's visibility in the city is not emerging from symbolism alone--it is being reinforced by population trends. Immigration from Muslim-majority regions has steadily increased the Muslim population over the past two decades, and those communities tend to be younger on average and to have higher birth rates than the citywide norm. 

Even naming data hints at the trajectory: variants of the name Muhammad have quietly climbed into the ranks of the most popular baby names in parts of the city in recent years. Names do not change a culture by themselves, but they do reveal what is growing beneath the surface. When population growth, family formation, and cultural continuity all move in the same direction, influence is no longer temporary--it becomes generational.

The visual transformation of public space may be even more striking than the audible one. In recent years, hundreds of worshippers have gathered in Times Square during Ramadan, kneeling in coordinated prayer beneath the neon skyline. Organizers distributed thousands of meals and Qurans as tourists filmed what looked less like a religious gathering and more like a demonstration of collective strength. Two reported conversions during one event were celebrated as victories. To participants, it was faith in action. To observers, it resembled a public display of influence.

None of this is illegal. None of it violates constitutional protections. That is precisely why it matters.

American history shows that cultural change rarely arrives through force; it arrives through normalization. Practices first introduced as limited accommodations gradually become expectations, and expectations eventually become standards. Cities such as Dearborn and Minneapolis have already wrestled with similar debates over public calls to prayer and noise ordinances. New York, as the nation's most visible metropolis, carries symbolic weight far beyond its borders. What becomes ordinary there often becomes acceptable elsewhere.

Here;  https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=9591

It's unimaginable that just 25 years ago Muslims destroyed the Twin Towers in NYC while screaming "Allah akbar!" and in the very same city they are allowing the broadcast of "Allah akbar!" from the speakers within that same city.

Trans Lawmaker Suggests Kids Need Access to Porn

I'm sorry to say, but here's just one more crazy headline that is happening in Minnesota.  What used to be called "Minnesota nice" has devolved into "Minnesota delusional".

A Minnesota trans lawmaker has resisted making porn harder to access for children because queer kids in public schools don't have sex education for them and queer porn could be the only place they can learn about queer sex.  Nope, I'm not making this up.  A man, dressed as a woman, was elected by his peers to the Minnesota State House.  Now that he's there, he's trying to make sure that kids have free access to porn.  And the sad thing is that all the teachers and and liberals here will say, "Yes!!"

In his arguments we watched he came up with a new word, "queerity".

Something deeply unsettling is happening in America's moral conversation, and it surfaced starkly during a recent legislative debate in Minnesota. During a discussion of a bill that would require age verification for explicit websites, Minnesota State Rep. Leigh Finke, an outspoken transgender activist, opposed the restrictions, arguing that pornography could be "educational" for LGBTQ youth.

The proposal under consideration in Minnesota--HF 1434--was intended to restrict minors' access to adult content online. Yet instead of focusing solely on privacy concerns surrounding verification technology, the discussion shifted into something far more troubling: the suggestion that explicit material might serve as a learning tool for children.

Christians should pause here--not in outrage first, but in sober discernment. Because moments like this are not isolated controversies. They are signposts revealing where a culture's moral logic is drifting.

Legitimate Concerns Do Exist -- But They Don't Justify This

There are real debates worth having about age-verification laws. Civil liberties advocates worry about data breaches, surveillance overreach, and the risk of sensitive personal information being stored or hacked. Those concerns deserve thoughtful attention and careful safeguards. Protecting children should never come at the cost of recklessly exposing citizens' private identities.

But acknowledging those concerns is very different from arguing that minors should have access to pornography. Privacy risks may be a policy problem. Pornography for children is a moral and developmental crisis. Conflating the two is like opposing driver's licenses because you think teenagers should be allowed to drive without rules.

The Five Deep Harms Porn Inflicts on Young Minds

Modern neuroscience, psychology, and pastoral counseling all converge on one point: pornography is not harmless--especially for children.

1. Neurological Rewiring of the Developing Brain

Children's brains are still forming neural pathways that shape impulse control, emotional regulation, and reward processing. Porn floods the brain with dopamine surges far beyond normal stimuli. Over time, this can recondition a child's reward system so that artificial sexual imagery becomes the primary trigger for pleasure. The result is not curiosity satisfied--but neurological conditioning that can alter desire patterns for years.

2. Addiction Before Maturity Exists

Adults struggle to resist compulsive digital habits. Now imagine introducing an intensely stimulating, sexually charged feedback loop to a brain that has not yet developed self-control. Many counselors report that individuals exposed to pornography early often describe addiction patterns before they even understand what addiction is. Habit forms long before wisdom does.

3. Dehumanized View of Relationships

Pornography does not teach love. It teaches consumption. It frames intimacy as performance, bodies as products, and people as instruments of pleasure. For a child learning what relationships mean, this distorts the very concept of human dignity. Instead of seeing others as souls worthy of honor, they may learn to see them as objects for gratification.

4. Premature Emotional and Sexual Burden

Childhood is meant to be a season of formation--mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Explicit material drags adult experiences into a stage of life where a child has no framework to process them. This can create confusion, anxiety, shame, or false expectations about identity and relationships before a child even understands themselves.

5. Behavioral and Psychological Fallout

Research increasingly links early exposure to explicit content with higher rates of risky behavior, relational instability, and emotional distress later in life. What begins as digital exposure often shapes real-world decisions. Seeds planted in secrecy can bear consequences in public.

The Spiritual Reality Beneath the Cultural Debate

For Christians, the concern goes deeper than sociology or neuroscience. Scripture teaches that what we consume inwardly shapes who we become outwardly. The eyes and mind are not passive windows; they are gateways to the heart.

Pornography is not merely explicit imagery--it is a counterfeit vision of intimacy that divorces desire from covenant, pleasure from responsibility, and bodies from souls. It teaches a theology of the human person that contradicts the biblical one. In Scripture, the body is a temple. In pornographic culture, the body is a tool.

The prophet Isaiah warned of a time when societies would blur moral categories--when darkness would be called light and light darkness. That warning was not poetic exaggeration. It was prophetic realism. Cultures rarely collapse overnight; they erode when their definitions of good slowly shift.

If children are told that explicit material is education, the danger is not only moral confusion. It is spiritual formation in the wrong direction. Because whatever disciples a child's imagination will eventually disciple their life.

Here;  Trans Lawmaker Suggests Adult Sites Are Necessary For LGBTQ Education

How sad, yet we shouldn't be surprised.  Once the collapse of morality happens it comes like a flood.  The Bible tells us that "they will be given over to futile thinking".  It also tells us that "Good will be called evil and evil will be called good."

Is Europe Ready for the Antichrist?

 We continue to see many events happening daily that point to things that will be happening during the 70th Week of Daniel, which begins when the Antichrist confirms a peace agreement with Israel and Israel's enemies.  And remember that the Antichrist won't be revealed until AFTER the rapture, when the Restrainer is removed, who is the Holy Spirit indwelling believers.

Today we read that Europe is being well prepared to receive someone who sounds a lot like the Antichrist.

Europeans don't want the Antichrist -- at least, not by name. But a recent poll conducted by AboutPeople reveals a disturbing willingness among citizens to embrace strong, decisive leadership that could bypass democratic processes if it promises stability and results. One in five Europeans say they would prefer a dictatorship in certain circumstances, and a quarter admit they would not mind if a capable leader limited democratic rights and acted without accountability -- provided he was effective.

This is the paradox behind the title: Europe may not be consciously seeking the Antichrist, yet what millions of Europeans desire -- a unifying, powerful, and decisive leader who can represent the continent boldly and even stand firm against global powers like the United States -- mirrors the qualities Scripture attributes to the end-time ruler. They long for unity where there is division, authority where there is gridlock, and decisive action where there is hesitation. And that desire, however well-intentioned, may be the very opening the Antichrist needs to rise.

Across Europe, citizens are frustrated by political stagnation, waning trust in parties and institutions, and the inefficiency of coalition-driven governance. From Brussels to Berlin, Paris to Warsaw, there is a palpable hunger for someone who doesn't merely manage the status quo but leads decisively, unites fractured electorates, and delivers tangible results. People want a leader strong enough to speak with one voice for Europe in a world of shifting alliances -- someone who can negotiate firmly, protect European interests, and even confront other global powers without hesitation.

This yearning is more than a political preference; it is a spiritual and cultural vulnerability. Scripture consistently portrays the Antichrist not as a tyrant who seizes power by brute force, but as a charismatic, capable figure who emerges when societies are frustrated, divided, and desperate for order. In Daniel, we read of a "little horn" that grows in power, subdues others, and unites multiple kingdoms. In Revelation, the Beast commands the allegiance of nations and wields authority so total that the world marvels at his might and follows willingly.

Christian interpreters for centuries have argued that the stage for this emergence will be a revived European-centered political union, reminiscent of the Roman Empire in its scope, coordination, and influence. The continent's nations, linked economically, politically, and culturally, provide fertile ground for a leader who promises unity, stability, and global influence. The poll's results indicate that millions of Europeans are psychologically and culturally primed to support exactly this type of figure -- a leader who embodies the qualities of decisiveness, charisma, and unifying authority.

Why is this appeal so powerful? Because Europeans are tired of division. They are fatigued by fractured politics and institutional inefficiency. They want solutions that cut through red tape, not endless debate. They long for someone who can represent Europe cohesively, negotiate with power on the world stage, and protect the continent's interests without compromise. In other words, they want a leader who acts boldly, leads decisively, and delivers results -- all while appearing infallible.

The Antichrist, according to prophecy, will exploit precisely this human inclination. He will arrive during a period of disillusionment and desperation, presenting himself as the answer to societal paralysis. Those who long for a strong, unifying figure may follow him eagerly, mistaking temporary order for lasting righteousness.

Here;  https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=9585

We believe that, following the rapture, events on earth will become very disturbing.  People will be afraid and hoping that someone can come and take away their fear.  That man will be Antichrist.  He will have solutions and will promise them that HE CAN put things back in order but will need to suspend freedoms in order to do that.  People will say, "We don't care!  Just fix things and make us feel safe and secure!  Please give us peace and safety!!"

Tucker Carlson’s Ideas About Jews Come From Dark Corners of the Internet

 It’s sad, but not surprising.  I think most of us loved Tucker during the Democrat years when he would push back against liberal views with conservative logic.  But recently Tucker went off the rails in his newly found Christian faith.  Replacement theology no doubt played a part.  I’ve quit listening to him and Candace Owens.  If they can’t get Israel right then what else are they not getting right?

Mike Huckabee tried to argue some sense in Tucker and you can read about it below.

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In a combative interview with US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, right-wing firebrand Tucker Carlson made a host of contentious and often demonstrably false claims that quickly went viral online. Huckabee, who repeatedly challenged the former Fox News star during the interview, subsequently made a long post on X, identifying a pattern of bad-faith arguments, distortions and conspiracies in Carlson’s rhetorical style.

Huckabee pointed out his words were not accorded by Carlson the same degree of attention and curiosity the anchor evinced toward such unsavory characters as “the little Nazi sympathizer Nick Fuentes or the guy who thought Hitler was the good guy and Churchill the bad guy.”

“What I wasn’t anticipating was a lengthy series of questions where he seemed to be insinuating that the Jews of today aren’t really same people as the Jews of the Bible,” Huckabee wrote, adding that Tucker’s obsession with conspiracies regarding the provenance of Ashkenazi Jews obscured the fact that most Israeli Jews were refugees from the Arab and Muslim world.

The idea that Ashkenazi Jews are an Asiatic tribe who invented a false ancestry “gained traction in the 80’s and 90’s with David Duke and other Klansmen and neo-Nazis,” Huckabee wrote. “It has really caught fire in recent years on the Internet and social media, mostly from some of the most overt antisemites and Jew haters you can find.”

Carlson branded Israel “probably the most violent country on earth” and cited the false claim that Israel President Isaac Herzog had visited the infamous island of the late, disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“The current president of Israel, whom I know you know, apparently was at ‘pedo island.’ That’s what it says,” Carlson said, citing a debunked claim made by The Times reporter Gabrielle Weiniger. “Still-living, high-level Israeli officials are directly implicated in Epstein’s life, if not his crimes, so I think you’d be following this.”

Another misleading claim made by Carlson was that there were more Christians in Qatar than in Israel.

https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/02/21/tuckers-ideas-about-jews-come-from-darkest-corners-of-the-internet-says-huckabee-after-combative-interview/

Trump Has a UFO Speech Written

 We posted on this before but it's in the news again so will make another.

With Spielberg's movie coming out on Disclosure and also with the documentary that came out 4-5 months ago called AGE OF DISCLOSURE, the governments of the world are having a harder time denying that something NOT OF THIS WORLD has been interacting with humans for a very long time.

How would the world change if Trump steps to the podium this summer and says, "Fellow Americans, our government has been involved in a deep coverup of non-human entities and not-of-this-world technology and I'm ordering an instant release of the entire coverup program.  Yes, we do have alien bodies on ice and yes, we do have their ships in our hangars."

President Trump has just issued a statement via his social media feed that he will order the release of any and all files related to UFOs and aliens...

"Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

And cue the crazy...

Documentary filmmaker Dan Farah appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast in November to promote his new documentary, The Age of Disclosure, and predicted that his film might force Trump to become the first world leader to confirm the existence of extraterrestrial life publicly.

"I wouldn't be surprised if it happens soon after the film comes out — the sitting president has to step to the microphone and say: humanity is not alone in the universe,” Farah told Rogan. “We have recovered technology of non-human origin. So have other nations. There is a high-stakes, secret cold war race to reverse engineer this technology. We need to win this race.” 

“I think Trump might be the only guy that’s willing to do something that crazy,” Rogan replied.

Well, now Lara Trump, the president’s daughter-in-law, let it slip during an appearance on the New York Post's Pod Force One podcast that Trump has a speech prepared confirming extraterrestrial life exists.

“Do you think that he's about to make an announcement about UFOs?" host Miranda Devine asked.

“Because President Obama was just on a podcast talking about how he believes in UFOs and hinting that he saw something when he was president.”

“Well, I said this in my podcast, too,” Lara Trump began.

“What's funny is we've kind of asked my father-in-law about this, 'cause we're like, ‘Well, what do you know?’ ‘Cause, Miranda, we all wanna know about the UFOs, or we all wanna know what's going on and he played a little coy with us. And so that, of course, led us to believe, Eric and I, were like, ‘Oh, my gosh, if he won't even, like, fully tell us, maybe there's more to it.’ And then I have just heard kind of around that... I think he's actually said it, I think my father-in-law has actually said it, that there is some speech that he has that, I guess, at, at the right time, and I don't know when the right time is, he's gonna break out and, and talk about, and it has to do with maybe some sort of extraterrestrial life, so to speak.”

Here;  Trump Orders Release Of All Files Related To UFOs & Aliens | ZeroHedge

For my new readers, these are NOT aliens that evolved on planets far away billions of years ago.  They are the same deceptive demons and fallen angels that have been deceiving mankind since Satan dressed up like a snake in the garden.

The fact that most people will believe these demons will fulfill what Paul wrote about concerning the Last Days when he says "people will believe in doctrines of demons."

We are certainly living in the Age of Deception.  Stay very close to your Bible and Jesus because only He came to bring truth, so that that truth will set you free from deception.

Woke Church Using Rainbow Glitter Instead of Ashes for Ash Wednesday

 It's certainly coming true when Jesus says, "Will I find any faith at all when I return?"  Of course it's a rhetorical question because the answer is going to be "very little" will be left in the churches of the world.  Sadly, even in America.  Our churches have now become "we will tell you how great your are if you come to our Sunday service!"  Where is the repentance?  Where is the sin?  Where is the hell that Jesus spoke much about?  Where is the blood of Christ?  Where is the wrath of God?

It's been exchanged for gay glitter on Ash Wednesday.

I think of Jesus saying, "Depart from me!  I don't know you!"

Ash Wednesday is meant to be a solemn day of reflection, humility, and penitence--a ritual that has been observed for centuries as the gateway to Lent. It is a sacred moment in the Christian calendar, marked by ashes applied in the sign of the cross with the words: "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return." 

The ashes are not decoration. They are not political statements. They are a call to repentance, a reminder of human mortality, and a summons to turn toward God. Yet an Atlanta-based progressive church, The Church at Ponce and Highland, has decided to upend all of that with what can only be described as sacrilegious glitter ashes.

The church's website proudly announces that congregants attending its Ash Wednesday service will have a choice between traditional ashes and ashes mixed with purple glitter. The stated purpose of these glittery ashes? To show "remorse at straight Christian cruelty to our LGBTQ siblings" and affirm LGBTQ identity. In other words, this church has hijacked a deeply spiritual ritual, repurposing it as a platform for ideological affirmation rather than repentance before God. Glitter, of all things, is now the vehicle for moral instruction. It is hard to imagine a more blatant distortion of a centuries-old tradition.

Ash Wednesday has always been about confronting our own sin and acknowledging our dependence on God. It is a moment that calls the faithful to self-examination, humility, and recognition of human frailty. The ritual is stark, austere, and sobering--designed to unsettle the ego, not dazzle it. Glitter ashes, by contrast, celebrate identity and affirm personal pride, supplanting repentance with performative virtue signaling. The symbolism is inverted: the ashes no longer mark the soul's need for redemption but the congregation's alignment with a social agenda.

This is not a one-off misstep but part of a broader pattern of activist politics infiltrating church rituals. The Church at Ponce and Highland openly rejects traditional frameworks, stating that "Christianity has gotten off track" and promoting a faith centered on doubt, inclusivity, and rejection of eternal punishment. It emphasizes "Jesus's love" over the salvific significance of his death and frames historic Christianity as an oppressive institution responsible for colonialism, slavery, and violence. Within this worldview, Lent becomes less about turning toward God and more about signaling ideological virtue to the world. Ash Wednesday, in short, is no longer an invitation to repentance; it is a platform for social apology.

The glitter ashes initiative is a glaring example of how certain progressive churches reinterpret centuries-old practices through the lens of contemporary culture wars. It is not just a distortion of Ash Wednesday--it is a rejection of the theological foundations that give the ritual meaning. 

By offering glitter ashes alongside traditional ashes, the church presents two competing visions of Christianity: one grounded in repentance and redemption, the other in affirmation of human identity and a secular moral framework. Only one of these is faithful to the historic observance. The other is a performative spectacle masquerading as spirituality.

It is also worth noting that this is not an isolated incident. In recent years, various progressive churches across the country have experimented with "inclusive" rituals, substituting traditional observances with ideologically driven versions. Some have rewritten liturgies to align with political causes, or offered communion in non-traditional forms meant to symbolize social justice rather than Christ's sacrifice. The glitter ashes phenomenon is the logical extreme of that trend: the hollowing out of faith in favor of social signaling.

The worldview underpinning these changes is unmistakable. Moral authority is no longer derived from God or Scripture but from contemporary cultural movements and the approval of marginalized groups. Rituals are evaluated not by their spiritual truth but by their ability to demonstrate ideological alignment. In this context, Ash Wednesday becomes a canvas for progressive virtue, rather than a somber call to repentance. The result is both the trivialization of a sacred ritual and a dangerous redefinition of Christianity itself.

Churches have always served as a moral compass, guiding believers toward humility, confession, and transformation. But when rituals are repurposed to advance secular agendas, the compass spins wildly, and the faithful are left confused about what, exactly, they are celebrating. Glitter ashes are not a symbol of remorse for sin; they are a symbol of a worldview that elevates identity politics over divine truth. They mock centuries of Christian devotion and replace the soul's reckoning with performative sparkle.

Ash Wednesday deserves better than glitter. Christianity deserves better than a church that rebrands penitence as political apology. True repentance is about acknowledging God's standards, confronting personal sin, and seeking reconciliation with Him. Glitter ashes are a distraction, a spectacle, and a sacrilege. They should be condemned--not celebrated--as yet another example of activist ideology corrupting sacred tradition.

Here;  https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=9568

You Must Watch the Chinese Humanoid Robots

You have to take a minute and watch these Chinese robots performing an intricate martial arts show with human children!  They can dance, flip, roll and jump just like humans.  Now just imagine an army of these bots, armed with night vision, a high powered gun and no fear.  Imagine drones coming in the sky by the millions while bot soldiers advance on the ground.  How can they be stopped?  Who will be here to stop them?

 Watch it here;  https://youtu.be/R6T-Ea5CfRE?si=UKXXPPCmUG5YVFPq

Could You Go to Jail One Day for Transphobia?

 It seems simple enough.  Maybe you were debating with a friend on social media and said, "Women and men can't simply change their DNA with a surgery and hormones!"  Then someone reads it and forwards it around and soon you have the police knocking on your door saying they have a complaint about your transphobic comments.

That's exactly what is starting to happen.  Maybe not in America YET....but when the Democrats get back in power you can bet they will do everything they can to make it happen here.

It sounds like something torn from the pages of dystopian fiction: a courtroom, a judge, and a citizen facing years behind bars--not for violence, not for fraud, not for theft, but for stating a belief about biology. Yet this is not fiction. This is happening now to Isadora Borges in Brazil, and if the world shrugs, the precedent could echo across continents like a thunderclap warning too many ignored.

Borges, a 34-year-old veterinary student, stands accused of "transphobia" for social media posts written years ago stating that transgender women are biologically male and that DNA cannot be altered by surgery or hormones. Those statements sparked a complaint from politician Erika Hilton, which in turn triggered a federal criminal case. Prosecutors are pursuing two counts, each carrying potential prison time. Combined, she could lose up to a decade of her life for words typed on a keyboard.

Pause and consider the gravity of that. Ten years. For speech. For opinion. For belief.

According to ADF International, even the judge has acknowledged the posts appear to reflect personal opinion rather than discriminatory intent. Yet the machinery of prosecution grinds forward anyway, fueled by a legal doctrine born when the Supreme Federal Tribunal ruled in 2019 that homophobia and transphobia should be treated as racism under existing law. With that single judicial stroke, categories of speech became potential crimes--without legislators ever voting to create such statutes.

This is how freedom erodes in the modern age: not with tanks in the streets, but with rulings in courtrooms.

The world only started paying attention after Elon Musk amplified discussion of the case online. That fact alone should trouble anyone who believes moral clarity should not depend on algorithmic virality. Why did it take a billionaire's repost for millions to notice that a woman could be imprisoned for stating a view shared by countless religious believers? Where is the roar of protest from churches, seminaries, and Christian leaders who have long warned that freedom of conscience is fragile?

Silence, in moments like this, is not neutrality. It is surrender.

This is not an isolated tremor. Pastor Douglas Baptista previously faced criminal charges for publishing a book explaining a traditional Christian understanding of sexuality. Those charges were dropped--but the warning shot had already been fired. The message was unmistakable: certain beliefs, if spoken aloud, may draw the attention of prosecutors.

Columnist Mary Anastasia O'Grady of the Wall Street Journal argues that cases like this reveal a judiciary accumulating extraordinary power--effectively shaping law, enforcing it, and judging it. Whether one agrees fully or not, the trajectory is impossible to ignore. When courts become arbiters of acceptable opinion, the boundary between justice and ideology begins to dissolve.

Supporters of such prosecutions often insist they are protecting dignity and preventing harm. But history teaches a sobering truth: once governments claim authority to criminalize viewpoints, they rarely stop with one category. Today it may be gender doctrine. Tomorrow it could be political dissent. Next year it might be religious orthodoxy itself. The principle is what matters. If the state can jail someone for holding the "wrong" belief, no belief is truly safe.

The danger is not disagreement. Free societies thrive on disagreement. The danger is enforced agreement.

Here;  https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=9562

Remember a few years ago in California when the nation was trying to decide if gay marriage was going to become the law of the land?  One CEO in California had donated money to a group that was fighting for traditional marriage to stay the same...one man and one woman.

When years later some hackers hacked into the database of donors they published that had given money to the cause.  He lost his job.  So it's already here.  What will change is the scope and topics that will get you in trouble.

One day, when the world turns on Christianity even more, you could be fined or jailed when they discover that you gave money to your local church if that church happens to preach that "Jesus is the ONLY way to salvation."

Ezekiel Coalition is Formed

 This is all happening for the first time in human history.  We are seeing the promises of scripture play out in front of our own eyes. “When you SEE all these things beginning to happen, then lift up your heads (look up) because your redemption (rapture-blessed hope) is near.”  

We are the people that are seeing all these things.  No one else has.

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Everyone here in the Middle East continues in our hold pattern as the United States and Iran decide what they’re going to do about each other. Other countries, such as Turkey, Qatar, and Russia, are throwing in their two shekels of advice and warnings. Here in Israel, we saw our Prime Minister take his sixth trip to Washington, seventh to the US, where he held a three-hour meeting with the American President. Meanwhile, back home, our military continued its preparations for a brief and violent visit to Iran. In other words, it’s kind of business as usual.

There’s one more area where we can see business as usual. This world continues to rapidly move toward the great war promised in Ezekiel 38-39. Over this past century, we have been witnesses of the fulfillment of Ezekiel 36-37 taking place. God promised that He would bring His people back to the land, and in 1948, Israel became a nation once again. And who was the country filled with? Jews, exactly as God promised through Ezekiel when He said to the mountains of Israel, “But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to My people Israel, for they are about to come” (Ezekiel 36:8).

The land is not promised to the Arabs, it’s not promised to the Turks, and, believe it or not, it’s not promised to the Church. Trust me, I live here. We welcome Arabs and Turks, and our doors are wide open for Christians. I know, I am a believer in Yeshua living in Israel. This land was promised to the physical descendants of Abraham back in Genesis, and God always keeps His promises.

“But, Amir, God also says through Ezekiel that when the people come back, He will put His Spirit in them and they will walk in His statutes. Did God forget that part?” First of all, snarkiness noted. Second, unless you’ve been in Tel Aviv during Pride Month, you have no clue how bad it can get here in Israel. However, rather than your statement lending credence to an analogical interpretation of Ezekiel’s prophecies, it is an amazingly cool affirmation that we are in an era when prophecy is being fulfilled. For centuries, defenders of Scripture felt the need to concoct wild doctrinal theories explaining all the end times prophecies surrounding the nation of Israel for the simple reason that there was no nation of Israel.

But now Israel’s back, baby! It’s okay to let go of all the replacement notions and analogy interpretations. Let go of your presuppositions and quit trying to read between the lines. Stop asking what the authors really meant and just read what they wrote. When you do, you’ll realize that with the Jewish people back in the land, Ezekiel makes perfect sense, and we can see that we are living in the era when prophecy is being fulfilled at a rate not experienced in 2000 years. It’s truly staggering!

As you read through this article, keep Ezekiel in mind. Once again, chapters 36-37 have been and continue to be fulfilled. And all the alliances needed for the war of chapters 38-39 are coming together exactly as was prophesied. What a time to be alive!

Netanyahu in DC – Again!

As I mentioned above, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Washington on Tuesday to meet with US government officials. Originally scheduled for the end of the month, the PM moved up the short, 42-hour trip due to the urgency of the Iranian situation. There is a concern that the scope of negotiations with Iran is quickly contracting. According to Vice President J.D. Vance, “What we are focusing on right now is that Iran will not have nuclear weapons.” Netanyahu’s agenda, however, is much wider, adding to the nuclear issue such topics as limiting Iran’s ballistic missile range, dismantling the proxy militias, and having strict, verifiable oversight within the nation. According to the PM, Iran has a stockpile of 1800-2000 missiles just waiting to be fired toward Israel.

When the three-hour meeting ended, President Trump said that no decisions had been reached, but both he and the PM agreed that negotiations must continue. Iran has already said that, when it comes to deals, the nuclear program is off the table. What I believe will happen is that there will be a limited strike, which will force Iran to negotiate regarding their nuclear program. Will their concessions be in good faith? I doubt it. What will not happen, I believe, is a regime change, nor will there be justice for the more than 40,000 Iranian protesters who have lost their lives. 

Iran’s Justification for Killing Protesters

Speaking of the 40,000 dead Iranians, according to Hesamuddin Haerizadeh, a regime security strategist, their massacre was necessary to purify Iran from non-Muslims. I know that for most westerners, that statement is jaw-dropping. As a Middle Easterner, though, it sadly makes a lot of sense. We’ll ignore the fact that most all the dead were Muslims, although many were from minority tribes. To understand Haerizadeh’s statement, we must remember that Muslims do not derive their morality from inherent truths, internal conscience, or even from the Quran. Their standards for living are based solely on how Muhammad lived his life, as recorded in the Hadith and other writings. If Muhammad did something, it is right.

When one looks at the life of Muhammad, the man’s actions became more violent and legalistic as he gained power. Muhammad killed infidels, therefore it is right to kill infidels and wrong not to kill infidels. Muhammad subjugated women, therefore it is right to subjugate women and wrong not to subjugate women. Muhammad required unquestioned obedience to his orders, therefore Muslims must unquestionably obey the orders they are given by their religious leaders. To the Islamist mind, killing the 40,000 was not wrong, and the killers should not feel bad about it. In fact, the exact opposite is true. It should be celebrated as an act of righteous obedience. Now, take what I’ve just written and apply it to Hamas and what was done on October 7. Do you now understand better why we can never allow them to weaponize again?

Hamas is Not Giving Up

On Sunday, Khaled Mashal, the Hamas leader abroad, spoke to the 17th Al Jazeera Forum in Doha, Qatar. He insisted that Hamas will not disarm but will instead store weapons for later use. According to Mashal, Turkey, Qatar, and Egypt all agree with this approach. In addition, he claimed that the ceasefire will only last for 5-10 years before hostilities will once again resume, and he praised the October 7 massacre for opening a path to establishing a Palestinian state. If you’re wondering how any sane person could speak in such a way, read my previous story about Iran’s justification for killing the protesters. Is it any wonder that Prime Minister Netanyahu is so determined to finish the job against Hamas?

The 2026 Judea-Samaria Land Reform

The West Bank is a political term. The true name of the region is Judea and Samaria, and that’s what we call it here in Israel. From 1948-1967, the area was controlled by Jordan. But when Israel soundly defeated the Arab alliance in the Six-Day War, the sovereignty over the region was returned to Jerusalem, where it belonged. Then came the Oslo Accords in the early 1990s, when the land of the West Bank was separated out for the Palestinian Authority. Since that time, Israel has been afraid to purchase land in the area and to carry out perfectly legal activities.

Unfortunately, the West Bank has been a constant source of terrorism perpetrated by Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other groups. This has crescendoed following the October 7 attacks. Israel has had enough and has passed a three-pillar reform allowing Israelis access, registry transparency, purchase rights, and verified ownership data, among other normal business practices. Immediately, this action was condemned by Arab nations, who still hold out empty hopes for a two-state solution – or who regularly use the two-state solution as a political weapon. Essentially, what this action accomplishes is to put a final stake through the heart of a potential Palestinian state.

I’ve Got a Friend in You

The alliance between the United States and Israel remains strong. In the American 2026 National Defense Strategy, Israel was identified as a model ally. Unfortunately, because I know Scripture, I recognize that this close international relationship will one day fall apart.

There is another alliance whose ties get stronger by the day. Turkey, Russia, and Iran have united to form a close-knit relationship. Surprisingly, the Saudis are beginning to pal around with this alliance. There’s nothing formal, because Tehran and Riyadh hate each other for many reasons. But the Saudis are still Arab, and if Iran falls then there is no more strong foil against Israel in the Middle East. We know that during the Ezekiel War, Saudi Arabia – known as Sheba and Dedan – will watch and tsk-tsk the armies approaching Israel. But they will not help either side. For Saudi Arabia now, though, the enemy of my enemy keeps my enemy’s attention in a direction other than me. Meanwhile, Turkey is forming alliances in Africa. Along with their Middle Eastern relationships with the Saudis and the Jordanians, they are becoming close with Libya, Sudan, Eritrea, Somalia, and others. A number of these countries are mentioned in the Ezekiel War axis of evil.

As I wrote when I began this article, prophecy is being fulfilled before our eyes. The necessary alliances for the Ezekiel War aren’t forming, they’re already formed. The time is close.

https://harbingersdaily.com/the-necessary-alliances-for-the-ezekiel-war-arent-forming-theyre-already-formed/

Biggest Housing Bubble Ever??

 We all know that home ownership has now become nearly impossible for the younger generation.  Owning a home used to be part of the American dream.  Get married, buy a house, have some kids, work hard and save some money.  That was the formula.

But today that isn't the case.  Many young women have no desire for marriage or kids.  And many young folks realize they will never have a salary of $300,000 that you would need to qualify for a starter home in Bozeman or Buffalo.

But can these inflated home prices really survive?  Or could we be on the verge of a major correction?

No one really knows...but this guy says we might be there.

The housing bubble that burst during the Great Recession was enormous, but it was nothing compared to what we are facing now.  Two decades ago, the average price of a home in the United States was about $140,000.  Today, the average price of a home in the United States is above $500,000.  We have literally never seen anything even close to a housing bubble of this magnitude.  Unfortunately, what comes up must eventually come down.

Just like we witnessed during the Great Recession, home sales have started to crash.

In January, sales of previously owned homes were 8.4 percent lower than they were in December…

Sales of previously owned homes in January dropped a much wider-than-expected 8.4% from December to a seasonally adjusted, annualized rate of 3.91 million, according to the NAR. Sales were 4.4% lower than January 2025. That is the slowest pace since December 2023 and the biggest monthly drop since February 2022.

This count is based on closings, so contracts that were likely signed in November and December, when the average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage didn’t move much before dropping slightly in January. That rate is now 6.1%, according to Mortgage News Daily.

Regionally, sales fell across the nation month to month but were down the most in the South and West.

Sales of previously owned homes have been at a depressed level for years, and now things are getting even worse.

It is a really bad time to be a real estate agent in America.  So many really good agents are deeply struggling right now.

One of the primary reasons why home sales are so low is because home prices are way too high.

Over a 20 year period, the average price of a home in the United States increased from about $140,000 to more than $503,000…

While there have been periods of rising and falling home values, the end result is this: In the past 20 years, the average home price in the U.S. has grown from about $140,000 to about $503,800 as of 2025.

That is what a bubble looks like.

If you can believe it, the median value of a home in Montana grew by two-thirds in just four years…

Montana’s typical home value has increased by two-thirds in four years, according to new valuations published this month by the Montana Department of Revenue.

The department estimates that the median residential property in Montana was worth $378,000 as of the beginning of last year. Four years previously, before the state housing market blew up during the COVID-19 pandemic, the median value was $228,000 — meaning values have increased 66%.

Here;  The Biggest Housing Bubble In The Entire History Of The United States Is In The Process Of Bursting

Palestinians and The Temple Mount

 I encourage you to go to the link and read the entire article.  Any news about The Temple Mount is important to understand for prophecy watchers because Israel is God’s timepiece. Jerusalem is the minute hand on that clock and the Temple Mount is the second hand…and lately it’s been clicking away very fast.

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• That such a large number of Muslims are able to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem every week shows that Hamas's claim that the Jews are desecrating the mosque and plotting to control it is another big lie produced by the terror group and its supporters.

• It is worth noting that Jews do have a right to visit the Temple Mount, primarily because it is also the holiest site in Judaism, where the First and Second Temples once stood.

• [T]he arrangement set up in 1967 allowed non-Muslims to visit the Temple Mount but restricted praying there to Muslims.

• Ten days after the Six Day War, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, out of respect for Muslim concerns, forbade Jews to pray on the Temple Mount and proclaimed the Kingdom of Jordan the protector of the holy site.

• Non-Muslims, including Jews and Christians, regularly tour outdoors on the grounds of the Temple Mount but, since 2000, have not been allowed to enter inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque or the Dome of the Rock.

• Palestinian officials and media outlets regularly and falsely portray the visits as "violent incursions by extremist Jewish settlers." It is worth recalling that to many Palestinians, all Jews in Israel are "settlers" and that, in their eyes, all of Israel is just one big settlement.

• It is abhorrent to see the Palestinians and many Muslims use a mosque -- especially falsely -- to justify terrorism and the murder of Jews. It is even more abhorrent to see Hamas and other Palestinians proudly name their dishonorable crimes after a mosque.

• The long-familiar Palestinian campaign to destroy Israel continues to this day. Palestinian officials continue to repeat all the same fraudulent accusations. Unless this anti-Israel and anti-Jewish campaign stops, the next October 7-style massacre by Palestinians -- presumably what they would like, distracting from and derailing US President Donald J. Trump's attempts to rebuild Gaza without Palestinian leadership -- is just around the corner.

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22267/palestinians-al-aqsa-lie

Optimism About the Future Falls to Record Low in America

 Headlines like these, if true, won't bode well for Republicans in the mid-terms.  If voters aren't happy RIGHT NOW they will blame it on whomever is in office.  Forget about the fact that Democrats ruled over the highest inflationary rise seen in 40 years during the Biden years...Trump gets in office and now the Democrats yell, "look at these high inflation numbers under Trump!"  And voters will just say, "I'm not happy today so I'm going to vote for the other guy."

The average house now cost $400k and grocery bills are crazy high.  A box of cereal is $7 and a box of Wheat Thins is $5, while ground beef can cost $10.  Just imagine trying to fill up the belly's of a household with 4 kids and 2 parents.

So the younger generation is starting to realize that they are NOT going to have the same standard of living as their parents because they may never make enough income to even qualify for a mortgage in the city they live in.

As long as you have hope, you can face whatever challenges are ahead.  Sadly, Americans have been losing hope at a rate that is absolutely unprecedented.  As you will see below, optimism about the future has fallen to the lowest level ever recorded.  One of the biggest reasons why people are losing hope is because we have been in a historic cost of living crisis for almost this entire decade.  It is getting harder and harder just to pay the bills.  Nobody can deny this.  For most of the country, just surviving from month to month is a real struggle.

When there just isn’t enough money coming in, it can be very tempting to bridge the gap with debt.

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, credit card debt has risen to the highest level in the entire history of the United States…

Americans ended 2025 more in debt than ever before.

Credit card balances hit a fresh high in the fourth quarter, rising by $44 billion to $1.28 trillion, according to a new report on household debt by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released Tuesday. That’s a 5.5% jump from a year earlier.

The central bank’s monthly Survey of Consumer Expectations, released Monday, also found that fewer consumers expect their households’ financial situations to be better off a year from now — and a larger share expect to be worse off.

Once you start piling up credit card debt, it can be exceedingly difficult to ever get it paid off.

Credit card rates are higher than ever, and this is allowing large financial institutions to rake in enormous profits.

But many on the other end of the equation feel like they are suffocating.

Needless to say, credit card debt is not the only type of debt that is becoming a major national problem.

Delinquency rates are rising for all types of debt, and this is particularly true for low income Americans…

That’s not just apparent in the number of auto loan, credit card and home equity lines of credit delinquencies, the New York Fed researchers said. “You also see that in rising mortgage delinquency rates,” the researchers said, referring to the growing number of homeowners who are falling behind on their mortgage payments.

Across the board, “elevated delinquency rates are more pronounced in the lowest-income areas,” the Fed researchers also found.

Here;  Optimism About The Future Plunges To An All-Time Record Low And Credit Card Debt Soars To An All-Time Record High

And when young folks start to feel hopeless, they will start saying, "How come I'm living in poverty while so many other folks have so much money?  I will vote for the politician who promises to take more money from them and give it to me!"  And then you can start to understand how in the world Democrats are starting to win when they call themselves SOCIALISTS.

But here's a reminder.  When the government becomes responsible for feeding you and the population becomes reliant on being fed....that same government can also starve you if they decide you aren't the type of person they want to feed.

The tragic thing about watching America head towards the abyss is that if we fall there is no one standing in the wings that is going to come and help us.  WE are the world's LAST BEST HOPE.

Keep praying for our leaders and keep praying for a revival to happen in America.  Only followers of Christ can change the trajectory we are currently on.

Trump Talks About Himself at National Prayer Breakfast

I’ve talked to a lot of Christ followers about Trump and I’ve not met a single one who voted for Trump because they thought he was a great Christian.  God will use whomever on earth He wants to, to accomplish His purposes.  We pray for Trump and his cabinet every day.  I can’t imagine how he keeps his schedule.  But our prayers should probably include that he would repent and surrender his life to Jesus.  I don’t see a lot of evidence that Trump spoke about grace, repentance, Jesus, surrender or that he was saved from his sin.  So while he may not understand what it means to follow Jesus he continues to do many things that Jesus followers agree with.

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President Donald Trump spent nearly 80 minutes at the 74th National Prayer Breakfast on February 5 doing what he does best—talking about himself. But this time, the subject was his eternal soul. Standing before a crowd at the Washington Hilton hotel, Trump mused on his chances of making it through the pearly gates, declaring ironically, “I really think I probably should make it. I mean, I’m not a perfect candidate, but I did a hell of a lot of good for perfect people.”

Trump’s remarks at the nonpartisan event were characteristically bold. He boasted that he has “done more for religion than any other president,” accusing his predecessors of having “bailed out” on religion. He mocked Democrats, saying, “I don’t know how a person of faith can vote for a Democrat. I really don’t.” The president announced plans for a May 17 event at the National Mall to “rededicate America as one nation under God,” and claimed that churches are filling up under his watch, unlike two years ago.

“Some major politicians refuse to say the word God. They don’t want to say it. I say it,” Trump declared. He credited his administration with bringing prayer back to schools, creating a White House faith office, and implementing policies targeting transgender people—all measures he framed as victories for religious America.

The president’s relationship with Christian evangelicals has been a defining feature of both his terms in office. He emerged as a champion of the Christian right despite not attending church regularly and being known for his ruthless attacks on adversaries. Trump recounted remarks from Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, who said of Trump in 2016, “He may not have ever read the Bible, but he will be a much stronger messenger for us.”

During his speech, Trump portrayed himself as a defender of religious liberty against government persecution. “They always like to say, ‘Trump is a dictator!'” he said. “They love that. I’m not a dictator. But they were like dictators. They were like the Gestapo. They were arresting people for going to church.”

When addressing his past comments about the afterlife, Trump blamed the media for failing to capture his sense of irony. “I was just having fun,” he said, before adding, “I really think I probably should make it. I mean, I’m not a perfect candidate, but I did a hell of a lot of good for perfect people.”

Trump closed his remarks with a quote from the New Testament—Matthew 5:8—”Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God,” then immediately undercut it: “I don’t know if that applies to me necessarily. I’m not so sure… I try.”

https://israel365news.com/415968/trump-ponders-his-chances-at-heaven-i-did-a-hell-of-a-lot-of-good-for-perfect-people/