
'God chose Trump': president reads Scripture at MAGA Bible marathon
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By Max Blumenthal
Max Blumenthal gained entrance to a gathering of evangelical Christian Trump supporters called America Reads The Bible. Hosted at hosted at Washington DC's Museum of Bible, the week-long Bible-reading marathon featured members of Congress, cabinet secretaries and pastors reciting carefully curated sections of scripture before what's left of the MAGA faithful. Despite not identifying as a Christian and his notorious past and present as a sinner, Trump was the star of the show, reading from Chronicles 7:11.Blumenthal asked participants about the significance of Trump's reading, and whether they believed he was a divine instrument. He also probed their views about everything from the Iran war to Israel's destruction of Christian communities in southern Lebanon.
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On April 21st, Evangelical Christian supporters of Donald Trump gathered at Washington D.C.'s Museum of the Bible for a week-long Bible-reading marathon featuring pastors, presidential cabinet secretaries, and members of Congress, called America Reads the Bible. The star of the show is the president himself, who is assigned to read verses from the book of Chronicles, despite not identifying as a Christian and being notoriously steeped in sin. Participants in the event insisted to me that by arranging for Trump to read from the Bible in public, they were helping to redeem him so he could be used by the Lord. To love our fellow men, what's so great about the word of God is no matter where anybody is in their state of life, God's heart for that person is just redeem them for an ultimate eternity, but so that they don't have to live in the hell and misery of bitterness and hatred
and just the yuck that the alternative is. How do you come to know the Lord if it's not by spending time reading his word and giving his presence? But does Trump read the Bible privately? These are all questions you need to ask the president, okay? Has he spent more time with Jeffrey Epstein or pastor? I'm not going to play into this deal. First of all, those that fear God, there's only two options, either using your God or my truth, but believe that he's God. The first thing you do is want somebody who is willing to submit to God. Didn't Trump compare himself in a way to at least the Son of God? How's that? The Jesus meme and Paula White, his prayer advisors, that he's like Jesus, do you agree with that? Like in the way that he's been persecuted? Let me tell you, that meme was done over a year ago by a young man who's an immigrant to this country who was glad that he was healing the country. He didn't have a thing to do with Jesus. Okay, it was, he was a doctor. It was like the Red Cross.
You should look him up and ask him about it. David also hacked all of the chariot horses but reserved of them a hundred chariots. And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help and to res our king of Zoba, David killed of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. He was so good. We are so grateful that our president read the Bible, the public. But does President Trump read the Bible at home? I think so. He has, I think so. You think he's a good Christian man? Yes, I think so. I know God chose him. I know God chose Trump. Yes, God always choose the people who are, think about the David, think about Moses. God never choose the perfect person. He always choose to kind of different wicked man. And then he used that person and then do his work.
If my people which are cold by my name, she'll humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land? Now my eyes shall be open and my ears attend to the prayer that is made in this place. I don't know where the president is in his heart until he confess his faith in a way that is, you know, that makes sense to him. But I believe him reading this scripture is, I think he's authentic and real. And I don't think he would have read it if he didn't mean it. Pope Leo said, enough war, enough idolatry of wealth and power, referring to President Trump. What do you think of that? There's war throughout the Old Testament. There's war throughout the scriptures. It's biblical. Let's leave it at that. So we wouldn't be a sin for Trump to call forth, promise the destruction of a civilization
as he recently did. It's like biblical. No, I mean, war is, there's war and peace throughout scripture. And it's the important, the constitution is in the purpose of government is for government to protect the people of the United States. That's the purpose of government. It's different than civilization, you know, normal citizens. Government is to protect the people of the United States. Do you think it's a just war that Trump is waging on Iran? I have no comment on that. I'm just, that's not our part here. Do you stand with Israel? Of 100 percent. Do you support Israel's destruction of Christian villages in southern Lebanon right now? I support the Jewish people and I believe that God has chosen their land and blessed them and made them faithful. This is what Israeli soldiers are currently doing in southern Lebanon. Have you seen this photo? No. What do you think of that? I, with our weapons. I think all the destruction and everything is, is it like the Bible? Yeah.
Do you think Trump should repent for killing 170 school girls in Meena, Iran? In one strike? One strike? Should he repent? So he did that? Yes, the U.S. military under his orders did that. An entire school of kids, 170. Yeah, look, Jesus is world. I know, okay, so should Trump repent for that? Should he get on his knees and repent to Jesus or his? Again, your question, your question preceded. Sir, you can't get on the ground. No, I'm sorry, sir. Sir, you can't get on the ground. I appreciate what you're doing. The real answer to your question is just the premise. But it's a fact that that happens, but it's a fact that... Hey, by the way, I do have to ask you, what's your YouTube channel so we can see us? The Grey Zone. The Grey Zone. Yeah. Bring every stone hole, bring every stone hole.
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