(July 17, 2024) In the aftermath of the heinous assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, how should Christians evaluate this unthinkable act?
The Rise of Evil
Bible Prophecy can help us understand and properly frame the chaos we witnessed last Saturday, as well as help explain what we can expect in the days, months and years ahead. In a very general sense, a major catastrophic event, such as an assassination of a former President perfectly fits into the prophetic framework of the end time. We read, in 2 Timothy 3:
But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good,
Paul was inspired to write that the time before Jesus Christ’s dramatic return to earth would be filled with tumultuous, life-threatening events — orchestrated by evil men (and women).
Evil Men Leading to Societal Decline
Paul warned Timothy — and us, that men motivated by greed and ungodly behavior will stop at nothing to achieve their ends. Paul didn’t mean that all men would be this way, but specifically those men and women who express an irreverence and massive disrespect toward God and sacred matters. These people despise those who do good with every fiber of their beings. These are those the prophet Isaiah was inspired to write about; “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” (Isaiah 5:20)
If we have learned anything through the last 5 years, it is that there is an acceleration of the impetus or inspiration that would cause the twisting of values that promotes gender confusion, sexual deviancy to young school age children and an absolute hatred toward those who endorse biblical and family values. This inspiration has touched every segment of our society, and the impact within the last beacon of freedom in the world — the United States of America — has been profound. In short, we have godless leaders who are attempting to normalize aberrant behavior.
Later, in his letter to Timothy, Paul warned that the perilous, end time world would continue in a cascade of decadence because “. . . evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.” (2 Timothy 3:13)
Behind Evil Men and Women
As students of Bible Prophecy, how can we explain the tragic events of last Saturday? Was the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, which resulted in the death of Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old former fire chief from Sarver, Pennsylvania, simply the act of a lone, crazed 20-year-old? Or are more sinister forces at play?
In the days after the attempted assassination of Donal Trump, we have learned that the shooter had unfettered access to a critical position on a roof only 130 yards away from President Trump, with clear line of sight — on top of the Command Post of the Secret Service! That anyone could penetrate through the various layers of security so easily is unimaginable. There are too many outstanding questions at this time to comprehend the enormity and gravity of what could have been. The shooter was on the roof for a full 26 minutes, unhampered by the Secret Service and Police even though they were notified by dozens of witnesses!
Is it wrong to question the official narrative of a lone shooter, acting on his own insane impulses? Many other clues have emerged in the last few days that lead to other conclusions.
One such anomaly is that “short interest” in DJT stock, Trump’s media company, more than doubled from July 1 to July 12. This means that individuals or large organizations placed a massive bet that DJT stock would collapse on Monday, July 15. This could mean that someone had advance knowledge of the events of July 14, thinking the stock would plummet. Had the assassination been successful, short sellers could have made hundreds of millions of dollars this past Monday. Coincidence? Instead, the stock soared, forcing the closure of short positions, incurring huge losses for the short sellers.
In addition to the facts that have been revealed about the failed protection of the Secret Service, numerous former U.S. Special Forces snipers have commented that there were too many obvious problems with the security lapses for the operation not to be planned. Florida Congressman Corey Mills, former member of the 82nd Airborne, interviewed on CNN, questioned whether the event was an accident or deliberate standdown on the part of the Secret Service. If true, this does not bode well for the future of candidate Trump, or the United States because it is unlikely that evil men and women will cease in their ultimate objective.
In Ephesians 2, the Apostle Paul explains that there is a dynamic spiritual presence within our world. This force is the source and inspiration of evil men; “in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,” (verse 2, emphasis ours).
This means that the influence of the devil, who was marooned on this planet eons ago, when he rebelled against the government of God (Isaiah 14:17-15), has its most fertile ground in the minds of evil men who have no regard for God or the Law of God.
Overall, this explains the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Former President Trump has vowed to end the war in Ukraine, stop illegal immigration, deport all those who have entered the nation illegally, restore the Keystone Pipeline, make America energy independent once again and advance the interests of the American people. For making American great again, he is hated, because that goal is contrary to the forces, internal and external who oppose that agenda.
Action Item
Since you are reading this newsletter, you are a person deeply convicted that it is God who is control of His plan and will execute that plan to usher in His Kingdom. Human Kingdoms and governments can be led by vicious, incorrigibly evil people, and often have through man’s history. Since it is the mission of God’s Holy People to proclaim this coming Kingdom, let us unite in prayer and ask God to protect all leaders who respect God and His purpose, so that “. . .this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.” (Matthew 24:14)
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