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packman

(16,296 posts)
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 11:09 AM Jan 2019

Oh, those crayzee Evangelists and their false gods

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Unbeknownst to people with even a tenuous grip on reality, prior to the midterms a thousand theaters showed “The Trump Prophecy,” a film about a firefighter who, in a blinding orgiastic epiphany, picks up a Bible and turns to Isaiah 45, “which describes the anointment of King Cyrus by God.” Get it, Isaiah “45” — Trump “45”? What more proof do you need, right?

Stewart goes on, saying that evangelical author and speaker Lance Wallnau has said:


I believe the 45th president is meant to be an Isaiah 45 Cyrus [who will] restore … us from cultural collapse.


https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/1/1822839/-Evangelicals-God-Sent-Trump-to-be-King
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Oh, those crayzee Evangelists and their false gods (Original Post) packman Jan 2019 OP
So the sun DOES shine there underpants Jan 2019 #1
Thread winner! MontanaMama Jan 2019 #4
I was aware of that, but I realized another connection jberryhill Jan 2019 #2
"False gods" Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #3
Truman came to power in '45 The Genealogist Jan 2019 #5
The Golden Ass Maeve Jan 2019 #6
How DARE they slander good King Cyrus? raging moderate Jan 2019 #7
Movie was made by film students at Liberty U. Taylor, fireman prophet often on JimBakker show bobbieinok Jan 2019 #8
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
2. I was aware of that, but I realized another connection
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 11:16 AM
Jan 2019

The insistence on building a wall.

That is an important theme in the post-Babylonian-exile return to Judah.

Upon return to Jerusalem, portrayed in Ezra and Nehemiah, the first order of business is rebuilding the walls of the city and the temple.

They even took pictures:



The "wall building" theme is an important one:

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)
3. "False gods"
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 11:19 AM
Jan 2019

Sounds redundant.

As far as religion is concerned, people have been making this shit up on the fly for the past 10,000 years. That evangelicals can get behind Trump without much cognitive dissonance isn't particularly surprising or unique.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
5. Truman came to power in '45
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 11:38 AM
Jan 2019

So I will insist that the verse refers to Truman. Or perhaps it is referring to james polk, who came to power in 1845. See I can play that game too!

raging moderate

(4,309 posts)
7. How DARE they slander good King Cyrus?
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 11:40 AM
Jan 2019

Yes, he was a conqueror, but he was much better than the other kings of his day. He was reputed to be intelligent, diligent, honorable, and self-disciplined, tempering justice with mercy. It is said that the poor people of the besieged cities used to open gates to let his army in, because his armies were under orders to be merciful overall and helpful to those in need. That was the secret of King Cyrus's success.

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