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In reply to the discussion: Despite porn stars and Playboy models, white evangelicals arent rejecting Trump. This is why. [View all]dalton99a
(81,406 posts)8. Because he is a modern-day Cyrus, chosen by God:
https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/3/5/16796892/trump-cyrus-christian-right-bible-cbn-evangelical-propaganda
The biblical story the Christian right uses to defend Trump
Why evangelicals are calling Trump a modern-day Cyrus.
By Tara Isabella Burton @NotoriousTIB tara.burton@vox.com Mar 5, 2018, 9:20am EST
The Israeli Mikdash Educational Center minted a coin showing Trump and Cyrus side by side. Mikdash Educational Center
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The comparison comes up frequently in the evangelical world. Many evangelical speakers and media outlets compare Trump to Cyrus, a historical Persian king who, in the sixth century BCE, conquered Babylon and ended the Babylonian captivity, a period during which Israelites had been forcibly resettled in exile. This allowed Jews to return to the area now known as Israel and build a temple in Jerusalem. Cyrus is referenced most prominently in the Old Testament book of Isaiah, in which he appears as a figure of deliverance.
While Cyrus is not Jewish and does not worship the God of Israel, he is nevertheless portrayed in Isaiah as an instrument of God an unwitting conduit through which God effects his divine plan for history. Cyrus is, therefore, the archetype of the unlikely vessel: someone God has chosen for an important historical purpose, despite not looking like or having the religious character of an obvious man of God.
For believers who subscribe to this account, Cyrus is a perfect historical antecedent to explain Trumps presidency: a nonbeliever who nevertheless served as a vessel for divine interest.
For these leaders, the biblical account of Cyrus allows them to develop a vessel theology around Donald Trump, one that allows them to reconcile his personal history of womanizing and alleged sexual assault with what they see as his divinely ordained purpose to restore a Christian America.
The biblical story the Christian right uses to defend Trump
Why evangelicals are calling Trump a modern-day Cyrus.
By Tara Isabella Burton @NotoriousTIB tara.burton@vox.com Mar 5, 2018, 9:20am EST
The Israeli Mikdash Educational Center minted a coin showing Trump and Cyrus side by side. Mikdash Educational Center
...
The comparison comes up frequently in the evangelical world. Many evangelical speakers and media outlets compare Trump to Cyrus, a historical Persian king who, in the sixth century BCE, conquered Babylon and ended the Babylonian captivity, a period during which Israelites had been forcibly resettled in exile. This allowed Jews to return to the area now known as Israel and build a temple in Jerusalem. Cyrus is referenced most prominently in the Old Testament book of Isaiah, in which he appears as a figure of deliverance.
While Cyrus is not Jewish and does not worship the God of Israel, he is nevertheless portrayed in Isaiah as an instrument of God an unwitting conduit through which God effects his divine plan for history. Cyrus is, therefore, the archetype of the unlikely vessel: someone God has chosen for an important historical purpose, despite not looking like or having the religious character of an obvious man of God.
For believers who subscribe to this account, Cyrus is a perfect historical antecedent to explain Trumps presidency: a nonbeliever who nevertheless served as a vessel for divine interest.
For these leaders, the biblical account of Cyrus allows them to develop a vessel theology around Donald Trump, one that allows them to reconcile his personal history of womanizing and alleged sexual assault with what they see as his divinely ordained purpose to restore a Christian America.
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Despite porn stars and Playboy models, white evangelicals arent rejecting Trump. This is why. [View all]
Poiuyt
Mar 2018
OP
Their racist, bigoted, homophobic, lying, morally bankrupt assholes. Theyre NOT Christians.
onecaliberal
Mar 2018
#1
Religious himackers. Fakes. What ever you want to call it. Read the New Testament to see what a
onecaliberal
Mar 2018
#47
They are not Chirst like, but they are very much in tradition with probably at least 51% of
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2018
#27
As I suspected; Prosperity Gospel/End time Evangelicals will vote for the Anti-Christ...
haele
Mar 2018
#3
rub their noses in it...which porn star would jesus hump??????call them the hypocrites that they are
dembotoz
Mar 2018
#5
All the trump supporters I encounter are evangelicals who believe this or some variation of it.
hunter
Mar 2018
#24
Pst - in evangelicals mind it doesn't count when it's a "red-blooded American White Male"
forgotmylogin
Mar 2018
#13
For them, its all about abortion and same sex marriage- which means Supreme Court picks who would...
Beaverhausen
Mar 2018
#14
The main reason they still support him is that he is going to bring about End Times
maryellen99
Mar 2018
#18