Christian Nationalists?

 

Onward Christian Soldiers

Onward Christian soldiers!
Marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus
Going on before.
Christ, the royal Master,
Leads against the foe;
Forward into battle,
See, His banners go!

Isn’t “Christian Soldiers” an oxymoron?

The Christian Nationalists are at it again. Fact challenged Sarah Huckabee, the current Governor of Arkansas, gave the rebuttal to the State of the Union address. Her father, the former Governor, is an unapologetic Christian Nationalist.  Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Bobert have claimed that the US is a Christian Nation. Governor Ron DeSantis is taking over the New College in Florida and trying to turn it into what has been characterized as a right-wing Christian school.

Notable in all of their rantings is quoting from the Old Testament, and the Epistles from the New Testament, but noticeably absent are the words of Jesus Christ himself. IMHO, this is not an accident. Christian Nationalists feel that the end times are imminent, and they will all be received into Heaven in the Rapture. I think that Jesus said something about “Knowing not the hour.”

The Christian Nationalist are also intolerant, and worthy successors to the Pharisees. Jesus spoke often against the Pharisees in the Gospels (Matthew 23:1-36; Mark 12:36-40; Luke 11:37-52; Luke  20:45‑47). Jesus spoke against domination.  Soldiers and War are all about domination. Boy are Christian Nationalists going to be disappointed when Jesus finds that they have been taking his name in vain. Maybe they should start calling themselves “Biblicists” or something other than Christians.