Former President Donald Trump took to social media this week to advertise a brand new leather-bound “God Bless the USA” Bible and warned supporters that Christians in the US are “below siege.”
IN video posted on Trump's social media platform Fact Social, the previous president unveiled a King James Bible that he promotes alongside musician Lee Greenwood, whose tune “God Bless the USA” is usually performed at Trump rallies.
The leather-bound Bible prices $59.99 and contains America's founding paperwork, similar to copies of the US Structure, the Invoice of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the Pledge of Allegiance.
“You need to have it in your coronary heart and your soul,” Trump mentioned. “A lot of you’ve gotten by no means learn them and don't know the freedoms and rights that you’ve got as People and the way you might be susceptible to shedding these rights. It occurs on a regular basis. It's a really unhappy factor that's occurring in our nation, however we're going to show it round .”
For The Christian Publishhe additionally famous that “faith and Christianity are the largest issues this nation lacks,” including that because of this the nation is in chaos.
“I feel it's one of many largest issues we now have,” he mentioned. “This is the reason our nation is collapsing. We’ve got misplaced faith in our nation.”
Trump claimed that each one People ought to personal a Bible, saying that he owns “many” as a result of it’s his “favourite e-book.”
“This Bible is a reminder that the largest factor we now have to carry America again and make America nice once more is our faith,” he mentioned. Faith is so vital; so it's lacking, however it's coming again and it's coming again sturdy, identical to our nation is coming again sturdy.”
“On the finish of the day, we don't reply to bureaucrats in Washington, we reply to God in heaven,” he continued. “Christians are below siege. We should shield the content material that’s for God. We love God and should shield all that’s for God. We should defend God within the public sq. and never permit the media or the left group to silence, censor or discriminate in opposition to us.”
Trump concluded by saying that the Founding Fathers “did an amazing factor in constructing America on Judeo-Christian values,” however that their basis is “below assault, maybe like by no means earlier than.”
He additionally inspired listeners to purchase Bibles to “assist unfold our Christian values with others.”
Earlier this week, Trump appeared to check himself to the unfair trial of Jesus Christ after his civil fraud case in New York, the place he was ordered to pay $454 million. On Monday, an appeals courtroom in New York dominated that the state would delay potential seizure of Trump's property if it might probably deposit $175 million inside 10 days.
He shared a message from a supporter who famous how the authorized battle he faces is taking part in out throughout Holy Week. Trump additionally quoted from Psalm 109:3-8, which requires God's judgment on false accusers.
In Acts 1:20, the apostle Peter quoted the identical passage from the Psalms when addressing Judas Iscariot.
Blissful Holy Week! Let's make America pray once more. As we start Good Friday and Easter, I encourage you to select up a duplicate of the God Bless The USA Bible. @TheLeeGreenwood https://t.co/1KK5QgVK85 pic.twitter.com/XoCIeGDpAg
— Posts by Donald J. Trump from Fact (@TrumpDailyPosts) March 26, 2024
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Milton Quintanilla is a contract author and content material creator. He’s a contributor to Christian Headlines and host of the For Your Soul Podcast, a podcast dedicated to sound doctrine and biblical reality. He holds a Masters of Divinity from Alliance Theological Seminary.
