A prevalent theme throughout President Trump’s second term has been his acknowledgment of the existence of heaven.
During a phone interview with Fox & Friends back in August, Trump stated that one of the motivating factors behind his efforts to end the war in Ukraine is that doing so may make him more likely to make it to heaven, implying that the prevention of 7,000 weekly deaths in the region could serve as a feather in his cap come Judgment Day.
When Fox News’ White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked him to elaborate, Trump mentioned that he was “being a little cute” and once again self-deprecatingly stated he does not think there is “anything” that will get him into heaven.
Earlier this month, however, during the Congressional Prayer Breakfast, Trump insisted he was having fun with his comments while stating that he thinks he “probably should make it,” not because he is perfect, but because he “did a lot of good for perfect people.”
The president’s recurring comments on the matter have been met with no shortage of opinions, chief among them fromThe New York Times, which exclaimed:
“Holy mother of God!… This fear of perdition raised some questions. Who, exactly, has been informing the president that he is ‘not doing well’ with regard to kingdom come? Did Michael the Archangel somehow get Mr. Trump’s cellphone number?”
It went on to say that “this would have been a highly unusual admission from any president, but it seemed especially out of character coming from this one.”
It is not inherently strange that Trump is thinking in these terms. What’s more odd is that his predecessors evidently kept religion as far from their decision-making as they did.
Trump’s unapologetic acknowledgment of heaven — which is the ultimate end every person should seek — is only out of the ordinary in that it is not something his predecessors seemed focused on. Having a president who makes decisions with one eye on the world and the other on heaven is a positive because it leads to decisions rooted in morality rather than earthly desires.
Ironically, in a way that is only possible with God, when decisions are made with the main intention of pleasing God, earthly circumstances also improve (Proverbs 14:34).
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