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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAt Trump's hotel, spiritual warriors pray for the president in his 'darkest hour'
https://religionnews.com/2018/12/10/at-trumps-hotel-spiritual-warriors-pray-for-the-president-in-his-darkest-hour/But last Friday afternoon (Dec. 7), one of the hotels many glimmering ballrooms was transformed into a sanctuary, where dozens of worshippers held their hands aloft and spoke in tongues as Jon Hamill, co-founder of Washington, D.C.-based Lamplighter Ministries, led the group in prayer.
Hamill whom supporters describe as a prophet closed his eyes tightly and shouted above the chattering: In Jesus name, we declare the Deep State will not prevail!
He then hammered a judges gavel onto a podium as people raised their voices in approval.
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Speakers at the conference described visions, prophesies, direct conversations with God and encounters with angelic beings all hallmarks of charismatic Christianity. But while some charismatics shy away from explicit political speech, those assembled in Washington over the weekend claimed to see a direct tie between politics and the spiritual world.
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Attendees were originally slated to gather at the Museum of the Bible, but organizers were forced to scramble to find a new venue when academics and news reports pointed out potential conflicts between the conferences political edge and the museums politics-neutral mission.
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Brad Christerson, professor of sociology at Biola University and an expert on the broader charismatic movement, said the Lamplighter Ministry group appears to be part of what he calls independent network charismatic Christianity, one of the fastest-growing religious groups in the country.
While charismatics have been around for some time, the specific political theology preached at the Revolution 2018 conference and elsewhere is a relatively new trend.
They really think God installed Donald Trump to then install other people in the government to have what they call kingdom values, Christerson said, speaking generally of the movement. We call it trickle down Christianity.
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This Christian-centric understanding of the United States was often paired with references to the importance of the state of Israel. Hamill gave thanks for Trump realigning America with Gods covenant nation of Israel. Leaders also often showcased an affinity for traditionally Jewish traditions such as Hanukkah and placed a menorah on stage.
The layering of these two ideals was made literal on the second day of the conference when organizers stood at the front of the room and placed an American flag underneath a Jewish prayer shawl, also known as a tallit. Volunteers then held both objects aloft together as participants walked beneath them to receive an anointing for commissioning into the freedom movement.
As they passed, some collapsed in ecstatic revelry.
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paranoid floyd
(254 posts)Great stuff!
Its the Onion right...has to be.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)They have to have some really creative writers to be able to come up with that crazy stuff!
Initech
(100,129 posts)Girard442
(6,087 posts)Maybe they're saving it for the post-resignation gathering.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Not Rum's use of the word, that's for sure.
MineralMan
(146,345 posts)That is most certainly true.
Wackadoo Central!
BSdetect
(8,999 posts)BSdetect
(8,999 posts)enough
(13,268 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,765 posts)Maeve
(42,305 posts)stopbush
(24,397 posts)A: it makes it easiser for the clergy to grab their wallets.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)And when they get that bill, will they still think he is so wonderful?
Javaman
(62,534 posts)getting them to embrace reality is.
lilactime
(657 posts)struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)almost forty, surging forward! Already today, they have combined a tallit and an American flag in the name of Jesus! But just wait until tomorrow, when they add a taco bowl from the Trump Tower Grill!
dalton99a
(81,673 posts)Idiots.
They're supposed to say it TEN times, and then walk backwards in a circle THREE times while chanting "No Collusion!"
Always follow instructions