January 20, 2025:  Donald Trump Takes Office For the Second Time, Now As the 47th US President.

     We inaugurated President Trump today, January 20th, 2025 (Though he forgot to put his hand on the Bible when he swore in some are saying?) and may God's favor and guidance be constantly upon him and all of our other 'local through national, old and new leaders' for the good of the Kingdom of Heaven, then America, and then perhaps the wider world wherever possible.  (It's good for each person, each household, and each nation to show that it can get its own business arranged in respectable order before presuming to reach out overly often in its self assumed wisdom to cure the wider world's ills, right?)  May  God find Himself willing and able (able considering that he allowed us free will) to keep our whole nation humble and focused on honoring and obeying Him and loving our neighbor as Jesus taught us.  We have a great opportunity to rid ourselves of massive amounts of insane corruption and New World Order influence right now.  I pray we have the tools and resolve to do it, because we can expect that the Democrat Corrupticons will go down hard and nasty, trying every trick in the book to win back or hold their power as they circle the bottom of the toilet bowl screaming out that a great wrong has been done to them.  When demons are cast out in the Bible, even by Jesus, they create a great commotion and do as much damage as they can as they are being banished.  In the USA, the Democrats have somehow become the party of Satan from my point of view, though Satan never quits going after every and any seat of human power or authority.  But in our day, here in early 2025 A.D., the Democrats have become both ludicrously insane, immeasurably corrupt, and monumentally misguided.  Honestly, only being infiltrated by Satan's forces could explain it...it's literally gone that far beyond the pale with the Democrats.  But Satan will work just as hard to own the Republicans.    

     May our leaders listen for and hear God's voice and then heed it, so they can receive God's favor and protect their own soul's welfare, while doing what is for our national benefit.  May they perform their term of service with honor and diligence, fearing God the whole time, so that our nation can enjoy God's favor and avoid His fearful wrath.  His word warns us in this way:      

     Proverbs 14:34     Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.  End Quote 

     Concerning President Trump. President Donald JOHN Trump, he is certainly taking authority of the position once more during a potentially momentous time.  Many signs of Jesus' return seem to be coming to fruition, and in the Bible there seems to often be a JOHN of some sort preceding many of the greatest Biblical leaders and even  the Lord Himself!  (Saul's son Jonathan before King David, Jonathan Maccabee prior to the great Simon Macabee who freed the Jews from the Seleucid Empire and held the role of both  Prince and High Priest, and John the Baptist before our Lord Jesus Himself, to name some examples.)  President Trump is quite likely the most impactful world leader on the scene in our present day, and I hope he will attain a legacy of leaving a more God fearing and sensible, more intelligently run America than the one he inherited, and a safer more peaceful and loving world as well, made ready for the return of the Lord Jesus, this time to rule.  But I hope he will also restrain himself to being the President of the United States and not be tempted to assume the role of a world leader.  No human man's ego could likely remain contained in such a position, and the attacks by Satan on such a personage would be horrific in the extreme...too much power in too small an area.  Satan couldn't resist trying to take over such a person for the sake of the damage he could do to humanity.  And even if one man managed to perform the job of world leader well and humbly, it would not be long before some very bad man found his way to that position once the position was established.  We don't want to establish that position, I don't think!  God divided us by language for a reason...not so we would war with each other, but so we would not collude against Him when, united, Satan obtained control of the mind of the ruler or rulers. 

     And so, I hope President Trump will flourish and excel like no President before, yet stay in his lane as an example to all leaders everywhere, as George Washington once determined that he would.  And I hope he does the greatest job in his elected role that has ever been done by any President.  He may have that in him, I think.  But we Americans never place our hope in one man, but rather in Jesus.  And as for our government, we believe it is best to have many wise heads, with power spread out in a balanced manner, separate branches, with effective and universally honored checks and balances in place.  No single person should have the fearful power and responsibility of carrying the entire load, and the US Presidents know this.  We fleshly men are temporary creatures!

     Proverbs 11:7  "Hopes placed in mortals die with them; all the promise of^[a] their power comes to nothing."  End quote

     As citizens of the US, we have numerous genuinely usable paths for petitioning our elected leaders about our various concerns, and we can replace our elected leaders, so it behooves us to show respect for our government representatives, to even thank our elected leaders for their hard work whenever deserved, and allow them some pleasure and satisfaction as they perform their vital work.  But we should also watch with some degree of vigilance to keep them on task in our service...they are paid to work for us and serve us well.  They signed up for and are paid for that job.  Granted, there are many interpretations of which policies and legislation they should be pushing, and no leader could possibly please everyone in our very diverse-minded nation.  Christians are supposed to show respect for our authorities, believing that God brings them into their positions as He chooses and sees best.  So we obey them where ever obeying them does not cause us to disobey Jesus, our true and greatest king and leader.  What does the Bible say about obeying our rulers?  This is one scripture addressing it, from Romans 13:

      "13  Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. ² Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. ³ For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. ⁴ For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. ⁵ Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience."  End quote

     But where we must part ways from world authorities in order to follow Jesus' authority then we do so, even unto death if that is necessary, counting on Jesus to preserve our soul's salvation despite what our fleshly bodies may have to endure for a while, and also knowing that Jesus can protect those that might be left behind.  This strategy ultimately works out because...you can't herd cats.  So once you discover that you simply can't herd cats you quit trying to herd cats.  Or, you keep pointlessly trying to herd cats until you run out of cats.  And there you are, out of cats, while all of the cats are enjoying eternal life in the greatest and best of places...Heaven!  And you, the cat herder, must one day die as well, and you have no reason to expect anything but eternal horrific punishment.  Who wants to be a cat herder then?  And who minds being a cat that's in a way better place forever, then?

     Our American representatives and leaders should all be keenly aware that God expects more from rulers and leaders, and has given us many points of wisdom to learn and respect concerning their tenure as a ruler, minor or major, over the faulted and often disappointing people of God that they serve and manage for.  Being selected to lead is an honor, but also a very great pain.  You must walk a fairly straight line...NO CORRUPTION ALLOWED!!!  Yet there will be and must be managers of the people's business and interests and defense.  So, yes, God gave many words of guidance and warning for rulers.  I'll finish now by listing a number of them.  These, honored leaders of the Christian lands, are words from God's lips to your ears concerning your positions of power and authority, and how to perform them without endangering your soul or harming your constituents or nation, or offending your God.  Any wise, prudent, principled and well intended leader will become familiar with them and live by them, in any age!  Good luck!

     Proverbs 29:4