After repeatedly describing it as a presidential election moral conflict between good and evilLeading figures in the movement to rebuild America as a distinctly Christian nation noted The victory of the newly elected president of the United States, Donald Trump As the fulfillment of God’s divine will.
Well-known evangelist Lance Wallnau, who has for decades urged conservative Christians to take a position of power and influence over society, told his audience. election night live broadcast Trump’s victory was prophesied years ago – it is a key step in God’s plan to usher in a new era of Christian rule in the world.
“America has a different dialogue about spirituality,” Wallnau said tried to mobilize Trump voters in swing states. “And with Donald Trump,” he continued, “God let him take him to the White House.”
White evangelical support for Trump has been unwavering since he promised “Christianity will have power” when he ran for the GOP presidential nomination in early 2016.
“If I’m there, you’re going to have a lot of power, you’re not going to need anybody else,” Trump continued. “There will be someone who represents you very, very well. Remember that.”
Trump renewed this vow in the 2024 campaign. he says to the Christians they will be given “a level of power you’ve never had before.” He promised to take strict measures against the acceptance of transgender people in schools and society. And his campaign said it would create a working group It focused on “examining all forms of illegal discrimination, persecution, and persecution against Christians in America.”
Trump was married three times and was held responsible for sexual abusethough clearly unfit to lead a religious movement, Wallnau and other evangelicals defended him as a flawed leader anointed by God to save America from the demonic influence of the Democrats. That belief took on new fervor after Trump survived the first of two assassination attempts in July.
In his victory speech in Florida on Wednesday morning, Trump accepted that narrative.
“Many people have told me that God spared my life for a reason,” he said. “And that cause was to save our country and restore America to greatness.”
Trump’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
About 80% of white evangelicals supported Trump in Tuesday’s election NBC News Exit Poll shows. He also won about 67% of Latino evangelicals and 14% of black evangelicals, according to the poll.
Matthew Taylor, senior scholar at the nonprofit Islamic, Christian and Jewish Institute, said the series of events that returned Trump to the White House was a “dream scenario” for Christian leaders trying to portray him as God’s chosen vessel. He is studying in Maryland.
Taylor, who has extensively researched the role played by Christian Trump loyalists in the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, said he believes Trump’s God-ordained vision may allow him to take extreme actions in office.
As a candidate, Trump has repeatedly spoken of retaliating against political opponents, including threats to jail officials who criticize him or try to stop efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat. There are some Christian leaders made these calls. Other evangelicals hope Trump will support a national abortion ban and roll back the rights of LGBTQ people.
“He now has the opportunity to claim not just a democratic mandate, but a divine mandate,” Taylor said. “And there are legions of American Christians willing to buy into that narrative and provide theological, moral, and spiritual cover for whatever Trump decides.”
Holland sheets, a self-described apostle who has led a series of prayer rallies in the months since Trump lost the 2020 election to keep him in office, noted Wednesday video posted on the internet.
Sheets told his audience that a Trump victory would help usher in what he calls the “Third Great Awakening” — a global revival of fervent Christian faith around the world, which he and other believers say.
“Reform will take some time, but we will get there,” Sheets said. “And Trump is a necessary part of those reforms.”
Sheets and Wallnau did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
During his first term in office, Trump and his staff welcomed Christian leaders, including Sheets, to the White House. The three judges he appointed to the Supreme Court in Roe v. He later earned their loyalty when he helped repeal Wade’s abortion rights.
Trump may now have the authority to go further, Taylor said.
“I think you’re going to see a more overt promotion of Christian nationalism and Christian supremacy from the White House,” Taylor said, noting Trump’s close relationship with House Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana. who accepted the claim That America was clearly founded as a Christian nation.
Johnson and others who share that outlook were on hand for Trump’s victory speech at a convention center in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Christian singer Sean Feucht has toured the country for years, holding worship rallies in state capitols supporting Trump and praying for Christians to gain power and pass laws based on their values. Feucht posted photos of Trump wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat at a campaign party. Around 3 a.m., he celebrated as those gathered to celebrate Trump’s victory began to sing a classic Christian hymn.
Then my soul sings to You, God my Savior
How great you are, how great you are.
Feucht, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment afterward, shared her joy with her hundreds of thousands of followers on Facebook.
“God is great!” he wrote. “America saved!”