{"id":6412,"date":"2023-12-11T11:15:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T11:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=6412"},"modified":"2023-12-11T11:15:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T11:15:50","slug":"mike-johnson-claims-god-chose-him-to-lead-america-to-a-republican-promised-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=6412","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson claims God chose him to lead America to a Republican promised land"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Home Speaker Mike Johnson, whose grand imaginative and prescient for America\u00a0consists of reworking\u00a0each uterus\u00a0within the nation\u00a0right into a Pez dispenser, is satisfied he\u2019s the North American Moses who will lead his individuals to the Promised Land. What Promised Land does he imply? Who actually is aware of? It might be Mexico, which\u00a0many Republicans are now intent on invading<\/a>\u2014prompting bizarro headlines in critical journals like International Coverage, which in early November weirdly admonished, \u201cAmerica Shouldn\u2019t Invade Mexico.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

However who actually is aware of what\u2019s happening in Johnson\u2019s head late at evening when he will get these flashes of perception? He thinks he\u2019s speaking to God, although it\u2019s marginally extra doubtless his spouse put in Alexa with out telling him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a current speech earlier than the Nationwide Affiliation of Christian Lawmakers, Johnson stated God woke him up in the midst of the evening to inform him it was His plan all alongside to publicly humiliate His trustworthy servants Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan, and Steve Scalise so Home Republicans\u00a0would\u00a0lastly be exhausted sufficient to simply accept Mike Johnson as their chief.<\/p>\n

He then very pointedly famous that he\u2019s America\u2019s subsequent Moses, destined to steer the nation by means of a wonderful \u201cPurple Sea second.\u201d<\/p>\n

RELATED STORY:\u00a0Today in Congress: Johnson\u2019s inexperience showing; Ukraine stalemate continues<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mike Johnson instructed a gathering of Christian nationalists final evening that weeks earlier than he turned Home Speaker, “the Lord instructed me very clearly” to organize to grow to be a “Moses” who will lead the nation by means of a “Purple Sea second.” https:\/\/t.co\/DDsoZOcNC6<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/exCrSnsW2Y<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Proper Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) December 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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JOHNSON:<\/strong> \u201cThe Lord instructed me very clearly to organize, be prepared. Be prepared for what? Okay, I don\u2019t know. We\u2019re coming to a Purple Sea second. What does that imply, Lord? After which when the speaker\u2019s race occurred and Kevin McCarthy, who’s a pricey good friend of mine, was deposed\u2014vacated\u00a0from the chair\u2014oh, wow, effectively that is what the Lord could have been getting ready us for.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so I began praying extra about that, after which the Lord started to wake me up by means of this three-week course of we\u2019re in in the midst of the evening to talk to me, and to put in writing issues down, plans and procedures and concepts on how we might pull the convention collectively. Now, on the time I assumed the Lord goes to decide on a brand new Moses, and oh, thanks, Lord, you\u2019re going to permit me to be Aaron to Moses.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so I labored to get Steve Scalise elected speaker.\u00a0That didn\u2019t occur. After which Jim Jordan, who was like one other huge brother of mine, and no that didn\u2019t occur. After which Tom Emmer, and finally 13 individuals ran for the submit. And the Lord stored telling me to attend, wait, wait, so I waited, I waited.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter which on the finish, when it got here towards the top, the Lord stated, \u2018Now, step ahead.\u2019 \u2018Me? I\u2019m alleged to be Aaron.\u2019 No, the Lord stated, \u2018Step ahead.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

After all, pretending you speak to God is without doubt one of the slickest grifts there may be, as a result of nobody can ever test.\u00a0You possibly can\u2019t actually Google \u201cdoes God speak to Mike Johnson?\u201d Effectively, you possibly can, however you\u2019ll principally\u00a0simply get FAQs on making use of for everlasting Canadian residence. However it’s good to know that God had a transparent plan when he tortured Johnson to the purpose the place he might not sleep by means of the evening with out\u00a0speaking to God.<\/p>\n

RELATED STORY:\u00a0Why Kevin McCarthy’s departure could bring the House GOP one step closer to chaos<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Anyway, for many who don\u2019t converse dominionist Christian, right here\u2019s what Mike was speaking about. Aaron was Moses\u2019 brother and sidekick. He was extra eloquent\u00a0than Moses, who, in line with not less than one Bible translation<\/a>, spoke with \u201cfaltering lips.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cPurple Sea second\u201d refers back to the passage within the Bible the place the Israelites are trapped alongside the Purple Sea as Pharaoh\u2019s troopers bear\u00a0down on them of their chariots, decided to enslave them once more. Moses raises his staff, the sea parts, and the Israelites escape.<\/a> Then, because the Egyptians try and cross over the identical passage, the ocean crashes down in on them, drowning all of the Democrats and Hollywood liberals who preserve ruining Christmas. After all, this all got here after God mysteriously hardened Pharaoh\u2019s heart against his captives about 80 times<\/a>, as a substitute of simply shouting, \u201cHey, Pharaoh, look behind you!\u201d and beaming his peeps into Canaan whereas the dude\u00a0had his again turned.<\/p>\n

That stated, there\u2019s one other layer to Johnson\u2019s febrile analogy\u2014and it helps clarify why God didn\u2019t simply deus ex machina<\/em>\u00a0all of them to Dave & Buster\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Right here\u2019s one transient clarification, from Crosswalk.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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God deliberately put [the Israelites]\u00a0there, and God who knew precisely how this was going to play out. There was by no means a doubt.<\/p>\n

By no means. A. Single. Doubt.<\/p>\n

May or not it’s that we discover ourselves standing between the ocean and an approaching military as a result of God places us there\u00a0<\/span>on function<\/em>?<\/p>\n

1 Then the Lord stated to Moses, 2 \u201cInform the Israelites to show again<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>and encamp close to Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the ocean.\u00a0<\/span>They’re to encamp by the ocean, instantly reverse Baal Zephon<\/strong>. 3 Pharaoh will assume, \u2018The Israelites are wandering across the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert.\u2019 4 And I’ll harden Pharaoh\u2019s coronary heart, and he’ll pursue them.\u00a0<\/span>However I’ll acquire glory for myself by means of Pharaoh and all his military, and the Egyptians will know that I’m the Lord.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>So the Israelites did this.<\/em><\/p>\n

God knew the end result. All alongside. He deliberate it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There He goes hardening Pharaoh\u2019s coronary heart once more. And why? So He can showcase to the Egyptians, apparently. By drowning them. And their horses.<\/p>\n

In different phrases, in Mike Johnson\u2019s parochial, Bible-besotted worldview, a lot of unhealthy individuals must undergo and die earlier than God delivers his promised \u201cHandmaid\u2019s Story\u201d utopia. Making Kevin McCarthy appear like a drowning Purple Sea ferret for 9 months was all a part of the plan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This analogy isn\u2019t excellent, after all. For one factor, McCarthy flails extra like a marmot than a ferret, and Republicans are nonetheless worshipping an insensate\u00a0golden idol<\/a>. But when Christian theocrats\u00a0wander in the desert for 40 years<\/a> in search of their promised land, that\u2019s greater than okay with the remainder of us. As long as their promised land is Branson, Missouri, or a Chick-fil-A, or someplace else we don\u2019t actually need to go to anyway.<\/p>\n

However have little question: Johnson and his ilk are lethal critical about remaking America within the idiosyncratic picture of their god.<\/p>\n

RELATED STORY:\u00a0A House Republican tells the truth about the push to impeach Biden<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

As veteran Democratic political guide James Carville factors out, Johnson and his ilk\u00a0are as critical about turning America right into a theocracy as Trump is about turning it right into a fascist dictatorship. In reality, of their minds, these are two great tastes that taste great together<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch\u2014the video is helpfully captioned!<\/p>\n

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Political pundit James Carville lived in Louisiana for many years & is aware of Mike Johnson & different Christian Nationalists of his ilk. Pay shut consideration, these ppl are extraordinarily harmful. They need a Handmaid\u2019s Story life-style ON STEROIDS. \u2b07\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/nahO3NMjPP<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Beep\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@fiercefreckled) November 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

So now we face our personal second of reality. Will we let these wannabe theocrats run rampant, or will we name out their schemes whereas there\u2019s nonetheless time? As a result of, to be clear,\u00a02024 could also be our final probability. After that, we\u2019ll solely have ourselves responsible\u2014and dominionist<\/a> twits\u00a0like Mike Johnson, after all.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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