"However, the path to America becoming a Christian nation once again will not pass through a politician or political party that imposes "Christian" laws and legislation upon the populace. America's founders knew from experience that real Christians cannot be made by political force. There must be a change of hearts. Therefore, America becoming a Christian nation once again will not be the result of a political agenda or the next election. If America becomes Christian again, it will be because of an awakened church that takes seriously its responsibility to be salt and light to this generation and fulfills the conditions of 2 Chronicles 7:14, which reads, "If My people who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." - Eddie Hyatt
That is a favorite verse of the dominionists but it overlooks some key facts. It is not a prescriptive verse, meaning God did not write it as direction for America. He wrote it to His theocracy of Israel. The horrible twist Eddie puts on this is to assert that a sinful backslidden church needs only to properly point their accusing finger at the world in order to be "salt and light" and then God will heal their land? No, no, a thousand times no. The sin of the church today is not solved by properly engaging the world in culture wars but rather to stop preaching false gospels. Stop preaching the prosperity heresy. Stop preaching false signs and lying wonders. Stop preaching word faith. Stop preaching greasy grace. Stop preaching dominionism. Even then though, what we should expect is that many more would be saved OUT from this world. The "land" is not going to be healed! Read Thessalonians! God did not promise us a great end times revival but rather a great end times apostasy and it is well underway. It is comical that Hyatt tries here to correctly say that legislation and politics will not achieve his goals when he believes the polar opposite. The underlying premise however remains deeply flawed. America might very well be the greatest experiment in secular government but that does not mean it was ever a "Christian" nation. We were founded in rebellion. We were one of the last to renounce slavery and the lasting stain of those sins continues in racism today. We once had kids working 20 hours a day in sweatshops. We were imperialistic, taking over other countries to take their natural resources. Did we do a lot of good? Sure, but you cannot pretend that we were once this Shangri-La of Christendom and we just need to somehow return to it. That is as false as dominionism. That is as false as the NAR. That is as false as Eddie Hyatt.
Reverend Anthony Wade - January 19, 204
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