Wings of Liberty • March 23, 2026

“WE WILL SHOW YOU NO MERCY – THIS IS A CHRISTIAN NATION”

NATIONS AND IMPERIALISM


America is both a nation and an empire. By necessity, nations are inherently self-interested. They have their own geographic boundaries to protect, and they are supposed to guard and advance the best interests of their citizens.


Imperialism is a byproduct and a magnification of the tension between nations. There have been many empires in human history, and each at various times has subjugated and violently dominated their neighbors and pillaged their resources. None of this is unusual in the context of human history.


But when the most powerful nation in history starts wars, steals other countries resources, and demands territory from its allies under threat of force (Greenland), and at the same time loudly declares for the entire world to hear that it is “a Christian nation”, it seems reasonable for thinking people to ask what exactly that means.


WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY?


Christians have faith in Jesus Christ as the prophesied Messiah. They believe He is God in human flesh; “God with us” – Isaiah 7:14. His teachings matter to them, and not just as external forms. Christianity says the teachings of Christ are to govern and motivate their conduct, and that Christ will give His followers a new heart, a new birth, so that His commandments become internal and natural. Selfish people become self-sacrificing people. Rage-aholics become peaceful and serene. The greatest miracle is a changed life.


Christ instructed His followers to follow the golden rule: “do unto others as you would have others do unto you” – Matthew 7:12. Christ says His kingdom is “not of this world” – John 18:36, but that His kingdom is within the hearts of His followers – Luke 17:21. The territory He wants is not geographic – He already owns the universe and the cattle on a thousand hills are His – Psalms 50:10. The contested ground on this earth is the individual heart, and it is hearts He came to save and renew.


Given the foregoing, how could America possibly be a Christian nation? Has it been born again – John 3? Does it die to self daily – 2 Cor 15:31? Does it “seeketh not its own” – 2 Corinthians 13?


We make no complaint if America, or any other nation, is simply honest, and states the truth: “we are concerned about our own interests. The protection of our borders and our resources. The prosperity of our people. We are inherently selfish, greedy and domineering.”


But American politicians and Christian pastors within it are loudly and repeatedly declaring that America is a Christian nation.i Such a claim invokes, nay invites, the scrutiny of America’s conduct against the measuring rod of the life and teachings of Christ. Further, it invites the scrutiny of the Deity Himself. It should come as no surprise that claiming to represent Christ invites the scrutiny, and even judgment, of Christ. As the commandment says, “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who taketh His name in vain” – Exodus 20:7.

 

“BY THEIR FRUITS YOU SHALL KNOW THEM”


Six years after the First Amendment became part of the US Constitution, the Treaty of Tripoli was signed in 1797. Article 11 contains the following provision, which was adopted by the US Senate and signed by President John Adams: "The government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion".ii


Jefferson, Madison and Adams never claimed that America was a Christian nation, but the theocons who control the White House today do. It is therefore fair to test their claim.


The Bible says that not everyone who professes to follow Christ is really a follower of Christ. Jesus Himself said – you will know them by their fruits – Matthew 7:16. In other words, according to Christ, you will know if they are Christians by their conduct. Not just by their profession.


Which raises an interesting question: if there is conduct which is unchristian in individuals, is there not conduct which is unchristian in nations? What does one call the folks who declare they are Christians and then constantly violate every principle of His teachings?


We understand that people make mistakes and so do nations. But you’d think nations that claim to be Christian nations could at least have the decency and empathy to apologize.


If you accidentally bomb a school and kill 150 schoolgirls, you’d think the least a Christian nation could do is ask forgiveness and make reparations to the families. Isn’t that the Christian thing to do? Or do “Christian Nations” not have to act like Christians?


The person who is now head of the Department of War, and the most powerful military in human history, Pete Hegseth, once authored a book wherein he invoked religious language to describe a Christian nation in a holy war against Islam. It ought to be unnecessary to point out that “holy wars” are inherently church/state affairs. They take place in nations in which the religious leaders have substantial control of the civil power, and thereby the military.


Hegseth’s book is called, “American Crusade”. It spends little if any time discussing the need to send missionaries to the Middle East, or the Great Commission from Christ to share the Gospel with “all the world”, which presumably would include Iran. Somehow that part gets skipped. Mr. Hegseth issues his call for Christian jihad with the mantra, “Deus Vult”, or “God wills it”, which he also has tattooed on his body. Deus Vult is a Latin exhortation from 1095 that Pope Urban II used to rally crusaders during the First Crusade.


Secretary Hegseth faced backlash recently for stating that “no mercy and no quarter” will be given to “our enemies” in Iran, which signifies that soldiers who surrender will be executed rather than taken prisoner. Multiple legal experts immediately protested, reminding Hegseth that such statements constitute a war crime under international and congressional law.iii That is no doubt true.


But there is an even higher law that Hegseth has violated, and it is contained in the teachings of Christ Himself, who Hegseth claims to represent.


Note the contrast.


Jesus: Blessed are the merciful, for they will obtain mercy – Matthew 5:7.


Hegseth: “We will give no mercy, and no quarter to our enemies”. No mercy for Iranians even if they surrender.


Jesus: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” “This do and thou shalt live” – Luke 10:28.


Hegseth (and maybe you!): “Surely Jesus, surely, Iranians are not our neighbors?”

And how does the Bible answer that troublesome question? “But he, willing to justify himself, said to him, “Who is my neighbor?” – Luke 10:29. This is the famous preamble to the parable of the Good Samaritan told by Christ, and you presumably know how the story goes.


The Bible says, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” That means not murdering him. It means not coveting his oil. Or his land. It means not stealing from him, even when you are more powerful. These are not suggestions for the Christian, they are absolutes. And above all these, the spirit of the commandments contain positive obligations. If your neighbor is in the ditch, you help him. These are commandments for Christians, so wouldn’t they also be commandments for Christian nations? Nations who have claimed to represent Jesus Christ?


Christ says, “He who lives by the sword will die by the sword” – Matthew 26:52. America spends more on its military than the next top nine countries combined.i It has been involved in countless foreign conflicts, openly and clandestinely providing weapons and money for proxy wars to Israel, Ukraine, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Iraq and a host of other nations. It even provided weapons to Iran, the country which it is currently “bombing the hell out of.”ii America is the world’s largest arm’s exporter.iii It is the largest consumer of oil, which appears to be a major factor in all these wars.iv


And speaking of consumption: America has the highest number of obese people of any nation in the world.v America produces the most pornography of any country.vi It uses more illicit drugs than any other nation, with Canada having the very dubious distinction of having the second highest illicit drug use globally.vii America has the world’s largest national debt, at $39 trillion dollars and growing rapidly. It has the highest incarceration rate of any nation, with 2 million people behind bars at any given time, including approximately 400,000 people who have been charged but not convicted.viii


Don’t mistake us: we love America. We love the principles it is founded on – liberty of conscience, separation of church and state, republicanism. We love that America guards freedom of speech, and freedom of the press, and yes, those rights are biblical, and yes, they come out of the suffering of the Reformation!


But is America a Christian nation? Does it demonstrate the fruits of the spirit? Is it meek and merciful, and a peacemaker? Is it going into all the world, preaching to all nations, and baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit?


These are questions for you to weigh on the great scale of truth. There is no need for us to tell you the answer – the founding fathers said, “we hold these truths to be self-evident.”


 

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i Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Former Vice President Mike Pence, President Donald Trump, Rep. Lauren Boebert, Jeff Sessions, Senator Sam Brownback, Pastor Jared Longshore, Pastor Douglas Wilson, Stephen Wolfe, Joel Webbon, and many others have all claimed that America is a Christian Nation. The theologians have spoken explicitly in favor of a union of church and state.

ii John Adams, 1797, Hunter Miller, ed., Treaties and other International Acts, 2:365

iii https://www.commondreams.org/news/hegseth-no-quarter-international-law

iv https://www.statista.com/statistics/262742/countries-with-the-highest-military-spending/

v https://youtu.be/ZKv7FlAxJpM

vi https://247wallst.com/military/2025/04/19/which-countries-buy-the-most-us-arms-and-what-are-they-buying/

vii https://www.worldometers.info/oil/oil-consumption-by-country/

viii https://healthylifebariatrics.com/most-obese-countries/

ix https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/top-15-countries-that-supply-the-most-pornography-online-understanding-global-trends-and-the-role-of-ethical-content-creation-1441936/

x https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/drug-use-by-country

xi https://www.prisonpolicy.org/profiles/US.html

BIBLE PROPHECY UPDATE: “HOLY” WAR IN IRAN

By Horizon Products • March 5, 2026
Bible prophecy watchers are increasingly focused on current events indicating a union of church and state is being formed in America. On March 3, 2024, it was widely reported that US military commanders are informing their soldiers that the war in Iran is part of “God’s divine plan, and that Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus” to commence the battle of Armageddon and hasten the second coming of Christ. This overtly religious and apocalyptic messaging to the troops has resulted in well over a hundred lawsuits from 40 different military units on the grounds that it violates the separation of church and state in the Constitution. Which of course it does. Holy wars are overtly religious affairs. It doesn’t get much more “union of church and state” than declaring that bombing another country is biblically mandated (and justified) by the book of Revelation and commanded by Jesus Christ. Apostate Protestant America has formed an image to the Roman Papacy, which instigated the crusades centuries before . The truth is that US foreign policy in the Middle East has long been influenced by Christians who hold false dispensational beliefs about the end of the world and the second coming of Christ. These beliefs include That whoever blesses Israel will be blessed by God; That the temple in Jerusalem must be rebuilt to usher in end time events; That the secret rapture will occur at the start of a seven year tribulation during which the antichrist will rule the world; That the battle of Armageddon will be fought by the nations of the world on the plains of Megiddo, in modern day northern Israel; That following these events Jesus Christ will return and there will be a 1000 year millenium on this earth where the nations of the earth reign with Christ. Stay tuned – this is a developing story.

PROPHECY BEING FULFILLED: HERITAGE FOUNDATION CALLS FOR SUNDAY LAWS IN 2026

By Wings of Liberty • February 17, 2026
Part 1 When the Heritage Foundation proposed to penalize employers who operated their businesses on Sunday by requiring them to pay workers time-and-a-half wages, thereby “encouraging” Sunday closing, there were Bible prophecy watchers who took note. The proposal was detailed in the document entitled, “Project 2025”, and was released to coincide with the election which would culminate in the election of Donald Trump as President. On January 8, 2026, the Heritage Foundation released a further and much more explicit document calling for the enforcement of Sunday blue laws for the good of the nation. The document appeals to lawmakers to “re-establish a shared day of rest for American workers” and to “protect Sunday as a day of rest, reflection, and family time.” The proposal can be read here . If you think the Heritage Foundation is irrelevant, think again. Tom Homan, Russel Vought, John Ratcliffe, Jonathan Berry, Karolyn Leavitt, Brendan Carr, Stephen Navarro, Stephen Miller, and many more, are all from the Heritage Foundation. Newsweek stated in March 2025 that at least 31 people linked to Project 2025 had been given government roles. i In addition, nearly 30% of Republican members of Congress employ at least one former Heritage staffer. That’s a whole lot of influence. That same Heritage Foundation claims that Sunday blue laws are necessary for the good of America so that it can prosper for the next 250 years. It is calling on government, the same government that has so many of its members in official positions, to compel the observance of Sunday. But Sunday is a common workday. It is one of the “six days thou shalt labor”, according to the Bible in Exodus 20:9. Yes, most of Christianity honors it as the “Lord’s Day”, but it’s the papacy who claims to have the power to change the Sabbath from the seventh day to the first day of the week, ii and keeping Sunday sacred is honoring “lord god the Pope”. But that is not stopping so-called Christians from calling to impose their dogmas on American society using state power. Make no mistake – this quickly growing relationship between the church and state is a fulfilment of Bible prophecy. Religious leaders are wooing the state, and the state is wooing them. Trump showered religious leaders with remarkable promises in order to get re-elected: He would restore Christianity’s influence in American public life and protect religious freedoms; He would bring God back into the public square, and reverse the decline of religion under the Biden administration; He committed to specific policy actions, including establishing a task force to combat “anti-Christian bias,” supporting school vouchers for religious schools, ending the contraception mandate from Obamacare, and appointing anti-abortion judges to the federal courts, including the Supreme Court; He promised to repeal the Johnson Amendment, allowing churches to endorse political candidates without losing tax-exempt status; He promised to defend Christian symbols like the cross; He emphasized alignment with evangelical priorities, such as opposing transgender participation in women’s sports, supporting prayer in schools, and displaying the Ten Commandments in public classrooms; and He framed his campaign as a "righteous crusade" to restore America as "one nation under God," appealing to conservative Christians by portraying himself as a protector of their values and a tool for national spiritual revival. He did not stop there. At a Turning Point USA event in July 2024, Trump informed the gatherers that if they vote for him in 2024 election, "in four years, you don't have to vote again." iii He said, "Christians, get out and vote, just this time.” "I love you Christians. I'm a Christian. I love you, get out, you gotta get out and vote.” "In four years, you don't have to vote again, we'll have it fixed so good you're not going to have to vote." You won't have to do it anymore... We'll have it fixed so good, you're not going to have to vote." Now, and somewhat parenthetically, you would think that any candidate’s election promise to end all elections once in office would be absolutely fatal to that candidate’s chances. In any sane world, that would create alarm bells that would shatter the ear drums of a people who value their liberty and their right to self-determination. But you would be wrong. And we do not live in a sane world. Sanity got left fifty stops back. The political abuse of the left has created an unquenchable thirst for power in Christian circles. They are done with turning the other cheek. Climate change, abortion, gay marriage? Atheism, secularism, transgenderism? It’s payback time. Forget, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. No. That is finished. Now its, “Do unto others as they did unto you.” That’s not the golden rule, folks. That’s the law of iron. “You made our kids to listen to your trannies in the library? Now your kids will listen to our priests and pastors. Ever hear of eternal hell? Well, you will. Tax dollars funded your woke public school programs, now they will fund our Old Time Religion.” “You aborted millions of babies? Now your women will be chained in the kitchen, unable to vote, iv and they will make baby after baby after baby.” “You said there was no God? Now you will go to church instead of Walmart, because guess what? Walmart is closed on the Lord’s Day.” The Heritage Foundation claims forcing people not to work on Sunday will save America, but forced religious observance has always created oppression and hypocrisy, which is why America dispensed with it at its founding, and constitutionalized a strict separation of church and state. In Europe, and later in the American colonies, cruelty and oppression marked the enforcement of religious laws by the state. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion”, states the First Amendment. They had seen the oppression firsthand. Enforced idleness also breeds crime. Idleness. Abuse. Dissipation. Gainful work that might be done is criminalized and persecuted on the basis of religion. Crime stats rise significantly on the weekends because people are idle. The Heritage Foundation hides the cruelty in its proposals. They omit the ugly and tyrannical result of their compulsory Sunday laws. Civil laws impose punishments for their breach. Historically, people who worked on Sunday were fined and imprisoned for breach of blue laws. They ended up on chain gains, imprisoned, and executed. Eventually, the Bible states that all who will not accept this “mark” of the authority of the beast, Sunday sacredness, will be prohibited from buying and selling, and condemned to death – Revelation 13:15. The beast system is being built to impose the mark of the beast. Even secular non-religious people call the digital cage being constructed around us “the beast system”. Bible prophecy, so long ignored, so long doubted, is being fulfilled. TO BE CONTINUED… ________________________________________________________________________ i https://www.newsweek.com/project-2025-contributors-trump-administration-2040464 ii “Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionists agree with her; – she could not have substituted the observance of Sunday the first day of the week, for the observance of Saturday the seventh day, a change for which there is no Scriptural authority.” - Cardinal Gibbons … “You may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday.” - Canon on Tradition p. 263 … “The authority of the Church could, therefore, not be bound to the authority of the Scriptures, because the Church had changed…the Sabbath into Sunday, not by the command of Christ, but by its own authority.” - Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, May 21, 1995 iii https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/28/donald-trump-tells-christians-they-wont-have-to-vo/ iv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMBiPIfx-UA

THE MAN OF SIN: THE PAPAL CLAIM TO DIVINITY

By Wings of Liberty • January 18, 2026
As ecumenical dialogue sweeps the planet and the Protestant denominations return to their mother, as Revelation 17 prophesied, we wish to remind the remaining Protestants on the fence of the history of the Reformation: please remember your history, and who you are thinking of going back to. At the heart of the Reformation, is the issue of sola scriptura. The Bible is the Word of God. It is the sole rule of faith. The Papacy has always put itself above the Word of God. Like the serpent of old, it says, “hath God said?”, and insinuates itself between man and God. The Pope “opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.” – 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Nothing has changed in the Papacy. The change is in Protestantism. Please consider where you are going before it is forever too late.