The President sent a brief Easter message to the public via Twitter, reminding us all that the anniversary of Christ's Resurrection was a time to be thankful for the ongoing progress in resurrecting our own society:
That statement brought down a chorus of jeers from the Whacko Left who spend Christian holidays shrouded in gloom and depression. The news of a terrorist attack against churches in Ceylon revived their spirits even more than the Notre Dame Fire did. At last report, there have been eight coordinated bombings on the island with over 200 dead and nearly 500 injured. The British newspaper, The Guardian, fairly accurately predicted the American Media's response:
"The president of the US has expressed his “heartfelt condolences” to the people of Sri Lanka, although, as so often with Donald Trump, his tweet will no doubt generate headlines for the typo it contains - a shame given today’s terrible events."
As we've often said, the two greatest current threats to Civilization are Western Cultural Marxism and the rise of extremist religious cults. No one has claimed responsibility nor have suspects been captured in the Ceylonese attacks yet; but the mere fact that churches were targeted suggests that terrorists were in sympathy with one of the two aforementioned groups.
The reason that the enemies of both Christianity and Civilization hate Easter is because of what the Resurrection of Christ really means. It's a common misconception among many of us that our enemies deny the doctrine of Original Sin. Actually, most don't deny it all; though they employ different names for the same concept. What they deny is the doctrine of Redemption. The secular Left believes that humanity is prone to evil, but we should simply accept our sins and embrace them since none of us are perfect---therefore none of us can judge what anyone else does. The cults believe that the rest of humanity is sinful; but that redemption comes from obedience to their leaders and ideologies. The idea of God redeeming mankind through His own Will by our repentance and faith is repugnant to both types. Cultural Marxists make an idol of the collective; cultish fanatics make an idol of the individual. Christians subordinate both society and the individual to God.
One of the concepts behind Making America Great Again is restoring that kind of humility. When people recognize that a Power exists higher than government, the kinds of divisiveness and proclivities towards international violence---which the Deep State promoted as official policy---begins to recede. People begin understand again that the answers to social problems aren't solved by politics, but by faith. Thus, they turn to God instead of turning on each other.
Similarly, leaders who understand that they will account to God someday for their stewardship of the nations with which they were entrusted govern much differently than those without such a belief. One aspect of the Easter Message is not to be fooled by charlatans who claim to be national or cultural messiahs. As Christ taught us, "Then if any man shall say to you: Lo here is Christ, or there, do not believe him. For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if possible) even the elect."
Both the Mueller Conspiracy and today's attacks in Ceylon are specimens of contemporary signs and wonders carried out by modern false prophets and false messiahs. As it was in Christ's day so it is now, and so it will be in the future. But in the Reality of Easter, we restor our faith and our hope and go forward with confidence.
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