Conservative Inc. must have gotten The Call. Because in a matter of days, tweets have gone out from various pundits regarding the slogan “Christ is King” or “Jesus is King.” And all of a sudden, many in Conservative Inc are spouting off ADL talking points in claiming that these slogans are antisemitic.
Whether this is related to the removal of Candace Owens from the Daily Wire or the mounting disaffection on the right with Israel and disproportionate Jewish influence (i.e. noticing), there is a cognitive effort to stamp out a religious declaration that should be obvious to any so-called believers.
James Lindsay, who hates Christians more than the woke, while being woke on gender, has called Christ is King a trap.
If Black Lives Matter was a dialectical trap, it certainly worked as it got corporate America to bend over and systematically discriminate against whites. That being said, to claim that “feds” are baiting people with this slogan is ridiculous and unfounded. The use of labeling anything on the right as being of the “feds” is itself a means of dissuading action through means of fear, which is exactly what Lindsay wants because he only wishes to dial back the clock to 2015 levels of insanity. Anyone who wishes to seriously reform the culture and make strides is a threat to Lindsay. So if these supposed antisocial troublemakers, which really just means dissidents of the regime, are using Christ is King as a slogan, that would mean they have been effective with their messaging and thus effective in the culture war. Otherwise, who would be talking about it?
Joel Berry of The Babylon Bee would echo these sentiments. The Babylon Bee frontman has been noticeably weak on issues of immigration, abortion, and feminism.
Then there is Allie Beth Stuckey, who works for The Blaze, arguing that declaring Christ’s kingship for any other purpose than the Gospel is sinful.
There is a sense that any action one does apart from Christ is in itself evil and impure, but this is not the logic behind Stuckey’s tweet. She is not going John Calvin on Twitter, but instead countersignaling ghosts. Nevertheless, the core argument of imputing sin on declaring “Jesus is King” for anything other than “sharing the gospel” is vague and unbiblical. Not everything one does is “sharing the gospel” and there are too many examples in civic religion that tacitly declare Christ’s kingship. When a president or politician swears their oath on a bible, they are declaring Christ’s Kingship even if they are an unregenerate sinner—at least that is what the custom is supposed to signify. When there are public displays of the Ten Commandments, that is declaring that God’s kingship is the highest lawgiver. Would Allie Beth Stuckey say the same about “In God We Trust” on the money, which as debased as it has become, is a slogan and not a presentation of the Gospel? Of course not.
In fact, Moses commanded that the laws be written “the doorposts of your house and on your gates” (Deut. 6:9). Subtle cultural reminders are instructed in God’s word and the general equity of this verse would be extended to include slogans and mantras including Christ is King or In God We Trust.
Allie Beth Stuckey has stricken controversy on her comments regarding “Trad-wives” which is a mixed bag where while one might contend she has a point about accounts like Ballerina Farms, others contend she is countersignaling Joel Webbon types. And immediately after her comments, she stepped on a rake to defend immature, degenerate sorority girl dancing.
And who can forget Jenna Ellis, the woman who grifted hundreds of thousands in legal fees only to take a plea deal despite claiming to fight her charges in court? This was dishonest at the time, and Ellis has only gotten worse since August as she attacked Christians and defended satanic statues.
In this tweet, it is juxtaposed with Jason Whitlock, who while he is a host at The Blaze, is not really Conservative Inc. As implied by Whitlock’s tweet, he clearly is out of the loop on why many of his peers have jumped the shark. Perhaps Whitlock is being coy in that he knows who is behind the shift, just as he is a noticer of that same who perpetuates certain degeneracies in the black community, something he discusses on his show.
Despite being a lawyer, Jenna Ellis is the dumbest of the tweets in that she says the quiet part out loud. The comparison of BLM to Christian Nationalism falls flat for the same reason that Lindsay’s tweet is counterproductive. Moreover, the political dynamic has devolved into anything the Left does not like Christian Nationalism because that is their chosen boogeyman, and it is their chosen boogeyman because the pagans who control the institutions hate Christ.
In the second paragraph, Ellis goes full Dispensational in declaring Covenant Theology a false theology that the entirety of Church History somehow misunderstood until John Nelson Darby created his system 200 years ago after the creation of the Zionist movement. One might ask Jenna Ellis, did God abandon the Jews or did the Jews abandon God? The answer is yes.
Why should Christians care whether Jews are offended by the slogan “Christ is King?” Atheists take offense to nativity displays, Ten Commandment displays, and public prayer. In fact, their taking offense is proof that the message is effective, and that the displays are not white noise. Their outrage over the truth, regardless of the messenger, is the sin within their hearts manifesting itself. They would take offense regardless of the motivations of the messenger.
The fruit of dispensationalism is modern Judaizing, but rather than coercing the Church to adopt ceremonial and dietary laws, they would have the Church pay homage to the modern Jews. Conservative Inc is controlled by Zionists, both Christians and Jews alike. One cannot talk critically about Israel without getting into trouble with their employers, which is colloquially derided as “receiving the call.” Pundits can receive free vacations to Israel, something several have mentioned on their shows including Elijah Schaffer and Lauren Chen.
At the end of the day, there is a meaningful conversation to be had about how eschatology impacts political leanings, and this unified umbrage over “Christ is King” is the product of bad theology.
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They don’t seem to want to acknowledge that Jews who do not trust in Christ as their Savior will die in their sins and spend eternity in hell. “Christ is King” should be the call to Jews to repent. But these people seem to be intent on not offending Jews, while having no problem offending Christ.
The old fed accusation, he’s a little late to that party. And it really is showing something deeper. Have you seen the video of that actor from NYC talking in the hallway on his phone about how much he should get paid for saying certain things on social media? Maybe a few really are concerned this will hurt the “cause” as they see it, but I smell a rat. A big one.