By now, we’re used to hearing comparisons between President Trump and King Cyrus. Cyrus was an idol-worshipping king who lived 2,500 years ago, yet Isaiah prophesied that God would use him to restore the Judean exiles and rebuild Jerusalem, which he did (see Isaiah 44-45). In similar ways, evangelical leaders have suggested that Trump, who was hardly a Christian, would be used to help their cause.
But is there another biblical king to whom Trump can also be compared, namely King Jehu?
On December 15, 2018, Joel Pollak, an Orthodox Jew and senior editor for Breitbart.com, made this very comparison. He wrote, “In many ways, Trump is reminiscent of the biblical King Jehu, an outsider who was anointed to rule Israel and rid it of corruption. . . . Jehu also dispatched Ahab’s widow, the wicked Queen Jezebel, who had urged her late husband to persecute the prophets.”
He added, “Jehu continued his aggressive campaign to rid the kingdom of corruption. He ordered the execution of seventy of Ahab’s sons, and used an ingenious ruse to slaughter all the remaining supporters of Baal, luring them to a temple by promising that he would also worship the idol and then ordering his guards to kill them. Though his methods were unconventional, Jehu earned the support of Jehonadab the son of Rechab, widely respected for his morals.”
Trump, then, would be reminiscent of a Jehu-like figure. He was the man who defeated Hillary Clinton, who was a Jezebel-type figure, being a pioneer feminist who stood against godly values.
Interestingly, more than one year before Pollak made these comparisons, Messianic Jewish author Jonathan Cahn made similar comparisons in his book The Paradigm: The Ancient Blueprint That Holds the Mystery of Our Times. But Cahn took them much further.
In that sense, Trump is like Jehu, the man who drove “recklessly,” the leader who drove like a “madman,” like a “maniac.”
Just consider some of these disparaging headlines describing President Trump (with my emphasis in bold):
- “DONALD TRUMP IS RECKLESS, ERRATIC AND INCOMPETENT, ACCORDING TO BUSINESS LEADERS AROUND THE WORLD” (Newsweek, June 23, 2017)
- “Majority of voters think Trump is reckless, poll says” (Detroit Free Press, October 25, 2017)
- “Poll: Majorities think Trump is reckless, profane and sexist” (The Hill, January 28, 2018)
- “Trump’s not a liar. He’s a madman.” (Washington Post, May 29, 2018)
- “War of words: Trump, visionary or madman?” (The Telegraph, May 25, 2018)
- “A Virginia Democrat called Trump a ‘narcissistic maniac.’ And he’s not the liberal in the race!” (CNN; June 5, 2017)
Shades of descriptions of Jehu!
Trump is a hated man, especially among liberal women. To them, he is the ultimate example of a powerful, sexist, abusive male. That’s why, at a massive women’s march immediately after Trump came into office, Madonna openly expressed her desire to blow up the White House.
Later that same year, comedienne Kathy Griffin held up the bloodied likeness of the president’s decapitated head. And month by month, witches have gathered to curse and hex him.
Shades of the spirit of Jezebel!
Approved – Obey
John Keefe
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