I've never confused Donald Trump with a Christian, much less with Christ, to whom no one is comparable (Isaiah 46:5). Granted, all Christians are to strive to be Christlike, though we all fall miserably short. Still, we do have this blessed hope, that when Christ comes again "we shall [finally] be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is" (1 John 3:2). May we all join with John the Revelator in saying, "Even so, come Lord Jesus" (Revelation 22:20).

Trump's recent post of himself as Christ is not only blasphemous, but shows him to be bankrupt of both reverence for our Redeemer and the fear of our God, which are the beginning of knowledge and wisdom (Proverbs 1:7; 9:10), two other things Trump's post reveals he is seriously lacking. Furthermore, the explanation Trump offered to excuse his sacrilege, that his post was a promotion of the Red Cross and a portrayal of himself as a doctor, is asinine. While he accused the fake news of distorting his profane post into something irreverent, Trump has no one to blame but himself for such an insult to Christians, not to mention for such a crime against Christ.

As sickening to me as Trump's sacrilege is, I must admit that I also find it quite nauseating to hear Democrats suddenly coming out of the woodwork to defend Christ from being defamed by Trump. Obviously, it is Democrats' Trump Derangement Syndrome rather than any devotion to Christ or sympathy with Christianity that has them suddenly standing up for our Savior, Jesus Christ. After all, Democrats had no problem whatsoever with MSNBC correspondent April Ryan comparing Barack Obama to Jesus Christ, with Oprah Winfrey calling Obama "the One," with actor Jamie Fox professing Barack Obama to be our "lord and savior," or with Michael D'Antuono's painting of Obama, which was entitled "The Truth" and portrayed Obama as Jesus Christ in front of the presidential seal with outstretched arms and a crown of thorns on his head.

While Trump can't dismiss his desecration of our Lord, Barack Obama never raised a peep of protest over Democrats defying of him. If you ask me, both Obama and Trump, as well as all Democrats and Republicans, would do well to remember the tragic tale of Herod Agrippa, the persecutor of the early church and executioner of the Apostle James. According to Acts 12:19-23, he was struck down by God for receiving rather than rejecting the people's praise of him as God. As the Scripture solemnly warns us: "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap" (Galatians 6:7).