Why Isnˋt The Church Saying This To Trump, Supporters Of His BBB, and the Rich?

Who said the following, Marx or the Bible?

'Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you'

The writing style of the quote should give away the answer. And so if we changed the writing style, perhaps the question would be more challenging. We should note here that, according to Marx, the redistribution of wealth first depends on the redistribution of power which would give power to the proletariat.

Before going on, we should finish the rest of the passage that was speaking to the rich:

'and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you'

The above passage comes from James 5. It is fresh in my mind because of the local Bible study I attend. And the question that is in the title of this article is the question which every one of us religiously conservative Christian (a.k.a., Flaming Fundamentalist) should be asking both our leaders as well as ourselves. Which Bible believing Christian is quoting this passage from James 5 to Trump and his supporters of his Big Beautiful Bible?

What we see in the above Bible passage is one of  kinds of prophetic messages preached in New Testament times to those whose sins were so grievous that they warranted a public reprimand. The first kind of warning can be seen in the previous chapter of James. In that passage not only is sin identified and reprimanded, a way of repenting from the sin is laid out before the believer. But the message of repentance was not provided in this 2nd kind of prophetic message. Rather, certain doom as punishment for sin(s) was pronounced. This second kind of New Testament prophetic messages to sinners is an even more serious message than the first kind. And yet, none of Trumpˋs hand-picked religious advisors nor any popular minister Iˋve listened to have been eager to share such a message with Trump.

And it isnˋt just Trump supporters of his Big, Beautiful Bill, wealthy hedge fund managers, and even many of the elite from the Democratic Party also need to read what James wrote. Even upper middle class people need to read what James wrote. That is because Trumpˋs bill reduces the number of social responsibilities that the wealthy have to society including to workers. And that includes reducing the social safety nets that tax-payer funds provide for the vulnerable. It does increase the budget that supports the punishment and expulsion of poor and some working and middle class immigrants even though wealthy immigrants are always welcomed with open arms. One has to wonder, with the money being invested in prisons that hold immigrants who are criminals, whether certain groups of natural born citizens will eventually join them.

While Trump has reduced national greatness to wealth and prestige from power (a.k.a., 'fear'), we religiously conservative Christians might want to consider some other biblical passages such as Ezekiel 16:48-51 when judgment was pronounced against Israel:

'As I live, declares the Lord God, your sister Sodom and her daughters have not done as you and your daughters have done. Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy. They were haughty and did an abomination before me. So I removed them, when I saw it'

And while many of my fine fellow flaming fundamentalist friends and families fiercely focus on Sodomˋs sexual sins, what laid the foundation for their immorality was the combination of their wealth and their neglect of the vulnerable. We should note that such treatment of the poor is not a prerequisite for sexual immorality. But we should stare in the mirror when many of those who are blatantly sexually immoral have more compassion and practical concern  for the poor than we religiously conservative Christians have as expressed in our political positions and politicians whom we support. Here we should remember that with their ease, those residents from Jerusalem who were receiving Ezekielˋs message were also arrogant.

Or wasnˋt the following passage from I Timothy 6:9-10 ever quoted to Trump and his supportersÉ

'But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs'

That passage speaks to more than the religious. The kind of ruin Paul is talking about is more than just falling away from the faith when he says that the love of money can be dangerous. ˋRuin and destructionˋ can be the destiny of anyone who has loves money.

The desire for more wealth can also lead to wars according to James 4. And history tells us that that claim applies to more than just believers in Christ. And war corrupts everyone involved. So says active military service members and veterans with whom Iˋve spoken. Those who are on the attacking side of aggressive wars risk military defeat and/or moral suicide, the latter of which is eventually visited on those from one's own nation.

Or consider the following from Ecclesiastes 5:10:

'He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity'

Consider how many who support Trumpˋs bill are those who are super wealthy when reading that passage.

Or consider the following from II Timothy 3:1-5: 

'But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away'

Doesnˋt the beginning of that passage remind us of today and our world leaders? And so which religiously conservative minister among Trump's advisors is warning Trump about arrogance or being a lover of himself?

Since Trump has entered the political scene, he has seen America as an extension of himself. What he considers to be greatness for him is greatness for America. And perhaps that is why he saw Biden and America under Biden the way he did. BTW, certainly Biden merited much criticism, but Trump expressed America in black/white terms so that if America, despite it having the worldˋs leading economy, didnˋt have the wealth that Trump defined as being wealthy, then America was a failure. The same applies to America's prestige through power. But look at what we have already and will be sacrificing to meet Trumpˋs definition of success.

Certainly the President and our government must be concerned with our nation becoming prosperous enough. But when we consider the Biblical passages cited above, the question becomes which religious leader from Trump's advisors and/or which popular preacher is warning Trump and his supporters about what Godˋs Word says about the love of money?