Before the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, Joe Biden said in a phone call, “It’s time to put Trump in the bulls-eye.” Just days later, Trump actually became the target of an assassin when he was shot in the ear.
So, was this word prophetic in nature?
Biden claimed in his interview with NBC’s Lester Holt that death is not what he meant. Instead, he says he meant that the focus needed to be on beating his opponent.
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“It was—it was a mistake,” Biden told Holt. “I didn’t mean cross-hairs. I meant bulls-eye, I meant focus on him. Focus on what he’s doing. Focus on—on his—on his policies. Focus on the number of lies he told in the debate.”
Holt even questioned Biden if he thought the language he used could have incited people toward violence.
“…how do you talk about the threat to democracy, which is real, when a president says things like he says? Do you just not say anything ‘cause it may incite somebody?” Biden asked Holt.
Not only does this language continue to show that the Left’s rhetoric hasn’t changed, but the elites of Hollywood continue to show their true colors.
Jack Black and his Tenacious D bandmate, Kyle Gass, have come under fire for comments said during one of their concerts.
Singing “Happy Birthday” to Gass, Gass made his wish to be “Don’t miss Trump next time.” Black then says “Thank you” in response as the crowd creepily laughs and cheers along.
Black has since canceled the band’s tour, telling USA TODAY, “I would never condone hate speech or encourage political violence in any form.”
Comments like these are blatant in meaning. When you feed people nasty, disgusting language long enough, it will eventually transform their mentality toward these views. It’s one of the reasons Romans 12:2 tells us “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”
When a celebrity like Kathy Griffin comes onto the scene holding a fake, bloodied head resembling Trump that looks like it has been severed, it not only feeds people with monstrous rhetoric, but a visual image of hate.
Proverbs 18:21 reminds us that “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”
The words and actions we take make a difference. We have the power to either draw people closer to the light, to the truth of Christ, or further into darkness. Instead of speaking words of death, including over our opponents, we need to speak the abundant life of Christ over the people, situations and nations around us.
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Abby Trivett is content development editor for Charisma Media.
