credit: U.S. Department of State /  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

By Gary Raynaldo     DIPLOMATIC TIMES

In one of the most stunning political/religious statements made by senior administration official in recent memory, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo all but confirmed that  God had raised up President Trump as a modern day Messiah to save the Jewish nation from annihilation  by Iran.  Pompeo is currently in Jerusalem meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to offer support ahead of next month’s  tight election.  Trump moved the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem last year. In an interview Thursday with Chris Mitchell and David Brody  of the conservative Christian Broadcasting Network, Pompeo stated it is “possible” that President Trump is meant to save the Jewish people.

CBN QUESTION:  “And you also mentioned a Bible story last night when you had your statements with the prime minister.  Today’s being Purim, a celebration.  Jews worldwide and here in Jerusalem are talking about the fact that Esther 2,500 years ago saved the Jewish people with God’s help from Haman.  And now 2,500 years later there’s a new Haman here in the Middle East that wants to eradicate the Jewish people like just like Haman did: the state of Iran.  Could it be that President Trump right now has been sort of raised for such a time as this, just like Queen Esther, to help save the Jewish people from the Iranian menace?”

SECRETARY POMPEO:  “As a Christian I certainly believe that’s possible.  It was remarkable – so we were down in the tunnels where we could see 3,000 years ago, and 2,000 years ago – if I have the history just right – to see the remarkable history of the faith in this place and the work that our administration’s done to make sure that this democracy in the Middle East, that this Jewish state remains.  I am confident that the Lord is at work here.”

Source:  U.S. Department of State 

QUESTION:  From foreign policy to the Dr. Phil portion of the interview – I can roll in a couch if you like – your faith is very important to you.  Can you take me back to West Point?  I know there was a time in your life where there was a decision point for you about just following Christ, and our audience would be very interested to hear a little bit more on that.

SECRETARY POMPEO:  So I grew up going to church on Sundays, but frankly it wasn’t a priority in my life growing up.  I went off to West Point, and as a young cadet, during my freshman year there were two young men who were juniors who were true men of faith.  And they held these little Bible study/cookie klatches on Sunday afternoons.  And they invited all the cadets to see – it was purely voluntary.  And I started showing up, and – truly remarkable.  I started going to church every weekend on my own, because I wanted to be there to learn and to grow, and at some point during that first year I really did come to have an understanding of Jesus that was different than the one that I had before.  It fundamentally changed my life.

QUESTION:  And now, as Secretary of State – really before that, as a – well, you called yourself a backbencher from Kansas.  It wasn’t me earlier.  But —

SECRETARY POMPEO:  That’s a fair description.  (Laughter.)

QUESTION:  Okay.  Look where you are today.  But your faith has informed your views, clearly.  And not only that, but you’re not shy to talk about it.  And I’m wondering about how that – how that really manifests in your life.

SECRETARY POMPEO: So of course my mission as a Secretary of State, the thing I rose my – raised my right hand to do, I swore to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.  And I’ve done that now a handful of times – first as a soldier, then as a member of Congress, then as the director of the CIA, now as Secretary of State.  But in each of those missions, the task that I have is informed by my understanding of my faith, my belief in Jesus Christ as the savior.  It doesn’t drive answers and outcomes every day; we all as Christians are searching.  But it does inform how I try to treat every human being with dignity and respect in ways that Christians ought to.  I don’t always live up to that standard, but it does inform the way I think about the world.  I think that makes a real difference, and so I want people to know.  It’s why I talk about it from to time.  I want folks to know the perspective that I am bringing to the challenges in the job that I face, and it also requires me to try to hold myself to the standards that Christians hold themselves out for.”