Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens. - Exodus 18:21 (ESV)
I recently came across another bat-poop crazy MAGA pastor. Joel Webbon, who of course is from Texas, is such a pastor, on steroids apparently. He has recently taught that women who bring unproven claims of sexual assault against men, should be publicly executed to serve as an example. He bases this stupidity on Deuteronomy 19 and the famous "eye for an eye" scriptures. He calls this a "timeless principle" besides the fact that Jesus Himself did away with this standard by teaching that an eye for an eye has been replaced with turning the other cheek. In doing some basic research about Webbon, he also brags that his wife is not allowed to read anything unless he approves it first and that they both agree that women should not have the right to vote. What a guy. The above link however is to a conversation he had with a preacher from Arizona named David Reece. This segment is hilariously called applying theology. The presented topic is how to disagree reasonably about voting for Donald Trump. The reason why it is unreasonable however is that while Webbon gloats about voting for Trump, the opposite opinion in this debate is held by a man who sounds like he wants to vote for Trump so badly. The portion I will be discussing starts around the 13-minute mark and ends around 22 minutes later when they start debating whether Donald Trump fits the six criteria that Reece has concocted by wrongly applying Old Testament verses to America today. So let us reason once more together beloved.
So, the first criteria that Reece offers up is benign. The candidate must be "from among you" or a citizen of your nation. This is supported by our Constitution, so there are no issues here. We go off the rails with the second criteria as Reece says that it must be an adult male. This is of course to dismiss Kamala Harris out of hand by using the patriarchal system of ancient times. This reveals how corrupted his entire teaching is here as God did not provide us with the blueprint for the theocracy of Israel so that we might implement it within the constitutional republic of America. The third qualification Reece states is "competence." The fourth is that he must "fear God" or has made a credible profession of faith. Fifth, he must love truth and sixth, hate covetousness. He bases this upon the key verse for today, from Exodus. This is when Jethro counseled Moses to select people to help him with the administration of Israel. These were the qualifications Moses was advised to look for in selecting these folks. The notion that God provided this verse, from a historical narrative, so that we could apply them to carnal elections in a pagan nation, 3500 years later is biblically asinine. It is what happens when we try to leverage the bible instead of reading it. This is what happens when we use the bible to prop up our carnal desires instead of seeking what God is actually saying. The notion that because during a time when women had no role in anything other than childbearing, within a theocracy, must mean God has ordained throughout all time that women should never have any other roles is scripturally stupid. Reece actually says that he does not see these verses, which he admits are part of the civil law, as germane to Israel. What nonsense. The civil law by the way, was nailed to the cross anyway! Nonetheless, let's charge on here.
"It is obvious from scripture that being ruled by women is a curse while being ruled by men is the fitting thing." - David Reece
Is this obvious from scripture? When Deborah ruled as Judge, was Israel cursed? Also, of the 39 rulers of Judah, only eight were not wicked. All 19 kings of Israel were in fact wicked. So, explain to me again how men ruling guarantees that things are "fitting." What Reece's misogyny misses is that there is a vast difference between the theocracy of Israel and the rulers of men today in pagan nations, including ours. I might add that Israel itself has had female Prime Ministers throughout the years, such as Golda Meir, so they obviously did not get the memo from God. Reece begins applying this to our current upcoming election by actually declaring that Trump is the lawfully elected president from 2020, to which Webbon agrees. So, we have two delusional idiots who think the man who received seven million less votes and lost over 60 court cases trying to prove otherwise, actually won the election. This just perpetuates the "Christians are the stupid ones" narrative that turns off so many from churchianity. It is at the heart of why 40 million people have left the church in the past 25 years. I might add here that what Reece, Webbon and the NAR truly perpetuate is a staggering arrogance when it comes to the God they claim to serve. As if God is not capable of handling a Joe Biden presidency or a Kamala Harris regime. Moving past the "he's a man" criterion, Reece starts to unpack his ridiculousness:
"He is competent (Trump). He is obviously a guy who can be decisive, make decisions and make stuff happen." - David Reece
