When the Trump administration held its National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving gathering on the National Mall earlier this month, it was quite obvious that the event was designed to mobilize conservative Christian voters ahead of the midterm elections.
That was confirmed when right-wing evangelist David Herzog appeared on the Elijah Streams program last week and revealed that pastors in attendance were invited to attend a private gathering with House Speaker Mike Johnson before the event where they were encouraged to mobilize their congregations for the midterms.
"They invited us," Herzog reported. "It was an invitation to be here and get this special briefing from the Speaker of the House and [MAGA pastor Lorenzo Sewell]."
Herzog said that Johnson stressed that pastors are key to ensuring that the effort to "rededicate" the nation to God succeeds
"What he came down to was the reason why we need you pastors here is because you guys are the difference that can decide if this thing is going to go one way or the other," he said. "Basically, he's saying we need the pastors and the leaders, the Christian leaders, to get on board because if you guys don't get on board and spread this thing, it's not going to shift the way it needs to shift."
"They see the importance of the church as the missing link," Herzog added. "You could have a good politician, you could have a good president, you could even pass the right laws, but if the church is asleep at the wheel, nothing going to happen. And then it's also connected to the midterms. I think they want the church to pray, fast, and also mobilize the people to really wake up and be active."
"He was waking up the pastors and the leaders saying, 'Guys, wake up. We need you to be part of this awakening, to spread it to your churches, to pray, and to vote, everything so that we can continue with what God has put Trump in it to do,'" Herzog said.
"The midterms are coming up and if that is lost, and Trump is a lame duck president, he can't really do much more," Herzog warned. "If the Democrats start taking over—you got New York City and an Islamic mayor of a city? You got that in parts of Michigan. In Texas, they're trying to make a Sharia law region—evil's at the door. We have this little sliver of time right now—a president that's for Israel, for the church—we maybe have a year, two years. If we maximize this time, we can not just see a spiritual awakening of conservatism, but actual revival, harvest, people coming to the Lord."
"Basically, that was his main message," Herzog revealed. "You guys have to really take this seriously. We're doing all this for you guys. We're giving you the baton."
Herzog claimed that Johnson also promised those pastors in attendance that the Trump administration has billions of dollars it wants to funnel to right-wing churches to carry out social programs.
"What they were saying was, 'Guys, we have money for you guys for ministries that are helping the poor, that are helping this, that are helping that,'" he said. "There's tons of money just sitting there. We'd rather you guys do those programs. Basically, it's putting the position of power in the church's hand, kind of like Daniel was in a position of power and Joseph. They're saying we want you guys to have those positions, not those who are against God's plans and ideals."