Being Church is our Calling.
The Kingdom of God is our Glorious Hope.
Many American Christians want the greatness of United States to be restored. They want their nation to be strong enough to control the nations of the earth.
The problem is that America is not good enough to be a world superpower. It is not very effective at discerning good from evil, and usually picks the wrong side in disputes.
Its prophets are too blinded by political and military power to guide it into goodness.
If America were good, it would not need to be great.
Donald Trump wants to make America great again. This is problematic, because America has never really been great. It has alwasy had a dark underbelly that belies greatness.
Anyway, only the church and the kingdom can be truely great. And the kingdom of God is not a nation state.
Of course, America is not a nation state. It has always been a multi-national state. Unfortunately, a multi-national state has a tendency to fly apart. This is partly what the presidential election was about.
A multi-national state needs a common enemy to keep it united: Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, Iran, ISIS. Some are trying to recycle Russia for this unifying role, but it is too weak to be a serious enemy.
When its enemies are defeated, the only thing that can hold a multi-national state together is a political dictator. That is why most multi-national states eventually become an empire.
