It is widely perceived among the planners in the Democratic Party that they are losing elections because of God. They have concluded that the Republicans have got a lock on God and that they need to co-opt Him over to their side.

During his campaign, Howard Dean promised to invoke Jesus' Name early and often as he toured the South.

"Christ was someone who sought out people who were disenfranchised, people who were left behind," Dean told the Boston Globe. "He fought against self-righteousness of people who had everything. . .He was a person who set an extraordinary example that has lasted 2000 years, which is pretty inspiring when you think about it."

Dean is a Congregationalist who doesn't attend church. His wife and children are all Jewish. He favors gay rights, is pro-abortion and once called Southern voters "red-necks that need to get over their obsession with guns, God, gays and school prayer."

Dr. Dean, a former physician for Planned Parenthood, was the first governor in the nation to sign the gay civil union legislation in the United States.

According to Dean, "Our moral values are closer to the American people than the Republicans' are."

In their newest joint political book, "Take in Back" former Clinton officials James Carville and Paul Bergala declared, "Jesus is a liberal" while DNC activist Clint Wallis writes, "Jesus is not a Republican."

Of course, Jesus isn't a Republican. That is a red herring argument designed to equate morals with politics. Morals aren't supposed to be dictated by politics. It's supposed to be the other way around. When politics conflicts with moral values, one is supposed to adjust one's politics, not one's morals.

Assessment:

I regularly get asked the question, "Why focus on politics instead of Bible prophecy?" The short answer is that one can't understand one without the other.

The main pillars of unfolding Bible prophecy are the development of a global religion, a global economy and a global government that will fall under the control of the antichrist.

In this instance, we find all three being co-opted as political tools. In his book, "God's Politics" liberal 'evangelical' author Jim Wallis asks; "When did Jesus become pro-rich?" marrying all three in a single sentence.

The Apostle Paul is known as the 'Apostle to the Gentiles' and is the author of most of the Epistles concerning the Church and the Church Age. In these last days, the world's representative Christian nation is the United States.

I am not arguing the United States is the most Christian, or that it is more Christian than some other place in the spiritual sense. But just as the Middle East is the 'Islamic world' and Israel is a Jewish state, America is a 'Christian country'.

In his 2nd Letter to Timothy, Paul pens a warning to the Church: "This know also, THAT IN THE LAST DAYS, perilous times shall come." It seems clear from the context that the intended recipient was the Church of the last days. Paul outlined the general worldview as the Church of that generation would view it.

"For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God."

Reading through in order, Paul outlines the thinking behind the liberal education system, moving on to the abolition of school prayer, through to supporting abortion, opposing faith-based initiatives, supporting sex education and condom distribution rather than abstinence, the redefinition of patriotism to mean what used to be called treason, etc.

And then, just in case you missed the point, Paul ties it together with a description of the 'Jesus was a liberal' argument, warning,

"Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof. . ." (2nd Timothy 3:1-5)