The Gangster from New York

The Gangster from New York

By Richard P. Joseph

2/16/2021

Many people have seen the movie Schindler’s List and if you haven’t seen it, you should see it.  The movie was superb and gave a great visual of Nazism and of repentance and even heroism.  The book, however, gives a little more detail.  In the book there is a story that is not brought out in the movie but has impacted me greatly in understanding evil and one’s compromise with it.  The book tells of an event that occurred that taught me a very important lesson when dealing with evil.  

This evil presented itself when the NAZI SS brought in a group of rabbis and told them to spit on their holy books such as the Torah.  But not to just spit on them, they must drool spit on them in a dramatic fashion or else they would be shot.  They commenced to perform the best they could in order to not get shot.  They spit on the very scripture that supposedly gave them their very existence in life.  Then a Jewish street gangster was brought in and they told him the same thing.  The gangster, much like the Samaritan, had other thoughts though.  He simply refused to spit on the scriptures.  He was already accustomed to threats and lies and traitorous behavior, he knew the results of compromise and cowardice.  The SS,  outraged, did what they did best; they shot the gangster; then shot the rabbis.

Jesus told a story similar to this in Matthew 21:28-30.  

28 “But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go, work today in my vineyard.’ 29 He answered and said, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he regretted it and went. 30 Then he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, ‘I go, sir,’ but he did not go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?”

They said to Him, “The first.”

Jesus said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you.

While the Rabbis said yes to God, it was the gangster that actually did the will of the father.  

In like manner I have voted for many “Christian” politicians and they all said yes but when it came to doing the will of the father they were complete disappointments.  Then in 2016 we elected a gangster type playboy from New York as our president.  Donald Trump, a successful business man with a long history of involvement in Hollywood, beauty pageant dealings, and many other worldly adventures, now took on the mantle of President of the United States.  Trust me, he was not my choice in the primaries but I pinched my nose and voted for him in the General election being that I would never vote for the opposing communist/NAZI party.  To tell you that I was pleasantly surprised by President Trump would be a massive understatement.  Deep inside this man of the world were the seeds of holiness that were planted long ago by his grandparents back in Ireland.  When the media asked Mr. Trump to spit on the bible and bow before Dagon, he held his chin up high and refused.  Not only did he refuse to spit on God’s word, he actually fought to uphold the spirit of the Word better than any of those weak “Christians” that I have ever voted for in the past.  The man had balls of steel.  He was akin to Judas Maccabaeus.  He stood up like an oak tree and would not budge.  He called the media exactly what they were, “fake news”, right to their faces and began heckling them with slogans such as “merry Christmas” and many other in-your-face Christian type slogans.  He fought abortion better than anyone else that came before him and at least tried to remove sexual perverts from the military.  His support for faith based operations was second to none in the modern era and he really did try to Make America Great Again.  The Democrats and the rest of the God haters all went apoplectic.  Never in my life have I seen the left wing lose their minds like I have now.   As we all are now experiencing their rage, I am full of joy in my heart that God reigns.  Yes, we have to deal with our current situation but nothing can ever take my joy away that Jesus Christ reigns.  They have run Trump out of town on a rail and are pursuing in an attempt to utterly destroy the man and his followers.  So let the war begin, but I still have a smile on my face put there by the gangster from New York!

Revised edition below, 4 years later    (2/27/2025)

    Well they did it, the communist Democrats executed a successful coup of the American government in 2020 with, of course, the help of weak cowards in the Republican party.  I won't waste time explaining the carnage that was swept in and utterly decimated our economy, our military, our schools, our borders, our morals and everything in-between.  It is so bad now that even some Democrats are waking up.  The country actually needed someone like Joe Biden to help them see how bad it can get when atheist communists run the country.  The result, a landslide victory for Donald Trump to accept a second term in the White House.  My real question is this; is this a result of faithful Christians in America or not?  In the end, it is, but at the same time it is also a stern rebuke on the same.  It appears that Donald Trump's Christian faith is something that developed later in life rather than early.  It also appears that his faith is real and it also appears that God called him in somewhat of the same way God called the Apostle Paul.  God needed Paul, a strong headed legalistic Jew, to do something extra ordinary and Paul had not much choice in the matter as Jesus knocked him to the ground and blinded him in order to convince him to the right way.  I think God called Trump, a billionaire playboy, to do something extra ordinary and Trump had no choice in the matter and accepted the terms.  Even two assassins, multiple court cases, an onslaught by the media and multiple frivolous lawsuits couldn't deter him.   He is, in my opinion, the most effective Christian president in our history.  Even if he isn't the most dedicated and scholarly Christian president, he is the most effective.  He has now assembled the most productive cabinet known to the United States of America.  This cabinet is made up of Christians, Hindus, agnostics and probably some other stuff that I don't know about.  My next question is; why not all Christians?  The short answer; because most Christians simply will not obey God.  They are weak cowards that don't understand that being a Christian is a bold and courageous lifestyle.  Since God ultimately sets up governments and takes them down, God did this.  This is where the rebuke comes in.  God has to use non-Christians to do what Christians fail to do.  We have been voting for "Christian" politicians for our entire lives and what do we get?  Abortion, inflation, transgender ideology, oppression, invasion, tax robbery, child molesters, forced vaccination, economic depression, social discord, communism, cancel culture, and complete social entropy.  That sounds a lot like what Jesus described that would be outside the kingdom of God.

Revelation 21   8 But the cowardly, [e]unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”     

Maybe it's time to redefine what a Christian really is.  The one thing he isn't is a sissy coward.  It is almost as if we need to learn from Trump's cabinet how to become a bold and effective force for the kingdom of God.  America is a Christian nation and we are in desperate need of strong Christian men to lead us in our future.  If you fit Revelation 21:8, please stay home, but if you are a worrier like David and Peter then step up, we need you.  Our future depends on it!