'A shift in history': Christians reflect at historic Rededicate 250 gathering
Shelley Benn traveled from Minneola, Florida, to Rededicate 250 with her sister “to pray and to stand with the body of believers as the president of the United States rededicates this country to God.”
“As a body of believers, we need to come together and overlook our small differences and pray to God and submit to the Lord,” Benn said.
She also rejected the idea that the event constituted a government endorsement of religion.
“Our government actually was created with biblical principles and you’ll find that in many of our founding documents,” she said.
Benn carried a flag emblazoned with the words “Appeal to Heaven,” referring to a national prayer movement that seeks to “appeal to Heaven for our country.” The flag was also flown by some sailors and soldiers during the Revolutionary War.
‘God told me to be here’
David Harvey of Meridian, Idaho, who traveled to Washington for the first time to attend Rededicate 250, said that "God told me to be here."
“I believe that this nation was founded on the Christian faith,” Harvey said. “If you don’t have Jesus in your heart, then you can’t understand the mind of Christ and what’s really happening in the world.”
Joe Johnson of Asheville, North Carolina, visited Washington for the first time to attend Rededicate 250. He came to show support for Trump, who he says is "cleaning the world up."
“The world is being cleaned up,” Johnson asserted.
Johnson shared his personal experience with God’s grace with CP, saying he has been sober since 2004 and acknowledged that life remains a “constant struggle.”
“That’s what life is about. We are tested constantly by God,” he said.
Highlighting how both Jesus and Moses were tested by God, Johnson added that “there are no exceptions to that rule.”
He described Rededicate 250 as an opportunity “to turn this country around with the spiritual guidance of Christ.”
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com
