This kind of ‘Christian nationalism’ is, as it were, an ideological accident waiting to happen. It presents a standing temptation, whenever the on-earth-as-in-heaven message of the New Testament has been sidelined in favour of the supposedly ‘spiritual’ teaching of ‘going to heaven’, either in the ascent of the soul after death or in a ‘rapture’ at the Lord’s return.57 The result is clear: the ‘powers’ are still dictating the terms.
