President Trump told American troops assembled in Japan on Tuesday that he was prepared to send “more than the National Guard” into cities to enforce his crackdowns on crime and immigration, further escalating how he has talked about using the military at home and abroad.

It is legally and constitutionally perilous—the deployment of ‘more than the National Guard’ into American cities without clear state and local agreement pushes the boundaries of the constitution, the Posse Comitatus Act among other thing. President Trump is pushing the boundaries to see just how far he can go, but how far is that? And that’s the memo.

“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.” Proverbs 29:2 (KJB)

President Trump’s remarks mark a bold escalation in how a national leader views domestic deployment of military power. While not the final picture, it is a manifestation of one of the patterns foreseen: internal militarization, centralized control, national governments suspending normal civil-rights frameworks in the name of “order.” It presents both a challenge and an opportunity for the Church to think deeply about governmental authority, the use of force, the preservation of freedom, and how believers live faithfully in a changing world. America is changing quite rapidly, Christian, and you may not like what’s coming.

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