A DHS video released during major immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota uses cinematic imagery of helicopters, armed agents, and urgent movement alongside a biblical quote from Matthew. The quote begins with “Blessed are the peacemakers” and later completes the passage with “for they shall be called the sons of God.” The framing connects peace with strength, echoing a minister’s interpretation of “peace through strength.” Presidents have long invoked scripture during national crises, but the Trump Administration uses specific passages to link policies and actions to God’s will, including immigration enforcement and military action. Pew Research finds a majority of surveyed people want the Bible to influence U.S. laws, including a notable share saying the Bible should outweigh popular will when they conflict.
"Set to the singer Lorde's haunting cover of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," the footage unfolds in a sequence of eerie juxtapositions: a helicopter hovering in green night-vision haze, armed agents battering doors and bodies moving with choreographed urgency. Across the screen a quote from the Gospel of Matthew: "Blessed are the peacemakers." Moments later, after more imagery of military-style immigration enforcement actions, the rest of the biblical passage materializes: "for they shall be called the sons of God.""
""My first thought was, there is a gun called the Peacemaker," said Dyron Daughrity, a minister in the evangelical Church of Christ and dean of religion and philosophy at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif. "It's sort of this idea of peace through strength." Scripture has long been a rhetorical resource for presidents Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and George W. Bush among them who invoke the Bible to frame moments of national crisis or purpose."
"But the Trump Administration references the Bible in a very different way using specific passages to connect its policies and actions with God's will from immigration enforcement to military action. The Bible's place in political life appears to be on the rise. A study released by Pew Research this month found something new among those surveyed. For the first time since Pew's been asking the question, a majority of those surveyed say that the Bible should have a great deal or at least some influence on U.S. laws."
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