The Bible warned you about these people centuries before Pete Hegseth discovered he could dress political arrogance in Christianity and sell it as divine authority. And the most spectacularly embarrassing part of this entire religious circus is that the warning is sitting right there in Scripture, in plain English, and millions of self-proclaimed Christians are apparently too politically intoxicated to recognize the very people they’re worshipping. Second Timothy, chapter three, verses one through five. Let’s go through this beautiful little biblical autopsy, shall we? Verse one: “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.” Well, isn’t that precious? Because if you wanted a demonstration of perilous times, you could start with an administration that treats national leadership like a personal entitlement and then asks God to endorse the performance. Verse two: “For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy.” Excuse me? Lovers of themselves? Donald Trump has practically made self-adoration a governing philosophy. Boasters? The man could attend somebody else’s funeral and somehow make the eulogy about his own greatness. Proud? Arrogance has become a prerequisite for employment in his political orbit. Covetous? Look at the obscene fascination with wealth, status, power, influence, and being surrounded by people who worship the ground these men walk on. And somehow, the Christian influencers on X are reading this passage, nodding solemnly, and then rushing back to their keyboards to defend the exact personality traits Paul was warning them about. Verse three: “Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good.” Now we’re getting somewhere. Tell me, Pete Hegseth, where does your public enthusiasm for military aggression fit into the teachings of the Prince of Peace? Where does the performative toughness end and actual Christian restraint begin? And to the administration’s digital disciples, who spend their days turning cruelty into a personality, insults into entertainment, and public humiliation into something resembling a religious sacrament: what exactly do you think Paul meant by fierce? Because apparently, your interpretation is that cruelty becomes righteousness the moment somebody attaches a cross to it. You have turned Christianity into a political costume, and the nastiest people at the masquerade are convinced they’re the holiest. Verse four: “Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God.” High-minded. Arrogant. Reckless. Self-important. Good grief, that’s practically the admission criteria for this administration’s inner circle. And here’s where the hypocrisy becomes almost exquisitely obscene. These people preach humility while demanding submission. They preach morality while excusing whatever their political favorites do. They preach sacrifice while worshipping luxury. They preach truth while treating inconvenient facts like personal enemies. They’ve somehow convinced themselves that loyalty to a politician is evidence of loyalty to God. That isn’t Christianity. That’s political idolatry with a church vocabulary. And then comes the verse that should make every one of these professional Christian performers profoundly uncomfortable. Verse five: “Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.” There it is. Read that again. Not atheists. Not people who openly reject Christianity. Not people who tell you they don’t believe in God. People who have a form of godliness. The appearance. The performance. The vocabulary. The public prayers. The Bible references. The elaborate displays of religious devotion. All the accessories of faith, without its moral substance. And who does that remind you of? Pete Hegseth, wrapping political and military rhetoric in Christian…