Who Would Jesus Vote For?

Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities.  For there is no authority except from God,  and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.  Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgement on themselves.  For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil.  Do you want to be unafraid of the authority?  Do what is good , and you will have praise from the same.  For  he is God's minister to you for good.  But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.  Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience' sake.  For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God's ministers attending continually to this very thing.  Rende therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor
Romans 13: 1-7 NKJV

In this 2016 election season I've found myself asking a hypothetical question.  Just who would Jesus vote for?  Of  course, as the express image of God, all authority is therefore under the power of Jesus.  So, knowing that all authorities on earth are appointed by our risen Lord, just who would Jesus vote for?  Well, I would submit that Jesus would not need to vote in any way.  Since all things that we see were created for and by Him, who does He need to vote for?  For it is the candadates themselves who themselves need to focus...on Jesus.  It's my opinion that we give those public servants we elect to office way more leeway and power than they deserve.  We the people need only to understand one thing about elections in this country, those who we elect WORK FOR WE THE PEOPLE!  Yet, we seem to have given certain elected officials a rock star type of celebrity status.  Gone are the days when people would vote strictly on the issues, the Barack Obama campaigns  of 2008 and 2012 were a prime example of this new celebrity politician.  I cannot recall a time in our nations history when a socialist minded and trained community organizer could become popular enough to be elected to our nations top office.   As actor Clint Eastwood observed, Obama pulled off "One of the biggest con jobs in our nations history."  Obama was not only inexperienced in the political arena, he had shown a deep dislike for our nation as it stands today.  Promising "Hope and Change," this chicago style bully politician tricked the American voter with sound bites, insults and photo oportunities.  However, as christians we must keep one thing in mind here, it is Jesus who appointed this man to the office he holds.

"Tell us, therefore, what do you think?  Is it lawful to pay taxes to Ceasar,  or not?"  But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test me, you hypocrites?  "Show Me the tax money."  So they brought Him a denarius.  And He said to them, "Whose image and inscription is this?"  They said to Him, "Ceasar's."  And He said to them, "Render therefore to Ceasar the things that are Ceasar's, and to God the things that are God's."
Matthew 22: 17-21 NKJV

I find it interesting that the authorities of Jesus' day tried to Trap Him in this way.  In their minds, a religious leader had zero business in politics.  However, this was the arena where the Pharisees and saducees resided.  They not only held power religiously, but politically as well.  This is a extremely dangerous situation.  Our founding fathers thought so as well, for many of them had escaped the rules of organized state religion in England.  Now, there is a common misconception these days that the "Seperation of church and state" is somehow written into our constitution.  In 1802, Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to the Danbury Baptist Association refering to the Bill of Rights where he talks of "Building a wall of seperation between church and state."  THIS is the reference to phrase "Seperation of church and state."   However, it IS NOT refered to this way in our constitution.  Perhaps this is why Barack Obama refered to our nations constitution as a "Imperfect document?"

  "Believing with you that religion is a  matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "Make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, 'thus building a wall of seperation between church and state."
~Thomas Jefferson in his letter to the Danbury Baptist Association~

Disregarding all celebrity status for all politicians, I believe that Jesus would focus on ones heart as he determined His vote.  For it is ones heart that holds a true indication of his behavior.  Had Americans considered the heart of one Barack Hussein Obama in 2008, I feel Americans would not have fallen victim to the con job of this inexperienced community Organizer.

~Scott~