

The audience then read aloud, with Sheets, a list of 13 decrees, including that the three branches of U.S. “We are … delegated by Him to destroy every attempted advance of the enemy.” “We have been given legal power and authority from Heaven.” “We, the Church, are God’s governing Body on the Earth.”

(The “Great Commission” refers to the instruction by the resurrected Jesus to his followers to “make disciples of all nations.”) He then led the crowd in a series of theocratic declarations, including: “As a patriot of faith, I attest my allegiance first and foremost to the Kingdom of God and the Great Commission,” Sheets began. Inside the arena, Sheets was soon leading the spirited crowd in a recitation of a new document he co-authored called the “ Watchman Decree.” It reads like a Christian nationalist pledge of allegiance. They are not separate in Scripture,” he added, then insisted, “God never intended for it to be separate.” At this July 1 worship event, Sheets told the crowd, “We must marry these two arenas - the civil and the sacred. He’s been at the forefront of that movement for 20 years, but now the Republican part has come to him, with a growing contingent that’s embracing his end-times vision of America as Christian theocracy. Sheets, 68, is one of America’s most influential Christian voices demanding an end to the separation of church and state.

And we cover her now with a shield of prayer and faith and say, ‘Be strong! Be blessed! You are highly favored! You will not fail,’ in Jesus’ name.” “She will not be taken out by evil forces,” he insisted, adding: “We take authority over that in Jesus’ name. “We say she is covered by the blood of Jesus,” Sheets said. Revered by followers as a modern Christian apostle, Sheets told a packed crowd at Gas South Arena, outside Atlanta, to pray with him for the GOP congresswoman, who touts herself as a Christian nationalist, and appeared onstage in a bright-red dress. Dutch Sheets stood behind Marjorie Taylor Greene, the palms of his hands held up to God.
