The idea of a group identity and group punishment is firmly rooted in Theology.

The ancient sons of Israel had a group identity, which is identity politics. They were descendants of Jacob who served Jesus Christ: blood and faith. That nation as a whole was judged according to their obedience to the Ten Commandments, the first of which points exclusively to Jesus Christ. They were blessed together and they suffered God’s wrath together. Men, women, children, and even the animals prospered and suffered collectively based upon the actions of there leaders and the moral conduct of the nation as a whole.

It is utterly false to imagine that identity politics and corporate guilt are not embedded in the Holy Scriptures. When God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, that included the animals, the children, and the infants. When the all living things that drew breath upon the land were obliterated in the Great Flood, that included cats and children and birds, and donkeys. When Jerusalem was destroyed by the wrath of God in 70 A.D., it was just not the old men that died, it was their great grandchildren and infants and lambs and doves.

Satan is a Libertarian and Lucifer is an individualist.

The Almighty God Jesus Christ created the nations to serve Him and when they do not serve Him, He punishes them in time and in history. That is the story of the ancient bloodline of Israel and the terms and conditions of that covenant are the Ten Commandments and Deuteronomy 28.

• And I [Jesus Christ] will execute vengeance in anger and wrath on the nations which have not obeyed. Micah 5:15
• A jealous and avenging God is the Lordd[Jesus Christ]. The Lord is avenging and wrathful. The Lord takes vengeance on His adversaries and He reserves wrath for His enemies. Nahum 1:2
• I [Jesus Christ] will make them (the whole nation) an object of horror among all the kingdoms of the earth because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.” Jeremiah 15:4

In military boot camps and on football teams recognize the power of group identity and group punishment. The team matters to each individual and each individual matters to the team, the platoon, the nation. If there is a slacker in your midst, everyone runs another mile or does another fifty pushups. What does this do? The team to exerts social pressure on the individual who fails, because his failure affects everyone. And that individual either comes up to standards or self-selects out of that team, with a little kick from the coach or D.I.

God is neither an individualist nor a libertarian. As portions of the nation live in rebellion against Jesus Christ and His Law (the Ten Commandments), the whole nation is punished. Understanding this means that everyone in the nation has a vested interested in imposing God’s standards upon everyone in that nation. It is supposed to work that this way, Libertarian ideas not-withstanding.

It is not OK to allow sodomy to be normalized in a nation, nor the breaking of the Sabbath. It is Not OK to allow other gods to be worshipped in the nation, the wrath of God will come upon the whole nation.

Tolerance is not a Christian virtue. There is no “right” to break the first commandment, which mandates, to the entire nation, that Jesus Christ alone is God and He alone is to be worshipped and obeyed. There shall be no other God’s before that nation, which includes Islam, Judaism, atheism, Hinduism, and every other god and idol.

This is what it means to say “Christ is King.” He is not merely king over your internal notions and emotions, He is ruler of every nation and does not countenance rebellion.

The establishment of a nationa is the establishment of a unique polis, a unique identity, and of identity politics. Entire nations are held accountable for the sins of their people.

Declaring that “identity politics” and group punishment are unChristian is foolish talk from the theologically illiterate.

Fritz Berggren
Colorado
26 Nov 2025 A.D.