He was an avid slave owner who profited tremendously off of their pains, raped slaves, etc.

The founding fathers pose troubling moral compasses when you get rid of the patriotic whitewash, especially on a theological level. Much of which revolves around the perversion of imago dei.

So for him to say “resistance to tyrants is obedience to God”, it’s really much more of a culturally/socioeconomically driven statement than a theological one. It’s playing to the same base emotion as Tr*mp coming out and saying “Resisting the Democratic Party is obeying God”. People hear that, agree and never stop to question WHO is saying it, just because they like the guy, don’t like the democrats and they want to be associated with a “obeying god” group.

I’m sure Jefferson would have realized that he could leverage the climate of hating the British and a very puritanical Christianity perspective in a burgeoning state that held questionable positions on what it meant to be obedient. And no one questioned his place to speak as a theological beacon.

Probably more words than you were looking for. Hope it makes sense. Welcome conversation.

(Retreats back into the shadows)