Having watched their president speak at one of their services after this all started, he seems to be doing this for the right reasons. He seems like a humble, decent man. They are handling this as well as could be expected.
I’ve seen a few things where the nationalists have tried to use this, but nothing suggesting that they are actually involved in any meaningful way — just some sad sacks from a distance shouting, “look at me!” That’s to be expected, even with a genuine movement, and it shouldn’t detract from what’s happening. Perhaps the revival will lead the nationalists to repent from their wicked ideology? Or maybe God has already give them over to a depraved mind.
I get that “Jesus save America” has become the Christian nationalist thing, but it’s also pretty common among the rest of Christians. You don’t have to be a believer to recognize that our culture is deeply broken. There may be disagreements on what are the broken parts (the non-believers are more often right imo), but we all know that something is wrong.
If you believe that Jesus transforms hearts and minds, it seems like spiritual revival would be a good starting point — “Jesus, save America.” One problem with the nationalists is that they don’t actually believe that, so they use Jesus as a weapon for their own power. But hoping for a spiritual movement that will lead to Godly wisdom — pure, peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of good works — well, Jesus save America. Revival starts with repentance, so there’s your test on who is being spiritually transformed and who is cynically using this.
Honestly, if we all took a few weeks off to sing songs together — even really terrible songs — and consider the needs of those around us we’d all be much better for it. If that’s all that happens here, that seems like a good thing.