Donald Trump’s Presidency and False Prophecy
Trump appropriated “fake news” to mean any news that criticizes him, even if it is factually correct. But it is important to distinguish between “fake news” and normal partisan news coverage. They are not the same. Since the early years of our Republic, the press has been mostly divided along partisan lines. At one time it was the Jeffersonians vs. the Hamiltonians. In our own day, it is the bitter liberal/conservative divide. For instance, Fox News and CNBC most often give the same basic facts of the news, but with vastly different shades of interpretation, often emphasizing some items while ignoring others. In fact, it might be said that the Bible sanctions this sort of “partisan” interpretation. For instance, there are different interpretations David’s kingship in the book of Kings and Chronicles, with Chronicles being more positive and avoiding the story of David’s murder and adultery with Bathsheba.
However, neither the Bible nor reputable news outlets contradict facts or eliminate facts that are inconvenient. By calling embarrassing items “fake news,” as Trump is prone to do, serious spiritual damage is done but disabling the ability to tell truth from error.[27]
But to get back to The Trump Prophecies, it is my opinion that certain elements of it were originally from the Lord, as in the part received in 2011 that Trump would be President. This is similar to the mix of true and false prophecies that sometimes occur in church prophetic uttering. A person may begin with a short word of wisdom from the Lord, but as they go on past the revelation, drift into areas of their own prejudices and fears that can then utilized by demonic forces to incite fear, anger or mayhem.
The original fraction of true prophecy may be the factor why so many credible and anointed Charismatic and Evangelical pastors accepted it whole. This may have been why Mary Colbert was able to rally such a large group of reputable pastors and teachers behind the prophecy, and later convert it into a huge prayer support team for Trump. Of course, praying for a sitting President is enjoined in Scripture (1Tim 2:2). But the group organized by Mrs. Colbert became uncritical and accepting of Trump’s actions and his disrespectful and insulting tweets.
Here lies a large failure of the Forever Trump pastors. They became “court prophets” who agreed with all that Trump did and said, instead of discerning on what occasions they should play the role of Nathan to David (2 Sam 12), to rebuke sin when it occurs. To be biblically specific, the incident in 2 Kgs 22 shows four hundred kingdom-supported prophets “tickling the itching ears” of the Kings of Judah and Israel by prophesying victory in a coming battle. Only one (non-court) prophet, Micaiah, proclaimed the real message from the Lord – defeat. In fact, a very few Forever Trump pastors have had the discernment and courage to rebuke Trump in any of his intemperate sayings or actions. An exception to the rule is the popular TV evangelist Jetzen Franklin, who publicly rebuked Trump for his vulgar language reference to some of the more backward countries of the Third World.[28]
This failure to give just reproof began even before the 2016 election. One of the most disturbing aspects of the Trump campaign was his declaration that the Southern border wall would be built, and Mexicans would pay for it. Trump: “Who will pay?” Crowd: Mexico!” This dialogue was cruel, insulting and ultimately unrealistic, as time has shown. It played on a childish sense of revenge on Mexico. It unnecessarily offended Mexicans, and prevented a sane dialogue and diplomacy on the wall with the Mexican government. Christians who participated in this rant should repent of it. It is a scandal that the Christians pastors who supported and surrounded Trump during his campaign did not reproof him for this.
To be clear, I am for the wall being built, for our security, for our right to have a culture not radically and immediately changed. But also for a problem not much mentioned. The large scale migration of Central Americans to the US will have those countries much depleted of people and totally in the hands of various drug cartels that are forming “pirate states” that will prey on their own people. The process is well under way in northern Mexico and sections of El Salvador. The solution to this is very difficult since the drug cartels cannot be brought to justice in these countries as they control or terrorize the police and courts. In any case the continued depletion of the populace from Central America will mean that any solution to this problem will be impossible.
Category: Living the Faith, Winter 2020
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