What the Future Holds for America

Here are four questions in the wake of Barack Obama's reelection:

1) What will happen to Israel now that Obama has been reelected? Will Obama abandon Israel and force the Jewish nation to defend itself against Iran?

Since biblical prophecy (Daniel 8) reveals that a powerful western nation is going to overthrow Iran, we have to assume that the United States is that nation. Daniel's prophecy was recorded 2,600 years ago and identified "Persia" as a major world troublemaker in the last days. Ancient Persia is now Iran, and the United States is still the most powerful nation on earth, although it's in decline. Keep in mind now that Obama has been reelected, he's no longer beholden to his antiwar base. So, he can pull the trigger on Iran without worrying about any blowback from his base. Furthermore, Obama realizes that Iran is not only a threat to Israel, it's a threat to that entire region and even Europe. And so, at some point, he's going to realize that sanctions aren't preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and he'll have to take military action.

2) What does Obama's reelection mean for American Christians?

I don't think you'll have to worry about the federal marshals coming to your home and arresting you. But Obama is certainly no friend of conservative Christians and Evangelicals. Remember how he insulted us back in 2008 when he remarked that when times are difficult, we "cling to our guns and religion"? During the next four years, I think you'll see more bullying of Christians at abortion clinics and at gay pride parades. The police will be encouraged to push us around and threaten us with arrest if we show up to share the gospel at these venues. You might even see some stealth legislation proposed in the Senate that will attempt to label criticism of such topics as homosexuality and Islam as hate speech. But I don't anticipate any radical moves by Obama to persecute Christians. That will come later.

3) What do you make of the recent election? Many people are stunned that Obama was reelected.

The numbers concerning this election just don't make any sense when you realize what the stakes were. Nearly 14 million fewer people voted in this election than they did in 2008. Certainly, Obama received nine million fewer votes in 2012 than he did in 2008. That made sense when you consider how lousy he was during his first term. In fact, if you told me before the election that Obama was only going to get 60 million votes, I would've pronounced him a loser. And yet Mitt Romney received two million fewer votes in 2012 than John McCain did in 2008. And McCain was a throwaway candidate who had no chance against Obama. What puzzles me is that Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan were drawing overflow crowds during the campaign wherever they appeared while Obama was speaking to half-empty arenas. And yet, Romney-Ryan got less votes than McCain did four years ago. Do I suspect fraud and vote-shaving? Yes I do, but good luck trying to prove that.

4) What prophetic events do you anticipate being fulfilled in the upcoming future?

First of all, I believe that we're going to take out Iran's nuclear facilities through a surgical and deadly military strike. Secondly, I think you're going to see more violent weather strike the U.S. as well as some potent earthquakes. We'll also see more of those deadly forest fires that devastate large areas of brush and land. Thirdly, I think you'll continue to see the Russians under Putin expand their military and nuclear arsenal. Fourth, you'll see both China and India continue to grow into industrial giants as the U.S. industrial base continues to decay. Fifth, I believe that some sort of major terrorist attack is going to strike the U.S. mainland that will result in major casualties. And Sixth, I think that you're going to see some states actually get into military conflagrations with the federal government over its immigration policies.