Frankly my dear, no. I regard him as simply the lesser of two evils. Trump's greatest asset is that he isn't Hil-liar-y. Then again, neither are some 300 million other Americans. I look at it this way. If I 'buy' a politician, who is the most corrupt - me or the politician? I would argue the politician, because they are elected to represent all the ppl, not just corrupt corporations, etc.
Now Trump was one of those buyers of political influence, and I can't really blame him very much for that. Business is what business does. He only did what he had to do to protect his business interests. The subversion of the political process only comes into play when a politician accepts the 'donation'. The only reason that you now have Trump as PEOTUS is that your utterly corrupt system gravely miscalculated when it threw him up as your only alternative to Hil-liar-y. Don't forget, he was their choice for challenger, not yours, coz they figured his defeat was a foregone conclusion. They were banking on it, coz as far as they were concerned, he was unelectable.
The only silver lining to that cloud is that they got it spectacularly wrong. The ppl have started to wake up to what's really going on, and right now the elites should be quaking in their boots but for the fact that they still hold the weapon of last resort - political assassination. It happened to the Kennedys. It almost happened to Raegan. It (or their overthrow) happened to countless foreign leaders who dared to challenge US/elite hegemony (Mossadegh, Trujillo, Arbenz, Allende, Rahman, Diem, Lumumba, Velasco, Bosch, Goulart, Sukarno, Papandreou, Makarios, Sihanouk, Torres, Moro, Aristide, Aquino, Hussein, Gadaffi, ad nauseum and ad infinitum). They won't hesitate to take out Trump if he gets in their way. That is your 'democracy' for you. It's illusory, and has been for some time now - at least since JFK at any rate. LBJ and most of his successors have simply headed up the biggest crime syndicate on the face of the planet, otherwise known as corporate America, Wall Street, and the Industrial-Military Complex.
But compared to Hil-liar-y, sure, no question - he's an angel. Unfortunately, he has largely surrounded himself with insiders, so that swamp ain't gonna get drained anytime soon.
Sorry if that reply dissapoints you.
Merry Christmas sis.
Hmm.......well, I don't think the memo reached Ivanka, coz she wasted no time hawking her jewellery on the coat tails of papa's victory, did she?
But you misunderestimated me (to paraphrase a former POTUS). I'm not necessarily suggesting the Donald is only in it for himself. I actually have great hopes for him, if for no other reason than that his victory puts an exocet up the elites' back passage. I want him to succeed, and pray he will.
I dread to think what might be the consequences of his failure, or his forcible removal from office.
She forgot to mention the animal sacrifices in that list of restored temple rituals, an affront to Jesus' perfect sacrifice of Himself made once and for all eternity on our behalf. If you have never understood that Jesus fulfils all the OT types, messianic prophecies, etc., including all those associated with temple ritual, then I'm afraid you have a very tenuous grasp of Biblical hermeneutics and exegesis.
Jesus tore that temple curtain in two when He died on the Cross for you, but your pals would stitch it back together again. Shame on them for peddling such anti-Christian drivel in the name of 'prophecy'. Youtube is awash with false prophecies like this one, and they will all come to naught, as indeed they have done consistently to date.
I recall a similar frenzy about a rebuilt temple in the late 60's, no doubt inspired by the 6 day war, and it was all fake 'news' then too. We then had a repeat performance from Hal Lindsay - remember him and his 'prophecy' (Late Great Planet Earth) for 1988? That didn't turn out so well for him either, did it? But don't take my word for any of these warnings from history - google them and see for yourself. Then come back here in 8 years time, and if there's a third temple standing on the site currently occupied by the Dome of the Rock, I'll eat my hat and beg your forgiveness for being such a horrible cynic. It will never happen..........and I mean never.
If your pals prove to be wrong about all this, as I am sure they will, you will then have Deut. 18:20-22 to contend with, but I'm sure they'll find some way to wriggle out of that too. They always do, then come back for another attempt at 'prophecy'. Some ppl just never learn, but you gotta admire their tenacity.
My dear rainy9, I'm not accusing you of anything as such, and I most certainly did read your post. I'm more than happy to acknowledge that you accept the efficacy, sufficiency and finality of Jesus' sacrifice on the Cross, and that the restoration of the OT cultus of animal sacrifices would represent a retrograde step that flouts a fundamental principle of Scriptural hermeneutics - namely, that of progressive revelation.
Having said that, you must surely be aware that most of your bed-fellows (ie temple restorationists) do indeed espouse precisely such calamitous doctrines as the restoration of the Levitical Preisthood and its necessary concomitant - animal sacrifices. See 3:00 - 3:24 of this by way of illustration of the fact:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIoBxrza7SU
It's a real shame therefore that you still cling to the false notion of a literal 3rd temple, which more or less places you in the same camp as those with whom you disagree over some important details. You may have jettisoned the sacrifices, but your belief that a physical temple will be rebuilt still represents a restoration of the shadow after the substance has already been revealed to us in the person of the Messiah (Col. 2:16-17). In that sense, you are still sitting on the fence somewhat.
As a possible antidote to your literalistic take on the subject, may I recommend to you the writings of Charles D Alexander, especially his 'broadsheet' on this very subject:
http://www.sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=22433
As for Kim Clement, he also said in that same 'prophecy':
And God says, "Even a greater move of the Spirit shall take place and your enemies will finally be subdued by the year 2009."
Hmm..........last time I checked, Putin was still sabre-rattling and winning in Syria, Afghanistan is virtually back under Taliban control, Iraq and Libya are basket cases with Pakistan not that far behind, Kim Jong Un was still threatening a 'merciless' attack against you, China still has you by the short & curlies in the financial realm [and quite possibly in cyberspace as well], and there's still a very long line of jihadists who are hell-bent on destroying 'the great babylon'. So no, I don't think so.
And Kat Kerr? Her MO is very strongly reminiscent of that employed by spiritists. If that works for you, fine. Personally, I prefer to err on the side of caution and heed the warnings of Mt. 7:22-23, 24:4-5 and IICor. 11:12-15.
I have no idea who Vektek is, but thx for the tip anyway.
As for truth, I get all I need from the Bible, and don't feel a pressing need for constant 'revelations' to justify or inform my beliefs. And for what it's worth, I never suggested you should come back in 8 yrs to apologise. If in doubt, please revisit the post in question to see what I actually said, as opposed to what you imagined I said.
In any event, by all means have a great life, and if by any chance we should meet in the next life, hopefully we'll be able to importune on the Holy Spirit to referee any further debates over the true nature of the 3rd Temple. And the success or otherwise of Trump's presidency.