Ron Cantor, a Messianic leader based in Israel, said he twice heard from God that Biden would win because of the church’s idolization of Trump. Most public prophecies, including those by Johnson, sided with Trump, sometimes mentioning a disputed election.īut even some who voted for Trump felt like God was saying that Biden would win this time. Robertson was not alone in seeing another victory for the president in 2020. In 2016, Jeremiah Johnson, a pastor and prophet, accurately predicted Trump’s first term even before he emerged as a leader in the Republican primaries. In some elections, prophecies are more than 50/50 guesses. With Donald Trump’s 70 million votes, reportedly the second-highest total in US history, we might think that Robertson indeed heard something. In late October, Pat Robertson declared that he had heard from the Lord: “Without question, Trump is going to win the election.” To Robertson’s credit, Trump did far better than expected. Sometimes, however, prophecies do predict the future. Prophecy is saying what God says, which is more often about forthtelling than about foretelling.
