With only two-thirds of voters-and one-third of Republicans-expressing confidence that Biden won a free and fair election, many observers worry that these prophets are sowing more confusion, blurring the line between misinformation and religious proclamation.

Enlow, who did not respond to a request for comment for this article, has said Trump’s victory will be made clear by March. Yet, in the wake of Joe Biden’s victory, instead of apologizing or backtracking, a number of prophets continue to assert that it is God’s will for Trump to be in the White House and that a miraculous reversal is nigh. Trump’s surprise win in 2016 offered a dramatic validation, and in 2020 dozens of prophets declared that he would win election again. In 2015, spurred by the lengthy prophecy of a 27-year-old wunderkind named Jeremiah Johnson, many Pentecostals and charismatics embraced the idea that God had chosen Trump to restore America’s Christian moorings. There are no official requirements for prophet status, though followers generally expect prophets to get at least a few prophecies right.īut, lately, that standard has come under duress-particularly when it comes to Donald Trump. Some prophets are church leaders, while others operate independently. Enlow, Locke and Kerr are among dozens of Christian prophets in America-religious leaders with followings among Pentecostal and charismatic Christians who claim the ability to predict the future based on dreams, visions and other supernatural phenomena.

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