People see this election as the most defining and existential that will “fundamentally change” USA. In 2008, POTUS44 famously said this in his victory speech in Chicago that led to Obamacare as “election has consequences”. Whoever wins this year’s election will be regarded differently by people depending upon political affiliation. Some will say great, as others will echo an opposite and belligerent tone; “not my President”. Whatever happens afterwards, life goes on as usual as Ecclesiastes 1:9 says “nothing new under the sun”. All told, does humanity’s destiny really depend on “people’s choice”?

On November 3, voters in USA will elect the new POTUS. Early voting, whether in-person, absentee-ballot or general mail-in, has started and estimated to be over 8.7 millions. Whether Trump/POTUS45 will be re-elected or former VP Biden be the next POTUS, may not be known for days (or weeks) as both political parties are prepared with hired lawyers and an army of volunteers to contest legitimacy of some votes. “This past year, Democratic and Republican lawyers have filed hundreds of election-related lawsuits in state and federal courts, putting this election on track to become the most litigated in history.” Moreover, Election Integrity has been questionable because of problems in on-line voter portal as well as failure to confirm the citizenship and signatures of the voter in mail-in ballots and claims of “ballot-harvesting”.

Multiple issues are confronting every voters’ decision on who to vote for, viz., unprecedented success of Trumponomics in just 47 months vs 47 years of Biden, leadership response to SARS-CoV-2 pandemic originating from WuhanLab in China, law-and-order vs Antifa-BLM protests/violence/looting/burning, border control vs immigration of illegal aliens, lower taxes and deregulation, environmental policies, pro-life vs abortion/Infanticide, Obamacare, school choice, criminal justice reform, international relations, etc.

Counter-intuitively also, claims of systemic racism, inequality, wealth gap, health disparity and even basic moral values, character, honesty, transparency, trust, etc. began to assume emphasis as a strategic move to win. As a result, division along racial lines, ethnicity, gender/sexual orientation and even among religious groups have surfaced with poignancy.

But the bottom line maybe pocketbook issues that affect daily living and survival. Self -interest is a powerful determinant on how people decide as we are all “flesh-composed” with needs, wants, expectations and difference in what is best.

No one knows the future and any prediction or polls that claim who will be the winner in this Election 2020 may just be pure gobbledegook predicated on supposed data, which at best, are expressions of “confirmation bias”.

As to who will win may not necessarily depend on “people’s choice”. May it well be dependent on the supernatural? This maybe a “hard pill” to swallow that our eyes may soon see the light.

Succession of kingdoms prophesied

In Daniel 2, a general prophecy of successive kingdoms/governments was laid out in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream and its interpretation was revealed by God to Daniel. Eventually, “the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands—a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces.” will replace all those human kingdoms. History confirmed that this succession of human governments came to pass and events are now waiting for its culmination.

There is a principle in play here. God’s choice vs people’s choice was explained by apostle Paul in Romans Chapter 9, that indeed, what happens ultimately depends on the decision-maker. The minute details and permutations of events may happen on their own but the finality will still end up as an expression of God’s will and sovereignty.

Essentially, Paul understood that it is God who ultimately decides “destiny of man”, succession of major kingdoms and even what defines who Israel is. Notice this:

“Israel is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring. Children of promise, God’s purpose in election might stand: not by works but by him who calls does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.”

Summary

Human kingdoms will come and go. Whether by violent or silent coup, invasion or by peaceful turnover through elections. Election 2020 will be no different. Legal challenges will come as humans can cheat, exercise political gamesmanship, maneuvering and chicanery, which are all expressions of human deficiency/weakness because we are created so, I.e., “flesh-composed” . Expect worldwide market gyrations, political upheavals, ups/downs and “dark winter”

Ultimately, the whole human experience on earth will teach us that no man’s hegemony will be the answer, whether benevolent dictatorship, monarchy, socialism, Nazism, communism and not even capitalism or Constitutional Republic.

Humans were not created to develop “flesh-composed” human-kingdoms. Rather, we are a template for ultimately building a “God-kingdom”, an “ongoing creation”, composed eventually of “spirit-composed beings” and manifested at the time of Christ’s 2nd coming on earth to commence the Millennium. We were created “diverse and weak” and needs to be empowered by “in-dwelling” of the Holy Spirit” for sanctification to have “oneness with God”.

There is hope for the future as promised and ordained. God’s kingdom/government will come on earth, commencing in Christ’s second coming on earth as prophesied in Daniel 2:44,

“In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom (government) that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.”

This return of Christ will takedown the anti-Christs at the battle of Armageddon in Megiddo and He and the “spiritual firstfruits” will reign in the Millenium on earth. An “ongoing creation” for the “spiritual latterfruits” (post-Millenium) will continue to occur and the rest of those who rejected Christ will die an “eternal death” by the “Gehenna fire”. Eventually a “new heaven and earth” will come and God the Father will dwell on earth, welcome by all “spirit-composed beings” the firstfruits and latterfruits, all members of the “kingdom of God”.

All US citizens are enjoined to vote.

God bless 🙏😇

The message of 2020 is for us to see with a vision of 20/20.

Hyperlink version posted on October 29, 2020.

Dedicated to all for Election 2020. Congratulations to all the winners. 🎉🎊

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