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Tom Steyer (by Gage Skidmore) & Elizabeth Warren

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Billionaire Tom Steyer has announced his candidacy for the office of US President:

July 9, 2019

Billionaire activist Tom Steyer said Tuesday that he will run for president in 2020, entering the crowded Democratic field late in the race with a pledge to focus on climate change and reforming the political system.

In a video, the Democratic megadonor, who has funneled millions of dollars into pushing for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, reversed his decision announced earlier this year not to run.

“If we can reduce the influence of corporate money in our democracy, and start to address the devastating impacts of climate change, we can unlock the full potential of the American people and finally solve the many challenges facing our country,” Steyer said in a statement accompanying the video.

“The other Democratic candidates for President have many great ideas that will absolutely move our country forward, but we won’t be able to get any of those done until we end the hostile corporate takeover of our democracy,” he said.

Steyer’s entrance into the race is likely to shake up the primary field, in no small part because of the vast sums of money at his disposal. The former hedge fund manager has pledged to spend at least $100 million on his presidential campaign, spokesman Alberto Lammers said. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/09/tom-steyer-billionaire-pushing-to-impeach-trump-changes-mind-and-decides-to-run-for-president.html

Like other Democrats running, Tom Steyer is pro-abortion. And sadly, he considers that as a requirement for Democratic politicians:

On August 12, 2017, Steyer told Politico that a candidate’s support for legal access to abortion was a litmus test for him and for NextGen America. At the Netroots Nation conference in San Francisco, he said, “We’re pro-choice… We do not work for a single candidate who is not pro-choice. I think people like to have litmus tests. We are explicitly pro-choice. We work a lot with Planned Parenthood, we work a lot with NARAL. We are absolutely committed to it.” https://ballotpedia.org/Thomas_Steyer accessed 07/09/19

Tom Steyer is consider the second biggest financial contributor to Democrats over recent years and since he considers being pro-abortion the ‘litmus test,’ this suggests that he only helps pro-abortion Democrats with money.

He is also pro-LGBTQ.

He enters the race a day after Democrat Eric Stawell dropped out of it.

But there still are around two dozen Democratic candidates and even most Democrats believe that there are too many.

Now one that is currently considered to be a ‘top tier’ candidate is Elizabeth Warren. And Politico reports that she is being unconventional and is going her way in the campaign.

July 9, 2019

When Elizabeth Warren said earlier this year she was swearing off fundraisers, many Democratic strategists saw it as a sign of desperation from a flailing candidate.

But that gamble against conventional wisdom — which is paying off handsomely, given the $19.1 million she raised in the second quarter — is far from the only way Warren is defying the traditional playbook for running a modern presidential campaign.

And now, the campaign told POLITICO that it is shunning the typical model for producing campaign ads, in which outside firms are hired and paid often hefty commissions for their work. Instead, Warren’s campaign is producing TV, digital and other media content itself, as well as placing its digital ad buys internally.

Taken together, Warren’s approach is a rebuke of the consultant-heavy model of campaigns — an often lucrative arrangement in which the people advising campaigns invariably tell candidates that the best political strategy is to buy what they sell, namely TV ads and polling. If carried out for the duration, the moves would create the most robust in-house media production and buying team in recent presidential politics.

And if Warren makes it to the general election, a large swath of Democratic consultants, including some whom Warren has used in past campaigns, could be relegated to the sidelines. That’s because Warren and her campaign team see the standard campaign as another symbol of Washington corruption — and an opportunity to do things differently. https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/09/elizabeth-warren-campaign-2020-1402253

The internet has the potential to be a more cost-effective way to at least get a primary campaign in a crowded field reach people in a way different than past campaigns have.

With so many candidates, being different can help.

Remember that in the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump was considerably different than the other 15 or 18 or so candidates.

Both Tom Steyer and Elizabeth Warren are trying different ways to be different.

This could help them stand out.

But neither they, nor the other candidates has called for what the US really needs–national repentance.

The Bible itself warns that if the children of Israel sinned and did not repent, the following would happen:

¹² As for My people … Those who lead you cause you to err, And destroy the way of your paths. (Isaiah 3:12)

¹⁶ For the leaders of this people cause them to err, And those who are led by them are destroyed. (Isaiah 9:16)

Related to the 2020 campaign, the Continuing Church of God (CCOG) put out the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel:

Various politicians have announced their intentions to run for the office of the President of the United States in 2020. ‘Politico’ ran an article about the ‘sorry state’ of various candidates. Some candidates have felt the need to apologize for previous statements in support of biblical marriage and the need to endorse items of the LGBTQ agenda. Many also support abortion and other anti-biblical actions. Are these ‘American values’? Should the English language be changed to eliminate male/female and singular pronouns? Does the Bible warn about female leaders? Does the Bible warn about leaders that lead people to err? What about condoning sexual immortality? Do the presidential contenders fit prophecies warned about in 2 Timothy 3:1-5? These are some of the subjects that Dr. Thiel addresses.

Here is a link to the sermonette video: Sorry state of the 2020 presidential campaign.

As for the Republican Donald Trump, here is a link to my article Donald Trump in Prophecy, which has a lot of information about him and many of his issues.

The 2020 presidential election is featuring people who are against many aspects of biblical morality.

It seems like all who are potentially major candidates for the 2020 presidential election advocate and promote several positions which are not biblically good.

The Bible itself warns that if the children of Israel sinned and did not repent, the following would happen:

¹² As for My people, children are their oppressors, And women rule over them. O My people! Those who lead you cause you to err, And destroy the way of your paths. (Isaiah 3:12)

So, we see a specific biblical prophecy warning of a time where there will be female rulers. And, as this has happened to descendants of Ephraim having a female in the top office, this would be expected to affect descendants and Manasseh. (Information on the roles of Christian women is in the article Women and the New Testament Church.) Should any woman gain the Democratic party nomination, a male vice president would seem likely.

The time is coming when the USA will be eliminated as a nation per prophecies such as are found in Daniel 11:39 and Isaiah 10:5-12 (watch also our sermon video The Bible, the USA, and the King of the West).

Whoever, Republican, Democrat, or ?, wins in 2020 will be a factor in its destruction.

Consider also that the Bible teaches the following:

16… The Lord hates …. are an abomination to Him:

17 A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood, (Proverbs 6:16-17)

The shedding of innocent blood is what abortion does.

Regarding things like the LGBTQ agenda, the Bible warns of those:

25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie…

26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; 32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them. (Romans 1:18-32)

Amongst other sins, the above scripture is clearly condemning lesbianism, homosexuality, and other forms of sexual immorality.

These are factors that will lead to the death and destruction of the United States (Daniel 11:39; Habakkuk 2:6-8).

Lest some of you discount all this, recall that the Bible teaches:

20 Do not despise prophecies. 21 Test all things; hold fast what is good. (1 Thessalonians 5:20-22)

Related to end time prophetic events, notice what Jesus said:

36 Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man. (Luke 21:36)

Pray and do not despise prophecies.

Of course, none of who are expected to be candidates for USA president will turn the nation back to God, thus none will truly fix the problems in the USA. It will take the return of Jesus Christ and the establishment of the Kingdom of God to do that.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 9th, 2019 at 3:00 pm and is filed under Prophecy.

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