Is a Golden Age Ahead for America?

On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump, the forty-fifth and now forty-seventh President of the United States, began his second term after a four-year hiatus. President Trump promised, from campaign trail to inauguration, to help lead the United States into a “golden age”—a time of greatness and prosperity unlike any other. After roughly 100 days of his second term, his supporters and opponents remain passionate. Some are terrified at the prospect of weakening the nation’s long-standing system of checks and balances between the three branches of government. Others are delighted to see quick movement toward their long-desired goals for the nation. But who is right? Is the nation on the precipice of disaster? Or is it being made “great again”?

Many rightly wonder if any government overseen by fallible human beings with limited time, capacities, and vision, can ever bring about such a time as President Trump has promised. Can any leader stop—or even slow—the growing snowball that has been hurtling down the nation’s economic and cultural mountainside for decades? Human weakness and the record of history make the answer clear: No. The Bible reveals tragedy and turmoil prophesied to come not only upon America, but upon all the modern-day descendants of ancient Israel in the latter days. And what, specifically, has the Eternal God foretold will befall these nations at what the Bible calls in Jeremiah 30:7 “the time of Jacob’s trouble”?

Scripture provides a litany of powerful warnings against—as well as describing severe consequences of—violating God’s laws. God plainly warned through Moses that He would break the pride of the Israelites’ power (Leviticus 26:19). Among President Trump’s rallying cries have been the calls to purchase Greenland and retake the Panama Canal. Threats of competition from China, saber-rattling from Russia, and endless negative press about the impact of President Trump’s actions only seem to strengthen his resolve.

A prophecy describes the blessings afforded to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: “And they blessed Rebekah and said to her: ‘Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands; and may your descendants possess the gates of those who hate them’” (Genesis 24:60). Rebekah was to be the mother of countless descendants, who would “possess the gates” of their enemies. These gates, including sea gates like the Panama Canal, are vital for strategic control and economic benefit—and they, along with vast resources and the military and financial clout to hold and develop them, are truly the “pride” of America’s power, if anything ever was.

Yet these blessings have been eroded and taken away over time due to national rebellion against the Eternal God. This directly corresponds to national sins—transgression of God’s great spiritual law, the Ten Commandments—impacting the influence and power of the U.S., United Kingdom, and other modern-day descendants of ancient Israel. Their collective moral decline has resulted in the loss of strategic sea gates and the selling away of even their natural resources—just as God promised when He said He would “break the pride” of their power.

The True Savior

Is any degree of “golden age” poised to materialize? No—or, rather, not in the manner sought by the American populace and the ever-watchful nations of the world. And while a “golden age” known as the Millennium will soon arrive, other prophetic trends still need to develop that will thrust all nations into a final great crisis before the true Savior returns.

As we witness the loss of blessings and the fulfillment of both God’s faithful warnings and the consequences for sin, let us draw ever closer to our God and prepare now for the millennial reign of Jesus Christ—when God’s government will bring lasting peace and prosperity to all nations.

To learn more about the biblical identity of America and Great Britain and the prophecies regarding their fates in the near future, read The United States and Great Britain in Prophecy. To learn more about Jesus Christ’s coming “golden age,” read The World Ahead: What Will It Be Like? Both are available free of charge from the Regional Office nearest you, listed on page 4 of this magazine, and both can also be read right here at TomorrowsWorld.org.