Trump’s Rededication of America to God: A Nation Sealed for Coming Judgment | Biblical Patterns, Israel’s Central Role, and the Prophetic Warning Signs of 2026
- Brandon Dawson
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On February 5, the President of the United States publicly announced that a national ceremony will be held on May 17, 2026, calling the nation back under God. The announcement was made at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC, and was deliberately timed to coincide with the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States. It was presented as a historic moment, framed as a return to faith and a defining spiritual reset for the nation.
Since then, many believers have interpreted May 17 as a coming jubilee for America. They assume this ceremony signifies national repentance, restored favor, and a turning point connected to a significant milestone in American history. The language surrounding the event has been hopeful and celebratory, with expectations focused on renewal and blessing.
However, I do not believe May 17 signals a jubilee for America. Rather, I believe it marks a jubilee for God Himself—a distinction that fundamentally changes the meaning of this moment. Many are interpreting this potential jubilee as the nation’s 250th anniversary, rather than the biblical purpose, definition, and meaning of Jubilee.
Biblically, the Jubilee is defined by God’s law, not by national anniversaries or historical milestones. In Leviticus 25, Jubilee is established as a year declared by God's authority, announced by the sounding of the trumpet on the Day of Atonement. It is inseparably tied to the Sabbath system instituted at creation and codified in the Law. Just as the seventh day was sanctified as a Sabbath to the Lord, and just as the land was commanded to rest every seventh year, Jubilee follows seven cycles of seven years and stands as the highest expression of God’s Sabbath order. It is a year when God enforces rest, restores what was lost, and reasserts His ownership over the land, the people, and time itself. Jubilee does not arise from human intention, political ceremony, or national declaration. It exists because God commanded it, governs it, and claims authority through it, declaring, “For the land is Mine” (Leviticus 25:23, NKJV).
In Scripture, Jubilee is not optional, symbolic, or merely celebratory. It is an act of divine enforcement rooted in obedience to God’s commands. The land returns to its proper order because it belongs to the Lord. Debts are released because provision belongs to Him. Authority is reset because He governs all things. Jubilee was never intended to exalt a nation—it was designed to confront a nation with the reality of God’s ownership.
This understanding is closely linked to how God communicates. He speaks with order and purpose, and one of the primary ways He does so is through time itself. As Ecclesiastes 1:9 says, “That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.” History repeats by design. God established recurring patterns so His people could learn His ways, recognize His language, and discern His actions when those patterns reappear.
God is not limited to human forms of communication. He governs all creation—space, time, and everything in it—and uses these to speak. The calendar He established is not a human invention, but a divine structure that reflects His order. Through appointed times, recurring cycles, and repeated patterns, God reveals His purposes and calls His people to discernment.
The biblical calendar is structured around the Sabbath. There is the weekly Sabbath, established at creation as a declaration that God is Creator and Sustainer. There is the yearly Sabbath cycle, where the land rests every seventh year in obedience to God’s command. Then there is the Jubilee Sabbath, which follows seven cycles of seven years and stands as the highest expression of this structure. Each layer of Sabbath reinforces the same truth: God owns time, God owns the land, and God governs His creation according to His order.
The Jubilee Sabbath exists to correct violations of God’s order. It functions as a reset, not because people request it, but because God is who He is. It addresses failures of stewardship, obedience, and submission to His authority—especially concerning the land.
This foundation is critical when Scripture later reveals that time itself becomes an instrument of judgment. In Daniel 9, the seventy weeks are decreed as a sentence upon Israel because the Sabbaths—especially the land Sabbaths—were violated. The land was not allowed to rest as God commanded, and accountability was measured in years as a result. Sixty-nine of those weeks have been completed; one final seven remain.
God has not abandoned His order, His calendar, or His word. When He speaks through time, He expects His people to recognize and respond to it.
This is why May 17 must be examined carefully. It does not signal a jubilee for America. Instead, it aligns more closely with a jubilee for God—a moment when He asserts His authority, places testimony into the record, and advances His purposes through a nation long accountable to His hand. believe it stands as a decisive turning point in world history, marking the approaching close of the church age, the nearing completion of the time of the Gentiles, and the transition toward what Scripture calls the time of Jacob’s trouble.
A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE AND DISCERNMENT
If May 17 were signaling a Jubilee for America, it would be evident through repentance expressed in obedience to God’s commands. Jubilee, as defined in Scripture, does not override disobedience or excuse compromise. It confronts it. When obedience is absent, Jubilee does not function as a form of national restoration. It functions as testimony for God. Because that obedience is absent, discernment is required to understand what is actually unfolding.
This lack of obedience is not abstract. It is measurable and most clearly revealed in how the land is treated. Two weeks before the announcement of the May 17 ceremony, the United States advanced an international peace framework through the Davos forum that directly contradicts God’s stated standard concerning the land of Israel. If this were America’s Jubilee, such an action would be impossible. Jubilee restores what belongs to God. It does not negotiate it away.
In Joel 3, the Word says the Lord will gather the nations for judgment because they have divided His land. This is not symbolic language. It is legal language. God identifies the land as His possession and treats its division as an act that demands accountability. Any nation asserting authority over that land places itself in opposition to God’s declared ownership. That posture does not align with national restoration. It aligns with divine reckoning.
What occurred at Davos fits this warning with precision. The agreement was presented publicly as a peace initiative concerning Gaza, yet Gaza was not even included in the foundational text. Instead, Israel’s adversaries were invited to participate in shaping outcomes over land and authority, while Israel itself was not invited. This was not neutrality. It was a presumption. Authority was exercised over land God has already claimed as His own. Again, this is not the posture of a nation entering Jubilee. It is the posture of a nation being measured.
This pattern is not new. On January 28, 2020, the United States unveiled a peace framework that similarly sought to redefine land, borders, and authority under the banner of diplomacy. That initiative was followed by cascading global disruption and judgment. Nearly six years later, on January 20, 2026, a remarkably similar posture reemerged through Davos, almost to the day. Scripture establishes that repetition confirms testimony. When the same violation reappears on the same timeline, it signals that God is recording, not resetting.
Words proclaim one thing, while actions concerning the land demonstrate another. Public language invokes God, yet policy decisions assert authority where God has already spoken. Scripture does not treat this contradiction lightly. In Isaiah 29, the Word says the people draw near with their mouths while their hearts remain far from Him. Jesus later affirms this same principle. When God’s name is spoken, but His commands are disregarded, the result is not restoration. It becomes a curse.
Each land decision reinforces the same conclusion. This moment cannot be understood as a Jubilee for America. The evidence does not support it. The actions concerning the land contradict it. Scripture does not permit that reading. What these events consistently align with is a Jubilee for God, a moment in which He asserts His authority over the land, exposes human overreach, and places testimony in the record before the nations.
New York City, Mystery Babylon, and the Accounting of a Nation
The only formal dedication of the United States to God took place on April 30, 1789, during George Washington’s inauguration—not in Washington, DC, but in New York City, the nation’s first capital. After his oath at Federal Hall, Washington openly acknowledged God’s providence and authority over the nation. This event remains unique in American history: the only time the nation was officially dedicated to God at its highest level.
In more than two centuries since, no similar national dedication has taken place. That absence is significant. Scripture treats first acts, foundations, and seats of power as legally binding. When a nation is dedicated, location, timing, and authority become part of its record.
New York City did not remain the capital, but it became something even more consequential: the world’s leading financial center. Through banking, trade, and currency dominance, New York shaped global economies well beyond America’s borders. This transformation fits the biblical pattern of Mystery Babylon found in Revelation 17 and 18.
Revelation 17 describes Mystery Babylon as a system wielding global power through wealth and commerce. Revelation 18 shows this system enriching the merchants of the earth and binding nations in economic dependence. The language is concrete and economic, not simply symbolic. It points to a center that dominates world trade and exerts control through finance.
At the center of this system sits the United States dollar. As the global reserve currency, it underpins trade, debt, and financial obligations worldwide. Nations depend on it, markets are measured by it, and whole economies rise and fall in response. Debt, trade enforcement, and monetary policy have made the dollar the mechanism binding nations under one economic order.
This reality is sobering, especially because every dollar bears the inscription “In God We Trust.” While God’s name is declared, the system built on that currency has led nations into debt, dependence, and economic servitude. Scripture condemns such contradiction: trusting in God in word while wielding control through wealth places testimony in the record, not blessing.
Revelation 18 details Mystery Babylon’s sudden collapse. Kings and merchants mourn as the system falls, undone by its own overreach. Scripture frames this as divine judgment against a power that exalted itself through wealth while disregarding God’s rule. This language echoes Ezekiel’s description of judgment on those who elevate themselves through commerce and control.
Ezekiel 38 and 39 describe a related judgment involving Gog and Magog, occurring near the destruction of a dominant system. Scripture places economic collapse and global conflict—especially centered on Israel—in the same sequence. Revelation 17 shows ten kings turning against Mystery Babylon and making her desolate. In Scripture, economic and geopolitical upheaval unfold together.
Viewed through this lens, New York City’s significance is undeniable. The only formal dedication of the nation to God happened there, and its greatest financial power remains centered there. In Scripture, the place of a nation’s foundation often becomes the place of its reckoning.
The Prophetic Pattern of May and the Closing of a Cycle
God reveals Himself through patterns, appointed times, and repetition. When warnings return in the same season, year after year, and are confirmed by their fulfillment, they become testimony rather than mere impression. May has repeatedly served as such a prophetic marker in the warnings already given.
In May 2021, a series of warnings came forth within a brief, focused window. These warnings concerned nations, war, and escalation, each delivered with unmistakable clarity. England received a warning on May 10. On May 17, the United States was warned of a potential conflict with China. France, on May 22. Three nations, one season, a single span of days. The precision of this timing demands attention.
These warnings unfolded around Israel’s independence and the Feast of Shavuot. Biblically, this season is significant—Shavuot commemorates the giving of the Torah, when God bound His word to His people, and later, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2. This time is linked to revelation, accountability, and instruction. When warnings repeat during this window, Scripture makes clear they must not be ignored.
The pattern did not end in 2021. During Rosh Hashanah that September, a vision identified a specific day tied to war. Five months later, on February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. The accuracy of this fulfillment affirmed the divine order behind the warnings.
May 2022 brought the pattern again. New dreams and visions appeared in the same seasonal window. These warnings broadened the field: conflict, economic collapse, and the Chinese partnership with Russia. Scripture establishes that repetition confirms truth. When warnings come again on the same dates, with even greater clarity, they signal a progression in God’s dealings.
This is not an isolated moment, but the unfolding of a prophetic cycle. May has become a marker for escalation, accountability, and transition. Understanding May 17 requires this context—without it, meaning is lost; within it, the message stands unmistakably clear.
The announcement of a national ceremony on May 17, aligned with the 250th anniversary, fits squarely within this pattern. God routinely positions public acts within established cycles, making testimony unmistakable and accountability direct.
Scripture reveals that ignored warnings intensify. Patterns that repeat without repentance turn time itself into a measure of accountability. Daniel received a timeline tied to Sabbath violations; Jesus described birth pains increasing in frequency; and Revelation unfolds in an ordered progression. Each example underscores the consequence of disregarding God’s signals.
Through this lens, May 17 is not a reset but a culmination. It closes a warning cycle that has lingered for years. This date aligns with the nearing fulfillment of the time of the Gentiles and the transition into what Scripture calls the time of Jacob’s trouble.
Sources referenced in this article:
https://www.tribeofchristians.com/single-post/i-heard-the-sound-of-a-trumpet-a-shofar-blowing-9-6-21
https://www.tribeofchristians.com/single-post/prophetic-vision-dollar-plummets-and-russia-progresses
https://www.tribeofchristians.com/single-post/prophetic-vision-dollar-plummets-and-russia-progresses
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