Jeanine Pirro has apparently taken on the title of Theologian in Residence at FoxNews. She declared that by moving the US embassy to Jerusalem, Donald Trump has fulfilled Bible prophecy.

It relates to Cyrus, king of Persia, who said Jerusalem should be inhabited, and formed a caravan of Jewish captives to go rebuild Jerusalem. Cyrus, according to God, had not acknowledged God (whereas Donald Trump, according to James Dobson, is a born-again Christian), and he commanded Cyrus to assemble “fugitives from the nations,” to open doors, and not shut gates (which is not in tune with Trump immigration policy). However, Theologian Pirro looks past those trivialities and sees Trump as a 21st Century version of the pagan king Cyrus.

Jerusalem actually became the capital of Israel in 1948. But THAT apparently didn’t fulfill Scripture. As American Exceptionalists know, nothing counts until the United States says it counts. Now that the US has endorsed Jerusalem as the capital, Scripture is fulfilled. Finally.

Growing up in the 1970s, I read “The Late Great Planet Earth” and other prophecy books. They all mentioned the Fig Tree prophecy from Matthew 24. As interpreted by Hal Lindsey and friends, Jesus was saying that when the nation of Israel is re-established, “this generation shall not pass” until Jesus returns. Lindsey said a biblical generation was 40 years. Therefore, Christ would return within 40 years of 1948, when Israel was re-established.

It obviously didn’t happen by 1988. Why? Well, thanks to Jeanine Pirro, we now know. Although Jerusalem became the capital in 1948, the United States hadn’t acknowledged it. Scripture is clear that the approval of the United States is needed, a fact Hal Lindsey, who lacks Jeanine Pirro’s theological credentials, conveniently chose to ignore.

So now, thanks to Donald Trump, we can finally start the clock. Within 40 years of May 2018, Christ will return. You can count on it.