The plethora of Christians who prophesied that Trump would win a second term in 2020 missed it badly. Some were very famous people who frequent prophetic conferences and write books.
Consider:
1 Corinthians 13
8 Charity never faileth:
but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether
there be tongues, they shall cease; whether
there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
The Lord has given me dreams and insights down through the years. I never got anything about Trump being elected for a second term. I did state he would win the first term. Many friends had a chuckle about that... but it happened.
I think there is a misunderstanding among many as to what the prophetic gift is. The Holy Spirit enabled
gift of prophecy never fails... but there is a prophetic element that comes from the reborn spirit of Christ in us. In my earlier days teaching in the Prophetic School, I called it the "
ungift" to differentiate it from the Holy Spirit enabled
gift of prophecy. When people use this "
ungift" to foretell, it fails almost as often as it comes true.
This ability is not intended to be used in foretelling. It is meant to comfort, edify, and exhort. Believers who are keen to the Spirit may hear the Spirit regarding things of the future. But this is not a spiritual gift, it is just the Spirit sharing things with you. Some believers will take this information and incorporate it into an
ungift message intending to comfort, edify, and exhort. However, when they do this, they fall prey to the above scripture warning "whether there be prophecies, they shall fail." As stated, all prophetic messages delivered via the Holy Spirit enable
gift of prophecy will come true. Not so with the personal
ungift prophecy. They will fail, not because of anything the Spirit did, but they will fail because things shared from the Spirit may not be intended for public consumption, and just as often as not, the individual just gets it wrong.
In the case of the Trump second term prophesies, they just got it wrong. They either heard wrong, or they misunderstood, or most likely, got on the "prophetic train" of those who were declaring the same thing.
Those with the Holy Spirit enabled gift of prophecy know when they receive a message or revelation from God. There is no mistaking it. I suspect the vast majority of people giving messages do not have the Holy Spirit enabled gift. They just do not know any better.
I will say they are not "false prophets" which is a very specific term in the NT which referred to someone who does not believe in Jesus or the gospel, and they do not want you to believe in Jesus and the gospel either.
These folks just got it wrong. And brought distain upon the gifts and the church.