Mitt Romney and the Future of the United States

Well, as of today Mitt Romney holds more delegates than any of his republican colleagues in the race for the republican presidential nomination.

What is really interesting to me is how the media is trying to pretend that he isn't even in the running. I don't know what is going on where you live but here in California and on the CNN news channels they talk about all the other candidates at length - good or bad - but when it comes to Mitt Romney they don't seem to realize that he is running.

Obviously they feel threatened by a member of the church actually finding favor with the American public and they believe that any press will cause more to vote for him. He isn't their candidate - and in spite of their anti-Mormon propaganda he is earning his votes.

Now, I don't know if he will eventually win the presidential election or if he will even win the republican nomination but I do believe that he is serving a very important role in modern prophesy.

Ever since I became a member of the church in 1972 I have heard of the modern day prophesy talking about how one day the United States/constitution will be hanging by a thread, in near ruin. And in those days, as long as we haven't forgotten God, the Lord will raise up an Elder of the church to "save" the country from falling completely into ruin. (see quotes below)

In 1997, during Bill Clinton's last term as president I was not too surprised to hear President Hinkley tell us that we were in fact in the last days and that our government was now "hanging by a thread."

Now Mitt Romney is running for president. He has more business experience than all the other candidates put together. And he has been well trained in the aspects of government that is needed to bring this country back into some form of sanity. But he still may not be the "Elder" whom the Lord has in mind for this country. Even so, he has been laying a foundation for another member of the church to run for president and win.

Romney has single handedly brought "Mormonism" into the political spotlight. Sure there are many other LDS politicians but they have not brought on the media blitz that Romney has. He has opened up discussions, taken the flack and been the impetus for people of all faiths to entertain the idea of an LDS president.

So as far as I see it, even if Romney isn't our next president, he has allowed the bigoted members of society to release their venom, making their venom less toxic for the next LDS nominee. And that is a win-win situation for us all.

References:

The Words of Joseph Smith, 19 July 1840:
"The time would come when the Constitution and Government would hang by a brittle thread and would be ready to fall into other hands but this people the Latter day Saints will step forth and save it."

Elder L. Tom Perry, February 24, 1976, at BYU -
“‘The time will come when the destiny of this nation will hang upon a single thread."

Harold B. Lee, Conference Report, October 1952, p.18. "Joseph Smith who has been quoted as having said that the time would come when the Constitution would hang as by a thread and at that time when it was thus in jeopardy, the elders of this Church would step forth and save it from destruction."