It does feel sometimes like we are being swept along by a whirlwind. I think his statement was meant to be partly tongue-in-cheek, but I think he is also playing to the insinuations by others that he is god-like, where I think it would be more appropriate for him to publicly decry these statements if he were truly humble and a true Christian. Yes, we Christians talk about being "the King's kids" and other similar monikers, but if anyone elevated any of us to a god-like status, I know that we would quickly seek to silence those statements!! I am not, nor will I ever be, on an equal footing with the Almighty God!! I think that, instead of making statements such as those in the subject line of this post, Obama needs to make the same kind of statement I would.
I do not know how near we are to a "two-state solution" between Israel and the Palis, but I agree that things seem to be moving very swiftly on many world fronts, from North Korea to Iran to Israel. I may be wrong, but this summer may be a very interesting, very critical time in world affairs. I do know that I have never seen such a time before in my life. There are times I wish my dad and grandfather (his dad) were alive to help me better understand this. My grandfather was a Baptist preacher with a great interest in the End Times. Many's the time we sat at the dinner table at my grandparents' house and talked about End Times events as part of the normal dinner conversation.
"Oir is leatsa an rioghachd, agus an cumhachd, agus a gloir, gu siorraidh, Amen." ("For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever, Amen" -- Scots Gaelic)