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The major component of Evangelical obsession with Israel is seeing it as fulfilment condition for the coming Rapture. Nothing to do with liking Jews much. Just
by varjag 6y ago
The major component of Evangelical obsession with Israel is seeing it as fulfilment condition for the coming Rapture. Nothing to do with liking Jews much.
Just a waypoint on death cult checklist.
- cmrdporcupine 6y agoYes and I do feel like this particular interpretation of the content of Revelations, etc. seems fairly new.
- varjag 6y agoPossibly it took off with advent of televangelism?
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- throwaway765299 6y agoI grew up in an evangelical church, I still attend evangelical churches, and yet oddly the only time I hear that I and my fellow Evangelicals support Israel is due to a death cult wish for the rapture is when people outside the faith are explaining the beliefs of my fellow parishioners to me. Odd that.
- varjag 6y agoA 2017 LifeWay poll conducted in United States found that 80% of evangelical Christians believed that the creation of Israel in 1948 was a fulfillment of biblical prophecy that would bring about Christ's return and more than 50% of Evangelical Christians believed that they support Israel because it is important for fulfilling the prophecy. This also suggests that 50% would disagree with that, but 1 in 2 is plenty.
- gerikson 6y agoI found this book very interesting - it's about "outsiders", mainly American citizens, working in Israel to put the jigsaw puzzles in place to bring about the Apocalypse. For example, by recreating the ceremonial horns used in the Temple, and by breeding a perfect red heifer. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27467.The_End_of_Days?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=lwCdK2JGZ7&rank=1 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27467.The_End_of_Days?ac...
- dpe82 6y agoEvangelical, perhaps, but I was raised Lutheran. My particular synod didn't spend a whole lot of time with the Book of Revelation.