> odd facet of belief found in some American Protestant belief systems - that for Jesus to come back, the State of Israel has to exist. Nothing 'odd' here, if

> odd facet of belief found in some American Protestant belief systems - that for Jesus to come back, the State of Israel has to exist. Nothing 'odd' here, if one subscribes to the notion that Revelation (the last book of the Bible) is predictive. The idea was popularized in the 1970s by Hal Lindsey[1] whose 'The Late Great Planet Earth'[2] is amusuingly not for sale ate [1]. I guess that Lindsey was a better book peddler than prophet. [1] https://www.hallindsey.com/ https://www.hallindsey.com/ [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Late_Great_Planet_Earth https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Late_Great_Planet_Earth