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Having read revelation myself, the reconstruction of the temple in Jerusalem is a technical prerequisite for the antichrist, because it said he would desecrate

Having read revelation myself, the reconstruction of the temple in Jerusalem is a technical prerequisite for the antichrist, because it said he would desecrate the temple, being a prophecy about a nasty dude. If any Christians out there want to deliberately create the conditions for the antichrist to desecrate the temple so that the rapture can happen sooner and the world can end, to be honest, that is crazy even within a system of faith. On those grounds I don't believe that it could possibly be a mainstream belief.

aradox66 3y ago
It is bizarre! Yet it is quite mainstream. See Christians United for Israel, the largest Zionist lobby in the USA with around 1 million members. Their founder is quite explicit about this theological motivation.
- whatshisface 3y ago
  CUFI's website says it has ten million members. I can't find any mention of hastening the second coming - do you have a reference for that?
  - aradox66 3y ago
    Here's an article discussing this: https://inthesetimes.com/article/christians-united-for-israel-zionism-john-hagee-donald-trump-israel-palestine-iran https://inthesetimes.com/article/christians-united-for-israe... There are many YouTube videos of CUFI founder John Hagee giving sermons on this theology, sometimes going so far as praising the Hitler as "God's instrument" for moving Zionism forward https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hagee-still-sells-controv_b_107545 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hagee-still-sells-controv_b_1...
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