>Israel’s war on Gaza does not coincide with the evangelical mission to trigger the second coming. Maybe you don't see it because you aren't willing to think t

>Israel’s war on Gaza does not coincide with the evangelical mission to trigger the second coming. Maybe you don't see it because you aren't willing to think this darkly. Rebuilding the Temple is not a particularly popular idea, either domestically in Israel or internationally. The country would have to be much further radicalized for that to become realistic. Executing an ethnic cleansing of their Arab population with the tacit endorsement of the US would arguably be steps along that path to creating a world in which the Third Temple might be built.