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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHawk's podcast - Huckabee is one of these people
And he's the Ambassador of Israel. When trump appointed him I knew they were going to force this.
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Figarosmom
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It's all about the Apocalypse: Another disturbing reason behind the right wing's pro-Israel obsession
LetMyPeopleVote
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LetMyPeopleVote
(178,272 posts)1. It's all about the Apocalypse: Another disturbing reason behind the right wing's pro-Israel obsession
This story could be true. As a Jew, it is common knowledge the support from the Amercian religious right is due in some part due to a belief that the existence of Israel is essential for their belief in a second coming.
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Politics professor Elizabeth Oldmixon explained in an interview with Vox the strange thread of Christianity that fosters an apocalyptic vision the inspires much of the right-wing support for Israel.
�These are the folks who believe that there will be a millennium in the future, a golden age, where Christ reigns on Earth, [and] they believe that before Christ will return, there will be a tribulation where Christ defeats evil,� she said. �There will be natural disasters and wars, and perhaps an Antichrist, as the book of Revelations notes. Then at the end of that period, the people of the Mosaic covenant, including the Jews, will convert. Then after their conversion, the great millennium starts.�
She continued: �You have this group of people looking around for signs of the end time, and in the 20th century when Israel was founded, this was seen as a major sign. This was electrifying for that community because the gathering of all the Jews in exile to the Holy Land is a prerequisite for all of these events unfolding. So for the subset of evangelicals in the 20th century, support for Israel became a really, really important political position.�
And as evangelical Christianity grew into a central part of the GOP�s coalition, pro-Israel policies became cemented in the party�s ideology.
The alliance between the evangelicals and pro-Israeli Jews, though, is a peculiar partnership. The Christians enter into the bargain with the assumption that, when they reach their goal of the apocalypse, any Jews will either become Christians or go to hell. But their pro-Israel allies don�t seem to mind this much, perhaps because they don�t believe this version of the apocalypse will ever actually come to be � and as long as it is just a fantasy, their interests and those of evangelicals remain aligned.
�These are the folks who believe that there will be a millennium in the future, a golden age, where Christ reigns on Earth, [and] they believe that before Christ will return, there will be a tribulation where Christ defeats evil,� she said. �There will be natural disasters and wars, and perhaps an Antichrist, as the book of Revelations notes. Then at the end of that period, the people of the Mosaic covenant, including the Jews, will convert. Then after their conversion, the great millennium starts.�
She continued: �You have this group of people looking around for signs of the end time, and in the 20th century when Israel was founded, this was seen as a major sign. This was electrifying for that community because the gathering of all the Jews in exile to the Holy Land is a prerequisite for all of these events unfolding. So for the subset of evangelicals in the 20th century, support for Israel became a really, really important political position.�
And as evangelical Christianity grew into a central part of the GOP�s coalition, pro-Israel policies became cemented in the party�s ideology.
The alliance between the evangelicals and pro-Israeli Jews, though, is a peculiar partnership. The Christians enter into the bargain with the assumption that, when they reach their goal of the apocalypse, any Jews will either become Christians or go to hell. But their pro-Israel allies don�t seem to mind this much, perhaps because they don�t believe this version of the apocalypse will ever actually come to be � and as long as it is just a fantasy, their interests and those of evangelicals remain aligned.
For example, the US embassy in Israel by trump to appease these nut cases. This story may be crazy but the nut cases who want an apocalypse worry me
Intractable
(1,926 posts)3. "assumption that, when they reach their goal of the apocalypse, any Jews will either become Christians or go to hell"
You mean they are just using us to fulfill their prophecies? Damn. Say it ain't so.
Figarosmom
(11,328 posts)4. Since there has to be a gathering of all Jews to the
Motherland, I wonder how they will accomplish that? Deport the ones here?
LetMyPeopleVote
(178,272 posts)2. Mike Huckabee is a RWNJ
Mike Huckabee is a RWNJ who believes in Eschatological belief that when the Ancient Kingdom of Israel is reunited that Jesus will come back.
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Jews are upset with this appointment
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