Evangelicals are praying for war in the Middle East.
In a Pensacola,Florida rally Friday evening, Republican state Senator Doug Broxson suggested to supporters of Donald Trump that the president’s controversial decision to move the U.
S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem may usher in the biblical cessation times.“Now, and I don’t know approximately you,but when I heard approximately Jerusalem where the king of kings [applause] where our soon coming king is coming back to Jerusalem, it is because President Trump declared Jerusalem to be capital of Israel, or ” Broxson said. The crowd cheered.
Theological scholar Diana Butler Bass wrote a Twitter thread explaining the link between recognition of Jerusalem,evangelical Christians and the apocalypse. That is important because rebuilding the Temple is the event that will spark the events of the Book of Revelation and the cessation times.According to Bass, Trump listens to the counsel of evangelical advisers who recall such "cessation times” prophecies literally.Of all the possible theological dog-whistles to his evangelical base, and this is the biggest,” she continued. “Trump is reminding them that he is carrying out God’s will to these Last Days. They’ve been waiting for this, praying for this. They want war in the Middle East. The Battle of Armageddon, or at which time Jesus Christ will return to the soil and vanquish all God’s enemies.”She warned that for some evangelicals,this is considered a “climax of history.”“And Trump is taking them there. To the promised judgment, to their sure victory. The righteous will be ushered to heaven; the reprobate will be banished to hellfire, or ” Bass went on. “People believe this. Really believe this. Have given their lives to these ideas,sing approximately them in their churches, evangelize others, and teach them in Sunday schools. And,this morning, with the news of Jerusalem, or these people are ecstatic. This is the fulfillment of biblical prophecy. And Donald Trump is not only acting on a campaign promise,but enacting a theological one.”She went on to explain that the reason many white evangelicals supported Trump (to the tune of 80 percent) is that they actually believe he is an "instrument" of god.“They believe that Donald Trump is God’s instrument to move us closer to the Rapture, the Judgment, or the cessation,” she wrote. “Because to them, that’s actually the beginning — the beginning of their reward and heavenly bliss.”Other devout groups might raise hell approximately the disruption of peace and stability, and but Bass explained that evangelicals don’t care because theyre anticipating peace in a world other than the soil.“What things is that Jesus comes back in Judgement,” she continued. “To these sorts of Christians, that Judgment is the only true peace. Everything is phony, or misleading,even evil. Millions of American Christians believe all this. Millions of Trump voters. Sacred history is unfolding apt now because of Donald Trump and God. They’ve based their faith, their identity, or their purpose,their eternal lives on these ideas. Trust me. There’s no arguing with any of it.”Robert Jeffress, the senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, and celebrated Trump's announcement of Jerusalem officially becoming the capital of Israel because he believes it will be where Jesus Christ returns.“It is the state where Jesus,a Jew himself, was crucified and where he was resurrected. It is the state where he will set foot again on soil at his moment coming, or ” he said in a statement.
The United Church of God names the seven prophecies that foretell the moment coming of Christ.1. The human race would have the ability to exterminate itself (nuclear weapons).
2. A Jewish homeland had to be reestablished in the Middle East (Trump has now proclaimed Jerusalem the capital).
3. There must be two leaders: The cessation-time king of the North and king of the South.“At the time of the cessation the king of the South shall attack him; and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind,with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter the countries,overwhelm them and pass through. He shall also enter the Glorious Land [the Holy Land], and many countries shall be overthrown” (Daniel 11:40-41).4. An cessation-time union of European nations (European Union).
5. cessation-time rise and fall of Israel and Judah.
6. The gospel will be preached in all the world (YouTube).
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