Originally Posted by Rhyfylwyr:
Aye, don't forget a lot of the pressure with Israel doesn't come from the Jews, but from WASP's of the more Evangelical variety.
I saw a documentary about how there are big businesses in Israel which get these Evangelicals coming and staying over and helping out with some of the communities, one kid was even talking about joining the IDF. :/
there are evangelical Christian's that belief that when the hypothetical second coming of Christ takes place in order for the Christians be saved (or raptured) Israel must exist....they have some role to play....not entirely sure what particular passage of the bible is supposed to mean this....but hey...people believe in silly stuff.
Originally Posted by Ronin:
there are evangelical Christian's that belief that when the hypothetical second coming of Christ takes place in order for the Christians be saved (or raptured) Israel must exist....they have some role to play....not entirely sure what particular passage of the bible is supposed to mean this....but hey...people believe in silly stuff.
It's in the Book of Revelation, Israel will be restored and then destroyed by agents of the Devil, at which point God's true children will turn to him and the rest will be cast down.
So, actually, the Evangelicals are deliberately setting the Jews up for a fall and the Jews think they're playing the Evangelicals for fools (because they think Revelation is a false prophecy). I can't think of a more dysfunctional or messed up relationship.
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