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brooklynite

(94,808 posts)
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 11:51 PM Jan 2020

Trump will start the end of the world, claim Eevangelicals who support him

Newsweek

Evangelical Christians overwhelmingly support President Donald Trump because they believe he'll cause the world to end.

Many have questioned why devout evangelicals support Trump, a man who has bragged about sexual assault, lies perpetually and once admitted he never asks God for forgiveness. Trump's lack of knowledge of the Bible is also well-known.

Nevertheless, many evangelical Christians believe that Trump was chosen by God to usher in a new era, a part of history called the "end times." Beliefs about this time period differ, but it is broadly considered the end of the world, the time when Jesus returns to Earth and judges all people.

Jerusalem has a central role as the city of prophecy and the place where the end of times plays out. According to the prophecy, a 1,000-year period of peace must be followed by seven years of tribulation, during which wars, disease, and natural disasters will lay waste to the earth. In the book of Revelation, Israel is described as a nation that exists during the time of tribulation, and Jerusalem's Jewish temple is resurrected during this period. The last temple was destroyed around 70 A.D, and today there is a mosque on the Temple Mount where the previous two temples are believed to have stood. Evangelicals believe that a unified Israel with control over Jerusalem will facilitate the construction of a new Jewish temple, and set the groundwork for the end of times.
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Trump will start the end of the world, claim Eevangelicals who support him (Original Post) brooklynite Jan 2020 OP
They are getting their flying shoes ready ooky Jan 2020 #1
Nothing like having a long term plan to screw up the world. GemDigger Jan 2020 #2
Jonesin' for the end of the world Leith Jan 2020 #3
Evangelicals can be some of the worst people sakabatou Jan 2020 #4
The Lard is their shepherd Blue Owl Jan 2020 #5
I don't want to offend anyone, madaboutharry Jan 2020 #6
I love the Lincoln quote in your sig line. Beartracks Jan 2020 #14
Why can't they just go the Jim Jones route? Crunchy Frog Jan 2020 #7
Just go kill yourselves then Ahpook Jan 2020 #8
Evil Fuckers! Coventina Jan 2020 #9
And yet . . Iliyah Jan 2020 #10
Just end it. C_U_L8R Jan 2020 #11
Evil blm Jan 2020 #12
And they are never asked, "What if you're wrong?" gratuitous Jan 2020 #13
In other words, according to their own scriptures, they support the Anti-Christ. Zolorp Jan 2020 #15
Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you long for the day of the Lord? struggle4progress Jan 2020 #16
Someone please get a prominent Evangelical gleefully talking about the end of the world Baitball Blogger Jan 2020 #17

madaboutharry

(40,238 posts)
6. I don't want to offend anyone,
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 11:58 PM
Jan 2020

but the “End Times” crowd always sound like they’re in a cult. Wanting the wirld to end is really batshit nuts.

Crunchy Frog

(26,694 posts)
7. Why can't they just go the Jim Jones route?
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 12:03 AM
Jan 2020

That way the rest of us wouldn't have to suffer through their "end times".

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
10. And yet . .
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 12:11 AM
Jan 2020

the billionaires got secured areas in case.

It won't work. Global warning is from within and without.

C_U_L8R

(45,027 posts)
11. Just end it.
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 12:11 AM
Jan 2020

The world is much better off with these losers. Self-rapture is a wonderful way to get there before the rush.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
13. And they are never asked, "What if you're wrong?"
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 12:28 AM
Jan 2020

I don't know if it's ignorance or misplaced deference, but when this nonsense comes up, it doesn't take the serene wisdom of a master to ask one of these gumballs, "What if you're wrong? You're making a colossal mess, causing untold pain and suffering for millions if not billions, and we still have to clean it up."

 

Zolorp

(1,115 posts)
15. In other words, according to their own scriptures, they support the Anti-Christ.
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 12:42 AM
Jan 2020

That's what Revelations has to say about it any way.

struggle4progress

(118,379 posts)
16. Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you long for the day of the Lord?
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 12:53 AM
Jan 2020

That day will be darkness, not light.

It will be as though a man fled from a lion only to meet a bear,
as though he entered his house and rested his hand on the wall only to have a snake bite him.

Will not the day of the Lord be darkness, not light — pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?

I hate, I despise your religious festivals; your assemblies are a stench to me.
Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them.
Though you bring choice fellowship offerings, I will have no regard for them.
Away with the noise of your songs!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.

But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!

Amos 5

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