If you want to understand the power of the Evangelical Christian Zionists in US and how they think, I would really recommend this old documentary from 2006.
The programme, presented by Tony Robinson, explored the role of “End Times” beliefs in the USA and Africa, and included interviews with a range of proponents and critics.
Robinson began by suggesting that “End Times” beliefs are politically very significant in the US, and scholar Paul Boyer was brought in to confirm this assessment. Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention was also keen to assert his political influence:
Reagan’s administration would take our calls, in Bush I they would sometimes take our calls, in this Bush administration his advisors call us. And they say, you know, what’s your take on this issue? What is your perspective on this issue? And that’s as they should do. I mean, you know, you need to pay attention to your base.
Robinson reminds us that Bush had called for Israeli withdrawal from large parts of the West Bank prior to the Iraq War, but that this had changed by 2004; the voiceover is complemented by a smug grin from Land, who goes on to explain that the US should not pressure Israel to do something which the Israeli government thinks is detrimental.
During Bush, after me and my wife moved out of US, I could clearly see how the religious lunatics were taking over key positions in the US and the language used by Bush and his people were like reminders of the past, from the time Khomeini and his goons were slowly trying to take over the country and get rid of all "liberal" and "leftist" influence in the society, the big difference was that US has a system that was based on rule of law, that could not be easily changed without major changes in key positions in police, military and judiciary system.
The documentary "Doomesday Code" was like an eye opener, something I had seen in the 1960s Iran and the way they were talking about Rapture and second coming of Jesus, was so similar to the words of Khomeini's followers about the return of Mahdi (the 12th imam) and the necessary steps that would show that it was going to happen. But the Doomsday Cult believe in a different pre-conditions, and instead of waiting for it, they are actively pushing for it, from destruction of the environment, militarism, destructive war in west Asia and the whole region involved in a never ending conflict "that burns the whole region down".
The Doomsday cult was the first in a series of documentaries I watched and the books I read. And saw it jumping into main stream with the birther movement and islamophobic and racist hate against Obama followed by election of Trump and his Mullah Omar Pense as his running mate and later the VP who made huge changes in many parts of the US, from small courts, to the supreme court followed by unconditional support of Israel and setting the stage for a future conflict with Iran.
What is the real source of these ideas that so many people attribute to the book of Revelation? Whoever wrote it sheltered in a cave on the Greek island of Patmos, probably a refugee from Roman occupied Palestine. He is also likely to have consumed the local hallucinogenic magic mushrooms. So rather than taking these bizarre visions literally, it might make more sense to try to understand them in their historical context.
There are some 40 apocalyptic books from this era but this was the only one that made it into the Bible. If the author was writing about the hated Roman Empire, it could be that the seven heads of the beast meant the seven emperors.
The mark of the beast could be the head of the emperor on the coins. The dreaded 666 very likely represented three letters indicating the Emperor Nero – representing letters by numbers was, and is, common in Hebrew. If so, instead of being a description of a world in chaos, it could be seen as a book of morality, optimism and faith.
Let’s hope the End Timers start to see it like that before their actions really do bring about the end of the world.
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