The Evangelicals Who Think Iran’s Protests Mean Jesus Is Returning
”Ben Lorber, a senior research associate with the Generically used to describe factions of right-wing politics that are outside of and often critical of traditional conservatism. Learn more monitoring group Political Research Associates, explained via email this week that for Christian Zionists, Iran is ‘an embodiment of the satanic force of fundamentalist Islam, arrayed in a “clash of civilizations” against the Judeo-Christian West, represented by America and Israel.’ The uprising, therefore, is a good thing—but not only because of liberation from an oppressive regime. ‘An apocalyptic war between these players is often seen as a precondition and sure sign of the End Times,’ and by extension, the second coming.”