Imagine not only believing the world is coming to an end, butwantingit to happen.
They make up the backbone of the Republican party.
Hagee was one of two pastors invited to the opening of the new U.S. embassy in 2018.
‘Praying for Armageddon’Courtesy of Up North Film
Thats for the evangelicals.
He added, The evangelicals are more excited by that than Jewish people.
According to this eschatology, Israel has to be strong, Schei explains.
‘Praying for Armageddon’ director Tonje Hessen ScheiCourtesy of Marte Garmann
In their belief, Israel has to claim more land as is prophesized in the book of Revelations.
This apocalyptic ideology has received a warm embrace from many conservatives in Congress.
Politics is not the only arena where fundamentalist Christians are attempting to transform society.
There is this mandate and there seems to be sort of an overarching plan that they are working towards.
Praying for Armageddonindicates doomsday evangelicals are making considerable headway within Americas armed forces.
Chaplains are increasingly coming from the fundamentalist sects, Col. Wilkerson points out.
These evangelical fundamentalist chaplains go to some place where basic training graduates and they say beforehand…
These troops are at their most vulnerable.
Theyve been wracked and trained to death.
This is not an anti-Israel film.
Im against a lot what is happening in Israel.
Similarly, the director doesnt want her film to be misinterpreted as anti-religious.
I do understand why people have a need for sort of a higher purpose, she says.
Its not also against certain people or a personal attack on anyone in the film.
Its more sort of looking at the whole movement and the power and the influence that this movement has.
Praying for Armageddonis in competition for the CPH:DOX festivals F:act Award.
We are really hoping to get this film out in the States widely, the director says.
The American audience is the most important audience group, for me.
