A DEPARTURE FROM THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS

Many American evangelicals interpret every flare-up in the Middle East as a possible step toward Armageddon, a belief rooted in 19th-century dispensationalism and amplified by the Scofield Bible, bestselling books like The Late Great Planet Earth and Left Behind, and contemporary political media. This episode traces how theology, popular culture, and U.S. politics turned the creation of Israel and every regional conflict into “prophetic moments,” even as recent 2026 claims about Iran have reignited end-times rhetoric. We also confront the moral cost: how a theology that seems to bless war clashes with Jesus’ teachings of mercy, forgiveness, and nonviolence, and what that means for the people who suffer. Join us to untangle the history, the headlines, and the ethical questions behind apocalyptic expectation.