think that their followers believe their nonsense about fulfilling prophecy to bring about the rapture and Christ's second coming.
Irans involvement in the end times will be as one of the nations involved in the battle of Gog and Magog, Ezekiel 38:5 specifically mentions Persia as an ally of Magog/Russia. But, according to scripture, they're supposed to attack a peaceful Israel first.
Mike Johnson recently worked with a group of evangelicals to export red heifers to Israel to fulfill some prophecy about sacrificing a red heifer to receive God's approval to rebuild the temple. They have also worked with conservative Israeli jews to back the passage of a law that would have declared that only Jews in Israel were actually jews in order to fulfill some prophecy about all jews having returned to Israel to bring about the return of Jesus.
Think about that. They are so arrogant they think that they can legislatively force God's hand. And yet they are so corrupt. Mike Johnson was supposedly dean of a law school started by Paul Pressler, head of the Southern Baptist Convention, that never had any students. Pressler has paid off so many allegations by men of sexual assault and yet the evangelicals are so anti-gay. Robert Morris, a prominent Texas megachurch founder and former spiritual advisor to Donald Trump, pleaded guilty on October 2, 2025, to five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child.
Remember Jim and Tammy Fae Baker? Pat Robertson? Ted Baker? Would you want Joel Osteen for President?