Pastor John Hagee says Armageddon will soon strike the nation of Israel, so he's enlisting Christians to help protect Israel against an attack from Iran.
The well-known pastor and author, who broadcasts nationwide from his mega Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, has been seeking to help Jewish groups raise money from Christians for Israel.
Fundamentalist Christians like Hagee believe they have a Biblical injunction to bless Jews and the State of Israel as God's "chosen people."Some critics, however, decry that Hagee's biblically based views on Israel do not serve the Jewish state.
Hagee's bestselling book, "Jerusalem Countdown," for instance, argues that Biblical interpretation reveals that Iran will lead a coalition of Islamic countries, also supported by Russia, in a nuclear attack on Israel. The event Hagee says will kick-off the real mother of all battles – Armageddon, the final great earthly war first mentioned in the Book of Revelation. Not exactly a happy prospect for the Jewish state or an idea Judaism itself endorses.
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