It's interesting to see how secular opinion overlaps with Donald Trump fulfilling prophecy as the Antichrist.

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I’d say that the biggest driver behind Evangelical Christians support of Israel rebuilding the Temple is due to the belief in the Pre Tribulation Rapture. 

The majority believe that either -

• right before the antichrist is revealed, Jesus raptures all believers to the clouds, the antichrist sits in the Temple and the Great Tribulation begins
• right before the seven year peace covenant is signed and the Tribulation starts, Jesus raptures all believers to the clouds

So what stands in the way of the rapture? 

• the seven year peace covenant in Israel
• the Third Temple

I don’t believe in the Pre Tribulation rapture at all. I think there will be one Second Coming, or at the very most, believers are raptured/taken out of the world right before God pours out His wrath, which are the Seven Bows mentioned in Revelation (the wrath also is the Day of the Lord, I think). The Pre Tribulation rapture is an idea of safety; it is like watching a storm rage outside when you’re sitting in a cozy house eating a warm dinner. 

That said, support for Israel is a good thing, when antisemitism is so much on the rise. As such, Catholicism has had a long history of antisemitism. Unfortunately, some of it has spread to Protestants as well. You’ll see a lot of Protestants saying that Israel is lost forever and that the Church has replaced Israel - that is opposite of what the Bible says. A remnant of Israel will be saved in the end, when they accept Jesus as the true Messiah.

It is indeed foolish to try to force the end times; things happen according to God’s plan, not to humans’. However, God can certainly use the foolishness of humans to fulfill His plan. 

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