With the (temporary) winding down of the Israel–Iran conflict, the apocalyptic fervor of cable news prophecy experts has also taken a breath — just long enough to reload. For those of us raised in the 1970s and '80s, this is familiar terrain: tabloid headlines breathlessly announcing that the latest Iranian leader is the long-anticipated Antichrist. Apparently, the end is always near, just not near enough to cancel your weekend plans.
Now, however, the conversation has shifted. Tucker Carlson recently pressed Senator Ted Cruz with a rather pointed question: Should the Bible shape American foreign policy in the Middle East? And behind that question, we’re beginning to see fractures in what was once unwavering conservative support for Israel. Some of this has to do with what I call eschatology fatigue.
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