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Isn't this mostly a Protestant idea? Most all Catholic/EO christians that I know dismiss 'end times' theology.

Or just US Evangelicalism, perhaps? I've never heard that the traditional European Protestants (Lutheran etc) would be preaching the end of times being here.

Right; I wasn't sure if this was a Puritan/Calvinist view, so I cast the net a bit too broadly.

Yup, mostly evangelicals believe this.

Catholics/Orthodox and even more traditional protestants (Anglican, Lutheran) dismiss it, and these groups make up the vast majority of Christendom.

Yes I should clarify not all denominations believe this, but it is the most dominant view within Protestant circles (see Left Behind, etc).

I wouldn't consider it the dominant Protestant view at all. Maybe amongst Evangelicals ( a subset of Protestants). Even amongst Evangelicals I doubt such literal Millinialist views as expressed in Left Behind are the overwhelmingly majority.

You would likely be mistaken. An overt goal of pro-Israel fundraising by Evangelical groups is to accelerate population of the Holy Land (Levant) by the Jews in order to fulfill end-of-days prophesy [1].

Does anyone have any information whether this viewpoint was significant in the early U.S. foreign aid support of Israel (1930-1970)? I am uneducated in this segment of U.S. history.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Zionism

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