End Times Popularity: Part 2 (#78) (Re-broadcast)

Oct 24, 2023

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Given recent events in Israel and Palestine, it is inevitable that Christians focused on the Rapture and a Left-Behind-style view of the “End Times” will begin to draw explicit connections between this war and the so-called “signs of Christ’s return.” Dan is planning at least one more episode on this topic, but in the meanwhile, these two episodes, featuring conversations with four Baby Boomers who lived through the Jesus Movement, ask the question, “Why was this End Times view so popular among this group?” Understanding their situation in the 70s and 80s can help us get a handle on the larger picture.

*Re-broadcast* - End Times Popularity: Part 2 (#78)

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Part 2 of a series that addresses the question, “Why was End Times/Left Behind/Rapture theology *so popular* by the time we grew up in the 90s and 2000s?” Please start with Part 1, last week’s episode. My main argument: 1. The people whose evangelizing kicked off the Jesus Movement were primarily fundamentalists and they were themselves already very focused on biblical prophecy2. In the early 70s, there was enough global chaos and uncertainty, along with one very important “fulfilled prophecy” that made it seem plausible that the world might indeed be coming to a close3. By the time Left Behind came around in the 90s, that same Jesus Movement generation held the primary places of power and influence in Evangelical circles Covered in this episode:- The Jesus Movement generation were the ones with cultural power in the Evangelical world by the time Left Behind came out- A straightforward and literal reading of the Bible is always popular, especially in America, and it plays into a few common American characteristics- Where are they now? All four interviewees relay their current beliefs about the End Times- Sally answers some of the questions the original interview subjects answered in the End Times Anxiety series.

YHP End Times Related Episodes:

End Times Popularity Part 1:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-have-permission/id1448000113?i=1000487665623

End Times Popularity Part 2:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-have-permission/id1448000113?i=1000488367624

End Times Anxiety: Part 1:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-have-permission/id1448000113?i=1000462348895

End Times Anxiety: Part 2:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-have-permission/id1448000113?i=1000463143577

End Times Anxiety: Part 3:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-have-permission/id1448000113?i=1000463784092

End Times Anxiety: Part 4: