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The Rapture and Stephen Harper

This idea [of the Rapture] rest on a dubious interpretation of Paul's letter to the Thessalonians, in which he describes how, upon Christ's arrival, first the resurrected dead, and then the still-living will rise into the sky: "the Lord ... will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord forever."

The Evolution of God, Robert Wright, Little, Brown and Company, 2009

One more time: the End Times cannot come about until the biblical Israel, at its zenith, before the Babylonian Diaspora, is recreated.

Stephen Harper believes in the Book of Revelation and the predictions it contains about the end of days. He also believes that he will be Raptured i.e. float up to heaven, if he is not already there, when things heat up, both literally and figuratively.

It is an article of faith among Evangelical Christians that their brethren, who were not deemed Christian enough to be Raptured, will have to prove their Paradise-worthiness by fighting the forces of evil in a delaying action until Jesus comes down to defeat the wicked, once and for all, at a place called Megiddo in the Jezreel Valley of northern Israel, and usher in Judgement Day.

The Left Behind series of 16 best-selling novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins dramatize the life and times of those left behind in action-packed Revelation-inspired prose. It’s Christians against the global community and its leader, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Nicolae Carpathia — the Antichrist.

The Left Behind books are the most read books by Evangelicals after the Bible.

If paperback heroes are even remotely responsible for Canada's one-sided foreign policy which puts the interest of one nation above all others, including the national interest, questions need to be asked.

The Canadian media is leery about asking the Prime Minister about his religious beliefs and whether his unwavering defence of Israel and his Foreign Minister's attacks on the United Nations have anything to do with his religious beliefs.

In February 2012, via email, I asked the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO): “Has the Prime Minister read any of the ‘Left Behind’ best-selling novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins?”

Two years later, I am still waiting for an answer, let alone an acknowledgement. This is uncharacteristic, from my experience, of the Prime Minister's Office. You have to wonder why?

Bernard Payeur