U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for "Armageddon," Return of Jesus

[Fozzledick]

A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer.

From Saturday morning through Monday night, more than 110 similar complaints about commanders in every branch of the military had been logged by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF).

The complaints came from more than 40 different units spread across at least 30 military installations, the MRFF told me Monday night.
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The NCO wrote to the MRFF that their commander “urged us to tell our troops that this was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’ and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ.”

https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for

This is it! They're trying to Immanentize the Eschaton!!

[chicoescuela]

1. Not surprised if this is true

[chouchou]

2. I seem to have heard that "Jesus is coming back" somewhere around 471 times.

I wish him luck.

[wcmagumba]

3. Country Joe & The Fish had it right years ago...

[ABC123Easy]

6. I LOVE THESE GUYS!

Thank you!

[wcmagumba]

14. Just looked it up and Country Joe McDonald is still living and kicking it around at 84...Cool...

[NBachers]

42. I saw Barry Melton at a Gathering of the Tribe feast & concert up in Northern California in December

Barry and his band were absolutely phenomenal! He’s still on the circuit and playing frequently.

[Henry203]

53. I was there

And it was a blast.

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. Any sourced reports other than some guy's blog?

I mean, I would think the MRFF could either confirm or refute these reports pretty easily.

[Horseshoeluck]

39. I think it is true

There is a report or comment from Mikey Weinstein President of MRFF

[Bettie]

5. What makes me angry is that I am not

even a little bit surprised by this.

[Johonny]

7. Jesus sees his shadow, so there will be

6 more weeks of war.

[Dave Bowman]

16. But I thought that it was the Tooth Fairy?

[mjvpi]

29. It's different this time around. The rash on his neck was the tell

[newdeal2]

8. Great, militaries for all three belligerents are led by religious fanatics

Which god will win?!

[mjvpi]

30. Let's ask AI which religion is more righteous.

[Deuxcents]

9. So...TSF has been anointed by Jesus and the Iran leaders have Allah on their side so this is a holy war?

Is this Hegseth’s wet dream? How long are we gonna put up with this madness?

[yellow dahlia]

10. This is Little Mikey Johnson's wet dream fantasy.

He is dangerous in his position - I have been saying so ever since he was elected Speaker.

[markodochartaigh]

11. I suppose to some people this sounds a bit odd.

I would bet that about 20% of the US believes or could be easily persuaded that Trump was sent by God to bring on armageddon. Muslim prophecy about the 12th Imam, Imam Mahdi, is also an end times prophecy.

[Attilatheblond]

26. Trump is losing supporters, even some magas, so he thinks this will shore up the fundie zealot end timers nuts

All too likely and there are some of these fanatics in our military leadership, always has been.

[Roc2020]

12. The Arrogance of religion.

The gall to think somehow God is on mankind's timeline and not the other way around They could drop every nuke on the planet that won't speed up God's timing one ioda.

[Jack Valentino]

13. TRUMP looks as much like 'the Antichrist' as much as any previous dictator---

so I guess that means that our military will be destroyed by Christ in the Middle East ??

(THAT was the actual prediction in the Bible for the anti-christ's army which would invade the middle east
just prior to 'the return of Christ'---
seems like these people have never actually read the Bible they claim to follow---
or they are out-right LYING about what it says, if they DO have any idea...)




(I was raised on this stuff, and studied it in adult-hood---
not saying that I believe it now, but these people are completely confused
about what it said!)

[wcmagumba]

17. Trump is not smart enough to be the anti-christ...maybe a low level demon of some sort...

[Jack Valentino]

21. Nowhere in the Bible did it say that the supposed anti-christ was "smart"......

but it did imply that he had some sort of 'charisma',
which in Trump's case I have never been able to recognize,
but then I'm not a MAGAt....





(Also the Anti-christ was supposed to be a human being---
so even a 'low-level demon' would have ranked above him!!)

[wcmagumba]

23. I never read that book, it's bad for my angina...

[Jack Valentino]

24. I haven't read it in a long time either---- but I have 'very sinfully' asked A.I. to

recollect some key verses for me!

[B.See]

46. I still don't understand how MAGAS figure

that following their antiChrist into Armageddon is somehow going to get them thru the gates of Heaven.

I'd think they'd be in for one rude awakening.

[dalton99a]

15. How will Jesus communicate with the millions of followers? By Instagram, WhatsApp, email, text?

When will they know to look up?

[I_UndergroundPanther]

51. He will send

Birds to poop on thier shirts so they will look up. People tend to look up when something wet from the sky lands on them. Be it a few drops of rain or birdshit on thier sweater.

[eppur_se_muova]

59. "A figure which looks like Jesus Christ" ??? I thought it looked like a big check mark ! nt

[dalton99a]

60. O ye of little faith

https://www.blueridgenow.com/story/news/2009/04/22/woman-sees-image-of-jesus-on-cheese-toast/28109749007/

[usonian]

18. Donald the Lion Farted will lead the crusade.

Real quote:


God has a hard-on for marines because we kill everything we see!
He plays His games, we play ours!
To show our appreciation for so much power, we keep heaven packed with fresh souls!

[milestogo]

19. It takes absolutely monstrous arrogance to believe that your military actions influence God.

(Unless you're trying to convince God to send you straight to the hottest place in all of hell.)

[Blues Heron]

20. When they say return of Jesus they mean nukes

[Mister Ed]

22. Because the Almighty, though almighty, is still not mighty enough to start a Mideast clusterfuck by Himself.

Nope, can't manage to swing it. He needs mortals to do it for Him.

No proponent of this "End Times" stuff has ever been able to explain that to me.

[BurnDoubt]

25. They should all be removed from command and tried for Traitorous Seditious Conspiracy.

In reality, if they can turn us into a (small “c”) "christian Dominion", they’ll be happy enough.
A slow-roll coup is still a coup. And they are guilty.

[mjvpi]

33. When we take control of the government again, Jasmin Crocket forAG.

[BurnDoubt]

48. Yes, Please!

[SunSeeker]

27. Holy shit.

[John1956PA]

28. I see what you did there.

[Another Jackalope]

31. Judaism, Islam and Christianity - a three cornered Abrahamic death match...

Which will be the Last Religion Standing, which leader will return?
Jesus? Moses? Mohammed?

The Rapture just got a lot more complicated.

The setup is horrifying - each side believes "Gott mit uns," and none will back down until they are proven correct.

[mjvpi]

35. Capitalsm

[Another Jackalope]

37. Supplies the weapons to all sides.

Capitalism is agnostic. The house always wins.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

50. What if Sekhmet returns

Nobody would expect her.

I would be there for the magas getting eaten like cheese puffs. Dragging every narcissist and psychopath and eating them all, then she’d have a hellova reckoning twords the Republican Party. Sekhmet supposedly returns in zep tepi. To bring back Ma’at the balance of all and of all things good. Sekhmet will excise the criminals like cancerous boils infesting our government and throw them into the sun.

[Cha]

32. Gaslighting Shite... They do NOT follow the

Teachings of Christ.

[B.See]

47. bunch of heretics.

[Cha]

49. Worshippers of The Anti Christ..

That also happens to be a PEDO, Rapist, Racist, Felon, and a Homicidal Maniac. Very Dark Ugly Evil Shit.

[czarjak]

34. Being raised Evangelical Pentacostal, this would be laughable, IF...

IT wasn't real. You knew one of those Biblethumpers told him he could hasten The Second Coming. Just like Pence and Pompeo believed they were called for. We. Are. Doomed. Folks.

[Dr. T]

36. I guess that means this rapture thingy will be happening soon.

I've been meaning to do some serious grifting by starting a rapture insurance company. I'm surprised Don the Con hasn't thought of it.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

52. I really don't look forward

Flying around in the air with a bunch of strangers naked. I will cling to my clothes like crazy if I ran into a rapture.

[Puppyjive]

38. Michael Flynn

He is the soldier who got all of this started. His religious beliefs were forced down their throats. He demanded respect and corerced each and every one of them into submission. They penetrated FOX noise and spread their propaganda. Most of my military friends are maga and I truly don't know why. Some of them were so bad, I ended the friendships.

[Blue Owl]

40. The Four Pantloads of the Apocalypse

[ShazamIam]

41. Fozzledick, I remember reding the Illuminati books, and loved that phrase, "immanentize the Eschaton!

Our current government is made up of ignorant, delusional fools Putin and Xi are celebrating as we self-destruct.

[LogDog75]

43. I have no doubt this is true

The Christian Nationalists in the military were always pushing their religion wherever they could. When I was at the AF NCO Leadership Academy, one of the 20 students was very religious and wanted to start the day by having a class prayer. Our instructor put it to a vote of the class and said if one person voted no then we wouldn't do it. We, including me, overwhelmingly reject the suggestion. Small victory but it felt good.

One thing I've always objected to while in the AF was during ceremonies either a Chaplin or someone would lead those attending in a prayer. They'd say "Please Bow your heads" and 80% of the time would end it with "In Jesus' name, Amen." One could interrupt "Bow your heads" as an order and not doing so could, theoretically, get you in trouble. Also, there are people who are Jewish, Muslims, Buddhists, Wiccans, atheists, etc., who don't identify with Jesus and the person leading the prayer is forcing their religious belief on others. As an atheist, I never bowed my head but I sat quietly while the prayer was said.

IMO, any commander, officer, NCO, civilian, etc.who tries to invoke their religious belief on military members should be in a position to lead or influence others.

[RetiredParatrooper]

44. The only difference between these people and the Taliban/Al Qaeda...

...is the word they use for god.

[electric_blue68]

45. Oh... Just "wonderful"....

I'm sure there's a bunch out there believing that. 😑😑😑

[malaise]

54. Led by Fuckabee

and the rest of them in the clown car with no parts working

[Alephy]

55. Well, then... that settles it!

[Aussie105]

56. Had to Google "Immanentize the Eschaton" for meaning.

So the message is that this is God's divine will, Armageddon, the imminent return of JC?

My understanding of US style military religion must be way off.

Seriously, do some people really wish for the End of Days, the rapture, the 'JC comes down to Earth' thing?

Evil in the name of religion is still evil, even more so.

[Irish_Dem]

57. US troops being led by mentally ill, psychotic leaders.

This is extremely dangerous.

[Joinfortmill]

58. I'm reading this. Dangerous beyond words. Creating Zealots.

[Ruby the Liberal]

61. Distration from the Trump-Epstein files is now biblical?

[twodogsbarking]

62. What should I wear when Jesus returns? Should I cook something? How long is he staying?

[travelingthrulife]

63. This moron needs to be thrown out of the military yesterday.

[ZDU]

64. FFRF.org

Freedom From Religion Foundation

So many believers are evil people... sick and evil