When Power Prefers Apocalypse
There are two kinds of people who talk about the end of the world:
- Those frantically trying to prevent it.
- And those who quietly (or loudly, with matching hats) are rooting for it.
Guess which group is increasingly in charge?
This isn’t satire. It’s not a metaphor. And no, it’s not a Facebook meme from a guy named Randy who uses twelve American flags and a sword emoji to sign his Christmas cards. It’s geopolitics, legislative strategy, and billion-dollar diplomacy—with a sprinkle of Book of Revelation cosplay.
Let’s get something straight: faith is not the problem. Belief in divine justice, spiritual meaning, or cosmic redemption? All fair game. But using your personal End Times fan fiction as a foreign policy blueprint? That’s where things go from “personal theology” to “international arson.”
The Rapture as Foreign Policy
Yes, really. Certain factions—especially within Christian Zionist networks—are operating on a literal apocalyptic timeline. And no, it’s not a secret cabal. It’s published theology, broadcast sermons, and platform planks. Sometimes shouted into microphones funded by defense contractors.
Here’s the core eschatological logic:
- Israel must be “restored” in a very specific, biblical real-estate sense
- War must happen in the region—because prophecy says so
- Jesus won’t come back until we check all the blood-soaked boxes
- Therefore: peace = delay, and diplomacy = sabotage
Let that sink in: they believe God can’t do His job unless humans start the war first.
Collateral Damage: Literally Everyone Else
In this framework, war isn’t a failure—it’s a requirement. Civilians? Collateral souls. Peace treaties? Distractions. Palestinian lives? Tragic… but also, apparently, necessary casualties in the divine screenplay.
And because the Big Ending involves the faithful getting beamed up like VIPs at a cosmic Coachella, there’s no need to solve anything on Earth. Climate collapse? Inevitable. AI risk? Eh. Nuclear proliferation? Just spicy foreshadowing.
They’re not ignoring the problems. They’re betting on them.
The Quiet Part Out Loud
This isn’t hypothetical. You can see it in:
- Aid cuts paired with illegal settlement expansion
- Political indifference to ecological destruction
- Military alliances with groups who justify murder with messianic timelines
It’s not just that no one’s fixing the fire.
It’s that the people holding the hose are also holding matches—and they’re calling it righteous.
What Do You Do When the Firestarters Hold the Hose?
We’re not here to demonize individuals. Most people holding these beliefs are kind, sincere, and genuinely trying to do what they think is right.
But sincerity stops being harmless the moment it turns into legislation. When theology holds the pen for military budgets, trade deals, and UN vetoes, it becomes something else: the weaponization of story. And that story ends in flames.
So if you’ve ever looked around and wondered,
“Why does it feel like no one in charge is actually trying to save us?”
…it’s not neglect.
It’s design.
And maybe—just maybe—the rest of us deserve a future that isn’t someone else’s countdown clock.
The Rapture didn’t happen. No skies split, no souls lifted. But Jimmy Kimmel’s show is back on air—because apparently that’s the kind of divine intervention we budgeted for. When the people in charge are rooting for the end, even the absurd starts to feel like policy.
