NOTE from Sudan Watch Editor: This post, along with yesterday's at Sudan Watch, is the most important one since the site began 21 years ago.
In 2003, I used blogging technology to investigate the root causes of poverty and extreme poverty in Sudan and the reasons for genocide and man’s inhumanity to man. The two posts now answer those questions for me.
The magnitude of those posts cannot be fully appreciated unless the email and the letter of 24 April 2024 featured in yesterday's post are seen together with the documentary film Praying for Armageddon.
As most readers of Sudan Watch are located across the world, I doubt many can access BBC iPlayer where one has to sign in as a BBC Licence fee payer, I am grateful to Al Jazeera English for posting the full film (see below) in two parts (totalling 88 mins) to YouTube for free viewing and comments.
More on this later when I've been able to identify more pieces of the puzzle. Meanwhile, with respect to American evangelical fundamentalists and the US Government their praying for Armageddon started many years ago.
A documentary film by UpNorth Film
Posted to YouTube by UpNorth Film
Premiered on 15 March 2023
The Countdown to Armageddon has begun. As biblical prophecy fuels political power, American Evangelicals threaten U.S. democracy and push for the Apocalypse in the Middle East. Praying for Armageddon uncovers how politicians driven by faith embrace Israel as the key to their prophetic vision for the end of days – at any cost – ultimately escalating the spirals of violence in the Middle East.
Director Tonje Hessen Schei; Co-Director and DOP Michael Rowley; Producer Christian Aune Falch; Producer Torstein Parelius; Producer Ingrid Aune Falch; Editor Torkel Gjørv; Composer Lukas Berkemar, Uno Helmersson; Co-Producer Ove Rishøj Jensen; Co-Producer Magnus Gertten; Co-Producer Hans Robert Eisenhauer; Co-Producer Kaarle Aho.
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Credits posted at YouTube by Al Jazeera English:
World premiere at CPH:DOX 2023 in competition for the F:ACT Award.
www.facebook.com/prayingforarmageddon
SUPPORTED BY CREATIVE MEDIA EUROPE
Transcript
Follow along using the transcript at YouTube here: https://youtu.be/75ehG6utzBM
FULL FILM: Praying for Armageddon (Part 1 of 2)
A documentary film by Tonje Hessen Schei UpNorth Film
Posted to YouTube by Al Jazeera English 1 month ago [April 2024]
Description by Al Jazeera English posted beneath the film:
Why evangelicals influence US foreign policy in the Middle East | EP1 | Witness Documentary
The first episode of Praying for Armageddon goes inside the evangelical Christian movement to explore its influence on US democracy and foreign policy.
Preparing for the "end times", a grassroots pastor gathers an army of veterans in the heartland of the United States, and megachurch ministers provide spiritual advice to politicians in the nation’s capital.
They call for the "final battle" which they believe will trigger the second coming of Christ. Central to their apocalyptic prophecy is Israel. It is with their blessing that the Trump administration controversially recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and moves the US embassy there in 2018.
“It feels like everyone has a say about the destiny and the future of Jerusalem except for the Palestinians living in it,” says Palestinian activist Fayrouz Sharqawi.
Transcript
Follow along using the transcript at YouTube here: https://youtu.be/IhT7oyDlBIk
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FULL FILM: Praying for Armageddon (Part 2 of 2)
A documentary film by Tonje Hessen Schei UpNorth Film
Posted to YouTube by Al Jazeera English 21 March 2024
Description by Al Jazeera English posted beneath the film:
How evangelicals influence US foreign policy in the Middle East | EP2 | Witness Documentary
The second episode of Praying for Armageddon examines the dangerous consequences of the fusion between evangelical Christians and US politics.
It shows not only how the very fabric of US democracy is weakened but also highlights the devastating impact religion wields on US foreign policy.
Expressing concerns about the influence of evangelical Christians in the US military, retired US Army Colonel Larry Wilkerson who was a former adviser to General Colin Powell, says: “The most vivid danger in all of this, I think, is the special relationship with Israel… They are looking for the US relationship with Israel, ultimately to bring about Armageddon and the rapture and Christ’s thousand-year reign.”
As evangelicals fuel the volatile situation in the Middle East, Israel launches a devastating 11-day military offensive on Gaza in May 2021.
“The countdown to Armageddon has begun,” says Pastor Robert Jeffress.
Transcript
Follow along using the transcript at YouTube here: https://youtu.be/_iQhbcOgfqw
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