Scofield's translation was significant, but Christian Zionism still was not mainstream among American Christians, even evangelicals, before the election of Menachem Begin in 1977.
Likud courted Falwell, Robertson and other televangelists (Hagee) to consummate a Theo-Political marriage after. Meaning, money, folks. They gave them a LOT of money.
Begin gave Falwell a plane to push the bombing of Iraq in 1981 😂 and to continue pushing the Zionist action plan wrapped up in doomsday theology, using the '67 War as evidence of Christ's imminent return.
The election of Ronald Reagan after his conversion greatly helped solidify its role in the Republican Party, but it was still met with resistance from church leaders, scholars and other Republican Christians.
Even John McCain called Falwell and Roberts "intolerant" Christians BEFORE he was on the payroll.
It wasn't until 911 that the Theo-Political marriage was finally sealed. @barnes_law and I have done entire episodes reviewing decades of public opinion for Christians on Zionism and Israel.
It's absolutely fair to characterize Christian Zionism as a "new" worldview isolated only to certain generations of American Christians. You get Evangelicals do not consent to this marriage.
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