From PFAW's fantastic "Right Wing Watch" service, we discover that Bill Sizemore, a reporter for The Virginian-Pilot, has uncovered an anecdot of Gerry Straub's, a former "700 Club" producer, that
Robertson and his supporters believe that CBN had been chosen by God to "usher in the coming of my Son" and, as such, put in place a plan to televise Christ's imminent return to earth:
In order to prepare for the imminent Second Coming -- which Robertson believes will occur on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem according to biblical prophecy -- he acquired METV (Middle East Television), a station then based in southern Lebanon that could broadcast into Israel. Straub was given marching orders to be ready to televise Christ's return. CBN executives drew up a detailed plan to broadcast the event to every nation and in all languages. Straub wrote: "We even discussed how Jesus' radiance might be too bright for the cameras and how we would have to make adjustments for that problem. Can you imagine telling Jesus, 'Hey, Lord, please tone down your luminosity; we're having a problem with contrast. You're causing the picture to flare.'"
Please see Live From Golgatha for more information.
I find it interesting that they feel God needs their help. I'm sure they also discussed how everyone will thank them for being so on-the-ball.
Posted by: dawn | April 06, 2008 at 10:11 PM