Premillennialism is the belief that after a period of extreme suffering, Jesus Christ will physically return to Earth for 1,000 years. A far-right and religious extremism expert says the ideology is experiencing 'renewed momentum'.
Queensland police say a deadly shooting in the rural community of Wieambilla was a "religiously motivated terrorist attack" and that the trio responsible were influenced by an extremist Christian belief system.
Police believe Nathaniel, Gareth and Stacey Train followed a extremist Christian ideology known as premillennialism. "Historically, cults and apocalyptic cults and so-on have always looked to what's going on in the world around them and drawn upon that as evidence for the world ending."Dr Roose said there was "certainly a renewed momentum" in premillennialism fuelled by an "unprecedented culmination" of a "perfect storm of events".
"Combined with populist leaders, like Donald Trump, who really pushed this Christian textualist agenda, and now we see the emergence of Christian nationalism in the US … there is a renewed momentum for such movements." "This [belief] by no means represents Christianity, however, any extreme idea taken to its conclusion ... when you're talking about biblical or religious texts, effectively has the strong potential for violence."
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