Zion Oil and Gas, a company run by people who believe that striking it rich for oil in Israel will usher in the end-times, has announced that it will sponsor the "Night to Honor Israel" at the annual Christians United for Israel summit in Washington next month.
Mariah Blake profiled Zion recently in Mother Jones. Zion's founder, John Brown, "says the Lord spoke to him and told him he was the 'stranger' that the Book of Kings predicts will be sent to fortify Israel in the final days. 'I knew in my heart what to do,' he recalls. 'I knew God was going to put me in the oil business.'"
As it turns out, Zion has yet to strike oil in Israel. Will it be selling more than prophecy at the CUFI summit?
--Sarah Posner
