Some Christians believe the return of the Jewish people to their land is viewed by some as a sign of the end times, leading to the second coming of Jesus. And yes they want the rapture to happen. There is speculation that is why they so strongly want to defend anything Israel does.

Lindsay Ellis just did a great video on it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwpanShgOp4

No, now we have 3 hours of un-allocated time on this contract which has upset the client

I hate this so much. I got told to work slower once and argued back that they should be more confident and sell contracts based on deliverables, not time and materials.