Recently, I have been directed to some of Lindsey’s prophetic writings. All I want to say is that the greatest gift that the Church can have today as we move closer to the Lord’s Coming is: discernment. I am amazed that Hal Lindsey has an audience today and credibility still left after his failed prediction of Christ’s Second Coming that was suppose to occur in 1988. In The Late Great Planet Earth he wrote:
When the Jewish people, after nearly 2,000 years of exile, under relentless persecution, became a nation again on 14 May 1948 the “fig tree” put forth its first leaves.
Jesus said that this would indicate that He was “at the door,” ready to return. Then He said, “Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place” (Matthew 24:34 NASB).
What generation? Obviously, in context, the generation that would see the sign–chief among them the rebirth of Israel. A generation in the Bible is something like forty years. If this is a correct deduction then within forty years or so of 1948, all these things could take place. Many scholars who have studied Bible prophecy all their lives believe that this is so. pp. 53-54
The man still plays fast and loose with Scripture and bamboozles God’s people with his sensational teaching. He has still not repented of misleading believers in 1988. Mark these men, and avoid them.
