In The Late Great Planet Earth
Lindsey wrote that the Apocalypse would come within the generation of the founding of Israel and he said that a generation is "something like forty years."
A normal person reading the book would take that as a prediction that in or around the year 1988 the Apocalypse would occur.
Any Christian that knows Bible Doctrine, especially Revelations, knows that the world will never end.
"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." - Matthew 24:35.
"But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up." - 2 Peter 3:10
"And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea." Revelations 21:1.
To the contrary, anyone who actually reads the Bible instead of reading screeds by Hal Lindsey, knows that the world will end.
First thank you for telling me where to find Hal's statement on coming of Christ.
Point one: The statement in Mat.24:35: Is that really a statement of reality or is God making a point that His word is what is meant as important. After all are those saved not supposed to be with him for Eternity, for ever and ever? Will answer more in the next points.
2 Peter 3:10 Heaven and earth shall pass away. Yes, the atmosphere is one heaven , there are three you know. That heaven will of course be burnt up with the earth. I doubt that He will burn up the heaven where you and I will be with him for eternity. As for earth, changing the earth by fire and having no seas is not doing away with earth. Only as we know it now. That is not the "end of the World". We know that after all this there will still be people here whether in flesh or spirit souls I don't know but the Bible states there will be believers on earth.
And lastly: I have books of Hebrew English and Greek English translations and is easy to look up the original meanings of things. I do not speak the languages as you mean. Example: "thou shalt not kill" in the original is "thou shalt not murder". Makes sense as killing a criminal for murder etc. is not a sin in the Bible but actual Murder is. The Hebrew word is "Murder" not kill. You can believe in the Death penalty as that is not murder but justice.