What do you know about Hal Lindsey?

Hal Lindsey ^

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

I have been directed to read Hal Lindsey about the choice of Cardinal Ratzinger and future prophecy.

He appears to be a commentator, but I am getting a funky vibe.

Does anyone know anything about this guy and his prophecies?

[mnehring]

One thing he never considers is that Revelation may have been predicting the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple in 70AD, and not as a future prophecy. If one looks at the history of the time and matches it up with Revelation, it fits far more closely than any of Hal's connections....

[scandalon]

You might want to weigh-in on this one.

[tang-soo]

THis was not satisfied in 70 AD. Start reading at verse 29 ...

29“Immediately after the distress of those days “ ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’[c]

30“At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. 31And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

THis speaks of the time of Tribulation followed by the return of Christ on "The Day of The Lord". This is yet to come.

[dartuser]

Im sure he gave it the consideration it deserves ...

[sharktrager]

Except for that whole pesky "picked the wrong date for the end of the world" thing.

[hope]

He is a commentator and has never ever claimed to be a prophet. Of course many have misconstrued his writings as prophecy. He is very knowledgable on end time biblical prophecy.

[what's up]

The fulfillment of geographical Israel being all-important is a popular teaching right now in the church...but the teachings do not come from scripture in context.

[dglang]

the term 'weeks' represents a grouping of 7 years. Therefore, 70 'weeks' would mean 490 years.

Sir Issac Newton, who has often been referred to as one of mankinds most intelligent members, was a very devoted bible scholar who was able to fluently read wnd write biblical hebrew, has given a very detailed interpretation of the '70 weeks' prophecy in the bibles book of Daniel.

[righttackle44]

Hal is not a prophet. He doesn't have prophecies.
He is a student of the prophetic Scriptures of the
Bible. He exegetes (explores the meaning of) them and
then teaches the meanings to the rest of us.

He is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary, a
very credible institution.

You would do well to learn from him, my friend.

[mnehring]

Maybe, maybe not..

Mt Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, blacking out most of the hemisphere.. The son of man returning???? All the earth mourning.. could be taken many ways.. It could be one of the many leaders of the Jews leading a revolt after the destruction of the temple, gathering up the persecuted Jews who survived the siege of Jerusalem for their sanctuary in Masada???? (and eventual death sadly..)

All happening at the same time..


I'm not saying that this is truly the interpretation, however, all of these prophesies have been reinterpreted so many times they could fit and describe almost anything..
We just make assumptions they are about the future and not a metaphor/pesher/history of the time...

[dartuser]

Ah ... yes they do

[dartuser]

So how do you decide the correct interpretation ?

[mnehring]

I don't...

[CyberAnt]

Jesus said that the generation which saw the "fig tree bloom" would be the generation that saw everything fulfilled. Most Biblical scholars agree the "fig tree" is Israel. Israel became a nation on May 14, 1948 - and a lot of scholars believe that is when the "fig tree" bloomed.

[mnehring]

Jesus also said that 'this generation will not pass until I return..' (paraphrased as I'm doing this from memory..)

[what's up]

No...they rarely take into account the time period at which the book was written and the original purpose for the scripture.

Rather, they almost always are applied directly for the 20-21st century, as though we are the most important generation in history.

It's more correct to consider the context for scripture, rather than picking them out from all over the Bible and trying to put them together in some kind of meaningful teaching for today's current events. This is all too often done with teaching about Israel. Common mistake.

[Galatians513]

Also one of the most irrelevent. When the passionate student radicals of the late 60s were questioning the foundations of America's civil religion, DTS had nothing to say. When Roe v. Wade happened in their own back yard, DTS had nothing to say.

I like your style, Mr. Calvinist Optimist!

[mnehring]

We have to remember that every generation considered Revelation written for them and saw the signs in their generation.. I personally all of this looking for signs distracts us from Jesus' ministry and what he wants from us..

[what's up]

I very much agree. Better to consider the original readers of scripture than thinking it pertains only to one's generation.

[dartuser]

That is a key passage ... and it says "this generation will not pass away until all THESE THINGS take place" ...

question becomes ... what things is He talking about ?