But he does claim to be an "oracle".
Hal has always been careful to weasel-word his comments on end-times events.
"What generation? Obviously, in context, the generation that would see the signs -- 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." (The Late Great Planet Earth, p. 54)
"The decade of the 1980’s could very well be the last decade of history as we know it." (The 1980’s: Countdown to Armageddon, p. 8)
More often than not he has been wrong with his "suggestions" on the unfolding of events.
And you don't think the decade of the 80's was the last of history as we knew it? Don't you think things have gone downhill in the 90's...I sure wish for the good old days.
No, he does NOT claim to be an orcale in your meaning of the word. Sheesh.
A generation could well mean that as long as one person is alive that saw Israel become a nation again in a day in 1948 precisely as Scripture indicated . . . and that one person was alive to see the related Biblical prophecies fulfilled, that generation Scripture would be fulfilled.
But as long as Lindsey can keep changing the predictions, he keeps the hook set and the books rolling off the press to a duped audience.