Ah, I finally figured it out, backtracking through the article. Lindsey wants to make the case that God keeps time via the formula 1 day = 1000 years. He puts forth his actual thesis here:
We date our own calendar counting forward from Christ. So does God, which brings us back to Hosea's prophecy. "After two days will He revive us, and in the third day, raise us up," writes the prophet.Lindsey's trying to establish a new standard, upon which to predict the Second Coming. The new standard assumes the 4004 B.C. creation date, assumes God measures time in 1000 year periods, and then assumes the Hosea "two days" piece is prophetic and begins with the birth of Christ.Twice in Scripture, God reveals His own reckoning of time. "For a thousand years in Thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night" (Psalms 90:4).
'It was restored politically in 1948, just before the conclusion of the 'two days' since the birth of Christ, but Ezekiel's chronology says that the political revival is only the first stage of Israel's "revival."' ....So, to return to Hosea, we find the prophecy that after two days, Israel will be revived, but in the third day, they will be "quickened" so that Israel might "live in His sight."Lindsey now date-sets the "Second Coming" date about 1000 years in the future, far ahead enough for him to avoid dying of embarrassment, should he miscalculate the date again. In other words, Lindsey knows he was wrong about the 1988 date, but doesn't want to admit it, as he spells out here:
"It is clear that God is extending His "grace period" (the Church Age of Grace) to give all men one last chance to accept the gift of pardon that He extends to them, but it is equally clear that His patience is being rapidly exhausted.And since Lindsey's new math system now tells us a day is a thousand years, Lindsey would have us believe we're somewhere between 992 years away ("eight years into") and 1004 years away ("four years before") from the Second Coming. He just really wants us to forget about all that 1988 date-setting stuff, hence the new math.How much longer will He wait before returning for His Church and effecting Israel's national redemption at the conclusion of the Tribulation Period?
Given the 12-year gap, we are somewhere between four years before and eight years into Hosea's Third Day."
Actually, judging by WND's headline "Hal Lindsey: 'Annals' calculation puts us in end times," I took it to mean he felt the Rapture could happen in the next few years. I just don't get how he gets "4 years before or 8 years into."
Also, did you ever notice how in some sidewalks there are concrete pieces that read "Water Meter 666"? Weird.
I believe Lindsey puts that thousand years at the end of the 'third' day...I believe he suggests that Israel will be raised up at the beginning of the 3rd day...
It's a fascinating study in the bible when you start looking at all the references where it refers to two days, or three days, and four days and three days...Interesting stuff...
In fact, all of the churches as well as the world believes in this system...Most of them just don't realize it...Just ask anyone, pastor, priest or anyone..."When did the dark ages, or Middle ages take place?" Everyone will tell you, including the Pope, that that period of time was approx from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D....
So what's that tell you??? It tells you that if 500-1500 was the Middle, 0 ofcourse was the beginning which is 500 years before 500 A.D., therefore, 500 years after the Middle is 2000 A.D....
That's 2 days (The Lord will rest on the third day, or on the 7th day when you count the first four days)...Give a few years one way or the other for calender discrepencies, and we are at the door...We are at the end...