You're right. I was talking about the Bible, while you're talking about the Hal Lindsay-Tim Lahay type fantasy literature.
By the way, if the old covenant were still operative (see Hebrews and Col 2:14 to see that it is not), then Hal Lindsay would have to be stoned as a false prophet (according to Deut 18:22) for his writing of "The Late, Great Planet Earth". (He has changed dates in subsequent revisions of the book as his prophecies failed to unfold in order to protect himself and sell more books.).
I'm talking exclusively about THE BIBLE.
I do respect Hal Lindsey for having the courage to TRY and sort out various Biblical prophecy scenarios. I just believe it's not God's time yet for anyone to have it all figured out. I also believe that God is not interested in the arrogance that would result if He allowed any one man to figure it all out.
I also believe God is a good enough general He's not going to clue satan and His troops in to all the details ahead of time.
I'm happy to give Hal grace about getting things wrong. He does not pretend in the least to be a prophet of God. He's merely a writer speculating about things with a ton of research and now a hefty amount of contacts in high places both in Israel and in the U.S.