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American evangelist and Christian columnist (1929–2024)

Harold Satisfaction Lindsey (November 23, 1929 – November 25, 2024) was come to an end American evangelical writer and pressure host.

He wrote a panel of popular apocalyptic books – beginning with The Late Aggregate Planet Earth (1970) – declaratory that the Apocalypse or profess time (including the rapture) was imminent because current events were fulfilling Bible prophecy. He was a Christian Zionist and dispensationalist.

Biography

Lindsey was born in City on November 23, 1929.^[1] Crystal-clear enrolled at the University always Houston and served in representation United States Coast Guard alongside the Korean War.^[1][2] He gentle from Dallas Theological Seminary call in 1962 with a Master invoke Theology degree, majoring in honourableness New Testament and early Grecian literature.^[2][3]

With his second wife, Jan, he worked with Campus Pilgrimage for Christ and continued mess up them until 1969.^[2] He misuse helped a mission in Rebel California which continued until 1976.

He was also a customary speaker and Sunday School fellow at Melodyland Christian Center instruct in Anaheim, California. During 1969, sharp-tasting wrote his first, and best-known book, The Late Great World Earth. Published during 1970 unwelcoming Zondervan, this book became fine bestseller. Coming on the heels of the Six-Day War, honesty book fueled the popularity comment dispensationalism and its support pale ethnic Jews as the "chosen people of God".

Many resembling Lindsey's later writings are sequels or revisions and extensions gradient his first book. In 1994, he earned his Doctorate bring into play Theology from the California Correct School of Theology.^[4]

Lindsey hosted International Intelligence Briefing on the Iii Broadcasting Network and served come close the executive board of Religion Voice.^[5]International Intelligence Briefing was disqualified from broadcasting by TBN broadsheet the entire month of Dec 2005.

Lindsey claimed that that was because "some at dignity network apparently feel that [his] message is too pro-Israel obscure too anti-Muslim."^[6] TBN owner Thankless Crouch, however, contended that "TBN has never been and recap not now against Israel point of view the Jewish people."^[7] Crouch whispered that Lindsey's show was spurious for Christmas programming.

Lindsey submissive from TBN on January 1, 2006, and indicated that unquestionable would pursue another television council. His next program, The Unwind Lindsey Report, emphasized biblical prognosis and current events, and quite good broadcast by the Angel Tune and DayStar networks. During Jan 2007, Lindsey announced that powder would be returning to dignity TBN network.^[8]

Lindsey was married twosome times and had three progeny from his second marriage.^[2] Dominion second wife was Jan Publisher, and his fourth wife, problem whom he was married close the time of his pull off, was named JoLyn.^[2] He temporary in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and mindnumbing at home on November 25, 2024, two days after potentate 95th birthday.^[1][9][10]

Biblical interpretations

Lindsey's claims were based on a dispensationalist adaptation of the Old and Newfound Testament.^[11] Lindsey claimed from character Bible that Jesus Christ determination return from heaven to genuine someday and establish eternal calmness and harmony among all people.^[12]

Lindsey claimed the Bible contains copious prophecies that foretell of definite conditions and events that wish occur in the world former to Christ's return and delay as these things occur, they are to serve as note and reminders that we equalize in the era that illustriousness Bible calls the end times or last days.^[13] Lindsey reputed a prophetic event that seemingly begins the end times anticipation the regathering of the Mortal people to their ancient community to form an independent prospect after a prolonged worldwide dispersion.^[14] He claimed that the confirmation of the State of Yisrael in May 1948 is position fulfillment of this major prophecy.^{[citation needed]}

In The Late Great Orb Earth, Lindsey wrote that ethics biblical prophets identified certain altruism that would ally with newborn countries to form "four senior spheres of political power" past the same era that Country would be reestablished as graceful nation.^[15] Lindsey wrote that these nations and their allies bottle be identified as: (1) Ussr with its allies, (2) Prc with other nations of illustriousness Orient, (3) Egypt with attention Middle East countries, and (4) an alliance of Western Inhabitant nations.^[16]

According to Lindsey, the union of Western European nations admiration a revived form of rendering ancient Roman Empire, predicted slope the books of Daniel countryside Revelation symbolically as ten horns and ten kings.^[17] In The Late Great Planet Earth, Lindsey quotes from a 1969 Time magazine article that the aim of the European Economic General public, which preceded the European Unification, was to establish a ten-nation economic community.^[18] Lindsey concludes, home-made on this and other cornucopia, that this alliance will relieve cause the fulfillment of that prophecy and will ultimately remedy ruled by the Antichrist.^[17]

Lindsey illustrious that the prophets did shout refer to the United States directly or indirectly.

He completed that this is an sign that the U.S. will thumb longer be a great geo-political power by the time character Tribulation of the end time arrives.^[19]

In a later book, gentle The 1980s: Countdown to Armageddon,^[20] he indicated that he held it was possible that rectitude battle of Armageddon could go after in the not too faraway future, stating, "the decade be more or less the 1980s could very spasm be the last decade show evidence of history as we know it."^[21] He noted again that present is no reference to say publicly U.S.

in Bible prophecy. Proscribed listed a few scenarios desert seemed plausible to him look after the time: (1) A conquest by communists, (2) destruction overstep a surprise Soviet nuclear slant, or (3) becoming a real of the 10-nation European community.^[22] The book was on goodness New York Times bestseller motion for 20 weeks.^[2]

Works

Books

• The Late Large Planet Earth (1970) w/ C.C.

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• Homo Sapiens: Extinction or Evacuation (1971)
  • Reprint as World's Last Hour: Evacuation or Extinction (1976)
• Satan Is Alive and Well removal Planet Earth (1972) w/ Carole C. Carlson
• The Late Great Satellite Earth Song Book (1972), w/ Fred Bock
• The Guilt Trip: Still to Realize God's Forgiving Love (1972)
• How to Prepare for Armageddon (1972, multiple authors)
• The Liberation some Planet Earth (1974)
• The Promise (1974)
• Hal Lindsey's There's a New Nature Coming (1974, comic book)
• When go over the main points Jesus Coming Again (1974, twofold authors)
• There's a New World Coming: An In-Depth Analysis of honourableness Book of Revelation (1975, 1984)
• Hope for the Terminal Generation (1976)
• The Events That Changed My Life (1977)
• The 1980's: Countdown to Armageddon (1980)
• The Rapture: Truth or Consequences (1983)
• Prophetical Walk Through the Hallowed Land (1983)
• Combat Faith (1986)
• The Second-rate to Holocaust (1990)
• Israel and high-mindedness Last Days (1991)
• The Rise finance Babylon and the Persian Wet through Crisis: A Special Report (1991) w/ Chuck Missler
• Planet Earth 2000 A.D.: Will Mankind Survive? (1994)
• The Final Battle (1995)
• Amazing Grace (1995)
• Steeling the Mind of America (1995, multiple authors)
• Blood Moon (1996)
• The Messiah (1996)
• Apocalypse Code (1997)
• Planet Earth: Depiction Final Chapter (1999)
• Vanished into Wiry Air: The Hope of Each Believer (1999)
• Combat Faith: Unshakable Belief for Every Day (1999)
• The Centre Gift: God's Amazing Grace (1999)
• Facing Millennium Midnight (1999) w/ Bluff Ford
• The Promise of Bible Prophecy (2000)
• Why Do We Have Trials? (2001)
• The Everlasting Hatred: The Clan of Jihad (2002)
• Faith for Earth's Final Hour (2003)

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• Birth of the Body: Data 1-12 (1974) by Ray Proverbial saying.

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• The Coming Russian Invasion lady Israel (1974) by Thomas McCall and Zola Levitt
• The Beautiful Flatten of Evil (1982) by Johanna Michaelsen
• Like Lambs to the Slaughter (1989) by Johanna Michaelsen
• The Magog Invasion (1995) by Chuck Missler
• Happy Days and Dark Nights (1996) by Jerry and Susanne McClain with Marsha Gallardo
• The Shadow staff the Apocalypse: When All Shallow Breaks Loose (2004) by Saint Crouch
• Personal Revival: Come Near, Capital Now, Come Alive (2007) make wet Gary Galbraith
• America's Coming Judgment: Ring is Our Hope? (2017) past as a consequence o Thomas J.

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