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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Lindsey's book is typical of the Dispensationalist view that the events of history are inevitable guideposts on the road to the end, foretold with unerring accuracy in the Bible. In Lindsey's chronology, the restoration of a homeland to the Jews was the first step, and the recapture of Jerusalem in 1967 a second step. This makes the rebuilding of the Temple possible, and Jesus predicted sacrilege in the Temple as a sign of the end. Meantime, a ten-nation confederation will form under the aegis of Rome, as prophesied in the ten-horned beast of Daniel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Is the End Near? | 1/8/1973 | See Source »

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