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BIOGRAPHY Born in New Testament and was converted. Lindsey became an avid reader of Scripture, particularly prophetic sections, which convinced him that the Bible was truly the Word of God." He entered Dallas Theological Seminary in 1958 (with the help of "Colonel" Robert Thieme, pastor of Berachah Church in Houston, which Lindsey had attended) where he studied with John F. Walvoord , author of the 1974 best-seller ''Armageddon, Oil, and the Middle East Crisis.'' He graduated with a degree in theology. With his second wife Jan he worked with Campus Crusade For Christ and continued with them until 1969 . Hal then helped a mission in Southern California which continued until 1976 . During this period, in 1969 , Hal wrote his first book, ''The Late Great Planet Earth.'' Published in 1970 by Zondervan , '' The Late, Great Planet Earth '' became one of the best selling works of non-fiction in that decade. Coming on the heels of the Six-Day War , the book fueled the popularity of Dispensationalism and its support of ethnic Jews as the "chosen people of God". It has been published in 54 languages, has reported sales of over thirty-five million copies, and is still in print. Many of Lindsey's later writings are sequels or revisions and extensions of his first book. He formerly hosted the programming, and that it was never canceled, unlike what Lindsey claimed (Even TBN's two-hour flagship program, Praise The Lord , was pre-empted for holiday shows). Lindsey resigned from TBN on on Sundays at 11:30pm Eastern time and 8:30pm Pacific time. He has been Divorce d three times, and is currently married to JoLyn Lindsey. PREDICTIONS In ''The Late, Great Planet Earth'', Lindsey wrote that he had concluded that since there was no apparent mention of the United States in the books of Daniel or Revelation , that the USA would no longer be a major player on the geo-political stage by the time the Tribulation s of the End Times arrived. Lindsey also predicted that the European Common Market , which preceded the European Community , was destined according to Biblical prophecy to become a " United States Of Europe ", which in turn he says is destined to become a revived Roman Empire ruled by the Antichrist . A later book bears the title ''The 1980s: Countdown to Armageddon'', which implied that the battle of Armageddon would take place shortly after that decade. Lindsey's earlier predictions all assumed that the Cold War would continue indefinitely, and had eschatological significance; he explicitly identified the former Soviet Union with the apocalyptic figure of Gog . He also assumed that the 1960s Counterculture would eventually become the dominant culture, and become the source of prophesied "immorality" that would lead to the establishment of a false religion. Hal Lindsey forecasted the end days would be within the generation of the establishment of Israel in 1948 and believed that a generation in the bible was 40 years. Therefore, by 1988 Jesus would have established his kingdom. Virtually none of Lindsey's verifiable predictions have been confirmed by history. ZION OIL On April 1 , 2004 , Lindsey used his WorldNetDaily column to promote the sale of shares in the Zion Oil and Gas Company, citing Biblical prophecy as a basis for suggesting that there was oil in Israel . Critics have pointed out that Lindsey did not mention that one of the directors of Zion Oil was Ralph DeVore, also a director of Lindsey's ministries and his cousin. DeVore has since resigned from Zion Oil. [http://blogs.salon.com/0003494/2004/06/13.html BIBLIOGRAPHY Hal Lindsey's works include:
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