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Bible prophecy expert advises: "live everyday like your last".
SUZANNE SHEPPARD Sunday, April 23 2006 (T&T Newsday)
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in Bible prophecy expert Hal Lindsey (right) speaks with Attorney General John Jeremie just before the start of the conference at the Centre of Excellenc...Live like today is the last day
WORLD RENOWNED Bible prophecy expert Hal Lindsey advised the large crowd at a conference at the Centre of Excellence, Macoya, to plan their lives "as if today is the last day weve got."
Lindsey, 76, who spoke on Friday night at the conference, "Discerning The Times " Our World Now " Through The Eyes of Prophecy," said current world events are fulfillment of a prophecy given by Jesus Christ just before his crucifixion more than 2000 years ago. He described them as "signs of the end of the age."
He based his discourse on Matthew 24 in the New Testament where several signs of the end were described, among them religious deception, war and rumours of war, famines, earthquakes and plagues.
Lindsey told the gathering that the novel The Da Vinci Code and the recent claim that a Gospel of Judas had been discovered, were among the religious deceptions that many in the world were "swallowing ... left, right and centre." He pointed out that there was much more historical documentation for the authenticity of the New Testament than for many of the claims being made in an effort to discredit the Bible.
On the issue of war and rumours of war, Lindsey said more people were killed as a result of warfare in the 20th century than in all preceding centuries put together.
Referring to the other prophecies made in Matthew 24, the respected evangelist and Biblical scholar, revealed that since 1923 there have been 23 huge, killer earthquakes, five of which occurred in the 53 years between 1923 and 1976, while there were 18 between 1976 and 2006.
"In just over 15 years the vast majority of killer quakes have occurred," Lindsey said.
On the issue of famines, Lindsey said the population of the world is now at seven billion and the stress on the planet means that "millions of people go to bed hungry and will die."
"In 1975, we entered the age of famines. There is always famine somewhere in the world."
He said these and other world events, which are occurring at "an ever-accelerating pace," are merely "the beginning of birth pangs" leading to the end of the age.
"This is the most exciting time to be alive," Lindsey declared. "Something extraordinary is happening in the world."
Earlier in his address, Lindsey said he had met with Prime Minister Patrick Manning who had "very openly confessed his faith in Jesus Christ." He said Manning had asked him all kinds of questions about Bible prophecy. He remarked that he never thought he would meet a prime minister who would talk about Bible prophecy in such depth. cool.gif
"When a nation is led by a man who fears God, that nation is blessed," he said.
The first session of the conference was attended by former president Arthur NR Robinson and Attorney General John Jeremie who, in a brief address, told the hundreds of born-again Christians in attendance that he was speaking to them "as a member of your fellowship."
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