“As never before, one can find stories and images of apocalyptic crises, death, and destruction, as well as non-stop doomsday programming on television, all of which reinforce and stimulate end-time ideas,” he said.
“Any time there is increased ‘activity,’ conflict, or upheaval in the Middle East, prophecy interpreters inevitably jump on current events as fulfillment of God's divine plan at the end of time,” he said.īut there are elements of this version that are different from past episodes, he said. Most point out that Jesus himself warned against trying to guess about when the end of the world will happen.)ĭaniel Wojcik is an English professor at the University of Oregon and the author of “The End of the World As We Know It: Faith, Fatalism, and Apocalypse in America.” The current interest in the apocalypse follows a pattern, Wojcik said. (Only a small segment of Christians, of course, engage in these kinds of activities. Some Christians guess about the return of Jesus based on Bible verses from Isaiah, Daniel, and particularly Revelation - all of which offer what could be clues about the end times. The church will be raptured before the Anti-Christ appears and I believe he could be introduced in Europe at any time. “Get ready! Planet earth is about to become the playground for the Anti-Christ and his New World Order. Here’s a highlight from his most recent online newsletter, in which he analyses the uprising in Egypt. His website offers a DVD called “ Financial Armageddon” for $12 and is signing up registrations for a prophesy seminar in Sacramento in April for $10. Hagee is a popular televangelist and senior pastor of the 19,000 member Cornerstone Church. This latest wave of turmoil is prompting some pastors, like John Hagee of San Antonio, Texas, to use their websites to promote their ideas, along with links to materials for purchase. Just before the end of the last millennium, what with the inevitable heavy-duty calendar turn and the predictions of high-tech Y2K mayhem, interested believers were deluged by books, videos and conference invitations. Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, some suggested that event was a precursor for the return of Jesus to earth, and their belief that this would result in the end of the world. It’s been a while since American pastors have shown this level of apocalyptic fervor. “We were pleasantly surprised to find out that Joel’s Epicenter Conference in Jerusalem is totally sold out, over two months in advance of the event.” “The Twelfth Imam, Joel Rosenberg’s latest prophecy-related novel, is gaining momentum again after its initial release last year,” Endody said. Take the works of just one end times-focused author. Meanwhile, Tyndale House is reporting a bump in sales of its other titles. Left Behind co-author Tim LaHaye has already been tying the disaster in Japan to his reading of the Bible: "The Bible tells us in Matthew 24 that one of the signs of the last days - one of the birth pangs to occur - is an increase in earthquake activity and intensity," he told WorldNetDaily. “We also repackaged and updated the nonfiction ‘Are We Living in the End Times?’ to reflect what is happening in the world today.”
“We changed the back cover to a news headline approach to tie to today’s current events,” senior marketing manager Cheryl Kerwin said. But with recent news, those plans were tweaked to reflect the latest headlines.
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The series was due for a face lift, with new editions featuring new covers, said David Endrody, Tyndale’s vice president of sales. It sold more than 65 million copies and spawned two feature films and two video games. Left Behind is a series of 16 novels dealing with predictions about the end of the world. And publisher Tyndale House has begun ramping up plans for new editions of its blockbuster “Left Behind” series.
a website with a customized index predicting how close we are to the end - had its busiest February ever.
Already, the first quarter of 2011 is a bull market for these end times predictors.
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