Hal Lindsey has been criticized since 1970, when he published his first book "The Late, Great Planet Earth". He's been labeled a "doomsday prophet" and accused of making false predictions for more than 50yrs now, but I challenge anyone to name one. Hal would be the first to tell you that he's no prophet... just a messenger.

The most important thing to understand about the Bible is that prophecy is, and always has been, the proof of God's word. Without old and new testament prophets there wouldn't be a Bible, and without Christ's own fulfillment of prophecy we wouldn't have the promise of His return, Christianity.

It's certainly true that "No man knows the day or hour" of God's judgment. However, prophecy is given so that no one will be "fooled" by false prophets. The antichrist will be powerful and fool many, but when Christ returns "every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that He is King of kings and Lord of lords" because there will be no doubt. That, of course, is the prophecy that Christianity is founded upon.