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This is my opinion but I think it might be easier to promote a hoax today, as evidenced by all the hoaxes.

I would never watch Osteen.

People cling to those predictions. They just do.

The book of Daniel was written during the Jews' Babylonian exile. In it, Yahweh through Daniel says that from the going forth of the rebuilding of the temple, there would be 70 weeks of years(490 years) regarding the Messiah. The book of Nehemiah is about the temple being rebuilt, and thanks to that, we know fairly well when that happened. If you calculate those years, Christ appeared right on time.

There are various interpretations of that prophecy but they're fairly similar. Not all of them, but most.

It's pretty astounding.

That's what Hal Lindsay is trying to do now. But most people back in 1960 didn't realize Norman Bates was his own mother until the end of the movie.

Most didn't recognize how the Old Testament prophecies regarding the 1st advent were woven together until it had happened. The same will likely be true with the 2nd advent. People like Lindsay are guessing. Part of what they say may be on the mark, but overall, they're getting people obsessed with prophecies and distracting them from transforming their lives.