In this video series, I consider how the American strike on Iran in support of Israel has caused a fresh spate of prophetic drug-taking amidst prognostications of Armageddon and WWIII. I look at Rapture Fever, that Jesus failed to return in 1988 and the broad contours of End Time theological perspectives, Jesus’ main future facing dialogue on the End Times in Matthew 24-25 and the Book of Revelation.

Part 1

In Part 1, I lay out the background to the series with the Iran-Israel conflict, the broad brushes of eschatological perspectives, and some of the most egregious End Times hoaxes relating to date-setting for the return of Jesus.

00:00:00 Technical Preamble
00:01:00 Iran and the End Times
00:01:27 The Isolationist Right and WWIII
00:01:45 Armageddon and End of the World Prophecies
00:02:40 Trump’s rejection of nation building
00:03:00 The nuclear ambition of Iran
00:03:15 Not everyone thinks like the Western liberal
00:03:40 Iran the sponsor of Hezbollah, HAMAS and the Houthis
00:04:05 HAMAS and the UNHCR
00:05:00 “Globalise the Intifada”
00:05:41 The joining of the Green (Islamic) and Red (Marxist) revolutionary movement
00:06:16 The cultural relativity of the class struggle
00:07:12 Losing London to Islam
00:07:35 Autonomous zones of Sharia Law
00:08:00 The sin of criticising Islam
00:08:30 The Islamic revolutionary mindset as the imperative for Western preemptive action
00:08:50 Nuclear terrorism
00:09:20 The Big Satan and the Little Satan
00:09:40 The results of mass Moslem migration
00:10:48 The destruction of Israel first, the destruction of the West second
00:11:38 The End of Days
00:11:52 Remembering the 1980s – Rapture Fever
00:12:37 “This generation will not pass away”, 1948 + 40 = 1988
00:13:10 Premillennialism, amillennialism and post-millennialism
00:13:40 The Millennium and the meaning of the term
00:14:50 10x10x10 – a perfect period
00:15:25 The Postmillennial view – presenting the Earth to Jesus
00:16:40 Daniel’s 70th week and the Antichrist
00:17:11 The Rapture as an antitype of Noah’s Ark
00:19:10 Pre-, post-, and mid- exits
00:19:28 The false Christ – the Antichrist
00:19:58 The Final Judgment
00:21:00 Israel and Premillennialism – 1988, the return of Jesus
00:22:00 Hollywood pessimism and Christian optimism
00:23:50 1988 reasons why Jesus will return in 1988
00:24:10 1989 reasons why Jesus will return in 1989
00:24:17 Postscript 1994
00:24:25 So how do we understand the Rapture?

The “prophetic” books that I mention predicting the return of Jesus in 1988, 1989 and 1994 were:

Whisenant, Edgar C. (1988). 88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Be in 1988. Predicted that the Rapture would occur in 1988.
Whisenant, Edgar C. (1989). The Final Shout: Rapture Report 1989. Predicted that the Rapture would occur in 1989.
Whisenant, Edgar C. (1993). 23 Reasons Why a Pre-Tribulation Rapture Looks Like it will Occur on Rosh-Hashanah 1993. Predicted that the Rapture would occur in 1993.
Whisenant, Edgar C. (1994). And Now the Earth’s Destruction by Fire, Nuclear Bomb Fire. Prediction for 1994.

Remember, these were not crackpot, minor publications, but millions were disseminated throughout American, and then Western, Christendom! As I mention, perfectly rational, sensible ministries that I would otherwise endorse, have messages with people screaming and crying out in joy that the Rapture will be here in a few weeks!