In his blockbuster 1970 bestseller, The Late Great Planet Earth, Hal Lindsey boldly predicted that the Second Coming of Jesus Christ would occur within 40 years of the 1948 rebirth of the nation of Israel. Of course, it's now been 49 years since Lindsey made his prediction and 71 years since the rebirth of the nation of Israel. Unbelievably, Lindsey is still making predictions and people are still paying attention to the predictions he makes.