yoel-
Here is one thing I remember about the "end times" and rapture/antichrist
fervor
that that was so BIG in the 70's after "The Late Great Planet Earth" became
such a crossover hit. I was living with the missionaries in Israel when I
read this book by a Christian who had had an angel come to her and tell her
that the end was just around the corner and had revealed to her that Anwar
Sadat was the antichrist. Many of the missionaries believed in her
prophecies and were certain that the peace with Israel was that covenant
with the many prophecied... where was it? Matt 24? Revelation? I can't
remember.
Well, Sadat was assasinated, and although I no longer believed, I was with
some American missionary women when the news came that Sadat had been shot.
They all were certain that Sadat would come back to life, as the antichrist
is supposed to have been inflicted a mortal wound but lived. They were
certain! Well, it obviously did not happen.
A while later, I came across a newer printing of the book mentioned above.
Although the woman still claimed the same stuff had been revealed to her by
an angel, all references to Sadat had been edited out!