The Leaders of Doomsday Theology

Candlelight's doomsday theology stems from dispensationalism, a 19th-century plot by figures like John Nelson Darby, whose Plymouth Brethren secrecy hid divisive schemes. Convicted fraudster Cyrus Scofield spread it via his Zionist-backed Reference Bible, as Hal Lindsey's failed 1980s Armageddon predictions and John Hagee's CUFI fueled "Greater Israel" wars. These "architects" wove fear and ethno-nationalism into evangelicalism, sidelining Christ's love for speculation, leaving Christians adrift in division.

John Nelson Darby, Inventor of Dispensationalism, a Doomsday Theology

Cyrus Scofield - publishes the Scofield Reference Bible in 1909

A convicted fraudster, Cyrus Scofield, forged a divisive, Zionist obsessed eschatology that prioritizes fear over faith. His ties to New York’s elite Lotus Club, rubbing shoulders with Zionist leader Samuel Untermeyer, hint at shadowy networks funding his 1909 Scofield Reference Bible - revised in 1917 to embed dispensationalism's speculative "Greater Israel" narrative into American evangelicalism. This influential text, shaping millions, now stands exposed: a tool of hidden agendas that sows division and end-times hysteria, betraying the Gospel's call to love and unity for those seeking historic truth.

Readings:

Cyrus Scofield and the Lotos Club: The Hidden Networks Behind the Theologian Who Shaped Evangelical Zionism

Heresy in the Heartland: C. I. Scofield: Scoundrel, Shyster, and Scalawag

A Reverend Revealed: The Real Identity of One of the Most Influential (and Simplistic) Thinkers of the 19th Century

The Scofield Bible: Its History and Impact on Christianity

Christian Zionism: Road-map to Armageddon?

The Late Great Planet Church

Dispensationalism: Rightly Dividing the People of God?

Waiting for Armageddon Documentary


Hal Lindsey, Dispensationalist Author, Doomsday Theology Proponent, False Prophet

John Nelson Darby - invents dispensationalism in 1840

The mastermind behind rapture theology, peddled a divisive theology that splits Israel from the Church and obsesses over a rapture, stoking geopolitical fervor for a “Greater Israel.” His shadowy Plymouth Brethren ties and lack of transparency raise sharp questions about whether hidden agendas drove his apocalyptic vision.

Note on Origins: While John Nelson Darby is the primary architect of dispensationalism, theologians point to Margaret MacDonald, a teenage Scottish girl from the heretical Irvingite movement, as the inspiration for Darby’s Rapture invention due to her 1830 “vision”.

Readings:

Exposing The Rapture Myth You’ve Been Taught All Your Life

The Rapture Plot

Darby, Dualism, and the Decline of Dispensationalism

The Incredible Cover Up

Zion's Christian Soldiers?: The Bible, Israel and the church

C. I. Scofield, Popularizer of Dispensationalism and Doomsday Theology

Hal Lindsey - publishes "The Late Great Planet Earth" in 1970

Hal Lindsey's "The Late Great Planet Earth" (1970), published after the Six-Day War, popularized doomsday dispensationalism by interpreting Israel's expansion towards "Greater Israel" as a fulfillment of prophecy, predicting an imminent rapture that never came. His failed 1980s end-times forecast undermined his credibility, yet his theology, mirroring Candlelight's unconditional support for Israel, continues to divide Christians by prioritizing geopolitics over love and unity. Lindsey's legacy is one of alienating speculation, not faith.

“The Soviet Union, as prophesied in Ezekiel 38-39, will launch a massive invasion of Israel, leading to Armageddon. This could happen any day now.” - Lindsey

Readings:

Where Hal Lindsey and Dispensationalism Went Wrong

The Rapture Plot

Dispensationalism: Rightly Dividing the People of God?

John Hagee - founds Christians United for (Greater) Israel in 2006

Hagee's doomsday rants, preaching a ticking "Doomsday Clock" and urging unconditional militaristic support for Israel to speed up Armageddon, risk inciting geopolitical chaos to force God's hand. His apocalyptic calls, like predicting a Russian-Iranian attack on Israel, raise questions about whether he's pushing a dangerous accelerationist agenda, mirrored by Candlelight's Israel-obsessed theology.

"God sent Hitler to help Jews reach the promised land" - Hagee

Readings:

Righteous Gentiles: Religion, Identity, and Myth in John Hagee's Christians United for Israel

Hagee’s Errors on Israel

The Dangerous Doctrines of John Hagee

Beginning of the End: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Coming Antichrist

Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question

Dispensationalism: Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Questionghtly Dividing the People of God?

Christian Zionism: Road-map to Armageddon?

John Hagee, Dispensationalist pastor and Doomsday televangelist