Maybe so, but he hasn't date set.
He's always careful to hedge his bets, but in the man's own words:
"Let's figure that out again--1948.5 plus 51.4 equals 1999.9--around September of the year 1999. Now, we are not date-setters! Of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not he angels of heaven, but my father only (Matthew 24:36). But wait! Don't say, `No one can know the APPROXIMATE time when Christ will return,' for Jesus also said in verse 33 that we will know when it is near, even at the doors."
http://www.apostasywatch.com/wolves...peecumenicaldatesetter/tabid/174/default.aspx
Van Impe and other like-minded con men know better than to box themselves in...keep the suckers coming back for more. Honestly, even if he keeps it approximate--usually two or three years away--that's date setting by any other name. No need to split hairs (which in Jack's case would be no mean feat).:chuckle: