A book called The Late Great Planet Earth was the 1970s incarnation of this nonsense. It was written by Hal Lindsey, a “writer” who dropped by my parents’ ministry several times.
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After everything predicted in the book came to nothing, Lindsey rewrote and “updated” his “interpretations” in many sequels.

I once saw a cartoon showing Hal Lindsey “ten years in the future”, sitting at the wheel of a Rolls Royce in the drive of his grand estate. “Gee” he says, “Guess I was wrong.”