Although St. Justin Martyr said that he personally believed in a literal 1000 year reign, he said that there were other Christians who didn’t believe in it. (
Dialogue with Trypho, chap. 80)
Eusebius Pamphilus didn’t believe in a literal 1000 years reign. (
History of the Church, book 3; chap. 39)
Jack is Catholic friendly but gets everything mixed up. He picks an obscure quote by a Catholic theologian and forms it into his interpretation of Catholic dogma. He’s believable if you have done little study. Some of his errors are:
Jack Van Impe has set many specific years and dates for the second coming of Christ, continually revising his prediction. He recently indicated 2012 as a possible date for the second coming. Van Impe no longer claims to know the specific date of the Second Coming of Christ, but quotes verses which imply that humankind should know when the second coming is near.
Prior to January 1, 2000, Van Impe frequently predicted widespread global catastrophes and destruction resulting from the Y2K problem, which he believed to be a fulfillment of Bible prophecy. He was of course wrong.
Newspaper Prophet, Van Impe has said that he is not a televangelist. “I’m a TV analyst, I analyze the news.” Jack and his wife Rexella give their interpretation on how past and present world events are fulfilling Bible prophecy. He believes the European Union to be the “Restored Roman Empire.” According to him when it reached ten nations it fulfilled Bible prophecy even though today it is much higher than that in member states.
An article in the January-February 1993 issue of Perhaps Today magazine included a detailed chronology to demonstrate that the Lord will probably return in September of 1999:
“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.”
In the Jan-Feb 1997 issue of Perhaps Today Van Impe claimed that the year 2001 “will see the start of the Great Tribulation. Political chaos, natural disasters, nuclear war and the worldwide rise of Islam will usher in mankind’s final hour.”
In 1998, Van Impe had this to say about the 16th century French mystic Nostradamus;
”Now, Nostradamus said that the king of terror would appear November of 1999. I believe Nostradamus knew his bible and knew what the six-day theory was, and so he could put it all together.” Jack Van Impe Presents October 5, 1998
