Kent Hovind is in jail because he is a premillennialist and has very strong faith and therefore won't give up on even his wrongly placed convictions. Too bad, because he was doing interesting work on the other end of history (the beginning). I just read that he's in jail for 10 years in a federal prison for tax evasion.
So, what does his premillennial views have to do with him being in jail. It's because he doesn't know that the only thing Revelation has to do with today is the millennial kingdom that we're now living in. The premillennial Christian believes that the beast in control of the world-wide anti Christian government wasn't Nero just before 70 AD, but is some sinister person who will soon take control of the world we live in now. In the premillennialist view, the church will ultimately lose and we'll only be saved from the midst of Armageddon in the nick of time by the second appearance of Christ. If you have a strong faith like Kent Hovind obviously does you will cast your eyes with suspicion upon big government and their power grabbing tricks (like taxes). I think Kent Hovind is acting with a clear (but mistaken) conscience.
If, however, you accept that when John said in revelation that these things "must shortly come to pass" he actually meant that they must shortly come to pass (i.e. already did in and around 70 AD), you will see that there has been a fifth empire like Daniel forecast would start like a small rock and grow into a mountain and continue to grow forever. Hopefully you will also see that the church today is not meant to fail but to grow as the millennial kingdom grows, and that the government(s) rest on the shoulders of Christ who is reigning now in heaven.
Dan 2:35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were broken to pieces together. And they became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors. And the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
Sure, there's lots of bad things going on in the world today, but Christ, in part through the influence of Christians through the centuries, keeps things together and growing and getting better (just as fast as we're willing to go with Him). How else could it happen?
The sad part is that the more you believe in premillennialism, I think the less likely you are to work to better this world (contribute to the Kingdom). But then again, maybe I'm wrong...
I'm sure of one thing though: Kent Hovind will have a harder time contributing from his jail cell.
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