The end of the world is coming and we are in the “end times” according to a group on conspiracy theorists who believe that signs in the Bible say that the rapture will begin on September 23.
Many YouTube videos and evangelical websites refer to the apocalyptic theory known as Revelation 12, which they think refers to an astrological constellation.
The Rapture is the second coming of Jesus Christ as prophesied in the bible.
Revelations in the New Testament predicts that the Rapture will come upon us when “a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head” appears.
The Christian conspiracy theorists claim the woman is Virgo, and next week the sun and moon will be in Virgo, as will Jupiter which represents Jesus.
This happens every 12 years, but adding further weight to their claims they say another planetary alignment representing “the Lion of the tribe of Judah” will occur and this is unprecedented.
The main purveyor of this theory is Christian conspiracy theorist David Meade, who also predicts a mythological planetary system known as Planet X, or Nibiru, will appear in the sky on the same night.
He claims that when the planet passes earth it will start the Rapture with its gravitational force.
September 23 was pinpointed using codes from the Bible and also a “date marker” shown by the pyramids of Giza in Egypt.
But NASA has dismissed the claims, insisting the Planet X theory is merely a hoax.
Meade has been quoted previously saying: “It is very strange indeed that both the Great Sign of Revelation 12 and the Great Pyramid of Giza both point us to one precise moment in time – September 20 to 23, 2017.”
The prediction that Planet X will collide with Earth and destroy it has been rumbling around for years – but every doomsday has come and gone so far.