With less than a week left for the apocalypse, some Mormons are stocking up for the end of the world, which they believe will occur on September 28. Citing a religious prophecy, predictions of the Hebrew calendar, the coming of an uncommon lunar eclipse, stock market instability as well as other signs of the end times, Mormon preppers have rushed to clear shelves of emergency supplies, including gear and food.
Some Mormons believe that the end times will begin on September 28, the night of the blood moon, as that is in keeping with a prophecy popular within certain Christian circles. According to this prophecy, a series of four lunar eclipses overlapping Judaism’s holiest days would serve as the first sign of the apocalypse. Worth mentioning here is the emerging tetrad, a series of four consecutive lunar eclipses that take place within two years only.
During a lunar eclipse, the moon assumes a reddish-orange hue after getting eerily concealed by the Earth’s shadow. While science offers several explanations for this phenomenon, some Christians like to believe that such events have a spiritual significance, even more so because the Bible makes umpteen references to the moon turning bloody.
A Mormon author, Julie Rowe, published two books in 2014 in which she talks of her near-death experience from 2004. In her books, Rowe claims to have witnessed the afterlife as well as the past and the future of mankind. Even though she has never mentioned one particular date for the apocalypse, while speaking at public gatherings, Rowe has often urged believers to unify in righteousness and continue building a religious army as the end times are on the horizon.
According to media reports from various places across America, stores with emergency supplies have run dry as religious mobs continue to stock up for doomsday. Even though Mormons are traditionally taught by the Church to be prepared for emergency situations at all times, this sudden run on supplies is surely a sign of many Christians believing that the end is near.
Prophecies of the end times are nothing new as the world continues to be shaped by them. While Islamic State claims to be working towards the end in the Middle East, various Christian sects claim to be doing so in the west. Irrespective of which prophecies people believe in and which ones they do not, such information about the impending apocalypse come and go with one major rumor doing the rounds every few years on an average. Naturally, every prophecy makes way for more books, donations and opportunities for those with vested interest to generate money.
However, as far as the Bible is concerned, it states clearly that no person would know the exact date or the hour of the world’s end.
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