Is the end of the world almost here? – ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)
Some say the end of the world is hours away.
At least according to Family Radio, a non-denominational Christian organization, which has been warning Armageddon, will begin on May 21.
“New Zealand time zone at approximately 6 p.m., a great earthquake will occur,” said Kevin Brown, a volunteer for Family Radio, who spoke by Skype.
New Zealand is 19 hours ahead, which means Arizonans, would be witnesses to the final days late Friday evening.
“This is God’s day,” Brown said. “It’s called the day of the Lord. It’s really the battle of Armageddon.”
The organization, founded in 1959, argues their information comes from the messages God has hidden in the Bible.
Brown pointed to several signs.
“One of the signs is the great expansion of the gay pride movement,” Brown said.
That and the decline of marriage, the increase of divorce and evolution are all hints the world will end.
“We no longer believe God is the creator, we have therefore elevated science as God,” he said.
Then there is the infighting amongst all types of Christian churches, which he called corporate churches ignore the end is near.
Brown explained how May 21 was chosen as the day: “And God told Noah, yet seven days and I will destroy the world with a flood and so God says a day is a thousand years and a thousand years is a day, exactly seven thousand years to the day will be May 21st.”
Natural disasters, like the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, are no doubt a preview to judgment day, he said.
Months ago, Family Radio put up billboards around the country, including Phoenix, which reminded people of the May 21 date.
Phoenix resident Marco Malimban admits he quit his job so he could use the few days left to spread the message.
Malimban was in Nogales, Arizona Thursday passing out end flyers on judgment day.
“The warning that we’re getting from the Bible is very urgent and it’s also very solid,” Malimban said by phone.
“They’re preparing for this end that is simply not coming and these are real people that are going to have to deal with consequences of that,” said John Lynn, leader of the Arizona Coalition of Reason, a group of non-believers made up of atheists and agnostics.
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