The end of the world is approaching, on the 30th of June to be precise and an obscure Christian sect is erecting billboards across the United States to let everyone know.
The mastermind of the whole charade is charismatic Jose de Luis de Jesus, who openly calls himself the antichrist and makes his followers tattoo 666 onto their bodies.
The Puerto Rican national is asking people to repent and join the group, he his also preaching that it is wrong to worship the ‘Jewish teachings’ of Jesus, but rather to study the teachings of the Apostle Paul, who de Jesus claims to be in direct contact with.
According to Alex Poessy, the’bishop of Growing in Grace International in Canada,
‘That day, the body of Jose de Luis de Jesus, who is a human like you and me, his flesh is going to be immortal,’ said Alex Poessy, the bishop of Growing in Grace International in Canada.
‘He’s going to be living forever.
‘And that will happen to him, but also his followers.’
‘All those that are not believers are going to be destroyed.’
The famous Mayan ‘Long March’ calendar ends on December 21st 2012.
In addition to surviving the ‘transformation’, de Jesus promises his followers that following that apocalyptic event they will be given superpowers.
‘We can run and not get tired,’ said Axel Cooley who is the daughter of bishop Poessy.
‘Go through fire and not get burned.
‘I could be talking to you right now and then I could go through that wall.
‘So, you’ll know there is a difference.’
Basing their beliefs on passages from the Bible, Growing in Grace International followers are excited about the end of the world as far as we all know it.
‘The world’s not going to end,’ said Cooley.
‘What is going to end is the system.
‘All the governments and the currencies will fall.
‘The new government of the 666 will take over.’
Projecting the image of de Jesus with messages such as ‘666, number of wisdom’ or ‘Countdown to the transformation June 30, 2012’, billboards are up in the United states, Brazil and eight other countries.
Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1946, de Jesus insists on all his followers calling him ‘dad’ and has stated that his conversion occurred in 1973 while living in Massachusetts.
The former petty-thief witnessed two angels coming down to him, ‘The body of Christ manifested in Jose de Luis de Jesus, and all of sudden, that’s when he knew,’ said Cooley of the transformation.
Founded in 1986 and with followers in 35 different nations, 287 radio stations and a 24-hour Spanish language television network, Growing in Grace International is not the first group to pick a date this year as the end of the world.
The self acclaimed leader group has since in public on April 22,2012. He is said to be retreating and preparing for the transformation and his groups eventual takeover of the world.
‘A government where we will govern everything with a perfect order,’ described de Jesus in his goodbye address.
‘This is my last farewell for you. The time is finished.
‘We will see each other soon in Armageddon.’
Religious and sociological experts have expressed concern about this latest prediction of armageddon.