CHRISTIAN conspiracy theorist David Meade says people have misunderstood his Planet X prophecy and the world will NOT end on Sept 23 - but he claims we could be in for seven years of nuclear war and natural disaster starting on October 21.
Conspiracies about the mysterious planet named Planet X or Nibiru - which suggest that it could be headed towards Earth to destroy it on September 23 - have spread globally.
But Meade - often cited as the originator of this Doomsday theory - says Planet X will not destroy earth on September 23.
Instead the planet will cause catastrophic events to take place over a period of seven years starting in October - including solar flares that could destroy electricity grids, nuclear attacks, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis.
He told Sun Online that "nothing" would happen in September whereas October would be "action month" and the possible start of a seven-year "tribulation".
David believes that a "spiritual sign" will appear in the sky on September 23 where the moon will appear under the constellation of Virgo.
Several days later on October 5, Planet X will fully eclipse the sun and cover the earth in shadow, which will signal the start of the "seven-year-tribulation" on October 21, he believes.
An asteroid named Wormwood, measuring at least three kilometers in diameters, which is attached to the "debris field of the Planet X star system" will hit earth at some point during the seven years, he claims.
The "tribulation" will also involve "nuclear exchanges between the US, Britain and our enemies – Russia, China, Iran and North Korea"
"It will involve cataclysmic climate events related to Planet X or Wormwood – those are the trumpet judgments of Revelation," he explained.
Huge solar flares would "bring down the electrical grid," according to Meade.
"The shelves on the grocery stores will be cleaned out inside of a day," he said.
"Banks and ATMs don't work without electric current.
"Gas pumps won't be functioning. Food transportation will stop.
"Rioting and looting will be unrestrained.... society will be in chaos."
He added that it would be "not a good time to be here, really."
Meade, who claims to combine biblical studies and science to make his prophecies believes that soon after October 21st this year, there will be a "rapture" in which close to a billion Messianic Jews, Catholics, Protestants and non-denominational "believers" will be "removed from the earth".
After the seven years of "tribulation" the remaining people on earth will enjoy a millennium of peace.
Even though NASA denies the existence of Planet X or Niburu, Meade believes there has been a huge cover up, and that his theories are a truly "possible scenario".
"It's very possible," he explained.
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"My personal intuition is that these events will transpire - or begin to transpire - between October 21st and the end of 2017.
"That's my best estimate of a date range for inception.
"I can't be much more exacting than that.
"But the odds of the September 23rd sign are billions to one. It signals the 'end of days.'"
Meade even claims the recent earthquakes in Mexico and hurricanes in the Caribbean are all related to Planet X and his theories.
"It’s the beginning," he said.
"The Mexico City quake (as adjusted for 1906 Richter scales), was about an 8.0 – the same intensity of earthquake that destroyed San Francisco.
"Over 1,000 people right now are reported dead, many more missing."
He added: "Ever since the Great American Solar Eclipse of August 21st we have been hit by a continued series of judgments."
Although he did say that October 2017 may signal "the end of the world as we now know it".
"People tend to read sensationalistic headlines, and not go to the source," he said.
"My book is the source. They don’t even read it. My book’s updates are on my Planet X News.com site - they don’t read those, either.
"As Donald Trump would say, this is 'fake news' they write about me. Nothing you can do about it really. Just stay a cool customer."
David added that he didn't want people to panic when they read his prophecies but to remain calm, "watch and pray".
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