Preparing for the apocalypse in Timaru

Friday, September 11th, 2015

A religious group in Timaru is preparing for an apocalypse they believe will coincide with this month’s blood moon.

A handful of Timaru Messianic believers are waiting to see if the fourth blood moon since April last year will be significant as predicted.

Based on the teachings of American Messianic Rabbi Jonathan Kahn, as well as a number of other unrelated religious individuals, group member Patricia Hughes believes “something probably will happen” Read more

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