Mixing a brew of biblical prophecies, the Hebrew calendar, a volatile economy, world politics, a reported near-death experience and astronomical occurrences, hordes of Utahns have become convinced that calamitous events are imminent \u2014 maybe by month\u2019s end \u2014 and are taking every precaution.<\/p>\n
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They are called \u201cpreppers\u201d and are buying up food-storage kits, flashlights, blankets and tents. Some are even bracing to leave their homes \u2014 if need be.<\/p>\n
At American Fork\u2019s Thrive Life, which sells mostly freeze-dried food, sales have shot up by \u201c500 percent or more in the past couple of months,\u201d says customer- service representative Ricardo Aranda. \u201cThere is a sense of urgency, like something is up. A lot of people are mentioning things about September, like a financial collapse.\u201d. . .<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s how the doomsday scenario plays out: History, some preppers believe, is divided into seven-year periods \u2014 like the Hebrew notion of \u201cshemitah\u201d or Sabbath. In 2008, seven years after 9\/11, the stock market crashed, a harbinger of a devastating recession. It\u2019s been seven years since then, and Wall Street has fluctuated wildly in recent weeks in the wake of China devaluing its currency.<\/p>\n
Thus, they believe, starting Sept. 13, the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days, there will be another, even larger financial crisis, based on the United States\u2019 \u201cwickedness.\u201d That would launch the \u201cdays of tribulation\u201d \u2014 as described in the Bible.<\/p>\n
They say Sept. 28 will see a full, red or \u201cblood moon\u201d and a major earthquake in or near Utah. Some anticipate an invasion by U.N. troops, technological disruptions and decline, chaos and hysteria.<\/p>\n
Some of these speculations stem from Julie Rowe\u2019s books, \u201cA Greater Tomorrow: My Journey Beyond the Veil\u201d and \u201cThe Time Is Now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rowe, a Mormon mother of three, published the books in 2014 to detail a \u201cnear-death experience\u201d in 2004, when the author says she visited the afterlife and was shown visions of the past and future.<\/p>\n
Though Rowe rarely gives specific dates for predicted events, she did describe in a Fox News Radio interview \u201ccities of light,\u201d including scores of white tents where people will live in the mountains and sometimes be fed heavenly \u201cmanna.\u201d She saw a \u201cbomb from Libya landing in Israel, but Iran will take credit.\u201d<\/p>\n
And \u201cGadianton robbers\u201d of Book of Mormon infamy, meaning secret and corrupt leaders, are \u201calready here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her purpose in speaking out, Rowe told interviewer Kate Dalley, was \u201cto wake more of us up. \u2026 We need each other as we unify in righteousness and continue to build a righteous army. When we need to defend the [U.S.] Constitution, we will be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n
For the past year, the popular writer has been sharing her experience and visions at Mormon venues nationwide, drawing crowds of eager \u2014 and worried \u2014 listeners. Her two books have sold more than 20,000 copies apiece.<\/p>\n
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