Is The Apocalypse Coming? No, It Isn't!
Biblical literalists affirm in The Sign that Sept. 23 is the day the end comes as prophesied in Revelation. Fortunately, the film doesn't only present this version of the story, says Marcelo Gleiser.
by Marcelo Gleiser
Sep 13, 2017
4 minutes
The Sign, a documentary directed, shot and produced by Josh Turnbow and Robert Dvoran and set to air Thursday, addresses whether the end of days is coming this month, as some biblical literalists predict.
The "sign" in the title refers to an alignment in the sky peaking on Sept. 23, whereby Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter will be around the constellations of Virgo and Leo, together with the sun and moon. Sept. 23 is when Jupiter leaves Virgo after being there for a while.
According to Revelation 12, some say, this is when the end comes, after much turmoil and destruction:
"A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown
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