Pat Robertson: Asteroid could destroy Earth as soon as next week

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By Kolten Parker : April 22, 2014 : Updated: April 22, 2014 2:02pm




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Christian Coalition President Pat Robertson appears on NBC's "Meet the Press" May 7, 2000 in Washington, DC.

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SAN ANTONIO — Megachurch pastors Pat Robertson and John Hagee walk into a bar ... and a devastating astronomical event occurs and the world is destroyed.

Not to be outdone by the blood moon theory pushed by Hagee, a world-famous preacher from San Antonio, Robertson has crafted another “end of the age” theory that involves an asteroid, or, as he calls it, “a big ol' hunk of space rock” destroying the Earth, which he said could happen as soon as next week.

“I don't see anything else that fulfills the prophetic words of Jesus Christ other than an asteroid strike,” said Robertson on The 700 Club television broadcast Monday. “There isn't anything else that will cause the seas to roil, the skies to darken…”

Robertson was plugging his book “The End of the Age,” which asserts a meteor will destroy the Earth, on the Christian Broadcasting Network. The 1988 presidential candidate, who has predicted the world would come to an end multiple times, was piggy backing off of news that NASA would release information Tuesday that asteroids have struck the world much more than previously thought.

The B612 Foundation released data Tuesday reported that 26 explosions attributed to incoming asteroids have occurred near Earth, none of which were detected. Each of the 26 explosions gave about an equivalent of the detonation of 1 kiloton or more of TNT, according to NBC News.

The largest blast, which occurred in Russia in 2013 and injured 1,200 people, roughly was equal to 600 kilotons. The nuclear blast that devastated Hiroshima in 1945 was 12 kilotons, according to NBC.

“So, hey, just get ready,” Roberston said. “Get right. And stay right with the Lord… It could be next week, it could be 1,000 years from now. But nevertheless, we want to be ready whenever the Lord says, 'I'm wrapping it up, and it's time to come home.' ”

Hagee, who also is pushing sales of his book, predicts that a “world-shaking event” would occur within the next year. Hagee, founder of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio said last week that the four total eclipses, also known as blood moons for the red color, indicate that a history-changing event soon will occur.

The first of the four blood moons occurred April 15.

The Cornerstone Church, located near Stone Oak on the North Side of San Antonio, has about 20,000 active members, according to its website.

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