“I wholeheartedly believe and accept that May 21st will be a day of judgment.”
That’s the message that 34-year-old Edwin Ramos of King of Prussia is delivering to the world.
Ramos was an electrical contractor for seven years. That ended eight months ago when he had an apparent revelation.
Ramos became inspired by the beliefs of “Family Radio,” a California-based Christian group that claims that there will be a series of world-ending earthquakes.
The group has setup a series of billboards and RV road-shows nationwide proclaiming their belief.
Compelled by what he says are claims based on Biblical scripture, Ramos gave up his business to his father and rededicated his life to spreading the apocalyptic news.
“I was going to shut it down, he wanted to hold onto it,” said Ramos.
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“He says just in case it doesn’t happen we’ll still have the business.”
Ramos bought an R-V and shrink-wrapped it with the end of the world message. In bold white letters it asserts that the end of the world will take place on May 21, 2011.
When Edwin first shared his new-found beliefs, Tracy Ramos, Edwin’s sister-in-law was skeptical to say the least.
“My reaction was that he was crazy,” said Tracy.
Yet Edwin was able to change her mind, using Biblical scriptures to back up his claims.
“We started reading the information for ourselves and we just felt like God had opened our eyes to it all too,” said Tracy.
“It just made perfect sense to us.”
Many people in the area who’ve seen Edwin’s message disagree strongly, including other Christians.
“They’re just stuck on one belief and it doesn’t line up with God’s word,” said one man.
“It was supposed to happen 17 hundred million times before,” laughed another. “And it never does.”
So is Edwin a prophet or just plain crazy? Looks like we’ll find out in ten days…
