David Meade (author)
Meade, who describes himself as a "Christian numerologist",[2] claims to have attended the University of Louisville and studied astronomy, "among other subjects.
[15] As September 23 passed, Meade again revised the apocalypse to October, making new predictions for that month, such as Nibiru eclipsing the sun on October 5 and that several people would levitate into the sky (including then-current U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence) followed by a nuclear attack by North Korea, China, and Russia on the United States.
[16][17] He predicted other events for that month, such as a series of magnitude 9.8 earthquakes; that the Earth's pole would shift by 30 degrees; that the United States would be split in half; and that Barack Obama would be elected as U.S. president for an illegal third term.
[21] In an article published by International Business Times on February 15, 2018, Meade announced that the apocalypse would begin in March 2018, but no date was given.
[22] He stated that several events in 2018, such as the January 2018 super blue blood moon eclipse, the 2018 Winter Olympics, and Israel's 70-year celebration of independence, were signs of the apocalypse.
"[35] Christopher M. Graney, a professor with the Vatican Observatory Foundation, noted that the supposedly unique astronomical event cited by Meade as a harbinger of doom was, in fact, quite common, having occurred four times in the last millennium.
[37] Albert Mohler, the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary stated, upon Meade's previous prediction in September 2017, that "Christians are not called to be the setters of dates and the anticipation of the calendar."
[38] Judi McLeod labeled Meade as a false prophet on her website Canada Free Press after his prophecies failed to come true.
[39] ATLAH World Missionary Church pastor James David Manning has also called Meade a fraud in one of his YouTube videos.
[40] Brazilian astronomer Duília de Mello called his predictions and theories rubbish, and said Nibiru would have been seen during the eclipse and that Meade was using calculations based on the Gregorian calendar.
[43] After September 23, 2017, passed, a European mind reader and mentalist with the same name received multiple death threats when news websites linked him to the predictions.
[50] The specific focus of his prediction revolved around the Woman of the Apocalypse (referring to Revelation 12), another event that was supposed to take place on 23 September when a certain configuration of the Earth, Sun, Moon, and Virgo would happen.
[52] Meade's April 23 prediction was based on passage 12:1–2 in the Book of Revelation, which states "And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.
