Glenn Beck Calls WDBJ TV News Shooting God’s ‘Final Warning’ Before the Apocalypse (Video)
“As we watch things like a shooting on television and a shooting on the street, this is the beginning of sorrows,” Beck says while predicting the end of days
Glenn Beck sees Wednesday’s murder of a reporter and a cameraman on live television as God’s “final warning” before the end of the world.
Just a few hours after Vester Flanagan opened fire on former WDBJ colleagues Alison Parker and Adam Ward during a local news broadcast in Roanoke, Virginia, Beck made the wild claim during his show on The Blaze TV.
“I think that God is giving me one final warning,” Beck said. “He’s telling us, ‘you got one more chance, this is it.’ I’m telling you, this is it. This is God saying, ‘Last chance.'”
In a subsequent sermon, Beck read from the scriptures and apologized to anyone who “doesn’t want to hear it” or who “doesn’t understand it.”
“I’m telling you, as we watch things like a shooting on television and a shooting on the street, this is the beginning of sorrows,” he said. “This is the beginning, and we have a final call.”
Flanagan, a disgruntled former WDBJ employee, fled in his Ford Mustang after the shooting. Police recovered the vehicle after he dumped it in favor of a Chevy Sonic he rented earlier this month. Attempts to stop Flanagan’s vehicle were unsuccessful, but the man died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds at approximately 1:30 p.m. ET.
The shooter posted video of him walking up a balcony and approaching the reporter and photographer before shooting them. Flanagan used Bryce Williams professionally and on social media.
11 of God's Biggest Hits at the Domestic Box Office (Photos)
"FIREPROOF": Kirk Cameron was able to convince Americans to spend $33.4 million on this 2008 drama about a firefighter who undergoes a 40-day relationship experiment called "The Love Dare."
"COURAGEOUS": This 2011 drama about four police officers struggling with their faith and their roles as husbands and fathers grossed $34.5 million.
"SON OF GOD": This Mark Burnett-produced recut of History Channel miniseries "The Bible" grossed $59.1 million this year.
"THE NATIVITY STORY": Before Oscar Isaac was a failed folk singer in "Inside Llewyn Davis," he was Joseph in "The Nativity Story," which raked in $37.6 million when it was released in theaters during the holiday season in 2006.
"GOD'S NOT DEAD": And he's very profitable. This $2 million drama about a college student clashing with his atheist professor has grossed $45.2 million since hitting theaters on March 21.
"NOAH": Darren Aronofsky's adaptation of the biblical story about God wiping humanity from the face of the planet with a great flood has grossed just short of $90 million in the U.S. (at the moment) since being released on March 28.
"THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER": Although box office receipts declined to $104.3 million in the U.S., the third installment of the franchise was still a hit worldwide, raking in a total of $415.6 million.
"THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN": The first sequel in the Walden Media franchise grossed $141.6 million stateside, and $419.6 million worldwide in 2008.
"BRUCE ALMIGHTY": This Jim Carrey comedy about an ordinary man who is given the power of God became a summer blockbuster when it grossed $242.8 million in 2003.
"THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE": This adaptation author C.S. Lewis' fantasy novel, which was a giant Christ allegory, grossed $291.7 million after being released a few weeks before Christmas in 2005.
"THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST": Mel Gibson's bloody film detailing the final hours of Jesus Christ and his crucifixion remains king with $370.78 million in the bank on U.S. soil, and another $240.1 million from around the world.
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This Easter weekend, “Heaven Is for Real” is doing some real good business at the box office, and is on track to become one of God’s biggest hits. Here are 11 others.
