FAST FACTS:

• Billboards all over the mid south claiming they know when Christ is returning
• Those behind the billboard say it's soon
• One local pastor says not so fast

(Memphis 3/2/2011) You can find one on Crump Boulevard near downtown or near Bartlett at I-40 and Whitten Road.

There are 17 billboards near the city of Memphis claiming May 21 will be the day Christ returns.

Sandy Willson is the senior pastor at Second Presbyterian.

He says the claim isn't true, "Here is what the bible said about it, no one knows the day or the hour," said Willson.

Wecanknow.com is the website listed on the billboards. Allison Warden is the operator. She calls herself a Christian. And says it's no vision or dream, just scripture.

"It's a calendar, it coincidences with secular records, to when certain kings ruled and things like that. There is another date in that calendar and it's when Christ returns," said Warden.

Although she's read the verse in the bible saying Christ return will be a surprise, she says that read alone it's out of context.

"Yea brethren are not in darkness, that day should overtake you as a thief... That verse is saying believers will know," added Warden.

She says the web site has been seen by hundreds of thousands; everywhere from the United States to India.

No matter what you read or believe, Pastor Willson says you should turn to the bible for the truth.

"The bible is a collection of books and it's not always easy to understand, and we need teachers and we need time to study it carefully," said Willson.

The billboards were paid for by people throughout the United States wanting to get the word out.

They say the website has had hit from people in 130 plus countries