On his radio program today, Glenn Beck issued a typically dire warning to his audience: the world is about to go up in flames.

Saying that the “and so it begins” message he received from God last year was merely a warning that all of the catastrophic predictions he has been making for the last decade are about to come true, Beck said that the world is a like a racer lined up at the starting line, merely awaiting the “ready, set, go” command.

“Last year was the ‘ready,'” Beck said. “I believe the Charlie Hebdo [attack] was the ‘set’ and I think the ‘go’ is coming and it’s coming soon … I warn you and I beg you with everything in me to hear me, please hear me. The world is on the precipice of fascism, communism, anarchy, and theological nightmares. Nightmares!”