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Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons. – Genesis 1:14
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord. – Joel 2:31 & Acts 2:20
What is a Blood Moon?
It occurs when the earth’s shadow from the sun totally covers the moon, allowing only the red wavelengths of light to penetrate the earth’s atmosphere and reflect on the moon. This gives the moon a blood red appearance.
Are Blood Moons rare?
A total lunar eclipse is not very rare but when you have four together, they are given the special name of Tetrad. There are only 8 tetrads that will occur this century. The 2014-15 tetrad is rare because it is also divided by a total solar eclipse in 2015 (sun turned into darkness).
Making it more significant for religious people is the fact that these 4 Blood Moons occur on the two most holy Jewish festivals: Passover and Feast of Tabernacles. A tetrad on these festivals has only occurred 4 times in the past 500 years. Each one signaled a major change in history. The current Tetrad dates include:
2014 Passover (April 15)
2014 Feast of Tabernacles (October 8)
2015 Total Solar Eclipse (March 20)
2015 Passover (April 4)
2015 Feast of Tabernacles (September 28)
Is this a sign from God? Was the star the Wise Men followed announcing the Messiah’s first coming from God?
“Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.” – Matthew 2:2
Clearly God’s sign alerted the Wise Men that something of major significance was occurring. Jesus tells his disciples to look for significant signs to alert us of His second coming.
“And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring… Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” – Luke 21:25, 27-28
The Blood Moons are clearly a sign – 4 Blood Moons imply the signs relate to the created order of the world. The fact that they occur on religious holidays may imply significant things will soon happen in the religious world. Whether it is the second coming or something else we do not know. But the scriptures tell us we should prepare, watch, and pray; for we do not know the day or hour of his coming.
“Immediately after the distress of those days “‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light… the Son of Man will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. – Matthew 24:29-31