The Blood Moons Prophecy
Could lunar eclipses be portents of the end times?
There will be signs in the Sun, Moon and stars.
T
he last century has seen
a huge wave of end-of-
the-world predictions
- and with Y2K and 2012, our
generation, in particular, has
witnessed its fair share of ‘the
end is nigh!’ claims. To support
the notion that we are heading
straight to the Apocalypse,
the end-times proponents cite
everything from the Mayan
calendar to Biblical verses.
One of the most popular recent
theories in Judeo-Christian
circles is the Blood Moons
Prophecy, which, again, views
the Moon as a crucial element
in God’s plan for mankind. It
conjectures that the four Blood
Moons which happened in 2014
and 2015 were signs from God
regarding the end times since all
four Blood Moons fell on Jewish
holidays.
The calendar used by the
Jewish people, the Hebrew
calendar, is a lunisolar calendar.
This means that the months are
based on the lunar cycle while
the years are counted according
to the solar cycle. Every month
in the Hebrew calendar begins
with the New Moon; therefore
Jewish holidays and festivals
depend on the movement of the
Moon. That makes the Moon
quite vital for Israel.
Some believe that GENESIS 1:14
is evidence that celestial bodies
are the locations of signs from
God.
According to the Talmud,
lunar eclipses are bad omens for
the Israelites and solar eclipses
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are bad omens for the non-
Jews. It further elaborates that
an eclipse seen in the Western
sphere of the world will affect
only those in the West and an
eclipse seen in the East will
only affect its inhabitants; if an
eclipse is seen in the geocentric
zenith, it is a warning for the
entire world. [SUKKAH 29A]
The Talmud notes, ‘When
the colour of the eclipse is red,
it symbolises war; when grey,
famine; when changing from red
to grey, both war and famine.’
[SUKKAH 29A]
Rabbis believed these
eclipses were signs of trials
and tribulations due to human
beings’ transgressions. They also
declared that the Hebrew people
would be successful as long as
they followed the decree of God.
[SUKKAH 29A]
According to the Tanakh (the
Old Testament), God said that
in the end times, ‘I will display
wonders in the sky and on the
earth. Blood, fire and columns
of smoke. The Sun will be turned
into darkness and the Moon
into blood before the great and
awesome day of the LORD comes.’
[JOEL 2:30-31]
The four Blood Moons that
came to pass in 2014 and 2015
were special in that they all fell
on Jewish feast days - something
that isn’t predicted to happen
again for the next hundred
years. For a tetrad to synchronise
with the Jewish holidays is so
rare that it has only happened
three times in the past 500 years.
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What is a Tetrad?
A tetrad in astronomy is ‘a series of four
consecutive total eclipses occurring at
approximately six-month intervals.’
— LUKE 22:25
Supporters of the Blood Moons Prophecy point
to history as proof of the significance of the
2014/2015 tetrad. They assert that with
every tetrad in synchronisation with
Jewish festivals, the Jewish people
were affected in some way.
Mark Hitchcock, in his
analysis of the Blood Moons
Prophecy [ B LO O D M O O N S
RISING, 2014] , notes the three
times in history when
the tetrad lined up with
Jewish holidays:
1493-1494: A year
after the Edict of
Expulsion was signed
in Spain, which banned
Jews from entering Spain
if they did not convert to
Catholicism. 1492 was also
the year Columbus sailed
to North America, paving
the way for the formation of
the United States of America
which would serve as a ‘safe
haven’ for many Jews.
1949-1950: A year after the
founding of the modern state of Israel,
which was immediately attacked by its
neighbouring Arab states; the ensuing Jewish
War of Independence would continue on into
early 1949. The Jewish people won the war and a
tentative truce was made.
1967-1968: 1967 was the year of the Six-Day War
between Israel and the combined forces of Egypt,
Syria and Jordan. The Jewish people emerged
victorious, having captured the Gaza Strip, the
Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights. They also
gained control of the West Bank, which meant that
Jerusalem was now in custody of Israel.
In addition to the tetrad lining up with Jewish
festivals in 2014/2015, September 2015 was part
of the Jewish Sabbatical year. Sabbatical years
happen every seven years and during this time,
[A TETRAD OF LUNAR ECLIPSES BY DR TONY
PHILLIPS FOR NASA]
In order to be known as a tetrad, there
must not be any partial eclipses between
the total lunar eclipses. During a total
eclipse, the Moon takes on a reddish hue
for approximately an hour.
The Blood Moons of 2014-2015 in
Conjunction with Jewish Holidays
1: 15 April 2014 - Passover
2: 8 October 2014 - Feast of Tabernacles
20 March 2015 - Total Solar Eclipse
3: 4 April 2015 - Passover
4: 28 Sept 2015 - Feast of Tabernacles
The final Blood Moon in the tetrad was an
even rarer Supermoon eclipse.
the Israelites were to let the land rest, meaning
that they were not to plant any crops. The Bible
details a time when God punished the Jews for
failing to observe the Sabbatical year for 490
years by exiling them from Babylon for 70 years.
[2 CHRONICLES 36:20-21]
The Blood Moons Prophecy supporters note
that the horrific attack of 9/11 was carried out in
2001 - a Sabbatical year. 2008, another Sabbatical
year, was the year of the Great Recession. Although
the Great Recession affected the whole world, it
had a particularly huge impact on the United
States of America. Since the United States is home
to 40% of the world’s Jewish population , it makes
sense that any divine judgement for the Jews
would affect the United States.
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