A blood moon is commonly known as a lunar eclipse. This occurs when the earth moves along a path in space between the sun and the moon. The moon passes through the shadow created by the earth blocking the light from the sun, and the moon appears to get darker and darker until it glows an eery red color similar to the color of blood.
So, why is it always a tetrad of blood moons which corresponds with Biblical feast days? Four blood moons comprise a tetrad. God's name has four letters. In Hebrew it is represented as:
These are the four Hebrew letters which spell God's name. They are read right-to-left, and are phonetically pronounced: Yode, Hey, Vav, Hey. Could these tetrads be God's way of signing His name? Similar to saying, "Hey, it's Me." Just a thought.
So then, the most recent three tetrads of blood moons which fell on Biblical feasts occurred in the period from:
- 1493-94 (shortly after Jews persecuted and evicted from Spain in 1492 and Columbus (a Jew) sailed to New World to find them a new home. Columbus returned to America in 1493 with 1,500 men and 17 ships);
- 1949-50 (after state of Israel for repatriating Jews was created in May 1948 in one day); and
- 1967-68 (Jews capture Jerusalem in June 1967, the City of God, in a supernatural victory during the "Six Day War").
According to NASA, the next tetrad of four blood moons will occur between April 2014 and September 2015.
I found some internet articles which discuss the coming tetrad of blood moons. Those articles mostly described the coming tetrad to be possible evidence of the timing of the return of Jesus. But, I have found that the Bible does not predict a "pre-trib" rapture of the church. (Please visit my blog: April 2012, which gives the scriptural basis for this assertion.) Also, since Daniel's last week of 7 years has not yet begun, which is commonly called the "7-year tribulation", since no peace treaty with Israel has yet been affirmed as required by Dan 9: 27, then Jesus' return must be more than 7 years in the future, and thus occurring some time after the years 2014-15.
The exact dates predicted by NASA for the approaching 2014-2015 tetrad of blood moons are:
I found some internet articles which discuss the coming tetrad of blood moons. Those articles mostly described the coming tetrad to be possible evidence of the timing of the return of Jesus. But, I have found that the Bible does not predict a "pre-trib" rapture of the church. (Please visit my blog: April 2012, which gives the scriptural basis for this assertion.) Also, since Daniel's last week of 7 years has not yet begun, which is commonly called the "7-year tribulation", since no peace treaty with Israel has yet been affirmed as required by Dan 9: 27, then Jesus' return must be more than 7 years in the future, and thus occurring some time after the years 2014-15.
The exact dates predicted by NASA for the approaching 2014-2015 tetrad of blood moons are:
- April 15, 2014
- October 8, 2014
- April 4, 2015
- September 28, 2015
I compared these dates from the NASA website with a website which lists a calendar of Biblical feasts. To my amazement, the dates of the coming tetrad of lunar eclipses (blood moons) forecast for 2014-15 COINCIDE with certain Biblical feasts, as follows:
- April 15, 2014 - 1st day of Passover
- October 8, 2014 - Feast of Tabernacles
- April 4, 2015 - 1st day of Passover
- September 28, 2015 - Feast of Tabernacles
Check out these sites for yourself:
The next tetrad of blood moons which coincides with Biblical feasts will not occur for hundreds of years. So, I believe that something very significant which involves Israel is going to occur on the world stage just prior to, or between, April 2014 - September 2015.
UPDATE VI: As of today (October 1, 2015) no war has yet broken out in the Middle East which involves Israel; however, Russian troops and advisers are now in Syria. Chinese ships, and perhaps troops, are on the way. Iran is sending troops. Russia is bombing ISIS. The United States and Israel are both a bit nervous over this development. The war drums are pounding, but it is too early to tell what the US (and Israel) is going to do.
One common feature involved with each of the three prior tetrads described above is LAND ACQUISITION by Israel (the Jewish people). The discovery of America initiated the founding of America as a nation which has served as a safe-haven for Jews over the past several hundred years. Jews have been able to escape persecution by living in America. The 1948 creation of the state of Israel gave them a homeland, once again. The 1967 war gave them Jerusalem, which had been lost to them for almost 2,000 years. So, land acquisition is key.
Perhaps the Psalm 83 war will occur (prophetic psalm describing how Israel will defeat the nations/groups of peoples immediately surrounding Israel, based on their historic biblical tribe names, now known as Hamas and the Palestinians in Gaza, and Hezbollah in S. Lebanon, etc.) and Israel may expand its borders to occupy these troubled areas. In Zeph 2: 8-9, the prophet describes how after the people of Israel are gathered together, which occurred in 1948 and continues today, God hears the reproach (blame, revilings) of Moab (today's Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank) and the insults/taunts of the people of Ammon toward His people Israel and the borders of Israel. Is this kind of noise not in today's news? The prophet also describes how the "residue/remnant" of Israel shall plunder them and how the "remnant/remainder" of Israel shall possess them.
UPDATE II: I recently found a few verses in Jer 49 (vv. 1-2) that give additional support for Israel to soon occupy more land. These verses call for a "judgment against Ammon" and for Israel to take possession of the land which God gave them -- the land of the Ammonites (modern Jordon). (Jer 49: 1-2) This action may or may not be part of the coming conflict, but will certainly be a future event prophetically predicted by Jeremiah, a 6th century B.C. prophet of God.
UPDATE III: Also in Jer 49 (vv. 34-38) it describes an event where Elam (a western province of modern Iran) will be attacked and its "bow" broken -- the "foremost of their might." Could this be a preemptive attack by Israel, alone or with help, against the nuclear research and storage facilities located in western Iran? This action also may or may not be part of the coming conflict.
UPDATE IV: There are additional verses in Jer 49 (vv. 23-27) that discuss the total destruction of the city of Damascus, Syria such that it ceases from being a city and is made a "ruinous heap." Likewise, most of Is 17 prophesies this destruction of Damascus which is to occur in one night. Since the Jeremiah prophecy was written in the 7th century B.C. and the Isaiah prophecy was written in the 8th century B.C., Damascus has never ceased from being a city. Nothing short of a nuclear attack could conceivably accomplish such a thing. For various reasons, including the reference in Jer 49: 23 of there being "trouble on the sea", which I understood to mean a foreign power (not Israel) having ships at sea which could launch nuclear missiles for such an attack, I did not initially mention these verses in this blog. Israel would most likely use land-based or air-based platforms to launch such an attack against Damascus, and would not use ships at sea. For this reason, I did not believe the prophesied destruction of Damascus would occur during the imminent mid-east conflict being announced by the coming blood moon tetrad. It is speculation, but Israel may have submarines equipped with nuclear missiles. Also, nations friendly to Israel could have ships or submarines at sea equipped with nuclear missiles. But, Syria would have to be aware of such a threat and be frightened of the threat at sea, according to Jer 49: 23-24. With conditions in Syria rapidly deteriorating, and angst between the United States, Israel, Syria, Iran and Russia escalating, I feel impressed to include these verses in Jer 49 and Is 17 as a possible event connected with the coming mid-east conflict.
Perhaps the coming action by Israel against the peoples surrounding Israel will initiate events which cause the affirmation of the peace agreement which commences Daniels 70th week. Who knows? Best to keep your eyes on the headlines.
UPDATE IA: Here are recent HEADLINES involving Israel and Syria.
One common feature involved with each of the three prior tetrads described above is LAND ACQUISITION by Israel (the Jewish people). The discovery of America initiated the founding of America as a nation which has served as a safe-haven for Jews over the past several hundred years. Jews have been able to escape persecution by living in America. The 1948 creation of the state of Israel gave them a homeland, once again. The 1967 war gave them Jerusalem, which had been lost to them for almost 2,000 years. So, land acquisition is key.
UPDATE II: I recently found a few verses in Jer 49 (vv. 1-2) that give additional support for Israel to soon occupy more land. These verses call for a "judgment against Ammon" and for Israel to take possession of the land which God gave them -- the land of the Ammonites (modern Jordon). (Jer 49: 1-2) This action may or may not be part of the coming conflict, but will certainly be a future event prophetically predicted by Jeremiah, a 6th century B.C. prophet of God.
UPDATE III: Also in Jer 49 (vv. 34-38) it describes an event where Elam (a western province of modern Iran) will be attacked and its "bow" broken -- the "foremost of their might." Could this be a preemptive attack by Israel, alone or with help, against the nuclear research and storage facilities located in western Iran? This action also may or may not be part of the coming conflict.
UPDATE IV: There are additional verses in Jer 49 (vv. 23-27) that discuss the total destruction of the city of Damascus, Syria such that it ceases from being a city and is made a "ruinous heap." Likewise, most of Is 17 prophesies this destruction of Damascus which is to occur in one night. Since the Jeremiah prophecy was written in the 7th century B.C. and the Isaiah prophecy was written in the 8th century B.C., Damascus has never ceased from being a city. Nothing short of a nuclear attack could conceivably accomplish such a thing. For various reasons, including the reference in Jer 49: 23 of there being "trouble on the sea", which I understood to mean a foreign power (not Israel) having ships at sea which could launch nuclear missiles for such an attack, I did not initially mention these verses in this blog. Israel would most likely use land-based or air-based platforms to launch such an attack against Damascus, and would not use ships at sea. For this reason, I did not believe the prophesied destruction of Damascus would occur during the imminent mid-east conflict being announced by the coming blood moon tetrad. It is speculation, but Israel may have submarines equipped with nuclear missiles. Also, nations friendly to Israel could have ships or submarines at sea equipped with nuclear missiles. But, Syria would have to be aware of such a threat and be frightened of the threat at sea, according to Jer 49: 23-24. With conditions in Syria rapidly deteriorating, and angst between the United States, Israel, Syria, Iran and Russia escalating, I feel impressed to include these verses in Jer 49 and Is 17 as a possible event connected with the coming mid-east conflict.
Perhaps the coming action by Israel against the peoples surrounding Israel will initiate events which cause the affirmation of the peace agreement which commences Daniels 70th week. Who knows? Best to keep your eyes on the headlines.
UPDATE IA: Here are recent HEADLINES involving Israel and Syria.
I believe there will be some sort of major conflict which is going to ultimately effect Israel in a major positive way. God will protect Israel from being destroyed.
Luke 21:25 states:
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 ...
The "time of trouble" spoken of throughout the Old Testament is indeed just around the corner. It is time to repent and to prepare your heart to seek the Lord to escape things to come and to be hidden in the time of trouble. (Psalm 27: 5; Zeph 2: 3; Rev 3:10)UPDATE IB: For more celestial harbingers of God's coming judgment, please visit my March 2013 blog entitled, "The Heavens are Signaling an Economic Collapse in 2015 -- Make Ready"
UPDATE V: In my blog from August 2013 regarding that it is time for repentance by God's church, I discuss how God is now judging America, and will judge EVERY NATION that turns from God. If a nation turns from God, it implies that such a nation, as was ancient Israel, was previously a God-fearing nation which has abandoned God as evidenced by its immoral activities.
For an interesting and informative May 2012 video featuring Pastor Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries which explains in more detail the coming blood moons and other celestial signs for 2014-15 which evidence the soon coming of Jesus, please visit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71CGGfBj5I0
2012 - True Believer
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