Blood Moons Coming?

[JohnyMac]

So what are blood moons?

I am starting to hear a lot of noise concerning the up and coming four blood moons. I did a quick search online to get some kind of an idea however every link I click circles back to a book called Four Blood Moons by John Hagee.

The first one happens on April 14-15 just eight days away.

Does anybody have any info on these coming events?

[Kentactic]

Tax day is the 15th...I owe money I dont have... seems like a bloody good time.

[Kentactic]

http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-79826925/

[JohnyMac]

So it starts at 1958 Eastern Time on April 14th.

Well the next day being April 15th - TAX DAY. The symbolic meaning here is quite obvious. Blood Moon on the day you have to pay the government for permission to live here.  Or is it 

[1000meterstare]

Whitewolf has done research on this.  J-Mac, you can get ahold of him.  Whatever moon, a shit sandwich is coming soon and we all have to take a bite.

[JohnyMac]

Great idea 1KM. I will drop him an email. 

[Nemo]

Short storty, its a lunar eclipse.  It happens about every 26 months.  Nothing new or extraordinary.  Move along. 

Nemo

[JohnyMac]

Well I wasn't getting much from the forum so I took 1000Meter's suggestion and contacted WhiteWolf.

Here was his reply to my email. I thought it was very thorough and succinct.

For you folks who do not know Whitewolf, he is the forums unofficial Christian and scripture expert. 

Happy to share.   "NASA says there will be 12,064 Lunar Eclipses between -1999 and +3000.   

Of these 12,064 eclipses, 3,479 will be total lunar eclipses.  That’s an average of less than one total lunar eclipse per year.   It is an average of 2.5 lunar eclipses per year of total plus partial lunar eclipses.

During that time there will be 142 Lunar Tetrads.  62 will occur between 1 AD and 2100 AD.

The chances of any lunar eclipse occurring on any particular day, whether total or partial, is less than 3/365.  The chances of one occurring on particular days 4 times in a row would be 3/365 x 3/365 x 3/365 x 3/365 = or about one in 100 x 100 x 100 x 100 = one in 100 million days, or once in 273,000 years.  Nevertheless they have occurred on the first day of Passover and Tabernacles 7 times since 1 AD, and are getting ready to occur again in 2014 and 2015.  Statistically, they should NEVER HAPPEN.

In 2014, the first of 4 total lunar eclipses occurs on Passover (First Feast Day), April 15, 2014, followed by a solar eclipse on April 29, 2014, then the second total lunar eclipse occurs on the Feast of Succoth (Last Fall Feast Day), October 8, 2014, followed by another solar eclipse on October 23, 2014.

In 2015, the Jewish religious year begins with the total solar eclipse March 20, 2015, then two weeks later the third total lunar eclipse occurs on Passover, April 4, 2015, and then the civil year beginning with the total solar eclipse on September 13, 2015 followed two weeks later by the fourth total blood red moon on the Feast of Succoth, September 28, 2015.

Tetrads of four sequential lunar eclipses with no intervening partial lunar eclipses occurs 6 other times in this century, but this is the only time it occurs on the Jewish holy days of Passover and Feast of Tabernacles.

The last time that four blood red moons occurred together was in 1967-1968, probably related to the recapture of Jerusalem by Israel.  The time that the tetrad occurred before this was in 1949-1950, probably related to Israel becoming a nation.  Before this time, the last occurrence was 1493-1494, probably related to the expulsion of the Jews from Spain.

Since 1 AD, this tetrad has occurred on these holy days a total of 7 times.  In 2014-2015, it will be the 8th time.  It won't occur again for another 500 years."

Now, there are of course Bible verses which discuss the blood moons.

Acts 2:20 "The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day."

Revelation 6:12-14 "When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale. The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place."

Matthew 24:29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken."

Now, obviously one can say that the coming of Christ didn't follow the last seven Tetrads the Bible can't be taken literally.  However, those people aren't taking the fullness of scripture to heart. There are many things which are happening now that fulfill Biblical prophecy of the times. That said, does this mean I personally believe His return is incoming? Yes, but not as soon as we may want it. There are still a number of prophecies left to be fulfilled. Namely the war with Syria and the unveiling of the Anti-Christ.

Recent history in Syria has revealed that the Sunni's and Shiites are fighting namely for the sake of the "Great War" as prophesied by Muhammad. They believe this war will usher in the 12th Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi. This will be our Anti-Christ. And there's a whole other article I could write on this topic, but the reason I mention this is because of Isaiah 17 in which Damascus is completely destroyed and NEVER inhabited again as in the case of Edom.

All that said, I don't believe anyone in the US should be immediately concerned with any impending doom on the 15th. However, don't brush it off. The US has a historical track record of being blessed or cursed according to their actions taken for or against Israel. Now, if I had to guess what will happen on April 15th; I'm assuming war with Syria or an attack. Though, at the same point this could be just the beginning of a window of time in which a number of things could happen including: destruction of Damascus, destruction of northern Jerusalem along with the Temple Mount, building of the Third Temple, emergence of the Mahdi (anti-Christ), WWIII, etc. Only way to know is keep living.

In closing, I know that any religious dialog has not been a popular subject on this forum. With that said, please keep an open mind - "There are no coincident's in life." Colombo
   

[sledge]

In God We Trust

[special-k]

Methinks it's poppycock.   

[sledge]

Methinks it's poppycock.   

It sure beats the hell out of "In Obama We Trust", "In Democrats We Trust", "In Republicans We Trust" , Or "In Anyone Else I Can Think of We Trust".  I suppose you could adopt "In Myself I Trust", but that would only apply for you, meaning most wouldn't agree.  Not to mention that its extremely short term as none of us will make it out of this life alive.

But trust whom you please.

Me, In God I Trust.

[special-k]

I wasn't responding to your comment Sledge... but way to jump to conclusions there.   

[JohnyMac]

Time will tell won't it? 

Roll out of bed at 0300 (EDT) Tuesday April 15 and make a pot of coffee. Once it is brewed take a cup of joe outside with along with your camera (Phone). At ~0345 (EDT) the moon should be in full eclipse mode. Take a shot and post the picture here. Check out your time of observance here.

Rather than fling crap at the Blood Moons coming lets keep track of the what happens over the next 18 months starting with this Blood Moon on Monday night/Tuesday morning.

PS: Don't forget to put out your empty wallets and ask the moon to fill them three times 

[special-k]

I can't help but to be a little jaded because time after time there is some impending date or astrological event that pans out absolutely zilch.  If the "thief in the night" lines in scripture mean anything, there shouldn't be such an obvious/predicted forewarning... just sayin'. 

@JM  After getting the shit-end-of-the-stick from the moon/wallet thingy (you know what I mean ), I won't be trying that again.

[JohnyMac]

What happened with the Moon/Wallet scenario? 

[special-k]

What happened with the Moon/Wallet scenario? 

Remember... bicycle?

[Nemo]

Get out and see it.  Hope your sky is clear.  I cannot put much stock in the religious aspects.  Call me whatever.

Nemo


http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-79826925/

Total lunar eclipse on April 14-15: What is a 'blood moon'?
By Deborah Netburn, This post has been updated. See the note below for details.
April 7, 2014, 10:00 a.m.

    Mark your calendars, sky watchers: In one week a total lunar eclipse will turn the moon an eerie shade of red.

    On April 14, at 10:58 p.m. PDT, the moon will move into Earth's shadow. The full lunar eclipse -- when the entirety of the moon is shaded by Earth -- begins just over an hour later at 12:07 a.m. and lasts until 1:25 a.m. PDT.

    [Updated, 11:13 a.m. PDT April 7: The eclipse will be visible across almost the entire continental United States, most of Canada and Central America and parts of South America. To see if it is visible from where you live, check out Sky and Telescope magazine's map.]

    The coming red moon, which you may have heard called a "blood moon," is a perfectly natural occurrence.

    Every time the moon passes completely into the shadow of the Earth, it turns a reddish color -- sometimes a bright copper, other times the dark reddish brown of dried blood.

    The red color occurs because even when the Earth has moved directly between the moon and the sun, the scattered light from all the sunsets and sunrises on the rim of our globe still make it to the moon's surface.

    "If you were standing on the moon during a total lunar eclipse you would see the Earth as a black disk with a brilliant orange ring around it," said Alan MacRobert, of Sky and Telescope magazine. "And this brilliant ring would be bright enough to dimly light up the lunar landscape."

    It has been a long time since a total lunar eclipse has been visible from the United States. According to MacRobert, the last one took place on Dec. 11, 2011. But the good news is there are three more on the way after this one.

    This lunar eclipse is the first in what is called an eclipse tetrad -- four successive lunar eclipses with no partial lunar eclipses in between.

    The next one, which also will be visible from nearly all of North America, will take place in October.

    As for the intriguing term "blood moon" -- that appears to be new. MacRobert has been writing about astronomy since 1982, and had never encountered it before.

    The astronomy website EarthSky.org suggests the phrase originated not with astronomers, but with a Christian pastor named John Hagee and his 2013 book, "Four Blood Moons: Something is about to change."

    According to Hagee's ministry website, the book "explores the supernatural connection of certain celestial events to biblical prophecy."

    Regardless of whether or not you call it a blood moon, this lunar eclipse is definitely worth staying up late to see.

    "I really urge everyone to watch the progress of this eclipse," MacRobert said. "Whether you have a small telescope, a pair of binoculars or even just your naked eye -- you'll be seeing part of the geometry of the cosmos happening right in front of your eyes."

[JohnyMac]

Got it SK. 

Thanks for posting Nemo! 

[kokopelli]

I found the same thing JohnnyMac found. the term "Blood Moon" comes from Hagee's book. What ever faith you are. This is historically interesting to say the least. I will be there to watch.

[JohnyMac]

Just as a side note: John Hagee's book does use the term Blood Moons however the phrase actually comes from Acts, Revelations 2:20. The term Blood Moon is also written about in the Torah, Yoel 2:31 to be specific.

Also keep in mind that the Blood Moons fall on Jewish Holidays, e.g. Passover and Sakkot. Also the Blood Moons have a specific meaning only to Israel or peoples who oppose Israel.

Some past interesting dates where a Blood Moon and a Jewish holiday lined up was:

> 1493-94 when the Jews were cast out of Spain
> 1949-50 when Israel became a state, and
> 1967-68 the Six Day War.

So what does it all mean? Maybe nothing or an attack of importance on Israel within this 18 month period that could have global ramifications especially for those countries that align themselves with the powers against Israel.

Just talking writing out loud here.   
 

[kokopelli]

Or it may mean changes in our environment as well. I believe all nature is connected. We as humans are connected to each other as well as to all natural life around us. If one thing changes, it may affect all of us. Good opportunity to practice our preparedness. Be ready to do your part.

[JohnyMac]

Great point Kokopelli! 

[Nemo]

This type moon happens rather frequently.  I cannot stretch to see any religious significance.  More info below.

Nemo

http://www.fullmoon.info/en/lunar-eclipse-2014.html

Information about the total lunar eclipse
on Tuesday, 15th April 2014
(only visible completely in Australia and America)

Easily explained
During a lunar eclipse, the moon moves through the shadow of the Earth. Which means, that the Earth is positioned quite exactly between the Sun and Moon and casts its shadow onto the Moon. This is only possible at full moon and if some other requirements are met. Depending on whether the Moon passes the partial or the core shadow of the Earth, we speak of a partial or total lunar eclipse.

The copper-coloured moon
When the moon touches the core shadow of the earth, the first parts of the moon surface begin to darken. If you would actually stand on the moon, you would experience a total solar eclipse! As soon as the moon immerses completely in the core shadow, the surface of the moon begins to glow copper red. Towards the centre of the core shadow, the light fades and turns dark red to brownish grey.

About the visibility
This total lunar eclipse will only be visible in Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii or America. In the western countries of Europe and Africa, you can only view the beginning of the lunar eclipse, shortly before sunrise. You will not be able to see it in the Middle East.

• Australia: visible
• Asia: not visible
• Middle East: not visible
• Europe: partially visible in the western countries
• Africa: partially visible in the western countries
• America: visible

The exact moment of the total lunar eclipse in Universal Time is:
Tuesday, 15th April 2014, 07:45:40 am (UTC)

[JohnyMac]

Yes Nemo you are 100% correct with the exception of one thing small thing - They fall on Jewish Religious events.

So like with everything in life, we will see. 

[Grudgie]

And with 0 partial eclipses in between as I understand it? As White Wolf says, statistically it shouldn't be happening.