THE MOON WILL TURN TO BLOOD!

       In Luke 21:24-28, Jesus gives us one of the clearest indicators we are near the end of the world: “there will be signs in the sun, moon and stars.” Earlier, Joel foretells a time when God will “show wonders in the heavens and on earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke; the sun would be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord” (Joel 2:30-31). The prophet Isaiah foretelling this same event warns: “the day of the Lord is coming with wrath and fierce anger...the stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light...the moon will not give its light” (Isaiah 13:9-10). Jeremiah calls it: “the time of Jacob's trouble” (Jeremiah 30:7). Then on the Isle of Patmos, the Apostle John writes down what the angel heard was under the 6^th seal: “the sun turned black like sackcloth, the whole moon turned blood red” (Revelation 6:12).

       Blood Moons take place when the moon appears red during to a lunar eclipse. A solar eclipse occurs when the earth comes between the sun and the moon resulting in darkness. But when the earth comes between the sun and the moon, the dusty air surrounding our Earth reddens and its reflection gives the moon a blood red appearance.

      Blood Moons have taken place throughout history but when four consecutive lunar eclipses occur, falling on Jewish Holy days, termed Blood Moon Tetrads, some significant event relating to the Jewish people seems imminent. NASA has identified four Blood Moons occurring in 2014 and 2015. The first will take place on April 15, 2014 which falls on the Jewish Passover Feast; the second falls on October 8^{, 2014}on the Feast of Tabernacles/Harvest; the third will appear on April 4, 2015 on the Jewish Passover; and the fourth takes place September 28, 2015 during their Feast of Tabernacles/Harvest. There will not be any other Blood Moon Tetrads until after the end of this Millennium which is some 985 years away! In the Olivet Discourse, Jesus made it clear that when history's end time signs converge on a generation with Israel at the center of worldwide anti-Semitic conflict, the final drama on the stage of human history has begun its final count-down.

      Some interesting question naturally come to mind: Why these four Tetrads in such succession? Why do they fall on Jewish Holidays? If prophecy puts Israel on center stage in the end times, what significance do these possible converging signs indicate and how shall we then live?

     As we begin this New Year, we need to refocus on our mission in view of the end times! Jesus is coming soon! In fact, He Himself tells us that when all these things begin to take place: “lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near” (Luke 21:28).

The “night is coming when no man can work!” Lets keep running well until we hear Him say: “well done, good and faithful servant!”