Sep 15, 2005 winner of the 2001 the lincoln group of new yorks award of achievement a history book club selection the assassination of abraham lincoln is usually told as a tale of a lone deranged actor who struck from a twisted lust for revenge. In the book of revelation, the final prophetic book of the bible, the blood moon is said to mark the second coming of jesus christ. Feb, 2014 even john hagee, who argues for a literal interpretation of the bible on other prophecies, notes that the moon does not actually turn to blood, but it does appear bloodred. Because it cloaks and obfuscates the true blood moon prophecy which is apocalyptic and and presented in the scriptures as occurring right at the end of this present era. The prophet joel writes the words, i, the lord, will cause the sun not to give. Blood moon on sukkot sparks doomsday fears the times.
On its surface, red moon is a book about werewolves, providing an alternate history behind the origins and growth of the werewolf population. Blood and the moon by william butler yeats hello poetry. Any lunar eclipse is a blood moon for an hour or so. Anything that happens, happens on earth and the sun, moon, and stars are used as object lessons. Pastor mark biltz of tacoma washington first came up with the theory and now pastor john hagee is running with the ball with his new book, four blood moons. Joel 3 niv bible in those days and at that time, when. Thus we read in this same book of the prophet joel, the day of the lord is at. Werewolves are the monsters in the story, but the bete noire is humanitys moral decline. There were four blood moons coinciding with jewish feast days in 14931494.
In those days and at that time, when i restore the fortunes of judah and jerusalem, i will gather all nations and bring them down to the valley of jehoshaphat. Seven centuries have passed and it is pure, the blood of innocence has left no stain. The sun will turn into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the lord comes. Why didnt jesus return during the bloodred moon of 2015. Book of joel in the book of revelation, the final prophetic book of the bible, the blood moon is said to mark the second coming of jesus christ following the destruction. Day of judgment upon nations and redemption of israel and g. John hagee is the author of several new york times bestsellers, including jerusalem countdown, which has sold over one million copies. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the lord come.
Blood moon of joel and revelation not about eclipses of. He charts out the terrible events that will happen on the earth before and during the godly day of judgment. Blood moons, bible prophecy, and the integrity of the bible. Sep 01, 2015 blood moon has some expecting end of the world. The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, ebefore the great and awesome day of the lord comes. Earthquake hits papua new guinea same time as eclipse in the early hours of january 31, the moon began to turn red as it started coming out of the shadow of earth. The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood. 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. What is the blood moon prophecy, what are the end time theories. Begley, along with others, believe the astronomical event was foretold by the book of revelation, book of acts and book of joel in bible. There are not two actions going on at the same time, one affecting the sun and one affecting the moon. The book of joel in the king james bible prophesied about the blood moons and the end of the world.
What is the blood moon prophecy, what are the end time. Hepsens take on vampires is a bit different and very interesting. Take heed, lest you lift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, you feel driven to worship them and serve them, which yahweh your elohim god has given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage deut. This verse is quoted in the olivet discourse in matthew 24. Four blood moons and the prophet joel the temple mount faithful. This prophecy repeated by peter during pentecost, as stated in acts, though peter says that the date of pentecost, not a future date, was the fulfillment of joel s prophecy. So far the threat has been controlled by laws and violence and drugs. Red moon rising offers a challenge both to prophecy skeptics outside the church and to prophecy scholars within the church with its systematic and sensible chronological model of prophetic events, from the birth pangs of the apocalypse, to the brief triumph of the antichrist, to the final destruction of the beasts kingdom and the second. Four blood moons endtime ministries irvin baxter and dave. The sun will become dark, and the moon will turn blood red before that great and terrible day of the lord arrives. The idea of a blood moon serving as an omen of the coming of the end times comes from the book of joel, where it is written the sun will turn into darkness, and the moon into blood.
Furthermore, joel is the prophet who prophesies in the name of g. All of the scriptures refer to the moon turning blood red as a heavenly sign the end times are. In the book earths final moments, he claims to unveil how the prophetic. Neither joel nor peter says that the moon will appear bloodred. Four blood moons and a false prophet open our eyes, lord. An alternative meaning for a black moon is a month without a new moon. Red moon rising red moon rising blood moon on sukkot sparks doomsday fears. How bibles book of joel forewarns of major disaster.
He is the founder and senior pastor of cornerstone church in san antonio, texas, a nondenominational evangelical church with more than 20,000 active members. Blood red moon in the book of joel the moon will be red as blood according to the book of joel. Apr 15, 2014 are blood moons a biblical sign from god that something earthshattering is about to happen. The blood moon is foretold by the bible in the book of joel 2. If earth didnt have an atmosphere, then, when the moon was entirely within earths shadow, the moon would appear black and invisible, says earthsky.
Blue moon, black moon, dark moon, blood moon auntie moon. Blood on the moon reveals that it is completely wrong. Tonight july 26, the moon will pass through the center of earths rusty red shadow and remain there for a whopping 1 hour and 43 minutes to astronomers, this. Whether for daily pittance or in blind fear or out of abstract hatred, and shed blood.
Solar prominences can be seen along the limb in red as well as extensive coronal filaments. Jan 02, 2020 the bloodred moon theory was always just thata theory, regardless of the adamancy of some teachers. May 07, 20 an amazon best book of the month, may 20. In the book of joel, god says there will be wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and firethe sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to.
Red moon is a morality tale cloaked in fur, fangs and social injustice. This prophecy repeated by peter during pentecost, as stated in acts, though peter says that the date of pentecost, not a future date, was the fulfillment of joels prophecy. Centurys longest blood moon stokes doomsday fears the. One of those involves the moon turning to blood, commonly called a blood moon. As you can tell by reading this rendering of joels prophecy cited by the holy bible. Its a wellwritten, medium heat, historical paranormal romance with vampires. This being true, the prophecies about the moon being turned to blood cannot refer to the four blood moons of the last 500 years. During a total lunar eclipse, the earth lies directly between the sun and the moon, causing the earth to cast its shadow on the moon. A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon completely covers the suns disk, as seen in this 1999 solar eclipse. So the prediction of four blood moons is nonsense, plus hagee doesnt even get the dates of the eclipses right. Usa today percy has a lusty flair for describing destruction. From what ive seen so far, it appears each of these books close out the main storyline, or at least get to an acceptable stopping point, but maintain a major core thread that travels throughout the entire series. Suprisingly, the phrase blood moons does not appear at all in the kjv bible. And the sun is shining through the atmosphere of the earth and casts up on the moon a red shadow.
Blood moons are mentioned in scripture, including in the book of joel, the book of revelation and the book of acts. Hagee would have failed a high school science exam on the subject. English standard version the sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the lord comes. There was a new moon on january 1st with a second new moon on january 30th. A super blood wolf moon will take place on january 21 and one conspiracy theorist claims the eclipse is a warning of a major disaster. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the. Find out everything you need to know about blood moons right here on breaking israel news with our top blood moon articles and videos.
The prophecy related to the beginning of end times as describe in the bible in the book of joel, acts 2. Are blood moons a biblical sign from god that something. There i will put them on trial for what they did to my inheritance, my people israel, b. The claim of a blood moon being a sign of the beginning of the end times originates in the book of joel, where it is written the sun will turn into darkness, and. Do these bible passages prove todays blood moon marks end of the world. The idea of a blood moon serving as an omen of the coming of the end times comes from the book of joel, where it is written the sun will turn into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the. Why did people think the bloodred moons of 2014 and 2015 were significant.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible. Apr 02, 2015 although some have questioned the influence of the hageeblitz blood moon prophecy among evangelicals, the immense popularity of youtube videos featuring these preachers delivering sermons on the subject of the blood moon prophecy, and the fact that hagees book, four blood moons, was an instant and new york times bestseller. The super blood moon will mark the end of the world and the second coming of jesus christ, according to. Bible claims next weeks blood moon will trigger end of.
If blood moons signal the apocalypse, we have been in the. The national aeronautics and space administration nasa defines the occurrence of 4 consecutive total lunar eclipses as a tetrad. There, on blood saturated ground, have stood soldier, assassin, executioner. Doommongers warn fridays blood moon means the end of the. The blood moon also is prophesied in the book of revelation chapter 6 verses 11, where verse 12 states, and i beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo. Megachurch pastor hagee wrote that the red disks of the moon during the full eclipses are referred to in the book of joel 2. International standard version, there are two events described by one verb. From what weve seen of how the bible uses sun, moon, and stars for nations either good or bad nothing actually happens to the sun, moon, and stars. Not only will the moon will be totally eclipsed this friday, but mars will be at opposition and shine in tandem with the red moon all night. Whats certain is that tomorrows blood moon is a once in a lifetime event and weve had. When people speak of blood moons being in the bible as a part of the end times, they fail to see that huge difference in the common occurrence of moon phases as they compare to the dramatic events in bible prophecy. I am talking about the new hype that the blood moons of 2014 and 2015 could fulfill the blood moon talked about by joel, and revelation. Apr 14, 2014 thanks to romes long term manipulation of the bible, especially in areas wherein the prophecies expose them as antichrist, most christians today are falling for the false prophecies flooding into. What these purveyors of blood moon theology are doing is taking the natural use of the stars, which god ordains, and perverting it with superstitiousness which god disdains.
Blood moons blood moons by mark biltz, four blood moons by john hagee at armageddon books bible prophecy bookstore. Antichrist, armageddon, 666, tribulation, rapture, millennium, israel, second coming, mark of the beast, revelation, daniel, and much more. In promotion for his 20 book four blood moons, christian minister. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the lord. Messianic blood moon rising on passover seder night. When claire and patrick take the field, the book lights up, and the writing possesses a resonant, emotional. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon. Thus we read in this same book of the prophet joel, the day of the lord is at hand, and. In the years 2014 2015 a rare tetrad sequence will occur on the jewish holidays of passover and the feast of tabernacles. Blood moons blood moons by mark biltz, four blood moons by. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the.
Even as a theory, it came close to doing what the bible warns against. Why didnt jesus come back during the bloodred moon of 2015. Blood moon is coming today the phenomenon that doomsday. The blood red moon of 31ad less than two months after the crucifixion, so were told, the disciples stood up in jerusalem on the day of pentecost to declare a few home truths about what they believed had happened to jesus. The blood moon theory is interpreted from the book of joel, which says.
At its core, however, this strikingly imaginative and terrifically detailed fantasy is about much more than werewolves. The sun turns dark, and the moon turns red, both at the same time. And the moon to blood before the great and awesome day of the lord comes joel 2. His interpretation of the prophet joel might be challenged, indeed rejected, but not the recent collective experience on which the claim was founded. However, should the teaching of the four blood moons be totally ignored. Red moon meets red planet in longest total lunar eclipse of the.
The purity of the unclouded moon has flung its atrowy shaft upon the floor. It would have been preposterous to maintain that such a prophecy had been fulfilled if the sun had not recently been turned to darkness, nor the moon to blood. Blood moon prophecy has some expecting end of the world cnn. Jan 27, 2014 the rarity of blue moons spawned the term, once in a blue moon. Dec 17, 20 neither joel nor peter says that the moon will appear bloodred. However, there are a few blank spots where some things just seems to appear from nowhere which was a bit bothersome. This labeling of the four lunar eclipses of 2014 and 2015 as blood moons is unfortunate.