Blood Moon Prophecy
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The
Blood Moon Prophecy was an
apocalyptic belief promoted by Christian ministers
John Hagee and Mark Biltz, which stated that a
tetrad (a series of four consecutive lunar eclipses—coinciding on
Jewish holidays—with six full moons in between, and no intervening partial lunar eclipses) which began with the
April 2014 lunar eclipse was a sign of the
end times as described in the Bible in
Acts 2:20 and
Revelation 6:12. The tetrad ended with the
September 2015 lunar eclipse on September 27–28.
Overview
On April 15, 2014, there was a total
lunar eclipse.
It was the first of four consecutive total eclipses in a series, known
as a tetrad; a second one took place on October 8, 2014, third one on
April 4, 2015 and the remaining one took place on September 27, 2015. It
is one of eight tetrads during the 21st century AD.
[1] As with most lunar eclipses, the moon appeared red during the April 15 eclipse.
[2][3] The red color is caused by
Rayleigh scattering of sunlight through the Earth's atmosphere, the same effect that causes sunsets to appear red.
[2] Hagee also connects the
solar eclipse of March 20, 2015 in the middle of the sequence.
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 great and terrible day of the Lord comes."
[4] This phrase is again mentioned by
Saint Peter during
Pentecost, as recorded in
Acts,
[5]
although Peter says that date, not some future date, was the
fulfillment of Joel's prophecy. The blood moon also appears in the book
of Revelation chapter 6 verses 11 - 13,
[6]
where verse 12 says " And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal,
and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as
sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood".
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