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Jesus
should have returned during the blood-red moon of 2015
There were four lunar eclipses in 2014 and 2015. Some teachers of prophecy predicted that this tetrad of blood moons would fulfill end-times prophecies in the books of Joel and Revelation.
A lunar eclipse is sometimes referred to as a “blood
moon” or “blood-red
moon” because of the red or orange
color of the moon during that phenomenon.
A popular teaching in the past couple of years was that a
series of blood-red moons in 2014 and 2015 would be a portent of Jesus’ second coming
and a fulfillment of biblical prophecy.
What interested prophecy teachers was not just the number of
lunar eclipses in those two years but the timing of the eclipses.
In both 2014 and 2015, a full lunar eclipse occurred on the
first day of Passover and the first day of Sukkot (the Feast of
Tabernacles). In addition to the two lunar eclipses
of 2015, two solar eclipses also occurred.
Similar lunar eclipses in back-to-back years have
happened seven times since the time of Christ. Some of those have occurred in years
of significance for the Jewish people, such as 1948 (when Israel was granted
statehood) and 1967 (when the Six-Day War was fought).
References to a moon like “blood” are found in two passages of the Bible.
References to a moon like “blood” are found in two passages of the Bible.
Joel
2:30–31 says, “I will show
wonders in the heavens and on the earth,
blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before
the coming of the great and dreadful
day of the Lord.”
In Revelation 6:12, John describes one of the seal judgments of the Tribulation: “I watched as he
opened the sixth seal. There was a great
earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig
tree when shaken by a strong wind.
The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.”
Other passages refer to the moon being “darkened”
Matthew 24:29 The Coming of the Son of Man
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.
Joel 2:10 The earth quakes before them; the heavens tremble. The sun and the moon
are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
A tetrad of lunar eclipses—and the timing of those
eclipses in the Jewish calendar—is fairly unusual, but not unprecedented. So
the fact of the eclipses, while interesting, was no proof that Jesus would
return by 2015.
Furthermore, John’s and Joel’s descriptions of the signs of
the Day of the Lord could refer
to solar and lunar eclipses, but there are other possible explanations for
those phenomena, such as changes in the atmosphere (mentioned in Revelation 6:12).
The blood-red moon theory was always just that — a theory, regardless of the adamancy of some teachers.
The blood-red moon theory was always just that — a theory, regardless of the adamancy of some teachers.
Even as a theory, it came close to doing what the Bible warns
against: setting dates for the coming of the Lord.
“About
that day or hour no one knows” (Mark 13:32).
Why didn’t Jesus return during the blood-red moon of 2015?
Because it was not yet time for Him to return.
Are you struggling with a
big decision or wondering how your eternal future will play out?
Why not talk to the God of
the universe and let Him work in your behalf?
He says, “I will instruct
you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon
you" (Psalm 32:8).
Ask God to show you what to
do. Pray the following prayer:
“Heavenly Father,
I admit that I am a sinner
and my sins have separated me from you. I now want to turn away from my past
sinful life and begin a new life with you.
Please forgive me. I now
receive your Son, Jesus Christ as my Savior, my Master and my Lord. I believe
and confess that Jesus Christ died for my sins, was buried, and rose from the
dead.
I want to receive all that
Jesus Christ has provided for me as my Savior. Your Word says, "Whosoever
shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans
10:13).
I believe and confess that
Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life, and no man comes unto the
Father, but by Him.
Lord Jesus, I pray and ask
You, to come into my heart and be Lord of my life. I thank you that you have
given me eternal life, and according to your Word, I am born again.
Heavenly Father, thank you
for the gift of the Holy Spirit that is in me now. I surrender my life to you.
Use me for your glory.
In Jesus Name. Amen.”
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lyrics
Lord I
come to You
Let my heart be changed, renewed
Flowing from the grace
That I found in You.
And Lord I've come to know
The weaknesses I see in me
Will be stripped away
By the power of Your love.
Hold me close
Let Your love surround me
Bring me near
Draw me to Your side.
And as I wait
I'll rise up like the eagle
And I will soar with You
Your Spirit leads me on
In the power of Your love.
Lord unveil my eyes
Let me see You face to face
The knowledge of Your love
As You live in me.
Lord renew my mind
As Your will unfolds in my life
In living every day
by the power of Your love.
Flowing from the grace
That I found in You.
And Lord I've come to know
The weaknesses I see in me
Will be stripped away
By the power of Your love.
Hold me close
Let Your love surround me
Bring me near
Draw me to Your side.
And as I wait
I'll rise up like the eagle
And I will soar with You
Your Spirit leads me on
In the power of Your love.
Lord unveil my eyes
Let me see You face to face
The knowledge of Your love
As You live in me.
Lord renew my mind
As Your will unfolds in my life
In living every day
by the power of Your love.
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