Part One
Lunar and solar eclipses, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, asteroids and astral signs that have not happened in 7,000 years and won’t ever appear again … no wonder we’re trying to make sense of it all. Especially the Revelation 12 sign of Virgo and Jupiter—what in the world does all this mean?
God uses signs to send us hints and puzzle pieces about the future—just enough to keep us guessing but not enough to completely see the big picture. As a life-long prophecy student of the Word, I would like to share some of my thoughts about these signs in the heavens. I’m dividing the information into three shorter posts, with each one concentrating on one aspect of the signs in the sky.
To preface, let me first say that I don’t pretend to know the future, and I certainly don’t believe in setting dates for the Rapture. No one knows the day or the hour except God alone. My opinion is based solely on the Word and the factual events happening in our times.
To set the stage, let’s begin with a recent phenomenon that took place in 2014-2015.
The Four Blood Moons Tetrad
According to Bible scholars, the appearance of blood moons on Jewish feast days during Shemittah years is significant because they’re God’s signs of judgment on Israel. This phenomenon on these special days has occurred just four times in history, with the last one appearing just a few years ago. Each total lunar eclipse fell on alternating Jewish feast days–Passover and Sukkot–over the course of two years.
Here’s an outline of the dates and their significance to Israel:
Christopher Columbus
1492-1493: Christopher Columbus, a Jew, was sent by King Ferdinand of Spain to find a land where the Jews in that country could be exiled, following their legal expulsion. God led Columbus to discover America, which later became their new homeland.
1949-50: Just prior to this tetrad, Israel became a nation on May 14, 1948. God fulfilled His Word that Israel’s dry bones would again spring to life and live again.
He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord God, You know.” Again He said to me, “Prophesy over these bones and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.’ Thus says the Lord God to these bones, ‘Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life. I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin and put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will know that I am the Lord.'” ~ Ezekiel 37: 3-6, NASB.
1967-68: Israel’s Six-Day War resulted in the victory of reclaiming the holy city of Jerusalem on June 11, 1967. For more details, click HERE.
2014-2015: The last group of blood moons appeared, shown on the chart below. But so far nothing significant has happened.
My opinion: God has blessed Israel with precious gifts of real estate during each of these Blood Moon cycles: first, a safe haven in the US where the Jews have sojourned up to the present; second, their own state of Israel in 1948; and third, the capital city Jerusalem in 1967. But there is still one piece of real estate missing.
What have they not yet possessed?
The Temple Mount, where they will build their third and final temple. I fully believe this is the meaning of the the recent lunar eclipses. We have yet to see this happen and wonder how it will occur. Whether by war or by God’s hand through a natural disaster of some kind, it’s God’s move.
The red heifer, necessary for temple ritual, has miraculously made an appearance again after 2000 years. Notice how this one was born with a number 7 on its forehead. For more information, click HERE.
What’s next? Part Two, where we will explore the recent solar eclipse and its possible meaning.
