What Do You Know of Blood Moons?

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"i dont see how a (moon eclipse) can (make the sun dark), seems something else must turn it into darkness"


The darkness associated with the coming tribulation period will occur for different reasons .... not from an eclipse event
 
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The only reliable source for truth on this matter is the Lord's more sure word of prophecy

There will be no signs given just before the His next intervention into the affairs of humanity

A thief does not warn you before hand that he is coming
I don't believe this has anything to do with Jesus' return. It does however, usually line up with changing global events.
 
Dec 12, 2013
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"Did somebody make predictions? I didn't realize that somebody made predictions"


Again the signs of the tribulation will not come until it starts .... not before

The "blood moons" that are touted today as having a relationship with the coming tribulation do not .... we are not in the tribulation period

When it does come .... all on the earth will know without question [Revelation 6:12-17] .... these things will not be done in a corner

Fast and loose application of the Lord's prophetic word is not a good idea because it sends false signals and when nothing comes to pass as suggested this makes Christianity out to be a ruse as people look on

Acts
1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.



This is why the statement is made in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-9 .... there is no need to discuss the issue

.... because the true believer is already "ready" ..... does not need any signage

So when Jesus said that he had told his disciples these things before hand and that when they SEE THESE THINGS BEGIN TO COME TO PASS TO LOOK UP for their redemption draweth NIGH.......means that we should not pay attention to the things going on around us?
 

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One would hope such an astronomer didn't quit their day job.
well no not learned astronome in school, and wish i had a job.

but how can moon be red from the earth blocking the sun,

when the sun is in darkness?
 

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Genesis.....God said the creation of the sun, moon and stars would be for signs, seasons, days and years...with no particular application to Israel found within the text as Israel as an entity had not yet come on line....!
just my thought on a side note

in all Gods creation, i don't think there is any reason man
would start and uses a 7 day week.

you can see days, months, years, but why 7 days week.


something God made long ago still here is another proof of God.
 

prove-all

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"i dont see how a (moon eclipse) can (make the sun dark), seems something else must turn it into darkness"


The darkness associated with the coming tribulation period will occur for different reasons .... not from an eclipse event
Mat 24:29 Immediately (after the tribulation of those days) shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

Mat 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth

the coming tribulation period will occur for different reasons .... not from an eclipse event- true
 

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#47
i dont see how a (moon eclipse) can (make the sun dark), seems something else must turn it into darkness

The following article is taken from: http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/971105a.html

[h=2]The Question[/h](Submitted November 05, 1997)I would like to know why the moon turned red during a recent lunar eclipse?
[h=2]The Answer[/h]When you saw the moon turn red, it was because the light that was hitting the moon, from the Sun, had to go through the Earth's atmosphere. The atmosphere scatters blue light more than red light (why the sky is blue) and so what comes out the other side is red (why sunsets are red). This reddish light bounces off the moon, comes back to Earth and goes into your eyes.
 
Dec 12, 2013
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just my thought on a side note

in all Gods creation, i don't think there is any reason man
would start and uses a 7 day week.

you can see days, months, years, but why 7 days week.


something God made long ago still here is another proof of God.
Maybe God creating in 6 days and resting the 7th?????
 
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"the coming tribulation period will occur for different reasons .... not from an eclipse event- true"


The tribulation period is the Lord's hour [time] of trial and punishment upon an unbelieving world

The time frame is His judgment against those who have refused to believe the truth about Him

This time frame will last for 2550 days and it is the Lord who will execute His judgments

The time lapse will be book ended with cosmic disturbances included

Beginning [Revelation 6:12-17; 8:6-12] ...... ending [Matthew 24:29]

The cosmic events will be far different than an eclipse event
 

prove-all

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Maybe God creating in 6 days and resting the 7th?????
sorry for confusion , what i wanted to say,

man has changed all Gods days and times and seasons and holy things

but God made 7 day week, and we still follow it, man did not change it.
 

john832

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The Tribulation is 7 years. In the middle of the Tribulation is the Abomination of Desolations, which leads to the mark of the Beast.

Look at Matthew 24:29 a little closer. The moon is not blood red. The moon is said to have no light.
Got a scripture for that? There is nowhere in the Bible that the Tribulation is determined to be seven years.
 

john832

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I'd have to look up the details again, as I've forgotten, but I believe only one of the eclipses was visible from Israel. So can the eclipse be a sign pertaining to Israel if only one of the four are visible from that location? I am quite sure that in antiquity this would not have been the case as signs generally have to be visible, yes?
Only one of the eclipses was visible from Judah. Judah and Israel are not the same nation.
 

john832

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Genesis.....God said the creation of the sun, moon and stars would be for signs, seasons, days and years...with no particular application to Israel found within the text as Israel as an entity had not yet come on line....!
Exactly, Israel (Jacob) was about 2000 years in the future when the creation occurred and the sun and moon were set for days, months and years.
 

john832

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But you brethren are not in darkness that that day should overtake you as a THIEF...r
ead down 3 more verses...1st Thessalonians 5:1-4
Another very valid point, God's people cannot know the day and the hour, but God does give us a very good indication as to the approximate time...

Mar 13:29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
Mar 13:30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.

The generation in which these things begin to come to pass will see the end occur.
 

john832

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i do not think a blood moon can do this
You are absolutely correct prove-all my friend. There will be no doubt when the heavenly signs occur...

Rev 6:12 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;
Rev 6:13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Rev 6:14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
Rev 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
Rev 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Rev 6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
 

john832

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Maybe God creating in 6 days and resting the 7th?????
I don't think there is any maybe about this...

Exo 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

God created the seven day week, there is NO astronomical event(s) that defines it.
 
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PROPHECY
Joel 2
[28] And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
[29] And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
[30] And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
[31] The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
[32] And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

FULFILLMENT
Acts 2[16] But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

QUOTES JOEL 2
[17] And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God,I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
[18] And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
[19] And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
[20] The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
[21] And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
 
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just my thought on a side note

in all Gods creation, i don't think there is any reason man
would start and uses a 7 day week.

you can see days, months, years, but why 7 days week.


something God made long ago still here is another proof of God.
Wikipedia said:
The four principal lunar phases are first quarter, full moon, third quarter, and new moon (third quarter moon is also known as last quarter moon.) Each of the four lunar phases is roughly 7 days (~7.4 days) each, but varies slightly due to lunar apogee and perigee.
So there you have it. Our calendar is essentially a lunar calendar. The days of the week were established by men who were familiar with the phases of the Moon. But I suppose, if you are not familiar with astronomy this would never have occurred to you.
 
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God created the seven day week, there is NO astronomical event(s) that defines it.
You would be wrong about that, but not being familiar with astronomy would explain your ignorance (by ignorance I mean lack of knowledge).