Halley’s Comet

[GandalfTheWhite]

When I was a little boy in the 80’s I could still remember the excitement Halley’s Comet brought to the world. As a child it was the first time I realized that there are global events and every night we would wait outside to see if we can spot something out of the ordinary. The eighties was so boring if compared with today’s standards but it was actually so cool. We would sit around chatting looking at the sky until we itched from the green lawn and then went to bed satisfied without spending time in front of the television. It was also the first time I realized that I could be dead or too old to see a world event ever again because the comet only appear every 76 years.

The past year we have heard so much about blood moons and what it entails. Some people will tell us that God is returning to fetch His bride on 28 September 2015 and there are so many predictions to consider.

The statistics are actually mind boggling. Science tells us that “The chances of any lunar eclipse occurring on any particular day, whether total or partial, is less than 3/365. The chances of one occurring on particular days 4 times in a row would be 3/365 x 3/365 x 3/365 x 3/365 = or about one in 100 x 100 x 100 x 100 = one in 100 million days, or once in 273,000 years.” (quoted from Jesusonmymind.com)

We have had seven of these tetrads since Jesus was crucified. On 28 September 2015 the eight one will be completed. The number seven means the completeness or perfection in the word of God. We are now in the time of the eighth tetrad and the number eight is - the new birth or beginning in the word of God. The new beginning of what? We don’t know. God is still in control and we should always remember that.

What makes this tetrad so interesting is that every blood moon is followed by a solar eclipse. Statistically there are not enough zeros to calculate the chance of something like that happening and more likely than not there will never be another tetrad like this one ever again.

Joe 2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Joe 2:32 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.

Should we expect the return of Yeshua on 28 September 2015? The Bible tells us to expect His return every day. We are entering something amazing and only time will tell when we will see our King return on the clouds for His bride. Be vigilant and pray as we enter this amazing time of prophesy and let us comfort each other to keep on studying the word of God and to encourage our Christian brethren in the things of our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

[KohenMatt]

There is also a decent amount of talk that correlates these blood moons to the Biblical Feast Days. What often happens however is that the focus is drawn to the moons themselves and the events associated with them instead of the Feast Days they are associated. The signs in the heavens mark days and seasons. Should the focus be on those signs instead of the seasons they mark?

 

[GandalfTheWhite]

There is also a decent amount of talk that correlates these blood moons to the Biblical Feast Days. What often happens however is that the focus is drawn to the moons themselves and the events associated with them instead of the Feast Days they are associated. The signs in the heavens mark days and seasons. Should the focus be on those signs instead of the seasons they mark?

Matt, as I understand it if we discuss the tetrads the discussion should be about the feast days as well as the blood moons because the two are linked.

 

[KohenMatt]

Matt, as I understand it if we discuss the tetrads the discussion should be about the feast days as well as the blood moons because the two are linked.

I agree, but with the caveat that the discussion should always end with God and the Feast Days and not the moons and they're implications instead.

 

[GandalfTheWhite]

Gen 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

The word sign in this verse is Oth and also refer to the covenant between God and Israel. The other interesting thing about this word is it is spelled aleph, vav, tav and when attaching the Hebrew pictures to this word we see that the Sign of God (Aleph) is a nail (vav) into a cross (Tav).

 

[GandalfTheWhite]

I agree, but with the caveat that the discussion should always end with God and the Feast Days and not the moons and they're implications instead.

Agreed Matt

 

[KohenMatt]

Gen 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

The word sign in this verse is Oth and also refer to the covenant between God and Israel. The other interesting thing about this word is it is spelled aleph, vav, tav and when attaching the Hebrew pictures to this word we see that the Sign of God (Aleph) is a nail (vav) into a cross (Tav).

Very cool. Not enough people put stock in the representation and meaning behind the Hebrew letters.

 

[Viligant_Warrior]

... Science tells us that “The chances of any lunar eclipse occurring on any particular day, whether total or partial, is less than 3/365. The chances of one occurring on particular days 4 times in a row would be 3/365 x 3/365 x 3/365 x 3/365 = or about one in 100 x 100 x 100 x 100 = one in 100 million days, or once in 273,000 years.” (quoted from Jesusonmymind.com)

That's more hyperbole than anything, Gandalf, though I agree it is interesting. But astronomers rarely, if ever, use the term "blood moon." When they do, they are usually using it as an alternate name for the Hunter’s Moon, the full moon that follows the Harvest Moon, usually in late October. Both events feature the moon rising slowly on autumn evenings so that it shines through a thick layer of the Earth’s atmosphere, and is colored red by what those who study the atmosphere call Raleigh scattering as well as smog and air pollution.

On rare occasions, the light reaching the moon resembles the color of blood, but there is no way of predicting this in advance. So there are no grounds to call any particular lunar eclipse a blood moon until it actually shows its color.

We have had seven of these tetrads since Jesus was crucified. On 28 September 2015 the eight one will be completed. The number seven means the completeness or perfection in the word of God. We are now in the time of the eighth tetrad and the number eight is - the new birth or beginning in the word of God. The new beginning of what? We don’t know. God is still in control and we should always remember that.

What makes this tetrad so interesting is that every blood moon is followed by a solar eclipse. Statistically there are not enough zeros to calculate the chance of something like that happening and more likely than not there will never be another tetrad like this one ever again. [/quote]Actually, if the Lord doesn't tarry, there will be another in 400 years. In fact, the tetrad event we have now occurs almost like clockwork every 400 years.

What is unusual about this series of four total lunar eclipses in a row is that it falls in a Jewish celebration year. Many have leaped to conclusions about that combination of the tetrad and the timing, but it isn't all that rare event. The last such series happened in the years 2003 and 2004, and it will occur seven more times in the current century.

So while a tetrad of total lunar eclipses is somewhat unusual, it is not extraordinarily so, and certainly nothing to base speculation on regarding the possible fulfillment of prophecy. Such speculation should be avoided. We must be very careful when we make prophetic pronouncements based on current events or heavenly signs. There is a long history of prophetic presumption that ended in prophetic embarrassment and ridicule of God’s true prophetic Word.

When the Father is ready, He'll tell the Son, and He will come in the clouds and snatch His church -- His bride -- out of this world. And there won't be a single clue seen that will tell us "now" before "now" actually happens.