I do not believe the lunar tetrad, four total lunar eclipses in in 2014 and 2015, mean anything regarding Bible prophecy. The reason is that there is not just the so call blood moons talked about in the prophecy from the Book of Joel but a number of things happening. So blood moon by themselves leave most of it out. But the biggest thing, see the article below after the Bible passages I quoted, is that most of the blood moons in all of the events supposedly foretold by the blood moons occurred after the events they foretold and most of them were not even visible from Israel and as the article points out, one would think that for something to foretell that something is going to happen that the sign would have to come before the event.
Regarding the blood moons of 2014 and 2015 and also the total solar eclipse of March 2015, all but one of the eclipses will not be visible from Israel and that one will be right before sunrise in the dawn twilight so it will be hard to see. Should not signs be seen for them to be signs?
Joel 2:30-31
30 “And I will show 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 coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
“Therefore, the lunar and solar eclipses impacting Israel should be visible from there and occur before the world-changing events they foretell. But historically, in the first two instances (1493-1494 and 1949-1950), the signs occurred after the events to which they were supposed to point. The expulsion of the Jews from Spain and the discovery of the New World both occurred in 1492 before the four blood moons of 1493-1494. Furthermore, even though the Israeli War of Independence extended into 1949, the main event was the birth of the nation of Israel, which occurred in 1948.
In the final example of 1967-1968, Israel’s Six-Day War did take place after the first blood moon but before the final three. It again seems strange that all four would not have occurred before the important event of the retaking of Jerusalem. Additionally, only one of the eight blood moons of the last two historical precedents was fully visible from Israel (that of April 1950, after the event), four others were partially visible while the rest were not visible at all.4 Therefore, we are left with the problem of blood moons that were supposed to be God’s sign of His protecting His Jewish people occurring which could not be seen by His people or were seen after the events of which they spoke. And what of the upcoming eclipses? The first three total lunar eclipses in 2014-2015 won’t even be visible from Jerusalem, and only the beginning of the final eclipse will be. Also, the path of the total solar eclipse of 2015 is in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, and there is a good chance that few people, if any, will actually see it.5 Mark Hitchcock comments, “Those who maintain that the four blood moons are a portent that something is about to change need to explain how something hidden to most of the world, and especially to those in Israel, can serve as a dramatic sign of the times for them.”
What about the Blood Moons?
Regarding the blood moons of 2014 and 2015 and also the total solar eclipse of March 2015, all but one of the eclipses will not be visible from Israel and that one will be right before sunrise in the dawn twilight so it will be hard to see. Should not signs be seen for them to be signs?
Joel 2:30-31
30 “And I will show 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 coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
“Therefore, the lunar and solar eclipses impacting Israel should be visible from there and occur before the world-changing events they foretell. But historically, in the first two instances (1493-1494 and 1949-1950), the signs occurred after the events to which they were supposed to point. The expulsion of the Jews from Spain and the discovery of the New World both occurred in 1492 before the four blood moons of 1493-1494. Furthermore, even though the Israeli War of Independence extended into 1949, the main event was the birth of the nation of Israel, which occurred in 1948.
In the final example of 1967-1968, Israel’s Six-Day War did take place after the first blood moon but before the final three. It again seems strange that all four would not have occurred before the important event of the retaking of Jerusalem. Additionally, only one of the eight blood moons of the last two historical precedents was fully visible from Israel (that of April 1950, after the event), four others were partially visible while the rest were not visible at all.4 Therefore, we are left with the problem of blood moons that were supposed to be God’s sign of His protecting His Jewish people occurring which could not be seen by His people or were seen after the events of which they spoke. And what of the upcoming eclipses? The first three total lunar eclipses in 2014-2015 won’t even be visible from Jerusalem, and only the beginning of the final eclipse will be. Also, the path of the total solar eclipse of 2015 is in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, and there is a good chance that few people, if any, will actually see it.5 Mark Hitchcock comments, “Those who maintain that the four blood moons are a portent that something is about to change need to explain how something hidden to most of the world, and especially to those in Israel, can serve as a dramatic sign of the times for them.”
What about the Blood Moons?
