Another Blood Moon Question
Q. I have another blood moon question, if you will. If my understanding is correct, and if the B-M in 2015 does NOT indicate the end of the tribulation (which it apparently doesn’t since that would put the rapture last year.)….then what does it mean? Since the earlier ones in 1948 and 1967 were significant, then what does this one indicate? It doesn’t seem to fit any event on any current prophetic timetable that I’m aware of, but I think it is important and an indicator of….well, something. So what is it pointing to?
If the B-M does not have prophetic significance, then explain the verses in Matthew and, I think, Amos or Joel, that refer to the sun going dark and the moon turning to blood immediately following the day of the Lord. Remember that there are no more tetrads this century.
A. The problem here is that we’re using man’s opinions to define God’s actions. Man says there’s only going to be one blood moon this century, but God never said this. If man is right it could signify the renewal of the covenant after Ezekiel 38, beginning Daniel’s 70th Week, or it could signal the start of the Great Tribulation. All we know is if it comes in 2015 it won’t signal either the end of the Great Tribulation or the 2nd Coming.
And remember, the darkened Sun and Moon prophesied in Matt 24:29 will plunge the whole world into darkness at once. Ordinarily eclipses only do that for a few minutes, and only in part of the world. In my opinion Jesus was not talking about a temporary eclipse of the Sun in Matt. 24:29 but its permanent removal as a source of light for the world. In the Millennium the earth will not need the Sun and Moon because the glory of God will be its light. (Isa. 60:19 & Rev. 21:23)