There have already been many hundreds of blood moons since the time of Christ. Tetrads of blood moons (a series of four red moons in a row) have already occurred 62 times since the first century AD, eight of which coincided with Old Covenant Jewish feast dates. So the current blood moons are not unique in that sense.
In the current tetrad, which begins today, three of the four blood moons will not be visible in Israel. You would think it should be visible in Israel if it was the fulfilment of Joel's prophecy, seeing Joel's prophecy was spoken to Israel. [Post note:- the second and third blood moons were not visible at the Gold Coast, QLD either, due to cloudy weather. Is it still a sign when you can't see it?]
Both Joel and Revelation described the sun going dark at the same time as the moon turning to blood. It isn't possible to have an eclipse of the sun and an eclipse of the moon at the same time. Therefore the Biblical prophecies were probably not describing an eclipse event.
So the current tetrad of blood moons does not necessarily indicate the generation that must see Christ's return. It isn't intended to indicate the timing of Christ's return.
But like previous blood moons, it is a sign - of something. It's a sign of the Creator's existence. It can also serve as an illustration of the Gospel. During the first eclipse, it was amazing seeing the moon (the perfect reflection of the sun) turned to blood due to the world's darkness blocking the light of the sun, the southern cross (constellation Crux) also appearing in full view, with its two pointer-stars standing by like two witnesses - then after a period of darkness the light of the moon began appearing brilliantly again, unable to be held in darkness, like a victorious resurrection.
God has placed signs in nature - but they're not designed to tell us exactly when Christ must return. The "last days" began when the Gospel began.
In the current tetrad, which begins today, three of the four blood moons will not be visible in Israel. You would think it should be visible in Israel if it was the fulfilment of Joel's prophecy, seeing Joel's prophecy was spoken to Israel. [Post note:- the second and third blood moons were not visible at the Gold Coast, QLD either, due to cloudy weather. Is it still a sign when you can't see it?]
Both Joel and Revelation described the sun going dark at the same time as the moon turning to blood. It isn't possible to have an eclipse of the sun and an eclipse of the moon at the same time. Therefore the Biblical prophecies were probably not describing an eclipse event.
So the current tetrad of blood moons does not necessarily indicate the generation that must see Christ's return. It isn't intended to indicate the timing of Christ's return.
But like previous blood moons, it is a sign - of something. It's a sign of the Creator's existence. It can also serve as an illustration of the Gospel. During the first eclipse, it was amazing seeing the moon (the perfect reflection of the sun) turned to blood due to the world's darkness blocking the light of the sun, the southern cross (constellation Crux) also appearing in full view, with its two pointer-stars standing by like two witnesses - then after a period of darkness the light of the moon began appearing brilliantly again, unable to be held in darkness, like a victorious resurrection.
God has placed signs in nature - but they're not designed to tell us exactly when Christ must return. The "last days" began when the Gospel began.
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