Another "Blood Moon" Total Lunar Eclipse Took Place Last Night for Purim (Video Post)

Lance Wallnau image from Youtube

Another "Blood Moon" total lunar eclipse took place last night. We are currently in the midst of the Jewish holy days of Purim. (Tweet that!)

It looks like the total lunar eclipse was visible mostly over Europe and Africa, not here in the United States.

I've been watching the beautiful full moon the last few days and thinking of the four eclipses the last two years, but this eclipse was news to me. (Tweet that!) A friend sent me this video. It's from Lance Wallnau, whom I had not heard of before, but you can bet I'll be looking into him.

This video runs about 23 minutes. (Warning and disclaimer: about the last 3 minutes are advertising for his training and trips. I'm not endorsing that.)

Purim is the remembrance and celebration of how God saved the Jewish people from the evil plot of Haman told in the Bible's book of Esther. Purim is not one of the 7 Feasts of the LORD (which my newest e-book teaches about) which were instituted in the time of Moses, but is an additional holiday instituted in the time of Esther and Mordecai (much like Hanukkah was given in the "time between the Testaments" during the time of the Maccabees.)

Here is a new site I found with information on coming lunar eclipses:

• Moon Giant Lunar Eclipse Calendar

My thanks to Angela for alerting me to this "Blood Moon" total lunar eclipse on Purim and sending the video!!

(Update 6/10/20: Video no longer available.)

4th Blood Moon Is On Sunday September 27th (NOT September 28th)!

NOTE! The final total lunar eclipse is actually on
SUNDAY, September 27!

With the Shemitah year and final day now behind us, it's time to turn our attention to the fourth and final (of this tetrad) "Blood Moon" coming in less than two weeks -- in the early evening hours, just after sundown, on Sunday, September 27, 2015. (Tweet that!)

Don't miss this fourth "Blood Moon"! Again, it's the evening of September 27^th! Yes, it's Sunday evening here in the United States, NOT Monday the 28^th! (Tweet that!) 

We've been talking for a year and a half about the fourth total lunar eclipse that will fall on a major annual Jewish holiday, Sukkot, which is the 7^th of the seven annual Jewish holy days. The date given everywhere, including here on my blog, has been September 28, 2015, which is Monday. But here in the western hemisphere, this lunar eclipse will actually take place on Sunday evening, September 27^th. (Tweet that!) 

Why the discrepancy? Remember that on the Jewish calendar, a day runs from sunset to sunset. So Sukkot (on our calendars as September 28^th), actually starts at sundown on Sunday, September 27^th. (Tweet that!) 

Also, the solar and lunar eclipses forecast on web sites such as TimeAndDate.com use UTC: Coordinated Universal Time. UTC is a time standard all of the world's timing centers have agreed to synchronize to. (Tweet that!) 

Many of us learned about Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) (also known as Zulu time) which is sort of similar but not really the same. (GMT is now a Time Zone.) You can learn more about it here:

UTC – The World's Time Standard

All this means that this fourth total lunar eclipse is said to be on September 28 because that is on UTC time.

BUT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES this fourth Total Lunar Eclipse will be after sunset on Sunday, September 27^th! 

Please spread the word and don't miss it! 

Find out when the 4^th Blood Moon will take place in your location here:

September 27 / 28, 2015 — Total Lunar Eclipse

More!

Join me as I share articles and stay up to date on this fourth and final of these Four Blood Moons in this Facebook Event: (Tweet that!)

#Lunar Eclipse Watch Party! - 4th of the 4 #Blood Moons 

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The Importance to America of the Coming Shemitah Falling on a Sunday - Part 2

The Shemitah 2015 falls on
a Sunday: September 13th.

In the previous post, Part 1, we talked about how this next coming Shemitah on September 13, 2015, falls on a Sunday and how that surprised me. The first reason I find that surprising is because the most notable events that have happened on the previous two Shemitahs was the fall of the stock market and yet the American stock market is closed on Sunday. 

But even though the Shemitah falling on a Sunday surprised me, it did not surprise God. (Tweet that!)

Reason #2: God knew it would be Sunday

When I discovered the Shemitah will fall on a Sunday, it really got me thinking. Why would God schedule the Shemitah to fall on a Sunday? (Tweet that!)

We've been studying the meaning of the Shemitah and what has taken place on previous Shemitahs. We've seen the incredible stock market collapses on the very days of the previous two Shemitahs. 

So if we're seeing a pattern develop, if God is teaching us, if we are to take what we learn and apply it so we can look forward and predict what might happen next, then having the Shemitah on a Sunday when the stock market is closed seems to throw a wrench into that whole process. (Tweet that!) Or He is stretching us to grasp the next point He wants to make.

But nevertheless, when you really think about it, God must have scheduled it like this on purpose. Why do I say that? Because the God of the universe can do that. He is able. He can look that far forward in time and perfectly schedule out when everything will occur.

He scheduled this current series of total lunar eclipses to occur on the first and the last of the 7 annual major Jewish holidays. That is no coincidence. (Tweet that!)

So this coming Shemitah falling on a Sunday is certainly no coincidence. It was perfectly planned and scheduled. So what might God be telling us? (Tweet that!) I have some ideas I'll share in the next post.

Related Articles:

• July 2: The Importance to America of the Coming Shemitah Falling on a Sunday - Part 1
• June 30: Does the Shemitah Apply to America? - Part 2
• June 27: Does the Shemitah Apply to America? - Part 1
• June 25: God Will Have His Way -- Warning If the Shemitah is Not Observed
• June 23: Taking a Shemitah Year Off Requires Faith
• June 20: This is a Test. Do You Believe the God of the Shemitah?
• June 18: The God of the Shemitah
• June 16: Why Would God Insist on the Shemitah? The Spiritual Parallel
• June 13: What Would this Shemitah "Release of Debts" Look Like?
• June 11: When is the Shemitah?
• June 9: Closed … for the Shemitah?
• June 6: Does the Shemitah Turn things Upside Down? Or Right Side Up?
• June 4: The Lord's Release = Shemitah 
• June 1: Taking a Closer Look at the Shemitah
• Join the Shemitah Watch Facebook Event. Click "Going" then invite your friends.

Can this Date be Biblically Prophetic? Important Events in Jewish History on the 9th of Av

"Negotiations about Iranian Nuclear Program -
the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Other Officials
of the P5+1 and Ministers of Foreign Affairs
of Iran and EU in Lausanne"
by United States Department of State
Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

In the previous post we looked at the date when Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, spoke to the joint session of the United States Congress. He gave this speech, which was against the deal the U.S. is working out with Iran to allow Iran to create nuclear weapons, on the eve of Purim. Mr. Netanyahu is concern Iran will use their nuclear weapons against Israel and it's a certainty that they will because they have said as much and there is no reason to disbelieve they will do exactly as they threaten. 

I believe it's significant that Mr. Netanyahu's speech was given on the eve of Purim. (Tweet that!) The One True God reveals His wisdom and speaks to us in patterns. (Tweet that!) And as we've watched the past three "Blood Moons" on important Jewish Feast days occur over the past year, we can notice, if we're paying attention, that the Lord God has planned and timed these events to coincide with what He foreknew would be occurring on earth. (Tweet that!) 

Purim was when the enemies of Israel plotted to wipe Israel off the face of the earth in the time of Queen Esther, 474 B.C. The Prime Minister's speech to the U.S. about the U.S.'s coming nuclear agreements with Iran was on the eve of Purim (Tweet that!) and I believe also on the eve of significant worldwide events occurring concerning Iran attempting to carry out its threats against Israel with the cooperation of the United States. (Tweet that!)

If dates are in fact prophetic, meaning we can see a pattern in history of important events occurring on the same date (on the Jewish calendar), then my question is, can we take an educated guess that something significant might occur on this date in the future? (Tweet that!)

Here are three examples: (Tweet that!)

The Total Lunar "Blood Moon" Eclipses On Jewish Holy Days

If you've been following this blog or the series of four "Blood Moons" you know we are experiencing a series of four total lunar eclipses on significant dates on the Jewish calendar. Those dates are the first and last of the seven annual feasts – Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles – in both 2014 and 2015. In the past, significant events occurred in Israel's history around those times. Learn more here:

• "Tetrad" of Four Lunar Eclipses on Jewish Feast Days in the Past 

• The Prophetic Significance of the Feasts of the LORD 

• To learn more about the next total lunar eclipse, get reminders, and stay up to date, please click "Going" at this Facebook Event: #Lunar Eclipse Watch Party! - 4th of the 4 #Blood Moons

The Financial Happenings on Past Shemitahs

If you've been following this blog, then you also know about the Shemitah that comes every seven years, which we will talk about more as it approaches on September 13, 2015. (Tweet that!) Major financial falls have occurred in the United States which rippled worldwide on the previous two Shemitahs in 2001, just after the attacks of 9/11, and again in 2008. Some are already speculating what may occur this coming fall. Learn more here:

• To learn more about the Shemitah, get reminders, and stay up to date, please click "Going" at this Facebook Event: #Shemitah and Partial Solar Eclipse (#Black Sun) Watch Party

The 9th of Av

"Av" is the fifth month on the Jewish religious calendar and matches up approximately with July/August on our calendar. On the 9th day of Av, significant occurrences have taken place in Israel's history including the following. (Tweet that!):

• According to Jewish history, it was on the 9th of Av that the ten spies, not counting Joshua and Caleb, which Moses sent to search out the Promised Land gave their bad report to Moses which caused the Israelites to refuse to enter the land God promised to them, resulting in them wandering the wilderness for forty years until that generation died off before entering the Land under Joshua's leadership.

• It was on the 9th of Av that the first Jewish Temple, that is Solomon's Temple, was looted and burned by the king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar. (Note my Bible says, "On the seventh day of the fifth month…" (2 Kings 24:8). That was August 14, 586 B.C. Jeremiah 52:12 records it as "the tenth day of the fifth month…" A note in the NIV Study Bible explains the difference this way: "The parallel in 2 Ki 25:8 reads 'seventh day'; one of the numbers is a copyist's error, but we cannot tell which." See 2 Chronicles 36:15-21, 2 Kings 25:1-21, Jeremiah 52:4-27.) 

• Significantly, the second Temple was also destroyed on the 9th of Av in 70 A.D. by the Romans under Titus. This occurred some 40 years after Jesus' death and resurrection and fulfilled the Bible prophecy spoken by Jesus himself in Matthew 24:2.

• King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella expelled the Jews from Spain on the 9th of Av in 1492.

So my question is, Could something prophetically significant happen to Israel on the 9th of Av in soon-coming years? Even in 2015? (Tweet that!) On our calendar, the 9th of Av in 2015 takes place from the evening of July 24 to the evening of July 25, 2015.

Thoughts Following Blood Moon #3 -- Plus Easter Moments Countdown Day 1

Dates of Four Total Lunar Eclipses
plus the central Solar Eclipse
of 2014 and 2015

Early this morning the earth is witnessing the 3rd of the four total lunar eclipses which have been "nicknamed" or called the Blood Moons. I hope you were able to see it wherever you are.

I'm writing this post in advance so it will post early in the morning, actually even before the end of the eclipse, although for many of us the moon will set behind the horizon before it's over so we can't see the end of the eclipse.

My prayer is that this has been a beautiful event for you, spiritually significant and personally memorable. (Tweet that!)

As you know, today is Passover, a significant holiday for the Jewish people. I wish you a blessed Passover.

For Christians, yesterday was "Good Friday," when the Christian church remembers the crucifixion of Jesus the Christ. Tomorrow is Easter Sunday. This "Blood Moon" is sandwiched in between those two important dates on the Christian calendar. (Tweet that!) I wish you a blessed Easter.

God is as work. He is working in this world and in each of our lives, calling us to recognize His sovereignty, to remember Him, to call upon Him, to thank Him for His mercy, grace, and work on our behalf. (Tweet that!)

Some additional resources you may enjoy:

Here is information about the next total lunar eclipse coming our way. This will be the 4th and final eclipse of the current tetrad. (Tweet that!)

• 2015 Amazing Worldwide Event #4 Linked to Bible Prophecy: The Coming Fourth Lunar Eclipse in September

As you can guess, I'll be talking about the fourth and final total lunar eclipse of this tetrad here. And I've already created a Facebook Event for this eclipse coming next September 28, 2015. Please join this event now so you won't miss anything or forget. Simply click this link and then choose "Going."

•  #Lunar Eclipse Watch Party! - 4th of the 4 #Blood Moons

This is an article I wrote earlier on my thoughts about what might happen on the Shemitah later this year and what life might be like afterwards:

• What will Life be Like After the 4th Lunar Eclipse? - Amazing Worldwide Event #4 in 2015 Linked to Bible Prophecy

I've also already created a Facebook Event for the coming Shemitah. You can learn all about what that is at this event. (Also through articles I've already posted on this blog. Please do a search for that word if you're interested in learning more now.) This event occurs BEFORE the next lunar eclipse -- only about two weeks before. Please also join the Shemitah Watch event by clicking this link and then choosing "Going."

• #Shemitah and Partial Solar Eclipse (#BlackSun) Watch Party

Again, here is my informational brochure for you to print and share, or share electronically by posting it on your social media sites:

• The 7 Feasts of the LORD and the 4 Blood Moons informational PDF brochure 

Have a very happy Easter. He is alive! Celebrate! I'll see you next week when we'll talk more about what's going on in the world and how we might be seeing Bible prophecies fulfilled right before our very eyes. 

Easter Moments:

• Countdown Day 1: Jesus fulfills the Feast of Unleavened Bread

(Tweet that!)

Natural Phenomena that Cause the Moon to Appear Red and Tips for Viewing the 3rd Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse -- Plus Easter Moments Countdown Days 3 & 2

Dates of Four Total Lunar Eclipses
plus the central Solar Eclipse
of 2014 and 2015

Since we've been observing this series of four (tetrad) total lunar eclipses, I've heard some people saying these cannot be the "blood moons" mentioned in the Bible because the moon is appearing red under natural circumstances. (Tweet that!) They say that the Biblically prophesied "blood moons" will be something miraculous from the hand of God. I say that's a bunch of hooey. (Tweet that!) Why couldn't the blood moons in the Bible be caused by natural circumstances? (Tweet that!) I see no reason why they couldn't be red moons caused by natural reasons.

Clearly the Lord God who created the heavens and the earth, Who set the moon in the sky and Who set the times and knew with perfect foreknowledge when lunar eclipses would occur because He set up the whole system, could have and did know these lunar eclipses would be occurring on these dates in our lifetimes. (Tweet that!) This is not a problem for Him.

He is also the One Who mandated when the Feasts of the LORD would be -- on what dates on the Jewish calendar. (Tweet that!) He also foreknew with perfect foresight that those total lunar eclipses on His Feasts of the LORD would coincide with happenings on the earth in our day. (Tweet that!) This is not a problem for Him.

So some people using the fact that this is a "natural" way the moon turns red as evidence that this is not the hand of God nor the Biblically prophesied "blood moons" that are to come before the day of the Lord (the Lord Jesus' return) simply is not convincing me.  (Tweet that!)

What do you think?

The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. Joel 2:31

Here are some trivia questions:  

How many natural causes are there for the moon to appear red? (Tweet that!)

What are the causes in nature that make the moon appear red? (Tweet that!)

You can find the answers in this post:

• What Causes the Moon to Turn Red Like Blood? 

Tips for Viewing this Total Lunar Eclipse:

I learned a few things while viewing the first of these four total lunar eclipses last April. I wrote about what I learned and gave some tips before the second eclipse last October. Here are those tips for you to review. I'm going to review them also so I don't forget what I learned! (Tweet that!)

• Tips for Viewing the Lunar Eclipse

Final Reminder:

This Saturday's Total Lunar Eclipse -- Blood Moon #3 -- will occur in the early morning hours of Saturday, April 4th. Don't miss it! You'll have to get up early to see it. (Tweet that!)

If you haven't yet, please join my Event on Facebook for more reminders, discussion, links to articles and information, and more:

#Lunar Eclipse Watch Party! - 3rd of the 4 #Blood Moons

I'll look forward to seeing you again on Saturday after this 3rd of the four "Blood Moons" for some followup thoughts. Enjoy the view! Bask in the knowledge you are witnessing history. Make it memorable with those you care about. (Tweet that!)

As you're looking into the heavens after midnight Friday evening / early Saturday morning, think about the Lord God and what you and your life looks like to Him from His point of view. (Tweet that!) It's a good think to contemplate.

Easter Moments:

• Countdown Day 3: The Prophecy of the Potter’s Field

• Countdown Day 2: Jesus was Sacrificed on Passover

(Tweet that!)

Learn How the Jewish Calendar Works Into this Tetrad of Lunar Eclipses and Tetrad History -- Plus Easter Moments Countdown Days 5 & 4

Dates of Four Total Lunar Eclipses
plus the central Solar Eclipse
of 2014 and 2015

I've written extensively about these four lunar eclipses on Jewish holy days on this blog. (Tweet that!) Today let's review some of these previous posts because I think you'll find that information fascinating. (Tweet that!)

I explored how the Jewish calendar works. This is important in understanding how the Jewish calendar plays into these total lunar eclipses falling on those Jewish "Feasts of the LORD" or Jewish holy days. (Tweet that!)

• April 10, 2014: How the Jewish Calendar Works (Tweet that!)

In an article on the day before the very first of the four total lunar eclipses, I reviewed what happened in history in the times surrounding previous tetrads, (Tweet that!)

• April 14, 2014: "Tetrad" of Four Lunar Eclipses on Jewish Feast Days in the Past (Tweet that!) 

Would you like to use this event to reach out to neighbors, friends, or family members in order to start a conversation about the important things of God, the Bible, and Jesus Christ? If yes, you can find some ideas for ways to make that happen here:

• Invite Your Neighbors to View the Coming Blood Moon Event  (Tweet that!) 

Here is a printable brochure (PDF) of information about these four lunar eclipses and the seven Feasts of the Lord on which they are falling:

• The 7 Feasts of the LORD and the 4 Blood Moons brochure (PDF to print and share)

I hope you've enjoyed reviewing all this fascinating information. In the next post we'll review some science behind lunar eclipses and several different happenings that can cause the moon to appear red.

Related Articles: 

• Is it a Total or a Partial Lunar Eclipse and Why that Distinction is Important

• What Time and Where in the Sky to See the April 4 Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon #3)

• Join the conversation now! Lunar Eclipse Watch Party! - 3rd of the 4 Blood Moons

Easter Moments:

• Countdown Day 5: The First Lunar Eclipse on Passover 2014 (and why I don't expect anything to happen today)

• Countdown Day 4: Jesus Prophesizes He will be Crucified on Passover

(Tweet that!)

Is it a Total or a Partial Lunar Eclipse and Why that Distinction is Important -- Plus Easter Moments Countdown Days 7 & 6

Dates of Four Total Lunar Eclipses
plus the central Solar Eclipse
of 2014 and 2015

I've noticed a change! Previously Time and Date.com was calling this a partial lunar eclipse. They have changed their heading and are now calling this a total lunar eclipse. That distinction is important. (Tweet that!) Here's why:

These lunar eclipses are spiritually, prophetically, and Biblically important because they are a tetrad. (Tweet that!) A tetrad is defined as:

• four total lunar eclipses in a row without any partial lunar eclipses falling in between them. (Tweet that!)

If this lunar eclipse #3 is only a partial eclipse, that would be extremely important because that would mean this is not a tetrad. (Tweet that!)

Lunar eclipses are not rare. Of course tetrads, a series of four total lunar eclipses with no partials in between, are more rare. (Tweet that!)

This tetrad is even more rare because each total lunar eclipse in this tetrad is falling either the first or the last of the seven Jewish holy feast days God gave the Jewish people in the Old Testament (that is, Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles also known as Sukkot). (Tweet that!) And they are falling on those Jewish holidays two years in a row.

Time and Date.com has changed it's label for this eclipse from "Partial" to "Total" in its heading. It also gives this note:

(*) Eclipses with a short totality may be labelled wrongly as partial. We are working on a solution.

When Time and Date.com was calling this a partial lunar eclipse, I wrote more about it here:

• Is the Next Lunar Eclipse in April 2015 a Partial or Total? 

Come back next Tuesday and we'll learn more as we gear up for this coming total lunar eclipse which is being called the third Blood Moon. Meanwhile, be thinking about who you might invite to join you in observing this spring celestial event. (Tweet that!) A friend via the Facebook Lunar Eclipse Watch Party? (Tweet that!) Or a neighbor during the eclipse in your backyard?

Related Articles:

• What Time and Where in the Sky to See the April 4 Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon #3)

• 2015 Amazing Worldwide Event #2 Linked to Bible Prophecy: The Coming Third Lunar Eclipse in April 

Facebook Lunar Eclipse Watch Party:

• Lunar Eclipse Watch Party! - 3rd of the 4 Blood Moons

Easter Moments:

• Countdown Day 7: What Causes the Moon to Turn Red Like Blood?

• Countdown Day 6: "Tetrad" of Four Lunar Eclipses on Jewish Feast Days in the Past

(Tweet that!) 

What Time and Where in the Sky to See the April 4 Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon #3) -- Plus Easter Moments Countdown Days 9 & 8

Dates of Four Total Lunar Eclipses
plus the central Solar Eclipse
of 2014 and 2015

I'm sure the first question on your mind is where in your sky and when, as in the hours, you'll be able to see the 3rd "Blood Moon" total lunar eclipse coming early the morning of April 4, 2015.

Who can see it? 

At least some of this lunar eclipse will be visible in most of North America, South America, Asia and parts of Australia. (Tweet that!) Depending on where you are, you will see:

• Alaska, most of you will be able to see 100% of this eclipse from start to finish.
• Far western U.S. and Canada will see more than 75% of the event.
• Mid-west America (from approximately the Mississippi River westerly) and Canada, you'll see less that 75% but more than 50% of this eclipse. In my area, for example, the moon will set behind the western horizon before the eclipse ends, so I won't be able to see the big finish.
• Eastern approximately one third of the U.S. and Canada, as well as most of South America, will see less than 50%.

For more precise details, and for locations in Asia, Australia, and Russia, you can find a map with what you'll see, plus tons more information, here:  (Tweet that!)

• Time and Date.com - April 4, 2015 Total Lunar Eclipse

What time will the eclipse appear?

To learn what time the eclipse will begin and end in the skies over your neighborhood, you can enter your city in the box called "Eclipses visible from your city" on that same Time and Date site. (Tweet that!)

How long will this lunar eclipse last?

The moon will be in the totality phase, meaning totally eclipsed, for approximately five minutes. From start to finish this eclipse will last 3 hours and 29 minutes. (Tweet that!)

You can compare the length of this eclipse with the 4th Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse coming in September 2015 in this article I wrote earlier this year:

• February 3, 2015: Where the 4th Lunar Eclipse Will be Visible - Amazing Worldwide Event #4 in 2015 Linked to Bible Prophecy

Lunar Eclipse Trivia:

Did you know a lunar eclipse can only take place on a full moon? (Tweet that!)

And did you know that on the Jewish calendar the first of the month is always on a new moon (no moon visible) and therefore the 15th of the month is always on a full moon?

We've discussed these things in more detail here on the blog in previous posts. You can learn more in this one:

• September 23, 2014: The Feast of Tabernacles - Part 2 - and the Next Blood Moon

If you've been following the Blood Moons or this blog you know I'm fascinated by this current tetrad of four total lunar eclipses because they are falling on Jewish holy days, namely Passover (in the spring) and the Feast of Tabernacles, also called Sukkot (in the fall). (Tweet that!)

Obviously, then, Passover and Sukkot always fall on the 15th of the month on the Jewish calendar. That's the only way we could have lunar eclipses on these Jewish holidays -- if they were always on the 15th of the month. (Tweet that!)

You can learn more in my comments leading up to Blood Moon #2 last fall here:

• September 27:2014: When and Where to See the Next "Blood Moon" Total Lunar Eclipse

Join the Conversation:

Please join my next Event over on Facebook where I'll share articles, links, and information about this next total lunar eclipse, and where you can join the conversation with others:  (Tweet that!)

Find the event here, and then click "Going." Please also use the "Invite" box to share this event on your own timeline, page, or in groups, and where you can send special invitations to specific people you want to share this information with:

• #Lunar Eclipse Watch Party! - 3rd of the 4 #Blood Moons

Come back on Saturday for more information about this 3rd in the series of four total lunar eclipses appearing on Jewish holidays in 2014 and 2015. (Tweet that!)

Easter Moments:

• Countdown Day 9: How the Jewish Calendar Works

• Countdown Day 8: The Prophetic Significance of the Feasts of the LORD

(Tweet that!)

Looking Forward to the 3rd of the 4 Total Lunar Eclipses Coming Early April 4th -- Plus Easter Moments Countdown Days 11 & 10

Dates of Four Total Lunar Eclipses
plus the central Solar Eclipse
of 2014 and 2015

I hope you enjoyed last week's discussion leading up to the solar eclipse event on March 20, 2015. With that now behind us, it's time to turn our attention to the next major celestial event, the 3rd of the four total lunar eclipses (being calling the "Blood Moons" by many) occurring on major Jewish holidays (Feasts of the LORD). (Tweet that!) This next event is coming quickly on the heels of last Friday's solar eclipse. The next total lunar eclipse will occur in only 11 days, that is in the early morning hours of Saturday, April 4th, 2015. (Tweet that!)

Note also that the day of this total lunar eclipse is Passover on the Jewish calendar. (Tweet that!) And it's no coincidence that Easter follows on the next day since the Christian Easter is based off the Jewish Passover. (Easter Sunday is scheduled on the Sunday closest to the full moon of Passover.) (Tweet that!)

So for these next two weeks we'll look forward to and get excited about this upcoming "Blood Moon" #3. (Tweet that!)

We have five more posts  up to and including the April 4th post. My plan here is to use these posts to share information and links to articles about this and the other lunar eclipses. This will include discussions of the science behind lunar eclipses as well as articles about the Biblical and prophetic connections. Please invite a friend to join us by visiting these posts. Please also use the share buttons below to share these articles to your social media contacts.

Would you like to stay up to date on this 3rd of the tetrad of four total lunar eclipses by receiving reminders and articles like this one posted in one convenient location? I created a Facebook event for this purpose. It's also a great way to find links to all this information. It's also a great place to share with your friends and family so you can have a conversation with them about these events. (Tweet that!)

As always my desire is to educate as many people as I can reach and to point them to the Lord Jesus Christ. (Tweet that!) It's also my desire to equip you with information for your own interest as well as to give you easy ways to share that information with people you want discuss these things with. (Tweet that!)

Here's where to find that Facebook Event:

#LunarEclipseWatch Party! - 3rd of the 4 #BloodMoons

So I hope you're looking forward to these next to weeks' discussions as much as I am!

Easter Moments:

• Countdown Day 11: Jesus Gives "The Sign of Jonah"

• Countdown Day 10: The Moon as a Sign and the Prophesied Blood Red Moons

(Tweet that!)

Don't Miss the Four Blood Moons Movie - Today Only! At a Theater Near You

Normally I don't post on Mondays, but this is a special occasion! Here's your reminder that today is the one-day-only theatrical showing of the

Four Blood Moons Movie.

Don't miss it!

It is showing this evening at 7:30 at my theater.

You can find the theater nearest you on their web site. Put in your zip code and you can find out everything from...

Which theaters near you are showing it.

Ticket cost.

Phone number to the theater so you can call and see if they are sold out.

You can probably purchase your ticket online for a small fee.

Notice that it's 150 minutes. That's two and a half hours! Wow. Guess we'll get our money's worth.

Grab some friends and go see it. If you haven't yet learned about what all the hubbub is about concerning the current series of total lunar eclipses on Jewish holy days, you can catch up in only two and a half hours.

If you have been keeping up, it's a great conversation-starter to discuss this and talk about Jesus with your friends. So go for it.

Don't miss the Four Blood Moons Movie. You might be sorry if you do!

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Overview of the Lunar Eclipses Connected to Bible Prophecy, Shemitah, More - Video with Mark Biltz

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I've been having fun reviewing recent videos from leading prophecy teachers talking about the Lunar Eclipses (Blood Moons) that are connected to Bible Prophecy, the Shemitah, and many other topics. I found some I'd like to share with you this week. (Tweet that!)

Today's is an episode of Sid Roth's "It's Supernatural" show. He interviews Mark Biltz, whom we've mentioned many times here on the blog.

Sid Roth asks Mark Biltz how he discovered the tetrad of lunar eclipses and about previous tetrads. (Tweet that!) They talk about the Shemitah, the current series of three Shemitahs and what has occurred in America on the day of the past two Shemitahs (Tweet that!) ...leaving us to anticipate what might happen this coming September 13, 2015, on the next Shemitah day. (Tweet that!)

This video was posted recently, on January 29, 2015, but it must have been recorded earlier, before the most-recent lunar eclipse (Blood Moon) on October 8, 2014, because the advertisement running asks what will happen on that day, as if it has not happened yet. Still, unless you've been keeping up with all this information I believe you'll find new interesting information in this interview.

This video runs 29 minutes. Please know it has brief interruptions with commercials, but you can skip those after the first few seconds. I'm sure these are helping pay the way for Mr. Roth to create more interview videos, so I hope you won't mind those.

I'll have another video later this week about the lunar eclipses connected to Bible prophecy and much more so please stop back by. (Tweet that!)

BLOOD MOONS: What's Coming in 2015

New Documentary Astronomy - Mark Biltz

How to Stay Informed on the 3rd Total Lunar Eclipse Linked to Bible Prophecy Coming in April

Would you like to receive reminders through articles and updates and stay abreast of this important discussion on the third of the four total lunar eclipses linked to Bible prophecy? (Tweet that!)

If yes, I've set up a Facebook event page for this lunar eclipse. Please visit this page and, while logged in to your Facebook account, click the "Join" button in order to get the updates.

• Lunar Eclipse Watch Party! - 3rd of the 4 Blood Moons

You can also share this Facebook event with your friends, family, and contacts. By doing so  you can, in effect, hold your own little lunar eclipse watch party and/or discussion group among your friends. (Tweet that!) To "share" the event, click the "Invite" box which is just under the header picture. Then click "Share Event" or choose which of your friends you want to share the event with.

I will also set up Facebook event pages for both the coming Shemitah, occurring September 13, 2015, and the 4^th and final lunar eclipse in the tetrad coming September 28, 2015. I will set those up and I'm scheduled to announce one on each of the next two Saturdays.

Also, please watch more for discussion on these two events coming this next two weeks.  (Tweet that!)

Stay tuned to this blog and these Facebook event pages to learn more about these fascinating worldwide events we are set to experience in 2015 which are linked to Bible prophecy. (Tweet that!)

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Is the Next Lunar Eclipse in April 2015 a Partial or Total? - Amazing Worldwide Event #2 Linked to Bible Prophecy

I was surprised when I went looking for information about the coming lunar eclipse on April 4, 2015, that is linked to Bible prophecy because I discovered it is sometimes being called a partial eclipse. (Tweet that!)

As we've discussed before, these lunar eclipses are spiritually, prophetically, and Biblically important because they are a tetrad falling on the first and last of the seven Jewish holy feast days (that is, Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles) two years in a row. A tetrad is defined as four total lunar eclipses in a row without any partial lunar eclipses falling in between them.

Therefore if this #3 eclipse is only a partial eclipse, that would be extremely important information because that would mean this is not actually a tetrad or series of four total lunar eclipses. (Tweet that!)

Furthermore, if this were only a partial eclipse then it would not be a total lunar eclipse on Passover.(Tweet that!)

On this topic, the TimeAndDate.com site gives this explanation on why the site is calling this a partial lunar eclipse in some of its material:

(*) Total eclipses with a very short period of totality and partial eclipses that come close to reaching totality may be labelled wrongly or inconsistently as total or partial eclipses. We are aware of this problem and are working on a solution.

While in the heading of the TimeAndDate.com article the April 4, 2015, event is called a "partial lunar eclipse," the article itself calls it a "total lunar eclipse."

This eclipse will last for 3 hours and 29 minutes from beginning to end. The moon will be totally eclipsed (the totality) for about 5 minutes. (Tweet that!)

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Where to See the 3rd Lunar Eclipse in April - Amazing Worldwide Event #2 Linked to Bible Prophecy

In the January 13th post, we talked about 2015's Amazing Worldwide Event #2 Linked to Bible Prophecy: The Coming Third Lunar Eclipse in April. We will take a closer look at this event in three posts this week.

This lunar eclipse will take place on the Jewish feast of Passover, which makes it very significant spiritually and prophetically in light of Bible prophecy. (Tweet that!)

As this eclipse approaches and you make your plans to watch it, be sure to remember that the Jewish day is counted from sundown to sundown, which means the eclipse will be in the early morning hours of the April 4 (not the evening of April 4). (Tweet that!)

This eclipse will not be visible everywhere in the world. I call it a “worldwide event” because it is important, prophetically, to the whole world regardless of whether or not you can see it from where you are the morning of April 4, 2015. (Tweet that!) This eclipse will be visible in much of Asia, Australia, much of North America and South America, and the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, and Antarctica.

You can learn more about this third total lunar eclipse of this tetrad (series of four) on the following site. (Tweet that!)You can also learn what you will be able to see and at what time by entering your location on this site:

• TimeAndDate.com April 4, 2015, Total Lunar Eclipse

Come back on Thursday for more interesting information about this third lunar eclipse in April linked to Bible prophecy.

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