Solar eclipse Friday has some looking for signs from God

Rare celestial event at the North Pole, ahead of the 3rd of 4 ‘blood moons,’ to be marked in Jerusalem with 2 minutes of interfaith prayer near the Temple Mount

While some Christian leaders debate whether the current celestial tetrad phenomenon — four blood moons in two years — signals the end of times, ahead of this Friday’s once-in-100,000-years full solar eclipse over the North Pole, a fledgling Israeli-American interfaith organization is ascribing to the heavenly displays a decidedly optimistic and universal spin.

Blood moons are full lunar eclipses in which the sun’s rays entering through the earth’s atmosphere make for a red, or blood-like appearance. Two instances of the current tetrad have already occurred, on April 15, 2014 (the Jewish Passover) and October 8, 2014 (Sukkot, or the Feast of the Tabernacles). The next blood moon is scheduled for April 4, 2015, the first day of Passover this year and two weeks after the upcoming solar eclipse.

According to popular American evangelical Pastor John Hagee, the blood moons are historically linked with a time period “that begins with a tragedy and ends with a triumph” for the Jewish people.

The Spanish expulsion of its Jews and discovery of the New World in 1492, the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, and the Six Day War in 1967 are all examples of triumph overcoming tragedy, said Hagee. This epic saga will be presented in a movie based on his book, “Four Blood Moons: Something is About to Change,” which is to be screened in select theaters on March 23.

In an interview with CBN News on the Christian Broadcasting Network, Hagee claimed that in each era marked by this tetrad phenomena, “there’s a sense in the world that things are changing and God is trying to communicate with us in a supernatural way.”


‘I believe that in these next two years, we’re going to see something dramatic happen in the Middle East involving Israel’

“I believe that in these next two years, we’re going to see something dramatic happen in the Middle East involving Israel that will change the course of history in the Middle East and impact the whole world,” said Hagee, the head of the 1.3 million-strong Christians United for Israel organization he founded in 2006.

The two upcoming blood moons, Hagee said, are likely linked to Iran and the United State’s role in negotiating a nuclear deal. As reported by JTA, Hagee’s CUFI organization recently published full-page ads urging undecided Democrat senators to back a bill mandating congressional approval of any Iran nuclear deal.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Evangelical Christian movement and a mission of approximately 800 members of Pastor John Hagee’s Christians United for Israel (CUFI) organization, in Jerusalem on Sunday night MArch 18 2012. (Amos Ben Gershom/Flash90)

“The only reason that Iran will not acquire a nuclear bomb will be that Israel chooses a military solution to that crisis,” Hagee said in the CBN interview.

“I believe that if that happens, it will start a series of events that will change the course of world history,” he said.

Credit to Times of Israel.com

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