Proph. Joel und der rote Mond-----2007?
Geschrieben von Zitrone am 17. April 2005 15:16:00:
THE BLOOD RED MOON
--And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the
stars (Matt 24:11,25).
--The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood,
before that great and notable day of the Lord (Acts 2:20).--And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was
a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sack-cloth of hair,
and the moon became as blood (Rev 6:12).-Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not
dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them
(Jeremiah 12:2.)When G-d created "...lights in the firmament of the heaven to
divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for
seasons, and for days, and years," He obviously gave to mankind a
calendar and method for the calculation of time-periods (Gen 1:14-15;
Psalm 104:19).The prophet Joel refers to prophecy regarding Israel. It is a
call to repentance and restoration for the nation of Israel, but also
judgment upon the Gentile nations and the signs preceding the Second
Coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ.Historically, "the course of empires and nations were changed
by the occurrence of eclipses," as attested to by Apian (1540) when he
wrote in regard to eclipses and their affect on Earth:And it is certain that the Sun and the Moon are the
most powerful causes of events...and eclipses by which,
beyond doubt, the affairs of the world are changed."In China, Rome, among the Turks and other nations it was
customary to beat drums to frighten the spirits and monsters (4,000+
years ago the monsters were contained in the constellations of the
Dragon and the Watersnake). Correctly forecasting an eclipse brought
notoriety -- among those including Copernicus, Thales of Miletus,
Herodotus-- and sometimes great wealth; but likewise, incorrect
predictions brought reproach.The early Rabbins considered an eclipse of the Moon (Lavanah) as
a "bad omen" for the nation of Israel. Anciently, a "blood red
moon" symbolized violence, war, and evil factions rising up against
the nation of Israel. (1) More importantly, a red moon
historically and Biblically indicates a period of judgment (Isaiah
13:9-10; 24:23) for the wicked.Peculiarly, in early history many eclipses coincided with battles
and wars; or, if one prefers appropriately, many battles and wars
coincided with eclipses (i.e a number of Persian wars, the Battle of
Syracuse, and another observed by Alexander the Great). Obviously,
the association with the color red (the blood moon) marks the
connection between violence, wars, and the shedding of blood; but
also, pestilence and plague such as the prophetic symbol of G-d's
approaching judgment.Lunar eclipses were even more frightening than solar because
of the perplexing problem of why the Moon suddenly, without
explanation, lost its light, and turned an obtuse arrangement of
yellow with dark-reddish colors. This could only mean the gods were
angry and would bring great retribution upon a nation. This is
verified by Apian and recorded in B.C.E. 172, "Livy in the fourth
book of the fifth decade wrote that Caius Sulpitius Gallus of Lucius
Aemilius Paulus' army, when he conquered Perseus, the last king of
Macedonia, in Samothrace, and led him captive to Rome, predicted a
future eclipse of the Moon, which threw terror into the soldiers...." (2)On January 20/21, 2000, North and South America will be witness
to a spectacular "total lunar eclipse." Totality will be
particularly dramatic in North America, especially during a clear
night, but also seen in Western Europe, and Africa--excluded are
Australia, India, and China. The last total eclipse occurred in
September of 1997 and the next one is due in March of 2007.
A full year can pass without a lunar eclipse, but the total
number of lunar eclipses in any one year can never exceed two. A
total eclipse of the Moon occurs when the Sun, Moon, and Earth
align, and the Earth passes between the Sun and a "full Moon" casting
the shadow of the Earth on the Moon (the full Moon must be directly
opposite the Sun).
The dark, inner shadow (umbra) gives the Moon its dark, reddish
appearance, or "blood red moon;" and this being a full moon during
the Jewish month Tu B'Shevat, indeed brings to mind ominous
overtones that G-d will "punish the wicked."Now interestingly, this blood red moon occurs mid-point between
the two great Grand (or T-square) planetary conjunctions between
August 1999 - May of 2000, and the peculiar activity involving the
constellation of Sagittarius (see our 1999 Lampholder Newsletter
editions in our archives at http://www.LampholderPub.com/page2.html --
symbolic of the "arrow of the rider on the white horse," the first
of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.Along with all of the above signs, also take into consideration
the prominence of Orion (Jan 22), Sirius, Aldebaran, the Pleiades
star cluster, and the near conjunction and sickle-alignment of the
planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and
Pluto. Now combine all of this with the occultic reinterpretation of
the Jewish symbol "Magen David," the six-pointed star, as marking
the beginning of the Age of Aquarius, and this should perk the
interest of end-time prophecy followers everywhere.
Please pray for the peace of Jerusalem...
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