The Blood Moons
By Richard P. Joseph
Do a google search on blood moons and you will get a handful of futurist prophecy. I listened to some and they had some partial truth mixed with some great money making schemes. Just send $49.99 and you can get the answers to the future end of the world. You will find out how to get a telescope and observe if there is a blood moon then you will know the end of the world is tomorrow. Sounds pretty stupid doesn’t it? Not really, people are eating this stuff up like it is going out of style. However, on my blog you can hear the truth and it’s actually free. You can send me money if you want but I am not asking you to. If you have an extra million laying around then send it along but it won’t change me from speaking the truth to telling you a bunch of lies.
So, to answer Pilate’s question “so what is the truth”, here it goes. The Old Testament is full of apocalyptic language. This is a manner of the descriptive vernacular that the ancient Hebrews used in order to convey an earth changing event. It is a form of literature that uses astronomical sources to portray a major shift in history. If you remember Joseph used the sun and the moon to indicate that even his parents would bow down before him. The prophets used this type of imagery all throughout the Old Testament. Joel was one of the many prophets to use this type of language to convey events that were messianic in nature.
The second chapter of Joel is wroth with apocalyptic language.
The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord. Joel 2:31
In that chapter I can possibly pick out the Roman army coming in judgement, John the baptist warning them, Jesus offering them the new wine, etc etc. Of course Peter used that exact chapter to proclaim that those very words were being fulfilled as he spoke.
Jeremiah also warns them in chapter 31. He says that there will be a new covenant established. Then he uses the astronomical bodies to convey his prophecy.
Thus says the Lord,
Who gives the sun for a light by day,
The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night,...
Jeremiah then goes on to say:
“If those ordinances depart
From before Me, says the Lord,
Then the seed of Israel shall also cease
From being a nation before Me forever.”
Now listen to what Jesus said in Matthew 24:29
“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
It looks to me as if Jesus is making a direct comment on Jeremiah 31:36. He is claiming that the heavenly bodies will depart their positions and the sun and moon will not give their light. Now if I sold you a video that explained that as soon as you see the stars disappear and the sun stops shining and the moon stops its nightly reflecting, I bet you all would be sending me $49.99 as fast as you can. But if I try to tell you that it is really a figure of speech indicating that a major spiritual and covenantal shift was about to occur you would deem me a heretic and an idiot. But, according to Peter, I am telling you the truth. The truth is, is that the second coming occurred in the first century just as Jesus and the apostles said it would. The sun was darkened and the moon was turned to blood and the stars departed from their positions. The world of the Jews was tipped upside down, the unfaithful harlot of unbelieving Jews was completely destroyed and the new covenant was established with the church. We are now living in that new covenant and it is time we start acting like it. We have squandered 2,000 years teaching false doctrine when in fact we are supposed to be advancing the victorious gospel of Jesus Christ and ruling this world instead of defaulting our position to others such as Islamic terrorists, homosexual activists, corrupt bankers, religious people etc. Once we realize that we have the power in our own hands to advance a just and peaceful world, nothing will be able to stop us. That is our calling and it is time we seize the day.
