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There was no reddish brown moon in Chicago last night. Bright white over here.
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A "blue moon" is simply the second full moon in a single month. Since the Lunar orbit is less than 30 days, this happens occasionally, but is fairly rare. Hence the phrase "once in a blue moon." This is a more modern term and cannot really be related to the Bible.
Christ was crucified during the day and the day was darkened. A Lunar eclipse of course, happens at night, so it wasn't an eclipse that did it. It would not be possible for the darkening of the day to have been a solar eclipse either. The Hebrew calendar is Lunar with each month beginning with a new moon. Since Passover is the middle of the month, the moon is always full. Passovers can have full lunar eclipses but never a solar eclipse.
A blood red moon does indeed appear in apocalyptic literature, and these certainly could be eclipses. Passovers in 2014 and 2015 will have blood red moons, as they last did in 1967 and 68. Meaningful? Perhaps. But the message of the cross will not be found in Lunar orbit. It is right here in our hearts.
Formerly moonglow
I have to say I am rather disappointed with this article and surprised that it was posted on the homepage as its so full of inaccuracies... not too mention in no way does any of this strike fear into the hearts of anyone...except moon worshipers maybe.
Its always good to preach repenting...but this lacks the need too since alot of its not correct to start with.
RevLogos is right..Christ died during the day..the sun went dark...hence a solar eclipse...that of course is in the bible too but its not a lunar eclipse.
I hate to be so critical of your article...that makes me feel bad...maybe you could edit it and fix it?
God bless
"People do not drift toward holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; We drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; We drift toward superstition and call it faith. We cherish the indiscipline of lost self-control and call it relaxation; we slouch toward prayerlessness and delude ourselves into thinking we have escaped legalism; we slide toward godlessness and convince ourselves we have been liberated?" - D A Carson
I'll say this and say it right now. I am not mainline Christian, but I know of better interpretations than what this article presented (and yes, some of the 'facts' were messed up). Unfortunately, because I don't bah like the rest of the sheep, I could be interpreted as a heretic and easily dismissed. And as long as things like that happen, you will get articles like this in lieu of good ones. Read my blog for an example --- I'll probably upload more stellar messages later.
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