Blood moon

The world has seen a great light. It all started Sunday, September 27^th 2015 when I was watching a Blood Moon total lunar eclipse that won’t happen again in my life time. The usual full moon that should have crested over the mountains was three quarters blocked out by the shadow from the earth. It seemed to rise very quickly at first as it flew past and above the silhouette of distant mountains that were turning purple in the twilight of the sun. As the moon rose higher and higher above the horizon, it also was being eclipsed by the earth’s shadow turning into the Blood Moon that some have been anxiously waiting for. 

Soon the moon was completely covered by the earth’s shadow, casting an eerie glowing orange mask that seemed to pulsate with each solar flare. The lunar face we all know as “the man in the moon” went missing for an hour and a half as he decided to jump ship for a long deserved vacation from the billions of eyes that were fixed on him. As the sun continued to set below the horizon, an eerie orange mask turned to shades of red transforming it into the “Blood Moon” that astronomers had promised us.

Later, as I stared at the moon, there was only a small, thin crescent of a shadow left on the upper right-hand side. With each passing minute our normal full moon slowly reappeared to illuminate the night and cast a moon shadow on the ground behind me. My moon shadow seemed to follow me wherever I went like it was attached to me just like my invisible spirit. I posed with closed fists at my hips looking more like Peter Pan for the moment then a middle aged Michelin shaped man. 

In the book of Genesis 1:14, God inspires Moses to write the reason He hung all those lights up in the night sky “Then God said ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years; and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth.’ And it was so.”

So, here in the very first chapter of the bible, God explains that He would use the celestial objects, the sun, stars, moon and planets, as a billboard signaling the beginning of the end. We know that Jesus talked about heavenly signs pointing to a future period of history referred to as “the end of times” or “tribulation”. “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and waters roaring; men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” Luke 21:25-28

So I don’t care what flavor of Christian you are, what denominational label you attach to yourself or even if you are an atheist because the return of the King is imminent. One day Jesus Christ will return to the earth for His bride in the same way that He left by reappearing from the clouds. It’s not just a myth or some kind of fairytale but a promise spoken from God. These prophetic events were written and recorded ahead of time for us to study and build up our faith. It does not take much for me to see God in the details; the way in which stars are born and grow older as they revolve around as clusters inside of a galaxy. But you don’t have to look to the stars to see the fingerprints of God. On a human scale, design can be observed in the way our organs heal when they are injured. The healing process is the fingerprint of a divinely loving God.

Two thousand years ago a very bright star guided the wise men to where Jesus had been born and was currently living. Seven hundred years before Jesus was born, God inspired the prophet Isaiah to write “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;” Isaiah 9:2-7

“For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be on His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of his increase of His government and peace there will be no end.” Jesus Christ is the Light of the World.