PARIS: Minority Christian groups have predicted the world will end later this month when, they say, a ‘blood moon’ will cause an apocalyptic meteor strike.
Scientists state that a ‘blood moon’ will occur on September 28 as the moon passes into the shadow of the earth cast by the Sun (a lunar eclipse) it appears copper red in colour.
This will be the fourth ‘blood moon’ since April 15 last year and Christians, in particular minority American groups, say it will bring about global destruction.
The ‘blood moon’ is the fourth and final eclipse in a tetrad — four consecutive total lunar eclipses, each separated by six lunar months — which fulfils biblical prophecy of the apocalypse.
When promoting his 2013 book Four Blood Moons, Cornerstone Church founder John Hagee, of San Antonio, Texas, said that the tetrad was a signal being sent by God.
“The coming four blood moons points to a world-shaking event that will happen between April 2014 and October 2015,” he said.
Hagee, whose book was the ninth biggest seller in the US in March last year, and El Shaddai Ministries’ Pastor Mark Blitz claim that the blood moon on September 28 heralds the end of the world and the second coming
They, and others, cite passages from the Bible to justify their fears.
Joel 2:31 states: “And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.”
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