Bro. Abduyusuf Rufa'i
What is a Blood Moon?
A lunar eclipse
occurs when the earth passes between the sun and the moon. This blocks the
sun’s rays from reflecting off the moon as normal. However, some of the sun’s
rays curve around the earth causing the moon to appear red during a total
eclipse. Because of its vivid colour, a total lunar eclipse is often referred
to by NASA as a Blood Red Moon. The
occurrence of blood moons is quite common, normally happening at least twice
per year. Most of us have seen the moon when its appearance has changed to red. When four blood moons happen in close
succession, NASA refers to this as a tetrad. Tetrads are rather rare, only
taking place fifty-five times since 1 AD.
Come 28th September, 2015 there will be a blood
moon – when the moon takes the appearance of blood; and this will also coincide
with the Bible feast of Tabernacles. The others in this tetrad occurred on 15th
April, 2014 (on feast of Passover), 8th October, 2014 (on feast of
Tabernacles), 4th
April, 2015 (on feast of Passover). What does it mean when it occurs on Bible
or Jewish feast day as only three tetrad blood moons have occurred on Bible
feast day since the last five hundred years? That we will know later.
Tetrad on Bible Feast Days of the Last 500
years:
·
Tetrad of 1493 – 1494
·
Tetrad of 1949 – 1950
·
Tetrad of 1967 – 1968
Since 1 AD, ten tetrad blood moons falling on Bible or
Jewish feasts have occurred and only three times since 1492 AD. This latest one
will make it the eleventh since 1 AD
and fourth since 1492 AD. Later we
shall understand the significance of these occurring numbers. Blood moons are
prophetic and spiritually significant. Blood moons are signs or portents in the
heavenlies. As Christians, we are barred by God from practicing, worshiping or
putting our trust in astrology or horoscopes, but the Bible tells us that God
will use the great lights for signs in the heavenlies or sky to speak to us; so
we must be sensitive and alert to know what to do or expect:
“And God said, Let
there be 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: and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light
upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light
to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also”
Genesis 1: 14 – 16.
Jews and Tetrad Blood Moons on Bible Feast
Days Keen observers over time have noted that any time a tetrad blood
moon occurs on Bible or Jewish feasts (three since 1492 AD) in very close
proximity to those dates something always happened to or affected the Jewish
people:
1. The Spanish Inquisition Took Place in 1492 Just Before the Tetrad of 1493 – 1494
In 1492, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain gave the
Jewish population a mere four months to convert to Catholicism or leave the
country. It is estimated that between 165,000 and 400,000 Jews fled the country
at this time. As many as 50,000 decided to stay, converting to Roman
Catholicism. The Spanish Inquisition sought to punish Jews who had converted to
Christianity but were not really “sincere” in their conversions. Torture was
used to elicit confessions from these “false converts.” After confessing, many
of them were then burned at the stake. The Inquisition was cruel beyond
belief. First you tell people they have to convert or die. When they do
convert, you place them under severe torture to test the sincerity of their conversions.
Once they confess under duress, then you burn them at the stake because they
are not true Catholics. These are the types of inhumane horrors that were
inflicted upon thousands of Jews during the Spanish Inquisition.
2. The Nation of Israel Reborn on May 14, 1948 Just Before the Tetrad of 1949 – 1950
After the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 AD,
Jews were driven into exile. For the next 1,878 years, the Jewish people were
sifted through the nations of the earth. Yet, they retained their identity. After
Hitler’s horrible holocaust during World War II, the Jews were finally granted
a homeland by the nations of the world. On May 14, 1948, the modern state of
Israel was born.
3. The City of Jerusalem was Reunited During Tetrad of 1967 – 1968
God said many times in the Old Testament that He would place
His name in Jerusalem. During their 2,000 years of exile, the Jewish people
turned their faces toward Jerusalem three times each day praying for the
restoration of Jerusalem and the rebuilding of their temple. On June 7, 1967
the Jordanians launched an attack against Israel and west Jerusalem. Israel
counter-attacked driving Jordan out of east Jerusalem, out of Judea-Samaria,
and back into its own land across the Jordan River. Jerusalem was undivided and
under Jewish control for the first time since the destruction of Jerusalem by
the Romans in 70 AD.
4th Tetrad
Blood Moon on Bible Feast Days Again, what next?
So now that a fourth tetrad blood moon wraps up on the Feast of
Tabernacles on 28th September, 2015, what is the thing that ought to
have occurred (remember in close proximity to the dates and not after) to the
Jewish people as it has in the last three tetrad blood moons which occurred on
feast days in the last five hundred years. Later I will tell you what I believe
it is.
Blood Red Moons in Bible Prophecy Speaking of Bible blood moons or happenings in the heavenlies or sky
affecting the great lights of sun, moon and stars, this is what the scriptures
say: Joel 2: 10, 30 – 31 (Acts 2: 19 – 20); 3: 1, 15, Zephaniah 1: 14 – 15,
Mathew 24: 29 (Mark 13: 24, Luke 21: 25), Revelation 6: 12. These scriptures
tell us that what we call blood moons will occur at the time the Bible
calls the DAY OF THE LORD. I call them the Blood Moons of
Redemption.
The Bible does not mince words about that day. It is the DAY
of the Lord’s terrible and awesome deeds. It is a day of vengeance on the
enemies of God and a day of Redemption of God’s people. It is a day of great wrath and fury of the
Most High. It is the day Jesus Christ returns swiftly and physically to earth
with an Army of Saints and Angels (Zechariah 12: 1 – 9; 14: 1 – 9, Revelation 17:
12 – 14; 19: 11 – 16, Mathew 24: 29 – 31).
So this latest tetrad blood moon culminating on 28th
September, 2015 is not the blood moon of the GREAT DAY OF THE LORD enunciated
in scriptures. What does this mean? It means this latest tetrad blood moon
which is the eleventh since AD 1 is the second to the last before the twelfth blood moon which is the final
blood moon the scriptures speaks of, that will occur when the great day of the
Lord comes. This Bible blood moon backed with other intensified signs will also
be the fifth tetrad blood moon since
1492 AD – Bible prophecy strongly
suggest this (please see Luke 21: 25 – 26). Again, you will soon know the
significance of these occurring numbers.
TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS:
Significance of Blood Moons falling on Bible Feasts:
1.
Feast of Passover represents and foreshadow: Deliverance from dominating gods by the
precious Blood of the Lamb of God – Jesus Christ (Leviticus 23: 5 – 6).
2.
Feast of Tabernacles represents and foreshadow: Rest
and Rejoice in the Lord by the Return of Jesus Christ (Leviticus 23: 33
– 36, 39 – 43).
These are the first and last of seven feasts of the LORD
given to Israel as recorded in the Bible. These representations and
prefiguring depict or encapsulate God’s work and will for mankind through
Israel the tribe by which He gave the world the Bible, the Covenants and the
Messiah.
Significance of Occurring Numbers of Blood
Moons:
Numbers have
spiritual significance in the Bible and by the Bible we can know what these
numbers represents:
· Tetrad blood moon of 15/04/2014, 08/10/2014,
04/04/2015 and 28/09/2015 is the 11th blood moon on Bible feast day since
1 AD.
o
11 represents: Confusion; Disorder; Lawlessness;
Judgement.
o
11 secularly also represents: the final moments
or almost too late. E.g. we say it is the eleventh-hour.
·
Blood moon of 15/04/2014, 08/10/2014, 04/04/2015
and 28/09/2015 is the fourth tetrad blood moon on Bible feast day since 1492 AD.
The last three occurred in 1493 – 1494, 1949 – 1950, 1967 – 1968.
o
4 represents: Worldly creation, rule or reign;
Four corners of the world; Four minds; Four seasons; Global implications of the
four Gospels.
·
As I have said the blood moon of Joel 2: 30 –
31, Revelation 6: 12 etc is earth’s last and 12th tetrad blood moon
since 1 AD.
o
12 represents: The government of God; Divine
order; Discipleship or Apostleship; Government by election; Theocracy.
o
12 secularly also represents: the time for
something planed or expected to occur. E.g. we say the time has arrived or it
will happen at the 12th hour.
·
As I have said the blood moon of Joel 2: 30 –
31, Revelation 6: 12 etc is the 5th tetrad blood moon since 1492 AD.
The last four occurred in 1493 – 1494, 1949 – 1950, 1967 – 1968, and 2014 –
2015.
o
5 represents: Grace or the goodness of God;
Grace related to the five-fold ministry.
As in the past what ought to have happened
to the Jews in close proximity to the latest tetrad blood moon that culminates
on 28/09/2015:
Some Bible scholars and prophecy teachers are declaring
boldly that this tetrad just ahead signals that something is getting ready to
happen, which will change the world forever.
As observed anytime a tetrad blood moon coinciding with
Bible feast day occurs since 1492 AD something always happened to the Jewish
people about or prior to period of the tetrad blood moon. As some have expected they thought U.S
Secretary of State John Kerry would have secured a peace deal between the
Palestinians and Israel but that hasn’t happened yet and the date (29/04/2014)
fixed for this by John Kerry and the parties has elapsed. But another deal has
been brokered and arrived at after tortuous negotiations and horse-trading. And
this is what I say:
1.
I believe the deal signed between the six
nations including the U.S with Iran to prevent her from developing nuclear
weapons in the next ten years and easing sanctions slammed on her is the one thing
that has happened to the Jews at about this tetrad blood moon. That deal was signed on
the 14th of July, 2015. In the heart of the whole matter and
quagmire over the years concerning Iran’s plans to have nuclear warheads and
her prevention is the nation Israel. Israel has described the deal as a
TERRIBLE MISTAKE. Meanwhile John Kerry did say that this is the best that can
be put on the table for now and if the deal fails, Israel is to be blamed.
While Israel will not live to see Iran acquire or become a nuclear power, Iran
is determined to be one and does not recognize Israel’s right to exist as a
nation. Iran even denies that the Nazi holocaust ever happened. Also many have fingered Iran for exporting
terror to other nations and undermining the peace and stability of the Middle
East. And if the truth is to be told, this is all because of Israel remotely or
directly.
2.
I believe this tetrad blood moon is not limited
to or all about Israel but to the Church of God in the world. I believe that
God is telling us that these are APPOINTED TIME(S) of His to us for His
Visitation, Blessings, Touch and Power. I believe there is A MOVE OF GOD on the
Horizon. I believe these are appointed times for the SPRING RAIN from God (Joel
2: 23 – 24, 28 – 29). I believe the body
of Christ is in one of its finest moments of time. God is faithful and He is
communicating to us even to the world His decreed plans and events as the they
unfold. Only the spiritually discerning Church or Christian can understand what
God is saying or the times we are in now (1 Corinthians 2: 6 – 16).
We are indeed in the APPOINTED TIMES of God. Now is the time
to call on God, Look to God, Hope on God and Move with God the more like never
before. Now is the time!
MY PROPHETIC DREAM OF BLOOD IN THE SKY
(I BELIEVE JOEL CHAPTER 2: 28 – 32 BECKONS QUICKLY –
Zephaniah 1: 14 – 16)
I had this Dream in the morning of Wednesday 8th
June, 2005.
In this dream I was in a house, in each room everyone
slept. I was the only one
awake, as I went from room to room looking at them as
they slept, the sky began
to show some mysterious sign. When I looked at the sky I
saw a multiplication of
the moon, I also observed that there was a battle between
the forces of good and
evil going on inside the skies. And there was blood
in the sky – people trembled
with fear but I didn’t. I was not afraid rather I was
praying to God at that moment.
Then I saw people singing and the song they sang had this
hymnal tune –
“Trust and obey for there’s no other way to
be happy in Jesus but to trust and
obey…” I picked up the pamphlet of the song from my
grandma (who is late) and
the first line of the song is: “Are art these in the courtroom
of the throne
judgment of thee…” Then I woke up.
