The Prophecy of the Blood Moon and Why the World Will End – EXPLAINED

On July 27, the moon will turn red in the night sky during a lunar eclipse.

And the event is the sign of hidden messages in the Christian Bible about an apocalypse, the theorists added.

According to the Christian Endtime Ministries group, which preaches the gospel of the end times – where parts of the text seem to predict the end of the world, a number of prophecies in the Bible predict that the moon will become blood red at the end of the world.

Irvin Baxter of the organization referred to Joel 2: 30-31 which states: "And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood, fire, and pillars of smoke."

He adds: "The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes."

The Book of Revelations also says 6:12 the moon will turn red: "I looked, when he opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as a sack of hair, and the moon became like blood. "

Irvin Baxter, president of the end-time ministries, said, "The Bible teaches that the end event just happens in front of us now and that it will be the greatest prophetic achievement in the last 2,000 years.

However, not everyone is convinced.

Geoffrey Gaherty, a writer for Starry Night Education has shot down the claims.

He said: "As a fiery skywatcher who takes great pleasure from beautiful events like lunar eclipses, it saddens me that there are" prophets of doom "in the world who consider these events rewarding. as omens of disaster. "

According to scientists, a blood moon is caused by an effect known as Rayleigh scattering.

This happens when the Moon passes directly behind the Earth and in its shadow. The only light reflected by the lunar surface has been refracted by the Earth's atmosphere.

This light appears reddish for the same reason as a sunset or sunrise: the Rayleigh scattering of the blue light.