Donna Danna (21 Apr 2008)
"DOES THE BLOOD RED MOON IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE RAPTURE/RESURRECTION FALL ON ONE OF THESE DATES?"

Dear Doves,
 
There is a blood red moon before the day of the Lord according to the two Bible passages below in Joel 2:30-31 & Revelation 6:12-17.  A blood red moon occurs during a total eclipse of the moon.  All the total lunar eclipses are listed at http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEcat/LE2001-2100.html  There will be a total lunar eclipse on Dec. 21, 2010 which is the winter solstice. A total lunar eclipse falls 3 days after Pentecost Sunday, June 12, on June 15, 2011.  A total lunar eclipse falls 2 days after Palm Sunday, 4/13, on April 15, 2014, Nisan 15, 5774, which is the Feast of Passover, and the one takes place on Oct. 8, 2014 is Tishri 14, 5775, the Eve of the Feast of Tabernacles.  There are also total lunar eclipses on the Eve of the Western Easter on April 4, 2015, which is also Nisan 15, 5775, Feast of the Passover, and on Sept. 28, 2015, Tishri 15, 5776, the 1st day of the Feast of Tabernacles. A total lunar eclipse takes place 3 days after Pentecost Sunday, May 23, on May 26, 2021. There are total lunar eclipses on March 14, 2025, Adar 14, 5785, which is Purim, and on March 3, 2026, Adar 14, 5786, which is also Purim.  The next total lunar eclipses that occur on Jewish feasts are April 14, 2033, Nisan 15, 5793, Feast of the Passover, which is 3 days after Orthodox Easter of 4/11, and a total lunar eclipse takes place Oct. 8, 2033, Tishri 15, 5794, 1st day of the Feast of the Tabernacles. A total lunar eclipse takes place 6 days after Pentecost Sunday, May 20, on May 26, 2040. There is also a total lunar eclipse on March 25, 2043 which is Adar II 13th day, the Fast of Esther, and on March 13, 2044, Adar 14, 5804 which is Purim.  These are all the total lunar eclipses that fall on a Jewish Feast or Fast up through Dec. 2048.  However, if you check the list of total lunar eclipses at the website link above, you will find other total lunar eclipses as well.  I figured if the nation of Israel was born on May 14, 1948 and it is the fig tree in 13:28-30 whose generation will not pass away until the Son of man comes in the clouds, then Jesus should return no later than 2048 because not many people live to be a 100 yrs. old.
 
Joel 2:30-31, "And I will show wonders in the heavens above 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."
 
Revelation 6:12-17, "And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.  And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.  And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us fromthe face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"
 
After I wrote the above, I just found an interesting excerpt at http://www.redmoonrising.com/pzar.htm about the rapture taking place just prior to a red moon.  The article states "One of the signs that will be seen immediately after the rapture will be a supernatural occurrence of the moon turning red like blood (thus my tentative title for this prophetic model: THE RED MOON RAPTURE)."  It is in the second paragraph below.  More can be read about it at the website link above.  The only problem with it is that it represents a pre-wrath rapture and not a pre-tribulation rapture according to the author.  However, if the church is in heaven before any of the seals are opened, then this would represent a resurrection of the martryed saints who came out of great tribulation and a rapture of any believers remaining alive who were saved during the great tribulation period and not killed.  However, if the church is not in heaven before any of the the seals are opened, then this would indeed represent a rapture/resurrection of all the believers just prior to the opening of the sixth seal just prior to a red moon.

10. THE CHANGE THAT TAKES PLACE TO BELIEVERS IN HEAVEN, COMING AT THE SAME TIME AS THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY OF THE LORD, IS EVIDENCE FOR THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH.

The sixth seal is where it all begins for this earth and for humanity as a whole. It begins with an earthquake and cosmic disturbances and then the Day of the Lord begins with God's great shaking of the earth. At the same time as the earth first feels God's wrath there is a very noticeable change that takes place to believers in heaven. At the opening of the fifth seal we see a picture of dead believers underneath the altar who at first exist without white robes. After the sixth seal we are shown a picture of a great multitude of apparently living saints, who now stand before God's throne in heaven clothed in white robes. Going from under the altar to before the throne, and from existing without white robes, to wearing white robes, at the same time as the Day of the Lord begins, is proof that the rapture has taken place.

For readers who are having a hard time following, let me explain: The rapture takes place immediately prior to the opening of the sixth seal, moments after the first five seals have been opened, but before the four horsemen have begun to exercise their recently granted powers. The rapture takes place prior to the beginning of the 70th Week and prior to the beginning of the Day of the Lord. One of the signs that will be seen immediately after the rapture will be a supernatural occurrence of the moon turning red like blood (thus my tentative title for this prophetic model: THE RED MOON RAPTURE).