A series of four remarkable celestial signs kicked off this year, which may hold prophetic significance for our world, and the next one arrives on Sunday night, September 7, in the form of a blood moon.
This grouping of significant heavenly events could portend a message about Israel as the Jewish state enters what could be the final stage of its military campaign to defeat Hamas and free Gaza from its terrorist rulers. It has already been an eventful year since the first blood moon arrived and Israel launched an unprecedented effort to end the Iranian nuclear threat, as U.S. President Donald Trump launched stealth bombers against Iran on Israel's behalf.
Near the beginning of 2025, skywatchers had a chance to see the first blood moon, landing right on a special Jewish holy day about Israel's deliverance from her enemies. It was visible across the U.S. for about an hour, and parts of Latin America, Africa, and Europe also caught a glimpse of the phenomenon.
That first lunar eclipse on March 13-14, 2025, fell directly on Purim as the Jewish people were celebrating the biblical account of Esther in which they were delivered from annihilation at the hands of an enemy named Haman in the Persian Empire, which is modern-day Iran.
The series of four heavenly phenomena includes three lunar events, capped off by a major solar event in 2026. The next sign is set to arrive Sunday night, September 7, 2025, as the Jewish people prepare to celebrate their New Year later in the month.
Space.com reports, "The total lunar eclipse will begin globally at 11:28 a.m. (1528 GMT) on Sept. 7, with totality occurring at 1:30 p.m. ET (1730 GMT) and stretching on for a staggering 82 minutes before the deepest part of Earth's shadow begins to slip from the surface of the lunar disk." The eclipse will not be visible within the continental U.S.
But this second blood moon is only the halfway point. A third blood moon is ALSO set to fall directly on Purim in 2026.
Bible prophecy experts say lunar eclipses, known as "blood moons," are tied to events that affect Israel. And with antisemitism spiking around the globe, the ongoing chaos with Hamas in Gaza, Israel's operations to cripple of Hezbollah in Lebanon, the regime change in Syria, and the general massive Middle East shift that has followed the October 7 massacre in Israel, the two Purim blood moons certainly come during a pivotal, historic time.
And just as CBN News forewarned in early 2025, Israel took historic, decisive action in June to neutralize the existential threat posed by the Iranian regime in Tehran. Israel felt compelled to act swiftly as rumors abounded that Iran was close to completing a nuclear weapon that could be deployed to achieve Iran's stated goal of annihilating the Jewish state.
A blood moon is a full lunar eclipse in which the moon can appear to be an eerie, blood-red color. Blood moons occur when Earth passes directly between the moon and the sun, preventing the sun from reflecting off the moon and casting a reddish shadow over it.
In the first such event on March 14, 2025, the moon turned red for more than an hour over North and South America. The second one on September 7, 2025, will last 82 minutes and will be visible over Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. It lands two weeks before the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which is a time of prayer and repentance.
Then, the third blood moon will arrive on Purim on March 3, 2026. It will be visible for nearly an hour from Asia to parts of North America.
Historically, blood moon tetrads have occurred during some truly world-changing events directly related to Israel.
Three tetrads stand out over the last millennium, coinciding with major events for the Jewish people. They occurred from 1493-1494, 1949-1950, and 1967-1968.
In 1492, the Jews were expelled from Spain after severe persecution, and Christopher Columbus also discovered America, which would eventually become a safe haven for the Jewish people.
In 1948, the modern state of Israel was reborn as a nation in its original homeland, fulfilling a biblical prophecy from Jeremiah 16:15 – "For I will restore them to their own land which I gave to their fathers."
Finally, in 1967, Israel recaptured their capital of Jerusalem during the Six-Day War, which many see as an essential precursor to the eventual construction of the Jewish Third Temple. (The Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 A.D.)
The Next Tetrad? Exactly 2,000 Years After the Resurrection
The next tetrad of blood moons will occur in 2032–2033, exactly 2,000 years after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The first two in that rare tetrad will occur on April 25 and October 18, 2032. The last two in that series will fall on Jewish holidays – Passover on April 14, 2033, and Sukkot on Oct 8, 2033. A total solar eclipse will occur right in the middle of that tetrad on March 30, 2033.
Blood moons are mentioned in multiple places in the Bible, including in the books of Joel, the Acts of the Apostles, and Revelation.
Blood moons are first foretold in Joel 2:31: "The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come." The Apostle Peter repeats that prophecy in Acts 2:20.
Capping off the four major celestial signs over the next two years, after the three blood moons, there will be a total solar eclipse in August of 2026, visible across Europe and Russia.
As Pastor Hagee previously told CBN News, "The evidence is very clear Scripturally that God controls the sun, moon, and stars – that God is sending us a signal through the sun, the moon, and the stars. The question is, are we listening?"
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